Chapter 2

Sunday afternoon.

Waiting on a bench in the middle of town waiting for Yuma Kaede was really tempted to lay down and fall asleep but he fought off the irresistible urge to do so and sat there waiting, his sun was soon blocked by a woman dressed in some sort of cosplay outfit who was holding out a flier "Here take one."

Kaede shrugged took the leaflet and watched as the weird girl walked off into the crowded streets, looking at it he saw some weird rune like circle with a crimson rose which if he could be bothered swore he saw somewhere before 'Hmm your wish will come true...meh what a load of bull' screwing the paper up he jammed it in his jacket pocket and lent back in the bench enjoying the sun.

As he was just beginning to think his so-called date had stood him up which was weird considering she was the one who asked him out and organised everything he heard Yuma calling out as she ran over to him "Kaede hey sorry to keep you waiting."

Kaede shrugged and stood up with his ever-lazy posture and look "Whatever so what did you have planned anyway."

Yuma smiled and grabbed his hand and started to drag him along at an annoyingly fast pace one that his mother always used and forced him to use "I'll explain while we're walking."

in the end, they went bowling which was alright but Kaede was honestly annoyed it seemed he had found the one thing he would be no good at rolling a ball down a straight line using a circular arm movement oh how his sensei Kung Xin would be rolling in his grave, but he let it slide a little since it was also the gentlemanly thing to do in letting your female companion win.

after that they went around various shops which was okay since he used to be dragged along on these sorts of trips with his mother and Tsubaki that was after her parents one day up and abandoned her leaving her to the house all alone, it was also one of the reasons he was so close with Tsubaki while he still had his parents when they were younger she would spend nearly all the time at his only going home which was rare mind you for sleeping or if she wanted some alone time. Anyway, he was getting off track it was kind of a bore but he had to admit Yuma managed to gain his slight interest when she pulled him into a lingerie store but in the end, they only looked and sort of to his disappointment she didn't try any skimpy stuff on.

After that Kaede remembered his mother would probably kill him if he didn't buy Yuma anything so while she ordered a drinks and an ice cream Sunday for them he slipped away momentarily to a small jewellery store his dad tipped him off about 'Cheap sod' and found a pair of sterling silver teardrop shaped Filigree Drop earrings for an amazing 888.34 yen ($12 NZ roughly) purchasing those he slouched his way over to the table he spied Yuma at looking a little upset thinking he had ditched her sat down and passed her the case with the earrings in "Here it's for you. Haha-chan would probably have my guts for garters if I didn't get you anything."

Yuma seeing the gift opened it and was pleasantly surprised and elated to get the gift "Oh Kaede thank you there beautiful."

Kaede just shrugged and dug into his ice cream "Ah fastest way to my heart food also there is letting me sleep as much as I want but this is still good to hmm nope never mind."

Yuma giggled as she ate her own ice cream. After that they spent the next hour or so just talking and walking round town and Kaede could honestly say it wasn't as boring as he had thought sure he wasn't fond of bowling and would be avoiding it like the plague from now on but the rest of the time spent was rather pleasant and calming although he was nearly tempted to lay down on one of the park benches they had passed.

Kaede soon found himself walking alongside Yuma who was considerably smaller than him, through the central park of Kuoh when they reached a fountain at about sunset rather wonderful way to end the date he also thought that her name literally meaning sunset haze or something very close was rather fitting as well. Stopped when he saw Yuma skip ahead and turn to face him with her hands behind her back "Can I ask you a question..." she then slowly started walking towards him "in honour of our first date...there's something I would like you to do so we can remember this special moment."

In his true fashion Kaede at that point had sat down on a bench to the side where Yuma was now standing in front of him shrugged and replied in the most bored and lazy manner you could possibly ever give "Hmm I suppose s'long as it isn't to troublesome."

Yuma smirked hearing the reply and looked at him and allowed her voice to take on a more mature tone "Will you die for me?"

Kaede hearing that sighed and closed his eyes "hmm it would be to troublesome to die right now can I take a rain check for let's say in 70 years when I'm old."

Yuma totally not unnerved by his answer "That's out of the question Kaede-kun." she then jumped backwards and grew taller till she was about the same height as Kaede and gained a more mature and seductive look and her clothing changed and morphed into leather straps that went around and under her boobs hiding them from sight while she also gained thong-like piece held around her hips by three thin straps, gloves that run right up her arms with small lengths of chains hanging from them, shoulder guard-like objects on her shoulders with three large spikes sprouting from her right shoulder, and black thigh-high heel boots. Oh, and she grew crow like angel wings

Kaede at this point still had his usual unperturbed and lazy half lidded look "So that's a no to a second date then well I wish I could say I've had dates end worse than this but that would be to troublesome...Your Grigori, right?" while he said it all casual like he was well aware of the ominous feeling in the air and it was messing with his chi somewhat.

Yuma sighed a little at his response but her interests were peaked when he asked if she was Grigori as not many people were able to identify them usually confusing them with the devils. "No, no second date and how do you know of the Grigori?"

Kaede shrugged still sat not bothering to move "Meh read a book or two when I was 14 as well as anime on the supernatural and magic and thought maybe I could summon my dead sensei back from the dead bought a magic staff and everything. you guys were mentioned. So why do I have to die exactly?"

