Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!

DocSlendy; Thanks!

hellspam; Thanks! Yeah, cliffhangers are kinda bad, but good at the same time, keeps the readers wanting more, doesn't it? Yeah, Xenovia is gonna go through a change, since Zenki did save her and all, after the fact that she did verbally assault him and call him basically Diodora. Yup, some of the peerage haven't kissed him, just yet. That would be quite funny, and quite the Xenovia thing to do, since she is random like that. Zenki is like that, he does like out of the norm, just look at his peerage hehe~ That would be hilliarious, seeing Xenovia doing something like that, and then questioning about relationships between Devils and Exorcists, maybe even calling it forbidden romance or something. Yeah, I don't see why now~ Kingdom Hearts pretty much is a series mashed together with different series, so it would give quite a few opportunities.

Dzerx; You'd think that, even I thought that, before reading the later LN's. But yeah, you're probably right, I'll give it a think~

Harem Master123; Thanks! Glad that you liked it! Yup, Mittelt had quite the few moments, didn't she? Irina has a certain something something going on with Zenki, doesn't she? Hehe, not quite yet, but he is gonna receive a beating from Zenki. Cool suggestions.

Blue Eyes Pendulum Dragon; Mittelt did have quite a character development, huh~? Zenki's got some good memories of his parents when he was younger. He's looking for something, and Zenki, while he doesn't want to be the heir, will take the responsibilities of being an heir since Diodora didn't do a good job at all. Hmmm, could be, or it could be someone else. It could be, we'll have to wait and see~ And here's the next chapter~

Nirvash Neo; Yeah, Zenki's usually a nice, and calm guy, but get him angered enough, and he will come for you, and obliterate you if he has too. Well, not a full peerage, but he's definitely going to have at least one new addition to the peerage, but I won't say who just yet, it could be any of them~ Mostly the appearance, but think of it like Jeanne from Fate Series and this series, same kinda character model, but different personalities. Here's the next chapter~

BlueBlade87; Okay, good luck with that lol. Well, maybe, we'll have to wait and see.

Anime PJ; Mittelt's slowly, but surely is opening up to Zenki. Akeno and her hug pillow, she's enjoying that quite well, isn't she? Well, you've only seen one side of him, he's gonna be, important to a certain someone in Zenki's peerage, and it is kinda implied who that is from this chapter. Some ass kicking is coming up. It is, huh~ Quite infectious indeed~

RangerElk76; Intense battles ahead~ It is going to be showing how Zenki is going to be kicking some butt.

ShadowUzumaki55; She really did have some personal inner struggles, and doubts, hopefully shining a light onto her character a little more and explaining why she kinda was a bitch back when she first came to Zenki, and still now to an extent. Koneko and Kunou are like Ravel and Kuroka, without the swearing, mostly. Yeah, I'd say that will be changing pretty soon, Ravel and Valerie are going to be gaining their kisses soon enough. Yup, even back in Kuoh things aren't as straightforward as it would be usually. It will be explained somewhat this chapter as to why things like that when going for Lancer. Xenovia took a beating, it is true, but so did Irina, however they were saved by Zenki! Well, it's more like he was concentrating on the enemy more than Xenovia herself, but he still was worried, and did care if she lived or died. But yeah, she is gonna have to get into an apologetic state. Hehe, exactly~ Zenki pissed...very scary. He's usually calm and mellow, but when angered...he can show his strong and scary side.

KobayashiSenpai; Akeno and her body pillow! Yup, there's gonna be a fight this chapter, two in fact with different feels, yet also a contrast too. Thanks, glad that you're liking the story!

dragonsayianblue; He's having quite a few adventures, huh? And yeah, some more of his past was revealed! Nah, it isn't Cao Cao, but Lancer is gonna be quite important to a certain someone in Zenki's peerage. Ravel and Mittelt are getting closer to him, and one of them is gonna be receiving a kiss soon.

Guest 1; Yeah, I don't see why not. I mean, Durandal is a holy sword, and Jeanne can create holy swords, so in theory, she should be able to make something like that.

Time breaker; That would be pretty funny, and pretty Xenovia too.

Guest 2; Well, I am glad that you like the story, it always makes me happy to hear that~ It would be pretty priceless if she did do something of that nature. That sounds like quite a good idea if I do say so myself. And that would be pretty cool to have in her arsenal too, right?

Gabriel790; I'm excited that you liked it!

NinjaFang1331; Thank you! Yeah, after everything that went down, Zenki still couldn't allow them to be in pain or worse, die, so he came to protect them.

DeMoDusty; It is.

ClyxicRyse; See above comment.

Nivek Beldo; Well, I am happy that you have gotten up to date hehe! Yeah, I've grown as I've written. I'm not the best, but I'm not the worst either. People grow as they do things, and I will continue to grow in the future too. Kuroka is like that huh, but there is a reason as to why she does what she does. Hehe, she really is quite weird, huh~? But yeah, it does show that she does miss him, Gasper too. True, Gasper is closer to Zenki than Akeno, since he does help her with her worries, and insecurities. Exactly as you said, it is a contrast to one another, Zenki's flaw, one of, is that he does treat himself too harshly, and even if it is only word, it will make him think about what could've happened, and it goes along with Mittelt's own feelings on her own life, and how they grow, together, and for each other too with feelings. We did, and it shows Kalawarner in a new light, attempting to find out struggles for her friend, wanting to protect her friend, yet wanting to understand herself why Raynare seems to like Ise, which in turn allows her to feel something new and interesting. The Loli war! Don't wanna mess with that, it is going to be devastating! That Jeanne and her words, she's pretty much made the others feel uncomfortable, yet more determined than ever. I'm glad that you liked the flashback, and equally liked the fact that it did show them together, in a new light. Despite usually being in conflict with Kuroka, Ravel is quite like the seer of the peerage, seeing how everyone is feeling, and also understands Zenki quite well, even telling what he is feeling from a single glance. Hehe, well that would be spoilers~ Can't say just yet~ Yup, Zenki has come to save the day! Let's see how it goes~ And thank you, I am glad that you said that~

Silver crow; Haha, we sure have moved onto that side of the force~ Yeah, they can't wait for him to return. Yup, Mittelt pretty much has been, since she has confessed what she did, and while not excusing everything she has said and done, it does explain somewhat why she feels like she does. Cat vs Fox indeed! It is going to be fun~ It was one of the rare moments, and it makes what they treat him like right now (unintentionally that is) all the more bad for Zenki, but he'll eventually get what he needs. It is going to be quite the fun to see/read huh~? And yeah, it will show Xenovia that there are kind Devils, that will do good things for the sake of doing it, and not doing it for anything in return. Well, let's just say that Gabriel will be appearing near the end of the arc, anymore, and it will go into spoiler territory. Yup, it is going to be fun! While here, since it was you, and a few others who gave me the idea, I have begun the Sitri reboot.

Guest 3; Yeah, that does sound pretty cool to me, I love it! Thanks for the suggestion! And yeah, I don't see why not. I mean, like you said with Vali, I'm sure they'd make an exception for the oc when he can't control who he really is, he was just born like that, not something he chose.

Guest 4; Yeah, I could do something like that in the future. I don't have a problem with something like that, done a story like that before, and could do it again in the future too. And yeah, that would be pretty cool too, them being with one another and such things like that~ If I can, I will write it.

Neonlight01; Yeah, he did once have a time when he and his parents did have a connection with one another. Don't mess with Kunou, or she'll really become angry. It is, but it shows realism too, no matter how strong willed you are, no matter how much you've trained yourself, at the end of the day, she's still a teenage girl that doesn't want to die. Truthfully, he did, but that doesn't mean he wouldn't of come if it was just Xenovia.

Guest 5; Yes, I have watched RWBY before, and I quite liked it. I haven't watched everything yet, near enough though to have a general idea of what's going on. That would be pretty cool, actually, thanks for the suggestion!

Lightwave; If he can do it because Yasaka asked him, then that means he technically wouldn't hold any blame if any other faction heard of his actions, and Yasaka knows that, wanting to make sure that he didn't get into trouble himself. Nah, it doesn't sound weird, I am glad that you did like it!

AlphaOmega; They were, there was a time when they were a happy family, which makes it all the more traumatic to realize what happened from then, to now, with their relationship, how strong it was, and now it just seems like a shell of its former self. Indeed, Ravel is right, they are a family, Zenki brought them together, and they made themselves a family. Mittelt has opened her heart, if only a little bit towards him, as in some way, they can relate to one another. Kunou isn't going to allow anyone to take that away from her~! Ooh, she'll be giving him a kiss sooner or later. They really did, and his name will be revealed soon. Well, goes to show that even the hardest of people can crumble when death is a very real thing. Well, he does care if she lives or dies, but beyond that, she still did say things, but it isn't necessarily to him that he's pissed off about, as will be revealed soon. It is going to be something huh~? And yes, they are.

Sekirei fangirl; Funny you should mention that, I once had an idea like that, and it would be cool to bring it about, a Sekirei that can wing Sekirei, and be winged by someone, it would be pretty awesome.

Cf96; Thank you!

TexasTank; She is indeed~

Guest 6; Ooh don't worry, something like that will happen, it is too funny for it to not happen!

Guest 7; Yup, character development is very important to me, as I want a character to be different to how they started off. Yeah, you'd think that he did have something like that, huh, and it would produce a kid of somekind. Unless he is just lying about it, then again it is DXD and pretty much most males have harems, heck, even Lord Gremory (real name escapes me at this moment) has been stated to have a harem. That would be pretty cool! I will give it a think!

Guest 8; Hehe, that would be pretty funny, and don't worry about Illuyanka and her strength, she'll be showing her strength in the future. I could see Griselda doing something like that. She very well could do something like that.

Guest 9; Yeah! Asia really showed Xenovia, huh! And don't worry, Kuroka is gonna get her own back...eventually.

Guest 10; That would be pretty funny, and I could totally see Irina doing something like that to Xenovia, and Xenovia acting like that, then the big old battle of Devils being good, the applications of falling in love with said Devil, and then how they could be together, and all of that good stuff.

Guest 11; Yeah, maybe he could ask that of her, and maybe even Gasper too, she misses her Senpai, after all.

Guest 12; I think that by this point, Asia is second to his first desire to make Zenki suffer, and be in pain, so I could totally see him going for Zenki like that, it would be something he'd do, and yeah, they'll be intimate by then, they'll definitely have been lemons before then, and Asia is gonna be the first, since she is the unofficial main.

Guest 13; Thanks, I'm glad that you like them! Yeah, it is going to be...something. I won't spoil it, but it is going to be...quite entertaining if I do say so myself. Yeah, that sounds pretty good, and I can't really say when that snake is gonna come into play, it would be a spoiler. It could be a chapter from now, ten chapters, or even longer. But, it will eventually come into play, so don't forget it~

Avatar me; Thanks! I'm happy that you like them aspects of the stories I write! Actually, I have been thinking about writing a story like that lately, and that does seem like an awesome idea, thanks for the idea!

Skull Flame; It is awkward, but funny too~ That's Akeno and Gasper for you. Mittelt really does seem more complex than at first glance. She's opening up, and even shows some little bits of jealousy this chapter. That's Kalawarner for you, she's trying her best to understand, and what she needs to do. And yeah, flirting is a Fallen Angel specialty, yeah~ Yup, Koneko is quite territorial, as shown in this chapter too. Yeah, that was pretty funny and a good idea too. It is quite understandable, but also quite harsh considering she doesn't know all the details, yet it is easy to understand why she came to that conclusion. That is quite funny, Irina can't tell when she's being scammed, but she can tell when a Devil is a good person. Most people did assume who that was, but it isn't, and Lancer is gonna be more involved than at first glance. This chapter gives a hint, but it will be shown fully in the future just what kind of person he is, and what he'll do for the stories plot. Unknown observer...is someone very dangerous. Can't say much more than that. And thank you!

Well, with those lovely reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter!


Destiny is cruel

"What do you mean Zenki-chan has suddenly disappeared nyaaa?! How can you say something like that straight away nyaaa?! I don't understand at all! Please tell me what's going on before I blow a gasket or something nyaa!"

Kuroka was of course one of the more concerned people.

Not just her, but his entire peerage were on high alert, especially the likes of Asia, and the others. Jeanne felt uncomfortable with thinking about it, Asia was immensely worried, Koneko also felt the same as Asia. Valerie clutched her hands together, thinking positively about what could happen with Zenki, Ravel attempting to assess the situation before it became out of hand. Mittelt pretended to not look worried, but she secretly was, and Le Fay kept showing her discomfort of the situation.

As for Kunou on the other hand…

"It can't be!" She raised her objectives. "Kaa-chan, you can't be serious! What would happen if something happens to my fiancée!? Kunou can't even think about it properly! Kaa-chan, what if something happens to Zenki-nii!?"

Kunou couldn't be more worried about what was going on. She had just heard something very devastating, she truly wasn't sure how to handle this, she couldn't handle this, it was too much for the young Princess of Kyoto.

