Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!

DocSlendy; Yup, he's after Jeanne now! And yeah, he did, but he'll make it up, somehow. And yeah, what's going to happen with Diodora now…

Tritan; Thank you very much! Hehe, I'm glad that you can't, there will be more of it in the future~ Yeah, I thought that I'd show something like that. It really is, isn't it? Depending on who it was, it could be a challenge. Don't worry, there will be another Ophis scene very soon, in the next few chapters.

Mr Beaver Buttington; It has been fixed.

Dragonsayianblue; Yeah, you've got it on the money there. Hehe, well she does get her own back on him, even if it was something she didn't plan on doing. It was intense and it does seem like that, but eventually, their relationship will get better. That actually would be pretty cool, I could see it happening~ Aah, those two were pretty understanding of the situation, and how he has Asia join the peerage…will be shown soon! It certainly is the taboo of the Sitri clan! Her victims count might be going up in the future~

Sandman001; Don't worry, he isn't going to get her. It was Jeanne, that's what she's called.

Harem Master123; Thanks! Yeah, Diodora truly did beat him down, didn't he? You've gotta have that bonding between them, builds relationships and characters and stuff like that. Yeah, I remember, don't worry, I am thinking about it.

Olguin matt7; Thanks! I'm glad that you did! And yeah, she will be coming quite soon. I suppose that she would do, though Gasper does become quite useful later on.

Hellspam; I'm glad that you did! Yeah, she could be, she could be. Yeah, she's introduced this chapter in fact! Hehe, it is going to be quite interesting to see, isn't it? How he messes this up. You never know, she could've been. They are quite adorable together, aren't they? Yeah, Akeno showed more of her vulnerable side, which she does have. Hehe, it was quite good to see Gabriel's reaction to it, it will be shown soon more of her reactions. I know, it doesn't make much sense, does it? God made it, so why would it be something that would excommunicated from the place God is supposed to reside, so to speak. And yeah, I think it is the word lol. Hehe, yeah, I can imagine it happening, actually. Don't worry, his Mother is going to appear soon.

Anime PJ; Yep! Rejoice! And love the hashtag~ It truly will, won't it? Good thing that she doesn't have to wrestle Akeno or Kuroka in the future, huh. I didn't originally intend to write that as insults, but I did it by mistake, so I just left it in for fun. And yeah~ Everyone knows the password, he's gonna have to change that…or they'll just get it again. You're right. Not many people would be this persistent after Zenki had kicked the shit out of them again and again. They do have quite the adorable look to them, don't they? Asia and Zenki are meant to be~ Yeah, he most likely is in love with her, but doesn't know it. I know, he's book smart, but people dumb, if you get what I mean. That's how I kinda viewed him when I first read his parts in the LN. Hehe, what happens with Diodora, is going to be very, very painful. The highlight of the chapter, I have to agree with you. Diodora getting a beating was only justice after he did what he has done before. Blowing off his balls might come later~ Draw out the suffering~ Their relationship is going to be quite, good I'd say. I've got many scenes for Akeno and Zenki to develop and such. I thought that I would show that, and set some thing's up for later on down the line. Hehe, I laughed when reading that last part. Indeed, who did let her watch something like that? He's plotting and it might not end well, or it might so. We'll have to wait and see. Aah don't worry, I love long reviews, it makes me happy~

BlueBlade87; Those two would be cool~ Hehe, Issei and Zenki are going to be friends, eventually. They might not start off on the best foot, especially with Issei's obsession with breasts and seeing Zenki's girls and all. You're right there, they should believe their children. But it will work out, eventually. Asia is cute! Well, she's going to be joining his peerage so…well, it will be shown how very soon.

FinsWorldAndStuff; Thanks! Eeh, it isn't really going to change anything one way or the other, you know?

Blue Eyes Pendulum Dragon; Yup, very strained indeed! Yeah, it is quite obvious why he is frustrated. It shows more this chapter as well. Eeh, he'll keep on a front, but even if his parents seemingly don't care, he still loves them no matter what, even if he is angry at them. Irina will be planning to be making an appearance soon, possibly. As far as I can go. And no, I am not.

ShadowUzumaki55; Yeah, you're right about that. Eventually, they will get past it all and be like true Father and son. Hehehe, two beatdowns in a chapter, and more of it to come in the future, until the final one. Yeah, they are developing quite strong relationships with one another, aren't they? It just goes to show that you go through pain for the ones you love, Zenki knowing that more than anyone, especially with what I have planned for the future. Gabriel, despite Zenki being a Devil, can see how pure his intentions are with Asia, and how he willingly gets himself hurt just to protect her. Well, Diodora is going to get his just deserts, eventually.

Guest 1; Hmmm, you might not be far off in your prediction there.

Guest 2; Thanks, and I can confirm that she is going to appear next chapter.

Guest 3; Aah, I see. It's the kind of reverse for myself. Hehe, that would be pretty funny, if not for character building and such. Yasaka, I am thinking about, I haven't decided fully yes or no yet.

Gabriel790; Thanks!

Skull Flame; It truly is quite the scene, isn't it? Imagine when they're older and what might happen between them~? You're right about that. He's intelligent, yet when it comes to matters of the heart, it does seem something like that is hard for Ajuka to grasp. Hehe, don't say anything nasty to Akeno or you'll get the wrath of Zenki. You might be right about that…we'll have to wait and see, won't we? I thought it would be good to show it, and it sets things up for the future. Tremble heaven indeed~ Sera is coming for you~ Yup, let's see how it happens. And thank you!

ShadeAkami; Don't worry, I will reply with your name here, thanks for letting me know. Okay, so yup! Another chapter! Baths are very nice, and it is quite a funny thing to see, isn't it? Sona and Seekvaira are quite awesome. You never know, she might be. Those two are quite cute together, aren't they? She kind of is, but isn't at the same time. Hehe, that's a good question, you'd want to know, right? Kuroka might've been preoccupied with certain things, like sleeping. And that would be pretty funny. Zenki to the rescue! You know, that wouldn't be such a bad idea, and yeah, they are growing to love one another aren't they? More so from Zenki, for now at least with what has been shown. Yeah, Gabriel has been watching over the young lovers who aren't actual lovers right now. Well, I do plan for them to have a little meeting in the future, I won't spoil anything for now though. Hehe, you never know, she might give him a little cheek kiss~ I know, it was so random that it was funny, don't ya think? Well, eventually, Ajuka will see what Diodora is like and will have no choice but to believe Zenki. You'll see some of that happening in this chapter. In the future, I will be doing. That would be quite funny wouldn't it? He's always up to no good, and he's certainly after Jeanne! Hehe, you're not kidding, it might be justified by how Diodora is, isn't it? Their interactions will be cute and nice and funny as well. She isn't that far away no. I'd say two to three chapters. I see, so that's how you think? Well, it is a good reasoning…and I will say that you were…anyway! Thank you, and until next chapter!

Guest 4; Thank you! Yeah, I'm picturing that as well. He's got to have a huge bed, he's got all of his peerage to fit on them and such. Hehe, that would be pretty interesting, and I like the sound of it. If you have any ideas for me then let me know about it.

Neonlight01; Yeah, those were pretty nice to see, weren't they? That's a good question, why won't he believe Zenki? Yup, they are going quite strong now, and will progress to do so more in the future. Gabriel's got quite the interest, and since they can see Zenki isn't trying to hurt Asia but protect her, they both are quite interested in why they think that is. Seems like it, what's going to happen with Jeanne?

Guest 5; Yeah, she is going to believe him. Even if she isn't shown this chapter, Zenki does mention it. And you're right about that, having a feeling and having evidence is quite the different thing.

Guest 6; Yup, she's going to believe him all right~ Even his Mother is going to believe him now. Hehe, I can actually see them getting along in the future.

Guest 7; They do, don't they? Don't worry about that then my friend, Asia is going to be joining the peerage soon. Yup, she's gonna believe him, and indeed, there's got to be evidence about it as well. And yeah, it very well could be something like that, I could see it happening anyway.

Lightwave; It kind of is like a date, but as you said, neither really realize it. Asia's too naive, and Zenki has his mind on protecting Asia, not dating her, at least not yet. It's a question even Zenki wondered about, and he didn't even get the answer. Well, you don't insult Zenki's friends or go after Asia and get away with it, he was just at the end of his ropes with Diodora. Well, he'll eventually become on talking terms with his father, eventually that is. I don't see why not, it would make sense since Zenki has known Akeno for years, more than Issei did in canon and can help with her problems before, but can't completely cure her of her hate for her father.

Guest 8; Hehe, yeah, that would be quite funny. That's going to be quite funny, I can't wait until the jokes start rolling. Yeah, Asia probably is going to be the first lemon, but I haven't decided where in the story it will be yet, maybe around the Excalibur arc, possibly. Since they would've known one another for years, it isn't like they just met and decided to have sex straight away, so I think that would be a fairly good time to do it.

Guest 9; Well, that's good, I am glad to keep your interest like that. I hope I can continue to do so as the story goes, as all of Zenki's peerage has stories that need to be told, Jeanne's starting this chapter.

LL; I could actually see Jeanne doing that, but she doesn't yet. Though she does do something to him this chapter that hopefully can surfice, even if a little bit. He does seem to be quite the blind one, doesn't he that Ajuka? Yeah, Zenki would do something like that, especially in the future when he becomes older and knows what's what.

Cf96; Thank you!

AlphaOmega; You're right about that, he's always plotting and such. He'll eventually get what's coming to him. How, will be shown in the future. Yup, the beating's for now will be pretty good, won't they? It really does look like their relationship is quite rocky right now, but it will get better in the future. I know, it doesn't really say besides the fact that he likes breaking pure girls, I think that's the only explanation we go about it. Never bad mouth Akeno when Zenki is around or you might be in for a world of pain.

Guest 10; That's quite a cool idea, I was thinking of doing a Nekoshou story at some point in the future. Yeah, she will believe him, and you're right about that. She is in charge of affairs like that.

xNaruHina; Well, it's more like he doesn't want to be crushed by said hugs and sometimes, he won't be able to evade them. Yup, those girls are pretty cool, and Koneko is in his peerage hehe!

Guest 11; Yeah, I could see those two actually doing that. Zenki can't, neither can Ravel really since even if she is Zenki's Bishop, she's still classed as a High Class Devil. Kuroka is a criminal, at least has a past like that, so it would be bad if she did. Zenki wouldn't allow Asia to do it, knowing it would be too dangerous, and Kunou (if she's there at that time) is still a Princess of Kyoto, and would be pretty bad if she was involved as well, at least at the beginning. Heh, that would be a funny punishment, imagine Jeanne's reactions to that, and yeah, those two would go insane.

Guest 12; Making Jeanne a Masochist, would be downright funny as hell! And those running jokes would be hilarious, a holy girl with a masochistic side, what a joy~

AndroSid93; I know, he won't learn, will he? Zenki will have to put him in his place again and again. Very much needed between Akeno and Zenki, more of that to come in the future~ And of course, with Asia as well, even Gabriel somewhat, though I'm still tossing up the options of having her in the harem or not, though I am leaning towards yes rather than no at this point. Yup, Jeanne is introduced in this chapter! They are very scary, and they aren't even in their elder teenage years yet...what a scary concept. I haven't just yet, I am thinking about them though. And here's the update!

Guest 13; Yeah, when they get to Kuoh, they are going to have a separate club to Rias and Sona's student council, Zenki's, and his peerages, base of operations, so to speak.

Nephilim; She's gonna have Excalibur when she comes to Kuoh like canon, after that she's gonna be using some light power (being half Angel this story) but she'll be getting Hauteclere in the future, and possibly another holy sword before that.

With those lovely reviews out of the way, it is time to start the chapter!


The holy spirit and the holy nun part two

Six months ago…

In a secluded area of the world, sat a young beautiful girl. She has long blonde hair, a few flowery accessories there, decorating her hair. Her hair was so long that it went down her back, reaching just above her butt. Her clothes were that of a holy girls, not quite like a nun's, but not exactly street clothes either. The dress she wore came to her knees, and had crosses on them, her feet being shoeless.

Her age was at around 13 years old, though she could pass for 14 years old as well. Her pure white skin shone in the light of the day, her eyes displayed a gentleness that very few possessed, but there was also a hint of a playful nature there as well…

But right now, there was nothing playful about her eyes…she looked depressed.

Sullen wouldn't be too strong of a word to use either.

Even though she didn't have a mark on her body, she felt like she had many. The cuts couldn't be seen, but deep within her, they were there, fully on her soul. With her soul scarred, what she witnessed next wasn't something she wanted.

"Hello there."

A gentle voice surrounded the girls ears, causing her to jump.

"Who…"

She questioned herself aloud as she turned to the person who spoke.

Standing there, was Diodora Astaroth, with a 'kind' smile on his face. He had flowers in his hands, tainted flowers the girl thought. He didn't wear his usual outfit, choosing to have a more relaxed style of clothing.

Upon seeing his face, the girl immediately hissed.

"Excuse me, but you need to leave right now."

The girl defiantly folded her arms across her generous bust size.

Diodora blinked a few times, and walked closer, the girl pulling away from him.

"My, aren't we the feisty one. What's wrong sweetheart? I only came to chat for a little while."

"Well, I don't want to talk with you."

The girl angrily spat out, taking a few steps back.

Even so, Diodora continued forward, holding the flowers outwards.

"Here, I got these for you. I noticed you on my travels, and instantly, I felt a connection between us, don't you feel it? You're very beautiful, Jeanne-chan. Do you feel the same thing that I feel between us right now?"

