Vali sat at his normal spot at one end of the long dinner table, looking down at the practical feast that had been assembled there for the residence's breakfast, especially a plate of powdered cinnamon rolls. One of his personal favorites.

The dragon wielding Devil tried to sneak one while no one was looking only to receive a hit from a rice serving spoon on the back of his knuckle. Vali's arm snapped back as pain shot through his fingers, making him bite down on a swear.

"You know the rules, no eating until everyone gets here." Le Fay Pendragon said, waving the offending weapon at the half-Devil. The relatively tiny blond thirteen-year-old girl was wearing her usual bright blue witches uniform that looked like something out of a kid's tv show as she looked at Vali with what was probably meant to be a disapproving look but couldn't have been taken very seriously.

"Yeah yeah." Vali said, keeping his voice steady and stopping himself from sucking on his throbbing fingers. Why was it that he could take a hit that could level a house without batting an eye, but a little girl wielding a flat wooden spoon could cause such pain. He swore that she put some of her fairy magic into that wooden spoon.

Rejected, Vali leaned back in his seat. If he was going to be waiting he might as well get comfortable.

Still, he couldn't help but to grumble to himself how unfair it was. After all, someone at the table was already eating.

No one bothered to try and stop Ophis from stuffing her face with all the best desserts. Then again, it would take a fairly brave man to try to stop the Infinite Dragon God from doing anything. Regardless of how she chose to appear, having taken the form of a twelve-year-old girl with long black hair in a purplish gothic loli dress, everyone was still aware of just how powerful she was; blowing up all of Japan wouldn't even take her an entire afternoon.

Well, once Vali defeated the Great Red and became the new White Dragon God, then he wouldn't have to wait for anyone else either. That was the entire reason he had agreed to join the Khaos Brigade after all. Well… that, and to act as one of Azazel's spies, and keep an eye on his little brother and the boy's girlfriends.

Though that proved hardly necessary as the three of them could more than take care of themselves. They were so competent that it was downright scary. If he wanted proof of that, all he'd have to do is look out the window at the city that was build up around their small mansion, and the luminous purple sky that incased the little pocket dimension that Rin had made for it.

In the two years since Yuri Astaroth, or as she preferred to be known, Tohsaka Rin, had joined the Khaos Bridage, she had used her resourcefulness, Saber's charisma and Bran's cooking to create her own personal organization, which she called the Kaleidoscope. It was a community of nearly seven hundred individuals of varying races, not including the treaties she had with others as part of her spy networks, which may have been tiny compared to the millions that the Old Devil Faction had built up over the past few hundreds of years, but was still nothing to scoff at considering the time frame. All of it housed in a miniature world of her own creation that could be accessed from within the house she owned in Kuoh, right under everyone's noses.

The spells and barriers guarding it were of Rin's own design, and were so separated from normal reality, that it was completely undetectable from the outside and almost impossible to interact with even if you knew it was there. Brute forcing your way in simply couldn't be done. Rin said it was a completely autonomous security system. Words that she eventually regretted when Bikou noticed the abbreviation and loving dubbed the system "Rin's ASS".

Vali and Bikou had shared many a joke about the abbreviation, saying that 'Rin's ASS is so tight that no one could get in it', or 'Rin's ASS is impenetrable', or Bikou personal favorite 'Rin's ASS is so big, you could fit an entire city in it'. It was too bad that Rin herself didn't find these jokes funny, but you know what they say, 'it was better to lol and getting beaten up by a little girl with a tight ass then to have never lolled at all'.

As much fun as it was to make fun of, that barrier was the real deal. Numerus members of other Factions within Khaos Brigade had attempted to get in, but all failed. Rin had guaranteed that even her uncle, Ajuka Beelzebub, would be unable to enter her space without her clearance, saying that it surpassed even the system used to protect his personal lab.

