Welcome to the next chapter of The Twin Dragons, but before starting. Let us answer some reviews:

Altair95: Thanks. Yea, Kiba has been acting harshly to everyone due to not being able to forget about his past, but that is going to be revolved later. This was the introduction of Irina, Xenovia, and Maria, this trio of Exorcists, as well as Irina, being as cute as always.

Lechuzape: It's kinda too late for me to switch them since I made it this far into the plot, I apologize. But, I added Koneko in the newest one that I'm writing called DxD – The Last Amagiri.

Streetlife34: He was doing some reconnaissance around Kuoh Town for the mission, then found out that he was hanging around devils and fallen angels, meaning that he was under suspicion.

Reunions All-Around

Later the same night, Kazuki found himself lying in the bed as Asia was hugging onto him exhausted from both the Ball Tournament and from hearing the information she recently heard from Rias. He was in a similar state as a result of the private lessons he was receiving from Kaito again, who has become a little stricter than before, in addition to the information that he heard. Kazuki was now in a state of reflection after hearing about it too.

"Holy Sword Project, huh?"

Kazuki found himself uttering.

He heard the name from Rias, it was a program started by members of the Church in an attempt to create Holy Sword wielders through artificial means. Due to people able to wield holy swords, which were considered as the ultimate tools against creatures of darkness being rare, someone thought of creating them using artificial means.

To that end, they gathered different orphaned children and did various experiments and training in an attempt to create them. It appears as if Kiba and his twin sister were apart of it, however, it was soon revealed that his sister was a natural-born one, but he wasn't. Due to the Church officials being there at the time, she was brought to the Vatican to start training as an exorcist. However, sometime after that, the children who couldn't wield holy swords due to being unable to adapt to them were disposed of.

"Of course, the Church isn't perfect. But, for someone to kill innocent children because their results weren't what you were expected is an unforgivable crime."

Kazuki found himself getting angrier thinking about the children who wanted to become useful but were disposed of because they couldn't do it. Asia, who heard the same information felt similar emotions, feeling sad for all the poor children who died. He glanced down and could see that she was likely still thinking about it in her sleep as tears seemed to come from her eyes.

"…Asia-chan," Kazuki found himself brushing away the tears that formed at the corners of her eyes. "I guess that explains the reason why Yuuto-kun has been acting the way he is. But, at the same time, he doesn't have to go through this alone."

"Nya, it looks as if Kazu-chan is going to go through something interesting."

Kuroka moved onto the bed as the yukata seemed to come lower off her shoulders more so than before, causing her abundant chest to almost spilling out.

"I might need to start training my willpower too since I don't know how much I can endure around her," Kazuki in a wry fashion. "Yea, it looks like that. A friend of mine is going through some trouble and he doesn't want anyone to help him."

"Well, sometimes people feel like they don't have any other option, but to do something alone."

Kazuki heard that response from Kuroka, but it had sounded to be aimed at something more personal instead of it being aimed at Kiba. However, before a single word could leave his mouth, she changed her demeanor instead of wearing her usual nonchalant smirk.

"I look as if there's a holy sword in town."

"What?!"

Kazuki found himself raising his voice slightly, but caught himself so that he wouldn't end up waking up Asia who seemed to have reacted to it. But, she didn't end up waking up from her slumber and instead moved more closer to Kazuki.

"Ah, Asia-chan is so cute, nyaa," Kuroka said as she glanced toward the sleeping girl a meowed. "But, I wonder if the former nun is one of those types who turns into a wild girl in the bed."

"Forget that and go back to the thing about the holy sword."

"Nyaa, you're no fun. Well, whatever, there was one holy sword in town, but it looks as if there are also three more that arrived sometime later. Although, in one specific location there appear to be two more. But, the other ones seem to be well hidden."

"Six? Well, Kiba is going to have a field day, then," Kazuki said recalling the amount of hate that Kiba has toward holy swords, Excalibur, in particular. And no there are six of them in Kuoh Town right now. "Do you know where all of them…."

Before Kuroka could finish, she placed a finger in front of his lips, then stared straight into his eyes.

"Now now, don't get any funny idea. Although, the three that are in a single group are manageable for you to deal with along with the one that I felt before. The person near the other two is someone no one in this entire town can deal with, which includes those two high-class ladies. Now, I wouldn't want anything to happen to my future baby daddy, would I?"

Kazuki was stumped about how she sounded serious and seductive at the same time.

"Fine, I'll be careful."

"Well, I'm sad to tell you this, but I'll have to return to Vali and the others," Kuroka sadly wined. "But, before I left, I wanted to do something…."

"I'm afraid to ask, but…."

Before Kazuki could finish that sentence, Kuroka grabbed his hand and placed it on the abundant chest, causing his face to turn bright red. It was the first time that he's touched her chest, but he couldn't felt feeling the softness and volume as his fingers dug in her breast.

"Nyaa, I guess that even a believer like Kazu-chan can't fight his inner dragon," Kuroka stated as she moaned at the feeling of his hands. "So, what are you doing to do? You can't get away from me now since you might end up waking up, Asia-chan."

"Damn, she's right. If I move to get away from her, then I might wake up Asia-chan. But, I can't deny the fact that her breasts feel incredible…. No no no, don't end up like Nii-san," Kazuki thought as he shook his head. "Why're you getting this forward?"

"I want to see how long Kazu-chan can last until he finally decides to push me down on the bed and I can feel what it feels like to be wrecked by a dragon. I know that Kazu-chan is a believer of the church, but I know that he can't keep fighting off his desires for much longer. Nearly all the men in possession of your Longinus were all men who weren't with a different woman each night. So, don't fight off all those pent up feelings and release them on me, nyaa~"

Kazuki felt his face heating up to the point where most thought that he was on fire. And he couldn't make sudden movements since he might wake up Asia. So, his hands remained on her breasts as the sensation of her breasts seemed to be memorized.

"You don't have to be limited to one lover, because of your beliefs, you know," Kuroka said as she released him wearing a more genuine smile. "As long as you have feelings for them, then doesn't that make it alright?"

Kazuki was once again surprised about the words that left her mouth as she lied down beside him, causing him to let a light amused sigh escape from his mouth. After being exhausted from all that happened, he decided to not resist it or think about anything more and simply lied down to go to sleep.

The next morning, Kuroka was, in fact, gone and returned to the Vali Team, but knowing her, she might return as soon as possible. Even Raynare returned to Grigori for some important business, which was conveyed due to a text message the same morning. After going through their usual routine, from eating breakfast together before all of them headed off to school.

Before their next class had begun, Kazuki found himself staring at the list that Ravel made for him, which has the names of all the people who attended the engagement celebration between Rias and Riser. He was stumped about the detail that she put into making this list.

"Whoa, when I asked for a list, I didn't think that the details would be this much especially for the amount of time that she started writing it," Kazuki found himself uttering those words out loud under her breath as he scanned it. "Their names, facial details, clan magic circles, locations, and other things. I need to thank Ravel for the next time I meet her. Well, this will make it easier to find the guy who hired Kojirou easier."

