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Chapter 2 - Negotiations

Today was certainly going to be a change of events for Kenji. For he had been asked to go and see the student council right after class.

'What does the student council want with me...?' He thought. 'Could they've found out who I am..? Oh please, don't be what I think it is...'

He made his way toward the student council, although reluctantly, he didn't want to be hounded and chased after. Would've been troublesome to say the least. Once he finally reached the doors to the room of the student council, he took in a deep breath before knocking.

*Knock!*Knock!*

After a few seconds he heard someone from the other side.

"Come in!"

As on cue, Kenji opens the door and was met by a group of people. Kenji had expected the student council president and the vice president, and for sure, they were there, but he was met with some surprise when he saw Rias Gremory, Akeno Himejima, Yuuto Kiba and Koneko Toujo, or, the Occult Research Club as they called themselves. They were the most famous students on campus, how could he not know about them?

'You've got to be joking.' Kenji thought with a deadpanned expression.

"Tetsuro-san. I'm glad you could make it." Sona said.

"It's no big deal." Kenji said with his usual bored voice and expression.

"Please, grab a seat, we have much to discuss." She said and Kenji took a seat to a spot on the couch where she pointed towards.

"Thank you." Kenji said, before taking his seat.

The room was quiet for a solid minute, there was a small tension among them, Kenji decided to speak first.

"Look, I'm not one for mind games, so let's just get straight down to business, alright?"

"Straight to the point huh? I guess that runs in all Exorcists... well, the ones I've met so far at least." Rias said with a smirk.

"Former Exorcist, Gremory-san." Kenji corrected her.

"Does that really matter? Former or not, you're still technically in enemy territory. Aren't you scared?" Rias said.

"Why should I be scared? I want nothing to do with the supernatural anymore. Take it as though I'm on a vacation. A long one." Kenji answered. "I'm here to do no harm. I have no qualms with Devils."

"But why choose this place of all places?" Sona said. "I'm sure you knew ahead of time who controls this territory."

"Yes, I was aware, Ms. Sona Sitri. I just wanted to go back to my roots. I was raised in the Vatican back in Italy for all of my life after all."

"You expect us Devils to trust the words an Exorcist?" Rias said.

Kenji sighed. 'I knew this was gonna be such a drag...'

"If I were still an Exorcist, I would have no reason to harm you. Yes, I know the Three Factions tensions are rising, but that won't effect the treatment and attitude I give to members of each faction. I prefer to avoid any conflict if possible. And getting my point out here. I'm just a simple bystander." Kenji said.

"You say you want nothing to do with the supernatural, but we hear that you took care of a Stray Devil." Rias said.

"And who else would? Would I just leave it to you guys and risk the safety of innocent lives? And beside that fact, I need a source of income. And hunting down Stray Devils, and on some occasions, Stray Exorcists, is my only way of making money... I don't want to let this 'meeting' drag on any longer, so I'm making a few proposals."

"Proposals?" Sona questioned.

"I know you're all weary of letting an Exorcist stay and roam around your territory, but I suggest we make a truce, a contract. I'll allow you to let anyone of your servants to shadow my stay. And on some occasion, you can more or less check up on what this big bad Exorcist is doing once a month."

They all look to each other.

"I think we can work with that. You said you had few other proposals?" Sona said.

"Since I'm no longer affiliated with the church, I need to make a few calls to an associate of mine who is connected to the Church, for jobs. But, I can't always rely on him, so I'm willing to negotiate on this one. If you find yourselves in a situation where you cannot defeat a Stray Devil or whatever problem it is that you have, I'm willing to help, for a price, of course. Name your problem for a reasonable price, and I just might do it."

There was a long silence.

"How... considerate of you." Rias said, although slightly confused.

"So in terms, we'll have to be... associated with each other?" Sona said.

"I like the term, loose associate better, I'd prefer to keep my little independent status right now, but that's what I'm getting at, yes... and so as long as I'm able to stay here in relative peace. I know you won't let me go scot-free without some sort of price to pay."

"For someone lazy, you sure know your way around negotiations and diplomacy." Tsuabki said.

"I'll take that as a compliment... and well, my mentor taught me some valuable lessons." Kenji said. He then looked over to Sona. "Well, student council president, what do you say?"

Sona needed to think for a moment. Could she really go with this deal? It was a pretty good offer, despite somethings. Knowing what others might say to her working with an Exorcist, well, former Exorcist... He is capable of handling himself, he has connections to the Church. Letting him go or making this contract with him had an equal amount of consequences, as well as benefits.

"We'll take your offer, Tetsuro-san. I only hope you uphold your end of the bargain." Sona came to the decision.

