Runeion - Literally forgot about the nurses... Sooo, I dunno?

Anyway, we're at canon.


{Tara's POV}

Making our way to Kuoh Academy, my 'court' and I were all in attendance, Koneko was finally joining us so she didn't have to break off now, so we looked kinda extra to be honest. But to be fair, having a squad of redheads, a bluenett like Tsubasa, a girl with different colored eyes like Tsubaki, and a white haired loli in the form of Koneko, made us stand out just as much as our beauty did. We were all the baddest bitches around, and everyone knew it. Even Kiba and Issei had their own fan club, though the former's was way bigger then the latter for obvious reasons, though neither of the boys entirely cared.

We all walked together and eventually started to split off to our respective homerooms. Though instead of heading to my homeroom first, I walked besides my daughter, and walked with her to her homeroom, ignoring the looks sent our way since we were hand in hand. That might not have been the main reason, it could've been because I was practically a giant compared to the smol and cute form of my daughter. "You ready for this, kitten?"

My daughter let out a low hum, then shrugged. "Eh. I'm ready for school, but not for the boredom."

I snorted at that. "Yeah, school is pretty boring, but you'll get used to it."

"... Sounds lame... Like, really lame." That got her an eye roll, which she just snickered at. After a bit more small talk, she blinked, and looked at something ahead of us. "Ah, there it is."

Looking over to the room she was staring at, I nodded, and let go of her hand, opting to bend down a bit and planting a small kiss on my daughter's head, making an embarrassed blush form on her face as I did. "Have a good time sweetie, lemme know if you need anything, okay?"

She shuffled a bit, doing her best not to meet my eyes out of embarrassment. "Mhm. See you later Kaasan." I grinned at that, and with one last pat, I watched her scurry into her homeroom. My daughter really was adorable.

Anyway, with that done, I made my way to my homeroom, humming a happy tune as I did. I really liked embarrassing Koneko with small things like that, and it helped me connect with both my own mom, and Martha more then we already did. I wasn't a natural one like they were, but somethings were just universal among us MILF'S... And yes, I DID consider myself a MILF, and nothing nobody could say would make me change my mind.

Getting to the my homeroom, I met the gazes of my younger sister and her Queen, who were waiting outside for me, and everyone else in the area, but I didn't care about them. Annoyingly, our fan girls were already crowding around our classroom, just like they always did, and I had to give them 'the look' to scatter them off. It was only natural that I mastered the Erza glare, and used it whenever it was needed, or I felt like making someone run for the hills... Though it kinda made my skin crawl when a pair of girls moaned at me. Masochists were my weakness, and I doubted I'd ever overcome it.

A familiar hum brought me out of my musings, and I looked over to Akeno, who had a amused smirk on her face. "You know Tara-chan~ you really need to teach me how to do that. Scaring someone just by looking at them? Oh it'd be a dream come true!~"

"And that's exactly why I will never teach it to you." Rias' nod showed that she understood. We both knew Akeno would go above and beyond the Sado scale if she knew how to glare at people like I did.

Akeno just pouted at the both of us for that though "Ah, how mean! I thought we had something special? Did all our years of super secret private time mean nothing to you two?" She was laying it on thick there, and I resisted the urge to flick her on the head. Though, I thought I heard some girls swoon somewhere, which made me want to get Akeno back even more, but I just let it go. I could never win against Akeno, but I knew the best way to get her to move on was just pretend she wasn't there.

Me and the girls went to our seats and started the day.

School was pretty boring now that I'd gotten used to it. Sure, I could spar with mom or Tsubasa whenever it was time for gym, and now that Koneko would be here she could join us too, but it was just routine at this of home, the grounds Rias owns, and the ORC, there weren't any interesting things to do in Kuoh. I hadn't picked sports back up for this year, and I doubted I would considering I didn't get that much enjoyment out of them, they were just too easy for me even though I limited myself to just base human. (We need some supernatural sport. Hell, I'd settle for that flying sport in Harry Potter if they tweaked it a bit. Martha would lord it over me if I played it, but atleast I'd be entertained.)

I let out a sigh at that thought, and spent the rest of class thinking about a 4-way spar with me, mom, Martha, and Tsubasa at the gym. I'd have to to run it by them later, but it'd probably be fun. Eventually, it was time for lunch, and Rias, Akeno and I just pushed our desks together and ate. Though, at some point, I was pretty sure I heard the sound of running, and turned around to look out the window. The sight that met my eyes confused the hell out of me. A bald guy and some glasses wearing kid were running from the entirety of the Kendo Club, and thanks to my hearing, I knew why... What I was confused about was why they were still here... Looking over to Rias, I decided to just ask. "Rias," My sister hummed at me as she ate her food. "Why are those two idiots still here?" Aforementioned idiots had been reprimanded far more then I thought was humanely possible, and I thought they wouldn't have been allowed back.

Rias blinked, and along with Akeno, turned to look out the window. They both blinked as they saw the idiots running from the Kendo girls, but only Rias turned back to me, while Akeno grinned at the scene. Swallowing her food, she spoke. "I'm... Not sure?"

"Are you asking me? Because I can HEAR the question mark there Rias."

She rolled her eyes at me for that. "Sona's the one that should know, not me Tara-nee. I don't really pay too much attention to the school or student body." Fair... I think.

The amused chortle Akeno made surprised Rias, but I knew what that meant. Akeno was about to expose some juicy information, and the shark like smirk on her face just cemented that for me. "Rias likes to just stare out the windows whenever there's nothing to do. 'It makes me feel like an anime character', she says."

