Title: Hellspawn
Chapter: 3/?
Characters: Mephisto, Rin
Genre: Drama, Angst(?)
Rating: T
Summary: "Well, that put a kink in his perfect plan."
Warning: No beta'd, etc… blah, blah, blah… OOCness (b/c I can't help but torture Rin, lel) Pretty much one-shotey just like first two, probably gonna write one more then end it, or not. Dunno. ps. I need some one-sided clueless RinYukio so yeah, I'm writing a crappy fic x)
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A steady high-pitched sound was filling chilly hospital wing.
The monotony of it was tedious if not boring-to-death. However the-only two occupants didn't mind, never really hearing any of it. Big, back-in-the-days almost always full hospital wing, now was holding only them – two teenagers comatose to the world, both healing slowly in aftermath of the latest events.
From behind big, rectangle windows first streams of sun were falling inside the room.
Beep - Beep
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{7 months later as the life went on}
This time, it was a last straw for him, as he snapped - very loudly and wordy - as he always did. His superior – Mephisto Pheles, who looked bored as ever – stood nonchalantly in the rain. Ah, the rain – always the rain. The situation seemed very much like a repeat of the event that happened few months back – minus the burning of blue flames.
Slow but steady drizzle kept on falling from white-grey sky adding to the gloominess of the sight.
On one side stood he - Mephisto Pheles, tall and arrogant like ever. In his hand a white-pink fluffy umbrella kept him dry from sky drops that unmercifully would drench him in a wink. However he didn't pay an eyelash to them, his slant eyes boring into another pair, that were as undeterred as he himself was.
On the other side was thus slouched – yes, slouched – one of the latter Okumura twins. His posture spoke volumes with his wild eyes almost holding a promise of impending bloodshed, his hands fisted and ready to strike first person that would stand in his way and flaming anger in the tone of his voice.
Because he, Rin Okumura kept silent for too long now.
And just as that kettle that was reaching it's peak so was he. Rin, he kept to himself too much emotional baggage for the past seven months, twelve days, fourteen hours and eleven minutes. But just as that kettle was finally boiling, he too snapped.
Gone were his fake smiles and happy-go-lucky attitude, gone was that teenager everybody knew and liked.
Gone was the Rin that had younger twin.
Thus before Mephisto Pheles stood new, crippled version of Rin Okumura – son of Satan, the only Okumura – that actually only now dropped his act, when the emotions overlapped too thickly, too much and he couldn't hold his own any more.
And so, Rin glared with hatred at his mentor, shouting and spitting his every being towards him.
"Give him back! Give... me... my... brother... back! Yukio..!"
Ones of many, many words that spilled from his mouth however stayed just as words, as you couldn't bring back the dead.
Mephisto's eyes hardened somehow upon such an act on Rin's side, he honestly didn't expect such malice from this Okumura, even after months from the day. Oh, okay... so yes, maybe he did but not at such range. Of course he didn't like the way young half-demon kept on calling him names and blaming for his own – personal – loss but then after reminiscing the last few months he couldn't help but smile a very creepy smile hence incoming bad-mouthing.
"We both know it's not possible Rin-kun" he provoked ired Okumura, who's teeth were bared in a very ugly snarl. "Okumura-sensei is gone and there is nothing you can do about it but move on."
Sensing the challenge in the air, Rin only clutched his fists tighter. Strikingly unwelcoming pain soared inside his chest – no, his soul itself – spreading like a plague in a whim. His breathing became shallower, quicker. Bared teeth were pointy as ever, his ears almost changing into his full-demon form but there was none of the blue flames that he would-be sporting by now if not for his self-conciousness... or rather his lack of self-control.
One only now would realise that young Okumura was lacking his all-time-wearable sword. Kurikara that was tucked securely underneath his bed – in his room number 602, that still held too many memories, ones that he couldn't stand alone any more – cracked and not-ever-again holding his true self imprisoned within.
The blue flames were roaming free within him, finally making him whole, complete – but without the person that belonged by his side.
"No, I don't believe you, stupid bastard clown! I am a Satan's son, I am a half-demon and I will go to Gehenna and back again just to bring Yukio back!"
"Tche..."
Mephisto tsked lightly upon hearing more and more of the nonsense young Okumura kept on spilling. It was a laughable debate on Rin's side, more of a monologue really. And Mephisto really, really wanted to burst out laughing but a tiny thought kept on nagging at him, reminding at the same time that this half-demon before him actually managed to face their real father and live thorough the ordeal.
Well, that put a kink in his perfect plan.
"Fine then, be it your way" he spoke, shrugging-their-conversation off. He glanced from a corner of his eyes at young demon, who still needed to learn so much but was already on the good way to do it. He smirked crookedly then turned around, stepping ahead.
"Where the hell do you think you're going, fluff-clown?!"
Loud, fast paced splotchy steps sounded on the ground and then there was a silence. Rin's hand rounded on white-coated arm and held there, trying to crush the body underneath it. Mephisto chuckled, once again gazing from corner of his eyes at young Okumura.
"You, young demons think you can do everything you want but the truth is... You can do nothing" he clucked his tongue, closing eyes and sighed tiredly. "You – Rin Okumura, might be holding Satan's flames within but you're still half human." At that he nonchalantly turned around, completely ignoring the fact that Rin was actually having a hard time with holding his hand in place. "You have nothing compared to me" he added, lightly gripping Rin's hand and tearing it from white material, damaging it in the process. "I liked this coat. I'll have to deduct it from your next month's allowance."
Rin's face was sporting by now deep red blotches as he was utterly baffled.
"What do you mean, you stupid clown?! What next month's allowance?! I don't need your stinky money so you can just as well shove it up your ass for all I care! Just tell me already why you're lying to me? Why won't you tell me where Yukio is?!"
