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"Okumura is back?"
"Not exactly-" I tried to correct. The five of us had gathered in the old classroom we all used to meet on a regular basis, as I explained the situation.
"Sweet!" Shima continued, smiling brilliantly. "Well, where is he? He's behind the door isn't he? C'mon out Rin, no point in hiding from me-!"
Bon pushed down Shima's hat so it covered his face. "Shut up," He told Shima irritably. Shima pulled his hat off his head, his faint pink hair flying in in all directions. He looked at Bon, pouting, but it didn't faze him whatsoever. "Let Yukio finish talking."
Shima pretended to look as though he wanted to argue, and then acted like he was allowing me to continue. I couldn't help but roll my eyes at him.
"Yes, Rin is back," I stated, but I tried to be careful with my choice of words. "But a different part of his conscience is controlling his actions."
"So you're saying it's the same person, but he's just thinking more like a demon rather than a human?" Izumo asked to clarify.
"A demon?" Shiemi repeated in a weak voice. She looked more frightened then relieved.
"That's about right," I confirmed.
"But why is he here?" Konekomaru asked. It was a question that the others wanted answered as well.
Since this part of it didn't concern them, I was unsure of whether or not to say my belief. However, it'd be better to tell them now instead of the truth coming out later unexpectedly. "I believe that he's being sent to retrieve Faust. I don't know the why or other details, but he has no business with anyone besides him."
"So he doesn't plan on hurting us?" Konekomaru whispered. I could almost sense some relief in his voice.
"He doesn't want to see us?" Shima complained. He looked hurt for a moment but that quickly turned to rage. "I'm going to kill that bastard! How can he be visiting nearby, but not want to see us? Why, the next time I see him-!"
This time Bon wrapped his entire arm around Shima's head, covering his mouth and nose. It took Shima a moment to push away from Bon. He was breathing heavily, his face now bright red. "Christ, Bon, you could have at least let me breathe," Shima complained, shifting away from him.
"Then shut up with your stupid babbling," Bon hissed, but I knew he was trying to be gentle about it.
Shima looked away, but I could understand where he was coming from. Before Rin sacrificed himself to the gates of Gehenna, he and Shima had become good friends. Shima was the first one to trust Rin again after his secret came out and Shima became just as important to Rin, as I was and vise-versa. Although Shima was hiding it, I knew that he wanted Rin back as much as I did.
"Is Rin okay, though?" Shiemi asked quietly, fidgeting with her fingers. "The Rin that we know." She corrected.
I was about to reply, but the words wouldn't come out. Shiemi wasn't saying much but I knew that she was holding back her thoughts. She had always struggled with expressing her feelings, and watching her these past three years always pained me. After Rin's disappearance, she became more serious about becoming an exorcist and I feel that along the process, she lost one of the best parts of her.
"He's fine," I told her gently. I felt myself smile naturally as I remembered the conversation that I had with my brother. "Actually, he seems to be a little too comfortable."
Although she wasn't looking at me, I sensed the slightest presence of a smile on her face.
"So do we have a plan for Rin?" Konekomaru asked. There was an unwavering determined look in his eyes. Even Izumo appeared completely focused on what was happening. At times like these, I need to remember that these aren't my students anymore-they've become full-fledged exorcists. It was hard to believe how far they've matured over the past few years.
"Yukio?" Shiemi asked, worried. I looked up, realizing that I had tuned out of the conversation. "Are you alright?"
My smile came easy to me. "Yeah, I'm fine, Shiemi. I'm just trying to think of something."
"You're realizing we're not little kids anymore," Konekomaru blurted.
"Huh?" His statement caught me off guard.
There was a slight hesitation before he replied. "When Rin disappeared, you seemed to vanish along with him. You were here, but your mind wasn't. You did everything that was asked of you, but you never smiled or laughed or noticed anything happening around you. You were alive, but you weren't really living. When you saw us, you only noticed the negative things, and that made you draw away more. Now that there's hope to bring Rin back, it's as if you're waking up-you see how things are different and you've finally realized that things have changed-you've noticed that we've changed."
My only way of responding was to blink. I was completely dumbfounded by him but the others seemed to agree with Konekomaru as his cheeks went pink, even I couldn't find anything invalid with what he said. "Yeah, I guess so," I replied slowly.
Shiemi smiled at me sweetly. "Don't worry though Yukio, we'll always be there for each other; that much hasn't changed."
Her words really did soothe me, and I felt more optimistic-about everything, really. I felt refreshed knowing that my friends still cared about me and it didn't feel like I was alone anymore. Even though Rin isn't entirely back, he was still here, alive and well-well, more like lazy, but that's alright too-considering it's him. So it's settled-my old team is being reinstated and the authorization is being made by me.
"Where do we start though?" Izumo asked-her negative tone hasn't changed much from before. "All we know is that Rin is in Assiah-we don't know anything else about him."
"Can't you ask your familiars?" Bon suggested. Izumo has become an accomplished Tamer-one of the best we have.
She looked at him, with a look that said he's an idiot. "Yeah, because they would help us. In case you've forgotten, those familiars are also demons-and I doubt they know anything about Satan and his plans anyways."
Bon looked agitated, seems these two still don't get along. He sat back down, now looking uncertain. "So what can we do? I mean, it's not like we can ask anyone why Rin is here-"
"But there is," I interrupted. How could I forget this so easily? I looked to Bon, and he understood immediately. "Mephisto Phelis."
"Wait, so Rin is targeting Mephisto?" Konekomaru asked. "But what would he want with him? Aren't they technically brothers?"
