..Second Chapter
Somewhat near double the length.

It was the second day of the school year and the first actual day where the introduction of the teachers and what lessons will be taught over the next year. Because magic is more physical than written in application, the day consists of orientations where the Third Years help out the teachers and put on shows to help elaborate.

For Tatsuya and Miyuki, school was more or less something to just pass the time in a way. Even though they didn't really need to attend there was still advantages for them. The First High Library alone was more than enough for Tatsuya because after all it was a place that had some data even he couldn't acquire. Even if it hinders him slightly, it has the possibility of furthering his knowledge.

As it was the first actual school day, Tatsuya and Miyuki did not leave early that day and decided to walk as part of the 'Morning Rush'. As they walked down the path through the centre of town, they were given a wide berth. The others around them, no matter the year gave them both lots of space to move and walk towards school. And normal person would see it as just normal common courtesy as everyone had their own spaces to their own group as they walked along the path towards First High but it didn't compare to the space given to Tatsuya and Miyuki who walked directly down the centre line of the path.

It was strange but also something common for those in the Ten Master Clans, if they ever went out in the open so freely like this. The Ten Master Clans were seen as royalty with their main compound and businesses set differently. They governed over something different and Yotsuba's is what makes them so different. They don't really have one, they are secretive in practically everything they do. It's almost like they are the Shadow Clan of the Ten Master Clans but at least one thing is known. Out of all the Ten Master Clans, Assistant Houses and even the Hundred Families they are unrivalled in assassinations and black ops. Because of this people gave Yotsuba a wider room to move through possible fear. Their secrecy was to the point that even the rest of the Ten Master Clans didn't know what they were doing.

This wide berth didn't even change on the narrow pathway directly leading up to the gates to First High but they did actually change when they entered the school grounds. When on school grounds, students felt a lot safer with it's own rules and judicial system. Those being the Student Council, Public Morals and Club Management, and this particular year made people feel all the more safer as the heads of those three groups were the 'Big Three' which consisted of Saegusa Mayumi, Juumonji Katsuto and Watanabe Mari. Two members of the Ten Master Clans and a member of the Hundred Families, it was beyond rare to get these type of people together and in the same year, even more rare when they are at the caliber that these 3 were at.

That sense of security though only turned out to reduce the gap to what is considered common courtesy, it would make you wonder whether there was any point to getting that little bit closer really. Apparently, it was enough to satisfy the other students as the remarkable top two students waltzed onto the school grounds.

Although it really didn't matter which door you went through the 'Blooms' went through the right set of doors and the 'Weeds' went through the left set. The reason this even became a thing was because the Course 1 and Course 2 students were on different floors despite being the same year, the reason for them picking the right door was because of where the stairs were situated. From the front entrance, the right set of doors are closest to the stairs. It was something small and stupid but it paved the path really.

"Miyuki."

As the two siblings started to walk up the stairs towards their own classroom which was 1-A, Tatsuya spoke up garnering Miyuki's full attention.

"Onii-sama?"

"If there is anyone who catches your interest pursue them as friends."

"But what about you Onii-sama?"

As Miyuki replied, an expression of surprise and slight sadness took to her delicate features.

"It matters not to me, I have already readied myself for the type of life that's ahead of me but I can't allow it to affect you as well. If you continue to hang around me as much as you do then it will be hard for you to make friends. Even if I can't make friends with any of our classmates, I will always have Erika-san and Mizuki-san. Your high school life means much more to me than mine does."

At Tatsuya's reply, Miyuki's face flared up. A bright red hue of embarrassment took to her skin. A near non-existent smile cropped up on Tatsuya's face as he stopped just outside their classroom and he turned round to Miyuki. Bringing a hand up to her cheek and softly caressing it, Tatsuya's smile grew slightly as she rested her head into his hand and Miyuki's eyes shut happily.

"Don't forget, you have all the time in the world outside of school. I'm not going to go anywhere without telling you."

"..Hai Onii-sama."

With Tatsuya's words embarrassing Miyuki once more, the red hue on her skin deepened. Tatsuya knocked his head to the side lightly as he wondered about why she was getting so embarrassed but put it to the side, dropping his hand from her cheek he entered the class first and destroying all conversations that were going on.