The newly named Jeanne looked at Diodora with a weird expression on her face.

"We've only just met you idiot. How can I suddenly say that I like you? And besides, I don't like people with black hearts."

Jeanne said it with narrowed eyes, seeing through Diodora straight away. Jeanne had away to see through people, she could tell that Diodora was no good with a single glance of him, and that was why she didn't want to be near him.

Diodora gained an angry face, his demonic power growing around him in a disgusting aura.

"W-What did you say?"

He tried to keep his calm, but he was failing miserably, allowing his anger to appear on his face.

Jeanne gave him a glare.

"I've lived my life with people who are wrong, and you're the exact same as them. No, you're even crueller than them. There's a darkness in your heart that cannot be ignored. I don't know what your deal is, but it is something that you shouldn't be able to do, talking to people like you're a good person. I don't see good in you, only darkness."

Jeanne told Diodora exactly what she thought of him, and many people would agree with her. It wasn't known why she was able to tell this, but her eyes clearly could see through Diodora quite easily, and that was something Diodora hated.

"You listen to me you cheeky girl…"

"No, you listen to me." Jeanne pointed at him angrily. "I don't know what your story is, and I don't care either. I want you to leave me alone. I don't want to be taken anywhere by you. I've known people with black hearts before, you're such a person. Now, stay away from me."

Diodora didn't like that answer and tried to close the distance.

"Don't you think you can suddenly-"

"STAY AWAY!"

Suddenly, from the ground, swords erupted. All of the swords were different shapes, but all had a holy aura around them. Because she was afraid, they responded and sprouted out all around her, forming like a flower shape around her of holy swords, all dazzling yet to Devils very scary.

Jeanne was shocked when they appeared, and so was Diodora, who ended up getting stabbed in the stomach by one of them.

"Guwaaah!"

He vomited blood as Jeanne looked remorseful, despite Diodora being who he is.

"I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that…b-but I said that you should leave me alone…why didn't you just listen to me…please go away before they come back. They'll be angry at you being here, and will kill you. Even though you're a black hearted person, I can't stand to see pain, so please leave right now."

Saying that, Jeanne quickly turned around and ran away, going towards a huge structure that was of a holy nature.

Diodora dislodged the blade from his stomach, and adopted a dirty grin on his face.

"Well, don't we have a feisty girl all of a sudden? Kehehehehe, this is going to be the best. I can't wait to break you."

With a sinister look to his face, Diodora retreated as he noticed people were coming, vowing to get Jeanne.


Present day…

"Now Diodora-nii-chan, give Akeno-tan her money."

Zenki ordered with a fat grin on his face, Akeno right beside him with the same look.

Diodora looked reluctant, scowling at the boy, so Zenki walked closer.

"Now Diodora-nii-chan, don't be a meanie bo beanie. Remember, you upset Akeno-tan, and it isn't nice to do something like that. For it, you have to pay her compensation, and you have to do it, or I will just give you another beating."

Diodora didn't want to get hit, and paid Akeno 160 thousand yen, Zenki having doubled it from last time due to the fact that he back-talked Zenki and Akeno, and he wasn't going to have that.

Akeno received the boys money, smiling to herself.

"Fufufu, this is quite generous Diodora-sama. Thank you very much~"

The young girl sang out as Diodora glared at her. But a single glare from Zenki made him cry a little bit.

"N-Not a problem."

He gritted his teeth and had to force the words out. He understood that on his own, he couldn't do anything against Zenki and he knew that, even underhanded methods, were something Diodora couldn't do. Zenki was simply too powerful for him, and winning in a straight out fight would be impossible.

"Good Dildodora! Until next time!"

With a smile, Diodora was departed by Zenki and Akeno, the former having a smile on his face, and the latter merely looking at the boy that kept his promise, and she loved the money as well, there was no doubt there.

Once getting a fair distance away, Zenki looked towards Akeno with a smile.

"So Akeno-tan, what are you going to spend your money on?"

He questioned with a grin, glad that Akeno seemed to be a little more cheerful than she did when Diodora called her names, and even had the stomach to stand being near him, though Akeno was really okay with it because Zenki was there as well.

"Fufu, I haven't a clue at all. There's so much of it, even after that week, you've been hustling Diodora-sama for more and more."

"Aah, it isn't like he isn't well off. He's got access to lots of money, and if he doesn't, he could just ask dear old Onii-sama."

Zenki looked depressed at the end of that, even Akeno knew the reason why.

"Are you still not conversing with Ajuka-sama?"

He shook his head.

"Why bother? Last time we talked, he called me a liar, and claimed that I was making these things up to get his attention. Tch, he's really good at being a Maou, but when it comes to his family, he's a failure. He truly is. He doesn't even care that I am being attacked by Dickhole back there."

"Ara, what a time…"

Akeno felt sorry for him, and could relate as well, with her own Father troubles. If anyone, then Akeno was able to relate to family problems very well. Koneko would be the next one, along with Kuroka, though the pair of them have been getting along quite well in the previous months.

"Yeah…what a time huh…well, whatever. I don't need him, if he accuses me of being a liar, and even a conspirator."

"A conspirator?"

Akeno questioned, earning a nod from Zenki.

"He thinks that I am doing this to get Diodora in trouble. He thinks that I am so low that I would do something stupid like lie to get Diodora in trouble, and he has even accused me of wanting to be the heir to the clan. He's so far off the truth it isn't even funny. I don't even care about being the heir to the clan, let Dildodora do that, even if he is shit at all. I wouldn't waste my time trying to get Dildodora in trouble, because he'll do that on his own. One day, he'll slip on his own shit, and I will be the one laughing at him. For that reason, that's why I have modified some items of mine to record the bastard."

Akeno tilted her head to the side in wonder.

"Ara?"

Zenki smiled and winked adorably.

"Dildodora doesn't know it, but recently I have upgraded those metal birds I was telling you about, in that forest near the Church, so if he does anything, threatens me, or even attacks me, he will be caught on camera, and then no one can deny it."

Hearing that, Akeno laughed to herself, finding it very funny yet smart as well.

"Fufufu, that's really naughty of you Zenki-kun. But then again, you're quite intelligent. If Dildodora back there…wait, I meant Diodora-sama will be getting what he deserves."

"Aye, he surely would. At least, Kaa-chan believes me, even if she isn't around often."

"That's nice. You're close to your Okaa-sama, huh."

He shrugged his shoulders.

"Depends on what your definition of close is. While Kaa-chan doesn't call me a liar, she isn't around all that often. Even now, she isn't here, and I don't know when I will see her again. Kaa-chan is lovely and does love me…but she is barely around and when she is, she doesn't have much time for me."

He confessed as Akeno gently embraced him.

"Poor Zenki-kun. He gives a lot to his peerage and others around yet doesn't get the love from his parents. Though, I am sure that you're going to be okay, because you do have your peerage, and me as well as Rias, Sona-sama and even Seekvaira-sama. Don't worry, they'll eventually come around."

"I don't count on it."

Zenki smiled sadly, continuing to walk with Akeno.


It didn't last long, as Ajuka came from the opposing hallway, stopping short of Zenki, standing before him as the boy avoided eye contact. Akeno could feel the tension immediately, and it reminded herself of her own Father and how they'd be feeling right about now.

"Ara Zenki, there you are."

Ajuka said it with a smile but Zenki didn't acknowledge him, attempting to walk past him.

Ajuka didn't allow it, standing in his way.

"Zenki, I am trying to talk to you."

Zenki didn't answer, and tried to move around him again.

Like last time, Ajuka got in his way again.

"Zenki, what has gotten into you?"

Zenki looked up with a cold expression.

"I'm sorry, what were you saying? I didn't hear you."

Doing the same thing Ajuka had done in the past for real, Zenki feigned innocence about not hearing him.

Ajuka frowned deeply.

"You're not listening to me now?"

Zenki rolled his eyes as Akeno looked away, knowing this wasn't the place she would have any say, though she did agree with Zenki's actions. Even if childish, they were actions of a lonely child that begged for acknowledgment from his parents.

"Why bother? You don't listen to me, so why should I listen to you?"

"Because I am your Otou-sama."

Zenki scoffed, folding his arms.

"Since when was that? Do you remember the date of my birth? Probably not, because I bet you weren't even there for that either, were you? Or, could I be lying right now? That's what I am the best at, right? I'm a big old liar in your eyes, so why don't you go and find your favourite and leave me alone?"

Those words stung Ajuka, who tried to grab Zenki's arm.

"Zenki, listen-"

"Don't touch me!" Zenki pulled away and put distance between them. "Dildodora is back there, why don't you go and see him? Leave me alone. I don't need you. The Underworld needs you, I personally don't."

Those words caused Ajuka's heart to sink in his chest, his eyes actually gaining tears.

"Zenki…"

"What?"

The coldness of the tone was one Akeno was sure she'd use if she was with her own Father.

"I am your Otou-sama, you cannot suddenly cut me out of your life."

Zenki found that quite humorous in a depressing way.

"You cut yourself out of my life the moment you called me a liar. What Otou-sama calls their son a liar and believes their Otouto over their own child with the evidence I have presented you? I even give you evidence that he's assaulted me, and you brush it off without a concern. At least Kaa-chan believes me. She might not be here a lot, but she believes me, and you don't. Shows were your priorities are, doesn't it? Mark my words, Diodora is going to disgrace you, and once it happens, you won't find sympathy with me, because I've warned you time and again."

With that, Zenki went to move, but Ajuka got in his way.

Zenki gave him a very icy glare.

"Oh, if anything happens to Asia-san because you weren't there after I've warned you and I am not there because, I don't know, Dildodora has killed me or something because short of that, I will protect her with my life, I won't ever forgive you. I won't forgive you if something happens to Asia-san, because you believed him over me. Now leave me alone, I've got another ceremony to attend then I have go to and protect Asia-san again from something else that wants to hurt her, probably something from Diodora, though I am sure you don't care about that. As long as I smile and act politely with those upper Devils, right? As long as your image and your precious Otouto are safe, fuck what happens to me or what I want, right? That bastard can get away with hurting people, but I only ask you believe me and I'm dismissed. My body hurts, I am in pain and I feel like I am going to pass out half of the time from the amount of power I have had to release as of late, but I protect Asia-san still, because no one else will. She is my friend. I will protect her until I can't move anymore. Until my heart stops beating, I will keep her safe. But if she dies one day…because you didn't listen to me, don't ever come near me again."

With those words, Zenki left with Akeno, leaving a disheartened Ajuka alone, contemplating what he was going to do now.


A while later, just before Zenki was going to go and see Asia, he was in a certain down within Europe. He was searching for a present that he was going to give to Asia. Even though it wasn't a special occasion, he felt like it would be a good idea to go and get the girl something, so he naturally came to the country that she is from, or at least lives in now, having already found out that she was an orphan which made him feel sad for her.

The town was bustling and many people were going through the streets

"Hmmm, Asia-san said that she's never had any grilled steak before along with a fudge cake, and I heard from a friend that there was some good ones around here...if I can get the steak then I can cook it for her...even if I am not the best cook, I can at least do something for Asia-san and make her feel happy."

He was going off information he acquired from Sona, so he knew it was legit, so he went forward with the mentality that he was in the right place.

While walking through the town, Zenki didn't realize that on the opposite direction he was coming in, where two girls.

Once was a girl around his age with long brown chestnut coloured hair, tied into twin-tails, and a body most girls her age would kill for. Her eyes were a violet colour, and the outfit she wore was a skintight black outfit, that left barely anything, if that at all, to the imagination, but despite the outfit she wore, she seemed to be brimming with an innocent look on her face.

Next to her was a girl with blue hair, which was a little long, but not near the length of the first girl, and she had a part of her hair dyed green, and like the first girl, she had a near same body type, even the same bust size along with wearing he same outfit, and that was saying something considering that they were both around Zenki's age, 13 years old.

Both seemed to have some bags on their shoulders, rucksack's at that, which had crosses hanging from them. The chestnut haired girl had a bracelet hanging from her wrist, which had an aura coming from it. On the blue haired girls back, she had a sword wrapped in bandages, and magical equations as well.

They held themselves with confusion, as they walked through the unfamiliar town.

"Ara Xenovia, are you sure this is the place?"

The chestnut girl wondered to the newly named Xenovia.

"Well, this is where we were sent. If this wasn't the place, why would we be sent here Irina?"

The newly named Irina showed a sheepish face as she poked her fingers together.

"W-Well, I don't see any Stray Devil around here, do you?"

"This is because it could be hiding in plain sight. Remember, we have to be on guard the whole time."

"D-Don't lecture me like that Xenovia. E-Even if we've been partnered recently, it doesn't mean that you can-" At that moment, Zenki came walking in the opposite direction and crashed into Irina, due to the pair of them not watching where they were going, an item falling out of Irina's bag at the crash. "Ooh, I am so sorry."

Irina said while bowing her head, looking up to be met with the eyes of Zenki.

Xenovia looked at Zenki with curious eyes, as the boy tilted his head to the side.

"Oh, no troubles. I was merely not watching where I was going. The fault lies with me, I am sorry."

He in turn bowed his head, not noticing the crosses, but noticed the holy power radiating from them, wondering who the girls were.

Irina seemed troubled, waving a hand in front of her face.

"N-No! Don't be silly! It was all our fault, right Xenovia?"

Xenovia didn't answer, and kept her golden eyes on Zenki's form, trying to work him out.

When she didn't answer, Irina bowed her head again.

"S-So sorry!"

Zenki chuckled curiously at the girls.

"No worries, it is fine. Sorry for crashing into you, have a good day now."

