Chapter 10 - New Faces.

The clubroom was dead silent, the only sound in the room being that of the clock ticking, as well as the sound of Koneko chowing down on some of the fish that Tylia and Asia brought. I sat cross-legged next to Issei, my arms folded as I looked over to Tylia, who was sat on a chair adjacent to Rias, having just finished her explaination as to what happened with the exorcist guy.

"I apologise if my actions were out of line for you, Lady Gremory, but I merely did what I deemed right." she stated, folding her arms, afixing her green-eyed gaze to Rias, who simply stayed silent, a thoughtful expression on her face.

"I-I'm not sure how I feel about working with Devils..." Asia stated, glancing over from her spot knelt next to Issei, using her abilities to heal him, looking around at us all hesitantly, Tylia turned to her, flashing her a warm smile.

"I'll be honest, I'm not too sure either, Asia..." she stated, her smile staying on her face. "But...I suppose if we want to find out what's going on with those Fallen Angels, and the Stray Priest, we need all the help we can get." Asia stopped healing Issei, staring at the floor for a moment, donning a look of contemplation, tapping her foot and taking a small glance up at us all, her eyes scanning us, sighing quietly, before standing and walking over to Tylia, moving a tad closer to her.

"Okay." she stated, looking up at Tylia's and nodding with a smile. "I guess...If it'll help, we don't really have much of a choice." my sister gave the girl a tiny, seemingly quite forced smile, putting her arm around her in an attempt to comfort her, a sight which, as cute as it was, filled me with a hint of annoyance.

"I promise, I will not let anything bad happen to you." she spoke to her softly and reassuringly, an inflection which I've never heard Tylia's voice have before, not even when talking to me or my mom.

"Well," the small conversation between the two blonde girls was interrupted, as Rias spoke up, her voice still as confident as usual, with a slight hint of intrigue in her voice. "I have to admit, I'm quite impressed." Tylia quietly looked up at Rias, her arm still locked around Asia.

"Impressed by...what?" she asked, tilting her head to the side, her lips pursed. "I'm afraid I don't follow."

"Well, if what you're saying is true, you went toe-to-toe with an Exorcist, and lived, which is something I didn't expect from someone like you." the scarlet-haired Devil answered, a small smile on her face as she gazed at my sister, her arms to her sides and her legs crossed. "I'll be honest- I'd quite like it if you were to join my peerage, you'd make quite an excellent Knight.~"

"I disagree." I heard Kiba suddenly state, a cold gaze, which he had fixed on Tylia, drifting to Rias. "Not to be disrespectful, president, but I'm not sure I'd like to be the same piece as a Holy Sword user..." this was met with a confused glare from Rias, who simply sighed, closing her eyes and waving her hand dismissively.

"I'm sure I can think of something." she continued, her gaze once again directed at my sister. "So, what of it, miss Griffin? Wanna join your sister as one of my Devil servants?"

"I'm afraid I will have to decline." Tylia responded, after a moment of thought. "Though I may ally myself with you, I am a warrior of God, first and formost. My soul is not for sale." Rias responded with a simple head tilt, before nodding slowly.

"That's alright." standing up, the Devil put a hand on her hip, taking one of those flyers off of the table, handing it to Tylia. "But just remember, the offer still stands. If you ever need me, just use the circle on this flyer." Tylia simply stared at the flyer for a moment, slowly stuffing it in her pocket, glancing at Rias.

"I will bear that in mind." she mumbled, taking her arm from around Asia and sitting back.

"Regardless...If we're in agreement as allies, then I guess that makes you an honourary member of the Occult Research Club!" Rias stated, a hint of enthusiasm in her voice, which didn't seem to rub off on my sister. It was then followed by a moment of silence, with even Koneko's fish eating frenzy being quiet, with no sound, I simply sighed, leaning back and crossing my arms.

"Should I tell them about the Stray Devil that we fought earlier?" I pondered, looking around the room, trying to gauge the tension. "...No, Rias'll probably call a search and destroy operation on her or some shit...I'll wait for a bit."

"So...Not trying to be a bother, or sound like a creep, but..." Issei suddenly stated, a cringe crossing my face, as I knew he was about to say something that would creep everyone in the vicinity out. "...Is it just me, or are Tylia's boobs way bigger than usual?!" he stated, redfaced as he stared at my sister's chest, much to her disgust.

