Hey, hey, hey I'm back people! With the amazing Chapter 8! I can't believe I managed to update in relative good time! Huh, Wild's on the game! Oh and those who watch the anime the old dude in the beginning is named Faust. Read the book people there are several; I personally like Johann Wolfgang Gothe's, but that's me!

"Stop, Time. Thou art so fair!"-Faust ( Or "Tarry on. Thou art so fair!")

Chapter 8

/ "You made me swallow my pocky-stick." /

Amaimon looked down at his younger sibling as her eyes widened and she unconsciously took a step back away from him. Rubbing his throat he peered at her, taking in her new appearance. The overall assumption was:

"You look like you would taste good."

She just stared up at him as he towered over her letting the remark hang in the tense air. Pulling out a box out of his pocket, he dug out another chocolate-covered stick and popped it into his mouth; replacing the previous one that had been choked down haphazardly due to the collision of earlier. He then placed the box back into his right pocket.

Rin sat on the floor, knocked down by the run-in; black jackets pooling around her feet as she continued to stare in utmost horror at him. Then her silence was broken as she pointed an accusatory finger at him, growling,

"TEME!"

Amaimon pointed at his nose,

"Me?"

Rin's eye twitched as her shoulders shook with rage. Standing up with a flourish, she waved Koumaken in its bag at the green-haired Earth King.

"Yes, you! What are you doing here?"

Amaimon lowered his hand as he chewed thoughtfully at the end of his treat. His blank stare focused right on Rin's face. Then he blinked and opened his mouth,

"To follow you."

Rin stepped forward making the motion to bash him over the head with Kurikara, but stopped.

'He must have locked the door!'

In panic, Rin whirled around grabbing the hilt of her sword, attempting to slice through the door and alert the others to the Earth King's presence, if they hadn't already figured it out.

She never made it.

Amaimon grinned slightly as he saw the flash of realization on her face and the dash to the door. He jumped above her and cart-wheeling, came to stand in front of the train car's sliding door as he turned around and grabbed the hand on Koumaken's sheath as the blade was partially drawn out of its scabbard. The blade was stopped from sliding out due to the fact that his hand kept her from pulling it out backwards and the handle from moving forward due to it being three inches from the wall. It felt as if the blade and her-self was in between a rock and a hard place. The rock his grip and not wanted to let go of the blade for fear of losing it like last time to the demon, the hard place.

Rin gasped and tried to back away as Amaimon held fast with his grip on her sword.

"Let go!"

She tugged backwards as he tightened his hand over hers. Seeing the lopsided grin on his face, Rin snarled and stomping on his toe yanked Kurikara out of his grip as he let go and bashing him on the head while she was at it. He yelped,

"Ouch!"

She twisted around and hitting the floor with a roll came up a few feet away from her original position coats flapping behind her, watching the demon in front for any sudden movements. All he did was hold his foot and head moping,

"That wasn't very nice you know."

Rin sneered, finally yanking Koumaken out; blue flames spilling around her as her flames ignited upon the swords length. They swirled around her body as her ears lengthened and her teeth enlarged slightly. Her fluffier-then-normal tail lashed the air as she made ready to fight the demon king.

"Humph, I'm not even here to fight you and you attack me."

The exwire leapt forward, slashing downwards not believing him for a second. Amaimon stood there chewing the meager remains of his second pocky-stick as he released his head and left foot.

Why isn't he moving? Does he want me to cut him?

That's when shebecome conscious to the fact that they were on a moving train and that if she fought inside the train there was a good chance that a lot of people would get hurt if it went off the tracks or worse, exploded.

At the last second possible she tucked and rolled, jumping off the floor were she would have landed, slicing Amaimon with Koumaken. Upside down for all about three seconds she skidded on the ceiling bouncing of the metal underside of the roof of the train car and back-flipping off of it to land by the opposite train compartment door.

Sheathing her sword, she huffed in frustration comprehending what a very unpleasant situation she was now in. Amaimon could tear her apart with a single hand, let alone the fact that he probable cared less-then-nothing about the other people on the train.

I need to find a way to get him away from the populated train cars. But how? If I don't…

Images of broken and bloody bodies arose in her mind as she tried to work out a way to lure the Earth King further away from them. I can't let that happen.

It was at this time that Amaimon decided to speak up from the other side of the car. About a minute had past since the beginning of the mock battle and he was starting to get bored with his assignment about five minutes ago.

"Weren't you about to hit me? Why'd you stop? A fight isn't any fun if you don't hit anyone.""

Rin's shoulders shook as she gritted her teeth. Does he think everything's just a game?