Sure, it wasn't as versatile as Georg's Longinus, the Dimensional Lost, since the boundaries of her artificial space were fixed and had taken weeks to set up rather than seconds, but the Dimensional Lost was the fourth most powerful Sacred Gear and was a miracle among miracles. And then, only its Balance Breaker could create new dimensions, and only for as long as Georg's stamina held up, whereas Rin's ASS wasn't going anywhere, as it siphoned off of the Leyline in order to maintain its power.

Even among the Gods, the kind of magic required to pull off the creation of an entire world was rare, and among the Devils it was believed that only Ajuka and perhaps Mephisto Pheles had the knowhow to pull it off. Though if anyone asked Rin about it, she would shrug it off saying that it was no big deal before going off on a tangent about how such a thing still followed the same logic as the reality and couldn't be compared to a 'True Magic'.

Many would probably say it was an awful lot of security. However, considering many of the members of the Kaleidoscope were considered wanted criminals by one or more Factions, it was a necessary level of security.

Vali was broken out of his musings by one such wanted criminal. One who was very dangerous to him at this particular time. "Vali!" Kuroka, Rin's bishop piece, whined, as the cat youkai draped her arms around the gray-haired half-devil, pulling his head backwards into her soft pillows. Vali didn't need to look around to know that she was not wearing her normal clothes. And whatever outfit she had on, it didn't have much in the way of material. "Why did you put all those spells on your room last night? I wanted so badly to visit with you, but you just won't let me in."

Her voice didn't have its normal seductive tones. No, it was more desperate than seductive, and Vali knew why. He could smell it. "I put up those spells specifically to keep you out. You're in heat again, and I'm not interested." Vali said, his tone of voice controlled, as if the fact that an extremely hot cat girl literally climbing all over him was nothing to get excited over.

"But Vali, I want to have kittens!" Kuroka whimpered.

"Then find someone else. There are too many Lucifers in the world as it is." Vali said with a small scoff. If it was up to Vali, the Lucifer blood line would end with him, and his father and grandfather would die by his hands.

The only problem was, that during her cycles, Kuroka became very strongly fixated on the idea of having little baby dragon kitties. It only lasted a few days, but it was a strange mixture of paradise and torture for Vali, as he tried to stave off the determined woman.

She didn't accept this rejection any better than she had accepted any of the others.

Kuroka whirled around Vali in order to sit in his lap, giving him his first good look at her that morning. His long black hair hadn't been dressed up in its normal style and instead fell down over she shoulders in an attractive, chaotic manner, and the dress she was waring was so thin, that Vali had a hard time deciding if it should be called pink, or that it was too transparent to be said to properly have a color. Either way, nothing was left up to the imagination as Vali could look down past her smiling face, through the rift of her large bosom, and down to her open legs, revealing that she wasn't wearing any panties.

Vali suppressed a gulp, trying to fight against his inner demons and keep control of his raging hormones. He managed to keep the same detached and cocky smile he always had on, maintaining his cool, but Kuroka wasn't giving up yet.

She leaned forward and… well… licked him. Her tongue started at his collarbone and slowly made its way up to his right ear, tickling at the earlobe for a second before she breathed heavily into his ear. "How about we go back to my room and I can show you just how worthy a woman I am." She whispered to him in a panting breath. Vali wanted to say that it wasn't about 'her worthiness', but he didn't trust himself to open his mouth. Then, Kuroka pulled off the finisher, taking one of Vali's hands and guiding it to her firm, beautiful ass. He could feel the base of her tail twitching against his fingers.

Dammit! His one true weakness! He… cannot resist… the booty!

Kuroka knew that she was breaking through his resistances. She could feel the man shiver underneath her, and his 'dragon' harded into a solid metal pole between her legs. She was going to break him and finally have her dragon kittens.

*Clang!*

Kuroka's world spun around her as she reached up to grab at her now throbbing head, feeling the oncoming lump. She turned her head to see Bran standing behind her holding a frying pan, a very displeased look on her face.

"Kuroka, how many times have I told you, not to do things like this in front of the children!" Bran said, pointing his frying panning in the direction of Ophis, Swan and Le Fay. Vali was too glad for the rescue to point out that Ophis was older than the planet. She was naive as a child anyways. Both the Infinite Dragon God and the Pawn were watching the scene with rather blank expressions, while the littler Pendragon had her hands half covering a face that was rapidly turning red as she peeked at them between her fingers.

