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"Shirou" Regular speech.

"Shirou" Thoughts.

DRAGON SHOT Attack names.

(Shirou) Words said previously.

"SHIROU!" Shouting speech.

[Ddraig] Dragon talking.

Open House And Red Vs White

Shirou stood motionless, his eyes closed as he remained in a state of complete stasis. The area surrounding him was completely filled with smoke, the scenery burning away like a photograph thrown into a fireplace. Fireplace… That seemed to be a fairly apt description for the void Shirou found himself in. The flames seemed to originate below Shirou's feet, something like seven meteors from his heels and the fire's tongue seemed to stretch endlessly into the air above him. It was a world akin to a Fire Dragon's den. Which was fitting considering he was in the inner world of his mind.

Or more specifically, the inner world that existed within the Boosted Gear.

[You seem to be deep in thought, Partner.]

He still didn't react, not to the voice nor the inhuman silhouette that appeared towering over him.

The flames receded slightly, revealing more details regarding the creature's appearance. It had big eyes. The color of its eyes is red, like blood. A jaw that comes up to its ears, with lots of sharp fangs growing out of it. There is a thick horn lining up, on its forehead, and the scales that cover its body is red like magma. It had thick arms and legs like those of a gigantic tree. The claws looked very sharp and terrifying. More than that, its pair of wings that are spread out make this giant monster look even bigger.

It was the Dragon who's spirit was sealed within the Boosted Gear, the Heavenly Dragon; the Welsh Dragon, Y Ddraig Goch, or simply the Red Dragon. Partner to the Red Dragon Emperor, who was currently Shirou.

[It's been almost a full hour and yet you've remained motionless this entire time. Is there a reason for that?]

"I'm training Ddraig." Shirou responded, finally moving.

[Hmm, and exactly what type of training requires you to remain in a state of emptiness? I'd of thought you would be more concerned in training your Balance Breaker.]

"It should be obvious." Shirou responded. "These past few days, I've been training my Balance Breaker, I've already got down the basics through both abilities training and combat training. Now I can't improve it anymore without actually fighting someone." He explained. "And since no one in town is strong enough to fight the current me, I can't do that, so now I'm training something else."

[Something else? What might that be?]

"My mental strength." Shirou answered.

[And why do you see the need for that?]

"Think for a second would you." Shirou told him, irritated. "My Sacred Gear isn't my only power, I need to train with all my strengths, otherwise I'll just be a one-trick pony. Since I'm not training my Gear, I'm working on Senjutsu."

[You have been spending a great deal of time with your Youkai comrade now that I think about it.]

"Ren told me that controling Senjutsu is like a test of endurance on your mind. If your mind is too weak, it'll be overwhelmed by the malice intent." Shirou explained. "So I'm training my mind to be as durable as a steel trap."

[I assumed your mental fortitude was already capable of not being overwhelmed, you showed proof of that while being overshadowed during the battle against Kokabiel.]

"And I'm supposed to just hope the same principles apply to Senjutsu?" Shirou asked, sarcastically. "Even if that was the case, if I use that as an excuse to not train I'll just get rusty."

[Personally, I see no problem with you wanting to acquire as much power that is presented to you. Especially considering the Vanishing Dragon has already appeared before you. You'll need to be at your Strongest if you wish to defeat him.]

"Hmm." Shirou stretched his neck out a bit. "Hey Ddraig, I've had something on my mind for a while now and have been waiting for a good time to ask. And I think now's the time." He looked up at Ddraig. "What's the story with you and Albion?"

[…I suppose I should have expected you to ask that before long. Where do I begin? Well, let me start from the beginning. It started during the Great War between the Three Factions.]

"That far back?" Shirou asked, surprised.

[Yes. When the Three Great powers of God and his Angels, the Fallen Angels who rebelled against them, and the Devils who, led by their Kings sought to destroy both were all locked in war. That time, other powers gave their support to certain sides. Fairies, Spirits, European Monsters, Asian Youkai, and Humans. But the Dragons were the only beings that didn't side with any of them.]

"That's a bit odd." Shirou commented. "And here I thought Dragons lived to fight. Why would they remain passive?"

[Hmmm, I wonder. I don't know the actual reason. But Dragons are beings that are made from a mass of powers and they all act freely and selfishly. There were Dragons that turned into Devils and became Demonic Dragons or those that sided with God and became Holy Dragons. But the majority of them didn't care about the war and lived freely.]

"I guess that's far." Shirou shrugged. "Realistically, why would anyone join a war that had nothing to do with them if they didn't have to."

[That didn't mean Dragon weren't consistently fighting though. During the Great War between the Three Powers, there were two foolish Dragons that started a fight. And those two were in the highest class of Dragons, and they had a power that rivaled that of God and outclassed that of a Satan. They started to fight each other while taking down the beings of the Three Powers. For the Three Powers, there wasn't anything more troublesome than these two Dragons. The Three Powers were having a serious war to take control of this World, and the two Dragons were disturbing the battlefield without any care.]

"What wait? Didn't they literally turn the whole world into a battlefield?" Shirou pointed out. "Why didn't the Trinity Factions just fight around them?"

[A fight between Dragons of that caliber engulfed everything. While fighting they were constantly moving. The Human-World, the Underworld, Mount Olympus, along with Valhalla, even the Underworld ruled by Hades. It was impossible to ignore them because they were destroying everything.]

"Impressive, but I see the problem, though the elephant in the room is; why were they fighting in the first place?" Shirou question.

[No idea. It's like they weren't interested in anything at all. The two Dragons probably can't remember the reason why they started to fight.]

"They don't rem…" Shirou started before he paused to think. "I get it. In the end, it doesn't matter why you start a fight, you just need to make sure you end it, reasons can come later. It's not logic but rather, instinct."

[Haha, that does sound like something a Dragon would say. But the leaders of the Three Powers weren't going to let things continue like that. And for the first time, the leaders of the Three Powers joined hands. "We have to get rid of those two Dragons, or else it's not a matter of war any more!" Like that.]

"Those people actually came together for something?" Shirou asked as if he was told something outrageous. "I guess anyone can be reasonable when their back's up against the wall."

[Unfortunately, for them things only became worse. The two Dragons that got their fight interrupted became enraged. "Don't get in the way of our fight!", "A mere God and Satan shouldn't be interrupting a duel between Dragons!"—They responded like fools. They went head-on and tried to eat God, Maou, and the leaders of the Fallen-Angels. Well, that was a mistake, I guess.]

"Maybe, but I have to admit." Shirou then had an interested smirk. "Fighting all the Trinity Faction leaders at once, that actually sounds exciting."

[If you were born in that Era, I'd imagine you'd also be a troubling existence.]

Shirou shrugged, not bothered by those words. "I am what I am."

[The story doesn't end there though. In the end, the two Dragons got cut into pieces and their spirits were sealed within Human bodies as Sacred Gears. The two Dragons that were sealed within Humans used them as vessels, they encountered each other and fought each other countless times. Every time, one of them won and one of them died. Sometimes one of them was already dead before the other one came and so they didn't fight, but most of the times they did. If the vessel—Human, dies then the Dragons stop functioning for a certain time. Their spirits float around in this World until the Humans with Dragon powers are born. That cycle has repeated countless times for many long years.]

"And since both vessels met, the cycle continues again." Shirou noted. "I usually don't like moving to the flow of someone else's tune, but since it means I can fight someone like that, I'll go along with it this time."

[That's for the best. This time it was you who became my host. And you even became a Devil. In all the long years I have been like this, this is the first time. That's why I am looking forward to it. I wonder what's going to happen this time? Even if past wielders tried to avoid fighting, they always found themselves fighting in the end. It's one of those things that just naturally happens.]

"Wait, I'm seriously the only one who's a Devil?" Shirou raised a brow.

[This all started before the Evil Piece system was created and even then, most wielders usually kept to themselves.]

"And what were they like?" Shirou asked.

[They came in all shapes and sizes. Some young, some old, some children, some elders, some male, some female. There were some that stood out among the rest though. There was a wielder who was a Warrior from Greece, another who was a Knight of the Round Table from Camelot, even one who stood as a Warrior during the Romance of Three Kingdoms Era in China.]

"Well damn, and how to I measure up in all this?" Shirou asked curiously.

[You aren't weak if that's what you're asking. In fact among the previous wielders, the most talented one of them was around your age. But if I compared you two, I'd say you're more gifted considering you awakened the Balance Breaker first. Not to mention, he got drunk off his power and was carelessly killed by another Longinus-user.]

"So he didn't fight the Vanishing Dragon?"

[He lost his life before they met. That's why I believe your potential is greater. Your power grows at a similar rate and yet you don't recklessly lose your sense of self. That's a standard I've grown accustomed to.]

"So you're saying I'm the most talented Red Dragon Emperor?" Shirou questioned.

[Corrected, you might be the most talented Red Dragon Emperor thus far. However, you are not yet the Strongest wielder.]

Shirou looked displeased by those words. "Okay, so who is?"

[A man named Belzard. Without question, he was the most powerful Red Dragon Emperor to ever possess my Sacred Gear.]

"Belzard?" Shirou repeated, trying to remember that name. "You mentioned him before, that first time we spoke to each other."

[That's right. I felt at the time that your bravado remembered of Belzard in his youth. And in fact, you two share many similarities. Though Belzard was a man who's power was unlike any other. He was acknowledged as the Strongest wielder by accomplishing what none else had done before or since, defeating the White Dragon Emperor twice.]

"You're saying him met the Vanishing Dragon of the same Era as him, fought him and won. Then lived long enough to meet the next one and beat them to?" Shirou asked for confirmation.

[Yes, that's right.]

"You realize that unlike him, I'm a Devil, in other words, my life could potentially last forever, which means I could also do what did and so much more." Shirou pointed out. "Plus even then, as a Devil with an almost endless life span, I have all the time in the world to surpass him and all the rest."

[You forget, you might not die naturally but you can still be killed.]

"Yeah, but we both know that's never happening." Shirou brushed off.

[Regardless, even though you met him back then, you didn't fight the White Dragon Emperor. While there were certain circumstances at the time, it's very likely the next time you see him you'll end up fighting him. As such, you had best prepare yourself for it.]

Shirou opened his eyes and looked around. He was now back in the real world outside his Gear.

He let out a sigh. "Yeah, I knew that much already."

Shirou was referring to the last words Ddraig said at the end of their conversation. Right now, it was several days after the Gremory Peerage came together at the School pool and Shirou was standing atop the roof of a random building in town. A gentle summer breeze blew by and blew back his hair as he stood up and looked out at the view of the town he could oversee from this height.

Stretching out his arms, Shirou breathed out. "Well, I guess now's as good a time as any."

Upon those words, Shirou stood up straight, closed his eyes and started to gather up his Ki. Letting the natural energy surround his body. It was different from Touki as it wasn't his own life energy, but rather an energy from nature itself.

"Ren said to start with the basics." Shirou thought, concentrating. "For now, I'll just focus on sensing other people."