Yuma who had sat down on the edge of the fountain across from Kaede just looked at him "well that explains that...You have to die because you pose a threat to our organisation in the future."

Kaede nodded "fair enough...Hey one question before you do kill me how was the date? and what makes me so dangerous."

Yuma shrugged "Considering it was your first date and that you are probably the laziest person I know after Azazel-sama it was alright I guess the gift was a nice touch to I'll make sure to wear them I think they suit me rather well... As for what makes you so dangerous all I know is that you have a sacred gear bestowed unto you by God."

"Interesting...So once you kill me you're not going after my parents or anyone else, right?" was all he had to say in return.

Yuma nodded "That's right our only target, all that will happen is your parents won't even know I existed but they will know of you."

Kaede nodded "Huh well that's good."

Yuma who was starting to get a little irritated in the fact she knew he could possibly fight back but was literally giving up "You seem to be giving up rather easily I didn't take you for a coward."

Kaede decided he would recite something his sensei once said, "Life and death are one in the same just one of many paths for us to walk along." he then stood and stepped towards Yuma before kneeling down with his hand on his knees and his eyes closed "If death is the course of action my life shall undertake then I am ready, perhaps if things were different we could have been friends."

Yuma sputtered a bit before standing and manifesting her own spear of light which was a purplish colour "I shall make it a clean death Kaede Ho-Masubi Izanagi." she then thrust her spear through his chest. and pulled out.

Kaede feeling the spear removed grunted and remembered from his studies under his sensei a true warriors Chi was shown in his death, standing he walked over to a sakura tree and laid down "Now I can die in peace."

Yuma seeing this was astonished by his pure life force and will being that powerful flew away into the air.

Kaede while he was lying there 'It's warm, it's warm and it sort of tickles...' as his blood makes its way down his body in small rivers of crimson red. 'What an odd sensation, I'm dying, but it feels warm and ticklish...strange I thought death was supposed to be a cold embrace with Icy fingers gripping at my heart, I wonder how Haha-chan and Chichi-san will take the news of my death...what about Tsu-Tsu' he then watched with his ever half lidded eyes and darkening vision as the paper he screwed up and placed in his pocket floated out and actually turned into a large red circle.

All of a sudden someone with red crimson hair just like his blood appeared with wings like a bat then there was nothing just a dark murky abyss of nothing 'So this is death...darkness.' and the last thing he heard was a gently laugh.

"Since death is upon you I will gladly take you in... From this moment forward you will live your life for my sake."

actually, waking up the next morning Kaede rose his head from out of the over excessive number of sheets, pillows, blankets and duvets sighed "Argh wait Yuma killed me...huh so the laughing red bought me back from the dead."

Shrugging Kaede looked at his clothes bin and found his shirt from yesterday and found a spot or two of blood "Well looks like laughing red wants to cover her tracks." placing the shirt back in the clothing bin he slowly and unhappily changed into his school uniform, just as he got his black and white accented blazer on Kaede doubled over and had a coughing fit.

Having covered his mouth in the process like any good civilised person he pulled his hands away and frown imperceptibly when he saw his palm covered in blood standing up he looked up at the mirror in his room and saw that other than a bloody coppery taste in his mouth his nose was bleeding and where his tears would come out some blood was dripping.

going to his bedside cabinet he grabbed a whole load of tissues used one to plug his nose and the others to wipe away his bloody tears and used his tongue to clean his blood covered lips, seeing his eyes stop weeping Kaede sighed 'troublesome not only this but I can also feel that my chi is slightly off today.'

walking out the room he went down stairs and sat down and remembered what Yuma said before he died 'all that will happen is your parents won't even know I existed but they will know of you.' nodding he decided not to ask them if they remembered her but instead his mother walked over to him "Dear are you alright you woke up by yourself this morning."

Kaede resisted the urge to roll his eyes and kept his usual lazy and can't be asked expression and drawled "Konichiwa to you to...anyway a nose bleed woke me up is all."

his mother just smiled and kissed him on the forehead and went back to the kitchen, Kaede seeing the time grabbed some of his father's toast and walked out ignoring his father's indignant shouts over his stolen toast, picking up his training gear on his way out Kaede slumped into his usual posture and made his way to school.

During school, he couldn't help but feel even more sluggish than usual and the sun he enjoyed so much that would often lull him to sleep was irritating him to no end. Going back to the library Kaede sighed it seemed that the librarian had packed up for the day and went but left the doors open but the lights were off.

Opening the door Kaede slipped into the dark library and headed for the couch he slept on the Friday before his untimely death was shocked when he could see perfectly in the dark, he knew the lights were off it was as if his eyes were picking up on the faintest sources of the life giving rays and adjusting accordingly getting to the couch Kaede sat down and started muttering to himself "okay...So Yuma hmm or whatever her real name is killed me Sunday evening during the sunset a little cliché...She killed me because God who it would be safe to assume commands an army of evangelical angels gave me a human a weapon most likely called a sacred gear that if I awoke could be in theory a threat to the Grigori. I guess I understand that, Maaaan this is really cutting into my nap time...What I don't get is how in the name of all that is holy and satanic did laughing red bring me back unless she's some type of necromancer and I'm now her zombie toy to do with as she pleases...ah this is way to troublesome and annoying...the best thing now would be to sleep on it."

