The Blue Exorcist; Book 1

A Fairy Tail + Blue Exorcist Crossover fan-inspired story

By Gothic Rain

Disclaimer: See Chapter One

Chapter Three, A Slave's Life for Me

The sound of the ship creaking by the slightest movement was constantly pulling Rin's mind from ease, his heart thumped loudly against the silence that consumed his shipmates. He didn't know how long they had been in the ship but he was thirsty and hungry in ways he couldn't understand. It was a feeling of desperation that took over when two of the children had grown sick over time. He knew that something was very wrong with those two who he had discovered were Lily and Derek. Lily had been mean by first impressions but turned out to be a decent girl. Derek was Derek, plain and simple but also straight to the point. He was the smartest out of all of them - Rin decided - and hated how it had to be him that was fighting for his life.

"Derek! Derek! Can you hear me?" Ross asked, trying to kick his friend to regain consciousness. "Look at me, Derek!"

The green eyed boy slowly opened his eyes revealing pink eye watery from sweat and tears of pain. "I-" He heaved heavily before falling over slumped and Lily screamed across the ship.

"Derek!"

Rin cried out, his fists clenched in the iron shackles as he closed his eyes against the rising screams of their fallen friend. "No, it can't end like this!" Another girl cried, arcing her back and moving back and forth trying to escape. Rin watched as blood slowly began to run down her arms and tried to tell her to stop but his voice was unheard against all the screams.

"Stop, please!"

Suddenly the door was opened and light shown through causing everyone to go quietly suddenly. Still, they all remained crying or tear-streaked. "What are you brats all whining about?" One of them demanded and grabbed Rin's hair who happened to be closest to the door. "Gah!" He yelped, before his head was slammed back against the wall and he saw stars.

"Awe I see," the man began. He slowly walked in while the other men who captured them smirked at the doorway. "Shame, you guys are dropping like flies already. Good thing we got more of you coming in!" He cackled as he lifted Derek's body over his shoulder.

"Don't take him!" Lily cried with a scratchy voice. One of the other men stepped forward and Rin instantly had a terrible feeling. He reared forward and held back a wince as his head collided into the slaver's head. "Bastard!" Rin spat at him only to find himself seeing silver before pain exploded on his face and he screamed. He thrashed wildly and roared in anger, fear, and pain all mixed together.

He had never felt pain like this before, and that was saying a lot. He had been punched, beaten, bloody, and even suffocated to the point of near death before but his pain had never been as intense as that. "Rin!"

"Okumura!"

Rin roared even more and found a strange feeling breathe over him. It was burning, and an inferno, but it wasn't against him. It was like an energy surrounding him, healing his pain, and caressing the aches of his body. Rin was breathing heavily, but the pain had become bearable, and he could finally open his eyes.

His vision was blurry but he knew he was shaking, and bleeding by the indication of slick wetness on his face that was beginning to dry. "Rin?"

He sighed and tried to catch his breath and looked up at the ceiling where wood greeted him that continued its endless creaking.

"Give him a moment Vega," Soka whispered.

Once Rin finally calmed his breathing he looked back at his shipmates and found everyone looking at him but he was too exhausted to look away himself. There were some new additions he noticed, and the absence of Derek caused a pang in his heart.

"You alright, Lily?" Rin asked, looking at the white haired girl who had the rarest colored eyes - a beautiful sakura flower shade - who was still sweaty but seemed to be breathing alright.

The girl looked at Rin with sadness and surprise before nodding. Rin gave her a grin causing Lily to blush and smile.

"The bastards," Soka growled. "How can they do this to us? Especially what they did to you, Rin. I'd be real surprised if you could still see out of that eye-ow!"

Rin squinted against the blood in his eye but cracked a smile at Soka's ruffled form from being kicked in the shin by Little Monster. "What's so funny, aye!"

Laughing softly with the others, Rin noticed some of the new faces. "Sorry guys for the ruckus. I know we didn't give you all the best of impressions, I'm Rufftuff." A boy with ruffled brown hair and intense grey eyes. "Rin." He said, not sure how to give introductions. He knew he probably sounded off-beat but Rin could only say what he knew from experience in the orphanage.