"Issei, now's the not the time to be perving out!" I stated, planting my hand on my face, shaking my head. "Leave the poor washboard- Er..." I stole a glance at Tylia, who looked at me with a slight glare as I tried to think of a more fitting word to use.

"I think that's quite enough of that." Rias intervened, putting a hand up in order to halt us. "Either way, tonight has been quite hectic...I'd suggest that you all go home for the night. Unless any of you have questions?" I sighed softly, standing up, hauling my bag onto my shoulder, looking over at Tylia and Issei.

"Alright, Tyls, Issei, you heard the lady. Let's get a move on." I stated, watching as Issei stood up, groaning as he did so. Tylia and Asia, however, stayed stationary, staying in their seats.

"If it isn't too much trouble, Lady Gremory...When everybody leaves, may I ask a favour of you?" my sister inquired, tilting her head at Rias in curiosity. "It's about Asia..."

"Hm?" Rias grunted, looking over at her with slightly widened eyes. "Of course, I'd be happy to see what I can do." I couldn't help but wonder what she was wanting to ask her, stealing a glance over at Issei, who seemed to mirror my thoughts.

"You staying behind, sis?" I asked, turning a look back at Tylia, her expression fairly unreadable, simply nodding in response. "...Okay, I'll see you at home, I guess." Issei quietly walked over to me, following me as I walked out of the room.

"What do you think Tylia's gonna be askin' Rias?" he asked me, seemingly just as curious as I was. "Your sister's acting pretty weird..."

"Tell me about it." I scoffed, frowning a tad as we walked out the door. "Way she was talking with Asia- You'd think she'd have known her all her life..." I couldn't help but feel a tinge of jealousy for the girl, what with Tylia treating her better than she ever treat me.

"Gotta admit though...That Asia girl is pretty nice. Both in the looks department and the niceness department~!" Issei stated, sounding a tad excited as he spoke. "Like, she tried to save me from that Freed guy when he was kicking my ass!" for a small moment, I felt my heart sink, my slight frown turning into a full on scowl as I cast my head down, with a small mutter escaping me.

"She managed to save you, while I let you fucking die...Lovely." it came out of no-where, barely audible, but wasn't meant to be anything more than a thought. Issei blinked, looking at me with a hint of confusion on his face.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" he asked, looking incredibly confused by the statement. I blinked, my head raised back up, my eyes darting to my friend.

"Eh? Don't worry about it." I responded, trying to gloss over the thought I just had, pushing it to the back of my mind, trying to change the subject once more. "...S-so, uh...Tylia's tits?"

"Y-yeah?" Issei responded, looking ever more befuddled than before. "What about 'em?"


The room had been vacated not long after Lyonette and Issei left for home, with only Tylia, Asia, Rias and Akeno remaining inside. Tylia and Asia were sat together on the sofa, Akeno laying out a tray with a few cups of tea on them onto the table with a giggle, flashing a smile over the two blonde girls.

"So, what was this favour you wanted to ask?" Rias asked, sat atop a chair of her own, her back to the fireplace, her legs crossed and focus put forward.

"We were going to discuss that after everyone left, were we not?" Tylia mused, frowning over to the red-head, a slight look of uncomfort on her face.

"Akeno will be staying to listen. That's okay, right?" Rias responded with a smile, putting her elbow on her lap and propping her head up. "With that being said, what is this favour?" A few seconds of silence passed, Tylia opening her mouth to speak, thinking about how to articulate her request.

"...Do you think you could try and pull some strings to have Asia enroled in the school?" she asked, her words shaky, with a tad bit of worry in her voice. Asia stole a glance at Tylia, wide-eyed in surprise. "I-I've promised her that I won't allow anything bad to happen to her, I wish for her to be enroled so I can keep a better eye on her." Rias took a moment to think over this, before a small smirk came to her face.

"Of course. I can do everything in my power to get her enroled, however..." she began, tilting her head to the side, fixing her gaze to Tylia. "I want something in return."

Tylia furrowed her brow, folding her arms, her eyes never relieving the red-head from her sight. "And may I ask, what might that be?"