Mephisto sighed and then shallowly nodded towards grey tombstone that stood nearby.
"This is his resting place."
Rin however had nothing of it. "Bullshit!" he snarled, the red in his eyes swirled wildly. "This is not! He's alive and I know it!"
"Okumura Rin" Mephisto said smirking, his eyes seemed to dance in the rain. "Why do you keep on believing that your dear brother is alive?"
Stuttering just a tad bit, Rin concluded his unusual outburst. His eyes harsh and calculating practically bored into his mentor's face. "I know it, I feel it..." at that his face closed down, as if a mask came up and covered it. "You might know what I'm talking about, it might be a demon's thing for all I know... or maybe just Yukio's..."
"And that is your explanation of scaring half-to-death your classmates, not to mention skipping last few days of cram school? Tell me, what would Yukio say if he knew that now after the sentence that was placed on your head was lifted you tucked your tail and ran away..?"
"I'm not running away!" Rin argued, his tail lashing wildly on the ground. "I just want to know the truth, you bastard! So tell me why did you fake Yukio's death?! Moreover, where is he now?!"
At some point he might've been right furthermore Mephisto sighed somehow defeated. "You're one persisting pest, half-demon." Hearing that put Rin in fully-aware mode, even his tail stopped in mid-whim. Mephisto thus continued his thought. "Plus I believe you won't leave me be until I spill the beans, am I right?" Upon Rin's nod he smiled like a Cheshire-cat. "However do you really want to know, Rin-kun? Will you be able to live with the thought that maybe, just maybe you're actually wrong?"
Black tail whipped to the side in agitation. "Ne, you bastard, stop with all this cryptic bullshit and say it already!"
"Fine then, Rin-kun I feel terribly sorry for your loss but..."
"But..?"
A heartbeat.
"It's real."
"No... No, it's not! It's not true, he's alive and I will find him!"
Mephisto shook his head with his smile still in place. "You're so unbelievably convinced that Okumura-sensei is still alive that I find it utterly amusing. However..." His eyes slanted bit more, a single fang appeared at the side of his mouth. "As much as I would love to have some more fun with your moody persona, I think it's time to stop. You managed pretty well on your own, Okumura Rin, and for a long time too."
"Huh..? What's that supposed to mean fluff-clown?"
The smile took on a devilish turn. "It means you passed your first trial."
"First..? Trial..?" Rin asked bewildered, he blinked few times. "What are you babbling about now?!"
"I'm talking about your first real demon training, or rather your passing of it. Now-now, don't do this face for too long or it's going to stay like that. Why so surprised, Rin-kun? Hm?" Mephisto said slowly, deliberately. He was clearly taking his sweet time with answers. "Unlike Okumura-sensei, you always relied on your Kurikara, seeing as I sealed demonic powers inside it years ago. Well, until few months back, you do remember that day, don't you?"
"With your Kurikara on the lake's bottom and Satan's flames bursting like that it finally cracked and unsealed your true power from it. As much as I want to, my power is not even close to that of Satan's but that's beside the point. My point is that I needed to see if you're able to withstand your inner-demon and what's the best way to see it if not to fake your brother's death?" At that he chuckled sweetly, before towering above stunned Rin and whispering, "We all know how profound your bond is, don't we all?"
"Wha- Yukio-"
"Stunned speechless, how unlike you. But be kind and close your mouth, you look like a fish taken out of water, I might start to get worried."
Rin finally snapped his open mouth shut, not without furrowing his brows or baring his fang. "Does this mean I was right? Yukio's... he's alive..?"
Mephisto nodded curtly. "Mmhm-mhm... There's just one tiny detail about your brother's state however..."
"I don't care!" cut in sharply Rin, his face was almost splitting in two from smiling too hard. "I want to see him!"
At that Mephisto stopped whatever he wanted to say and pouted. "Are you sure?"
"Hell yeah, f'course I'm sure! Take me to him, even now if you can..."
One nod was all it took, oh and a very twisted smile on Mephisto's face. "If you're sure... then lets go."
With one quick turn of his umbrella, Mephisto's eyes twinkled and drizzle stopped in mid-air. View so strange and alien for Rin that he panicked a bit, looking frantically between himself and Mephisto.
"What's going on? What did you do, clown?"
"Well, you wanted to see Yukio, did you not?" Mephisto asked plainly, as if it was weather they were speaking about not time-space alternation.
"Y-yeah but..." Rin stepped ahead and realised that even when drops hung in air he could easily catch them on. After awhile his face somehow brightened, smile bordering on painful once again. "Wow..."
At seeing pure astonishment on Rin's face, Mephisto laughed. A loud, all-round laugh. When he stopped he saw a pair of blue eyes glaring at him with despise. To avoid any other obstacles in his overly-accelerated plan, he cleared his throat and stepped closer to young male. On his way he closed that fluffy umbrella of his.
Mephisto yet again towered above Rin, who was standing his ground – gritting his teeth in irritation. Only then Mephisto pointed with his almighty-umbrella towards sky and started to circle it.
"Be ready, Rin-kun" he said before he continued with, "Eins, zwei, drei-"
A crack kind of like old wooden floors would make boomed from sky and soon after a huge cuckoo-alike-house appeared above both of them. As much as Rin was scared shitless of the happening, he almost fainted when that huge thing slammed down into them – thankfully with the place where the doors were supposed to be, but he wasn't sure because...
After that everything went dark.
And Mephisto only chuckled at comatose Okumura, who was clearly going to be out-cold for some time. Well, time... He chuckled again. They had tons of it in spares, especially in the place they were in.
In that bubble of reality he used as his pocket-dimension that is.