Chapter XI

Well nice seeing you everybody, though, I personally do not see any of you, but that is beside the point. The point is, hello, it is time for another chapter of Chaos Pawn of the Gremory. Hopefully you guys enjoyed the last chapter, I believe so but so far the previous chapter has no reviews so there's that, and hopefully you will all enjoy this one. I would like to thank my coauthor Bakuto Masaki as well as welcome new coauthor seeker of true anime fan fic for help with this story. Well, there are a couple reviews I can respond to, so I will start the reviewer responses.

seeker of true anime fan fic: Hopefully what you read was nothing bad.

cabstet: Hopefully not too much so. Oh, you realized that did you? Yes, she is very, very hot. And awesome. Hmm...I will let this chapter explain that for you.

Chayner: From my perspective at least I seem to be handling it well, with a few slip ups here and there though. Yes, the whole thing with Erza was probably a little mishandled, but I will admittedly say it kind of happened that way because the plot says so, since that what was needed for Kazuma to get Soul Reaper powers.

Neither. If you read further you will find out Kazuma is actually Abraxas Bael, an ancient devil, who already had the Mangekyo Sharingan but due to a series of events and being made back into a human had lost his powers back down to the regular Sharingan. But getting Erza's Soul Reaper powers kickstarted his own power and reawakened the Mangekyo. He awakened the Mangekyo the right way, he killed someone he loved inadvertently.

Hopefully that answers your questions. Not sure how long it will take you to see this particular reviewer response but this should suffice.

And now on with the show, er, story...

"So you finally noticed it, Soryu?"

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

Kazuma raised an eyebrow and asked, "What do you mean, Tohsaka?"

Rin walked up to the group, with Atalanta running up and wrapping her arms around Kazuma's shoulders happily. "What I'm saying is that I'm surprised you've only just now recognized the sigils everywhere."

Kazuma lightly lifted Atalanta off of him, causing the latter to frown, before turning to Rin. "I realized it quite a while ago, I simply didn't say anything since I wasn't sure who created them."

Rin nodded in understanding and then folded her arms curiously. "So what will you do now?"

"I'm going to go home, what else?"

Rin looked at him surprised. "You aren't going to destroy them?"

Kazuma shook his head. "No, I've seen this magic circle before. I can tell just by looking that right now they aren't much a threat. So it's best to let whoever planted these think they're the master of their own domain. They can always be dealt with later."

Rin narrowed her eyes in thought as Kazuma, Erza, and Medea walked away. She then sighed in annoyance. "Unbelievable. He has an answer for everything."

Atalanta just laughed happily in agreement.

Kazuma, Erza, Mavis, and Medea arrived back at Kazuma's apartment to find a surprising visitor outside Kazuma's front door.

Kazuma frowned in thought and said, "Arcueid. What are you doing here?"

Arcueid turned to Kazuma and waved happily. "I managed to find out where you were living this time. You're not very easy to find, you know."

Kazuma sighed as he scratched his head in response. "That's by design. Look, why don't we go inside and we can sort this mess out."

Erza nodded in agreement with folded arms. "Yes, I remember seeing you yesterday, and I am rather curious as to why you are around."

Arcueid smiled and waved to Erza as well. "It's good to see you too, Erza. Though you don't sound particularly happy to see me."

Erza twitched an eyebrow in response. "You think I have forgotten what you did to Naruto back in Central?"

Arcueid chuckled playfully. "Aww, so many centuries and you're still bitter about that? He seemed to enjoy it just fine."

Sparks began to fly between the two and Kazuma put up a hand. "As intrigued as I am to see a catfight, considering you're both superhuman let's hold off on that, shall we?"

The two sighed in resignation as Kazuma opened the door to his apartment.

Inside, Medea prepared tea for everyone while Kazuma sat with Arcueid and Erza.

With a sigh, Kazuma turned to Arcueid and asked, "I presume the answer is simple, but I still have to ask, why are you here?"

Arcueid nodded in understanding. "Quite simple. I need your help."

Kazuma narrowed his eyes in thought. "Go on."

"As I mentioned in our last meeting, Nrvnqsr Chaos is currently in the city, while at the same time Roa is here as well. Both of them are travelling throughout the city killing people and draining their blood. I am trying to take both of them down."

Kazuma sighed in response. "Nrvnqsr's been going for thousands of years and now you want to try and take him down? Roa I can understand but I don't see why the sudden lock on for Nrvnqsr."

Arcueid frowned at him. "You don't think we should stop him from killing anymore civilians?"

Kazuma shook his head. "That's not what I meant, you of all people should know that. My point is that I'm just curious why you're suddenly so focused on him."

"Because…his rate of killing has suddenly spiked. I think he might be planning something."

Kazuma raised an eyebrow curiously. "And what might that be?"

Arcueid shook her head. "I can't say, and truthfully, I'm not interested in waiting around to find out."

Kazuma scratched his head in thought. "Well…I guess that makes things simple enough. My only other question is this: what were you doing in that park the other day, passed out like that?"

Arcueid winced at the question and frowned in shame. "It's because I ended up getting in over my head in a fight with Nrvnqsr."

Kazuma looked at her puzzled. "You lost a fight with him?"

Arcueid nodded. "Yes, fighting Roa amongst other foes during the time that you have been absent has been far more difficult without your blood's unique qualities."

Kazuma nodded in understanding. "Meaning you expend more of your energy suppressing your impulses."

"Yes, that's precisely it."

Kazuma folded his arms in thought. "I see. Then I guess that leaves our options simplified."

Erza nodded in agreement. "Going after Orochimaru is not going to be easy."

Kazuma raised an eyebrow. "There's that name again, Orochimaru."

"Oh, right, I thought I explained that."

"A little bit."

Arcueid explained, "Orochimaru is Roa's original name in his original body. He was a malevolent ninja around the same time as Erza and the others were still alive. He fooled me into biting him, turning him into a vampire similar to myself."

Kazuma nodded in understanding. "I thought what I knew about him before was nasty, but the more I learn about him the more I realize he's even more twisted than I thought."

"However, first we should focus on Nrvnqsr, it's possible he could strike at one specific location."

Kazuma looked at her curiously. "And where would that be?"

"There's an extravagant hotel in the city where large numbers of people are gathering for various reasons, it will be the perfect place for Nrvnqsr to feed."

Kazuma raised an eyebrow in thought. "Do you know where it is?"

Arcueid nodded in response.

However, both were interrupted when Erza's phone suddenly began blaring.

Mirajane walked into the room as she heard the loud sound and asked pained, "What is that sound?"

Erza looked at her phone in shock. "This is unbelievable! There's a location nearby where there's almost ten Hollows in one spot!"

Kazuma narrowed his eyes as he stood up. "Looks like we'll need to continue this conversation later."

Arcueid nodded in understanding as Mirajane walked over to the group.

"Excuse me," Mirajane began, "I would like it if you would let me come with you."

Erza looked at Mirajane surprised. "I do not think that is a good idea, Mira."

Mirajane shook her head. "I'm not defenseless." She reached into a pocket of the outfit she wore, a maroon dress, and pulled out a three-pronged kunai with a wooden handle attached to a chain linked to a ring on her right wrist.

Erza raised an eyebrow curiously. "How did you get a Flying Raijin kunai?"

Mirajane shook her head again. "It is not truly a Flying Raijin kunai. The term Zanpakuto sticks in my mind."

"Zanpakuto? How do you have one?"

"I can't say. However, I believe it is named Alma Diablo."

Kazuma nodded in understanding. "I guess when you ripped your mask off you got that as well."

