Rin sat alone in the dining hall; the silence was comforting. Matron had gone to fix his room situation but not before providing him with a table full of food. His stomach grumbled; he was so hungry but all he could do was stare at the food in front of him. Poking bits around his plate with a fork. The demon girls face still fresh in his mind he really didn't feel like eating, regardless whether his body was telling him otherwise.
He reluctantly put a squishy purple vegetable in his mouth, shuddering at the strange texture, and swallowed. He moved to poke into another blue one when the doors to the dining hall burst open and his fork screeched across the plate as he jumped in surprise. A burst of flame escaping his control briefly.
He had hoped he would remain alone, and he could escape back to his room before anyone found him but it looked like he was not that lucky. Then again when had he been lucky at any point in his life? Even more so in the last week!
But there stood in the doorway were the very demons he had wanted to avoid. Iblis had an annoyed grimace, this seemed to be her usual look. Whereas Satan had a smug grin. Then there were two more, he had seen them and remembered them from his first time in the throne room. But he didn't know their names, the tiny shark demon following in behind Iblis and the creepy rotting guy with a bag on his head.
Rin tensed up as he felt their eyes on him. His lowly appetite now extinguished; hunger now forgotten in the face of the four demons in front of him. He raised his head to meet their gazes, before abruptly standing and attempting to leave. A wall of blue flame appeared before him stopping him in his tracks. He looked back to the owner of those flames, who was nonchalantly gesturing to the seat just to the right of the larger chair at the head of the table and motioned for him to sit back down. He moved slowly to the chair and parked himself back down. The others followed suit with Satan at the head of the table.
They all started filling plates with the abundance of food at the table, it was almost like the Matron had prepared for them to join him. The demons all ate in silence, Rin just stared silently at his plate, the smell of the food causing his stomach to argue with him again.
"You know if you're that hungry then you should eat." Rin raised his head to the source of the child-like voice. Looking at the little shark somewhat startled. "Or did you forget how to eat?" Rin was still staring; he knew it was a demon king but he couldn't get over the fact a shark was talking to him. "Like this little brother!" Egyn proceeded to toss food into his shark mouth and chomp away at it before swallowing and gave what Rin assumed to be a grin.
"I know how to eat!" He finally snapped out of his silence. "I just… don't feel like eating."
"What because of the mess you made of the servant?" Iblis scoffed; Rin flinched "Don't starve yourself just because you feel a little guilt over a lowly demon like that." Rin ignored her and sat in silence staring at his food.
"Iblis is right, the weaker you are the more likely it will happen again." The bagged man spoke ever so politely despite his appearance, but then again, he was wearing a suit.
Rin sighed, reluctantly putting some meat on his plate. He hesitated before picking a piece up and putting it in his mouth. The meat was probably the best thing at the table, but it still tasted bitter in Rin's mouth at the moment. After a few moments of chewing, he forced it down with a swallow.
"Who are you anyway? I saw you before but I never got your names." Rin looked up at the two newer demon kings.
"Of course, we never got to introduce ourselves, I am Astaroth the King of Rot." Looking at him, the fungus and rot now made sense. Rin nodded. He looked over to the little Shark.
"I am Egyn, the King of Water! I am not usually in Gehenna, and only came here to meet you; I will be returning to Assiah soon to join our older brother Lucifer."
Rin opened his mouth to ask but was interrupted before the words came out.
"He is the King of Light and the strongest of the Demon Kings. His power is second to Fathers. He couldn't come himself but sent me to report back."
"Will I have to meet him as well?" He looked at Satan this time.
"If all goes to plan, there will be a time when you will meet up with Lucifer. Samael is the one to be wary of, he is the one responsible for sealing you away and hiding you. He works with the exorcists."
Rin remained silent at that. But nodded in acknowledgement putting another piece of food to his mouth. He'd mentioned Samael before, hadn't he? Something about sending his sword back to him. He works with the exorcists and was the one that sealed his heart away. Maybe he'd help him get out of here…
"Does Same-Sami-Samuel – Does he ever come to Gehenna?"
The other demons at the table stifled their laughs at Rin's error pronouncing Samael's name. Rin glared at them. Satan's smirk dropped when he answered.
"No, he prefers to mingle with the humans. He seems to think they are entertaining. He was a weird one though. Dressed like a clown last I remember."
