Chapter 3

"" – Speech

'' – Thought

] – Albion

{} – Metatron

"" – Distorted

"Why is she making me do grunt work?" Ayato growled as he pedalled around the town on his bicycle, delivering leaflets to homes of greedy humans as he pulled a touch screen phone from his pocket to find the next place he had to go to.

[This is boring] Albion grumbled annoyed, Ayato nodding in agreement, stopped for a moment and checked he had a duplicate phone like device in his pocket which he had used his [Cloud Flame] to clone from the original, the original for Matsu to study and see if there was anything she could get something interesting out of which they had delivered earlier before moving onto handing out leaflets.

Continuing with handing out leaflets, Ayato wished that he could get this over and done with while he trained his [Cloud Flame] by multiplying the amount of leaflets he had on him so he didn't have to return to the clubroom to stock up again.

After ten more minutes, Ayato decided to finish up with the leaflets and head home. He was aware his sister would probably ask where they had been but wouldn't be too concerned given they had been together although he may joke about becoming a grandfather sooner then expected if he found out Stella and he were sharing a bed.

Reaching his home, Ayato put his bicycle back into the garage while storing his messenger bag and [Greed Radar] into his pocket dimension.

"Hey Ayato…Where were you?" Ayato's Older Sister asked as the brunet stepped into the living room to see her sifting through documents as she answered

"Some club I've been pulled into joining, about the Occult or something. Anyway the leader of this rabble wanted to go check out haunted places during the evenings and dragged me along before I could tell Stella-san or you"

"Well don't stay up to late, you've got school tomorrow" Keiko spoke, the younger Slivernet moving to pick up a piece of paper as he looked over it before asking

"What's this about Keiko-nee?"

"Apparently there are plans for making a new branch overseas in America… I've been asked to look over the finances to see if it's feasible." She replied with a sigh, rubbing the bridge of her nose as Ayato set down the paper she held as he frowned and muttered

"This is rather sudden isn't it?"

"Yeah… but the boss is pushing for this to get done." Keiko spoke with a sigh while Ayato looked confused before replying

"Just don't run yourself ragged otherwise you're no good to anyone, Nee-san"

"That's what I should be telling you, Ay…Especially with Stella-san around" His Sister called back jokingly, Ayato rolling his eyes with a blush as he headed upstairs.

It had been a surprise for Ayato to find out that the Fallen Angel had woken up while he was at school as he made his way towards Matsu's shop, Seraphina sticking close to him after having caught the mischievous tone the demigod had been speaking in as she asked "Do you think Matsu-san got her to talk?"

"Probably… Matsu-san has most likely been explaining what happened to her since I found her" Ayato answered, picking up his pace slightly as Metatron spoke up

{I hope Matsu hasn't let slip anything herself} Ayato nodded to himself as he mentally responded

'So do I, last thing I need is for some Fallen Angel knowing about me and choosing to report it back to her superiors'

Entering the shop, Ayato and Seraphina only took a few moments to make sure the door was locked before heading downstairs to the laboratory area, a nervous air between them as they stepped into the large room to Matsu and the dark blue haired Fallen Angel, who was wearing a sleeveless low cut blouse and a short skirt.

"Hello Matsu-san" Ayato spoke friendly, drawing the pair's attention as the Fallen Angel looked at him curiously while Matsu smiled and waved to them

"Hey Aya-tan, Sera-tan…come have a sit down with me and Kala-tan so we can explain things"

"So this is my saviour, Matsu?" Kalawarner asked with an appraising look at Ayato.

"Yep, that's Aya-tan… Cute isn't he?" Matsu asked with a giggle as the pair sat down, Ayato next to Matsu as Kalawarner smiled sultrily as she answered

"Very…" Seraphina frowned at her fellow bluenette, Ayato blushing slightly as he tried to turn the attention back onto the topic at hand

"So what's going on with the Fallen Angels here, Matsu-san, Kala-san?"

"We were originally ordered only to observe you, Hosokawa Ayato, Azazel-sama wanted us to gather information to see if you had access to your Sacred Gear and what it was." Kalawarner started, Ayato frowning as she continued

"One of those I was working with called Raynare came back to us one day saying we had new orders given to us by Kokabiel-sama on behalf of Azazel-sama which stated that you were to die before you became a threat to us Fallen Angels. She approached you under the guise of…"

"Amano Yuuma…" Ayato spoke with a scowl, Seraphina looking concerned at him as she took hold of his hand as Kalawarner and Matsu nodded as the latter continued

"You know what happened from there but Kala-san was against the orders so she was drugged and given to the Goblins afterwards which was why you found her in that state" Kalawarner shuddered at the memory of what had happened, Ayato nodding as he asked

"So what are they up to now then…? I mean they got me and don't know I survived… and that guy who tried to attack me met his end before he could report back" Seraphina was surprised to hear that Ayato had been attacked, Kalawarner looking surprised as Matsu added

"That means there's only two left…"

"So Dohnaseek died…The sexist bastard always thought he was best out of our group just because he was a guy" Kalawarner spoke with a small smirk on her face, Ayato arching an eyebrow as she shook her head and answered the earlier question

"Kokabiel-sama also suggested that we should take advantage of an exiled Sister who holds the healer type Sacred Gear [Twilight Healing] and that a Fallen Angel could use it better then her for there own comrades." Matsu looking seriously as she added to the younger pair

"The process to take a Sacred Gear from someone will kill them upon removal and officially it was banned by Grigori after Azazel's first attempt of it, I believe I heard"

{That's inhumane} Metatron spoke with a disgusted tone, Ayato clenching his fists.

"So they intent to kill the exiled Sister just to claim her Sacred Gear…?" Stella asked concerned, Ayato scowled as he looked down and muttered

"We'll just have to get to her first then… Do you know when she is supposed to come here?"

"No… Raynare was the one who got into contact with her but I do know the Sister is called Asia Argento" Kalawarner answered with a sigh, Ayato nodding in understanding as Matsu spoke

"I'll keep an eye out for her… and when she comes into town, one of us will have to pick her up"

"I'll do it… She'll be expecting a Fallen Angel" Kalawarner spoke seriously, Ayato nodding as he replied

"Alright, just watch out for the Devils. I doubt any of them will take kindly to you if they run into you and I can only do so much without alerting them of things"

"Aww~ worried for me, hero-kun" Kalawarner asked in a flirty tone, Stella frowning at Ayato's blush as she added

"I'll go with her as well, outside of school, Kazu-san" Kalawarner arched an eyebrow amused at Stella as Matsu giggled. Ayato sighing as he added

"We still need to figure out what to do with the other Fallen here"

"Well if you've killed Dohnaseek that leaves Raynare and Mittelts along with the Exiled Exorcists which number about thirty" Kalawarner spoke thoughtfully,Ayato and Stella frowning at hearing there was more enemies then they had expected.

Ayato couldn't help but curse under his breathe as he followed the large path of destruction that the Stray Devil he was hunting had made. From what he knew he was in a remote part of China and the Stray Devil had been the former [Bishop] of one of the Bael Clan and had the ability to turn his arms into different guns, evident by the spray of demonic bullets shot back at Ayato as he ducked behind a tree.

'How am I going to get closer when he keeps shooting at me?' He thought to himself as he glanced out to see the skinny man with dirty moss green hair and his left arm in the form of a bone coloured Gatling gun.

[You could always attack from a distance] Albion spoke, Ayato frowning as he countered

'He's probably got enough skill to make a defensive barrier or dodge a ranged attack, Albion.'

"Give up Hunter, you can't win against me!" The Stray called, Ayato frowning as he looked around before ducking back behind the tree as he shot back

"You killed one of your fellow servants, Gideon… Don't think that you can talk your way out of this" Ayato ducked to avoid another spray of bullets at him, Gideon laughing wildly as the brunet used [Mist Flames] to blend into his surroundings before starting to slowly make his way around the side.

"You think I care! That bastard deserved it for always taking the recognition and money that I had rightfully earned. He didn't deserve being put up for Promotion to High Class before me!" Gideon roared, firing another spray of bullets at the tree that Kazuhiko had been hiding behind without care before his arm changed into some sort of cannon as he shot a large ball of magic at it the tree completely destroying it.

"Cloud Dragon" Ayato declared, Gideon turning around to see a large serpentine purple dragon charging towards him. Gideon started to fire blasts at the dragon, only to be shocked as it spilt into two identical dragons before splitting again and again even as his magic blasts took out one or two at a time. They all slammed into the Stray Devil, coiling there bodies around his limbs even as they continued to multiple in number and cover him from view as the numerous dragons started to squeeze down and bite away as Ayato walked towards him as he spoke

"You still have a chance to go back, Gideon… You'll get punished but you will still be alive" The serpent dragons moved back so Gideon's face could be seen, Ayato keeping a few feet away as the Stray spat at him

"I'd rather be dead" Ayato nodded, holding his free hand up and clicking his fingers as he spoke

"Cloud Exploder" The dragons' bodies erupted into numerous spikes which all skewered Gideon's body as he let out a massive roar of pain before coughing up blood as his head lolled forwards before the [Cloud Flames] started to disperse and reveal the bloody body covered in holes which collapsed onto the ground.

{Good job, Ayato-kun. You defeated him without drawing any attention from the locals or causing too much damage to the surroundings} Metatron spoke with a smile, Ayato relaxing as he started to destroy the remains with [Storm Flames].

(How was your first Stray hunt?) Matsu asked, Ayato taking a moment to think before replying

"It was alright. But this Stray was a bit stupid to not see through my illusions"

(Yeah…but the data on Gideon said he was a Magic Cannon rather then a technique type so he would just try and smash through opponents) Matsu answered, Ayato glancing around

It had been few days since Kalawarner explained what Raynare and her group was up to and since then Stella had started to practice her magic power alongside Kalawarner at Matsu's laboratory while he would train with Matsu's help when not taking on jobs.

Evening was setting in as Ayato walked into the old school building, the sun setting in the background as he made his way to the second floor and muttered as he opened the door "I'm here"

"You are here" Rias spoke, Ayato rolling his eyes as he held back the 'Obviously' he was about to counter with as he noticed the windows was covered and the room was completely dark save for the candles that were spread across the floor. Rias turning to give an order to Akeno who replied

"Yes Buchou. Hosokawa-kun, please sit here in the middle of the magic circle" Akeno waved him over with her hand as Ayato moved to stand in the middle of the circle as Rias spoke with a smile

"Hosokawa-kun, your work of giving out leaflets is finished now. Well done. Now you can start your job as a Devil professionally"

"About time…" Ayato replied annoyed, Rias frowning for a moment before continuing in a cheery tone

"Now you can start making contracts. Though, since it's your first time, it's going to be a contract with someone with a small wish. Koneko received two contracts beforehand and since it's hard to do both, I will leave one to you"

"Please help me…" Koneko spoke while bowing her head, Ayato giving her a short nod before returning his attention to Akeno who was casting some sort of spell and making the circle glow blue and white light.

"Akeno is inserting your carved seal into the magic circle" Rias explained before adding as she held her hand out to him

"Ayato-kun, put your palm towards here" Ayato did as he was told, holding his hands out to Rias who started to write something on his left hand with her fingers and soon a magic circle appeared on his hand.

