Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!

Gabriel790; Thank you!

Tritan; Thanks, I always try my best with the fighting scenes. It was pretty cool, huh, and yeah, here's the next chapter!

Mr Beaver Buttington; I know that, but that's what it has said in canon. It can heal injuries, including holes in bodies quite easily, but it can't restore organs or bloodloss, yet has been shown to heal holes in peoples bodies before.

Hellspam; Firstly, thanks! I'm glad that you did! Jeanne's Balance Breaker probably will be her canon one, I might have her be able to wrap the swords around her in like an armour as well, but I'm not sure yet. I know, imagine them two meeting, it is going to be quite explosive, huh. You read my mind, I was thinking of having them be best friends. They certainly are going to be in for a surprise later on. I am going to toy with the idea in the next chapter, and see how it goes. It does make for some comedy moments, and I agree, if Ise can power up from breasts, why can't Jeanne from promises of spanking or something like that.

DocSlendy; Well, he isn't completely stupid, and this was more taking advantage of the situation. Yeah, she appears in this chapter!

BlueBlade87; Yup, we get to meet his Mom this chapter! Hehe, I have to keep the cuteness level high~ Yup, Jeanne is his Knight now, and even Xenovia and Irina made appearances this chapter! More of them will come in the future! True, she's not in love with a pervert, but someone who is quite different, eccentric, but not a pervert like Issei. Valerie is going to be appearing very soon, do not worry about that~ I am thinking around chapter 11 so quite soon.

Skull Flame; True enough, a kind smile doesn't mean a kind person behind the smile, and you're right about that. Yup, that's quite tense right now, but it is going to get better in the future, and yeah, his Mother does believe him. Yeah, this chapter reveals a surprise alright~ I dunno about love, but maybe a tiny crush. And yeah, Xenovia is quite perspective about such things, it seems. Hmmm, that's a good question, and it will be revealed as the story goes along~ We've got to only hope…well, this chapter has the answer for you, huh~ Those sound like some awesome ideas, I will have to take them into consideration! Hehe, that would be quite funny to see, wouldn't it? Koneko jealous of him being famous in the Familiar Forest~ You're right about that, if Issei could do it in canon, why can't Zenki? And yeah, that's a possibility! And thank you!

Duked; Thank you! Eventually, he will do, but right now, he has a right to be quite angry, after everything his Father had said. Yeah, they've been there for quite a while now, ya know hehe~ Well maybe so, but this way, they'll be better utilized than they were in canon, at least in my opinion anyway. In canon they were, in this they aren't. That's the beauty of fanfiction, you can change things like this. Eeh, I think a Pawn is kinda better for Kunou, with the things I have planned for her in the future, the same for Gasper and why he's a she in this.

Harem Master123; Thanks! Yeah, it seems like something is going to happen to Asia…to see what, you're gonna have to read~ Yeah, some future characters are gonna be cool to incorporate, it is going to be fun! And cool suggestions!

Blue Eyes Pendulum Dragon; Yeah, they'll be appearing more frequently in the future. You're right, she kind of does, doesn't she? Don't worry, in this they are going to get a lot of time to shine in this story. Hmmm, that's a good question, what does he want to achieve? It will be revealed as the story goes on. Hehe, I can imagine something like that happening, actually. It would make sense for that to happen in the future. He'll be getting kissed by Ophis eventually, they'll even have a lemon between them someday. Well, here's the next chapter!

ShadowUzumaki55; He doesn't, does he? He's quite…well, everyone knows what he is. That scene was pretty cool, wasn't it? Jeanne using her Sacred Gear against Diodora was a fun part to write. It was harsh, but Zenki received the same treatment from his Father, even if the world isn't an eye for an eye, his anger is quite justified considering how many years Diodora has been getting away with what he's been doing in his life. Yup, she's appearing in this chapter! I thought that showing them would be a good little teaser for their future interactions. Yeah, it does show that, doesn't it? Even people like Kuroka and Ravel, who are quite at each other's necks, find themselves being able to cooperate with one another like this. I'm glad that you did, and you'll see what happens with that this and next chapter~

Dragonsayianblue; Hehe, things certainly are firing up, aren't they? She can see the good in people, I thought that it would be something a holy maiden like Jeanne would be able to do. Yeah, I've been thinking about replacements for her, though it isn't such a huge role anyway, just someone to be there to fill in for her. That sounds pretty cool. And that's Kuroka for you, she can make most people like that, can't she? Well, they sent those two to retrieve Excalibur despite the fact that they are supposed to be very important items to the Church, so I guess they send whoever they think is necessary. Yup, he's gonna get two in one! I have some familiars in mind, and that sounds pretty cool. And thank you!

LL; Hehe, that would be pretty funny, a double headache for the pair of them. And you're right, even in canon she couldn't shake them off, even if she knew they would hurt, she would just do it regardless. He does love his Father, but he finds it difficult talking with him, especially after everything that has happened.

Guest 1; Hehe, I can only imagine how that would go down. Xenovia and Zenki surely would be shocked, wouldn't they? That…actually could possibly happen in the future. I am thinking of having her appear there when it goes down, if only to see Xenovia becoming all shy and shocked and such.

Guest 2; I don't see why not, most of Zenki's peerage are believers in the faith, so she'd want to watch over them, plus Zenki himself. And yeah, he's gonna have his own club and technically do need some kind of adviser.

Tamm; Thanks! You'll have to read and see!

Guest 3; Hmmm, I haven't fully decided that yet, though I do have some good ideas for his club. You're right about that, it does seem like that would happen, can't have the perverted students trying to do things with Zenki and his peerage, considering half of them are actually innocent people. Hmmm, I will think about it~

Guest 4; Does it? It's meant to show that he's close to people, like he wouldn't use it on, Diodora's name or someone else he doesn't like. It's to display a childlike attitude, despite the maturity that he does display half, if not most of, the time.

Guest 5; Hmmm, that actually sounds like a cool idea. I don't see why she wouldn't be able to produce something like that, even if it is on a weaker version. Kiba in canon can make Dragon Slayer swords, so why not other types of holy swords as well, as long as she studies it and all. It is pretty cool, and yeah I can totally see that happening as well. I mean, I don't see why she couldn't. I know heaven modified one for Irina to use in canon, so someone like Jeanne should at least be able to wield something like that. I can see that happening actually. Valerie would do something like that. A Balance Breaker, I haven't decided fully, but I am running through some ideas. And that sounds cool as well, thanks for the ideas!

Anime PJ; That's very crippling, isn't it? Something could happen, but what? I'm glad that you liked it! And I try my best with the fight scenes, they aren't exactly my forte so I try my best with them. I usually would do, like with Asia, but I also like the element of surprise, Valerie is probably going to be the same, but that's where their stories begin, like Jeanne in the last chapter begins as well and I suppose some in this chapter as well. If you thought he was funny this chapter, wait until you see what happens this and next chapters, it is going to be very entertaining, I think so at least. That pretty much sums it up, though Ajuka does have a redeeming scene in the next chapter. I thought adding them for future interactions would be a good thing to do. Hehe you never know, she might very well feel like that when it is done with. And yeah, it pretty much does mean that~ Well, you'll see some of that this chapter! Well, there's something's that are going to go wrong, then right and all that~ I hope you enjoy~

Guest 6; Eeh, maybe in the future I could. I haven't watched all of the Fate series and haven't played the games yet, so I can't give you a full answer for that, but when I have, I will give it a think over. But that does sound quite good to me, I quite like it! Yup, she appears in this chapter, and she's certainly going to be quite, fun to do~

Akeno best waifu; That's actually something I was thinking about. In canon, she did it relatively quickly for Issei, and in this, Zenki and Akeno have known one another for years now, so it is more plausible for her to do it in the future. Hehe, she's going to be the person that does tease the harem members~ And those suggestions would be funny to write~

Neonlight01; Yeah, Jeanne's seeing through that straight away~ She won't let anyone try anything with her, she's awesome like that. Well, there's a scene in this chapter that gives that little scenario some hope, but you'll have to read to see how that is going to go, you know? Well, this chapter does something about that. You're right about that, Xenovia is keeping the barriers up and is wondering what is going on, the same with Irina, though she was probably developing a little crush than anything else~ That's gonna be a question on everyone's mind for a little while, and it won't be answered straight away, a little mystery and all. Diodora crying was funny, and it might even more funny this chapter. You'll have to read and see that~

Guest 7; That sounds like an awesome idea to me! I love it! I will give it a think over! Tiamat wouldn't be a bad choice for her, I could see it working. Now that would be funny, it could be something of a comedy duo between then or something.

Lightwave; He certainly didn't, but Jeanne did. She saw through it, and saw his wicked ways. Hmm, what's going to happen with that~ You'll have to read and see~ It could be either one of those things, or something else~ All in due time~ Well, he shouldn't be making bad deals, they can turn around on him, evident in this chapter. And thanks!

Guest 8; Hehe, I am glad that you liked it so much~ I hope this chapter is just as epic~ Yup, you're right there, she does, and read the chapter to see how~ Ah, I actually haven't yet, but I will be doing so in the next few days, and those voice actors are doing them huh? I don't have a complaint, I like them. Hehe, yeah, I am sure that she will nail that craziness of Anna.

ShadeAkami; That certainly did happen! True enough, it would be very difficult to call their meeting faithful. More like nightmare meeting, but Jeanne set him straight. Hehe, when that beatdown happens, it is going to be epic. I have it all planned out in my head, though there is one in this chapter~ It's going to be very awesome~ Yeah, you gotta listen to Zenki or face the consequences, which Diodora does this chapter. God, I can't even, or want to, imagine what she's going to use the money on. Yeah, an eye for an eye and all that. After saying and doing (or lack there of) of what he did, he should've expected for Zenki to respond like that. Yup, he Mom does indeed believe him, and he does have a decent relationship with her. I can see why people would draw that conclusion and it did run through my head, but in the end I chose someone else, though there is going to be reason as to why I chose what I did, which will be revealed in these coming chapters. But that doesn't mean he doesn't know Tiamat, he's Ajuka's son after all, he's gonna know Tiamat somehow. Yeah, those wacky bunch keep getting themselves into adventures, even when they are only trying to relax and have a good time, but at least this time they got a powerful new member of Zenki's peerage, Jeanne! Hmm, it's speculation time with what they want with Jeanne~ And what they are going to do if they get her~ He is a pretty good tactician, considering who his Father is, it only makes sense, right? And this chapter shows how far he thinks ahead as well, even if things don't always go to plan. That is dedication, and this chapter just cements how much he has for Asia, you'll have to read and see what he does for her though, I personally think it is very sweet. Hehe, even in such a situation, Kuroka's gotta go for the penis, she needs to protect it! She probably doesn't even realize she could do something like that. Ravel kept her eyes on the prize that wasn't Zenki's manhood, she knows what is what after all. Yeah, he's got another trial, and it certainly isn't going to be easy on him, as shown in this chapter. Hmm, if that 'someone' is gonna show up, will have to be seen~ Hehe, I am such a tease~ Hmmm, maybe I will do somewhere, maybe I will do~ We'll have to wait and see~ And thank you! Here's the chapter!