Shirou could feel it, he could feel the aura of many different sources of life around him. It was different from sensing power with his eyes. He wasn't sensing how strong someone was, but instead their life-force.

Even though his eyes were closed he felt like he could still see clearly. It was like having a radar-like vision, he knew how many people were within his range, how far away they were and in which direction. Every person simply looked like walking silhouettes, with small blue flames that were as big as a candle-lit fire inside them. Though that just meant they were normal, everyday Humans.

"Huh, this is a lot different from how I pictured it." Shirou thought, somewhat impressed. "Now to see what Devils feel like."

Shirou then turned to the direction of his house knowing Mika was there. He could feel it, he someone could tell the difference from her aura and others, probably because he knew her. Mika's aura was much bigger than a Humans', rather than a candle flame, her's was the size of a campfire and the colour of her flame was also blue, but in the center there was some purple, Shirou figured that was the Demonic aura. There was another big aura near Mika's, though not as big. He could tell it was Asia.

"Looks like my maximum radius is only a few miles." Shirou noted. "Well, that's good enough for now, I guess."

Shirou then opened his eyes and dissipated his Ki. Believing that was enough. He looked around in different directions as if trying to decide what he should do now. At some point he found himself looking at the direction of the School; Kuoh Academy.

"The School? It's not a School day, but I'm pretty sure Sona and the council are there doing some work." Shirou said to himself. "Course, now that I think about it, she could be making preparing with the staff about the open house, which is pretty soon." He then turned away. "Anyway, maybe I'll just find Saito and knock him around for a bit?"

CHILLS!

Suddenly, Shirou felt a chill go through his entire body, but it hit him mostly in his left arm. It was enough to make him gasp, quickly turning back, Shirou saw that whatever this was, it was coming from the same direction as to where he was looking a moment ago. He could feel it clearly, even with his eyes wide open. It was power, pure power that was eclipsing everything nearby. It was like a bonfire that was spread both wide and thick. Shirou felt something like this before, on the day he first felt Grayfia's Demonic-power in the club room, but even then it wasn't this big. This power was closer to Sirzechs.

Then suddenly, it hit him. Shirou remembered feeling this chill over his arm once before. In fact, fairly recently.

"Ddraig." Shirou spoke, emotionless. "Could that be who I think it is?"

[Without a doubt, Partner. I could never mistake that aura.]

Shirou narrowed his eyes and stared dagger in that direction while wearing an almost scary-looking smirk on his face.

"Well. If this is fate, I'll gladly accept it."

Upon saying those words, Shirou jumped forward and lumped from building to building, heading to wear this power was coming from.

In the span of a few seconds, Shirou arrived at where he felt that chill; Kuoh Academy. Specifically right outside the School grounds. While standing on the small bridge that led to the school gate a glint of silver came into his eyes. The person he came to find was standing in front of him, leaning back by the wall.

An amazing Bishounen was looking up at the School building. Silver-haired. A bit like Grayfia's, but her Silver-haired was different from the boy standing before him. His was denser, more like, its dark color was stronger. In fact, it was almost identical to Shirou's hair.

He's a foreigner, so you can't estimate his age by looking at him but he and Shirou were probably around the same age. Looking clearly at him, he was a handsome young man. He is wearing a dark green V-neck shirt with a high collared black leather jacket over it. He also wore burgundy jeans with a sliver chain drooping down over them and black leather chaps with three bands encircling his right calf, and finally black shoes with black buckles.

One thing that stood out was the look on his face. He had a smirk that gave off the air of being both confident and comfortable, like it was a perfectly natural expression for him, it was something many others saw when looking at Shirou. Just that he's looking up at the school building, just that act was visible like an illusion. Soon this person noticed Shirou's presence, his eyes are looking towards him. Those blue eyes were as blue as the azure sky, so transparent that one would be drawn in by looking into them. With a smile like an Angel in that in felt like it could both charm and mesmerize a person. The two of them just stared at each other, not taking.

"….…."

"….…."

WHOOSH!

A strong gust of wind blew by as they continued to just stare at each other for what seemed like a long time, not even taking a step forward they remained in the same spots as when they first spotted each other like they were waiting for a sign or a signal or something. From an outsiders perspective, it was like they were frozen. It was almost like a scene from a movie.

After a few minutes but what felt like hours, they finally spoke.

"Hey, it's a good School."

"Hmm….. Guess it depends on your taste."

"I am Vali. The Hakuryuukou—Vanishing Dragon." The now named Vali introduced himself casually.

"And I am Shirou Tsukiharu." Shirou followed suit, also casual. "The Sekiryuutei—Welsh Dragon."

"This is the second time we meet here, huh, Welsh Dragon—Sekiryuutei. Shirou Tsukiharu." Vali noted.

"I know, I knew you were here because I remembered your presence from the first time I saw you, Vanishing Dragon—Hakuryuukou. Vali." Shirou informed him.

Small talk. That was you could describe their words. Their conversation was like two acquaintances chatting after meeting after a while. But their expressions were that of two predators preparing themselves to strike. Vali decided to slowly approach him, still wearing his cold smile.

"I'm sure I don't need to explain why I'm here." Vali told him.

"I'm sure I don't need to explain why I came to where I knew I'd find you." Shirou said back.

"There can be only one answer. It's the destiny of both the Red and White Dragons to fight after they have met." Vali added.

"And this time around it's our turn." Shirou added.

"So it would seem." Vali finished, stopping once he was right in front of him.

At the moment when Vali stopped, he reached out his hand. "You're more vulnerable than I expected, that could cost you your life you know?" His hand was closing in and stopped as he pointed out towards Shirou's forehead, stopping only after it was less than an inch away from contact. "That's right. For example, if I begin to do something magical to you here—"

Shirou interrupted. "You might want to look first before you finish." He advised him with a confident grin, pointing downwards.

Vali, feeling curious, did so and saw that right on the ground where they were both standing was a red magic-circle. Shirou was at the edge and Vali was in the center.

"A landmine spell?" Vali realized, sounding amused. "When did you set that?"

"I made it while you were taking your sweet time walking up to me." Shirou told him like he was telling a joke. "Well, weren't you going to do something magical to me?"

"Do you really think an explosive can stop me?" Vali asked, rhetorical.

"Let's found out." Shirou snapped his fingers.

SNAP!

BOOOOOOM!

The instant the landmine detonated, a barrier covered the entire school area, the sky and scenery turned red and a large explosion engulfed them. Through the blast, both Dragon Emperors jumped out barely effected and distanced themselves from each other by a few feet.

[Be careful. Partner. Your opponent's Sacred Gear can half the power of his enemies and add it to himself.]

Shirou looked intrigued by that bit of information.

Not missing a beat, Vali dashes forward with a speed that outclassed Kiba and swung his fist at Shirou. Because his speed was so sudden, Shirou was late in reacting, so acting on instinct alone he leaned back and swayed his head away from the hit.

Not wanting to be on the defensive, Shirou returned the favor by throwing a punch himself. Vali dodged by using his speed to vanished from sight and appeared behind Shirou. But expecting something like that, without turning around Shirou jumped in place and kicked his leg out in the opposite direction he was facing. Vali crossed his arms and blocked the hit, though it knocked him back a few steps.

Shirou turned around, and at the same time, he and Vali charged forward, it was a fight to land the first blow, whoever did would gain control of the fight. They both fired out barrages of punches, aiming for the face, head, body, chest, sides, and anything else within reach. Whether by ducking, leaning, turning, or just moving slightly to the left or right, they both kept evading each other's hits using speed and reflexes. It became a stalemate where they could only hit air.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Wanting to try something, Shirou watched Vali's attacks trying to memorize the timing of his punches. Then after a minute of this stalemate he saw his chance, Vali threw a punch aimed at his head and Shirou brought up his right fist to swap Vali's hand away. Seeing Vali was now off balance and the surprised look on his face, Shirou knew this was his chance and threw out his left fist, focusing more on speed than power this time.

However. Vali, knowing he couldn't evade this one jumped back to gain distance and landed on the same spot he was on when this all started. Appearing on his cheek was a small wound that came from Shirou's fist gazing him. Vali used his thumb to wipe it off and it was cleared.

Shirou stood up straight and looked dissatisfied that his attack didn't connect.

"Sharp." Vali thought. "He baited me into attacking just so he could counterattack." He then looked interested. "Seems I can't take him lightly."

"So if he can steal half his enemies power, then his Gear mirrors mine. If he could siphon off power whenever he wanted he'd be a force of nature, but naturally a power like that typically needs a lock-on effect so he can target what he steals power from." Shirou deduced, smugly. "I'm guessing he can't steal my power without first hitting or even just touching me once."

"Correct." Vali thought, impressed. "Looks like his fists are the only things that are sharp."

"This effect probably only works if he hits me, but not when I hit him. The fact that he kept trying to dodge my attacks, especially that last one is proof of that." Shirou continued. "That would also explain why he hasn't used his power yet and why he's been on the offensive this whole time."

"Correct again." Vali thought, before holding out his arms. "No choice then."

Vali started to gather magic into his arms and then appearing in the palms of both his hands were two large white orbs of magic.

"It could be dangerous to go into close range since it might give him a chance to steal my power." Shirou thought. "It'd be smart to keep my distance until I see an opening." Then he smirked and gather Demonic power himself. "But, I wouldn't be Shirou-Sama if I wasn't relentlessly attacking."

With that Shirou held out his arms and created two red orbs of magic, around the same size as Vali's.

At the same time, they both fired.

Play OST - One Punch Man Season 2 - I'm A Monster

BAAAANNNGGGG!

The first clash was the kick-off for the start of a shootout. Both of them continued to create magic bullets and kept firing them with the speed of rapid-fire machine-guns and the power of grenade launchers. Every magic bullet they fired hit an enemy bullet and exploded on impact, creating a wall of explosions and pure destruction in the center and shockwaves around them.

Soon the wall of explosions became thick enough that they couldn't see each other through it. Suddenly, faster than the eye could see, Vali appeared once again right in front of Shirou. Shirou stopped shooting and threw a punch, but Vali vanished again. Shirou was about to turn around, believing Vali was doing the same trick as before. But as he was turning, halfway to through he felt a strong impact hit him in the chin and knocked him upwards.

Looking he saw Vali on the ground in front of him, with his leg kicked out and a smug look on his face. Turns out Vali actually didn't turn behind him but was underneath him, he used Shirou's own instinct to time a sneak attack.

Shirou landed in his feet and glared at Vali. "You Bastard."

Vali had a satisfied expression and out of a nowhere a bright white light started to shine from his back. Sprouting from his back was a pair of white Dragon wings with eight blue energy feathers that were giving of sparkling light from them, the eight energy feathers were split between the two wings. These were the same wings he had while wearing his armor, only smaller.

"This is my Sacred Gear, Divine Dividing!" Vali proclaimed, proudly. "Let me show you its power!"

[DIVIDE!]

Upon his command, the energy feathers from Vali's wings lit up and Shirou's power was cut in half. It all hit him at once and Shirou felt like a pile of led was dropped on his shoulders by how heavy his body suddenly felt. Though he knew how to fix it and quickly summoned his Boosted Gear.

