Because two of you wanted me to continue this for a while i decided to do so.
I reward to you this chapter that somehow took place mostly in one spot, i surprised myself here.
The Occult research club was the most sought after club in the whole school. It had Rias Gremory and Himejima Akeno, the two most popular girls in the school and the two girls who were dubbed 'Two Great Onee-sama's'. The lone male Kiba Yuuto who was the true prince of the school. Finally was Koneko Toujou who was called the school mascot due to her small size and cute looks. Students would apply to join this club constantly but always be rejected.
If the students of this school could see how I was being treated right now would they brush it aside or come to my defence? They'd probably brush it aside.
Unlike Issei who was being treated like a person and was offered a drink and was allowed to sit on one of the sofas that were in the room, I was being made to sit on the cold wooden floor in the corner of the room with a small bowl of milk in front of me. I had learned that the collar she had put on me was able to electrocute me if it was deemed necessary. I was being treated like a feral animal with no humanity at all.
Rias Gremory was the only one to feel this way about me, the others though did not voice their opinions at all caring for themselves rather than someone else. Devils have been portrayed as pure evil and willing to do anything as long as it resolves with them gaining pleasure. The Governor had told me that they all weren't that way and his words aren't exactly being taken to heart right now, it was completely the opposite.
I had the means to kill them all now, courtesy of the Governor but the damn collar would react to it too quick and I wouldn't be able to do a thing. I only have two choices, Give in and become her servant or just sit in the corner and wallow in self-pity. Neither are particularly good options but I could give in to a degree, I don't have to be completely happy to earn their loyalty or whatever was needed for me to rest on something comfortable.
"Oi cat!"
I look up from where I was and turn to the devils of the room who were all looking at me curiously.
"Do you need something from me?"
"I need you inform you on your new life."
"No need. I already know about the three factions and what devils do to earn money."
"Good, then you can do it."
"No can do, being a devil gets in the way of my life. Just joining the Occult Research club is a pain in itself. I have a job that I enjoy doing, i'm not going to go out of my own way to make someone like you look good."
I felt a jolt of electricity quickly run through my body but it wasn't enough to bother me.
"Why would I even want to do anything for you when you treat me like this? Why would you even expect me to be civil to devils with what you did to my kind?"
"That collar is just payback for killing my familiar."
That seems like a stupid form of payback. The outcome of a murder is either another one or forgiveness. Torture like this is weird and wrong, you'd have to be twisted to do something like this. Anyway, she has already had her payback.
"Then what was stabbing me in the back and killing me for? Surely to turn me into an abomination isn't it."
"I wanted you."
I recoiled slightly at that, there seemed to be a hint of lust at the back of her tone.
"Why would you want me?"
"Your body and your power."
That lust actually meant something then. If that's true then she must be very twisted to treat me like this. I know Nekoshou are wanted for their bodies, especially being the top race when it comes to sex if you don't count the ones that are primarily about sex.
"Like your brother you hold a sacred gear which for a Youkai should be impossible."
She knows about that? Is it really that easy to notice? The Governor never did tell me if there was a way to suppress it's presence.
"Now what is it."
It wasn't a question but an order, there was no sign at all that I had the choice to not answer her. I could feel the piece inside me tug from the connection willing me to answer her.
"The Lunar Gear."
"The sacred gear which contains a sword with a crescent-shaped blade and holds the properties of 'Holy' magic but it can't be sensed."
She sounds confident but that is very wrong. That crescent part must just of been a style choice by a previous possessor. The crescent normally takes its place as an ornament on the weapon.
"That is incorrect. The Lunar Gear is better known as the 'Moon's Armoury'. It's a stronger and more diverse version of the holy sword gear, Blade Blacksmith. It also has multiple abilities to it too, it's not even placed on the ranking list because it's an off world Sacred Gear created by God."
"What do you mean by that?"
The intensity of the look Rias was giving me had calmed down and she was just simply looking now but still held a look of lust which unnerved me greatly. I decided to keep my attention solely on her while I spoke just so I didn't get electrocuted at all.