Deciding to forego a spoken greeting, unlike his younger sister obviously would do, he gave a light, half-hearted wave before taking out his Student Pass and checking for his seat which was ultimately the last one in the room. Frankly, it would be hard to find someone with a name later in the Alphabet than his. Yotsuba was waaaay down there on the list. Walking down the aisle with an assassin's grace, he took his place in the final seat in the room right next to the back door and sat him himself down, placing his bag down on the ground leaning it on the desk.

"Good Morning."

Bringing his gaze up into the room, he took note that each and every person in the room, male and female alike, blushed lightly at Miyuki's greeting. Someway and somehow, Miyuki had the ability to entrance anyone. Tatsuya had the ability to freeze a room where Miyuki had the ability to animate a room, though it should also be known that while rare they both had the ability to freeze and animate rooms.

As Miyuki started to walk towards him in the aisle, Tatsuya looked towards the two girls in front of the spare desk directly in front of him. One girl sitting down and the other standing up talking to the girl sitting down. While Tatsuya didn't know the girl standing up, he did know the girl sitting down even if it was just from what he has heard from his 'Mother'.

The girl sitting down was Kitayama Shizuku, the daughter of Kitayama Ushio, who is a very rich business man and known as the 'Financial Giant', and Kitayama Benio formerly Naruse Benio, she was someone Tatsuya had heard about before. She was a very strong magician but had created a massive incident when she fell in love with a man who couldn't use magic.

When Miyuki showed a true, graceful smile to the girl that was standing, Tatsuya found himself smiling while shaking his head as we watched the girl go giddy. Her legs practically buckling under the beautifully divine presence that was his younger sister.

"Uhm Shiba-sa-"

Thud

A soft and almost resounding thud vibrated through the class, as the young girl clumsily tripped over her own foot and face planted the floor. The room was put into a stiff silence for a brief few seconds before those that were already in the class started to speak up quietly about the young girl. Tatsuya, on the other hand, was slightly amused and as he refrained himself from laughing out loud freely he decided to turn his head and let out a small noise.

"...Snrk!"

The amused sound from Tatsuya broke down the words against the young, clumsy girl and in turn stupefied them as quite frankly to have been amused by that so openly would be immature. Tatsuya then sought to break the expectations, hopeful ones at that, and not turn round with an amused smile but with a deadly serious look like he had was never amused. His eyes trained on the young girl who was now being helped up by his younger sister.

"Did Yotsuba-san just laugh at that?"

"You heard it too?"

With his mind wanting to hear more about the interactions between his sister and the clumsy girl he decided to push away the rest of the class the only way he could. He turned his head to the side, looking straight at one of the girls and then smiled a lustful smile resulting in knocking the locked-on girl out and swooning the other girls who were watching while stopping the boys in their track. Seeing that it was a success, he completely dropped the smile and went back to his usual neutral expression as he turned back.

When he did turn around, he mentally scolded himself when he saw that their conversation had progressed by a lot and he missed so much and then there was the fact that Kitayama Shizuku had got into the conversation and he didn't know how.

There goes Tatsuya's fun.

"~Welcome, we will now begin orientation. All students, please return to your seats.~"

As the speakers sounded out with a feminine voice, it was followed by a chorus of chairs being moved back and students sitting down. When the teacher walked in with his hands behind his back, the word that hit Tatsuya's mind was 'bored' and it was for the teacher who had just walked in.

"Everyone, congratulations on entering school. I am the instructor for 1-A, Mozuya."

Tatsuya then hummed lightly at the back of the room as he heard the slight hint of a drawl in Mozuya's tone.

"Even amongst those who have passed the challenge of entering the highest, Class A is composed of those who passed the challenge exceedingly well."

Tatsuya then hummed once again but this time at 'Exceedingly well' as that word didn't really fit his score for the exam, that was both towards the teachers who marked the exam and him himself.

"Not just the representative Yotsuba-san, but everyone here is an Honour Student. Do not forget the expectations which are carried upon your shoulders."

Like he was performing a sort-of commentary, Tatsuya let out a slight grunt in response to his name being called out, one that unnerved the teacher slightly but seemed mostly unfazed as he continued to speak without missing a beat. The teachers were all highly trained magicians that Highschooler couldn't beat, well only the average highschooler couldn't beat them. Tatsuya and Miyuki on the other hand, well they could make it look like child's play.

"Here you will have access to Libraries and Information Terminals as well as a wealth of information off campus. Also, you will receive invaluable practical lessons from distinguished mages who will be your tutors. As the number of mages is still low, this privilege can only be granted to First Course Students. Everyone, please take the opportunity to learn as much as possible."

