Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!
lio4567892012; Thank you!
AnimeA55Kicker; I suppose that she might say something like that~
Clarent excalibur; Yeah, Tsubaki has been introduced! She's going to be a fun character! Yeah she's going to accomplish many things. Yeah, I don't see why not, that would be pretty cool. That would be quite funny, thanks for the suggestion! I could see that happening. It would be, and I don't see why not, it would be a nice change. Thanks for the suggestions! Yeah, that would be cool!
Oblivious IJ; Yeah since Sona is in his group, he would be a member of the Student Council. That's Bova for you, he can be quite dramatic. Yeah, Seekvaira got taken out by Sona's cooking. I suppose so in some ways.
Wtfstarftw10; Thanks very much!
Andrew123456; Yeah maybe!
LoamyCoffee; Well he might do, it could be just an idiot line that he said. He does yeah~
Dominus1389; She couldn't in canon so...yeah~ Sorry but that's how it is. Kuroka would be a good Bishop. And yeah~
HUNTER with bad grammar; Perhaps, she mainly uses her weapon and Sacred Gear to fight like a Knight. But she could work as a Pawn too.
Crenin; Sorry, for this fic they wont be. Ravel doesn't really need to be a Rook with her regeneration powers, since it is powered by the amount of demonic power she has, it would make sense for her to be a Bishop to increase her demonic power. Yeah they'd be cool, thanks for the suggestions!
TehStorm; Thanks, and yeah, Zavian's peerage, not Zavian himself. Ice learned from Grayfia? Maybe, though she's not really used ice in her fights.
weslyschraepen; Yeah maybe~!
Skull Flame; He really doesn't, he's quite the passionate guy. Yeah, she really does know that now~ It has yeah, we'll see more of it soon. Thanks!
ShadowUzumaki55; Thanks very much! He does yeah, it's the Zavian Faction. No, it wouldn't.
Guest 1; Thanks very much! Yeah they'd be cool~
Kamen Rider W; Yeah they'd be cool. Irina...dunno yet.
Silver crow; Thanks very much! Well, we'll have to wait and see~ I guess. Yeah, dunno to what yet, but got some ideas. She is yeah! Yeah it would be cool. Yeah, he's got a faction for himself, so it's going to be fun to see it play out. They are yeah, it seems to be filled with many different people. I suppose they could yeah. Yup Ravel is quite the supportive girl. Maybe~ Yeah, he really loves Grayfia, and wants to make her as comfortable as he could. Glad that you liked it! It will be resolved quite soon, though Zavian can't just accuse without any evidence, which he's going to be getting. Don't see why not. She did yeah~ I'm sure that it would yeah. He did yeah. It's going to be fun when she does~ Yeah I don't see why not, his talent would be above Sirzechs considering he's from Sirzechs and Grayfia. Yeah he could be. That would be funny. That would be quite funny. Yeah sounds good to me. Yeah maybe, and he could still pass on his powers to others if he wanted to, add the Power of Destruction to his peerage members. Yeah, Elmenhilde might be getting a Sacred Gear all her own, she'd be half Vampire if that was the case, what that would be you'd have to wait and see. I've got a few names in mind, and yeah, Saji's hand to hand. Well you never know, they might do. Nope, with Zavian. Yeah maybe~ Yeah, it was obvious that they wouldn't win, but Ruruko went from not being able to contend with Koneko to blindsiding Ise for a few moments with an Artificial Sacred Gear, against someone who's got a Longinus, it's impressive. It would probably be his parents though, like Sirzechs or Grayfia, or both of them. Yeah maybe~
Guest 2; Yeah maybe!
Guest 3; Yeah I don't see why not, it sounds good to me! Thanks for the suggestion!
Guest 4; Thanks for the vote!
igeorge; Sona's in Zavian's peerage so she wont have a Queen.
Guest 5; That sounds funny to me!
Kagami red eyes black dragon; Thanks very much! Yeah maybe~ I suppose it would be~ Thanks, it's going to be fun~ And yeah I suppose it would be~
Arkraith; Thanks very much! No worries~
Lightwave; She is yeah. Not really, some will appear, some wont.
Neonlight01; He surely does yeah~ He is yeah, he cares about anyone that would need help. He does yeah, he wants his sibling to have an easy life knowing that it can be a tough life. He did yeah, he helped her with that problem~
Guest 6; Yeah, that looks good to me, and that would be pretty awesome to see~ That sounds cool to me! Fuuka would be cool, always liked Fuuka. Yeah I don't see why not, it could be pretty cool to me~ Futaba is one of my favourite girls from that game so I don't see why not. And yeah, those pairings make sense to me.
Absolute Mirage; Thanks! It surely is quite the shake up huh. Lint would probably work better as a Knight honestly. And thanks very much!
AlphaOmega; He has yeah, he managed to get through to her, and help her gain new perspectives on her powers. She did yeah, most of Sona's peerage members will either just not appear, or be placed in Rias' group. Yeah, that seems to be how those clans operate honestly. They can't no, and yeah, they're under Gremory protection.
Well, with those lovely reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter!
Save those Neko's part one
A few weeks after meeting Tsubaki and helping her out with her problems, Zavian was sat on the grass outside of the Gremory castle, and was with Tsubaki, holding onto her hands, which caused her cheeks to flush lightly.
"Okay Shinra-san! Lets work together to make sure your powers don't run out of control, okay?"
"Y-Yes Gremory-sama..."
"Ehehe, you don't have to call me 'Gremory-sama' you know?"
Tsubaki's face plunged deeper into the redness that she felt, the heat inside of her.
Zavian didn't seem to understand that though, and just continued holding onto her hand.
"Okay Shinra-san, lets summon a beast, okay? Or, if you want, you can change your power into anything you want. Tou-chan gave me some books that taught me about special powers like yours, and that it can change into different types of power. So, what is it that you'll be looking for exactly?"
"Honestly, I don't know right now...but, I have to ask Gremory-sama, it seems that you don't have a lot of free time, and you're here helping me out...I was just surprised that you had the time to help me out with my problems..."
Zavian flashed a kind smile which in turn caused Tsubaki to blush a little more.
"I wouldn't worry about it Shinra-san, I have time for you. I just move stuff around. Sona-san is a big help, so is Ravel-chan actually. They both have good skills in helping me out. Seek-chan sometimes helps out too, but she also hangs out with Sairaorg-kun to help him out with the various things that he does. So, shall we begin?"
Tsubaki wordlessly nods her head and they begun.
The young girl closed her eyes, and summoned her power.
While it was happening, Zavian could see the mirrors forming once more behind her, and it allowed a monster to come out of the mirror. Zavian watched as the beast casually strolled around Zavian's and Tsubaki's body.
"Seems like another one has come out Shinra-san."
Tsubaki's eyes opened to see the beast casually licked Zavian's face playfully.
"Y-Yes, it seems to be more friendly than before. Though it seems that right now I can't control what kind of beast comes out...honestly, I am thinking about changing my power and using it to..." Tsubaki stopped when seeing the beast casually begin biting Zavian's clothes. "...a-ah, w-why is the beast d-doing something like that…?"
Tsubaki watched with a blush as the beast ripped Zavian's shirt off his body, revealing his chest to Tsubaki who held back a small nosebleed when looking over Zavian's chest.
"My, it seems that the beast has responded to some dormant feelings that you have Shinra-san."
