"" - Talking

'' - Thought

[] - Ddraig

{} - Sparda

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The next day after school, Yukio and the others were standing outside a sealed classroom on the ground floor of the old school building, the door had tape with keep out written on it and magical seals carved on it as well.

The silver haired teen was curious about who was behind the door, the other Bishop, who was a mystery for himself, Asia and Xenovia while the rest of the members already knew about them.

According to the conversation, it seemed his ability was regarded as dangerous, and because Rias wasn't able to completely control him with her powers, he was ordered to be sealed by the higher-ups which Yukio figured might make him dangerous.

Last night, Sirzechs had explained in Yukio's room that because of the events since Yukio'd joined Rias' peerage that she had received high evaluations from the four Maous, the Great King Bael house, the Archduke Agares house and other great devils. All together this allowed the sealing condition to be lifted on the other Bishop.

"The kid is over here. All day, that bishop lives here. For the time being, his powers are loosened deep in the night, and if it's just in the old building, he can exit the room, but the kid inside refuses to do that." Rias spoke before she knocked on the door and then started to expand her magic circle so she could release the seal.

"Is the person a hikikomori?" Yukio asked curiously, Rias nodding as she sighed. Kiba removed the tape while Akeno helped out alongside Rias in removing the seal.

"The kid inside has been the biggest earner among the servants." Akeno said, Yukio surprised at how someone could do that from this room, Akeno continuing as if sensing his question

"Through a computer, the kid takes special contracts from humans. Frankly, it's a person who doesn't want to meet us. Those type of people negotiate in a different way, and make relations differently. They solve things through the computer. In the dealings through computers, amongst the new devil servants, this kid grabs enough numbers like those of a superior rank."

"Wow…" Yukio spoke before Rias declared

"-Now then, I am opening the door." The magical seals on the door disappeared and it looked normal as she opened the door only for an outrageously high scream to come from inside

"Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!" Yukio arched an eyebrow as Rias didn't seem surprised but rather sighed before entering with Akeno, her voice still being heard from inside

"Good day to you. It's nice to see you all energetic."

"W-W-Whyyyyyyyy?" The Bishop moaned, Yukio not sure what to make of the voice although his first thought was that it was a girl.

"Ara ara, the seal got removed, you know? You are able to go out now. Now, let's all go out together?" Akeno spoke gently with sympathy which seemed to be ignored by the person

"Noooooooooooooooooo! This place is gooooooooooood! I don't want to go outside! I don't want to meet peopleeeeeee!"

{Looks like they're a serious case} Sparda spoke with a sigh, Yukio mentally agreeing as he shared a glance with Asia before both tilted there heads, Xenovia also looking questionly although Kiba and Koneko understood the circumstances, the former smiling bitterly while the latter sighed.

Strengthening his resolve, Yukio walked into the room a bit so he could look around. The curtains were tightly shut and the whole room was decorated in a cute manner which seemed fitting for a girl's room including stuffed dolls. He was surprised by the coffin in the corner of the room but he figured if Angels and Devils existed why vampires couldn't exist as well.

Approaching Rias and Akeno he found himself looking at a younger noble looking girl with golden hair in a bob cut and red eyes. She looked like a doll but was shaking like a leaf as she sat there in the female Kuoh uniform.

"Oh…Hello, nice to meet you, Bishop-san" Yukio spoke with a friendly smile and a wave, Rias smiling as she spoke gently

"Say hello Gasper-kun" Yukio arched an eyebrow as he looked to Rias, confusion clear on his face as she added

"Appearance-wise, this kid looks like a girl but without a doubt he is a boy."

