Chapter X

Well hello everybody, it is time for the next chapter of Chaos Pawn of the Gremory. I saw a few more reviews last time, which is nice to see. At any rate, I would like to thank my coauthor Bakuto Masaki and TheLastNanaya, the person whose title I still have not figured out. Well I suppose it is time for the reviewer responses.

Jose19: Of course I will. It is a DxD crossover, it's just that Bleach and some of the Nasuverse stories are taking center stage right now.

TheLastNanaya: He has only just now learned that, he is still in the process of gathering together everything he knows. He still needs to deal with the rest of the things going on around him too. In DxD she uses lightning, she has used wind, she has used fire and even water a few time. She will. Yeah, she is in.

correnhimself316: Yup, Retsu Unohana. He could be, or Naruto's fate could be completely unrelated. It is based on his chakra, which, due to his time as Abraxas and how he gained his Mangekyo, is rather twisted. No, not Skeith but you have got the right idea.

Bakuto Masaki: It is a bit.

That should do it for reviewer responses, so let us move on to the actual story, shall we?

Kazuma had just taken on a new resident to his apartment, a friend of Erza's from long before she had become a Soul Reaper, Mirajane Strauss.

Mirajane had become a Hollow after dying rather than becoming a Soul Reaper like Erza and others, and Kazuma, with help from Erza and a small group of people, had managed to seemingly reverse the effects on Mirajane.

The morning after returning her to his apartment and Erza having explained their history, Kazuma walked out of his bedroom exhausted.

"Damn…every part of me hurts…" he groaned. He blinked curiously when he noticed Erza asleep at the dining room table.

"She stayed up all night caring for that woman, nya," Kuroka explained.

Kazuma nodded in understanding. "She certainly looks beat." Kazuma walked back into his room for a moment and then came back out with a blanket and draped it over her sleeping form. Kazuma then turned to Kuroka with a frown.

Kuroka looked at him curiously.

In the rightmost large room of the apartment, Kuroka and Kazuma sat on a couch in the mostly empty area.

"What is it, nya?" Kuroka asked.

"There's some things you haven't told me yet, Kuroka," Kazuma explained.

Kuroka sighed and responded, "Ah, so what Medea was true, nya. That you met another group of devils out there, nya."

Kazuma nodded. "And not just any devils. A Gremory that had my power."

Kuroka blinked. "Your power, nya?"

"You remember everything that I told you, don't you?"

Kuroka nodded. "Yes but…what's that got to do with this Gremory, nya?"

Kazuma sighed and explained, "I told you I was the first Bael. I'm also the one who originated the Power of Destruction. Meaning any devils that have it inherited it from me. However, that wouldn't explain why a Gremory has it."

Kuroka thought for a moment and then nodded. "That's easy to explain, nya. Rias' father is Lord Gremory and her mother is Venelana Bael, nya."

Kazuma looked at her surprised. "Really? I guess that explains everything then. Well…almost everything."

Kuroka blinked curiously and asked, "What's wrong, nya?"

Kazuma shook his head as he stood up. "Forget it, it's nothing important."

Kuroka nodded in confused acceptance as Kazuma disappeared back into the main section of the house.

As he approached Erza suddenly shot awake as her phone went off. She looked at it and said, "Kazuma, we've got a Hollow!" She then flinched.

Kazuma looked at her and asked, "You alright?"

Erza groaned in pain. "Yes, I'm just sore from yesterday."

At that moment the alert stopped as the Hollow vanished from detection.

Kazuma pointed to it and said, "See? There, it's gone. Uryu probably took care of it."

Erza looked at him puzzled.

"What is it?"

Erza shook her head. "Nothing, you just don't sound disgusted with Uryu like you were before."

Kazuma shrugged in response. "I sort of understand where he's coming from. I still think he's being a total dumbass in the way he's going about it, but I know what his thought patterns likely are."

Erza stood up, clutching her side momentarily, then walked to the far side of the apartment where Mirajane was, Kazuma following after her.

Erza opened the door to Mirajane's room and saw her sleeping peacefully. She turned to Kazuma and asked, "Do you mind going to school on your own?"

At that moment there was a light knock on the door as Medea added, "You can go on to school. I can watch over your friend for you."

Erza frowned in thought and then glanced at Kazuma.

Kazuma nodded and said, "You can trust her. Despite what those biased legends say about her she's very trustworthy." He then turned to Medea and said, "I still don't know what the effects of being a Hollow on her are so while you're taking care of her be careful."

Medea nodded in understanding. "You need not worry. Kuroka, Kazehana, and Souji are here as well. I am sure the four of us can figure it out."

Kazuma nodded in acceptance and gave Medea a slight kiss on the forehead as he walked past her.

Erza frowned in thought as he did before moving to prepare for school herself.

As Kazuma, Erza, and Mavis approached the school building, Erza and Mavis ran on ahead as they usually do and decided to stop at the gate momentarily to investigate something. Looking at the ground around the gate he narrowed his eyes as he saw a magic circle on the ground with what appeared to be snakes on the image. 'That symbol…it couldn't be…'

Ddraig commented, 'It's entirely possible she's become part of this as well.'

Kazuma sighed heavily in frustration. 'What a mess this has turned into.' After that he made his way into school.

Seeing Uryu in the classroom he lightly tapped the blue-haired teen's shoulder.

Uryu glanced up at him and asked roughly, "What?"

Kazuma sat down and then raised an eyebrow. "Have you always sat this close?"

Uryu sighed and said, "Yes, since the first day of school."

"Huh…"

"Anyway, did you want something?"

Kazuma nodded and asked, "I assume you're the one who took care of that Hollow this morning?"

Uryu looked at him puzzled. "No, I haven't fought any Hollows today. My arm is still too injured from yesterday."

Kazuma narrowed his eyes in thought and then turned to Ichigo, with both the orange-haired teen and Rukia shaking her head.

Rukia then added, "So we're not the only ones who got that sudden Hollow signature that disappeared. And at least this time it's not Uryu."

Uryu twitched an eyebrow and asked annoyed, "Is there a reason you're focusing on me?"

Kazuma shrugged. "Easy target."

Uryu just sighed in annoyance.

After a period of time Kazuma walked out of the classroom but was approached by Sakura. Kazuma raised an eyebrow and asked, "Oh, you're Sakura Matou, right?"

Sakura nodded in affirmation. "Yes."

"Need something?"

After a moment Sakura asked, "I was just wondering if you wanted to have lunch."

Kazuma raised an eyebrow in curiosity. "What for?"

"I…I never got a chance to properly thank you for helping me the other day."

Kazuma looked at her puzzled and then remembered. "Oh, you mean with Shinji? Don't worry about it, though, if you like, you could join my friends and me for lunch."

Sakura looked at Kazuma surprised and asked, "A-are you sure?"

Kazuma nodded with a smile as he extended a hand. "Yeah, come on."

Sakura nodded happily and followed Kazuma to the roof.

As Kazuma opened the door he motion Sakura over to where Ichigo, Rukia, Erza, Sado, Saji, Yuuto, Orihime, Tatsuki, and Aika sat eating their own lunches.

The others looked up and noticed Sakura walking timidly just to the side but behind Kazuma.

Ichigo pointed to her with his chopsticks and asked, "Who's that?"

Kazuma looked to the side and didn't see her, looking behind him and moving to the side, introducing, "This is Sakura Matou. She'll be joining us for lunch. You don't mind do you?"

The others shook their heads, Erza motioning beside her and saying, "You can sit here if you like."

Sakura sat down next to Kazuma away from the group timidly.

Erza frowned at Kazuma who shouted in rebuttal, "Hey, don't look at me!"

