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** At a Restaurant **

(Dayo's POV)

I knew that something fishy was going on from the get-go, and this tense atmosphere says it all.

"Stay away from Mio Naruse Gremory. Or better yet, stay away from those Devils as a whole. You saw what they were trying to do to you after that Fallen Angel attacked you. They are NOT to be trusted. The same can be said for Silvia Lautreamont. She is NOTHING but trouble," Yuki said straightforwardly, but snarled at mentioning Silvia's name.

"Let me guess. Based on the Hero Tribe's protocol, I bet that she's considered an S-ranked observation target, despite the fact that she's with the Gremory Clan, while I'm possibly an SS-ranked elimination target due to my true family. Is that correct?" I asked as I was disappointed at her trying to intimidate me. The sad fact is that my father, Gilgamesh, is considered to be the starting domino that led to the creation of both the Hero Tribe and the Hero Faction.

"And they just had to choose you, of all people, to do it, when they already knew about our family, as well as the Night Raid, and Mio's a Demon-Devil hybrid and has been taken in by the Gremory family, with one of them being a Great Satan. And how do I know, you ask? It's because of my Aunts that told me about the organizations that are monitoring our movements, as well as Mio's," I remarked, making Yuki look troubled. "And how Silvia Lautreamont, of all people, is involved in this mess is beyond me."

"Then why? Your father was what started the Hero Tribe, and you know how dangerous your family is, as they want to destroy humanity to create a perfect world! Not only that, but the 3 Factions keep reincarnating humans of this very world to repopulate their own. Even Angels!" she warned me, and unfortunately, she's got a good point there. However, from the tone of her voice, it really has been way too long. We have changed our own ways, after all.

"Sadly, that was a true part, I'll admit that, but we've changed. I've founded an empire that will be a safe haven for us, and more importantly, for our own race as well, but you've got to know that they have reasons of doing so," I answered back. "And trust me. I'll do everything in my power to prevent my family from going back to their original ways."

Then, I took a quick glance at the mirror, only to notice that not only I see two of my maids watching the whole thing, but also sitting across from them were Mio and Maria as they were failing to hide behind a menu as they were eavesdropping.


The True Divine Dragon King Above All Others!

OP Song: Contagious by the Isley Brothers

Episode 4: The Dragon Guards, the Hyoudou Siblings & a Taste of the King's Power


(Across the Area)

(3rd-Person POV)

"I never imagined one of Mistress Mio's classmates was a member of the hero clan," Maria whispered as she peeked over the menu and looked ashamed that she didn't suspected the fact that one of the organizations, the Hero Tribe, would plant an observer so much to her chagrin without her knowledge.

Of course, two of Dayo's maids, the Pleaides, Narberal Gamma and Solution Epsilon, who approached the two unknowingly agreed.

Solution is a slime battle maid and member of the "Pleiades Six Stars," the battle maid squad of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, and was under the supervisory of Herohero, one of the 42 Supreme Beings of Nazarick. Solution is a blonde beauty with spiral curls and blue eyes, and clothing that emphasizes sex appeal. As her race is a slime, Solution can change her appearance as she wishes.

"Well, you're not the only one," Solution replied with a frown. "We should've done a background check on everyone before the semester began."

Narberal scowled at Yuki when she heard her rather forceful request to her master and said, "Thankfully, this isn't a Date that I was thinking of. And neither would Lady Mio for that matter."

"H-Hold on! I didn't say such a thing at all!" Mio denied before stealing a glance at Yuki. 'But now that I think about it, she did steer well clear of me, as well as Rias and President Sona. Not only that, but they were watching her intensively as well….So that's why.'

"I've…been a fool," she muttered, clenching her hands under the table.

"You sure are," Narberal responded while serving tea to them. "Hiding in plain sight is one of the standards of an observation mission for any tribe. You would never have been able to detect her."

"T-That's not what I meant! I should've figured it out when she said she was the childhood friend of his and Silvia. And the worst part was that I revealed that we're living together in front of everyone, and now he's here with her on some sort of lover's rendezvous…"

"Classic tsundere…" Solution and Narberal grumbled in a deadpan voice. "Not that it matters, anyway."

"I'm not a tsun-" Mio started loudly, slamming her fist on the table before Maria clamped her hand over her mouth.

"Shh!" Maria hissed. "You shouldn't have anything to worry about as long as they leave us alone. And besides, despite being protected by them and the Gremory Clan, we don't have enough energy to spare on making enemies out of the Hero Tribe."

"Fufufufu. You don't have to," Solution eerily smiled. "Those so-called Heroes are the ones that need to worry if they do anything…stupid."

"S-Scary…" Maria whimpered, sinking under the table down to her eyes and shivered.

'That's not what I'm worried about,' Mio thought to herself as she looked at Dayo and Yuki as she became jealous of them as Yuki moved a little closer to him, which unfortunately marks the succubus curse on her neck, making her let out a small gasp. 'N-No!'

"Mistress Mio?" Maria asked as she noticed Mio's change in posture as she started shifting around her seat.

Both Narberal and Solution noticed this too as they've smelled a sweet scent around them before they saw the mark showing around Mio's neck.

'No! I'm not peeking! I'm only concerned about his safety!' Mio thought frantically as she rubbed her legs together.

"What's wrong?" Maria asked.

(Back at the other side)

(Dayo's POV)

I quickly looked and saw the mark under Mio's neck. Of all places, here? She really IS jealous… Better finish this!

'I-I can't believe that this would be something to activate the curse,' Mio thought miserably as I spoke to Yuki again.

"Now look, I'm already neck-deep involved as I got a VERY busy schedule ahead of me, but my family and I have already decided to protect Mio, who is considered to be the future Demon Lord of the Underworld, and consider this. Those good-for-nothing a**holes who are after Mio's birthright had Mio's surrogate parents killed, and now, they're after her life for the power she not only inherits from her biological father, but more. And in case you and those so-called 'Heroes' missed the memo, Mio's just a girl who's been dealt with a bad hand. She's innocent, as in she hasn't done anything wrong."

Yuki said nothing as I continued.

"That's one of the reasons I've decided to protect her. That goes for her sisters Rias and Maleficent, their peerages, and even Silvia Lautreamont. Oh, and it was not because I was ordered to, or out of any obligation. I'm doing it because I want to, and I bet that the others would do the same, too. I've changed after 10 years, and if you think you're going to make me change my mind, don't. There's nothing you can do about it."

And as soon as I finished that sentence….

"E-Excuse me!"

…a loud shuffling was heard as I saw a flash of red hair flying out the door.

"Miss! Your change!" the cashier called after her as Maria quickly followed her while Narberal and Solution got that said change for them.

** Outside the Shopping District **

(3rd-Person POV)

"Mistress Mio! Mistress Mio! Please wait!" Maria called out to Mio, who finally stopped at the crosswalk, upset with herself as tears fell from her eyes.

"What do I do, Maria?" Mio wondered in distress. "He's going so far me and the others…and even my sisters, despite the fact that Ria-sis did such a cruel thing to him…How am I supposed to face him from now on?"

She's been such a jerk to him and his friends. Sure, they were the same to her, especially with Tohru, but only because she was….mean…to them first.

"But isn't this a good thing? Now we know for sure that Sir Dale is a genuinely good person," Maria assured the redhead.

"But…"

"It just means it's all right for you to open your heart and have faith in him, as well as his teammates."

"Th-That's all?"

"Other than that, well, if you'd like to do something for him, then I think you should do it."

It was then that Tohru, who has just finished her grocery shopping, walked by and saw both Mio and Maria and decided to check up on them.

** At the Restaurant **

(Dayo's POV)

"I understand your concern, Ms. Nonaka, especially with what happened back then 10 years ago. And now that I think about, those idiots probably think that they would defeat me and take my powers with the help of…THEM, but the bottom line is this. Mio is facing the darkness of her past, and she's trying to live as best as she can, even preparing to fight to the death, knowing that HE will be involved as well, as he would do everything in his power to keep his sisters safe. She's trying to fight and get stronger as repayment for what he has done. And with a star-brand in her body, that means that she's going to get a pretty powerful dragon by her side, and I believe that this school would be a good place to start, and if that's not a good enough reason to protect her and her family, then I don't know what is."

Yuki was distraught, knowing that I was going to continue to be involved with them.

** At the Street **

"A-A bath?!" Mio and Tohru shouted loudly after Maria told them about her plan.

"Maria, you shouldn't have to make Master do this in order for them to bond," Tohru defended as Maria giggled at Mio's flustered look at her latest plan.. "Bonds takes time…"

Then she thought…

'Wait! What am I doing?! I should be the one to give Master Dayo a bath! Not them!'

It was then that she had an idea of her own…

** Outside the Cake Shop **

(2 hours later)

It was evening as I brought 2 bags of cakes for everyone back home with an extra one only for Kanna.

"I can be too nice for my own good. Hopefully, this will be the start of making up," I said to myself as I saw Yuki. "What are you doing here?"

"Your determination is not good enough," Yuki stated at point-blank, unknowingly offending me.

"Uh, excuse me? Care to…elaborate?" I asked calmly, as my tone warned her to choose her next words carefully.

"I can't imagine you alone will be able to defeat the demons who are after Mio Naruse, even if your team's helping you," Yuki replied as I resisted the urge to facefault.

I quickly calmed down and said, "I'm going to pretend that I didn't just hear that. I know that they are after her powers, and I bet that they are coming after me, too. So let them come. They'll be placed in bodybags for all I care. And besides, my mother and aunts and my sisters will show NO mercy on them if they lay a finger on me," I said as I turned around to walk home.

"That's impossible," Yuki stated quietly as a light green aura surrounded her.

A sharp tick of spiritual energy alerted me that she was summoning her weapon, and whipped around to see her materialize her gauntlet with a sheathed katana that I quickly recognized.

Not only that, but a wolf-like beast was right behind her, and without wasting a second, she immediately spun on her heel and cleaved it.

"So you have the Spirit Sword…Sakuya," I said in a bored and unimpressed tone.

"A Stray Devil," Yuki muttered before the blade vanished. "They're being drawn by Mio Naruse's power as the Demon Lord and his army in Makai are growing in numbers. If her existence starts causing danger to her surroundings, then she'll be upgraded to an elimination target, just like you. Once that happens, then I won't be able to show mercy. Even if we have to fight each other," she warned me seriously.

I looked at her with soulless eyes as I swiped my finger to unintentionally kill another Stray Devil that was creeping behind Yuki, who failed to sense it.

"Then tell your buddies, and any other tribe associating with them that if they want an early funeral, they'll know where to find me. And trust me. You won't be able to touch anyone that I care about, because I will stop you every time, and if Mom or any one of my family tries to stop you, consider that as a mistake that you wish you haven't made. And you can believe that."

And then, 2 things happened that took a nasty turn for the worst. First, as much as I want to deny it, there's was no mistaking it. Black feathers dropped down to us, and then my senses detected their energy as well.

It was light, which means one thing.

"Great. Fallen Angels," I growled as I called Akame to warn her that the Fallen Angels are on the prowl.

The second thing was that Yuki immediately vanished as soon as she saw the black feathers. She needs to be careful…in more ways than one.

** At the Mansion **

'As I've expected…you have changed….But I did as well,' I thought as I've arrived at the entrance. "I'm home!" I shouted irritably and slammed the door closed.

"Welcome back!" Tohru greeted as Kanna came up to hug me while Lucoa waved hello at me.

"Date gone bad?" Lucoa asked in amusement as I kicked my shoes off into the wall, but Tohru managed to catch it.

"Both yes and no. It's apparent the Hero Tribe has a death wish, and the fact that they're close to marking Mio for termination, and they are already putting me as an elimination target, and if that wasn't bad enough, we've got some Fallen Angels that are very close to this area and they are marking some elimination targets as well," I told them, earning gasps from the others.

"Like that's ever going to happen!" Tohru snarled as she hugged me to calm me down a bit. "They're going to have deal with us first! They will know what'll happen if they provoke a sleeping dragon."

"That's right!" Kanna responded.

"Same here," Lucoa followed as her eyes shadowed a bit, even though they were closed.

And then, someone cleared their throat as we all turned to see Mio and Maria sitting on the other sofa opposite of us, with the former looking nervous about something while the latter had a look of displeasure on her face and a tickmark on her head.

"…What is it?" I asked Maria in annoyance.

"What is it, you say? What do you have to say for yourself, neglecting your bodyguard duty on the first day of school?" Maria asked, narrowing her eyes. "Sure, teachers come in late, but this is unacceptable!"

"Excuse me? You want to run that by us again, succubus?" Tohru asked, cracking her knuckles as her tone told her not to push it, but it fell on deaf ears.

"Being out this late on a lovers' rendezvous is a cause of concern. We were worried you were up to something with her! Isn't that right, Mistress Mio?"

"Huh? Y-Yes, we did…"

'Lovers' rendezvous?!' Tohru, Kanna and Lucoa thought, and actually thought that it did happen, but then they breathed in and out, knowing that Maria was up to no good again as she was trying to guilt-trip me, and it almost worked on them.

It was then that enough was enough.

"Of course, we have faith in you. We trust you. We do," Maria continued. "It's just as those who are going to be fighting together from now on, we'd like to deepen our bond of trust. That's all. Right, Mistress Mio?"

"R-Right. Exactly."

"Don't you agree, Dale?" Maria asked as we all looked at her with a bored look.

"Are you done?" I asked as I sat on one of the couches opposite of them.

"Do you really think that our boss is stupid?" Leone asked as she, Akame and Natsu arrived from the entrance before she sat on the floor. "You do realize that like me and Natsu, he can smell your scent from anywhere, and I bet that he smelled you the moment you stepped followed him somewhere! Do you realize that we are also capable defending you both while he's handling other business?"

"But it's better when you're with us!" Maria protested and gasped, clamping her hands over her mouth and sweated when she realized what she just said.

"And you stepped in it now," Narberal replied as she and Solution were right behind her as a feverishly shaking and sweating Maria could only look back at them as Mio and the others stepped back from the two battle maids as possible. "It appears that from what we've heard, you didn't seem to learn your lesson yet, so I think it's high time that Solution and I…remind you of that."

"No, please! Anything but THAT!" Maria wailed as Solution dragged her away by the buns of her hair.

"Serves her right," Kanna replied as she began eating some cake that I bought for her.

"Mio, I think that you should bond at your own pace," Lucoa finally responded. "You know what they say, 'Rome can't be built in a day.'"

"Su-Sure. Whatever you say…Lucoa," Mio responded with a blush.