'Now that his obligatory welcoming is over with, let's see what is next on his obviously bored agenda.'

Tatsuya lost the life he had picked up earlier and was back to not really caring about much.

"After this will be a tour of the specialist classrooms. The morning will be for foundations of Magic and Applied Magic. In the afternoon, a mage will come and teach Practical Magic so those who are interested should make their way to the laboratory on the 1st floor in 10 minutes. If there are any other lessons you wish to visit, you may act as you will. Now then, I must be off to my next lesson."

As the teacher turned and started to walk out of the room, a single bead of sweat dripped down his forehead as he felt Tatsuya's bored but piercing gaze bore a hole into the side of his head. Tatsuya was not what you could call a 'Happy Bunny', the teacher could have at least mentioned a bit more and not just tell people about what he had most interest in as it was obvious that that was what the teacher had done. He had told his class what lesson he had most experience and interest in as after all, it looks better on him with more people there and a better interest will mean better performance from them which will lead to better reviews for him.

That was all obvious to only Tatsuya however, the rest of the class were fixated on his words and where they would spend their time.

Once the class started to buzz again with chatter about where they would be going and with who, Tatsuya leaned back into his chair and started musing. The thought of whether the library being open to him was the most prominent thought on his mind, the second one being whether he could find a quiet place to try and design more things for an engineer to look over, probably Ushiyama-san the other half of Taurus Silver.

As Tatsuya resigned himself to thinking while tapping his index finger of his right hand against his chin, the boys in the class took their chance of an otherwise preoccupied Yotsuba Tatsuya and narrowed in on Shiba Miyuki, crowding around her table but also with enough care not to nudge her or Tatsuya's table for fear of a Yotsuba's wrath or hurting a living angel.

…

With only a few minutes left to the bell that signalled for the lunch period, Tatsuya was already in the cafeteria seated at a lounging portion of the cafeteria where he sat on a sofa with a table in front of him. A tray of half eaten food on his left and a few pieces of paper scattered on his right with what looked to be insanely detailed doodles.

Ring

Tatsuya sat there completely missing the fact that the bell just rang as he spun the pencil around at a speed where all you could see was a weird blur at the top of his hand.

The fact that he was in the cafeteria since the beginning was something that came to the attention of the teachers and the cooks there. With his head down and his concentration set on his doodling with arrows and small but neat writing on it's side, he looked like any other student even his aura was like one and made the teacher designated to approach him feel safe and secure. The thing being that Tatsuya only had to come back to reality and look up at the teacher for it to be sorted out. In fact Tatsuya was bewildered when the teacher just walked off after seeing his eyes, when he followed the teacher he allowed the others to see his eyes and they all made an 'o' with their mouths as they all came to terms in sync with each other before walking away, problem solved.

As Tatsuya finished off his food and was about to go back to his drawing a voice graced his ears.

"Tatsuya!"

Looking up without much interest, upon seeing who it was who called his name he changed to a small smile.

"Ahh Erika-san, Mizuki-san, it's nice to see you again."

The male that accompanied them however garnered his attention differently than you think it would.

"Oooh with a guy to boot. Hmm … Tall, nicely built and a half. He must be Erika's boyfriend. Nice to meet you, I'm Yotsuba Tatsuya."

Anyone who was within ear range of Tatsuya's voice came to a standstill. It was the most he had said so far and with the most emotion as well, the small smile on his face proved that point very well. Mizuki blushed slightly as both Erika and the boy spluttered in shock and what seemed to be a little disgust as well.

"T-Tatsuya, don't be so mean. Like i'd be in a relationship with a 'Forever Alone' guy like him."

"What the..?! Don't think you can get away with something like that just because you are slightly good looking!"

"Ahh so it's early days in marriage, I see."

Tatsuya's teasing continued on the all too easy targets as he cut into their argument just as it was beginning with a blissful smile, completely happy that they decided to come and talk to him.

When both Erika and the boy turned to Tatsuya, it was painfully evident that he was just having fun and not being serious at all. They both resigned but not without sending a mocking expression(Erika) or shaking a face(the boy) the others way and sitting down with their food. The boy who sat down next to Tatsuya placing his tray straight over Tatsuya's completely empty tray.

"Umm … Tatsuya-san, are these CADs?"

