Yay, this is the second chapter of this fanfic that I've completed by staying up all night.

I don't really have much to say other than that I'll be using the correct spelling of Viser for the few times it'll come up in the future.

Ohter than that. Enjoy the chapter.

Chapter 3: A Kind Devil

Anton was troubled right now.

He had gone to the nurse's office to take a nap since his headache had persisted from the Stray Devil fight a few nights prior, which meant that, despite sleeping quite peacefully the past few days, he felt like he hadn't slept at all. The nap had relieved him of his headache, but opening his eyes brought his attention to a new problem. A problem that was soft, white, round and very much exposed.

That problem was Rias' breasts.

For some reason the girl had decided to sleep next to him, whilst naked. Admittedly, Anton didn't mind entirely, he had seen her in the buff before. But she could have asked at least. Plus, who sleeps naked at school!?

"Hmm...?" Rias hummed as she woke up with a yawn. "Oh! Anton, you're up."

"Indeed." Anton nodded before deciding to address the problem. "Pres, why are you sleeping next to me without any clothes on?" He asked.

"I came here to take a nap and seeing as you had done the same I decided to join you." Rias explained as she sat up and stretched, giving Anton a full view of her body. "As for why I'm naked, well I can't sleep otherwise. And it's just perfect when I have a pillow or stuffed animal to hug." The crimson haired teen answered innocently, a pure smile spreading on her face.

'So I'm on the same level as a teddie bear.' Anton concluded mentally, he felt slighted for some reason. Though there were worse things he supposed as he scanned Rias' body once more.

"Anton, do you like breasts?" The President inquired with a plotting grin as she leaned forward, moving some of her hair away from one of breasts.

"I like to think that I appreciate the beauty of the body as a whole rather than focusing on a specific part." The blue eyed Devil admitted as he felt his face heat up slightly... Was he getting flustered!?

"So you think I'm beautiful?" Rias asked. Anton's answer came a few seconds later after running his previous sentence through his head.

"I suppose I did just imply that didn't I?" The teen laughed nervously as his senpai leaned even closer.

"Would you like to hold me?" Rias whispered in Anton's ear.

"Yes." Neither his mind nor his heart had wanted to give that answer. Sadly, he knew what part of him had answered.

"Then do me one little favour... make a Devil Pact." Rias ordered as she blew into Anton's ear before getting up, changing and leaving.

"I already have one though!" Anton argued as he remembered Sachiko.

"She didn't sign the form so it doesn't count." Rias replied with a teasing wink before she closed the curtain partition and left.

Anton simply laid back down, ready to take another nap.

"I blame you for this." He said as he glared at the lower half of his body.

"Sorry I'm late." Anton called out as he entered the Occult Research Club's clubroom. He had managed to sleep through the entire school day, he was definitely going to get an earful from his teachers about this.

"Where were you? I went to your class to get you but you weren't there." Yuuto questioned as he approached Anton with a curious look on his face.

"I was sleeping in the nurse's office." Anton admitted before sighing. "Turns out I slept through the school day... on accident." He clarified at the end upon noticing the smirk on Yuuto's face.

Anton would have thought about beating the smirk off of the boy's face, but he couldn't bring himself to. Over the past week he had actually started getting to know the other Devils and had reached a conclusion a few days in.

They were all good people.

Which was odd when the fact that they were Devils was taken into account.

Yuuto was friendly and, especially since he was the only other guy in the 'club', had quickly become someone Anton could rely on.

Koneko didn't talk much, Anton was okay with that. And he found that if he had anything sweet or that counted as junk food on him, Koneko would sniff it out and stare at him until he shared the food with her. The one time he hadn't she threw him out the window.

Akeno acted like the model upperclassman the majority of the student body saw her as. This frightened Anton since he had seen what lies beneath this during the Viser fight, he still felt conflicted about that. Other than that, Akeno teased him almost always when a chance presented itself, though Anton returned the favour in kind. It became a game between the two.

And then there was Rias. She reminded Anton of his older sister; she was kind, caring, smart, beautiful and had a 'boss mode' as he dubbed it. Rias answered any questions he had and praised the work he did, she also teased him saying that she would give him 'rewards' if he kept up the good work. Not wanting to find out if the rewards were real or not, Anton would purposefully slack on his job whenever they were brought up.