"What's wrong with you? LEAVE ME ALONE! First the Amusement park, then the forest and then in the hallway! Why. Won't. You. Leave. Me. Alone?"

She gestured with her covered sword letting her free hand wave wildly about in her fury.

Amaimon just continued to chew on the last bit of his tasty treat and gulping down the remains dug in his pocket for the box and brought out another one. Winding his tongue around it he pulled it into his mouth with a large smacking sound.

Rin's eye twitched, a large bright vein bulging on top of her spiky blackish-blue hair covered head and she yelled,

"AND WILL YOU PLEASE STOP EATING WHEN I'M TALIKING TO YOU?"

The older demon stopped nibbling on the chocolate-smothered pocky-stick for a second—then slowly and deliberately opening his mouth wide—chomped down on the stick with a loud "crunch".

Rin froze for five seconds. A clock could be heard ticking on the back wall near her. Then painfully slow her shoulders lifted up and down, once, twice, three times; a soft chuckling feeling the air. Then she looked up at the demon in maroon across the room. There was madness in her sapphire eyes as she lifted Kurikara still in its red bag and hit it into her palm several times.

"That's it, your going down punk."

Amaimon's blank stare widened as a smile swept across his face.

"You can try, Rin-chan."

The teasing is what did it. One second she was on the opposite side of the room and the next, her fist was in Amaimon's gut.

"Agh!"

The demon king wasn't expecting for her to come straight at him. She's faster then before! Rin pulled back her sword and rammed it into the same space her fist had just occupied. Twirling around, she jumped onto the row of seats behind her as Amaimon swiped. His black nails just barely missed the fabric of her coats as she back-flipped to the next row, nimbly avoiding the next series of attacks. His hand went straight through the seat like a butter-knife. His next one punched a hole in its neighbor like it was paper. Rin danced to a fro avoiding him easily.

I'm faster then normal! Is it because I'm a girl? I do feel lighter—maybe this form's not as bad as I thought!

She laughed out loud, starting to enjoy being faster the other. Usually every time she had fought the green-haired demon he was so fast; now it was the other way around!

"Haha! Can't keep up bastard?"

Amaimon's earlier smile liquefied into a snarl as he was now the one being taunted. He didn't think twice about continuing the fight, his Ani's orders to not stir up trouble forgotten as the younger threw jab after verbal jab at the elder. They never got to finish their fight in the forest after all…

"Don't make fun of me!"

Rin tumbled off the last set of chairs, hitting the floor running. As the elder demolished the last set of chairs he saw her reach the door and throwing open the next two sliding doors leading to the next compartment, she ran ahead letting the doors close behind her with a quick snap.

She had just enough time to hit the deck as both doors were punched inward and sent flying to that car's opposite wall. They flew down the aisle and hit the wall with a loud "bang", the metal ringing from the impact.

Yowser, I think my plans working a little too well…

Amaimon appeared in the door frame with murder in his eyes as he looked at the younger female. Then his eyes saw what was lying on the floor next to her.

Rin's eyes followed his and alighted on the box of Pocky-sticks that fell out of her own pocket.

Oh, damn…

You see when she had first hit Amaimon in the stomach; she also took that chance while he was still stunned to snatch the box from his pocket while he was otherwise—preoccupied. She thought it was a good idea at the time, till she saw the look on the normally stoic demon's face.

He blinked once, twice and then a smile tugged onto his face. His placid jade eyes lit up and he beamed. This at the time scared the hell out of Rin.

I know that look—it's the same one he had when I finally unsheathed my sword in the forest!

Rin scrambled off the blue carpeted floor grabbing the box—as well as Koumaken next to her—in the process. She then swung around holding both items in hand ready to fight; while shouting,

"Stop!"

The two-toned green-headed man took a step forward, the leer still stretched across his face showing his sharp canines. Really it was enough to send shivers down her spine—a real devil smile.

"STOP! I mean it, take one step closer and I'll…I'll-"

He cocked his head to the side a bemused-yet delighted curiosity shining from his features. The lackluster usual Amaimon was gone; in its place was now his playful side. Everything had been so boring till now.

She finally wants to play!

Of course, playing with the elder was the very thing Rin did not want to do at the moment. No, not at all. Amaimon held out his hands as he sang,

"Well? ~ What will you do? ~"

Rin tried to think of something quick and really the only thing that came to mind was this:

"Take one step closer and I'll eat your pocky-sticks!"

She wanted to melt into the floor right then and there. Seriously that's all I can say to a badass demon? That I'll eat his snacks? She was contemplating whether to smack her-self, when she heard a chortle from the other side of the car.

