Mind was completely blank the past few days.
Ended up writing the chapter to the wrong story.

Enjoy..?

Attending High School was much like Middle School, except with a rumour mill and a huge increase of bullshit, this school however had just transitioned from All-girls to Co-ed so the rumour mill was vast and fast, exactly what you'd expect from horde of hormonal females, the fact that they are teenagers doesn't even really matter on this front as I'm pretty sure the teachers have also had their input on these matters at some time or another.

The only thing I was a little out of touch with was the sheer speed of the rumours along with how touchy a hormonal woman is. While I should really fit in there, I can't. I lost the ability to be truly in touch with my hormones after my parents died. Pushing the sad stuff outta they way, the rumours were like a tsunami, quick and unforgiving but this was all for a beyond stupid reason. We three new students who were close to Rias and Akeno, who had earned a title which instantly send a shooting pain through my forehead.

Those kinda rumours you'd really expect to take a few days to get passed around, especially when it's the start to the year. But it all took a single damn day for it to be blown out of proportion by some hormone-controlled halfwits. I mean, the amount of innocent but idle questioning that came both mine and Koneko's way by 2nd years and 3rd years was so far beyond annoying that I became the quickest in the school history for getting a detention. It's safe to be said that the teachers were completely surprised by the fact that I retorted with a hard punch straight to his nose cleanly breaking it before even thinking to ask them to stop kindly. That can also be looked at to the reason behind why they hadn't changed to Co-ed in the hundred or so years that they had been open so far. It also resulted in being chastised by Sona Sitri who was the Student Council President, I vaguely remember Rias saying that, and in turn Rias as well.

Though my whole action in itself brought around a new rumour that I was severely short-tempered to which was just a rumour, I don't think I'm short tempered. I'm just not good with being asked the same question over and over again. But the fact it became a rumour so easily is probably because the guy I punched had quite a decent physique. Actually, I'm kinda surprised that all the guys had jumped onto the bandwagon so quickly. Probably the whole 'all guys are pervs' thing.

Perverts. Really, it was something that made up a decent portion of the school though that is primarily the boys. There is a few girls around that were perverts too, mainly the ones who followed Kiba round going after him like he was a piece of meat. There is also that rumoured second year who can see the size of dicks but that is pretty far-fetched.

…

"Aoi-chan, are you listening?"

"Something about making a pervert into a devil. Who and why, I don't care for."

I replied with a slight sigh, not even a week into the school year and she's looking into expanding. Power should really have limits to its designation.

"But I'm asking you to follow him."

"...I'll politely tell you to do it yourself. You want him, you do it."

Turning to finally look at Rias, my master, I catch the brief sight of the crown of Koneko's head in my vision. Taking note of her weight on my lap.

"As your King, I'm telling you to do it."

"As your Knight and only current path out of marrying Raiser Phoenix, I am declining."

"Even if this addition could reduce your burden?"

"Ho-oh isn't a burden."

To call myself rebellious doesn't really fit these days, I feel like I say no more because I want to relax more with all the constant training.

"You know I wasn't calling Ho-oh a burden. Aoi, can't you just listen for once?"

She finally says it huh? I wonder if she is saying that rhetorically or not.

"I just don't understand why you feel the need to drop this on me of all people when it should be obvious by now that I would say no. Outside of automatically saying no, I'm the busiest here with the amount of training I do, the stray hunts I'll be doing and then contracts as well. Add to that the fact I could never do much studying over the summer and winter through training most of the damn time, I'll have a harder time than Koneko dealing with the school's workload and the homework which comes with it. Do you just enjoy increasing my workload or is this some weird way of showing your faith in me?"

"...Aoi..."

It's seriously a damn pain. Kiba only does his damn contracts, Akeno only cooks and does contracts so give them something extra to do. Hell, Akeno is even the Queen give the potential peerage jobs to her to do. Let this grunt just idly do the heavy lifting.

"Ara ara, Is Aoi-chan getting stressed from school?"

"Stow it, hussy."

"Ufufu, would you like me to relieve your body from that stress?"

"Like I said before, Stow it. The only thing you could do is make it worse."

As of late, I feel like I'm becoming Akeno's personal Tsukkomi machine.

"Then … Koneko, can I rely on you to follow Hyoudou Issei?"

Just pawn it off on Koneko?! Heresy! Such a devilish act.

"...Hai."

"See Aoi, Koneko agrees to it straight away."