"As we all know, there are multiple interpretations of how the world was made. The one that is true is that God made this universe and supposedly the other universes were made by the gods of those universes. In this world there are multiple gods but two created Earth alone. The Biblical God and the Dragon God of Infinite, while the Biblical God created the other worlds and moons the Dragon God of Infinite created monsters and creatures along with the first Youkai. The Biblical God then went on to create everything else. The Lunar Gear was the first ever and was created thousand of years before any of the others."
"What else do you know about it?"
"I only know the history of its origin and not much else. The knowledge comes through with progression but I have found details on it's balance breaker."
Rias's eyes widened.
"You've already attained Balance Breaker?"
"That's kinda hard to answer but I haven't attained the true Balance Breaker. It has sub-sets which are called 'Moon Phases', while none really strong by themselves they are good for variety. I do not know how many there are but I have unlocked three of them. Two at the basic level and the other at a complete state."
I don't like that i'm just explaining all I know about it here and now.
"The complete phase is the ability to increase and decrease the weight of things allowing me to break through gravitational magic but it can only be done by touch. The other two are 'Moon Manipulation' and 'Summon Swords'."
"Those two do?"
"Moon Manipulation allows me to turn the sky dark whenever I like but only when I have mastered it and I don't even know what the strain on my body would be like. It also allows me to use 'Light' magic but I guess it would be called 'Lunar' magic. Summon swords allows me to summon 'Phantom Blades' to float around in the sky, at a perfected level there would be 13 of them all with different abilities that I can freely choose but only when I create each ability."
"What about the 'True Balance Breaker'?"
"Defence and Power which exceeds above all else in the hour when the moon is at the highest it can go in the sky. The Lord's knight. That's practically it, it was very vague when I looked into it. The one thing I do know is that it holds the sword 'Second Star'. When I looked into it and spoke to others, the Second Star was a Lunar Sword which is called the First Holy Sword. It's called 'indestructible' and compared to a star itself, only a weapon that could blow up a planet could break this blade. Anything else is unknown, I need to train more with it to learn anything else."
Hopefully she would take the lie I just gave, I do know a little bit more that that but that's not for her to know. Luckily she took it rather easily and just smiled at me which unnerved me a lot more than just her gaze.
"Gin-nya, do you have work today?"
"I do." I then looked to the corner of my vision in the glasses to see the time. "I gotta be there in 40 minutes. I can't be late either, the Governor is meant to be in today."
"What are your work days and hours?"
"I work practically every day but every other week I don't do weekends. I'm only doing today because the Governor is in and I need to go through stuff with him. My work times get me home late on weekdays and weekends are random but I'm always there between 12 and 3."
Each time I said the Governor she wore a small look of unhappiness. Maybe she knows of Azazel's reputation towards people with sacred gears, possibly concerned about him trying to take me. Well it's the other way round now, hopefully Azazel can help me with this damn colour. Shame it's actually got a nice design on it.
"Will you still be there in a few hours?"
So she wants to come and see me, that's kinda annoying. We are starting cat week today, the collar will make it look like im taking it more seriously though. The only upside it will ever have until the Governor can overpower it for me.
"Yes, I should be. If you want me then you'll have to ask for me if I'm already serving someone."
"Ok, you can go now."
I bowed my head towards Rias lightly before taking my time to stand up. I picked my bag up from the floor and swung it over my shoulders before leaving quietly.
…
As soon as I entered the family restaurant I was greeted by the regulars who were their enjoying their time. Looking round the place I saw the Governor's door wide open so I decided to go straight there. When I got to the door I saw both Asahi and the Governor there looking over some papers. I stood at the door for a second doing nothing before they noticed me and started to stare.
"So they got to ya?"
"They did. Although it is a Fallen Angel's fault."
The Governor tilted his head towards me in confusion. I'm surprised that they are so lax that I am now a devil, probably because they know I wouldn't attack them.
"A Fallen Angel called Raynare had supposedly received orders from you that Issei was now dangerous and tried to kill him. I was able to allow Raynare to get away but I didn't expect what was to happen next."
"She killed you, didn't she?"
"She did, Rias Gremory that is. Then she put this collar on me while I was unconscious, she knows full well that I dislike her but she did this to keep me under control. Would yo be able to do anything about the collar?"