The half-demon watched as the green-spike boy grasped his sides and began to laugh uncontrollable. His knees gave out as he doubled up in hysterics. The uncanny sound felt like water going down Rin's spine.

She looked on perturbed as he choked from laughing too hard. Is he laughing?

He finally quieted down with a few left over sobs, chuckling as he struggled to pull air into his lungs. He was now sitting on the floor legs crossed as he looked up across the room wiping tears out of his eyes. Jade orbs wavered with mirth as they met Rin's sapphire. He chocked out,

"Ne, if you do I get to play with you~"

He ended his rhyme with a lilt, smiling wide—happy as a kid in a candy store would be. Rin stood fixed to the spot as she tried to wrap her head around what just happened. Huh?

"You're not going to fight me?"

The exwire questioned dumb-struck. The demon king shrugged his shoulders undecided.

"Not unless you want too. I'm bored, so~ play a game with me. Or else."

She blinked, straightening from her fighting position as she stood baffled. The other waited for an answer all he received was a blank stare and a,

"Huh?"

"You know "Huh?" is not an answer."

Amaimon shot back puzzled as to why she wasn't responding properly. He pursed his lips speaking slowly,

"Sure, I'll play with you Ani." is what you're to suppose to say, and then you play."

Rin's mouth dropped open, eye-brow twitching along with a vein on the back of her left fist currently crushing the held hostage box of pocky-sticks.

"Are you serious? After your little psycho freak out, I'm supposed to just sit down and have a nice chat with you? Do you think I'm stupid?"

He looked her up and down slowly, then replied calmly,

"No, but you're a bit rough around the edges, per say."

Rough around the edges? Rough around the edges!

That thought echoed around in Rin's mind as she once again leveled her gaze with his and gritted out,

"Rough around the edges you say? Boy, your just asking for an ass-whooping you know that?"

She rolled her shoulders, a tic developing in the upper left corner of her forced smile.

"But if it's a game you wanna' play then lets do this. I'll beat your ass so hard you'll go crawling back to Gehenna in tears!"

If just playing a game with him will keep him from slaughtering anyone—me included—I'm defiantly game.

She trudged forward grudgingly and watching him carefully sat down, mirroring him Indian style. Her jackets pooled around her and her tail twitched according to her jittery nature. Every time he moved slightly Rin would be ready to defend her-self. Just because I'm a girl right now doesn't mean I don't have my demon strength, plus I'm faster now too.

The event in the classroom with Mephisto and Angel was not a factor, seeing how they were both too strong to do anything—but be man-handled, let alone try to beat them in a fair fight—at least at her current level. Now Amaimon she could handle, albeit not without sever damage to her-self, but still a few cuts hardly mattered when your fighting for your life, you know?

"So what's it you wanna play, spiky?"

Amaimon's grin slipped a little at that, but he ignored that particular jab for once in favor to reaching for the box of chocolate sticks. Rin pulled back hitting his out-stretched hand with the scabbard warning him to not come any further. His hand jerked back with an "Ow" and he licked it dejected.

"Na-ah, I keeping these, if you so much as even think about causing a ruckus, these babies' are going up in smoke."

To emphasize she banged the sword on the floor and set a corner of the box aflame with her blue embers. His eyes widened and he sulked,

"No fair."

Rin stuck out her tongue; she then extinguished the flame with another tap of her sword on the carpeted aisle.

"All's fair in love and war, Hun, besides I thought demons didn't know the concept of fair?"

The Earth King tilted his head to the side parrying,

"Then you wouldn't know it either, huh? Hun~"

She blanched at that, bitterly accepting the come-back.

"Touché. But seeing how I'm half-human that doesn't really apply now does it?"

The green-haired demons lips quirked back to the more then half-mast smile he had on earlier, before the teasing remark on his hair. Now this is entertaining, but I want more…

"Well, you won't be that way for long if Ani has anything to say about it, Rin-chan."

Rin puzzled frowned at the statement, teeth taking a bottom lip into her mouth showing her sharp baby demon canines.

Amaimon watched fascinated catching the sight of her tail again when she paused. It seemed to wave back and forth in greetings. He remembered back to the satisfying moment when he had it in his hands making his little brother submit to him. Of course, then he was hit below the belt; which didn't bring back fond memories at all.

Having said flash-back he didn't hear Rin's question, so he ended up nearly getting bashed in the head with Kurikara. Luckily, instead his hand caught it inches before his green-tinted hair—which surely would have crushed his wonderful spike.

"What?"

Rin's frown grew deeper, miffed at his lack of attention.

