My Heart Is Not My Own

by Ideal Form

Devils in the world of Magicians. The unknown is best left that way but the demons have had enough waiting around. They will do anything to resurrect their Demon Lord.

1. Chapter 1

I do not own the rights to Devil May Cry or Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei.

Hello everyone, it's me Rankoon300 and yes I have changed my name to Ideal Form. I have also rewritten this story to make it feel more realistic and engaging to the readers. This is not a harem story. I felt that I could do a better job at making the characters seem more like themselves and did my best to show it. Please enjoy this new attempt at this story.

With that, let us begin the story!

Opening

(Roots by Uverworld)

Chapter 1

(Who Needs School?)

"Damn you, you annoying little pest!" A mysterious figure stated their frustration aloud while dodging the bullet fired from a very powerful Model 500 dual barrel S&W Magnum Custom with a rose engraved all over the firearm.

"Look we both seem like really busy people…am I right? So let's do each other a favor and speed this up. How about it?"

"You bastard, your nothing but a half breed!"

"Your point?"

"That vile blood runs through your veins as well. You cannot be allowed to live." Hearing this, the figure with the gun looked at everything around them in a bored annoyance.

"Yeah, for some strange reason I get that a lot." Still looking around finding the landscape quite appealing.

"You think a half breed like you, even though you carry the blood of Sparda can defeat me…Belmont?" The now named demon Belmont said as he stood at least one hundred feet tall with black hard skin almost like obsidian with purple embers escaping the cracks of his body.

Eyes an Intimidating red, and mouth full of razor sharp teeth with violet flames leaking into the atmosphere. Horns on his head that looked harder than even the toughest of steel. The enormous demon also had black chains around his forearms while they seemed to pulsate every other second. But this didn't stop the half-breed who was now rolling his arm trying to signal the demon to hurry up. That wasn't a very good Idea but this sent the now supposed demon Belmont into a fit.

"I'll feast of your chest cavity after I kill you, you worthl…."

"Ok…ok I get it all ready! You want me dead, feasting on my chest cavity, so on and so forth. Did I get it all right?" Not saying anything else, the demon had enough of this form of disrespect. With blinding speed it tried to speed blitz the mysterious gun holder causing him to dodge in mock surprise landing on top of a rooftop. You would think that with its size that Belmont wouldn't have trouble hitting someone so close. This half-breed was fast.

"Whoa there big fella…you gotta be more careful. You all most got me that time." The hunter said while his face bore a mock surprised look.

"You are too confident. Even knowing you are going to die this day!"

"Hmmm…you don't say? Look, here how about this…" Nero said placing his hand over his eyes in an attempt to rile the demon up further. Well, it was sure working if that was the result he was looking for.

"I'll even give you a handicap…take it or leave it, last chance!"

"DON'T YOU EVER…DEGRADE ME IN SUCH A WAY!"

"It took you long enough…" Now placing his gun back in the holster attached to his coat.

"…Unfortunately, I have a curfew. So we're going to have to…how do they say it overseas? Well whatever." Removing a human sized bastard sword that was a mixture of red, silver and gold he also seemed to be revving like a motorbike handle. (Red Queen) Said sword was spiting flames as it started to burn bright showing how it was increasing heat in the atmosphere the more it was revved. It was for certain a beautiful blade indeed.

"Again, if it was the weekend I would have found more time to fit you into my personal schedule but…" now kicking off the ground causing debris to scatter while surprising the demon with his tremendous speed and strength, Nero found his way to the side of the demon's right shoulder while in mid-air. He pulls the bastard sword back trying to gain momentum to give him a clean cut through the demons torso. But the demon Belmont was no slouch himself. It was already on the counter with its own slash attack causing the half-breed to duck under it as the incredible wind pressure brushed past him. Nero skillfully performed a leg sweeping maneuver combined with his air-hike to gracefully move around the demon. Finding an opening, Nero jumped off Belmont's massive arm while his grip was held tightly onto his Red Queen. He had one thing on his mind. And that was to kill this demon.

"Not sure how you feel about dying but…I'm going to have to end this in an instant…" swinging down with great speed and force, clearly intent on ending the fight with a single strike, Belmont was having none of it. His own attack made it through the half breed's guard actually hitting him in the chest causing him to sail into the buildings next to them. The impact caused the buildings to collapse on top of the teen who was now buried under the rubble. Belmont was looking on with amusement ready to boast about his accomplishment.

"What did I tell you boy? You never stood a chance against me! And to make you feel true despair, I'll kill the ones you love next as well until there's no…" Wait...something was off, felt wrong even. Stopping in the middle of his speech, the demon was feeling something strange. Looking down to his left arm he noticed it was missing from the bicep down.

"GHHAH! W-WHEN DID YOU…?" Now holding his half stub of a detached arm, the half-breed is now seen knocking the rubble away from his body.

"And here I thought you wouldn't notice." Now showing he had Belmont's arm that was easily ten times his size. Nero simply tossed it in front of the demon as it crashed with a huge thud.

"That's what you wanted right? Don't worry, you can have it back. Besides, I think I like my own arm a lot better anyways." Flexing his own arm, Nero looks to the demon with a cocky taunt. Seconds later he disappeared from view with pure speed as he reappeared behind the demon Belmont. But what the hell was this feeling in the air all of a sudden? The huge demon was now letting off a foul aura that made the air feel extremely heavy.

"How shameful…forcing me to use this form on a half-breed. Boy, you should be honored." Belmont said as his size seemed to increase making his already huge body enormous! But even thought that was occurring, what was really strange was purple fire now started to coat his body making a robe while his hair also took on the shape of fire increasing the areas temperature.

"Be prepared. Don't get distracted and lose focus, because when I use my real power…whatever I consume, the stronger I become!"

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"Onii-sama, we are supposed to take our entrance exams tomorrow. I'm a bit excited… " A teenage girl with bluish black hair and blue eyes said as she eagerly looked to her brother who had a darker coat of black for hair with blue eyes as well.

"Miyuki…"

"Tatsuya…please, I want you to be there with me while I attend school…" Miyuki said as she used her hand to rub her right arm looking at the ground as if the action would make her feel more at ease. Now rising from his position on the couch, the male known as Tatsuya makes his way to his sister trying to comfort her.

"Miyuki, I promise that everything will be alright. Me and you will both be attending First High. That much I can promise you. So don't worry." rubbing her head reassuringly as she looked into his eyes in a daze.

"Onii-sama…" closing her eyes with a small smile on her features, the girl whispered in a barley heard murmur as a smile graced her pretty face.

"I love you…"

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There were currently disciples training in the open court of a temple while a middle aged Japanese man was supervising them. But as he did, suddenly his phone started to ring. Motioning the students to continue, he gets up walking off to talk to whoever was on the other end of his phone. He had an obvious smile on his face. It was one that told a thousand stories with one glace.

"Yaahhh! How long has it been since we last talked my friend?" The bald Japanese man with a scar over his right eye and some peach fuzz under his chin said.

"Too long right Yakumo?" The voice said on the other line of the phone only causing the ninja to laugh a hearty chuckle.

"Ha-ha-ha! Indeed it has my friend. Indeed it has…" he said cheerfully before his expression turned deadly serious and so did his voice.

"You heard about what's going on right? The increase of demons disguised as humans killing innocent people." He said as the other voice on the line also became more serious.

"Yeah, I heard. And it seems like it's getting out of control over there in Japan."

"It is…but that's not even the bad part. I received some information regarding… IGNUS." This caused the one on the other side of the phone to sit up straight in his chair signaling they were now giving their full attention.

"They intend to flush him out. That's why they are secretly gathering magicians to build an army strong enough to defeat him should he ever appear again. But there are still those who are naïve and blind to the government and the way they operate. After all, we should know better than anyone. Isn't that right…Dante?"

"…I'm getting too old for this…" was all Yakumo received as a reply causing the mood to lighten up a bit.

"You and me both my friend. You and me both." Yakumo said happily as they both fell into silence for a few moments. "So what's the plan? Is it going to be like old times?" The bald ninja suddenly asked the devil hunter Dante as the white haired man could not help but smirk a bit.

"Who knows? Recently it's not just me around the shop anymore. I'm probably going to send over my cute little nephew and he can help you until I find the right time to make a move. Oh, and do fill him in once he gets there. I'm going to make something up so he doesn't ask too many questions."

"Not just little but cute too? He must be a handful." Yakumo joked before regaining his seriousness.

"Is he strong?" He had to know for sure if this kid was the real deal or not. Dante just answered in kind leaning back in his chair.

"The bastard has my blood running through his veins so what do you think?" this gained a laugh from Yakumo again. He missed times like this. It wasn't every day that he was able to joke with an old friend like this.

"Then I'll look forward to…"

"His name is Nero. Just trust me…you will know it's him when you meet."

"Let me guess his white hair?"

"Are you pulling my leg again Yakumo?"

"Ha-ha, I'll see you around…old friend."

"Count on it."

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Nero was currently blocking his face from the immense pressure Belmont was oozing from his body as the area was hit with bone crushing gravity. Nero's long blue Holy Order coat was flailing in the wind as the immense pressure was increasing as time passed. Even though all this continued becoming more annoying, his facial expression stayed calm as if all of the destruction around him was not an impressive feat.

"You done powering up yet?" Nero asked Belmont who did not say anything at all. He just opened his mouth as a huge ball of dark energy started to form, crushing the buildings next to him. Releasing the humongous draft of gravity pressurized air, it continued to make its way toward Nero. Building after building was destroyed easily with just its pressure alone. Nero was standing in his spot and holding his ground. He was not moving or wavering in the slightest from this display of power. Nero closed his eyes as the wind increased around him making his coat fling around more and more as the ball of gravity came closer. As the gravity ball entered into Nero's personal space, time seemed to slow down to a crawl.

"As if something like this could kill me…" Wait, why doesn't he dodge?

*BOOOOOMM!*

The Gravity ball connected. It hit Nero dead on causing everything within a four hundred foot radius to be obliterated. The demon Belmont could only scoff to himself in disappointment.

"Like you even stood a chance against me…such foolishness…" Belmont said as he started to walk off causing the ground to shake from his immense size and weight.

"If I'm the first to survive that attack…does that mean I get a prize?" Nero asked Belmont behind the smoke and broken rock. With a wave of his hand it extinguished all the rocks and smoke that was near him. Such a feat of strength was to be recognized.

The look of utter shock was present on Belmont's features as the thought of someone surviving such a concentrated amount of energy baffled him. What in the world was this boy?

"W-what kind of abomination are you? That is impossible! No one can survive an attack of that magnitude!" And to make things worse he noticed Nero didn't have a single scratch or broken bone on him. His clothes weren't even scuffed from the impact.

"What witchcraft is this?"

"Wait, were you trying to kill me? Wow! Sorry about that. If I would have known, I would have at least played dead for a bit or something. Man…now I feel bad." Now using his devil magic again, Nero lightly taps on the ground with his foot causing vibrations as the earth started to crumble under the pressure. He then causally kicks a rock no bigger than a basketball, but the speed and force which the rock traveled was terrifying. It moved so quickly that it burned like a meteorite entering earth's atmosphere. Slicing past the demon Belmont, it in the process took a chuck of his chest off and his remaining arm with it. Pain…there was nothing else to call this sensation but absolute pain.

"GUAHH!…" Breathing heavily with blood oozing from his open wounds, he looks up to see Nero causally sitting on top of some recently created rubble with an unreadable face.

"My magic can redirect or manipulate just about anything just as long as I have come into contact with it once. It more so comes down to if I understand the foundation of what I am manipulating." this caused Belmont's eyes to widen in shock. To think a magic like this could be wielded by a half-breed…inconceivable.

"What's with that look? Don't look so shocked. It of course comes at a price. You see, whenever I use my magic to that degree, my heart will stop beating until I release my control over whatever I'm manipulating. I can't do it every time I feel like it or I'll eventually die." Now looking to the ground where Nero saw his Red Queen, he sighed dropping down to pick it up before slowly making his way to the hurt demon.

"I'm a cultured man so I'll make sure you don't suffer…"

"No wait! I can grant you anything your heart desires…anything!"

"Dumbass…I already have everything I need." Nero leaped off the ground causing the earth to crack from the strength of his powerful legs. He intended to finish off Belmont with a painless strike.

"No…..No….NOOOOOOOOOOO!" There the head of Belmont was falling from his enormous shoulders. An earthquake shook the surrounding area when it hit the ground below. Belmont's body started to turn to ash and purple fire. The soul of the demon started to emerge from its body in a purple glowing ball.

"Are you my master?" The soul asked as if the soul it once was, was reborn anew.

"With the contract of blood only you will be able to use my power." Nero blocking his face from the bright glow as he saw the demon's soul started to form into a devil arm right before his eyes. It started to morph into a European Claymore. The blade was all black but the guard had a purple gem that looked to hold the gravity core of Belmont's abilities from earlier. The guard also had the engraving of a Diablo in silver as the lower hilt was black and silver. Where the blade met the handle of the sword were black chains holding the sword in place almost like a seal. The blade was emitting pulses from the razor sharp edges used to butcher its prey.

"Let me taste thy blood and I will serve thee for eternity." Now grabbing it, Nero brings out his left arm slicing the claymore against it. His blood traveled down the blade all the way to the gem causing it to create a seal on his arm before it started to disappear inside of his body.

"The contract has been complete. You may now call upon the power of my gravity manipulation at will…" the Belmont devil arm said as its very aura could crush anything its gravity field. Taking practice swings, Nero uses a wide stance quickly cutting the air. Shockwaves with purple pulses of energy left the blade to engrave the ground and buildings surrounding him. The vibrations were felt through the earth. It was nothing short of an earthquake as the ground beneath him caved in. Nero remembered what Belmont said earlier. "Be careful… because whatever I consume the stronger I become!"

"No kidding!" Nero said inspecting his new weapon with interest. Bending his knees as he re-entered his stance, he leaped in the air once more. Performing ten strikes instantaneously created another loud shockwave in the surrounding area. The middle of the building was molten ember while it slowly split in half. Seconds later, he sees that the cut starting to compress and implode on itself like a black hole. This is Incredible…

As nice as this all was Nero cursed to himself for forgetting about dropping by the shop. Damn his luck! Nero then started to sprint back to Dante's shop with amazing speed.

"Damn it."

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"Yo! I'm back. Wait, where's Trish?" Nero asked taking off his coat and hanging it up as he walked over to Dante's desk.

"She had to take care of some important business of course. But enough about that…" Dante said looking like he was in the middle of thinking about the right words to say. But seriously, how was he going to handle this? Oh well, he will just have to wing this like everything else.

"Anyway, Nero…I've decided…" now kicking his legs up on his desk while bringing his arms behind his head.

"What have you decided?" Nero raised a brow as he skimmed through a sport bike magazine.

"That I would enroll you in a school in Japan for magicians. Also, you have to take your entrance exam in three days." This caused Nero to just stare at Dante for at least twenty seconds without moving or speaking a word. Walking over to Dante's desk he suddenly slammed his hand on it hard enough to make it implode on itself. Dante looking at his now broken desk with a dropped jaw.

"Nero! What the hell man!"

"ME WHAT THE HELL!? NO, YOU WHAT THE HELL DANTE!" Nero wasn't having it!

"Chill out man! It's for your own good. You are still the age that teens are in school and I have a friend kind enough to put in a good word for you. Besides, Kyrie said she was ok with you going to learn overseas. I know if she's ok with it then you're ok with it." Dante said brushing of Nero's early outburst.

"Except for the fact I'm not ok with it even if she's ok with it! Dammit Dante! I wanted to grow up in the family business!"

"And you will…trust me. By doing this you will be doing just that." Dante said in a surprisingly serious voice catching Nero off guard for a second.

"But, Japan…really…JAPAN! We live in North America! A.M.E.R.I.C.A!" Rubbing his temple this was giving him a throbbing headache. His uncle was an idiot!

"Yes Japan, it might not seem like much but they have some of the best magicians in the world there. So tell me…what better way for my cute little nephew to learn something new even though your own magic is quite…unique."

"You better have a good reason for this or I swear man…" Nero still clearly upset as he could be seen grabbing for blue rose. Dante could only hold his hands up in defense.

"Whoa there Clementine…this can teach you some important things. Especially how this world works." Leaning forward with a slight serious voice and unfazed gaze by the gun in his face Dante continues.

"There are things that are best left unknown but, what you don't know can terrify you…"

"There are things going on here that are much bigger than me and you Nero. You're going to Japan and that's final." Voice cold yet serious and Nero knew what a serious Dante could do. He sucked his tongue and re-holstered his gun. Damn idiot!

"Thank you very much! And before I forget I have a friend over there by the name of Takumo Kokonoe, he'll want to talk with you personally about this and that." Dante lied.

"Buuuuttt~, that's not going to matter anyway since I have a map to his place once you get there, so hope you like scavenger hunts." Dante said fast causing Nero to be feed up before and idea popped in his head.

"Maybe I can just flunk the entrance exam so I don't have to worry about going to that damn school…" Nero thought to himself actually thinking it wasn't a bad idea.

"Oh, and if you're having any ideas of flunking on purpose it's not going to work. You see…me and my friend Yakumo have some really good connections. And thankfully the one giving you your test owes us big time. So even if your score is low you are pretty much in for the ride kid."

"You…are an asshole! You knew this would happen and you planned this from the very beginning didn't you?" Dante only nodding with his eyes closed while his hands supported the back of his head.

"I swear when I get back….ohhh when I get back!" Nero's hair shadowing his eyes as he was shaking in his spot. This bastard is dead meat. Dante getting the hint stood up quick before it got out of hand, but suddenly the shop bell rang signaling someone entered and causing Dante to wipe away fake sweat from his brow.

"Nero congratulations! I'm so happy you are trying to further your education!" Nero's childhood friend Kyrie said causing his features to soften a bit but still sent a glare toward Dante.

"Yeah, you know I just couldn't wait to start school…" Kyrie raise her eyebrow at the rising tension she could feel. She noticed him giving his uncle a fierce glare.

"Nero, what's wrong?" asking him with her worried eyes. There wasn't really anything wrong per se. Its more so the fact that this was decided without his say so to begin with.

"Wha…ooh it's nothing. Just a stupid bet I lost to Dante is all…that cheater..." he said before looking at the said man again "that damn cheater…" he finished making Dante cough in his hand to defuse the atmosphere.

