The Little Sitri Revival

by makoto x chelia

For young Sakai Sitri, life was very fascinating. He is excitable, eccentric, but most of all, very kind. As he learns the ways of the world, thanks to his peerage, he'll grow and mature into a truly powerful Devil that not only can protect himself, but protect the most important people to him, his family. (OcxHarem IsseixHarem)

1. Chapter 1

Hello, and welcome to the story I've been promising for a while now, a true successor to The Little Sitri, albeit with changes as you'll see as the chapters go along since this one is more planned out than that one was, having grown as a writer and all of that stuff. But don't worry about my other current DXD fic, that's gonna keep going every Tuesday or Wednesday like always!

Disclaimer; I don't own anything!

Now, please enjoy!

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Prologue, Devil meets Fallen Angel!

"…Who am I…?"

That single thought ran around a child's head.

Each time she opened her eyes, she thought about this, again and again.

Who was she? What was she? Was she human? Was she something else entirely? It really was confusing for this young girl.

Everyday, she walked, she walked barefoot, she walked like there was no tomorrow.

Since she was only ten years old, she lived in a world alone were it was basically very difficult for a child like her to survive.

She tried her best however, she did what she needed to do for survival, she would do whatever she needed, and that was a very difficult thing but she made it possible.

It was difficult.

Thoughts of being difficult wouldn't allow themselves to slip away.

She only knew of the world that was before her.

She didn't have time to think, she didn't have time to stay back, she always moved forward with the mentality where she'd have to gather food for herself, and a drinking source too. Even using rainwater wasn't such a bad idea, though it never tasted any good to her, it never was any good to her.

But there was a problem…

She was only ten.

At that age, no one wanted to hire her.

Since she didn't have a Mother, and refused to acknowledge the existence of her Father, along with the fact that he didn't even come for her.

But that all changed when she was able to help a child that was possessed by an evil spirit.

Because she learned from her Mother that she'd be able to drive away an evil spirit, and passed that onto her daughter, and now this girl, was able to do that. Using those skills, she managed to get money and food.

It wasn't a luxurious life, it was a life where she'd only be able to survive the best that she could. It was a life where she didn't have the time to worry about anything. She couldn't worry about anything, and lived the same life where she wouldn't have the chance to worry, she only made a stance against the world, and that's how she lived her life.

It was that way for over half a year, and when she came to a certain town, she saw that it was different, vacant.

The town was different to how it usually was, where people would be.

She knew it was a small town, but usually, it was a town where life could be seen…this time it wasn't like that.

The girl moved forward through the deserted town, attempting to understand what was going on, why there seemed to be no one around, and what she was going to do next, she didn't even know what she was going to do next.

"Kekekekekekekekeke…"

A sinister laugh erupted from around her.

She didn't know where it was coming from, she couldn't see the source of the laughter.

Being on high alert, her eyes darted left and right, searching for the person who was coming for her.

Though she heard no movement, a sinking feeling came over her, a disgusting feeling that she knew of quite well…

It was a Devil.

She could tell it was a Devil.

She wasn't an expert sensor, or anything of the sort, but she could tell that there was something coming for her, and moving fast.

"…!"

An inescapable feeling overcame her, her eyes widening when a large shadow engulfed her own shadow.

From the sky, her eyes had gone up, and she witnessed that there was…

A large Devil in the sky.

On bat wings, the creature crashed into the ground…yes, a creature.

It couldn't even be called a Devil, due to the grotesque look that was its body. The large upper body of a tiger could be seen. The face looked like a rhino, with tusks and even a trunk. The legs appeared to be a cheetah, and the tail was the form of a snake.

She thought it was a chimera at first.

But it didn't look quite right.

It didn't look like a traditional one either.

She couldn't work out what was before it, it was very frightened.

So much so that she felt her body froze…

It felt like ice.

Her body wouldn't move, it couldn't move.

It felt like she was being overtaken by the feeling of death in the air.

Its breath was bad, her nostrils were assaulted again and again by the impending stench of death and decay. She honestly thought that she was going to die, that she was going to fall over dead from the sights of the creature before her, even if it was a Devil, it didn't look even remotely human.

"My, I've come across a little girl."

The monster bowed its head towards her, showing large teeth.

The girl took a step backwards, fear overtaking her.

She didn't want to die.

She definitely didn't want to die.

She wasn't going to die.

She was resolved to live, she was resolved to keep herself alive, and safe.

Within her heart, she had decided that she wasn't going to die, so she used the inherit ability to form lightning within her hands that she gained from her Father, even if she didn't like using such powers, and directed her hands towards the large creature.

"I won't hold back if you try and fight me!"

The girl declared boldly, her hands quaking at the thoughts of actually fighting this Devil.

But to her surprise, the monster just laughed at her.

"Hahahaha! That can't be! That's really stupid! Do you think you can mess with me!? Some little girl is really trying to mess with me?! That's laughable at best! That's really funny! I can't even begin laughing about that! Such a little funny melody that kept coming out of your mouth! It is so funny that I forgot to laugh a little bit! Seriously, you're not trying to be someone that can make such movements against me, are you!?"

From its claw, a power was formed. The girl knew it was a demonic power from the fact that she could feel it with her body.

Perhaps it was an intimidating technique, but the creature blasted near her foot, devastating the area, before her, but not after her, or around her. It was enough to make her take several steps back, regaining the intensity of her heart again.

But then, she knew that she didn't have anyone…

She didn't have a leg to stand on.

She had to fight, and fight to the best that she could.

She didn't want to die, she wanted to live, so she was going to do her best.

"I won't ever step away from you!"

With renewed strength, the girl put her hand forward, and it crackled.

Yellow sparks appeared in her palm, lighting up the area around her hand.

The Devil looked on, not impressed in the slightest, and stood there as the girl thrusted her hand forward.

"Be shocked!"

The girl released the strong (for a kid) lightning blast at the Devil before her.

It flashed the area, but before it could touch it, a demonic barrier was erupted, blocking the shot of lightning from the young girl, devastating her.

"Hahahahahaha! Was that something you would try with me!? You think that if the inhabitants of this town couldn't even beat me, a young girl like you would be able to take me in a fight!? Such silliness! It really didn't save you in the end, it really doesn't! But hmmm, it seems like there's something about you that interests me."

"N-No! Don't! please leave me alone!"

The girl resounded lightning, directing her hand upwards.

Crackling in the sky could be heard as it lit up with clouds. Flashes of yellow light happened to appear in the sky, lighting up the area.

"Try this!"

The girl thrusted her hand downwards, releasing a sizable bolt of lightning from the sky, heading for the Devil that was before her. But it wasn't meant to be, since the Devil merely sidestepped the bolt of lightning which ripped apart the area where the Devil stood.

"Seems like you're not going to even try this, are you? This is a lame attempt at trying to hurt me, it won't work. So now, I'm going to have to devour you, I'm going to have to take your body into my mouth, and eat you, and absorb your power into my being. While not strong, summoning lightning might be fun. I can do it, but doing it with your special type it would be considered an honour."

The girl retracted her body instantly, but a spear of demonic power flew by her face, impaling the ground behind her. The girls eyes widened at the thought of being killed off by the creature. Since she didn't want to die, she attempted to take a step backwards, but was stopped when the spear behind her made a certain barrier that blocked her path.

"N-No!" The girl cried. "I don't accept this!"

The summoned lightning from the girl didn't even do anything to dent the barrier. She fired it off like a continuous stream, but it didn't do anything. No matter the strength she gave, the barrier couldn't do anything.

The large footsteps of the Devil behind her, caused the ground to shake, and her heart to tremble.

She couldn't allow anything to happen.

Turning her head back, she watched as its hand opened up, and gathered demonic power there.

She pushed her back to the barrier, banging on it with her hands, but it didn't move. Her eyes didn't leave the creatures demonic power gathered hand, it wouldn't leave the hand, she wouldn't allow her eyes to leave it, she was going to stare into the eyes and soul of the creature, she wasn't a coward, she wasn't going to die.

"Well, I think this should be enough to kill you! So, take this!"

From its hand, a demonic shot was released…

It was bigger than her body.

It was so big that she wouldn't possibly able to avoid it in time…

She was stuck between the barrier, and the demonic power.

It didn't give her any chance to release herself, she was just stuck, and did something that she promised herself that she wouldn't do…she closed her eyes.

She waited for her death….

.

.

.

…But it never came.

She was confused…why didn't her death come?

She asked herself this, and she didn't get her answer, until she opened her eyes…

She saw a watery barrier in front of her.

She saw the large dome of water before her, that encased around her, stopping the demonic power.

The girls eyes couldn't comprehend what happened, her mind was racing with nearly no thoughts. She just kept her mind on the water that was before her. She didn't understand why there was water around her, and why it was protecting her.

The Devils face contorted into a dark scowl.

"W-What is this!?"

It fired countless demonic bullets at the water barrier, but none got through.

The girls eyes widened at the sight, trying to comprehend what she was seeing, and why she wasn't being shot full of holes, no answer was coming to her, it never came to her, it wasn't something that she could understand.

"Ara, it seems like the young girl doesn't want to be in your presence big evil Devil-san~"

A boys childlike voice came from the left.

Both the girl and the Devils eyes went immediately over that way, widening their eyes when they saw who it was…

"W-What!?"

From the shadows, stepped out a young boy, wearing a confident yet childlike grin on his face.

"My name is Sakai Sitri, and I will gladly eliminate you for picking on that young girl."

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Several hours earlier, within the Underworld, a curious sight was happening.

"Haah! And wow! Look at that bend! Awesome sauce!"

A Dragon that looked like a serpent, completely made of water, floated around a courtyard on the command of a young boy.

This young boy has black hair, a very dark shade of black that looked like everlasting midnight, though each and every tip of his hair was dyed an ocean colour blue, something he did for fashion, the hair going just past his chin, his hair straight though he had an ahoge on the top of his head. His eyes held a purple colour to them, yet had a hint of a green colour too, something the young man added to have fun with.

