-Tokonosu City-
'I can't believe this is happening' Rin told himself as he mentally groaned in annoyance.
It was the damn apocalypse and they were stuck in traffic of all things. Rin stood next to Shizuka who was sighing constantly out of boredom since they only moved a meter or so every half an hour and they had been stuck here for four hours. The lights on the side of the road had already come to life and the sky was starting to darken as the night started to set in. Shizuka leaned back in her seat and stretched her arms up over her head as she looked up at the sky.
"Oh no! It's going to be night soon and I don't even have my pajamas." She mumbled.
'Serious? All of this is going on and she's worried about sleepwear?' the exorcist told himself as he gave the ditsy nurse a deadpanned look. "Um don't you have family or friends to worry about sensei?" asked Rin.
"Well... no not really. My parents passed away a long time ago and I'm an only child. My other relatives live really far away and my friend well, she can take care of herself. What about you Rin-san" She smiled at him as he gave a nod in confirmation.
"My brother. Our mother died at child birth and the man we saw as a father died three years ago. It's not like he can't take care of himself, but the old man taught me that it was the older siblings job to look out for the younger sibling, so I can't help but worry" Rin replied as he glanced out the window.
"Your father was a wise man. As for your brother if his as tough as you I'm sure his fine" Shizuka told the young exorcist with a reassuring smile.
"Thanks sensei" Rin told her as he returned the smile in gratitude as the nurse turned her attention back to the road, only to groan in frustration from their lack motion.
"We're not getting anywhere like this." Shizuka stated to which Rin nodded in agreement.
"We need a place to lay low for a while, wait for things to settle down" Rin said looking back out the front window.
Oh! I know just the place." The nurse said leaning over the console in the middle between the two making everyone look at her in confusion.
"Care to share with the rest of us sensei?" asked Saeko as everyone stopped doing their own thing
"Well recently I've been looking after a friend's house. We could go there, it's big enough for everyone and she has this awesome bath and everything plus one of those cars that looks like a tank." She told him.
"Like a tank?" Rin asked with a cocked eyebrow and Shizuka nodded her head enthusiastically.
"Uh Huh, it guzzles down a lot of fuel and it's really big." She told him shooting her arms out to the sides making her breasts jiggle, which did not go unnoticed by the males in the group.
"Your friends place, is it easy to get to?" Rin asked as shock his head getting his mind out of the gutter. Shizuka turned back to the steering wheel and rested her arms on the wheel as she started to think.
"If we continued in this direction, it be about a good few hours." She explained.
"Can't we take another route?" asked Khota
"Well, if we turn around and take the long way maybe we could be there in forty five minutes an hour at most, if there's no other traffic going that way." She informed as when took a thinking pose.
"What do you guys think?" Rin asked the group
"It's better than nothing" Saya said
"But wait what about our families?" Rei asked
"By the way we've been going driving wise, we wouldn't have gotten where we needed to go, we would of gone faster on foot and at the time being we need to worry about ourselves, no point in worrying about others if we end up as munchies for does things" Rin explained getting a nod of understanding from everyone.
"Alright then, let's go sensei" the exorcist ordered as the nurse turned the bus around making her way towards her friend's home. As for the blue exorcist he decided sit down and rest. Saeko noticing her friend/crush worried look decided to try and take his mind off of whatever was making him worry with some conversation.
"How are you feeling?" asked the kendo captain
"Definitely been better" Rin's responded as he massaged the bridge of his nose
"That's understandable, considering what's accrued in the past few hours" Saeko said
"No kidding, thankfully all we have to do for now is sit back and relax." Rin told her. "So what about your dad, think his ok?"
"Father is in a dojo overseas in a small island, if the worst come to pass I have no doubt that he will be able to handle it. So until this is resolved the survival of this group is my main concern" She told him. As they continued their conversation everyone else continued to do their own thing.
Kohta was sleeping like a baby probably dreaming of killing more of the undead creature while using military grade hardware.
Saya simply stayed quiet as she observed Rin still curious about the dark haired teen.
Hiro stared out the window seeing what the city had become in only a few mere hours.
While Takashi and Rei talked amongst themselves.
"Hey Rei what was that between you and Shido-sensei?" Takashi asked
Just drop it, you wouldn't understand." Rei answered in an annoyed tone.
"Tch whatever." Takashi told her not liking her attitude
Rei rolled her eyes and looked out the window as Takashi rose from his seat and headed towards the back of the bus and sat down next to Hiro. The boy greeted him with a nod before going back to look out the window and Takashi closed his eyes.
"Oh no, looks like we need fuel." Shizuka said looking at the fuel gauge. Rin looked out the windscreen and was quickly able to find a solution to their problem.
"Up there it's a fuel station." Shizuka nodded her head and turned the wheel entering the gas station parking next to the fuel pumps.
