Hey guys, I am officially back! Anyway, this was a nice chapter to write - after getting past the first part of it, which had been annoying me for some time now. VR was fun; especially Beat Saber, but now that it's done destroying my life, I can hopefully look past my addiction, and get back to writing this!

Also, if the quality dropped a bit, then its because I haven't written anything of note in some time, so...


"Ufufu." – Saying out loud.
'Ufufu.' – Thought.
[Ufufu] – Sacred Gear.
[Ufufu] – Ddraig/Albion/Beast speaking.

Midnight V: Church Plans
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It has been a few days since Hyoudou Issei had been killed and I had pointed him in the right direction to join the supernatural world. I've seen him hanging out with the Occult Research Club members lately, so it appears that he's been properly introduced to the supernatural world. It was pretty funny, however, to hear about the rumors that are now surrounding him – such as the pairing of him with Kiba Yuuto or how he dirtied their precious Rias Gremory.

I've also heard about the pairing between me and Kiba Yuuto. It's… well, the next time I see him, I might just punch him in the gut, but let's ignore that for now.

I was currently wondering the streets, looking for that stupid nun, wherever she may be. It's been some time since I had received that letter, so I figured that she might be around here somewhere, but unfortunately, I have so far been unlucky in my search.

Though "search" might be a bit of a stretch, as I've only been out for about three minutes and only went to the park. It was a nice park.

No crying children, at the very least – which is always good.

Looking around the park for probably around twenty seconds, I nodded in satisfaction. Next, was to get some ice cream! Let's see… last time I had gotten the classic vanilla ice cream, so this time, let's get chocolate!

I take my duties very seriously. I just need to take breaks often.

Just as I was about to turn around and skip off as I hummed a soft tune, I saw something out of the corner of my eye.

'Could this be-!?' Spinning towards the movement, I saw the nun! Well, no, it was Hyoudou Issei, but it was close enough! Actually, I do want to see what he'd look like cosplaying as a nun now… Plans for later! Running over towards him, I raised my right hand and began to wave. Noticing me, he turned in my direction, a goofy smile quickly fluttering onto his face.

Before either one of us could say a greeting, or for me to close the distance between the two of us, a different sound reached our ears, interrupting the reunion of the two of us.

"Hawaa!" It was a fairly abnormal sound, and judging by the pitch of it, it was caused by a female. It was quickly followed by the sound of something, or rather, someone, landing onto the ground. Turning to my left, stopping mid step with my arm still raised and a smile on my face, I saw at the other end of the park, a nun who had fallen onto the ground.

'Either I need glasses, or Issei-chan is a good luck charm.'

Deciding to go with the second option, I watched as Issei decided to ignore me – the pretentious prick – and run towards the nun to help her up. I decided to watch from a distance for a few moments and lowered my arm and leg as my smile twitched.

"A-are you okay?" Issei's words reached my ears as he held out his hand towards the blonde-haired nun. The girl looked up towards him, surprised, and then a smile spread itself across her face.

"I'm fine, thank you." Accepting his hand, Issei helped her get up. As she smiled in gratitude, the veil upon her head flew off with the wind – it was flying towards me. Smiling slightly, I reached my hand out to it and with but a small hop, I caught it before it could fly over my head. It was a bit of a hard reach, but it's not because I'm short!

The girl, seeing that I had caught her veil, sent a smile of gratitude towards me as she walked over with Issei right beside her.

"Thank you for catching my veil. Wait, are you…?" Surprise filled her eyes as she got a good look at my face. Then, relief flashed through them as she breathed out a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness… I had no way of contacting you, so I was in a predicament… but thankfully, the Lord has brought us together!" Clasping her hands together, she prayed with her eyes closed. Rolling my eyes, I placed the veil back over her head, surprisingly her by the contact. Opening her eyes, she stared at me with what appeared to be surprise and confusion. I decided to play along with the Church girl.

