Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!
AscheriitXL; It depends really, in canon Grayfia challenged Serafall to be the Leviathan Maou, we don't know when that took place, before or after she became Sirzechs Queen, but if it was after then that could've been complicated, and people want Ise to become a Maou in canon, despite him being a servant of Rias so I don't see why a Maou couldn't become someone's servant. The only rule we know about really is that they can't have a harem but that might change in the future of the series.
Domur2; Yeah I guess they could~
CrimsonDragonGodEMPEROR; Thanks very much! Glad that you like it! Yeah you're not wrong, she'd be quite cost heavy~ Kuroka's quite a cool character. Yeah, Bova and Zavian have quite the close relationship. And cool thanks for the votes!
Clarent excalibur; They have quite the fun relationship don't they? She is quite fun huh~? It would be new yeah. It probably would piss off Diodora if Asia joined Zavian's peerage along with Xenovia. Elmenhilde as the Rook huh, perhaps. Yeah I don't see why not, sounds cool to me. That would be pretty funny, thanks for the suggestion! Asia probably would to be close to Zavian, Akeno would just do it for fun. And that would be quite funny~
Oblivious IJ; You're not wrong about that. It would be something different. She does yeah, she doesn't understand what's going on with her emotions. Yeah don't do that to Grayfia, she might become angry, and that could be scary. Bishounen like Kiba would be. She'd be very OP lol.
Nivek Beldo; Yeah, Sona certainly got surprised early that morning. She is yeah, she wont allow Diodora to speak to Zavian like that. Glad that you liked their rivalry they have going on. He doesn't no, he wants to keep his Mother happy. She did yeah, but thanks to Zavian and the rest, they managed to help Shirone out. Yeah don't forget about that, it's going to be brought up again in the future. She didn't understand what she was feeling and why, though Griselda had thoughts about it. Ice from...Grayfia? She's never been confirmed to wield ice, and in all of her battles in canon that have been translated, she's never really shown any mastery over ice magic, Serafall has but Grayfia hasn't. Yeah that would be cool. Well, she'd probably just be obsessed with Zavian. Xenovia gets all of the Excalibur pieces, and Durandal, quite a few different skills so she's really not limited as a Knight.
UndeadGods; Thanks for the suggestions! They seem good to me!
LoamyCoffee; Seems so yeah~ Was it said that he had that?
Absolute Mirage; Thanks very much! Yeah he's quite the fighter, and uses tactics, along with some skills with his POD to destroy the enemies. You're not wrong about that, Seekvaira is rarely used. That would be pretty cool! No worries at all.
lunacyvonklaus; Thanks for the vote!
Crenin; We did yeah! Kitty power lol. Yeah he could be the Kaichou of the school, though Sona probably would do more of the duties as that's the kind of person Sona is. Yeah, those ideas sound cool to me! Yeah I don't see why not, I've got some ideas for power ups for Zavian even without a Sacred Gear. No worries, it does that to me sometimes too.
TehStorm; Thanks very much! Yeah she'd be cool, and not really, it could be seen as a partnership between the two clans.
Vizard Masky; Yup, we're gonna start having some fun interesting plans going ahead now! They do yeah! And yeah, Rias cares about Zavian a lot. We did yeah, and that's gonna be interesting when we get to that part of the story. Zavian's pretty smart so he's got some ideas up his sleeve. Thanks for the suggestions! No worries, I understood what you meant. And thanks!
ShadowUzumaki55; Thanks very much! He does yeah, he's got a tough life filled with duties, and hardships, and lots of expectations placed onto him. And yeah, he can handle it, it might be tough but he's got a handle on what he needs to do. He can yeah, it's part of that Gremory part of him. Yeah maybe they can. He can be a serious leader when he needs to be.
Guest 1; Thanks very much! Yasaka huh, I've never considered that before, it would be something different.
Guest 2; Thanks! Yeah, Serafall can be quite funny like that~ Yeah thanks for the votes!
Silver crow; Thanks very much! No worries about it. They surely are yeah, Zavian just doesn't care about it. She did yeah, Serafall got quite upset about that. Yeah that would be funny. Yeah, Rias wouldn't allow Diodora to say such things to Zavian. Zavian can survive her cooking it seems haha~ He does like challenges, he isn't as much as one like Vali or Crom. Glad that you liked it! He did yeah, he'll help anyone that he can. He is yeah, he's the son of Sirzechs and Grayfia, so he's got a good amount of power. We'll have to wait and see what happens with that~ It will be fun~ She has yeah, Xenovia's still thinking about Zavian months later. Thanks for the vote. Yeah, like Incinerate Anthem. There's a few reasons that I can think of. Either, the author has a future power up in mind with Regulus being a Pawn, he couldn't think of other peerage members for Sairaorg to have so had the Longinus be the Pawn, or the author didn't think about the idea of summoning like Asia does with Fafnir until later on or the author just wanted Regulus on the peerage which I still like. It probably wouldn't be Saji's sister since we don't know much about her, Elmenhilde could be cool. I could see that happening actually, sounds cool to me! Yeah he's gonna have a few interesting techniques that he'll display in the future. That would be pretty cool. He'd probably use a different move to Rias since that's Rias' move, he'd probably copy his Father's moves, and try and enhance them. That could be funny~ Yeah, Millicas will look up to him. I don't see why not, sounds good to me. Like the names! To Rias' yeah. Well, that depends on a few things. Yeah maybe! Could happen. Yeah that would be funny, and cannon fodder would be erased if Zavian's power in the future was released fully.
Astal Ouroboros; Yeah, Kuroka's pretty strong, I could see her being a useful peerage member!
Skull Flame; They have their fun comedic moments. He survived, somehow. Zavian doesn't know how, but he did. They're really not no. She surely is yeah, and yeah, we'll lead more into that in the future of the fic.
Morregen; Thanks very much! I tried that once, and to me personally, it just didn't feel right, I don't know what it was, but when other characters come in from other series it feels different to me. I think it can be exciting if the people from other peerages develop in different ways because of the King being different. I don't mind suggestions at all. No worries at all.
Guest 3; That would be pretty fun, thanks for the suggestion!
Guest 4; Yeah, I don't see why not, that sounds good to me. I could see that happening. That would be pretty cool between Esdeath and oc. I could see them having that kind of relationship between them.
NazgulBelserion; Thanks for the suggestions, though I probably wont be using characters from other series, it just doesn't feel right to me.
Arkraith; For the second chapter of my stories yeah it is, but it will grow, and no, they weren't ever edited. Thanks very much! I'm glad that I can make you smile!
Guest 5; That sounds pretty cool to me!
Guest 6; That sounds like an awesome back story to me! Thanks for letting me know!
emiya-excalibur; Thanks very much! Yeah, Zavian's gonna help them with their problems! And thanks, I'll try. No worries~
TheLoneHero17; Yeah this is the beginning parts of the fic! Well thank you very much, I'm happy that you enjoy reading my stories. Thanks very much! Glad that you like it so far! And thanks very much!
Guest 7; Yeah she'd be quite cool! And thanks very much!
Lightwave; They're surely not. No they really don't get along, and that's Diodora for you. He did yeah, and they have quite excellent teamwork. That's Kuroka, she was worried for Shirone, but saw that Zavian wasn't such a bad person. Yeah, we'll have to wait, and see what happens~
Neonlight01; Yup, Sona's brilliant in many ways, cooking isn't one of them. Zavian managed to survive, somehow. I'm glad you liked it! And yeah, he's always amazing! Maybe he did, we'll find out more in the future.
AlphaOmega; Mostly, people want to spare her feelings, and she has a Maou for a sister so most don't want to anger Serafall. She did yeah, though she didn't expect to meet someone like Zavian. They did yeah, and of course, Zavian's from two powerful Devils so he's quite strong for his age. Yeah, we'll see what happens~
Well, with those lovely reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter!
The magic mirror!
It's been a few months since Zavian had found the neko girl within his tree, and now he was aged 11 years old. His birthday had gone off as normal, many people had come and tried to ask about Zavian and his peerage among other things of that nature.
Now his Mother was quite heavily pregnant, Zavian thought that she probably would give birth quite soon, but right now...
"I love you Zavian-sama!"
"You're the best!"
"We support you!"
Zavian currently was doing a duty of attending a certain type of party that was designed around him specifically.
People would call it the 'Zavian Faction' where people gathered, and became people that would support Zavian.