"Alright everyone go stretch your legs but be careful." Shizuka told them and heads nodded all around as everyone got up and stepped off the bus with groans as their leg muscles stretched after hours of sitting down, while Rin used the keys to unlock the fuel cap as he went to the fuel pump he saw that they had a small problem.
"Damn. Hey Any of you guy got any cash on you? This things self-service" Rin informed them. At hearing this everyone began to check there pockets for any money or loose change.
"I don't have my wallet on me." Takashi said a bit embarrassed
"You're the worst." Rei mumble.
"Well I'm sorry ok! I guess Hisashi would have had some cash on him!" Takashi rounded on her making the others look towards them.
"Where did that come from?! When did I ever compare you to Hisashi?!" Rei shouted back at him.
"You said I'm the worst right!? That means someone's better? Clearly you meant Hisashi!"
"I didn't then, but I do now." She growled at him, Takashi held his hand out for her making her flinch.
"What do you want?"
"Money, you got some?" he asked
"I... kind of, left my purse back at school." Rei said looking down at the ground
"Oh Jesus and your riding my ass!" Takashi shouted.
"Hey! Would you two knock it off, this really isn't the time!" Rin yelled forcing Rei and Takashi to look away in a bit of shame. "Does anyone have any money?" the exorcist asked as everyone shook their head.
"Fantastic, seven people and each one of us is broke. Thanks a lot Murphy" Rin said mumbling the last few words to himself."*sigh* there's probably a good chance the store hasn't been looted, I'm going to check it out" Rin told them as he made his way towards the store as the others leaned up against the bus while Rei stood near the back avoiding the others especially Takashi.
'How the hell can he be so calm' Rei thought as she looked along the line of people and saw Takashi talking with Kohta, never noticing the figures that approached the small group.
As Rin entered the store he saw that most of the shelves were knocked over with a few snakes spilled on the flow. As he looked around he saw that the cash register was on the other side as he made his way towards it. Climbing on top of the counter Rin grabbed his sword and swung it down practically destroying the cash register. One hit was all it took to open the register as he looked at the cash compartment Rin smiled seeing that there was enough money to fill up the tank. As he finished putting a wad of cash in his pocket the teen made his way towards the fallen snack guessing the other would be hungry, but them..
"KIAAAA!"
The sound of a screaming Rei along with the sound of wood hitting bone and Khota's makeshift rifle reached his ears. Hearing that his friends were in trouble Rin rushed towards the exit, but once he stepped outside his eyes widened is surprise as he release a silent curse when he saw what the group was up against.
A small pack of ghouls had snuck up on them and while normally ghouls were nothing but a nuisance to does who knew how to deal with them, they could become quite troublesome fore does that had no idea how to fight such creatures.
"Damn it! These things aren't like the other, they won't stay down no matter how hard we hit them" Takashi said in frustration as he whacked another ghoul hound only for it to get right back up.
"Foolish human, your pathetic excuses for weapons cannot harm our kind" Said the ghoul shocking all does present.
"I-it spoke, that thing j-just spoke" said a frightened Saya
While the others continued to fight, none of them noticed how one of the ghoul hound had made a mad dash towards Shizuka and Saya. As hound jumped in the air ready to sink its teeth into its meal all the girls could do was close their eyes as they waited for their painful end. But such an end would not come to pass as both females noticed that they were in no pain what so ever. Their eyes slowly opened to see that someone had protected them from the beast's wrath and that someone was no other than Rin wielding a beautiful sword as he pierced the rotting beast.
The blue exorcist tossed the carcass as the rest of the group watched with wide eyes as the creature's body evaporated into a cloud of black dust. At that moment they noticed that the pack creatures were no longer interested in them but rather placed all their attention on Rin and if the growling and snarling were anything to go by they were not happy with the young swordsman as they all charged towards him.
Noticing the creatures coming towards him, Rin took up his combat stance and he readied himself. Once they were in range Rin was the first to strike as he sliced off the heads of two ghouls with ease. Sensing one of the creatures coming from behind Rin spun around and was able to cut the rotting thing in half with a horizontal slash as he delivered a helm breaker to another ghoul hound. As the exorcist continued to fight against the decaying creatures he couldn't help but to let a small smirk appear on his face. By no means did he enjoy unnecessarily killing every demon he came across, knowing that there were some out there that were worth standing up for. But during his time in the field Rin had come to enjoy the thrill of battle and while his spars with Saeko were fun there was just something about a real battle that Rin couldn't help but truly enjoy. It also helped his conscious knowing that this 'things' were creature of instinct with very limited intelligence so he didn't really feel bad about disposing of them.
While this was going on this group couldn't help but stare in awe. While they had seen Rin's skill with a weapon first hand when they escaped from the school what they were seeing right now was more like an action movie as they saw the teen easily kill or smacking the creature around while effortlessly avoiding does who got too close.