"Mhm, exactly right!" Clapping my hands together, a small smile on my face, I 'agreed' with the nun. "The Lord hath brought us poor, ol' misguided and wandering lambs together – not to lead us to the slaughter – but to be led towards his arms and be welcomed at his Church, His holy land, His sanctuary, His property!" Raising my voice as I went on, my tone was filled with such reverence that I could've fooled the Pope into thinking that I was a devout believer.

The nun nodded along with what I was saying while at the same time, Issei leaned back from my religious chattering, his eyes half open and his mouth agape slightly from surprise, confusion, and suspicion.

"And now, we must depart for the Church in order to serve our dear God!" I finished my little tirade, causing the nun to smile brightly.

"Yes, of course!" Clasping her hands together, she said this line with her eyes sparkling.

"Y-yeah, I think I'm gonna go…" Issei, scratching the back of his head with a drop of sweat rolling down his head, remarked. He turned to leave, but my voice stopped him.

"Mhm. However, I have a question for you, worthy servant of mine." He tried to stifle a groan and turned back to me. Gesturing for me to continue, I, with pride shining in my eyes, lifted my right hand and placed the tips of my fingers onto the middle of my chest. "I – do not know where the Church is, so could you, a long-time resident of this town, show me the way?"

At this, Issei face palmed.

"Yo-you don't even know where the Church is!?"

"Ufufu. Correct."

"And you have to bring this nun there?"

"Of course. It is my job to do so."

"…Are you stupid?"

"No, far from it! I am simply too smart for my own good." I answered in all seriousness, causing Issei to just sigh from annoyance.

"Fine, I'll show you where it is…" At his agreement, I clapped my hands together, a cheery smile adorning my face.

"Very well then! Servant – lead us towards this town's place of worship!" Pointing my finger towards a random direction, I commanded Issei to lead us on, towards the Church.

And with some grumbling, he did so. Though walking in the opposite direction I had pointed to.

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The three walked through the streets, the two girls following after the brunet boy, who seemed to be complaining – though he did so underneath his breath and in his head. However, at the same time, he had to count his blessings; he was able to be near two beautiful women, so perhaps it was worth it? 'Plus, one had a nice rack, and though the other was flatter than a mat, she did have a nice face…' Issei's thoughts obviously turned towards the perverted at the thought of the two girls behind him.

As the three walked through Kuoh, they heard the sound of crying in one of the many parks. Turning towards the sound, the three had different reactions. Issei felt slight annoyance that his time with the two girls were interrupted, but at the same time, he felt concerned for the kid. Lachesis, on the other hand, only felt resentment towards the boy for crying – she was very much annoyed by the sound, though it did not show on her face, which was blank.

And as for the nun – she ran towards the crying child, causing the other two walking with her to stop and stare after her, Issei with a slight frown and a wondering expression on his face and Lachesis staring at the back of the girl's head with a look of apathy and disgust.

The nun, Asia Argento, crouched down onto the ground, letting her legs lay against it, as she offered the crying child a smile, causing him to stop crying for a moment as he stared at the girl.

Raising her hands, she placed them over the boy's knee, where there was a scrape and with some whispered kind words, a soft green glow, almost ethereal, flowed from her hands. Their source was undoubtedly that of the rings that had appeared on her index fingers. It took only a few moments, but the scrape on the kid's knee was gone.

'A Sacred Gear that heals with an ethereal green glow, in the form of two rings…' Lachesis thought to herself with a sly grin. 'Then it is that one, huh…?'

Once Asia was finished healing the kid, she stood back up, ruffling the kid's head at the same time. "Here, your wound is gone now, so it shouldn't hurt, okay…?" Smiling kindly at the boy, who smiled in response, she walked back over towards Issei and Lachesis, as the boy's mother helped him up, as she stared after the strange nun which healed her son with a power that was like magic. "I'm sorry, but I couldn't help myself. I had to heal his injury…" Laughing this out, she stuck her tongue out.

"It's okay!" Issei said with a smile on his face. "Don't apologize for helping others, you know?"

Lachesis said nothing as she watched this interaction, her hand cupping her chin as she thought. Then, smiling, she dropped her hand and gestured for the two to hurry up.