Since he was the son of the Maou Lucifer, and the Strongest Queen, people had begun building his very own faction and decided to support him in their own ways.
They wanted him to become things like a Maou, someone that would change the Underworld.
More than Devils though.
Other people had gathered from different factions, and Zavian...was happy.
To see that Fallen Angels, Devils, Youkai, Vampire's in some regards, humans like magicians and Sacred Gear users and other types of people could gather just to see him and his future.
They all mingled quite well.
Zavian always thought that if he would do these things, then he would make sure that it was a place where everyone could be happy. No matter what age, race, gender. It didn't matter. Vampire, Fallen Angel, Devil, human, anything that could come was always welcome.
Many expectations were placed upon him because of his status, and then he thought about his Mother...no, his sibling that was residing within his Mother right now, and decided that he'd take the burdens of the people so they could have a relaxing childhood, that's what Zavian had decided within his heart.
"Thank you, thank you for coming everyone!"
Zavian shook peoples hands, and solved peoples problems.
Since he had grown up more, he took on duties that usually at least teenagers would take on at the tender age of 11 years old.
He decided to take on the duties, because these people were dependant on him, his Father was busy helping his Mother prepare for the birth of his sibling, he hadn't been told if it was a boy or girl since they said "It will be more enjoying to find out when they've arrived in the world!" or something of that affect, Zavian thought that Sirzechs was doing it to have a laugh with Zavian.
Supporting Zavian was Sona, Ravel and Seekvaira, who all seemed determined to become involved with such things. Zavian thanked them deeply within his heart while he dealt with many different duties that these people needed sorting out.
Ravel was a girl that was younger than Zavian, but also someone who had good knowledge and decided to lend assistance every now and again.
Then once it was done, Zavian panted, and stretched his arms.
"Darn, that was quite hard."
Ravel, who was nearby, walked closer, and bowed her head.
"That was a good turn out Zavian-sama."
"Ravel-chan, no 'sama' on my name."
Zavian petted her head while saying it, causing Ravel to gain a slight smile.
"S-Sorry, I just sometimes forget about such things."
"She's right though Zavian-kun, you did quite well." Sona smiled out, only for Seekvaira to give a glare. "What?"
Seekvaira huffed "Nothing at all." and turned her head to the side.
"Either way, thanks for coming everyone to support me~" Zavian sang out, and petted each of their heads in an affectionate way. "And you Ravel-chan, you're just so adorable, I might have to take you away with me~"
Ravels face flashed several shades of red, pulling backwards, and brushed her skirt.
"W-Well, that's something different Zavian-sama! I can't think about such things!"
Zavian bent down towards Ravel, and gave her a smile.
"You're so silly sometimes Ravel-chan, acting all proper, and then become embarrassed when dealing with such things. Anyway, thank you for supporting me Ravel-chan, you're quite good at supporting me."
Ravel poked her fingers together while Sona tilted her head.
"Either way Zavian-kun, we should be leaving."
"Yeah, I guess you're right. Again, thank you for all the support today girls! I couldn't of done it without you!"
Zavian bowed his head to them all, causing them to smile, and follow after Zavian.
As they were leaving together, and had entered the car park to take a limo ride out of there, Zavian noticed that a young boy was crying.
"I'm sorry but the signing and hand shaking is over."
The guard apologized to the child.
He couldn't be older than five years old, with his Mother, and a guard was denying him entrance.
"B-But, I came to see Zavian-sama too..."
He said sadly, trying to keep his tears back.
The Mother said something akin to "Isn't there something that we can do?" as she wanted her son to be happy.
But the guard kept denying them.
Not one to allow a child to cry, Zavian moved closer, and bent down to the crying boy.
"Hey, what's wrong? Why are you crying little boy?"
The little boy peered up towards Zavian and gasped, pulling backwards.
But Zavian caught the boy before he could fall over, and the boy looked on shyly.
Zavian's eyes went towards the guard.
"What's going on here Guard-san?"
"This boy and his Kaa-san couldn't make the handshaking and the autograph signing since the area was already full, so I had to turn them away."
"Is that so?" Zavian looked towards the boy who had a small piece of paper in his hand. "How about I sign that okay?"
"Y-Yes please!"
The child seemed excited, so Zavian smiled, and began signing the paper, while the Mother looked on and couldn't help but say "So kind." as Zavian signed the paper, and then handed it back to the young boy and gave him a handshake, making him blush with happiness and shyness to receive such attention from Zavian.
"I'm sorry that you missed out, the next time we have a gathering like this..." Zavian clicked his fingers, and summoned some tickets. "There, you'll have all access, okay?"
"T-Thank you Zavian-sama..."
The child shyly said as Zavian gave him a small hug, the love and admiration that the Gremory were known for. Then Zavian gave the Mother a hug who smiled happily that her son had been given such kindness from someone as popular as Zavian.
The guard however looked on.
"Zavian-sama, even if you want to, you can't do..."
"It's fine." Zavian said with a smile, then petted the young boys head. "Besides, they came here, and were denied because the area was filled already. It would be bad of me if I didn't return such dedication wouldn't it? I have to protect the children's dreams after all, and if it is a simple dream of just meeting someone ordinary like me, then that's okay with me."
The guard seemed to understand Zavian's words, and bowed his head and didn't say anything more.
Zavian then took out a number, and gave it to the young boy.
"You ring that anytime and I'll answer okay?"
"Y-Yes! Zavian-sama is so cool!"
Zavian chuckled, gently petting the young boys head.
"Well thank you very much. I'll keep doing my best so you do the same okay?"
"Yes! I'll do my best!"
"Good boy."
Zavian watched as the young boy took his Mother's hand, who bowed while saying "Thank you very much for your kindness!" but Zavian waved them off with a smile, and they disappeared soon afterwards.
Ravel watched on, and couldn't help the smile on her face.
Zavian was unlike any other Devil she knew.
Sona and Seekvaira thought the same.
After that, Zavian returned home to see that his Mother was attempting to do some house work, but because she was quite pregnant at this point, Zavian rushed over, and gently guided his Mother to the couch.
"Kaa-chan, don't put stress on your body."
"Ah, Zavian-sama. I needed to do some work."
"Leave that to me, you can relax. Tou-chan said that it is the joy of pregnancy is that you get to relax."
Grayfia furrowed her eyebrows.
"He only says that to slack off Zavian-sama. So he can have time to do whatever he wants."
"I know that~" Zavian sang out, placing his hands behind his head. "But, it doesn't mean it isn't any less true. Take it easy Kaa-chan and leave the house duties to the other maids, and butlers, and myself if need be."
Grayfia released a small breath, and then placed a hand on Zavian's head.
"You are a kind boy after all Zavian-sama. If you're saying such things then I will have to do as you say, just this once though. I'll take it easy."
Zavian gave a bright smile.
"That's good Kaa-chan! Now, can I get you anything?"
"Nothing at the moment. But..." Grayfia produced a harisen, and placed it on the couch beside her. "Go and put this on your Tou-sama's desk. He'll know what it means."
"Okay Kaa-chan!" Zavian shot to the side, and grabbed the remote. "Watch some television Kaa-chan and keep yourself calm!"
Grayfia nodded, and Zavian shot out of the room.
Grayfia grabbed the harisen, and held it up, Zavian shot back in and quickly said "Got it!" and ran away with the harisen.
Zavian rushed towards Sirzechs' office, and saw that he was chilling out in said room, his hands behind his neck, and his eyes fluttering. When he saw Zavian, he gained a smile.
"Aah Zavian, come and have some fun with me. I'm bored."
"I would but Kaa-chan told me to put this on the table. She said you'd know what it means."
Zavian produced the harisen and casually laid it down on the table.
The colour drained from Sirzechs' face, and he felt ill inside of his body from looking at such a thing.
"T-That Grayfia, she's really able to make me work even when she's not here...aaha, it isn't fair but I guess that I will have to get to work." Sirzechs sighed, as Zavian moved closer. "Zavian, you're a good boy, why don't you help me? Unless you're busy of course."
"Nope. I'm not busy Tou-chan, just come back from some duties. I can help you."
Sirzechs looked relieved to say the least.
"Thank you Zavian, you're a life saver." Sirzechs ran a hand through his red hair, as he took out a few files. "Here, would you sort out these requests for me? You'll be doing all of this stuff one day. Especially if you're going to take over me as the Lucifer Maou. How does Zavian Lucifer sound?"