Rias called him fickle because of that.

"Save the chit-chat for later." Rias ordered as she approached the boys. "Anton, we have a client and everyone else is busy. Can you handle it?" She asked as she held the form out for the boy to take.

"Consider it done." Anton nodded affirmatively as he took the form. "Wish me luck." He smiled as he waved the form about while leaving.

"I wish you'd get their signature this time." Rias joked as Anton disappeared down the corridor.

Rolling his eyes, the teen shook his head while his smile persisted. He looked at the address on the form as he set out on what would be yet another long walk, they always were whenever he had a client.

Something seemed wrong. Following a map on his phone, Anton found the house listed in the address on the form. However, the lights were off and the door was open. There was careless, then there was asking to be robbed. It was possible that the resident was some kind of occult fanatic, that would explain the lights, but Devils were supposed to arrive via a magic circle.

So why would the door be open as if it was inviting someone in?

"Hello?" Anton called out cautiously. "I'm from the Gremory Devil service... Is anyone here?" There was no response so Anton made his way to the living room. That's when he smelt it.

Blood.

Whipping around, Anton unconsciously stepped back at the sight before him. Someone had been nailed upside down to the wall, their stomach had been slashed open and their entrails were hanging out. A message had been written in, presumably, the dead person's blood.

Those who sin shan't be forgiven.

"What kind of psycho-" Anton cut himself off as he dodged to the side, the sound of a gunshot ringing through the room.

"Why did you dodge?" A male voice whined as Anton turned to face his attacker. He was surprised to say the least. Standing across from his was a man wearing a Priest style outfit, an Exorcist. "You weren't supposed to dodge that!" The Exorcist exclaimed while stomping his foot on the ground like a child.

"Did you do this?" Anton asked as he motioned to the corpse, his anger slipping into his voice.

"Yep." The Exorcist nodded enthusiastically as he approached the corpse. "This vile sinner tried to summon a Devil." He stated as he stomped a foot against the body's head, some of the blood inside spraying out slightly. The man kept stomping on the head as he spoke.

"That's the worst thing any human being can do. In fact it's so bad that they can't be considered human anymore, just trash. Trash that deserves to die. And so die he did. Quite spectacularly might I add." The Exorcist gave one last, heavy stomp against the corpse's head, caving it in and causing more blood to spill out. He approached Anton, who stood in stunned silence, and leaned close enough that their noses were almost touching.

"Freed Sellzen, Exorcist extraordinaire." Freed introduced himself.

"How could you kill another human and act like it's nothing?" Anton questioned as he glared at the Exorcist in front of him. The man was obviously insane. As evidenced when he started laughing hysterically at the question.

"Hahahahahaha! Am I seriously getting lectured by a Devil?" Freed continued laughing, it slowly died down until it stopped completely. However, the disgusted look that the man's face warped into put the teen on guard. "Listen up, you shitty ass Devil." The Exorcist commanded. "Your kind live off of human desires, right? Those that are complicit in keeping you all fed are destined to die. I just offed the guy before you could feed." Freed explained, it sounded like he was talking about animals as opposed to people.

"You deranged bastard." Anton snarled as he got into a combat stance.

"Aww, is the shitty little Devil mad?" Freed cooed. "Did I hurt your shitty little feelings by killing some shitty piece of trash?" The Exorcist mocked with an amused laugh.

"I'll kill you." Anton stated as he glared dangerously at the psychopath Exorcist.

"Not if you're dead you won't." Freed sneered as he pulled out a bladeless hilt, he pointed his gun at the silver haired Devil as a beam of light extended from the hilt. "Now then, would you prefer to be made into Swiss cheese? Or mince meat?" He asked with a maniacal laugh. Without waiting for an answer, the Exorcist spoke up again. "Times up! For the shitty indecisive Devil I'll treat him to a bit of both!" The man exclaimed as he lunged at Anton, slashing his sword at the Devil.

