Rin spent hours searching for Iblis; scouring the floors of the castle from top to bottom. In the end he admitted defeat, she wasn't here. So, he made it a priority to ask one of the servants; seizing the arm of the first one that passed him next.

"Ah! My Prince?!" The servant squeaked.

"Where is Iblis?" Rin demanded, glaring at the surprised demon.

"King Iblis returned to the Kingdom of Fire." The servant cowered expecting the bad news to bring his death. Rin frowned and let the servants arm go.

"When will she be back?"

"I-I do not know my prince." He flinched under Rin's annoyed gaze, fumbling for a solution before he ended up on fire.

"B-But there is a portal straight to her castle! I-I will show you! Come, this way!" He scurried down the hall, stopping to wait for Rin to follow.

Rin obliged and followed the demon towards a room he'd never seen before. Three months and he'd never noticed this little nook in the castle. Although it had been a rather unassuming door. Rin must have passed it many times thinking it was a junk closet. But no, it was like a hidden treasure - a room filled with portals.

"Why haven't I seen this before…?" Rin stood gobsmacked with a look of awe on his face. The servant seemed to ease at Rin's change of demeanour.

"There is a portal to Assiah here, my Prince. Lord Satan did not want you knowing, for obvious reasons…"

"Won't you get in trouble for showing me this, then?" Rin felt a bit guilty now.

"No no no! Satan informed us of your impending trip to Assiah, news travels fast around here. This place has been a lot more heavily guarded since your arrival, my Prince. But since the news, the level of security has eased off." He pulled Rin over to a red portal, red flames surrounding the edges.

"I take it this is the portal to Iblis?" He looked down at the demon; the demon nodded. "Okay, thanks. You can return to whatever you gotta do now."

The demon stared expectantly at his prince. Rin sighed, pulling a tiny black nugget from his pocket. He tossed it towards the demon who readily caught it before giving Rin a grateful grin.

The demon bowed low and scurried away with repeated thank you's grateful Rin had spared his life. Rin rolled his eyes and looked around at the other portals, each one different from the other. They were all huge, most likely to allow the biggest demons to enter. The room was much bigger than the door to get in let on.

From Iblis's fire portal, he moved on to a watery looking one. The portal looked like ice but surrounded by bubbles and droplets of water.

The next one was a mass of centipede's moving around the actual portal; it made Rin's skin crawl looking at it.

Crystals and geodes surrounded the next portal. Fungi and rot surrounded the one after that - definitely Astaroth's.

They all seemed to be in some order based on their position in Gehenna. He whirled back around to Iblis's portal and took note of the portals to the other side.

Wisps and swirls of wind surrounded the portal on the other side of Iblis's. Moving on to the next one was a little strange. He stared at it somewhat perplexed, it was like staring into a pitch-black space. Which contrasted heavily with the next portal. It was almost like staring at the Assian sun when stood he directly in front of it. It seemed liked only light demons were going to and from this particular portal. Rin had the blink a few times to get his vision back to normal, taking in the rest of the room around him.

Hundreds of Demons were coming and going from the rest of the portals.

"So busy…"

Rin felt like he was stood in the middle of a busy train station.

There were guards stationed at all the portals; taking note who was going in and out. Or at least making sure it wasn't him trying to get out. He turned to see another bigger portal; leaves and flowers encircled this one. Rin could make out the blue sky of Assiah within it.

He gazed at for a few minutes, he'd missed that blue sky. The last time he'd seen Assiah it had been dark, not so different from Gehenna. But now seeing the blue sky before him was too tempting to resist. He took a few steps forward towards the portal before a large poleaxe cut through the air in front of him.

He snapped out of his trance and glared at the offending guard.

"Forgive me, my Prince. You are not to pass without the company of King Iblis, Lord Satan's orders." Rin frowned, he figured there would still be some restrictions for him. He could've torched the guard and made a run for it but that would cause more problems for him later. He'd gotten off lucky last time; next time Satan wouldn't be so lenient.

