Finally! I finished editing this chapter. I'm still not very happy with it… but I feel bad having such long breaks between updates so, here you guys go! Let me know what you think. I love reading reviews and even just getting people that favorite or follow my story is great! This is my first story I've posted anywhere so I'm still iffy about whether or not it's any good, but all the support keeps me writing. Thank you all! Also, mummy okumura asked about how to pronounce Aelita's name. It's pronounced like eye-lee-tah. Sorry for any confusion! I forget that Code Lyoko isn't popular anymore so more people won't recognize the name from that. Thanks for asking mummy okumura! And also thanks to starbringer, niky1dfan, death by love, and renna for your reviews as well! They're much appreciated!

~Scottie

Rin woke up to a loud thud. His head shot up off his desk, a piece of paper sticking to his cheek. A quick look out the window above his desk showed that the sun had just about set.

"I must've fallen asleep while doing this homework," he mumbled as he brushed the paper off of his face.

Rin stretched as he surveyed his room in mild confusion; what had caused that sound? He noticed that there was no sign of his brother… maybe that thud was the sound of the door closing as he left?

Rin's thoughts were interrupted as Kuro hopped onto his desk, an unsettled look on his face.

"Hey buddy, you know where Yukio went?" Rin asked him.

It lifted a paw and pointed to the roof. 'Did you not hear that loud noise?' it thought.

Rin just stood up and patted him on the head and with a quick "thanks" he left the room.

He walked down the hall, up the stairs, and towards the roof. He found it sort of odd that Yukio would be up on the roof of all places, and what was it that he was doing there? Shooting his guns off on the roof? It was an odd time for shooting practice. When Rin reached the door to the roof he heard another bang, though it sounded nothing like a gunshot. He opened the door slowly, his eyes immediately falling on his brother who was lying a few feet from the door.

"Whoa! Yukio, you alright?" Rin knelt beside his brother.

Yukio didn't answer, but Rin could see the steady rise and fall of his chest indicating he was still breathing. There wasn't any blood to be seen either, so he must be fine, just knocked out.

"What happened to you?" Rin mumbled as he poked his brother's cheek to try and wake him.

Then behind him he heard another bang, similar to the one he heard before. Rin turned around, taking a fighting stance to protect his brother from whatever was on the roof with them. His eyes scanned the increasing darkness in search of what had attacked his brother, but instead found a girl pinned to a wall by what seemed to be a large, black demon. It was hard to see it as the sky grew darker and darker, but Rin could make out that the demon's piercing fangs were inches from the girl's face. The demon would have been looking straight into her eyes if it had any, instead it only had white spots where the eyes should have been. It snarled at her, prepared to strike at any moment.

Rin's hand reached for his sword instinctively but stopped a few inches away from it when he noticed another man on the roof. Behind the demon stood an exorcist. Rin didn't recognize him or the girl but he figured the exorcist was there to stop the demon. Or had he summoned the demon? Either way, there had to be a good explanation as to what was going on so Rin remained where he was and watched, hidden from them by the shadows.

"Well this is unfortunate," Rin heard the exorcist say, "First I attacked the wrong boy and now I have to kill you for witnessing it."

"He attacked the wrong boy?" Rin mumbled, glancing at his brother.

"You shouldn't have jumped in to help him; maybe you would have gotten away." The exorcist sighed, shaking his head. "You are such a pretty girl… Oh well, you must understand killing you is for a good cause. Once you are gone I can rid this world of Rin Okumura, the son of Satan. Why he was allowed to live I'll never understand."

Rin continued to watch the scene unfold, speechless.

"Wh-why should I have to die?" the girl stuttered, obviously in pain. "It should be you dying for attacking that boy! If Rin Okumura has been allowed to live then you should just back down now and pretend you never-" the girl choked before she could continue, the demon's grip tightening around her.

The demon's master laughed, "You realize either way I'd have to kill you right? I can't have any witnesses! I'd be relieved of duty in seconds if anybody found out about this."