"I wish for you to become a servant of mine, like we discussed earlier." she stated, confidence in her voice as she spoke, a smile on her face. "As I said, you'd make quite the Knight, and I have a few Pieces spare." Tylia sighed, her eyes darting to Asia, who's look of shock had yet to subside, her gaze drifting to the floor.

"And as I stated earlier, I will have to decline." she responded assertively, a bead of sweat running down her brow. "My goal is to protect the innocent, not sell my soul away to a Devil masqurading as a beautiful woman."

"But with the added power you'd gain, you'd be able to protect people more efficently." Rias stated, putting both her hands on the arm rests of the chair, observing a confused look on Akeno's face "That seems like a fairly good trade-off to me."

"I refuse to give in to you, Rias Gremory!" Tylia shouted, getting to her feet and putting her fist up at the Devil in front of her, her voice louder and more booming that it had ever been, her face scrunched in anger. "I will never sell my soul to you in my life!" Rias took a moment to look over Tylia, noticing her violent stance, her mouth open a tad, surprised by her boldness.

"Well then, if that is so, and I cannot convince you then..." Rias giggled a tad, looking up at Tylia with a small grin. "I will see what I can do for you~!" Tylia was quiet for a moment, before letting out a small squeak, looking at Rias, perplexed.

"J-just like that?!" she spluttered, going a tad red in the face. "N-no more convincing, or threats or anything like that?! Just...That?!"

"Do you want me to try and convince you more?" Rias responded with a teasing giggle. "I can't exactly force you, can I?" Tylia stood, jaw agape as she stared Rias down, before turning away, her mouth twisting into a pout.

"N-no! I don't need any more convincing!" she proclaimed, slowly sitting herself back down next to Asia, her gaze still turned away. "Th-that will be fine!"

"Just leave it up to me, I'll try and get it all sorted for you." Rias reassured, sitting back and laughing a little. "Seeing you act like that was payment enough for me~!"

"W-wait...Does that mean that I'm going to be part of this school soon?" Asia asked, looking between Rias and Tylia. "I-I've never been to school before!"

"Don't worry about a thing, I'm sure Rias can pull some strings.~" Akeno stated, rather forcibly, stealing a questioning glance at Rias, who simply nodded in response. "I-I think you two should start heading home now.~ It's getting rather late.~"

"Yes, yeah! Right away! Right away!" Tylia stated, clearly still flustered as she got to her feet, looking at Asia. "C-come on, Asia. Let's get home before I have an aneurysm..." before long, the two were leaving the room, with Rias and Akeno waving them out happily. A moment after the two left, Akeno slowly turned to Rias, her expression turning to confusion.

"...What was that about?" Akeno asked, staring at Rias, looking completely lost. "You were being weirdly pushy with her..." Rias responded only with a chuckle, putting her hand to her own chin.

"Nothing much...It's just that I have a little bit of a plan for her~" she stated, standing up and stretching, giggling softly. "Anyway, could you get the shower ready for me? I've got to call my brother up about something." Akeno studied Rias' expression, before slowly nodding.

"I will do, Rias~"


I grunted a little as I laid myself down on my bed, tossing my bag to the foot of it and laying my head against the pillow, sighing.

"Shit just keeps getting weirder and weirder by the day..." I groaned, staring up at the ceiling, hearing the rustling of my bag as Ragna climbed out, padding her way over to me and laying herself on my chest. "Fallen Angels, Devils, and now fucking exorcists? What's next, is the pope gonna come and kick my ass or something?!"

"It's all over with now, is it not?" Ragna tried to reassure me, looking at me with beady red eyes, the small dragon shuffling around a tad. "The only thing you should be worrying about right now is sleeping."

"Easy for you to say, you're just a tiny little dragon!" I responded, my eyes darting to Ragna, a slight frown on my face. "You don't have anything to worry about! While I've got a social life and shit to keep in check!"

"That is true. But even still, dwelling on it isn't going to help you." she stated, tilting her head and nestling down. I simply sighed, laying my head back down, putting a hand to my head and rubbing my temple.