Laying down on the couch Kaede was about to close his eyes when he remembered his night vision and sat up again with as little effort as possible "then its definitely safe to assume I'm not completely human either considering my night vision, I wonder if I have other abilities hmm maybe I can speak other languages or even better read them and understand them..."

Standing up he walked over to the languages section of the library and picked up a French book and started reading through finishing a page he placed the book back and walked back to his spot "well interesting I can now add French to a language I can speak." So, on top of night vision and language understanding what else did he have...he would have to have a ponder.

Laying down Kaede closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep quite happily. Having today woken up and actually attending his fifth period class Kaede found himself in the school Gym sat in the middle of it within a circle painted on the floor he was meditating and centring himself as he also felt his Chi was off as well.

Having been able to sense and utilise his Chi for the last 4-5 years he wasn't sure anymore he knew exactly what his felt like but the strange thing was it felt darker, larger, denser and heavier than before incredibly so that and it also felt a feck ton more potent as well, spending the next half hour sat there perfectly still Kaede finally stood and went through his sequences and thought it a good idea to channel some of his Chi in his attacks just to get used to its new feel and was surprised when a reddish ball appeared in the palm of his hand and launched at the school gym wall which it proceeded to punch a palm sized hole in before fizzling out.

Stopping he looked at his hand again and channelled what he thought was his Chi once more and thought about the Later Heaven Northern Trigram Fire and watched in fascination as a small ball of fire appeared in his hand, smirking he always wanted to do it pull and Aladdin from Magi and pointed his hand forward "Haruhāru Infigāru" and all of a sudden, a medium sized tornado of flames shot forward just as he remembered from his fight against Titus.

His well it wasn't really elation more like a lazy smirk made its way onto his face before he realised that he had set the gym on fire which was followed by the sprinklers activating and putting the blaze out Kaede whose smirk had disappeared slumped and slouched his way out of the gym again not bothering to get changed or anything.

Getting out the main building he trudged away noting that he may have actually been meditating longer than he hoped, then again, he had fallen asleep in the boys changing room for about an hour before dragging his ass into the gym. Seeing it was getting dark Kaede wasn't sure what possessed him to but he headed back to where he died.

walking over to the fountain he sat down on the edge placed his hands either side of him and looked at the sky "What exactly am I, I have all these cool powers now and I don't even know who gave them to me..."

As he was going to continue his monologue he was assaulted by a cold chill crawling up his spine, taking his smouldering half lidded and bored gaze off the sky the white-haired sleep and food lover looked over at a man who just appeared he from what Kaede could tell had a grey trench coat, black fedora, white shirt and an ascot along with black pants and shoes drawled out lazily to himself "Another member of the Grigori?"

The man who hadn't heard started walking towards Kaedes still form "Well, Well, well it really is unfortunate...me running into you that is out of all the people in this town"

Kaede continued to look at the man with an utter lack of interest "So you here to kill me as well?"

the man in black stopped a short distance away "So let's see, it appears that your friends and master are nowhere to be found, you show no signs of disappearing or magic circles being deployed, therefore I will assume that you are nothing more than a stray is that correct?" he then created a blue spear of light much like Yuma's from the night before

Kaede really didn't know how to answer shrugged "Hmm well Laughing red bought me back to life does that make her my master? magic circles never used one in my life." just as he finished Kaede moved to a standing position and did one of the many sequences he had made by mixing various BaGua Zhang techniques together and with his Chi protected hands managed to stop and make the spear fly off into the bushes off to the left surprising the fallen greatly.

Kaede seeing the man was about to create another spear sighed and stuffed his hands into his pockets "I wo...you know what go for it."

the fallen not needing any more of an invitation went to throw it but was stopped when a red and black energy blast shattered his spear making him look at Kaede "How did you do that you little shit."

Kaede shrugged and motioned with his head to behind him and looked himself "Ask her and the other two who have been watching since you summoned your first spear."

In a flash of red, the red-haired girl from the previous night appeared in his school regulation girls uniform "Keep your hands off of him."

Kaede seeing she was more than willing to fight on his behalf moved out the way and sat down again on the fountains edge "You're that girl from the other night" he all but muttered to himself.

the fallen not taking kindly to being made a fool "I'll teach you not to meddle where you don't belong" he then threw another spear at her and she didn't move a muscle, Kaede already having sensed another two people in the vicinity thanks to his mastery over his Chi looked up prompting the fallen to do likewise saw a small girl with matching hair appear above them in the sky and drop down punching the spear away.

Only for it to be caught by the fallen and for him to charge at them with it opting for melee combat instead, Kaede who wasn't quite sure where the third was but he was sure enough to bet his magic anime collection on her being somewhere in the sky continued looking up and saw three magic circles appear one above the other and lightning pure yellow lightning rocketed down right in front of the fallen making him be pushed back by the force he then saw a raven haired girl again like the other two in his schools girl uniform with a small smile and lightning sparking in her fingers appear as well.

