This chapter is a bit shorter than usual, but I am kind of busy right now.

Yukio had found himself in the throne room of none other than Satan himself. The walls were white, but were stained blue by the light of many torches, and a large ball of fire that burned directly above the throne. The throne itself looked like flames, but after staring at it for a moment, Yukio realized it was actually a large crystal.

To Yukio's relief, it was empty. He didn't want to admit it, but being unarmed and in Gehenna itself, surrounded by demon kings, made him nervous. At least, that's the word for the terror he felt. He was still trying to play it off, but he didn't see any way to escape and that scared him.

Azazel noticed it and smiled warmly. "Don't worry, you'll get used to it here... I mean, at least you will get to see your brother again."

Yukio's eyes narrowed. "He's no brother of mine."

His tone conveyed none of the uncertainty that he felt. Rin was a demon, a threat. He didn't even know what Yukio went through, worrying over his brother and what he could do.

The temperature went up a few degrees and he glanced at Iblis. Iblis was frowning, but Yukio could see anger in his yellow eyes. "Why did you become an exorcist," he hissed. "To protect the world from demons like him? Like yourself?"

"I'm not a demon," Yukio said. "I'm normal. Only Rin had the flames."

Yukio expected for him to get mad, to argue with him and try to convince him otherwise. Egyn took a step in his direction, just in case, but Iblis only stared at him, horrified. "What did they teach you?" He whispered.

"What do you mean?" Yukio crossed his arms.

"You are aware of how children are conceived, right?" Azazel asked.

Beelzebub started to explain it, "When two people love each other-" "I know! I'm aware!"

The demon's looked at each other skeptically. "Do they know how-" "Yes, I mean humans understand biology, I think-"

Yukio stared at them until they turned back to him. Iblis gave him a look that was almost pity. "So, you do realize both you and Rin have the same father, right?"

Yukio didn't respond. Iblis sighed. "Our father is Satan. Satan. Himself. You know, the strongest demon to ever exist? You are just as human as Rin is."

Yukio didn't answer. Iblis wasn't right, Yukio just needed to think for a minute so he could refute that. Rin wasn't as human as he was. He was born a demon, probably was a demon now, given that he had been in Gehenna for so long.

Iblis just shook his head, disappointed. Egyn had been really quiet, but he and Iblis started to whisper back and forth, glancing at him occasionally. Azazel just sighed, mumbling to himself. Beelzebub looked confused and worried at the same time. He looked at Azazel and asked him if he could go get Rin. Yukio frowned, he wasn't sure if he wanted to see Rin or not.

Azazel nodded sharply, and Beelzebub turned to leave. Then, the doors shot open with a bang as they hit the wall. Yukio flinched and turned towards the noise.

A single demon was walking straight towards them, expression unreadable. He was wearing a dark suit of armor which obscured his features, but this morphed to a black robe. It shifted again to a dark blue suit, which was apparently satisfactory because his outfit did not change again.

Azazel backed up a little at the approach of who Yukio assumed to be Satan. He pushed his glasses up and tried not to stare. He was, however, ignored. Satan's eyes were locked on Iblis, who muttered an apology and tried to explain himself.

Satan frowned and punched him, and Iblis staggered backwards, and was caught by Egyn, who looked up at Satan guiltily. "Erm, sorry, ah-"

"Don't worry Egyn," Satan assured him as he stepped forward. "I know it's Iblis's fault"

"He was going to get Yukio to regain your favor-" Beelzebub explained, and Satan frowned at him.

"He..." Satan seemed to finally notice Yukio.

Yukio looked him directly in the eye, refusing to show his discomfort. Satan looked him up and down and smiled. It wouldn't even look threatening if it weren't for the sharp teeth. It was almost warm. "I guess you really do take after your mother," Satan said softly.

Yukio blinked in surprise, he hadn't expected that statement. He had though about his mother, wondered who she was. Shiro had never said anything about her. He wasn't sure he wanted to know much about someone who would make children with the devil himself.