"Yeah, whatever." I muttered, staring back up at the ceiling. "At least you don't have a family which thinks shit of you, or friends who only look at you as some kind of tool or object..." I sighed, closing my eyes and turning over onto my side, sniffling a little, feeling Ragna wriggle a tad, a rather substanstial amount of weight being felt behind me.

"Not to mention the fact that she doesn't have to worry about whether anyone she knows is going to die because of her..."

"Don't be silly, Lyonette." she spoke softly and reassuringly, I felt a hand pat me on the head, opening my eyes to see that Ragna had shifted back into her human form, kneeling down and bearing a warm, caring smile, patting her lap with her other hand. "I'm not sure how things have been for you before I showed up, but I promise, they'll be much better from now on." after a moment, I felt Ragna put her arms around my chest, hoisting me up and laying my head on her lap, somehow feeling softer than the pillow I was formerly laid on. "I'm sure your family loves you, and your friends...well, I'm sure they care for you deeply." I blinked, open mouthed, unsure of how to feel about the situation I was in.

"But...My mother never really talks to me much, other when I'm sick, Tylia's always treated me like garbage and Issei and the other two only keep me around because I'm a girl..." I protested, looking up into Ragna's heterochromic eyes, which were filled with a surprising amount of kindness.

"That may be true...But, things will turn out alright in the end." she crooned, stroking my head softly, smiling brightly. "You have more friends now, do you not? Rias, Akeno, Koneko, all of them? Besides, you've got Copper only a text away, as well as the girl who you were talking to earlier.~"

"T-the girl I was talking to earlier?" I questioned, raising an eyebrow in confusion. "You mean the Stray Devil who I wound up attacking?"

"Yes." Ragna softly articulated, a small giggle escapng her. "She seemed rather happy to be speaking to you, so I have no doubts that you'll become friends with her when you talk to her tomorrow~!"

"...I guess." I muttered simply, still a bit flustered due to the position I was in. Ragna continued to stroke her hands through my hair, shuffling a tad to a point where she was laying next to me, wrapping her arms around me gently.

"I think you should get some rest now." she stated, rubbing my back comfortingly. "I'll be here if you need me~"

"T-thanks..." I squeaked out, turning my head back to peer at Ragna as she took my glasses off, putting them on the side table.

"Goodnight, Lyonette~" I heard her say through the blurriness, her voice rather calming to hear.

"...G-g'night, Ragna." I responded, turning my head back to my front, closing my eyes.

"It's lovely seeing you two get along. You're like sisters~" Equinox butted in, giggling softly. "Goodnight~"

And so, I slipped into what was possibly the comfiest sleep I'd had since Copper left for America, yawning quietly and nestling up to Ragna.


The school day seemed to end as quickly as it began, it only felt like an hour or so had passed before we were all packing up to go home. Did I zone out and miss everything, or did I actually have fun for once? Probably the first one, to be fair, because I felt like I wasn't even on the right planet when the bell interrupted my thoughts. Today had been uneventful so far, I woke up with Ragna asleep on the ironing board I call my chest, I got breakfast, then walked to school. The only thing I had to look forward to today was going to talk to that Devil girl me and Tylia wreaked havoc on last night.

"Hey, Lyo?" once again, my thoughts were interrupted as Issei spoke up, standing next to my desk and looking down at me. "You good to go?" he asked as I stole a glance up at him.

"...I'll have to catch up to you in a bit." I spoke, standing up from my seat and grabbing my bag, putting it over my shoulder. "When you go into the club room, could you tell Rias that I'm just gonna be doing something real quick?" Issei simply raised an eyebrow, looking at me inquisitively.

"Uh...sure? I can do." he said, confusion evident in his voice, seemingly picking up on how out of character it was for me.

"Right...Thanks." I stated, moving past Issei, nodding at him. "I'll be in the clubroom in about...Give or take half an hour or so." Issei simply nodded, clearly perplexed by the entire exchange, his eyes tracking me as I walked out of the classroom, making my way over to the gym, sneaking behind the large building and looking around the area. Sat on the ground, idily scrolling on her phone, was the uniform-donning Stray we'd fought yesterday, her appearance now more clear in the daylit shade. She had her hair up in a pair of twintails, which seemed to go to her shoulders, her bangs going to her collar with her fringe covering one of her eyes. Her red eyes darted up to look at me, before she began to smile, putting her phone away in the pocket of the coat she wore.