"I told you that in confidence!" That, along with the blush on her face, set me off, and I laughed, while Akeno chortled behind her hand. "You're both horrible." That just made us laugh more.

When I managed to get myself under control, I grinned at Rias, who huffed at me and munched on her lunch like a toddler. "How come I've never heard of this, hmm?" My sister huffed at me, and turned away, refusing to answer.

Thankfully, Akeno was on my side. "She knew if she ever told you, you'd tease her with it relentlessly. Satans know I do." Akeno and I shared a grin at that, while Rias just huffed even more.

After that little scene, the rest of the day went on, and we eventually had P. E. After some locker room shenanigans, which were mainly caused by Akeno groping Rias or me. We were both used to it by now, so neither one of us were that surprised... It also said something that I was fine with being groped by certain people, but eh, normal was overrated. After getting into the uniform, we all walked into the gym. The gym uniform was annoying, but as a 6'2/1.8m tall and toned bombshell with a six pack, it's hard for things to look bad on me. My figure was something I was always proud of. Sure I may have wished to look like Erza before, but now? I was taller then her, more fit, had a slightly bigger bust, thunder thighs to die for, and a perfect ass. I was hardcore sex on legs, and no one could say otherwise. My figure was mine now, and I loved it. Though to my annoyance, Martha ended up growing to 6'5/1.9ms and had a few differences from Irene, not alot, but still some if they were looked for. It annoyed the hell out of me that by some cosmic bullshit, my sister was taller then me, while also looking more like a MILF then I did... It was bullshit of the highest order!

Anyway, my narcissism aside, we were about to head outside, but my nose and ears picked up male whispering. Turning towards the source, I saw the annoying 'Perverted Duo' leering at us from a bush... A fucking bush... I didn't bother stopping the glare from forming on my face, and the growl coming from my throat. The duo froze, and for a moment, I thought they'd piss themselves and pass out, but they didn't.

They understood that I'd beat the shit out of them if I caught them, and bolted at a speed I would've found impressive if I was still human. My annoyance took a backseat to a thought. (How the hell are they fine? The kendo girls beat the shit out of them earlier...) I decided I'd rectify that mistake later, if I even remembered it. Those idiots weren't really on my mind whenever they weren't in my general vicinity. The other girls in the class thanked me for spotting and scaring them away, and we went on with P.E. I did manage to bring up my four way spar, and that eventually made me forget about the idiots. I spent a good amount of time working up a sweat thanks to the spar, and ended up playing a match of volleyball with the girls a bit before the period ended.

Gym ended with nothing else worth mentioning happening, and I left satisfied for now. We still had other classes left, so I just let the day pass me by.

After the day was over, I broke off from the girls and moved out to go get my daughter. Though, before I could, I stumbled onto a scene that made the rusty bell in the back of my mind squeak out a ring. I saw Issei talking to one of The Fallen that'd come into our territory, and felt my draconic side rear its head as I focused onto her. She was seemingly trying to hide her nature, but she was shit at it, so even if I didn't already know what she looked like, her scent would've given her away.

Thankfully, the talking seemed to be over, and the bitch 'happily' skipped away, while Issei just watched her leave. I knew we showed him pictures of The Fallen, so he wouldn't be caught off guard, and it looked like he remembered, which was good. So, making my way over to him, I pinged my twin. {One of The Fallen just tried to honey trap Issei.}

The response was instantaneous. [Which one?]

{The one with black hair. She went for the schoolgirl angle. I heard her 'asking him out', saying she was from another school.} I felt Martha's annoyance at the audacity of that bitch, and went on. {Issei accepted, but he knows what she is. I'm about to ask him about why right now.}

My twin hummed, then chipped in. [Very well. I'll be informing everyone while you do that. We'll meet at home.]

Recognizing the dismissal, I brought my full focus back to reality, and walked up besides Issei, wrapping an arm around the shorter boy, much to his embarrassment. "I'm still sad you're taller then me." I smirked at that, and ruffled his hair, getting a squawk from him. "Tara-chan!" I stopped after that, but still grinned at him. Though, after he was done 'fixing' his hair, he hummed, and looked in the direction The Fallen went. "So, you saw that, right?"

"Yup. And seeing that you know what she is, I wanna know why you accepted an obvious trap."

Issei apparently, was smarter then I gave him credit for. "Well, I'm not officially affiliated with anyone, so I thought if I accepted, and those guys tried something, we could beat them up and kick them out. We'd be justified too, so no one could give Rias-chan or Sona-san any grief." I blinked at that, and just stared at him. I might've stared for too long, since he started fidgeting. "Umm... Tara-chan? Hello?"

Shaking myself out of my stupor, I grinned at Issei, and ruffled his hair again. "Nice idea boyo!" It was a simple one, a highly convenient one too, but simple.

Like he'd said, Issei wasn't officially affiliated with Rias or Sona. He wasn't a member of either Peerage, wasn't a Contracted Magician in Sona and Martha's case, or related to a member of either Peerage, which Martha and I were in relation to mom and Koneko. So, we couldn't be blamed if The Fallen ended up attacking The Red Dragon Emperor, and biting off more then they could chew when we responded to an attack on our friend. It could even be spun as us preventing an irate dragon from going after The Fallen as a whole, given the fact he was THE Red Dragon Emperor, we'd earn brownie points to keep THAT walking nuke from getting pissed at the Fallen, hell, they'd probably thank us!