"Kunou, please calm down." Yasaka, who was stood with a complete, and utter worried disposition, addressed Kunou. "It won't do to worry. Zenki-kun is a strong young man, and knows how to fight, and even if I worry, I am confident that Zenki-kun can take care of himself. Even then, I am worried about what is going on right now."

Yasaka held a bitter smile on her face like she had just eaten a bug. It truly wasn't something that she wanted to have on her face, she just couldn't even think about something like she was, since it was Zenki that had just disappeared so quickly.

"It seems that Zenki-sama has disappeared all of a sudden." Ravel assessed. "We've got to think about…hmmm, we've got to find out where Zenki-sama has gone before it is too late. While I am of the same opinion of Yasaka-sama, it still is worrying that Zenki-sama has disappeared with some unknown enemy that could appear. I don't know what to think about this right now."

Ravel's expression matched the likes of Yasaka, Valerie furrowing her eyebrows.

"As Ravel-san has said, we still need to find Zenki-kun. Yasaka-sama, what did happen exactly? Could you give us a full detailed report, please?"

She asked as kindly as she could, but she was really worried about what was going to happen with Zenki, it wasn't a natural reaction that something was going to happen. It really was dangerous that Zenki had gone out with an unknown enemy, and now she couldn't stop thinking about what was going on.

Yasaka furrowed her eyebrows, and gave a little report.

"To my knowledge, based on what Zenki-kun said to me, that the Exorcists were in danger, and his body was teleported over to them, with the spell that he placed on something he gave them. Naturally, he told me to tell you about this so you can follow. While I don't know where it is exactly, we'll have to search for them. The one named Kuroka-san, and Koneko-san, I've heard that you two are good at Senjutsu, correct?"

Kuroka and Koneko allowed their heads to move in agreement.

"That's right, nyaaa~ Even though we're like this, we can even do something like searching. But this city is vast, and it would take ages to search for Zenki-chan nyaaa. Even with Shirone…eeh, I mean with this little cute Neko-chan helping me, it still wouldn't be fast enough. There's so many conflicting energies in Kyoto that it would simply take too long."

Koneko lowered her head.

"…She's right. Even if we look apart from one another, this city is vast, and the conflicting energies and Zenki-senpai's energy might be conflicted with others, and it might even be hidden. It makes me regret saying this, but it is difficult to think that we won't be able to track down Zenki-senpai."

Koneko couldn't feel more useless right now, she felt like she wouldn't be able to find out where they are, and it couldn't be more disastrous to her, when she was the one that had the power to use her Senjutsu, yet at the same time, she couldn't even use her powers to find the man that she loved.

"E-Erm…may I please speak here?"

Le Fay raised her hand as if she wanted to ask a question.

Yasaka turned towards Le Fay.

"Yes?"

Le Fay played with her fingers, twisting them around in her palms.

"Y-Yes…because it is finding Zenki-sama, I may be able to help in that department."

"H-How can you help?"

Asia's question was met with a timid smile from Le Fay herself.

"B-Because, if I use my magic to help with the Senjutsu of the Nekomata girls, I believe that together, we'd be able to scan the entire city much faster than we would be able to do on their own, or even my own. I believe that if we cooperate, we'd be able to do it."

Hearing Le Fay's opinion, Kuroka immediately agreed, walking to her side.

"If you can help us locate Zenki-chan, then I'll allow you to suck his dick nyaaa!"

"PFt!"

Le Fay did a spit take, and turned crimson immediately, holding her digits to her face, blushing even more as thoughts of a naked Zenki came to her mind, offering himself up to her, her mind becoming dirtier by the second.

[Kuroka-sama/san/chan/nee-sama!]

The peerage, along with Mittelt and even Yasaka roared at the girl, making Kuroka's face fall and stiffen her position at the same time, she didn't want to even be dragged into something where she wouldn't be able to recover from.

"What nyaaa? I was giving the girl incentive!"

"By offering up Zenki-sama like that!?"

Ravel snapped right back at her, Kuroka's eyes burning holes into the side of Ravel's skull.

"You know what? I don't like how you're speaking with me right now sweetheart. It is like you're trying to hurt me or something nyaa. Just when I thought we could move to frenemies, we've gone back to being enemies. Well fucking done Ravel-chan nyaaa."

"I don't care if you hate me, you cannot just offer Zenki-sama's penis up to anyone that helps you! That's his body! You cannot offer up his body for nothing at all!"

"Well it worked with Akeno-chan didn't it nyaaa!?"

Kuroka immediately clasped a hand over her mouth, Ravel's eyes turning perpendicular.

"What did you offer to Akeno-sama exactly?"

"Yeah Kuroka-chan! Just what does that mean anyway!?"

Even Jeanne couldn't keep back her own thoughts on the matter, she simply couldn't stop.

"It means, none of your businesses that's what it means sweetheart. That's between me and Akeno-chan nyaa. Now, are you going to help me search for this person or not? I'm becoming more upset by the second thinking about how you're all just in the way and not really contributing anything to the fight."

"But we're not fighting right now, Kuroka-san?"

Asia smiled like the virgin Mary as she put her hands together, witnessing the look on Kuroka's face being something that she didn't even want to think about.

"Kuroka-sama, she's right, we're not fighting right now. We should be searching for Zenki-sama, you understand that part of the equation, right Kuroka-sama?"

Kuroka was becoming more ticked off at the thoughts of her being treated in this manner, she didn't like it in the slightest.

Kuroka furrowed her eyebrows and generally didn't show a cooperative side to her, Koneko walking next to her, and took her hand.

"Nee-sama, Zenki-senpai is missing right now, and we need to find him. We cannot afford to fight like this, we have to search for Zenki-senpai with Le Fay-sans help, so please put away your pettiness and help us find our King."

She hated admitting that Koneko was right, but for this instance, she listened to her younger sister, and gave in, cooperating instantly but still held reservations about certain things, that included that of working together with someone that she didn't really know, it didn't sit well with her.

"Alright nyaaa~ We've got to go together, and then we'll be able to find our King~ Le Fay-chan, let's work together, kay~?"

Le Fay took a step forward, and put her hands together.

"Yes, let us work together!"

"I'll aid you too however way that I can."

Ravel spoke with a smile, wanting to lend the rest of them a hand.

Le Fay, Koneko and Kuroka consented, so the four of them searched with magic techniques and also using Senjutsu, something that the four were the best in. Le Fay made a magical circle on the ground, supported by Valerie. Kuroka and Koneko went into the centre, as the light washed over the pair of them, activating their Senjutsu, to search for their King.

As they did that, Yasaka looked over the others.

"Since we'll need to assume the worst, I think it would be better if the healers also get ready. Which means, Valerie-san, and Asia-san, we'll be counting on your assistance's too, if that is okay with you both?"

Observing what Zenki said about his peerage, she took the logical route of getting the healers to get themselves ready, which the pair answered with a "Yes!" making Yasaka feel good about herself, though that left Jeanne, Mittelt, and Kunou with nothing left to do.

"Erm, Yasaka-sama, what should we be doing exactly?"

Jeanne was the one who asked, the girl swaying her body as she did so.

Yasaka furrowed her eyebrows for a few moments, then nodded her head.

"Yes, I think that you all should be getting ready as well. If it is your King, fiancée or captive in one of your cases, I think it would be better if we all got ourselves ready for the moment, and when it comes about, we'll have to fight true and strong. I've already got my Youkai forces setting up shop too, getting themselves ready to defend this area, as well as the city, so we'll have to rely on you girls for the moment."

"You got it Yasaka-chan! We are Zenki-chan's peerage members after all! We won't ever lose face either! We're truly adorable people! Isn't that right Mittelt-chan!?"

Mittelt smiled weakly, not sure how she was going to converse with Jeanne, since she was quite the hyper girl, she always felt complicated about being around Jeanne, even more so than Kuroka herself.

As for Kunou, she put her hands together tightly.

"Kunou will also-"

"Stay here."

Yasaka said in a leader type tone, and also a tone that showed a caring Mother wanting to keep her daughter safe, too.

"B-But Kaa-chan!" Kunou argued strongly. "You cannot just disappear and ask Kunou to stay behind! Zenki-nii is also my fiancée too! I have to go and protect my fiancée if he's in trouble! I won't ever abandon my fiancée!"

Kunou's words brought a smile to Yasaka's face, but even then she didn't relent.

"Because you're his fiancée, you cannot go."

"But…"

Kunou wanted to argue, she wanted to keep Zenki safe.

Yasaka didn't want her daughter to go, and laid down the law.

"I'm sorry Kunou, but I cannot allow you to go. Zenki-kun wouldn't like you in danger. That's why, you've got to stay here. Let's leave it to the peerage that love him dearly, they'll go and protect him if he needs it. But don't forget that he's still quite the powerful youth, he won't allow anything to beat him back now."

Her words, while still making Kunou worry, also somewhat relieved Kunou.

Asia walked behind her, and put a hand to Kunou's head.

"Don't worry Kunou-san, Zenki-san is very strong, and won't lose so easily. He's a very strong person, and I believe that Zenki-san will be able to fight and win whoever he comes across. He is one of the strongest people in our generations in the Underworld, he isn't that for nothing."

"She's right, Kunou-san." Valerie butted in, giving her own thoughts. "For Zenki-kun to even think about losing, it would be very difficult. He's a very special guy, that Zenki-kun. So, please don't worry about much, we'll just have to go and see what's going on. I doubt that Zenki-kun really needs our help, he'll be able to do it, I am sure."

Valerie spoke her mind, and her thoughts were shared by the others in Zenki's peerage. They weren't even that worried for him. Of course, they worried themselves and didn't want anything bad to happen to him, but at the same time, they truly knew Zenki knew how to take care of himself, it was something the green haired boy could do.

Kunou didn't have a choice but to begrudgingly accept what was before her, nodding her head and took a few steps back, but she still felt her worry for Zenki growing by the second, she just had a bad feeling.


"So, decided picking on girls isn't enough, right? Now I'm here, wanna see what it is like to throw down with a Devil?"

Zenki stated again as he allowed his aura to naturally flow around him. Zenki's expression was that of rage, he couldn't stand people being hurt, and he couldn't stand it when girls were hurt either, it wasn't something you'd be able to get away with if he saw you doing this.

Irina cradled Xenovia's body as she slipped in and out of consciousness. She was badly beaten by Lancer, and even with the medical treatment that she was receiving, she was still badly injured, and couldn't keep her consciousness alert for very long.

Lancer's eyes changed from confident, to worry, Zenki's aura being something that made him feel sick, and scared.

"S-So, this is the legendary Zenki Astaroth, is it? My, to meet someone like you is truly an honour for someone like me. I didn't think that I would meet a Maou-sama's son, as well as Illuyanka's offspring. To meet such an individual being like this has to make me feel complicated. I wonder if I will be able to walk away with my life?"

"That's a good question, I wonder what the answer is going to be?"

At his daring question, Lancer sharpened his expression.

"I'm surprised you came so quickly. Why would you want to help these humans, anyway? Aren't Devils selfish creatures?"

"My, it seems that I've been meeting quite racist people as of late." Zenki tossed a look to Xenovia, then returned it to Lancer. "Look, you've got two options. Either give back the stuff you've stolen and you might be able to walk away. Or, we'll have to fight and I will take away what I need from you, and it won't be a pretty sight. So, what's it going to be?"

Lancer's eyes changed to the colour of hate, stabbing his spear into the ground and cut it a little bit. From the spear, it glowed a deadly red colour, feeding energy into the ground, causing it to crack slightly from the pressure of the energy the spear was releasing.

"Don't get cocky with meeeeeeeeeee!"

Under Zenki's feet, the ground erupted with demonic energy from the spear. Zenki didn't even bat an eyelid as his feet danced around the blasts coming from under the ground, Lancer's face turning more angry at how he dodged the power of demonic energy.

"So, is this from that spear? You don't feel like a Devil, so it can't be from you."

"Don't piss me off!"

Dislodging his spear from the ground, Lancer brought it upwards, and held it outwards, the pointy side facing Zenki. From the tip of the spear, a demonic energy was gathered, and with a thrusting of the spear, a large torrent of demonic energy was released, facing down Zenki.

Once again, he didn't bat an eyelid as he activated his Kankura Formula, and immediately took control over the demonic energy, the letters and symbols of the formula the green haired boy used appearing all around it, firing it right back towards Lancer with a flick of Zenki's wrist.

"S-Shit!"

Unable to use his spear in time, he jumped off the ground, thinking he had evaded the attack, he was wrong.

"Up!"

With a single command, the demonic energy changed tactics, and flew upwards towards the young man. Lancer's eyes widened at the sight, and spun his large spear around. From the tip of the spear, blasts of demonic energy were released, heading for the attack of Zenki's that he took over.

"Hahaha! Try and defeat that!"

Confident, Lancer thought he had managed to get the upper hand. But then he saw that a green light overcame the blasts of demonic energy that he fired off, and then they started stopping, each suspended in the air.

