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"Does anyone know what today is?" Mephisto asked the humans in the group. Bon thought about it.
"How long have we been here?" He asked.
"3 days."
"Then today is St. Patrick's Day, March 17th. Why do you ask?" Konekomaru answered.
"Today is Amaimon's birthday." Mephisto noticed aloud. "Guess we will be staying another day or so."
"Actually I wanted to celebrate in Assiah." Amaimon said coming out of the shadows with Sheimi.
"It's your birthday? Congratulations, Amaimon!" Sheimi said getting excited. "Why don't you want to celebrate with your family?" She asked.
"Because what I want for my birthday won't happen here." He responded candidly. "And I am out of candy." He made a pouty face. Suddenly Mephisto, Amaimon, Rin, Yukio, and Sheimi turned to the doorway and bowed to Satan and Yuri. "Father, may we return to Assiah? I would like to celebrate my birthday over there." Satan thought about it and looked at Yuri.
"Stay for two more hours?" She asked, "I would like to throw a party for you anyway, then you could go back to Assiah, I promise." She begged. "Please?"
"As my Queen commands." Amaimon sighed. Yuri clapped her hands happily and servants appeared.
"Get a cake ready, and find some plants to decorate the dining hall with, mind that they aren't cut." Yuri commanded.
"Mother wait, I can bake a cake." Rin cut in. Yukio, Sheimi, Bon and Konekomaru all nodded.
"He does a wonderful job too." Bon cut in. "We had a birthday party for our class and while the first one wasn't the right kind of cake, it was 4 stories tall. We sent it to him." Pointing at Mephisto, who nodded. "The second one was delicious though."
"So was the first." Mephisto stated. "It took me and Amaimon a couple days to eat it all, and we loved every minute of it." Amaimon nodded at what Mephisto said with a smile.
"Alright, you can bake the cake." Yuri said with a smile. "I never thought about one of you being a good cook." She admitted to her twins.
"The only thing he is better at is getting into trouble." Yukio stated. The entire room started to laugh. "So Rin is making the cake, what about gifts?" Satan and the princes looked at him in confusion. "Generally a birthday party has the birthday person, in this case Amaimon, getting gifts from most of the people who attend." He explained to the naturally born demons. "Mother, you know what I am talking about don't you?" Yuri nodded. "It is customary." He finished.
"Amaimon, what do you want for your birthday?" Sheimi asked her mate. When he started to lean over to speak in her ear, Satan cut in.
"That everyone can get you, not just your mate." His comment made Amaimon and Sheimi blush and Yuri giggled.
"Oh alright, umm, more plants for my rooms." He said, not wanting to grow them himself. They all nodded knowing how much he loves plants. Rin grinned getting an idea for the cake design.
"Alright give me about an hour to make the cake." Rin told them, "Now if someone would show me to the kitchen…" He trailed off seeing the confused looks everyone had. "You can't bake a cake without the oven, nor can you make one without ingredients." He stated. "Or is the problem that no one knows where the kitchen is?" They nodded. Then Sheimi thought for a second.
"Wait; there is a kitchen in our 'rooms'." She informed them. "As for the ingredients, can't you ask Ukobach to help find them?" Rin did a facepalm, and turned to the eldest brother.
"Can you please summon Ukobach?" He asked politely. Mephisto nodded and snapped his fingers. Ukobach appeared and looked at his master. Mephisto pointed to Rin, and Ukobach's face lit up like the fourth of July. "Hey buddy, I need some help with some cooking, want to help me?" Rin asked the excited kitchen demon who nodded emphatically. "Sweet, I need to make a birthday cake again, can you help me find the ingredients? And with the stuff needed to make and bake the cake." The little cook nodded again happily. "Thanks buddy." He looked at Sheimi, "where is the kitchen you were talking about?" He asked. She bowed to everyone and turned and motioned Rin to follow her. They all watched the three leave the room and then all went separate ways for the next hour or so. When they all met up again it was in the courtyard, which was prepared for the party. When Rin walked out with the cake everyone was shocked. He had designed it to look like a huge flower. It was at least 5 stories high and 7 feet across.
"You over did it again, Okumura!" Bon exclaimed. "Bigger isn't always better."
"Well taking into account that there are 12 family members, plus Sheimi, Shura, you and Konekomaru it might not be big enough." He reminded his friend.