He was a bit put out with my antics, but smiled at the praise.

After I was done, I told Martha Issei's plan, and I could tell she was impressed with Issei. After telling him to drop by later, his mom and dad wanted him back early today, I made my way to my daughter. Koneko was nearby, waiting on me it seemed, and smiled at me when she felt me coming over to her. I met the smile with one of my own, and after taking out a bag of Skiddles for her, which she happily accepted, we walked together to make our way home. "So, first day of school over and done with, thoughts?"

Koneko seemed to think about it, and after she was done munching on candy, replied. "It was okay. Could've been better, could've been worse. What about you, Kaasan?"

"Eh, it was fine. Pretty standard day if I'm being honest." She offered me a few of the red ones after I said that, knowing I was a whore for Cherry, almost as much as I was for Strawberry. I gave her some scratches for being a thoughtful daughter. "Thanks kitten."

Her low purr was also a nice little bonus.


When we got home, we saw that everyone, aside from mom, was here, including Kuroka... Though, that wasn't much of a surprise given the fact she stayed home to watch Cynthia since Martha was at school.

With Koneko and I here, and joining everyone on the couches, the meeting about what to do, started. Though, before it did, Koneko and Kuroka walked out with Cynthia after the little bunny gave her mother a hug. We reviewed what we knew of The Fallen, and their Stray Exorcists. "From what my Ravens have managed to gleam, there is no set chain of command, as surprising as that is." That got a few blinks from us, which my sister was expecting. "Yes, it may be because of arrogance, maybe they haven't decided yet, or perhaps they aren't following orders, but none among The Fallen are a designated leader. The Stray Exorcists take orders from any of them, which makes this more of a mess then we had expected."

Sona's low hum was enough to put the spotlight onto her, and she brought up a point. "Without a clear chain of command, we'll need to ensure all The Fallen are removed before engaging the Stray Exorcists... Momo, Reya," Her Bishops straightened up, ready for orders. "My Nest has a list of locations these Strays have been staying, aside from the church. Find and retrieve the list, as well as a map of Kuoh for me please."

""Hai, Sitri-sama!"" And with two flashes of a teleportation circle, they were gone.

The meeting went from there, Martha and Sona going over The Fallen's capabilities, who we should prioritize, what we should do, and what the Stray Exorcists could do. As it went on, Akeno and Kiba got more and more excited. Sure, Akeno was sort of over her hate boner for all Fallen, but she was still a Sadist, and the opportunity to hurt some people had juts fallen into her lap, ha! As for Kiba, he got to hurt Exorcists, Strays they may be, but they were still from the church, so there was his reasoning.

Sona's Bishops ended up coming back a minute or two later, and brought the list, as well as a map of Kuoh. With the map, our brainiacs started pinning points of interest, and putting little details like how many Stray Exorcists stayed there, when, and what they had on their person. Those golems were a scarily efficient spy network, a fact that all the information we were getting just reinforced.

When everything was put down on the map, we talked about Issei's idea, and the viability of it. It was Rias who put it best. "Issei can handle some no name Fallen, so we can discount her. We can have someone shadow them in case something goes wrong though, just to be safe." No one disagreed with that. "What we should be focused on is who goes where, and who does what." We also agreed with that.

Laying the plan out, it eventually came down to this.

Martha would be setting up a barrier around the church before the fighting started. My twin could make a good amount of Wardstones to put around the church, and activate them when the time was right. When the barrier was up, she would move in with Akeno, Kiba, Tomoe, and mom to take out the Strays.

Meanwhile, Tsubasa, Tsubaki, Koneko and Reya would be in charge of taking out any Stray Exorcists not at the church when the fighting started.

The missing names were obvious though. Gasper was out because he wasn't up to fighting yet. Kuroka was going to stay and watch Cynthia, so her not being included was obvious too. Though, Rias, Sona and I were going to be doing something else.

Considering Rias and I's pension for mass destruction, even though I could handle doing minimal property damage, we would be flying above the church and Issei respectively, keeping our eyes out for anyone that might try getting away or interrupting. As for Sona, she would be in one of the Raven's Nests, directing and monitoring a few Conspiracies, relaying information for those of us in the field.

I was a bit put out that I wasn't going to be involved in the fighting, but understood why. I was physically the strongest amongst us, so revealing me for some weaklings wasn't exactly a smart thing to do. I understood it, that didn't mean I had to like it. Rias and Sona staying out of sight was also something understandable, since they hadn't been exposed yet.

With the plan set, all we'd need to do was tell Issei, Koneko and mom, we moved onto more casual topics. My daughter and niece ended up coming back too, so along with Kuroka, it was back to being a normal day in the Sakura household.


{A few days later}

Sunday would normally be a normal day, but it was the day of the date, and the day we'd stomp out some pests scurrying around in MY territory. My draconic side really liked the thought of getting rid of them.

Getting up and starting the day was easy, I just had to gently move Rias and Koneko away, snack on a Lightning Bead, brush my teeth, then wake my sleeping daughter and sister. It was easy to wake em up, Rias was ticklish, and Koneko would wake up when I poked her cheek. She just knew it was time.

After Rias' morning ritual, stretching in a way that'd make pornstars jealous, showering and putting a big shirt or something on, and Koneko's ritual, which was normal stuff then sticking to my back like a koala, we started our day.

