As Ryuko continued to clutch Senketsu tight to herself and cried in joy and relief, the others began to gather around her in confusion. Senketsu's eye rolled towards them. "You might as well ask me any of your questions," he observed calmly. "It'll be a while before Ryuko's up to explanations. You probably know how easily she gets emotional."

"Up yours..." Ryuko muttered without much enthusiasm.

"At present, yes you are."

Ryuko let out a startled squawk. "Senketsu!"

"What? You think you're the only one who gets to grow up?"

Ddraig let out a chuckle. "I like this guy!" he declared, his voice actually audible for once. "The name's Ddraig, the Welsh Dragon. I'm Ryuko's new partner."

"Senketsu, as you have deduced," Senketsu responded calmly, his eye shifted to focus on the green light on the back of Ryuko's right hand. "Ryuko's original partner."

"I've seen her memories," Ddraig pointed out. "Or, some of them. Aren't you dead?"

"I got better. Just like Ryuko did."

"And I'm certain there's an explanation there that makes sense?"

"When I was woven, I was shaped by a copy of Ryuko's neural pattern," Senketsu explained calmly. "It's why we were able to synchronize so well while I was alive. We were literally each other's other half. Though neither of us thought in terms of spiritual, our souls were echoes of each other...and even after my death, were linked. I thought it was just an unwillingness to pass on until I was certain she'd be okay...but when my essence reacted to her being raised as a Devil, I learned otherwise."

"You mean when I raised Ryuko, I raised you as well?" Rias asked in surprise.

"That's right," Senketsu confirmed, his eye shifting to Rias. "However, unlike Ryuko, I didn't have a body to return to anymore...yet. In the meantime, I was a bodyless spirit, shaped after my nature. As a Kamui, I was a piece of clothing meant to be worn by another, to amplify them...and had I followed my true Life Fiber nature, to devour them. As such, I was raised as a spirit meant to possess clothing and use it to guide and devour those who wore it. As I did not want to devour anyone, I needed to wait until I found a vessel that could sustain me. Since the D-Fiber content of Ryuko's uniform increased to 37% after the incident at the church, I merely needed a place where I could properly interact." His eye rolled back up to Ryuko. "Speaking of which, I thought you'd learned self-control."

Ryuko chuckled somewhat nervously. "Hey, I'm still getting used to being magic. Last time I got a new super power, I had you along to help me. Didn't have that this time."

"Well now you do, so I suppose it's once again my job to keep you from recklessly killing yourself," Senketsu observed in dry amusement. "Just remember to keep your temper in check this time around. Having my Fibers twisted is never a pleasant experience."

"Oh, is THAT where the shaping of that berzerk form came from?" Ddraig asked in surprise, quickly passing the memory of the first time Ryuko went after Freed to protect Asia over to Senketsu.

Senketsu mused on that for a time. "It seems I'll need to exert a bit more control on occasion, if I'm to properly stabilize her."

"Excuse me," Rias pressed gently. "Are you saying that you can...amplify and stabilize Ryuko's abilities?"

"It is both my nature and my purpose," Senketsu confirmed. "And as long as she doesn't make me work beyond my capacity, my pleasure."

"I forgot how irritating you could be when you're up on your high horse," Ryuko complained, though without any true rancor in it.

"In that case, it sounds like you'd be the perfect Familiar for Ryuko," Rias observed warmly. "As long as you don't fight on your own in Rating Games-"

"I lack independent combat abilities," Senketsu interrupted. "My power comes out when my energies synchronize with Ryuko's, but she is the combatant."

"So as long as her Familiar is listed as a Treasure we're using, it should pass regulations for use in a Rating Game," Akeno observed thoughtfully.

Ddraig suddenly let out a chuckle. "Rias! Be sure to ask Satsuki about what Ryuko was capable of wearing Senketsu. I think you'll love what you learn!"

Zatouji rubbed the back of his head. "Well, this is certainly the strangest Familiar hunt I've been on," he allowed happily. "But one I'll be happy to remember. So as long as names are certain...?"

Asia nodded. "Actually, with Senketsu back...how about Koketsu?" The little Sprite Dragon in her arms let out a happy sound at that suggestion.

"So he's supposed to be mini-me, then?" Senketsu observed thoughtfully. "So who are you to Ryuko, Asia, that she went so far for you?"

Asia blushed and smiled. "I'm...Ryuko's pet, I suppose?"

Senketsu's single eye blinked. "And...how does Mako feel about this?"

"It was her idea," Asia allowed awkwardly.

Senketsu let out a gusty sigh. "I really shouldn't be surprised..."

"No, you really shouldn't," Ryuko agreed as she stood up, dashing her tears aside as she grinned widely, feeling...truly whole for the first time in a long time. "So how do I go about making you my Familiar-"

A flash of green light blazed around Ryuko and Senketsu, briefly taking the shape of runic squares before being absorbed into Senketsu. "That's taken care of," he observed wryly. "It's merely the formalizing of the bond that was always there."

Ryuko chuckled warmly, turning to watch as Asia underwent the more drawn out process of binding Koketsu to her as her Familiar. "Can't wait to see how everyone reacts to you being back, Senketsu. I might actually get to see Sis' face fall off for once."

"Don't count on it," Senketsu pointed out. "My infusion jumped the D-Fiber content to 65% instantly, and I'm now giving off vital signs distinct from your own. She probably already knows."

"Dammit!"