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When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come." I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

-Revelation 6:7-8"

It was a rather dark, gloomy, and rainy night in the city of Kyoto Japan, people were driving to and fro trying desperately to get to their respected destinations. The streets were rather packed with civilians, cars honked loudly and indignantly at people who really didn't care to move, people were walking in the streets with their same matching black umbrellas, making the scene look rather uniform. A couple lanes down a red Toyota car was speeding at an alarming degree, clearly differentiating from the 25 kilometer per hour limit. The driver weaved expertly between cars, and dangerously cut across lanes. Luckily, for her, each intersection's stopping light was green, now, you ask yourself why in world is this person speeding in on of the many crowded cities of Japan? Well, let's take a closer look shall we? The driver, a buxom woman with blonde hair, blue eyes, and was wearing a medical nurse's scrubs was behind the wheel. Her expression was down right terrified and worried, sweat was beating down her face as her eyes darted from the road to her backseat. Her teeth were clenched in tight concentration as she cut off a car and received a rather loud and belligerent honk. She cursed out the man the driving and focused back on the road, a loud scream of agony was heard from the backseat, she glanced in the rearview mirror in sheer horror and gasped. The woman in the backseat was her best friend, and she was going through the unforgivable stage of labor. The woman had a grave and tired expression and her face was rather pale as snow, her chestnut brown hair and yellow eyes were filled with pain and agony. This mere sight alone made the blonde put the pedal to the medal, her back lurching into the seat as she pushed for 50 kilometers per hour. The soon-to-be mother hollered in pain as another contraction ran through her body, the friend pulled her car into the emergency lane of the nearby hospital, thus causing the car to screech to a halt, probably burning rubber. The blonde chanted over and over again in a vain effort to calm the woman down, that she would be okay.

The best friend rushed to the other side of the car, yanked it open with force and gently helped the mother out of the confined space. Wrapping her arms around her shoulders and pulling her up rather slowly, she shouted at the top of her lungs for a doctor, or anybody for help. Out of the sliding doors came a nurse and a doctor, the two medical professionals looked like twins, and indeed they were, the boy was a doctor specializing in child birth, while the girl was a nurse. The nurse had a wheel car in her hands and was pushing at great speed, the doc signaled for more people to come, and thus more came. The nurse expertly scooped the pregnant mother into the chair with precision and rolled her into the hospital with the doc and the friend in tow, the brother started to direct people back into the facility, asking for a room, needed medicine and etc. The hospital was as busy as any other day, the white tile floor, huge lights overhead reflecting off the ground, the smell of a hospital permeating the air, and the group of medical staff heading towards the mother. She hollered again when another contraction racked her body, her face growing pale white, her eyes sinking into her skull, giving her a hauntingly frail look, her hair stinking to her forehead from the sheer sweat and energy she exerting. The blonde friend was by her side the entire way, even as the doctors and nurses did their jobs and circled the woman like vultures surrounding a dead body. The mother's yellow eyes locked onto hers' and she asked in a rather breathless voice if her husband was coming. Well, more like screamed. She nodded back and tried her best to reassure her.

The father was trying desperately to fight off the unbearable traffic on this rainy night, he just received the frantic call from the friend. He could hear his wife's screams in the background and the loud tone the friend had. After honking for the millionth time in a row, the rather calm and collected man screamed in frustration. His wife was going into labor! Why wouldn't he be mad?! He slammed his hands on the steering wheel and strung together an ensemble of curse words. The rain filled his screen with an unfathomable amount of precipitation, and the windshield wipers were doing nothing to clear his view of the road. The father wiped the sweat off his brow and calmed his hammering heartbeat down. Barely seeing an open lane, he doesn't hesitate to cross over and push pedal down and speed off. 'Ryuto Shirahama' that was the name of the man in the driver seat of this speeding car, 25 year old Ryuto was a man with black straight hair, square framed glasses that made the man look incredibly intelligent, shinning emerald eyes that were filled with optimism and curiosity, but at the moment fear. The scientist wore a blue button up shirt and a elegant blue tie to match, kaki jeans to match and sharp features the made look professional. Adrenaline was running though his veins as he sped down the road, the soon-to-be father got their in 2 hours later. He quickly found a spot and, slammed the door shut and rain for the hospitals sliding doors. His face and clothes were drenched in rain and sweat as he slid through the doors and literally almost fell face first into the floor. He regained his equilibrium and ran up to the attendant, he breathlessly stopped himself at the counter and quickly gave a name and his reason for being there.