"You shouldn't worry, I'm a man of my word, Ms. Sitri." Kenji said putting a hand to his chest. "Now that we've come to a reasonable agreement, is there anything else?"

"No, I believe we're done here." Sona said.

Kenji then stands up and stretches. "Well then, I'm off now." He yawns.

"It was good doing business with you, Tetsuro-san." Sona bowed.

"Yeah, yeah... now if you'll excuse me, I have a date with my bed." Kenji started to walk off until some blonde boy decided to speak up.

"Before you leave, I just have one question..." He said with a slightly ominous tone.

"What is it?" Kenji lazily responds as he turns toward the blonde boy.

"Do you wield a holy sword?" He said with some seriousness.

Kenji was surprised to see the quote, 'Prince of Kuoh' directed him a question like that. "And if I do?"

"Fight me. If you wield a holy sword, then fight me."

"Yuuto!" Rias shouts sternly.

It was a slightly tense moment in the room, Yuuto awaited his response while Kenji just thought for a moment as he stares at him.

Kenji narrows his eyes. "And what's it to you if I wield a holy sword? You got some kind of vendetta against swords?"

His eyes shadow. "Yeah... something like that."

"Yuuto! Enough!" Rias shouts once again, trying to get her Knight under control.

A longing silence came as Yuuto awaited Kenji's answer.

"No." Kenji said blankly. "Whatever your reason is, it does not involve me in anyway. I actually have a sense of honor and I will not let that be used to satisfy whatever type of revenge you are after, Kiba-san. Know that I'm still a skilled exorcist. My battle experience overshadows your talents with a sword. I've dealt with countless enemies alike... Know who your fighting before you make your move."

Kiba growled in response. Seeing no wisdom and reason in his words, he acts on instinct and summons his sword. But the second he summoned that sword, was the biggest mistake he made.

In quick succession, Kenji moved across the room swiftly in the blink of an eye. Rushing toward Yuuto, stealing his sword away for his own use, then pointed it right back at him, the tip of his own sword was inches away from his throat.

"I'll say this only once... stop this foolishness and act like a real knight." Kenji said with a hard tone that made him flinch in response. Yuuto realized this was gonna be a one-sided fight, so he just gave, letting out a sigh of frustration, stepping back reluctantly, but he kept a hateful glare trained on Kenji.

Kenji then stabbed the sword into the ground letting it stand.

"I s-sincerely apologize for his actions, Tetsuro-san." Rias said, slightly bowing. "I'm glad you that you didn't kill him."

Kenji nods with a neutral expression. Kenji turns to door and starts walking off. But not before lazily raising his hand up as a gesture of goodbye. "Hope things work out peacefully between us." He said, switching back to his lazy tone, which were his last words before exiting the room.

Kenji was very glad that it was the weekend. After that eventful evening a few days ago, he needed some time to himself, that was the most talking he had ever done in awhile.

Kenji could be found snoozing in his bed. Honestly, he could just spend the whole day in bed, but there's just one problem with that... hunger...

'I don't want to get up from bed... but if I don't I'm gonna be starving... but I don't feel like going through the effort of getting food... this is so troublesome...' He thought to himself. A longing silence came. 'But thinking about this is even more troublesome, ugh!'

*Vibrate!*

He felt a vibration near him, looking around, it was his phone.

'Who could be calling me at this time?!'

Not even bothered to look at the caller I.D, he picks up the phone.

"Hello?" Kenji said with clear irritation in his voice.

"Yo! Ken, my boy-!"

*Beep*

Kenji immediately hung up the phone after he heard that voice.

*Vibrate!*Vibrate!*

Kenji simply stared at his phone before reluctantly answering.

"Hello?"

"Gee, you're so mean, Kenny..."

"*Sigh*... just tell me what you want, Azazel. I know you didn't just call me to chat."

"Man, learn to at least have some fun, will ya?"

Kenji heard him mutter.

"Tell me before I hang up this god damn phone again."

"Okay, okay! Listen, I need to talk to you about something very important, so I suggest you meet me at my little home, here, in Kuoh."

"...What's in it for me?"

"A cash reward of course. I know you all too well, so I've got things covered."

"*Sigh*, fine, I'll do it." Kenji agreed to it, though, reluctantly.

"Great! I'll send you the address, meet me here in an hour, catch ya later!"

*Beep*

The call stops.

"That damn perverted crow..." Kenji muttered under his breath.

'This should be the right place...' Kenji thought as he stood before a door to a simple home. 'Well, here goes nothing.'

*Knock!*Knock!*

Kenji knocks on the door and no second sooner, it opens, revealing the man himself.

