Rin leaned back, his mind reeling around with the revelations that had been thrust on him in a very short span of time. He opened his mouth, as though to speak, then thought better of it. "So... let me get this straight. Most of your powers have sort of... gone in me, so I could survive the time travel with only half a demon soul. or something... and this is why even though I'm physically 6, probably, and haven't touched Kurikara, I'm all demony and stuff?"
Mephisto nodded, although it was barely perceptible, and Rin sunk even further into the chair before continuing. "You want me to become the King of Dimensions, huh...?" Another dip of the head was sent in reply, and Rin felt like his mind was blurring into a thousand pieces, each seperate and unique, but part of a great whirlpool of chaotic comprehension.
Mephisto's face was set like stone, but Rin couldn't help but see the twinges of a smile- or perhaps a sly grin, tug at the elders mouth. Rin frowned in slight surprise, and might have spoken but was yet again cut off by Mephisto. "Becoming a king is not an easy task though, no matter how good you are in battle or politics, or even strategies, you first must defeat the old leader."
The stone expression seemed to melt away as swiftly as it came to the clowns face, and was replaced by a sly grin. "You hate that math teacher, yes? The one followed by coal tar?" Hesitantly, Rin nodded.
"Well yeah... but how did you know?" Mephisto leaned back in his chair and laughed. Rin stared in sheer disbelief- just what sort of man was this that he could so easily laugh at a conversation laden with deep, confusing secrets?
"I know, Rin, because of the coal tar! They follow everyone, and while it's sometimes hard to communicate with them... They are irreplaceable spies!" Rin stared once more, mouth slightly agape.
"How about instead of going back to school, and that teacher... we go on a little phantom train ride, and check out the base?" Rin's reaction was priceless.
Gehenna.
The first thing that popped into Rin's head was, this deserted wasteland is Gehenna? All around him stretched a vast, brown dirt clearing of sorts, with small burning bushes scattered around here and there. Mephisto was right in front of him, and although his voice seemed to be calm his face, no his entire body- was distorting between nothing and normalcy with startling speed.
"Come on Rin follow me" Everything he said seemed to blur a lot and had no tone when you focused on it. Rin made to move, and found tendrils of the ground pulsing up and trying to wrap around his leg with each seasick motion. If Rin could have screamed, he might have, but instead he coughed up blood and could only look on in horror as Mephisto's distorting form approached him.
A touch brushed his arm and all of a sudden everything was back to normal, they were back in the train station, and Mephisto had stopped distorting. Stumbling, Rin moved over to a bin and emptied his lunch. Mephisto held his nose, and looked away, walking quickly over to a bench as he spoke to himself. "Well, I wasn't expecting... that, to happen. Maybe he's set traps for half blooded demons, or humans. We'll have to fix that.
A.N
Okay. BCoH here . DON'T KILL ME. I've had... a ton of time, but absolutely no motivation. can you guys tell me how often you want updates? cause I could do stuff like this... every fortnight? maybe a week, but I do want to carry on. I just can't get back in the flow just as easy as I want... so yeah. just tell me what you guys want to see, and shoutout to anyone who guesses what the cover art's animal near Rin is. also... RIN HAS ONLY BEEN BACK IN TIME FOR LIKE 3 HOURS. Just clearing that up. Shit is going to go down later though. probs.