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Chapter 11

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"Shit!" Rin hissed out as he barely managed to dodge a kick, aimed at his stomach. The ground completely shattered, rocks jutting upwards. Frantically, Rin fumbled with Kurikara's case, but in a flash, Amaimon reached up to the raven-haired teen and snatched it.

"Hey! Give that back!" Rin barked at the demon king. "Who the hell are you anyway?!"

Satisfied that he had the Koumaken, Amaimon answered, "I'm Amaimon, King of the Earth. Something similar to a big brother." He said playfully. "Nice to meet you."

Amaimon undid the case and unsheathed the Kurikara. Rin's demonic features became apparent, the demon king's face lit up with amazement. He's always been curious about Rin, given how everyone seemed to be losing their heads over him.

"Oh. So the blade houses the flames and —" Amaimon broke off when a torrent of blue flame barrelled towards him.

Rin was not pleased.

Of all the days for this shit to happen, it had to be today. He and Reiji had been coming in Gehenna for the past week, and there hasn't been an incident (the case with Beelzebub did not count) but as Yukio decided to accompany them, this is the shit they had to face.

Rin was not in the mood to drag this out. As soon as he gets the chance, he'll open a doorway to Assiah and return. So, holding his hand in the air, Rin looked like he was preparing to catch something. "Come." He commanded.

The Kurikara rattled in Amaimon's grip before flying towards its owner, the hilt resting perfectly in Rin's palm. This was something he'd learnt from Ardoris, and he was grateful for it.

Going into the Ochs posture —holding his sword above his head on the outside —Rin's eyes were ablaze with blue.

Amaimon grinned. Maybe his little brother who everyone seemed to be obsessed about can be a good playmate.

Within a blink, Amaimon had reached in Rin's face, but the latter was prepared. When Amaimon swiped his talons at the boy, a wall of blue fire appeared, deflecting the blow. The demon King jumped backwards, recoiling from the heat. However, there was a wide grin on his face. Once again, the demon king dashed towards Rin, but unlike Amaimon, who was rash and storming forwards head-first, Rin remained on the spot, eyes focused. As soon as Amaimon came near, Rin bent his knees slightly and timing him just right, moved forward with the Kurikara in hand. The blade pierced Amaimon's shoulder, the demon howling out in pain.

"Burn." Rin said, alighting Amaimon in blue flames.

With a scream, Amaimon grabbed the Kurikara and threatened to break it. Rin retreated quickly, fearing his life. Before Rin could recover, the demon once more approached him, and swung a roundhouse punch, aimed at the young teen's cheek. The blow landed, Rin flying a couple metres away, almost near the end of the desert. A clear sea was behind him, the water shimmering under Gehenna's dual suns.

"Nii-san!" Yukio screamed out. He was tired, since he was running to keep up with two demons. Amaimon turned around at the sound, and saw Yukio, holding his pistols at him.

"Who are you?" Amaimon asked, walking slowly towards Yukio. A nasty predatory grin spread across his face, but surprisingly, Yukio was unfazed. He wanted to buy enough time for his twin to recover. But looking back at everything, Yukio realized that it was a dumb idea.

The guns and bullets he had were useless against a demon king, and what was more, he was a mere human under the shield of a lesser demon.

I guess as long as Ardoris' barrier is still up, I can withstand some level of pain. Yukio thought.

Before he could finish the thought, Amaimon was there in his face, with his talons at his glasses. The demon king ripped the glasses from Yukio's face, throwing it in the sands before reaching for his eyes. Yukio fired a few rounds at Amaimon and then ducked away, sprinting towards where he last saw Rin.

"Nii-san!" He shouted. "Nii-san!"

No answer.

Yukio started to fret. He didn't know where his brother disappeared to, and the worst-case scenario was that Rin ended up in the ocean, and he couldn't swim. "Nii-san!" Yukio screamed again. He didn't even realize that he was seeing without his glasses on.