Kazuki found himself glancing over toward Asia who was in her usual friend group, which consists of Murayama, Katase, and Aika. Since enrolling into Kuoh Academy, she was able to do what she always desired and make all the friends that she could ask for. After witnessing that, Kazuki steeled himself, even more, to find out who hired a stray devil as demented as Kojirou to kidnap her.

"Oi, Kazuki, what're you doing?"

Issei asked curiously as he walked beside him.

"Nothing, I'm just going through a list of people who might have hired that guy from the familiar forest."

"Ah, that guy."

Issei replied, having heard about what happened after their group separated from him inside the Familiar Forest and even heard about his name from Kazuki too. There was a chance that Rias was informed about the research using the magic flute that the Maou, Beelzebub was headed since their group was technically involved too.

"But, shouldn't that be handled more by someone with experience?"

"If someone tried to kidnap Rias-senpai, then would you let someone else handle it?"

Kazuki countered Issei's question with a question of his own, which Issei was unable to refute in the slightest.

"Hahahaha, you got me there," Issei replied laughing wryly, scratching the back of his head. "If it Buchou was the one involved, then I wouldn't be able to leave to someone else. By the way, have you heard anything from Kiba? I don't think that he even came to school today."

"No, I haven't heard anything from him."

Kazuki thought back to the situation that Kiba was in, and thought that he would be a surprise if he had bothered to come to school in his state of mind.

"Geez, I don't know what's his…huh?"

Issei stopped talking for a moment as his left arm seemed to pulse, which caused Kazuki to clearly sense dragon power pulsating from that part. Since it wasn't his normal arm anymore, whenever the dragon power inside him started rising to a certain level, then his right arm would transform into that of a dragon. He didn't need to

"You should contact Rias-senpai or Akeno-senpai to take care of that."

"R-Right, so, that means," Issei said before his expression went into the perverted one that he's most well known for around school. "I get to have another session with either Buchou or Akeno-san."

With that perverted look and smile on his face, Issei pulled out his cellphone as he walked outside of the class to go to the Occult Research Club. Kazuki didn't give a single response as he redirected his attention toward the list in front of him. Although, even that was interrupted as two more people appeared in front of him.

"Great, these two, again."

Kazuki sighed in his head as he tried focusing on the list as Matsuda and Motohama walked in front of him.

"Oi, Kazuki, where did Ise head off to?"

Matsuda asked.

"I think there was some important he needed to do for his club."

"Ah, right. I'm jealous that bastard gets to hang around Rias-senpai and Akeno-senpai who has the largest oppai among the school."

"I hang around Nii-san all the time. So, why does hearing these Matsuda and Motohama talk about all the same thing irritate me so much? I guess that I developed more of a resistance to him as long as he doesn't use those perverse moves of his against women."

Kazuki wondered as he continued working.

"By the way, about that girl you were with the other day," Matsuda started as Kazuki realized that he started to talk about Ravel. "She looked young almost the same age as Koneko-chan, but she also had the proper body of a…ugh."

"Yes, her oppai was quite big too. My trusty three-six scouter informed me they're…ugh."

"I won't have either of you talking about Ravel like that."

Before either of them could finish, Kazuki lightly struck both of them in their stomachs causing them to fall toward the ground holding their stomachs. It was a light tap for him, but for a normal person, then the condition that both Matsuda and Motohama were in would be the result. No one in the room gave a single response about what Kazuki had done due to the usual offenses that they would commit. He didn't feel bad about it since he owed a lot to Ravel and didn't want them objectifying her like that.

After that was taken care of, Kazuki continued with his evaluation and the other students continued talking to one another, leaving the Perverted Trio (without Issei on the ground). Soon enough class started again with Issei returning to the class wearing a look of relief and soon surprised to find his friends still on the ground.

Their classes continued from there until school ended with some students attending their club activities after he received another private lesson from Kaido during the entire club. He did feel bad since the other members were left out of it all, but the training and lessons that he was receiving as a little more than what the others could handle.

"Geez, I didn't think that Kaito-sensei could be this strict."

Kazuki said as he was rotating his arm, which had been given almost as bad as a workout compared to the sheer training that he was undergoing with the Vali Team. Kazuki was heading down the road leading home with Asia beside him as Raynare didn't return or contact them at all. He also heard from Issei that Kiba hadn't even gone to today's club meeting.

"I hope that Kiba-san is alright? Even Raynare-san wasn't here today."

Asia said worriedly, having gone to the Occult Research Club to wait for Kazuki to return from training inside the Kendo Club, as well as not seeing or hearing from Raynare.

"He'll be fine. He's just going through some personal things at the moment and needs space from everyone, I'm sure he'll return to normal. As for Raynare, I'm sure that there was some business that she needed to tend to at the moment and will return later."

Kazuki replied placing a hand comfortably on her head, causing Asia to smile.

"Hmmm, I wonder what he's going to do when he realizes there are six holy swords in Kuoh Town at right now. I can already tell that it's going to end up being a disaster since just seeing the photo of one caused him to change this much. I don't want to imagine the kind of mood he'll be in if he realizes they're here right now…that's going to end up being a disaster. But, at almost the same time, Raynare needed to return to Grigori. Could both of those things have something to do with one another?"

"Ah, what did Kaito-sensei teach you?"

Asia asked questioningly.

"Ah, well, that's a secret even from Asia-chan."

"Hmm."

Having heard his response, Asia pouted adorably, which caused Kazuki to almost want to wrap his arms around her and hug her. Both of them continued walking forward until he stopped, sensing the presence of three people from a certain distance in front of him. Neither of them was normal and he could even see that the three of them were dressed in robes that seemed to be from the church.

"Is there something wrong, Kazuki-san?"

"Three people are heading in the same direction as us. I think that they could be people from the church."

"T-The church."

Asia said, becoming a little worried about what could end up happening to her a former nun who had been kicked out from the Church and ladled a witch.

"Don't worry, I promise none of them will touch you."

Kazuki stated strongly causing her to feel much better than before.

"Okay."

Kazuki could clearly see the three members of the church standing at a much closer distance from them, but then one of them seemed to start approaching them. No, it looked as if they broke out into a full sprint causing him to become more alert as he was prepared to pull out a light sword.

"I didn't think that one of them would take action in the middle of the…."

Kazuki said becoming more alert and prepared, however, a single word from their mouth was enough for him to cease all possible actions and preparedness.

"KAZUUUUU-CHAAAAAAAN!"

"Eh?"

Kazuki froze for a moment as the person, who was now revealed to be a woman based on the tone leaped towards him with her arms spread out. It was almost like a couple of freeze frames as his eyes widened the moment that a pair of breasts were right in front of his face. Seconds later, he was tackled to the ground, being sent a great distance from where Asia had been, the latter now being in a state of shock and confusion.

"Ah, Kazuki-san. What do you think you're doing to Kazuki-san?"

