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"Hey guys, guess who just transferred to school?"

In the hallways of Kuoh Academy, most of the Phantom Thieves looked over to see who their hacker was referring to. Even the Devils of Rias' Peerage looked over. Everyone was in the summer school uniforms as the seasons were changing.

It was almost hard to believe that it was just a couple of weeks that they had fought against an entire Peerage. Not only that, but also Akira introducing their status as the Phantom Thieves in front of all of those high-class Devils. Also mentioning that they basically killed a god. That certainly caused a bit of tension.

Although there was a mixture of reactions between all of them. Three reactions to be precise. Some made sure that they were a respectable distance away from them, not exactly wanting to anger the powers that killed Yaldaboth. A few seemed to have a bit of praise for the group of humans, apparently the false god was not very well spoken of; a trait all of them understood. The rest only scoffed, as if thinking that their little display meant nothing and that they still would have a go at trying to convert them all.

Thankfully, Sirzechs and Serafall seemed to make it absolutely clear that the Phantom Thieves were off limits. That they were not to be harmed in any way, shape, or form from any of them or else there would be deadly consequences. So they pretty much were under the protection of the Devil.

Back to the present though, Akira, Morgana, Ryuji, Ann, and Yusuke all looked over in Futaba's direction with Rias and her Peerage. Each and every one of them, but Koneko, was surprised to see who Futaba was introducing to them. "Wait, what is she doing here?" Issei asked, cocking his head to the side in confusion. "Isn't she supposed to be in the Underworld?"

Ryuji looked over to the brunette, shrugging his shoulder. "I don't know, dude." He answered Issei's question. He then looked back to the person. "Didn't expect you showing up here, Ravel-san. Seriously, it never crossed my mind."

Said blonde female only gave Ryuji a small look. "Well, my parents heard about what Onii-sama had done with a helpful story from Lucifer-sama. He was severely punished for his deeds."

Ann only scratched her head. "What exactly does that have to do with going to Kuoh Academy?" She asked, folding her arms and leaning against the wall. "I mean, don't you have all sorts of private classes or something back at home? Shouldn't those at least be enough?"

"It possibly would." Ravel nodded her head, looking over towards Ann's direction. "But then after Lucifer-sama's story about how a group of humans managed to defeat Onii-sama easily, they asked where such humans resided." She ended that sentence with a sigh. "So, despite my position now being as a Bishop in my mother's Peerage, I am to attempt to find possible candidates to start my own Peerage when I am to be converted to a King piece."

"…They weren't thinking about us when they wanted you to start your Peerage, were they?" Ryuji asked.

Everyone slowly turned their heads to Ryuji. "I believe we were exactly on their minds." Yusuke stated.

"That was supposed to be rhetorical." Ryuji deadpanned, flatly looking at the blue-haired boy. He then rolled his back while letting out a little sigh of relief. "Anyways, what's it like for you right now? Having to be in the human world and all? Any different from the Underworld?"

Ravel fiddled with her pigtails. "Not very, other than classes being public." Her neutral look soon grew into a small scowl. "Although that does make me recall an unpleasant memory of everyone constantly whispering about me as if I couldn't hear them. Namely remarks from the male population. At least being seated next to Sakura-san was a bit reassuring."

"Don't worry, Ravel-chan, we'll all get through this together!" Futaba wrapped an arm around the blonde girl about her size, ignoring the surprised look the Phenex gave her. "It'll just be you, me, Koneko-chan, and school subjects that we probably may never end up using in our futures!"

"…" Ryuji just stared with everyone else at Futaba suddenly outburst. As all of the non-first years looked over to Koneko, the white-haired girl noticed their looks and just shrugged her shoulders. "Uh, Futaba, I think you should let Ravel-san go now." Ryuji noted.

Ravel however just struggled out of Futaba's grasp. "Please give me a bit of warning before doing that." She stated, slowly shuffling away from the ginger.

"Am I interrupting something?"