"Really…? I mean Gasper-kun looks properly like a girl…"

"He has a hobby of dressing in female clothes." Akeno spoke calmly

"Well…I guess that's his choice" Yukio spoke, scratching his chin thoughtfully as Ddraig grumbled

[It's not fair to be duped like that] Sparda sighed at Ddraig's comment, Yukio feeling him roll his eyes at the comment before

"B-B-B-By the way, who is this person?" Gasper asked Rias, who in turn pointed at Yukio, Asia and Xenovia as she answered

"These are new servants who came while you were here. The pawn, Hosokawa Yukio; The knight, Xenovia; and like you, the Bishop, Asia."

"Nice to meet you" Asia and Xenvoia spoke only for Gasper to fearfully reply

"Eeeeek, the members increased by a lot!"

"Please, can we go out? Okay? It's alright for you not to be sealed anymore, you know?" Rias said gently only for Gasper to shriek back

"Noooooooo! For me the outside world is impossibleeeeeeee! I am scared! I am scared of the outside! In any case, even if I go outside it would only cause trouble for otherssssss!"

Yukio took a moment to think before speaking as he held his hand out to Gasper "Come on, nothing is going to happen to you just by going outside"

"Eeeeeek!" Gasper screamed before Yukio found everything turning white, everything returning in what felt moments later to see Gasper wasn't in front of him now but was shaking in the corner of the room

"This is strange. Something in this moment…..."

"…...It's certain something happened."

Asia, Xenovia and Yukio were surprised by the mysterious phenomenon but the rest of the members let out sighs as they already knew Gasper's power.

"Don't get angry! Don't get angry! Please don't hit meeeeeeeee!" Gasper whined, Yukio still confused as Akeno explained

"That kid possesses a sacred gear that when he's excited, the time of everything in his field of vision can be stopped for a fixed interval of time."

"Wow…" Yukio spoke, never having thought that stopping time would be an Sacred Gear ability but he had felt a moment of malice which he figured was from the Sacred Gear hitting him as Akeno continued

"Because he can't control his sacred gear, by the orders of the Archduke and Maou, Sirzechs-sama, he was sealed."

Rias hugged Gasper from behind as she properly introduced him to Yukio, Asia and Xenovia "This boy is Gasper Vladi. He's my bishop. For the time being, he's Kuou Academy's 1st year. -Also, before being reincarnated he was half human, half vampire."

…

"Forbidden Balor View?" Yukio asked, Rias nodding as she answered

"Yes. That's the name of the Sacred Gear Gasper possesses. It's very powerful."

"To stop time, isn't that close to breaking the rules?"

"Yes, that's true. But your doubling power and Hakuryuukou's halving power are both against the rules too, you know?" Rias replied to Yukio's question, the silver haired teen knew she was right about that as she continued

"The problem is that he's not able to handle it. Because of that Gasper had been sealed till now. Unconsciously activating his Sacred Gear was seen as a problem."

"However, you sure were able to make a guy with such a powerful gear into your servant, Buchou. Not to mention, to be able to do it with just one piece." Yukio replied impressed, Rias bringing a book out from mid-air and flipping the pages till she found the right page and showed him as she spoke.

"-It's a mutation piece."

"…Mutation piece?" Yukio asked, Kiba answering his question

"It's different from the usual evil piece, bodies that clearly require more than one piece to be reincarnated can be reincarnated in one piece, it's a piece that can make such a phenomenon occur."

"Buchou possessed that piece." Akeno added before Kiba continued

"Usually, for high-class devils, 1 in 10 devils possesses a single piece. It's an irregularity born when the evil piece system was created, it's kind of like a bug but it seems like it was kept for fun. Gasper-kun is the one who used that piece."

Yukio nodded understanding now that the rare piece had meant Gasper would only need that piece as Rias spoke "The problem is Gasper's ability."

"Buchou, what do you mean?" Yukio asked.

"He possess a rare ability and it seems his Sacred Gear's power increases when he's unconscious. Maybe because of that, every day his power is increasing. -From the previous conversation we can say, in the future, there's a possibility he may attain balance breaker."

