A/N: Tadaaaahhhhh... well online classes are sucking all of my creative juices, ironically, so uh... have another chappie! I opted to skip the Raynare fight, because there wasn't really that much meat to that interaction tbh.

The heavy sound of footsteps, alerted the group that had hung back that Asterios had returned. Through the darkness they saw his massive figure walking towards them, clenched in his massive left hand was a severed Fallen Angel wing.

Walking beside him was Rias and Issei. The latter looked shaken, his right hand gripping his left wrist and he was staring at it as they walked towards them. Rias, however, was fine, and only seemed concerned for Issei if the gentle hand on his back was any indication.

Behind them however, was the Fallen Angel Mittelt, and from how she was walking she was terrified.

With how much distance she was putting between her and the Minotaur, it was more than obvious what had occurred.

"We're… Back…" Asterios growled out, his red eyes staring down at them.

Koneko, who was sitting on Akeno's lap as the older student gently patted her head, simply looked up at the Minotaur. Her shaking had reduced considerably, but she kept quiet as she merely nodded.

Akeno however smiled, turning to face Rias as she lifted her hand off of Koneko's head, and waved towards her "Welcome back, I suppose it's finished?"

Rias turned away from Issei and nodded "Indeed, Raynare is dead and gone," her words caused Issei to let out deep sigh, but nothing else "And so our job here is done."

Yuuto had been staring at Asterios for a while, the blonde was just shy of glaring at the blood covered Minotaur, before he shook his head and faced his Master, when he saw Issei he raised an eyebrow "Are you all okay?"

"Yeah," Issei clenched his hand a couple of times, staring at it. A moment later, Rias placed a hand on his shoulder, the boy looked at her and nodded with a resolute look on his face "We took care of Raynare," He paused and he let out a bitter chuckle "I even… fully unlocked my Sacred Gear."

That caused Yuuto and Akeno look a little bit surprised.

Koneko however looked at the wing in the fist of the Minotaur and asked "Did you kill her?"

"No…" Asterios shook his head "It was… The President…"

"Then why do you have," Akeno paused as she pursed her lip "What I can only assume, is Raynare's wing?"

He looked down in his hands for a moment, and nodded. Then without a word he tossed it at the feet of Mittelt, who stumbled back away from the severed wing.

"She needed… The wing…" Asterios answered "Told us to… not hurt one …"

"I said I needed the feathers," Mittelt hissed, as she flinched away from the severed body part in front of her "I never told you to rip off her wing, you fucking brute!"

Immediately after those words left her mouth, she found herself the target of five pair of eyes glaring at her.

Neither of which bothered her. After all, she was here to stop a rogue Fallen Angel, and if they attacked her, they would be in the wrong.

No, she only felt afraid when the Minotaur she had insulted turned and faced her with a pair of disinterested red eyes. He opened his mouth, and she shivered as she noticed the fangs in his mouth, and quietly muttered "Sorry…"

"Heh," Koneko smirked from her spot in Akeno's lap, her glare turned into smug look as the blonde Fallen Angel stared back at her. "You just don't know how to talk to Asterios," She told the Fallen one who looked both angry and terrified at the same time.

"President…" Asterios turned away from the Fallen Angel to turn to Rias.

From her close vicinity to Yuuto, Akeno noticed how his hand gripped his sword tightly when the Minotaur turned his attention towards their Master. Something which made her frown.

"Are we… Done?" He asked the Devil.

Rias met his gaze for a moment and nodded "Yes, with Raynare gone and the Exorcists slain, our job her is done." Then she turned to the Fallen Angel with them "What about you, is your business here concluded?"

The eyes of the Fallen fell to the severed wing at her feet, before she glanced at the feathers that were in her hand. To the Devils, and the Minotaur, they looked no different from her own, but to the Fallen it like looking at a face and being able to tell who it was from a glance.

"Yup," She nodded "I'll all finished here." She held the singular feather between her finger and thumb "I just need to bring back Kalawarner, and I'll be out of your hair."

Her glee was rather interrupted by the growl made by Asterios when she mentioned the name of the other Fallen Angel, but he did nothing else.