Kaede for some reason actual liking the hat that the man was wearing walked over to the slightly battered fallen and picked up the man's hat and tried it on before shrugging and tossing it back at the man who had started to dust himself off and actually bothered to take in the red heads appearance "That hair you're from the house of Gremory."

the red head with her hands on her hips looked down on the still kneeling fallen angel "My names Rias Gremory and who are you other than a fallen angel?"

the fallen picking up his hat that Kaede had thrown at him placed it on his head "Well, well who knew this town is currently under the control of the next head of the great Gremory family, so he's a part of your household I take it." he finished motioning over to Kaede who was completely ignoring them in favour of looking at the sky with a bored look on his face.

Rias who was still flanked by the other two girls "If you bring any harm to him you'll get no mercy from me."

the fallen who was getting ready to leave spoke in the most unapologetic tone Kaede had heard someone besides himself use "I apologise for the misunderstanding, although it is unwise to let your servants run loose like this, next time he is out for a stroll he might run into someone less cordial than myself."

Kaede for the life of him couldn't understand why they were talking so civilly when not two minutes ago the man was trying to kill him drawled out cutting over Rias "Although I don't completely get the situation or anything since I'm new to this whole thing but enemies i.e. Tia, sister white, chesty and myself against you a fallen shouldn't we hurry up a kill him or something so we don't have him coming after us again?"

Rias hearing her servant sighed and almost pouted and giggled when he said her name wrong and gave her other two servants nicknames, but she luckily knew from talking with Tsubaki who was nearly in tears the other day when Rias broke the news to her after showing her a recording her leaflet had taken for her found out that Kaede did it on purpose to wind her up.

Akeno giggled at her new nickname and thought he may be a source of fun in the club.

Koneko gave no outward response but felt kind of happy being called sister white for some reason.

Rias deciding to speak now that Kaede had returned to his star gazing "I do appreciate the friendly advice but bear in mind should something like this happen again I'll make you rue the day you ever crossed paths with the house of Gremory...My friend."

The fallen just levelled a glare at Kaede "no offense to your esteemed household but you should bear in mind the same could be said to you." with that said he took off into the sky, only to hear a couple of words before he was on the receiving end of a tornado of flames that burnt one wing and singed the other.

"Haruhāru Infigāru" Kaede saying those words pointed his hand in the fallen direction didn't bother aiming really lowering his arm he stood up slouched again with both hands in his pockets saw the disapproving look Rias was giving him drawled out lazily "Huh what he attacked me twice I thought I would return the favour."

Rias at that was about to comment that he shouldn't do things like that as it would only provoke but she and the other girls soon grew concerned when Kaede who seemed perfectly normal doubled over and fell to his knees in a coughing fit, Kaede who was no longer able to hold his hand over his mouth coughed a spray of blood painted the paving stone red while his nose started bleeding and blood appeared from his tear ducts.

After five minutes of coughing up large quantities of blood and Rias actually kneeling down next to him and rubbing his back while at the same time using some medical magic to scan him, and she knew exactly what was happening the power of the pawn pieces she put in him was too great at the moment and was hurting him, closing her eyes she tapped his back and sealed off 3 of the 8 pawns of which 6 had randomly mutated when they started to enter him so she had sealed three of those mutated pieces and was relieved when he started to stop coughing.

Kaede recovering a little but still feeling weak from blood loss which was making him drowsy muttered out loud "thank you the pains gone now." after that he promptly collapsed into her lap.

the next morning.

Kaede who found himself back in his room didn't care he felt dog tired, quickly checking the time he saw he could probably get away with another few minutes of sleep promptly put his head back down under all the pillow and blankets and fell back into a deep slumber never noticing the warm sensation of someone else's body next to him.

Kaedes mother doing her usual routine of waking up, getting ready, making herself and her husband breakfast then going upstairs and waking up her son got the door and opened it knowing Kaede would still be in a deep sleep, went over to the edge of the bed and like every morning grabbed the edges of the multiple covers and with one almighty heave and with the skill only one possessed of doing the same thing every morning for the last 11 years yanked the covers off and tossed them on the floor revealing her son in the uncommon sleeping attire that he only ever used when he found the act of putting on PJ's to troublesome was completely stark naked and luckily for her peace of mind was laying on his stomach.

It was then she noticed the other equally as naked figure in his bed pretty much snuggled up next to him a girl with long red hair sleeping with a content smile on her face, and like any mother she freaked out and lost it "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...HONEY."

Kaede hearing his mother scream that and the fact he felt a chill on his nether regions that was starting to get annoying lifted his head up and looked round lazily at his mother who was standing in the doorway with a somewhat mortified expression on her face, in his peripherals he noted he himself was naked and sighed "troublesome..."

He was about to say more when he felt a movement on the other side of the bed slowly and lazily turning his head he looked the other way. 'That explains the scream...hmm never noticed it but Rias was it whatever has some large boobs bigger than Tsu-Tsu I wonder if she gets back pain also.'

Reaching over the edge of his bed he managed to grab a pair of boxers and a sheet his mother ripped off his bed and promptly put them on before sitting up and looking up to see his mother had left and most likely...

"THAT'S MA BOY! OW HONEY WHAT WAS THAT FOR."

...Yep that happened looking at Rias he decided he would deal with the consequences later and reached out before grabbing a handful of boob and started playing with said part of anatomy.

