"" - Speaking

'' - Thought

{} - Sparda

[] - Ddraig

...

"Anyway if you want to go after Kaichou then do it…I'll try and help once you have a plan alright…" Yukio spoke up as he looked over to see Saji smiling at him before speaking

"Thanks…Nice to see you're still willing to help others" Yukio smiled as he leant back against the wall, closing his eyes slightly as he spoke
"Least I can do for a friend…"

Saji silently sighed as he hoped that Yukio would start trusting others again, although he had a feeling Rias would probably be able to help him with it when she found out about it, grinning as he decided to reply "I'll help you with Rias-sempai as well…"

...

Yuuto had just left on a contract leaving Yukio with Akeno and Rias as he sat on one of the sofas. He felt there was a nervous tension in the room as he looked at the magic circle for a few moments until he turned back to the two third years, jumping at finding an embarrassed Rias sitting on his lap, staring directly into his eyes for some reason.

"Bu-Buchou…Wh-What's wrong?" Yukio asked nervously, noticing that she had a tight grip on his blazer as she spoke

"Akeno and I heard what you said to Saji-kun during lunch…and I just want you to know that I care…you're a good kind and caring person, you saved me from Raiser and I'm sure that Akeno, Asia and Koneko want you to be around" Yukio found himself staring back into her eyes, seeing the honesty as plain as day as he blushed as he realised he'd moved closer to her as Akeno spoke up

"I'd be sad if my cute kouhai didn't trust me…and I have no reason to lie to you" She sat down next to him drawing his attention to her as she smiled. Yukio noticing Rias looking annoyed at her Queen for interrupting the moment as he decided to speak up

"Thank you…Buchou, Akeno-san…I'll try my best"

"That's all I want…" Rias spoke before kissing him on the forehead, Yukio's blush darkening.

...

The sound of the start of the ball tournament echoed in the sky, the day's weather broadcast said it was suppose to rain in the evening, Yukio wishing that it wouldn't rain till after the tournament.

[Tsukmoto-kun of the "Manga research club", Hashioka-sensei is calling you. Can you please come to the teacher's room immediately.]
The PA which is placed throughout the school ground was making announcements endlessly. All of the Occult Research members got changed into there PE uniform and gathered at one place and were resting up till the start of the match although the club matches were at the end.
First of all, there were the class matches, Yukio remembering that his class was going to compete in baseball which meant he and Asia had to participate and Rias' practice with them after school wasn't in vain.

After that there was a match amongst genders then after lunch there was a match between clubs. Yukio did some light exercises as a warm up, Asia was stretching with the help of Akeno while Koneko was sitting on the plastic mattress on the ground reading the rule book for ball games. Yukio silently sighed as he noticed Yuuto was deep in thought as he stared at the sk, hoping that the Knight would at least be able to concentrate during there club match.

Rias had just returned from checking the category sports for the club matches, smiling fearlessly as she spoke "Fufufu, we have won this match already."

"Buchou, so what sport we are playing then?" Yukio asked curiously.

"Dodgeball!" Rias replied, Yukio getting a bad feeling about it.

...

"Go for it Buchou!" Yukio cheered from the tennis court fence, watching as Rias faced off against Souna.

"Kaichou-samaaaaa! Kyaaaa!" The girls were shouting with a shrill voice.

"Ufufufu. It's wonderful that we can see a match between top-class devils in a place like this." Akeno spoke as she enjoyed watching it beside the silver haired teen, who admitted that it was a surprise to see both high class devils face off here.

"Here I come, Souna!"

"Yes, you may, Rias!" Both of them were exchanging competitive words to the other

"Kaichouuuuu! Please winnnnnnn!" Saji called out, Yukio mentally chuckling as his friend was swinging around a large flag with Student Council written on it as he thought amused

'He's got it so bad…'

"Take this! Shitori-style spin-ball!" The ball Souna had just hit went rushing towards Rias who responded "You are too naïve! Take this Gremory-style counter!"

She tried to hit it back with her racket, but the ball changed its direction causing her to miss. "15-30"

"You are doing well Souna. To be expected from my rival."

