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So you had all found out Jack's past in the last chapter, now heres the aftermath.

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"And I only had about a year or two of hiding before these bastards started hunting me down." Jack concluded with a jab of his thumb at North who happened to be sitting in that direction. "I didn't understand how they found me or why they weren't trying to kill me but what I did know was that they were exorcists."

It was silent as they took in the information that had just been shared to them. No wonder the pale demon hated exorcists so much, they were the people who had taken the only people who tried to care for him. Jack sighed as his head turned downwards, not looking at the other.

"Over the years, I've looked for any sign of them, but I've come up empty. I can find no tracks of them anywhere in the world, no matter how hard I look. And sometimes, I felt like giving up, but I couldn't. They're my family and I can't give up on family." Rin and Yukio looked at each other for a split second before looking back at Jack as he continued. "And now, I can't go looking for them because of this shitty thing." He growled as he put his hand to the collar around his neck.

Sandy looked towards his friends, silently asking the unspoken question from the demon. Tooth understood. "I wish we could help." She spoke. "But we don't know of anyone under the names of Overland."

"What about you Yukio?" Rin asked, turning towards his brother. "Do you remember anyone by those names?"

Yukio racked his memory for any thought of people by those names. Sadly, none came to mind and he shook his head. "No, I can't think of any time those names came up, I apologize."

Jack sighed, his hand falling from his neck and onto his lap. "It's fine. Now, if you don't mind I'd like to go now." With that he stood up and walked away from the exorcists. And they let him go, without any comment.

Once the other was gone, they all spoke once again.

"I never knew such a thing happened to him." Tooth whispered casting her gazed downwards.

"We couldn't have known." North said reassuringly. "MiM told us only of what he was and where he came from, nothing of his time on Assiah."

"What do you think happened to them?" Rin asked. "I mean, we don't kill people right? We help them."

Sandy nodded and Yukio spoke up. "From everything I know, that is what we do and only taking drastic measures if it was needed. From what Jack told us, it didn't seem like such a drastic case. What about you four? You're obviously older than I am."

"No, that wasn't a drastic case." Aster spoke. "We've all seen at least one drastic case where no choice but death or being locked away was available, this was not one for that." He shook his head. "I honestly couldn't say what's become of them. North? Sandy? You're the oldest here."

Sandy shook his head and North spoke. "I agree, this was not a case for such resorts and I cannot say what has become of family."

"We could always as Mep-"

"No." Rin growled, cutting Tooth off. "That bastard can get burned in Gehenna for all I care. If I ever see him, it better be for a very good reason." No one objected to his argument. What the headmaster had done to Jack was terrible and they all felt a negative feeling to such an action. Rin suddenly stood up and asked. "Hey, where's Jack's staff?"

Laughter. It rang through his mind as he gazed out of the window. Memories of happier times echoed but soon fading as though they were never real. Just a figment of his hopeful imagination. It's been so long since he's seen any of them and only shady memories remained to remind him of them. A tear slipped down his pale cheek as he remembered the day Emma had declared it to be his birthday. But that image soon vanished, as though it never existed.

The creaking of the door behind him caused Jack to break out of his thoughts and wipe at the tear tracks upon his face. After he hid his sadness as well as he could, the demon took a glance behind him. "What are you doing here?"

"I just wanted to give you this." Something fell in his lap and Jack's eyes widened at the sight of the shepherds crook. He gently ran his fingers across familiar wood before glancing back at the navy hair demon in the doorway.

"Why would you give me this?"

Rin shrugged. "Let's just say, I don't think it should leave your grasp, ever."

Jack swallowed and gave the other a smile. "Thanks."

"It's no problem." Rin said. "I'm…sorry. You've had such a shitty week."

Jack shrugged. "It's not that big of a deal. You…You sound as if you speak from experience. Did you lose someone too?"

Rin was silent for a moment, staring at the other, intense blue meeting icy blue. Then he sighed and sat down on one of the beds in the room. "Yeah, I do. My…dad, well foster dad, was killed because of Satan. It was my fault, that Satan had been able to get hold of his soul, then he killed himself to protect me."

"That sucks." Jack responded.

"Yeah." Rin gave out a chuckle. "And when my friend found out about my heritage, they weren't as accepting as you saw when they were here."

It was silent before Jack spoke up. "…At least you got them back." It was spoken so softly that if Rin didn't have enhanced hearing, he most likely wouldn't have caught it.

"Look, Jack, I-" Rin began before cutting off. He didn't know what to say in this situation. "Y-You might still get them back, right? I mean, there's no way they'd leave you alone. From what I understand, Emma's really protective of you."

Jack gave a laugh. "You don't know the half of it." Then he drew out a long sigh and gave Rin a smile. "We have really similar stories."

Rin laughed. "Yeah, I guess we do! Weird!" The two then started laughing and didn't stop for a while. When they finally did, Jack spoke up.

"Maybe, being here won't be too bad."

Rin scoffed and responded. "Please, I'll make sure you don't die of boredom, because you most certainly would if you got stuck with them."

"I don't know, Sandy seems like someone who could make a lot of mischief if he wanted to." Rin had to agree. Soon the gloomy mood disappeared and laughter filled the room.

So that was that.

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