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A day in and I picked up some traffic. I would like to thank those that took an interest in this...whatever this is. Those that have followed and favorited, you know who you are. You dastardly devils and vexing angels. I thought I would like to add I actually have a number of chapters on standby already. I just have a terrible habit of looking through a chapter I make and doing final adjustments. In half a month, I'm planning to go on a month trip away from my town. I won't be able to take my laptop with me in that time. So I was thinking about posting a chapter a day. Or is it too excessive? I don't know. Helpful criticism is still helpful. Enjoy~!

~ 2 ~

A month passed from that day. Time sure can fly when your trying to fit in...or not in this case. I attracted the ire of most of the guys. Matsuda and Motohama especially, not sure what their problem is. Because of that incident from the Kendo club, they spread rumors about me being a traitor to men; a Renegade. The girls had only positive things about me when I helped the members in the Kendo team. Some were bold enough to ask me out, but I politely declined. It didn't deter them from persisting, only adding to their opinion about me. Some claiming me to be a Knight. Three weeks in, the two sides caught wind of the other side's nickname. That lead to a heated debate until they just combined the name. The females got the better end of the deal, with an even more strange image of me.

After meeting Rias the first time, hopes of seeing her again held up a little. Like two or three days of the week I had the chance to hang out with her. I was concerned at first that she didn't want to be around me, but she actually enjoyed the company. We talked about simple stuff, interests and hobbies. She has an unusual one in stuff Japan-related. It's not an overly obsessed interest, but a very passionate one when she goes on about the country's history, the sights, cuisine, culture. That's not even including her choices of anime she watches or manga she reads. While we chatted, habits of flirting kicked in. She didn't mind, though I was hoping she would make me stop. Some of those lines were enough to make a saint swear in embarrassment from how shameless they were.

It was after school, I decided to grab some groceries for dinner, also chose to update my wardrobe as my closet didn't have much other than the school uniforms, some exercise clothes, a couple of worn down jeans and shirts at best. So not much if wanting to look presentable. As I walk across the bridge, I sense something like an odd mix of light and darkness walking behind me.

I turn around to see a girl; sixteen or seventeen perhaps, black hair worn down with some bangs hovering over violet eyes. She wearing the girl's uniform of a different school. Where are you from miss and what is with that body? Definitely better than most, though not as great as Rias's. She fidgets a bit, finding her words to say.

"U-um, y-you wouldn't happen to be Takeo?" sounding shy about it. As good as your acting is, I can tell something's off. Eh, may as well dance to the tune and see where this goes.

"Last I remember, yes. You would be?"

"Amano, Amano Yuuma. I was wondering if you want to hang out on the weekends."

Hmm, what are you up to, little Yuuma? Knowing Azazel, he would usually set up surveillance at a distance on people with Sacred Gears. Did he suspect me having one? In any case, war isn't his cup of tea, so this seems to deviate away from that. His second in command doesn't strike me as someone who would go against his boss. There is that one shtick named Kokabiel, never did like that bastard when I was hired in by Azazel for looking into some disappearances of his subordinates. Apparently, a rather strong stray devil got the better of them, so I tidied up after the debacle of killing it by my lonesome. The pay was nice, the reception I got from him was anything but. Prick.

"Sure, meet me at the station, around...high noon?"

"Great! It's a date then!" she lights up a smile, and runs off to the opposite end of the bridge before waving to me. I wave back and headed home with a sigh. Good thing I bought some new clothes then.

~ Time Skip: Weekends ~

I arrived at the station five minutes early, simply out of habit from completing my jobs. No surprise at how everyone is moving about here, weekends mean more people enjoying their day. So that includes friends hanging out at the shopping center, couple of dates here and there, some business meetings at restaurants, so on and so on. For the date, I'm sporting combat boots, dark gray cargoes, black and gray hoodie showing off the white tank top. I don't have an exact plan of what to do with Yuuma for the day, but getting some lunch would be a good way to start.

After that meeting with Yuuma, I made a call to Ryu; asking if Kuou has any peculiarities to the area. He mentions the area being Devil territory, but notices traffic of Fallen, and exorcists squatting in an abandoned church. Can't be sure if the two are connected together, but better be cautious than brush it off. Then it's just a matter of finding the ringleader; still certain it isn't Azazel, anyone else in the line of command wouldn't be suspect except Kokabiel; he just rubs me the wrong way is all.

I was mulling over the next five steps on what to do when I felt something tap me on the shoulder. I thought it was Yuuma at first, but was proven wrong with a woman handing me a slip of paper, waves, and went about her way. How come I didn't notice her walking up on me? Man I am getting rusty. I look at the piece of paper, noting the design on it. Summoning spell. I tuck the slip into my pocket.

Yuuma spots me out in the crowd, and comes walking to me. "Sorry if I was running late."