The girl, Irina, winked at Zenki as he smiled joyfully at the girl, Xenovia just kept her eyes on his form, not leaving his body, and no one was sure why she was doing this, even Xenovia held reservations about the reason she was doing this.

"Goodbye! Have a good day!"

With those words from Irina, Xenovia and the girl herself took off walking, Zenki doing the same in the opposite direction.

However, as he walked, he caught something out of the corner of his eye, and saw that it was a purse.

It was in the same place he crashed into Irina, and it felt like it was hers, having her residual aura on it. He wasn't a Senjutsu user, but even he could pick up on certain things, like this for instance.

He walked up to it, and picked it up.

"This must be that girls, best return it."

With a nod of his head, he used his speed cross the distances, weaving through the crowds of people and appeared as if he was a blur to most people.

It was really fast, for the humans. They couldn't even see him, most of them. But that was because they were ordinary humans and hadn't been trained to do something like see fast coming movements.

He was able to run through most of the crowd, and found his targets half a minute later, and stopped his speed, and walked towards them.

"Excuse me!" He called, but they didn't hear him, so he moved closer at a blinding speed, appearing just behind Irina. "Excuse me!"

He called again, startling both Irina and Xenovia.

Xenovia sensed danger for half a second and placed a hand on the sword on her back, but then saw Zenki and hesitantly put her hand away from her sword, but kept a wary look on her face, looking at Zenki with the same eyes that she used before, but more sharpened this time. Irina giving a curious look towards Zenki.

"Hey, something that you need?"

He shook his head, and held out her purse for her.

"Here." He held it out to her closer, and smiled. "You must've dropped it when we crashed into one another, and I thought that I should return it."

Irina smiled and went to take it...but her hand touched his, and she retracted a way, a small blush on her cheeks.

Even for a single touch of the hand, Irina was shocked when she felt a pulse go through her. She knew it wasn't a bad pulse, but it made her feel a little weird inside. She couldn't explain it, she couldn't deny that there was something going on with it, but she didn't want it to go away. She could feel her face heating ever so slightly, Xenovia merely looked at her with a confused gaze.

"Is there something wrong with you?"

She bluntly came out with it, Irina shaking her head with a slight pause.

"N-No, nothing." She denied and took her purse back, putting it away securely and faced Zenki with an appreciative look on her face. "O-Oh, thank you very much! This was all the money we had in the world! A-And, my name is Irina Shidou! Please call me Irina! And this is Xenovia! Say hi Xenovia!"

"Hello. Call me, Xenovia."

She said it in a tone that made Zenki question why she seemed to be so...distant all of a sudden.

Zenki shrugged his shoulders.

"Then, Xenovia-san and Irina-san. My name is Zenki As...Aston. Call me Zenki!"

He couldn't reveal his real name to them, knowing that even these girls would know the name Astaroth, and might turn their weapons on him, and while he was confident that he'd be able to least get away, he didn't want to have a fight this day, knowing that he probably will have to fight something else later on, namely a Stray Devil that seemed to go for Asia.

"Ara, Zenki-kun then~" Irina sang out joyfully. "That's a nice name, and say Xenovia, it kind of sounds like your name, doesn't it?" Xenovia didn't say anything as Irina wore a relaxed expression. "A-Anyway, Zenki-kun! Thank you for returning my purse! B-But, it is better if you stay indoors for now, there is a bad person out and I wouldn't want you to get harmed."

Said Irina in a worried tone for the boy, clearly not knowing who he was.

Zenki giggled slightly.

"Aww, that's sweet of you Irina-san, but don't worry about me. I can take care of myself. You need to be worried though, if you're going to be fighting. I presume you're Exorcists?" The astonished Irina nodded as the wondering Xenovia sharpened her eyes. "Then, there's a Stray Devil outside of this town, but it isn't strong. If you go left for about ten minutes, you'll come across it in a cave. If that's what you're here for that is. I'd go and take care of it, but I have a prior engagement...speaking of, I should be going to get that steak right now and that fudge cake as well. Excuse me, Irina-san and Xenovia-san, be safe."

Zenki bowed his head, and was about to leave when Xenovia sharpened her eyes.

"Who are you?"

Zenki gained a Cheshire cat like smile.

"Call me a friend, Xenovia-san." His honesty didn't relieve Xenovia who looked on with caution. Zenki then gave them both a smile. "Don't worry, I won't be interfering with your works as Exorcists, I myself have a different thing to pursue right now. But do not be worried, you two are more than enough for the Devil-san over that way. It is a Low Class Devil anyway. But if you really need me, I don't mind going along. I am, somewhat of a professional monster hunter and have taken out quite a few Devils and monsters in my day."

The innocent face he had was something he could use as it made him look more believable, which he was in a way. He wasn't lying to them, he did hunt Stray Devils from time to time, and even did it together with his peerage. He'd even protect Exorcists if he could, despite the obvious differences they held. He was already friends with Asia, so he didn't see any differences to it, and he already made sure that the card couldn't be traced to him, secretly getting rid of his aura of it, and he was sure his name wasn't known in the Church, he hadn't made a name for himself...just yet.

"Ooh, so you are a professional monster hunter? Are you a magician maybe?"

Irina couldn't tell that Zenki was a Devil. He was very good at hiding his presence and race, partly thanks to Kuroka teaching him some skills. While she outclassed him in these aspects, he wasn't a slouch either, and was able to hide his existence to humans such as Irina and Xenovia, though Xenovia wasn't quite convinced yet.

"A magician..."He smiled and made equations appear in his hand which he was able to do, low leveled humans magic at least, convincing Irina, not so much Xenovia. "Yes, I am a magician. So if you need my-"

"We'll be fine."

Xenovia rudely cut him off, Irina shaking a hand at her.

"Xenovia!" She scolded, but Xenovia didn't say anything and looked away. Irina then turned towards Zenki, apologetically bowing to him. "I-I am so sorry about Xenovia. She's not very social. Please don't be offended by her words, she's just...mehehehehe, as I said, she's just..."

Zenki chuckled, and shook his head.

"It is okay, whatever you prefer, I do not feel offended. Goodbye for now, Irina-san, Xenovia-san. Hope we can meet again someday."

With those kind words, Zenki took off away from the girls.

Once he was out of sight, Xenovia looked at Irina inquisitively.

"You seemed to be quite trusting of that person."

Irina smiled weakly, hiding her face from Xenovia.

"We-Well, he returned my purse. He was kind, and even offered to help. A-And he had a nice hand..."

Xenovia sighed and folded her arms under her bust.

"For all you know, he could've been a Devil."

Irina made a cute scowl appear on her face.

"Xenovia, don't say that. He returned my purse, didn't he? By our bags and such, he knew we were Exorcists. If he knew that and didn't do anything to us, then even if he was a Devil, he was a kind Devil! He even offered to help us!"

"Or lure us into a trap."

Xenovia said it immediately, and made Irina sigh slightly.

"Such a judgmental person, aren't you?"

"Just because some of us aren't suckered in by adorable looks and nice hands, it doesn't mean my words aren't any less true."

Irina's face fell to a pout, pointing at her.

"I-I did not fall for anything! I wasn't suckered in! Even if he did have a cute face and a nice hand it doesn't mean anything to me at all!"

"Self Proclaimed Love at First Sight."

Those words scorned Irina, it felt like a dagger cutting deeply into her and would't stop either.

"I've never Self Proclaimed that! I-I didn't fall in love!" Xenovia showed a hint of a smirk and walked off, leaving the fuming Irina behind. "X-Xenovia! W-Wait for me!"

"Self Proclaimed Brunette."

Xenovia said in passing, angering Irina.

"That isn't Self Proclaimed! I am a real brunette!"

Irina chased Xenovia with teary eyes, unknown to them that Zenki watched, and chuckled at their antics.

"What strange girls. But they were quite cute, huh. Even Irina-sans hand was quite soft..."

He gained a small tinge of pink on his face and walked away from them.


A while later, Gabriel was sat in her room, looking down at a bowl of water which showed Asia and Zenki sitting together, while Zenki cooked the steak he got before, a small pink dancing on Gabriel's cheeks as he watchd the young boy and girl interacting with one another cutely in her opinion.

[S-So, this is the way to grill a steak?]

[Ara, that's right. I am the person that usually cooks in my pee...eeh, in my family, since the others aren't really good at it, though I'm not that much better, so forgive me if it doesn't taste that good.]

[O-Oh no! Don't worry Zenki-san! I am sure that it will taste amazing since you're the one who is making it!]

Zenki's face turned a tinge of pink while Gabriel cooed to herself.

"Awww, they are so adorable together. I wish they could be together...the rules won't let them though...aah, to be troubled like this, such a young love."

Gabriel sighed out, watching the interactions between Zenki and Asia.

For the most part, it was innocent actions that made Gabriel smile at the pair. Innocent gestures, innocent hand touching, and even the occasional hug as well.

As she watched the interactions, Michael came walking into the room, giving Gabriel a curious sight.

"When I said to watch over them, I said it where you would be able to take a rest every now and again."

Gabriel giggled cutely, and bonked herself on the head.

"I'm sorry, I can't resist watching the pair of them interact. Onii-sama, they are too cute together. Zenki-san and Asia-san are adorable, they love one another~ At least, they have crushes on each other~ Onii-sama, it is too bad, they will never be able to express their love for one another...a-and even if Asia-san was excommunicated from the Church...Onii-sama, would you mind if Zenki-san took Asia-san as his peerage member?"

The sudden question caught Michael off guard, and he was troubled on how to respond.

"W-Well, if Asia-san left the Church, then it wouldn't be our responsibility. If he forced her to become his Devil servant, then we'd have to take action, but if it was for selfless reasons, then I would be okay with it. Why did you ask, anyway?"

Gabriel shrugged her shoulders with a crestfallen face on.

"I feel terrible for these young people, being so close yet never being able to cross that distance. I was only thinking of ways for them to be together. Of course, I wouldn't want to lose Asia-san from the Church, but on the off chance that it happens, I was wondering if they could be happy together. Fufufu, it sounds strange coming from me, but I wish for them to become young lovers in the future, they are quite perfect for one another."

Michael admired the kindness and even the dedication the girl was putting into thinking of ways for them to be together.

"You're truly invested in them, aren't you, Gabriel?"

Gabriel put her hands together, nodding her head.

"Because Asia-san is the most happy with Zenki-san and vise versa. They always smile when together, I just think that Zenki-san can make Asia-san happy. Even if she isn't with the Church...I-I know that sounds bad of me, I just wish..."

Michael placed a hand on his sister's shoulder, and bowed his head.

"I know, what you mean. You've been watching for a while now, and have become emotionally attached to them. It is okay to want them to be happy, even I cannot deny that they seem happy when together. And if, God forbids, that Asia-san is excommunicated from the Church, then I am sure that Zenki-san there would be able to give Asia-san a happy life."

Hearing that, Gabriel smiled widely.

"That's very true Onii-sama, I believe the same."

As she said that, she watched on as Zenki and Asia continued their interactions, wishing they could have a chance to be together, unaware that her eyes lingered on the Devil, more than the Nun.


The next day, Zenki and his peerage were in apart of the human world, a territory that belonged solely to Ajuka and his family, including that of Zenki and Diodora. It was a vast territory, but right now Zenki and his peerage were just relaxing, besides Zenki who seemed to be studying something right now.

Kuroka was sunbathing under the intense rays of the sun. She was topless, as per usual but had the bottom half of a bikini on to cover her womanhood, thankfully in Zenki's eyes, and she baked in the sun, meowing ever so slightly with her eyes closed, enjoying the time she had outside, glad Zenki took them here.

"Nyaaaa~ This is the best~ Now all we have to do is get Zenki-chan naked and then I can finally…nyaaa, too tired to talk~"

Kuroka yawned and tossed on the towel she was on. She preferred lying down on a towel when sleeping under the sun, and since she was a Devil, she wasn't going to get sunburned, though the sun was a foreign enemy, it didn't seem to bother her at all at this point.

Ravel was reading a book by the pool that was to the left of them. She had on what appeared to be a swimsuit, a bikini that was lavender coloured, showing quite a bit of flesh. The book she was reading was a manual on love, or what she thought it to be. But she disguised it from Zenki by using another cover over it, a Harry Potter cover so Zenki wouldn't discover she was reading stuff about how she could win him.

"Hehehe, with this knowledge, I should be able to win Zenki-sama's heart…b-but, is it really okay for me to give into his demands…that's what it says in this book…did I pick out the wrong material? B-But Akeno-sama said that it was for the best, I must trust in Akeno-sama for this, she understands these things more than me. Yes, if it is Akeno-sama then it is fine, but if it is Kuroka-sama then I become hesitant…she loves picking on me…"

Ravel thought to herself, as she shivered. She felt like there was something going on right now, she looked at Kuroka and saw that she was sleeping, or close to it. And she was glad for that right now, as she didn't want to be attacked by her.

Koneko was sat on Zenki's lap, marking her territory, playing with one of his hands as he uses the other one to write things down. She was content with laying her head on his chest, his unclothed chest, purring happily.

Koneko was wearing a schools swimsuit, despite not going to a school. She found it comfortable to wear it, and it allowed her freedoms with her Nekomata tail so it didn't get constricted. As for Zenki, he was wearing some swimming trunks that had the Astaroth symbol on it.

The young Nekomata purred a little bit as she looked towards her King, seeing the concentration on his face.

"…Zenki-san, what are you doing?"

The question came from Koneko as she looked up at him with a smile. It was becoming more and more common for Koneko to show such a smile towards him. Ever since she was helped by him and became apart of his peerage, she showed smiles only for him.