It would be weird seeing this from the outside looking in, no one would expect the white haired loli, and the squad of supermodel level redheads would head out to bash some brains and stuff. (To be fair, mom and I are tall as hell and built dangerously, even Martha is taller then the majority of the Japanese youth, and has a six pack with compact muscles. So WE could be pegged as on the other hand?) Looking at the cat girl in my lap, who was happily eating a big thing of folded eggs and cheese, it was impossible to recognize she could bench press a tree for the fuck of it. (Hell, even the resident pyromaniac is a smol and adorable bunny girl.) Seeing my niece playing with her apple slices, which my sister had carved into little rabbits, just reinforced the thought.

"So," Mom seemed to be starting us off for today apparently. "When's Issei's 'date?'" I didn't actually know, so I, as well as Rias, turned to Martha.

Seeing her brow twitch at us, I didn't need our link to tell she was annoyed at us for not knowing and or forgetting. "Issei is to be expected at 2PM, so we have time." That was good.

"Mama, what's a date?" The way Koneko started choking was hilarious to me, but I had to make sure my daughter didn't die via choking on her food.

I did get to see the inquisitive look Cynthia was sending her mother, ruby eyes glowing with childish innocence. Martha was blinking at her, while the rest of us, bar my still choking daughter, watched on amused. "Date's are something you'll learn of when you're older."

{Ah, the patented 'when you're older' excuse, how cliche.} I got a mental whack upside the head for that, but I didn't mind.

Cynthia though, did. The little Yokai frowned, and turned to mom, eyes and ears in full 'too cute' mode. "Gradmama," It was like an anime arrow went through mom's heart at that. Kuroka and Rias were quietly laughing, while Martha and I were nearly as amused, but my sister was hiding it while I wasn't. "What's a date?"

Mom looked conflicted, torn between actually telling her, and resisting the narrowed look Martha was sending her way. "W-Well, uh, honey. A date is... Is... Something your mother will tell you about when your older." And she bitched out. How sad.

My niece drooped a bit, and started turning to me, but she was stopped by my twin bringing out a bundle of carrots, and tossing them at the little rabbit. The moment she caught them, all questions left her mind, and she happily munched away on her favorite snacks. {Bribing a child now are we?}

That earned me an annoyed side eye. [I don't want to hear it, Tara.] I just grinned at her.

Our morning went from there, and it was good.


{A few hours later}

Time passed, and it was eventually time for Issei's 'date.' We hinged a majority of the operation on The Fallen doing something against him, and thanks to the Ravens, we knew she intended to kill him, so if it all went to plan, we'd have the justification to kick their shit in.

Though so far, I was bored out of my mind watching the 'date' go on from above the clouds. Issei seemed to be doing pretty well, they'd gone to the mall for a bit, so I couldn't observe them much, but they'd eventually left to get lunch at some random cafe. Thanks to my eyesight being far beyond perfect, and repositioning myself, I could see through a window, and watched them eat. I couldn't hear them, but from what I saw, Issei was being a good boy. (I'll need to tell Irina to expect good things if this is how his 'first date' is going.) Sure, he was being a overly chivalrous, but that would probably be something Irina liked.

I perked up when I saw them leave the cafe, and ignored the annoyance at seeing The Fallen practically hanging off of Issei's arm. (Wonder if Irina could cut the bitch down.) She'd start a fight if she ever saw this, and despite knowing she wielded an Excalibur fragment, I didn't know how good she was with it. She could maybe take on this weak minion, but I didn't know. (Note to self, train Irina myself.) The church was incompetent in my eyes, so I was slightly worried about my youngest sister's foundation.

[Tara, progress report.] That brought me out of my thoughts.

Focusing on Issei and 'Yuuma', I hummed to myself, then answered. {They just left a cafe, and are heading... To the park, it looks like. Following em now.}

[Understood.] And that was that.

Following the two of them, I let my hearing sharpen more the further they got from the main city. And when they were in the park proper, I was able to listen in on their conversation. "...- Really good time with you, Issei-kun," My brow twitched at the first name basis, but I kept listening. "I'll have to tell my friends about how much of a gentlemen you were." Ughhh.

"That's good, I didn't want our first date to suck or anything, Yuuma-chan." Ughhhhhh. I was rethinking listening in on this, but I had to just suck it up.

The rest of their conversation was boring, and I was getting close to pulling my hair out with how cringy it was. The Fallen was trying a little too hard in my opinion, and while she WAS cute, her voice was just annoying to me.

Thankfully, a minute or two later, they ended up at the fountain, and I could see The Fallen's posture change. She was ready to 'kill' Issei. "Hey, Issei-kun?"

Looking at him, I could tell Issei noticed too, and was ready to bring out the Boosted Gear when she tried it. "Yeah, Yuuma-chan?"

"This has been great and all, so can I ask you to do something for me?"

"Sure, what is it?"

"Can you die for me?" And that was the cue. The Fallen's entire outfit changed as she released her wings, and I blinked at it, dumbfounded at what I was seeing.

Even Issei was surprised, since he just STARED at her. "... Can we just talk about the bondage outfit for a second? Did you have that on the entire date or something?"

That clearly wasn't what The Fallen was expecting, and she paused for a moment. "... Shut up and die!" She flapped her wings, taking her to the sky as a Light Spear formed in her hands. Issei hadn't moved yet, and going by her cackle, she probably thought he was stunned or something.

She found out how wrong she was when he sidestepped it when she threw it, and the Boosted Gear appeared. [BOOST!] The Old Gecko's voice was easily heard despite how high I was, and I could tell she recognized what it was by the sharp 'WHAT?!' That pierced the air.

