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-The Red Merc

"Is Kuro Izunami here", some chick asks from Kuro's homeroom door.

Everyone girl in the class are crowded in a large group around a single desk, looking back at the girl.

"Yeah, I'm here", Kuro replies in the middle of the crowd.

"Please follow me."

Kuro digs his way from the crowd, now following the busty crimson haired girl, Rias.

"Am I in trouble", Kuro asks, following Rias through the hall.

"No", Rias replies, looking over her shoulder with a slight smile, "just to get you into some clubs. You need to be active in this school."

"Yeah, well you see..."

Rias cuts him off, saying, "This is important. We know who you are and what you are capable of."

Kuro pauses for a minute to find an excuse. "Alright, you got me. I use to participate in every club there was in the past few years."

"Really? Have you tried the Occult Research Club?"

No. "Yes, only once though."

The two exit out of the main school and walks towards the old school house.

Kuro stops behind Rias, both waiting at just outside of the doorstep.

Rias looks over her shoulder, then says, "We know what you are, Kuro. We just need to inform you of some things."

Shit. "Alright, go ahead."

...

"And you were attacked twice in two consecutive days", Akeno asks, sitting across from Kuro.

"Yes", Kuro answers, "One was named Raynare and the other was Freed."

Rias and Akeno exchange glances for a bit. A boy, looking about the same age as everyone else, enters the room and sits next to Kuro. He has blonde hair, the same black uniform as Kuro, and grey eyes; handsome looking, almost as Kuro.

"There wasn't anyone else in suspicion near Izunami's home", the boy said.

"Good", Rias replies, "thank you for keeping watch."

"Wait", Kuro starts, sounding a bit uncomfortable, "you guys are stalking my house now?"

Akeno sighs, then says, "Yes, we have for a while. Since you first moved here, actually."

Kuro's mind is in a whirl, trying to process everything that is being said.

They kept watch on me for nearly five years?

"And after seeing the little incident from last night", Rias starts, "we were sure that we couldn't let you go ahead without knowing a few things first."

Kuro thinks this over, whether or not he should listen or just leave.

Finally, drawing in a deep breath, he says, "Go ahead. Enlighten me."

Akeno gets up and walks into another room. Kiba goes over to Rias and whispers in her ear, then leaves, leaving Kuro and Rias in the room alone.

"Let me start with the territory", Rias starts. "My family holds this small town as their territory, pushing away other beings from here. Or, at least some of them. The beings we are trying to keep out-"

"Are angels, fallen angels, and stray demons", Kuro interrupts, "the three factions that were going at an all out war a few centuries ago."

"Yes", Rias replies. "And my Peerage and I are here to eliminate any of the three if they trespass or even harm any of my Peerage."

"And your Peerage. The two I just saw were part of it. You use chess pieces to represent their power as you resurrect them from their deaths. With that said, Kiba is your knight, resurrected by a knight piece. And Akeno is your Queen, resurrected with the queen piece."

"Yes, you are correct. You sure know the history."

"Keep informing me."

Rias clears her throat and continues, "My Peerage goes out and does contracts with humans to build up power. These contracts are where the human has to sign the contract, however, you must keep up with your end of the bargain. This 'bargain' is something that your contractor has you to do something."

Akeno enters the room again with some tea on a serving pan, giving both Kuro and Rias a cup, then sits next to Rias again.

After Rias takes a sip of her tea, she says, "Aside from our personal information, you may know everything else."

"Not really", Kuro replies, taking a long sip of his tea, "I only know everything that you went over and that I said. That's it. Besides the Rating Game; I know everything of that."

"Of course you would", Akeno says with that smile. "You could just never turn one down."

Rias then nudges her, telling her, Enough said.

"What was that", Kuro asks, sounding curious. "I don't recall actually participating in one."

"What she meant", Rias answers, "is that if there so happened to be one, you couldn't turn it down. Well, maybe you could."

Both girls lowers their heads, looking a bit saddened.

"Is something the matter", Kuro asks, switching to concerning, trying to read what is going on in their eyes.

Then, someone else comes in the room. A girl, literally. She has short, snow white hair with two bangs going over her shoulder, cute, hazel eyes, and the female Kuoh Academy uniform.

With her presence, the strange mood in the air gives away, thankfully. She then stops beside Kuro, eyeing him carefully.

As Kuro looks up at her emotionless face, he asks, "Um. Is something wrong?"

"No", she replies emotionless, sitting next to Kuro and eating sweet bread.

