Good day. Or night. Or... whatever. Ahem- Right. I won't force you, but enjoy the next chap.

"Ah! Asia-chan! You're here!"

"Raynare-san!"

The blond sister was wrapped in a pair of delicate arms as soon as she entered the church. The one holding her was a beautiful young girl, looking on her late teen years with long black hair, flowing all the way to her back. She was much taller than Asia. Behind her, were three other person. One male and two females. None of them looked as pleasant as the said Raynare. In fact, they were smirking and grinning.

"Now let's continue on our preparation." Came a deep voice, belonged to a man with a fedora, dressed in a pale violet suit.

"…But... She just got here… Can't we let her rest?" Asked Raynare softly. She kept hugging the confused and scared Asia as she conversed. Seeing the man's scowl, Raynare added, "Please? Dohnaseek? It's not like something bad is going to happen isn't it?"

"Che. Fine."

Raynare and Asia smiled after hearing this.

"But only for today and tomorrow. Meanwhile, look after her." Stated the obnoxious looking man.

"Thanks!"

"Hmph."

Then the man left the scene along with the two other girls, leaving Raynare alone with Asia. The taller girl released an exasperated sigh. She was tense the whole time. It probably was the most unlikeable experience for her and Asia. Proven by Asia's trembling.

"...Haih…What do you want to do now Asia-chan?" Asked Raynare. She was smiling, though if you looked closely, you could see fear in her eyes.

No reply. Asia was still shaking.

"Hmm… Let's go buy some clothes for you!"

"R-Reall?!"

That easily caught Asia's interest.

Without any more waiting, the two got out from the shady church after putting Asia's belongings. They then headed towards the shopping district and walked inside a clothing store. While Raynare and Asia were browsing through a clothing store, Asia saw a familiar figure outside the store. After making sure it was the same man as before, Asia grabbed Raynare by her wrist and forcefully dragged her outside.

"Shinjiro-san!"

"Hmm?"

Asia dragged Raynare again, running towards our protagonist.

"Ah, hello Asia." Seifer greeted first, smiling warmly at the said girl. He spared a quick glance at the taller, well-proportioned, black-haired girl beside her. Who had a slight but visible pink blush across her face. "And hello to you too."

"Hello Shinjiro-san!" Asia replied with a bright smile.

"A-Asia? You know him?" Asked the taller looking girl, still staring at Seifer with slightly agape mouth. As if she had never seen such attractive person as him.

After several short introductions and a little bit of shopping later, the small group were inside a fast food restaurant. It was noon, 1 pm to be exact. Two hours before Asuka's school ended. Seifer had made a mind note to pick her up, but for now, he was sitting alone at a table while Asia and Raynare ordering something to eat.

'What took them so long?' Wondered Seifer. He has been waiting for ten minutes now. Fortunately, just as he was about to go to the cashier, the two girls finished ordering, and they were now carrying a tray of delicious, unhealthy food.

"Auuu…. I'm ashamed… I can't even order a burger…" Asia muttered with a pout. "Sorry for taking so long Shinjiro-san…"

"You have to get used to Japanese first Asia-chan…" Raynare said, attempting to console the sad nun.

"It's fine. No need to apology."

After that little incident, the group began eating their meals. Seifer smiled and he was amused by Asia, who kept on being amazed the whole time. Apparently, that was the first time she ate a burger. A bit depressing, but Seifer guessed it was the church's rules. Too strict if he might say. Subsequently, they headed to an arcade, where Raynare would play the most and Asia would only stand and see her play. Seifer played once, and both were an unique crane game, where he won a stuffed Raichu for Asia – who said she didn't want it but took it in the end.

He wanted to give Raynare and Asia something, but he couldn't decide, so he ended up buying a moon shaped liontin necklace for Raynare and a bracelet for Asia. Both thanked him gratefully and the former even gave Seifer a quick peck to his cheek.

Around an hour later, Seifer bade his goodbye, saying he had to pick up someone. The two looked disappointed at first, and they might have mistaken what he meant by that, but they let him go and continued on their plan for today.

[No doubt, that was a Fallen.]

'Ye. Pretty don't ya think?'

[Eh. Yes, but that aside, what is she doing with the nun?]

{Oh? Are you worried about the girl?}

[That's not what I mean-]

{Partner, it seems like our friend here have developed a feeling towards that girl.]

[I'll punch you if you say that again old fag.]

{Ha! You're much older than me.}

'Stop it you two.' Seifer muttered in his annoyance. He won't get used to this kind of stupid rambling even after spending years with these two entities. 'Now. You 8have a point there Azzy, but I don't want to get involved on anything right now.'