Too bad she was too shocked to stop Issei's counter. "Red Dragon's Claw!" Five dark red slashes flew off of Issei's gauntlet, rending the air as they flew towards The Fallen. She responded too late, and three slashes landed on her, cutting into her body, an arm, and a wing, making her scream as she Fell, for the second time, hah!When the smoke cleared, her form was revealed.

Looking at her from where I was, I noticed she didn't lose any limbs, which sucked. (Hmm, if he had another Boost, then they'd probably have cleaved her apart.) Had it been literally anyone else, that move would've already had the power to tear through someone. (Hopefully, his magical potency increases the more he uses his magic.) Due to the fact Issei wanted to be a dragon, and had Ddraig to guide him, I decided to try teaching him Dragon Slayer Magic. As a Lightning Dragon Slayer, I knew how to teach my version of Slayer magic. Though, Issei had no affinity for lightning, so teaching him my version would be impossible.

So, a run around we came up with was to teach him the basics, while Ddraig helped him with his dragon training during his sleep, which included coming up with the techniques, and the Draconification process. The whole 'sacrificing whole limbs and organs' thing never really sat well with me, it was just too weird, so we came up with the idea to let Ddraig steadily introduce his cells into Issei's system. That way, his body would start getting used to Ddraig's cells, so even if he decided to sacrifice a limb or organ when he was older, his body would accept it easier.

And that was how we made a cheaper, and all around worse version of Dragon Slayer Magic. It did its thing, giving Issei a bit more versatility, but he couldn't eat magic, was nowhere near as durable as Fairy Tail Dragon Slayers, still had shit levels of magic that required his BOOST'S to be viable, and he had no Roar... Which was pretty much required to be badass, so he really just sucked until he could become more draconic. He was maybe 3% there at the moment, but that would change faster the longer he lived. Though, Ddraig was interested in this whole process, and given his instant liking of the portrayal of dragons and Dragon Slayers in Fairy Tail, we bonded over the anime so that was cool, he'd probably find some way to speed up the process.

Exposition over, I tapped my earring, and sent the message. "Scarlet reporting in, The Fallen attacked first. Dumb bitch didn't even set up a Bounded Field. Operation: Get the fuck off our lawn is ready to go."

My twin huffed at me over our link. "Still not calling it that, but received."

And like that, I felt a proper Bounded Field appear around the church, removing it from my senses. (Well then, might as well congratulate Issei.) He'd moved in while I was explaining what he did, and already had The Fallen knocked out. So now, he as just standing around, looking for anyone else. Though there was no one around, so I'd might as well tell him that too.


{Martha's POV}

With confirmation The Fallen struck first, and knowing we had a few Ravens following along for video evidence, it was time to begin the operation. Tapping the Communication Earrings I'd created for us, I spoke in the public channel. "Ward activation imminent." Tapping my Obsidian Bardiche against the ground, my magic swept over the area, activating the planted Wardstones, and erecting the barriers, entrapping The Fallen and Stray Exorcists in the church. "Operation: Final Fall is a go, I repeat, the operation is a go."

"Hai Sakura-sama!/Finally!/Kay./Understood." With their confirmation, I observed the church as its front doors were blasted apart by a blast of Holy Lightning. With her making an entrance, the Strays, and The Fallen would not be prepared for this next move.

Looking over to my mother, I rolled my eyes as she excitedly cracked her knuckles, and grinned like a shark. "Let's go honey!"

I sighed as she used a Bo-Pup to dash towards the church wall, but followed along. It was amusing to see my mother crash through the wall, shouting 'Oh yeah!' Like the Kool-Aide man, and I idly wondered if that was Tara's influence on her.

Stepping over the debris, my eyes scanned the church, and momentarily locked onto a cackling Akeno as she electrocuted some Strays, a sadistic grin on her face as she did so. (Hah... Atleast Kiba and Tomoe are being professional about this.) And they were. They were being highly efficient as they cut down Stray after Stray.

Meanwhile, mother was being a whirlwind of movement and kicks, her legs shattering numerous Stray Exorcist's bones, killing quite a few of them as she tore through the building. It had practically left me with nothing to do... Aside from reflexively slashing an arm off a foolish Exorcist that tried to sneak up on me. The moment he swung, my locket reacted by binding him in place as the curses began taking hold, making him an easy target. Though, I clicked my tongue seeing some blood land on my heels, and kicked the downed Exorcist for the annoyance. One cleaning spell later, and my heels were clean again.

My interest was peaked when reinforcements in the form of more Strays, as well as the other three Fallen made their appearance from bellow. The church hadn't originally had a basement, but we'd never explored it before. (Well, perhaps it's time to rectify that.) Looking at the others, I recognized that they'd already cut down or incapacitated the majority of the Exorcists. Kiba and Tomoe were double teaming one of them, but I stopped paying him mind after hearing him say he'd rape them both while the other watched. He was far too vulgar for me to care about his imminent demise, so I looked towards mother, who was 'fighting' the male Fallen, it was more of her using him as a humanoid punching bag, while Akeno was fighting the blue haired Fallen... Leaving me with the last one.

The moment I looked at her, the loli looking Fallen matched my gaze, and instantly took to the air, dozens of Light Spears forming around her. I just raised an unamused brow, and snapped my fingers. The gesture was entirely unnecessary, but I liked using it. My magic responded to my intent, and dozens of balls of concentrated darkness appeared above The Fallen's Light Spears, destabilizing them, causing a multitude of explosions around her. "Ah!" The result of said explosion led to the loli Fallen being blasted into the back wall, and almost through it.

