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"We have to WHAT?!" Rin shouted at the top of his lungs. It was hard to believe that not just a day ago he was confined to the bed because he could barely move. Rin was definitely alive and well. So well, in fact, that Yukio thought he could use a good slap to shut him up.
"Take care of little Sora-chan here. He has foster parents set up for him by the True Cross, but you two will be in charge of training and educating him about demons and the like. He wants to be an exorcist when he grows up, isn't that adorable? So he'll be spending most of his time with you!" Mephisto said with booming laughter.
"We can't take care of a kid! We're practically still kids ourselves! At least, that's how others treat us. Right Yukio?" Rin looked to his twin for confirmation.
"Indeed. We don't have the time or the resources to do such a thing. We have no obligation to do this, and we will NOT do this. Surely there is somebody better qualified."
"No!" Mephisto pouted. "You're a teacher, so you're definitely qualified. Besides, Sora-chan wants you specifically, right Sora-chan?" He looked to the little boy with a smile.
"Yeah! Only nii-chan!" Sora hugged Rin tightly, with determination written all over his little face.
"That settles it! You two are in charge of him. It's an order you can't refuse. So there." Mephisto stuck his tongue out.
"But-" Rin and Yukio said at the same time, which made Sora laugh.
"No buts! I do not accept buts! Only yeses!" Mephisto declared loudly. "What's done is done. I will send you more information about what to do with Sora when you get home. Toodles!" And with that, Mephisto disappeared into thin air and a poof.
"…Do you know what just happened?" Rin asked blankly.
"Not sure, but I think we just got forced into taking care of a kid that we should have absolutely no responsibility for, for no reason other than someone's amusement." Yukio said in the same blank voice.
"Dammit…" Rin groaned and allowed himself to fall back in bed with a thump. "How the HELL are we supposed to do this? I dunno know what to do with a kid!"
Rin had forgotten that same kid was right next to him. "Nii-chan…" Rin turned to see Sora with unshed tears in his big brown eyes. "Am I going to be trouble for you? Do you not want me around?"
"No no no, that's not it! Not at all!" Rin panicked, shaking his head and arms violently. "We're just… inexperienced when it comes to these things. But I guess we'll try, okay. So don't cry. PLEASE don't cry, I beg you!"
"O-okay." Sora wiped his eyes dry.
After that, to keep Sora amused and to prevent him from crying again, Rin threw himself into playing with the little boy. They played hide and seek, tag, and even catch, much to Yukio and the nurses' detriment, with a ball they snatched from the lost and found. The nurses kept yelling at Rin to go back to bed, to be quiet, and to not run in the halls, but it all fell on deaf ears. It was decided that he would be discharged the next day, due to disturbing the other patients. If he could run around as much as he did, he had to be fine anyway. Plus any tests they did showed that everything was perfectly fine with Rin.
When one fed-up nurse threatened that she'd sedate him if he didn't stop running and shouting, Rin finally decided to go back to his room. Yukio smirked.
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but it feels good to be back!" Rin said enthusiastically as he, Yukio, and Sora entered into the decrepit old boys' dormitory that they lived in. Sora ran around 'oooh'-ing and 'ahhh'-ing at things he found interesting, loving how creepy it was in there. Sora was going to stay with them until the foster parents were ready in a couple days. They decided to prepare a room for him in the large dormitory, since a letter from Mephisto with instructions had mentioned that if training ran too late on some nights then he'd spend the night. Plus the foster parents apparently weren't that used to kids, as this would be their first foster child. They'd said that if it was possible, they'd like to have Sora stay with Yukio and Rin for a night every now and then.
Seeing the hyper Sora running around like there was no tomorrow, Rin couldn't help but think that he and his twin were just being turned into glorified babysitters. Seeing Yukio's annoyed expression, he was sure he was right. Oh well, at least he wasn't suffering alone. Neither of them had much patience, so this was definitely going to be a challenge. But they could do it together, right?
"Sora-ch-kun," Yukio called, switching honorifics when Sora glared at him, "Why don't we go put your stuff away and get your room all settled before doing anything else, okay?"
"But I wanna look around." Sora protested.
"He's right, Sora-chan. After we get everything put away nicely, we can go play hide-and-seek or something while we explore, okay?" Rin said, trying to keep the situation from getting any worse.
