Devil x Darklight
Life 2: Welcome, Provisional
Beep, beep, BEEP
CRASH
My fist came down on the alarm clock harder than was usual for me to do. The item proceeded to bounce up as angled my head up, which promptly earned me a smack to the face as if the damn thing was finally getting revenge for all the abuse I've put it through.
"Dammit!"
Reeling back from the sudden impact, I found myself tumbling out of the bed and onto the floor, my eyes dully staring up at the ceiling as my forehead throbbed. Though maybe first I should recollect myself from last night.
Let's see… after running to the convenience store to pick some things up, I felt like I was getting trailed. At the park I got attacked by a Fallen Angel named Donaseek and attempted to fight him off, despite not being in the mood for a fight. Before things could have escalated further, Rias Gremory herself stepped in and revealed she has territory here in Kuoh, which made the Fallen Angel bastard leave. And then… she told me Lucifer himself had declared me a protectorate of the Gremory clan of Devils.
"Well, I guess it's better than being made a part of some other Devil's peerage because of a stroke of bad luck."
I sighed a bit as I brought my left hand over my face, a brief turn in the light filtering through the curtains producing a shimmering image over my arm, a phantasmal reflection of the gauntlet section of my Sacred Gear.
"I'm surprised you haven't said anything… then again you've hardly spoken to me, even after two years."
My arm flopped down onto the floor as a heavy breath escaped my lungs. The entire situation with this thing was kinda complicated, but let's just say that two years ago, along with learning I was only half human, I also found out I've got an exceedingly rare to-get item called a Sacred Gear. Which according to my sources only humans can be born with. And I'm a half-blood. Apparently I'm just one of the luckiest bastards alive.
"S-Soreeeen!"
The rapid pounding of feet heading upstairs caught my attention along with ka-san's scream. What was going on now? I wasn't out that late for once, and I shouldn't be late. Why does she sound so panicky? And as the door flew open she looked it to boot, like she'd had the shock of her life.
"What? Did my folks decide to randomly drop by again or something?" I asked. My parents, despite their travels, did have something of a habit of randomly dropping in to say hello whenever they felt like it. Usually with a lot of random trinkets. My room is downright littered with various objects from across the world.
"No no no, not that. Actually you do have a letter from them but… there's a girl here! A pretty one! Saying she's here for you!"
"Huh?"
"Good morning, Edelweiss-kun."
To my immediately incredulous reaction, Rias poked her head into the door frame as ka-san nearly leapt back, looking at the red haired girl as she stood straight. Ka-san shot me a questioning look that said "what's going on here", which prompted a sigh from me as I sat up.
"This is the worst…"
"Thanks for the food."
To my adoptive grandfather probably watching with the same shocked looks as my adoptive parents are. Because right now, in this humble Japanese home, a beautiful foreign girl is eating breakfast with us. (And yes, I realize this sounds vaguely hypocritical since I am also foreign.)
"This is very delicious, okaa-sama."
"Th-Thank you…"
The atmosphere was weirder than whenever my actual parents drop in unannounced. At least in those cases the surprise and whatever random ass trinkets that they dropped onto us passed over in a few minutes. In this case? Ka-san and to-san are looking at me like they can scarcely believe the sight before them.
How the hell do I fix this one? My wacky parents I can handle, but my freaking desk neighbor who happens to be a Devil? When these parents of mine in front of me are unaware of that kind of thing?
I just sighed to myself as I shoved the rice between my chopsticks into my mouth. Stealing a glance over at Rias, she seemed all too pleased to be dropping by here. I, on the contrary, was positive that, considering last night, there had to be some ulterior motive behind her appearance this morning.
"Hey, do you have to eat so roughly? Why not try to savor it hmm?"
"We're the same age. You can drop the onee-san air around me." And just to spite the girl, I shoved a particularly large wad of rice into my mouth, though Rias only seemed amused by my response.