"Firing off demonic energy isn't going to work with me. In fact, firing any kind of projectile at me isn't going to work. I control all that is fired at me. I won't ever be beaten by someone firing attacks at me. Don't you even know that I am able to control all phenomenon before me?"

So said Zenki as he moved his hands around in a complicated manner. From his hands, the powers all converged on a single target, the man himself with the spear. It was worrying for the spear wielder, he couldn't fire attacks, since Zenki could control it, he was stuck between a rock and a hard place.

"Don't you dare look down on me you trashy Devil!"

Rather than dodge them, the spear user used said spear to cut down each of the attacks. It cleaved through the attacks as if it was nothing at all, and turned them to nothingness.

Zenki was surprised that the spear actually managed to cut through the attacks that was sent back at him, considering he laced them with his own aura. Usually, people wouldn't be able to do that, but this man had no trouble in doing that, becoming more curious by the second.

Returning to the ground, Lancer spun his spear around and directed it towards the Devil Zenki.

"So, you're not just as the legends say. You're tough, and can control all projectiles, huh."

"That's right, anything that's fired at me will have to be returned back, tenfold's."

"That's pretty awesome of your powers to have something like that. I am so totally jealous."

Zenki put his hand together, like he was about to fight.

"Then, if you're done yammering on about stuff I don't care about, won't you come at me so we can end this peacefully?"

"Well, I will just have to come up close and personal to murder your ass, won't I!?"

The spear user spun his spear around, and lunged forward together with said spear.

Crossing the distance quickly, he thrusted for Zenki's face, but the boy moved his head around of the way, and thrusted his hand forward with demonic power attached to his hand.

"Shit!"

Gasping, the Lancer took a few steps back, and avoided the attack, not accounting for Zenki's own speed.

"Have this!"

The green blur appeared before Lancer, and with a fist full of demonic power, thrusted it against the mans stomach…or he would've if it wasn't for a shield of light that erupted from the mans stomach, his hand glowing in some magical equations, magic that he recognized to be Norse symbols.

Discounting that, he continued forward with his fist, and shattered the shield of light with the demonic power. However, because of that, Lancer managed to pull away at the same time, landing several distances away from the boy.

"Not bad. I didn't expect you to be a magician as well. Though from my feelings, I can't say that you're a true magician though because I know that there are several factors missing to make you such a thing, it seems that you've picked up a few tricks, considering I've seen a true magician like Le Fay-san."

The green haired Devil noted, Lancer wearing a cocky smile.

"That's right, I learned how to do it a while ago. Isn't it a good thing for someone like me?"

"Not good enough."

Zenki disappeared with a blinding speed, shocking everyone that was around.

He reappeared right in front of Lancer, and pulled his fist backwards. Lancer's body went backwards as he swung his spear for Zenki's face.

Ducking under the spears swing, it went over his head and his fist continued going for the mans body.

"I-I-I won't let you!"

Clicking his fingers together, several walls of thick aura appeared before him, blocking Zenki's path, even pushing Zenki back a little bit. That didn't deter the young green haired boy even in the slightest, his hand tightening.

"I see, but don't forget that I am not going to lose to someone like you!" Zenki extended his aura from his fist, and it came into contact with the enemies thick aura walls. Zenki's eyes flashed a green colour, information going to his head. "I see, so the weak point, is here!"

SMASH! SMASH! SMASH!

"How do you know where the weak points are!?"

Shocking Lancer, Zenki smashed his fist against the enemies wall auras, crashing through them again and again, until none of them stood at all.

"Do you really think I haven't developed a magic spell where I can't scan for myself what type of weakpoint the enemies barriers have? All barriers have weak points, and yours were able to be discerned by my scanning power. Though, I can't tell what type of power, it only scans for weak points in barriers, isn't that good of me?"

Using the same words Lancer did beforehand, Zenki gave a little cheery smile, accompanied with a curious sensation enveloping his body.

Lancer's surprise couldn't be hidden, so he did the next best thing, and that was bring about his spear into stabbing motions, going forward again and again.

"My spear, will kill you! I won't lose to someone like you! I am going to vanquish you, Devil! I've never lost to a Devil before, and I don't take this time to be something that I want to lose against either! If it is the son of the Maou-sama, shouldn't I be able to destroy you!? Isn't that okay!?"

Zenki steadied himself on the ground and dodged all of the spear thrusts. He was fast, Zenki would give him that. for a human, he was unnaturally fast, but Zenki was still faster, able to keep up with the thrusting of the spear before him.

When one attack flew past his head, Zenki saw his opportunity and lunged forward, his fist almost making contact with his face.

At the last second, his fist was parried when a small creature came from the mans shoulder that appeared out of the shadow resting on the mans shoulder, taking the brunt of the attack, and being destroyed by Zenki's powerful fist, Zenki becoming confused as Lancer dodged the fists attack.

"Do you like it? My benefactors have been making these creatures to combat people like you specifically."

Said Lancer as he came with a furry of attacks, the tip of the spear brimming with demonic power.

"What do you mean "People like you specifically."? I want to know this, if you would."

Asked Zenki as he avoided each of the spear strikes. His spear couldn't even touch Zenki, and it frustrated Lancer to no end that Zenki was able to dance around his spear so effectively and openly without even breaking a sweat.

"Because you're a scary existence. I know you're holding back your power right now, because of the city behind you. If you were serious, I am not sure that even this place would remain standing. Plus there's the two girls behind you, you're protecting them while fighting me and trying to see what my deal is, aren't you?"

Zenki didn't deny what he said and followed through with an open palmed push away enhanced with demonic power.

Lancer brought up his spear, holding it across his body and blocked the strike of the palm, but was pushed back a considerably distance, gritting his teeth at the same time. Zenki's palm never left the spear, until Lancer pushed him away from the spear, and swung openly at the same time, aiming for his chest.

Zenki pulled away from the spear, and saw the spear release a timed strike with the demonic power the spear held. Smirking, Zenki controlled the power just as it left the spear, and exploded it right in the mans face, pushing his body to the ground.

"Weak point there."

Zenki didn't even miss a beat, jumping into the air.

Concentrating demonic power at the sole of his foot, he brought down the foot like a battering ram from the heaven's above.

"Get away from me!"

Panicking, Lancer used his spear like a jet, and blasted himself away from the area, just as Zenki's foot connected with the ground, obliterating it from existence, shattering it, and scattered the ground around into like cherry blossoms, Irina and Xenovia looking on with wide eyes.

"Wow…such strength…"

Irina was at a loss for words, but Xenovia kept a level head, and calmly assessed the situation within her mind as she slipped into conscious again, albeit it was very difficult due to the pain that she was suffering right now.

"He's strong…no doubt, he's stronger than Irina and I, and he's clearly stronger than Lancer. But he's holding himself back…because of the city. Yes, it is that. If he went serious, he'd be able to wipe out the city and Lancer too. Though going up against our Highest Ranking Exorcist would be quite the challenge, Dulio-sama would be able to fight on par or even more with this boy, but even then he's strong enough to defeat Lancer on his own when we couldn't even scratch him. Even if he released his power here, it would draw attention so he has to limit himself and keep his power under control. Yes, this person is no doubt the man from legend's, I can sense it with my body. If we make this man our enemy, we wouldn't be walking away with our lives."

Composing himself on the ground, Zenki made a battle stance to the worried looking Lancer.

"Now, what is it going to be? Are we going to continue fighting, or are we going to stop this foolishness now?"

Lancer gritted his teeth, and growled as his hand was raised to the sky. A magical circle appeared, and expanded in his hand. From his hand, it was released, and it hit the ground that was near him, where it spread out.

Zenki didn't recognize the patterns on the circle, which was surprising to him since he was well versed in magic, and different types of it. The most he could tell that it was a transport type magic circle.

"No, I don't think that I will be stopping to be honest with you. No, I was thinking of calling some friends to come and fight with me. I think that if I fight you alone, I will seriously die, and that isn't a good thing. So, some of my friends would love to come and see you, and rip you apart from the inside out, is that alright with you?"

Zenki didn't understand what he was saying until he saw that from the magical circle, that black creatures began rising out of it. They had disfigured faces, and bodies. They didn't even resemble creatures, they were just disgusting creatures that looked like wolves, but not really wolves as they stood up on their two only legs, and had paw like hands with sharp fingernails, the creatures body from head to toe in black, like everlasting darkness.

"T-Those creatures...they are able to help him become stronger..."

Irina's words wasn't answered by anyone.

Zenki peered at them, and frowned.

"I've seen them before, back in Kuoh. We've been faced with them before, and they absorb demonic power, isn't that right?"

Lancer smirked, and put his spear towards them, and released a dark demonic power. washing over he creatures, Zenki witnessed that the creatures were gaining more and more power by the second. However, the limit cap was when they reached Middle Class Devil level, from what he could sense.

Though he could sense that, and he was able to beat Middle Class Devils power, the sheer number of them was slightly worrying. Even then, he tightened his fist, and made his stance known to the enemy creatures, and the spear user.

"These creatures were made with the mentality that Devils demonic powers won't be able to kill them, and absorb the power of the Devils. Even someone like you, your power would make them strong. But my spear for now will do. Hmmm, I wonder if you'll be able to handle their power without using your demonic power?"

Zenki's eyes tightened and he didn't even waste time.

Zenki's body shot forward, heading for the creatures. His body radiated a strong and calming demonic power that couldn't be surpassed. But rather than using it to fight, he was using it to increase his physical combat.

"Hah! Hah! Hah!"

With his fists, Zenki clashed against the creatures again and again. His strength alone was able to break apart their bodies. While his own physical strength wasn't up to scratch with Sairaorg's without demonic power, his strength was enough to break down the bodies of the creatures.

"N-No! But how!?"

Lancer couldn't understand it, but Zenki didn't care, and continued smashing the creatures while explaining.

"Once again, I am using my demonic power to scan for weak points, these creatures aren't exceptions. The information goes to my brain right away without me having to think about it. It's all apart of study, training, and timing. I've trained my body physically with my friend Sairaorg-tan. While he is stronger with his body than I am, even I am able to deal lots of physical damage to these creatures, and together with the weak point known to me, I won't be able to lose to something like this."

Lancer's expression fell into despair and he put his hand outwards.

From his hand, a magical circle glowed, and what appeared was a single sword.

It looked bright like a claw of a Dragon, and Zenki shivered from seeing it, like it was striking a personal note with him from the depths of his soul, Irina and Xenovia's eyes narrowing.

"Ascalon…"

"One of the items stolen by Lancer."

Hearing the thoughts of Xenovia and Irina, Zenki narrowed his eyes.

"The holy sword that is said to possess Dragon slaying properties, and it is a holy sword on top of that. Because it is a holy sword, and a Dragon slaying sword, it is dangerous to myself. Double dangerous indeed. I can't deny that you've thought this through, haven't you? But, how did you, a spear wielding demonic power, also is able to use a holy sword? It is rare to be born with the ability to use a holy sword, or demonic sword, or in this case spear, but to be able to do both without suffering effects. Just who the hell are you? And why, when I look into your eyes, you look like someone I know?"

"All in good time dear Otouto-kun."

Lancer smirked as Zenki nailed his elbow in one of the creatures that swiped for his body. Breaking it apart, Lancer narrowed his eyes, and swung the sword forward. From his blade, a holy aura was released, and headed for Zenki's body.

Flexing his hand, Zenki activated his special formula, blocking a swipe from one of the creatures at the same time with a demonic barrier, and took control over the wave. Moving his fingers, Zenki's controlled holy wave headed for a mass of the creatures, cutting them in half directly, Zenki nodding to himself.

"As I thought. Because they are demonic in nature, they have a weakness to holy swords, and holy power."

Lancer didn't even seem surprised that Zenki figured out what was going on with his creatures, knowing the intelligence of the boy. Though he was surprised that even his formula could control holy power, he didn't expect that.

"Yes, you're right. I can't say that you aren't. You're a genius of a level that even someone like myself cannot comprehend, but I know that even with my weaker human body, with the sword and spear that I have, I will be able to defeat you!"

Making his determination known, Zenki bit his bottom lip as he charged forward.

From behind Zenki, he noticed the creatures coming, and before him the Lancer was coming for him.

Making the first move, Lancer stabbed forward with the spear, which Zenki dodged to the left, the spear stabbing the creature, in the right place to blast it apart, since Zenki used his demonic aura to change the trajectory of the spear, making Lancer growl.

"You're amazing Zenki Astaroth! I cannot deny that you aren't! It truly is wonderful to see this side of you!"

He followed through with his holy sword, swinging for his neck. Zenki sighed and ducked the blade, avoiding the blade just in time, and kicked his foot out, hitting the mans hand to hit it right to the creature coming from the right, the sword stabbing into the creature in the right spot, taking out the creature without Lancer's permission.