Everyone turned their heads once more. This time, their sights were greeted by Sona and Tsubaki. Both of them seemed to have neutral faces on. But then there was some kind of mood behind their looks that everyone seemed to read. "Sona," Rias nodded her head in a greeting. "Is something wrong? You make your words sound like it is important."

"Yes, this is important." The black-haired female nodded her head in response to Rias' question. "Complicated to be a bit more precise. However, this conversation is something prefer to hold to a limited amount of people." She then pointed to Rias and then Akira. "Rias, Akeno, Akira, the three of you with me to the Student Council room, now."

Akira noted the tone in Sona's voice. Sounded like she was serious. However, there was still one issue. "What about Morgana?" He gestured to the bag that was partially unzipped. "Should I leave him with the others?"

Sona only stared and managed to catch a peek at the cat peeking back at her. The female considered her options for a few seconds before nodding her head. "No, bring him along. You two seem to be the ones in charge so it's best if the both of you listen."

Akira only nodded his head. Rias did too. "Of course." Rias answered for them all. "Now should we start going now?" She then looked over as Akira, Sona, and Tsubaki started walking. "Kiba-kun, you are in charge until I get back, okay?"

"Understood, Buchou." Kiba nodded his head and Rias turned to catch up with the other three.

"…Huh…" Issei said, unsure of what even to say at what had just occurred. "What do you guys think that was about? I've never seen the student council president so serious before. Well, she's serious all the time. But this time-"

"I think we all get the point, Issei-kun." Ann sighed, watching five figures turn a corner. "But you're right. I wonder what the issue is…"

"Yeah…" Futaba noted, nodding her head as several murmurs within their group agreed with one another quietly. She then turned over to Ravel. "What do you think, Ravel-chan?" Her question was slightly louder than it needed to be.

However, the female-blonde Devil only stared at Futaba with a disturbed look. Shuffling away once again, she made her way behind Ryuji so she could hide behind him. The human blonde however had a surprised look on his face. "Keep her away from me." Ravel whispered loud enough for Ryuji to hear, glancing cautiously towards the hacker.

"…Seriously?" Ryuji asked.

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As Akira, Morgana, Rias, and Akeno all entered the room, they noticed it was empty. Akira opened the zipper of his bag and gave enough room for the cat to crawl out so it would have some space to move since nobody would be around to see them. Hearing a click, the door had been closed and all of them could start having their talk.

"So, Sona, what are we here to discuss?" Rias asked, taking a seat that Akira was well familiar with since he sat in it multiple times as well. Akeno decided to stand next to her King to stay a bit close. "Something tells me that it clearly is heavy on your mind."

"And what it possibly has to do with us as well." Akira was in a different seat off to the side. His position was the perfect distance away yet between the two Kings of different Peerages.

"That is a good point, Akira-kun." Rias nodded her head in his direction before looking back to Sona, who had taken a seat at her desk. "What kind of an issue is there to also involve the Phantom Thieves? After all, we've both witnessed how capable each and every one of them are."

"…" Sona closed her eyes, thinking about what to say. The girl knew what the topic was to be about. Speaking it however was a bit of a task. Releasing a small hum, she figured out her words as she opened her eyes. "It was this morning." She began. "Two people from the Church contacted me."

Akira craned his neck over. The Church was supposed to be under the faction of Heaven, right? But if that was the case… "Contacted you?" Akira asked.

Akeno placed a hand to her chin. "How?" She asked, seeming to be a bit concerned.

"It's been a while since they last came to this town." Rias stated. "Did they tell you what they wanted?"

"They did." Sona confirmed with a nod of her head. "Rias, they said that they wanted to speak with you and that it was urgent."

The red-head took in a small breath of surprise. "The members of the Church want to speak with a Devil?" A small, thoughtful look was on her face. "What are they up to? There's no other reason for them to be here except to stir up trouble." She then sighed. "All right then, what did you say?"

Sona took off her glasses and began to polish them. "I accepted their request. I told them where they could find you and they will be paying you a visit after school tomorrow."