"Hardly. I have a habit of getting somewhere early, so you're good. Want to grab something to eat first or go do some shopping?" I smile.

"Lunch sounds good." we set off for a restaurant, no real preference on what, because anything sounded good at the moment. Settling for one by the shopping center, we walked in to a booth by the windows. After making our order, we broke into a conversation. I go on about my travels across various countries, she seems to take a genuine interest in it. Guess she rarely goes out for vacation. She was a little vague on the subject of her, but I let it slide when the food arrived.

Finished with lunch, we head into the shops. Most of the time we were browsing in the clothing section for the girls. She tries on some clothes here and there, showcasing herself. I'm more of a girl in jeans kind of guy but watching her try on different combinations with dresses made me open my preferences.

Some of the males around were getting jealous, even some females felt peeved that I wasn't their date. I asked Yuuma if there was any favorites she liked. She was surprised at the offer I was making buying something for her. So she picked out a dark blue dress blouse and black skirt, and let me choose something else. I head into the accessory aisle, skimming through when I notice a hair clip and bracelet that would go well together with the dress. I pay for the items and she took to the items well, wearing the clip and bracelet. Making a promise of wearing the dress at one point for me. If there is another time.

She asks if there was anywhere I like to go. I waved off the offer as my hobbies consist of either gaming, anime, and Gunpla; wouldn't want to weird her out, but she insisted since I was kind enough to buy something for her. Reluctantly, I took her offer while warning her what to expect, yet she didn't seem phased. We arrive in a store that happens to sells all three of the stuff. Her face lit up with interest for some of the things around. Not what I expected at all; especially when she comes running towards me with one of the latest Gunpla model that was released recently, and a plush toy of a character that looked oddly like me.

"You know I didn't think you would have an interest in this kind of stuff."

"I don't know about the model kit, but I might get into it. The plush look cute, and it reminds me of you." she answers, muttering the last bit with a tinge of red covering her face. I didn't expect her to sound genuine about that, but she did. Walking out after paying for the model kit and plush, we were set upon by eyes of jealousy from the other customers. Sigh. A change in scenery would be nice, so I took her to a music center. Listening to some of the new releases, while I look into buying an instrument for myself.

"Any other interest I should be aware of?" Yuuma asking curiously.

"It's been a while since I picked up a guitar, might get back into it."

"You're not in a band?"she asks, I shake my head in response.

"A couple of friends and I were together at one point. Though we disband it when we separated."

"Any chance I can get to hear you sing."

"Give it a couple of more dates, we'll see." I smirk.

"Is that a promise for future dates?" She grins in response.

"I don't know, is it?" I laugh a bit at the childish pout, and she giggles as well.

The rest of the day, we weren't doing much outside of simply walking together and window shopping. Went to an arcade where we played on a D.D.R machine and lost track of time for an hour. It was getting close to the end of the day, and we were aimlessly walking around before stopping by a park for a rest.

"That was a fun filled day, eh?" looking to Yuuma.

"Definitely one of my favorites." She smiles and nods, before looking slightly sullen.

"Is something wrong Yuuma? I mean I haven't been on a date before so I can understand." turning to her.

"No it isn't you, believe me. It was the best day a girl could ask for. It's just..." she explains before a loud noise interrupts her. The both of us turn towards the source which was a group of men in masks, priest uniforms, with cross necklaces hanging down their necks. Didn't think would see the exorcists make a move already. One of them pulls out a dagger and throws it towards me. I catch the blade between index and middle finger, shocking Yuuma and the others.

"Friends of yours Yuuma?" she shakes her head. "Not to sound conceited, but I already found out about you." that shook her out of her daze.

"What do you mean? Found what out about me?"

"That you're a Fallen." her eyes widen. "It's fine really, though we'll be having a talk after this." I get up from the bench, twirling the dagger in hand, as I walk towards the group. I could sense the malice towards me when I stopped in front of them. "Don't you know it's impolite to interrupt someone's date." I joke. They didn't take kind to it and sneered.

"What does it matter? Tonight will be your last. Bearer of the Sacred Gear!"

The one who chucked his weapon at me charges. I scoff and dash under him, kicking upward, sending his body sky high. I jump after him, ramming the dagger in his shoulder, and perform an Izuna Drop. Splitting the skull from the impact, and snapping his neck in the process. Three others rush me down as I recover from the descent.

The first one pulls out a sword and slashes at me. I brush the attack off with a back hand, sending the blade to the side. My other fist makes contact with his jugular, leaving him gasping for air and staggering back. I walk towards the man, one hand on his chin, another behind his head. I jerk and twist the neck upward, killing him in seconds.

The second pulls a gun and points at my head, expecting a point blank kill. I grab it by the sliding mechanism, ejecting a bullet, and press the release for the magazine, rendering it useless. Taking it further by pulling the slide back enough where it comes off the gun. While shocked at the action, I slam the slide in his heart.

