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Clarent excalibur; Thanks for the vote! Yeah, I could see Bova doing something like that. And yeah, due to her ability to attract dragon's, I could see Bova taking a liking to Asia. Tsubaki's always fun to write for, and yeah I could see them just doing that as they grow older, knowing his habits. That would be funny to see Bova do that. She probably wouldn't be freaked out about it. Ooh yeah, she'd be showing up during that time. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Oblivious IJ; In some respects, yeah~ He did yeah~ In some ways he is yeah. Basically, Sona's the serious one most of the time to Zavian's playful side. Your guess is as good as mine. Yeah maybe in the future. Ehehe, they'd be very OP indeed.
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ShadowUzumaki55; Thanks very much! Yeah, that's his Gremory way, he just doesn't care. He is yeah, but with his friends helping him out, and his own wits, he wont allow anyone like that to join. He has yeah, he understands what his life is going to be like and having someone like Sona to support him would be for the best. Glad that you liked it! Yeah, Zavian can do such things, and he'll also show some inventive ways to use it in the future. Thanks for the vote! Yeah, he'll have to have his wits about him.
Arkraith; Well you never know. It's actually really a long story, but to cut it down and simplify it, it's a joke between my friend and me and it started with something we were talking about. It evolved into this. Nothing to do with taking focus, or anything, just for some good fun.
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AlphaOmega; In this case, Zavian just doesn't care, its a flip on that where usually they freak out, but in this case, Zavian just takes it in his stride. Well, if you've read recent LN's, then Tsubaki's got quite the hidden pervy side to her. Yeah, since he's the Maou's son, he's quite popular, but that's not always the best. They are yeah, they want to make sure he's safe. It will yeah, it will strengthen bonds between Phenex and Gremory, and Sitri and Gremory. Maybe. Yeah, lets see what happens!
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Lightwave; Yup, it's going to be quite something~ They do yeah, they care and want to make sure he's okay.
Neonlight01; She did yeah, and later in the novels, Tsubaki's shown more of a pervy side that she's quite embarrassed about. He did yeah, he understands what it is going to take for the future. And yeah, you'd have a point, and maybe something else would happen during that part of the arc. Yeah that sounds pretty cool to me! Thanks for the votes!
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Save those Neko's part two!
Kuroka had a mission right now, and that was to end this.
Everything that had been happening.
She couldn't hold back anymore, and decided to go towards the location she thought that he would be to end this. To protect Shirone, to keep everyone safe, and that was her mission in this moment in time.
She thought about what the implications would be…
But this was about her little sister.
Someone she found to be very important, and someone that she loved.
She wouldn't allow harm to come to her.
She thought about what would happen after she did this…
But then she thought of Zavian.
Someone she hadn't expected she'd have met.
A Devil that was kind.
She didn't think such things existed.
But it seemed like that was the case.
He was kind, and genuine.
And he cared about Shirone.
That was enough for her.
If Shirone was safe, then that's all that mattered in the end, and she could carry on with her ideas right now to do what she needed to do no matter what else was going to happen, and she didn't realize that Shirone was following due to her single minded nature right now, and her goals.
Kuroka entered what appeared to be a forest, and thought that she would be able to catch him off guard…
But when she arrived deeper into the forest, her Master, Naberius was stood there, seemingly with an angry expression on his face.
"What's wrong with you?"
Kuroka demanded, readying herself to kill him.
However, his eyes narrowed upon Kuroka.
"How dare you try and get away with this?"
"What are you talking about?"
Kuroka didn't quite understand what he was saying.
But Naberius continued to glare hard.
"I saw him, that Zavian Gremory. He followed after me, and found out about what my transactions have been going on for. You think that I would merely allow that to happen? You think that you can do such things?"
"...So, he followed you, and found you out, is that right?"
Kuroka couldn't help but feel conflicted about this.
It meant that he could be in danger.
It only gave her another reason to finish him off.
"Of course! I know it was him! And you allowed him to follow me, didn't you?! Did you alert him to my presence, is that what it was!?"
"I didn't tell him anything. He was concerned about me and Shirone nyaaa. That's probably why he followed you...and you think I wouldn't find out about what experiments you were going to do to Shirone? I wont allow you to harm Shirone, I'll kill you before you can even lay a finger on her nyaaa."
Naberius folded his arms confidently.
"Is that so?"
"Yeah that's right nyaa. You know how this is going to end. I'm a lot stronger than you are. I've grown more powerful than you are. I wont let you hurt Shirone, and I'm through with working for you."
Kuroka began moving forward while her Senjutsu swam around her form. The aura of it completely dazzled the enemy, and it was like he was ready to take down the enemy no matter what. Kuroka had a killing intent that could cause most to cry out in fear.
Naberius pulled backwards, and summoned demonic power to his hand and went to shoot it out when Kuroka wiggled her fingers, and the ground below the man began to turn into a watery substance, like mud, and it began swallowing the man whole.
"W-What are you doing?!"
He yelled out while shooting demonic power at the mud.
But said mud suck the demonic power into it, and exploded the power underneath him, and though he thought that he would be propelled upwards, he wasn't and was still sinking down into the mud while Kuroka glared harshly at him.
"C-Come on now Kuroka, you don't want to do this to me! Didn't I give you a home?!"
"You gave us a home, only to abuse our powers, and you were going to abuse Shirone. I don't take kindly to people doing that nyaaa."
Naberius' eyes narrowed angrily at Kuroka.
Kuroka didn't care though and she continued allowing him to sink down into the mud.
"I didn't want to waste you Kuroka. You had much talent, and I could've used your powers. But it seems that I don't have a choice now."
"What are you babbling on about now?"
Kuroka looked as if she didn't care.
But the man placed his hand outwards, and from behind Kuroka, a magical circle grew larger and larger. Kuroka's eyes turned around to see the magical circle growing, and from it, a beast began to rise out of it, the darkness of the creatures eyes caught Kuroka's attention who widened said eyes that she had.
"Sorry Kuroka, but you'll be eliminated, and then I'll have Shirone to experiment on."
Kuroka's eyes narrowed angrily, and saw the sadistic smirk of the man.
But the beast that had appeared…
Was strong.
And now she knew, she was in trouble.
Zavian followed the place where his informant had told him to go, and found that it was an area that most didn't visit in the Underworld because of the rumours of a beast being there that could even kill a normal High Class Devil with ease.
It was a place that was owned by a clan that Zavian, Ravel and Sona didn't really like, especially after hearing about the predicament that Shirone and Kuroka were currently in.
Zavian saw Shirone stood just outside of the darkened woodland area, so he walked closer towards her.
He saw desperation in her eyes.
Worry.
Fear.
It was clear that Shirone was feeling worried for her elder sister, and it made sense why.
You didn't have to know of the area to know that it was highly dangerous.
It was easy to tell with the creepy feelings coming from the woodland area before them, it was that worrying.
"Onee-sama went inside there Zavian-san… I'm worried about her. I tried my best to not be seen by her, but Onee-sama seemed to be going strong."
Zavian placed his hand on top of her head.
"Yeah I know Shirone-san, we'll go and find out what's happening right now okay?"
Shirone bowed her head, and held onto Zavian's hand. A flash of jealousy ripped through Ravel's eyes while Zavian gave a comforting face to Shirone, seeing that she was distressed right now. Sona pushed up her glasses, and furrowed her eyebrows.
"Zavian-kun, we can't go into there. If we do then we could be attacked by the beast that's supposed to be housed here. Since this area is controlled by another Clan than ours, it is something of a guard dog like being, but I've heard rumours that it has been known to kill those who enter the territory. We should wait for backup to arrive."
Zavian could understand that, why she'd say something like that.
But he was also worried about Kuroka, and could see that there was something about the woods that would cause problems.