Rias slowly turned her head yet kept both eyes on her friend. "…What?" She asked.

The black-haired female however just put on her glasses once more. "There is other thing that you need to be aware of." She added.

Tsubaki, however, was the one to continue to explanation. "Not only were these two member of the Church, but they were also carrying holy swords."

"Whoa, holy swords, really?" Morgana asked, walking around the floor as he managed to gain everyone's attention. "Isn't that stuff deadly to Devils so they should be confiscated from them? If they were to be allowed to roam the town so they wouldn't harm others? Why would they even be here to begin with?"

"Despite the Church being enemies of the Devils, they still respect humanity and their laws are exactly like the ones you all follow." Sona simply explained. "However, I did not receive a reason for their presences in this town."

Akira cocked an eyebrow. For such a detail to be left alone… "There was no way you would forget to ask something like that, Sona-san." He shook his head. "Does that mean that you have questioned their reason to be here?"

"Correct." The black-haired female nodded her head. "However, they said that the matter was not to be discussed in public. Even when I invited them in to talk privately, they denied my offer and only walked away."

Akira only hummed, putting a hand to his chin. Morgana however had a question. "What does that have to do with me and Akira then?" The cat asked, hopping up onto a chair that was near Sona's desk. "There's got to be a reason for you to be inviting Akira into this conversation at least."

Sona looked over towards the feline. "So far, the Phantom Thieves have been a neutral party. Despite your aid towards both my Peerage and Rias', your group has no standing in any factions. Even when it comes down to Azazel-san, your interactions are limited at times. Which is why you will be attending such a meeting as well as overseers to make sure events do not turn out of hand."

"...Out of hand you say." Akira parroted the female and received a nod from her for confirmation. He then looked over to Morgana who stared right back at him. "That shouldn't exactly happen, should it? None of the factions so far would want to risk creating a war with one another. So, there wouldn't be any point in me needing to attend such."

"Possibly, but the risk is still there." Sona agreed but then also disagreed with Akira's statement.

Akira only settled for staring at Sona. Taking in a deep breath, he pointed upwards however as if he were about to provide a counter-point. But then he simply closed his mouth soon after and sighed. "Problem though. I'm busy tomorrow. I could possibly get someone else to replace me."

Sona partially frowned. "I was hoping you would be the one to attend as you are the leader of the Phantom Thieves. Although you title and identity would be kept secret by us, of course. But, if that is how it must be, for someone else to replace you…" She took in a small breath. "As long as it can either be Morgana-san, Makoto-san, or even possibly Haru-san. The rest of you would not seemed to be ones that would appropriate for such talking."

"…No offense to them either, but I have to agree with you there." Akira nodded his head only then to cock it to the side a second later. "Then what was the point of just having this conversation private if I could just end up telling everyone about it?"

Sona kept an even gaze fixed on Akira. "Because if I did, they it would imply that the rest of Rias' Peerge would be invited as well and I did not want for that to be so with how high the issue is."

…Akira was not exactly sure if that was the only thing on Sona's mind, but then he just decided to nod. "All right then…" He said slowly, looking over towards Morgana. The cat just gave him a look that basically said that it was Akira's choice of who should attend. But then it came to his mind. "What about you, Sitri-san? Shouldn't this be a concern for you as well?"

"Despite this town being considered Devil territory, this entire area actually belongs to my Gremory family." Rias explained for the human and cat in the room. "Due to this, Sona is not exactly able to be involved in all events since most of the responsibility falls upon me."

The human took in a little bit of air before releasing a small breath. "Right. So, am I free to go now? I'll have to tell this to everyone and see if Makoto or Haru are both free tomorrow if this is the case." He stated as Morgana began to make his way over towards him.

"Yes, I do believe this is the end of our discussion." Rias noted as Akira put his bag to the ground so that Morgana could crawl back into it. "Now, Akira-kun, I don't want any one of you tailing those two from the Church."

