I am back with the second installment. I hope the last chapter was enjoyable. I have not made any major changes with pairs, only a few. I have decided I will involve some other characters from other shows to pair up with the assassins.

Now, I'm done with the intro. Let us continue

Issei sat down on the cushions on the floor and gave out a content sigh, as he sat by the cozy fireplace. Work had been rather slow, but he wasn't complaining. Assassins were trained to be patient.

Since work was finished for today, Issei felt like taking a stroll, but first, he would wait for Indra. No doubt the white haired assassin was finished already and on his way back.

"Ah, there you are." Issei commented upon hearing the hideout entrance being opened.

Indra said nothing as he walked past Issei and went to a sink to clean his hands. Not every women in strip club kept themselves clean. The kill was a success and he went unnoticed. After cleaning himself, he turned back to Issei.

"Something wrong?" He said.

Issei shook his head. "No, all is fine with me. But, I wanted to know if you would accompany me around the city for a little while." Indra considered, since there wasn't much to do in a place like this.

"Alright." He agreed. Issei smiled and led his friend outside and around the parts of the city he liked.

"A wonderful place to call home, no?" Issei took in the scenery around. They were in one of the more quiet parts of the city, the residential district to be exact.

"It is." Indra agreed. While it was no Kyoto, Kuoh was certainly a place to admire. The two kept their casual pace, coming upon a park. They could see children playing and families enjoying time together.

"And there is the fruit of labor." Issei said, almost in a dazed way.

Indra knew that Issei was much more passionate about his work, more so than the others. If he was honest with himself, he actually felt like having teach him that sort of feeling, since Indra grew up with no family.

"It is a wonderful scene." He commented.

Issei gazed back at his old friend. "It makes me wonder about the Templars. If they wish for peace, why do they try to take this away?" Issei gestured towards the warm scene playing out in front of them.

"I don't know. But that is why we are here, to preserve the free will of the people." Indra replied. Issei took that answer, satisfied and they continued to move on.

"Tomorrow is Friday, right?" Issei asked out of the blue. Indra nodded not sure why his friend asked.

"Good. That means it will be a quiet workday tomorrow." Indra have Issei a dry look. When the two were not out saving the world, they worked at a humble bakery.

Indra continued to give Issei his dry look, because no matter what day it was, it was always quiet. Why he complained about a few high school students having a group talk was beyond him.

"I thought you were patient?" Indra asked.

"I am, but honestly, they don't need to cause such a ruckus." Issei rolled his eyes. A group of boys just happened to come into the shop one day, and they made quite a scene.

"You mean those boys?" Indra asked again.

"The ones who kept on claiming they would spread perversion everywhere." Issei said with irritation rolling out of his voice.

Okay, not that was reason he could follow.

As the two walked, Indra suddenly stopped. Issei looked at his partner with the concern that something must be wrong. Indra let his gaze travel to the tree they would pass under, and his eagle vision went active.

In the tree, he spotted the being hiding within the mess of evergreen leaves. He knew who it was instantly. Rolling his eyes, but smiling regardless, he called out to her.

"Fei, come down." The person in the tree-Fei-gave out a sigh and climbed down from her spot. She was now visible as a very beautiful girl, around his age.

She had the perfect cream colored skin and amber eyes that could cut right into your soul. She had heterochromic black and purple hair that reached her waist like a silky waterfall. She wore a black and purple outfit consisting of a short sleeved purple V-neck, a black miniskirt, and purple stockings complimented by black heeled boots.

All in all, she was a beauty that would make most regular men lose their senses at the sight of her.

Issei smiled upon seeing the girl. Fei was a Cheshire Cat youkai, very close with the nekomata species.

"It's good to see you again Fei. How long has it been?" He asked, giving her a brief hug.

"About 5 months." She replied. She smiled brightly at Indra before the two embraced each other. Issei already what was going on between the two. It was more than just a friend relationship.

Issei was how the two were looking at each other, and decide to give them some time. "I'll leave you two at it. I'll be around Indra. Find me when you two are finished."

While Issei moved away to give his old friend some alone time with his girlfriend, he could feel the gaze of curious eyes on him. To whom they belonged to, he had no idea since Indra was one of the few people he knew in this area.

To humor himself, he moved into the crowd of people walking among the streets, and like a needle in a haystack, he was gone.

"What?" Tsubaki blinked making sure her eyes weren't fooling her. She could have sworn she had seen him move into the crowd. He should have been easy to distinguish, but he just went up and vanished just like a grain of sand being carried by a powerful ocean current.

Tsubaki tried to sense for him using her magic sensory, but nothing came up. She sighed, seeing as the person of interest was no longer here. She would just have to tell Sona she had lost track of him.

She got up and left her spot from the cafe she was watching him from, not once noticing the figure on the roof nearby, watching her leave.

As Issei watched the Vice President of the student council leave, he couldn't help but chuckle.

"Who would have thought this area was occupied by devils?" He mused to himself.

He noticed the sun was setting, and since he wanted to enjoy tomorrow, he deciding to go home and get to bed.

