The Twin Dragons

by HolyKnightX

The Heavenly Dragons, the Red and White Dragons are destined to fight from generation to generation. Their current hosts: both Issei and Kazuki Hyoudou, were born opposites, with separate interests, goals, and traits find themselves walking different paths, leading to their eventual destined battle.

25. Our Vampire Kouhai

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

altajir95: Thanks. And as always, I will.

Lorenzo Macchiavelli: Yes, Kazuki would be referred to as that.

KMilesXD: Azazel sure did a more or less decent role in pretending to be a parent, much to the shame of Raynare. Well, that was from Serafall, who often refers to herself as "Onee-sama", while Sona does it as a means of showing respect and love. But, I'll be sure to make it more noticeable.

streetlife34: I understand that, but I don't think that Issei would be the kind of person who'd remain on the sidelines after his parents were threatened and let his little brother fight alone.

Dreadknight12: That does sound like something that Serafall would do, but I doubt it since her feelings are all but limited to her little sister. Yea, moments between them are cute.

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Our Vampire Kouhai

"Balance Break!"

[Vanishing Dragon Balance Breaker!]

In front of the rebuild and remodeled Church, Kazuki activated Balance Breaker in front of Asia, Raynare, Mariah, and Ravel. He was up wrapped in a brilliant light, then manifested the Divine Dividing Scale Mail, standing there donned in a beautiful white dragon armor that looked as pure as snow. It was sometime after classes ended with Kazuki not heading to Kendo Club, because of the situation at hand.

"Oh, it looks so beautiful, Kazuki-san."

Asia cooed while staring at the dragon armor before her.

"All of us heard stories inside of the Church about the Heavenly Dragons being ferocious beings and their hosts a threat to the Church. But, I never heard about the Scale Mail appearing this beautiful up close."

Mariah commented staring and marveling at the armor, while Kazuki sounded a bit embarrassed about it.

"Hmm, I have seen Vali's balance breaker armor before, but it gives off an intense presence that makes it feel as if you'll be crushed from being around him. But, staring at the Vanishing Dragon's Scale Mail is a different feeling in itself."

Raynare said, finishing up right after them.

"Ah, I'm getting a bit flustered now."

Kazuki caused his face to appear so that the girls could hear it, while he started scratching his head, letting out a nervous laugh. Standing there, he received praise after praise from the girls around him. But, the main one who'd asked to see his Balance Breaker was remaining silent the entire time. The other three girls turned their attention towards Ravel to find the youngest blonde among them to appear starstruck.

"Woooow," different from her usual calm and mature expression, Ravel looked on as if she was staring straight at her longtime idol. "I heard stories about the different Balance Beakers belonging to the Longinus, but I had never thought that I'd see one for myself. It's not just powerful, but beautiful too. I can feel the presence of a dragon that floats from it from where I'm standing."

Ravel continued speaking while staring at the snow-white armor with stars in her eyes. She even went closer to Kazuki in an attempt to get a better look at it and stared at the light wings on his back. There was nothing out of place as much as she could see, but the more Ravel examined the armor, the more she marveled at both the beauty and power that came with it.

It was a couple of minutes as Ravel soon stopped and realized the kind of emotions she had displayed through all. And afterward, she looked flustered about the entire thing as most notable from the amount of redness, that could be seen on her face.

"Ah, I'm sorry for showing such a sight, Kazu-sama! I was just too enamored after seeing your Balance Breaker up close in this manner! And I couldn't control myself! Y-You should be glad I've taken an interest."

"That's fine, Ravel-san," Kazuki stated smiling, as he removed Balance Breaker and placed a comforting hand on the flustered blonde, causing her to blush more. It didn't help as her face turned redder from the contact, more so as Kazuki smiled in her direction. "I thought that was cute more so since you go all tsundere like that."

"…I'm not a tsundere, Kazu-sama."

Ravel mumbled, glancing to the side embarrassed, but happily smiling at the same time.

"Ah, I see that Kazuki-kun has become quite the smooth talker."

Mariah said, joking and glancing at the two of them, which Kazuki ignored as he smiled too.

"So, Kazu-sama, how long can you keep up your Balance Breaker?"

"Hmm, I can use it for about an hour at most," Kazuki replied to Ravel, as the two stood there in the same spot in the conversation. "I never thought that all the training that I started from childhood would end up paying off like this. I think that the nail in the coffin was the dragon heart that I ended up gaining, which strengthened my constitution more than before. But, as you would expect, overusing Divide too much the amount of time would lessen, but I'd expect that it's minimized a bit since the excess power is released through the wings. So, there's going to be a lot of training in the future to make it last longer."

"Being able to wear the Scale Mail for an hour alone is a good start Kazu-sama. You started to use you Longinus for a month and awakened Balance Breaker against Kokabiel."

"Thanks. I know that it's more of a matter of difference in experience…and linage, but Vali is ahead of me when it comes to using and maintaining Balance Breaker."

"How long would that be?"

Mariah asked this time, recalling their first encounter with Vali during the battle against Kokabiel and then in front of the school building.

"A month."

That reveal caused the three blonde-haired young women to be shocked and surprised about it. Raynare, due to being a member of Grigori was well aware that Vali was in a different league compared to most.

"I wonder if I should mention that Tobio-sama was born with Balance Breaker," Raynare was wondering, but with the expressions, she was seeing from them that were put off the table. "No, I'll save that for later. All of them looks as if they'll overreact about it."

"Well, I'm sure that I'll catch up to Vali. It's just thinking about the training that I'll need in the future."

"U-Uh," Ravel seemed to be poking her fingers together as if she was attempting to get some words out of her mouth. "If you want, I could provide some advice about anything if you're stuck somewhere. I-I mean, you should be glad that I'm taking my time out to help you."

"Yea, I wouldn't mind taking some of Ravel-san's advice. You helped me a lot with things that I was stuck on and it got me where I needed to go. So, don't be afraid of sharing your ideas whenever they come up. I'll never make fun of any of them."

"A-Alright, Kazu-sama!"

Hearing such words caused Ravel's heart to swell, considering that she'd never had the chance to use whatever idea or plan she devised apart of her brother's peerage. But, hearing that Kazuki would want to hear about them caused certain feelings and ideas to enter her head.

"Uh, Kazuki-san."

"Hmm, Asia-chan?"

"I knew that we were heading out to the Church after school," Asia started reaching her hands inside a tear in the space in front of them, then pulled out a basket. "So, I made lunch to celebrate finishing the Church's renovations and thought everyone would be hungry."

"That's sweet, Asia-chan. You're cooking has started getting even more delicious each time Kaa-chan gives you cooking lessons. So, let's all eat."

"Yes!"

Asia exclaimed smiling at the compliment.

Aside from the basket, Asia brought out a blanket for them to sit on, which both Raynare and Mariah assisted her in setting up. Once it was set up, the four of them sat on the blanket as Asia started setting up the meals that she prepared. All of them were sandwiches, which had been prepared with the utmost care, and even the crust was cut off with the utmost precision.

"Hmm, this is delicious, Asia-sama."

Ravel couldn't stop herself from praising Asia, after taking a bite from the sandwich.

"I always love eating the good Asia-san prepares."

Raynare added, smiling as she relished the sandwich's taste.

"This makes me want to learn to cook a bit more," Mariah pointed out, loving the taste of the sandwich. "I learned to cook since it was important to learn to cook for yourself sometimes whenever alone on missions. More so, if it is near impossible for your parents to cook themselves."

Kazuki could tell that Mariah was referring to either Xenovia or Irina, but the former was a bit more believable as it's unlikely the blue-haired young woman would focus on such things.

"I also made some tea to go along with it."

Reaching her hand inside the basket, Asia retrieved a tea-filled thermos, and five cups meant for them. Filling up the cups, she started handing them all out, with the tea tasting as good as the sandwiches.

"Ah, this tea is delicious, Asia-sama."

"Hehe, thanks, Ravel-san."

Asia looked flustered from the compliments she was receiving at that moment.

"I wouldn't mind talking to Asia-sama about making tea."

"Oh, Ravel-san, you make tea?"

"Hmmhmm, to me, it's proper etiquette to learn about making tea for friends, and honored guests. So, I learned it from the maids from the Phenex Clan. I can also bake cakes and other sweets if you're interested."

Kazuki, Raynare, and Mariah wondered how many other pure-blooded devils shared the same sentiment as her and would learn such things. But, it sparked a decent conversation between the older and younger blondes, with a shared interest in cooking and/or baking.

"So, I heard little miss princess got permission from Sirzechs-sama to release her Bishop."

Raynare brought up after finishing her second sandwich, before moving on to the third one.

"Hmm, I heard about them from Sona-senpai. But, she didn't mention specifics about them aside from the fact it was because Rias-senpai couldn't control their powers."

"Yea, I teased her about it after hearing about it."

"You know, Raynare-san. For two people who don't like one another, you two do talk a lot sometimes."

Mariah pointed out, smiling and laughing a bit at that reveal.

The fallen angel didn't react or respond, but there was the slightest hint of redness on her cheeks from hearing it from the newer blonde-haired young woman.