Akira only looked up. "Wasn't really thinking of it, but now that you mention such… Sitri-san, what did those two wea-?" He then heard Rias clear her throat and it cut him off. "Only joking, Gremory-san."

Rias placed a hand to her chin however with a bit of concern. "But it does make me wonder… If they're holy sword users, why would they come to this town?"

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"Hmm… that is pretty concerning."

Makoto was frowning while Haru had a slightly worried expression on her face when Akira and Morgana had just explained the situation to them. Since he had already revealed the information to the Phantom Thieves that were younger than the ones in college, the four of them were having their small conversation. "Sitri-san mentioned that they were holy sword users, right?" Makoto asked. "What do you think that they are doing here?"

"Whatever it is, it must be bad if they are here." Haru said, looking a bit to the floor in thought. "If such wielders are considered strong and important, than something bad must have happened. As Mako-chan has said, one has to wonder their reasoning to why they are here."

"Yeah, it was odd that they didn't leave any sort of reasoning for Sitri-san at all." Morgana added. "They just up and left when they could have talked to her in private today."

"Either way, I have to let Sitri-san know which one of us will be attending the meeting if possible." Akira stated, sitting down while spinning his phone on his fingers. "Again, I'm not exactly sure if we are needed for such a meeting, but it would be better to appease her."

"…" Makoto let out a small breath. "I am free tomorrow. So, I guess I will be the one attending this meeting to make sure things don't go out of hand."

"I'll be there with you." Morgana stated, pacing around the table. "It's better if there is two of us rather than one since there are two from the Church."

Akira only nodded his head as he began to text the information down. But before he finished, he looked up towards Haru. "What about you, Haru?" He asked.

The female shook her head. "I need to help out at the Neko no Mise with you, remember?"

"…Ah, right." Akira said to himself as he began to text. [Makoto and Morgana are both going to attend the meeting tomorrow.]

He had to wait a moment, but then Sona answered back. [Thank you for your confirmation. Although, why did you not tell Rias instead? She is the one to host the conversation tomorrow after all as well as there going to be my lack of presence.]

[I don't have her number.] Akira simply responded back immediately.

Now this reply came a few seconds longer than before. Akira didn't blame Sona. His answer was something many people would just pause at. [You are serious, aren't you?] Akira didn't get the chance to reply back. [Never mind. I'll tell have to inform Rias myself then. Once more, thank you for letting me know. Good night, Akira-san.]

[Night, Sitri-san.]

Putting his phone onto sleep mode, there was a sudden ring at their doorbell. Everyone present looked towards the door in reaction to such a sudden noise. "Hmm, that's peculiar…" Haru trailed off, making her way towards the door where a guest was possibly waiting. "Who could be visiting us? There was no notice of anybody coming…"

Just as she was halfway to her destination however, Haru decided to suddenly have her Phantom Thief clothing ready. Akira, Makoto, and Morgana saw this and also turned into their Phantom Thief outfits. There was still the possibility of Devils just trying to go at them any ways despite the risk of disobeying Sirzechs so it wouldn't hurt just in case.

As Haru peeked through the eyehole the door provided, she was back to her normal wear within a second and everyone else did the same thing. Grabbing the knob, she opened the door. "Ah, Vali-kun," She stated with a bit of surprise. "This is an unexpected visit. Please, come in. Can I get you anything to nibble on? Maybe something to drink?"

Vali, taking Haru's invitation to come inside, only gave Haru an odd look when she asked if he wanted any kind of refreshments. If he could say a single word to describe her, it would be motherly. "Just plain water will be fine. Is your leader here?"

Haru nodded her head. "Ah, yes, he's just in the living room. Please, take a seat on the couch while I get your water."

As Vali slowly made his way towards the couch, while Haru was going to grab his water, he noticed three of the Phantom Thieves staring at him. "It must be surprising to you all, me just visiting on my own without Azazel knowledge."

Akira raised an eyebrow. "You're not here on Azazel-san's terms?"

