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Yeah! Here is the second chapter! Enjoy!
"Talking"
'Thoughts'
Emphasis
~X~
Rin was gasping as she ran along behind Father Fujimoto. She could hear him saying these chants – or whatever they were – as they ran along. They caused the demons that were trying to attack them to die… or at least that is what it looked like to Rin.
'We are going to run right into that one!' Rin thought. She watched as a disgusting, black demon took form in front of them. It had horrendous green eyes.
"The path of the righteous shall not be revealed to the unfaithful. I lower the Ladder of Jacob with the aid of the Lord's Hand." Fujimoto said with a controlled, powerful voice. He pointed his two fingers at the demon in front of him and it was killed – or was it exorcised?
But more and more of them continued to appear.
Fujimoto turned and jumped over the metal railing, pulling Rin along with him. They ran across some sort of roof.
"Come on, Rin!" Fujimoto shouted urgently, jumping across the building onto another roof.
"W-wait!" Rin shouted. She wanted to stop and catch her breath, but she knew there was no time for that.
Quickly, Rin made the leap to the other roof and landed just on the edge, losing her balance. She waved her arms around frantically as she felt herself falling back. No!
Fujimoto turned around, grabbing Rin's hand and pulling her up and onto safety. Rin landed on her hands and knees, gasping and struggling to breathe. She looked up… only to have her eyes widen in disgust and horror.
There was a pack of rotting canines in front of Rin and Father Fujimoto. Their flesh and fur was hanging off their bones, falling to the ground when they growled. And there was a terrible odor emitting from them. The sight of them nearly made Rin loose her stomach.
"A-are these stray d-dogs…?" Rin managed to get out, covering her nose with her sleeve. "They stink!"
"They are Ghouls. Demons that possess dead bodies," Fujimoto explained.
Plugging her nose, Rin looked back and up at Fujimoto. "Ghouls?"
"We're lucky that we're in Japan, otherwise human-form Ghouls would've showed up, too."
Rin gestured wildly to the large pack of rotting canines. "Are you calling this lucky?"
Fujimoto reached into one of his back pockets and pulled out what looked like a bomb.
"Wha… A bomb?!" Rin gaped at him. An explosion would be noticed, what was he thinking?!
"Don't worry." Fujimoto said calmly, pulling the pin on the bomb and throwing it into the middle of the pack of rotting canines.
Rin was pulled to her feet by Father Fujimoto as she watched the bomb go off. It released something, and when it cleared up, all the rotting canines were knocked out… or dead.
Fujimoto pulled Rin across the roof towards the door.
"It was just holy water." He explained to her as he opened up the door, pushed Rin inside, then went in himself and closed the door. He then leaned against the door tiredly.
Rin was about to ask if he was okay, but Fujimoto suddenly said, "Heh, I'm getting a bit too old to protect the kids…"
Immediately, Rin retorted, "Stop calling me a kid!"
"Well," Fujimoto said, ignoring what Rin said. He walked towards the staircase, "let's go home while we still can."
"W-what? You mean this isn't over?" Rin said, moving to follow Fujimoto.
"I told you…" Fujimoto looked back at her. "They'll be coming for you. The sun is setting soon… and that's when the demons get active…"
~X~
'We're there! Finally!' Rin thought in relief as she and Fujimoto reached the monastery gates. As the sky had darkened, all the evil presences which Rin had felt got gradually worse and worse. It all made her skin tingle.
Standing out front the monastery gates were Kyodo and Nagamoto.
"Welcome back!" Kyodo greeted Rin and Fujimoto, relief mixed into his tone.
"How are the preparations?" Fujimoto asked, entering the gates of the monastery. The others all followed, though Kyodo made sure to close the monastery gates and lock them up.
"We got rid of all the Coal Tar." Nagamoto informed Fujimoto, keeping up with his quick pace. "We've drawn threefold barriers around the monastery."
Rin walked behind them, watching and listening, not understanding what was being said.
"Double it." Fujimoto ordered, walking up the steps to the entrance doors. "We can't hold out until morning. We're being chased by Astaroth's minions." They entered the monastery, walking down the aisles between the benches. "Pour triple-C strong holy water into the sewers! Don't let a single one get in."