Yukio's eyes widened at that, if Gasper hit Balance Breaker and couldn't even control its normal form he'd probably go wild with it powered up. Rias put her hand on her forehead as if reading his expression as she spoke "Yes. It's a critical situation. However, because my evaluation was accepted, it seems I was judged that I may be able to control Gasper now by the people that evaluated me. Maybe because I made Yukio and Yuuto attain balance breaker."

Yukio knew his own was incomplete so he didn't consider that he'd achieved it yet, he more took advantage of Ddraig's offer for power then anything else while Kiba had achieved it on his own.

"…Uh, e-e-even though I don't want you to talk about me…..." A voice came from the cardboard box next to Yukio who ran a hand through his hair as he spoke

"Gasper-kun, you know none of us is going to hurt you so why don't you come on out"

"Noooooo!" Gasper replied, Yukio sighing as he wondered how to get him out of the box.

"Judging by ability, maybe after Akeno he would be next. Even though I say half vampire, he's from a pureblooded vampire family with a good lineage, and has a powerful Sacred Gear because of his human half. He's well endowed with the abilities of vampires, and he excels in human magic wielded by wizards as well. If not so, then he probably wouldn't have been made a bishop with just one evil piece." Rias explained, Yukio amazed at what Gasper could do before voicing a question.

"Buchou, vampires are weak against the sun, right? Is he going to be fine?"

She nods to his question as she answered "He possess the blood of a special vampire known as Day walker which can move in the day, so there's no problem. However, he may dislike it."

"I hate daylighttt! It's better if the sun disappeareeeeeed!" Gasper whined out from his box, Yukio guessing that sun light was his enemy even if he had a Daywalker heritage.

"You don't attend class, right? If you don't control your power and open yourself up then it isn't good, you know?" Yukio spoke before Gasper screamed

"No! I am fine inside this cardboard box! The air and light of the outside are a natural enemy to meeeee! Please let me remain a boy who lives in a cardboard boooooox!"

"Also, doesn't he need blood? He's a vampire, right?" Yukio asked.

"Since he's a half vampire, he doesn't thirst for blood as often. If you supply the blood for him once every 10 days then there's no problem. Though it seems he originally didn't like drinking blood." Rias answered before Gasper piped up again

"I hate blooooood! I hate fish tooooooo! I hate liver as welllllll!"

"…A good-for-nothing vampire." Koneko spoke coldly before Gasper cried out

"Uwaaaaaaah! Koneko-chan is a meanieeee!"

"For the time being, till I come back, Yukio, Asia, Koneko, Xenovia, I'll leave Gasper's training to you. Akeno and I will be going to the meeting place for the top of the 3 factions. And Yuuto, it seems Onii-sama wants to hear in detail about your Balance Breaker so accompany us." Rias spoke, Kiba nodding as he spoke

"Yes, Buchou."

Yukio figured that Sirzechs wanted to speak about Kiba's Holy-Demonic Sword given it was impossible before with the balance as the blonde Knight added

"Yukio-kun, sorry but, I'll leave Gasper-kun to you."

"Yeah, leave it to me, Yuuto. Well, since Asia-san, Koneko-san and Xenovia-san are here too, we'll do something. Probably" Yukio replied, trying to think of a way to get him out of the box firstly before they could start to work on training his abilities.

"Gasper-kun, you should start getting used to the outside, you know?" Akeno spoke to the box, Gasper crying out again

"Akeno onee-samaaaaaaa! Please don't say stuff like thaaaaaaaat"

"Ara ara, that's troubling. Yukio, I'll leave it to you."

"I'll do my best, Akeno-san" Yukio replied with a nod.

"Yeah. Then, Yukio, shall I thoroughly discipline him? A weak man is no good. And also I wanted to face off with a vampire since childhood. Leave his treatment to me." Xenovia spoke as she pulled on the rope attached to Gasper's box.

"Eeeeeeeeek! N-N-N-No way, I don't want to fight against the user of the holy sword Durrandaaaaal! I-I'll be destroyeeeeed!"

