Today was the day, Rin would finally see his twin brother again.
Even though he had lost his temper after he had returned to his room with Mephisto, he didn't want to keep him away from Yukio.
Unfortunately, the mood swings of a young demon were unpredictable and really annoying in Mephisto's opinion; the King of Time didn't want any more burn holes in the wall.
It was almost 8 o'clock and the sun had gone down when Mephisto dropped Rin off at Yukio's dorm.
"Well, see you tomorrow. Don't cause any trouble or Yukio will probably shoot you." He said casually and disappeared again.
The Prince entered the dorm, passing a few students of True Cross Academy. As he raised his hand to knock, the door already opened.
A tall, blond guy looked down at the young demon.
"Who are you?" He demanded.
"I'm Rin. I was looking for Yukio. Where is he? He should be here." The Prince tried to look past the other boy.
"He should be back any minute. Just wait in here." The blonde boy let him in the room and left soon after.
It was a rather small room with two beds and desks. Everything was clean and tidy, but Yukio's smell was definitely the strongest in here. Rin sat down on one of the beds and waited for his younger brother.
About 10 minutes later, Yukio entered the room and put down his bag when he noticed Rin.
"Oh right, you wanted to spend New Year's Eve with me. I almost forgot! Even though I still don't quite get why." Yukio muttered to himself.
He didn't want to be with his demonic twin, but he had no choice. There was a chance that someone would get hurt if he rejected Rin.
"I already told you that I want to learn more about Assiah and not destroy it. Why is that so hard to believe?" It made the Prince a bit sad that Yukio mistrusted him that much.
"You're a demon. Why would you want to learn about Assiah? Aren't you the heir of Gehenna?"
"My mother was human and she lived here. My father, who is also your father you dumbass, wants to unite Assiah and Gehenna, he just doesn't know how." Rin defended himself clenching his fists.
Realizing that Rin got angry, Yukio made a step back.
"Okay, okay, I believe you." He lied straight through his teeth. He didn't need the dorm to burn in blue flames and a raging demon slaughtering the other students.
Rin immediately brightened and gave his younger brother a large smile.
"Great! What are we doing?" He asked excited.
Yukio, who was a bit confused by the sudden change of atmosphere, took a while to think about it.
He couldn't just go to one of the parties which he had been invited to especially when he had a potentially dangerous demon with him.
"Well, we can watch the fireworks from here, I guess. My roommate won't be here since he is going to a party." Yukio instantly regretted what he said.
"A party? Why aren't we going there? Sounds like fun!" Rin shouted enthusiastically.
"We are not invited. We can't just show up there." Yukio lied quickly hoping that Rin would believe him and let it go.
"Are you kidding me? I'm a Prince and you are, well technically, you're a Prince too since you're my brother. We can show up wherever we want! Come on, Yukio, it will be fun!" He tried to convince his younger brother.
"Forget it. I can't bring you to a party. You are a demon!"
Rin groaned annoyed, "I'm not here to harm anyone, I already told you! I will behave as human as possible, okay?"
"Listen, I-" Yukio started when he suddenly got an idea, "Okay, I'll take you to the party but only under one condition."
"What condition? Come on, I'll do anything!"
Yukio grabbed something from one of the many drawers at his desk and held up a small, golden ring.
"You have to agree to wear this. That's my condition." He stated.
"Is that some kind of human jewelry? It's a bit weird, but okay." Rin smiled friendly.
He didn't really care what that thing was and wanted to go outside.
The Prince held out his hand to grab the ring, but Yukio didn't give it to him.
He wouldn't have thought that his brother would agree to wear a sealing charm but then he realized that Rin probably didn't even know that it was one.
"You have to wear it on your tail." These words confused Rin for a moment, but he did as Yukio said and let his tail slip out of his shirt.
"I don't really get why, but if you take me to the party, I don't have a problem with that."
Yukio gave him the ring and Rin put it on the tip of his tail. After that he hid it again under his shirt.
"Can we go now?"
"Alright" Yukio still wasn't sure about this but he took the risk.
"Yukio-kun! It's great you made it!" A teenage girl came running towards the twins when they arrived at the party.
