Welcome back, y'all. Well, this is rather early, is it not? I decided to make up slightly for my lack of updates, so I decided to do this chapter double-quick. It's more like a filler chapter, but with this, you'll have more of an idea why (Spoiler Alert!) Akeno decides on being more aggressive on Kane (in a dirty way, obviously) late on in the FF. Anywho, on to a rather unusual meeting! One request though... REVIEWS! I NEHD REVIEWS! MOAR REVIEWS! Reason: More reviews = Me getting better at writing = better fanfiction = people happy.

The laughter in the room slowly faded as Kane proceeded to head back to class. "Well, I suppose I should head back now. I wouldn't want any of them worrying about me now, do we?" Kane said with a half-hearted chuckle.

"Well, no we don't. Especially Akeno-san, right?" Souna asked interestedly.

Kane swiveled around at Souna once again. "Erhm… well, yes I guess so." Kane responded quite gawkily. 'Oh well, you win some, you lose some.' Kane thought idly. "Actually, the bigger question in mind is who witnessed my… er… 'dilemma' with the trio?"

"You're not intending to hurt them, are you Kane-san?" Souna asked.

"Oh no, nothing of the sort. I just want to talk with them and praise on their correct of use vocabulary." Kane said with reassurance. "Perhaps even make friends with them. After all, I think I may have won their respect if they are girls." Kane added, although somewhat as a reconsideration.

"Ah I see, but unfortunately I haven't seen them around much so we'll have to dig around a bit for who they are. Would you like it if we did that?" Souna asked. Kane quickly held his arms up and waved his hands, dismissing Souna's request.

"No no no, don't worry at such a thing. It's better not to make a fuss out of it." Kane replied. "Anyhow, I really do think it's time to go. So… I'll er… see you guys around, I guess." He said as he waved at the club members.

"Kane-kun, hold on!" Kane heard Tsubaki exclaim. Kane noted the sudden use of 'kun', as Akeno used it as well.

'Uh oh, don't tell me Tsubaki ACTUALLY has a crush on me. That just makes things worse!' Kane worriedly thought. "Yes, Tsubaki-san? What is it that you require?" Kane asked courteously as he turned around to face Tsubaki. 'Bloody hell, I really do have to turn around a lot, don't I?' Kane wearily thought.

"Well, I was thinking maybe you and Souna-san could play a game of… chess, I guess." Tsubaki asked rather timidly.

"Chess? Why chess? Why now, out of all times? It is lesson time, right?" Kane queried. Right then and there, the door to the club room swung open to both a familiar and unfamiliar sight, at least to Kane. There stood the ever elegant and beautiful Akeno, but there was someone else with her. A girl just as tall, just as elegant, but with one exception. She had fiery red hair that was quite messy in Kane's opinion. What it means by 'quite messy' is illustrated at Kane's thought after he registered how stunning the red-head looked: 'WHAT IS WRONG WITH HER HAIR? DID SHE BRUSH IT, LIKE, TWO YEARS AGO?!' Kane had to urge up the utmost strength to not actually blurt his thought aloud.

"Rias, well, I didn't expect you to come this early." Souna said with slight surprise as her attention turned towards the two at the door. "What brings you so here so prompt, you seem a little jittery." And indeed she was, Kane could read her body language and she was quite jumpy.

'Slightly impatient pose, tapping foot, heavier breathing than normal… why is she so nervous?' Kane thought enquiringly.

"Yes, I suppose I am a little tense… but for good reason. Nevertheless, I think we should start discussi- oh! Hello there!" The red-head known as Rias started speaking, but quickly noticed Kane and changed her attention to him and gave him a little wave. Kane returned it by nodding. He didn't feel like bowing, not if she was anything like Akeno.

"Morning." Was all Kane had said, which caused Rias to be a little disappointed, which clearly showed on her face.

"I suppose you're Kane Skor? You've made quite the impression Kuoh, and it's not even your second week!" Rias exclaimed, removing the upset expression and adding a cheery tone instead.

"'What you do teaches more than what you say', after all. My reputation seems to have preceded me." Kane said very matter-of-factly. "You seem to know me, but I don't know you, care to elaborate on the subject?" Rias was caught off-guard at the sophistication of Kane's question, however, she recomposed herself swiftly.

"My name is Rias Gremory, I am the President of the Occult Research Club an-" Rias began to introduce herself, but was interrupted by Kane.

"I'm sorry, what? Come again? Occult Research Club?" Kane questioned with a very confused look.