[Bah. You're no fun.]

{I agree. Partner, a Dragon should fight from time to time.}

These wankers…

Seifer cut the link as he finally arrived by Kuoh Academy's gate. Not long after his arrival, the school bell rang and several moments later, a flock of students flowed outside the school. Seifer remained standing by the gate as he already told Asuka to meet him there after school, though he will let Asuka do what she wanted to do in case she already made friends. He was a flexible man. Shortly then, the girl he was waiting for approached him, along with a buxom bombshell. The same girl he saw earlier on that morning.

The Pure Devil.

Tch.

"Shinji-san!"

"Hello Asuka." Seifer addressed with his usual pleasant smile, before he turned his sight towards the crimson-haired girl. "Is she your friend Asuka?"

Asuka nodded happily. "She is my Sempai!"

"I am Rias Gremory. Pleased to meet you Kawamura Shinjiro-san." Introduced the mentioned bombshell. "Asuka had told me about you earlier." She added along with a smile.

Seifer knew exactly what she wanted. His power and Asuka's. He figured all beings are the same as each other. Only few who does not seek power. He was among those few.

"She did?" Seifer shifted his sight, now staring and glaring slightly at Asia, who laughed nervously as a reply.

"Ehehe…"

Seifer heaved a sigh, hitting Asuka's head slowly not to cause any pain. "Then call me Shinji or Shinjiro, no need to use that long name."

Not long after, came three other students. Two females and a handsome young blonde male.

'…More Devils…Just what I needed.'

[They're not pure breed. Reincarnated?]

{Possibly. I learnt that the number of Devils decreased drastically after their great war.} Ddraig explained.

Seifer flinched, but went by unnoticed by Ddraig, although Azrael perceived his host's reaction. He did not say any however.

{From my previous partner, he was a reincarnated Devil. That is a way for the Devils to increase their manpower.}

"Shinji-san! These are my friends!" Said Asuka, wanting to introduce Seifer to her new acquaintances.

Their introduction didn't took long and they only had a short talk. Asuka did the most talking, since what Seifer wanted then was only to go back to his house. Luckily for him, Rias bade her goodbye, saying she needed to do some more club stuffs. She proposed Seifer to come there on the next day, which Seifer politely refused, telling her had a job to do as an excuse. Nevertheless, the two groups separated their way from each other.

On the way back to their home, or apartment for their case, Asuka was frowning the whole time.

"Don't go telling my name to other people without my permission." Seifer scolded, hitting Asuka's head lightly again.

"Gomene…"

Seifer sighed. He's been sighing a lot today.

"Fine… Just don't do that again." Asuka nodded slowly, still pouting. But soon turned into a smile when the young man placed his right palm over on Asuka's head and rubbed her hair gently. A light chuckle soon followed, "I can't stay mad at you can I?"

"Devils?!" Asuka exclaimed loudly, and Seifer found this to be annoying. "Them? B-B-B-Bu-But!"

"No buts." Seifer declared. He had a stern look on his face. "That aside, they might have sensed your power Asuka."

"They did?!"

"Yes. Maybe they are interested on recruiting you as one." Seifer bluntly added.

"Eehh?!" Asuka let out a heavy gasp. This was too much for her to take on. "But I only got there today…"

Silence occurred. Asuka was trying to figure out a way out, while Seifer did the same. He couldn't move to another city this soon, it would be too costly even for him. Adding more, he did not enjoy on handling those irritating legal documents. The realization then came to him. If he stayed here, he would be forced to use his power eventually, either to protect Asuka, or even himself. He was well aware of Devils' capabilities, especially Rias and Akeno. Those two were much stronger than the two other. They would possess no threat for Seifer, but the same couldn't be said for Asuka. As agile as she was, normal human won't be able to fight Devils alone.

"Let's say they did. What would you do? Will you accept or refuse?"

Asuka went mute for a while.

"…" Asuka stared down at her half-eaten dinner Seifer had prepared earlier. An appetizing grilled salmon, the aroma itself would made you droll, not mentioning on how well prepared it was. Despite all of that, Asuka didn't touched her dinner just yet.

"…I don't know Shinji-san…"

"Hahh..." Seifer sighed yet again, before he looked up at Asuka and gave her a smile of warmth, seemingly washing all her worries in an instant. "Alright then, if they do offered you, it's all up to you to either accept or not."

Asuka glanced up to him.

"I will always be there with you."

Then there was a very red color of blush, spreading over Asuka's cheeks. Seifer couldn't help but chuckled softly upon seeing the flustered girl. He so enjoyed teasing people (girls).

