A/N:

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She watched as Rin's back as he left her there. She watched longingly, wanting to be near him to make sure her mommy is safe, but she knew that she had to be faithful to her parents and trust that they will come back smiling at her, call out her name, and say 'Sorry, did we make you wait? Now let's go home.'

"...Home..." Yurin thought about it, she liked that word. She could never think of any other word she liked more. But then, there is someone that she liked and loved more than any word and anything else. Her mother. She loves her so much, many kids her age would complain about theirs...sure her mommy scolds her at times and would disagree and doesn't always give her what she wants... but still, she never complained.

Then she remembered her dad, she also loved him very much. He is her favorite hero. She believes that he is the greatest man to ever walk this world. Always gentle, kind, and loving towards her. There are also times that he would scold her and doesn't spend much time with her because he's busy with his job. Yet she knows that her father cares and would protect her and keep her safe.

Yurin smiled, she has the best parents a kid could have. Her mom is the prettiest and her dad is the most dashing. And they are one hundred percent made of awesome.

Her trail of thoughts vanished when she heard a low growling sound from a far. Green eyes widened seeing the demon looking at her hungrily and noticed the numerous amount of red liquid stain on it's claws and some on it's tail.

"W-wha!" She couldn't believe it. All negative things filled her mind. Her mommy and daddy is nowhere to be found, and this monster is in front of her with blood all over it. She prayed and prayed that it didn't belong to her parents, that it belonged to itself.

The little girl's heart raced as it slowly walked towards her

"Mommy...?..Daddy...?" She trembled it doesn't look like they will be coming anytime soon.

And then, an eerie feeling crept inside her as she watched the demon slowly making it's way to her. The feeling of death felt so familiar. Her vision suddenly changed from the image of a night sky and a monster creeping towards her to a blaze of fire. The flames engulfed everything, then her vision flickered back to reality. She was confused and horrified all at the same time. Yurin's knees felt weak and made her sit on the ground leaving her completely helpless.

The Shadow Shifter quickened it's pace and ran for the meal he worked so hard for.

Yurin closed her eyes accepting the turn of events. If her parents are gone, what is she supposed to live for? She closed her eyes tighter waiting for her life to be taken.

Hearing the familiar low grunt, she opened her eyes slowly...it widened seeing Rin's back facing her, shielding her from the monster.

Sharp fangs and claws dug into his shoulder and back, he coughed blood and pierced his sword deeper into the beast

"I don't like how hard you smacked my head... I'm already stupid as it is." Rin said panting, he burst his blue flames inside the demon

"..This can't happen...! I'm a god..!" He cried as magnificent blue flames engulfed the dark creature slowly burning it into nothing

"..There's only one God... and may He damn you to my father's place."

Rin sheathed his sword back returning into his normal form, sparks of blue ember gently flew along the breeze and illuminated the night with it's slight glow. He turned around and knelt down to Yurin,

"Mommy?" She sobbed tears of happiness that he is safe, though severely wounded

"..I'm here." He wiped her tears with his thumb and let his hand stay on her cheek caressing it gently

"Oh! You're hurt too bad!" she touched Rin's bleeding forehead

"I'm fine." chuckling lightly, "I look scary right? With the blood and stuff."

She shook her head, "Of course not! Mommy is always beautiful to me!"

Rin smiled and looked down, his smile faded as he noticed the time on his watch,

'Midnight...it's time's up...'

"Eh? Why is mommy gonna cry?" Yurin was worried,

'...I lost...' Rin blinked his tears away and looked at Yurin. "I'm sorry."

She tilted her head to the side completely clueless why he is apologizing,

"I..can't help you i'm sorry.." His lips were trembling, the feeling of grief was too much and let it fall from his eyes. "...but don't worry...someone else will."

"W-what? You always help me! You just did! Like you always do...please don't cry..."

