#~{'/-X-\'}~#

"Hmm..." Eyes wandered to the chaotic bubbling in front of him. The large amusement park of apparatus hand put together to connected with a wild tangle of tubes, some flasks held over a flame by tripods while others drip fed into different coloured liquid into each different sized beakers and watch glasses. Liquids turned to gas and even solids in some areas, all comprising of unworldly colours it all looked like a disordered. But to the keen eyes which watched the whole experiment with prudent yet dangerously sharp eyes, it all made sense. To him, his hard work was simply being set into motion. And he was so excited.

"Master." A voice called out into the intercom hanging around the room, a voice spoke sweetly. "Lucifer-sama would like a word." He glared at the speaker and muttered with annoyance to himself, after all being disturbed in a critical phase of his plans was never welcomed. He huffed in continued irritation and flipped out his phone and mindlessly typed in the phone number, something he could recite in his sleep which he is not proud.

"Sensei! You've been ignoring me!" A voice called out into his ear childishly. The man on the other side pouted childishly and forced out a fake sob to emphasise his displeasure. "I've been calling you on for the past twenty minutes and you kept on ignoring me!" He continued.

"I had already informed you about my decision on not to being disturbed at this late hour, that too when maybe seconds away from a breakthrough." His eyes wandered with his mind to the more exciting events taking place in front of him, looking out for oddities which he might have to note down for future reference.

"Right and I get that and all but when it is about my Rias-tan you know how worked up I can get!" The scientist let out a growl.

"A supercomputer running for billions of years can't even approach or comprehend a number of fucks I do not give." The doctor swore into the phone and readjusted the glasses on his nose. He heard a faint whimper on the other end and that is when he knew his friend was sulking even harder. He heard a distance 'Stop with that look' in the background from his wife.

"See now you even have my sweet wife scolding me..." The doctor could literally visualise the whole scene, having been witness to it numerous times. There was a bit of shuffling and a hard smacking sound of skin, mostly like from Grayfia pummeling her husband for his antics.

"Hello, Doctor." Genus returned the greeting with equal respect. "I know this is much to as from you but you are currently the only one we can trust to be near Rias without catching other fractions attention. We are in a tight situation but I'm sure Doctor will understand and give us a helping hand after all we have been through." Genus' throat went dry, he should have expected this. Grayfia was a master at blackmailing but he never envisioned himself being a victim of it. He would have run his mouth off at this moment had he not known that he was talking to the Crimson Satans wife.

"Put Sirzech on the phone..." He muttered in defeat. He could hear the distant whoop of victory Lucifer as he enthusiastically grabbed his phone back from his wife.

"I knew you would come round." His voice sounded so full of himself that Genus could not take enough.

"Grayfia-san may have convinced me but don't think I don't want anything in return for spending time in the lab cultivating results than spending time in a school with brain dead humans."

"That is a bit harsh, but I guess what we are offering is unfair." The man on the phone hummed in deep thought allowing Genus' attention to stray from his blackmailer to the experiment in front of him he reached for the burette and turned off its tap and grabbed the watch glass from underneath it. He took a pipette and transferred the contents into another flask.

"I got it!" A voice called from the phone he had left at the table on speaker mode. "You need a vacation! Get laid, meet a hot chick or guy and bang until the morning comes!" Genus stared at the phone with now exasperation.

"You can not be serious Sirzech, are you listening to yourself. Sex in very low on my priority list right now, what makes you think I would leave my lab for such a fickle thing." Sirzech gasped in horror.

"You can't be serious sensei! You're just sad you haven't got laid yet." The scientist once again wondered to himself as to how he come to be friends with such a man, then he remembered his research was being funded by him.

"You know what? I don't give a fuck about any of this but if I do this you will fund me for every single penny I spend." Sirzech agreed immediately.

"Just so you know," Sirzech pointed out casually, "I heard the school is a co-ed so you can find out who you like along the way." The scientist felt like banging his head on the table.

"Do I want to know why you wish for me to lose my virginity so greatly?" Genus asked with a drumming headache.

"Come on," the man's voice was now soft and reminiscent, "It feels that way in the beginning but trust me when you meet the one you will only wonder why you had not met any sooner."

"Sirzech if you are experimenting with drugs again I wish to be no part of it." The man laughed on the other end.

"No don't listen to an old man's rambling. Just pick up a letter for Rias-tan from me and I already have all your things moved from your place to the human world. You just have to observe and protect them when necessary. Nothing too complicated." Just as he suspected Sirzech had already put everything into motion.