"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh?! N-No! I didn't have any feelings about this! I-I didn't have any thoughts about you being naked! Or anything of that nature! T-That's something that I can't even comprehend at all!"
Zavian chuckled lightly as the beast went for his pants.
Zavian petted the beasts head while Tsubaki unconsciously thought about Zavian's lower body briefly.
And in the moment that she did, the beast responded by biting at Zavian's pants, and tore them off.
"N-Nooooooooooo! Y-You can't do that to Gremory-sama!"
Tsubaki yelled out, as Zavian was left in his underwear.
But rather than be embarrassed, he merely chuckled, and placed a hand to his face.
"Ara, seems like the beast has some more desires. Shinra-san, is this something that you've been thinking about?"
He questioned innocently, Tsubaki's face heated up immensely.
She then looked over Zavian's body and gained a nose bleed, shooting her backwards and knocked her down to the ground, Zavian wondered if she was knocked out or not, though he saw that she was twitching on the floor.
"It must be surprising to see the opposite sex like this huh."
Tsubaki couldn't say anything while Zavian chuckled at the sight of Tsubaki doing such things.
Then as Tsubaki was twitching on the ground, Sona casually walked up towards them, and saw Zavian's state of dress, the monster nearby, and then Tsubaki on the ground. While keeping the best composure that she could, Sona pushed up her glasses, and glanced at Zavian, but could feel her cheeks turning slightly red.
"Zavian-kun, what has happened to your clothing exactly?"
"Beast ate it."
Zavian explained swiftly, Sona nodded slowly, and almost felt like she was going to fall over when seeing Zavian stand up.
"I-I see, and Tsubaki made that beast then..."
"Yes, that's right. And it seems that you're on a first name basis with Shinra-san then?"
Sona inclined her neck, her bottom lip trembling when peering at Zavian's near nude body.
"Yes, we've been hanging out together, so it would make sense. Also Kuroka-san and Shirone-san are here."
Zavian tilted his head, and looked behind Sona and he saw that in fact was true. Shirone was behind Kuroka and held a large blush on her face, looking Zavian up and down, while Kuroka smacked her lips together.
"My oh my, look at the young Devil boy." Her eyes go for his crotch and dangle there. "Fufufu, that's quite the sight to behold, it seems that even the Gremory are endowed even at a young age. I did hear that female Bael members are naturally gifted with large busts, so the boys of Bael must be gifted with large members nyaaa~ Since you're a descendant from Bael through your Tou-sama, it seems that it is quite an amazing sight to see."
Zavian just stood there with a large smile on his face.
"Kuroka-san, Shirone-san, what are you two doing here?"
"Yeah, actually..." Kuroka rubbed the back of her head sheepishly. "...could you look after Shirone for me for a bit? I have a few things that I need to do, and I can't take Shirone with me. So could you do that for me?"
Zavian glanced at Shirone and his smile grew.
"Of course, she's welcome here anytime!"
Kuroka looked relieved while Shirone kept looking at Zavian's body and blushing hard.
"Thanks Zavi-chan nyaaa. You are quite cute and kind after all. Besides, Shirone wished to be with Zavi-chan during this time. I gave her a choice and she said she felt comfortable with Zavi-chan so I'm glad you're being as kind as you are nyaaa~"
Zavian nodded, and walked closer to Shirone.
He bent down towards the flushing Shirone, and petted her head.
"You want to spend the day with me Shirone-san?"
"...I like being with Zavian-san, he's kind to us."
Zavian chuckled, petting her head gently.
Then his eyes went towards Kuroka.
"So, what are you doing anyway? If you don't mind me asking."
"Aah, I wouldn't worry about it so much nyaaa. Just something that Naberius has me doing, that's all."
"Is it dangerous?"
Zavian asked with slight worry.
He didn't want anything bad to happen to Kuroka.
But Kuroka waved her hand and began walking away while saying "Thanks for watching Shirone for me." without answering his question which made him aware of what Kuroka was doing...no, rather, he was sure that there was something deeper going on than what was being suggested.
His eyes went towards Shirone who seemed to be a little more worried, so he patted her head gently.
"Don't worry Shirone-san, we'll take care of it somehow. I've already begun my investigation into your Master. He'll slip up sooner or later, then we'll have him. I've got people watching over him and he'll soon slip."
Shirone adopted a light smile, then hugged onto Zavian's body tightly.
Zavian himself petted her head, but he felt worry for Kuroka and hoped that she wasn't doing anything dangerous.
After that, Zavian got dressed, and went into the house to deal with some more duties, and that was meetings about his future peerage. Zavian had Shirone sitting beside him, and kept a tight hold of his hand, Ravel also joined in and exchanged glances with Shirone who narrowed her eyes. Sona also joined in and sat down close by with Tsubaki and Bova, Grayfia who was quite heavily pregnant at this point, looked on towards Zavian who gave a smile.
"Zavian-sama, since the time you'll be receiving your Evil Pieces is coming up, many people have been sending applications for them to join your group."
Zavian could understand that.
He already knew that his peerage was a topic of discussion.
"Yes that's right Kaa-chan. I am planning my peerage as we speak. Though it is difficult, there's so many things to think about. Balance, strength, unique skills, Sacred Gears among other things. Ehehe, I wonder how Tou-chan managed to make a peerage so strong."
"Well, your Tou-sama also had some help Zavian-sama. It isn't bad to ask for assistance when needed...though your Tou-sama seems to love to ask my assistance for more than what should be acceptable." Zavian chuckled awkwardly at that. "Also while on that subject, if possible, I would be happy if you had someone...like myself that would help you out with many different duties. Since it is going to be a hard road for you as you grow, with many duties falling onto you, more than average Devils, and even more than High Class Devils, even Ultimate Class Devils in some regards, you're going to need assistance, your Tou-sama also needed that assistance."
Zavian tilted his head, and then looked at Sona.
"Sona-san, you'll join my peerage, right?"
"W-What?" Sona let out surprised. "You want me to join your peerage?"
"Yup."
Zavian didn't give it a second thought.
He thought Sona would be quite appropriate for his peerage.
"S-Since when did you decide something like that?"
"Hmmmm, I've been thinking about it for a while. Well, even if you're the Sitri Heiress, that doesn't have to change, and I'm sure the Sitri and Gremory would be happy with that arrangement, and they always have other options to have someone take the next head of the household anyway."
"W-Well, that is true. But to come out and ask such things..."
Zavian wiggled his fingers towards Sona while she gave him a curious look.
"Kaa-chan is right about needing help in the future. I've got many plans for the future after all, and I'll need a strong support structure. But, if it isn't your thing, I could ask Seek-chan if she wants to join my peerage..."
"Seekvaira-san, huh." Sona spoke with a stone gaze. "I see...well, if it is something you're asking me, I could consider it. And it would bring close ties with Sitri and Gremory, I am sure that it wouldn't be so bad to hear such things. But, I'd also have to think about it and see if you're worthy enough for me to join your peerage. Seeing your future prospects, among other things. If you're serious about me joining your peerage then I'll have to think deeply about this, it could coincide with my own future goals, and with both Sitri and Gremory together, then my own ideas would flourish."
"For your Rating Game School, right Sona-san?"
Sona nods her head strongly.
"Yes, that's correct. But more than that, I also have other goals, and a partnership between us could also be beneficial to the both of us. Besides, Grayfia-san is right, you will need someone to make sure you don't slack off."