"I know you're right, but if we wait then there could be disastrous consequences for Kuroka-san. This place has been known to kill Devils...honestly, the only reason it isn't gone is Naberius and their ties with..." Zavian furrowed his eyebrows, and thought about a few things. "...Hmmmm, there's..."
"Is something wrong Zavian-sama?"
Ravel asked with a worried face.
Zavian showed a calm smile on his face, shaking his head.
"No of course not, I'm alright."
Zavian reassured her.
But, something deep inside told him that he was beginning to understand a number of things that were going on.
But before that though, there was a scream that rang out from the forest.
"O-Onee-sama!"
Shirone cried out with worry, knowing the voice instantly.
Zavian tightened his hand, and threw his hand to Sona.
"You stay here Sona-san, with Tsubaki-san, Bova-kun, Shirone-san, and Ravel-chan. I'll go and see what's happening!"
"Oh no you don't! Not without me Zavian-sama!"
Bova bravely said, but Zavian shook his head.
"You said you want to stay beside me, right?"
Bova nodded his head strongly.
"Yes of course! I'll do anything you ask me to!"
"Then please stay here and look after everyone here. I'm placing my trust in you Bova-kun, I know you can do this."
Bova was torn.
He wanted to follow Zavian and fight beside him.
But he did believe genuinely that Zavian would know best of what to say and what to do.
In the end, he bowed his head, and just nodded his head slowly.
"Yes, I understand."
Zavian nodded, and shot off towards the dense woods before him.
Shooting through the trees, and hopping across the trees, Zavian searched for Kuroka within the wooded area.
Zavian went through the forest for over a minute, before coming up against a barrier that blocked his path. It was demonic in nature, Zavian narrowed his eyes, and placed his hand outwards, unleashing a barrage of POD power that destroyed the barrier with ease, only for some bat looking creatures to fly down towards him in a fast movement.
"I don't have time for this!"
Zavian placed his hands outwards, and gathered two spheres of POD. Then with a flick of his wrist, he sent them off in strong bursts, and moved his fingers in complex manners, the POD spheres followed, and washed over the bat creatures again and again, destroying their bodies as Zavian noticed the nature of the bats were quite abnormal, it was almost as if they had been enhanced by something.
Then when they were done, Zavian continued moving forward at a fast pace.
After another minute or so, he found a clearing, where he saw on the ground, a bleeding Kuroka, and hovering above her, was a chimera looking beast. It had a snakes tail, and a lions head, and a body that Zavian wasn't aware of, it closely resembled a monkey's, but it wasn't exactly like that, and its hands were sharpened claws.
And near her, was Naberius with his cold eyes.
But when he saw Zavian, he gasped.
"Damn it!"
"Kuroka-san!"
Zavian called out, but Kuroka didn't answer, so Zavian shot forward, and sent off a strong wave of POD towards the chimera beast. However, the beast turned towards Zavian and opened its mouth wide, unleashing a very powerful flaming energy that could even compete with the likes of Bova and others of that nature, a Dragon.
Zavian's and the beasts attacks flashed while clashing against one another, destroying each other's power, cancelling it out, only for the beast to shoot off towards Zavian like it was hungry, opening its mouth, and its sharp teeth went towards Zavian's body to chomp down on him, as Zavian saw that Naberius was trying to escape.
"I don't think so!"
Befitting being his Mother, and Father's child, Zavian was quite skilled in magic, and he managed to raise a barrier of magic quite quickly, blocking off the sharpened teeth which tried to crunch through the magic barrier.
As it tried to bite through the barrier, Zavian created a block of ice before Naberius, and froze his path so he couldn't escape. Naberius glared, and turned towards Zavian who was blocking the barriers.
"Thinking that you can suddenly try and do anything to me!"
Naberius summoned demonic power, and shot it towards Zavian who was keeping the barriers up.
With the combined attacks of teeth and demonic power, Zavian's barriers broke.
But immediately, Zavian raised another set of barriers before the beast, and demonic power could move closer, Zavian gritting his teeth at the sight.
Kuroka's eyes hazily opened briefly, looking towards Zavian who was defending her, and she couldn't work out why.
"...Why are...you doing this…?"
Kuroka cried out, trying to think of what was happening.
Zavian glanced at Kuroka, and offered a smile.
That smile caused her to feel different things.
"Because you're my friend, I'll definitely save you Kuroka-san, no matter what."
Kuroka's eyes lit up with fresh tears.
But that also showed how happy she was.
How loved she felt in that moment.
Kuroka, in her last moments of consciousness, stretched out her hand, and formed a space around Naberius which stopped his demonic power, and he couldn't even teleport out of there, he was trapped within her barriers.
"Sealed...you in...another space...take that..."
Zavian looked towards Naberius and saw that he indeed was trapped. He couldn't move out of the barrier, and even when he used his demonic power, it still didn't work. Kuroka had used all her power to seal him, and that gave Zavian the chance.
"Kuroka-san...stay with me Kuroka-san! Okay!? Keep your eyes open!"
"...Sorry...take care...of Shirone...for me..."
While Zavian's barriers broke, and rose once more, Kuroka passed out from the attack she received.
"L-Let me out of here!"
Naberius yelled, but Zavian ignored him and turned to the chimera beast.
Zavian added his POD to the magical barrier, which mixed with the magic barrier, and due to the destructive nature of the POD, along with blocking the teeth, the POD travelled up the teeth of the monster, and destroyed them down, not even a spec of the beast was left.
But then the beast released a fiery blast right close to Zavian's body, and the barrier broke, so Zavian shot outwards but the beast raised his claws, and swiped for Zavian's body, slicing towards his arm and legs.
"Hah!"
Zavian spread his wings flying off to the sky, avoiding the claws, but saw that the claws were going for Kuroka instead so he shot downwards like a bullet, all the while shooting off bullets of destruction towards the enemy before him.
But when the POD blasts hit against the beasts body, it barely created more than small wounds.
It didn't even seem to be phased which surprised Zavian, but he didn't stop, and got towards the passed out Kuroka, but saw the beast going towards Zavian with its claws, and he knew that he wouldn't be able to make it out in time, so he unleashed his POD which had a mixture of silver inside of the attack, clashing with the claws of the beast, but the beast despite having its claws being deleted out of existence, continued swinging for Zavian.
Zavian attempted to move out of the way, but a sea of flames came towards both Kuroka and Zavian.
Since Kuroka was knocked out, and Zavian was destroying the claws, he decided to turn to the flames, and use several layers of thick barriers, blocking the flames, but the flames were strong, and smashed through his barriers.
"Damn it."
Deciding to keep Kuroka safe, Zavian placed her down behind him, and released his barriers, to place barriers around Kuroka to keep her safe, and used his remaining power to clash with the flames, and the claws at the same time.
Zavian noted that the healing of this beast was incredible.
By now, he thought that his claws would have been destroyed completely.
While they were being destroyed, the healing aspect of the beast was more than enough for Zavian to understand that this beast probably went through some kind of experimentation to make it as strong as it is, but Zavian didn't give up, and managed to destroy the flames with his POD just in time but the claws sliced Zavian's body.
It brought fresh blood down his top, cutting into his skin.
But he didn't even wince.
He had suffered more pain than that in his life so claws like that didn't even register with him.
"Seems like you're quite good, beast. But you wont beat me so easily."
The beast howled, and shot off flames towards Zavian.
Zavian however dodged out of the way, and coated his fist in POD power. The beast shot off many flaming attacks, but Zavian avoided them one by one which scorched the ground, while it attempted to slice towards Zavian with its other claw, but Zavian leaped over it, avoiding the slicing of the beast.
Zavian then landed, but the beasts head was right on him, opening its mouth at close range, ready to release fire at a moments notice.
"I wont allow it."