AndroSid93; Thanks! I'm glad that you liked it! Hehe, I like keeping everyone on their toes, with this chapter proving as much. Wow, I know, it seems that it is popular huh~? I'm glad people are loving it so far, I am thankful for all of the support I am getting from everyone so it makes me happy! Yup, this chapter reveals who his Mother is! I don't see why not, Ajuka and Tiamat have a relationship with one another, so it would make sense for Zenki to at least know her, and be acquainted with her. And here's the update!

Absolute Mirage; Thank you on both! Hehe, yeah~ Gabriel and her observations, she'll be having a real chat with him next chapter. I thought it would be cool to show how their relationship is going. Yeah, it seems like being a Maou and a Father are two different things. Well, he needs a Knight before canon starts, and it gives me a good chance to establish a good team before canon begins and have the rest be added, kinda like Rias' team, though obviously different~ He's certainly going to be suffering physically and mentally, we'll have to see what happens~ Hmm, we'll have to wait and see if Zenki kills him or not, it could happen, though I won't spoil anything for now. Yeah, they were introduced last chapter with more of them to come in the future! Gabriel, yes, Griselda, I am unsure of at this time. And thanks, I will try my best!

Cf96; Thanks!

AlphaOmega; He really does doesn't he? But this chapter gives him a start of redemption in his sons eyes. Yup, she appears this chapter with a boom! Yeah, they'll be appearing more and more in the future~ Obviously though since they are on his peerage~ Well, her story starts here, so Jeanne being reincarnated is a good thing, Valerie will probably be the same, as it would be very difficult for Zenki and Valerie to meet before then. Don't mess with Jeanne or you're going to get stabbed, very badly. Just ask Diodora haha~ We'll have to see how that turns out~ Yeah, that sounds awesome to me!

Guest 9; Thanks! Glad you did! Hah, that would be funny to see Ophis doing something like that~

XNaruHina; Don't worry about Ravel's growth, she's going to be utilized more than the LN did. She's going to have an important role as his Bishop, and you're right about that, he did fall quite short in using Ravel correctly. You're right about him trying to save someone, give them a home which he will do with most of his peerage, if not all of them. Well, he is a child right now, and Sairaorg isn't exactly weak either, he beat the entire Gremory Team barring Issei and that was only because he got a random powerup in the middle of the match, if that didn't happen, Sairaorg probably would've won that match, so I believe he isn't really weak, and neither is Zenki really, yet he isn't like OP either, as seen in this chapter.

Guest 10; Thank you! I am happy that you do! Exactly, he's a good mix of strong but not OP or weak as a nail either. He's strong, is gonna be challenged, as shown in this chapter and the previous chapter before this one, and you're right, being a Maou's son is going to give him some extra boosts, and all. Tiamat would be a cool idea for Asia!

Guest 11; Yeah, that would be an awesome idea, wouldn't it? Zenki is the type to do something like that. Even though he can't officially get involved with Rias and her own problems, that doesn't mean that he won't try and help somehow, and he of course would want to help Akeno as well, considering that he does like her. And the date thing sounds pretty good to work in as well, it would be quite funny to write, Akeno getting excited at the prospect of getting a date with Zenki.

Well, with those lovely reviews out of the way, it is time to start the chapter!


The holy spirit and the holy nun part three

"Zenki-san…"

Asia began as she looked through the forest.

Since it was that time for Zenki to appear as he always came at ten everyday, something of a ritual to her and him. They had become friends, and maybe something more. Even without conveying words, they were always able to make the other smile.

Just looking at each other made the girl and boy smile. They couldn't explain it, they didn't know why that was. It was strange, yet a powerful feeling. She felt amazing when she was with Zenki, someone she could readily say was her best friend.

Or maybe, it was something more than that. She truly wasn't sure what it was. And she didn't say it, but she could imagine herself being near Zenki always, standing beside him. Even if she was a Nun and he was an 'Angel', she didn't see it like that. She only saw Zenki and herself.

"…"

She suddenly heard a noise coming from the left, and darted her eyes that way.

She thought that she saw someone move in the forest. It was a faint sight, and she wasn't sure if she did or not. So, she inched closer a little bit, and she could definitely make out a shadow from the distance. It was humanoid in shape, and the size, she couldn't be sure from where she was stood right now.

"Zenki-san, is that you?"

At first, she couldn't see who was there at all. She couldn't make out the person that was walking towards her. The trees blocked who it was in her vision. Since they were far away as well, Asia couldn't tell who was coming towards her.

She trudged forward, her eyes on the figure slowly approaching, wishing it to be Zenki so she could converse with him again, something she found herself doing quite frequently if she was honest with herself.

"Zenki-san, is that you? Hehe, are you playing a game."

She called again, but she didn't get an answer.

She thought that was strange, and being quite innocent, she believed that Zenki was playing a game with her. If that was the case, then she was okay with it, she liked spending time with Zenki, even playing games was okay for her.

She'd walk more and more forward as fast as she could. She moved through the trees, moving through the forests. Things would block her path, but she'd either go around them, or over them depending on how big they were.

As she got close to the person who she thought was Zenki…she was wrong.

The person who appeared wasn't Zenki at all…

No, it wasn't Zenki.

The person who appeared was Diodora himself, sporting his usual disgusting smirk on his face, it being scary to Asia. The wound on his chest could be seen, but Asia couldn't focus on that right now. All she could focus on was the face of Diodora.

"Hello, you don't know me but I am-"

"Diodora-san."

Asia came out with, surprising Diodora, shocking him even. He couldn't be more shocked right now. He had no clue that Asia knew about him. He wasn't sure if he was happy or disturbed right now. Whatever he was, he looked like a deer caught in headlights and had trouble on how to respond to Asia suddenly knowing who he was.

"Y-You know…"

Perplexity wormed its way onto Diodora's face, he could hardly believe what he was hearing right now. How did Asia know who he was? Why did she looked panicked and alarmed? Diodora held this question and more in his soul, and he wasn't truly sure what the answer would be, nor would he like the answer that Asia was going to give him, if Asia was going to give him an answer at all in fact.

Asia nodded, and took a step backwards, her eyes laced with worry and fright.

"I-I know who you are. You're a bad person who wants to hurt me!"

Asia announced as she took a step back, recalling the day she was told about Diodora in her mind…


Two weeks ago

It was a typical day for Zenki and Asia. They were just sat on the ground, talking with one another. Asia was smiling enchantingly, and Zenki was just smiling right back at her, seeing that she was holding the crucifix in her hand that Zenki had got her lovingly. Seeing it made Zenki oddly happy. Though it was a hated existence for him, the holy item, just knowing that Asia was wearing something of his, something that he gave her, was more than enough for him and he was happy for that.

But Zenki also had a sullen look on his face, and Asia noticed it, being concerned.

"Zenki-san, is there something wrong?"

She was of course concerned for her friend, and wished to help in anyway that she could.

Zenki looked torn, but ultimately, he gave a nod and inched closer, deciding something within his heart.

"Asia-san, you trust me, right?"

His voice was mellow, calm. But inside of him, a storm was erupting, trying to break him apart. He didn't like what he was about to tell Asia, but it was a necessary thing to do.

"Y-Yes!"

She said it without worry. She did trust Zenki, very much so. She could say that she trusted him with her life and she wouldn't be lying. She had immense trust in him, however seeing that Zenki was serious, she was also confused.

With that acknowledged, Zenki moved forward and placed a hand over his own heart, as if speaking from the heart.

"Asia-san, I need to tell you about someone…the name Diodora Astaroth, is a name you shouldn't ever have to hear. But this person is…" Zenki went into his pocket and produced a picture of Diodora, showing it to Asia who looked at it intently. "You see, this person is someone you need to run away from, if I am never around."

"Huh? What do you mean Zenki-san?"

Naturally, Asia was perplexed by what Zenki was saying. She didn't know Diodora, and she wasn't sure why Zenki was talking about him with her.

He ran a hand through his hair, and explained.

"Asia-san, this person is a bad Devil. He is a person that wishes to…hmm, he wishes to take you away from the Church and do things with you, that you don't want to happen to you. He is someone that you don't want to ever come across. He's very vile, an evil creature that would hurt someone innocent like you, because he's got a twisted sense of morality."

Asia took in the information, and still was confused.

"W-Why does he want to take me away from the Church? W-Why does he want to hurt me?"

That was the obvious question that Asia had. Zenki half expected that Asia would ask something like that...no, he was damned sure that she was going to ask something like that.

Zenki could understand why she was still in questioning right now, so he tried to relieve her mind and put her worries to rest, and his own troubles as well, at least for the moment.

"He's evil, Asia-san. Until now, I have been keeping him away from you, that's one of the reasons we actually met. I would dispose of him, but I can't. Because of…well, because he is the Astaroth heir, and it would be bad if an…if someone like me killed him. It would cause, much uproar. The reason I am telling you, is because sometimes, I might not be around, and I don't want you to be in danger. So, if you see this person, run away immediately, don't even try and talk with him. He is a very dangerous person and will do things with you. Asia-san, because I care about you, I'm telling you this not to scare you, but to make sure that you're safe. I don't want him to hurt you. So, if you do meet him by chance, don't be taken in by his 'kindness' because he isn't a good person. Some Devils can be good, some Devils are and some Devils are nicer than even some humans. But he, is the very definition of a Devil that the Church tells you about. He is pure evil and disgusting, he's so evil that he makes Stray Devils look good. So, I hope you do run when seeing this person. Run as fast as you can and don't look back. He might try and prey on your kindness, maybe like…I don't know, have an injury that needs healing, but don't heal him. He's a person with bad intentions. Don't allow him to lure you away with his sweet words, he knows how to be sweet, but he's anything but at his core. He's evil, no mistaken Asia-san."

Zenki spoke honestly, worrying for the girl and Asia teared up.

She could see it in his eyes that he truly did care for her, and did want her to be safe, no matter what. She couldn't deny that Zenki did care for her. It was evident on his face, and no one would speak that passionately if they were

Asia nodded at Zenki's request, seeing how serious he was.

"I-If Zenki-san says that then, I will do as you ask."

Relief entered the green haired Devils heart, it allowed him to breathe easy again.

"Thank you, Asia-san. I am so glad you listened to me."

At that, the pair smiled at one another and then hugged one another, Zenki hoping that his warning didn't come true…


Present day…

"P-Please stay away from me! I-I don't want to speak with you! I'm sorry, but I need to get back to the Church now!"

Asia yelled and ran back as fast as she could towards the Church, honouring Zenki's request. She thought of everything that she could think of right now, anything that could get her away from the Church. Even though she lied for the sake of getting away from him, she was sure God would forgive for those actions.

She ran and ran as fast as she could, not looking back. She didn't expect that she'd see Diodora, but she did and Zenki wasn't around.

She did what Zenki had said and ran away.

Diodora watched with wide eyes, wondering why Asia was running away from him.

"Asia-chan! Hey Asia-chan!"