Rin resigned in defeat and went back towards the fire portal, the guard let him pass through. Intense heat from the portal enveloped him as he walked through and even more so when he reached the other side. He summoned his own flames so he could at least regulate his core temperature and looked around. After the heat almost knocked him out, he wasn't surprised by what he saw. Why wouldn't Iblis have a castle in the centre of a lake of magma?!

The portal had dropped him outside the castle grounds. In front of him was a long wide bridge leading up to the castle gates. Demons were scurrying up and down, some appearing from the same portal and headed to the castle. Others were off to a nearby settlement. Most of them seemed to jump in surprise at the presence of his flames out in the open. He growled at the demons staring at him and began walking towards the castle. The demons cleared a path for him all the way, cowering away from the flames.

Rin finally arrived at the gates, wreathed in his own blue flames. The guards immediately let him through, summoning a servant to take him to Iblis. The servant lead Rin around the side of the castle grounds towards some stables.

Iblis was inside tending to some giant fiery lizard. As he approached, the lizard cowered at the sight of his flames, causing Iblis to look up.

"Ah Rin, what brings you here?" She stood up, stroking the lizards head.

"I have a mission to go to Assiah, you're supposed to come with me."

"Oh? That was today? Didn't realise father was going to give it to you so soon."

"Yeah, he told me about it this morning. I've been running around looking for you for hours. What is that thing?"

"Hm? Oh, these are my Salamander pens. Where I keep my pets."

"Salamanders huh?" Rin knelt down to get a better look at the giant lizard cowering before him. He lowered his flames a little and held his hand out. The lizard leaned forward and sniffed at the hand before his tongue slithered out and licked it.

Rin moved forward and pet the lizard before turning back to Iblis.

"So, I take it you want to go to Assiah pretty soon? If you've come all this way looking for me." Rin nodded.

"Yeah, they wouldn't let me go without you escorting me." He kicked the dust on the floor in his frustration.

"Heh, yes. Father isn't going to be that trusting of you just yet, you need to prove your loyalty to him." Rin frowned and mumbled something to himself; Iblis didn't miss a thing. "You've clearly chosen your demon half over your human half. But father has no proof that you won't change your mind once you're around those…things, again. Think of this as your test."

"He did say something about watching me, actually." He said, scratching his head.

"I wouldn't doubt it, father has eyes everywhere." She smirked to herself; Rin didn't notice. "Right, let's go. There is a portal in my castle we can use to get back." She closed the Salamander back into its pen, walking towards her own castle. Rin followed along behind her.

The castle layout seemed to mirror Satan's, but on a much smaller scale. It wasn't long before they finally reached the portal. Very similar to Iblis's portal but surrounded by blue flames.

"How do these portal's work then? Do demons need a vessel to use them or is this how they go to Assiah to possess things?"

"The portals within Gehenna can be used by any demon with or without a vessel. The portal to Assiah is different. Possession doesn't work in a way where we can just hop in a portal and find a body to inhabit. It's a lot more complicated than that. So, to use that portal we already need to have a vessel to move to Assiah. It is mostly used by us and few other humanoid demons." Rin nodded in response.

They entered and the portal transported them back to the main portal room within Satan's castle.

Rin gave a sigh of relief after leaving Iblis's stifling territory. He was much more accustomed to the temperature in Satan's. It struck him odd that Iblis's territory was hotter than Satan's. But put it down to the fact that Satan lived in the centre of Gehenna and Iblis was living someplace equal to a volcano. If this place was the main hub of demons, he assumed some couldn't handle the heat of Iblis's home. Even he found it unbearable.

He followed behind Iblis towards the portal to Assiah. It had felt like so long ago he'd seen that blue sky his stomach was doing somersaults at the thought of seeing it again. He held his hand in the pocket of his white hoody, fumbling with the key he still had possession of. The key that had taken him to the monastery three months ago; he frowned at the memory. Reminded that Shiro had only raised him out of necessity, ready to ship him off when it all went south.