"What do you want from me?" Yukio asked. He couldn't think of anything else to say.

"Not sure," Satan shrugged. "Guess I just prefer to raise my kids myself. You guys are so cute when you're little!"

Sensing that his child was still glaring at him he frowned. "Why do you ask?"

"You can't expect me to believe that you just kidnapped us for the hell of it?" Yukio growled. What did he think this was, a game.

Satan raised an eyebrow. "You think that I would, quote on quote, 'kidnap' you because I thought you were useful? Have you met your brothers? They're powerful, sure, but they don't follow orders, or take me seriously, or..." He shook his head, chuckling. "You must be kidding me."

Yukio didn't reply. He was trying to make sense of what he had said. Why would he kidnap them for no reason, other than to 'raise them'? Satan wouldn't do things like that. Shouldn't do things like that.

"Where's the other one?" Satan asked, turning to Beelzebub.

Beelzebub shifted guiltily. "You were supposed to be watching him."

"I was! I just..." He looked over to where Azazel should have been, but he had sneaked away earlier.

"You didn't..." Satan's eyes widened slightly "You didn't leave him alone, did you?"

"Um, yeah?" Beelzebub said sheepishly.

"Fuck," Satan cursed. He ran out of the room and the others followed him, Iblis dragging Yukio with him. They didn't go far, only to the nearest doorway. Satan pulled out a key that took them directly to Rin's room.

Satan threw open the door and stepped inside. He froze in the entryway, then turned around to face them. "He's gone."

(***)

Rin was alone when he woke up. His head was pounding but it hurt less than before, but his back had it's own complaints. Sitting up he found himself in small, windowless room. The walls were gray and the floor was made of red dirt. The door was made of iron, and when he tried it, it was locked.

There was nothing to do, no way that he could escape. The only thing besides himself in the room was a bucket. Nothing he could use as a weapon. He focused on summoning his flames, and they burst out eagerly. There was, however, nothing he could burn with them, so he let them burn out.

Rin tried banging on the door and yelling, but nobody came. He spent hours there, sitting, thinking, pacing. When the floor finally did open, he jumped up and pulled out his flames.

"Don't even think about killing me," The demon rasped. She was one of the same species as earlier, and Rin looked away from her face, it was half rotten. "If you try to escape, you ill be killed."

Rin didn't want to stay there, but he figured he might as well listen to what she had to say. "Why am I here?"

"I was going to ask the same thing," the demoness replied. "What are Satan's plans for you? How did he hide someone your age from us so long? Why?"

Rin stared at her for a moment before realizing that she expected answers. He shrugged. "I don't know anything, I just got here. He wasn't hiding me, I was... hidden from him, I guess..."

"By who?" The demoness asked. Rin explained to her hat he knew, how he was raised by exorcists, and she took a moment to absorb all of it.

The demon slowly smiled, it was a warm smile, and she sighed. "I'm sorry for all this, I hadn't realized how young you were, or that we were on the same side."

"Same side?" Rin asked.

"Indeed. Satan is a cruel tyrant, he doesn't care about his people. He lets his sons rule over us by no merit of their own, none of them are fit for it and they don't suffer but it's hell for commoners like me."

Rin hadn't really thought about his brothers as actual rulers, but he could see how it would be a problem. He almost felt sorry for the citizens of Gehenna.

"So you guys are some sort of rebellion?" He asked.

"Yes," she replied, smile widening. "We want equality for all demons, no more class systems. We want freedom for all oppressed citizens of Gehenna. We want a democracy."

Rin looked down, thinking. This really wasn't his fight. All he wanted was to go home. He didn't know what to say, those words sounded sincere but he doubted she would have any problem with hurting him.

"What do you want from me?" He asked.

"Some help fighting would be nice. Your flames would come in handy. Our rebellion isn't doing well, your father eradicates every base he finds."

Rin nodded, he didn't really want to fight their fight but he didn't have any other option. Besides, he had a score to settle with Satan.