"S-So… Soren, what's the uh… story behind this?" To-san asked, his voice trembling quite a lot, and I sighed a bit. Why are you nervous? "W-Where did this girl come from?"
"She's my desk neighbor at school." I replied.
"I do apologize for not introducing myself." Rias spoke in an awfully polite manner, one that got me to roll my eyes a bit, "Ah, I've brought shame to the house of Gremory. Please allow me to introduce myself. Okaa-sama, otou-sama, I am Rias Gremory. I'm Edelweiss-kun's classmate. It's a pleasure to meet you all."
She smiles pleasantly. To-san's look becomes weird. And I want to slam my head into the table. Don't be fooled by that face, she's a demon!
Then again so am I… literally.
"I-Is that so? T-That's amazing… so uh, are you from a foreign country? Your Japanese is very good!"
"Yes, actually. But, due to my father's work I've been living here in Japan for a long time."
I would call BS if not for the fact I've been in the same class as you for almost three years of my life… even if she's a Devil, for all I know she could've been hanging around a lot longer than that.
And to-san looks plenty convinced. Ka-san not so much. She's still looking at Rias like she couldn't think it possible for me to bring a girl home… she's protective like that.
"Is Rias…san, correct?"
"Yes, Oka-sama."
"What kind of relationship do you and Soren have?"
"I just said we were desk neighbors!" I snapped.
"One's who are a bit closer than the norm."
That's bullshit and you know it! We hardly speak to each other!
"That's a lie!"
As expected, ka-san sees right through it. A sudden excuse like that won't fly.
"I just cannot see Soren being friendly enough with a girl she'd come to pick him up for school." And now I felt a sudden irked twinge, "He's a nice and helpful boy sure, but he constantly gets into trouble, fights people a lot, and he stays out late at the time."
"I told you it was extracurricular! And shouldn't you be supporting your son instead of shooting him down?!"
"But you hardly even show interest in girls!"
"Yeah because I don't date girl's I just met! I've told you about this every time!"
And the most recent one was faking it, so she could get a chance to shank me in the chest. But not like I can openly talk about that one with an okay reasoning to it, now can I? I really doubt there's a normal way to squirm out of this one. But damn me if I don't know better. The fact Rias' pleasant smile hasn't shifted at all tells me she's got something cooking in that brain.
"True, but I think he's rather pleasant despite it. Don't you think that sometimes, a bit of trouble can be more fun in a person?"
Weren't you muttering about me being a troublemaker last night? Where is this coming from?
"Ah, is that so… yes, I can see your point…"
I hung my head as ka-san began wavering about. It was easy to notice if you looked that both her and to-san looked more than a little dizzy, their eyes even looking a tad empty.
"Did you have to go and hypnotize them?"
"Sorry. It just seemed like it would be troublesome otherwise. You have rather caring parents."
"That I do. Now, why the hell are you here?"
"Exactly as I said, to pick you up on the way to school." Rias replied, getting another side from me as I set my chopsticks down, "Is there a problem with that?"
"I recall you saying I was a protectorate. Why would you bother showing up so early in the morning?" I stood up and went to gather my things, Rias simply following after with the same air around her as before, "We're in the same class anyway."
"Yes but you are the one who was attacked by a Fallen Angel."
"Yeah because he thought I was a Stray. I was in the process of correcting that misconception until you showed up."
Even by the time I'd gotten out onto the sidewalk, Rias had just tagged along on the way out. And I could already guess I was gonna be dealing with this the rest of the way there. Geez, if there wasn't odd rumors about me before, I bet there will be now!
"And now hopefully it won't happen again." Rias said, stepping up to be just a bit ahead of me. I, being a tad petty, responded by matching pace. Like hell I'm letting this girl treat me like a lesser person!
And as predicted, but the time we got to school, the silence that I had made persist the walk there was broken by the shocked reactions of the crowd. The most divisively thought on guy at school was walking onto the grounds with the school idol, alone, just the two of us.
