It was a cold night, the moon illuminated the sky. A cold breeze blew through the town, chilling everyone to the bone. The leaves slightly rustled, looking a full autumn color. I looked into one of the rain puddles on the ground to see my twin brother, Rin Okumura looking right back at me. He huffed loudly as we continued to walk in silence. I looked over at him with a scorn on my face, "Tch. What's the matter with you anyways."
"You're the matter." He looked over at me with a serious face, but I knew he was kidding when he broke into a grin and punched me lightly on the shoulder. "School, the usual."
"You know Rin, you should really try to have better grad-"My sentence was cut off as a loud squeaky noise came from the left of us.
Squawk squawk squawk.
"What the hell…" I murmured, turning around to see a couple teenagers playing around in a park. I almost laughed, but on closer inspection it turned out they were shooting the pigeons with a big brown crossbow. Rin and I looked over at each other, our big blue eyes meeting instantly.
"They're not gonna get away with this." Rin grumbled, stumbling towards the teens as I loyally followed. He looked down at the teens scornfully before breaking into a yell, "AND JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" They seemed to be taken aback.
"Well. All these moronic birds seem to do is poop on us. So I decided to take them out." The teenager with the crossbow said. He wasn't a big tough guy, but he looked as if he could hold himself in a fight.
"Well considering their brains are bigger than your dick you would be jealous of them." I sneered, Rin laughing in reply.
"WHY YOU-" He stopped. He smirked. He looked at the pidgeons. He put up his crossbow.
Bam.
I don't think he knew what hit him. Before he even pulled the trigger both me and Rin jumped onto him, punching him over and over and over again. His idiot friends were already running off by the time we were done with him. There was red sticky blood streaming down his face as I kicked him towards the dead pigeons. "Don't you ever. Don't you ever. Think about doing that again." I hissed as Rin and I glared at him.
"Sis, lets head home. He's not worth our time." Rin said as he turned around, walking back towards the monastery.
"Yeah. Lets." I trudged off towards him, walking back home.
"RIN, TAKARA, YUKIO, DINNER TIME!" Father yelled down to us.
"Coming." Yukio said politely.
"Gimme a sec Old Man!" I yelled down impatiently.
"STOP YELLING YOU OLD FART." Rin screamed, hurting my ears.
I sighed as I walked down the old stairs, slipping a couple times from wearing socks. "What's for dinner?" I asked lazily, looking at perfect little Yukio sit down at the table.
"Well I got some vegetables… and fried rice? Sorry, you know we're not rich." Father replied, placing a decent amount of rice on the dinner table.
Rin ran into the kitchen, "Food! Food! Time to eat!" He sang in a kind of tune. I raised an eyebrow and sat down on the hard wooden chairs.
We all ate quietly except for Rin who chewed with his mouth open, food pouring out of his mouth. The monastery workers opened the door and sat down at the dinner table, they are close friends with the family. "Hey! Rin, we found you a job! You know, since you don't like high school and all that." One of the monastery workers said, instantly regretting the last sentence.
"ARE YOU CALLING ME STUPID?" Rin yelled, jumping out of his seat.
"O-Of course not! It's just you need a job right?" The monastery worker replied shakily.
I looked at Rin and mouthed the words 'Calm it down.'
He looked back at me and sighed, "Ok so what's the job? And Takara do you want to work with me?"
I made a disgusted face, "Ew. No."
"Well it's a job at the market down the street." The monastery worker as he handed Rin the flyer and put some rice onto his own plate.
I pinched my nose, annoyed by Rins excitement, "Will you shut it already? And when's the interview?"
Rin blinked innocently and looked over the flyer, "Interview…. Interview… Ah!" He exclaimed, pointing at the bottom of the page. "AHH! IT'S RIGHT NOW."
We all looked at him suspiciously when Father spoke up, "You can borrow my suit, and Yukios shoes." He got up to get the suit as I went upstairs to put on my outfit, I mean I might aswell go with him. I combed my messy navy hair to make it slightly less messy and I pushed my bangs out of my eyes as I slipped on one of my skirts and I threw on a white button-up shirt. I grabbed my shoes and walked down the stairs watching Rin fly past me.
"I'll see you there Rin." I said as he sprinted out the door.
The market was a big place that had everything you needed. Well, if you're talking about food. I walked inside casually, looking at all of the big signs put up everywhere. My ballet flats gripped on the tile floor as I searched around for Rin. "Maybe he didn't get the job…" I thought aloud, until I heard a noise coming from the noodle and spice section of the store.
