I'm back with update number 6! Sorry, if I kept you guys waiting too long, but with school almost over the teachers are really piling up all these finals on us.

Anyway, let's push that aside for now and talk about the story for a second. I'm glad to know that there still people waiting, and eager to read my story. It's heart warming.

Now, let's continue.

Two assassins stood atop the statue of Christ the Reedemer, watching the waves crash against the sand, and the birds fly over their heads.

One of them was looking through the scope of a L118A1 sniper rifle, a gold eye blinking inside of it.

"I have the target in sight." He said in a low voice.

His brother next to him nodded. "Wait for the right moment. The wind is blowing harsh right now. You need to make this shot." He said, bringing a pair of binoculars to his hooded face.

"Hold on, there's a girl in the way." The one holding the rifle said.

"Easy Shoraku, just wait." The other assassin said.

The two watched patiently, waiting for that one moment to strike. They felt the breeze cease, and no sooner when it did, the line of sight was clear.

"Take it."

*Peeewwwwww!*

"He's down." The assassin tossed the binoculars to the side and smiled. "Nice shot as always Shoraku."

The golden eyed assassin smiled as he put his rifle on his back. "That's our last target, Hayato." He said.

"That's right. It's time to go home." Hayato replied.

They scaled their way down from the large statue and made their way through the streets of Rio de Janeiro. The people here were lively as they went about their daily business.

The assassins were heading for the Favela, it made hiding out much easier. As they climbed up the set of buildings, they came up with a small, but home feeling hideaway.

There was a pigeon coup with only a single pigeon in it.

Hayato approached the bird cage and gently took the bird in his hand, taking the note from it. He unfolded the message and skimmed through its contents. His mouth set into a thin line.

"That's not good." He said, getting Shoraku's attention.

"What's wrong?" He asked, coming over. Hayato handed him the message, and when he read it, he crumbled it in his hand.

"Yes, that's definitely not good." He discarded the crumpled paper and sat down in a thoughtful manner.

"Shoraku, if the supernatural gets involved, this war will only become more difficult. If the apple falls into their hands, it's bound to restart the Great War." Hayato said. Shoraku gazed at him from the corner of his eyes.

"You think I don't know that Hayato? Issei, Ichika, and Indra are the only ones in Japan right now. They may be masters, but the templars will take any chance they can to crush us." Shoraku said.

"Our war may nearly be over, but if the supernatural gets in our business they'll hinder us from keeping the world safe." Hayato replied, with Shoraku nodding in agreement.

"We're in a tough spot." Shoraku sighed.

"What do we do?" Shoraku remained silent befor he opened his eyes and stood up abruptly.

"We leave for Japan, first plane out of here." He said. Hayato nodded and they both packed their things.

Indra blinked as Asia healed the cut on his side. While out on his assignment Indra had successfully taken out his target, but one of his lackeys—in a last ditch—got a lucky hit on the white haired assassin before he broke his neck.

"There, all finished." Indra got up off the medical table and gave the former nun a thankful nod.

"That power of yours never ceases to amaze, Asia." Issei said, patting the blond on her head, making her blush.

"Th-Thank you Issei." She peeped.

The brunette smiled before turning to Indra. "You good?" Indra nodded.

"Do we have any reply from the others?" He asked.

That was the moment Ichika walked in the room. His hands were empty, but he had a calm smile on his face.

"I've sent messages via pigeon to Brazil, Spain, and Austria." He said. Issei gave him a grateful nod and sat down at the table.

"Thank goodness. I hope they're alright." He said. Ichika and Indra both smiled.

"If I know any better, Shoraku is way too stubborn to die, and Hayato is sharp as ever. Komiharu is obviously capable of warding off unwanted company, and Yorukaze knows how to keep out of the light." Issei nodded in agreement with his friend. He was right, the others would be fine, all he needed to do was be confident in their talents.

"So apart from contacting the others, what else have you been doing?" Issei asked, starting to clean his hidden blades.

"Not much. We've gone through a lot of our contracts, and we've taken down two templar leaders in those tasks." Ichika replied.

"What about, you-know-who?" Issei asked, his eyes flicking up at him for a brief second.

Ichika shook his head. "Sorry Issei, but there hasn't been any sign of the templar leader." Ichika told him. Issei sighed as he retracted his now clean blades back into place.

"That's alright, Ichika. Unless we wish to dwindle our numbers any more, we'll just have to be patient until then." He said.

"I guess that's a wrap for the day then." Ichika replied.

"Well, let us get ready. School education is still important, despite our already busy lives." Issei said as he went to get ready for bed.

"I agree. I'll see you at school tomorrow." Ichika said as he left to go back to his home.