"I'm just coming up with some inventions that I think would be useful. I thought that since Diodora is always annoying us, we'd come to this part of the human world. Since my Tou-chan owns it, we shouldn't be bothered here."

Koneko nodded a single time, continuing to hold his hand.

"…Zenki-san, I also like it when you act intelligent."

"Act huh~? I might look like this, but I did inherit intelligence from my Tou-chan~ I might not be the smartest, and while I am not getting along with my Tou-chan I can't deny that he is very smart if not stupid when it comes to Dildodora, I am able to understand things like this, you know~?"

Koneko showed a bemused face.

"Zenki-san is intelligent. I think Zenki-san is cool."

Koneko spoke with a soft spoken voice, a face that displayed her innocent nature.

"Phew, that's a relief, I am relieved about this."

He said as he wrote something down. Koneko looked, and she didn't really understand what he was writing. She understood the words, but she didn't understand what he was trying to make, but right now she didn't care all that much.

"…That's good, because Zenki-san is very cool. He has a serious face when looking at puzzles."

"I suppose that I do. But are you okay Koneko-tan? Are you comfortable on my lap right now?"

The young Nekomata nodded as she patted his lap with her free hand.

"Yes…Zenki-sans lap is the best."

"The best huh~"

Koneko nodded seriously, rubbing her head against his chest. The cuteness of her look made Zenki melt on the spot, her looks being very adorable.

"Yes…that's right, Zenki-sans lap is the best. Also Zenki-san…your lap cannot be sat on by someone else. This is…my territory, please don't let others sit here. Especially that damn Ravel. She's frequently trying to step into my territory, I won't allow it. And I felt it, yesterday. Zenki-san had another girl sitting on his lap, that damn Ravel, I can't allow that to happen again unless I consent to it."

Ravel's eyebrow twitched, even though she didn't hear Koneko. She felt like she was being attacked again, but she held it back for now.

Zenki snickered lightly, petting her head.

"I guess I can honour your request. But what if it made someone on my peerage happy?"

"…Zenki-sans lap is still mine. …Even if others try and sit here, Zenki-sans lap is always my territory. I won't even surrender it to Nee-sama or that damn Ravel."

Kuroka, using her enhanced hearing, caught what Koneko said, smiling dirtily to herself as she imagined a threesome between Zenki, herself and Koneko, wondering if Koneko wanted to sit on his lap then.

Zenki chuckled, giving her head a pat, rubbing his hand over her ear, a delightful "Nyan." escaping her lips, Zenki melting more and more at the cuteness.

"You know, I could literally fall for that cuteness you display Koneko-tan. It is the best ever~"

He sang out, unknowingly speaking the words that Koneko loved to hear, wished to hear, and found them burning on her cheeks, flushing dangerously, heating up to a place where she would lose control of herself.

She kept herself cool, by using his cool hand to press it against her face.

"Zenki-san…is the best ever."

She said with a smile only for Zenki.

He returned the smile, and stroked the back of her head as he continued doing what he needed to do, or rather, liked doing.

Ravel and Kuroka noted the closeness that Koneko was getting to their King, and while one was happy, the other wasn't. Kuroka was fine with it, as she imagined them being a happy family with one another, Ravel wasn't so happy and wished to attain the closeness that Koneko naturally had with her King, but she had a plan to get that under control soon enough. With her 'love manual' she was going to make sure that Zenki would begin falling for her as well.

"Hey Zenki-chan, I gotta ask, why aren't you going towards that Nun chick of yours right now nyaaa?"

Kuroka couldn't help but wonder, all very well aware of the crush he had for her.

Zenki adopted a blush upon even mentioning her name.

"W-Well…that's because I am…I am waiting for her to come out of the Church. She can only come from ten in the morning till twelve then she returns for a meal, and is allowed to come back out from two till four thirty in the afternoon."

Kuroka snickered while Ravel and Koneko listened intently.

"Awww, that's adorable. You even know her schedule, you're in love~"

"Pft!" Zenki did a spit take, adamantly shaking his head. "N-No! That's not it at all! Don't say anything like that! I don't love Asia-san!"

Kuroka knew better than what Zenki was saying, being able to tell from his face that he was lying. She didn't know if he was aware of it or not, and she didn't care if he did, because she was still going to sleep with him, no matter what.

"If you say so nyaaa."

Zenki rolled his eyes and got back to doing what he was doing, the others doing the same.

As they were enjoying their day and doing what they were doing, Kuroka's head suddenly shot up, growling as her ears twitched rapidly.

"Zenki-chan!"

"Intruders!"

Koneko hissed out, sensing it with her Senjutsu as her tail straightened out. Kuroka jumped from her position and walked towards Zenki in a small shuffling of her feet, keeping her senses sharp on the prize that was set before them.

"Enemies, here? Who would be foolish enough to enter a territory that belongs to a Maou-sama? It doesn't make sense, does it?"

Ravel questioned as she looked around, standing up, and placing her book away.

"Where are they?"

Zenki calmly asked the Nekomata sisters. Koneko pointed forward, the same with Kuroka.

"They are that way. From what I can tell, they are Stray Devils, they feel like the ones we've confronted before."

"It seems that there's a number of them. I'm getting around twenty nyaaa. The power range is between Mid-Class Devil, and High-Class Devil, but I am picking up creatures as well that aren't usually classed with Devils as well nyaaa."

Kuroka finished after Koneko, Zenki clicking his fingers and dressed himself in his usual outfit, the girls following suit.

"I don't understand how they would be able to get in here though…this place is protected, but for them to come in here and now when we're here, and the people that usually occupy this territory is out at the moment is very suspicious indeed…"

"Zenki-sama, what should we do?"

Ravel brought Zenki out of his musing's, so the boy nodded to himself and quickly came with a plan.

"Even though this situation isn't ideal, my Tou-chan has important items and other things here. We have no choice but to defend this area from these beasts. We'll have to find out later, or not. We'll have to check the barriers later to see if there's a fault and alert my Tou-chan, but we do not have time. Ravel-tan, Koneko-tan, and Kuroka-tan, please stand beside me and deal with this threat."

[Yes!]

Nodding at him, Zenki and the others headed for the direction that the enemies were coming from.

Unknown to them however, a very far distance, out of the range of the Senjutsu users grasp, Diodora stood with a dirty smile on his face, using binoculars to see them going towards the target, having arrived before Zenki did and set this whole thing up.

"Hahaha, my Holy Maiden is coming here, and this is your demise Zenki Astaroth. These Devils I've hired will kill you and your little bitches. Enjoy your death you bastard. I know you won't be able to survive this, this time. I'm going to make sure that your life is ended right here and now, then the adorable Asia-chan and my adorable Jeanne-chan will be realized by me as well. Enjoy your death."

With a disgusting sneer, Diodora moved to execute the second part of his plan.


"S-Stay away from me! Please just let me go already! Get lost! I don't want to go back! I want to run, to live!"

A young girl panted as she ran through a field.

This girl was around the age of 13 to 14 years old. She has long blonde hair, that was dirty from mud. Her pure white skin was cut and bruised, indicating that she has been through a rough time. Even the clothes that hung off her body would suggest the same thing, being close, if not, rags. Her amnesty eyes shone with pureness, and terror at the same time.

This girl was afraid as her feet carried her. She could hardly run away at this point. Her feet had deep gashes there, cuts all over her feet. Each step she takes makes her wince in pain. Each step was agonizing to her. Her eyes held the pain and sadness that she felt right at this moment in time…she just wanted to escape.

"Get back here!"

"Stop running away!"

"We won't allow you to get away!"

"Come back here right now!"

Behind her, was a mob. A small army it could be called. All of them wore white robes and had some symbols on them as well. some even had weapons in their hands. Axes, swords, and other types of weapons as well. Some swords even looked to be light based, and some of the other weapons seemed to be the same as well.

Crosses hung from their necks, and their eyes showed their willingness to get this girl back.

She kept running, despite their shouts.

She knew that if she stopped running, she would be caught. And if she was caught, she knew that something bad was going to happen to her. What she was going to happen to her, was something that she wouldn't be able to conceive….

TRIP!

"Aaaah!"

She cried as she fell onto the ground. Her face planted itself on the dirt, coating her face in dirt. She felt her body convulse as she could hear the footsteps of her pursuers behind her slow down, and halting to a stop.

She lifted her face, her eyes and body shaking.

"Well, Jeanne, it seems like you've stopped. Are you ready to go back now?"

"N-No! I-I am not going back!"

The girl now named Jeanne was adamant about this.

She wasn't going back.

She even turned her body around, sitting on the ground and pushed herself back away from the people that were pursuing her.

The main one, which seemed to have even whiter robes on, stepped forward and put his hand out towards Jeanne.

"It is okay now, Jeanne. Didn't we treat you nicely? It is alright, you can come back now. I promise we'll treat you kindly."

Even though the offer was kind, Jeanne showed a disapproval face, shaking her head.

"N-No! I'm not going back with you! S-Stay away from me!"

The man adopted an angry face, and went to raise his hand against her.

"Insolent child, even if you say things like that, we won't allow you to move forward! Now, come back this instance!"

"N-No! I won't do anything! Stay away! Back off right now! I don't want to go back with you! I never will!"

Jeanne adamantly put distance between the pursuer and herself, pushing herself back as much as possible.

"Now Jeanne, don't piss me off!"

The man moved forward, Jeanne's eyes turning more and more afraid…

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Without warning, swords suddenly erupted from the ground. Different types of swords. Curved swords, long swords, straight swords, short swords, and even different colour types of swords. Red, blue, green, white and black.

But these swords all had something in common…

These swords were holy swords.

All of the swords were coated in a holy aura, and pierced several of the people that were pursuing Jeanne.

"Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!"

"Oryaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

Swords pierced some of the pursuers with Jeanne at the centre of the sea of swords. She didn't understand what was happening, but she wasn't going to complain about it, she could see all of the swords being strong by stopping their advances…or so she thought.

"Hmph!"

The leader of the ground waved his hand, and flame wave erupted forth from magical equations in his hands, breaking the swords apart.

Jeanne gasped and was blown away from the intense flames. Her body was flung backwards, and landed a fair distance away from where she was before.

"Arck!"

She cried out, pain surging through her body.

The leader of the group sneered as he saw some of his men recover from the stabbing of the holy swords Jeanne used.

Even though she was in pain, she attempted to get to her feet, but she couldn't due to a magical bullet coming from the leader, hitting her in the centre of the chest, knocking down onto the ground, with pain erupting from her mouth, spewing up from said mouth.

"Now, now Jeanne. Don't be silly and do something like that. You won't be escaping like that. Even if your body is destroyed, we only need your spirit. We can do away with your body and gain your spirit for ourselves."

The man threatened as Jeanne found the courage to stand to her feet. She didn't know how, but she made a single sword in her hand, leaking holy power. The sword burned brightly, setting itself ablaze and turned it on the man.

"I-I won't lose here!"

Jeanne, with a determined look to her face, lunged forward, and swipes at him.

"Not professional, Jeanne." The man admitted as he used his hand to break apart the sword, gaining very light burns on his skin, Jeanne shocked at the development. "Now, now Jeanne. Don't be a bad girl, I don't want to hurt you, but I will kill you if I have too. It doesn't matter to me."

Jeanne glared at the man, and summoned another sword to her hand, an icy blade this time.

"I won't lose to you!"

With a single slash of her blade, she went to cut the mans face. He retracted his head, the blade narrowly missing the mans face, and before she could even think, Jeanne's body was pierced by something.

"Gwah!"

Jeanne coughed blood, and looked downwards.

What she saw horrified her…

It was the mans hand.

It had equations around his hand, magically enhanced, and it was through her stomach.

She was shocked beyond believe, and she was thrown to the ground helplessly, blood pooling around her body.

"I told you Jeanne, you won't be alive that long now. Even though you're a naughty girl that ran away, your body doesn't have to be alive. You see, we can return your body back to its previous state through the use of necromancy among other things. Don't worry Jeanne, you might be feeling pain right now, but you'll be brought back soon enough for our Master."

Jeanne looked hatefully at the man, feeling the blood pouring out of her, her eyes leaking heavy tears.

"Yes, that's certainly true."

A new voice came from the left where a rock formation was.

Stepping out from behind it, was Diodora himself.

He had a dirty smile on his face as he walks forward. The leader of the white robed people regarded the Devil boy with a small sneer, but hid it well without revealing it on their faces, only from the eyes that the leader showed any kind of anger.

"Well, if isn't the Astaroth heir himself, Diodora."

The leader of the gang said in a quiet voice, hiding darker intentions.

"Hello as well. It has been sometime since our first encounter."

Diodora greeted as he looked down at Jeanne.

Jeanne flinched when seeing his eyes, her own eyes becoming more and more afraid. She remembered him from the previous months had gone past, and she didn't want to be near this person. Even the pain from her stomach didn't matter to her right now, it didn't matter at all.

Diodora adopted a dirty smile once seeing Jeanne.

"My, hello Jeanne. Do you remember my face? We met a while ago, didn't we? Remember, when I tried to be with you, but you rejected me? It is okay, I won't allow it to dissuade me from making love to you. I shall definitely take you as my servant like I would Asia-chan. Even if that bastard Zenki gets in my way, I shall make you my servant along with Asia-chan."

Jeanne didn't answer, trying to see if there was a way out of the situation. But she knew she couldn't. Her wound was too deep, her mind was getting more and more fuzzy by the second, and she didn't want know what was going to happen next. Either the people that chased her, or Diodora, weren't situations she wanted to be with. She wished, someone was going to come and save her.