"I-I don't slack off..."
Zavian murmured, but Sona gave harsh eyes and caused him to lower his head, Grayfia had approving eyes.
"If you say so, but I recall a time when you hid so you didn't have to do your duties."
"I know better now Sona-san."
"I hope so."
Zavian flashed a smile to Sona who looked back calmly.
Ravel looked on between Zavian and Sona, and her head went downwards.
"...What's wrong grilled chicken Princess?"
Shirone asked while continuing to hold onto Zavian's hand.
Ravel's eyes snapped towards Shirone who stared at her curiously.
"W-What did you call me?"
"Grilled chicken Princess. KFC told me you were apart of their organization."
Ravel's eyes blazed while Zavian looked between them.
"Hmph, at least I'm not some weirdo cat. I'd rather be KFC than a cat like you. Clinging to Zavian-sama when he's busy, I see that you're as lively as ever."
"Kentucky Fried Chicken, that's what KFC stands for, right? You'd know since you're from there."
"Seriously! I am Ravel Phenex, and I wont degrade myself to answering such things!"
"Other words yes."
Ravel scowled at Shirone who looked back coldly.
Zavian noticed however, that Shirone was merely trying to cheer Ravel up, even he noticed that when Ravel's face fell a little bit, though he wasn't exactly sure why that was, he would have to speak to her about it when they got some alone time together.
Grayfia however continued.
"Zavian-sama, I have some meetings for you tomorrow that have been quite insistent that they come. Of course, it is completely your choice, and whatever you choose, both your Tou-sama and myself will respect your decision. Even if the Underworld don't seem to like it, we will stand by your decisions."
Zavian nods his head happily.
"Yes, thank you Kaa-chan. Hehe, I'm gonna build an amazing peerage and do many things for the future! First of all, I'm going to change how Low Class, and Middle Class Devils are treated by some higher ups." Sona took note of that and so did Ravel. "Honestly, I see people suffering because of their status. I'll be helping those people have some more rights than they do now."
"I-I see, that's quite the goal Zavian-sama. Though I am sure you'll be able to pull it off."
Zavian gave a thankful smile to his Mother while the others watched on, each having thoughts about Zavian's peerage.
Later on, during the night, Zavian waited patiently within a bedroom.
Dark as night outside, Zavian could see thanks to being a Devil.
Sat beside him, was Shirone, and waited for Kuroka to return.
She had said she'd be back by now, but she wasn't, and Zavian was becoming increasingly worried.
Kuroka had an ability that caused her to keep herself hidden the best that she could.
So it made sense that they couldn't fully track her right now.
"...Zavian-san, do you think Onee-sama is doing bad things?"
Shirone expressed her concern to Zavian who furrowed his eyebrows.
"...I don't know Shirone-san, I really don't know. But if she is..."
"...She'll be punished, wont she Zavian-san?"
The worry within her voice made Zavian understand a few things.
"Not if I can help it Shirone-san. I'll do my best to keep her safe Shirone-san."
Shirone's eyes fluttered with those words.
Someone she hadn't expected to meet, was being so kind and helpful towards her, and her sister who essentially were strays in the eyes of most. Thrown away and forgotten about and with what Shirone would call a monster, it was clear that it was happening like that.
Shirone clung to Zavian's hand tightly, Zavian's kind eyes fell upon her, and gave her an innocent smile on his face.
"Don't worry Shirone-san, I'll take care of this somehow. Leave it to me."
"But Master is..."
"He's got some stuff about him that I am looking into. He will make a mistake sooner or later. Once he does, I'll get you both away from him. Until then, please endure this, and I'll do my best to protect you, okay?"
Shirone's lips curled upwards, nodding her head slowly.
"...Yes, I can endure if Zavian-san asks me. ...I trust you."
It was a big thing for Shirone to say.
But that was the truth.
She did trust Zavian with all of her heart.
It made her feel good that Zavian was there for them.
But then after a little while, Kuroka appeared within the room via a magic circle, but the young girl clutched her side, and fell down to her knees.
"Onee-sama!"
Shirone rushed to her elder sisters side, surprising her that she knew she was there.
Zavian then stood up, and walked closer towards her.
Kuroka's eyes fell against his form.
"...W-Why are you here nyaaa? I thought I said that you could return back home once dropping Shirone here nyaaa."
"She was worried, she was scared that you had disappeared for good so I stayed with her until you would come back."
Kuroka's eyes fell upon Shirone who lowered her eyes.
"...Onee-sama, I'm sorry but…I couldn't simply stay silent about this...even if Onee-sama becomes angry at me...I had to say something to Zavian-san...he wants to help us...he cares about us Onee-sama...he wants to keep us safe...Onee-sama doesn't have to hide her pain from Zavian-san anymore...he can help us Onee-sama...please tell him what's going on..."
Zavian showed a kind smile as she said that, bending down towards her, and saw some wounds on her body.
"What is he doing to you?"
Kuroka turned her head to the side, and didn't answer anything.
"You don't have to concern yourself with that, I'm just making sure that Shirone and I are safe. That's what my job is, as an Onee-sama, to look after their younger sibling. Well, you'll know soon enough with your Kaa-sama ready to pop at any second now."
Zavian could hear that despite her dismissive words, something deeper was going on than he wanted to know about.
But for the sake of keeping them safe, then he was going to do his best to make sure that they would be safe.
"How did you get those wounds Kuroka-san? Did you go out fighting?"
Kuroka turned her head to the side, trying her best to not show her face.
Zavian thought that she probably did that so it didn't betray her own feelings.
"It doesn't matter nyaaa. Anyway, thanks for keeping Shirone company, but you can go now. I'll be fine nyaaa."
She spoke with a dismissive attitude.
Zavian glanced at Shirone who lowered her eyebrows down to the ground.
Upon seeing that, Zavian understood a few things that he would have to do.
Since Kuroka was pulling away, and didn't seem to want to talk, then he would have to do his own investigation, or rather, carry on with his own investigation.
"Alright then. But take these." Zavian summoned a vial of Phoenix Tears, and tossed them to Kuroka who caught them with surprise on her face. "I got them off a friend for a birthday present once, I keep them in case of emergencies, I think this qualifies."
Zavian bowed his head, and began walking away.
Shirone watched with saddened eyes…
But then she remembered what Zavian said, so she placed her trust in him.
Kuroka looked on as Zavian disappeared.
It was weird.
She hadn't had someone care about her before to even consider helping her.
Yet this Devil boy wanted to help her out without even asking for things…
Yet that's what worried her, since she knew what her Master was capable of, and she didn't want to drag in Zavian, someone that Shirone had clearly grown attached to, and have that person taken away from her, in case something happened to her.
The next morning, Ravel Phenex had something that she wished to speak to Zavian about.
She was of course allowed to come into the Gremory castle, and she decided to go to his bedroom.
She thought about what was going to happen in the future.
Since she knew Zavian was going to have a very busy life that he was going to have, she wondered if there was anything that she would be able to do.
When she made it, she knocked on the door.
"Zavian-sama, it's me, Ravel. Can I come inside?"
She didn't get an answer.
She thought that was strange.
She didn't understand why she didn't get an answer so she knocked once more.
"Zavian-sama, are you there?"
Zavian once again didn't answer the question.
She knew he was in there.
She felt it.
But she didn't get why he didn't answer the question.
