My Pet Demon

Chapter 10

"Yoroshiku, Rin."
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"Woah! Cool! So this is what Assiah looks like!"

It was a Saturday morning, it was bright and windy. The roads were already full with pedestrians walking here and there, some alone, some as couple and some with children. Cars whizzed past continuously on the main roads of Tokyo as traffic lights helped to control the traffic.

Rei, dressed in Rin's old shorts and clothes skipped along the pavement, fascinated at everything she saw, occasionally stopping to look into shops and discovering new things that were foreign to her. Rin strolled behind her casually, with hands dugged deep into his pockets. He was wearing a light blue T-shirt and jeans. His mind trailed back to one thought that was lingering in the back of his mind. How did everything come to this?

*flashbackkk~*
"Rinnnnn, I'm boredddddd," whined a certain white hair girl. Rin was currently concentrating on tryimg to do his homework, but Rei was whining on and on about how bored she was.

"Read manga or whatever, just don't disturb me..." he had muttered, not breaking concentration. "I've already finished reading almost all you have..." she whined further rolling on the ground. Rin let out a fustrating groan. "There are some more hidden in the cupboard beside you, read it or whatever...I'm busy, so don't disturb me.." he mumbled out.

Rei's eyes immediately brightened as she bounced towards the cupboard. The room was peace and quiet once again. But after half an hour, Rei had started her 'whining spree' again by saying she was hungry while tugging on Rin's shirt, trying to gain his attention.

Just then, the door opened and Yukio walked in, hanging his clothes on the hangar and sat in his place with a tired sigh, and started doing his paperwork. Rin and Rei only stared at Yukio. Rei suddenly got up and went out of the room, soon coming back in with a cup of tea. She then placed it beside Yukio, who thanked her and drank it. Rin's eyes popped out at the scene. "H-Hey! That's not fair!" He complained. "How come Yukio gets better treatment than me? I saved your life, ya know, ME!" "Huh? What are you talking about? I'm just concern about Yukio's wellbeing, that's all." "Oh? So that means you're not concern about me at all!" "I didn't say that."

Rin sighed and sank back into his chair, slouching as he did his homework. Just then, Yukio sat up straight. "Nii-san. I'm busy tomorrow. I need you to take care of Rei, that includes buying her necessities. So please bring her out to buy clothes and other needs." Rin shot up. "WHAT?! And I planned to go to the arcade tomorrow..." he complained. "Bring her with you then." "Hai...okaa-san..."

*Back to present*

So that's how everything came to this, eh? Rin took out a stash of money. Yukio promised to pay for the necessities...but still... He let out a big sigh. Rei's excited voice snapped his attention back to her. "Rin! Look! There are people inside a big screen box!"

"It's a ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD. Nothing special..." Rin muttered. Rei didn't listen to him, but continued squeezing her way through the crowd which was getting thicker every minute. "Hey! Wait...!" Rin shouted and reached out to grab her, but her slim body had her already weaving in and out of the crowd, making her way to who knows where.

When Rin had finally lost her, he bent on his knees and panted. "What is with her stamina? If she gets lost and somehing bad happens to her..." Rin gulped. He didn't even want to think of what Yukio would do to him. He took a deep breath and continued to search for the white-haired girl.

Just then, a gruff voice reached his ears. "What're ya think ya doin', pretty girl?" He turned and saw that a crowd has gathered in the middle of the walkway. Curiousity got better of him and he went to check it out, muttering apologies as he squeezed through the crowd. In the center where the crowd had formed a ring around were a girl with white hair and hybrid eyes of yellow and blue and two guys that were dressed up like gangsters. The girl was picking herself up from the ground and massaging her arm.