Arcueid nodded in agreement. "I've seen a Hollow rip its mask off before and become sort of human. I immediately killed him but it was still intriguing."

"Right. So, if you're wanting to fight Mirajane I won't stop you. But we need to get going to that location now. I can use Kamui to get us there faster."

Medea asked Kazuma, "Do you want us to come with you?" Souji walked up beside her with Kuroka and Kazehana next to her.

Kazuma narrowed his eyes in thought. "It may be considered a little excessive but with this many Hollows this many hands would help." Grabbing Kon his eyes turned to his Mangekyo and his Kamui vortex appeared, sucking himself, Erza, Arcueid, Mavis, Medea, Kazehana, Kuroka, Sheele, and Mirajane into it.

In another location, the Kamui portal appeared in a parking lot with the group appearing from it.

Kazuma sighed as he looked at Kon, who was now in Kazuma's body. "You know, that Gikongan is getting more and more annoying to find. Are you sure you're not swallowing it further and further each time?"

Kon frowned at him in annoyance. "It's not my fault!"

"This is not the time to be quibbling," Erza chided angrily.

"Sorry," the two apologized in unison.

Everyone looked up as Hollow howled nearby before lunging through the air towards the group.

Sheele ran in front of the Hollow, opened the blades of her scissors wide and then snapped them shut right as its head passed over her, beheading it and killing it instantly.

Kazuma nodded in relief and turned to Erza and asked, "How many more left?"

Erza looked at her phone. "Eight."

"Split up and take them down."

The others nodded and spread out.

Medea walked around the area with Souji beside her and pointed ahead.

Souji nodded and jumped forward, slashing downward at a section of wall.

As she did a Hollow jumped out of the wall, smashing through it and heading for Souji.

Medea raised a hand and fired a blast of bright violet energy the pierced straight through the Hollow's head, killing it.

Kazehana looked around an area on the opposite side of the building with Kuroka when both were descended upon by a loud Hollow covered in tendrils.

"That's a big one, nya," Kuroka remarked.

Several tendrils lunged forward to strike the two.

Kazehana raised a hand and several gusts of wind shot from her hand, slicing the Hollow's tendrils to pieces, causing it to howl in pain.

Kuroka looked at Kazehana in surprise. "Wow, you've got wind magic hm, nya?"

Kazehana smiled in response. "You could say that."

The Hollow howled and tried to strike them again but Kuroka jumped up in the air and then shot back down feet first, slamming her feet onto the Hollow's head, crushing it into the ground and killing it.

Inside the front of the hotel, Kazuma, Erza, and Arcueid looked around.

Arcueid narrowed her eyes before pointing nearby. "Look at those people."

Kazuma and Erza turned, narrowing their eyes in disgust.

Several people were nearby, all dead and slashed to pieces.

Kazuma walked over and looked over the group of bodies. "Whatever did this, I don't think it was a Hollow."

Erza shook her head in agreement. "It was not. Hollows merely pull a person's soul out of their body and then eats it, they do not violently rip their victims apart like this."

"It was probably Nrvnqsr," Arcueid interjected.

Kazuma and Erza turned to her in confusion.

Kazuma asked, "Are you certain?"

Arcueid nodded in response. "It's highly likely."

Kazuma sighed in frustration as he looked around. "Great, so that jackass could be anywhere."

Suddenly a Hollow howl erupted nearby as a Hollow resembling a snake with arms ran out from behind a corner, but was snared by a giant, black, fleshy alligator-like monster that chomped on the Hollow several times before swallowing it and sinking back into the hallway.

Kazuma tensed as he gripped his Zanpakuto and grit his teeth. "He's here. Be careful, this bastard's as powerful as some low rank gods I've fought."

Kon gaped and then demanded, "Then why the hell are we still here!?"

Kazuma smirked in response. "Because, I'm bored."

After a few moments a figured walked out of the hallway, a tall and strongly built man, with only his head and hands visible, both being white as paper with short, scruffy grey hair, and grey eyes while the rest of his body was covered by a full-length trench coat. The man stopped and then looked up and saw Kazuma and Arcueid, smirking. He then said in a calm, confident voice, "Ah, Arcueid Brunestud and Abraxas Bael. It has been quite a time since I have seen you. Heh, I had figured that Forbesii had finally managed to kill you, Abraxas."

Kazuma steadied his stance and narrowed his eyes at the man. "Nrvnqsr, you bastard. Did you do this?"

Nrvnqsr looked around at the dismembered bodies and asked with a smirk, "Don't you like my artwork?"

Arcueid narrowed her eyes at him. "You kill too many people, Nrvnqsr."

"Kazunya!" Kuroka shouted as she, Kazehana, Medea, and Souji ran into the main room of the hotel and saw Kazuma and the others standing opposite Nrvnqsr. Kuroka covered her nose and asked in disgust, "Ohhh, nya. What's that smell, nya?" She looked around and widened her eyes in shock at the butchered bodies. She then turned to Nrvnqsr. "Did he do this, nya?"

Kazuma nodded in response. "Yeah, be careful."

Nrvnqsr smirked with his hands still in his pockets. "Now, how about we finish with the introductions? I'm bored." Suddenly two long tendrils shot out of his torso and raced towards the group.

"Scatter!" Kazuma shouted, everyone jumping immediately as the tendrils crashed into the floor. Kazuma landed and rushed at Nrvnqsr, disappearing in a burst of wind.

Nrvnqsr smirked as a blade clad snake emerged from his back and intercepted Kazuma, his Zanpakuto clashing with the snake's bladed head.

"Damn!" Kazuma grunted as he jumped back, a centipede-like creature emerging and lunging at him. Kazuma dove to the side as the creature disconnected and pursued him.

The creature was killed when Kuroka stomped on its head, killing it.

"Hmph," Nrvnqsr huffed as multiple black wolves emerged from his body and raced out at the group.

Medea raised a hand and fired bolts of lightning at the wolves, striking two while the other three dodged around.

Souji rushed up behind one and decapitated it as another wolf turned to bite her, only for Arcueid to grab it and slam it into the ground.

Kazehana raised a hand and pointed at Nrvnqsr, bursts of wind shooting at the monstrous man.

Nrvnqsr smirked as a wall of black flesh rose up in front of him and absorbed the blow, the wall forming into spiked tendrils that rushed at her.

Kazehana narrowed her eyes as she flicked her index finger, sending blades of wind that hacked the tendrils apart.

Kon came up behind Nrvnqsr only to have a massive black arm form out of Nrvnqsr's back and punch with intense force, slamming him into the far wall hard enough to dent it.

Kazuma turned to Kon and growled. "Stay out of this, Kon! Even if we do beat this guy it won't matter if you've destroyed my body!"

"Not a problem," Kon moaned as he collapsed on the floor.

Medea flattened a hand pointing at Nrvnqsr and fired multiple blasts of energy at him which were deflected a spiked tendril that lunged at her. She stood calmly as the tendril piled onto itself after hitting her barrier and sunk back to Nrvnqsr.

Kuroka raced towards Nrvnqsr at high speeds with Arcueid running up from behind, both ready to strike him.

Nrvnqsr smirked and leapt into the air, causing the two to collide.

Kazehana swept her arm across her body and slammed Nrvnqsr with a blast of wind that smashed him into the ground below hard.

Kazuma took the chance and swept his Zanpakuto down, shouting, "Demon Fang!" as a small streak of blue energy shot from his blade to Nrvnqsr.

However a black gorilla appeared and slammed its fist down on the attack, nullifying it.

Nrvnqsr stood up from the small crater with an annoyed expression and wiped dust from his shoulder.

