Well guys here's another chapter for you I'll hope you'll enjoy!

Kuru's home

"-and that's basically my families history up to today. So what do you guys have to say about all of this?" asked Kuru as he had just finished telling his peerage what he had told Rias and the others with Olivia standing right behind him patiently. Now the Cerbures heir was nervously awaiting the reactions of his servants wondering if telling them was really a good idea.

The first one to step forward and speak was Hayate. Only now instead of wearing his school uniform he was wearing his casual wear. In fact all of the members of his peerage were dressed in their casual clothes.

Hayate for one wore a red kimono that is tied shut with a black obi, black hakama pants, and wooden sandals with white socks. He also wore a black haori over his shoulders that was actually once owned by his human master and a sheathed katana over his shoulder.

"My lord no matter your heritage I will continue to serve to the best of my ability nano." spoke the [Knight] with utmost conviction in his voice making Kuru's nervousness lessen a bit.

After Hayate was Tank who was now dressed in a tight black tank top with green spray paint splotches on it with camouflage print cargo shorts and tan combat boots with a large smile on his face per usual.

"I agree with mister formal! Being the son of Death is surprising yeah but that doesn't make you any different in my eye's Boss!" declared the [Rook] proudly getting a small chuckle out of his [King].

"Aside from the asshole in my head cursing up a storm thanks to your little reveal my opinion stays the same." stated Aila with the ghost of a smile sent Kuru's way which only he could see. She now wore a dark blue T-shirt with a knee length tattered black leather coat over it along with a pair of dark jeans and black boots.

"You've never given me a reason not to trust you so I have to agree with the others and say that it doesn't change my view of you. Wish you'd have told us sooner but I guess you had your reasons." said Nico calmly. The Cerbures [Pawn] was wearing a blue, open button-up shirt with the sleeves of it being rolled up to his elbows over a black t-shirt with a white skull on the front, a pair of tan cargo pants and a pair of black sneakers. His clothes seem to be a tad bit baggy but really not too much to look bad on him.

"I agree with Nico. Should have told us sooner but hey what do I know?" said Yosuke with his usual laid back manner as he idly strummed his harp. The Cerbures [Bishop] wore a white collared shirt, unbuttoned and sleeves rolled up to expose forearms, over a sky blue tank top. He also had black slacks and sky blue sneakers to finish the touch.

It was then Ryujin stepped forward dressed in a pair of off-white dress pants, a navy-blue dress shirt, a matching off-white dress jacket and a mauve tie. A pair of black, functional dress shoes finishing the ensemble.

"It's thanks to you that I'm here now and that my sister is safe. I owe you a great debt but more than that you earned my loyalty as well as the others. They haven't turned their backs on you and neither will I." said the [Rook] practically shattering any bit of nervousness Kuru may have still had.

"Well Jynx what do you have to sa-" began Kuru as he turned to his last [Pawn] only to freeze when his eyes fell on her.

She now wore a dark blue flannel long sleeve shirt with a white tank top underneath, faded light blue jeans with little rips in them and black converse sneakers. The offsetting thing about her however was the near manic look in her eyes with the occasional twitch that made Kuru very fearful.

"Devil...Death...halfbreed...so...much...RESEARCH!" screamed the Cerbures [Pawn] as she practically leaped at Kuru but was thankfully held back by Hayate and Nico yet even so both were still struggling to hold the girl back from reaching a now thoroughly scared Cerbures.

"Enough Jynx this is serious! But they are right Kuru-kun. You have never once given us a reason not to trust you. No matter what you are our opinions of you will not change." spoke Olivia as she smiled softly at her [King]. She was now wearing a pair of black jeans with black boots reaching just below her knee and a white boobtube shirt reaching down to her hips.

Kuru took a moment to take in all of their words before he let a large smile cross his face. Honestly he was afraid that they would either fear or reject him since he was Death but now he saw all of his previous fears were for nothing. Really he now felt stupid for thinking the people he saw as family would ever turn their backs on him.

"Thanks everyone that means a lot. Now however you better finish packing cause we'll be leaving for the Gremory's summer estate soon to train with Rias and her peerage." said Kuru.

"Yeah not to be that guy but why do we need to train with them? We all know as we are we'll beat Riser and his little harem easily." pointed out Yosuke making the other's curious as well.

"Well that's simple Yosuke. For one I want to help Rias and her peerage get stronger since as of right now they are more a liability to us than anything with their current level of power. That and I don't just want to 'beat' Riser, I want to destroy him utterly. I want his broken body begging for mercy at my feet by the time we're done with him." stated Kuru coldly at the end making everyone in the room involuntarily shiver.

