Chapter 21

Before long, the week had ended. The week had past and it was time to go back to the human world, back to school. Some were less than excited since there was homework over the break. Others had finished it during their down time. Slowly, everyone packed their things and prepared for their departure.

"Well this was one week I won't forget" Kayano said putting shirts into her suitcase.

"Yeah, this was definitely a special week." Nagisa replied.

"I got some great pictures to remember this by" Karma commented holding his phone with a picture of Nagisa in his Bed trap from the second day.

Itona said nothing.

Once they were done packing their things they went to the Living room to wait for everyone else to be done. Rias, Koneko, and Kiba were all sitting in couches already done gathering their items.

"Done packing already?" Rias asked.

"You guys were done a lot faster though." Karma rebuttled.

"We're fast, but anyway, how was your first week in the underworld"

"mixed,"

"Cool"

"I died, but it was nice"

"Same"

"It seems that you all had a good time. Maybe Nagisa less than others."

"Two of us did die and come back, and Nagisa got stripped again. I thought it was great" Karma stated.

"That's because you didn't have to do much," Kayano commented.

"Hey, not my fault… Rias? Can I ask a question?"

"What is it Karma-kun?"

"You guys know about our story, I wanna hear yours"

"Huh? Our story huh, well, between the three of us there's not a lot, as you know I am the sister of the Leader of the Devils, Sirzechs Gremory. Koneko-chan is a 'Nekomata' who can use sage techniques. She was killed Her Sister, Kuroka, is also a Nekomata but works with the Terrorist group 'Khaos Brigade'. Kiba-kun was the only survivor of a project that existed to create people that could use Excalibur, he died escaping and I brought him back."

"And what good choices you made"

"Thank you,"

"Does Koneko, as a cat-girl, sleep as much as cats do?"

"No, she sleeps normally. Now, may I ask some questions of my own?"

"Fire away,"

"I want to know about you specifically, I would first like to ask why is it that you chose to continue going to Kunugigaoka, the high school level that is, instead of transfering like the rest of your classmates had?"

"Well My grades were fine, even before I was sent to Class 3-E, I was sent there because I beat up some chump to help some people. On top of that, someone had to keep Asano in his place."

"So it was because of a sense of Rivalry?"

"You could say that, but I only have one rival, one person to overcome."

"And who would that be?" Rias asked placing her chin on the arch her hands made propped up by her elbows

"This little idiot right here" Karma said knocking his hand on Nagisa's head, which made Nagisa hold his head trying to ease the pain. "My little idiot friend who never ceases to entertain me."

"Karmaaa" Nagisa groaned

After their conversation, the rest of the group had arrived.

Little by little everybody boarded the train to return to their own world. After saying their goodbyes to Sirzechs, Milicas, and Grayfia the train departed.

Nagisa, Karma, Kayano, Itona and Korosensei all took their seats in one of the back carts, Korosensei didn't feel particularly well. He never did do well with vehicles.

"Come to think of it, why is the way from earth to the Underworld and back a train?" Nagisa asked.

"Well, remember that one phrase 'hell on wheels'?" Karma replied

"Yeah,"

"Maybe it has to do with that"

"I don't think that has to do with this."

"Eh, maybe it's a spoof of the 'Highway to hell'."

Suddenly, the door slid open. Azazel had walked through and did not look happy. His hands were in his pockets but one could almost see they were cupped into fists.

"We got a big problem." he said without a slight sense of humor.

"What is it?" Korosensei asked half melted on the seat.

"Well, let's just say we shouldn't have left, since someone's been screwing with the country, to put it simply, whatever attacked us a few days ago is back and playing dirty, it's amassed numbers and is running amok on earth, cities are being ripped apart and of course, the governments are useless as always."

"Well, at least we got high schoolers to save the world instead of trained army soldiers and tactical professionals." Karma joked.

"Karma, don't bring up plot points from an Anime series, this is real," Kayano interjected.

"We'll be arriving in Tokyo soon, I didn't get word of what it looked like, so don't be surprised if you see nothing but rubble."

Everyone nodded silently. Azazel walked back to the front cart so he could tell the others, leaving the alumni of Class 3-E to think about what's to come.

"Korosensei, you think he's serious?" Nagisa asked concerned.

"I'm unsure, he didn't have any change in his voice pattern. If he's telling us the truth, then we will have a big problem on our hands."

Suddenly the train stopped, the lights flickered.

"five" Itona muttered,

The train shook, rumbled, it bounced in every direction with the force of a car crash at 70 mph.

"What the hell!?" Issei shouted from the other side of the train.

"Something's tampering with the train" Rias alerted.

Suddenly the train became still. It was silent, it was calm. It was at that moment of vulnerability that the train shook one more time. There was a sense of weightlessness for everybody. The train was falling, but that wasn't it. Looking through the glass of the train's door leading to the other cart, Issei could see the train's second half distancing itself away from his. The train had been split, no, it had been torn in half and forced away.

"Nagisaa!"

END

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