This honestly cannot be helped.
"No way! That guy?!"
"I dunno, they look kinda good together?"
"No way Rias-onee-sama would be with a guy like him! He had to have done something!"
"Yeah, maybe just be the killer guy he is. Man I'm a little jealous…"
"LUCKY BASTARD!"
So let's mark it… the girls are either angry their "onee-sama" is with me… or they want to be where she is because nobody knows what the hell is going on. The guys in general are just jealous.
Honestly for the latter I actually feel a little bit smug about it. Look at this and gaze you sorry little shrimps! If you stopped being such jackass pervs who only came to this school to meet girls, maybe you'd have better luck! And no that isn't hypocritical because I liked the idea of a challenging entrance test so, I took it. Nothing more. The fact there's a bunch of good looking girls out numbering the guys is a plus more than anything.
"Hmm, if this was another situation, I'd say I would send someone, but then again we are in the same class." Rias spoke, finally, as we got onto the grounds, and I just raised a brow as I put my arms behind my head.
"Lemme guess, this has to do with the whole "order from Lucifer" thing, doesn't it?" I muttered, Rias only putting a finger to her lips, "Yeah I'm definitely gonna have to be waiting for a while, won't I?"
Rias just chuckled as she went ahead of me, and I kept my trap shut on the way to class. As with the grounds, me arriving into class with Rias prompted shocked expressions even if I was coming in a short ways behind her. I saw Tsuno, as early as always, snickering into a hand as he leaned back in his chair.
"Oh wait's got you so amused lookin'?" I sat down heavily as I spoke, Tsuno biting his lip as he moved his hands.
"Things travel fast! It's only been a few minutes, but the entire school is losing their minds because you and Gremory showed up together! Man, what happened yesterday?" Tsuno asked, and I sighed as I leaned on a hand.
"I'll tell you when I drop by that place later today. I need to check in with Aozaki anyway." I said, Tsuno only nodding. In a short way, I guess you could say Aozaki is my boss. I don't really see it as such, but that's probably the best description. She runs the place I get my "extracurricular" work from. But I consider it more of a mutual partnership than a boss and a subordinate.
Though she's also scary as hell so I call her "boss" to avoid pissing her off. I have survival instincts for a reason.
"Though I guess things are gonna get interesting again, huh?" Tsuno hummed, and I just sighed.
"I guess so."
After a day of spending about half of my time in class keeping an eye on Rias, it was when I was putting my stuff up for the day that she reached over an tapped me on the shoulder, and my glance was rather flat as my eyes turned.
"Well? Mind coming with me for a bit longer?"
"Ugh… Fine. I want answers anyway."
"Perfect. Akeno?"
"Of course."
Rias turned to the seat in front of her. The one seated in front of the red head had long black hair tied up into a massive ponytail. From here I could easily guess if it was loose, it would fall far past her knees. A pretty face that's always smiling, and with an atmosphere caryring "Japanese" all about it. Yamato Nadeshiko, the best descriptor I had for the other girl, who's eyes turned to me and gave a pleasant sounding chuckle, even despite my suspicious gaze.
Akeno Himejima was her name, and she was the second "great onee-sama" of the school. And curiously, despite being fully Japanese from I could tell, Akeno was even more buxom than Rias. I don't even have to guess that hard to get she's also a Devil. Is it just a common thing for Devil women to have impressive hour-glass figures or something?
"Ara, ara, so Edelweiss-kun will be coming with us then?" Akeno said, her voice gentle and definitely of the "big sister" type. But of the kind you can sense something behind it.
"Yes. So, come along now." Rias said, striding out of the class with Akeno behind her, and I just sighed as I drowned out the oohs and awes that eventually became sounds of shock as I followed the two girls out. As with on the way to school, the walk was silent, but following the two eventually led me to another building.
