It's All Fun and Games Till You Fall in Love

Chapter 13: Hitoshu

"As soon as I rid of that stupid girl, and claim your brother as my own, my target will be you Rin Okumura. Think of it as a goodbye present. You get another few days to live and carry out your exorcist job before you die... aren't I generous?"

Rin glared, staring at the demon before him. What was he going to say? What could he say? Nothing in his being told him to be scared, yet he found himself shaking slightly at the thought of dying. It wasn't really death he was afraid of, though that didn't stop the green haired demon from taking it that way. He chuckled, and stepped forward, placing his hand on Rin's cheek, bringing his face up to look at him.

"You and your brother have the same problem, don't you?" The black-haired boy glared, slapping his hand away. He didn't know what he meant, nor did he care to find out as he looked to the floor. He heard the demon step to his window, climbing in it and turning his head as he prepared to jump. "Look out Rin. I'll be in touch."

When the half demon got the nerve to look up, Amaimon was already gone. He sighed and shook his head, running his hand through his hair as he closed his eyes. His insides were on fire, but he ignored them as he focused on the problem at hand: the idiot was going to kill him now. He laid back in his bed and yawned, staring up to the ceiling as he chewed on his lip. Why was all this happening? A month ago, if someone had told him he would be in this situation, he would have told them they were crazy. Never in a million years would he ever had thought he was going to be in love with his guardian, his principal, his... He snickered. His clown.

He closed his eyes as he listened to the sound of his brother entering the room. Playing possum, he didn't respond when Yukio had asked if he was awake. Nor did he look to see who he was with as he heard kissing sounds. He was about to shoot up and tell his brother to get another room when he heard his brother say something, "Let's go to a different room. I don't want him waking up and finding us." 'Good,' Rin thought, scowling as he heard the two leaving. When the door was shut, he sat up and glared at the wall. As if he was tortured enough by his own instincts, he didn't want to have to hear the sounds of Yukio and whoever he was with having sex...

The next morning, the night before had seemed to be forgotten. Yukio was up at his normal time, Rin sleeping in, as usual, through the alarm. He let him sleep in for another ten minutes, before going through the normal routine of pulling him out of bed, ordering him to pack his clothes, and warned him to pack for cold. He grumbled, complained, told him it was to early in the morning, but made it out of the room the same time as his seemingly perfect younger brother.

Rin would be lying if he said he wasn't nervous. He knew that Amaimon had given him at least a few days more to live without fear of having to defend himself, but he couldn't shake that feeling that he knew something bad was going to happen. Yukio and Rin headed to the classroom together, not that the older brother had any say in the matter. Teacher and brother. Annoying combination. He was beginning to see what people meant when he heard them say that it must be rough having a younger brother as a teacher.

"You aren't paired up with Shima, I have you know," Yukio warned as he reached out to open the door.

"Good," Rin stated, looking down as he sighed, knowing his brother was looking at him curiously. "We broke up... last night..." he said slowly, earning narrowed eyes from his brother.

"You're going to go out with Mephisto aren't you?"

"Even if I want to, I wouldn't be able to," Rin growled, shoving past Yukio, entering the classroom, and stomping to the back of the room, past the group that was already there.

"Rin, I need to talk to you," Shima walked over to him, the half demon stepping back as to state he didn't want to. He reached out to him, the dark haired man swatting his hand away, glaring at him making the pink-haired boy sigh. "I didn't want to make you angry with me..." he whispered. The class's attention were on them. Rin knew that. He gritted his teeth and held back his response as he crossed his arms, looking off to the side as he huffed.

"Alright... listen up." They all turned their heads to look at Shura, who had her arms crossed, looking rather annoyed, "The pairs are like this: Shiemi, Rin. Bon, Konekomaru. Shima, Yukio. Takara, Izumo. Any questions?"

"Who are you with?" Bon asked, tilting his head back.

"Ah, well, I'll just be supervisin'."

"What about Yukio? He's a teacher, why is he paired up with Shima?" Konekomaru questioned.

"We have an odd number of Exwires, so Yukio offered to be a fill in as a student. Shima won't be gettin' any special treatment. Yukio will be acting on your level." There was a short pause, Shura making sure there was no more questions. "Alright, follow me," she turned, heading out of the classroom, followed by the students, Shiemi and Rin staying to the back.

"What's the matter, Rin?"

Rin lifted his head and shrugged, "I broke up with Shima. I'm not really happy about it, but it was for the best..."

"You know, I don't share the same views as Yuki-chan," she admitted, softly. Rin raised a brow. "Although I do not like demons, Sir Pheles is a good demon, right? As are you and Yuki-chan. So I don't think that you should not be allowed to be with him," she smiled.

Rin grinned softly and sighed, "Thanks for that," he said, looking up as he caught his brother staring at him. He narrowed his eyes, looking down as his brother looked away. "What do you see in Yukio?"

Shiemi giggled and tilted her head to the side, "He's driven, and nice..." she trailed off, as if hiding a few other reasons that the eldest of the twins didn't think he really wanted to know anyway.

