Hello, my Fallen Ones! So...I didn't get this done when I thought I would. School got busy, depression hit like a truck, but now the world is on lockdown and all I have to do is write fanfiction and make cosplay TikToks (vampyrsutton) so hopefully, I'll get back in the zone. As always I make no promises, but I will try. Also, I had to reread this whole thing to avoid inconsistencies and dear god am I'm sorry you all had to read those early chapters I cringed so hard, but also thank you for sticking with me! You are all amazing and I am so grateful! Anyway, on with the chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own Blue Exorcist!
Warning: Language. They're demons so duh. Slight dub-con, but nothing actually happens? Mentions and loosely described panic attack. Blood drinking. RenXKoneko without anything actually happening and isn't detailed. Let me know if you guys want me to edit a summary into my notes at the end.
"Talking" 'Thinking' Satan/Demon/Familiar Talking "Animal Transformation/Inner Demon Talking" 'Mind Reading' [Texting]
~All POV~
Eventually, Anri helped Shiemi back to sleep as Konekomaru came over to Ren awkwardly.
"So...um...where do you want me...what should I do…?" Konekomaru asked, shuffling nervously from foot to foot next to the cot.
Ren couldn't help but roll his eyes as he at the monk. "Just sit down and either give me your arm or your neck. Currently don't give a fuck which." Ren growled
The small monk to flinch back a little before quickly sitting on the bed next to Ren, still fidgeting.
"Right! Sorry uh...w-which would be b-better?"
Ren's glare persists at Konekomaru's restlessness. "Pinch or no?"
Konekomaru furrowed his brow in confusion. "What?"
Ren openly rolled his blood-red eyes now, growing impatient but not realizing that he had been kind of cryptic. "Freakin' humans. Are you okay if it's a pinch like two rather thick needles in your skin or would you rather it feel good? We normally don't ask and just make it feel good, but I really don't want to listen to the twins' bitching, so pinch or no?" The demonic side growled out, fangs in question on full display.
Konekomaru winces but seems obviously intrigued. "I...Is that what you did to Sensei...?" He asked hesitantly.
"Essentially," Ren nods with a sly smirk.
Konekomaru flushes, thinking for a second longer before nodding to himself. "Does it still work on the wrist?"
"It'll be less overwhelming, but yes. And as another measure to avoid demonic twin bitching, I won't listen to any "under the influence" requests beyond 'stop' and 'slow down', which includes the begging that will undoubtedly start." Ren nods to answer the monk's question, giving an eye roll when Konekomaru turns an even darker shade of red.
Koneko worries his bottom lip, but ultimately nods as he holds out his wrist. "Alright...Alright, let's do this."
Ren looks a little disappointed, but grabs the offered wrist in his hands with a little more force than intended, mumbling a brief apology. "Sorry, but I'm fucking starving and your uncertainty is intolerable." He shrugs at the monk's insistent apologies that end up choked off into an almost moan when the demon-half bites down, releasing a wave of pheromones with the bite.
Konekomaru apparently still has enough wits about him to turn red in embarrassment but is ultimately a squirming mess.
Ren couldn't help but smirk at the smaller's reactions as he started taking long drags from the newly open skin. 'Damn this is so much better than that bagged shit they've been feeding us. Taste this, little demon? This is what you're supposed to be eating. This is what your damn human morals have been keeping from us, and boy am I glad we lost ours reincarnations ago.' Ren let out a sound of his own at the taste, caring a lot less than the monk about the audience in the room and making no effort to hide it.
Anri rolls her eyes from where she sits at the end of Shiemi's bed. "Just 'cause you're Lust doesn't mean you have to act like it," she mutters at his sounds, earning the finger in return.
'Says the embodiment of Sloth in a fucking sloth onesie. This is the first taste of fresh human blood I've gotten since my round thirty-ish years ago. Fuck off...What are you even still doing here?'
"As you said, this is your first taste of fresh human blood in a few decades. It would be tiresome if you almost kill another one."
'Oh my devil, I'm not a fucking fledgling!'
"The body technically is," Anri shrugs with a slow, tired blink.
'We've been fed since the incident,' Ren glares at her, a growl escaping around where he was still attached to Koneko's wrist.