As he continued to gaze at the little girl, all the memories he had with her flooded in his mind. One day this girl suddenly appeared calling him 'mommy' and called his brother 'daddy', then Kuro told him about her being a ghost so he acted like the mommy with Yukio being the daddy...How many days has gone by pretending to be her mom? He guessed about a week or so. At first it was awkward...and then..He didn't know, all of a sudden the awkwardness went away and he just warmed up to her. He no longer minded being the mommy. Rin thought it was kinda silly that he actually believed that they were a family and what an awesome family they were. A cool, calm, and badass gunslinger dad ; A demon mom that's as good as a chef in cooking and has a blazing sword; And an adorable sweet daughter, enough said.

He realized... it wasn't as silly as he thought. It was nice, and made him feel human giving him hope that they could live normally even from all the exorcisms and fights. It feels wonderful. He knows that Yukio feels happy too, even though he doesn't show it. This little girl who suddenly came out of the blue made them happy. Though, he feels that he's being unfair, Yurin helped him in many ways yet he couldn't do the same. Perhaps, it wasn't supposed to be him. He'll just have to accept. Accept that she'll be leaving not in the way he wanted. A peaceful parting.

"Mommy...? How's daddy?"

Rin was snapped out of his thoughts, he quickly wiped his face replying "he's fine" and stopped himself from shedding more tears. He decided that he should at least express their deep appreciation. He calmed himself down closing his eyes controlling his breathing. Once he has relaxed, he opened he's eyes and looked at Yurin.

Ocean blue met earth green.

Yurin stared at Rin, he smiled at her gently, truly her mother has the most mesmerizing smile she thought, her eyes widened when he opened his mouth and said something that made her feel...light.

Hearing those words, she knew in her heart.

All is well.

Yukio groaned feeling the sharp pain on his back, practically all over his body. He sat up and noticed the beast is gone along with Rin. Getting up weakly, the young exorcist walked limping slightly heading to the back of the building, he knew that's where Rin is and most likely to have defeated the monster, which is unsurprising, the demon was slowly dying because his bullets was loaded with poison and just needs a little more force for it to die. He's expecting to see Yurin there too. The two is probably there laughing and talking about having a late dinner or something.

He has to admit, he enjoyed being with the little girl, all the stress he feels from work and such disappears when she talks to him, though he may be harsh in wanting for her to leave he was just doing it for her own good also, she deserves to rest as soon as possible.

When he got there a few amounts of blue ember still filled the sky. He saw Rin standing still whose back was facing him,

"Rin." He called the older, though he didn't respond

"Something wrong?" Yukio walked over to him, he looked around, "Where's Yurin?"

"..."

The younger felt what was the answer to his question when Rin didn't respond again. "I guess she-"

"Left.." Rin looked back at him with a weak smile, it was clear that it was forced.

Yukio was about to say something to comfort him when it was cut with Rin suddenly embracing him. He sighed and patted the smaller's head, "You know this was supposed to happen."

He nodded onto his brother's chest.

"Are you sad?"

He shook his head

"Happy?"

He shook his head again

"What are you feeling then?"

He shrugged,

The taller hugged Rin tighter, he knows that this is difficult for him since he has grown fond of the little girl, "What was she waiting for?"

Still no answer, just the sounds of steady breathing.

Yukio sighed and loosened his hug deciding that they should just talk about this next time, his brother was too broken hearted. Honestly, his nii-san loves too much and is too kind that he ends up hurting himself.

Finally Rin spoke,

"For her to hear that her mommy and daddy loves her."

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..Fire..

Everywhere I looked, there was fire, a demon was attacking everyone. It was frightening. My parents fought hard yet it still wan't enough. I saw it... my father's body pierced by sharp claws and heard my mother scream his name. The demon came up to me and just when I thought I was going to meet my end... My mother protected me. Before my mother died, she gave me her one last smile and said that she and my father loves me... it was sad, but it was my most treasured moment. It was my last moment with my parents. From the moment I was born, I had a weak heart. The sadness I felt made my condition worse and days after that, I also passed away. Even in my last moment, I couldn't believe they're gone...I want to be with them once more and hear those words one last time...

"Mommy and Daddy loves you, Yurin"

With those words, I could finally rest

...simple as that...

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END CHAPTER

next chapter is the last one.

thank you for those who have read this far :)