"This magic seal is used for transportation, and it can transport you to the client's place instantly. And when the contract is finished, it lets you return to this room." Rias explained before turning to Akeno as she asked

"Akeno, are you ready?"

"Yes Buchou." Akeno spoke as she stepped out of the magic circle, Rias turning to Ayato as he moved to stand in the middle, a blue glow coming from the magic circle as she explained

"The magic circle is responding with the client. Now you are going to be transported to that location. You already have the manual for what to do after getting transported right?"

"Yeah, yeah" Ayato spoke while rolling his eyes, stamping a foot into the magic circle to activate it and send him to his first client. Rias sighed as she turned away from the empty magic circle, Akeno looking at her curiously as she asked

"Akeno, do you think he's relaxing around us?"

"I think he's just going along stubbornly, Buchou… He still doesn't talk to us outside of what's important and he still treats his after school job more importantly than this. Plus he refused to refer to us by our first names. Yuuto-kun seems to be the closest to him and that is through there spar before." Akeno replied.

Ayato opened his eyes to see himself in a dark room that was filled with Otaku stuff as he noticed a long haired man looking annoyed at him "What the hell? Why are you here when I summoned Koneko-chan?"

"She's busy with another client today so they sent me. I'm Ayato and I'm a new devil" Ayato spoke with a shrug of his shoulders.

"Go back… You can't fulfil my wish, only Koneko-chan can!" The man replied, Ayato gritting his teeth as he retorted

"Well what did you want her to do and I'll see what I can do" The man moved to bring out a girl's school uniform from the corner of the room as he spoke

"I wanted her to wear this. It's the uniform of Nagato Yuki" Ayato frowned as he thought over what he could do, a small smirk growing on his face as he replied

"So you wanted her to dress up like that then… I can make that happen…"

"What? Seriously…?" The man replied shocked, Ayato holding his hands up before him about a foot apart and making a ball of indigo coloured [Mist Flames] form between them as he closed his eyes.

The ball of [Mist Flames] shifted and grew as Ayato focused on the image of what he wanted to make, electing a gasp of shock from the man before him as it formed into a duplicate of Koneko who was wearing the uniform he was holding.

"There…" Ayato spoke, opening his eyes to see Koneko standing before him while the man just stared as he asked

"Why isn't she acting like Koneko-chan?"

"This is my first time creating a copy of someone…" Ayato started, sending a few mental commands for the Mist-Koneko to sit down at the low table and to look stoically around the room.

"…Morizawa…" The now named, Morizawa, added with a hint of drool coming from his mouth as Ayato continued

"…Morizawa-san, this is my first time using this technique and so this is only just a shell without a personality. I am only starting out so I don't know her very well but I can order this one around"

"Wha-Wait you can make clones of other characters right?" Morizawa spoke as he turned back to Ayato as he nodded

"I would feel safer altering this one to fit other characters rather then seeing how many I could hold together at the moment but yes, I could make other characters as long as I know what they look like" Morizawa's eyes shone as he declared

"I wish to have a harem of small breasted girls, Ayato-san! But I will start with Nagato-chan as you're only a beginner!"

"This will only last till I go, Morikawa-san, and I take it that is your contract for tonight" Ayato replied as he pulled out the device he had been given for it as he started to tap away at it.

"That will be fine…At least I can see my dear Nagato-chan for a short while" Morizawa nodded eagerly as Ayato nodded once before turning the screen to show the man as he spoke

"This is the price for your wish tonight…It'll only last for an hour"

"That's great! That's the same as what I give to Koneko-chan!" Morizawa shouted eagerly as Ayato heard Albion chuckle

[Seems like she lost a contract to you]

{I think we also found a way to help you fight as well Ayato-kun} Metatron added as Ayato started to work out how to use the [Mist Clone] to help him in a fight as he watched the Mist-Nagato play cards with Morizawa.

Ayato opened his eyes after the teleportation circle had finished glowing, finding himself in the room of his next client of the night, his eyes widening as he looked at the humongous guy wearing a gothic-lolita outfit despite the numerous buttons looking to be about to fall off and atop of his head was a headband with cat ears on it.

'What kind of monster has summoned me?' Ayato thought to himself as the man greeted him in a deep voice

"Welcome Devil-san-nyou!"

[What the hell is that…?] Albion spoke shocked, Ayato not sure whether he should be preparing for a fight or ready to make a contract as he greeted

"Hey"

"I called you Devil-san, because there's a wish I want-nyou. Mil-tan wants to become a magical girl-nyou" The man stated, Albion, Metatron and Ayato's mouths dropping open to varying degrees in shock and confusion.

"Right…" Ayato started in disbelieve, having no idea how to pull that off as he muttered to himself

"Magical girl, Magical girl… How do I make a delusional body builder into a magical girl?" Ayato clicked his fingers in realisation as he spoke to Mil-tan

"I can only make you a Magical girl temporarily and only while I'm around, does that suit you better?" Mil-tan eagerly nodded as he replied

"Any amount of time as a magical girl is great for Mil-tan"

"Alright…Is this ok for the price of an hour's worth?" Ayato spoke, showing him the screen on the wish device after tapping in the wish. Mil-tan nodding eagerly as Ayato slipped the device back into his pocket.

[I can't believe you are going to do this] Albion spoke in disbelief as he heard Ayato's plan before the Slivernet replied mentally

'Do you know a better way to pull off turning him into a Magical girl, Albion…?'

[No] Albion replied quietly as Ayato focused his magic onto casting an illusion over Mil-tan which changed there surroundings into a vast field, Mil-tan looking around eagerly as Ayato spoke

"Now Mil-tan, just imagine what sort of magic you want to do and just direct it"

Mil-tan stared at him with a glint in his eyes as he turned to a large boulder and started firing off magical girl styled attacks at her surroundings while Ayato watched in curiosity at how much his client was enjoying his wish even though it was all just an illusion.

Ayato sighed as he stepped back into the clubroom after his latest contract for the evening, rubbing the bridge of his nose as he saw Rias and Akeno drinking tea as he moved to sit on the sofa opposite the latter as Rias asked "How did it go?"

"Fine…" Ayato replied not bothering to look at her as he started to pull out his homework and made a start on it as Akeno moved to prepare a cup of tea.

"Here you go, Hosokawa-kun"

"Thanks Sempai…" Ayato replied, giving her a nod as she set the cup down on the table. Akeno smiling as she admonished him with a giggle

"You can use my first name, Hosokawa-kun, there's no need for using 'sempai' with me either. We are equals here" Ayato arched an eyebrow to her for a moment before focusing back on his homework as he muttered

"I'd rather not…" Akeno silently sighed as she sat back down on the sofa, glancing to see Rias having moved to her desk as she read the response from the client Kazuhiko had been sent to. The crimson haired devil smiled as she spoke to Ayato

"You did a good job with your clients today"

"Obviously… Are all your clients weirdoes?" Ayato asked as he glanced to Rias for a moment, seeing her shake her head as she answered

"Not all of them. We help out a couple businesses as well"

"Right…" Ayato replied dryly as he turned back to his homework while Rias and Akeno shared a concerned look.

"Why'd I miss all this?" Ayato couldn't help but laugh at seeing the shocked look on Kensuke's face, the next morning, as he replied amused

"That's what you get for staying at home with that MMO" Hikari and Seraphina had giggled as Takeshi added

"True man, you should have seen Ayato putting Kiba in his place during a Kendo spar"

"Whoa… I didn't know you knew Kendo" Kensuke spoke surprised.

"I don't… I was using stuff from my blazer training to fight him" Ayato chuckled, the others looking surprised aside from Seraphina who smiled knowingly as the group headed towards there classroom as Takeshi added

"Ayato nearly nut shot'ed Kiba as well during it"

"D-Damn…I really wish I'd seen that" Kensuke spoke as he stuffed his hands into his pockets as Ayato patted him on his shoulder as he replied

"Now, now… It wasn't that amazing I did only end it in a draw"

"You do know some of the Kendo girls have started to admire you after that" Hikari spoke with a giggle, Ayato reddening as he noticed Seraphina press herself against his side more as she added embarrassed

"Some of them even asked how far we've gotten, Ayato-san, and what you are like at home…" Ayato blinked in surprise as Kensuke and Takeshi chuckled amused as the former spoke

"Looks like you'll have your own fanclub soon, Ayato."

Ayato had settled into his training routine for the afternoon as he did dashes between two lines on the ground with a large sack of metal on his back. Seraphina was running through some magic training with a large ball of blue flames hovering between her hands while Kalawarner and Matsu talked quietly.

{It's dangerous to underestimate the exorcists, Ayat-kun} Metatron spoke sternly, Ayato mentally agreeing as he replied

'I know… They might have Sacred Gears themselves and then they also have the training and experience from working for the church'

[The Fallen pair we can handle fairly well if it was one at a time, both would be more difficult. [Divine Dividing] can only target one person at a time] Albion added, Ayato doing his last dash before setting his backpack onto the ground as he rolled his shoulders.

"I'm sorry I couldn't stop Raynare's plan,Ay-kun" Kalawarner spoke as she handed him a water bottle, Ayato accepting it as he shook his head and replied

"It's alright… Raynare is the one I'm angry at, her and my 'master'…"

"Matsu told me about Gremory… You know I'm sure Azazel-sama would gladly take you in just so he can study your Sacred Gear, if you wanted to leave her that is…" Kalawarner replied, looking over to Seraphina curiously as Ayato shook his head and sighed

"I can't… my Nee-san is all I've got left of my family and after what happened with my Parents… Well, let's just say I can't bring myself to leave her. Also who knows what sort of trouble my friends and Nee-san would get in if someone tried to use them against me. Gremory is the lesser of two evils at the moment and until I work a way out or somehow screw the system to become High Class I'm stuck with her" Kalawarner looked at him warmly, impressed at his reasoning and loyalty to his family while Stella looking sadly to him as she moved over to him

"Ayato-san…" She started, Ayato smiling as he ran a hand through his hair as he spoke

"I'm alright Stella-san… I'm going to see if Matsu-san has a job for me to do…"

With that Ayato left the pair of Bluenette and Rednette to regard each other, Kalawarner smiling amused at the serious and searching look Stella was giving her as the elder spoke "I don't plan to take him from you… I'm willing to share if you are dragon-chan?"

Stella puffed her cheeks for a moment as she thought. She knew dragons had harems and while that didn't happen in Tiamat's clan often, there were occasions when two females would share a male to avoid fighting or because they were friends but it was always a mutual agreement between the women involved. Stella nodded slowly, she knew that Ayato would draw in other females even though she had wished for more of a chance to get further in her relationship with him. Kalawarner's smile growing even as Stella added "You hurt Ayato-san and I will burn you to a crisp, Kala-san"

"I expected no less, Stella-chan…After all we both owe him our lives" Kalawarner spoke with a teasing smile which made Stella blush embarrassed as they shook hands before returning back to there individual training.

"Albion, Metatron please tell me I'm not seeing things?" Ayato asked shocked as he started at the giant shadow monster before him. Something told him it was all a set up given he'd been sent to the coliseum in Rome over a job involving similar shadow monsters from one of his previous jobs. Albion nodded once as he answered

[That is definitely a giant pig monster holding two swords from that game… Ocarina of Time was it?]