The next morning, Seifer accompanied Asuka to her school. Seemingly he knew it probably will be his daily morning routine for a while. Not like he hated it, he enjoys morning air the most. Moving on, after Asuka got inside the school, Seifer was once again, had nothing to do. So he decided to go to the park like yesterday and whatever happened, happened. He gave a little too little care for the world but those he cared about, and currently, there was only one left. Once more, Seifer could easily be spotted at the town park, sitting idly by a classic green park bench alone, enjoying the amiable scenery for himself. Such scenery that he and his wife would've enjoyed together.

…If only you were here…

Shortly after, he fell asleep, spending full six hours of only sleeping, until he woke up by a sudden peck of a bird.

As Seifer finally woke up, he found Asuka, and another smaller girl. The sister from yesterday. For some apparent reason only they knew, they were hugging each other, actually, only Asuka who hugged, as Asia was more like being strangled in a very pleasant way; she had her face buried between Asuka's plump breasts.

"Oh hello you two." Seifer greeted softly, surprising both of the girls.

"S-Shinji-san!'

Two cute girls now accompanied Seifer on his side. They were each eating a hotdog while Seifer brought a Takoyaki for him. He was glad Asuka had already made another friend ever so quickly. But. Despite her bright smile, Seifer could see right through her, and he knew she was feeling anxious. Every little movement she made gave it away. She had been looking around the park too often.

He decided to pry it a little bit.

"Hey Asia?" He called, the nun glanced at him, forcing a smile. "What's troubling you?"

The blunt question had thrown Asia off guard, and tears were lining on her innocent blue eyes. Asuka loomed over from Seifer's side and she was about to give Asia another hug, until Asia spoke.

…Seifer was blown away on how openly she expressed her feelings.

The young male released an exasperated sigh as he patted both of the girls' head. He now knew why she looked very happy and almost let a tear escaped her beautiful blue eyes when Asuka held her tight before. He now completely understood how she was feeling. He now knew how the story of the Holy Maiden goes. How she was being looked up as a gifted girl and even symbolized as "Holy Maiden" from the start, and how she ended up being seen as a betrayer after healing a Devil, who then killed her own kin. She was seen as a Witch. All because of her kind heart to help anyone in need, even a Devil.

Despite all of that, she never forgot to pray to her God. She never forgot to give thanks to her God.

His situation was getting too complicated. He was well aware why she was sent to the church. The Fallen Angels possibly wanted to take away her gift. Her Sacred Gear. Sefier was not imprudent. He knew if a Sacred Gear is to be taken away from the owner, it would kill the owner in the process. He learned it in the most surprising way.

"There there…" The young man spoke softly and kindly to the two girls in front of him. They were hugging each other, or more like, Asuka was hugging Asia. She was deeply touched by Asia's past, and being a gullible and innocent girl she was, she let her emotions flow freely. Asia was pleasantly surprised after she received another kind hug from Asuka and started to cry anew. "It's okay."

There was no one who cared about her, but starting from this day, Seifer made a promise to himself. He will protect this girl at all cost. This girl has went through a lot, and even as Death, Seifer still bore the human feelings.

While Asia was sobbing and sniffling uncontrollably, she shakily muttered as Asuka let go of her.

"…It's because I didn't pray enough…It's because I'm clumsy…I'm so stupid I can't even eat a burger myself." She wiped her tears as she said that, "This is a trial the lord gave to me. Since I am a clumsy nun, the lord gave me this trial. So I have to endure it…"

"A-Asia-chan…" Asuka started crying again.

"I'm sure I will make a lot of friends one day… I have a dream. I want to buy flowers with a friend, buy books, and eat burgers…." She paused as her tears fell once more. "a-and…talk…"

It was then Seifer finally got off from the bench. He then bent his body slightly before he stretched his arms out and drew the crying nun to his embrace.

"Asia…" He whispered softly. The girl in his arms tensed up, as she had never received such a gentle embrace by her opposite gender. "You don't need to worry anymore, you already have a friend. Friends actually."

Still inside his arms, Asia mumbled weakly, "R-Really?"

"Yes!" Asuka yelled, "Shinji-san and I will be your friends! We will play and buy flowers, books and eat burgers together Asia-chan!"

Seifer pushed Asia away from him to a point where he could see her face and she could see his. Her face flushed in red completely with her tears flowing down her soft cheeks.

'…Even when you two are crying, you are still cute…'

"Like she said." Seifer smiled. Warmly. Asia could feel the warmth of his sincere smile. It was…pleasant. It was her first time to feel such a lovely feeling.