"I couldn't contain my excitement and anticipation anymore, I really wanted to see Kazu-chan and couldn't wait a single day anymore no matter what," her arms were wrapped around his neck as she seemed to move her body around, her breasts were mushed against his face. "But, finally, finally, I got to see my Kazu-chan again after all this time. Huh, don't you remember me?"

It was revealed to be Irina as she looked down at Kazuki who was sprawled on the ground after letting go of him and looked almost sad as it looked as if he looked to have forgotten her. But, that wasn't the case, there was no way that Kazuki could have forgotten her. She changed compared to the last time that he saw her. Her face. Her voice. The color of her hair and eyes. Kazuki could recall everything about her and all her features almost as if it was simply yesterday.

"…Iri-chan?"

After hearing her nickname being called, Irina allowed the brightest smile that she could ever muster to grace her face. Soon enough, he noticed that despite her smile, there were also tears that seemed to well up at the corners of her eyes. Asia was standing there with both Xenovia and Mariah walking up soon after with a confused look on her face, but realized who she was after hearing "Iri-chan".

"I'm so happy that I can't stand it."

Irina said still smiling and crying at the same time.

Kazuki felt the same kind of feeling, there were so many feelings new and old that were swelling up inside of him, it wouldn't be odd if he started crying himself. But, instead, he smiled, then pulled himself up from the ground and he wrapped his arms around Irina surprising her. Asia was watching at the entire scene as her cheeks started puffing up into a pout.

"Welcome home."

"Yes, I'm back."

After receiving the welcome home from Kazuki, Irina smiled and felt the utmost comfort having his arms wrapped around her like that. Asia who was watching the entire thing found her cheeks being puffed up as she looked the most jealous that she had ever been.

"Aw, this reunion is so cute."

Mariah found herself uttering as she watched Kazuki and Irina hugging one another. Xenovia who was watching it all remained silent about the entire thing, but her attention was soon drawn towards Asia. She recognized both her facial description from a report that she previously read years ago. Mariah also noticed and realized who Asia was, as well as the look that Xenovia was giving her.

"Leave her alone, Xenovia. Asia Argento isn't apart of the church anymore, so let her live her life however she wants. Our main priority is the retrieval of the three Excalibur Fragments. So, don't mess with her."

Mariah strongly said as she and Xenovia found themselves locking glares with one another.

"I have so much that I want to tell, Kazu-chan. And so, much that I want Kazu-chan to tell me."

"Well, we can continue that when we return home," he replied as he wanted to stand up, but Irina was had been straddling him the entire time, something that she likely hadn't noticed since she was too excited after seeing him after all this time. "But, I can see that you became an exorcist."

Irina looked surprised about those words since she never said that became an exorcist or he couldn't even see the combat suit they were wearing underneath the cloaks they were wearing. Hearing those words, caused both Mariah and Xenovia some surprise.

"How does Kazu-chan know that I was an exorcist?"

"Well, a lot has happened. But, that can wait until later unless Iri-chan plans on continuing to straddle me."

Kazuki replied, causing Irina to realize that she was still on top of him in a suggestive position, then she quickly got from on top of him as fast as possible. Her face turned bright red as Mariah found herself laughing about the entire thing. After that, the entire group headed off toward his place, normally, Kazuki would've asked about the two other exorcists with her, but his attention was still focused on Irina.

"Kaa-chan, we're back."

Kazuki called out after unlocking the front door with Asia walking beside him.

He couldn't see his father here meaning that he was still at work, but he could see that his mother was inside the kitchen. So, it meant that she was cleaning up all the mess and straightening things up before everyone who lived there returned from either school or work.

"Ah, Kazuki, Asia-chan. Did something good happen at school?"

"Ah, well. I met with an old friend of mine on the way here."

"Oh, and who would that be?"

Miki asked curiously walking outside from the kitchen, then her expression froze after realizing who was standing beside him at that moment. Standing beside him with the hood removed was Irina who raised her hand to wave it and wearing a cheerful smile on her face.

"It's good to see you again, Oba-sama."

Irina greeted as she referred to Miki as "auntie" showing the closeness between her and his parents.

"Irina-chan?!"

Miki asked raising her voice lightly from surprise about the sudden visit.

But, her confusion soon turned into excitement as she approached Irina with her feelings being openly shown on expression. Miki's mind went through the memories that she had of Irina and nearly wouldn't have recognized her immediately herself.

"My my, Irina-chan sure has grown into such a beautiful young woman. I wouldn't have recognized you at first, as the memories of Irina-chan contain her being more like boys. But, I'm sure Kazuki couldn't have forgotten about his childhood love."

Irina after being reminded of that started letting a nervous and embarrassed laugh escape from her mouth as all the memories of those times resurfaced. And hearing the childhood love part caused their face to turn bright red, which was simply more amusing for Mariah.

"Ah, who's these two?"

"These are close friends of mine that I made."

Irina replied directing her attention toward Xenovia and Mariah.

"My name is Mariah Beaumont."

"I am Xenovia."

Both of them introduced themselves in their individual manner of speaking.

"Well, it's great to meet you two," Miki stated excitedly as a particular thought entered her mind after seeing Asia and Irina standing beside Kazuki. "Since Irina-chan has returned, this might be the perfect chance to discuss the marriage between her and Asia-chan with Kazuki."

"What was that Kaa-chan?"

Kazuki thought that his mother had said something under her breath, and the smile that she was making at that moment made him feel worried. But, she managed to hide whatever expression that she made that moment and recovered with a wave of her hand.

"It was just your imagination, Kazuki," she said, although that didn't settle the suspicion that Kazuki was having in his chest at that moment. "Ah, Asia-chan could you help me make some snacks and drinks for our guests? And I think that it would be great if Irina-chan and Kazuki became reacquired with one another alone."

"A-Alright, Okaa-sama."

Asia agreed to assist her in making snacks and drinks but felt complicated about Kazuki and Irina being left alone.

"Don't look so sad, Asia-chan. I have a wonderful way for Irina-chan and Asia-chan to be with Kazuki."

"Huh?"

Asia looked a little perplexed about what Miki had whispered to her, but it caught Kazuki's attention.

"Kaa-chan, what did you whisper to…?"

"Come on, Kazu-chan! Your room is still where it was before, right?"

"I-I mean it is, but…would you let me finish first?"

Before Kazuki could finish answering, Irina was forcibly leading him upwards toward his bedroom leaving Mariah and Xenovia downwards with Miki and Asia.

Irina entered his bedroom with Kazuki following behind after being allowed to move on his own since she decided to free him of her grasps. After looking toward her, he could tell that Irina was looking around his room taking in a lot of the new things that she was seeing compared to before. Kazuki didn't question what she was doing since it was understandable due to the amount of time that she had been away.

"Kazu-chan has changed everything around, but it still feels like it's the room that Kazu-chan and I played around in as children. Even now, I can still see there are different books around the desk. Kazu-chan always was smart and interested in books."

