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It'd been about two days since his flashback.
Rin had managed to push the memories away and focus on getting home once again.
Luckily, Lizzy had informed him that he was to take one to two weeks off, and if he didn't, she'd fire him.
Rin smiled to himself slightly, amused at how Lizzy treated him like glass.
If anything, he was a steel wall, never to let himself fall or be penetrated.
Not again.
He shook his head, scowling. He chided himself. Thinking about that got him nowhere.
'Stop feeling sorry for yourself. The war's over. What is done is done, end of story.'
His heart still clenched all the same.
Rin's ears worked themselves to hear any conversation that was nearby or faraway.
He stopped, ears picking up an interesting conversation.
"So? We can't let Rafe get that, Nate. You know what'll happen. This is for both of us. To save you, to save me." A male's voice sounded about a mile away.
"I know, Sam! You don't think I don't know that! You're my brother, and I've always had your back. I'm just saying, we can't go in guns blazing. We need a plan," another male responded, most likely Nate.
"And I've got one. It involves one Victor Sullivan." Nate continued.
"Alright, but Sullivan has crossed people before." 'Sam' sighed.
"Not us," Nate said.
"Not you." Rin heard Sam correct Nate. "What if he steals the cross for himself, huh? What then?"
"Trust him, Sam. If not him, trust me," Nate pleaded.
"Fine."
A tingle shot down Rin's spine. Rin smirked to himself, throwing the hood of his blue hoodie over his eyes.
"Looks like I've got myself an adventure."
Lizzy yawned, and blinked. Her eyes furrowed in worry.
Something was wrong.
She shot out of bed and raced down the hall to Rin's room.
She slammed the door open and was devastated to find no sign of Rin or Kuro.
Her eyes caught a glimmer of white paper. She walked over and picked it up from the bed.
'Kuro and I will be gone for month or two. Take care of yourself, and don't worry about me. I've survived this long, haven't I?' -Rin
Lizzy frowned, worry pitting in her stomach.
"Yeah, this long."
Rin put a finger to his lips, effectively telling Kuro to stay silent.
Kuro nodded in understanding.
"Okay, but Rafe's been searching for the treasure for years. He hasn't found it yet. What makes you think we will?" Nate asked.
Rin silently overlooked them. Both had brown hair, but one was taller. Nate had short brown hair while Sam, his supposed brother, had his hair longer. They both looked around twenty or thirty.
"I'm pretty sure Rafe doesn't have this." Sam smirked and pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket. He handed it to Nate.
Nate looked at it. "It's the Saint Dismas Cross. So what?"
"The one we found was hollow and broken. This one isn't." Sam smiled.
"Avery made more than one cross." Nate seemed to realize.
Rin didn't know who Avery was, but just listening to the conversation had his demon senses flaring for some odd reason.
"This one is going up for bid at the Rossi Estate in Italy," Sam said.
"Even if I sold my whole house, we wouldn't have enough money to-We're going to steal it, aren't we?" Nate sighed.
"Hell yeah." Sam nodded.
Rin smirked. Italy, aye? This would be fun.
Danny became increasingly nervous. He hadn't seen Rin around for about a week.
Danny voiced his worried to Tucker and Sam.
"We can always head over to Eclipse and ask," Sam told him.
"Yeah," Danny said, "Let's do that."
The trio headed over to the counter only to be approached by a woman with short, red hair and brown eyes.
"I'm Lizzy. How may I help you?" She asked, but her voice seemed to crack.
"Rin works here, right? Do you know if he's okay?" Tucker asked.
Lizzy jerked back. "R-Rin? How do you know him?"
"I guess you could consider us friends. We've run into him a few times and talked." Sam shrugged.
"You don't know anything?" Lizzy asked, sounding disappointed.
"No, why?" Danny asked.
"I-Rin lives with me. I'm not sure if you know or not, but he's homeless. He left me a note about a week ago. He said he'd be gone for a while, a month or two. I don't know his whereabouts." She frowned.
"He's missing?" Tucker gasped.
"No, he's just busy. Doing what, I have no clue. You can...come back in about a month or two. I'm sure he'll be back by then."
The trio reluctantly nodded and headed out.
"Danny?" Sam asked gently. Danny sighed and shook his head.
"I have a bad feeling about this."
Rin found himself in the middle of a giant gun fight.
Well, not really. Rin was on the roof with Kuro, but he watched the gun fight below.
A headlight from a helicopter ran over him, and Rin cursed, jumping off of the building and landing in some tall grass, Kuro following his lead.
He looked up to see Nate and Sam scaling the buildings and escaping the guards.
"We've got some monkeys, don't we, Kuro?" Rin said quietly to his friend.
Kuro meowed quietly in agreement.
Rin stealthily followed the two. He had no idea why, but those two couldn't die right now.
Nate leapt to the next building, but got shot in the side and stumbled in the air, falling a few hundred feet.
"No! Nathan!" Sam yelled in alarm, already racing toward Nate's location from where he was falling.
Rin went wide eyed, and without thinking, leapt out of the grass and into the air.
Sam watched in shock as a blur shot from the grass below and leapt about two hundred feet in the air, heading straight for Nate.
The blur caught Nathan and landed in front of Sam a few feet away.
It was a boy, about sixteen with messy, black hair with a weird, almost natural, blue tint to it. His eyes were a stunning shade of blue, almost glowing. His ears were pointed like an elf's, canines sharp and glinting in the helicopter's spotlights.
He set Nate down quickly, looking at Sam.
Nate stumbled away, holding his gunshot wound, staring at the kid.
"You jumped hundreds of feet into the-"
"Doesn't matter." The boy snapped. "Get out of here."
"Why did you help us?" Sam asked suspiciously.
The boy looked at them. He looked worried and confused. "Honestly? I don't know. Something's telling me to keep you two alive. Now, scram! I'll hold 'em off!"
Nate and Sam did as they were told.