"Ufufu. Rias, you haven't forgotten the promise where the loser has to pay for the udon with all the toppings at Kobashiya, have you?"

"Yes, I haven't. It will be my shame if you taste that before me. That's why I will definitely win! Did you know that I have 108 styles of magic ball?"

"I will accept that challenge. I will hit back all the balls that come into my "Shitori-Zone"." Both princesses eyes were burning seriously as they continued, the final match between them lasting so long that they broke both there rackets so it was declared a tie between them.

...

"Kiryu-san told you this, didn't she?" Yukio asked, mentally sighing as he looked at Asia wearing bloomers instead of the normal PE uniform.

"…Ummm…Yes… The proper uniform for dodge ball is bloomer… An-and also that Yukio-san will be happy if I wore this…You don't like it?"
Asia asked him with a shy voice while looking up, Yukio blushing slight as he gave in and decided to avoid hurting her feelings as he replied with a smile

"No, no. It's great, Asia…"

"Raise your spirit up, you two." Rias spoke energetic after the intense tennis match

"No need to worry Buchou…I'm not going to lose"

"Good reply, Yukio! I will give you a reward if you work hard!' Yukio blushed for a moment before being brought back as Asia stepped on his foot.

"Yukio-san how about you hand "that" out to everyone?" Asia said in a displeased tone, Yukio noticing she was in a bad mood as he pulled out a headband.

"Considering everyone else has something that symbolized there team I made these" Yukio spoke as he showed them that it had "Occult Research Club" embroided onto it

"Ara, you are well prepared." The first one to take it from him was Rias who looked over it as she added

"Yes, Yukio is more skillful than I thought. It's well made."

"Keiko-nee helped me practice" Yukio replied embarrassed, he wasn't very good at home economics outside of cooking but figured it would be good to learn

"…It's good." Koneko spoke as she looked at them.

"Ara-ara. Certainly the other clubs are wearing an item to symbolise the team. Like uniforms and caps."

"That's right Akeno-san! That's why I also made it" Everyone took them from his hands and put them on their forehead, Yukio feeling happy that they were worth the time he'd put into it before noticing Yuuto was still acting weird as he handed the blonde boy the last one

"Here Yuuto"

"…Ye…yeah. Thanks."

"Let's concentrate on winning now." Yukio spoke, hoping to focus the Knight on the task at hand.

"…Win, huh. Yeah… Winning is important." Yukio's eyes narrowed at that, Yuuto sounded lost although he seemed like he meant something else when he'd spoken.

[Members of the occult research club and the baseball club. Please gather at the ground.] The announcement called for them, the group heading over to where they would be playing.

...

"Aim for him! Aim for Hosokawa!" Yukio sighed as he dodged the fast balls that were being thrown at him, he should've figured that he would get targeted considering the popularity of the other members of the club, he only had a few fans and then they were more for helping them out with there studies then anything else.

"Asia-chaaaaaaaaan! Bloomer's are the best!"

"All of the balls are concentrated towards Yukio! In terms of strategy, this would be "sacrifice"! Yukio, this is a chance!" Rias spoke calmly as she watched the silver haired teen continue to dodge the balls.

"I'm not doing this for fun Buchou!" Yukio shouted annoyed, thankful when Koneko blocked a ball that was aimed for him then using the ball to take down the opponent in one shot.

"Thank you Koneko-san" Yukio spoke, his eyes widening at seeing one big built baseball boy move to aim for Yuuto.

"Shit! I don' care whether I get hated! You damn handsome!" He shouted as he aimed for Yuuto, Yukio reacting quickly as he rushed towards him as he called

"What are you doing gazing around for!?" He skidded to a halt in front of Yuuto as the Knight was broke from his musings

"…Ah. Yukio-kun?"

The ball came towards Yukio, who was focusing on catching the ball only to be surprised when it changed direction. It came down like a fork-ball before hitting Yukio in the crotch, the silver haired teen unable to do anything else as he collapse onto the floor covering his groin with his hands as he moaned in pain. The club members coming rushing to him as he moaned in pain as he curled up

"Mayday…Man down…"

"You did well Yukio! Now, it's time to hunt down the prey who took down my cute Yukio!" Yukio barely noticed the scary look in his crimson haired master's eyes, more concerned about his own pain at the moment.