"Tsuki Shirahama...I'm...looking for...Tsuki Shirahama!" The lady behind the counter nodded her head and her fingers went to typing, soon she pulled up a file and told him that his wife was currently in middle of giving birth, Ryuto cursed under breath and clenched his fist tight with anger. The lady pointed down the hallway and gave the frustrated father short directions to the room. He quickly thanked her and sprinted down the hallway, the room's number was coming into focus and he noticed the blonde standing in front of the door, her fingers intertwined together as if she was praying for something. Ryuto came to halt, his breath haggard and husky, his eyes traveled to the door and slowly they made their way towards the blonde. She opened her closed eyes and gaze the father, her expression worried and tense. The blonde was on the verge of tears, she bowed her head and whispered in a hushed tone.

"She'll be alright. I'm sure of it." she said. The blonde walked over to the father and wrapped her arms around his lean muscular body. Ryuto breathed into her arm and closed his eye. A stray tear rolled down his cheek from the realization that he was so late to be here. He promised to be by her side forever, and this is how he shows it? More tears flowed down his cheeks, he pulled back and stared at the blue eyes in front of him.

"I should've been here. I should've planned ahead." He whispered. The blonde ran a hand through his black hair and shook her,

"No. Tsuki's just glad you came." He smiled to the best of his ability, and so did she. The two walked over to the waiting room and sat their in suspense. Once the doctor allowed Ryuto to see his wife, he was thrilled to hear that she was fine, and there was a big surprise for him inside. The man got up and slowly strolled to the door, timidly his pushes the door open, and in the bed was the marvelous sight he's ever seen. There, right in her arms were two wrapped up bundles of life that they created. One was wrapped in blue blankets while the other pink, the doctor put a gentlemanly hand on the 6'5 man and smiled,

"Congratulations. They're twins." Ryuto's mouth opened in sheer shock and awe. His tongue wasn't able to function properly, he turned towards the doctor and mouth the word 'twins' but the sound never came out. The doc nodded and gestured for him to go to his wife, Ryuto gulped when his wife's yellow eyes made contact with his. The man walked to her slowly, his heart beat gaining in tempo, once he made to her bedside she smiled, Ryuto released a shaken breath and smiled as well.

"You made it." She said. Ryuto simply leaned in and pressed a chaste kiss to his wife's lips.

"Yeah, I did." Her eyes peered into the babies in each of her hands. Her smile was spectacular, if anything it surpassed the sun. The boy, was very quiet, he had a small button nose that amplified his cuteness, then the child's eyes slowly fluttered open, like a butterflies' wings. And what greeted the two parents was the most grandest shade of emerald ever. The child's eyes were filled with curiosity and wonder, each iris shinned brilliantly almost giving the baby and angelic look. The baby started to make little coo sounds as his eyes traveled back and forth between Ryuto and Tsuki. The mother laughed as she adored the boy's eyes, she pull back the blanket a tad bit and played with the boy. Flexing her finger and out and in, they smiled. The two parents hearts fluttered, Tsuki turned to her husband and touched his left cheek, Ryuto leaned into the hand and closed his eyes. Savoring this moment for the rest of his life.

"He has your eyes." Tsuki said in a nice tone. Ryuto nodded and gazed at the boy. The two males shared a moment of just staring at each other, enjoying seeing each others eyes match exactly. Then the most softest coo came from the bundle of joy in Tsuki's left hand, and low and behold, two yellow orbs opened up to the world. The two yellow orbs resembled honey, matching the mother's to the letter. He eyes moved from left to right, they noticed the orbs had a unique shine to them, basically summarizing the baby's character. 'Loving and Caring.' The girl looked straight at the mother. who's eye matched hers. The two females smiled at the same time, the baby even giggled a little. This whole scene was too much for the parents to bare, they did a small 'Aww!' Tsuki looked at her husband, her whole character lighting up like a firework in the night sky, she smiled again and Ryuto smiled back.