When the sound made the monk whimper, however, his glare turned predatory and snapped back to his current meal. He easily moved the smaller from the chair and into his lap, barely breaking contact before biting the wound again. The manhandling caused a repeat noise from the monk that nearly made Ren purr.
"Re-Ren! Please~!" Konekomaru whimpered, squirming in the demon's lap. "Need more~ please-ahhh~"
"So responsive. What's wrong, little monk?" Ren purred into Konekomaru's mind. A pretty pink dusted the smaller's cheeks as he whined, making Ren snicker. 'Oh, the blonde is going to love that. Maybe she wouldn't mind if I sampled a little myself-'
"Down boy," Anri growls right back, "You may have fed since then, but none of it was fresh and your first feed wasn't even entirely human. Plus, I know that look. Put the Dom face and some of those pheromones away because you're stinking up the whole damn floor. You said so yourself that you would only respond to nothing beyond 'stop' or 'slow down', which is why I stayed. Your reincarnations, for the most part, are usually the kindest aside from me, but you have the worst self-control your first feed and the rest of us have to listen to your guilty whining. And don't even say that's just you being annoyed at losing control," she cut him off when she heard him start to speak in her mind. "For some of you, it is your own pride being hurt, but most of you mope around like an injured kitten for the week after. You were the absolute worst of the guilt trips, so I don't know where you're getting off trying to act like a tough-ass. Fuck up this time and I'll get that bead necklace from Kimiko's feudal incarnation. Don't test me."
'...I always forget how much of a bitch you are when you actually have to work...but fine, whatever.' Ren grumbles before a thought strikes him and he makes eye contact with Anri, smirking as much as he can with his teeth in Konekomaru's wrist. 'But what if-'
"Don't even try. I'm the only incarnation of my sin so the oldest of all of us. Your mind control won't work on m- Why are you being such an asshole?!" she snarls when suddenly one of his eyes change to a confused blue.
'He'll have to eventually~. Welcome back, Rinny. Thought this could be a good learning experience.' Ren purred, slightly high off the hint of lust appearing in Konekomaru's blood even without his help.
Rin growled a little on instinct, biting down a bit harder on the taste with a moan. 'God, this is fucking good! Why have I never tasted anything so good?' Their claws had come out just enough that when Rin subconsciously held Konekomaru's arm tighter they pricked slightly and elicited another sound. He froze at the noise, eyes finally traveling up to see who he was latched onto, before jumping away immediately. Or at least he would have if Ren didn't have more control.
'Ren? Stop! What's going on?! Why are we attacking Konekomaru? Did we freak out again? What about Shiemi? We were supposed to be helping her! Fuck, why does this sound so good~? Dammit, I knew this was a bad idea! They're gonna hate us still-' Rin spiraled, panicking.
'Oh my something I should have kept you sleeping. Rin! Shut the fuck up!' Ren snapped, Anri's eyes already turning grey to calm the half-demon down. 'Shiemi's fine! She has no worse than a sunburn, maybe some scar tissue on her legs, but that's it. As for this,' Ren takes a hard drag of blood that causes another whiney moan before popping off and licking the wound closed. "This was entirely consensual. In fact, it was his idea," Ren continues out loud, laying Konekomaru down next to them to let him come down from the pheromone high, petting his shaved head lightly.
The panting monk snuggles closer at the touch making Rin try to jump away again out of guilt, "No way! No fucking way would he-!"
Ren once again didn't let them move, nodding at the fridge in the room as a silent request to Anri who nodded in return, going over to go through it. "Calm the fuck down! I have the text messages to prove it. Why do you think I didn't let you check your phone? We knew you would freak. Also, it's very rude to try to pull away from a donor after."
"Bullshit! And why do you care?" Rin growled, his eye turning a glowing red.
"You can check in a bit. As for the cuddling, think of it as demonic aftercare. It's the least you can do when someone willingly gives you their blood. Those pheromones can cause dom or sub drop real fast in that quantity and should be handled as such," Ren lectured, uncharacteristically serious.
Rin blinked in surprise, eye going back to blue. "I- uh- what?" he asked brilliantly as Anri came over with juice boxes from the fridge, handing one to the still very hazy monk who accepted it happily.