"They are actually. The Glove/Gauntlet styled gloves are too bland, I was trying to create something cooler. Like putting claws on them, maybe have a plate which can shoot out and be used as a blade with magic. Perhaps even make it into an animal claw like a Wolf, Lion, Tiger or even a Dragon. It'd cost a lot but damn they'd be cool."

As Tatsuya replied to Mizuki, the boy next to Tatsuya nodded his head in a manner which fully expressed the fact that he agreed.

"I'm Saijou Leonhart by the way, nice to meet ya. Feel free to call me Leo."

"Will do Leo, call me Tatsuya then."

Noticing the way the boy called Leo was nodding his head, Tatsuya moved his papers around a bit more uncluttering them so they could see more of his designs.

"Are you aiming to become a Magic engineer?"

Looking up at Mizuki, he let out a small sigh to accompany his answer.

"Well, it's really only a hobby. I'm the Heir to Yotsuba after all, whatever I want to be I can't. I envy you guys in that sense."

"A-A-Ahh I'm sorry."

"No need to be so apologetic Mizuki-san. It was only a hobby to begin with, drawing helps pass the time you know."

As if trying to calm the shy girl down, Tatsuya raises his hands up in a calming gesture to try and wave her worries off. It was a shame that it didn't work, the girl just seemed to be too shy. Seeing he wasn't going to get much further with that approach he slumped down slightly in his chair.

"It's not like I'm getting anywhere with this anyway."

"You mean with fitting in the CAD?"

Tatsuya turned to Leo with a small, grim smile.

"Yes. All in all it's too bulky, especially for designing it like a monster claw. It would become more like an accessory and in turn pointless for a CAD. Keeping it like it is but adding claws is fine, it's only a change over the fingers, even the plate which can function as a blade is also feasible within reason but as of right now, making a cooler Glove/Gauntlet-styled CAD is out of reach I believe."

Of course, the weight wasn't really that much of a problem in actual combat and accompanied with magic because a user of that type would obviously be a strong, physical type but that wasn't really the point. It just had to be thicker and would cover the whole of the user's hand and forearm where what they have now is like a sleeve for the outside part and over the top of the hand. More production, more time and a higher cost. It was out of reach because it is pretty pointless to go with something so flashy.

Tatsuya was rather content with his Pistol-shaped CADs and using marbles as projectiles, a technique he learnt from Kokonoe Yakumo, a very talented ninjutsu-user.

To follow an old saying, Tatsuya was putting the horse before the cart. No CAD to date was created before the system used in it. Even ones that are really following the same law and application as always. Though with designs he was thinking of, you'd have to really put something new and innovative with it for it to even sell decently and to those outside of collectors and the like.

As if he was allowing both Leo and Mizuki to go back to their food along with the already eating Erika, he dropped back into his 'thinking mode' and started to spin his pencil again at breakneck speed.

"Erika! Mizuki! Onii-sama!"

'Onii-sama' the one word that could break Tatsuya from this 'thinking mode' in one go. Rather than him being a sis-con or a bro-con in that regards, it was a sense of normality for him probably because of the warm and loving tone that always accompanies the word. Without even slowing down the pencil's movement, Tatsuya flicked it straight up into the air effortlessly and turned in his seat to look at Miyuki and the group that had followed her, Tatsuya taking note of the two girls from earlier Kitayama Shizuku and Mitsui Honoka, Tatsuya wasn't so sure that that was the girl's name as he only just heard it being said.

"Ahh Miyuki, quite the following you have there."

Without allowing Erika or Mizuki to speak up, knowing the implications it would cause with the Course 1 students, Tatsuya did so and commented on those around Miyuki.

"Yotsuba-san, why are you sitting with these 'Weeds'?"

Out of the four expressions that darkened, surprisingly to everyone bar Miyuki, Tatsuya's was by far the worst and it was one that could easily be called a 'Demon's glare' and one that was sent directly at the boy who had spoke up. Morisaki Shun, a member of the Morisaki clan who were a part of the Hundred Families.

"Morisaki, did I hear you speak a forbidden term?"

Tatsuya spoke to to Morisaki with a sweet smile while his eyes kept their glare. The expression was akin to a poisoned apple. Morisaki though was completely stunned and unable to speak a reply, through both fear and lack of voice. Tatsuya may not been Yotsuba Maya's biological son but he is her biological nephew and knows full well how to strike the fear of a demon into people's hearts.