"What should we name the boy?" She asked, as she turned to observe the boys eyes again, now he had a owl like expression that was undoubtedly adorable. Ryuto cupped his chin and gazed at the rather curious boy, names upon names were running through his head like an ocean. He found one that seemed to fit the boy, even though it wasn't a Japanese name.

"How about...Kyle?" He looked to his wife to see if she approved or disapproved, and at that moment, the baby smiled. Almost if he understood, and enjoyed the name that was given to him. The parents noticed this and made their decision,

"He seems to enjoy that name. Kyle," She tested out the name for herself, and she had to admit. It rather fit him well. "Kyle...alright. Kyle it is." Then Tsuki looked at the girl in her right arm and grinned. "How about her? What's her name gonna be?" Again, name after name was running through the man's mind, he stuck his tongue out in concentration and soon, the name popped into his brain.

"How about...Saya?" Tsuki smiled, and so did the child. The two were on a higher level of familiarity, just like two women should. She tapped the babies nose lightly with her index finger,

"Saya it will be. My little Saya," She turned towards the boy baby and pulled him in close, embracing the children in her loving motherly arms, "And my precious Kyle. Your mommy and daddy love you very much, and don't you forget that." she instructed.

Heaven, unlike Hell or as its also known as the Underworld, was what many mortals would picture it to be. A Kingdom built upon the clouds making it seem as if it were hovering above the earth, ever watching and always vigilant over all mankind when in fact, it was like the Underworld, crossing the dimensional gap and to earth. It could only be entered by the iconic white stairway which reached the golden gates because for those that have died were allowed passage through Heaven's gates. But, for the forces of Heaven they were allowed free passage if Heaven's very own barrier recognized them as one of its own children.

Heaven itself was beyond the golden gates, a vast floating Kingdom that defied all sense of logic for it was built upon a vast sea of clouds that stretched for miles on end. The Heavenly Kingdom was built however with a uniqueness since it housed the souls of billions. Beyond the gates was another stairway which was the purest of gold and the white sky of Heaven which reached all the way to the center of the Kingdom.

On both sides of the massive stairway was what appeared to be a number of countless floating metropolis's that were built with a mixed western and eastern architecture. Their was countless of them each with their own different design and they spanned far and wide across the divine domain while all of them were connected by pearl white bridges. It was impossible to count how many of them due to just how vast it was and while compared to the Underworld which was mostly landmass. Heaven was built upon just an ocean of clouds the polar opposite of their enemy realm Hell.

Then came the center of Heaven the centerpiece that held the realm together, at the end of the long stairway which reached higher into the sky was an even greater metropolis. It was bigger and more widespread for it was a giant Kingdom of gold and white with a great number of angel humanoids walking around and hovering above the buildings. Some wielding spears and lances of pure golden light while others held a number of swords glowing with golden divine radiance. These were the angelic forces of Heaven, charged with the safeguarding the realm of Heaven and its denizens.

And among the Kingdom stood a giant Divine Spire which seemed to pierce the very sky of Heaven itself making the giant structure to be bathed in holy light. This was of the most holy locations that was placed in Heaven, this was the place the Biblical God himself once resided. Atop this spire was the Golden Throne itself. However with the Biblical God dead, a well kept secret from the souls in heaven and those of the three factions, the Golden Throne was now occupied by the second best person to fill God's role,

And that was Michael the only Archangel, Gods First creation, who was the leader of the Angles and the remaining Seraph. And with the holy father gone he was the now acting 'God of the Christian Mythology. Michael had the appearance of a handsome-looking man with blonde hair and green eyes, that seemingly matched the ones on a certain child born on the day of July 29. He was dressed in ornamental clothing befitting his position. Currently Michael's normally peaceful expression was marred with a look of deep contemplation as another angel standing by his side listened on the report being given out.

This angel was in fact Michael's sister, Gabriel, another one of the Seraph. She was extremely beautiful with long curly blonde hair and deep blue eyes which held a level of politeness that would make even the most cruelest of creatures beg for forgiveness for their sins. An air of humbleness came off her in waves that not even some of the greatest of angels could give off. Currently Gabriel was tilting her head in curiosity as the debriefing went on.