Erza sighed as she continued eating her lunch.

Kazuma sighed as well before he noticed someone else sitting amongst their group, a girl with short blue hair and dark blue eyes wearing the female Kuoh uniform without the shoulder cape and round frameless glasses. Kazuma narrowed his eyes and asked, "Hey, who's the new girl?"

Ichigo looked at Kazuma confused. "You're kidding right? You just brought her here and you forgot her name already?"

Kazuma frowned and pointed to the blue-haired girl. "Her."

Ichigo and the others looked at him like he was stupid.

Saji saying, "Seriously? Have you gone stupid? That's Ciel. She's been eating lunch with us since we started attending, remember?"

Kazuma looked at Ciel curiously.

Ciel smiled and waved kindly. "You haven't really forgotten me, have you Kazuma?" Her eyes twitched momentarily as she looked at Kazuma.

Kazuma raised an eyebrow and then narrowed his eyes in curiosity. 'This girl…she just tried to use an illusion on me.' Kazuma narrowed his eyes as he shot his own illusion towards her with his Sharingan momentarily.

Ciel raised an eyebrow as a voice in her head said, 'That won't work on me.' Ciel frowned in frustration. "Well, it's not important. I heard you got into an accident yesterday, so maybe your memory got messed up a little."

"Right," Kazuma said suspiciously as he began eating.

'I don't like this woman,' Ddraig commented.

'On that we can agree,' Kazuma answered.

Sakura looked between everyone confused and asked Kazuma, "M-Mr. Soryu, what's going on?"

Kazuma shook his head. "Don't worry about it. And you can just call me Kazuma."

Sakura nodded in perplexity and began eating her lunch, though she still felt the thick atmosphere in the area.

After the tense lunch, Kazuma, Erza, Ichigo, and Rukia were returning to their classroom when Erza and Rukia's phones began blaring again.

Pulling them out, they saw the Hollow signature blink several times and then vanish.

Erza shook her phone and wondered, "Is it broken? That signature was in the same area too."

"Where?" Ichigo asked out of curiosity.

"In the southern section of the city."

Kazuma scratched his head in thought. "I suppose we'll have to investigate if it happens a couple more times. Last time it was Uryu. Think it might be another Soul Reaper?"

Rukia shook her head. "No. If another Soul Reaper were here I'd have been informed and I received no such alert."

Kazuma nodded in understanding. "Then I guess for now all we can do is go back to class and wait to see what happens."

The others nodded in agreement.

Kazuma managed to get through the rest of the day without incident, that is, until after school as he left the classroom.

"Please wait a moment, Kazuma Soryu."

Kazuma sighed and turned around to see Ciel standing behind him. Narrowing his eyes he asked, "You again. What exactly do you want now?"

Ciel smiled and said, "I'm just checking to see if you remember me yet." She narrowed her eyes as she spoke.

Kazuma sighed in annoyance and repeated, "I already told you, that won't work on me."

Ciel smirked and said, "So it was you who did that."

Kazuma folded his arms in annoyance. "I would've assumed that was obvious. Now I'm guessing you haven't stopped me here for an idle chat. Get to the point or get out of my way."

Ciel nodded and said, "Then I will get to the point. What are you?"

Kazuma narrowed his eyes in response. "I would think you should explain what you are first."

Ciel winced before suddenly charging at Kazuma.

Kazuma jumped back as she swept her right hand up, dodging the strike. He flinched in pain as he looked and saw three shallow slash marks on his torso. He looked at Ciel and saw her holding three red sword handles in each hand, one tucked between each finger, with blades of blue light coming out of them. "So…you're with the church then."

Ciel knelt down for a combat position. "And it seems that whoever or whatever you are is against the church."

Kazuma shrugged in response. "I don't particularly care one way or the other. But you're existence is unnatural, you've altered my friends' minds and attempted to do the same to me. I cannot simply forget something like that." Stretching hand out, a golden magic circle appeared in the air behind Kazuma. Reaching his hand into it, he pulled a long broadsword with a wide handle and intricate design near the base, the bright silver broken up by dark red near the bottom. "I hope you don't mind if I use Clarent."

Ciel narrowed her eyes and then rushed towards Kazuma, jumping into the air and slashing down at him with her blades.

Kazuma jumped back to dodge her strike and then rushed forward and swung his blade up.

Ciel crossed her blades to block his sword but gasped as he block was broken and she was sent into the air.

Kazuma then extended a hand and swept it down, causing the air around Ciel to rush down and slam her into the ground, the force causing her grip on her blades to loosen enough for Kazuma to disarm her.

Ciel looked up weakly as Kazuma's blade was inches from her head.

"Now, if you don't mind, I think the victor here is obvious," Kazuma said plainly.

Ciel frowned and smashed a capsule she held in her right hand, flooding the area with light.

Kazuma snapped his eyes shut from the brightness and then looked around. "Hmm…she's gone." Clarent then disappeared from his hands in a flash of light. "Well…it seems that Kotomine has warned his buddies about my involvement. What a pain in the ass."

Kazuma eventually made his way to the front gate where Erza looked at him shocked. "Kazuma! What happened to your shirt?!"

Kazuma blinked and looked down before twitching an eyebrow as he grabbed his shirt. "Oops…"

Erza frowned in annoyance but was distracted when yet again her phone went off. She immediately pulled it out of her pocket but as before the signal disappeared as soon as it appeared. Erza sighed and then said, "I want an explanation later, you know."

Kazuma nodded in understanding. "Yes, I'm aware, but for now I've got to go to work."

"Looking like that?" Erza asked in disbelief.

"This will be easier to explain than you think."

Erza twitched an eyebrow.

"Of course I'll tell you the truth," he said weakly.

Erza just sighed. "Whatever, let's just go. If another one of these signals appears I want to be able to catch it."

Kazuma nodded and followed behind her.

Kazuma and Erza arrived at Ayame's restaurant shortly thereafter and Kazuma began working.

As he did, Erza waiting to the side in a booth, Ayame walked up to her. Erza stood up and looked at her curiously. 'I suppose the resemblance isn't in name only.'

The woman smiled and asked, "You know, Ms. Scarlet, what would you think of getting a job here?"

"Heh?" Erza mumbled in bewilderment.

"I asked if you would like to work here," Ayame repeated.

Erza nodded and responded, "Y-yes, I caught that but…why do you ask?"

"It's quite simple. You're here so often," she then looked around and said slyly, "and many of our male customers enjoy seeing you in here."

Erza blushed lightly and thought for a moment. "I…I do not mind the offer, however…"

Ayame smiled and asked, "Is there any particular reason you wouldn't want the job?"

Inside the kitchen, Kazuma and his Thought Projections were busy cooking up orders when the Thought Projection by the door gaped and said, "Ah, hey, Boss, you should see this."

Kazuma raised an eyebrow and snapped his fingers, another Thought Projection appearing and taking over the task he was performing.

He then walked over to the door curiously and looked out into the dining room, widening his eyes in surprise. "Y-you have got…to be kidding me…"

In the dining room, Erza, wearing a borrowed maid's uniform, was walking about the room taking the orders of the awed customers.

Kazuma sighed as he rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Seriously?"

The Thought Projection turned and asked, "So…are we going to do anything with this?"

Kazuma shook his head. "No, it's just weird. If she wants to put herself out there like she can go right ahead."

"That was unconvincing…"

Kazuma looked at his Thought Projection annoyed, the false human looking off into the dining room, whistling "innocently". Kazuma grumbled and said, "Take over in the kitchen."

The Thought Projection smirked knowingly and said, "Whatever you say, Boss."