Zavian gained a bright smile, and gave him a thumbs up.
"That sounds good to me Tou-chan!"
Sirzechs continued to smile, and began doing some work.
As Zavian went through some of the requests, he saw one, and looked on quite sadly.
"Tou-chan, this one seems so desperate."
"Hmmm?" Zavian held out the request and gave it to Sirzechs, who looked over it. "I see, this is quite the serious case. Maybe I should go and see what this is about. How about you come with me Zavian? This will be good for you when you begin handling hard requests, and complicated requests."
"Okay Tou-chan! I'll do my best!"
Sirzechs nodded, and stood up, Zavian stood beside his Father, and walked together with him.
The place that Zavian ended up being in was the human world.
He didn't get to go to the human world much, but he was glad when he could.
He was in a place called Japan though Zavian didn't know exactly where in Japan, and was sat on the floor as apparently, that's what the Japanese people do, that's what he was told by his Mother and Father, and Rias who seemed to love Japan to the point that she could be considered a Japanophile.
His Father was summoned to deal with something that was quite tricky.
A clan had summoned Sirzechs directly, and since he was a Maou, it must have been a serious case, that's what he thought anyway.
The clan he sat down before was a member of a certain clan related to Japan, and that was to do with the Shinra Clan.
Zavian sat down with his Father who was currently meeting with the clan after being summoned by them, Zavian also saw that his Mother was sat down behind them. Sirzechs wasn't so sure about it since his wife was pregnant and even Zavian was worried about his Mother, but Grayfia refused to stay behind and simply allow her duties to fall behind since she was pregnant, that's one aspect of his Mother than Zavian had to admire since she was strong willed, and never stopped.
Sirzechs then began to speak to the members of the Shinra Clan who had called about beasts appearing out of the mirrors.
Zavian didn't quite understand how that would happen.
Monsters coming out of the mirrors.
It was intriguing to Zavian.
Zavian as they spoke, saw that there was a girl with long black hair stood to the side, in front of a mirror. Her eyes appealed to him since they were different colour. One was violet, and the other was light brown.
But she looked sad.
Zavian continued listening to what was happening with the parents of the girl speaking so sadly.
"We're at the end of our tether." The Father of the girl spoke up. "We don't know what to do. No matter what we try, abnormal beings come out of the mirrors around Tsubaki. It is like she has been cursed."
Zavian looked towards her Father, and saw rather than calling her a curse, it was like he was deeply saddened that his daughter had been afflicted with such a situation, and wondered if they would be able to do anything.
"I see, it must be a stressful situation. What was the cause of this curse exactly?"
"We can't be sure. It has been happening since she was a young child, we don't know how it happened, and we don't know how to dispel it. I'm worried that Tsubaki might be attacked one day and she wont be able to recover from it. She lives a life of basic isolation already so I'm worried for her future."
The male Shinra continued while his wife kept glancing at their daughter sadly, trying to control the tears that were going to be produced.
Zavian felt his heart ache for their plight already.
"I understand. Honestly, it might be a difficult situation, but seeing the desperation in your faces, and the fact you called us Devils, something that would most likely get you released from the clan of Shinra, you truly didn't have anywhere else to turn."
"Yes, that's right. Please...please help my daughter."
Both of the adult Shinra's bowed their bodies until their foreheads touched the floor.
Zavian continued to watch on, and glanced towards the female his own age, seeing that despite she was keeping a calm expression, her eyes displayed a worry and a sadness that would make him almost crumble down.
But then as they bowed, and Sirzechs spoke "No please don't bow.", Zavian saw that from the mirror, something was coming out, something that he hadn't seen before in this world, and went to grab the young girl, when he shot into action, and grabbed her body, surprising her, the monster came out of the mirror and slammed its hand in the place where the girl was, a second later, and she would have been flattened.
"Zavian-sama!"
Grayfia let out her worry, as Zavian placed his hand forward, and shot off a large chunk of POD energy that wrapped around the creature that came out of the mirror, encompassing over it, and with the power that Zavian had, completely disintegrated it into nothingness.
Sirzechs inhaled a breath, and them smiled.
"Well done Zavian, you're quite on the ball! As expected of my child!"
Grayfia looked towards Zavian and saw that he wasn't injured.
That relieved her.
She didn't want to go through the trauma of what happened to him again.
She couldn't.
The young girl in Zavian's arms looked up towards him, her different coloured eyes peered into his own eyes, and he looked down towards her, giving off a kind expression on his face, befitting that of a Gremory.
"You saved me...I'm sorry!" The young girl pushed Zavian backwards, who landed on his butt, while the girl shot to her feet and bowed her head, her cheeks slightly red. "Sorry for having to be saved young Devil."
"N-No, it's all good~ You're safe, that's good enough for me~"
Zavian was blasé about it, but the young girl kept her eyes on his form, and found it quite amazing that he just jumped into save her while not even thinking about himself during that situation, it was quite the amazing thing to see.
"Tsubaki, are you okay?"
Tsubaki's Mother asked hurriedly, the young girl nodded her head slowly, trying to wrap her head around the fact that she was saved by someone her own age when she usually was brought to nothing with others who ignored her and didn't want to get to know about her.
"Yes I'm okay."
Tsubaki's Mother hugged her, while her Father turned back to Sirzechs.
"As seen then, it can happen at any time. Day, night. It just happens, and we aren't sure what the reason is for. Exhausting all conventional methods, I have no choice but to turn to you all and allow you to help us. Of course, we'll do anything in exchange. But to save my daughters life, and allow her to have a life at all, it is a small price to pay."
Zavian could hear the passion in his voice.
And the passion within Tsubaki's Mother's expressions.
Tsubaki herself seemed to be slightly broken.
Living in a basic exile, he wondered what it would be like if he lived like that, and was glad he had the parents that he had.
Sirzechs looked between the three humans that had appeared, furrowing his eyebrows.
"I can understand your plight. I'll have to see what I can do about this situation. Until then, are you going to be okay with leaving Tsubaki here? Is she going to be safe? I can see within your eyes, you look to be exhausted."
"Y-Yes of course we'll be fine. Just you accepting to help is enough for our family. Even if it means exile, to help Tsubaki, then I and my family would be eternally grateful."
Sirzechs waved his hand while Zavian glanced towards Tsubaki, and wondered what would happen if she was left alone with the beasts coming from the mirrors, and hoped that she would be alright, he didn't want anything bad to happen to her.
When Zavian returned home that night, he thought about Tsubaki, and what she was going through, and wondered if she would be attacked during the night by some powers that she had no idea on how to control.
Zavian felt sorry for her, and what was happening to her.
Also for her parents as well.
Sirzechs could see the boy in deep thought, and moved closer.
"You're thinking about that girl, aren't you?"
"Yes...is there anything we can do Tou-chan? I saw her eyes, they seemed so sad. I didn't want anything bad to happen to her."
Sirzechs' hand rubbed his head gently.
"You're such a kind boy. Thinking about others like that even when you first met them. The curse that she has is probably an abnormal power that she has, and it is letting itself go loose. To help her, is to help her control such a power. But as seen with her family, they might not be able to handle such a thing."
"Then what can we do?"
Sirzechs allowed his brows to knit together.
"There's a number of things that we can do. To help her out, we'd have to find the nature of her power, and help her control it."
"Then I'll help her Tou-chan! I can destroy those Demon thingies that tried to attack her."
"Haha, that you can. Saving the girls, and kicking butt all in one day, you truly do have quite the life Zavian. But, remember to not be put into a place where you can be hurt." Sirzechs' eyes went towards Zavian's artificial eye, and sighed deeply. "I don't want what happened to happen to you again, I don't think I'd be able to take it."
Zavian grabs his Father's hand, and held onto it tightly.
"Don't worry Tou-chan, I'll become strong enough so no one can ever use me against you again."
"Yeah, I know. I just wished that I could've done more that day..."
"It's okay, I'm still alive."
"But you suffered through a lot of pain that day...what they did to you would have broken a normal child's psyche. But you my son, keeps shining like a bright star. If you keep doing that, then I know that you'll be alright."
Zavian nodded, and gave his Father a thumbs up, Sirzechs doing the same thing. Grayfia watched on from the doorway, and couldn't help but be proud and happy for her son to keep such a positive attitude after what had happened during the past.
Grayfia then walked into the room.
"Zavian-sama, you have to do your homework."