"I can trust that I won't hear you saying it again, won't I Morisaki?"

The only reply Morisaki could muster was rapid nodding of his head.

"That's good. Now how about you are your little group leave my sight and allow Miyuki and her two friends to sit with me and MY friends?"

The question that wasn't so much a question was quickly adhered to. Morisaki had rushed off with his lackeys following after him after a brief, stunned second.

Turning his attention to Miyuki and her two friends, the 'Demon's Glare' had completely disappeared and it was now the happy look that Tatsuya wore in more private times.

"Now how about you ladies go and get your food and I'll rearrange this table?"

…

Coming towards the end of the school day, if you were looking for Yotsuba Tatsuya then you'd have to go to the cafeteria. A place he only left once when he left to use the bathroom. Currently Tatsuya was sitting in the same place he had all day, albeit this time the pencil that he had flicked up into the air was now back in his hand just a little smaller in size and with numerous more pieces of paper scattered across the table filling it up.

A fresh cup of coffee being the only thing out of the ordinary on the table, something that was reset every 30 minutes per Tatsuya's request. A request that the lone Chef was happy to adhere to, especially when Tatsuya said he would pay for a new cup regardless of whether he had drank the one he currently had at the time yet. It was safe to say that Tatsuya was most certainly buzzing on caffeine and designing a whole lot of random and practically unsuitable CADs. For the age he is, the number of Fishing Rod CADs was ridiculous although the idea behind it did mean catching fish with a rod would be easier but all in all just a weird idea. Even more so when he was designing them to be compact and so you could always be ready to fish.

That was most definitely something to say about Yotsuba Tatsuya, he is rather eccentric in some of his designs. There was always someone who wanted to use magic for a specific task and Tatsuya was one who liked to see if it could happen, and frankly he had the intelligence to make it possible.

Bringing it back to the main topic on finding Yotsuba Tatsuya, there was two people who were looking for him. These two people would be the female portion of the 'Big Three', Saegusa Mayumi and Watanabe Mari. They had both came after him for the same reason, one reason which they actually came to a decision on. Just like his scores, what they wanted was unprecedented. They wanted him to work for both the Student Council and the Public Morals Committee at the same time but did they really mean that?

They had both heard the supposed rumours of Yotsuba Tatsuya staying in the cafeteria the whole day, the only student who didn't attend any of the showings for the day. Even with it being idle chatter, no one saw it as arrogance strangely enough. The common thought that went round was that he wouldn't need to try for the year, that was the level that his entrance exams set. Would this put any pressure on Tatsuya? Of course not, he isn't the kind to bottle under pressure even if there was any.

The two beautiful women could see Tatsuya from outside of the cafeteria, his spot taking up the dead centre of the room. A small amount of his psions breaking through their limiters so others wouldn't be blinded from their intensity. A soft and almost invisible divine looking aura surrounded Tatsuya's body as he worked on his papers. The moment the heeled boots of his two senpai's clicked against the floor sending a slight echo and vibration throughout the room Tatsuya stopped almost mechanically. Sitting back up straight, sending his pencil into a spin at the top of his fingers he turned to the two women that were coming his way and picked up his cup of coffee with his free left hand.

Tatsuya's blue eye locking onto Watanabe Mari and his red eye locking onto Saegusa Mayumi, the three of them stayed in complete silence as the two women continued to walk towards him as Tatsuya only took a sip of his coffee to pass the time waiting.

"Ara Tatsuya-kun, word around school says you have stayed here the whole day. Was our school's showings not to your tastes?"

Mayumi spoke out with a smile as she came to a stop just off from Tatsuya's table, bringing her left hand up to her cheek in a manner that enhanced her beauty while Mari beside her was looking at the CAD designs on the table with obvious intrigue.

"You could call it a boycotting. My teacher refrained from giving us much about any lesson other than the one he was obvious going to have a part in, plus I already know what the curriculum will be teaching us so I have no idea for an introduction to it and thus used my time effectively."

"And drawing CAD designs is effectively using your time?"

"To each their own, isn't that correct Watanabe-senpai? Just like I design CADs, you experiment with perfume."

Tatsuya spoke like what he said was everyday knowledge and not something that you'd only know after extensive research. Watanabe was know to be a strong magician and swords woman but not many others knew about her use of perfume, Mari didn't know it yet but Tatsuya also knew of the Dojigiri spell that has become practically non-existent.