"Pretty sure that's to have you shut up about it."

A good strong quip, I feel it coulda been better though.

The room stayed pretty silent from there on, other than quiet murmurs between Rias and Akeno while they were doing some form of paperwork or Koneko's munching on whatever snacks she had procured throughout the day. The number of people coming up to her in a day just to pass off a snack is getting more by the day, as long as it keeps to just that then all will be good.

…

That first week was all it really took to have a solid ground in the school. Where most would use that week to gather a certain clique of people together or to join clubs and whatnot. We, Devils, used that week or more precisely the humans themselves used that week to elevate us above them. We became figures early on to them.

Kiba was their Prince, the lone male which was true to having no perversion with the girls. Koneko was their mascot, a cute girl who everyone loved. Then there was me, the 'Society-Designated' Chief. It seemed that my habit of getting physical at any and every school yard altercation made me fit for the Disciplinary Committee that only existed in their heads and so I became the Leader of that imaginary club.

That meant that the Occult Research Club contained the Onee-samas, Prince, Mascot and Chief.

While I don't like the fact I received the title of Chief, it's much better than some other possibilities that strange hormonal teens could come up with. Plus being called Chief sounds like they are all being sarcy with me. Chief is an important station so it's weird to have that position be said casually like it is here to me. And I was thus forced into taking it in my stride thanks to Rias and her strange nature thinking that something like this would be good for me, whatever she meant by that.

The time really just kinda ticked by, once school finished I got to relax for a few hours before being able to do my sprints around the school using my time before school to do other sorts of training and then waiting to hear on anything about strays or what have you. Seen as I wouldn't agree to keeping an eye on a kid who became a part of the school's Infamous Perverted Trio I was put on guard for the 3 or 4 Fallen Angels who had entered the area, that total being Rias' estimates and one that I refrained from correcting to 4 once I paid attention to the energy signatures in the area. One of them fluxed too much, I guess that's why Rias only named it a possibility. And wherever 2-Winged Fallen Angels go, numerous Rogue Priests go with them.

Come the 3rd Sunday of the school year and I decided to put some recon on the desecrated church which the Fallen and Rogues were taking as their new home while the pervert was supposedly on a date, apparently with a Fallen Angel according to Koneko's nose.

Crouching down atop a branch of a tree just on the outskirts of the church grounds, I cast my eyes on the church. No sign of the three remaining Fallen Angels but there are numerous Priests walking around the perimeter.

'Skittles, can you sense the other Fallen?'

'Two. A male and a Female, the other is probably keeping an eye on the Fallen with the pervert.'

'I see. Then should we take out their guards?'

'That's not my domain Aoi, that's for the brat to decide.'

Well, I do have to report on what I'm seeing here anyway. I might as well ask her at the same time.

[~Rias. I'm at the church. Numerous Priests out front, not sure on full total but only 2 Fallen Angels are here. I suspect that there is a Fallen watching over the Fallen that's taken Pawn on a date. Shall I attack? Weaken them perhaps?~]

[~Stealthily. Only go inside if the church looks to be fully abandoned by the Angels and if there was no alert.~]

[~Alright, I'll see what I can do.~]

So that means I can do what I want, I guess. Everyone has different interpretations of things after all.

Jumping down from the tree, I switch my uniform for my exorcist clothes. No matter what Rias says, these are always going to be most comfortable to fight in for me. Once I touch the ground, I stand up straight and slowly make my way to the edge of the dense part of the greenery.

'Skittles. Will you be able to mask me as a human?'

'Of course, that is as long as you don't use demonic magic or the speed enhancement. Only use my blade if the Light blades and pistols won't cut it. That fake of a blade would probably create a resonating pulse giving us away so don't bother with that either.'

'Sure thing. Bring up the façade.'

I could feel the ethereal mask being brought down, a soft sense of nostalgia ran over my body. Quick flashes of what it was to be a human ran through my mind. A time when things were quieter and simpler.

As I stepped out of the shrubbery, I summoned a single pistol to my left hand and one of the light blades to my right hand leaving the circuit on it cut so it was only a handle. Best to do it in flushes so it looks like a priest just playing about with it. Keeping my body low to the ground in a crouch, I slowly stalk up to the first priest. Looking around briefly, I push upwards in a quick burst and activate the sword swiping the now visible blade just above his shoulders tearing straight through his neck not letting him even utter a sound. Catching the body with my left hand, I dispersed the blade in my right and stumbled to the right to try and catch the falling head with my right foot. That didn't happen but at least I cushioned the fall enough not to have a thud once it touched the soil.