"Good observation, Lucoa," I smiled. "At least you're on the same page. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to take a shower, and when we're done, we're going to town to see if those Fallen Angels are making their move. OK everyone, let's move out!"

[YES, SIR!] they all replied except for Mio, who was thinking about what Lucoa said. And at the same time, she didn't want Maria's plan go to waste…

** At the Bathroom **

I sighed as I laid in the water, letting the warm water soothe my body. It was one of these rare days that I was taking a bath by myself. I was usually joined by my maids, my family, or my closest friends. However, being alone is definitely a good change.

I was thinking of many girls, but when it comes to Maria, boy, she can be a problem. She's a succubus, but the worst kind; a loli. There was no way in hellfire that I was going to think about her body. Heck, even Albedo is a lot better than hers! If she grew a little taller with her chest swelling cup sizes, we would be in business. But for her to rush our bonding is not good at all.

And besides, I would NEVER do that to the ones I care about, especially to Albedo and Shalltear. Not to mention that I already have a wife and daughter, albeit hidden for MANY reasons. Now that I think about it, I have a feeling that there's something more about her not being straight about the Master-Servant Contract.

Suddenly, the bathroom door was heard open, and instead of any of the girls I know, there was Mio with a thin yellow towel covering her busty, naked body.

"Mio, what are you doing here? I'm not looking forward to being assaulted by you over a bogus misunderstanding," I said as I turned my gaze away from her. "And just so we're clear, you came in here first, while I'm in here!"

"Ga! I'm not going to attack you! I just want to…want to…" Mio trailed off as she looked flustered.

"Want to what? Spit it out, Mio!" I snapped, turning back to look at her with a tone telling that I wasn't in the mood for any crap.

"I just want to wash your back! Is that so bad?!" Mio yelled back as her blush increased.

"…No, it isn't Mio. You want to wash my back? Go ahead," I replied as I tossed a washcloth to her over my shoulder and proceeded to wash my arms. "However, if you try anything funny, I'm going to triple your training."

"Mou! My actions will do the talking, and one of them is not hitting you!" Mio said loudly as she bent down. 'I won't lose to you, Yuki Nonaka! Same goes to Silvia Lautreamont and Yurifina Sol Eleanord!'

As she thought about that, she squeezed out the soapy water that covered most of her covered chest with lather and pulled down her towel to allow her cleavage to slip out more.

"I-I'm starting now, Dale. Just don't turn this way, okay?" Mio asked as she looked at my back. 'A boy's back. Looking up close, it's rough and sturdy, and yet, he's so soft at the same time.'

'I can sense that this is all Maria's work, isn't it?' I thought as I was now thinking ways on how to make Maria's life miserable.

It was then that Mio dropped her towel and suddenly grabbed from me as I felt her breasts pressing up against my back.

"Don't you even think about turning around! If you move, I'll kill you a hundred times over!" Mio warned me as she started moving up and down, with her breasts sliding along my back. 'I need to do it…the way Maria suggested. I don't want them to take Dale away from me!'

I growled out at her for doing such a thing like this out of desperation, thanks to Maria.

But…

WHAM!

"Oh yeah? Well, if you keep doing that to him, we'll kill you 500 times over!"

…suddenly came Tohru, Leone, Kanna and Lucoa, all with towels on their bodies.

"T-T-Tohru? Leone? Kanna? Lucoa?" Mio asked in horror.

"This has gone far enough!" Kanna answered. "We want to give 'Papa' a bath, too!"

"And you trying to 1-up us isn't making things any better!" Tohru followed. "If anyone wants to do perverted actions to Dale, it should be me! And besides, I'm wearing his boxers and masturbating them when we're done!"

CRACK!

Next thing Tohru knew, was that her head was hit on the wall. HARD!

Suddenly, I unleashed a dark aura as the air grew colder.

"I was going to let you all bathe me, but since that you all want to prove who's better, then I guess that we'll have to do this…the hard way!" I said in a dark tone as I grabbed the girls and laid them all down to the floor.

"No! Dale! NO!" Mio yelped.

"Finally going to do it, Boss?" Leone smirked. "I'm ready. Give me your best shot."

"Wa-Wa-Wait! I'm not ready yet!" Kanna protested.

"Go ahead. Make my day," Lucoa smiled.

Tohru was still knocked out cold.

** At the Guest Room **

(3rd-Person POV)

As screams were heard from the bathroom, Maria was lying on the floor, with her eyes dizzy and looking like a complete wreck, her hair frizzled out, and worst of all, she was hogged tied.

It was then that the phone rang, and Narberal managed to pick it up, as she was going to hear some interesting news.

"Hello?...I see….I'll send him right away," said Narberal as she proceeds to tell Dayo about what was going to happen.

Apparently, Yurifina wants Dayo to see his newly assigned Dragon Guards from the Empire that he and Night Raid have successfully taken back as soon as possible.

But first, a certain pervert named Issei Hyoudou, along with a fellow relative of his, were about to be attacked by the Fallen Angels, and the Devils are about to intercept them.

(Next Day)

** At the School Dorms **

Poor Issei was already having a bad day. Another day of school has passed, and he was walking back home, and he just got out of the main school building, even though it was dark. Almost every single part of his body were hurting from the brutal beating that he and his friends got earlier.

(FLASHBACK TIME! – 2 hours ago)

"You guys have got to be the most suicidal idiots I've ever had the misfortune to encounter," Dayo growled angrily as he lorded over the Perverted Trio of Issei, Matsuda and Motohama, who were cowering in front of him as they were caught by him red-handed in the Girl's Locker Room, just as the school day ended. "What exactly crossed your pathetic minds to steal a girl's panties, huh?!"

"Ah, we were just…" Issei began as he and his two buddies paled. "You know…"

"You do realize that you're not getting away with this, right?" Dayo asked. "I mean, based on your history, not only you are barely passing, but you guys are being too honest, and that sometimes can hurt you, but the word 'hurt' is nothing compared to what I'm going to do with you three."

He then took a deep breath and yelled out for everyone still in the school to hear, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THREE MORONS DOING IN THE GIRL'S LOCKER ROOM?!"

The Perverted Trio were now as white as ghosts as a mass horde of girls from various clubs, including Yuki and Silvia, stormed into their changing room to find Dayo, now with his eyes closed, towering over Issei, Matsuda and Motohama.

"Are you all decent?" Dayo asked.

[YES, SIR!] the girls replied, allowing him to open his eyes to find the girls in their club uniforms.

"Oh my. May I ask what's going on?" asked Akeno, who just entered the room.

"I just found a punch of perverts trying to steal some underwear, Akeno," Dayo informed her, whose eyes were smiling, but her face was not. "What's the matter?"

"YOU FIENDS!" Silvia yelled. "ARE THOSE MY PANTIES, AS WELL AS MS. HIMEJIMA'S?!"

Dayo had to hold his ear to prevent Silvia from yelling even further, but what she said was true as he looked around to find both Akeno's and Silvia's nameplates on the open lockers that the trio broke into. He then looked down on the now doomed individuals with slight pity.

"May your souls rest in peace, your poor sons of b**ches…" he simply said before proceeding to walk out of the girl's locker room to find Sona. "Have fun!"

Outside the room, three agonizing screams can be heard for miles with giggles of glee mixed in with them, as Dayo smirked in triumph.

(FLASHBACK ENDS!)

Because of that incident, Issei and his friends were forced to serve detention for an hour after the day ended. Not to mention that they had to clean up their own mess back at the Girl's Locker Room with Max and Sona keeping a watchful eye on them.

By the time they were finished, it was nighttime, but for some reason, he heard some unusual voices at the dorms.

"The answer to this question is 7."

"No, it's 9! The formula you used only works in these conditions."

"It's Momoka's newest work, Kaben Rider Pinky!"

"Quite an ordeal to get."

The last two comments were his friends Matsuda and Motohama. As he continues walking to the dormitories, he realizes another unusual phenomenon.

"That is strange. How can I see the footpaths very clearly? I can even read the advertisement signs on the sides very clearly. What's going on? It's dark at night and I shouldn't be able to see anything."

Issei continued to run. He hoped that once he gets inside the dormitory, the lighted rooms inside will help him forget about this strange phenomenon. As he desperately searches for his dorm room, he could hear pretty much every conversation in the entire student complex, ranging from homework questions to personal family matters. The cacophony of voices irritated Issei to the point where it started to go insane.

"Someone, stop this. What's wrong with my ears?"

Issei runs away from the student dormitories and ends up in front of the fountain at Sakura Park, where Raynare tried to kill Dayo a couple of days ago. He waits at the fountain until many students go to bed, allowing him to have peace as he returns to the dormitory. Since he can see better at night, he is not too worried about walking in the dark. He also feels more energetic at night, allowing him to pull an all-nighter without any problems. As he looks at the water fountain, he thinks about what just happened minutes earlier.

"It's strange that I feel more energetic at night. I could hear people talking and I could even see everything clearly. How did this happen? I'm sure the event with those guys that I've confronted after the Dragon race had something to do with it. After I was stabbed, what happened next? I just suddenly ended up in my room."

As Issei waits for the other students to go to sleep, he feels that someone is lurking nearby.

"Ku Ku Ku, I smell a devil! What a treat!"

Issei quickly turns around and finds a strange shadow talking to him from the bushes.

"Huh? Who's there and what do mean 'I smell a devil'?" Issei speaks out to the shadow.

"So, there's a stray devil that has no sense of his identity. What a great treat. It looks like his master simply left him behind."

Issei became more puzzled by the shadow's message. "What do you mean by a 'stray devil'? I'm just an ordinary human and I thought devils only resided in hell. Do you see something that I don't see? Maybe you must be an alien who likes to wander at night."

The shadow laughs even more. "That's even more excellent. A stray devil who even classifies me as an alien? This is it; this is the best target any devil could find. I'll just use this clueless stray as my target practice. Boy, I've been dying to continue my practice."

Issei is still confused. "What? What do you mean 'target practice'? Why are you calling me a devil?"

"Ku Ku Ku, your scent gives it away. Since there's no other devil here besides you, you must be a stray. It's the perfect treat. I've been dying to practice my abilities. My former master was awful; he never let me use my abilities once and always came up with excuses. What is there to worry about? Maybe he's just afraid that it will overpower him. Or, he takes pleasure in torturing his servants. Then, on that very day, I decided to try out my abilities against my master's orders. There was never a better sensation than that feeling you get when you first use your abilities. My master eventually found out, so I killed him to prevent him from spreading the word. Ever since that day, I have been using my abilities on everyone I can find. Mmm… So satisfying."

"So, you want to test your abilities on me?"

"Yes you. You're the only devil I could find here. No one will notice if anything wrong happens to you, even if you die. Noble devil clans and Satans don't like Stray Devils and will eliminate them at first sight. I'm 100% positive that those leaders will have a 'search and destroy' order on you so if you happen to die from my target practice, less work for them."

The shadow then digresses. "Grr… What's up with those leaders when they made the peerage system? That system is like a form of discrimination. Rich noble devils with lots of wealth and heritage get to own servants. They can do whatever they want with them; even torture them to their delight. I hope one day I can show those Satans how much better the Underworld can be without this silly peerage system. By helping them eliminate strays, I hope I can gain their trust. "

"Calm down, Mr. Shadow. You don't have me to tell me so much detail about this. I don't know any of this."

"Ku Ku Ku… I can't hold it back anymore. Must… Use… Power!"

The shadow quickly lurches out at Issei. Once in broad view, Issei sees his true form. His form appears to be a large flying tick. Instead of 6 legs, he has 12 metal legs. He also has a long tube as his mouth. Issei is disgusted by the green mucus dripping from his mouth as he tries to get away. In response, the large tick equips two cannons on his back. He fires large green bubbles at Issei. As Issei ran out of the park, he looks back and finds mud everywhere. The green bubbles rip apart anything, turning them into mud.

"What's the escape for? Aren't you going to realize how great my abilities are?" the large tick asked as he continues to chase after Issei, and at the same time, Issei realizes something strange.

"Wait! It feels like I am running faster than before. No one else notices me as I zip by this city. Even the dogs don't bark. Am I going so fast that no one notices me?"

Suddenly, the large tick approaches Issei from the front.

"Don't run away, little devil. You only saw part of my abilities. I have more to show you. Why don't you taste some more of my power? The more you run, the more you incite me. Ku Ku Ku…"

Issei continued to run in panic. Right when the large tick attempts to swoop in and grab Issei, Issei makes a leap towards a tree just off to the side. Suddenly, Issei realizes that he somehow overshot the tree by a large distance, over 10 meters.

"What is going on to me? How did I jump so far? I was going for that tree and went right over it. Tonight has been so weird. This must be a bad dream I am having. There's no way anything like this could be possible." Before Issei could think more, a fallen tree hits Issei's head. Issei doesn't feel any pain. Before Issei could question about that, he looks up and finds the large flying tick just above him.

"Oh my, little devil, think you can get away? You're too early for that. Let's play some more, shall we? This time, let's kick up the level of excitement."

The large tick unleashes a swarm of small flying ticks at Issei. Issei, overwhelmed by the sheer number of small ticks, finds himself swatting and stepping on the ticks.

"That's the fun I want to see, little devil." The large flying ticks laughs at Issei. "How about some more?"

Next, the large tick sprays white dust over Issei. He then uses his metal legs to create a spark. In an instant, the white dust ignites and blasts Issei to another park nearby.

"Running around is so boring. That's the method of transportation for a toddler. The real way of transportation for little devils like you is to be blasted around."

Issei tries to recover but is tied up by a spider silk. He looks up and finds the large tick shooting more silk at him. Suddenly, Issei finds himself bolted onto the sidewalk.

"I can't let you run anymore, little devil. You running around is only going to cause more chaos. You don't want to be detected by these Satans too, do you? If they find you, you'll be killed for being a stray devil and in a more painful manner too. Why not just die here? I'll make your death as painless as possible."

"No, I don't deserve to die. I didn't do anything wrong. I don't even know why I am called a 'devil'. What do you want from me? Which organization or alien species do you belong to? What do they want from me?" Issei asks many questions at the large tick.

"I work for myself, little devil. I already told you that there's no other devil than you and me in this area. I belong in no stupid group. All they do is make me obey their stupid rules. Those rules do nothing but show their fears and weaknesses."