Rias waking up because she was feeling cold that and she had been woken by who she assumed was Kaede's mothers scream, she herself had her eyes cracked open so it looked like she was asleep still and found Kaede's reaction to the whole situation rather funny but disappointing as she was actually hopping for a bit more but she had Akeno create a personality profile on Kaede and she had to admit it was funny he was the poster boy for lazy geniuses all over the world, but that being said he was a whole lot more as well according to Tsubaki who was a well spring of information on her newest servant his lazy attitude while it was him it was only one aspect of Kaede but the most dominant one at that, apparently under the right conditions if Kaede was angry enough he was completely and utterly ruthless.

It was about then she saw him reach towards her more accurately her boobs and grab a handful before moving his fingers around her breasts, making her gasp.

Kaede hearing her gasp turned his smouldering half lidded gaze on her "So nice boobs...question do you get a sore back since they are so big?"

Rias hearing the question wanted to sigh and scream into the pillow she had been warned while he wasn't a pervert by nature he was inexplicitly blunt and crass and had no perception of the meaning personal space, deciding it couldn't hurt to answer, "No I don't get a sore back."

Kaede just nodded "Well I'll have to ask chesty then when or if I see her again, if she doesn't then Tsu-Tsu has the wrong bra size."

Rias hearing that wanted to giggle but held it back and decided to stretch before climbing over Kaede who yet again impressed her by not being drawn in by her body to much the only thing being his lazy half lidded eyes ever so slightly following her as she grabbed her bra and panties from the back of his desk chair.

Kaede being the gentleman he had helped her out and was totally unperturbed by what she said, "You know this is all real right as well as everything else you've experienced so far for a matter of fact."

Kaede although she couldn't see him nodded half-heartedly and lazily and sleepily said "Figured that."

Rias nodded "My names Rias Gremory and I'm a devil."

Kaede again nodded "came to that conclusion last night when I heard your last name Gremory it's from the Ars Goethia one of Solomon's lesser keys."

Rias again continued as she pulled her skirt on "Not only that but I am your master too your mine now...nice to finally meet you Kaede Izanagi."

Kaede once again nodded "huh that explains why you bought me back to life servitude sounds troublesome. Well now we're both changed perhaps we should curtail this conversation until later as we need to somehow explain to my mother what she just saw."

Rias nodded and followed as he headed out of his room.

Later that morning having found out that his mother had set his clock an hour fast was walking to school on time for once going at his usual slow lazy pace looking at everything through his smouldering half lidded eyes was ignoring the comments that were flying all about him the reason being Rias was walking right next to him.

getting to the front of the main building she turned to Kaede "I'll have someone come fetch you at the end of the day."

Kaede nodded a little lazily "Sure whatever have them check my class, the library or the big oak by the tennis courts."

Rias just nodded "I'll tell them that." she then walked away and upstairs.

Kaede meanwhile slowly walked down another hallway giving a lazy wave every now and then to people who greeted him.

Rias making it to the top of the stair heard someone "You seem very certain about him"

Rias looking up saw a girl the same age school uniform, black hair done in a bob cut, red rimmed glasses and purple eyes and significantly smaller breasts "Hello again Rias it's good to see you."

the red head smiled and walked to the edge of the balcony they were on and looked down at the ground floor and in the direction of which Kaede headed "It's good to see you to Sona."

Sona the girl who was leaning against one of the pillars with her arms folded looked down with Rias "I've never seen you take someone on so impulsively what so special about that one."

Rias knowing why smiled "well he has large magical reserve that for sure, outstanding at his martial art the BaGuaZhang and there's something about him."

Sona just looked at her "I see."

At the end of the day Kaede who had managed to skip the last half of calculus having answered all the question he needed in record time surprising his sensei he found himself snoozing happily under the tree while also every now and then waking up and watching the afternoon third year PE class running around and doing other activities.

his concentration on his watching the older girls in bloomers run around was soon broken when he found that the sun he had gotten used to again and enjoying was blocked he looked over and saw some blonde-haired dude he was sure he had seen before but couldn't think of any names to go with the face of said dude. "So, Rias sent you to collect me."

"She did could you please come with me." was all he got in reply.

Making it to the old school building they walked inside and Kaede was surprised when he saw the interior not that he showed other than his usual lazy expression, that was when he saw the white-haired girl "Hey its sister white."

Kiba smiled "Oh I forgot my manners I'm Kiba Yuuto a second year and that eating her chocolate is Koneko Toujo a first year and a valued member of the Occult Research club."

It was then that Koneko looked over at them, Kaede gave a lazy wave "Yo Sister White."

Kiba looked between the two "You know each other?"

Kaede nodded "Kinda she helped Rias and Chesty last night fight off some fallen fella."

Kiba hearing the nickname he had come up with for none other than the vice president of their group choked on his spit while Koneko didn't bat an eye.

Kaede having learned throughout the last two days his senses had enhanced considerably heard running water and saw it was a shower. Shrugging he moved his lazy gaze away and surveyed the room. His gaze then travelled back in the direction of the shower and saw Chesty was standing there "I didn't see you hehehehe so you're the new guy huh it's nice to meet you. My name Akeno and I'm the vice president."

Kaede nodded again half-heartedly before he looked at her chest and before anyone could say anything reached out and with both hands grabbed a boob each "Huh your much bigger than Rias and Tsu-Tsu, tell me do you suffer from a sore back?"

Akeno on the other hand blushed "N-no I don't why."

Kaede hearing that retracted his hands and rubbed the back of his head "hmm that means Tsu-Tsu needs a different sized bra."