I walked over, peering around all of the people crowded there. "Hey Takara! I got the job!" He shouted from one of the booths while he served up noodles. I walked around to give him a big bear hug as he gave me some free noodles.
"These are delicious, how'd you do it?" I questioned, still chewing on the noodles.
"I dunno, mixed some sauces and stuff? And maybe…" He pointed at me who was scarfing down the noodles like a big. "That's why you don't have a boyfriend." He made a disgusted face while he pointed at me eating the noodles.
"Baka. I could get a boyfriend if I wanted to." I protested, looking away from him, still slurping my noodles.
"Sureee…" He joked, watching me eat my noodles.
"So Rin, what time does your shift end?" I asked, looking back at him in his workers smock.
"In like 5 or 10 minutes." He replied, frowning slightly.
"What's wrong?" I asked, looking at his frown awkwardly.
"Well it's just… With Yukio going off to True Cross, and you may be going with him…" He looked away while saying this.
"Well. I'm too stupid for True Cross." I stated, bringing Rin into a headlock and messing up his hair.
He laughed loudly as costumers began to stare, "Let's go home Takara…"
"Rin, I'm going home. I hope you catch up." I yelled as watched him put away his smock and clock out, myself walking out into the night.
I was laying back, playing a card game with Yukio, who knew my strategy already and was starting to beat me, "Shouldn't Rin be home by now? And where is Father?" I asked, sitting up in my seat.
"I don't know, but we should just wait for them." He stated, like I was going off into the night to look for them.
He kissed my forehead and rubbed my head quietly, "Thanks Yukio." I stated, pushing away his hand.
The door creaked open as Rin and Father stumbled inside, "Where have you two been?" Yukio and I asked in unison.
Father gave us a 'don't ask don't tell' look so we both quietly sat there. Rin Flopped onto the floor and looked over at me. "It's only like 6 o clock Takara, chill out…" Rin said, pulling himself up again. "Anyways I'm going for a walk, Takara you wanna come?" He looked at me with his pity eyes and I couldn't refuse. I hopped up and walked out of the door with him, leaving our families' tired faces.
Rin and I casually walked in the street, debating whether food or water was more important. "You would die quicker without water!" I argued pushing him softly.
"But food is so delicious!" He barked, pushing me back lightly.
I kicked water from a puddle at him, engulfing him in dirty rain water. He silently gave me the middle finger and knew not to kick water back at me. "So, you've come back for some more?" A dirty voice hissed, sounding vaguely familiar. We stopped instantly and backed up towards an alley. A figure emerged from the shadows, with a couple teenage boys following him. Then it struck me, he was the man we beat up at the park the other day.
"What do you want." I spat, standing firmly next to Rin.
"Revenge." He walked towards us slowly, when suddenly he yelled in pain. He moved around, still standing in the same spot though. He grew horns, sharp deeth, a spiked tail, dark spots all over his body, but the worst was his eyes. His eyes were a dark color of red, with pupils as slits, they looked like hell themselves.
"H-He's not human…" Rin murmured, me nodding in reply. I looked at the man then back at Rin and before I could look back at the man he jumped towards me and Rin, claws extended towards us. Is this it? Is this how I was going to die? Time seemed to slow down as he came even closer to us, his claws now looking even deadlier than before. I closed my eyes.
This was it.
"Takara…. Takara… TAKARA." Someone was yelling but I couldn't quite tell where from. I looked down at myself to find that I was covered in blue flame. The flame engulfed majority of my body, except my head, which had horns that were wrapped with blue flames around them. I looked to find that I even had a tail. I looked over to see Rin in the exact same position as me. Did he turn us into the ugly mess? I bellowed in rage, blue fire spitting from my mouth. I looked around for the man with the claws, but he was nowhere to be found. Then I saw it, the man was on the ground in front of us, dead? No, that couldn't be, I didn't even do anything. I looked ahead of me to see father standing in the doorway, muttering something and holding up his cross necklace while black fire expelled from the man with the claw's mouth. Once my father stopped mouthing the words and the black flames stopped coming out, the man just laid there.
"What's going on?" I asked, looking at Rin who was now not covered in blue flame.