Kazuma leaned up against the wall as he peered out into the dining room, seeing Erza waiting the tables as his Thought Projections periodically put finished dishes on the collection tray.

As she moved from table to table writing down the customers' orders Kazuma couldn't help but notice how her smile seemed natural rather than the one he forces.

Kazuma narrowed his eyes as he watched one of the customers begin to move his hand close to Erza. His eyes narrowed further before he sighed.

Erza was busy writing down an order when a loud crash resounded behind her. She turned around swiftly and saw a man lying on the floor, knocked from his chair by a metal cup thrown at his face. Erza looked at him curiously and then to the kitchen door with annoyance, seeing it still swinging slightly. Erza sighed heavily and continued to work.

After a short time the restaurant closed as Erza, Hibiki, and Hikari cleaned up the dining room.

Kazuma exited the kitchen and walked over to Erza in her waitressing outfit. She turned to Kazuma and asked with a sigh, "Was that truly necessary?"

Kazuma looked at her puzzled. "Was what necessary?"

"Hitting that man with a cup."

Kazuma folded his arms and rebutted unconvincingly, "I don't know what you're talking about."

Erza sighed as Ayame walked up to her happily. "You did great today Ms. Scarlet," Ayame praised.

"About that," Kazuma began, "What reason was there for you to do that?"

Erza huffed in response. "Ms. Ayame offered and I accepted the chance to try it out."

Ayame nodded in agreement and then gave a knowing smile. "Is it possible you're jealous?"

Kazuma's cheeks darkened as he looked off to the side. "Not a chance. I'm going home Erza."

Erza frowned as he walked out the door and then sighed.

As Kazuma walked down the street he thought, 'Do me a favor and keep quiet.'

Ddraig responded, 'Whatever you say.'

Kazuma turned and noticed a park nearby. 'I should be able to cut through there.'

'Isn't that the same park where you met Arturia and Medea?' Ddraig asked.

'Those were just coincidences,' Kazuma rebutted.

'Then what about that?' Ddraig asked.

Kazuma raised an eyebrow and turned to the side, his eyes widening. "N-no way…"

Sitting on the ground in front of him was an attractive, young-looking woman with short blonde hair, several bangs framing her face along with a single cowlick atop her head, deep red eyes and fair skin wearing a white, long-sleeved turtleneck that did little to hide her considerable bust, a shin-length, dark purple skirt, black stockings and flat-bottom black shoes, unconscious.

Kazuma turned to the woman in surprise. Raising an eyebrow he walked over to her. "She's unconscious." He knelt down to check on her but flinched as he did. "Damn, those stupid slashes reopened." Putting his hand over his waist he outstretched a hand to the woman, whose head was down and shook her shoulder.

The woman slightly awoke and her nose instantly twitched slightly before her eyes locked on his wounds, transforming instantly from red to gold.

"Gah!" Kazuma shouted as the woman's jaw clamped down on his hand. "Hey! What hell was that for?!"

The woman, still biting down on his hand, looked at him curiously.

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow and asked, "If you would be so kind, pull those fangs out of my skin."

The woman pulled away before swallowing the small amount of blood she had drained her eyes widened as she realized what she had just done, however, after a few seconds she looked around and mentioned, "I am…still lucid."

"Maybe if you looked at whose blood you're sucking you'll realize why, Arcueid."

The woman, Arcueid, blinked and looked up at Kazuma and widened her eyes before standing excitedly. "Abraxas!"

Kazuma put his left hand over his right as faint green light pulsed from his left hand. The bite Arcueid had left was gone when he pulled his hand away. "You're as tactful as ever, I try to help you and I become a meal."

Arcueid blinked curiously. "Oh, uhm…sorry…though if it helps I'm feeling better than I was a moment ago."

"I would hope so. And you better be damn glad my Dragon Slayer Magic has kept me part dragon in some way, it's the only reason I don't have to smack you in the forehead with a cross right now."

Arcueid huffed in annoyance. "Well it's good to see you too," she responded sarcastically.

Kazuma sighed and asked, "Hey, I'm not part devil anymore, so if I didn't still have my Slayer Magic it's likely you would've gone on a rampage. Just, stay a little ways away from me while the other effect dragon blood has on your kind wears off."

Arcueid snickered slyly. "Ohh? Last time I checked you were the kind of person to take full advantage of that side-effect."

Kazuma looked at her annoyed. "Yeah, but not in broad daylight like this."

Arcueid sighed with a shrug. "Oh well, it may be a while before you get another chance."

Kazuma put up a hand. "I'm good with that."

Arcueid groaned and shouted, "Hey! Watch how you say things like that!"

Kazuma shrugged before the two laughed lightly. Kazuma then asked, "Arcueid, what on earth are you doing in a place like this?"

Putting a finger to her chin, Arcueid muttered, "Well…I can't remember actually."

Kazuma face-faulted and shouted, "Why are you so stupid?!"

Arcueid chuckled and then asked, "How about you? What are you doing in a place like this?"

Sighing, Kazuma answered, "Taking a shortcut back home. Though it seems every time I come through here weird stuff like this happens."

"Oh? Like what?"

Kazuma sighed heavily and responded, "That's an extremely long story that I would much rather not get into right now if you don't mind."

Arcueid nodded in understanding. "If you say so. Well, how long has it been since we saw each other last?"

Kazuma scratched his head in thought. "I'm trying to remember the last time we met."

"You had just finished helping Hades and Ares get revenge on Zeus."

Kazuma lightly pounded a fist into his hand. "Oh right. I thought it was longer than that. In that case, it's been just over a thousand years."

Arcueid looked at him slightly surprised. "Has it truly been that long? I only wake up sporadically so it felt shorter than that."

Kazuma nodded in response. "Yeah, now, I think it would be best to get out of here before someone-"

"Kazuma!"

Kazuma and Arcueid turned as Erza ran towards them. "We've got another-!" She looked side to side and noticed Kazuma with someone. When she realized who it was she shouted, "A-Arcueid!?"

Arcueid smiled and said in response, "Hello, Erza."

Kazuma raised an eyebrow and asked, "You two know each other?"

Erza nodded in confusion then shook her head. "We don't have time for that now, another Hollow signature just appeared and vanished instantly!"

Kazuma nodded in understanding and then turned to Arcueid. "I know we just met each other again, but I've got something important I need to do."

Arcueid nodded in understanding. "I know. You're as busy as always."

Kazuma nodded appreciatively, "Thanks, Arcueid."

Kazuma and Erza ran towards the location of all the different Hollow sightings from the day, the central region of the southern section of Shinto Teito.

As they ran, they also found Ichigo and Rukia.

"So you guys got the alert too, huh?" Kazuma asked as they ran.

Ichigo nodded in affirmation. "Yeah, we just got down to here though. What were you guys doing?"

Kazuma gulped and stammered, "Ah, well…meeting an old friend, let's say."

Ichigo raised an eyebrow but accepted his answer.

Soon the four reached the general area where the Hollows had been appearing. Rukia ingested a Gikongan and Kazuma put Kon in his body while Ichigo activated his Fullbring before they started looking for the Hollows, and more importantly, what's been killing them.

As they looked over the area, they saw it was covered in slash marks, with some objects looing they were cut to pieces.

As Erza inspected a section of a building she said, "It looks like a giant sword cut through this."

Kazuma shook his head and pointed to the two sides of the gash. "Looks more like a giant pair of scissors. The two halves of the gash are uneven."

Erza raised an eyebrow as she realized he was right.

Their attention was called to a loud howl nearby.

They rounded a corner to see three Hollows running down an alleyway.