It was some place within the woods that make up part of the campus grounds. An older building I remembered having been used as the main building years ago. It was wooden and the age clearly showed on the building. However, there was this air about the place that felt, for lack of better wording, occult. I know it's a common Japanese urban legend that the old school buildings tend to be haunted by something, but this one takes the bloody cake from the atmosphere alone.
But I don't think there's a reason to assume why I would use "occult" as the descriptor word for this building. The place is considered so creepy by the students it's one of Kuoh Academy's "Seven Wonders."
"Well if this ain't fitting, then I don't know what is." I said, a hint of sarcasm to my voice, Rias only chuckling as she continued on into the building, Akeno glancing back with her own amused look, which earned a roll of my eyes.
The inside of the building was, contrary to popular belief about old school buildings, actually very well kept. I could easily say antique was the best manner to describe the interior of this building. I guess it's been continually cleaned so that it wouldn't fall into total disrepair.
"So, what's your lots cover eh?" I asked, my arms behind my head, the pace I had a lot more casual than the proper strides of Rias and Akeno, "I can guess this is some kind of club so… lemme take a guess, some kind of occult thing?"
"Ara, you really are as smart as the rumors say." Akeno hummed. She was teasing me. It was obvious but her voice alone. "But, you're correct. We're the Occult Research Club."
"That's so damn obvious to anyone who pays attention… she's not one for subtelty, is she?" I grumbled. Akeno merely shrugged to what I said, but there wasn't any form of denial about it.
Our merry little trio came to a stop at a pair of double doors, and a plaque on it read exactly what Akeno said, [Occult Research Club]… which just made me stare at it blankly.
"Well, come on in." Rias threw the doors open wide for obvious dramatic effect. It's becoming increasingly obvious this girl is all about style. The walls, ceiling, and floor were covered inch to inch by runes and sigils. The center of the room had a prominent circular sigil marked on it, and in the center of that circle was a rose sigil that stood predominantly in it.
A couple of sofas and desks stood as furnishings, with a more ornate desk at the end of the room with a large chair behind it. No need for me to guess who sits there. And was that a shower curtain I was seeing in one corner? Who the hell puts a shower in their… why am I even asking this question?
There was someone on one of the sofas to greet us. A small girl… wait I know her, kinda! Toujou Koneko, a first year. She's about the same size as Tsuno, just for the mental comparison. Her small size and cute, but near expressionless face, has a lot of students marking her as the school mascot. Or then there's a subset of guys who like her for… other reasons.
She's just sitting there with a plate of youkan and a sleepy expression, but her eyes turned to Rias as the door was flown open.
"Welcome back, buchou." Koneko quietly spoke, Rias nodding as she sauntered past. The small girl's eyes then turned to me. The question from her was obvious without any spoken words behind it to boot.
"Koneko-chan, this is Soren Edelweiss-kun. He's a classmate of mine and Rias'." Akeno took the liberty of introducing me, and I just gave a small wave.
"Yo."
"Ah. Nice to meet you."
Seems our mutual lack of words here was simple enough a greeting, because Koneko went back to munching on her snack immediately afterwards.
"Oh? Everyone is here already huh?"
-Who is it now?
Craning my head back, I immediately came face to face with a blonde young man. I also recognized him pretty quickly. Kiba Yuuto, the most popular boy on campus (up to debate), a big favorite among his fellow second years. Though also the kind of pretty boy girl's for some bizarre reason think of guy-on-guy set ups whenever he's around one… when they're not projecting their own fantasies.
Honestly it makes me feel sorry for the poor guy.
"Hmm? Edelweiss-senpai?" Yuuto said, and I sighed.
"Drop the damn honorific." I growled, Yuuto just shrugging as he sat down on the same sofa as Koneko, "Aight, seems like that's everyone then. So… lemme guess, everyone in this room is a Devil."
"Correct." Rias said, "Everyone else in this room are, as you've guessed, also Devils, and the members of my Peerage."