A slap to the back of his head snapped him out of his thoughts. He turned to glare at the culprit; Iblis cackled.

"Get your head out of the miasma and move it!"

He looked around to realise they were stood in front of the portal, waiting for him to pass through.

"Oh! Right." He readied himself; this wasn't going to be like last time. His mind was no longer torn in two. He was more demon than human now and anyone that got in his way was going to pay the price.

Rin and Iblis emerged from the portal into Assiah and appeared in a dank little Alley way. They were alone with no humans in sight. Only a few low-level demons hiding in the shadows avoiding the day time light and activity.

"Ugh, remind me why you wanted to come this early?" She complained glaring at the midday sun "Wouldn't it have been easier to go unnoticed later in the day?"

"Yeah... but considering I've not set foot in Assiah for three months I wanted to have a little fun before luring out Amaimon. Might be a while before he lets me out of Gehenna again…"

Iblis nodded "I see your point." She snapped her fingers and her appearance changed to a more human one. Flames disappeared from her form and clothes changed to that of a human woman. Rin startled and laughed; Iblis glared back.

"What?" She seethed.

"I've just never seen you in human clothes before, it's weird to see you dressed appropriately for once." Rin cackled to himself.

"You brat." She scoffed "Your human garments are stifling and uncomfortable." Rin stared at her in disbelief when all she was wearing was a red floral summer dress. He smirked at her and moved towards the entrance of the alley way they had been loitering in.

He looked around at the unfamiliar surroundings "Where are we anyway?" Iblis tapped his head and pointed into the distance. They could both see a towering city that looked as high as the sky itself. "Whoa…"

"That, little brother, is True Cross Town. We are on the outskirts of the main town. Father doesn't have portals that can penetrate Samael's protections, unfortunately. Amaimon will be in that top most building, Samael's home."

Rin snorted "That clown actually built himself a house above everything else in this town?"

"Clown?" Iblis raised an eyebrow at him; Rin mentally slapped himself.

"Uh…yeah. He actually paid me a visit sometime after the merge. Wanted to make sure I wouldn't be a problem, apparently. I was more confused about why Father Fujimoto was gonna send me off with some creepy ass clown." He tried to play it off as nothing, Iblis stared at him as if calculating something.

"Did you tell father he had been to visit you? I can only guess he was projecting himself if no one felt his arrival…"

"No, I didn't tell Satan. He arrived as soon as the clown left. It wasn't like anything happened."

Iblis hummed to herself, but seemed to have a permanent frown after that. They carried on walking until they reached a large gate, guarded by humans.

"Right, Runt." Rin snapped his head in a glare, he still hated that nickname. "I can't go any further without Samael knowing I am here."

"Wait, what?! I have to go alone?!"

"Yes, this is your mission remember; father's test for you. Here." She threw him a phone which he clumsily caught. "I will call you to check in. Amaimon will be with Samael. So, you will need to get their attention somehow or entice Amaimon enough to come and fight."

"I doubt that will be hard, when we fought before I could tell he certainly enjoyed it."

"Yes, for some of us the thrill of the fight is everything."

"Anyway, why am I going alone? Satan said you were coming to help me. I might as well have just come to Assiah alone."

Iblis shook her head "Silly Runt. I will be here in case you get yourself into some trouble. But I need to wait out here for now, if Samael gets wind that I'm here we'll never get Amaimon. You will be more likely to draw Amaimon out if it's just you. Samael won't stop you because he wants to see what you're capable of. As long as you're not killing anybody, anyway."

Rin pouted.

"Father said I have free rein to do as I please."

Iblis raised an eyebrow and smirked at him.

"What…?"

"You said father." She said in a sing-song tone. Rin visibly blanched at his mistake. Iblis cackled madly at him.