Kiba who had been witness near fainted at the crassness and shear blunt comments Kaede just made, while Koneko sighed and kept munching on her chocolate.

It was then Rias came out of the shower "Sorry to keep you waiting I didn't have a chance to shower at your place this morning."

Kaede nodded understanding and lazily drawled "right sure anyway mind explaining a few things."

Rias who at that point moved over to her desk nodded "Before that however I would like to officially welcome you as part of the Occult research club."

Kaede who had slumped down on one of the couches with legs spread wide, his left arm on the chairs armrest while the other was perched along the top of the back rest with his hand hanging lazily over the front near Koneko's head, lazily nodded "comfy couch would make a good bed...Hmm so it's a cover or something right?"

Rias nodded "My how perceptive of you, I was led to believe by most people you were a lay about with a crass mouth and lazy attitude."

Not one to care about what people said about him, Kaede simple waved his right hand lazily "Meh depends who you speak to I suppose." he then paused and looked at the other three occupants in the room "Sister white, Chesty and Princess (Kiba) S'pose your all devils as well."

Rias hearing the nicknames smiled a little while Koneko who hadn't noticed before saw that they shared similar eye colour as well felt a little warm at being called sister by the taller and larger male in the room. Akeno giggled softly behind her hand actually for once finding someone's crass humour enticing and refreshing but also at Kiba's nickname. Kiba on the other hand gave an indignant "HEY!"

Rias nodded after taking in her servant's reactions "Yes and the man from last night and the woman from the night before were both..."

before she could finish Kaede finished for her "Fallen angels and members of the Grigori organisation under the control of the 13 prefects but the most famous are Azazel, Shemhazai, Baraqiel, Kokabiel, Armaros, Sahariel, Penemue and Tamiel."

Rias and other looked over at Kaede a little astonished when people said he was the definition of a lazy genius they thought they were overrating him a lot, I mean they expected him to be somewhat smart thanks to speaking with Tsubaki and some of his teachers but for him to name eight of the 13 Grigori Cadres off the bat was amazing. Wanting to know how he knew "Yes that's right but how did you know?"

Again, Kaede who was lazily eyeing a couple of squares of chocolate answered distractedly "Anime, Manga and like I said I read Ars Goethia a few years back."

Rias nodded finding the answer sufficient enough "What was it you needed explaining then Kaede?"

Kaede who had been gifted the few squares of chocolate by Koneko since she saw him eyeing it up since he walked in the room, turned his gaze to the ceiling "Well fill in the blanks for me, Yuma or whatever her name is killed me I understand, she told me I should blame God 'ow...note to self to troublesome to say ol'e Bible bashers name...troublesome' for giving me a sacred gear...What the hell is a sacred gear?...that's the first blank...I was dead I know I was but before that you appeared and in a flash of red and said somethings to me but before all that I heard you giggling to yourself as if you found my death funny...but that isn't important really so another two blanks is why the laugh and how the hell did you bring me back as a devil. Also one last thing I figured I have various powers, like night vision, understanding and being able to read all types of languages, also my chi is different and allows me to shoot fire from my hands and all round I'm physically stronger than before what other powers do I have...another blank...Also I have a particular routine do as minimal work and effort as possible and sleep the rest of the time so how troublesome is me being your devils servant going to be, Ah that's it I think...man that was tiring...oh and how often are you going to end up in my bed you know for sanities sake I'm going to have to ask that you give a heads up and can you sleep with some form of clothing on, troublesome Haha-chan is so going to make me sit through a counselling session with her." he said all that with a completely lazy and straight face having moved his smouldering half lidded gaze to stare blankly into space.

Rias and the others again were surprised by what he said that and he didn't so much as flinch when he said the big guy upstairs name. Akeno decided to let Rias ponder on some of the other questions she would need to answer "A sacred gear is basically an intense and unique power that's found in a rare few in fact the only people I know who have possessed them are historical figures so your kind of a massive thing around here. Also, the thing is this power can sometimes be so uncontrollable that some have become a threat to those in the underworld."

Kaede who was listening with as much interest as he could muster weakly fist pumped and with no amount of enthusiasm "Woo and I thought being able to channel my chi as a human was cool."

Rias shook her head she had definitely picked an interesting servant he was the epitome of the sin sloth "Kaede can you do a favour and take the pose of the most powerful thing you can think of it can be anything you want. Then close your eyes and think of the part of your body which you feel is the strongest then focus hard on that strength."

Kaede begrudgingly complied and stood up before placing his left hand in his pocket and slouched he then bought his right up and lazily pointed at Rias, before tilting his head to the side and looking at her with his smouldering gaze, he then for some reason felt his right arm tingle, focusing on his outstretched arm he could feel the power building up before his entire arm was engulfed in a green light that lasted about a minute before a red gauntlet was on his arm with a green jewel in the middle bringing his arm in front of his face he slowly twisted it back and forth and moved his fingers "Huh, not really my style...So how do I make it go away."

Rias and the others were a little surprised by his answer but were however interrupted by the jewel flashing [BOOST!]

Kaede hearing it looked at it before his eyes widened a fraction "So you increase my power...troublesome."

Rias spoke again "well now you've activated it just think about it going away."

