((I want to thank you all for the favs, follows and the review! Here's a long awaited chapter 3 with a little tease for you all! I hope you enjoy!))
Saturday and that meant a day off from school, no matter what Yukio said. At 2 am, he'd received a text from Iza asking him to join her in a small side mission she'd been giving. He'd glanced up at Yukio's sleeping form across the room and agreed. In the morning, he let Yukio believe he would spend his day doing homework and studying but, as soon as Yukio left, Rin grabbed his sword and was out the door. The meeting place was the same stretch of woods that he and his classmates had spent their summer camp and securing their spots as ex-wires and where he'd been found out as being the son of satan. Now, however, there were no signs of that battle or anyone else for that matter. He found Iza sprawled out in the grass, tail sweeping lazily through the grass and blonde hair dancing gently around her face in the gentle breeze. For a moment, all Rin could do was stare at her, entranced by her. How could Yukio frown at her? She looked completely innocent with a smile on her face and her eyes dancing with excitement. As soon as she saw him, however, she was on her feet and rushing over to him.
"Rin!" she called out, grabbing his arm and pulling him towards the trees. "I'm so happy you came! You're the only one who can help me!"
He grinned at her, stumbling along as she pulled him along. "No problem! Not like I had anything else to do!"
Her smile grew wider and more radiant as she led him down a path to an abandoned shrine, a tree growing out of the roof and a pile of leaves gathering on the porch. Rin frowned at the disrepair as the gentle sound of chimes met his ears. Iza bounced happily onto the porch and clapped her hands together as she made a prayer.
"What's this place?" Rin asked her, taking a much more tentative approach to the shrine.
She smiled at him, using a finger to absently push the chimes together till they made their gentle noise. "It's a demon shrine." she said, her eyes watching him mysteriously. "Someone created it long ago to worship Satan. Apparently it's been forgotten and I've been instructed to get rid of it."
Rin felt cold, a strange slithering feeling tickling his spine. Suddenly, the small area felt very malicious, the shadows darker and the wind seemed to whisper to him. He found himself taking a step backwards, giving the shrine a completely new outlook. And then he remembered Iza and her prayer.
"Why did you pray at it then?"
Here, she stepped down off the porch and approached him. Rin felt a rush when she was close to him, his heart speeding up, as though he was being approached by static electricity. She reached out and wrapped her arms around his waist, gently pulling forth his tail. The hairs on the back of his arms and neck stood up at the sensual touch on his tail and he bit the inside of his cheek to making any sort of embarrassing sound.
"Are we not demons?" she asked him, curiously, twining his tail between her fingers like she was holding a snake. She walked around behind him this way and, when she reappeared on his other side, she let go of his tail, giving him a flirty and mysterious look as she walked back up to the shrine. "Can't we wish for our own well being?"
He supposed she had a point. Still, he didn't pray but, instead, followed her inside. The main room of the shrine was a simple wood structure with a dirt floor. A small offering table sat dusty across the room and the whole area smelled of dirt and decay. Rin half wondered if the shrine had been dedicated to Amaimon before Iza stole his attention again. From her palm, she produced a small purple flame, much the same as his own, as she turned to face him, her eyes gleaming like amethysts as they reflected her flame.
"I don't have that great of control over my fire yet. I assume that's why I was giving this mission but I'd hate to burn down the whole forest."
Rin knew all about that. A few years ago, he'd almost done that to this same forest when he'd battled Amaimon. However, with help from shura, he'd gained control of them. He finally smiled at the opportunity to help her. From his palm, he produced his own flame.
"These are my flames. Given to me when I was created. No one else has control of them but me; they obey me and me only. If you can remember that, they will obey you and you'll be able to control them."
She'd extinguished her own flame and approached his, eyes wide as her fingers brushed the air surrounding his flame. "It's beautiful…" she whispered. "It's just like his."
His head snapped up to look at her but before he could question her further about Satan, she'd wrapped her arms around his neck, pushed herself against him and pressed her lips against his.
Immediately, he forgot everything, his own body responding automatically as he extinguished his flame and wrapped his own arms around her waist, keeping her against him as he met her kiss with his own. He quickly realized, however, that he was not in control of this situation and the rising heat in his body told him that he didn't care. She backed him up against the wall, hitting his back pretty hard against the old wood and opened his mouth to gasp out when she took advantage of the opening and snaked her tongue into his mouth. He was all consumed by her; her taste, her smell and the way she felt in his arms. He completely forgot where they were and why they were there. Her fingers slid through his hair, easily coaxing a moan of pleasure to escape his chest. He never wanted it to end. He wanted to stay here, with her, without anyone telling him he couldn't be.
However, his bliss was short lived as she detached her lips from his, her amethyst eyes mischievous and her small more of a smirk. If he had been in the right state of mind at the time, he would have compared her look to a cat who had successfully taken down her prey. But at the moment, Rin only smiled stupidly back at her as he reached for her when she moved away from him. From the center of the room, she produced a flame in each palm and expertly lit the small shrine on fire. Rin moved away from the wall as the demon fire ate away at the ancient wood like it was starved. Iza laughed gleefully, snatched his hand and yanked him out of the shrine after her. From the lawn before it, they watched the small structure become engulfed in flames. Rin was impressed. He turned to look at her. "I thought you said you didn't have that great control of your flames?" he asked her.
Beside him, Iza was watching the flames, her hands clasped behind her back as she smiled. Slowly, she turned to look at him, her eyes glittering. "I guess what you told me really sunk in." she said. "Thanks for helping me, Rin!" Immediately, her attitude changed, returning once more to the bubbly girl he'd first met. "You're such a good teacher! I learned that really quick."