Asia didn't reply to Diodora, running faster and faster, as fast as she could run.

Diodora scowled and ran forward as well, after Asia.

"Asia-chan! Please wait, I want to talk with you!"

Diodora called for her, but she shook her head in rejection.

"P-Please don't follow me!"

She announced, hearing his footsteps behind her.

If Diodora was as bad as Zenki said, she didn't want to be caught by him. That would be worse than anything else in the world. She didn't want to go with Diodora, she was frightened and she hoped that Zenki appeared soon.

"H-Hey! Why are you running away from me!?"

Diodora yelled even more, trying to call for Asia.

But she didn't stop and talk with him. She ran more and more. Asia's legs carried her through the forest.

Diodora didn't understand why she was running away. He couldn't put two and two together. Her suddenly running away at the sight of him was very strange indeed. That was something he didn't expect. He expected that she'd heal the wound on his chest, but she didn't even attempt to do it. She ran away from him and he was in the depths of confusion.

TRIP!

"Uuuuu!"

Asia fell over a tree branch on the ground. Her body hit the ground with a loud thudding sound, the area around her being broken due to them being soft pieces of wood. She felt pain enter her body, but fear as she heard the footsteps of Diodora coming closer and closer to her body.

Asia looked around to see the 'kind' face of Diodora standing there, offering his hand to her.

"You silly girl, you tripped over."

Diodora said it with a smile, Asia shaking her body as she grabbed the crucifix around her neck, the very same one Zenki gave her, and held it out in front of her, Diodora wincing when seeing it. He backed away a little bit, as Asia tried to get to her feet.

"P-Please leave me alone…I-I don't want to talk to you…"

Asia said weakly, getting to her feet, walking backwards away from Diodora.

Diodora moved forward a little bit, trying to understand what was going on.

"Why do you run from me Asia-chan? I have this wound here, someone attacked me. I came to the Holy Maiden in hopes that you heal me. Could you please heal me Asia-chan? I would be very grateful."

Asia looked at the wound in his chest, and she was compelled to heal him.

Even knowing he was a bad person, Asia was the type to heal anyone that needed it. She was a very good girl, she wasn't going to turn people away because they were bad…

But in this instance, she couldn't do it.

She couldn't do it, because she recalled what Zenki said, and how he was pretending to be nice and then she could be hurt if she believed his words, which in this instance she wasn't going to believe them.

"I-I'm sorry, please go and see a doctor, I-I cannot heal you."

Though it was very difficult for her, she rejected him. She couldn't do it in the end. She couldn't heal him. She thought of what Zenki said, and that gave her the courage to say no to him. She'd say it again and again, not wanting to be taken away by Diodora.

Diodora's face twisted in anger, tightening his hands so tightly that his knuckles turned a colour of white.

"W-What did you say…?"

He was speaking calmly, surprisingly keeping his anger back.

But Asia was adamant, shaking her head.

"A-As I said, I cannot heal you. I need…I need to go back to the Church…erm, my friend, Zenki-san is going to be coming soon, s-so please leave."

She thought that since Zenki said he had driven off Diodora before, mentioning his name would make Diodora leave alone.

At the name, Diodora's eyes opened wide.

"Z-Zenki…s-so, is that the reason you're running away from me?"

Putting two and two together, Diodora figured that Zenki planned this ahead, and told Asia something that wouldn't make her stay near him, run away from him and even refuse to heal him, though he wasn't sure what she was told.

Asia's eyes fluttered, taking a step back.

"Z-Zenki-san told me, you're a bad Devil that wishes to do very bad things to me. Z-Zenki-san will come, and protect me…h-he is my Angel, he will come. S-So, please leave before he comes back, please. H-He won't be happy if you, a-are here when he returns."

Asia said it as strongly as she could. She was quaking in her place right now. But her eyes was full of determination.

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"

Diodora suddenly began laughing as Asia became confused.

"W-Why are you laughing? Zenki-san will come."

Asia said it again, more determined than before.

Diodora snickered with darkened eyes.

"Yeah, he surely will come, won't he? That boy, you're talking about, has been lying to you."

Diodora said it snidely, showing a truly disgusting appearance.

"W-What do you mean? Zenki-san wouldn't lie…"

Asia was sure about it, but Diodora loved doing this, breaking people. And right now, the faith she had in Zenki, was going to be sweet to see on her face even more than it would if he had done…some truly vile act.

"Zenki, you think he is an Angel, but that's not the case."

"H-He's not an Angel…?"

Asia was sure Diodora was lying right now, only to make something happen to her.

Diodora laughed even more.

"That's right! He lied to you, precious Asia-chan! Zenki, is named Zenki Astaroth, and he is my nephew! He's a Devil to the Maou Beelzebub, his own son!"

"W-What…"

Asia gasped in surprise, her eyes dulling with clouds, her body shaking from side to side. The information was trying shocking to her. Zenki, was a Devil, that was something she couldn't believe. She couldn't believe that the friend she had made was truly a Devil, and even Diodora's nephew and even related to a Maou…she didn't know what to do, despair etching its way on her face as Diodora howled in laughter.


In front of him, Zenki was faced with adversities.

The day had started off pretty routine, it doing the usual stuff that it did. Zenki had woken up with his peerage, went to get away from the Underworld for a day or so, but then there was something that happened.

Zenki and his peerage were ambushed in his own Father's territory. That would've been shocking enough, but he was then assaulted by someone even he didn't know about. It was a scary ordeal, and he was able to save the girl known as Jeanne by turning her into a Devil…

But now, he was faced with another adversity.

He was faced with something that he didn't think he would be faced with, people that barely he knew, and people that he didn't want to know either, due to the fact that they were with the person that he reviled.

"We won't let you past, Zenki Astaroth!"

"We'll defeat you for our Master, Diodora-sama!"

"We'll definitely kill you boy! You're nothing to us, Diodora-sama's precious servants!"

Zenki was blocked by Diodora's pieces.

Since he was in a hurry Zenki's coordinates were thrown off a little bit, and he ended up a fair distance away from the Church that he wanted to go to. But seeing the pieces of Diodora, he came to the obvious conclusion that he was being blocked by the people that were Diodora's servants.

It confirmed that Diodora was going after Asia Argento right now.

Usually, he would be able to blitz these people, but for the weakened Zenki, it was going to be more difficult.

He couldn't call his peerage, he didn't have time to do that. Ajuka probably wouldn't believe him, so there was no chance to call him either. He didn't know where his other friends were, and he didn't want to put them in danger…

So he didn't have a choice.

He was going to have to fight these people on his own. Even though he could see four Pawns before him, no doubt having promoted into the Queen, he could see a Bishop far off, and even he could see Diodora's single Rook and two Knights in the far distance as well as his Queen at the back.

Diodora didn't have a full set of peerage members, but right now, they didn't have a single scratch on them, while Zenki had laboured breathing. He had been using a lot of his demonic power this day, and he was outnumbered.

Even so, he had someone that he needed to retrieve, and that was Asia herself. He wasn't going to allow Diodora get his hands on her, no matter what happens. He wasn't going to allow Diodora be the one that gets in his way now.

Zenki looked upwards, and then he pressed a button that was on his watch. At that, a metal bird in the trees began having its eyes flashing red, recording everything that was happening. With that confirmed, Zenki looked at the people in his way, scowling darkly.

"Get out of my way."

Zenki ordered strongly, his eyes displaying his rage.

Even so, Diodora's servants didn't move, walking forward more and more.

"Fine, don't move quietly. But you know, you're fighting for a loser. He doesn't care about you, he doesn't give a single shit about you. He'll end up using and abusing you. Don't you even know what that means, you moronic people?"

Zenki was being cruel, to be kind to them right now. He wasn't attempting to be cruel at all, he was trying to make them see that Diodora was the wrong person to stand beside. Even though they were his servants, Zenki was only trying to help them, knowing the way they were was only because of Diodora himself.

"Don't say such filth!"

"Yeah! Diodora-sama is the best!"

"H-He loves us!"

Zenki could only show disgust for the blind passion these girls had. It was clear that he had done something to them to make them look like this. Even the most loyal of servants have something about them that still defines them as people. But right now, all he could see was faceless people following a morons rules and didn't think for themselves.

In ways, he pitied these girls, having a Master like this person.

"I'm sorry you feel this way, but I cannot allow you to stand before me like this. And he doesn't love you, Diodora doesn't know what love is. He's a disgusting person who can't understand the concept of love, I feel sorry for you."

Zenki spoke with the truth, at least what he perceived to be the truth.

He truly thought Diodora wasn't capable of love, he didn't believe that Diodora could love someone, at least in a good sense. He did believe that he had obsessive types of love, like for what appeared to be with Asia, but real love, he didn't believe Diodora had something like that, he didn't have anything like that.

"Don't say something like that!"

"Diodora-sama does love us!"

"Hated next heir-sama is stupid because Diodora-sama loves us and hates you!"

"That's right, you're going to be a loser that dies this day! While Diodora-sama rules and loves us for all eternity!"

Even though he tried to be sympathetic with them, his words fell on deaf ears with the girls. He could tell that they were so blinded with loyalty (which he had no idea why they would be like that with Diodora considering what he does with them, of what he knew) that they couldn't see the truth, and though it was going to be reluctant, he had to do something, he had to make these people move out of his way, one way or another. He wasn't going to stand back and allow Asia to be hurt, even if he had to force his way through Diodora's peerage, he would apologize later on.

"I will have no choice but to defeat you, is that okay? I will have to force you to move if you don't move instead. I have to go and protect Asia-san."

Zenki said it with hostility.

Even if it wasn't their fault, he wasn't going to allow these people to stand between him and Asia. There was no way he was going to be stood between himself and Asia with these people blocking his path. He was going to protect Asia, no matter what.

"We won't move, Zenki Astaroth. We've been ordered to kill you, so we'll do just that."

The Queen in the distance spoke to Zenki, who scowled and looked upon her enemy with a glare.

Zenki returned the harsh glare with a darkened stare.

"If you stand in my way, I cannot guarantee your safety. I will not hold back on you."

The Queen didn't show any fear, having a cocky face and attitude as well, dispassion in her eyes, her nostrils flaring in pure anger.

"Speaking down to us, are you? That's fine, we'll also kill you for Diodora-sama! Go ahead Pawns! Show him why the true Astaroth heir is better suited to everything!"

The Pawns advanced on him first. Each of them had already promoted, he could tell by the raise of their powers. For the full powered Zenki, these girls wouldn't be a problem. Right now though, it was going to be a challenge. He was weakened from the fights before, and the holy power that entered his system, even then he still wasn't going to back down and fight until he couldn't anymore.

"For Diodora-sama! Let's kill this person who stands in front of Diodora-sama!"

One of his Pawns advanced, and did a series of punches towards Zenki. He pulled back, avoiding each punch, and saved as much demonic power as he possibly could. Each punch she flung at him, he was able to manoeuvre out of the way.

Using his fighting knowledge, he grabbed one of her fists as it aimed for his face. She attempted to take a step back, but she didn't have time as Zenki threw his own punch at her face.