Ren rolled his eye, "Who do you think started the Blood Camps*? We can get the other side of the dom/sub drop too so it makes things easier. Then we don't have to pity kill or turn either which keeps us a myth. Everyone is there willingly and we try not to feed on the underage unless there are special circumstances such as soulmates or your situation, but still always consensual, and they and anyone else is allowed to leave when they can support themselves with a simple memory wipe of the demon stuff specifically. They leave thinking they were just part of a really chill cult that they can still visit whenever but just wasn't for them. Win-win for sides. And before you ask why I'd care about that, Pride has always been a dick but the last one was a doozy so aftercare is important." Ren explains, petting the short fuzz on the monk's head to emphasize his point, earning a small flush as Koneko began to come back to himself, but still accepting the attention nonetheless.
Rin stayed quiet for a moment, thinking, before finally nodding. "Thank you then, I guess...I don't like it and hate that I can still taste it and I especially hate that it tastes amazing, but thank you for caring. I guess you're not as bad as you've been trying to act since the incident."
Ren rolled his eyes at the genuine smile he could hear and feel. "Don't dig into it too much, it's just convenient- can it, Anri!" Ren growled at his half-sister, who was snickering at him being called out as she handed Konekomaru a second juice box to be safe. "It's not that deep. Plus we get territorial so it calms that down and-"
"Okay Ren we get it, you're a big tough demon, calm down," Rin laughed, causing another snarl.
"Fuck you! This is why I don't help!" Ren internally glared at Rin, given they were sharing a body. "I'll just eat them next time your stupid morals starve us!"
Konekomaru, now back to himself, scooted away from the arguing demon just in case, deciding to thank him again later.
"Want to go back over by your ma- your friend?" Anri asked softly.
Konekomaru flushed at her almost calling Shiemi his mate again but nodded, attempting to sit up. "That seems safest…" he whispered, sitting up on shaking arms.
Anri nodded, offering her arm. "You're going to want help," she stated with a yawn.
He didn't even try to object, simply nodding as he accepted the help. "Thank you."
"No problem," she shrugged, snapping her fingers.
The monk was about to question the action when suddenly the mediocre visitors' chair he had been sitting in all week changed to a nice recliner with a blanket and cookies. "H- how- you're a demon, that's a stupid question. Why?" he asked instead.
Anri shrugged again. "I'm Sloth. The more comfortable people are, the more they indulge in my sin, so we've adapted to be sort of the 'mom friend' of Gehenna. As for why I used it, Rin seems like a sweet kid, but that's the problem. You definitely helped prevent a repeat incident, which saves all of us trouble, and the less work I have to do the better. So this is my thanks for less interrupted naps. I also don't like seeing my siblings suffer, and that boy is beating himself up horribly; if this can help get everyone back on track that would be best." She yawns at the end of her explanation before smiling softly and helping him get situated.
Konekomaru listens thoughtfully while eating a cookie before giving a sleepy smile. "Thank you...You make a much nicer first impression than the others. Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful Amaimon helped Shiemi, but he also tried killing us the first time. Yukio's demon threatened us for his introduction, and the others we know of are strange."
"Sloth doesn't need aggression to thrive so I don't really have much, and being chaotic is too much energy. The other meatheads though…." she rolls her eyes before they turn a soft grey. "Now eat some snacks and get some rest. Thank you for helping my idiot siblings," she says. Her voice sounded like a lullaby as the monk yawned, doing as he's told before nodding off.
Through their conversation, the Lust demon was still arguing, making Anri roll her eyes before she snatches Konekomaru's phone. Unlocking it with a swipe of her finger and a flash of silver in her eyes, she finds a class group chat that seems to have been made in the past week, so it doesn't include Rin or Shiemi. 'Probably them working through things. I won't snoop,' she thinks, shrugging as she begins to type.