"Ugh...I don't want too..."
"Zavian-sama."
He winced at the tone, even Sirzechs did.
"You better go and do it Zavian."
"Y-Yeah..." He looked towards his Mother, and bowed his head. "I'll go and do my homework now."
Zavian bowed once more, and walked out of the room to go to his bedroom.
Grayfia's facial expressions softened, and then allowed a smile to appear.
"It seems our son is quite determined to help this girl out with her problems. Such a unique situation that it is after all."
"Yeah, I'm sure that Zavian can do something. He is our adorable son after all, being awesome is in his DNA~"
Grayfia gave Sirzechs a dry look, while he let out a belly laugh.
A few days later, Zavian sat within the living room, and was reading a book about what Tsubaki was going through to see if there's anything that he could do to help her out. Something about her predicament struck a cord with him, so he wanted to help out anyway that he could do.
But as he was reading his book, shooting in through the door was Kuroka who cried "Shit! Help nyaaaa!" and ducked as a blast of demonic power came out, and hit the wall, shaking it. Kuroka growled, but then screamed when a spear came swinging for her, so she pulled backwards, and landed on her butt, giving off a small cry.
After her, Shirone came running through the door, and shot under a table.
Kuroka turned around to the people chasing her, and pointed her hand towards them.
"Oi! I was given permission to come here nyaaa! Don't make me mess you guys up nyaaa!"
Kuroka yelled defiantly, showing that she wasn't pleased.
Zavian saw the situation and placed his book down as two guards pointed spears towards Kuroka who flinched when seeing the sharpness of the spears, she didn't want to be stabbed after all.
"Shit! Put down the spears nyaaa!"
Kuroka growled but the men with the spears aimed them for her throat.
But before they could do anything, Zavian shot through the spears with his POD, and destroyed the spears, protecting Kuroka before they could be used against her.
"What's going on here?"
Zavian asked the guards, who looked at Kuroka who scowled right back.
"Zavian-sama, these two Nekomata's came onto the premises without authorization. We have detained them so do not worry about them harming you."
Zavian gave Kuroka a curious look.
And then he looked towards the guards, and raised his hand.
"It's alright, these girls are friends of mine. You don't have to worry, I'll make sure that they're alright now."
The guards looked conflicted but ultimately they nodded after some persuasion from Zavian so they left.
Once they were gone, Zavian looked towards Kuroka and Shirone who was hiding under the table.
He went close to the table, and bent down towards Shirone.
"It's alright now, you can come out. I'm sorry that you were both chased, it shouldn't of happened."
Shirone gave a shy looking face as she crawled out of the table.
Her eyes met Zavian's own who gave her a smile, and a pat on the head.
Shirone had grown closer to Zavian since their first meeting, since they had met several times a week now, Kuroka even began warming up to Zavian and decided to come by every now and again, though Zavian could tell there was something more to it than what was being said.
Kuroka released a breath "Damn straight they went away nyaaa." before casually going towards the couch and sat down on it. Seeing chocolates in front of her, she picks one up, casually eating it before slipping a hand down her body, giving Zavian a wicked smile.
"So, is this how the rich Devils live nyaaa?"
"...Onee-sama, we've been here before, why say it like that?"
Kuroka huffed while Zavian sat down.
"And a hello to the pair of you. Is there something going on?"
Kuroka shrugged her shoulders.
"Masters away so I wanted to play. That's all nyaaa. Besides, Shirone said that she wanted to see you again. But didn't expect that the ninja squad would try and take me down. I was nearly mauled to death with those guys nyaaa. What a frightening experience."
Zavian gave Kuroka a curious look.
"So, where has your Master gone anyway?"
Kuroka stiffened for a brief moment.
Zavian took note of that, and knew something was off about him.
But then Kuroka waved her hand in a casual manner.
"He's just gone to do boring Devil duties or something nyaaa. That's all it is. Didn't care much to listen honestly."
Zavian knew something was amiss, but he didn't have proof...not yet anyway.
"I see, then if that's the case, you can make yourselves at home here. I'm just researching anyway."
Kuroka perked her ears while Shirone sat down beside Zavian, something that Kuroka took note of.
"So what are you researching?"
Zavian hummed, and explained about Tsubaki's predicament, and what's going on with her.
Kuroka furrowed her eyebrows, and then folded her arms.
"I see, that seems quite serious nyaaa."
"...Maybe they're coming because she's afraid."
Shirone gave her thoughts on the matter, Zavian folded his arms.
"I thought that it could be like that. I think it might be because she can't control the power, but I'm not sure why they come at seemingly random points. It could be just fear, or maybe it is some kind of curse. But I've not found any curse that could lead me to the conclusion of what this actually is."
"It could be just her power nyaaa." Kuroka began, swaying side to side. "It could be her natural powers she was born with. Like a Sacred Gear or something."
"A Sacred Gear to summon abnormal beings through mirrors?"
"Maybe nyaaa. Or it could be a by-product of her natural Sacred Gear, or it could be an awakened Balance Breaker and she doesn't realize. Or as you said, it could be someone cursed the girl. But who knows, I'm not an expert on such things nyaaa~"
Zavian gave a smile of thanks.
"That could help explain it, thanks!"
Kuroka nodded with a wicked smile on her face, while Shirone looked between Zavian and Kuroka.
"Anyway, got anything to drink nyaa? Dead thirsty."
Kuroka meowed out, Zavian nodded his head.
"Yes, we've got many drinks. You can choose anything you want Kuroka-san. The kitchen is at the far end of the hallway. You can't miss it."
"Cool~"
Kuroka got up, and skipped out of the room.
As soon as she did, Shirone looked towards Zavian, who gave her a smile back.
"...Onee-sama is lying."
Zavian blinked with surprise.
"What do you mean? What is she lying about Shirone-san?"
Shirone's eyes lowered towards the floor.
"...If she finds out I spoke to you about my worries...then she would be angry at me..."
"It's alright I wont say anything."
Shirone nods slowly, her fingers fidgeting.
"...She knows where Master has gone...I heard them speaking about something...but, I didn't get much. All I heard was Master was doing something, and Onee-sama was angry about it...I don't know what it was about, but Onee-sama seemed upset."
Zavian could see the worry within Shirone's eyes, so his hand petted her head to relieve her worries.
"Don't worry Shirone-san, I'll make sure that she's okay."
Shirone's adorable face went up towards Zavian who smiled down towards her.
In that expression alone, that made her feel better.
Before she could say anything else though, Kuroka came bouncing in with a couple of drinks in her hands, carrying some in her kimono.
"Daaaamn, you guys have a lot of drinks nyaaa~ This is quite awesome~ You Devils live it up here don't you nyaaa~?"
Zavian gave her a curious look.
"I guess that we do. Have anything that you want Kuroka-san. Food, drinks, anything you want."
"Y-You freaking serious?"
Kuroka sounded surprised.
But Zavian kept his smile on.
"Of course, we're friends, right?"
Kuroka smirked, and went back towards the kitchen while saying "Awesome~" while Shirone peered up to Zavian who kept his smile down towards her.
"...Zavian-san, Onee-sama's personality might be strange...but I care about Onee-sama, and my Master is...I don't trust Master..."
Zavian's lips curled downwards.
"I see...then if you ever need help, you come and get me immediately, okay? And if you're scared or worried, you can come to me. I'll keep you safe."
Shirone couldn't hide her astonishment when Zavian said something like that.
Besides Kuroka, there was no one else that would go through these lengths to help her out.
"...Zavian-san, you're so kind...even though I was a stranger...you're still trying to help me even after these months...thank you."
Zavian chuckled, and gave Shirone a hug which surprised her.
But oddly, it made her happy that she was being hugged like she was.
While hugging her, Zavian thought about what Naberius was doing.
He could see that Shirone was worried about her elder sister, and Zavian himself knew something was off about Naberius himself, and Zavian was going to find out about what he was doing, to make sure that the Neko girls were safe.
The next day, Zavian sat down with Rias and casually were drinking tea together along with Sona who was sat down beside Zavian, and seemingly was sorting out some paper work.
"It seems that she's got quite the power."
Rias said while showing a soft smile.
"Yeah, it seems so. I'm thinking of helping her somehow with it."
Rias nodded slowly, sipping on some tea.
"There's also something happening within the human world with Gremory territory."
Zavian cocked his head.
"Oh?"