"Goddammit! Shut up you hag!" Rin growled at her.

"You might as well give up your resistance to it, he'll have you calling him that for a very long time. Especially when I tell him of your slip." Iblis said, ignoring his insult.

"Grrah, shut up and give me some money!" Iblis obliged and Rin pulled up his hood and stomped off towards the gate. He melded in with a crowd of humans that were also passing through; he went unnoticed.

Rin manoeuvred through the town, but he had no idea where he was going.

"This place is huge…" He mumbled to himself. He vaguely remembered coming here a few times for festivals but he'd never taken in the full view of this place.

He eyed the mansion at the top of the city, so tiny with how far away it was. He'd have to cause quite a big commotion if he was going to attract Amaimon's attention. He was too low and it was too crowded for him to see anywhere appropriate. He could've caused some trouble where he was but decided against it. There were food stalls all around him and felt that would be a terrible sacrifice.

He was too hungry to sacrifice food just to lure Amaimon out.

He examined the money Iblis had given him, obviously her blessing to enjoy what little time he had in Assiah. He glanced around at the surrounding stalls and restaurants, taking in the scents of the area. He finally settled on one and after a quick glance through the menu he found what he was looking for.

"Sukiyaki!" He exclaimed with glee; one of the things he'd missed most whilst locked away in Gehenna. He'd gotten used to the food but it was still nothing compared to his favourite meals in Assiah.

He savoured the meal; he didn't know when he was going to be able to eat like this again after retrieving Amaimon. As soon as he finished, he paid his bill and moved to explore the town some more. He decided to get a better view he needed to be higher. He moved to the roofs of the buildings; jumping from one to the other. Until finally he'd found the perfect place to cause some trouble. With a wide toothy grin, he hopped off towards his target.

After their almost traumatic experience of the Exwire Authorisation Exam – which had been unknowingly put on them during what they thought was a bootcamp.

They were finally promoted to Exwires. They'd been excited to finally be cleared to go on missions, no matter how small. At least that's what they thought.

"How'd your first mission go?"

"It was awful!"

"I got stuck cleaning out the reaper cages, ugh." Miwa could swear the smell still hadn't washed off.

"I had to carry supplies out to the mountains." Suguro complained.

"I collected Bariyons in Tamagawa. What about you, Shiratori?" Shima turned to asked the white-haired boy behind him.

"They had me clearing out coaltars from all the class rooms. I can still feel my nose itch…"

"Those are just chores!" Suguro growled.

Shima shrugged "Well, we did just become Exwires. It's not like we could expect more.

"How the hell did those guys become Exwires?" Shiratori pointed to the hooded boy and the small blond boy with the puppet. "I don't remember them doing anything during that test. Whilst me and Shima got our asses kicked."

"Maybe they did something where we couldn't see?" Shima added.

"What?! They should do it where we can see!" Suguro seethed.

Konekomaru sighed "No use worrying about it now. Where are the girls anyway, their late?"

Yukio overheard the complaints from his new Exwires. He was discussing their latest mission plans with another teacher, Mr Tsubaki. It should have been Father Fujimoto but he had been only been back to work for a few weeks now. With the investigation still on going, the higher ups had temporarily demoted him. They had buried him under endless paperwork. Leaving Arthur Angel still as the acting Paladin.

Shiro hated it but kept his mouth shut and laid low until this investigation was over. There was no use drawing more attention to himself. After Satan's possession he was already a high-risk factor. The fact they'd not locked him away for the safety of humanity was a shock.

The sound of approaching footsteps drew Yukio from his conversation with Mr Tsubaki.

"I'm sorry!" The sound of Shiemi's voice broke through the complaints of the others.

Yukio looked up and had to quickly force the look of shock off his face when Shiemi appeared. Rather than her usual Kimono, she was dressed in a girl's school uniform. He managed to maintain his dignity when the other guys all piped up with their own comments.

