A/N: Just watched the anime 'School Days', and thought its plot was similar in what I had in mind for Highschool DxD… Since I was on a roll, I also watched Elfin Lied. Yeah, I don't know what I'm doing with my life…

Ani's Lesson: Killing Idiots 101

"…" Ani's blank face stared at the TV, the girl just finishing a certain anime.

"Issei, what do you think would have happened if your girls were like that?" The little girl's bubbly tone was nowhere to be found. Everyone who knows her would be really crept out if they saw her like this.

Issei gulped while rubbing his neck. "Well… I admire that guy's guts though. He reminds me of me."

"So that's it." Ani's dead fish eyes gazed at you. Even you're starting to get crept out. "For today's lesson, don't be a philanderer unless you're OP. 'Cause you'll end up like that guy otherwise." You don't even notice that Ani used slightly deep English words, namely philanderer and otherwise. You're too much crept out by this point.

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"Anime is for kids, huh…" Those were Ani's final words as she walked out of her room. You hear the sounds of Ani's heart snapping and breaking into a million pieces, then none. "Kazuma-chan, you liar."

=[Chapter 23: Alone]=

"Somehow, I feel depressed." Aria quietly sat at a sofa. She looked at her seatmate, Luna. She's the blue-hooded girl that Tatsumi made to be his servant.

"Is that so?" Luna sweatdropped. "You haven't slept yet. Maybe it's time for you to rest now?"

"It's okay. If I go to sleep, you'll get bored." Aria smirked at the smaller girl. "There isn't really anything to do here, right?"

After Tatsumi teleported Aria to god-knows-where by Shura's teigu, the blonde found herself staring with the previously sent off Seryu and the three servants. After some talk, Aria learned that they are in Tatsumi's 'vacation house', at least that's what he said to the rich-girl.

Meanwhile, Seryu and Koro were sitting in front of them. She's quiet, not saying a single word, however.

"If this girl would just speak up…" Aria annoyingly looked over the brunette.

"…" Seryu stared at her. 'Her annoyed face feels good to see.' The girl inwardly laughed.

"Heh, anyways. Luna, tell me about yourself." Aria scooted near the child casually.

"What should I talk about though?" The hooded girl looked up in thought cutely.

"How about love?" Seryu chirped in.

"Yea—Grr, so you can talk!" Aria rebutted, standing.

"Have anyone ever told you that you're fun to tease?" Seryu grinned.

A picture of Tatsumi appeared above Aria, with the girl slightly blushing. "You d-damn…" Aria subconsciously noted that even just after a few days past her surgery, Seryu was already full of life thanks to that unknown machine Tatsumi have. Though a bit too lively, Aria grumbled to herself.

"N-No fighting please!" Luna tried to be the mediator between the two. "Seryu-san, please apologize to Aria-sama. Aria-sama, forgive her, okay?" She grabbed their hands and shook them together, smiling.

The two older teen looked at the girl's direction. 'It's unbelievable how someone can be as cute as she is…' They both thought in unison.

"Luna," Aria leaned towards her. "how come you serve Tatsumi so willingly? I know he isn't that scary, but, someone as innocent as you couldn't possibly stand a guy like him."

"Eh? Master Tatsumi is really nice though." Luna smiled. "He always pats my head if I do a good job. Fal and Air too, so we really like him." The lithe girl hummed while she continued her story. "He's just like a nice big brother. I wish he really was my brother!"

Seryu and Aria shielded their eyes from the blinding light Luna shone while admiring her master. "Too, innocent!" Aria's mouth almost foamed at her sheer adorableness.

=-…-=

"So here's the plan. Listen carefully." Tatsumi tapped his left ear for emphasis. "First off, we kill the some of the guys, after that, we rape 'dem girls, then finally, we do the holy act of NTR. Sound's neat, right?" He snickered to himself.

Akame sighed. "That's a very unrealistic plan you have, Tatsumi. Let me introduce my own. Gahum." Clearing her throat, her eyes turned chibi. "First, we cut off their supply of mea—food. Second, I eat-, we eat them ourselves, and finally, they will starve to death by not eating meat for one day. Perfect, if I have to say myself."

"You two are useless." Leone shook his head. "So, anyone have any ideas?"

Ani was happily waving her hand, but nobody paid her mind. Since nobody except one looked like they can create a plan, they all turned their attention to that individual.

"M-Me?!" Chelsea stuttered. "Why should I help you?! You didn't actually think that I believed those things, didn't you?!"

She was talking about Tatsumi and Yami's past with the Capital, which Tatsumi told them half an hour ago.

Her words hurt Yami's feelings a little, and that little meant her sniffling in a full-blown cry.