As Issei relaxed on his pillows, he felt an extra weight take up his left arm. He opened his eyes to see Asia, looking away with a faint blush on her cheeks.

He smiled. "Yes, Asia?"

The nun looked back up at the assassin, and breathed out deeply. "Can I sleep with you?" She asked, her foot kicked slightly at the floor.

Issei smiled and scooted over so there was some space on his pillows. Asia smiled happily and got down next to him. Issei put his arms around her protectively and settled. "Goodnight, Asia."

Asia was happily asleep already, and Issei followed shortly after.

Morning came as it usually did, and the trio of young assasissin were just walking past the school gates.

As they did, the kendo club managed to stop them.

"Issei, can we talk to you for a moment?" The club captain, Murayama came up to the trio and bowed.

Issei returned the gesture and gave Murayamya a charming smile. "What can I help you with, Murayama?" He asked.

The kendo captain was caught blushing, due to his smile, but she snapped out of her trance before she ended up staring.

"Right, well, the girls and I were wondering if you'd like to have a spar with us later. Would you like to?" She asked, meeting his gaze.

Issei looked at Ichika, then Indra. The both of them shrugged. They were alright with whatever choice he made.

"Do you mind if my friends here tag along?" He asked. Murayama shook her head, smiling.

"Not at all. The more, the merrier, as the saying goes." She replied.

"Then we'd be happy to come by. When would you like to meet?" He asked.

"After classes are over. Club activities will be from 3:00 to 5:00. Can you make it?" Issei nodded. "We sure can."

Murayama smiled happily and headed to class. "I'll see you later then!" She said, running ahead of them.

"A nice girl, that one." Ichika commented.

"Nice." Was Indra's input.

"She is, isn't she?" Issei said as the three continued to class.

Fei smiled as she watched the boys from her spot in the tree.

"It's only a matter of time." She mused to herself. Moving her eyes over the the old school building, she caught sight of Rias Gremory. The said devil was leaning out from the window, looking down at the three assassins.

Fei didn't like her, if that was not known well enough.

Simply put, as a creature with animalistic instincts, it should be known that Fei likes to have her freedom. Throwing in with the devils would only take that away, and she didn't like that.

Which is why she was questioning the presence of a nekomata in her peerage.

While Fei could not see it, she could tell her fellow cat could sense her presence. She smirked her famous Cheshire grin.

"Let the fun begin."

Below, in the old school building, Koneko was looking out of the window. Right where she could sense the familiar presence.

'Why is another youkai here?' She thought. The Rook was thinking of alerting Rias, but if it was only one, there may not be much of a problem. The question in her mind was still pressing for an answer though.

It would be best if she found one soon.

"Koneko, is something wrong?" She snapped out of her mental trance and looked up at Akeno, who came into the room.

"Nothing. Late?" Akeno nodded in response. But there was no worry, Rias would take care of it.

Indra shook his head, amused with Fei's antics. He saw Issei crack a smirk to his side as he finished the assignment.

"Up to her usual tricks." Issei asked rhetorically.

Indra said nothing as he nodded, finishing his own work.

"Oh, are you done already boys?" They looked up and saw their English teacher smiling.

"Yes, Ms. Yuuri." Issei replied. The teacher smiled as the two set their papers down on her desk and went back to their seats.

"Did I ever tell you that you're my favorite students?" She asked, tilting her head smiling.

She was about to say something else, until a large amount of blood spurted from her mouth, and she fell back onto the floor.

Issei sighed, but smiled as Indra picked up the teacher.

"I guess I'll see you at lunch?" Issei raised an eyebrow teasingly.

Indra rolled his eyes, but smiled nonetheless as his teacher slept in his arms.

A few girls blushed with jealousy, seeing the teacher getting such treatment from the seclusive boy.

"Meet me at our usual spot!" Issei called out as Indra rounded the corner.

Indra opened the door to the nurses office and set down Yuuri on one of the beds.

"Oh, hello again Indra." Indra turned around, only to get a faceful of very large boobs. Aki Nijou, the school nurse had a close familiarity with the white haired teen.

They met on the second day of school when Indra was skipping lunch.

Aki was a young woman with long blue hair reaching the small of her back, and copper brown eyes. Her skin was a pasty white and she had a body most girls would kill to have.

She wore the traditional lab coat a doctor would wear. Underneath, she wore a purple, strapless top, which was laced down the middle, and that showed a lot of cleavage. With that, she wore a short black skirt.

Indra took a step back so he could allow his respiratory system to function again, and greet the nurse properly. "Good to see you again, Aki."

The blunette nurse saw Yuuri on the bed and sighed, but quickly got to work. "She vomited blood again." She stated, more than she asked.

Indra nodded.