Diodora didn't show a concern about her not reacting to him, turning towards the leader.

"So, Marc-kun. You've finally captured Jeanne for me. Ever since I saw her beauty and holy stature, I couldn't help myself. I fell in love straight away. I don't even think I have felt this way since Asia-chan, Jeanne-chan is just too cute. I had to pull out all the stops to get her this time. Even though she was very defiant of me, this time, I shall definitely take her as we agreed."

His disgusting smile made Jeanne shiver inside. She could feel the cold spreading inside of her. It was too much for her, she was feeling as if she wouldn't be able to leave here alive. She didn't want to die, she wanted to live, she wanted to escape this place. She just wanted to be free from this place, and Diodora as well as the people that chased after her.

"Indeed, you seem to be the type to do something like this, with the maiden of Orleans, the girl who inherited her spirit that is."

Looking at Jeanne, Marc showed a distorted smile.

Jeanne looked between Diodora and Marc, and knew no matter what, she wasn't going to be leaving here alive. One was a scary man, and the other was nothing more than a teenager that was saying things that disturbed her.

Diodora then set his eyes on Marc again, his face being quite disgusting.

"Thank you for leading Jeanne to me, I shall take it from here."

Diodora said it with a dirty grin on his face.

"Well, in an area owned by the Astaroth, it was difficult gaining access, but you allowed us inside to help detain Jeanne here who had escaped us previously, we'll have to be on thanking terms as of this moment…but you said you'd take it from here?"

The leader known as Marc growled at the end, Diodora not hearing it and nodded, going towards Jeanne and running a finger through her hair. She felt disgusted, pulling away from him, but that only made him more happy.

"Yes, that's right. I shall take her from here. Like we previously agreed. I had given you all of those items, money and other things, for my precious Jeanne-chan. So I will be taking her from here. Do not worry, I will be keeping her safe from everyone."

Diodora said in a chipper tone, beginning to look through his Evil Pieces.

But Marc had other ideas, swiping Diodora across the face, sending him to the ground with a thud.

"Ow!" Diodora growled, a mark appearing on his face. "W-What do you think you're doing you bastard!?"

Marc showed a disgusting smile, pointing at Jeanne.

"I am going to take her back. Master wishes for her back. She's too important…did you really think we'd allow you to take someone as important as Jeanne? She's ours, we need her for our plans, we aren't going to sacrifice her to a stuck up Devil like you. Now get lost or prepare to die already for what you don't want to happen."

Diodora took to his feet straight away, and showed that he wasn't playing around. He increased his demonic power around him, lights of dark green surrounding him.

He made two demonic spheres in his hands, but it was uncaring to the others in the area. It didn't even affect them, the leader named Marc showed unimpressed eyes.

"Are we supposed to be scared? Your demonic power is low, you're young and cannot match true High Class Devils. In time, you shall grow. But right now, you're weaker than I am. I shall defeat you, kill you, then take Jeanne's body back. As long as the soul stays in tact, we can reanimate the girls body with techniques similar to your Devils Evil Pieces. In other words, you're nothing to us Diodora, we used you to get in here. Otherwise, did you think we'd associate ourselves with the scum of the earth Devils like you?"

That was a serious blow to Diodora's pride, he put his hands out and fired his demonic bullets as Jeanne watched on with fear.

The leader named Marc placed his hand out.

"Pathetic."

As he said that, he made a barrier around his body and his men, protecting him from the two bullets, not making a dent in the strong barriers.

Magical equations surrounded the mans hand as he pointed it at Diodora. The waves of power that came from it, was strong, very strong. Diodora wasn't even sure how strong it was, but it was stronger than he had seen from a human before, stronger than he had to deal with before.

Diodora took a step back, forcing his demonic power to the surface.

"I won't lose to you!"

Gathering his demonic power for all it was worth, Diodora shot off a large volume of demonic power, but it paled to what his nephew would be capable of doing, and even Diodora knew that, and hated it regardless.

"Stupid Devil. You need to learn your manners."

The man shot off his attack as well, it ripping through Diodora's attack, breaking it apart instantly.

"S-Shit!"

Diodora raised a barrier, several in fact, a wall of aura to block the incoming attack. But because of the strong attack from the enemy, it tore through the wall of aura like nothing, impaling Diodora in the chest, and sent him backwards.

His body smashed against the very same rock formation that he had appeared from, sending him to the ground while smoke rose from his chest, pain etched onto his face. His clothes were torn from where the hole was made, Diodora crying from the impact.

Marc sighed a little bit at the Devil, turning his attention back to the frightened Jeanne.

"Now Jeanne, be a good girl and come with me. Even though I am like this, I am trying to be kind to you right now. So put down that fierce face you are holding on your face right now, and come with me. It would be better if you did, you know?"

"N-No! I don't want to!"

Jeanne resisted, struggling to try and get to her feet but the hole in her stomach caused her to fall to the floor, crying her eyes out.

Marc shot a blast of magical energy at her, knocking her onto the ground even more than before, not allowing her to get up.

Jeanne howled at the pain she felt from the attack, tears escaping her eyes.

"Please…"

"Hmmm? Something wrong Jeanne?"

The man wondered, his eyes turning to pity for the girl, though it was fake.

"Leave me alone!"

She yelled, despite the pain she was in right now.

"Jeanne? What are you saying?"

The man held a hand to his ear, cupping it as if he was interested in listening to her.

"HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

She let it go, screaming as loud as she could for someone, anyone, to come to her, save her from this madness. The blood came from her like a bucket load. It stained the floor in the crimson colour, pain erupted from her body. But anything was better than this. Anything would be better than having either of the two people want her.

"Hahahahahahaha! That's a very funny idea you have! Who's going to save you!?"

He yelled right back in her face, laughing as well, expecting no one to come and save her…


"Me, asshole!"

But he was wrong.

As soon as the voice made itself known, a wave of demonic power mixed together with Senjutsu and fires of the Phoenix washed over Marc and his fellow fighting force, blowing them backwards, away from Jeanne.

Jeanne gasped, looking for the source of the attack, wondering who it was who saved her.

But then, four figures appeared before her.

"Don't worry young maiden, we have arrived!"

"…We've come to protect you nyan."

"That's right nyaaa~ We're like allies of justice and for the puppy's, or screwing the puppy's, whatever that means nyaaa~"

"Geez, Kuroka-sama you surely are quite wild in your ways."

The ones that have appeared are Zenki with demonic power surrounding his body, Koneko with her cat parts out and even Senjutsu covered fists, Kuroka with orbs of Senjutsu and Youjutsu in her hands and around her body and finally Ravel who has her wings of pure fire out.

Diodora looked upon the scene, to see Zenki there, and tightened his fist.

"S-Shit, I didn't think he'd show up right now…w-what happened to the people I sent to deal with him…? Don't tell me, he and his little sluts already beat them back? No, it can't be. He defeated them already, that damn bastard. They were all High-Class Devils, I even threw in a fucking former Exorcist, a Rogue one. How the fuck am I supposed to get my Jeanne-chan now with them fuckers there? That little shit keeps getting in my way, I am going to fucking kill the shit one day. But, since he is here…hehehe, idiot has left Asia alone. Yes, with her gone and this wound I have, this is perfect. No bastard nephew to get in the way, and I can have Asia all to myself. He won't be able to say anything after I've made her my servant. It is better if I do it now. Enjoy dear nephew, I am going to make Asia mine now. Barring that mental bastard with the knife, I think that Asia-chan is going to become mine now. Goodbye you loser. Asia-chan is mine now."

Diodora activated a teleportation circle and disappeared.

"Nyaaa?"

Kuroka sensed something with her Senjutsu, Koneko feeling the same thing and saw Diodora briefly before he disappeared.

"Something wrong?"

Zenki questioned the pair, Kuroka and Koneko sharing a look, but then shook their heads.

"We'll tell you later nyaaa. It is better if we deal with these pieces of shit first, huh."

Kuroka hissed out as she noted that the enemies were going to attack soon, seeing them regroup after the initial attack.

"W-Who are you people?"

All four of them turned to see Jeanne, offering her smiles…but then frowned when seeing the pool of blood around her body.

Jeanne was taken back, wondering who the new strangers were.

"Sorry, we don't have time to converse with one another. But don't worry, we're here to help you. My name is Zenki, that's Kuroka-tan, Koneko-tan and Ravel-tan. Even though we're Devils, we're here to protect you. Don't worry."

He introduced them as Jeanne looked between all of them.

Zenki then noticed that by the girls body, there was remnants of the holy aura, on a fragment of a sword. Putting two and two together, he guessed that they were holy swords. Even he could feel that, so both Kuroka and Koneko came to the same conclusion. Ravel noted it as well, but she saw the enemy moving.

"Zenki-sama, we've got company."

She said, flames dancing in her hands as Marc made suspicious movements as well.

But then, Jeanne began crying as Zenki moved closer.

"P-Please…"

She cried, gaining Zenki's attention as he bent down to her body.

"W-What is…" He paused when he realized something. "This wound…it's too deep, and all of this blood…even if we used the Phoenix Tears, it wouldn't save her. It can heal the wound, but the blood loss is too much…she doesn't have much time left now."

He felt sick right now, and disgusted that he wasn't able to save the girl. Even though he was stopped before, he wished he came sooner, and protected her. He cursed his inability to save her from whatever had happened to her.

Instantly, Ravel and the others knew that Zenki felt sadness. They were pretty good at reading the situation, and while they weren't on the level of sadness he was on, they all had depressed looks on their faces.

Jeanne reached up her hand, shakily.

Zenki took his hand and grabbed her hand, squeezing it gently.

"Please…don't let them…take me…please save me…"

"I'm sorry…I can't do anything…you're…"

He didn't know how to tell her that she was going to die. He didn't know what to say to her, but Jeanne had a smile on her face despite the pain.

"You've…got a white heart…different to…the black hearts of people…around me…I've always…had black hearted people…I met someone with a white heart…please…don't let them take my body…please bury me…please take me away from here…please…"

"Y-You…erm…I can…erm, I can save you…turn you into a Devil…"

"Zenki-sama, what are you-"

Ravel was in disbelief, but Zenki shook his head.

"It's fine, I can sense something powerful from her…and she deserves another chance of life…if she wants to be a Devil anyway…" He paused, and put a soothing hand to Jeanne's face. "Only if you want me too. I won't turn you if you don't want me too."

Jeanne weighed up her options, and knew that she had only three.

Go with Marc or whoever comes for her body.

Diodora coming back and reincarnating her into his servant.

Zenki reincarnating her and going with him.

All three, were things she wouldn't choose. But out of all of them, the third option was the best, and most ideal. Even Jeanne herself admits that Zenki has a white heart, so she chose to go with Zenki, smiling despite the pain.

"Make…me a Devil…white hearted...Devil-chan..."

With that, Jeanne closed her eyes, and died.

Her death was so horrible that Zenki, who didn't know her at all, felt terrible and had watery eyes.

But he knew that he couldn't cry right now for her. He had to beat back the others, so he stood up once placing a barrier around Jeanne's body, and walked forward.

"Right. From the looks of things, these people are humans and they need to be taken care of, for that girl that died. Kuroka-tan, you can confirm this I assume?"

Kuroka nodded as her ears twitched.

"That's right nyaaa. From the wave of powers I am picking up on, they are average mid level Devil power. But since we're either that level or above that level, we should be fine. The one to look out for is the middle big man there nyaaa. He's got power that exceeds the others. I'd say it is lower than an Ultimate class Devil, but higher than average High Class Devil power. With the current power we have nyaa, it could be dangerous to face that person straight on nyaa. If this was either you or I at full power, we'd be able to defeat him ourselves, but with the fighting for nonstop for a freaking hour, we have to work together on that one nyaaa! It is better if we take out the weaker ones first, is that right nyaaa?"

This time, Zenki confirmed it with a nod of his head.

"That's right, Kuroka-tan. Since we're running low on power ourselves, due from the previous fight we had, we have to make this quick. We'll take the grunts out first, then we'll all target the, I guess leader of the pack. Kuroka-tan, please promote straight away."

"Yup nyaa! I want the power of the Queen nyaaa!"

With Zenki's consent, Kuroka promoted straight to Queen as Zenki and Koneko moved forward.

"Okay, here's the plan. Since we're running low on power, we can't do flashy moves. That's why, Kuroka-tan, Ravel-tan, you be the vanguards, and cover both Koneko-tans and my backs. Protecting that girl there is our first and most strongest priority, so let us protect her while moving forward. She said that she wants to become a Devil and not go with them. We can assume that they must want her body for something and she doesn't want it, so we've got to protect her at all costs."

"That's great nyaa!" Kuroka yelled, but then smiled, and pointed at the enemy. "Also, don't target Zenki-chan's penis!"

Zenki, Koneko and even Ravel, looked mortified by Kuroka's words.

"KUROKA-TAN!"

Zenki yelled as a giant blush worked its way onto his cheeks.

Kuroka showed an uncaring face.

"I'm just saying, I need that to get me pregnant. That, a working hand for some fingering action, and your tongue for some tongue action. Besides that, I also need your hips to be able to move, or it would feel like I am screwing something not alive. So, if you're going to hurt Zenki-chan, please avoid the penis, his mouth, his arms, and his hips as well nyaaa!"

Koneko sighed at her elder sister, feeling embarrassed.

"…I'm sorry, my Nee-sama is very dim-witted."

Koneko bowed to the opponents respectfully, feeling like she needed to say something like that, if only for her own sanity.