Sadly, their moment was interrupted.

"Ah, here you are. Please stop disappearing Asia." Came a voice of a man in front of them. Seifer took his hug off from Asia and stood straight, eyeing the man in with the fedora, who was flying up in the air with his two black wings spread widely. Alongside him was a girl with long black hair. Unlike the cocky-looking man, she was rather sad and distressed. There were also several bruises and cuts tainting her body.

"Yuuma-chan?!" Asuka shouted, recognizing the wounded girl, much to Seifer and Asia's surprise as she referred her not as Raynare.

"...Ugh...Sorry Asia... Asuka..."

"….D-Dohnaseek-sama…" Asia mumbled weakly, before turning her head to see Raynare, and immediately looked back at him in horror. "R-Raynare-san..."

"Yes. Now let's return to the church." Said the man with the annoying fedora. "You know what will happen to your precious friends if you refused." Dohnaseek warned, looking down at both Seifar and Asuka.

Asia's blue eyes widened upon hearing Dohnaseek's statement. She stared up at Seifer, who had his eyes set straight at the man in front of him, then turned around once again to look at Asuka.

Her once gleeful hazel eyes were replaced with two fierce looking eyes. As if she was ready to fight.

Asia had a complicated expression. She did not want to go with him. This day was the best day in her life so far. Seifer and Asuka had treated her kindly. For a long time, Asia treated as a human, and not as a "Holy Maiden" nor a "Witch". But if she didn't, then she might have never these nice peoples anymore.

Since it was already evening, the park was empty. Only Seifer, Asia, Asuka and two Fallen Angels were there.

A scream of a woman. It was not Asia's. It was not Asuka's scream either. No. It belonged to Raynare, who had trampled on the ground and curled herself up. Seifer saw her own blood starting to drip slowly, tainting her delicate white skin.

"BITCH I TOLD YOU TO KILL HER!"

…Her?

Seifer glanced towards Asuka. She had a wretched expression. Looking closer, Seifer saw a little splat of crimson red by the side of her uniform.

Did he…?

"Dohnaseek-sama! She's not a threat!"

"GAH. How hard was it to finish a wounded girl?" The man stretched his arm out. A bright light came covering his palm, forming into a crude light spear.

"W-Wait!" Yelled Raynare in an alarming voice. "Can't we just grab her and go?! They have nothing to do with this!"

"Are you kidding? She's a friend of those Devils!" Dohnaseek retorted furiously, "You had one job! And that is to kill her!" he spewed out his annoyance as he continued, "If you want to be an Angel again, then kill her! Show God that you're worthy!"

Raynare did nothing and simply stared to the ground below her, and that irritated Dohnaseek even more.

"You're worthless. You did not deserved a place beside Him."

Ignoring the current scene, Seifer averted his gaze to the girl beside him. Asuka looked very frightened. He deducted the spear was what made her so. He wasn't mad. Not at Asuka at least. All of his anger were focused at the man with the fedora, or Dohnaseek, as he heard before.

[Going for the kill?]

'No… Not now. It would be a pain to explain it all to her later.'

[Ha.] Azrael scoffed. Uninterested by his host's reply. [Even after what he did to Asuka?]

{He's right partner. Don't you think he has gone to far?}

'Shut up you two. We'll have him later. Just… Not in front of her.'

As Seifer conversed with the two entities inside of him, Asuka leaped into her front. Too quick before Dohnaseek could even throw his spear. In only several seconds, Asuka was already diving at Dohnaseek with a short sword, one in each of her hands. Sadly, she was still too slow as Dohnaseek lifted his free hand and casted another spear. He successfully blocked Asuka's abrupt attack by slashing his spears upwards.

Thud.

Asuka was sent down by a cruel hit to her stomach and landed nearby Seifer. Instead of panicking, Seifer remained calm the whole time, as if he had already seen this coming.

[You looked pretty calm. What's up?] Asked the interested Azrael.

'You'll see.'

"Asuka-san!" Asia cried out and ran towards the fallen Asuka. There was a nasty wound on her not moving body's back. It was bleeding heavily. As Asia finally got closer, she crouched and hovered her palms over Asuka's wound. Soon after, a soft green light emitted from her palms, apparently closing Asuka's wound, healing her completely.

{Hoo. Impressive.}

[Ah right. She has that gear…] Azrael muttered. […what was the name again?]

Seifer would have facepalmed if not for the present incident.

{…You're a bit forgetful for a god.}

[Silence. Puny Dragon. I will end you.]

{Scary…}

'I swear. You two are nuisance at times.'