"We have places to go, you know?" She explained as to her reasoning for them to hurry. Agreeing with her, Issei continued walking on ahead, with the two girls following just behind him.

'A Sacred Gear that heals all – it will be incredibly useful; however, I have no need for it.'

Watching the back of the nun with a lukewarm face, she could only grin silently as she thought of the future. 'Gathering allies around the one that I love – it will be insurance for the future. It will lead to happiness, joy, friendship. Merely to be torn down when the time comes. The look on your face, it will surely be pleasant.'

After only a few more minutes of walking, the three finally reached an old, worn-out exterior of the Church. As the three approached it, Issei suddenly stopped with a look of terror on his face, causing the other two to look at him in confusion, though Lachesis quickly figured out why he had stopped and had to cover the smile blossoming on her face. Issei turned back to the two girls, trying to hide his terror.

"Uhm, anyway, we're now here, so I think I'm going to-"

"Wait, please!" The nun stopped him with a shout. Her face turned red, and she looked away for a moment. Issei waited patiently for whatever she had to say. When she looked back up at him, a confident look was on her face. "Please come inside and have some tea! It's the least I can do for you bringing me here! And you too, uhm…" Turning towards Lachesis, the nun was confused as towards what her name was.

"Oh, right, we didn't introduce ourselves to you, huh?" Issei remarked, scratching the back of his head, a nervous grin on his face. "I'm Hyoudou Issei, though you can just call me Ise; all my friends do."

"And the magnificent me, is called Lachesis Azures, though you can just call me Nemesis! In fact, call me Neme-chan!"

"Then, Neme-chan and Ise-san! It is nice to meet you two! My name is Asia Argento; I hope we get along in the future too!" She greeted with a fantastic smile. As she did so, Lachesis was happy, and as proof, a wide smile bloomed upon her face at being called by her preferred nickname. "Then, the tea…?"

"Oh, sorry, but I have to, uhm…" Issei thought to himself for a moment, trying to come up with an excuse, but Lachesis beat him to the punch. And not in the way that he would like.

"Oh? I thought you were free today, Issei-chan? After all, you were thinking of taking me out-on-a-da-te, right?" Stressing each word out, Lachesis leaned her body down slightly towards Issei, a sneer on her face.

"Wha-what!?" Issei shouted, his face reddening at the thought of going out on a date with Lachesis – and from what he could see by looking down her shir- 'Wait, is she not wearing a bra!?'

"A date?" Asia repeated with a confused tone.

"O-of course not! She's just messing around!" Issei shouted. Breathing out a sigh, he looked away. "I-I have some club activities! Yeah, I have to go back to school! Uhm, so I'll have that tea another time?"

"Oh… Then, I will be looking forward to meeting you again, Ise-san!" Smiling gratefully towards him, Issei could only send the nun a warm smile of his own.

"Yeah, definitely!" 'Though I don't think I will be coming back to this Church… what with this strange feeling of fright.'

Lachesis clicked her tongue to the roof of her mouth, though the two didn't notice. 'He got out of it too quickly… I wanted to watch his expression being in this place that Devils aren't supposed to be in. Oh well.' Shrugging her shoulders, Lachesis dismissed her plans on causing Issei to become more uncomfortable just for her amusement.

The brunet turned around and began to walk away and as his form began to become small in the distance, Lachesis finally turned back towards Asia, a slight smile on her face.

"Now then, about what you were told to give me…?" Letting her question hang off like that, Lachesis reminded Asia of what she was told to give to the tanned girl.

"Oh, right! Thanks for reminding me!" Slipping her hand into the bag she wore at her side, she took out a rolled-up parchment. "I was told to give this to you; but don't worry! I didn't take a look at what it was." Handing the parchment over towards the girl, it was accepted quickly with a gleeful expression.

"Thank you!" Slipping the parchment into her yukata's sleeve, Lachesis licked her lips. "Now then; shall we head in and get that tea you promised me?"