The last throws a left jab. I block it off and counter with a right cross to his jaw. Discombobulating him by slamming my hands in his ears together before landing two punches to his abdomen. He flails in a frenzy with a straight that was blocked and he received a hit to the ribs. He doesn't relent and goes with a left cross. I slap that off and throw a left of my own to the chin. I spartan kick him down, and leave his body there for a moment before picking up one of the swords they were carrying. I can tell he won't be giving up as I heard rustling behind. The man attempted to pull out a gun, but failed when I threw the sword aimed at his chest. He drops dead.

No point keeping them alive, as long as Yuuma would cooperate with me, she can fill in the blanks. I look at her; her face painted with amazement and terror. Wonder who she thought I was, simply human who happens to have a Sacred Gear. I walk towards her, and she back steps a bit. I guess that's understandable, I did kill four people in cold blood without breaking a sweat. I raise my hands up as a sign of peace, ensuring I won't hurt her; she loosen her shoulders slightly.

"Sorry about that display there. Think we can have that talk now?"

"W-what? You just killed four people, you knew I was a Fallen, and you just want to talk?" taken back at how I'm handling this situation. I quirk an eyebrow at her as if I would do something otherwise. She sweat dropped at the scene and sighs. "Alright what do you want to talk about?"

"Who gave you the orders to get close to me?"

"That part is complicated. At first it was Azazel-sama that just wanted to keep an eye on you, I thought going on a date would assess you further. During the date I received a change in my orders saying to kill you." sounding genuinely conflicted about the last part.

"Let me guess, Kokabiel?" she nods while shocked at knowing the name, indicating I was right. "And the exorcist there?" I point my thumb behind the mess I made.

"Probably sent by him as well, though I'm not sure what for." Her guess was as good as mine.

"...Was your name really Yuuma?"

"No...no it wasn't. It's Raynare if you want to know."

"Raynare, huh? Pleasure to meet ya." I grin. She was stunned at the simplicity of the way I took it all in. Most likely expecting me to be furious.

"I-I'm sorry for deceiving you. You have every right to be angry at me." she bows her head down. I wave it off.

"It's fine, I have a nasty habit of trouble finding me. So I was sort of expecting this. Besides, you seemed really happy on our little get together, it wasn't all bad." she smiles a bit. "In any case, is anyone else in on this or is it only you?"

"There are other, I doubt they'll take kindly to this though. They wouldn't believe me unless I have proof. I could talk to Azazel-sama about this but it would raise suspicion from Kokabiel."

"So for now, we'll have to play it as if everything went according to plan." I comment. Her eyes widen as if knowing where this was going. "Don't worry, I have an idea." I pull out that slip the woman from the station gave me.

She recognizes the symbol, and asks. "You mean..."

"Truth be told, I was never entirely human to begin with. As to what I am...well it's complicated." You can only trust a handful of people with this kind of information. Even the people that know God is dead, as my very existence is nothing short of blasphemous. She stays silent for a while, and nods.

"Okay, I hope you know what your doing. For what it's worth, it was a fun date." smiling before changing into her Fallen Angel attire. Must say, I never took her for that kind of girl. Her looks change to reflect a slightly mature face. The clothing only seems to cover her lady parts in a minimal fashion, showing off a sensible amount of her pale skin.

"So Raynare, wear that often or am I a special case?" I wiggle my eyebrows. She blushes a bit and stutters. I laugh as she pouts furiously at me. Her face changes to a more mischievous grin, and saunter towards me.

"If you want, I can wear this more often for you." putting on a sultry voice as she walks her fingers on my chest. I gently grab the hand and kiss it on the back. Her plan clearly backfired when she back tracks stuttering even more.

"Perhaps another time. For now I have a date with a devil." Her pouting just couldn't get any cuter, even with the interesting choice of clothing. Next thing I know, she takes off flying with the gifts she bought with a smile.

"See you soon!" she exclaims fading into the distance. I wave good bye and focused on the slip.

"So how does this work?" I rarely fiddle around with summoning circles. I wasn't sure with this kind of one. It say 'Your wish will be fulfilled'. I guess that part is easy as I want to be a devil...if I wasn't part devil already. Now it's just a matter of how it works. The symbol lights up a dark red color. 'Just like her' I wonder to myself. A circle forms on the floor in front of me and light flares through the darkness of night. What came out of the circle took me by surprise.

A girl with crimson long hair, turquoise eyes, and a body that would get any man hot and bothered wearing a black dress. Wait...? Unconsciously I call out her name.

"U-uh...Rias?" bewildered at the fact that of all the people to appear it was her. I recalled this territory being Rias's as she's one, but didn't think she'd be summoned.

"Ara, it's not often I get summoned." she looks around first then to me. "Oh, Takeo-kun."