He had a childlike face and a childlike body, being only 9 years old. His clothes were what you'd expect a nobleman to wear, pants, and a shirt that was buttoned up all the way to the top. The crest of the Sitri clan was on his right hand chest area of his shirt, wearing a nobleman's jacket over his shirt, all in all, looking very professional.

However, the face he had was anything other than the normal typical rich kid type. This boy was more of a free spirit, he pretty much didn't abide by the rules, most of the time, and had a childlike spirit, even more than his already childlike attitude. But, he knew when to be strong, and when he needed to be serious.

"Twist, and shoot!"

The young man waved his hands around, and the water Dragon obeyed. It flowed like a river, floating everywhere. When he commanded "Fire!" it opened its mouth, and an orb of pure water was formed, firing out a few seconds later, drenching a nearby plant life, in the beauty of the blue water, hydrating it.

Twisting his arms around, the water Dragon's mouth spewed out steam, cooling steam at that. From the steam, the ground below began freezing a little bit. It wasn't much, but the ground itself really was cooling, and did freeze some of the ground in patches.

Satisfied with his achievement, the water Dragon was directed towards himself, wrapping around himself, like a blanket, its face nuzzling the boys face as if it was really alive, when it really wasn't, only been made from the boys own power.

"Mouuuu, it seems Dragon-chan is really cuddling me today! You aren't doing a Rias-chan are you~? Nuzzling is something that Rias-chan does constantly, it really is a naughty habit. If you continue doing that, I will definitely become weirded out, and enjoy the hugging of your watery body even more than before."

He winked at the Dragon, and nuzzled against it again.

His overactive imagination was really something. It truly was amazing, how he was able to imagine the Dragon of water being alive, when he truly wasn't alive at all. It was just a Dragon of water, yet he believed that it could be alive, and treated it like his own child.

"Hey! I've got something to say!"

A loud boisterous voice rang out from behind him.

The boy cocked his head to the side, and immediately looked.

What he saw was quite a big Dragon. While still young, the Dragon had quite the large wings, and reminded him of a certain Dragon that he knew that became a Queen. It was his child after all, and he had a rebellious attitude.

"Bova-chan, you've not come to fight me again, right?"

He asked, already knowing the answer anyway, but made a little question come on anyway.

"That's right!"

The boys face turned into a cute looking pout, swaying his head to left and right.

"But this is the fifth time this morning, and I've been awake for only an hour! Can't you let me have a little break Bova-chan!? I'm really tired! I even heard you tried to come in last night at the hour of midnight! I was sleeping during that time in the comfortable embrace of my Nee-chan, and if that was disrupted, I even don't know what I would do~ I think I might even die strongly, is that what you want Bova-chan? Does my death sound funny to you in the slightest? I don't get it, is that why you're here?"

The named Bova looked defiant like a delinquent and breathed some fire towards the boy in the shape of sizable spheres, but said boy just used his water Dragon to block the flames before they could even touch him.

"That's not fair!"

Bova's face twisted angrily, shooting more flame blasts towards his body.

"Nope~"

The black haired boys hands waved around complicatedly and the Dragon followed suit. The Dragon wrapped around some of the balls of fire, cutting them off and breaking them down into nothing at all, turning them into steam at most.

Whistling, the young boy winked at the Dragon named Bova.

"*Whistle* That's really naughty Bova-chan. If you breathe fire like that, it could've even burnt my clothes or something~ Would your Papa be happy if you did something like that~? I think Tannin-chan might become depressed too, you know~?"

"D-Don't bring my Otou-sama into this, I said let's have a fight!"

Once again Bova tried to provoke the boy, but said boy didn't take said provocation, and swayed his body left and right like he wasn't interested.

"Sorry Bova-chan, but I've got some practicing to do~ I even have to make sure that I keep my practicing up, and allow myself to become a better person, you know that right? Fighting isn't something that you should do Bova-chan~ It is better to have fun with your life~ Fighting at this time is really something that I can't say that it can be~ So, could we not fight anymore? It would be better if that happened."

"No! You can't say that! Fight-"

Before he could finish, Sakai wrapped around the Dragon with his water Dragon, constricting his movements.

"Because Bova-chan was distracted, Bova-chan couldn't even see that I was moving my water creature. Even if it is Tannin-chan's son, I still cannot show a depressing side to me, and lose, can I? I thought that the naughty naked Bova the Destroyer would be able to combat me. could it be that Bova-chan is really making up false allegations and made me feel complicated inside of my chest?"

The Dragon growled, thrashing from side to side, but couldn't escape.

"H-Hey Sakai-sama! That's cheating!"

The newly named Sakai twirled his finger, which in turn made the Dragon spin around.

"But you came with the intention of fighting. I thought it would be better if you calmed down a little bit. It wouldn't look good if you attacked the third child of the Sitri clan, the one who is the second heir after Sona-nee, you know Bova-chan? If you want to fight, then you have to allow me to warm up first, so attacking like that is extremely prohibited!"

The way his smile shone out really was unnerving. His childlike face was accompanied with a childlike voice, but behind the words, really laid the heart of someone who'd destroy you if you ticked him off, or attempted to hurt someone that he loved. But, he wasn't going to hurt Bova, he wouldn't even do something like that. He liked Bova's attitude, and loved 'playing' with him like this.

"B-But! I want to fight you already! Let me fight you!"

"Nope!" Sakai waved his hand, and the water Dragon responded, lifting Bova off his feet, and dumped him in a nearby body of water, big enough to coat him in a glistening sheen of water, Sakai began laughing with the water Dragon returning to his side. "Hahahaha! Look at that! You've been dunked in water like a dip!"

"Oryaaaaaaaaa!" The Dragon roared, extending his large wings, and flew out of the water. "It isn't fair! Don't just say you're not going to fight! I have the right to fight you!"

"And I have the right to refuse Bova-chan~"

Arguing with him, the Dragon didn't accept it, and blasted from his mouth several ball of flames that reminded Sakai of Bova's Father, using the Dragon to devour the fireballs, turning the water Dragon to steam.

"Now, that temper is why you've got a bad reputation. What would your Otou-sama think if you've done something like this Bova-chan? It isn't a good idea to continue trying to attack me like this, I'm a good boy really~"

Bova didn't like the fact of that, and attempted to try and fire his flames again. However, just as his mouth was about to open, Sakai used his water magic to make a ring around his mouth, sealing his ability to breathe his flames.

Sakai merely looked on with a wide smile and inched closer.

"Bova-chan has many places where his abilities can be sealed. But, if it is for the mighty Bova-chan, he might be able to try and do something. I mean, Bova-chan really is a naughty Dragon-chan sometimes. So, I didn't have a chance but to use my water, and keep you chilled out. It is better if we're calm and collected like this, you know that? We're gonna keep our calm and collected attitude together, aren't we Bova-chan?"

"Mmmmmmmmm!"

Bova tried to speak, but he couldn't.

Sakai kept a tight rein on his mouth, not allowing the water ring to drop even for a second. The flames from Bova's mouth tried to escape, going through his teeth, but it didn't melt the ring. The ring stayed where it was, and kept a tight hold on it, moving closer to the Dragon.

"Bova-chan, if you're a good boy, then I definitely will come to your aid and release the ring. So, gonna be a good boy?" Bova moved his head, his mouth indisposed for the moment. "Good Dragon-chan." Releasing the water ring was easy, releasing Bova's attempts at trying to fight, proved more difficult. "So, Bova-chan. Even though you're a good Dragon-chan sometimes, you're being mean right now. Could it be that Bova-chan wishes to fight again?"

Bova's eyes turned a little darker, and then went towards the ground dejectedly.

"It isn't fair! I want to fight you! B-But, I will be back later on to fight you!"

Bova's eyes displayed his temperamental attitude, then he extended his wings, taking to the sky.

Sakai watched as Bova flied into the sky, vowing that he'd be fighting against Sakai in the near future, something that Sakai wouldn't even bother answering, because he was probably going to fight him in the future anyway.

Once Bova had gone, Sakai manipulated some water in the sky, forming a Dragon again, and made it do his bidding, mainly moving around and causing the area of the water to shimmer in the suns rays that rose in the sky.

"Ara, seems like my Sakai-chan really does know how to use such water movements, don't you~?"

A sweet voice appeared behind the black haired boy turned his violet eyes backwards, and saw a beautiful young woman with large breasts, though that was the case for most Devils, which he and she were, and she had her similar black hair to the young boy, tied into twintails and wore a bright pink outfit, a magical girls outfit.

"Sera-nee-chan! You've come!"

His elder sister, Serafall, as was her real name, but Sera-nee-chan to him, came bouncing over and wrapped her arms around his form, both wearing childlike smiles. Her arms lifted him up, as the water Dragon returned to the pond that was nearby, mixing together with the water that was to the left of them.

"Of course! Sakai-chan is one of my favourite people in the entire world! Along with Sona-chan of course! Speaking of, do you know where Sona-chan is!? I've looked for her, but she's eluded me! She's slippery, she's really bad like that sometimes! She couldn't even stop and think that she's doing something like that! I mean, what's wrong with going in and sleeping next to Sona-chan!?"

"I don't know! I went to surprise her while she was sleeping this morning and embrace Nee-chan in a cute and cuddly way, but I couldn't find her! I thought she went into the bath so of course I wanted to bathe with Onee-chan, but Onee-chan disappeared so quickly! She wasn't even around when I was naked in the bath and needed my back washed because I can't reach that far!"

"That's so very wrong!"

Serafall announced like an excited child, Sakai nodding his head in agreement.

"Because Onee-chan doesn't understand the love between Otouto and Onee-chan, she ran away from me on multiple occasions, and we weren't able to even be together in a cute and adorable way, it didn't even make sense to someone like me Onee-chan!"