Rin's mind was still all flustered and his body still burning and he happily grinned back at her. "No problem! A lot of things I had to learn on my own so I'll be here to help you with anything you need!"
She tapped her chin thoughtfully, tail lashing gently behind her. "Well, there is one thing. You did promise me a lunch today." she pouted.
Shit! He had forgotten the lunch he'd made her! He ran a hand through his hair as he let out a nervous chuckle. "I guess I was so excited about coming to meet you today that I'd forgotten to grab them."
She took his hand in own. "Then let's go get them! Come on! Your brother is probably already awake and gone and we'll be the only ones in the dorm!"
Rin felt a strange sensation in his lower abdomen, one of a dark pleasure he'd felt the first time she'd kissed him and when she'd wrapped herself against him in the shrine. But he felt a little nervous about the idea. What if Yukio did find them together? Their last meeting hadn't gotten very well as it was and he already felt like he was on a rocky road when it came to his relationship with Yukio. He felt alienated and out of the loop, like Yukio knew more than he did. Of course, it was quite possible that he did, considering he was a teacher at the Cram School and a higher ranking exorcist but Rin couldn't possibly see anything wrong with Iza that would require Yukio's dislike.
Now she was pouting as she moved closer to him, sliding her arms around his waist and breathing lightly against his ear as she spoke. "Come on, Rin. You can show me some new things…"
He felt a pleasurable tingle run down his spine and he grinned at her. "I'm sure there are some things I could show you!" he said. "Plus, I'd hate to have the lunches I made go to waste!"
She clapped her hands together excitedly and together, they headed back to Rin's dorm. As Iza had said, the dorm was empty, Yukio still out. They headed into the cafeteria and Rin set them out their lunches which they enjoyed while they laughed and gossiped over their classmates. Turned out Iza spent most of her silence in class simply observing the others and had a lot to talk about. Rin soaked it all up like a sponge, preparing the information to use as blackmail at a later date.
When they were finished, they headed back to his room where Kuro greeted them enthusiastically before doing the gentlemanly thing and leaving the room. Iza promptly seated herself on the edge of Rin's bed and smiled at him, her tail swaying back and forth gently.
"So this is your room." she mused, looking from Rin's unkempt bed to Yukio's perfectly neat bed. "I've never been in a teacher's room before."
Rin went to his desk where he pulled out three candles and set them down in the middle of the floor. Iza slid off the bed and crawled over towards Rin, fascinated by them. "What's this?" she asked curiously.
Rin sat on the floor opposite her, a smirk crossing his lips. "This is how I trained to control my flames." he told her. "I figured I could do the same thing with you! Now, it might take you awhile but, I want you to try and light each candle, one at a ti-"
The moment her butt hit the floor, each candle lit one by one, a gleeful look on her face.
Rin stared at her in surprise. "How-"
She leaned over the candles, tail happily swaying back and forth like a dogs. "What's next?"
A spark of jealousy. Rin looked back down at the candles. It had taken him weeks to perform what she had just done in seconds. Did she really need his help or was she just trying to get his attention?
Beneath her, the purple flames went out and she was crawling closer to him, biting her bottom lip till their lips were inches apart, Rin leaned back, using his arms to prop himself up, a brush of redness crossing his cheeks.
"You want to set out more candles? I can light those too. You know, set the mood a little." She moved the last few inches and crushed her own lips against his.
Rin lost his ability to hold himself up and the two crumbled into a heap on the floor.
Yukio sighed as he tossed the folder onto his desk and rubbed his eyes behind his glasses. This was becoming a lot harder than it was supposed to be. He just wanted to find some information on Iza without having to become a detective. Mephisto's organization was ridiculous but this was something else altogether. There was literally nothing on the girl worth reading. It was almost like her documents had been fake. Not to mention, no one at True Cross had even heard of her. Weren't demons, even half demons, supposed to be heavily monitored? Only a few years ago, they had been willing to kill Rin just because he was the son of satan.
There was a knock on his door and a small blonde head appeared.
"Shiemi!" Yukio said, surprised, quickly standing up.
Shiemi inched into the room, her cheeks flushed and her eyes on the floor. Yukio had to admit, he certainly liked Shiemi wearing the school uniform better but he quickly flushed the thought from his head. Now wasn't the time.
"Is something wrong, Shiemi?" he asked her, coming around the side of his desk to stand before her.
She rubbed her arm nervously, looking at everything but Yukio. "N-no, I mean, yes! Um…" she trailed off and Yukio anxiously waited for her to finish.
Finally, "There-there's something weird about Iza a-and I'm not sure how to explain how I know I just… get this weird feeling."
Yukio frowned. That was no surprise. Shiemi was very clairvoyant and could no doubt sense the demon energy inside some people. He sighed and put his hands on Shiemi's shoulders who squeaked a bit at the touch.
"Do me a favor, Shiemi?" he asked her. "Keep an eye on Rin for me? Don't worry about Iza, okay?"
Shiemi nodded, looking a little crestfallen. Yukio, realizing how he must sound to her, spoke up. "I feel the same way, Shiemi but I don't want you to have to get involved, alright? For now, just keep an eye on Rin and let me know if he starts acting strange."
Shiemi looked up at Yukio with wide eyes. "You mean, there is something wrong with Iza?"
Yukio shook his head. "I didn't say that. I just don't want him forgetting about his studies."
Shiemi looked a little more relieved and finally managed a smile at Yukio. "Alright, Yuki. You can count on me!"
She scurried from his office as Yukio's smile turned into a frown. He knew he wasn't going to be able to keep Rin from Iza but he could at least try and keep his older brother in line while he figured out what she was doing here.