"Who's your friend? I've never seen him in school before." Another girl asked smiling.
Before Yukio had the chance to answer, Rin started talking.
"I'm his twin brother Rin. I was out of town for a while, but now I'm here to visit my siblings!"
"I didn't know you had siblings, Yukio-kun. He's almost as cute as you are." The second girl giggled.
"My name is Rika and that's Asami, we're in Yukio-kun's class." A girl with bright red hair introduced herself and her friend.
"Nice to meet you. I didn't know my brother had a girlfriend." The demon smiled.
That made the two girls giggle even more.
"What? None of them are. What are you talking about?" Yukio was slightly embarrassed and dragged his twin away from the girls.
"God, I hate parties" He muttered like it was the worst thing on earth.
"Why? You seem to be popular with the girls. You should be nicer to them. You could have fun here." Rin was looking around watching teens dancing, talking and having fun.
"I bet they are really disappointed that we just vanished. Let's go back. They seem to be nice and they're really pretty"
Yukio couldn't believe what he just heard.
"Okay listen. It's okay that you're here at the party but you can't come near anyone here." He said in a serious tone.
"What do you mean by that?" Rin was slightly confused. He just wanted to make some friends.
"I swore to protect humans from demons like you. You're not here to make friends. I'm okay with you coming here but there will be no contact between you and any human but me. Do you understand?"
His words hurt the Young Prince and a silent growl escaped his throat.
Rin turned around and wanted to walk away, so he could calm himself down, when he ran into a guy. He was way taller than the demon and at least three years older.
"Hey! Watch your step!" The other teenager snapped at at him.
Rin just wanted to walk away, but the taller one grabbed him by his shoulder.
"Hey! Don't you want to apologize?"
Yukio made a step towards them and opened his mouth to intervene when Rin did something he hadn't expected.
The Prince took a deep breath and looked up to the guy who grabbed him.
"I'm sorry. Can you let me go now?"
"You're lucky that I'm in a good mood." The tall boy grunted and walked away.
Rin glanced at Yukio and left the party.
"Rin! Wait!" Yukio went after his older brother.
The demon stopped on top of a small, grassy hill and turned around.
"Why can't you give me a chance? Do you know how hard I'm trying? I promised you not to hurt anyone." He shouted.
There was no anger in his voice, just sadness.
"You have to understand that I, as an exorcist, can't just become best friends with the son of Satan!" Yukio defended himself.
"You know, you're always saying that but you seem to forget that he's your father too! I didn't choose to be born with the blue flames. But now this is the responsibility I have to bear. I am loyal to my father and so are you. What is wrong with that?"
"What's wrong with that? My father is protecting people yours is killing them."
"That's bullshit and you know that. Father hasn't been in Assiah in the last 16 years but you and the other exorcists never stopped murdering demons. We just want to live here. I know that there are some demons hurting people, but so are you! Humans kill fellow humans everyday but they just get imprisoned instead of getting killed." Rin was shaking. His brother's ignorance made him furious.
"I just wanted to be your brother. I didn't harm anyone on purpose. I even saved someone from a rather mean demon. I tried to learn how humans live. I ran away so often from Mephisto, just so I could go to a park or a shopping mall and learn about humans and then there's you. At first, I thought you would give me a chance but you don't! If you don't trust me why don't you trust Mephisto? He is an exorcist. Why would he bring someone to Assiah who would try to destroy the True Cross Order?"
Yukio didn't know what he could say.
He felt kinda sorry for his twin brother, but there was also this little voice inside of him that reminded him that Rin was a demon and he was an exorcist.
But the young demon was right about what he said about Mephisto.
The strange man tended to leave out some important facts but he wouldn't try to destroy the Vatican.
Yukio sighed.
Then he just silently walked up to his older brother and hugged him.
The young demon was surprised by the sudden embrace and just stood there.
"I'm sorry. It is just odd for me. I didn't know that, well, I didn't know about those things you said. It's hard for me but I will try to trust you a little more, okay?" He mumbled.
Rin seemed to visibly calm down.
"And you mean that?" He wanted to reassure himself.
"I promise."
A few minutes later, the twins were sitting next to each other on the ground.
"What did you mean when you said that you saved someone?" Yukio said after a while.
