Asterios ducked as he walked out of the abandoned building, Rias was the first to follow after him before the rest of the peerage did so as well.

They gave Asterios a wide berth as they exited the building, keeping a safe distance.

With the exception of Koneko, who walked up to him and jabbed him in the knee. She pulled back a bloodied fist and pouted "Why do you keep getting covered in blood?"

Rias once again noted that the shy embarrassed look on his face would've been cute, if he wasn't covered head to toe in gore.

"i got a little angry," he muttered under his breath "and she tried to hurt president and issei."

"Sorry about that Asterios," Yuuto apologised, a guilty look on his face "I was so distracted by her arms, I didn't have time to react to her charging at them. I should've stopped her."

"Distracted by arms," Issei mumbled as he scratched the back of his head "Every day, there's just a new weird thing to be heard." He frowned and turned an annoyed glare at Asterios "And damn it man, I thought I was trying to be cool saving Prez from those hands, and then you show me up?"

"sorry…"

"Don't mind him Asterios, he's just salty that he sucks." Koneko commented.

The fire in Issei's eyes dimmed at their words.

"Now now," Rias was quick to mediate "No harsh words from either of you, this is Issei's first Stray Devil Hunt after all," she turned towards the Pawn and smiled "You did well to protect me Issei, as expected of a Servant of Gremory."

Issei beamed at the praise "Thanks," he gave small annoyed glare at Koneko, who merely stuck her tongue out in response "But hey" Issei looked at the blood covered Minotaur "I didn't mean what I said, I just playing around." He offered a smile and held out a fist.

Asterios looked at it for a good second.

"It's a fist bump," Koneko explain, she held out her fists and punched them together "You see a fist, you punch 'em."

"oh," Asterios lifted a fist "i see."

Issei didn't even have time to regret or even think of the consequences of his offered fist bump, before a fist that was the size of his torso smashed into his own puny fingers curled into the puny fist he had made. Still the brunette smiled "Sweet," he squeaked as he lowered his now bloodied broken hand "Thanks Asterios." He looked down at it and whimpered "At least that's just my lefty, righty is still alive."

"Well that's enough fun for today," Rias smiled, she looked at Issei's hand and gave him a pat on the back "I can help heal the worst of it, but I'll leave the rest of the healing up to you. Think of it, as your first lesson for Devil magic."

"Yes Prez," Issei sobbed as he held Lefty.

"Now, everyone else disperse for the day." Rias announced "Get some rest, and we'll gather in the club tomorrow."

"Yes Prez!" The rest of her peerage exclaimed.

"okay president," Asterios nodded, and turned to leave.

"Hang on," Koneko called out towards the Minotaur "We're going home together."

"okay, it would be nice to walk with you as well koneko," Asterios was about to reach out for her.

"Koneko," Rias suddenly cut in, "Make sure to keep Asterios out of trouble alright?"

Koneko nodded resolutely "Leave to me."

"Also, before you leave" Akeno stepped forward and held out her hand towards the Minotaur "You're still covered in blood Asterios, we need to wash that off." A moment later, a magic circle appeared above his head. Asterios looked up, and was meet with a large volume of water suddenly dropping from the magic circle and drenching him.

Issei had to lift his feet when the mix of magic water and Stray Devil blood almost touched his shoes.

The deluge of water stopped, it wasn't a proper shower but it was enough to wash away most of the blood on Asterios. He lowered his head, and turned to Akeno "Thank you, vice-president," said the flat mass of white hair towards her.

"Hey," Koneko complained, also similarly drenched "I was in the splash zone."

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"Asterios," Koneko's voice came out of the floof that was his magically dried mane "This isn't the normal path to our home."

"i know," The Minotaur pushed aside another tree branch "i'm taking a detour."

It spoke of Asterios' presence that even in the thick woods of Kuoh city, not a single critter could be heard. Every squirrel in the trees, and every mole underground decided that as long as he was walking around, they would stay inside no matter what.

It made the silence all the more chocking.

"You found another Fallen Angel didn't you?" Koneko head peeked out of the fluff, her own hair frazzled, though not to the extent of Asterios'.

"yes," Asterios nodded "nearby, at the church."

"I can't go to church," she tapped him on his temple with a karate tap "I'm a Devil."

"i know," he turned to her and gently poked her forehead with a finger "the fallen angel is just nearby, so not at the church."

...

"I won't let you fight, just so you know." Koneko stated, rubbing her forehead. She leaned forward so that she could glare into his eyes "Because if you fight, you'll make President mad and sad. And that'll make me sad and mad as well."

Asterios paused he looked at her "i don't want to make you sad."

"Then don't fight," Koneko said clearly.

Asterios was quiet for a moment, for he nodded "okay, i won't fight the fallen angels."

"Good," She sighed and leaned back into his fluffy hair "Also, buy me a snack when we finish."

He continued walking, and Koneko couldn't help but notice the air shift as they grew closer. Her Devil's eyesight noticed how his horns seem to grow a quarter of an inch.