"Alright, I'll get started with the blood transfusion. She will be fine tomorrow."

"That wasn't long." Issei commented as Indra took a seat beside him. They sat at their usual spot on the roof, enjoying the view of the city, and with the wind playing with their hair.

"Where's Ichika?" Indra asked, taking a bite out of his sushi.

"He has a task to handle for a minute. Don't worry." Issei assured him, drinking from a water bottle.

There was a long, and comfortable silence before their trained hearing caught someone's footsteps.

"Hm, now who could this be?" Issei asked.

Indra shrugged.

"Hello." It was a girl's voice, one that was unfamiliar.

"That's not Fei." Indra said. Turning their heads slightly over their shoulders, the assassins found a girl with white hair.

'Hehe, it's like looking at a female Indra.' Issei thought. "Yes, is there something you need?" Issei asked, having a pretty good idea on why this girl was here.

"My name is Momo Hanakai, I'm with the student council." She said.

"Well, it's nice to meet you Momo. As I'm sure you know, I'm Issei Hyoudou, and this is Indra Kaneshiro." He replied.

The white haired girl nodded.

"So, is there something you need from us?" Issei asked.

He looked at Indra from the corner of his eyes, with his friend receiving the signal with a nod.

"We noticed that you haven't joined a club yet. The President sent me to remind you that it's mandatory to participate in extracurricular activities." Momo said. Issei however picked up the message underneath.

The devils were starting to get wary of them, and as such, they were now trying to keep a close eye on them.

"Well, rest assured we'll make a decision soon enough." Issei replied.

Momo stared at them for a moment before nodding, and heading back down the stairs.

"When do we move?" Indra asked, staring off into the distance.

"Tonight." Issei said, cleaning up his leftovers. The two left the roof to find their third member and inform him of the situation.

"How do we want to approach this?" Ichika asked as he looked down below.

Issei looked down at the cluster of yakuza mercenaries below, assessing the environment. After a careful once-over, the brunette had a plan.

"Ichika, you sneak around on the side, and wait for my signal."

He turned to Indra.

"Indra, strike from above when I give you the go-ahead."

"And what will you do Issei? Or do I really have ask?" Ichika smirked, a smirk that Issei returned.

"Once the silence is broken, leave no survivors."

The three nodded and put the plan into action.

"Alright men, we just got word of another sighting!" The leader said over his large group of men.

'Sighting?' Issei thought as he waited for more information.

"Our employer says a rich girl is hiding at this school here." Issei's felt his hands clench when he saw that it was a picture of Kuoh Academy in his hands.

"We take her, and the family will surely hand over their provinces!" He said.

'Provinces? What provinces did the devils claim?'

"We will strike tomorrow! Be ready, we are one step closer to fortune!"

'It's not looking good here. Who hired these men? Why are they after devil claimed provinces?'

Issei could tell nothing else was going to be said, and right then, the group of mercenaries dispersed and went about to prepare. It was now the appropriate time to leave before he was noticed. Issei descended from his perch on the rooftop and disappeared into the night.

When Issei reached the hideout, he found Ichika and Indra already inside.

"Looks like we have our work cut out for us." Ichika said, handing Issei a folded sheet of paper.

"That's their plan for tomorrow." Ichika said as Issei looked over what was a map of the whole city of Kuoh.

"They're going to occupy the school until they find the 'rich girl'." Issei commented. Drawing nods from both.

"Issei, you know what this means right?" Ichika asked.

Issei nodded. "It means we will have to expose ourselves and take action, or we let this play out. However, we can't guarantee that innocents won't be harmed in this act." The brunette replied.

There was a grim silence.

...

"What do we do?" Indra asked, breaking the silence.

Issei sat down on a bench and sighed. "I don't know. One part of me wants to act, and protect the people, and another part of me wants me to keep the brotherhood from being compromised." He said.

...

There was another pause, until Ichika broke the deafening silence.

"Issei, the choice is up to you. Whatever you choose to do, we'll follow you." He said, with Indra nodding in agreement. Ever since Hanzo died, Issei had taken charge, and he had yet to lead his friends astray, not that he was counting on that.

Issei considering his choices very carefully after hearing their input. He thought hard before he opened his eyes and gazed down at one of the few fireplaces. With his eyes now filled with hard resolve, he had made his decision.

"Rest. It will be a long day tomorrow." He said.

School was already in session, with the students going on with their schedule normally. There was however, one thing missing. Well, three actually.

Ichika Orimura, Indra Kaneshiro, and Issei Hyoudou.

Sona narrowed her eyes, suspicion clearly portrayed in them. When the attendance was taken, and she noticed all three were absent, it was her belief they were up to no good.

