This will mainly be a flash back chapter about Yukio finding out the truth about exorcist exorcists and Rin's life off screen, I'll be exaggerating a few things since in the anime we see how Rin was outcasted because he had superior strength and was a lot angrier than other children so I'll be adding onto that. Some of you commented that the beatings reminded you of Naruto and I'll be honest it is based on Naruto's background/fanfics where we see into his childhood.

Yukio didn't understand, if he and Rin were twins why was Rin so different, why was he so strong? Why was he so useless? Why was he terrified of everything? Why could he see the monsters of the world, hiding in the shadows, hiding in dark corners. Why wasn't Rin afraid of them? It confused him, and so he, being the smarter twin, decided to seek questions from his dad, Father Fujimoto.

"Papa..." Yukio started off , getting his dads attention

"Yes, what's up Yukio?"

But Yukio was a smart child, he was sure his dad would tell him the monsters aren't real, that Yukio just imagined them, he was sure of it, right?

"Papa why can I see monsters?"

To anyone else it was an innocent question, to anyone else they would tell Yukio they weren't real, to anyone else.

Once the question left Yukio Father Fujimoto felt his soul leave him and he soon was presented with 2 options. 1) tell Yukio what anyone else would say, that the monsters weren't real or 2) tell him the truth. He wondered if the 7 year old in front of him could handle the truth of the world. However, he knew, he just knew Yukio would understand, would seek for the truth regardless so he told him everything.

"Yukio, there's no easy way to say this, but you have a very special gift, a gift that could help you save people"

"A gift? I don't think it's a gift though..."

Father Fujimoto gave an exasperated laugh and explained what an exorcist was to Yukio.

"So I can be an exorcist? What about Rin?"

"Rin doesn't know about the monsters" Fujimoto said softly "can you keep it a secret for me?"

"But why? Why can't I tell Rin?"

"It's to protect him"

At that a certainty showed on Yukio's face.

"Alright I'm going to be the best exorcist ever to protect Rin"

To say Shiro Fujimoto was surprised was an understatement, his eyes softened as he saw the determination in the younger Okumura's eyes.

"Alright but are you sure you're ready? Being an exorcist is hard you know."

"Yeh, I want to protect Rin!"

(With rin)

After he took Yukio home he decided to go out again since it was too boring at the church. Walking aimlessly through the streets, he wasn't really paying attention to where he was going. Seeing as he didn't have a destination in mind, stuck in his thoughts he was pushed back into reality when he bumped into someone and just his luck the guy was a drunk.

"Hey! Watch where you're going kid!" The guy slurred, swaying side to side.

Rin realising he was in the red light district mumbled out a sorry and hurried past not wanting to draw anymore attention to himself, after all he had a rather nasty reputation here.

Too bad the drunk was just sober enough to recognise Rin as the 'demon child ' just his luck.

"OY! IT'S THE DEMON!" He yelled, attracting the attention of those who weren't paying attention to the pair. Rin narrowed his eyes at the drunk, he could easily fight back with his unnatural strength but that unnatural-ness is what got him his reputation, he supposed that wasn't a good idea. He did the next best thing, he ran, he ran as fast as he could, through the crowd that was slowly forming, trying to trap him in, insults were thrown his way as he ran past the crowds.

Demon

Monster

Worthless

Spawn of Satan

Problem child

Go back to hell

You shouldn't have been born

They kept coming, all synonyms of each other, all loud and intruding. Repetitive. He hated it, why did he have this power, why was he so much stronger than people his age? Why did they all hate him? Why did nothing make sense?

He's not a demon

He's not a monster

He's not worthless

He's not the devils child

He's not a problem child

He didn't come from hell

He doesn't deserve to die

Right?

Tears sprung from his eyes as he carried on running. Focus on running away, after all if they capture him it's all over.

But it was too late, for the first time they caught him, he felt the hand on his collar. Then all he felt was pain.

Pain exploded from his ribs, his face, his arm, his head, he couldn't concentrate. He begged, begged them to stop, but what could a 7 year old do? Sure, an unnaturally strong 7 year old, but against an entire crowd, he couldn't do much. They usually stop here, usually after releasing built up anger and hatred on the young boy they left, but they went one step further today. One guy poured alcohol onto his wounds and that was the first time he screamed the entire night. The guy was wearing a lazy smirk knowing he was in pain.

That was his first beating ever.

(Later)

He didn't move, even long after everyone left. He breathed through the pain, once again reminded of how much of a freak he was, the smaller injuries already healing. He never harboured such hatred for himself before this very moment. Even though Rin was 7 for the first time ever he thought about ending his own life, but what about Yukio? He couldn't just leave Yukio to fend for himself, could he?

It was getting late now and Rin got up through the pain and limped all the way home, he knew he needed immediate medical care even with his wounds healing at a much faster pace, he saw the lights on in the church. Rin burst in through the doors to hopefully find Yukio or his dad.

Limping in further he saw dad talking with Yukio about something,  but before he knew it, before he could tell them what happened. Before he could tell them he was sorry, he passed out, the last thing he saw was the shock, fear and worry all on his dad's face as he ran towards Rin catching him before he hit the ground.

Chapter 2 done! Leave a star or comment if you liked it. You don't have to ofc.
See y'all's during the next update!