"Oh…" Rin tried to hide his disappointment and concentrated on the plate of food in front of him. Awkwardly shoving another tangy vegetable in his mouth.
Satan narrowed his eyes at Rin, who was too engrossed in his plate to notice. He knew he wanted to leave, and would probably jump at the chance if he found a way out. But luckily for Satan, the only way out he knew of was through himself. There were plenty of small portals throughout Gehenna, where the lower demons would sneak into Assiah to possess someone or something. But as long as Rin was oblivious to these he would be trapped unless Satan deemed otherwise. That would not happen unless he was sure he could trust Rin.
The meal continued to relative silence. Rin was about to leave before Iblis stopped him.
"Where do you think you're going, Runt?"
"I-er," To hide away somewhere or find Matron to take him to his new room. To find someone who might know of a way out of Gehenna. Home to his family…who lied to him. He sighed. "Nowhere."
"You and me have training to do."
She grabbed him by his collar dragging him out of the dining hall and down the corridor. Egyn soon returned to Assiah whilst Astaroth remained with Satan.
They arrived back at the arena; Rin's memories of this place still as fresh as the blood that lay on the ground. This place hadn't been cleaned at all. It made him shudder.
"You're gonna make me fight again? After what happened yesterday?!" Rin looked at Iblis almost pleading not to make him do this again.
"No. After what happened yesterday, as much as we want you to embrace your demon side, we figured it would be better for you to get a handle on your flames before that. So you're less likely to be a raging fireball out of control and actually use that brain of yours – assuming you do have one of course." She said as she hit his head with her knuckle.
Rin shot her a glare, shoving her hand away but she just smirked in return. "Why did you push me yesterday then? I assumed after that you wanted me to be that demon… you both seemed happy about it anyway."
"Yes and no. Father and I could sense that demon side in you, but it was so repressed after being under the seal for so long you would have had trouble tapping into it. So, I used Amaimon to give you a little 'encouragement'."
She turned to face him properly gently lifting his face up to look at her, her features softened slightly. "I told you I wanted to see your power, and I wasn't going to get anything from you if I hadn't forced it. Admittedly I wasn't expecting you to overwhelm Amaimon as much as you did, so you impressed me there."
Rin felt a sense of pride swell up in his chest. She had made it seem like she'd hated him since he got here and to hear her say that made him feel somewhat good.
"You obviously have a lot of untapped destructive power, like Father's. Without control over it, you will be pretty useless to Father's plans. We as demons are pretty ruthless when we want to be, but we are in control of our actions. If you do not keep control of your own raging demon it won't matter who it is, you will kill them. Just like that servant."
Rin flinched at the memory of his blood-stained room and the remains of the cold lifeless body laid in the centre of it. He nodded with a grimace.
"OK. So, what sort of training is it now then, if not fighting?" Rin looked around and couldn't see anything in the room that wasn't there before. Except a large burlap sack sat up by the wall. Not that he could remember so many details, he wasn't sure if that was new or not. His question was answered when Iblis walked over to retrieve it. When she returned to the centre of the arena but opened the sack to reveal it was full of candles.
"You are going to sit here and light candles until you can do it with your eyes closed." She explained as she placed a few candles in front of him.
"Really that's it?" Rin looked surprised, he expected something more gruesome.
"Well, it was gonna be lighting small demons but figured after this mornings incident that might be a bit too much for you. Maybe we'll move up to that when we need a moving target…" She said with a smirk, ignoring Rin's look of horror. She needed to break his habit of caring, but first flame control.
Rin struggled at first, not able to figure out how to call on his flames. They were still pretty instinctual and wouldn't do much when he wasn't out of control or emotional. Iblis tried to explain the best she could, but for something that came so naturally for her, it was difficult to explain to someone who'd had his power sealed for so long. The boy still had his heart on display for all demonkind to see, which was irritating and dangerous.
Iblis had him training on the candles for the rest of the day and by the end of it he had at least figured out how to summon the damn flames on his own. But his control was still shaky resulting in him setting the whole candle alight instead of just the wick. But still he was happy with even a little progress and it had taken his mind off the events of the morning.
Matron finally retrieved him to escort him to his new room. Which was not much different in the way of decoration, which didn't surprise Rin. He was exhausted and immediately collapsed on his bed.