"Yea, well, that was almost all that I can do when I was a child without getting out of breath."

"Yea, but it looks as if Kazu-chan has been working out a lot since then and now has a lot of muscles," Irina said as she looked at his current physique and recalled the feeling of them for herself after she landed on top of him. The moment those thoughts entered her head, Irina felt her face heating up at that moment, then even starting to fan herself. "Uh, Kazu-chan, can I take off my cloak?"

"Sure, I don't mind. It's not going to affect…waah?!"

"What's wrong?"

Irina had taken off the white hooded cloak that she had been wearing, revealing the black skintight combat outfit, which had seemed too erotic to be a combat outfit meant for Exorcists. Kazuki was able to get a full perspective of Irina's current body shape that included her breasts, curves, tight waist, and butt. His face was heating up from everything that he was seeing at that moment.

"Ah, I have to admit that this uniform was a little too erotic for me. But, I got used to it after fighting in it for a long time, so wearing it doesn't bother me."

"I'm more worried that I won't be able to focus on anything I keep looking at Iri-chan."

Kazuki said as he tried adverting his gaze, but then he noticed that she had completely flopped on his bed having jumped up and landed in it. After recalling that it was the usual thing that she'd do, he couldn't help laughing at it, which Irina did too, but then noticed that she caused a photo beside the bed to fall to the ground.

"Ah, I'm sorry, Kazu-chan. I'll get it."

"Oh, don't worry about…th-that."

Kazuki noticed that Irina had gotten out of the bed, then was bent over attempting to find the photo that had fallen on the ground. Due to the outfit, she was wearing and the position she was in, he got a full view of her rear end as she seemed to move around as she was bent over. It took whatever willpower that he had to resist the hormones that were building up inside of him toward an important part of himself.

"Come on, control yourself. You can somehow control yourself around Asia-chan and Raynare, but that's difficult whenever I'm around Iri-chan," Kazuki thought as he tried not to stare at her. "No, that's not weird since all those feelings I have for Iri-chan had been building up since we were separate and are flowing out like a broken dam."

"Ah, found it."

Irina said as she held up the photo in her hands, then sat on the bed causing him some relief.

"Wow, I remember this, Kazu-chan."

Irina pointed to the photo that was of him and Irina in what seemed to be a park, with both of them being dressed in clothing meant for playing. But, it was during the time that Irina would be dressed in the same clothes that boys would wear.

"Yea, our fathers had time off from their work. And our mothers thought that it would be a good idea for us all to go on a picnic together. All of us did have fun together with our dads going fishing, Nii-san being Nii-san and had a good time peeking on the big breasted women who happened to be there too."

"Yea, it was that time that I dragged you off to some secret place that I found and thought that it would be fun," a light escaped from her mouth before proceeding forward. "I saw there were some stones that led to the other side of a river and wanted to skip to the other side. Kazu-chan being Kazu-chan tried telling me that it was dangerous, but I wanted to show off. But, it looks like Kazu-chan was right and I ended up slipping on a wet stone, then fell in the river."

Irina laughed nervously as if realizing now how stupid that was of her to do that, but Kazuki could clearly recall all that happened at that time.

"I ended up scraping my knee bad on one of the rocks and ended up crying like a baby. But, the next thing that I knew, Kazu-chan came in to get me," Irina said as her cheeks seemed to turn red after recalling the feeling of his arms around her to comfort her. "Kazu-chan cleaned and wrapped my wound, then helped me back to papa and mama who had thanked you for taking care of me. It was moments like that…that made me fall in love with Kazu-chan even more. B-But, besides that how did Kazu-chan find out about the supernatural."

"Well, before, a kouhai of mine was attacked by a stray devil last year when she was in Junior High and I saved her…or, at least I thought that I did," Kazuki gave a wry laugh after recalling the moment that Koneko actually did knock out the stray devil. "But, due to that, I did awaken my sacred gear, although, it did explain the reason that I used to hear a voice in my head a long time ago."

"Ah, Kazu-chan has a sacred gear. Oh, which one is it?"

Kazuki couldn't help finding Irina's reaction as adorable as stars were in her eyes.

"Well," Kazuki said before standing up in front of her, then brought out Divine Dividing, which caused Irina to look shocked after seeing the dragon wings with their light feathers spreading out. "I have one of the Longinus, Divine Dividing, which makes me the Hakuryuukou."

"…."

Irina continued staring at him wearing the same confused look on her face as she heard that her childhood friend and love was the current Hakuryuukou.

"Right, I think that the church wouldn't be too keen on…."

"That's amazing, Kazu-chan!"

"Eh?"

Irina stood upright in front of him with her eyes sparkling almost like a child who had found something interesting before their eyes.

"I was worried after hearing that the Hakuryuukou resided in Kuoh Town too and since I didn't know what kind of person owned it. And since the past ones were all bad people who misused it," Irina started before appearing in front of his face eyes still sparkling. "But, not that I know that the Hakuryuukou is my Kazu-chan, I truly believe that he was blessed by God. I've always known that Kazu-chan was amazing, but this makes it all the more true."

"Iri-chan."

Kazuki uttered her name lightly as he caused Divine Dividing to vanish, then he unconsciously started raising his hand to her cheek. Irina flinched lightly as she felt his fingers brushing against her cheeks, which has turned a deed deep. Both of them stared into one another eyes as if to see either or not they were actually standing right in front of each other.

"…Kazu-chan."

Irina placed her hand on his cheek, then the two of them started leaning forward towards one another, their lips started coming closer and closer to one another. It reached the point where their lips were mere inches from one another. But, the moment that their lips started grazing one another, the bedroom door burst open, causing both Kazuki and Irina to immediately move back from one another.

"K-Kazuki-san!"

It was revealed to be Asia looking as if she had run all the way upwards and now stood in front of the doorway as she started breathing heavily.

"W-What's wrong, Asia-chan?"

Kazuki asked worried since it was the first time that she had done something like that.

"I-Isn't it rude to b-barge into someone else's room like that?"

Irina said somewhat disappointed as she was close to kissing Kazuki, but her mentioning that brought him back to all the times that she did the same thing to him.

"B-But, this is my room."

Irina seemed to stop for a moment to blink once, then twice, and finally third before a surprised scream from out of confusion and surprise after hearing those words.

"Ehhhhhhh?!"

"Was I too focused on reuniting with Iri-chan that I forgot about that big detail?"

Kazuki wondered as his mind seemed to have pushed that detail aside.

"K-Kazu-chan, are you really sharing a room with another girl? If anything, I-I thought that I would be the person who got to share a room with Kazu-chan."

Kazuki felt as if a knife was stabbed into his chest as Irina stared at him with eyes that looked as if he'd betrayed her at that moment.

"W-Well, yes, but it's complicated," Kazuki tried reasoning with Irina, but there looked to have been also a look of jealousy in her eyes about the fact another girl was living in the same room as him. After seeing the pouting face that she started making, it almost reminded him of Asia. "L-Look, Asia-chan is a good girl who found herself in a complicated situation and I promised to look after her. But, leaving that aside, what happened, Asia-chan?"

