Yukio's POV

I stood there in complete shock as the demon slipped away from the light of the room, vanishing.

I don't know how long I stayed completely still, just starting out the opened window at the darkening late spring dusk before it sunk into my head at last.

Rin had tried to kill himself, and I had caused it.

I had caused it.

The words wrung around in my head like a low-sounding church bell, vibrating within my own ears although I knew that nobody else could have heard them.

I felt my back hit the wall and I slowly sat down, suddenly feeling as though I was about to pass out from what I had just heard.

Rin… Amnesia… Gehenna… Amaimon…

Those four words seemed to wheedle their way in there, buzzing around like wasps trapped in a glass jar.

I can't recall going out the door, or even the walk over to where Mephisto was staying.

I can start to remember when I pounded angrily on the door, and the dark-purple haired demon came and answered it, that ignorant grin stretched across his face.

"Ah, Yukio! I wasn't expecting you here so late!" he said cheerfully, as if he had no clue as to what had brought me here to his place.

"Quit the act, Mephisto!" I yelled, surprising even myself. "Where the hell is Rin?!"

He sighed and shook his head, dropping that insolent smirk.

"You just answered your own question, Yukio. Where the Hell is he?"

I hadn't wanted to believe it, but the answer just confirmed it.

"Amaimon… he told me, but… but-"

"Amaimon?!" the other huffed, placing his palm on his forehead and shaking his head.

"That child cannot contain the smallest secret, can he… so he told you of what happened?"

I felt completely numb, like I had just been gutted and sewn up, left to feel empty and emotionless like a scarecrow.

I felt my mouth stutter out "Y-yes… so it's… it's true?"

He grinned once again, and stated to chuckle a bit, which soon turned into full-out laughter.

"Your face is priceless, Yukio!" he gasped, and then straightened up again, the smirk still there.

"Yes, it is indeed true, boy. Rin tried to kill himself, lost his memory, and is currently at home."

The last part snapped me out of my shock and my hand shot out, grabbing the front of his weird shirt and yanking him down to my eye level.

"DON'T YOU DARE CALL GEHENNA RIN'S HOME!" I screamed, rage and despair boiling up inside of my body until I could no longer do anything but yell.

"RIN'S HOME IS HERE, NOT IN THAT BLACK PIT! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO HAVE HIM THERE!" I pushed him back and growled under my breath "When the Council hears about this, they're going to rid you of this world once and for all!"

He'd let me go on my little outburst with the smile still intact, and had stayed up even after my push.

Now he stepped forward to me, and I glared up at him with complete and utter fury.

"Rin is half a demon, and you know it." He said, actually looking serious.

"He inherited his father's powers, so therefore, being born of the woman that he actually loved, Rin is the prince."

I stood there once more, the fury burned away into frozen motionlessness.

He looked at me coldly, not his usual joking demeanor.

"And we demons intend to fulfill our lord's wishes. no matter what the cost may be."

With that, the door creaked shut and I stood out in the darkness once again.