There was a temporary lull in the fighting because of that, but that lull was used by my allies as Kiba and Tomoe both raced forwards, impaling the Exorcist they were fighting from both the front and back. Mother finished toying with the male Fallen by landing a devastating Triple Kick to his head, but kept herself restrained enough to not destroy his skull. Akeno ended the last of The Fallen and Exorcists by utilizing a Chain Lightning against anyone not out of the fight.

With those done, there were no fighters left, the explosion of Holy and Dark energies had knocked out my 'opponent', so we were free to begin the cleanup. And so, I delivered that signal. "Belserion reporting in, enemies within the church have been neutralized."

"Sitri reporting, all other Stray Exorcists have been captured."

"Gremory reporting, it looks like no one's escaped. I'll keep observing until the church is fully searched." That was good.

"Received. Beginning the search now, standby for further orders." Rias replied with an 'understood', and I turned to the rest of the Devils, who were also looking towards me. Despite mother being the oldest physically, it was well known that when it came to orders, I was right alongside Rias and Sona when it came to being the top of the chain of command. "Akeno, Kiba, feel free to tie up the prisoners. Their comfort matters not, so have fun."

Akeno's eyes lit up in sadistic joy at that, while Kiba grinned. ""Hai Sakura-sama!/You're just the best Martha-chan.~"

I rolled my eyes at Akeno's response, and turned towards my mother and Tomoe, who were both smiling at me. For Tomoe, that was just her default state, while mother seemed amused. "We'll be searching downstairs for anything that can be used as further evidence."

"Kay, Sakura-chan!/Gotcha sweetie." With that, we walked downstairs, and went to work.


{A few hours later, Martha's general narration}

Once again, everyone was gathered in my family's home as we went about reviewing the operation. Surprisingly enough, all of The Fallen were captured alive, which put us in a pretty powerful position. We not only retaliated after being attacked an unaffiliated bystander, but we also kept The Fallen alive, so our defense was essentially ironclad. Sure, one could question the speed at which we reacted, but the defense of watching enemies who had entered our territory was a viable and strong one. Truthfully, I had expected Akeno to torture her to death, but she managed to keep her alive, so that deserved a reward. Though, I was a tad bit annoyed that I had to heal all of the captives, lest they bleed out in our basement.

Anyway, the total count was 4 Fallen, 67 Stray Exorcists captured, and 20 dead. We'd recovered 112 Light Swords, and 93 Light Guns, so those were going to be interesting to experiment with. Rias had turned the bodies into nothing, so we didn't have to worry about those.

Moving on, we discussed what to do from here, and after some discussion, we decided to contact Serafall with the 'Urgent Situation' button she gave us tomorrow. The Leviathan had given us 4 buttons to use should she be out of traditional contact. A normal 'Come and visit' button, a 'Urgent situation' one, a 'Emergency' one, and a 'HELP US' button solely for life or death situations. We hadn't used them for this because that'd be overkill, but with our captives, and the documents we'd retrieved, this called for it.

Firstly, Sona had sent a text to her sister detailing what happened, so the Satan wouldn't come to town ready for war, and a time for her to come. If she hadn't shown up earlier nor at the allotted time, we'd push the button.

With our course of action determined, we broke off for the day. I'd gone to check on the Stasis Ward I'd had our captives under, just to ensure it wouldn't fail, and left it be after ensuring it was fully functional.

That done, I spent a majority of the day with my daughter, who while curious about what happened today, accepted the simple explanation that 'bad guys came and we took them down.' She was a rather simple child, and I adored her for it, her explosive tendencies aside. However, even though my daughter was practically obsessed with explosions and such, she was also a prodigy with fire magic, as well as an up and coming area of effect monster. The forest was practically under constant Growth Wards, and I was beginning to believe the trees were adapting to fire... I wasn't sure yet, but I just believed they were...

Anyway, when I wasn't with my daughter, my sister, Sona, or anyone else, I began experimenting with the light weapons we'd procured from the Stray Exorcists. I only had 3 or so hours with them before calling it a day, but I'd already began learning some things.


{Next day, Tara's POV}

After my morning ritual was done, and Rias was taking a shower, I walked over to the stairs with Koneko on my back... Only to blink at the figure over at the kitchen table, munching on some oreos. There, in all her magical girl glory, was the Satan Leviathan... Otherwise known as Levi-tan, armed with a magical wand and everything. "Ta-tan! Neko-chan! Good morning! Did you sleep ok? Do either of you need a hug from your favorite magical girl? " Serafall being here confused me until my brain caught up with yesterday.

But I knew they put 4PM so we could do this after school... But of course she wouldn't wait that long. "Really? First thing in the morning, Sera?" My daughter nodded from my back, brushing my cheek with her hair and a bit of her ear.

Serafall just put on a face of mock hurt, and raised a hand to her heart. "How mean! The most awesome magical girl Levi-tan never makes home appearances to her fans you know. This is a once in a lifetime event!"

I just looked at her as she stuffed another oreo into her mouth. "Didn't you drop by 2 months ago and say the exact same thing?" I watched as she stopped chewing and thought about it.

"That was only 2 months ago? Oh well. It still stands! This is a twice in a lifetime opportunity!" I sighed at that.

"... Losing track of time might be a sign you're getting old." Sera choked on her oreo, while I damn near missed a step as I walked down the stairs.