"Oi." Yukio's blood ran cold when he heard the voice behind him. "Who told you to ignore me?"

Amaimon grabbed Yukio in his neck and held him upwards off the ground. He squeezed the teen, strangling him. Yukio's eyes burned with rage as he clawed at Amaimon's hand. With his other free hand, Amaimon was about to pluck his eyes out, but then Yukio's pupils flared. In that moment, Amaimon released him in utter fear.

The King of the Earth retreated from the coughing teen, limbs trembling.

"Hoh?" Above, Mephisto saw this play out and looked increasingly amused. Amaimon —fearless and reckless Amaimon, ran from a human. "What an interesting development."

Beside him, Satan said nothing. He watched with keen eyes, remembering what Ardoris told him the other day: "He's not completely human". Amaimon must've seen something in Yukio for him to recoil like that. But what did he see? Satan could always ask later.

Just then, both Mephisto and Satan's eyes snapped towards where Rin had landed and saw a large wave emerging from the ocean. The two felt a powerful surge of demonic aura hit, causing them both to rise to their feet in shock. Looking at the massive tsunami, the two demons nearly thought Egyn had arrived. But one thing was for sure, Egyn wasn't in Gehenna any at all. And won't be returning anytime soon.

Mephisto's eye widened.

Satan crackled like a maniac.

Even over where Reiji and Ardoris were, the white-haired teen fell to his knees, unable to withstand the surge of demonic aura. Although Ardoris had his barrier around him, Reiji could still feel it. On that note, Ardoris broke out in cold sweat. Such overwhelming demonic presence could only belong the demon kings. Satan's presence would've left everything to mush by now.

"Don't tell me even Egyn is here…" The Fire demon hissed out. "Shit."

When Amaimon saw the tsunami, he looked in awe. Rin stood before the giant water wave, eyes ablaze. Yukio turned and looked behind him to see what scared the demon king so much, and he too, was frightened. The tsunami extended all the way into the air, blocking out Gehenna's dual suns, casting a terrifying shadow below.

"Egyn-nii?" Amaimon whispered out of shock. But he knew it was not Egyn. He knew it was Rin.

The giant wave crashed down; Yukio unable to do a thing except shield his face out of reflex. Of course, this couldn't help him, but his body thought otherwise. Amaimon quickly covered himself with rocks he'd pull up from the ground, but for the rest of the White Desert, everything was submerged in Gehenna's ocean water. Ardoris had grabbed Reiji and used his Fire to get himself and the boy to safety, but for the other lesser demons, they didn't stand a chance.

"Beelzebub is gonna be so pissed." Ardoris sighed.

"But where's Yukio?" Reiji asked. "He was down there!"

"I don't know. I've lost touch with him for some strange reason."

"Lost touch? Does that mean your barrier failed?"

Ardoris nodded. "Do you know Egyn? He's the Demon King of Water. Only he could do that shit."

"So, there's another demon king out there!? Rin's in danger! And Yukio!"

"Well, let's go search for them. As soon as you spot anything, let me know."

"Right."

Little did Reiji know that Ardoris had removed his barrier from Yukio of his own free will. There was no way his shield couldn't protect the boy from a simple wave, despite it being so huge. But the Fire demon wanted Gehenna's atmosphere to seep more into Yukio, to draw out whatever power that lies within. And then, eventually, he'd be training both boys in Gehenna for his Majesty.

Standing atop the floodwaters, Rin held the Kurikara in one hand, Yukio slung over one of his shoulder. Then, placing his twin down, Rin dashed off towards where Amaimon took refuge, plunged his fist through the rocks and dragged the demon king out. He gripped Amaimon in his hair, and threw him across the waterlogged desert, before rushing towards him with the Kurikara.

