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Matthew could barely awake when all he could see were fragments of red, a lot of violet, white and black. He could hear screams, some of anger, desperation and the like. He could hear vague conversations about him.

"…Asia…im!...ie…ospi…"

"…sta…poss…days…"

"Mat…bac…me…miss…"

"It seems that you are in a predicament." A voice boomed, making him open his eyes and he felt… alive. But the atmosphere was rather holy. He stood up from the bed that he lied down on and looked around. It looked like a normal hospital room, IV's and the white rooms and all.

"I'm sorry, who are you?" Matthew asked, looking everywhere to find whoever talked to him earlier.

"That does not matter at this point of time. What matters is that you are in purgatory." The voice spoke out again, echoing throughout the room. "If you wish to come back to the people you care about the most, you would only need to finish one trial."

Matthew raised an eyebrow. One trial and he'd be back to wherever his body is? "What's the catch?" he asked. There's no way that there'd be no drawbacks to this.

"There is no catch. If you finish this trial, you may return to them." The voice answered.

He sighed. He didn't really have much of a choice if he wanted to come back to life. "Alright. What's the trial?"

Rias was a mess. It had been two weeks since the fights with the other Rias' and Gremory Matthew and the other Matthew's had gone back to their own worlds. Gremory Matthew had given them his thanks and if they needed help, they'd only need to call him out. Which was easy since Serana had some experience in world portals.

When she saw Matthew fall to the ground with yandere Rias, she immediately tried to use her healing magic which had no effect and while Asia managed to get his heart beating again, he didn't wake up and decided to send him to a hospital on the Gremory territory. They had the best healers work on him and told them that he would be sleeping from a week to a year. In other words, he's in a coma.

She had some weird seizures when she was sleeping which she had no idea why it was happening.

She tried her best to not break down while the others were doing the same or began crying like Miku was. The men of Matthew's peerage were staying strong as they tried their best to comfort the others.

Now Rias had visited him every day after school and had told the teacher that he was out of the country to not make a fuss about him in a coma.

She was in his hospital room, sitting just next to him who was just sleeping with a peaceful expression. He had lost his glasses during his fight with yandere Rias so it was pretty much gone. All she did in the room was look at him until she succumbed to sleep.

When she woke up, she saw the Matthew wasn't there anymore and stood up, panic crossing her face before she heard a toilet flushing and the door to the restroom opening, showing Matthew looking good as new. When their eyes met, the Gremory ran up and hugged him like it was the end of the world. Matthew stumbled a little bit but managed to balance himself and smiled before hugging back.

"Hey there." Matthew started, caressing her crimson hair.

Rias hugged him tighter, making sure that this wasn't a dream. She took in his scent, his body, everything that could remind her that this was real. She looked at him again and saw that his once black hair was now a dark red which she ran a hand through.

"Your hair's red now." She said, making the Zagan look up to his hair which he can't so he decided to pull some of his hair down and confirmed that it was red.

"I guess it is. I could dye it back to black…" He muttered, loud enough for the Gremory to hear, who shook her head shyly.

"I… kind of like it… this way…" she shyly said, making Matthew smile. It wasn't always that she was this shy.

"Then I guess I'll keep it red."

When Matthew released from the hospital in the underworld, Rias' peerage and his peerage were all happy that he was back and decided to celebrate with a party in the Gremory Household. Although Matthew tried to defuse the idea, everyone agreed to it and he was now forced to wear a black suit with a red dress shirt. What he didn't like about the suit was the pants were a size too small due to Jack buying the wrong size. Now he had to deal with it for the whole party.

He can do this.

He finished fixing his tie and went outside the room and into the entrance hall of the Gremory household which was now turned into a ball room. How they did it in two hours he'll probably never know.

A lot of people were there which included the Sitri's, Serafall, Sirzechs, Grayfia, the Gremory's and some other clans Matthew couldn't remember.

The party lasted for the whole night which included him dancing Rias, Akeno, Miku, Tokha, Serafall, women from other clans and even Venerana.

He can't do this.

Jack, Conner, Zeoticus and SIrzechs had proceeded to start a drinking game which ended with them all drunk and doing a lot of stupid stuff. Like Sirzechs making out with Grayfia in a corner, Jack taking off almost all his clothes, Conner nearly vomiting all over Serana and Zeoticus was off with his harem, leaving the party for the rest of the night.

