Theo sat under the same tree he had met Koneko. He had his face planted in a book. It was one of his favorites. Dinosaur Wars, it was called. Thankfully his mother had found one translated into Italian. He could always count on her to pull a few strings here or there. However, he couldn't count on her today. No. He was going to do something for himself for once.

He gulped as he stuck his face closer to the book. Today he was going to offer a brownie to the prettiest girl in school. Not just that, he was going to get to see her make that cute face again. He so desperately wanted to see it once more. Not that there was anything creepy about watching a cute girl eat.

'It's perfectly normal. She's so cute. Even while reading, she's cute. Walking, she's cute~'

"And ah, how can such a cute girl like you?"

Theo couldn't help but flinch at his inner 'voice' again. He tried not to think about it. Maybe she wouldn't come? Maybe she thought he was creepy? That made him panic. He wasn't creepy. He was nice… he thought. Maybe he had done something wrong.

No. He needed to focus. He was going to give her the brownie and he was going to sit down next to Koneko if it was the last thing he did. He was not going to mess this up. He was not. He shook slightly. He was going to be like the hero in the book.

Well except for what he did in the sequel. Why were so many protagonists idiots? People though anime protags could be dense but so many western heroes were just as stupid. It's just romance drama and he wasn't going to have that. He was going to get the girl or maybe even girls~

'Don't get ahead of yourself, Theo. Keep your cool with Koneko and be happy with that.'

That's when he saw her. The living embodiment of beauty~ Koneko strode into the area with her own little lunchbox. She looked around the little courtyard and when she spied him, he let out a small yelp and hid his face further into the book. She tilted her head to the side questioningly before shrugging and walking over. She sat down where she was last time and opened up her box to eat.

Theo gulped, 'You can do this. Just give her the brownies and watch her smile.'

He shakily stood to his feet. Koneko idly watched him get up before he started breathing heavily. Then with shaky fingers, he gave her a box. "B-Brownies. For you."

Koneko stared at hit for a moment, "Thanks." She took it without question.

Theo knew he should stay and sit down. He was going to stay and talk with her. Get to know Koneko and if he was lucky, maybe he could date her. Yeah. He was going to do that right now. He glanced at her and noticed her quizzical stare.

'Damn it.'

He sighed and walked away. He sat down behind a tree away from her and put his face into his hands. He sighed deeply, angry with himself. Again, he was a coward. He could barely talk to people, let alone pretty girls. He looked around the tree and a dopey smile came to his face as his cheeks heated up. Koneko had that cute face again as she ate the brownies. A sweet tooth, that girl had. She was just so adorable like that. He wanted to pick her up and cuddle her.

"Spying on girls, are we?" A feminine voice spoke up.

"Gah-ow." Theo jolted his head over and back when he heard the voice, hitting his head on the tree. As he rubbed it, he looked up to see Kiyome wagging a finger at him.

"Naughty, naughty." She smirked, "Spying on a girl while she's eating. Have you no shame?"

Theo hung his head down in shame, "I… but she's cute…" He mumbled, realizing how bad that excuse was.

"D'awww," Kiyome held her hands together as she lifted up a leg, "Someone's got a crush~"

Theo groaned as he reburied his face in his hands. Why did she have to talk to him again? She was far too beautiful to pay attention to him anyways. Maybe she just liked messing with him? It's probable.

"Anyways," Kiyome handed him a sheet. "I forgot to inform you that clubs will be opening up in about a week. Just wanted to give you a head's up."

"Uhhh," Theo grabbed the flier and looked at it. He couldn't help but gulp in fear. He didn't say anything more. He probably wouldn't go. Clubs meant he had to interact with a lot of people and he was sure he'd mess something up.

Kiyome held up a finger, "I don't want to hear any exceptions. I'm here to get you used to this school. I'd be a bad student if I failed you in this task."

Theo frowned, "You don't have to do anything really. I'm okay."

"I won't rest until you have a friend or more," Kiyome pumped a fist into her open palm, "You will have a great time at our academy. I swear it!"