Swinging the blade in an arc, a crescent shaped fire emerged from the sword, which Rin jumped on and rode towards Amaimon. Nearing, Rin jumped off into the air, bringing his blade down. The earlier attack slammed into the demon king's body, stunting him for a few seconds. Still in his disoriented state, Amaimon sharpened his nails to face the brunt of the sword, but Rin changed the direction of the swing in the last moment. Instead, he thrust the blade forward, running it through Amaimon's palm and lodging it in his other shoulder.

He tossed Amaimon to the left before going over and using the Kurikara to stab the demon king relentlessly. Rin was mad. Rin was livid. Rin was feral.

"He's a monster!" Satan screamed in joy. He was reminiscent of a fangirl, in Mephisto's eyes. "He's a monster incarnated from hell!" The Gehennan god was bouncing on his feet in sheer jubilation, and it was only because he wanted to see the end of the fight that he didn't do something to break up the two. What he saw was a display of Rin's power and the Gehennan god knew that that was just the tip of the iceberg. Even Mephisto, was rendered speechless. He knew Rin was powerful, but this…this was out of his expectations.

He continued to watch the two demons battle across the muddy desert, assessing Rin's every move. He already knew what Amaimon was capable of, but Rin was the unknown. And since he was getting training from Ardoris, the demon king wanted to see how far his little brother had grown. What is more, Mephisto remembered that Yukio was now in the picture. At first, he saw that Ardoris had placed a Fire barrier around him like he did with Reiji, but suddenly, it had disappeared.

Ardoris, you sly demon. Mephisto couldn't contain his laugh. Satan didn't even look at him, knowing that he was probably scheming again.

Refocusing to the battle, Satan saw something that made him take action. He knew Amaimon wouldn't go down without a fight, so the demon king used his free hand, and thrust into Rin's stomach, causing the young teen to cough up blood.

"RINKA!" Satan screamed and vanished from Mephisto's side.

"Oh? So now you want to play the doting father, huh?" Mephisto said as he sipped his tea with supreme nonchalance. He continued to watch the drama unfold, but in a split second, Mephisto had to do a spit-take as not even he saw that coming.

A surge of blue flame barrelled towards Amaimon and Rin, and at first, Mephisto thought it was Satan. But upon focus, he saw that it was someone he'd least expect.

"Well, if the Vatican gets wind of this…"

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Yukio felt useless.

His twin was before him, battling a demon king and yet he could do nothing to aid him. No matter how hard he tried, Yukio realized, he'll never be like Rin. He'd always push the feeling of inferiority down to the depths of his soul, but at the moment, everything resurfaced. Rin would always be capable of doing things he couldn't.

And why is that?

Yukio couldn't understand. He's seen his twin befriend his own enemy so much to the point that they became best friends, he's seen him perform daring tasks without a second thought…He's seen Rin do it all.

And what does he do?

Crouch in a corner and cry. Rely on their father to do everything. It wasn't fair. It wasn't supposed to be like this. He became an Exorcist to protect his Nii-san, not the other way around. To repay his brother for all he's done in the past. So even now, Yukio should've been able to do something. And that he did. Holding his pistols, Yukio aimed for Amaimon's eyes. The demon king was in a human vessel, so naturally, a weak spot should be the eyes.

So, seeing his brother pierce Amaimon's palm and shoulder with the Kurikara, Yukio readied his pistols to deal whatever damage he could. At least with Amaimon unable to retaliate, it'll give Rin a window to fully take him down. However, Rin suddenly tossed Amaimon away, and then proceeded to stab him with the Kurikara. Yukio drew closer to get a clearer shot, but, the demons were at it again. They were like wild animals, tearing each other to pieces. But Yukio didn't prepare for what happened next.

Amaimon thrust his arm into Rin's stomach, the latter coughing up blood, his grip on Kurikara slackened.

Yukio felt his heart sink.

"Nii-san!" He screamed out. He tossed aside the guns and dashed towards the two, reaching for his wounded brother. Yukio himself didn't even seem to realize what happened next.

He didn't realize how quickly he reached at Amaimon.