Mari seemed to tense up at hearing that Tatsuya already knew or that she had already been looked into by the Yotsuba heir. Even though Black Ops and Assassination were the only known Yotsuba dealings there was something that ran hand in hand with that and that was intelligence so a Yotsuba finding out what they want to find out was pretty simple in the eyes of the world.

"Now then my prodigious Senpai, what do you need from me?"

Mayumi had put herself onto the back foot of this little meeting as her body language seemed to drop, resigned to the back-seat but with her beautiful smile still as bright as ever. Mari straightened herself back up and cleared her throat to calm herself.

"We would like to induct you into the Student Council as a Secretary and the Public Morals Committee as the Student Council's nominee."

Tatsuya raised his eyebrows in accordance to what he heard, albeit it was in fake interest.

"Saegusa-kaichou, surely you should know as a member of the Ten Master Clans yourself that you should know how busy we can be and I'm sure you've noticed how busy your older brother can be. I'm sure there is someone other than me who will be a good fit for the Public Morals Committee."

"I'm well aware of that Tatsuya-kun but both Mari and I have sufficient gains for doing it in this way. As a Yotsuba you know the reasons yourself why."

Tatsuya hummed lightly as he briefly mused on that reason. Yotsuba are lethal weapons, not lethal magicians. He was the top of the year and he could easily contend with the 2nd and 3rd years, he wouldn't be a Yotsuba if he couldn't. He was a perfect fit for the Public Morals Committee, more than both of the two ladies knew. Then there was the fact that the top ranking first year, the representative was to be inducted into the school council. It had been done for numerous years now without fail.

Still though, with how his position had been set for the world there was a much better option than him.

"If that is what you are going by then wouldn't my guardian, Miyuki, be a much more suitable choice for the Public Morals Committee. Guardian training is more than sufficient to deal with highschoolers and her own test results are impressive."

It was a point that was much better than their own. It also fit to their positions on paper. Tatsuya would deal with things politically in the Student Council room while Miyuki, the 'guardian', would deal with things physically and preventing anything from getting near Tatsuya. This had either been overlooked or Mayumi had shared her knowledge with Mari as they were known to be very well acquainted.

"That is a viable option Tatsuya-kun but still, you are first and foremost for both of us."

"I see."

Tatsuya replied simply knowing there wasn't really anywhere else to go with this topic. His points might be the most correct ones for what's publicly known but that doesn't mean he could so freely win in a debate on the best choice with Watanabe Mari or Saegusa Mayumi, not without instilling the fear of a Demon into them.

There was only one real easy way out of this and it was to use a very scary woman in a well-woven lie.

"Then I guess I'll have to bring this point up. Okaa-sama wants me to be Student Council President during my 3rd year and Vice President during the 2nd so I can't really choose the Public Morals Committee without having her breathing down my back. I apologize Watanabe-senpai but I can only accept Saegusa-kaichou's offer in the Student Council."

Tatsuya spoke his reply softly and with a well practised shudder as he uttered 'breathing down my back'. Whether his two senpai's took it as it was or not, Mari seemed to resign and Mayumi came back into it.

"Then Tatsuya-kun, how about we come with you to meet Miyuki-chan so we can inform her about this?"

Abruptly stopping his pencil's spin Tatsuya nodded his head lightly.

"That's fine. The bell should be ringing any second now and I informed Miyuki to wait at the gates for me. We should probably hurry though."

Ring

The bell then rung once Tatsuya had started to pack all of his papers away into his bag. Slotting his pencil into his blazer pocket, he took his bag into his right hand and picked the coffee up in his left hand bringing it to his mouth to finish it off.

"Hurry? Do you have something planned Tatsuya-kun?"

With Tatsuya now walking in between the two beautiful women like he was escorting them, Mayumi looked towards Tatsuya while tilting her head to the side cutely.

"Let's just say that I instilled some fear into some classmates who are still trying to introduce themselves to Miyuki."

"So with you not there they will be harassing her?"

Taking one final sip of his coffee, without looking he threw the cup into a nearby bin before answering.

"Not only that. If I can predict as well as I think I can, then Miyuki will have met some Course 2 students on her way to the gates. As of yesterday and lunch earlier, it's bound to start something. It was something created by me so please allow me to deal with it."

"Mou~~ Tatsuya-kun, do you not believe that I could stop it safely?"

