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Rin seriously wondered who hated her up there because it was just her luck that she got lost, in the middle of Kyoto.
She grimaced and furrowed her eyebrows.
'Maybe, I should've accepted Mephisto-nii's suggestion.' She thought helplessly knowing it was too late, Rin even pondered at the thought of Mephisto appearing at her command but that sounded a little arrogant and pompous and she didn't like that.
(Somewhere a certain purpleheaded principal sneezed and a sudden thought of 'I will.' erupted in his mind, which he ignored thinking it was just him being well more sillier than usual.)
(Later when he will realize that it was a possible form of asking for help that his sister made. He will beat himself up over it and cry. Which he will later on vehemently deny.)
Rin being the brave girl she is decided to just roam around till she spots someone familiar and walked along the streets.
That was the scene that Ryuji 'Bon' Suguro saw.
A girl about his age being picked on by the local Kyoto kids. Though he had to admire the girl for not fighting back when they verbally attacked her. He was currently half hidden behind the trunk of a tree and currently decided the pros and cons of appearing right now or later.
While Bon was thinking about it that was when the kids said something irreversible.
"-your family must be devi-" The snot nosed boy didn't continue since he saw a frightening sight.
Because seven year old girls can't possibly break stone lanterns with a punch and Bon stood frozen in his spot when he was about to intervene.
Rin peeked through her bangs barely stopping her fury from punching the boys and Bon looked intently at the navy blue eyes that were burning brightly barely stopping his awe from the beautiful sight.
"What did you say?" Rin asked with a voice shaking from rage and the boys did something smart, they ran away.
Watching them run away minutes ticked by and Rin sat there miserably tucking knees under her head and covering her face.
She couldn't believe it, she, she, she almost hurt those kids!
(Rin was ignoring the fact that she was riled up and it was mostly their fault.)
And that wasn't what scared her the most, Rin knew she could hurt anybody, her blood made sure of that and she wouldn't know what to if he gravely injured somebody.
What, what if somebody dies because of her?
And with that thought in mind her eyes watered up but she refuses to cry again and stubbornly stopped her tears from falling.
Bon stood there awkwardly not knowing what to do, give him scriptures to memorize? Easy. Give him guys to beat up? No problem.
Give him a girl about to cry? He'd rather get a zero on a test than that.
Bon grimaced and made up his mind. He took slow steps in approaching Rin like she was a wounded animal.
Rin knew that somebody has been watching the exchange since earlier, she just thought that it was probably one kid enjoying watching other kids get bullied either that or the kid was too cowardly to interfere.
She actually never expected for the boy to come over, and awkwardly trying to calm her down.
"Um, hi?" Bon winced at what he said mentally berating himself on why he started with that.
Rin only offered a shrug in return and stayed there sitting on the stone path.
Bon just stood there not knowing what to do and even wondered why the hell did he show himself. Right now the girl's probably terrified of either boys in general or boys that grew up in Kyoto. Sadly, he was both.
Rin hating silence was about to speak and Bon apparently not doing well with the silence decided to speak the same time Rin did.
"Did-"
"Sorry-"
They stared at each other for a while gazing at each others eyes and promptly burst out laughing, breaking the silence into a more comfortable atmosphere.
When their laughs slowly came to a stop, Rin shot Bon a grin and Bon returned it with a half-smile.
Bon cleared his throat and looked sheepishly at the girl. "Sorry, 'bout earlier. It's just that, I don't really know how to deal with girls."
"Girls in general or girls that are about to cry?" Rin asked with a teasing smile on her face which Bon scowled at.
He sighed and crouched beside Rin looking resolutely at the horizon.
"Look I really am sorry." Bon apologized yet again and Rin's irritation was steadily growing at his repetition. Rin sighed in return too tired and hungry to be angry at him.
"Stop." Rin ordered softly and turned to face Bon. "It wasn't your fault anyway."
Bon was about to open his mouth again to say something but Rin cut him off.
"And if you insist in being sorry, you can feed me." Rin said with a grin and Bon stopped mentally thinking about it. And just like that a growl was heard.
Bon was startled out of his wits and stood up from his crouch and panicked.
"What was that?" He asked in a frenzy. But Rin instead of being panicked looked sheepish with a light blush dusting her cheeks.
"That was probably my stomach." Rin amended while patting her stomach for emphasis.
Bon looked startled but let out a laugh and smiled. "You're seriously hungry aren't you? I thought that that thing you call a stomach was a bear." He snorted.
Rin blushed harder and leveled a glare at the boy. He raised his arms up in surrender and chuckled to himself.
"Com'on let's get you some food." Bon stood straight and offered a hand to Rin so she could get up, Rin not knowing what to do with the act of kindness blinked owlishly at the offered hand.
Bon frowned in return only for it to become a smile a second later, he reached for Rin's hand surprised at the softness of the skin.
He felt his cheeks warm up and smiled awkwardly at the girl who was marveling silently, nobody other than Yukio and Tou-san wanted to hold her hand before.
