The walk to the Occult Research house was quite the awkward one. Nothing has been shared with between the four since the departure from the park. Levi kept his pace in walking, Rias was uncharacteristically quiet in leading him to the building, Akeno was trying to approach him from behind, but something kept telling her to step away, and Koneko was frowning, lost in her thoughts and wisely keeping her distance.

Levi was thinking. Why do these devils scare easily? It might be his intimidating factor that's putting them on edge and they're always keeping quiet around him. He shook his head. They're devils, they're not afraid of anything.

"So, Levi...we never got to introduce ourselves back there after your encounter with the fallen angels. My name is Rias Gremory, third year. It's a pleasure to finally talk to you." The King said confidently.

Akeno then tried to follow up, "And my name is-"

"Akeno. Akeno Himejima," Levi blurted out cooly, surprising the group. Levi blinked and turned towards the white Rook, "And you're Koneko Toujou."

The two mentioned were stunned and internally hoping that he will follow up with what they're hoping for.

Levi noticed the desperate looks on the two low devils and shook his head, sighing, "Yes, I do remember. I'm not stupid enough to forget the only two friends that I ever made in my entire childhood."

Flashback

A nine year old Levi was treading lightly in dangerous waters as he was getting very close to a rundown village, the area drowning in flames. He quickly runs straight to the entrance and backs up into hiding behind the post. He peers his head out to find several men in black suits with wings of the same color, running their light spears through one of the village people's stomach. The poor woman fell limp and died quickly with the fallen kicking her to the floor. More screams of anguish echoed throughout the whole village and houses were collapsing under the heat of the flames.

Levi narrowed his emotionless eyes and disappeared in a blur. The dark angel from earlier was laughing with his team, bragging about who killed the most. They were high-fiving each other and joked constantly about the poor human families whose lives were taken from them mercilessly. An angel from the group was still laughing his ass off at one joke that his friend made, until a cold blast of hard ice encased his entire figure, the arctic wind not letting up. His friends stopped in their laughing and were now confused, wondering what's happening to their friend. The six all cringed when the case of ice with the fallen angel inside fell straight down to the floor, the impact shattering the ice open with the fallen shivering in absolute bewilderment. Just then, a shadow came flipping onto the scene as a pair of feet slammed into the torso of the freezing angel, his breathing stopping momentarily. The angels in the sky conjured up their designated spears of various colors and aimed them at their shadowy assailant.

The shadow paid no mind to the angels above him and simply knelt down and met the brown eyes of the trembling angel with his red ones. The downed angel was shaking in fear at his glowing orbs and flinched when the mouth of his attacker opened slightly. He cracked one eye open in cautiousness but grew confused at the figure's actions. And in the blink of an eye, it was all gone. The unknown character unleashed a breath of hot fire right in the angel's face, the flames eating away at the skin. The evil Messengers above panicked at the sudden appearance of the fire and backed away slightly to protect themselves. The fire died down and what was the face of the killer angel was now a burnt skull with the jaw hanging wide open from previous fear and a late scream.

The angels above flew down slightly towards the anonymous character and the still supposed alive fallen angel were at when the figure spun around to face them, with them recoiling back from the jump scare. The short figure raised their arm and tilted their head. The men were slightly creeped out and a little bit at a loss as to what they were doing. One angel suddenly jumped in fright and let out a yell, startling his buddies. When they asked him what was wrong, he turned the nearest angel's head to something that was sitting in the figure's hand. It was a skull, not just any skull, but their friends skull. They all yelled in disbelief and then grew angry as they threw their spears that were waiting idly by in the palms.

The shadow hopped slightly above the ground and stepped on the first incoming spear to avoid it and bent under the next one while in the air, successfully dodging both. The next onslaught of spears were still heading his way, so he got down on the ground and spun on his hands and whipped his legs around above him, his feet unleashing a torrent of fire and ice. The two elements surprisingly worked together in dismantling each and every one of them, shocking and most importantly angering his fallen foes. Two of them retracted their wings and landed on the ground ready to fight hand-to-hand with this pest. When they inched closer to the concealed figure, the shadows were lifted from the frame, revealing a small, nine year old boy. That meant that the angels were getting rather angrier, their pride receiving a stab. They roared in unison and rushed the boy.