So she felt worried, and pushed the door open.
"Zavian-sama, are you..." Her eyes went towards the bed, and saw Zavian sleeping, but he was stark naked. She saw, everything. "Z-ZAVIAN-SAMA'S NAKED BODYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!"
Ravel cried out.
Yet she didn't take her eyes off him for several seconds.
It was like she couldn't.
She was hypnotized by the young boy and his body.
The screaming caused Zavian to stir in the bed, and sat up, rubbing his eyes sleepily.
He glanced towards Ravel who was blushing madly, and kept her hands to her eyes, and she couldn't look towards him. She couldn't even think about looking towards him, it was something that caused her heart to feel heavy.
"Mmmmm, Ravel-chan. What's going on?"
Zavian grumbled out, batting his eyelids, not realizing that he was naked since he was still rather sleepy.
Ravel dared her eyes to go towards Zavian, but she saw his body once more, and couldn't help but feel hot within her body, and the fact that Zavian was just staring towards her with an innocent expression made it even worse.
"Z-Zavian-sama! Y-You're! Y-You are! You are! Y-You're!"
Ravel couldn't get past those words.
Zavian tilted his head curiously, and leaned forward, but that didn't help Ravel as he crawled across the bed, and she saw things moving, she could see what was going on with his body, and she wondered if he realized.
"Ara, Ravel-chan. What did I say about using those words with me? Call me Zavian."
Ravel's eyes flashed towards Zavian, and saw his naked body moving closer, so she looked away, her face resembling a tomato.
"I-I can't Zavian-sama, it would be a disrespect to you to call you something like that..."
Zavian cocked his head curiously.
"Why aren't you looking at me Ravel-chan?"
"...Body."
Ravels shyly said, glancing towards Zavian who sat down on the bed fully.
"Body…?"
"Y-Your body..."
Zavian furrowed his eyebrows, and looked down at himself.
Realizing that he was naked, he chuckled happily.
"Oh Ravel-chan, don't worry about it. If you want to look I don't mind."
Ravel's bottom lip quivered, her eyes turned towards Zavian and saw his naked form, then she blushed a deep scarlet, and turned her head to the left hand side while saying "I'm sorry Zavian-sama! I can't help it!" which made Zavian chuckle.
Zavian smiled, and got off the bed, walking towards the draws.
"Don't worry Ravel-chan, I'm getting dressed now." Zavian casually slid on his clothing, and then placed his hands on his hips. "So, what's going on Ravel-chan? Is there something you want to talk about right now?"
Ravel recalled the naked Zavian briefly in her mind, gushing and then turned her neck to the side.
"E-Erm...I-I came here for a reason...yes. The treason...w-wait, not treason!" Ravel seemed to be panicking which Zavian found to be cute. "Y-Yeah, I mean, reason! Yes, there is a reason I am here Zavian-sama!"
Zavian sat down on the bed, and folded his arms.
"Yes, and what is that reason Ravel-chan?"
Ravel practically skipped off to the bed, and sat down beside him.
Shyly, she poked her fingers together.
"Y-Yes, I heard that you have some peerage meetings this morning."
"Oh yeah..."
Zavian sighed out, he remembered that.
It wasn't fun at all.
"T-Then allow me to help you out Zavian-sama! I can lend my assistance!"
Zavian gave a bemused smile.
"You can Ravel-chan?"
Ravel puffed out her chest, and inclined her neck.
"Yes of course, I can help you sort out many different things. I-It is something that I can do above Sona-sama!"
Zavian had to wonder exactly why she was saying it in such a manner.
"Why above Sona-san may I ask?"
"W-Well, it's just...erm, Sona-sama is...she is someone that can support you in many different areas...but, I can also support Zavian-sama too...since Zavian-sama is going to have a very busy life in the future, then I can do my best to help you out Zavian-sama..."
Zavian leaned closer to Ravel who shyly peered into his eyes.
"Ravel-chan, you and Sona-san do different things for me. Sona-san takes more of the business side to assist me and planning events among other things, you help me more with personal interactions such as these. You both have different yet equal roles in my life. I'm blessed to have two cute girls willing to assist me~"
Ravel's cheeks darkened red while Zavian gave her a confident smile on his face.
"Zavian-sama, thank you..."
"Then, we should begin the day, right Ravel-chan?"
Ravel became peppy, nodding her head swiftly.
"Y-Yes! We shall do our best!"
Zavian stood up, and stuck out his hand towards Ravel.
Ravel gave a shy face as she linked fingers with Zavian, and then they walked off together.
Zavian right now, was doing something that he really didn't want to do at all.
People had practically forced their way into his home and demanded to speak to Zavian about his future prospects, and his peerage among other things of that nature.
Ravel was giving assistance, and unfortunately, this was the darker side of being a popular person.
People only out for themselves.
"I'm sorry, I don't think we'd make compatible partners..."
Zavian apologized as the...he didn't even remember how many people had come to see him this day about his peerage.
Becoming closer to that age, obviously people would want to see if he was going to add people into the peerage that he had. From other clans, and things of that nature.
But he had to gently deny them each time since he wanted to build his own group.
He wanted to find people he thought would be the best, not people just wanting to be apart of the Gremory group because of his parents.
"But, I could be a good asset! Take me onto your peerage!"
The man before him roared out, Zavian furrowed his eyebrows, and then folded his arms as Ravel answered instead.
"I appreciate you coming and so does Zavian-sama, but I'm sorry. Zavian-sama, and I feel as if you aren't genuine in your feelings of joining the peerage and are attempting to join for selfish reasons. I'm sorry if that sounds offensive, but that's how it is."
"Yes, she's right. Thank you for coming."
Zavian bowed his head as Bova walked into the room.
His eyes went towards the man who wasn't taking 'no' as an answer, and walked closer.
"Zavian-sama said no so please leave right now."
Zavian was glad Bova had said that.
The man grumbled something like "Hmph, pathetic boy anyway." and stormed off like a petulant child.
Ravel shook her head.
"Seriously, these people only want people for the sake of it, to try and abuse the Gremory families abilities for themselves."
Zavian couldn't agree more as Bova sat down nearby.
"Can you believe it Bova-kun? He wanted to join my peerage so he could try and become closer to Rias. Apparently, she had already rejected him, and now he wanted to join me for power and to marry Rias. As if I'd have him."
"Weirdos, they really need to get a life." Zavian and Ravel couldn't agree more. "Anyway, it doesn't matter about such things, you're going to be obtaining your peerage soon enough. I can't wait to see who you're going to add to it!"
When he said it, Ravel's eyebrows knitted together, and thought about something deeply.
Zavian placed his hand to his face, and hummed.
"Yeah. If I make a mistake, then the Underworld is going to be on me like a bad sweater." Bova gave a curious and confused look while Ravel understood perfectly. "Basically, my future is being watched carefully, I have to make sure that I make a strong group. I have to make sure that I don't let my parents down. They say that it is okay, but I can't allow them to be let down by me. Knowing the Underworld, they'd hassle my parents about if I made a wrong decision. I have to be clever and think about my opportunities."
"He's right about that. Zavian-sama's future is going to be monitored by many people. Many people see Zavian-sama as the future of the Underworld. If there's going to be someone that's a future candidate for a Maou-sama already then it would be Zavian-sama."
Zavian furrowed his eyebrows.
Bova's lips pursed.