Anton ducked under the slash and leapt backwards, only to immediately leap to the side and on top of a couch to avoid a shot from the gun. Freed wasted no time in closing the distance and slashing at the Devil's legs, Anton jumped above the holy sword and kicked it out of the Exorcist's hand. As soon as Anton's foot was back on the couch he kicked Freed in the face with his other foot before jumping back over to the crucified corpse, though he fell to one knee when he landed due to a searing pain his left leg. Looking over to Freed, the Devil noticed that the Exorcist had twisted himself around after receiving the kick; his gun was still pointed to where Anton had been in the air.

"I knew it... the shells are made of light." Anton grunted as he tried to cope with the pain that had spread through the entirety of his leg at this point.

"Ding ding ding, that's right." Freed cheered whilst impersonating a game show host. "And your prize is... turning to dust." He dropped the act as he charged at Anton, sword of light in his hand again and at the ready.

'Shit! I don't have a way out of this one.' The Devil panicked. Even if he successfully dodged the attack, he couldn't guarantee dodging the next. Luckily, he didn't have to move as a familiar figure blocked his vision, taking the attack for him. Since there were no screams of pain he assumed the person hadn't actually been hit, though he did hear a tearing noise.

"Why'd you get in the way Asia!? I could have cut you in two!" Freed scolded the Nun. "Whatever, did you finish preparing the barrier?" He asked.

"Please stop this, why are you doing such terrible things to Anton?" Asia questioned, oblivious to the current situation.

"Huh? You know this shitty Devil?" Freed asked in response as he pointed his gun past Asia and at the teenage Devil.

"Devil..." Asia repeated as she looked over at Anton, the betrayed look in her eyes broke something in his heart. Looking back over to Freed something caught her attention, something that appeared in her peripheral vision. The Nun gasped as she looked at the nailed corpse in horror.

"Hehe, you like it? A real work of art if I do say so myself." Freed snickered as he waved his gun at Anton. "And that Devil's about to become my next masterpiece. Now hurry back to your post and raise the barrier." He ordered as he leaned over Asia.

Surprisingly, the girl didn't move. She kept her arms spread and stayed in front of the Devil behind her, she was brave despite having tears in her eyes. Naturally, Freed wasn't amused by this and it really showed on his face, he looked like one of his veins was about to pop. Meanwhile, Anton had found the strength to get to his feet, though he had staggered a bit and it hurt like hell if he placed too much weight on it.

"Hey, hey, Asia-tan. What do you think you're doing?" The madman Exorcist inquired as he scratched his head with his gun.

"Father Freed, I beg of you please leave him alone. Your 'judgement', it's just wrong!" Asia declared as the tears that had built up in her eyes started to fall.

"Huuuuuh? What kinda crap is that mouth of yours spewing!?" Freed shouted as he grabbed Asia's collar. "Devils and the trash that summon them are nothing but shit! Didn't you learn that at church? Or has that scummy Devil screwed with your head!?" The lunatic ranted as he got in Asia's face.

"Even Devils can be good!" Asia argued. "I used to think the same way as you, but Anton is different. He helped me when I was lost, he got angry for me and even offered to meet with me again, he is, without a doubt, a good person. Surely not even God would forgive you if-" The Nun was cut off as Freed smacked her in the head with his gun before grabbing her arms and pinning her against the wall. Anton immediately went to punch the Exorcist, but fell to the ground when his left leg buckled and refused to move.

"Ms. Fallen Angel said I couldn't kill you..." Freed began as he started pushing Asia's exposed bra up with his gun. "But she didn't say I couldn't have some 'fun' with you." He finished with a malicious smirk present on his face.

Fully understanding what the Exorcist meant, Anton felt something inside of him snap. He forced himself back up, ignoring the pain that threatened to numb his leg. Extending his right arm to the side, black flames sprung forth from it. The flames died down to reveal an obsidian wakizashi. The flames flitted about the blade as Anton fluidly charged towards the unsuspecting Exorcist. A pained yell escaped the Exorcist's throat as Anton plunged the wakizashi into the man's side, Freed released Asia who slumped against the wall and watched the display in front of her in shock. Anton headbutted the Exorcist to the ground as he pulled the wakizashi out of the lunatic's side and dismissed it the same way he summoned it. He then proceeded to grab Asia's hand and run, leaving the house and Exorcist behind.

"Tch! That damned shitty Devil." Freed muttered as he stood up and prepared to chase down the Devil and the Nun, but stopped when he noticed a red glow envelop the room. Looking behind him, Freed watched as three Devils appeared from a magic circle. One of them immediately looked around for something.

