A/N: Hey, I'm back! Strange, isn't it? I know this chapter is short, but, hey, its actually longer than chapter 11 and 12! *smiles* *gets hit in the head* Who did that?! *looks around cautiously*. Anyways, thank you all for your support and enjoy the chapter!

Crow: How can you say that when you haven't done the disclaimer yet?

Me: Then you do it.

Crow: I don't want to.

Me: Fine! I do not own Ao No Exorcist or their amazing characters.

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"Well, that's a great help." Wolf blankly stated, not amused by his answer.

"Well, we are out matched, considering there is only four of us, and over two thousand of them. It's simply an impossible defeat. Do the math, each of us would have to kill, or defeat, 625 people, and without getting killed ourselves, it's simply suicide. Even if one of us dies, then the other three would have to take up your end of lives." Crow said, his eyes meeting Wolf's.

"The only way to win is to set off a bomb, near the power source, which would be in the basement, and burn the building from the bottom, up. But, the major flaw would be if any of us were trapped upstairs, they would be good as dead." Rin said, appearing in the doorway, leaning against the metal frame.

"Then the only question is; are we willing to take the risk? If we do set off a bomb, is it worth one of our lives? What would we be like if one of us died? Would we even be able continue living? Or would we, one by one, commit suicide? We are family, each of us keeping the other alive. If one dies, we all die." Rock stated, coming from upstairs, coming to sit in a wooden chair, eyes looking at the floor.

"We should be thinking about the present, not the 'what if's." Wolf said, sitting in the window sill.

"No, we should think about all of the possibilities of loss. We should be thinking about whether it's a good idea to be buying certain amounts of ammo, whether or not to get the ingredients for a high explosive, or if or if not we should be armed with blades. From now on, we should continue with caution, or it will kill us before the fight, not only physically, but mentally as well." Rock countered.

"Either way, we don't have much time. We only have ten days until battle, and, honestly, we all know they won't fight fair. Already they have attacked Demon, but also Wolf, who thankfully won. But if they attack with more than one person the next round, they will win. It was an easy feat to kill Himitsu, but only because Rin was an actual demon. As for Wolf, it wasn't so simple. She won only because of the small amount of demon blood flowing through her veins, herself. Remember the raid three years ago, back when Demon had gotten shot with a poisoned bullet, and how Wolf sucked the poison out of his arm? On accident, she had gotten a bit too much demon blood into her blood stream, so, not only do we have two part demons on our side, but all of us can see demons, whether or not this gives us an upper hand or not is unknown, but it's not completely useless." Crow said, now playing with a small knife. It was Himitsu's knife, and the knife that killed her.

"I'm not sure whether or not using demonic power is a fair fight, considering that we are going against humans, even though our intentions aren't exactly righteous." Rock said, unsure, reminding everyone how he was only a fourteen year old teenager.

"It doesn't matter. Did anyone else sense it, or was it only me, who sensed that the leader of Bloody Lucifer wasn't human? He was a demon, but he wasn't possessed, no, he was a full on demon. I did some asking around, and found that Bloody Lucifer had once been on the bottom of the food chain, but once Dragon, or Shinto, their current leader, had been moved to power, they had instantly grown in power, reasons unknown. So, fairness isn't a worry. As for one, if he had come from Gehenna, then he came because of Satan." Rin said, glaring at the floor. (1)

"Wait, Satan actually exists?" Wolf gasped, eyes wide in shock.

"Yeah, and he killed my old man." Rin spat.

'And I'm his son.' Rin bit back.

"Well, then, looks you got a score to settle, considering if he killed your old man, even after everything you sacrificed. So, since you have the most intelligence in this field, I think we should raise arms and decide on the next leader of Laughing Shadows, ne~?" Crow smiled lazily

"So one of us, eh? Sounds good. I vote; Rin." Rock stated calmly, using his real name.

"I agree. I vote for Rin." Crow closed his eyes, a small smile tugging at his lips.

Rin looked to Wolf, half of him proud that they would vote for him to be the next leader, but also scared to take on the role.

Wolf looked into his eyes, and casted her vote;

"Rin."

Rin stood there, shocked, but didn't bother to refuse. It was three against one, a lost cause if he had bothered to argue.

"Thanks, everyone. I'll try my hardest, and I plan to make everyone get through this alive. I promise." Rin closed his eyes and smiled his famous smile, a huge grin, showing his sharp canines.

When Rin opened his eyes, his friends were smiling back at him. They believed in him, and they placed their lives in his hands. He felt happiness swell within him, and he grinned and laughed, everyone joining in the end, nothing serious in the air at all. Everyone knew it was a stupid thing to do, but, it felt right. They were going to enjoy the moment until it was gone.

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It was almost midnight the next night, and Rin knocked on Wolf's door. Wolf opened the door slowly, but smiled when she saw her boyfriend.

"C'mon, I have something to give you." Rin smiled, and took Wolf's hand, dragging her out of her room.

Rin weaved down the hallways, towing his girlfriend with him. Rin opened a door and let go of Wolf's hand and moved aside to show her the rooftop. Wolf looked up at Rin in curiosity; his eyes told her that he had planned something. Rin walked over to ledge, and sat down, his legs swinging in the light wind.