"Figures." I sat down on the empty couch with a bit of a flop to how I did it, leaning on a hand as I looked at Rias.
"Tea?" Akeno bent down with a tray of cups and kettle in hand. I held up a hand in response.
"Nah. I'm more of a coffee person."
"Ara, alright then. I'll make something right up."
"Actually Akeno, hold out on that for a moment." Rias said, Akeno nodding and standing next to the girl, "So… admittedly I was hoping for a situation like this the next time I brought someone into my peerage, but, well, as said, this is more introducing a protectorate into things… well, it's something I never expected. Either way, we welcome you to the Occult Research club."
"Ah so you're just as surprised about this as me eh?" I had a smirk on my face as I spoke, then I sighed, "Okay then, first question: Why in Hell would Lucifer himself order that I, who for all I know is just from some nobody commoner house, be made a protectorate? I mean, it can't be because of my Sacred Gear. You could've just had me inducted against my will with an Evil Piece, right? Yet obviously from what you're saying, I have remained independent."
"What I'm curious about, is just how well informed you actually are." Rias said, getting me to roll my eyes again, "Tell me what you know at minimum, and I'll answer your question to the best of my ability."
"… I could argue. But, I want answers, so, I'll comply." I sighed again as I leaned back, "To be short, thanks to certain… sources of mine, I know the basics. I don't like long winded speeches, so I'll be short. I know the basics, so let's not bother. I know all about the various non-human creatures that exist in our world. Now, history, yeah? Some centuries ago, this big ol' war was waged between three of the main mythological factions of the world. The Devils and Fallen Angels already spend their time squabbling over territory in the Underworld, but then Heaven came on in and it just became an even bigger mess. And ever since then things have been in something of a three-way standoff with small happenings here and there. Satisfied?"
"You're more well informed than I thought." Rias hummed, which got a snicker out of me, "Alright then… to be frank, I'm as lost as you are on why it is that, rather than a resurrection, passing over the fact you're a half-devil, that instead it was mandated you be made a protectorate. I personally doubt, as you do, that it's because of your Sacred Gear… even if it's one of the 13 Longinus."
"Wait, what?" Yuuto asked.
"I'll demonstrate." In prompt fashion, I stood up from my seat and raised my left arm, while my right hand spread open. Red energy began pulsing along my arm and at my palm as I let out a breath, and with a mere thought to it, my right hand was again grasping the sword and my forearm was covered in the gauntlet of the Boosted Gear. Eyes were more than a little wide as I set the sword across my shoulders and flexed my left hand. "Boosted Gear, one of the 13 Longinus Gears and the Red Dragon Emperor… though, as you can see it's a bit different from the norm. Call them personal touches of mine. I wanted an actual weapon, and not just some bulky ass gauntlet on my left arm."
"Uhhh… B-Buchou… we're gonna talk about the fact he kind of, well, altered a Longinus yeah?" Yuuto looked the most concerned of the bunch. Koneko hadn't reacted at all besides a small widening of her eyes, and Akeno had brought a hand to her mouth.
"Is it really that big of a deal?" I dissolved the sword and gauntlet with a thought, sitting back down as I put my arms behind my head again, "Sacred Gears react by a person's will and change form and gain abilities in response to that. I just thought "I wanna make this damn thing a sword", and it worked. Sure, the dragon sealed inside the thing ragged on me for a few hours, but he got used to it."
"So… a half-devil and a Sacred Gear holder. This actually answers a lot." Akeno stated, her hands neatly folded behind her back, "With that kind of combination, there's plenty of people who'd consider you exceptionally dangerous to have around."
"And why it is the Fallen Angels hunted him down, rather than try to recruit him. They likely thought he was either just a Stray, or already an enemy." Rias said, leaning on a hand, "Geez, I was really handed a troublesome one wasn't I?"
