novus au

Ch 10

Rin strode down the polished halls, his cape flowing elegantly behind him as he strode. He had taken on a rather regal appearance of the years, after all, he was a god. So he had to at least try to look the part.

Arriving at his vault he felt a drop of relief. This was his safe place, a pocket demotion of sorts. A place unaffected by time. It heald all of his memories of the past. along with shrines for each of the late kings. He didn't necessarily worship them, he just needed to remember them, they made him who he is... or was.

He sat next to the small pedestal below the portrait of the raven-haired king, with the familiar cunning toxic green eyes

"Hey Samael, it has been a while," He began softly, he knew he wouldn't get a reply, but yet he went on still.

"Today was difficult. I gave a speech at the academy and Belial showed up, along with the rest of your servants. They miss you Samael. I miss you... I miss everyone, their souls are with me, but they aren't. They don't remember anything. I don't know how much longer I can do this,"

Rin sniffled softly.

"I am not fit to be God. I never was. I can't stand them being here and not remembering anything, not me, not our memories... This all will have been for nothing if your reincarnation and Lucifer's keep at each other's necks. Everything will be destroyed again. I don't think I would be able to live if you ended up destroying this world,"

Yet his confession went unanswered. He was waiting for a reply but he knew it would never come.

"And... even worse. I think I am forgetting you. I can barely even remember your voice. I am losing our memories. I am losing you all over again," Rin said softly, choking on another cry.

It was up to his own mind to craft Samael's reply. At this point, he didn't know what Samael would do, laugh, try and comfort him, or say and do nothing. He knew nothing about Samael, not like how Samael knew everything about him.

"Elasma won't be able to replace you, he isn't anything like you. He only barely looks like you, he isn't cunning or crafty, or selfish, or... or weird and comforting. He isn't you... I want you back, I want all of you back. But I know I can't have you back... I hope you are happy Lucifer this is the world you wanted, it's so wonderful. I hope you are happy," Rin growled at the painting of the glowing demon.

Oh, how Lucifer was so heavily idolized by his followers. They honestly believed he could do no wrong. Oh, how that backfired...

But then again Lucifer didn't really even know what was going to happen either... no one did.

"I miss you guys... I miss fighting you Amaimon. I miss our back and forth banter Iblis... I miss your calm expression Lucifer... and Samael, I miss your smirk. I miss all of you."

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"Samael was better,"

"No Lucifer!"

Reficul and Elasma had decided to have a study day on their off day, and it was not going.

"Without Samael, Rin wouldn't be here today," Elasma growled in response.

"Without Lucifer, Rin wouldn't have made this word a million times better," Reficul snarled.

"without Samael Yuri would never have met Shiro and Rin wouldn't even be on the right side!" Elasma growled.

"Without Lucifer's demand for the facility of clones Shiro would have never been made!" Reficul replied.

"Can the two of you shut up about who is better? They were both stupid," Silbi growled in annoyance.

"WHAT?!" Elasma and Refiucl shrieked.

"The demon kings were some of the strongest and most fearsome beings in the entire universe!" Elasma growled.

"SO? They are all dead now so it clearly goes to show they weren't really that strong," Silbi scoffed.

"We should take this conversation to My mentor. He may be able to answer this dilemma for us," Reficul sighed.

"Yes, let's get another opinion, someone who is smart and will be able to tell you Samael is clearly better than Lucifer."

"Fine and when he says Lucifer is better than Samael you have to follow everything I tell you to,"

The pair left quickly leaving Silbi alone. "You guys left all your stuff," Silib growled. "Jerks,"

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" We are doing a project on Lucifer and Samael and we need your help! Which one is better?" Reficul asked bursting into Yukio's office

"Well each one had their flaws, I can't say one was worse or better than the other," Yukio replied. "Also please knock next time,"

"Knocking is for the weak," Elasma replied in rebellion.

"You are going to regret that statement one day,"

"Well if they were brought back who do you think would be better?" Reficul asks.

"That is hard to say... it all depends on their upbringing and even still, they wouldn't be themselves. They would be new, reborn... like I am the reincarnation of Rin's brother. But I don't remember anything from my past and his highness and I aren't brothers. He says I am a nerd like him, smart, clever.... But he always gets sad when he talks about the past. Having siblings isn't as good as everyone says, they tend to disagree a lot,"

"Well, what do you think they would do if they knew who they were?" Elasma asked.

"I honestly don't know... they had a lot of memories they didn't talk about... and that is a big debate. A lot of people think Rin should try to return their memories of the old world... but the thing is, that could destroy some people, we live in a very progressive society and the tales we have heard from the old world and the beings that lived there were less than pleasant. It would change a lot of things and I can't see it ending well for anyone. But it is necessary we take all points of view into account. After all, that is the only way to keep things fair." Yukio replied

"Would you want your memories back?" Elasma asked.

"no, I don't think I would. It always seems to upset His highness when he refers to the past, and knowing I was close to him, the actions of my previous mind could destroy me," Yukio replied.

"Well is there any way we could find out who we used to be?" Reficul asked.

"It is hard to tell, we only have intel from our files and his highness, and he didn't know everyone in the old world. If you end up in a high place then you might be able to get him to look into your past and tell you who you were," Yukio replies.

"Well thank you for this sir, you have been insightful," Reficul said bowing his head softly.

"Of course, it is nice to see you getting along with other students," Yukio replied softly.