Without another word they all quickly left to gather their things leaving Kuru to ponder to himself. He already knew that when training began he wouldn't really be joining the others. Now that his heritage was revealed it was time for him to get in touch with his other side. So far he had only focused on his Devil abilities so now it was time to work on the powers he had received as a Horseman and maybe, hopefully, combine the two. He swore he would surpass both of his parents someday and make them proud.

Gremory Summer Estate

After Kuru's peerage had gathered their things Kuru had teleported them all via magic circle to where Rias had requested they would train. What they saw when they arrived was pretty disappointing however. While they wwere waiting apparently Rias had decided to start their training starting with Issei only for said training to actually be a one-sided beat down courtesy of Koneko. When the Cerbures peerage had arrived however their Gremory allies quickly came to greet them thankfully for Issei.

"Glad you could make it Kuru-kun. I almost thought you weren't gonna come." said Rias with a small pout that made Kuru laugh a bit and Olivia more than a little irritated. Seeing the Cerbures [Queens] expression Rias made sure to send her a smug grin which only angered her even more.

"Well someone has to whip you and your peerage into shape Ri-chan. Now if you don't mind I'd like to lay out the game plan and get started since we have a lot to do and little time to do it." said Kuru with Rias nodding in agreement before stepping back to stand with her peerage.

"Alright then, from what I can see you all are pretty skilled save for the perv but you all severely lack in originality. Sure you make great use of the abilitites given to you by the pieces you were given but that also makes you highly predictable and easy to counter. Kiba you have good speed and are skilled with a blade but you have next to no durability and your endurance is greatly lacking." explained Kuru pointing at Kiba who could only nod in agreement as he knew it was true.

"Koneko you are the exact opposite as you are durable and have decent endurance by being a [Rook] but you have very poor speed. All the strength in the world means nothing if you can't even hit the enemy so either you need to get faster or find a way to slow your enemies down." continued Kuru as he went to the next peerage member down the line.

"Asia I know your a healer but if you can't protect yourself from getting hurt you'll never be able to heal others. I'm not saying you need to outright fight people but you need to figure out someway to defend yourself." said Kuru to the former nun who looked a little sad but understood the Cerbures head was only trying to help.

"Ri-chan you have great power but very little endurance and next to no physical combat abilities. You can only use your powers of destruction a few times and have no way to defend yourself should someone get by it. Not every opponent is gonna go down with one hit." explained Kuru making Rias pout at being told her faults but understood where she was lacking.

"Akeno you are probably squandering your abilities the most, your a [Queen] which means you possess all the attributes of the other pieces yet all your using is the ones of the [Bishop]. Like Ri-chan you need some close combat training whether with a weapon or with hand-to-hand is up to you." explained Kuru making Akeno feel even more down as it was true she was squandering the true power of the [Queen] piece she possessed.

"And finally Issei..." said Kuru as he just stared at the Gremory [Pawn] for a while which started to get on the Boosted Gear wielder's nerves.

"What about me!? You pointed out their flaws so what about me!?" demanded Issei loudly.

"...actually there are so many problems with you I didn't know where to begin. You have next to no skill whatsoever and possess no skill with your Sacred Gear so basically all you would be good for at the moment is a meat shield." said Kuru plainly.

Hearing the rather brutal statement Issei was now in the fetal position with a cloud over his head muttering about know it all devils while Asia tried to cheer him up. The sight was actually kind of funny if one thought about it. Seeing that his point had gotten across however Kuru quickly brought attention back to the whole group as he continued on.

"So to correct these problems I'm gonna have each of you train with members from my own peerage who will work on helping each of you overcome the areas you are lacking. Kiba you will be working with Nico and Hayate to improve your endurance and durability as well as some unarmed combat, Koneko you will be working with Aila and to improve your speed, Asia you will be trained by Yosuke to better utilize your high magical abilities, Ri-chan you will be trained by Olivia to better help both your magical endurance and physical abilities, Akeno you will be being trained also by Olivia along with Tank as you need major help in the physical department along with needing help to incorporate it into your already existing abilities, finally Issei you will be being trained by Ryujin upon his request as well as Jynx to help you better understand your role as a [Pawn] piece. Any questions?" finished Kuru before Rias decided to ask a question that was on everyone's mind.

"What about you Kuru-kun? What will you be doing?" she asked getting nods of agreement from everyone else and a nervous chuckle from the Cerbures head.

"Ehehe well I'll be focusing on training my Horsemen abilities. I've neglected them too long as it is and to make sure you guys don't accidently get caught in the crossfire I'm gonna be training a bit away from you guys so you won't see more the whole time we are here." said Kuru nervously.

"Wait so all these years you've known you've never trained in your abilities as Death?" asked Kiba in disbelief along with everyone else.

"Yeah?"

"...sweet maou your lucky your cute." mumbled both Rias and Olivia in synch making Kuru slightly confused before he shook it off and decided it was time to leave.