Kiba was surrounded by women, Issei was dancing with Asia, Koneko and some women, Gasper was there inside his box, Damien, Polydueces and Castor were off talking with some other families and Tokha and Miku were with Serana, talking with each other.

"Enjoying the party?" A voice came out from behind him, making him turn around and see Venerana with a bright smile on her face.

"You could say that…" He trailed off, staring back to the sky, the artificial moon gazing at him.

"You seem distracted. Is there a problem?" She asked, walking up next to him. It was true. When he was dancing, laughing with his friends or simply talking, he had a slight far off look in his eyes.

"Well… would you believe me if I gave 10 percent of my speed to Rias?" He said, earning a surprised look from Lady Gremory.

"Is that so? Does she know?" she asked, curious at the predicament.

"Not yet. I didn't mean to give her my speed but someone else gave it by taking some of it from me and into her. Only way to wake up was that and a mental deconstruction of my brain." He stated. "Who he or she was and how they did it, I'll never know."

Venerana nodded and patted his shoulder with a reassuring smile and decided to leave him alone.

The next day, they all went back to the human world with Matthew's peerage now living with him. Xenovia and Koneko now had shared the room with Issei so his room was slightly cramped up with 5 residents sleeping in the same room.

It was early morning, Matthew was sleeping very comfortably in his bed that was now occupied with him, Rias, Akeno, Miku and Tokha. He had a somewhat good's night rest while thinking of how to tell Rias about his speed and the probation period. He still forgets to tell her that. He made a mental promise that he would tell her at some point today.

10% of his speed was a small loss to him if he could get faster by the end of the year. He'd need to train Rias with it because if she didn't, she would basically see time slow down and might screw up some important stuff. At least, that's what happened to him. He hoped it wouldn't happen to her.

He slept through the morning and woke up once again just a quarter to eleven. He didn't feel anyone next to him so he guessed that the girls must've already been up and downstairs. He got up from bed and stretched a little bit before taking a shower and went down to the dining room where most were already there. He sat down as Rias gave him a plate of pancakes. Kind of weird to eat pancakes a little late in the morning but hey, it's food. He thanked her and proceeded to eat said pancakes.

"So, did I miss anything when I was asleep?" Matthew began, wanting to know anything that he could've missed.

"Well, the school festival is nearing. Will you be participating?" Rias answered.

"I don't know. I'll definitely participate in any running events." He smirked as she giggled. They chatted until Matthew finished his food and asked the Gremory to join him somewhere. She raised her eyebrows in surprise but nodded and they went to his room, the Zagan placing a magic barrer over the door and sound proof magic to make sure that they will only be the ones to hear whatever comes out of the room.

"So, what's this about?" she asked. She felt the magic come off the door when Matthew placed the barrier over it.

"Well, it's about us." Matthew started, surprising the crimson haired girl. "Do you feel weird? Or has anything weird happen to you while I was asleep?"

Rias remembered the seizures she would have during the night for no reason and told him about it.

"So that's how huh…" Matthew nodded and looked at her. "Would you believe me if I said that you have some of my speed?"

Rias was shocked. She had a Zagan's inherited power? That is a very big thing to a lot of people, including her. "W-What?"

When Matthew began speaking, she saw his movements slow down and she looked outside the window and a flock of birds were flapping their wings very slowly. Before she could walk over to the window, a hand stopped her from moving and time went back to normal.

"I guess you see what I mean." He said, sighing. "That power might be cool and all, but if you don't control it your body won't be able to take it."

"What do you mean?"

"If you don't control your speed then your body will start vibrating by its own and you'll go down to the ground. By the time you get your body in check, you'd already be underground, suffocating." He replied. "Don't worry, I'll help you control it. And maybe you'll be able to run like me." He reassured her when he saw the faint terror in her eyes. He held her by the shoulders and smiled before giving her a loving kiss. "You'll be alright. I promise."

She nodded and went for a hug that the Zagan accepted, staying in that position for quite a while before breaking away. "Is there anything else you want to say?" she asked.

"Well… our probation period's gone from three years to just one."

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"Wait what?!"

So yeah. A short one this week before I start the Diodora Arc.

So I gave Rias some new powers that she will not use all the time since she's used to her power of destruction.

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