"Understood!"
They passed Maruta and Izumi holding cases. Rin looked back at them briefly, but then moved to hurry after Fujimoto. However, she stopped. She could hear monstrous cries from outside and the sound of the things slamming into something.
"Rin!" Fujimoto called her name.
She turned around to see him moving the altar-looking thing in the front, revealing a set of staircases.
"Follow me!"
'W-where did that come from?' Rin wondered as she followed Fujimoto.
At the bottom of the staircase was a very small room with an old-fashioned, shelving unit. Fujimoto used a key to unlock one of the drawers and he pulled it open. Over Fujimoto's shoulder, Rin saw a blue-sheathed sword lying on top of a long, slim red bag.
"This is the Demon-Slaying Blade, called the Kurikara." Fujimoto told Rin. He carefully picked up the sword with one hand. "It's a legendary sword passed down since ancient times." He looked down at the blade, the light from the candles reflecting off his glasses. "Your demonic powers are in this sword, sealed by its scabbard."
Fujimoto then held the sword out towards Rin.
"M-my powers?"
"This sword is more important than your own life." Fujimoto said, placing the sword in Rin's hands. "Never ever hand it over to anyone else. Do not let go of it even while sleeping. Also… you must never draw it. If you draw it, your demonic powers will awaken and you will never be human again."
"Wait… if I'm a demon, what about Yukio? Is he…?"
Fujimoto interrupted Rin. "You are fraternal twins. In the womb, Yukio's body was too weak so the power rejected him. You are the only one who inherited the demonic powers."
Rin bit her lip. 'So… I'm a freak…'
"Everyone… knew about this?" Rin whispered. "That I'm not human? That's I'm just the offspring of a demon?!" She shouted the last part angrily.
Fujimoto was just looking at Rin, remaining silent.
"Why did you keep such an important thing a secret all this time?!" Rin shouted, shaking her head wildly.
"I could only raise you if you were human." Fujimoto replied calmly. "You were allowed to live on that condition, despite the demon blood running through your veins."
"C-condition?"
"I raised you as a human and that's why we told you nothing." Fujimoto told her. "Nothing about the secrets of your birth…."
Suddenly, there was a huge crash which shook the building.
Rin nearly lost her balance and clutched at the sword in her hands.
"Come!" Fujimoto said, running up the staircase. Rin quickly gained her balance and followed him.
Rin gasped. A huge truck had been crashed into the wall of the monastery, and a pack of rotting canines was filling the room with Coal Tars swirling wildly around them. On the ground and walls, disgusting mushrooms and other things were rising. Terrible odors and smells were filling the room quickly, making Rin gag.
"I have come for you, Young Mistress." Among all the demons was Shiratori, once again possessed by Astaroth. He had the horns, tail, sharp teeth, rolling tongue, claws, crazy look, and terrible smell again. "Let us head back to Gehenna… together."
Somehow, his arm stretched out, coming straight towards Rin. It grabbed her by the shin, pulling her down to the ground. "Hey!"
Nagamoto ran forward with the jug he was holding, splashing holy water on Astaroth's face. Astaroth recoiled in pain, smoke rising from his face as he screamed. His grip on Rin also disappeared.
As Rin watched in shock, Fujimoto easily picked her up, carrying her down the staircase to the small room. "The demons' attacks will weaken when dawn comes." Fujimoto told her, setting her down. "Get out of here and hide somewhere so the demons can't find you."
"Hide? Where?"
Fujimoto reached into his pocket and pulled out his cell phone. He placed it in Rin's hand, curling her fingers around it. "Take my phone. There's only one number in there. It belongs to my good friend. Call him as soon as you leave the monastery. I'm sure he will protect you…"
"Hey, wai –" Rin began.
Fujimoto pushed her, causing her to lose her balance and fall on her butt. With her down, Fujimoto rushed back up the staircase and sealed the room shut.
Rin struggled to her feet. "No!" She shouted, running up the staircase and throwing herself against the now-locked and closed entrance. "We're not done talking!"
~X~
On the other side, Fujimoto locked the door, saying a chant, "The path of the righteous shall not be revealed to the unfaithful. The mist of the uncertainty shall conceal the Gates of Heaven."