Kuroka frowned at Koneko.

"Shirone nyaaa! I am saying the same thing you're thinking!"

"…I would prefer it if none of us were hurt…I wouldn't say something as vulgar as you."

Kuroka cried a little bit, bonking herself on the head as Ravel muttered "Idiot." in a displeased voice.

Zenki also sighed turning towards Koneko.

"Koneko-tan, please back me up."

Koneko shot her sister a look, then nodded towards her King.

"…Roger. …Please leave your back to me, Zenki-san."

"Good, then let us dance!"

With that, Zenki and Koneko moved forward as Ravel and Kuroka also walked forward, standing apart, the girl in the middle of them, so they could defend her body if they need to do something like that.

"They're coming!"

"Target the Devil boy first!"

Some of the enemies moved forward. They held light swords in their hands and slashed towards Zenki first.

Zenki moved forward to intercept them, but then smirked and pulled away, Koneko jumping from behind him and shoving a Senjutsu fist filled power directly into their bodies with each of her hands, disrupting their ki's, knocking them down to the ground, knocking them out.

"…That was my power, I am Zenki-sans Rook after all. …He won't allow me to go wild."

Koneko smirked ever so slightly, driving her fist into another enemy that came at her. He attempted to slash her with his sword, but she used her small body to move around the sword, and landed a direct hit on the enemy, knocking him out with her Senjutsu.

"Shit!"

"That little girl is…"

The enemies went towards Koneko, having swords of light pointed at her.

Koneko regarded them with a sigh, as Zenki came in this time, sailing through the air, kicking one of them in the chest, firing a demonic bullet at another one. He tried to block it, but the bullet changed direction thanks to the Kankura Formula, and it twisted around his blade, nailing it into the chest of the human, knocking him down to the ground and out as well.

"Nobody touches my Koneko-tan. Koneko-tan, take my hand."

He came to her side, as she did so.

"…We're spinning?"

"We're spinning."

Smirking, Zenki span around with her in his hand. Koneko sent Senjutsu to her feet, as opposed to her hands, and hit the humans, sending foot filled Senjutsu energy into their bodies, with their combined attack.

Soon, Zenki finished spinning, and all of the enemies that surrounded them, dropped to the ground thanks to Koneko and Zenki respectably, Zenki releasing Koneko's hand at one last spin, firing her like a bullet at one of the enemies.

"S-Shit! Fuck off!"

He roared, taking out a gun with holy bullets.

He fired the gun…or so he thought.

As they were leaving the gun, Zenki activated the Kankura Formula to stop them from shooting, forcing them back into the gun. Because of that, the gun exploded in the mans hand, causing him to curse.

"…Take this."

Koneko didn't allow him much chance, and made it to him, punching him directly in the centre of the mans body, pushing him down onto the ground.

"Bitch!"

Another enemy came from the left of Koneko, and had a light sword in his hand. He went to slash the girl, but as his blade was about to touch her, Zenki rushed in with impressive speeds, landing a devastating kick to the mans face, sending him down to the ground, breaking his jaw in the process, landing next to Koneko.

"Pests, am I right Koneko-tan?"

"…Very much so."

Koneko sighed as she got into a fighting form, the same with Zenki, having one another's backs.

"D-Damn these kids! What are they!?"

"Annoying brats! They need to die!"

"Let's use magic against them!"

Some of the magic users came forward, and gathered equations of a magical nature in their hands.

"Well, if it is magic users, then leave it to us nyaaa~"

"As Zenki-sama's Bishop, I shall provide support from behind!"

Responding to the threat, Kuroka had orbs of Senjutsu and Youjutsu in the mix, and Ravel had balls of flames in her hands as well.

Together, they fired their unison attack at the magical energies that were released.

Clashing violently, Ravel's and Kuroka's attacks quenched the powers of the humans, and continued going forward. The humans had no choice but to raise barriers to protect themselves before the attacks could land on them.

However, as they were about to hit, they suddenly stopped, and changed direction.

[What!?]

The collective thoughts of the humans rang out as the demonic flames and the Senjutsu orbs flew above the defensive circle, taking down the humans with their amazing power of Phenex and Nekoshou.

Zenki pulled his hand back, showing that he had controlled the attacks with his Kankura Formula.

"Even if it is my ally's attacks, I can control them as well."

Zenki confidently said as Koneko covered him, knocking back one of the attacks with her Senjutsu fists, knocking them on their asses.

"Like this, you're going to depart from this world! With my Sacred Gear, be defeated!"

A brave human came up with a large broadsword that was the mans Sacred Gear and swiped at Zenki and Koneko. They went to pull back, but it wasn't necessary as Kuroka quickly swiped her fingers in a complicated manner.

"I don't think so nyaaa!"

Kuroka noted the attack, and raised a barrier between Zenki with Koneko and the sword user, blocking the attack. Due to the strength of the Rook enhancing the defensive power, she stopped the sword with minimal effort.

She then moved her fingers in a complicated manner, and used some kind of Jutsu to make the ground below the enemy into mud, trapping his movements straight away.

"Nyaaa~ With that, I have sealed your movements."

Kuroka grinned as did Zenki.

"Thanks Kuroka-tan! Ravel-tan, fire your flames!"

"Roger Zenki-sama!"

Responding to her King, Ravel gathered a flame into a ball, firing it towards the sword user. Predictably, the sword user blocked the flames as he wasn't able to move, but was pushed back by the flames, giving Zenki a chance to leap over the barrier Kuroka made, and blast the human with his demonic power, blowing him backwards with his strong power.

"We're being pushed back…!"

"We need to retreat!"

Some of the enemies went to move back, but the leader Marc, raised his aura, forcing them to submit.

"We're not losing Jeanne here and now! We're going to kill these shitty Devils! Go and attack, now!"

Using a threatening movement, the sword wielders and the axe wielders charged forward towards Zenki and Koneko.

Koneko and Zenki looked at one another, then moved forward together.

They came from the left and right, but Zenki dodged them gracefully. Koneko did the same, and used her enhanced defence as a Rook to make the attacks less effective, making them bounce off her body quite easily.

"Koneko-tan! Left!"

"…Yes!"

Standing back to back, Zenki and Koneko combated the enemies. Usually, these types of enemies could be blown away by Zenki's demonic power, or Koneko could beat them easily, but since they had to conserve the power they had left, they worked back to back.

"Something like this wouldn't be so bad for the full powered me…sigh, seems like I have to hold myself back for a little while."

Zenki used some demonic power to weaken the stances of the humans, bringing them to their knees, and used his hand to hand to knock them out, saving his stamina for the enemy that he knew would be the hardest.

"…It seems we're almost done."

Koneko used complicated movements as she took down the attacks of the enemies, and then took down the humans with her Senjutsu quite impressively. Though she had only been a Devil for near a year now, she was very adept at using her trait as a Rook to her advantage, taking down the enemies with her newfound power.

"If they won't work then…"

One of the magician types came forward and released a large fireball at Zenki and Koneko while they were distracted.

"If it is fire, then leave it to me. My flames are of the immortal Phoenix, they won't lose to a mere magicians flames!"

Ravel, with pride in her eyes, sharpened her eyes as she released a dazzling ball of flames.

Her flames met the flames of the human, and a blazing inferno came to existence. Ravel put her power into her flames, and overpowered the flames of the human, sending the remains of the flames to the human and burnt him, taking him out of the fight.

"Nyaaa! Here's this for you, and you!"

Kuroka came up with her mixed balls of Senjutsu and Youjutsu, firing them at the humans. The humans growled and fired blasts of magic energy, ice blasts and even balls of flames. But Kuroka's power was simply too much, and broke the enemy's powers apart instantly, hitting their direct bodies, knocking them out.


Pretty soon, all of the enemies were taken down, besides Marc that was.

Once seeing that his comrades were taken out, the man stepped forward, breaking the ground around the enemy's foot. He removed the cloak he wore, and showed his muscles, bulging, and his arms and legs were thick like tree trunks.

He took out a large sword that emitted a holy aura.

"This blade, shall vanquish the Devils before me. Do not concern yourselves, you'll be slain by my blade, then I will be taking Jeanne back."

The human released a dense aura and everyone gasped at it. The aura enveloped him and broke the ground around him. The aura was holy, and it made most of the Devils sweat nervously. Because it was a holy power, it was a power that Devils hated.

Kuroka looked towards the swordsman as he moved forward.

"It isn't a holy sword, but it feels like one nyaaa…"

Kuroka showed a disgusted face, looking at the sword.

Zenki and Koneko moved backwards, regrouping with the others. Ravel went to the side of Zenki, and showed a face, an annoyed face towards the man with the large sword, she wasn't happy with this development at all.

"Zenki-sama, I suggest we don't make reckless movements with this person. His power feels great, even for us working together, it could be difficult. Even if we were at full power, but since we were fighting just before, we're down to around half our power. The Devils and the other creatures before were troublesome, and now we're fighting on half."

Zenki hummed slightly, agreeing with Ravel's words.

"You're right, we can't rush in. We don't know what this man is capable of, we need to be on our toes, after all. Koneko-tan, we'll go forward first, to test the waters. Please stay behind me, I can react quicker than you can."

"…Understood."

Koneko nodded in agreement, as Zenki looked at Ravel and Kuroka.

"Please provide support to both Koneko-tan and I. If you see an opportunity, then please take it. Kuroka-tan, since you're the best with defence, even if it isn't your forte, please provide us with defence. Ravel, use your flames give us cover fire!"

"You got it Zenki-chan nyaaa!"

"Leave support to me Zenki-sama!"

Nodding at the pair, he turned to Koneko.

"Let's go then, Koneko-tan!"

"…Yes!"

Together, Zenki and Koneko leapt forward in time with one another.

Zenki was the first to make it to the man. He made complicated movements and fired out bullets of demonic power towards Marc, testing the waters a little bit. But as the bullets made it to the human with the sword, the human raised his holy power and lifted up the sword.

"If it is demonic power like this, then I have no problem with it."

Marc swung his sword at Zenki, cutting through the demonic power at the same time. Zenki jumped backwards to avoid the blade, but then a wave of holy power was released, catching Zenki by surprise.

He raised a barrier just in time, blocking the strike. Though the holy wave broke the barrier he made, and forced him backwards. He skidded across the floor as Koneko moved forward, her fist clad in Senjutsu.

"…Even if it is a minimal opportunity, then moving forward is…"

Koneko went to strike the enemy right in the face as she made it to the man. Marc though was quick, grabbing Koneko's wrist before her Senjutsu clad hand could reach him, stopping her from making contact.

"You're far too slow to touch me."

With a timed flick of his wrist, Koneko was thrown towards the ground. As she was about to hit, Zenki rushed to her side and caught her body, saving her from being impaled into the ground, Koneko adopting a blush as he held her in his arms.

"Zenki-sama, move backwards! He's coming!"

Ravel warned, but it was too late.

Marc appeared before them and raised his sword, bringing it down towards the pair of them.

"As if I would allow you to touch my Imouto, and King bitch nyaaa!"

Kuroka made a sign with her fingers, and made a barrier with demonic power. Using the traits of the Rook of the Queen she was promoted too, blocking the strike of the sword. Though the blade was heavy coated in holy power, Kuroka somehow was able to block the strike of the sword, giving Zenki enough time to retreat backwards, the sword smashing through the barrier just as Zenki disappeared with Koneko in his arms, the sword slashing the ground and leaving a gash there.

"Step away from my King!"

Ravel twirled her fingers and made orbs of flames of the intense fires of the immortal bird. Raising her hands, she shot the orbs off towards the enemy with the sword.

The man regarded them without fear, bringing up his sword and cleaved them in half, only to be surprised when Kuroka fired off an orb Senjutsu and Youjutsu mixed together, the white orb twisting around quite rapidly.

"D-Damn!"

He panicked and dodged the orb, knowing what it would be able to do. He then raised his sword once landing on the ground, and swung it downwards, releasing a massive wave of holy power. Zenki would accuse it being a holy sword, but he knew that it wasn't the case…the holy aura and wave was coming from the enemy himself.

"Koneko-tan!"

Zenki noticed that it was going for Koneko, who couldn't react in time.

Zenki tightened his fist and rushed towards her, getting in front of her, and took the holy wave on, before Kuroka could raise a barrier.

"Gwaaah!"

He gritted his teeth as he felt the holy power seeping into his body, Koneko's eyes opening wide in horror.

"Z-Zenki-san!"

Zenki turned his head as some blood erupted from him.

"Don't worry Koneko-tan, we're comrades, I'd happily take attacks for you."

His smile made Koneko, Kuroka and Ravel love him even more, seeing how he was able to say it with a pure heart.

Zenki regained his stance and fired off an attack towards the enemy, a large volume of demonic power that would make even High-Class Devils jealous.

"Take that!"

His demonic energy was a very high grade. There was no fault in the power at all. It was very strong.

"D-Damn it…"

The enemy became frightened and pulled back, swinging the sword to intercept it…but.

"Twist!"

Zenki used his Kankura Formula to take control over his attack and change direction. Marc swung his blade to cut it in half, but the blade didn't reach the volume of power, which split apart of made many bullets of demonic power, raining down on the enemy.

"Aaah shit!"

Marc glared as he received the attack with his own body. He used magic to stop the hardest of the attacks reaching his body, but he received some damage to his body, blasting parts of his body and causing blood to spit out of him.

He tightened his hand as Zenki gave each of the girls a quick look with the girls understanding what he wanted straight away, understanding the way he moved his eyes.

"Let's go!"

[Yes!]

Responding to Zenki, the boy himself and Koneko launched themselves forward.

