So this is likely my shortest chapter yet. Not something I will do often, or try not to. I wan to once again thank those who are taking the time to leave me reviews, they are much appreciated. Please continue to leave them.

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Calista's PoV

She was frozen in place. His hand was reaching out towards her. He was going to touch her! She couldn't let his hand touch her cheek. So why wasn't she moving?!

"Shoot damnit!" Calista yelled at herself. But her finger didn't squeeze the trigger. Instead, her hands trembled. "Shoot him!"

BANG!

A gun shot rang out, a nearly deafening sound.

Did she actually pull the trigger? No. She didn't do it. So that meant…

"I told you not to move, damnit!" Her eyes widened as she turned her head to look towards Yukio at her side. Smoke rising from the barrel of his pistol. "I won't let you touch her."

"Y-Yukio..." Calista completely forgot that she wasn't here alone. Lowering her weapons, she watched him for a moment, twice now he's come to her aide. If he hadn't of taken that shot before the demon's hand touched her, she didn't know what would have happened. For a minute there, she felt herself lowering her guard and even curious how he knew so much about her, wanting to know if he truly had known her mother.

"Snap out of it." Immediately, Yukio snapped her focus back. "Don't let him get to you. Remember a demon will do anything to give them the advantage."

He was right, of course and with a firm nod, she brought her pistols back up, aiming them directly at his head. "As Exorcists of the True Cross Order, you're under arrest for the murder of two human females. Come quietly or we will be forced to take you in by other means." Was her voice trembling? Her hands gripped the butts of both her guns, trying her best to regain her composure.

An ominous feeling came over her.

"I'll give you that one, boy, but you won't be getting another one." His voice was deeper than it had been before, giving away just how much Yukio's shot ticked him off. "As for you, my dear," Crimson eyes turned their attention back to her, making her blood run cold. "I will take you for my own sooner or later." He may be looking directly at her, but it was clear that he was no longer ignoring Yukio's presence.

"Shut your mouth!" She yells out, her emotions slipping through. "I don't know what you're talking about, but I will be going nowhere with you."

Despite Yukio's bullets being specifically designed to combat and wound demons, the hole in the center of his palm began to heal right in front of their eyes. Before long, the wound was completely closed, only the traces of blood gave any indication that there had been significant damage done. "Everything will be made clear in due time, scumpa mea." He turns around as if to leave them. "You will eventually come to me of your own free will."

"Stop!" Yukio yells put, taking a step forward, at the same time firing three rounds. But the demon wasn't there any more. He moved so quickly that neither of them saw where he went.

He suddenly appeared in between the two of them, crimson eyes burning with hatred. "I did tell you I would only give you one shot." Too quick to react, the demon spun around, delivering a hard kick to Yukio's unguarded side. He didn't have a chance to fire another shot, the kick sending him flying to the other side of the field they were lead to.

"Yukio!" She calls out to her partner, turning her own weapons on the demon and firing multiple rounds, emptying one clip. Hitting the release, she drops the magazine. Before it hits the ground, she had a new one in place.

It didn't matter though, he dodged every bullet she fired at him. His hand wrapped itself around her throat and as he slammed her back against a stone wall, the wind was knocked out of her chest. Instinctively, she drops her guns and tries with both hands to force him to release her throat. Her nails dig into his skin, but it did little good as he only tightened his hold on her.

As he leaned in close, she could see that his fangs were sharp and elongated. "I was going to wait to taste your blood, but I think I will do so now instead." He growled his words, moving his hand just slightly to the side, exposing the vital part of her neck. Forcing her to tilt her head, giving him a better angle, leaning in even closer.

She could feel his hot breath against her skin and knew she couldn't let him bite her. If he did, she feared what would happen next. She needed to reach the Ruger she had strapped to her thigh. Calista let her hand drop to her side, making it seem like she wasn't able to hold it up any longer, and reached for the smaller weapon. If she could just get her back up gun, she could shoot him in the head while he was distracted.

His lips were against her skin now, and she felt his tongue lick along her carotid artery. A scared whimper comes up from her throat, she was so close to her gun, could feel it at the tips of her fingers, but her arm was just too short to fully reach. His sharp fangs scrape across her skin, ready to puncture.

Squeezing her eyes shut, Calista cried out in her head for someone to help her, she didn't want it to end like this. Just before his fangs penetrated her throat, she found herself falling a short distance to the ground below. With his hand no longer cutting off her airway, she was able to suck in much needed oxygen, her lungs quickly expanding as she gasps. As soon as she gasps, she begins coughing, her hands holding her sore and likely bruised neck.

Opening her eyes, she looks up to see what stopped him from fully biting her. She was momentarily blinded by a bright blue light. It took her a second to realize that the bright blue light was actually blue flames. Satan's blue flames, and standing in front of her, between the demon and herself, was Rin Okumura, his sword drawn.

I'm a sucker for a cliffhanger. Normally I wouldn't end the chapter this short, but I like leaving a chapter in a way that makes people guess what's going to happen next. If you've read some of my previous stories, you know I tend to leave a chapter with a cliffhanger. This seemed like the perfect opportunity to bring in Rin, because even though this is a story centered around Yukio, Rin is still the main character of Blue Exorcist. Besides, did you really think Rin was going to just let his little brother leave him behind like that? Until next time~