Ani chirped in. "Ah, you made her cry. How mean."

"Ch-Chelsea-san, d-do you mean that you also don't trust me…? I can't lie about something like that, you know? Uwuu…" Speaking logically, nobody thought that Yami could actually even lie.

Tyrant, who was using Bulat's body, decided to add his two cents. "Yes. I may not be a human, but I do understand that that kind of talk isn't something you casually say to others."

After all, Tatsumi told them about Yami's, or Tatsumiki's previous life and how she got betrayed by the one she trusted the most. Worst of all, she didn't even get the chance to regret before she died.

Not to mention the truth on how she died.

"But weren't you the Cursed Prince? Last I've heard, a prince is a boy!" Chelsea yelled back.

'Did you know who spread that legend about the Cursed Prince?" Tatsumi tilted his head, laughing. "Yes, it's me. The true title would be The Cursed Princess, and the demon in that story… it's me. It's actually the other way around."

Chelsea widned her eyes.

"That's… But still, I just can't…" Chelsea looked back between Tatsumi and Yami. "… Then, I will help you, in exchange of one thing."

"Depends. Spill it." Tatsumi crossed his hands.

"Answer my questions. What is your true final goal here, Tatsumi?" Chelsea walked closer to him.

"Regain what Yami-, Tatsumaki truly deserves. That is, the Capital." The demon eyed her, silently telling her he's serious.

"And what about after that? Will the Capital change? Will its tyranny end? Will the weak still be oppressed?" Chelsea didn't falter on his gaze.

"What do you think Tatsumaki will do after she becomes the Empress of the Capital?" Tatsumi snorted. Did she really think that Yami's bad too?

"No, Tatsumi. I'm asking you. What will you do after all of this?" Chelsea pointed at him with narrowed eyes.

"… That would be me conquering this world. And ultimately," Tatsumi turned around. "my father. But that is for another story, and this is what's here right now." Ani was whispering at the background, saying 'Literally'. "Are you satisfied?"

"Conquer?" Chelsea raised an eyebrow.

"I don't want to rule everything, don't worry. I just want… something that I truly own for myself."

"What are you talking about?!" The cherry-haired assassin yelled in outburst. "You own a lot of things! Like…"

"His underwear." Ani whispered to Chelsea.

Unconsciously ignoring the girl, Chelsea slowly realized just how much Tatsumi lacked on what to call his. He doesn't have a real family. His ultimate goal was to help somebody else. Worst of all—

'He's aware everyone hates him.' Chelsea thought. 'If it weren't for his eyes, Akame, Aria, and Leone wouldn't even think twice about killing somebody like him. At the very least, he has Yami with him, but he already did something to her.' Her mind wound back to Yami's story to her about Sayo, her and the bandits.

She realized just how lonely this guy was.

Tatsumi stared at the silent Chelsea, who had been staring at him for almost a whole minute now. "What's with that sympathetic look?"

"Hmph." Chelsea turned to her side. Still, she would never let her guard down to Tatsumi. He might be actually pitiful in the inside, or is unbelievably lonely, or is guilty of himself, or— 'B-Brain, stop thinking.' Chelsea frowned while blushing.

"I guess I don't have a choice. I'll just have to help you since you're so stupid…" Chelsea quietly mumbled.

Tatsumi frowned at that. "It looks like you understand that you do not have anywhere to run. Heh, serve me with all you've got." He taunted the girl while laughing.

But to his surprise, Chelsea simply smiled at her. "I'll try." She walked towards the other people waiting away from them, and starting discussing something.

"… What happened to her?" Tatsumi obliviously thought, having been thrown off-guard by her unexpected answer. "I haven't even used [Corrupt] just yet. A miscalculation again?" Once he lost his composure, it is his end. A terrible, yet cute weakness for someone of his title.

=-After a single day: Temporary camp near the destroyed Night Raid Base-=

If one were to see this particular place, they would mistake it for a normal village. Children were playing around the camp, while some teenagers were walking the dirt paths all over the place. But that is merely an illusion, as the true horrors of this place resides—

"Eyow! Pass the ball here Yami! Pass!" Ani yelled at one of her current playmates.

"No fair!" Luna pouted at the blonde. "It's my turn now!"

"W-Where should I pass now?" Yami looked back between here two friends, confused.

Fal and Air was crying behind Ani. "W-We want to play too…" Ani just stuck her tongue out to the two, grinning.

Well, at least the part where the children were playing is true. That's strange, everything actually looked peaceful for once.

Tatsumi was sitting outside a hut some meters away from the kids, wearing a bored expression. "… Wait, what am I doing?! Weren't I suppose to attack the Capital yesterday?!"