"I know." Serafall sighed dramatically, dropping the boy who landed perfectly on his feet. "It wasn't like we were trying to be ecchi with Sona-chan, yet she just eluded us with her slippery ways. No wonder Sona-chan really does become depressed when we were together."

Sakai breathed out a little bit loudly, circulating Serafall's head with water particles, which Serafall froze instantly, dropping them to the ground, shattering as if they were snow flakes.

"Onee-chan has always been like that Sera-nee-chan." Sakai beamed like an innocent child. "But, since Nee-chan is here today, could it be that you're skipping work and come to see me, one of your favourite siblings, for some fun and loving times!?"

"Yup! I have the time off! …Is what I want to say, but I have to go to boring work soon! Baaaah, I can't even dote on my sibling for long periods of time! It isn't fair! But, what are you doing today Otouto-chan anyway?"

"I was thinking of kidnapping either Rias-chan or Ravel-chan. Maybe even Seekvaira-chan might be being kidnapped. I wanted to go and kidnap Sona-nee, but she disappeared. And I'm not sure on the location of the others."

He spoke as if that truly wasn't a huge deal at all, when it was the total opposite to people who didn't know what 'kidnapping' truly meant when concerning this boy, he truly thought that he didn't have an idea at all.

"Oooh, if it is kidnapping, maybe doing it with Ravel-chan would be fun. She's always fun to tease. Rias-chan lately has been a downer, and won't even show a face where she'd be able to say that she's a good girl!"

"Yes, Ravel-chan is a good girl indeed, and it is funny when Riser-chan tries to do anything, and then I freeze him solid! He really shows such a funny face of despair when he thinks that he's actually got one up on me! isn't that adorable!? Riser-chan tries his best to fight me, but his naughty fire can't trump my own water, and make him submit to me!"

"It is indeed adorable!" Serafall agreed, her eyes brimming with stars. "By the way, Sakai-chan, you've got to make sure that no girl becomes really close to you, kay!? Even if it is Ravel-chan, or Rias-chan! Those girls are bad girls, and you cannot become close to them or they'll really take your innocent face and demeanour and change you vulgar like Gabriel!"

"Baaah! Gabriel-san really is a naughty Angel-chan that picks on Sera-nee~"

Serafall inclined her head with a fat smile on her face. She was satisfied for now, that Sakai really didn't want to go to Gabriel. That was a worry that Serafall held, but now that Sakai had refused to acknowledge Gabriel as someone that he'd want, she was clearly excited.

"That's right, she bullies me constantly~ She sends me threatening letters, and calls me names constantly, I fear for my life sometimes when she's coming for me, I feel like she's going to come for me, and I am going to cry my eyes out when she comes near me! Even with the untold agreement of being different to everyone and not ever coming into contact, she doesn't listen, threatening the thoughts of everyone around, and wouldn't stop! She doesn't stop with her vile intentions for someone like me! I'm a good girl really!"

Her 'reveal' was accompanied with teary eyes that displayed her sadness, and her distraught feelings over the fact that she was being destroyed inside of her body from thoughts of Gabriel coming to find her.

"Ooh, Sera-nee-chan really suffers~"

"I do." She wipes a stray tear away. "She's a mean bully that abuses me on every level. The only one she didn't bully me with is trying to be sexy with me, if you call that sexy. She's not something I want to do to be honest, because she's creepy, and mean! I think she might even be into women! That's really naughty of her!"

"Ooh, so Gabriel-san is a lesbian then?"

Serafall shot a surprised look towards Sakai's face.

"Hey, where did you learn such a word?"

Serafall was sure that she didn't mention that word before, even if did thing Gabriel was one in her own little way. But it was surprising that he did know the word when she tried to shield him from such ugliness.

"Ooh, I read it when studying!"

"What? The dictionary?"

She scoffed, not believing that it would be.

But his eyes shined brilliantly, like a child that was excited.

"Yes!" Answering with a wide arching smile, Serafall looked confused. "You see Nee-chan. Sometimes even someone like me studies, and becomes even better than before. I even go towards people that need to learn, and teach them things! Like I teach her a lesson!"

"Hehe, I see~ So, I heard voices before, who were you talking too?"

"Ooh Bova-chan came looking for a fight again." Serafall cocked her head to the side, the girl looking perplexed. "Because since the day we met, Bova-chan always challenges me to fight, and then we end up fighting one another. It really is a time where Bova-chan comes excited, and then doesn't do any thinking unless it is because he wants a fight~"

The explanation was understood immediately by the young boy, nodding her head again and again.

"I see, that Bova-chan is a naughty child."

As Sakai heard that, he knew that someone certain was going to come soon, and he wasn't sure if he was going to be happy about it. Honestly, he didn't mind if he saw that person again, he actually was friends with the Dragon, yet it did become difficult to fight against him constantly, and wished for a break.

"Sakai-samaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

Sakai heard the shout, and naturally knew what was going to happen next.

"There he is. It hasn't even been ten minutes. He came back and wants to fight me again."

True to his word, Bova appeared from the sky, less than ten minutes since he had left.

He landed on the ground before him, and his eyes displayed a fighting spirit like no other, something Sakai could only raise an eyebrow at.

"Bova-chan, no."

"Aaaaaah! Come on! Please!"

Begging didn't do anything for him, Sakai merely shaking his head.

Bova banged his foot on the ground recklessly, not taking anything more, and tried to force him to fight, but Serafall intervened, patting Bova's head before he could do anything else.

"That's not right, Bova-chan. You can't attack Otouto-chan like that~ If you attack my Otouto, I might even have to freeze Bova-chan very solid~"

The Dragon's face fell down as Sakai merely chuckled to himself. No one was going to mess with Serafall when it came to her siblings, if it came to them, then they wouldn't be able to do anything other than look as she obliterated them.

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"Hehehehehe~"

Inside of a room, Sakai was skipping around a certain person.

This person was a woman, a very beautiful woman at that. She wore a maid's outfit, and had a curvy body. Her grey hair was lovely decorated in various items, one being a seashell that Sakai had made for her. Her long eyelashes signified how dedicated she was to her job, especially with the way she fluttered them every once in a while.

This woman was called Grayfia, and she held no emotions on her face as Sakai casually skipped around her, when going past her front would take her hand, pulling it, only to let it go when he had gotten too far, repeating this process again and again.

"Sakai-sama, it has been half an hour."

Grayfia duly noted, but it didn't even seem to faze Sakai in the slightest.

"Yes~ I'm sure it has~"

His singsong voice allowed Grayfia to furrow her eyebrows.

"Yes, and you aren't, tired?"

Grayfia had to get around the idea that he had so much energy. He rarely sat still, she blamed Serafall for that. She had essentially turned him into a male version of her, but he still held some of Sona's qualities as well as a similar intelligence, just using that in a Serafall way.

"Nope~" He sang, taking her hand again, only to let it go when he got too far. "This is really fun~ Ravel-chan won't be awake yet, Sona-nee can't be located, and Sera-nee is busy. Even my parents aren't here~ So, I wanted to spend time with Grayfia-chan who is totally gonna become my wifey~"

"Wifey?"

Grayfia's head tilted to the side, so Sakai swung his arms around.

"That's right~ We're gonna be married in the future, aren't we~?"

"Married…? I don't remember this agreement."

Grayfia's voice displayed how confused she was, so Sakai 'clarified' it for her.

"That's right~ To take a wife, to get married, and be a couple and do everything couples do, like hug, kiss, and even that special type of hug that Sera-nee has told me about. Erm, I am sure it involves boys and girls doing naughty things with each other, but Sera-nee went quiet when I asked what it is…baaah, I will find out what it is eventually! I will know what it is, and what we can do too! That's what's going to happen with us, right Grayfia-chan? I've already decided~"

Grayfia's face didn't change, but she held bemused eyes.

"I see, so you've decided this. Could it be that I don't have any say?"

Sakai put his hands together, and gave a wide childish smile but Grayfia found it nice to look at all the same.

"Of course Grayfia-chan has a say, she can even ask me to marry her! I don't mind~ Either way is fine~ Since Sera-nee is acceptable of you because she told me that I can only marry someone that is equal or above her in power, I thought that we could get married~ And often, you decide to look after me personally, so that means that you're going to have fun with me when I'm the appropriate age, right Grayfia-chan?"

"I agree to look after you because I find your little amusing ramblings funny. If nothing else."

"Mouuu, for my future wifey for lifey to say something like that~? It's really cruel~"

"I haven't agreed to anything just yet."

Grayfia reminded, but Sakai heard a certain few words that gave him some hope.

"Ooh, did I hear 'just yet' from your lips?! Even though I'm like this, I will age, and grow, and then will become strong! If I train everyday and become a very strong Devil-kun, Grayfia-chan is gonna become my wifey, yes!?"

Grayfia furrowed her eyebrows even more than she did before, contemplating what she was going to say.

Deciding within herself, Grayfia bent down and petted his head.

"If you become very strong, I will consider it."

Hope entered his eyes, shining like a well lit candle.

"Grayfia-chan isn't just saying it!? She's willing to take me as her husband!?"

"It seems important that I agree to this."

Sakai thrusted his chest forward, showing his perpetual smile on his face.

"Of course! It is dead important! Grayfia-chan has to agree to become my wifey! Even if others wish to have Grayfia-chan, she has to come to me, okay? I definitely won't give up on that dream of mine! We'll be able to have fun everyday, right Grayfia-chan!?"

Grayfia held a complicated look on her face, attempting to figure out why Sakai seemed so…ready to accept something as major as what he was suggesting.

"I don't understand why it is so important to you, though."

Grayfia attempted to figure it out, but she couldn't. It was confusing to her why he would speak about it.