"Okay!" Sora agreed and smiled. He took Rin's hand as the half-demon led him to his room.
"Don't you have a lot of homework to catch up on?" Yukio called after him, but Rin ignored him.
Yukio tried not to let his irritation show at Sora's obvious dislike of him. He didn't know what he had done to offend that child, but that kid just did NOT like him. The glares he received from that cherubic face were pretty intense. Not to mention that the brat didn't listen to a single thing he said. He had a feeling these were going to be a very, very long two days.
There was no way he was going to finish all the work that had piled up for him while Rin was in the hospital. Even though he'd finished a good portion of it during free moments, more just kept on coming. He really needed a vacation. And taking care of a hyper Rin and a hyper Sora did NOT count as a vacation in any way.
"Why me?" Yukio muttered to himself as he reluctantly followed Rin and Sora to find a room suitable for the little brat. They ended up deciding on a room directly across from the one Rin and Yukio shared. A lot of the rooms in the old dormitory were damaged in some way from not being taken care of properly; water damage and mold being common in many. Plus being a kid, Sora didn't want to be far away from his 'nii-chan'. So there weren't many options, and that turned out to be the best one.
Oh joy. Two half-demons. Please kill me now.
The next morning Yukio woke up early, as always, to get some work done. That mountain of homework, paperwork, and preparations for his class wasn't going to do itself. When he opened his eyes, he got a bit of a shock. Sora was snuggled up against Rin in the bed across from his own.
"Nii-san. Nii-san!" Yukio whispered, trying to get Rin's attention. But Rin was a hard sleeper, so he quickly gave up for fear of waking Sora too. He got out of bed and walked across the room to the other one and shook his twin's shoulder. For five minutes. Until he just decided to slap him remorselessly, which finally got the job done.
"Huh? Wha?" Rin mumbled groggily. He slowly opened his eyes and rubbed them, and then saw what was in front of him. "Whoa. What's this doing here?"
"That's what I want to know." Rin looked up at Yukio, noticing him for the first time.
"Oh, good morning Yukio. Hey, why'd you wake me up?" Rin whined.
"Because we have stuff to do and you can't sleep the day away. You NEED to finish your homework. Anyways, why is he in there with you?"
Rin shrugged. "I dunno. He must have gotten scared and crawled in there in the middle of the night. He's just a little kid."
"Yeah, well he needs to learn boundaries. We are to train him, nothing more. Even if Mephisto thinks of us as nothing more than babysitters, that is the only thing he outright instructed us to do. He may have to stay with us sometimes, but that doesn't mean he can do whatever he wants."
"Oh, lay off. I don't really mind. Besides, I seem to recall you doing the same thing all the time when you were his age. I must have just instinctively moved over."
Yukio frowned. Rin did have him there, but he didn't have to admit it. "Whatever. Just get up already."
Rin stuck his tongue out at Yukio's back. He got out of bed slowly, so as not to wake the sleeping child. He was already amazed he hadn't waken up already, so he wanted to keep it that way. He glanced at a clock on one of the desks at scowled. It was only 7:00. Damn Yukio for waking him up that early.
Rin got to making breakfast, despite being more tired than he would have liked. Because it was very rare that Rin had time to make a large breakfast in the morning, and even rarer that Yukio was still around while he made breakfast since he always got up so late, he was a bit surprised that Yukio started helping him. He just came into the kitchen and started grabbing things he knew Rin needed. Instead of saying anything though, Rin just shot Yukio a smile that conveyed more thanks than any words could. They didn't need words anyway. They already understood each other more than anyone else in the world.
Upon smelling the cooking food, Sora woke up and made his way into the kitchen just a couple minutes before its completion. Rin was eyeing the food closely while Yukio stood next to him, waiting to get plates and chopsticks ready. When they heard Sora's footsteps, they turned around simultaneously.
"Ohaiyo!" Rin greeted with a big smile on his face. "I was just about to come wake you up. Breakfast is nearly ready."
"Ohaiyo." Sora replied back, still looking a little groggy. He took a seat at the table and waited.
Rin and Yukio served up the food and within minutes they were all sitting at the table… with an awkward silence. Rin and Yukio weren't used to having anyone else around during moments like these, much less a little kid they'd only just met. They weren't sure how to act around him. Sora seemed too half-asleep to start up conversation, so for the first part of the meal it was silent.