"Aah, it's so confusing! I'm glad I don't have to think about these political matters! It would make my head spin!"
Zavian chuckled lightly, as Bova stretched his neck.
"You're not wrong. Don't worry Bova-kun, leave the politics to me, Ravel-chan here, and Sona-san as well." As he spoke, he watched Bova's face decline, so he gained a confused face. "What's wrong Bova-kun? Has something happened?"
"No! Not at all! Just thinking about something deeply."
"Hehe, what's that thing then?"
Bova's Dragon like tongue came out of his mouth briefly, and gently licked over his lips, while Zavian took a cookie, and hate it slowly. Ravel gave a curious stare towards Zavian and then Bova, and wondered what he was thinking about.
"It's nothing to worrying about. Nothing that I have to share anyway."
"You can talk to me you know? We're friends."
Zavian spoke gently, trying his best to connect to his friend.
"Yeah, I suppose you're right Zavian-sama. But with you moving forward now, I don't know what I'm going to do."
Zavian cocked his head.
"What do you mean? What do you have to do?"
"Since you're gaining more popular people and have meetings about marriage and peerage members, among other things. I don't know what I'm going to do. To be able to stand beside Zavian-sama would be the best. Then maybe I could become…Zavian-sama!"
"Y-Yeah?"
Zavian became surprised when Bova acted serious.
"Zavian-sama, I want to fight you right now!"
"Sure, but why?"
"Because...Because I want to decide my future Zavian-sama! Please fight me!"
"Deciding futures..."
Ravel murmured, thinking deeply about what he had said.
Zavian could see that something was happening.
He wasn't sure what it was.
But Bova seemed determined, so he didn't see why not, and went outside with the Dragon.
The Dragon grew to its natural height which dwarfed Zavian and most Devils honestly.
Zavian peered up at his friend, who looked down towards him.
"Can I ask what this is about?"
"I'll show you afterwards! This is for the future!"
"Future? What future?"
"My future Zavian-sama! Please watch me use my powers!"
Ravel also thought about it. Since she would have to decide her own future soon enough.
Zavian tilted his head as Bova opened his large mouth, and sent off a sea of flames downwards towards Zavian, and washed over his form. The flames were so hot that the ground around the flames began melting, Bova seemed quite serious about this fight.
But when he stopped his flames, he saw around Zavian that a dome of POD had been formed, protecting him from the attack, and then it disappeared...no, that's not what it did.
The dome shrunk downwards, and collected with Zavian's hand, forming itself into a single sphere of destruction. While it didn't seem to have the power of his Father, the destructive power that Bova could feel from the POD alone was quite fantastic, outstanding.
"I don't get what's going on with you, but those flames were serious, so I'll show you some seriousness as well!"
Zavian threw his sphere towards Bova who took to the sky on his wings.
Zavian, with a simple flick of his wrist, sent the POD power towards the flying Bova.
"Zavian-sama's just like his parents, Technique Wizard types. Using his Power of Destruction, Zavian-sama can manipulate his powers in different ways, and he's also good at using different types of magic. In the future, Zavian-sama's going to need some support. Is this what Bova-sama is thinking about? Is this what his future is? Does he want to continue supporting Zavian-sama...supporting Zavian-sama, I wonder if Zavian-sama would want me to support him in the future..."
Ravel thought about it while the fight continued going on.
Bova snarled, and opened his mouth, releasing many bolts of fire to try and take it down, but with his skills in manipulating his own power, the sphere changed directions again and again, avoiding the waves of fire that Bova sent off.
"As expected! But I have been training too Zavian-sama to defeat you!"
Zavian watched as Bova's flames grew larger, and rather than encompass a small part of the area, he made a sea of flames that managed to take over a good wide range, and it caught up his POD power and using the intense heat, he destroyed the sphere of Zavian's, and the flames continued heading towards Zavian himself while Zavian cocked his head.
"I see, then I guess I'll also use some new cool moves Kaa-chan taught me to make sure that naughty people are put into place!" Zavian placed his hand outwards, and gathered demonic power. Then from the demonic power, ice began to grow from the power, and then it shot off towards the flames themselves. "Freeze."
With that single word, Zavian's ice came into contact with the fire that was being sent off, and clashed together in a beautiful flow of fire and ice, struggling against one another, but ultimately, the ice managed to edge out the flames, and froze half of the flames, while Zavian waved his hand, and a wave of POD came out of his hand, and came to the other flames that had been weakened from the ice attack, and destroyed them completely, the POD continued going for Bova's body in a brilliant red flash.
"Shit!"
Bova cursed as he avoided the attack.
But part of the POD managed to come into contact with Bova's arm, and caused his arm to be wounded, and made him cry out.
Zavian then swung his hand outwards, and the POD he shot off that damaged Bova turned around and aimed right for Bova once more, surprising the Dragon who flapped his wings so hard that a large gust came out.
"Bova-kun, I have to admit that your flames are becoming stronger. But you sacrificed your power for using them over a wider area. That's why my ice was able to freeze the flames. Dragon flames are heard to be some of the strongest flames, so my ice freezing it could only be because of the fact that your flames had thinned while extending the range. If against weaker enemies, then that technique would have taken them out. But for stronger opponents, they can exploit that kind of weakness. If you manage to use that attack without sacrificing power, then that could have really been damaging to me."
As he said it, Zavian thrusted his hand left and right, the POD following after him, and chased after Bova.
But Bova wouldn't allow him to continue doing it, so he turned back around to the POD, and gathered flames by his mouth. Rather than use it in a wide burst, he allowed the powers to grow more and more in his mouth, increasing the heat.
"As expected of Zavian-sama to say such things! But I'll prove that I can be strong too!"
Zavian watched with keen interest as Bova shot off a large fireball that looked like a meteor, clashing against Zavian's power, and the two exploded in the sky, creating a large cloud of smoke that covered half of the garden that they were occupying.
Zavian furrowed his eyebrows, wondering what Bova was thinking about.
But then saw Bova shooting downwards towards Zavian, so Zavian raised a magic shield, something he learned from his Mother, and halted Bova's progress, or so he thought anyway.
The moment Zavian's shield of magic came known, the Dragon swung his claws for the barrier, and scratched at the barrier, causing Zavian to tilt his head, then open his hand wide, summoning POD at each of his fingertips.
"Five Finger Destruction!"
Zavian jabbed his fingers forward as the five spheres came out.
But rather than go right for Bova, they circulated him, and span around his body in a dangerous yet beautiful display of red perfection. Bova tried to swipe at the POD spheres, but each enclosed around him at different areas, and caused them to explode against his body, forcing Bova to let out a cry.
But because he was a Dragon, he naturally had high defences because of his Dragon scales. But Zavian's power had managed to wound Bova in all parts of the attack, and he even bled a little but Bova seemed happy about that rather than seemingly like he was in pain.
"Zavian-sama's technique is fantastic like always. I should have expected such things."
Zavian gave a smile, and saluted Bova.
"Tell me what this is about Bova-kun, I don't understand why you're suddenly trying to fight me. Fighting is pretty fun when training, but it seems that something else is going on in your mind. So do you want to talk about it?"
"Not until the fight is over!"
Bova decreed so Zavian shrugged, and went to fight the Dragon. Bova came at Zavian with a flurry of large fists, so Zavian pulled backwards, the fists smashing against the floor, and at close range, Bova unleashed a hailstorm of flames that came at Zavian faster than before which surprised him, but nonetheless, Zavian allowed himself to sail through the air with his wings now extending and shoot upwards.