The Prince thought about it and decided that it would be far too humiliating for him to admit that he had a job.
He told him how he helped Shiemi while leaving out that he lost control and killed the small demon. He just wasn't ready to talk about what he had done yet. As long as Rin didn't have to talk about it, it would be like it never happened and the guilt wouldn't overwhelm him.
"Wait, that girl you're describing, her name isn't Shiemi Moriyama by chance, is it?" Yukio's question interrupted Rin's thoughts.
"Yes, it is. How do you know her?"
"She's a friend of mine. I met her when I was a child. I can't believe that you cured her. Thank you." Yukio scratched his head. He was embarrassed that he couldn't have helped Shiemi.
"No problem, I guess. She is really nice, so it wasn't fair that the Dekalp was attacking her but after I talked to it, it understood and let her go." Rin smiled and leaned back.
Yukio looked at his watch. "It's almost time." He stated.
"Time for what?" Rin was confused. He heard people counting down in far distance.
"What's going on?"
"It's almost New Year! 3… 2… 1…"
The voices that had just counted down suddenly started shouting and wishing a happy new year.
When the first rocket exploded in the sky, Rin was completely shocked.
Yukio started laughing which wasn't that common.
"Calm down. It's just fireworks."
"Fireworks?"
"Just look up," He pointed up where the next firework rocket blasted.
While covering his ears, Rin did as his brother said.
His eyes became bigger and bigger when he saw all the colorful and sparkling lights.
"Amazing! Are you sure that humans don't use magic?"
"Pretty sure. It's actually a chemical reaction." Yukio started to explain, but Rin interrupted him.
"I have no idea what that means. Chemical?"
"So you don't have something like this in Gehenna?"
Rin just shook his head.
"Would you like me to tell you about home, I mean Gehenna?" He got a bit excited when he thought about the demon realm.
"Well, I guess it would be really interesting if I heard something about it. No human has ever been to Gehenna so there are just rumors about it."
The Prince looked up in the sky when he started thinking about his home.
"Where should I start? Gehenna is split up in 9 domains. Father's is the biggest and in the central. The other 8 belong to my brothers."
"You mean the 8 demon kings, right?"
"Yes, at the moment two domains are abandoned because Lucifer and Samael are here in Assiah. I guess, they'll become mine when I return.
Anyway, as the heir of the throne, I had to study a lot after my flames showed themselves for the first time. I often ran away from my babysitter Cysat, but I never made it out of the castle." He laughed when he thought about his escape attempts.
The whole night, Rin told his brother about his childhood, his other demonic brothers, Egyn's attempts to drown the Prince after he pulled another prank on him.
Even though most of them were happy memories, a small tear appeared in the corner of the demon's eye. He loved being in Assiah, but he also missed his home.
When the sun rose, Yukio stood up.
"Thank you for telling me all this. I guess, you're not as dangerous as everyone thinks. But I will have to keep an eye on you, okay? I hope you understand that. I should really go now." His last words were almost completely consumed by a yawn.
"So, did you have fun?" Mephisto asked when Rin returned.
"Come on, I know that you were watching us. Your smell was constantly following us." The young demon crossed his arms.
"You didn't think I would leave you alone, did you? If something happened to you before I could even start your training, Father probably would have killed me, well, he could have tried, but he can't stay in Assiah for more than 10 seconds."
"Wait, what do you mean by training?" It was the first time he had heard something about that.
"Of course, Dummerchen [dummy]! That's why you're here in the first place. Someone has to take care of Luci's and my domain back in Gehenna." Mephisto laughed it off.
"And what could you possibly teach me? Watching those weird anime shows?" Rin didn't take his older brother seriously. How could he? He was always so flamboyant and immature.
But now King of Time's smile disappeared.
"You don't believe I can teach you something? Oh please, I'm over 1000 years old and you are, oh right, you're 16. I'm the second oldest son of Satan and the King of Time. Maybe you know how to fight, but what do you know about being a King?"
Rin looked at his older brother and got the feeling that his time in Assiah wouldn't be as relaxed as before.
Finally, the first 7 chapters are edited and corrected. All that thanks to TheBeautyInTheDarkness!