After the commotion was over Yukio cleared his throat and spoke up.

"Right, now that everyone is here, I'll pair you up into twos. Miwa…" he paused for a moment considering "…and Yamada." He finished. Koneko nodded and moved next to his partner.

"Kamiki and Takara" Kamiki wanted to complain but at least he wouldn't annoy her.

"Shiemi and Shima." Shima's enthusiasm nearly made Yukio reconsider that particular pairing. In the end he left it.

"Finally, Suguro and Shiratori." The boys in question practically grunted at each other. They'd been an odd pair in classes, both determined and both with terrible tempers. Shiratori had surprised him in recent months though; he'd changed so much. At least they got on well enough.

After pairing everybody up he explained the mission. They were to search for a ghost appearing as a small boy. The ghost had been attacking and spooking various people in the park. Most disturbances had been minor but if it was allowed to continue things could get worse. Once everyone had been briefed, they were sent away.

Kuro gave a small whine from next to Yukio's legs. Yukio had nearly forgotten the little cat sidhe was here. Father Fujimoto had asked him to watch over Yukio ever since that eventful weekend.

"What is it, Kuro?" He felt somewhat silly asking, really. He couldn't understand what the Cat Sidhe said half the time. Father Fujimoto seemed to have a better knack at knowing what the feline was on about. But this time the little demon seemed unnerved about something. A ghost wouldn't bother him this much, would it?

"Go on, but don't get into any trouble, okay?" The cat nodded and pounced off into the park, he must've sensed something more than a ghost it seemed.

"Is everything okay, Mr Okumura?" Mr Tsubaki asked from behind.

"I think Kuro has sensed another demon in the park, we should keep our wits about us. Do you think we should call back the students?" Yukio turned to look at the older man.

"No, let them carry on with their mission. We don't know for certain another demon is here and we need to get rid of this ghost before more trouble starts. I'm sure Kuro just wants to chase some mice."

Yukio nodded but still had an uneasy feeling settling in his stomach.

A pair of blue eyes surveyed the area below from atop a roller coaster track, an amusement park of all things. When Rin had first seen it, it had seemed like the perfect spot to cause a ruckus and get Amaimon's or Samael's attention. When he arrived though he was surprised to find it empty; which was disappointing to say the least.

He could always just mess up the park, but that wouldn't be as fun if nobody was around to run in fear. He was sure that would still catch Samael's attention though, give he'd named the park after himself. 'Mepphy Land' Rin scoffed. There were pictures of the stupid clown all over the place. Seriously! How big was this guy's ego that he needed a damn amusement park dedicated to himself? Rin had to refrain from laughing at the number of statues there were; let alone plushie toys.

He would have to find somewhere else to have fun. Rin had been about to turn and leave, when movement by the entrance caught his eye. He perked up instantly; it was only a few but that would do! From his high up view, Rin noticed they were separating into two's. Walking off in different directions of the park, perfect!

Rin decided to move to a lower perch to see what the humans were up to. He eavesdropped on one pair, learning they were looking for a ghost. He could sense one nearby, maybe it wanted to join the fun. If he found it, he would ask.

But these kids, were they exorcists? That would be just his luck. But they looked like students.

He moved away and across the park to another pair. He'd determined that indeed they were exorcist students; they all looked so weak and boring. He supposed at least they'd be easy to scare. He moved on again, finding a pair that looked at least relatively tough. Wouldn't be fun to scare people if it didn't seem like a challenge now, would it? The piercings and dyed hair gave him the impression at least one of these guys was tough.

He observed for a while from a distance before he finally caught the face of the smaller male with white hair.

"No way! That's…but why is he…why is he with exorcists?! Oh, this is too good to pass up." Rin stood from his current position, buzzing with excitement. It was his turn to play the demon.