"Don't scream, Gasper. If you like, shall I prepare a cross and holy water, and also attack you with garlic?"

"Eeeeeeeeeek! Garlic, noooooooooo!" Yukio sighed hoping Xenovia didn't get too into this otherwise she might end up hurting the poor boy.

…

"Hey, start running. If you're a Daywalker then you should be able to run in the day."

"Eeeeeeek! Don't chase me while swinging the Durandaaaaaaal!"

It was approaching evening and Gasper was being chased by Xenovia who had Durandal out, the sword letting out a dangerous noise as Gasper desperately ran away.

It seemed that Xenovia's plan was to train his physical strength on the pretext of "A healthy spirit starts from a healthy body." and was swinging Durandal around after him.

"Even though it was an honour to have met the Bishop-san just like me, we haven't even properly seen each other's faces…...*sob*." Asia spoke regretfully, tears in her eyes as Yukio patted her head comfortingly remembering all the times she'd mentioned about wanting to meet the other Bishop before he noticed Koneko was chasing Gasper as well while holding garlic.

"…Gya-kun, if you eat garlic, you'll become healthy." Koneko spoke, holding it out to Gasper who cried as he continued to run

"Nooooooo! Koneko-chan is bullying meeeeeee!"

"Oh oh, looks like they're having fun Yu" Saji spoke as he appeared

"Hey Gen, yeah…I just hope they don't go out of hand"

"I heard about the hikikomori servant and came to see it a bit given there ban was lifted"

"Ah, He's over there. He's the one getting chased by Xenovia." Yukio replied, signalling over to them

"Hey hey, Xenovia-san, she's swinging the legendary sword heartily, you know? Is it alright? huh. Oh! Wait, it's a girl, huh! Not to mention blond haired!" Saji spoke happily before turning to regain Yukio who was chuckling

"Sorry to say this, Gen, but that's a guy cross dressing."

"Well, this is swindling. More like, since he's wearing girl's clothing, it would be to show it to someone, right? And since he's a hikikomori, it's too much of a contradiction. It's quite difficult." Saji spoke depressed and confused as Yukio nodded in agreement

"That's right. It's an incomprehensible cross dressing habit. Also I can't say anything about it suiting him. And, what are you doing Gen?"

Saji was wearing a jersey, army cotton gloves and was also holding a small shovel for flower bed use.

"It's as you see. It's the maintenance of the flower bed. It's been Kaichou's orders since a week ago. Hey, recently the events in the school have been many right? And also, next time Maou-sama and the others are coming here as well. It's the job of the pawn of the student council, me, to make the school look beautiful." Saji stated proudly as Yukio rolled his eyes with a teasing smirk which soon dropped at feeling a presence of someone coming near.

"Heh. The servants of Maous' family's devils are playing over here." Yukio turned to see an evil looking male wearing a yukata, his eyes widening as he recognised him as he spoke

"Azazel….!"

"Yo, Sekiryuutei. It's been some time since that night." Azazel greeted carefreely, everyone dubiously staring at him as the whole atmosphere changed. Xenovia has her sword at the ready. Maybe because she sensed the atmosphere, Asia was hiding behind Yukio who had summoned both his Gears and took a ready stance with both hands on Amonusen. Saji also looked shocked and brought out his Sacred Gear as well as he asked

"Y-Yu, by Azazel you mean-!"

"I am serious, Gen. I have come in contact with this guy plenty of times." Yukio replied seriously, Saji taking a battle position as well.

Azazel smiles bitterly on the devils' postures, Yukio wondering why he wasn't feeling any readiness to battle from the Fallen Angel as he spoke

"I don't feel like fighting. Hey, thaw your postures, Low Class devil-kun. You should somehow know that even with the bunch gathered here, you wouldn't win against me, right? Even I don't plan on bullying low class devils. Since I was taking a stroll, I came to visit the devils place. Is the holy demonic sword wielder present? I came to see him."