Levi put up his stance and readied his body. Whatever happens, happens. When they were in range, he ducked under a clothesline and stuck his leg out to trip the first angel behind him, the fallen's face meeting with the dirty concrete floor. Levi hurriedly struck the second man's side with an axe heel kick. The dark angel keeling over in pain. Levi sensed the man from behind sneaking up behind him as he backflips over said man and drove a flying knee in the back of the weak angel's head, knocking him out cold. The second angel scowled at his friend's fallen form and sent out a flurry of combos in punches straight at the boy's face. Levi blocked every one with his forearms and rammed his palm in the angel's stomach, pushing him back a few good feet.

Levi straightened his footing and prepared to run at him when a cry broke out in the village. Levi sensed that it was one of the houses near him, just a block away. It sounded like a young girl crying for someone or something. He needed to end this fast.

Levi's arms were set on fire from underneath, him flying through the air. The angel on the ground and the angels in the air didn't have the time to gawk at the sight and manifested a two spears in each hand. One was nervous enough to throw a wild spear at the boy, his friends gaping at him with huge eyes at his stupidity. The spear stopped inches away from his face as Levi grabbed the spear and broke it in two. He broke them down further when they all turned into tiny shards in his hands. The fallen angels now gawked at the strength of the kid and the fact that his hands weren't burning from the dangerous light. Their jaws hung low, touching the ground when the pesky boy ate the shards like it was nothing.

Levi stayed their in the sky, not moving. That's when he burped and patted his chest before spitting them back out like bullets, the shards speeding towards the angels. They scurried from the sky and ran down on the ground to get away from this freak. When they were no longer in sight, he fell back down to the ground and made his way to the house where the crying took place.

He kicked down the locked door and started scanning the place which was the living room of the house for the crying person. His senses picked up hitched breathing and silent sniffles from a room at the far end of the home. He fast walked towards the path of the door and opened it to find a little girl with hair straight like a line and violet orbs that were slightly red, confirming that this girl was the one crying. His footsteps as he walked made the floor creak which alarmed the little girl as she turned her head to the new person in the room. Her face adopted a look of surprise and slight suspicion as she backed away and yelled,

"W-Who are you? Why are you here? Leave!"

Levi held his hands in conciliation and slowly but surely made his way to the girl, careful not to mess this up. The girl scrunched her face in preparation for a punch or a kick while simultaneously hoping that this was a dream when…

The boy patted her head. She gasped and glanced back up in the face of the boy who was still careful not to provoke her in any way. Once she gave in to the feeling, her head leaned into his touch as she blushed a little. Levi perked an eyebrow at her sudden movement but chuckled softly, merely measuring it down to tiredness.

A crash in the room outside sent the two kids up straight on their feet, the girl shaking while clinging to Levi for safety. Levi gazed down on the black set of hair and knelt down to meet her face, her cheeks still flushed in crimson.

"What's your name, girl?""A-Akeno Himejima."Levi smiled and introduced himself back, "Levi Jaymes. And I'm here for you. So stay in here while I go take care of this."

He stole a second glance around the room and spread his hearing outside of the roof to make sure no one else but the perpetrator in the next room was around. Thankfully no one was in their vicinity save for the in unknown person as he casted his gaze down once again to his new friend as she took his hand in hers,

"Will you come back to me?" She shyly asks."Do not worry your little head, Akeno. I am capable of saving the both of us. Just you wait." And with that, Levi stealthily opened the door to the main room.