"Well, hey! Didn't expect you to actually show up." she stated, her voice still just as smug as the previous night, albeit, a little more composed.

"Yeah...You know what they say, curiousity killed the cat." I stated, walking a little closer to the girl and studying her expression, before slowly peering around, beginning to have the feeling of being watched.

"Being awfully casual, talkin' to someone you almost wasted last night, aren't you?" she replied with a giggle, getting to her feet. I sighed, putting a hand on my hip, already knowing full well that this was going to be a headache and a half.

"Can't exactly beat the shit out of you with people watching, can I?" I fired back, stuffing my hands in my pockets, looking away from her and over to a nearby dumpster.

"I guess not~" she spoke, nodding and holding her hand out to me, her smile faultering a little. "No hard feelings for last night, right?" I blinked, looking back over to her and tilting my head.

I toyed with the idea of bringing up exactly what happened last night, and how the whole thing was a huge, uncomfortable clusterfuck of confusion, but decided it was best to keep quiet.

"...Sure." I stated simply, leaning against the wall, keeping my eyes locked on the girl. "...What did you want me for, anyway? I'm a little late for my club, and you didn't exactly say much...In fact, all you did was tell me to meet you here and acted really weird about it." There I was, once again, letting words slip out without thinking first.

"Oh- That~" she muttered, giggling a tad, putting her arms behind her back, continuing to grin like a fool. "Sorry about that~ I'll admit...I kinda got ahead of myself there, my bad." she leant against the wall, mirroring my action, that smug grin still plastered over her face.

"I'll say..."

"I mean...At least you're admitting it?" I responded with deadpan delivery, unsure of how to feel about the exchange. The girl stretched her arms, putting them behind her head slowly.

"Yeah...I mean, I'll be honest, I'm pretty shit at bein' honest, but I try~" she nodded along, her eyes remaining glued to me. "Aaanyway, name's Lilith Shukano~!" she stood up straight, holding a hand out to me, sounding far too pleased with introducing herself.

"Uh...My name's Lyonette Griffin." I replied, slowly taking her hand and shaking it, returning her gaze. "Nice to meet you, I guess?" Lilith simply giggled, flashing a wink at me.

"You didn't need to introduce yourself too, y'know~ I already know who you are~" she spoke with a giggle in her voice, taking her hand away from me and returning it to the back of her head. "Lyonette Griffin, the chick who's always hanging about the Three Muskyteers, and is somehow in kahoots with the most popular girl in the school...Pretty much everyone knows at this point."

"Three Muskyteers? I might use that one myself..."

"Wait, what do you mean 'Everyone knows'?" I asked, the wording dawning on me, raising an eyebrow at the girl with the Cheshire Cat-like grin.

"Yeah! Ever since you and the spikey haired dude walked into school with Gremory, people've been talking a lot about it." she spoke with not a hint of irony in her voice, only a tone which suggested she found it hillarious. "Hell, that's kinda the reason I even bumped into you last night, kinda wanted to...Y'know, have a better look at you."

"Have a better look at me?!" I questioned, my eyebrow raised to a point where it couldn't be raised any higher. "What am I, some kinda exhibit?!"

"Hey, don't shoot the messenger!" Lilith stated, holding her hands up defensively. "I'm just tellin' you what I've heard!"

I prepared to give her an earful about the whole thing, my brain whipping a script to yell in her face, but, alas, I found myself frozen in place, a loud squeak escaping me as I felt the sensation of something squeezing my backside. In a panic, I turned around to look at whatever was groping me, seeing a female student behind me, who had a small smirk on her face.

I'd never seen this girl around school before, in fact, that kinda goes for Lilith as well, but this girl, unlike the fairly generic looking black hair that many students at the school had, had hair that was coloured a scarlet red...In fact, it was more or less the same red that Rias' hair was, upon looking at her a little closer, she ressembled Rias quite a bit, having the same blue eyes, as well as the same sort of facial structure, however, she was a bit shorter, with her bust definitely being smaller than Rias'. Her hair was fairly short, only going down to her neck, with a strand sticking up from her fringe and a small ponytail on the side of her head. If I would've squinted, I would've probably completely mistaken her for the president.