Fujimoto formed the sign of the cross over the key, and it turned itself, locking and sealing Rin in the hidden room. Fujimoto then grabbed the key and turned around, facing the demons and shouting to the priests, "Protect Rin!"
Kyodo unwrapped the bandage around his hand, revealing a mark on the back of his hand. It was a large circle with a triangle inside it, and inside the triangle was another circle. "God dwells in my fist!"
Kyodo formed a fist and charged forward at an incoming rotting canine. "Demons dwell in my heart!" He roared, punching the canine right in the head, vanishing it.
Nagamoto quickly formed and created a Magic Circle and used his teeth to draw his own blood. "Heed my call, Guardian of Fertility, Moorkin." He said, spilling his blood on the Circle. There was a huge puff of smoke and when it cleared, Nagamoto's familiar was there.
Moorkin was a scarecrow-like Demon, with a green cloth that covered most of its "body" and a witch-like hat. Its body was mostly made up of sticks and poles, its main shaft being a pitchfork.
It jumped into the air, landing on these mushroom-looking demons, impaling them with the end of the pitchfork.
Moorkin roared and launched itself at another demon, taking a bite out of it and killing it.
"Damn Exorcists…!" Astaroth roared angrily.
Fujimoto pulled out a shotgun from where he'd hidden it safely and filled it. He wasn't going to let any of them get to Rin…!
~X~
"Let me out, damn geezer! Let me out!" Rin shouted, pounding on the locked entrance. She wanted – no, she needed – to get out. She continued to pound and hit, but suddenly she just… stopped.
Everything that had happened in the past few hours began to come crashing down on Rin. It was burying her… suffocating her.
'I'm… a demon…'
Memories of her and Yukio with Father Fujimoto began to flash through her mind. After all the times they'd shared together… all the happy and fun memories they created together… as a family… Had it all been a lie? 'Dammit!'
"Why do they keep a wild child like her… she's like a demon's child."
The voices of the people who had criticized and taunted her when she was younger, accusing her of being a demon filled her mind.
"I'm not a demon!"
Rin would sit there, getting angry and crying, shouting to them all how she wasn't a demon. But they all hadn't been wrong… She was a demon's child… and a demon herself.
'I'm really…'
Rin wanted to cry. She truly did…
~X~
Fujimoto was shooting rotting canine after rotting canine. He then turned his gun on Astaroth, aiming and shooting for him. Astaroth dodged the bullets, running around while shouting, "What are you aiming at?!"
Astaroth turned in time to see Moorkin looming over him for an attack. With a quick slice, Astaroth destroyed Moorkin, sending his parts flying across the room.
"Moorkin!" Nagamoto shouted.
'I've got this!' Kyodo thought with determination, moving in on Astaroth. He was punching, trying to hit the demon. However, Astaroth kept easily dodging Kyodo's attacks. 'He's fast!'
Astaroth pulled out a mini-mushroom and it released a brown murky smoke which covered Kyodo. Kyodo fell back in pain while screaming, his arm being covered in the same mushroom-things, poisoning him.
"Kyodo-san!" Izumi shouted, dropping to his side, pulling the mushrooms off while chanting, "The Lord gives and the Lord takes away. He shall bestow you life and happiness! Praised be the name of the Lord!"
The mushrooms released the black smoke and they all disappeared. Kyodo was left groaning in pain on the ground.
However, all the mushrooms around the room continued to grow, giving off strange gasses.
"Rot away, you pieces of shit!" Astaroth shouted, laughing maniacally.
Maruta stepped up, opening his mouth and blowing out flames to burn down the demonic mushrooms growing rapidly around the room.
Astaroth growled. "A human getting cocky?!" He shouted, launching forward for an attack. He jumped up, roundhouse kicking Maruta in the face and sending him flying, crashing through the pews.
Maruta crashed in Nagamoto and they slammed into a wall, gasping in pain.
Fujimoto looked at them, shouting, "Maruta!"
"You won't get away!" Astaroth shouted, drawing Fujimoto's attention back to him. Astaroth was growing, revealing his true and major form. His skin turned a dark red colour, his claws and horns grew much bigger, his eyes turned completely red, and his teeth were battered and destroyed. He was roaring.