"My my, I didn't think that I'd hear that the Holy Maiden was sharing a room with a boy."

Mariah had peered inside of the bedroom with her hoodie off, revealing her face to Kazuki, which was undeniably familiar to him. He was caught staring at Mariah who seemed to be looking around the room since it was the first time that she had seen another boy's bedroom.

"Oh, I heard most boy's rooms are unkempt and disordered, but, I can't see the slightest thing that's out of place at all," Mariah said as she started looking around playfully without showing any other intent. Although, she noted that Kazuki was staring at her without turning from her, causing her to feel a little self-conscious. "Come on, if you stare at me like that too much, then you might make me think you're trying to make a move on me."

Mariah wasn't what he was expecting, she must have lived in the Church, but she acts almost like a normal girl, a lot like Irina in some regards.

"Ah, Mariah-san? What're you doing up here?"

"Oh, well, I believe there was something about my face that shocked Asia-san," Mariah said recalling the look of confusion that was on Asia's face. "I heard a lot about you from Iri-chan, Kazuki-san."

"This might sound odd, but could you please answer this question," Kazuki asked caused Mariah to remain silent and listen to his question. "Do you have an older twin brother?"

Mariah paused showing a stunned expression on her face about the situation, then turned her attention towards Irina. Realizing what it meant, Irina shrugged her shoulders.

"I didn't mention anything about your brother."

Irina reiterated while shaking her head.

"Yes, I had an older twin brother. But, how would you know that? Or, how would you even know that he's even the oldest one? He died a long time ago and his body wasn't found."

Mariah had heard that all her friends and brother were poisoned using a dangerous gas that killed them all in just a matter of moments. Even if he managed to escape, he wouldn't have survived that long. She knew from earlier experience that hoping for something that likely wasn't possible.

"Uh, Mariah-san," Kazuki said pulling out his phone that had been inside his pockets, then opened it after going to a photo. "Here."

Having gone to the photo on his cellphone, Kazuki handed it to Mariah who looked at the photo that he had gone to. It was a photo that was taken at a time where both he and Kiba hung out with one another during their first-year at Kuoh Academy. Mariah stared at the photo in disbelief as the person in the photo was undeniably her brother beside Kazuki.

"W-What…?"

"Mari-chan?"

Irina was confused as this was the first time that she had never seen Mariah with that kind of shocked, confused, and inexpressive expression on her face. Throughout all the missions that she had never been on with Xenovia and Mariah, she'd always maintained a calm and confident demeanor, but now she looked like a confused child.

"…T-This isn't…."

Mariah couldn't believe it, even though, the proof was right in front of her eyes.

Elsewhere in the mansion near the Hyoudou Residence, which was the residence that belonged solely to Kiba, a home that was given to him by Rias. Although he did appreciate that Rias went to all this trouble for him, he felt that it was too big for him to live, more so since he lived alone. Kiba didn't feel the need to head off to school and even responding to the text messages that he received from everyone who was checking upon him.

He couldn't since he encountered one of them, one of the swords that all those believers apart from the Holy Sword Project killed all of them for. It was in the hands of a previous foe who escaped from them almost over one month ago, Freed Sellzen. It felt pointless for him to head off to school since it would be even more impossible to focus on anything aside from finding him and that blade, Excalibur Rapidly.

Both of them fought last night after he left from the Ball Tournament, which the Occult Research Club lost against the Kendo Club. But, the battle didn't last long as Freed escaped from him after taunting him for some kind, Kiba chased after him for some time pulling out his Knight trait as much as possible, however, that Excalibur made the former exorcist fast as well.

"I never thought that I'd ever encounter one of those words here. And more so, one of them is in the possession of that insane priest," Kiba said as he started clenching his fist. "I'm not letting either of them escape from me the next time that I encounter both. I'll never forgive them for taking my sister and killing my friends, because of those words, so I'll personally break every single one of them."

As Kiba was sitting on the couch, he resolved himself in finding Freed and the Excalibur that he wielded, then he would break both of them.

Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock!

Just as Kiba was resolving himself, he heard several erratic knocks on the door.

"It's probably Buchou, Akeno-san, Koneko, or Kazuki-kun checking up on me," Kiba thought as he started giving a laugh directed towards himself. "Hah, I'm making everyone worried. But, I'm not in the right mood to be able to face either of them right now. I'll just remain silent until they leave. At most, they'll leave a message."

Kiba thought as he waited for them to stop knocking on the door, but the knocking continued for much longer than he intended. He knew from experience that his friends were stubborn in situations like this, but it was more than he was expecting and it sounded more desperate than anything else.

"I must've really worried them," Kiba said as he decided to go to the door as the knocks continued so he had chosen to speak up. "I'm coming to the door. If this continues, then you might end up breaking it down."

The moment that Kiba reached the door, the knocking stopped, and he finally opened the door to find someone in a white dress standing in front of him. He went on full alert after sensing the same presence that he'd sense in another exorcist and went to summon a demonic sword but stopped after hearing their next words.

"Isaiah."

He heard a female's voice, but more than that she knew his name, his real name, not the one that he received at one point after his reincarnation.

"…no one should know that name except for my friends…and…."

Kiba stopped as noticed the woman removing the hood, revealing Mariah who had tears streaming uncontrollably down from her cheeks. He was the same as tears seemed to flow down his cheeks after realizing that the person in front of him was undeniable, his younger sister.

"Mariah?"

"I…I…waaaaaaah!"

Mariah was unable to contain herself anymore and wrapped her arms around her brother's waist then buried her face in his chest as her tears stained his shirt. For a long time, she buried all her sadness and fear that her older brother died a long time ago, and hearing that he was alive in this town help unreal to her. But, here he was right in front of her, and it didn't matter that he was reincarnated. Her older brother had been there for her when it was just them alone in that place.

"…waaaaaah! I didn't know what happened! I thought that I lost you too!"

Kiba was unable to do anything aside from wrapping his arms around his younger sister who had been crying in front of him like a little girl. Almost all the hatred and aggression that had build up inside of himself faded after he was able to reunite with his younger twin sister. He couldn't help smiling as a feeling of happiness seemed to spill from his heart.

"Hahaha, I still see that you're the same crybaby as before."

"S-Shut up. I thought that you were dead you jerk."

Mariah said in response to Kiba's teasing as she wiped the tears that still appeared at the corners of her eyes.

"Right, right. I'm sorry."

Kiba apologized as he placed his hand comfortably on the top of her head.

Moments after their reunion, Kiba allowed Mariah to enter his house, then she sat down on the couch to calm herself down. Kiba continued to stare at his younger twin as if he couldn't believe that she was standing in front of him like this. He could tell that she had grown up more than physically, but he could tell that she trained a lot as a swordswoman too.