A black lion and cheetah emerged from his body and ran out at the group along with the gorilla.

The cheetah ran at high speeds, zigging towards Kazehana.

She watched the creature closely, slowly raising her hand until she splayed her fingers out instantly, hitting the beast with a pinpoint blast of wind, killing it.

The lion charged towards Medea and Souji, swiping its claws at Souji as she jumped in the air.

Arcueid came in from the side and punched it in the head, but it was more resilient than she expected and turned back to bite her.

Kazuma slammed a flaming fist into its head shouting, "Fire Dragon Iron Fist!"

Its head dissolved from his attack as he struck it down.

The gorilla came up behind him and tried to slam its fist into him, only for it to pass right through him.

Kazuma spun on one foot and severed its head and then sighed. "I'm going to need this." He stabbed his Zanpakuto into the ground and then slammed his fists together shouting, "Boosted Gear!"

The red gauntlets formed on his hands as he picked his sword back up, the gauntlets emitting, "Dragon Booster!"

Kazuma rushed forward in another burst of speed, appearing right next to Nrvnqsr to strike him but vanished again with a clawed hand reached out to strike him. Kazuma behind Nrvnqsr again but disappeared once more when an insect leg lunged out.

Nrvnqsr narrowed his eyes and swung his fist out, his colliding with Erza's. Nrvnqsr smirked and teased, "Little girls shouldn't play with the big boys." His arm then extended forward, slamming into Erza's midsection and slamming her against a wall.

"Erza!" Kazuma shouted. "You'll pay for that!" Swinging his blade again he shouted, "Demon Fang!" as another blast shot towards Nrvnqsr, which was negated by another fleshy wall that morphed into multiple wolves that raced out at Kazuma.

Stone spikes rose out of the ground that wolves dodged, one veering off after Medea, the caster of the spell.

Kazuma disappeared in another burst of speed as the wolves neared him, reappearing behind them before they died into black soup.

Kuroka ran up behind Nrvnqsr and sent a punch flying at him, but her eyes widened as a hole formed in his body that her arm passed through before the hole closed around her hand. "No, nya!" Kuroka shouted frantically as she began to be absorbed into Nrvnqsr's body.

"Bastard!" Kazuma shouted as he appeared in a burst of speed near Nrvnqsr as his gauntlets Boosted again, just in time for Kazuma to slice Nrvnqsr's body in half.

Kuroka grit her teeth as she forcefully removed her fist from Nrvnqsr's body and jumped back.

"You are all boring me," Nrvnqsr chided as his body began writhing before a large number of monsters, wolves, lions, spiders, velociraptors, and dragons, burst from his body and out into the rest of the building.

Several of the wolves ran close to each other and converged, forming a massive wolf that ran at Kazehana and attempted to clamp its jaws down on her but she flew away before it could.

Kazuma landed on the ground as an oversized lion lunged at him, Arcueid jumping down its head before she ducked as Kazuma lunged forward to stab a raptor in the face.

He then jumped up as Arcueid swept her leg across the ground, tripping another raptor just in time for Kazuma to summon Clarent and toss it at the raptor, the sword severing its head before crashing into the ground. Kazuma landed on the ground, picked up the sword with his free hand as he spun around, chopping the head of a charging lion off with Clarent before ducking down so Arcueid propel off his back and axe-kick a dragon down onto Kazuma's Zanpakuto to kill it. Kazuma then leveled the broad side of his sword for Arcueid to land on.

She smiled at him and curtsied. "Why thank you." She then jumped to the ground.

Kazehana watched the two in surprise. 'Amazing, their movements are perfectly in sync, each one working into the next movement of the other person.'

Kazuma turned to Kazehana and then rushed towards her. "Kazehana!"

Kazehana turned in surprise as one of Nrvnqsr's raptors lunged at her.

Blood splashed to the ground as it bit down, however, to Kazehana's surprise, it bit Kazuma's shoulder, not her.

Kazuma grunted from the pain and punched the raptor in the stomach with Fire Dragon Iron Fist before shouting, "Get away from her!"

The raptor slammed into a wall hard enough to put a hole in it, also landing on one of Nrvnqsr's spiders, killing both.

Nrvnqsr smirked in amusement before sighing in amusement. "I suppose it's time I stop letting my pets have all the fun." He leaned down before lunging forward, displacing air as he did.

"Kazuma! Nrvnsqr's on the move!" Arcueid shouted.

The mass of goop appeared near Kazuma with an insane grin as he reared back a fist.

Kazuma knocked Kazehana away as the fist slammed into Kazuma and sent flying away into one of the far walls and straight through. Kazuma coughed up blood as he landed, grabbing at his ribs in pain. "Shit, that hurt…"

Medea turned to Kazuma in worry as she ran to him. She knelt down and asked, "Where are you injured?"

Kazuma answered strained, "My ribs. I think he broke a few."

Medea nodded in understanding and raised her hands to him as a faint green light enveloped her hands. "It's not much but it should do the job."

Kazuma nodded in understanding.

Sheele and Mirajane came in the door to see the chaos unfolding.

Sheele turned and saw Kazuma being healed by Medea and shouted in worry, "Kazuma!"

Kazuma rebutted, "Worry about Nrvnqsr, not me!"

Sheele turned as several of Nrvnqsr's beasts raced towards her and Mirajane.

Sheele's features immediately hardened as she swept her scissors in front of her and killed all of the beasts charging at her and Mirajane.

Mirajane stepped forward and raised the kunai in her hands. "Erase, Alma Diablo!" The kunai was enveloped in light that then enveloped Mirajane's body as she visibly changed within the light. After it died down she was shown to have darker eyes with a blue line zigzagging down the right side of her face, similar markings above her right breast and on her exposed thighs, her hair flowed upwards, having grown wider and curlier, her forehead ponytail also having grown longer and pointed, her ears also becoming pointed like elves' as well as her canines sharpening, her forearms and hands were also covered in scales with fins protruding at the sides, a large, stocky tail made of segmented plates also formed at the base of her spine, and large, bat-like wings while she wore a skimpy, one-piece suit that revealed much of her arms and legs and was open in the front and back, a spiky collar tied around her neck by a pink ribbon, thin belts protruding over her shoulders from her suit, matching, thigh-high, high-heeled boots with decorative motifs at the tops, and bronze gauntlets that covered her hands and a portion of her forearms.

Erza's eyes widened in shock as she looked at Mirajane's appearance. "That is…Satan Soul…"

Nrvnqsr raised an intrigued eyebrow as he looked at Mirajane's new form. "I see. So you're an Arrancar. Devouring you should replenish at least three of my lives."

Mirajane narrowed her eyes angrily at Nrvnqsr. "I will punish you for hurting my friends."

Nrvnqsr smirked in response. "Is that so? Do try."

Mirajane leaned forward and flapped her wings before lunging at Nrvnqsr.

Nrvnqsr narrowed his eyes in amusement and rushed at her as well, their fists colliding as they met in the middle, the force of their collision causing a burst of pressure that buckled the floor below them.

Kazuma narrowed his eyes as Medea finished the healing. He then turned to her. "I need you to buy me a few minutes."

Medea nodded in understanding as she stood in front of Kazuma and raised her hands, shouting, "Barrier!" Causing a magical dome to appear over her and Kazuma.

Kazuma sighed and then slapped his hands together and closed his eyes as he sat.

Kuroka breathed heavily after smashing another lion and then turned to Kazuma and widened her eyes. 'Unbelievable, nya. He's gathering nature energy, nya.'

Sheele ran towards Nrvnqsr, hacking apart all of the monsters behind the two of them, slicing one in half from top to bottom with the scissors before stabbing one in the head.