"Fine, just leave me alone for the moment. Oh, and Sirzech," the man chuckled ominously to himself, "Remember the spices I created for Grayfia to marinate your meat in?" He was given a melodious hum, "I had laced it with Nure-Onna egg yolks." The man on the other end coughed and instantly when into a state of hysteria.

"How could you do this to me Sensei! That monsters eggs in my food, shit! Sensei just come here and I'll kill you!" He had exacted revenge quite beautifully in his opinion.

He put down the phone and rubbed his temple with his fingers for an upcoming wave of irritation, the mere thought of returning to the human world sent chills of murderous intent through his body. But then again it will be like the old time, he would experiment on the side and get free money to spend on anything. His eyes wandered to the experiment and he hunched his body and continued to study the liquid with much anticipation.

"Maybe I'll feed someone this...see if it works like I intended it to." The scientist giggled at the thought his laugh turning more hysterical when thinking more of it. "Just like the old time!" He continued to laugh, his doubts now a silent whisper compared to his madness.

#~{'/-X-\'}~#

Everything had moved smoothly, a bit too quickly for Genus' liking but the quicker he reassures Sirzech that his daughter is fine he can return to his lab and continue like he did before. He had been mailed his school uniform and details about his school and subjects from Sirzech, after heavily assuring him that his spices were not laced with Nure-Onna eggs and it had all been a joke. The ruler of the underworld tried to cut him slack by saying that he did not have to attend school straight away and could spend some time to study to bring back the topics he learnt when a child. But the scientist immediately cut him off with a glint of anger in his eyes saying that all he had learnt was child's play in his opinion and giving him extra time was insulting all that he was today. That shut up his friend immediately who simply smiled strangely at him.

The Kuoh Academy boys' uniforms consisted of a black blazer with white accents over a white, long-sleeved button-down shirt with vertical linings, a black ribbon on the collar, matching black pants, and brown dress shoes. It was mediocre at best in his opinion, he was more into casual shirts and a tie and slacks so the uniform was suffocating him at the neck. He looked at the black ribbon which it came with a frowned again wondering as to why a ribbon. He dropped it to the side and reached for a proper steel grey tie which matched his eyes. He was most likely going to be reprimanded but if it stopped him for wearing a ribbon God have mercy on him.

"Master, your alarm had rung." The same sweet voice called out from my phone resting on the dressing table near the full-length mirror. I didn't reply and simply continued to survey myself in the mirror.

"It will have to do." I was itching to drop the blazer and pull out my lab coat. At least then I would be more comfortable. I grab by the leather case with all my books, which Sirzech once again provided with a smile. I had obviously refused to fall even lower and house such mediocrity but he had given me a hard smile which meant it wasn't negotiable but that didn't me I had to use them.

I sling my back over my shoulder and grab the small notepad from my desk, which I always scribble and sketch over for ideas and theories for upcoming experiments, and make my way slowly to the kitchen. A box had been left on the table being my lunch and two energy bars. I pocket the energy bars and store my bento away in my bag.

"I'm going now Wire, don't leave the house unarmed." With that, I left the house not worried about listening for a reply. I pull out my bike and ride at a leisurely pace. It had been a long time since I had come out of my lair, but I was not surprised by anything above ground, humans survive one way or another, it did not interest me how parasites multiplied and colonised. I was more interested in the unknown. More interested in improvement then understanding how we came to be what we are.

I arrive at the school with plenty of time before the bell and lock my bike away in the shed, I didn't use a normal lock I used a three-way lock which I invented, it could be unlocked with three items, my voice, key and thumbprint. If I lost the key I could still access it but others who might have stolen the keys would still need my voice or print to unlock the device. Why all this security? Because it is my bike. Keyword 'my', if it had been anyone else's I would not give any fucks but since it is my property I will not take kindly to stealing from past experiences.

There were a few pupils already pointing at me as if I was rare sight or an ethereal being they have never seen. Stupidity at its highest, the least they could do is try and be more discrete about it but it was obviously too much to ask from the beginning. I walked around and noticed the ratio of girls to boys was highly unbalanced unless all the boys came in a large group much later, I was tricked by Sirzech once again. I was surprising looking forward to seeing some studious characters to keep my day as least remotely interesting but I see no one with such characteristics. I may be being too hasty but I already wanted the whole experience to end.