{It's called Ganon, Albion…and how did anyone make that unless…} Metatron added confused as the Shadow-Ganon swung one sword down at Ayato who managed to dodge it by diving out of the way before rolling back to his feet as he asked quietly

"Unless what…?" Ayato summoned [Israfel] instantly to his hands, glad he had taken off his sealing bangles and gravity seals when he arrived, as he crossed both scimitars over his head to block the downwards sword strike from the monster before him.

{We mentioned about the thirteen [Longinus] right? Well there is one called [Annihilation Maker] which allows for the creation of any sort of creature from the user's imagination}

'So whoever has that is creating monsters to terrorize people with?' Ayato thought annoyed, pushing away the sword before charging forwards unaware of the group of cloaked figures that was watching from the edge of the coliseum.

"So this is the one who destroyed your monsters so easily the last time, Leonardo?" A male voice spoke, looking at the shortest cloaked person who nodded.

"Cao Cao…His aura…? It just doesn't make sense…" The cloaked Cao Cao turned to see another figure holding his hand out with a magic circle floating above it as he continued

"I'm reading Soul Reaper, Blazer, Angel, Devil, Vampire and Dragon aura from him but that shouldn't be possible…"

"Oh ho...? Looks like we found something interesting then Georg?" Cao Cao replied as he turned his focus onto Ayato who took off one of the Shadow-Ganon's arms at the elbow before jumping to land a cross shaped slash on its torso, making it roar in pain.

He landed a few feet back, taking a steady breathe as he tried to judge its next move, jumping back to avoid a fireball of black flames from Ganon's mouth as he spoke "[Shamshel]"

Replacing the twin scimitars was a pair of dark purple armguards which left his hands free, a small length of metallic amethyst coloured chain falling out from near the wrist and falling down just past his hands, each ending in an arrow headed blade. Ayato gripped both chains near the blades as he took a ready stance.

Throwing the left blade towards Ganon's sword, the chain lengthened and wrapped tightly around the blade before Ayato yanked the sword off to the side to miss him as he swung the other chain over his head, glowing with holy aura as it came down and cut through the shoulder of the shadow monster and also leaving a rend in the ground. With a flick of his wrists both chains recoiled back towards Kazuhiko's hands before he threw both at either side of Ganon's neck and making them wrap around it as he made them tighten and cut in.

Ayato gritted his teeth as he pulled on the chains, trying to avoid being flung into the air as his weapons cut into Ganon's neck before using [Sky Flames] around his hands to pull the shadow monster to the ground before him as its head fell off to the side.

'Phew… That took some out of me' Ayato thought as he took a calming breathe, dismissing [Shamshel] before reattaching the sealing bangles while Metatron reactivated the gravity seals as she spoke

{That was a good fight with [Shamshel]… But I get the feeling we are being watched, Ay-kun}

"So you noticed it too" Ayato spoke to himself, looking around the coliseum only to see no one around as he shook his head before activating Matsu's magic circle.


* At an Abandoned Mansion *


"They were originally slaves of Devils," Yuuto spoke.

"Just like us?" Aine asked as she was asked to tag along with Rias' group.

"There is a clan who betrayed their masters and lives as they please," Rias answered as she, her Peerage and Aine all arrived from a magic circle. "They are the Stray Devils. We just received intelligence that a certain Stray Devil was luring victims here to eat them."

"Eat them? Seriously?" Ayato asked as a rather shocking expression went through him as he felt a chill running down to his spine just by mentioning that.

"And passing judgment on him is our task for tonight. Without a master, he can use his demonic powers with no limits," Rias explained as they went inside. "Ayato and Aine?"

"Yes, President/Buchou?" both Ayato and Aine asked.

"Do you know about chess?" Rias asked.

"Of course, I do," Aine replied haughtily.

"Chess? As in the board game?" Ayato asked.

"As Master, Mio, Stella and I are the Kings," Rias explained. "Additionally, there is the Queen, the Knights, the Rooks, the Bishops, and the Pawns. A special devil can give special powers to his/her various pieces. We call this technique 'Evil Pieces'. You two may already got some experience, but tonight, I want you to take a close look at how Devils fight."

"Okay!" Ayato and Aine spoke in unison.

A moment of silence befalls into their atmosphere as Koneko immediately detected the Devil's presence in the area as she turned to point her finger to reveal her current location for the group.

"It's here," Koneko spoke as all eyes turned over to the darkened part of the building as they slowly began to hear a strange voice emanating from the broken walls, seemingly to provoke them by its vicious tone.

"I smell something foul…" the oddly vibrating voice spoke as a long shadow emerged from the corner on the far end. "But I also smell something delicious. Are you sweet? Or are you bitter?"

As it fully revealed itself under the light, both Ayato and Aine saw that the Devil is actually in a form of a naked woman with rather large breasts exposing right in front of them without the liberty of hiding it to them.

"Holy shit! Who in the right mind would actually take a form of a naked woman so freely?!" Ayato angrily retorted. "Have you Devils know no shame?!"

"Oi! You're offending us and even yourself, right?!" Aine glared back to Ayato.

"I'm not referring to you, me or any of us!"

"Stray Devil, Vice…" Rias spoke with authority, forcing Ayato and Aine to end their bickering. "You have abandoned your master, and have let your powers run rampant. You will now face judgment for your sins. In the name of Gremory Nobility…I will destroy you!"

Vice smiled arrogantly and replied, "Oh, what an impudent little brat you are. Shall I dye you all of you in bright red, just like that hair of yours?"

She then began to fondle her own breasts in a seemingly weird way as Ayato felt the need to cover his eyes for a moment to save his virgin eyes while Aine looked at this with absolute disgust.

As this was going however, Vice slowly began to reveal her true self in front of the group as Ayato and Aine were left shocked to her in a form of a monster with a large mouth with large canines accompanied by two large hand claws as she slowly summons two magical circles located in her nipples, protruding them straight like a cannon as it fired light beams towards them in blind speed!

"Didn't I tell you?" Yuuto asked. "Her body and heart are both monsters."

The group then scattered in the process as they dodged the beams, missing them as they went straight through the wall, only to melt in the process as they looked warily at its power.

"Oh yeah, she's definitely a monster," Aine spoke.

"Even though its disgusting, its quite formidable, alright," Ayato blurted out.

"Don't let your guard down," Rias advised. "Yuuto!"

Yuuto nodded in response as he prepared his stance and disappeared into a silver blur and appeared right in front of the unsuspecting Devil before releasing two instant sword strikes on its huge claws, easily cutting them in the process as Vice screamed in agony as a result.

"Whoa…" Ayato whispered as he eyed at Yuuto very carefully. "Did he use some form of Shunpo?"

"He moves so fast, you can't even see him. Yuuto's position is Knight," Rias explained. "His specialty is speed, and his weapon is the sword."

"Interesting…"Ayato smirked in approval.

As Yuuto stepped back, Koneko took the center stage as she stepped forward towards the Stray Devil. She let out a monstrous roar as she started to open her big jaws underneath her body, seemingly wanting to devour the young girl wholly.

"Watch out, Koneko!" Aine shouted out in worry and wanted to intervene, but Rias told her not to as Koneko still harbored the same stoic expression as she never even moved from her position as Vice swallowed her whole, prompting Aine and Yukio to worry, despite not knowing of what she's capable of.

"Don't worry," Rias reassured them as the jaws that encased the white-haired girl inside simply broke apart as Koneko emerge from it without even trying, even though some of her clothes melted from the saliva inside. "Koneko is the Rook. Her specialty is simple; she can defend against any attack and she also has tremendous strength. See? She's not even flinching."

"Begone, you Shit," was all Koneko could say before spinning around and completely destroyed the teeth surrounding her, making the Stray Devil cry out in even more pain. Koneko continued her spin, raising her foot and sent Vice flying through a large stone pillar with a powerful sidekick. Landing on her feet, the petite girl turned around and moved to stand next to Yuuto.

Ayato was impressed to say the least, but was shocked at Koneko knowing that particular catchphrase while Aine just scoffed. Even though she was petite, she packs quite a punch.

Rias looked towards the last member of her Peerage. "Akeno, it's your turn now."

"Yes, Buchou," Akeno smiled as she was walked forward. To Ayato there was something seriously disturbing about that pleasant and beautiful smile as he felt a shiver crawl up his spine. "Oh my, oh my. Whatever shall I do, I wonder?"

As Akeno continued to move forward, Ayato saw the arm that Yuuto severed off earlier twitch a bit before moving at fast speed and tried to attack Rias from behind in which he acted out of instinct and tried to protect.

"Oh shit! Watch out!" Ayato yelled as he wrapped an arm around Rias' waist before she could even react and pulled her back immediately to avoid the strike. From there, Aine yelled, "ZEROS!"

The light reformed into armor parts that pitted themselves onto Aine. A vertebral column ran down her back, while a bunch of larger, curved panels latched onto her shoulder and sides. The main cylinder boosters formed around her thighs, and connected themselves with belts around her mid-section. Next, armor parts formed on her limbs with booster attachments for greater mobility. Finally, a headset formed her temple and ears.

She then made a powerful kick that sent the destroyed arm onto Vice, hitting her in the eye, making her scream out in even more pain, creating even more smoke!

Rias was surprised as she blinked at Ayato and Aine before she smiled at them. "Thank you, Ayato and Aine."

Ayato was then blushing as his arms were still around Rias' waist as she was pressing up against him. "Uh, not a problem."

"You can get her off now, you useless coward," Aine told him as she went back to normal.

Ayato was ticked off at Aine's insult.

"Useless coward?! I saved her from being bisected, you moron!"Ayato snapped back.

"That's enough, you two," Rias quickly stopped them before she reluctantly asked Ayato to let her go as she made them look back at Akeno, who smiled even more. "Akeno, finish her off."

"Those who tries to lay their hand on my beloved Buchou…" Akeno spoke as lightning started to spark wildly around her hands. "…will be punished!"

"She is my Queen. She is my invincible Vice-President with powers unmatched by the rest of the pieces," Rias explained.

'Invincible? Hmph. We'll see about that,' Aine thought to herself as Akeno prepares to attack Vice.

"Oh my, you still look alive," Akeno said in a cheerful voice. "Then how about this?"

"Using magical powers is her specialty," Rias explained as Akeno raised her hands into the air and summoned a large bolt of yellow lightning above her before shooting down at the Stray Devil and enveloped its whole body in a shroud of piercing pain. Ayato was now paying extra attention to Akeno as he notices something….off about her as she began zapping lightning at Vice.

Akeno's breathing had become more and more erratic, like she had run a half-marathon at full sprint. Even so, he knew that one single attack she fired was not being anywhere near enough to tire someone like her out. There was also a heavy blush staining her cheeks as well, and she was squeezing her thighs together and shuddering in ecstasy every few seconds.

"And to top it all off, she is…"

"Oh my, oh my. You still look quite alive," Akeno smiled while licking her fingers.

"She is a supreme….sadist," Rias finished as Akeno continued her attack at Vice.

