You have reached the voicemail box of-

Shit. The one time she needed him to answer the phone. The one time she needed him to listen to her. The one time-

Beep.

"Hey, Yuki. It's Rin. I was just calling to let you know that New York is-"

Terrible. Daunting. Lonely-

"Amazing and I can't wait for you to get here. I am having a little trouble finding an apartment-"

Homeless, Rin Okumura was homeless in Sin City-

"But I found a place to sleep. God, I wish you were here to see it, maybe help me find a place to stay." She chuckled as a tear ran down her face.

"Anyways I was just calling to say hey and-"

That everything is going horribly wrong and I need you and that I want to go home-

"That I love you. Call me later, okay? Bye"

Rin leaned against the brick wall as she hung up. She looked around the alley, at least she could take care of herself. She was a grown woman and she could handle this change. She would figure it out. She always did.

No. I never figured anything out, Yukio always figured it out. He always got me out of trouble. But Yuki isn't here. Rin curled up in a ball and shed another tear. It was going to be a long, lonely night.

~One Year Ago~

Rin wondered for a fleeting moment why she had thought she could get out of the lecture about fighting if she didn't say anything about it. It really wasn't her fault the guy was a prick! He was killing pigeons for no reason! Taking lives like it was nothing and his friends were laughing! She couldn't help the burning, searing anger she felt towards such sick practices. She didn't want to talk about how much of a screw up she was, she already knew.

"Shame on you!" Her father yelled as he threw his spoon at her. He then proceeded to have the other priests pass down a sheet of paper.

"An acquaintance of mine runs a restaurant and he needs an apprentice. If you're interested he'll interview you." Rin looked at the paper incredulously. This was her dream. This was all she had ever wanted, however...

"Restaurant? Me? I can't."

Her father gave her a questioning look. "Why not? You are a good cook. It's perfect for you."

Rin's gaze dropped and she put down the paper. "I can't handle a respectable job. Trust me, I know."

Fujimoto slammed his hands on the table suddenly. "You little brat! Without any academic record, you can't afford to be picky! It's my responsibility to turn you into a fully functioning member of society! Someday you have to leave here and make it on your own!"

Rin flinched at the harsh words, but that didn't stop the rage from seeping back out and rearing its ugly head. "I know that!"

In a flash of blue the heater practically exploded with fire and everyone turned to look at it. They sat in silence for a moment. Nobody moved, nobody breathed until the doorbell rung and life resumed with mutters of the old heater finally giving out.

"Yukio, see to your sister's injuries." Father Fujimoto left the table.

...

Rin whined as her brother patched up her small scrapes and bruises. "Stupid old man..." Her brother shushed her.

"When do you start school?"

"Soon." She smiled warmly at him as he put band-aids on her knuckles.

"True Cross Academy is real elite. Makes me proud to be your twin sister!"

"I'm just working as hard as I can. I wanna be a doctor, that's all."

"I know you can do that!" She looked at her hand, all patched up and ready for another day. "You're a pro at first aid."

Yukio looked at Rin as she bounced off the counter. "I'm worried about you, and so is Father Fujimoto."

Rin's smile faltered and she looked at the floor. "I'm worried about it myself. I gotta become a respectable person. I just... never get the chance."

Her brother smiled at her. "Well then, why not try the restaurant job?"

Rin looked at him. Maybe he was right, maybe this could be her chance to change her life.

...

Rin watched as her father gave a little girl a four leaf clover as a charm to protect her from demons and give her luck.

"You're a lucky little girl, you know? Having a mom and a dad to look after you. If things get tough, just cry out for help and they'll be there for you." Her father's eyes harden as he spoke. "And when even that isn't enough, that's where I come in."

He appeared to be in his own little world at that moment. As quick as it came it was gone and he was back to his goofy self. "Sleep well, eat well and play well!"

The old man waved them goodbye. "Man it is tough being a priest and an exorcist." Rin walked out from the church.

"I don't know. Getting rid of things that don't exist, it's pretty much just counseling right?"

Fujimoto turned to his daughter and walked over to her. "Idiot, demons exist. In our hearts." He eyed her up and down. "What's with the new look?"

Rin looked down at the outfit. Black pants, white blouse, and some black flats she found in the back of her closet. "I thought I'd go to the interview so I dressed up. It's not my style, but at least I look respectable. Don't I?"

Her father snickered at her. "Sure, but your hair's a mess, what happened to it?"

A lock of her black hair proceeded to fall out of the bun she hadn't taken out since yesterday. "It was getting in eyes, so I pulled it back."