But as he did that, from the side, a sphere of water slammed against the beast, knocking it backwards ever so slightly, allowing Zavian the chance to leap upwards, and nail a fist full of POD right in its stomach, strengthening the power of Zavian's attack, and ripped into the stomach of the beast, creating a small hole which began leaking blood.
"Charge!"
Another voice came out, and a fireball shot out towards the beast, slamming against its body and forced it to step away, burning the beast ever so slightly.
"I've got Kuroka-sama!"
Zavian turned to see Ravel with Shirone lifting Kuroka out of the barriers he set up, all the while Tsubaki began spinning a naginata, and sliced at the beasts body, cutting into the side of the beast, and then leaped backwards, appearing beside Sona and Bova who stepped out.
"Sona-san...everyone. Why did you come? It could be dangerous."
Sona pushed up her glasses.
"Clearly, it seems like you're suddenly becoming involved with these types of things, and if we didn't come then maybe reckless things might happen. You are Sirzechs-sama's child, and also being around Onee-sama makes you reckless. Honestly, I have to make sure that you don't become too reckless. What would Onee-sama call it...ah yes, you have too big of a heart to not rush into danger. Clearly you need to have someone to rein you in sometimes."
Sona said it strictly, but Tsubaki got close to Zavian and whispered in his ear.
"While we were waiting outside, Sona-sama was showing the most concern, so she rallied the others to come and give you assistance. She said something like "Zavian-kun surely will do reckless things, but I simply can't let him die, so lets go and give him assistance." so that's why we ended up coming here."
Zavian was surprised to here that.
Sona, the logical person, lead with her heart rather than her head.
Zavian could understand.
"I see, so that's what happened."
"What did you say Zavian-kun?"
Sona spoke up, not hearing what Tsubaki had said.
Zavian chuckled, shaking his head.
"Nothing at all~" Zavian saw the beast rise up from where it was before, and turn its aggression towards them. "I guess that we don't have a choice in this case, lets all work together, and completely destroy it!"
[Yes!]
The others replied with pep, and showed strong feelings on their faces.
Sona then directed her hands towards Zavian.
"Zavian-kun, your power should be able to surpass its regeneration speed."
"Y-You know about that?"
Sona nodded slowly.
"Of course, I had seen some of the battle before stepping into the fray. But that's not important, it should be easy enough to destroy this thing if you build your demonic power to concentrate on destruction. We rest can deal with the enemy until then, is that okay with everyone else here?" They all nodded, as Zavian looked unsure. "Do not be concerned Zavian-kun, this is a simple tactic, yet effective. Since you have the destructive power if built up, then you can use it to help us destroy this enemy."
"Alright then but I'll need about a minute to muster up that kind of destructive power."
"That's fine, Bova-san!"
"Aye!"
Bova grew to his natural state, and appeared to be a big Dragon. While not his Father's height yet, Bova was still tall, and had strong flames that were released in a strong burst, but the beast released its own fire right towards Bova's own, clashing in a blazing glory, while Zavian activates a magic circle beneath him, and stuck out his hand, concentrating on the area of destruction that his Father had gifted him.
"That's good, now Tsubaki-san, it's time to unleash your attack at the wound it suffered before!"
"Yes!"
Tsubaki, swinging her naginata around, rushed forward as Bova distracted it. Since it was a simple blade, she made a stab towards the enemy, but the tail of the beast came up, the snake aspect of it, chomped down towards Tsubaki.
Zavian growled, and went to step in, when Sona gathered water around the tail of the monster, and many birds clung to the tail, and pulled the tail backwards, allowing Tsubaki enough time to get in close, and slice at the wound that the beast already had thanks to Zavian, causing it to bleed a deep red colour, and that allowed Bova the time to increase his flames and broke through the enemies, crashing against the beast before it, and sent it smashing against the ground.
Sona allowed a small smile to appear, but that soon ended when the beast stood up, and charged for Bova once more. Bova went to spit out flames, when the beast ran an aura through its body, and swung its large fist for Bova, who tried doing it back, but the beast simply had too much strength and knocked Bova down to the ground, Zavian winced at seeing his friend being hurt like that.
But he still concentrated on his power building while Tsubaki jumped out of the way, once the beast shot off an aura of its power towards her, which turned the ground before her to rubble, Sona narrowed her eyes, and changed the water into a large snake, which wrapped around the opponent, and pulled it downwards.
"I've got it Zavian-kun, just be ready when I give the signal."
"Right."
Zavian continued concentrating on his power, but the beast struggled against Sona's water, and its aura leaked out enough to destroy the power making the water take that shape, which fell down to the ground like rain.
But because it was still there, the water rose up once more, and clung to the body of the beast, as Bova got up from the ground, and widened its mouth, chomping down onto the beasts body, causing it to let out a howl of pain.
"That's right, the Dragon bites!"
While Bova bit into it, Tsubaki rushes closer the best she could, and slashes at the wound Zavian caused it before to make it more bloodier and dangerous for him.
But that didn't last long when the beast unleashed its aura, crumbling Sona's water, blew Tsubaki backwards, and Bova was forced to let go of the beast, only to receive a wave of flames right for his body and forced him down to the ground.
Sona grimaced at the sight, but Zavian showed he was ready so she nodded.
"Then lets begin!"
Sona readied her water once more.
But rather than attack the creature, it wrapped around one of its arms, and dragged its body downwards. As she did, Bova got up from the other side, and grabbed its other arm, and pulled it downwards, following what Sona was doing.
Zavian then looked to Sona who nodded.
"Then I'll destroy it right now!"
Zavian rushed forward while keeping his demonic sphere on high.
The destructive power of it seemed incredible.
Like it could destroy the forest alone.
Zavian kept running, and when getting close to the beast, he thrusted the sphere into the beasts body, where it had been wounded before. All natural defences were crumbling away, even the aura it tried to release was being destroyed by Zavian's POD destructive nature, and slid inside of the beasts body.
"Expand!"
The sphere inside of the beast grew with the demonic power compressed inside, and became a sphere that ate away at the body of the creature. From the inside, its body was being destroyed, and soon it became apparent on the outside, when a huge hole opens up in the body of the creature, and the sphere continued to grow until it ate up all of the body, Zavian landing on the floor, and panted slightly, but the beast that had caused trouble, was simply already deceased, causing the others to relax a little bit.
Zavian looked towards Naberius who was shell shocked by what had happened.
He looked scared.
His beast had been destroyed, and he was the only one left.
That scared him more than he thought he would.
"I wont let you hurt Kuroka-san and Shirone-san anymore! Do you understand?! Your evil is over now!"
Naberius' eyes fell slowly into despair.
He didn't have any cards to play.
It was simple as that.
He was terrified.
But that soon ended when Shirone began crying.
"Onee-sama...w-why aren't you waking up Onee-sama…? Please wake up Onee-sama...please..."
Zavian heard her cries, so he rushed towards her, and saw the wounds on her body.
He turned to Ravel who immediately nodded.
"Y-Yes, here!"
Ravel took out a vial of Phoenix Tears, and threw them to Zavian, who caught them and poured the liquid over Kuroka's wounds. But even then, Zavian and the others knew the truth about what was happening.
"...Zavian-san, Onee-sama is..."
"She's lost a good amount of blood." Zavian began, Shirone's eyes turned downwards with sadness. "But, we'll get her to the hospital immediately. Don't worry Shirone-san, she wont die today."
Shirone and the others then get up to leave, when Sirzechs arrives.
Before he could say anything, he saw Kuroka in such a condition, and then Zavian and the others.
He also saw Naberius trapped within a barrier.
"I see...then it is the confirmed suspicions...yes, I'll deal with this right away. Zavian, everyone come here."
Realizing what had happened, Sirzechs ushered them closer, and made a circle to transport them all along with detaining Naberius.
