Sorry for the very late update! I've just been having a rather hard time coming up with ways to portray my ideas for the story. In this chapter, we'll be learning some new things about our new cat sidhe, 'cause I know a lot of you are probably curious about her. Really, I came up with her because I didn't think Kuro got enough attention T^T

Well, anyway, Enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 4

"Oh, it looks like the wind is dying down," Rin commented, wandering out of cave he had been sharing with the Aki the cat demon for the past several days, as far as he could tell. Who knew how time worked in this hell hole? One minute it was the middle of the night, the next it was noon, then dawn, or sunset, or whatever order the world felt like doing things. Right now, it was sunset, so the magenta-miasma cloaked sky was tainted more red.

During his stay so far in Gehenna, Rin had only left Aki's cave once or twice, mainly for water, because the wind storm had yet to be quailed.

So right now, he was seriously bored. And he still had no idea how to get back to Asiah.

"Rin is right; now Rin can come hunting with Aki and Aki can help Rin look for way back home!"

Rin gave his signature grin, "Arigato ne, Aki,"

The cat demon yowled in joy at the praise, then they both shot out of the cave, having a contest to see who could go the fastest. They were running through the part of Aki's territory that was a bunch of canyon walls, making the path narrow at places.

"Ah, no fair; Rin is cheating!" Aki yelled when Rin started jumping along rock outcrops to gain more speed.

"How is this cheating? AH-WOUH!" he shouted in surprise as he nearly lost his balance on one ledge. He managed to shift his enough backwards to keep from falling over…then the outcropping disconnected from the other rocks.

"Ah?" the teen said, paling, then flailing around and screaming. He did manage to land on his feet, and the large boulder crashed to the ground behind him, breaking into smaller rock pieces. "Woohh; to close, too close,"

"Rin!" the Cat Sithe yelled, leaping over to check on her friend. "Is Rin okay?"

"Yeah, but you know what Aki…you're falling behind!" the teen yelled, sprinting a head.

"Now Rin is cheating for real!"

"Hahahahaha; you snooze you lose!" Rin yelled, turning his head around, and he just so happened to run right into a Salamander demon. It took one look at Rin, then let out a very loud RAWR, not liking his sleep being disturbed on bit. Rin promptly stood back up, dusted off his pants, and then ran like a bat out of hell. "Why did this happen!?"

"Rin! Aki will…" Aki said, coming to save her friend, then coming to a complete halt when she saw the fire based demon behind Rin.

She then turned around and ran in the opposite direction.

"Ah-! Wa-what – Aki! Aren't you going to fight that thing!? It's on your territory, right!?"

"Aki hates fire demons though!"

That answer was not what Rin was expecting. He stumbled, and would have fallen if not for the adrenaline in his blood and the sound of a thousand pound fire-lizard right behind him.

"What do you mean you hate fire demons!?"

"Aki's family and Aki's friends all burned up by bad fire when Aki only little demon! Aki no like fire! It burns! It's hot! It hurts Aki!"

"Aki…" Rin said, watching his friend's reaction. Gritting his teeth, he stopped running and turned around and choosing to stand his ground. Had his sword been with him, he would have unsheathed it and released his demon powers again, but he had to settle for the next best thing; the demonic strength he'd had since he was a little kid.

"Come on scale-face! Bring it!"

"RAWR!*breaths fire at Rin*"

Rin dodges and runs along the rock wall, jumping onto the demon's back and grapping two of the three horns that grew out of it's head. He held on tightly as the beast thrashed around under him, slamming him and itself against the rocks.

"Damn you; stop fighting!" Rin yelled, gritting his teeth, then twisting his upper body, making the fire demon under him swivel it's head and lose it's balance and crash to the ground. Standing over the thing's head, he looked into it's eyes and let his demonic nature seep out, saying on an instinctual level what would happen if he was attacked again.

Needless to say, when Rin moved back the Salamander Demon turned tail and fled as fast as it could.

"And don't come back! You big wussy! How'd ya like that!?" Rin shouted, making faces in the direction the thing had fled. He was rather proud of himself that he had gotten rid of it without the use of his demon powers or killing it. "Oi~ Aki, you can come beck now; it's gone!"

The cat sithe cautiously crept out from behind the outcrop she had taken to a little while ago while Rin was fighting the demon. "Rin is still alive?"

"Nice to know you have so much confidence in me..." the teen pouted, tracing a circle in the ground.

"I must say, that was rather quite the feat for one such as you," a new voice said as the area in front of the two friends glowed a bright orange yellow. After a flicker of flame (making Aki fluff out her tail and hiss), a demon that looked like an owl with ancient armor and overall round shape appeared.

Jii...

Jii...

Jiiii...

"...who the hell are you?" Rin asked, and the new demon sighed.

"I am Ucchusma, lord of fire (I actually forget how he introduces himself in the manga) and you, young prince, have no control over your powers, do you?"

Rin's eyes widened and he quickly took a step back, on the defense for and attack, his tail swishing behind him. "How do you know that...?"

"Relax; I am not here to attack you. Quite the contrary really" ,the fire spirit stated, shrinking his form down and getting onto the level the teen was at. "I am here to train you,"

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