While it was silent, Yukio's mind began to wander. He couldn't help but think about what type of half-demon Sora was. It wasn't entirely uncommon for humans to have a bit of demon blood in them, but half-demons themselves were pretty rare. A lot of half-demons ended up in Gehenna, choosing the life of a demon, if they were of strong demon influence. Sometimes demons created children for their own amusement, and often they took the child with them once they were born. So Yukio wondered what Sora's family had been like; he'd said he'd had a mother and a father that had saved him over their own lives. If they had both been his real, biological parents, what kind of demon would stay in Assiah and develop a family?
Apparently Rin had been thinking the exact same thing, because at that moment Rin decided to end the awkward silence by blurting out "So Sora-chan, what kind of half-demon are you?"
Yukio dropped chopsticks and sighed. "Nii-san! That is a very rude and personal question for you to ask so suddenly, especially of a child. He just went through a traumatic experience and you want him to talk about his family?"
"Hmm, I guess you're right." Rin looked down sheepishly. "Sorry, Sora-chan. You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to."
Sora, who had remained silent until now, spoke up. "It's okay, nii-chan. If it's YOU asking me about it, I don't care." He smiled at Rin to reassure him it was alright. "My dad wasn't my real dad. I don't know what happened to him, but he was a demon so I guess he went back to Gehenna. My mom talked about him from time to time, and she always sounded really sad when she did. But the dad that raised me was really nice and he treated me like I was his real kid. I always thought of him as my real father. But when I started doing… weird… things, my mom had to tell me what I really was, a half-demon. She said my dad had control of plants and things, and they always met in the forest. The whole forest was under his control, according to her. I don't know the name of a demon that does that, but I guess that's the kind of half-demon I am. My parents named me Sora because they thought it was ironic or something." Sora shrugged and picked up another omelet, as if he hadn't just spoke like he was sixteen instead of six and probably three times more words than they had ever heard him speak before combined.
"O-okay. Interesting." Said Rin, not knowing what else to say. "Well, um, I hope talking about it didn't make you… sad or anything."
"No, it's okay," Sora shook his head. "I miss my parents a lot, and I wish they hadn't had to sacrifice themselves like that, but I know that they'd want me to use the life they tried so hard to save to be happy and live life to the fullest."
Continue awkward silence.
"um… yeah…" Rin said lamely. Yukio nodded his head, silently agreeing.
This kid is weird was the thought going through both Yukio and Rin's head at that moment.
Sora just smiled cherubically.
And that same thought kept running through their head for the rest of the day. For the first part of the day Yukio tutored Sora in the same things taught in the cram school. Sora picked things up a lot faster than Yukio expected; faster than Rin, that was for sure. Rin was at his desk on the other side of the room, attempting to do homework while Yukio kept an eye on both him and Sora.
The afternoon was filled with Rin and Sora outside near some greenery while Yukio was inside at his desk getting his own work done. They were testing Sora's control over the flowers that were in the area. Rin didn't really know what to do, since he was in training himself, plus he and Sora were two totally different half-demons. Rin was the son of Satan himself, and he had the blue flames as his power. Sora's father controlled plants and the forest itself; the opposite of Rin's. So Rin figured the best way to go about it would just be to see what Sora's powers were like for himself.
During their little training period, Sora manipulated the flower beautifully. He moved his hand the way he wanted the flower to move, and it was just like a puppet. It twisted, stretched, and danced exactly how he wanted it to.
"Awesome. You really have a good grasp of your powers already, huh?" Rin commented, amazed.
"Yup!" Sora smiled. "I can do it with just my mind too. Watch!" Sora dropped his hand and stared at the flower with intense concentration. In a second it was bobbing up and down again. In a few more seconds the surrounding flowers were doing the same, until every flower within sight was dancing to a nonexistent beat.
"That's amazing! If you can do this, you don't even need me. But whoa, that's really beautiful." Rin gaped at the sight before him.
"No, of course I do! This is just moving flowers a little. The real challenge is manipulating a tree. I can barely do it."
"Oh, okay. I guess that'll be the next thing we can work on." Rin paused and then became serious. "Say, Sora-chan, when you're using your powers, do you get a… bad feeling while doing it?"