"But Shirou! My little pussy is so needy!" Kuroka whimpered loudly, sounding like she was on the verge of tears.

"I don't care, now either control yourself and put on some clothes or you are going to be eating nothing but noodle cups for the rest of the week!" Bran shouted at her.

Kuroka immediately stiffened at the threat. Even her hormone clouded mind still registered that some things could not be jeopardized. The catgirl dismounted from her spot on top of Vali and quickly used her magic to replace her completely inappropriate attire with her usual clothes, which were only mildly inappropriate. With black sorceress parody of a shrine maiden's dress still showed off a lot of T&A, but things were still technically covered.

"Maybe next time you will remember to wait till you aren't at Shirou's table before you try to drag the boy back to your lair." Haku laughed from her own chair at the table, teasing her friend.

Haku was beautiful in her own way, though her body wasn't as curvy as Kuroka's. The twenty-two-year-old demi-kami rocked the 'girl next door look' with her shorter cut sandy brown hair and copper colored eyes. Unlike most of the people from the mystical side of the world, she preferred to walk around dressed in shorts and a tank top.

Usually one wouldn't see the young woman without a bottle of sake in hand, however Shirou brought down the hammer when it came to her drinking at breakfast.

Not because of moral reasons or because she was a bad influence, but rather because he said that the alcohol didn't go with the food, and that if he was going to be cooking their meals, they were going to enjoy them the way he intended them to. Shirou was usually pretty layback, but in the kitchen and dining room, he was a wrathful god, and it was best to do whatever you need to in order to appease him.

With everyone accounted for, they all took their seats and breakfast finally began. "I don't think I'm ever going to get used to this." Siegfried said as he watched his housemates gorging themselves.

Ophis, Saber, Kuroka, Haku, Swan and Vali all ate more than a dozen full grown men at each and every meal. It was a small wonder that Shirou and Le Fay managed to keep up with cooking for all of them. The spread that covered the table should have been enough to feed a hundred people, with plenty to spar, but the demonic swordsman knew that it was all going to be picked clean within the hour.

"Just think of it as dinner and a show." Bikou said with a shrug as the monkey youkai worked at his own food. "Oh man, Shirou, these banana crumpets are incredible."

"Thank you, but it was actually Le Fay who made those." Shirou said as he took one of the crumpets for himself. "Hm, it really is good. You're getting better, Le Fay."

"Thank you, Senpai." Le Fay said cheerfully, not noticing her older brother giving Shirou a death glare. "Do you want to try one, Arthur?"

The older brother blinked in surprise before smile. "Ah, yes. Of course." He said taking one of the baked goods.

Damn, it really was good. As much as he despised Bran, Arthur would have to admit that his sister had become quite the little chef under his guidance.

Having finished eating his reasonably sized portion, Siegfried pushed himself back and looked over towards the head of the table where Rin sat. "So, did anyone come forward and confess to having sent that black winged bitch after the Boosted Gear?" He asked her.

"No. None of the other groups within the brigade are coming forward, but then again, they hardly have too. I know which idiot was behind that 'assassination attempt'." Rin said.

"Is that so." Siegfried said with a rather unpleasant smirk. "You want us to rough them up?"

"No. I plan on confronting them myself later." Rin said with a shake of her head. "Besides, hate it as I might, and as stupid of an idea as it was, they did us a favor. Rias was never planning on actually adding the boy to her peerage, she just wanted to block anyone else from trying."

"Huh? Why the hell would she do that?" Bikou asked, raising a confused eyebrow. "The Boosted Gear is a good pick up, even if the kid is a loser."

"It's because if she did add him to her peerage, then she would have to live with herself knowing that one of the members of her peerage lost their chance at a peaceful life because of her greed." Shirou said. "The Gremory family view their peerage as family, so she couldn't recruit him without going against her principles. However, if his life was targeted already, then she wouldn't be the one putting his life in danger."

