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(dark blonde author at a table in a cafe filled with unsuspecting people. Across the street lays a preschool. )(Author takes a sip of tea) What a wonderful day in...I have no idea what this place is called, but it is the first part of the setting to our story here. In case you didn’t read the summery and you somehow read my author’s notes, I can rephrase it. This is a fanfiction between fairy tail and Blue exorcist. In Blue exorcist, all demons are evil and the exorcists are the good guys. I don’t see it that way, every evil thing has a good side, even demons. Yeah there are still bad ones, but that is not entirely the case (a red and purple demon with long arms floats by) Take George here for example. He is really cool and he has an awesome taste in rock and roll. (author turns to George and holds up her hand) (demon sprouts a tentacle and high fives author) See, he’s cool, but not everyone sees he is and exorcists don’t even give him a chance, knock over something, he is dead and unfortunately the same will go for our main character. I am at the place where this all starts and cross your fingers that this kid will survive what happens next. (author turns her head towards a park nearby where some preschoolers are playing around with two strange men nearby).
“Rin wait up”, Yukio yelled, trying to catch up to his older twin who was running towards the park, ready to play on the swings. Yukio was breathing heavily, but his brother didn’t seem to be phased at all, turning around to wait for Yukio to catch his breath. “Come on Yukio you can do better than that. Come on we only have twenty minutes out here before we have to go home and if we don’t hurry we get less time here”, Rin said, jumping up and down with energy. No wonder he got into trouble a lot, he was a nonstop machine.
“Alright, but could we just slow down, I am not that fast”, Yukio begged through breaths. Rin rolled his eyes in annoyance and said, “Alright, let’s just walk”. Yukio smiled and walked with his brother who was itching to get out all of the cooped up energy from sitting around and drawing numbers and letters in school. Yukio liked the routine, Rin making breakfast in the morning, running to school, class all day where he would hang out with Rin since they both had no friends, then they would go to the park and play for twenty minutes before heading back to the church, sleep and begin again. The best part was his brother, his only friend and the great person he looked up to. Whenever Rin was around the scary demons would go away and he didn’t care why.
They arrived at the park a minute later where Rin took off like a deer, immediately jumping on the swing and rising into the sky faster than a rocket. It was fun to watch Rin do awesome things like this, once Rin went so high he flipped onto the rail, but thankfully got down safely while a poor old lady freaked out and tried to call the fire department. Even though the park was in the middle of the city, it was surrounded by trees and looked like the city was far away and they were in the center of the forest. Beyond the play structures stood a huge fence protecting the tennis court and a trail leading into the place where the dogs play and people have picnics.
Instead of going on the swing he chose to go down that path and look at the fountain, it wasn’t that far. It was in sight of adults and it wasn’t too far from Rin who, even though was older, needed eyes on him, even from Yukio himself. It was a short walk and Yukio looked up at the huge fountain, looking at the beautifully chiseled marble in the shapes of tiny angels shooting arrows into the sunset, flying beneath a beautiful woman dressed in what looked like a bed sheet strapped on by a little pin on one of her shoulders. Water came out below her feet, polled in a bunch of algae covered bowls and into the pool beneath. It was filled more than it should have been during the last rain. Leaves littered the surface and the bottom of the pool, staining the once beautiful white speckled marble. What a shame, but even with all of the fountains impurities, it was beautiful to Yukio.
“You like the water kid”, a voice growled from behind Yukio. He whirled around to see five giant scary teenagers above him, all with strange auras. The one who spoke wore torn jeans, a T-shirt with a strange pentagram with little symbols surrounding it. He had a few grimy teeth and a few fresh white ones as if he had them replaced, some were sharpened like a shark’s teeth. He had blonde hair that was messed up and tinged red with dye.
“Um...I guess...the fountain is the pretty part. I love all the exe…” “Yeah whatever, it’s pretty. Hey, do you want to go swimming in it, the water is nice and cold”, the guy asked. Yukio knew these questions well, especially with the grin they had on their faces. He knew they were going to dunk him and Rin would have to beat up a bunch of teenagers to save him, or get beat up by a bunch of teenagers to let him escape. He hated it when Rin had to beat up a bunch of kids to get them to stop bullying Yukio, but Yukio had tried time and time again, only to get shoved into the dirt and abused till he cried out for his brother, or until Rin came running over, fists clenched and rage flaring in his eyes.