"Gwah!"

She spat out blood as the face of the Pawn bent around his fist. Her body was launched backwards and hit several trees. Zenki thought that would be enough to stop her actions for the moment, but she showed surprising durability, and stood on wobbly legs.

She spat out blood, her eyes narrowing.

"Die you bastard!"

She spat out and went to move forward. But Zenki fired demonic power at her, crumbling her stance, and shortened the distance quickly. Before she could react, he headbutted her, and sent her to the ground, cracking the ground below himself.

"Don't underestimate us!"

Another Pawn charged demonic power and fired it at Zenki, it changing into a block of ice as it neared the boy.

"I won't lose to you, girl! Do not underestimate me, girl!"

Responding to that, Zenki immediately did a back flip and avoided the blast, sending a ball of demonic power right back at the Devil girl, nailing her in the chest and blowing her away. Her body smashed through a number of trees, and even though she had the Rook trait of the Queen power she received via promotion to defend her, she wasn't able to save herself in the end, and was forced to be knocked out by Zenki's overwhelming power.

Seeing how he took out one of the Pawns so easily despite his state, naturally the girls became shocked and worried at the same time, not sure on what they should do.

"D-Don't you dare underestimate us!"

One of the Pawns made bullets of demonic power and fired them at Zenki, who dodged all of them, moving his small body away from each of the blasts. He flipped and turned all over the demonic bullets, none of them touching him.

"There!"

Seeing his chance, Zenki moved forward like a bullet towards her. His speed was too good, she couldn't follow him with her eyes, and only saw him when he entered her range, appearing right in front of her and balled his fist.

"G-Get away!"

The girl took a step back and made a barrier around herself.

"Get lost!"

Using his strength, he smashed his fist through her wall of aura and connected with her body. Because of the demonic barrier the girl made, his fist wasn't as powerful as it would be in his current state. It was enough to connect with her body and knocked her backwards, hitting a tree and causing the leaves to fall off it, dancing around her form, as he panted, but saw that she didn't fall unconscious, pain rushing through her body.

He could feel himself getting weaker, but he needed to continue on. He needed to press on for the girl that he had grown to love.

"We won't lose, failed heir of Astaroth!"

A dancer looking Pawn took out what appeared to be a dagger and threw it at Zenki. Zenki saw that the dagger was surrounded by a deep well of demonic power, enhanced by the Bishop trait of the Queen the girl had promoted into.

"For Maou sake."

Sighing, Zenki ducked the blade just in time as it sailed above him. He got to his feet, twisting on the feet that he had, grabbing the knife flung at him, and launched it right back, using his other arm to block the punches and kicks of the first Pawn. He even used a small amount of demonic power to attach it to the blade, though it went unnoticed by the Pawn.

"Fuck off!"

The dancer Pawn took out another knife filled with demonic power and blocked the strike of her own dagger. The dagger split apart with the dagger launched by Zenki and then…

DOOOOOOOOOOOON!

An explosion occurred from the dagger Zenki had thrown, catching the girl in it. Because she was caught by surprise, she was fired right at Zenki, who balled his fist with as much strength he could muster.

"Bitch!"

With a single fluid motion, Zenki embedded his fist deeply within her gut. She coughed out blood, and was instantly knocked out. Her body slid across the ground, hitting it ever so slightly in places and had damage from that, her body falling down to the ground after being launched for a mile, the Queen of the ground shocked he had that much power left.

"Y-You bastard! That's unforgivable!"

The Queen sneered at him as she raised her eyebrows disgustingly.

Zenki showed a daring face.

"Heh, you're a bitch, so don't worry about it."

Zenki smirked despite the fatigue overtaking his body.

That angered the Queen, narrowing her eyes at one of the Pawns.

"Get him!"

"Yes!"

Responding to her Queen, the last Devil Pawn revealed a pair of short swords, and she went on the offensive, slashing towards him.

She went to slash at him, but Zenki jumped back, just in time to miss a fist going under him.

He looked and saw that the girl he fought before, the Pawn that was good at hand to hand was up. Even though she was on shaky legs, she seemed like she wasn't going to give up, ever. She showed that she was going to fight.

"D-Don't underestimate our strength!"

She showed determined eyes as Zenki landed on the ground, noticing the slashing short sword girl, and the hand to hand girl coming right back at him.

"Tch, bitches."

He clicked his tongue as it became a little more difficult. Short sworded girl slashes on his left, and hand to hand girl on his right, he was forced to move his body more than he usually would do. Forcing himself to move his body in a weakened state wasn't a good idea.

The hand to hand Pawn made suspicious movements, coming from the left. He went to block, but she feinted and the slashing short sword Pawn came at him. She slashed for his eyes, only missing by inches as he pulled away, sending a kick her way.

"I don't think so!"

The hand to hand Pawn intercepted the kick and received it with her body. She was pushed back, and fell onto her butt. Zenki noticed how she seemed to be in pain but didn't stop trying to stand, so putting her out of her misery, he fired demonic power at her, and knocked her out this time, smashing her head against the ground.

Zenki panted a little bit more.

"Don't think you can forget about me!"

Appearing out of nowhere, a sword wielding Knight came in and slashed Zenki's back, catching him off guard, blood splattering out of his back. He gritted his teeth as the cold metal pierced his body, but sent demonic power to his back as much as possible strengthening his body just enough to avoid major damage, but the pain couldn't be ignored.

His vision became a little cloudy, but he was able to pick himself up. The pain was bearable, if it was for Asia.

"You foolish bitch!"

Zenki raised his power, tapping into his unknown strength, an aura around his body. The single remaining Pawn backed away slightly, fear in their eyes. But then, the sword Knight clicked her tongue, and readied her large sword.

"I won't be losing to you!"

Raising her spirits, she came from behind him again with her sword, swinging it heartily. Zenki caught her movements this time, and caught the large sword in his hand, giving her a surprising shock. The sword itself cut his hand, partly due to the fact that he had to save his demonic power, but with his tremendous strength, he crushed the blade, smashing it with his fingers, a menacing glare in his eyes.

"It is better if you fuck off, right now."

He threatened her, but she didn't listen. She discarded the blades handle she had, and withdrew a short blade. Coating it in flames, she jumped up into the air, turning the sharpened end towards the on the ground Zenki, smirking devilishly.

"I am Diodora-sama's Knight! I won't be losing to you!"

Saying that with hate, the girl brought down the dagger upon Zenki. Zenki reacted with speeds the girl didn't even notice, gritting his teeth from using such a speed at the level of power he was at. But he moved like a blur to the girl, and the next thing she knew, Zenki was beside her in the air, nailing her in the side of the stomach with a demonic enhanced fist, the girl coughing up bile and embedded her into the ground, shattering the ground around her, knocking her out with a single move.

Because she was the Knight, she didn't have a great durability, and therefore she was disposed of quite easily by Zenki, but he couldn't deny that she was quite good at sneaking up on him, even at his best, he wasn't sure if he would've caught her or not.

Zenki panted as he returned to the ground.

"That's four down…" He paused and saw the last Pawn coming at him, so he quickly moved forward, and slammed his open palmed fist against her chest, the girl coughing up blood and fell to the ground, fainting. "…sorry, that's five down now."

He looked at his remaining opponents, and sighed to himself.

He could feel the wound on his back bothering him, but he didn't allow it to bother him.

He moved forward to see the remaining Knight, Rook, Bishop and Queen, sweat dripping down his face.

"The only one that has a strong power here is the Queen herself…the Rook is good at hand to hand, but if I stay on my toes, I should be able to dodge her. The Knight might be dangerous, since I can't do anything about my body right now. That wound on my back might detriment my movements, so I will have to keep on my toes, same with the Rook. The Bishop I don't know about, I guess it is a recent addition to his peerage. I am going to have to fight against this person last, I think."

Zenki nodded to himself in his mind and went to confront them four.

He got into a fighting stance, as the Rook stepped forward.

"I shall be your opponent next."

She declared in a monotone voice, but unlike Koneko, Zenki didn't find her tone cute. It was eerie frightening actually. He was worried for this girl, but he couldn't back down now, he wouldn't surrender to these girls.

"And the rest isn't silence, yet."

Zenki mocked, knowing they'd be attacking him together.

They didn't deny it, and he saw the Rook move forward with a punch. Zenki pulled away and avoided the fist, sending one right back at her torso. She used her trait as a Rook to defend herself with her arm, the hand colliding with her arm and caused a shockwave.

The wave of power from the punch made the Rook take a step backwards from the strength Zenki used. He followed through with his attack, pushing her backwards and ended up having his fist embed itself in her stomach.

She cried at the blow she received and was forced onto one knee. Using this chance, Zenki brought up his knee, and forced it into her jaw, upwards. A cracking sound rang out, but it didn't break her jaw, due to her trait as a Rook being quite high.

"Bye!"

The girl was helpless as Zenki elbowed her in the chest. From the force of the attack, Zenki was able to push her backwards, her body helplessly flew through the air, past the Queen who didn't seem troubled at all, hitting a rock formation behind the Queen.

Zenki bent his body as he panted, fatigue taking over him.

"Haaah!"

Without realizing it, the Knight had moved forward at tremendous speeds, faster than the other Knight had been. Zenki realized it too late, as she appeared before him and cut him from shoulder to stomach in a vertical manner.

Blood immediately came out of his body, pain taking over his body. His stance was broken for a single second at the pain surged throughout his body.

But he gritted his teeth without a word, growling as he made demonic power come to his hands.

"Get lost!"

Immediately, green demonic energy had fired out of his hands towards the Knight who panicked.

"S-Shit!"

She retreated to the Queen. The demonic power followed after her.

Because of the intensity, the Queen and the Bishop were forced to work together and create barrier after barrier to defend themselves.

"Hahaha, did you think that you could really-"

"Hah!"

Zenki increased the volume of his own power, and the light of green enveloped the barriers of the Queen and Bishop. They became stunned at their barriers breaking down at the seams. They couldn't understand why their barriers weren't holding, but they weren't aware that Zenki used his own demonic power to increase his original attack, being apart of the Kankura Formula.

[Iyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!]

The girls cried out as the green light enclosed on them. They were helpless and received the attack from Zenki's power.

Usually, this would've been enough to take them out. This time however, he wasn't able to take them out. But they received wounds on their body, falling to the ground with blood coming from their bodies and cuts as well.

Zenki coughed a little bit, putting a hand to his newly received wound. Blood dripped down his body, and even covered his hand in the red liquid that was his life. He could see before him that he was receiving more and more wounds because of this, and he knew that it was a very serious problem and if he didn't retreat, there was a chance that he could die…but he didn't stop.

He wouldn't stop. Even the wounds he received weren't going to stop him. Diodora was going for Asia, that is all he needed to know. Even if he died, he was going to do what was necessary so he could take these girls out and get Asia away from Diodora.

"Shit…" He hissed and ran his finger across the wound, ice forming there. "Even though it isn't going to fully heal me, it will stop the blood from flowing for the moment and allow me to fight even more than I would without it."