They walked on, heading to a door, which Yukio had opened using one of his many keys. Letting everyone inside, he led them down the hall, opening the door on the other end to reveal a sort of snowy forest. Izumo shivered, Konekomaru putting his arms around her in an attempt to keep her warm as they stepped out. Yukio grinned, knowing full well none of them had prepared for the snow.

"I did mention we were going up north?" he questioned, tilting his head and laughing at the glares he got in return. He looked back, Shura heaving a box forward and setting it on the ground, opening it. "There's a winter coat for all of you inside," he stated, watching as they stepped forward one-by-one, taking their sizes and slipping the coats on. For the men, it simply covered to about their thighs, for the girls it draped down to mid calf, they were brown, fuzzy, and completely un-stylish, but none of them complained, feeling content with the fact that they were warm.

"We need to find a wounded demon in this forest. It's form is in the shape of a wolf. I was told that it won't attack humans, but it will try to run. It is a keeper of this forest, and it helps keep some of the lower level demons in check. If it keeps running, it's wound unchecked and healed, it could die. If it dies, the lesser demons will panic and possibly wreck havoc on the nearby village in that chaos. Once you capture it, send a red flare in the air," he paused handing every group a single red flare, and a packet of matches. "If you see a red flare in the air, go towards it. We will all meet up then. Now, if you come across any sort of danger that you cannot fend off, send off this firework," he paused again handing everyone two fireworks, "Both Shura and I will come as quickly as we can to aid you."

Also..." his eyes landed on Rin. "Don't be a hero. If you cannot handle something send the firework up. We don't want any careless deaths..."

Rin's nostril's flared as he scowled, glaring at his younger brother annoyed. How dare he act like such a dick. He snatched his bag, slipping the flare and fireworks inside, slipping the matches in a smaller pocket, as he trudged off to the side, his tail twitching agitated from side to side. Shiemi shook her head lightly to Yukio, who sighed as he watched his girlfriend rush after her partner.

Shura chuckled as she watched the other students moving out, Shima staying put as he stood a few feet away from his partner. "When are you going to tell her?" she whispered in Yukio's ear, the half demon glaring at her.

"Excuse me?"

"I know more than you think, four eyes," she cooed, the younger twin grabbing his bag and taking Shima's arm, pulling him with him as he stomped away. Shura frowned and shook her head letting out a sigh. "That poor girl..."

Mephisto groaned as he walked into his mansion, dragging his feet as he trudged up the stairs. Spotting his brother outside from a window, he blinked, turning his attention fully to him as he seemed to be admiring some flowers. 'How... uncharacteristic...' he thought, straightening up and marching back down the stairs, heading outside to meet him.

"Amaimon..." he droned, earning the attention from his younger brother, his eyes and grin widening as he stared at his older brother. "What exactly are you doing?"

The green-haired demon's eyes flashed as he stared at Mephisto, "It's so boring brother... The exorcists left yesterday, and nothing is happening... make something exciting happen brother..." he half begged, biting his thumb nail as he tilted his head from side to side.

Mephisto didn't say a word for nearly a minute, mulling over what he had just said. "The...Exwires are gone?" he asked slowly, his teeth gritting.

"Yukio took them on a mission of sorts... The normal humans are so dull... So fake... He couldn't of just left one or two for me to play with..." The Exwires were gone... Rin was gone. He scowled, looking off to the side, his brother giggling as he noticed that look of annoyance. "You want him, don't you brother?" he stepped forward, standing eye to eye with his older brother, his wide smile at it's full extent. "Pretend I am him? I don't mind..."

Mephisto rolled his eyes and turned his back to the green haired demon, ignoring the sound of him stomping his foot as he once again evaded his attempt to bed him. It was beginning to grow old for the elder demon. He was tired of Amaimon's games. He needed to find himself a lover, and fast before the purple haired demon really lost his temper with him...

It had been nearly two days. Two days of wandering the woods, only running into one other group (Izumo and Takara) but the contact was so brief, the pairs just made eye contact, then passed by without a word. Being only with Shiemi for this length of time was anything but fun. There were lots of questions, mostly about his love life, which Rin all but said who he was really in love with. He knew she knew who it was, but the fact that she was saying his name every few minutes with a new question was beginning to drive him a bit loopy.

Just as the girl opened her mouth to say something, a sound of fireworks blasted in the air. They weren't too far off, almost urging the half demon to rush towards the sound and find out what was wrong. Anything was better than being with Shiemi at this point... His eyes shot to the side, freezing as a giant wolf stalked through the forest with a limp. It was beautiful, but the blood pouring from it's legs was not.

"Hey!" Rin rushed forward, the wolf's ears sticking upward as it stared at him, alert. "What did this to you?" he asked, swishing his tail back and forth in an attempt to show it that he was a demon too, and meant no harm as he held out his hands to show peace.

Shiemi froze, her hand on their bag as she trembled. Nii, who was patting at her on the cheek trying to get her attention, scowled and jumped down, unzipping the bag and tossing out the flare. Shiemi looked down and squeaked, falling to her knees as she grabbed the flare, and lit it sending the signal up in the sky.