"If it's Yuuto, then he isn't here!" Yukio stated, figuring that Azazel was curious of the rare balance breaker Kiba had

"….Seriously. Even though you weren't able to win against Kokabiel, there's no way you can win against me. -I see, the holy demonic sword user isn't present. This is boring." Azazel spoke as he scratched his head and approached with no hostility at all noticeable as Yukio noted his hands were trembling slightly before Azazel points to a certain tree as he spoke

"The vampire hiding over there."

Gasper hiding in the tree shade gets panicked as Azazel approaches and speaks "You're the possessor of the Forbidden Balor View, right? If you can't use it properly, then it will become a thing that causes harm to others. As a support type Sacred Gear, if you can supplement the deficient aspects, it should be fine but….. Now that I mention it, the research of sacred gears by devils didn't progress much. If you invoke it via the 5 senses, if the sacred gear's owner's capacity is insufficient then, it will move naturally, and it will be extremely dangerous.'

Azazel was peering into Gasper's eyes, the vampire devil trembling from Azazel's presence.

Yukio sighed as he relaxed, not feeling anything strange or evil malice from Azazel who was looking full of interest which the others had noted as well.

Looking at Gasper, it is looking like he was being attacked by the fallen angel but then Azazel turned around towards the other and pointed to Saji as he spoke "Is that Absorption Line? If you're practicing, try using it. Connect it to this vampire, if he invokes it while you're absorbing the sacred gear's excess, it would probably run less wildly."

"…..M-My Sacred Gear, it can suck the power of the opponents Sacred Gear as well? I thought it simply absorbs the opponents power and weakens them….." Saji spoke, confused at hearing Azazel's explaination.

"Seriously, it's because of this, that recently the sacred gear owners don't try to know the power of their sacred gears well enough. The Absorption Line holds the power of one of the legendary 5 dragon kings, the Prison dragon, Vritra. Well, this was found out thanks to recent research. That thing can connect to any object, and can scatter that power. If it's a short time, it's possible to separate the line from the owner's side, and connect it to some other person or object." Azazel spoke wih a sigh.

"The-, then, the line on my side….for example I can connect it to Yu or some other person? And then the power will flow into Yu?" Saji asked confused as Azazel nodded and answered

"Yeah, if you grow, the number of the lines will also increase. If you do that the output of absorption will increase many times as well."

Saji became quiet from Azazel's explaination about his Sacred Gear, Yukio being reminded that Kokabiel said about him

"His sacred gear collection hobby is abnormal."

"In improving the sacred gear, the fastest way would be to drink the blood of the host of the Sekiryuutei. If you let a vampire drink blood, then they'll gain power. Well, do the rest yourselves." Azazel spoke before turning to leave before stopping to face Yukio as he spoke

"Sorry for Vali-Our Hakuryuukou for coming into contact with you on his own accord. I am sure you would have been surprised, right? Wh—at, he's an unusual guy but he doesn't think of settling the rivalry between red and white immediately."

With that Azazel left without another word, everyone relaxing slightly while exchanging troubled glances before Saji sighed and spoke up "…For the time being, shall I use my sacred gear on the new face-kun over there. In that state, let's try using his sacred gear and practice. In exchange for that, next time, I will have you help me out with the flower bed."

Everyone else nodded and they started on Gasper's Sacred Gear training. Saji connected the tongue of Absorption Line on Gasper and then using it to suck the excess power from him before Yukio threw a ball into Gasper's field of vision, being frozen in mid air for a few minutes before dropping to the ground.

As they continued they found out that people that got stopped by Gasper's Sared Gear was completely stopped, to the point of consciousness and only felt some malice before it happened. Also the closer things got in his field of vision the longer it got stopped as with being farther away granted a greater range of vision but the stoppage time was shorter.

