(Rin's p.o.v)

It had been 1 year since I came to Gahenna, and I can honestly say that I love it here. Everyone in the palace is super nice to me, though that's probably because they have to be...

What I don't like though, is that I have to wake up everyday at the ass crack of dawn! Then I need to train with Iblis, I feel like I've learned a lot from him this past month. I've learned how to fully control when and when not I burst into flames, even if I get myself too worked up. That's also thanks to Azazel, he's kinda like my therapist. He's very calm and wise and always gives me good advice. He's also good to talk to when depression hits me like a ton of bricks. Amaimon and I are actually surprisingly close, he always follows me around for some reason, he says I'm interesting, though I don't know what about me he finds interesting.

One day I asked him if he wanted to hang out with me and he became really happy...or at least as happy as Amaimon could get. He showed no emotion, but he seemed somewhat exited. Everyday since then he asks me to "play" with him, which is really sparring with him, or messing with other demons.

After training with Iblis, I have to go to the library for my lessons. During my lesson I learn things like the history of Gehenna, geography, and politics. Because apparently as "the prince of Gahenna" I need to know all about politics, political issues, and what's going on. My teacher is one of Satan's...or fathers, butlers. It's basically like school, except all of the subjects have to do with Gehenna, I stay within the palace, and I'm the only student. Which is ok because I hate being around people. Sometimes Amaimon drops by, then he complains about it being too boring, and leaves.

Currently I'm learning how to speak demons native tongue, or that's at least what they call it. I think I'm getting pretty good, I can have basic conversations like, how my day was or about the weather.

Things are pretty much always uneventful, it gets boring real fast. I can easily tell why Amaimon acts bored all the time and constantly complains about how nothing entertaining happens. At least when we have conversations, our boredom is something we can relate on. After I'm done with my lessons, I usually find Amaimon waiting outside of the library door. He usually says things like "it took you long enough" and then we go do things.

He says he likes spending time with me because I'm the only one in the whole entire palace close enough to his age. I mean...he's thousands of years older than me...but I guess he means we're close in age biologically speaking.

Apparently demons age very slowly in biological age, it could take them centuries to age one year biologically. They could have a chronological age of 200, and look like a newborn. According to Egyn, demons age very slowly, and between the ages of 18-35 they slowly stop aging until their aging comes to a full stop. Some demons stop aging earlier than others, so that's why some of my brothers look like different ages. According to Amaimon when he turned 19 he stopped aging completely, that must be why he looks so young, and why Mephisto looks like he's in his late 20s to early 30s.

But since I grew up human without my powers I aged like human up til now. They said that since my full powers have been released I'm going to age slowly now too.
It kind of sucks though, how I'm a lot younger than everyone else. Since most demons my age are little babies, they treat me like I'm a child.

They also won't let me go outside alone, either the guards have to accompany me, or my brothers accompany me. I'm never alone anymore. From the moment I wake up until I close my eyes to go to bed, someone is always there. It's apparently Satan's orders that I always have someone watching me. In fact, I'm always getting told to do something, or new rules are always being made. First it's a rule that I'm always being watched by someone older than me, then it's a rule that I need to take lessons everyday. And I'm always getting told "it was Satan's orders" or "father wants you to...". He's always giving me orders, but never directly. In fact, even after all the time I've been here, I've never actually seen Satan. I always ask when I'll get to see him, or why he never seems to be around, and they always say that he's busy, or that something new came up. They even said that my mother is here, and that's she's the queen of Gehenna and rules next to Satan. I've never seen her around either. I've only even seen them in paintings, or hear about them when others talk about them, or something they did.

I wonder when I'll get to meet him in person, I hope it's soon. I've been told nothing but horrible things about Satan from the exorcists. That he's an evil merciless beast that destroys everything in his path. That he's wicked and tempts people to do terrible things. I even heard about the blue night when he burned down Bon's temple and killed Shima's, Konekomaru's and many others families.

