Paralyzed

Chapter 16

Rin couldn’t get what Alistair had said out of his mind. The thought of Rikyu being through this already made him shiver. Rin looked over at Rikyu who was sulking in the corner of his cage, glaring at the door with so much hatred it gave Rin goosebumps. Something he hadn't felt since he found out he was satan's son.

Without mentioning anything, he heard Rikyu sigh, before he fixed his posture. “I know you are curious about what he said.” He says, side eyeing Rin.

Rin shrugged. “Did you get caught once before?” Rin asked.

Rikyu nodded, turning his full attention to Rin. “Before getting caught, I used to have hopes and dreams. I was born a demon, much like you, but I was born with a curse. The curse of attracting danger. Anywhere I seemed to go had danger. Go figure everyone called it the Demons curse.” Rikyu paused, and in that brief moment Rin was relieved to find someone who understood him when he grew up an outcast at school. Rikyu continued. “Because I was a loner, I was a prime target for humans and demons alike. One day when I was walking home, I felt darkness envelops me and before I knew it, I was locked in a cage. Alistair was the first face I saw before I was turned into a room full of buyers. You’re lucky. You got two weeks, for me I was sold the same day I was captured.” Rikyu explained.

Rin bit his lip, guilt and pain bubbling up in his stomach. He felt bad for making Rikyu relive probably some of the most painful memories, but his curiosity seemed to trump his guilt.
“How did you escape?” Rin asked.

Rikyu smirked. “When the buyer who bought me took me to the house, I was only there for about 3 months before finally finding a good time to escape. During a charity event, I broke the window since I knew they wouldn’t hear it since the music was so loud and I jumped off the balcony and ran. The guards were alerted and immediately started hunting me down.” Rikyu pointed at the scar on his face, chuckling. “It's how I got this. The guards brought out whips and one of them got a lucky snap. But I was able to use my demon powers and jump over the walls. After that I found a hospital and have been living under ground ever since. I was only found because apparently I was staying in the same hotel as you.”

Rin couldn’t help the guilt, making him dry heave at his own stupidity. Not only did he bring danger to the other students, but he got Rikyu caught. To him that was the most screwed up thing he could think to come from his powers. His presence intrigued Alistair, who hunted him down and was able to find Rikyu.

“I… I'm so sorry.” Rin whispered, his voice cracking.

Rikyu chuckled. “Don’t sweat it kid. I’ll find a way to escape.” He explained.
Rin still couldn’t shake the feeling that it was all his fault. He turned towards Rikyu, forcing his body to face him. “Look at me Rikyu.” Rin demanded. Rikyu’s eyes found Rin’s before he continued. “No matter what happens, I won’t let you get sold. I will release you and you can join me in my goal, or just go off and do whatever you want. I promise.” Rin finished, his voice coming out bold.

Rikyu shook his head, a small smile hitting his lips. “I’ll hold you to that, kid.”

With that, the room went quiet and honestly Rin enjoyed it.

Back with the cram students, They had just finished explaining exactly what had gone down. The Kyoto group seemed to be eerily quiet as Yukio talked them through exactly what they had witnessed. Suguro though was pissed. He was so close to Rin it actually made him angry that he couldn’t go down there and free him. All he could think of is how they left. Rin still thinks Suguro hated his guts when in fact Suguro thought the opposite. Even with Rin’s clear handicap, he still had a lot of determination, but seeing him reduced to a pretty demon boy’s plaything irritated him beyond belief.

“So I think if we can watch the area, we will be able to know when it goes down and be ready. That place looked to be getting ready and looks like it will be next week. Alistair said three weeks, then two. It wouldn’t be a surprise if he changed it to a week or even tomorrow. We need to get Rin back and that requires a big plan. Any ideas?” Yukio asked.

Koneko gulped before raising a bhand slightly. “I think I have an idea… but it could be risky.”

Yukio smiled in relief seeing everyone was making an effort to save Rin. He just hopes it would be enough to rescue Rin not just from Alistair but from himself. Yukio was all ears, clinging to every word of the plan and for the first time, he truly believed Rin will be reunited with them before anything traumatic happens.

A/N: there will be one more chapter to this uploaded later today! Hope you guys enjoy and Merry christmas!!!