"True, I did forget you have a ginormous family." He smiled at the thought of sharing a cake with Satan.
"Amaimon, why don't you come cut the cake?" Sheimi asked her mate who was staring at it in awe. "Cakes are for eating not staring." She reminded him, making him blush. He walked over and reached for the knife. He cut the cake and started to serve it, in order of family rank. Once everyone had a piece they all dug in, everyone was surprised that it tasted so good.
"Rin, this really is great, thank you for making it." Yuri told her oldest. "What do you all think?" She asked Satan and the other princes. They all nodded.
"Best one so far," Bon said. "What do you think, Konekomaru? Sweets are your area of expertise." Konekomaru nodded, his eyes shining happily.
"Best cake ever." He agreed. "You never cease to amaze me."
"They are right, you have baked a cake, in an oven you are unfamiliar with, and made it better than our best cooks. Even Ukobach can't do this well, no offence to the little cook." Satan decreed. "I think we know what you are the 'king' of. I now pronounce you king of the kitchen." He looked at Rin, "Now every demon that specializes in the kitchen is your kin and kith, they will obey you over anyone, including their tamer." He turns back to the party, "Now on with the party." Presents are quickly brought out and given to Amaimon. He opens all of them and finds all kinds of flowers, plants, and things that he doesn't have in his 'rooms'. When all was done they called for servants to clean up the mess, and soon it was time for Mephisto, Amaimon, Sheimi, Rin, Yukio, Shura, Bon, and Konekomaru to return to Assiah. Yuri pulled her sons into her arms and told them to be careful and look out for each other. She then pulled Sheimi, Amaimon, and Mephisto in as well. "Watch each other's backs." Was Satan's contribution to them leaving. With that he summoned the gate and sent them back to Assiah.
"Well well well, the demon's spawn return." Angel, the paladin, said as they walked through the gate into the clearing they had left from. "I expected no less from the sons of Satan, but for you to go along as well, you all just jeopardized your ability to become exorcists." He told the cram students. "I will…" He trailed off and his eyes went wide in shock when to everyone's surprise, Yuri walked out of the gate. "How is that possible, I saw you die." He said quietly. "Then blue night started, and you were freed by Satan, but died in childbirth to those two demons." He said pointing at Rin and Yukio.
"After I died, Satan had Amaimon preserve my body and had it brought over to Gehenna. He revived me and now I sit at his side, as his queen." She informed her former pupil. "Arthur, please don't hold my sons accountable for my death, I chose to die for them to live. I wanted you to help Shiro protect them, not have you hunting them down constantly."
"Yuri, I have to obey the orders of the Grigorri, I don't have any choice in the matter if I want to avoid a death sentence as well." He informed his former trainer. "I…" He looked at her in shock when what she said earlier. "You are the Queen of Hell?" She nodded.
"I am Satan's wife and queen." She said proudly. "So please, don't make me attack you, just leave my sons alone. And when I say my sons, I mean all of Satan's sons are mine." She warned, "So don't even think about attacking Amaimon or Mephisto." She glared at Angel.
"Alright, I won't attack them, but I do have to find out why they were in Gehenna with cram students." Angel sighed, "I don't want to do most of what I have to do, mind you. It was good seeing you again, Sensei." Rin and Yukio both looked shocked at the paladin.
"You were Mom's student?" Rin asked. "Why would you attack us if you were her student?"
"Orders, it is all about orders." Angel answered.
"Arthur, one more question." Yuri said, bringing his attention back to her. "Why are you dressed in such ridiculous clothes?" She demanded. "You are wearing flashy cloths, when an exorcist is supposed to blend into the crowd, not stand out." She reminded him.
"I am Paladin, so I need to stand out." Was his simple response to her question. She sighed and shook her head in shock of his stupidity.
"I am returning to Gehenna, good day boys, ladies." Mephisto, Amaimon, Rin and Yukio all bowed to her.
"Bye Mother." Rin and Yukio said in unison. "See you later." She nodded and walked back through the gate. Mephisto waited for a few seconds and then closed the gate.
"Amaimon, this forest looks great. It didn't take as long as I thought it would to get everything back to the way it was before your fight with Rin." He complimented his younger brother.