He notices a black cat hairpin at the right side of her hair, then asks, "You like cats?"

"Yes", she simply replies.

"Koneko, here, is my Rook", Rias blurts. "She recently joined my Peerage, and was resurrected with one rook piece. And she is a first-year student at Kuoh Academy."

"I see", Kuro says, turning away from her and taking another sip of his tea. "I have to go now. Don't stalk me tonight, if you may."

Then, he leaves towards the door, but was stopped as Rias added, "You may be in danger at your home. If you want, we can set you into a new home."

"I'll be fine", Kuro replies, "I'll be going back to class now."

Then, he leaves the school house and back to class.

...

"That's a shit load of homework you got there", Mika says behind Kuro, making him jump a little.

"Shit, Mika", Kuro replies, sitting on his mattress, his back facing out in the dark night. "You could have lost your life."

"Shut up", Mika giggles, pushing him playfully. "I heard I went home looking drunk. Did anything happen last night?"

That whole night replays in his head. "Nothing too serious, I guess. No need to worry."

"Aw, so you didn't take my virginity", she playfully asks, poking his cheek.

He slaps her hand away, trying to focus on his work. "Of course not. I wasn't looking forward on dying last night."

Mika giggles at his remark, then pushes herself off of Kuro's back.

Kuro is scratching his pencil all over his homework, totally embed in his homework.

"Here, drink this you handsome fart", Mika blurts, breaking Kuro's train of thought. "And don't worry; it's Coke, not sake."

She tosses a flask in front of Kuro, then sits behind Kuro with her back against hers.

"Thanks", he replies, taking the flask and drinking his favorite soft drink.

...

Akeno is sitting beside Rias with tea, and Kiba and Koneko is sitting across from them.

"My contractor needs me", Kiba starts, "I'll be going now."

"Work hard", Rias says to Kiba as he disappears in his jumper circle.

"Rias", Akeno starts, "about Kuro-"

Rias cuts Akeno off mid sentence, "No need to talk about him. As long as he doesn't regain full memory, we shouldn't live in the past."

Koneko gets up from her seat and plainly says, "Contractor." Then she disappears in her jumper circle.

Now, Rias and Akeno are left alone in the main room of the old school house.

"Akeno", Rias starts, "we shouldn't keep this up any longer. He lost his memory because of us. The only way of paying him back is to just not make him remember; that way he won't be hurt again."

Akeno takes a long sip of her tea and thinks it over.

"But do you think that holding this in is going to be better", Akeno asks, sounding a little more strict. "We can't keep this hidden for another five years. We'll just be hurting ourselves. All of us."

Rias just takes in a long breath, then takes a sip of her tea.

...

"Ah, Raynare", a psychotic voice says in the dark church, "that Kuro guy is back again, out of hiding. What are you going to do about your old love?"

A female voice, presumed as Raynare, lashes back, "Freed, shut the hell up! It may be that he lost his memory from that last fight, so there's no reason to be bringing that up!"

"Ok, ok get that thing off of me", Freed shouts.

Silence.

"Even though he still lost his memory and was with the Gremory girls...", Raynare quietly says to herself.

"Aw, do you still love that shitty hunter", Freed asks jokingly.

Then Raynare sends a hard punch into Freed's chest.

"I think it's time for you to shut up, or you'll end up dead, you filthy human", Raynare threatens Freed.

"Yeah, yeah", Freed replies in between deep breaths, slowly getting up from the floor. "Just don't be distracted if we come across with him. It looks like only a whole army of the three factions could only takes him down, anyway."

...

A figure with crimson red hair, but male, sits on a thrown at the back of a huge room, and a busty woman with white hair in maid uniform in front of him.

"Grayfia", the crimson haired man says, "I feel the presence of Izunami has awakened."

"It may seem so", the maid, Grayfia, replies. "What action should we take?"

The man hesitates for a bit. "Leave him be for now. Soon enough, we'll bring him here to see who he is."

"Yes, Lord Sirzechs", Grayfia replies with a bow, and leaves through two huge doors.

That boy, Sirzechs thinks to himself, he finally comes back. Let's just hope his memories doesn't come back.

...

"X, here", a voice says on top of a roof, but no figure shown, "I just had spiked readings last night near my current location. ."

"Good", X's earpiece starts, "heading there now. We need to find him at all costs, otherwise, we'll lose him again."

"Copy, out."

Then, appearing out of nowhere like he was wearing an invisible cloaking device, a guy with a light hoody is crouched at the edge of the roof, overlooking the city of the Gremory territory.