He didn't realize that he was punching the demon king in his face.

But more importantly, Yukio didn't realize how far Amaimon flew because of his punch.

All the teen cared about was his twin brother. Holding Rin gently, Yukio called out to him, frantically awaiting an answer.

"Yu-Yu-Yukio…?" Rin muttered out, the wound on his abdomen was terrible.

"Nii-san! Stay with me, please!" Yukio begged. As it is, they were in Gehenna, all of Yukio's doctor knowledge couldn't be applied here, since there were no herbs around. Hell, they were in a desert.

"Fine…" Rin said as he slipped into unconsciousness.

"Nii-san! Nii-san! Nii-san!" Yukio screamed continuously. Rin didn't answer but he was breathing. Still, Yukio didn't care about that. His teal eyes snapped towards Amaimon, and for the first time, Yukio was consumed with rage.

He gently placed Rin down and marched towards Amaimon, who was still in stupor at the punch. Seeing Yukio approaching, his adrenaline shot up, and he was ready once again. Although he had two injured shoulders and palm, he didn't care. He hasn't had such fun in centuries.

"You..." Amaimon hissed out. "That hurt."

With a demonic snarl, Yukio said, "You hurt my twin." His teal eyes were now blue with red pupils just like Rin's whenever he drew the Kurikara. "You dare to lay your filthy hands on Nii-san."

Amaimon suddenly felt uneasy. There was something coming from the teen that he feared.

"I'm going to kill you!" Yukio screamed and suddenly burst into blue flames, his ears becoming pointy in the process. In a split second, he grabbed Amaimon in the face and repeatedly flung him towards the ground.

By this time, Satan had reached at Rin's side, and using his powers, the Gehennan god reversed the time on the wound, erasing it completely. Rin came back to normal, springing up in fright and grabbing the Kurikara.

"Amaimon!" He shouted, looking around frantic. "Where's —?!"

He broke off when he heard gunshots. Rin's eyes snapped towards it, to see his younger twin brother, on top of Amaimon with his pistols pointed at his head. Yukio relentlessly pulled the trigger, emptying his cartridges on the demon king. But what stunned him the most was the blue flames around his twin.

Stupefied, Rin gaped. "Yu…kio…?"

"Why are you surprised?" Satan asked. "Isn't he your brother? Wouldn't he have the blue flames as well?"

"He…he…he was supposed to be completely human." Rin gasped out. "So…so…so how?"

Satan couldn't contain his grin. Now he had two vessels to choose from. How wonderful. All this time, he thought that Yukio was just a useless human being, but this changes things. If only he could get him over on this side, then Satan had nothing to worry about. Ardoris stated that he was a brilliant boy, and then on the flip side, his Rinka was powerful.

Everything will eventually fall into pl—

Satan was taken out of his thoughts when he saw Rin rise to his feet and gripped the Kurikara. His eyes were locked onto his brother and Amaimon, who by now, was dishing out punches on Yukio. Everyone knew that the brown-haired teen wasn't much of a fist-fighter, so Amaimon was getting the upper-hand.

Satan sighed. "I can't have Amaimon destroy my precious boys." He took off the cloak to reveal himself, however, Rin was too busy with Amaimon, Yukio was too tired and beaten to notice. "It's about time I stopped this sibling war."

Within a flash, he arrived at the scene and released a portion of his demonic aura like Rin did earlier. It was almost as though time froze. Amaimon fell to his knees, gasping. Rin and Yukio were leaning on each other for support.

"Enough." Satan said in a stern tone.

Amaimon didn't even need to turn around to know who it was. "Fa-Fa-Father?"

Hearing this, Rin and Yukio broke out in cold sweat. The white-haired man with the blue eyes before them was none other than their biological father, the god of all demons, the devil himself, Satan.

