This is a Seraph of the End fanfiction only.

As we said good bye and each of us went our own way, I placed the device in my ear. Sure enough I began to be able to talk with Skuld, but the weird thing is the nanites also sort of linked with the device and I began to be able to see her location, simply by thinking where is she?

In a matter of minutes I had another five flask and I never had eaten this good. I was actually humming as we went towards our assigned destination. "What got you in such a freaking good mood?" Mitsuba seems will never actually be friendly to me, then again I didn't care, I was having too much of a good time to let Shrimp ruin my good mood."

Shinoa began laughing, "Why wouldn't he be happy? He met his wife, his best friend, got a present from his lady love in the form of a rather girlish looking earring, and actually been collecting Vampire Blood in those freaky flask of his, so he is actually eating according to him the good stuff."

I decided to put a stop to it, "Look people, we got a long way to go and the last thing I need is for you to remind me of the person I can't be with, and didn't even manage to at least be intimate with, and make no mistake I really wanted to be with her."

Miria took this chance to begin to laugh as I said that, "Well if you really want to screw around, well there is at least two ladies here willing and able to provide that." I wanted to serious knock her lights out, but then I would have to carry her till she wakes up and that would be a pain.

"I am not unfaithful, I don't think I was the only one, for some strange reason I got the feeling that Crowley wanted to get quite cozy with a certain scythe wielding squad member." She was actually blushing as I said that and asked me if the other girl, the one named Chess was not his lover, I told her that to the best of my knowledge he was still single.

As we finally made it the halfway point, and we found a resupply station, I had the chance to do something I really needed. To take a bath, man I must smell something awful after all the walking, fighting, and things we been through. For once I was happy that I was the only guy in the squad, it means I could take a bath and relax.

As I was done scrubbing myself I went into the warm water of the bathing area. The warm water felt good, it would feel better if this was in my home, with Skuld here bathing with me, 'How many times do I need to tell you, stop thinking about doing thing like that with her! Honestly, you are so inconsiderate sometimes. I may be a demon, but even I have feelings you know!"

I closed my eyes and began to think about Ashuramana. Sure enough it worked, turns out I can see her quite clearly, just like when I wanted to talk with my dear mom. God I miss her sometimes, specially at times when I could really use her wise council. Who knew I was such a mamma's boy?

Ashuramana looked at me and I don't like the amused look on her face one bit, "I could have told you that the minute we signed the contract, there are so many memories of you spending time with her, but then again with me being constantly too busy trying to control myself with you thinking so much about your wife, it's not easy to satisfy an urge you need someone else to satisfy and the only one you got near me is too much in love with that busty wife of his."

She sat down and I got an eyeful of what she was definitely offering. "It's like having an itch you can never quite reach, but the only one that could scratch it is not able or willing to. Honestly Hector, we are already part of each other ever since we signed that contract. If you did sleep with her, it would be a threesome, hey now, there is an idea."

I looked at her and since I was inside my mind I didn't need blood to activate my powers. "I don't like that thought, not one bit. Since you are inside my mind how about I imagine five strong men to constantly ravage you for a few hours. Would that take care of that itch for you?"

She looked at me and I swear she was trying to seduce me, "If all five of them look like you, maybe. Are you sure you don't want to have a go with me? I may not be as young as you, but I am far from decaying, so what do say? Want to give this body of mine a try big boy?"

I told her if she keeps up with this I would imagine five buck naked Gurren having their way with her. "Oh you no fun, fine standard chip and dale dancers it is. How can you remain faithful to that bimbo even when you two must live apart?" As I exited my mind I told her it was easy, because I love her.

As soon as I opened my eyes I saw a sight that was not welcomed or wanted. Shinoa just standing there as naked as the day she was born, "You do realize this is the men's side of the bath and you are not supposed to be here." She didn't even blush as she walked over to the bathing area and sat on the edge.

"I don't know which should make me angrier, the fact that you see me like this and you have no reaction whatsoever, or the fact that you ignore my genuine concern, you been in here for quite a bit of time, and men complain that girls take too long to take a bath." I told her that had she been Skuld that would be a different story, but I had to talk about a few things with my weapon.

"You keep treating that thing as a person, and you will more than likely be consumed by it. The thing we make contracts with are demons, and trust me, no matter how friendly it seems, it is not your friend, you are prey and that is all."

She left in a huff and was looking pretty angry with me. "No wonder they are so ineffective, of course they want to take them over, it would be like being offered a second chance to live again, my squad would jump at the chance if given the opportunity if the roles were reversed."