Gasper's inexperience with his Sacred Gear, only certain things within his field of vision was getting stopped and it seemed like he hadn't gained conscious control of it yet as there was accidents of him glancing at others and parts of there body getting stopped which caused the vampire boy to run off while yelling sorry, luckily Yukio had used some of Amonusen's clothe to keep him from going too far.

…

"How is it? Is the practice making progress?" Rias asked worried, having come to see there progress after making sandwiches.

"He's doing good… although it's still mostly unconscious at the moment" Yukio answered turning his gaze to Gasper and Saji.

"Eek, Eek" Gasper whined as his power was sucked out of him by Absorption Line.

"Buchou, it's delicous" Yukio spoke happily, Rias' smile growing as she spoke

"Fufufu, Thanks. The ingredients weren't a lot so I was only able to make simple ones."

"Tasty!" Saji groaned, having finished a sandwich as Yukio explained what had happened before with Azazel, Rias surprised as she spoke

"I hear Azazel has substantial knowledge about Sacred Gears. Advice about Sacred Gears…. Maybe he had spare time to give advice to another person." She paused for a moment to ponder over things as Saji spoke up, taking three sandwiches

"Rias-senpai's back, I will be going back to working on my flower bed."

"Saji-kun. Thanks for going out of your way to keep my servants company. You have my thanks." Rias spoke with a smile, Yukio smirking as Saji's face turned red as he replied

"I-It's alright. You're Kaichou's precious friend and I saw some new possibilities regarding the Sacred Gear. But I have to work on the flower bed as well, so..."

"Later Yu. Work hard." Saji with a smile before taking a bite out of one of the sandwiches he had.

"Yeah, thanks Gen" Yukio called back as Saji left

"Gasper, you can still continue on right? After getting sucked by Saji-kun, your power has been regulated to a perfect level, for the remaining time I will also keep you company in the training." Rias said to Gasper, who was resting under the shade of a tree.

"I-I'll do my besttttttt." Gasper stuttered, exhausted but still pulling himself back to his feet so they could continue training till the night.

…

"Hey Yukio-kun!" The young woman with purple hair smiled happily at seeing her regular devil.

"Hey Misora-san…" Yukio replied, noting her's eyes looking at the box that was sat next to him as he continued

"Don't worry, Misora-san…I'm trying to help my kouhai who's scared of people…Gasper-kun say hi" Yukio nudged the box slightly before Gasper spoke up

"H-H-H-Hello…" Yukio smiled, Rias had asked him to take Gasper with him to try and help the crossdressing boy but he wasn't going to push his luck too much with him. He picked up the box before heading inside from the hallway they'd appeared in, Gasper screaming before Yukio set it down on the sofa in the living room as he spoke with a sad smile

"Sorry, Gasper-kun. I just didn't want to leave you out of sight in case something happened" He turned to regard Misora before he asked

"So…Is it the usual or have you got something special in mind today?"

"Just the usual…I really want to try that stir fry recipe you mentioned last time" Misora replied, Yukio nodding as he used a bit of magic to change into a butler outfit before giving her a bow as he replied

"Of course, Ojou-sama"

…

"Gasper, please come out. It's my fault for pushing you into going with Yukio." Rias apologized from where she stood in front of the door to Gasper's room, Yukio standing nearby as he silently sighed. Misora had scared Gasper by opening the box and staring at him for a long period of time as he prepared dinner for her, during which his Sacred Gear had activated on its own.

"I thought that if you worked with Yukio, it may be for your benefit as well….." Rias continued as Gasper continued to cry loudly to the point of dying.

"Fueeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" Yukio had heard from his crimson haired master about Gapser's past.

Gasper's father is from a noble family of vampires but since his mother was a human mistress, he wasn't pure blooded. I heard they hate those who are non pure bloods more than devils, the vampires who scorn, even if it's their sibling, their treatment is discriminating.