"Ara ara. Buchou. It seems like he's in a serious condition there." Akeno spoke, Rias seeming to realise the situation and became speechless for a few moment before she spoke

"…! How can this be! Asia, please come over here. I will be in trouble if it gets useless because of a thing like this!"

"Y…yes. Did Yukio-san get hurt…?"

"Yes apparently his important part. Can you heal him behind the building?"

"Important part? I don't really understand but I got it!" Asia spoke innocently

"Koneko, can you take Yukio to a place where there's no one around?"

"…Affirmative." Koneko spoke with a nod.

"It's alright, Yukio. You did well. Leave the rest to us." Rias spoke as she patted Yukio gently on his cheek before he felt someone grab his collar, soon finding himself getting dragged by Koneko

"Yukio-san! Please keep a hold of yourself!" Asia was cheering him while walking behind him.

"This is a battle of revenge for Yukio!" Yukio heard Rias' energetic and mad voice from the court, a small part of him realising that he had more of an impact on her then he'd expected as he was dragged behind the gym so no one could see what happened next.

"Yukio-san, I will start healing. Please show me the place you injured yourself."

"N-no, I can't…" Yukio spoke, realising it would be indecent as he quickly thought of an idea as he added

"Can you just use your powers around my hips…? I think it will heal that way…" There was a warm light coming out of her hands. At the same time Yukio could feel the pain disappearing from his crotch.

"…A situation I can't describe by words" Koneko made a sigh as she waited.

"Yukio-san. Please rest for a bit." Asia spoke as she looked at Yukio who was lying on the floor, moving to lift his head to his surprise before feeling her thigh on his head

"Yukio-san, you looked really peaceful when Buchou was doing this to you…Maybe I might not be good enough…"

"No you are good enough, Asia-san…Thank you" Yukio replied softly, Asia smiling as she looked down at him both hearing the good news from over the PA system

[The Occult research club wins!]

...

It had started raining after the tournament; they had won the club tournament although there was one person who didn't cooperate. The slap echoed in the room, Rias having hit Yuuto as she spoke angrily "How is it? Did you wake up?"

She had got angry at him a couple of times during the match but he didn't seem to care, Yukio was annoyed given all the practice they'd put in but it started to fade as Yuuto didn't even react to the slap at all.

"Are you done now? The ball tournament has finished as well. We won't be practicing anymore so can I take a rest until its night time? I'm a bit tired so I will take a break from the usual club activity. I'm sorry for my behaviour this noon. Seems like I didn't feel well today." Yuuto spoke dispondantly

"Yuuto, you are really weird lately…? Is it to do with that picture?" Yukio asked, Yuuto turning to look at him with a cold smiling face as he replied

"It's none of your concern."

"I'm worried about you."

"Worried? Who worries about who? I think it's normal for devils to live by how they want. Well, I think I'm at fault for not listening to my master this time."

"It's troublesome, a situation like this when we are a proper group. That's how we felt after we went through that bitter experience in the previous match, remember. Don't we have to cover for each other's weak points from now on? We are comrades." Yukio spoke up seriously

"Comrades…" Yuuto replied with a gloomy face.

"Yes, comrades."

"Yukio-kun, lately I started to remember the basic things."

"Basic?"

"Yeah, that's right. The reason why I am fighting."

"Isn't it for Buchou?" Yukio asked it had seemed like that to him before, Yuuto rejecting it immediately

"No. I'm living so I can seek my revenge. Holy-sword Excalibur. Destroying that is the reason why I am living." Yuuto had a look of strong determination on his face, Yukio realising that he was being honest about it.

...

"Holy-sword Project?" Yukio asked, Rias nodding to his question before answering

"Yes. Yuuto is a survivor of that project." Asia, Rias and Yukio had returned to his house after club activities had been completed. The trio was sat in Yukio's room as Rias had startd to tell them about Yuuto

"There was a project several years ago inside the Christian Church that aimed to make those who can wield the holy-sword Excalibur."