[CatMonk: This is Anri. We met b4, Im Sloth and care a lot less if u know what my sin is. Shiemi is healed + Koneko is finally resting. The Lust idiots r arguing w/ each other which isnt as funny as it sounds. Anyway borrowed the phone 2 tell u 2 convince Rin 2 get a better blood source cause every1 has been way 2 passive. Talking 2 u Yukio. This is ur callout post. Idc if some1 donates, u take turns, or u get him 2 accept a completely willing human from a Lust Village. Make it a field trip 4 all I care but hes 2 new 4 bag blood.]
[Several People Are Typing…]
[PurpleFox has muted SkunkYakuza]
[TheCarpetMatchesTheDrapes has muted EvilGlassesGlare]
[Cat Monk: What in Gehenna r those nicknames?]
[TheCarpetMatchesTheDrapes: Don't worry about it.]
[PurpleFox: Those two were definitely about to be unnecessarily rude. Us 3 will talk to him. I was curious how that could possibly be enough but figured it was because he's a half-demon or something. Maybe we'll get another girl to break up the sausage fest since I can't see any of us offering or him accepting even if we did. Plus visiting a village sounds like an interesting trip. Very educationa I]
[TheCarpetMatchesTheDrapes: It surprises me every time how fewer fucks you give behind a screen but yeah sounds dope! I cant see myself offering my neck and Bons raging in DMs makes his views pretty clear lol Oh! I bet there will be a ton of hot chicks!]
[TheCarpetMatchesTheDrapes: Now there was no need for that rude DM Izumo.
[CatMonk: Ok...Thank you then. Srry 2 b so blunt, I just worry 4 my siblings is all + Rin has had 2 many panic attacks over this 4 my liking so please convince him 2 get a consort (their official name. They know they r called that + they actually take pride in the title)]
[PurpleFox: … a strange title, but will do. Should I unmute sensei for input?]
[CatMonk: Sorry baby brother, but I dont have the energy 4 that rn. Thx 4 listening ttyl.]
Anri put the small monk's phone on the table next to him with a sigh before turning to face her half-brother. "Why did it go qui- Ren what did you do?!" she asked as she rushed over to the Lust demon.
Upon turning around, Anri had been met with the sight of Rin curled into a ball, small whimpers escaping from his shaking form.
'Why am I being blamed?!' Ren projected at her.
"Because you're the one that was arguing with him!" she snarled before speaking much more softly. "Rin? Sweety, I'm going to touch your shoulder, okay?" she warned before sitting next to him on the cot and doing just that when he didn't object or flinch away.
'We finished arguing when he confirmed the little one's consent, but a text from Yukio came in.'
Anri's eyes narrowed. "What did he say?" she asked, rubbing Rin's back in what she hopes is a soothing gesture for him.
'Pride is being Pride and isn't pleased with you trying to help. He yelled at Rin for 'dragging more people into your fuck ups and demonic bullshit.'" Ren explained, sounding very annoyed.
Anri, for the first time in a long time, was genuinely pissed, but remained calm so as to not stress Rin out more. "Rin is one of my brothers!" she whisper-yelled. "I wasn't dragged into anything. Unlike Yukio's stubborn ass, I recognize the seriousness of the situation, and am trying to make sure Rin doesn't have to keep feeling like this about himself. Something Yukio is obviously too much of an asshole or a coward to do anything about." She did her best not to growl as she held Rin close now, combing her fingers through his hair in an attempt to soothe him.
"I didn't want to be like this," Rin whimpered into her hug. "I just got used to being a demon then had a whole new shitstorm thrown at me because he decided to fix something I never asked him to fix. Do I have a few extra powers that are kind of cool? Sure. But did I also get a new High-Threat tag slapped on top of the target already on my back? Yeah, and it almost killed one of my friends! I know you guys keep saying it was Ren and not entirely me, but it's still my hands her blood is on and now the people I worked so hard to be friends with hate and/or fear me and I need more if I want to prevent a repeat which will drag a completely random stranger into my mess, and I know you both said donors are consensual, but I still feel horrible! ...what if I kill them?" he choked out, shaking in Anri's arms.
Anri's heart broke watching him break down for the who knows what time that week, and whatever aggression she actually has in her had the overwhelming urge to body slam the current leader of Pride through a Gate herself. She knew that sending the youngest where he belonged, however, wouldn't help Rin, so she instead continued to run her fingers through his hair, letting out just enough pheromones so he wouldn't fall into a full panic attack.
