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[ Heading down the hall is a very confused and displeased looking teenage boy. He's dressed in normal street wear, has a cat hanging lazily on his head, and sword bag slung over his shoulder. Don't mind the fact that he seems to be talking to no one. ]

What the hell-I'm supposed to be going out to battle, not school!

[ Rin's got his letter of welcome out, and for the last few minutes he's been wandering around the grounds giving it the dead eye. Not even ten minutes before he'd found himself here he was on his way out to fight an incredibly strong demon with his classmates. He couldn't have taken a wrong turn... Did someone hit him upside the head when he wasn't looking and knock him in this dream world? That would be beyond ridiculous. He's had enough of space compression magic to fill a life time. ]

If I'm going to be stuck here [Dream world or not. ] The least they could have done was given me a map so I knew where this Fisherman place is...

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[ It's a good thing Rin was next to terrified of using the demonic blade. So for now Yukio would get his way: Rin wouldn't blindly unsheathe it and cause mass destruction, nor did he want to rely on Satan's powers anymore. Even if it had left the elder twin in a less than confident position with himself, it was a arguably healthy change. ]

So long as I get to put my body to use, yeah. [ Yukio's own smile is slightly infectious, because Rin's starting to have to fight to keep his frown. Which Kuro's nuzzling makes all that more difficult. ]

H-how [ Trying not to laugh, swatting at the cats antics. ] how long have you been here anyways??

[Even if it's against the rules, Yukio can't help but find Kuro's antics endearing. He reaches over and gives the demon cat a quick scratch behind the ears as he thinks about exactly how long he's been here.

The answer surprises him.]

Over a year now, come to think of it.

[Which brings up rather odd implications about their ages that he won't... mention unless Rin points it out.

Besides, there's something else that he should bring up--something his brother is probably going to yell at him about once he gets around to saying it.]

Oh, and there's someone else here that you'll probably want to meet.

[ Record scratch. ]

A YEAR???? What do you mean a whole year?! You were just with me at the prison like ten minutes ago!!

[ No Yukio, Rin's yelling now, and disregarding your last statement. ]

[...He'll get back to that eventually.

But for now? Yukio needs to deal with the yelling.]

You read about time compression in your letter, didn't you?

[He sighs.]

I don't understand the mechanics of it, but that's how I've been here for so long already, even if you just saw me a few minutes ago back home.

[ Might be for the best. ]

Well yeah but-!

[ He's looking more confused than he does when taking one of the pharmaceutical tests where he just wrote people's names instead of plants for answers. ]

So that means...

[Yukio had been hoping that Rin wouldn't figure that bit out, but now that he has...

He looks away a little uncomfortably.]

Technically speaking, yes.

But we're supposed to be the same age!

[ This argument might sound similar to their previous years of 'but we should be the same size' or 'but we're twins why does Yukio get all the girls??'. ]

...It's not like I asked to get brought here!

[Really, Rin, for as much as he jokes about him only being the older brother in name, Yukio's as bothered by the idea as much as he is!]

Yeah, neither did I but... augh forget it. [ Brain... hurting. ] You're still my little brother. Technicalities aside.

[ Rin's far from mad at Yukio, just... frazzled from never expecting their ages to change. Ever. ]

[Yukio sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose. Time compression sure did throw a whole host of weird problems in their direction.]

I have no intention of thinking of you as anything else. It wouldn't be right.

Good to hear... [ Don't take away his one and only proud note he could hold against you Yukio. You're good at everything else. ]

...What were you trying to say earlier?

[There's a moment's pause as Yukio backtracks, but when he does, a warm smile crosses his features.]

Tou-san is here.

[Rin stares at his brother as if he was crazy. ]

His grave is here?

[Yukio stares at Rin staring at him.]

No, he's alive and well. He's actually out on a mission right now.

[Why would he be smiling if their father's grave was here?]

[ Because the dead don't come back to life that's why. So maybe having his grave here would make him feel better. ]

Quit joking about that stuff, it ain't funny, and it ain't true.

[Well, that certainly isn't the reaction Yukio had been hoping to see.]

Why would I joke about something like this?

[ Considering the mental torment Rin just put himself through? He hasn't thought about the time compression possibly bringing their father from a point before he died. ]

I don't know, but the dead stay dead last I checked.

[ Rin also watched Shiro die... the idea of having him back was a bit traumatizing. There were so many things he regretted, and choices he'd made that he now knew he needed his fathers guidance on... ]

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[Well, if Rin's too preoccupied to remember the bit about time compression, Yukio's here to help remind him.]

He hasn't died yet. Not from when he's coming from.

[Does that make it any better, he's not sure. Yukio reaches over, gingerly placing a hand on his brother's shoulder.]

Nii-san...

[ Rin falls silent for a few minutes, staring at his brothers hand. ]

... Don't look at me like that. [ He couldn't grasp the idea, of their father being alive. Not without physical proof. A concept was all fine and dandy by word of mouth, but right now it's going to get them no where. ]

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[He retracts his hand and looks away, shoulders slumping a little. Yukio shakes his head and sighs, taking a moment to get his head sorted again.]

Let's get you settled. We can use this free time to start getting you ready for the new term.

[Whether Rin liked it or not, he'd eventually run into their father here, and at that point, it wouldn't matter what Yukio had said about the matter, really.]

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go go retconning!!;;

retcon awaaaaay

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