"I wonder how much you can take…" Akeno laughed, scaring both Ayato and Aine.

"She's…laughing…" Aine shuddered as she stepped back. "What the hell?!"

For Ayato, he was just trying his best not to throw up as Akeno continued to laugh with joy as she watched the stray struggle under her power.

For Aine however, she was glad that Yurishia didn't watch any of this, because what the others don't know…Yurishia Farandole is a bonafide super masochist. Which means that if Akeno finds out about this….No, Aine was going to make sure that it doesn't happen.

"That will do, Akeno," Rias ordered as Akeno stopped, forcing Vice to collapse to the ground, unable to move.

"So we're done already?" Akeno moaned, as if she was whining. "Oh, what a pity."

"Damn…" Ayato murmured as he rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Somehow, I feel sorry for that Stray Devil to go through that much torture."

As Rias began walking towards Vice, Ayato realized that Rias had said one piece that hadn't been elaborated on in some shape or form during her explanation; the Bishop. It had to be a very important Piece as well.

"President? You mentioned another Piece; the Bishop," Ayato said as he brought it to attention. "Do you have one?"

Rias turned to Ayato and answered his question as they came to a stop. "Bishops are incredibly skilled in the area of magic; besides the Queen, they are most inclined to magic. However, they are very weak physically, and thus, they have to remain stationary near the King if they can't fight.

"Right now, my only Bishop is currently completing a task I assigned him. He has to control his very troublesome ability, which is to stop time," she elaborated further. "His power has gotten stronger over time, and Mio, Stella and I are helping him try to control it. It's something that had to be done, for his own sake and for the sake of others."

A melancholic expression came to her face, disturbing those beautiful features. It made him feel uncomfortable, and in more ways than one; he had obviously breached a personal subject, so he decided to cheer her up. Not only that, he had to control his own powers as well. He felt sympathetic for that Bishop.

"Well, I hope—no. I know that he will get better someday. Hopefully, I do, too," he declared, surprising Rias.

That made Rias blush, the compliment and attempt from him to cheer her up and even himself, too. Akeno would have enough fuel for a hundred fires, while Mio and Stella would fuel over a thousand, but what matter was that Ayato was doing his best to cheer her up, even if he didn't try. That made her feel warm inside; a very pleasant feeling. He was special it seemed, since seldom did people cheer her up regularly like this. Her brother, her cousins and her niece were part of those special people.

Meanwhile, Vice, completely unable to move, looked at Rias deep in the eye with burning hatred. Rias had a job to do first. She stepped further forward to the thoroughly defeated Stray Devil with her usual dignified fashion, stopping just a few feet away. Her face was blank, a perfectly composed mask befitting a Devil of her high standing.

"Do you have any last words?" Rias asked as her Power condensed around her hands.

There was silence as Vice seemed to consider what to say; whether to curse Rias Gremory or to make some trivial last request. But then suddenly, Vice's distorted face seemed to see something in the distance and began to chuckle; the sound distorted due to the burns to her throat. They all looked at the Stray in puzzlement; what could be she laughing about?

"You really are a stupid bitch, aren't you?" Vice asked, insulting Rias, whose eyes grew dark. "Did you think…I got caught because…I was careless? I wanted you to find me…In fact, you really should've…watched your back!"

And that's when IT happened…

Rias' eyes widened as out of nowhere, there was a sudden rush from the shadows at her back! Ayato just barely managed to catch the image of a blackened spear speeding at her back when Yuuto reacted the quickest! He drew the black bladed sword again, and clashed it against the spear in a storm of sparks!

The Knight was unusually focused, and grimaced at the amount of effort he put behind his sword before with great effort, he deflected the spear to the side, but almost instantly, he was kicked to the side by an armored boot. He grunted as he crashed into the asphalt. The shape was stationary for a moment before a blast of lightning forced it to jump away. Akeno bore a serious expression; a change from the playful one she had bore just a few minutes ago.

All of that occurred in less than a second, and Ayato knew it.

"Yuuto!" Rias called out to her injured Knight. "Are you alright?"

He wobbled slightly as he got up; a cut had appeared on his face, and it bled into his right eye, forcing it to be closed. He was also holding the right side of his ribs gingerly with his left hand, using the right hand to support his sword. It was clear that something had broken since he hissed in pain and gritted his teeth in order to stay standing.

"A few broken ribs, I think, President," Yuuto reassured her, but winced in pain. "I'll be fine once I heal properly. But that guy…I think I know who he is."

The figure stepped forward out of the darkness. As it did so, the shape became apparent. It was most certainly a real knight as it wore heavy-looking black armor, with accents of gold on it. The armor was as black as the deepest darkness, yet the gold was as bright as the sun. It was a contrasting effect, but it worked to highlight the mystery and the powerful aura the figure bore. The helmet was fashioned so that it covered the whole face, and was little more than a medieval helmet complete with vertical spaces on the visor. The only thing that shone through the darkness behind the helm were two shining red eyes.

It grabbed the spear, and twirled it expertly in one hand before gripping it in the middle with its right hand. It was clearly an expert in handling such a weapon, and then the knight spread its feet and hunched its shoulders, ready to spring forward once it decided the moment was opportune.

Ayato saw all of this, and knew that this was an experienced fighter and a formidable opponent, more so than Vice. He didn't know how formidable this Knight really is, but Yuuto is going to let them know now.

"You're the Black Knight, aren't you?" Yuuto asked the silent figure. "A Knight Piece to the Rating Game Champion, Diehauser Belial. Why are you defending a Stray Devil?"

The others gasped at the Knight's identity and who its former master was, but that said figure didn't comply to Yuuto's request; he merely said nothing which added to the uneasy aura around him. He gripped his spear tightly in his right hand, as if making some internal debate, but Ayato was surprised once again as there was a crackle of electricity and his spear was covered in blue lightning, obscuring the original shape of the weapon itself!

'He…He can use lightning too?!' Ayato asked in shock (no pun intended) as this was completely unexpected, and to face an opponent who had nearly skewered Rias, as well as easily defeating Yuuto in a single kick. All of a sudden, he was now in the eye of the storm, so to speak. With this Black Knight doing all of that in almost the speed of sound, he doubted that with his current powers, he may or may not defeat him, let alone, score a hit.

Even Aine had doubts, but quickly shook it off. She took this as an opportunity to show them that she can defeat this Black Knight by herself with her own powers. She doesn't realize how wrong she was as the Black Knight sees Aine trying to summon her Sacred Gear, but it was an opening that he would take advantage of.

The lightning spear was thrown at Aine, who was shocked to see it coming towards her! She wasn't going to complete her transformation in time, because by then, the spear would've gone straight through her heart! However, Yuuto blocks it with a special sword that was shaped like a lightning bolt, and the blade was shining yellow as sparks emitted from it. But in amazement, Ayato saw that lightning from the spear was getting absorbed into that sword, until the charge was gone. Yuuto grunted before forcing the spear away, and launched the contained lightning at the enemy.

The lightning wave literally scorched the air and caused some fire to emerge, but the knight simply watched impassively before jumping upwards and back, dodging the lightning bolt expertly. He landed on his knees, before he leapt away again; swords emerged from the ground aiming to skewer him, and had he been just a tiny bit slower, the black armored opponent would have been cut into pieces. That is, if he hadn't had his armor. The armor itself allowed him to tank the lightning that hit him, so it was reasonable to assume it was enchanted against magically generated lightning.

"This is Bolt Whirl," Yuuto twirled the strange sword around in his hand. "This Demonic Sword allows me to absorb any lightning and shoot it back at its origin point if I so choose. So if you use lightning, I'll be prepared. However, it looks like I'll need a different sword right now."

To Ayato, it was obviously clear that using Lightning was ineffective against the Black Knight.

The sword was shrouded in some kind of light, before dispersing and revealed a sword that had no guard and looked more like a slab of chipped rock or metal. Yuuto grunted as he took it in two hands, before rushing forward. He delivered a downward smash, and the Black Knight dodged it, but they were all surprised to see the power in the sword; it had literally created a crater as well as a fissure that zoomed after the Black Knight.

"Titanfall," Yuuto stated, before hefting the sword again. "This sword increases nothing but the physical power in my arms; I suppose you could say its special attribute is pure strength."

Yuuto yelled as he sent Titanfall at the Black Knight, who impassively watched the sword descending right at him, hoping that it would slice him in half vertically, but as if it was just a routine exercise, the Black Knight calmly turned on the ball of his right foot, letting Titanfall slash down into the position he had been before dodging. Yuuto's eyes widened and turned towards the Black Knight, who unsheathed a second spear and sent it straight towards Yuuto's head, forcing him to take cover, but not before the spear exploded, sending him flying towards a wall, and hitting it hard, head-first!

"Kiba!" Ayato cried out as he clenched his fists.

A roar of lightning sounded, and the fork hit the Black Knight, forcing him to bear the brunt of it before jumping away. Another bolt was aimed at him, but he kept jumping away or moving so fast that Akeno's lightning didn't hit him. He was at the pinnacle of speed, where only the highly trained could see where he was moving. Even Akeno had trouble doing so, as her eyes kept whirling around in search of the enemy Knight.

"Well, this is interesting. I'll enjoy punishing you, Stray Knight~" Akeno giggled, lightning surge increasing. "It's really too bad I couldn't get you to participate in an SM session; I have a feeling you would have given me a lot of trouble!"

Both Ayato and Aine couldn't hardly believe their ears; Akeno ran SM sessions?! What kind of person was she? For the latter, she definitely now knows that Yurishia must not reveal her hidden fetish to Akeno or else she'll REALLY go over the top.

As the Black Knight continued to dodge the lightning bolts, he then blocked one of them with his spear, and amazingly it absorbed the lightning, in a similar effect to Kiba's Bolt Whirl. Then, he added his own blue lightning to it, before taking aim and throwing it right at Rias. There was surprise all around, and Ayato tried to get to Rias fast enough that he could at least try to block it. His Sacred Gear had manifested on his arm, and he was ready to bat the spear aside.

However, it was not to be; Aine got in front of him while Koneko got in front of her as she was now in the way of the spear and managed to block it through her superior defense. But it only could do so much as the lightning of the spear had rendered it able to easily cut through steel, and the spear impaled Koneko's right shoulder, causing her to wince. Without a moment to spare, the Black Knight ran forward and ripped his spear out of her shoulder, causing her to cry out in pain. The next moment, he swatted her and Aine aside with the shaft, forcing both of them to bounce before crashing into a wall. They slid down, both coughing up blood before falling unconscious.

"Koneko!" Ayato shouted in concern. "Aine!"

A frightening change suddenly came over Rias; a red aura began bellowing around her, before she raised her eyes and looked the Black Knight in the eyes. Her seagreen eyes then became red with power, and black energy streamed with red gathered itself around her hands. Ayato was very surprised, and the Black Knight seemed to know what was going to happen as he began to jump back.

"You harmed a member of my peerage..." Rias seethed, the energy reaching its peak. "You harmed Koneko…you also harmed Aine, a member of my niece's peerage...there will not be a single piece of you remaining."