Upon entering the hideout, Issei found that Fei had decided to join, for sis was sitting right next to a sleeping Indra.

"You can stay here if you wish." Issei offered. Fei smiled. "Thanks, I was getting tired of having to constantly relocate."

Issei gave her a pat on the shoulder. "This will always be your home, if you wish it to be. Now I need to sleep. School won't wait for me if I end up sleeping in."

The following morning, school went along just like the other day, without a hitch.

Indra had the shift today at the shop, so that left Issei with some time to himself. He decided to go through the park once more, to have some peace before looking for the next Templar.

As Issei made his mental plan, he bumped into someone, female, if they sound of their shout was any indication.

"Oh, I'm sorry miss. I wasn't-" Issei stopped when his caught the frame of yet another familiar face.

"Asia? Asia Argento?" He asked.

The blond nun blinked. "Do I know you sir?" She asked.

Issei smiled. "You don't remember me? It's me, Issei Hyoudou. We worked together in the Vatican, feeding the poor families." He tried reminding her.

Her eyes widened to the size of dinner plates, as she gazed up at the brunette's face.

"Oh! Issei!" She quickly got up and hugged him for all he was worth. Issei returned the hug and when they separated, he chuckled at the flustered look on the nun's face.

"It's been years!" She shouted.

Issei nodded. "Indeed it has. What brings you to Japan? I thought you were working for the Catholic Church in Florence after I left."

That was where he saw her expression become downcast, almost to the brink of tears. He quickly took her hands into his and gave her a soft look.

"Asia, what happened?" He asked. The nun stayed quiet for a minute before spilling her dilemma. "I was banished from the church, after they saw me heal a devil."

"Oh, I'm sorry Asia. I know you loved nothing more than helping others. Those fools condemn what they don't understand. You did nothing wrong." Issei comforted her.

Asia felt better at her old friend, and long time crush's kind words.

"Say, why don't we take this time to catch up with one another? Indra is a bit busy right now, so we have plenty of time to ourselves." He suggested. Asia blushed at the idea of being alone with the assassin, and nodded gratefully.

"Here Asia, you eat a hamburger just like this. Take it in your hands and take a bite of it." He showed her how to eat the fast food creation in front of her, as she eyed it with curiosity. Being sheltered in the church for much of her life, she had never seen or even heard of a hamburger before, but she certainly liked it now.

"Wow! It's so good!" She exclaimed before taking another bite. Issei smiled as he watched the adorable blond. That childlike curiosity and naivety hadn't left her, not yet anyway. Once she learned the truth about him, well, he wasn't sure what she would do, but he would not hold anything against her.

After leaving the burger joint, Issei showed Asia around the city, his city. Issei had been raised while traveling for most of his life, but he was proud to call Kuoh his home.

The two were strolling through the park and while they strolled, Asia came across a young boy, weeping along the sidewalk. The boy had scraped his knee badly and could not help himself for crying so loudly.

"Had bad does it hurt? I can help you." She kneeled down by him, and he showed her his knee which was close to becoming a patch of red.

Issei watched wide eyed as he was able to see some sort of green aura emit from her hands and onto the boy's wound.

'Could it be? Is she a magician of some kind?' He thought. Issei has encountered magicians before, but he never once thought Asia would be one. Or maybe something else was going on.

Asia stood up, finished with her work, and the little boy stood up, happy as can be, no longer with pain eating at him.

"Thank you big sister!" He said as he ran off to his mother.

Issei took this time to ask the question, now begging to be answered in his mind.

"Asia, what was that? Was that magic?" He saw her face take an expression of complete sadness, and now he knew that her power was a touchy subject.

"It is alright if you don't wish to share. I will not pry you for information." He said.

Asia shook her head and looked back at Issei with a smile, despite how painful it was to think about it. "No, it wasn't magic. That was my sacred gear, Twilight Healing. It gives me the power to heal any wound." Issei stood amazed as he now saw his old friend with a new respect. The power to heal wounds, now that suited her just right.

"However, one day, the church staff saw me helping a devil. My powers can heal both holy beings and devils, and when they saw it happen they called me a witch, and cast me out." She said with tears building in her eyes.

Issei gave her a comforting hug and held her. He separated from her and gave her a charming smile. "Asia, like I said before. You were only doing what you felt was right. That is not a crime."

Asia would have continued, but she caught sight of a women she was familiar with. The women had creamy skin and long raven hair reaching her waist, kind purple eyes, and her outfit was very...revealing to say the least.

"Asia!" She ran towards and took her hand. "We need to get back, Dohnaseek is getting suspicious." She said urgently, with Issei picking up on it.

Asia turned to Issei and gave him an apologetic look. "I'm sorry Issei, but I need to go back to the church now. Hopefully I'll see you again soon." The women she was with gave Issei a look. She curiously gazed upon brunette whom Asia had been on a date with.

'She found herself a love already.' She mentally sighed, wishing she would find her love as well. They were out there somewhere.

Sighing again, she introduced herself. "My name is Raynare, nice to meet you Issei. But we are short on time right now." She left with Asia before he could respond.

But that was okay, he could just follow them and learn of what's going on. But first, he needed his partner, and his equipment.