"Well, well, well," Satan smirked. "If it isn't my two adorable little devils." He walked towards the twins, who were unable to move a muscle given the stifling demonic aura that he emitted. He pretended to seem like he had just arrived, giving the impression that he was caught by surprise at their presence. Crouching down to their levels, Satan cupped both their cheeks and smiled at them. "You both look like me and your mother. But you, my dear Rinka," he said, looking at Rin, "look like me more."

A shiver ran down Rin's spine.

"Your Highness! Is everything alright?!" Ardoris asked as he ran towards Rin. "Are you alright!?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine." The teen managed to reply.

Yukio, on the other hand, looked like he was about to fall apart anytime soon. "Nii-san, let's just get out here." He said, weakly.

"Yeah, I was getting to that." Rin said, panting heavily. His eyes darted around for any sign of Satan, strangely, it was like the devil disappeared. Yukio seemed overly vigilant as well. "Just give me a minute."

Just then, they heard clapping. They looked towards it and lo and behold, it was the very same demon that had claimed to be a Kin of Samael. Yukio's eyes narrowed at it and wondered if it and Ardoris were secretly scheming something. However, the demon that appeared before them was only a part of Satan's flame, disguised to look like his impersonation.

"Wonderful." The disguise said. "Absolutely wonderful."

"Where the hell were you?" Yukio asked, pulling out his guns although they were now useless since he had emptied his cartridges on Amaimon.

Unfazed, it replied, "Samael-sama had arrived to watch the showdown." He said it like it was something the whole Gehenna knew. "After all, he was the one who sent Amaimon-sama after you."

"What?"

"He's right there. You can go ask him." It pointed towards the area where Mephisto was, and suddenly, all eyes were on the demon king. "Plus, he wanted to gauge your power as well."

Enraged, Rin drew the Kurikara but in that moment, Ardoris stopped him.

"Your Highness, you cannot fly yet. Please refrain from —"

"I should've known." Yukio hissed. "Sir Pheles is just like any old demon there is." But the issue the young Exorcist was facing was that his brother had the ability to control time and there isn't anyone else who could teach him. He didn't want to trust the demon in the cloak, since after all, he was kin of Samael.

"Fine." Rin huffed. However, he swung the Kurikara in a grand arc, a crescent of blue flame heading towards Mephisto. Of course, Mephisto was able to put up a barrier that saved him from the heat.

Ardoris face-palmed. But then, he noticed that Satan had disappeared. "By the way, where did His Majesty go?"

"Like I care." Yukio quipped. "Get us out now, Nii-san."

"Right." Before Rin could even start the chant for his doorway, he was interrupted.

"Just before you leave," Came a chilling voice, this time from behind the twins. Satan had been there all along, watching and not saying a word. He just chose to hide himself. "I just wanted to say, good job you two. You've made Papa proud."

"Satan!" Rin and Yukio shouted out, Rin tightening his grip on the Kurikara. Yukio was defenceless, and even if he still had cartridges left, they would've been useless against the devil himself.

"But, let me not hold you here anymore." Satan completely ignored their frightened postures, and using his blood, Satan dripped a few drops on the ground. Soon, the Gehenna Gate was forming beneath them.

"You're letting…" Yukio started. "…us go?" He found it hard to believe that Satan would release the two who he had been hunting down all these years. But then again, Yukio realized that even if the devil wanted to capture them, there was nothing they could've done.

Satan smiled, looking genuine and almost like a doting father. "Of course. I like to let my children have free reign." He shrugged. "It's just that when you decide to return, stop by my palace. Let's have a father-son bonding. We have fifteen years of catching up to do, right?"

"Reiji. Reiji!" Rin just remembered that he had come here with his best friend. "Where's Reiji?!"

Satan rolled his eyes with disgust. "Don't worry. I'll send him back shortly."

"Shortly?" Rin roared, finally getting back his strength. His flames burst forth, but Satan simply dispelled them with a wave of his hand. "I want him here now!"