"Oh, yes! Absolutely!" Happily clapping her hands together and agreeing with the tanned girl, Asia turned back towards the Church and pushed open the two doors. As the doors opened up, it made a loud creaking sound, as if they hadn't been oiled in a long time – which would be true, considering that the Church had been abandoned years ago.

Walking inside, the two personally witnessed the bad state the Church was in. The pews were cracked, with some of them actually being broken apart, pieces of wood had collapsed from the rafters, a few pillars were cracked, and some had pieces that had fallen off, with one pillar actually having been felled. Cobwebs littered the room, on the pews, in the rafters, on the walls – the nave of the Church was just an absolute mess.

"Oh my… what a mess." Asia murmured, looking around the nave.

"Well, it has been abandoned." Lachesis shrugged without much care in her tone.

"Then… I'll have to clean up!" Giving an energetic shout, Asia looked like there was fire in her eyes at the prospect of apparently cleaning up such a large mess.

"Well, you have fun with that… I just want the tea."

"Oh! Of course, let me go brew some right away!" Hurrying towards the back room, the black-haired girl quickly followed after the blonde. Walking through the near broken door, which was barely hanging onto its hinges, the two came out into a hallway, with several doors lining it. Turning towards the right, the nun walked off.

'Well, she is a nun. She probably knows the basic layout of a boring Church like this off the back of her hand.'

Thinking this, Lachesis followed the girl with a neutral expression. However, after several turns – and going back down the other way – Lachesis knew that the nun had no idea where they were going and was appropriately annoyed at having her time wasted like this.

It had been several minutes since they had entered the Church, and they were already lost. Lachesis could only let out a forlorn sigh at this thought.

Eventually, however, the two managed to reach a room that was set up as a kitchen. As they entered the room, they noticed that this room was cleaned up, unlike the other rooms that they had tried as they searched for the kitchen.

Inside the room, was the obvious; a stove, fridge, sink, table, some chairs, and other necessities for cooking. However, also in the room, were two other people, a man and a woman.

The man appeared to be in his middle ages, with short black hair and dark blue eyes. His attire consisted of a pale gray trench coat, over a white dress shirt with a matching ascot, black pants and shoes, a pair of black gloves, and a black fedora. He was leaning against the wall on the side that the door was on, though past the table.

The woman looked to be more in her twenties and was tall with brown eyes and long, navy blue hair that obscured her right eye. Her attire consisted of a maroon, trench coat-like top with a wide collar, a matching miniskirt, and black heeled shoes. The trench coat was open at her chest, giving a large glimpse to her breast and cleavage. She was sitting in one of the few chairs with her right leg crossed over her left.

Lachesis immediately disliked the woman and made a sniffle with her nose. 'That familiar stink of a Fallen…'

"Uh-uhm…" Asia began, fidgeting a bit with her hands, her face flushed. "I'm Asia Argento. It-it's nice to meet you two!" She greeted with a bow.

The man grunted, closing his eyes while the woman smiled.

"Nice to meet you too, darling." She made a short, lazy, wave. "The old lug back there is Dohnaseek-" she pointed towards the man with her thumb without looking. "-and the beautiful me, is Kalawarner. You would do well to remember my name." Dohnaseek frowned but didn't say anything.

"Y-yes!"

"And who might you be, little girl?" Turning towards Lachesis, she asked this. Though usually she would respond with a smile, this time, she refrained from this and scowled.

"Don't talk so familiar to me, damn Fallen…" Muttering beneath her breath, she turned an annoyed glare towards the woman. "Lachesis." She said with a sharp huff.

"Ooh, how impertinent of you, not showing me respect… I like that." Lachesis did not respond, though her eyebrows furrowed downwards, and signs of anger were shown on her face. Kalawarner barked out a laugh at her reaction.

'This is why I hate most Fallen Angels, and even the ones I hate I don't associate with. Az-chan is the only one I can actually stand to be around.'

Asia opened up her mouth to say something, to get the two to calm down, but a voice from the door interrupted her.