"I have no idea what you're talking about."

Raynare denied as she continued eating, ignoring the looks she was receiving from Mariah as much as possible, but it was noticeable to the others too.

"Well, I heard rumors that Rias-sama has made someone into her Bishop. But, in all the times since then, there's been no word about a single appearance or mention of them."

Ravel revealed, showing more of that knowledgeable nature of hers when it concerned topics such as those and it was surprising each time. More so, as someone like her third older brother, Riser likely wouldn't focus on such details despite it concerning his fiancée.

"Hmmm," Kazuki seemed to be thought as the group seemed almost finished with the lunch that Asia cooked for them all. "So, who's interested in meeting this Bishop?"

[…?]

There was a faint pause among the four women, who glanced over towards one another before sharing the same expression on their faces.

[Yes.]

Raynare, Asia, Ravel, and Mariah replied in agreement in unison, almost surprising Kazuki.

"Then let's head out after finishing up here."

Kazuki spoke as if he was the leader talking to their teammates.

So, from there, the five of them started finishing up the rest of what Asia prepared before heading out toward the Occult Research Club to meet the mysterious Bishop.

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Meanwhile, in the Old School Building, the Occult Research Club stood in front of the sealed classroom, where a bunch of yellow tape with the bold letters "KEEP OUT" printed on them. But, if that wasn't a clear enough sign for someone to avoid it, there were multiple magical symbols engraved around the outside door.

Last night, he had found out from Sirzechs that Rias attained permission from the three highest groups from the Underworld to release her mysterious Bishop. And that would be the Four Maou, Bael Head, and Agreas Head, who has given Rias a much higher evaluation from the current events.

However, the incidents preceding that reveal, Issei was thinking about the kiss that he and Rias shared before it was interrupted. He thought about it at least a hundred times during classes, then came the time for the Bishop to be revealed. Kiba and Koneko were removing the KEEP OUT take, while Issei stared at the door wearing a bit of a confused look.

"Is this person a hikikomori?"

Issei looked dumbfounded in staring at the weird door and realized that it must not be too surprising if whoever is inside wasn't able to move around much. And much to his shock, Rias nodded her head in agreement before she let a sigh escape from her mouth.

"The kid inside has been the biggest earner among the servants," Akeno stated, laughing at Rias' reaction as she started removing the magical seals placed around the door. "Despite that, this kid takes on far special contracts from humans through using computers. They can't meet us at all, so that's the main reason this specific kind of person forms relationships different from us. In resolving such situations using computers, due to that, this kid can grab numbers enough numbers comparable to superior ranks."

"Through a computer, the kid takes special contracts from humans. Frankly, it's a person who doesn't want to meet us. Those types of people negotiate differently and make relations differently. They solve things through the computer. In the dealings through computers, among the newer devil servants, this kid grabs enough numbers like those of a superior rank."

Issei was surprised in hearing about that from Akeno, meaning that there would be a chance that this Bishop is an incredible person.

"Now then, I am opening the door."

Rias prepared herself to open the door, which had the magical sealed removed from them. But, Issei looked on a bit confused as he witnessed the others preparing themselves. And as soon as the door opened up—

"Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

A loud, high-pitched sound could be heard coming from the opened door, causing some to cover their ears as it'd reached their ears. Neither Rias nor the others aside from Issei and Xenovia looked surprised, as all of them had begun entering the room.

"Good day to you. It's nice to see you all energetic."

Rias was kind as usual as she spoke to her Bishop in a gentle tone, but the now hiding Bishop seemed to be all confused about the reason their door was opened.

"W-W-Whyyyyyyyy?!"

"Ara ara, the seal got removed, you know? You can go out now. Now, let's all go out together?"

"Noooooooooooooooooo!This place is gooooood! I don't want to go outside! I don't want to meet peopleeeeeee!"

The Bishop replied, showing no desire to leave their room and instead wanted the room to be sealed again. It wasn't a normal case of someone being reclusive, but a serious case of someone who didn't want anything to do with people or the outside world. Neither Kiba nor Koneko looked surprised, the former gave a wry laugh, as the latter looked irritated.

Issei and Xenovia seemed to have shared a similar look like the group scattered around all the room in an attempt to find the hiding Bishop. Noticing that the room looked adorable with cute dolls placed around the room, but it was a bit odd that there was barely light in the room since the curtains were closed shut. But, for Issei and the others, it looked like a girl's room. Oddly enough, there was also a coffin placed in the room too.

Issei looked to find Rias and Akeno standing in front of someone, causing him to move beside them. Standing in the same position as them, he stared at a beautiful blonde-haired young woman at least a year younger than him with noble looks and red eyes who looked like a doll. Said person was shaking as if looking for a means of giving them a chance to run.

In staring at the adorable expression the person was making, Issei looked forward with a gleam in his eyes.

"Ooh! A girl! Not to mention a foreigner!"

That statement from Issei sparked a reaction from Rias, Akeno, Kiba, and Koneko, who were well aware that isn't the case. There was a silence that even Xenovia thought that a bit weird, but it was soon stopped as Rias chose to reveal the truth.

"Appearance-wise, this kid looks like a girl but without a doubt, he is a boy."

""No no no, no matter how you look at it. It's a girl, Buchou," Issei looked on, thinking that Rias was joking around with him, but he noticed that she wasn't smiling and looking serious. "…Eh? Seriously?"

"He has a hobby of dressing in female clothes."

Akeno revealed, putting the nail on the coffin, ironic enough as there was one beside them.

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh!?"

"Eeeeeeeeeeek! I am sorry, I am sorryyyyyyyyyyy!"

Reacting to that, the blonde-haired young man started panicking in response to hearing Issei screaming at him, having heard he was cross-dressing.

"Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

Issei still seemed to panicking and screaming, recalling all the things that he previously thought about the Bishop being a beautiful blonde-haired girl. But, now, it was revealed that it was a blonde-haired boy instead.

"Uh, should we come back?"

As Issei was panicking, Kazuki and the others from his group arrived inside of the unused room in response to hearing Issei's screams. In locking eyes with one another, Ravel and Koneko found themselves with their glares locked on one another. It was obvious enough from their first meeting, that the two didn't wouldn't be able to like each other for some time.

As adorable as Kazuki found the interactions between them sometimes, he decided to move back towards what the current situation at hand was.

"So, what're you overreacting about now?"

"Look!"

Issei pointed at the Bishop standing beside Rias and Akeno, who seemed to let out a squeal in response to the additions into the room.

"Eeeeek! More people! I dooooon't like thiiiiis!"

He squealed in response to seeing more additions into the classroom.

"It's Rias-senpai's Bishop."

"Yea, he's a dude."

"Nii-san, did you finally have a mental break? He's a guy, so what?"

Kazuki said showing no reaction to the Bishop dressing as a girl while staring straight at him blankly.

"So what?! Don't you find that weird?!"

"B-B-B-But, girl's clothes are super cute."

The Bishop stated sounding cute while standing in the same position doing an adorable pose. But, that didn't at all help Issei who started reacting negatively.

"Don't say things like super cuteeeeeeeeeee! Shit! Even though you're a guuuuuuy! You shattered my dream in an instanttttttttt! I-I was dreaming about you being a Bishoujo Bishop, you know!? Give it back! Give back my dream!"

Issei declared in the middle of the clear classroom, while the people stared at him with an odd look.

"…Writings and dreams of people are transient."

Koneko stated, staring at him with a blank look.

"Embodiment of sexual desire."

Ravel added, giving him the same kind of expression she'd give Riser.

"Koneko-chaaaaaaaaan! That didn't sound like a joke! And I barely know you, so don't join in!"

Issei exclaimed, staring at Koneko and Ravel, who seemed to agree with something.

"Nii-san, weird is the time that the teachers from our middle school had to give you just male teachers since you were unable to focus when the teacher was a female. Not that you focused in class anyway."

"Oi! Why did you mention that?! Don't you know anything about a secret between brothers?!"

"I don't want to hear that from you of all people! When you revealed a secret between brothers in front of them!"

Everyone looked on as Kazuki and Issei were getting into their usual argument with one another, while the newly revealed Bishop was looking on confused and a bit scared.

"B-B-B-By the way, who are these people?"

He asked looked around, noticing there were more people than he was expecting when Rias and the others had arrived.

"Well, the first two that you met were new servants. The one over there arguing with their younger brother is the Pawn, Issei Hyoudou. And the blue-haired girl over there is the Knight, Xenovia. All the others aren't a part of our group, but we're friends…some of them. The younger twin there is, Kazuki Hyoudou. That's Asia Argento, Mariah Beaumont, Ravel Phenex…and Raynare."

"Eeeeek, there are so many people here! And the number of members increased too!"

He looked terrified at the number of recent peerage members, in addition to the number of people who all arrived there too. A hikikomori in this particular situation must be rougher than any of them could imagine, more so if a person hadn't even been around people who're close to them.

"Please, can we go out? Okay? It's all right for you not to be sealed anymore, you know?"