The energy that Rias sent at the enemy was truly terrifying; it contorted itself into the shape of a ravenous beast, howling for the Black Knight's blood. It roared after him, and the Knight tried to dodge numerous times, before eventually the energy caught up to him. It nearly devoured him, if not for his superior reflexes, and so he only lost his left arm, which was his weaker one. However, the loss of even one arm reduced his combat efficiency greatly; he would be half as powerful now.

Ayato watched all of this and gritted his teeth as he was left on the sidelines. Everyone else was getting beaten by this bastard and he couldn't stop shaking at the level of combat he was witnessing.

And his Hollow knows it.

[What's this? Is my King actually getting scared of this guy?]

"N-No!" Ayato answered. "It's just that…I don't know if I have enough power to defeat this guy, but I need more power to pay them back for helping me, and I'm not going to sit on the sidelines anymore! I need your help!"

His Hollow stared….then he laughed.

[Hahahahaha! So you have decided to ask me for help, huh? Well, at least you admitted your weakness, but keep in mind that just by doing that, expect some serious training when we get back, because I will NOT accept a weak King like you. You got that?]

He knew that his Hollow's training wasn't going to be easy, and he knows that all too well, but if he wants to become more powerful to protect the ones he cares about, he will have to face his fears, one way or another.

"Got it," Ayato replied as he was filled with new purpose and determination. He narrowed his eyes at the Black Knight, who noticed that something was going on with him. He summons out his Zanpakuto while transforming into his Shinigami clothing. The Black Knight knew that something was about to happen, so he dodged another sword strike and lightning bolt and dashed forward, his spear aimed for Ayato's heart.

"Ayato! Move out of the way!" Rias shouted in fear, her Power gathering around her, but it was too slow to make a difference! "Get out of the way!"

"I'll beat you down, you bastard…" Ayato growled as the air around him began to freeze. "I'll kick your ass, and I'll do it with my own power!"

The large sword was enveloped in ice. The Black Knight recoiled in surprise, but it was too late for him to retreat. With one large swish, Ayato struck his sword onto the spear, causing sparks to fly. However, the blue lightning didn't bother him; all it did was focusing his rage and purpose into that singular point.

The spear began to be encased in ice, both from the friction and force as well as the subzero temperature that covered Ayato's Zanpakuto. The others were surprised at this; Ayato's sword was an elemental type?

The spear then broke into pieces, and the Black Knight recoiled in pain as his gauntlet was frozen as well! He backdashed, but found out that Yukio was followed him by using Shunpo; speed that was comparable to his own. Underneath his helmet, the Knight's eyes widened.

"Take this, you bastard!" Ayato roared as he made his move. "Shikai!"

He slashed his sword towards the Black Knight's stomach as the black metal began to freeze before shattering it with purple lightning, causing him massive damage! The Black Knight coughed up blood as his insides were getting both hot and cold very quickly; it was the fury of a Death God that fueled these elements and his powers coursed through it. The chestplate soon buckled from the large blade trying to pierce through before the Knight was sent flying backwards in a trail of sparks and ice. He landed before realizing that he was compromised if he fought any longer, so he disappeared into the shadows.

Then Ayato also realized something else; they forgot about Vice! And sure enough, Vice managed to recover some energy and was slowly trying to escape, too!

Rias realizes this as well as she spread her arms apart as a red Magic Circle appeared in front of her and released a blast of black energy with a red outline at the escaping Stray Devil, who made one final scream before being obliterated into nothingness.

The next moment, Ayato wrapped up his large sword behind his back before collapsing to the ground in exhaustion; the reason why is because his Hollow had to help him out by unleashing a bit of Reiatsu energy towards the Black Knight, which hasn't been done in years.

"It's over. Good work everyone." Rias said to after confirming she'd destroyed the Stray, her gaze fixing on Ayato as he yawned into his hand as he asked

"Can we go now, that was boring…?" His fellow devils looked surprised at him, Kiba less so at remembering that he had already been attacked by a Fallen Angel, each wondering if Ayato had experience in fighting supernatural beings as they teleported back to the clubroom.

For Rias, she knew that she had to make an important call to the creator of the Evil Pieces soon, because what happened during his reincarnation was truly a one-of-a-kind, as well as the unexpected confrontation with the Rating Game Champion's former Knight.


*Next Day*


Kalawarner sighed softly as she sat on a bench near the park. Several days had passed since she woke up had been filled with her exploring the town and looking around for the Sister with little luck. She was wearing much the same clothes she had when she had woke up, a sleeveless low cut purple blouse and a short black skirt and heeled black boots.

She'd been annoyed by the several men of various ages coming to hit on her even just as she had sat down to have lunch earlier, a small smile forming on her face as she remembered watching Ayato's training as she thought 'He's still new to the supernatural and yet he's trying his hardest to learn. Ufufufu~ I can only imagine what he'll be like when he focuses on more adult pursuits'

Kalawarner licked her lips subconsciously as she remembered peeking on him in the shower at Matsu's laboratory, with a cutely protesting red faced Seraphina, which she knew without doubt that the owner had already bugged for her own viewing pleasure and from what she had saw she liked.

"Hawaa!" A female voice called out, Kalawarner turning to see a Sister who was lying on the floor face first with arms spread wide.

"Wow… I didn't think that could happen" Kalawarner muttered to herself as she watched her get up and moan to herself

"Awww~ why do I keep on tripping over...?" Kalawarner's eyes widened at the Italian that the Sister was speaking in, recalling that Asia Argento was from Italy as she stood up and started towards her, plucking the veil that had been swept off her head by the wind out of the air before handing it back to the blonde as she spoke

"Here you go, Sister…Or is it Argento-san?" The Sister, Asia Argento, looked directly at her with a worried expression as Kalawarner explained

"Oh, I'm Kalawarner… I've been asked to escort you as there's been a change of plans" Asia looked surprised as she asked in a confused tone

"What do you mean…? I was appointed to the church in this town." Kalawarner sighed before explaining

"The group here are made up of deserters or traitors who are intent to take advantage of your abilities, Argento-san, even willing to claim them for themselves. A friend of mine wishes to protect you while these individuals are within the city" Asia looked surprised at the information as Kalawarner thought

'Aya-kun would have made this so much easier and it would be nice to see him relaxed'

"Kalawarner-san…" Asia started before a manic cackle filled the air as both turned to see a white haired man dressed in priest robes as he spoke crazily

"Lookie what I found here the Sister and the whore, I thought you would be pleasing your master by now, whore-chan" Kalawarner scowled as she stepped before Asia, creating a spear of light in her hands while releasing her wings as she retorted

"I was saved by someone who cared… unlike you and the others who are acting against Azazel-sama's orders" The priest cackled, one hand going to run through his white hair while the other pulled out the hilt of a light sword as Kalawarner muttered so the small earpiece she wore could pick up

"Get Ayato here now before others show up"

(He's on his way already with Sera-tan) Matsu's voice answered instantly, Kalawarner smirking as she took a ready stance as the blade of light emerged from the priest's weapon as she spoke back to the scared blonde

"Argento-san, please stay back"

"You think you can stand up to the great Freed Zalzen, whore-chan… after you were so easily drugged and given to those goblins. I wish I had a change to screw you myself, Angel-chan, but Raynare-sama wouldn't let me" Freed replied like a moody child, hugging himself before pointing his light gun at Kalawarner who threw the spear of light and missed as Freed dodged, several bullets shooting towards her before blue flames shot forwards from behind both Asia and Kalawarner and destroyed the bullets.

"I'm glad we're not late" Ayato spoke as he walked forwards with Stella, Asia looking at them surprised as blue flickers of flames dispersed from Seraphina's hand. Kalawarner gave them a smile as she replied

"You made it just in time, Aya-kun, Stella-chan"

"Maybe I can have some fun cutting you two up" Freed spoke with an eager grin, Ayato drawing Sirenia as he arched an eyebrow at him as he asked

"Really…? You think you can handle both of us"

"Of course I can!" Freed shout back eagerly as he started to shoot bullets at Ayato and ran forwards. Ayato held his free hand out as he declared

"Lightning Barrier!" A dome of [Lightning Flames] blocked the light bullets and making Freed enraged as Ayato glanced back to Kalawarner and spoke

"I think you should take Argento-san back before more show up, Stella-san, make sure they don't get attacked on the way"

"Will do, Ayato-kun"

"Alright Ayato-san, just watch out" Kalawarner and Seraphina replied as they turned to Asia as Freed shouted enraged

"You shitty devil…! Coming here and ruining my fun!" Ayato arched an eyebrow at Freed in confusion as Asia gasped behind them as she asked

"Ayato is a devil?" Seraphina smiled friendly as she explained in a calm tone

"Ayato -san is the one who saved me and Kala-san so please trust me when I say he only wants to help you" Asia looked over to where Ayato and Freed were fighting with there swords, the former dodging bullets shot at him.

"Alright" Asia spoke with a nod, Kalawarner mentally sighing in relief as she took hold of Asia and used her wings to fly them both away, Seraphina spreading large blue draconic wings before taking off after them.

"You shitty devil…! Why won't you die yet?" Freed shouted pissed as his blade clashed with [Sirenia] pointing his gun at Ayato's leg only for pain to surge through his own. Glancing down he saw a dozens of long needles made out of [Lightning Flames] stuck into his leg; hindering his movements before Ayato swung [Sirenia] down and slashed him across the chest and knocking him to the ground as he bled.

Asia smiled happily as she accepted the cup of tea, Kalawarner and Seraphina chatting friendly with her as Ayato stepped into the laboratory. His eyes focusing on the blonde Sister as he felt the urge to protect her start to appear, Albion choosing to speak up at that time

[It seems like she's got an affinity for dragons]

'Really…?' Ayato thought surprised as Metatron explained

{It's the reason you feel the need to protect her now, Stella is probably feeling it even stronger then you are because she isn't just part blazer and Devil like you}

"How is she dealing with it?" Ayato asked quietly as Matsu came over to him, smiling kindly as she answered quietly

"Asia-tan seems to be taking it well… I used a translation spell on her so she can understand Japanese easily and she's got the kindness of a Saint, Ayato-tan" Ayato nodded in understanding as he asked

"So have you got a good idea where to have the fight with the Fallen then?"

"Not yet… I had thought of the school but that would cause all types of trouble with Gremory and Sitri even if we get home field advantage." Matsu answered with a smirk, Ayato smirking slightly as he replied

"Its as good a place as any…You know I don't mind fighting there but let me know if you have another idea as we probably don't have long before Raynare will come after me at school or even worse Nee-san and my friends" Matsu nodded in understanding as she watched Ayato head over to the others, tapping her chin in thought.

"Ayato-san, your back" Stella spoke with a smile, Ayato smiling as he took a seat next to her as Kalawarner asked

"What happened to Freed?"

"I won… He was cursing my existence as I started coming back here and is unable to fight for a while" Ayato spoke, Kalawarner nodding as Asia spoke with a bow to the three of them

"Thank you for helping me"

"It's alright, Kala-san is the one who told us what Raynare was planning and after we've dealt with her you can do whatever you like Argento-san" Ayato replied with a smile as Seraphina added

"Yes…Kala-san deserves your thanks more then we do, Asia-san" Asia nodded in understanding with a shy smile as she spoke

"P-Please call me Asia like Stella-san and Kala-san, Ayato-san"

"Alright Asia-san" Ayato replied with a nod, Asia's smile growing as she took a sip of her tea.