Theo blinked in surprise at her enthusiasm. She really took this to heart. 'Wonder if she'll kick me if I fail? I mean, when I fail.'

He sighed and nodded, "Okay… I'll try."

"That's the spirit," Kiyome gave him a thumb's up. "Don't worry. You'll be a pro friend maker in no time. All of the ladies here are going to love you."

"... All?" Theo looked up slightly as he started to think about it.

/All the girls of the school smiling at him with outstretched arms.

"We love you Theo!"

"Marry me!"

"I wanna have your babies!"/

Theo sputtered and blushed immensely as the image came to mind. He slapped his cheeks, listening to Kiyome giggle at his expense.

"We'll have to curb your little fantasy or whatever that was~" Kiyome tittered.

What they didn't notice was that they were being watched. Three male students, who were not the Pervert Trio (who were right now trying to sneak a peek at the cheerleaders at the moment), looked over at the new kid, glaring daggers at him.

"Look at him," one of them said. "He's talking up a storm with that hottie."

"Not just any hottie," another spoke. "Kiyome Abe. I've had my eyes on her since last year. Her butt is to die for."

"That bastard," the leader snarled as he shook his fist. "He's even got the precious loli eating out of his hands."

"We'll show him a thing or two."

"About what?"

The leader hit the other on top of the head, "About getting the girls to look at him, dummy. It's bad enough those damn perverts give us guy's a bad name but there's Kiba and now this foreigner getting the girl's interest. There aren't any left for us!"

"Yeah," the other two nodded. "So what are we going to do."

"We'll make him so scared he'll want nothing to do with the girls," the leader smirked. "Maybe leave the school if we're lucky."

Up in the trees, someone else was watching. Said watcher was our familiar blond, little Fallen Angel. She grinned as she looked down at the scene before her. She had been tailing the brat all day, avoiding a couple of arrows along the way. She was going to make that mother rue the day she ever took up the bow.

Right now though, she had a sense of triumph. She gazed upon how he looked at the white haired girl. It gave her a sense of superiority, "So you like short women, huh? Well I'm ten times as pretty as that girl. You'll be eating out of my hands soon enough."

She stood up and wiggled her hips, "Ohohoho, you want me to date him, Raynare? I'll give him the best and last date of his life! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!" She threw her head back to laugh, wiggling her fingers in what would be seen to some{none} as a terrifying gesture.

She let out a yelp when an arrow almost hit her. She flew up into the air, scowling as she shook her fists. "Stop doing that, you old hag! I'll make you pay! You hear me? Pay! Yipe!" She ducked from another bolt and flew off, shaking her fists.

Arisa smirked as she watched the Fallen fly away. Honestly, she wondered if this one had brain damage. Most Fallen got the message after a single arrow. Whatever she was up to, her safety wasn't something she concerned herself about. Oh well. Maybe she wouldn't purposefully miss next time. An arrow to the wing might get it through her head that tailing her sweet boy was a bad idea.

Perhaps this wasn't the best way to go about it. There were probably normal humans who saw the Fallen fly about. The devils in the school would of course erase it from their minds. She scowled thinking about them. She had a distaste for them and anything of the Abrahamic. Thankfully in Japan, she didn't have to deal with it that much. However, it seemed she was wrong.

'If I fucking find out there are a horde of these Fallen whackos after my son, there will be a bloodbath.'

Arisa snuck out of the school grounds and made her way back home. She was confident the Fallen bitch wouldn't try anything more this day. At least not at the school. The devils would be alerted to the signs of a Fallen if it was spotted. If the birdbrain was smart, she'd keep her distance. Which meant that the birdbrain had very little in the way of keeping track of her special boy. That was fine with her. Perhaps she'd talk with some of the yokai around to see if they could help. She did know a Japanese being or two.

'It's been awhile since I've seen Amaterasu. I wonder how she's doing?'