Rias was still attempting to be kind and assist her previously sealed Bishop in interacting with the outside world, instead of remaining cooped up.

"Noooooooo! For me the outside world is impossibleeeeee! I am scared! I am scared of the outside! In any case, even if I go outside it would only cause trouble for otherssssss!"

He replied, causing Rias to become sad and unable to think about her next move if he continues acting like this.

"Hey, Buchou said to go outside…."

Issei reached his hand forward, in an attempt to grab hold of his arm, causing the Bishop to become frightened.

"Nii-san, I don't think that the forceful attempt is the correct."

"Eeeeek!"

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The Bishop squealed as Issei grabbed onto his arm, which was then his red eyes let out a mysterious glow as all the things in front of them turned white. At least, for the others, things turned white, Kazuki looked around with a confused look as the people around him were frozen. There was Issei whose hand was stretched out forward in an attempt to grab the Bishop.

Rias, Akeno, Yuuto, and Koneko were frozen in place, their King seemed to be moving forward in an attempt to warn Issei. He turned to find, Asia, Raynare, Mariah, and Ravel still in the same position as before watching the entire incident occur. Kazuki moved in front of Asia, then waved his hand in front of her face, noting that none of them were moving at all.

"What's going….?"

"Waaaah! I didn't up to do it again!"

Kazuki turned around to find the Bishop standing in the corner while crying sadly in realizing what he had done to everyone else.

"Uh, mind explaining what happened?"

"Eeeeeeeeek!"

The Bishop turned to find that Kazuki was still moving around just fine, while a white aura could be seen around him too.

"Uh, hi, I'm…."

"Eeeeeek! How you're still moooooving?!"

Seeing Kazuki moving around just fine seemed to have made him all the more scared as he moved further from him out of fright.

"And I don't know…. Uh, mind explaining what happened, but it looks as if everyone is stopped in time."

[Hmm, it appears to be the work of a sacred gear, a powerful one, at that. And it does appear as if it stops time. You appear to be exempt from the time stop because of your status as the Hakuryuukou who had also achieved Balance Breaker. It feels as if the blonde Knight over there is attempting to break free because of the irregular nature of his too.]

"Well, that's good to know," Kazuki said, then he started approaching the frightened Bishop, but stopped there as he kneeled at a decent enough distance. "Come on, there's no need to be scared."

"But, you're mad at me! I know you're mad at meeeee! All I ever do is cause trouble for people, because of these stupid eyes of mine! It would've been better for Buchou if she hadn't found me and turned me into a Devil, then I wouldn't be causing trouble for her!"

Kazuki kneeled there and listened as the male Bishop was berating himself more and more at the thought of him causing trouble for Rias.

"Look, I understand what you're scared of. But, there's no need for you to hide from others. Trust me, doing that won't do anything, but make it worse."

"B-But, no one would be friends with someone like me! All I do is freeze people whenever I'm scared and I'm too much of a coward to do anything!"

"Well, then let me be the first new friend that you make," Kazuki said, then extended his hand outwards towards the frightened Bishop who looked scared. "I'm sure that you heard this from Rias-senpai. But, my name is Kazuki Hyoudou. I'm a second-year student. What's your name?"

He looked on staring at Kazuki's hand, surprised and confused that he would attempt to be friends with him, even though he froze everyone else. Noticing the kind and generous gesture from him, the Bishop extended his hand towards Kazuki's hand. It wasn't long until the two grasped one another's hands.

"M-My n-name i-is Gasper Vladi."

Gasper introduced himself as the two shook hands.

Once that happened, time seemed to return to normal as the people behind them started moving once again. As Issei looked around confused as he was sure that his hand was wrapped around Gasper's wrist.

"Eh, I was holding onto that kid's arm."

"This is strange. Something in this moment…."

"…It's certain something happened."

Issei, Asia, and Xenovia seemed confused about the situation. More so, those who weren't aware of Gasper's sacred gear, in addition to the fact that Kazuki, who was beside them was now in front of him.

"Uh, Kazuki, did you move around despite Gasper stopping us?"

"Eh, stopping us?"

Rias was surprised that Kazuki managed to move around, in addition to Issei who was confused about what was going on around them.

"Ara, that's surprising. Gasper possesses a sacred gear that when he's excited, the time of everything in his field of vision can be stopped for a fixed interval of time."

Akeno replied to Issei's confusion, while Rias approached Gasper and hugged him from behind, making him feel a lot better from the comforting feeling.

"Because he couldn't control his sacred gear, under the orders of the Archduke and Maou, Onii-sama, he'd been sealed here until I figured something out," Rias said before smiling at him. "This boy is Gasper Vladi, my Bishop. For the time being, he's Kuoh Academy's first year. Before being reincarnated he was half-human, half-vampire. So, please treat him kindly and get along."

Kazuki looked on as Gasper was still fidgeting around from the glances he was receiving from everyone else as he wasn't used to being around people after all this time. He couldn't blame him since he was sealed inside this classroom for a long time. And there was something that Kazuki felt was similar between himself and Gasper to some degree.

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"Forbidden Balor View?"

Issei was confused as he listened to the name of Gasper's Sacred Gear, once all of them gathered inside of the Occult Research Club. Those from Rias' peerage and Kazuki's group gathered inside the club room. It might be due to his nervousness and being uncomfortable around people, but Gasper was hiding inside cardboard; right beside the others in Rias' peerage.

"Yes. That's the name of the Sacred Gear Gasper possesses. It's very powerful."

"To stop time, isn't that close to breaking the rules?"

Issei stated, not thinking about the chance of there being a sacred gear powerful enough to stop time around the user on a whim.

"True, but considering that you can double your power each time without limit. I can halve my opponent's power, then add that power onto my own. And I'm sure, we all witnessed a glimpse of what Vali could do with a wave of his hand."

"Kazuki's right. You three houses dragons who were considered the highest of their classes, while alive and even considered one another a rival," Rias explained before turning her attention towards Gasper with a sad look, who was still hiding from them. "The problem is that he's not able to handle it. Because of that, Gasper was sealed for a long time until now. He has a rare ability, and it seems that Forbidden Balor View's powers increase whenever he's unconscious. Because of that, every day his powers are increasing. And from a previous conversation, we'd come to the chance that he might achieve Balance Breaker."

Issei and the others were surprised after hearing that response from Rias, considering that the Balance Breaker was something three of them achieved using intense methods.

"However, you made someone with such a powerful sacred gear into your servant, Buchou. And he could get his Balance Breaker in the future. Not to mention that it was using one piece. You mentioned before that it took all eight Pawn pieces to reincarnate me."

Noting his confusion, Rias used her powers to summon a book, which appeared to be information based around Evil Pieces. Opening the book, she went to the page that had the answer that Issei was looking for and showed it to him. Looking at the title section, Issei found himself uttering the word out loud.

"…Mutation Piece?"

Issei asked confused.

"I was confused too. But, that's the piece that Buchou had to use for Gasper. It's different from all the Evil Pieces used to reincarnate us. Those who require more than one piece to be reincarnated can be reincarnated with more of the same pieces as you. Or the one Buchou used, it's a one that can make such a phenomenon occur."

"For High-Class Devils, one in ten devils might possess a single piece. It's an irregular piece born when the Evil Piece System was created, it's kind of like a bug, but it appears as if it was kept around instead of removed, for fun. Gasper-kun is the one who used that piece," Akeno explained before moving onto a subject that none of the people were aware of. "Lucina-chan was reincarnated by Serafall-sama using a Queen Mutation Piece, which is one of the reasons she's considered a cut above the rest among Queens."

"Eh, Lucina-san was reincarnated using one too."

Kazuki couldn't contain his surprise after hearing that kind of information.

"Yes, that's true. Aside from the Queens of the top-ranked players in the Rating Games, I can't tell how many of the other Queens could compete with Lucina-sama. There have been rumors floating around that she might be the one who inherits Grayfia-sama's title as the Strongest Queen. That's the amount of talent and potential she has."

Ravel informed, recalling the information she heard beforehand a long time ago. And in noticing the interactions between Grayfia and Lucina, it wouldn't be surprising if the Strongest Queen is grooming her to inherit her title. In the minds of those who met Lucina, and knew her nervous habits, it was surprising to hear.

"Yes, but unconsciously activating his sacred gear was seen as a problem, and I couldn't do a thing to help him at all," Rias seemed sad and disappointed in herself for not being able to do anything for Gasper. "This is still a critical situation. However, because my evaluation was accepted, it seems I was judged that I may be capable of handling Gasper now. Maybe because Ise and Kiba achieved Balance Breaker."

Those standing in the room understood the meaning behind those words. For a King, two of her servants gained their Balance Breakers not that far apart from one another. It wouldn't be surprising if the higher up would have a higher opinion of Rias compared to when Gasper was reincarnated.

"…Uh, e-e-even though I don't want you to talk about me…."

Gasper uttered from inside of the cardboard box he was hiding in, then Issei gave it a light kick, causing an "Eep" to escape from the vampire-human hybrid.