"Don't you remember?" Chelsea sighed beside him. "I told everyone to rest for a single day. Everyone needs it. Maybe not you, but everyone else do."

"Ugh, pathetic humans…" Tatsumi feigned puking.

"Like father, like son." Chelsea replied annoyingly. "Well? How are my comrades doing?"

"They're still asleep, except Mine." Tatsumi's eyes mysteriously twitched at the mention of the pinkette's name.

"… Tatsumi, are you hiding something from me?"

"Nothing much." He looked to the side, and his eyes widen. "Fuck."

"Tatsumi-nii!"

"Tatsumi-nii?..." Chelsea's eyes widened, looking at the approaching Mine near them. "Mine, what did you just—"

"Ah, good morning, Chelsea." Mine smiled at her. "What are you talking about with my brother?" 'Brother? Brother? Brotheeer?' That word echoed inside Chelsea's mind. She turned to the culprit at hand, furious.

"Taatsumiii, what the hell did you do to Mine?!" The girl exclaimed while grabbing him by his collar.

"I think her mind broke a bit too much." He raised a single finger.

"Why'd you even break her mind in the first place?!" Yelling that, she comically punched the guy on the face. Ani and her friends were surprised to see a bloody-nosed Tatsumi at their center.

"T-Tatsumi-nii?!" Mine yelled from the house he came from.

Hearing that, Chelsea had the urge to punch him to oblivion again.

=-…-=

Someplace away from the Capital, the new Jaegers members decided to show what they can do for the older members, now that the injured ones have recovered, albeit just slightly. The Three Beasts were still asleep though, as they were the ones who got injured the most.

The two new members in question are Sayo, and the infamous Dr. Dorothea.

"Hey, Sayo." Dorothea whispered by her side, the rest of the Jaegers watching behind them. "You're really sick, you know that?"

"You're pretty cute yourself too, Dorothea." Sayo twirled her crimson hair playfully, humming as they strode towards the village's gate. "If it isn't for your age, I would have abducted you a year ago already."

"Yuck." The vampire's face scrunched up in pure disgust. "I'd rather get raped by Shura than you touching me."

As the two put a distance away from Esdeath's group, the remaining members began to chatter to themselves.

"I hate that Sayo." Kurume narrowed her eyes behind the crimson beauty, while laying a ready hand above Muramasa.

Wave was standing behind the girl, his hands crossed. "You're not alone, Kurume."

Run, on the other hand, was eyeing Dorothea. 'If I remember correctly, she's a member of prince Shura's group. But, just some week ago, their group was reported to be dead…' Run thought in suspicion. 'Was it actually just a ruse then?' (1)

"General," the blonde man began. "about Dr. Dorothea…"

Esdeath listened to her comrade's question, all the while ignoring Wave's and Kurume words of contempt. "No, it wasn't just a ruse. Prince Shura and Dr. Dorothea were the only ones who survived from the attack of a Mythic-class danger beast." The blue-haired woman sighed at her right hand. "Just turn a blind eye towards them for the meantime, Run. Jaegers need all the help it can get right now."

"But general, I think you yourself can defeat those—"

"I wonder about that." Esdeath frowned. "Just before he left, I felt like I was looking at myself when I saw that Tatsumi." She whispered quietly, but Run clearly heard her.

"That, can't be…" Run's voice cracked.

"If you understand, then keep quiet." She turned her gaze towards Sayo and Dorothea once again.

After some minutes, the new Jaegers finally reached their destination. Standing right in front of the wooden gate, Dorothea cleared her throat. "So, can I just throw a C4 inside and be over with it?" She held up a black, square object.

"And get all the glory for yourself? No way." Sayo rebutted.

"We both know that you're skills aren't for multiple targets, Sayo." Dorothea smirked slightly. "Just let me get this one for you."

Sayo gritted her teeth. Dorothea was right, Sayo was more versed in single targets rather than groups, due to her unique skills. "… Just this once then. If you insist, then I'll let you have some of the limelight for the meantime. Be grateful, bitch."

"Those words hold no value right now." Dorothea laughed to herself. "I win this time, Sayo."

"I-I'll get you later." Sayo stepped back a little, scowling.

"Excuse me," a man spoke inside the gate, interrupting the two. "you're from the Capital, right? We don't have all the money just yet, so please, if you could wait for another week…"

Dorothea and Sayo both smiled sweetly. The inventor was the first to speak. "Ah, don't worry. We're just here to deliver something to this village. It came from this girl's friend. What was his name again?"

Sayo looked up cutely, while tapping her chin. "Um, I think it was Tatsumi."

"O-oh!" The man's face lit up. "From Tatsumi? Please, get inside."