Nrvnqsr reached out towards her, his arm mutating into a tendril that raced at her.

Sheele raised her blades in front of her, the unbreakable weapon easily stopping Nrvnqsr's attack before she swiftly opened and closed the blades several times as she raced towards him, slicing his tendril into pieces.

However she was forced to jump away as a giant millipede emerged from his body and attacked her.

Mirajane threw a punch at Nrvnqsr which his body twisted to dodge before he threw a punch up at her, hitting her in the jaw before a muscular emerged from his chest and grabbed her by the head before throwing her at Kuroka who was charging at him from behind. "Hmph, for an Arrancar you are surprisingly weak," Nrvnqsr taunted.

Mirajane frowned in anger as she looked at Nrvnqsr.

Arcueid walked up beside her and said, "Don't worry about holding back for the safety of the humans. There isn't a single living human left in this building."

Mirajane widened her eyes in shock before scowling at Nrvnqsr. "If that's the case then I suppose there's no need to hold back." Mirajane raised a hand as several green orbs of energy appeared in her hands before shooting off at Nrvnqsr.

Several dragons dove down to take the blows, causing smoke to erupt throughout the area.

Medea, who still held up the barrier against the multiple beasts outside, asked with strain in her voice, "How much longer?"

Kazuma furrowed his brow and said calmly, "Just a little longer. I'm almost there."

Medea sighed in exhaustion and said, "Alright, but you better make it quick, healing magic is one thing I never really got the hang of."

Suddenly the beasts at her barrier disappeared.

Medea looked around surprised when Souji landed in front of her.

Souji turned around and said, "I've got your back. I'm not sure what you and Kazuma are planning Master, but I will buy you as much time as I can."

Medea frowned in frustration but nodded in appreciation.

Souji turned and clashed with several more beasts that tried to attack Kazuma and Medea.

Medea grit her teeth as she began to sweat with fatigue. 'That's actually worse. While she is protecting us, her fighting like that is using up even more of my mana.'

Mirajane and Nrvnqsr were locked in a competition of fists as they each floated in midair throwing a constant stream of punches at each other, Mirajane using her tail to match the extra fists Nrvnqsr used.

That is, until she felt a searing pain in her back and turned as a flying, bladed creature stabbed into her back.

The sudden shock and distraction gave Nrvnqsr time to engorge his left arm with the black substance to massive size before sending a powerful blow to Mirajane that slammed her into the ground hard.

Mirajane coughed as the blow knocked the wind out of her. She then growled angrily before crushing the head of the beast that was biting her arm.

Kuroka punched another beast in the face before ducking the blow of one behind her and spin-kicking it before stomping on its head and killing it. She breathed heavily with exhaustion before turning to see Nrvnqsr floating in the air above them. Gritting her teeth in anger she turned to see Kazehana next to her and looked at her concerned. "Kazehana-nyan! Are you alright, nya?!"

Kazehana sat on the ground beside her breathing shallowly with her face flushed deep red.

Erza ran up beside Mirajane and said, "It does not seem physical attacks will work against him. We should focus on long range attacks, at the very least it should wear down his defenses."

Mirajane nodded in agreement and turned to Nrvnqsr, charging another blast of energy in her hand while Erza prepared a kido to fire at Nrvnqsr.

Arcueid meanwhile was dealing with more of Nrvnqsr's beasts when she felt a sharp pain in her side and looked down to see a snake with a blade on its head jabbing into her side. She coughed up small amounts of blood before looking up to see Nrvnqsr with his right arm transformed into the snake and a smirk on his face.

He then rushed down to finish Arcueid off but was thrown to the side by two powerful blasts of energy. He retracted his whip arm and landed on the ground as the damage to his body healed.

Arcueid fell to one knee as she gripped her side in pain. "Damn, that cut deeper than I expected."

Nrvnqsr turned to Erza and Mirajane annoyed before smirking. "You truly believed that would finish me? How quaint."

Erza smirked in rebuttal. "I didn't expect it to kill you, just distract you long enough."

"What?" Nrvnqsr suddenly felt his entire body heat up as Mirajane shoved a ball of energy into his torso before jumping back. Nrvnqsr howled angrily as the ball of energy exploded violently, splattering his remains all over the area.

Mirajane sighed and breathed heavily from exhaustion.

"It's not…over yet…" Arcueid said as she held her side.

A small pile of the black sludge began to writhe before shifting and growing in size, turning into a pillar of black slime before taking the vague shape of a human, then refining and reforming itself into Nrvnqsr. He smirked in amusement as he looked around. "You've actually managed to take more than thirty of my lives. I'm impressed."

"Thirty? How many do you have?!" Mirajane shouted.

Arcueid explained, "Six hundred and sixty-six. We have to kill him…six hundred and sixty-six times to finish him off."

Nrvnqsr smirked as two of his beasts walked towards him holding weakened Hollows, his body then stretching out massive, monstrous jaws that devoured both of the beasts and the Hollows they held. "And there, I've just replenished two of them."

Mirajane snarled before raising a hand and firing a chain of shots at Nrvnqsr, firing over and over at him.

However, a wall of the black sludge formed that hardened and deflected each of blasts away before a series tendrils shot out and struck her, slamming her into a wall with several slashes covering her body.

Souji breathed heavily as she had her blade sunk in the chest of a black dragon before twisting the blade, causing the beast to howl in pain before falling over dead. She sighed as she examined her now tattered kimono despondently.

Medea looked back at Kazuma and smirked.

Kazuma's body glowed as lines formed on his body, two vertical lines starting at his forehead that extended down his face to his neck, with three other lines branching off just below his eyes and reaching back to his ears, while the lines that went over his torso and arms were covered by his clothing the lines on his arms continued onto his hands, with one line extending from his wrist to each finger, circling the base knuckle of each like a ring with a separate, ring-like line just at the end of that. As the blue light that the lines emitted died down the lines became jet black. Kazuma then opened his eyes, which had turned golden yellow. He took in a breath and then let it out slowly as he stood up, stretching his neck and grabbing his blades.

Medea asked with a smirk, "So, is it ready?"

Kazuma answered calmly as he walked up to her, "Yes, I have entered Sage Mode."

Medea sighed in relief as she let down the barrier, Kazuma catching her as she passed out, before setting her down.

Souji's eyes widened as Kazuma walked past her. 'That raw power…it's almost…deafening…'

Kazuma looked around and then spotted Nrvnqsr. His visage flickered for a moment before he vanished, the air rushing in to fill the space he left.

Nrvnqsr had an engorged arm ready to crush Arcueid, however, one moment he was there the next he was thrown through a wall with so much power and speed it took a moment for Arcueid to realize what had happened. She then turned to Kazuma and looked at him in shock. "Abraxas…what are those marks on your body?"

Kazuma answered plainly, "My Sage Mode markings."

Kuroka asked in amusement, "So it's true, nya? You're a True Sage, nya? Just like me, nya."

Kazuma nodded in agreement but then noticed Kazehana lying on the ground next to Kuroka. "What happened to her?"

Kuroka frowned in worry, "Dunno, nya. She got like that a little after Nrvnqsr hit you."

Kazuma walked over to Kazehana and attempted to ask her what was wrong but he got nary the chance as she immediately forced herself up, wrapper her arms around his shoulders and pressed her lips against his, kissing him deeply.

Kuroka gaped in confusion and then shouted, "Kazunya! This isn't really the time be kissing and-…are those wings growing out of Kazehana-nyan's back!?"