The large flying tick then aims his mouth at Issei. "You have given me all the target practice I wanted today. But, that's not enough. All that running has made me hungry. It's time to regain my energy and I shall gain it from you. Mmm… Based on all the running, I'm sure you have lots of energy inside you. What a treat. Why don't we combine our energy together? Plus, once you're gone, the Satans and those noble devil clans won't be able to find and kill you, a perfect win-win solution for us. That's why you should never be a stray, little devil."

The large tick uses his eyes and forms a bright flash at Issei. Issei is now paralyzed and unable to move. The tick then connects his mouth to Issei's head. Right before he injects his digestive juice into Issei and takes his first sip, several gunshots were heard out of nowhere and burned his mouth as the bullets found their mark.

"Ow! Ow! That's hurts. That was a dirty trick you played on me, little devil. If I get hungry, it will be your fault. I'll just directly grind into your bones and give you a slow and painful death."

"I didn't do that," Issei responds. Suddenly, red aura emanates from a distance. Both Issei and the large tick turn towards the aura. Even though both of them can't see the figure due to the bright light, they can hear who it is.

"By the orders of my Master, Maleficent Gremory, free this man at once, you sh*tty devil."

The large tick gasps, "Oh sh*t! I had no idea the Gremory clan was lurking here all along. I thought I was safe hiding in this remote region." He then tries to justify his actions to the figure, hoping to be forgiven. "I'm sorry, member of the Gremory family. I was just trying take care of a Stray Devil who fled to this area. You know that stray devils are dangerous to the underworld and our society."

"Who can judge Stray Devils when they're one of them?" The girl looks at the large tick. "You killed your master and escaped to this remote region on your own. That classifies you as a Stray! Return home and apologize to the household you belong to right now."

"Negative! There's no way I'll ever go home. I refuse to live under any order. All orders are unfair and discriminatory. I want to live a lifestyle that fits me, not someone else."

"Well, that won't happen," said a new voice. And before the large tick could respond…

STAB!

…it got stabbed by a large Spear of Light, killing it instantly.

"You!" the girl growled angrily.

"Well, look what I've found. Not one, but TWO Stray Devils. I'm glad that other Stray Devil did the work for me," said the new voice. The new voice was revealed as a middle-aged looking gentleman with short black hair and dark blue eyes. His attire consisted of a pale violet trenchcoat over a white dress shirt with a matching ascot, black pants and shoes, and a black fedora. He's also shown to be a battle maniac and arrogant.

"A-Am I dreaming again?" asked Issei in fear.

"No, you aren't, you filthy coward," the figure answered as it revealed to be Revy from Maleficent Gremory's peerage before looking at the Fallen Angel. "And as for you, for taking out my target, I'll be using you to vent off steam, with my 2 guns."

"Ha! You think that a mere low-class Devil like you can defeat a Fallen Angel? Don't make me laugh."

Revy smirked underneath. "Let me prove it then."

The Fallen Angel deployed some kind of barrier that was dark purple in color and had occasional pink spots appearing at random places. He then conjured up a new spear as he then threw it with a lot of force, making Revy dodge immediately before she pulled out her two signature guns, a pair of modified Beretta 92F's; which are made out of stainless steel and had their barrels extended from 4.9" to 5.9" each (the 5.9" is the combat MOD barrel) and are threaded to be able to accept muzzle breaks, suppressors, compensators, etc.. They are engraved with "9mm Sword Cutlass" on both sides, as well as the Jolly Roger of the infamous pirate Calico Jack (which is also inlaid into the ivory grips), and a manufacture inscription in Thai.

However, the Fallen Angel was insulted by this.

"Really? A pair of guns?! HA! What kind of weapon that can harm a Fallen Angel?" the Fallen Angel mocked, angering Revy even further, shooting bullets at him, only for him to dodge all of them with ease.

The two traded shots and light spears at each other, skittering by each other's faces and drawing blood.

"You are pretty fast for a low-class Devil," the Fallen Angel commented before summoning another light spear. "But let's see you try and dodge this!"

The Fallen Angel conjures up all of his black wings before throwing another spear. Revy dodges them effortlessly and backs off a bit, seeing how he is throwing more than usual. Clearly to Revy, she is a bit interested in this as this creature is a battle maniac of sorts.

Suddenly, the Fallen Angel charges at Revy with another spear in hand. He attempts to impale Revy with the spear, but she sidesteps to dodge before she pulled a grenade launcher, but instead of firing a grenade, she fired an explosive arrow at the Fallen Angel at point-blank range. Taking that moment of opportunity, Revy fires the arrow, hitting the Fallen Angel in the stomach, and exploding.

"Why you-!" the Fallen Angel growled as he charges forth again, enraged that he had been wounded by a Devil. With that, he spins in the air and kicks Revy on the left temple; the gunwoman mistiming her dodge as she slides a few feet across.

Issei couldn't believe what he was seeing right now as this human was going toe-to-toe with this Fallen Angel. He was still paralyzed from the tick's attack, and was trying his best to get himself out of it.

"You may have wounded me, but in the end, you are no match!" the Fallen Angel boasted as Revy struggled to get up. "However, you forgot one important little thing…."

SPLUNK!

It was then that Issei realized that he felt something warm on his stomach, and it wasn't the good kind. In fact, he has just realized that he just got impaled by a surprising light spear attack! Revy cursed at this, as she totally forgot about saving him until it was too late.

"Do you really think that I forgot about you, you little prick?" the Fallen Angel asked to Issei who was still trying to register on what just happened. "Don't worry. As soon as I finish this b*tch off, I'll be sure to end your suffering next. Low-level Devils, let alone humans, are pathetic and weak. The only thing they are good for is for sport."

He then summoned 2 more light spears, with one to finish Issei off, but then, he noticed a smirk on Revy's face.

"What's so funny? A Devil laughing at a soon-to-be dead Stray Devil?" the Fallen Angel asked.

"While this piece of sh*t deserved it for peeping on girls," Revy replied without any remorse. "I'm afraid that he isn't dying tonight."

And that was when…

SHOCK!

…a lightning bolt hits the man's Light Spears, dissipating them completely.

"Did you do that?" asked the Fallen Angel when he then sees a circle coming out of nowhere. "Guess not."

And coming out from the red circle are none other than…

"Don't lay a finger on them."

Rias and Maleficent Gremory.

"Crimson hair….and that red-hot hair…."

"Seniors Rias…Maleficent…" said Issei as he began to faint.

"Who the hell are you?!" asked the Fallen Angel as he threw another Light Spear, only to find that….

PUNCH!

It's been punched by one of Rias' servants, Koneko Toujou.

The Fallen Angel tries again.

"Damn you!" yelled the man as he charges once again, only to find that…

BLAM!

…he got stopped by another lightning attack, only this time from another one of Rias' servants, Akeno Himejima.

And then, another one came out from the circle, and this time, they were Mio and Maria.

"I see," said the Fallen Angel. "The Gremory family."

"I'm Rias Gremory, and next to me are my sisters Maleficent and Mio. How are you today, my dear Fallen Angel?" she introduced herself.

"Oh, wow," said the Fallen Angel. "Who knew this was the jurisdiction of the Gremory Family's heiresses apparent? And I believe that those two over there are your household?"

He was referring to Revy and Issei.

"We will not show any mercy if you mess with them," said Mio in a serious tone that would make Grayfia proud.

"Well, I apologize for tonight, but you better not let your menservants run free," the Fallen Angel said. "Someone like me, or even another Stray Devil, might just hunt them down during his walk, you know?"

"Thank you for the most helpful advice," Rias answered.

"Then let us give you a warning, too," Maria replied. "Our Masters will not let you get away scot-free should you do something like this again."

"And I'll throw in my 2 cents," Maleficent followed. "It's best advised that we don't cross paths again, because at least one of us is guaranteed to die should this happen."

"Likewise, Gremory family. Likewise. And besides, speaking of one dying, we've actually stalled enough time to do just that," said the Fallen Angel as he flew away, leaving black feathers behind him. "By the way, the name's Dohnaseek. I surely won't forget this meeting."

The Devils all sighed as the barrier disappeared as the sky returns to normal…until Akeno widened her eyes on what Dohnaseek just said!

"Buchou! He said that they were stalling us long enough to kill someone else!" she told Rias, who widened her eyes herself and cursed at her bad timing.

"Koneko! Can you sense someone?" Rias quickly asked.

Koneko focused for a few seconds and opened her eyes with a rare worried look on her face.

"Affirmative, Buchou. We got one dead," Koneko reported.

"Damn!" Rias cursed before looking at Maleficent and Revy. "One of you take Issei home and heal him. We'll find that other person right now!"

"I'll do that," a voice replied out of nowhere, putting the Devils on guard. Then they saw…

"Professor Dominus?"

Dayo, aka Dale, appearing from one of the trees.

"Yeah, and I've heard that there are some unusual Fallen Angel activity going on around here, and unfortunately, this guy here was not only targeted by a Fallen Angel, but by a Stray Devil as well for having a Sacred Gear, and is now fatally injured by that Fallen Angel," he explained. "Now, he's only moments away from dying…again. He shouldn't have died like this, and I'm sure that he would've made a good…pawn…"

Rias and Mio frowned at what Dayo meant, but Maleficent smirked at this, knowing that he was right. In fact, Rias did indeed revive Issei as a Pawn, using up all 8 of her pieces. While many of the girls, Rias and Mio included, and especially Akeno and Koneko, disliked Issei for his major perverted tendencies, no one like him should die like that.

"He just better hope that whatever Sacred Gear he has, it's useful," Dayo shrugged before he evilly smirked. "If not, you could always take back your Evil Pieces, and use him as cannon fodder…"

"Are you sure about this, Ria-sis?" Mio asked, whispering to Rias. "If Maria meets up with him…"

"Don't you worry," Rias assured Mio. "I'll make sure that Akeno, Koneko and Revy keep them in line."

"Yeah, because the last thing you need to do is to do something weird, like, I don't know, sleep naked with this pathetic pervert to heal him. I'll take him to the dorms and heal him with a potion, but make sure that you check up on the other person who's dead. And who knows? Maybe he or she could also be…a good pawn."

And with that, Dayo walked away with Issei on his shoulder as the others quickly headed towards their destination, where the other person has already died.

** At a nearby Forest **

After the small attack from Dohnaseek, Akame was walking around the area with Natsu and Leone close behind.

But then, both Leone and Natsu all tensed when they felt an ominous presence surrounding them as Akame felt it as well, but to her, she already knew who was coming as she rose a hand to calm both of her comrades down.

"Show yourself…..Kalawarner," Akame ordered as a woman emerged from one of the trees. Leone narrowed her eyes at Kalawarner's appearance as she was a tall and buxom woman with long, navy blue hair that obscured her right eye and brown eyes. Her attire consisted of a violet, trench coat-like top with a wide collar, a matching miniskirt, and black heeled shoes. The trench coat top was open at her chest, giving view to her breasts and cleavage. She also wore a gold necklace around her neck.

Leone and Natsu all tensed as the aura around Kalawarner was much the same as Akame, meaning she was a Fallen Angel, as it would also explain as to how Akame knew who she was from her presence alone. Even though Kalawarner didn't give off any indication that she would attack, there was an aura about her that both Leone and Natsu didn't trust.

"Having some fun here, Akame? Is this where you've been all this time?" Kalawarner asked with a smirk, but neither one of the 3 reacted to the obvious suggestive notion she was expressing. Kalawarner sighed in annoyance. "Always such a stick in the mud, and here, I thought you'd actually show us something other than a stoic nature for once."

"What do you want, Kalawarner?" Akame questioned seriously. Kalawarner turned to Natsu and Leone as she noticed a fiery aura around Natsu, meaning that he had something hiding.

"Who's the boy?" Kalawarner questioned, narrowing her eyes at Natsu, but Leone is already in front of him with Akame close behind.

"Why are you here?" Leone demanded narrowing her eyes as Kalawarner shrugged her shoulders simply, not caring for the reason as to why these 2 were determined to keep her away from Natsu.

"We have heard word that Mio Naruse is somewhere around this area. Not only that, but the nun will arrive here in a few days, and Lady Valadia has ordered us to make our move against the wielder of the Sacred Gear and the Future Demon Lord sooner than we originally planned," Kalawarner sighed in annoyance, shocking Akame, Natsu and Leone as they knew that Mio was going to be targeted by them as well, sooner or later.

"I no longer have an interest in why we were sent here," Akame stated, surprising Kalawarner as she was never one to defy orders, let alone fully give them up. "Return to the others. I don't care what you tell them, but I am no longer a member of the Grigori."

Kalawarner's eyes widened even more at the sudden declaration. Both Leone and Natsu frowned slightly as they looked at Akame as she was giving up her position among the Fallen Angels.

"This is not like you, Akame," Kalawarner spoke. "You're more rational than this. Do you really think that those 2 can protect you from the Devils and Angels that will hunt you? The Grigori will hunt you down, no matter if you are the first daughter of Baraqiel."

"What you plan on doing is basically a death sentence for all of you. That Valadia may get the Sacred Gear she wants, but you and the others who follow her, especially with her family, are nothing but tools in Valadia's scheme to gain more power," Akame gritted through her teeth as memories of her time spent with her fellow comrades passing through her mind. "Not only the Devils are in this territory, but also a few 'Heroes'…and some dangerous demons as well. Do you think they will continue to turn a blind eye to everything you're doing here?"

"They are all nothing to us! Especially Devils!" Kalawarner growled, disliking the thought of even being considered to be on the same level as them.

"You do realize that Rias Gremory, the Crimson-Haired Ruin Princess of Destruction, and her sisters Maleficent Gremory, the Red-Hot Scarlet Haired Princess of Calamity, and Mio Naruse Gremory, the Short Tempered Twin-Tailed Princess of Oblivion, are the sisters of the Great Satan Lucifer, right? Not only that, but Mio happens to be Lucifer's successor, so do you really think that they would remain quiet if any of us harmed any one of them? Let alone Lady Necromancer herself? This plan has too many holes, and you're going to wind up dead," Akame explained as Kalawarner scowled with her hands clenched into fists. "So, if you don't want to anger Lady Necromancer, and trust me, nobody wants to, I suggest that you contact Azazel and inform him of what Valadia and Raynare are doing before it's too late."

"And what of you?" Kalawarner questioned turning to Natsu and Leone. "Will you stay with them? Hope that they can protect you forever?"

"Akame doesn't need protecting," Natsu stated stepping forward.

"That's right," Leone followed. "We'll fight beside her and our other comrades, no matter who comes our way!"

Kalawarner frowned as it was easily seen to the Fallen Angel that there was an unbreakable trust between these 3, and possibly more, yet she had no recollection of Akame ever meeting with these humans before.