While Kuroka was being treated, Zavian stood in front of his Father who looked down towards him. He didn't say anything for a good while, Zavian just thought that Sirzechs might be thinking how he let him down or something like that.
That was the last thing he wanted.
But he didn't even know what Sirzechs was thinking.
He just had a stone face.
After waiting for a little while, Zavian went to speak when Sirzechs began.
"Before you say anything, I'm not disappointed in you."
Zavian was quite surprised to hear that.
"Y-You're not…?"
Sirzechs bent down towards Zavian and petted the young boys head.
"Of course not, you saved that girl today with your friends. You thought something was off, and carried out a plan and it was successful. I'm proud of you my boy, and you managed to work together with your friends, that's also a good part of being a leader, relying on others strengths. I was, just worried about you. But, it seems that you can use your powers quite well. Like when you destroyed that beast, it was awesome~ I didn't see it fully, but I saw Ravel's little recording of it. She thought that they'd need evidence so she recorded it."
Zavian was surprised Ravel did that.
But it meant that she truly did care about what was happening.
Zavian chuckled lightly, as Sirzechs ruffles Zavian's hair.
"But what about before..."
"Souji and MacGregor informed me about your thoughts, and decided to investigate, with your assistance. Since I was busy, it seems you took on duties to track down potential enemies."
"Yes...I know you might have been worried...but, I..."
"You went to my Knight and Bishop, you did the right thing Zavian. If you had gone on your own during a situation where you had a lot of time to plan, then I would have been mad. But, since you used your head, and went to a place with my peerage members and uncovered a place that housed Stray Devils selling illegal products and even Devils, and other creatures, along with stopping that Naberius member who's currently under house arrest, that kind of achievement at your age, is fantastic. I'm proud of you."
It felt good to hear that from his Father.
Sirzechs was proud of him.
"Does Kaa-chan know about this…?"
Zavian spoke with worry.
But Sirzechs shook his head.
"No, I wouldn't allow any stress to be put onto her, so lets not tell her, okay? Not until the baby is born anyway." Zavian nodded his head. "Good, now tell me what's been going on lately. The truth about what you've found out."
"How did you..."
Zavian couldn't hide his astonishment of what he was hearing from Sirzechs.
It seemed like he had known more than Zavian had allowed to be slipped.
"Because you're my son, I knew you'd do something. I didn't think it would lean towards this, but since it is you, I can understand that you'd do something. I've also had my own thoughts about that Naberius man for a while now."
"Yes...here." Zavian took out a few files with magic, and gave it to his Father. "Since meeting him, I found out some details about him. I can't confirm it all, but there's some evidence there...Kuroka-san would have the rest, I'm sure of it. But I think she's worried she might get into trouble. Since she's alone, and how some people have already viewed the neko girls because of their status as basically strays in some respects...I can get why she would be worried about going to the Devils for some help...maybe she felt abandoned by the world, and unable to trust anyone...maybe even me."
Zavian expressed joylessly.
Hearing about what had happened, and his own evidence, along with how Kuroka had been distant.
"I can understand that. But we need to have her testimony before we do anything. While this evidence is pretty damming, it isn't enough to be proven. If she told us then we would be able to arrest him immediately. If she knows more than she's letting on then..."
"I'll speak to her."
Zavian spoke with a kind smile on his face, Sirzechs couldn't help but hold pride in his face for his young son.
"I'm sure you'll be able to get what we need. I'll leave her to you while I finish off some business."
Zavian nodded, and walked towards Kuroka's room.
Since she was unconscious, it would be a while before she would be saying anything at all.
Zavian also understood though that he would have to wait.
After waiting for a few hours, thanks to the medical expertise of the hospital, they were able to help Kuroka to a place where her life was no longer in danger. When she opened her eyes, she groaned, and felt pain rippling through her body.
Then she saw Zavian sitting beside her bed.
"Z-Zavi-chan, what are you doing here?"
She seemed surprised, Zavian however gave a calm expression on his face.
"Kuroka-san, we know about your Master. He's been doing illegal research on people, hasn't he?" Kuroka's eyes lowered to her bed sheets. "...Did he try and do that to you Kuroka-san?"
"...He said that if I did things for him, then he wouldn't do it to Shirone or myself. But I've been having suspicions about him recently, so I..."
"What were you doing in the forest? With Naberius."
Zavian asked kindly, wanting to connect.
Kuroka however didn't say anything, and just looked down at the sheet.
Zavian pushed closer to the bed.
"Kuroka-san...you're worried you're going to be killed or something, aren't you?" Kuroka didn't say anything, but Zavian saw her eyes flickering. "You're scared...for Shirone-san and yourself, aren't you?" Kuroka's hands tightened, and some tears came to her eyes. "You wont be harmed Kuroka-san."
"How do you know that though? You couldn't possible know."
Kuroka spoke with an accusing tone.
But without missing a beat, Zavian continued.
"Because I said as much. I don't take my words lightly, if I am going to say something then I will say it and say it with truth and try to make that goal be accomplished. It might be hard, but if you tell me everything that's been happening, then my Tou-chan has promised that he'll secure you and Shirone-san, no matter what."
Kuroka didn't know if she could trust that.
It was hard for her to think about.
But seeing how Zavian was looking at her, and how he was also taking care of Shirone…
"You saved my life...I remember when I was attacked...I barely remember what happened...but before I passed out...you saved my life."
"Yes, that's right I did. And I'd do it again anytime that you need saving."
Kuroka though still was unsure about a few things.
"But why…? Aren't I just a stray to you nyaaa? You're the famous son of Sirzechs Lucifer, and Grayfia, the strongest Queen. Yet, you came to save a stray cat nyaaa? I've been naughty you know...I've had to do things to keep Shirone safe...why would you even want to be near me...the things I've done is..."
Zavian pulled even closer, adopting a kind face that even caused Kuroka to feel good inside of herself for the moment.
"I know."
"...I've had to steal, and hurt people, the things I've done maybe can't be forgiven..."
Zavian inhaled slowly.
"He forced you to do it, right?" Kuroka bowed her head in agreement, unable to speak. "Then it isn't your fault Kuroka-san. You couldn't help it. Many in your situation would probably do the same thing. So, are you going to tell me why you were in that forest?"
Kuroka knitted her hands together, and looked on with a sad face.
"...His lab is there nyaaa. I...I was going to destroy it….and then him." Zavian didn't show anything other than understanding on his face. "...I couldn't take it anymore, I found out that he was going to...he was going to experiment on Shirone... I knew he was going to hurt Shirone...and I knew that if I did this...then you'd keep Shirone safe when I couldn't..." Kuroka's eyes began to leak tears, Zavian cupped her hand with his own, making her look deeply into his eyes. "...There you go again, with that damn Gremory kindness...I don't deserve kindness...please stop looking at me so kindly...please..."
She practically begged when she spoke.
It was like she needed validation that she was a bad person.
That she didn't deserve love and affection.
Zavian stood up, and gently embraced Kuroka.
Kuroka tried to resist it.
She really did.
She didn't think that she could have such warmth.
Such kindness.
But Zavian continued to hug her, pushing through her attempts to force him away, knowing that she needed someone, anyone to comfort her, and that person was Zavian.
"Kuroka-san, you think you have to do everything by yourself. But, did it ever occur to you that you have people to rely on?" Kuroka widened in pure surprise. Such powerful words caused her to feel very differently. "You haven't had anyone other than yourself to rely on, right?" Kuroka shed some more tears, while Zavian hugged her gently into his chest. "You can rely on me now, Kuroka-san. I'll take care of you, and Shirone-san. You wont have to go back to that bastard again. We've got damming evidence against him, and with your testimony, you can safely be assured that he will not be able to wriggle out of this. He wont escape anything now."