As I closed my eyes, I saw Ashuramana looking quite happy about what I just said, she walked over to me and sat right next to me, "You know you are right, many of my kind would jump at the chance, but you on the other hand have treated every single demon you met, well except that rude weakling, with kindness and consideration. Truth be told I would never take you over, I would have much more to lose than what I would gain."

I looked at her, "A thing becomes as you treat it, you have a wonderful pet, a friend and you treat that poor puppy as a thing, it will treat that person the same way, I treat you as my friend, coworker, and sometimes my hunting partner. Which is why you value me, these humans will never understand."

I got out of the bath and began to dry myself, I however I was done threw the bar of soap at the opening I was sensing, it hit right on target and someone fell down or at least that is what it sounded to me. That should teach the shrimp to respect my privacy.

"OW, mind telling me why did you throw that soap bar at me? I was just going to tell you dinner was going to be delayed. This is what I get trying to be friendly to a thing even the bloody fangs consider freaky."

I didn't even wait for her to get up, I could see her quite clearly. "First, I don't eat the same things are you humans do, second I know that most consider me freaky, which is one reason only my friends and family know what I am, and last but not least this is not a reason to peek at me while I am bathing, aren't you supposed to respect my privacy? You don't see me peeking at you when you are taking a bath now do you?"

I swear Miria has a perverse sense of humor, I will definitely have to do something about that. Had she been peeking at Chess, well there wouldn't be enough of her to bury in a box of matches. She should be faltered that I told her the truth, that only those I consider my friends and family know my secret.

She should know that even thought they are humans, well humans with demonic contracts, I considered the members of my squad my friends at the very least. They each know my secret, they each can expose me to any number of higher officers and pretty much turn my horrible life into a true living hell.

I imagine if they knew Krusnick were so effective fighting against vampires, they would literally have me strapped to an examination table for the remainder of my existence, my very own open coffin, full of torture and humiliations. They would bleed me each day to try and collect the nanites, and create more of my kind, if only to use them as disposable foot soldiers.

They would not care for their need to drink vampire blood, and when they exterminate the last of the vampires, well by then they would have studied the nanite enough to cause the very thing that transformed their little super weapons to destroy themselves. I know I should have more faith in humans, but if history has taught me one thing, this was an almost expected course of action for them.

I guess besides those I once had as family or my friends in my squad, I really don't trust humans one bit. I don't see that happening anytime soon, unless something happens, something drastic that changes my view of humanity. I even have a suspicion that it was not the vampires that made the virus that cause so many adult humans to die, not the creators of the Horsemen either, deep down I still think it these things make me thinks that human hands created them.

As I got out of the bath and I began to get dressed, someone placed the bar of soap, the very one I threw right next to me on the bench I was sitting on. The bar was broken in half, it must have hit the tree like I intended.

"You know you could have killed me if that thing hit, I don't know if I should be grateful that you have such lousy aim, or that I should give thanks to god for his protection." I cleaned off the remaining bar of soap and placed it in my backpack.

"Actually I missed on purpose Miria, the last thing I need is to hear you complain about how me giving you a black eye should be considered a crime for blemishing that beautiful face of yours. I already have enough to deal with Shrimp, I don't need another headache."

She sat down right next to me in the most unladylike fashion possible, she was dressed alright, but she was sitting with the bar of the bench right between her legs, and she was laughing, I knew she was going to have a creepy pervy smile on her face, "So you finally realized that I am beautiful, I wonder what that fang you call your wife would say if she heard what you called me."

I had the misfortune to have the communication device on during the entire conversation, I was enjoying a lovely conversation with her during my bath after all. I heard what she said loud and clear.

"Well since you ask, she would say that it is clear that having to survive on human blood caused me malnutrition, and that I should visit a doctor to have my eyesight checked. That I must need glasses, cause that is the only way I could consider you who is the most unladylike person she has ever met beautiful."

She laughed as I said that, "I see no point in pretending, I can be a proper lady as if I was a princess, but we have a lot of time before we reached our destination and a lot of miles to patrol. Tell her to buy me some silk lingerie, silk dress, high heels, and a proper supply of make up, and I can behave like I was royalty. No lady can look ladylike when all you have are these mud encrusted horrors as her only footwear."

"You done? Or maybe we should discuss that nasty idea you have in your mind while we walk to the our dinner? You know the idea that it might not be such a horrible idea to play matchmaker between your friend and our squad leader."

I got up and began to walkout of the dressing area with her right next to me, "You have to admit, they would make a rather lovely couple. I know you have not seen it, but Crowley can be quite the humanitarian, they share the same weird sense of humor too, who knows, maybe after they met each other, there might be something there that wasn't there before."