"Come on, after'em!" Ichigo shouted.

However, they stopped when they heard a howl, a slash, a pained howl, and then saw one of the Hollows run out from the alley only to have a pair of giant scissors lop its head off.

Kazuma's eyes widened as the bearer of the giant scissors stepped into the light.

What he saw was a slender, beautiful young woman with waist-length violet hair and violet eyes, and a considerably sized bust who wore gray, half-frame glasses, a revealing, sleeveless, lilac cheongsam with a small cutout above her breasts that had black markings on it, matching detached sleeves, and white boots with matching black markings to the dress holding a massive pair of scissors with a panda symbol on the hinge. The woman sighed as she heaved the scissors over her back. She looked around for more Hollows when she saw Kazuma. She smiled happily, although with a slight sleepy bent to her expression, before running over to him. "Abraxas!"

Kazuma saw the woman running towards him and warned, "Sh-Sheele! D-Don't run!"

As he feared, the woman, Sheele's, toe caught in a tiny crack in the pavement, causing her to stumble forward, right at Kazuma, landing on top of him.

As she fell, her giant scissors smacked off the ground and flew out of her hands, flying forward and impaling an approaching Hollow, causing it to dissipate seconds later.

Erza, Rukia, Ichigo, and Kon looked at him surprised and shocked, Erza and Kon also in annoyance for different reasons.

Kazuma twitched as he patted the woman's back. "Sh-Sheele…can't…breathe."

Sheele blinked curiously before sitting up, lifting her breasts from his face, allowing Kazuma to sit up with a gasp.

Kazuma sighed and then turned to the woman in shock. "Sheele…is that…really you…?"

Sheele nodded in agreement as Kazuma stood up before helping her stand as well. "Yes, I found you, Abraxas."

Kazuma smiled happily as the two hugged.

"Ahem!" Erza cleared her throat in annoyance. "Mind explaining who this is?"

Kazuma flinched in concern. "Ah…well…"

Erza sighed and asked, "Is this yet another woman you know from your past?" She then looked and saw the impaled Hollow as it dissolved. She twitched an eyebrow in disbelief. "Y-…you have got to be joking."

Kazuma narrowed his eyes at Erza before sighing. "I'll ignore your remark and just answer. Yeah, this is Sheele. She's an old friend of mine."

Sheele looked at Kazuma curiously.

Kazuma waved a hand as he shook his head.

Sheele nodded in perplexed understanding, then noticed her scissors lying nearby. "Ah! Extase!" She immediately ran over to grab the pair of giant blades.

Kazuma sighed as he scratched the back of his head. 'Geez, first Arcueid, then Sheele. It's like a revolving door to my past.'

'Are you really going to complain?' Ddraig asked.

'Of course not.' He smiled as he thought, 'Though it does feel nice to know that both Arturia and Sheele are back. Though…if Sheele's here…that usually means Mine isn't far behind.'

'Let's not think about that for now.'

After grabbing her scissors, Extase, Sheele walked back over to Kazuma and asked, "So…why are you all here? And who are these people?"

Kazuma nodded in return. "Well…that's a little hard to explain. But we came because Hollows kept showing up and then disappearing randomly all day."

Sheele blinked in curiosity. "Hollows…? You mean those monsters? The ones that I've been killing are the ghosts of a bunch of thugs Leone and I killed when we got here a couple days ago."

Ichigo, Rukia, Erza, and Kon paled as Kon remarked, "She said that way too calmly," the others nodding in agreement with him.

Kazuma raised an eyebrow. "Leone's here?"

Sheele put a finger to her chin in thought. "She came with me but…we got separated…"

Kazuma sighed and shook his head. "Well…I suppose if there's nothing else we might as well head back to my apartment. I assume you'll come along too, right, Sheele?"

Sheele nodded in agreement. "Yes."

Kazuma then walked over and punched Kon in the gut, causing the Gikongan to fall out as Kazuma slipped back into his body.

Sheele blinked curiously. "There were two Abraxases just now."

Kazuma waved a hand. "I'll explain it later, and my name's Kazuma now."

Sheele nodded in confused understanding.

Erza sighed and then turned to Ichigo and Rukia. "Looks like there's nothing else to do here."

Ichigo deactivated his Fullbring as Rukia returned to her body.

Ichigo then said, "I guess we'll go then."

The two then left as Kazuma sighed heavily. He put a hand up to Erza, who was about to say something, and intervened, "I'll explain everything when we get back." He then extended a hand to Sheele, who wrapped her own in his before the three returned to the apartment.

After returning to the apartment, Kazuma gulped as Kazehana, Medea, Souji, Kuroka, and Mavis all stared the three of them curiously, primarily Sheele.

Kazuma sighed as he said, "There's a story behind this, I promise."

The others nodded as Kazuma sat down at the table.

Erza then asked, "So who is this woman?"

Kazuma narrowed his eyes at her. "I told you I'd let it slide that first time. But don't talk to her like that again."

Erza backed up in surprise at his response.

Kazuma motioned to Sheele and said, "This is Sheele, she's someone I met after fighting Typhon."

Medea looked at Sheele thoughtfully, then to Kazuma. "You certainly didn't vary much, did you?"

Kazuma chuckled in response. "Probably not. But, the point is, the Walled City wasn't always the sanctuary from the Nephilim that it was near the end. Before that it was the center of a vast empire. At the center, was the main city referred to as the Imperial Capital. To say it was a despicable place is an understatement. It was ruled over by its Prime Minister, who essentially used the child emperor as a pawn. Sheele was part of a group known as Night Raid who opposed the Prime Minister and the overall corrupt nobility. Their goal was to cut down that nobility, slaughtering them one by one."

Medea chuckled in amusement and asked, "Let me guess, you found your way into that group, right?"

Kazuma nodded with a weak smile. "Naturally. Working with Night Raid, and a few people who worked for me within the Imperial Capital itself, the Prime Minister was eventually killed for what he'd done and the Imperial Capital turned into the Walled City, a safe haven away from the Titans whose numbers were steadily increasing at the time. After that Night Raid was changed into the Death Dealers, my own personal group of Titan Hunters."

Sheele put a hand to her cheek happily. "It was the happiest time of my life."

The others looked at her worriedly.

Erza raised an eyebrow and then asked, "Hang on, were any of Night Raid hybrids?"

Kazuma nodded. "Just one, the swordswoman of the group was half fallen angel but the rest are human."

Erza then pointed to Sheele and asked, "Then how is she still alive?"

Sheele held up Extase.

Kazuma then explained. "Her weapon Extase is a Sacred Gear. One interesting trait I discovered about Sacred Gears and their wielders is that after a period of time with the wielder working with the Gear, the wielder soon becomes able to consume Magutsushi, a liquid-like substance made purely of the damned souls of all evil living beings who have, are, and will live, in all dimensions and all universes, an infinite sea of mana. Drinking this allows Sacred Gear wielders among other beings to live forever, so long as they have a steady intake of the substance."

"So then, that means…?" Medea asked.

Kazuma nodded. "Yeah, it means that she as well as others have spent the last thousand years drinking this Magutsushi to remain alive."

Erza sighed heavily in response. "Unbelievable. Every time I turn around there are more layers to that history of yours unfolding. Speaking of which, how do you know Arcueid Brunestud?"

Kazuma scratched his head in thought. "That one's a little harder to explain. I don't actually remember how I met Arcueid. All I do remember is it happened shortly before I met Arturia while I was in Britain. There is a certain person she hates whom I was helping her find. We spent some time together while we hunted this person, and then she simply vanished after it was done."

Erza nodded in understanding. "I know who that person is."