"Oh and here you were acting so pleasant not two minutes ago." I said, "So, I take it this whole protectorate deal has a catch, doesn't it? There's always some kind of catch. I doubt I'll just get to be sittin' pretty on my laurels… not that I was anyway but that isn't the point right now… actually, who the hell was it who found me after I got shanked by that Fallen Angel? I sure as hell know it wasn't you."
"I can scarcely believe it for myself as it is, because I cannot fathom the reason why… but, the one you encountered the other night is the same person who gave the order to declare you a protectorate of my household: Lucifer." Rias answered. Which promptly slammed back down onto my head like a sack of bricks.
Again, it answers one question but brings up a dozen more! Why in the hell would Lucifer himself do something like this? Hell, if it really was him, why the hell did he react as if he knew who I was? Have I been under some kind of secret Devil surveillance program for some time now or something? I sure as hell know it can't be because of the Boosted Gear, that's a simple thing to solve!
"Agghhh man, as if I didn't have questions before! Why is this shit getting so complicated so damn fast?!" I grumbled, putting a hand to my face and letting out a long sigh.
"Well it could possibly be worse for you, could it?" Akeno remarked, "Also, didn't you ask about a catch?"
"That I did."
"Well, that's one reason I brought you here today." Rias clarified, my attention turning back to her, and she stepped off the desk, "While you are not an actual member of my peerage, I suppose you could consider yourself some kind of "provisional" member. My instructions were to help teach you about the proper world you've been separated from until now… too some degree, at the least."
"Wait… you're not gonna have me doing newbie resurrected Devil crap like running around passing out summoning flyers are ya?" My remark was matched by me flicking out one of these mentioned flyers. A smart enough person can tell when a Devil's familiar is around, and to the supernaturally inclined like myself, the magic circles were easy to tell apart. That and the place I "work for" tends to collect them for reference. "If I'm not mistaken, this is one of yours, right?"
"Well, you may be disappointed to here that it will in fact be part of what you'll have to do. Since you're not an actual Servant I can't really do as I would if you were… but, you have to start somewhere on the path to becoming a proper Devil, don't you? Working for a member of the House of Gremory isn't a bad start, if I had to say anything." Rias' tone was cheerful as she spoke, but then there was that phrase. "Working for…" ehehehe… ohh I need to do some clarification don't I?
"Ahhh, okay, first off Princess, let me make a bit of a distinction here." I stood up as I spoke, approaching Rias with a couple of steps. Her trio of servants also took more defensive looks, but Rias waved them down. "Let me make it clear: I do not work for people, I work with them. If Lucifer himself mandated this, then I won't argue, but since I am a protectorate, and not a servant, I wanna lay some ground rules that benefit me, a'ight?"
"Well I don't see anything wrong with that… as long as your requests don't cause me, or my servants, any trouble." Rias remarked, though something about her seemed happy about this. Perhaps it was just innate Devil instinct. Things like pride naturally came to us Devils after all. So I guess me stepping up was some brand of amusing. Though perhaps of the "mildly irritated at the same time" kind of "amusing." The kind where your lips have the smallest quirk to them that betrays what you're really thinking.
I feel oddly smug about that.
"First, don't go ordering me around. I follow directions, not orders. There's a difference. Basically just an add on to what I said earlier." I held up my index finger as I spoke, then raising a second, "Two, I ain't just gonna roll over and take shit. If I'm working with you, I need it to be agreed upon this is mutual. Think of it as a contracted agreement, Devils like those right?Though considering we both basically got thrown into this by the big Devil King himself, seems we're in the same boat."
"That we are." Rias said. Then I held up a third finger.
"Third: My decisions are my own, and I take responsibility for them. So if I do something, anything, and you rag on me for it no matter who it effects, I'm taking it out on you." My statement again got the three Servants to suddenly go defensive, and I looked between all of them, "Oh bloody relax will ya'? I don't intend to hurt any of you for real. Just at least understand that I do things my way, got it? You have a problem with that, then take it up with me. I'll probably stick to my guns but hey. I'm open to negotiations."
