Chapter 4: It's The Right Time

Yato's POV

"How do you know so much about demons?" Rin exclaimed as I turned to him not looking the least bit shocked that he had shouted like that.

"I'm a God; so I've been around a long time, kid. I would've come across some demons or exorcists in my time," I told Rin as I leaned back against the wall, trying to nod off after everything that happened today. "Anyway, that's enough for now. You guys should get some sleep."

Midnight - 12:10am~~~~

Hiyori had gone home directly after I explained the difference between phantoms and demons. It didn't seem to faze her much, but I know that she's hiding how she truly feels. She's scared of being involved with me and Yukine; knowing about phantoms and that the dead wonder as a God's weapon. Though she acts like she loves hanging around us. Maybe I'm being a bit overdramatic, but I don't want to get her into any sort danger; especially after what happened with Kugaha … and usually danger follows me wherever I go or I'm the one that finds it.

I looked over to the two sleeping forms of Rin and Yukine as they slept on the two of the three futons laid out by Daikoku before bed since he didn't want Rin sleeping in the one I did. Saying it smelled of sweat! I don't smell that bad now do I!? Though taking a closer look at Rin I can see a faint glow by his head. I mean, I know Yukine sleeps with the light on so both Rin and I would need a board in front of our heads to stop the light from annoying the crap out of us while we try to sleep. That can only mean one thing; he's awake! As I approach his futon I notice that he was staring at his phone as if waiting for a message to come through. I sigh to myself; rubbing my hand through my hair. Kids these days and their pieces of technology.

"He still hasn't text me…" Rin muttered faintly, barely above a whisper.

I lifted my eyebrow at hearing this as I stared at the phone. Did he mean Yukio? I leaned over and grabbed the phone from his hand, surprising Rin; making him turn around to face me as I close it. "Shouldn't you be asleep, kid?"

He rolled back onto his side as if giving me an attitude. Gah! This is bad Yukine all over again! I hate it when teens have an attitude! They act like total brats! "It's none of your business whether I stay up late or not."

I narrowed my eyes, slightly at him since I am meant to look after him for the next few weeks. "It may not be my business, but I'm technically taking care of you until you can go back to True Cross." I heard a slight growl rumble from his throat as a reply. "I'll take that as an 'I don't like it here even though I've been here for a few hours'." I can't help but torment him, he's just as fun to make fun of as Yukine.

"It's not that…" His eyes seemed to cloud over as if there were unshed tears he wanted to let out, but didn't. I don't know whether it was because of his pride or not; but geez, why can't teenagers these days just let it all out! Why do they have to keep their emotions locked away like this? Is it really pride that makes them do that? Well, it is called a deadly sin for a reason!

"I can tell you're bothered by something and it's got something to do with your brother, right?" Rin his turned to look at me as he sat up and I gave him a light smile. "Don't fret anything about it. Once you're done here you can go back to True Cross and forget all about us." I leaned closer to Rin and my crystal blue eyes seemed to glow in the darkness of the room as I stared at the teen with a dark glint in my eyes. "That is … if you'll want to forget after you leave."

Midday - 12:00pm - One Week Later~~~~

I'm not sure if I freaked Rin out after what I said to him on his first night here, but he seemed to go to sleep without a problem afterwards. Maybe he just didn't want to see my face for the rest of the night. Come on, who wouldn't want to look at this face!? Although since he's been here a whole week now, everyone has started to get used to him being around; even Rin has started to get used to being here. It's nice to see him, Yukine and Hiyori getting on and then helping Daikoku with the cooking. It's almost as if he's not worrying about what happened at the Academy; though … he'll have to face them sooner or later. I know that as a fact as he won't be staying here forever no matter how much he enjoys our company.

I sighed as I lay on the floor in the attic. I was bored out of my mind. I needed a job to do and needed one now. I know Rin was my job right now, but he can take care of himself. He's not a child. I look over to Yukine studying with Hiyori while Rin just napped beside the desk. I lower my eyelids at the sight and a small smile crossed my lips. That kid seems to not like studying at all.

"Oy! Wake up!" Yukine exclaimed as he threw his rubber at Rin's head which made the other teen blink his eyes open in surprise.

"Huh?" He sat up and looked at Yukine with a pout on his face as if saying he wanted to nap longer.