Turns out the perpetrator was indeed another fallen, but this time it was someone very huge with four wings. He was looking under every furniture for the little girl he was supposed to kidnap but she was nowhere to be found in this room. A glass vase whizzed by his head and smashed against the wall right in front of him. He turned back around to see a little boy standing there in the middle of the turnovered furniture with a very thick layer of fire dancing around his frame in an intimidating manner. He scoffed. Was he supposed to be scared...of a little boy? Ha! This will be done within a second.

He conjured a sword of light, twice the size than the spear that two winged fallens uses. Levi in turn conjured up two swords of ice and fire and wield them to match the bigger fallen angel's light swords. They rushed each other and began to fight. They executed a series of blows and parries to each other's. As they were doing this, the fallen angel produced sweat and was getting a little bit unnerved at this kid's resolve and determined attitude. It's like this kid's on a whole different playing field than him as this cycle of sword fighting keeps dragging on.

Levi, getting tired, decided to switch it up and backed away from the fight, confusing the dark angel. His swords disappeared and in their replacement came a fire bow and several ice arrows in his hands. He placed three ice arrows to fire as the ice did not melt but instead mixed together while Levi shot them in precision, the angel maneuvering through each one. One arrow though caught the ground in fire as the floor beneath the two started to spread in flames, the angel screaming and complaining how hot it was and flew out the hole he made in the roof. Levi quickly ran into the room and grabbed Akeno and fled the scene.

They made it past every angel who were still there. Once they were outside the village, Akeno let go of Levi's hand and stood there, watching it all as the village was consumed with flames. Her eyes betrayed her as tears were streaming down her face.

'Momma…'Levi took notice of her expression and said nothing, allowing her this time of closure. Soon after the fire died down, she turned back around and took a sharp inhale of air when she spotted Levi leaning against a wall, waiting patiently.

"Are you okay, Akeno? Do you need any more time to cope with your losses? Do you need anything?" Levi asked caringly.

Akeno shook her head but asked back, "I was just thinking that now, I have no one. I'm afraid more of those fallen angels will hear of this and they will send more after me. I want to run away but I'm scared that they will catch up to me. Can you stay with me a bit longer?"

Levi was not surprise but was confused at her nervous demeanor at asking a simple question such as that. He conceded nonetheless, "Whatever it takes to get you smiling again."Her eyes grew watery as she rushed at him to pull him into an embrace, Levi awkwardly returning it.

End

"And after that, those three months were of us running away nonstop from those angel dirtbags and constant thieving on our part. Money was tight and we were tired from all the running. Until, you know what happened. I bid my farewells to Akeno when we sensed your magic circle all those years ago to take in Akeno into your family. All I'm saying to you Gremory, thank you for treating her with the utmost care." Levi suddenly bowed in thanks to the crimson princess, catching her by surprise. She blushed and waved it off, saying she did what had to be done.

"Please don't do that. I was more than happy to care for Akeno during that time," She said quickly the paused, "And what about Koneko? She seems to know about you on the same scale as Akeno." Rias stood smiling at Levi, his hidden nature now confirming her thoughts on the boy. Meanwhile, Akeno had her hands cup her face while silently panting with the most darkest shade of red adorning her face while looking at her now junior and savior with beautiful, captivated violet eyes.

Levi blinked and turned to his junior in remembrance, "Yes, Koneko. Her's was much more difficult, but nevertheless the most unforgettable experience either one of us will recover from."

Koneko turned her head away to hide the blush on her face as she thought back on those months alone with her senpai.

Flashback

A snowy region on the outskirts of Kyoto shows an eleven year old Levi scaling the treacherous mountains on the cliffside. Numerous avalanches were plummeting towards him, but he kept on going in hopes of finding civilization near him. With a huge forest and mountain area at this particular size, there's bound to be a town somewhere.

"At this point, I'm gonna freeze to death. But...nghh!...if I do this…" He then covered his mouth with his red scarf and manipulated his pyro side and cloaked his hands and head–the critical parts that loses heat fast–in hot fire to solve his problem.

