Helloooo again! Firstly thank you to mummy okumura, sCyanide, babygaaralover and FallenLove82212 for your amazing reviews!

Okay so the first bit is from Rin's pov and to clarify, the demon he came across has the ability to plant thoughts and memories into peoples minds. Sorry this chapter is a little short, the next one should be longer :)

I do not own Blue Exorcist.

~ViscountFox

They're gone. All of them. Dead.

Those thoughts had been swimming through Rin's mind ever since it happened. That day had been the worst day of his life, worse than when his dad had died and he found out who he really was. No, this was much, much worse. Searching through the house, Rin had been thinking that it would be quite an easy mission. Oh, how wrong he was. He'd confronted the demon in the living room, reaching for his sword but stopping short when the demon spoke his name. He barely got a word out before he was crumpled on the floor, staring at the corpses of his friends in pure horror. Why were they there? Had they followed him? They were supposed to be on their own missions so why...why did they have to die? They didn't deserve it. None of them.

At that moment in time, Rin still had a little hope left because there was one person still standing there, smiling at him. Suguro. He remembered calling the boys name, tears streaming down his cheeks, reaching out for help. And then he was gone too. Murdered right in front of him. Rin couldn't do anything but scream.

It was like the demon had done it on purpose, leaving the most important one till last.

Rin didn't remember what happened after that. He just felt dead. Like all the emotion had been ripped out of him, his heart completely shattered. He didn't know what to do with his life anymore. It was pointless to even pretend to be happy.

He remembered Yukio constantly asking him what had happened but how could he possibly tell him? He couldn't even think of the words to use. All of their friends had just been killed, destroyed. How could he pass that pain onto his little brother?

He didn't know how much time had passed since then. He didn't pay attention to anything anymore. He fought when he was ordered to, ate when he was forced to, and slept when he collapsed.

He couldn't count the times he'd considered just dying. Letting another demon just take him away during a fight, he figured that would be the easy way out but he couldn't make himself do it. He felt he owed it them to stay alive, plus he couldn't leave Yukio alone.

Staring at the blank wall of his bedroom, Rin inwardly sighed. How did I even get here? Where am I anyway? Is this the academy? Asking himself theses questions, Rin realised he didn't really care. He just needed something to distract himself from all these suicidal thoughts.

For the first time in a long time, Rin averted his gaze down to his hands, noticing the little clip he'd being playing with for the past hour. Suguro. I never did get to tell him how I felt. That I loved him. I should've told him when we were still students but no, I was a coward. Too scared of rejection. Now I'll never get the chance, I'll never get to see his smile again or laugh at his insults...because he's gone...and it's all my fault. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry I couldn't save you.

Bon was awoken the next morning by the glaring of the sun through the window, his hazel eyes fluttering open to discover a completely empty room. Not that he was particularly expecting Rin to still be there but he was a little disappointed to not see the young demons sleeping face, cuddled up in the opposite bed. He felt that Rin deserved some peace, from what he heard from Yukio, Rin didn't even function like a human anymore.

Assuming the other male was already with the others, Bon dragged himself out of bed and got ready for the day ahead of him. After getting dressed and styling out his bedhead, Bon made his way down the corridor and towards the kitchen, following the meaty scent of bacon.

"Good morning, Suguro." Yukio called from the table, using his fork to wave. "'Morning, Bon!" Shima said from beside him, his mouth stuffed with food so it came out as more of a mumble. Bon replied with a nod and a smile as he approached the table that was full of mountains of food from pancakes and bacon to cereal and milk.

Bon immediately noticed Rin sitting on the other side of Yukio, staring at the plate in front of him that, Bon presumed Yukio, had filled with food. He chose to sit across from Rin and watched as Yukio tried to coax him to eat something.

"Come on Rin, please eat something." Yukio pleaded but got no response. The twin sighed and frowned. "You haven't eaten anything in days, your body won't be able to take it much longer." Still no movement from Rin.

Yukio resorted to forcing Rin's mouth open and stuffing a piece of bacon in before squeezing it shut again. All three exorcists watched the boy, waiting for some kind of movement from his jaw but it seemed like Rin was as stubborn as ever. Bon thought that Yukio was ready to give up but the sigh he gave said otherwise, like he had another trick up his sleeve.

"Remember what happened last time you didn't eat for this long? Do you want that to happen again?" Bon could have sworn he saw Rin's eye's widen just a bit before he immediately started chewing, slowly grabbing his fork and eating more.

"What happened last time?" Shima asked, curious and a little worried. Bon had of course wanted to ask the very same question but he wasn't entirely sure he wanted to know.

Yukio leaned into the table and lowered his voice. "He started dry heaving mid-battle and ended up in hospital after collapsing." Both Bon and Shima gasped quietly. "The doctors said if something like that happens again, it could be fatal." Bon looked at Rin and frowned. How could he do that to himself?

One by one, everyone crowded into the dining area of the kitchen as the morning slowly passed into midday, until everybody was present with full stomachs.

"Okay, now that everybody has eaten, I have a mission to discuss." Yukio got up and stood at the head of table. Everybody, besides Rin, looked in his direction, slightly confused.

"Mission? I thought that wasn't for a couple of days." Shima said, trying to snatch the last piece of bacon before the plates were cleared away.

"The main mission is in a couple of days, yes but today, we've been given our own mission while we wait for the rest of the exorcists to arrive." Yukio spent another hour briefing everyone on the details, explaining what they were up against and what the plan was, before sending everyone away to prepare themselves. Just as Bon was about to leave and head to his room to collect his things, Yukio grabbed his arm and held him back.

"You said you wanted to see for yourself what he was really like, right? Well, nows your chance to see him in battle." The was a certain distressed look in Yukio's eyes that made Bon frown and think that maybe he didn't want to see what the boy was like after all.