As Kuroka spoke a set of large, ethereal, bright violet wings exploded in light from Kazehana's body just as Kazehana moaned and threw her head back, a complex crest appearing in light at the base of her neck.

Kazehana stood up with a lighter blush and smiled warmly at Kazuma. "I've found you, my Ashikabi."

Kazuma looked at her puzzled. "Your…what…?"

Nrvnqsr groaned before engorging both of his arms and charging at the group. "I'm going to make you pay for that!"

Kazehana turned to Nrvnqsr and smirked, then looked back at Kazuma and requested, "Let me deal with this."

Kazuma merely nodded curiously as Kazehana stood in Nrvnqsr's way as he charged.

Kazehana took a deep breath and began reciting words Kazuma thought sounded familiar. "Oh, wind of my contract, my Ashikabi's dark clouds shall be blown away." Her eyes then snapped open as the wind began whirl and spin as she shouted, "Flower Whirlwind!" A powerful whirlwind filled with pink flower petals formed behind Kazehana and then surged at Nrvnqsr, slamming into him with insane force, shearing off his arms before surging forward and slamming him through the back wall, and then the remaining walls past that.

Outside the hotel, one of the outside walls suddenly exploded in dust and debris.

Nrvnqsr lying in a heap, pieces of his body strewn about between Kazuma's group and where he laid.

Kazuma and the others gaped in response.

"That was one hell of an attack, nya!" Kuroka exclaimed.

Kazehana wrapped her hands around Kazuma's arms and said lovingly, "Anything for my Ashikabi."

Kazuma sighed in confusion and then said, "You're going to need to explain to me what just happened, but for now, we've still got a fight to finish."

Nrvnqsr limped over to where Kazuma and the others were, scowling intensely at them. "Unbelievable…how…how…?! How could a single attack take away twelve of my lives!"

Kazehana interjected, "I think it's because you were smashed through twelve walls, something that would kill any normal human twelve times over."

Nrvnqsr growled angrily before howling loudly.

"I think you've pissed him off," Kazuma remarked.

Suddenly all of the beasts Nrvnqsr had released converged on him, forming a writing black mass that then condensed back into Nrvnqsr himself, however, his eyes suddenly began glowing a deep red color.

Arcueid's eyes widened as she shouted, "Abraxas! You have to finish him, now! He's going into his ultimate form, the Nine Hundred and Ninety-Ninth Beast!"

Kazuma grit his teeth Nrvnqsr's body began convulsing and steaming. "Shit, guess it's time to kick things off." Kazuma disappeared in a burst of speed, his body flashing several times before he vanished.

Nrvnqsr also vanished, both of them becoming nearly invisible as they moved at incomprehensible speeds, becoming visible only when they stopped to hit each other.

The hotel began to shake side to side, sections of the walls and the different floors exploding as Nrvnqsr and Kazuma's supersonic fight continued, until Nrvnqsr burst out of the top of the building and into the night sky, Kazuma smashing his hole through the roof at the same time.

Kazuma narrowed his eyes as Nrvnqsr's body began to pulsate and bulge, turning into an incomprehensible mess of black flesh before compressing into a vaguely humanoid shape, a massive, ten foot behemoth with stone gray skin, a hunched over neck and a misshapen head with white, featureless eyes, two-toed feet, and large cracks running down its torso that glowed a dim red color.

The massive beast exhaled as it formed and spoke with a deep, demonic voice. "Heh, heh, now, I will crush every one of you, witness the power of my Best Beast."

Kazuma was barely able to follow Nrvnqsr as he sped behind him, cupped his hands and slammed his grasped hands down on Kazuma's head, sending him crashing down through the hotel's roof, finally stopping as he slammed into the ground floor.

"Kazuma!" Erza and the others shouted as they ran to check on him as Nrvnqsr crashed down beside them, standing up tall enough that his head almost reached the ceiling.

Arcueid looked at Nrvnqsr in horror. 'Damn…if only I was at my full power, I would be able to take him down.'

Kazuma bloodily as he regained movement and looked at Nrvnqsr walking over to them. "Shit…this is real bad. His speed and power even exceed my own in Sage Mode."

Nrvnqsr smirked maniacally at the group as he crossed his arms and began trembling light before shouting, "All of you, disappear! Number of the Beast!" His chest opened as a massive torrent of raw energy began soaring towards the group at insane speeds.

"I've only got one chance at this," Kazuma winced, "Kamui!"

A whirling vortex formed in midair into which all of the raw energy Nrvnqsr shot at them was absorbed.

After several seconds the torrent stopped as Nrvnqsr vanished, then immediately reappeared behind within the group. He spun around with one fit raised, sending all of the girls flying as he struck them before stopping and slamming his foot down with great force right onto of Kazuma.

"Gaahh!" Kazuma bellowed in pain as the massive beast stomped on him before digging in his heel.

"I'm going to crush you like a bug."

"Wind Blade!"

Suddenly a crescent blade of wind shot by Nrvnqsr and severed his leg at the knee, causing him to hobble back as it regenerated. He turned and scowled at Kazehana, standing nearby, despite being beaten from his last attack, glaring at him angrily.

"No one strikes my Ashikabi."

Nrvnqsr huffed and said, "Then he will join you in the afterlife once I have killed him!"

"Not so fast…asshole…" Kazuma strained as he stood up, his body mostly shattered and blood dripping from most spots on him.

"Kazuma, stop!" Kazehana begged.

Medea, who had managed to awaken long enough to see Nrvnqsr's assault, watched as Kazuma raised a hand into the air, his fingers splayed out. Her eyes widened as she struggled to her feet, Souji helping her stand, before shouting, "Everyone! Scatter!"

They all looked at her puzzled but responded, with Souji helping Medea move while Mirajane grabbed Arcueid and fled, all of them getting beyond the property of the hotel.

Kazuma lurched over and grabbed onto a part of Nrvnqsr's leg, flowing his nature energy into the behemoth.

Nrvnqsr turned to Kazuma annoyed. "Planning on taking me on alone?"

Kazuma smirked in response. "Yeah, pretty much. Since I've realized a weakness of your Best Beast."

Nrvnqsr raised an eyebrow curiously. "Oh, and what might that be, maggot?"

Kazuma smirked confidently and said, "Now, you've only got one life."

"Wha…?" Nrvnqsr mumbled.

A small ball of light then appeared in Kazuma's hand before he shouted, "Sage Art: Megidola!" 'Sorry, Arcueid…Sheele…Medea…I won't be able to help you anymore…'

The ball of light expanded into a dome that encompassed the entire hotel as light began spinning and oscillating within the dome until a massive burst of light occurred within, the building, the ground, everything within being torn to pieces at the molecular level.

"NNNOOO!" Nrvnqsr bellowed as his body was sheered apart, his five hundred plus lives that had been condensed into just one ended immediately as his body and soul were annihilated by the powerful attack Kazuma unleashed.

Erza and the others covered their eyes as the massive blast of light erupted in front of them, destroying much of the hotel property and eradicating the hotel in its entirety.

After a few seconds the rumbling from the attack and the light it caused died down, leaving only clouds of dust that covered the area.

Medea held a hand to her chest concerned. 'He launched that Megidola with him at the center of it. I hope he…'

After a few moments, a figure slowly stumbled out of the smoke.

Everyone widened their eyes as Kazuma slowly walked out of the smoke and debris, however his clothing was shredded and both Boosted Gear and his Sage Mode markings were gone. After a few feet Kazuma dropped his swords and then fell to his knees.

"Kazuma!" Medea shouted as she ran over to him. Her eyes widened before she turned and shouted, "Kon! Get over here, now!"

Kon ran straight over, Erza knocking him out of Kazuma's body.