The grin on her face was blinding and Bon didn't have the heart to let go of her hand. And Bon noticed her bagpack for the first time.
It was adorable, but it's not like he was gonna say it outloud. It had the same shade of blue as her hair and had kitten ears with black buttons for its eyes, the mouth in place was an 'X'.
He felt uncomfortable with his own plain bag. But Bon had a feeling that the girl beside him didn't care at all.
They were walking in a comfortable silence that was broken by Rin.
"I haven't introduced myself yet." Rin stated with a grin. "My name's Rin Okumura, Hajimemashite."
Bon stilled and returned the grin with a smile of his own. "Ryuji Suguro."
And just like that a bond of friendship was forged, that will hopefully stay strong.
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Bon wasn't so sure of inviting Rin to eat at his house anymore. He wasn't even sure how she would react if he heard the whispers of him being the Child of the Cursed Temple, Bon was hoping that he would have friends outside Shima and Konekomaru.
Not that there was anything wrong with them, Bon just wanted a change. And he decided that telling Rin now then later would be beneficial for the both of them.
This way he would know if she still wanted to be friends, with him.
"Rin.." Bon trailed off softly. Rin somehow insisted on being called Rin instead of the much more polite 'Okumura-chan', he was given a glare when he called her '-chan' and she said being called '-san' made her feel old.
So Rin would have to do. That and Bon was happy that he didn't have to say Okumura it was a mouthful to say the least and he wanted to think that it was like a sign of their friendship that was made in such a short time.
"Hmm? What is it Suguro?" Rin asked and stopped walking to look Bon at the eye. Bon was amused that she had to tilt her head just to see his face so she could look directly at his eyes.
It wasn't like Bon was tall, it was just Rin was short. She could barely reach his ears actually.
Rin feeling the amusement of Bon gave out a huff and crossed her arms looking at anything but him.
Bon shuffled his feet and gave a deep breathe. "Well, ya see... There are rumors 'round these parts-" Bon was cut off by Rin.
"Rumors." Rin said flatly with an unimpressed look. "I don't believe in rumors."
Bon felt a lot better but it was more than that and he pinched his nose. "Do you know the 'Blue Night'?"
Rin tilted her head a sure sign she didn't know. Bon gave a sigh.
"Well you'll probably think I'm crazy, but demons are real I mean real, real. Not legends." He continued and trailed off when Bon just saw Rin nodding obediently.
Bon just stood there in shock not knowing how to react it isn't everyday people accept the truth about demons, he expected a denial of somesort an incredulous look with a tone of disbelief.
He most certainly did not expect this.
"And the evilest and most vile of them Satan is real." Bon stated carefully, well as careful as one can when talking about the Ruler of Gehenna and the most well-known devil in the bible.
Rin froze uncharacteristically and her breathing became erratic but she managed to calm herself down. "I know."
Bon noticing her discomfort decided to end it quickly, he tightened his fists and his face darkened one not befitting of a child.
"The Blue Night..." Bon started solemnly while looking at the setting sun. "...was something that happened years ago that took the lives of many exorcists." He stopped and gazed at Rin noting her horrified expression but he continued.
"My Pops was young then but he managed to survive but the others priests of our temple weren't so lucky." Bon stated darkly clenching his fist further.
He let go of his grip but still looked at the sun with sadness not even bothering to mention the beauty of the purple, orange sky which was slowly darkening.
"Since then our temple has been called cursed and me? I'm called the 'Child of The Cursed Temple' but Pops has it hard. We don't even know if the temple will survive anymore." Bon felt tears prickling his eyes but he refused to cry in front of his, hopefully, new friend.
Rin didn't know how to react. Will her new friend accept her even though she's half-demon? So she stood there unmoving with thoughts clouding her head.
"That's why I, I'm going to defeat Satan." Bon exclaimed proudly with a gleam in his eyes and he was waiting for the chuckles that usually followed after his proclamation.
Instead on Rin's face was a look of serenity and a small grin, she might not know how her friend might react but she sure will support him even if he was to shun her.
Afterall that was what friends were for even if it's entirely one-sided.
Bon shuffled his feet not knowing what to do next but there was a blinding smile on his face happy that for once somebody was by his side encouraging his dreams.
"You know Rin we should get going, Kaa-san would have my head if I'm not back yet." Bon admitted sheepishly while scratching the back of his head.
So of they went walking across the road like the children they are with smiles, talks and noises that can bring smiles to any adult's face.
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Standing in front of a Ryokan by the name of Toraya, Bon was making last preparations for Rin's meeting with his family.
"Ya see, were pretty tight-knit even if we aren't related by blood. So in the inn were like family." Bon admitted with an ounce of embarassment which was shown by the tint of pink on his cheeks.
"Sugoi! That's like our church!" Rin proclaimed with pride an tilted her head a little to the side. "Does that make you a 'Bon-Bon'?"