"Because, if I'm going to become strong, and have a strong future, I need a wifey that is equally smart, strong, beautiful, and has charisma, and Grayfia-chan has all of those things. Just think Grayfia-chan. You're on the same level as Sera-nee, you're the most beautiful ever, and you're very intelligent. For someone like me, I couldn't ask for anything else. Plus, you're aces!"

Grayfia couldn't stop the bemusement that entered her eyes, she couldn't stop the smile that slowly worked onto her face.

"I'm aces, am I?"

"That's right~ You're very aces, and I think that you're the best in the entire world! That's the best thing to even say, isn't it!? I really am ready to accept Grayfia-chan as my girlfriend already! We could even share a bed!"

"You're nine years old, you wouldn't understand such things until you're older."

"Even if that's the case, I still think that I'm going to enjoy seeing Grayfia-chan as my wifey in the future~"

Grayfia held a small smile on her face. It barely was noticeable, but it was definitely on her face, and the smile, truly was the best smile that Sakai could see appearing on Grayfia's face.

---

Inside of an expensive looking room, sat a young girl, appearing around the age of seven or eight years old. Her hair was tied into twintails, her blonde hair being quite bright, her eyes dazzling with the blueness of the sky.

This girls name was, Ravel Phenex, the only daughter of the Phenex clan, and a close personal friend to Sakai, since they are of similar age, and also someone that he got along with very well, even considering her one of his best friends.

To her blue eyes, a book on fairytale's happened to be before her, reading about various creatures, and even hero's, sometimes daydreaming about being the Princess that the hero saved.

Her mind was transfixed on this, and she wouldn't allow the idea to leave her mind.

She was always entranced by these books, especially since her butlers, and maid's usually read her books of this nature. She couldn't help but fall into a trance like state when reading these books, it gave her great enjoyment.

However, she didn't realize that behind her, in the doorway, a small head popped out, Sakai's head. His eyes focused on Ravel, tightening his hand like he was on a mission…no, he was definitely on a mission.

His mission, capture Ravel.

"Okay, operation time to kidnap Ravel-chan is ago~"

A small giggle came from him at his own thoughts, something that he couldn't ever hold back, no matter how he tried to hold it back, alerting the blonde haired girl, who's name was Ravel.

"Hmmm?"

She quickly turned her head towards the area that the boy was…

But he wasn't there.

Nothing was there.

Scratching her brow with perplexity, she cocked her head to the side.

"I could've sworn that there was…but, I guess…"

Ravel couldn't understand it, so she chose not too, sitting back in her seat, relaxing her body as she read her book again.

She was enthralled by the book, taking in everything about said book, and made it all her own, examining it like it was a piece of meat, like it was something that she wouldn't be able to be without.

Sakai's head soon appeared at the door again, and using his speed, he darted behind a chair, to the unassuming Ravel. She didn't even notice his presence entering the room, she couldn't due to Sakai being so careful.

His head popped out once more behind the chair, Ravel still being none the wiser that there was anything going on.

"Kuku, Ravel-chan really doesn't have any ideas this time~ Must be because my hiding skills have increased~ She doesn't even know that I am here~ Ravel-chan's gonna be surprised this time~ She's usually better at detecting than this~ This is my best ever~"

Once again, his mouth slipped a giggle, and he couldn't even come back from it this time, it was loud enough for Ravel to hear.

"Who's there?"

Ravel turned her head, but she couldn't see anything.

She scanned the room with her eyes, but like before, she couldn't see anyone.

Furrowing her eyebrows, she turned back to her book, but was on more high alert than she was beforehand, knowing that something was going on, she just didn't realize that this time, Sakai was right above her, using his wings to fly without a sound.

His eyes lingered on her book reading form. The shadow that would've been cast from his body, he hid with demonic power, wanting to catch her off by surprise.

But his impulses got the better of him in the end.

"Ravel-chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!"

HUG!

"Ehaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Ravel's screech caused Sakai to hug her even tighter. "S-Sakai-sama! Y-You entered the room without even my knowledge! T-That's impressive, but you're hugging me too tightly again!"

His hugs were like vice grips, and made Ravel feel slightly uncomfortable.

Sakai softened his hug, but didn't let go, looking 'seriously' into his eyes.

"Don't worry Ravel-chan, I've just come to kidnap you so we can do amazing things together in a cute and cuddly type of way~"

His voice displayed a cheeriness not unlike that of Serafall…no, it was exactly like Serafall, it always was. Though Ravel didn't mind, she found it quite infectious if she was honest with herself, making her smile because of the tone he used, it always made her smile.

"Ooh, you're kidnapping me again?"

Her response would've sounded weird to most, but to herself, she was quite used to being 'kidnapped' by now. Actually, she quite enjoyed being kidnapped by Sakai and wouldn't want it to go away either. But she wouldn't say that, she couldn't say anything about it.

"That's right!" His boasting made the girl smile. "I've decided to take Ravel-chan away because Sera-nee is busy again, and Sona-nee disappeared! I thought that since we're awesome and everything, we could do something together! Obviously, I would have to kidnap Ravel-chan!"

"Hehe, did not asking me cross your mind?"

His lips puffed out as did his cheeks.

"Baaah~ That's boring~ Why ask when you can kidnap~? Of course, if you didn't want to come then I wouldn't kidnap you…b-but, that would be very depressing. Rias-chan's also being quite rambunctious lately, and I haven't even seen the others lately, and since I'm here, and it is a weekend, I thought that we'd be able to go out together, in a cute and cuddly friendship type way where we bond! Also, Bova-chan came for me this morning~"

"Oh, Bova-sama? What did he want?"

She already knew the answer, she thought she did anyway.

And she was right when Sakai released a breath.

"He wanted a fight, like ten or so times. I've known Bova-chan for ages now, and he's always looking for a fight. Because Bova-chan is that type of person. He really does want to fight sometimes, and yet other times, he wants to fight even more!"

Ravel already knew Bova was going to be like that. For as long as she could remember, Bova always wanted to test his flames against the water and ice of the Sitri boy, but their fights…well, they went one way, or another. Sometimes Sakai would win, sometimes it would be Bova. But while Bova had the more destructive power, Sakai was more tactical, and knows how to fight with his techniques, something a true King (in her eyes) would be capable of.

"That's right, Bova-sama has always been like this. So, did you end up fighting Bova-sama?"

"I eventually gave in, and we had a spar yes. It wasn't all that long though, and we pretty much came out as a stalemate. Though, it was funny when Bova-chan became upset, and wouldn't let go the feelings that bubbled inside of his chest."

Ravel tipped her head to the left.

"S-So, where did you want to go anyway, Sakai-sama?"

Asking with a kind face, Sakai showed a peace sign.

"I thought we'd go to the human world!"

His announcement wasn't something Ravel was expecting, if she is honest with herself.

"T-The human world!? W-We couldn't possibly go!"

Ravel denied it, rejecting it, but Sakai moved his fingers like they were out of fashion.

"But we can. I know where we could find something really interesting. It is this secret cave I found with Onee-chan in the previous days, and I think it should be fun. It isn't like there are any adults to stop us. We can defy the seriousness of being serious, and allow us to free ourselves from this mortal coil…wait, doesn't that mean to die? Aaah, I guess that's the price you pay when you think about things in such a manner!"

"Sakai-sama…w-well, maybe we could…b-but, wouldn't it be dangerous?"

Ravel, being the more cautious of the two had to bring up what she was worrying about. But of course, Sakai just showed his innocent smile.

"Dangerous, naaah~ It isn't dangerous, Sera-nee gave it the A star approval! And if it is, we'll just teleport away instantly. It isn't like we're going to be fighting, I just want to get out of the Underworld, and all of its seriousness~ We'll have that when we're teens, and we're only like children! Even if we're young, we'll be able to keep ourselves safe! Just think, your Phenex fire, and my Sitri water and ice, we'll be unstoppable!"

Ravel thought about it for a few moments, but ultimately agreed since she'd be with Sakai, and she knew that he was strong for his age, and he did promise to teleport away if there was anything wrong. With that promise, she was willing to accept it.

"R-Right, if it is you saying it, then I am okay with it. Yes, I accept your proposal Sakai-sama."

"Hehe~ You speak so weirdly~ Don't you Ravel-chan~?"

Ravel wore a sheepish face, giving an inclination.

"Y-Yes, that's right, I am…erm, maybe we should go before anyone shows up, so we don't get caught. Going to the human world without a chaperone would be something dangerous, and we might get into trouble."

Ravel advised, but Sakai just continued to smile.

"It's okay, don't worry so much. If we get caught, I will take the blame, I wouldn't want Ravel-chan to be in trouble. I will just say that I kidnapped you, which I did, so it is true! We're gonna get you kidnapped good and proper, so we can go together!"

"O-Okay!"

Ravel accepted it, knowing that he'd keep his word, so together they went towards the door.

Just as they were going to come out, a man in his early teens came out, with blonde hair slightly like Ravel's, but more of a dirty blonde. He dressed in a red suit, that Sakai thought was trying too hard for the image he was going for. His hands were in his pockets, and a dirty grin washed over his face.

"Ooh, Onii-sama. I'm just going out with my friend."

Ravel greeted her elder brother.

The man turned towards Sakai, and continued to smile.

"So, what could you be doing with my Imouto young Sitri?"

His words, while normal, sounded quite sarcastic, and even a little rude.

Sakai swayed his head left and right without a care, and put his finger out, gathering a small amount of water, the mans eyes twitching when seeing the water, it being a common enemy to his flames, fully aware of what the child was capable of doing.

"Riser-chan, I'm just kidnapping Ravel-chan for a little while. Sorry, but we've got no time to waste~ See ya later~"

Speaking as his usual self, Sakai attempted to go past Riser with Ravel. But Riser stopped him, standing in front of him. His hand attempted to touch Sakai's hair, but before it could, an aura of water came over Sakai's body, stopping the Phenex from touching him.

"I'm sorry, but you're taking away my Imouto? That's not a good thing."