"We have to return his soul to his body, he's almost completely drained of mana."

Medea helped him stand before placing his soul back in his body.

Kazuma stood unsteadily for a moment before coughing blood onto the ground and slumping forward, Sheele catching him as he fell. "I feel…so…tired…"

Sheele smiled warmly at him and said, "Alright, go ahead and take a nap, I'll wake you in the morning."

Kazuma sighed in relief as his eyes closed.

Sheele tightened her hands around his back as she trembled lightly.

Kuroka asked, "He…he isn't…is he…?"

Sheele nodded slowly, her eyes shadowed by her bangs.

Kon walked up and asked, "The big guy's really gone?"

Erza knelt down and turned to Kon. "I think now is a good time for you to be quiet."

Kon looked up at Erza and noticed her trembling as she put a hand on Kazuma's arm. He quietly backed away.

Kuroka raised an eyebrow and frowned as she looked off to one side. She tightened a fist angrily before jumping into the shadows.

"So, this was the cause of all the commotion," a new voice said.

Everyone turned as Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Yuuto, and Arturia approached.

Erza frowned in response. "Rias Gremory."

Akeno looked around and saw the destroyed hotel. "How did that happen?" She then looked ahead and saw Kazuma lying on the ground. Her eyes widened as she realized what had happened to him. She walked over to him and knelt down, brushing some of his hair aside. She then stood up and turned to Rias with a determined expression.

Rias sighed in response and then shrugged. "I was planning on it anyway." Rias then walked over to Kazuma and knelt down.

As she did, Arturia asked suspiciously, "What are you going to do?"

Rias smirked and pulled out a glowing chess piece, a pawn. "I'm going to make him one of us."

Sheele asked, "So does that mean you will be bringing him back?"

Rias nodded in response. "Lay him down flat and step back."

Sheele nodded and put his head on the ground and backed away some.

Rias put the pawn piece down on Kazuma's chest and then frowned, digging into her pocket and grabbing another, and then another, and then another until she had placed a total of eight on his chest. As the pieces began to glow brightly Rias nodded in acceptance before standing. Spreading her arms out over Kazuma's body she said, "I order, in my name Rias Gremory, you Kazuma Soryu. I resurrect you back to this soil as my servant and you have been reborn as a true devil. You, my pawn, be delighted with your new life."

The eight pawn pieces then began to slowly sink into Kazuma's chest as his body was bathed in a faint red light for a few seconds before the light died down.

Rias stepped back and folded her arms as she waited.

After several more seconds one of Kazuma's hands twitched.

The group smiled in relief as Kazuma's eyes slowly opened and he sat up, gripping his head in pain. "Oww…why does everything feel so…blurry…?"

"That will wear off," Rias remarked.

Kazuma looked up at the source of the voice and widened his eyes before managing to calm himself some. "So…what happened…?"

Akeno smiled at him. "You've been reincarnated as a devil."

Kazuma raised an eyebrow in confusion as he turned and watched as a pair of jet black, bat-like wings extended out of his back. Kazuma retracted his wings as he stood up, though he grumbled in pain.

"You shouldn't be standing just yet," Sheele recommended as she helped him stand.

Kazuma shook his head in response as he stood up straight. "No, it's alright. I actually feel quite fine now."

Sheele frowned incredulously. "Are you certain?"

Kazuma nodded in return. He then turned to Rias. "Are you the one who turned me into a devil?"

Rias nodded in agreement. "I am. And as a result, you are now one of my servants."

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow in response. "Yeah, no thanks. I've been a servant to someone before and I'm definitely not interested in doing that again."

Rias frowned in annoyance. "Now, now. It's not quite what it sounds like. You are a member of my peerage now, and therefore, part of my family."

Kazuma sighed at her words. 'I was already a part of your family.'

'She doesn't realized that,' Ddraig interjected.

Kazuma just scratched his head and then turned to her. "As long as you aren't going to have me doing anything stupid like cleaning up for you or acting as a sort of butler I'll give it a shot."

Rias smiled happily. "Good to hear. Although, this mess is going to take a lot to explain."

Kazuma scratched the back of his head as he looked at the rubble. "Huh…did I do that?"

Medea nodded in agreement. "Yes, your Sage Art: Megidola caused the building the collapse when you killed Nrvnqsr."

Kazuma widened his eyes as he remembered about Nrvnqsr. "Hang on, is he-?!"

Arcueid interjected, "He's gone. You're attack killed him, for good."

Rias and the others finally noticed Arcueid and tensed up.

Arcueid sighed as she turned to them, showing the blood on her side. "Don't worry, I'm not going to attack you. I think the other vampires who have this silly war with your kind are fools. Besides, as you can see, I'm injured, so it would be foolish of me to attack you right now."

Rias nodded in apprehensive understanding.

Kazuma sighed in relief. He then looked around. "Hey, aren't we missing someone?"

Erza explained, "She ran off before the others got here."

Rias raised a curious eyebrow. "Who did?"

Kazuma shook his head. "Just a friend." He suddenly felt Kazehana wrap her arms around him. "Oh, uh, Kazehana."

She giggled happily as she tightened her grip around him. "Oh, I'm so glad you're still okay! I was worried our Bond would be broken right after it formed!"

Kazuma blinked in confusion before sighing and lightly rubbing her head. "Yeah, yeah, I'm okay now as you can see."

Rias nodded in acceptance. "Now, I believe it would be best for all of us to return to our respective homes before the city comes to investigate and clean up the mess."

Kazuma nodded in agreement as everyone began to leave. He then turned to Arcueid as she began to leave as well. "So what are you going to do now?"

Arcueid shrugged in response. "The first thing I need to do is wait for my wounds to heal. Then I'm going to get back to pursuing Roa. Nrvnqsr may be gone but Roa is still out there."

Kazuma nodded in understanding as she walked off into streets.

Kazuma woke up the next morning in his bed finding himself in a rather peculiar situation.

Medea and Sheele slept at his sides, his arms wrapped by theirs and pressed between their breasts, while Kazehana slept lying on top of him, her paper-thin nightgown doing little to suppress the sensation of her large bosom pressing against his own bare chest. He took in a big breath as he calmed his natural impulses towards the situation, eventually managing to get everyone awake enough to get out of bed.

After getting up he put on his uniform and began preparing breakfast as everyone gathered in the kitchen.

He noticed Kuroka was among the group and asked as he placed the food down, "Where did you go last night?"

Kuroka nodded as she explained, "Rias and the others are devils who live within the society of devils, nya. Meaning if they saw me they'd be under orders to kill or capture me, nya."

Kazuma nodded in understanding but furrowed his brow in thought. "There's something else isn't there?"

Kuroka sighed in defeat. "Seems you caught me, nya. Yes, one of Rias' peerage is my little sister, Shirone, nya."

Kazuma's eyes widened. "You're joking. You're telling me Rias just so happens to have your little sister as one of her servants?"

Kuroka nodded in response. She then abruptly changed the subject. "But that aside, she seems to have been able to save you, nya."

Kazuma nodded. "Yeah, she turned me into a half-devil again with that Evil Piece thing of hers. I feel like a Dead Apostle with how bad the sunlight's effecting me."

"Dead Apostle?" Erza asked.

Kazuma raised an eyebrow. "Didn't I explain that?"

The others shook their heads.

Kazuma sighed. "Right…well put simply there are two types of vampires, vampires like Arcueid, True Ancestors, who are natural born vampires who do not require blood to live but rather use it as a drug since their bodies always crave it, and drinking the blood of most creatures causes them to go into an insane rage."