"Yes, there's someone that's been slipping in and out of territories belonging to the Gremory family. But we haven't been able to ascertain who that person actually is."
Zavian wore a complex expression while Sona pulled out a piece of paper.
"Sigh that Zavian-kun."
"Okay~"
Zavian casually sighed the paper while Rias gave a curious look.
"What are you doing anyway? What did you sign?"
Zavian cocked his head towards Rias as Sona pulled the paper away, and placed it in a file.
"You know with all the fanmail I get, Ravel-san, Seekvaira-san and Sona-san give me assistance with sorting through it. I've got some that's gonna keep me busy for the next six months."
Rias wore a surprised face.
"Wow, I didn't know it was that much. Then again, you are Onii-sama's child so it would make sense."
Zavian breathed out slowly as Seekvaira came into the room.
Sona locked eyes onto her, and once more, sparks went off between them.
But then Seekvaira sat down beside Zavian and saw some cookies on the table before them.
"Anyway, we got a request to go to the human world tomorrow, while Shinra-san's parents are going to be busy dealing with an urgent matter. They don't want to leave Shinra-san behind alone, so I'll be going with Bova-kun and Souji-san to make sure that she is safe since Tou-chan and Kaa-chan are busy tomorrow. Apparently, other members of the clan don't like the idea of us Devils, and Shinra-san's abilities in general have caused division within the Shinra Clan so they're concerned for their daughter."
"That sounds wise. Would it be fine if I attend?"
Sona asked while Seekvaira rolled her eyes, and took a cookie.
"Sure! The more the merrier! Rias, want to come?"
"I would, but I'm a little busy tomorrow dealing with some clan matters."
Zavian could understand that.
He turned to Seekvaira when his face turned downwards.
"Seek-chan, that's-"
Before he could finish, Seekvaira took a bite of the cookie, and allowed it to slide down her mouth.
Zavian placed a hand to his mouth, as Seekvaira gave Zavian a curious look.
"Is something wrong?"
"...Wait for it."
Seekvaira gave a confused look.
But then she felt a rumble from her stomach.
Then a bubbling sensation as she clutched her stomach.
"W-What..." Seekvaira glanced at Sona and then the cookies, realization coming over her. "Oh no...please no..."
"What is it Seekvaira-san?" Sona asked, looking towards her calmly. "Oh, you ate one of my cookies. I made them for Zavian-kun, but it's fine if you have one. Did you enjoy it?"
Seekvaira's face fell, and the colour dropped off her face, leaving it a pale white.
Seekvaira placed a hand over her mouth, and yelled "OH CRAP!" and ran out of the room, Rias, and Zavian grimaced while Sona tilted her head.
"What's going on with her? Did she have food poisoning before coming here?"
Rias and Zavian glanced at Sona who seemed to be quite curious.
Zavian then stood up, stretching his arms.
"I'll go and check on her."
Zavian calmly walked out of the room, and went to the bathroom.
Then when getting there, he knocked on the door.
"Seek-chan, you okay?"
[I-I'm dying!]
Zavian grimaced once more at Seekvaira's words.
"Don't worry, it will pass." Zavian soothed, and heard gagging noises, Zavian cringed. "I'm right here if you need anything."
Zavian thought her heard a small cry coming from the bathroom, and he could understand that very well.
The next day, Zavian, Bova, Sona and Sirzechs Knight Souji stood by as the Shinra family, and Souji spoke to one another, Zavian could see Tsubaki looking unsure of what she was going to do as Sona and Tsubaki casually glanced at one another.
Zavian asked if anyone else could come along to help out, Sona wished to come for reasons Zavian wasn't sure about, Bova came in case there was going to be fighting, Seekvaira would come, but she was recovering from Sona's cookie.
Once the conversation finished, Tsubaki's parents left and allowed Souji and the others to take care of her. Zavian knew that his parents were worried about him going to the human world, but he also needed to grow as a person so he had to do these things.
"Zavian-sama, I'll make sure that you are all safe. If any enemies come, you make sure that you keep the others protected while I deal with the main threat, okay? Though we aren't expecting danger, expect the unexpected as they say."
"Yes Souji-san! Leave it to me!"
Souji nodded his head, and sat down peacefully, and began concentrating. Tsubaki's eyes looked towards Bova. She hadn't seen a Dragon before, and now she was in the presence of a Dragon that was sitting in her living room, it seemed crazy.
Sona herself looked towards Tsubaki, and then towards Zavian.
"It seems like Zavian-kun might be able to show me what kind of King he would be in the future through this girl. It seems like she also might be worried about us. That makes sense, since we're Devils. I'll have to watch and see how this plays out."
Bova opened his jaw, and bit the air, Tsubaki seemed surprised.
"Is that a Dragon?"
"I am Bova the Destroyer thank you good woman!"
Bova spoke to Tsubaki while showing his sharp teeth who gave him a curious stare.
Zavian lightly tapped Bova on the head, who stuck out his tongue.
"Don't say that to our clients, they might become scared."
"S-Sorry Zavian-sama."
Zavian chuckled, petting Bova on the head.
"Don't worry about it."
As he said it, Sona looked between Tsubaki and the others, then she stood up.
"So, Zavian-kun has been telling me about your situation. It seems like you don't have much time to speak to others."
"Yes, that's right. I currently don't have friends."
Tsubaki answered in a calm tone, but with hints of sadness within her.
Zavian saw that Sona gained a gentle expression to her face, and bent down towards her.
"Since we're going to be here, why don't we pass the time to play some games. I myself do like playing chess."
"Chess? I haven't played that before."
Sona's eyes sparkled.
That's what it seemed like to Zavian anyway.
Reality was that Sona just had a lighter expression.
"Then I could teach you about chess. I myself find it a good pass time. Sometimes I play with Zavian-kun, and we have good matches."
"I see...then maybe I should do as well. It could be entertaining."
Zavian watched as Sona and Tsubaki began talking to one another.
It seemed like Sona and Tsubaki were able to speak so calmly to one another, and he was glad about that. Sona and Tsubaki to him seemed like that they could be quite close to one another, and could become good friends.
While they played chess, Bova began to yawn.
"I wish a powerful opponent would come."
"We really shouldn't be wishing for power opponents to appear though Bova-kun."
Bova clicked his tongue.
"Just to find some powerful opponents Zavian-sama, that's all. I'm not looking for anything bad to happen."
"Good, that's good. By the way, how is it being in the human world? Are you enjoying your time here?"
"It's good, I quite like it. But Zavian-sama, I have begun thinking about what I am going to do in the future."
"Yes? That is?"
Zavian curiously asked, as Bova bowed his head towards Zavian himself.
"I want to follow Zavian-sama through all of his endeavours!"
"E-Eh?"
That caught Sona's attention and she listened deeply, while playing chess with Tsubaki.
"Yes, I've decided, I need to follow the Devil that first beat me! No other Devil our age has been able to beat me!" Bova moved closer, uncomfortably closer to Zavian's face. "Zavian-sama! Take me right now!"
"W-What are you saying!?"
Zavian took it the wrong way, seeing Bova's desperate face, his eyes shedding tears, and him shaking around near uncontrollably.
"I want you to take me Zavian-sama as your own!"
"That sounds so suggestive!"
Zavian stood up, and began running, Bova was determined, and flew after him.
"Wait Zavian-sama! Accept me!"
"I don't want to accept you in that way!"
"Why not?! I'll do anything you ask me too!"
"Then please calm down and don't do anything weird!"
Sona watched with bemusement as Bova continued chasing Zavian around the area, while Tsubaki seemed confused by what was going on.
"D-Does that Dragon want to be romantically linked with Gremory-sama?"
"He...no, it isn't like that." Sona divulged, watching Bova continue flying and crying after Zavian. "You see, Bova-san lives an existence where he seeks out strong people to fight. He's a bit of a delinquent, but Zavian-kun was the first to extend a hand of friendship towards Bova-san after having a manly battle, and managing to win against the Dragon. Ever since then, Bova-san has developed a Otouto and Onii-sama type relationship with Zavian-kun with Zavian-kun acting more of the Onii-sama. Bova-san can be rash, and a bit rude, yet has a good heart, and Zavian-kun is more fun loving, yet can be level headed when the situation calls for it. It is a quality I admire, he can switch from playful to serious at a moments notice."
Tsubaki couldn't help but notice the softness of Sona's voice when she spoke about Zavian.
"It sounds like you are good friends."