"It was nothing… I didn't want another person dying just because Raynare got power hungry" Kalawarner replied with a small wave of her hand, Asia looking down sadly as she spoke

"My Sacred Gear…"

"Yes. The ability to heal any wound would be priceless to any fighter" Kalawarner replied solemnly, Asia's face dropping further before Ayato added

"Don't worry about it Asia-san, we won't let Raynare get you. I'll even swear it on my Sacred Gear" Asia perked up at hearing that, looking at Ayato as she asked

"You have a Sacred Gear, Ayato-san? I didn't realise it"

"Yeah, it's called [Divine Dividing]. I try and avoid using it so people won't find out I'm the White Dragon Emperor" Ayato explained, using some [Mist Flames] to form a chibi Albion about six inches tall which flew around the table before landing before Asia who smiled and giggled as it started to blow smoke rings of different shapes into the air.

"Ayato-san… Why are you protecting me?" Asia asked curiously, Ayato smiling as he patted her on the head as he answered

"Well no one deserves to be killed for the power they hold… Especially an innocent girl who looks only to help others" Asia blushed as she gripped her skirt while Ayato took a sip of his cup of tea before adding with a wink

"Plus even if I am a half Devil , I'm still human at heart so don't worry about this being any pact or that I'm going to take something from you later. Heck, maybe we can be friends afterwards" Stella nodded eagerly in agreement as she added

"We can go shopping together and have fun like normal girls do"

"I would really like that Ayato-san, Sera-san" Asia spoke with teary eyes, smiling brightly as Ayato ruffled her hair playfully as he replied happily

"Come on now, Asia-san, save the happy tears for later." Kalawarner's cheeks reddened as she watched the Slivernet give Asia a handkerchief to wipe her eyes with.

"So Kalawarner's alive then and she has Asia now" Raynare spoke angrily as she stood before Freed who was sitting in one of the pews of the church, bandages around his injured leg and chest as he nodded. Raynare's hands tightened into fists as she was told everything by Freed before holding out a picture of Ayato as she asked

"Is this the guy you fought?"

"Yeah! That's the shitty devil that skewered my leg and cut my chest" Freed spoke annoyed, pointing at it as Raynare's scowl deepened

"You were beaten by a Half devil! What kind of shit exorcist are you?"

"Hey, hey! That devil fought like he'd been trained and then he had a blue haired bitch with him who could use blue fire and blocked my bullets at the whore-chan" Freed rebuked, Raynare arching an eyebrow as she spoke

"Three of them then…? I don't remember there being anyone who can use blue flames in this area… Looks like we'll have to go after Hosokawa Ayato again then if we want Asia"

Ayato smirked as he landed atop of the church as evening set in, allowing his devil wings to retract into his back as he waited for someone to show up before a familiar voice spoke up behind him "So you came here to let me kill you again?"

"Afraid not, Raynare… I've come here to make a deal" Ayato spoke calmly, turning to face the black haired Fallen Angel behind him, a questioning look on her face as he continued

"The Sister, Asia Argento, for the Fallen Angel, Mittelt"

"Why would I give you one of my allies, just for a nun?" Raynare sneered, Ayato smirking at her as he answered amused

"Why, you ask? Don't you want the [Twilight Healing] she has for your precious bosses? What is one weak loli crow compared to the power of healing you would gain from her?"

Raynare chewed over the idea in her mind, gaining [Twilight Healing] would increase her own power immensely and Mittelt was weak compared to her and the extra power she would gain.

"Fine, I'll trade Mittelt for the nun. Where are we meeting for this exchange?" Raynare asked curiously, Ayato slipping his hands into his pockets as he answered

"The fountain where I Almost got Killed… That is where Asia-san is at the moment and it seems a fitting place to have this continue there" Raynare smirked, creating a spear of light in her hands as she sneered

"Thank you for the information, fool. I will go claim her as soon as you are dead" She threw the spear of light at Ayato only for it to open up a hole in his chest before indigo flames knitted it back together has he laughed, Raynare's face dropping in shock as he retort

"You think I would be foolish enough to come here myself… and for your little outburst the meeting place is now Hagun Academy at 9PM. Come if you dare crow"

"You think I'm going to be stupid enough to enter a devil's base just to get a nun, hah. Do you take me as an idiot?" Raynare shouted back as she watched Ayato starting to walk off, glancing back as he replied while stretching his arms behind his head

"Either you come to the school or you can waste your time searching around while I pick your forces apart. I'm just trying to end this the quickest way, Raynare. It is after all your choice how we do things" With that Ayato took to the air with his devil wings, Raynare clenching her fists as she watched him fly off under the tree line nearby as she growled

"Fine, have it your way, Devil scum"

[It's done… I've got the tape as well] Albion spoke with a smirk, Ayato sighing in relief as he knew Albion was on his way back in the [Mist Clone] of himself with the voice recorder he'd taken with him so they could show Mittelt, Raynare's true nature.

"So are we on?" Kalawarner asked curiously, wearing a revealing purple sleeveless blouse that had a deep cut neck line, a black miniskirt, stockings and high heels, as Ayato nodding as he explained

"Yeah, Raynare will come with Mittelt so she can get Asia quicker. Also I can see her spouting some lie to Mittelt about the whole trade between her and Asia but Albion got the conversation on tape so that will help her come over to our side"

"That leaves the Exorcists then" Seraphina asked seriously from where she stood next to a nervous Asia, the former in her school uniform while the latter was wearing a slightly baggy long sleeved white shirt and a knee length skirt that Matsu had given her so she would be comfortable.

"Don't worry about the exorcists. I know we can handle them easily. I just hope Mittelt will listen to the truth and help rather then hinder" Ayato spoke with a smile, Seraphina nodding with a blush as Matsu sauntered into the room with a large smile on her face

"We've got the school for tonight, I just have to set up the devices to make the barriers and we can get going to set up" Matsu spoke with a smile, Ayato guessing her meeting with Sona Sitri had went well to allow the strict devil to let them use the school for this.

"Right well, I better get moving for club activities and that sort of thing. You know what to do right?" Ayato spoke seriously, the others nodding before Asia asked nervously

"What about me, Ayato-san?"

"You can just stay with Matsu-san, she'll be holding up the barriers so unless we need your healing ability you'll be safe with her. After tonight you can do what you want, Asia-san" Ayato spoke with a smile, patting her on the head and making her blush embarrassed as Seraphina and Kalawarner giggled amused at the scene.

Ayato wandered into the clubroom, drawing the attention of the three she-devils as Kiba walking in next to him and asked curiously "You already fought a Fallen Angel, right? I was just curious what happened?"

"Yeah I have, I won because he underestimated me." Ayato replied nonchalantly, Rias looking surprised as she spoke

"You were the one who defeated that Fallen Angel?"

"Obviously… especially since someone decided to take her time showing up" Ayato countered, giving Rias a short deadpan look and making her look away as Akeno spoke amused while Koneko spoke slightly surprised

"Ara, so that means you already know how to defend yourself?"

"Hosokawa-sempai can fight?"

"Yeah, my Gear's spirit helped me out with it since I entered blazer competitions as a kid" Ayato answered, Rias looking eagerly at him as she stood up from her desk and spoke

"Let's see how strong you are then"

"No…" Ayato replied as he slumped onto one of the sofas, Kiba mentally sighing as he pointed out

"We have to work together, Yuuki-kun, and it would help Buchou if we knew what you were capable of"

"If we have to work together, Kiba" Ayato countered before Koneko frowned as she retort

"…Rating Games"

"Firstly, Gremory said so herself that she's not mature enough to participate in a Rating Game yet and secondly, I don't see any of you lot trying to get better or stronger since I was pulled into this all" Ayato replied, Rias' retort dying in her mouth as she looked away sheepishly as Akeno spoke

"That's not very nice thing to say"

"I'm just being honest unlike a certain redhead here" Ayato shot back, Rias lowering her head before the Slivernet noticed the glowing Gremory symbol on his hand as he sighed

"Looks like I've got another contract"

….

Ayato sighed as he left the magic circle back into the clubroom, having just finished another contract for the evening, which had been a simple babysitting contract, as he noticed that Koneko was the only one in the room and was eating sweets on one of the sofas. Taking a seat on the other as he recalled the plan Matsu had come up with to keep the other devils out of this fight.

'The time is near and Gremory, Kiba and Himejima aren't here' Ayato thought to himself with a frown, Koneko arching an eyebrow as she asked

"What's wrong, Sempai?"

"Nothing… Just wondering where the others are?" Ayato replied, Koneko looking more surprised as at his answer as she explained

"Buchou and Akeno-sempai are meeting with Kaichou about something and Yuuto-sempai is out on contract"

"Right" Ayato spoke with a mental sigh of relief as he thought to Albion

'Tell Matsu-san that the new school building needs a barrier as well, Albion'

[Already done… Stella noticed them with Sitri moments ago and Kalawarner has just spotted Raynare and her group moving here] Albion answered, Ayato glad that Albion could control his Mist Clone and act as a link between him and Matsu

'I'll make my way out now then' Ayato thought back, standing up and making his way towards the door as he spoke back to Koneko

"I'm going to get some air, I'll be back in a few minutes" Koneko nodded as she watched him leave the room.

The moment Ayato stepped outside of the Old School Building a large orange film covered it and the other buildings on the school campus, trapping there occupants inside as he changed into his battle clothes then and there before heading to meet with the others atop of the new school building roof. His speed increased as the gravity seals and Heavenly Dragon Ice Armor were released by Metatron and Albion, bringing him there much quicker as [Sky Flames] covered both of his feet.

Landing on the roof, Ayato potted Matsu smirking as she stood dressed in a black biker jacket and, white t-shirt and blue jeans. Asia was wearing her nun outfit again, minus the veil, while Stella and Kalawarner was nearby with there wings on display, the [Mist Flames] version of himself walking over to hand him a voice recorder before dispersing.

"Where are they coming from?" Kazuhiko asked, Matsu smirking as she pointed towards the main entrance as she answered

"The front gates, Raynare and Mittelt are in the air above the exorcists" Ayato nodded as he saw the group, a smirk forming on his face as he spoke

"I better go greet them"

"Sona what is going on?" Rias asked surprised as she and Akeno stared at the orange film that had covered the windows, Sona blinking in surprise as she replied

"I don't know… A client of mine wanted to use the school for something and promised not to damage anything"

"Akeno make a teleportation circle back to the clubroom" Rias spoke seriously, Akeno casting the circle onto the ground only for it to shatter moments after its creation.

"It seems the barrier is blocking our transportation magic circles, Buchou?"

"We'll just have to escape through a window then" Rias spoke, opening a window only to be flung back into the room when she touched the orange film barrier. She rubbed her head in pain as Sona commented dryly

"That didn't work…"

"Buchou something is going on out there" Akeno spoke as she looked out, noticing the large group of people dressed in white being lead by two flying Fallen Angels.

"We're being attacked!" Rias spoke shocked, Sona looking surprised before her eyes widened as she noticed someone shooting down to meet them.