Once getting high enough, Bova found it hard to see him, so Zavian cupped his hands together, and formed the POD, which began taking shape into a sword. The sword was crimson and had hints of silver like his hair, and then with a flaming sphere coming for him, Zavian swung his sword downwards, and sliced through the flaming sphere. Because of the destructive nature of the sword, anything that was being cut was eliminated out of existence, and that caused the fireball to lose its stability, the flames turning into embers in the sky, keeping Zavian safe and sound.
Bova looked on in awe at the sword in Zavian's hand.
"Since when can you do that Zavian-sama?!"
Zavian chuckled, and raised the sword into the sky.
"I've been concentrating on shaping the POD into different forms, and using what I can to turn my power into different usages. Because of the destructive aspect of my sword, rather than cutting, it is destroying anything in its path, being in sword form allows it to seem like it is cutting, but I simply destroyed it. It can also be used like a sword against things that can't be destroyed so easily like another sword that's made of strong metal like a Holy or Demon Sword. But since it is just destruction it can also be destroyed easier than a sword made of metal like the Holy or Demonic blades. And I can only make one right now, it's difficult to make others."
Bova was surprised.
Seeing such techniques, it made sense why he was Sirzechs and Grayfia's child.
He had inherited both of their unique talents, and could shape his power to use it in this kind of manner.
Ravel even was surprised to see such a move.
Yet, it made her happy to see that Zavian even at a young age was making such a technique.
It made it seem understandable that he did have the talents of both Sirzechs and Grayfia with shaping the POD along with how he used some magic as well, that's what made Zavian quite the Devil in her eyes.
But Bova then began laughing.
"Hahaha! As expected of Zavian-sama! You always come up with weird ways to use your powers! A Sword of Destruction! That's amazing! I'd like to see if your sword can destroy my Dragon scales! Lets see Zavian-sama!"
Zavian watched as Bova shot for him, so Zavian flew down and their clash continued.
Both got in some good hits, Zavian's POD managed to prove shocking to Bova who had become accustomed to fighting Zavian, but saw that Zavian added more of his power than usual, and Zavian had some scratches on his body from Bova's attacks, and managed to receive some wounds, but nothing too dangerous.
But in the end, Zavian managed to overcome Bova with a final swing of his blade which destroyed Bova's stance, and he fell down to the ground while Zavian stood close by with his hands behind his back looking like a proper noblemen, peering down at his Dragon friend, the POD sword disappearing into the ether.
It seemed to be hard to keep the technique up as Zavian was panting a little bit.
"So, are you going to tell me what's going on Bova-kun? You've been acting a little strange since the mention of my growing life was mentioned."
Bova's large eyes went towards Zavian, and then he bit his lower lip.
"...Zavian-sama, you're going to be growing your peerage aren't you? Even if you play it off as fun, you're still going to be trying to find the strongest people that you can, aren't you?"
"Well, I don't know about strength but I'm going to be going for the members who I think would best suit me and my way of living among other things and who I can support, and who support my dreams, and also, people that need a home. But why do you look so sad Bova-kun? You don't have to be sad."
"...Being sad, I wouldn't call it that but..." His eyes went towards Zavian, and with a passionate cry, Bova announced. "I want to stay beside Zavian-sama! I want to be Zavian-sama's Dragon! To be able to call myself 'Zavian-sama Fang!' is a huge deal for me! To be with Zavian-sama is the best! Even if not in your peerage, to be with Zavian-sama always has been a dream of mine since you first defeated me in battle! That day, I changed because of Zavian-sama! You showed me kindness and strength can go hand in hand!"
Zavian blinked at Bova's cry, and could see that Bova seemed deeply serious about what he was saying.
Zavian moved closer to the Dragon who seemed to be on the verge of tears.
But then Zavian placed his hand on Bova's head, and gently patted his head.
"Silly Bova-kun, why wouldn't I accept Bova-kun at all?"
"B-But, you need to have a strong group...and I might not measure up to others out there...if I can't be strong then you would have wasted your power on me..."
"I don't think you're weak Bova-kun. You're very strong. In some ways, you're stronger than I am. Physically, you'd be able to demolish me, and you have talents that I simply don't have. You were worried about this, weren't you?" Bova's face turned crestfallen, so Zavian gently embraced the Dragon and gave him a comforting hug. "Silly Bova-kun, you're like one of my best friends, if you're so passionate about it, then why would I deny you? We're a great team after all, best friends till the end, right Bova-kun?"
Bova began crying heavy tears, while Zavian comforted the Dragon.
It seemed that he worried about that for a while, and also, it seemed like Bova had acknowledged that Zavian was someone that he'd willingly follow no matter what. If that was his Evil Piece, his familiar or simply someone that stood beside him, that's what Bova wished to be.
A weight had been lifted off of Bova's mind.
Ravel watched on and couldn't help but smile slightly…
But then that changed to confusion when Bova's face filled with large tears.
"Zavian-samaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
"Ooh Bova-kun! Don't cry I'm here now!"
Zavian hugged Bova's head while he cried heavy tears.
Ravel was bemused by what was happening at that moment in time.
But she also thought about her own future.
With Sona being there for Zavian…
No, even she could bring something unique to the table, that's what she thought anyway, and wondered if she could also help out Zavian in her own ways different to how Sona would help out with her own way and differentiate herself from Sona and be someone that could help out Zavian and help him achieve many different goals.
When finding the chance and having been told by a source of his, Zavian, after a few weeks of trying to catch the Naberius clan member going out alone, found that chance, and followed after him.
He couldn't tell his parents quite yet, if they had become involved, and truly nothing was going on, then they might be under fire, and he wouldn't allow his parents to suffer because of his thoughts on the matter.
Zavian since he couldn't involve anyone else right now besides some people he knew he could, he went with Souji, Sirzechs' Knight, and Sirzechs' Bishop, MacGregor Mathers. Those two were considered to be very powerful.
Zavian wasn't an idiot.
He wouldn't walk into a trap without any help, or backup if he could help it.
"Zavian-sama, Sirzechs-sama asked me and MacGregor to look after you during these times while he is busy, but are you sure that this is alright?"
"Yes...I'm sure that this man is up to something, please help me out...I'm sorry if I sound selfish, but I need to help those girls out. I feel as if he's truly an evil person...I need to make sure that he is stopped from doing bad things. As Tou-chan can't make baseless accusations, I need to discover what it is this man is doing, before any formal complaints can be made."
Souji wore a complex face.
But in the end, he inclined his neck.
"I also have some doubts about this man and you're right about what you said about Sirzechs-sama, so please follow our lead. Is that alright with you MacGregor?"
"He's like Sirzechs, so of course he's going to want to come along. Even if we said stay back, he'll still come. Yet, this will be good experiences for him when he begins to take on duties such as this on his own. We'll protect you Zavian-sama, just follow after us."
"Yes, I understand. Thank you for helping me."
Zavian agreed, and followed him.
But as they walked, he went into a place where it wasn't usually occupied in the Underworld, and therefore could be dangerous.
Zavian knew it was dangerous, but he had to do it for Kuroka and Shirone, and decided to keep following after him.
But then he stopped, and came to an oddly shaped X that was on the ground.
It was barely noticeable, but it was there sat on the ground, like it was an old rune.