"E-Even if I'm a naughty cat? You'd still want me?"
Zavian chuckled lightly.
"Even if you're a naughty cat, I'd still want you." Kuroka embraced Zavian tightly, and wouldn't let him go, while Zavian petted the back of her head comfortingly. "Kuroka-san, you have to tell my Tou-chan about what you know, okay?"
Kuroka lowered her head, then inhaled slowly.
"...If you think it is a good idea Zavi-chan then I guess I'll have to face the music...but, promise me before I do. No matter what happens to me...please keep Shirone safe...that girl has a hardened heart, yet she allowed you into her heart. She seems attached to you Zavi-chan so please make sure that she's safe. If you promise me that...then I'll tell everything I know to Sirzechs-sama."
"Of course Kuroka-san, I'll look after Shirone-san, no matter what."
Kuroka gave a thankful smile.
"Thanks Zavi-chan. I was worried you'd be like the other Devils when we first met. My only real experience with Devils is that bastard that calls himself my Master, and some other terrible Devils...but, I guess Shirone found one of the good Devils out there. And quite cute too~ I was thinking about finding a Sacred Gear possessor to mate with, but I think I could find happiness with Zavi-chan too~"
"W-Wait, mate with? A-As in..."
Kuroka's smirk grew.
"That's right baby, just wait until we're teenagers, I'm going to rock your world. I'll take you to paradise and show you things that you haven't even dreamed of nyaaa. Fufufu, to see a cute boy like you with me...ahahaha, our children would have the famed Power of Destruction, and my adorableness! That's fine with me nyaaa~ Besides, you're quite cute, so our children would be cute too~ It's important for our children to be adorable as well as powerful nyaaa~"
Zavian's cheeks burned red while Kuroka seductively licked her lips.
It seemed that Zavian had unexpectedly won over Kuroka.
Zavian then walked towards the door, and opened it revealing Sirzechs who was about to nod.
"Ah Zavian, have you finished?" Zavian nodded. "Then is she willing to cooperate?"
"Yes, she's willing to explain about what happened."
"I see, then I'll listen to her words, and then go and retrieve Naberius."
Zavian thought that would be for the best.
But there was something else that he needed to do and he needed one thing.
"Tou-chan, when you go...can I go with you?"
"Of course, but why?"
"I want to look him in the eye, and ask that monster how he could abuse these girls. Also, I want to ask him about myself, and what connections he had to that man and why he gave over details about myself to him."
Sirzechs adopted a light smile.
"Yes, I understand. Then I'll listen to Kuroka's words."
Sirzechs entered the room, and began speaking with Kuroka.
At first, Kuroka wasn't sure, but with encouragement from Zavian, she managed to tell Sirzechs everything that had been happening, and as she spoke, Zavian was more horrified by what he had been doing and what he intended to do to Kuroka, and Shirone, and what he had tried to do before.
After that meeting, Zavian and Sirzechs went to go and arrest Naberius for what he had done. Sirzechs had sent his group to the labs Kuroka had told them about, and found what was horrid experiments that shouldn't of been brought into the world.
Sirzechs took a step forward and had the man escorted outside.
"S-Sirzechs-sama, what is this about…? I was attacked by that damn Kuroka who I gave a home to. Then your child-"
"Save your words, because we have found out about your plans. Your experiments, your dealings with the black market, and working together with Stray Devils, and how you were going to betray the Underworld in order to make disgusting abominations. My son has been gaining a lot of evidence against you, and we've found your labs, with those mutations stashed there."
The man's face fell downwards into a despair filled one.
It looked as if he was going to pass out.
He couldn't believe it.
His work, was ruined.
His life, was ruined.
He felt...scared.
"W-Wait, you must be mistaken! I wouldn't do such things...i-it was that Kuroka! She was even going to experiment on her own Imouto! That's why I was at the black market, I was gaining intelligence on her, and was going to-"
"You gave a file with my name on it to someone." Zavian divulged, Sirzechs narrowed his eyes at Naberius. "I want to know why you had my name on that file. What was within that file? Also, trying to lie about Kuroka-san is only going to make you more guilty. We've got evidence to contradict what you're saying, and I've been collecting evidence against you. Maybe you didn't realize but today wasn't the first time that I had followed you or had someone follow you. It has been a few months now. Today we finally received the vital information that we needed to stop you. You slipped up."
Naberius's eyes narrowed even more, anger settling in.
His hand clenched together, looking as if he was going to strike.
But with Sirzechs stood there, it was highly difficult to even move a muscle.
"...You brat Devil, I knew you'd be trouble from the first moment I met you. And look at you now, trying to play the Hero of the tale, when you're going to suffer."
Sirzechs eyes narrowed, and his hand began to gather POD.
"Excuse me, did you just threaten my child? Because I don't take kindly to those threats."
The power rolling off of him was fantastic…
It was scary.
Sirzechs' aura was releasing a lot of killing intent.
Zavian was surprised the man didn't collapse under the immense killing intent.
He stayed on his feet, but he was sweating heavily, his breathing became laboured, and his eyes were cloudy.
But his hate turned onto Zavian.
And it was turned on high.
"If it wasn't for you, then I wouldn't of been found out...only you, the bastard from the Gremory...haha, you think you're safe...you're never going to be safe Zavian Gremory, there's someone out there very interested in and you'll be his one day hahahaha!"
Sirzechs growled and went to take a step forward when the man charged for him.
Sirzechs easily could have taken him, but he saw Zavian move so he backed down, knowing the difference in demonic power between the two was too great, Zavian simply was stronger than Naberius.
"Don't get in my way!"
He swung his fist for Zavian, but he jumped over it, and blasted downwards with his POD, coating the man's arm, and brought heavy wounds to his body. The only reason his arm didn't get erased out of existence was because he activated barriers before being hit, but the barriers were reduced to nothing.
"Sorry, but I'm getting in your way."
Zavian coated his hands in POD, while the Devil growled, and sent off blasts of demonic power.
Zavian placed his hands outwards, and made several barriers to block the attacks, Sirzechs was quite impressed to see such a thing. The demonic power of Naberius couldn't break through, and then Zavian was allowed to attack when seeing a chance, so he sent off a wave of POD which slammed against the body of Naberius, causing wounds to appear on his chest, and he cried out in pain.
"That's nothing compared to the pain you've put many through!"
Zavian yelled at him, Naberius while on the floor, panted and held a hand to his chest.
"D-Damn it...beaten by a child...you truly are a monster aren't you Zavian Gremory?"
"Yeah, I'm a monster when it comes to evil like you."
Naberius watched as Zavian moved closer towards him.
Not one to lose, he raised barriers, and shot off demonic bullets to Zavian.
But Zavian simply allowed his POD to form in front of him, becoming a wall of destruction and each bullet that hit the shield, merely collapsed, and destroyed itself upon the wall, shocking Naberius quite a bit, and impressing Sirzechs a lot.
"My power wont fall to someone like you. You'd have to have a good level of strength to destroy this wall, and you don't have that strength. You can't push me around like you did Kuroka-san and Shirone-san, you can't prey on my lack of options like you did them. The only good thing you did for those desperate girls was bring them to the Underworld so we could meet. I'll be taking care of those girls now, and they'll have the best life, be rest assured as you rot in your prison cell for the heinous crimes you've committed."
Sirzechs adopted a light smile, and muttered "Damn, my son is cool." when seeing the serious face and matching words of Zavian.
Naberius tried firing many attacks of demonic power, but they crumbled under the wall of destruction Zavian had set up, it looked quite worrying to see such an attack stopping his own, it couldn't even get through.
Naberius continued to pant, and tried to strike Zavian, but Zavian raised his hand, and filled it with POD, and then delivered a painful strike right against Naberius, so painful that his entire body shook, and blood came out of his mouth, splattering across the ground.