"Takara, you need to calm down…" Father spoke calmly and quietly as he looked me right in the eye. The flames started deteriorating slowly, and my tail and horns went away. I slumped to the ground, as Rin wrapped his arms around me carefully.
"Takara… Are you okay?" His eyes were wide and he looked to Father for help who only motioned for them to follow him.
"Yeah. Just a little… Shaken." I replied, following after Father, and dragging Rin along.
Father explained everything. Like how me and Rin are Satans twin children, and how we're demons and that he never told us. Rin and I were taken aback, but that pretty much explained the event that just happened. He explained how every demon on the face of the earth will also try to possess us and take us to satan, for he will give them a huge reward. Also the people that work at the monastery and Father are exorcists', which means that they fight to cleanse all demons, which of course means we are his biggest enemies.
We arrived back at the monastery right as the sunset and the demons came out.
"Double the barriers and set more holy water traps!" Father yelled to the monastery workers as they ran around carrying stuff in barrels and boxes.
"F-Father… Where's Yukio?" I asked sheepishly, grabbing onto Rins arm for protection.
"Yukio, oh, he's out right now. I'm sure he'll be fine, he can take care of himself." He stated, running into the giant monastery holding Rin and my arms'.
When we first got into the monastery there were screams, shouts, explosions, and people running around everywhere.
"What's going on?" Rin yelled over the chaos as dad threw us into the monastery.
"Demons are attacking." Father said.
"Aren't we demons…?" I asked looking slightly confused.
"Well yes… Ugh, I will explain it all later. Just remember you two are satan's children so everyone is trying to take you to him." Father answered as he opened a cellar and pushed us inside.
"What are we going to do?" Rin yelled as father was taking out a key and opening a long rectangle box.
"Rin, calm down."
"Don't tell me to calm down you old man!" He screamed, Father sighing loudly and pinching the bridge of his nose in annoyance.
"Here you two." He handed us twin swords, both of the same look and physique. The sword was blue with little bits of gold on it, "You are to never use these swords except for an emergency, and if you do use them you turn into a full demon, and you can never turn back. Do you understand?"
"Yes, I understand." I said, looking over at Rin who just nodded dully.
"Good, now stay here until dawn. And once it's dawn you call this number, I trust this person and they will help you." He said, throwing us his cellphone with a number written on the back in sharpie.
"B-But Dad! Don't leave…" I clung onto his arm as a tear rolled down my cheek.
"You know I love both of you," Rin was now right next to me, balling his eyes out. "You know how much pride and joy I take in when you two just call me your dad… I couldn't live without you. Now, you two better make the right decisions, do the right things, and make sure you two are never… invisible, make yourself heard, make me proud." He kissed our foreheads softly and went back up into the monastery.
"Rin." I mumbled as crashes and explosions boomed in our ears.
"Takara, I think you know what to do." He said numbly, taking my hand and unlocking the door leading into the monastery. I'll be honest, the monastery looked like absolute hell, the pews were destroyed and so was the windows and also the altars. Majority of the monastery workers were lying on the ground bleeding and right as we walked in, the demon teenager kid punched our dad.
Rin grabbed our dad silently and took him behind the altar to tend to his wounds. I glared the demon kid directly in his cold idiotic eyes, my eyes burning him down like cigarettes. "Dad… We will make you proud." I unsheathed the sword, my body glowing blue like it did before, a tail sprouting from my butt and ears coming from head, both of them wrapped in blue flames. My oceany blue eyes shone darkly as my new katana felt slim and perfect in my hands. I dashed towards the demon kid, jumping up in the air and slamming my foot harshly down upon him. He blocked it by crossing his arms in defense and throwing me back. I ran right back at him and purposely struck my hand out next to his face so he would purposely block with one of his hands. I grabbed the hand that he blocked with and twisted it painfully, causing it to break painfully. He fell to his knees in pain and I took my katana and slit his throat deeply. He slid to the floor where he laid a puddle of his own blood.
Dad smiled faintly then curled into a creepy clown smile as he laughed in a high pitched tone. "You thought this body was out of my reach? SATAN IS THE KING." Rin stepped back towards me and grabbed my arms, our dad's eyes rolling back into his head. "This body thought he could resist Satan possessing him." He laughed eerily and stepped towards us, smirking like a devil. I took one look at my dad as his back cracked in an awkward position, most likely him resisting being possessed. My knees became slowly shaky and he I felt light headed, that was when I dropped down the floor from fainting.