On the other hand, I hear nothing but great things about Satan around the palace, from my brothers. He's a great, powerful and dashing leader, he's an excellent role model. He always does what's best for his people, and never seems to make any mistakes. I hear from servants that he's the most generous being in the entirety of Gehenna.

I wonder which view of Satan is correct. Maybe the demons are more correct, I mean, who knows Satan better than a demon? His people. What about what my brothers have told me about him? They're his own sons! They should know the most about the real Satan.

Yet again, demons are under Satan's command, they could feel compelled to say nothing by nice things about their ruler. Maybe they're afraid of what will happen if they don't, I heard that Satan has "eyes everywhere". He'll most likely know immediately about what someone said about him.
What about the exorcists? What about what they say about Satan? They face demons on a regular basis, they might know a thing or two about Satan. On the other hand, they don't really know any better, do they? As far as they know, demons = bad and humans = good and they'll never believe otherwise.
They were most likely taught to hate Satan, just like I was.

I wonder who is actually correct about Satan.

Maybe they're both correct...to some degree.

Maybe they're both wrong?

I mean, he's hardly ever around.

I was told that my brothers were mainly raised by each other and by the butlers and maids, because Satan is always busy.

They were also old enough to raise each other because apparently we all have huge age gaps.

Lucifer was raised by Satan's servants, Mephisto was raised by Lucifer, the two of them practically raised Azazel. The three of them raised Egyn and Iblis who are actually kinda close in age. They raised Beelzebub, and so forth.

Aside from all of this, I actually really like it here.

Lucifer is almost never around, I've only seen him once. Astaroth told me he's the leader of the illuminati and that's the reason he's never here. This news hit me pretty hard, and I spent a whole entire night thinking about it.

I wasn't mad, just shook.
That the illuminati is a real thing that is.

Mephisto...or Samael, is never around because he sides with the exorcist...I knew that much.
Egyn and Iblis are always arguing, Beelzebub and Azazel always give them a disappointed look, they're the most calm and reasonable.
I think I'm starting to look up to them, I'm starting admire bits and pieces of their personalities and hoping I could be something like them all together.
I want to be calm like Beele, and wise like Azazel, and smart like Egyn, and powerful like Iblis, and a good leader like Lucifer, even if he's the leader of the illuminati.

Life may not be so bad after all, this might be the change I wanted, or better yet the change I needed.

~oOo~

Yukio walked through the hallways of True Cross, he had a stern and determined look on his face. Things at True Cross were not as he'd expected them to be after Rin's sudden disappearance. He expected peace and quiet, but things were anything but peaceful and quiet. When word spread about Rin's disappearance, there was a panic. Not because they were concerned about his safety, oh no, but because they were concerned about their safety.

'The bastard son of Satan is on the loose!' They said.

The Vatican was supposed to be keeping a close watchful eye on him, making sure he stayed out of trouble and didn't hurt anybody. But now, they have absolutely no idea where he is. There was no sign of him anywhere. Search parties were sent out looking for him, so they can retrieve him, and lock him up so he never gets away again.

Ever since he left, they couldn't help but notice that the level demon and supernatural activity had decreased a significant amount. Now it was rare that exorcists were needed to go on mission. Most exorcists had begun to take second jobs, only getting paid when they did actual work.

For 16 years, activity had increased a great amount, it was the glory days, exorcists were seen as heroes as they were very much needed to protect the citizens from the demons violence and torment.

But almost immediately after Rin left, the demons seemed to leave with him. Yukio was starting to believe that the demons high level of activity was some how strongly connected to Rin. Only more proof that he was the cause of all their stress and problems.

On top of this, they were finding it more and more difficult to get their familiars to respond and obey their commands. Some found themselves in deadly situations when their familiars refused to cooperate in the heat of the battle. Even Ukobach stopped making Yukio food, whenever Yukio asked...or more accurately, complained. Ukobach would start rambling on and on in words that no one could understand. He seemed very angry about something, but Yukio didn't know what.