"…This is my first time hearing this." Yukio wasn't too surprised that Asia didn't know about it, she'd have probably lost faith earlier if she'd knew as well as it being a secret project as Rias continued

"Holy-swords are the ultimate weapons against devils. If we, the devils, touch the holy sword then we will burn ourselves. If we get cut by it, then we will be terminated without a trace. It could be called the ultimate weapon for those who believe in God and see devils as an enemy. Even though there are numerous holy-swords originating from all over the world, I still think the most famous one would be Excalibur. Even in Japan, it comes up in many books. It's a holy weapon that is created through means of magic and alchemy by those who reach the territory of God. But holy-swords choose their wielders. I hear that only one person in a decade or so gets chosen."

"Kiba is a Sacred Gear possessor that can create demonic-swords, right? So isn't there a Sacred Gear that can create holy-swords instead?" Yukio asked considering it was logical for there to be a holy sword version of Yuuto's Sword Birth.

"It's not like there aren't. But if you compare it to the holy-swords that already exist, it is kind of lacking. Of course I'm not saying it's weak. Among them there is a sacred utensil included in the "Longinus", just like your "Boosted Gear". The most famous is the Sacred Gear that was wielded by the person who killed Jesus Christ, the "True Longinus". It's also said that the name "Longinus" was derived from it. Except, at this point there isn't a Holy Sacred Gear that can compete with Excalibur, Durandal or Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi because these holy-swords are too powerful. It's the same with the demonic-swords like your Amonusen" Rias explained, Yukio taking in all the information as he mentally noted to avoid getting into a fight with a holy sword or more so not getting hit by one.

"Yuuto received artificial treatment to adapt to the holy-sword, particularly the Excalibur."

"So Yuuto is able to use the holy-swords?" Rias shook her head at Yukio's question.

"Yuuto couldn't adapt to the holy-swords. Not only Yuuto, but it seems like everyone who received a treatment similar to Yuuto's couldn't either… The people of the Church decided to view the ones who couldn't adapt to the holy-swords as "defective products" and disposed of them." Rias' eyes changed because she also felt discomfort as Yukio wondered how the church could just dispose of people.

"Most of the people experimented on were killed including Yuuto. Only because they couldn't adapt to the holy-swords…"

"…It can't be. It's not an acceptable act by those who serve God." Asia spoke in shock, her eyes covered in tears.

"They, the people of the Church, calls us devils an evil existence, but I think the bad intentions of humans are the greatest evil in this world."
Rias said with sad eyes, Yukio understanding that his master was a naturally kind young woman even before her time in the human world.

"When I reincarnated Yuuto into a devil, that boy was swearing for his revenge even when he was in a critical situation. Because his talents were being used for holy-swords since he was born, I wanted him to use his talents as a devil. Yuuto's talent at using swords would be a waste for only using it for holy-swords. That boy couldn't forget about it. The holy-swords. Those who were involved with the holy-swords. And the people of the Church…" Rias continued, Yukio now understanding why he hated priests as well as being obsessed with information on holy-swords because he couldn't put it in the past. It reminded himself of what had happened with Asuka when he was younger, although thanks to Rias and Asia he felt it was starting to fade slightly. He'd had a grudge against Reynalle although that was more against her then all fallen angels.

Rias made a big sigh as she spoke up "Anyway I will just watch over him for now. Right now his head is full of the feelings he has towards the holy-swords. But I hope he returns to his usual self."

"Ah, about that. I think this photo was what caused him to act like this." Yukio spoke as he handed the photo to her, remembering that Yuuto had said the sword in this photo was a holy-sword. Rias' eyes changed as soon as she saw the photo.

"Yukio. Is there someone you know who is related to the Church?"

"No. There's none among my relatives as far as I know" Yukio answered, Keiko not knowing much more given there lack of contact with what little family they had.

"Irina-chan was a Christian living in the neighbourhood…she's the girl in the photo"

"So, there is one near you… No, there was a holy-sword in this area about 10 years ago. It's so terrifying." Rias seemed to miss the honorific he'd used with her name.