A few days went by, thankfully Rin hadn't had more nightmares. He'd been far too tired to even dream. He had reluctantly agreed to go to the dining hall for his meals now, so as to avoid another servant getting caught off guard. Satan hadn't sat with him, but Iblis and Astaroth had been present once or twice. He had not seen Amaimon since the arena, he was sure he was around but Satan had ordered him to behave himself and not try to fight Rin more yet. No matter how much he wanted a rematch.
Iblis was finding herself slowly warming up to the Runt, much to her dismay. She had hated the way his mother had bewitched her Father back then, but the kid didn't seem so bad. Outside of his human tendencies, she (annoyingly) couldn't find much to dislike about him. She felt kind of bad for him, he'd had a part of himself sealed away for so long and now it was basically tearing his mind apart trying to take over. She now wanted to help him accept his demon, ending this pain.
Rin awoke to two golden eyes staring straight back at him. He jolted up in surprise just about managing not to burst into flames. Sat in front of him on the bed in a crouched position was Amaimon.
"What the hell are you doing here?!"
Amaimon gave a disappointed look and sighed.
"I was hoping you'd fight me again but looks like you're no fun today. Father has forbidden me from fighting you directly, so I was hoping you'd wake up wanting to fight. Like you did the servant." He fell back onto his backside and crossed his legs on the end of the bed. "Oh well, big brother asked me to give you something anyway."
He dug around in his pockets for a moment before pulling out a key. Handing it over, Rin just gave him a confused look.
"What am I supposed to do with a key? What am I supposed to unlock with it?" He looked around seeing if anything in his room had a lock he hadn't thought to open. Amaimon simply shook his head.
"It's a key to take you somewhere. I don't know where, but you put it into any locked door. It opens like a portal. Big brother made it for you."
"Can I use it in Gehenna?"
Amaimon shook his head "No, you need to be in Assiah."
Rin's shoulders slumped in defeat.
"But I'm not in Assiah. Why would he give me a key that I can't use? Who is this big brother anyway?" Rin had lost track now of how many big brothers/sisters he might have. It was getting confusing. Amaimon cocked his head to the side.
"Big brother is Samael. And it's not hard to get to Assiah, just take the train." Rin's jaw dropped. Two weeks, he had been here two weeks and no one had mentioned there was a bloody train out of Gehenna. Wait, WHY was there a train out of Gehenna?
"A train?! How long has there been a train going from Assiah to Gehenna?!"
Amaimon stared at him for a moment, part of him eagerly waiting for Rin to burst into flame again.
"It's a demon train, one of big brother's kin. People in Assiah board it and when it returns to Gehenna it eats them." Rin looked at the other demon in horror. He was supposed to get on a train that ate people?! "But if a demon with a vessel boards it, it's a way for us to get to and from Gehenna without relying on a Gehenna Gate."
Rin didn't know what to make of any of this. There was a way out…
"Besides, I believe Father needs to be in Assiah to even summon one, which is a bit difficult since he kills all his hosts." He shrugged as if it was nothing at all.
"So, demons don't need to go through him to get to Assiah?"
"Demons possess people, that is our way out. We take vessels. The issue is finding the right one. But you can't possess someone since you have a body of your own."
Rin stared at the tiny key in his hand, wondering where it was supposed to take him. Should he risk it? Samael was the one working with the exorcists, right? Would it take him home? What if it was a trap? But the thought was tugging at him, there was a way out, a train of all things.
"Where is this train? How do I get on it?"
"It's outside, leave the castle grounds and it's a short way from that. I can show you, but it would mean upsetting Father. He doesn't want you to go exploring yet."
"Why would you show me if it meant getting him mad? What's in it for you?" This guy was hard to read, he was under the impression they were all loyal to Satan and wanted to keep him here. But here he was explaining a way out of this hell hole.
"Fun." He grinned whilst putting a lolly in his mouth. This guy sure liked his sweets.
Rin gave him a questioning look but didn't dwell on it. He wanted to get out, he had to talk to Yukio.
"So, will you show me where this train is?"
"Yes, but I have a condition. You will play with me whenever I want."
Rin grimaced, there had to be a condition didn't there? Was it worth the risk? If he could hold back the rage this time, he might able to fight him without losing control. He has been practising with his flames so much the last week, surely he was in better control of them now. Then saying that his heart still wouldn't hide away like Iblis had said it should.
"Fine, but no playing straight away. I have stuff I need to take care of in Assiah first."