I felt a short jolt of electricity run through my body as I asked to have it gone.
The Governor stood up from his chair and came towards me. He bent down slightly and started to peer over the collar with an intrigued expression. Once he backed away from me I saw a slightly troubled expression.
"Well, there is too much power for me to simply overpower it. Presumably she asked her brother to create it while using an excuse of some sort. Even if I was to try and take it off it would explode destroying this whole place with it. The only thing I could do is use a conductive strip and place it on the underside of the collar. That will take the electric for you but allow them to still feel their reign over you, whether they will or not you won't know until it happens."
"That's better than nothing. Frankly, I like the design."
I saw the Governor smirk at me. My affinity for the moon comes in several way just like Asahi's affinity for the sun. Then out from nowhere appeared a thin strip of paper that dropped into the Governor's hand. He then immediately came back to me and placed the thin strip of paper onto the inside of the collar leaving no visible change.
"Seen as you are a devil, they'll want you to do contracts. Tell your new master that I will make your job into a contract and i'll right a report slip after each day you work. I'll also up your pay somewhat."
"Really?"
"Of course, I'll do what I can for ya. I'll also set out a new order to keep you safe even though you are a devil."
"Thank you Azazel."
He replied to me with a thumbs up as Asahi started to drag me out of the room and towards the changing room. Once in there I started to change into my uniform as Asahi waited by the door.
"The Governor said you'll have to use your own ears and tail this week. According to him, your powers should be deteriorating. Is that true?"
Can't hide anything from Azazel it seems. That guy is too smart for his own good at times.
"Yeah, even though I wear glasses to begin with things are going blurry at the edge of my sight."
As I started to tie the silver ribbon around my neck I allow my silver ears and tail to come out. It felt like I just received a small amount of pleasure just from allowing them to come out. I feel slightly relieved a less tense at the same time. Unlike other Nekoshou, I'm okay with others seeing my ears and tail probably due to this job and Asahi drugging me a lot so he can play with my tail. But just like other Nekoshou, I am extremely uncomfortable with them seeing my kitten form as I am yet to hit my puberty.
From the calender I have for it, I should hit it in two months time. I close the door to my locker and walk to the door and place my hand on the handle as I look to Asahi who looked like he was elsewhere.
"What's wrong Asa-kun?"
"You love me right?"
What the hell is he talking about?
"In the friend sense yeah."
"What about if you are ordered to kill me by the Devils?"
So that's what he is worried about.
"Then I won't do it, I'll stray if I have to. You are my best friend and have helped to keep me safe, i'm not going to do anything to jeopardize that."
Asahi continued to face away from me but I could see a smile staring to creep up onto his face.
"That's good then. The fallen sun and the devil moon are best friends."
"Hai Amaterasu-chan."
"Good good, Tsukiyomi-kun. We kinda break the history a little, don't you think?"
Asahi now turns towards me with a happy smile and a slightly teary right eye.
"Yeah but doesn't depend on the version. At least you have the sword designated to you."
Asahi's smile then changes to a pout as he playfully knocks his fist against my shoulder.
"Little Kusacchi doesn't acknowledge me yet. You have to unlock yours yet anyway."
"You seriously calling 'Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi' Kusacchi? That is you at least."
"Either that or I'm actually a descendant of Amaterasu."
"If that was the case wouldn't the sword of accepted you by now?"
"Who knows? Shouldn't you of achieved balance breaker by now?"
"Shouldn't you of awakened your own sacred gear by now?"
We met at a stalemate, staring each other down. We continued to stare at each other for a while and were broke out of it by a couple of knocks at the door.
"Oi you two. Stop flirting and get out here, people are calling on you Gin."
Once the Governor said flirting we could both hear girls let out their screams. Once I heard that I turned to Asahi and he was wearing a mischievous look, he was going to do something. Then it just disappeared and turned into a smile before he decided to leave first, something he never does. He likes to make me open the door for him if i'm near by.
I quickly followed out after him and we were both greeted by wolf whistles, something we had both come to put up with after the multiple weeks we have had to do this. The Governor also made me and Asahi do a play last year for Christmas, he even made us do 'Romeo + Juliet'. The guy really knows how to annoy us and make a butt load of cash by doing so. There are rumours that he advertises this restaurant in Akihabara to get all the Fujoshis to come here, I actually believe that rumour is true as Asahi and I are treated better there when we go together.