His voice was low, rude, and held the flames of the Phenex within them. However, most would be intimidated by him…but Sakai wasn't either.

"You don't have to be so rude. I'm gonna keep Ravel-chan safe~ I even got your parents permission before meeting Ravel-chan~" Ravel was surprised that he even did that. "So, is it okay if we go past with the mentality that we're going to leave, alright Riser-chan?"

"Grrr, don't add 'chan' onto my name! It is infuriating!"

"But Sera-nee adds 'chan' onto everyone's name, even doing it with you too! So, I wanna be like that too! It shows that you care!"

"I don't want you to add that to my name! So, stop it!"

Riser's body erupted with flames. The Phenex flames surrounded him, and even the surrounding area, burning up the atmosphere. The ground around him burned under the flames, and the air felt hot, sticky, and dry too.

For Ravel, it wasn't a problem, since she was a Phenex too.

For Sakai, it would've been a problem…but he was using his own powers to counteract him.

Like a veil, water was around his body, keeping the flames away from him. Even the air around him was more wet, heavy with water. Just standing near Sakai would get you drenched with water, even Riser's flames couldn't come near to touch him, they were erased out of existence the moment that they touched his watery veil.

"You know, Riser-chan." Riser's eyes blazed at the suffix. "Because you're from the Phenex clan and Ravel-chan's Onii-sama, I wasn't going to say anything else. But, since you're showing such flames, Sera-nee said that if you try to hurt me, I'm allowed to freeze you solid and shatter your dick!" Riser's flames immediately stopped burning, going back into him as the colour drained from his face, a hand covering his crotch area, the childlike smile of the boy being surprisingly intimidating, following with his own sweet face being only more terror filling. "By the way, if I did shatter your dick, would it regrow?"

Riser laughed awkwardly, not wanting that particular scenario to occur.

"S-So, going out with my Imouto, huh?"

His attitude changed.

He was cocky before, but now he seemed genuinely terrified of the young Sitri.

Even Ravel couldn't look at her elder brother right now, just turning her head downwards.

"That's right~ We're going to be going now~ Bye Riser-chan~"

"Y-Yeah…bye…"

Riser turned heels, and walked away quickly.

Even though he was a teenager at this point, and Sakai was only a child, he didn't want to mess with Sakai. He knew how Serafall was torturing him in fighting, and how he had shown promise. If he fought against that, he would've died.

"Seems like he's gone Ravel-chan~ Could your Onii-sama be frightened or something~?"

"Sakai-sama, I say this as a friend, but your smile can truly be very intimidatingly sweet. Even Onii-sama cannot nerve the guts to stand before your smile. Though it is kind, when you want to be, you can be as scary as Sona-sama while looking like Serafall-sama."

"Hehe~ That's good though~"

Ravel couldn't deny it, and moved out of the door way.

"Before we're caught, we should go. It would be better if we can go now before anyone comes and sees us."

"Yup! Let's go!"

Taking Ravel's hand, he marched forward, taking Ravel with him.

---

"Okay, you've got everything. I've even got my special stuff, so it shouldn't be a worry. I've even gotten some food. Ravel-chan? You're ready, aren't you?"

Asking while strapping on some boots, Sakai addressed Ravel's worried look with his smile, easing her.

Standing on the opposite side, like she was going to be exploring, she wore a hiker's outfit.

"Yes, I'm ready to go. But, you're sure this is a good idea?"

She asked for some confirmation, wanting to make sure that this wasn't a bad idea.

Sakai looked over Ravel's nervous disposition, cocking her head to the side.

"If you don't want to come, you don't have too Ravel-chan~ I just think going would be fun~"

"N-No! I'm coming Sakai-sama! Don't leave me behind!"

"I see, then that's a good thing then, we should be going~ Come outside, they'll discover us if we go out together in here. Don't worry though, I am sure that we'll be okay~ I've been to this town before anyway~"

"We're going to a town? Full of humans?"

Ravel hadn't really had many encounters with humans before. In fact, she was quite sheltered, and her only real interactions with children were the people in her school, but that usually was with Sakai himself.

"Friendly humans." Sakai spoke with a smile. "But don't worry, we won't be interacting with them, we'll just be doing our usual stuff, and going to explore this area that I found a while go. I haven't had a chance to go, and since we're not under the watchful eyes of the adults, we'll be able to find out something that we want~"

"And, where is it that we're going right now?"

"We're going to Japan, it is a remote area of Japan. Not many should be there now. Since it is barely twelve, we should be able to get there with no restrictions, so, we should be going Ravel-chan! It would be good!"

"Okay Sakai-sama. Then, we should be going."

Sakai nodded, taking a rucksack on his back, and then left the castle together with Ravel.

Getting out of the castle, Sakai took Ravel to a remote part of the area of the castle, and looked left and right, making sure that no one was around.

"Right! It seems like we're-"

"Hey! Sakai-sama! Let's have a fight!"

Sakai's eyes furrowed with Ravel recognizing the voice instantly.

They both turned to the voice, and saw that Bova was stood there in his quite large Dragon form. Immediately, Sakai pointed at Bova, wagging his finger as if he was scolding a naughty child.

"Bova-chan, I don't have time to fight right now. We're going on…o-oh, don't tell anyone either! This is a huge secret, and it can't be revealed to anyone, so please don't say anything to anyone else, and see you later!"

"Wait, where are you going?"

Bova asked with a genuine interest, Sakai sighing so Ravel explained.

"We're going to the human world for a little while, and I don't know when we're going to be back. We're going to investigate, and have a little fun in the human world. B-But, you can't tell our parents or anything, we're not supposed to be doing this."

"So, it is that forbidden for you guys?"

"And, Bova the Destroyer is saying this?"

Sakai brought up, Bova cocking his head to the side.

"You've got a point. But, that's not fair! Can't I go instead with you guys!? I wanna have a fight with Sakai-sama!"

"We're not going to be fighting in the human world, we're going to explore, and do other things like that."

Sakai spoke with a slight upper class Devil type of voice, Ravel nodding in agreement since she didn't want to see people fight either.

Bova put a hand to his chin, stroking it in thought.

"So, you're going to the human world, to just explore?"

His voice sounded disbelieving, and he wasn't sure what to think about it all.

Sakai's head bobbed along as if it was the most natural thing in the entire world.

"It might seem weird to you, but that's how it is. We're going to be doing it together, having fun, and just doing stuff together. I think that would be a good way of saying it Bova-chan. We're gonna have to get off now, so don't tell anyone, kay?"

Sakai and Ravel were about to turn around again, when Bova inched closer.

"Hey, can't I go too?"

At the question, Sakai looked at Ravel who shrugged her shoulders as if she was okay with anything. She didn't mind, and Sakai didn't mind either, he was content with going with Bova as well, since they were oddly friends too.

But there was one problem about him going, and that was the way Bova looked, and would look to the humans. Fortunately, Sakai remembered something Bova could do, putting a hand to his jacket that he was wearing.

"If you're wanting to come with us, you'll have to shrink down." Sakai opened his jacket, patting his chest. "Since humans would freak seeing a large Dragon and then the others of the Devils and your Tou-chan might even discover our actions, you're going to have to become compact size, so you can be stuffed into here, okay? I don't wanna mess with your Tou-chan? Do you wanna mess with your Tou-chan? I certainly don't. So, please shrink down to your cuddly teddy looking form~ Don't worry~ My body is comfortable~"

Bova showed a dissatisfied face, but did as requested, shrinking down. Using his new small wings, he flew over to Sakai, and landed inside of his jacket. Sakai immediately zipped up the jacket, with Bova's head popping out.

"I can do this, right?"

Sakai's hand petted the top of the Dragon's head.

"You'll look like a toy if you're like that, or a deformed puppy~"

Bova wasn't exactly thrilled by being compared to a deformed puppy, but accepted it regardless, his body warming with Sakai's jacket, he felt good riding inside of Sakai's jacket, almost like their mascot, something Ravel smiled at.

"Come on Sakai-sama, Bova-sama. Before we're caught by anyone else."

At Ravel's words, Sakai, with Bova, walked forward. The boy made a magical circle appear on the ground, a transportation circle at that, something that Sakai could make at a moments notice, and did so easily.

"Here, let's go everyone!"

With his cheery face, Ravel and Sakai stepped foot into the circle. Bova held a little smile on his Dragon face, as the lights came around on his body, and the others body too. Sakai felt like he was defying the law, and even Ravel had some mischievous looks on her face.

---

The light of the transportation circle washed over the three of them, and took them away to a completely different place.

Landing on the earth with a shining light, Sakai, with Bova, and Ravel appeared in the human world. The blue light of the water didn't last all that long, and died down within a few seconds, revealing a town to their left, having transported outside of the town.

Looking towards the town, Ravel could see a few people walking through the town, but thankfully they couldn't be seen from the distance, using her Devil eyes to increase her range, but the sun beaming down on her was a foreign enemy.

"It seems like the town is alive with the sound of people."

"Are you nervous Ravel-chan? Since this is your first time seeing humans up this close~"

Ravel put her hands defiantly on her hips.

"I'm perfectly well, thank you very much! It is only a bunch of humans! I am confident that I am going to be able to go forward with the mentality that everything is okay! S-So, that's how it is, Sakai-sama!"

Bova's eyes rolled and muttered "She's totally nervous…" Ravel catching that and giving a small glare as a return. Bova didn't seem to care though, nudging Sakai with his head against his clothed chest. Looking down, Sakai caught the Dragon's eyes, petting his head.

"She's really excitable, isn't she?"

"Indeed, she's always like this though. I think she might be trying to be brave in front of you."

Ravel's face turned into a cute looking pout.

"I-I am NOT trying to be brave! I am very brave! And I can hear everything you're saying! I am NOT deaf!"

Bova and Sakai shared a secret nod with the other.

