Kumiko 3rd POV

She decided to take the day off with Li Niang as they passed by the city mall. Li Niang got to buy some new stuff, put on Azazel's tab, and Kumiko got a new book to read in her free time *Romance of the three kingdoms: in the black empire* she had waited so long and saved a lot of money just to buy it, and it came only in 10 copies. She was going to enjoy her time here, no matter what may happen. As both Li Niang and Kumiko were sitting in a nice looking café, the samurai got a call from Shirone.

"Yes?" she said with a delighted voice.

"Kumiko-Senpai," said the nekomata "Deven-senpai wants to talk with you"

Kumiko felt some anger, but was quickly replaced by joy as she was going to taste revenge at a slow rate… slow and painful rate.

"Look I need-" she didn't wait for him to end his sentence as she hung up.

"Who was that?" asked Li Niang as she was eating some ice cream.

"Just a prank call" answered Kumiko before hearing her phone ringing again.

"They must really want to annoy you if they decided to call again" commented Li Niang.

"It seems so" stated Kumiko while drinking tea.

When her phone stopped ringing, she took it and called Arthur.

"Did Vali see it?" she asked him.

"He was shocked at that" replied Arthur, "He said that he can create divine weapons with it, divine weapons that he's going to use against the Blackstone, and against him"

"How about Lifain? Did she get the traitor?" asked Kumiko.

"She said that we could look her in the eyes by three moons" answered Arthur before that Vali said something that she couldn't understand, "Vali told me to come and get you, we're going to get the artifact tonight"

"Fine by me" replied Kumiko before hanging up.

"Is something wrong?" asked Li Niang with worries.

"I just got a last-minute job with Vali and Arthur" answered Kumiko.

*Maybe you should talk with him and-* said Tozen, trying to talk some sense in her head.

'Never!' She won't help him after what he had done.

*Don't judge that quickly* he scolded *You may be wrong about him*

'Have you heard how he was talking?' even Tozen couldn't answer her 'He was enjoying humiliating me'

*Just, know that it's never late to forget that* advised Tozen *You need to unit to beat him next time you see him* 'And being stabbed in the back at the last minute, no thank you' replied Kumiko 'I will train more and I will win without his help'

*You can't win against him* countered Tozen *Listen to my advice and stop being like that*

Now Kumiko decided to ignore him.

*I know that sooner or later, you'll listen to reason*

-Scene change: ORC club room-

Koneko 3rd POV

Koneko couldn't help but wonder why Kumiko would not answer her, nor Deven.

"This is really bad" sighed Rias after hearing what happened to Deven.

"And at the same time as a stray hunt" added Akeno.

"Don't worry!" said Issei with confidence "I will help"

"I'm not totally defenseless though," said Deven, ignoring Issei.

Akeno was about to say something when one of her familiars whispered something to her "Bouchou" she called with a serious tone "The stray has been killed… with one-touch"

"W-What do you mean?" asked Rias with wide eyes.

Using a magic circle, she showed them a girl walking in the street alone. Koneko felt like she knows her somewhere, after looking more carefully, she finally recognized her; it was Li Niang. "What is Li Niang doing there?" she asked getting the attention of the others.

"You mean the one in your class?" asked Rias.

Koneko nodded before returning her attention to the magic circle.

Li Niang was walking until a web trapped her legs. Everyone began to tense, as she was trapped and visibly frightened. When the stray, a spider-like monster, appeared to be approaching the girl. They all thought that she was a goner. But, to their shock, she tapped its chest and the stray fell wriggling, it continued for some minutes before his death.

"This… is a joke, right?" asked Issei with fear.

"It doesn't appear like she hit a pressure point," said Kiba with a serious tone.