"Ok! Kyrie here came over because she wanted to wish you luck on your schooling overseas. After all, she supports your decision one hundred percent, right Kyrie?" Dante gained a nod from the brunette female in the room who could not help but smile. Nero was growing up so fast. It seemed like it was only a few years ago that it was him along with her and Credo. Time is flying before her eyes. But hearing the news that Nero wanted to do this made her wish that she could support him on his journey no matter what he decided.

"I'm so happy for you Nero! Really, so please make sure you don't get yourself into any trouble while you're over there ok?"

"Uhh…yea." Straightening his back and looked into her eyes reassuring her that everything was fine.

"I'll be fine…I promise." Nero softly reassured her as Dante gained a barely noticeable smile. He loved getting his way.

"Then you should go and pack for your trip. Well, don't just stand there. Chop, chop!"

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Nero was now ready for his trip to Japan. He was wearing black Retro Combat boots with black skinny jeans as the bottoms of his jeans were stuffed inside his boots, while having a black belt that hung down off to the side. He then had a black Beater with an open gray Slim Army Jacket with red interior as the jacket's arms were rolled up to elbow level showing his black wristband on his right arm.

"I guess this is it kid. Finally on your way to becoming a man." Dante teased the young devil gaining a grunt in response. What was he trying to say anyway? He was one to talk. Especially from his lack of being a proper man himself.

"Oh would you knock it off Dante! Let him be. After all, he might actually come back more of a man than you." Trish said as she smirked at her jab toward the older man.

"Hey, now hold on..."

"She's right you know. You are just a kid in a man's body." A beautiful woman with short dark brown hair and sunglasses said. She also had some cleavage showing through her dress-shirt. It would seem by the tone of her voice that she was a good friend to the man being perpetrated.

"Lady, you are not helping!"

"They're both right about you though…" Nero said this time causing Dante to change the topic from obvious embarrassment.

"Anyway, by the time you get to Japan you will most like need to take your entrance exam. First High School should be on that map I gave you as well. Oh, and don't be late!" Dante said adding the last part with a glare before continuing.

"And I know Kyrie wanted to be here to at least see you off but she was supposed to visit the sick children at the hospitals today…" Nero could understand. Knowing how Kyrie was always caring for others more than herself.

"Yeah…" Nero just didn't want to leave. Damn his stupid uncle and his ridiculous reasons for this whole situation. As Nero was in deep thought he was knocked out of it when suddenly someone's arm found itself around his shoulder. Looking over he spots Trish giving him a playful wink.

"Hopefully you don't tempt women while you're gone like your idiot uncle here. After all…" now moving closer to his ear as she teasingly whispered "You wouldn't want to hurt my feelings now would you?" Wearing a mock painful expression as she stared at the teen. This caused Nero stare at Trish blankly before gently brushing her arm off his shoulder.

"Yeah right…" Nero said in a monotone voice only making the blonde smirk more. She enjoyed messing with him from time to time.

"Women are unpredictable creatures Nero. So you'd best not underestimate us." She finished before walking away to join the others who were waving goodbye to him. Nero only waved over his shoulder, back facing them as he walked towards the entrance to board.

"He'll be ok by himself won't he?" Lady asked Dante as Trish also looked at the man for his answer. Dante could only cross his arms still looking at Nero's retreating form.

"That…is something entirely up to him."

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Currently in Japan it was 7:45a.m in the morning and both of the Shiba siblings were up and about ready to start their day.

Tatsuya was seen typing up a document regarding the model of his new invention on his laptop. Suddenly he felt a shiver travel down his spine making him twitch quickly. The action did not go unnoticed by his sister who was nearby.

"Onii-sama, what's wrong?" Miyuki asked her brother causing the boy to shake his head to defuse her worries.

"It's nothing…I just think I felt a chill is all" Tatsuya said not entirely lying but that feeling he had was definitely an uneasy one.

"Oh…well I'll just close the windows then so you don't catch cold." Miyuki now getting up to do so while Tatsuya gave her a small smile.

"You don't have to trouble yourself Miyuki."

"Don't be silly Onii-sama. I'll do anything to make sure you are well and in good health." after realizing her bold clam the bluenette blushed in obvious embarrassment.

"I mean…that's what any sister would want for her brother…" She said trying to find a good excuse to not stumble on her words.

"I'm glad you are so worried about me Miyuki." Tatsuya walked up to her rubbing her head affectionately as it earned a deeper blush from the younger sister. Miyuki loved the warmth of her brother. She was in such bliss that she almost forgot something important. Oh wait…

"Onii-sama, our entrance exams are in three hours from now. I know you will be ok but I still want to wish you luck." Miyuki said as her brother gave a small nod.

"I will do my best Miyuki. Even if we are not in the same class, I hope to be at the same school as you." this caused the sister to frown since there was that possibility of her not being placed with her brother.

"Miyuki look at me." doing what she was asked she stares into his eyes.

"Nothing in this world will separate us…I will always protect you no matter what. So please don't forget that." still looking into her eyes.

"Onii-sama…I know you can score the highest on your exam, so I won't burden you anymore with my worries."

"No, I'm glad you care about my well being Miyuki. Truthfully, I'm extremely glad."

"Onii-sama…" Now looking away from his sister, Tatsuya peers out at the landscape of the city from their balcony with a strange feeling in his chest.

"Just what was that feeling I felt a moment ago? Something doesn't seem right." He thought to himself with a calculating gaze still viewing out of the window. Miyuki noticing his gaze was elsewhere, followed his line of sight. He was acting a bit strange.

"Onii-sama what's wrong?" Miyuki's question caused him to be knocked out of his thoughts to reassure her that everything was fine.

"It's nothing Miyuki. Let's get ourselves prepared to leave." Gaining a nod from the girl, Miyuki then left to get ready for the day. Tatsuya was still wondering what he felt enter the city. He will have to just be more cautious from now on.

"What was that?"

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"What's with this shitty map?" Nero, currently in Japan, stepped out of the cab trying to make his way to Yamuko's temple. Even though he did not care for much attention he was getting plenty of it from younger and older women alike. Maybe it was for his extremely good looks or because he was a foreigner?

His silky white hair and blue eyes, European features etc. seemed to cause the younger ones to gossip about the beautiful foreign teen. However, Nero being himself carried his belongings over his shoulder while completely ignoring them.

"I have to at least admit that this place doesn't look half bad." Now nearing a place that seemed to have a long pathway of stairs. It looked like a huge upper wall that surrounded big double doors that could easily fit a sixteen wheeled truck through it. Over the wall he could see the top of what looks to be a big temple. Maybe he was finally at the right place. Finally…

"Looks like this is it…" Nero now looking up the full length of the stairs before taking in a breath.

"What's the deal with all these steps anyway?" Shifting his belongings on his shoulder before gaining a running start. Nero making sure no one was around to see him, leapt with a powerful jump gracefully landing in front of the temple doors that were currently closed. But something else caught his attention when he landed. On the right, there was a sign that said 'Only those who can open these doors can challenge this dojo' on the side.

"So this is a dojo? I thought this was a temple? Whatever, it doesn't matter…" Nero now inspecting the doors, found them to be a bit surprising. He had to admit…they were huge. The doors had to be at least twenty-five feet tall. However, what Nero didn't know was that this was one of the pranks this temple would perform to keep most unwanted fights at bay. Usually when the doors were open was only when the residence of said dojo knew Tatsuya and Miyuki would be on their way. The Shiba siblings would usually show up around the same time almost every day so they knew when to open the doors. Now using his knuckle to knock on the door, he does so to test its sturdiness. Raising an eyebrow at how ridiculous it actually was.

"Are these people serious right now? This is pure steel. No normal person would be able to open this with just brute force…" Nero now taking his index and pointer finger from his left hand and centering them between the seal that separated both doors. Taking another breath he thrust them forward causing the huge steal doors to fling open with great haste.

Nero took his time slowly walking through the doors. Wait, he noticed that no one was there…like no one at all. Seeing as no one was around, he made his way toward the big temple building in the center of the field. Hopefully someone was inside that he could talk to.

"HELLO! I'M LOOKING FOR A MR. YAKUMO!" Nero yelled trying to see if anyone could hear him but before he made it toward the middle he felt someone behind him and thankfully he trusted his gut because not a second later a kick was placed where he was just standing.

Graceful in his maneuver, he did a Barani front flip so he could fix his position to see who attacked him from behind. As he landed on his feet, Nero found not one but three different people looking at him with hostility. Who were these bastards anyway? Nero then heard more running around him so he turned to see about seven more bald men come up behind him readying themselves in a fighting stance. Seeing that they were ready to attack, Nero raised his hands up in defense. He really didn't feel like going through this today.

"Whoa…I don't want any trouble alright! I'm just looking for a man by the name of Yakumo Kokonoe." This caused one of the many bald headed men to come up to Nero with a narrowed gaze.

"What business does a foreigner have with our master?" The bald monk now retaking his stance out of instinct.

"Speak now…yet I don't know how you were able to get passed our doors but I will not let you just waltz in here outsider." Nero's own expression looked slightly annoyed since no one wanted to hear him out. All he wanted was just to talk to this Yakumo guy and get it over with.

"Like I said, I was told to come see hi…" But Nero was cut off by one of them trying to throw a punch at the side of his head causing him to lean back before instinctively kneeing said person in the stomach making them garb at it as if it were a life line. Nero retaliating like that sealed the deal and negotiation was clearly off now. It wasn't his fault; they were the ones to attack with the first swing after all. The battle was on. More started to jump at Nero ready to pound him into the ground. Nero skillfully evaded two of them before leg sweeping both off balance. He gently tossed his belongings away in the process so they did not receive any damage in the upcoming fight.

Nero again, being himself put on one of his mock surprised faces before ducking under a roundhouse kick, whistling as he watched the leg go over his head. Leaning up he quickly performed a graceful butterfly twist over a leg sweep he would have received.

"Wow. Haven't you guys ever heard of a good first impression when you have a guest?" Nero adding fuel to the fire as one of them who seemed more skilled than the other's rushed him as he threw punches toward Nero's face and chest area.

Nero parried the first four strikes before placing his leg in the fighter's personal area throwing him off balance. Using his hips, he turns with enough spin to use a thrusting palm strike. Nero's attack was successful. Sending wave energy through his opponent, he caused them to be thrown back with great force. The others seeing this stopped and eyed Nero cautiously before the white haired teen maneuvered to the next set of people. Nero dashed in using his elbow to hit the one nearest in the mouth before quickly slide dashing delivering another punch in the face then the mid section, while ending with a kick into a spinning downward punch causing the poor soul to hit the ground hard and unconscious. Without resting, Nero turned around to mow down the remaining people. Punching straight ahead a powerful force hits the other three that were grouped together causing their Gai's to rip while knocking them back thirty feet before sliding to a stop.

Nero's display in martial arts was indeed impressive. And not even three seconds later he could hear someone clapping their hands as they approached him from behind.

"Not bad…not bad at all. You just might be even better than Tatsuya…Nero." A bald man with a scar on his right eye said. Was he another one of these annoying guys? Just looking at him Nero could tell he was different from the others. Just who was this guy?

"Who are you and how do you know my name?" Nero asked with mild interest but was also on alert just in case.

"Oh I know a lot about you my boy. Even enough to know that you held back on using your…" now leaning over so only Nero could hear "Inhuman strength against them. Otherwise they would be dead in one hit, no?"

Now Nero was on full alert taking a chance to grab the man but he skillfully evaded the grab, back flipping away.

"Uh-uh-ahhhh. You know you can't be too aggressive on our first meeting, it shows bad character." The man taunted the white haired devil causing said boy to suck his teeth in annoyance before remembering what Dante said.

Flashback:

Nero there is no way you could miss this guy he can talk circles around just about anyone, trust me if he mocks you within the first 10 seconds you meet, it's without a doubt Y…."

Flashback End

"Yakumo Kokonoe…" Nero said as the man before him smiled while his eyes were still closed.

"Bingo! I see that you've heard of me?" Yakumo said as he rubbed his peach fuzz under his chin gaining a blank look from Nero who thought that this person and Dante acted almost identical.

"You could say that. After all, I was told to come and meet you here since you know about this whole schooling situation." Nero said looking around at the scenery.

"Indeed I do…come let's chat inside. I have some other things to discuss with you as well." Yakumo said as they both made their way to the main part of the temple. Nero on the other hand wanted to know more about this guy. Why did Dante respect him so much?

---

The blue haired petite was now finished getting ready for the day and decided it was time to head out but something was still bothering her about earlier and how Tatsuya acted.

"I can tell when something is wrong with brother…but why does he keep things from me?" She asked herself deep in thought even to the point where she almost ran into her own room door.

"I need to focus. I need to show Onii-sama that I will be second to only him alone." now lightly slapping her cheeks for recognition.

"Kay, here it goes…" Miyuki entered the living room finding her brother fully dressed and ready to leave as well.

"Onii-sama, you weren't waiting for me too long were you?" hoping she wasn't slowing him down but she only received silence as he again seemed in his own world but what also caught her off guard was his fierce gaze as he looked out the window.

"Onii-sama…Onii-sama!" Tatsuya now realized he was spacing out and seemed to worry his dear sister even more now.

"Oh Miyuki…I'm sorry I just have so much on my mind as of late." Miyuki wasn't buying it fully. She could see the look on his face and knew instantly something was really bothering him.

"Tatsuya I know when something's bothering you. So why must you hide your feelings from me? Let me help you." Miyuki said in a pleading manner causing Tatsuya to give his rare apologetic look her way.

"I'm sorry if I'm worrying you Miyuki. But it's nothing to concern yourself with. I promise its fine. I'm probably just over thinking some things." He said rubbing her head gently causing her to give an adorable pout.

"Anyway, it's time for us to head out." Tatsuya now heading for the door.

"Onii-sama wait for me!" Miyuki right behind him.

---

Both were now sitting at a short Japanese table while Yakumo made tea and had some refreshments, Nero was just waiting to get out of here and get this over with.

"So I know you were told about why you're here am I right?" Yakumo asked while sipping his tea with that ever present smile on his face.

"Yeah, something about learning different things about magic's at this school and stuff am I right?" Nero asked still a little annoyed.

"Ah…yes the school of magic, First High school to be correct. And that school is for the rich and people who have a place in this world." Yakumo said causing Nero to snort in response before speaking.

"Then what the hell am I here for? I wish I had money like that but I don't. I make a living hunting demons not school time with some nobles." this just earned a laugh from Yakumo. At least the boy could be humorous when he wanted to.

"Indeed but…" now getting surprisingly serious to the point that Nero thought he was sitting with another man entirely.

"That's not the only reason why you came to Japan Nero." Hearing this caused the White blonde to sit up straighter in confusion.

"Wait, what do you mean?"

"It's exactly as I said. There is another reason why you are here in Japan. And one of the reasons is to help stop a vicious demon that myself and Dante encountered in our youth." Yakumo now stood up and walked to the far side of the room grabbing an amulet off the desk near the window.

"This amulet is one of the keys to helping seal him away." he said tossing it to Nero who easily caught it.

"And who is this "him" you keep talking about?"

"Oh silly me, I forget to tell you his name…the demon of hell IGNUS!"

"IGNUS?" Nero said unsure as he has never heard of him from Dante even once.

"Yes…he was an extremely powerful foe. Me and Dante both fought him off at the time but now he seems to be coming back to this plain of existence. Nero, we need to be ready when he does or millions of people will die."

"In fact, he was second to only Dante's very father Sparda. Even Mundus feared his power for it was too great."

"But that's not all. Ignus was once a kind hearted demon like Sparda who had compassion. Love however is a dangerous thing you see…since the bad blood between them became thick because they both fell in love with the same woman. Only one could have her heart so one thing lead to another." Yakumo said taking another sip of his tea.

"What, you mean…"

"Yes, Sparda was the one to win Eva's love and jealousy and bitterness grew ever true inside Ignus' heart. Once a kind and understanding demon, he became foul and cold hearted showing those around him no mercy. Sparda has already engaged and defeated him long before me and Dante had to reseal him. But it seemed like his hatred kept him coming back for revenge time and time again."

"Dante knows this all too well. After all, the kin of Sparda have been hunted by many demon families for centuries. Most failed but they continue to try ridding your blood from existence." Nero could only sit there in silence as he tried to process everything he was being told.

"Anyway, you will come across others who are in on this to help us out along the way but until then you need to attend school and stay undercover as much as possible. Only if you or someone's life is in danger should you act past your human capabilities Nero…understand?" Nero nodding to this causes the man's mood to soften.

"Now then you need a place to stay right? Well lucky for you the higher ups are paying good money for you to be an exchange student so they gave me the information to everything you will need while you enjoy your stay."

"Oh, and do remember you need to be at the school to take the entrance exam in I don't know…thirty or so minutes. So if I were you I would um…hurry up." Nero gladly stood up as he made his was to leave.

"Nero, if you want to train just stop by and I'll show you some pointers. Might help this old guy work up a sweat even." He mocked playfully only gaining an over head salute that his words were heard.

"That boy might be his son but he definitely reminds me of you Dante." Sipping more of his tea in comfortable silence.

---

Miyuki and Tatsuya were now split up as they both took their entrance exams in separate rooms. Tatsuya was currently showing his magic capabilities and seeming to not do so well even though he could use it a little.

Miyuki on the other hand seem to fly threw her tests with little effort and also scoring extremely well on her magic activation scoring a terrifying .12 of a second putting her in the top of her class easily.

Nero on the other hand did well on certain written areas of the test since he only knew certain things about different types of magic. However, that is not the problem, the problem was that Nero couldn't or would not use any spells at all making it difficult for his test instructor.

"We'll Nero, it seems you have no magic abilities whatsoever…" This person was the one Dante mentioned about owning him a favor. The male had brown hair and brown eyes. He was shorter than Nero by at least 6 inches and he was obviously Japanese. The man's name was Yorichi Takeda.

"I will have to file this unfortunately…but don't worry too much about that since even people with low or no magic levels still attend this school. This school is mostly teaching them how magic works. Plus, this school is more worried about its income than if someone knows how to use magic fully."

"My magic reserves are just really low compared to other people I guess." Nero was clearly lying through his teeth and Takeda knew he was. Especially since he also knew Dante was his uncle.

"Yes, well it sure seems that way. Anyway, that also seems to be it for these tests. We would normally inform you of your results but since you know you are pretty much in regardless…"

"Yea I got it. So when exactly do I head back?"

"The results should be ready by tonight and in two days time you would have been informed." Takeda said still writing on his clipboard.