We both went to the side and picked up our notepads, pens and a few menus before going off to tend to the customers.
…
Coincidently, Neko week is also tip week. We both normally make a quarter of our salaries a day on tips alone, the girls who attend enjoy the interactions between us. Actually our friendly interactions are part of the job to give some entertainment to the customers while they are eating. At most we can get £5 of just tips from some girls but of course they are the Fujoshis so it isn't always like that. So during this week the Governor sets up a way to make more money. If you tip £5 then you can get a photo with your Neko-waiter but if you tip £6 or more then you can get a photo of the Neko-waiter doing one thing you want, Luckily for me and Asahi kissing them on the lips is prohibited but we are allowed to kiss them elsewhere without restriction. Times like these make me wonder why we aren't called a dodgy workplace.
It was near enough 3 hours later and Rias arrived at the family restaurant with the other members. The Governor was already there talking to them as I started to walk over to them. As I reach them and stand next to the Governor, Rias looks at me with an irritated expression which slowly disappears after she looks at me and sees that the collar is still there. Her face then gains a small blush like Koneko's does once they see my ears and tail out.
"Well Rias-chan, I'll have him continue his work but in the form on a contract for you. If he can't attend work one day then please get him to tell Asahi. Gin-nya, please look after them."
I place a smile on my face and nod to him twice making him smirk and walk off.
"Would you like to sit at a booth or a table?"
"We'll take a booth, Gin-nya."
I felt a small ball of disgust appear in my chest as Rias says that. My body really doesn't like her.
"Then this way, Gremory-sama."
I bowed my head and pointed my hand out to the left, then quickly turned to take them to a booth. We walked to the end of restaurant and we stopped at one of the bigger, more secluded booths which are normally used for parties for some privacy.
Once they had sat down, I passed them all their own menus and stood by the edge of their table as they look through the menu. Koneko was the first to place her menu down and look towards me, I took my pen out and readied the notepad.
"Your order, Toujou-sama?"
"Neko parfait?"
She tilted her head and as she did so I felt my face flush red.
"The Neko Parfait is a parfait that I created using my favourite sweets decorating a mix of Strawberry, Vanilla and Chocolate ice cream. It also contains two wafers that stick out of the top with a cat's face as a design."
Additionally, there was also a sun and moon version to correspond with me and Asahi. This one though was a special to Neko week, of course.
Koneko then nodded to me and I wrote it down for her order.
"Anything else Toujou-sama?"
She then just shook her head to me and I smiled in reply before turning to everyone else. Both Kiba and Issei just asked a glass of lemonade each. Akeno asked for some honey tea leaving Rias as she continued to look through the list.
"Has anything caught your eye, Gremory-sama?"
"It's Rias."
"Of course, Rias-sama."
I don't hesitate at all to speak to her in this scenario, I don't really feel any hatred towards her either. Probably due to this being a part of Fallen Angel Territory so I know I am safe, if the devils were to do anything here then there would be a problem.
Rias then placed her finger on one part of the menu and then looked towards me.
"What's the 'Neko Waiter Special' under the list of things labelled 'Gin-nya'?"
Not having any idea what she was going on about I took a look at a menu myself and found the menu. Just under the picture was a small star with the letters C.N. next to it. There is only one thing with those letters like that, that Azazel would put into the menu to do with me. Looking back at the picture I saw that it was a small meal set of Omelette Rice and milky tea.
My face literally dropped as I saw that picture. How much is the Governor gonna toy with me here? I cleared my throat and put the menu back into my pocket before answering.
"It is a set meal of Omelette rice and milky tea that you can share with me, I feed you and you feed me. The twist is that it is filled with a special blend of cat nip that is my favourite."
This place really is a dodgy restaurant, I can't believe he placed something here that will get me out of sorts. Why would he try to drug me while on the job plus it's kinda sneaky that he is getting other people to do it.
"Am I right to think that you would want to order it, Rias-sama?"
I was answered by a childish nod. I noted down her order and stepped back, then I took a bow and went off to receive their orders.