"You mean except dragon blood," Kazehana interjected.

Kazuma nodded. "Yeah. The second type are Dead Apostles. They're what most people think of when they think of vampires. Weakened by sunlight, can be killed by the usual crosses and silver bullets and stuff, and they also need blood to survive since it provides them with life and they can't produce blood on their own on account of them being dead."

"How strange, I had no idea there were two types of them," Souji commented.

Kazuma nodded as he finished making his own food. "Yup, there are."

After a few moments of eating everyone turned as the television flickered on.

Kazuma raised an eyebrow curiously. "Who turned it on?"

"I didn't," Erza answered, the others echoing her response.

Kazuma and the others then noticed what was specifically on the television, a news report about the destruction of the hotel last night.

The newscaster reported, "Last night a large hotel in the south-eastern district of Shinto Teito collapsed when a brand new MBI power generator overheated and exploded, destabilizing and collapsing the building, killing more than fifty people. MBI is currently investigating the cause of the overheating and is discussing compensation with the families of the deceased."

Kazuma frowned in confusion when the screen flickered black before a maniacal male voice said, "I certainly hope you appreciate me covering your asses like that."

Kazehana's eyes widened at the sound of the voice before a man with wild white hair, a long white cape over a white suit and square glasses on his face with an insane grin appeared on the television.

Kazuma and the others shot up in shock and Kazuma narrowed his eyes angrily. He then sighed and reached for the remote, turning the TV off immediately.

After a moment the television turned back on, the man saying in slight annoyance, "That was rather rude."

Kazuma turned the television off again.

The man turned it back on with his arms folded.

Kazuma turned it back off.

It turned back on once more with the man shouting angrily, "Would you please stop being so rude?!"

"Just tell me who you are," Kazuma demanded.

The man frowned in disappointment. "You have Winged No. 03 and yet you know not who I am? Very well, I shall tell you. I…am Minaka Hiroto, president and CEO of Mid-Bio Informatics and the Game Master of the Sekirei Plan!"

Kazuma blinked in complete confusion. "Look jerkface, I don't understand a single thing you just said."

Minaka sighed heavily as he adjusted his glasses. "Youth these days, so uncivilized. Though, I suppose calling someone as ancient as you, Abraxas Bael, youth would be grossly mistaken, would it not?"

Kazuma narrowed his eyes. "How do you know my name, who the hell are you, and what the fuck are you talking about?!"

"Fine, fine, simmer down. Allow me to explain. Last night you Winged Sekirei No. 03 Kazehana, quite the achievement I must say, Winging one of the five most powerful Sekirei as your very first, bravo."

"Get to the point."

"Yikes, testy, testy. Alright, by Winging that Sekirei, you have involved yourself, and it seems, those around you, in the Sekirei Plan. A competition which extends throughout the entirety of Shinto Teito. One hundred and eight little birds have been released out into the wild, all searching for their Ashikabis, the one person they are destined to be with. And then, once they find their Ashikabi, they must fight each other to the death, defeating all of the other Sekirei until only one Ashikabi and his, or her, Sekirei remain. At which point they shall receive a magnificent reward!"

Kazuma clenched his fists angrily. "You've got to be kidding me. So I'm involved in yet another stupid war masquerading as a competition?"

Minaka nodded. "Yes, more or less. Now you have two games to keep track of, the Sekirei Plan and the Holy Grail War. My, my, you are a busy man, are you not. Now, it was a slight blunder of mine to not check that you were alone in your apartment, so now all of those present know about the Sekirei Plan, but be forewarned, each of you. This game is a secret that must not be revealed to anyone. If you do tell anyone not involved with the game there will be dire consequences."

Kazuma stared back at Minaka sternly. "Just try me asshole."

Minaka chuckled maniacally. "Oh do not be concerned, I am fully aware of your status as a destroyer of nations." One of Minaka's eyes became visible as the glare from his glasses receded. "But unlike you, your little friends are not so immortal."

Kazuma clenched his fists. "If you even think of hurting one of them your entire corporation will become dust."

Minaka huffed in amusement as he adjusted his glasses. "You do not need to worry that much. I am merely in this for the amusement. So long as you keep the existence of my game a secret and keep me entertained, as you have done a marvelous job thus far, I will give you more leeway than other Ashikabi. Consider yourself lucky, I am giving you executive treatment. I cannot be certain she still has it, but No. 03 should still have a card with her that will allow you access to MBI's infinite funds for whatever purposes you may need."

"I'll survive on my own. I don't need backing from the likes of you."

Minaka spread his arms wide with joy. "Splendid! Just the response I was hoping for! Yes, you my dear Kazuma will be most entertaining to observe!" The television then turned off.

Kazuma sighed heavily as he sat back down, putting a hand over his face in frustration.

Kazehana sighed guiltily. "I'm sorry."

Kazuma sighed again as he shook his head. "It's not your fault."

Kazehana chuckled weakly. "I still feel guilty as I didn't get proper time to explain everything last night."

"No, like I said, it's not your fault. Though if you feel that guilty about it there are a few things you can do to make it up. Which includes fully explaining this Sekirei Plan to me since I'm still dubious about from what that psychopath barely told us."

Kazehana nodded in understanding. "I think I can do that."

"Good to hear. Unfortunately we have to get going, so as much as I'd like to learn everything I can about that twisted nutter's plans we've got other things to handle."

"I'll be waiting."

Kazuma nodded as he, Erza, Medea, and Mavis left the apartment.

Kazuma arrived at school shortly after Erza and the others, as planned, but was interrupted by someone he had somewhat forgotten about.

"Well, it's good to see that you're alright," Ciel commented as she walked up to him.

Kazuma raised an eyebrow curiously. "Oh, and why do you say that?"

As they walked she said quietly, "I felt your presence disappear last night. Though it seems you did end up dying, seeing as you're a demon now."

Kazuma hissed in annoyance. "I thought I told you already, demon is an insulting term. At least have the courtesy to call them, er, us, devils."

Ciel sighed in frustration and nodded. "Very well, but tell me, are you still willing to work with an exorcist?"

Kazuma looked at her curiously. "Do you plan on exorcising me?"

"Only if you start killing people."

"Then we don't have a problem."

As Kazuma walked in the door to the school he grumbled in annoyance and turned to the side. "What do you want?"

Sona and Tsubaki stood nearby. Sona asked, "So I suppose I missed my chance, didn't I?"

Kazuma nodded in agreement. "Yes. Rias has already added me to her little group. You can also tell your sister to stop bugging me."

Sona sighed in exhaustion. "Don't bother. She's too bullheaded to listen."

Kazuma scratched the back of his head in annoyance. "Lovely. Well if you don't mind I need to get to class."

Sona nodded while Tsubaki bowed as Kazuma walked away.

Kazuma walked up to his classroom at the same time as Sakura.

Sakura turned to him and bowed lightly. "Good morning Soryu."

Kazuma nodded in return. "Mornin', Sakura. How are you feeling?"

Sakura tilted her head in confusion and then smiled. "I'm feeling just fine, why do you ask?"

Kazuma shook his head. "Just rambling." He opened the door for her and she smiled in appreciation as she walked in, Kazuma closing the door behind himself.

The class continued as was normal for Kazuma, however he became more aware of his new status as a devil because of the negative effects the sunlight was having on him. He was able to ignore most of the effects but he still could not ignore the fatigue.

As lunch break rolled around he groaned as he made his way to Shizuka's office.

Shizuka perked up as she heard a knock at the door and smiled as Kazuma walked in. "Kazuma, what do you need?"

Kazuma sighed as he walked up to her. "I assume you heard what happened last night?"

