Some nut bar deleted my chapter 2 draft so...have a bonus chapter to tide you over until I can rewrite everything...
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Rin woke up with a dull, throbbing pain in his side. Looking down, he found that his torso was wrapped in bandages. He sat up and glanced around the small room finding Amaimon in the doorway.
"Oi," The teen glared at his half-brother through his bangs. "Is there something you're not telling me?"
"No, nothing. And you should lay back down. That wasn't an ordinary bullet."
"Don't you think I know that? I'm the one that got hit with the fucking thing," Rin sat up a little straighter in defiance but his glare softened slightly. The two stayed silent for a few moments, then, "How did they know my name? I'm sure you faced the boy before but I don't remember seeing either of them."
"Ah, you don't?" Amaimon shifted his position slightly but didn't move otherwise. "Well, you know them. Or, did know them, anyway."
"Did?"
"Um…There might be a small part of your mind that remembers…if any of the memories from your human side still exist."
"Then I don't know them."
"Weren't you listening? If the memories of your human side are still in your subconscious, then—"
"No. I don't know them," Rin's eyes seemed to grow darker and cloudier as he started to glare at Amaimon once more. "That 'human side' of me was never me. It was just a false personality created by Samael so I would live in Assiah and be practically brainwashed into working with other humans."
"But you are part human—"
"That doesn't fucking matter. I don't care if my DNA is made up of both human and demon genes. That doesn't specify who I have to be. You taught me how to control my power and I chose a side—the right side."
"Then maybe it just depends on the person…" Amaimon muttered to himself, but Rin picked up on it.
"What does that mean?"
"Hm? Oh…You aren't the only human-demon hybrid to exist. The other one didn't have any power restrictions like you simply because he did not display any demonic powers and the humans deemed him as safe."
"'Safe'? There's no such thing as 'safe' with hybrids. I get my powers sealed in a sword and they deem me 'safe' enough to roam as a human. Look how well that turned out for them."
"I agree it was a stupid decision, but humans always are. Anyways, when his demonic side was unveiled, for some reason he had more control over it and chose to stay in Assiah regardless."
"Why? What does Assiah have to offer?"
"I don't know why he did it, but the past is the past. For now, you rest. As soon as you're able to fight, we're going to try again. This time with a little more strategy." Amaimon turned and left, shutting the door behind him.
"Tch." Rin lied back down and placed his hand over his eyes. All the talking caused him to get a headache.