"As I said, as long as what you do doesn't cause trouble for me or my Servants in too direct a fashion, then you're basically free to do whatever… so long as you help out. You did say this should be mutual right? Then in exchange for the added protection of being a, let's say provisional member, of my group, all I ask is that if I need the extra help, you assist me and my Servants in our Devil business."
"So long as it doesn't run into problems whenever I take a contract with my workplace." I put a hand on my chin as a hum left my thoat, "That actually makes some hunts easier… working with a Peerage to hunt down strays wouldn't be too bad an idea. Ah, right… just to ask, aside from protection is there any other benefits I get out of this deal or are ya' just keeping people off my back?"
"Well if you want I could help cover any fundings you may face here and in the future. As you can imagine, we Devil families have the kind of funding humans could only ever dream of." Rias stated, folding her arms, "Good enough then? I feel like we've reached something of an understanding."
"Well I can deal with money no problem… you know frankly I'm surprised a pure-blood like you isn't being more… I dunno, I guess high and mighty. I mean I am just a half-blood. Don't Devils have a big thing about heritage?"
It wasn't an incorrect statement. Now while I am the type to think bloodlines are kind of bullshit, I can't deny they can produce useful abilities. But I think basing status on bloodline is an old concept that's long run it's course.
"That's true in most cases, but I like to think of myself as above that." Rias' statement had it's own smug edge to it. Being smug about being progressive… classic. "I'm surprise that you're willing to negotiate though. Considering all the trouble your reputation follows, I was thinking you'd be less cooperative."
"I'm not an idiot. Besides, if I can see myself getting something out of this, then what reason do I have to argue, right?" I put a hand out, Rias taking a moment before putting her palm to mine, "Ah, good, I didn't have to tell ya what to do."
"I can understand a physical form of agreement." Rias stated, "Just be aware I'll be calling in soon."
"Yeah yeah. You've got my phone number in your palm there." I turned and sauntered to the door with a wave, glancing back to see Rias glancing at her palm. I'd slipped a bit of paper onto it with the handshake. Useful slight of hand, "I've got business to take care of. And trust me, you do not wanna piss off who I get my contracts from. Later."
Before anything else could be said, I shut the door to the clubroom behind me, a sigh escaping my mouth as I continued down the hall.
"Man, Aozaki is gonna tear into me something fierce when I show up."
"Well he's certainly an interesting one." Akeno noted, looking at Rias as the Devil girl looked at the small bit of paper in her hand, "So, the Red Dragon Emperor and a Half-Devil… there has to be some reason your brother asked you to keep an eye on him."
"That's my question." Rias remarked, sitting down in her chair with a heavy sigh, and her servants could notice the mild sense of irritation about her, "Again I'm glad he was willing to negotiate… but I get the sense I'm going to have absolutely no control in this matter."
"He did say he likes to operate on his own terms." Kiba remarked, "And he is a protectorate."
"You can't really expect much from that. It's not like you were handed a new Servant…. But, if Sirzechs said not to resurrect him, then I wonder… what about that boy makes it where one of the Satans advises against bringing him into a peerage?" Akeno put a hand on her chin as she spoke, and Rias sighed again, "Do you think it has to do with whatever bloodline he belongs too? Perhaps he's another member of the pillar houses."
"Doubtful." Rias quickly said it. But, the thought did settle into her mind. Just who was Soren if it warranted an order not to make him a member of her Peerage? She'd been keeping track of him for a while, even if she hadn't connected he and the "Half Devil with the Dragon Sword" were the same person until last night. All this did was bring up more questions. "Haaah… this is so troublesome."
A/N
I feel like I did the best I could manage here… hopefully I'm actually gonna be able to do justice to the canon characters here with all of this and the mess with things. I feel like I'm doing well at the least. If ya' got questions, feel free to PM me, and please leave a review if you will, I appreciate the feed-back. Later!