Dohnaseek closed his eyes as he stabbed his spear into the air. His form flowed from one point of attack to another, deflecting an imaginary blow with a flick of his Light Spear. Of all the Fallen present, Dohnaseek was the most experienced when it came to combat. It helped that he was the oldest, having been born in the 1860's in Earth mortal years. He hadn't fought in the Great War of the factions but he had fought some skirmishes here and there, mostly against Devils. Although he had one runin with a few angels. Thankfully they were rookies so he was able to survive that day. Even turned them on their tails. Well all except one. He felt a little guilty for having taken an angel's life but the brat wouldn't back down and tried to stab him in the back.

Sometimes you've got to know when to fold them. If you didn't, you'd wind up dead. It's why he kept up his training. He just hoped he would get to stretch his legs a bit. The Devils in town were all low level trash in his opinion. Nothing really to worry about but he'd like to have a bit of fun. He wouldn't be storming the Gremory or Sitri base to get it though. He wasn't stupid after all.

"Grrrr," he heard a familiar voice call out. "Fucking bitch with her fucking arrows!"

Dohnaseek opened his eyes to gaze at the oncoming Mittelt who was stomping her way over to him. If he had to put how he felt about her to words, it would be something like a younger sister. He had of course taken her in when her parents died when she was a babe. Since then, she went everywhere together. Of course, Mittelt wouldn't acknowledge this. She was really prideful and he blamed Kalawarner and Raynare for rubbing off on her, even if Mittelt said she didn't like them. She was still a tad impressionable.

"Seems something's got you down."

"That Theo's mom keeps shooting arrows at me," Mittelt shook her fist in anger. "She's not human. She keeps tracking me down. Hell, I think she's missing on purpose to mess with my head."

Dohnaseek sighed. If that was true, this would complicate things. Their plan relied on doing things quickly before people realized what they had done. He had doubts it would be that easy given Raynare wasn't the brightest, but still. "Then you'll have to speed up your mission."

"Eh?" Mittelt quirked her head to the side.

"You'll have to put him up for a date tomorrow."

Mittelt's eyes widened, "But… but Raynare's not going to ask her date out for another week or two."

"About two actually," Dohnaseek nodded. "But Raynare's not been shot at. You'll have to date him now. I'll have to suggest Raynare upping her plan as well. She won't like it, but if this person is confident enough to taunt a Fallen, I don't want to take our chances."

Mittelt huffed and crossed her arms, "Fine. I don't want to do this but might as well get it over with."

Dohnaseek smiled and ruffled her hair, "Don't be so glum. I'm sure you'll have fun."

"Bah," Mittelt swatted his hand away. She pouted, which he honestly found rather adorable. "I don't want to date a human. They stink."

Dohnaseek laughed, "Don't brush it off until you've tried it. What the hell. You might like it."

Mittelt quirked an eyebrow, "It sounds like you actually want me to like him and have fun with the human. You know I have to kill him, right?"

Dohnaseek put a hand on her shoulder and took a knee, "I want you to be happy, Mittelt. That's all that matters to me. You will have to kill him." His grip tightened. He saw a look of hesitancy on her face before she straightened herself up like a good soldier.

'She's never killed anyone before, you bitch.' He cursed Raynare once more. He hated the fact that he had to bring her along but they were all selected by their boss. He couldn't do anything. It was a bit strange about how Raynare told them this was going down. Usually Azazel liked to scout out sacred gears personally or get someone to bring them somewhere to study. These sacred gear must be dragons if he's ordering them to kill these two.

"Just… Just stay safe, okay?"

"Pfft," Mittelt rolled her eyes, "You worry too much. This human is going down."

As you may have noticed, I decided to add a bit more depth to Mittelt and Dohnaseek. I decided to do this mostly because, let's be honest, these two get shafted more times then not in a lot of fics. Why? I think it's due to Mittelt being too small/young looking. (Take your pick.) And Dohnaseek being a guy. Well that's not happening here. I am going to give them their time to shine.

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Comments are appreciated and really encouraged. The more in depth, the better as it helps me understand what you all liked about this story/chap and what you'd like to see. I hope you all do well and until next time, take care.