Rin hopped down to a lower building, waiting for the pair to pass by. His tail wiggled itself out of its hiding place under his hoody as the two boys passed the building. Completely oblivious to the fact they were being watched. He jumped from the building and landed behind them with a thud. Both boys spun around, startled by the sound.

A white furry tail was the first thing that caught their eyes, swaying behind the hooded figure in front of them.

"Shiratori! Fancy finding you of all scumbags with a bunch of exorcists!" He took a casual step towards them.

The other human - larger build with piercings and a blond mohawk - took a step back, grabbing the others sleeve as he did so.

"That a friend of yours?" He whispered.

"What?! No way—I don't…" The demon pulled down his hood giving him a menacing grin. Shiratori could swear he recognised that face "Wait…he does look sort of familiar." Shiratori whispered back before shaking his head and shouting back at the demon "Hey! How do you know my name? Who-?"

A firm grip around his neck left the question in his throat, before his feet left the ground as he was raised up. His hands snapped up to grab the offending arm; choking at the grip. The demon pulled his face closer to his own. The strange shape of his iris drew Shiratori in. The unnatural blue and eerie red glow sent shivers down his spine.

"Don't tell me you've forgotten about me already? Here I thought I left a lasting impression the last time we met." The demon gave him a jagged toothed grin "I know you did on me, anyway. Since you tried to kill me." He whispered; Shiratori's eyes widened.

"Hey!" A second pair of hands gripped hold of his wrist attempting to get him off his partner's neck. "Let go of him, now!" Suguro growled.

Rin turned to face the other boy, looking him dead in the eye. Suguro froze before the demonic eyes in front of him, noting the strange shape of the iris. Where had he seen that shape before? The demon growled.

"I don't like it when people get in my way. So beat it, Rooster!" Rin gave a kick to the boy's gut and he went flying into the wall of a nearby food stall. He grunted, struggling to get up but was still conscious. The demon turned back to Shiratori.

"Oh well, maybe I should refresh your memory." Rin dropped him to the floor, landing on his front. Pushing his knee into Shiratori's back he pinned the boy to the floor. Grabbing a fistful of hair, Rin pulled the boy's head back to face him again.

"I don't have a knife handy, unfortunately..." He placed his hand in front of Shiratori's face, nails extending into claws. "But I do have these." The fear he could feel made Rin giddy. He gave a crazed laugh as he touched the top of his victim's head with his sharp claw. He dragged it across his scalp; blood pooling from the wound, dripping down the boy's face.

Before he had a chance to do more, a large shadow jumped overhead and he was knocked from Shiratori into a building. He looked up to see a giant cat with two tails ferociously standing guard in front of the two humans.

The demon got back to his feet, eyeing the giant cat whilst licking the fresh blood from his claws.

'These are my charges; you will not harm them!' Kuro hissed at the demon.

Shiratori looked closely and finally recognised the face of who the hell this demon was.

His hair was a different colour and his eyes were weird; pointy ears, tail and fangs were all new. Was he possessed? Did the same shit happen to him? Was that why he ran away? He knew the kid had a reputation for being a bit of a demon but he'd never physically looked like one.
Maybe he'd finally snapped or was it because he just couldn't see them at the time? No, he never had white hair before but it was definitely him.

Suguro managed to crawl back over to his partner.

Kuro pounced first and a fight ensued. The white-haired demon seemed to have an advantage of being smaller and faster.

"Come on, we need to get away from here. We need to call Mr Okumura before he comes back for more." Suguro looked at the realisation forming on Shiratori's face.

"Okumura…" He said more to himself, leaving Suguro confused. It suddenly came back to him that this kid, this demon, he was the teacher's brother.

"Yes, Mr Okumura; The teacher, remember?" He dragged Shiratori to his feet pulling him away from the fight. Bashing away at the buttons on his phone. They managed to retreat and meet up with Yukio and the other students. Yukio could see Kuro fighting something but not what. Silently cursing to himself before he heard Shiratori's voice.