"It seems that your fighting style is good, I cannot deny that. If I didn't spend my life training, I wouldn't be able to read your movements. For the average High Class, you'd be able to finish them off easily. But I'm not ordinary, I've had to survive a life where I was assaulted constantly by my Uncle. I had to fight everyday of my life, and that isn't pleasant in the slightest, I really hate the fact that my life was like that. But thanks to that, I have become strong, and can survive against even you!"

Irina and Xenovia were blown away by the revelation that he had suffered through something like that. His words weren't lies. Irina and Xenovia thought that they'd be able to see through lies, and if they were being deceived, they would kick themselves later, but this time, it seemed like Zenki was being quite genuine.

"You little piece of shit! Don't pretend to know what's going on with me! I'll definitely kill you!"

Lancer's anger was reaching its boiling point, and made numerous slashes against him with both the sword, and the spear. Each one was precise, and calculated. However, Zenki's movements were also the same, and he danced around each of the attacks, while diverting the attacks to the creatures, and moving around them at the same time.

"That's really amazing, the way he fights, the way he moves, and even uses his opponents against the other. He really is a man that's trained his body to the max, and even uses his knowledge of the enemies movements, and his own actions, to allow his disadvantage, to become his advantage. This man, truly is someone that I admire as a warrior. If nothing else, this man is a warrior that knows battle, breathes battle, and can understand hardships. Maybe my first estimations of this boy were wrong. Looking at his movements now, he really is a strong and honest man that came to defend us, defend me, saving my life, when I assaulted him verbally without any true proof. Why? Why did this boy do this for us? Why is he protecting us right now?"

Xenovia didn't like admitting it, but Zenki was a warrior she wished that she could be. He alone is able to handle a single foe that neither Irina or herself, or Irina and herself could handle together, yet Zenki's not only doing that, but also fighting off creatures of the Middle Class Devil level of power, and even using the enemies attacks for his own purposes.

"Haah!"

Zenki exclaimed as he tightened his fist, and thrusted it towards the Lancer. He naturally dodged, but Zenki's fist continued forward, and hit the creature that was behind him, dispelling it, only to avoid the slash from the Lancer himself, jumping back a fair distance.

"You're not bad at fighting, even using my weapons against the creatures that I summoned. Like a true warrior, even using your enemies movements and weapons to fight other creatures. I cannot deny that you're strong, and smart, you've been using your brain during this fight."

He noted as he rushed forward again, swinging his weapon around like that of a professional.

"Missed me." Zenki spoke as the duo attack missed Zenki's body, his fist tightening. "And have this in return!"

Zenki thrusted his fist forward. Gritting his teeth, the man brought the holy sword to block it, knowing Zenki wouldn't be able to touch it. Zenki knew that too, so at point blank range, Zenki fired off a highly changed demonic bullet, and pushed the man backwards.

"Grrrr!"

From behind, Zenki witnessed one of the creatures swiping for him. Ducking the swipe, he twisted his small body into a complicated shape, nailing the creature right in the centre of the chest, breaking apart the creatures body, killing it.

He raised the holy sword to the sky, and gathered the holy aura. Using his other hand, he gathered the demonic power with the spear, and pointed both of them towards Zenki, making a two weapon stance.

"Stop mocking me like you're better than I am! I am so sick of Devil scum like you!"

Zenki wasn't even phased by the clear racism that he was receiving from the human before him.

"It isn't like I am mocking you, but going all out here wouldn't be a good idea. Rather than go out, I have decided to make sure that you're taken into custody personally. So, is it okay if you stop this now?"

"Never!" Lancer swung his spear and sword at the same time, and charged again. "I won't be losing to you this time! My spear, can pierce any defence! Did you know that!? My spear is a strong spear that can pierce anything as well as release demonic blasts! It isn't a demonic spear for nothing little boy! And this sword is a holy sword that can cut down Devils and Dragon's, and you're both, so this is going to be extra trouble for you, boy!"

From left and right, Zenki's body avoided each of the slashes from the spear and sword. He couldn't deny that he was pretty good, and if it was an ordinary Devil, or if it was Rias or Sona, then they'd be having trouble, but for people like him, and even Sairaorg if he was there, he was able to handle this type of opponent.

"That's great and all, but I'm a Devil, and demonic power doesn't even tickle me. And this holy sword will only hurt if it touches me, and I won't allow that to happen. If you want to fight someone like me, come at me with the power of a High Class at least. Because, I've wrecked people stronger than you, and I won't tolerate your ways anymore. I'm done playing."

Zenki's cool words were met with a spear to the face. Zenki's head moved to the right, and avoided the spear, then bent his head backwards as the sword stabbed forward, the blade nearing his face.

Using his hand, he balanced on the ground and thrusted his foot towards the enemy's body.

"Don't you dare!"

Gritting his teeth, he made several barriers, but it wasn't enough for Zenki's power.

From his free hand, Zenki shot forth a powerful green blast of demonic power, crushing all of the barriers before his wave, allowing his foot to connect with the mans face, his eyes rolling in the back of his head from the kick he received, sending his body crashing against the ground again and again.

"And have this!"

Zenki, with his Devil wings out, flew over towards the enemy, and appeared before him. Clenching his fist together, Zenki's fist was imbued with demonic power and thrusted downwards.

"Noooooooooooooooooooo!"

Coughing up some blood, Lancer managed to move his spear in time to block the brunt of the attack that would've killed him, or ruptured some of his organs at least, but his body was smashed into the ground regardless, creating a sizable quake that could be felt through most of Kyoto, though as small ripples the further it went out, the ground shattering below the hand of the Devil boy, his eyes displaying his anger with the man before him on the ground.

Irina and Xenovia shared a look between the two of them, attempting to not fall over from the shaking of the ground.

"X-Xenovia, this really is the power of Zenki-kun…and I don't think he's even going serious right now."

"No…I hesitate in saying this, but this is him going a little serious. I can't tell, but this is the legend that I've been hearing about, the brute strength in such a small body. The unassuming boy that looks like he can't harm a fly, can devastate a battlefield and turn it into his own plaything. This is the true Zenki Astaroth that we're seeing right now, a person who will not hesitate to strike if someone is in danger."

"I-I'm just glad that he's on our side."

Irina sweated nervously as Zenki stepped back a little bit.

"This is where it ends. You're coming to my custardy, and that's the end of it."

Lancer panted as he crawled out of the hole he was in. Blood spewed out of his mouth, his eyes worryingly looking at Zenki's body. Though his body was small, his aura was highly intimidating, frightening.

"No! Fuck you!"

Lancer made a bold move, and thrusted both sword and spear towards Zenki.

"You've made a wrong move."

Zenki danced around both blades, smashing his extended foot into the mans face, sending him skidding across the ground, breaking his nose with his foot alone, more blood spewing out of the mans face.

"My face! My nose! You son of a bitch! You've broken my nose! I'll kill you!"

Despite the pain, he took his body off the ground hesitantly and turned his dangerous eyes towards Zenki, coughing blood.

"It isn't good, if you fight me, you'll definitely die. Your base is human, your body cannot handle powered attacks like punches from someone like me. If you don't stop, you'll definitely die, and I believe those fine young ladies over there want to take you into custardy."

Lancer hissed…but then his eyes changed, and put a hand to his ear.

"Really? It's time to go?" Zenki furrowed his eyebrows as a magical circle appeared on the ground, the boy recognizing the symbols straight away, looking around for who cast it, but couldn't see anyone. "Sorry, but it seems my benefactors don't want me to play with you anymore. Seems like I've got to get some treatment."

"N-No!"

Zenki activated some formula in his hand and shot it towards the circle on the ground, trying to break down the escape route. However, just before he could even reach it, Zenki could see that the mans body was teleporting away.

"Goodbye for now Zenki Astaroth. But don't worry, we'll see one another again! Oh, say "Heya!" to your Knight-chan for me!"

And with those words, he disappeared.

Grinding his teeth together didn't do anything, so Zenki furrowed his eyebrows, and walked towards Irina and Xenovia.

Xenovia's eyes couldn't meet Zenki's, but Irina's appreciative eyes could in fact meet Zenki's eyes.

"Zenki-kun, you came and saved us…"

"Yeah." His voice was like velvet as he sat down next to the pair of them. "First of all, we'll get you two checked over by my healers, to see if there's anything else that needs healing, I'll also ask Koneko-tan and Kuroka-tan to restore your stamina before anything else goes on."

Relief came to Irina, and even Xenovia to an extent, the pair glad that Zenki had come and saved them.

"Ooh really? That would be great. You're really kind to do that Zenki-kun."

"…"

Irina's respond made him smile, Xenovia didn't say anything and just looked at the ground.

"But after that, you girls are gonna tell me the whole story about what's going on here, is that understood? No more secrets, because this doesn't just effect you guys anymore. Because, that circle was unmistakable, I know who that was, and if I'm right, which I suspect that I am, then this isn't an ordinary feeling right now, this isn't an ordinary villain, this isn't someone we can brush under the carpet, we cannot do something like that."

His words were grim, Irina was able to tell that he was being really serious, it was even shocking with how serious he could sound, and would sound in situations where he didn't even want to know what was going on.

"W-Who?"

At Irina's behest, Zenki's eyes darkened.

"Someone who is..."

Irina's expression also became grim because of the look that Zenki was giving right now, it truly was a very devastating look that she had ever seen on someone's face before, and if he was making such a face, then she knew that it was a dangerous thing that she was going to be coming across.


It's late at night, and Issei is on his bicycle heading towards a particular house, to do his first contract with no one else, just on his own, and he couldn't help the nerves that entered his heart. Not a mansion or an apartment, but just an ordinary house.

He rode and rode his bike until he came across the house that he needed to come across.

Getting off his bike, he walked over to the door, and was going to press the bell…when he noticed something.

The entrance door is open.

"…Seriously, leaving the door open in the middle of the night."

Issei's thoughts were interrupted when he suddenly felt uneasy.

But even then, he already was walking into house like it was a magnetic pull, like he was being drawn to the area where he was supposed to go.

There are no lights in the hallway. There is a staircase that led to the second floor, but there are no lights on.

There is only one room at the end of the first floor with some lights on, and it's a faint light.

Issei took his shoes off at the entrance and carried them in his hand, something that typically the Japanese did, and Issei was Japanese and did what his parents raised him to do, and that was do what was necessary.

He walked into the room without making a sound, thinking of an excuse if someone happened to catch him, since he was a Devil and was summoned, he thought that he would be able to come in without an excuse.

He looked into the room from the door that is slightly opened, and the brightness is due to the candles.

"…Hello. I'm a Devil from the Gremory's household… Umm, is the client here?"

His quiet voice wasn't answered.

His instincts told him to run away, but his mind just took that as nonsense, and did what he needed to do, entering the room without even saying anything else.

It's a living room and there is a television, a sofa, a table, and such. It looks like an ordinary living room…

"…"

Then Ise stops his breath. His eyes are glued to the wall. There is a corpse nailed to the wall. It's upside down. A human. It's a male. Issei had to wonder if he was the person that owned the house…but if that's the case, why was he like this?

The corpse has been cut viciously. Something that looks like a giblet is coming out from the wounds…

"Gough."

Ise vomitted out the thing inside his stomach on the spot, hitting the ground.

He didn't vomit when Issei saw that monster when Zenki and the others took him to fight the Stray Devil, nor when Raynare and her gang came fighting out, but his body reacted to seeing this corpse.

He couldn't endure looking at this corpse any more.

The corpse is attached to the wall with screws, making the shape of a cross upside are big and thick screws screwed into the palm of each hand, into the feet, and at the middle of its torso.

There is a puddle of blood on the floor from the drips of blood falling from the corpse.

There is writing on the wall.

"W-What is this…?"

"It's written as "Punishment for those who did bad deeds!". I just borrowed the sentence from someone important."

Suddenly the voice of a young male comes from behind the young Devil boy.

When Issei turn around, there is a man with white hair. He seems to be a foreigner and he looks like he's still a teenager.

He's dressing up like a priest. He's also a Bishounen.

Issei thought that he looked like Kiba at first, but then he was reminded of Zenki and his good looks, then went back to Kiba. Even though he didn't think that it was appropriate to think of things in that manner, he couldn't and wouldn't face the reality that was before him.

Seeing Issei, the priest makes an evil smile.

"Hmm hmm. Well, well, if it isn't a Devil-kun!"

He seems to be really happy.

Issei recalled the words of warning that Rias had once given him, but then the priest twirled his finger in the air admitting things that Issei didn't want to know about.

"I'm a priest~ A boy priest~ I cut down Devil-like people~ And I laugh at them~I cut the head of you Devils, and receive my meal~"

The priest starts to sing.

Issei couldn't understand it, why this person was doing this, singing at a time like this. It was so unsettling that it even unnerved Issei quite a bit to even think about what was going on with the priest before him.

"My name is Freed Sellzen. I belong to a certain Exorcism organisation. Ah, just because I introduced myself doesn't mean you have to. I don't want to remember your name in my memory, so please don't. It's okay, since you are going to die soon. I will make sure of it. It might hurt at first, but later you will feel so good that you will cry. Now let's open the new door!"

Issei had never met someone like him before. His words don't make any sense.