"Judging from ability, after Akeno, he would be next. Though I said half-vampire, Gasper hails from a pure-blood vampire house with a good lineage, in addition to being born with a powerful sacred gear because he's also half-human. In being well-endowed with the abilities of a vampire, while also excelling in the human wizard. If so, then he probably wouldn't have been made a bishop with just one evil piece."

"Vampires aren't able to walk around in the sunlight. His human blood makes him a Daywalker, so Gasper-kun should be fine walking around. But…."

As Akeno was mentioning Gasper's half-blood status, the half-vampire in question finished for her.

"I hate daylighttt! It's better if the sun disappeareeeeeed!"

"You don't attend class, right? If you don't control your power and open yourself up then it isn't good, you know?"

"No! I am fine inside this cardboard box! The air and light of the outside are a natural enemy to meeeee! Please let me remain a boy who lives in a cardboard boooooox!"

Issei didn't know what he was going to do with Gasper if he continued acting like this.

"Also, doesn't he need blood? He's a vampire, even half, right?"

"Since he's a half-vampire, he doesn't thirst for blood as often. If you supply the blood for him once every 10 days then there's no problem. Though it seems he originally didn't like drinking blood."

"I hate blooooood! I hate fish tooooooo! I hate liver as welllllll!"

The more that people heard Gasper's more intense dislikes, the more that it was becoming doubtful that he could live a normal life now. Although, there was one person among their group who didn't mind speaking what was on her mind.

"…A good-for-nothing vampire."

Koneko uttered staring at the cardboard box Gasper was hiding in.

"Uwaaaaaaah! Koneko-chan is a meanieeee!"

Gasper replied, and cried from inside of his cardboard box.

Kazuki let out a nervous laugh, knowing that Koneko might be the definition of a silent savage.

"For the time being, until I return. I'll have to leave Gasper's training to accumulate to the outside world and gain better control over his sacred gear to Ise, Koneko, and Xenovia. Akeno and I will be heading to the meeting spot for the Three Factions. And Yuuto, it seems like Onii-sama wants to hear more about her Balance Breaker too."

"Yes, Buchou."

Yuuto agreed to without hesitation, not rejecting a request from the Crimson Satan himself.

"Hmm, if you don't mind us. We could…."

Kazuki was preparing to suggest that he and the others would be interested in assisting them in training Gasper. But, it was stopped as Mariah heard her cellphone going off at around the same time. There weren't many people who had her number or would contact her aside from Irina. Having that thought in mind, Mariah looked and saw that she received a message.

"Oh, this is surprising."

Mariah looked surprised after reading the message.

"What happened?"

"Kazuki-kun, and Asia-chan, it looks as if we'll need to head out to meet someone important."

"Huh, both of us? Who wants to see us?"

Kazuki asked, confused knowing few people from the Church side would want to see them, aside from one, which was Irina.

"It's a surprise~"

"Hmm, I'll need to leave too, considering that Azazel-sama should be making preparations for the meeting. At the most, I hope that's what he's planning on doing."

Raynare added, knowing that Azazel wasn't as responsible as he should be. And hoped that he was at least, had the intentions of making proper preparations.

"Then, I guess that we'll all have something to do."

"…aside from one of us."

Koneko uttered, the person in question being glared in Koneko's direction.

"What was that?"

Ravel uttered turning her attention towards Koneko, who didn't bother looking at her.

"…nothing, Grilled Chicken Princess."

"…!"

Ravel's glare turned more intense as flames could be seen sparkling around the youngest Phenex and Koneko at that moment looked prepared for a fight. But, before either of them could make a move, Kazuki placed a hand on both their heads.

"Could you two please get along," Kazuki requested, causing them to relent from the potential fight, but neither of them looked at one another. "If you don't mind, Ravel-san could you remain here and see if they're something you could suggest in helping Gasper?"

"If it's a suggestion from Kazu-sama, then I'll do my best to help. Even if I have to spend time around this one."

Ravel agreed while Koneko sent a cold stare in her direction.

"And Koneko-chan. Could you please try and get along with Ravel-san and Gasper?"

"…fine."

Koneko replied, not wanting to disappoint Kazuki.

In seeing that Akeno couldn't help letting a slight laugh escape from her mouth as Kazuki and Koneko looked just as close as siblings. Realizing that it was coming closer and closer to the moment where all of them would need to leave, the people involved started doing just that.

"Gasper-kun, you should start getting used to the outside, you know?"

"Akeno-oneesamaaaaaaa! Please don't say stuff like thaaaaaaaat"

"Ara ara, that's troubling. Ise, I'll leave it to you."

"Yes, if I am requested by Akeno-san, then I'll do my best as well!"

In hearing that request from Akeno, Issei saluted and agreed with full excitement as she and Rias left from inside the club room. There was a slight interaction between herself and Raynare before the two split apart in their usual manner. Before Kazuki, Asia, and Mariah left, he kneeled beside the cardboard box where Gasper was still hiding, then tapped it.

"Do your best, Gasper. But, take it at your own pace."

"O-Okay."

Gasper agreed, not knowing the reason, but felt that he could trust Kazuki.

"Nii-san, don't be you. And Xenovia, don't go overboard."

"I won't."

Xenovia agreed without hesitation, as Kazuki was aware that Xenovia hunted down vampires in the past too.

"What does that mean?"

"You, know what I mean."

After that exchange, Kazuki left the club room together with Asia and Mariah. Leaving Gasper in the care of Issei, Koneko, Xenovia, and Ravel, something that the half-vampire wasn't too ecstatic about.

---

"Why would someone want to meet us here?"

The location that Mariah led Kazuki and Mariah to was the Church their group finished repairing and renovating not that long ago. Standing in front of the rebuilt entrance, he stood there able to sense that there was at least a single person waiting inside the Church. He felt an unfamiliar, but powerful and sacred presence waiting for all of them there. Mariah was keeping whoever was waiting for them a secret, not letting the slightest smile or readable emotion appear on her face.

"You'll just have to walk inside and see for yourself."

Mariah said, hiding the smile on her face and seeming to be waiting for whatever expression the two of them will end up making.

Noting Mariah's intentions, Kazuki placed his hands on the entrance and wanted to see for himself whoever this would turn out to be. Opening the door, the outside air flowed inside of the Church as Kazuki looked forward and saw the person waiting there. Kazuki and Asia could see that it was a blonde-haired woman, of undetermined age, dressed in a brilliant white, extravagant rode stood there with her back from them.

Although Kazuki wasn't like his older brother, he couldn't help noticing a woman's figure. This woman, in particular, had a glamorous and perfect body even though it was a simple back view.

"Ah, this Church has been rebuilt so perfect and beautiful. I couldn't help wanting to see it up close like this."

Her voice alone was gentle and beautiful, almost embodying innocence.

As soon as she turned around, Kazuki almost felt his heart skipping a beat as if his breath was taken from him in a single instance. Aside from blonde hair that is almost golden, her eyes seem to hold not the slightest bit of evil or ill intent behind them. It almost reminded him of Asia.

Despite the robe that she was wearing, Kazuki could see her huge breasts despite them being covered. If it was Issei, then he could start drooling the instance he saw her. Kazuki wasn't alone, as Asia was too taken about the beauty of this woman as she stood there smiling at them.

"Oh, where are my manners. I forgot to introduce myself," seeming to bonk herself on the head in a too adorable manner, then twelve angel wings came from her back as she smiled at them comparable to a saint. "It's good to meet you all. I am Gabriel, one of the Four Great Seraph."

Kazuki was surprised about who the woman was, but no more so than Asia who seemed unable to comprehend it despite being there.

"Sh-Sh-She's here, G-G-G-Gabriel…shama…ah."

A-Asia-chan?"

Kazuki was surprised as it went to the point where Asia seemed to faint from the surprise encounter. But, she did not fall to the ground as Kazuki caught her in her hands.

"Oh, it looks as if Asia-san fainted," Gabriel stated, appearing worried as she noticed the expression that was on her face. "Would you be so kind and bring Asia-san over to me, Kazuki-san?"

"Uh, sure."

Kazuki himself couldn't comprehend the situation, as one of the highest-ranked angels knew both his name and Asia's name too. But, he wasn't able to reject that honest and kind request as he started carrying Asia toward the Seraph, who took a seat on one of the rebuild seats. Once Kazuki arrived in front of her, Gabriel tapped her laps using her hands while giving him an innocent smile.

Realizing what that meant, Kazuki placed Asia down on Gabriel's lap, attempting not to stare at her breasts, which were there in front of him. Blushing, he stepped backward, while glancing to the side unable to look elsewhere as Gabriel left him almost speechless. Gabriel seemed focused on tending to Asia who passed out moments ago and allowed her to rest on her lap.

"Hehehe, I can see that Kazuki-kun is quite taken aback by Gabriel-chan's beauty."

Mariah teased while smiling at Kazuki.

"I didn't think Kazuki-san would see me in such a manner."

Gabriel seemed flustered, as she placed a hand on her cheek looking innocent.

