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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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[spareglasses]

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

Tou-san is here.

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

His grave is here?

[spareglasses]

[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?]

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[ 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.

[spareglasses]

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

Why would I joke about something like this?

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[ 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... ]

[spareglasses]

[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...

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[ 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. ]

[spareglasses]

[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.]