"Come along Ravel-chan, we're going to go and explore. You can even hold my hand if you're that way inclined~"

Ravel's face turned even more into a pout, but went to his side regardless, grabbing his hand, and together they marched towards the area that Sakai wanted to show the pair of them.

They walked through some mud, Ravel not particularly liking that part. Sakai used his water magic to made the mud hard though, taking out the wetness, and leaving it just as hard mud, so it was easier to walk on.

By the time they had reached a certain cave, Bova had come out of Sakai's jacket, but rested on the top of his head instead, looking out with a strong looking face. Sakai himself also seemed calm, Ravel was sweating bullets.

"Come on, just in there, and we'll see something amazing!"

Sakai's spirit truly was something that the others had to admire, Ravel in particular admired the spirit the girl had, it really was something to be admired about. Though she wasn't sure what they were going to see, she didn't mind whatever was going to happen next…

---

Once they got back to where they had been before, Bova returning to his place inside Sakai's jacket, ready to go home, Sakai looked to the town to see if there was anything out of the ordinary, or if anyone was watching, not wanting to expose Devils to the humans there.

However, unlike most times, the streets of the town weren't busy. Even with walking outside quite quickly, you'd be able to hear the sounds of the city. This time, no such sounds could be heard, and it was unnerving for Ravel especially, Sakai and Bova were holding up pretty well with hearing no voices.

Ravel took a step forward, and noticed something.

"It's unusually quiet when it wasn't beforehand."

"Yeah, I didn't expect this either, Sakai-sama. We've only been gone for a little while, where could everyone have gone? They couldn't of moved town or anything, could they?"

Bova added his thoughts, Sakai's eyes going towards the town, and furrowed his eyebrows.

"It does seem quite quiet, and you're both right, it has gone quiet when we've only been gone what, an hour or two at most? During the time, the town is more full of life. If the optimist in me was being honest, then I'd say that they've just gone on break or something. But, I don't think it is that simple, you know what I mean?"

Ravel put a hand to her chin, humming in thought, and then posed a question

"Yes…hmmm, what should we do? Should we investigate? Though, maybe there's another reason for keeping the town silent, and we shouldn't butt in? I have a weird feeling that something is wrong here. It isn't just my natural worrying instincts either, I just feel like something is going on here."

Displaying her worries openly, Bova almost snickered at her worrying attitude, but stopped when Sakai gave him a cold look, not wanting anyone to bully Ravel when he was around, though he'd do the same if someone tried it on with Bova too.

Sakai took a few steps forward, looking around with a wide smile.

"I think that we should have a quick look, but if we do find anything, anything bad, then we'll have to alert the Devils back home to deal with it. It isn't like we're supposed to be here, but hearing nothing at all just seems, a little weird. Honestly, I think that it is too weird to ignore. You'd hear at least a little chattering at this time, and we're Devils, or Dragon's in Bova-chan's case, and we're good listeners, so it shouldn't be weird that we wouldn't hear someone's voice, right?"

Ravel couldn't agree more, but that was a thought that danced within her mind, and she needed to express it right away towards the black haired boy.

"Y-Yes, but Sakai-sama, if we come across anything…"

Sakai nodded his head, giving Ravel a comforting look.

"We'll hightail it out of there. Don't worry so much Ravel-chan~ You've got Bova-chan and myself around, and we're very good together, aren't we Bova-chan?"

"Yes! We work the best together!"

Asking like an excited child, Sakai and Bova walked towards the town. Ravel bit her bottom lip, and followed after them, clinging to the back of Sakai's shirt, worried that they might be walking into something dangerous.

Upon entering the town, it was clearly deserted.

There weren't many things around…there was no life.

Ravel's hand tightened on his shirt, Bova's eyes looking everywhere from Sakai's jacket, the same for the boy himself. They couldn't see anything that was anything. It was completely deserted, like someone ran away very quickly.

"As I thought before, Sakai-sama. this isn't normal."

"I agree with KFC girl."

Ravel's eyes sharpened at the Dragon's playful banter.

"Don't call me KFC girl baka Dragon."

Bova ignored Ravel in favour to look up at Sakai's serious face.

"Bova-chan, I think it is safe to say that you can come out of my jacket now. I am not sensing life near us…no, that's wrong, I am sensing that there's something going on. I can feel something inside of the town, but I can't sense where it is exactly…I'm getting a weird feeling."

Bova immediately came out of his jacket, landing on the top of his head. Ravel went to his side, looking at the empty town with a worried face.

"Sakai-sama, I think that we should definitely go now. There's clearly something going on, and I don't like it in the slightest. What if there's something going on here? What about if we're jumped by some weird…I don't even know!"

"Chill Ravel-chan, there's no need to worry. We'll be leaving…"

He stopped when he noticed something.

In the sky, clouds had been gathered, a fair distance away from them, on the other side of the town.

"Sakai-sama?"

Ravel's query wasn't answered. Instead, he pointed upwards to the sky, to the clouds.

Following his hand, Bova saw the clouds too, then looked up to the sky in their area, seeing no clouds at all.

"Weird, why would clouds be over there and not here?"

"I don't know…Sakai-sama?"

Asking for his opinion, Sakai inched closer with a curious gaze.

"I think…something is over there. I can't sense all that well from here, but I get the feeling that there's something over there, or someone…" Sakai inched closer to the clouds, then saw that there was a flash in the sky. "That's no ordinary flash."

Sakai and the others watched as lightning came from the sky, and fell to the earth, a rumbling sound alerting them to the lightning. Sakai and the others shared a look, only for Sakai to rush forward, Bova sticking to his head.

"Sakai-sama, wait for me!"

Not wanting to be left alone, Sakai stopped, picked up Ravel bridal style, and rushed forward while carrying her, and Bova.

Through the streets of the town, he could clearly see that some kind of battle had gone on, but whoever had fought, he wasn't sure what to even think. He couldn't see anyone, but as he got closer to, something, he could feel presences.

It wasn't a mistake, he knew something was over in that direction, but for the life of him, he wasn't able to tell what was over there.

"No mistaken, I can smell a Devil in that location." Bova sniffed the air after saying that, gaining confirmation and then affirmed it for the pair again. "It's faint, but I can smell something else over there too. A human? I'm not sure. It smells like a human, and something else too within that human, but I can't be sure."

"A Devil, and a human. From the lightning strike, it didn't seem to be made of demonic power, so it couldn't be that. so, my conclusion is that the lightning was made by the human. Magic? A natural ability? I am unsure, but it definitely didn't have a trace of demonic power in it, so it has to be the human."

"A human with lightning abilities. It must be magic, right?"

Wanting his opinion, Sakai shrugged his shoulders, whizzing around a corner.

"I'd have to guess that it is something like that."

They continued, or more precisely, he continued running towards where they felt the power coming from, now getting more clear signals.

Once arriving, Sakai put Ravel down, and looked on to see a grotesque looking Devil charging up some Devils demonic power, against a young girl with long black hair, the girl looking frightened of the creature.

"Sakai-sama, that's a Stray Devil, it's not a mistake!"

Ravel rasped, holding onto Sakai's shirt.

Sakai inclined his head, and put his hand towards the girl, gathering demonic power in his hand, which soon turned to water, a watery aura appearing around his hand, which in return began gathering small unnoticeable clusters of water.

"I've gotta protect her!"

"But Sakai-sama!" Ravel argued. "W-We cannot fight something like that!"

"Maybe you can't, but we're going to, aren't we Sakai-sama?"

Asking his opinion, Sakai inclined his head to the Dragon on the top of his head.

"You're not wrong. Together, we should be able to take the Stray. It is clearly a stray from the way it looks. We'll have to take it in without killing it, I think. Maybe, because we'll have to tell the others in the Underworld that we've got this Devil, and what's going to happen to it. Either way, it is going to fire."

True to his word, the Devil had charged up an attack and was about to fire.

It fired a few seconds later, and the young girl closed her eyes, with Sakai immediately springing into action. His hand thrusted forward, unaware to the pair of them.

Water span around his hand, and then that followed to the young girl. Like a twister, it enveloped the area around the girl, and formed a dome within seconds. The demonic power hit the water, breaking some of it apart, but it reformed seconds later.

The Devil blinked as Ravel looked relieved.

"It seems that being trained by Serafall-sama gives you excellent control over your demonic power."

Muttered the young Phenex girl, with the other girl opening her eyes a few seconds later. Her eyes became confused, the Devils eyes turning into rage, demonic power gathering around the Devils body, aiming its demonic power to the dome surrounding the girl.

"W-What is this!?"

It fired countless demonic bullets at the water barrier, but none got through.

The girls eyes widened at the sight, trying to comprehend what she was seeing, and why she wasn't being shot full of holes, no answer was coming to her, it never came to her, it wasn't something that she could understand.

"Ara, it seems like the young girl doesn't want to be in your presence big evil Devil-san~"

A boys childlike voice came from the left.

Both the girl and the Devils eyes went immediately over that way, widening their eyes when they saw who it was…

"W-What!?"

From the shadows, stepped out a young boy, wearing a confident yet childlike grin on his face.

"My name is Sakai Sitri, and I will gladly eliminate you for picking on that young girl."

Sakai spoke with a radiant smile, Bova appearing next to him. Ravel stood to the other side of him, looking on with a nervous look on her face, even if she was a Phenex, she hadn't fought truly in her life before, so she wasn't sure she'd be able to contribute much if anything to the fight.

"Sakai Sitri!? I've never heard of you!"

"You will do soon enough~"

Spoke Sakai as the Devil thrusted his palm towards Sakai, firing off demonic power.

"Iyaaaa!"

Ravel wasn't expecting it, and couldn't move. Fortunately, Sakai was with her, grabbing her waist, pulling her close, and jumped away with her in his arms, Bova following with his wings, the demonic power breaking apart the ground where they stood.

Sakai jumped all the way to the girl, placing Ravel down on the ground.