"So you came, Raynare?" Ayato spoke seriously as he watched Raynare come to land before her large group, smirking before calling out

"We are here to reclaim what you stole from us, devil scum" A roar of cheers came from behind her as the Exorcists shook there swords and guns, Mittelt smiling amused as she readied a light spear in her hands.

"Really? I thought that this was supposed to be a trade? Asia for the cute blonde Fallen next to you" Ayato asked curiously, Mittelt looked shocked at Raynare who gritted her teeth as she shouted back

"You lie!"

"Really so this conversation didn't happen at the church?" Ayato asked, pulling out the voice recorder from his pocket as he pressed the button, Raynare's voice coming out loud and clear

(Fine, I'll trade Mittelt for the nun…) Ayato pressed the button to stop the tape as he added with a smirk

"That is what you told me earlier Raynare… Maybe you should explain to your friend how you were willing to trade her in for Asia-san and how you sold Kala-san to the goblins so you would have less competition for a promotion"

Mittelt turned to regard a nervous Raynare gulping nervously as she frowned and pointed at Ayato "H-He's lying, Mittelt. Trying to make you turn against your own kind just because of Kalwarner's failure to understand Azazel-sama's orders"

"When would Azazel-sama ever ask for a Sacred Gear User to die, you know he's obsessed with studying them, Mittelt. We wronged Ayato-kun yet he still saved me from the goblins I was sold to. If he was such a threat to us why would he save me?" Kalawarner called out as she came to land next to Ayato, Mittelt looking surprised as Ayato added

"I saved her because Raynare was the one who wronged me, Mittelt. She wronged both of us and she's just waiting for the right time to do it to you as well" Mittelt looked conflicted at Kalawarner before turning to Raynare, the latter clenching her jaw in anger before shouting at the exorcists

"Get them and bring the nun to me, unharmed, where ever she is!" The exorcists charged forwards, Ayato drawing [Sirenia] as Seraphina called from above them

"Azure Flare!" A large ball of blue flames shot down from the sky, burning several exorcists who were knocked back screaming while others looked up to see her flying above them with blue flames gathering in her hands again as Ayato focused some magic into his sword and covering it with a white aura.

"- " Whirlwind of Ice Blades " Realizing this, Ayato swung his sword in pursuit of the projectile and shot a cutting Cryo tornado in a straight trajectory.

The tornado, like a drill, flew at the exorcists cutting them and knocking them back while another took a light spear to there chest from Kalawarner.

"Mittelt please trust me, Ayato-kun just wants to stop Raynare from causing more trouble then she already has" Kalawarner called out, Mittelt turning between her and Raynare in confusion as she asked the latter

"Is it true?"

"Oh course not!" Raynare shouted, throwing her spear at Kalawarner only for Ayato to appear before her, [Divine Dividing] on his back, as he swung [Sirenia] as he cut the spear in two with a call of "Divider!"

The spear's energy being absorbed into the weapon; Ayato smirking at Raynare as he asked "Is that what you do to everyone who goes against you? Just try and get rid of them."

"You shut up you Devil scum. I'm doing this for Azazel-sama and anyone against it is my enemy!" Raynare shouted back enraged, Mittelt moving away from her with a shocked look on her face as Ayato looked seriously back as Mittelt spoke surprised

"You really are obsessed with Azazel-sama, aren't you?"

"Azazel-sama is my everything! No one is more worthy of this love then I am!" Raynare shouted as her aura exploded in a pure black as she shot a glare at Mittelt before a large dark gold magic circle formed before Raynare and dozens of light bullets shot forth from it, forcing the trio to dodge and avoid them.

"Lightning Barrier!" Ayato called as he threw his free hand, green lightning sparking into life and creating a large shield to block the bullets, Kalawarner quickly ducking behind the shield before calling over to Mittelt who was struck by numerous bullets

"Mittelt!"

"Matsu-san, transport Mittelt to Asia now!" Ayato called, an orange magic circle forming below Mittelt and taking the blonde Fallen away as Kazuhiko added to the concerned Kalawarner

"Go on, I can handle things from here, Kala-san"

"Are you sure?" Kalawarner asked, Ayato nodding as he kept his focus on the enraged Raynare who was now throwing light spears as he answered

"Get going… I know you're worried about Mittelt. Plus I want to finish this on my own" Ayato sheathed his sword in a fluid movement, adding his other hand to focus on maintaining the barrier.

"Alright…" Kalawarner spoke, kissing him on the cheek before flying away as Raynare shouted

"Come back here you traitor!" Raynare shouted, throwing a larger spear at Kalawarner only for Ayato to fly up and deflect it with one of his [Lightning Flame] covered hands as he stated

"We have something to finish, Raynare"

"How dare you refer to me so commonly, you wretched Half Breed, even if you are the White Dragon Emperor I will destroy you and take that nun's power for my own" Raynare shouted back, creating two light spears in her hands as Ayato dismissed his [Lightning Flames] before flew towards her as he shouted seriously

"You've hurt your last person, Raynare! I won't let you hurt another innocent" Raynare shot up into the air when Kazuhiko had been near to hitting her, throwing a spear of light down at him only to miss as Ayato used [Sky Flames] from his hands to force himself back.

Shooting up after Raynare, Ayato dodged another pair of light spears before deflecting a third easily with his flame covered hand before slugging her in the stomach with his other hand, Raynare bent forwards as the wind was knocked out of her. Ayato's eyes narrowing seriously as he flipped over, grabbing both of her wings with his hands before slamming the heel of his foot into her back and ripping her wings out and launching her into the ground.

[Storm Flames] covered Kazuhiko's hands as he incinerated the wings he still held, looking around to see he was closer to the school building then before and that Rias, Akeno and Sona standing atop of the roof, next to Asia, Mittelt, Matsu and Kalawarner.

Returning his gaze to Raynare, Ayato noticed the crater he had made with her body starting to descend slowly as Raynare looked up at him in fear

"M-my w-wings…" Raynare wordlessly spoke terrified as she shook uncontrollably.

Rias had gulped nervously as she had watched Kazuhiko rip out and burn Raynare's wings, glancing to see Akeno with a flushed face, licking her lips lustfully as she spoke "Ara~ that was so hot…"

Rias noticed Seraphina's glare directed to her [Queen] and the curious look from Kalawarner and Matsu. Asia was checking over her newest servant, her [Bishop, Mittelt for any other wounds. The blonde Fallen having taken too many wounds for Asia to deal with at once and had asked to be revived by Rias, something about having to repay Ayato for showing her Raynare's true colours, although she had preferred if she had gotten Asia with her healing ability.

"So that's why he took all my [Pawn] pieces… [Divine Dividing]" Rias spoke with a shocked tone, Sona watching intrigued as she asked

"Matsu-san, why did you refer to this as an experiment?"

"Oh, we are just cleaning up Ria-tan's mess and this was the best place to have Aya-tan fight without concern and see how his training is going"

"Training? Even though we are here still you used our base as a battle field?" Rias asked annoyed, Matsu giving her only a smirk as she answered

"Of course, you really were dim to not sense anything inside my little shop, Ria-tan, even Aya-tan knew something was up when I first met him and he didn't know much of the supernatural world" Rias flushed embarrassed as she looked back to Ayato as Matsu added

"That is why I offered training to him in the first place. As for your base this wouldn't have happened if you paid more attention to those who entered your territory"

Ayato floated down to the ground as Raynare started to crawl away, his wings glowing on his back as they called out

[Divide] Raynare collapsed onto the ground as half of her power was sucked out of her in an instant, glancing back at feeling Ayato's power grow as he started to calmly walk towards her before hurrying to get back to her feet despite the pain in her shoulders and back.

"That was for leading me on Raynare" Ayato spoke calmly, Raynare staggering as she looked back at him again managing to form a spear of light in her hands which she threw at him only for Ayato to swat it away with a [Sky Flame] covered hand before throwing a fireball at her which scorched her body for a few moments while she screamed as he added

"That was for selling Kala-san to goblins as some sort of slave"

[Divide] Divine Dividing called as Ayato closed the distance to Raynare instantly, throwing a punch into her face and knocking her high into the air before she crashed into the ground again as she looked up at him in fear as he added

"And this… is for planning to take the life of a pure girl and hurting one of your allies" Ayato spoke as a small ball of [Storm Flames] formed in his left hand, Raynare's eyes widening as she changed into her Yuuma disguise as she pleaded

"P-Please Kazu-kun, I was forced to do all those bad things…I-I love you so please don't…"

"Disgusting… Even now you continue to try and play with my feelings…This is the end of your games, Raynare" Ayato spoke with a look of anger on his face as she shook in fear as he pointed the small ball of red flames at her as he declared

"Storm Nova" The small red fireball shot forwards, expanding to consume Raynare.

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Raynare screamed till she was hoarse as the red flames as the [Storm Flames] torn into her body, turning her to ash before him until there was nothing left which was when the red flames extinguish themselves not leaving even a feather behind. Ayato sighed in relief as he closed his eyes as Albion asked

[Are you feeling any better?]

'Kinda…' Ayato thought to himself, flying up to the roof before landing on the group as he dismissed his Sacred Gear. Stella and Asia hurried over to ask him, the latter checking for wounds as she asked

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah… I just feel a bit tired" Ayato replied with a smile, frowning as he noticed Rias looking at him surprised before turning to see Mittelts smiling sheepishly with one of her Fallen wings replaced by a Devil wing as she spoke, noticing Ayato angry glare towards Rias

"I chose this, Aya-san… Asia-san couldn't deal with all of my wounds and I owe you for showing me how mad Raynare was"

"Alright…" Ayato spoke as his gaze softened, Rias visibly relaxing off to the side as Metatron spoke

{That is a relief, Ayato-kun}

"Kaichou, sorry if we caused any trouble" Ayato spoke as he turned to Sona, who shook her head as she replied

"It's no problem. Rias shouldn't have allowed those Fallen Angels to enter the territory in the first place" Sona replied while shooting an annoyed look to the young woman in question, Rias flushing embarrassed while Akeno smiled amused before leering at Ayato again. Stella smiled as she hugged Ayato's side and making him chuckle as she spoke

"We did it…Asia-san and Mittelt-san are safe and Raynare gone now"

"Yeah" Ayato replied with a smile as he hugged her back, Sona glancing to Matsu as she asked

"I take it that your clothes were made by Matsu then?"

"Uh-huh, Aya-tan needs some form of protection to avoid hurting that body of his" Matsu answered with a perverted grin, Kalawarner smirking and blushing while Seraphina blushed bright red and pressed herself more against his side. Akeno's smile growing as she leered at Ayato as Rias blushed while Sona raised an eyebrow.

"…" Ayato just sighed as he looked at her as if he was expecting Matsu's response before turning as Rias asked

"Could you make some for my other pieces?" The mischievous glint in Matsu's eyes made Ayato feel uneasy, he'd seen it before ad usually meant something embarrassing would happen as he watched her lean in close and start whispering something to Rias. Her face soon matched the colour of her hair at whatever Matsu was saying, Ayato sighed to himself, Kalawarner smiling amused as she walked over to him and asked

"What is Matsu asking her for?"