"I already told you-I don't know," I replied. Why is Rin trying to get Faust? There has to be a reason behind it, but more importantly; why Rin? I'm sure that Satan could have gotten a number of demons to do this-but he chose his son-his son, who just so happens to have originally been 'human'. Something wasn't right about this. "But I'm going to find out."
We had arrived at the door to his office but all of us froze when we heard more than one voice coming from inside.
"He's already here." I whispered, my heart racing.
"What?" Konekomaru asked, I could hear the fear in his voice.
I had already opened the door and entered the room. Thankfully, it didn't look like there was any violence-yet, but even I could feel the tension coming from them. The others behind me seemed frozen, shocked by the new Rin. They were going through the same experience I had when I saw him-belief, but also disbelief. Izumo whispered something to herself, but I couldn't hear it-Rin, however, did.
He burst out laughing-a loud and obnoxious sound. For some reason, it scared me. "Now that's funny-especially coming from you, Eyebrows."
I turned around and saw Izumo turning pink.
"What did you say?" Shima asked, curious.
Bon looked at Shima the same way Izumo looked him earlier. His look said, 'Are you really asking that at this time?'
"All I said was that he's hot now," She muttered after a moment.
Shima looked at her, devastated. "What about me? Aren't I hot?"
"Shima, shut up," Bon hissed. "Now is not the time."
Rin turned his attention back to me-he looked extremely pissed off. I suppose I should be expecting it since I did technically put a bullet in him. He walked up to me, so we were only a foot away from each other. "You're lucky you're still alive, brat. The only reason I haven't killed you yet, is because of what Father would do to me when he found out-for some reason, he still recognizes you as his son too." When he referred to me, it was like there was acid dripping from his words. It wasn't jealousy, he just didn't believe I deserved to be recognized by our so-called 'Father'.
After a sharp look, he turned to face the others; Rin was smiling but it was forced and didn't do much to put us at ease. "I promised myself I would stop running into you guys-now, thanks to you, that plan is out the window after a few short hours. Now you can leave, I have no business talking with the likes of you."
The others still seemed too shocked to respond. Building up my courage, I swallowed back my fear and spoke. "We aren't actually hear to see you-I need to have a word with Faust."
"Get in line," Rin replied, still smiling tightly. Staring at him, I could swear I saw a flash of red and blue flames dancing in his eyes, but when I blinked, they were back to his normal blue.
"It will only take a few minutes," I urged, regaining my composure. I was beginning to get irritated with his attitude.
"Well, I don't have a few minutes," Rin snapped. His anger frightened me and I took a step back. "See, I can't go back to Gehenna until this traitor-" He said pointing to Faust. "-comes with me. This world may be full of snacks for me, but if I'm not allowed to go on what you'd call a 'massacre, then I really don't want to be here. It's like sticking an alcoholic in a bar, but not being allowed to drink."
"Why send you though?" Bon asked, but I could hear a tremor in his voice.
"Beats me," Rin replied. He put his back to us and walked to Mephisto, who has been silent the entire time. I saw fear pass over Faust's face again. A thin blue flame came off of Rin's body, it looked like a whimsical blue ribbon, like a feather, floating in the breeze. However, when this 'ribbon' fell onto Mephisto's shoulder, it seemed to burn straight through his shirt and onto his skin. I turned away; I saw Mephisto trying to keep his face neutral when he was clearly in pain, and I didn't want to see that. How long has Mephisto been such a weak person? Rin sighed, and sat on Mephisto's desk.
"What happened to you?" Bon asked, barely in a whisper.
Rin laughed sharply. "What happened? I realized my true nature. I'm a demon, pretending to pass as a normal human was nice for a little while, but that couldn't have lasted forever. Rin Okumura is gone-he just doesn't exist anymore. Rin, Son of Satan, Prince of Hell, now resides in his place." He said proudly, his voice filled with pride for this new nature.
There was a moment of silence as what he said sank in. I barely had time to stop Shiemi from running forward. I grabbed her hand and pulled her back towards us. Even if this is Rin, I wouldn't trust any of my friends near him-he's too unbalanced, unpredictable.
"Stop it!" She shouted, her voice wavering. I could tell she was going to start crying if this continued for much longer. Then again, the Shiemi from three years ago would have run away from Rin the moment she saw him like this. Rin noticed this too, and looked at her surprised. "Stop talking in his voice! You're not Rin, give back the Rin that I know! What happened to him?! Just give him back!"
Rin's surprised expression only lasted for a moment longer before a wide smile spread across his face. "Shiemi! Did you just shout without breaking down to tears! Damn, you must have matured the most-but, your figure is still as awkward as it was before."
Shiemi looked both offended and surprised.
"Hey, that's rude!" Izumo shouted. Although Izumo still acted like she hated Shiemi at times, she really did consider her as a friend.
Rin looked at her in disbelief. "I'm a demon-is saying that really below me?"
Izumo looked like she wanted to him, but she bit her lip to stop herself.
Rin grabbed Mephisto and threw him against the wall. I flinched as he fell to the ground, stunned by the sudden act. The others were all shocked to see the 'great' Mephisto Phelis being thrown around like a rag doll. It gave them a visual of how powerful Rin could be. Rin sat on Mephisto's chair, making himself comfortable. "So you want to know how I became like this-right?"
Our silence was enough to confirm his question. I wanted to hear this story, but another part of me wanted to leave the room at this very moment. I didn't want to hear what my brother went through, what he was forced to do in order to become like this. I knew that my brother was still alive, but something would have had to have happened for his other self to take control like this-and I don't want to hear that, but maybe something that happened to him three years ago could be the key for human Rin to gain back his control.
A wild smile appeared on my brother's face and he tossed his hair back. "Now, where to begin?"
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