The system here is pretty darn good. The food and drinks are really tasty and they are ready in a matter of seconds using the manipulation of magic. The meals are either made by a magic-powered over or by hand-magic. All the drinks are magically-infused to relax the body and strengthen the bones. Basically, all our meals are extremely healthy.
As I wait a minute for their orders to be readied, I wander round the restaurant and clean up the empty tables. Back at the entry to the kitchen was two trays that held their orders. One for the drinks and Koneko's parfait and the other with Rias' order. I quickly pick them up with one tray per hand and quickly made my way over to their table.
Neko week is probably the easiest week as a waiter, the tail allows me to keep my balance when I'm walking round with heavy orders. I make my way to the devil's booth by snaking my way through the restaurant. I place the two trays on the edge of the table and then pass out each order to the appropriate person. As I passed them out, I noticed that Rias and Koneko had switched seats so Rias could sit at the edge.
I put the two trays together and placed them under my right arm. Just as I was about to grab a chair I heard Asahi's voice from across the room.
"Gin-nya, these girls have tipped high. Come and do something for them?"
"Alright one sec, Asa-kun." I then turned to look at Rias. "I apologize, Rias-sama. I'll be right back."
I bowed to her before running off to where Asahi was and helped him out. It was the typical thing that the girl's asked for whether it was from me or Asahi. Just a simple kiss on the cheek.
When I return to the table I see Koneko trying to hide her blush but failing to do so with her eyes closed and a slightly annoyed Rias. I decide to speak with regards to the shady establishment I am a member of.
"Is there something wrong, Rias-sama?"
"What you did over there, can anyone have that?"
"If you tip the sufficient amount yes."
"How much?"
"5 for a photo of you and your desired Neko-waiter. 6 for a photo of your desired Neko-waiter doing something you want me to do with only a kiss on the lips being prohibited."
"As long as it's not on these lips then anywhere?"
She pointed to her lips in emphasis to her point. Out the corner of my eye I saw Issei looking really angry but containing it so im not forced to kick him out.
"Regretfully that is the only thing disallowed but our customers tend to have decency and ask for a kiss on their cheek or the rare time on their forehead. I have had a girl ask me to cheek their temperature by forehead to forehead, there was also a cougar that the Governor brought in some time ago she nearly suffocated me."
I don't really wanna think about that woman, those balls of fat were just ridiculously huge. She must have serious backache because of those.
Luckily enough, my little speech directed her mind towards a just a kiss on the cheek and was done with it. Surprisingly, both Akeno and Koneko chose to do the same thing so I got some good tippage there. Then straight after that was the meal set with Rias.
The bad thing about it was that it's fast acting and that's the only bad thing really. This special catnip was made by the Governor as he purified normal catnip to it's base form but to do this it gets rid of all the other chemicals and things inside it, this makes it only fresh for 12 hours. You do not want that stuff to go off but normal catnip is fine weirdly enough, it can last forever and not go off.
This special catnip works in different ways depending on how you do it. Smoking it will make you act like you smoked what drugs are smoked and then putting it in which something you drink makes it act like alcohol. If you are to use it in food like a herb then it acts like cooking wine. The Governor spends his time on the strangest of things but this time, I'll let him off.
That's what I know happens but I'm told that it loosens my tongue slightly and I can speak out of turn wherever I am. Here it's not so good but it turn's out to be quite favourable as my Nekoshou instincts kick in and I start saying -Nya after everything. There were times that I would lick food off of girl's faces when I was working, this though is from Asahi's mouth so who knows if it's true.
Happily I took the first bite from Rias and then my memory just disappears and I won't know what happened till the next day. I just wonder if I want to know what I did.
Who knew i could keep it going in one place for so long?
Gin is practically the pet of the group and he is looking to claw his way out of it even if Rias is in the way of that.
The Lunar Gear is completely offset from the Sacred Gears so don't think of it as one.
Asahi ... Well, can his actually be predicted? Of course, I've hinted at it up there ^.
Whether the Lunar Gear is as strong as the Longinus' is questionable but it's all dependence on the user.
More details on the Lunar Gear in future chapters, Ciao.
