So here's the update ! The first part takes place in Yukio's 1st pov and the second part is in 3rd person but follows mephisto.
~ Laurissa
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Chapter one – Yukio
"You called for me?" I asked, upon entering Mephisto's office.
Mephisto spun around his chair and set his feet upon his desk. "Yes, there's been some disturbances in a town close to True Cross academy. I want you and your team to go and investigate what it is."
I eyed him carefully; he normally didn't send me on missions outside of True Cross since I'm still a teacher here. "Do you have any idea of what the cause of the disturbance might be?"
"Yes, I have some idea of it." He replied, smiling.
"And will you give me any insight to that though?" I asked, but I already knew the response before he even replied.
"No."
I sighed. 'Of course not.' I grabbed the portfolio containing the debriefing from his desk and began to make my exit. "My team will be on this immediately, Sir."
Mephisto smiled, but I sensed a hidden meaning behind it. There's something that he's not telling me, and he knows full well that I suspect him. "I can always count on you. Now, be safe, Yukio Okumura."
'Why the hell is he always so cryptic with some things?' I thought irritably after emerging from Faust's office. Perhaps I'm still in a bad mood from before-last week was the third anniversary of Rin's disappearance and it still wasn't getting easier. It didn't take much to see that I've changed since that day-my compassion, my drive, my kindness; all of it had become negative, weakened. Most assumed that it was because Rin was gone-when the real cause was that they believed he was gone, for good.
However, none of them irritated him as much as Mephisto. When the demons had attacked my brother and me, I immediately sent a signal to Mephisto stating that we need him immediately. As you can already assume, he didn't come and my brother had given himself up. At first I assumed that there was a reason for his absence, but when I gained the courage to confront him about he replied, "It didn't concern me." The conversation became heated quickly, and I left his office in an even worse mood then when I had entered.
Rin isn't gone, though-I know that for a fact. He's too important to Satan and the rest of the demons for them to just dispose of him. But all this time in Gehenna can't have a positive effect on him; the words Rin told me rang in my head, "-and if I do come back, er-different, I'm counting on you to bring me back to my senses, got it?" Something tells me that I'm going to need to do that when he finally does comes back.
My thoughts were disrupted when a faint pop appeared next to my ear. I jolted to a stop for a moment before realizing that it was only Shura. I sighed, my irritation increasing. She smiled and caught up to my walking pace.
"Is that our next mission?" She asked, craning her neck to see over my shoulder.
"Yeah, but it doesn't seem that difficult," I replied honestly, looking at the debriefing as we walked. "I think I'd be able to do this one on my own."
Shura blew another bubble and spoke casually. "You may think that, but Mephisto is never wrong about these things. If he wants the whole team to go, then he's got a good reason for it."
My shoulders slumped down. "I don't get how such a weird guy is so smart."
She agreed but I saw her face become anxious. I noticed Shura's hesitation before asking the next question. "Did you ask him about Rin?"
My steady walk faltered for a moment and I quickened my pace to reach her again. Almost every time I saw Mephisto in private I would ask to see if there were any signs of my brother. "No, not this time."
She raised her eyebrows, surprised. "That's a first. Finally accept he may not come home?" I saw her regret her word choice when she noticed my downcast expression. "Uh-I'm sorry, Yukio. That came out wrong. It's just he's been gone for three years and there hasn't been any word of him-even the demons we captured had no idea where he is. The Vatican even issued a funeral for him. A funeral, Yukio. Not only that, but even if he did come back, what are the odds of the Vatican letting him live?"
I understood that Shura was trying to be helpful but sometimes her acts of 'kindness' weren't needed or wanted. I cleared my throat before responding. "Rin wouldn't give up on me, so I'm not giving up on him. It's as simple as that."
Right?
Suguro-who had managed to convince me to call him Bon- came along with Shura and I. He was the best exorcist of his class so he's always an easy choice for most missions, but surprisingly, he's also the only other person that believes Rin will come home-and I guess Mephisto, but he doesn't really count as a person.
"Seems like a lot of people for a stupid mission," Bon muttered, miserably and tossed the folder containing all of the information to the side.
I nodded and I could feel myself scowling as well.
"We're here," Shura announced, stopping the car.
We all got out and walked around to the alley way.
"I don't sense any demon activity nearby," Shura said, starting to feel like maybe this isn't a big mission.
"I told you," I replied in a bored tone.
Just when I was about to announce we were going to leave, Bon's eyes widened and he walked past me towards the other wall. "Wait." He stopped and pointed to one spot on the wall that was charred. He rubbed his finger against the wall but he stepped back when a third of it simply collapsed. "This isn't a regular burn. Fire shouldn't be able affect brick buildings like this in this way-unless it was a major fire, but the local firefighters would have heard of it, if that were the case. The only other time I've seen something like this was nineteen years ago.
Nineteen years ago…
My eyes snapped open with realization. "Are you sure Bon? Are you absolutely sure?" I felt my heart beat faster and faster, my throat went dry and I could feel emotions build up inside me.
After a moments' hesitation, he nodded. "These are Satan's blue flames, and the only person I know besides Satan himself that has those flames, is your idiot brother." Bon made it sound like he wasn't happy that Rin may or may not be back, but his eyes said otherwise.
I smiled down at myself and began to laugh. He's alive. He's alive and he's finally come home. Three years without him, it felt so much longer then it was. In those three years, none of my students have changed in personality, but their appearances have aged.
I wonder if Rin has changed.