"Ah, Kenny! Glad you could make it!"

Kenji slightly twitched his eye in annoyance in response to his nickname.

"Please, come in, come in! Make yourself at home."

Azazel guided Kenji to the living room, a classic Japanese style room with a small table in the middle. Kenji sat on the floor on one of the table sides while Azazel took a seat right across. On the table there was a tea kettle and tea cups for the both of them.

"Care for some hot tea?" Azazel asked.

"I don't mind." Kenji answered as Azazel poured him a cup and handed him it. "Mind telling me what you need? I didn't come all the way out here to sit around and chat."

"Impatient as always..." Azazel muttered. "To keep it short, I need your help with something."

"My help? Please don't tell me it's another one of your-"

"No, no, no." Azazel chuckles. "Nothing of that sort."

"So... what is it?"

"Well, not too long ago I sent a small group of Fallen Angels to come here and monitor a certain someone."

"Who?"

"Issei Hyoudou."

Kenji was caught with surprise. "Him? Why?"

"He holds a Sacred Gear. And I'm making sure that it remains dormant and doesn't go out of control, so I sent a team here to keep an eye on him."

"By keeping an eye on him, you mean just watching him, right?"

"Yes, of course, what else could I mean?"

"Well... I was taking a stroll in the park one day and I happened to see that Issei kid with another girl. But that girl turned out to be a Fallen Angel and killed him. I thought it was a stray. But looking on the bright side, the Devils here had reincarnated him, so he's still alive. If that's any good..." Kenji muttered that last part.

Azazel's eyes slightly widen. "Killed him? By any chance, did you see what this Fallen Angel look like?"

"Long black hair and... purple eyes, I think... What, you know anything about this?"

Azazel's eyes then fully widen. "She was the one I sent, along a small group with her. I gave them orders not to kill him, yet, she disobeyed them..." He said to himself. "Why..."

"You think she could've done it on her own accord? Gone rouge maybe?"

"I can't be for certain... Looks like there's a change of plans, I need you to retrieve the Fallen Angels I sent and bring them back to me so I can question them. I need to know what's going on and why."

"Don't expect me to bring most of them back alive, cause I also hear that Gremory girl might have some plans of her own."

"So the situation has escalated that quickly already... then please, at least bring one of them alive."

Kenji then stood up.

"You know where I should start looking?" Kenji asked.

"Hmm... try the abandoned church. I've heard some rumors that a group of Stray Exorcists and rouge Fallen have accumulated. I intended for you to investigate this but now that you've given me the information of recent events, things have changed, but that rumor still stands."

"So now you're thinking that these rumors could be connected to the group you sent?"

"Possibly, but we can't know for sure unless you retrieve the guys I sent and question them."

Kenji turns toward the exit.

"*Sigh* You got it, and I expect compensation for my work."

"Of course, I've got it covered."

"Then it was great doing business with you."

Azazel watched as Kenji exited the house.

"*Sigh*, I swear, that boy is literally the embodiment of the Sin of Sloth."

In another part of town, we find Issei with a strange red gauntlet on his hand. Issei was currently facing against the one who had killed him but he wasn't alone, he was with some other girl who appeared to be a nun.

"Issei-san!" The blonde nun cried.

Issei was knocked away from an attack made by the Fallen Angel.

"I missed on purpose... If I'd landed that shot, his body would be in pieces right now. I wonder if your healing will make it in time?" The Fallen Angel said.

Issei struggles to get up as the blonde nun says,

"I'll go with you." Not wanting for Issei to get hurt anymore.

The Fallen Angel grabs her, wrapping her own wings around the nun.

"What a good girl. If the ritual goes well, all your pains and worries will simply disappear. Goodbye, Issei." Said the Fallen Angel.

"No! Asia!" Issei screams.

"Goodbye, Issei-san." Asia said as tears streamed down her face and with that, she, along with the Fallen Angel disappear. Issei falls onto his knees in defeat.

A good distance away, Kenji watched from the tree line. He had just appeared in time to watch the Fallen Angel take the nun away. Kenji had his eyes closed and leaned against a tree. Tonight was gonna be a long night.

"*Sigh*... I need a long break after this... maybe I should pay a visit to Kyoto..."

To Be Continued...

And that wraps up chapter 2! Hope you guys enjoyed!

So I've decided the pairing to be a harem, a small one though;

Rossweisse

Yasaka

Raynare

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That's all I've got thus far, three more to the harem and that's probably gonna do it, haven't decided on who the last three will be though. If you guys would like to suggest some, then feel free.

Well, that does it for today, until next time!