Shizuka raised an eyebrow and then nodded with a smile. "Yes, I heard you were reincarnated as a devil."

"Good. And I've got a wonderful new side effect I didn't have before, weakness to sunlight. This is not a problem I had when I was Abraxas."

Shizuka giggled in amusement. "Things have changed since then, and due to the way devils are turned it leaves that as a side effect. But you don't need to worry." She pulled out a small vial and handed it to him. "It's called a Dark Bottle. It will surround you in an aura of dark energy for a few hours and will repel the effects of sunlight and weaker light magic."

"Any negative effects?"

Shizuka put a finger to her chin. "I don't think anything major."

Kazuma looked at her in disbelief. "You don't think? Well…it's better than nothing I suppose. Do I drink it?"

Shizuka nodded.

Shrugging in response Kazuma popped the lid and drank the bottle down swiftly, gagging some as he finished. "Oh, that tastes hideous!"

Shizuka chuckled in response. "It is concentrated dark energy, it generally doesn't taste very sweet."

Kazuma sighed and set the bottle on the table as he left, waving to her. "Thanks for the help."

Shizuka nodded in return as he vanished out the door.

Kazuma arrived up on the roof to eat lunch with everyone else when he noticed Yuuto was strangely absent.

Kazuma looked around but didn't see him. "Where's Yuuto?"

Ichigo shrugged in response. "He said he had something to do with his club when lunch started so I assume that's where he is."

Kazuma nodded in understanding as he ate.

Sakura then interjected concerned, "I hope he's alright."

Kazuma nodded to her. "He'll be fine."

Tatsuki sighed as she ate.

"Something wrong Tatsuki?"

She looked at him and shook her head. "It's just that I'm amazed to be alive."

Kazuma looked at her puzzled. "That's an odd thing for you to say."

She explained, "My parents ended up not going to the family gathering because one of our water pipes burst last night."

Orihime gasped. "Wow, that's pretty scary."

Tatsuki shook her head. "That's not what I'm talking about. Our pipes blowing was a good thing because that family gathering was supposed to happen at that hotel that collapsed last night."

Kazuma and Erza looked at her shocked. Kazuma then frowned despondently. "So did the rest of your family…?"

Tatsuki laughed uneasily. "No. Aside from my distant cousin and his parents everyone in my family had a series of unfortunate accidents ranging from blown tires, to power shortages, and my aunt told me that a drunk driver hit their parked car and they couldn't go."

Kazuma sighed in relief. "That's good to hear." 'I can already assume why those all happened.'

Ddraig huffed in amusement. 'Seems like even now Seltsam enjoys meddling with mortals.'

'Well…at the very least he managed to save Tatsuki and her family.'

'Yes, for an insane, dimension hopping alien robot he can be rather altruistic.'

'Bet you never thought you'd say those words, did you?'

'Not since the day I met the only good Uchiha.'

After lunch ended the group made their way back to their individual classes.

As they left, Kazuma asked Erza, "Will you still be coming to the restaurant as a waitress?"

"You do not have a problem with that, do you?" she rebutted.

Kazuma sighed in response. "I'm not thrilled with the idea but I can tell trying to stop you would be an exercise in futility."

"So it seems you are not completely stupid."

"Whatever you say. If you don't mind, go on ahead, I'm going to see if Arcueid is at the park again and see how she's doing."

Erza nodded as Kazuma disappeared into Kamui.

Kazuma emerged from Kamui at the park and looked around, no sign of Arcueid anywhere. "Hmm…guess she's still at home. Wherever that would be for her."

Having not found his target Kazuma returned to the spot he left Erza using Kamui.

As he made his way towards the restaurant he heard a familiar sound, the howl of a Hollow.

He reached into his bag to grab Kon to use his Soul Reaper form and then paled. 'I left him with Erza!' "Grr, dammit!" A magic circle appeared in the air, Clarent's handle emerging from it. Kazuma winced in pain as he grabbed the blade, forgetting that Clarent is a holy sword, but pushed through it and rushed towards where he heard the sound.

As he ran towards a back alley where the Hollow's roar erupted from, one burst from a side path only to be pierced through the skull by a yellow light spear. He then heard a woman shout in pain and rushed over.

When he rounded the corner he saw a tall and buxom woman with long, navy blue hair that covered her right eye, both eyes being brown, who wore a violet, trench coat-like top with a wide collar, revealing much of her cleavage, a matching miniskirt, and high-heeled shoes surrounded by several Hollows with her outfit being slightly torn as she herself had several injuries from the Hollows.

She shouted angrily as she threw another light spear at a Hollow in front of her but was thrown against a wall by a larger, humanoid Hollow with massive arms that snuck up behind her.

She grabbed her arm in pain as the Hollow raised its arm to crush her.

However, right before it swung, Kazuma came up from behind and sliced upwards, hacking off its arm just below the shoulder.

The Hollow howled in pain as it stumbled away, gripping the stub of an arm.

Kazuma landed on the ground trembled slightly as he felt the burn on his hands. He turned to the woman. "Hey, are you alright?"

The woman looked at him surprised and then frowned. "Why is a devil helping a fallen angel?"

Kazuma raised an eyebrow and then turned back to the Hollows. "Well for one I don't care what you are. You're obviously being overpowered by these things, so I'm here to help. Are you really going to look a gift horse in the mouth?"

The fallen angel woman sighed and stood up shakily forming a light spear in each hand. "I would like an explanation after we kill these things."

Kazuma smirked as he prepared to fight. "Fine by me." He rushed forward in a burst of speed, and stopped right above the head of one of the Hollows, pulling his sword back in preparation for a lunge, before thrusting his sword forward as he was encased in a cone of wind and shouted, "Sonic Thrust!" He flew like a spear straight through the Hollow's head, destroying it completely before the Hollow disappeared.

A millipede-like Hollow with a reptilian skull then charged at Kazuma but was pinned to the ground when the fallen angel woman flew into the air and shot several light spears.

Kazuma smirked and took advantage of the situation, rushing at the beast as his sword lit up brilliant blue. He then swept it up and slashed back down, shouting "Beast!" as the head of a lion formed purely out of mana shot from his blade and collided with the Hollow's head and exploded, killing the Hollow.

One last Hollow rushed at Kazuma.

Kazuma instinctively put up a hand as a ball of black and red, writhing energy formed in his hand before blasting off at the Hollow, smashing through its head and then coursing through the rest of its serpentine body and busting out through the tail before exploding, with the Hollow disintegrating moments later. Kazuma sighed in relief but winced as Clarent returned to his Requip armory and looked at his hands, which were steaming and thoroughly burned from the prolonged contact with Clarent. "Shit…that was a bad idea…" He also sighed from the exhaustion of using the attack he finished off the Hollow with.

The fallen angel then walked up to Kazuma suspiciously.

Kazuma asked with a weak smile, "Now you aren't going to kill someone who just helped you, are you?"

The woman sighed and reached down, grabbing Kazuma by the wrist to help him to his feet, taking care not to touch his burnt hands. She then folded her arms under her bosom and demanded, "Alright, now tell me why a devil would help a fallen angel. I'm hoping you aren't simply that stupid."

Kazuma sighed, wincing as another small jolt of pain shot from his hands which he held up to heal. "Couldn't you at least tell me your name first? Mine's Kazuma."

The woman raised an eyebrow and then answered, "My name is Kalawarner."

And that does it for this chapter everybody. Hope you all enjoyed it, and if so please leave a review saying so and leave a review if you have any questions about the story, as I will be more than happy to answer them to the best of my abilities within a reviewer response. Until next time.