'So much for honouring the dead Aoi.'

'Shush you. I'm a devil.'

'Not right now you ain't.'

I couldn't help but sigh. So pedantic at times.

That thought made me sigh again. Those few lessons with Grayfia really put some weird words into my head. Who even uses pedantic and decorum now? Now I'm just outwardly unrefined, damn that maid.

Gently lowering the priest's body, I rest it against the wall to the church before turning back to the grounds and running straight back into the shrubbery. The sun was just about to set, I couldn't stalk around just yet. I can't even do that at night really that much, white kinda sticks out.

'I only count 2 more priests on the grounds. The other 3 seem to have left. One went back into the church and the other two left the grounds altogether, presumably for food.'

Gotta love that report.

'Both Priests are inbound.'

Oooh. Looking left and then right, I see both priests coming more this way.

I guess I'll have to use the pistols here. They aren't loud enough to create a disturbance enough to set those on the inside on edge but it would definitely stir something up with anyone who is still on the grounds. Exchanging the stock in my right hand for the spare pistol, I raised both hands up and directed the muzzle towards their own targets and followed them as performed their stroll.

One. Two. Three. Bang Bang.

'We should listen to some music to remember these poor souls. Dead By April sounds good about now.'

'Are you trying to make a joke as it's March right now or do you just wanna listen to Dead By April?'

'Either or Aoi, I just like the band.'

'Alright, I'll see if I can get custody of the speakers from Koneko so we don't have to listen to Rap anymore.'

'Do it. Who knew that little kitty liked that sorta music. With how she is, Emo or Grunge seems more applicable.'

'How do you even know these genres?'

'I summon myself when you are asleep sometimes to listen to your collections.'

I wonder if I should be happy or not about that?

Shaking my head roughly in realisation, I finally noticed that I didn't pay attention to the sound of the bodies dropping to the floor. Luckily there was no piles of leaves for them to fall into to make any proper kind of sound.

[~Aoi, it seems like the Fallen is going by the name Amano Yuuma. With the sun about to set, I'm guessing she'll be striking soon. Make sure you are out before it turns dark.~]

[~Right-o.~]

'I guess it's time to go all SAS on this. You remember the stance?'

'Course I do. Pistol in right hand, knife/blade in left. Cross wrists with Pistol wrist being on top.'

Switching the pistol in my left hand for the empty blade stock, I bring it across my body and slot my left wrist into place under my right wrist and break out from the surrounding shrubbery.

Moving at a slow pace, I walk towards the door of the old church. Resting against the door with my left shoulder I slowly push down on the handle with both of my hands. The large oak doors creak under the strain of being slowly pushed open. The rusting hinges screeched under the pressure alerting whoever was in the hall as a chorus of boots sound against the cold floor.

'Kid, let's just go in heavy. Burst in with Paladin.'

Paladin.

Breaking away from the door with a split second, I push harshly right back into the door again as the Paladin armour wraps itself around my lower legs, hands and neck. It's holy aura moving to coat my whole body in a white glow as I move into the hall of the church face to face with at least 20 Priests.

Tch. I'm gonna have to use the Knight Speed, perhaps they'll take the Holy energy as an Angel sent to get rid of them from a church.

"White Exorcist? There was only one made right?"

"Yeah Yeah, a top exorcist had it made. Pretty sure it was a Father though."

"Hmm...You mean Father Firebird?"

"The guy who had it made for his daughter?"

"Then she is...?!"

Ah … Otou-san was that well-known huh? Well, the Devil even heard of him specifically so I guess this is within reason too.

"Yo Greg, you know F.F. right? How old should his daughter be?"

"Uhh … 15 or 16. Looks about right too."

Yeah, now this really doesn't sound good. Once you go rogue, standard rules of thumb kinda fly right outta the window. You broke one rule, might as well break them all while you are at it. I guess that's what these guys go by.

Bang Bang Bang

A burst shot was fired somewhere in the room and I feel them strike against the white coating on my left thigh. Completely unable to break through the aura alone.

That works, they can only beat me in close combat or perhaps a hail of bullets. I could simply bound around and shoot them all but that's no fun.

[~Aoi, leave now! They caught wind of you and finished up already.~]

Hmm … not doing that just yet.