But he was an Exorcist, he was someone that was an enemy to Issei.

However there's something he wanted to say to him. Issei swallowed down his spit and asked him.

"Hey, was it you? The one who killed this person?"

"Yes, yes. I killed him. Because he was a regular criminal who has been summoning Devils, so I had to kill him~"

"W-What kind of an excuse is that!?"

Issei couldn't keep his shock back, it literally wasn't something that he expected.

Freed curled his eyebrows upwards into a twisted look on his face.

"Huh? Are you shocked? Aren't you running away? That's weird? Really Weird. I mean humans who make a pact with Devils are scum. Scum indeed. Can't you understand that? No? Is that so? Well you are a scum Devil after all."

"How can a human kill another human, then!? Aren't you only supposed to kill Devils?"

Issei's argument was valid, he remembered everything that had happened beforehand, and what he saw now, even he didn't think that an Exorcist would look like this, it just didn't make sense to him at all.

"Haaaaa? What the fuck is that? A mere Devil like you is lecturing me? Hahaha. I will laugh at this. You probably could get a reward for being funny. Okay then, listen carefully you shitty Devil. Devils also use humans' greed to survive. Relying on a Devil proves that you are no longer a human. It's the end. That's why I killed him~. I make a living by killing Devils and those that are contracted to a Devil. That's my job."

Issei couldn't accept that, he wouldn't accept it. It just seemed nonsensical to him, it really didn't even seem to matter to Issei that Freed was saying stuff like this, it was wrong, and that's all he needed to know.

"Even Devil's won't go this far!"

"Haa~~? What are you talking about? Devils are trash. Do you know they are a shitty existence? Do you know this is common sense? Didn't you know? Seriously, you should start your life back from a toddler. Wait, it's useless to tell this to a reincarnated Devil like you. More like, I have to kill you! Hahahaha. It's awesome, isn't it? It's the best, isn't it?"

The priest pulls out a sword that had no blade, and a gun.

A sound vibrates in the air from the swords handle.

The sword that only has a handle turns into a thing like a beam saber. It was a light sword, it was a sword where it could cut down Devils, and end their lives instantly, it was a type of weapon where you wouldn't be able to escape.

"You kind of irritate me, so can I cut you? Can I shoot you? Is it OK? Okay then. Now I'm going to stab your heart with this blade of light, and I'm going to blow your head with this cool looking gun! Man, I'm seriously going to fall in love!"

The priest came sprinting towards Issei.

He slashes his blade of light at Issei, and while he dodged the blade by mere inches, there was smoke coming from the priests gun.

But he didn't hear any gunshots.

It was weird, since it was a fully functional gun, and should be able to fire bullets, but it would've been heard, that's what Issei's mentality was.

Then suddenly Issei felt another shot of pain on his leg.

"Guaaaah!"

Issei fell on his knees while moaning. This time, Issei was shot on his left calf.

"How is it!? The special bullet made for the Exorcists, the bullet of light! And it doesn't make any sound. Since its bullet of light. This situation turns both of us on, doesn't it?"

The pain of light. Yeah, this is the pain of light. To a Devil, light is poisonous. Once hit, the pain goes through your entire body, and for Issei, it wasn't going to work, it wasn't going to happen, since he was a new Devil, he was in a situation where he wouldn't be able to escape.

"Die, die, Devil! Die Devil! Turn to dust and disappear! This is all for my entertainment!"

The priest is laughing madly and is about to finish me off.

"Freed, stop!"

Then there is a voice of a woman the young Devil pervert am familiar with.

The priest froze his posture to where he was about to attack Issei, and looks towards the direction where the voice came from.

Issei also looked to the same direction.

A girl is there, and Ise knew her.

"Yuuma-chan."

Issei couldn't be more devastated right now, he literally knew this was the end.

Yuuma, or Raynare as her real name was, he really couldn't stand seeing the girl before him.

She had caused him much pain before in the past, and now, he wasn't sure what was going to happen.

The insane priest was there, and also the insane Fallen Angel.

He was sure his death was certain.

This time, he wasn't sure if he was going to be able to come from the Devil.

"Well, if it isn't Raynare-sama, have you come to see what was going on with this trashy Devil-kun right now?"

Raynare looks at Issei directly.

Issei's body flinched under the gaze of the raven haired beauty Queen, but Raynare's eyes didn't show her anger.

It didn't show her rage.

It showed…if Issei was right, then pain.

It showed pain and regret for her previous actions, and what had happened to her and him in the beginning.

"So, you've been shooting this…Devil-kun, have you?"

Her voice was full of rage.

It was like she was going to obliterate anything that came across her, and anything that stood in her way.

She simply wasn't going to take anything laying down.

She couldn't.

Freed wasn't any the wiser however, and expressly acknowledged the rage that built up inside of the young girls heart, he couldn't comprehend how pissed off she truly was when seeing Issei in this condition, it couldn't happen again.

"Again, I am asking you a question." Freed's eyes turned suspicious. "Aren't you going to answer me? I am someone that you should be answering."

Freed could sense what was going on, he believed that he could anyway. Something about the way Raynare was looking at Issei, and him looking back at her, it was overly suspicious, it truly was quite the suspicious act.

"I see…so, what's wrong Fallen Angel-sama? isn't that the duties of being people like us? Fighting off against the foes of evil and darkness? It just seems to be the type of thing that we'd have to do, isn't that right?"

Raynare's eyes went towards Issei's. Issei couldn't look at her, he could only look down. That alone devastated Raynare. It really was devastating for him to even comprehend anything what was going on at that moment.

"When I said that you could go out, I didn't say that you could also look and find Devils to kill. Can't you understand that at least a little bit? I'm not asking for the world, am I? It just seems you love really filling me up with such annoyance that I can't even breathe sometimes."

Freed's eyes crossed against Raynare's defiant look.

"Excuse me~?"

"I said, you've disobeyed me again." Raynare looked at the wall, having seen it out the corner of her eye, disgusted with Freed's actions. "And you've also killed a human, drawing the attentions of the Devils!? How many times do I have to explain it to fucking idiots that might as well have stupid looking faces, that you cannot mess with these Devils! What about if something else happens now!? If the Devils come, what would happen? Why is it that you and that idiot Dohnaseek don't listen to me at all!?"

Raynare was reaching her limits.

She couldn't possibly contain the feelings that were welling up inside of her.

She felt like she was going to be sick, and she wasn't even sure what she was supposed to be thinking now.

Having come across Issei like this was devastating for someone like Raynare. But for him to turn away like he did, it truly did make her feel like she was going to be destroyed on the inside, the one person who showed her kindness, who showed her any sort of affection, was now looking away from her.

Usually, she'd lose it, and start yelling.

But in this instance, she couldn't hate him for it.

She couldn't yell at Issei for it, since she had caused all of this. She had to accept the reality that was before her now, and that meant she had to accept that Issei might hate her. But even if that's the case, she still was going to try her best.

"Well now, leaving that aside, I need to kill this trash here or else I can't finish my job, so here I come. Are you ready?"

The priest thrusts his sword toward Issei again, the young man flinching.

"If I get stabbed by that in my chest, I will be killed… Even if I do survive, I will end up like that the client who is nailed to the wall and then have my body slashed. This is bad. This situation is really bad! I will be killed without being able to move my body!"

Feeling of fear controls his body when Issei was thinking about it.

While Issei was thinking about it, the black haired Raynare walks between the priest and himself.

Raynare's hand went outwards, and she summoned a light spear, a pink one at that.

The priest puts on a stern look when he sees this.

"…Hey, hey. Are you serious? Raynare-sama, do you know what you are doing?"

Freed looked absolutely appalled that Raynare was defending Issei like she was. Issei wasn't faring much better, but for a different reason, due to him never expecting Raynare to actually step up and be the one who defends him over anything else.

"You're mad, if you think I'm gonna let you pass me." Raynare confidently showed her smile. "I've kinda had enough of stupid men bossing me around. I'm Raynare for fuck's sake, and now I'm in the process of being looked down upon by this creature before me. Are you serious? Are you actually serious right now?!"

Freed's rage couldn't be as high as it was now during normal times. It reached its peak, and he couldn't quell the flames that erupted in his stomach, wanting to slash Raynare apart. Though of course that would prove to be difficult.

"Yuuma-chan? Are you protecting me?"

Issei couldn't believe his eyes, he truly was in a state of shock, and felt generally weirded out that something like this was happening.

Raynare didn't answer him, facing Freed.

"I might not be able to stop Dohnaseek, but someone like you, is easy for me. I won't be losing to some idiot like you, do you get me? Do you understand me? I wouldn't ever lose to someone like you. So, either give up and go now, and I might spare your life. Or, we could fight, and I will definitely kill you. So, which is it going to be."

"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!? Don't talk shit, bitch! You also learned that Devils are trash at the Grigori! Seriously, is there something wrong with your brain!?"

Freed now has an anguished expression.

"I don't want to kill you Freed, but I might have too if you don't give me any choices in the matter, is that fucking clear to you?"

"You're just, an idiooooooot!"

Freed's tongue wagged out of his mouth like he was a dog or something, attempting to unnerve Raynare.

But she wasn't unnerved.

"You're really beginning to piss me off, Freed-chan. I mean, can't you just shut your mouth for even a few minutes? I know it is difficult in asking you this, but that's how it is, please respect that, and move on because you're doing my head in now. So, are you going to leave?"

Raynare showed a daring smile, and so did Freed.

"Hah!"

The bastard priest swung his blade for Raynare before even Issei could see it, but she managed to block it easily enough, like she wasn't even being confronted in the slightest, like she wasn't even being attacked, pushing the blade away without a worry in the world.

"Hey, Yuuma…eeh, Raynare-san!"

Issei was concerned for Raynare, even after everything that she had done, yet the worry wasn't needed as Raynare pushed against Freed's blade, forcing his body into the air, kicking outwards, hitting his stomach and smashed him against the wall, Freed coughing up blood.

Raynare cocked her head backwards towards the appreciative eyes of Issei.

"Aren't you leaving already?"

"H-Huuuuh? I don't understand."

Raynare rolled her eyes, tipping her spear towards him.

"I said it before, didn't I? You need to leave right now, if you value your life. Didn't I say something similar to that beforehand? This time, you'll have to leave, do you know that?"

Raynare held her confident look on her face, displaying it right towards Freed.

"…You really are a fucking piece of shitty trash, Raynare." Freed spat out. "You, trying to protect the Devil. The rumours are true after all, aren't they? You're really defending the Devil away from someone like me."

"What I do, is not your concern." Raynare said with a stone cold gaze. "I'm going to be in charge of this, and I am telling you to leave right now, why can't you understand that? Even if you're a priest that's exiled, I will still have to kill you. We'll find other subordinates."

Freed couldn't look more pissed than he already was, it just seemed impossible for him to be more pissed right now.

"Eh? Eh? Seriously? Seriously? You are going to fight me? You will die, you know? You will die with a lot of pain? I have no intention of killing you painlessly, okay? Now then. Let's see if I can make a new record for the smallest minced-meat!"

He's talking something creepy again, but Raynare wasn't even scorned in the slightest.

Then the floor glows in a blue and white colour.

"What is this?"

The priest becomes suspicious when the floor glows. The blue light starts to form a shape.

It's a magic circle.

The magic circle of the Gremory household.

The magic circle that appeared on the floor shines. Then the people Issei knew appear from it.

"Hyoudou-kun, we came to rescue you."

Kiba smiles at Issei, Issei's eyes flooding with relief.

"Ara ara. This is awful."

Akeno smiled softly, but her eyes displayed hostility.

"Hyahou! Here's a present for a group of Devils!"

The priest starts slashing his sword, bypassing Raynare, who just stood there, locking eyes with Akeno, who allowed lightning to dance within her fingers. Raynare didn't dare move, or she'd be shot with powerful lightning.

The sound of the metal echoes through the room. Kiba blocks the priest's attack with his sword.

"I'm sorry. He's one of us! We can't let you lay a finger on him!"

"Oh, oh! A mere Devil being concerned about their comrade? What are you guys? Devil Squadron, the Devil Rangers? That's nice. I can feel the heat. I'm getting turned on! So how is it? Are you the one sticking it in, and is he the one bending? So are you guys in that sort of relationship?"

They are exchanging swords but the priest is getting cocky and sticking his tongue out while he is shaking his tongue and his head.

Even Kiba has an anguished expression.

"…What a vulgar mouth. It's hard to believe you are a priest… Oh, that's why you are a "Stray Exorcist", right?"

"Yeah, yeah! I'm vulgar! Sorry about that! That's because I strayed away! I was kicked out! That's why, screw the Vatican! I'm all right as long as I get to cut Devils whenever I feel like it! But right now, could you come back? I was about to fuck up this Fallen Angel-chan here that stood in my way~!"

Both of them are still exchanging their swords.

Kiba has a calm expression, but his eyes have already captured his foe.

The boy priest, Freed, is still laughing and enjoying the fight.