However, at the time I did not notice these features, all I noticed was a girl behind me who was touching my rear...and had seemingly come out of nowhere.

"WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU COME FROM?!" I exclaimed, stepping back with wide eyes, feeling a bit too surprised to resort to violence.

"I think you figured out what was watching you, Lyonette."

"I don't need this shit right now!"

The girl did not respond, she simply darted over behind a nearby bush with a giggle, barely even leaving me much time to think about what just happened.

"H-hey! You can't just do that shit and run off, get back here!" I darted over to the bush, pulling it back...and finding nothing there. I made a noise that can only be described as the sort of noise you'd make if you stubbed your toe in the middle of the night and didn't want to wake anybody up, glancing over at Lilith, who looked just as confused as I did. "Y-you saw that, right? I'm not going mad, am I?"

"Hm..." Lilith said, blinking her eyes as she stared at me blankly. "I mean, what I saw was you yelling at nothing, and darting over to a bush, so...I think you're going mad either way." she stated it in a tone that sounded honest, she didn't giggle, or anything like that, she just bluntly stated it as fact. I held a hand over my head, racking my brain, trying to figure out what on Earth just happened.

"Like...Seriously, you okay?" she asked, stepping over to me and putting a hand on my shoulder, raising an eyebrow sincerely. "Is that sorta thing normal for you, or...?" for the first time since I began talking to her, she wasn't smirking, or giggling, or anything to that capacity, she looked at me with genuine concern.

"N-no..." I stated, looking at her, frowning a tad. "...S-so, you really didn't see that? Some red haired girl touching my ass?"

"Nope." Lilith stated, smirking a little and giggling. "I'll be honest, it sounds like you're having fantasies about Rias or something.~" I blinked slowly, looking down at the ground, my gaze lingering down there for a bit. I hadn't even thought about it like that, considering the way I was acting around Rias the first time I met her, as well as all the freaky shit that's been happening recently, it would have made sense...However, there was a problem with that logic.

"...Can't be, it wasn't Rias." I spoke, directing a glance back at Lilith, seeing her expression as more friendly than mocking, like how it'd been before. "She looked a bit like her, but it wasn't her."

"I mean, I dunno." she stated, patting my head gently, still smiling. "I don't know what's going on in that head of yours, so I have no idea what you saw."

"Ah...well..." I sighed, putting a hand on my hip, frowning, finding no point in saying anything more. "...Sorry about that, either way, don't know what came over me..."

"It's cool~" she stated, laughing a tiny bit, before her expression returned to looking serious. "But...Do you want me to walk you to your club? Just to make sure nothing happens to you on your way over." I couldn't help but feel a bit of warmth in her words as she spoke, seemingly acting completely unlike she did before.

"I mean...sure, it's not too far from here." I replied, smiling at her softly, feeling somewhat grateful for her offer.

"Maybe this Lilith chick isn't as bad as I thought..."

It wasn't long before we were on our way, wandering from behind the gym and towards the old school building. We walked in mostly silence, with Lilith occasionally stealing a glance at me to make sure I wasn't having another hallucination, but before long, we made it to the door without any incident.

"It was nice meeting you!" I exclaimed to her as I continued walking to the door, watching her as she waved me off with a smile.

"Likewise!" she exclaimed back, turning around with a giggle, watching me as I opened the door. "Oh, by the way?" I heard her call out behind me, causing me to turn my head.

"Huh? What's up?" I asked, tilting my head at her, noticing the mischevious smirk on her face.

"I was lying when I said that I didn't see anything~" she yelled at me, waving as she turned and walked away. "I saw it all, you're not going crazy...Anyway, bye~!"

It took me a moment to process what was just said, my smile slowly fading from my face, as I remembered one of the first things she said to me...

"I'll be honest, I'm pretty shit at bein' honest,"

"...Motherfucker!" I yelled, frowning and going into the old school building, my face going a tad red at the realisation that I hadn't just been lied to, but I'd believed the lie very easily. I groaned, leaning against the door as I closed it, unable to fathom the fact that I'd been tricked so easily.

"I thought I was smarter than that...Damn it to Hell!"