"You'll probably feel a bit calmer. I'm just letting you know that's my pheromones and I will stop if it makes you uncomfortable." She pauses to give him a chance to tell her to stop but continues when all he did was move closer. "Rin, you're not the first leader of Lust to go ballistic at their first encounter with blood. Every single one before you did too. Ren had the perk of the War of 1812 so people disappearing wasn't uncommon, but the one before him was literally Vlad the Impaler. And before you make a Monster comment, almost every single Leader - minus me 'cause Sloth and most of Amaimon's 'cause Gluttony - has had a rampage. Pride and Wrath usually end up dead because of theirs. I don't even remember which one of those two started the French Revolution. I think one was actually hype-manning the other, now that I think about it. Mephisto I'm pretty sure caused The Great Depression during a tantrum. Point is, you're not the only one for something like this to happen to. Yukio's awakening had been happening for a while before the Jacob's Ladder incident and, in all honesty, that could be counted as his first rampage. Yours was at least triggered by something your body needs. Could it have been prevented? No, but could it have been handled better to be less traumatic? Yes! Unfortunately, you've had to deal with idiots training you and an absolute asshole for a twin. Sweety, what happened was horrible for everyone, including you, but your true friends (the skunk can get fucked in my opinion) have agreed to give you both a chance because they understand that you were also in the dark and not entirely yourself. I just witnessed Izumo and Shima mute their teacher and the skunk - yes I know his name but he doesn't deserve my respect - before they could talk because they knew the two were going to be toxic and that it would help no one. The one that was previously the most terrified just trusted both of you enough to offer their blood. I will personally go tell Yukio to go fuck himself if it will help, but don't listen to him."
Anri whispered her spiel to Rin, comforting him the whole time. She had always been fiercely protective of her younger siblings through all of their incarnations, so to see one of the newest in this state because of the bigotry of the other broke her heart and brought her ungodly amounts of rage all at once.
'Hey Dad?' she thought, reaching out to Satan.
Yes, my child? His maniac voice answered back in her head.
'I'm not helping with this one. I'll drag Pride down. He deserves it, hell he'll fit right in, but not this one.' Her tone left no room for argument, and Satan already knew he had no chance of making her budge.
I'm not giving up on either of them.
'I know, but I'm not helping you with Rin.'
Sigh, why did you have to develop morals? Fine, I won't make you since I know you'll just sabotage me if I try. Pride will be easier to drag down anyway. Satan snickered and faded out as Anri hugged Rin close.
"That doesn't erase the monster comment…" Rin mumbled while Anri was talking to Satan. "And there's no way they'll ever fully trust me again even with all that."
Anri felt dampness through her onesie and she knew he was trying not to cry. She debated offering more calming pheromones but decided against it. 'Nothing wrong with a good cry,' she thought to herself before getting an idea. '...Hmm.'
"Rin, you know how my powers stopped your incident, relieved the monks PTSD symptoms, gathered info while you were out, have been keeping Shiemi up to date all week, just helped Konekomaru get some much overdue sleep, and are currently stopping you from having a panic attack?" she asked him softly.
"Yeah...what about it?" Rin asked, slightly confused by the apparent subject change.
"Those seem like good things, right? Helpful even?"
Rin lifted his head to look at her in confusion. "Yeah, you've been a literal lifesaver this week. Isn't that a bit random, though?"
Anri took this opportunity to wipe his tears. "Those same powers could have knocked Yukio out instead, making him an easier target, increased PTSD symptoms by taking away their calm, taking secret info and/or replacing memories with fakes, told Shiemi to get fucked or given her night terrors, knocked Konekomaru out and let Ren eat him, and I could even increase your panic right now and encourage your panic attack."
Rin looked at her in horror even as he leaned into her touch, none of this having ever occurred to him. "But-...But how?"
Anri smiled at him. "Any power can be evil if used for such. Name one of yours."
"Mind reading," he answers, naming the power that started this mess.
"You can try to help your friends when they're hiding that they're not doing great or encourage them to get help if it's severe enough. Also general self-preservation, espionage, and, with practice, can be used to prevent sneak attacks in the field."