Wolf walked up and sat next to him, her legs also draped over the abyss. Before Wolf could ask Rin what was going on, he pulled a box wrapped in newspaper tied with twine (2). As Rin handed the box to Wolf, he started to stutter, mostly about pointless things, but Wolf ignored him anyways. Not because she didn't care, but, well, Rin was Rin.

Wolf carefully took the package from his hands and he looked away, glad Wolf couldn't see his light blush in the dark. Wolf struggled with the twine at first, but got irritated by the string, and quickly snapped it free from the box in one pull, deeply denting the box. Wolf unwrapped the newspaper, tearing it apart only to find a small cardboard box, only a little smaller than her hand (3). Wolf looked up at Rin, giving him a what-the-heck-is-this-? - look. Rin just nodded his head, eager to see Wolf's face. Wolf slowly looked back at the small box, and opened it, keeping her eye on Rin. She opened the top of the box and slid a cold object into the palm of her hand. Her eyes widened as she turned it around in her hands, its surface shining in the moonlight. Wolf looked up to Rin in disbelief, wondering how he had gotten the money to buy her one. Wolf wrapped her arms around Rin's shoulders, and kissed him. His eyes widened at Wolf's sudden act, but quickly kissed back. Once they pulled away, Wolf hugged him. After a few minutes, she pulled back and sat back in her original seat. She looked at the emerald phone in her hand, and looked to Rin when he started to speak.

"Well… I thought it would be better than you tearing up vocal cords howling all the way to True Cross…so…I thought this would be better. Sorry it's not the best, but-"

"Rin Okumura, do you think I look like a girl who would give a damn about the model or shit like that?" Wolf said, looking him in the eye.

He smirked and gave a simple "Not at all."

For the next hour, they fussed and joked around, trying to figure out the phone's settings, and by sunrise, they were dead tired and very ready for sleep, but had another long day of searching and gathering supplies. Rin sighed and stood up, stretched, and then helped Wolf up. They started to walk to the exit, Rin lagging behind in the end, complaining under his breath how it should be a sin to have to work, but Wolf pushed him from behind, trying to get her boyfriend to start moving a bit faster. Rin groaned in protest, but still walked faster either way, complying too Wolf's wishes.

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"So, Demon, what's our next step?"

"We have eight days left, not much time."

"We have ta' decide now."

Rin looked up and started to walk out the door.

"Simple. Gather ammo, get a bomb, three blades per person, and search for any willing volunteers along the way. Do not attack any Bloody Lucifer members until the fight. This is war."

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"I'm bored."

"Quit your whining, Shima!" Bon scolded.

"I don't wanna! With Rin gone everything's boring." Shima said, leaning back in his chair.

"Did you forget, or do remember it was that idiot who dumped us back here in the first place." Bon glared, but went back to his book.

"Maybe Rin didn't want us to get hurt?" Miwa said, looking up at his two friends.

Bon sighed, and started talking to Miwa, trying to change the subject. Shima just kept staring up at the ceiling, hoping it would fall away. He knew fully well what had happened. He knew because they had failed the first of the four tests they had been poisoned and dragged back to True Cross. It was a simple way of saying "you don't belong here", and even though Rin had never said that to their faces, he saw it in his eyes. But, that saying wasn't hateful; it was more like pity, sorrow, and regret.

Bon was right; Rin did keep too many secrets. And it was eating Rin away.

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Yukio walked into class with his usual knowing look on his face, ready to teach, but instead, informed his small class something different than the next lesson.

"Today we have another mission." Yukio said calmly as everyone looked at each other curiously.

"What do you mean 'mission'?" Izumo said cautiously, eyeing the young teacher.

"What is it, Yuki-chan?" Shiemi said, tilting her head to the side.

Yukio spoke with a small smile and his glassy shining in the light.

"Simple. We have a mission to drag Rin back home."

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A/N: I'm done! For now….. but, sadly for some of you, we are getting close to the final fight, which means the end of this story. Sigh. But if you want a sequel please review it or PM me, either one is fine!

Anyways:

Okay, I know that in the anime Satan did die and all that, but for this small piece of information, Satan will be alive. Sorry.

So, to me, a present wrapped in twine and newspaper would be amazing. I'm just weird that way.

Yeah. So, this part has a bit of history between me and my friend. Well, I guess I wrap presents super tight, and everyone has to take a pocket knife to their present every year, so, to get back at me, my friend had the idea of wrapping my Christmas present in TWENTY-SEVEN layers of thick wrapping paper. So, yeah, it was hilarious. And we still joke about it to this day.

For the answer to the question!

For those who guessed, only one person got it right. The answer was "Astaroth, king of rot". Thank you for guessing, but the question was "Whose KIN are the Coal Tar, Ghouls, and Naberius?"
Good job FD!

Yep, um…..anything else? Um….. oh yeah! Warning.

So, In the next chapter or so, please do not read if you didn't like the gory fights, swearing, violence, blah, blah, blah. You get the picture.

So, for those you who were wondering "why the fuck isn't there any demons when this is an Ao No Exorcist fic?" your question is answered.

Oh, and one more thing! Please tell me what I should do:

*SHOULD THIS STORY BE RATED M FOR FUTURE PLANS?*

Thank you and have a nice day.