Suddenly there were two hands on his neck, violently shaking and choking him. Yukio grabbed at the older boy’s hands and tried to pry them off his neck, but the grip was too tight. “Answer when someone asked little boy or you will get nothing”, he yelled and flipped Yukio around so he was looking at the water. The hands left his neck and grabbed his hair, almost ripping it out of his head if it wasn’t rooted so deep in there. “I will ask again, would you like to go for a swim”? The teen growled in his ear. Yukio clawed at the hand on his hair and tried to yell, but his voice wouldn’t work, it was like he was under a silence curse. “No answer? Ok then”. The teenager then plunged his head in the filthy water without a warning of breath. Yukio swallowed a whole lot in shock and began struggling to get up for air, kicking until his feet collided with someone and then restrained.
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Rin laughed out loud, going high on the swing and feeling like he could sprout wings and take flight like an angel. The wind rushed across his hair and wove through his now shoeless feet to carry the stink of wearing no socks away. He loved the swing, especially when Dad pushed him and Yukio. He was happy if his brother was happy, maybe it was a twin thing. Even though they were fraternal, there was this strange connection to each other that not anyone could explain. Rin called it a twin thing. That twin thing was beginning to act up.
Where was Yukio? He didn’t go on the swings, he couldn’t get very high without their father so he usually watched on the bench or walked to the fountain. Rin looked over at the grassy area to see it unusually empty, there usually was one annoying dog running around. Oh look there are people by the fountain, but what were they looking at? There wasn’t anything interesting in that old bowl of water unless it was a dead duck or something.
He slowed down a bit and listened hard, something was wrong. He could hear a strangled scream, but it was stopped almost immediately. He knew that scream, and the twinge in his gut when it sounded. It was Yukio, and it sounded like he was in trouble. Without thinking Rin jumped off the swing when it was in midair. Usually a kid would crumple down and cry from the stunt he pulled, but Rin only suffered a slight twinge in his leg. He raced toward the bunch of teenagers, hearing another gargled scream. The sounds became clearer, Rin could hear splashing and laughing, a bunch of guys were doing something to his brother in the fountain, he just couldn’t see what. The sight became clearer, he could see their faces, what they were wearing, and two little legs desperately trying to free themselves from the teens’ grips. The leader pulled something out of the water, something with now wet black hair and a pale face. It was Yukio.
“Had enough kid”, he said to Rin’s brother’s face. Yukio’s glasses were missing and he was coughing while taking in as much air as possible. A piece of leaf was stuck in his hair and his eyebrows were turned up as if pleading. Oh these boys were so dead. “No, you want another dip? Ok then”, the teenager said and dunked Yukio in without an answer.
Rin let out a scream that was more like a battle cry as he attacked one of the group. The guy he attacked screamed in agony at the surprisingly tough punch Rin threw. “Holy Shit what the hell”? He yelled and crumpled under the punch on his knee. “Well, someone grab the brat already”, the leader yelled. Two teens surged forward and grabbed Rin by the arms, and picked him up, watching him struggle, kick and flail in bloody rage. “Oh would you shut up kid. I swear to my master you are the most annoying little brat”, the leader growled, his voice deeper than before. Rin could see a strange fire in his eyes along with his body which seemed to become more buff and veins began popping out of places.
He let go of Yukio who had stopped struggling and fell limp into the fountain. Rin’s heart threatened to come right out of his chest, he wasn’t moving. Yukio wasn’t moving. Was he dead? Was he ok? “Since our other toy was not that much fun, maybe your fighting spirit will be a little more fun to mess with”. The guy took out a lighter and handed it to his bandana wearing buddy. “You can have the honors of burning the inside of this kid’s nose, doesn’t that sound fun”? “Yes sir”, the person growled under the black bandana covering his mouth.