I growled a tiny bit, beginning to stalk my way up the stairs, dragging my feet to the clubroom, slowly opening the door and entering. I was met with the sight of all the rest of the club members, all doing their own things, while Issei and Rias stood near where the shower was, talking to each other, the latter of them turning towards me and flashing a smile.

"Oh, speak of the Devil." Rias spoke with a laugh, waving over at me. "You didn't go off to cause trouble, I hope?"

"Like I said, she was kinda evasive about it..." Issei muttered, looking over at me and waving himself. "Heya, Lyo."

"Hey..." I stated, closing the door behind me and wandering over to the two of them. "Didn't miss anything, did I?"

"Nothing really, in fact, you're more or less on time~!" she responded cheerily, before she began peering around the room, her expression going a tad dark. "...She certainly isn't, though." Issei and I both looked at her, both of us sharing a confused expression.

"Who're you talking about?" Issei asked her, being the first to speak up about it, only getting us a headshake in response from Rias.

"Don't worry about it, I've been waiting for someone for a bit, and she hasn't shown up yet, so..." she sighed, looking over at everyone else for a moment. "Since she hasn't shown up, I guess she'll have to play catch up later." it was less than a few seconds later that an unfamiliar voice piped up from behind Rias.

"If you're talking about me, I'm already here." the source of the voice, I found, was coming from a girl who had suddenly popped up next to the shower, a girl I immediately recognised as the girl who was groping me earlier, simply standing there, leant against the wall with a somewhat deadpan expression on her face. I double taked, before blinking, growling a little.

"Hey! You're the one who touched my butt!" I yelled, most abasively, and to everyone else's sudden surprise.

"...And might i say, it was a fine piece of ass~" the girl stated, an inflection in her voice I'd only ever heard from Issei and the other two Muskyteers. I heard Rias groan loudly, clearly unhappy with this result, planting a hand on her own face and rubbing it.

"W-whoa! Where'd she come from?!" Issei cried, stepping back a bit, before the girl's words seemed to sink into him. "A-and...Was it really that good?" and there it was, that pervy, hormonal inflection that made me kick into fight or flight, at this point, my muscle response to the tone just felt natural, and I almost didn't notice my elbow striking Issei's sternum, resulting in a yelp and a cough from the poor guy.

"Everyone...Meet my half-sister, Iida Tsukido." Rias muttered spitefully, putting an outstretched hand out, pointing to the red-headed girl with it, clearly not enjoying the experience at all. Iida, on the other hand, despite her deadpan expression, had a slight look of complacence in her eyes, simply bowing in response to her sister's words.

"Pleased to meet you all." she stated, her voice sounding surprisingly reserved, considering the foul shit she had said a minute prior, having the same sort of fancy way of speaking as Rias, but with a little more of an accent. A moment of silence passed, before Koneko spoke up with a sigh.

"Oh great, there's two perverts now."

"Fuckin' tell me about it." I would've responded, if not for the door opening the moment I was about to speak, with Tylia and Asia entering in a hurry.

"Sorry we're late!" Asia cried, nearly tripping and falling, before being caught by Tylia. "Tylia wanted to go get some food before we came here!"

"Don't have to announce it to the world...but yes." Tylia stated, pouting a tiny bit, a flush rising in her cheeks. "Apologies. I had to go get Asia from the house...and get food."

"The gang's all here, I see?" Iida piped up, putting her hand on her hip as she looked over us all. "Sheesh, Zechs wasn't kidding when he said your peerage had grown." her gaze lingered on me for a moment, before she directed it at her sister.

"...Yes, these are my servants, Iida, I would've thought that would be fairly obvious." she responded, sighing and putting a hand on her hip, putting the other on her head. "...Let's just get the announcements out of the way, so we can get to the actual activities..." the busty red-head walked over to the front of the room, sitting on a small cabinet with her legs crossed, gesturing to Tylia and Asia to sit down. "My sister is going to be helping out with contracts for a while, per my brother's request...So, as a result, she's going to be in the club with us for the foreseeable future."

"I look forward to working with my little sister and her servants!" Iida stated, walking next to Rias with a meek, yet slightly menacing smile on her face.