"She's serious. She's not teasing me for being coy at all. I doubt that Gabriel-sama understands the concept of being the slightest bit dishonest. She's almost the same as Asia."

Kazuki thought, almost comparing Asia's innocence to that of Gabriel.

"Teasing, Kazuki-kun is fun," Mariah commented as Kazuki seemed to be thinking about that comment, with an odd expression. "It's great to see you again, Gabriel-sama."

"I feel the same, Mari-chan~ It has been a long time since we last saw one another, and you've been much cuter since that time."

Gabriel stated, smiling at Mariah, who looked a bit more flustered in Gabriel's presence.

"Um, Gabriel-sama."

"Yes, Kazuki-san."

Hearing her almost innocent and adorable response caused his heart to skip a beat.

"Y-Yea, I can guess that you know Asia-chan since she was a member of the Church before being removed from the Church. But, I don't know how you would know who I am."

"Ah, Kazuki-san is so smart to ask that. It was sad for us to remove Asia-san from the Church since she was a kind and devout nun who did her best for words," Kazuki could tell that Gabriel meant those words as she placed a hand on the now calmed down Asia. "The reason that I know about you is that I've been watching you for quite some time."

"H-Huh."

Kazuki was surprised about that, not expecting to attract the attention of one of the Seraph. Even Mariah looked a bit surprised after mentioning that and couldn't help wanting to tease them.

"I didn't think that Gabriel-sama would be so bold."

"Oh, ara, I didn't mean for it to sound like that," Gabriel placed her hands on her now flustered cheeks. "I meant I was interested because we ended up finding out where the Hakuryuukou was born and also found out that the Sekiryuutei was in the same place. All the Ten Seraph was stunned to find out that both of them happened to be twin brothers. I became interested in Kazuki-san after all the trouble he went through to help Asia-san. So, I had made it a habit of looking into seeing what Kazuki-san was doing. I wanted to meet him too, but because this land is under the jurisdiction of Sirzechs-sama's little sister it was close to impossible. So, I was happy that I was able to meet him like this."

He was more surprised after hearing that Gabriel wanted to meet him this much, from all that time ago. And the thought of this beautiful woman watching him all that time made him a bit self-conscious and bashful.

"Hehe, well I never thought that I Gabriel-sama would be interested in me, the Hakuryuukou. I know that Albion had caused a bit of a stir during the Great War."

"It is true that the Heavenly Dragons and their hosts have caused from trouble since gaining either the Boosted Gear or Divine Dividing. Some of them ended up becoming tyrants that misused their powers and others ended up having a hard life fighting against one another, then destroying in their wake. But, I was happy that a brave and kind young man like Kazuki-san was able to become the next Hakuryuukou. Would you mind if I called you Kazuki-kun?"

"Yea, sure. I don't mind."

"Could you call me Gabriel-chan?"

"Uh, wouldn't that be a bit disrespectful? How about Gabriel-san?"

"Mou, fine," Gabriel gave Kazuki a cute pout, causing his heart to almost skip a beat. "But, you'll have to call me Gabriel-chan at some point. Oh, look who's waking up."

As Gabriel stated, Asia started stirring awake and realized her head was placed on something soft, before looking up to find the blonde-haired woman's abundant breasts above her.

"Ara, Asia-san woke up. Could I refer to you as Asia-chan?"

"Ah, Gabriel-sama! E-Eh-Eh, c-calling me A-Asia-chan is fine."

Asia was caught in a panic, while Gabriel seemed happy to be able to refer to Asia as -chan. Said blonde stood up to her feet, and bowed her head in front of Gabriel.

"I-It's a pleasure to meet you, Gabriel-sama."

"Please refer to me as Gabriel-chan."

"E-Eh, Gabriel-chan?"

"Yippee~! I got Asia-chan to call me Gabriel-chan~!"

Gabriel announced jumping to her feet, which caused her huge breasts to bounce up and down in response to the sudden movement. Kazuki couldn't help noticing this as his face turned red, causing him to look to the side in an attempt for her not to notice.

"E-Eh, Gabriel-sama…, no Gabriel-chan, wanted to meet us."

"Hmhmm, I wanted to meet Kazuki-kun, because of the kind Hakuryuukou he turned out to be," Gabriel said with a smile, before turning towards Mariah and Asia wearing a saddened look. "And I wanted to meet Asia-chan and Mari-chan to apologize."

"Huh, apologize. But, Gabriel-chan doesn't have anything to apologize for."

Asia said, but Mariah was aware of what Gabriel was referring to.

"Gabriel-chan, that's nothing that you need to apologize for. I understand."

Mariah recalled the first time that she met Gabriel when she was at the point in her life where she didn't have an all too clear path. And it was because she talked to Gabriel who mentioned God to them that Mariah was able to find out what she wanted to do. But, now Mariah found out that God died during the Great War, the same as the original Four Maou.

"But, I ended up lying to Mari-chan when she was at the worse part of her life. I thought about what God would've said in that situation and the words ended up coming out before I could consider…. Uh, and Asia-chan ended up in a bad situation because of the issues in Heaven since God died. Because of all that Mari-chan and Asia-chan were removed from the Church. And thinking about it makes me sad."

Gabriel started tearing up in response to the situation was Mariah and Asia ended up getting caught in, resulting in them being removed from a place the two were born into. Seeing the amount that Gabriel felt and cared about their situation caused them to feel emotions building up within them. But, none of them were negative at all.

"Gabriel-chan, I don't blame you. I know that with the disappearance of God, the system that he built to support the exorcists and humans wasn't functioning as much as before. If Asia-chan, who has a sacred gear that healed devils too remained around the believers, then affect the system. The same could be said about those who knew about God's death. You're one of Heaven's current leaders, you needed to think about what was good for both of the angels and the Church as a whole. Having us around in the Church would've affected both sides negatively. It was the reason that I left on my own will."

Mariah explained as she sent a caring smile towards Gabriel, who brushed the tears from her eyes.

"B-But…."

"Mariah-san is right, Gabriel-chan. I was sad that I was banished from the Church, but at the same time, a part of me was sad when I was there too. I wasn't able to make friends there, even though I was glad that I was able to do good by healing people," Asia said, before smiling at Kazuki. "But, because of that happened I came here and I met Kazuki-san, something that I came to…love…like a lot. So, I'm glad about the kind of life that I live now and it's the kind of life that I wished for growing up."

Asia found herself blushing as she almost said something like "love" in front of Kazuki, who did catch on to the kind of feeling that Asia had towards him a long time ago. And Kazuki shared the same kind of feelings in return, but never got the chance to tell her.

"Ah, I'm glad that Asia-chan can live this kind of life. And I'm happy that Mari-chan could reunite with her brother too. I was so glad that both of you could live such an amazing life outside of the Church and much to my surprise it led you two towards the Hakuryuukou too."

"It might be fate then. Even if God isn't around anymore, it still feels as if we're led around towards a decent life with people who'll end up caring for us in the end. I reunited with my older brother and became friends with those people who saved him too. And I ended up befriending someone I was told to be worried about, the Hakuryuukou who happens to be good as flirting with women."

"Oi was that needed."

"I'm not lying though."

Mariah said, teasing him once again while causing Kazuki to blush at the accusation.

Seeing their interaction caused a smile to appear on Asia's and Gabriel's faces, the latter smiled in seeing three of the people she was interested in seeing laughing like this.

"Kazuki-kun, I'm truly happy that you turned out to be a kind Hakuryuukou who does his best to help the people around him. I hope that you continue being the kind of person you are now."

"I plan on it. If I ended up becoming anything else, then I would end up disappointing the people who helped me come this far as a person. And it's because of that it'll continue using the power granting to me to protect others while becoming the strongest Hakuryuukou."

"I can't wait to see the kind of things you'll achieve in the future. Heaven was planning on granting your brother a present as a sign of friendship between us and the Underworld. I thought that Kazuki-kun should receive at least something from us too. So, it might not be much, but…."

Gabriel at that moment held out her hands, then light could be seen manifesting around Gabriel's hands before something appeared in the middle of her hands. Kazuki looked on with surprise, noticing that it was similar to the hilts that produce light blades. But, the design was different from one, instead, it resembled a knight sword, with a round guard, with an upper portion that would wrap around the blade if it had one.

"Oh, this is."

"It's a light sword that an angel would often wield in combat. It's a bit different from the simplified version that the Exorcists uses in combat since it might be too intense for humans to use. It works under the same basis as those light swords Azazel modified in producing a blade different from light. I'm sure that someone as smart as Kazuki-kun can find something interesting use in them."

"Ah, if Gabriel-san has that much faith in me, then I'll prove I can use them."

Kazuki said taking the new sword in his hand, as Gabriel smiled at him accepting the gift.

"I'm glad," Gabriel sounded relieved, that Kazuki accepted the present from her and clapped her hands. "Well, I still have a lot of things to prepare for the meeting between the Three Factions. I hope that things go to the point that I can talk to you all again, but more out in the open. I do appreciate that you all worked hard to make this Church beautiful again."

"It's no problem…Gabriel-chan."