[BOOST!]

With that Shirou felt normal again.

"Tch, even if I can fix my power by Boosting, his power will keep going up whenever he Divides, meaning the longer this drags out the stronger he'll be." Shirou realized, after powering up. "Only one choice then, offense is the best defense!"

Shirou rushed in and tried to begin his next assault. But with his wings, Vali flew upwards and at blindingly fast speed, he appeared in the air. Vali continued by diving in like a hawk closing in on its prey and prepared to strike, Shirou saw him coming in a straight line and tried to counter, but while diving in Vali with the swiftness and agility of a swallow, Vali changed his flight direction and struck Shirou's right side. Knocking him away again.

"The wings of Divine Dividing let me move at the speed of light." Vali proclaimed, looking down on his opponent. "And if you were hoping that means I can only fly in a straight path than you're deluding yourself. I can change my flight path and direction even at top speed."

[DIVIDE!]

[BOOST!]

"Time to end this!" Vali declared.

Using his light speed, Vali closed the distance in the blink of an eye. Using his right fist, Vali aimed a strong right cross at Shirou. Not trying to dodge, Shirou threw a straight left at Vali.

CLASH!

Their fists crashed into each other, almost mirroring the clash they had when they first meet after the battle against Kokabiel. The clash of force created a shockwave that shattered the ground beneath them. Shirou saw this as an opportunity and opened up his fist, he then reached out and grabbed Vali by the wrist with a grip as strong as steel to stop him from escaping.

Not wasting a split second, Shirou made Dyrnwyn appear in his right hand, already out of its sheath, Shirou thrust the blade forward intending to pierce Vali's skull. Vali twisted his body while in midair and narrowly avoided the blade. Using the twisting motion to build up power, he kicked out a roundhouse kick on Shirou's right side. Shirou was forced to let go of Vali's wrist and used his right arm to block the kick.

[DIVIDE!]

[BOOST!]

Sensing his power was now high enough to adequately place a gap between his strength and Shirou's, Vali went in for the kill. Since Shirou was thrown back from the roundhouse kill, Vali reached out and grabbed Shirou by the neck, he then went on the knock Shirou to the ground and held him down, still holding his neck with his grip.

"Dyrnwyn. The Sword that only the Red Dragon Emperor can wield. And he didn't hesitate in attempting to kill me back there." Vali thought amused. "When then, I suppose I should return the favor."

Vali held up his free arm and gathered magic power into it. Planning to fire another Magic Bullet, point-blank at Shirou's head, intending for it to kill him. Shirou knew the odds of him surviving this situation was low but he couldn't break free of Vali's grip, not after Vali was stronger from all the power he stole from him. Then a plan came to mind and just before Vali could free his attack, Shirou placed a hand on the ground and fired a burst of magic on the ground.

BOOOOOOOOMM!

Shirou's attack made the ground underneath him and the ground Vali was standing on exploded into rubble. The force of the explosion was enough to blow Vali away and made him release his grip on Shirou's neck. The blast created a cloud of smoke that covered a few feet. Vali looked around while outside the smoke cloud, unfortunately, the second the cloud was formed, Shirou burst out from the cloud-like a lion pouncing out of the long grass to strike at its prey. In Shirou's had was Dyrnwyn with the blade already ignited and he brought it down on Vali.

Vali reacted in time to counter and used the magic he gathered from the Magic Bullet he didn't fire to create a large orb of magic. The two attacks clashed.

CLAAAAAAASSSSSHHHHH!

The result was an overwhelming power struggle, the power of the Dyrnwyn was clashing with the magic power from that Vali gathered in the palm of his hand. The clash of power was Shirou trying to use the power of his Holy Sword to push through the orb of magic before Vali could discharge it and cut through it to slash Vali, while Vali was trying to his magic to overwhelm Shirou and blow away his flaming blade to blast into him. Neither of them believed these haphazard attacks would kill their opponent, but if hit without being able to defend, they would take enough damage to leave themselves vulnerable, that would give them a chance to go for the kill. Their struggle of power was causing damage to the scenery around them, shockwaves were being disbursed, there was a strong wind blowing in every direction attempting to blow everything away, sparks of power similar to lightning was shooting out from their clash and the clash of power looked like a kaleidoscope of bright red and white. If this wasn't a fight to the death, it would actually look kinda pretty.

[AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!]

Both of them roared and with one final push, they tried overpowering the other. Resulting both attacks reaching a breaking point and the struggle ending in mutual destruction, both the flames and the magic disbursed and both of the users were blown away.

BAAAANNNNG!

Music Off

The result of their disbursed attacks caused yet another explosion that blew everything away. Following that was a cloud of dust and rubble that covered the entire school gate to the bridge. When the dust settled and everything was clear, Shirou and Vali stood back in the exact same spots they were in when all this started. Not looking fazed, not having any injuries, not even seeming tired from that display of power or even the whole fight.

"I think we've played around long enough." Vali brought up.

"True, this time let's do it for real." Shirou agreed.

Shirou lifted his hand and Vali spread out his arms. They both smirked confidently and their bodies started to emit auras. Shirou's being red and Vali's being white. Soon they were about to utter the words that would destroy the balance of the world.

[Balance Br—]

Zaaa!

Before they could finish. Two Swords were thrust towards Vali's neck and brought the two Dragon Emperors to a halt.

Kiba and Xenovia were the ones who appeared in that instant. They were holding their Holy-Demonic Sword and the Holy Sword Durandal towards the Vali.

They didn't give off a presence until now which means they just arrived. With the Knight's God-like speed, they came running to this location because they sensed trouble. The Holy Demonic Sword and Holy Sword together were emitting an intense aura. Both of their eyes are pointed, glaring daggers at the person before them.

"I don't know what you plan to do but don't you think your joke went too far?"

"I can't let you start your rival showdown with the Red Dragon Emperor here, White Dragon Emperor."

Kiba and Xenovia both speak in voices that worked on DOS.

However, he didn't seem fazed. On the contrary, Vali and Shirou for that matter both just had a look of displeasure on their faces. Like when two guys are enjoying themselves by seeing something that is fun and hilarious but then someone tells a bad joke and it just brings the whole mood down.

"It's better if you stopped that." Vali advised them. "—Aren't your hands shaking."

As he said, Kiba and Xenovia's hands were shaking. The Swords which could be called tremendous, while grasping the Holy Demonic sword and Holy Sword tightly, their expressions were stiffening. They tried to hide it by they were definitely intimidated.

"It's fine to boast. But not knowing the difference between your opponent's strength is strong evidence—Between me and you, there is a decisive difference in power. You who couldn't win against the likes of Kokabiel wouldn't stand a chance against me." Vali warned them. "Interfering in a fight between Dragons often leads to a quick death."

"You two." Shirou spoke out getting their attention. "Not that I don't appreciate the thought, but this guy is out of your league. Lower your weapons or you'll be dead before you'll know which direction he hit you from."

Deciding to heed his warning, the two Knight took their Swords away from Vali's neck and stepped back.

"Shirou Tsukiharu, what rank do you think your strength is in this world?"

Vali sudden brought up a new topic, but Shirou decided to roll with it.

"Hmph, the number of people it can imagine who are above me in strength is a number I can count with just the fingers on one hand." Shirou answered.

"Hmph, then you must not have a very good imagination." Vali taunted him. "Counting from the top in your best condition while using your complete Balance Breaker, it would be a 3 digit number—Between 400 to 350. No, with your power being so inconsistent, you're constantly growing in strength so it should be even higher?"

"3 digit isn't good enough for me, I plan on reaching the top." Shirou proclaimed. "Besides, even if they're stronger, that doesn't mean I'll lose. Only idiots think they can always win by just being strong."

"A wise truth, I don't necessarily disagree. But you should be aware that there are a lot of strong people in this world. Even the Crimson Satan, Sirzechs Lucifer won't fit in the top ten." Vali informed him, before holding up one finger. "However, the first place is decided—It's a fixed existence."

"Are you saying you met the top ranker?" Shirou question, interested.

Vali smiles coyly to his question. "Indeed, I have. You'll meet them before long as well, I'm sure of it. After all Shirou Tsukiharu, you're a valuable existence. Not only as the Welsh Dragon but because you're the heir to a strong bloodline that is the Amakusa." He then looks in the direction behind Shirou. "Don't you think so too, Rias Gremory?"

Following his gaze, Rias on the bridge behind them had appeared. She a serious, displeased expression. Around her, there was Asia, Mika, Akeno, Ren, and Koneko as well. Correspondingly Asia was troubled and in contrast, Akeno and Koneko looked ready to fight. Mika and Ren looked serious, but obviously had no intention of fighting.

"Hakuryuukou, what's the meaning of this?" Rias questioned, sternly. "If you're having ties with the Fallen Angels then more contact than required is—"

"'The Two Heavenly Dragons', the Dragons called that way. Welsh Dragon and Vanishing Dragon." Vali interrupted her. "In the past, those related didn't live a satisfactory life. How will you end up?"

Those words silenced Rias. Seeing everyone was quiet now Shirou decided to ask.

"How'd you all know we were fighting?"

"Even though you created a barrier. The power born from a clash between two strong powers was something even an amateur would notice." Ren explained. "And with Senjutsu, I was able to tell it was the Vanishing Dragon you were fighting since I felt his aura once before. After learning that I informed Mika."

"We felt the surging of power as well." Akeno added. "And we found out who it was thanks to Koneko-chan."

"Damn, I put up that barrier because I was hoping we wouldn't be interrupted. But, I should've guessed we'd be caught from all that power we were throwing around." Shirou groaned, looking disappointed. "Talk about a buzz kill."

"I agree, I was actually hoping we could finish our battle, but it seems we'll have to wait." Vali added, a bit of disappointment was in his tone as well. "No matter though, it'll happen soon enough. It's fate after all."

"Tch, you keep talking about fate this and fate that, but that stuff means nothing to me." Shirou told him looking confident. "The only time your fate is predetermined is in works of fiction. The strong decided their own fate."

Hearing his bold declaration, Vali just looked interested and amused. Now they both stared at each other, standing ramrod-straight up, their hands were in their pockets and both having a confident smirk on their faces that radiated pure strength and absolute confidence. It was like the tension in the air went up and a battle was still raging between the two of them. The others looked a little worried that they might start fighting again.

Seeing that turned his head to put them at ease. "Relax, I didn't come here to fight today. I just wanted to see the school I visited last time. I came to Japan while escorting Azazel, but I was bored. I originally just wanted to see the Welsh Dragon's power and had only planned to test the waters, but I ended up getting caught in his flow and started to fight in earnest." Vali admitted, not ashamed by it. "Unfortunately, I can't go further so I'll have to leave, not to mention I have a lot of work to do."

After saying that, Vali then turns his heels, and starts to leave this place.

"Hold it." Shirou called him out. "I just have one question; you're not a Human, are you?"

Vali stopped but didn't turn around.

"Shirou, what do mean?" Rias asked, concerned.