The man turned towards Zavian, MacGregor and Souji but they hid themselves before he could see him, and the Bishop MacGregor used magic to hide their presence from him.
Zavian was good at hiding his presence, he had learned from his Mother, and Father how to do it after the incident happened, in case he needed to hide away from enemies that would want to attack him for being who he was, and MacGregor was impressed that he managed to do it so well, even he couldn't detect him that well, and he was stood right beside him.
Then when he thought no one was there, the Naberius member chanted some spell that Zavian wasn't aware of, but he heard what was being said, and then Zavian saw a portal opening in front of the man, and he stepped inside.
"What the hell..."
Zavian murmured, as MacGregor furrowed his eyebrows.
"It is like a reverse summoning type magic. Instead of bringing something to you, you bring yourself to that location. It is quite intricate, I am quite impressed."
"Can you activate it MacGregor?"
Souji asked, seeing the portal closing.
MacGregor looked over the portal for a few moments, before inclining his neck.
"Yes, I should be capable of opening it. Are we going to go ahead?"
"We need to assess the situation before going in with our forces. It should be enough for the pair of us." Souji stood up. "Zavian-sama, it might be dangerous in there..."
"Souji-san..."
"I understand, you're so kind to not want to do nothing. Let us go, but as we discussed before, keep behind us."
MacGregor used transformation magic on them to make them look like someone else entirely. Since they all had distinguishable appearances, it would be easier if they looked like they belonged, so they made themselves look like a rough and tumble bandit type person.
Then MacGregor used magic to copy the technique of the man before, and opened the portal.
"Fascinating..."
Zavian murmured as they stepped through the portal.
Zavian saw a bunch of people as he walked into what seemed to be a camp. There were stalls up that were selling weapons, and creatures which Zavian found to be disgusting since they were in cages, and also selling other Devils.
"Is this the Underworld? Not, it can't be, can it?"
Zavian asked Souji as they walked together.
"Hmmm...I don't believe so, but it seems accessible from the Underworld. MacGregor, can you tell anything?"
MacGregor hummed as he activated some magic secretly.
"This area seems to be filled with evil intentions. I can also tell that there's some strong enemies around here. Zavian-sama, it seems that we might have uncovered a hideaway for bandits, and Stray Devils and it is thanks to your intuition."
"Thanks...but, I just thought about doing what was right...but we have to find that man..."
"He's that way."
MacGregor spoke, having been able to find him with magic, and pointed towards the left going down a street.
"Either way, stay beside me."
Souji finalized.
"Okay."
Zavian nodded, and followed after Souji with MacGregor and walked through the plaza area. Zavian saw several fairies trapped within cages, and being sold, and Zavian murmured "How horrible." while Souji and MacGregor also felt the same but didn't say anything.
One man who seemed to be a guard of the area noticed the gruff looking Zavian with others and walking, so he moved towards them, and stood in front of Zavian and the others.
"Haven't seen your faces before."
Zavian furrowed his eyebrows, sensing a dangerous leaking intention coming from him.
"Just killed our Master." Zavian lied the best he could. "Dumb Devil tried to enslave us. He was trying to force us to do things that were against my will, so I had to kill that man. I heard that this place is an area that I can kill some more stupid Devils. Is that true?"
Zavian hoped his performance was believable.
He wasn't sure if he believed it.
But the man leaned closer, and inspected Zavian with his eyes and the others.
As befitting of Sirzechs Knight and Bishop, they managed to keep cool under the pressure since they were powerful already.
Though they worried for Zavian.
But to their surprise, Zavian didn't flinch.
He didn't even think about anything other than looking stern and cold, something he had noted with Stray Devils.
He also noticed Naberius was getting further away.
So he pushed past the Devil, who tried to grab him, Souji and MacGregor went to react, but Zavian slid downwards, and brushed the man's hand away from him, and gave him a cold look that was quite like Grayfia.
It almost matched Grayfia, and if it could match Grayfia, who could frighten even Sirzechs, then Zavian's glare caused the man to back down, along with the killing intent Zavian released.
"Good choice."
Zavian walked away, and followed Naberius secretly.
"Nicely handled Zavian-sama."
Souji praised kindly, Zavian smiled gently as they walked together.
Zavian also saw that there were a good bunch of Devils that looked to be killers. Zavian definitely could feel murderous intent in the air,
This place seemed to be a base of operations like this being here, under the noses of the Devils, it was surprising.
The only reason Zavian found it was because he followed Naberius.
But if he didn't then the chances to find this would have been large.
Then after following Naberius, he found him talking to a man with silver hair.
Zavian looked upon this man, and couldn't help but feel like he was looking upon someone that he knew, yet he didn't know why that was, since he was sure that he hadn't met this man before, and wondered what he was.
Without drawing attention to themselves, Zavian and the others continued on.
Zavian got close while MacGregor and Souji made sure that they got all the details as they could.
Zavian noticed that the man seemed to be dealing with Naberius, and gave him documents...and they had Zavian's name on them.
Zavian narrowed his eyes, and went to convey to Souji when the silver haired man's eyes landed on Zavian himself as if he sensed him there. Even with his appearance changed, it was like he knew it was Zavian under the illusion.
For that instant, Zavian stopped.
He couldn't even blink.
The man's eyes felt cold...yet, also warm.
Zavian couldn't explain it.
But it was like the man was staring at him with a mixture of hatred and kindness all wrapped up into one.
He mouthed something like "See you soon." which freaked Zavian out, and he didn't even want to think about it.
Then the man walked away, Zavian blinked to clear his mind, and then pushed against Souji's clothing.
"Souji-san...a man over there, was given a file with my name on it...he left that way..."
Zavian didn't even want to think about what that man was doing, and why he had his name on it.
Souji's eyes narrowed, and quickly left while whispering "Stay with MacGregor." which Zavian did, allowing Souji to secretly follow after the man, but Zavian wasn't sure if he would be able to think clearly, after seeing that.
What would Naberius be doing with a file on him, and who was the silver haired man and why would he want it?
Those questions all went through his mind, but he didn't have any ideas on what it would be like.
Naberius glanced at Zavian who looked right towards him.
Naberius' eyes narrowed and so did Zavian's own.
Then Naberius made a sphere of demonic power and launched it at the man close to Zavian, hitting him hard, and pushed him down.
"What the hell!?"
The man yelled out, and turned to see Zavian, and glared.
Zavian grimaced, as MacGregor stepped forward, and got between them.
"Is there a problem?"
"That bastard attacked me! Get out of the way before-"
"Before, what?"
MacGregor threatened with a dark glare in his eyes.
Zavian looked towards the Naberius, and saw that he had already escaped.
"No..."
"Do not worry, I have already gathered the evidence we need."
MacGregor confirmed kindly, while pushing back the Devil that tried to attack Zavian.
After a minute or so, Souji came back, and stood before Zavian.
Zavian and the others walked off to a quiet area so they could talk.
"Did you find him?"
"Whoever he was, I couldn't find him. He seemed to be good at masking his presence. But we should be leaving, since I've confirmed a few things about this place. We need you to return back home, while we make arrangements for this area to be sealed off. A fight might break out so it would be better if you weren't here."
"Yes, I understand. I should also go and make sure that Kuroka-san and Shirone-san are okay."
"Yes, I understand, I'll inform Sirzechs-sama about this right away. Then MacGregor, send Zavian-sama back to the Underworld."
