18OK so this is the new chapter!
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silverheartlugia2000 asked:Ooh Jack can shrink his staff? Is that where his heart is? Is Rin a bit jealous of it? (That sword gets stolen way too damn easily X3)
Answer: Uhh...yes he can shrink his staff but if it is where his heart is like Rin, I don't know yet. We shall see.
I think that was the only question.
"Demon talking"
"Regular talking
'Thinking'
Onto the chapter!
Racing down the streets, they followed the broken pieces of ice as far as they went. The four exorcists used to chasing down the ice demon checked for any sign of frost or ice that could have been a sign of him passing by. But they seemed to have lost all sight of him.
"Damnit." Aster cursed, his narrowed eyes flicking past every person and in every ally he could see.
"Calm down Bunny." North said with a smile, patting his friend on the back. "We will find him and catch him one day."
"But we should have been able to catch him today." Aster growled. "The kid was clearly exhausted yet he was still able to slip away without a trace!"
"Rin, can you sense anything?" Yukio asked, turning to look at his brother only to find him no longer behind him. Blinking, Yukio turned his head to try to find where his brother went off to. "Rin?"
Meanwhile, Rin found himself trailing down one of the side alleys they had passed already. He thought he heard something coming from inside of it that sounded like the demon's voice and he knew he couldn't pass up the chance of it not being the demon. He followed the sound of panting and turned around a corner in the alley to find the demon they were looking for slouched against the wall, holding his chest.
The demon must have heard his footsteps because his eyes flashed open and pinned Rin with their icy blue gaze. Rin would have shouted for the others, informed them that he had found the demon or tried to pin the demon down while he had the chance, but the gaze from the pale teen held his own. Rin couldn't move as they stared at each other.
There was something in the other's eyes, something that almost pled for the other not to give away his hiding place and Rin just couldn't help but agree with it. Whatever words that were in his mouth at the time froze in place and his mouth was locked closed.
The pale teen broke the eye contact first, scrambling away from the wall with tired movements and glancing up towards the fire escape on one of the walls.
Seeing what he was about to do, Rin reached out a hand towards him and let out a hushed, "Wait."
The demon paused and gave him a glance over. His body was tensed, prepared to jump up if Rin made any move against him. Rin was about to step forward and was about to try and talk to the demon when a voice came from outside of the alley.
"Rin?! Where are you?"
Rin watched as blue eyes widened and the demon leapt up with what remaining strength he had onto the fire escape. Rin tried to call out to him again, his voice much louder. The demon spared one last glance at him before vanishing so quickly Rin was unable to keep track of the path he took out of the alley. It was just in time though, at least for the demon, since Rin's voice had alerted the others to where he had been.
"Rin, what happened? Did you find the demon?" His brother asked, coming up beside him.
"I…" Rin trailed off, biting his lip. "I think it was just a cat or something."
Yukio frowned. "Are you sure?"
"I mean, it might have been him, but he would have been gone...by...the time I got here." Rin lied, rubbing the back of his head. "I think I saw him and that's why I shouted out, but...he's gone." He finished lamely.
Aster was giving him a sceptical look alongside Yukio. He could tell neither of them were completely buying his story, but Rin wasn't going to tell them anything else about his encounter.
Finally, North spoke up. "Eh...It is fine. We will catch him eventually, we just have to have patients."
"Easy for you to say." Aster grumbled only to be smacked on the head by Tooth.
"Come, let us go back to your dorm, yes? It has enough room for all of us." North said, smiling at Yukio and ignoring Aster's comment.
Nodding in agreement, Yukio took out the key that gave them a quick entrance to the dorm building and inserted it into a nearby door with a lock. As they each entered the door, Rin cast one last glance behind him and thought he caught sight of the ice demon's pale eyes watching him from on top of a roof.
Getting nudged in the side, Rin blinked down at Sandy who, with a knowing look in his eyes, gestured towards the door.
"Ah, right." Rin replied before entering the door. Sandy followed after him, but, just as Rin had done, he cast a glance up to the rooftops with a smirk before following after and closing the door.
Rin lets his eyes trail across the night sky from where he lay on the roof. After they all arrived at the dorm building, the four elder exorcists had joined them for a meal before each going their own ways for bed. Rin, however, had been unable to sleep that night. After seeing everyone was asleep, he had made his way up to the roof alone, not even Kuro to accompany him. He just needed some time to clear his head.