"Then is that sword really a holy-sword?" Yukio asked in disbelief.

"Yes, it's one of the holy-swords. It's not as powerful as the legendary holy-sword I mentioned before, but it's the real thing. Then it must mean that this man is the holy-sword wielder… Now I get it. I heard that my predecessor who was in charge of this area vanished, but it would make sense if this was the reason. But if I remember…" Rias started talking to herself having found out something as she sat in thought for a while

"Let's go to sleep. Even if we think about it, it's not like Yuuto's behavior will go back to normal." Rias spoke before starting to strip her clothes.

"Bu…Buchou! Why are you taking your clothes off here!?" Yukio asked, his cheeks reddening as she looked confused at him

"Why? You also know that I can't sleep without being naked, Yukio"

"No, no, no! Not that! I mean, why are you taking them off in my room!?" Yukio asked, having turned his gaze away as she continued stripping

"That's because I'm going to sleep with you." Rias answered as if it was the obvious answer. Yukio gulped, finding Rias moving herself into his field of vision as Asia spoke up

"Then I'm sleeping here as well! I'm also going to sleep with Yukio-san!"

"Buchou! You are being a bad influence on Asia! Please put your clothes on!" Yukio spoke sternly, Rias frowning at his words as she asked

"Bad influence? That's a harsh thing to say, Yukio. You know that I sleep naked, right? You slept with me a number of times."

Asia immediately responded to Rias' words before Yukio to rebuke them "...Slept together a number of times...? No...Yukio-san and Buchou-san...?"

Asia started to shake and get teary eyes because it was another big shock for her as Rias spoke "Asia, hand over Yukio for tonight."

"I don't want to… I think I have the right to be spoiled by Yukio-san as well. I also want to sleep with Yukio-san!" Yukio silently sighed as he heard Ddraig chuckle at what was going on before him.

"Then let's make Yukio decide." Rias spoke as she looked at Yukio, her eyes telling him to pick her as Asia spoke up

"Yukio-san. You will sleep with me, right?" Asia asked him with sobbing eyes, Yukio feeling like he should surrender to her because it wasn't an act as he dropped his head as he sighed silently.

...

Yukio sighed after he finished his cup of water in the kitchen, having managed to placate both girls by saying that both could sleep in his bed with him but only if Rias would wear a night gown so Asia wouldn't copy her

'Rias is a bad influence on her…'

[Is that a bad thing?] Ddraig asked, Yukio shaking his head as Sparda spoke

{He just doesn't want Asia-san to be corrupted just because she thinks it's what she should do to stay around Yukio}

[Anyway, we need to talk] Ddraig spoke up, Yukio leaning his back against the counter as he thought back

'So going to tell me about the White guy now?'

[The white guy is the Vanishing Dragon]

'Vanishing Dragon… I take it that he's your rival?'

[You know that the three sides of God and Angels, fallen-angels and devils were having a big war a long time ago, right? That time other powers gave their support to certain sides. Fairies, spirits, European monsters, Asian Youkai and humans but the dragons were the only beings that didn't side with any of them. I don't know the actual reason. But dragons are beings that are made from a mass of powers and they all act freely and selfishly. There were dragons that turned into devils or those that sided with God. But the majority of them didn't care about the war and lived freely.]

'So you dragon's are troublesome creatures…living how you like without any regard for others'

[Yeah…But during the Great War between the three powers, there were two stupid dragons that started a fight. And those two were in the highest class of dragons and they had a power that rivaled that of God and Maou. They started to fight each other while taking down the guys of the three powers. For the three powers, there wasn't anything more troublesome than these two dragons. The three powers were having a serious war to take control of this World, and the two dragons were disturbing the battlefield without any care.]

'Why were you two fighting that much?'

[No idea. It's been to long that I don't remember. Anyway for the first time, the leaders of the three powers joined hands. "We have to get rid of those two dragons, or else it's not a matter of war anymore!" Like that.]