Sighing in relief, he continued to climb until he reached a trench in the side of the mountain and carefully stepped on the narrow strip of rocks in order not to slip. Once he pulled himself up on there, he dusted of any residue from the floor and trekked onwards. He stopped himself when a slope made itself known and provided a dangerous but nice view of the snow capped trees down below. Shrugging, he jumped and pointed his left foot out to step on the tip of one tree and hopped from one to another until a clearing made of snow was in view. He somersaulted off of the last tree and nailed the landing.

He relaxed a bit to enjoy the snow while it lasted and closed his eyes in peace. That was until a rumble almost tripped him from his spot and abruptly cut off his thoughts. Annoyed, he then searched the grounds for who or what was responsible for the ruckus high and low. He eventually ended up back into the forest to another clearing but this time it was occupied. A couple of men with hoods who seemed natural save for their masks and most importantly the little figure with a white cloak that they were harassing!

He put a hand to his mouth and put his index finger and his thumb in a disconnected ring inside his pursed lips and whistled. That got the two men's attention, or he mistakenly took for men. One was still a man but the other was a women with a hint of hair sticking out from her hood that was a auburn color. They looked to each other and nodded and summoned translucent energy around their balled fists. Levi shrunk back in temporary confusion but shook that off and flew in the air.

They didn't falter and threw the energy at the boy. Levi cursed and flew even higher but that was meaningless as the energy hit his back anyway. He coughed and slammed into the ground.

'Homing magic? What…?' He was focusing on that attack but hacked when a boot stomped on his back, him spitting saliva from his mouth onto the snow.

"You should've just walked away and minded your own business, little boy. You wouldn't have liked what was about to happen." Said a crazed, feminine voice from above. He picked up his head slightly and widened his eyes in horror when the man snatched the cloak off the little person and was a little girl with white hair and hazel eyes that were stained with tears. She gasped when the man slapped her, sending her to the cold floor. He didn't stop there when he stripped her shirt, leaving her undergarments exposed that were inches away from showing what was underneath. She blushed in embarrassment and anger, with her shivering from the sudden cold blast of the wind.

Levi was completely at a loss for words. This little girl was no less ten years old and these adults were depriving her of her spirit and character by molesting her. Something inside of him snapped: his psyche destroyed by his blinding rage, his heart losing all reason and humanity, his soul darkening and fading away.

The woman quirked an eyebrow at his new expression: blank and just overall pointless to have any emotion. What was this kid's deal? He comes and interrupts their business with the stray nekomata and issuing a fight by his fire and his ability to fly…

She couldn't think of anything else because the boy exploded into an aura of fire that forced her away from him. The little boy rose from the ground and the fire died, leaving a thin layer of fire outlining his entire body. The man was inches away from taking the little kitten's panties off, until a short scream from his partner alarmed him into leaving the neko girl alone for now when the woman landed in an unprofessional way next to him. She got up and spitted out some snow and was angered at the kid but he was nowhere to be found.

The area turned eerie and very quiet for their taste, so they returned to their little friend but found the boy taking off his hoodie for the girl to wear, who accepted it gratefully. He helped her towards a nearby tree and had her rest there as he injected her system with his warmth to keep her satisfied until he was done with these forward and unable worms.

He faced the two with a fierce gaze, his body spreading in preparation for an inevitable fight that was to come any second now. The woman got the message and nudged her partner, who was staring slack-jawed at the previous action of the boy but shook his head at the touch of his teammate, "Well boy, you do seem to have a certain charm to you. I must admit, you gave my partner here quite the scare with your pyro show, and for that please forgive her. She is more well-coordinated than that." He spoke to the anonymous boy. The woman punched his side as hard as she could.

"More of your conversation would infect my brain. Shut your mouths and face your closing castigation." Levi countered, officially fed up with these two miscreants.