The two assassins found the church. It looked quite vacant and slightly unstable, if the cracks in the wood were not an indication.

"Quite charming." Issei commented on the place's appearance. He was looking around with eagle vision, making sure no hostiles were about the area.

He pushed opened the church doors to see that the interior was clean, as if were never touched. How odd. Issei looked around, until his eyes caught a familiar blue glow.

At the end of the alter, the microphone on the mantle was highlighted with blue. Issei grabbed it and gave it a pull. He let eagle vision wear off, as he and Indra saw a staircase unwind from the floor beneath them.

"Quite an unorthodox church huh?" Issei commented. Indra nodded in agreement.

They descend down the shadowed steps, and as they went lower, they could hear faint chanting.

"We must be close. Be alert." Issei warned. Indra nodded.

They reached the bottom of the stairs, and saw a man in traditional exorcist robes guarding the way.

Indra got behind the man and kicked one of his legs out from under him, before puncturing his neck with his hidden blade. The man didn't have a chance to cry out, all there was, was a wet cough.

"Show off." Issei whispered, trying to see what was happening.

Luckily the were rafters along the edges of the walls, close to the ceiling. The gaps and cracks in the walls allowed them to scale up and hide above.

"Finally, Twilight Healing will be mine." A man-no, a fallen angel said, standing in front of a cross. On that cross, was Asia, chained and bound. Issei narrowed his eyes, now understanding what was happening. This man wanted her power for himself.

He quickly surveyed the room and saw three other fallen angels chained to the wall adjacent to the platform in which Asia was to be crucified.

He turned to Indra and whispered his plan. "I'm going for the one on the platform. You take the guards by the prisoners, and then we will both engage the enemy."

Indra nodded and maneuvered his way to the other side of the room, while Issei made straight for the platform.

"We're almost there." Dohnaseek grew a large smile at the prospect of power falling into his hands.

Down at the floor, a couple of exorcists we're speaking amongst one another, until one of them felt something touch his back.

"What? Is there something on me?" He turned around, showing his comrades that there was some kind of brown shell looking object there.

*Boom!*

The group was killed in an explosion of shrapnel, taking a few others nearby with them.

"What happened?!" Dohnaseek turned his head to the commotion.

"We don't know!" One of the exorcists replied. There wasn't a trace of anyone else here.

The guards at the side where Kalawarner, Raynare, and Mittelt were being held did not report. In fact, the girls were gone too.

Underneath the platform Indra laid the girls down under the staircase so that they could rest. He held up a finger for them to be quiet, while he proceeded with Issei's plan.

'Who are these guys?' Was the collective thought of the three.

"Hey! Who are you?!" They heard a shout. Then there were sounds of blades clashing together, blood and bodies hitting the floor, cries of pain.

What was going on?

Mittelt with only enough strength, peeked out from behind the stairs and saw the whole room littered with the corpses of all of the exorcists.

Up on the platform, Issei held the dying Dohnaseek in his arms. For someone who could fly, he was taken off guard by an aerial kill quite easily. Ironic in a way.

"I just wanted respect." Dohnaseek said to his killer.

Issei gave him a solemn look, shaking his head. "Respect is earned, my friend. It cannot be inherited, or gained from gross misdeeds."

Dohnaseek lost his vision, but smiled anyway. He was finally going home.

"Perhaps you're right." He said, and let out his last breath. Issei closed his eyes and gave him a short prayer.

"May you be equal in death." He said before helping the now weak Asia off of the cross. She was unconscious, that was good. She would need her rest.

He found a wooden cart, like those ones you would see horses hauling around in much more older times. They loaded the girls into the cart and luckily knew a path back to their hideout where no one would see them.

"Who are you?" Raynare asked. Issei smiled.

"Friends. Just let your bodies rest, we will take care of you." He said.

Raynare felt herself smile before letting her eyes close, and fell into deep sleep.

Rias and her peerage were investigating the fallen angel activity in the area. The church they were hiding was in sight, and she was ready to get rid of the threat.

"Be ready." She said, leading them down the opened set of stairs.

What she saw was a big surprise.

The whole room was littered with bodies of what she guessed were exorcists, rogue most likely. At the platform above, laid a dead fallen angel.

Kiba crouched by him and immediately noticed how he was killed.

"Someone was here before us, and they certainly know how to make a clean kill. I think we might have another threat to deal with." He said, making Rias frown.

The worst was that this threat was unknown. So she wouldn't know when she saw the culprit or not. It could be anyone.

"Hm." She heard Akeno hum in interest. She walked over to her Queen to see her holding a single feather. It was a beautiful brown, just like an eagle's.

"This doesn't belong to an angel of any kind that I know of." She said, twirling it between her fingers.

"Whoever killed this fallen angel must be very skilled. We might need help." Kiba suggested.

Rias nodded. "We can speak with Sona about this. Now let's head back."

The group nodded and left, but Akeno kept the feather in her hand. For some reason, she felt like keeping it.

There it is, chapter two. Please review!

I will try to keep updates at a decent pace, but don't get too expectant.