"I will have to inform Azazel of your defection. Your Father will be ashamed of you," Kalawarner explained.

"Dale and Night Raid is all I need for Family. Akeno…is another story," Akame stated as she remembered seeing her younger sister not too long ago. "Now go before it's too late."

Without so much of a goodbye, Kalawarner spread her wings and flew into the sky as Akame sighed as Natsu placed a hand on her shoulder.

However, Kalawarner did say this to them before she completely disappeared.

"Unfortunately for you guys, I've left a parting gift just a few feet in front of you as my job was already finished, anyways."

It was at this point that all 3 of them widened their eyes. They just realized that someone around this area has just been killed by Kalawarner. But before they could find that person to investigate…

FLASH!

"Damn! We got Devils coming!" Leone warned, and just like that, the 3 quickly got of there and went off to report Dayo on what just happened.

Out of the magic circle came Rias, Mio, Maleficent, Koneko, and Akeno, who were looking for the same person, while Maria and Revy went off to monitor the town.

It didn't take long as Koneko was able to find the dead person who was hidden underneath the bushes.

The person in question belonged to a young woman, with waist-long black hair, wears red rectangular glasses, almost as similar as Tsubaki's; the color of her eyes is unknown for obvious reasons, and is wearing a white turtleneck sweater and black pants. She has D-cup breasts, very thick thighs, a smooth and plump bottom, and unfortunately, a little chunky stomach due to eating too many sweets in her early childhood, and is very lazy…and traumatized.

However, for some reason, this girl just SCREAMED power, so it didn't surprise the Devils that the Fallen Angel was right about killing this poor girl.

Then all of a sudden, Maleficent realized what Dayo had said earlier, and quickly took out her pawn piece.

"Are you sure about this?" Rias asked.

"Of course," Maleficent replied. "Like he said, no one should ever die like that. And besides, this girl does have a nice body…"

"Pervert…" Koneko muttered while Akeno giggled, but what happens next shocks everyone.

A light suddenly shot of the girl's body, making all of the Devils be taken back in surprise.

"Wha…What in the world is happening?" Akeno asked in confusion and shock as they all moved back.

Something amazing was happening, and they were about to witness it in person.

From Maleficent's pocket, she looked down in surprise before reaching inside, taking out 7 more Pawn pieces.

'My Evil Pieces…They're glowing!' Maleficent thought in surprise, and then suddenly, those Pieces began to float and they were now in front of the dead girl's body as the white light turned red and what they saw next was unbelievable!

"What?! They're multiplying?!" Rias asked in shock.

That's right. All 8 of those Pawn Pieces multiplied into 2 before another one multiplied it again, giving it a total of 17 Pawn Pieces, but that's not all. The pieces all began to glow brighter, making everyone covering their eyes. Went it died down, they all looked back and were completely shocked at what they were witnessing.

There were now 9 Pieces, but eight of those Pawn pieces look different. They were more buff than the regular ones and had a bright red streak swimming around them. The 9th piece, to their shock, was now a Queen piece! It turned out that the remaining 9 Pawn pieces combined themselves together to make a Queen piece, but there's more. That Queen piece was also buff and brightening as well. They couldn't believe their eyes. What they were looking at were….

"Mutation Pieces?!" they all shouted.

Then, one by one, the 8 buffed Pawn pieces entered inside the girl's body as a huge vortex of fire surrounded her, swallowing the buffed Queen piece last and her wound began to close up.

'No way….This girl took all 8 of them AND the queen as well?!' Rias asked in shock. This girl screamed power, and what happened here has proven just that. Mio and Maleficent were shocked as well, especially with the latter. To think that her pieces would be duplicated and transformed into mutation pieces AND a Queen piece?!

That's something that has never happened before! Wait, scratch that; IS UNTHINKABLE!

However, there was one more surprise in store: There was a Starbrand mark of an Archdragon on the back of her neck, but since she was surrounded by the vortex, the girls couldn't see it.

Once everything died down, the girl's body was all patched up, no blood in sight. Mio immediately went to the girl's side and started checking on her pulse….

…*thump*

There was a heartbeat. This girl is alive.

All there was now is complete silence.

Maleficent couldn't believe that her new reincarnated servant would be THIS strong, and apparently….

"Maleficent, what is the meaning of this?!"

…Rias couldn't believe it either.

"Who is this person?"

"…I don't know…" Maleficent answered.

"You don't know?!" Rias asked angrily. "Do you realize that this girl just accepted eight mutation pawn pieces AND a mutation queen piece?!"

"I don't know either!" Mio yelled. "I thought she was human!"

"That's enough!" Akeno barked at the sisters, calming them down as she stood between them. "…It's been a long night, so how about we discuss more tomorrow. We need to bring her to a proper bed."

"…Agreed."

"…Sounds fair."

"…Same."

"Good," Akeno smiled, until she saw the shocked look on Koneko's face. "What's the matter, Koneko?"

"I don't believe this…" she said to herself as she held a school I.D. from the girl's left pocket.

What they all saw on the I.D. left them speechless.

"Oh my…" Akeno gasped.

"This girl is…" Rias said.

"…a relative of that shameless hentai Hyoudou," Koneko finished.

"Kiyoko Hyoudou, a Senios student at Dragonar Academy," Mio analyzed. "And she's a transfer student who's going to have her first day of school tomorrow."

They all couldn't believe it.

** At the Streets **

"This is weird," Akame stated as she, Leone and Natsu all finished at eliminating another wave of Stray Devils. "Most of these Strays that plagued this are nowhere to be seen. Are they being scared off?"

"Probably because of the Fallen Angels that might have eliminated them," Leone stated before throwing another hard punch to another Stray Devil's skull, cracking it open. "There's an awful lot of them out tonight, not to mention that they're appearing near the dorms."

"Which means that whoever send these monsters here must know where we live," Natsu concluded.

"And I have a good idea at who he is," Akame stated, surprising the others. "I can tell that he's a student at our school."

"EH?!" the two gasped.

"We'll inform this to Dayo and the others, and we'll be ready for him," Akame said with a cold, but confident voice as she sheathed her sword.


END OF FIRST HALF: Yuki, Silvia and Mio standing opposite to each other.

START OF SECOND HALF: Yurifina with 6 shadowed figures standing behind her.


(Next Day)

** At the new Empire **

(Dayo's POV)

I was getting more and more excited as the new Empire was making great progress on recovering. From what Prime Minister Honest was doing to the Emperor and this place was completely terrible. It was even worse that my stepfather went along with it, so he had to perish as well.

The recovery process was more than halfway done, but there's a TON of work left to be done.

"You like it so far?" Yurifina asked me.

"Indeed, I am," I replied. "I want to make sure that each and everyone of these people get a house and a job. No one is going to be homeless and there will no more useless deaths when I start ruling this place."

"Ah, yes. That reminds me," Yurifina remembered. "Let's proceed to the castle, Supreme One."

She soon made a magic portal, and soon after, we've arrived in front of a giant castle that once had the main building of the Capital located here. I widened my eyes as I thought that this castle would take a long time to complete, but to my surprise, it was 80% completed in a matter of 2 weeks. That's insane.

It was then that 2 girls and a butler arrived. One is a woman that has an aura of a protective bodyguard with a serious (and sadly tsundere) attitude. She has waist-length purple hair with a side tail on her left, has D-cup breasts, blue eyes and has a sword attached to her left hip.

The other woman has long orange hair and has E-cup breasts, brown eyes, long orange hair, and is wearing a white and black maid headdress, and she has a friendly (but sometimes scary) aura.

The butler is, surprisingly, a 19-year-old teenager who has medium height with light blue hair that is styled into a bob cut and blue eyes. In fact, this man has seen it all, in my opinion.

"We welcome you, Lady Yurifina and Supreme One," the 3 greeted us at the same time.

"To your left is Amane Toujou, my bodyguard, and soon-to-be your bodyguard as well. Next here is Mariel Esthereed, the head maid and 2nd-in-command of all the maids and butlers. And the final one here is an exceptional butler. He is Hayate Ayasaki, known as the Combat Butler. He is the head of the butlers and maids of this castle, my beloved," Yurifina introduced.

"And may I ask why is Hayate exceptional?" I asked.

Yurifina told me about Hayate, and boy, did Hayate go through a lot. On Christmas Eve 10 years ago, his parents racked up a large gambling debt and sold their son to supposedly "A group of Good Men", which actually happened to be Wild Hunt, a group of Teigu users formed and led by Syura, the son of Prime Minister Honest, operating as the Secret Police of the Empire at the time, for a sum of 156,804,000 yen (Roughly $1,441,445.07 in today's currency). It was here that Hayate was able to learn about the Empire, the Teigu, the weapons, people, the whole 9 yards. Unfortunately, it was also here that he learned how to kill from his former teacher Esdeath and use his full body potential to keep the Empire in line, even though he knew that what he was doing was exactly wrong.

Some time later, Wild Hunt were causing and relishing in carnage, abusing their power and position to terrorize the entire Empire with their vile acts and making themselves the prime enemies of both Night Raid and the Jaegers.

However, after Hayate did an investigation and found out that Syura was the person behind the unleashing of Danger Beasts created by the late Dr. Stylish, Esdeath filed an official report, forcing Honest to officially disband the team much to Syura's displeasure.

And now, Hayate was very pleased when he learned that the Prime Minister and the Emperor were executed by both myself and the Night Raid team and is now ready to serve me. However, I did ask him about his parents back in Japan. He quickly answered that they were no longer his parents and they were not going to bring him back. I simply nodded at that before we all entered the castle.

I was surprised to find a huge line of maids and butlers on the sides, but also, the indoor balconies of the second floor has lines of servants as well. Each and everyone of them bowed down to us when we entered.

[All Hail the Supreme One!] they would say.

"Whoa…" I could only say as Yurifina guided me through the castle's progress. As many workers and servants continued to work, they all bowed to us. I don't know how many there were and when I asked Yurifina, she responded that there are over 1,000 servants in this castle! Since the castle was too large, its quite possible that all 1,000 of these workers are needed to even clean the place up. And it's not even finished yet!

After minutes of walking through the castle, we all headed to the throne room. It was here that the final battle between Night Raid, and the Prime Minister and the Emperor took place, but now, it has been given a complete makeover. This time, there were guards who wore the same armor and held some weapons and shields holding two large doors as they opened them for us as we entered the room.

More guards were on the side, bowing to us. I was surprised on how large my new authority is, but I was even more surprised on how large the room is compared to the old one.

The whole room was like a cavern. Four lines of large pillars were holding the wide ceiling. Beautiful designs gave a fantastic decoration throughout the whole room. When we finally arrived at the dais, I saw a young man with emerald green eyes, black hair with red streaks all over. While he has heavier armor than the rest of the guards, and has the same weapon and shield like the rest, he has a draconic aura around him, and I can tell that he knows Dragon Slayer Magic very well.

He bowed to me in respect and introduced, "I welcome you, Supreme One. My name is Drake Blaze."

"This is one of your Dragon Guards, my beloved. They only call themselves that if they know how to use Dragon Slayer Magic. He is also your viceroy that governs your kingdom in your absence," Yurifina stated.

"Really?" I asked with interest.

To those of you that doesn't know about a viceroy, that person rules a country, province, kingdom, or empire as the representative of the king. They govern a kingdom in place of the king to give them time for other businesses of if they're just lazy. Of course, even if the viceroy rules the kingdom, they still answer to the true king, which is me.

"I saw through all the business, issues, and the order of the kingdom as flawless as I can. We are working hard to make sure that the castle is complete as soon as possible, my lord," Drake reported.

"And now, my beloved. This is going to be for the future as it would be an honor to see the glorious sight of the Supreme One, sitting upon the throne after such a long time," Yurifina said in excitement.

Knowing this, I walked to the throne and sat on it, and as soon as I did that…

"Hail, Supreme One!" Drake shouted, causing the other guards to shout, 'Hail, Supreme One!' all at once.

(15 minutes later)

I was now outside the castle to see thousands of soldiers lined up in cohorts.

They were all wearing full-plated crimson armor each while holding a crimson shield with golden designs. The shields were made out of dragon scales and were rectangular that curved around the body. The height of the shield is from the chin to the knees and the length of the shield is from one shoulder to another. Each were carrying many kinds of weapons, from spears to bow and arrows; from rifles to grenade launchers. Of course, they had swords on their right hip, and black capes connected to the back of their armor with dragon faces on it.

I can tell that these soldiers were well-trained and are veterans. Let's see how well they fare compare to the other armies that I've trained in the past…

"All hail the Supreme One!" a red-haired female soldier who was on the front shouted which caused the other soldiers to chant the same line. She was also wearing crimson armor.

"This is one of the many armies that you will soon possess, Supreme One. This is the first Red Legion. The strongest out of the 50 Red Legions you own. Your generals can take command of any of your legions, except the first one. That is personally commanded by your best and most loyal general of all, Erza Scarlet," Yurifina explained.

Erza is a young woman with long, scarlet hair and brown eyes. She lost her right eye as a child and now has an artificial one which was created by Porlyusica, an elderly woman who lives in a treehouse located in the East Forest outside the Empire and is the Medicinal Adviser. She has a slender, voluptuous figure that many girls described as "amazing." Her most common attire consists of a custom-made armor by Heart Kreuz smiths, a blue skirt, black boots, and diamond shaped silver earrings.

"She is so superior, that many Dragons gave her the title of "The Strongest Dragon General of a Thousand Battles." And before you ask, yes, she did fought more than one thousand battles already, and some of those battles are wars as well."

"Impressive," I responded, earning a small blush from Erza.

Then suddenly, a magic circle appeared and came out another beautiful girl. She was wearing a dress that is made out of orange and black frills that looked like an elegant gothic Lolita that my mom usually wears and has uneven twin-tails. She has a big crimson net bow on her head that holds her hair and a crimson and black collar on her neck.

"Dragon Guard of Time, Kurumi Tokisaki, at your service. What do I owe the honor of meeting you here, Lady Yurifina?" the girl named Kurumi asked in a well-mannered tone.

"You are late," Yurifina replied to her.

"I deeply apologize. I had to call the other guards when I heard that the Supreme One would arrive here."

And at the very next second, another magic circle appeared, revealing 4 more people, which one of them is an S-Class Vampire.

The vampire in question is a beautiful girl with crimson eyes that has black slits in the center. She has knee-length silver hair with a sexy figure with F-cup breasts, plump thighs and bottom. And because she's a vampire, she was wearing a crimson and black dress that shows it.