That seemed to stir up their moods, with the man scowling and the woman even more pissed off with this pompous boy. In a blur, Levi sped quickly to the man and sent a two quick jabs to his torso, the man flinching and backing up from the force. He then jumped and delivered a down roundhouse kick in mid-air towards the man's face. The guy's head shot back from the blow and as he recovered, he wildly swung his arm that was covered in that invisible magic that they possessed, but Levi was quicker and more developed than the angry strike. He manifested an ice chain and swiftly outmaneuvered the arm and used the woman as a shield by trapping her legs with the chain to trip her forward and receive the punch. Levi used this to his advantaged and whipped the man in the cheek with his chain and did the same to the other side, creating a comical scene with the man's head whipping from side to side with blood spurting from left to right.

The little girl, despite what had transpired earlier, elicited a short round of laughter at this scene as she thought of this as more of a treatment to her traumatic experience earlier.

As Levi was getting bored, he made the chain longer and snapped it in two, and added a chunk at the end that transformed into hooks. He used these to puncture the man in his sides and tied the two together by the chains and pulled as hard as he could. The hard and forced pressure to the man's sides was enough to rip his skin off as more blood came out like a fountain as the man fell to the floor on his back, the blood shooting out in a "X" fashion in the air.

The woman was getting up but was unfortunately met with this view as she almost vomited at the smell and disgusting sight of her ex-comrade's form. A light tap on her shoulder made her turn to face Levi, his face devoid of any sign of life. That was the last thing she saw when a ball of fire interrupted her vision, and her screams fulfilling the entire forest area.

Levi didn't move for even a minute until her whole form was gone and nothing was left but ashes in her wake. He blinked and turned to walk to the white-haired accomplice. The aforementioned person didn't know what to do other than running to him and clutched his black shirt in hopes for protection and soothing rubs. She was lucky in her wish as Levi rubbed her head soothingly like she wanted. His hand nicked her neko ear as she purred due to this. She heard a stifled chuckle from her deliverer making her bury her face into his chest even further in embarrassment.

Levi looked down on her white hair, thinking back to those two. So they can use magic...well not anymore but you get it. Something was definitely up with that magic; he could feel it."What's your name if you don't mind my asking." Levi whispered to the girl.

"...Shirone." The now named Shirone muttered in his clothes, not even bothering to let go of him. He feels so hot but cold at the same time. Weird…

"Shirone...lovely. What are you doing out here all by your lonesome? This isn't the most nicest part of the country."

Shirone noticeably cringed at her reason for being here, Levi looking a little worried for the girl's well-being. Getting lost in the forest and having to fall victim under the quite possibly the worst excuse for humans on Earth in the same day would most likely put an end to her innocence. Something a child should never lose at this age. He lost that years ago…

"...Come on. Let's get out of here." Levi decided to carry her on his back as she refused to break contact with the boy. The nekomata melted into his neck and quickly fell asleep. Levi smiled microscopically at her sleeping face that was right next to his as he walked through the wintery forest, being extra careful with the extra but precious cargo that was on his back.

Nearby in the trees, a small black kitten was watching the whole scene and the previous one from back there this whole time as it gazed down onto the two children trekking the grounds in admiration and longing.

'Shirone…'

End

"And so, like Akeno, I fortunately had money on me. I took great care of Koneko here, or Shirone if you're okay with that, and provided her with some knowledge and advice. I guess my stoic exterior sort of rubbed off on her seeing as she doesn't talk that much like she used to. I guess I owe you big time in taking care of the two while I was clearing a couple of things on my side, Gremory." Levi nodded at the redhead, who smiled at him in modesty and admiration.

"As I hear you talk on and on, I can't help but admire your brave character and thoughtfulness for others. I really hope you listen to what I have to say once we get to the clubhouse, Levi-kun." Rias said adoringly.

"As long as it doesn't end up being a waste of my time, then I'm all ears. Is that it up there?" Levi pointed at the lone building behind some leaves and a few plants. Rias nodded at his assumption and disabled the barrier for Levi.

"This is it. Akeno, would you kindly whip up a couple of pots of your signature tea for the group and Levi?" The Red King asked of her Queen, who was stealing glances at Levi and blushing red as a cherry tomato.