"Hey-o! Sorry I was late, I was having a nice nap, tee-hee?" Entering the room, was a petite girl with blonde hair, which was styled into disheveled twin tails and blue eyes. She wore a Gothic Lolita attire, consisting of a black Lolita dress with white frills, a large black bow on the front, and a green jewel on the collar, white thigh-high socks, and black shoes. There was also a large black bow on the top of her hair with white frills around the top of it. "Mhm?"

The girl stared blankly at the occupants of the room, with a smile on her face, as she slowly started to comprehend the situation.

The tension in the air, the disgusted look on the tanned girl's face, the nun trying to calm her down – the new occupant of the room – was at a loss.

"What's happening?" She asked before pouting. "Don't leave me out of the loop!"

Kalawarner sighed in exasperation. "This is what you get for sleeping in Mittelt, you know? Figure it out on your own."

"Ah~ come on! Just this…" The now named Mittelt's gaze turned slowly back towards Lachesis as a look of confusion, then realization, blossomed onto her face. Her eyes opening wide, she pointed at the tanned girl. "You're-"

However, before she could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by a new arrival.

"Out of the way Mittelt." A woman appearing in her twenties pushed past the blonde Fallen Angel, causing the smaller girl to nearly hit the wall beside her. With long black hair and violet eyes, she looked incredibly annoyed as she walked into the kitchen area. She wore a short black dress under a small, light purple top. "Is the coffee done?" She asked before eyeing the two non-Fallen Angels in the room. Then, her eyes lit up in realization as she noticed the nun. "Ah, you must be Asia Argento, right?"

"Y-yes!" Asia practically shouted in surprise at being named. "It's nice to meet you, erm…?"

"Raynare." She greeted her with a polite nod of her head, though the look in her eyes contrasted with the friendly gesture. Lachesis narrowed her eyes at seeing this. "It's great to finally meet you; we've been awaiting your arrival for a few days now…"

"Yes, of course! There have been a few troubles coming here-" however, she was quickly interrupted by Raynare

"But you're here now! So, there's no need to worry…" Raynare's eyes turned towards Lachesis. "And you are?" She said in a deadpan. Lachesis resisted the urge to roll her eyes.

'She clearly sees me as beneath her, given the look in her eyes. A fool.' Lachesis thought to herself, however, before she could say anything, Mittelt interjected into the conversation.

"Ah, I can tell you who she is!" The girl looked excited, though there was also a slight look of fear and remnants of shock on her face. Lachesis stared at the girl, her eyes widening slightly. "She's Lachesis A-"

"Lachesis." The tanned girl interrupted. "I can introduce myself…" Staring at Mittelt, she directed a small bit of killer intent towards her, causing her to back up a step. "In any case, I don't remember the way out, so could one of you-" she directed a glare towards Mittelt "-show me the way? Ah, I'll have to get some tea next time, okay Asia? I just remembered that I had something important-" once again, she sent a glare towards Mittelt "-to do. Okay?"

"R-right?" Asia hesitatingly agreed with a questioning tone. Her head was tilted to the side slightly as she tried to figure out what was going on, but she had no luck in her endeavors.

"I-I-I'll take you!" Mittelt practically scrambled out of the room as she gestured for Lachesis to follow her. Raynare turned a questioning gaze towards the blonde Fallen Angel as she left the room and then turned towards Lachesis with a suspicious frown. Dohnaseek was eyeing the interaction with no small part of interest and Kalawarner was grinning as she watched Mittelt become so intimidated by what she thought was an ordinary human.

"Thank you~!" Lachesis sung lightly as she followed the blonde Fallen Angel out of the kitchen.

"Goodbye Lachesis!" Asia said from behind a short moment later, which only earned her a short wave without looking from the girl in question. None of the other Fallen Angels said anything or made a move when the two were gone. Asia stood where she was, fidgeting slightly in place, not knowing what to do now that she was alone with three Fallen Angels. Raynare stared at the entranceway with suspicion and the other two Fallen Angels remained still.

Then, interrupting the silence, was the shrill sound caused by the coffee pot as coffee began to spill out of it.