True to his words, the ice enveloped the wound he had on his front, and stopped it from progressing for now.

However, he didn't have a reprieve, as the Rook recoved from the assault that Zenki gave her before, and went forward.

"I shall beat you for Diodora-sama."

Like a robot, the girl moved and threw a flurry of punches and kicks in his direction.

Even with the wounds he had on his body, he wasn't going to give up and dodged each of them. Somehow, he was able to move his body and dodge all of the attacks the best that he could, blocking when he couldn't.

"I won't lose to-"

"Bye bastard!"

Zenki became shocked as the Bishop fired demonic power at him. Because he couldn't react to it in time, he received a blow to his back, where the Knight girl had cut him before. The demonic energy seeped into his wound, blood spurting out of him the next second.

"Oraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

He howled in pain, then received a direct punch to the gut from the Rook. Zenki coughed up blood, but had enough strength to block the next punch Zenki was on the receiving end of, using his fist to punch right back.

The fists collided and a shockwave again enveloped them and the surrounding area. The others around were pulled off balance and fell to the ground, and the Rook became surprised at the level of strength Zenki had without demonic power.

"S-Shit!"

She growled and was forced backwards. The Knight however moved with expected speed of a Knight and appeared from behind her, carrying her large sword and went to slash down at Zenki, and even the girl as well.

"Y-You idiot!"

Zenki, being compassionate as he was, kicked the Rook out of the way and jumped back. Because of his kindness, blood came from a cut he got from the sword of the Knight. It wasn't a large cut, but it did run across his face, and blood dripped off him like raindrops.

He wiped the blood off his face, only for the Knight to move with lightning speeds, and appear before Zenki.

"Time to die!"

The Knight made a stab at him.

Knowing he couldn't dodge it with the wounds he had, he did the next best thing and diverted the sword away from a vital point on his body and it pierced his thigh.

He cried a little bit from the stabbing and blood splattered out, but placed his hand out, demonic power swirling there.

"You bitch! Piss off!"

A green light came from his hand, wrapped around the Knight. She went to retreat, but she couldn't dislodge her sword, Zenki holding it with his free hand.

"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

She cried out as the demonic power washed over her, and took her out. Many wounds happened upon her body and blood erupted from her. She fell to the ground, lifeless, but she wasn't dead. She would have to be taken to the hospital, but otherwise, she was going to be fine.

Zenki pulled out the sword with a "Iyaaa!" cry coming from him. Quickly, before he could lose too much blood, Zenki used his demonic power to make ice, making sure it didn't end him for this fight, remembering he had Diodora to deal with now.

"Die!"

Suddenly, Zenki saw demonic power coming at him in a wave of energy.

"I don't think so!"

He went to move, but the Rook grabbed his arm, appearing from the left hand side and before he could stop her, she threw him at the incoming demonic power that was set off by the Bishop.

He clicked his tongue and activated the Kankura Formula, taking control over the power.

"N-No! He's using Ajuka-sama's famous move!"

The Queen said, stunned by the sight. Zenki smirked with a pant, and manipulated the demonic power fired at him, adding his own to it as he directed it towards the Bishop herself, the girl gasping.

"D-Don't!"

She cried and made barriers around her. Even so, it didn't help her as Zenki increased the power and ploughed through her barriers, breaking them again and again.

She made more demonic barriers around herself, but Zenki wasn't going to stop this time. He increased the power as much as he possibly could, knowing he couldn't play around with these girls this time.

"This is where you end!"

Announced Zenki while the light of the demonic power fell upon the girl while he returned to the ground.

"Iyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

The Bishop was enveloped by the demonic power, and blood spluttering from her body.

When the demonic power disappeared, the girl was on the ground, unconscious.

With only the Rook and the Queen remaining, Zenki tightened his fist, and allowed two massive amounts of demonic power to appear in his hands. They exceeded his own height, and were the powers of a very strong Devil.

"This power is High…No, this power is Ultimate Class Devil! Diodora-sama, this boy has such a power!" The Queen became nervous and hoped she could escape by using the Rook. "G-Go and get him already! I have to go and get Diodora-sama!"

She made the Rook go forward while she ran away.

"Yes…"

The Rook responded and moved forward.

"Coward."

Zenki scowled and fired one of his blasts at the Rook. She made movements to dodge it, but Zenki controlled his power and forced it over the Rooks body. She howled out in pain and fear, but she couldn't stop the attack and it wiped her out from the battle.

Her lifeless body fell to the ground, broken but not dead. Zenki wasn't going to kill them, but he wasn't going to give them an easy ride either, hoping this might be a wake up call for them, but he didn't hold out much hope.

He set his sights on the Queen who was trying to escape.

"Hey! I will get you right here and now!"

Zenki announced and fired out his huge blast of demonic power.

She gasped and fired bullets of demonic power at the sphere of demonic power. Each power hit the sphere of demonic power, but it did nothing. Every demonic bullet bounced off the sphere of demonic power from the green haired Devil boy.

"You lose!"

With those strong words, the demonic power completely encased the Queen. Her cries were cancelled out from the sound of the roaring power from the demonic power fired by Zenki, and her body fell to the ground, her eyes leaking tears as blood flowed from her body.

She wasn't dead, but Zenki was sure she won't be moving for a while.

"Aaaaah!"

Zenki fell to the ground in pain, his face hitting the ground. He could see the ice around his wounds turning red…

But he wasn't going to stop.

He forced himself to his feet, his knees wobbling and his eyes clouded. He wanted to give in right now, but his heart wouldn't. He was going to save Asia, no matter what. He was going to protect her, no matter what.

"I'm definitely coming…Asia-san."

With will power alone, Zenki pushed forward towards Asia, intending to save her life.


In a certain area of the human world…laid Marc.

The person that had done many things to Jeanne, was unconscious…or so he lead to believe.

Truth was, he was very much in pain, and he was angry. He had woken up from what happened to him before, and was very pissed.

Pissed that Jeanne was taken away, pissed that Zenki and his peerage were the ones to do it.

"Jeanne…you did the ultimate betrayal…Jeanne, you betrayed us all…you did the ultimate sin and betrayed us like that…Jeanne…Jeanne…Jeanne!"

He yelled as loud as he could, trying to get his mind straight.

So he stood up, blood coming from his mouth, but the poison was slowly disappearing, giving him his movements back. Even so, he was still wobbly, but his murderous eyes were on Zenki Astaroth, and Diodora Astaroth for what they had done.

"Zenki…that's your name…isn't it? Take Jeanne will you…? I shall take your own life you little bastard…"

Marc decided this in his heart as he made a magical circle.

However, just as he was about to use it, some people that he commanded appeared, and rushed to his side.

"Marc-sama!"

"We're here!"

A few people came to his side and used some magic to begin healing him. Even though the wounds were deep and internal, they did their best to heal what they could do, even if it wasn't going to be enough for now. He'd need proper treatment, but Marc was the type to go on regardless.

Once they finished doing what he needed them to do, Marc looked at the ground and once again activated his magic circle, his men inside of it as well.

What Diodora didn't know was, when Marc had caused the wound to appear on him, Marc had placed a tracking spell on him, being well versed in magic, and was good at hiding it, so he knew the exact location of Diodora, and he prayed that Zenki was going to be there as well.

Activating a magical circle below his feet, Marc disappeared, going towards Diodora, going for both of their lives.


Meanwhile, in the Underworld, in Zenki's bedroom in fact, Kuroka and the others had just transported with Jeanne. Jeanne was understandably a little wobbly on her legs, having never done anything like this before.

"Are you okay, Jeanne-sama?"

Ravel questioned with some concern, her eyes showing her worry for her King.

Jeanne inclined her head, her head fuzzy.

"I'm still a little dizzy from this day and the others ya know? Wow, this has been an experience and a half~"

She sang out, but still looked a little shocked and disgusted as well, not with the Devils, but what happened before, that was what was making her feel disgusted, memories of Diodora flooding her mind right now. She even remembered her death, and while she wasn't going to show it on her face, she was still trying to transition herself from being a human into a Devil.

"Yeah, she's great and all, but we need to get Zenki-chan to safety nyaaa."

Kuroka hurried herself to get out, worried for Zenki. She wouldn't really admit it herself, but she was very worried for him right now.

"Yes, Kuroka-sama. Please, we need to return to-"

"No, nyaaa." Kuroka said with a strained face. "We've got to go and get Ajuka-sama nyaaa. Even though he had rejected what Zenki-chan said before, he'll just have to come and get his son, won't he? Zenki-chan taught me, that family is what is important, so his own Tou-sama is just gonna have to get off the love he has for Dickhead and save his son, won't he nyaaa!?"

Ravel was shocked that Kuroka had said that, remembering orders.

"B-But Zenki-sama said that-"

"I don't care nyaaa." Kuroka began with a glare, shutting Ravel up. "Ajuka-sama is his Otou-sama, and he's gonna believe him now. Jeanne-chan will just have to tell him what she saw, won't she? And if he doesn't believe her, then he's gonna be forced to believe. I mean seriously, can you say that a parent is going to abandon their child like this nyaaa?"

"She's right." Koneko said with narrowed eyes. "Usually, Nee-sama isn't someone I agree with. But for this instance, Ajuka-sama does need to come to his son's side."

Hearing the opinions of the Nekomata sisters, Ravel sighed in discontent, but Jeanne surprisingly nodded as well.

"Even though I don't understand what's going on, I need to help as much as I can, because this situation is partly my own fault. And if your King…I guess my King as well, is getting hurt because of this Diodora and I wasn't able to do anything, I feel terrible."

Jeanne said while casting her eyes downwards.

Kuroka sighed and moved forward.

"Come on, we have to go right now nyaa. I'm getting a bad feeling about this."

The others didn't say anything, but the felt the same as well. Even Jeanne, who was new, was feeling worried as well as scared.

They each ran out of the room, and headed for Ajuka's office. Along the way, they saw people that questioned were Zenki was, due to them not being with him right now, and all, but they were ignored. They didn't care as each of them had a troubled expression, each of them wanted to go and protect Zenki right now, however they were going to do it.

Once making it to the room, Kuroka burst in with the others.

"Nyaaaa!"

"S-Sorry for the intrusion Ajuka-sama!"

"…I feel embarrassed right now."

"Mehehehehe, I'm not really sure on what's going on, but we're here now~"

Kuroka cried out, Ravel bowed her head, Koneko looked down at the ground and Jeanne merely smiled as usual.

Ajuka looked up from his desk, surprised that his sons peerage had suddenly burst into his private room, even more so that Zenki wasn't even with them, his eyes turning to questions.

"E-Excuse me, young ladies…"

Ajuka said, as a woman stepped out from the shadows.

This woman had long black hair, almost like pure darkness itself, her hair going all the way down her back, and even past her butt, reaching to the back of her knees, it being that long. She had shiny golden eyes, and her figure made Kuroka jealous. She was very well endowed, she was of the average 5 foot 5 inches of height.

This woman was Zenki's Mother, Illuyanka.

"Oi, Ajuka, can't you see that a certain someone is missing?"