The exorcist motioned for the demon to attack the girl which managed to snap Rin back to reality. A deep scowl crossed his face and he drew his sword, blue flames erupting from him as well as his weapon.

"Oi, you! Mind telling me what you're doing?" He called to the exorcist.

The exorcist turned to see who it was that caught him and realized with joy that it had been the boy he was searching for. The man seemed delighted that Rin had showed up, a childish gleam of joy in his eye.

"Can't this wait a moment Okumura? I have to kill this girl before I kill you," he grinned.

The exorcist was obviously enjoying this as if it were a game he was about to win. He knew he had the winning hand. However, Rin wasn't as unskilled of a fighter as the exorcist thought he was. He could easily beat the exorcist if he played his cards right.

Rin growled and ran at the exorcist, slicing down at him with his sword.

The exorcist avoided the attack, "Watch it boy," he turned his head towards his demon, a wicked grin on his face and with that the girl cried out in pain.

Rin froze and looked over at the injured girl causing the exorcist to laugh.

"Didn't like that did you boy?" the exorcist grinned. "How about this? Let's play a little game Okumura; every time you attack me I harm this little girl here, sound good?"

Rin knew that he couldn't let harm come to her, she was completely innocent and she even helped his brother, but if he didn't fight wouldn't this man kill them all?

"Then again, she's a complete stranger to you isn't she?" the man continued. "You could just let her die; I wouldn't expect anything different from a demon. Try and fight me, the girl dies, but you could possibly win and get away with your brother," the exorcist added.

'Gah! Why won't this stupid exorcist shut up?' Rin thought. He needed to make a decision. He looked up at the girl as if she could possibly help him and to his surprise he recognized her. Was she a student here? No, she wasn't in the schools uniform, but what would someone be doing here if they weren't a student? So he continued to stare at her, and she stared back at him in confusion.

She almost reminded him of a girl he knew back in preschool… but that girl was dead. Wait, now she was trying to tell him something. Ugh, why was he so bad at reading lips!? The girl rolled her eyes and looked down at her hand in irritation which… wait, was that a blade in her hand? [1] He looked back at her face and nodded, he thought he understood.

Rin turned to the exorcist who grinned in triumph.

"You give up yet?" he chuckled.

Suddenly the exorcist's demon let out a loud cry of pain and dropped the girl as its hands reached up to its face, blood dripping from a long red line across it's 'eyes'. The exorcists face fell and now it was Rin's turn to grin.

"Nope."

Rin hit the man in the face with the hilt of his sword, effectively knocking him unconscious. Pfft, the idiot got distracted. Then he turned in time to see the girl getting kicked into a wall by the now uncontrolled demon.

Immediately Rin jumped into action, stabbing the demon in the face with his flaming sword. The beast gave one last screeching howl before disappearing back to the world which it came from. As soon as it was gone Rin looked wearily at the girl who the demon had kicked into the wall. He was nervous that she would be just as afraid of him as she was of the demon, she had heard he was the son of Satan after all. With a sigh, he sheathed his sword and approached the girl. She glanced up at him as he approached, but her gaze fell back to her feet as she pulled herself into a sitting position.

Rin knelt down beside her and asked, "You okay?"

"Eh, I've been better," she said with a weak smile.

'That smile,' Rin thought to himself. 'It's so familiar.' He tried to peek beneath her bangs to see what she looked like, but a shuffling sound caused him to turn his gaze to his brother.

Yukio was coming back to his senses it seemed. He let out a groan as he sat himself up and Rin turned his attention back to the injured girl.

The girl heard Yukio as well and looked up to determine that it wasn't the exorcist moving around. As her eyes watched the younger twin, Rin got a good look at her face and he just about choked. The girl sitting before him was none other than Aelita, his old friend from preschool. A wave of different emotions hit him as he realized it was her, alive and well. He was ecstatic, shocked, confused, and then worried. If this was Aelita did she remember him? Did she blame the death of her parents on him? He also found it rather strange that she was completely unfazed by the fact that he was a demon. She even knew he was the son of Satan! Whether or not she remembered him this should have fazed her.