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I walked down the hallway following after the Fallen Angel who kept sending looks back towards me, as if I was going to randomly attack her when her back was turned. I stared straight ahead, at the back of her skull, my eyes half closed and dull.

'She knows who I am – at least, according to the Grigori. Besides from that, nothing else. I can use that.'

I grinned as I began to think up a new plan. I could already guess at a few events that had taken place before coming here and what will most likely happen in the future, at the very least, up to a week from now. It was very simple; my plan that is.

All I had to do, was to use the Fallen Angel in front of me and then everything regarding this Church will be solved.

As for what will happen – let's just say that they will come to find out that only misfortune will find them when they need luck the most.

"O-okay, right through here is the nave, so-"

"I know." I interrupted her, causing her to turn back to me from surprise. "I just said that to get you away from the others…" Mittelt took a step back but didn't say anything. Her body was shaking from fright; it seems she really does know about the rumors surrounding me in the Grigori. It's not like every Fallen Angel knows about me, but if they do – then they would know why it would be bad to anger me… "You know who I am right?"

"Y-yeah…" She responded with some hesitance. I waited a few moments for her to continue, but when she didn't I clicked the roof of my mouth in annoyance.

"…Well?" At my tone of voice, she squeaked and hurried to answer.

"L-Lachesis Azures! The one who is called the Mad Genius of the Grigori!" She very nearly shouted. "Y-you regularly help out Lord Azazel in some of the research that he does and in some jobs… a-a valuable, and incredibly strong, human." If she thought that some flattery would help her situation… then it will make me feel good, but I still don't give a crap about her.

"And how did you find out about me?"

"I…I saw you leave Lord Azazel's office one day when I was heading to give him the daily report from my last job, so I had asked one of the older Fallen Angels about you… and they told me."

'Hm, so that's how. Since she knows who I am, then she'll be rather useful… for now.'

I smiled thinly, but quickly covered it with a hand. After a few moments, I removed my hand. "Then, I'll use you."

"Huh?" She looked up at me in confusion, not understanding my words.

"I know something's going on… And let me tell you; when Az-chan – Azazel – learns of this, he'll kill all of you." Well, probably not kill them – but he'll detain them for some time. He's too kind to actually kill someone for something like this.

"W-what!?" Mittelt shouted in surprise and fear.

'But, then again, she doesn't know this. She's too stupid after all.'

"Yeah, but you know what?" I walked closer to her and wrapped my right arm around her shoulders as if we were close friends. I placed my face close to hers and showed off a smirk. "If you do exactly what I say, then I'll get Az-chan to forgive you. Okay?"

She took a moment to respond due to how her teeth wouldn't stop chattering. "R-right!" Her tone was high-pitched, but she was appropriately scared. She didn't want to die. She'd probably even kill Raynare right now if I told her to – but that would just get her killed. She's the weakest among the four Fallen Angels here, probably because of how lax and stupidly upbeat she is, so telling her to do that would be a mistake.

'Now then, what should I do? Will she be useful to me in the future, even after this? Or will she just be evidence that needs to be erased?'

Grinning sadistically with eyes resembling that of a dead fish, I told her what to do.


Ooh, things are moving on! So, as you probably could tell, this chapter is setting up stuff that will be happening later. Lachesis will be doing things from the shadows, but what? Will Mittelt survive this ordeal and become a Pawn for our resident yandere, or will she be discarded like yesterday's news?

Let me reveal some trivia and potential spoilers, depending on how you look at it!

Lachesis has three masks: Her Nemesis mask (which is what she's usually wearing), her Midnight Reaper mask (which is similar to her Nemesis mask), and something else, but that is for later. What is her real face like? Well, you can probably gather it from context clues or something... or watch some Blues Clues, but eh.

Originally, she was going to be named Michal and have a brother, who was the one who was gonna be the main character, and his name was David. Both of which comes from the Bible.

And one more thing: Her name - Lachesis - is important, so keep it in mind.

In any case, I hope you guys continue to read this and let me know how I'm doing so that I may improve XD Any type of words can help me, just don't flame me up. I don't want to be lit.