"Yeah, sorry if I was interrupting you on something." I rub the back of my head sheepishly.

"It's fine, I wasn't doing much at the moment anyway. So I guess the cats out of the bag huh?"

"So it appears. I was wondering if you had any job openings as Devil?" she was slightly surprised at the question.

"You could say I do, but mind if I ask why you want to apply?"

"Sounds fair; to start, I was attacked by the group over there." I point to the bodies behind her, her expression turns to shock at who they were and the fact they're dead. "Stray exorcist, if that's not enough they were probably under orders of Kokabiel." She goes from shock to anger in a second, then reels everything back in.

"How do you know of him?"

"I was born into the supernatural world, my choice to keep up with current knowledge. I know a good amount about the Devils, Fallen Angels, and Angels. As to who or what I am, I'd rather keep that to myself. Believe me when I say it, it's not something we'd want to get out in the public." She considers this for a moment, and nods in understanding. "One day you'll get an explanation from me. But the subject is a bit touchy." sounding melancholic about the idea of discussing 'that' with other people. "Whether I like it or not, trouble always seems to find me. They attack first, I fight back. Leading up to what happened behind you. I'm also helping out a friend who got caught in the middle of the right hand not knowing what the left is doing."

"How so?"

"Fallen Angel by the name Raynare received orders to simply observe me. During her watch, the orders change from surveillance to a kill order. She wasn't sure at first, and I suspected foul play by you-know-who." implying Kokabiel possibly had a hand.

"Rather kind of you to do that. Are you sure though? This is quite the life choice you're making." sounding concerned and intrigued while putting on a smile for what I'm about to do.

"Like I said, I'm a trouble magnet. Being a Devil won't change much." I wasn't quite sure about that, but I didn't want her to hear about it.

"...Well alright." she summons out an assortment of chess pieces. A rook, knight, bishop, and eight pawns. So I guess she only has four people in her peerage.

"I take it being you don't get many applicants?" I raise an eyebrow.

"Well you are one of the few to openly request becoming a Devil." She responds with a smirk, knowing what I meant. "If it's alright with you, I'll be going with the [Pawn] Piece."

"It's fine, though you might need more." she raises her brow curiously. "You might think I'm tooting my own horn, but trust me."

Unsure at first, but going along with it, she inserts two in my chest to test the waters. Nothing happens. Another two...nothing again. Two more. Still nothing. Inserting the last two...and a big pile of nothing. Both of us looked at each other with confused expressions.

"Are you sure these things work?" I ask skeptically, poking at my chest. She pulls them all out and glares adorably at them like a child would stare at a toy that stopped working.

"I'll have to talk to my brother about this one. It's getting late, so we should head back home."

"Sounds good, any idea how long it'll take?"

"Probably won't be long, I'll just teleport to where you are, so hold onto that slip, okay."

"You got it, ma'am. See you in a few." I walk off and wave behind me. The sound of her teleporting reached my ear, indicating she left.

The walk towards home was uneventful. I open the doors and lock them behind me. I didn't bother with dinner as I already ate, instead I head into the showers. The day was clearly exhausting, I was expecting a good kind when I went on that date. Instead it was a 'I had to fight off a group of exorcist' exhausting. The hot water felt nice, washing down on me.

Minutes after drying myself off, I grab a pair of boxers, and t-shirt from the closet when I walked in slightly damp. I plonk on to the bed and let sleep take over. Thoughts of Rias came to mind, some maybe I shouldn't be having. I should know better than even thinking these things but didn't care.

~ Rias's POV ~

When I arrived in his room, he was already asleep. I figured it would wait until morning, but better to find out now. I talked with my brother about adding Takeo to my peerage, explaining even with eight pawn pieces, it wasn't enough to turn him into a Devil. He was rather surprised about it, figured it wouldn't hurt to hand me eight Mutation Pawns. I thought he was pushing it a bit far, handing me an entire set of Mutation Pieces. But what if it really took all eight of them to turn him. I pull all eight, along with the regulars, and tried every combinations of pieces with no result in sight.

It really will take all eight Mutations for him. I place the eight in a circle on his chest, he took to them almost instantly, and a deep red glow emanated from him. Surprise and excitement filled me as the ritual came to a close. I brush his damp hair to the side. He must have came out of the bath as some of it clung to his skin.

My eyes trail down to his chest rising and lowering to his breathing. I felt heat blossoming on my face and my own chest at how the shirt stretched to his form. Divine or Sinful? It was getting late and he wouldn't mind some company, right? I strip down to nude and climb in bed with him. I place my head on the pillow next to him, but he wraps his arm around me and pulls me in. That blush earlier came back like a wildfire as I came closer to his defined chest. 'I didn't think he cuddles.' I giggle to myself. I place my cheek on his chest, allowing the embrace to envelop me in his warmth.