Kazuma blinked curiously. "Oh? When we were going after him he was called Roa, is that not his name?"

Erza nodded again as she explained, "Back when before myself and the others became Soul Reapers Arcueid was tricked into biting someone so he could gain immortality. That person's name was Orochimaru."

"That name just sounds like all kinds of bad." Kazuma then sighed and raised an eyebrow. "Oh yeah, there is one other thing I helped Arcueid with."

"What was it?" Kazehana asked.

"Well…Arcueid's actually a vampire, a unique kind."

"More than that," Erza added, "She is the first vampire. She was turned by an evil wizard that live long before even I did named Zeref."

"Zeref? That name sounds oddly familiar…" Kazuma muttered.

'Because I told you about him before. Remember? He was that crazy wizard who controlled Death Magic and all that other creepy stuff,' Ddraig added.

Erza then asked, "Though I heard you mention a few other names when you were talking with Sheele. Mine and Leone I believe they were."

Kazuma nodded in return. "Yes, they were also friends of mine during that time." He then turned to Sheele and asked, "Speaking of Mine, why isn't she with you?"

Sheele nodded and answered, "She said she was tired of being thrown in the wash and thought it would be good if someone else went with me."

The others looked at her in disbelief.

Mavis asked, "Did she say…thrown in the wash…?"

Erza sighed and asked, "So who is this Mine?"

Kazuma sighed heavily and explained, "A trigger-happy, tsundere, loli. Trust me, she is not someone you want to piss off. If you do she'll use you as target practice until you die or she gets bored." Gulping he said, "Pray to whatever divine being you believe she doesn't get bored."

'And these people are supposed to be your friends?!' Medea shouted in her head.

"How about Leone though?" Kazehana asked.

Kazuma thought for a moment and then pointed at Kuroka, confusing the raven-haired Nekomata. "A blonde version of her. The first time I met her though she cheated me out of a large amount of money saying that if I got her food and drink she'd help me find a job. In an attempt to pay me back though she suggested I join Night Raid. Though that was after she, Sheele, and Akame butchered a family of cannibals I was invited to spend the night with. Naturally the cannibals weren't long for this world after meeting me but they saved me the trouble of killing the little girl of the family." Kazuma's eyes narrowed remorsefully as he added, "I couldn't have killed her myself. She looked like someone I failed a long time ago back on Vanaheim."

Everyone except Sheele gaped at Kazuma, all wondering what the hell he was doing during that time and what kind of people lived in the Imperial Capital before Kazuma swept through it.

Erza moaned as she attempted to process everything she was just told, but decided to ask, "There's one more thing you didn't explain. That other thing you helped Arcueid with."

Kazuma raised an eyebrow and then nodded. "Oh, right. Well, being the unique kind of vampire she is she doesn't actually need to drink blood like most, but her body still craves it. Unfortunately if she drinks human blood she loses her mind and kills anything in sight."

Kazehana put up a hand shakily and asked, "Is there…anyone you know who isn't a mass murderer…?"

Kazuma looked up in thought. "Hmm…probably not."

"Hey! I'm standing right here!" Medea shouted.

Kazuma looked at her flatly.

Medea just sank into her seat.

"Go on, go on," Erza urged in annoyance.

Kazuma nodded and said, "But, like I said, human blood does that to her kind. However, the blood of a dragon, or even the diluted blood of a dragon like I've got, suppresses their urges, somehow naturally blocking out their desire to drink blood for a time. So basically she'd just take a bite outta me whenever she felt her vampiric urges spring up. Though…there is one other…interesting effect dragon blood has on her kind of vampire."

Erza raised an eyebrow and asked, "Oh, what is it?"

Kazuma scratched his cheek uncomfortably. "Heh, heh, heh, it uh…acts as a…aphrodisiac."

Erza twitched an eyebrow. "You're kidding me…"

"I wish I was…"

"You really are one of the biggest perverts I've ever met."

"It's not my fault dammit!"

Erza sighed and frowned in thought as she noticed the whole time Kazuma had been talking he and Sheele had been holding hands.

Kazuma scratched his head in exhaustion and said, "Today's had me worn out now. Plus my abdomen still hurts from that stupid church girl."

Erza raised an eyebrow and asked, "Church girl?"

Kazuma widened his eyes and got up, finally releasing his hold on Sheele's hand, and walked over to Erza. "I almost forgot, sit still for a moment."

Erza nodded perplexed as Kazuma activated his Mangekyo Sharingan. After a few moments Erza's mind felt foggy and then cleared up. "What did you do?"

Sitting back down, Kazuma explained, "Released you from Ciel's illusion. She had placed you, Ichigo, Orihime, and the others under a spell to make all of you think she had been attending Kuoh for at least a year now. However, due to my Sharingan and I assume a couple other factors the spell wouldn't work on me. Earlier before we went to the restaurant she attacked me, revealing that she actually works for the church."

Medea asked, "You don't think she's working for that Kirei Kotomine do you?"

Erza looked between them puzzled. "What are you two talking about?"

Kazuma flinched and sighed an annoyance. "Damn, I forgot. You guys weren't there. Erza, you said you already know about the Holy Grail War, right?"

Erza nodded.

Kazuma then turned to Kuroka.

"I know a lot more than you think, nya," she explained without needing to be asked.

Kazuma nodded and explained, "There's a church on the far northern edge of the city, that's where Kirei Kotomine, the church's currently selected overseer for the War, is based. I think he could be connected to that Ciel girl. If the two are working together we need to be extremely careful, Ciel is very skilled in combat and everything about Kirei is poised to kill."

Erza nodded in understanding. "Should we keep an eye on him?"

Kazuma thought for a moment and then shook his head. "Not directly at least. He doesn't strike me as the type to be easily spied on. He seems a lot more observant than he lets on."

"If you say so, in that case we'll just need to keep vigilant."

Sheele sighed and then turned to Kazuma. "I am completely confused Abraxas."

Kazuma chuckled weakly. "That's relatively normal, though, don't you think?"

Sheele frowned in frustration.

"I'm teasing, I'm teasing. I'll explain it all in a bit. Though…I don't particularly understand it all myself." He then turned to Medea and asked, "How's our newest guest?"

Medea nodded in response. "She's doing fine. She mentioned being hungry earlier though I'm not sure what a Hollow would eat. Though, is she still a Hollow after ripping her mask off like that?"

Erza sighed but then asked, "Is she awake now?"

Medea shrugged. "She was still asleep when you guy got home, she could be awake now though."

Erza nodded and got up to go check on Mirajane.

As she did Kazuma asked, "Mind if I come along?"

Erza shook her head.

As the two entered the room Mirajane was sitting in they saw her sitting on the bed looking out the window on the wall.

Erza asked apprehensively, "How are you feeling, Mira?"

Mirajane nodded in response. "I'm feeling much better now, Erza. It's still kind of difficult to believe Naruto's actually gone though."

Erza sat down on the bed next to Mirajane and nodded. "Yes, I sometimes forget that myself. And yet it's been a thousand years since then."

Kazuma walked up to the two and asked, "So, Mirajane, what will you do from here?"

Mirajane shook her head. "Unfortunately I know nothing of the world since I became that thing, so I will probably need a refresher." She laughed weakly and added, "I probably wouldn't even be able to read the modern language. Though it's rather strange you can understand me."

"I understand enough of what you're saying. I'm sure in time you'll adapt though, you don't seem like the kind of person to just give up like that. Hell, as a Hollow you ripped your own friggin' mask off. That's gotta say something right?"

Mirajane nodded in response. She then turned to Erza and asked, "Think you'd be willing to help me get back into the world?"

