Buchou told us to gather at the club today, but strangely enough, the only ones who haven't arrived yet are her and Akeno-san

"I wonder why they are taking so long"

I voice my concern as I lay against the wall

"Rias looked really worried when she told me to call everyone, it's making me nervous"

Irina answers, she was the one who called me and the others, apparently Buchou felt something strange was happening

The door opens, Rias and Akeno-san walk in

Buchou looks at me, she seems worried

"Ise!"

She then runs to me and hugs me!

Uhaaa! She's so soft! I can feel her oppai being pushed against my chest! I'm awkward if it's in front of everyone, but it's so goooood!

"Bu-buchou, what is this for?"

"Akeno told me what happened this morning, I got so worried, did someone attacked you?"

I see, she's worried about me, sorry for making you worry, buchou!

"No, no one at all, I'm totally fine now, see?"

I make a few jumps to show that I'm ok

Buchou doesn't seen convinced

"Your dragon arm appeared right? The transformation should have lasted for at least a few more hours, so we know it wasn't normal, are you sure nothing interfered with your demonic power or with Ddraig?"

I know it was really weird, I felt a surge of pain like I've never felt before, like something was imploding within my body, I couldn't move, not even scream, but aside from that everything is a blur...

"No, for some reason I can't remember anything after the shock, what about you Ddraig?"

[I can only see and hear what you see and hear, so I don't know much more than you, but partner, are you sure it was nothing? What about the kid that was with you?]

Ddraig speaks with us, is he talking about Kageyama? But there's no way, Kageyama can't have done it, I know I'm not as good as the others at feeling energies, but I didn't felt a single thing from him.

Buchou speaks again

"Actually, Akeno, you said the new transfered student saw Issei's sacred gear?"

They are talking about Kageyama-kun

"Yes, Tatseyo Kageyama was his name, he helped me to take Issei to a safe place to perform the energy absortion"

Eehhhh? Akeno-san sucked my power while I was unconscious? No way! I really look forward to have my power sucked out by Buchou and Akeno-san you know?! I can't believe I wasn't awake to enjoy it!

"And you said that something weird happened?"

"Yes, when I tried to erase his memories for the first time, it seemed like it didn't work, and in the second time, well, he acted really weird"

They are talking about the devil's power of manipulating human minds and erasing memories, Buchou once used it on mom and dad, they acted really weird back then, could Kageyama-kun have acted even weirder?

"Weird how?"

Buchou asks, now I'm curious about it too.

"Well, he said his head was hurting even though it wasn't supposed to, but was acting very normally for someone who had their memories erased"

Everyone in the room seems confused, Buchou lifts an eyebrow at Akeno's explanation

"Maybe you used too much power on him?"

Xenovia questionates

"I don't think that was the case, we never saw this happening before"

Kiba replies to Xenovia

Buchou scratches her cheek, she seems really confused about what happened

"That's definitely not normal, but we checked his background before accepting him into Kuoh academy, he's definitely not related to the three powers. I don't think he was the catalyzer, but we can't discard anything just yet"

"I didn't sensed anything bad from him, well, besides the fact that he gave me a really creepy look when I left the class" - Irina says

"... I saw him in the corridor but I didn't sensed anything too"

Koneko chan says twitching her cat ears, so cute!

I decide to speak too, I don't think Kageyama-kun is a bad person

"If even Koneko-chan didn't felt anything from him, then it must have been something else..."

Akeno-san then looks down and starts saying something

"Yes, and also there was something..."

She speaks it in a voice barely above a whisper so I can't really hear what she said

"Hum, there was more?" Buchou questions

Akeno-san then waves her hand in front of her face

"No, nothing, forget about it"

Rias gives a confused look at Akeno and turns at us

"Anyway, there is something I need to tell all of you, maybe it's related to this incident"

She then looks to Kiba and Koneko

"It envolves the strange energy we felt"

Uh? What is she talking about? I look at the church trio and at Akeno-san, they all seem just as confused as I am

"What energy Buchou?"

She has a worried expression

"Do you remember the day in the entrance hall when we met the new student?"

I nod

"Yeah, what happened?"

That day I remember Kiba and Buchou acting weird for a moment, but later they said it was nothing

"The reason why me and Kiba acted the way we did was because we felt a strange energy we had never felt before and it was emanating from inside the school"

What?! From inside the school?

"W-what do you mean Buchou?"

I ask and Xenovia jumps in the conversation

"Are you saying someone was able to infiltrate Kuoh academy?"

After the invasion from the Fallen Angels and by the Old Maou Faction, the school and town were reinforced against any outsiders, it should have been impossible for someone to infiltrate!

Rias shakes her head

"We cannot tell for sure, the first time we felt that energy only me, Kiba and Koneko were able to notice"

Koneko-chan nods at this affirmation

"...I was really scared at the time, I had never felt something like it before"

Koneko-chan got scared by it?

"However, today me and Sona were having a meeting, there I heard that she and Shinra-san also felt the same thing we did, but while we were talking..."

She then takes a pause and looks at her hand before continuing

"We had a... terrible feeling, like someone was watching us, we knew that it had to be it again, that energy is no longer a one time event, I think it's safe for us to start taking it as a real threat"

Everyone is taken back by her words

"H-how we didn't noticed it?"

Rossweisse asks with a scared expression

She then sighs

"As expected, no one besides me and Sona felt it this time right?"