"Thus someone decided to trick a Fallen Angel into thinking they were doing their kind a favor by trying to kill him, making it so that he is now aware of the Moonlit World and will start to walk the path of the Crimson Dragon Emperor." Vali said, with a small grin. "Good. I hope he get strong quickly." He was choosing to ignore the fact that if the Fallen Angel had actually been a competent assassin, then they would have had to wait for the Boosted Gear wielder to be reborn again in order to go through with their plans.

"Vali, I'm sorry to break it to you, but I've seen this kid. He's a natural born weakling even by human standards. I'm taking almost no magical potential at all. He'll never be a worthy opponent for you." Bikou said, shaking his head.

"That's where you're wrong. As I am the Strongest White Dragon Emperor, and he is my rival, how can he fail to become anything but the strongest." Vali said, sounding sure of it. He wouldn't allow fate to deprive him of the chance of fighting a real Crimson Dragon Emperor.

"Frankly, I don't care either way. If he has woken up the Boosted Gear, then that means Mr. the Blessed here can grab its blue print and we can start moving towards the real action." Siegfried said, licking his lips at the thought of all the battles that were to come.

It had been the plan since Shirou had first noticed Issei's Boosted Gear nearly a month ago. Using his abilities, Shirou would learn how the Boosted Gear worked and then recreate it's miracle and connecting it to Albion, giving Vali the power of both the Divine Divide and the Boosted Gear, making him a powerhouse that could actually make a difference in the struggle between Ophis and the Great Red.

"Not yet. It's still too early." Rin said taking a long sip from her coffee.

"And why's that?" Siegfried asked, not too happy about having to keep waiting.

Rin rolled her eyes at the battle hungry idiot. "Whenever a new user of the Boosted Gear starts out, it is worse than the average Twice Critical and only possesses the ability to double the users power once and only for a limited period of time. However, the weapon evolves due to its connection to Ddraig's soul and its wielder. This is way each time the Sacred Gear appears it is unique, even though they all come from the same blueprint. If we want Shirou to make a copy that has all of the Boosted Gear's powers, then we would need to wait for its current user to obtain them himself, including the Balance Breaker."

"You can't be serious! That could take years!" Siegfried complained.

"If he doesn't reach it then we will just have to do without. 'Lord' Beelzebub contacted me, saying that they are accelerating their plans. We have until the end of Spring to try and get the Boosted Gear as far as we can." Rin said with a shrug.

"That gives us about three months to do what should take five years." Shirou pointed out, scratching at his chin.

"I suppose that just means we are going to have to find a way to light a fire underneath there asses." Rin said with a slightly whimsical smile. "Sorry Rias, but I've got a schedule to keep. It's your own fault for wasting a whole month."


Now is around the time I expect everyone to be confused.

I'm going to explain how Rin and Company ended up working for Ophis within the next few chapters. The basic idea is that everyone that was once Vali's group is now Rin's group as Vali now works for her.

I also updated the last chapter, adding in the fact that Bran the Blessed was a Nephilim. The logic here being that in his legend he was said to be a 'giant', however Nephilim is actually the word for giant, and that his status as a giant was a mistranslation.


Rin's peerage:

Saber - Queen (1 queen + 1 rook + 1 knight = 17 pawns)

Shirou - Rook (1 rook + 1 knight + 1 bishop + 5 pawns = 16 pawns)

Kuroka (Secret) - Bishop (1 bishop = 3 pawns)

Swan - Pawn (1 pawn)

Haku (Secret)- Pawn (1 pawn)


Not part of Rin's peerage, but still work for/with her:

Le Fay Pendragon - Rin's (evil) apprentice

Arthur Pendragon - Le Fay's brother

Seigfried - Sold his soul to Shirou in order to restore Gram to the state it was in when it belonged to Sigmund, Sigurd/Siegfried's father before it was destroyed and reforged as the Gram used to slay the dragon Fafnir in a single strike

Vali - Shirou's brother

Bikou - Guest

Ophis - You'll find out