Rias placed her hand on his hip, as it was the only thing she could reach with her height, and managed to calm down the Minotaur. He turned his gaze towards her, and when their eyes met, Rias nodded "Then we are done here, you can bring us out of your… home now Asterios."

"I… Understand…"

Once more they felt the intense magical energy from Asterios, just as when he had summoned the place around them.

And then, just as suddenly as the maze around them appeared, it disappeared just as quickly. And the group of Devils plus one Fallen Angel, were back at the church as if nothing had happened.

The only thing that was different was the pile of corpses that laid out in front of them, alongside a large number of black feathers that were now littering the floor.

At the confused looks he received from the Devil Peerage, Asterios looked to the side and blushed "if something… is teleported inside… it doesn't stay inside… once it's gone…" He muttered, his voice no longer possessing the growl, going back to its original soft spoken volume. But the stilted manner of speech had remained.

Koneko took a deep breath, her shaking had stopped the moment they were outside of the maze, and slowly got to her feet. She wobbled a bit, before she found herself steady on her feet. She shook her head and then leaned so that she could see the pile of Exorcist corpses lying at the foot of the stairs of the basement. As she did, she pouted "Shame," she noted "And I thought we wouldn't have to clean up afterwards."

Once again he blushed and lowered his head "sorry…"

[Scene]

After disposing of the exorcists corpses, something that was made easy with Rias' powers, the Occult Research Club and an extra Fallen Angel, were back at the clubroom.

The sound of a running shower was heard, and the only person that wasn't present was Asterios. After a moment, the Fallen Angel left the main room to head towards the extra rooms that held her Fallen companion, the one that she had claimed to 'not be with Raynare'.

And soon all that was in the room was Rias, her peerage, and a sleeping Asia. The poor nun seemed to have been overwhelmed by what they had done, and was out like a light.

Silence filled the room, the only sound that could be heard was the running shower.

"So are we not going to talk about what just happened?" Yuuto spoke up over the silence, a conflicted look on the blonde's face.

Issei looked up from Asia, his brown eyes wide in surprise "Oh uh," He glanced around in a sort of panic "Well you see what happened wa-"

"No Ise," Yuuto was quick to cut him off, an apologetic look on his face, one that vanished as a more serious look appeared "I'm talking about what we found in Asterios'…" He felt his throat clench "Home."

Koneko lowered the snack bar in her hand, the small girl was technically the only one who hadn't seen the rest of the Labyrinth due to how debilitating the malice in that place was to her. But she heard the descriptions from the rest of her Peerage members. "Maybe it isn't what it looks like," She muttered.

Yuuto shook his head, gritting his teeth "I saw it Koneko, Akeno as well. I'm pretty sure everyone did." He shook his head "I know that Asterios isn't a bad person, but we can't just…" He trailed off as he clenched his hands into fist.

"Yuuto," Rias called out towards him, her eyes sharp "I understand the concern, however if we are to talk about Asterios. He should be here to listen and explain himself." Her eyes softened "He deserves that much at least."

Akeno smiled a rather dangerous smile, pointing it towards the blonde "I mean can you imagine, having people that you trust talk about your deep dark secret behind their back?"

Yuuto looked down and signed "That's… fair. I was just," He rubbed his shoulder "I saw the skeletons and…"

"Asterios is a good guy," Issei spoke out "I'm sure he can explain."

Koneko took a big bite of her snack and mumbled out a word of agreement.

The sound of the running shower stopped, and after a few minutes of silence, Asterios stepped out of the shower. Some part of the wild mane that was his hair was still wet, but he was back wearing his usual attire. The Minotaur, without another word, walked towards the largest chair in the room and took a seat.

A moment later, Koneko took her spot on his lap, the small girl looked up at him and gave a gentle pat on his thigh.

He looked around, and saw the faces of the Occult Research Club, before they landed on the President of the Club, sitting at her table.

"Asterios," Rias started, her voice loud and clear "While I appreciate your abilities for today, and I thank you for assisting in the extermination of the Rogue Fallen Angel group. With what we've seen in your 'Home', we would like a proper explanation of who you are."

Asterios nodded "i… understand president…" He turned his head to face the rest of the room, and spoke.

"I am… Asterios… I am… The Minotaur."