Rin sat next to her, "You know, I don't think I've seen you here before, just transferred?" He figured that a question like this would determine whether or not she remembered him.

"K-kind of…" she mumbled.

Rin frowned. She didn't remember him. Luckily the girl didn't notice the disappointment on his face as she looked up at Yukio.

He had made his way over to the two and stood in front of them. "So you're the girl that's been sneaking around the school grounds."

Aelita looked frightened. "H-hey! I stopped that man from killing you! I-I don't think I deserve to be arrested or anything, I'm not doing any harm!" she said quickly, her voice full of panic.

"At the very least you should be tossed off the school grounds," Yukio stated.

She flinched as if his words were a slap to the face. She then grumbled in pain because flinching did cause her injuries to bother her.

"But you also show potential to be an exorcist," he said as he picked up a sword that was lying a few feet away from where she sat now.

"So?" she asked in confusion.

"I'm going to see if I can get you enrolled here," he said with a smile.

"…Seriously?" she asked, completely dumbfounded.

Yukio nodded.

She blinked in confusion as the boy next to her grinned. He elbowed her gently and said, "Looks like we'll be going to school together." He wanted to mention that this was the second time they'd be going to school together, but she didn't remember him… so maybe he'd just have to help her remember.

A smile played across Aelita's face and she threw her arms in the air with a cheer. This led to her lying on the ground, grumbling in pain.

Yukio sat in front of her and examined her, gently prodding her ribs, arms, and legs to check for broken bones.

"It seems like you've twisted your ankle, maybe bruised a few ribs, along with some minor cuts and bruises," he concluded.

"For minor injuries they sure hurt," she mumbled. "Well, I should go see a doctor in town, huh?" she asked, attempting to stand. She failed miserably and fell back down.

"You're also exhausted from your fight. Rin, please carry her to our room, I'll be able to treat her injuries."

"Wha-what?" she stuttered, a blush creeping across her cheeks.

"I'm training to be a doctor, you're injuries are very minor so I should be able to fix you up," Yukio stated.

"I-I'm fine, I can walk," she said, still blushing slightly. She obviously didn't enjoy the idea of being carried.

She managed to stand up by herself alright, but she only managed to take a few steps before tumbling backwards, Rin catching her.

"Yup, you're just fine," Rin grinned.

"Shut up," she grumbled, her blush growing more intense.

"We have a few extra beds in our room so you can stay overnight while you recover," Yukio said.

"Wait, wha-" Aelita was interrupted as Rin picked her up.

"Relax! I'm not that scary!" Rin laughed as the girl in his arms stuttered, trying to form words but failing miserably.

"Also, I will need to know your name as well as the names of your parents, I can't exactly enroll you here without your name or without your parent's consent," Yukio said.

"Oh, well I'm Aelita. I, uh, don't have parents," she stated.

"Ah, I see," Yukio stated awkwardly, glancing at his brother. "Well, I don't think there will be a problem getting you enrolled. Let's take her to our room to tend to those injuries," he said to Rin as he turned to leave.

Rin nodded and followed his brother.

They were all quiet as they walked, lost in their own thoughts. Rin couldn't keep his mind off of Aelita. If she did remember him… wouldn't she hate him? She must blame the death of her parents on him. He glanced down at her only to find her staring right back at him, causing him to blush slightly.

Luckily Aelita didn't notice, she was too busy trying to hide her own blush.

"S-sorry," she mumbled.

Whether she remembered him or not, for now, he was just glad to see her again.

For any of you that may not have understood why I threw a little [1] earlier in this chapter, it's because I've got a note that might put a little insight into what is happening. Sometimes I write things that are unclear or need explaining, so I'll have notes every now and again.

[1] Like Shura, Aelita has tattoos on her body that she can pull swords from. Aelita only has them on the palms of her hands though.