"He's huge…" Izumi said in shock.
"I'll tear every single one of you apart!" Astaroth snarled. His voice was ringing with his demonic nature.
Suddenly, the sharp broken end of the pitchfork came hurling through the air. It hit Astaroth right in the shoulder, taking him by surprised and knocking him to the ground with a large crash.
Fujimoto turned to see Rin standing there, panting tiredly.
"I said we're not done talking yet, you damn geezer!" Rin shouted.
"Young Mistress… what are you…" Astaroth started to speak.
Fujimoto pinned Astaroth down with his foot, pointing his shotgun right at him. "O Lord, bind a millstone around its neck so that it shall never rise from the depths of the Leviathan!" He chanted, holding his Exorcist pin-turned necklace.
"St- Stop…!" Astaroth shouted.
"Chain it in darkness eternal, where it will not hear nor see!"
Astaroth began spitting out black smoke and convulsing on the ground, trying to escape… but it was no use. As Astaroth was forced to leave, his form disappeared and Shiratori's original appearance returned. He slumped to the ground, unconscious.
"Nagamoto, get the car ready!" Fujimoto ordered.
"Yes, sir!" Nagamoto nodded his head, unsteadily rising to his feet.
"Izumi and Kyodo, you two will put the Seal of Tetramorph on this boy." Fujimoto looked down at the knocked-out Shiratori. "And do not forget the purification ritual."
"Yes, sir!" They said, moving towards Shiratori.
Rin shook her head. "Wait! We should treat their wounds first!"
Fujimoto looked at Rin and told her, "Our first and foremost priority now is to hide you. Realize that you're the target of the demons!"
Rin clenched her fists. "I see…" She said, feeling her anger boil up. "So if I leave, it'll all be over?"
"Rin!"
"Then I'll leave!" Rin said, heading over to the nearest doorway. "That should make you feel better!"
"Rin!" Fujimoto shouted again. This time he rushed over to her, grabbing her shoulder and stopping her.
"Let me go!" Rin shouted, pulling away from Fujimoto and slapping his hand away. She glared at him. "You'd throw me away anyway! I've been a problem child all my life… We're not even really related! Just strangers…"
"Rin!" Fujimoto tried to speak.
But Rin wouldn't let him speak. "Just be honest! That you got tired of pretending we're family!" She could feel tears welding up in her eyes, but she tried to blink them away. "Or can't a clergyman talk like that? Maybe you want to play a good father in the end?!" Rin scoffed. "Don't screw with me! You're not my father or anything! Do not ever call yourself my father again!"
Fujimoto slapped Rin.
The sound of skin-against-skin rang throughout the destroyed room and the other priests looked up.
"It's almost daybreak. Hurry and pack up." Fujimoto spoke. He was so calm and quiet that Rin actually wished he would be angry… that he would yell at her.
Rin stood there for a few minutes before she finally agreed, "Fine…"
Slowly, she turned and began to walk away.
Fujimoto looked down at his hand. It was red from slapping Rin so hard on the cheek…
Suddenly, Fujimoto's eyes widened and pain shot through him. He grunted in pain, falling to his knees and clutching his chest. "Oh no…"
"Reverend Fujimoto!" Izumi shouted, getting to his feet.
"Don't come closer!" Fujimoto ordered without looking at him.
Izumi stopped running a few feet away from Fujimoto.
"Get… away… from me!" Fujimoto struggled to say. He was shaking now.
All the light bulbs around the destroyed room started shattering, bathing everything in darkness. The only light came from the moonlight, shining in through the fallen wall on one side of the room and the windows. But even then, the room was still pretty dark.
All the priests were looking at Fujimoto with worry, and Rin looked around in surprise.
"What is going on…?" She said. She didn't know why, but she could feel her fear rising up. Something bad was about to happen…
Fujimoto started laughing, sounding just as crazy as Shiratori had when he was possessed by Astaroth. Rin looked at him, wondering what the hell was going on.
"At last…" Fujimoto was saying, looking at his hands with a triumph grin on his face. "I've got this body!"