"If I had any guesses… I'd say she wants something to do with the [Power of Destruction] Gremory uses" Ayato answered with sigh, noticing the confused innocent look on Asia while Mittelt had a fanged smile just at seeing her new master easily embarrassed and Seraphina squeezed Kazuhiko's hand.

Negotiations broke down after Rias had found out what the perverted yet genius Demigod was asking for… namely a piece of her brother's hair to make clone butlers. She already had one Sis-con brother to deal with and she didn't need any more especially since Grayfia would punish her for even accepting such an idea that would make even more work for her should she ever meet them. That wasn't to mention what her parents would say of letting someone clone a Super Devil who was also a Maou.

Matsu had gone back to her laboratory afterwards, disappointed till a pair of exorcist guns drop into her hands from Ayato, whispering something in her ear and commenting she could go wild with it. Kalawarner had left soon after as well, returning to Grigori to report what had happened but not before giving Ayato a wink and blew him a kiss.

"Why did you not tell me about Matsu-san?" Rias asked with a sigh, Ayato, now back in his school uniform, lifting his gaze from the Kanji book he and Stella was helping Mittelt and Asia with understanding as he replied

"It's your own fault for not noticing anything when you wandered in her place… Anyway she didn't want me saying anything to you"

"What did you ask her to make?" Akeno asked curiously, the gazes of Mittelt, Asia, Stella, Kiba and Koneko looking at Ayato who shrugged as he answered calmly

"Didn't pick anything specifically… She comes up with something useful normally especially with the fact she came up with my battle clothes"

Stella smiled brightly as she watched Ayato walk next to her while Mittelt and Asia was walking in front of them, chatting friendly as they took in the sights of the town. The two blondes were staying in the Old School Building for now, primarily due to Kazuhiko haven't not came up with a way to convince his father with using magic and the fact there was only one spare room in his house now.

"It's nice to see them adjusting to this all, especially Asia-san" Ayato spoke with a smile to her as Stella nodded as she replied

"Yeah, Asia-san seems to be doing well to learn kanji along with Mittelt" Mittelt pulls Asia into an Arcade, Ayato chuckling while Stella giggled as they headed in after them as Mittelt asked

"Hey Aya-san, how long we got before club activities?"

"About an hour" Ayato replied after checking his phone, patting an awed Asia on the head as he added

"Let's have a look around first and pick what ever games you want to have a go at alright"

"Alright Aya-san" Asia replied with a bright smile.

A few days had passed since then, Ayato listening to his friends joking around in the classroom as he ate his lunch. Asia's introduction to class had started up the stares and whispers of the other students till Natsuki had started the lesson. Mittlet had also started but was in the first year class with Koneko .

"What the hell, Ise? Student Council stuff again?" Motohama shouted annoyed, Ayato looking surprised as he noticed the demonic aura around the pervert, Hyodo Issei, as he thought

'Why did I not sense his aura before? Wait, how long has he been a devil for?'

[I think he's been a Devil about the same time you have] Albion spoke in a thoughtful tone, Ayato looking surprised as he asked

'How the hell did I miss that? Actually why the hell would Kaichou recruit someone like him?'

{Must be because of whatever Sacred Gear he holds…Although I must say he seems to have been less perverted since we first awoke} Metatron spoke in a thoughtful tone, Ayato scratching his head in confusion as he watched Issei reply

"It can't be helped guys…Kaichou wants all the paperwork done so I gotta go do them now if I want to head home when school ends"

"I think I must be going mad" Yaze spoke quietly as he watched Issei walk off from his friends, Ayato nodding absentmindedly as Takeshi added

"Maybe Kaichou is knocking the pervert out of him…"

"Probably… although why is still confusing" Ayato retorted in disbelief as he turned back to continue eating his lunch, an amused smile forming on his face at seeing Seraphina and Asia chatting happily with Hikari and several other girls only to blink as a couple glanced over to him with embarrassed looks as Takeshi spoke up

"Asia-san seems to be fitting in rather well"

"Yeah… It's a nice to see her getting along with the other girls" Ayato spoke with a smile, Kensuke nodding in agreement as he added

"You know ever since Stella-san showed up, you've become more popular with girls, Ayato… I mean first the Occult Research Club recruits you and now Asia-san and Mittelt-san, in the first year, show up and know you. I mean you've become like a regular harem anime hero, Aya"

[Heh, I guess that is what it looks like to them] Albion spoke amused, Ayato nodding in agreement as he replied to his friends

"I hope not… I don't think I could handle loads of girls and truthfully I didn't notice that till you brought it up, maybe it's just my turn to be popular or something. I know Asia-san and Mittelt-san cause I helped them out with finding the school this morning" Yaze shrugged in confusion as he continued eating, pointing at a young woman with large pink framed glasses who was sitting off to the side of the group of girls as he swallowed his food and muttered

"Kiryu seems to have taken an interest in you as well, if half the looks during class is any indication"

"Great… I have to deal with the 'Manhood Measurer' trying to size me up" Ayato spoke with a low groan as he focused on eating again while his friends chuckled nervously before Kensuke smirked as he added

"Oh yeah, you hear there's a new nurse starting today and she's a total babe"

"Really…?" Ayato spoke surprised, Takeshi nodding sagely as he added

"Yeah…I swear she was bursting out-" He was cut off by an eraser hitting him in the forehead and knocking him onto his back, Ayato turning to see Hikari with an outstretched arm and an annoyed look on her face as she spoke

"Stop being a pervert!" Ayato couldn't suppress his chuckle which wasn't helped by Kensuke and several girls bursting out in laughter as Takeshi's eye twitched in annoyance as he jumped back up and started to walk over there. An argument started up between the couple, Kensuke chuckling even as he leant over to Ayato and finished his friend's comment

"Takeshi is right though, she seemed to be bursting out of her uniform and with the blue hair and her figure, she looked damn sexy" Kensuke ended up getting knocked on his ass by another eraser launched at him, Ayato looking around to see no one looking to be the thrower before scratching the back of his head in confusion at not knowing anyone who fit that description.

'Only person I know with blue hair and could pass as a nurse is Kala-san but then she would have showed herself by now' Ayato thought to himself as he continued eating and watching Takeshi getting put in his place by Hikari while Stella and Asia chatted friendly with some of the other girls.

Gym lessons, Ayato had soon realised were annoying now with his new supernatural body and even with his self imposed limiters he could outmatch his fellow human classmates easily. Cause of this, Ayato had decided to take the chance and look into this new nurse after giving Takeshi and Kensuke an excuse about feeling tired and made his way inside while still wearing his jersey.

[You really are interested in seeing who this nurse is, aren't you?] Albion spoke in an amused knowing tone, Ayato feeling embarrassed for a moment before countering

'Well if Kala-san came back, I would've thought she or Matsu-san would've told me about it. Or you or Metatron would have picked up on something, anyway why have you two been so quiet for the last few days?'

[Metatron is looking into some new weapons unlocked by the fight with Raynare and I figured you deserved a break from your training] Albion replied, perking Ayato's interest in what his Angelic guide had found as he reached the door to the nurse's office.

Entering it didn't look much different from the last time he had saw it and empty of anyone else from what he could sense as he wandered into the room. A soft yawn escaped his lips and he was reminded that he had been busy with contracts the previous night as he took a seat on one of the beds, falling on his side as he fell asleep.

Ayato woke with a start as he noticed he was still in the infirmary, his eyes widening as he looked up to see Stella crouched over him while still in the t-shirt and bloomers that the girls wore as there gym uniforms. His face reddened as there breathes mingled as he stared into her eyes, Stellaaverting her eyes after a moment before starting "S-Sor-"

She was cut off as Ayato sat up and crushed his lips against her own, clumsily kissing her as Seraphina's chest hitched in surprise. It only lasted for a few seconds before Ayato pulled back, a nervous blush on his face as he noticed her staring at him wide eyed as he spoke quietly "Sorry I'm no good at this…That was the first time I've, you know, kissed"

Stella smiled peacefully, her nervousness disappearing at hearing his admission as she rested her forehead against his. She had been nervous that her perverted streak from her mother would have scared Ayato off, so she had held back around him to avoid it happening.

"No, its alright…We both need the practice anyway" Stella replied with a sultry smile, drawing him into another kiss as her fingers moved to play with Ayato's hair, her smile growing as his hands rested on her waist as he followed her lead.

"Eh-hem… Should I leave you two alone?" A familiar voice spoke in an amused tone, Kazuhiko and Stella parting to see an amused looking Kalawarner standing in the doorway dressed in a tight fitting nurse's outfit, including white stockings and high heels.

"Nice to see your awake, Ayato-kun" Kalawarner spoke with a smirk as the pair blushed and moved to sit next to each other as the fallen bluenette chuckled as she moved to sit down at her desk before turning on the swivel stood to face them.

"Kala-san? So you're the new nurse then?" Ayato spoke surprised, blushing at her outfit as she rested her hands on her chest as she asked coyly

"Oh this…? Sitri-san was quite happy to give me the job after Azazel-sama gave me orders to repay you…thoroughly" Ayato gulped nervously as she leant forwards looking sexily at him while showing off her ample cleavage, noticing Seraphina hugging his side with a happy look on her face as he replied nervously

"There's no need for that Kala-san"

Ayato blushed as Stella hugged his arm tightly with a blissful smile, the pair walking back home after school with Mittelt and Asia chatting friendly together before them as he spoke "I wonder what surprise Kala-san has"

"Well if it involves Asia-san and Mittelt-san it would probably solve the problem about where they are going to live" Seraphina replied happily, Ayato nodding in agreement as Asia asked

"Ayato-san, what is this surprise about?"

"Yeah, I want to know what Kala-san has done" Mittelt added as Ayato answered with a shrug and an amused smirk

"I don't know what she's got planned… Just that she wanted you two to see it as well and that she wanted to meet at my house"

"So we get to see Ayato-san's home as well" Asia spoke with a smile, Mittelt perking up as she glanced back to Ayato with an asking look as he replied

"I guess we can relax at my place before we have to head back to the club."

The quartet approached the street that Ayato's home was on, the Slivernet's eyes widening in surprise as he spotted the moving van outside of the house next to his own.

"Looks like we have new neighbours" Stella spoke interested as Ayato nodded curiously as he started to walk towards it with the trio of girls close behind him. His eyes widened as he got closer, looking surprised at seeing Kalawarner directing moving men into the house before turning and waving to them as she called friendly

"Hello Ayato-kun, Sera-chan, Asia-chan, Mitt-chan, its nice to see you got here quickly"

"So your moving in next door" Stella asked curiously, Kalawarner smiling as she explained

"Well not just me… Asia-chan, Mitt-chan, if you want there's a room waiting for each of you"

"That would be great" Mittelt spoke with a large grin, Asia smiling friendly as she asked

"I don't want to be a bother, Kala-san"

"You won't be, Asia. Plus we'll be living next to Ayato-kun" Kalawarner spoke with an alluring smirk towards the Slivernet who glanced away with a blush as Stella added

"Plus you can always come around if you need any help, right Ayato-kun?"

"Yeah, that's right Asia-san" Ayato replied with a smile, Asia nodding to accept Kalawarner's offer.