"It seems Kurushima isn't here, he must have escaped." Yuuto deduced as he finished surveying the room.

"And after we came to save him too." Akeno shook her head with a smile.

"Exorcist..." Koneko pointed out to the other two, who turned to face said Exorcist.

"Hehehe, this is great. One Devil escapes, but I get three more to chop up instead!" Freed laughed hysterically, believing that he'd get to kill something other than a human that night. "Welcome!" The Exorcist exclaimed as he went to attack Yuuto with his sword of light.

Yuuto blocked the sword with his own with ease. "That wasn't very gentlemanly of you. You'll never be popular with the ladies if you keep that up." The blonde Devil taunted.

"Hmm, do I need to introduce myself again?" Freed wondered as he ignored the taunt. "Nah. You can just ask your shitty friend, if you live that is. And even if you do, there's no guarantee I won't kill him before you find him."

"Sorry, but I won't let you kill Kurushima." Yuuto declared as he created another sword and swung it at the Exorcist, Freed dodged it by jumping backwards.

"Oh? Do you two have that kind of a relationship? That's no fair; I want him all to myself. I can't wait to hear him scream." Freed pouted during the first part of the sentence, before he started chuckling madly during the second half.

"That's quite a filthy mouth you have. Are you a Stray Exorcist by any chance?" Yuuto asked as he kept up a defensive stance.

"So what if I am? I'm still doing the world a favour by ridding it of you trashy Devils! Hehehehe, I'm so glad I get to kill a bunch of ya while under Ms. Fallen Angel's divine protection!" Freed broke out into hysterics again as his tongue dangled out of his mouth adding to how insane he looked.

"An excommunicated Exorcist with too high a passion for killing Devils... that's the most troubling kind." Akeno commented.

"You soul-sucking worms ain't in any position to talk shit about others." Freed retorted as used his finger to clean his ear, flicking whatever came out away.

"Even Devils have rules." Akeno informed the Exorcist with a deadly glare.

"Ooh, ooh, those eyes! That look's really something big sis! That seething bloodlust is so damn sexy! I can't take it, it's getting me hard down there it is!" Freed squirmed in pleasure as he exclaimed this.

"Then how about you disappear?" Rias questioned as she entered the room.

"And another joins in. Is it my birthday or something? 'Cause this is the best present ever!" Freed laughed happily. "Alright, everyone line up. Which one of ya wants to get shot in the leg like your friend?"

The air around Rias turned cold after she heard that.

"You injured my adorable servant?" She inquired.

"Yes indeed-y. I even got to watch him fall flat on his face when he tried to come at me." The Exorcist remembered with a grin that threatened to fall off of his face. "Course, the shitty little bastard then went and stabbed me, definitely getting him back for that one."

Freed froze as his expression fell when Rias' power of destruction made a clean hole in the wall next to him and devastating some of the ground outside.

"I'm not very forgiving to those who harm my property. Especially when they're someone as vulgar as you." Rias stated as she kept her arm outstretched, ready to destroy Freed with her next attack.

"President!" Akeno called to Rias as she looked out the window. "There's a full battalion of Fallen Angels heading this way!"

Rias looked between Akeno and Freed. Deciding the latter wasn't worth it, she got to ordering her peerage to retreat.

"Get ready to make the jump!" The President told Akeno.

"Yes Ma'am!" Akeno responded as she set about preparing a magic circle to send them back to the clubroom.

"I'll deal with you the next time we meet." Rias warned Freed, who only smiled and waved farewell in response as he left through the hole in the wall.

"All set!" Akeno informed Rias as everyone stepped into the magic circle.

The red glow enveloped the room again and just like that, they were out of there and back in the clubroom. Rias walked over to her desk and unceremoniously slumped back in her chair. Letting out a sigh she rubbed her temple, the rest of her peerage looked over to her with concern in their eyes.

"President, should we go searching for Kurushima?" Yuuto suggested as he approached the desk, Rias' response was a simple shake of her head.

"No. It's too risky to go wandering around with the Fallen about." The King decided. "Besides, I'm sure Anton's fine. He is my beloved little Pawn after all." Rias smiled as she looked out the window at the night sky.