Mari let out a slight sigh at Mayumi's obvious tease but Tatsuya completely brushed her off and kept staring forwards not even bothering to give her a look like any other male would have done from fear of potentially hurting the beauty's feelings.

"Saegusa-kaichou, while I know you have considerable skill and control there is always a chance that it could go wrong. Doing it myself will negate the chance of it going wrong."

"Tatsuya-kun, are you say-"

Stopping ahead of the two women, Tatsuya turned his body partially and completely turned his head to face Mayumi. He then raised the index finger of his left hand and placed it over his mouth, and sort to betray the small tradition of adding a small smile or a wink in this type of situation but did tilt his head slightly completely stumping both Mayumi and Mari.

'Tatsuya-kun sure does have his own quirks.' That was what Mayumi gathered from Tatsuya's reaction as both she and Mari watched Tatsuya step up his pace and start to walk ahead of them both. Leaving through the front doors of First High, a silver, long-barreled Pistol-shaped CAD could be seen in Tatsuya's right hand. Neither Mayumi, Mari or any passer-by saw Tatsuya move his hand but it was only on accident that Tatsuya did it so fast.

"Haa … It seems like they are already at it."

Tatsuya breathed a slight sigh as the walked down a small set of stairs in the courtyard, unnoticed by those that were quarrelling. The second Tatsuya stepped into range, a magic sequence started in the centre of the group ahead of Tatsuya and he simply brought his CAD up and pointed it in towards the centre of the largest bunch in the group, the inevitable 'Blooms'. Feeling that the time was then right, a second later Tatsuya squeezed the trigger of his CAD. No magic sequence came to surround his CAD but instead shot out a cannonball of psions which surged towards it's target.

Passing through the group it struck it's target with ease and the force of the hit coupled with the unsuspecting victim caused the Pistol-shaped CAD that was currently working through a magic sequence to be ripped from it's owners hand as the cannonball destroyed the sequence on impact. As the Pistol-shaped CAD clattered against the floor, the small group of 'Blooms' opened up with the culprit at the centre. Everyone involved turning straight towards Tatsuya.

Tatsuya was not surprised at all to see that the person he stopped from casting magic was Morisaki Shun, the leader of the group trying to pester his younger sister. Dropping his arm down to the side, he let out an exasperated sigh.

"Mo~ Ri~ Sa~ Ki~ Kun~."

"Y-Yotsuba-san!"

At the sound of Tatsuya's playful voice, Morisaki tensed up and his whole body turned rigid as he turned to face Tatsuya, his back ramrod straight. A look of fear taking to his face as he remembered the sweet smile that accompanied the glare that was still fresh within his mind.

"To think you'd have the guts to do this behind my back. It would seem that I wasn't clear enough with your and your group. What to do, what to do?"

Right now, Tatsuya wasn't acting like Tatsuya. He was still currently buzzing on the coffee after all. To think that the Heir of Yotsuba could enter into a somewhat intoxicated state by drinking numerous cups of coffee, bound to be information that Tatsuya doesn't want to be released.

"I'm the Heir to Yotsuba and Morisaki-kun is a member of the Morisaki clan known for being bodyguards. Hmmm~. Perhaps I should coerce your father into wasting time body guarding something stupid. I know, how about I send him an encrypted message saying that a contact of mine has acquired a Relic of some sort and I want him to personally guard this man as he brings it to me. How does that sound to you Morisaki-kun? I'm sure your father would love to hear that I sent him on an unpaid trip around most of Japan just because you were bullying some students, wouldn't you?"

Because it was Tatsuya who just said it, he was deadly serious about doing it.

"And to think if he would try to fight back, it would be dreadful. Losing the Morisaki clan?! Who else are we going to give underpaid bodyguard jobs too?"

Tatsuya now was actually just having fun with the whole situation, and because he is how he is right now he hasn't taken notice that he has already won in this situation. The realisation of what he just said about the Morisaki clan hits him … like a feather. He notices it but just doesn't care in the slightest.

"So Morisaki-kun and his troupe, you should have learned by now why I have been so neutral towards you."

The moment Tatsuya said neutral, something he wholeheartedly meant, a few people blanched at him. He did go quite far though Tatsuya doesn't go by normal standards for anything really.