Just then, his sensitive ears picked up the sound of feet shuffling on the roof near him and he sat up to look in that direction. His eyes widened when he saw the demon they had been chasing standing there. He opened his mouth, though he wasn't really sure what he was going to say, when the other quickly had his hands flying up in a shushing motion.
"Look," The demon muttered in a quiet voice. "I'm not here to fight or anything they might have said I would do if I came up to you, ok? I...I just wanted to say thanks ok? So thanks for not ratting me out earlier today."
With that he turned around, no doubt prepared to jump off the roof and disappear from Rin's sight when Rin shouted out a quiet, "Wait!"
The demon flinched where he stood, but listened as he turned around slightly to look at Rin. He raised an eyebrow at him while his eyes still held mistrust. Obviously one wrong move and the teen would be out of there.
"Er...look," Rin began awkwardly. "You don't have to leave so quickly. I mean-!" Rin suddenly stumbled over words when the teen narrowed his eyes at him, no doubt suspecting the half-demon was up to something. "I'm not trying to trap you or anything like that! I just...why don't we get to know each other or something? I promise I won't tell any of them about you being here."
"...Why?" The demon asked, raising his eyebrow at the other.
Rin shrugged. "I don't know, you don't seem like a bad guy, so why can't I take the chance to get to know you without all of them chasing after you?"
The pale teen shifted on his bare feet, clearly hesitant about the idea of staying so close to the people who were hunting him without any sign of the friendly offer holding no traps.
"Ok, how about this." Rin spoke up. "You can leave for now, but if you want to just talk or something, you can come back tomorrow night, ok? Think of this like a safe zone or something in your tag game or whatever it is you play with them."
"And how do I know you won't have a trap or something ready for me tomorrow when you have the chance to tell those...exorcists about seeing me tonight?"
Rin shrugged, but he took note of how the other had basically spat the word exorcist form his mouth. "I don't know how to convince you I won't. So why don't you just come back tomorrow night and see. If it's safe, you don't have to worry about anything, right?"
The demon shifted once again before speaking. "Maybe, I don't make any promises though."
With one last look, the demon took a step backwards and dropped from the roof. Rin would have been spooked, if he hadn't learned anything from their chase earlier in the day. Standing up with a sigh, Rin decided to head back inside of the building while casting one last look at the night sky before heading in.
"Hey, you came back!"
Rin smiled when he saw the demon come into view, approaching cautiously.
The demon shook his head. "I don't even know why I took you up on this offer." He mumbled, sitting down besides Rin. "Why didn't you tell the others about me?"
Rin shrugged. "I don't know, it just doesn't seem right. Besides, you seem like you could use a friend."
The demon gave a deadpan expression. "I usually try to avoid making friends with exorcists."
"Ok, understandable. How about we aren't demon-on-the-run and exorcist-in-training right now? Remember, safe zone!"
The demon seemed to contemplate this for a few moments before lifting up his hand and holding out the pinking on it towards Rin. "Pinky promise?"
"What?" Rin blinked. "We aren't kids!"
The demon smirked. "Hey, if you want this promise to be solid, it has to be done with a pinky promise."
Rin hummed for a few moments, pouting his lips out before raising his own hand and locking pinkies with the demon in front of him. "Alright, fine, I pinky promise this is a safe zone for you. I won't tell anyone about you being here."
The demon's smile grew and he nodded in agreement, tightening his pinky on the other before letting go. The two sat in silence for a little bit before Rin glanced at the demon who seemed to have relaxed slightly, staring up at the sky.
"So…" He trailed off, getting the demon to glance at him. "You have a name or something I can call you? I'm Rin Okumura by the way, incase you didn't learn that from all the shouting yesterday."
The demon tilted his head at him before nodding. "Yeah I have a name."
"You want to tell me it?"
"Hmmm….not really."
"What!? But I just gave you my name!" Rin exclaimed at the laughing demon. "It's not funny! I should at least have something to call you by other than 'ice demon'."
Calming down, the demon looked at Rin and with a huff, replied. "Ok, ok. You can call me Jack. Jack Frost."
So that was that. Short, I know but I'm trying to take it slow.
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