"Well, yes, Occult Research Club. Why are you so surprised?" Rias asked with the same confused expression.

"So you're the President of a club that analyzes supernatural practices and/or phenomena?"

"Affirmative."

"Really?"

"I'm pretty sure."

"… Alright then, if you say so." Kane said as he gave up trying to convince Rias that a club that researches haunted stuff in a school was abnormal. "Continue."

"My father is the owner of the school, so although I am not of the School Council, I do have power to some degree." Rias explained. Kane's iciness had left… partly. As such, he gave a courteous bow. Akeno, Rias and Tsubaki giggled at the same time, which made Kane cut his bow short.

"Well then, pleasure to make acquaintance, Ms. Gremory." Kane replied, with a little less maliciousness in his voice than previously.

"Likewise, Kane-san, just call me Rias though, it'll become strange calling me 'Ms. Gremory'." Rias said with chuckle. "And I suppose you've met my Vice President, Akeno?" This tempted Kane to bring the unfriendliness back to his voice, but he decided against it, determining a more cynical approach.

"Yes… unfortunately, so." Kane replied.

"Hi, Kane-kun! Fancy meeting you here." Akeno finally spoke, being quiet the whole time Rias and Kane had been conversing. Kane mentally noted Akeno as being obedient to Rias.

"Right." Kane said icily, he couldn't keep the meanness out of his voice anymore. Akeno still kept a stupid smile on her face, which annoyed Kane even more.

"Alright, now that we have met each other, how about that game of chess?" Souna suddenly said out of nowhere, which brought Kane back into the situation at hand.

"Okay, why in the world in the middle of the day, when I should clearly be attending lessons, be playing chess?" Kane asked sardonically.

"We need to test you, Kane-kun." Tsubaki commented.

"Test me? On what?"

"You'll find out soon, but for now, just play on." Rias said. "Souna, I trust you'll be playing first."

"Wait, I'm playing all of you?" Kane asked, suddenly nervous.

"Just me, Tsubaki-san, Souna and Akeno-san." Rias replied.

"No, don't worry Rias, I think you should go first." Souna said to Rias.

"Very well, Saji-kun, could you get the pieces?" Rias asked Saji.

"Why does have to me? Why can't Tsubasa do it?" Saji grumbled.

"Saji, watch it. Just do what we tell you to do." Souna warned Saji. He moaned and walked over to a cupboard, fumbled around in it for a few seconds and then pulled out a box. He put it down on a nearby glass table.

"There, happy?" Saji said sarcastically.

"Saji, how abou-" Souna was about to scold, when Kane took matters into his own hands.

"Don't worry, I'll ready the board myself." Kane said. He quickly took out the glass board and put it down. He slowly took out the foam of which the pieces were inserted. The first thing he noticed was that instead of traditional black and white pieces, there was red and white pieces instead. Kane ignored it as purely as aesthetical and carefully positioned each piece in its corresponding place. HE was done within a minute and a bit. "There, done." He pulled two chairs at each end of the table, sat in one and then invited over Rias to the board.

"Ara ara, what a gentleman, standing up for Saji-kun." Akeno remarked as Rias made her way to the table.

"I agree, you're certainly one type of person I don't see very often, Kane-san." Rias added, to which Kane blushed slightly, but quickly recomposed himself so that no one would notice.

"Yeah, I gotta hand it to you man, you're alright." Saji also commented, and this time more welcoming and with an awkward smile.

"It was nothing, really. Now let us begin with the game." Kane impatiently said as Rias took her seat.

"Tell me something, Kane-san. How confident are you?" Rias asked with an evil smile.

"To be honest, I'm not." Kane retorted. "So let's see if I can size you down to my size." He added with an equally malevolent smile. The Game started as Kane took the first move, being white. [A/N: If you don't know chess board numbers, just search up 'Scholar's Mate' on Google, you should see how Kane beat Rias. In all other cases, I'm not going to mention Kane's strategy since they will take far too long.] He moved his King's pawn to square E4. Rias copied him moved by moving hers to E5, however, Kane countered by taking his King-side bishop up to C4. Rias copied her again by moving hers to C5.

"Is that your strategy? Just copying my moves?" Kane asked sarcastically. "Try a little harder, will you?"

"Oh shut up, Kane-san." Rias retorted. Kane moved his Queen up to H5. Rias takes her King-side knight out in an attempt to remove Kane's Queen.