"Well I'm Soka."

"Lily." The list of introductions continued and soon Rin found himself growing tired. "Rin!"

"Just need to..." rest, and then he was out like a flame in the wind.

Exhausted cyan blue eyes were welcomed to a harsh brightness and the roughness of the sharp rocks on the ground. Rin stumbled when the slaver realized he had awoke but quickly learned not to stop walking when pain lashed against his back to a cold steel whip. Everything was blurry, lopsided. Rin could only see out of his left eye as blood still blinded his other from the earlier but brutal attack. "Get onward!" The slaver shouted, whipping the arm of some other poor kid near him.

Rin wanted to scream at them to stop and for everyone to run but he knew it was useless... hopeless.

He clenched his fists and focused on the pain of his nails digging into his skin until blood hit the ground to hold his tongue and his temper. He heard someone cry out, and nearly threw himself toward Lily who was being dragged inside the strange shaped building by her snowy white hair. "Lily!" He couldn't help but call out, finding her eyes before being backhanded by a slaver.

"Gah!" He spat blood only to be shoved roughly from the back. He looked up and saw the stars before questioning silently how long it had been since he was taken. "Get moving brat!"

As he would later tell himself he couldn't help it, but at that moment he just couldn't take what was happening around him without doing something and all but stomped on the slaver herded him towards the building that was just giving him a terribly dark feeling in general before spinning around to face his demon. He quickly wrapped the chains that connected the shackles to his wrists behind the slaver's neck before crossing his wrists and tugging, hard.

His expression angered Rin further, showing one of desperation and fear when that was exactly what he and the other slaver's were inflicting upon them. He would show them no mercy!

"Rin, watch out!" A voice he didn't recognize called out startling him from his thoughts. He looked up and found a red head being thrown inside the structure before he found himself thrown away from the slaver. Rin looked up finding himself surrounded by slavers who were both glaring and grinning at him in contempt. "He killed him!" One of the slaver's cried out, checking the guy he had strangled.

"No mercy for you, brat!"

The six year-old spat at the slaver's before running between the Slaver's towards the strange giant lizard creatures.

"Don't let him get away!"

With a leap Rin wrapped his arms around one of the beast's necks before wrestling the creature to rear back only for it to expectantly fall backwards and knock the other lizards out of the way. Rin, unfortunately did not get out of the way in time and found himself beneath the creature, suffocating. Suddenly the creature was off him and he was being grabbed by rough hands.

"Put him in his cell before he tries anything else!" One of them demands, and he was all but dragged inside the structure with multiple slavers around him. They stop in front of a cell where he notices Lily in the back and hold back a smile that he'd at least be somewhere with someone he knew.

"No, he'll have his own cell. Don't want him to begin a rebellion!" With a frown Rin was shoved forwards and was led into darkness. He didn't know where he was being taken, and he was frightened with every step he took but he knew he had to keep walking. Soon he was grabbed roughly by the shoulders and was literally thrown to the floor a few feet away. He looked up finding himself in a room with no bars cloaked in darkness with only the smallest of lights coming from a small crack in the wall where the cold hair came through.

He couldn't hear anything, no coughing, crying, or even footsteps. There was only the unnerving silence and Rin realized he was truly alone.

Unashamed he curled up in a ball against the wall and silently began to cry for miss Jones, Derek, all the other slaves, and the place he had found himself imprisoned. He wish he could have been stronger, free everyone trapped here, and maybe be a hero for once in his life.

Not a demon, caged and chained all alone.

With that last though Rin allowed himself to final sleep and hoped he would be able to clean himself of the blood which stained his face by morning. He would never stop fighting though because he knew if he stopped being strong, no one else would be.

Shorter than the other chapters, Ill admit, but you all should know ahead of time that the events in Fairy Tail will be significantly altered because of Rin's presence. I won't say anything further because spoilers are no fun.

Let me know what you think, the silence drives me insane.

Sincerely,

Gothic Rain