novus au

Ch 15

Rin quickly snapped the kings back to his throne room. The doors were quickly shut as Rin processed the facts. Lucifer and Samael were back.

ALive, and standing before him, their old egos were still intact, after all these years. He thought everyone was gone, gone forever. Lost to the universe, lost to Rin.

"How long have we been absent in this new world?" Samael asked softly.

"You are on the cusp of 3 billion years," Rin replied softly. "I had to remake the entire world so it would last longer than a few merger thousand years,"

" the destruction was worse than I anticipated,"

"How are you here?" Rin snapped bitterly. "Your egos were destroyed, I witnessed it first hand. I felt as you were torn from the very fabric of existence,"

"I am not entirely sure myself. I believe your egos latched onto the essence of the material objects we held on to through the years. Then being connected to our concepts, especially since our reincarnations used magic, it could have bridged the gap," Samael replied.

"Well this experience may have been different for Samael, but I was aware, and have been since the birth of my reincarnate. I was able to watch his life from his dreamscape," Lucifer replied, ever so calmly.

"Why didn't you even try to reach out to me? Why didn't you try to show me any signs that you were still alive, that you still existed," Rin growled softly lowering his head to hide his anguish, billions of years of pain, and it was all gone? All the tears he cried for Samael, they were all meaningless now.

Samael froze and began to think, why didn't he reach out to Rin? He was just used to doing things on his own. Besides, he wasn't near Rin, and for years his main focus was escaping and taking control of this host. He hadn't even stopped to consider what Rin may have felt.

He hadn't been aware over those billions of years, he simply assumed it was only a few years since he had been in contact.

"Why am I even asking that? I know why you are selfish. You will only do something if it benefits you. So why even front the host at all?" Rin growled inquisitively.

"I apologize for not notifying you sooner," Lucifer began bowing softly. " I did not want to startle my reincarnate. If I were to overtake him I fear he would have broken as he needed to come to terms with the fact of the authenticity of his soul,"

Rin frowned softly at the statement and looked up gazing into Lucier's ego. It was so familiar, so comforting. He never thought he would see it again.

"It's a shame our old circumstances were so butchered. I believe we would have made great allies Lucifer," Rin purred happily as a smile crawled onto his face. "As for your bodies, I am afraid I have to ask you to abandon them and let your new egos take control of them, as for you I will personally make replacement hosts for you to inhabit. I can assure you theses will not wither as your old ones did,"

Shiro burst into the room breathless, "Your holiness you left in such a rush? Are you alright?"

"Yes Shiro, I am alright," Rin laughed softly. "Where are the others?"

"They will be arriving soon, they stopped by the academy to check on all the students,"

"How have there been any reports of injured students?"

"None so far, everyone is safe and intact. Though I fear those who may have viewed the carnage are a bit startled,"

Rin growled a few curses under his breath.

"Why would they be surprised? He is a demon god, the goddess' defeat was bound to be bloody," Samael replied simply.

Shiro glared at the boy at not only the disrespect laced in his tone but at how casually he referred to the superior angel.