Erza nodded with a smile as she wrapped her hands around Mirajane's. "Of course."

Kazuma walked over and added, "The first thing we'll need to do is teach her how to use our language."

"You seem rather proficient in ours though," Erza replied.

"It's almost the same as the ancient language of devils. Though if what Forbesii told me is true then that makes sense."

Erza raised an eyebrow. "What are you talking about?"

Kazuma scratched his cheek in thought and then shrugged. "I suppose there's no harm in telling you. Forbesii told me that all devils are artificial life forms created by that wizard you mentioned before, Zeref."

Erza looked at Kazuma surprised. "Then that would mean all devils are descended from the demons created by Zeref. That is…rather strange."

Kazuma shrugged. "I don't know if it's true, it's what that psycho Forbesii told me. So it could be true or he could've just been talking out his ass. Anyway, I'll leave you two alone for a bit."

Erza nodded as Kazuma left the room.

After leaving the room Kazuma saw Sheele standing nearby, smiling. Raising an eyebrow he asked, "What's got you so happy?"

Sheele walked up to him and said, "I finally get to see you again after so long, Abraxas."

Kazuma smirked in response as he put a hand on Sheele's cheek. "I'm glad to see you again, Sheele. Though if you don't mind, the name I'm going by now is Kazuma. It could get complicated if you call me that in public."

Sheele nodded in response. "I understand."

"So what are you going to do now?"

"Stay by your side, what else?"

Kazuma chuckled as he walked past her, Sheele turning to follow him. "Well you can be certain that works just fine for me. Though we'll need to find an acceptable room for you."

Sheele tilted her head in confusion. "I can't share yours?"

"That's…part of what I need to explain. Come with me for now and I'll get you up to speed on everything."

Sheele nodded in agreement and followed Kazuma.

After going back into the kitchen Kazuma explained what had happened after he had reawakened from the Tower of Amala and everything leading up to his current situation, including unwittingly becoming a Soul Reaper and getting involved with the Holy Grail War.

As he finished his explanation Sheele lightly gasped in surprise. "That's quite a lot to happen in just three years."

Kazuma nodded as he leaned back in one of the chairs. "Tell me about it. For almost two years everything was normal then BAM all this craziness starts happening. Although it's this Holy Grail War that has me the most confused, and concerned. Resurrecting the souls of dead warriors to fight for that cursed thing."

"Though you can't say it's all bad, nya," Kuroka interjected.

Kazuma looked at her thoughtfully before sitting up straight. "No, I suppose I can't. Anyway, I need to get started on dinner, so you can take a look around Sheele."

Sheele smiled and said happily, "I'll-!"

"No," Kazuma deadpanned.

"Ohhh…"

The next morning Kazuma woke up slowly with a very comforting feeling. After a moment to fully awake he smiled as he looked to his sides and saw Sheele and Medea sleeping next to him. He smiled happily as he lightly stroked both their heads before sighing. 'Why is it that I only get a situation as good as this when the morality police is in the building?'

'What?' Ddraig asked bewildered.

'Erza.'

'Oh…Seltsam screwing with you?'

'Seems like it.' Another annoyed sigh and Kazuma gently woke the two just enough to get up, then turned to Medea and shook her shoulder. "Medea, time to get up."

She moaned quietly and scrunched up some.

Kazuma sighed and lightly pinched her nose.

"Ah!" she shrieked as she sat up swiftly, putting a hand over her nose with an annoyed blush. "Kazuma…"

Kazuma chuckled in amusement. "That's always a surefire way to wake you."

"Hmph!"

After that, Kazuma, Erza, Mavis, and Medea left for the school, leaving Souji in charge.

As they walked towards the school, Kazuma frowned in thought. He then said, "You guys go on ahead, I wanna check something."

The girls looked at him puzzled but nodded in acceptance on continued on as Kazuma jumped into the sky.

Once Kazuma reached a rooftop he activated his Mangekyo Sharingan. His right Mangekyo then turned black as a spiraling vortex formed out of it that Kazuma was then absorbed into.

The same vortex appeared elsewhere, with Kazuma forming out of it this time. After the vortex vanished Kazuma looked around, he was in the park. "Good, I managed to use Kamui to send me to the right spot."

Suddenly an object fell from above and wrapped its arms around Kazuma in a powerful hug.

"Gah!" Kazuma shouted as he fell to the ground. As he sat up and looked at what hit him he twitched an eyebrow. "Arcueid…is there a reason you always have to jump on me?"

As he and Arcueid stood up, Arcueid chuckled in amusement. "I simply find your reactions amusing. Though not as amusing as before. I do hope you'll explain how you got in this particular situation."

Kazuma sighed as he brushed himself off. "I will. But first you need to tell me how that psycho is still alive."

Arcueid winced in response. "That has to do with his last host."

Kazuma nodded in understanding as he created a Thought Projection next to him. The Thought Projection nodded and disappeared into Kamui.

Arcueid raised an eyebrow and asked, "What was that about?"

Kazuma explained, "I sent a Thought Projection to the school so no one would question my absence."

Arcueid nodded in understanding.

As the two sat down Kazuma asked, "So, think you can explain how Roa's still kicking? I was certain we got him last time."

Arcueid nodded with a sigh. "It doesn't seem we completely destroyed him though. A few decades later he showed up once again. And in the decades since then I've continuously found and beat him down over and over. However, this last time was unique."

"Is that so? Why?"

"Because unlike most of his hosts, this one had the highest magical power out of any of his incarnations. She was almost as powerful as he was originally. But this also led her to be the one most able to resist his control. I was able to eventually find Roa and kill him quickly. Unfortunately I haven't had the chance to find him yet this time around, so I'm still searching for him."

Kazuma sighed as he scratched the back of his head. "Geez, talk about complicated. So you haven't had any luck finding Roa yet in this incarnation?"

Arcueid shook her head in response. "No, but I have managed to narrow down possible spots. There's a family in this town who used to be demon, sorry, devil, hunters but have stopped those activities. With what little information I was able to gain about them it's highly possible that someone in their family is Roa's current host, or at the very least, someone close to their family is."

Kazuma raised an eyebrow curiously. "What's this family called?"

"The Tohno clan."

Kazuma scratched his chin in thought. "I think I remember hearing about that family before…oh yeah! Around the time I awoke in this world the youngest son of the Tohno family was murdered. Shiki I think was the name."

Arcueid raised an eyebrow. "Is that so? Well, if we could get close to that family or at least try to understand what their relation to Roa is it would help in locating him."

Kazuma nodded in agreement. He grunted as a newspaper smacked him in the face. "Bah, gurk, blech!" He finally managed to pry it off his face in annoyance. "Damn thing!" He blinked as he looked at it curiously.

"What's wrong?" Arcueid asked as she leaned over to look at it. "City ravaged by series of murders." She then looked at Kazuma and asked, "How old is that newspaper?"

"Dunno," Kazuma remarked as he examined it. He flipped it over and saw the date. "It's only a few days old. Guess a little before the Hollow onslaught."

Arcueid blinked curiously. "Hollow onslaught?"

Kazuma turned to her and asked, "Did you see all those skull-faced monsters the other day?"

Arcueid nodded. "Yes, I even killed a few. I've seen them a few times before while hunting Roa. So they're called Hollows? I just called them monsters."

As Kazuma looked around on the newspaper he said offhand, "What you call them doesn't really matter. Point is, it seems that these murders happened before that."

Arcueid pointed to a section of the article and asked, "Does that methodology sound familiar to you?"

Kazuma noticed how the article mentioned how the victims had all been dismembered. Scratching his head he said, "Just seems like a nutjob. You know, like most murderers."