This is Moka Akashiya, according to Yurifina, and is the daughter of one of the 3 Dark Lords, Akasha Bloodriver, and is also a relative to Alucard! Boy, is he going to be surprised when he hears this. However, how she became a Dragon Guard despite being a vampire is still a mystery to me…

Next is a fairly tall, lean-built young man with peach skin and brown eyes. He likes to wear slim fitting clothes. He has a tendency to wear shirts patterned with the number 15 because his name is a homonym for the number. His most distinguishing feature is his spiky orange hair, a trait he has been ridiculed about for years on end. However, it's his clothing that stands out, which is a black kimono with ripped holes, and has a large sword on his back. This is the Dragon Guard of the Shinigami, Ichigo Kurosaki, who Yurifina stated that he is not only a great martial artist, but he is also an excellent swordsman with an indomitable will due to being a Hollow.

Third is a young girl with pink eyes and long pink hair tied in pigtails. She's wearing a casual attire and has a joyful expression. Now, from what Yurifina told me, she was normally supposed to be a Floor Guardian back in Nazarick, but one of the 42 Supreme Beings made an…. 'error'….causing her to be a psychopath, like Seryu from the Jaegars. Also, for some reason, she has a bit of blood infused in her from a Divine Goddess, whose name is unknown. She also happens to be the most savage of all the guards whenever they are in battle, and has quite the knowledge in setting up traps, knowing all kinds of weapons, and even making some from her surroundings, thus making her the Unpredictable Dragon Guard. Her name is Yuno Gasai.

And the final one is a young woman with a well-endowed figure. She has G-cup breasts, long straight silver hair that ran all the way down to her hips. Her attire consist of a gothic Lolita outfit as well. On her forehead is a white, crescent moon-shaped mark that turned a full 90 degrees clockwise. Known to be a Demon Slayer of her family that's known for using Western dark magic, she's the Magician Dragon Guard, Kuesu Jinguji.

Yurifina told me that she's now a powerful magic caster that is a master of multiple elements, consisting of Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Lightning, and even Light and Darkness, and has an arsenal of a thousand spells and has an incredibly colossal amount of energy.

"These are your Dragon Guards, Supreme One," Yurifina stated. "Each of them has mastered at least one element type of Dragon Slayer Magic, and they're all exceptionally skilled in their own way. They will be of good use to you later on. Oh, dear me. They're here."

We all soon saw a massive army approaching towards us. It was a whole army filled with thousands of soldiers, monsters, horsemen, and wyverns. The soldiers wore the same armor while the monsters were four-legged muscular beasts that are as tall as 7-8 meters, with plated armors around their torsos and heads. The wyverns were also wearing armor around their torsos and heads. The horsemen wore the same armor as the foot soldiers and their horses wore chain armor as well.

"This one is the 37th Red Legion," Yurifina told me. "Don't get confused with the other army that you saw earlier. As I said before, the 1st Red Legion is commanded by Erza only. The other Red Legions are randomly picked by one general for a mission. By being the Supreme One who lead us, Nazarick, and the Infinity Empire to save the Dragon race, many will fear you and yet, many will try and kill you. Many will surrender to you, and yet many will try to oppose you. In war, a merciful heart leads to the death of one's self. However, based on your experience, you have been in plenty of battles before."

"Indeed, I have," I responded. "But what I go through is my choice."

"Understood, Supreme One," Yurifina replied.

"So how many soldiers are there in one Red Legion?"

"I was about to get to that. I assume that you what battalions are?"

"Yeah, it's a group of soldiers. Like a military unit."

"The soldiers, Feral Beasts, cavalries, and the wyverns are divided into battalions. And before you ask, those war monsters are called Feral Beasts," Yurifina explained as she pointed to the large creatures with armor. Each unit is divided into 40 battalions. 1 battalion consists of 500 soldiers, 1 battalion of cavalry consists of 200 horsemen, 1 battalion of Feral Beasts consists of 50 beasts, and 1 battalion of wyverns consists of 100 of them. Now, let's multiply that each by 40, my beloved.

After quickly doing the math, I concluded that…

"So that's….20,000 infantry, 8000 cavalry, 2000 Feral Beasts, and 4000 wyverns."

"And that's the total amount of forces in one Red Legion, but right now, you have 50 Red Legions at your disposal for this army. That means that you have 1 million infantry, 400,000 cavalry, 100,000 Feral Beasts, and 200,000 wyverns."

"Well, as of right now, let them keep training and sharpen their skills. I'm going to make a few changes when the new Empire is complete," I ordered Yurifina.

"Understood, my beloved," Yurifina replied and ordered the army to continue their training.

(Next Day)

** At Dragonar Academy; At Class 1-D **

"OK, everyone. Settle down," I ordered to all the students in the classroom. "We have a new student who's going to be in our class. Would you come in and introduce yourself, please?"

To my surprise, and to many others, except for Mio, it was the girl that was killed by one of the Fallen Angels 2 days ago.

"M-My name is….Kiyoko Hyoudou….and I-I'm going to be a S-Senios Student…" the girl introduced in a soft, but shy voice. "P-Pleased to meet you."

The boys cheered at the new girl while the girls all widened their eyes.

"All right! A new and cute girl!" Raymond cheered.

"But her last name is Hyoudou," another boy realized.

"Does this mean that?" one girl asked.

"Y-Yes…" Kiyoko answered. "I-I'm Issei's younger sister."

As the room fell into complete silence, I had a feeling of what's about to happen.

"3…2…1…" I said to myself.

[EEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH?!]

"How does that work?!"

"There was no way that problem child would have such a smoking hot sister like her!"

As the other students were complaining on how Kiyoko is related to Issei, Mio was getting crosser and crosser as the girls around kept talking about me. She was looking out the window as she looked at her classmates.

'What's with them, being so carefree…?' she thought before a memory of what happened last night at the baths, causing her face to heat up and her hand to come up to her chest.

She then saw Akame looking at the chalkboard with a stoic look on her face.

'What's with her? She's been looking at that board for the past 30 minutes while the others are even trying to get my teacher's attention and phone number,' Mio grumbled, letting out a 'hmph' before noticing Yuki, who was preparing to leave and glanced back at Mio with narrowed eyes.

'Stay away from Mio Naruse Gremory. Or better yet, stay away from those Devils as a whole. You saw what they were trying to do to you after that Fallen Angel attacked you. They are NOT to be trusted. The same can be said for Silvia Lautreamont. She is NOTHING but trouble.'

And speaking of Silvia, that said girl and Yuki looked at each other for a few tense moments and scoffed before Yuki left the classroom, but not before looking at Kiyoko, and realized that she too, is a reincarnated Devil.

'Tch,' she clicked her tongue in annoyance as she left, only to be greeted by Yurifina. "Hello, how can I help you?"

"Sorry to bump into you, Ms. Nonaka," said Yurifina down the hall with Amane and her sister Milly by her side. "I got word from Mr. Sakizaki that you need to stay behind with Ms. Randall to organize the upcoming quests and homework. The Student Council President will also be helping you."

"I can do it myself. After all, this is my job as Class Representative," Yuki interjected. "There's no need for the Student Council President to help."

As Yuki left the classroom, someone else came in.

"It's Princess Yumi!" many boys shouted, and even some of the girls went squalled at seeing her.

"Excuse me, everyone," Yumi said nicely.

"Come on in. The room is a bit messy, so we're sorry," Raymond greeted nicely as he and many others were blushing.

Yumi just smiled as she went towards me, but for some reason, she was also eyeing on Kiyoko as well.

"I'm here on behalf of Lady Rias. Whenever you are done for the day, she asked me to bring you and Kiyoko to our clubroom. Koneko is going to bring Issei with her as well," Yumi said, earning gasps from the others.

"Issei?! That problem child?!"

"He's going to corrupt them!"

"We'll never accept this!"

"Everyone, be quiet," I coldly responded as the class fell into complete silence. "Don't worry. I'll keep an eye on him. I'll see you there later on. Akame, take Mio home. I'll be back a little late."

"Affirmative," Akame nodded in confirmation.

This will give me an opportunity to get some important information about these Hyoudou siblings.

Meanwhile, the students were relieved. Well, except for two people. Kiyoko Hyoudou and Mio Naruse Gremory.

Kiyoko shivered when she found out that her brother is also going to be there.

All the while, Mio sighed to herself in annoyance, not knowing that the succubus mark around her neck began to show….

(6 hours later)

** At the Old School Building **

Now, as Yumi escorted me and Kiyoko inside the building, I've found out that this building is one of the Seven Wonders of the School, and is about 100 years old. I was also surprised to see that there wasn't anyone around as there were trees surrounding it. Walking through the old doors, we followed Yumi into a rather large room filled with classic Victorian-style furniture.

"Wh-What is this room?" Kiyoko asked.

Already here was Koneko, sitting on one of the couches, eating some sweets. However, also here was the problem child himself, the leader of the Perverted Trio, Issei Hyoudou.

"I'm so glad that I'm going to be with such hot girls in this club!" Issei whispered in excitement.

I glared at him as he didn't see my appearance yet with a scowl on my face. Also, for some reason, Kiyoko was behind me, shaking like a leaf.

Then, a splash was heard.

"A shower? In this room?" Issei asked.

Are you kidding me?! A shower in this old classroom, now a club houseroom?!

"OMG," Issei gawked. "It's art at its finest! Those beautiful lines are a work of art in and of themselves!"

And I could see that he is looking at a shadowy curvy figure taking a showing that resembles Rias Gremory. And also…

"Buchou, I've bought your clothes," said another voice.

"Thank you, Akeno," said the voice of Rias.

"It's Senior Rias Gremory! The most popular girl in school! Right here in this room!" Issei yelled. "And I've heard that her twin sister is also here too!"

Koneko was about to say that their faces are creepy before she notices me going to Issei with a ticked-off look on my face. She looked at me with small interest.

"Hey there," I said as I appeared behind him. Issei slowly looked at me with a scared look on his faces. "I hope you're not doing what I think you're doing, right?"

"He caught you red-handed, you hentai," said Koneko in a monotone voice, who was happy that I stopped him quickly.

"S-S-S-Sorry, Professor Dominus! Don't beat me up like you did last time!" he pleaded.

"Oh my. Look who came," said Akeno as she approaches us. "Looks like we got new club members."

"Now hold it right there, Ms. Himejima," I said to Akeno. "I only came here to observe, and to keep an eye on Issei over here."

Then she looked at Kiyoko, who had a worried look on her face and bowed down with her jiggling breasts and said, "I'm the club's Vice-President, Akeno Himejima. Pleased to make your acquaintance."

"K-K-Kiyoko Hyoudou. Nice to meet you," the shy girl said.

"Ah, little sis!" Issei smiled at Kiyoko, unknowingly frightening her a little bit. 'To think that 2 of the 3 Great Ladies would be in this room, along with my sister and the ultimate, ideal, Japanese female figure filled with tenderness!'

WHAM!

"You forgot about me, right?" I asked as I karate-chopped Issei back to earth.

"That was nice," Koneko said before going back to her sweets.

And then, the curtain open as Rias and Maleficent Gremory steps out.

"Thank you for waiting," Rias said. "So, everyone's here now. We welcome you to the Occult Research Club."

Even though I did tell them that I'm just observing, Rias welcomes us.

"But this club is just a mere façade. Nothing more than a hobby," Rias continued as she crosses her arms under her breasts. "I'll be frank. We are devils."

Both the Hyoudou siblings gasped at this. I wonder how Rias is going to work on them.

"Th-that was indeed very frank!" said Issei in surprise.

"Now, the black-winged man you saw the other day…" Rias said.

"…was a Fallen Angel," I continued, interrupting Rias. The others looked at me in surprise. "You don't know about this, but they were once Angels serving God, but they have been cast down to the Underworld due to their wicked nature. I've seen it with my own eyes."

"That's right," Rias agreed. "They're trying to manipulate humans and destroy us devils. Since primeval times, there's been a constant struggle for dominance in the Underworld, or Hell, as humans call it. There are also normal Angels, coming here on God's orders to hunt demons."

"In other words, a 3-way standoff or ceasefire," Maleficent concluded.

"Do you two follow us so far?" Rias asked.

"Y-Yes..." Kiyoko replied quietly.

Issei answered, "Uh, this is getting too complicated for a stupid high-school student like me."

"At least you're honest on that," I mumbled.

"Then I bet you know about what happened at the Aries Dragonar Festival," said Rias as Issei knew what she meant. "You even managed to save Silvia and her dragon from a sudden attack from them."

I can then see Issei's expression turn into anger and fear.

"I-I have no idea where you heard that," said Issei in a serious tone. "But don't treat as some type of occult phenomenon. Frankly speaking, I find it unpleasant."

Hmph. So, Raynare not only killed Issei, but also traumatized him, although I'm sure it's not on her own accord…

Even Kiyoko was shocked. Issei did talk to some other people about it one time, but no one believed him, and no one remembered her. He thought that nobody would believe him until now.

As Issei began to leave, Rias slipped out a photo, in which I knew all too well.

Oh boy, is Azazel going to be cross when he finds out about this.

"She was there; no doubt about it," Rias concluded. "This girl…no, Fallen Angel is the one that assaulted you after the race."

"I bet she used her powers to erase everyone's memories from that day. Devils have it, Fallen Angels have it, Angels have it, and I have it," I said.

"Very good, Professor Dominus," Rias smiled professionally. "And once that Fallen Angel completes her mission, she erased memories and records of it from all of you and the people around you."

"Mission?" asked Issei.

"Killing you," Rias concluded. "She came to check if you have a dangerous object in your body. Turns out that you were killed on the spot once its confirmed. Impaled by a light lance, to be precise."

Kiyoko then remembered, "Y-Yeah, I remember that Fallen Angel say 'Blame God for planting a Sacred Gear inside your body.' Something like that."

"Sacred Gear?" Issei asked.

Akeno continued from there, "It's an unusual power that resides within certain humans. It is said that most of the great men in history possessed it."

Then Rias continued, "With those 2 types of power alone, they're formidable enough to threaten devils and Fallen Angels. Issei, raise your left hand."

"L-Like this?" Issei asked as he raised his left arm.

"Now, close your eyes and imagine the strongest being that comes to mind," Rias instructed.

She doesn't know that the strongest being (3rd strongest overall; which is me) is standing here right now, and neither are the others. Of course, I'm suppressing my powers and magic as I speak, but I have to release some soon, so please make this quick!

"Th-this is all too sudden…" Issei said as his mind began to go out of control.