"The thing that first drew me to you was your insanely high magic power, it was easily one of the biggest I've ever felt and that's saying a lot." Shirou elaborated. "There's no way an ordinary Human that's around my age could be that strong, even with a Longinus."

"Actually, there is one." Vali corrected him, amused. "But it's not me."

"What?" Shirou thought, unnerved by what Vali was implying.

"You're right though. I'm only half Human, as for the other half though…" Vali turned his head and grinned. "That's really none of your business."

With that, Vali turned around again and in a second he vanished, completely out of sight. Even though he had left, the feeling of nervousness didn't go away. Kiba and Xenovia sheathed their Swords but there was no relief to their expression.

Asia who came up to Shirou, nestled onto him and without any words grasps his hand with her own. Shirou didn't mind considering what just happened. Rias also came up to him and also held his hand, but Shirou could feel her hand was sweating, showing how nervous she was back there despite trying to show a strong front.

"I'm sorry." Rias said, looking down. "I came here because I wanted to help you, but when faced with the Vanishing Dragon, I couldn't do a thing."

Shirou released his hand from hers and placed his hand on her head, petting her affectionately as if to put her at ease. "Don't beat yourself up about it, from the start I planned on taking him myself."

Rias nodded, but still looked upset by it. Mika then walked up to his right looking serious.

"Be honest, what's your opinion?" Mika asked. "I won't mince words, how strong is he?"

"Hard to say, that was a just a scuffle in every sense. But the whole time I was trying to be on the offensive, yet he kept making that hard and putting me on defensive half the time." Shirou analyzed, frowning. "Now that I've seen him fight, I'm pretty sure I can take him much easier next time, but…"

"…But that's only if he's not wearing his armor." Mika finished his sentence, knowingly.

Shirou nodded. "This is gonna be a bitch of a fight."

"I believe in you." Rias suddenly spoke, getting his attention. "Even if something happens. I know because it's you, I believe you can win against the White Dragon Emperor." Her words were filled with honest and an affectionate look in her eyes.

Shirou looked a little surprised by her words but then had his usual, confident expression. "Damn right. No one beats Shirou-Sama."

After the meeting with Vali, everyone went home to help ease off the tension. Now it was the day after that and classroom visit had begun at Kuoh Academy.

Though they say it's a classroom visit in actuality, it is more of an open house display. It's natural that it's all right for parents to come, but it's also all right for students from Middle School to visit and see how the classes are. It's possible that the guardians of those Middle school students will also come to visit; it's quite an open event.

Not only do parents visit, but also because Kuoh Academy's Middle school division's Underclassmen will come to visit, those of the High school division usually become excessively nervous, since they always try to leave a good impression in front of the Kouhais.

Shirou and Rias walked to School together and while saying Rias said. "…I am not interested.". She somehow seems to dislike classroom visit. Though her Father and Sirzechs are visiting, though for those who saw how she gets around her family it was kind of obvious why she wouldn't want them around. If two Crimson-haired men visit the classroom, it'll become a hot topic of discussion.

After reaching the School entrance, the two of them parted ways and went to their respective classrooms. Asia came to school with Xenovia and was already present so he didn't have to worry about that. As soon as he sat on his seat, Shirou just tiredly laid his head down on his desk and Ren approached him.

"You okay?" Ren asked. "You look more bored than usual in class."

"Ren, its open house." Shirou reminded him. "Everyone's always so giddy thinking "Oh I want to look good in front of my parents" or "I want to show off in front of the Middle School kids", it's annoying as hell."

Ren scratched his head. "Well, you got me there."

"It's times like this I envy Mika." Shirou sighed. "Since she dropped out, she doesn't have to deal with this crap."

"Then why don't you drop out?" Ren suggested it. "Before you had to, but after becoming a Devil you could drop out without consequences, so why don't you?"

"Reasons." Was all he said.

"I understand." Was his only response.

"Shirou."

Before they knew it, Xenovia had approached the duo.

Xenovia quickly become popular among her peers, especially among the boys. Since she has both a beautiful face and body as well. Though strangely enough, she's popular among girls as well. Shirou wanted to believe it was because her physical abilities were also good, if not than his opinion of this School would have to drop yet again.

"What's up, Xenovia." Shirou addressed.

Though the truth was, Shirou was actually hoping he didn't have deal with Xenovia. Considering what happened the other day, he was planning to avoid her for a bit.

What he didn't expect though was Xenovia to lower her head on his response.

"Sorry for saying that sort of thing suddenly the other day." She said regretfully. "I kept on speaking without thinking about you. Suddenly doing that kind of thing is difficult after all, I think."

"I feel like I'm missing something here, what happened?" Ren asked, completely lost.

"The other day, Rias told Xenovia to find desires and live for them, and Xenovia decided to illustrate that as wanting to ride me like a horse and swipe my genes." Shirou explained, irritated.

"Ah." Ren nodded as if he understood now. "I know what you're talking about. Before, Asia told me you guys went swimming but Xenovia never showed up, then later they found her unconscious in the storage room, without her swimsuit. Guess that's why."

Xenovia nodded, admitting it. "Yes, that's right, and I'm very sorry about how I acted."

"Why?" Shirou asked, confused. "It's only been a few days, why the sudden change of perspective?"

"After what happened, I wanted to know exactly what went wrong, so I spoke with Mika about it." Xenovia explained.

FLASHBACK...

Xenovia was with Mika in the living room of the Tsukiharu household. They were sitting across from each other at the dining room table and Xenovia came to ask Mika for advice. Since no one else was home, this was a good time to ask. Mika smiled, crossed her hands and placed them together beneath her chin to look sophisticated.

"I understand exactly what the problem was." Mika told her.

"You do?" Xenovia asked hopefully.

"Absolutely, in fact." Mika held up two fingers. "There were two problems I saw in your actions."

"Two?" Xenovia repeated. "What were they?"

"The first, there are three types of people, those who are subservient to others, those who dominate others and demand their subservience, and those are apathetic to everything." Mika explained. "Big Bro is the second kind. In fact, he tries to assert his dominance in any given situation, like he always wants to showcase that he's in control of the situation. That's his nature."

"I have noticed him acting abrasive most of the time." Xenovia noticed. "In fact, he was the only who didn't bow or change his way of speaking when addressing Lord Lucifer."

"Exactly, that's where the problem with you came." Mika informed her. "You came up to him and insisted to have his child, but you do so in a way where he had no say in the matter, you just decided for yourself and expected him to just shut up and go along with it. Naturally, someone of his nature wouldn't just let someone try bossing him around while disregarding his words or consent and not get pissed off. Hence why he knocked you out and left."

Xenovia just nodded and took in this information, as if she was learning valuable things that were important. "And the second reason?"

"That one is entirely on you." Mika said, bluntly. "I mean this in the nicest way possible but; no matter how I look at it, anyone would agree that you royally screwed up in your choice of actions."

"How so?" Xenovia asked, confused.

"Your idea of having kids is basically a one-night stand concept, you go in, get the genes and get out. But anyone else obviously wouldn't feel the same way. Making a child with someone is like creating a bond or an extremely deep and intimate connection that no one else can share, it's something that belongs to only the two of you." Mika explained, in-depth. "Not just Big Bro, lots of people see it that way. And that's why they want to make sure the person they experience that with is someone they truly want to have with them during something that intimate."

Xenovia looked down as if she was deep in thought. "I was only doing what I believed was my desire, I had no idea it was such a complicated thing."

"And because you didn't know you, it blew up in your face." Mika reminded her. "Honestly, you're just too blunt and pushy. The way I see it, even if it was someone else, they would have said no. A person they barely know just barges in and wants to railroad them into baby-making, even someone really perverted would react negatively."

"I understand now." Xenovia proclaimed, looking up. "Thank you for explaining all that to me."

"After speaking with her, I was finally able to understand what I did wrong." Xenovia told him. "And so I wanted you to know."

Ren blinked. "Huh? Who'd guessed Mika knew how to talk sense into people."

"Not that surprising actually, she's done it before." Shirou noted.

"I put you in an uncomfortable and unfavorable position because I was only thinking of myself and that was wrong of me." Xenovia continued. "That's why—"

Xenovia reaches into her pocket and takes something out. At this point not, strangely enough, it was condoms still in their packs, one for each finger. Shirou and Ren facepalmed.

"I should've of known." Shirou groaned.

"Guess it only sort of worked." Ren groaned.

"Don't worry, I won't ask you for it now, these are for preparation." Xenovia assured him. "Since I know you like being in control, I'll wait for your call. If you ever want to invite me to your bed then say the word. I'll always keep these on hand so I'll always be ready for it."

"Well… I suppose that's a bit better." Shirou figured.

"Still gonna need to work on it though." Ren added.

"Hi guys." Asia said, walking up to them with a smile, with Aika beside her. "Oh, those are pretty." She unknowingly said about the condoms.

Turning to the girl, Xenovia placed a condom in Asia's hands. "Here you should take one too."

"Oh, thanks." Asia said taking one of them and looking at it more closely. "What are you suppose to do with it?"

"I'm not explaining it." Shirou brushed off.

"Well, I sure as Hell am not." Ren brushed off.

Aika grinned mischievously. "I'll explain it." She then placed a hand on Asia's shoulder, leaned closer and started to whisper in her ear.

Suddenly Asia started blushing. "…...Uuh."

Asia fainted after her head became pure red.

"Wow, she fainted." Ren noted, with mild concern.

"Give her a few minutes, she always gets up before long." Shirou assured him.

"Say, I think I use this brand." Aika noticed, looking at the condom. "Wow Shirou, I didn't think you could get a girl to want your "D" right after she met you."

"Don't start with me Aika." Shirou warned her.

Aika then placed a finger on her chin. "But, I wonder if it's all right. If you sleep with Xenovia then Asia will—."

"Kiryuu-saaaaan! Please stoooooooop!" The suddenly revived Asia covers Aika's mouth. Somehow, she seemed to be in a maximum hurry level.

"Huh, she got up in less than a minute, a new record." Shirou commented.

"Geez, Asia. I told you right? If you don't start moving soon, Shirou will become something troublesome. There are a lot of formidable enemies around him, you know? If you keep dilly-dallying, before you know it, he may be eaten." Aika explained, grinning erotically. "You won't like that, right? A man with the scent of another woman."

"Ouch! Why does Kiryuu-san keep on giving me explosive blasts like that…" Asia cried out.

"I am worried." Aika assured her. "You're fine with me being your only ally, right? I am fine with a clean mood as well but you gotta do what you gotta do at times! Even you, Asia is ripe enough for eating!"

Asia turned to Shirou. "Am I r-ripe enough for eating?" She asked, both nervous and worried.

"How the Hell should I know?" Shirou responded, uncaringly.

Aika then placed a hand on Asia's shoulder and shook her head. "That's a shame, Asia, he turned you down. Guess you won't be eaten." She consoled her, with fake emotion.

Asia gasped and looked upset like she was told something horrible.

Xenovia raised her hand. "Just for the record, I'm ripe enough for eating."