"I'd be glad to, Rias!" Akeno giggled as they entered the house.

Levi was mildly impressed with the decor and the flourishment of the walls and floor. It seems they like to keep up with their stuff, even if they are devils. But he won't put that against them. They are okay in his eyes now that he got to know their King a bit more. He is forever grateful that at least one devil has a heart.

"Come. Sit down with us, Levi-kun. Make yourself at home." Rias motioned for him to take a seat on the sofa across from her. Akeno left to make refreshments, Koneko went to sit on the appointed couch, and Levi was near the door as he was taking in the interior of the clubhouse he was eyeing every time he passed by it. That was then he noticed another occupant in the corner polishing a couple of swords for who knows what. The boy looked from his actions and visibly flinched from the hard gaze of Levi as he was eyeing him in a observing way. He then nodded and walked closer.

"Levi Jaymes. A pleasure. We never introduced ourselves back then during our kendo match a month ago." Levi stuck a hand out in greeting. Kiba widened his eyes at the nice gesture, not expecting this at all. He smiled. Maybe Rias was onto something.

"Hi! Kiba Yuuto. It's my pleasure in welcoming you to the Occult Research Club!" He expressed eccentrically to the superhuman, Levi nodding in return.

The red-eyed teen sat down on the couch, unintentionally patting his knees from his fast motion. That sparked Koneko's instincts as she slowly laid on the couch from her sitting position, her head resting on her senpai's lap. Levi looked down blankly at his junior but complied and rubbed her head which made the cat in her happy, Rias laughing quietly to herself and Kiba chuckling loudly in amusement. He's never seen Koneko act like this with anyone. It's a nice change of things. Akeno returned with a tray of cookies and cups of tea when this happened. She faltered slightly at the sight but didn't act on it, but she internally pouted and felt a little jealous that Koneko made the first move on Levi. She'll overlook it, but just this once. She set the tray down on the table between the two sofas and went behind her master, still pouting slightly.

Rias cleared her throat before beginning, "So, after hearing your stories, I've came to a conclusion that you are more than aware of the supernatural."

Levi nodded, motioning her to continue, "Do you have any knowledge pertaining to the continuous wars that wage between every race of the supernatural and the effects it had on us devils?"

'Wait…'

Levi slowly nodded, "Yes, the wars. They left a heavy wound in each side, but mostly the devils. That is why Ajuka Beelzebub created the Evil Piece system in hopes of raising their numbers and be at odds against the rest of their enemies once again."

Rias was happy that she didn't have to explain everything and decided to move on with her plan, "So, after all this, Levi-kun...I want you to join my peerage, or more specifically, my family! And this would also give you some time with Akeno and Koneko there to catch up. We would very much like you to aid us on what's to come." Rias finished as she looked in the eyes of the oddity that was Levi.

The superhuman blankly looked on and noticed her face was one of greed and desperation. He understands her greed as that was part of the devil's nature, but desperate enough to ask someone into their peerage instead of being sneaky with it? Something is wrong with this woman.

He shakes his head internally. Greed is not because of fear or insecurity. It is because of excessive selfishness, which is the result of ignorance, lack of wisdom, lack of kindness and love. But this one does have some love in her, that is why everyone here looks so happy. Especially Akeno and Koneko. What they've been through must've been just a bad dream from the signs he's getting from them. What's there to lose other than his humanity? Yeah, this is really stupid, but...

"I'm willing to give it a shot. This devil business must spark some meaning and something to do. My cohorts will probably be on my ass, but you know what, I could care less." Levi agreed to Rias' request, with her smiling with sparkles dancing around her, Kiba laughing with joy, Akeno giggling at his acceptance and squealed loudly, and Koneko rubbing her face on his lap then getting up to smile thinly at him.

Levi just nodded and was slightly winded by their exaggeration.