"That's fine. When do you want to leave? The sun will be setting soon, so if you want to go today, now would be the best time." Hadn't he just woken up? Was it evening in Assiah already? Then again, the days and nights seemed to mesh together in Gehenna, it was always dark.
"How do we get out of this place without being stopped by guards or Satan? There are other demons and demon kings here as well. Someone is bound to see us."
"Demons like the dark, so when the sun sets in Assiah most demons tend to flock there to do whatever they want. Gehenna gets quieter. We will be fine to walk so far without being caught."
Rin nodded, feeling odd about putting his faith in this demon king of all people. He'd been the one to force him to lose control in the first place. Grabbing a white hooded jacket, he shoved the key into his pocket. He put on his boots and followed Amaimon out of the room.
Amaimon had been right and the corridors were fairly quiet there were only a few servants scurrying around and guards at certain doors. When they arrived at the main entrance to the castle, it was blocked by two towering guards. But Amaimon kept on walking further down towards what Rin assumed to be a cellar or dungeon. There wasn't much down here but boxes and dust, a few tiny black demons were floating around.
Turning a corner behind a shelf was a tunnel.
"This is where most of the service demons come in. It's unguarded down here because you'd be pretty stupid to break into Satan's castle. But it also serves as a good way out if you want to be unseen. The coal tars tend to act as surveillance for Astaroth and he informs Father of any suspicious activity."
Rin followed him into the tunnel.
"Wait so Satan will know we've come here?"
"Yes, but not for a while. You'll be in Assiah before he finds out." Amaimon put his fingers in his mouth and blew a loud whistle into the tunnel. Rin jumped at the noise. Soon he could hear footsteps barrelling down the tunnel towards them. With a screech, a brightly coloured demon appeared. He was green and yellow with a black leather strap crossed over his face. Amaimon pulled out a chain and attached it to him.
"This is Behemoth, my hob-goblin."
The hob-goblin hopped up and smelled Rin, before nudging his leg with his head. Rin put his hand down and tentatively pet his head. Behemoth, pleased, ran back to Amaimon's side.
"He likes you."
They continued walking, the tunnel seemed to stretch forever and was in pitch darkness at this time of day. The only light was emanated from Rin's heart, giving the tunnel a blue hue as they moved through it. After what seemed like an eternity of walking there was finally a light breaking at the end of the tunnel.
They exited the tunnel to what seemed like a desert of black and red, the sky was full of red and purple hues and lit by a red sun. Off in the distance was what Rin assumed to be a village of some sort. Behind him, the black castle stood tall and ominous surrounded by jagged cliffs.
Rin didn't want to waste time taking in the scenery right now, he only had so much time before Satan realised he had left. He dread to think of what would happen if he was caught. He hurried behind Amaimon as they walked through the empty desert landscape. It was a little while before he noticed a sign in the middle of it, still quite far from the little town. They reached the sign, which was written in a strange language, and stopped.
"Now what?" He turned to Amaimon "We just wait here?"
Amaimon nodded.
"Yes, the train won't be long now." Amaimon turned to stare in the distance where there was a huge black mountain before long the sound of a train on tracks sounded in the distance. Rin was confused as there were no tracks near the sign. As he turned to look in the direction Amaimon was looking he could see something moving in the distance. As it got closer, he realised it was the train, tracks forming on the ground in front of it like magic. It slowed down as it got closer to the sign and gradually stopped in front of it.
The train itself was a monstrous-looking demon. The misshapen train looked like a giant blob of pink and purple with limbs scattered down its body. Rin just stared at it gobsmacked at the sight. Suddenly several eyes on the train opened and stared directly back at Rin, who shuddered under the gaze.
The train garbled something before opening one of its doors. The sign on the front of the train changing from Gehenna to Assiah. Amaimon motioned Rin to follow him as he entered the train. Rin hesitated, giving Amaimon a look that screamed 'are you kidding me?'.
"You better get on before it leaves and you're stuck here to face Father." He had a point. Rin reluctantly boarded the train. Doors shutting behind him trapping him aboard the demon. "Besides this train is only dangerous to humans." Amaimon said with a shrug.
"But I'm half-human…" Rin said with a tinge of panic.