Sona gained a normal looking face, pushing up her glasses.
"Zavian-kun and I have been friends for a long time. We have an odd relationship. Sometimes, he's very much like his Otou-sama, laid back and doesn't want to do any work. But then he surprises me when he stays up all night just to help me finish some reports I was behind on, or defending me from bullies, or just even helping me with my rowdy Onee-sama or what have you. Dependable, I suppose would be the best way to describe him. He's a very curious person, and I am intrigued what he'll be like in the future. Though I might have to reprimand him sometimes when he's being too laid back and doesn't want to do work."
Tsubaki allowed a small smile to appear on her face.
But in that instant as she felt danger coming with shivers going through her, from behind her, a mirror magically appeared, and from it, a monster came out of it, at the same time that several magical attacks were coming from outside, falling towards the house, so Souji shot up to action, and cleaved through them, while Zavian said "Bova-kun!" who nodded, and kicked Zavian's feet as he jumped up, sending him rocketing towards Sona and Tsubaki.
While flipping through the air, Zavian got between the two girls, and charged up his fist with POD, and punched forward, slamming against the beasts face, and sent it spiraling towards the left hand side, where Bova shot off a large fireball, encompassing the beast in flames, burning it down to a charred corpse.
"Zavian-kun, it seems that the situation has turned around."
"Yes, please stay near me Sona-san, Shinra-san, I'll keep you both safe."
Zavian spoke with a kind smile on his face, Tsubaki's eyes dared to go to Zavian who gave her a comforting smile. Tsubaki didn't know how to feel, no one had spoken to her so kindly before, and to do such things for her, like protecting her. Only her parents did such things for her.
Zavian then noticed that some humans came towards them, and moved closer towards Tsubaki who instinctively pulled away. Zavian stepped forward as did Sona, placing themselves between Tsubaki and the humans.
It seemed that Souji had been distracted by powerful beasts so he was busy dealing with them.
Zavian crossed his eyes at the enemies, while Sona pushed up her glasses.
"They chose the prime time to attack. With only Souji-san here to deal with, and the others of the Gremory are currently busy and Shinra-sans parents also being away right now, they chose to attack now. But for what purpose..."
Zavian however could see in the humans eyes that their target was indeed Tsubaki.
"Their target is Shinra-san." Tsubaki's eyes lowered while Zavian continued looking at the humans. "You came here to hurt Shinra-san, haven't you?"
The seemingly leader of the group scowled towards Tsubaki.
"What a cursed power she has." Tsubaki's eyes continued going lower. "She's brought a curse upon our household, and now she's even collaborating with the Devils? It seems that those from this part of the Shinra clan have fallen so low."
Zavian's eyes darted back to Tsubaki and saw that her eyes continued to lower.
Because of the circumstances of her life, even her own clan disliked her, and wanted to get rid of her.
Zavian's eyes shot towards the group once more, who surprisingly flinched when Zavian gave a very Grayfia look to them all.
"You're coming to hurt her...to kill her, because she has a power she can't control?"
"Of course. That kind of cursed power to summon beings is..."
"It isn't a cursed power!" Zavian snapped, Tsubaki's eyes lifted up to see Zavian protecting her. "She has an ability she was born with. Tou-chan and Kaa-chan have told me that this kind of ability isn't that of a curse along with my own researched, it is simply a power she was bestowed when she was a child. It is no different to my Power of Destruction, or Sona-san's ability to manipulate water. You are going to kill her for having an ability she can't control, and yeah, her family reached out to Devils, because you all wouldn't support them. They couldn't handle it anymore, and decided to receive some help. If you intend to attack this girl, then you wont get pass me."
Tsubaki's long eyelashes fluttered while she could feel her cheeks slightly turning red.
How Zavian was protecting her.
It was the first time that someone outside of her family had ever done such things.
However the leader of the Shinra Clan group here (Zavian didn't know if he was in fact the true Leader of the Shinra Clan, but for this group he was the leader), showed a darkened smile, and placed his hand outwards, creating magical circles in the sky, which radiated light from them.
"Weakness of Devils, is light. I made sure that you'd be locked down with-"
DON! DON! DON! DON!
Faster than the Shinra leader could comprehend, Zavian's POD destroyed the light magic circles that he had formed, his eyes shook around at the speed of Zavian's power, and how his eyes radiated protective feelings over Tsubaki.
"Lock me down with light? My Power of Destruction destroys everything. Even light."
Sona glanced towards Zavian, and saw his serious face, and couldn't help but admit that he looked rather cool.
"Brat kid! So, is this the famed son of Sirzechs Lucifer!? He does have a good flow of power! But, can you handle this!?"
Many circles of light began to appear around his form.
It seemed to be a purifying technique used on evil spirits and Devils like Zavian.
Zavian knew from reading that the Shinra Clan was apart of the Five Principal Clans that used exorcism in their techniques, and if light was apart of it, then Zavian could understand what this man was trying to accomplish.
Sona pushed up her glasses, and then assessed the situation.
"Zavian-kun, it seems pretty clear that Souji-san is dealing with harsh enemies outside, so we have to deal with these."
"Yes, Sona-san, you stay back and protect Shinra-san there. I'll deal with the leader guy, Bova-kun, you're on clean up duties with the others. Sona-san will support you from behind."
"Yes, my thoughts exactly. Added onto that however Zavian-kun, I suggest that you be ready to destroy the lights at any second, he might be able to release them up close so be careful if he attacks close by. I can sense that he's a strong person for children such as us."
"Yes, I understand. But if I couldn't at least stall this man until Souji-san comes then I couldn't class myself as my parents child!"
Sona liked his determination, and rushed forward as did Bova.
"Haaaah! Since it is for Zavian-sama! I shall burn them all down!"
Bova opened his mouth, and created large fireballs that were sent crashing downwards towards the group that had guns of light and using magical techniques to try and take down the fireballs.
But Sona manipulated water that was nearby, and caused it to surround the fireballs just enough that the attacks would be protected from being destroyed, and only the water was destroyed by the powers that the Shinra Clan members had fired off, then the water disappeared, and the meteor flames came down and clashed with the enemies.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaah!"
"N-No! This can't be happening!"
"What intense flames!"
The members of the Shinra Clan cried out, as the flames burned their bodies.
Next to that, one member tried to fire a light bullet towards Tsubaki.
"I don't think so."
Though Tsubaki wasn't a Devil, she could have been hurt, so Sona raised her hand, and formed a magic shield to block the bullet from reaching her body, Tsubaki looked towards Sona who concentrated on helping out Bova.
Bova then flew down, and swung his tail outwards, hitting the enemies so hard that their bodies went up into the air, Sona used her water to grab the enemies that Bova sent up into the air, and swung their bodies downwards, forcing the impact to be harsh.
"Well done Bova-san, you're doing quite well."
Bova raised his head to the sky.
"Naturally, I am Bova the Destroyer, and Zavian-sama's herald!"
Sona gave a confused look towards Bova but he didn't stop shooting off his fire towards the humans. They used magic to block the flames by combining together, though that just gave Sona the time to surround them with water, and whips of water dragged their bodies up into the air.
"Let go of me!"
"Damn it all to hell!"
The humans tried to break out, but Bova breathed out flames, and clashed with the enemies to burn their bodies, causing them to be taken out of the fight.
The combination between Sona and Bova seemed to be quite good.
At the same time, Zavian went towards the enemy leader while said enemy shot off many different spheres of light towards him.
"You damn Devil, don't mess with me!"
He yelled, and the spheres of light came close to Zavian.
But the young Devil pointed his fingers like guns, and shot off POD blasts that came out sharp as needles, and as fast as bullets, each cancelling out the lights with the destructive power that they held behind them.
The leader was quite surprised.
To see a child doing such things was surprising.
Even if it was a Devil like Zavian, it seemed fantastical.
"If that's what you're showing then I'll become serious as well!"
The leader summoned to his side a naginata, and came at Zavian while infusing the light power of his purifying techniques into it.
"I see, so you can even infuse light into your weapon? It seems that you aren't bad with your magic! Even then, I cannot be stalled!"
Zavian saw him swing it towards him while white light trailed in the sky, so he leaped upwards, avoiding the slash, and aimed his hand downwards, unleashing a hailstorm of power towards him.
"You really are a punk kid aren't you?"