Anton kept running, refusing to let go of Asia's hand. He wouldn't let go, not until he was sure they were safe. And there was only place he considered safe enough to take her. Running down yet another street, the boy slowed down as he fumbled with something in his pocket. Getting a grip on what he was searching for, Anton pulled out his house key as he approached his front door. Entering the house he finally let go of Asia's hand.

"Is this... Your house?" Asia asked as she tried to regain her breath, she took a quick look around the entryway.

"Yeah... we should be safe here..." Anton nodded as he took a step forward, only to fall flat on his face as his left leg refused to move. Blood began to pour out of the wound and pool around the leg, the crimson liquid stained the floor boards and dripped down between them.

Anton could hear Asia's muffled but worried tone as his consciousness left him.

Mumbling followed by shallow breathes that gradually stabilised into a regular pattern, that was all Asia could hear coming from the sofa she had laid Anton down on. She had struggled to drag him to it after healing the wound on his leg, but he was, surprisingly, lighter than he looked so it hadn't been as hard as she had expected. After finding a blanket to lay over her saviour, Asia took it upon herself to clean up the bloodstain in the entryway. She was now brewing some tea and waiting for Anton to wake up.

Grumbling as he stared up at the ceiling, Anton dragged his hands down over his face before getting up. The first thing he noticed was that he was in the living room. The second was that he was still in his uniform, a hole left in the pants leg from when he was shot. The last thing he noticed was the fact that his left leg didn't so much as ache despite the fact that he had been shot by a holy bullet.

Remembering the details from last night, Anton quickly scanned the room for any signs of Asia. He relaxed when he noticed her sleeping at the table. Quietly, Anton approached the sleeping blonde and proceeded to gently wake her up.

"Good morning, sleepyhead." Anton spoke softly as he gently shook Asia's shoulder.

As the small girl woke up, Anton started getting the kitchen ready to prepare breakfast. Taking a glance at the clock, he noticed he was already two hours late for school. Which led to the decision of simply not attending for the day.

Once he was finished preparing breakfast Anton brought it over to the table and with Asia in silence, neither initiating a conversation despite the fact that Asia kept making a face like she was going to say something. Not wanting to force the Nun to say anything, Anton washed the dishes and changed into some casual clothes.

He threw on a mint green t-shirt with an illustration of a tabby cat wearing an eyepatch, a pair of blue jeans and his black and white high-tops. Instead of putting his hair into its usual braid he put into a ponytail.

Heading back downstairs with a sewing kit so he could fix up Asia's clothes, Anton called out to his guest.

"Asia, get ready! We're going into town!"

As the Devil-Nun pair walked about the town they visited each store Asia was even remotely interested in. Anton repeatedly offered to buy the things that Asia seemed to want, but the Nun refused each and every time. While leaving a clothing store Asia's stomach growled. Anton laughed as the Nun turned red, before he suggested they have lunch at a nearby fast food restaurant.

The pair sat down at an empty table with their meals, though Asia was looking at hers with a confused look.

"Um... I don't have a knife or fork." Asia pointed out.

'I guess she mustn't have gotten a chance to try something like this before, huh.' The silver haired teen thought.

"You eat it with your hands." Anton informed her as he demonstrated with his burger by peeling back the wrapper and taking a bite. Nodding in understanding, Asia went to pick up her own burger, but stopped as she came to a realisation.

"I should wash my hands first." The girl told herself as she pulled some holy water from her bag and proceeded to wash her hands with it. When she was done she proudly showed her hands to Anton.

"All clean." He confirmed with a nod, ignoring the chill that went down his spine from seeing the holy water. The teen held back a chuckle at how childish the Nun acted, he assumed that this was what having a little sister felt like.

"Now to say grace." Asia said as she clasped her hands together in the way a person does when they pray. "Bless us, oh lord, and these thy gifts. Amen." The Nun recited. "All right, let's ea-" She stopped herself as she noticed Anton slumped back in his seat. "Are you okay Anton?"

"Just fine..." Anton shook off the bout of light-headedness that had attacked him from hearing the prayer and went back to his meal. It wasn't until the two had finished with their food and Anton was finishing off his drink that he noticed Asia staring out of the window.