All the girl could do is look on, worry in her eyes, but Sakai turned around and flashed a childlike smile. The girls eyes widened with a surprised look, but then her cheeks reddened when she saw the confident look in his eyes.

"Don't worry! We'll definitely beat that Devil-chan over there!"

The girl didn't say anything, Ravel walking over to her side.

"Sakai-sama, I'm sure I won't be any use fighting right now, but I will stay behind here, and take care of this girl. Y-You'll be fighting with Bova-sama, yes?"

Sakai shared a look with the Dragon, who nodded. Turning to Ravel, he winked.

"I'll leave the girl in your care then~"

"Yes Sakai-sama! Please don't be hurt!"

Nodding at her, Sakai turned to the Devil, only to see a demonic bullet being fired. Sticking out his hand, he created a wall of water, blocking the blast easily, surprising the Stray quite a bit that a child would be able to do that.

"What are you little shit!?"

"Swearing isn't a good thing! Bova-chan! We're going with our usual combos, kay?"

"Yes!"

Responding to his shout, Sakai along with Bova rushed forward. The Dragon was still in his small form, but he didn't pack any less of a punch.

He used his wings to fly right next to the Devil, Sakai rushing across the ground, keeping up with the young Dragon easily.

"Don't mock me you little bastard!"

The Stray Devil opened his hands, and fired some demonic bullets towards Bova and Sakai.

"Are they going to be okay!?"

The young raven haired girl expressed her doubts, and while Ravel felt worried too, she still held a sense of hope on her face.

"Because it is Sakai-sama, one of the top youths of his generation, and with one of the children of Tannin-sama, they will be okay. They can both do what they need to do, and fight to the best of their abilities. I think that they'll be okay anyway."

Ravel's assurance wasn't something shared by the young raven haired girl. She still was worried about whatever was going to happen to the young boy, and Dragon, tilting her head to the side as she saw some water running around the boys hand at the incoming demonic power.

"Leave it to me Bova-chan!"

"Got it Sakai-sama!"

Sakai stuck out his hand, and summoned some water. It looked condensed to the size of cannonballs, and looked ready to obliterate anything that it came across, though that wasn't their intentions.

Shooting it off across the sky, Sakai's water hit the demonic bullets, and rather than cancel them out, it froze them to the very core, and fell to the ground, shattering them immediately. Particles of ice scattered around the ground, surprising the Devil quite a bit.

"No! That can't be! I won't allow it!"

Opening his palm, the Devil summoning fire demonic power, shooting it off like a stream.

"I've got this one Sakai-sama!"

Opening his mouth confidently, the Dragon gathered fire in his mouth, shooting off one large ball of fire towards the stream of demonic power. Because of the strength of the flames of the Dragon, the demonic power was broken apart immediately, and continued for the Devil before them.

"N-No way! How did you manage that!?"

The Devil couldn't quite believe it as it jumped to the side, avoiding the fireball. It barely managed to dodge the flame ball, which went behind him, and blasted apart of a building, erasing it out of existence, the Devils eyes widening, as well as the young girls, Ravel nodding in an excited way.

Sakai stuck out his hand, and gathered some ice around him in the shape of small daggers.

"Try this! Icicle rain!"

Clicking his fingers, the sharps of ice shot forward towards the Devil. Standing up on its legs, the Devil tightened its fist, and punched forward for the ice sharps. Coating his hand in demonic power, he thought that he'd be able to shatter the ice sharps, he was wrong.

"Aaaaaah!"

The ice shards pierced the flesh of the Devil, drawing blood from him. His eyes widened in the result of being stabbed, pushing backwards on his feet, creating distance between himself and the incoming ice shards.

"Seems like he isn't being stylish, Bova-chan."

"Aah, I see. Then maybe I should make him hotter?"

Giggling at the suggestion from the Dragon, Sakai inclined his head.

"I think he needs a little lighting up, wouldn't you agree Bova-chan?"

"Exactly. After this, we're definitely fighting."

Sakai rolled his eyes as he watched small balls of fire head towards the Devil before them from the Dragon's mouth.

It became agitated, and jumped away from the balls of flame, but it managed to catch its tail, setting it on fire immediately.

"Uraaaaaaaaah!"

Ravel and the other girl winced at the painful cries of the Devil, though Ravel and the girl held no sympathy since it was pretty clear that the Devil was the one that had made the people in the town disappear.

The demonic beast swiped his hand backwards, slicing off its own tail before the flames spread across his entire body. The tail fell to the ground, burning to a crisp within a few seconds, not even leaving ash behind.

Bova looked towards Sakai who nodded, so, the Dragon took higher to the sky, shooting off a sizable fireball for the Devils chest.

"I don't think so you little fuckers!"

The Devil, rather than take it, attempted to fly upwards.

"Nope!"

Using his water magic, Sakai swung his arms around, and created a wall of water in the sky, turning it to ice the instance the Devil tried to swim through the water, so it looked like an ice gate in the sky, something that the Devil wouldn't be able to break, despite trying to smash his fist against it.

"You little bastard!"

Swearing, the Devil couldn't stop the attack of the small Dragon, nailing it in the chest, blasting him away into a nearby building, forcing its body inside of the building, and then outside the other side of the building.

"Sakai-sama! it seems like our attacks have been useful! This Devil isn't all that strong! Either one of us could beat it alone!"

Saying it with a confident face, Sakai nodded in agreement.

"It isn't that strong, but it might have a hidden trick up its sleeve. Bova-chan, you've got to always think about things like that too. Because, as Sona-nee always says to me, you've always got to be wary of your opponent, even if they seem weak, they might have a hidden factor that could change the tide of battle."

Bova bonked himself on the top of his head as the Devil came crawling out of his crater that was made by Bova's superior strength.

"So, we're capturing this Devil, right Sakai-sama?"

Sakai inclined his head, swinging his arm upwards to shoot a blast of water, connecting it with some demonic power that the Devil fired, freezing it without a worry, then clicked his fingers, causing the ice to shatter instantly. Using the ice shards, he flung his hand downwards, firing said shards off like they were projectiles.

"Right, I need to charge up my water and ready to freeze it. I'm not Sera-nee, and can't freeze things instantly, and I need to make sure that it will freeze, and keep it frozen until we're able to take it home. So, I'm gonna ask for your cooperation in keeping it distracted, and not killing it because we don't know what's going on with it, okay?"

As he said that, the Devil danced around the battlefield, avoiding all of the strikes from the ice daggers. Sakai wasn't skilled enough yet to control the ice to the best level, but he was able to manipulate to a certain degree.

"You've got it, boss~"

Earning a nod from Sakai, he began charging demonic power around him, creating it into a small whirlpool around his body, impressing the likes of Ravel, and the other girl, Ravel's eyes becoming more excited to see Sakai fight seriously, along with Bova.

While that happened, the Dragon flew forward on its small wings, going at an incredible speed for a Dragon his age, and size too.

The Devil regarded the Dragon with a pissed expression, and held out its hands, coating said hands in demonic power.

"I won't lose to a bunch of children!"

The Devil swiped for the incoming Dragon. Bova moved out of the way, and opened its mouth, shooting off a small ball of fire. The Devil gasped and lunged backwards, avoiding the blast of flames, only for Bova to fire a few more out.

"Try that then!"

Bova's eyes radiated a love for fighting and it showed in his fire attacks.

The Devil, unlike with Sakai's water and ice, was able to crush some of the fire attacks, but with damage to his hands, which he didn't like. But it happened, damage to his hands, and he winced at the feeling of his hands being burned.

"You're really ticking me off now! This isn't even a joke!"

Spat out the Devil, only for Bova to show an uncaring look to his face.

"I wasn't joking, and neither is Sakai-sama over there. You know, fighting you isn't as satisfying as fighting Sakai-sama. At least with Sakai-sama, we can truly have a good fight, but this…well, it just doesn't seem that thrilling."

"Shut the fuck up! Shit bag!"

That did it for the Devil, who spat out towards the Dragon, said Dragon avoiding it.

As he did, the spit landed on the ground, melting said ground, surprising Ravel, and the others.

"Acid…spit?"

That's what Ravel thought it was, and it was confirmed by Bova himself.

"So, you're able to spit acid, then? Well, even acid won't be able to get beyond my flames. I am Tannin-tou-sama's son, you know that? Even if it is your spit, I can't possibly lose to something like your spit."

Gnashing his teeth together, the Devil lunged for Bova, moving at a complicated manner. Bova read his movements quite easily, noting that Sakai moves much faster than the Devil in question, and easily dodged the several strikes that the Devil sent towards him, easily keeping up with the Devils strikes, all the while moving closer.

"Try this! And this!"

Opening his mouth, several balls of flames shot out, nailing the Devil in the chest, blasting him into the ground, breaking it apart, the Devil spitting out blood from the violent smashing of his body against the ground.

From afar, Sakai watched on with renewed impressed feelings, even his eyes displaying a radiant look to his face.

"Bova-chan's always been strong, and probably in strength, he'd be stronger than the current me, but I make up for that with my techniques which surpass Bova-chan, allowing us to combat the other pretty well. Though he's a naughty child, it is clear that this Dragon-chan is really apart of Tannin-chan's family, maybe even his strongest potential child."

Sakai wasn't stupid, and always looked out for people that he could have beside him one day.

He wasn't sure if he'd ever ask Bova to join his peerage, but he always considered strong talent for his peerage, he needed to have the strongest if he was going to accomplish his goals, and when it was goals like this child had, they really needed to be strong people.

Flicking his hand to the left, Sakai released a breath.

"Bova-chan! I'm finished, get away from him!"

Speaking with a childlike attitude, Bova understood, and flew away, only for the Devil to become confused.

"So, running away then!?"

"Nooooo~ I'm just not gonna get in the way of a freezy guy."

The Devil looks even more confused, until it became clear when Sakai stepped forward with a torrent of water appearing all around him. It swished, and swirled, and kept a steady flow, laced together with the menacing look on his cheery face.