"What do you mean?" Sora asked innocently.
"Like, do you ever feel like they're trying to control you instead of the other way around? Like they're just waiting for you to let your guard down so that they can take over your body? That the entire time you use them, they whisper to you to let loose and just give in. But if you do, you won't be yourself anymore. Do they fight you like that?"
Sora's eyes were wide, as if he really hadn't been expecting Rin to say something like that. He almost looked scared to talk about it. When he did speak, his words were slow and deliberate, and he suddenly seemed a lot older. "…In a way. When I use them, I get a really… happy feeling coursing through my veins. My brain tells me that I shouldn't like that feeling, that it's wrong, but I do it anyway, like I can't stop myself once I start. Sometimes my demon side feels really strong, like it wants to overpower me. But then I tell it to stop and it does."
"…Okay, that's good." Rin tried to keep his voice from shaking. He didn't know why, but it really seemed to want to tremble. Why was that? Was it because he had honestly been expecting Sora to have the same problem he did? That maybe it wasn't entirely his own fault he couldn't control his own powers completely, it was something all half-demons went through? That Sora already seemed to be better in control of himself than he did?
Calm down, calm down. You're the son of SATAN. You have to deal with SATAN'S flames. That has to be a lot harder to control than flowers and trees, right? It's something totally different! Of course he'd be better at using his powers than you, they're so much simpler. That's all it is. That's all it is, Rin reminded himself in his head. He took a deep breath and then looked at Sora again.
Sora just smiled cherubically.
Later that night, after Sora had gone to bed, Rin decided he really needed a nice long soak in a hot bath. That always seemed to make everything better. His head had been pounding all day, and it was only getting worse. He'd taken some medicine, but that didn't help anything. Hopefully a relaxing bath would help.
Rin entered the bathroom only to hear a small splash as Yukio just got in himself. "Aw man, you're already in here… and I really wanted to take a bath…" Rin trailed off, pouting. He turned around dejectedly.
Yukio sighed. "It's fine, nii-san. You can come in here too if you want; I don't really care. It's not like it's not big enough."
It was true. The bath in the boys' dormitory was huge. About the size of one at an onsen. They could probably swim in it if they wanted to… okay, Rin knew that from experience. He'd tried it one of his first few times taking a bath in such a humongous one. He just couldn't help himself.
"Really? Yay! Thanks Yukio! You're not so bad after all." Rin grinned merrily as Yukio rolled his eyes. Rin stripped and when he was ready he practically threw himself in the water, creating a huge splash.
"Ugh!" Yukio coughed and wiped his eyes. "Nii-san, don't splash. You'll get the water everywhere, and who do you suppose is going to be the one to clean it up?"
"Sorry!" Rin smiled innocently.
"Don't smile and say sorry if you don't mean it. I may not be able to see it clearly, but I know that's what you are doing."
"But I am." Rin mockingly protested. "I'm hurt that you won't believe me."
Yukio rolled his eyes, but didn't comment. He just wanted a nice relaxing bath after a long days work. He was so tired that when he closed his eyes he still saw piece after piece of paperwork that he still had to complete. He sunk a little lower into the water.
Seeing that Yukio was ignoring him, Rin smirked mischievously and splashed Yukio right in the face. "nii san!" Yukio shouted, but Rin ignored him and splashed him again. Pissed, Yukio tried to judge where exactly his brother's face was so he could return the favor. This turned into an all-out Splash War that lasted fifteen minutes and ended with two boys' eyes burning, one seriously soaked bathroom that Yukio would probably have to clean alone, and no clear winner.
When it was all over both boys breathed heavily, exhausted, but Rin laughed through it. He couldn't remember the last time they had done this. They used to do it all the time when they were younger, much to their father's detriment, but as they got older they obviously stopped taking so many baths together. It happened occasionally that they were in the bath at the same time, but it couldn't really be called taking a bath together. Rin would just be getting out when Yukio was getting in, or vice versa; or they were just so busy they didn't have time to relax in the bath like that. It had been so long since the two boys had just had fun together like that, that he couldn't help but laugh. It reminded him of the old times he admittedly missed.
"What's so funny?" Yukio asked, noticing his brother chuckling. He tried to shake some of the water out of his ears before sitting down to hopefully finish the rest of his bath in peace. He probably wouldn't have much luck with Rin there though.