"Well, I need to question you on the past 3 days, so please come with m." he started, only to have Sheimi interrupt him.
"Can't we do that out here? It is so nice today, besides we have been stuck inside for the last few days." She begged the blonde exorcist.
"Sure, let's start with you." He said pointing to Konekomaru. "Why were you in Gehenna?"
"I went to Gehenna to see where demons go when we exorcise them." Konekomaru stated, "And there was a party that was going to happen." Angel snorted.
"Demons hosting a party. That sounds funny." He turned to Bon. "What about you?" Bon swallowed nervously.
"I went because Konekomaru went, and as his friend I wasn't about to let him go alone." Bon answered honestly.
"Shura? Your reasoning?" Shura looked at him in annoyance.
"I went because Rin asked me to and because I was actually born there so I know the layout pretty well." She snapped. "Why are you asking me, Baldy?" She demanded.
"What about you, little lady?" he asked Sheimi. Amaimon growled at his flirting with his mate. She shook her head at him silently telling him to calm down.
"I went because I wanted to meet Rin and Yuki-chan's mother." She answered, leaving the fact that she was Amaimon's mate out of the conversation.
"Mephisto, same question." He looked at the purple-haired demon.
"Father called his sons to come meet his queen, so I headed his summons, in hopes that it would avoid another Armageddon." Mephisto said picking lint off of his cloths.
"What of you Earth King?" Angel asked pointing at Amaimon.
"I went because Father summoned ALL of his sons. Not just Aniue, but also me, Rin and Yukio." Amaimon answered. "We brought the humans with us so that the twins would feel better about going to Gehenna." He stated.
"Is that true?" Angel asked the twins. They both nodded.
"We also didn't want Satan to try to drag us over there so we went with the condition that we would return within the week." Yukio stated. Rin nodded.
"We also really wanted to meet our mother." Rin added with Yukio nodding.
"Are you done interrogating us and our friends?" Sheimi asked pointedly. Angel looked at her in shock as he sensed her anger. "We would like to go and reassure our parents we are okay, but I for one am not going to leave while you are still willing to hurt my friends." She snapped to the confused paladin.
"I have no grudge against your friends, just demons." He answered her honestly. "Why would you be concerned for your friends?"
"Because I count everyone here, but you as a friend, be they demon, half-demon, or human." She answered honestly. "I don't want to come back and see the forest I helped regrow covered in the blood of my friends." Angel again was shocked at the girl's audacity to challenge him; the paladin; for her friends, knowing she didn't have a chance to defeat him.
"Why would you go so far for demons?" He asked bewildered. "They hurt, maim, and kill for fun, and you're defending them."
"Some demons only want to harm humans, but not all, some just want a place where they don't have to fight for a place to sleep, or where they won't be killed because someone stronger than them is bored." She defended. "And what about familiars? Do they deserve to die because they are demons, should the tamers be heartless because they aren't human? Demons have feelings just like humans do and not all are bad, just like humans." She shouted in anger as he was looking at her as if she was crazy. "If we follow the logic that if some are bad therefore we must destroy all, the good and the bad, then why are humans not wiped out yet?" She tried to reason.
"I see your point, you don't have to shout at me." Angel said softly. "I repeat what I said to Yuri, I don't do this because I like it; I do it to avoid being killed for not obeying orders."
Amaimon, not liking the look on his bride's face reached into a pocket and pulled out one of the layers of the cake from earlier. "Who want's birthday cake?" He asked with a silly grin, making the tension in the air decrease dramatically. Sheimi giggled and everyone who went to Gehenna nodded. "What about you, Mr. Paladin?" Amaimon offered. Angel looked at Amaimon like he was crazy. "Rin made it." He pointed to his little brother, who nodded.
"Whose birthday are we celebrating?" Angel asked as he took a slice of cake. They all waited until the cake was devoured and then answered his question.
"Amaimon's." Angel blinked.
"I didn't know demons celebrated their birthdays." He stated.
"We normally don't but with all of these humans around we decided 'why not?'" Mephisto said with a grin. "You should totally become a chief." He told Rin. "You would do well with whatever you cook." Rin smiled at his oldest brother's compliment.
"Thank you." He said with a small bow. Angel watched this and was laughing.
"You really are a laugh, young man." He told Rin. "I won't attack you unless directly ordered to."