"Focus, Issei."

"O-Okay! Focus, focus…" Issei said to himself, but he sees Rias' panties as she was sitting on her desk.

'Damn! My focus is failing hard because I can see your panties!'

Then Issei says to Rias as he gives up, "Still, there must be some kind of mistake."

"It's a fact that Fallen Angels fear and decided to kill you on the spot," I said to him.

"Then how are we still alive?!" Issei asked.

"It's because of this," Rias answered as a pulled out a leaflet.

"Wait a minute, that's…!" Kiyoko said as she and Issei saw something familiar.

"You summoned me and my sister from this flyer moments before you all died," Maleficent said.

"So, Issei, you've been reborn into the household of Rias Gremory, while you Kiyoko, have been reborn into the household of my sister, Maleficent Gremory, daughters of Duke Gremory, an upper-class devil," said Rias as her wings were sprouted from her back. "As our servant devils, that is!"

Yumi, Akeno and Koneko also had the same wings as Rias.

"That includes me, too!" said Maleficent with the same wings as well. The wings were more bat-like.

Then, something felt on Kiyoko's and Issei's back, as they all saw their own pair of Devil wings as well.

"N-Nani?!" Kiyoko asked in shock.

'We're no longer human?!' Issei thought in shock.

I really wonder how far they'll go…

"With this, we welcome to you to the club!" Rias smiled as she and the others all concealed their wings and goes behind her desk to sit on her chair. "Now we can get straight to business. The way the life of a Devil works is we grant powers to humans for a price that we both agree on and seal the deal with a pact. It used to be that people would draw summoning ritual circles to call for us, but it became too complicated for the human mind. Well, the majority of it, anyways. So to make things easier, we make personal house calls and deliveries by handing out flyers."

Maleficent then walked over to a table to set down a white bag full of flyers. When she opens it up, we see the same pamphlets that were given out by the club members.

"Now normally, we'd have a messenger to make the deliveries, but as new servants, we thought it would be best to have you two do it so that you both could learn from all this," Rias explained.

"But first, there are some rules that you need to know," Maleficent followed.

The two siblings gave their full attention to the Gremory sisters, even though I was just here as an observer.

Rias explains, "Rule #1: You are not allowed to engage in battle against Fallen Angels or Angels unless you have to defend yourselves. Rule #2: As our servants, you are all expected to obey either me or my sisters Mio or Maleficent, no matter what we tell you to do. Rule #3: You are not allowed to provoke a battle with another Devil, unless it's a Stray Devil and especially not against a High-class Devil. And should they try to provoke any one of you, you must bring this to me, Mio or Maleficent. As our servants, you are all under our protection and that of our house, and as such if they harm you, they must answer to either of us. Rule #4: You can't go into a church or shrine, since they are territories of Fallen Angels and Angels and going into those places might result in a war between factions again, and neither side can afford that, and I'm pretty sure that the our Professor here knows that, too. Rule #5: You are not allowed to reveal that you are a Devil to anyone, except to our customers. Do you all understand so far?"

Both Issei and Kiyoko nodded their heads, except for Akeno, Yumi, and Koneko as they already know this.

"Then, I'll continue from here," said Maleficent. "Rule #6: You cannot force anyone to make a contract with you. They have to summon us to do that. Rule #7: If a customer makes a request of you that you consider ridiculous, for example: getting rid of every chicken on Earth, you are allowed to try and haggle them to something more appropriate. It doesn't work often, but you can try. Rule #8: You are only allowed 1 familiar, which is a type of shape-shifting assistant that is totally loyal to you, at any given time. (We'll explain how that works later). If your familiar dies, you can try and acquire another one, but that's difficult so take care of them as best as you can. Rule #9: No sex with humans!"

When Issei heard that, he quickly fell into depression as Maleficent explains why.

"A hybrid created from such a union would possess Devil powers but have no weaknesses, which is a potential threat to Devils like us, and it might start another war with Heaven. And lastly, Rule #10: You are not allowed to go into another Devil Family's realm in the Underworld unless you have their permission. If you violate that and they catch you, they have full right to do whatever they want with you. Even we can't help you with that one. It's their realm, it's their rules."

"Well, that sounds fair," I said in a boring tone with my arms crossed while leaning against one of the walls.

"As long as we follow these rules, it shouldn't be a problem, right?" asked Kiyoko.

"That's right, Kiyoko," answered Rias. "In fact, if you all work hard, and you might get a servant for yourselves someday! It all depends on the efforts you put in."

The 2 Hyoudou siblings all gasped at that possibility, and the fact that they can become stronger just by completing contracts. How easy is that?

"So, i-if they're servants, they'll obey us, right?" asked Kiyoko.

Then Issei went to Rias and Maleficent and asked with a goofy smile on his face…

"Then we can do whatever we want with them, right?"

"Of course," answered Rias.

"Even perverted things?!"

Many of the others sighed in annoyance at that question, but Maleficent giggled and answered anyway.

"If they're your servants, then why not?"

Issei jumped in excitement as he had a certain goal in mind…

'If I can't turn back being human, then I'll aim to become the Harem King instead! And I'll even beat that Dominus teacher even if it kills me!'

I heard his thoughts and quietly replied, "Ha. Good luck with that. Not that it will matter, anyways."

Then all of a sudden, my phone rang. It was Akame.

"Sorry, I got to take this call," I told them as I exited out of the room before picking up. "Hello, Akame?"

[We got a problem] Akame told me.

"What's the matter?" I asked.

[It's Mio.]

** At the Infirmary **

I was sitting down near the bed where Mio was resting as I sighed in frustration and rubbed the temples on my head.

"Looks like she was anemic," the nurse analyzed. "She has a mild fever, but she should recover with some rest."

I looked up to see the nurse who has light dark-brown hip-length hair, with two strands of hair sticking out like antenna, aqua-blue eyes with red glasses, a 'beauty mark' under her left eye, a voluptuous figure with I-cup breasts, and adorning a green sweater with a white robe on top, a short skirt, and long brown tights.

I would not admit out loud, but she is one stunning woman, but at the same time, why do I have a feeling that she looked so….familiar?

"I take it that you are the new teacher that almost every female in this school is talking about? Well, you certainly got quite the knowledge about dragons, and I'm proud about that. Also, how does it feel to become an enemy of every male in the school, playboy?" the nurse asked teasingly.

"Not going to waste my time on them," I simply replied. "And given my reputation….I have made many enemies in the past, and I'm very picky when it comes to….my family…."

The nurse, Chisato Hasegawa, quickly got out of her stupor at checking me out and simply said this as if the problem was simple to solve….

"If that's the case, then try to find allies."

"Already done so," I simply replied. "In fact, I got PLENTY of allies already. However, I'm going to be making a lot more enemies in the future, especially outside Lautreamont Knight Country."

"Then if you are making more enemies, then increase your allies even more. And for both allies and enemies, the quantity isn't important, but rather, the quality. One can't weigh the odds of these two. Don't misunderstand it. Don't sacrifice one for the other when choosing allies," Chisato told me albeit mysteriously.

"I'll…keep that in mind," I said slowly as the intercom voice out.

[Ms. Hasegawa, please report to the faculty office immediately.]

"Is it that time already?" she murmured as I detected a bit of resignation in her voice.

[Repeat. Ms. Hasegawa, please report to the faculty office immediately.]

"Shouldn't I go there, too?" I asked.

"That would be the case, but sometimes, not all teachers go to all meetings, but good observation though," she said as she tossed a pair of keys to me that she had in her coat pocket. "Lock up when you leave. You can return the key later. Oh, and apologies for not introducing myself earlier. I'm the school nurse and your colleague, Chisato Hasegawa."

"Thanks, Chisato," I replied as the nurse went to the door.

"Oh, and one more thing. Consider who your enemies and allies are when you act," Chisato said as she left the room. Then I noticed something on the floor.

Standing up, I went over and bent to pick a pure white feather. Frowning, I sniffed it to smell a familiar scent, and I knew what it was, and who she was working for.

"Well, well, well. Gabriel, you ditzy archangel. You sure are unpredictable and unbelievable at times," I mused and pocketed the feather just as Mio began to wake up.

Just as Mio opened her eyes, the succubus curse mark glowed around her neck, causing her to shiver and gasp erotically before spotting me and grabbed onto my wrist just as I got to examine her.

"Please…don't leave me alone," she whined with her pink eyes looking at my black ones anxiously.

"Don't worry. I'm right here," I assured her. "How are you feeling right now?"

"I think I've calmed down a bit," Mio muttered, lying back down with the back of her hand on her head.

"Good. So, what floating thought of yours caused the curse to activate back in the classroom?" I asked dryly while folding my arms. "I'm not stupid, so don't even try to act like I am. The curse only activates when you think badly about me."

"I-I didn't…" Mio mumbled, turning away from me, not wanting to explain how her distress at thinking about the other girls talking about me activated the curse.

I sighed and said, "I'll call the others, so you can rest as long as you want."

"OK. Where's Maria, Natsu and Tohru?" Mio asked.

"I bet Maria's fooling around out in the town, probably at an arcade, and Natsu and Tohru are joining the others in patrolling the area, but with more caution," I replied.

"Unbelievable! Playing games, fighting perverts, and exploring without a care in the world…All of you are like that," Mio complained with a cute pout.

"If you were us, you'd be errant too, but that's beside the point," I said as I was close to her face as she reeled back and blushed furiously.

I smiled at her being teased at before I made a serious face and said, "I'm going to join the others in patrolling the school since we'll be here for a while. I've warded the room with seals, so do not leave this room under any circumstances. Understood?"

"Yes…Professor Dominus…" Mio answered.

Before I left the room, something caught within the left of my eyes. On one of the shelves was a book that labeled The Dragons that Changed the World. Letting the curiosity getting the better of me, I quickly took the book and left the infirmary, little realizing that this was the starting domino that began a chain of events that was going to let everyone in the Universe know why the Dragons are always going to be on top of the food chain…even after going through…a demon invasion….

(2 hours later)

** At the Old School Building **

(3rd-Person POV)

As Rias and Maleficent were getting concerned with their new sister Mio, a bat came out of nowhere and gave them some frightening news…

"There are Stray Devils in the school area? And they're all after Mio?" Rias asked her bat in shock.

"Mio-sis!" Maleficent gasped in concern as she and Rias began calling their servants.

** Outside Dragonar Academy **

(15 minutes before the attack; Dayo's POV)

"Looks like we'll be here a little longer, but we'll be leaving in under half an hour," I said to Leone via [Message] while getting a drink from a vending machine.

[You got it. I just got an update from Night Raid. They and the Jaegars are heading to the Familiar Forest to find Tiamat, the Chaos Karma Dragon, and Maria's still out and about. I've contacted her, and she said that she and her friends are hunting demons and Strays as well…for Mio's sake.]

"There's nothing wrong with that. How are things on your end, Leone?"

[Akame, Natsu and I didn't encounter any of them, so we're on our way over. I couldn't get a scent of any portals the enemy's using to summon them. Also, there are more Fallen Angels around here, so be careful. Tohru's on her way, too.]

"Got it, Leone," I replied as I finished the call, only to hear footsteps behind me, and that belonged to Yahiro. "Oh, it's just you, Takigawa. Didn't go home yet?"

"Don't look like you've seen a monster," Yahiro groaned exasperatedly as he went towards me. "By the way, how's Naruse doing?"

"Well, she's hanging in there," I replied as I drank some water while Yahiro leaned onto one of the vending machines.

"I was surprised when she suddenly collapsed. Her face was bright red, and she seemed awfully embarrassed," said Yahiro and grinned as if he was trying not to laugh.

It was from there I had to stop myself from slapping him hard from a facepalm. 'With that look, and that sentence, he just gave himself away! If I didn't figure him out when we first met, I definitely would have now! Thanks to Akame, I now know who we're dealing with!' "Anyways, I owe you one."

After receiving a bottle of water from me, Yahiro asked, "Speaking of that, have you seen Nonaka?"

"Yuki? No, why?" I inquired, feeling a little bit worried.

"That's strange. She left, saying she was going to check up on you two."

And as he opened his bottled drink, I quickly realized what Yuki said earlier. 'Oh, freakin' L! The wards repel anything that is demonic, not humans, let alone Breeders and Dragonars! I better head back…'

CLANG!

Suddenly, the lights went out.

"Whoa, a blackout?!" Yahiro shouted in surprise.

I then sniffed with my nose and looked to my right to see 3 cloaked demons coming from outside and heading towards us.

** At the Infirmary **

(3rd-Person POV)

Mio was resting quietly on the bed until a shadow loomed over her, with her demonic sense that sometimes act as a 6th sense prodded her awake.

"Hm? Professor?" Mio whispered as she woke up, hoping to see him, only to feel a hostile presence and was greeted by the last person she wanted to see. "Yuki…Nonaka?!"

"I need to talk to you."

** At the Hallway **

(Dayo's POV)

Yahiro dropped his water bottle, looking terrified. "Wh-What's going on? Hey, Professor Dom-"

WHAM!

I knocked him out with a quick right elbow as I looked to the 3 Stray Demons, all wolf-like. "It's go time."

My right arm was now covered in darkness as I simply flicked my right finger in the air towards the demons as they disintegrated into nothingness.

Then I quickly teleported to the Infirmary…

** At the Infirmary **

…only to see no one here!

"Mio!" I said before sniffing in the air to smell another familiar scent that me tense before shaking my head in anger.

"Damn it, Yuki!" I said as I left the office to search for them as I used the Master-Servant Contract to pinpoint where they are. "Why are they at the Rooftop?!"

** At the Rooftop **

(3rd-Person POV)

Mio stood across from Yuki, who was near the edge and looking out into the city.

"What do you mean by 'talk'?" Mio asked with strained politeness, only to end this quickly before Dayo discovered her gone from the room.

"You should have heard from him. You know why I'm at this school," Yuki stated point-blank, with her hair shadowing her eyes eerily.

"Yes, I've heard," Mio confirmed, tensing up, but hiding it perfectly.

Her guts told her that this conversation was going to end up ugly as she secretly began to build up magic within her.

"With you around, there's a good chance that we will all suffer, especially with Silvia Lautreamont. So…leave him immediately," Yuki requested, with her hand generating spirit energy.

** Around Town **

"Where in the world are they coming from?!" Kiyoko shrieked as Natsu threw fireballs towards a horde of demonic minions that appeared out of nowhere as they, along with Rias, Maleficent, and their servants, except for Issei, who's still handling out flyers, who joined them not too long ago, all headed towards the school.