"Yea whatever, I guess I'll see you around…" Nero made his way to the door behind him. He was just glad that was over and done with.

Sometime later, Miyuki and Tatsuya finally met up again after completing both of their entrance exams.

"Onii-sama!" Miyuki walked up to her brother with a beautiful and confident smile.

"Miyuki…from the look on your face I suppose you did substantially?" Tatsuya asked with a small smile towards her as she nodded her head in delight.

Yes Onii-sama, I made sure I completed all of my tests without fail. I'm sure you also passed as well Onii-sama?" The young sister asked causing her brother to slightly smile as he placed his hand on her shoulder.

"Of course Miyuki, remember I promised that you and I would both attend this school together and live normal lives for as long as we could." Tatsuya seemed to make his sister's bright smile shine brighter with his words. The Shiba siblings looked to be ready to head back home but something in the corner of Miyuki's vision caught her attention. Now looking in said direction, her eyes landed on the back of a male who was at least six inches taller than her brother. And from the look of his aesthetic build, he was almost a size and a half bigger than Tatsuya in that department as well.

But what caught her attention the most was his shinny white hair. Never before has Miyuki Shiba ever witnessed such snow white hair in her life. To her it almost appeared to glimmer as the light bounced off of it. She could not view the boy's facial appearance since as his back was to her. The male made his way out the door silently disappearing from her vision completely. There was a feeling that the Shiba sister could not place about him but she could not help but wonder about whom that could be.

"Who was that person?" Miyuki asked herself slightly curious but she was not the only one. Her brother Tatsuya had a more calculating look on his features as he watched Nero leave out of the building. Maybe Tatsuya could sense something that his sister could not?

"That guy…"

---

On Nero's way back home he heard what sounded like people harassing someone. Sighing to himself, Nero knew he currently had nothing else to do. Finding his way over to the end of the building near the crosswalk, he finds a group of males surrounding what looked to be female students from another school.

"Well, well, well. Look at these pretty girls, boys…" One male said with a lip piercing and ear gauges.

"I want the one with the nice maroon hair, she smells so good." another said as he was sniffing the girl's hair who looked terrified.

"Please let us go! D-don't do this!" One of the scared girls pleaded to the thugs who looked at each other before laughing loudly.

"Ha-ha! Like hell we'd turn down a nice piece of a…" but unfortunately for him, he was backhanded hard enough to black out.

"Sorry about that. I guess this is where you ask me if I know what I just got myself into and then attack me for interrupting something?" A white haired figure asked lazily as everyone's attention was now on him. The girls looked shocked to see someone there to actually come rescue them.

"You damn pretty boy! Who the hell do you think you are, huh?" One angrily asked before taking his iron pipe and swinging at Nero's head. Nero of course skillfully caught it while looking at it in mock interest.

"Wow…you still carry one of these around? It's like 2095 man. Are you serious?" Bending it like a pretzel with ease around the thugs arms making them useless.

"My arms! What the hell? How did you do…" finding a boot to the face shut him up fast while the other male thug seemed to gulp loudly as he knew he was about to get it too.

"Wait! C-cant we talk about this?" the thug asked like that would change the fact he was still going to get his ass beat.

"You're an idiot." Nero said as he slowly stalked up to the terrified male.

"Hold on….hold on…w-wait…EEH-EEHHHHAAA!"

Finishing up with the trash, Nero dusts off his hands from a good days work. Turning to the girls to help them up, he could see the look on their faces. They were terrified. Could you necessarily blame them? They just experienced some form of sexual assault and he knew they had to be quite shaken up from the ordeal. Nero knew he had to at least comport them and make them feel that they were now safe.

"It's alright, I promise I won't hurt any of you." This surprisingly gained him a flying hug from the girls as they seemed to be beyond relieved someone saved their purity.

"Thank you-Thank you-Thank you so much!"

"Umm…you're welcome?"

---

Nero finally made it to his apartment that was about forty minutes away from the school by train which in his case he was lucky. Compared to the huge size of the city it wasn't so bad living around here. He was also settling in quite well and the place was spacious enough to move around freely.

"These will probably be the shortest two days of my life…" Nero sarcastically stated before flopping on his couch enjoying the peace and quiet. He just wanted to relax for the time being. But there was a thought that did pop into his head.

"First days always suck."

---

Nero received his school uniform and was on his way out getting ready for his first day at First High. Little did our White haired demon know his uniform was indeed a little different? Nero decided against wearing a dress shirt underneath his school jacket/trench so he had it open with a black t-shirt underneath. Nero doesn't know that his colors on jacket were different for his uniform entirely. The white, green and, black color pallet was different than the normal boy's attire. His was black in the areas that white would usually be and green in areas the black trimming normally was.

Nero's jacket also stopped just past his waist and there was no back trench style like the normal white male uniforms had. His cufflinks had the symbol of a plant stem as he rolled his up to his elbows like normal and placed his stem pin on his jackets right side. Nero also wore black pants with black school shoes.

Now making his way toward the school, he noticed that there were people around the schools front entrance who seemed to be putting up signs and ordainments alike. To be honest, this actually looks so normal…well that is until their attention was occupied by a sudden outburst.

"I CANNOT ACCEPT THIS!" Nero also hearing the outburst swiftly makes his way around the crowd. Now focusing on a pair that caused the commotion he spots a dark blue haired Japanese girl who had blue eyes and looked to be upset about something. She also was wearing the normal female version of the school uniform.

Her school uniform was actually appealing since it somehow was a white dress under a short green blazer that seemed to be connected to a see through nightgown. While the person she was standing in front of had black hair and blue eyes.

"ONII-SAMA! WHY ARE YOU A RESERVE…DIDN'T YOU TOP THE ENTRANCE EXAMS!?" Miyuki yelled making a scene.

"Miyuki, you're still going on about that?" Tatsuya said not really wanting to go through this. The students that were standing around were conversing amongst each other.

"What's that? Are they fighting?"

"Aren't they freshman?"

Nero on the other hand was looking on with mild interest. This was the liveliest thing to happen since he arrived at the school.

"THE FREASHMAN REPRESENTATIVE SHOULD NOT BE ME...BUT YOU, ONII-SAMA!"

"This is a magic high school. It's obvious they would place more emphasis on practical ability than paper tests, and with my practical ability it's surprising that I even made it as a course 2 student." Tatsuya stated only causing his sister to go on about her disagreement.

"ONII-SAMA, I SAY! THERE IS NO ONE WHO IS A MATCH FOR YOU IN STUDIES AND TAIJUTSU! SINCE THE TRUTH IS EVEN FOR MAGIC…."

"MIYUKI!" Tatsuya suddenly yelled startling the girl a bit.

"Even if you say that out load, it can't be helped… you understand that right?" Tatsuya having good reason of saying this because in this school First High you were branded by your status of ability as he was missing an emblem on his arm while Miyuki had the symbol of a Bloom.

"I…apologize." Miyuki was feeling a bit guilty for this situation even happening to her brother in the first place. She just couldn't understand. Why was her brother not selected? He was the best of the best in anything he did when it came to combat and magic. It just wasn't right!

The gentle hand of her brother Tatsuya touches her head softly. "Seeing you getting so angry in my place…it makes me happy. I'm always saved by that." Tatsuya said not knowing the impact his words were having on his beloved sister.

"Lair…" she said almost in a whisper.

"Onii-sama is always scolding me…"

"I'm not lying, Just like how you feel about me…I also feel the same about you." these words caused the young beauty to raise her gaze to meet her brothers as he blush increased.

Nero raised his brow at this "Ok, now correct me if I'm wrong… but is he not her brother? So what's with this awkward atmosphere all of a sudden?"

"O-onii-sama….no way…to tell me so suddenly how you feel about me…" her whole demeanor changing into one of joy. She couldn't face Tatsuya at that very moment so she turned around holding her face that was increased with heat thanks to that brother of hers.

"She seems to have misunderstood the meaning behind what I said but I'll just leave it at that for now"

"Miyuki" gaining her attention.

"Even if you back out on giving the reply address…there is no way I will be selected as a replacement. It would just affect your appraisal and with your intelligence, I'm sure you know what that would mean."

"Well…about that…" Miyuki began but Tatsuya continued.

"And besides Miyuki…I'm looking forward to it. So show this useless big brother of yours the glorious moment of his cute little sister." this again caused said girls temperature to increase.

"O-onii-sama is not a useless big brother! B-but I understand, please forgive me for being willful."

"Go on, it's almost time for the meeting before the reply address right?"

"Yes"

"I'll be taking my leave. Please be sure to watch me onii-sama." Miyuki said waving and giving her farewells as she made her way toward the school building.

"Alright" Tatsuya said as he thought about walking around for a bit more to see the surrounding buildings attached to the First High magic school.

As the girl left so did the crowd and Nero who felt this was too much to watch had walked off a little before Miyuki and Tatsuya went their separate ways.

"This school is just full of weirdoes isn't it?" Walking with his left hand in his pocket while his other was at his side there was a group of female Blooms straight ahead, heading his way. Now noticing him they could see a white haired handsome prince with beautiful blue eyes. Truth be told, they could not help but blush hard while their vision was locked onto him.

"H-he's so handsome…" one of the girls said as all they could do was admire him. However, there was also something else they noticed about Nero that caught their eyes.

"But look at his uniform…"

"Yeah, but how can someone so good looking not be a Bloom? You would think he was some type of royalty!"

"I know…but isn't that the color for Stem student uniforms?"

"You're right, he is a Stem. Aren't those supposed to be the worst of the worst in the schools rankings?"

"But he's so hot! Yet at the same time, there's no way my parents would ever let me date him if they knew he was a Stem student…" One whined to herself almost depressed about the fact.

"W-well, maybe we shouldn't talk to him then? Wouldn't other Stems think its ok to hang out with us if we do?" Another girl asked as they all then tried to hastily move past Nero. Nero being himself didn't really care in the slightest. This school seemed to be based on status more than anything else and things that stupid and shallow didn't matter to him. He could tell that his time here would be the best time of his life. The beauty of sarcasm…

"So I'm a Stem huh?" Nero more so wanted to wonder why it took him that long to realize this bit of information. Now it made sense why his pin was in the shape of a plant stem but he soon brushed off the thought and continued to walk toward the main building.

---

Tatsuya currently had free time until his sister's speech so he was walking around coming into contact with the same females Nero did earlier. He could see that some of their faces had blushes on them as if they had been recently flustered in some way. Unfortunately Tatsuya just became the next target of their attention.

"I wonder why that Weed is out here all by himself?"

"Yea but he seems really enthusiastic even though he's just a reserve doesn't he?"

Tatsuya hearing this just smiled to himself "An eight-pedaled flower is present on the left chest of a course 1 student…also know as a Blooms. The emblem is absent on course 2 students known as Weeds"

"If the entire course 1 student's meet the schools quota and successfully pass then the course 2 student's end up being completely unnecessary"

"Then there are the students who are below even us Weeds…the Stems. They have little to almost zero magic capability. Truthfully, the only reason the school has bothered to make that branch is because the families usually paying for their children's education is helping to fund this school while also learning about magic."

Now walking, he finds a spare bench that he decides to sit on while thinking of the events that happened throughout the week also remembering Nero.

"That guy…something was definitely different about him. I could swear I felt his presence when I was talking with Miyuki not too long ago." Tatsuya said as he tried to relax for now.

"Why am I on guard every time I feel that person near?"

---

Nero was almost near the steps of the main building before he spotted a short petite girl with long black hair and red eyes who seemed to be a Bloom student. She currently looked to be searching for someone. Nero not wanting to really engage in conversation closed his eyes while he continued to get closer to her.

Well that was until she noticed him. "Oh, why hello you seem to be…" but she paused as she viewed his outfit and noticed right away he was a Stem.

"Oh my, where are my manners? My name is Mayumi Saegusa…" but the cheerful Mayumi finally noticed Nero's true appearance. She took in his foreigner features and couldn't quite help the blush creeping onto her pretty face. His silky white hair…and those ocean blue eyes mixed with his appearance made her doubt her next words. This was strange to her though. Mayumi wasn't one to get self conscious like this but here this male made himself seem almost unapproachable. Nero on the other hand continued to walk past her without speaking a word. It's not her fault, he was just still feeling a bit upset about being there in Japan in the first place. And he wasn't as much of a "people person." Maybe it was a small case of Home Sickness?

Quiet silence was all she received as the white haired male completely ignored her. That act in itself was obviously very rude. This caused Mayumi's beautiful face to form a frown while looking at Nero's retreating form. Displeased with his rude behavior was an understatement.

"Excuse me, but you are being extremely rude!" The black haired girl implied causing Nero to do wave over his shoulder.

"You'll forgive me won't you?" He asked jokingly as Mayumi frowned at his words. But what was this feeling?

"A Stem huh? How rude…but something tells me this won't be the last time we meet each other." Mayumi said staring at his retreating back for what seemed like ten more seconds before continuing on her own path.

As Nero made it into the main building, he was looking around trying to get a feel for the school. Trying his best to ignore whoever it was, he could swear that someone was following him around.

"What do you want?" Nero asked in his monotone voice causing the one behind him to jolt a bit.

"Ohh, so I was right after all. You are a foreigner!" The person said causing Nero to turn his vision finding a short red headed girl who seemed to be in the Weed uniform. She was wearing a warming smile while walking in sync with the devil as well.

"Hello there, my names Erika Chiba…nice to meet you!" Erika said cheerily causing Nero to give her a raised brow. She was awfully energetic…

"Nero…Nero Angelo" Nero said causing the girl to nod in approval.

"Say Nero, where are you from anyway?" Erika asked the boy as she leaned over while look at him from the side in wonder.

"North America."

"North America? No way!" The girl said almost jealous. Maybe she wanted to go there herself one day?

"But seriously Nero-san, what in the world are they feeding you people over there in America?" Erika asked admiring Nero's build. He was easily over her.

"I don't know…what do they feed you girls here in Japan?" Nero asked looking mainly at her chest from a side glance. Erika not missing it had the decency to blush before turning away to cover herself which caused her to stop walking as our white haired devil continued on his way.

"W-wait Angelo-san! That was one extremely bold claim you said there…" Erika stated now catching back up to him while looking at him from the side once more. She could not deny that he was ridiculously good looking. In fact…he was almost like a character out of those fairytales she used to read growing up.

"You asked first didn't you? I thought it was only fair." Nero said with raised brow and small smirk on his face. Erika now wore a cute pout across her own.

"Nero, you are such a jerk." Erika said but she was now looking at his attire.

"Now that I think about it, I see that you wear the Stem student's attire. Did any of the Blooms give you a hard time yet?" She asked as he kept his gaze ahead.

"Wasn't paying attention." was all she heard making her think she needed to approach him differently. He seemed like he was a loner. Maybe he didn't really associate himself with other people.

"Say Nero?"

"What?"

"I don't blame you if you don't want to be here either. I'm the same way a little. I wanted to come here hoping to better myself but ended up getting a bit lower than what I first sought out to do. Sure, it lowered my resolve a bit but I still intend to push on with my head held high." Nero was only quietly listening to the red headed girl. She had a point there. It's about holding your head up and moving forward regardless of what other people thought about you.

"So, I guess what I'm trying to say is…you don't have to act so distant from me. I might not be a Stem like you are but I know what it's like to feel like you are not good enough."

"What are you talking about?" Nero suddenly asked her causing Erika to turn her head to him again.

"Blooms, Weeds, Stems…who cares about that? I don't know why you feel so beat up about it in the first place? Isn't this an opportunity? When you're the best of the best, you think less about improving yourself. Those who are viewed to be beneath people better than them will work harder and maybe in the process even surpass those who claim or seem to be superior. If you were already at the top in everything you did, could you really say that you would want a life like that? Actually, what would your motivation be to better yourself? All you would do is make the underdogs underneath you more motivated to surpass you instead. You would become their goal. I hear the top was a lonely place. Instead, maybe you should enjoy this feeling a little longer while you can…" Nero said lazily as Erika could not help but feel there was great truth to his words.

"You sure have a way with words don't you?" Erika asked him sarcastically as she did not receive an answer from the white haired teen. She could only give a small smile as she looked at him. He wasn't so bad behind that tough demeanor he wore. As the girl was thinking to herself she then stopped in place as her face clearly showed obvious concern.

"Oh no~! I'm such an idiot! Sorry Nero-san, I forgot to meet up with a friend of mine so I guess we will have to cut this a bit short. Our little chat made me forget for a second so I feel a bit bad." Erika said as she closed her eyes and shook her head.

"Then go." Nero said as he walked past the girl who only smiled brightly at him.

"Hopefully we can meet again soon. Ok…Prince-san." Erika said as she winked happily while jogging away laughing at the nickname she gave him. She knew that she was going to enjoy this place even more now.

"W-what!? Hey Erika! Tch…" Nero called out to her but she kept going. He wanted to put a nip in the bud about that nickname but she ignored him.

---

Tatsuya was still on the bench when his alarm went off telling him he had at least fifteen minutes left before Miyuki's speech started.

"Looks like it's time to go now." getting up he suddenly could feel someone's presence near him turning to looking in said persons direction.

"Are you a freshman? It's better to head over to the venue soon or you might be late." the feminine voice said.

"Excuse me, I will be on my way immediately." Tatsuya said gaining a smile from the girl.

"At least someone has proper manners…unlike someone." she said thinking of our white haired devil.

Tatsuya now looking up spotting her C.A.D (Casting Assistant Device)

"Ah, I haven't properly introduced myself yet, pardon me." now taking a better look at the female, she was short with long black hair and red eyes. She was the same girl who encountered Nero from earlier.

"I'm the student council president of the first high school…Mayumi Saegusa."

"Seven huh, seems she is one to be a successor to her family." Tatsuya thought before introducing himself

"My name is Shiba Tatsuya."

"AH! You are "THAT" Shiba-kun!?" Mayumi said aloud now getting in Tatsuya's personal space.

"An average of 96 marks over the seven exams subjects. Especially Magic theory and Magic Engineering, which have an average passing mark of 60 among the examinees…you actually got a perfect grade for them...your that Tatsuya Shiba-kun!" Mayumi was going fangirl mode and with full force.

"Those were just paper results, we all know that this is a magical school and that's what matters the most."

"Nope. At least I know I wouldn't be able to get that high of a grade…you're awesome." she praised but for some reason he felt weird. He wasn't use to this type of attention even though he did not care much in regards to the opinions of others.