"Here!"

"…Take this!"

Together, they thrusted a hand at him. Demonic power and Senjutsu came at him, but he didn't bat an eyelid.

"Don't take me lightly."

Putting his hand outwards, the man released a burst of magical energy.

Koneko latched onto Zenki as he erected a barrier around them, taking the blunt of the blast and retreated as he sent another blast at them.

"While distracted, you have me to deal with!"

Ravel raised her spirits, and cast a very big flame ball towards the man. Having it enhanced by the Bishop pieces power, the large fireball was highly destructive. It was the power of a High grade Devil. Zenki was even sure that Ravel had a higher power than Diodora did due to the power she unleashed right now.

"D-Damn it!"

Having no choice, the man put his sword out and gathered a lot of holy aura around his blade. Making a swinging motion, he swung the blade downwards, and cleaved the ball in two, but it exploded and knocked him back.

"Now Kuroka-tan!"

Zenki ordered, the Nekoshou nodding in return.

"Take this nyaaa!"

Kuroka gathered what appeared to be Senjutsu and Youjutsu mixed together and fired it off without a second thought.

"With something like this, I won't be losing to it."

The man raised his sword and cleaved through the sphere as he didn't have a chance to move out of the way, having only regained his stance the second the orb was fired, only for it to change shape…

The orb twisted into a different substance. It changed from a white sphere to a ball of mist which surrounded the enemy when Kuroka yelled "Expand!" and it did as much.

"Allow me to assist you Kuroka-sama!"

Ravel even got into the mix, using her wind based powers she inherited from the Phenex clan to raise the effectiveness of the attack Kuroka used, making it spin around the mans head like a localized tornado.

Before he could stop himself inhaling, he involuntary did so anyway, feeling a pulse throughout his body. He felt weak in the knees, feeling them wobble but he didn't fall. His chest felt tighter and tighter, but he didn't allow his body to give in.

"H-How!?"

He yelled as Kuroka winked.

"I am quite good at using illusions with Youjutsu nyaaa. All I had to do was change what you saw nyaaa. That orb wasn't Senjutsu mixed with Youjutsu, it was an orb of mist. I just changed it to look like a different attack so you didn't avoid it nyaaa. Oh, you can thank the bird-chan for making it spin around you to make it effect you even faster than it usually would nyaaa. She's quite good at wind based abilities, even more so than her Phenex flames, isn't that right Ravel-chan nyaaa?"

Ravel nodded with keen eyes as Zenki held Koneko in a ball.

"Go Koneko-tan!"

"…Throw me."

Doing as she instructed, Zenki threw the small girl towards Marc, the girl spinning around in the air.

The man tried to take a step back, but the effects of the poison made him feel sick, he couldn't really move. His hands were shaking, his mouth was dry. Because he was a human, the effects were taking effect faster than they would a supernatural being.

But somehow, he fought it off, remaining on his feet and raised his sword.

"I WON'T LOSE TO YOU SHITTY DEVILS!"

The man coated the sword in a tremendous aura, raising it above his head. The holy aura made the Devils feel uncomfortable, it made them feel dizzy and sick as well. It was because they were Devils, being affected by this was a given. Devils and holy things do not mix together, it was something that couldn't happen.

He then swung the sword down, towards the incoming Koneko, cleaving her in half…

Or that's what would've happened, if Zenki didn't move his hands, equations of the Kankura Formula being there.

Mimicking his hand movements, Koneko's spinning body reacted, manoeuvring her body out of the way like a speeding bullet, saving her from being cut in half.

Seeing the clueless face of the man, Zenki explained as he moved Koneko, making her spin faster, but not enough to make her feel sick.

"I'm using my Kankura Formula to manipulate her movements. I shrouded her in my demonic power before I threw her, and I am manipulating that. Think of her being in a sphere right now, and I am merely moving that, and whatever else is inside. And right now, that is my adorable Rook Koneko-tan."

The man gasped in pure shock. He didn't expect it and tried to move, but the poison made him fall to the ground, on bended knee. He couldn't do anything as a speeding Koneko came at him, cladding her fist in Senjutsu.

"…Eat this."

With cold words, Koneko drove her spirit energy into the mans body, and her strength as a Rook was high, breaking his nose and jaw with her single strike. The man spat out a large amount of blood, falling to the ground, his eyes closing.


Once he fell down, Koneko returned to the ground and went to Zenki's side. Ravel and Kuroka did the same, standing over the bodies of the defeated ones, and all smiled in victory, even Koneko was showing a smile.

Zenki looked at the girl, and moved forward.

"Zenki-sama, are you really going to reincarnate her?"

"Are you against it? She asked for help, and I sense a very interesting power from her. She said that she wanted to be a Devil. Even in a state where she was going to die, she still wished to live. Otherwise, if this didn't happen, she'd be dead. I don't understand what happened with her, but I get the feeling that there's more going on here than I thought so."

Ravel stayed silent and merely nodded her head.

Zenki moved closer to the ground where the girl was, released the barrier around her body.

"It seems like your life has ended. But do not worry, I will definitely bring you back now." Zenki retrieved a single Knight piece out, weighing it against the girls body, using his demonic power to scan if that would be enough, and since finding out it was, he placed it on the girls body. "Okay, with this, I shall reincarnate you."

He stood up, and was about to reincarnate her, when Kuroka walked closer.

"Zenki-chan, how do you know to use the Knight piece?"

It was a valid question, Zenki couldn't deny that.

He smiled and answered.

"Because she made holy swords. I can feel it, and there's sword fragments around her, coming from her. I don't know what it is called, but I believe there's a Sacred Gear inside of this girl. I don't know her story, but we've got to help her. She asked to be saved, so we'll save her now. Besides, she has an interesting power, I would like to keep it safe. We'll be gaining a new family member after all, a strong girl, my new Knight."

That was enough for Kuroka who didn't say anything and allowed it to happen.

Zenki started his demonic power that twisted around his body.

"I order, in my name Zenki Astaroth. You, unknown female. I, resurrect you back to this soil as my servant, and have you reborn as a Devil. You, my Knight, be delighted with your new life!"

The piece sunk into her body and Zenki stopped the demonic power.

They waited for a little while, until Jeanne's eyes opened ever so slightly, looking around and then they fell on Zenki.

"Wow…the handsome man, saved me from the monsters~"

Jeanne giggled a little bit as she moved forward towards them once standing up, showing a small smile.

"W-Well, handsome is…"

Zenki adopted a blush at being called handsome, scratching his cheek softly.

Kuroka gave a wink and did a peace sign towards her.

"That's right nyaaa~ Now for the saving of your life, we'll have the money now please~"

Jeanne adopted a confused face, as Ravel and Koneko scowled at the joke Kuroka was making, hoping it was a joke anyway. Zenki just face palmed at her as Jeanne expressed her confusion.

"O-Oh? You want me to pay you?"

"Well actually-"

"No we don't." Zenki cut off Kuroka who pouted. He then looked at Jeanne. "Are you okay? Are okay with being a Devil, right?"

Jeanne patted her body, then showed a childlike smile, shaking her head.

"Nope! I'm good! My feet hurt a little bit, and I'm a little cold, but beside that, I don't think there's anything wrong with me! I am perfectly happy on my own! And yes, that's fine! I don't mind being a Devil at all!"

Even though she said it with a chipper smile, Zenki could see that there was something wrong with her, something more than she was saying. But he didn't have a right to pry into her personal business, he was just glad that he could save her together with his peerage.

"A-Are you sure, you've just been reincarnated into a Devil. Aren't you more shocked?"

The girl looked around her body, patting it, but shook her head.

"Nope! You aren't going to chain me up, right?"

"W-Well, no but…"

He and the others were naturally confused by it, Jeanne just allowed a childlike smile to appear on her face.

"Then we're five by five~ It's all cool~ I'm glad, I was able to meet someone who has a white heart~ Even as a Devil, I don't mind at all~"

Everyone was baffled by how Jeanne was taking it. Zenki thought that she might be in shock and this was how she was taking it, Ravel having the same opinion. Koneko didn't know what to think, and Kuroka thought that Jeanne was stoned or something.

"Say, girl, what's your name?"

Kuroka wondered, not sparing a second thought at how rude she sounded.

Jeanne put her thumbs up.

"Oh, I'm Jeanne D'Arc! Please call me Jeanne!"

"J-Jeanne D'Arc…a-are you related to Joan of Arc?"

Zenki was amazed, hoping his hunch was right.

Jeanne gave him a wink.

"Very smart! Yup, that's me~ I inherited her spirit~"

They all became shocked, Zenki thought that he wouldn't be right. But he was right, and was shocked.

"S-Say…eeh, Jeanne-san. You don't seem to be all that bothered that you're a Devil. Are you sure you're okay?"

"Yeah, I'm totally cool~ Don't worry about me~"

Zenki was impressed by her attitude, he wasn't sure he would be the same if he had just met someone and now lived under them.

As they were talking, Zenki noticed something out of the corner of his eye…

It was Marc.

He summoned unknown strength, his eyes open, and a lot of holy power was surrounding the sword that he had in his hand, his eyes set onto Jeanne.

"DAMN IT! I'LL KILL YOU JEANNE AND THE OTHER'S WILL GET YOUR BODY LATER! DIE YOU BITCH!"

With all the strength he could muster, he launched the sword like a javelin towards the unsuspecting Jeanne, catching her completely off guard.

"Get down!"

Zenki pushed Jeanne out of the way as she cried "Iyaaa!" as her body hit the floor as gently as Zenki could've made it in time, and erected a barrier.

Because he was low on power from the previous fights he had, the barrier only slowed down the sword, breaking through it.

Seeing no choice, Zenki stuck out his hand and coated it in as much demonic power as he could, placing it out in front of his body.

"Argggh!"

He gritted his teeth as the sword stabbed through his hand like butter. It kept going through his hand but then Zenki grabbed the blade with his other hand, stopping the blades advances, but cutting deep into his other hand as well.

"Zenki-chan nyaaa! Is your penis okay!?"

Kuroka quickly became panicked and went to his side, to see if she could do anything. She leant down to his hip level, and brushed her head against his crotch, using two fingers to rub between his legs softly.

"KUROKA-TAN! STOP IT!"

He cried out as he felt himself getting unwillingly aroused by Kuroka's rubbing.

POKE! POKE!

Kuroka used her finger to poke his crotch as she smirked devilishly.

"Shhh, it is okay my cute penis. What's that nyaaa? You want Kuroka to play with you~? That's okay, I will. Just show me…" She paused when she felt his bulge poke her cheek, her face staining crimson. "…ooh, it poked me. Thank Maou, your penis is okay nyaaa."

Ravel wore a disgusted face at the actions of Kuroka, Koneko being in the same boat.

"You're truly disgusting."

Ravel spat out in annoyance, Kuroka flipping the bird at her with an uncaring look to her face.

"Whatever bitch, I am making sure that the baby maker is okay nyaaa~"

"Well, that's fine and all but…HE'S BEEN STABBED THROUGH THE HANDS WITH A SWORD THAT'S LEAKING HOLY POWER! DON'T YOU THINK THAT'S ONE OF YOUR PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW YOU STUPID NEKO!?" Kuroka didn't answer as her face became serious, standing up to see if she could do anything. "Z-Z-ZENKIIIII-SAMAAAAAAAA! PLEASE BE OKAY!"

Ravel cried, freaking out at seeing her King having a hole in his hand, and a deep laceration to his other hand. Her hands and body shook with the feeling that was overtaking her. Fear, that was what set in her heart, worrying more and more for Zenki's safety at this moment in time.

Koneko narrowed her eyes darkly at the man that threw the sword, walking closer and closer towards him.

Standing before him, she gave him cold eyes.

"…No one lays their hands on my King."

BANG!

With a harsh punch filled with as much power as she could muster, Koneko knocked him out, and went towards Zenki, to see if she could do anything. What she didn't realize that Marc wasn't dead…a mistake they'd regret later on.

Jeanne recovered from falling to the ground, looking at Zenki in shock, in horror.

"N-Nooooooooooo!" She cried and rushed to his side. "W-Why!? Y-You didn't have to save someone like-"

"It's fine, don't worry." He said with a pained smile, holding the sword in place. "I said I would protect you, you're my Knight now. Unlike the Devil me, you wouldn't of been able to take a sword like that because you're a recent Devil, you'd have definitely be killed if you received that. Your back was turned, you could've died. I did the only logical thing and took the blade for you. It is okay if it is me, I will heal from this, once Ravel-tan prepares the Tears."

Ravel blinked as she thought about the words, then nodded at her King.

"O-Oh, we do have a spare of them, don't we?"

Ravel recalled as she went into her dress, revealing a red vial of them.

"Well, you're a Phenex Ravel-chan, you've got uses nyaaa." Meowed Kuroka while she took the swords handle, seeing what Zenki wanted her to do. Even though it still had holy power, Kuroka did her best to grit her teeth. "I-It is going to hurt like a bitch when I pull out nyaaa. Want me to do it?"

He nodded without saying a word.

So, Kuroka did what she had to, and ripped the sword out of his hand.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! THAT HURTS LIKE A BITCH!"

Blood gushed as he cried out.

"I told you so nyaaa."

Kuroka deadpanned while throwing the sword to the ground as Ravel walked closer.

"These Tears should be enough to heal these wounds. Here Zenki-sama, allow me to heal these wounds properly."

Said Ravel as she poured the Tears over his injured hand. Due to the immense healing power they held, they closed the wounds up, healing them up straight away, and she healed the wound that Zenki received protecting Koneko before.

