Yeah yeah I know, I haven't updated in like what? Two months? I'm sorry but I had school and family issues to deal with along with losing the poem that I put in the beginning of the chapters. So you all have my most sincere apologizes for that. So the remedy that I have come up with for losing the poem is to wing it and see where it takes me. I'm out of school for the summer so hopefully I'll be updating much more often because of that but I cannot make any promises but I will try! Oh, and ya'll know what? The lack of reviews from those who read, cause I know that people are reading this, is oh so very depressing. It hurts my motivation to write this…but alas I don't suppose it really matters…

Azura: Stop ranting and get on with the story already lady! The readers don't care what you have to say other than the story itself.

So? I can always kill you off despite you being the main character of this story..

Hichigo: You do that and I will kill you….-fingers the sword on his back-

-sweats a lot and coughs- Uh…Uh..of course not Hichigo-dono! I would never dream of it! –hurriedly holds up a sign that says the following:-

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the mild plot line changes, any of the OC's such as Azura, Kajikage and Tora-Tora and any others that may pop up from time to time. Bleach and Devil May Cry belong to their respected creators.

Warnings: Foul language, mild violence and watch out for bad grammar and mild spelling errors for I am only a lowly six-tailed fire kitsune!

"Kajikage talking to Azura in her mind"

"Kajikage and any other demon/devil speaking aloud"

"Thoughts"

Now on with the story!(p.s. SAVE ME!)

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What happened last time …

Once Azura had put those four demonology books away securely in her room, she went into the dining room to meet and introduce Vergil to Urahara. When she entered the room she quickly found Urahara sitting calmly at the low table with his fan out and open with Vergil's blue and yellow o-katana's blade pointed straight at him, not even an inch away from his fan.

"What the hell is going on? What is the meaning of this?" Azure managed to squeak out in both surprise and shock at the tense scene in front of her.

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Chapter 10: Making matters worse…

… To those who ignore it

To do so is lethal,

Making matters worse,

Is its most simple yet powerful curse…

"Oh nothing Zigitsuga-sama. I was simply admiring this young gentleman's fine example of a masterfully crafted o-katanas." The straw hat wearing shop owner stated like he was just talking about how nice the weather is, "The one he is pointing in a threatening manner in my face is exceptionally beautiful, do you not agree Zigitsuga-sama?"

Urahara's straw hat was casting a dark shadow over his eyes so that they could not be seen, while his fan was shielding the lower part of his face from the sharp point of the blade. Azura just stood in the doorway in mild shock about the scene before her as she looked from Urahara to the white haired young man, that she had met earlier that afternoon in the library and back again. She had a rather perplexed expression upon her face as she tried to make sense of both the scene before her and what Urahara had just said to her in her mind, but it simply was not working out for her.

"How? Vergil-san looks like he's about to cut your head off…How is that nothing Urahara-san? It doesn't make any sense to me what so ever…" Azura said in confusion.

"So… he has finally found me… Vergil, the half human, half demon son of the Dark Knight, Sparda. Be wary around him little one, fore the reason as to why he is here is unknown, however the most logical reason for him to be that I can fathom is to kill us. Do not trust him." Kajikage informed Azura through their mind connection.

"The shop owner here, knows something that I cannot permit to be known by others other than a very select few. For that he must be killed." Vergil, the son of Sparda the Dark Knight said in what Azura was starting to think was the only way his voice sounded like; the icy and aloof tone filled with complete contempt for those that are both weaker and below him.

The sound of Vergil's voice sent a shiver of pure, cold fear down Azura's spine. Before anything else could happen in the small back room of the shop that functioned as the dining room that Urahara, Vergil and Azura were either standing or sitting in, the pool of shadows in the farthest corner of the room solidified into the large form of Kajikage. Kajikage stepped out from the corner, making a beeline for Vergil and firmly grabbed his arm that was still pointing the dangerously sharp tip of the blade of his blue and yellow o-katana.