Gasper was bullied by his siblings since childhood, even when he went to the human world, he was treated as a monster, he had no place he could call home.

However, he possesses the unique abilities of vampires, and the ability as a human- a special sacred gear, since he was born with both of them, even if he didn't want to, as he grew older, I hear his powers also became greater.

Even if he wants to become friends, by some chance his sacred gear gets activated, and stops the other person.

"Hey, Yukio. How would you feel if you could stop time?" Rias asked him, the silver haired teen thinking for a moment before answering

"…I'd be scared of that power"

"I-I…..don't need such a sacred gear! B-Because I stop everyone! I scare them! I make them dislike me! Even I dislike it! I don't want to stop my f-friends and c-comrades…. Any more of having to look at the face of my cherished ones' stopped….. I-I don't want that…" Gasper sobbed inside the room.

"What a quandary….. For making this kid to once again shut himself in….. I am a failure as a King." Rias spoke depressed, Yukio resting a hand on her shoulder as he spoke

"Rias-sama, isn't your meeting with Sirzechs-sama and the others in a short while from now?"

"Yes, but I will extend the time a bit more. I have to make sure that Gasper is alright first-."

"Please leave the rest to me. I will do something about it." Yukio spoke with a smile as he contineud

"It's alright. I finally got a male kouhai! I will do something about it!"

"Yukio alright, I got it. Can I count on you?" Rias spoke with a smile, Yukio nodding as he replied

"Yep" As if regretfully and worrily, Rias glanced at Gasper's room once and then left for the meeting, Yukio waiting till she left before taking a deep breathe and sitting down in front of the door as he spoke

"Till you come out, I won't move one step from here!" Yukio understood what Gasper was going through to a point, his spiritual energy wasn't completely in his control and the risk of him turning into a Hollow was always at the edge of his mind and it held him back at times. Keiko's training had done a lot to help him control most of it since the Rating Game with Raiser Phenex and the seal on his powers being destroyed to cause it to go wild.

"…Are you scared? Of the sacred gear…and of us?" Yukio asked, deciding for the best that he should talk to remind Gasper that he was here as he continued

"I also possess a sacred gear in which the strongest dragon resides in. Even when I use the dragon's power I feel that some part of my body is changing to something else. I'm also scared of what my spiritual power could do…as my parents died before they could ever teach me or explain why it was sealed away… However, I feel I want to proceed further and master it."

"Why? M-Maybe, you may lose something important, you know? Why do you senpai, want to live such a straight forward life so much…?" Gasper replied, Yukio smiling sadly as he answered

"During the Rating Game…I lost control of it, having seen the defeat of my comrades one by one…I felt hollow and angry at not being able to help out more. I only stopped after seeing Buchou's tears...I don't even remember what happened at that time but I remember her crying because of what I had become…So I made a promise to myself after that, that I'd master my power so that I would never be the cause for Buchou's tears again."

The door opened a bit to show Gasper's profile, tears in his eyes as he spoke "…I wasn't present during that time."

"Ah, I understand. I am not blaming you for that. But, from now it's going to be different, right?" Yukio spoke in a calming tone

"…I, I will just cause trouble… I am a hikikomori, I am intensely shy…..I can't properly use my sacred gear…" Gasper replied before Yukio put a hand on top of his head and looked into both his eyes as he spoke

"I don't hate you. As your senpai I'll always look after , as a devil you would be a senpai. But, in real life I am your senpai so leave it to me." Gasper blinks in surprise as Yukio a smirk

"Lend me your power. Let's support Buchou together. If you're scared of something then I'll send it flying away. Even if I am like this I house the legendary dragon and the Dark Knight's powers, you know?"

"Would you like to drink my blood? If what Azazel said is true then if you drink my blood then you may be able to control your sacred gear." Yukio asked, Gasper quick to shake his head as he spoke

"… I am scared. Of drinking blood directly from living beings. I am even scared of my own power…..If anything more happens than this then….. I will….. I will….."