"Excuse me, its time after all. I mustn't be late…madam President." And with a polite bow Tatsuya made his way to the venue while leaving an extremely curious Mayumi behind. She could tell that something was unique about Tatsuya but she just couldn't figure it out. Oh well, for now she will also head towards the venue and prepare for the opening ceremony.

---

Nero now in the auditorium, found a spot where no one was sitting all the way in the back. He was deep in thought as he scanned the area. He could see Blooms, Weeds, and Stems alike were all divided in the room. He also gained unwanted attention from female students who were talking about his good looks but the fact he was a Stem isolated him instantly.

"White and green with flower emblem, white and green not emblem, then black and green…" Nero said as he looked at the jackets around the room. Stems seemed to have a small portion of the room while Blooms and Weeds had the majority of the venue. He noticed the female stem uniforms were similar to the normal course 1 and 2 students but the normal green color was black and the black trimming was green.

Nero was currently sitting with his arms resting on the seats next to him while his right leg was on top of his left in a "figure 4" position as he closed his eyes with a bored expression.

"Umm…excuse me. I-is that seat taken?" Nero heard a timid voice speak to him as he opened his eyes to be greeted with a pretty shorthaired blonde girl with green eyes and a big chest. She was also wearing the black and green version of the girl's uniform like all the other female Stems.

"No…you can sit here if you want" he said to her. But she was a bit hesitant at first. Nero didn't even take his arm down so if she was to sit down, it would look like he was putting his arm around her. This thought caused the girl to blush massively as Nero only gave her a side glance noticing her flustered state.

"Are you ok?"

"Y-yes, I'm fine." the girl said quickly earning a raised eyebrow from the boy. Trying to change the subject she tries to introduce herself.

"M-my name is Shiemi Moriyama…its nice meeting you." Shiemi said shyly bowing her head slightly.

Nero couldn't help but feel it was right to at least introduce himself as well. "Nero…Nero Angelo and it's nice to meet you too…Shiemi." those words seemed to brighten the girl's mood tenfold.

"Nice to meet you Nero-san" she said before shyly playing with her pointer fingers.

"Um…Nero-san?"

"What?"

"I know this is weird asking someone like this and I also just met you but…will you be willing to be my friend?" Shiemi asked almost too innocently. Well it was a pretty different approach than what he was used to but he couldn't help but feel bad for her. Just looking at her he could tell she seemed so lonely. But even then, becoming friends with someone like him? Maybe it wasn't such a good idea. Nero was just staring at the girl, almost like he was contemplating in his head the right thing to say. She was watching him as he stared intently at her. Waiting for his answer made it feel like a lifetime under his powerful gaze. Nero after what seemed to be two minutes released a sigh as he looked away from the girl closing his eyes.

"Shiemi, to be honest…I don't think you would want to be friends with someone like me. You are better off asking someone else." This only received a 'no' with the shake of her head as she looked at him with a soft smile.

"Even though you say that, I can just tell that you are a good person. I can feel it." Shiemi said causing Nero to look back at her confused. What exactly did she mean by that? He could only wonder those words in his head as he looked at her expression. That look…she was serious about what she said. Her look of determination was clear as day for the devil to see. Looks like he didn't have a choice now did he? Nero could only close his eyes once again and rub the back of his head sheepishly.

"Fine then, if that's what you want…then I'll be your friend. But Shiemi, I can't promise you that I'll be a good one."

"Really Nero-san…really? Don't you worry! We will be the best of friends, you'll see!" She said as her early display of sadness was quickly replaced with happiness. Nero could only wear a small smirk in defeat as he looked at her beaming smile. He could only hope that he made the right decision. Living the life he did…he didn't want to get too attached to anyone around here. Oh well, for some reason…he just couldn't bring himself to say no to this girl.

The two of them continued to talk among each other as more Stem students came to fill in the seats around them. It would also seem that Nero was not the only one making new friends nearby. Tatsuya was on the opposite side straight across from Nero and Shiemi.

"Excuse me, sorry to bother you but is that seat next to you available?" A girl with short black hair and glass asked him who also seemed to have a big chest. Said girl was wearing the normal girl's uniform, but her uniform was missing the bloom emblem on her left arm meaning she was a Weed student like him.

"Please help yourself…" Tatsuya said making more room for the girl to sit next to him before the girl was jumped from behind by someone else.

"It's great that we can sit next to each other right?!" An overly hyped short redheaded girl said even though it was Erika but Tatsuya did not know her quite yet.

"What's with them?" Tatsuya thought to himself finding them rather strange.

"Thank you again. My name is Shibata Mizuki. Nice to meet you." said the glasses wearing girl kindly.

"I'm Tatsuya Shiba. It's nice to meet you too Mizuki." Tatsuya said while inspecting the girl's glasses. It was rare to see glasses of that prescription on anyone this day in age so it did indeed draw Tatsuya's attention.

"And my name is Erika Chiba, nice to meet you Shiba-kun!" Erika now introduced herself to Tatsuya before a thought popped into her mind.

"Hmm…Shiba, Shibata and Chiba. Now that I think about it our names kind of rhyme don't they?" Erika said gaining a look of understanding from Mizuki.

"Another one from the numbers?" Tatsuya thought as he looked at Erika who seemed to be talking with Mizuki until said girl scanned the room as her eyes landed on the Stem section of the venue.

"AH! Look Mizuki-chan! Look over there! There's Nero, the guy I was telling you about!" Erika said as she pointed to the white haired teen also gaining Tatsuya's attention. Erika now looking to see Nero who seemed to be engaged in light conversation with a blonde female who seemed to be well endowed in most areas. Erika looked down at herself before looking back at them with a frown.

"Just who is that girl anyway?" Erika asked aloud without even knowing it as she felt intimidated for some strange reason.

Tatsuya on the other hand, was watching Nero like a hawk without taking his eyes off him. Erika seemed to know the boy from somewhere so he felt it was probably best to gather information from the girl if he could.

"Erika, so you know that guy?" This received a nod in return before she pointed in Nero's direction.

"Just a bit I suppose. His name is Nero Angelo…a mysterious foreigner from the USNA. He did seem to be a bit distant and rough around the edges at first but once I was able to talk to the guy, he wasn't so bad." She said as her friend Mizuki on the other hand was in stasis mode. Mizuki just continued to stare in Nero's direction with an increasing blush on her features. Erika raised her brow at her frozen friend before waving her hand in front of the girl's face to snap her out of it.

"Hellooo…Mizuki~? Yoohooooo…" Erika now following her line of sight back to Nero then back to her friend. So it would seem that she has been captivated by a certain someone's charm.

"So you have been struck by his beauty I see?" Erika teased, as she too could not help but think the same thing about the white haired male. After all, Nero was in a class of his own when it came to his looks. Actually, how could any guy look that good?

"But I wonder who that girl is with him?" Erika asked biting on her thumbnail unconsciously. Tatsuya on the other hand was in his own world thinking about whom this person was that makes him feel uneasy. He would have to go home after school and look more into this person if he could.

"Nero Angelo…"

"SILENCE!" They then heard someone yell knocking them out of their stupor.

"Right know the affiliate of the university of First High School's, School entrance ceremony shall begin. And next, reply address from the representative of the freshman's Miyuki Shiba!"

As if on cue, Miyuki comes out onto the stage for all the students to see. She was already getting admirers from what Nero could hear.

"Whoa do you see how pretty she is? A-and she looks so innocent too." some said aloud.

"She looks like a model from those famous magazines." others stated.

"On this good day, I thank you for your words of welcome. I representing the freshmen, am proud to be a member of First High School." Nero listening in while Tatsuya was looking toward his sibling.

"We shall study hard together! And not just limited to magic, we swear to grow together in all school activities." Nero and Tatsuya had different reactions to these words. Nero could only give a small sigh since he knew what she just said is way easier said than done. Tatsuya on the other hand was slightly panicking. Just what the heck was his sister thinking?

"Miyuki! What kind of dangerous phrases are you using?" Now turning his gaze to everyone only to see them deeply affected by his sister's charm before fixing his gaze to Nero who was not paying much attention.

"So lovely…" some near him said making him look away from our devil.

"Miyuki Shiba-sannnn~" others said in a complete daze practically slobbering from their mouths.

"Looks like my worries were meaningless after all…" Tatsuya said now going back to hearing the rest of his sisters encouraging words. Maybe he was overreacting a bit.

---

Sometime later after Miyuki's speech students were outside talking to each other.

"I'm in class 2E what about you guys?" Erika asked happily.

"I'm class 2E" Mizuki said also happy.

"I am also class 2E" Tatsuya stated with little interest.

"Alight that means we'll be classmates! So let's go and take a peek at our home room!" Erika said to the others but Tatsuya himself had other plans.

"Sorry, but I promised to meet up with my little sister."

"Your little sister?"

"You don't mean…she's the freshman representative Miyuki Shiba do you?" Mizuki asked a little shocked.

"Are you two twins?" Erika asked.

"No I was born in April while she was born in March."

"But more importantly, how could you tell Shibata-san? I mean…me and Miyuki don't look similar in the slightest so how did you notice?" Tatsuya asked making the glasses wearing girl nervous with that look of his. Maybe he wasn't aware that he was glaring a hole through her?

"Ohh, it's nothing really. It's just, I guess you two have the same aura if that makes any sense?" This put Tatsuya on full alert as his gaze became fiercer.

"Your eyes are really good Mizuki-san." Tatsuya said coldly startling the girl. Erika not understanding what he meant pointed out the flaw in his words.

"But she's wearing glasses…"

"That's not what I meant. Those glasses have no degree right? Her eyes can see spirit particles meaning they are a special case am I right Mizuki-san?"

"It'll be dangerous if she continues to look at me…she might find out my secret." Tatsuya said as his features only seemed to darken further. Thankfully not too long after he was knocked out of his thoughts by the sound of a familiar voice calling out to him.

"Sama…Onii-sama!" Tatsuya turned to see his sister approaching his group happily.

"Sorry for making you wait. I hope you weren't waiting too long?" She said as Tatsuya also noticed the girl Mayumi right behind her.

"Why is she here with Miyuki?"

"Onii-sama, who are these people?" Miyuki asked as she looked at Erika and Mizuki. If Miyuki knew better it was almost if her brother was going behind her back and doing funny business!

"Oh…these are my classmates Mizuki Shibata and Erika Chiba." now introducing his new acquaintances but of course Miyuki was not pleased.

"I see brother. But aren't you a bit quick to go on a date with your classmates?" She said now giving a fake forced smile.

"You know that's not the case Miyuki, and don't you think you're being rude to the two of them?" This made Miyuki rethink her actions before apologizing to the two girls. She couldn't help her possessive nature that she had for her beloved brother.

"I beg your pardon Shibata-san, Chiba-san. I am Miyuki Shiba. It is nice to meet you two." anger now gone, the Shiba sister tried to properly introduce herself to the two females. She was a bit protective so this will probably not be the last time this occurs down the road.

"Nice to meet you/you too." Both Mizuki and Erika greeted. Erika of course was a bit amused by the whole display but she also wondered what was going on with the young female Shiba. As the girls talked, Tatsuya was inspecting Mayumi as she just stood there with a smile on her face while a male student behind her looked quite annoyed.

"Miyuki, don't you still have business with the student council?" Tatsuya asked her as she was about to reply before…

"It's fine, I just came over to say hello for today" Mayumi said causing the male next to her to be shocked and confused.

"But Madam Preside.." But before he could finish his words Mayumi raised her hand to stop him. She didn't feel it was right for her to take Miyuki away from her brother if she already had plans with him.

"She already has other things planned so we'll just have to do it another day. Well then, let us catch up some other time." Maymui said with a smile before bowing as she turned to leave. This made the male look at Tatsuya angrily before following behind Mayumi quietly.

"I'm sorry onii-sama, because of me…" Miyuki started

"There's no need to apologize Miyuki."

"Onii-sama…"

"Thanks for your hard work today. That was a great address reply." Tatsuya said cupping some of her hair in his hand.

"Err…hello?" Erika said feeling a bit weirded out looking at them go at it. But even with this going on, Erika was somehow able to spot a certain person out the corner of her vision. The same white haired teen that was walking with his eyes closed somehow, hands in his pockets and wearing his uninterested expression.

"Nero-san…wait up!" A voice called out now coming up behind the boy as the person appeared to be the same blonde haired girl from earlier. Nero turned to see the girl walking up to him. He stopped walking as he waited for the girl to catch up. They both started to head away in the direction the other Stem students were going as they went to go look at their homeroom.

"Ah...Nero-san!" Erika said causing those close to her to hear what she said…even Mayumi.

"HEY! NERO…HEY!~" Erika happily called out to him as she waved in his direction. This action grabbed everyone's attention as they looked at the person who Erika called out to. Mayumi's eyes also landed on the same rude white haired male from earlier as her frown returned across her features. This did not go unnoticed by the male next to her. He could sense the clear discomfort of his dear president and would not forgive anyone who would make her feel that way.

Tatsuya kept his calculating gaze on the male as he watched how things would play out. Miyuki however, was truly looking at Nero for the first time. The one time she noticed him she could not see his face before but there was no mistaking that color of hair. No wonder he seemed so familiar. But now that she could, Miyuki could not deny one fact even though she wanted to push it away and out of her mind. The fact being that this person before her was unbelievably handsome. So much that just his appearance made her avert her eyes for a brief second before refocusing back on him.

Mizuki…well you know, she was as still as a statue. To the point that if she moved one inch she felt this perfect picture she's looking at would shatter. However, that is not the only thing she noticed about Nero.

"His aura…" was all she whispered is amazement but Tatsuya heard her and so did Erika. What exactly did she see when she looked at him?

"Well, if it isn't Erika." Nero coolly said as he walked up to them with what seemed to be an elegant posture. Now standing close to him, everyone now realized just how tall he really was while his muscular build only added to his unapproachable aura. Well except for Erika that is, since she was a daring kind of girl.

"And who's the girl with you?" Erika asked Nero with a raised eyebrow as she looked at the shy looking girl or should we say, more at her well-developed frame with slight irritation in her voice.

"And why exactly are you asking me who she is when she's standing right here next to me? Don't you think you should ask her yourself?" Nero said with a mock un-interest causing Erika to pout. He had a point. Erika sighed in defeat as she turned to Shiemi and tried to give a nice warm introduction.

"Hi there, my name is Erika Chiba. It's nice to meet you!" She greeted with her open hand to give the blonde haired girl a proper handshake. Hesitating at first, Shiemi wasn't used to this kind of friendly attention but she slowly took Erika's hand into her own. The shy girl smiled a bit more relaxed as she also returned the introduction.

"Hello Chiba-san, my name is Shiemi Moriyama. It's nice to meet you too." She said as Erika pointed at her friend who seemed to still be undressing Nero with her eyes.

"And this is my friend Mizuki Shibata. Um…she would normally say "hi" and introduce herself but I think something's keeping her temporally occupied." Erika said looking dead at Nero causing him to look at her with a raised brow. Erika gave him the 'it's you idiot' look as if it was obvious. Now coughing in his hand, Tatsuya made himself known again causing Erika to look guilty for forgetting them.

"Oh sorry, and this is Tatsuya Shiba-san and his sister Miyuki Shiba." the red head finished with her hand in their direction.

"Tatsuya?" Nero thought thinking about the name. That name was somehow familiar to him as well. Oh well, he will just push that thought in the back of his head for now. He then gave his attention towards the sister of the Shiba siblings.

"You're the same girl who spoke at the entrance ceremony right? You did pretty good." Nero said genuinely as he looked down at the Shiba sister.

"Thank you very much Nero-san." Miyuki bowed politely out of respect before she brought her head up and looked back into those deep blue orbs of his. There was just something about them that made her look away again.

"Oh Angelo-kunnn~" Erika came over poking his arm making said male's eye twitch in annoyance.

"What Erika?"

"Nero Angelo." Miyuki thought to herself while looking at the two who were talking

"What class are you in hmmm?" Erika asked still in his personal bubble

"Class 3H, why?"

"Oh no reason really…" Erika said with a smirk as she mocked Nero. The White haired male just knew this girl was going to be a hand full while he was going to attend this school. However, from a distance all you could see was Mayumi as she somehow randomly pulled out a handkerchief while biting down on it and pulling extremely hard.

"What's with this? Why is he so nice to them but was so rude to me!?" Mayumi whispered frustrated at how well they were all getting along. Was this some kind of sick joke to make her feel ignored? If it was then it was sure working. Wait…why was she blushing? Was she into these kinds of things?

"That rude good looking jerk!" she continued as the male next to her frowned even more while looking back to the group they left not too long ago.

"Just what exactly happened between him and madam president?" he asked himself before looking back to Mayumi who was still looking at Nero before closing her eyes and biting harder on her handkerchief.

"EEEEEEEEEEE!" Now breathing heavily, she thinks now would be a good time as any to leave before something else happens that makes her flip out. Turning to leave, Mayumi stops before taking one last glance in the group's direction.

"Well then…shall we be off to the student council room?"

"Yes madam president."

---

After they all viewed their classrooms and other areas, they were allowed to leave since the real day started tomorrow. So now on his way to the front gate Nero was stopped.

"Hey Prince-san…wait up!" This nickname came from only one person, Erika.

"What?" Nero asked slightly annoyed with said nickname but she loved it regardless.

"Let's go home together, I was going to ask Tatsuya and the others but I think they already left." Erika said walking in harmony with him as they headed towards the train station.

"And how do you expect to do that? As far as I know we could live on opposite sides from one another." Nero said in his monotone voice making Erika frown since he had a point.

"Well I live at least forty-five minutes or so away from here if we're to take the train, what about you?" Erika said to Nero as she noticed the boy was not saying anything but she could swear she saw sweat come down his forehead.

"Forty-five minutes you say?" Nero asked trying to make sure he heard her right.

"Mhmm, I live on Shukuhi road. My family pretty much has our own land out there. It's a really big looking temple not too many people could miss it." She said causing said boy to sigh to himself.

"If it's the same one I think it is…then that means…" Nero said looking at the girl causing Erika to give the victory sign.

"So we do live close to each other don't we? What about you then?" She asked as she had both her arms behind her back holding her bag.

"I live in the apartment complex far down from Shukuhi road. But to think this whole time that ridiculously big estate was yours. You must be well off." Nero nonchalantly said as he looked at Erika only to see something he wouldn't expect to see from the hyperactive girl. Her face looked so sad and deep in thought, almost like she was thinking about what he had just said.