"You are the type that is the most hard to deal with. Someone who feels like they are living by cutting Devils…the one who causes the most harm to us."

"Haaaaah!? You know, I don't want to be told off by a Devil? I'm trying to live now just like other people! I'm not in a position where pests like you can talk down to me!"

Freed's disturbing smile made Issei flinch, but Akeno didn't, she wouldn't flinch.

"Even Devils have rules."

Akeno is smiling, but her eyes are serious. She is showing a sign of will to fight and hostility towards Freed.

"Nice. I like those passionate eyes. Onee-san, you are the best. I can feel your urge of wanting to kill me. Is this love? No. I think it's a killing intent! Superb! This is great! I love the feeling of intending to kill and getting intended to kill!"

"Then disappear."

The person who appears on Issei's side is the crimson-haired girl, Rias.

"Ise, I'm sorry. I never expected that a Stray Exorcist will visit this client's house." Rias, who is apologising to Issei, narrows her eyes after seeing his wounds."…Ise. Did you get wounded by this Fallen Angel and Stray Exorcist?"

"Ah, sorry… I was shot…Yuuma…the Fallen Angel didn't attack me…she defended me…"

Issei tried to deceive her by laughing, about the pain, not about who had saved him before she came.

Rias didn't say anything to Issei and gives a cold expression to the priest.

"Looks like you have been looking after my cute servant?"

Her voice is low and sounds scary. She really was pissed, and that was Issei's fault, in a sense. She truly wasn't happy right now, someone attempting to hurt her peerage member, her Pawn, it simply wouldn't be allowed to hurt her peerage member.

"Yes, yes. I have been playing around with it. I was planning to cut his body all over but I was interrupted and it finished as a dream."

A section of the furniture behind the priest is blown away.

It's Rias who was displaying her power. Raynare naturally wasn't thrilled about this, and wouldn't even bare to share a look with Rias, not wanting her power to be turned against her, it just didn't seem possible for that to happen.

"I make sure I never forgive those who harm my servants. I especially can't forgive a lowlife like you damaging my personal possessions."

Her intensity causes the atmosphere to feel frozen. Her killing intent lurks around the room. There is a thing that looks like waves of demonic power surrounding Rias.

"Buchou, there seems to be few Fallen Angels heading to this house. At this rate we will be at a disadvantage. And even now, we've got one in our mists, we don't have a choice but to retreat, yes?"

Akeno sensed it coming, and decided to inform Rias of what was going on.

Rias gives another stare at the priest.

"…Akeno, we will return to our headquarters once we retrieve Ise. Prepare for teleportation."

"Yes."

Akeno starts to cast a spell as soon as Rias urges her to.

Issei's eyes widened when he realized what was going on, so looked towards Raynare who just stood there, having even disarmed the spear of pure light that she had beforehand, it was just now her looking at Issei.

"Raynare-san…"

"Hmph, just go already. Don't worry about me."

Issei felt complicated feelings. He wasn't sure if he should feel sorry for her, or angry about what she had done to him in the past. It just made him feel like he shouldn't feel sorry for her, but she did protect him. No matter how little, she still did protect him.

"But…you're going to be okay?" Raynare didn't answer, so Issei turned his desperate eyes towards Rias. "Buchou! Please take her with us! Please!"

"It's not possible. Only Devils can use the magic-circle to transport. Also, this magic-circle can only teleport me and my servants."

Issei's eyes and Raynare's eyes met.

She just smiles at him, something that was surprising for the young boy.

"Enjoy being a Devil, Ise-kun."

Issei was blown away by her kind voice.

The last time he heard that, was when they were on a date.

Rias quietly listened to the interactions between the two of them

That was the last words they exchanged at that place.

Next moment, Akeno finishes casting the spell, and the magic-circle on the floor starts to glow blue again.

"Like I will let you escape!"

The priest came slashing at us, but Raynare appeared behind him, grabbing him by the back of his shirt, and threw him through one of the walls, breaking it apart. Rias' eyes showed her shock at the actions of Raynare.

Before Issei could even say anything, the light of the transportation spell washed over them, and teleported Issei and the others away. Raynare only watched on for a few moments, contemplating what she should say or even think…but then she heard Freed groaning.

Turning, she saw his body slowly leaving the rubble.

"Y-You hateful bitch! As soon as I tell Dohnaseek this, he'll fucking kill you!"

Raynare hummed a little bit, then turned her narrowed eyes towards him. Even Freed flinched when seeing the eyes of the young girl, and backed away slowly as Raynare walked towards him, her hand being outstretched.

"Don't worry, before he gets here, you aren't going to even remember anything anyway."

Freed withdrew his weapon, slashing it towards Raynare's face.

She pulled back while making a spear of light appear in her hand. Spinning it in her hand, she stabbed it for Freed's sword, breaking the light with her own light, smashing it into small little bits, and continued for Freed's body, stabbing him in the shoulder.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarggggggggggh! You're a bitch! What the fuck are you doing!?"

Raynare's hand enclosed around Freed's face, and it glowed pink. For a change, Freed felt a little fear from his life possibly coming to an end.

"It isn't like you're going to remember anything anyway…"

Raynare's voice dripped venom, Freed's mind being destroyed…


"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! A million times thank you!"

Irina's head moved up and down again and again, as she thanked him, she wouldn't stop thanking, she couldn't stop thanking Zenki. Even with the bemused Kuroka looking on, Asia, and Valerie healing her, and the unconscious Xenovia's wounds, Irina just kept thanking him.

Koneko stayed on Zenki's lap as he sat on the bed, Kunou and Yasaka not being there due to being back in the inner city. Ravel also sat near Zenki himself, looking curiously at Irina for some answers as to what happened just before. Le Fay also was stationed nearby, overlooking the healing process, Mittelt preferring to stay near Kuroka as she was uncomfortable with the idea of normal Exorcists being around.

"Wow Zenki-chan, she's really excited to thank you! I haven't seen such passion in a long time! Maybe it is because she was asking and doing naughty things the last time, and this time she wants to make up for her friend, and what she did too! That would be good, wouldn't it? Aah Lord!" Jeanne prayed, and received her usual feeling through her body, making her shiver. "Ooooh~ That's the feeling Zenki-chan~ I cannot stop the feeling of being touched by the Lord like that~"

"Jeanne-sama, are you alright?"

Ravel questioned lightly, only to receive a thumb up from Jeanne.

"Yup! I am grand! Thank you for asking Ravel-chan! That's very lovely of you to do! So, thanks for asking! I am very pleased that you've done something like that!" Ravel smiled as Jeanne turned back to Irina. "Irina-chan is great after all~ Because she understands, unlike the naughty Xenovia-chan~"

Jeanne gave her approval, thumbing up Irina who smiled widely back.

"Yes, thank you for saying that! And again Zenki-kun, thank you for saving us! I'm really grateful! And if Xenovia was awake, then she'd be saying the same thing, I am sure that she would be saying the same thing!"

Zenki's eyes fell upon the dazzling Irina, blushing when looking into her violet eyes.

"Irina-san, you don't have to keep thanking me for saving your life." Zenki stated calmly. "You're a good person, and I like saving you, that's all. I'm sure that if roles were reversed, you'd have done the same thing for me, right?" Irina hesitated to answer, so Zenki offered a chilling smile. "Don't worry, I know it must be difficult to say because I'm a Devil."

"Aah, you understand!"

Irina did want to say what he said, but due to being an Exorcist, and being aligned with God, and with Zenki being a Devil, it was difficult for her to even approach that subject, much less even talk about it openly.

"Yeah, I do. And don't worry, you can stay here tonight, in this hotel, free of charge of course." Irina's eyes brimmed happily. "Because, there's things that we need to discuss tomorrow morning, all of us."

"R-Right, about Lancer, and everything, yes?"

Irina's answer came in the form of a nod.

"That's right. We've got to discuss that. I'd like to leave it alone, but Yasaka-san has insinuated that I get involved. I'll also be contacting the Devils later on, but I won't be mentioning your name in the matter, nor will I be mentioning your partners name either."

"Because of…us going to be working together?"

Irina guessed, Zenki nodding his head to the others shock.

"That's right." He explained. "Because, whether you and your friends want to or not, we need one another this time. You've got information, and we've got the muscle to back up your…let's say, target capturing. No offense to either you or your friend, but this Lancer is stronger than you girls are."

Zenki hoped that he wasn't coming off as rude. He genuinely thought that he was speaking candidly, and spoke with a clear voice so they would understand that he wasn't trying to do anything other than be honest and open.

"You're right. I didn't want to believe it, but he is stronger than we are. I thought that we'd be able to do it, but facing against Lancer, and seeing how you fought him, it is clear that our power is too different, like in different dimensions."

"That's nothing to be ashamed of, though."

Ravel spoke out her feelings, with Jeanne inclining her head.

"Because we're Devils, you see~ And you're only humans, which can be difficult to fight against people like this Lancer-chan person. Since you lost, it is clear that we're gonna need to pull our resources together, right Zenki-chan?"

Zenki inclined his head in agreement.

"You're right, Jeanne-tan. We're going to have to pull our resources together, and come up with a viable plan of attack. Even though I say that, I'll also need to know what's going on with the history of this person, and what his motives are, and what his spear is exactly."

"Zenki-chan nyaaa?"

Kuroka's voice was full of questions, so Zenki bowed his head.

"Right, that spear…it was demonic in nature, I know that. I've heard of several demonic items in the past, that take the forms of swords, spears, and what have you. The one that comes to mind when speaking of demonic items is Gram, but I know that spear isn't Gram. I'd like to think I know what it is, but I don't know truly yet."

"A demonic spear huh…"

Jeanne looked to be in thought, so Zenki questioned it.

"Jeanne-tan, do you know anything?"

Jeanne was pulled out of whatever thoughts that she was having, shaking her head again with a content smile on her face.

"Nope~ I don't know anything at all~ I'm just thinking about the demonic spear is all~ I wonder what that is~? Hmmm, it seems like there's something going on with this spear huh~? That's really bad, we can't have someone like that~"

Something about her voice seemed to Zenki that she was concealing something, but before he could say anything about it, Asia and Valerie walked over to Zenki. Valerie came from the left, and Asia came from the right, sitting down near him.

"So?"

Knowing what he was referring too, Valerie spoke first.

"It is safe to say that Xenovia-san there is out of danger." Irina relieved herself with a breath. "She'll need a little bit of rest, but she didn't suffer too much. The damage has been taken care of by our very own healer Asia-san, and myself. She's done great, and I think I did great. It is a good thing that we were able to get to her in time, or it could've been worse."

"I was also able to check her insides, and it was shown that she didn't suffer any internal injuries, but does have some bruises insides. But thanks to our healing, Xenovia-san will be up and ready to go by tomorrow."

Asia's words made Zenki smile, and Irina's eyes to become wet.

"Aah, my Queen and Bishop, I can always count on you guys to do this for me. Thank you, both of you."

Zenki leaned closer, and kissed both Asia's cheek, and Valerie's cheek, their faces tinging pink.

Irina watched on between the displays of affection that they were all having.

Koneko glanced at Irina, tilting her head in wonder.

"…Is it weird?"

"W-What?"

Irina wasn't sure what Koneko was talking about, so Koneko spoke more clearly.

"…Devils speaking like this." Koneko clarified. "…We Devils, aren't that different to you, and your friend." Irina didn't say anything, Zenki quietly listening in. "You might think we are, but we play together everyday, have fun, and don't want to cause people harm. It might be weird coming from me, but Asia-senpai said it best the last time we met. We're a family, and we act like this because we are a family."

"To be honest, I've been raised to think Devils are the enemy, but seeing you guys interacting, it just seems to be really weird to my eyes. I didn't think such Devils existed, and I didn't think that someone from the Church like Asia-san or Jeanne-san would be able to be genuinely happy with a Devil, and being said Devil."

"Being a Devil has been the best thing in my entire life, Irina-san." Asia spoke her mind, with Irina listening quietly. "E-Erm, it might sound strange, but that's how I feel. Since it is Zenki-san, who came for me and protected me with his life, it was only natural that I come to respect, and love Zenki-san as an individual, not as a Devil. Devils are people too, Irina-san. We are all unique and different. There are good, and bad Devils."

Irina was slowly coming to realize the same thing that Asia was talking about.

Devils weren't that bad. Seeing how Zenki and his group interacted, they really were a family, better than she had ever seen beforehand. Even with her own, she didn't think she'd see something like this from the Devils before her.

"Jeanne-san, would you have chosen to become a Devil?"

Irina asked the question in her mind, having a somewhat knowledge on what was going on.

Jeanne cocked her head to the side.

"I did choose to become a Devil though."

"Y-You did?"

Irina didn't realize that she did.

Jeanne winked and explained.

"Zenki-chan came upon me one day when I was being pursued by people that wanted to hurt me. I was badly injured, and I couldn't recover, but then I came across Zenki-chan and he asked me if I wanted to become a Devil. He said it was my choice, he never forced me to do anything. So, I said "Yes!" in a nutshell. I chose to become like this, and I've never regretted becoming a Devil."