"Anton, what is that building?" Asia inquired as she pointed to the building in question. Following the Nun's gaze, Anton smiled when he noticed which building she had been looking at.

"That's an arcade." The teen answered as he looked back to Asia, who only nodded as she continued to stare at the building. "Wanna check it out?" He asked as he got up and picked up the trays they had been using so he could bin the trash left over.

"Wow! You're amazing at this!" Asia cheered as she watched Anton hit every note on a dance machine. He was perfectly in time with the beat and hadn't messed up on the two previous songs in the set he had chosen, if he didn't mess up on any of the remaining notes then he would have a perfect score.

"Perfect!" The machine's synthetic voice exclaimed as Anton lent on the rail behind him and fanned himself with his shirt, though he glanced behind him when he heard clapping. It turned out that he had drawn a small audience from his performance. He smiled at the crowd as he attempted to catch his breath.

"Show's over everyone." Anton announced as he stepped down from the small platform that had the controls for machine on it, there were a few disappointed awww's as Anton and Asia started making their way around the arcade again. "Been a while since people cheered for me, it feels quite pleasant." The teen admitted more to himself than his companion.

The pair passed a set of claw machines and Asia's face lit up like a Christmas tree when she peeked inside the last one, practically gluing herself to the reinforced plastic that stood between her and the plush toys inside.

"Anton, look! It's a Ratchuu, there are so many of them!" The Nun beamed in excitement as Anton approached the machine and gave a quizzical look at the plush toys within.

'Is that what this thing is called? I'll admit it's kinda cute, but I don't see what all the excitement's about' The teen thought. Then he looked back at the look on Asia's face and sighed in defeat as he pulled his wallet out.

"Want one?" He asked Asia as he waved his wallet lightly.

"Huh? Ah. N-no..." The Nun rejected the offer as she turned red from embarrassment. Anton gave her a blank look in response. Not counting their lunch, she had rejected every one of his offers to get her something as a gift.

And he wasn't putting up with any longer.

"Then I suppose I'll get myself one at least." Anton said with a plotting smirk gracing his lips.

After many failed attempts and only just managing to win the plushie by pushing it over the plastic surrounding the hole with the claw, Anton pulled the plush toy out from the machine.

"Ah, you know what? I just remembered I have nowhere to put this. Asia, would you like to take it instead?" Anton offered as he held the plush toy out towards the blonde Nun. It was, of course, a lie. He had more than enough room for the plush toy, he just wanted to finally give Asia a gift to commemorate the day.

"O-okay." Asia nodded as she took the plush toy. She looked at its face before the beaming smile returned and she hugged the plushie close to her chest.

Anton on the other hand looked at his wallet in despair, all that was left inside it was his credit card and a folded up piece of paper.

'So much for the Devil's luck.' He mentally sighed as he slipped his wallet back into his pocket.

Taking a seat on a bench as the sun began dip down past the horizon and the streetlights turned, the pair made small talk until Anton decided to broach a topic that had been on his mind since he met the Nun beside him.

"Asia, about your Twilight Healing." Anton began after thinking about how he wanted to ask, though he wished he could stop himself from asking when he noticed Asia flinch at hearing the proper name of her Sacred Gear. "You don't have to if you don't want to, but would you be willing to talk about it?"

Asia hesitated for a few seconds before nodding and telling Anton the story she had with her Sacred Gear. How she was abandoned by her family shortly after birth and raised in an orphanage run by the Church. How she found out about her power at the age of eight when she healed an injured dog. How the Church revered her as a Saint and how she healed and saved people. The loneliness she felt from being a Saint. And ultimately about how she was branded a Witch and cast out from the Church for healing a Devil that proceeded to kill the Exorcists pursuing it before fleeing.

She was in tears by the time she explained that the Fallen Angels took her in.

"I'm so sorry..." Anton apologised thoughtlessly. He had nothing to do with the story, but the fact that he had made Asia recall those painful memories made him feel like he owed her an apology at least. Especially since he felt both angry and sad for the girl.

"Anton, I have a dream." Asia sniffled as she wiped her eyes. "I want to be normal and have friends that I can shop... and talk with... I want a friend to do all kinds of things with." The small Nun confided in Anton as she sobbed.