"There's nothing great about it..." Erika quietly whispered to herself in a way Nero couldn't hear.

"Erika?" Nero called out which seemed to jolt the girl out of her thoughts. She noticed now that he might have seen her saddened state and quickly tried to fill herself with her normal bubbly confidence while changing the subject.

"Hey, I know! Since we live so close together maybe we should hang out sometime. What do you think?" She asked Nero while happily walking backwards in front of him with her bag still behind her. This caused the white haired teen to look at her for a few seconds before closing his eyes and sighing once again.

"Do whatever you want."

---

Tatsuya and Miyuki were home now, and both seem to have things on their minds, but it seemed to be about the same person but for different reasons.

"Nero Angelo…" Miyuki said to herself while trying to figure out the enigma.

"He is good looking though…" She thought while her face was slightly buried in her pillow on her bed.

"There is something about him that I can't quite put my finger on…." she thought before her phone went off. Checking to see who it is only caused the Shiba sister to become depressed as a result.

"It's them again…"

Tatsuya on the other hand was typing in his computer about way to perfect one of his prototypes he was working on while occasionally remembering the white haired devil who was acting nice to his sister earlier.

"Nero…Angelo, just who on earth are you really?" Tatsuya thought before two seconds later Miyuki comes out of her room

"Onii-sama, I'm about to make coffee would you like some?" she asked but he could her the sadness in her voice.

"Uh, yes thank you." he said waiting a couple of seconds before replying

"Miyuki, is something wrong?" this halted the girls movements as she explained

"Onii-sama, they called me again."

---

Elsewhere around the same time where mysterious people who were in a unknown location from the looks of the cave like structure.

"As you can see, everything down here is under control sir." someone said who wore a brown full body cloak and hood.

"I can see that. But are the sacrifices ready?" A tall man who looked more like a beast as he also wore fur armor.

"Why of course, we even have more on the way" the original speaker said causing the other to grin evilly.

"No please don't kill me! I'll give you my wife…no my eldest daughter, she's still pure! W-wait please…please…no..noo…NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Then there was silence since the one talking was beheaded.

Now tossing the head aside, it was shown to be a body hill full of corpses as they seemed ready to be burned.

"HAIL LORD IGNUS!" the killer said to a group of cultist.

"ALL HAIL LORD IGNUS!" the rest roared.

---

It was now the next day and Nero was about to start his walk to the train station for school. "Morning Nero." he heard a female voice that he now recognized.

"Yo, Erika." he said lazily as said girl ran up to him with a smile.

"I didn't think you would be out this early before walking to school." she said checking her watch.

"Who knows…maybe I was in a good mood and felt like meeting up with someone." Nero laxly said causing Erika to blink a couple of times.

"And who is this person you are going to see so early in the morning on a school day?" She asked or more like demanded with her hand on her hip with a slight frown.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you? She is this really pretty girl I met the earlier this week. She seems OK but she's super noisy and a bit of a tomboy. Come to think of it, she has red hair just like you too. Same height, eye color…it's a bit scary actually..." Nero said in his monotone kind of way as he started to walk ahead without her causing Erika to frown more.

"And who is this girl?" Erika asked irritation clearly on her face as she hastily picked up her pace to catch him, but he continued walking without a word.

"Angelo!" she demanded to know.

"It's you…you idiot" he said as he kept walking past Erika who stopped dead in her tracks.

"Y-you think I'm pretty?" She asked blushing before remembering everything else he said.

"HEY! Nero you jerk! You called me a tomboy!" Erika yelled as she cutely pouted.

"You coming or what?" Was all Nero asked as he was a good length ahead of the girl. He stopped to look back at the blushing girl who hurried to his side. But before they started walking again she lightly punched his arm.

"Point proven." was all he said before walking off making Erika's blush more prominent.

"Hey, you take that back! I am very lady like!" Erika protested only to receive a snort from said boy.

"Nero, you idiot…"

---

Miyuki and Tatsuya were both on their way to school as they left their family home. The Shiba princess was as beautiful as ever it would seem. Looks from onlookers were a guaranteed effect of her presence. It was almost as if a red carpet was made especially for her as the people made way. Miyuki and her brother were in light conversation in regards to his adapting to his new school life. She was happy like this…it was so nice to live a normal life without fear or concern. She could only think about the new friends she has made while attending First High.

A small yet beautiful smile graced her lips as she could recall the events. She thinks of the new faces of the recent people she has meet over the week. She remembers the students of the student council, her brother's new classmates Erika and Mizuki, and then…she remembers the foreign white haired boy Nero Angelo. He was such a mystery to her. She couldn't quite understand the handsome devil that has been recently on her mind lately.

He seemed like the "loner" type that didn't really mess around with other people. But he did seem to be friendly, or at least that's what she could feel from the male. She was sure that someone like Nero and with his charm, should have no trouble making friends if he really wanted to. Miyuki was now deep in thought as she was looking down with a troubled expression as they continued to walk. Tatsuya seeing this wondered what could be bothering his little sister to cause her to make such a face.

"Miyuki, what's wrong?" Tatsuya asks looking at her from the side as she just slowly shook her head to shake of her current thoughts.

"It's nothing Onii-sama, I was just in deep thought. Please don't worry yourself about me." Miyuki says with a slightly forced smile. But she should know that her brother could sense that something was indeed bothering her or on her mind.

"Miyuki…you know you cannot fool me. Tell me what's bothering you." Her brother's obvious concern caused Miyuki to look over in his direction once more.

"Onii-sama, do you think that we could stay like this? This nice peaceful life…and not have to worry about fulfilling orders given to us?" She says to Tatsuya who could only think about what she has said quietly to himself. She had a point, life might not always be this relaxing for them down the road so thoughts like the ones his younger sister were having was understandable.

"I cannot say for sure Miyuki, but I do know this much…I will do whatever I can to make your happiness last for as long as I possibly can. That's as much as I could do for now as your older brother." Tatsuya said with a small smile as he rubbed the top of her head gently. Miyuki's features also gained a small smile in appreciation.

"Nero, you are so adorable when you get mad!"

"Shut up…" The siblings heard two familiar voices as they saw Nero and Erika walking together. Both of course seemed to be engaged in some sort of conversation. It was obvious the Chiba redhead had got under the white haired male's skin somehow as she looked to be beaming with a sense of victory.

"Nero-san, Erika-san…good morning." Miyuki called out gaining their attention.

"Oh Miyuki-chan, Tatsuya-kun, good morning\Morning…" Erika and Nero greeted back as they made their way over to the siblings. Miyuki once again was taken aback by the silky white haired male's good looks. How could there be someone that existed who was this appealing to the eyes?

"Miyuki-san, you seem to be getting along with everyone at school already. I hear people talking about the great Miyuki Shiba in class now." Erika said as she and Miyuki were walking and talking as Nero and Tatsuya followed behind quietly.

"I wouldn't go that far Erika-san. I'm sure they only see me as such for now because of my recent speech." This only caused Erika to shake her head with closed eyes accompanied with a smirk.

"How silly are you Miyuki? You are like a walking goddess to those people. Maybe you could use it to your advantage?" Erika said causing the Shiba princess to give an awkward closed eye smile. Erika sure knew how to speak her mind…

Erika took this time to look back at both Nero and Tatsuya as they walked most of the way without a peep.

"Nero, Tatsuya, you two seem awfully quiet back there." Erika said with a mock smirk aimed mainly at Nero who nonchalantly fired back with a jab of his own.

"At least it's not awfully talkative…" Even Tatsuya had to smirk from that one.

"Hey!" Erika pouted at him before sticking her tongue out.

"Right back at you, tomboy." Nero said gaining a tick mark from Erika.

"Take that back you damn pretty boy!" Now this caused Nero's eye to twitch in obvious annoyance. Erika just knew how to tip him over quickly it seems.

"What's with that nickname anyway? I'm not even that good looking!" Nero stated actually sounding like he really wanted to know why she kept calling him that. This only caused Miyuki and Erika to look at him blankly before looking at each other…then looking back at him with a long stare.

"Y-you're kidding right?" Was he trolling them or something? Their reaction's only caused Nero to just ignore them as he walked past the group. The Shiba sister however, still couldn't put her finger on it but there was something about Nero she just couldn't figure out. If she was honest with herself, she was extremely curious about said handsome white haired male. Maybe she could ask him about what he likes to do in his free time? Anything at the moment would do to strike up some form of conversation. After all, it was hard to become friends with someone who barely talked to her. Building up some courage, Miyuki starts to try talking to him. Maybe ask him if he has any hobbies? Of course Erika was watching quietly as she observed the Shiba princess' actions.

"Nero-san…" Miyuki asked suddenly as the group caught back up making said teen look down at her as they walked.

"What is it?" Miyuki averting her gaze from his piercing blue eyes. The older Shiba brother was glad that his younger sister was talking to other people besides himself. It was a nice change of pace to be honest.

"Do you hav.."

"Look…its Miyuki-san!" A voice suddenly called out cutting Miyuki's question off in the middle. It seems they didn't notice that they arrived to the school gate and were greeted with many students. As the students seemed to flock over to the Shiba sister, Nero could be seen walking away from the group with his lax demeanor. Eye's closed with his hands in his pockets, the white haired male felt it was time to go their separate ways. Well…without saying a word of course.

"Nero, coming behind you!" Erika said as she also tried to escape Miyuki's crazed fan-club. Miyuki could only look at the two as they walked away and stare in the direction of their retreating forms. Maybe in Miyuki's case she was staring more so at the mysterious devil. It was a bit of a coincidence that she was interrupted as soon as she was about to ask him a personal question. The events stopping her from finding out more about him only made her want to find out even more. Averting her eyes back to the crowd of people Miyuki gives them her warm and beautiful smile.

"Good morning everyone." the young Shiba sister gave them a polite bow as half of the crowd was won over by her innocent and captivating appearance. Tatsuya could only sigh to himself as he also felt maybe he should follow Nero and Erika's example.

"It seems like it's time for me to go as well Miyuki. I'll make sure to talk to you later." Tatsuya said to his sister as the girl understood the situation.

"Ok, Onii-sama…" Miyuki said softly walking off in the direction of the student council building with the crowd still following behind her. Tatsuya then went his own way towards his homeroom class. He could only shake his head in thought of what that would be like.

---

As Erika and Nero eventually went their own separate ways, Nero was on his way to class when he found a bunch of male and female Blooms picking on a small girl with pink hair who seemed to be at least eight or nine years of age.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Nero asked surprisingly cold causing the Blooms to freeze in place

"Oh...It's a just a Stem" one said trying to give the others courage but most of the females stopped instantly since they know about the handsome Stem.

"It's Nero…" one of the girls said while backing away slowly before taking off and soon the other girls did as well.

"Wha…wait! Where are you going?" One of the male Blooms asked before he felt Nero's presence behind him. Turning around he had to look up since up close said Stem was huge compared to him.

"Y-you wouldn't dare. I could have you ex…." However, he was cut off since Nero's boot smacked him square in the face causing him to slide all the way past the rest of his groupies out cold. Looking at Nero in slight fear they picked him up and ran away as fast as they could. Now looking at the child, Nero could see her looking back at him with sparkling eyes as he approached her.

"Hey, are you alright? They didn't hurt you did they?" Nero asked with actual concern. He didn't always show his nice side but if he did, it was with good reason. However, his way of talking which to this person gave Nero's appearance sparkles and the sexy eyes. Since in her mind it was a fantasy and reality version of what is really going on.

"You should be more careful ok? This is a schooling area for older kids. Where are your parents?" Nero asked causing said girl to shake in her spot while her eyes where shadowed by her hair.

"I-I…" she started as Nero leaned in to hear her better.

"You what?" he asked.

"I-I'm twenty-five you jerk!" She said as she looked up with watery eyes filled with salt water. Everyone always assumed she was a child! It was really starting to get annoying!

Nero on the other hand looked at her blankly before he stood up and held his hand out

"Ok~ I think we should find your parent's now…" he wasn't buying her lie in the slightest. That was however, until she reached in her shirt and pulled out her Teacher's license with a photo ID to boot causing Nero's face to distort in many ways.

"The Hell…"

---

In Tatsuya's class, he was currently on the computer while Mizuki and Erika both were talking to each other.

"Yep, so I'm supposed to hang out with Nero again later since I convinced him yesterday on our way home. Maybe he can make it up to me and get me something on the way home?" A proud Erika said a little too enthusiastically. You could obviously tell she was plotting something if the look on her face wasn't a dead giveaway.

"You're lucky you two can walk home together…" Mizuki said releasing a sad sigh. Her friend did get the chance to be with the handsome male after all. *Click, Click, Click* Hearing continuous clicking, Mizuki turns her head to the person making the noise. Tatsuya seemed to be in the middle of something as he typed away on some type of keyboard.

"What are you doing Shiba-kun?" Mizuki asked as she seemed quite interested in whatever it was. This of course also gained Erika's attention.

"Confirming the curriculum and registering for Classes." Tatsuya spoke while not taking his eyes off of the screen even once.

"At breakneck speed if that!" Someone out of the group said causing Tatsuya to look at whoever said it.

"My bad, it's just kind of rare to see people using a keyboard to enter stuff in a computer these days" this male had brown hair and green eyes. He looked quite ordinary if that was the right word. He seemed like a nice fellow at least.

"Once you're used to it it's a lot easier this way" Tatsuya stated to the male who nodded his head in understanding.

"Oh, my name is Leonhart Saijo…just call me Leo. I specialize in Convergence-type Fortifying Magic sequences" the male now known as Leo said.

"I'm Tatsuya Shiba, you can call me Tatsuya."

"Okay then Tatsuya, then what are your signature spells?" Leo asked him as Tatsuya himself tried to think of what to say.

"Well, I actually kind of suck at practical skills so I want to become a magic engineer."

"You don't say, well you do look like a smart guy…" Leo stated before Erika interrupted them.

"Wait, you're an aspiring magic engineer Shiba?" she asked slightly surprised from the fact. To think there were still people who wanted to be placed in that branch of professions.

"Hey Tatsuya, who's this dude?" Leo asked causing Erika to pull back to make sure she heard right.

"Whoa, did you just call me a "dude" from the get-go? How rude is that? You forever alone types are always the same." Erika said actually angering Leo as he arose from his seat to stalk closer to her in anger.

"What the, now who's the one being rude dammit? And don't think you can get away with it because you're slightly good-looking!"

"Looks are important you know. Maybe you should follow Nero's example. Nevermind, that's way too impossible for someone like you. Just forget I said that." Erika said causing Leo to grunt in annoyed anger.

"Excuse me? And who is this Nero person anyway? I'm sure whoever he is, I bet he's not all that special" Leo said but this only earned a laugh from Erika as she started to wag her finger in his face.

"You have no idea what territory you're stepping into…"dude." she mocked him as his anger only increased by the fold.

"Oh yea? This Nero guy can't be that good looking. You are probably just saying that so you can win our argument! Besides, he can't be that much better looking than I am!" Leo said as Erika could burst out laughing any second now and Mizuki quietly looked to the side when Leo brought up the doubt in Nero's good looks. He even had the audacity to compare the white haired teen's looks to his own. Leo clearly had no idea who the white haired male was or what he looked like. There was no way he would have ever said those words if he did. Tatsuya knew he needed to stop this squabble sooner or later before it got out of hand.

"Oh, are you sure about that? Besides, that thought might not be clear for a guy like you who confuses their sloppiness with the wild edgy look." Erika said now back in his face. Erika just knew how to push people's buttons that's for certain.

"W-what was that?" Leo asked daring her to repeat what she said again. Who did she think she was anyway?

Now hearing the bell Tatsuya tries to defuse the situation.

"Leo, just back off...that's the first bell. You too Erika, that was going a little too far." Tatsuya said causing the two to look at each other again, Erika in a taunting way while Leo was clearly still upset.

"Humph/huh!" They both said in harmony before going back to their respective seats. Erika of course was making faces at the boy as he continued to growl in his chair.

Suddenly a woman came in the room with brown hair and brown eyes, people guessing she was the teacher for their class. As she came to the front of the class, her attention was focused on one main student…Tatsuya Shiba. It looked like this woman was already affiliated with the male somehow.

---

In Nero's class, he was sitting at his desk which was two spots across from Shiemi's. He was in his laid-back position with his hands in his pockets resting the back of his head on the top of his headrest. He just seemed so deep in thought. Of course he had the right to be, after all there was yet to be any strange activity since he has been in Japan. He actually started to hope he would come across something soon.

"Nero-san did you hear? Our teacher is on their way right now." Shiemi said causing Nero to sit up a bit.

"You know what they look like?" He asked as he had a gut feeling that it was who he thought it was. But suddenly the bell went off and not to long after the door opened.

No longer than two seconds later, a small pink haired girl walks into the room with a bright smile on her face and she seemed to carry a stool with her as well.

Now reaching the center desk, she places her things on it before hopping onto the stool to write her name on the advanced board.

"Nice to meet you everyone, from now on I'll be your home room teacher… Tsukuyomi Komoe." this made the class so quiet that even the crickets looked at each other before looking back at her.

"Ahh! It's you…" she said pointing toward Nero who had a hand on his face as he slowly dragged it down. Something told him this was going to happen.

"Uh…Komoe sensei, are you going to take roll call?" One student asked aloud breaking the almost unbearable silence. This was a bit much for everyone to take in but it seems like the day had to go on.

"Oh...you're right! Let's see now…" Komoe said as she grabbed her student log. The teacher was about to start reading names but the classroom door opened to show two male Stem students. What in the world happened to them? They looked beat up really bad as they walked to their desks quietly.

"Oh my! W-what in the world happened to you boys?" Komoe asked them as they seemed to be afraid to even say.

"I-it was the Blooms…they said we were an eye sore and the next thing we know they just started beating on us…" one of the boys said as he held his head down in shame.

"All I wanted to do was reach my dream by becoming a C.A.D technician…" the other cried while whipping his tears away. Most of the other class members were dead quiet. They knew all too well what it was like to be treated differently compared to the first and second course students. However, Nero just couldn't sit there anymore.

"Just look at you…" He said as all eyes were now on him.

"If you look so un-nerved from just one beat down…maybe they were right about us." Nero said causing everyone to look even more depressed. What was he trying to say all of a sudden?

"Nero-san…" Shiemi whispered to herself sadly not understanding why Nero would say such a heartless thing at a moment like this. But it didn't seem like something he would do without good reason.