Illuyanka pointed out to Ajuka, the man becoming confused.

"What are you…"

"Our son, my pride and joy, you idiot. Can't you see that he isn't with them? And there's even a new girl…" Illuyanka became happy, and looked at Jeanne. "Hello dear, who might you be? My name is Illuyanka, and this is my idiot, Ajuka."

Ajuka glared for that comment as Jeanne winked.

"Hey! My name is Jeanne! And I am the Knight…right?" She looked for confirmation, Ravel bobbing her head in agreement. so Jeanne raised her spirits. "Cool! I am the Knight of Zenki-chan, just recently actually!"

"How recently?"

Illuyanka inquired, Jeanne counting on her fingers.

"Eeh…less than an hour, I guess…maybe like five or ten minutes ago or something?"

She wasn't sure, Illuyanka having a deeply troubled look.

"Less than an hour? Five or ten minutes ago!? Where is he?"

At that, Kuroka stepped forward.

"Listen to me nyaaa. Your adorable tight assed son is really in trouble right now because someone like you Ajuka-sama didn't listen to him! Dildodora is trying to do something weird to that Nun chick right now, and Zenki-chan asked us to look after Jeanne-chan here while he goes alone to protect the Nun! We've already been attacked like twice today, and this girl Jeanne-chan got killed because of it! She even can verify that Diodora had a hand in taking her life, right Jeanne-chan nyaaa?!"

Jeanne nodded her head and stepped forward, not caring who was in front of her.

"That's right, this person called Diodora contacted me a few months ago, and tried to…I guess seduce me or something, but I could see through his evil heart straight away and turned him away. Even with the situation I was in, I would rather have stayed there, than go with Diodora. But then, just like…however long ago it was, he appeared again and said that he left my chasers into some territory in the human world…"

"She's right." Ravel began, cutting in. "I'm sorry Ajuka-sama, but Diodora-sama isn't a good person. Please listen to us, because whether you accept it or not, Zenki-sama is in real danger right now. Diodora-sama could be capable of anything, as we're already been fighting off people I suspect Diodora-sama made a deal with."

"She's right. Ajuka-sama, Zenki-san is in danger right now. Please listen."

Koneko added, Jeanne putting her hands together.

"I don't really understand much of the Devils world right now, but I can understand when someone makes a deal with someone else. I escaped the place I was, and Diodora, that weirdo, lead me to this territory and he said he was going to make me his servant, and this Asia-chan as well."

At that, Illuyanka banged her hand on top of Ajuka's head, causing him to cry out.

"Illuyankaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

The mans piercing cries made everyone in the room wince with worry and all took a step back. Even Jeanne, who was new to all of this, knew that this woman wasn't someone you messed with, holding an admiration for the woman, the same for the other members in Zenki's peerage.

"Ajuka-baka!" Illuyanka began, hitting him again, not caring he was a Maou. "I told you many times before that you should listen to our son! He's the person you should be listening too! You always ignore our son, in favour for that cocky son of a bitch and it is high time that you see that Diodora is a scummy bastard! He's your Otouto, fine! But our son is someone that came from your balls! You should listen to our son and if he gets hurt because of this, so help me Ajuka I will hang you by your testicles with a very thin wire and make you scream out my name again and again, after we've had sex of course you idiot!"

At that, Ajuka paled, as Kuroka smirked and looked on.

"I've always loved her nyaaa."

"Really?" Ravel shivered, her blue eyes deepening with fear. "I've always been frightened of her."

Koneko rolled her eyes, and grimaced at the same time, feeling something of the same between Kuroka and Ravel, having respect yet fear for the elder woman that was Zenki's Mother.

Jeanne thought it was funny, and began laughing a little bit.

"B-But Illuyanka, you really think that Diodora would do something like-"

"Yes!" Illuyanka announced, hitting him again which made the Maou cry out in pain. "It's about time you wake up and see the douchebag! I know he's your Otouto, and you don't want to see the negative stuff about him, but come on darling, see that he's an evil little shit that needs to be punished. He's a little brat, that's in a serious need of a reality check! But if you don't even be convinced by me, then think about your own son and how disappointed he'll be if his own Tou-chan doesn't come for him again, because he didn't even listen to him. As soon as he told me about Diodora, I believed him instantly, and do you know why?" Ajuka stayed quiet, and listened to the woman. "It was because he is our child, and like you should, I love him and listen to him. It's no wonder he feels lonely from his parents, we're always away and don't even believe him when he tells us things with such passion. So either get up and go to your son or I will…so help me Ajuka, so help me that I will…"

Illuyanka seethed with rage, and Ajuka opened his eyes to the realization before him.

"Y-You're right…I'm terrible, Illuyanka. I'm awful, I've been saying such things…I've ignored our son…and if Diodora is trying to harm him then…"

Illuyanka nodded, a resolute stare in his eyes.

"We have to go, right now." She looks towards Zenki's peerage and offer them smiles. "Do not be concerned, we're going to go and get Zenki now. Be rest assured, he'll be safe and sound. So please stay here and relax your bodies, it seems like you've been through a lot."

They girls nodded and fell to the ground, exhausted.

Ajuka stood up and walked to Illuyanka.

"We should go, right?"

Nodding at him, Illuyanka patted his face.

"You're an idiot Tou-chan sometimes, but don't worry, I know you love Zenki. You'll just have to show him more in the future. He's still growing and he might end up resenting you in the future for always ignoring him and calling him a liar when you know our son wouldn't do that. He's a good boy, and it is about time you make him see how good he is as well. After everything that has happened, we need to believe in our son and go to his side, protect him. I have no doubt Diodora is trying to do something, and if something happens to our son, I won't forgive you, or myself. I, have also not been a good Kaa-san to our boy...I've been too busy for time as well...so, we have to make it up to him, is that understood Ajuka?"

Ajuka could see the seriousness in her eyes, and obeyed her, together leaving to get Zenki, protect him. Even Ajuka could see that Illuyanka was worried for their child, and also blamed herself for not being around, Ajuka being on the same boat right now.


Zenki arrived at the place Asia was at, and saw that she had tears in her eyes, Diodora being near her with a dirty smile on her face. She looked as if she had been devastated by something, he hoped Diodora didn't say anything to her.

"Asia-san!"

Zenki called as he held back his own tears from his wounds.

Asia's eyes looked towards Zenki, and her eyes displayed…betrayal.

Seeing that, Zenki could instantly recognize her look right now, wondering what Diodora had said to her.

"Mehehehe, hello Zenki. You're looking worse for wear right now, aren't you? That's quite the funny sight I am seeing right now. You're quite cute, aren't you? But not as cute as Asia-chan here. When she heard you were a naughty liar, she became depressed."

"Diodora, what did you say…"

He hissed out as he strolled forward.

Diodora shot out a bullet of demonic power. Zenki was too in pain to dodge, and received a blast to his leg, pain rippling through his body. But he didn't bow down to Diodora, and continued walking forward, Asia becoming shocked at the state she saw Zenki in, wanting to weep for him.

"I told her the truth." He laughed out, looking at Asia who looked like she was falling into despair. "Asia-chan didn't know that you were a Devil, and even my nephew. Hahahaha, you should've seen the expression on Asia-chan's face when I revealed that you were a Devil! You did well, disguising yourself as an Angel and then befriended a nun! What were you trying to do!? If she can't trust you, then what kind of hope can she have in her life!?"

His wild insane laughter wasn't received by either Zenki or Asia. Zenki simply didn't care about Diodora, and Asia was trying to wrap her head around the idea that Zenki wasn't an Angel anymore, but was a Devil that was also the son of a Maou. It was too much for Asia, she didn't know if she could even begin thinking straight at this time.

Zenki ignored Diodora and looked towards Asia, apologetic looks in his eyes.

"Asia-san…"

Zenki wasn't even sure how he would begin. He didn't even know what he needed to say to her. He wanted to give her something, a reassurance that he wasn't truly a bad person, that he did what he did to protect her…

But he was sure she was going to hate him now.

He was sure she was going to hate him and he couldn't blame her…no, he couldn't blame her at all…that was something he couldn't do.

Asia's eyes stared at the boy before her, no real emotion being there.

"Zenki-san is a Devil…not an Angel…"

Her words sounded broken, almost as if she had given up on everything, and it broke Zenki's heart to hear her in such a state.

He lowered his eyes, tears forming in said eyes.

"I'm sorry for deceiving you…I never meant to even meet you. I was…only trying to protect you, but then you caught me…you caught me protecting you. You assumed that I was an Angel…and I went along with it."

He confessed, breaking his own heart right at this moment in time.

Asia's confusion came to her face.

"W-Why…?"

The question made Zenki's heart sink as Diodora smirked disgustingly.

"I…I wanted to speak with you more." He confessed with a trembling heart, Asia's eyes widening as her own heart flipped around inside of her chest, unable to stay still. "I…I wanted to converse with Asia-san. Even though I knew it was wrong, I knew it was wrong to become close to you, but I couldn't help it. I hadn't ever met someone so kind before, I couldn't help becoming close to you. I didn't mean to deceive you…I was intending to not see you ever again…but I couldn't stop myself…I wanted to be near the girl that made my heart beat faster, that would make me feel good with a single look…I-I am so sorry…but my apologies are never going to be enough…b-but, besides me being a Devil, everything else I said is true! I really do love baby animals! I love drawing and inventing things! I have weird friends, but they are each amazing! I still want to be your friend, even if you hate me! I want to go and pick some more flowers with you! I want to call you on the phone often and even live together with you! I even want to buy many books with you, attend the same school and have fun everyday! I wasn't lying about that! I do like you very much, even if you end up hating me, I will always protect you Asia-san! B-Because Asia-san is my friend, even if she hates me for being a Devil! You're my friend Asia-san, you can even hate me and it wouldn't matter because you really are my friend Asia-san! I care so much about you!"

Asia gasped at his declaration, so much so that she was moved to tears.

They flowed from her eyes as she walked forward.

Being a Devil didn't seem to matter right now. His honestly brought her to life, it made her feel truly great inside of her body.

"Z-Zenki-san…"

Zenki's eyes met Asia's crying ones, and took it to mean she hated him.

He expected her to hit him, or yell at him to go away. Anything that meant that she despised him, and he wouldn't blame her. He couldn't blame her if she hated him for what he did, even if it was on good intentions.

But she walked closer and smiled gently, surprise entering Zenki's eyes.

"Zenki-san…is a Devil, but he was very kind to me. Zenki-san got me a crucifix, even though it must've hurt him. He got me a cheeseburger and even some coke as well, that wasn't drugs. Zenki-san taught me many things about this world, and never asked for anything back. Zenki-san even received wounds again and again for me. Even though I am a clumsy Nun, a Devil-san came to protect me from other Devil-sans and other things as well. Zenki-san cared very much about me, like I care about Zenki-san."

The ending of her sentence brought hope to his eyes, Diodora's falling into despair at the shattering words that broke him mentally, seeing Asia giving eyes to Zenki that he believed Asia should be giving him.