Then, along came Tohru and Leone as they all made their attacks on the demons.

"I don't know, but it looks like we may get our answer at the school," Rias said as she and the others all saw a barrier surrounding Dragonar Academy….

** At the Dormitories **

…which caught the attention of Yurifina and Milly immediately!

"Lady Yurifina," Amane spoke as she came into their room.

"I know," Yurifina replied.

Milly just gulped but she knew that this was unavoidable.

They were on their way to the rooftop as well.

** At the Rooftop **

(Dayo's POV)

"Not gonna happen!" Mio answered, causing Yuki's spirit energy to form around her, but the redhead refused to back down an itch. "Even after learning the whole truth, and everything else, he said he would protect me and my 2 sisters. As if we're family."

At that last part, she made a smile with a hint of red on her cheeks. "I don't want to waste even one bit of their feelings! Plus, this is our territory, so Rias, Maleficent and Sona will not ignore this as well!"

"I see," Yuki said quietly as she quickly turns to face her as she summons her Spirit Sword: Sakuya, along with armored gauntlets and unleashed a tornado of wind.

Mio saw it coming and erected a shield to block the hostile gale of wind.

"So, you're resorting to force in the end? In that case… I won't show mercy, either," said Mio as she enveloped her crimson aura and attacks with her own tornado wind, but Yuki pointed Sakuya outwards and slices it through, dispelling it.

"You're only taking advantage of that man's kindness. He and his family are extremely dangerous," Yuki retorted as she struck back with a green wave of energy, forcing Mio to erect her shield to block, but had difficulty doing so due to the power behind the attack and was getting pushed back.

"And what about you? You're ignoring his own will, and even threatened to kill him yourself!" Mio replied back as she once again fired a wind tornado that was stronger than the first, making Yuki use her speed to avoid it. "I'm not going to make anymore excuses. In fact, I'm not regretting my actions either!"

Yuki attempts to slice through the attack, but Mio presses on. "If I apologized after getting him and the others involved, it would be rude to him! So, I'll fight fair and square. Together with him, his family, and the Gremory Clan who took me in and claimed me as one of their own!"

Yuki was cross with Mio's accusation, and was even crosser now that Mio's part of the Gremory Clan, meaning that she's under HIS protection, and sliced through the tornado attacks with ease and countered with a wind-style Kentasu attack that eliminated Mio's barrier, much to her shock.

"If you say such things like that again, I'll never forgive you," Yuki snarled at the redhead, masking her hurt with rage as her green aura enveloped her body. "If you knew his family and his history, then you couldn't say such things!"

"What do you mean?" Mio asked, confused.

"His family is known to be the most dangerous and powerful family in the world! And now that I think about it, it's likely for him, the only son, to even hold a sword in his hand."

"W-What are you talking about?"

"12 years ago, my original dream was to become a Dragonar, along with Professor Dominus. However, when I turned 7, I've found out that I wasn't able to become one. And yet, for some reason, Dominus went of his way to make that girl, Silvia Lautreamont's dream to become a Dragonar come true, but he was severely injured as a price. As a result, I had to start over from scratch as I now became a member of the Hero Tribe that stands today.

"Then 10 years ago, a terrorist organization known as The Khaos Brigade has been formed, and his mother is the leader of that group. Her comrades eliminated many of our companions from this world because of the death of her husband, the King of Heroes, the founder of the Hero Tribe, Gilgamesh!"

That caught Mio off-guard as she gasped.

"That man doesn't know it, but one of his aunts, Izanami-no-Mikoto, a death goddess from the Shinto Faction, who was sealed by the betrayal of her own husband Izanagi-no-Mikoto, was revived by his mother, and was the main cause of the deaths of our companions. He doesn't know it yet, but once he does, there's a good chance that he'll awaken his powers, and when that happens, I'll gladly eliminate him, as he is an Elimination Target! And I'll make sure that your powers don't awaken either, even if our clan has to go to war with those Devils!" Yuki screamed at the stunned successor of Lucifer as she charged at Mio to finish her off.

But before Yuki could get into striking distance, a sword suddenly came out of nowhere and forced Yuki back. The girls watched as a snake came out of the ground and grabbed the sword as it made towards me as I appeared. And the air around them grew cold as they looked at me with a black miasma that was radiating off.

"Well, would you look at that. It seems that I have no problem wielding my swords!" I said in a cold voice as I held Rebellion, the Sword of Sparda, with my right hand.

Yuki turned away to avoid the cold gaze I'm giving her before I turned to Mio. "And you, what was the one thing I told you before I left the nurse's office?"

"I-I'm…" Mio tried to answer, obviously ashamed of herself.

"Answer me!" I commanded as the air grew colder and made Mio jump in fright.

The girls here haven't seen me this angry. But that's nothing compared to my mother and aunts.

"…To not leave the room under any circumstances," Mio replied quietly, looking down to the ground.

"So, you have remembered," I said in mock surprise with sarcasm. "Now what has compelled you to walk out with Yuki? What were you doing out here with her?"

"They were talking about your family with the Infinity Clan. Up until now, that is," said a new voice. "Can I say that all the players have gathered, I wonder?"

We turned to the top of the roof of the stairwell, where the mystery masked man stood. However, I can already tell who he is based on the aura he has.

"When did he…" Mio asked, frightened that she couldn't sense him and wondered how long he's been watching and listening while I scowled.

The barrier around here was preventing time-space techniques.

"First, you and your family were all a bunch of ruthless powerful beings that makes anyone scared for their lives. Even Gods themselves. But now, you're the bodyguard of the previous Demon Lord? What an awfully intriguing tale," said the masked man in a praising tone as if mocking me.

"Nobody asked you," I replied flatly before turning serious. "And I believe that you're the representative of the 'Demon Lord' who's after Mio, and the one who sent those earlier demons and in charge of the Stray Devils that's attacking my team to distract them."

"What demons?" Mio questioned.

"Oh, the same ones that are after you! What did you expect?"

"Indeed," the masked man answered, putting in his 2 cents. "It's pointless worrying about it now. In the past few days, he and his team all fought countless demons. The Fallen Angels may or may not have anything to do with this, but I do know that they are after her too."

"Huh?" asked Mio.

"Every night. Until dawn," the masked man nodded.

"What does he mean?" Mio asked me.

"What are you getting so worked up about? It's not exactly a secret," I deadpanned, since I told Mio that we took out those Demons and Stray Devils.

"Just tell me!" Mio demanded as the masked man answered.

"It was for your sake. The power you've inherited from the previous Demon Lord. Not only that, but you also wield a very special Sacred Gear that has attracted the 3 Factions and beyond. And right now, most low-level, Stray Demons and Devils are heading towards you. If those were beginning to harm humans, like those Megalos, then the Hero Tribe would deem you as a threat, going from observation…to elimination. Once that happens, you wouldn't be allowed to live, and the same will go for the Dragon behind you. That's why that woman told you to leave him alone. He's already troubling enough, and he and his team and that succubus of yours have all been hunting stray demons day and night to prevent that from happening. And now that the Fallen Angels are here, things are getting even harder for you to avoid."

Mio looked slowly at me. "…Is that all true? Maria stopped meeting us after school was beca- Huh?"

"Wh-What? When did he?" the masked man asked in bewilderment as he and the girls all looked me…sleeping while standing.

"He's bored," Yuki stated as she poked the snot-bubble, popping it as I woke up.

"Is that all?" I groaned. "I've already known all of this, so why repeat yourself? Anyways, Mio, it's not your-"

"It IS your fault, Mio Naruse! It's amazing that the Great Satans don't know your existence yet!" the masked man said as I grew crosser and crosser.

"Hey, no one asked you to talk!" I snarled before turning to Mio. "He's trying to break you mentally. I've seen this all too often, and it gets old pretty fast, and it never ends well. Don't let him get to you."

Thank you, battle experience.

"And leaving her the way she is any better? Then again, you prefer to have her attract demons just to keep yourself active?" the masked man asked as I facepalmed.

"That's just borderline desperation right there," I deadpanned as we were getting nowhere.

"Oh? If I was desperate, would I do this?"

As the masked man said this, Mio's shadow grew until it became a shadow demon with a scythe, looking to cleave her head off.

"Heads up!" I yelled as I charged towards Mio.

"Are you planning to erase her this time?" the masked man asked, grinning under his mask as he knew that the shadow demon was connected to Mio.

Any damage it took, Mio would receive, in a way to drive her into despair, but he was taken aback at what happened.

I used Rebellion to slice the ground to disconnect the shadow demon before I grabbed the demon and absorbed into my own body using the powers of the Darkness.

"I'm impressed. I thought that you would have no choice but to cleave through Mio to get to my minion, but I was wrong," said the masked man as he tried a new tactic.

Then suddenly…

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"

CRACK!

….a powerful shattering sound was heard as the barrier is now gone and the masked man was forced to jump out of the way when a huge fireball was hurdling towards him!

BOOM!

Had he not moved in time, he would've been burnt to a crisp right then and there.

"Hmph. You're late," I said as Natsu, Leone, Rias, Maleficent and their Peerages arrived, along with Tohru.

"Master! I'm glad you're okay!" Tohru panted worriedly.

"Well, it's better late than never," Natsu replied.

"And it looks like you had quite a bit of excitement," said Leone.

"It's just another day at the office," I shrugged, but Rias had a serious look on her face, along with Maleficent.

"You got some nerve attacking in our territory, along with our sister," Rias began.

"Oh? What's this? The Gremory family has arrived, along with a couple of dragons," the masked man chuckled in amusement. "My, my, aren't you scary. And it looks like my suspicions are confirmed. To think that Mio is now under the protection of the Gremory family. Well, since you have taken the trouble to come here, and since that you have brought all of your servants here, why don't we turn things up a notch?"

Then, a huge group of strays of various creatures appeared in front of the masked man as they charged towards us while a few stayed behind to protect the masked man.

"We got your back!" Tohru shouted as she's in front of me to protect me as all hell broke loose.

As the Devils and Strays battled against each other, I saw the only young woman with glasses who was very frightened, looking for a place to hide.

"Stupid Strays," Koneko grumbled in annoyance as one of the wolves charged at her. She then grabbed a large vending machine and threw it at the beast, crushing it.

Then I saw the same woman who tried to save Issei from the Fallen Angel the other day with a big smirk on her face as she shot many demons with excellent accuracy. I need to speak with her later.

As Natsu and Tohru fought against the demons who were trying to get close to us from all sides, Rias and Maleficent both saw an opportunity and threw 2 blasts of destructive energy at the masked man, but at least 3 beasts jumped in front to protect him and got killed as a result.

"You need to work on your aim, Princesses," the masked man smirked, however Maleficent had a smirk of her own.

"Oh? Maybe you should know what a distraction is," she retorted as out of nowhere….

PUNCH!

"Gah!"

Leone struck him from behind with a powerful punch, then a squid-like creature used its arms to bind the masked man, which then lead to a fox with 9 tails attacking him next. And to my surprise, she also knows how to use firearms as all 9 tails had guns attached to them, and they all shot at the same time towards the masked man.

"Ahhhh!" he moaned, receiving damage from many bullets that were heading towards him at the same time.

I've got to admit that I didn't see this coming. Unfortunately, this gave the masked man an opportunity of his own when he saw the one person who's defenseless: the shy girl with the glasses. He also felt immense power from a good distance.

'So that's the one who has THOSE Sacred Gears,' he thought and quickly disappeared….

….before appearing behind the shy girl and fired a blast of energy at her at point-blank range.

BAM!

"Kiyoko!" Yumi, Akeno, Rias and Maleficent shouted in shock as they all went to the knocked-out girl and saw that her upper body was hit pretty badly.

We were all shocked that despite the masked man being injured, he was able to catch everyone off-guard by attacking Kiyoko as he reappeared at the top of the roof and said, "You better treat your servants with more caution and awareness."

Rias and Maleficent did not like this at all.

"You'll pay for this for trying to hurt my servants!" Rias shouted as she blasted another red energy wave towards the man, but once again, he steers clear. "You see? Your family is known for having the emotions get the better of them! And you, Mio of the Gremory! Look at one of your comrades! This is what you get when other people are involved, especially when it comes to that so-called Satan known as Lucifer!"

"You BASTARD!" both Natsu and Tohru yelled as they tried to attack the man one more time, but this time, the masked man, who smirked as he carried out his threat, vanished and made his escape before they could even land another hit on him. Unfortunately, their last attack hit the water tower, destroying it in the process.

I growled as the man successfully made his escape as Mio, Rias and the others all went to Kiyoko.

"Kiyoko!" Akeno shouted. "Are you okay?!"

Kiyoko tried to respond, but instead coughed blood onto the ground.

"Th-That can't be good!" said Yumi as Maria flew down from the sky and saw the final moments of the battle.

Rias sighed and walked towards us with her arms folded. "So, any idea who that man was?"

"No idea…" Mio mumbled weakly.

"I can guess what he wanted though," Yuki interjected.

"Be quiet, Yuki," I snapped, causing her to flinch back.

"Pr-"

"You attacked Mio, a member of the Gremory family, whose one of them happens to be a Great Satan!"

"But-"

"No buts. She's the successor of the strongest Great Satan, Lucifer, and future Demon Queen of the Underworld, and trying to attack her is asking for a LOT of trouble, especially when you might be risking a war with the Devils."

Yuki stepped back and clenched her fists in frustration.

"Don't even try, Yuki," Rias stepped in. "She's our family, and an attack on her is an attack on us. So if you try something like that again, and you're going to deal with us as well."

"And we have the Power of Destruction to prove it, and Mio's learning that technique as well," Maleficent followed. "This is your final warning, because when I get t*cked off, you won't like it."

Yuki nodded slowly before lowering her gaze heavily as tears began to show.

I sighed in frustration. "I'm pretty sure you know already. In fact, all was going well until you all showed up. But then again, you didn't know the full details."

As many of them helped Kiyoko, Mio tightened her fists in frustration. 'Maybe I should…' "Maria…"

"No," Maria answered bluntly.

Mio stiffened slightly. "H-Huh?"

"I know what you're thinking, Lady Mio, and that's not necessary. And besides, I've got good news: Your peerage is finally on their way. We'll all be together again!"

"T-That's good…" Mio replied with a small smile.

Rias sighed and added, "So be it. Anyways, why not we all head to the clubroom to regroup?"

"Sounds like a good idea," Maleficent answered.

"S-Sure…" Mio answered weakly.

Then, I noticed something else. Or rather, someone important is missing.