The leader growled, and formed defensive circles, but Zavian flicked his hands outwards, and destroyed his own demonic power into a brilliant flash of red energy above, blinding the Shinra leader long enough for Zavian to fly downwards, and slide by his defences, and got up close with the man.
But he smirked, and unleashed a barrage of light towards Zavian up close.
"Did you think I'd leave myself open like that brat?"
The leaders light went towards Zavian who was too close to release his power, or raise a barrier...
"Gremory-sama!"
Tsubaki gasped out…
But the light phased through Zavian's body as if he wasn't there.
Like he was a shadow.
It was like he wasn't there at all.
It was surprising.
"Did you think I'd just jump the gun and attack so close by? I'm not an idiot and rush into battle without having back up plans!"
The man gasped, turning around to see that Zavian was there, and had a sphere of POD in his hand, thrusting it towards the man's stomach. He tried to use a barrier to defend against the attack, but Zavian's speed was faster than he could raise a barrier, the sphere rotated into his stomach, and tore into the man's flesh, causing extreme pain to come over the man, and then Zavian blasted the man away with his POD.
Tsubaki seemed confused, but Sona explained while she sent off a wave of water towards the enemies while supporting Bova who was shooting off large fireballs to the enemies that were currently trying to attack him, they weren't as strong as the leader so Bova and Sona's teamwork managed to take them down easily enough.
"He used an illusion you see." Sona began to Tsubaki who seemed intrigued. "Zavian-kun isn't an idiot. He might be childlike, but no one can accuse him of being an idiot. He uses his head during a battle, and formed an illusion while he hid himself with his powers to get close. He wanted to see if the man had a countermeasure against any Devils that got close, so he crafted the illusion. He learned from his parents about these common powers of Devils, yet has made them quite unique to himself."
Tsubaki was impressed.
He used his intelligence, and his skills to overcome an opponent that could have done serious damage to him.
But as she was silently praising Zavian, from behind her, more mirrors began to manifest, and monsters began to come out. Zavian noticed it as the leader twitched on the ground, and moved upwards.
"Look out!"
Zavian shot off like a bullet, and got behind Tsubaki and Sona immediately, and swung his hands outwards, increasing the output of his demonic power, and destroyed them with his POD power, overtaking the enemies instantly, and caused them to vanish from the world at large, Tsubaki's eyes lowered sadly.
But then the leader who had his naginata infused with light, launched it towards Tsubaki while Zavian was dealing with the mirrors so they would be destroyed and wouldn't harm Tsubaki or Sona, and Sona was busy dealing with the other humans with Bova, didn't see it until it came close.
"As if!"
Sona went to raise a barrier…
But the man yelled "Seal!" and Sona's power was sealed away for a few moments, possibly due to a Sacred Gear, which allowed the naginata to come close in, Tsubaki's eyes widening in fear…
But then appearing before her, while grabbing a monster by the throat, Zavian appeared, and took the naginata in the arm. His power was also sealed when Sona was so he couldn't activate his demonic power.
Tsubaki's eyes produced tears, seeing that Zavian's arm had been pierced with the light, and the light was spreading through Zavian's body.
"I'm sorry, this is all my fault..."
Tsubaki began to cry.
The people protecting her were being targeted, and one of them had been hurt as a result.
Zavian however took out the naginata of light, and threw it to the ground, his wound leaked fresh blood, but his demonic power returned, so he ran his finger across the wound, and ice began to grow along the wound, freezing it so it didn't appear anymore.
Zavian looked towards the beast that Tsubaki's power had summoned, and then towards Tsubaki herself who was crying.
"Shinra-san, why are you crying?"
Tsubaki's eyes lifted to meet Zavian's kind ones.
"...Why are you doing this for someone like me?"
"Because I wanted to make sure you're okay that's why."
"That can't be the only reason. I'm a cursed existence who's power keeps summoning monsters that attack-"
"They don't hate you." Zavian spoke kindly, shooting his POD towards a group of enemies that surrounded Bova, who in turn combined his flames with the power, and took down the enemies, destroying their stances. "These beasts, I think I understand why they're doing what they're doing. They seem to come out when your emotions are high. Either scared, or angry. It seems that the beasts come out, and are basically telling you "Stop being sad!" while attacking you since these powers of yours are wild, and so they are basically acting on basic instincts. But this power of yours is quite wonderful, you can summon friends to your side."
Tsubaki hadn't thought of it like that before.
Friends...
Zavian then looked towards the enemy, and raised his hand.
The man who saw Zavian seemingly still able to fight, gasped, and pulled back, gathering some light with magic…
But Zavian quickly shot through them and destroyed it while giving a hard stare towards the enemy.
"And you, attacking a defenceless girl that hasn't done anything wrong. You say that she's a curse, but only people that harm her could be called a curse. I said before that you wont harm this girl, and I wont let you harm her. Even if you stab me, you wont harm her. I've already suffered through a lot of pain, nothing you do can top that kind of anguish that I suffered. She shouldn't be harmed because she can't control her power."
Tsubaki shed a few more tears while Sona adopted a light smile, she found what Zavian was saying to be quite beautiful.
Zavian then placed the beast down beside Tsubaki who flinched when seeing it.
But Zavian took her hand, and placed it on the beasts head.
She thought that it was going to attack…
But all it did was look on calmly.
It didn't even show aggression.
A change within Tsubaki caused it to happen.
"See? It doesn't want to kill you. It wants to be your friend. Your fear made it scared, and it lashed out. I've been observing you for a few days now, and at first I couldn't understand why they'd appear when certain things happened, but after speaking to your parents, and my own, and even my friends, I discovered why it was coming. They appeared, when your emotions turned negative. When you were afraid. Even if you didn't show it, your fear of the mirrors coming and summoning them, inadvertently created a cycle that was never ending. Your fear of them coming, made them come and they lashed out because they were afraid."
Sona adopted a light smile on her face, turning to Tsubaki.
"I think he's right Shinra-san. From my own observations along with what I've been told before, it seemed that each time that you felt danger, or worry, they came to protect you, but they couldn't distinguish you from the enemies at large due to your inexperience probably. With proper training and time, your powers could be honed for them to be controlled."
Zavian smiled as he continued towards Tsubaki.
"This is your power Shinra-san, change it into something that you desire, the power you want, allow it to become something inside of you that you command. You don't have to fear them. Embrace them, accept them."
Tsubaki watched as the beast curled up to her.
In contrast to before, it seemed like it wasn't trying to kill her.
It was just trying to calm and comfort.
She also understood now.
It was her fear fuelling the anger of the beasts that caused her to be attacked.
But the beasts also happened to be calm when Tsubaki had grown a little confidence.
Looking at Zavian and the others fight and managed to hold back the enemies, it was beautiful and lovely.
Then her eyes landed on the younger Zavian, and she couldn't help but feel...warm.
Someone was doing such things for her.
Someone was protecting her.
Zavian then pointed towards the leader, and went to say something when Souji appeared once more, and saw the situation, and then chuckled.
"Zavian-sama, you managed to win the day. Well done." His eyes went towards Tsubaki who was playing with the beast. "...And it seems that you've given that girl a change of heart. The beasts no longer have anger or fear in their hearts, and replaced with calmness."
Souji watched as the beast disappeared back into the mirror, Tsubaki's lips curled upwards, while Zavian, Sona and Bova came together once more.
Then Souji looked down towards the leader of the attack, and the others around. The enemies had been mostly defeated, and then the rest that would try an attack, Souji managed to take down the enemies with a single swing of his blade, destroying the forces, which made Zavian quite happy to see such an attack.
Souji then began dealing with the enemies on a personal level, and summoned Sirzechs.
Upon learning about what happened, Sirzechs was quite angry.
Seeing the wound on his son, Sirzechs felt like destroying the enemies.
But for the sake of peace, he didn't do anything other than casually threaten the enemies that if they targeted his son again then they'd suffer consequences. Zavian didn't even want to think what those consequences would be.
After that, Sirzechs spoke to Tsubaki's parents, while Zavian himself had his wound checked by a healer. But because of his actions of freezing it, it didn't seem to be too bad. Even with the light, his demonic power managed to keep him safe from it for the most part.
Tsubaki's parents kept apologizing to Sirzechs for what happened, but he waved his hand and said that it was alright.
Tsubaki herself watched as Zavian sat with his hands to his face, and looked on with a calm face.
She walked closer, and sat down beside him.
"Shinra-san, how are you feeling?"