"A-Asia-san…"

He turned to disbelief. He questioned himself if he had fainted or died, and that somehow he was able to have a good afterlife with the thought that Asia actually didn't hate him.

Asia put a hand to Zenki's cheek, and slowly stroked it, bringing Zenki to reality.

"Zenki-san protected me. Even if Zenki-san is a Devil, Zenki-san is my first friend. Zenki-san treats me very kindly all of the time, and he never complains when he gets hurt for me. Zenki-san even suffers through so much pain for me, and even these wounds right now, Zenki-san received them, because of me…yes?"

Tears rolled down her face as she thought about what Zenki went through to protect her. Diodora had already told her about his servants being in the forest and stopping Zenki's advancements, so she was naturally concerned.

"Y-Yes…b-but it doesn't matter, because Asia-san is my friend…I will die protecting Asia-san. Even if I am a Devil and you're a Nun, I don't care in the slightest. I won't ever be sad and say that I am hurt because, I am Asia-sans shield from the bad things in this world."

He declared it proudly, and boldly. He wasn't going to allow anything to hurt Asia as long as there was breath in his body.

Asia cried fully and placed her hands on Zenki's wounds.

"A-Asia-san…"

"Zenki-san protected me, so I am going to heal Zenki-sans wounds. It is the least I can do."

She said it as she activated her Sacred Gear, Twilight Healing, the rings appearing on her fingers.

He pulled away, wincing from the pain he felt from his wounds.

"D-Don't! If you heal me, then you could be excommunicated-"

"I don't care." Asia shocked Zenki and even Diodora, both crying internally for different reasons. "Zenki-san has protected me, and God knows that I am doing a right thing. I might be healing a Devil, but Zenki-san is a very kind Devil. If Zenki-san wasn't a Devil, I know for sure he would be an Angel. So, that's why, I am going to heal Zenki-san. E-Even if I have to…leave the Church, Zenki-san needs me to heal him, so I am going to do so."

She declared it strongly, and used her Sacred Gear on Zenki, the beautiful light washing over his wounds and started to close up.

He was very reluctant to allow her to heal him, because he didn't want her life to be ruined because of him.

But Asia continued to heal him, her eyes brimming with tears. She knew what would happen if she healed Zenki, but Zenki had done many things for her, and she was sure God would forgive her, even if the Church didn't.

"W-What the fuck is this!?" Diodora screamed as loud as he could, tears streaming down his face at his loss. "Y-You can't be serious! Asia-chan! He is a Devil! You can't heal a Devil!"

Asia looked at Diodora, her eyes showing her confidence.

"Zenki-san is a Devil, yes." She said straight away, but then she smiled to herself. "Zenki-san is also my friend. Devil or not, Zenki-san is someone I care about very much. He, was my first friend, and being a Devil doesn't change that."

Zenki smiled at the kindness Asia displaced, and glared at Diodora.

"It seems like true friendship beats your disgusting ways of trying to hurt people."

Diodora's eyes burned with his rage, creating many demonic bullets around him and pointed his hands at Asia, glaring at both of them.

"If that's how you feel, then why don't you fucking die with him! I'll just bring you back once he's dead! That's fine with me, one way or another Asia! I am going to have you join my peerage my sweetheart! You're going to be with me, and your precious Devil Zenki is going to be dead! How do you like that!?"

Asia gasped as the demonic power was fired at the pair of them.

Asia closed her eyes, expecting the pain….

But it didn't happen.

Asia didn't feel pain, even after half a minute.

She wasn't sure why that happened, but she was soon in for a shock.

When she opened her eyes…she saw Zenki standing in front of her, using his own body to shield her.

Many different bullets hit his body and pierced him. Blood shot out of his body, and even then, he didn't cry out. He wasn't going to give Diodora the satisfaction of hearing his cries.

"Z-Zenki-san! W-Why?!"

Asia cried and went to move to stop Zenki from doing this, but he thrusted his hand behind him and stopped her from moving forward.

"Stay behind me!"

He ordered, Asia having tears flowing down her face.

"B-But Zenki-san is going to…"

She wanted to do something, anything to make this stop.

But Zenki wasn't going to allow Asia to be hurt. He wasn't going to allow Asia to be hurt, no matter what.

Each bullet hit him and he gritted his teeth. Even if they hurt him, he didn't show it on his face, bearing the pain for Asia. He was going to do this for Asia. With no demonic power left, or nearly no demonic power left, he didn't have a means to defend himself. But he did have his own body and he was going to use that to defend her life.

"Hahahahhahaha! This is the best Zenki! You're going to die and there's nothing you can do about it! Even Onii-sama won't come to your side this time! He'll laugh as you die! We'll all rejoice at your death you idiot!"

Diodora was excited right now. This was the only time he was able to get the better of Zenki. Zenki couldn't fight back, he couldn't do anything. He couldn't even move, as if he did, Asia would be hurt, and unlike him, she wouldn't be able to do anything against this demonic power. She'd be killed if she got bombarded with them.

"The only way you can beat me Diodora, is attacking someone that is defenceless. If Asia-san wasn't here, I would beat the living shit out of you, and you know it as well. You're a coward that targets innocents, and has others do their dirty work, am I right?"

He looked to the side to see his bird recording it, Diodora nodding joyfully, not seeing Zenki's secret gaze on the metal bird.

"That's right! I was the one to summon Devils to attack you and Asia-chan so she'd become apart of my peerage! I even joined forces to get Jeanne-chan as well! And once you're dead Zenki, I shall go and get Jeanne-chan as well! Hahahahahahaha! I set all of this up to have Asia-chan to myself! I've been wanting you out of the way for years, and now's my chance! You can't fight back now you little shit! I'm going to kill you, goodbye you bastard!"

Diodora then summoned a large block of demonic power and fired it at Zenki, who didn't move, protecting Asia.

"Gwaaaaaaah!"

Zenki cried as his stance was briefly broken, falling to the ground with blood dripping out of his mouth…

Even so, he stood back up and took the barrage of bullets Diodora released right at him, never stopping.

"Please stop!"

Asia tried to plead with Diodora, but he didn't listen.

"Don't worry Asia-chan! I am just doing a service here! I'm making sure that Zenki doesn't bother you again!"

"Z-Zenki-san is a good person! Y-You're a bad person!"

Zenki cried happily at Asia's words, while Diodora became even more enraged, firing more and more demonic bullets at Zenki.

"Fool! You're truly foolish! I can't wait to get rid of that foolishness you have! It will be so delightful!"

Diodora fired a blast of demonic power at Zenki and broke his stance.

He fell to the ground in pain, cursing his ability to not stand up.

Diodora walked forward as he gathered demonic power in his hand, Asia looking between the two with wide eyes.

"Silly Devil! I am not going to be done in by you! By the way Zenki, once I've killed you, I am going to be having lots of fun with Asia-chan! So, be prepared to die and know the fact that you couldn't protect Asia-chan!"

Zenki gritted his teeth and tried to stand, but his energy left him and he fell flat on his face.

Asia, unable to bear it, stood between them, having her arms out wide in a protective stance, Diodora and Zenki both being shocked.

"I won't allow you to hurt Zenki-san anymore!"

Diodora narrowed his eyes dangerously.

"Seriously, Asia-chan? You're going to step in front of me? Are you really going to protect that bratty Devil in front of me right now? That's funny, that's so funny that I might even die of happiness! This couldn't be any better! My object of affection has fallen in love with my nephew! Talk about forbidden romance! But it can't happen! Asia-chan, I will definitely have to hurt you if you don't move!"

So he declared proudly, but Asia didn't move. She didn't even flinch.

"Leave her alone Dildodora! Come at me!"

Zenki spat out in pain as he rose to his feet, but then he fell down again, his energies depleting.

Asia gasped and went to help him, then however saw Diodora walking closer so he ended up standing in front of her.

"Don't worry dear nephew, I will kill you soon. Slowly, I will torture you but first, allow me to kill Asia-chan here." He turned his disgusting eyes towards Asia, showing his demonic power. "Asia-chan, if you don't move, I will have to kill you to get to Zenki."

Asia trembled a little bit…but she didn't move.

She wouldn't move. She wasn't going to budge an inch for Zenki, she was going to protect him now.

"I am going to defend Zenki-san with my life. He is my friend, I won't allow you to hurt my friend."

Asia declared it, as Diodora lifted his hand. Zenki was afraid that Diodora was going to shoot Asia, fear that was very much a conformation when Diodora powered up his attack. The unflinching Asia wouldn't move, she couldn't move. She wanted to protect her friend, always.

"Diodora! Don't do it! Don't hurt her! Hurt me! Kill me! Just leave her alone! Disregard her for the moment! Attack me, alright!? Just attack me already! Just leave her alone!"

Zenki yelled again and again, but Diodora wouldn't listen.

So Zenki summoned what strength he had left, and took to his feet, standing in front of Asia protectively. His legs shook, and he could barely see straight, but he was going to do this for Asia. He was going to protect her.

He then put all of his strength into his fist and slammed it against Diodora's face, breaking his nose.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! My nose you little shit!"

Zenki smiled a tired smile, light beginning to leave his eyes.

"T-Take that you…son of a bitch…enjoy that…now that's…a broken nose…dickhead…"

Zenki felt his strength was leaving him and went to the floor…but he stopped himself at the last second, shaking as he stood tall, standing in front of Asia protectively. Asia naturally didn't know what to do, and did the only thing she could and that was heal Zenki's body.

Diodora stood with blood coming from his nose.

"You bastard, for this insolence, I am going to make your death more painful!"

Diodora declared and walked closer.


Diodora stared coldly in Zenki's eyes, and was about to fire at him, but then was stopped when suddenly, a magical circle appeared next to Diodora, and Marc appeared there with his mini army, Diodora and Zenki both being shocked for the same reason.

"Y-You!"

Diodora became shocked and fired his demonic power straight away at the man.

He took the bullet, and it caused some pain, but the man smiled darkly, glaring at him.

"Jeanne was supposed to be coming back with us, and now she's joined that bastards house!"

He pointed towards Zenki, who stood in front of Asia to protect her. Asia behind him was healing him as best as she could, she didn't want Zenki to disappear. She wasn't going to allow him to die, so she healed him.

Diodora's face twisted in pure rage.

"YOU BROUGHT JEANNE BACK AS YOUR FUCKING SERVANT!? WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING YOU BRATTY BASTARD! SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MINE! HOW DARE YOU TAKE HER AWAY FROM ME LIKE THAT!?"

Compared to the angered Diodora, Zenki merely smiled weakly.

"You're not touching anyone ever again, you bastard. Even my death, I've already made sure that my peerage members are going to be taken care of by people that I trust. So fuck yourself Diodora, you won't get your hands on Jeanne-san or anyone of my family. And I certainly won't let you get your hands on Asia-san either, scum."

He allowed a grin to appear on his face, looking at the metal bird that was recording all of this, having the satisfaction that Diodora is going to be in for a world of pain after this.

Diodora growled and was about to take a step forward when Marc intercepted him, and hit him in the stomach, holy power there.

"Gwaaaaaah!"