Bon's ears turned bright red and he ignored the question not wanting to answer it. He opened the door and shouted a tentative. "Tadaima!"
"Bon you're back?" Somebody behind the counter asked and Rin started giggling in response.
Hearing the giggling Kinzo Shima a black haired brown eyed boy peeked over the counter and a teasing smile was on his face.
Kinzo was about to open his mouth when Bon cut him off. "Do you know where Kaa-san is?" He asked desperately hoping that the 10 year old would just let them be.
Kinzo thoroughly put off just gazed at Bon with an unimpressed look. "I think the Okami-san is in the kitchens. And who're you?"
Not at all intimidated at the piercing look that was sent at her direction, Rin just smiled cheekily and with a bounce on her step introduced herself with a salute.
"Rin Okumura at your service!" Kinzo just smiled amusedly at the girl and returned the salute.
"Kinzo Shima, the dashi-" Bon stepped on his foot impatiently and leveled him with a glare. Ignoring the yelp that the boy emitted Bon was about to head to the kitchens when Kinzo gripped his shoulders.
"No worries, Bon." Kinzo said cheerily with a dark atmosphere and Bon didn't notice the way his temple was throbbing. "I'll go get Okami-san."
Bon thoroughly bewildered blinked a couple of times and scratched his cheek when Kinzo ran quickly to the kitchens, he didn't even have the time to stop him.
Bon turned around and looked at Rin happy to see that she wasn't scared off, but instead she looked thoroughly at the inside of the inn with a look of awe and childish excitement.
Bon smiled softly at her and it soon dropped of when he heard the sound of his mother's voice. "Ryuuji! What's this I hear about a girl?! You didn't even have the guts to go through the backdoor to tell me!? Huuuh!?"
Rin blinked owlishly at the voice and a wistful smile was on her face, she could almost imagine her Papa saying those words albeit with some differences and Rin was sure her father would be crying those words out with tears not the same fierceness as Suguro's mother does.
Her Papa was idiotic that way. But Rin still loves him nonetheless.
Bon was actually turning as pale as snow and he vowed to get revenge on the boy who dared play this trick on him.
What Rin saw when Bon's mother emerged from the hallway was a beatiful lady with the same brown eyes as Bon did as well as the same face just more feminine and Rin noted that her hair was artfully crafted into a bun.
Kinzo just watched the scene with growing amusement and beckoned the blue haired girl to come to his side, afterall Kinzo didn't want the girl to see the scary sight of Torako Suguro in full mother bear mode.
"Will Suguro be alright?" The chibi asked worriedly, as Kinzo now named her, and threw an amused look at her direction.
"'Course Bon'll be alright!" Kinzo replied with a mischievous grin and looked at the girl more closely. She was a pretty little thing and Kinzo had no doubt that she'll grow up to be a bombshell.
Still she was still young so her father still has all the time in the world to prepare some sticks to fend off boys with.
(Somewhere in Tokyo a gray haired an red eyed man sneezed while teaching his son to exorcise demons.)
Knowing from experience that Bon's Mom enjoyed nagging him Kinzo made the wise choice to whisk Rin Okumura, AKA Chibi, away to introduce her to the others.
'This will be fun.' Kinzo Shima thought with a grin and he just didn't know how right he was.
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After a few minutes of talking to her son Torako figured that Bon has had enough and sighed. That brought Bon out of his reverie and was looking everywhere for Rin's figure.
"Kaa-san, Kaa-san-" Bon panicked. "-do you know where Rin went?"
Torako looked at Bon a little surprised and wrinkled her nose. "Was she the blue haired girl that was with Kinzo? I must say she was adorable! Oh, those-"
Bon tuned her out for a second and snapped out of it as quickly his face turned to one of pure terror. He ran to the hallways all the while cursing Kinzo inside his head and shouting for Rin's name.
Meanwhile Kinzo who was hearing the shouts just ignored it and focused on the ice cream that Bon's father gave them earlier and watched the three first graders get along well with each other.
"So Rin-chan you're really from Tokyo?" Konekomaru Miwa asked shyly whilst enjoying the icy goodness that was ice cream.
Konekomaru was rewarded with a nod and Renzo Shima who was finished with his ice cream looked at Rin expectantly.
"Was it as busy as they say? Have you gone to Tokyo Tower?" Renzo rattled off and only stopped when his older brother ruffled his hair.
"Calm down, Idiot, give Chibi some time." Kinzo said fondly to his brother and was rewarded with a scowl which looked more like a pout on Renzo's young face.
"I'm not an idiot." Renzo mumbled under his breath but still let it go, he was used to his older brother's nicknames no matter how horrible they can be.
They slowly returned to their usual chatter and Kinzo was actually enjoying the silence for once. He also saw the happy grin that was always on Rin's face.
Kinzo merely smiled at the three and was about to sleep.
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Hello! I apologize again for the late update. And hope that this makes it up for you.
And I was thinking about a poll for Rin's pairing whaddaya think?
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-MJ