"Look I don't care who's ripe or not." Shirou told them. "I'm not "eating" anyone right now."

"So you're saying you'll eat us later?" Xenovia surmized.

"Is that true?" Asia asked hopefully.

"Okay, fuck this shit I'm out." Shirou said fed up.

And with that he got up from his seat and walked away, leaving the classroom.

"Why'd he leave?" Xenovia asked, confused.

"Ren-san, did we say something to make him upset?" Asia asked.

"You know, I'd love to answer that question, but right now I have to…... Bye." Ren finished.

And with that Ren fled the scene without bothering to think of an excuse. Leaving a confused Asia and Mika, plus an Aika who was trying to hold back her laughter.

A little while later, Shirou and Ren were standing by an open hallway on the first floor next to a vending machine. Ren put in some money and pushed a button.

"You want anything?" Ren offered.

"I'm good." Shirou replied.

"Well, this is a surprise."

A voice suddenly said getting their attention. They both turned to see Rias and Akeno walking up to them. Surprisingly enough they were accompanied by Mika.

"What are you two doing here?" Akeno asked. "I thought classes for the Second Year's still had a few more minutes before letting out."

"Yeah well, we decided to leave early." Ren said while taking his drink from the vending machine. "Besides, we're not missing much. All their doing in there is making clay statues or some other crap."

"Besides, the only thing this day has going on is all the parents attending to watch their kids." Shirou shrugged. "Neither of us nor Asia have parents, plus Aika's parents are out of town right now and couldn't make it, so this is just another day for us, except it's more crowded."

"So basically, you ditched." Mika summarized.

"Well personally, I wish my family couldn't make it to this." Rias complained.

"Did something happen?" Ren asked, before taking a sip of his drink.

Akeno smiled. "It's nothing, she's just embarrassed about having her Brother and Father at her school.

"Typical teenage girl trouble." Mika added.

"That reminds me, why are you here anyway?" Shirou questioned his Sister. "You don't go to school and you hate crowds."

Mika shrugged. "I got bored with being home alone so I went to the club room, then I decided it'd be interesting if I tagged along with these two." She explained.

"Is it?" Ren asked.

"Better than nothing." Mika stated, being vague.

All of a sudden, they all heard a loud herd of male voices coming together and running through a nearby hallway. They all seemed excited for some reason and were stampeding towards the auditorium. While they were running they could hear bits and pieces of what they were saying.

"No way, a Magical Girl photo shoot!"

"Come on get your cameras, we've got to get in on this!"

Shirou raised a brow. "Well, that was…... Random?"

"Did they just say Magical Girl photo shoot!?" Mika exclaimed, excited as well. She then grabbed Shirou's arm and started pulling it. "I'll wanna go! I'll wanna go! I'll wanna go!"

"Quit it you chimp!" Shirou shouted annoyed, then he sighed. "Whatever, let's go."

"I'll admit it, I wouldn't mind seeing this too." Ren admitted, unashamed.

Rias and Akeno had a different reaction to this news.

"It can't be!" Rias said alarmed.

"Or can it?" Akeno smiled and chuckled.

Deciding to check it out they all made their way into the auditorium. The moment they entered, they found it was filled with a crowd of guys taking pictures of a…... Well, a girl in Magical Girl cosplay. Standing on the stage was a girl who looked around the age of a middle school teen, with black hair tied in two pigtails and violet eyes that seemed somewhat familiar. Despite her child-like face and figure, her breasts were very developed and really seemed to excite the crowd.

Though the real eye-catcher was her outfit. Her costume consisted of a short pink skirt, a sleeveless pink crop top, black fingerless gloves that went up to her shoulders, a pink hat, black thigh knee high socks with pink straps and boots. She also carried a pink staff that had a star on top of it.

KACCHA! KACCHA!

Flashes kept going off, the men who were holding cameras were photographing without end while the girl just seemed to love the attention and kept posing.

"No way! That's the "Magical Girl, Milky kiss Viral 7 alternative"." Mika said with stars in her eyes. "And she looks exactly like the character on the box so much it's like it's the actual character."

"She's not to bad." Ren checked her out. "Little flashy though."

"Yeah, one of the pacts I made involved being summoned by a gorilla of a man dressed like that, so right now I'm not too into Magical Girls." Shirou grimaced.

"Come on, it was just that one time." Ren pointed out.

"I still get summoned by him from time-to-time, and one time he invited his friends who were just as big and also dressed like that." Shirou argued.

"Yeah, forget I said anything." Ren relented.

KACCHA! KACCHA!

This time they heard camera flashes going off right next to them and looked to she Mika taking pictures with her phone.

"You're photo shooting this too?" Ren asked.

"Is there any Otaku out there that wouldn't?" Mika asked sarcastic, defending her actions.

"Still though, it's kind of weird that she's getting away with this." Shirou noticed. "You'd someone would try to put a stop to the photo shot."

"Someone did."

A new voice spoke out and they turned to see Saito leaning by the wall, looking bored.

"Saito?" Ren addressed. "How come your here?"

The Pawn of the Sitri Peerage shrugged. "Sona heard something was going on in the auditorium and told me to go deal with it." He pointed to the crowd. "But when I saw that, I knew it'd be a pain, so now I'm just waiting until they get bored and leave or something."

"Ara, Isn't that being irresponsible?" Akeno asked, amused.

"I'm not Sona." Saito shrugged off. "Not like I care about this stupid school."

"Hey! Hey you! Who's doing a photography shoot on a public place!"

While saying that, girls who looked like members of the Student Council come towards the photography scene. It was Tsubasa the Sitri Rook, Tomoe the Sitri Knight, and Ruruko the other Sitri Pawn.

"Hey hey, disperse, disperse! Today's the day for displaying classes to the public! Don't make a ruckus at this kind of place!"

Tomoe yelled at all of them. That big horde of a crowd was disappearing like spider's children dispersing. The young men with the cameras who were photographing were also leaving reluctantly due to Tsubasa's pushing. The remaining people were Shirou's group, Rias and Akeno, Saito, the rest of the Council girls, and the cosplay girl.

"You too, please don't wear that kind of costume." Ruruko told her off. "Wait, would you be a parent perhaps? Even if that's the case, you know there's a dress code according to the place. This is troublesome."

"Eh, but this is my uniform "

Ruruko pressed her warning but the cosplay girl while posing in cute poses didn't pay heed.

Tsubasa grit her teeth but soon looked towards Saito.

"And you, Saito, why were you just standing there when the President ordered you to deal with this?" She questioned, disapprovingly.

"I was working on it." Saito responded. "Besides why'd you take so long to get here?"

"We were just guiding Maou-sama and his Father." Tomoe answered.

As she said that, the sound of a door opening was heard and the others turned their head towards the sound, under the guidance of Sona Sitri, the Crimson haired male that was Sirzechs approached.

"What's going on here?" Sona asked, in a commanding tone. "Saito, I told you to settle things concisely—"

Sona started talking strictly and the other Student Council girls left since they did their job, but as soon as Sona saw the Magical Girl she stopped speaking. Instead had the facial expression of someone who just saw something horrifying and wanted to run away at that moment.

"Sona-chan! Found you " The girl exclaimed.

After which, said Magical Girl jumped off the stage and happily clung to Sona.

"Those two know each other?" Ren asked.

"Of course, they're Sisters." Akeno said.

"Sona has a younger Sister?" Shirou asked, surprised.

Rias shook her head. "No, she has an older Sister. Despite her appearance that is a fully matured, grown woman."

"And she is a Devil King. Serafall Leviathan." Sirzechs introduced her.

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All three of the boys just stared with dot eyes after hearing that surprising and somewhat ridiculous revelation.

"I think you're mistaken here." Shirou pointed at her. "Just the chest is of a grown woman, just the chest is fully matured, what kind of misshapen growth rate do you people have?"

"How the Hell does it make sense that the younger Sister looks more like the older Sister than the actual older Sister?" Saito asked, also taken aback. "If she didn't have those A-cups, I wouldn't believe it."

"How did this go from comparing looks to comparing breasts?" Ren asked, confused.

"Serafall-sama, it's been a long time." Rias greeted her.

"Ara, Rias-chan ." Serafall looked happy to see her. "Long time~ Have you been doing well?"

Because she talked with a cute tone, Rias was also a bit troubled.

"Y-Yes. Thanks to you." Rias tried not to show it. "Did you come today for Sona's class visit?"

"Yeah, Sona-chan is really mean. She didn't tell me about today! Geez! Because of the shock, Onee-chan was going to attack Heaven " She pointed her staff upwards.

"I can't tell. If she's being serious or not?" Ren asked.

"Either one could be possible." Mika answered.

"Shirou, Mika. Greet her." Rias instructed them.

Shirou shrugged. "I'm Shirou."

Mika quickly went up to her being giddy about it. "Hi, I'm Mika. Big fan of your work, love it, love you. I'm very glad to meet you like this."

She talked like an Otaku who was excitingly talking to her favorite cosplayer rather than a Low-Class Devil greeting a Devil King. Though in a way, the first part was also accurate given the situation.

"Nice to meet you. I am the Satan Serafall Leviathan. Call me Levia-tan~" While turning sideways, she makes a peace sign.

"Wait…. Levia-tan as in "Miracle Levia-tan?" Mika asked hopefully.

Serafall gasped. "You watch my show?!"

"Oh my gosh, it is you!" Mika exclaimed, excited and amazed. "I love your show, I binge-watched the whole thing in one sit down, It was the BEST!"

"Oh thank you so much!" Serafall exclaimed, both flattered and excited. "It's always great to meet someone who's a fan, that's one of the best things about being a Magical Girl!"

"She has a show?" Ren asked, surprised.

"It's a side-job of her's." Akeno answered. "It's broadcasted in the Underworld and mostly sold there, but Serafall-sama does have copies delivered to be sold in the Human world from time-to-time."

"Wait, now that I think about it, I think I did see Mika watching a Magical Girl called Levia-something one night after I came back for a pact." Shirou thought, remembering from a time during his first days as a Devil. "I barely noticed it, still how the hell could I've known that was a Devil King?"

"Hey, Levia-tan." Mika brought out her phone. "Can I take a picture with you?"

"Of course, I'd love to." Serafall smiled and they both posed in front of the screen.

KACCHA!

"I am so happy I came today." Mika gushed.

Serafall then looked to Shirou, then Sirzechs.

"Hey, Sirzechs-chan. Is this boy the rumored Dragon-kun?"

She called Sirzechs with a 'chan'. Although, since they're both Satan's and have known each other for like a century it was probably something he was used to.

"Yes, he's the person in which the Welsh Dragon resides, Shirou Tsukiharu-kun." He answered, happily.

"Then these two are the famous Tsukiharu siblings." Now Serafall pointed at both of them. "The descendants of the Amakusa."

"That's what people know me for?!" Shirou questioned, disappointed. "I wanted to become famous from my own merit."

"It's okay, Brostopper." Mika consoled him while patting his back. "Your day will come, just you wait."

