Amaimon slowly opened his eyes to see a blinding white light. He shut his eyes in pain almost immediately. Amaimon felt a dull aching feeling in his chest and subconsciously gripped it. He felt a hand pry his own off of his chest. Amaimon opened his eyes again and as his blurry vision cleared, he realized it was Mephisto.
Mephisto smirked and glanced to Amaimon's right side. "You three were all beaten pretty badly. Quite frankly, I think I came at the right time." Mephisto said. Amaimon very painfully looked at his surroundings.
It looked to be a hospital room, but Amaimon knew that Mephisto wouldn't take the princes of Gehenna to a human hospital, so they must be in the True Cross Academy hospital. Amaimon then followed Mephisto's gaze to see Rin and Yukio.
Rin had a body cast on and was out cold. Yukio had a bandage wrapped around his chest and was also unconscious. Amaimon turned to Mephisto and smiled very softly.
"You saved us nii-san... That's unusual." Amaimon whispered. Mephisto chuckled.
"Yeah, but I wanted to see the type of exorcists Rin and Yukio will become with the knowledge of being a demon prince. And you're my dear brother Amaimon, like I'd let you die so easily. Especially if it's at the hands of Satan over something stupid like your chest hurting." Mephisto frowned ever so slightly. "Speaking of which, would you care to explain? Nothing has you on the floor like that Amaimon."
Amaimon's smile disappeared and he looked away in embarrassment. "I... Don't know..." Amaimon trailed off. Mephisto looked to him, unconvinced.
"Do you remember when I was teasing you about how you like Rin? You were gripping your chest then too. I don't believe you." Mephisto said bluntly. Amaimon glared at him.
"I still haven't forgiven you for that nii-san. That hurt." Amaimon said in monotone.
"Yeah well... What hurt?" He asked.
Amaimon sighed. "Well... My chest.. Hurts whenever Rin comes up. I mean, not like what the humans call "love hurt". I'm talking about it hurts like I just got stabbed. Especially when..." Amaimon trailed off again and avoided Mephisto's gaze. Amaimon was afraid that his brother would make fun of him or something. That's one of his biggest fears, that someone will laugh at him.
Mephisto leaned back in the chair he was sitting on and tapped his chin in thought. "Hmm... That's unusual. I've never seen a demon who ACTUALLY feels pain when the thought of someone comes up..." He said.
Amaimon turned back to Rin and he looked away quickly, a weird feeling stirring inside him.
Was Amaimon, the great demon king, actually feeling guilt?
Mephisto looked to Yukio and smirked. "You beat Yukio up didn't ya? I was afraid you might kill him with that injury. I'm surprised Satan's soul stones (1) didn't do more damage to him."
Amaimon nodded in agreement. He yawned tiredly and looked outside, but his vision was blurring up again. He must be really tired... "What time is it?" He asked.
Mephisto looked at his watch and stared at Amaimon in amusement. "11:32 a.m. Does your demon side come out when you're hurt or something?" Mephisto laughed as Amaimon was trying to stay awake. Mephisto rubbed Amaimon's hair childishly and smirked evilly when Amaimon tried to glare at him. "Just go to sleep Amaimon. I'll make sure no one comes in here." Amaimon nodded and slipped into unconsciousness.
Mephisto laughed and put a spell on the hospital room before leaving. He wouldn't even let Rin's classmates or Shura in.
The last thing he needed was for one of them to report to the Grigori that he was keeping Amaimon here in Assiah.
Shima, Bon, Konekomaru, Izumo, Paku, and Shiemi were waiting anxiously where the Gehenna Gate disappeared. Shiemi slowly stood up and looked to everyone.
"Waiting here won't do us any good. I'm going to Sir Pheles's office to see if Rin and Yuki-chan succeeded in their mission." Shiemi said. Shima and Bon stood up also.
"We're coming too." They said. The three remaining stayed silent, looking down. Yeah, they were worried about Yukio and Rin, but...