"You will harm NO ONE that is within this shop, oh son of Sparda." Kajikage growled out in a threatening manner, causing the tension levels within the small room that was already filled with it so skyrocket to a whole new level when Vergil showed no signs of listening to him. Vergil did not even seem to have heard a word that Kajikage had spoken.

After several nerve racking moments, Vergil lowered his beautiful o-katana and sheathed it, stopping when there was about an inch left of the blade sticking out of it before slowly sliding the rest into the sheath with a resoundingly clear click, and placing the sheath back into his belt on his waist next to the second o-katana that he carried. Once Vergil had put the o-katana away, Azura went into the room to stand both next to and slightly behind Kajikage, she was now terrified of Vergil who only moments before had been her savior from her foster father who was the epitome of pure evil.

Kajikage and Vergil were staring coldly at one another in an uncomfortable silence, that Azura down right hated, before Kajikage decided to get straight to the point of the issue that he had with Vergil and why he was there.

"Why are you here Vergil? If you are here to harm the last of the Zigitsuga clan, I will have to ignore the fact that you were my best general and my closest friend all those years ago. I refuse to let my mistake get any worse than what it already has. You of all people should know that if I make a mistake I take it upon myself to correct or to do whatever it takes to prevent it from getting worse." Kajikage said sternly, with an unwavering, merciless gaze in his eyes as he watched Vergil's every movement.

Azura and Urahara were both completely stunned at the last part of what Kajikage said. 'What did Kajikage mean when he said, "I refuse to let my mistake get any worse."? Does he mean what had happened the night that he had awaken my powers and my family was murdered by a strangely large horde of powerful Hollows? I'll have to ask him about it when we're alone…I hope that's sometime soon…' Azura thought nervously to herself as she stepped cautiously out from behind Kajikage's imposing form.

She looked carefully at Vergil as he caught sight of her. He showed almost no sign of emotion on his face but she could see the barest hint of surprise on his face and a very mild concern in his icy blue eyes. That confused Azura, if he really was someone who she should not trust then why is he showing concern in his eyes at the sight of her? The act of trying to make sense of the ever increasingly confusing puzzle of the people around her was only succeeding in giving her a migraine.

"I was not planning on harming her Kajikage, I had escorted her here safely after she had been assaulted by the poor excuse of a foster father or hers when we both were seeking solace in the calm atmosphere of the library. Her foster father by the way, none of you be bothered by him any time in the near future while I am here. The foolish old human," Vergil said in a slightly offended tone before chuckling the last part out, "ran for his life as his weak kind should when faced with someone who is both smarter and stronger than them."

Azura felt immensely relieved that the man that had saved her from her foster father's rage, held no ill will toward her nor did he wish to kill her, yet anyway. She walked quietly to where Urahara had been (and still is) sitting and sat down with her long firmly toned legs folded neatly beneath herself. Urahara smiled kindly at her, with his paper fan still out in front of his face, that hid the lower half of his face from both Kajikage and Vergil, who happen to be caught in a staring contest with each other.

Suddenly snapping his paper fan shut, Urahara said in a cheerful voice, "Well, Vergil-sama, you can stay here along with Zigitsuga-sama and Moocher-san! You won't even have to pay rent and you'll get to have Zigitsuga-sama's heavenly delicious cooking too! So, what do you say?"

Kajikage twitched slightly in surprise at the sound of Urahara's voice and at what he had said to Vergil, which caused him to lose the impromptu staring contest with Vergil. Azura looked like she could not decide whether or not to be surprised, insulted, or honored by what Urahara said about Vergil and her meager cooking abilities. The only sign of a reaction from Vergil was the faintest widening of his pale icy blue eyes that only Azura noticed.

Vergil narrowed his eyes as he said, "What will I have to do for you in return? Everything has a price, even your supposedly 'free' lodging, do not attempt to play me for a fool."