"Oh nothing. Just remembering how we used to do this sort of thing almost every night when we took a bath. The old man used to really hate it and yell at us every night. Sometimes he'd even make us dry everything we'd gotten wet. But it was SO worth it." Rin laughed as he sat down right next to Yukio.
"How could I not remember? It was always YOUR fault since you always initiated it, but I always got stuck with most of the work since you weren't any help. Now that I think about it, every punishment I received was your fault in some way." Yukio frowned as the realization hit him.
"Heh heh, let's not sweat the small stuff okay?" Said Rin said, trying to change the subject. He didn't want Yukio increasing his amount of homework or something.
Yukio noticed how even though the bath was so big; Rin was only a few inches away from him. He was curious so he decided to ask Rin about it. "Nii-san, this bath is huge. Can't I have any personal space?"
"Huh?" Rin acted like he was just noticing too. "Oh, sorry. It's just that when we took a bath together when we were kids, we were always close together since our tub was kinda small. I guess it was instinct or something." Rin shrugged, but made no indication that he was going to be moving anytime soon.
"It's fine." Yukio said, understanding. Old habits die hard. He really didn't mind. As Yukio looked at his brother, he thought he saw something on his shoulder. He squinted and looked a little closer, but his vision was too blurry to confirm his suspicions. He grabbed for his glasses near the edge of the bath and put them on, not caring that they'd get a little wet.
When Yukio had his glasses on he again looked at Rin's shoulder and found he was correct. "Aha! I was right! Nii-san, you have a mole on your shoulder." Yukio pointed out the tiny brown mark with a triumphant smirk on his face.
"So?" Rin shrugged. "I have a few of them too. Not as many as you do though, I think."
"Have you ever counted them?" Yukio asked seriously.
"Um, no, why would I do that? I don't really care about them."
"Stand up," said Yukio.
"…What?"
"Stand up." Yukio repeated. "I want to compare how many moles we have once and for all. If you've never counted them then you can't know for sure that I have more than you. "
''Are you serious? You really want me to stand up and count how many moles I have?" Rin said incredulously. He knew his brother was sensitive about how many moles he had, but he didn't think he would turn it into some kind of competition. Apparently Yukio had a bit of a weird side that he was just now finding out about.
Yukio nodded his head, totally serious. Rin sighed and rolled his eyes, but gave in. if it meant that much to Yukio, he'd do it. But he seriously didn't think he had more moles than him. He'd never really paid attention, but he'd never noticed that many either.
Yukio got to work looking all over Rin's body for the tiny brown dots. One on his left shoulder… one on the small of his back… one on his right thigh…
Rin was surprised when Yukio came to the front to look too. The water only barely covered a certain part of his anatomy, and he couldn't help but blush slightly. He and Yukio had seen each other naked countless times, but they'd never really looked at each other up close like this.
"Okay, sit down and then lift your legs up a little."
"…" Rin just stared at Yukio like he was half crazy.
"Just do it."
Rin sighed again, but complied. Yukio poked every mole he found, so he could tell Yukio had found one on his left ankle. When Yukio was done he put his legs down and suddenly Yukio was really really close. He studied Rin's chest and neck while Rin decided to stare back at the brunette. Yukio had grown very tall, a lot taller than him, he noticed. When he was a child he'd been very scrawny, but now he had defined muscles. He'd also noticed Yukio did in fact have quite a few moles all over his body. It was hard not to notice them when you saw his bare body; no wonder Yukio was a little self-conscious. He would be too if he had that many.
"You have one on your stomach… and one more on your neck." Yukio mumbled as he lightly touched both spots, startling Rin. Yes, Yukio was very close. Their noses were almost touching, that's how close he was. Rin looked up a little to see Yukio's blue-green eyes. There, he thought, is the one thing that has not changed. Yukio's eyes are still the same pretty color.
When Yukio let out an irritated sigh Rin snapped out of his odd reverie. "What's wrong?" Rin asked, shaking his head of any weird thoughts."
"You have six moles. That's less than half of what I have." Yukio said, sounding depressed.
"That's all? That's what you're upset about?" Rin scoffed.
Yukio turned the other way, finding that he actually had to resist the sudden urge to stick his tongue out like a child. His brother must be a bad influence.