I pull out my notepad and start to scribble intensely into the diary when a loud noise and a low whistle as if something was being aimed at someone at high speed. I felt the distinct pull of something inside of myself as I immediately dropped my pen and pad and reached out to pluck the ball out of it course which was aimed someone in front of me. It happened so quickly that I did not register my own movement and shook my head in confusion at my actions. It should have been expected by I guessed the program had overridden my brain and instead aimed for my motor functions.

"Are you alright!" Girls who were watching the tennis match flocked to my side. They all stared at me with starry eyes as one of the players who had hit the ball was approaching and the person I had saved was dusting himself off from having been pushed. Then it started to register what I did. I had dropped all my belongings, having predicted the course of the ball which was aimed at a blonde boy in front of me from the corner of my eye, and pushed him away to grab the ball. The blonde boy having calmed down all the concerned voices of the girls saw the ball in my hand and the tennis player apologising deeply in a blur of Japanese.

"Don't apologise to me, it could have hit him. You should not be aiming when outside the court if you can't abide by this simple rule then don't play tennis." I answered sternly, my molten hot steel eyes glowering at the athlete. The girls immediately seemed to sway lazily in the air as their eyes glazed over some even going as far as muttering 'so heroic' or 'I wish we had more responsible men like him'. The tennis player was on the verge of bursting into flames of embarrassment and guilt apologised again before leaving quickly.

I move away from the scene and pick up the items I had dropped, pulling out and energy bar and biting into it.

"Excuse me." A voice called out behind me as the caller tapped my shoulder lightly. 'Oh shit.' I gasp in my head. Everything came to a sudden standstill. Blonde hair groomed and really soft- yes. Forest green eyes glowing with admiration and amazement- yes. A gentlemanly smile and the glowing epitome of politeness- fuck yes!

"Fuck...yes?" I asked with my mouth turning dry as if I had swallowed a bag of sand, my mind was crashing at every breathe man was taking. How more cliched can you get in this world?

"I wanted to thank you for saving me from being hit by the tennis ball." He placed a gentle hand one his chest and bowed his eyes wandering away from my face. Do I have something on my face? I push down the urge to check and pushed even harder to steady my ferociously beating heart.

"Your welcome." I return a small, really tiny, so minuscule even the strongest microscope couldn't see it, smile. But I think he saw it because his face instantly lit up like a Christmas tree. I needed to get away. Now.

I bite more into the energy bar and force my legs to walk away before I sank too far into this unknown feeling that I could not come back. The man watched me leave, I could tell moss green eyes trailing after me as I left.

"Wait!" He called out, well shit. I slow down out of courtesy and wait for him to catch up. "You do not seem familiar with these grounds nor have I seen you before. Are you by any chance the new transfer student?" I raised my groomed eyebrow and throw away the wrapper behind me, not even checking if I had aimed properly for the bin, knowing I have aimed correctly when the guy trailing after me watched the shot with his eyes and paused with a loss of breath having seen the wrapper enter the bin elegantly.

"I am. I have to find the student council first, seeing as I will have to meet the headmaster first." The man held out his hand in the direction of the building.

"I'll guide you, it is the least I could do to thank you." I have a feeling this is going to get on my nerves. "My name is Kiba Yuuto, you are?"

"Dr Genus," I answer calmly. "I'm just here to finish my education." The boy frowned and I could tell the question was on the tip of his tongue. "I already have my degree, but I skipped many grades and I know it will damage my credibility so I had to at least complete high school before anything more drastic." Sirzech could fuck himself for all he cared because he wasn't going to hide under the word average. If he was going to go back to school he would do it in style and try to piss off as many people as possible with his intellect.

We are here, his voice distant as if in thought, he opened the door and entered with me. The headmaster was in a large cushiony chair while a student sat on one of the sofas sipping her tea.

"Dr Genus, your transfer student." The headmaster nodded towards the petite girl in oval glasses sipping her tea.

"I'm Sona Sitri the student council president, I hope you will have a nice time in Kouh Academy, I see you have meet one of your classmates already." She glances at Kiba and returns her eyes to me. I knew my aura was being evaluated, she was checking if I was a threat to her considering she was a devil. "If you have any problems you can approach anyone on the student council or as Kiba seeing as he knows everything quite well." She adjusts her glasses and turns back to her tea as a clear dismissal.

"I'll show you the classrooms." I head out the door, the headmaster's smile never faltering after I left, he seemed to know about Sirzech's plans, however, Sitri did not. We soon reach out homeroom and the teacher greets me and tells me to stand outside and come in when asked. Kiba gave a small wave and left with a polite smile. I waited and waited until I heard the all too familiar introduction and I open the door and enter. Everyone's eyes all focused on me at once. I was not nervous though as I have been the centre of attention since I was born, but what nearly threw me off was the knowing smile Kiba sent me as if communication something secretively with his firm gaze.