"She used her Ki to kill the stray," said Koneko "It's an ancient and forbidden technique called the Demon Fist. It came from the Bājíquán, from a single person who mastered it, Li Shuwen"

"We must make sure that she doesn't use it to harm others" stated Rias "Maybe… I need to call my brother" Deven stood up. "No need to bother him. If she is still there, I will talk to her" Koneko grabbed his hand. "She is still afraid of you." She was right. "Then you may need to come with me." They teleported to the warehouse. "She's not here." Koneko used her senses but she was not there. Deven went up to the stray devil's body. "One hit huh, that's quite the power to have with such a personality." He jumped back when a light spear hit the ground where he stood. "You're quick for a devil. No matter, you will die all the same." He turned to see a Fallen angel with a trench coat and fedora. Deven entered his black prior. "Neat trick. It won't save you tho-*SHLING*. Deven dashed forward and cleaved through the fallen body. The two halves fell to the ground. Devens's phone then rang. It was Rias.

"Hello?"

"Can you come back to the clubroom?"

"Why?"

"We are competing with Sona over who gets to go to the Familiar forest."

A familiar huh, Deven could get behind that. They got back to see both Rias and Sona standing apart from each other. "How about a spar?" Rias suggested. "What? Fight you? That's not a spar, that's a death sentence." Rias smirked. "Then fight my Rook." Deven stepped up an evil smile on his face. Everyone in Sona's peerage remembered what happened last time they challenged Deven in strength. "Don't worry, I won't use my armor." that made them feel somewhat better. Sona had volunteered her knight, Reya. They stood apart from each other. Deven summoned his black prior sword. The fight began and they both crossed swords. They clashed again and again, Reya used her speed to try and get the jump on him but he was also fast. Deven then got an idea. He started to throw in punches and jabs in with his other hand. "quod bene pugnavit. et super hoc" Reya stopped, confused by the sudden change in language. Just enough time for Deven to land an uppercut that sent Reya to the ground. He held his sword at her throat. "Do you yield?" She dropped her sword.

Time skip.

Rias and co arrived at the familiar forest. Deven knew what he wanted, he wanted a companion. Something that could fight by his side, something that could sit and relax with him. Issei wanted something badass. Asia was looking for something cute. Deven and Issei decided to go off together, Asia wanted to follow issei, Koneko wanted to stay with her senpai. So the four of them set off on their own. "What do you think we are going to find out here?" Issei broke the silence. "I don't know, I hope there are some wolves or something out here though, that would be cool." He noticed a small blue dragon on a tree branch. "Hey, guys look" They stopped and looked at the little dragon. It flew down from its perch and landed on Asia's head. After a few minutes of deciding and a few zaps of blue lighting to Issei, Asia decided to keep it. They continued their walk until they came upon a large cave. "S-s-senpai." Koneko stuttered. "Yes, Koneko?" She pointed a shaky finger at the cave. "D-d-dragon…" Deven looked into the cave. He saw two glowing blue eyes and heard a long growl. "Everyone get behind me. Issei, start boosting but do it quietly." The dragon emerged from the cave. It was a large blue western dragon. "Deven-senpai! Ddraig said we need to leave right away!" **DDRAIG!** the dragon roared in rage. The voice sounded feminine but he was not so sure. He entered his Black prior form and blocked the stream of fire for all of them. "Ahhgh!...Ahhhaaghhh!" even through the shield, he could feel the intensity of the flames. "Senpai!" Koneko cried. "Get...out of here…..GO!" Issei and Asia ran back into the forest. Deven was still blocking the flames. "Senpai! NO!" He looked back with strain to see Koneko still there. "Koneko…..Please you have…..to get out…..of here...AAGGHHH!" *if this keeps up you will die* 'i know that!' "Please…..just go!" She held back tears as she ran back into the forest. The flames let up and he leaned on his shield. **it has been a long time since anyone has withstood my flames for that long, even if you are about to pass out** "hehe…..well...I am a knight….of the Blackstone…..legion….I will not fall….so easily…...my pride….won't let me." He stood up, stumbling and struggling. He knew his time was running out, he was dying. **Tell me, what is your name?** "my name?...Deven Barnes…..how about you….miss dragon?" Even now, Deven can and will crack jokes in the face of certain death. **hahaha. You have interested me, Devil. My name is Tiamat, one of the five dragon kings.** To think his big fat mouth would get him killed…..again.