Middle Finger

Interrogation

This is totally unrelated to the story, but hear me out:

Hunchback of Notre Dame/BE AU with Rin as Quasimodo (discriminated against bc he looks like a demon)

Bon as Esmeralda(bc he'd be a great Gypsy and he has the look)

Y'all can decide in the comments who to cast for the other main characters bc I refuse to cast Shiro as Frollo.

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Once Rin woke up covered in bandages and in a clean uniform, Shura took him into the Great Cell.

"So, how did you encounter Amaimon?" She asked. "He tried to take my sword, but failed." Rin answered.

"Why did he want your sword?" She wondered. Rin shrugged.

"Hell if I know."

"Did he say anything to you?" She questioned.

"Something about wanting to play. It was all punches from then on." Rin told her.

"Why didn't you draw your sword?" She inquired.

"Didn't need it. I'm good enough with a knife and my fists." Rin said.

"You didn't know he was a Demon King did you?" She gave him a nonplussed look. He shook his head honestly.

"Dear God, you're an idiot. Why would you fight him?!" She screeched suddenly. "Shiro really failed with you, didn't he?!"

Rin looked on in unimpressed silence. "Yup."

She turned back to him. "What's wrong with you anyway? I call you a failure and insult the man who raised you and you just agree?!" She snarled.

"If you knew Shiro so well, you'd know something happened when I was little that was apparently so horrible that I can't even access that memory and haven't been able to emotionally connect with anyone or anything since. I don't care about anything. Shiro was a man who spared a broken little boy. He tried to raise me like a normal kid, but because I had no care for a lot of things and didn't really have much personality, he ended up spending most of his time with Yukio since they knew I was perfectly fine if I was left alone." Rin explained.

She backed away as if he'd burned her. "I remember him saying you were bad at feelings, but I didn't think...." She trailed off. "I guess he didn't want to admit his failure. Although he did succeed in one thing." Rin stated. Shura looked at him warily. "I am a good weapon."

Shiro....you meant to raise him as a son, but ended up actually raising a weapon instead.....

She backed away and ran out of the cell, leaving Rin standing there by himself. He stepped out a minute later. "I think she's scared of me." He said to Yukio, who'd been waiting outside the cell. His twin actually laughed. "Finally, at least one of us can get her to screw off." Yukio muttered. They used a magic key to get back to the dorm.

"That was an eventful day." Yukio sighed tiredly. They both ended up skipping dinner and going straight to bed.

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"I have no evidence of Satan's son being here, so I'll stay and keep investigating. But that kid....he's a freak. Are you really gonna make him the Order's weapon when the time comes?" She shuddered.

Mephisto grinned. "Well, he's already got training of his own with that shiny knife of his, not to mention his hand-to-hand is pretty advanced as well. But he still needs training with his flames and that sword of his. He seems to feel that he doesn't need to use them in combat. Our young Rin is very good at not being found out." The Demon King chuckled.

"As long as he doesn't show those flames, I have nothing to report." Shura shrugged.

"He's my favorite pawn now that I have him directly within my grasp. I can just sit back and watch him without having to influence his actions nearly at all." Mephisto admitted, genuinely happy to have Rin in his school. Shura sighed and left.