Kaede nodded and sat down and resumed his position on the couch and in the process the gauntlet disappeared. "Next blank?"

Rias nodded "Ah hehe you see I was kinda laughing at how cliché it was that she killed you at sun set and in a park, That and I got a little excited in getting a new member of my tight knit group and hopeful friend."

Kaede was looking at the ceiling again and nodded "Well that makes sense I guess."

Happy that he wasn't upset with her for it and that she should have controlled herself better in said situation Rias continued "we devils have a system called the evil pieces each pureblood devil who comes from one of the 72 pillars is given a set of evil piece which come in the form of chess pieces in which we based it off, So we get 16 pieces naturally the pureblood gets the king piece and she or he has 15 servants, friends, colleagues or whatever you want to call it. We can basically re-incarnate anyone but demigods and other deities. As I said it's based on the game of chess but each piece has a different value and abilities Queens possess all the abilities of the other pieces but the pawn, Rooks are worth 5 pawns and gain superhuman strength the only drawback is that they are slower, Bishops are worth 3 Pawns. Bishops gain enhanced magical abilities, Knights are worth 3 Pawns. Knights gain increased speed and mobility and lastly Pawns are worth 1 Pawn each. The traits of Pawns are the ability to promote into a Queen, Rook, Knight, or Bishop in enemy territory or when given permission. There are other things about the Evil pieces but you don't need to worry about them."

Kaede nodded "Cool so what are you guys?" he lazily gestured at the others.

Akeno giggled behind her hand "Ufufufu I'm Buchou's Queen."

Kiba smiled "I'm a Knight."

Koneko paused with a chocolate halfway to her mouth "Rook"

shifting ever so slightly Kaede nodded and looked at each of them "Okay, fair enough, Cliché much and hmm Ironic. Second to last Blank."

Rias who had opted for sitting on the edge of her desk nodded "I must say your handling this rather well."

shrugging Kaede yawned a little "Sure I mean when everything is explained it makes sense, that and ever since unlocking my Chi about 5 or was it 4 years ago I've been more in tune with my surroundings and I have to admit there have been some shady characters and people I have met with this somewhat dark energy around them reminds me a little of what I'm sensing from you four and eight others that are in the general vicinity."

nodding not sure how to take the fact he could sense Sona and her peerages demonic energy, but then again for her sensing demonic energy was something she had never needed to do since strays, fallen and holy energies and Aura's felt much different. "Okay...as for your question on your abilities well, like you said we have night vision and language, there are a number of generic powers each devil has it's just some need more practice and training than others...You have a firm grasp on elemental magic although I could feel your reserves drop drastically when you used that attack last night although me and Akeno can show you various exercises to help reduce how much magic you use, ah some of the generic abilities are Transportation; that circle I appeared from."

Kaede nodded a little definitely wanting to learn that one as it would cut down on how much walking he would have to do each day. "Binding spell are relatively simple for restraining people, summoning we'll cross that bridge when we come to it, look manipulation you can change how old you look, hair colour, eye colour, I know some female devils enhance their breast size or make them lighter but keep them the same size."

Kaede hearing that nodded 'If only Tsu-Tsu was a devil she could make her boobs bigger and lighter and not worry about a sore back.'

"Self-Destruct magic- timed explosions, Mind Reading takes a little effort but is kinda good to know, Demonic Bullet basic attack most kings teach their servants in the first day or two, Illusion are fun when messing with a stray devil but I have noticed that they don't seem to work when used on your own servant's right Koneko." Koneko had the decency to look away a little and nibble on a cookie. "Audio-Visual communication, Mind Control altering a person's mind slightly like what the fallen did and lastly a Defensive Barrier."

Kaede sat there for a good 20 minutes with his eyes closed it got to the point that Rias and the others had honestly thought he had fallen asleep that was until he half opened his eyes and lazily spoke "Okay I really want that transportation spell the thought of appearing somewhere without doing any physical movement is too good to pass up oh and the mind control then I can make Soseki-sensei think I was in class when I'll be at the library asleep."

The way he said all of that with a straight face was amazing to behold most people would be jumping up and down wanting to learn. Kaede seeing his opportunity "Last blank."

Rias nodded "*Ahem* well yes being my servant you will be expected to do contracts..."

Kaede who was listening heard the word contract "Troublesome."

Rias smiled "Oh don't make a face like Kaede there not that bad, besides if you work hard it'll pay off in the long run and eventually you may get servants of your own."

Kaede hearing he could possibly get servants of his own slowly pursed his lips together and slowly drawled out "Servants, helpful hmm...'but that sounds like it would be a long and tiresome path, then let's not forget I would have to go about finding people like Sensei or Tsu-Tsu then remember they have to be female as well and possess amazing racks and have good taste in lingerie' he then decided to start mentally listing the pros and cons of actually doing contracts and not just finding another way to get servants or become a high class devil.

In the end "Hmm"

Rias seeing the apprehensive grimace that Kaede got halfway through his thoughts, thought it would be best to mention payment as well any way to tempt him since seducing him didn't seem to work at all "Did I mention the payment you get at the end of each contract."

Kaede who was about ready to answer stopped and looked in her direction and gave her what she hoped was his undivided attention "Clients have to offer something of equal value to the service said devil has completed and that goes to my family's treasury, but seeing as though you are my employees in the eyes of devil laws and society you are paid a percentage of that payment also please keep in mind some of our clientele our very wealthy and pay handsomely if the job is done well."