"You don't have too. We'll just give it here and we'll be on our way." Sayo tilted her head while smiling.

Dorothea handed the square box she had before. Meanwhile, the man was staring at Sayo. "You look familiar, miss…"

"Oh, really? Maybe you've seen me in the newspapers?"

"M-Maybe." He blinked.

Dorothea pointed at the timer attached to the 'gift'. "Hey, look at this timer. Before it gets to zero, make sure everyone in the village is near this, okay? It'll give you something with a bang!"

"Really?" He looked at it curiously.

"So long then." Sayo waved at the man, smirking. As they walked away, she whispered one last sentence. "You shitty village…"

=-…-=

The 'exhibition' was finished, and the group was riding their horses back to the Capital now. Wave was talking to Kurume silently, slowing down the speed of their mount.

"They just blew a criminal village. It's dull compared to ours with Bols and Dr. Stylish, right?" Wave whispered.

"I heard…" Kurume replied bleakly. "that that village just now, it was where Sayo lived before she came to the Capital."

"…" Wave widened his eyes. "What…? Wasn't she the one who chose that village…?"

"Yes."

"… She wiped out her own village?" Wave looked at the crimson-haired girl in front of him, gaping. Sayo noticed him looking at her back, and waved. She slowed her ride to match the guy's pace, then leaned in closer.

"What are you looking at, bumpkin?" She smiled seductively. "Finally tired of your bland girlfriend? I still have my V-card, if you're wondering."

Wave didn't answer, still thinking about how this girl could do that to her own hometown.

'She's insane…'

And that's saying something from someone who knew the Capital all too well.

=-Chapter End-=

(1): If you can remember (I doubt it XD), I once wrote a scene in the story about a soldier reporting Shura and his party's death, due to a 'Mythic'-class Danger Beast. It was somewhere between chapter 4-9, I think.

A/N: No prologue this time, but an omake instead. This is going to be fun.

=-Omake: Kazuma's Blog-=

Kazuma was staring at the lenses of a camera, a giddy smile on his face. Ani was waving behind him.

"Hey there peepz! Welcome to the 119th instalment of my daily-life vids. Today, I have a special guest! She's… my little niece, I guess. Her name's Ani." Fortunately, Ani was too busy gawking at the comments she's seeing in her phone.

"Ehehe, LoliFTW15 said 'marry me little girl'." Ani gushed while smiling girlishly.

" This time, me and Ani will peep on my bros. Let's see what they're doing inside their rooms, hehe." He held up a list on the camera. "First off, let's go to Lelouch's room."

The next minute showed the two running towards a certain room, while warily looking around them. Ani gave a signal to the brunette, acting like a soldier of some kind.

"Alright, Pick Lock!" Kazuma had his tongue slightly out while chanting his skill, and with a click, the door opened. "Oh Lulu, we're com—"

"Unauthorized entry detected. Commencing protocol #2256." A robotic voice echoed around Ani and Kazuma, startling the two.

"Uhh…" Ani looked around, and pointed at something. "are those laser guns in the ceiling?"

"SHI—"

~Live temporarily stopped. Please wait for some minutes.~

"Fucking Lelouch, what the heck's with that room?!" Kazuma grumbled away as he stomped towards another target, his tracking pants burnt in some places.

"That was fun~!" Ani, on the otherhand, was skipping. "And what does 'fucking' means, Kazu-kun?"

"It means ***, when a boy sticks their ***** in a girl's ******."

"Ohhh…" Ani stopped walking, her eyes sparkling. "Kazu-kun's intelligent too!"

"Shh, we're here now. I'm pretty excited with this one too." Kazuma pointed at the nameplate above a door, which read 'Lust'.

"I-Issei-kun's?" Ani stepped back. "I don't think this is a good idea…"

"Please. It can't be as bad as Lelouch's." Kazuma said as he open the door. "… That was a freaking flag…"

Just like what Kazuma thought, he triggered the worst flag ever.

"Ah~, Ahhh, please, deeper, ahhnn…" A certain explosive maniac was panting above Issei's lap, her tongue lolling out. "Yes, ah!"

"You're pretty tight." Issei whispered. "Kazuma haven't screwed yet, huh? What an idiot."

Kazuma's unconscious body fell to the ground.

=-…-=

"I warned you, Kazu-kun…" Ani sweatdropped at the smirking Issei.

"Seriously, that was just a simple illusion. How'd Kazuma fell for that?" He snickered. "… Hey Ani, wanna sit on my bed for a bit?"

"Hiiiiih!" The little girl ran in fear.

=-End-=

Next time, on Path of a Villain!

Engage…Confrontation… Common Enemy.