"I asked why you keep saying Ani. You've at least said something about him several times in passing. And were you zoning out? I have a feeling this is going to be a long train ride if you keep doing that. Even if we only have about," she checked the train clock above the gaping hole that was the train entrance. "Fifteen minutes left till the train stops." She looked back at him as he continued to stare at her.

This guy's said something about this Ani person before. I didn't think demons could have siblings—or families for that matter! I wonder what kind of secrets he knows…

He blinked at her, blank face returning; which she noticed seemed to be his default expression on most occasions. He then simply answered her previous question,

"Our Ani, of course."

Rin bristled at that, simply because it made no sense.

"What do you mean our Ani, last time I checked I was a twin, not a friggen' quadruplet!"

Amaimon smirked at this, moving a finger across his lip in the usual "zipping" manner and throwing away the proverbial "key". Which in turn fired up Rin even more so then before.

"Nani, don't just go ice statue on me, tell me what you mean!"

He shook his head and pointed to the box in her left hand. She glanced at it, then back at him making a face.

"No way, if you want them you'll have to win 'em."

He made the "unlocking and unzipping" gesture—causing Rin's tail to snap back and forth in agitation—then replied hopefully,

"As in a game?"

Rin smiled her fangy usual and nodded her head causing her pony-tailed hair to bob up and down, tail swishing in amusement.

"Yeah, how about a game of Truth or Dare?"

The tinted green haired demon king tilted his head to the side wondering,

"What's Truth or Dare?"

Rin face palmed, sighing dramatically,

"I forgot you are probable not familiar with Assiah games." She looked at the guy sitting opposite to her and gestured while she talked, "Well, Truth or Dare… is Truth or Dare, you ask the person if he—or she—wants to answer a question or wants to do a dare. If they don't the other person wins the round. You just say pass, by the way."

"So~," here she pointed at Amaimon. "You win a round and I'll give one, " waves the box of pocky sticks around, "to ya free of charge; plus you get to choose whether I say Truth or Dare for the next round, but if I win the round," she winked at him saucily, "then I get to eat one and ask you a question. If I win the most rounds you will have to tell me everything I want to know. If you win…well, I'll play whatever game you want to next, deal? Oh and if you break the rules that person wins the round and gets a pocky-stick."

Hopefully, a few very much needed to know answers will come out of this.

Amaimon stilled looking between the box and his little sister's face. He placed his left hand on his chin, rubbing thoughtfully tilting his head toward the ceiling. If I do I can play with her, if I don't will probable end up fighting and Ani will ground me or worse tell Tō-san… Amaimon abruptly looked back again, saying evenly,

"Deal, but I get to go first."

Rin smirked and placing the box with sword by her sides, waved her hand in Amaimon's direction telling him to go ahead. I'll win either way.

"Well, Truth."

The black-blue haired child blinked expecting him to say the opposite, but shrugged her shoulders as she came up with a question.

"How old are you?"

To make up for the lack of updates, here is a sneak preview of Chapter 9!

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Kufufuyofu~Wild-Tama

Chapter 9

/ "How old are you?" /

Amaimon brought his hand up to his mouth chewing on his black thumb-nail.

"I think I'm 830 years old, but I believe I would be," here he quirked his head looking up again, "16 and a half if I counted in human years."

Rin's jaw dropped, pointing at him amazed,

"You've lived 830 years? What in the name Gehenna are you, immortal? Wait, do all demons live that long? If they do, does that mean I will? I mean that would be kind of cool…But still, 830 years?"

Amaimon took the nail out of his mouth smirking as he interrupted her string of babbling,

"I believe that is more than one question. I think that's against the rules, ne? Truth or Dare? And give me a pocky-stick."

Rin slumped back annoyed rolling her eyes. She shook her head letting her hair sway as she sat fuming. She tossed one at him and answered grudgingly,

"Truth."

Amaimon pouted, but never the less said,

"Why do you play around with those humans?"

The younger answered back matter-a-factually and without hesitation,

"Because they are my friends. Why? Is there some rule that I can't have human friends?"

The Earth King shook his head frowning,

"Iie, but it's frowned upon, Tō-san would go ballistic if he found out. He hates humans. Oh and give me a pocky-stick you broke the rules."

Rin gasped and puffing out her cheeks handed over a chocolate covered stick. She looked inside the box and found only three left. Damn…I need to stop yakking…I only have ten minutes until the train stops to get what I need from him and not lose either.

"Truth or Dare?"

The elder opposite of her replied with,

"Truth."

Once again the half-demon was taken aback by his choice. For sure she thought that he would want to do something considered fun.

P.S: Mephisto looks like such a dork in 1480's clothes!