Even though it couldn't replace blood, Zenki didn't lose much of it. He was just glad that he didn't lose an organ or something, as he knew the Tears couldn't regrow organs.

Koneko looked on at her King's face, worry in her eyes.

"Koneko-tan, what's with the eyes right now?"

Zenki noted that she looked down, so called her out on it.

She lowered her face, feeling sad, and that was a very weak word to use right now with the feelings that entered her heart.

"…Even though I am your Rook, I wasn't able to defend you…and you took a hit meant for me…I feel useless…"

Zenki smiled lightly as he gestured her over with his now healed hand.

She walked over and stood before him. He leaned down, and gave her a comforting pat on the head.

"Don't worry about such complicated things my adorable Rook, you did very well today. So did Ravel-tan and Kuroka-tan. We've been fighting for quite a while today, so it was bound to happen that we became lax. It is fine Koneko-tan, you've done an outstanding job as my adorable Rook. You're even using that power you hate for me, I don't have a right to complain. So don't be silly and come and give your King a hug. Don't make me make it an order~"

He joked with her at the end, so she immediately went to his chest, and gave him a hug. Just being in his embrace calmed her troubled soul. Being with Zenki made her feel good inside of her, made her feel like she was able to carry on. Though she felt like a failure, Zenki didn't feel like that for even a second.

As he hugged her, he saw Ravel pouting with her cheeks puffed out, so he gestured her over.

"You too, my adorable Bishop. Come and give me a hug."

Ravel backed away slightly, blushing.

"W-Well, since you asked so nicely, I suppose I could give you a little hug. You are my King after all, so I best do as you say."

Her Tsundere side came out, but it disappeared as soon as she got within the embrace of Zenki, rubbing her head against his chest.

Jeanne walked closer to Kuroka, tilting her head to the side.

"I don't understand, why does that Devil care so much for those girls. Aren't they his servants? Aren't we his servants now? That girl said she was his King, and I heard that Kings have servants, those Evil Pieces and make them follow orders blindly, yet this Devil is taking time to comfort his servants when it should be the other way around, correct?"

That's how Jeanne thought about it. She had a limited knowledge on Devils and their society. She wasn't even aware that there were nice Devils out there. She was taught that Devils were bad. But right now, she could see that the Devils that saved her, allowed her to be free, were better than the humans that cried to capture her. That, was confusing to Jeanne, she needed answers, so turned to Kuroka for them.

Kuroka shook her head a single time, denying what the blonde was saying.

"Zenki-chan is a different type of Devil nyaaa." She began, meowing at seeing her sister receiving affection from their shared King. "Zenki-chan is the type to put others before himself nyaa. Even if it is a great quality to have, he also tries to do everything himself. That's why he has myself and Shirone, or the one you call Koneko. Even Ravel-chan nyaaa. He tries to do things by himself and doesn't like troubling us. That's the kind of person Zenki-chan is nyaaa. He does love us dearly, he doesn't treat us like servants. In fact, we actually are equals with one another. He listens to our opinions, he does things above and beyond for us. He's the ideal type of Devil that some like Dildodora should be like. Mehehehe, but Zenki-chan is always weird, and has been weird since the day we met nyaaa. That's why Zenki-chan comforts his 'servants' as you call them. We prefer to call it friends rather than servants. Or in my and his case, lovers. I've decided to have that child as my lover in the future nyaaa. Even if better DNA comes along, Zenki-chan is the one I've decided to stand beside because his kindness saved me and my Imouto nyaaa. Now what are you going to do nyaaa?"

Asking that straight out, Jeanne didn't know what to say.

She wasn't sure what she was going to do. She was a Devil now, and while she didn't show it on her face, she was very good at using a smile to hide what she was really feeling. She was scared, but she could see Zenki was a kind Devil, and if he was kind, then she was sure she was going to be okay, and Kuroka's words filled her with happiness.

While it was a split second decision, right now she couldn't see herself regretting it.

"He does have a white heart, compared to the others around. He's not an Angel, right? Only those I thought would have white hearts, but a Devil does as well? Fufufu, I have been locked away too long. Since this Devil-kun saved me, I won't complain. But my life now, what does this mean? I am a Devil-chan and that means I am going to be under this boys care, I hope he treats me well."

Her thoughts were laced with her concerns. But something inside of her soul was telling her that she was going to be okay.

Zenki walked closer to the blonde a minute later, curiously furrowing his eyebrows as Koneko and Ravel stood to either side of him. Kuroka walked behind him and hugged him from behind, rubbing her head against his back as a faint blush dusted his cheeks.

"You're…eeh, Jeanne-san, aren't you? Is it okay if I call you that?"

"Y-Yes, you all saved me after all! Thank you very much Devil-chan's!" Jeanne showed her gratitude, giving them all dazzling smiles. "You're very kind to me, thanks for the save! If you didn't come, why I don't even know what would've happened! You made a Devil, but that's okay!"

"Yes, about that." Zenki began, questions flooding his mind, but one being prevalent in his thoughts. "I was wondering, why where they chasing after you?"

Jeanne lowered her face, and showed that she didn't want to explain anything about what she went through.

Immediately, Zenki could see that face, and it reminded him of the times when Kuroka and Koneko didn't want to tell him anything about their pasts either, so he was familiar to the looks that the girl as giving.

"It's okay, you don't have to tell me right now, that can be for later. But I do need to know, how you were able to enter this territory exactly."

It had been bothering him since before, and now he thought was a good time to bring it up.

Jeanne tilted her head to the side, not understanding.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, coming into this territory should've been impossible. This is my Tou-chan's personal territory in the human world, and the only ways to get in is either having a high level of power to break the barriers, which I suspect neither you, or the idiots over there have. The other way is to slip through its detection grid somehow, but that would take a genius to do, and no offence, but even I don't know exactly how that would be done and I am my Tou-chan's son, and you seemed confused as to why I asked you that, so it couldn't be that."

"Is there another way Zenki-sama?"

Ravel queried, Zenki putting a finger to his chin before nodding his head.

"There is another way. Only three people, four if you count Kaa-chan but she doesn't come here, can allow entrance to this place, open a door so to speak to enter this territory."

"Who's the four nyaaa?"

Kuroka this time gave a question, as he pointed to himself.

"There's me, Kaa-chan, Tou-chan and Diodora-nii…" At the name 'Diodora' Jeanne flinched. Zenki picked up on that and followed through with a question directed at Jeanne. "Jeanne-san? The name, Diodora, doesn't ring any bells, does it?"

"D-Diodora…is a Devil, like you, yes?"

"Unfortunately."

Zenki spat out in disgust, disliking Diodora more and more.

"Erm…Diodora, this Devil…you're talking about, I think that's what Marc called him. He's that Devil with the black heart."

That rang alarm bells with Ravel and Zenki, as Kuroka and Koneko looked slightly guilty.

"Zenki-chan nyaaa. As we got here, for a few seconds, I sensed that Diodora was here. But there was no time to tell you before the fighting begun nyaaa. And with the sword and Jeanne-chan here and all, I forgot to tell you nyaa. Sorry."

Kuroka truly had a regretful face, but Zenki placed a hand on the top of her head, stroking her head gently, Kuroka's cheeks burning red at the single touch.

"There's no need to apologize…but why would Diodora allow this girl…"

"I don't know if this helps, but he said that I was…pretty and said that he was going to take me, like someone called Asia-chan as his servants. He's been to me several times in the past, and keeps saying he was going to take me away, which in turn made me run away from…w-well, what happened in the past. He was hurt by Marc there, and I guess he teleported away as you fought or…"

Zenki gasped immediately, looking at his peerage.

"Okay! Ravel-tan, you and Koneko-tan take Jeanne-san to the Underworld for me and help her get settled in and protection if need be. If Diodora is involved, then we can't allow her to be alone for the moment. Even he said that he wants to make Jeanne-san here his servant and we can't allow that. Even if she's my Knight, that dodgy bastard won't give up." He paused and looked at Jeanne. "I'm sorry, I know going with Devils must be difficult especially since you only just met us, but we won't harm you, I promise. Just please go with Ravel-tan and Koneko-tan for now, then later on after this mess is dealt with, we'll make sure that you won't be bothered by those people over there. Is that okay? I will definitely give you the proper introduction later on, I just need to go and protect Asia-san now."

Jeanne put a hand to the back of her head, rubbing it sheepishly.

"Hehehe, I don't have a problem with it~ You kind Devil-chan's saved my life so I don't have a right to complain~ I will cooperate with you~ Don't worry, I can't wait to hear the introductions~ I hope everything works out in the end~"

"Thank you. I will definitely take care of your needs very soon, I just need to go and protect Asia-san now."

He bowed his head as Ravel chimed in.

"Yes Zenki-sama! B-But what about you?"

Ravel asked in concern, following along with what she was being told.

"I'm going to have to go to Asia-san right now. If Diodora knows we're here, then he knows that Asia-san is unguarded. Serafall-sama was busy today so I couldn't ask her, and I was supposed to be there like twenty minutes ago, but because of this... That crafty little bastard will use this opportunity to do something with her, and I can't allow it. Kuroka-tan, you stay here, just in case that Diodora is still around and that could be a trap."

"Taking certain precautions, nyaaa?"

"Exactly. If Jeanne-sans words are to be believed, then Diodora is injured, and even though I'm running low. A weak me and a weak him, I won't be losing to him. If he wasn't injured…yeah, it might be a different story. But even if he isn't, I won't allow him to touch Asia-san. After seeing off Koneko-tan and Ravel-tan, please come and join me just in case I need assistance...actually, stay with Koneko-tan and Ravel-tan until I return, just in case Diodora tries anything."

He lied, to his peerage. He was more exhausted than he was letting on, the two blows of holy power were slowing him down, but he didn't want to worry them, or put them in unnecessary danger, that's the last thing he wanted to do. And he had Jeanne to think about now, he didn't want her to be harmed, so he thought that this was the best way to move for the moment. Even if he was lying about how strong he was right now, he was determined to protect Asia, and that gave him the courage and unyielding will to continue onwards.

"You got it nyaaa! Be safe."

Zenki showed a fearless smile.

"I won't be losing to a bastard like him. If he tries anything, I will just have to put him down in his place…Maou, I've been wanting to kick the shit out of him for ages now. I guess that this gives us a chance, doesn't it? Alright, please leave the rest to me, get Jeanne-san to safety, and leave Dildodora to me."

"Heh, Dildodora~"

Sang Jeanne as Zenki activated a teleportation circle below him, though panted due to using quite a lot of demonic power this day.

"Hey Zenki-chan, what about your Otou-sama?"

Kuroka brought up, Zenki shrugging his shoulders.

"What about him?"

"Well, don't you think we should tell him?"

Kuroka advised, but Zenki shook his head.

"He doesn't believe anything I say anyway. He's not going to believe me now, is he? Nah, I don't need him. I will go and do this all my own without his help."

Hearing the sadness in the words, Kuroka couldn't refute, but even she wanted something to happen with his Father and Zenki himself. Since he helped her, she wanted to help him as well, and thought about defying Zenki to tell Ajuka.

Zenki cleared his throat.

"Be safe, all of you."

With a final wave, Zenki disappeared in a green light, Jeanne tilting her head to the side curiously.

"What a strange Devil-chan he is."

"…You don't know the half of it."

Koneko mumbled while her worry for her King was on her face. But right now, she had her job to do, like the rest of them, Ravel getting to work to use a teleportation circle that will take them to the Underworld, Kuroka watching over them, all three worried for Zenki's safety, having a bad feeling in their hearts. Even Jeanne, who had met him, was worried for Zenki as well, not wanting the Devil with the white heart to be taken by the Devil with the black heart.


End chapter!

So, Jeanne's little story has begun! First off with a meeting (or parting if it can be called that) between Jeanne and Diodora. Some stuff between Akeno and Zenki, along with Ajuka as well! And Jeanne was introduced along with Irina and Xenovia! Even though it was short, a chance meeting between them, Irina and Xenovia have met Zenki now, a little teaser for their future interactions!

But who was chasing Jeanne, and for what purpose? That's…going to be apart of her own personal story that I have going for her. But Zenki saved her for now, has turned her into his Knight, and has gone towards Asia, who might be in danger from Diodora! What's going to happen with that!? But we did see how Zenki and his peerage work, having quite good tactics between the others so that's something good to see, huh!

More Jeanne will come soon, her story will be revealed as the story goes along, why she was so willing to become a Devil, even without knowing Zenki. It will be revealed why that happened in the future, so look forward to that! I have some great ideas for that!

Next chapter is going to be quite…well, I won't spoil it! So, until next chapter! Thanks for reading everyone! And I can confirm that next chapter, Zenki's Mother is going to be introduced, and there's a surprise reveal about Zenki as well! So look forward to that, and see you next time!

Zenki; Asia, Koneko, Kuroka, Jeanne, Valerie, Xenovia, Serafall, Ravel, Irina, Sona, Ophis, Le Fay, Kunou, Akeno.

Issei; Aika, Tsubasa, Kiyome, Isabela, Rossweisse, Gasper (fem), Raynare, Rias.

Zenki's Peerage

Queen; Valerie.

Rooks; Koneko, Xenovia.

Bishops; Asia, Ravel.

Knights; Jeanne, Irina.

Pawns; Kuroka (5 pieces) Le Fay (2 pieces) Kunou (1 mutation piece)

Rias Peerage

Queen; Akeno.

Rooks; Aika, Rossweisse.

Bishops; Gasper (two pieces)

Knights; Kiba, Raynare.

Pawns; Issei (8 pieces)