"And if your self-involved brains haven't reached the conclusion yet then I'll tell you. I'm stopping you from being near Miyuki because you have no respect for others. Firstly there is the fact that you are practically suffocating Miyuki by hounding her at the 'breaks', then there is your elitist views towards the Course 2 students when I can easily bet they could beat all of you in a fight right now. That goes double for anyone facing Erika."

No one other than Miyuki knew because of what Tatsuya said but Tatsuya had seen that Erika was about to move to stop Morisaki with the use of a weapon she had on her. Nothing illegal on school grounds.

"Now now Morisaki-kun, how about this? I can't change your opinions so easily so I can't make you insufferable idiots apologize to my friends but if you leave now quietly, we can start anew tomorrow with no fear on your side."

Yet again, another question by Tatsuya that was never intended to get an answer. Tatsuya's tone full well let them know that he didn't need … no didn't want an answer from and so in turn, the groupies left as Morisaki bent down to pick up his CAD from the floor. Sending a glare towards the Course 2 student, Morisaki then walked off following the others with a slight huff.

As Tatsuya put his CAD back into his holster under his blazer, Miyuki's group which consisted off their 3 friends from Course 2 and the 2 girls that Miyuki befriended straight away in class, and then both Saegusa Mayumi and Watanabe Mari approached Tatsuya with different looks.

"Tatsuya-kun, did you really mean that about the Morisaki clan?"

"Which part?"

Knowing full well what part Mayumi meant, Tatsuya decided to clarify for absolutely no reason at all.

"Underpaid guardians."

Despite keeping a calm façade, Tatsuya was actually a little surprised by what she wanted to know about. Anyone would really narrow down on the fact he was going to destroy a clan after something like that rather than somewhat embarrass the clan by saying they are underpaid doing a job that they have built their pedigree on.

"Oh yeah, I know that both Okaa-sama and Saegusa Koichi-sama have underpaid them for pretty dangerous jobs. More often than not though, it seems like the Morisaki clan was just being a little nice with things. Sounds like a supermarket deal. Top bodyguards at a low price."

A small outburst that stunned those around him again. Tatsuya sure did have a way with surprising people, albeit he was more colourful when intoxicated. It'll also be something that comes round to bite him on the ass at a later date when his usual façade come into play for another occasion like this.

"Enough about my thoughts on little things. Watanabe-senpai, didn't you have something to ask Miyuki?"

"Ah yes. Miyuki-san, would you be able to drop by the Student Council room at lunch tomorrow?"

"Same goes to you, Tatsuya-kun."

Tatsuya then looked at his Senpais with a highly confused face. Now that he was starting to come down from his high, he felt worried about his memory.

'I thought we were going to talk to her about Public Morals and not Student Council.'

Tatsuya was alone in that thought and so much so, he missed out on Miyuki's over-courteous reply which was in kind.

And here is the 'soon' i had mentioned.

This chapter has a lot of Tatsuya being OOC, that is towards Canon at least.
His personality isn't so serious anymore but he does have his times as it's what makes Tatsuya in the canon.
I addressed that during the chapter but i just wanted to reiterate it here.

The whole CAD deal, that is on purpose too. I'll note again in the chapter where it becomes apparent but I'm sure it can be guessed where.
When I first saw Erika's Baton CAD i couldn't help but think of what other things can fit in with that.
Fishing was what came to mind first, especially after reading the NSC arc. Strengthening it so it doesn't break as you reel in or you could anchor the fish to the rod depending on your magical power. Somewhat out-of-the-way but it is definitely plausible.

The last thing i want to address about the content itself is the hand that Tatsuya shows.
He is a true member of Yotsuba here, the Heir to Yotsuba so he doesn't have to hold his true power underwraps the same.
If he wants to use A-class magic then he can, if he wants to use Decomposition freely then he can.
Also the magic that comes with the 101 is allowed but that does have it's own restrictions, it is an organisation outside of Yotsuba so they have their own rules that Tatsuya must abide by.

And the final thing to talk about is the update schedule.
Frankly there isn't one and so the updates will be sporadic for whichever story I'm in the mood for updating.
Like most authors, i will of course be more keen on updating the more popular stories so i can hear back from you guys.
So starting from now the gap between chapters could be a while.
Depending on further interest, if this story is well liked then as it is a Mahouka story rather than DxD then i will definitely do an update for this once a month.
With winter coming up, it might be more frequent due to being free.

Well, that's it from me. I'm loving hearing from you, Ciao!