"Freed, what are you doing?!"

"Eh~? Does it matter? The weaker we make her, the more fun we can have~."

In a disgusting sense, I understand what he means.

Breaking forward, I flick the switch on the Light blade and its white hot energy blazes into life. Catching their undivided attention, I squeeze the trigger on the pistol in my right hand twice. All I can really bank on is their cohesion to save myself from a hail of bullets.

'Aoi, we have spare Light Blades right?'

'Yeah, I have three left at home after breaking one already.'

'Putting your ability to break Light aside, we should overload this one and run. The other two Fallen are on their way back and I can sense the two here beginning to stir. One big ass Shakkoukan.'

'So we are leaving then.'

'You take that from it? Where is the excited anticipation on seeing a Shakkoukan at a grand scale?!'

'Even though I have spares I don't want to just throw them away, even if it helps me escape.'

'Hmm … Well the explosion won't hurt you so hunker down then steal a few on the way out?'

'While that doesn't completely make me feel better, stealing from these guys does sound fun.'

Skidding to a slight stop, I twisted my wrist 45 degrees counter-clockwise pointing the Light towards the ground completely straight before slotting it down into the ground and letting go of the handle allowing white and gold sparks to emanate from it violently. I could feel my eyes widen as I hunkered down nearly a foot away from the handle as the all too familiar ball of incandescent light forms at the connection with the ground. Slight scorching of the ground, small wisps of smoke rise from the ground before the light flashes forcing me to close my eyes and that was when it happened.

A small but heavy sounding vibration before a- BANG!

The ball of light expanded and exploded, I couldn't feel the heat but I could feel the wind that was whipping itself up throughout the church hall. A whistle follows with the wind, I could hear the acknowledgement in the whistle.

'Open eyes. Pilfer the Priests. Return to Base. Thank the brat for the spare dimension. Then report that we blew the church up.'

'...Wait! Blew it up?'

Feeling the light on my eyelids dying down, I slowly opened my eyes to the destruction that we had made.

The pews had become piles of ash scattered across the hall. The windows shattered, fragments of the stained glass littered inside and out. The already crumbling wooden beams had collapsed and the roof was under the strain from their loss threatening to fall at any moment. Charred bodies lying around, shreds of burnt, once white cloth scattered around like a puzzle.

Not really having the time to admire it myself, I picked myself up from the ground and look for Light Blades that were still operable and pocketed them into the spare dimension.

"So … how big was the explosion?"

"You want the real answer or a lie?"

"So it was a huge explosion then."

"You betcha ass it was. Putting it simply, there is a chance that we may have to erase some memories."

Picking up all that were operable, I dismissed my sacred gear and switched back to the school uniform and jumped back up onto the tree that I used to watch over the area and then started to jump from branch to branch to get back to the old school building at Kuoh Academy.

[~Aoi, what in Lucifer's name was that explosion?~]

And so the King calls.

[~That it? No asking if I'm ok, it was an explosion of Holy energy you know. I may be resistant but not that resistant.~]

[~You are injured?!~]

[~No, not at all. Just for future reference. Anyway, me and Ho-oh found out an overpowered technique to beat Raiser with.~]

[~You mean the explosion?~]

[~What else would I mean?~]

[~Just get back here now. I want to hear why you didn't return as soon as I told you to.~]

Oh great … no thanks for reducing the enemy numbers, just a warning that I'm gonna get scolded. And she is meant to be a Gremory?

And so, the day my life would take a sour, more perverted turn was the day I found out that I could turn sword handles into bombs and in turn, exploding projectiles.

Despite being out of sorts, i still feel like i got together a good chapter.

The full extent of the damage will be shown but of course, that is all in due time.
Plus this kinda brings out more of what Aoi is like.
She is typically quieter but when with people she knows, she opens up although it's not really that great.
She is pretty sarcastic unless she really likes you, like Koneko for example.
Aoi treats Koneko like gold. I mean who wouldn't treat Moe Goldness like gold?

My preferences aside, I'll get back to it all for next week and that harem list someone asked for.
Harem = Koneko and Ravel. That's it for confirmed members. Sona and Serafall are both plausible, I'll work on them for next chapter.
Whoever asked for Gabriel, that's impossible. Seraph of her level being lesbian or bi? Yeah ... no, i may be crazy but unlike some authors i won't flip it all.

Ciao~