Arcueid groaned in annoyance and bopped him on the head. "That's not what I'm talking about."

"Then what are you talking about?"

"Nrvnqsr."

Kazuma widened his eyes and sighed. "Really? So now there's him and Roa to deal with? Wait, have you been pursuing Nrvnqsr?"

"Not directly. I've encountered him a few times but ended up having to retreat each time. Those monsters in his body are too formidable."

Kazuma groaned loudly in frustration. "Aw, man! Seriously?! As if dealing with Hollows, bullshit politics, and this Holy Grail War wasn't enough now both of these assholes have collected here? This is so not fair."

"But it does mean we can put an end to them simultaneously," Arcueid reassured.

Kazuma then raised an eyebrow as an idea came to him. "Arcueid, Roa reincarnates by transferring his soul, right?"

Arcueid nodded in agreement. "Well, yes. Why?"

"I have something that will get rid of Roa for good," Kazuma said confidently.

Arcueid raised an eyebrow and asked, "What might that be?"

Kazuma smirked. "It's a sword that can destroy souls."

Arcueid's eyes widened before narrowing in a smirk. "Quite ingenious. So if you kill Roa with this-?"

Kazuma shook his head. "Not quite that simple. I'll have to kill him twice. First I'll need to kill his current host and force his soul out. Then I can use this to destroy his soul once it's out. If we do that he'll be done for good."

Arcueid nodded with a relieved smile. "Maybe then we can put an end to all this madness."

Kazuma nodded in agreement. "Yeah, hopefully. Although, the issue is still finding him. Which is rarely easy."

"This is true. Though the Tohno's are a good place to start."

Kazuma nodded as he stood up. "Well if you can get me a little more information on them I can figure out a way to get close. Until then we'll just need to keep an eye out for both Roa and Nrvnqsr."

Arcueid nodded in agreement as Kazuma disappeared into Kamui.

Kazuma reappeared on the edge of the school property and swirled air around his body until he became invisible.

He then made his way onto campus and met up with his Thought Projection. As the magical apparition dissipated Kazuma dispelled his invisibility and entered class.

As he sat down he noticed Sakura sitting in class as usual and decide to activate his Sharingan. He saw that the chakra signatures inside her body remained much the same as before, however they looked brighter than before. 'I don't know what those things are but I'll need to try and find out.'

'One thing at a time. We need to worry about Roa now,' Ddraig commented.

Kazuma sighed heavily and answered, 'Yes, I know. Damn, all this crap is just colliding into one big clusterfuck.'

As lunch rolled around Kazuma grunted as he felt pain in his abdomen. 'Damn. Those wounds still haven't fully healed. Even if they're holy weapons these gashes should've healed by now since I'm not part devil anymore.'

'That may be partly my fault. I'm still having trouble healing them since Masakados negated most holy energies directed at your body,' Ddraig added.

Kazuma sighed as he stood up. 'Not sure if it'll help but maybe the nurse will at least have something for the pain. Then you can do your job and start healing it.'

'What about your own healing magic?' Ddraig rebutted.

As Kazuma walked to the nurse's office he responded, 'You were probably asleep, again, when I tried it but for some reason it won't work.'

'How strange. Well you work on getting that pain out of the way and I'll work on healing it. Just try not to get hit by that girl's swords again.'

'You say that like it's something I don't already know.'

'Well…considering how you and Arturia used to…play…I can't be sure you don't enjoy it.'

Kazuma dipped his head as his face turned red. 'You're a bastard, you know that?'

'No, my father is Igneel. So I'm not a bastard.'

Kazuma just sighed heavily.

Kazuma knocked on the door to the nurse's office, causing Shizuka to pop her head out from one of the small bed areas.

"Ahh, Soryu. Do you need something?" she asked warmly.

Kazuma sighed and put a hand over his abdomen, flinching when he pressed too hard on the wounds, and said, "Well, yeah. I was wondering if you could spare some pain medication."

Shizuka raised an eyebrow surprised. "Again? What happened this time?"

Kazuma chuckled weakly as he walked up to her. "Just another accident, got myself in the abs this time."

Shizuka nodded in understanding. "At least let me take a look to see if you need anything else."

Kazuma frowned apprehensively but nodded. "If you say so."

Shizuka motioned to the bed next to her and said, "Just step in here and take your shirt off. It will only take a moment."

Kazuma sighed and mumbled, "This sounds like the setup to something weird."

Shizuka tilted her head and asked, "What was that? I didn't hear you."

Kazuma waved it off. "Nothing." He stepped behind the curtain as Shizuka closed it behind her. Sitting down on the bed, Kazuma removed his blazer and shirt, allowing Shizuka to see his torso.

Shizuka looked at him surprised. 'My, he's rather muscular for someone his age. Though I suppose it's not all surprising.' She then widened her eyes when she saw the three long slash marks on his abdomen.

"How did that happen?"

Kazuma answered, "Like I said, I just got into an accident."

Shizuka nodded thoughtfully as she knelt down and leaned up to look at his wounds.

Kazuma smiled dumbly as she did. 'As odd as this is, I really don't care since her massive boobs are mushing right against my legs.'

Ddraig sighed in annoyance.

Kazuma flinched slightly as Shizuka placed a couple fingers around the wounds.

She narrowed her eyes and muttered to herself, "These are…the effects of light magic."

Kazuma raised an eyebrow. 'Did she say…light magic…? How would she…I see. It all makes sense. Shizuka's insanely massive tits, Sona being the little sister of a Sitri turned Leviathan, Rias being a devil as well as Akeno and the others, and Shizuka not showing the slightest bit of shock at my arm healing as much as it had previously. And now this. Shizuka must be a devil. It would make sense.' Kazuma sighed for a moment and then asked, "Can I ask you something?"

Shizuka looked up at him with a sleepy smile. "Certainly."

"Are you…a devil…?"

Shizuka blinked curiously and then giggled slightly as she stood up. "So you've discovered, hm?"

Kazuma nodded. "Yeah, with everything else it makes sense. After all, if a human nurse were to examine any of the devils here it'd get bad."

Shizuka raised an eyebrow. "You know about the others?"

Kazuma nodded in agreement. "Yes. It's complicated but I know about Rias and Sona."

Shizuka put a hand to her cheek while she held that elbow with her other hand, inadvertently pushing it under her breasts.

Kazuma gulped as he watched the massive mounds shake around.

"I suppose you were bound to find out at some point. Although, let me ask you the same question," Shizuka retorted.

Kazuma sighed and answered, "That's a little harder to answer."

Shizuka put a finger on his nose with a smirk. "I was merely testing you. I already know who you are."

Kazuma's eyes widened in surprise. "Wh-what?! How?!"

"My king, Venelana Gremory. Or rather, Venelana Bael," Shizuka answered. "If you don't mind, I would rather say no more on the subject. We still need to get those injuries of yours healed. How did you get them really?"

Kazuma sighed in exasperation. "First you throw that at me then you tell me to ignore it? Whatever. There's an exorcist here in the school. She attacked me with weird looking holy swords. The injuries should've healed by now but they haven't."

Shizuka put a hand to her cheek in thought. "I see. That is a problem. I do hope she's a stray exorcist, otherwise the church may cause an incident. In any case, what did the swords look like?"

Kazuma rubbed his chin in thought. "Well…the actual blades shone blue, and looked like double-edge swords. The handles looked a little odd though. Red and rounded."

Shizuka nodded and walked over to her desk and searched through a drawer before showing Kazuma a picture. "Like this?"

Kazuma nodded. "Yeah, exactly."