"So from both of your reports you had indeed sensed the presence of the Fourth Horsemen's sword, Exodus, within the newly born mortal boy Kyle Shirahama, is this correct?" Michael questioned two of his angel brethren who nodded their heads confirming his words.

"Yes, Michael-sama, Kyle Shirahma the one we were charged to watch over for past couple months has shown to be holding the Exodus within him. The boy posses a great deal of power, one we've never felt in hundred of years. We don't know how but the child did in fact bring it out, but we both felt that familiar divine energy coming from him. There is no mistaking it that Exodus resides within the mortal at this very moment." said the angel which made Michael close his eyes while letting out a sigh. "I see..."

The female angel of the duo then decided to speak up, "If I may, what should we do with this information, Michael-sama?"

"Michael merely smiled at the two though it seemed tired in a way before waving his hand. "Do not fret, you two have done an excellent job. I'll think on what to do about this so for now you two just go and rest." while conflicted the two stood straight and bowed their heads. "H-hai Michael-sama!" and with a flash of light the two vanished from the spire leaving behind the two, one in contemplation and the other in slight curiosity.

"...To think that Death himself would finally bestow his weapon upon a mortal after two millennia is thought provoking to say the least. The sword never left the realm of the Underworld, and the sword never let's anyone wield it, even the finest of Heaven's and Hell's forces could not touch it. But instead it chooses a human boy who's merely 6 months old, who in fact has no heroic heritage or Christian or Akuma ancestry to speak of." Michael said this while Gabriel thought about it herself.

Exodus never left the realm of the Underworld after its wielder became drunk with power, the wielder even had the audacity to challenge Michael and the Devil king themselves. Exodus was one of the many Holy swords created by God, but Exodus was different, it was created by both Devils and Angels. It was even more powerful then its brethren Excalibur, Durandal, and Ascalon. If in the wrong hands, Exodus could disrupt the balance of the world and the Heavens above. Even still, Exodus had another unique factor.

It and Ascalon are the only blades that have slain a dragon. And dragons were considered gods in their own right. Plus Exodus was one of the rarest Boosted Gears in existence.

"But I think that makes it even more interesting, because out of everyone on the face of the planet it chose the soul of a newborn mortal who holds no connections to the Christian mythology. That must undoubtedly make Kyle Shirahama an interesting person even if he is a child, If the Dragon Slayer sword, Exodus chose him over the best and faithful of our forces. Hm...very intriguing." the beautiful woman said with a smile forming on her face. Michael seemed to agree as he nodded at her words. Michael smiled when he felt a very strange and powerful spiritual aura,

"He's a special child indeed. His aura can be felt from all the way up here. And what does that say about this boy?" He questioned as he cupped his chin. "It means that Kyle's gonna play a pivotal roe in the future of Earth. He has the power to turn good or evil, we must stay ever vigilant Gabriel." The buxom woman nodded her head in agreement. Still the boy interested him greatly for such an existence like this hasn't been recorded in history. The wielder of the all powerful Exodus, the mere thought made Michael shiver down to the bone as to what would happen if the boy actually mastered the power of his Sacred Gear.

The future seemed an interesting one...

"Michael, I request permission to see this, Kyle Shirahama, for myself." Gabriel's sudden request made him blink in mild surprise before he looked to his sister with that same amount of surprise and a bit of curiosity. Gabriel rarely ever left Heaven unless it was for official business that needed someone from Heaven's higher echelon and when he was busy with maintaining God's system she was there as his representative. "I'll be gone for awhile so try not to do anything too rash while I'm gone." Beside that she was usually called upon for missions that required her abilities and leadership. Besides that she never left Heaven, she merely watched over it and made sure that it was kept stable and her assistance with the matter had proven most helpful since the Holy Father died.

For her to want to go showed Michael that Gabriel must be very interested in this soul to actually go to earth herself. Still as he pondered on it, it did present itself as an opportunity to learn more about this perplexing mortal. Looking to his sister he didn't see much harm in it and spoke, "That actually sounds like a good idea, it would be good too learn more about this new generations, Sekiryuutei. Plus since he's still young he must not have come into contact with the Fourth Horsemen himself, Death so if you meet him the Reaper won't alert him of who you are either. Yes, go ahead you have a couple years time to gather intel about him, alright?" he said making Gabriel nod, accepting his conditions with ease.