"I warned Rias, and now I have to fix her mistake." She muttered, tossing the paper to the side of the desk. She stood up and looked out of the window, her eyes scanning the courtyard, as if it knew the answer for her problem.

She noticed a few black vans pull up at the front, just outside of the gate. Groups of men with face masks, swords, and guns broke through the gate and breached into the main lobby.

Sona's eyes widened and she rushed down to see what was going on. The men had the students held up in the lobby.

"Listen up people, because I'm only going to say this once. We heard of some wealthy folks coming here, and we thought we would give them a proper welcome." The leader of the group said, holding a tanto to a girl's neck. She shivered in fear as the blade was just mere centimeters from piercing her skin.

Rias and the others wanted to do something, but they knew, that if they tried to move on the men, innocent students would die. Rias herself felt bad, knowing she wouldn't be able to save the people under her watch without exposing herself. Not only that, but there were too many students to save. Rias couldn't just revive everyone she wanted.

She wouldn't need to do that. Fate had other plans.

One of the yakuza went into the nurse's office and yanked Aki and Yuuri out, and shoved them onto the floor. Right as he was about to walk away, he felt someone grab him, before he felt a blade sink into his heart from behind.

The rest of the mercenaries were searching through the crowd of students. They didn't notice that some of their men were missing.

"Hey!" One of the girls shot up nd ran, and the yakuza guarding her sprinted after her. The mercenary tracked her to the kendo club. The girl was a second year with raven black hair and black eyes. She shivered as the man drew closer to her. he was about to just dispose of her, when a sound caught his ears.

It was the sharp and elegant call of an eagle. Looking up, the yukuza mercenary caught sight of the bird he identified, and it started to fly away. He followed the bird with his eyes, before they widened upon catching a look of a white figure. The man blinked, and the figure was gone. He shook his head, muttering that he shouldn't have drank so much before the operation.

The second he turned around to finish the girl, he was face-to-face with the same white figure.

The yakuza leader was beginning to grow impatient. No one was saying anything, and his men were doing nothing about it. he shook his head. "want something done, you do it yourself." he said, reaching out, and grabbing a pink haired girl. Katase.

"Alright, if no speaks up in next 10 seconds, this girl is dead! You got that?" He said, looking around seeing the conflicted faces of the teens.

"Sir!" The leader rolled his eyes—still holding his tanto to Katase's neck—and adrressed his subordinate. "What?" He asked. The subordinate looked a slight bit nervous when he replied. "Uh, sir. Naki is missing."

"Well then that's his fault. He won't be getting a cut."

The leader searched the crowd with his eyes, until he caught sight of Rias finally. 'Hm, I think she'll do.' He thought.

But suddenly, the sound of something hitting the ground caught his attention. He looked down at the floor and saw a ball shaped ob- "A bomb!" He panicked and threw Katase down.

A black plume of smoke began to shroud the students and yakuza. They kept their guard up as the smoke crept around them, as if taunting them.

*Pew!* *Pew!* *Pew!*

The sound of bodies hitting the floor caught the leader's ears and he was now looking around at rapid pace. What was happening? This was supposed to be an easy job!

Luckily, a gust of wind—gentle as it was—blew the cloud away and revealed that the men around had been killed. There was no one else here but the students, and it didn't seem like any of them had moved.

Suddenly, he felt a sense of dread. Looking around, he tried to find the source of his uneasy feeling, until he saw a feather slowly drift in front of his face without a care in the world. It was brown. He looked up, expecting to see a bird, but...

Instead, he saw three white figures looking down at him.

'What? How the hell? When did they get there? Where?' His rapid fire of questions was brought to an end when a loud soud rang out through the campus.

*Pow!*

The yakuza leader felt a slight sting in his chest, and looked down. He saw a trail of red liquid going down his chest. Blood. His blood.

He collapsed to the ground dead. Rias and Sona managed to catch a good look at the robed figures on the roof before they turned their backs to them, and disappeared. With swiftness, Rias and Sona quickly erased everyone's memories so they would not remember, and pursued the unknown figures.

However hard they tried, ended in disappointment, and frustration.

The figures were gone, as if they were just an illusion since the moment they had appeared.

Done. Sorry again for the wait. Work occupies most of my day time, and another majority is spent planning out and thinking about how to progress my stories. Don't worry though, I'm not overworking myself. But, something like writing takes time, and I prefer to come up with thought out, solid ideas while sticking with just a bit of the original plot.

So, after this chapter, the assassins will be found by the supernatural. They've made a big risk exposing themselves, but it was either remaining in secret and keep their edge, or they follow their duty to safeguard innocents.

I hope this was satisfactory, and I'll be sure to get to work on the next chapter ASAP.