Zavian knew it was serious so he did what he needed to do at that moment in time. He needed to go and make sure that Kuroka and Shirone were safe and sound.
When Zavian's eyes adjusted to the light around him, he was brought back to the Underworld, just outside of his home.
Immediately, Zavian decided to call Shirone to make sure that she was alright.
A magical circle appeared beside his ear, and waited for a response.
[Zavian-san, I'm glad you called...it's Onee-sama.]
"Kuroka-san? Has something happened?"
[Onee-sama's just gone out...she said she'd be back soon, but she looked very serious. I'm currently trying to follow her Zavian-san...but Onee-sama seems serious...I'm worried, she had a meeting with our Master this morning and if something happens then...]
Zavian furrowed his eyebrows.
"I see...then I'll be right there Shirone-san, tell me where you go, and I'll come and help you."
[...Thank you Zavian-san.]
Zavian inhaled slowly, and began calling the Gremory household, but he didn't receive an answer. All he got was some maids that had said Lord, and Lady Gremory had gone out with Rias, and Sirzechs' peerage weren't at home either.
Zavian understood why as they had been called away to deal with what Zavian had just found out.
So, he had to go and leave.
However, as he was going to run up his path, that's when Sona, Bova, Tsubaki, and Ravel were all walking up towards him.
"H-Hey, I'm surprised you're here."
"Yes, we came to have some time to play together. Remember Zavian-kun?"
Zavian recalled that he had said he'd be having some fun with them that day, but since it came urgently with Naberius, he had to leave immediately.
"Y-Yeah...but, something has come up, so I've got to get going."
"Zavian-sama, what's...is something going on?"
Ravel asked, seeing Zavian being in a hurry.
Zavian furrowed his eyebrows.
"It's top secret, something that I've been investigating for a while now."
"And that is?"
Zavian looked towards Ravel who asked that.
"Thinking about doing something that could cause trouble, Zavian-kun?"
Sona spoke up, Zavian chuckled awkwardly, and he didn't know what to say since he didn't want to trouble Sona and the others...no, he didn't want to endanger them.
Zavian scratched the back of his head gently.
"Y-Yeah, I'm just hehehe...n-nothing too much, just checking things out, and then..."
"You're going to go and sneak into an area that the man known as Naberius has been occupying, aren't you? Or, are you thinking about following the Nekomata known as Kuroka-san?"
Zavian could feel Sona's cold expression on his form.
Zavian chuckled nervously.
"Your question has many possible answers."
"Would you like to venture one?"
Sona said with a no nonsense stare.
Zavian continued chuckling awkwardly.
"Well, one might say yes, and one might say no..."
"And this one before me is saying yes, is that right?"
Zavian winced at Sona's tone.
"...Maybe."
Sona inhaled through her nose sharply, pulling closer.
"You're going to conduct activity that might be considered dangerous?"
"Yes, that's right."
"And might I ask, why that is?"
Zavian furrowed his eyebrows.
"Because I have to make sure that Shirone-san and Kuroka-san are safe."
Sona gave a surprised look towards Zavian.
"To make sure they're safe? It is that simple?"
"Yes. Shirone-san has shared with me that Kuroka-san has been going out several times during the weeks, and I am concerned that something has been happening. I've seen some wounds on her, and I don't want anything bad to happen to her, so I had someone watch her when she would be leaving, and I just received word that she has just left, and is currently following after her. If she goes to a dangerous place and gets hurt then it would be pretty bad."
"Then we should go and get your Tou-sama-"
"Tou-chan is busy Sona-san. I have to leave now."
Zavian tried to move forward with Ravel and Bova following, but Sona got in the way.
"You're going to a place you don't know about, you could be hurt or worse."
"And if I don't go then Kuroka-san could be hurt, or worse. I'll contact people along the way, but the person I have following her wont be able to handle it alone, and she could be hurt if she is left alone for too long. So I'm going to go and help her as much as I can."
Sona folded her arms.
"I'm not sure about this. Potentially, it could be too dangerous, and then you could die as a result of such things. Do you want to suffer like that?"
"No, I don't want anyone else to suffer either. I've had suspicions about them for a while now, so I have to do something...anything. Shirone-san seems worried, and there's no one at the Gremory castle that could offer assistance right now."
Sona released a small breath.
She didn't like the idea of Zavian going off on his own like this.
But she could understand why they had to leave so quickly.
If it was the case where they would have to go immediately, then she couldn't complain about it, she would have to make sure that she would be alright.
She then folded her arms, and bowed her head.
"If that's what you're going to do then I can't say anything other than just agree, and go with you."
Zavian showed a calming smile on his face.
"Thank you Sona-san."
"Then we should be going immediately."
Zavian nodded his head, and together, the group set off to find out what was going on with Kuroka.
Though Zavian wasn't sure what was going to be ahead of him, he was sure that he wasn't going to let down Kuroka and Shirone and do everything that he could to make sure that those girls were safe, no matter what else would happen.
End chapter!
So Zavian and Tsubaki got a little closer with him helping her out with her powers, and her beasts doing something that she had, desired though Zavian doesn't really care about being stripped. Shirone's trust in Zavian is quite high, and Zavian himself is out on a mission to do his best to make sure that Kuroka and Shirone are safe, even tracking down a mysterious market, where a mysterious silver haired man was, and had some details on Zavian. Why he wanted these, we'll find out in the future! But aside from that, Zavian's asked Sona to be in his peerage! Sona is thinking about it, but she'll need to see what Zavian can do before accepting as it is her future so she wants to make sure. Even Bova wanted to know his future, and had a fight with Zavian to clear his mind, Zavian setting him straight that he always wanted Bova to be his friend no matter what else. Even Ravel is considering joining his group, why she would we'll discover more about in the future.
Anyway, onto the peerage! It seems that the Ravel love is there, and she'll serve a unique role in Zavian's life, separate to Sona's role in his life since as a Maou's child, he's going to have a lot of things to deal with. So yeah, Ravel's in the peerage! As for Kuroka, I'm tossed between having her either join the peerage or be a contract like Asia has with Fafnir. Either way, it will be decided by next chapter, the same with Bova being Zavian's contract/familiar or peerage member.
Also a number of people have been talking about having female Cao Cao on the peerage, that would be different, and having the True Longinus on Zavian's peerage would look quite great to the Underworld, and I think some interesting combinations would occur between Cao Cao and Zavian. So yeah, I'll pose that question to you all, and if it does happen, I'd have the piece either be a Mutated Knight, and in that case Xenovia would be the last remaining Rook, or last remaining Mutated Pawns, or Mutated Queen, in that case Sona would be the Bishop, and Ravel would take the Pawns. If female Cao Cao does join, then I'd know what I'd do with the Hero Faction and who'd be in charge of it instead. And if not chosen, then I know who's going to fill the last pieces of the peerage.
So yeah, that's the end, until next time where Zavian works with the group to rescue Kuroka, and deal with Naberius! Thanks for reading!
Zavian peerage
Queen; Sona.
Rooks; Koneko, Undecided.
Bishops; Asia, Ravel.
Knights; Xenovia, Tsubaki.
Pawns; Elmenhilde (two pieces), Saji (three pieces), Undecided.
Zavian; Xenovia, Koneko, Serafall, Gabriel, Sona, Tsubaki, Asia, Elmenhilde, Kuroka, Saji (fem), Ravel.