"It's funny though…why am I, someone who barely knows any of you the only one who believes in you people? Why don't any of you believe in yourselves as much as I believe in you?" Nero sighed to himself as he closed his eyes.

"Maybe I was wrong about all of you…" Nero then reopened his eyes looking around the classroom.

"To be completely honest…I usually don't like getting into other people's business. But...for some reason, I just couldn't sit here quietly anymore while you all looked so pitiful. It's incredible. You get so shaken up over something as small as this? Look, I'm just the voice in your ear, so who am I to tell any of you anything? After all, it's your lives so you can live them however you want. But don't be so quick to give up and sell yourselves short." The students in his class could only sit there quietly in deep thought about what Nero just said. Sure it was a bit harsh but his intentions were felt. They can't sit here and be gloomy forever. Sometimes you have to move forward regardless of how tough some things seemed to be. That was called "maturing."

"…Nero-san is right…" One of the female students said gaining the others attention.

"How long are we going to sit here doing nothing but licking our wounds? We attend this school with the mindset of us following our dreams even though we knew full well that we weren't like the course one and two students…" the girl said with resolve. She wasn't going to give up so easily.

"Yeah…I refuse to give up now!" Another student spoke as they got up from their seat. This made other students in the class also get up with new found motivation. Who knew…maybe a few harsh words of encouragement was a dose they needed.

"YEAH!" More yelled in determination.

Ms. Komoe was happy that her students were able to cheer up after the heavy atmosphere. Though the methods were a bit straight forward, she felt it all turned out for the better. A smile now appeared on her face as she looked at the white haired teen that now had his chin resting in his hand while his eyes were still closed with lack of interest. He acts like he doesn't care, but Nero was truly a kind hearted boy. She could see that clearly even if he doesn't like to openly admit it.

"Good job Nero-san…good job."

---

It was now lunchtime and most students already received their trays of food while students like Nero and Shiemi took some time arriving.

At one table Tatsuya, Leo, Mizuki and Erika were sitting having lunch together as they were engaged in small talk. Leo was mostly talking to Tatsuya who did not seem all that interested in whatever the boy was talking about while Erika being herself picked at Leo annoying him with each passing second.

"Hey look, it's those Stem students." They suddenly heard students say to one another. Could you blame them? The people they were currently looking at were appealing to the eyes.

"Hey, isn't that the Handsome Zero?" One girl asked her friends as they nodded in agreement.

"Yea, it is him. Isn't he good looking?" The three at Tatsuya's table heard. They knew exactly who they were talking about but Leo was a bit clueless.

"Wait, who's that beautiful girl with him?" Another asked obviously regarding the blonde haired girl Shiemi. This caused Erika to have whiplash looking around for the center of everyone's commotion. Finally spotting them as Nero seemed to be in line with the blonde girl Shiemi, if she remembers correctly?

"Hey! Nero, Shiemi come sit with us!" Erika yelled not really caring about what the others thought about her actions. They were her new supposed friends regardless of what they were as students. She would be damned if something as dumb as that would stop her from talking to them.

"You hear that? Weeds and Stems sitting together…" Some students said as whispers could be heard filling the cafeteria. Nero and Shiemi walked over to Erika's table as Leo looked at both of them in wonder. He looked at Nero and took in his appearance…

"So this is the guy Erika was mentioning earlier?" Leo could only quickly cough in his hand and look to the side. There was no way someone, especially a guy could look that good. He cursed himself for having even thought Nero and himself wouldn't be too far in looks. He now realized that he was gravely wrong. Scooting over, Erika patted a spot next to her seat for Shiemi to sit down. She didn't want the girl to feel uncomfortable sitting next to Leo after all.

"I'm not entirely sure I want to eat this…" Nero said while looking at his tray gaining a laugh from Erika and Shiemi since Mizuki looked to be having an internal battle with herself. The girl with glasses seemed to be playing with her fingers as she looked to be trying to find the right words to say.

"Ah…N-Nero-san, if you'd like you could have some of my lunch?" Mizuki said with a heavy blush on her features. She mustered all of her courage to ask that question so there was no turning back now. Nero looked over to the girl with a raised eyebrow. He guessed she was trying to be nice after she heard his complaint regarding the school's meals.

"Mizuki was it? You don't have to go out of your way for someone like me. You have my thanks for your kind offer though." Nero said casually only causing the girl to blush a bit harder.

"N-no Nero-san, I don't mind at all. I actually m-made a bit more than I can normally eat today. Please…help yourself." Erika was watching things play out with interest. Her friend seemed to be coming out of her shell right before her very eyes.

Nero could feel that Mizuki's intentions were truly sincere and he couldn't turn down her kind offer after seeing how much effort she put into asking him. Nero closed his eyes and sighed to himself. He didn't always trust the food of other people but it would seem that for now Mizuki would be the acceptation.

"If it's really ok with you Mizuki, then I will accept your offer." This caused the girl's face to brighten up in delight.

"H-here you go Nero-san" She says as she holds out her homemade bento box. There were a few varieties of sandwiches and small octopus shaped hotdogs. Nero took one of the neatly made sandwiches from the bento as he looked at it.

"Well…here goes nothing…" as Nero took a bite he was expecting it to not taste that good. But the more he chewed the better it started to taste. In fact, this was one of the best sandwiches he's had in a while. He stopped and looked at it long and hard in his hand.

"H-how is it Nero-san?" Mizuki asked as she watched the boy eat one of her prepared lunches.

"It's delicious. Mizuki, you might have to make enough for me every day." This caused the girl to burst into a flustered bliss. Her face was now tomato red and she looked down cutely as she played with her fingers again. Leo however, was too busy blushing three shades looking at Shiemi. She was incredibly beautiful. Nothing more than that needed to be said.

"She's so pretty…" he thought to himself before noticing Erika out the corner of his vision wagging her finger in the 'no, no, no' fashion. Leo wouldn't back down because of her! He ended up ignoring her warning and tried to make advances toward the shy blonde girl.

"H-hello, my name is Leonhoe Sanji. I mean…Lanji Haruto." wait, what in the world was he doing!? Leo blushed madly from messing up his own name. This was so messed up. Shiemi could only look at the brown haired boy with confusion and Erika was about to burst as she held her side and her month waiting to blow.

"You good?" Nero asked with a raised eyebrow watching as Leo struggled to say his own name. But for some reason when Nero asked Leo that, Erika could not hold it any longer and exploded in laughter.

"HA-HA-HA-HA! "YOU GOOD?" HE ASKS! HA-HA…"LANJI HARUTO!"...HA…oh my God…HA-HAAAAAAAH!" Holding her stomach while now slamming her other hand on the table repeatedly in mockery. Leo on the other hand looked like he wanted to die as he slowly sunk into his seat.

Nero looked at Erika for a second as he scoped the situation. It seems they were putting on a Broadway show for everyone to see.

"Hey tomboy…you mind lowering your voice?" Nero asked her in his normal voice causing the girl to stop laughing instantly. That bastard!

"Tomboy!? Take that back you jerk!" She growled out before seeing Nero's face that clearly showed the 'you're making a scene' on it. Erika took the hint and looked around to see most of the student's eyes were indeed on them.

"He-he…uhh..oops?" Erika said unsure but deep down she knew it was so worth it.

"Onii-sama." the voice of Miyuki said making everyone look at her as she also noticed Nero at the table and the blonde girl Shiemi from the other day. She was now trying her best to avoid Nero's gaze. It's not because she didn't like the boy. It was mostly because every time she looked into his piercing eyes she felt...nervous. It wasn't a bad feeling though. But that is what she did not understand. She was so captivated by his looks that in some way she felt she was betraying her Onii-sama somehow. Quickly shaking her head to rid herself of those roaming thoughts she looks back to her brother and his friends.

"Umm…is it alright if I join you?" She asked looking at everyone but Nero.

"Sure, you can sit with us." Erika said as her and Shiemi scooted over to make room for Miyuki.

"Thank you very much." she said with a polite bow as she took a seat. However, Miyuki then realized something, from where she was sitting Nero and her were straight across from one another. Looking at the boy as he ate another one of Mizuki's sandwiches, said boy felt eyes on him so he looked to see Miyuki was staring dead at him. They made eye contact causing Miyuki to blush while averting her eyes again embarrassed for being caught staring in the first place. Its one thing to look at someone without them noticing but when you know they catch you it can be a bit embarrassing.

"Tatsuya who is she?" Leo asked gaining some of his courage to speak back thanks to Nero taming Erika's behavior.

"Miyuki Shiba…my kid sister." Tatsuya answered Leo.

"Nice to meet you…I'm Miyuki…" but she never got to finish her interdiction.

"Miyuki-san!" someone called out to her. Everyone turning their gaze to a bland if even noticeable brown haired male with gray eyes.

"Let's go somewhere else where there's more room." he said with fake smile. You could tell that the boy was obviously irritated about something.

"You shouldn't disturb them." one black haired girl said as she looked at Miyuki.

"Oh no…it's fine. I'll stay here and…." Miyuki tried to get her words out.

"Miyuki-san…you shouldn't share a table with a bunch of Weeds…and even worse…Stems." The brown haired boy said looking around the table making Shiemi feel uncomfortable.

"Huh?" Erika must be hearing things. There was no way this guy was speaking to them like this.

"We need to draw a line between courses one, two and course three students don't you think Miyuki-san?" Another male said angering Leo.

"What did you just say?" Leo now standing up before Nero stood up himself walking off to dump his tray of food he didn't eat.

"Nero…where are you going?" Erika called out to him.

"I'm done eating so I'm heading out." was all the white haired teen said as he made his way out of the cafeteria.

"Nero wait!" Erika motioning Mizuki to move so she could follow the boy out. Mizuki also felt it was time to leave before things escalated.

"I-it was nice seeing you again Miyuki-san." Mizuki bowed as she then walked off following Erika and Nero. Shiemi right behind them as well.

"Miyuki, I'm also done eating so I'll head out now as well." Tatsuya followed suite right after, not wanting to be a part of the new groups squabble. Looks like this was going to be one heck of a day…

---

Nero just made it out of his last class for the day. He was making his way to the front gate so he could leave and make his way home. He was bored out of his mind if that was the right way to put it. All he could think about was how things seemed so normal around there. While Nero was deep in thought he didn't notice Erika and the others talking it out with the same group from earlier. All now outside, Tatsuya and Miyuki were standing together in the far back as they looked upon the argument going on between the two groups.

"Didn't you hear her say she wanted to walk home with her brother? What right do any of you have to split them apart?" Mizuki asked causing Miyuki to blush misunderstanding completely.

"M-Mizuki-san…what exactly… what exactly are you misunderstanding here?" Miyuki asked blushing up a storm while moving in a jittery way in her spot.

"This is a matter that concerns 1-A, so don't go around meddling with us blooms you lowly weeds!" the brown haired boy said with venom in his voice.

"And you!" He was now pointing towards Nero who was minding his own business. The boy hated Nero's existence! He was the new ridiculously good looking low life that stole all the attention. Every girl he came across would at least mention the white haired male at least once. It was frustrating and a blow to his ego that someone like "him" could get so close to Miyuki Shiba of all people. Nero however, was still making his way to the gate entrance as he continued to walk quietly. He didn't care about that kind of pointless banter.

"Y-you're nothing but a Stem! Someone like you should never be allowed to be around Miyuki-san!" Nero stopped in place and turned around to look at the boy. If it wasn't obvious from his facial expression, Nero looked like the boy was not worth his time.

"What's his deal?"

"But we're all newly enrolled students! Just how superior do you Blooms think you are from us at this point?" Mizuki asked angrily causing the brown haired male to grind his teeth together.

"This is getting bad…" Tatsuya said before the brown haired male smiled.

"Do you want to know just how superior we are?"

"Sounds entertaining, why don't you show us then?" Leo asked readying himself for an upcoming fight.

"Fine, in that case…I damn well will show you…" the boy started to glow yellow as traces of magic was clearly over his body.

"This…is how much better we are…" now pulling out a gun shaped C.A.D and pointing it at the group. Nero on the other hand gained a slightly serious look. No one had to get hurt over stupid things like this.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you…" Nero said in his joking voice, which caused the male to halt his finger on the trigger. The boy didn't quite understand why himself, but he felt fear in Nero's calm words. Wait…fear…from a stem?

"A-and why the hell not?"

"Because if you were to pull that trigger on that gun of yours…I won't be responsible for what happens to you afterwards." Nero said not even looking at him but with his eyes closed with a noticeable smile on his face.

"Y-you're bluffing. You're just a Stem!" The boy said with his sweating hands even though Nero never let off a single bit of killer's intent. Nero slowly opened his eyes to look at the male student before him. He made sure his gaze met his.

"I'm serious. No one has to get hurt just because you want to impress your friends." Those words to Tatsuya carried a huge meaning even though he knew little to nothing about Nero. For some reason his gut told him that it would be bad news if Nero decided to comply with his warning. Tatsuya had to interfere before Nero badly hurt the boy.

"Y-you bastard…"

Erika already on it, dashes past Leo while skillfully knocking the boy's gun out of his hand. It surprised the boy that she was able to move in so quickly from that distance. Erika had a smile on her face as she stood up pointing what looked to be a black wand toward him.

"As you can see, it is so much easier to move my body from this distance." she said while mockingly smirking at the Blooms. The boy now held his hand in pain while sucking his tongue in annoyance.

"Not bad Erika." Nero said causing her to turn and wink at him.

"I know I'm amazing." she boasted as she joined Nero without taking her eyes off the boy who started this mess.

"All I want to do is go home peacefully without an idiot like you giving me an unwanted headache." Nero said with disdain looking at the boy causing him to take a step back in fear. The one next to him didn't like what Nero said in the least.

"You filthy bastards! You think just because you're good looking you can talk down to us?" Now activating his C.A.D he aims it towards Nero and Erika.

"No stop! Please don't fight anymore!" A short light brown haired girl said also activating her own C.A.D.

Tatsuya now activating his scan field could sense something was off while Miyuki also knew what her brother was about to.

"Onii-sama don't…" but his arm stopped her from continuing before he deactivated it. Nero now turning to walk away since he could feel people approaching continued on his way to leave once again.

"It's fine. It looks like it's already taken care of." Tatsuya said before seconds later a magical attack strikes the female Bloom who was ready to use her magic.

Everyone but Nero turning to the two approaching females who seem to hold their hands ready for anyone who refutes.

"That's enough! Using magic in a way that does not involve self-defense is considered a criminal act!" Mayumi said while eyeing everyone there before her eyes stopped on a retreating form of someone with white hair. She only quietly stared at his back as he got further and further away.

"I'm sorry, this was all my fault in the first place. He was just showing me his spell activation sequence since I asked to see it earlier." Tatsuya said defending the boy who had a look of shock on his face before scrunching it in anger because a Weed helped him out.

"And what of the girl who was ready to use her own spell?" the other female asked who had black short hair and golden eyes.

"It was just a flash spell, it's completely harmless." Tatsuya said making the golden eyed females eyes narrow.

"You have the ability to read spells before they are activated?" she asked him.

"I have some skill in that area but that's about it since I'm not very good at using practical spells." Tatsuya clarified only causing the female to look at him fiercer.

"You seem to be a good liar since you can say what you just said without even flitching."

"I have no reason to lie to any of you." he said pointing to his shoulder that was missing the emblem of a bloom.

"Since after all…I'm just a mere Weed."

"That's right, those who come to this school are like it or not split into different groups depending on their status. Even if one has talent in other areas, people who are magically gifted are treated with more respect and high standards than us Weeds and Stems. That's just how this world is and like it or not our fates were sealed once we received these jackets." Tatsuya thought to himself as the wind started to blow

The tension was clearly starting to increase causing Miyuki to try helping her brother out.

"It was all a misunderstanding. I apologize greatly for causing you trouble." Miyuki now bowing to show respect to her two superiors. This was a polite and unexpected gesture that caused the golden eyed female to look slightly surprised.

"That should do Mari, don't you think?" Mayumi asked while moving in front of Tatsuya and the others with her closed eye smile before turning to Tatsuya.

"Tatsuya-san, it really was just a learning experience for you right? It's not as if students can't teach each other some new things." she said looking at everyone else.

"But the implementation of magic entails some detailed restrictions; it would probably be a good idea to refrain from any self-schooling that involves magic activation." Mayumi's eyes once again drift over to the only head of white hair who was on their way off the school campus grounds.

"Ehhm…" the girl now known as Mari cleared her throat to gain the others attention.

"But still Mayumi, don't you feel they are getting off with a slap on the wrist?" Mari asked her friend as she noticed she was not paying her any mind. Mayumi looked to be looking somewhere else.

"Mayumi?" For some reason Mayumi felt like Nero was smoothly escaping his troubles. It didn't seem quite fair that everyone else got scolded but him. She was sure she saw him with the group as herself and Mari made their way over to their current location.

"And where do you think you're going…Angelo-san?" Mayumi asked with a forced closed eyed smile. Was it obvious to the others that she was rather moody? She could only hope they didn't notice. Nero now stopping in place gained the attention of Mari as well since her main focus until that point in time was Tatsuya and his group. Nero doesn't even turn around to face them. All the white haired devil did was slightly shift his head to the side before facing forward again and continuing to walk, hands back in his pockets.

"I'm going home."

"Wait!" Mari said as she gave the white haired a long stare.

"What?" Nero asked slowly stopping again.

"You're a Stem by the looks of your attire, what's your name?" Mari asked him leaving room for debate out of the question. Only thing is, Nero was the type to bend over for no one and she was no exception. Everyone else in the group could feel the newly built tension in the air as Mari gave him the stink eye.

"My name isn't important. And I'm sure whatever you have to say to me can wait until tomorrow." Nero said lazily waving over his shoulder causing the atmosphere to get heavier as he continued to walk off.

"Is this guy insane?" Leo asked sweating after hearing Nero's words. Sure he looked cool doing that but there were lines that shouldn't be crossed.

"This guy..." Tatsuya thought sighing.

"Excuse me!?" Mari snarled as she speedily walked over while grabbing his jacket to spin him around. Only finding that she couldn't even budge him at all.

"What is this guy made out of…lead?" Mari asked herself in wonder before she found less resistance as Nero himself decided to finally turn around and face her. All he wanted to do was go home yet these people kept popping up one after another. Nero looked down at Mari while she looked up at him. His blue eyes into her golden eyes.