"Okumura…" Suguro looked at him again, confused. Yukio as well, he knelt in front of him and began to examine his head.

"I'm right here, Shiratori." Shiratori's response was immediate as he shook his head.

"No…not you." He pointed back towards the fight. Yukio felt the colour drain from his face as he realised what was going on before Shiratori finished. "The other Okumura." Those words seem to open a pit of despair inside him. Not now, not like this; this wasn't how he wanted to face his brother again. He turned his head towards the fight; standing and drawing his guns. Everyone's questioning eyes turned on him.

"Mr Tsubaki, call Sir Pheles, now! Everyone else, stay back."

But he didn't get far before the fight landed right in front of them. The small form of Kuro landed with a thud and slid across the dirt at Yukio's feet; alive but injured. Yukio was about to rush to him when another voice drew his attention.

"Here, kitty kitty." The familiar voice called from the passage way ahead of them, where the fight had started. An obscured figure walked towards them; gradually revealed by the light as he emerged. Yukio couldn't breathe; his hands firmly on his guns but unable to move.

Yukio locked eyes with the figure stood in front of him, those same blue swirls he'd seen on Satan. Was this the effects of his merge? Rin looked him up and down; neither one making a move.

"Well, you were the last person I was expecting to bump into today. Been a while, hasn't it four-eyes?"

The grips on his guns tightened; Rin eyed the guns before returning his gaze to Yukio's face.

"Rin…" Yukio started, trying to separate his feelings for his brother and the situation at hand. They weren't alone after all. But that was in vain as Rin tilted his head with a pout and spoke.

"What, am I not your Nii-san anymore?" Rin shifted his eyes to the people behind Yukio, all staring at him in fear. "Or are you just pretending for their sake? Not surprising, we both know how well you keep secrets, eh Yukio?" He grinned, alike the one Satan had given.

Yukio flinched, fear creeping through his skin "Are you really Rin?"

Rin looked at him surprised for a moment before answering "Yes, it's me. I have no intentions of letting him in my head again." Rin shuddered "That was a horrible experience but at the time it was necessary. I had to get away; I wasn't in a good place at the time." He tapped a claw to his head.

"And now? Are you…better?" Yukio felt like he was treading on eggshells. One wrong move and everything would break; Rin would break. Rin smiled but it wasn't his usual kind, carefree smile; there was hunger behind that smile.

"Yeah Yukio, I'm all fixed now. Remember? You saw everything."

Yukio hated the memory, the absolute fear on his brother's face was the last thing he had seen. All before that demon had melded itself into his brother's mind. Rin never wanted to become this, was it too late to save him now?

"So, you did all this yourself?" Yukio signalled to the state of the park and Kuro, as well as Shiratori and Suguro behind him. Rin just shrugged.

"What were you expecting when I come back? I'd be the same old useless human?" Yukio frowned; he'd hoped he'd still have his brother at least. "Well not that I was ever human…right? Besides, that scumbag had it coming. This was his fault to begin with." He spat, pointing towards Shiratori. "The others just got in my way, and paid the price for it." He growled.

"What the hell was my fault?!" Shiratori screeched from the group. Rin glared at him, the slits of his eyes glowing a brighter red; he let out a low growl.

"Everything…"

Shiratori flinched under the gaze but tried to defend himself anyway.

"Shit man, I don't even remember what happened! I tried finding you after I got out of hospital and you'd fucking disappeared! No one would tell me what happened!" Shiratori panicked; Yukio intervened, sensing Rin's rising anger.

"You can't blame Shiratori for the demon's actions, Rin. He was possessed he had no idea what was going on!" Apparently, that was the wrong thing to say as Rin turned his glare to his brother.

"Always so quick to blame the demons, aren't you little brother?" Yukio recoiled at his own words. He'd done it again, opened his mouth and made things worse. "If that scumbag hadn't been such an asshole of a human-being in the first place, maybe he wouldn't have been possessed!" Rin continued. Shiratori grimaced at the reminder; he'd been trying to put his old ways behind him. The others looked at him with shock. But Suguro turned his attention back to the demon.