Bandana turned to Rin and flicked open the lighter. On the top of the lighter a little flame appeared, hovering over the small red device. Rin couldn’t move, the teenagers were too strong and wouldn’t let go and now there were hands grabbing his hair to keep his head in place. “Hey, mAybe after this we can light his eyelashes and see if they burn his eyes”, the leader laughed.
Rin watched as the lighter came closer and closer till WHOOM! His vision erupted in bright blue flames and he was free. His nose didn't hurt and there was no scent of lighting gas so the man hadn't set him on fire, then why was his entire body engulfed by soundless flames. Looking around, Rin could see the teens around him had moved away in terror, gasping and pointing. The Bandanna dropped his lighter and ran off, screaming at the sight of the Flames, some even attached to his butt and followed him out of the park. The leader on the other hand looked pleased, “Look what we have here, the son of Satan. I would never have imagined into you, but in that case, I better take you to Gehenna, it is a lot safer there than with the Exorcists”. Rin didn't want to trust this guy, he was talking like a madman.
There was no way Rin was to believe this crap. Son of Satan? Bull. There was no way he of all people was a son of Satan. He had a dad and a mother and he wasn't evil. Wait was he? Everyone called him a demon, maybe they were right.“What the hell are you saying, get out of here”, Rin yelled, fed up with all this thinking and attacked, pushing his brother’s attacker to the ground.
Blue flames danced onto the teen, at first slowly, then in the blink of an eye was covered in the stuff. The teen screamed in agony, eyes rolling up and his face stretched. Beyond him two men were rushing towards The fountain, blue trench coats flying behind them. They both had black hair and stood a different night, one was carrying a gun, now in hand and the other a chain. Rin was so angry he didn't notice the boy passed out and the flames retreated back to his body and he didn't see a ghost of a tail flash by his vision and whip the other direction. These men were not far away, sitting on a bench nearby and doing nothing. Why didn't they stop the bullies? They were drowning Rin’s brother and now here they come at the sight of Rin’s flames.
Rin tried to ignore them and went to get his brother out of the fountain. Rin wrapped his arms around Yukio’s waist and pulled back, slowly drawing his body out of the fountain. Rin had him out when one of the men grabbed him by his shirt and yanked him away from his brother. Rin screamed and pummeled the air for something that would get him away and back to helping Yukio.
“Let go of me you bastards and get away from my brother”, Rin yelled at them and kicked someone behind him. “Shut up demon or I will shoot you”, a man growled and pointed something cold at Rin’s head. The boy didn’t need to see the thing to know it was a gun. Rin stopped struggling and tried to turn his head and see who had his collar, but there was a click that told him that there was no peeking.
“Come on Roku we should get this son of Satan to the leaders. I am sure we will get a promotion for this”, the other man said. Rin tried once again to get to Yukio who was lying on the ground without help, he needed to get to his brother. “What did I tell you about struggling kid”.
“Hey! What do you think you are doing”, a familiar voice yelled from behind Rin. At the corner of his eye he could see an old priest running towards them at full speed, a vein popping out of his forehead. His robes were black with white stripes on them and it flapped behind him as his sandals clacked along the sidewalk.
He stopped at Yukio’s motionless body, worry in his eyes and he did what Rin only saw once at a pool again with Yukio. Their father was doing CPR. The men didn’t seem to want to stay and watch so they tried to pull Rin away without the old man’s permission. He refused to leave, no matter how hard they pulled or what they pointed at Rin’s head, they would not drag him away without a battle.
Rin didn’t take his eyes off Yukio for a second, heart pounding in his ears. Suddenly Yukio coughed up a bunch of water, sounding horrible, but alive. Rin felt like the whole world relaxed with relief at the sight of his brother alive, but there was one problem with the world, it didn’t stop the men from dragging him away. “Stop right there”, Shiro yelled to the two men who were trying to leave. They stopped in their tracks, but only for a second. “You get back here. Don’t point that gun at my son. Let him go”!
“You speak up for the son of Satan, Shiro? You know that will be held against you in his trial so it would be better for all of you to keep your mouth shut”. Rin’s father looked scared now, first looking down at Yukio in his arms, then sadly back at Rin as the boy was pulled farther and farther away from his father and screaming for someone to save him from whatever lies ahead.