"Old man!" Rin said, heading over to Fujimoto. She stopped at his side, looking down at him with concern. She reached out to touch him, but at the last minute something wash over her, making her pull her hand back.
Fujimoto looked at Rin, an evil glint in his eyes. He showed his teeth… which were sharp and long. "Finally, I can meet you, my daughter! You're so pretty… just like your mother was!" Blue flames suddenly erupted all over Fujimoto's body and he sat up, laughing again. His ears were pointed and his nails were now claws.
"What's wrong with you, Old Man?!" Rin shouted with worry. Every cell in her body was telling her to run. But she couldn't! This was her Father… despite what she'd told him. She couldn't just abandon him.
From the side of the room, Nagamoto was leaning against a broken wooden post. He was clutching his side, gritting his teeth in pain. "He's possessed! Satan has taken over his body!" He shouted to Rin.
"What!" Rin gasped, looking from Nagamoto to Fujimoto – no, Satan!
Behind the glasses, Fujimoto's eyes had taken on a dangerous, red glint. "Exactly. I am Satan. The God of Gehenna and your real father." He gave Rin a creepy, malicious smile. "You can call me Daddy if you want."
Rin recoiled. 'No…!'
"Reverend Fujimoto!" Kyodo yelled, running towards Satan. He didn't care if it was dangerous – all that was on his mind was trying to help Fujimoto.
"Shut the hell up!" Satan roared, and all the priests – Kyodo, Maruta, Izumi, and Nagamoto – caught fire with the blue flames. The pain of the blue flames overwhelmed them, sending the collapsing to the ground in pain.
"No, no, no. Everyone!" Rin shouted in panic. She didn't know what to do.
Satan looked at the priests, his tongue rolling out between his sharp teeth. Blood was starting to drip from his nose and eyes. "Don't ruin this touching meeting!" He gripped one of his hands, pulling and ripping it. "I don't have time for that!"
Rin winced at the sound.
"My power is too strong for Assiah. And so whatever I possess is doomed not to last very long. Just like this man's body… And your mother's!" Satan told Rin, smiling at her. The blood from his ruined hand had dripped to the ground and spread out. A hole was now forming in the ground and it filled with black liquid, which began boiling… but not into bubbles… It was boiling into heads!
Rin backed away, stumbling carelessly. She fell onto her butt and stared at it in horror, her stomach churning. "W-what is this?!"
"This is the Gehenna Gate!" Satan announced, almost proudly. "The magic gate connecting Assiah and Gehenna."
The Gehenna gate was a large, macabre and ornate gateway with two disgusting, blinking eyes. Rin didn't want to look at it. She wanted to tear her eyes away from it, but she couldn't.
"Let's go back to Gehenna!" Satan shouted, walking towards Rin.
"Don't come near me! S-stay away! STAY AWAY!" Rin shouted in panic, attempting to scramble away. Her blue flames burst to life around her, covering her entire body. Her emotions were running wild.
Satan stopped just in front of Rin, laughing in the same maniacal way as before. He pointed at her as though she was just a joke. "Did you piss your pants or something? Pathetic…" He snarled, grabbing Rin by her hoodie. "Just get your demonic powers back, already!"
He began dragging her towards the Gehenna Gate. Rin struggled, trying to break free. But Satan was stronger than her. "I'm not a demon!" She shouted hysterically. "I'm human!"
Rin looked to the side, catching her reflection. However… it wasn't a human reflection that looked back at her… it was a demon one. Her body was covered in flames… her eyes were wide, her teeth sharp, and her ears pointed. She looked crazy and evil and her blue-blackish hair tumbled all over the place.
'This is… I… I'm a…' Rin thought in horror. She wanted to claw at her own face.
"You have the blood of the God of Gehenna, yet your body is of Assiah. You are special." Satan said, throwing Rin into the disgusting black heads of the Gehenna Gate along with her sword.
Rin screeched, trying to move and pull herself out. This only made Satan laugh some more.
"That was a nice scream!" He said. "Today, you will be reborn as a demon!"
"No! Someone!" Rin tried to reach out. However, all the priests were on the ground and injured from the blue flames of Satan. "HELP ME!"
"Happy birthday, my darling daughter!" Satan told her. The blood coming from his eyes and nose were even worse now.