"Sorry, maybe I should of held back a bit. Sairaorg-kun and Bova-kun usually can take a punch like that with ease."
"Y-You son of a bitch! You're going to be destroyed one day! I can guarantee it!"
"No, I wont, because I'm going to become the strongest. That's what my vow is, understand? I'm the child of Sirzechs Lucifer and Grayfia Lucifuge, I wont show a pitiful side and use all of my powers to defend anyone that needs it, and I'll use it on you to defend my loved ones, including Shirone-san and Kuroka-san."
The man from Naberius cried out of anger and anguish, unable to do anything other than glare hard.
Zavian continued to look down on his opponent, who stared back up in fear of Zavian's eyes on his form. In that moment, he saw something terrifying, and scary. Zavian's POD surrounded his form, and gathered in the air, creating spheres that could annihilate any target that was Middle Class Devil and lower, and injure stronger foes.
The man continued to panic.
He didn't want to do this anymore.
Zavian and Sirzechs both were stood there, and he knew now that his life was over.
He couldn't fight either of these two, it just wouldn't be possible at all.
But he saw that Zavian was moving closer, so he took out a blade, and it seemed to have been infused with some kind of power. Sirzechs noticed it, and growled, but before he could do anything, Zavian placed his hand outwards, and shot off a large blast of POD power which encompassed the blade, and also the hand of the man, and turned the hand to nothingness, along with the blade.
"A-Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
He screamed in anguish, looking at his now non-existent hand.
Fresh blood like the same colour of Sirzechs' hair dyed the ground with such crimson that it looked scary.
But still he seemed to be growling at Zavian and Sirzechs.
He hated them, and what was happening to him.
"Y-You think that even if I die, this will end? You wont know what's happened to you until I'm finished with you. ...I might die today, but others will come and take my place. That also means with you Zavian Gremory, I wont be held accountable for anything that I've done! You will know suffering!"
Suddenly, the man's body began to light up with strange markings.
Sirzechs knew what they were, so he placed a barrier up to defend against such an attack, while the man's aura swelled.
"You're really going to kill yourself to not speak at all? Is that what you're after?"
Zavian asked him, but the man smirked right at Zavian.
"Just wait for it, you'll be amazed by what's going to happen to you in the future. I might die, but you're going to suffer worse than anyone else!"
Sirzechs narrowed his eyes at the thing that he said, and he didn't like it at all.
But then the man's body erupted with the power that he set off, and a large explosion was set off.
Zavian stood behind the barriers of Sirzechs which took the brunt of the attack easily. Sirzechs could see it happening, the man's own death.
Desperate to die after everything that had happened.
"He'd rather die than face the consequences...I feel as if that's rather sad."
"It's the fact of life sometimes Zavian." Sirzechs spoke up while wearing a complex expression. "Because of his actions, he'd rather have taken his own life, than ever do anything like stand up for the things that he has done. He knew that he didn't have a leg to stand on, that technique wasn't about killing us, it was just about killing himself, there was no way to stop it once it started, I am surprised he decided to do that, but it is a fitting end. He was a coward in life by using others, and experimenting on others all for the sake of power. Yet, he didn't even consider training or anything. And to abuse people that needed protection, it is quite the low thing to do."
Zavian wore a complex expression as he watched Sirzechs walk forward towards the place that the man had destroyed himself.
"Tou-chan, sometimes the world can be quite complicated can't it?"
Zavian asked his Father who inclined his neck in agreement.
"Yeah, it seems that it can be. It is our job to make some sense in this world Zavian."
Zavian took those words to heart.
He could understand what his Father meant.
But there was a looming question that Zavian didn't even want to think about.
"But what about Kuroka-san now? Is she going to be punished for what's happened?"
"Haha, yes, she'll be fine Zavian. I'll make sure of it somehow."
Zavian expressed a smile.
"Thanks Tou-chan...me too, I'll do anything to help out also."
Sirzechs leaned down and petted his sons head.
"I know you'll be able to do it, I'll be counting on you."
Zavian nodded strongly, he was prepared for this.
He was going to do his best for his friend, and help Shirone and Kuroka no matter what else was going to happen.
Later on, Sirzechs was speaking with the council with Zavian while the others waited for what was going to happen. Ravel glanced at Sona who pushed up her glasses, and merely looked on calmly, but she also knew better.
"Sona-sama, are you going to disclose to Zavian-sama that you were looking for Zavian-sama since this morning and it wasn't a coincidence that we found him as he was leaving to go and protect Kuroka-sama?"
Sona's face didn't change, but her cheeks turned slightly red, while Tsubaki nodded her head.
"Yes, I understand, it is because you care about Zavian-san, isn't that the reason you were concerned Sona-sama?"
Sona turned her head to the side.
"...I knew he'd end up doing something eventually, that's the kind of man Zavian-kun is. I just made sure that he would have backup by the time that he would need some assistance, that's all it was. Besides, his future is something that many are expecting to see, I just made the decision to be there for when it would happen, and to make sure that Zavian-kun is ready for the challenges ahead."
Bova gave a sly look to Sona who turned towards him curiously.
"Is it because you love Zavian-sama?"
"N-No!" Sona let out a cry, but then coughed, and straightened her face. "I-I mean, of course not, don't be so troublesome Bova-san."
"Hehehehe, it's alright, I care about Zavian-sama too~"
"N-No! Dragon's and Devils can't date!"
Tsubaki pointed at Bova as she said it wildly, Bova gave Tsubaki a curious look.
"What are you talking about?"
"Y-You just said you care about him!"
"I do."
Bova said with a bright smile, causing Tsubaki to blush intently.
"W-Well, that's...I-I mean...t-that can't happen! Z-Zavian-san and you can't date! It would be...I-I don't know, it would be...it would be..."
"Date? Why would I date Zavian-sama? I'm his herald, I don't want to romantically be involved with Zavian-sama, it would be weird."
Tsubaki looked on with relieved eyes, while Bova tilted his head curiously at Tsubaki.
But then Zavian walked closer to Shirone and the others with Sirzechs following after him, and offered a gentle smile on his face.
"Shirone-san, everyone."
"Zavian-sama, what happened?"
Ravel asked swiftly, Zavian bent down towards Shirone who seemed to be unsure.
"Shirone-san, if you could live anywhere, where would that be? No...rather, who would you want to live with?"
Shirone didn't even think that this was real.
She was sure that she knew where this was going.
But she had to make sure.
She had to speak about it.
She had to ask…
"Zavian-san. I want to stay with Zavian-san."
"Hehe, then your wish has been granted. How about you stay with me forever?"
Shirone's eyes lit up, and then began watering.
To be with Zavian forever…
It felt like a dream.
Her small arms went around Zavian who embraced her back.
It was lovely to feel her doing this.
To feel her and his body against the other.
She felt warm, complete.
But, there was one thing that Shirone had thought about, and that was concerning her big sister.
"Onee-sama...Zavian-san, Onee-sama is..."
"Yeah, Kuroka-san had done some bad things. But after a while of Tou-chan and myself speaking on her behalf, and the reasons why she had to do that, it has been decided that she would be staying with us as well. How about it Koneko-chan~"
"K-Koneko-chan…?"
Zavian scratched the back of his head sheepishly.
"Y-Yeah, that's right. I thought it was a cute nickname for a cute kitten like you~"
"Koneko...Koneko...I like Koneko..."
Zavian tilted his head while Sirzechs coughed into his hand.