Shirou swatted her arm away. "Did you just "There, there" me?"

Rias looked at them apologetically. "I forgot to say it—No, I didn't want to say it but for the four current Satan's, every one of them is like this. During private times, they are really amenable, to a severe extent."

"You mean every Satan has some weird quirk to them?" Ren asked, before looking at Sirzechs and Serafall back and forth. "…...Yeah, I see it."

Looking at it, Sona's face was completely red. It was like looking at her elder Sister, her speech and conduct, she was feeling completely embarrassed. Noticing that, Serafall looked into Sona's face with worry.

"Sona-chan, what's wrong? Your face is completely red, you know? Since it's the long-awaited reunion with your Onee-sama, me, I think it would be better if you were a bit happier? 'Onee-sama!' 'So-tan!', calling like that and embracing each other in a yuri way, that sort of development is fine with me as well, Onee-chan!"

Sona just stared at her with an unsatisfied expression. While twitching near her eyes.

Ren noticed Saito had an extremely satisfied expression on his face as if he was being entertained.

"Are you enjoying this?"

"You better believe I am." Saito answered, with a wide grin. "Seeing Sona of all people in a situation like this is oddly satisfying, especially compared to her usual self."

"I won't lie, I'm enjoying this too." Shirou said, trying to hold back his laughter.

"Huh, Shirou had the same reaction when he saw Rias losing her composer because of her Brother." Ren noticed. "Guess Mika was right, some guys just love seeing stuff like that."

"…O-Onee-sama." Sona addressed her, trying to keep her composer. "This is my School and I am entrusted with the job of the Student Council President here… No matter how close relatives we are, Onee-sama's behavior is, too much… I can't approve of that sort of outfit." She finished, frustrated.

"No way, Sona-chan!" Serafall cried out, upset. "If I am told that by Sona-chan, your Onee-chan will be sad! Sona-chan doesn't know that her Onee-chan is admired as the Magical girl! Since with the glittering stick, I erase Angels and Fallen Angels." She lifted her staff and posed again.

Shirou raised a brow. "If she does that, then what pry tell was the point of the Peace Summit?"

"Onee-sama, Please be prudent." Sona berated her. "If Onee-sama, the Maou glitters, then this small country would be destroyed many times over."

"Wait, she has that much power?" Ren said, somewhat impressed.

"You know, I think I finally get why she didn't want to call her Sister during the battle against Kokabiel." Shirou realized.

"It's exactly what your thinking." Rias nodded. "Since in conversation, Serafall Leviathan-sama dotes on her little Sister so much, if she would have been called, it would have become something terrible. It seems if she found out that her little Sister was injured by the Fallen Angel, we didn't know how she would have reacted. It would have probably been instant war." She explained, a little troubled. "It was the correct decision to not call Serafall-sama, and rather call my Brother. However. It hardly makes much of a difference since the fight was settled before help even arrived."

"And she's supposed to be in charge of Foreign Affairs?" Shirou questioned.

"Don't be concerned, despite how she appears, she's actually quiet good at her job." Sirzechs assured them. "She just has her own way of enjoying her personal time."

Suddenly Sona cried out. "Uuh, I can't bear it!"

And with that her calm and composed self fell apart and Sona had her eyes wet with tears, as she ran away from that place.

"Wait! Sona-chan! Why are you going leaving your Onee-chan behind!"

Serafall cried out as she ran after her.

"Please don't follow me!" Sona shouted behind her.

"Noooooo! Don't abandon your Onee-chaaaaaaan! So-taaaaaan!" Serafall wailed, chasing after her.

"I have asked you so many times not to add 'tan'!" Sona yelled in the distance.

"Haha, this I gotta see." Shirou chuckled as he ran off in the direction they went.

"And that's about the worst of it." Rias said, used to those events.

Ren turned to Saito. "Aren't you going to follow them?"

"Nah, that was enough to keep me happy." Saito said, still looking satisfied. "It'll take all day to wipe this smile off my face."

Sirzechs just smiled after seeing Sona and Serafall's exchange. "Yeah. The Sitri household is peaceful. Don't you think so, Ria-tan."

"Onii-sama, don't add a 'tan' to my pet name and call me that please….…" Rias said, embarrassed.

This time the embarrassing conversation started in the Gremory household.

"No way… Ria-tan. Even though in the past you followed me every-time while saying 'Onii-sama Onii-sama'… It's the rebellious age, huh…" Sirzechs took it as a shock.

"Geez! Onii-sama! Why do you remind me of my childhood." Rias complied.

"Bet she's really glad Shirou-kun didn't here that." Akeno commented.

"Yeah, but it's a surprise." Mika noted. "To think both Devil Kings are Sis-Cons, and both their feelings are unrequited."

"Aren't you a Bro-Con." Ren reminded her. "Plus your feelings are also unrequited."

Mika just grinned. "True they are….… For now anyway.

Later, after the chase had gone on for a while and Sona had finally gotten away from here Sister, she and Shirou were sitting on a bench. No one else was around and while Sona was sitting there with a frustrated and loathing frown, Shirou was just laughing about the situation.

"Gahahahaha!"

"Stop laughing already!" Sona snapped at him.

"Relax would you, at least you got away from her." Shirou pointed out, still laughing. "You were able to escape by hiding inside the guys' locker room, I still can't believe you did that, Hahaha!"

"Please don't bring it up again." Sona messaged her head. "I just want this day to end already."

"Still though, it is refreshing." Shirou commented. "You always try playing the part of some Stone-Cold Campus Queen, yet even you have times where you ironically act like a normal girl. Like being embarrassed by your family."

"Well, I'm glad you find enjoyment in my humiliation." Sona barked, sarcastically. "Why must she act this way. She's over a century old and yet my Sister behaves like a child."

"Well, she looks like one." Shirou reminded her.

"That's part of the problem. Devils can use magic to choose how old they want to look." Sona reminded him. "Even though she's an adult, she chooses to have a child-like appearance and why? Just so she can look more like a Magical Girl."

"Yeah, I can see that. Most Devils I've seen choose to look like adults in their prime. But if someone really wanted to, it wouldn't be hard to look like a teen." Shirou noted. "And dressing like a Magical Girl would just seem out of place otherwise."

"Everything she does cause me endless problems." Sona complained. "I thought at least here at School I wouldn't have to deal with her and yet she still came."

"Hey, do you dislike your Sister?" Shirou asked curiously.

Sona sighed and answered. "No, in fact, I'm proud of her. She's a Satan and even before that, she was easily one of the most talented Sitri in our family's history, plus she was called the Strongest Woman in the Underworld. And even disregarding all that, she's my older Sister." She said honestly. "I both respect and admire her greatly, and I love her like anyone would for their Sister. But….…"

"But she too much for you to handle." Shirou finished her sentence. "And your personalities conflict in situations like this."

"That's right." Sona agreed. "I know she cares about me, but she just expresses it to extravagantly. It always feels like she never listens to a word I say and even though she doesn't mean to, every time she's around, I always feel so small. Like I'm a child around her."

"It doesn't matter how big you get, you'll never be bigger than your big Sister." Shirou recited.

"If she was an ordinary big Sister I could deal with that, but she's anything but." Sona responded. "She is easily the hardest person to deal with for me. Not mention the way she acts in general, always acting like some sparkly, glittery character she saw in an Anime. I just don't understand why she acts this way."

"You sure? Seems pretty obvious if you ask me." Shirou responded.

Sona blinked, confused. "What, in what way?"

"First answer me this; was she like this around the time she became the new Leviathan?" Shirou asked, to which Sona nodded confirming it. "Then I think I know why. Most likely, she's trying to cope with herself and her current life."

Sona's expression showed she didn't understand. "What do you mean?"

"She and Sirzechs are around the same age, meaning when she was born it was while the Devil's Civil War was already taking place. In short, she was born in an Era of War. If that wasn't enough, after being old enough, she had to fight in said war herself, and because of her great strength as a Devil, she probably had to take part in battle after battle without end." Shirou explained, being serious. "Human Wars can already mess you up, but Devil Wars are much worse since they last much longer and have so much more people involved. You can only imagine the horrors those who lived through it had to witness."

Now Sona was silently listening, even though she never really gave it much thought until now, she knew he had a point, though that made her more interested in where he was going with this. Shirou quickly continued.

"If that wasn't enough, not long after the war ended, she was chosen to be the Satan Leviathan. Thus before she knew it, she went from fighting for her race to become a leader of her race. And even though the setting was different, she was given a responsibility where her actions effect everyone around her and every decision she makes can carry great consequences. The amount of pressure that comes with all that is crazy, it's enough to break most people." Shirou explained to her. "So when you think about, her whole life she's always had to be what the Underworld needed her to be, whether it was a warrior or a Devil King."

Sona took in and hung her head down a bit after hearing all he said.

"I never really looked at it that way, or rather, I chose not to even though it sounds so obvious when you say it like that." Sona admitted, a little guilty. "It's just, she always looked so vibrant and upbeat so it never really crossed my mind."

"Her behavior isn't unusual. When people go through things that leave a lasting impact on them, they tend to adopt some kind of quirk, trait or complex to help them cope." Shirou informed her. "Serafall's one might be….… Different than most, but the fundamental concept is still the same. She only has so much time to herself, so she uses it to act however she wants and enjoys every moment of it to its fullest."

"Is that true?" Sona asked. "Do people gain new aspects of themselves after great experiences?"

"I believe they do, after all, Mika and I are examples." Shirou pointed out, surprising Sona. "From losing our parents, to having to survive in the world while having nothing but each other. After that, she became a NEET so she could shut herself off from the world and I just kept swinging my fists at everyone to keep anyone from getting close." He then smiled. "But sometimes, those new quirks become more than just a way to cope. After having them for a while, they end up turning into something you do because you actually like them, like how your Sister just acts like a Magical Girl now because she genuinely likes being one. It happens."

"I see, I suppose you would know about that." Sona realized, before sighing. "Well, I still find her incredibly embarrassing, but I'll try to be more considerate in future."

Shirou shrugged. "That's the least you can do."

"Still though, I'm a bit surprised, I never thought I'd be talking to you about all this." Sona commented, before thinking. "But then again, you've always been good at knowing what others are thinking—"

Eight Months Ago...

Back during the fall seasons at Kuoh Academy, the leaves were dying and falling from trees, the sky was cloudy outside, the students were in high spirits because midterms had just ended, and the School was now preparing for the annual cultural festival. Sona Stiri, also known as Sona Shitori, a Second-Year and President of the Student Council was currently in the Student Council room and sitting behind her desk looking of the documents for planning the festival.

KNOCK, KNOCK

"Enter." Sona acknowledged.

When the door opened, two people had entered the council room, the first being another Second-Year and Vice-President of the Student Council; Tsubaki Shinra whom at the request of Sona was tasked with escorting someone here. The second person to enter was that someone, a First-Year and the School's most famous and infamous male student; Shirou Tsukiharu.

"I've brought him here as you requested, President." Tsubaki informed her, with respect.

"Thank you, Tsubaki." Sona replied, with gratitude. "Leave us."