In hearing Kazuki refer to her as Gabriel-chan, a bright smile could be seen on the female Seraph's face, which light was manifesting around her.

"Hehehe, Kazuki-kun called me Gabriel-chan."

"Uh, please let it be in moments like this. I don't think that I can get used to calling a Seraph, Gabriel-chan."

"Fine fine, Mariah does the same thing whenever we're alone like this too, but please get used to it soon. I'll be seeing you all again~!"

From there, Gabriel vanished in a flash of bright light that caused them to narrow her eyes a bit. And from that, it was as if she wasn't there in the first place.

"Well, Gabriel-san was an interesting, and kind woman."

Kazuki started smiling while staring at the new light sword in his hand and wondered what he was going to do.

"It looks as if Gabriel-chan took a liking to Kazuki-kun."

Mariah teased.

"Ah, seeing Gabriel was such a wonderful experience."

Asia added, almost starstruck.

"Yea didn't think that a Seraph would want to meet me. But, I thought that it was interesting that she'd wanted to meet in this previous rundown Church. I ended up getting something interesting out of the meeting too."

"Yea, I can tell that it's different compared to the light swords that the exorcists use. If not from the design and it has a different feel compared to one. How do you plan on using it, Kazuki-kun?"

Mariah asked with interest, knowing that Kazuki was the kind of person who'd come up with interesting ideas and planned on implementing them.

"I thought about something when I first started talking to Albion after the whole Riser incident, and I think that it'd be interesting to implement it."

Kazuki replied without giving much of a hint, which Mariah felt was almost payback for what she had done when she didn't reveal who they were coming to meet.

"Ah, I see. Not going to work, Kazuki-kun. I'm someone who'd rather love surprises rather than look into what is going to happen next. So, I'll be heading back home now and leave two and Asia-chan alone."

Not waiting for a single response from them, Mariah started walking at a brisk pace outside of the Church, while sending a discreet wink towards Asia. Noticing this, the blonde-haired nun gave a faint blush as she had started fiddling with her fingers.

"I swear the more that we talking to her. The more, I doubt she was raised in the Church."

Kazuki uttered.

"Uh, Kazuki-san, about what I almost told Gabriel-sam…chan. I, um, when Irina-chan and I talked, I…."

"Um, Asia-chan. After the conference happens, I think that we should talk alone in our room. There's something I wanted to tell you too, but the situation is a bit too tense at the moment. So, let's save it for then, alright?"

"Ah, alright!"

Asia replied in an ecstatic tone while sending him a bright smile.

"Then, let's go home."

Kazuki smiled, then extended his hand toward Asia, who stared straight at it, maintaining her brilliant smile. From there, both of them started walking outside of the Church hand-in-hand, while continuing to head back home alone. Neither of them said one word to one another and decided to relish the peaceful moment between both of them as the two went home.

---

As soon as the two returned home holding hands, Kazuki and Asia received multiple coos from Miki, who'd been unable to contain her happiness for them. Ravel and her mother were there too, making a more embarrassing for them. Kazuki couldn't ignore the glances he was receiving from Ravel after seeing them with their hands linked and thought he heard something from her.

It was the last night for Ravel and her mother being in Kuoh Town, so their mothers were downstairs having their maternal discussion. Inside Kazuki's and Asia's bedroom, Ravel was going over the events of Gasper's training and reintroduction into the real world.

"Ah, that's what I was expecting," Kazuki said, giving a wry laugh. "Xenovia ended up chasing Gasper around, while wielding Durandal, then tried using a cross, holy water, and garlic. Koneko-chan teased him and chased him around with garlic. And Nii-san ended up going a bit too far while thinking about impressing Rias-senpai and Akeno-senpai."

"Yes, it looked almost like a complete disaster that would make Gasper-sama want to return to being sealed up a second time. I also did as you asked and examined the entire thing and thought about potential training exercises that would fit Gasper-sama. It was then that Azazel-sama arrived out of nowhere…uh, I thought that something would happen. I heard rumors that Grigori's Governor-General was focused more on researching Sacred Gears, but having the fallen angel leader arrive out of nowhere was a surprise."

Ravel said, showing a bit more concern about the potential of a battle happening. Although, she was aware that it would be weird of Azazel, who suggested the conference would start something.

"You don't need to be worried. Azazel wouldn't cause a fight since it would result in more trouble and work in the end for him. And Raynare said if it has nothing to do with sacred gears or isn't important, then Azazel might end up turning the work over towards someone else."

"Ah, I heard that Azazel-sama was like that too. But, he did give some good advice to Saji-sama too. He learned that he could siphon off the excess power from Gasper-sama's Forbidden Balor View. I also suggested a training regimen where Gasper-sama stops simple objects at first. But, I'm worried that Issei-sama wouldn't be able to not go overboard with it though."

Ravel added, wondering whether or not Gasper would be fine training with people who would all do over-the-top actions.

"Yea, Nii-san does over-the-top things, but it comes from a good place…sometimes, at least."

"I know the feeling too."

Ravel said, understanding the feeling of having a perverted brother who takes situations too far. But, she came to realize a long time ago that sometimes it can also come from a good place.

"I understand that. Well, it's a situation that involves Rias-senpai's peerage, but that doesn't mean that I won't get involved for Gasper's sake."

"Um, Kazu-sama. I meant to ask that you happen to be more invested in helping Gasper-sama despite having not known him for that long. So, I was wondering what the reason was if you didn't mind."

"Because I can understand what Gasper is going through to some degree. At some point, in my life, I was just a crybaby who wouldn't do anything but run behind my brother and parents."

"Eh?"

Ravel couldn't stop her surprise from that reveal, which was something that she wasn't able to even comprehend at all. Since the first time that she met Kazuki, he has been nothing but confident and backed up that confidence using his actions. So, imaging him as being a crybaby wasn't impossible for her.

"I understand that you're surprised about that."

"I-I'm sorry. But, imaging Kazu-sama like that is surprising for me."

"Kazuki-san was adorable as a child. Kaa-san showed me a lot of photos of Kazuki-san and he was so adorable I wanted to hug him."

Asia revealed much to his embarrassment, while Ravel started becoming interested in that.

"I wouldn't mind seeing that."

Ravel uttered under her breath.

"Ah, why don't we move onto something else. Uh, like these?"

Kazuki summoned the light weapons that he had accumulated, causing Ravel to stare at them with interest.

"Hmm, I remember these during your battle with Yubelluna," Ravel stated as she picked up one of the light swords as she stared at it. It didn't take long for her to notice the difference between the light sword in her hands when compared to the others. "I do recall the light swords from the stray exorcists that Onii-sama and our group used to have run-ins with sometimes. But, neither of them looked as unique as this, it does appear as if Azazel-sama did alter them to be different for you."

"Ah, under normal circumstances, the light powers inside of them would produce a light sword or bullets. But, both the light swords and guns Azazel modified let me add different attributes to them like fire or wind. So, that means I can create a compressed wind or fire blade. And then, there's this one that I received from Gabriel-sama during our encounter in the Church."

"Yes, this one seems stronger than the ones that an exorcist would use. It could be called a genuine weapon that came from Heaven but is lesser than the holy swords. But, what's the reason that Kazu-sama is bringing this up?"

"Aside from me taking the attention from the childhood photos," Kazuki said under his breath, but Asia and Ravel caught some of it. "I thought about a method of making them more effective weapons."

"Oh, this is interesting. What're you planning on doing?"

Kazuki smirked, then looked forward as he revealed what he was planning on doing.

"After talking to Albion about it, and I plan on storing them in Divine Dividing."

""Oh?""

Neither Ravel nor Asia could hide their surprise about Kazuki's intentions of storing the light weapons inside of his Longinus, Divine Dividing. Even the thought about him doing that wasn't something that Ravel could consider at all, which made her more interested in the idea.

"Ah, I never considered that another weapon could be stored in a sacred gear. But, in doing that…ah, I see."

"Huh? What would happen?"

Asia seemed confused about Kazuki's intentions of storing light weapons inside Divine Dividing.

"If I stored the light weapons inside of Divine Dividing, then Albion's dragon powers would be imbued inside them too. So, more so than the power of light, the power of a dragon would be infused inside of them. Doing that would make them more effective weapons, which is the reason that I asked Azazel to modify them."

"That's so ingenious, Kazu-sama!"

Ravel announced, while her eyes sparkled from amazement about the idea.

"That does sound like an amazing idea."

"It might sound insane, but I can store them inside of Divine Dividing's light feathers. I asked Albion about it, and he mentioned that a previous female Hakuryuukou did the same thing," Kazuki stated while picking up the light sword he received from Gabriel. At the same time, he stood up and summoned Divine Dividing to revealed the blue light feathers too. "So, here goes nothing."

Taking the newer light sword in his hand, Kazuki concentrated on Divine Dividing, channeling it with the power of his Longinus. He counted on Albion finishing the last portion of this test run, considering that he was the soul that resided inside of Divine Dividing. In releasing the power contained in the light sword, then syncing it up together with power being released from Divine Dividing.