"My name is Dr Genus, nice meet all of your acquaintance." I formally greet with a bow I had performed multiple times that the gesture was easy to come by but was calculated to the exact degree of my bow.

"Any questions for your new classmate." A few hands went up and the teacher picked randomly.

"What kind of a name is Genus?" I couldn't help but chuckle to myself.

"What is your name?" I ask him while several girls glare in his direction while some boys snickered at his guts to ask such a question.

"Hyoudou Issei." He immediately answered as if proudly showing of he had asked the question of the century.

"Well Hyoudou-san, it is a name your stupidity can not comprehend." My smile and demeanour did not match. I was emitting a deadly aura willing to choke him to death but my innocent smile never wavered for a second. He spluttered in shock as many girls snickered at his reaction.

"Ahem, any more questions." The teacher brought the class back to silence but it seems my answer had scared everyone off as no one dared to raise their hand. That I was glad, I should never have to explain myself to anyone. "Please take a seat behind Murayama." The girl named timidly raised her hand and I approached her and gave a firm nod as a form of appreciation, not wanting to be too dramatic over a simple hand raise. Though I think it had an exponential effect as her cheeks become instantly coloured a deep red and she turned away quickly. I will never understand girls and their weird mannerism.

With that the whole day was filled with tests, the teachers ended up picking on me the most, considering I was not taking any notes and seemed to be shuffling through my notepad. But in the end, they were all deterred every time I answered correctly and seemed to nonchalant about it as if I could have done the class in my sleep.

When lunch came I bolted to the door and headed to the roof and ignored everyone on my way. I wanted the solitude that my lair gave me, being around a room full of people for a few hours was suffocating. I sat on the floor and opened my lunch box to find neatly prepared sandwiches. I take out a ruler and immediately started to measure the angles and lengths. It seemed that Wire, my maid, was gotten the precision down when cooking. I took a hesitant bite and nodded at the strength of flavours. Once Wire had concluded that more flavour meant more spices and had turned curry into a pot only consisting of red chilli sauce. Luckily Sirzech was being impatient that day and decided to take a quick bite with Wire's back turned to him. He had never seen the man lose like he did that day when he nearly brought his mansion to the ground and killed Genus and Wire if it hadn't been for Grayfia who managed to calm him down.

I returned, reluctantly, back to the classroom, Kiba having noticed me enter immediately approached me.

"I hope you did not get lose, seeing as you are on time." I nod comment.

"You had pointed out everything as a guide, it would be a shame if I had gotten lost, but I remembered everything," I answered cryptically. I knew Kiba was going to look for me at lunchtime and I wanted to avoid it at all costs. Maybe I was being horrible but I was never very social from the beginning. I liked solitude like a devoted follower. And with that, the last period ended with an anticlimactic ring of the bell. Kiba had helpfully pointed out everything on site so finding the Occult clubroom was simple enough.

I approached the room and knocked three times. "Come in." Came a soft voice. I opened the door and internally groaned, seeing Kiba sitting there on the sofa. I felt like turning away but that is not how I do things. I walked, more like reluctantly sauntered, to the main desk where Rias sat with her hands folded and a delicate frown on her face.

"Rias Gremory?" She nodded and I pulled out a pink letter out of my blazer pocket. She stood up in shock and pulled back as if I had placed a bomb on her desk. Kiba came up behind me and stilled at the sight. Issei, why is this idiot here I internally groan, seemed to have lost his shit instantly.

"Is that is a love letter for Buchou!" I should have known the colour was going to bite me in the ass late but Sirzech refused adamantly even with Grafia's stare he did not use another colour.

"Ara ara," A slurry voice called out. "Someone gave a love letter to Buchou?" Issei then proceeded to add fuel to the fire.

"Yeah! This guy." Rias decided that the commotion was too much and silenced everyone.

"Silence." She turned to me with a polite smile, not as bright as the ones Kiba gave me. "I thank you for the letter but I can't accept this."

Having had enough of the commotion I readjust my glasses smile the same smile which I gave to Issei. My dark aura flooding into the room and tensing everyone's senses."You are forgiven," I reply stiffly, though they have not taken kindly to my attitude. "I'm glad to say you are not my type. This letter is from Sirzech, your brother." Everyone showed different stages of shock. Rias reached for the letter and flipped it over to find her name and the name of the sender- 'From your big brother Sirzech :)'. Her cheeks instantly flooded pink.