"Oh yeah. I forgot." Amaimon held his chin and looked at the ceiling as if contemplating something. "But you seem more demon now, I'm sure you'll be fine." Giving Rin a blank look. Before Rin had a chance to answer the train shot into motion with enough force to knock Rin back on to the train floor. He had not been prepared for that. Amaimon was casually sat down holding on to a rail, Behemoth on his lap. Rin grabbed hold of the nearest rail to him and held on for dear life. If he survived this, he'd be able to go home.
The train moved at a great speed, tracks appearing before it as if it could go anywhere it wanted. Rin noticed it was heading towards the large black mountains that it had come from. The train ran into a tunnel, they were engrossed in pitch black again. Rin's senses kicked off when he felt the train shift and change beneath him. Eventually, lights flickered on and it was like he was inside a normal train. The franticness of its movement calmed down and eventually it was almost like riding a normal train. Letting out a long sigh of relief he sat down, finally feeling his sense of panic dying.
They were still in a dark tunnel; he wasn't sure for how long but he had expected to see some of the outside by now. He wasn't sure if they were still in Gehenna or had actually gotten to Assiah already. After about an hour they could see a dull light coming up the tunnel the train started slowing. Were they there?
When the train stopped, they were in an empty subway station. The doors opened and Amaimon exited, Rin followed behind. He glanced back at the train, which stayed where it was doors open.
"It will stay there till people get on and he can feed." Rin spun around and gave Amaimon a shocked look but Amaimon just shrugged and carried on as if it was nothing. Rin didn't like the idea of leaving it there to just pick up unsuspecting humans to eat but he didn't exactly know what else to do about it. That and it had been his ticket out of Gehenna.
They soon found some stairs leading to the outside, the cold air hitting Rin's face was bliss. His chest felt lighter and breathing was easier. It was fairly dark out with just a hint of orange on the horizon. He was suddenly very aware of how busy it was and felt eyes boring into him, he raised his hood to hide his face but there wasn't really a lot he could do about his heart. Which worried him more.
"Don't worry, unless people can see demons your heart won't be visible. So, the majority will ignore you."
"What do I do about the ones that can see it?" Rin glanced from under his hood.
"Hope they are not an exorcist. Just try and hold your jacket over it and hide it best you can."
It looked a bit odd holding the jacket out enough to cover his heart but it did the job temporarily. He grabbed the key out of his pocket.
"Right I'm going to find big brother, see ya."
"What? Wait!" With that, Amaimon jumped off into the distance, Behemoth following behind. Leaving Rin now alone in some city he didn't recognise. "Crap." He stared at the key in his hand "I better find a door." He looked around for a secluded spot in the busy city. Venturing into all the ally ways until he found a locked doorway. He took a deep breath and put the key in the lock, it fit perfectly and as he turned the key felt it click. He opened the door and went through.
Yukio had thought it was a good idea to hitch a ride off of the director, I mean why not he was going to pick up his Father and drop him back at the Monastery. This meant he could also get back to the Monastery at the same time and not miss any of the conversations between his Father and Sir Pheles. But honestly, even after picking his Father up from the hospital, it had been a dead uncomfortable silence the whole way home. He had hoped they might go over something in the car, but Sir Pheles felt it better if they were sat down comfortably before going into whatever it was, he had to talk about.
The sun was just about setting, the sky was all sorts of golden hues. They finally arrived at the Monastery and were greeted by the other priests.
Belial, Sir Pheles servant, opened the doors to the car allowing the occupants to get out. Mephisto was first holding his arm out for Shiro to grab hold of as he got back to his feet, walking stick in the other non-bandaged hand. Yukio followed behind the men. They all shared their hellos and hugs at the gate, but there was still a sadness in the air for the one who was missing.
Mephisto has insisted on dinner before anything else was said. Shiro and Yukio were growing more impatient, they just wanted to hear what he had to say about Rin. But knew better than to anger the demon in their midst. When dinner was finally over the priests offered to clean up whilst Shiro, Yukio and Mephisto went to talk in the lounge.
They sat awkwardly spread out on the sofa surrounding a kotatsu table in the middle.
"Right, Mephisto what have you got to tell us. I thought it was an urgent matter, but you've kept us waiting all the way home."
"Yes, Yes. Right, let's get down to business, shall we?" Shiro and Yukio looked at him expectantly. "A certain item was returned to me just over a week ago, a few days after our little incident shall we say? I had taken this long to tell you because I had to make sure of its authenticity in the circumstances." He raised his hand in the air "Eins, Zwei, Drei!" clicking his fingers.
