Devlin was in his dorm room, going over his homework, when he heard a knock at his door. He looked at his watch and asked himself, "Who's coming at his this hour?" He hoped it wasn't any of the girls. Even if it was Danielle he didn't feel in the mood to handle any of them. They were fighting over him and he really didn't want to get into the middle of all that. He'd pretty much chosen Danielle but the other girls still wanted him, which was troublesome. On one hand, he was happy to be reunited with old childhood friends, but on the other hand, having them fight over him was really starting to bug him.
He walked over to the door and unlocked it, opening it up to just a crack to see who was on the other side. He stared. "Aono?"
"Hey, you're Amakusa, right?" Tsukune asked.
"Yes," Devlin nodded. He opened the door wider. "So, why are you here?" He looked to see Tsukune carrying the briefcase. "Come inside." Tsukune accepted the invitation and Devlin closed the door before locking it after Tsukune came inside. Tsukune sat down on the floor and Devlin walked over to sit across from the boy he'd helped earlier that day. "So, you have questions, right?"
"Well, yeah," Tsukune admitted. "I mean, you just handed me this thing without asking any questions and I want to know why."
"You need it," Devlin answered a matter-of-factly. "Though the other students are blind towards what you really are, I do know of your true identity." Tsukune knew what Devlin was referring to. It was about Tsukune being human amongst several different yokai, some of them being his closest friends.
"So, this is to protect me?"
"You must want to protect your friends, Mr. Aono," said Devlin. "I just gave you the means to do so." Devlin finished, "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."
"Well, all I can say is that the girls are impressed," said Tsukune. He had demonstrated the transformation to Moka, Kurumu, Yukari, Ruby and Mizore earlier and they were amazed by the way he looked clad in white armor, like a noble white knight. He remembered seeing them fighting amongst themselves to be his 'princess'. "So, any other reason for this?"
"The Student Police," Devlin said in disgust. "Those bastards aren't going to just leave you alone, especially after what happened to their leader. They are going to come after you again eventually."
Tsukune shuddered at the memory. Being ostracized and tortured for being human had been a nightmare for him. It just proved how utterly vulnerable he was with all these dangerous Yokai after him.
"So, with this," Tsukune gestured to the briefcase, "I can fight them."
"Just keep that belt on at all times," said Devlin with a shrug. "It can hide it until you need it. That was how it was built."
"Oh," Tsukune blinked. "So…can you teach me?"
Devlin quirked an eyebrow. "Teach you what?"
"Teach me how to fight? I just got lucky this time so I need to prepare myself," Tsukune said.
Devlin nodded. "Very well. I suppose Lobo and Francis can help out as well."
"Them?" Tsukune asked. He remembered seeing Lobo, who was the new PE teacher, and Francis around. Francis was acting as campus security and was very strong. "They train you?"
"On the weekends and after school," Devlin said offhandedly. "You need to learn how to use a sword and it wouldn't hurt to build some muscle."
"Thank you," Tsukune bowed down but Devlin stopped him.
"There's no need for that, Mr. Aono. We are all trying to find our place in this world."
"Well, I do have one question though," Tsukune said as he motioned to the briefcase. "How did you get this thing?"
"That's a story for another day. Now, it's late. You should get to bed."