'So the groups who are enemies forming an alliance to deal with you and the Vanishing Dragon'

[When we got our fight interrupted we became mad. [Don't get in the way of our fight!], [A mere God and Maou shouldn't be interrupting a duel between dragons!] - we responded like idiots. We went head on and tried to eat God, Maou, and the leaders of the fallen-angels. Well, that was a mistake, I guess. In the end we got cut into pieces and our spirits were sealed within human bodies as Sacred Gears. Our human vessels, they encountered each other and fought each other countless times. Every time one won and one died. Sometimes one was already dead before the other came and so we didn't fight, but most of the times we did. If the vessel, human, dies then we stop functioning for a certain time. Our spirits float around in this world until the humans with dragon powers are born. That cycle has repeated countless times for many long years. This time it was you who became my host. And you even became a devil. In all the long years I have been like this, this is a first time. That's why I am looking forward to it. I wonder what's going to happen this time?]

'So…I'll have to fight the vessel of the Vanishing Dragon sooner or later…hopefully I can protect the others when that happens' Yukio thought with a sigh.

[It's also my first time having a host like you. Most of the hosts in the past either got too proud of our powers or too terrified of our powers, with none of them living a decent life. You…you have a more dangerous power inside your body with that Hollow power and Amonusen]

'Guess I'm just weird'

[Yes. Either way you are a being that is possessed by a dragon. In whatever age and country, Dragons represent power. You know how, even though they come in many different forms and shapes, there are pictures and carvings of dragons in many different countries? Throughout the ages humans admired dragons, respected dragons, and feared dragons. Unwittingly, dragons fascinate those around them. Or those with power gather around the dragons. If there are people who come to you with admiration or to challenge you, then it's most likely the power of the dragon.]

'So I'm going to be targeted by a lot of others?'

[To fight strong foes that are attracted to power. That's the path of those who possess the dragon-emperor. But you don't have to be pessimistic. Women would come to you as well…You probably could even make a harem]

'Geez Ddraig, you gotta be joking'

[Well, I'm serious. All of my hosts were surrounded by the opposite sex. I think you call them popular, right? They didn't have to worry about the opposite sex at all…well you'll get use to it if Rias has anything to do with it]

'Probably right there…She certainly adores me even with being a Gremory. Anyway is the Vanishing Dragon strong?' Yukio thought back hoping to turn the conversation back on topic as Ddraig answered

[He's strong. To begin with, we had powers that could even dominate God and Maou. It's just that we had a curse put on us when we got turned into Sacred Gears. We are in a tight situation to release our full powers. Even so, if you get used to it, high-class devils and high ranked angels are nothing against us.]

"Yukio-nii, what are you doing up?" Keiko spoke, Yukio looking up to see the his sister looking confused at him

"Just came down for a drink of water"

"Guess…I can explain things to you know rather then wait till the morning" Keiko spoke with a sigh as she pulled a pentagon shaped badge which had white outlines and a large X which was behind a skull that was set at the middle of the badge. Handing it over to Yukio she started to explain

"This will keep your spirit energy from going out of control and turning you into a Hollow…From what I've read its filled with Kido spells that'll restrain you spirit energy to a level that you can control it, although if you push enough through it it'll change to protect you"

"Right, thanks Keiko-nee…" Yukio spoke with a nod as he gripped it in his hand, looking over the badge for a moment as he added

"I best not lose this then"

...

Author's Notes

Another chapter done and I've introduced the Shinigami badge. Hope you liked how Rias dealt with his trust issue for the moment, I did have trouble deciding what to do for it, although she probably wishes Akeno wasn't around at the time.

I'm thinking of having Yukio and Saji's band form up for the observation day's talent contest, which'll replace Ise messing with clay, when Sirzechs and Serafall show up although song choices fail me at the moment. That being currently Saji's plan to try and win Sona over, whether it works or not is a different matter, may have Yukio sing one for Rias so any suggestions are welcome along with ideas.

With the side stories I will probably write in some of them where they are set, although I've not seen the OVAs so I will probably keep them out.

Anyway hope you enjoy it and please review, I do enjoy reading them.