"Yes, after everything that had happened, Kuroka has been pardoned for her crimes, on the condition that she stays with the Gremory's to keep an eye on her, and her Imouto here. Though she had done crimes, the actions could be forgiven after everything that had happened." The group looked relieved while Sirzechs phone rang. "Aah, allow me to take this." He picks up his phone and answers it. "Yes...oh, Grayfia. What's going on…? Oh, so you're having the baby...okay." He seemed blasé about it as he hung up the phone. "Hehe, it seems like Grayfia is having the baby~" Sirzechs seemed blissfully unaware of what he was saying for a few moments while the others widened their eyes. But then it caught up to him. "W-Wait….Grayfia's having the baby….SHE'S HAVING THE BABY! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"
[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!]
The others screamed as a response to Sirzechs screaming loudly.
They continued to scream for a few moments before Zavian walked closer to his Father.
"Tou-chan! You have to go to Kaa-chan right now!"
"O-Oh right...y-yeah, I'm prepared...she's going to kill me...please don't kill me...Zavian, if you see me next crying...then, I am sorry, but your Kaa-chan last time...ooh no, last time she did things...Zavian, I was scared...I was scared to my core..."
"Tou-chan..."
Zavian tried to comfort his Father, but he brushed him off.
"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine...thank you Zavian, I love you so much..."
"I-I love you too...please stop sounding like you're dying Tou-chan..."
Sirzechs sniffles, and hugs his son tightly.
"Yes, goodbye my boy."
Sirzechs wore fear on his face, and ran off.
Zavian and the others were left behind, baffled by what was happening.
But it seemed that Zavian's sibling was coming into the world.
Later on, Shirone went towards Kuroka and saw her laying in her bed, recovering from what happened.
She moved closer, and sat down on the bed.
Kuroka's eyes fluttered, peering into the eyes of Shirone.
"Shirone, what's going on?"
"...Onee-sama, Zavian-san...he has saved us." Kuroka's eyes blinked rapidly. "...He's put himself on the line for us...and your crimes have been pardoned, and Naberius is dead."
"S-Seriously!?"
Kuroka was flabbergasted.
But Shirone nodded her head.
"Yes...Zavian-san has done his best for us Onee-sama...there's a few conditions for your pardon and one of them is if we go to the house of Gremory, and stay with Zavian-san forever. I think that would be okay for everything that's happened."
Kuroka's eyes began shedding tears while she grabbed Shirone's hand.
"Yes, that's a great deal Shirone, I love that idea. Haha, that weird red and silver haired boy, it is amazing what he can accomplish. Even as a child, he's managed to save our lives. Fufu, he's definitely going to have a bright future nyaaa."
Shirone nodded her head.
"...Yes, that's why I have decided to stay beside him Onee-sama."
Kuroka knitted her eyebrows together.
"What do you mean?"
"...Onee-sama, I want to stand with Zavian-san, and do my best to make his dreams come true."
"Shirone..."
Shirone shook her head.
"Koneko."
"Koneko? Who's that?"
Kuroka wore a clueless face, but Shirone pointed to herself.
"Me. I'm Koneko...I want to be Koneko."
"Why Shirone?"
"...Because Zavian-san called me Koneko….a cute kitten. I want to be Zavian-san's cute kitten...his Koneko, and be beside him. If Zavian-san saved us...then he'll be doing many amazing things in the future, if he's going to be doing amazing things, then he'll need assistance...though I don't know if I would be worthy..."
"Silly." Kuroka rubbed her sisters head. "Zavi-chan would take you in a heart beat. That's the kind of boy he is. I've just discovered that Shirone, and I'm glad we've met him."
"Koneko."
Kuroka wagged her finger.
"You're always Shirone to me." Shirone, or Koneko now, sweat dropped. "Either way, if that's what you wish Shirone, then I can't stop you. If you've thought about it, then I'm sure Zavi-chan would welcome you with open arms. I thought that it was false...I didn't think that he would do anything for us. I thought that he'd be like Naberius, so I didn't want to become involved with him...but, as I saw him grow closer to you and myself, I found myself relying on him nyaaa. I found out myself that we could depend on him nyaaa. He's a good boy and cute nyaaa. You can understand that as well Shirone nyaaa."
Kuroka smiled out, Koneko showed a determined face.
At the door, Ravel heard everything that was being said, and what Kuroka and Koneko had said about Zavian.
What she thought that would be happy.
Sona saw Ravel standing close by and walked over.
"Ravel-san, is something going on?"
Ravel furrowed her eyebrows, then she nodded her head.
"Sona-sama, I will stand beside Zavian-sama."
Sona wore surprise on her face.
"You will?"
"Yes, that's right. I will stand beside Zavian-sama. You are someone...Zavian-sama has a lot of trust in you to help him in his life. But he also said once that he also couldn't do it without my assistance, so in that regard, you are also a rival for me."
"Rival, huh. Is that right?"
Sona continued to be confused, but Ravel made it clear with her face.
"Yes, that's right. I'll support Zavian-sama no matter what. Because I saw what Zavian-sama did for those girls in there, and what he's got planned for the future. Zavian-sama is going to need a lot of support. And I shall be that support. I also am aware that you also wish to support Zavian-sama as well, right Sona-sama?"
"..."
Sona didn't reply, but Ravel knew the truth.
"You don't have to say it to me, but I saw your face today Sona-sama, you were highly concerned for Zavian-sama. Is it because it is related to the incident in the past?"
"...Perhaps."
"Then I wouldn't be concerned, Zavian-sama's already vowed to become someone who changes the world, and maybe call me naive, but I believe Zavian-sama has what it takes. He's a rare Devil. He's a selfless Devil, more so than normal Gremory members. Because of what happened to Zavian-sama in the past, he has a unique perspective on life, so he can change this world, and I'll be beside him, Zavian-sama is the person I've decided to follow. Even if Zavian-sama didn't want to have me in his peerage, I believe in Zavian-sama's future goals." Ravel then heard her Zavian phone ring so she answered it. "Hello, Zavian-sama's personal assistant, Ravel speaking."
Sona gave her a curious look.
"You handle his phone calls?"
"I personally asked to be his assistant, and all important calls are directed to me when Zavian-sama is busy. He's a very busy person after all." Sona continued staring at her curiously, Ravel continued the call. "Oh yes, hello Zekram-sama...huh, a ceremony...I see, then that is very great news! I shall inform Zavian-sama immediately! Thank you, goodbye!"
Sona continued watching as Ravel hung up the phone, and began to text Zavian.
"What was that about?"
"Zavian-sama uncovered illegal activities within that black market along with dealing with Naberius, and many species were freed from captivity in that black market, many of the Devils want to hold a ceremony for what Zavian-sama has achieved. If you'll excuse me Sona-sama, there's a few things I have to prepare for for Zavian-sama."
Sona watched keenly as Ravel bowed her head, and walked off, leaving Sona alone to contemplate what Ravel had just said, and what's going to happen in the future.
Hours on hours had passed since then.
Zavian was sitting with Rias, Venelana and Zeoticus Zavian's Grandfather in the waiting room. The others had gone home, or in Shirone, or Koneko's case, she had gone to be with her sister. Rias glanced towards Zavian and the others, and saw that Venelana seemed pleased.
"Kaa-san, are you worried about Onee-sama?"
Referring to Grayfia, Rias seemed concerned.
But Venelana shook her head.
"Oh of course not. I'm more worried about Sirzechs right now."
"Why Obaa-chan?"
Zavian asked kindly, Zeoticus chuckled awkwardly.
"Well, when you were born...there was a lot of yelling and screams, and tears shed that day. All by Sirzechs. Then again, when you were born, you were already using the Power of Destruction and warping everything around you, destroying it while floating in the air in quite the same manner as Sirzechs, maybe even a little more, so that probably was hard to think about. The doctors couldn't even touch you during that time, and only Sirzechs and Grayfia could hold you in that form, and decided to name you Zavian."
Zavian looked surprised.
"I-I didn't know that."
"Oh yes, you are quite the abnormal Devil Zavian~"
Venelana giggled out, Zavian sweat dropped at that.