"Wait a minute. Where's Akame?" I asked as Akeno flinched at that name.

"Oh, yes," Leone remembered. "She went away a while back to take care of…a 'personal business matter'."

As we all left, Yurifina, Milly, and Amane, who watched the 2nd half of the battle from another angle, quickly disappeared….along with a knocked out Silvia Lautreamont, who somehow realized that something was wrong…..and 2 dead spies.

** In a Forest **

(3rd-Person POV)

Akame unfortunately bumped into a very angry Raynare as they clashed each other with Light Spears not too long ago as she stared her down with her face as calm as ever.

"I never imagined meeting you at a time like this," Akame started.

Raynare, completely enraged, seethed back, "You turned the others against me! Kalawarner dared to say what we were doing was wrong! Because of you!"

Akame didn't respond as Raynare formed another light spear in her hand. "Now, that damn priest girl is on her way to the Grigori and the Sacred Gear wielder is already in the hands of that Gremory princess!"

"It's over, Raynare," Akame stated. "Give up and return to the Grigori. Nothing has been done, and your punishment will not be severe."

Raynare roared as she reared back with her light spear, only to stop as an ominous presence formed behind her. Raynare turned with wide eyes as a man stood behind her, hand on her light spear. He was a fairly tall man appearing to be in his 20s with an average build, black hair, golden bangs and black goatee. He wore a maroon-open V-neck trench coat buckled together around his waist over a pair of blue pants.

"Now, now, put that down before you get hurt, Raynare," he spoke. "Really, if Kalawarner hadn't contacted me sooner, I might not have gotten here in time, and you'd be dead by now."

"L-Lord Azazel," Raynare muttered, instantly falling to one knee before him. Akame glanced at the leader of the Fallen Angels as he spoke to the assassin.

"Akame, Baraqiel really isn't taking the news of you leaving us so well. To think that you would have a group of this power already, and protecting the successor to the Great Satan Lucifer… you are really someone who is very resourceful. I really have no idea how he is going to deliver the news to Kurome when she gets back from her mission."

Akame's eyes widened at the mention of her youngest sister returning back to Grigori. To her, Kurome was a touchy subject; Akeno, a very close 2nd.

"But perhaps, we can come to an agreement here?" Azazel continued as he scratched the back of his head.

"What are you talking about, Azazel?" Akame questioned.

"You really have done me a solid job here bringing Raynare's little reign of rebellion to its end, and with no casualties to the Grigori. I don't know what made you want to leave, Akame. For love, adventure, freedom, I don't know, and I won't stop you from leaving, but do think for a moment," he said as Akame narrowed her eyes as she was expecting his next words to be a threat. "What will you do now? You've been one of the best assets to the Grigori for many years since you joined us after the death of your mother so long ago."

Akame winced as she rose a hand to her head as the memories of Shuri's death floods her mind, causing tears to well up before forcing herself to calm down.

"In this time you've been with us, not once have you taken a vacation. I'm saying take your time to think your decision over," Azazel told her as he walked forward past Raynare who hasn't moved from her kneeling position. "Formally, I can't say anything since nothing is official and I wouldn't want things getting out of hand and to the wrong people, but I believe good things are coming to the 3 Factions soon enough, and all this fighting might just cease to exist."

"You're talking about an alliance between the 3 Factions?" Akame questioned. "That'll never happen, especially at a place like this."

"Who knows?" Azazel shrugged. "Maybe it will, maybe it won't. But you're right; considering that this place is at a ceasefire with another kingdom, but with the same dilemma, more or less. Your vacation could last a hell a lot longer than originally planned for."

"What do you want in return?" Akame questioned.

"Since both Issei and Kiyoko Hyoudou are already in the hands of the Devils, I want Mio Naruse," Azazel stated. "She's going to become the successor of Lucifer. However, since the son of the Infinity Clan is here with her, I suggest that you keep an eye on them, as well as Issei and Kiyoko, because soon, I have a feeling that the Dragons are going to fly soon."

"What do you want with them?"

"Nothing," Azazel smiled. "I simply have a hobby in collecting Sacred Gears, and it is said that Mio's Sacred Gear has a Dragon that once belonged to the Angels, and it was the only Dragon to side with the Angels. And now that it's in her, I want to see it for myself. If there was an interesting Sacred Gear that's more interesting than any others I've researched so far, it's definitely Mio's."

He turned around and placed a hand on Raynare's shoulder. "I'll see you real soon."

They disappeared as Akame somehow got a bad feeling that something BIG was going to happen very soon, so she quickly flew to school to warn Dayo and the others.

** Outside the Country Border **

On a small hill that overlooked the sleeping country in the dead of the night, the air was still and quiet. Nothing out of the ordinary took place here, it was out of the way and disused by all but a small team of groundskeepers. All of whom were safely in their homes for the night.

"F*CK ME IN THE *SS! THAT HURTS!" screamed a white-haired man as his head and right arm tore out from a dark green portal forming in the air. "Come-on-come-on-come-on-come-on….Get…out!"

He pushed himself on the other side to further his body out of the portal. If this person, a former exorcist, had waited a few minutes longer, and he would have been able to step out of the portal normally.

"Bloody hell, do you must be so impatient?" an old man asked as he came out of a fully formed portal. He was bald, wearing a red robe with a necklace that had 4 skulls at the bottom, and a long wand in which he used to smack his companion on the top of his head. The force of the hit pulled the former exorcist out of the portal and slammed him into the ground.

"Ouchy…that hurt…" the former exorcist whined into the dirt. "Khaji, Khaji…that wasn't very nice…"

"You know your target, you know the plan," the old man said with a dispassionate eerie voice as he slowly looked down toward the former exorcist. "And you know the punishments for ruining our masters' plans."

"But I get to play with the nun girl, right, and kill some sh*tty devils and anyone else that stands in our way, right?" the former exorcist asked, licking his lips at the thought of bloodshed and taking some holy woman with his unholy body.

"The nun you can have, and remember, we need her Sacred Gear for the Demons. Once we have Twilight Healing, we can reemerge much faster, but don't forget that the Devils and these cities are mine, starting with E-Rantel. Master Milgauss has promised me to take the youngest member of the Gremory Clan," the old man explained as he looked at the sleeping town. "But first things first: We need to get Clementine on board."

** At a Mysterious Place **

To many people, the area that a certain wealthy young devil was traversing would be considered to be cold and dank.

Even to him it was so, as he wasn't used to dealing with desolate and unforgiving accommodations until recently.

But then again, why would he? He was a high-class devil after all, so he deserved only the best the Underworld and Makai have to offer.

But he would tolerate it.

Or rather, he had to tolerate it. His life was at stake if he made his…benefactor upset.

Even though the young devil did all he could to earn his new master's favor, it just seemed that he never held his loyal servant in such high regard at all.

Peering through the opening and the end of the hidden cavern that he was traversing, orange eyes narrowed, a calculating glint within their depths.

Maybe he could change that after this meeting.

Reaching the end of the cavern, the youth halted in front of a shadowed figure that was standing tall on an elevated position in front of him, surrounded by the darkened area that helped protect his anonymity.

Not even a devil's sensitive eyes could quite pierce through the shadows to see his features.

Face to face with his benefactor, the high class devil bowed his head deferentially, waiting for his lord to speak.

"…And? What have you discovered that is so important as to drag me away from our base of operations?" the deep voice rumbled.

To the young devil, it felt like the air itself shake in accordance to his lord's voice, his own body trembling in response.

"…There has been a change, Lord Lucifer," spoke the young devil, keeping his voice deferential. "As of now, there is another individual that has decided to protect the granddaughter of the original Lucifer, and he seemed VERY powerful, Lord Lucifer."

His pride was strong, but it was nowhere near as strong as his sense of self-preservation.

"Hoooh…? So that girl has another that is willing to back her, hm…? Very well, for now, it is of no concern. Are the sisters of the current Satans still in Lautreamont Knight Country?" the voice asked.

"Yes, they still reside in Lautreamont Knight Country," his loyal servant answered him, sure of this, until he ventured to glance up to look at his master. "…Um…pardon me for asking Lord Lucifer, but what are you planning to do with them?"

Of course, he was referring to the younger siblings of two of the current Satans; Lucifer and Leviathan.

But seemingly deciding to ignore his servant's query, the powerful being known as simply 'Lucifer' turned away from the lower devil, sounding almost whimsical when he spoke.

"What am I going to do? Well, it should be obvious…with the help of the Demons from the Abyss, I'm going to start a second Civil War in the Underworld, and with the help of the Demon Lord in Makai, they will stand little to no choice of winning. From there, I'm going to take back what's mine," the voice answered with conviction and certainty.

Behind him, the young devil smiled darkly at the proclamation, contemplating the power and prestige that he would receive due to being a part of the initial formation of the new order.

At least until the voice spoke up again. "Now leave me…or don't you have a nun to break, Diodora…?"

The reminder of the nun that he was going to break eagerly brought about a sick smile to the young devil's face.

Oh, the delicious screams he would get when he-

"I said begone, you cretin…!" the voice bellowed again, breaking the young Astaroth out of his sick fantasies, getting him to scramble out of the cavern of his lord.

All was silent for a moment following the youth's retreat, which was only broken once a feminine voice spoke up in clear derision.

"Is it OK to let such a nasty little creature live…?" asked the feminine voice with a disgusted tone.

"I find it ironic, considering on what we are going to do since we're going to ally with the Demons," voiced another, a masculine one, who rose up to answer her query. "And don't you worry. He will outlive his usefulness soon enough. Then I'm sure you will get the pleasure of destroying him yourself, won't you?"

One more voice rose up from the darkness in response, "Not that it matters anyway. Soon enough, when we have the Demons and Mundus at our disposal, we will destroy the pretenders calling themselves 'Satans', and claim the titles for ourselves, as it should be. And it's all thanks to you, milord."

The last voice, also obviously belonging to a man, spoke as such to the shadowed man, who was staying quiet as he listened to his comrades.

To his fellow heirs.

"The time is approaching, my friends…soon we shall strike against the pretenders and take back what is rightfully ours. Our government, our Underworld, our people. And if all fails, we have our secret weapon: The Dragon of Lucifer: Big Ben. And this is only the beginning as part of Lord Zeref's Master Plan. Head over to the Abyss and wait for further instructions. Prepare yourselves accordingly," the cloaked man finished; his determination to complete this task for Lord Zeref Dragneel as crystal clear as the stars in the unseen night sky.

As one, his companions hidden in the shadows enthusiastically voiced their support for the strongest among them, along with their superior.

For the 2 men that they unequivocally trusted to bring forth their dreams.

[Yes, Lord Lucifer!]


To Be Continued…

ED Song: Heal the World by Michael Jackson


On the next episode….

With the help of Chisato's advice, the Occult Research Club and some of Dayo's friends all join forces to try to protect Mio and her sisters, although there are going to be 2 confrontations. The sisters of Leone and Koneko, and the sisters of Akeno and Akame Himejima.

In the midst of it all however, after what happened to Kiyoko, Mio decides to turn herself in to the masked man, despite having such protection. Of course, the others will have none of it as they attack the masked man, but her own Peerage finally arrives to Mio's rescue and beats them all to it.

And then after that, Dayo is invited to the Wind Vanadis' castle to display some of his powers, albeit with a bow and arrow only, and when an assassin makes an attempt on Elen's life, Dayo stops him dead in his tracks with the inferior bow as it was pushed to its limit.

Plus, back in Nazarick, Demiurge urges his master Dayo to come quickly as a deity from another world suddenly crashes inside, and Dayo was going to test her to see if she's worthy of becoming a valuable member in Nazarick.

And later, Dayo and Narberal take on the aliases of Ragna the Bloodedge and Nabe, respectively, to join the adventurer's guild to learn more about the areas outside of Lautreamont Knight Country while the Vampire Ninjas, Seraphim and Sarasvati, act as spies/assassins and follow close behind.

And finally, after confronting yet another Fallen Angel, Issei awakens his Sacred Gear for the first time before both he and Dayo come across a clumsy nun who's accompanied by an older "sister" from the Rip-Off Church as her bodyguard.

There's going to be a LOT more characters, surprises, and battles up ahead, and you can only find it right here on The True Divine Dragon King Above All Others!


And that's going to do it for this episode! As the fight again the Coronavirus continues, please make sure that you practice your social distancing, and follow the 5 steps, and have plenty of masks in hand.

Now then, a big shout out to the following for inspiration to make this episode:

Soulembrace2010, An Average Disturbed Fan, Eternal4Life, RekkingPride


REFERENCES:

Amane Toujou, Mariel Esthereed – Unionism Quartet

Hayate Ayasaki – Hayate the Combat Butler

Erza Scarlet – Fairy Tail

Kurumi Tokisaki – Date A Live

Moka Akashiya – Rosario + Vampire

Ichigo Kurosaki – Bleach

Yuno Gasai – Future Diary

Kuesu Jinguji – Omamori Himari


OK, you have all seen the progress of the new Empire, and the new army so far, and there's going to be some important characters from the Fate series coming in soon, but on the next episode, we got a very special character coming in, and here are hints:

1. It's a Capcom game.

2. She's a Demigod and is immortal.

3. She's the only female of a former group based on the 7 Deadly Sins and represents Lust.

I'm going to give you all plenty of time to think about it, because the next episode will be sometime in May.

You now know why Yuki has a grudge against Silvia Lautreamont, but what will Silvia say about it? You have also seen some future enemies, including one from one of the greatest games of all time.

Oh, and with Raynare and her cohorts caught by Azazel this early, you may think that Asia Argento, who will be introduced in the next episode, will be safe and sound, right? Well, you'd be wrong. There are more Fallen Angels and other threats to deal with, and an even bigger mission than just saving Asia; Hint, hint, hint!

And a few more things; the pasts with Akeno, Koneko, and Yumi will alter a little bit because of the plot I'm planning, so be on the lookout for that. Also, expect some events from Lord Marksmen and Vanadis starting at the next episode, as well. I'm going to make it slow and steady to ease things a little. I've already planned for Seasons 2 and 3, but of course, we have to go through this Season.

And to those of you who don't know about The Darkness, look it up on your search engine, and don't spoil it if you know. Plus, a hint about Mio's power: It has something to do with The Demon King in the Backseat anime.

And on the next episode, some members of Mio's Peerage will be revealed, but the majority of them are Youkai, whom were on the run from many enemies trying to take their powers for themselves.

With all of that said, please stay safe, read and review, and no flames! Flames will be ignored, just like the virus!