My daughter's comment caught us both so off guard, and I mentally praised my daughter for having balls of steel to call a Satan, old. (It might be extra effective given the fact Koneko looks so harmless.)

Shaking that thought off, I made my way into the livingroom, and over to the kitchen table so I could help my friend not die in my kitchen this early in the morning. She took the free back rub, thanking me for it afterwords, but shooting my daughter a pout as she did. Koneko just gave her a catlike smile, which was basically her saying 'I am amused.'

By this point, Sera and I were friends, good friends to be honest. The first time I allowed her to ride on my back went to show there was more to her then the whole 'Leviathan/Magical Girl' portion of her life. Even with the latter being a coping mechanism that she grew to like, she was genuinely like a child in a candy shop, so much so that it made it easier to get to know her. I even forgot she could probably crush me on accident with how much fun she was. I accepted her nickname for me, though it took some convincing since it was like she was saying 'tata' to me, making me think of tits... My mind went places, and it wasn't my fault.

Anyway, we would spend time together, originally to make it up for scaring me, but later she grew to genuinely like me, which I'd obviously done the same with her. So when she wasn't busy tormenting Sona, which was 80% of her time spent while she was here, the other 20% was with us. She liked Martha, because she reminded her of Sona, and she liked to talk and spend time with mom. She was like a fun/young aunt... An aunt that could level the entirety of Japan if she got pissed enough, but an aunt nonetheless.

Rias eventually made it to down, not that surprised that Sera was here, and sat by my other side, happily having grabbed her breakfast and eating it like nothing was strange here. It was pretty much a result of Serafall just consistently coming through to spend time with us, so it was expected for the others to get used to her being here for fun or just because she could.

Reaching for an oreo from Sera's side, she tossed one over, which I would've caught if not for my daughter deciding to intercept it with her mouth. I gave my daughter a look at that, but the little rascal just smirked at me, happily eating the oreo she stole from me. Sera and Rias snickered at the interaction, though I rolled my eyes at them. Since it hadn't been brought up yet, and Martha and mom weren't here yet, I could feel my sister was downstairs checking on the prisoners, and mom was still asleep, I brought my sister's attention to me, and with her permission, linked her senses to mine so she could listen as I brought up the reason Sera was here in the first place. "So, what's gonna happen with The Fallen and their Exorcists?"

Sera finished chewing her oreo, and downed the milk next to her before she answered. "Depends. Azazel won't ask for anything for The Fallen, since you've provided evidence they were not only the aggressors, and his people were all brought in alive. He might ask to meet you and your sister, probably give you a medal or talk your ear off or something like that, and then go on his way to kick the Grigori into shape for trying to poach on Yokai loaned/Devil land. As for those Stray Exorcists," She tilted her head a bit, thinking on it, then shrugged. "Dunno. They aren't his people, and no one's going to claim them, so they'll probably just be killed or something." It said something that none of us cared about that.

Sera and I talked some more after that, Rias and Koneko interjecting whenever they felt like adding to the conversation, and eventually, Martha came up. Seeing her, Sera grinned and waved, not caring about the crumbs on the sides of her lips. "Mar-tan! Good morning!"

My sister smiled at The Leviathan, and walked into the kitchen. "Morning Serafall. How have you been?"

The Satan did a 'so so' gesture. "Work is work. Boring, annoying, and I wanna take the stick outta the old fogies assess to beat them with it. Even with this whole Khaos Brigade thingy, those fossils can't stop making problems for us. There's some ups too, but nothing reallyyy compares to coming to visit my So-tan and you guys."

I could tell my sisters were interested in the mention of the 'fossils', Koneko didn't care, but it was Martha that asked. "Anything that'd give us some issues?"

It took a few seconds of thoughtful humming, but Sera got to answering, and started off by sending a look to Rias. "Well, like every year, they want Ria-tan and So-tan to be reintegrated to the Underworld." My younger sister frowned thoughtfully, which was a little offset by her currently munching on a sandwich, but Sera went on. "They're getting too loud to stop... And Zechs wanted to tell you this himself or get Grayfia to do it, but since I was coming here anyway, I'll save them time." Uh oh, none of us were liking where this was going. "By the end of the year, you two will HAVE to re-debut for the Underworld, or they'll have your Heiress status removed, while So-tan will be relegated to a secondary heir." And that sold it.

"WHAT?!" Rias' shout was so loud, Koneko and I twitched violently, which made her apologize. We accepted, and she turned her gaze to Serafall, who looked sorry for bringing the bad news. "But how?! Millicas wouldn't be allowed to take the position unless mother and father cast me out, and even if he could, he's too young! They'd either have to force my parents to disinherit me, or change the law!" Martha and I blinked at that, because those were both drastic highly measures.

The Satan Leviathan though, gave Rias a sad smile, and put the oreos on the table. "They're drafting a bill that's basically targeting the both of you stating that all heirs of Pillar Clans MUST spend 20 years in the Underworld to go through and complete their standard education, or else they will lose their Heir status. It's 'supposedly' to ensure all Heirs are fully educated and some other stuff, but we all know it's targeting yo and So-tan." My vastly overpowered friend didn't bother to hide the scowl on her face at that, and I doubt any of us faulted her for it.

Rias was going through multiple stages of anger, and was about to settle for furious, when my twin chipped in. "What of Sona? How would they viably place her under secondary Heir status?"