'So cool!' Kohta thought with stars in his eyes as he saw Rin fight
'How is he this strong and why does he even have an actually weapon?' Saya asked as her distrust from Rin slightly grew
"Such skill, such grace and not a single move wasted. How much have you been holding back Rin" Saeko thought as she noticed the small amount of enjoyment in his eyes as he cut down another ghoul hound.
'Incredible' was the thoughts that when through Takashi, Rei, Shizuka and Hiro's minds as they saw Rin faced the last ghoul.
The creature roared in rage as it pounced towards Rin with the intention of avenging it fallen brethren. But alas the creature never had a chance as Rin grabbed the ghoul by the throat as he slammed the best into the ground creaking a spider web crack leaving the group wide eyed. As for the ghoul, it used its remaining strength too look at Rin straight in the eyes.
"DAMN YOU TO HELL YOU EXORCIST SCUM!" was all the ghoul was able to say before Rin decapitated the rotten beast.
With the battle now over Rin sheathed his blade as he placed it back into his sword bag ( don't ask me were they suddenly come from in both anime and manga they always seem to pop out of nowhere as soon as Rin is done fight). As the teen turned around he saw that his group looked at him in both shock and awe.
"Takashi fill the bus up." Rin said with an emotionless as handed Takashi the wad of cash as the brown haired teen walked over to the fuel pump.
"Ok hang on just a minute!" Saya yelled as turned towards her "What the hell just happened Okumura" the pink haired girl demanded as she crossed her arms over her well endowed chest.
"Takagi-san I really don't think this is the best time" Kohta said trying to calm the girl down
"The hell it isn't. I don't know what the rest of you just saw, but does 'things' were not like the other, they talked and not only that, one of them referred to him specifically as an 'exorcist' whatever the hell that means. So tell us Okumura, what the hell is going on? Takagi asked clearly confused and sacred.
"*Sigh* look I know this is seriously messed up and I promise I will tell you all everything i know but Kohta's right this isn't the time to get into it. As soon as we get to Marikawa-sensei's friend's house ill answer any questions you might have" Rin said trying to get a handle on the situation.
"How do we know we can trust you?" asked Saya.
"You don't" The exorcist told her as everyone stayed silent for a good thirty seconds
"If Rin-kun says that he'll answer our question then I believe him. Plus his had multiple chances to do us harm but instead has done nothing but keep us safe" Saeko said as she entered the bus giving the blue exorcist a warm smile to which he returned.
"Rin-san saved my life, the lease I can do is take a leap of faith." Hiro said as he entered the bus.
"Sorry Takagi but I'm with Rin on this" Kohta said as he entered the bus along with Shizuka knowing that Rin was kind person who wouldn't hurt them. As for Rei and Takashi, seeing that the majority was in favor they decided to trust the dark haired teen as well. Knowing that she didn't have much of a choice the pink haired girl entered the bus. The bus door closed as Rin climbed into his seat next to Saeko as they continued towards their destination.
After an hour of driving with thankfully no traffic or any of 'them' in sight Shizuka put the bus in park as they stopped in front of an expensive looking apartment.
"This is it." Shizuka said turning off the bus.
"The fence looks pretty durable." Hirano said before he gasped. "There's a Humvee!"
"Told you it looked like a tank." Shizuka smiled as the bus door opened. Rin and Hirano were the first out of the bus checking the street. Takashi and Saeko were the next out followed by the others.
"Hopefully we should be able to get a good night's rest." Shizuka said. Rin and Kohta were thefirst to enter, seeing that it was safe he gave them the all clear as everyone walked up the steps and entering the house. Once inside they observed their surroundings amazed with the house.
"This house is huge!" Rei said amazed as she looked around.
"Wait till you see the bath! It's amazing!" Shizuka squealed. Rin sighed glad that everyone was safe for the moment as he headed for the stairs, but before he could make it to the first step.
"Oh no you don't!" Saya told him gripping the exorcist by the arm.
"*Sigh* right right, but before we get startedyou all might want to sit down what I'm about to tell you is pretty far out there" Rin told them as they all made their way towards the living room. Once everyone had made them themselves comfortable Rin stood in front of them with a serious expression on his face.
"So, where do we start?" the young man asked them.
"Who are you" Saya was the first to speak asking exactly what everyone was wondering.
"My name is Rin Okumura, and I am an exorcist of the true cross order"
(End chapter)
(A/N: Alright people how's it going, first of i want to apologies if this came a bit late, I got no excuses so I'm just going to be honest with you, i got lazy and just didn't feel like writing and for that I apologies.
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Secondly I apologies for that ichigo mistake in the last chapter I was catching up on bleach and I've pretty much had it stuck in my head. Also I'd like to thank Chayner and AwesomeMan327 for pointing that out for me (thanks guys).
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