"That's… not…" Satan said… no, it was Fujimoto speaking. Suddenly, he gripped the sharp Exorcist pin he wore as a necklace and stabbed himself in the chest. "She's my daughter! And you'll give her back!"
Rin gasped in horror. No, no, no. He'd just stabbed himself!
"You filthy Exorcist…!" That was Satan roaring as the blue flames went out and he fell face-forward into the Gehenna Gate. He began to sink down.
Rin was shaking.
"Taking your own life, what a worldly priest you are! But it's too late. The Gehenna Gate won't let go of anything!" Satan spoke through Fujimoto's body, getting in the last word as he sunk down further and further.
"Old Man! Get a hold of yourself!" Rin cried, making her way over to Fujimoto despite how exhausted she was. She reached him, grabbing his shoulders and holding on tight. "Dammit!"
As they sunk down together, underneath the many heads, a memory filled Rin's mind…
~X~
"Hey, Daddy…"
"Hm?"
"Why am I so different from everyone?" Rin asked softly. She was being carried on Fujimoto's back, resting her head lightly against him. She was tired and exhausted. "Am I really a demon's child?"
"No, you're not." He told her. "You're a human child, Rin."
"Yes, Daddy!"
~X~
Rin grabbed the Kurikara, using it to pull herself up above the heads and gasp for air. She looked at it. "The Demon-Slaying Blade…" She said to herself, and then she looked at Fujimoto who was hurt and dying. This was all her fault… and this sword could be her onlyhope…
"Stop, Rin! Did you forget what Reverend Fujimoto told you?!" Nagamoto shouted his warning as he tried to get up. But he fell back down, grunting. "If you draw that… you will…"
Rin ignored him. She reached up with her other hand, placing it on the hilt of the sword.
'Old Man…'
"If it's that embarrassing, then show me how much you've grown!"
"I haven't shown you anything yet! Don't die on me, Old Man!" Rin said, twisting the blade and pulling it out. The blight light that shone from the sword as incredible. Rin continued to pull it out all the way and held it in front of her. She was feeling better, stronger than she had before. She felt like she could do anything.
Rin held her head up, snarling. Her new tail flicked back and forth and her pointed ears could hear everything around her. Rin raised the sword above her head, bringing it down on the Gehenna Gate. The room exploded with blue light as the gate dissolved away into nothing. Rin was left standing there in the middle of the destroyed monastery. She lifted her sword and sheathed it, her blue flames disappearing and her demonic features fading, becoming a little more human.
Fujimoto's body lay before Rin. It was still… not moving at all. His face was covered in his own blood... and his features were completely human, no longer demonic from Satan's possession. Blood had pooled out around him from where…. From where he'd stabbed himself in the chest… to regain control…
'Father…no, Daddy… He's…'
Rin felt her tears slip down her cheeks as she collapsed to her knees, shaking. She clutched at her sword… it was the only thing keeping her up, supporting her weight as she cried.
"D-D-Daddy…" Rin could barely speak.
"Sister?"
Rin couldn't move her head. She didn't think she'd be able to look at Yukio. Instead, she heard Yukio run past her and to Fujimoto's side, dropping down next to his lifeless body.
All Rin could do was sit there shaking and crying…
~X~
The skies were dark and cloudy. The wind was blowing and the rain was falling heavily… but none of that bothered Rin. She stood motionless in front of Father Fujimoto's grave, looking down at it, her blue-blackish hair falling like a curtain around her face. The falling rain had soaked through Rin's black dress and jacket and she was shivering.
Her tears were pouring down her cheeks again, but the rain concealed them. Her sword was strapped to her back, inside its red bag.
"There's only one number in there. It belongs to my good friend. Call him as soon as you leave the monastery. I'm sure he will protect you…"
Rin stared at the cell phone in her hands. Should she call…? Yes, she would… after all, she had nothing to lose. Yukio was off to True Cross Academy and there was no way she could stay in the monastery… not after…
Rin shook her head and went into the contacts list on the phone. Sure enough, there was only one number. The name it was saved under was… Pheles.
'Strange…' Rin thought as she clicked it, holding it to her ear and listening to it ring.