That just seemed to deepen Sera's scowl. "The idea is to remove the status, and give our parents a mandate. Produce an heir in the next decade, or lose some status. It's intended to remove power from our family, which would weaken our power base since some members of our alliance will undoubtedly jump ship, which'll weaken Zechs and the Gremory family by association. If they can't produce an heir, the Sitri Clan will be forced to pay a yearly fee to retain their status until said heir is produced."

... Well damn. {Devil's are cutthroat aren't they.}

[Tara... They are Devils. What did you expect, girl scouts?]

{... Touche.} She really did have a point there.

The groan that came from Rias brought our attention to her, she had her head in her hands at this information, which led to Koneko putting a hand on her shoulder, and I decided to follow her lead, putting a comforting hand on her other shoulder. Even Martha, who wasn't as close to Rias as I was, pitched in as she gently rubbed her back.

My younger sister appreciated the support, and after a deep breath in, she took her head out of her hands, and looked at Sera, who was patiently waiting. "What's the plan?"

That was expected, since the response came through instantly. "Around July, there'll be another debut celebration. Some 2nd son of the Murmux Clan is coming of age. Since they're similar in standing to both Gremory and Sitri, it'll be a good time to come back. It'll also help us get an in with the Murmux, who'll be helpful since they don't like the old fogies any more then we do."

Rias thought about that, while Martha and I thought about something different. {Martha, just wanna check something.}

[I believe I know what you're thinking about, and yes, from what you've told me, it occurs during July.] I frowned at that, not liking the timing. I remembered Futaba's palace was handled in July, so this meant Rias would most likely be busy when we went over to Tokyo... She also might need me, but Futaba could also need me... So I was in between a rock and a hard place here... [I'll assist our Devil friends/family, so stop worrying.]

Blinking at that, I shot Martha a questioning look. {You sure?}

She nodded mentally at me. [Yes. This'll most likely be a high society event, and we can both agree that you would rather not be forced to wear a dress and grin and bear it as you're leered at like a slab of sexy meat. I can handle that easily.] She had a point, she really did.

Understanding that, I mentally sighed, and agreed. {All right. Though, if something happens, just tell me, and I'll port over to you in a flash, got it?} If it came to it, I would. I'd send Hera a gift basket for making it two way if it was needed, but hopefully it wouldn't be.

My twin sent over appreciation and affection, which made me smile. [Understood Tara.]

With our mental conversation over, we focused on the Devils. Rias was frowning, and her ahoge was bouncing around, signifying she was thinking hard. "When's the date? Have they decided yet, or are they just saying it'll be in July?"

Sera's sigh did not instill confidence. "They'll announce the date next month, but so far, we're estimating it'll be within the 10-18th. That's all we got." Rias sighed again, but nodded. With that, Sera smiled, and turned to Martha. "I'll need the videos and the prisoners now. After that, I'll send em off then relax a bit before heading back." My twin nodded, and led a currently skipping Satan down to our basement/temporary dungeon...

I was going to ignore that thought, and focus more on my younger sister.


{General Narration}

After Serafall picked up the evidence, which Martha had stored in a little box with a Raven on it, as well as The Fallen and Strays, she stayed and ate some ice cream with us then left. That was usually how our time went. She drops in, spends some time with us either talking or just doing stuff, then leaves. She didn't stay for more then an hour at a time, though the longest time we had together was a total of 4 hours one day when she kept sneaking away from work, only to be dragged back by Grayfia.

It was fun being around Sera, she could be a brat, but she knew when to be serious too.

With Sera out of the way, the rest of the day went by without much going on. We went to school, did some training, relaxed, the usual.

Though, it was around the end of the day that Serafall came back, and told us about something we didn't expect.


{Tara's POV}

I blinked, and I could tell I wasn't the only one surprised at this new bit of news. "Uhhh, Sera, want to run that by us again?"

The Leviathan nodded, and did just that. "Sooo, Azazel's people were going to lure a nun in so they could steal her Sacred Gear. Though, with you guys clearing them out, said poor nun is going to have nowhere else to go... So I may or may not have offered your home to the nun... Teehee?"

... This was my life now, and I wasn't sure what I thought about it.


[Omake - What the hell do I do with this? Azazel's POV]

Looking at the idiots literally hogtied with bows on them, I felt like I really needed a drink. Working with Serafall was usually fun, a little chaos here, a 'random' comment there, then boom, free entertainment from a hot woman in a skimpy outfit.

We weren't ever supposed to be serious, but now here I was, a cock up so fucking bad that another Great War could've been started by four two winged fodder taking orders from Kokabiel. It didn't help that if said war was restarted, both Dragon Emperor's would be more involved given Vali was on our side, not that anyone knew, and Red was attacked by a mook... I wasn't even sure he knew he'd ordered this generations Red Dragon Emperor to be killed, but no fucking way in Hell was I going to get blamed for that! (Dear ol dad, I'm going to nail that stupid shithead's balls to something when I get my hands on him!) I knew Kokabiel was a warmonger, I knew he was going to try something eventually, but good fucking dad, his opening move was a near disaster, and dismantled the moment it was tried! If there were ever a world record for a plan crashing and burning, it had to go to him!

Four tied up idiots, a thick folder of copied files about their operations, as well as a box of crystals that displayed months of video footage of these idiots, and their random grunts, taken the moment any of these idiots stepped into Kuoh topping it all off.

All of that coming from a slightly annoyed Serafall!

It was Sunday for crying outloud, why the fuck did I have to deal with this today?!