With those words, Tsubaki bowed and exited the room, leaving Shirou and Sona alone.

"Shirou Tsukiharu." Sona addressed him. "I'm sure I don't need to tell you why you've been brought here."

Shirou groaned. "Look whatever it is you think I did, I didn't alright. I haven't done anything yet."

Sona chose to ignore the "yet" part of his statement. "You aren't here for punishment." She informed him. "I've called you in here for an assignment. You are to assist the Second-Year festival organizing committee with the establishment and preparation of the cultural festival."

"What? That's bullshit." Shirou cursed, clearly not happy about that arrangement. "Why I am I getting conscripted into doing grunt work for the Second-Years when I'm not a Second Year nor do I care about this festival? Plus, I just get done with Midterms.

"Under normal circumstances, you wouldn't have to." Sona then narrowed her eyes. "However, you are different. After taking a look at your records, I've learnt that your attendance numbers is less than 60%, which means practically half the time, you aren't even here."

"Hold on, why are you looking at my records? You're not a teacher or a member of staff." Shirou pointed out. "Besides, what does my attendance matter?"

"It matter greatly, the mandatory attendance policy is something every student has to abide by, and if you are below the required number of attendance you'll have to repeat the year." Sona told him, narrowing her eyes. "Thus you can make up for it with extra credit, like helping with the festival."

"Wait, if extra credit is all I need then there are other options." Shirou realized, confused. "Why has it already been decided that I have to help with the festival?"

Sona fixed her glasses. "Because right now we are shorthanded and could have trouble finishing on schedule, so I recommended the proposal of having you assist."

"What?" Shirou said, incredulously. "I don't even get to choose, you just decided for yourself?"

"No, I recommended it, the school staff made the decision." Sona corrected. "And with your history of causing trouble taken to account, they thought this could double as a punishment."

"Tch." Shirou clicked his tongue. "Assholes always got it out for me."

"Anyways, take a seat and wait. Once I'm finished with my paperwork, I'll inform you of your first assignment." Sona instructed him.

Shirou not happy about it sat down on an empty chair.

"My first impression of Shirou Tsukiharu was not a positive on." Sona thought, narrating her flashback. "He seemed simple to understand, a disruptive troublemaker who had no regard for this School or academics in general. He constantly skipped School and was known for violence, his grades were slightly above the average among First-Years but he seemed to have no motivation to aim higher, the kind of person I disliked the most. That's what I initially thought."

While Sona was taking care of the documents Shirou was getting bored of just sitting there, so he got up and walked around. Shortly after getting up from his seat he saw over on one of the tables was a Chessboard with all the pieces set up.

"Ah cool, a Chessboard." Shirou went over to it. "You like Chess too?"

Sona looked up from her work. "You play Chess?" She asked, surprised.

"Yeah, I played all the time when I was a kid." Shirou said, picking up a piece. "And I play with my Sister all the time, though the in loss ratio is 3/95 in her favour."

"I see. Well, Chess is a game I grew up playing." Sona told him, fixing her glasses. "And as far as I can remember, I've never lost."

"Interesting, want to put that to the test?" Shirou challenged her, with a smirk.

Sona suddenly felt the aura around Shirou was different, instead of the look of boredom belonging to a simple Delinquent, he now had the look of someone else, someone who radiated pure self-confidence in both himself and his capabilities.

Though Sona put those thoughts away and responded to him. "What are you saying?"

"How about playing a game with me?" Shirou clarified. "Since you've never lost, I want to see how good you are."

"Did you forget? I have to work on the festival." Sona reminded him. "And we're shorthanded."

"Then let's make a wager." Shirou offered. "If I don't win, I'll work hard enough that we'll finish ahead of schedule."

Sona's eyes widened then she narrowed them. "Are you being serious?"

"I wouldn't offer if I wasn't." Shirou replied.

"Are you capable of actually doing so?"

"Don't underestimate my capabilities."

Even though she wasn't 100% convinced, his confidence at least made her believe he could follow through to enough extent that they would finish preparation on schedule. So Sona made her decision.

"Very well then." Sona agreed to his challenge. "Let's play."

They both went back to Sona's desk and placed the Chessboard in front of them. Shirou sat across from her, Shirou was using the Black pieces and Sona was using the White pieces, therefore Sona went first.

TAP!

After she moved her first piece, Shirou immediately followed by moving his.

TAP!

The game just continued from there.

TAP!

"From his behavior and because he made his first move without stopping to strategize, I assumed his level was sub-par and thus I believe it would be a quick victory." Sona narrated, through the game. "But I was wrong, he seemed to have no trouble following up on my moves and whenever I thought I trapped him, he reversed it like it was easy. I never thought a Human High School student in his First-Year could play against me so evenly, it was a surprise."

TAP!

"I know not of defeat." Shirou brought up, after moving a piece.

TAP!

"What? Are you being sarcastic?" Sona questioned, moving her piece.

TAP!

"No, it was just a random thought." Shirou replied, moving his piece. "But it's not a lie, for as long as I can remember, I've never lost or more as, I've never let myself lose, not when it really counts anyway."

TAP!

"That's a pretty foreboding way to look at things." Sona noted, moving her piece. "And what pray tell makes something "count" enough for you to take it seriously?"

"A lot of things, like giving myself a challenge. Or when I really want to beat someone because they're looking down on me." Shirou answered, before looking Sona in the eye. "Like you for example."

Sona felt a little surprise by his words but didn't show it. "What does that mean?"

TAP!

"You don't have to hide it, I could tell what you were thinking." Shirou told her while moving a piece. "You thought that because I don't think before moving a piece and since I'm a Delinquent, you could beat me easily, didn't you?"

Now Sona was really surprised by the way he said it, it was as if he said exactly what she was thinking word for word. "How did you know that?"

"It's not hard to figure out really." Shirou told him. "I could tell from your personality, You're actually a pretty open person."

"And are saying I'm easy to read?" Sona questioned, narrowing her eyes.

"Right now you are." Shirou answered. "Chess is a game where whoever sets the pace first controls the flow of the game, that's why the beginning is the most important part. Because you weren't taking this seriously, you didn't worry about it, that let me pull the rug from under you and set the pace myself." He explained. "But you pushed back and now we have an equal number of pieces, so the game could still go to either of us."

TAP!

"You're surprising shrewd." Sona noticed with a little interest while moving a piece. "But do you believe that'll be enough for you to beat me?"

TAP!

"Who knows, but I am sure I won't lose." Shirou answered, sure of himself, while moving a piece. "In fact, I say you won't be able to capture my King."

"Is that so?" Sona asked, now feeling a little excited by the challenge. "Let's see if you can stop me."

Sona didn't show much emotion simply because she chose not to, acting as a stoic Council President was the most effective way to present herself as a serious authority figure that could enforce order and command respect. But one thing she couldn't hide was the fact that she enjoyed testing her intellect against others and Chess was her favorite way of doing so. And playing against someone where the outcome wasn't clear was something that rarely happened for her, but she always enjoyed when it did.

TAP!

The game continued back and forth, Sona kept making her moves afterthought and planning, while Shirou was making his moves the same as usual, he would just take a piece and move it forward. Though that didn't mean he wasn't thinking, it's just that he's able to decide what move to make almost immediately, since he's played against a higher level Chess player so often he's able to play more relaxed than others.

Before long the game was near its end. Both of them had lost their Knights, Rooks, Bishops, Queens and most of their Pawns. Sona had knocked over Shirou's Rook with last remaining Pawn and thus Shirou had only his King left. Sona assumed she could win now, but after Shirou his King she noticed something. Her Pawn was directly above Shirou's King and only a few squares apart, that's when she realized something.

"I'm trapped." Sona thought, looking over the board. "He used his Rook as bait to lure my Pawn in front of his King, and my own King is too far away to block his so no matter what I do I'll lose my Pawn. And if the only pieces left on the board are Kings then I can't possibly Checkmate him and the game ends." She understood, somewhat. impressed. "He got me, he couldn't think of a way to win with that line-up so instead he forced a situation where it was impossible for me to capture his King."

(In fact, I say you won't be able to capture my King.)

She smiled. "Well played."

Seeing her smile, Shirou could tell she figured it out and they both then looked up at each other.

"A tie?" Shirou offered.

"So it would seem." Sona nodded.

"Gotta say though that was a close one." Shirou admitted. "I didn't think it'd be that close with any but my Sister."

"I've been curious about that actually." Sona brought up. "Is your Sister some kind of Chess master?"

"You could say that, but not just Chess. Since she doesn't go to School, she has a lot of free time, one of her favorite pass times is playing games, including strategy games." Shirou answered. "After playing for so long all the time, naturally she became an expert at them. When we first played Chess, I couldn't keep up at all, though I did a little better each time, and after 90 tries, I finally improved enough to be able to beat her. And since your skill is around the same level, I just treated it like a game against her."

"That's why his moves were so relaxed and yet well played." Sona realized. "Since he's used to playing against an expert, he's seen high-level tactics and how to reverse them. But if that's true, that means his Sister must be as good a player as me." She thought, not knowing what to think. "I almost can't believe a Human that young exists in this town."

"Now, I have a question for you." Shirou brought up. "Just out of curiosity, do you dream of running a School?"

Sona blinked, surprised. "What makes you say that?"

"A lot of things, for one—Even though you're only the Student Council President, some people say you have more authority than some of the faculty. And you take grades really seriously to the point where anyone who joins the Council needs to raise their grades enough to be an honor student." Shirou listed. "And you even take the time to make sure events like these get done perfectly, which is why you conscripted me."

"Doesn't that just mean I take my position very seriously?" Sona questioned, curious to hear his response.

"For some people, it would. But it's not your actions I've noticed, it's your personality." Shirou corrected her. "You play the role of a stoic Ice Queen president, but that's just to assert yourself so people will respect your authority but only to extent of a school atmosphere, and even though you try to enforce the rules by being strict about it, it's just because you want to make the school more peaceful."

"How did you come up with all that?" Sona asked, wondering how he knew this.

Shirou lifts up her documents. "Even though it's your job to plan out the festival, you don't have to manage it and run the preparation completely, no one would blame you if it wasn't perfect, yet you go to a lot of trouble to make sure it is, just by that I can tell you actually really love this school itself." He told her. "Plus you act like running this school is somehow your responsibility despite being a student. So that probably means one day, you want to run this or some other school, at least that's how I see it."

"I was both shocked and amazed, it was as if he had completely seen through everything about me." Sona narrated. "His skill in Chess challenging mine was already impressive enough, but more than that was his insight, it was so deep it felt like he was reading my mind. I never felt so exposed before and to think the cause was an Underclassmen I had just met less than an hour ago. All I could say was; all traces of the troublemaker who was simple to understand was no longer there, he felt completely different from when he first walked in."

Sona fixed her glasses. "It's true, I do hope to one day head a school of my own. In fact, that's been my dream for after I graduate." She admitted. "But, I must know, how were you able to read me like that?"