With a puff of pink smoke appeared the sheathed Koma sword. Shiro immediately snatched it off Mephisto before he had a chance to do anything else.
"You got it back?! How?!" He mulled over the sword as if it were some fragile piece of porcelain.
"I did not 'get' it back Fujimoto, it was returned to me. If you draw it you will see why." Shiro gave him a look of shock. Why would he willingly draw the sword? "Trust me, Fujimoto. Satan would not send it back to me if it was of any value to him."
With great reluctance Shiro pulled the sword only a little out of the sheath, Yukio flinched at the sight. But more shock followed their faces when no flames spouted from the sword. Shiro pulled the rest and found the blade had been snapped in half, tipping the sheath the other half fell out onto the table with a loud clatter.
Shiro felt light-headed at that moment and slumped down onto the sofa again, dropping the Koma sword to the floor. Yukio was shaking, he'd known, the dreams had been so real and vivid like a message from the very beginning that this was what happened to Rin.
Yukio's voice croaked as his next words formed "What happened to Nii-san? Is he alive?" He looked to Mephisto almost pleading, fists clenched and shaking by his legs.
"Would you like the details or just the result?" Mephisto gave a sly grin like he was enjoying this. Damn demon.
Shiro gave him a look that said 'just get on with it', Yukio sat back down putting his head in his hands.
"Well according to my source in Gehenna, when the sword was broken, our young Rin burst into flames! His body all but destroyed from the intensity of them." Yukio's head shot up in a panic, he couldn't be dead. However, Mephisto continued talking "His demon heart then appeared, returned to his body and was reborn a demon. He is currently living under Satan's watch. I do not know more than that."
"So, he's alive…?" Yukio felt something lift off his shoulders. It had been weighing on him ever since Rin disappeared. He was still gone but he was at least alive.
"For now, yes. I don't believe Satan has taken him as a vessel yet. So, there is still time."
Shiro frowned at that, he'd been prepared to take his own life to save Rin and get rid of Satan. But taking out his own son was another matter, and he was not prepared to do it. From the look on Yukio's face, neither was he.
"Well now that I have updated you with the situation, I will be off."
"Wait! That's all you had to say? We thought you might have had a plan to get Nii-san back!" Yukio stood up abruptly rage written all over his face. He felt his father's hand on his arm and looked down. His father's expression was a mix of anger and sadness, but he looked at Yukio calmly.
"My dear boy, I am in no position to take on Satan to save little Rin." Mephisto tutted. Taking a final sip of his tea.
"Enough Yukio. Mephisto is a busy man. He's at least given us hope that Rin is safe."
"But what good will that do if he's stuck down there with…with HIM! He might be alive now but Satan will make his move someday!" Shiro's grip grew tighter around Yukio's arm. Yukio glared at Mephisto.
"My my, with a temper like that one would think Satan took the wrong twin." He looked at Yukio with a menacing grin. Yukio was horrified. Mephisto twirled his umbrella around as he walked out of the door, waving. "Till next time Shiro, toodles."
Yukio was shaking with rage. He couldn't understand how his father could be so calm about this. He spun around to Shiro about to yell, but Shiro merely put up his hand stopping him.
"There is no use getting angry about it, Yukio. He never said he was going to help. We're the ones that got our hopes up." He let out a long sigh and sat back down. Closing his eyes.
"I'm going out for some air…" Yukio sighed and left out the main door. Shiro cracked open an eye and watched his son leave the room.
"Damnit Mephisto, now what are we supposed to do…"
Outside Yukio paced back and forth so many times, he was sure he'd made an indentation on the steps. His head in his hands he pushed them back through his hair with a shaken breath. Rin was alive but still under Satan's thumb. Was he going to be possessed or would Satan change him for the worst?
He was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn't hear the approaching footsteps.
"Damn demons…"
The footsteps stopped, and a sharp breath is taken.
Yukio snapped out of his thoughts and looked up towards the figure stood in the monastery grounds. Their face obscured by a white hooded jacket, but one thing stood out more than anything and that was the glowing heart surrounded by blue flames hovering above their chest.
Yukio felt frozen to the spot.
"…Nii-san?"
Oh noes cliff hang!
So I have started back at work this week, but took a break from streaming to get this chapter done. Next chapter I will hope for later next month as I won't have as much time to work on it now, but if I do go nuts and get it done earlier I will post!
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