Shiemi smiled at them, causing the two males to blush. She nodded before walking to Mephisto's office.
Something inside of her knew that Rin and Yukio succeeded...
But something was very wrong.
Rin very slowly opened his eyes and immediately felt pain. He screamed in agony as the dull feeling he had slipped away. Rin couldn't hear or see anything, he could only feel pain.
"Nii-san calm down!" He faintly heard Yukio shout. He couldn't stop though, the agony was too much for him.
Do you think it's easy to just make pain disappear Yukio?! Are you that freaking stupid?! Rin thought angrily as he tried (and failed) to stop screaming.
A couple seconds later, he felt a hand roughly cover his mouth. His tear filled eyes barely made out Amaimon's form.
Rin slowly stopped his screaming as he stared in Amaimon's eyes. They were so blue, so alluring... Everything except for Amaimon's face soon faded out along with the intense pain he felt all over his body. Amaimon gently took his hand off of Rin's mouth and sat back down on the bed next to Rin's.
Rin noticed that Amaimon was still gripping his chest, almost as if he let his chest go that same pain he felt in Gehenna would come back. Rin looked to his other side and noticed Yukio glaring at Amaimon, though Amaimon seemed oblivious to his glaring.
That or he's ignoring it.
"Good. Your screaming started to hurt my ears. It could also alert the teachers and students here. That could cause a chaos." Amaimon said emotionlessly as he glanced out the window.
"That's what you're worried about?! Not the fact that nii-san is in pain?!" Yukio said in disbelief. Rin gave a look to Yukio that made him instantly shut up.
"Amaimon is it? I finally learned your name.." Rin said, smiling sadly. Amaimon looked to Rin.
"So, Amaimon, will you please explain yourself? I'm confused on your actions." Rin asked, frowning slightly. Amaimon also frowned.
"Well, Rin, I told you and warned you ahead of time. It's your fault if you didn't believe me." Amaimon answered.
"But you acted nice. You came to the dorm almost everyday and gave me and Shiemi candy, twice." Rin argued. Amaimon actually smirked evilly.
Woah, that was creepy.
"Did you know that in some countries, the demon king Amaimon is known as the demon of deceit? Nii-san bought a book on demonology to see how accurate it was and I found that out. So, might as well take that to my advantage right?" Amaimon said with a small laugh. Rin and Yukio got chills down their spine and Amaimon's insane laugh.
Amaimon's eyes flashed dangerously as his smile grew evil. Rin and Yukio stared helplessly at him.
Holy shit, what was happening?
Shiemi opened Mephisto's office doors to see him looking at the setting sun through his own windows.
"U-Um... Sir Pheles... Did Yuki-chan and Rin make it out ok?" She asked. Bon and Shima stood on either side of Shiemi, waiting anxiously for his answer.
Mephisto sighed and looked away from the sun. He smirked. "Oh yes, they made it out of Gehenna alive. However.." He looked back to the sun and continued to smirk evilly.
"Come on... Come on! Just tell us what's wrong will ya? They're our friends." Bon said impatiently. Mephisto laughed and spun around quickly.
"However, they are both severely injured." Shiemi, Bon, and Shima widened their eyes.
"Really?!" They shouted. Mephisto nodded and laughed.
"They are also both left with Amaimon, cause he too was injured. For some reason he acts like his true nature, a demon king, whenever he's hurt... And the sun is setting..." Mephisto said. There was another reason, but no one else knew that (or will know that). Not even Amaimon himself.
It took them a minute, but the three teens finally realized his point. Demons get active at night... Who knows what the usually calm demon king will do?
"WHAT?!"
Yay! Another chapter! I thought about ending the story at this chapter, but I think I'll go for another 3 or 4...
1) Soul stones are the stones that take away human's souls if a human gets stabbed by them. For a demon, it just leaves a permanent scar. Since the first half-breeds are Yukio and Rin, they don't know what soul stones do to them
Song Dedication- Voices by Crown Empire (I think)
Anyways...
Review?
~Jay