"All to no avail, sadly. Nice try, Rias. Check…" Kane said while chuckling as he moved his Queen up to take Rias' F7 pawn. "…mate." Kane finished. The room suddenly filled with a chorus of "Whoa!"s. Rias gawped at the sheer quickness of how Kane beat her so quickly. She looked at the board, then back to Kane, and then back to the board.

"Um… wow. That was… something." Rias said, slightly embarrassed.

"Indeed it was! Who's next then?" Kane asked, rubbing his hands together in glee.

43 minutes Later…

The 2 other games lasted about 5-7 minutes each, Kane flawlessly defeated Akeno and Tsubaki. Kane had forgot to mention that he used to spend all of his free time back in England playing chess with William, Shaun or Rebecca. He had become proficient at the board game, and would easily become world champion if he continued his chess 'training'. Unfortunately, his allegiance to the Assassin Order would make it so that Kane is unable to ever to actually acquire that level fame. He is to silently enter the living room, do his part to keep humanity's dinner table safe, eat nothing, then quietly leave again, the prompt and swift guest he is. That is what Assassins do, they come and go, affect millions of lives with the touch of a ghost, and those millions never even know, much less give thanks. Kane knew this fully well, that he is only one in a million Assassins fighting against the Templars. Insignificant… for now.

Insignificant as he is, Kane certainly found Souna's game very interesting. She lasted the longest, and last long she did! 31 minutes, in fact. They had been playing relentless against each other, and at the end Souna had been left with only her King and her only Knight. She was clearly tense, often wiping her forehead with a handkerchief. Kane was too, but he seemed to be slightly more evident on being the victor. He had 5 pawns, his King and his Bishop. [If you don't know chessboard numbers, just search up one up on Google Images. If you're not bothered, Kane checkmated Souna with Pawns and Bishop, so Souna literally got 'pawned'. Get it? No? Never mind…] He had cornered Souna's King on C8, and her knight was on H8. Kane had all pawns in the top right corner, confronting Souna's king. His Bishop was on G1, with the King next to it on F1.

"Kane-san, you do realize pawn-mates are impossible?" Souna said, trying to dishearten Kane.

"I'll believe it when I see it." Kane replied defiantly. He moved his pawn up, putting a check on Souna's King. She moved it to the side. Kane reacted by moving his bishop to F2. Souna moved her Knight forward to F7. Kane moved his Bishop to G3, which put another checkmate on Souna's King. She moved left once again, now in the corner of A8. Kane moved up one of his pawns to A6. He had another pawn right behind the A6 one. Souna moved her Knight on to stop Kane's Bishop. Kane simply moved another pawn up to A5. Souna pressed on with the Knight. Kane moved his Bishop to D4. Souna simply moved one space ahead with her King, though. "Ouch, terrible mistake." Kane mocked Souna as he moved another one of his Pawns to B6. Souna decided to retreat, but her retreat would not go well. Kane moved his pawn up to B7, and so, the game was over. "Checkmate, Souna-senpai. You lost honourably, so nice work." Kane said with a smile as he stood up from the chair. "At least you gave me more than a challenge than the others."

"Hey!" Akeno, Rias and Tsubaki exclaimed in unison. Kane chuckled as he took it upon himself to leave.

"Wow… I never knew pawn-mates were possible until today…" Souna said, slightly in a daze as she continued studying the chessboard.

"Well, you know now. Now I REALLY think I should be headed off now, the teachers might get annoyed with you for keeping in here for so long, so I'll see you later then. Have a nice day you all of you." Kane said as he opened the door. Everybody said goodbye, and so, he left the room. Souna, or better known as Sona in this case, and Rias decided to have their 'important conversation' now.

"That Kane-kun really is something…" Rias commented as strode over to Sona.

"I have… never even seen strategic skills as powerful as his… where in the world did he learn to play chess like that?" Sona asked no one in particular.

"I told you that he was fascinating, Buchou." Akeno said with a giggle.

"Although didn't tell me that he was strategic genius as well as being an extremely powerful individual." Rias remarked.

"Well… I didn't know that much about him. He didn't seem too eager to talk to me, sadly." Akeno replied, albeit rather sadly, which was a very rare sight.

"That might be a problem… I think you should take him in to your peerage as soon as you can, Rias." Souna suggested.

"I think you're right… in that case… Akeno, you have a mission to do." Rias said firmly. At this sentence, Akeno instantly knew what she had to do, and her mood lifted ten-fold.

"Oh I'll have so much fun doing this…" She said with rather a sadistic yet warped smile.