Irina smiled fondly at the girls expressions, and her cute face shining away like she truly was apart of a family.

Irina, had to wonder what that was truly like, to be apart of a family.

RUMBLE!

"Uuuuu…"

Irina placed a hand on her stomach as an embarrassed face appeared.

"Irina-san, you're hungry?"

"Ehehehehehe~" Irina rubbed the back of her head softly. "I haven't eaten in a while~"

"Ooh, that's not good." Kuroka interjected. "We should totally go and get that fixed for you nyaaa~ Isn't that a good idea Zenki-chan?"

"It has been a long day, and food is always good. Yeah, I'm hungry myself, we should totally go and get some food."

Gaining a nod from her King, Kuroka's eyes shined dazzlingly.

"Come along Irina-chan~ Let's get you some food nyaaa~"

"Yes, Irina-san! We should eat too!"

Asia also stood and gave Irina a smile. Jeanne got to her feet, and went to Irina's side, linking arms with her.

"You should totally try the meat here! It is amazing!"

"She's right." Ravel got up, and walked to the door. "We'll have to be quick, but I am sure that we'll be able to receive a good meal together."

"Don't forget about me!"

"Me neither, I am fucking starving."

Valerie went forward, moving as fast as she could towards the door, Mittelt trailing behind her.

Koneko wordlessly got up from the bed, her lap seat that belonged to Zenki, and strode to the door, leaving with the others.

Leaving behind Zenki and Le Fay, the boy and girl shared an awkward laugh.

"Seems like we've been left alone, huh."

"Y-Yes, Zenki-sama!"

"And we should get some food, shouldn't we?"

Le Fay inclined her head in agreement.

"Yes, it would be an honour to eat with you!"

Zenki stood up, and placed a hand on the top of her head, rubbing gently.

"Don't worry about such complicated things. You're usually excitable, aren't you?"

"Hehe, you know me~"

That's the thing…Zenki didn't know Le Fay, and he wanted to know what was going on with her.


After having dinner, Zenki went to the baths to relax his body, wearing a very short towel that barely covered his lower region.

But he wasn't alone. in a surprising turn of events, Mittelt and Le Fay had accompanied him to the baths, since it was a mixed bath, they could come in with him and he could go in with them. He was just surprised that Mittelt had actually asked to go with him.

"It's weird, we don't see anyone else here when we come to have a bath."

Mittelt noted with a sly look to her face.

Zenki curiously eyed up the young Fallen Angel, and has noticed that since last night, she had become a little more relaxed, and even more social with the others, even himself.

"Because this bath time is only for the supernatural, isn't that right Zenki-sama?"

Le Fay held herself happily as she strolled next to Zenki in a short towel.

"That's right. You never know what's going to happen with the girls, and even myself, so I made sure that this time was reserved for only us. Since this is my Tou-chan's hotel, I do have some weight to what goes on around here."

Zenki got to the water with the girls, getting in almost immediately. Le Fay got very close to Zenki, Mittelt standing off to a distance.

"That's amazing Zenki-sama, I mean to have such pull…"

"It's just because I am who I am. If it was someone else's child, I mean by that someone in my position, they'd have the same pull, is all." Zenki tossed a smile towards Le Fay as Mittelt sunk her body into the water, blowing bubbles in said water. "By the way Le Fay-san, I have to thank you for helping my peerage before."

"Z-Zenki-sama, you don't have to thank me…"

Le Fay turned a little bashful, swaying her body in the water. As she did, Zenki saw something poking from underneath her towel, which happened to be her budding breasts, Zenki's eyes widening at the sight of her boobs.

"I-I do have to thank you. Even though I wasn't in danger, not really, I could've been, and you helped my peerage without even a second thought. Even Kuroka-tan said that she was super impressed with how you handled yourself."

"O-Oh, even Kuroka-sama?"

Le Fay was surprised since it was rare for Kuroka to ever praise someone that she didn't know.

"Yes, that's right. Everyone of my peerage said that you did great, so I have to thank you Le Fay-san for helping my peerage out."

"Ooh no, you don't have to thank me for anything Zenki-sama~"

Le Fay's singsong voice made him smile, Mittelt looking on with a tiny frown.

"But, I do. I have to thank kindness, it is something my Kaa-chan taught me years ago. Even my Tou-chan. And I wouldn't feel right if I couldn't thank you properly, so is there anything that I can do for you?"

"N-No. I can't think of anything."

Le Fay lied, looking towards his lap secretly.

Ever since the first night, she couldn't get it out of her mind. But she knew Koneko wouldn't go for it…but Koneko wasn't around. She wasn't there, she was with the others, playing games, so this would logically be the time that she could do something about it.

"Are you sure? You can say anything without restrictions. Don't worry, I will definitely become something like that, you know?"

"O-Oh, so…anything…?"

"Hehe, you want to know some magical secrets?"

Le Fay's head shook, knowing that she shouldn't use this excuse to gain such secrets, only when he believed that she could have them, that's when she wanted them, and she hadn't earned that right just yet.

"No, nothing like that…b-but, erm, Zenki-sama…w-would it be weird if I erm…like Koneko-sama does…erm, you know…erm, with your lap is…erm, Koneko-sama's personal territory…b-but since she isn't here…"

Zenki thought about what she said, as Mittelt looked on with sharpened eyes.

"Le Fay-san, are you asking if you can sit on my lap?"

He was bemused, he didn't think that she'd ask something so simple like that.

"N-No! I wasn't asking anything like that Zenki-sama! I wouldn't ever ask something like that! It is rude, disrespectful! How could I ask something like that!? That's just wrong, I can't have someone like that! I mean, something like that! It is Koneko-sama's personal territory, and I cannot ask of something like-"

"It's fine."

Le Fay's unsure eyes went towards the green haired Shota, Mittelt's bottom lip quivering.

"R-Really!?"

She couldn't quite understand it, but Zenki just kept smiling.

"That's right, it is alright, you can sit on my lap if you so wish to do so? It isn't that bad, is it? Koneko-tan does it all of the time, I've gotten used to someone sitting on my lap. Actually, it feels weird when someone doesn't sit on my lap."

"O-Ooh! Then if it is that! Then I will do so! Thank you for the honour!"

"You're so weird~"

Zenki's harmonious voice caused a spike of jealousy to flash through Mittelt's eyes.

Le Fay though looked like she was on cloud nine, she couldn't be so excited even if she tried. Her body naturally got up from the baths bottom, and inched closer to Zenki.

At first, she wasn't sure if she should just sit there, or she should work her way towards it. It was someone's lap, someone that she admired greatly, and felt embarrassed that she even wanted something like this. But, this was a chance she might never get again, she couldn't afford to not take it.

While struggling, Zenki gently guided Le Fay to his lap, her face burning crimson with her butt making contact with Zenki's lap, Mittelt's growling slowly pushing the water away from her, even she didn't like this feeling now.

"Zenki-sama's lap is…"

Le Fay couldn't even finish her sentence, she was too enthralled by the fact that Zenki had even guided her to his lap, like he wanted it. That thought alone made Le Fay feel like Zenki was able to do something more with the green haired boy.

"Is this what you wanted Le Fay-san?"

Le Fay gave the shyest of nods, enjoying his lap for herself. Without Koneko around, she could enjoy his lap without feeling like she was going to burn down anything and everything. She could just enjoy his lap without a worry in the world.

"Y-Yes, this is good…"

Mittelt looked on as her hand tightened.

She didn't understand why she was feeling like this, why she was getting a little jealous. It just didn't sound good to her at all.

"I'm glad! Please enjoy my lap~"

Le Fay smiled like an innocent child getting what she wanted, and fell back against the green haired boy. Her head hit his chest, and the water allowed her hair to sprawl all over his surprisingly chiselled chest area.

"Hey! That's not fair!"

Mittelt pointed sternly at Le Fay, confusing the poor girl.

"Eeeh. What do you mean exactly?"

"I-I mean!" She raised her body and pointed sternly at Le Fay. "You cannot suddenly do that! You're not even supposed to be doing something like that! I cannot allow you to sit on his lap like that! Y-You cannot do that!"

Zenki cocked his head left.

"What's going on Mittelt-san? Why can't Le Fay-san sit on my lap?"

"B-Because she can't! She's not allowed! She can't do something like that!"

Mittelt's face was becoming flustered, though Zenki or Le Fay didn't know what was going on at the moment.

"But, I don't understand, why she can't?"

"She didn't even do anything fantastic!" Mittelt argued, her towel slipping with each movement she did. "It isn't all that fair! Even I've known you longer she has! And I'm your captive! If anything, I should be allowed to sit there before her! Why is it that I can't sit there either?!"

"S-So, you want to understand why I can't sit here? But, I want to sit here though. Zenki-sama said it was okay. And if you want to sit down here, why don't you ask Zenki-sama himself? I'm sure that he'd consider it."

Zenki shrugged his shoulders at the thought of allowing Mittelt to sit on his lap.

Mittelt darkened her expression, pointing at Le Fay.

"I want you to move. So, move it!"

Mittelt went forward, and grabbed Le Fay's arm, surprising her.

"Mittelt-san, don't do anything with her!"

Zenki went to stop her, but Le Fay's body was lifted off Zenki's lap, Mittelt pushing her to the side and strode forward towards Zenki's lap, the boy looking concerned for Le Fay.

"Hey! Don't do that with me!"

Le Fay didn't look happy, so she made magic dance in her hand, and pointed it downwards towards Mittelt's feet, creating a small whirlpool near her feet, trapping her.

"Aaaaah! What the hell are you doing Loli slut!?"

Mittelt struggled with her feet, but she couldn't move. Zenki while worried, was also impressed with her magical control over natural water, trapping Mittelt within an instant seemed to be quite the amazing thing that she was doing.

"How can you call me a Loli slut when you're a Loli too? And I'm not a slut for your information!"

Le Fay twisted her hand towards the left, and pushed Mittelt away from Zenki, moving closer to the green haired boy.

Mittelt struggled, but she was dragged away while standing up right, the whirling by her feet keeping her captive.

"Ooh come off! This isn't even fucking fair!"

Mittelt made a spear of light, directing it downwards, slashing at the water. But nothing came of it. The spear just stabbed through the water, and it didn't do anything, frustrating Mittelt even more, a look of victory on Le Fay's face.

"I am only stopping you from doing this to me. it isn't like I wanted to do this, I didn't have a choice." Le Fay confidently sat down on Zenki's lap, and put her hand against his chest, not even realizing that she was doing it. "So, if you would please calm down a little bit, then I will release you, okay? That would be better, right?"

"Le Fay-san, that was pretty cool, gotta admit."

Le Fay's face burned red, while Mittelt's did also, but for completely different reasons. Le Fay's face went upwards, and despite now realizing that she was laying against his chest, she didn't seem to care all that much, she just seemed to be completely okay with doing it.

"Zenki-sama, that's only a small part of what I can do with magic. There's other things that I can do with magic, too. Would you like to see it?"

"Maybe in a minute, but you have to release Mittelt-san first. I know that she was being the aggressor, but it would be better if you released her, okay?"

Le Fay pouted, but did as she was asked, releasing the girl from her captivity, Mittelt's body falling down into the water, and this time…her towel came off.

"Iyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Mittelt covered her body from Zenki's eyes, the boy briefly capturing some of her small assets, looking down into the water shyly. "Y-You dumb blonde! You took my towel off on purpose!"

"N-No, I didn't!"

Le Fay argued with the truth, but Mittelt didn't stand it, and rushed forward, grabbing Le Fay's towel, yanking it off her body, her small breasts, and body being revealed to Zenki's eyes since he was looking down, his face turning crimson.

"Hah! Take that!"

"Mittelt-samaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! You can't do that to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

Le Fay, with teary eyes, stood up from Zenki's lap, and put her hand out to cast some magic.

"L-Le Fay-san! Don't!"

Zenki took her hand just before she could do anything, the girl accidently tripping, landing face first against his own face, but his face was hit by her small chest, her nipples brushing against his mouth, Le Fay giving a small moan at the touch of her breast against his mouth.

"Mmmm, Zenki-sama…i-if you wanted something like that then…"

"Mmm! Le Fay-san!"

Zenki attempted to remove Le Fay from his face, but Le Fay body was too warm, she was excited with Zenki's face being on her small bust, she enjoyed the sensations of her breast, and his mouth, Mittelt's eyes crossing.

"Dirty, that's all you are."

Mittelt's scornful eyes landed upon Le Fay, and Zenki, the blonde of the duo blushing even brighter, sliding down his body.

As she did, Zenki came face to face with the blushing Le Fay. Le Fay teased the thought of a kiss for a moment, she would've done it since she was quite infatuated with the idea of being with someone that she admired.

But she didn't go through with it, ending up sliding down his body all the way, her head resting near his own.

Mittelt looked at the pair, and huffed.

"Whatever, I'm going."