From there, Asia and Ravel witnessed the light sword being stored inside of Divine Dividing, causing it to vanish inside of the light feather. A surprised and ecstatic gasp could be heard escaping from the blondes' mouths, and clapping soon accompanied it too.

Opening his eyes, Kazuki looked and realized that the light sword did indeed vanish inside of Divine Dividing. A smirk could be seen forming on his face as the light sword was integrated into Divine Dividing as he desired.

"Sweet, it worked as I planned."

"Yes, the more that I talk to Kazu-sama the more that I start thinking about new possibilities."

"Same here. Kazuki-san makes me want to learn more of what I can do too."

Ravel and Asia showed their appreciation of Kazuki too, while he smiled and scratched the back of his head.

"Thanks. I was also thinking of giving them all names too. So, how about….?"

Kazuki continued having a personal discussion with one another, enjoying the time that the two were having with one another. Before long, it was time for Ravel and her mother to return to the Underworld, or their country, which was what was said to their parents.

---

Once school finished, Kazuki thought about checking up on Gasper's progress in accumulated into school life. It was too soon for him to enter school, which was the reason that he wasn't an official student yet. He went over to the Occult Research Club alone as Asia, Raynare, and Mariah were having what the three (at least Raynare and Mariah) referred to as "girl chat".

But, once he'd entered the Occult Research Club room, he heard from Rias and Akeno that Issei took Gasper on one of his devil requests. Kazuki chose to wait there until the two returned from the request and received a cup of tea from Akeno.

"Ah, thanks Akeno-senpai."

Kazuki said taking the tea in his hand.

"Ufufu, anything for Ise-kun's younger brother. Who might end up becoming mine too at some point?"

Akeno laughed under her breath, as Kazuki realized what Akeno was referring to.

"What was that Akeno?"

Rias asked, catching on to what Akeno said, but couldn't catch most of it.

"Ufufufu, nothing~"

Akeno feigned innocence, making Rias more suspicious as she narrowed her eyes towards her best friend and treasured Queen. A sigh soon escaped from the King's mouth as she directed her attention towards Kazuki with a bit more interest.

"Kazuki, I was a bit surprised that you've been interested in helping Gasper this much. I thought that it was a bit more normal for you to want to help, but I didn't expect this much interest."

Rias uttered, showing her surprise about it.

"Uh, I can kind of relate to Gasper to some extent. I might not be a half-vampire, or born into a noble household, but I know what it feels light to struggle against something beyond your control."

Kazuki replied, much to the surprise of Rias and Akeno. Both of them were aware that Kazuki didn't have it easy compared to them. Aside from being a human, it was difficult for him to train in the past considering that his constitution was weaker than most. And thought that becoming as strong as he was before was rough enough for him to do.

"I heard from Sona that you had a rough time growing up. And your mother once mentioned that it was hard for her to see you struggling so much, even if she cheered you on. She said that you tried your hardest at anything no matter what it was whether training or academics."

Rias stated, recalling the conversation she once had with Miki.

In hearing about that, Rias couldn't help also admiring Kazuki more and thought about all the fights that he had been in thus far. From fighting against Yubelluna a month prior, then to fighting against one of the highest-ranked fallen angels; something all of them together couldn't do.

"Yea, that sounds like something Kaa-chan would share. It was hard seeing her sad all the time when I trained a bit too much. But, to me, it was a bit harder seeing her sad when I was still weaker in the past. Now, she doesn't have to be worried about me so much. I mean, as long as she doesn't know what we're doing outside of classes."

Rias and Akeno laugh, realizing the joke was Kazuki had just made at that moment. It would be hard to explain to parents that their oldest was reincarnated into a devil, and both brothers have destined rivals with enough power to change the world. As the group was still talking to one another, there was a flash from the magic circle in the middle of the room.

"Huh, it couldn't be Ise since he still can't use a magic circle."

Rias was surprised by what she was seeing right now, then before she could comprehend what was going on next, a figure appeared from it. All three of them could see that it was Gasper, who without uttering a single word started running outside of the club room. Worried, Rias stopped whatever she was doing then, and she started to run after Gasper.

"Akeno, go and get Issei, then see what happened! I'll see if I can calm down Gasper!"

Rias said as she walked outside of the room.

Knowing Rias couldn't respond if she called out, and being worried herself, Akeno activated a magic circle, then left to retrieve Issei.

"I guess one of Nii-san's weird clients scared him."

Kazuki surmised while leaving to follow Rias at a slower pace.

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"Gasper, please come out. It's my fault for pushing you into going with Ise."

Kazuki found Rias standing in front of the sealed room, which until this point had been where Gasper slept inside and remained. Seconds later, he heard Issei behind him having been brought back by Akeno. As Kazuki had expected, one of Issei's clients ended up frightening Gasper and his sacred gear activated.

"I thought that if you worked with Ise, it may be for your benefit as well…."

Rias still tried convincing Gasper to come out from the previously sealed room, with Issei and Kazuki hearing that she had nothing but the best intentions.

"Fueeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

Despite hearing and realizing Rias' intentions, Gasper could do nothing aside from crying, while sitting inside his room. All three of them realized that Gasper wanted nothing more, but to be sealed a second time. Knowing that he wasn't going to be leaving the room, Rias started explaining Gasper's past to the twins.

Gasper Vladi was born into a noble vampire household as the head's half-breed child as his human mistress' child. It wasn't the best condition as pure-blooded vampires looked down on none pure vampires, including even pure-blooded devils too. Gasper was teased and bullied for being a half-blood, then it turned into fear as his Forbidden Balor View awakened. And things became worse as he couldn't control his time-stopping powers.

Issei couldn't imagine being able to own such a sacred gear, more so since he was even struggling in mastering the Boosted Gear. So, having Forbidden Balor View was something he couldn't fathom.

"I-I…don't need such a sacred gear! B-Because I stop everyone! I frighten them! I make them dislike me! Even I dislike it! I don't ever want to stop my f-friends and c-comrades…. Any more of having to look at the face of my cherished ones' stopped…. I-I don't want that…."

Rias, Issei, and Kazuki could hear the pain and fear from Gasper as clear as day, while he continued crying. And it made Rias call the time she found Gasper after being killed by vampire hunters. Then towards the time she had been forced to seal him, because she couldn't control him.

"What a quandary…. For making Gasper once again shut himself inside of this room…. I am a failure as a King."

Rias uttered, feeling depression building up.

Rather than being afraid that her evaluation as a King would be brought into question, Rias was more worried about failing the people who depended on her. Issei looked on feeling ashamed as he told them all that he'd look after Gasper in their stead. And this time, he wasn't going to be making a mistake again.

"Buchou, isn't your meeting with Sirzechs-sama and the others in a short while from now?"

"Yes, but I will extend the time a bit more. I have to make sure that Gasper is all right first…."

"Please leave the rest to me. I will do something about it."

Issei looked on as Rias didn't want to leave Gasper at this point, but the meeting between all the Three Factions' leaders was something that'd determine its fate.

"Rias-senpai, I know that you can depend on Nii-san. I have known him to fail sometimes, but I learned from our childhood that he never fails twice when it counts. I think that the incident with Riser is enough proof. Besides, I'd think I can assist in convincing Gasper too."

Rias looked on, realizing that she could depend on Issei for a lot of things, and knew that Kazuki might be able to understand Gasper too. Smiling to herself and nodding her head, she decided to put her faith in the two brothers.

"Ise. Kazuki-kun. All right, I got it. Can I count on you?"

"Yes!"

"Of course."

Believing them, Rias decided to head out to her meeting with her older brother about the upcoming conference to decide what would end up happening with the Three Factions. Once she left, Issei ended up sitting down in front of the closed door with his back turned and less crossed.

"Until you leave from that room, I'll remain here!"

Issei announced as he sat down.

Knowing that Issei was serious about this, Kazuki chose to sit down too but leaned against the wall beside the sealed room. It had been a couple of minutes since this battle of endurance happened, and Gasper did end up not crying anymore. There was silence between the three, which wasn't assisting in handling the situation at all.

"…Are you scared? Of the sacred gear…and us?"

Issei was the first to speak up.

"…."

Gasper didn't speak but continued listening in.

"I also possess a sacred gear, a Longinus which has the strongest dragon sealed inside it. However, I wasn't as amazing as yours who was a half-vampire. Or had a different and tragic life as Kiba did. I was a normal high school student who made it on average grades. I ended up gaining this amazing power and I still feel as if it isn't still under control yet. And I don't have natural talent in academics or magic like Kazuki here. I feel as if I turn into something different the more I use it. But, I still want to continue going forward."

"Why? M-Maybe, you may lose something important, you know? Why do you senpai, want to live such a straightforward life so much…?"

Gasper was beginning to talk back, which for Kazuki was good progress and allowed Issei to continue.

"…No… Since I am an idiot, I don't get the difficult stuff. Just that-."

"Just that?"

"I don't want to see Buchou's tears again. During the time we had that Rating Game with Riser, we all lost though we tried our hardest until the end. I was defeated, and couldn't remember the exact moments when I was beaten. I was pathetic, but the thing that got me the most was Buchou crying near the end."