Kaede if he was one thing he was lazy in everything but when it came to money and his martial arts, moving from his slouched position Kaede lent forward and rested his elbows on his knees and laced his fingers together in front of his face while allowing his eyes to take on a glint which caused Rias to gulp and wonder what beast she had just released "A percentage of the payment you say and how much exactly is this percentage...before you answer Kiba-san, Akeno-san, Sister White how much of a percentage do you get paid?"

Akeno who was a little surprised when he was talking a little differently and more businessy sat a little straighter "I get paid 10-11% dependant on the job."

Kaede nodded and reached into his bag and pulled out an exercise book and pen and opened it showing that it was completely empty and proceeded to write her percentages down. "Kiba?"

Kiba stuttered a bit "The same, but we get around 15% for a successful stray killing."

Nodding again he made note in his book before looking at Koneko who nodded and pointed to Kiba and Akeno, Kaede getting the message nodded and jotted down the numbers before asking "although the jobs vary Akeno how much do you usually get per day and per week, if you're not sure a close estimation is fine."

Akeno nodded and thought for a second "between 24636.14yen (330NZD) & 29861.98 (400NZD) per week but that all depends on how many contracts I get some weeks as well can be a little slower than others and sometimes I get double call outs and have to choose between the two or have Kiba or Koneko cover for me."

Kaede nodded and made a note and looked at Kiba, Kiba seeing this gestured to Akeno "Really I would have to say the same as Akeno-senpai I figured out though we get around 14930.99 (200NZD) for a stray hunt."

Kaede nodded and made another note and looked at Koneko "Same as them Sister White?"

Koneko just nodded "Hai senpai."

Nodding his head, Kaede looked at Rias for a moment "How much do I get paid for not doing any contracts?"

Rias shrugged "I'm sure we can come to an agreement on that figure."

going to a clear page Kaede wrote something down before showing it to Rias '7478.93yen a week plus whatever I get for a stray hunt and if I decide to cover for one of the others on a busy week.'

Rias hummed "I'll agree with the 7478.93yen per week but I can offer you 5% for the contract if that's the case and 10% for the stray hunts."

Humming Kaede sat back a bit in the chair "make it 6,1/2% and 12,1/2% and we call it quits."

Smiling Rias had to say this was something she didn't expect she was sure he knew her family could pay a lot more than what he was asking but he was negotiating with her over what her father would call chump change, moving from her perch she walked over and held out her hand "deal."

Kaede almost instantly reverted back to his lazy demeanour making Kiba face palm and Akeno giggle, reaching up he clasped her hand "well pleasure doing business."

it was then Rias released her wings as did everyone else's including Kaedes, Akeno who seemed to always be happy and full of energy giggled "Isn't this exciting your one of us now."

Kaede looked back at his wings "why do I get the feeling learning to fly will be bothersome."

the only reactions he got were some laughter from them. Kaede looking round the room spotted a window seat in an alcove and gave a lazy grin before walking over to it and flopping down positioning himself so his back was against one wall while his right leg was at 90 degrees with his toes touching the opposite wall and his left leg still on the carpeted floor while his arms were behind his head giving a large yawn he looked at them "Well I found my nap spot. If you need me I'm here."

Rias seeing this just smiled and went to her desk while Akeno retreated to the other room which was a kitchen and started to prepare some tea and Kiba began to do his homework while Koneko continued snacking.

a few hours later Kaede who had been in a blissful slumber the entire time with the exception of when he was offered a cup of tea by Akeno who woke him with a light electrical shock to his side was jostled awake at the sound of his ring tone which also caught the attention of the others.

Kaede grabbing his phone answered the call and in his usual lazy tone "Haha-chan, what's up?"

"Where are you it's nearly seven and dinners almost ready."

Kaede sighed and looked at his wrist watch and saw it was in fact 5 to 7, decided to answer somewhat truthfully "I'm at a club meeting that I decided to join after a little bit of persuasion."

"Club...Oh honey that's great you're finally branching out of your zone, you must invite them over for dinner at some stage."

Kaede reading between the lines sighed and looked at the others "Mum wants to know if you guys would like to come around for dinner sometime?"

Rias nodded "I'm alright with it."

"Ufufufu sounds like fun."

"sound cool dude."

"sounds totally rad."

Kaede nodded "they said they would love to. What day were you thinking?"

"Oh, um how about this Wednesday at seven O'clock."

Kaede who had turned his phone onto speaker looked at them "You guys good with that."

Rias nodded and answered for all of them "We would love to come around on Wednesday."

Kaedes mother hearing the wrong voice answer realised she was on speaker "Oh I didn't realise I was on speaker, well then I can't wait to meet all of Kaede's new friends, Ooohh I'll have to invite Tsubaki-chan over as well."

Kaede hearing that sighed apparently she hadn't cooled off over the weekend and was still mad at him for reasons unknown to him "Sure you do that. I'll see you in a little while alright."

"Okay dear bye, bye."

Kaede hit the end call button and pocketed his phone and stood and lazily stretched before slouching his way out towards the exit "Well I guess I'll be stopping by tomorrow...man that was a good napping spot. wonder what's for dinner tonight."