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Mittelt smacked her cheeks as she sat on a tree branch. The Fallen Angel was still shaken up by… whatever she thought she had saw just a few hours ago.

"C'mon Milly, pull yourself together." She said to herself as she shook her head.

The blonde Fallen Angel jumped up, her inhuman allowing her to leap to her feet without issue. She tried to spread her wings, and glared at them as they slowly unfurled shakily.

"What is wrong with me?" She placed a hand on her face as she tried to block out the sight of the red eyes "Why am I so…" she opened her eyes and saw red eyes staring directly into hers once more "Afraid?"

The beast stood there at the end of the hallway. An abomination of man and animal.

Born out of a perverse sense of revenge from the Gods.

It was nothing more than a mistake of the world.

It can only be a-

"MONSTER!" Mittelt tumbled out of the tree branch she had been standing on, falling backwards and rolling the ground until she landed on her back.

The Fallen Angel paid no heed to the fall, it wasn't it could hurt her or anything, and just stared up, and up, and up, until her blue eyes stared back into those red ones again.

For a moment her heart stopped as she thought she saw another head on the monster's shoulder. Only to relax when she realised that it was just short Devil sitting on it's shoulder.

Immediately she got to her feet, and summoned her Light Spear. It glowed pink, filled with Holy and Light energy, bane to all Devils and evil creatures.

The monster just narrowed its eyes at her.

"S-Speak Monster!" She demanded, cursing herself as her wings failed to listen to her commands. How was she supposed to be intimidating if she wasn't flying above them?! "Wha-What purpose do you have to sneak up on a Fallen Angel?"

She swore those eyes glowed red when she called it a monster.

"You're in Gremory territory," the Devil on its shoulder called out towards her. Her tone was level, calm "Explain yourself."

But she could still hear a shakiness in it.

She opened her mouth. Insults were formed in her mind, to spew at both the Devil and Monster in front of her.

But then.

"Are you with Amano Yuuma?"

Her words died in her throat as the name rang a bell. Amano Yuuma was the fake name Raynare chose to trick that Issei Hyoudou that they were tasked to observe. She killed him, apparently, and she thought that was it. After that, Raynare just seem to forget about the boy and was looking at Twilight Healing.

But Dohnaseek had said that he saw the boy, before he turned tail and left. The man had said that he ran into a Minotaur, a beast that protected that Issei Hyoudou brat. He said that the beast had a presence that frightened even that battle-crazy freak. She thought that he was kidding.

Yet at the single question, she could feel his rage and anger directed towards her. She felt trapped, trapped, trapped, trapped, trapped.

She felt like a child staring at Monster that was going to eat her.

Was this that creature?!

Mittelt glared up at the red eyes, she didn't wilt when she saw how those eyes were now absolutely glowing red that was only made worse by the dark lighting around her.

She mustered all the pride in her body, and shouted.

"Absolutely NOT!"

She saw them blinked.

Mittelt tossed her Light Spear to the side and started shaking her hands in a 'X' pattern as fast as she could "I have no idea who the fuck Amano is, or who Yuuma is."

The short Devil narrowed her eyes "Then why are you in my Master's territory?"

"Just visiting!" She lied as easy as she lived. Which, depending on the whims of these two, was probably the truth "I literally just got here like a day ago and just visiting!"

The duo looked down at her. Two pairs of eyes staring into her soul and judging if she was lying or telling the truth.

"oh, sorry."

The pressure vanished as soon as it appeared, and Mittelt had to stop herself from breathing too hard. The feeling of being trap was gone, and when she looked up at the Monster in front of her.

Instead she just saw a giant Minotaur, looking at her with a stoic but embarrassed look on his face.

The look on his face, it was like a child thinking that a woman he had approached at a store was his mother only for it to be a complete stranger.

She would've laughed and cackled at the look on his face. But Mittelt's still shaking wings told her that it wouldn't be nice.

The short Devil glanced at the Minotaur she was riding, before she turned those yellow eyes back at her "Fallen Angel, do no trouble while you are here. If you do," She held up a fist "I'll ram this up your ass."

Mittelt could only blink in confusion.

Then as suddenly as they appeared, they vanished. The Minotaur turning around and brining the Devil away from her.

And in a moment, they disappeared within the darkness of the forest.

Mittelt felt her legs give way and she fell on her rump.

Shakily her hand reached for her pocket, it took a few tries but she managed to pull out a small phone. At least it looked like a phone, the Fallen Angels were always a species that enjoyed Humans far more than other Mythological factions.

It took her three tries, the first two failing because she couldn't line up her fingers properly to the designated magic circles. But on the third try, Mittelt managed to make the call.

"Hello, Azazel speaking."

"L-Lord Azazel? T-T-This is Mittelt, su-subordinate to Lady Raynare." She stuttered.

"Raynare… Ah! that Hyoudou boy wasn't it? Tell me, what's his Sacred Gear I'm dying to know!"

"Well that's just it, My Lord." Mittelt looked into the phone "Lady Raynare has opted to kill Issei Hyoudou, and plans to steal Twilight Healing."

"…What?"

She gulped "M-May I request another assignment, My Lord?"