Yukine groaned and Hiyori giggled at the dazed look on Rin's face. The teen rubbed his eyes and yawned from his nap. "You should probably work on your own school work, Rin," Hiyori told Rin.

Rin lay back down as if he didn't care about it. "To hell with that crap. I probably won't do well on it anyway."

The atmosphere surrounding Hiyori and Yukine suddenly changed as their expressions of shock suddenly changed to glares as they loomed over Rin; a dark aura surrounding them. The teen stared up at them as if trying to figure out what he did to piss them off. Well, dissing school work in front these two … not a good move.

"You're as bad as Yato with your laziness! Do your studies and stop lazing about!" Hiyori exclaimed and her remark caught me off-guard, making me gasp and fall over from shock. Though I think Rin's pride was more squashed than mine as he didn't seem to care that he had walked over MY BACK to get to his bag!

Though just as he opened the bag; my phone rang and I quickly opened it with a huge grin on my face and a cheery voice, "Hello, Delivery God Yato at your service! How may I help you?" I listened to the person on the other end as Yukine, Hiyori and Rin stared at me, waiting for me to end the call and tell them what was happening. "Alright, I'll be right there!" I ended the call and turned to them. "Yukine, we got a job."

"What kind of job?" he asked in a monotone voice. Can this kid speak any more like a robot?

I gave him a thumbs up with the grin still on my face. "You'll get to see for real what a demon is!"

This seemed to catch Rin's attention which I didn't exactly want. Yukine and Hiyori however looked shocked that I got a job to fight a demon instead of a phantom. This caused uncertainty to rise within both of them. "Are you sure about this, Yato?"

I nodded at them, still holding the huge grin on my face. "Of course I am. I'm a God remember. I've seen a lot of crazy stuff!"

Yukine rolled his eyes at me, but hearing about the demon caused Rin to grab the red cloth his sword was kept in. "I want to come!"

I turned to look at Rin; I wasn't even surprised he was going to ask that. This kid seems to like jumping into danger before thinking things through. Kind of like me a bit. Why did I even compare us? Ugh! "I'm sorry, but you have to stay here."

This seemed to cause him to pout and start an argument which will be entertaining for Yukine, but frustrating for me. This is why I didn't want to take in another teenage brat. I have work to do. "What!? Why? I'm training to be an exorcist, so killing demons is what I'm training to do!"

"Just because you're an exorcist in-training doesn't mean it's alright for me to take you with me. I take my jobs seriously, so if you get hurt it's my head," I told Rin and he seemed to freeze up at that as if understanding the situation now. Yea, obviously I meant it when I said if Rin got hurt it wouldn't be a pretty sight of what punishment I'd get from Yukio since I'm meant to protect Rin. Hell, I'd hate to think what Mephisto would do to me. I shiver slightly at the thought.

He growled to himself and glared at me, an obvious look of irritation in his eyes. "Can't I just watch then? Studying is boring and I learn more by being on the field."

I sighed to myself, rubbing my temples before putting a smile on my face. "Alright, fine, but you have to make sure to do as I say." He just scoffed back as an answer. Typical teen behaviour…

I called Yukine over and he came over to me with Hiyori following him which made Rin seem shocked about it. Before he could ask anything we disappeared in a flash of light and reappeared in a grassy field far from the city. I looked around for the demon that I had been called about, scratching my head; wondering where it was.

A noise caught my attention and I whirled around just as a creature with two heads and stiches covering its body jumped at me. "What the hell is that?!" I heard Yukine yell.

"Sekki!" I shouted which surprised him causing him to turn into an orb of light and reappear in my hands as two blades with bandages on the hilts.

"What the hell happened to Yukine!?" I heard Rin exclaim and I sighed to myself. That's right. Rin has never seen a regalia transform into their weapon form before. This would be his first time seeing it. No wonder he sounds so freaked out.

"He's a regalia, remember. I'm his Master. He's a spirit that can transform into a weapon to help me fight phantoms and without a regalia a God is pretty much powerless." I got into a stance, ready to fight before looking over at Rin and noticing that he was taking his sword out of its red case. What's he doing!? He knows he shouldn't use his sword unless he really needs to! "What are you doing!?"

Rin just looked at me; he still had a wide-eyed look on his face, but it changed to more determination when our eyes met. "I'll give you some back-up if you can't defeat it. I have fought a Neberius before."