Diodora spewed up blood and fell to his knees, already exhausted from before, and now feel like he was going to die.

"Shut the fuck up you bastard. Jeanne was supposed to come back with us, we used you and now your fucking nephew has taken her for himself! Why kind of dickhead are you!? Seriously, I am so pissed off at you right now!" Screamed Marc, then turned his attention towards Zenki who stood in front of Asia, protectively. "Now little man, I am going to kill you. I won't let you live anymore, I am going to end your life now. Don't worry, I will make it fast so you don't suffer, I am not a sadist after all."

The man pointed his hand forward, and a holy power erupted from there.

Zenki presumed that he had a natural ability to gather holy power. It wasn't unheard of for that to happen, but to see it in front of him, he wasn't expecting it if he was honest with himself. Even then, he didn't know what to say about this right now.

But then he remembered Asia, and how he wasn't going to let her get hurt, so stood in front of her, arms stretched out.

Marc saw it, and smiled darkly.

"It is quite funny, you're going to protect that Nun, are you?"

"That's right. I won't allow you to hurt her."

Asia cried at the declaration he made. Even though he was stood before the holy power that could even destroy his soul, he wasn't going to move. Asia wasn't even sure if she was worth it, but Zenki wasn't going to move. He wasn't going to move in the slightest, he was going to protect her, no matter what.

"Then die."

With a horrible noise, Marc shot at Zenki who was ready to take it if it meant he could protect Asia, his eyes not even closing, wanting to look his killer in the eyes at his death...

"No!"

Asia made a split second decision and suddenly pushed Zenki to the side, then with a cry, the holy power went right through her stomach before Zenki could do anything, Zenki's eyes leaking heavy tears as he watched Asia's body to the floor, Diodora shocked that she'd jump in the front of a blast for a Devil.

"ASIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Zenki cried as he rushed to her side, seeing the pool of blood that was around her body.

Zenki tried his best to use his demonic power to heal her, but unlike Twilight Healing, being not apart of his house, it didn't work that well, and only subdued the pain.

"A-Asia-san! W-Why did you do that!?"

Zenki cried, so much so that his tears rained off his face. They fell onto Asia's face, who opened her eyes. He couldn't stop the tears from flowing out of his eyes, the feeling of his own life ending slipping with each tear that came from his eyes.

Even though she was in pain, her hand went upwards shakily. Zenki grasped her hand tightly, attempting to make this a dream, or more specifically, a nightmare. But he had to begrudgingly accept that this was reality, reality that was breaking him down bit by bit as Asia's life was leaving her.

"…I was happy…I made…a friend…Zenki-san protected…me a lot…I was…able to protect Zenki-san just this once…" Asia is smiling, even though she was in pain, her eyes crying as did Zenki's. "…I was able to…see many things…thanks to Zenki-san…Zenki-san showed me…wonderful things…"

Asia's light began fading away. Her eyes were clouded with darkness, she could barely see…but she could still see the green hair that reminded her of nature, the hair that she loved very much, and the face she had grown to admire.

"A-Asia-san! No, no, no, no, no! This can't be happening! W-Why…I'm a Devil…I'm a hated existence by you people of the Church…w-why did you do this…? W-Why d-didn't you let me t-take it...I-I would've d-died to p-protect you...s-so why...?"

Zenki tried to wrap his mind around it.

He couldn't.

He couldn't contemplate why she did what she did. It didn't make sense to him at all.

He was a Devil, and she was a Nun, yet she defended him, took a bullet for him that would've certainly killed him. He was willing to die for her…but she was the one who was turning cold right now.

Her hand was cooling down, her eyes were turning lifeless.

She was dying.

She was going to die.

He shed more and more tears. He was hoping this was a joke, this wasn't happening, this wasn't real…but it was.

Asia was dying before him and he couldn't do a single thing.

"…Zenki-san…if I was born again…could we…have spent more time…together?"

He complied with her straight away, his head bobbing up and down as tears rained off his face.

"Yes…of course we could've. We could've been together everyday. We could've done many things together, we could've even…we could still do those things…I mean, Asia-san, you can't die…there's many things I want to show you. There's people in my peerage…I mean, they're weird but you'd get along great. You'd be able to have many friends. You'd be able to do anything that you wanted and then we could've done things together…we could've been…we could've…"

He couldn't even speak.

His voice was failing him.

His eyes shed too many tears, his eyes turning puffy, and red.

He couldn't stop them from flowing. He couldn't stop them from leaking down his face. He wanted it to be a mistake, a disgusting nightmare that never happened. But he knew it wasn't. He knew that this wasn't a joke, and this was serious, and she was going to die.

Asia reached her hand up to Zenki's crying face, smiling despite her pain.

"…Zenki-san cries for me…a clumsy Nun…Zenki-san protected me for so long…and never complained because Zenki-san is an Angel…even if born a Devil, Zenki-san has the heart of an Angel…no matter what happens Zenki-san…Zenki-san, I wish…my single wish…"

At that moment, Zenki noticed Asia's trembling hand was holding something…

Asia's other hand had a piece of paper in it, so Zenki took it and looked at it.

He saw that it was the same image that he had drawn of Asia those months ago when they first met. But this one was different…because next to the image that he drew of Asia, there was another person in the image that he didn't draw….it was Zenki himself.

Asia had drawn Zenki in the picture, and had Angel wings behind him and the pair of them were holding hands, a heart above them. Asia rubbed the eyes out of her picture, and turned them so they were looking at the image of Zenki instead of being looking straight ahead.

He cried upon seeing it, and Asia's smile made him cry even more.

"Asia-san…"

"…My single wish…is to stay with Zenki-san…forever…Zenki-san…forever with Zenki-san…thank you…for everything…Zenki-san…I wish we…we could've…gotten marri…I love…"

With that and before she could finish her sentence, Asia's hand dropped to the floor, and Asia passed away peacefully, a smile on her face.

Zenki looked at the corpse of his friend, and he was speechless…he couldn't even think.

His mind went completely blank, tears run down his face like a waterfall. They wouldn't stop running down his face, they wouldn't stop shedding. The boy just held her hand again, looking at her body, wishing she would come back. Hoping against all odds that she would just spring back up from the dead, and stand beside him again, smile with him again, be with him again...

"Hahahahahahhahaha…" The one who laughed, was Marc. "You're so cute when you cried. Aww, it was real love, wasn't it? True love between you people, that's alright, that's okay, you took Jeanne away from us, so we took your Nun! Isn't that compensation or something!?"

"Shut up…"

His voice sounded cold, darker.

He stood up after giving Asia a single kiss to the forehead, turning his hateful eyes towards Diodora and Marc, who continued to laugh.

"So, so, funny, aren't you Zenki Astaroth. You know, even with her dead, that just adds to my plans to hurt you for taking Jeanne away from us. We'll get her back, one way or another. There's people that are stronger than me, so even if I die, it doesn't matter. Jeanne will be secured by us, even after you've died. Hahahahaha!"

"Shut up…"

Zenki again said it darkly, an aura around his body. It wasn't a demonic aura…no.

It was something else.

It wasn't demonic, but it was something else…something more, stronger…something more ruthless…it was something that was a dense golden colour…it was a very dark shade of golden that twisted around him.

Black streaks ran through his hair as he continued to walk forward. Marc didn't seem to care and lightly fired a holy bullet at him…but it didn't even touch him.

As the bullet was about to hit him, the aura stopped it, broke it apart.

Diodora's eyes became shocked at seeing it, worry in his heart. He knew what was happening, and became fearful, crying as he moved away.

"Wait, what's this? Have you found some-"

"Shut up! She died protecting me! She, with her last act of kindness, protected a worthless Devil like me! I tried to defend her, yet she was the one who ended up saving my life! How dare you laugh at her death!? That's not something you can laugh at! She was a pure soul and she died for someone like me! You do not get the right to laugh at her death!"

Zenki's aura became more heavy. The denseness of the aura crushed those around. Diodora was floored with the powerful aura that surrounded Zenki. Marc wasn't fairing much better, he wasn't fairing at all really.

He felt like he was going to die at any second right now.

"Y-You're…"

"YOU DON'T GET TO SPEAK YOU LITTLE BASTARD! SHE'S DEAD BECAUSE OF YOU, NOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE ONE WHO DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!"

Suddenly, the ground around him broke apart as his aura went into the sky.

His eyes turned to slit like eyes, like snake eyes. His teeth grew, becoming fangs and his nails get sharper. His skin became hard like scales, and changed from pure white, to an ominous black colour, a colour of everlasting midnight. A large tail grows from Zenki's back, and large jet majestic black wings of the Dragon grow outwards.

Zenki's clothes get ripped to shreds as his body grows larger and larger. His body grows to a very large height, at least 10 feet tall, if not more so. His eyes turn golden, and he breathes out, blue and yellow flames erupting from his mouth.

"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!"

Zenki's howls made the very earth shake. His power was very high, his tail smashing through the trees in the area…but Asia's body was protected. Zenki, even in this new form, was able to keep the girl safe.

Diodora had trouble staying on his feet and fell onto his butt.

"W-What is this…"

Diodora became shocked by the appearance of the Dragon Zenki. The true fear of being frightened was etched into his soul. The cloudy eyes of Zenki was too much for him. He wanted to run away right now, but he was too afraid.

Zenki's golden eyes looked towards Marc, snarling dangerous as blue and yellow flames erupted from his mouth. They lit up the day with a beautiful mixed yellow and blue colours, it being able to be seen for miles and miles. Marc's men looked at this new Dragon and took many steps backward, falling down onto the ground and crying their eyes out.


End chapter!

So, many things happened this chapter! Zenki got damaged, quite a lot actually. He got stabbed, punched, blasted and other things. He even defended Asia with everything he had, but Asia in the end ended up saving his life because of her love for him. And now, after Zenki revealed his transformation into a huge Dragon creature (which he has absolutely no control over for the time being) but that will be shown more next chapter, so look forward to that! And Zenki's Mother was introduced as well! But what is Zenki exactly? Is he half Dragon? Or is his Mother from the Bune Clan, a clan that can transform into Dragons and can tame them? Just what is his Mother exactly? All shall be revealed, eventually! And next chapter is going to end this arc, so look forward to the conclusion, and until next time!

Zenki; Asia, Koneko, Kuroka, Jeanne, Valerie, Xenovia, Serafall, Ravel, Irina, Sona, Ophis, Le Fay, Kunou, Akeno, Gabriel.

Issei; Aika, Tsubasa, Kiyome, Isabela, Rossweisse, Gasper (fem), Raynare, Rias.

Zenki's Peerage

Queen; Valerie.

Rooks; Koneko, Xenovia.

Bishops; Asia, Ravel.

Knights; Jeanne, Irina.

Pawns; Kuroka (5 pieces) Le Fay (2 pieces) Kunou (1 mutation piece)

Rias Peerage

Queen; Akeno.

Rooks; Aika, Rossweisse.

Bishops; Gasper (two pieces)

Knights; Kiba, Raynare.

Pawns; Issei (8 pieces).