I know I should be updating Essentially Immortal, but... meh.

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It was a cold, snowy night. Shiro was walking with Mephisto to find Yuri. The snowmen lead them to the cave, and they entered warily. She was lying there with her - her sons. Twins.

Shiro approached them, pulling out his gun.

"Wait." Mephisto said behind him. However, it was not Mephisto's voice that spoke. Shiro turned to see Mephisto engulfed in blue flames. Satan.

"Don't hurt them. Please." Satan said. Mephisto's body walked up to Yuri, who smiled. "I don't want my sons hurt. Please, Shiro, hear me out."

Shiro did not lower his gun, but he did consider it. Satan wasn't hurting him - he seemed genuinely concerned for his sons and Yuri. "Go on." He said.

Satan looked relieved. "You have the Kurikara sword. Good. Both sons have the power - even if only one shows it for now." He brushed Rin's little tuft of hair. "I can transfer the power from the normal one - Yukio - so that only Rin has the full power. You can take Yukio and raise him normally. I will then take Rin's power and lock it in the sword for now. I will come on their forth birthday to take Rin to Gehenna." He glanced up at Shiro. "He'll be out of your hair. Please - I just want a keepsake of Yuri." By this point, a tear - a regular, non-blood one - was falling from Mephisto's face.

"Why should I trust you?" Shiro said, the gun lowering slightly. He seemed genuinely concerned - that was something Shiro had never before thought that he would attribute to the Lord of Gehenna. Concern. Care. Yet here it was, plain as day.

"You're right - you shouldn't trust me." He laughed a little bit. "I am a demon - and not just any demon. You've never been a father, so I suppose you wouldn't understand. I'm giving you a chance to be one, while I get to raise a son myself." He smiled. "This body - Mephisto - he's my son, too. As is his younger brother Amaimon. I wasn't able to raise them. Their mother wouldn't let me see them until they were both fifty."

Shiro lowered his gun. "Fine. Do it quickly, and then leave." Why was he agreeing to this?

Satan smiled at Shiro without showing teeth, and he then transfered Yukio's powers to Rin. The room was blinded with blue while the rest of Rin's powers were locked inside of Kurikara.

"I will see you again in four years time, Shiro." Satan gave the Exorcist a two-fingered salute before leaving his son's body. Mephisto fell to the ground and coughed out blood.

"It's at times like this that I hate daddy dearest." He said, laughing.

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Rin was sitting by the window, watching the first early snowfall of the year. It was peaceful - he had never liked the snow. Yukio did, however, so he tolerated it.

Rin always knew that he was different. He keeps getting into fights, and he has incredible strength.

He wasn't blind, either. He had heard Shiro talk to Yukio about the 'black bugs'. He knew they were demons - he knew that he wasn't supposed to be able to see them.

If he couldn't see them, then what are those little black things floating about the street lamp across the street?

Oh, that's right.

They're demons.

Rin picked his head off of the back of the couch in surprise - the demons had dispersed, and the light went out.

Rin curiously leaned closer to the window.

"Rin, what is it?" Shiro asked behind him.

The light turned back on - there was a figure below it. He was tall, wearing a dark red cloak. On his head was a crown of blue flames. As he approached closer to the Monestary, Rin could see his dark red eyes and his midnight blue hair. There was a sort of package strapped to him.

"Shiro, there's someone outside." Rin said. Shiro frowned. He could never get the young demon to call him 'father'. He wasn't exactly sure why, either, considering Yukio always said it.

"I'll go see who it is." He said, getting up from the table to open the door. However, as soon as he reached it, it opened on its own.

Shiro had only to glance at the blue crown in order to tell that it was Satan.

The other exorcists at the table hastily got up and grabbed weapons.

"I suppose you're early." Shiro said, stepping aside.

"I had to be. I didn't trust you to tell him of their heritage before their birthday. Also, the portal is open nearby for only three hours." The stranger said before stepping inside. "Impressive wards, by the way."

"Thanks." Shiro said, his voice hard and dry.

He looked around before settling his eyes on Rin. "You have your mother's eyes, Rin." The man said. A tiny smidgen of distrust welled up inside Rin. Who the hell is this guy? How did he know Rin's mother when Shiro wouldn't say a word about her?

Rin stood from the couch and approached the man. "Who're you?" He asked.

"Rin! Don't be rude!" Shiro said. "This is your real father - yours and Yukio's."

"You're a demon." He stated. Both men looked shocked. "I can see them too, Shiro. I knew what they were, even before you told Yukio."

"How?" The man asked. "I locked your powers up. This shouldn't-" He glanced to Shiro in shock.

Rin rolled his eyes and smiled. "Don't be so serious. Are you here to take me home?"

"Yes, Rin, he is." Shiro said after a moment. So willing to accept it. Rin smiled even wider, whatever distrust he had gone completely.

"Well cool. Lemme go pack and say goodbye to Yukio. Will I see him again?" He asked.

"Some day." The man replied.

Rin rushed upstairs as if it were Christmas and packed up everything that was important.

"Where are you going, Rin?" Yukio asked, confusion on his face. Shiro hadn't said anything about them going on a trip so... what?

"Home! Daddy came to take me to his home." Rin said, a large smile on his face.

"Home? Rin, this is home." Yukio replied, standing up. He walked over to Rin.

"No, it's not really. You see how dissapointed Shiro gets whenever I fight. He doesn't think of me as his son."

"Maybe that's because you never thought of him as your father." Yukio said. He couldn't be serious, could he?

Rin finished shoving items in his bag before turning to Yukio. "In the suitcase." He said.

"What!?" Yukio asked, flabberghasted.

"I'm taking everything important. This means you, too!" Rin crossed his arms.

"Rin, no. I'm not leaving!" Yukio said, backing away from his twin. He was serious! He was one hundred percent serious. Some guy claiming to be their real father shows up and Rin just accepts it?!

A few moments of silence passed between the brothers. "Fine." Rin said at last, his voice shaky. "Fine! I'll come back and visit some day. Whatever." Rin zipped his bag closed before heading to the door.

"Rin!" Yukio said once Rin's hand hit the door. "Don't leave me." He said, his voice thick with tears. "I... I don't want you to leave me."

Rin stayed at the door for a few moments before glancing at Yukio. "I have to know, Yukio." He said this quietly. "He's our father, Yukio. I.. I can't live here like this." Blue flames errupted on his hand. Yukio backed up another step in fear. "I can't... I can't control whatever... this is. I'd just get in trouble - I'd be a failure in everything. I'd hurt someone, Yukio. He has this power, too. He knows how to control it - he'd teach me." Rin turned fully to his brother, smiling with teeth. "I'll see you again some day, Yukio. I promise." With this, Rin turned to leave.

When he got downstairs, he could feel the tension in the air.

"I'm ready to go, Father." He said to the man. "Bye, Shiro."

"Bye, Rin." Shiro said, watching as his other son left with a monster. "Perhaps we'll meet again some day."

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