"Into a rat's nest? Come here and I will fix it." Rin begrudgingly moved to her father and turned around, knowing he would make it better."If your hair is bothering you that much I can cut it tonight." Rin muttered a quick thanks and sulked. Why could her father figure out her hair, but she couldn't?

"You grow in height but that's about it. When you were little you were cute, always calling out Daddy! Daddy!" This old man seemed to have a death wish. She was already miserable with having to wear something like this. Plus the added humiliation of him fixing her hair, she wanted to punch him.

"Well, that was a long time ago! I'm an adult now!"

"Adult? Where? I don't see one?" Fujimoto laughed at his own joke, making Rin even more upset.

"Shut up!"

Rin felt the man release her head and walked around to face her. "There, all done." Rin looked at her reflection in the window. Her father had placed most of her hair in a high messy bun like her own, only this time it looked more elegant and purposeful. "If my teasing frustrates you then show me you have grown up. How about it?"

Whether it was with anger or embarrassment, she would never tell. However, Rin's face was bright red. "Don't look down on me! I will show you! So dig the wax out of your eyes, you old fart!"

Fujimoto looked at her "Wax out of my eyes?"

"Whatever!" Rin began to leave when a black fuzz landed on her nose. As she stared at it she realized it was a bug of some sort and wiped it off as she passed her father. Fujimoto just stared at the girl with fear in his eyes.

...

They were everywhere. Rin couldn't look somewhere and not see the little black fuzzy bug things that she had never seen until an hour ago. "What the hell?"

What was weirder was that people paid them no mind what-so-ever. These things had not been here before today and now they were everywhere, yet people just didn't care. Maybe She had finally snapped, maybe there was something wrong with her eyes. Anything would make more sense than what Rin was actually seeing.

"Okumura!" Rin turned to see the guy she had beaten up earlier, although now his bruised face was covered in bandages and his ears were pointed, he had curled horns and those strange bugs seemed to be leaking out of him.

"Sorry about this morning. You alright?" She hesitated. The boy looked disturbed but no one else seemed to notice. Maybe she really had lost it. She nodded in affirmation.

"We lost our cool. We wanna apologize. Got a minute?" She nodded again, even though most of her screamed to leave.

He smiled and began to lead her somewhere which was not her destination. "If it won't take long."

"How much?" When Rin just looked at him, he sighed. "My parents are well known and the new term is starting at True Cross Academy and I would hate for bad rumors to spread."

"Wait, you're going to the same school as my brother? Geez, that would be bad. I doubt the school would want a punk like you if they found out." She didn't really care, she just hoped that if he thought maybe she would blab, he wouldn't do it again.

"Exactly, so how much for your silence." She was a little insulted that he thought he could bribe her like that, but Rin just took a breath.

"Zero. I don't want your money. Now if you idiots would excuse me I have places to be." She tried to walk past him when he grabbed her arm.

"What's with the attitude? You trying to be cool? Be honest honey-"

Don't call me honey-

Rin doused the sparks of anger as quickly as she could, she would not fight this boy, not today. She began to walk away for the group.

"You two are so poor you can't even afford school. So just take it."

Deep breath Rin keep it together, you are not going to fight this guy over something as stupid as this-

That fire which she had been working to keep under a wash of calm was beginning to spark too much to stop it. Now all she could do now was contain it as best she could.

"Your brother, Yukio Okumura studied hard to get a scholarship, right?"

Do not bring Yuki into this bastard.

It was getting harder to contain her anger the more he spoke.

"That's sorta like a debt. Put this toward his tuition."

Suddenly, Rin couldn't hold back and she just hit him. It was such a bittersweet moment for her as she gave in to the fire inside her, but it was more sweet than bitter.

"Say what you want about me, but don't diss my brother!"

The brat held his face as he turned to her. "That hurt, honey. What are you getting so worked up for?"

"Do not call me honey!" As she tried to rush him again his two friends finally stepped in and worked together to keep her in check.

"Hold her down and be careful. This chick is a monster." As Rin tried to break free from their grasp the slip of paper about the interview fell out of her pocket. The guy picked it up and looked at it.

"An interview?" He laughed. "I guess that explains the getup. I feel for you, honey." Rin felt a pang of embarrassment that helped slow her fight. She stared at her attacker as he grew closer.

"Even demons gotta find work after junior high and with no one to support you, you're nothing but scum!" She heard a click, looked down, and froze when she saw in his hands was a pocket knife that had just been opened.