"Oh..." Was all she managed as she ripped open the letter and read through it like a raging blizzard. She turned to me and then down to the page again, it seems Sirzech had written something pertaining me. "Dr Genus, nice to meet you." I waved her off knowing Sirzech had probably rattled off about how to be nice to me or something.

"Everyone I would like you to meet Dr Genus, he is one of my brother's close friends so treat him with the respect he deserves." Everyone, who knew how important her brother was having more shock written on their faces. But one always takes the cake and asked eagerly.

"Buchou you have a brother! Do you have others siblings as well like a sister maybe?" It was Issei but I can help but wonder how his brain functions. Maybe he has no brain. Maybe it does not function at all.

"Rias take a seat and Issei if you can't be quiet for a minute then leave the room. I have been...requested," I uttered the words with pure hate, "by Grayfia and Sirzech to be your observer. I have not been asked to get involved unless you can't handle something yourself. I sure your brother had written something in the letter entailing myself?" Rias points for me to take a seat on the sofa as she herself takes a seat. With everyone comfortable and given tea by Akeno, I know since I saw her devoted followers screaming her name as she passed along the hallway.

"He has asked me to learn from you and simply keep you in the loop of things." I raised an eyebrow and wondered why I was teaching something to students. "But introductions first, my name is Rias Gremory the King, this is my queen," she pointed to Akeno, "Himejima Akeno." The lady being addressed bowed deeply and returned an innocent enough smile. But I have seen and used enough of those smiles to know the more malicious intent behind them. They say only a sadist can identify a sadist, and here we are. I return the same smile back to her and notices immediately.

"Ara ara I have a feeling we are going to get along very well." She states, her smile still aimed at me. I chuckle and turned to the other members.

"Toujou Koneko-Rook." She seemed to have a box of cookies in from for her as she took out a one cookie at a time and seemed to lose herself in another world.

"Hyoudou Issei, I'm Buchou's pawn."

"Lastly me," Kiba announces, "I'm Buchou's knight." I nod and smile more freely in his direction. "But I couldn't tell you were a devil Genus." I chuckle more darkly, I probably shouldn't have since Issei seemed to scoot away from me in fear.

"I never said I was a devil," I answered innocently. My grey eyes locking with his more lively greener ones. Rias stood up immediately, worry and anger morphed into her features.

"How did you survive." I put my tea down and closed my eyes for a second. Everyone gasped when I opened them again to show my eyes glowing very brightly even with all the candles lit around me.

"Let's say I'm human 2.0 and humans have never seemed so dangerous until now."

"So you're like a robot." Does this man ever stop? Issei strikes again with his stupidity.

"No," I stress firmly, "still human. Just more integrated with the new fractions. Enough about me, just do what you normally do and treat me like your shadow." I take out my notepad and start to intensely scribble down ideas. Everyone just stared at me awkwardly but continued to ignore their stares and soon enough they learnt to ignore me.

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"Genus we are leaving." I had been so absorbed in my work, with the odd pause to see what was happening around me, to see Kiba having waited behind to tell me of everyone's departure. I saw that everyone had dispersed and I was guided once again by Kiba to the bike stand. I unlocked my device and patted on the carrier on the back of my bike.

"I'll give you a lift." Kiba looked ready to reject my idea but I shook him off. "I know you live just up my street, I'll drop you off at my house and then you can walk from there, I was supposed to leave with Rias but I'm sure that is weird enough. At least I'll know her knight is safe." With that, he gently sat on the carrier of the bike and I zipped through the streets. The moon was out and I noticed a patch of warmth around my waist. I looked down and noticed a pale hand wrapped around me tightly. Shit. Okay, this was definitely a very bad idea. I pushed my legs even harder and forced my head to concentrate on the road.

Seeing my house I pushed the brakes hard and brought the bike to stand still. Kiba jumped off and I pulled off the contraption.

"Thanks again." He says, sounding sad. I was somehow compelled to pull out my phone and ask for his.

"Now you have my phone number. Text me when you get home." With that, I patted his head lightly and turned to leave for my house.

"Thanks, Genus!" He called out finally more happy that before. Well if he keeps on smiling maybe I can enjoy my school life. Maybe getting laid just moved up a bit on my priority list. Yeah, I'm fucked, aren't I? All because of Prince Charming. Damn it, now he is Prince Charming to me.