"Mind control?"
"Get out of homework, interrogation, controlling enemies or, say a teammate is frozen in fear, you can move them. If you paid attention in history, Vlad the Impaler was actually a brilliant general. Sure, a lot of it was his own talent, but he also knew how to use that power." Anri smiles at him as his demeanor seems to start relaxing. "Your blood is also a healing agent, as you already know, with the drawback literally just being a universe balancer, the enhanced everything of being a demon, and it's easy to figure out what the shapeshifting can be used for. Hell, you're a clan leader! Any creature in your clan, and you'll know if they are, you can make stop their destruction. You were given a rocky start, sure, but now that you know what is going on you get to decide how your powers are used. Understand?"
Rin smiled at her now. "Yeah, I do. Thanks, Anri."
"Anytime," she smiled back, more than happy to have helped. "I take care of my siblings. Which includes getting them help. Izumo and Shima said they will talk to you about your options so maybe an outside opinion will help with the guilt and decision making. They're even trying to make a field trip out of it if you want the extra support."
His eyes saddened again at being reminded, but his smile remained. "At least they don't hate me for that, I guess."
"They don't. They understand it's necessary. Hell, Izumo's hoping to break up the 'sausage fest'." Anri smirked with air quotes.
Rin laughed now. "God, she's always so blunt in texts," he chuckled before finally returning the hug properly. "Thank you, Anri. For everything."
Anri smiles softly at him, petting his hair. "No problem, hun. Just promise me you'll take care of yourself. That includes standing up for yourself. Don't take any shit lying down. I know you didn't when you were little, don't start now."
"...I'll try not to," he eventually relented.
"That's all I ask. Now, do you still need more hug time -which is totally fine if you do, Sloth are cuddlers - or we can get you an extra bag for good measure and let you get some rest?"
Rin sat for a moment, doing a cat-like nuzzle into the hand petting his hair, before finally pulling away. "Can you come with me? ...I've been having nightmares since the incident…"
"You should have asked me sooner," she smiled, ruffling his hair now. "Of course I will. Can you stand?"
"I didn't want to annoy you." Rin slowly stood up, standing there for a second due to head rush before nodding. "I'm good, yeah."
"You wouldn't have been annoying. Go on and grab a bag from the bio fridge, and let's head out," she sighed, standing up as well with a stretch.
Ren didn't argue, tired from the adrenaline drop of the past few hours. He grabbed a bag and unpinched the tube to use as a straw. He went ahead and drained it there so he could toss it in the biowaste bin before turning back to Anri.
"Good job," she smiled, heading to the door. "Ready?"
"Yeah," he nodded, giving a yawn of his own. "Let's go."
With that, Anri was actually the one to lead the way to the empty dorm she was given for easy response time, and let Rin have the other bed. "You can sleep here for the night so you don't have to deal with him," she yawned as she gestured to the extra bed, playing with the phone she was provided while he got ready to sleep. Once he was settled, she crouched next to him, eyes turning silver as she touched his forehead. "Good night, sweety."
Rin yawned, closing his eyes with a soft "Thank you. Good night," before falling asleep to what would be only pleasant dreams.
"You're welcome, sweetheart," Anri yawned to the sleeping demon, going to her own bed and falling asleep instantly in her sloth onesie with a whispered, "Sweet dreams."
*Blood Camps are the official names for Lust Villages if anyone was confused. As stated they don't feed on the underage unless special circumstances arise, and people are allowed to leave once they are able to support themselves. They are allowed to leave to work towards this as well but are otherwise completely taken care of. Those that are chronically ill or the elderly commonly volunteer for first feeds so they can at least go out blissed out. They're essentially run in successful communism if the average was wealthy so everyone always has the latest stuff if they wish. As stated people are allowed to leave, but the goal is also to make sure they don't want to.
A new chapter done! Sorry again this took so long, but I don't have much else to do now besides write and make TikToks so hopefully my muse will be kind. A huge thank you to my proofreader whose school is taking full advantage of students not being allowed to leave, but was still an absolute angel and found time to proofread this! Find me on A03 under the same name for Kinktober 2020. Untill next time! Bye~!
~VampyrSutton