"A what?" I asked, but before he could answer the demon threw a fist at me which I countered by holding up one of my two blades, trying to slice its fist. What I didn't expect was to hear a cry of pain come from Yukine and then for me to feel a sting in my neck. "Ah! What … the hell?" I grabbed at my neck in pain from the slight sting I had felt and looked at the twin blades. What just happened?

"Yato! Yukine!" I could hear Hiyori call to me. What was going on? Why was this demon affecting Yukine like that? I glared up at it as another fist came at me; making me hesitate, but before I could counter I was pushed out of the way by Rin as he countered it with his STILL SHEATHED KURIKARA! How strong is this kid!? Oh wait, he's half-demon. Never mind...

I shook my head at the force that Rin had shoved me aside by and glared at the teen, holding a fist up as if to emphasize my point. "Hey! I was trying to do my job, kid!"

"It didn't look like you were getting anything done!" He snapped at me as if irritated by my attitude.

"Tch." I looked down at my blades, rubbing my neck at where I had been stung. How? Yukine hasn't stung me since the ablution, so why did he just then? "Revert, Yuki." The swords glowed and transformed back into Yukine. I noticed he was clutching his chest and a look of fear was on his face. I don't get it. Can a regalia not kill a demon like they can a phantom?

"Yato…" I turned to see Hiyori run up to us with a look of worry on her face. "…what happened just then?"

I shook my head at her question; like I could answer it anyway. I looked over to Rin; who was fighting the demon and handling himself pretty well against it that is until it punched him in the stomach and he was knocked back near us! How … is that thing so strong!? I look over to where Rin landed, but he was already getting up, using his sword as a crutch.

I noticed a light smirk on Rin's face as he stood back up on his feet. "That didn't even hurt; fighting a normal demon is nothing compared to a Demon King."

This was a side of Rin I hadn't seen before. It's a smug and confident side that looked as though he enjoyed fighting demons because it's more interesting than doing school work. I guess that explains why he's more of a physical person than a study one. Still, I feel this could go one way or the other and I definitely don't want to get my head shot in by Yukio.

"Rin, stop, you'll hurt yourself!" I was surprised to see that Hiyori had been the one to speak up to stop Rin before me. Though both her and Yukine had really started to become quite friendly with him. She must see him as a friend already which is good. He really needs one of those right now.

Rin spun around to face the three of us with a huge grin on his face. "I'll be fine. I've faced a Demon King after all. A Neberius is nothing compared to that!"

I could tell Hiyori and Yukine were confused by what he just said. Once Rin turned back to face the demon; he held his sword by the hilt and the sheath. I widened my eyes at seeing this. He was going to unsheathe his sword! What's he thinking? That idiot! "Rin, don't!"

Though he didn't listen and unsheathed his sword. A wall of blue flames enveloped him before they calmed down and his body was licking with the blue fire; his tail swished out from under his shirt with a flame on the tip, ears elongated, teeth sharpened into fangs and two flames appeared on his head to look like horns. Rin clutched his sword tightly and lunged at the demon with a loud scream.

His sword came down near where the demon stood and fire spread out from the tip of his sword, heading towards the demon. I stared wide-eyed at the power that was kept sealed within the blade. So, that's why he's never allowed to open the sword unless necessary. It's power is so … destructive. It could easily control him if he was weak enough for it to.

"What happened to Rin?" I heard Hiyori's worried voice ask.

"Was he always like this?" Yukine's voice came after.

I bit my lip, wondering whether I should tell them or not. This was why Rin shouldn't have opened that damn sword! Being with Hiyori and Yukine would've given him a fresh start to help get over what happened at the Academy and now he does this! What an idiot! I let out a sigh and looked to them as they watched Rin fight the demon. It's not my responsibility to tell them; it's Rin's. He'll have to tell them when this is over.

The fourth chapter of Exorcists And Gods. I decided to make Yato go on a job here with Rin, Yukine and Hiyori to start adding action to the story as you can see things are starting to get interesting. I've written out notes on word to give me an idea of what will happen later. The only reason I'm updating so fast is because I'm enjoying writing this so much I've already written a few chapters of it on word. I know crossovers don't get a lot of reviews, but I'd like to know what you (the readers) think of the story so far and if you like the way I'm writing it in a different first person perspective for each chapter. I'm just curious to know how I'm doing is all. Hope you enjoyed.

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