"W-wha…" the male's gorgeous blue eyes seemed to attack her soul directly. She soon found she couldn't look away as her face started to heat up dramatically.

"Senpai, you're still holding onto my arm." Nero said knocking Mari out of her daydreaming while she quickly let go like she had her hand on a hot electric stove.

"I…but…you…" Mari flustered at being surprised by her actions, while shuddering and the fact that this male before her was incredibly handsome. Now averting her gaze she looks to see everyone looking at the two of them. Some had blushes on their faces and others had nothing but shock. Then there were the ones with the annoyed face including Erika. From the look on Erika's face it was something deeper than annoyance. You could see the girl hawking Mari down.

"W-well, s-since the president herself seems inclined, I'm going to look the other way this time…b-but make sure this does not happen again!" Mari stated before turning to her friend flustered.

"Mayumi, I will met you in the council room!" Mari said before quickly leaving everyone involved with the incident surprised. Mayumi held a look of shock at what just happened before her. He was good. Not only was he a charmer but he knew how to manipulate a situation in his favor. She too decided it was time to depart but not without giving Nero one last once over.

"Good day to everyone and please be safe on your way home." Mayumi said before leaving the group. Standing close to Tatsuya the brown haired boy from before started to speak.

"Don't think I owe you anything for that."

"I won't hold anything over you for it either." Tatsuya said right back to him with a small smirk.

"My name is Shun Morisaki, I'm a member of the main Morisaki branch." he said before pointing in Tatsuya's face.

"Don't think for a second that I acknowledge you, Tatsuya Shiba…" he paused before looking over to Miyuki who stood there quietly from the exchange. You could see the obvious displeasure in her face for the way he was addressing her beloved brother.

"…Ms. Shiba-san should be hanging out with us…"

"So that's how you address me and still talk about my sister?" Tatsuya asked earning a growl as the boy just started walking off with his groupies.

"Onii-sama we should head home now shouldn't we?" Miyuki finally speaking again.

"That sounds like a good idea."

"Um…" the same girl from before whom casted the flash spell came up to Tatsuya and his sister with an interesting expression if that was the right way to describe it. The girl looked to be a cross between relieved and regretful at the same exact time.

"My name is Honoka Mitsui, I'm really sorry for what happened earlier." now bowing to everyone for the trouble she has caused them all.

"I wanted to thank you for covering for me. I know what Morisaki said, but it was thanks to you that the situation didn't escalate any further big brother."

"You're welcome, but you don't have to call me big brother since Tatsuya is fine." Tatsuya said causing the girl to nod as she then started looking around in wonder.

"Also…" Honoka seemed to be looking for something or someone.

"Angelo-san is no longer here?" Honoka asked as everyone noticed that Nero indeed seemed to have walked off without everyone else.

"That's definitely Nero for you. Always so mysterious and disappearing…makes you a bit curious doesn't it?" Erika said teasingly to the brown haired girl who gained a small noticeable blush on her features.

"It's true. I myself can't help but wonder about him…" Honoka said aloud before realizing it. The girl then started to wave her hands dismissively while shaking her head side to side. To them she was sure it sounded like a misunderstanding.

"I-I mean, lately there has been talk going around the school about Angelo-san so I was a bit curious…" Miyuki could understand where the girl was coming from if she was to be honest. She would hear things in regards to the handsome devil and it only made her wonder more and more about him. He was mostly distant with others but had the charm of royalty regardless of his status as a Stem student.

"I also wanted to thank him…" Honoka said a bit sad that she missed her chance to talk to the boy. Erika and the others seemed confused except for Tatsuya.

"Thank him? What do you mean Honoka-chan?" Erika asked with a raised brow.

"Angelo-san helped us back there Erika-san, couldn't you tell?" Honoka said as she put her hands behind her back and drew a circle in the ground with her foot. It was a cute gesture.

"Even though it didn't seem like it, Angelo-san distracted Mari-senpai from scolding us more." This new bit of information certainly surprised most of the group. So that whole little charade of his was on purpose this entire time?

"Always trying to act so tough…" Erika said with a smile as she shook her head. She knew Nero under that tough guy mask, had a kind heart. This only proved her suspicions true even more than before.

"And for that I am extremely grateful to both Shiba-san and Angelo-san." Honoka now looking back at the group as she tried to gather her courage.

"Um…" she said blush thicker than before causing Miyuki to get protective of her brother as she stepped in front of Tatsuya.

"What is it?" Miyuki asked Honoka as kindly as she could.

"Would it be ok if I walked with you all to the train station?" Honoka asked the group as Erika was already thinking about the idea in her head.

"You know Honoka-chan, if you really want to thank Nero yourself then I'm sure he couldn't have walked that far ahead of us. We could probably catch him on the way to the train station if we hurry. Is that ok?" Erika said as a smile found its way on Honoka's face.

"Yes please! I would like that very much."

---

Now the group was making their way down to the station together including Honoka and her friend. As they talked and discussed things about their C.A.D they noticed a familiar figure not too far ahead who looked to be engaged in conversation with a group of females.

"It's Nero-san." Miyuki said as they neared Nero's circle.

"W-well…" one of the girls said shyly as she reached in her bag while the other girls did the same. Taking out what seemed to be envelopes before walking up to Nero who had an innocent look currently on his face.

"P-please accept these\Please accept this!" They all said almost in sync, as everyone looked on in bewilderment. What in the world did they just walk into? Nero of course not being accustomed to Japanese culture took each one earning a loud gasp from Erika and Miyuki as they looked at him with shock. The girls now running off as the group just looked at Nero who held all the letters in his hands.

Nero noticed the new group approaching him as he turned to see most of their baffled looks.

"What?"

"Nero…do you even realized what you accepted?" Tatsuya asked him with mild amusement. He had to admit, Nero was a lady killer for sure.

"You just…" Tatsuya was about to say but was cut off by Erika.

"Accepted their undying love for you. Those where love letters!" The redhead said sounding like she was excited to torment him for it, but deep down she was a bit…unhappy.

"Except for the fact that they're not." he said casually as he turned the letters around to show everyone it says 'thank you very much' on the front. Excitement gone and replaced with confusion, Erika grabs one from his hand and looks at the front herself.

"Open it…" Nero says to her while leaning against the wall near him with folded arms. So doing just that Erika sees at the top 'Thanks for saving us' and go figure by the nickname they gave him…'Prince-san'.

"Thank you so much for helping us the other day. If it was not for you those thugs could have done anything to us. My family owns a chocolate shop named "Fujika Sweets" so please stop by whenever you can." Erika read as everyone gathered around in wonder.

"Well I'll be…" Leo said coming over a patting Nero on the back.

Mizuki did not expect anything less from the white haired male as she wore a smile. Miyuki also had a smile, even though Nero seemed intimidating, he was really sweet and seemed kind. The Shiba sister didn't realize how long she was staring at the boy.

Erika was still looking at the letter in her hand for a few more seconds before a disappointed look came onto her face.

"Well, this is no fun. I was hoping to get some type of gossip out of this."

"I'm starting to think you want my life to be miserable…" Nero said as he slowly started walking past everyone. However, he was suddenly stopped once he felt something holding him in place making him look to see what it was.

"Nero, not so fast. You have someone who wants to talk with you." Erika said cheekily as she turned around a pointed to Honoka and her friend. Honoka was blushing madly as Erika suddenly put her in the spotlight. Miyuki quietly watched as she looked on from the side. The girl didn't know why, but something didn't feel right. It's not like she cared about who the boy talked too necessarily, but maybe her curiosity of who Nero was slowly made her somewhat obsessive over him? That's Impossible.

"…" Miyuki didn't quite understand. She felt something uneasy within her as she started moving closer to her brother hoping his presence will help to ease her concern. Tatsuya did not really mind, but he did notice Miyuki acting strangely from the exchange. He looked down to see his sister's attention on Honoka and Nero as her grip on him slowly increased over time.

"What's gotten into her?" That's the thing; she didn't know what she was feeling. Only confusion and uncertainty filled her emotions.

Honoka was contemplating in her head how she should express her gratitude towards him. She was fidgeting with her hands as she looked down at them in nervousness. This was a lot harder than she thought. Taking a deep breath she slowly looks up at Nero as the boy seemed so lax. He was staring straight at her. Nero had one of his hands in his pocket while the other was at his side waiting patiently.

"M-my name is Honoka Mitsui. Truthfully, I wanted to thank you for helping us out earlier Angelo-san. Because of you and Shiba-san, Mari-senpai didn't continue to scold us back at school. I-I am very grateful and I'm sorry for causing you any trouble!" The flushed girl said bowing her head politely. Nero's features didn't change as he looked at the bowing girl before him. Closing his eyes he sighs to himself before softly waving it off as if it he didn't have any idea what she was talking about.

"I'm not sure what you're talking about. It was only a coincidence that happened back there. My only intention was to go home peacefully, so I'm not sure if I'm the one who truly deserves your thanks." Nero said bringing his hand back to his side. Honoka however, looked back up at him with a soft expression. She knew…even if he didn't want to take credit for any of it…she knew.

"Angelo-san, there is no mistaking it. I could just feel that you had good intentions within your actions." Honoka now bowing her head once again.

"Thank you." Nero's eyes slowly opened in surprise. This isn't the first time someone has said something like that to him since he has been here. People could somehow feel he had a good heart despite his behavior. Nero stared at the girl for what seemed like forever before closing his eyes once more. Turning around so his back was facing everyone, he brings his hand up to his head as he gently rustles his hair with a heavy sigh.

"Just…make sure you stay out of trouble next time…" Nero said softly as he slowly started to walk off again. Honoka took Nero's way of accepting her apology with happiness. Somehow she felt that maybe this was the only way Nero knew how to show his kindness to others? That part of him to her was kind of cool.

"I promise…Angelo-san." Everyone watched the exchange in silence. Miyuki could only stare at the back of the retreating boy. Her eye's held a soft gaze within them as she remembered the expression Nero had made while he talked with Honoka. Miyuki could see some of the boy's true nature leaking through even though he disguises it so well. There was just something about Nero that made her unexpectedly drawn to him. There was a long list of things if she was truthful with herself. His looks, charm, charisma, confidence, etc…It was all appealing. Nero Angelo was someone she wished she could eventually understand.

"Hey Nero, wait up will you?" Erika called out as she started to jog after the boy. Everyone else seemed to follow behind the two at their own pace. As Miyuki walked next to her brother she looked down in deep thought. Maybe she could try talking to him herself? Everyone else seemed to engage with the handsome boy but her. Thoughts roaming through her head, one after another, only filling her brain with more and more questions. This was the first time that Miyuki Shiba could say she found some form of interest in any male besides her brother Tatsuya. Interest did not necessarily mean affection per say, but the boy did captivate her curiosity. Tatsuya looked over to see Miyuki deep in thought again like she was before. He knew her usual tendencies, so seeing her like this made him wonder.

"Miyuki, is everything alright?" The voice of her brother seemed to knock her out of her thoughts. Miyuki looked at her brother with a beautiful smile as she tried to reassure him the best that she could.

"Yes Onii-sama." Miyuki said happily before her vision slowly went back to the walking form of Nero.

"I'm fine…" She says softly as Tatsuya looks at her gaining a small smirk on his face. Maybe he was worrying for nothing it would seem.

---

Later that night Nero was on the phone with Kyrie and telling her about his time so far there in Japan. Nero couldn't quite explain it but he could feel something was off in the air. Trusting his instincts he tells Kyrie he will talk to her later as he grabs his hunter gear. Grabbing Blue Rose and placing it in the holster inside his purple coat, he opens his apartment balcony door before jumping off five stories landing gracefully on the ground. He could feel it…the foul aura in the air. Something was definitely going on tonight and he would get to the bottom of it.

Following the feeling he had, Nero came to an abandoned warehouse miles away from his apartment. He swiftly jumped to the top of the building noticing it had a skylight roof. It allowed Nero to look down and get a good look inside. But what he saw made his face turn…

Inside were four male looking figures that seemed to be abducting a girl and her mother while the husband lay on the ground beheaded.

"No…please take me! Don't hurt my daughter. I'll do anything I swear!" the mother pleading in panic while the other males were about to unzip their pants.

"Don't worry, you won't be the only one because she'll get it just like mommy." a sick freak said earning laughs from the others with him.

Nero was pissed. Turning around while picking up some of the rocks on the roof he expertly aims before flicking each person that was about to hurt the women in the knees causing their knee ligaments to explode.

"GAHHHHHHHHAAAH!" They all yelled as the sound of the rocks hitting their ligaments made it seem as if they were hit with a 50-caliber sniper rifle.

Nero jumped down taking out blue rose and holding it against the male that threatened the mother. The look in Nero's eyes was unreadable yet fierce.

"Hurry up and turn so I can kill every last one of you." Nero said to the person who even though in pain, looked shocked. Were they found out already? Just who in the world was this guy?

"H-how…*pant* …how did you know?" the man asked as his shifted into his demon form and so did the others whose wounds slowly healed.

Nero continued to aim Blue Rose for a couple more seconds before bringing his hand down turning to the girl and mother.

"You need to get out of here, I don't want any of you to see what will happen here" Nero said softly helping to reassure them both as the mom nodded before looking at their late husband one last time until this was over.

"You bastard! You are so dead! How dare you even think you can show your face around here after hurting us pretty boy?" one said as they circled and closed him in.

"Do you have any idea what a big mistake you made?" the leader of the group asked as he flexed his clawed hand in hopes to intimidate Nero. Nero just placed his gun back in his coat before an unimaginable pressure filled the room making all the demons around hit the ground and hard.

"GAAHH! WHA-WHAT IS THIS!?"

"I-I'M BEING CRUSHED!"

"P-PLEASE…" The demons did not understand what was happening to them. One second they were ready to pounce on the white haired teen before them, then the next their bones were being tuned into chalk dust. Nero was using his gravity manipulation as the ground in the warehouse started to sink deeper and deeper as the pressure increased. Nero looked down at them coldly as one of his eyes was now red in anger. No way would he forgive scum like this. He would make sure they paid the ultimate price for their sins…their lives. The floor of the warhouse could only take so much punishment before it gave out and then formed a huge endless sized hole fifty feet wide. The hole looked bottomless… as darkness could be seen no matter how far you looked into it. No screams or cries for help could be heard.

Nero turning to the dead man's body noticed something strange about it as he kneeled down inspecting it a bit more. There was a small light in his pants pocket. Reaching for it, Nero pulls out a cell phone type of device that was on record. Well that was a bit strange...why what could he have been recording before he was killed? Pressing the replay button he hears the voice of what sounded like the woman he saved earlier in the background.

"Come out, come out wherever you are~"

"W-whoever receives this message, there is this crazy woman and a little girl following me. Someone please help me. I'm at the…wait whaggh…." A man said now sounding like he was being chocked

"Don't' struggle, this is all for the cause of our great lord "IGNUS" this shocked Nero after hearing those words. She just said Ignus didn't she? That's not good. How does she know about him unless…

"W-wait…please I have a wife and kids…don't do this! PLEASSSEEE!" then the recording ended.

Nero decided to destroy the device so no one could hear what was said.

"I'm getting rusty around here…" Nero said in a cold tone before getting back up walking outside to see the women with a look of shock on her face before quickly fixing it to normal.

"I'm so glad you made it out alive. You saved me and my daughter's lives" she said while Nero walked up to her with a smile on his face.

"I do my best…especially when it comes to demon scum like you" saying the last part sourly as he pressed the re-drawn Blue Rose to the woman's head who had the look of utter shock on her face again.

"I bet you were counting on me dying in there huh?" Nero asked grinding it against her forehead as her daughter seemed emotionless.

"She's a Soulless Mimic isn't she? I noticed something was off about her when she didn't make a peep in the warhouse. Even a little girl knows when she's scared." This caused the shocked face of the women to turn into a frown.

"You know too much to be a mere human…" now speaking in her demonic voice, she looked at Nero annoyed.

"And you know too little about us devil hunters…dumbass" Nero retorted making the women scoff.

"I should have killed you myself when I had the chance but you looked so handsome. I didn't want to ruin that pretty face of yours" she mocked him now causing him to scoff back at her.

"Please, by all means don't do me any favors…"

"It won't matter even if you kill me. Our Lord Ignus will rise again and there's nothing you can do to stop him. The death and destruction he will bring to this filthy planet. The screams and torture of these lowly human incsects will know true despair before they die!" She said grinning at the devil hunter who just looked unfazed.

"Seriously, I swear every last one of you say something similar to that, but it never goes your way. Why don't you try not saying those lines out loud and maybe you might get somewhere…" Nero said causing her to growl.

"You have no idea do you? Once master is reborn no one can stop him not even the defiled kin of Sparda!"

"Hmmm, I heard of them before…but let's just forget about that for now…" now pulling back the firearm, Nero notices her opening her mouth. If she was to strike now would be a good time while his guard was down! Arms growing into large bladed weapons ready to swing at the half demon who comically dodged to the side.

"Whoa…can't have you doing that now can I? At least aim for my face next time. I might get a handsome scare to show off." Nero goofing around as the Demon snarled at his cocky remark.

"Stand still you bastard!" Jumping at the boy he performs a no handed back flip over her slicing attack before landing gracefully. Damn it, he was playing around with her.

"Here's a bit of advice, we aren't in an anime dumbass. Stop yelling in frustration before trying to hit me and you might surprise me." Of course Nero was lying. Whether she did or not wouldn't have mattered since he would have avoided it regardless but it didn't hurt messing with her.

"You cocky half-breed!"

"Confident…actually" Nero corrected her with a closed eyed smirk shrugging his shoulders. His witty attitude was something demons could not stand.

"I've had about enough of you!" Running towards the boy again her bladed arms start to stretch and turn into bladed whips of some sort. It was pretty amusing to see.

"HAAHH!" Rapidly slashing at Nero who repeatedly dodged attack after attack. Grabbing one of her arms in mid swing causes the female demon's eyes to widen in shock.

"I-impossi…" She was cut off as Nero casually used his arm strength to swing and slam her into the ground.

"GAH!" Blood shooting from her mouth from the impact made it clear it was a painful landing. Walking over to the downed form of the demon who saw the figure of the young male standing over her, she looks at him with fear.

"Y-you monster." She realized just how helpless she was against a kin of Sparda. They're strength was just too great.

"That's the last thing I would want to hear from someone like you." Nero said casually as he pulled out his Blue Rose once again, pointing it at her downed figure.

"If you kill me then they will come looking for you." Nero raised his brow at this.