Mephisto knew that Rin Okumura had entered his office, even though he could not hear his footsteps. When he did turn to see the lost brother who had so suddenly turned up after three years, he quickly had recover from his surprised expression. Although Rin was still fifteen-extremely slow aging was one of the perks of being a full demon-accepting his demon side has done well for him, Mephisto admired. He had grown taller and his dark hair framed his face-that now appeared more sharp and masculine. He was still small, but you could see that underneath his clothes, he was well built. He looked like he was at least seventeen.
If you were to look at Rin three years ago, your first impression would be 'This guy is an idiot'; now, however, Rin was terrifying and intimidating. Although he looked the same as before, the frightening aura he gave off was enough to make him nearly unrecognizable. Mephisto, however, had feared that Rin would return this way-in complete allegiance to Gehenna. He knew that this could only mean one thing-he had extended his amount of time given in the world of Assiah.
Rin sat down on a chair, swinging one leg over the other, and setting his expensive looking coat on his lap. He had a cocky smirk on his face, not hiding the fact that he doesn't want to be here. "Hello, brother."
"I thought you were back," Mephisto mused. "However, I know for certain that Satan is not in control of you-at least, not right now-and there's no other demon that can possess a child of Satan, such as you. However, I know that's not the Rin Okumura I knew three years ago, he cares about nothing besides his friends and family, whereas you have intention of staying in Assiah longer then you have too."
Rin's scowl deepened. "Still observant as ever," He muttered under his breath. "Anyways, to answer your question, the best answer is that the blue flames are in control of me now. When the sword was snapped three years ago, I had absolutely no idea how to control Satan's flames and lost myself to them. Afterwards, Satan taught me-I suppose, the flames-how to control them."
Mephisto took a moment before responding and had the nerve to smile too. "How interesting. I'm assuming that Rin is still in there-the real Rin, that is."
Rin knocked on his head, grimacing. "You catch on fast. Back in Gehenna he's alright but here he can sense everyone he used to know and he just won't shut up." He groaned and covered his face. "I've had a headache ever since I got here."
Mephisto laughed before becoming what is serious for him. "Well, you came back to this world for a reason, right?"
Rin nodded, straightening up. "Father wants you home, no arguments." His voice was stern, matter-of-factly.
Mephisto laughed, but there was a worried tone in it. "Why does he want me home so suddenly?"
Rin looked at him, but the pity in his eyes agitated Mephisto. Rin sighed before continuing. "You've been in Assiah for too long, Father is worried about your well-being."
"-or where my loyalty lies," Mephisto corrected, smiling. His smile, however, seemed uneasy now.
"Well, if you want to put it that way," Rin muttered. Rin stood up and put his jacket on. "Well, then lets head home."
"I haven't agreed to anything yet," Mephisto reminded. He had to think of a plan on how he would get out of this situation. Returning to Gehenna after being in league with the Vatican for so long could mean a death sentence for him-or maybe something even worse than death.
Rin turned back to his 'brother', eyes now red-rimmed and narrowed. Before Mephisto could even blink he was held against the far-side wall in his office, blue flames burning away the flesh at his wrists and ankles. Mephisto has been alive for centuries, so he's seen a fair share of battles and has even taken part in some of them himself. With that information, this is the only time he was ever felt real pain. He held most of it in, but even he couldn't stop a strangled cry at first.
When Mephisto gathered enough strength to level his gaze with Rin's, he was struck when he saw the young brother smiling, devilishly, twirling a piece of the blue flames he used to fear around his finger. When Rin's flames had first awakened, he still had his humanity-he clung to his human nature, completely ignoring his demon side. Looking at Rin now, there was no humanity in his eyes. He was a demon, and nothing else.
"Scared?" Rin mocked.
It took a moment for Mephisto to realize that he was shaking. 'Is this…fear?' He thought to himself for the first time.
Rin walked around the room, and eventually came to a halt at Mephisto's chair and sat down on it. He spun around, turning the back of the chair to Mephisto, and stared at the humans walking towards their classes at True Cross academy through the window. "When the discussion on what to do with you came up back home, my first suggestion was to kill you before you could anymore damage to us. A lot of the others agreed-you've made quite a few enemies due to your fascination with humans, brother. Lucky for you though, Father needs you for something, so he forbade me to kill you." Rin spun back around, the cocky smile still on his face. The controlled flames around Mephisto's wrists and ankles went out and he collapsed to the ground, breathing heavily. Even with his regenerative abilities, these burns will take time to heal.
Mephisto refused to look back up, his pride now gone. With those blue flames, he couldn't fight back at all. It was humiliating and frustrating-this young demon has the ability to overpower Mephisto so easily. For the first time in his long life, Mephisto was scare-and from Rin Okumura of all people? The longer he thought about how much the young boy has changed, the more he wondered how much pain and damage Satan must have done to the real Rin. Rin stood up and headed to the door.
"I was told to give you time to think the offer over," Rin scoffed, as if he thought the idea was preposterous. "Anyways, eventually I'll have to take you back by force but until then I'm stuck here. However, the quicker you come back, the less severe your punishment will be." The smile still on his face, Rin stepped over Mephisto's body and headed for the door. "Think quickly, Brother. I'll be in touch."
Mephisto felt Rin vanish from the campus to who knows where and for the first time in his life, he felt scared and panicked. Several minutes passed and he was still in the same position next to the wall-was it because of the pain or the fear? Mephisto was unsure of the answer himself. Just then he felt three excited people enter his campus. How was is he going to explain to Yukio that Rin is well past the point of return?
Seeing Rin brought back all of the guilt that Mephisto felt three ago, when his cowardice didn't allow him to go to Rin's aid. Everything that is happening is Mephisto's fault, and he knew it.
I know the chapter was a little slow but it'll get more interesting quickly :) leave your thoughts at the bottom !