They are mostly sent on missions to get rid of pesky coal tars who swarmed like flies. The more people panicked, the more the coal tars were attracted by their negative emotions. People who knew of Rin's disappearance were either thrilled that he was finally out of their hair, or terrified about where he could be. Very few were actually worried about him.
Shiemi was scared for Rin and was extremely worried about where he had gone. She felt bad for how he had shunned him in his time of need. Izumo was pissed off at everyone else, how could they all just sit there and not care one bit about if Rin was ok or not? Shura was mostly disappointed at Yukio for not caring about his brothers safety. He didn't seam to miss him one bit, the only reason he seemed concerned about Rin's absence was the same as every other exorcist. They saw him as a threat, and they didn't like the idea of him being out there  unsupervised. Much like a serial killer who had broken out of jail, they were scared that someone so dangerous was out there and the authorities had no clue of where he could be. The citizens just want the serial killer be locked back up into jail, or better yet, put down. No one wants someone that wicked, insane, and violent to be alive and on the loose.

Slowly, Izumo had gotten through to their classmates, and they were slowly starting to feel bad about what they did to Rin. But their fear of him still overweighted their concern.

Yukio continued his long trek through True Cross academy's seemingly never ending halls.

After 20 minutes he had finally gotten to his destination. He knocked on the door.

"Come in~" rang a familiar voice full of mischief.

Yukio opened the door and walked into the large office.

"Mr. Okumura, how nice of you to grace me with your presence, what may I do for you today~?" Asked the demon. Yukio's stern expression turned into a displeased frown because he knew it was not in the demons nature to help someone.

"I'm going to say this only one more time, and I expect a straight answer. Where. Is. Rin." He said sternly, full of confidence.

Mephisto just stared at him before bursting out into laughter.

"Oh that's rich! You think you can order around me? You Okumura twins never fail to amuse me."

"This is no laughing matter! This is a serious situation, can't you just be serious for once!"

Mephisto laughed harder.

"Oh how you slay me!"

"Just answer the damn question!"

"So what, you suddenly care about your brother and his safety?" Mephisto said resting his chin on his fist with a playful smile.

"Don't be ridiculous. He's a demon, I have no concern for his whereabouts or his safety. This is about more pressing matters. I'm beginning to believe that the low amount demonic activity is strongly connected to Rin's disappearance, I-"

"So you don't care?"

"That's not the point here-"

"Isn't it? Well if you don't really care about where he is, then it doesn't matter that you know, correct? You said it yourself, you have no concern about where he is at the moment."

"It doesn't matter if I care or don't care about Rin, this is about the safety of our citizens, of True Cross order-"

"Well I'll tell you one thing." Mephisto said cutting him off once again, frustrating Yukio to no end. "Where he is now, he's never coming back from. Or at least not for a very long time. But you don't care if he is here or not, so that shouldn't be a problem, should it?"

Yukio's eyebrow twitched with rage. The demon principle was clearly not going to cooperate, he's probably getting a kick out of how angry and annoyed he's making Yukio feel. 

Mephisto started laughing at Yukio's furious expression,

"Ahahaha! Well, if that'd be all, you should get going now. I have plenty of work to finish before tomorrow arrives. Ta-ta!"

He laughed shoeing him off. Yukio got up from his seat and walk out the door grumbling to himself in rage. As soon as he left Mephisto's smile faded.

Things had definitely not turned out they way he had expected. The youngest son of Satan, who had been so determined to destroy his demonic father, had now sided with the demon God. Things were definitely about to get interesting.

Please excuse my typos, I'm writing this on my tablet, and typing pretty quick, so I'm bound to make mistakes. I also couldn't think of a name for this chapter, so sorry if the one I picked sucks. If I make a lot of typos, please try your best to read it or, or figure out what I meant to say, thanks.

Also, 1 year in Assiah = 100 years in Gahenna (as far as I know)

And I like my fan fics to be accurate, as from now

5 days have passed in Assiah

And 1. 369 years have passed in Gahenna...I did the math.
How many months would that be? I'm asking ppl who are better in math than I am.

Note: this has now been edited