"It's actually not hard to know what others are thinking." Shirou told her, smirking. "All you need is to pay attention to small details and put the pieces together."

Somehow that answered satisfied her. "It seems there's more to you than I first thought, you aren't an ordinary student."

"Hmph, the word ordinary is foreign to me." Shirou exclaimed, before standing up. "Now then, we should get started."

"Get started on what?" Sona asked, confused.

"The cultural festival." Shirou reminded her as if it was obvious. "You're almost done with the paperwork right? So hurry up and tell me where I should help out with. After all, I need to make sure we finish ahead of schedule."

"What? But the game was a tie." Sona reminded him.

"Yeah, but I said if I don't win, and a tie isn't a win." Shirou reminded her. "I always keep my promise, so let's get on with it."

Sona processed his words, then smiled. "Very well then."

"After that, the preparations were finished ahead of schedule just as he promised." Sona narrated, ending the flashback. "And with his assistance, that year's cultural festival became a bigger success than even lasts year's."

Sona was looking up, thinking back to that day and feeling relaxed. "It wasn't that long ago, yet somehow it feels like the distant past."

"You alright?" Shirou asked. "You've been quiet for a few minutes now."

"I was just thinking." Sona looked at him. "This is the first time we've been alone together since the day we met."

"Hey, you're right." Shirou noticed. "That reminds me, we never settled that game did we? We should play again sometime, you know after everything quiets down."

"Yes, I'd look forward to playing against you again." Sona accepted. "But I was just remembering, back then it was me and now my Onee-Sama. And from what Rias told me, you also had a meaningful talk with her and some of her Peerage members. It's like you have some kind of gift for knowing what others are thinking."

Shirou shrugged. "Maybe, or maybe all you guys are easy to figure out." He then stood up. "Well, I've had my fun, I better head back."

"I understand." Sona stood up as well. "I also have duties to attend to." She then looked at him one more time. "Thanks for the talk."

"It's what I do girl." Shirou said, before walking off.

A few minutes later, Shirou was walking around outside the Main School building, walking past others and wondering where to go next.

"Hey, Shirou!"

Hearing the voice that belonged to Ren, Shirou looked to the side to see Ren, along with Aika, Asia, and Saito standing together by the school gate. So Shirou went over to them.

"What are you guys doing together?" Shirou asked.

"Well, I was planning on skipping the rest of the day. I was planning on finding you to see if you wanted to come with, then I ran into Aika." Ren explained.

"And since he was leaving, I thought I might be fun." Aika added. "So I invited myself and Asia."

"Then why's he here?" Shirou asked, pointing to Saito.

"I was walking by and she invited me." Saito pointed to Asia.

"I thought it'd be more fun if there were more of us." Asia reasoned.

"Where's Mika?" Shirou asked Ren.

"She went back to the club room with Akeno." Ren told him.

"Well, I've got nothing going on here." Shirou shrugged. "Might as well leave."

"True, none of us have a reason to stay." Aika agreed. "None of you guys has parents and mine are away, so this day is just chore."

"Well then, let's go." Ren exclaimed.

And so the group all walked off leaving the school grounds.

"Let's head downtown." Saito suggested. "There'll be stuff there that's fun."

"Since when are you the boss?" Shirou asked rhetorically. "Let's head uptown, that's a better spot."

"Men. Must you two turn everything into a pissing contest?" Aika taunted, grinning.

[Shut up.] They both barked.

"How do you have a contest in going to the bathroom?" Asia asked, innocently.

"Don't ask." Ren brushed off her question.

It was now nighttime and Shirou and Asia had just arrived home.

"Hey, we're back." Shirou announced.

Mika came up to the door to greet them. "Good, you're here."

"Huh, is something wrong?" Asia asked.

"No, not that." Mika dismissed her concern. "It's just that someone is waiting for you."

After saying that Mika led the two of them into the living room and sitting there on the couch was Rias.

"Rias?" Shirou addressed. "What are you doing here?"

"Good, you two are here." Rias addressed them, standing up. "There's something I need to tell all of you."

"I thought you were spending the night with your family." Asia brought up.

After hearing that Rias' face started to blush red. "Please don't remind me of that."

"Why, was it bad?" Mika asked.

"It was terrible! That is… A Hell, the likes of which hasn't been seen before...…" She exclaimed while shaking her whole body with embarrassment, blushing to the maximum limit. "I just kept wishing it would end, until I couldn't take it anymore."

"Drama Queen." Shirou commented.

"Anyways that's not what I came to tell you." Rias changed the topic. "After speaking with my Brother, I was given an order; the time has come to release the other Bishop."

The next day after school.

Everyone from the club was gathered and was standing on the ground floor of the Old School building's room that had been made the "Sealed classroom". The old room at the end of the hallway sealed by police tap and said "Do Not Enter" on the door, along with tape with "KEEP OUT" written on was heavily pasted with magical seals carved on.

Even from the outside, this room was securely closed so they couldn't see inside the room. What was it used for, the explanation was without exception but… It seemed according to the conversation, that the other Bishop was here.

The other Bishop. For a long time, it was a mystery club member for Shirou, Mika, and Asia. Likewise, except for newcomer Xenovia, the rest of the members knew about it.

He existed before the four of them became Devils but, due to various circumstances, he couldn't participate in the Rating Game between the Phenex household and the battle against Kokabiel.

"All this time, I never knew we had another Bishop." Xenovia brought up.

"Well, Rias only mention them once." Mika told her. "That was when I and Asia were first reincarnated, and besides existing, we don't know anything about them."

"Which begs the question; Why are we unsealing it all of a sudden?" Shirou questioned. "For that matter; why are they sealed in the first place?"

"In the past, his ability was regarded as dangerous, and because I wasn't able to completely control him with her powers, so my Brother and higher-ups ordered him to be sealed away he was ordered to be sealed indefinitely." Rias explained. "However, last night, Onii-sama told me that I received a high evaluation by the 4 Maous, the Great King Bael household, the Archduke Agares household, and the Great Devils due to my accomplishments with the House of Phenex and the fight against Kokabiel. Since I'm stronger now, the sealing condition of the other Bishop has been lifted since I might be able to control him now."

"What do they mean your accomplishments? I'm the one who beat those guys." Shirou pointed out, irked.

"Yeah, and when you really think about it, you really didn't do anything in either of those fights, Rias." Mika added.

"Unfortunately, that's the way it goes in the Underworld." Kiba told them. "It's quite common for accomplishments of servants to be credited to the King. So the stronger we get and the battles we win, those automatically become a higher evaluation for the Chief considering she leads us."

"And more than that, in a Peerages structure, the King is the cornerstone." Akeno added. "We're the Rias Gremory Peerage and thus the Underworld is only aware of Rias Gremory, and that doesn't extend to the rest of us as were only known as her servants, for now. Thus the only one who gains praises is the King."

"How does that make sense?" Shirou objected. "Who in their right mind would break there back trying to accomplish something big knowing that credit will go to someone else?"

"It's not all bad." Rias assured him. "Even if the higher-ups don't recognize the fates of a servant, they still acknowledge them if said Devil demonstrates abilities that can't be ignored, that's how Low-Class Devils gain higher ranks, and no one could possibly ignore your strength at this point."

"She's right, you dominating the House of Phenex is on video and you've got a Balance Breaker now." Mika reminded him. "Plus, everyone saw you beat the heir of the Glasya-Labolas family like a drum back at the after-party." She remembered, with a hint of laughter.

Shirou sighed. "Fine, I guess that's as good as it's going to get."

"Moving on, it's finally time for you all to meet our other Bishop." Rias turned back to the door. "The kid is over here. All-day, that Bishop lives here. For the time being, his powers are loosened deep in the night, and if it's just in the old building, he can exit the room, but the kid inside refuses to do that."

Was what Rias said. For some reason, she knocked on the door and then started expanding her magic circle. She started to release the seal.

"So, he's a Shut-in?"

Rias nodded to Shirou question while letting out a sigh herself.

Kiba removed the tape, Akeno also helped out alongside Rias in removing the seal.

"The kid inside has been the biggest earner among the servants." Akeno said, continuing as if replying to a question."Through a computer, the kid takes special contracts from humans. Frankly, it's a person who doesn't want to meet us. Those type of people negotiate in a different way and make relations differently. They solve things through the computer. In the dealings through computers, amongst the new Devil servants, this kid grabs enough numbers like those of superior rank."

"That's a thing?" Mika asked.

"Makes you wonder what kind of weirdos this guy has to deal with." Shirou noted.

"I wonder what he's like." Asia spoke, excited to meet the other Bishop.

"—Now then, I am opening the door."

The magical seals carved on the door also disappeared, it became a simple door. Rias opened the door—.

"Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

—.

And that's the chapter. First off before you ask about the scuffle between Shirou and Vali, think about it. They are so much alike and they both want to fight more than anything, I feel like it would just be weird and out of character for both of them to not start something after meeting like that. And with the way they match up, the fight was a seesaw of a battle where they both tried to take the lead and go for the kill.

Now when I say Vali's power is closer to Sirzechs', I don't mean he's as strong as Sirzechs this early in the story, that comes later. I mean his magic reserves are as big as his because of his bloodline which I won't mention for anyone who doesn't already know. Plus, he's not as skilled as Shirou but is much faster than him because of his Gear. Thus, I made him someone who favors speed over style outside of his armor. Since he never fought outside his armor in the canon, I figured this would make the most sense.

As for Shirou, the reason I established him as the most talented Red Dragon Emperor is because he basically is. He's a Hero's descendant which is something no previous wielder has ever been, plus Issei was history's least talented so it works. And if you remember in Volume 9 of the LN when Issei went into the Gear and saw all the previous wielders, one of them was around his age and Ddraig said he was a real genius but got drunk on his power and got killed. So I used him as a measuring stick to rating Shirou's potential.

Now for the moments with Shirou and Sona, ever since I first introduced Sona in this story, I wanted to show a flashback on how they met, even though they said they met when Shirou helped her with the cultural festival, I wanted to go more in-depth with it and thus, I added the Chess game, for those who find it weird that Shirou's that good at Chess, remember when he was first reincarnated and Rias explained the Evil Pieces, Shirou said he played Chess with Mika 100 times and only won four of those times. Which also means he beat a Chess master four times, so to me it makes sense.

And I based Shirou's meaningful talk with Sona to be like that with Rias and the others, the longer the conversation goes on the more he gets a better read on your personality, then he can get a good grasp on what you're thinking almost like he can read your mind and forms a deeper connection with said person. Since they got along well when Sona first appeared in the story, I felt it would make sense they had a moment like this so I wrote it.

If I'm being honest with you, I wanted to cover more in this chapter and reach the part where we meet Michael but unfortunately, that would take too long and so I had to stop it here. Next chapter will take a while too but hopefully, this will be a good place to end of this year. But still though, I really appreciate you all enjoying the story this past year. Let's hope next year will be a greater one.

Anyways thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed, if you want more then be sure to leave a review, if you like the story than click the follow/favorite, and as always have an awesome day.

Merry Christmas To All And To All A Good Night.