"I didn't think that when I received this assignment that I was able to meet you again in an entirely different region and faction," Mariah said as she recovered from that emotional shock. "But, I was surprised to hear that a friend of mine whose childhood friend knew who you were. If it wasn't for that, then I probably wouldn't have known you were here unless I met your King. And that might have been more awkward considering the situation."

"Yea. Since you belonged to the church, it would have been almost impossible for me to find you since I became a devil. And well, deep down, I thought that…."

"I would have treated you as an enemy if I became an exorcist?"

Mariah finished realizing where Kiba was going with that, causing Kiba to nod his head in agreement without one more word leaving his mouth.

"Well, then you're an idiot," Mariah said as she poked the side of his cheek as she pouted. "Even if you're a devil under a pure-blood devil that doesn't mean that you're not my brother anymore. I never killed a devil, vampire, or monster that didn't deserve it. I'm not like most exorcists who would kill a child no matter their species though, I receive a lot of criticism from other exorcists or higher-ups. None of them wants to lose me as one of their combat potentials and the sword that I can wield."

"Sword?"

Kiba was interested as it seemed as if Mariah stood out among the other exorcists if the higher-ups didn't want to lose her. She noticed that his attention was aimed toward the sword holstered at her side, but she stood Mariah sent him the kind of look that only a little sister could pull off and winked.

"It's not this one since it's a secret~"

Mariah said sticking out her tongue playfully.

"Then that sword is…."

Maria realized the slightest hint of anger in his eyes, which she understood then brought it out so that Kiba could get a better look at the sheathed blade.

"This is Excalibur Blessing."

Mariah revealed as Kiba stared at the holy sword with a clenched fist in an attempt to control himself.

"I realize that it might be hard looking at one of those swords," Mariah said as she stared at it too. "I never really wanted to touch a holy sword due to all the trouble that everyone had gone through with the experiences to use it. And everyone died because of their twisted beliefs. In the end, Gabriel-sama actually came to talk to me and consoled me about my experience. She told me that I could become a Sword of Justice who would be able to use swords like Excalibur in the way they were intended, which was to protect people from true evil. It was that ideal that became my resolve to fight. I fight to ensure what happened to use doesn't happen to someone else."

Kiba was surprised as he heard those words from his younger sister who would have been the person who stood behind him and never took action. It was then that the aggressive look that was on his face faded, then thought about their group's sole pawn and Sekiryuutei.

"I wonder if this was what Ise-kun felt when looking at Kazuki-kun."

Kiba asked himself as he smiled at the growth that his sister showed, which seemed to overshadow any kind of hatred that built up.

Tomorrow morning after school, after being informed about the situation regarding the Exorcist Trio who came to Kuoh Town. Rias, as the overseer of the town, was the main person the trio desired to talk to regarding what has been occurring inside and outside Kuoh Town. As such, a meeting was scheduled for tomorrow when school ended inside the old school building. Both the King and Queen, Rias and Akeno were sitting on one couch with all their peerage members sitting behind them.

Sitting on the couch, adjacent to them were Xenovia, Mariah, and Irina respectively, all of which also looked a lot more serious in this meeting. Standing on the sidelines watching was Kazuki and Asia, but even now neither of them had heard anything from Raynare.

Of course, Rias, Akeno, Koneko, and Issei all looked surprised to see Mariah, since she was Kiba's younger twin sister who he hadn't seen in a long time. Neither of them was able to bring that up or converse with her (even if several questions started entering their head) due to the seriousness of the situation. Although, that didn't stop a certain someone from thinking about it.

"So, that's Kiba's sister. Well, if Kiba is called the prince, then without a doubt, she'll be more of a princess," Issei thought as he stared at Mariah, but stopped himself from looking forward. "N-No, I can't look as Kiba's sister like that. But…."

Chill!

Issei felt a sudden chill as he noticed that Koneko, using some mysterious instincts realized that he was thinking about something perverted. Even Kiba seemed to be sending a dangerous smile, which was something that he'd never expect to receive from him until now. But, if wouldn't be weird considering that it's his younger sister. Rias was glad to see that Kiba had somewhat returned to his usual demeanor somewhat in the presence of his sister, as well as being happy that he reunited with her.

"Well, I believe that it should be noted that in recent events that Excalibur blades that have been kept inside of the Catholic Church Headquarter, Vatican, Protestant Church, and Eastern Orthodox Church have all been stolen," it was the initial words that left Mariah's mouth before noticing the confused look from Issei and immediately read him. Issei was surprised as Mariah was able to tell that about him, but it also made him feel a little complicated. "I believe that we should elaborate about it since it looks as if Kazuki-san's brother doesn't appear to understand. I said Excalibur blades since the original Excalibur broke during a war a long time ago."

Issei was surprised to hear that a blade as famous as Excalibur broke during a war, but it begged the question of the event that caused it to do so.

"It now looks like this, Ise-kun."

Irina pointed out as Xenovia already brought out her Excalibur, a long sword that seemed to be more inclined to a pure offensive assault than a proper sword battle. As soon as the sword was released from the bindings, which covered it, it unleashed a presence that sent a chilling sensation down their backs.

"The original Excalibur, which was broken up into seven pieces a long time ago was collected and reforged into seven different swords through the work of the Church's alchemists," Xenovia explained seriously. "This is one of the swords that came out from it. Excalibur Destruction, which is under the control of the Catholic Church."

"This is mine," Irina said pointing at the long rope that was wrapped around her arm, which then started moving as if it was alive before it starting taking shape as a Japanese katana. Kazuki, of course, found it odd since it was supposed to be more of a European sword instead of a Japanese one. Irina after holding it in her hands proudly declared its nature. "Excalibur Mimic, I can pretty much make it change into any shape that I want so it makes it a lot easier to carry it around. It's under the control of the Protestant Church. Since the seven Excalibur swords were made using pieces from the original, they all inherited the original's individual abilities."

"Irina," Xenovia sighed as she wrapped Excalibur Destruction back up into its bindings, then turned towards Irina who seemed to be playing around with Mimic. "There's no reason to tell these devils about the unique abilities of Excalibur, is there?"

"Ara, Xenovia. Devils or not, we still have to form a relationship with them in this situation, right," Irina explained after returning Mimic into the rope from around her arm before declaring cutely. "Besides, even if Mimic's ability is revealed, I won't fall behind the devils here."

Hearing that from Irina caused Kazuki and Mariah to give a light laugh due to how cute that it sounded from her, but it caused Irina to sent a pout in their direction.

"Well, the mind is Excalibur Blessing," Mariah said showing it toward the devils without drawing it from its sheath. "It is under the control of the Protestant Church."

Rias and Issei were surprised that Kiba was able to maintain most of his aggressive aura since both were worried that he might not be able to suppress it. However, she brought up the one question that had been on her mind in response to hearing all this information.

"So what does the stolen Excaliburs have to do with this country located in the east of the World?"