Someone's ring tone went off…. And it sounded close by. Rin's head snapped up and she looked around. She was surrounded by several men in black outfits and hoods. The ringtone continued to go off.
"Nice to meet you, little princess." The voice sounded through the phone, but also came from Rin's right.
Rin turned to see him… he was a strange-looking man. In his hand, he held his pink cell phone which had cute little charms attached to it; he clicked it off and put it away.
This man had dark purple hair with forest green eyes, a goatee, sharp teeth, pointed ears, and stood at the height of 6'5". His outfit… to put it simply… made him look like a clown. He wore a white suite with pink, jester-style pants, a pink tie with white polka dots, vertically-striped pink-and-purple leggings, purple gloves, pointed brown boots, a white top hat, and a white-and-purple cape. He was holding a funny-looking umbrella which had an ice-cream cone for a handle.
He bowed, introducing himself, "My name is Mephisto Pheles. I represent the Japanese branch of the True Cross Knight Order." He added, "I was an old friend of Father Fujimoto. Please… accept my condolences."
"Are… are… you all Exorcists?"
"Indeed." Mephisto said, walking towards Rin. He stopped directly in front of her, his umbrella shielding both of them from the rain. "And we know everything about you. It seems that Father Fujimoto tried to raise you as a human, but contrary to his wishes, you awakened."
As he said this, Mephisto reached forward with his free hand. He opened Rin's mouth and prodded her still-sharp teeth with his thumb. They weren't as sharp as they had been when Rin had opened her sword, and once she had closed it, her human features had softened her demon ones… but they were still there for the world to see.
Rin resisted the urge to slap away Mephisto's hand. She didn't want to piss this guy off. He gave off a powerful feeling.
Mephisto pulled his hand back. "The daughter of Satan wandering around Assiah is a threat of extinction to humankind. In the name of the Vatican, we are to dispose of you."
"W-what…" Rin gaped at him, pointing her finger at him. "Weren't you supposed to protect me?"
He grinned at her. "I'd prefer not to mix personal feelings with business." Mephisto informed her. "You have two options left. Be killed by us, or kill us and run away. You could also kill yourself, so actually that makes three options."
Rin gaped at this man. Was he serious?
"Now, which one would you choose?" Mephisto questioned her.
Rin narrowed her eyes at Mephisto. There was no way she was going to allow herself to be killed! Not after everything!
"Let me join you guys."
"Huh?" Mephisto looked at Rin with confusion, his mouth opened wide.
"I don't care what you say or what you think. I'm not the daughter of Satan. My father is Shiro Fujimoto and no one else!" Rin exclaimed loudly, getting emotional. She didn't want to cry! Not in front of this clown-weirdo.
Mephisto put a hand on his hip. He didn't look impressed with Rin at all. "I see. So you want to follow Father Fujimoto's dying wish. But just stop and think about it, little darling. What would you do if you became an Exorcist?"
"Kick Satan's ass!"
Mephisto's eyes went wide and everything went silent. Then, suddenly, he was laughing loudly. Rin had never seen somebody laugh as weirdly as this man before her.
"W-what's so funny?" Rin said with a blush, crossing her arms.
"Funny? The darling daughter of Satan becoming an Exorcist!" Mephisto laughed some more. "This is great! I haven't had such a great laugh in a while!"
"I'm serious!"
Mephisto straightened himself up. "Interesting! Very well."
The guards around them all looked shocked, losing their composure which they'd kept since the beginning of the conversation.
"But… Sir Pheles!"
"R-really?" Rin looked at him with shock.
"This is a measure beyond the law. However, Ms. Rin, the path you've chosen is not a simple one." Mephisto told her. His expression was serious now. "One day, you'll have to face your fate and you'll regret not dying here today."
"I don't care. I'm not a human or a demon anymore. I have no choice but to move forward… keep going." Rin said with determination. "I'm become an Exorcist!"
~X~
That's the end of the chapter! Woooh… these chapters will always be long, but whatever…
And jeez, as I was writing this chapter, I kept forgetting that Rin is a girl in this story so I always accidentally wrote "he"… It was frustrating.
Sorry for any stupid grammar mistakes and please review!