"Little sister?! But, you look way younger!" Issei cried out, his face a picture of confused horror. "Your tits are way small-" I quickly silenced Issei with a swift elbow to the ribs, causing him to react with the same yelp and cough as before. "Ow! S-stop doing that, Lyo..."

"I mean, you are correct...But even still.~" Iida bluntly articulated, leaning against the wall and giggling. "I am the older one out of the two of us, therefore, your master is my little sister~" she brought a hand up to Rias' head, patting her like a child, which is a fitting treatment, considering the fact that she was pouting like one, her cheeks nearly as red as her hair.

"You could at least word it in a less embarassing way..." Rias grumbled, clearly embarassed by the whole exchange.

"Just be glad that Zechs didn't give me the old photo album before I left~" Iida teased, taking her hand away from her apparent little sister's head. Meanwhile, while the rest of the club chatted idily amongst themselves and to Rias and her sister, I was left trying to figure out what was currently happening.

"So, the girl who touched my ass earlier...was Rias' sister?" I recapped for myself, trying to process all this new information. "...I didn't even know Rias had siblings..."

"In all fairness, you haven't known Rias for all that long." I heard Equinox's fairly aloof voice ring out through my head, stated in a matter-of-factly tone. "I'm willing to bet that there's plenty more you don't know about her, either, so I wouldn't be too surprised."

"I know, you're right, but even still..." I mentally responded, leaning against the wall and idily watching everyone else as they chattered. "I didn't take Rias for the little sister type...I mean, I know I gave Issei shit for pointing it out, but she certainly does not look older." my eyes instinctively scanned the chests of the two red-heads, a slight bit of crimson tinting my cheeks. "Yep, Rias' rack is definitely bigger...One look at the two of them, and you'd think it'd be the other way around."

"I suppose that's true...Though, you say that, but look at you and your sister."Equinox replied, curtly, my eyes drifting down to my own chest on impulse. "You're the older one out of you and Tylia, but you're flat as a board, aren't you~?" the red of my cheeks deepened a tad, a frown crossing my face as my eyes darted to the side.

"We're twins, though...Neither of us are the older one."

"...Well, at least one of you two got your mother's genetics~"a giggle resounded around my mind as she began to laugh teasingly.

"H-hey! Cut that shit out!"

"My my, that must have hit you hard~! You're stuttering in your own thoughts~!" by this point, Equinox's laughter beginning to become manic, clearly finding much amusement in my response to her scathing remarks about my less-than-average bust.

"A-at least I have tits, miss Figment-Of-My-Imagination!" I decided to fire back on the bullying little voice, putting a hand on my hip.

"Barely!" her voice, once fairly reserved, yet patronising, was now barely legible through her laughter. "My youngest sister had breasts bigger than yours~!"

"YOU HAVE A SISTER?!"

"Um...Miss Lyonette, are you okay?" I was snapped out of my thoughts by the squeaky, somewhat irritating voice of Asia, realising that I was being spoken to.

"Huh?" I murmured, my brain switching off airplane mode and booting up once more as I frantically looked around the room, finding that Issei, Koneko and Akeno were missing from the room, with the gazes of everyone else affixed on me, Asia and Tylia standing in front of me.

"Sister, Lady Gremory said that you were on flyer duty with Hyodou, you should probably get going." Tylia snapped, sounding less than enthused by my abscent-mindedness.

"W-wait, what are you going to be doing, then?" I asked, tilting my head at her, my brain once again parsing the information that was just relayed to me.

"I've told her to show Asia around the town while everyone does their own jobs." Rias stated, sitting on the couch rather than the cabinet. "That way, she isn't just sat around doing nothing."

"It was my suggestion~" Iida interjected, remaining in her leaning position against the wall.

"Oh...Well then, uh..." I looked around the room, quietly going over to the table, where a stack of flyers was sat. "I'll get on the flyer job, I guess."

And so began the menial, but necessary task of handing out Rias' dumb little flyers, which was sure to be an exhilarating experience, as always. As Tylia and Asia exited the room, I followed, holding the stack of paper in my arms, trudging along behind them.

"Better get this done quickly..."


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Next chapter: Tylia and Asia go on a tour of Kuoh town, bonding in the process, meanwhile, Lyonette furiously attempts to track Issei, alwhile handing out flyers.

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