"Hehe, it seems like I'm ready now~ Though you have good eyes, can you survive being frozen by the Otouto of the Maou-sama~?"

"Maou-sama…?"

The girl behind Sakai questioned herself, gaining Ravel's eyebrow to be raised, but she didn't say anything else.

The Devil before him took a few steps back, unable to even say anything else, he wouldn't say anything else. The Devil looked very serious, and also looked like he was going to fall over from the intense feelings radiating from the young boys eyes.

"H-Hold on! Maou-sama's Otouto!? But the only Maou-sama…no, there's…but you're…you said Sitri before…wait, you're Serafall's Otouto!? The one that is said to be exactly like her! Even right down to the potential!? N-No! It can't be! Stay away from me!"

The Devil, realizing that he wouldn't be able to escape, attempted to move, but an unnatraul feeling caught him. His wings felt so cold, like they were being frozen. He prayed that wasn't the case, as much as a Devil could pray.

His fearful eyes marched towards his wing, and to his surprise, his wing wasn't frozen.

But he couldn't move.

He couldn't even speak, his voice was failing him, and he didn't know why…

That was until he looked into the young mans eyes.

Sakai's eyes radiated his scary nature. While he was like Serafall in most situations, people have noted that when he becomes serious, he can become as scary as Sona, and his look could even make the most tough person feel unnerved, only unnerving them more due to the coldness of the stare, when he usually was such an upbeat, and peppy person, it was like he had a split personality where cheerful was the norm, but this serious and scary boy was what was left when he was fighting, and right now, this Devil was held down by the killing intent released by the boy alone.

"What's wrong?" His voice sounded completely different than before, zero emotion besides a fear inducing one being laced within the words. "You're not frightened of me, are you?" Dripping from his mouth was like venom, that's how the words sounded to the Devil, it curling up in fear. "Don't worry, I definitely won't be killing you. But, I will be putting you on ice for a little while, isn't that okay with you, Devil-chan?"

"…"

The Devil attempted to croak out anything, but it wasn't heard.

Instead, he just stood there as Sakai thrusted his hand outwards, shooting off his large torrent of water towards the enemy. He helplessly watched as the water encased his entire body in the freezing cold water, from the tips of his toes, to the top of his head, he was covered in the cold liquid made from Sakai.

"Freeze."

With his command, the Devils body was frozen instantly, like it was flash frozen. He wasn't frozen to the core, it was more like he was just encased in his. While he'd be able to break out eventually, right now, the Devil was going to be detained.

As soon as he confirmed that he was frozen, Sakai released a small breath, and looked towards Bova and the others, his serious side dropped, revealing his usual childlike attitude, and cute and adorable smile.

"Bova-chan~ Ravel-chan~ It's done~"

Bova immediately went towards Sakai, and landed on top of his head, resting like a cute Dragon.

"Phew, good thing too, flying in my small form is exhausting."

"Take a nappy time Bova-chan, you've definitely earned it."

Bova immediately rested his head on top of Sakai's head like he was a pillow, and fell into sleep within a few seconds.

Sakai raised an eyebrow at the quickness of the sleeping, but shrugged his shoulders, and walked forward, towards Ravel and the girl.

"Sakai-sama, you really have such great control over your water and ice magic!"

Ravel cheered joyfully, Sakai giving her a childlike smile right back.

"Yup~ I've been practicing daily~" He looked towards the girl, and winked. "Hey! It seems like you're okay!"

The girl looked at Sakai for a few moments, and slunk back.

"You're…"

"I'm Sakai Sitri! Call me Sakai! What's your name!?"

"I'm…Himejima…Akeno…"

"Himejima-chan then~?"

The newly named Akeno put more distance between the two of them, and kept to herself.

"You're a Maou-sama's Otouto…?"

"Yup! I'm Sera-nee's cutest Otouto!"

"I have to go!"

Immediately, to the confusion of the boy, Akeno turned her body and ran away as fast as her legs could carry her. Sakai shouted "Wait!" but she didn't respond, only continuing to run as fast as she could, Sakai's and Ravel's heads tilting with confusion.

"What's wrong with her?"

"I dunno~ She doesn't seem hurt though, and it isn't like it is our business to find out what she's doing here Ravel-chan~"

"That's very much agreed, Sakai-sama."

…Silence.

Sakai, and Ravel remained silent, sharing a scared look between the two of them.

Their lips curled downwards in a small amount of fear, already feeling the intensity behind them. Bova was asleep so he didn't know what was going on, but the other two very much knew what was going on, and what was going to happen to them next.

Wishing that they hadn't, they turned around to meet Grayfia's dull expression, which was very telling.

"Grayfia-chan…erm, I can explain…"

Sakai attempted to converse some kind of lie, or a mixed up truth, but he couldn't even get his words out with Grayfia towering over the small child, Ravel's "Eep!" alerting Sakai to the grab of his back that the girl did.

"I don't need explanations, I have been following you since you left the Underworld." That shocked Ravel and Sakai who truly had no idea. "I saw you leaving, and decided to follow you, seeing as you went without even informing your parents, either of your parents." Ravel's face looked scared, Sakai's unable to meet Grayfia's. "It was reckless, going alone, to the human world. That is why children are prohibited from going alone without a carer, or bodyguard. Especially children as important as you are, Sakai-sama, and you, Ravel-sama." Ravel and Sakai didn't say anything as a response. "You even went to face an unknown enemy, alone. You didn't even have a leg to stand on, yet you came here, to fight this Devil that had Strayed. You're lucky that the Devil wasn't strong, or it could've been disastrous. Do you understand how dangerous this situation was?"

"Y-Yes, Grayfia-sama. I'm deeply sorry."

Ravel answered immediately, Sakai taking a breath, putting a hand to his chest.

"Grayfia-chan, I accept full responsibility. Ravel-chan doesn't need to be punished, it was my idea, and I accept any punishment that my Kaa-chan or Tou-chan are going to give me, if you're going to tell them, that is?" Grayfia's face wasn't amused by his attempt at trying to get out of it. "R-Right, I suppose they have to be told. Even Sera-nee, and Sona-nee are going to be told, and are going to be disappointed in me."

Grayfia's facial expression softened as she saw the guilt on his face.

Bending down, Sakai met Grayfia's face, and saw her relaxed.

"It was dangerous, why did you want to go anyway?"

"Because I wanted to show Ravel-chan something Sera-nee and I discovered a while ago. It isn't like this is usually a dangerous place, and I did think about all of the angles, I'm not an idiot or anything Grayfia-chan…but, I guess you dislike me for being adventurous."

Grayfia's hand went towards his face, and brushed it gently, causing his face to turn a small pink colour.

"You didn't get injured, and showed some skills of being a good King, by directing Bova-sama, Ravel-sama, and yourself. You saved that girl from before, so for this instance, I shall overlook it, and not say anything."

""Really Grayfia-chan/sama!?""

Sakai, and Ravel couldn't believe their ears.

But Grayfia's eyes really were kind.

"For this instance, I won't say anything. Next time, I won't be so kind. So, if you wish to come to the human world again, please contact a bodyguard, or come to myself personally, and I will take you, on days where your duties do not conflict with your…so-called childlike fun. Does that seem acceptable?"

"Grayfia-chan is the best ever!"

Grayfia's face turned complicated when Sakai wrapped his arms around her neck. Even Ravel felt relieved that she wasn't going to get told off, and was only left with a warning. But even then, she wouldn't replace the day for anything else, even if she did get busted, she had a good day with her friends.

"I am…the best, is what you're saying?"

"Well, of course! Grayfia-chan is my wifey for lifey! Of course Grayfia-chan is the best! But…*yawn* I'm really tired now Grayfia-chan."

"I'm surprised you can run out of energy."

Grayfia's sly joke made Ravel crack a smile, Sakai's tongue being stuck out for the world to see.

"Even if you say it like that, I won't take it laying down, it isn't even funny. Of course I run out of energy, I am a Devil boy after all. So, we're going to go home, and get something to eat, right Grayfia-chan?"

"Yes, you also Ravel-sama."

Ravel nodded without a word.

Together, Sakai, Grayfia, Ravel, and Bova teleported away once Grayfia made the circle, taking the Stray with them, unaware (apart from Grayfia who clearly could see) that someone was watching them disappear, and that was Akeno, curiously looking at the Devils that saved her life, complicated at how to feel about it.

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End chapter!

So, yep! That's the end of the chapter, and an insight to our protagonist, a young boy named Sakai! He seems to be quite like the combo version of Serafall and Sona, and he is! But he also has his own little quirks which we'll see as the story goes on, as well as his own character arcs, and such.

As for who's going to be in the peerage, it pretty much is obvious that Akeno is going to be in it, and Rossweisse is also going to be in it too! Even before canon when she joins Rias' too, utilizing her in a more and interesting way than canon goes on! So those two are definite for the peerage, and likewise the harem.

For people wondering who are going to replace them, well I have a few ideas, like maybe Walburga (possibly minus Longinus, she's still a pretty strong magician to possibly fill Rossweisse's position) or others.

As for the other peerage members, I do have some ideas, like maybe having Bova in it. If not in the peerage, he'll probably be Sakai's familiar. Ravel, I am not sure about just yet, but possibly due to one being fire, wind and water plus ice from the girl and boy respectably, they'd be a force you'd not want to deal with. As for others, well there could be Yumi Kiba, like from previous rendition, or maybe even Elmenhilde!

But since I value your opinions, I would love to hear from you too! Even if they've been in my Astaroth Heir peerage, they'll still have unique stories in this one, so people like Xenovia or Irina or even Asia are viable candidates too, but obviously Sakai's peerage is going to be different to Zenki's peerage in certain aspects as they are different people, in ways which will be shown as the chapters go on.

So yeah, until next time! Thanks for reading!