"Who will come looking for me?" A weak smirk appeared on the female demons face.

"The six generals of Lord Ignus…The Dark Six."

"The Dark Six?"

"Don't get all high and mighty just because you defeated me! The six general's powers are worlds apart compared to my own. I am but a pawn…boy. A single general could wipe all of human life off the face of the earth." Well that's not good. If what she says is true than that could be a problem down the road. But oh well.

"Good. Bring them on. It was getting boring around here anyway. I was wondering when things were going to liven up out here." Did he not hear what she just said?

"A-are you mad?"

"No. I just know what I have to do. All I have to do is win right? It's quite simple logic really." This guy…she couldn't let someone like him live. He was indeed powerful.

Noticing his guard was down she opens her mouth wide "DIE!" A needle shaped projectile shot out with great speed. The needle looked to almost penetrate Nero's skull before it was repelled back as it entered her own head with twice the force.

"Gahh…" Eyes rolling in the back of her head as she laid there lifeless. Nero only shook his head from her actions as he holstered hid gun. He could tell that was a poisoned needle as well.

"Dumbass…I'm immune to poison…" He slowly looks to the soulless girl who looks no older than five years of age. Moving to touch the girl a sudden light appears blinding his vision. There before Nero the small girl was…changing. As the light dimmed down Nero could see the same small girl with the white dress and bare feet. But her appearance was completely different. She now looked European with white long hair that went to her back and blue eyes. All in all, she looked exactly how Nero would look if he was a five year old girl.

"What the hell?" Nero asked astonished of what just happened only to see the soulless girl move up to him and grab his pant leg while still looking straight ahead, like this was a normal everyday thing.

"Oh, no-no-no-no~" Nero now slapping his forehead repeatedly from the bizarre outcome this night brought him. The little girl still cutely holding onto his pant leg, staring ahead as if she was waiting to leave.

"Dammit, come on…" Nero whispered scooping her up before leaping from the warehouse heading back home.

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"Dante I'm telling you she just suddenly turned into a little sister lookalike!"

"No kidding kid? Well, you are in tough shit now. A mimic usually only takes after who they feel comfortable around and that seems to be you in her case." Dante said while Flipping through his magazine on the other end of the phone like things of this nature happed all the time.

"Don't give me that sh…crap." Nero said pausing while looking to see if the girl heard his slip up, she was only five after all.

"Look, you need to help me out here. I don't know what to do!"

"Hate to tell you this but she's stuck to you. But look at the bright side…a soulless will put out what you put in. And by the way you described her, whoever had her before you probably never gave her the time of day."

"Meaning?"

"Meaning she will learn fast, you teach her how to survive like any normal person. She's pretty much and infant in development. Oh, word of the wise, make sure you use ABC Mouse." on the other end you can hear Dante laughing it up. Now hanging up forcefully Nero just gained another headache.

Walking to the couch and sitting next to the girl who seemed into the little cartoons on TV, he picked up the remote to turn the channel. Switching it to the sports channel, he then set the remote back down. Now starting to relax only two seconds later…right back to the cartoons. Looking down he finds the remote in the middle where he left it so picking it up he switches back before putting it back down.

Again, the channel reverts, so now he looks over to the girl narrowing his eyes a bit while she looks over narrowing her eyes at him.

"She's good."

Now shaking her head and pointing at him.

"Onii-san no TV." Nero was shocked.

"This…isn't happening…" he said baffled.

Now getting up to turn the sound all the way down he sits on the living room table to block her view.

"My name is Nero ok?" the girl just sat there staring at him.

"Neerro." she slowly said causing him to smile as if he scored an A on the semester finals.

"Yes! My name is Nero Angelo…now what is your name?" he asked.

"Naaame?" she said not understanding but copying.

"No…who are you?" he said pointing to her as she looked at her own pointer finger before pointing to him.

"Uhh!" getting frustrated he puts his face in his hands.

"Onii-san." she said cutely still pointing to him as he looked up at her before sighing softly to himself.

"How about we give you a name then?" he said causing the girl to stare once again. Nero at first was wondering what to call the girl but he remembered something special to him. When he was an orphan and before he found out who he truly was…he was raised as family with Kyrie. Kyrie, her parents and Credo her brother, were all important to him. A small smile graced his lips as he thought of his adoptive mother. She was kind and beautiful woman.

"I'll call you Elena." Something about giving the girl his mother's name felt…right. Nero didn't even care about the TV anymore he knew he had to get up for school in the morning so he let the girl have it back. She was watching a Japanese show with kids hanging out with their sisters and brothers.

"Onee-san" they said for the sister, "Onii-san" for the brother. The little kids talking as Elena was absorbing it like a sponge. Nero on the other hand had to make a quick call to someone .

"Hello…yeah…I need a favor…yea, well something happened tonight…yea…I'll tell you everything tomorrow morning when I see you…yea…alright..bye." Now slumping down on the couch again he sighs as he turns to see that Elena fell asleep sitting up.

"That girl…" he said not noticing the smirk on his face. Nero got up placing his big coat on her for cover as he laid on the other end of the couch since he was too tired to get in bed.

"Night…Elena."

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Morning came and Nero was blinded by the sun light having to cover his eyes.

"Oh yeah, I forgot I have school today…" weakly trying to sit up only to feel added weight on his chest. Looking down he sees the cute sleeping form of Elena who somehow moved to him overnight. Nero trying to skillfully slide from under her started to shake around. She felt his shuffling as it ended up causing her to wake up.

"Onii-san…" she whispered while yawning right after causing him to sigh in defeat before rubbing the top of her head tenderly.

"It's times like this where we say good morning Elena."

"Goood Moorrnningg." she pronounced it as best she could causing Nero to turn his head to the side. Ok she was pretty adorable.

"When you see people just like Onii-san you should always say hello ok?" Nero asked her getting a stare again.

"Ok maybe you should nod or say ok when you understand me?" he said as the little girl got up before walking a few steps.

"Bbaathroomm…" and that's all she had to say because Nero dashed to her while helping her to the toilet

"This is going to be a long day…"

Morning now came and the Shiba household was heading for Yakumo's for Tatsuya's morning training before heading to school.

"Onii-sama do you want me to slow down for you?" Miyuki asked her brother who was running next top her while she was on her scooter.

"No, don't let me slow you down Miyuki" he said as they

Now almost halfway there Miyuki swore she saw Nero go into a girl's clothing store.

"That…couldn't have been…" Miyuki thought to herself before continuing on with Tatsuya toward Yakumo's place.

"Awww, she's adorable! Just like her handsome big brother. Aren't you both the cutest pair together!" The store clerk said as Nero bought Elena some things. Especially shoes some new clothes.

"Please come by again…cutie." she said winking at Nero who closed his eyes and sighed to himself again.

"That's the last store, now I got to head over to Yakumo's." he said as Elena was holding his free hand as the bags where in his other.

She also was changed into some new clothes he bought her. She had a cute silver hair clip like Mayumi with a black sundress, white socks and black shoes.

"Omg! Look how cute they are!" Nero continued to hear. It was ok at first, but now it got kind of old.

"Ok, time for a shortcut." now picking Elena up he uses his superhuman speed to make it to Yakumo's quicker not even knowing Elena was smiling enjoying the ride. Now reaching the temple, Nero walks up the steps to see the bald man waiting for him before spotting the little girl.

"Well I'll be, she's the splitting image of you Nero." Yakumo said waving at the little girl who suddenly hid behind Nero's leg.

"Aww…don't dump me on the first date young lady." Yakumo teased before looking at Nero who motioned he wanted to talk.

"Alright everyone please watch over Nero's sister carefully" Yakumo entrusted the others who bowed showing they understood.

"Yes, sensei!"

Now telling Yakumo what happened he gained a more serious face while actually opening his eyes.

"So they're at it again trying to revive Ignus? These guys are consistent."

"You could say that." Nero said before yawning a bit.

Now making it to the temple, Tatsuya and Miyuki enter through the doors finding the monks having their normal morning training.

Tatsuya now walking to the center gaining their attention, while Miyuki stayed behind to watch her brother practice from a distance.

Quietly waiting, she was thinking many things in her head. One being what happened between Nero and Honoka yesterday.

"It's strange…I can't stop replaying that scene in my head. No matter how much I try to forget it, it just keeps coming back…" Miyuki said convincing herself in some way that the event didn't bother her. Her eyes, even though in the direction of her brother seemed so distant and confused. That is until something grabbed at Miyuki's school dress catching the girl off guard. Miyuki jolts in surprise as she quickly looks down into the most adorable blue eyes she has ever seen in her life.

"Onee-san." Miyuki's heart rate spiked. D-did this little one just call her "sister?"

"K-kawaii…" Miyuki knew it was strange for a random little girl to be at Yakumo's temple of all places. She had to be lost. Her family could be worried sick looking for her at that moment. Miyuki felt she had to make sure the little one got back to her siblings safely.

"Little one, my name is Miyuki…what's your name?" Miyuki asked the young girl kindly as she tried to give her a reassuring smile.

"Elena…" the girl said cutely as Miyuki's smile grew larger. Miyuki gently grabbed the girls little hand as she looked into her eyes.

"Elena…that is a beautiful name."

"Uh-huh." Elena agreeing with Miyuki as she nodded.

"Elena sweety, are you lost? Do you need me to help you find your family?" Miyuki asked Elena who shook her head negatively.

"Onii-san is here." Her brother? This bit of information caused the Shiba princess to process little Elena's words. But now actually thinking about it, Miyuki takes a good look at the girl who is obviously a foreigner. Elena had… snow white hair…white hair…wait!

"White hair, blue eyes, European features…just like someone…" Miyuki whispered to herself as Tatsuya finished with the monks and turned to see his sister with a small girl.

"Miyuki, who is that?" Tatsuya asked walking over before taking in Elena's features. The girl however hid behind Miyuki performing a shy gesture as she dug her face in the Shiba sister's leg. Tatsuya could only give the small girl a little smile from her response to his approach. Miyuki's cheeks lit up pink once again…t-that was adorable!

The sound of footsteps nearing the siblings caused them to turn their attention towards it.

"Onii-san!" the little girl said as she saw Nero and Yakumo returning from their chat.

"Elena…" he said softly, and then he saw Miyuki holding her hand as they made eye contact.

"Look Onii-san." the girl said before pointing up to Miyuki.

"Its Onee-san." she stated causing Miyuki to blush while both Tatsuya and Nero looked shocked.

"E-Elena-chan…where did you get that idea from?" Miyuki asked flustered as her eyes looked up at Nero knowing her face was probably heating up out of embarrassment.

"Onii-san and Onee-san." She said reaching for Nero's hand. This was all happening so fast!

"Nero? What is going on Yakumo-sensei?" Tatsuya asked eyeing the situation carefully. After all this was very strange finding the foreign student at his sensei's temple.

"Nothing really, all you need to know is that Nero's uncle and I go way back. I guess you could say that I'm a family friend to this one here. Do make sure he stays out of trouble will you?" Yakumo jabbing his thumb in Nero's direction. The Boy as always had his eyes closed but you could see it slightly twitch in annoyance.

"Shut up…" Nero lazily said bringing his hand up and running it through his hair. This guy was always messing with him. Tatsuya and Miyuki held shocked looks on their faces. Nero wasn't just some random student but someone Yakumo knew himself. This was definitely a new bit of information for both Tatsuya and his sister. Miyuki has just found out another piece to completing the puzzle known as Nero Angelo. What were the odds of an event like this happening? Wait…did that mean he would be around Yakumo's temple more often?

"Shouldn't you guys be on your way to school?" The bald ninja said as he reminded them changing the subject.

"Yeah, you're right…" Nero now kneeling down to the girl and rubbing the top of her head gently.

"Elena, I promise I'll be back after school ok? So try to be on your best behavior while I'm gone." Nero said softly gaining a cute "ok" from the girl. Miyuki was quietly watching the scene not realizing her blush slowly returned to her face. This was a side of Nero she has never seen before. In her eyes, Miyuki saw the Nero before her as a loving older brother who cared deeply for his younger sister. Elena was someone he did not have to hide his emotions from. It was…nice and comporting to view this side of the boy.

Now standing up, Nero turns around and starts walking off leaving the group behind. You could hear Elena calling out to him as he just raised his hand over his head to wave his goodbyes. Miyuki continued to look at Nero's back as he walked further away. A small smile graced her face from his actions. Nero was something else. Miyuki feels that she might finally be able to understand why a part of her can't help but be drawn to the white haired male.

Now leaving with her brother, Miyuki waved to Elena one last time getting her to gently wave back. Miyuki's face heated up again at the cute gesture before looking back in Nero's direction in wonder. A thought crossed her mind thinking about what just happened. If Nero was Elena's brother and she was her supposed sister, then what in the world did that mean? Miyuki knew that she barley talked to Nero. She wanted to have a conversation with him like the others usually did but she was always running into an obstacle. Miyuki and the group were almost to the school. If they were walking to school she felt that she might as well at least try to know a bit more about him, so Miyuki took this opportunity to make her way to Nero's side to keep pace with the boy.

"Nero-san?" Miyuki speaks out as she looked at the boy from the side.

"What is it?"

"Yakumo-sensei said that he knew your uncle. Who is he exactly?" Miyuki asked as she saw Nero look down at her with a raised brow.

"It wouldn't be that much of a secret if I told you now would it…Miyuki?" This caused the girl to pout at him as she eyed him from the side. It would seem that he was messing around with her. That was something else she noticed about Nero. The boy had a serious yet joking personality that made him hard to read. When he is around Erika, they would always lighten the mood within the group. The way they would go back and forth with one another, you would think the two of them were a married couple.

"Tatsuya-san, Miyuki-san!" A familiar voice called out interrupting Miyuki. She felt that she would never get a proper chance to talk with Nero. Something or someone always got in the way. Almost like the world was telling her she'd never find out anything else about him. Miyuki only closed her eyes and sighed softly to herself in defeat. Wait? Did she just pull a Nero? Was he rubbing off on her?

Turning to the voice they see Mayumi running towards them while waving their way.

"Mayumi-san." both Tatsuya and Miyuki said while Nero just watched as the girl approached also looking his way.

"Oh…Angelo-san, what a pleasant surprise seeing you around. This must be a fateful day indeed…" Mayumi still wearing her forced closed eye smile.

"It's good to see you too…president…" Nero said lazily causing the girl to frown before stalking up to him. She just didn't understand why he was like that towards her. Out of all the males she has encountered in her lifetime, Nero was one that purposely tried to distance himself from her. Was there something about her that he didn't like? She didn't want to admit it…but it was driving her a bit crazy.

"You know what? I was letting it slide before, but now I can't take it anymore!" Hands on her hips as she looked up into his eyes.

"What's your deal anyway? Why is it that out of everyone, you won't talk to me?" Maymui asked now poking at his stomach. She was so much shorter than he was that it was the only thing she could do. Earning a sigh from the devil, he gently knocks Mayumi's hand away from his stomach.

"You know president…I really wonder why you care so much about what I think of you?" Nero says as he returns her deep stare. Nero slowly brought his hand up, moving some of the girl's hair out of the way before softly placing his hand on her right cheek. The action caused Mayumi's face to heat up as he stared into her eyes.

"What…are you…"

"This is what you wanted isn't it…for me to notice you? Mayumi, if that was the case then I would be an idiot not notice a woman as beautiful as you. I have my reasons as much as you do…" Nero stated, closing his eyes as a small barely seen smirk appeared on his features. Slowly dropping his hand back down to his side, Nero just turned around and continued to walk off making his way towards the direction of the school building. Mayumi was stuck trying to process what just happened to her. Her mouth was left slightly agape while her flustered face was as bright as ever.

"T-that womanizer…" Mayumi lightly stomped her foot as she cutely pouted in obvious embarrassment. Tatsuya couldn't deny that Nero was without a doubt, good at this kind of thing. Miyuki wore a barely noticeable frown at this gesture and her brother Tatsuya did not miss it. Miyuki was unsure about the exchange, but she knew Nero was only teasing the girl. Still, it looked so real for a second that…wait, why did she even care?

"I think we should start heading to school before we are deemed late wouldn't you both agree?" Tatsuya said aloud gaining both his sister and Mayumi's attention.

"You're right Onii-sama, we shouldn't be late…" Miyuki stated before a still flustered Mayumi and the group started following behind Nero in the direction of the school. Miyuki sent the male sneaky glances every once in a while on the way there while she was talking with her brother and Mayumi.

As the group finally made it to school they found Erika, Mizuki, Honoka, her best friend and Shiemi talking near the front entrance. Erika noticing them turns and looks at the group before spotting the head of white hair she was looking for.

"Hey Nero, Tatsuya, want to walk to class with us?" She asked as all five girls approached the group to say their morning greetings.

"I have a choice?" Nero asked with a teasing raised brow.

"No…not really." Erika said in a matter of fact tone causing the boy to sigh deeply. Tatsuya on the other hand had to give the girl a regretful smile.

"Sorry Erika, but that's not possible right now. Me and Miyuki need to visit president Mayumi's council room this morning." Erika just nodded in understanding. Not like it was any sweat off her back.

"Maybe next time then?" Shiemi asked gaining a nod from the siblings.

"Yea…we'll see you later Miyuki, Tatsuya!" Erika said as they waved to each other before splitting up. Honoka and her friend also leaving to go to their class but not without saying their goodbyes as well. Miyuki looked in their direction before a hand touched her shoulder softly.

"Miyuki…it will be alright, let's go." Tatsuya said as he followed Mayumi toward her head quarters.

"Ok, Onii-sama…" Miyuki said as she took one last glance in the white devil's direction before catching up with her brother.

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Chapter End

For all those wondering, yes Nero's ability is Accelerators from (To Aru Majustu no Index)

Also I hope you like the new uniforms and class I made (Stems) I thought to make this because Even though Blooms are better than Weeds each have Stems that are beneath them. But Stems should not be underestimated because beautiful flowers to even ugly weeds need the support of a strong stem to keep them stable. I thought of that pretty cool huh?

I actually don't know why I had Nero ignore Mayumi in the beginning since I think she an ok character but yeah…

Shiemi moriyama is from (Ao no Exorcist) and is Nero's classmate and friend.

Tsukuyomi Komoe is from (To Aru Majutsu no Index) and is Nero's homeroom teacher.

I hope you all like the plot I have going, more will be revealed next chapter of course.

Again I thank you all for reading my stories, I love you guys and hope life is treating you well.

Until next time!