"Yeah… You don't like being used by your Sacred Gear, huh. However I am jealous of your ability you know." Yukio spoke honestly, Gasper looking surprised at him as the silver haired teen continued

"I guess I would use it to help people…If I did possess that Sacred Gear then I could stop accidents before they happen, even become a superhero and capture bad guys" Yukio chuckled at the mental image that came to mind, Gasper smiling happily as he spoke

"Yukio-sempai, you're a kind person. It's the first time I've been told that. I wasn't ever told by people that they were jealous of me… Yukio-sempai, you're a funny person."

"Well I try my best" Yukio replied with a smile before frowning slightly as he added

"You didn't get to see me and my friends performing as a band to the whole school before, did you. It's a shame…I'll have to get a copy of the film off Keiko-nee"

"Amazing, Yukio-sempai, standing up in front of everyone and playing music…and to use power that you're scared off so you can understand it better" Gasper spoke surprised

"Well…I have to try otherwise what's the point in having it in the first place and it would be a waste to not use it to help my friends and comrades"

"I-I guess you're right, Yukio-sempai…You're overflowing with courage to wish to control your power to help others" Gasper spoke understandingly as he opened the door slightly and allowed Yukio inside the room so they could continue talking for a while before Yuuto appeared peering in the room as he spoke

"As expected of Yukio-kun…to be able to have a friendly chat with Gasper immediately"

"Yuuto, I have something to talk about" Yukio asked

"What is it, Yukio-kun" He asked curiously, sitting down next to the pair as Yukio continued

"Me, you and Gasper are males"

"That's right. But suddenly hearing about that, what happened?"

"I have thought about an alliance between the male members of the Gremory team."

"That has…Roused my interest. What do you mean?" Yuuto asked interested

"That we do our best to protect the girls as much as we can during any future battles…We'll cover each others weaknesses as well as protect each other from whoever may come after us"

"That is something that sounds like you…" Yuuto spoke with a chuckle before Gasper spoke up apologetically, Yukio noticing that his hands were shaking

"Sorry but is it alright if I am inside the cardboard box? …I won't close the lid. Just, when I talk to people, I can calm down inside the cardboard box."

"Of course...It's an improvement on before isn't it?" Yukio replied with a smile, Gasper nodding as he moved the box and sat in it with a sigh of relief

"Ah, this is calming~. This is it~. The cardboard box is my heart's oasis….."

"If you dislike meeting eye to eye with people that much, then how about this-." Yukio spoke, moving to make two holes in a paper bag that was in the room before putting it onto Gasper's head.

"T-This is…..H-How is it~? Does it suit me~?" Gasper asked nervously as he continued

"Ah, but, this… It's good right. It may suit me…."

"Gasper, for the first time I have felt that you're amazing." Yukio replied, surprised at how a paper bag with some eye holes could make him look creeper and more dangerous then before.

"R-Really….? If I wear this then my value as a vampire may increase….." Gasper spoke surprised and happy at seeing Yukio nod.

The conversation between the trio of males continued through the night, Yukio surprised at how much of a lecher Yuuto was himself after the topic had gotten onto girls.

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Author's Note

Here's the next chapter and the introduction of Gasper.

With Yukio fighting Vali I'm currently thinking between whether it should be him fusing his Fullbring form with Amonusen's Bankai or his Scale Mail with his Bankai as both work (and combining all three would be too soon for him) towards how I'm planning to have Yukio dual wield Amonusen and Ascalon, given Amonusen will be a katana like Zangetsu is in Bankai form and from what I've read Ascalon is a long sword so they should both be able to use one handed. As with combining the two swords...I'm not sure whether I could avoid Yukio abusing a Holy Demonic sword that can do as much damage as Amonusen can.

With Ayano and her friends from Kaze no Stimga, I won't be including them seeing as I think I've got enough characters in here already.

Anyway hope you enjoy it.