The wolf demon growled as it saw the flare go up. "Please don't go... we only want to help you, I promise," Rin pleaded, holding up his hands, the demon glaring at him.

"You're an exorcist! You only want me dead!" it hissed, hunching forward prepared to leap forward and attack.

"I am an exorcist! But I am not here to kill you! We only want to help you! Listen to me!"

He had no time for any pleas. The wolf leaped forward, pinning him down with what little strength it had left, the blood from it's legs spilling down on his front as he stared up at it, eyes wide. He heard something, but he wasn't sure what, the sound of rustling as a giant tree exploded over them pinning the wolf down on top of him.

"Good job, Nii!" he heard Shiemi praise, letting out a breath as the wolf demon struggled slightly, unable to move much as it howled out, it's voice echoing through the trees.

"Relax," Rin tried to calm the wolf down, who collapsed, panting as it gave up the struggle. "I promise, we are only here to help you..." he trailed off as he frowned, noticing the wolf starting to cry. He didn't know what to do or say, he stared up at it, rubbing it's fur with the only hand that wasn't buried under the demon's body.

"You found it?" he heard his brother's voice, not turning his attention to him. "Nii, can you let them go?"

The familiar nodded, squeaking as he sucked in the plant. The wolf didn't try to move, only laid there and cried. Rin didn't bother moving even though all feeling was being lost in his legs. The demon was depressed, and he didn't think it was just because of his wounds, or the hunting. He listened as Yukio coaxed the wolf to stand and step off to the side. It was suddenly so obedient. As Rin stood, and made to walk over to a tree, the wolf snapped standing up, "Do not leave!" it snarled, it's eyes wild. Rin nodded, and made his way back over to it, watching as it flopped down, allowing his younger brother to look over it, and pull out his first aid kit mending the wounds and stitching them up.

"My name is Hitoshu, I am a guardian of this forest... Why do they hunt me, half demon?" the wolf asked, looking to Rin.

"Who is hunting you?" Yukio interjected, looking to it, concerned.

The wolves ear's turned back as it growled, "Dangerous...damned men... I do not know why," it replied, leaning it's head against Rin. "What is your name?"

"Rin."

"Thank you, Rin. I did not mean to attack you. I thought you might be one of them..."

The older twin nodded, not saying anything. He sat next to the demon, rubbing it's head softly, letting it relax. He heard footsteps, turning his head to see Shima, Shura, Konekomaru and a very bloody Bon. The wolf demon shivered as Yukio started to dab at the blood, cleaning it from it's fur. Shura smiled and crossed her arms tilting her head as Konekomaru began to fuss over his friend, who tried to shoo him away in an attempt to look tough.

"You should be fine soon," Yukio stated to the wolf, standing up. The wolf stood also, butting it's head against Yukio gently in it's thanks.

"Does this mean we can go home?" Izumo asked as she waltzed up to the group, Takara following behind, twitching his puppet left and right as he attempted it to look weary.

"Yes," Shura answered, chuckling at the girl sighing in relief.

"It's been nice being with you, Rin," Shiemi smiled, as Rin stood, forcing a smile of himself.

He had nothing to say really. All he wanted to do was get back. Mephisto would be home by now. There was something inside him that ached as he thought of the clown of a demon. He was first to head out, after saying goodbye to Hitoshu and patting it on the head affectionately. He still wasn't sure if the wolf was a male of a female, but didn't much care anymore. Yukio grabbed his brothers shoulder, shaking his head as he lead the way, the older brother obviously going in the wrong direction.

When they reached the door, a good hour later, Rin made sure to be the first one through, breaking out in a run to get away from the others, only clinging to his sword as he sprinted. Opening the door, he smiled, knowing where he was, and began up the hill. His heart was pounding... He knew he was so close to his lover... He needed him, even if it was simply to look at him, he needed him.

Note:

The next chapter shouldn't take to long to put up. It's already halfway finished. The next chapter of Dear Diary will come first though, which should be up later today or tomorrow at the latest.

Review Responses:

asdf: It wasn't that bad of a cliff hanger xD

Satanea Pheles: LOL I could see Yukio dying a virgin. But don't worry, Yukio and Amaimon are staying together, even if at this point I will be focusing on Mephisto and Rin.

Hobbes1993: I think they both work well together. With Rin and Mephisto together, the two brothers are kind of just there, it's a perfect opening for the both of them to get to know each other, etc xD

Zeitdieb: I'm sorry that it almost made you cry D: It was meant to show how hurt maimon was, but not make anyone cry I am glad you like it though :)

yummi-cake: I'm sorry, but this is a MephistoxRin story. It will stay that way I'm not going into much more detail of Yukio and Amaimon's relationship sexual wise, the blowjob was basically the only lemon between the two we'll actually see.

XxChocoMelloxX: Don't worry, there's only going to be MephistoxRin hard lemons from here on out. Promise! So you don't have to skip much ; But I am glad you are pleased with the story so far. There is simply not enough RinxMephisto stories out there :(

Terra: I'm glad :)

amaimon for ever: Haha, Amaimon won't leave the story, I assure you.