"Understood, I'll gather as much as I can." she said this, but inwardly the woman was bubbling with excitement to finally meet the boy. It wasn't known to Michael, but since she first heard about Kyle Shirahama being born at the exact same time Exodus disappeared had made her suspicious of the fact the sword had chosen him.

He was a paradox, a contradictory to all logic. He wielded one of the most powerful weapons in existence. This whole ordeal was just mind boggling to say the least.

So yes, the Strongest and most Beautiful Woman in heaven was excited to meet this boy that had grabbed her Michael attention.

"Well then I'm off!" and with a humble smile she vanished in a flash of gold while Michael looked at where his sister left before sighing. Then he sweat dropped as he looked to the other side and saw the ever growing stack of paperwork that never seemed to end.

"..Well time to get back to work I guess..." and with that Michael continued to torture himself over the countless papers and documents detailing all the happenings of his forces, and of Heaven's stability.

HELL, Gremory Household

In the vast mansion deep within the third level of Hell resides the immense manor of one of the 72 pureblood devil Pillar families left in the Underworld. The Gremory family just gave birth to another healthy baby girl a couple of months ago, a girl with the same magnificent crimson red hair as her brother and father before her. Her eyes were blue-green and each orb shinned with potential, the brother Sirzechs Gremory cared for the child with his entire heart as he rocked the baby in his arms to bed, whispering a silent lullaby. Lord Gremory and Venelana Gremory both sat in his studies, the father with his fingers intertwined together and his head rested on the surface of his hands, and the matriarch who had her hand on her husband's shoulder. Lord Gremory looked up at his wife and sighed deeply,

"I was just informed that a newly born child possess the Sacred Gear...Exodus." He let out a deep breath and rubbed his temples in contemplation as he stared long and hard at the book in front of him. He hissed at the thought that a mere mortal child was bestowed with one of the Longinus Sacred Gears, and Exodus of all of them. That sword could kill dragons, gods, and devils and anything else that has a soul. That child alone in due time could be a threat to everyone in the Underworld. His wife saw the stress written on his forehead and decided to massage her husband's shoulder. She pressed her lips together and hummed deeply,

"This child, what do we know about him?" asked the Matriarch of the Gremory family. Lord Gremory blew a strand of his red hair up and snorted.

"His name is Kyle Shirahama." Lord Gremory frowned. But he had to admit, his name was rather unique and familiar. Even in the bowels of Hell the two pure-blooded devils could sense a unearthly spiritual pressure from the surface of earth. The father rubbed his brow and sweat dropped,

"This will become a problem. I need to send out my best servants to keep an eye on this child." Two devils appeared in front of the Gremorys, they bowed on their knees and bowed their heads in respect. Lord Gremory grinned,

"What do you require of us, Lord Gremory?" The Lord gestured for the devils to raise their heads. He started to rub the hair on his chin as he contemplated on what exactly he needed done. He closed the book on his desk and furrowed his brows at the two.

"I need you to survey a certain child. His name, Kyle Shirahama. I want you to file a report every couple years. This is a top priority, understood?" The two bowed low in unison,

"Hai, Lord Gremory!" And in a flash of red light, the two devils disappeared out of the Underworld. Lord Gremory sighed and slapped a palm to his forehead, but something was nagging at the back of his mind. He cupped his chin and thought outloud,

"This boy..." Venelana said, her eyebrows furrowed in contemplation as she pieced together something. "He's born around same time our daughter was born? Strange, it might be nothing but it's something I noticed." The father looked towards his wife and raised an eyebrow,

"Yes, it's a interesting coincidence my dear. If fate allows it...our daughter might just cross paths with this Kyle Shirahama." The Lord chuckled softly and returned back to his studies.

Somewhere

Azazel, Leader of the fallen angels clenched his teeth and hissed when he felt the spiritual pressure reach his proximity. He balled his hand into a fist and slammed it into his desk,

"SHIT!" He ran through the report filed by Raynare, and silently prayed that every single word he was reading was utter bullshit. This couldn't be right!? The Sacred Gear...Exodus was being possessed by a mortal! And a mortal that doesn't have any lineage of power to boot. "What makes this boy so god damn special, ay?! The fallen angel rubbed his brow and slammed his forehead to the desk with a loud,

THUD!