"Either way, I'm going to have a new niece or nephew to dote on~ I can't wait for it to happen~"
"Ara, it seems that our Rias is pumped to have another person to dote on~"
Zeoticus showed a kind smile, Rias swayed from side to side happily.
Then Zavian saw the doors to the room where Grayfia was open, and saw Sirzechs walking through, tears streaming out of his eyes.
"Ooh Sirzechs, what happened dear?"
Venelana asked kindly, Sirzechs let out a small sob.
"I-It's fine, don't worry, it wasn't as bad as last time. I was prepared this time...b-but, yes, the baby is very healthy, and has been born! I'm a Tou-chan all over again!"
The members of the Gremory family began to cheer while Zavian rushed forward.
"Tou-chan, is it a boy or a girl?"
"Why don't you come and see for yourself?"
Zavian nodded and walked into the room with Rias, Venelana and Zeoticus.
Getting inside of the room, they saw an exhausted looking Grayfia holding a baby in her arms. Zavian's eyes gained happy tears when seeing the baby and his Mother, even Rias began crying happy tears too.
"Aah Grayfia, are you okay?"
Zeoticus asked kindly, Grayfia released a small breath, nodding.
"Yes, I'm fine thank you Zeoticus-sama."
"So...what is it?"
Rias asked, while looking at the baby.
She couldn't tell if it was a boy or a girl.
Even Zavian didn't know.
But Grayfia smiled lightly, and announced "It's a boy." causing Zavian and Rias to grasp hands, jumping up and down in the air chanting "It's a boy!" over and over again while Grayfia gave a gentle smile.
"But, we still haven't found a name for him yet."
Grayfia let out sadly, wondering what the name for the baby could be.
Rias raised her hand.
"I have a name."
"Yes Ria-tan?"
Sirzechs spoke while wiping his tears away.
"Well, maybe it could be Ex."
"E-Ex?"
Grayfia murmured, Rias nodding seriously.
"It's a good name, I like it. I might name my child Ex if you don't have that name for your baby."
Grayfia shook her head and so did Sirzechs, Rias pouted and turned her head to the side.
Zavian looked closely at the baby, and then leaned closely.
"He's a complete red head, doesn't seem to have any silver like me Kaa-chan."
"Yes, it seems so. I guess that makes you and I unique Zavian."
Zavian chuckled, and was surprised that she didn't add the usual 'sama' onto his name. Either she was too tired, or she was showing more affection than usual.
"Kaa-chan, I've got a name for the baby."
"It isn't a dance move, is it?"
Zavian shook his head.
"I don't think so."
"Then what is it Zavian?"
Sirzechs' question was met with a beaming smile.
"Well, I thought of a few names, but there was one I thought would be quite nice, and I thought Millicas would be a nice name. It's a combination of a few names I thought of, but that sounded the best to me."
"Millicas...huh."
Grayfia tilted her head in wonder, Zavian chuckled awkwardly.
"Y-Yeah, I thought that maybe it would be a nice name. I thought of it while thinking hard, but if it isn't a good name then..."
"No, I like it." Grayfia spoke up, surprising Zavian. "Millicas Gremory….that's a nice name. Sirzechs, what do you think?"
Sirzechs' signature smile appeared, poking his youngest child in the face who wiggled around.
"Millicas Gremory...it seems perfect to me."
"Then, we'll go with your name Zavian. Millicas Gremory, named by his Onii-sama."
Grayfia showed a lovely smile to her eldest son who smiled while Venelana, Zeoticus and Rias looked on happily.
Zavian went to the bed, where Grayfia held the baby towards Zavian.
"Do you want to hold him?"
Zavian looked nervous on that.
He wasn't sure if he could do that.
"B-But, what if I drop him…?"
"Don't worry, it isn't hard. Just support the head with your hand, and cradle him in your arms like I am."
Zavian gulped, but nodded, and took the baby awkwardly into his arms.
He looked down at the bundle in his arms, and saw the baby's small eyes looking up at him.
Zavian couldn't help but feel an overwhelming sense of duty and wanting to protect him.
His feelings for Millicas already was that of love, and that of an elder brother.
"Hehe, so you're my Otouto huh? You're so small and squishy~" Zavian lightly poked the baby's cheek, making him squirm lightly. "Don't worry Millicas, I'll be the best Onii-sama ever, and make your life full of fun and wonder~ I'll do everything to make sure that your life is easy, I'll take on every duty I can okay Millicas~? Besides, I'll be the cool Onii-sama you come to when Tou-chan and Kaa-chan are being meanies~ Most of all...I'll protect you, and make sure what happened to me, never happens to you. You'll have the best life from now on Millicas, that's my promise to you."
The others watched on as a certain understanding was held right now.
How Zavian was connecting with his little brother.
Swearing to protect him, keep him safe.
To Grayfia and Sirzechs, it was a beautiful moment.
It felt serene that despite what happened before now, they could come together, and be a happy family.
End chapter!
Well, that's the end of this mini arc! Zavian came to save Kuroka after everything that had happened, even putting himself into danger to protect her. Even Zavian's future peerage members came to give him some support. After it was all said and done, Kuroka finally opened up to Zavian and now he's going to keep her safe along with Shirone/Koneko. Zavian managed to slap down Naberius and in the end, rather than face punishment, he killed himself, but not before revealing that someone is after Zavian and why that is, we'll see more of that in the future. Ravel's also fully decided to be beside Zavian now seeing what he's done and what he could do in the future, I doubt Riser would be pleased with that though~ Sona's also beginning to decide for herself what she's going to do and can see Zavian's goals and kindness as something she'd want to follow.
At the end, Zavian became an elder brother! And helped name Millicas!
It seems that fem Cao Cao was split down the middle, though it did seem that more people wanted fem Cao Cao in the harem regardless of peerage or not, and that could be interesting, the human who hates supernatural beings like Devils ends up falling in love with a Devil, and someone brought a rivalry with a fem Vali with fem Cao Cao, I thought that could be quite interesting, though a lot have been asking about fem Vali so yeah, she's in the harem regardless, it will be fun with Vali going for the son of the Maou Lucifer, they're gonna have an interesting relationship to say the least, as for fem Cao Cao, she could be in the harem, haven't fully decided yet.
Anyway, onto the peerage, after thinking about it, Bova's gonna be Zavian's last Rook! I've got some good ideas with Zavian and Bova among other peerage members! As for Kuroka, after thinking about it, I've decided to have her join the peerage as Zavian's last Pawns, with her spacial abilities among other things, she'll be a useful peerage member! And with that, the peerage is finally complete. I probably wont change any now, though I have thought about having either Rossweisse or Le Fay in Zavian's peerage and if that was the case, either Bova or Kuroka would become a familiar/pact partner type character, but apart from that, this is the peerage going forward! I've also put Rias' peerage members down below.
Also, I will say since some have been asking about it via PM's and what not, that some of Zavian's peerage members are going to receive Artificial Sacred Gears that some of the Sitri members received in canon to boost up their capabilities for the future.
Well, until next time, thanks for reading!
Zavian peerage
Queen; Sona.
Rooks; Koneko, Bova.
Bishops; Asia, Ravel.
Knights; Xenovia, Tsubaki.
Pawns; Elmenhilde (two pieces), Saji (three pieces), Kuroka (three pieces).
Rias peerage
Queen; Akeno.
Rooks; Tsubasa, Loup Garou.
Bishops, Gasper (mutation), Rossweisse.
Knights; Yuuto, Bennia.
Pawns; Issei (eight pieces).
Zavian; Xenovia, Koneko, Serafall, Gabriel, Sona, Tsubaki, Asia, Elmenhilde, Kuroka, Saji (fem), Ravel, Vali (fem).