Vali shook his head. "No, I am not." He began to sit down on the couch that was across the one Akira, Morgana, and Makoto sat on. "Azazel is currently occupied with something that concerns his mind. Such concerns I took upon myself to warn you all about."

Makoto blinked. "Huh…" She said slowly with a bit of surprise. "You… don't exactly seem to be the type of person concerned with us."

Vali only raised an eyebrow of his own. "Well, I guess it would be best not to judge a book by it's cover." He simply replied, causing Makoto to frown at his words. "Azezel however would be disappointed if you all would possibly be injured greatly and I would have to constantly deal with his grief and whining. Also… the coffee your leader and Haru Okumura make. It's good and would be disappointing if you were to die."

"Well, either way," Haru arrived from the side, hearing the latter half of Vali's explanation. There was a transparent glass of water for the person in her hands which she placed in front of the one who requested such. "Your concern for us is greatly appreciated, Vali-kun." Haru smiled as the male merely grunted to answer while taking a sip. "Although… what do you mean if we were to die?"

With his mouth full of water, Vali only swallowed the liquid before placing his glass down. "I'm sure that the Gremory and Sitri have told you all about a couple of exorcists coming into Kuoh as well as their reasons?" He asked, leaning back into the couch that was provided for him.

Akira only looked at his surrounding comrades. "We know that two members of the Church are here. As for their reasons, they didn't tell Sitri-san at all. It seems that they want to keep their explanations private so only Gremory-san would be able to know."

"There isn't much point in an action like that." Vali only stated, sipping the water. Akira could have sworn that the person even did a small eyeroll due to them thinking that not telling their intentions right away was stupid. Akira didn't blame him for doing so if that were the case. "Perhaps it was a terrible thing to not address the issue immediately actually."

"Why?" Morgana questioned. "What's so bad that it needs to be looked into right away?"

Vali took a large gulp this time from his glass. "Two things." He stated as Haru took the glass and walked off to refill it for the male. "First of all, three of the Excaliburs were stolen from the Church faction. Second-"

"Whoa, hold on a minute." Morgana interrupted the boy who slightly frowned in annoyance at the cat just suddenly cutting him off. "Three of the Excaliburs? What's that supposed to mean? I thought there was only one and that was supposed to be wielded by King Arthur."

"in a sense, you are correct." Vali nodded his head a bit. That just led to confusion being on Makoto, Akira, and Morgana's faces. "There was the original Excalibur wielded long ago. But then it ended up being broken at some point, and the pieces were made into seven swords that still wore the name Excalibur in them."

Makoto slightly frowned. "Why not just restore Excalibur to its full form rather than creating seven new swords."

"Probably because of humanities greed of simply seeing the pieces as a new array of weapons." Akira stated, letting out a small breath as he rubbed his head due to having a feeling that he knew where this was going. "Why keep one powerful item when you can have seven at once?" Leaning forward as his elbows rested on his knees, there was a hand on his chin. "Let me guess, you know who has stolen them?"

Vali only nodded his head as Haru arrived with another cup of water for the male. "Correct. As expected from the leader of the Phantom Thieves. That leads down to the second part before I was cut off by your cat." He gave Morgana a pointed look before sipping his water, this intake smaller than the previous times.

"And just who is this person that has stolen three of the Excaliburs then?" Akira asked.

Swallowing, Vali put his glass down. He let a pause settle in, just to see if they knew how much business his visit meant. "Kokabiel, the Fallen Angel of the Stars." He stated, giving them looks to make sure they would not disturb him. "One of the leaders of the Grigori that has also survived the Great War. He was the one who has stolen the Excaliburs."

"…Okay…" Haru said slowly. "But what does that have to do with us dying?"

"Kokabiel's goal is to try and start another Great War." Vali stated as if it were nothing. But the alarmed reactions that the Phantom Thieves' had proved that is should be anything but nothing. "At least, that is what can be assumed. Kokabiel enjoys war, so he at least assumed that stealing the Excaliburs would be enough to anger the Heaven faction."