Satan narrowed his eyes at the raven-haired teen, who was slowly sinking within the gate. Turning to Amaimon, he held the demon king by the collar and vanished. A scream ripped from Rin's throat, worrying for his best friend.

"Nii-san." Yukio said, his voice equally shaking. Seeing himself burst into flames has left him shaken but nonetheless, Yukio decided to hide his emotions for the two of them. "Rei…Reiji-kun will be fine." He said, although he stuttered a bit. "He —"

"Here, take it." Satan reappeared with a squirming Reiji tucked underneath his arm. Then, he threw the boy like trash towards his twins. "I hope to see you soon, my ferocious devils."

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When the gate had closed, Satan turned to look to Mephisto, who seemed uncomfortable.

With a smile, the devil shrieked, "My boys are absolute beasts! I love it."

"It's all thanks to me." Mephisto lied. "After all, they are attending my school." He said proudly.

Satan's blue eyes glared at his 'son'. "Shut the fuck up you filthy liar." He snapped. "I know who is responsible for both my boys' growth and it's not you." Satan refused to admit it out loud, but he knew that it was Shiro's doing. After all, the man had his boys from infancy.

"Aww, Father, I was just pulling your leg."

Satan grinned sinisterly. Forming a hand from flames, he squeezed Mephisto's thigh. "So, does that mean I can rip yours from your body?"

Mephisto blanched. "No, I don't —"

"Then, keep your mouth shut."

Satan turned and walked away from Mephisto, beckoning to Ardoris. The Fire demon followed his god, and not long after, the two vanished from Mephisto's sight.

"My, my," The Demon King sighed, pulling down his hat into his face. "What a spectacular day this was." A grin appeared on his face, "Things just got interesting. Now I can play with both the Okumura twins."

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Shiro was finally back.

It had been a rough week with Arthur Angel but at least his other partner, Suzuki Eitaro was tolerable. It was all thanks to the latter that he hadn't killed Arthur by the second day. But, Shiro wasn't the type to bring home his missions. After giving a verbal report to the Vatican, the Paladin headed towards his boys' dorm, to greet them before he got started on the written report.

But alas, the dorm seemed empty.

He looked in the kitchen, there was no sign of Rin. Usually, at this hour, the boy would be making dinner or their side-dishes for lunch the next day. But the fridge only had raw ingredients, and there was no sign that cooking had been done.

"Strange." Shiro muttered to himself, but Kuro, who was nestled comfortably on his shoulder began to get agitated. It jumped off to the ground and hopped up and down to get his master's attention. "Kuro? What's gotten into you?"

Shiro was worried because Kuro was a Cait Sith, he wouldn't be acting like this if it wasn't because of a demon lingering by.

That said, Shiro followed Kuro, who led him towards the twins' room. From underneath the door, he saw a bright blue light, and heard (not-so) hushed speaking coming from the room. He could make out the voice of his sons and an additional one —Reiji.

Curious, he pushed the door opened.

What he saw was what he didn't expect.

Yukio, in tears, curled up in Rin's chest, while the latter boy was seemingly trying to calm him down. Reiji was there as well, but he seemed to be more like a support than anything else. If anything, Yukio seemed to be listening to only Rin.

Still, the most surprising thing wasn't that his twins were bonding. It was the fact that Rin wasn't the one who was wreathed in blue flames and had pointy ears. It was Yukio.

"What's going on?" Shiro was surprised that he even managed to open his mouth, let alone ask a question.

But given Yukio's state, Rin didn't answer. He looked at Reiji who seemed to be able to understand Rin's gestures. The white-haired teen got up and gently pulled Shiro out of the room with him, to stand in the hallway. The man's eyes never left his twins, though, as the door was still wide open.

"Fujimoto-san…" Reiji started, thinking of a way to explain what happened. But he surmised, that Shiro should know about what has been going on since the beginning, so he'd hear the full story when the boys were up and running again. For the meantime, Reiji decided to summarize. "…hell broke loose."

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