Shizuka stuffed the picture in her shirt as she nodded.

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow. 'Never have I wanted so bad to be a photo.'

Shizuka then explained, "Those are specialty light swords. They aren't designed just to kill devils, they're enhanced to kill all supernatural beings. Including dragons."

Kazuma scratched his head. "Really? Why doesn't the church have more then?"

"Because making them requires bathing them in the blood of an angel. Meaning the church officially denies the existence of the weapons."

Kazuma sighed. "Damn, here I thought the church would stop shit like that when I wiped out the Templars."

Shizuka tilted her head in confusion. "Hm?"

Kazuma shook his head. "I'm just blathering."

Shizuka nodded in understanding. "Well I can give you something to dull the pain for a bit but sadly I cannot give anything to make it heal more quickly."

Kazuma nodded as he stood up. "That's kinda what I figured. I was mostly hoping for something to help the pain anyway."

"Put your shirt back on and I'll get something ready."

"Right."

After getting help from Shizuka, Kazuma made his way to the roof to eat with everyone else. As he expected, Ciel was with the others again.

"Hello, Soryu," Ciel greeted happily.

"Yeah," Kazuma answered roughly as he sat down, Sakura sitting next to him.

Sakura frowned in worry as the atmosphere became thick once more.

Ichigo sighed and then asked, "So how's that new house member of yours doing?"

Kazuma looked at him confused for a moment before realizing who he was talking about. "Just fine. She's someone I used to know actually so it's to be expected."

"She?" Saji asked intrigued. "You mean there's another girl you know that you haven't told us about?"

Kazuma frowned and stamped his foot against Saji's face. "How many ways can I say no?"

Saji answered, twitching on the ground, "One's enough…"

Kiba chuckled in amusement.

Kazuma frowned in thought and asked, "Hey, Kiba, how's that…club of yours doing?"

Kiba looked at him curiously before smiling. "Just fine. Though Prez is still a little shaken up by the other day."

"I see. That's good to hear."

Everyone looked between the two puzzled.

Saji asked, "What's going on?"

Kiba leaned over to Saji and whispered something to him.

Saji widened his eyes. "You're-?!"

Kazuma smacked him in the back of the head, causing him to slam face first into the concrete, hard.

Saji sat up with concrete pebbles on his face and shouted, "Do you have something against my face?!"

"Sorry, I thought it was your back," Kazuma answered bluntly.

Saji twitched an eyebrow angrily.

As the group continued eating, Ciel asked, "Did any of you read the paper this morning?"

Most shook their heads, Ichigo adding, "I read the comics."

Ciel sighed in amusement. "That's not quite what I meant Kurosaki."

"Then what did you mean?" Kazuma asked.

Ciel nodded and explained, "Apparently there was another murder last night. They've been steadily increasing recently, and I've heard the west section of the city has been experiencing a lot of gas leaks."

"Wow, talk about nasty," Tatsuki interjected.

Kazuma narrowed his eyes in thought. 'Must be Nrvnqsr again.'

Aika then asked weakly, "Can we talk about something happier? All this death talk is making me feel a little creepy."

Kazuma nodded in agreement. "Yeah, let's talk about almost anything else." 'Mainly because I get the feeling talking about death will attract Hades.'

'Is he still alive?' Ddraig wondered.

'How would I know?'

Tatsuki added, "Well, my family's going to be attending a big dinner tomorrow night."

Aika interjected, "How come I didn't know anything about that?"

"I thought I told you."

"No way. I don't remember it."

Tatsuki put a finger on her chin as she tried to remember. "Hmmm…I guess not."

Kazuma scratched his head as he said, "Usually that's something you remember. Well, what's the dinner about?"

Tatsuki answered, "It's a family get together. So we're going to be joining as well."

Kazuma nodded in understanding. "Good to hear."

After lunch, Kazuma prepared to return to class when he was stopped by Ciel. Frowning in annoyance he asked, "What do you want?"

Ciel answered, "I think we might have gotten off on the wrong foot before."

Kazuma turned to her and rebutted, "You consider trying to kill me being just getting off on the wrong foot? If you don't mind, Ciel, I would like an explanation as to just what the hell you're doing here."

Ciel frowned in thought and then asked, "Can I trust you?"

"No. I don't trust you in the least. I'm asking for an open explanation as to who you are and why the church has sent you here."

Ciel's eyes widened slightly.

"So you didn't think I'd realize that particular fact? Don't take me for a fool."

Ciel sighed in exasperation. "Alright, I can't tell you everything, but I will tell you a little bit. I'm not concerned with you or any of the demons here in the school, not directly at least. I'm hunting someone else. A vampire."

Kazuma raised an eyebrow and asked, "Would that vampire's name happen to be Michael Roa Valdamjong?"

Ciel's eyes widened greatly as she tensed. "H-how do you know that name…?"

"If you can accept it, Ciel, we're on the same team here. I too am hunting that bastard. I'm likely not hunting him for the same reasons as you but I am hunting him."

"I see. So then…you're suggesting I work with a demon to hunt him?"

Kazuma narrowed his eyes angrily. "First, stop using the word demon, it's insulting. The proper term is devil. And second, no. I am not a devil, at least not now. So you wouldn't be working with a devil."

Ciel looked at him puzzled. "Devil? Very well. If you are not a demon, er, devil, then what would you be?"

Kazuma sighed as he tapped his head in thought. "That's a harder question to answer than you think. I suppose you could call me a dragon if you had to put a single name to it. But that isn't what we need to focus on. If we're going to work together to hunt Roa, then what we'll need to do is pool what we know about him and everything together to try and find him and end him."

Ciel nodded in understanding. "Very well. I just want to know who I'm working with."

Kazuma looked at her deadpanned.

Ciel sighed weakly. "I suppose that's a little hypocritical, isn't it?"

"More than a little. But regardless, the issue now is to piece together what we have on Roa. What I do know for now is there's a family in the city with connections to him."

Ciel raised an eyebrow. "What family?"

Kazuma nodded. "The Tohno Clan."

"The Tohnos?"

Kazuma nodded in return, "I've heard that there's a possible connection between them and Roa. Unfortunately, I can't say more since I don't want to play all my cards yet. That, and it's time for class."

Ciel stood quietly for a moment. "…Oh…"

After that, Kazuma returned to the classroom and stayed for the remainder of the day until the Hollow alert went off once more.

As Kazuma turned to Ichigo, the orange-haired teen argued, "Last time I checked it's your turn."

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow. "You sure?"

"Yup, you called me out for that stupid contest you had with Uryu. You owe me for a while," Ichigo pointed out.

Kazuma sighed and pulled out Kon and reached into the stuffed animal to get the Gikongan and raised an eyebrow. "What the…? Where…is…the damn thing…?" After another moment he found it and yanked it out, ingesting it to go into his Soul Reaper form and go after the Hollow.

The day went simply after that as Kazuma killed the weak Hollow before returning to school to get his body back.

After returning to his body he met up with Medea and Erza, however Medea stopped him with a stern face.

"Is something wrong?" Kazuma asked.

Medea nodded. "Yes. There's another Master and another Servant here. I can't narrow down their positions or identities but they're here."

Kazuma nodded in understanding. "That's not terribly surprising."

"It is not?" Erza asked.

Kazuma shook his head. "No. There's a series of magic circles scattered around the area causing problems."

"So you finally noticed it, Soryu?"

Kazuma, Erza, and Medea turned around to see Rin Tohsaka along with Atalanta behind them.

That is the end of that chapter, hope you guys enjoyed it. If you did let me know, and if not let me know why but do nott be stupid about it.