Tsubaki's eyes shyly went into his own eyes.
"...I'm fine, thanks to you. You saved my life, thank you very much. No one besides my parents...have done such beautiful things for me before. Yet, you took a naginata in the arm for me, infused with light. It could have seriously injured, or have killed you. I don't understand why you'd do that for someone you hardly know."
Zavian gained a gentle smile on his face, something that made Tsubaki blush a little more at.
"I don't want others to suffer." Tsubaki found those words quite profound. Simple, yet powerful. "You see, I suffered when I was younger, and I've decided that if I see others suffering then I'll do my best to make sure that person doesn't suffer anymore. Besides, this isn't your fault. You didn't do anything wrong. You can't help with what you're born with. Naturally you'd be scared if suddenly these monsters came out of the mirror, and as you grew to fear them, they grew in fear, and lashed out, so the cycle was ongoing more and more. But it seems that you've begun changing your thoughts on them, maybe they wont lash out much anymore."
Tsubaki listened deeply to what he said, and Sona who was stood off to the side, couldn't help but mentally agree with what he was saying.
Something about how his words carried over made everything seemed quite eye opening.
Sona could see that Zavian would be quite a compassionate Devil as they grew together.
It was something that she admired.
Something that Zavian could prove with his actions the words that he spoke.
Tsubaki inhaled a breath, and allowed a soft smile to appear.
"Thank you...my power seems a little clearer to me now. Though I'm still unsure of how to proceed, what both you and Sona-sama had said made sense to me. I was worrying about them, so they came out which validated my fears. They'd usually come out once every hour at least. But it's been nearly two now, and nothing has happened."
"You've begun controlling your emotions, it seems to be based on that. Though I have to say that it probably wont always stay away since your power is coming from you, it will have to be released eventually, so I don't know what you're going to have to do..."
"I can answer that." Sirzechs pulled closer with Tsubaki's parents. "I've been discussing with Tsubaki's parents here, and it seems that you Zavian can handle these beasts if they come out, so I've worked a deal where you'll be able to help Tsubaki-san here harness her power, and give it form. To help change her power into something that she can control."
"But what about the fact that we're Devils, and they're from a prestigious clan…? Those members before brought up a point that since Shinra-san and her parents summoned us, then they wont be receptive to them anymore. I don't want them to be in danger because of us Tou-chan."
Zavian seemed confused and expressed his thoughts on the matter, so Tsubaki's Father dipped his head.
"It's been in discussion for a while now, and after today's events, even if the men and women that attacked weren't at the top of the Shinra Clan, there still are people that would be against Tsubaki being within the clan and now our dealings with the Devils. So, we've decided to leave the Shinra Clan."
"But Tou-san..."
Tsubaki went to argue, but her Father leaned down to her kindly.
"Do not be concerned Tsubaki, this is a small price to pay. The Devils figured it out, your strange ability I mean. It seems that even the children are quite intelligent. It might seem weird, but I've made an agreement with Sirzechs-sama here to help you Tsubaki. And it seems that you're quite taken with Zavian-sama here so it makes sense that he'd help you with your power."
"T-Taken?!" Tsubaki suddenly freaked out, while Bova smirked. "I-I wouldn't s-say such things! H-He just protected me! That's all! A-And he also helped me gain control over my power so...t-that's something that I..." Tsubaki's eyes went towards the younger Zavian, and her cheeks turned slightly red. "...Gremory-sama, w-what my parents said...ugh...erm…."
Tsubaki's bottom lip trembled while trying to figure out the words to say since she was embarrassed, as Bova poked her shoulder, gaining her attention.
"It's okay, I'm quite taken with Zavian-sama too."
"D-Dragon and Devil looooooooooooooooooooooooove!?"
Tsubaki yelled at the top of her lungs while blushing hard, Sona bit her lip so she didn't laugh, while Zavian looked towards Bova with worry.
"Bova-kun..."
"What? I am taken with Zavian-sama! I want to be with Zavian-sama forever!"
"P-Please stop saying it so suggestively!"
"I don't understand Zavian-sama! I want to be yours Zavian-sama! I'll give you everything I am Zavian-sama! Take me Zavian-sama!"
Zavian looked back towards Bova and saw that he was crying heavy tears.
He then tried getting closer to Zavian who took off running once more.
Sona placed a hand to her mouth, and let out a small giggle, something she only did when Zavian was around, he could make Sona laugh and be less serious than she usually was.
Tsubaki watched keenly as Zavian was being chased by the crying Bova who kept yelling "Zavian-sama!" again and again, while Zavian himself grimaced at the situation, and Tsubaki couldn't help but think about what Zavian had done for her.
Not only saving her, but helping her understand her own power, and make some kind of peace with herself.
Though it would be a long way to go, Tsubaki could begin to understand herself once more, and the young Devil boy with crimson and silver hair who had helped her, had saved her in more than just physically, and couldn't help but feel as if she might have found someone that she could become friends with, both Zavian and Sona, and as for Bova...she found him quite odd, yet could see that he was a good Dragon after all.
End chapter!
So, as if you've read the chapter, it seems that the decision has been made! While thinking about the pro's and con's of what you all brought up in reviews and P'Ms, and my own thoughts about it, I've decided that for this fic, Sona's gonna be apart of Zavian's peerage! And since she is, fem Saji is also going to be apart of it since that was what came out on the votes, that's gonna be quite interesting! But don't worry for Seekvaira fans out there, she will join a future stories peerage, maybe even Zenki's peerage when I get around to writing that, but for this, Sona won! And yes, I know in canon it probably wouldn't happen, but this is fanfiction so things can change.
But getting back to it, this chapter introduced Tsubaki! With her ability to summon demons/abnormal beings (which is canon), it seemed like she was plagued by it, but with thanks to Zavian, Sona and the rest, she managed to make some kind of peace with them, and it seems that Bova's quite, enthusiastic about being with Zavian.
Shirone and Kuroka have grown a little closer to Zavian since the last chapter, and Shirone's shown her concerns with Zavian over Kuroka and what could happen to her.
We also saw the the thing that's dubbed 'Zavian Faction' where basically a lot of people come and support Zavian and his future, though that also puts a lot of pressure on Zavian to do his best, and gives some hard situations. But since Zavian is a Gremory, he wishes to help them all anyway.
Now onto the peerage itself, obviously Sona, female Saji and Tsubaki are going to be in the peerage. Tsubaki will be a Knight, Saji (fem) will have two to three Pawns, since Zavian's stronger than Sona could reincarnate Saji with less pieces, and as for Sona...I haven't decided if she'll be the Queen or Bishop yet. But she's definitely in the peerage. And speaking of her being in the peerage, some of her peerage members will be going to Rias', since there's three from Rias', two of them will be going to Rias' to fill the void, but they're quite strong members of the canon Sitri peerage so they wont lose power.
But more than there, there's the Artificial Sacred Gear's that the Sitri members have in canon, I had an idea about some of them going to Zavian's peerage members that don't have Sacred Gear's or couldn't because they aren't human, like Koneko for instance having Ruruko's one from canon, since I wont spoil it for those who haven't read it yet in later LN volumes, but how far she's progressed with it from a Devil that couldn't take Koneko to what she's done in recent LN's, it seems that Artificial Sacred Gear's are quite strong, Koneko wielding that would increase her speed and make her quite strong. And then there's some others as well.
Also about Ravel, a few people have asked about her, I don't know for the peerage, but she could be, I could see her and Sona playing off one another and becoming quite great strategists together along with Zavian imputing his thoughts.
As for Kuroka, she's definitely in the harem, I don't know about peerage yet, but for harem she is.
I am still thinking about having female Vali in the peerage with the Longinus and the power Vali has, if that was the case then Le Fay and Kuroka definitely would be in the peerage too.
Anyway, those are just some thoughts I had.
Also, those wondering about Half Breed Devil, that will be updated in the next week or so, just sorting out a few things for that story.
Anyway, the peerage is nearly full now, so please keep suggesting, and until the next chapter, thanks for reading!
Zavian peerage
Queen; Undecided.
Rooks; Koneko, Undecided.
Bishops; Asia, Undecided.
Knights; Xenovia, Tsubaki.
Pawns; Elmenhilde (two pieces), Saji (two to three), Undecided.
Zavian; Xenovia, Koneko, Serafall, Gabriel, Sona, Tsubaki, Asia, Elmenhilde, Kuroka, Saji (fem).