"The Catholic Church has two Excalibur swords that include mine," Xenovia explained as she continued. "The Protestant Church also has two counting Irina's. And the Eastern Orthodox Church has two that include Mariah's. The last one went missing in the previous war between God, Devils, and Fallen Angels. Each of the three churches has one Excalibur stolen from them. The ones who stole them escaped to Japan, to be more specific, all of them were brought to this town."

"Looks like my territory is full of incidents. So who are the ones that stole the Excaliburs?"

Rias was surprised to hear that another incident had occurred in Kuoh Town, but this time it was an even major one, which might cause a shift between the Three Factions' balance.

"Based on the evidence and witnesses, it appears as if it was a member of Grigori who stole them," Mariah had revealed caused Kazuki to narrow his eyes and realize that this was the reason that she hadn't contacted him in a while. "It was already surmised that those from the Devil's side weren't involved since it wouldn't make sense for the higher-ups to steal something which serves no purpose for them. One of the leaders of Grigori, Kokabiel was the person who personally stole them."

Hearing that name caused Rias to become somewhat shaken, but she maintained a calm smirk.

"Kokabiel, one of the Cadres who surprised previous wars since ancient times including the climactic Great War. I never expected to hear the name of the one that appears in the Bible."

Rias stated somewhat worriedly.

"We had priests and exorcists sent to this town secretly survey the situation before we started making our move to retrieve them," Xenovia added. "But, it all have them have been reported as killed."

"Our request…," Xenovia started before becoming more serious. "No. Our order is not to have any devils intrude in the battle between us and the fallen angels for the Excaliburs. In other words, we came here to tell you not to interfere with this incident."

"Such manner of speech. Is it restraint? Are you thinking that we might collaborate with those fallen angels," Rias sounded offended about that accusation as her eyes seemed to give a threatening shine. "Perhaps that we might team up with them to do something with stolen Excalibur?"

In the territory that she was overseeing, she was told—no ordered that she shouldn't butt into the situation and it was one of the most insulting things she's heard thus far.

"The higher-ups don't trust devils and fallen angels. Our superiors said that 'If the holy swords were taken away from our side, then wouldn't the devils would be happy about it? And wouldn't the fallen angles also profit from it'? For those reasons, it wouldn't be weird for the devils and fallen angels to ally. And it appears that one of them is already residing here as well. That's the reason that we'll be giving this warning. If you ally with our target, then we'll eliminate you all. Even if you're the Maou, Lucifer's little sister, by our boss."

Xenovia finished her sentence as she stared intently at Rias, Mariah didn't want the situation to divulge in this direction. But, these were the orders that the three of them received from the higher-ups and even she could not go against the Church officials.

"Our opponent is one of the famous leaders of Grigori, a powerful fallen angel who survived the constant battles of the Great War against God and the original Maou. Most of the opponents we've faced are high-class devils or vampires, so this is a bit above our class. And the other exorcists such as Dulio are all on different assignments, so we can't be getting picky about our allies. Even if we destroy our Excalibur, there's a chance that the one who works for Kokabiel can remake them using the cores."

Mariah said biting the inside of her mouth.

"…If you know that I am the sister of a Maou, then it means that you have lots of connections with the higher-ups from the Church. Then I will say this," Rias said as she sent an intense and serious stare toward Xenovia. "We'll in or way or plan on allying with the fallen angel, Kokabiel. Leaving Raynare-san aside who wouldn't do anything to stir up a serious incident like this. But, in the name of the Gremory Household, I will never do such a thing that would tarnish the name of our Maou!"

Having declared such words from her truest emotions and pride in her household and brother. Xenovia, who was able to sense such feelings from her allowed a light laugh to escape from her mouth.

"hearing those from you is good enough. I have warned you in case Kokabiel is hiding inside of this town with the three stolen Excalibur swords. If something were to happen, then we'll end up being the ones who end up being hated by those from the Church headquarters. Well, we won't ask for your cooperation even if this town falls under your jurisdiction. Even temporary, if we were to ally, then it would affect the balance that has been maintained between the Three Factions. More so, if it's with the Maou, Lucifer's little sister."

"Aren't you confident? For three of you to have the remaining three Excalibur and the person that you're facing off against has three as well. Even if we allied, our opponent is someone who fought in the Great War," Rias pointed out, which Kazuki and Mariah could agree with. "This mission is basically a suicide mission that'll let the enemy acquire all six Excalibur. Are the three of you planning on dying?"

"Yes."

"I have the same view as Irina, but if it's possible I don't want to die."

"l decided to fight against people like Kokabiel and the one assisting him. And to continue doing that, I'll do my best to complete the mission and survive."

Irina, Xenovia, and Mariah gave their own individual responses, which showed the kind of resolve that one would expect from people with such strong beliefs.

"…You came here to Japan prepared to die? The belief in your teaching is extreme like always."

Rias commented after hearing their responses.

"Don't talk ill of our beliefs, Rias Gremory."

Irina replied as her expression became a little more serious as it sounded as if their faith was being mocked right in front of her. Although, Kazuki wasn't able to remain silent after hearing that his childhood friend, who had just reunited with planned on dying for this assignment. Kiba had similar feelings as he reunited with his little sister, so the idea of losing her for such a reason irritated him more than the Excalibur.

"I can't accept that," Kazuki said catching their attention as Irina turned to face him. "It's barely been a day since we met one another again and you're planning on dying on this mission. There's no way that I can just accept the nonchalance of you taking on a suicide against one of the Grigori leaders."

"I know, Kazu-chan. It's not like I want to die, but this isn't an assignment that we can ignore. Kokabiel is planning on doing something with the Excaliburs that he stole from the Church. Not only is he doing this inside of the town we grew up in, but we don't know when he's going to start it. So, if ensuring that the Excalibur isn't misused and to ensure that innocent people don't die, then wouldn't sacrificing our lives for theirs be the most we can do?"

Kazuki could hear that Irina's heart was purely in the right place since she was also thinking about the lives that would be lost if the three of them didn't act. But, the idea of her death didn't sit well with him.

"Not if I can help it."

Kazuki said seriously as Irina seemed to give a faint blush at the strong tone in his voice, which caused Mariah to give a silent squeal as if she were watching a live drama. Rias and the others were also surprised those words left Kazuki's mouth and he even said them confidently in front of them all.

"…Kazu-chan."

Irina said softly as her heart seemed to flutter.

"Well, either way," Xenovia said bringing the conversation back to that point. "The Church decided that it would be better to eliminate all the Excaliburs instead of leaving them in the possession of Kokabiel. Our mission is the retrieval of all the Excalibur from our enemies. More so, since the only thing that can fight against an Excalibur is another Excalibur."

"Right. Also, the Church decided that it would be better to eliminate all of the Excaliburs rather than letting them get used by the fallen-angels. Our minimum objective is to get the Excaliburs away from the fallen-angels. To accomplish that, it's okay for us to die. The only way to fight against the Excaliburs is Excaliburs."

"You seem confident. Do you have a secret weapon?"

"I'll leave that to your imagination."

Xenovia replied as the conversation seemed to have ended right there.