We all look around the room, but everyone seems clueless

"I didn't felt anything this time"

Koneko-chan says

Buchou nods

"I see, even I can't say that what I felt was truly a presence, it was more like the feeling of something bad about to happen, I'm glad Sona also felt it, otherwise I could have thought I was going crazy"

"Is that so serious?"

I ask, whoever is owner of the mysterious energy is, he hasn't done anything yet and has already caused trouble, what if he starts acting? What could happen to this town?

She puts her hand on her forehead

"It is Ise, and I'm terribly regretted to have taken it lightly and asked the others to keep it a secret from all of you. It was because I didn't want to worry the rest of you over something that could be nothing, I thought that the ORC had already the hands so full that we shouldn't free over it, but now I realized how that was irresponsible and I'm very sorry"

She said that with a sad expression, I clutch my fist, I don't believe buchou did something wrong.

She was just doing that to protect us, we from the ORC have already so many things in our head, she was just avoiding to make us more troubled.

"I trust your judgement more than anyone else Rias, you decided to act like this because there was no evidence, corret?"

Buchou nods

"You are right, Akeno. Alerting our superiors about a threat that we can't prove would be perceived as paranoia from our side and would make us seem mentally weak, that cannot happen, however, I still should have warned you, that was irresponsible and I'm very sorry for it."

So she there was that too, indeed, alerting the others without any evidence might have been dismissed as paranoia, and we can't allow ourselves to lose face.

"Tha-that's not a problem buchou! No one here blames you for that, we all know you were thinking about us, right guys?"

I blurt out, my friends smile and they answers after me.

"Ise is right, no one was hurt and so far no problems have happened, maybe not raising alarm was the right thing to do"

"Uhum, we totaly trust your decision, prez"

"Y-yes, I never once doubted Rias-ane judgment"

"I-if it's Rias-buchou who is saying it, t-then there's no reason to doubt her"

"...I only agreed to keep it a secret because I know you were caring for us"

"As a teacher, I believe you had our best interest in mind"

"Heh, as expected of everyone, we all trust you buchou, there's no way we're gonna hold it against you"

Hearing everyone's words Rias seems much happier

"Everyone..."

"Yes, we trust you with our lifes buchou, but what are gonna do now? Are we going after whoever might have done it?"

Buchou regains her composure and shakes her head

"Calm down Issei, when Koneko told me that she had felt that too I asked if she could tell us who done it, but the answer was inconclusive..."

"Inconclusive?"

I ask

"...Yes, I'm sorry, but I never felt that kind of energy before, it's not a devil, youkai or anything we have ever met"

"So we are dealing with something completely unknown?"

"That' very unsetling, but that must be the reason why neither I or the others were able to feel it"

Akeno-san says

Buchou nods

"That's probably right, the Student Council is investigating the source of this disturbance as we speak, we'll also aid them after we finish our own mission. Are you all okay with it?"

Everyone nods, of course we agree! If this is a threat to the school, then we'll do all we can to stop it!

"Hey, Akeno"

Azazel sensei, who was sitted on a chair listening to our conversation, speaks up

Since he was quiet all along, his sudden words make all the heads turn towards him.

"What is it?"

He scratches his goatee and looks through the window, he seems to be looking outside, at a particular tall tree

"You said the boy's name was Kageyama right?"

"Yes, it's his family name. The only thing weird about them was that his mother's identity wasn't disclosed to us, apparently she works for the government and any information aside from her first name is forbiden."

Instead of Akeno, it was Buchou who answered sensei. Government agency? That's weird, but I can understand, maybe she's a spy or something?

"I see, hehehe"

He's laughing, does Sensei know something about him?

"Do you know something?"

Akeno-san asks

"Well, no, but I have the feeling we'll all get to have an explanation soon enough. Hahaha! I was right in coming to this town, there really are a lot of interesting things attracted to it"

Sensei is chuckling, what does he mean with that?

Buchou seems mad at Sensei's provocation

"By the way Azazel, I've been meaning to ask you: Haven't you felt the energy as well? As the fallen angel governor, you sure must have noticed something was wrong"

She is right, if the energy was such a menace, then Azazel sensei definitely must have noticed it!

However, he shakes his head

"Not at all Rias, I think I must have been pretty relaxed when it happened so I didn't noticed it. Ah, the age must be starting to take a toll on me"

He says while he rubs his shoulder

"Are you sure, sensei?"

I ask him, if Kiba and Buchou sensed it, then I was sure Azazel sensei would have noticed it too

He merely shrugs

"I'm sorry, I'll try to be more alert, but if you guys just keep doing your work, I'm sure things will unfold eventually"

Sensei has been acting weird lately, he's been talking less and seems to be hiding something.

"Geez Azazel, you have to be more careful!"

Rossweisse scolds him, did she bought his explanation?

"Shouldn't you have felt it too Rossweisse? You are a Valkyrie after all"

Rossweisse turns red and starts fidgeting

"I-I-I, i-it was because, th-there was..."

She then gives up and her body slumps on the floor

"I'm sorry everyone, I'm a failure as a woman and as a valkyrie"

"There, there, calm down, it's not like we did any better"

Irina says trying to comfort her, Rossweisse is really harsh on herself sometimes

"Tsk, very well then, there has been another Stray who ran away to this town and he might have company, we have to deal with him. We'll help the Student Council with the investigations tomorrow, let's go!"

"""""Yes, buchou!""""

All members of the Gremory peerage answer

It's very strange, but there has been more stray demons in this town than usual, with the defeat of the Old Maou Faction, it's to be expected that the surviving members would flee, but there's something weird in so many being attracted to this town.

With that, the reunion is resumed and we go to our work as devils.