Urahara chuckled from behind his now opened paper fan once more as he said, "Aren't you a clever one? You'll have to escort Zigitsuga-sama to and from school since the arrangement between Kajikage and I for him to have a solid-like body back, he must stay within this shop so therefore he cannot leave to keep her safe. I do hope that you don't mind having to wear the uniform along with attending Karakura high school."

Azura noticed that Vergil's left eye twitched slightly at Urahara's strange request. Azura was also confused as to why he had asked the favor that he did of Vergil. How was Urahara planning on passing Vergil off as a high school student? Vergil's appearance was more of that of a college student instead of a high schooler. She did not have the faintest idea. Azura looked over at Kajikage and found that he had disappeared from where he had been standing earlier to nowhere in sight.

Apparently, Azura was not the only one that was skeptical that Vergil could be passed off as a high school student, fore Vergil said, "How do you plan on passing me off as I high school student? That is rather degrading and insulting not to mention impossible since my appearance is that of a twenty-seven year old human. Unless it is perfectly normal for a human of that age to be in high school, I would seem out of place do you not agree Urahara-san?"

Urahara chuckled as he snapped his fan shut and waved it carelessly through the air around himself. Urahara grinned mischievously as he said, "Zigitsuga-sama, shouldn't you be getting to bed and finishing your school work? It is a school night after all and you do wish to keep your grades up do you not?"

When Urahara said that he winked at Vergil before he flipped his trademark paper fan open once more in front of his face, he looked pointedly at Azura to see if she had heard him. Azura, upon realizing just how suddenly tired she was and how late it was, despite the shop keeper's strangely suspicious behavior, Urahara was right about her needing to get to bed before school the coming day. She then excused herself from the remaining two men within the small room politely.

Azura walked silently down one of the hallways that were in the back area of the small general store. 'I have a very strong feeling that tomorrow at school is going to be both quite interesting and rather long not to mention the most hectic day to date. I just hope that I'll be able to survive it…' Azura thought to herself while she stepped into her pitch black room. She hurriedly reached over to the light switch on the wall closest to where she was standing and flipped it on, not wanting to be in the darkness any longer than she absolutely had to. Once the light switch was turned to the on position the room was flooded with bright light.

'I wonder how Urahara-san is going to pull off making Vergil-san a high school student at Karakura high school….but with what I know about Urahara-san, it is going to be possible and interesting for the lack of a better term, that's for sure.' Azura mused silently to herself as she changed into the oversized t-shirt that served as her nightgown.

Azura walked back over to the light switch and flipped it to the off position so that the lights in her room went off. Once she had done that she quickly went to her futon on the floor and slid into it. She then sat up in it so that she could undo the braid that her hair was still in, once it was undone it fell like a long, bloody soft curtain around her shoulders and back.

'Hmm…I just realized something, the aura that I was feeling from Vergil is almost identical to Ichigo's…it's both a pure light and an almost impenetrable darkness to it, almost as though they're conflicting with themselves. It's reminding me of what my twin brother went through before that night six years ago…' Azura thought as she absently ran her fingers through her hair.

She sighed and decided not to think too much about her past as it might bring back darker memories and dreams that she rather were kept in the darkness on her mind. She laid down in her futon and swiftly fell into a deep sleep.

Little did Azura Zigitsuga realize that her nightmares and memories would be returning that very night with a vengeance.

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And, that's a wrap! I hope that you, the readers enjoyed it! I'll be working on the next chapter as you're reading this! Please review! They are loved but sadly I cannot force them from you who read, favorite, bookmark, and subscribe to alerts to review this…I know what I can do! –light bulb lights up over head- Those of you who review this chapter will have your questions answered in the next chapter and along with any response to your reviews I may have! Flames are also welcomed cause I could use something to heat my bed up at night since I think I may be getting a sinus infection… oh the headaches and random body temperature changes how I love thee! NOT! Any way enough of my ranting and review please!