Mittelt didn't want to look at them anymore, and got out of the bath…

She then came back in with a shameful face, grabbing her towel, and walked back out of the bathroom.

Once she was gone, Le Fay looked at Zenki's face with a shy expression.

"Zenki-sama…I-I didn't mean to do all of that! Please forgive me!"

Chuckling nervously, Zenki just petted the top of Le Fay's head, attempting to keep his lower self down before Le Fay could feel anything, since she was very close to that area of his body, something that she couldn't have happen to her, feeling his…erection.

OPEN!

The door was violently opened, and who was stood there...

Koneko.

Koneko dressed in a towel, and she wasn't happy.

"That...is my lap."

"H-How did you even know!?"

Le Fay couldn't help the cry escaping her mouth, Koneko storming over.

She got into the bath, and sat on Zenki's lap. Le Fay was about to move, but Koneko just looked at her, and then Zenki, and then back her Le Fay again.

"...You can stay this once. But...ask permission in the future."

"Yes!"

Agreeing almost instantly, Le Fay enjoyed her time on Zenki's lap, and Koneko did the same.

He could only look between them...how many Loli's were pining for his lap!?


Once everyone had gone to bed, Zenki stood outside of his room, on the balcony, overlooking the city. He was deep in thought, thinking about what happened during the day. He couldn't get the thoughts out of his mind, he simply couldn't do it.

He replayed the thoughts in his mind again and again, attempting to make sense of everything that was going on. But, he didn't want to admit what was going on, he couldn't admit that there was something going on.

He just didn't want to face reality.

He couldn't face reality.

If he was right, then he couldn't tell anyone…

He couldn't even want to believe it himself.

"E-Erm, excuse me."

Irina's voice came from beside Zenki.

The boy was surprised that she managed to get so close without him even realizing what was going on.

"Oh erm, Irina-san. Is something going on?"

Irina shook her head, and inched closer.

"I just wanted to thank you again."

"I said before that it was okay, there's nothing to thank me for."

He confirmed it with a smile, but Irina shook her head again.

"No, I need to thank you again. You saved me and Xenovia when Xenovia was so harsh to you. You didn't have to come for us, yet you did come, and I am so happy that you did come for us. If it wasn't for you and your peerages kindness, we'd most likely be dead right now."

Irina gave her true thoughts, and Zenki felt the same, to a certain extent.

"I see…erm, Irina-san. You know, I don't hold hard feelings against you. Your partner on the other hand, it isn't something that I want to discuss right now. But, I do have to admit that I like the fact that you are safe, that's the most important part."

Irina's face turned a slight shade of pink, inching closer.

"B-By the way, erm…Zenki-kun. You know, if there's anything that I want to discuss, with you, you'd definitely listen, right?"

"Sure, is there something you want to talk about?"

Irina's face turned sheepish.

"Yes…actually, there is."

"So?"

He wanted her to continue, his eyes displaying the willingness to listen to her.

Irina cleared her throat, and continued.

"Zenki-kun, if I had acted like Xenovia…y-you know, speaking like she did with you and Asia-san and Jeanne-san, would today have ended differently? Would you, have left us to die by the hands of Lancer?"

"No."

His answer came straight away, his honest feelings on his face.

Irina was blown away by his honesty, expecting him to lie.

"Y-You're not joking?"

"I'm not joking, Irina-san. I didn't and wouldn't leave you. Even if you had said what Xenovia-san said, or what have you, I still would've come. Even though she was nasty to me, I can clearly see when there's right and wrong, and no matter how shadowed that right might be, it is better than the wrong. This Lancer-san was attacking girls, and while you might've been on a mission to find and detain him. The levels of brutality he displayed towards you were more than unnecessary, it was downright sadistic. Just what is he to the Church? There's a connection, isn't there?"

"…There is a connection, and it isn't a good one."

Irina finally admitted after a few moments of silence.

"We'll talk more about it tomorrow. But, Irina-san. Be straight with me…did the Church expect you to be able to detain Lancer?" Irina stayed silent as she contemplated what he said. "I don't mean to be rude, but Lancer is above you and Xenovia-san currently. There was a mention of a Trump Card? Couldn't this person have gone instead?"

"Truthfully, our Trump Card is very busy dealing with a similar threat." Irina confessed, Zenki quietly listening. "Our forces are run thin, we've been on high alert for a few months now. If word got out about us being laxed, we'd be the target for more…aggressive people, if you know what I mean? The Churches top warriors are left to protect the important areas of the world to us. Even people I haven't met before, like…well, people that are very strong. Even my Sensei, who taught me how to use Excalibur Mimic, has also been called into action to defend important places. And even the legendary Strada-sama is being called to defend our most precious people, including that of the Pope, and the Miracle Child."

"Miracle Child…?"

Zenki for once was stumped, Irina waving her hand around innocently.

"Please don't be worried about that little detail Zenki-kun, it isn't anything to worry about. But yes…the duties of tracking down this person relies onto me, and that's what I have to do now, along with Xenovia. Our success rate is 30 percent or lower."

"And that's enough for you to risk your lives, 30 percent?"

"Wouldn't you for something or someone that you believe in?"

Zenki's face turned complicated and he mused about what she said, thinking about what he should say or do as a result of her words, but it was proving difficult for him to even answer something like that.

"If it is was for someone that I love, then yes, I would. But Irina-san, there's a difference between that and this."

"And what's that?"

"I'd make everything go in my favour first, if I could help it." Irina's eyes fell upon Zenki, who smiled back. "It kinda baffles me to send the pair of you. Not that I am mocking your higher ups, or am I mocking your skills, because you're strong, and powerful girls, but I just don't see the advantage to sending two people to a place where they could be ambushed, and what happened when it did. I don't want you to think badly of me, because I'm truly not trying to say what you and your faction did was wrong or right, I just think they should've sent some more people with you, if you could spare it. Or, with this person, this Lancer, wouldn't sending this Sensei with you guys have done something good too?"

"It isn't like you're wrong Zenki-kun. I can't deny that at least. If the resources were allowing us to do these things, then of course we'd do as you said, as that's the most basic of strategies. But, as you can see, we're really stretched thin."

Zenki thought about it for a few moments.

He tossed the ideas that Irina was giving him with her words alone inside of his head, and attempted to make sense of everything, to see everything from each angle, and he also attempted to make sense of something else that he saw just before, a something that he didn't want to even think about honestly.

"Irina-san, we'll be working together, okay?"

"Eeh? But you said that before."

Zenki inclined his head.

"That's right, but this time I'm stating it clearly. We'll be working together. Of course, for this time, my mission is officially from the Queen of Youkai herself. But more than that, I don't like the idea of the Church being so low on forces and they cannot afford for this to continue, and if I am right, then we're going to need to work together."

"Zenki-kun…why would you care about the Churches forces? Aren't you a Devil?"

"I could ask you the same thing, since you seemed to be concerned for my safety before. It's because, I'm a person. I'm not a Devil, Dragon, or anything else. Just because we're different, it doesn't mean we can't work together. We're all working to the same objective, Irina-san. So, why can't we work together on something like this? How I see it, is that we're needing one another, and even if we're different races, can't we put that aside and work together for a single goal?"

Listening to his words, Irina couldn't help but agree more. It made sense to her, and it didn't even seem like he was saying anything false. They did need one another, they both had something that brought them to the table, and brought things to said table.

"Y-Yes! That's right, we could do something like that! If we, the Church, work together with the Devils, we'll not only be able to get what we want, we'll also be able to show the other factions that we can work together!"

"Hehe, thinking of it like that does sound good, Irina-san. Yup, we'll be able to think of it like that, and join together, and become stronger, working off one another, and becoming even better than we are now, isn't that great?"

Zenki put his hand upwards and outwards towards Irina, for a hand shake.

Irina looked at Zenki's hand for a few moments as if she was deciding something in her mind.

Throwing all caution to the wind, she grasped Zenki's hand, and shook it firmly.

"I'm sure that this is a start to a beautiful friendship, Irina-san."

"Yes! This will be the best friendship ever Zenki-kun!"

The pair smiled at one another, their allegiance just beginning.


Zenki went out of the building, once everyone was asleep, so no one knew of his actions. He walked several steps out of the hotel, and walked all the way to the park that was nearby, always looking around to see if there was anyone following him.

It was dark when he got there, but thanks to being a Devil, he was able to see clearly what was before him. The park was empty, it should be for the time it was, just going after 2 in the morning, but that didn't concern Zenki in the slightest.

He walked to a nearby tree, and sat under it. He took a few deep breaths so he could collect himself, and his thoughts. He thought about what he would be seeing, and what he was going to do when the certain someone he knew would appear, would appear soon enough.

Hugging his knees, the boy glanced backwards, and saw a small shadow moving forward.

"I knew it was you since the first moment I saw your circle."

Zenki spoke to the shadow that approached.

It sat down behind Zenki, and also hugged its knees. The clothes and body were shrouded in shadows, in darkness, and they couldn't be seen at all. But Zenki knew who it was, and knew what they would be doing with them.

"I'm sure you recognized my power straight away."

Zenki could barely form words at the thought of what he was going to say next, he truly wasn't sure what to say now.

"Yeah…but, why are you doing this? Working with terrorists? Kaa-chan will also be displeased if she finds out about this. What would the others say? You've been gone for quite a while now, I can't believe that you actually did this."

"It doesn't matter what the others say. All I want to hear is that you're going to join with me."

Zenki's body flinched, his eyes becoming a little wetter, hugging his knees even tighter.

"Asking me something that I cannot do. You should know my answer already, shouldn't you?"

Zenki noticed the shadow move behind him, briefly looking to see if they had gone, but they hadn't gone, so he returned his eyes to the ground, and didn't say anything else, awaiting the answer from the person behind him.

The person behind him didn't say anything for over half a minute, and Zenki had to wonder if there was a reason for the person to not speak.

But then, a small chuckling came from behind Zenki, alerting the young Devil to his presence.

"I thought asking would be good enough. I should've guessed that someone like you wouldn't join my cause, would you? But, well, I guess that it doesn't matter now. Either way, I am overjoyed to see you…is what I want to say, but meeting like this isn't under any normal circumstances."

"Yeah…but you know, if you carry on with helping terrorists, and doing what you've been doing, I will have to become heavy-handed with you. I'm sorry if it sounds like I am threatening you, but that's how it is now."

"I see. Then, the next time we meet, we'll be enemies, will we?"

At the question, Zenki lowered his eyes.

"Not if you stop now. If you don't commit anymore crimes, I can help you…we could just, stop this and you can…Kaa-chan would of course want to meet you again, since you are-"

"I don't particularly want to listen to anything about her anymore, or anyone else. I only came because you happened to be in Kyoto. We were close, once, so I wanted to give you the option to join me. If you don't want to join me, then that's fine. I don't mind being enemies."

"But I don't want to be enemies! I never wanted that!"

Zenki became emotional, his eyes tugging with tears.

But the mysterious figure behind Zenki didn't even appear to be the slightest bit emotional.

"That's what will happen if you continue to get in my way. Zenki…it's better if you stop trying to get in my way. Next time, we will have to fight, and I won't have any other chance but to beat you back, you and your peerage members."

Zenki's eyes changed when the mention of his peerage happened, he couldn't stand anyone threatening his peerage, not matter who it was, no one was going to threaten his peerage while he was around.

"Don't bring my peerage members into this. If you even try to threaten them, I will definitely have to eliminate you. Even though I don't want too, I will have to do it, because I can't have anyone threaten my peerage members."

The shadow behind Zenki moved to a standing position, and what remained was a set of golden eyes, not that unlike Zenki himself.

"Then, until we meet next. We'll definitely have to…have a large fight, won't we? One of us, will definitely die."

"Wait!"

Zenki turned around, but it was too late.

The person he was talking too, was gone. No one was there, Zenki's eyebrows furrowing as he crossed his arms.

"Why…did you have to do this…?"

Zenki's eyes began shedding some tears, trying to wrap his mind around what just happened.


End chapter!

So, more mystery's going on! Zenki apparently knows who's behind it, but who is it? And what connection does he have to Zenki exactly? Even Lancer is being mysterious too, with what he said before, which will come into play. For people who are worried that Lancer is a one off for this arc villain, then he isn't, he's important to one of the peerage members of Zenki's, but I won't say who just yet, it will become apparent very soon, if you didn't get it from this chapter. Le Fay also became bold enough to sit on Zenki's lap, with Mittelt showing jealousy, of course she doesn't want to admit that though. And Irina and Zenki have begun their start of a beautiful friendship! What's going to happen next?

So yeah, thanks for reading, reviews, and with nothing else to say, until next time!

Zenki; Asia, Koneko, Kuroka, Jeanne, Valerie, Xenovia, Serafall, Ravel, Irina, Sona, Ophis, Le Fay, Kunou, Akeno, Gabriel, Vali (fem), Mittelt, Gasper (fem).

Issei; Aika, Tsubasa, Kiyome, Isabela, Rossweisse, Elmenhilde, Raynare, Rias, Kalawarner.

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).