Realizing that there wasn't anything else that needed to be said about this matter as everything was already said to them. As such, Xenovia looked toward both Irina and Mariah with both of them sharing the same feeling about the matter.

"Then we'll leave now since there's nothing more that we need to discuss. We'll be leaving now, Irina, Mariah."

"Kay~"

"You're not the leader. But, alright."

Irina replied cheerfully. And Mariah replied teasingly.

"So you won't drink your tea? I can prepare a snack for you."

"I don't need it."

"I'm sorry, but Xenovia is a little more serious than most."

Irina apologizes to her partner/friend who seemed to disregard the gesture from Akeno.

As Xenovia, Irina, and Mariah, the latter sent a smile toward her older brother who seemed to have returned it similarly. Although, before the three of them could leave outside of the room, Xenovia stopped causing a surprised look to appear on Mariah's face. She realized that she had stopped right in front of where Asia stood at right beside Kazuki who seemed to realize this as well.

"After seeing you on the sidewalk and inside of that house. And based off the description that was given around the Church," Xenovia said causing Asia to become worried. "Are you the Witch, Asia Argento? I never thought I'd encounter you in this region."

Asia shuttered after hearing that title, "Witch", which caused her to unconsciously reach out toward Kazuki's hand who grasped her hand.

"Ah, Mari-chan mentioned that she was the Holy Maiden who also has the power to heal devils and fallen angels, right. I didn't think that I'd meet her in my old hometown," Irina started innocently before she started pouting. "I also didn't think that she'd be the one sharing a room with my Kazu-chan. Even though, I wanted to be the one to share a room with Kazu-chan."

"…Ummmmm…I…I…."

Asia didn't know how to react to the harsh tone that had come from Xenovia who was directing a more hostile look toward her. Kazuki started feeling his own aggressive emotions started welling up inside of him as everyone on Rias' side could feel the pressure raising from him.

"But, to have become associated with devils and fallen angels. For someone who had been once called the Holy Maiden to have fallen into such the lowest place. Do you even still believe in our God?"

"Xenovia. I already told you not to mess with Asia-san. She doesn't have anything to do with the church anymore nor is she even a devil. So, there isn't a reason to mess with her."

"…I just can't put it aside. I believed in it for my whole life…."

"Is that so," Xenovia said as she reached for Excalibur Destruction, then seemed to start removing the cloth that had covered it. "Then you should be cut down this…."

Dooooon!

Xenovia at a moment's notice saw something coming in her direction, then was flung backward toward the other end of the room as everyone in the room wore a stunned look on her face. The first thing that everyone, as well as Irina and Mariah, noticed that a white aura was rising from him as he lowered his left, meaning that he aimed a strong kick at Xenovia. For those who knew about his magic knowledge, they thought that Kazuki strengthened himself using magic.

"I-I didn't think that K-Kazu-chan became this strong?"

Irina said surprised after seeing what Kazuki had done, which surprised Mariah as well.

Seconds later, Xenovia was revealed to have blocked that kick using Excalibur Destruction who sent an intense look toward him. After that, he momentarily let go of Asia's hand and stepped forward not caring about the glare being sent in his direction.

"I dare you to try that again. I won't forgive anyone who refers to Asia-chan as a Witch."

"Yes, I did. Right now, she is fit to at least be called a Witch."

Xenovia said as she also stepped forward until both she and Kazuki were standing right in front of one another in a confrontational manner. Neither of them looked as if they were going to back down, but there wasn't a person there able to stop them or intervene.

"A witch, huh. Since Asia-chan found out about her sacred gear she was forced into becoming a Holy Maiden in an attempt to satisfy the self-righteous higher-ups from the Church. But, she never complained once even though not one person ever tried treating her like a normal person."

"For someone who had the title of Holy Maiden, the most important thing is the charity of others. The moment the Holy Maiden seeks friendship and love from others, then they already lost the right to hold that title. She could've continued to live with the love from God. So, Asia Argento never had the right to ever be called a Holy Maiden in the first place."

"Those people from the church decided that for her when she was still young. Even if those people revere people who hold things such as sacred gears as either special and useful people, they really see them as nothing more than tools to meet their own ends. Then she does one thing that went against their beliefs, then tossed her aside into a world she didn't know anything about. To almost be abused and used again by rogue fallen angles. In the end, despite all their self-righteous boasts, they're no better than the fallen angels and devils they sent other people to hunt down."

Everyone in the room was once again stunned as those words left from his mouth.

"I'm surprised such words left from your mouth. Based on what Irina told me you were also an avid believer in our God the same as us. But, it looks as if you're no different."

"I don't need to belong to the Church to exercise my beliefs in God. I'll fight for people who need help. I'll fight to protect my loved ones. I'll use all the gifts that I was born with to fulfill those tasks without backing down."

"What are you to Asia Argento?"

Xenovia seemed to narrow her eyes as she stared intently at him.

"She became my family and friend the moment that I saved her from those rogue fallen angels. I'll do whatever I have to protect Asia-chan and ensure she can live the life that she wants to," Kazuki declared without the resolve in his eyes wavering and bringing out Divine Dividing. "I'll stake this on my title as the Hakuryuukou. I don't care if they're from the Church, Grigori, or the Underworld! If anyone targets her, I'll erase them!"

Hearing those words from him was the final nail on the coffin as Irina turned to see that Asia started crying tears of happiness after hearing those words from him. It was the first time in her entire life that someone would go to such lengths for her and it caused her heart to flutter.

"Wow, I never thought those words would leave a Hakuryuukou's mouth."

Mariah was stunned as those words touched a part of her heart.

"That's the kind of person Kazu-chan is."

Irina replied smiling at the words that Kazuki had spoken.

Seconds later, as Kazuki and Xenovia still seemed to be in an intense staredown with one another.

But, breaking apart that tension with greater tension of their own was Kiba who seemed to have started stepping forward. An aura started radiating from him as Rias started at her Knight.

"That's good timing. I will be your opponent."

"Isaiah."

Mariah bit her tongue since it seemed as if her brother still couldn't let it go. Not that she could blame him.

"You are…."

Xenovia said realizing the moment that she saw Kiba for the first time that he was Mariah's older brother.

"I'm your senpai. Though, it appears as if I was labeled a failure."

Kiba replied as several demonic swords started appearing from around him threateningly.

A/N: And there goes the next chapter of The Twin Dragons, well this was the official reunion between the childhood friends and siblings. In addition to being the confrontation between both Kazuki and Xenovia, the latter referred to Asia as a Witch, but Kazuki defended her. Well, things from here are going to get a lot more interesting and epic.

Issei's Harem: Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Xenovia, Lucia, Tsubasa, Kiyome, Aika, Elmenhilde, Yasaka, Kunou, Bennia, Roygun, Ingvild.

Kazuki's Harem: Sona, Raynare, Asia, Irina, Lucina, Mariah, Kuroka, Ophis, Rossweisse, Ravel, Le Fay, Gabriel, Jeanne, Lint, Tiamat, Lilith.