"You already have one, right?" Anton questioned as he took one of Asia's hands in his own. "I'd like to think I'm your friend after everything we did today." The teen smiled kindly as he scratched his cheek. "We talked a lot and we can go shopping anytime you want." He offered.

"Anton..." Asia trailed off as she stared at her friend while more tears formed in the corners of her eyes.

"I don't think so." A disgustingly familiar voice butted in. Searching in the direction of the voice, the pair found its owner, with their wings spread, standing atop a nearby lamppost.

"Yuuma." Anton snarled as he stood up.

"So you became a Devil. How utterly disgusting." Yuuma taunted as she hopped down from the lamppost.

"Ms. Raynare." Asia uttered as she clung onto Anton's arm.

'So that's her real name.' Anton made note of it as he kept his eyes on the Fallen Angel.

"You're coming back with me Asia. Don't make this a hassle." Raynare declared.

"Like I'm gonna let that happen." Anton chuckled dryly as he stepped in front of Asia.

"Oh? Do you plan on being her white knight?" Raynare asked mockingly. "I still remember our date, you know? Wasn't that fun?"

"Yeah. I especially loved the part where you KILLED ME!" Anton snapped, he could feel his rage building up by the second.

"You were supposed to die. But you had to be reborn as a Devil." Raynare sighed and shook her head as she summoned a spear of light. "I suppose I'll just have to kill you again." The Fallen Angel smiled evilly at the Devil, though she was taken off-guard when Anton summoned his Sacred Gear.

"Asia, keep your distance." Anton warned the Nun as he got ready for a fight.

"And what are you going to do with a Twice Critical. All you can do is double your power for a little while, which still hardly makes you a threat." Raynare laughed as she got ready to throw her spear of light.

Anton was confused by what the Fallen Angel had told him. The Sacred Gear on his arm was the Boosted Gear. It was similar to a Twice Critical in that it boosted the user's power, but the Boosted Gear could do so to a much greater extent. Which meant Raynare was underestimating him right now.

'I've already won.' Anton grinned as he brought his left arm up.

BOOST

The gem on the back of Anton's hand shone a bright green and he could feel the power pulsing through his body. Raynare threw the spear of light at the teen. Who slapped it away once it was close enough, the light dispersing shortly after making contact with the gauntlet. It stung, but it didn't burn like when they had pierced him.

"What was that?" Anton asked incredulously, the corner of his lip curving upwards mockingly.

Raynare hurled another spear of light at the teen. This time he grabbed it and crushed it. The Fallen Angel began throwing more and more spears, which the Devil dodged gracefully. Anton jumped to the left to avoid one spear of light, only to end up forcing his body further to the left as a spear of light nicked his cheek. Clenching his teeth, Anton lowered his body as he prepared to charge at the Fallen Angel.

"Stop!" Asia yelled as she stood in front of Anton with her arms spread outwards for the second time. "I'll go with you, just... stop." The Nun pleaded as she lowered her arms.

"Good girl. Come over here." Raynare ordered, Asia do as she was told shortly after. "That's my girl. Don't worry, after tonight's ritual, you won't have to suffer any more." The Fallen cooed as she brushed Asia's cheek with her hand.

'What ritual?' Was the only thought Anton could muster in the situation.

"Asia, don't do this. Please." Anton begged as he stood straight, his left arm ready to attack or defend at a moment's notice.

"Goodbye." Asia smiled sadly as she wiped a few tears from her eyes.

"I'll spare you this time." Raynare smirked tauntingly as she summoned a magic circle to teleport herself and Asia away. "But if we meet again, I won't be so kind. Bye-bye." She threatened as she and Asia disappeared through the magic circle.

"That could have gone better." A voice boomed inside of Anton's head.

"Oh, well look who's finally awake." The silver haired Devil drew out the sentence with an annoyed voice. "I don't have time to deal with you Ddraig." He sighed as he turned around to leave, though he paused when he noticed the plush toy lying on the ground. Asia probably left it behind on purpose. If Anton was guessing the meaning behind the ritual correctly, then she wouldn't have any use for it after tonight. The teenage Devil grit his teeth as he picked up the plush toy by the arm and left.

"What are you going to do now?" Ddraig inquired as Anton headed in a direction he was all too familiar with.

"Start a war."