"Start another war?" Haru questioned with a slight gasp. "But… why?" She looked down. "Why would this person want such an outcome?"

"I just said he enjoys war, remember?" Vali reminded the female coolly. "Not only that, but he believes that the Fallen Angels are the strongest race and strives to prove it by doing such."

"But, so far as we can tell, that would only be related to Heaven's side." Makoto stated, seeming to pace around on her spot. "Just stealing the Excaliburs wouldn't exactly result in a Great War since the Devil's side is not involved in any way…" Makoto began to trail off as Vali gave her a look, realization pouring into her thoughts. "Unless Kokabiel is to use the Excaliburs and attack Sitri-san and Gremory-san."

"…" Akira lifted his phone. "I'm going to warn Sitri-san. Right now." He stated as he immediately began to move his thumbs quickly.

"Are you aware of Kokabiel's whereabouts?" Morgana frowned. "Are we sure that's he actually in this city?"

Looking over to a clock that could be seen, Vali saw the time. Reaching for the glass, he finished the remaining amount of water before putting it on the table. "We've lost track of Koabiel's movements when he stole the Excaliburs. But since there are two strangers that are with the Church in the city, there is a high possibility that is the case." He answered before standing up. "It's time for me to go now."

Haru blinked. "Ah, okay. Please, let me see you out." She offered as Vali began to walk away, leaving the other Phantom Thieves to discuss what should be done next. As she trailed after the male, she opened the door for the man. "Thank you for giving us your warning. Even if your intentions are… unexpected."

"It is a small truth." Vali only confirmed without looking back.

But then as Vali was about to walk fully away, something came into Haru's mind. "Would you like to come over for a cup of coffee sometime then?" She asked. She blinked when she thought she saw Vali's stride mess up just for a split-second. "Well, you did say that the coffee we make is to you liking. So why not come over for a cup when we're around?"

Her explanation was provided when Vali turned around to give Haru a raised eyebrow. As Vali just stared, he watched as Haru merely smiled politely. But that smile alone only made Vali turn his head slightly away so only one eye could see Haru's face. "You're just inviting me over something so simple?"

Haru only blinked. "Does an invitation have to be so complicated?" She asked while tilting her head.

Vali closed his eyes and sighed, craning his head back so his face would look up towards the night sky. "… I suppose it does not have to be." Vali breathed after a few moments of silence. Opening his eyes, he brought his full gaze over to Haru. "Will tomorrow suffice?"

The female only shook her head. "Sorry. I'm working at the Neko no Mise café tomorrow." She apologized with a slightly disappointed reaction. But then the look on her face brightened up. "But then you can arrive some time after I finish school. Just hold on one moment." She said.

Vali only stood in place as he watched Haru rush into the house. He didn't have to wait long. Only a couple of minutes it he were to be specific. After that amount of time had passed, Haru jogged back to the door and handed him a small piece of paper. "What is this?" He asked when he opened the object he was given.

"It's the address of the café and my number if you want to contact me just in case you would be in the mood for any thing else." Haru explained in her usual manner. After that, she pulled out her phone. "What about you? Do you have a phone number that I could put onto my phone?"

Vali, staring down at the paper at first, slowly looked up to the woman who was still speaking to him. "I do not own a cellphone." He simply stated, causing Haru to put her phone back into her pocket with a small sheepish look.

"Ah." Haru only said before nodding her head.

Vali only nodded back. Turning around, he heard the door creaking shut behind him. "Haru Okumura…" He said just before the door fully closed. Haru stopped what she was doing, her eyes seen just behind a small space that there was left before the barrier would be fully shut. "…Thank you for your offer." He completed.

Haru blinked before smiling gently and shutting the door.

Turning back around to go off the property, Vali just took in a deep breath. Rubbing his face, he placed his hands into his pockets before walking away.

Yup, Ravel is in Kuoh Academy and Vali gave the Phantom Thieves and early warning about Kokabiel to start off Season 2. Somethings may seem not appropriate to some of you, but I think they're a bit suitable due to situations.

No flames please.