"Well see you guys later! I'll meet you guys back at the ORC Clubroom for the Rating game!" announced Kuru and before the others could protest the son of Death was gone in a swirl of shadow's leaving everyone gaping at the fact they were basically just ditched by the Cerbures head.

"... soooo who wants to start training?" asked Tank as he was quite eager to get started getting mumbles of agreement from the others however the Gremory peerage quickly got nervous at the evil grins the Cerbures members were sporting and had a feeling they were in for a rough time.

time skip, ORC Clubroom

After their training session in the mountains, which the Gremory peerage absolutely loathed, the two peerages now found themselves waiting along with Grayfia for Kuru to arrive as the Rating game was soon to begin. True to his word Kuru had not been seen since the first day, something that annoyed Rias and Olivia greatly. For one Rias had not been able to spend time with her love interest and leaving Olivia unable to confess her feelings to her [King].

"Five more minutes till the games begin, are you sure you don't know where Kuru-kun is?" asked Grayfia getting negative's from the other's.

Before they could do anything else a magic circle bearing the Cerbures crest appeared and soon enough appeared the wayward Cerbures. He looked slightly different however as his hair was a bit longer along with the fact he had some new attire. The Cerbures head now wore a black tank top with a silver skull on the back, some torn blue jeans, black combat boots and finally his pendant worn proudly around his neck.

"Hey guys you miss me?" asked Kuru with a smirk only to get slapped in the head with Olivia's fan and Rias hand simultaneously.

"OW! What the hell was that for!?"

"For ditching us you moron!" yelled both women at the same time making Kuru cower a bit at the anger being directed at him by the two women. Before they could continue to berate the young Cerbures head Grayfia coughed a bit to get their attention momentarily taking the anger away from Kuru.

"As much as I would like to see Kuru-kun taught a lesson the Rating game is about to begin. So Rias-sama if you and your peerage can come with me I will take you to the viewing area. Kuru-kun, you and your peerage just step on this magic circle and you will enter the game." explained the silver haired maid.

Just as Kuru was about to ask his peerage if they were ready he was caught off guard by a kiss from Rias. Too stunned by the sudden act Kuru could only stand there in shock while Olivia looked ready to both cry and murder at the same time. When she pulled away finally she left both herself and Kuru red in the face.

"R-Ri-chan! W-wh-what?" stuttered Kuru.

"For good luck." was all Rias said as she quickly made her way over to her peerage and her brothers [Queen] who then disappeared in their own magic circle leaving Kuru wondering just what the hell happened. It took a few seconds before Kuru was able to gather his bearings and turned to his Peerage who all looked ready to fight.

"So you guys ready to roast a turkey?"

"As if you need to ask Boss! This will be the most fun we've had in a longtime!" proclaimed Tank with a predatory grin.

"Gotta agree with the dog on this one. Even I'm excited to finally teach that Phenex the pecking order." said Yosuke as for once he wasn't fiddling with his harp.

"Born ready Boss." said Nico simply as he was currently taking a few quick stretches in preparation.

"I can't wait to learn how long a Phenex healing ability will last against Kuru in a fight. Or will it even have any effect against the spawn of Death?" wondered Jynx out loud happily making the other's sweatdrop at her thought process.

"I am ready for battle my lord nano." said Hayate in his usual emotionless tone.

"Can we just get to the part where we kick this guys ass and go home already?" grumbled Aila as she was annoyed enough as is with her Sacred Gear's inhabitant constantly annoying her these past ten days.

"Ready when you are Kuru. Let's just get this done so I can spend some time with my sister. Also I have made a decision on something I need to talk to you about after this is over." said Ryujin seriously getting a nod from Kuru as he had a good idea on what it was his [Rook] needed to talk to him about.

However when Kuru turned to hear Olivia's answer he saw his [Queen] looing up at him nervously and red in the face. He looked on patiently as he saw Olivia struggling a bit to say what she needed to.

"K-K-Kuru-kun. After this is over... I have something very important to tell you. Something I should have said a long time ago." said Olivia as she looked up at him hopefully while he returned it with a smile.

"I'll be happy to hear it Oli-chan. Right now though we've got a certain bird that needs plucked so let's not keep him waiting shall we?" asked Kuru getting a nod from Olivia as she adopted a serious expression along with the others.

Stepping into the magic circle with Kuru in front the entire group was serious. As the circle began to glow however Kuru couldn't hold back the evil smile that grew on his face just before the Cerbures head and his peerage disappeared. After today Riser would learn exactly why he become afraid of the dark and shadows in general.

Well there's the next chapter guys, and before you start going off about wanting to see what happened during training I will let you know that during the Rating game there will be flashback's to the training so don't worry. Review and/or Pm me!