Issei said, hurting more from seeing Rias' tears instead of the pain of being beaten into unconsciousness.

"…I wasn't present during that time."

Gasper said, knowing somewhat about what happened, but couldn't get involved in the situation at all.

"Ah, look who came out of their room."

Kazuki teased, causing Gasper to become flustered at the comment.

"Ah, I understand. I am not blaming you for that. But, from now on it's going to be different, right?"

"…I, I will just cause trouble…. I am a hikikomori, I am intensely shy…. I can't properly use my sacred gear…."

Gasper said, holding onto his arm from the nervousness building up in thinking about it.

"Then you can continue training to master it. I know there are a lot of people who have to work hard in mastering a sacred gear and have trouble mastering it at first," Kazuki stated, placing a comforting hand on Gasper's head as he glanced towards him. "That's the thing about training, no matter how many times you fail, trip, or fall, you can stand back up and try harder next time."

"Uh, but…but I don't think that I can be like Kazuki-senpai. You look like you never had an issue with anything."

"You're a little bit wrong about that."

Kazuki stated as Gasper looked surprised about that.

"Yea, believe me, among the people that I know, Kazuki tried the hardest to get far stronger no matter how much our parents told him to slow down. I remember this one time, he tried jogging to build up stamina when our mom was watching us. He tripped, fell to the ground, and landed on his face the first couple of times. No matter how it hurt, he never stopped getting stronger."

Issei added as Gasper looked stunned.

"H-Huh, why didn't you stop?"

Gasper seemed surprised and interested at the same time as if wanting to know the secret to that.

"Uh, there was this girl that I liked when we were kids. She ended up moving to England, then I promised that I'd become strong enough to protect and never lose her again. All the times that I failed or fell, I just thought of her, and that allowed me to continue going forward. As long as your thinking about someone close to you, then it will give you the courage and will to continue."

Kazuki replied and smiling thinking about Irina throughout the entire conversation.

"Uh, I see. …that gave you the strength to continue going forward."

Gasper at that moment thought about an old friend of his too, who allowed him to escape from that life and due to her, he ended up finding Rias. In meeting Kazuki for the first time, he'd thought that it was the kind of person that he wanted to be like. He wanted to be confident enough to face someone and talk, but he never thought that the two would have something in common.

"Besides, you're sacred gear is awesome. I mean, if you stopped time, then you'd have all the time in the world to do whatever you wanted. Like if you wanted to have more time to study for a test…."

"Or, if you wanted to go around groping the breasts of all the girls in…ugh!"

Issei was stopped as Kazuki hit him in the stomach using a fast and hard slap, causing him to cough up a bit. After staring at the situation, Gasper looked on confused and surprised.

"Sometimes Nii-san gives good advice, this isn't that time. If it has anything to do with breasts don't listen to him, or try your hardest not to."

Kazuki noted as Issei seemed to be recovering from that sudden yet.

"Hehehe, Ise-senpai, Kazuki-senpai, you are both good, kind people. I never met anyone jealous about my sacred gear, and the reasons were funny too."

For the first time, Gasper gave them a genuine smile and laugh.

"Got it, listen closely, Gasper. I want to transfer the power of the Sekiryuutei onto Buchou's boobs."

Issei declared with more vigor than before, despite being hit the stomach moments ago.

"And as long as breasts or anything perverse is involved, Nii-san can continue going forward. It's surprising, and a bit disturbing at the same time."

Kazuki admitted while glancing towards Gasper. Despite that Gasper seemed almost interested in Issei's beliefs and brought his thoughts out into the open.

"To be able to continue going forward when thinking about someone important to you. And when thinking about indecent things. Both of them might be similar, to different things, but I can feel your feelings from those beliefs to the same degree."

"Yeah, that must be it! It's a powerful sacred gear! Boosted Gear, I can use it! I will use my sacred gear to satisfy my sexual desires! I have declared it to Ddraig, who resides inside my gauntlet as well! I'll suck Buchou's breasts! And then, as a new task! I'll transfer the gift onto Buchou's breasts! No, it's fine to transfer it to Akeno-san's boobs as well! Uwah! My dreams are increasing…ouch! Stop hitting me Kazuki!"

"Stop putting your weird ideas into our Kouhai's head! And stop mentioning stuff like that, I can feel Albion's dissatisfaction from inside Divine Dividing. And I'm not sure if it's alright with Ddraig either."

[….]

Albion didn't utter a single word within Kazuki.

[…never thought that Hakuryuukou would understand me.]

Ddraig speak from within Issei, who could hear some sadness in his voice.

"I'm attempting to teach him what it means to be a man!"

"You're teaching him what it means to be a perverted man!"

Issei and Kazuki started butting heads with one another while glaring at one another.

"Well, it was the Great Maou himself who gave me the idea of transferring the power of my Boosted Gear into the breasts. Because of that, I have also thought of following the Maou, Sirzechs-sama for my entire life. That person is amazing! He's drawing out my abilities!"

"Only you would take something like that this serious!"

"Hahaha, well, Ise-kun and Kazuki-kun seem to be having the usual brotherly discussion."

All three of them heard Kiba calling out to them.

"Ah, Kiba. Right on time. I have something to talk about."

Issei said looking more confident, but Kiba and Gasper could see the perverted glint in his eyes.

"What is it, Ise-kun."

"Me, you and Gasper are males."

"That's right. But suddenly hearing about that, what happened?"

"I have thought about an alliance between the male members of the Gremory team."

The more that Issei and Kiba talked, the more worried that Kazuki and the Knight were becoming. But, Kiba being the kind and generous person he was allowed Issei to continue.

"That has…roused my interest. What do you mean?"

"Firstly, I gather up power. Then, after transferring it to Gasper and then…gah!"

Issei could finish as Kazuki gave him a sharp punch in the stomach, which caused him to fall to the ground with a gasp. He didn't need Issei to finish his statement as Kazuki was well aware of what Issei planned on doing.

"It was something perverted, wasn't it?"

"Yes."

Kazuki gave a straight response.

"Ise-kun, if it's for you then I'll do anything but…let's talk about the future seriously. Your methods of using your power are too perverted. Ddraig will cry, you know?"

[Kiba is a good guy.]

"Ugh, Ddraig don't agree with him."

Issei said while standing up to his feet and recovered faster than before.

"Sorry, but is it all right if I am inside the cardboard box? …I won't close the lid. Just, when I talk to people, I can calm down inside the cardboard box."

Gasper looked at Issei, Kazuki, and Kiba, three of his upperclassmen inside Kuoh Academy, not believing that he wouldn't be as confident as either of them.

"I've been meaning to ask, Gasper. But, have you been playing too much Metal Gear?"

Kazuki asked, causing a light laugh to escape from Gasper's mouth, knowing what kind of game that was. He did nothing but play on the computers and games most of the time, with Metal Gear being something he looked at before. Issei and Kiba were also aware of the game, causing them to join in on the laughter too.

"Hehehehe, n-no, I haven't played Metal Gear. I-It looked far too violent for me, b-but th-that was funny, Kazuki-senpai."

Gasper couldn't control his laughter while speaking to them.

Amid their conversation, Issei looked inside of Gasper's room and noticed something that was on the table. Soon an idea entered his head, then walked into the room without their underclassmen noticing them. Gasper kept on laughing to himself and stopped after noticing that Issei placed something on top of his head.

"If you dislike meeting eye to eye with people that much, then how about this?"

Issei said, as the thing, he placed on Gasper's head like a paper bag with holes cut out, which would allow Gasper to peer outside of it.

"T-This is…."

Gasper looked surprised, as he started feeling more confident that he could face people now.

"You know, Nii-san if you showed this side of yourself more, then you'd be more popular."

Kazuki pointed out, while Kiba gave a wry laugh.

"H-How is it~? Does it suit me~?"

All three males stared straight at Gasper a bit scared as the junior approached them almost like a zombie, which his red eyes could be seen giving an ominous glow.

"Gasper, for the first time I have felt that you're amazing."

Kiba uttered, showing a bit of a nervous smile.

"R-Really…? If I wear this then my value as a vampire may increase…."

Issei, Kazuki, and Kiba looked on feeling better for Gasper, who started gaining more confidence in himself. And from there, the four started talking among themselves the entire night, while Gasper started talking about himself a bit more. And seeing their junior becoming more confident in himself, the three males couldn't help smiling as it wouldn't be long until he could face others too.

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A/N: And there goes the next chapter of The Twin Dragons, this chapter showed the Church being rebuilt and Gasper being released from his sealed power. Much to his surprise, Kazuki wasn't frozen in him due to him achieving Balance Breaker and it seems as if the two have something in common. There was also the surprise encounter with Gabriel too, who talked to them and gave Kazuki a new light sword. He also stored the light swords inside of Divine Dividing, similar to Issei who stored Ascalon in Boosted Gear.

In the end, there was a conversation between the four men of the group with Gasper learning more about the two twins and Kazuki not wanting Issei's weird ideals put in his head.

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.