"What does that say about you?" He spat.

"Heh heh, I'm just a demon." Rin smiled, using the nickname that had always plagued him.

His ears twitched to the sound of buttons beeping on a phone. Tsubaki had finally snapped himself away from the conversation to call for help. Rin snapped his gaze to the phone his eyes glowed bright. The phone suddenly exploded into blue flames in the man's hands and was immediately thrown to the floor. Tsubaki yelped, gripping his hand in pain from the burns. The students backed away from the phone as it burned away into nothing.

"Now now Mr Sideburns, don't go spoiling my fun." Rin glared at the man "Next time it will be your head." He snapped.

"Rin! Enough!" Yukio pleaded.

"Were those…blue flames?" Izumo stuttered. They all stared at the pile of ash in fear before looking back to the demon. Rin could feel the fear radiating amongst them which left a huge grin on his face.

Yukio continued trying to reach his brother, hoping there was still a shred of his old self left. He shuffled closer. "Rin—Nii-san…come home, please…" Rin took his attention from the students and back to Yukio.

"Heh, why would I want to come back? So that I can go back to pretending to be human again? To be nothing but an outcast and a burden?" He grimaced. Yukio wasn't sure if he was seeing things. But for a brief second, he swore he could see his Rin; the one in pain, the pain they had caused. "No thanks, Yukio"

"You know that's not—"

"Don't…LIE TO ME!" Rin screamed. Screams sounded from the surrounding area as well as from the Exwires behind. A nearby building had exploded. They looked on in horror at the plumes of blue flames raging behind them. Rin used the distraction to escape his brother's attention. He figured he'd probably gotten Samael's attention for the moment. When Yukio turned back towards Rin, he was already gone.

"Shit…"

Yukio stared at the vacant spot for a moment. Before turning back to several sets of eyes now looking in his direction; all full of fear and questions. He straightened up before holstering his gun. Keeping a straight face and authoritive demeanour.

"Everyone back to your dorms now, this mission is over. Suguro and Shiratori come with me to the infirmary."

Everyone was burning with questions. The demon had clearly referred to Yukio as his brother to which Yukio did not deny in anyway. Was his brother possessed? Where did the blue flames come from? If Satan was the only being with blue flames...was that Satan inside his brother's body? But how would that explain the conversation they were having?

Mr Tsubaki himself was still in shock, but gathered the students and ushered them out of the park. The ghost would have to wait. Right now, getting to the safety of the Academy was their main priority.

One person wasn't having it though. The hooded boy, Yamada, broke free from the group. He advanced towards Yukio, grabbing his coat and shoving him against a nearby wall.

"What the hell are you doing?!" Yukio yelled. But when two violet eyes started back at him from beneath the hoody his breath caught in his throat. The voice spoken was low but ever so familiar.

"You and that old man have got some explaining to do. Get your ass to headquarters as soon as you've dropped those two off. Make sure Shiro and that bastard clown is there to." The familiar stranger stormed off towards the burning building pulling out a phone. Yukio pulled out a key for the infirmary and signalled the two boys to follow him.

"Come on!" He snapped; both boys tensed at his tone.

They followed, questions burning on their tongues. Yukio's tense aura was enough for them to keep their mouths shut, for now at least. They both took one final look towards the smoke and final remnants of blue flame left. Before they followed Yukio through a door leading to the infirmary.

Oh hi there~

This chapter made it past my usual 4k and went to nearly 6.5k words. There is probably another 1-2 chapters left of this particular arc and then it's moving into Kyoto territory and I still have to plan for that! So next chapter might not be so quick. This is where I take a long ass break before the next update but we'll see how inspired I am xD.

Once again thank you for sticking with me and all the faves/follows and reviews!

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