"If it makes you feel any better, you're a lot taller than me. Plus girls like you more. You're smarter than me. You're further ahead in your dreams than I am; you're already an exorcist and an amazing one at that. Overall, you're a lot hotter than me." Rin babbled, panicking for some reason at the sight of a depressed Yukio. He didn't even realize how weird he's just sounded.
"Ummm…thanks…I guess…" Yukio said, not meeting his twin's eye.
The awkward silence strikes again.
Bu then they both burst out laughing, and everything was fine.
The next day was so much worse. Rin knew he had to finish his homework because he had school tomorrow, but he just couldn't concentrate. His head was throbbing.The bath last night had helped for a little while, but when he woke up in the morning it had returned with a vengeance.
It was so much worse than a migraine. No matter what medicine he took it didn't help. He just couldn't concentrate on anything, his head hurt so badly.
His homework left blank, Rin and Sora went outside to practice. This time they tried to move trees, since that was what Sora said he had trouble with. After an hour or practicing, the most Sora could do was get a few branches to move in the general direction he wanted them to, not like the flowers that listened to his every will. The little boy seemed a little disappointed at his slow progress, so Rin offered him a pat on the head.
"Hey, you're doing good. It's going to take some time and a lot of practice to accomplish a goal." Rin smiled, despite the pounding in his head. It was less like pounding and more like a jackhammer to his brain, actually.
"Okay." Sora smiled lightly. "But can I ask you a question?"
"Sure, ask away."
"What are your powers like? I know I saw them in the forest, but I was too scared to get a good look at them. They were like blue flames, weren't they? Can I see them?"
Rin froze. Normally he wouldn't think twice about showing off his powers, but a very bad feeling in the pit of his stomach, not to mention the lightning striking his head, told him that it wasn't a good idea at the moment. But looking at Sora's expectant face, he also found it hard to say no. What can it hurt? He thought. I'll just do it really quickly and then be done it with it. No harm done. What's the worst that can happen?
Rin slowly walked over to a rock that Kurikara was resting on. With each step his head hurt more. When he'd brought it outside with him the same thing had happened, and he'd almost cried out in pain. But his time was even worse. He didn't know if it was because of his intentions to unsheathe it, but something was wrong. His instincts told him to drop the sword and to never touch it again, to not grasp the scabbard and lightly start to pull. But for the first time Rin decided to ignore his instincts. There was a teeny part of him that wanted to do this, despite the pain. It was telling him to do it. Though the voice was small, it managed to overpower everything else. Rin listened to it.
Big mistake.
Rin fully unsheathed the sword and his head felt like it was going to split in two. No, scratch that, like a butcher knife was hacking away at it, slashing and stabbing more with every second. Surely it would explode any moment, and when that moment came, he would welcome it. Anything to get rid of this pain. His head was hot, like it was on fire, and the fire was spreading with every passing second. It burned, worse than any other time he had felt a similar sensation. It was so, so hard to keep himself from screaming in agony like he wanted to.
There was a bright burst of blue light, and the flames were suddenly everywhere in sight. Sora cried out and jumped back. But as fast as the flames spread, they were gone in a second, receding to where Rin was. He looked up from the ground from where he had been covering his head, slowly, surprised that he hadn't just been burnt to a crisp. He saw Rin gasping for breath and his legs give out, every now and then letting out a cry of pain. His hands dug into the dirt and his face was contorted in pain.
But the outside was nothing compared to what was going on in Rin's head. Because in Rin's head, at the precise moment his flames burst out, he felt something snap inside him. It felt like something breaking inside his mind; like a barrier of some kind. It shattered and there was the most intense wave of pain he had ever felt in his life, more than when he had died. And then there was nothing. A cool, blissful nothing. He took a deep breath to calm himself and tried to stand up, only to fall back done.
Because he wasn't alone in his mind anymore. There was a sinister presence, a very familiar one.
"Now now, my son. You didn't think I'd save your life for free, did you? You know nothing's free in this world, and that goes for Gehenna too. So did you miss me?"
So I think that chapter pretty much sucked. What do you think? I would really like to know, so please review. It means a lot to me, and I appreciate and love every review and alert I get. Reviews are love. I need love to live. So please review and give me love. I'll give you a monster cookie.