"Everybody knows that you need short hair to be a cook. I'll help you!" He walked closer and knelt down on the ground.

"Hey, I don't wanna go to jail, haven't we done enough?"

He looked at the big guy and punched him hard. "Shut up!"

The guy yanked on Rin's hair and it sparked her limbs to begin the struggle a new. His face contorted into a new gruesome shape letting his forked tongue roll out of his mouth that was filled with razor-sharp teeth, his nails black versions of the knife he was holding. He was crazy and evil, he was going to kill her. "Stop it!"

He just chuckled and brought the knife even closer to her face. "Don't get mad if I take off a little skin. I'm new at this."

This guy was really going to do it. He was going to kill her. The sparks inside her turning into flames of horror and anger and fear and-

"What the hell?!"

The lot of them backed off as Rin was surrounded by a blue flame. She looked at her own body and saw that it was on fire. However it didn't hurt, no, in fact, it was warm and comforting.

The two goons seemed to say something and vanish but Rin was too mesmerized by the flames that were protecting her.

"I was right. Do you know how long I have searched for you? You do possess the blue fire. The flames of Satan!" He walked right up to her and knelt down to see eye to eye with Rin

"What? What are you talking about? Who are you?"

"I am Astaroth, King of Rot. I had been tasked with finding Satan's only daughter. You." Rin tried to stand, to get away from this guy-this Astaroth- but her legs were like jelly and she could barely move.

"Satan's Daughter? You're wrong, I'm not-"

"But you are. Now come along." He grabbed her arm, forcing her to her shaky feet. His grip was like a vice.

"No, let me go!" She scratched and clawed at his arm with all her might, trying to pry his fingers off of her but it was no good, she had lost all of her strength.

"Let's go. Satan is waiting!" He was going to take her away somewhere. Away from her home, her family!

"No! NO!" She fought harder finding strength from fear. She didn't want to leave the monastery, the priests, Yukio, Father Fujimoto!

"Quit struggling." Somebody had to help her! She couldn't leave! She didn't want to go! She wanted to STAY!

"NO! DADDY!"

"There is evil in their hearts." Astaroth seemed to stop and look up. As a figure came into the alleyway.

"Who are you?" As he walked forward, Rin could see his short hair and rounded glasses.

"Strike them down so they never rise again." Her father was calm and collected as he faced the king of rot with only words to protect himself. Rin thought in the back of her mind that he looked really cool like that.

"Stop saying those words!" Astaroth warned her father as he drew closer to the two of them. Still, he never stopped the prayer.

"Blessed be The Lord."

Astaroth let go of Rin as he rushed Fujimoto and she stumbled a bit without the forced support of the man. "Damn Exorcist! I will rip that mouth right off your filthy Exorcist face!"

Rin's father didn't even bat an eyelash. Astaroth's arm swiped down at him. "My prayer has been answered. The Lord is my help," Fujimoto caught it and threw him to the ground. "and my shield!"

"Thou shalt be destroyed!" Rin watched as the strange features left his face and he was once again just an asshole who killed pigeons for fun.

Fujimoto walked over and looked at her for injury. "Are you okay?"

She nodded, unable to form words. "It seems Kurikara cannot fully suppress your powers."

Rin, still in a daze, looked back at the boy who had attacked her. "What about him?"

"He is fine. I drove out the demon. However, demons possess wicked souls. If he doesn't change, this could happen again."

Finally registering the conversation she was having, Rin found a way to voice her confusion. "Demons?"

"You can see them right? The demons." Her father pointed out the black bugs floating around.

"These things are demons?"

"Yes. This universe has many different realms but our world consists of two halves. One is Assiah, the world we live and Gehenna, the realm of demons. Usually, an interaction between the two is impossible. However, demons can come here by possessing certain material objects." He pointed back to the little black bug. "These Coal Tars possess fungi. They are attracted to darkness, moisture, and gloomy humans." Rin was lost and wanted to ask a thousand more questions.

"But we don't have time for a full explanation, word of your awakening will spread fast. All manner of being will be looking for you for their own purposes. You must hide." Fujimoto quickly grabbed Rin's arm and starting pulling her along towards the monastery.

"Wait. Hide? Awakening? What? Slow down!" She pulled her arm out of his grip and stopped walking.

What am I?" Her father's gaze hardened as he looked at her.

"You are the child of Satan."

Uff-da, that was a reading. This chapter mostly just had grammar mistakes so it wasn't a big deal, but I just got through 3 chapters and I need a break.

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