'Even so, I can always just force the piece out of me if I find this counterproductive. I'm not one for games and such, but even I have some fun qualities to me.' Levi thought over in his head. As they quieted down some (Rias was still somewhat giddy in excitement), Levi stood up and walked towards the princess, "Let's get this over with, so I can go home and sleep. This day's been rather eventful and I'd like to get in some rest inside me. So come on."

Rias composed herself and brought a pawn piece from her skirt and placed it on his chest and was about to incite the ritual, but the piece wouldn't budge. Rias was confused but then got another one out and started all over again. The same thing happened. Rias was beginning to worry and in one single motion, she gathered all eight and held them up close to him. This time, a red light shined from the pieces, Rias sighing in relief. All eight pieces entered his chest and after minutes they relaxed inside their new home as the red light ceased its glowing.

Levi stood impassively. That's it? Nothing crazy or gaining extra…

*Swoosh*

Oh…

A pair of black, bat-like wings appeared on his back. He looked disappointed. They were only going to be for show, though. He could already fly without wings. More flaps of wings were heard as he saw his now fellow peerage members all with their wings showing.

Rias smiled brightly at him, "Levi, I am proud to announce you as my Pawn! Welcome to the family."

Akeno and Koneko were very happy with this outcome, Kiba was sighing in relief. Now he's not the only guy here. Levi nodded in thanks at the warm welcome.

"Now what?" The superhuman/devil asked his new "master".

"Now, we need to clarify a few things that new devils should always know. Our job is to make pacts with people who summon us, and perform any deeds to the best of our abilities, and in return, they pay us a decent fee."

Levi had thoughts spiraling out of control. What does that mean? Do we steal human souls? Is that even still a thing with these devils? Well, he guesses that includes him, but…

Rias noticed his pensive state and cleared up any misinformation, "If you're wondering, we do not kill anyone. Well, if they wanted us to."

Akeno reached under the table for something and grabbed it. She pulled a box of papers stacked on each other neatly, "Your job will be to deliver these to humans who want to associate with devils." Rias motioned to the fliers next to her.

"So now I'm one of those newspaper boys that annoys everyone in the neighborhood?" Levi quipped angrily.

Kiba laughed at his joke and patted his back, "We all went through this, so don't worry."

Levi deadpanned at his words. No, he can worry whenever and however he likes.

"Before I forget, here's a phone for whenever you are out there at night so I can check up on you. I am supposed to have you start now, but seeing as how it's a bit late, we can have you start first thing tomorrow after school. How does that sound?" Rias offered.

"Like a plan. Well, I'm off." Levi waved back lazily in haste of getting home quickly. When he was getting closer to the exit, he felt two pairs of arms wrapped around his waist and neck. He turned to the sight of Akeno and Koneko hugging him tightly.

"I'm so happy that you're back. You have no idea how hard it was not to just jump at you and say hello after all these years." Said Akeno while tearing up slightly.

"Welcome back, Levi." Koneko grinned happily with her eyes glistening with the incoming waterworks.

Levi sighed and spoke softly, "I'm very sorry for not coming to you in the first place. I just didn't want to stir up trouble for you. And I apologise for running off on you two like I did all those years ago. I was just playing it safe and not get mixed up with devil business because they will see the powerful side of me. Forgive me of my actions."

They both nodded without hesitation before reluctantly letting go of him. He waved and went home.

"Rias?"

Said person turned her head to her Queen and Rook with all of her attention.

"Thank you so much!" Akeno bent down, tears dropping to the floor. Koneko keeping it cool but struggling to hold in her tears while she whimpered slightly.

Kiba's eyes were sad but his smile was contradictory while he stared at the two. Rias smiled understandingly at them both.

The crimson-haired devil's face down casted as she thought to herself forlornly, 'I hope you can save me...just like you did them, Levi.'

IAmALineBreakerHi

A/N: Hi. Innovative here. And I'm just here to quickly clear up a few things.

Ahem...

Levi's devil side is not permanent. Like he said, he can and will rip out the pieces from his body. How and why he will do it, you'll have to wait and see.

Ciao.