6 years later

Kyle Shirahama was closing his eyes tight as he made a silent prayer for his deceased mother. Tsuki died of a horrible cancer that attacked her lungs and was untreated, the peaceful family was in chaos after her death and this was the first year of her passing. Young Kyle and Saya and their father Ryuto stood in front of the shrine to their mom in utter silence, Kyle in this short amount of time has grown to be an exceptional young child. The boy for starters was rather muscular and strong for his age doing feats the would make any gymnastic jealous, his height was exceeding other kids, and his knowledge surpassed anything Ryuto's ever seen. Everyday you could find a thick book in the hands of Kyle, his glasses scrolling down the page like a supercomputer. Saya was a mirror image of Tsuki, loving, innocent, kind and pretty to say the least. Her long black hair was wavy and reached all the way down to her thighs, she wore a nice pink shirt and blue shorts and had her hair in two pig tails. Kyle wore a nice collared green shirt that matched his eyes and a pair of jeans. Ryuto was in between the two kids, he had a gruff stubble under his chin due to the stress his work has put on him, and from occasionally not shaving. Ryuto was an honest man, but the loss of his wife changed him, almost making him hollow inside, but no, this wouldn't break Ryuto, no it wouldn't, but what he did do was persevere. The man carried himself tall and proud, that was what Tsuki would've wanted.

Kyle prayed for hours, which in reality were merely minutes, but his eyes began burn and he really, really wanted to open them. He peeked out of his left eye and saw his father still praying and his sister as well. Kyle sighed quietly, he already shared his piece with his mother, he updated her on his life so far, asked how she was doing and told his goodbye. Kyle closed eyes again, but this time he doesn't fail the hear the unmistakable sound of...whimpering or a snicker. Kyle peeked again, and as before his father and sister were busy praying, clearly not giggling or crying. Kyle made a little pouty face with his lips and closed his eyes again. Now this time his suspicions were correct,

Someone was snickering.

Kyle's eyes shot open this time, his emerald orbs searching for the owner of the rather girly chuckle. He quietly tiptoed around his family, looking at their faces to see if they were playing some type of joke, but sure enough they weren't. The young boy cupped his chin and hummed in confusion,

"Where is it coming from?" he whispered. Kyle's curiosity toke the better of him and he soon began to walk around the shrine. Trying his best to pinpoint the voice, he pushed down bushes, checked under rocks and peered behind massive tree trunks. Once he felt he exhausted his surroundings he scratched his head and sighed, "I heard someone. I know I did?" Kyle began to doubt that he even heard a voice, he was starting to think that maybe it was just the wind screwing with his mind. He sighed deeply and strolled back to the shrine.

"hehe..." Kyle stopped, defiantly a girl. He slowly turned around and triangulated the voice to a tree trunk a couple feet from the shrine. Carefully, the young boy walked through the lush grass that filled the cemetery. His shoes making a little crunching sound from the grass being pushed down, Kyle got a tad bit closer and saw something. Behind the tree trunk were a pair of violent eyes that seemed to shine in the shadows, Kyle's eyes locked onto the violent orbs and he gazed into them like an abyss. The eyes were filled with curiosity and wonder, but changed suddenly to startled and scared when they locked onto another person's. Kyle stopped and merely stared, he was intrigued by the soft shine within them so he stepped closer. He could see fingers that were gripping the tree trunk, the soft shades of violent dipped a little bit further into the darkness. Feeling that this might be his only chance to see who it was watching him, Kyle reached out and tried to communicate.

"I'm not bad. Please, don't go." The eyes stopped, and he heard a little girl whimpering sound, it was so faint that he had to strain his ears to hear it. Kyle toke another step, the eyes backed up. He held his hands out in an attempt to seem friendly, he kept his eyes locked onto the orbs, Kyle's small naïve mind was being filled with countless possibilities to who it could be behind the trunk, he just hoped that it wasn't some scary monster. Kyle was now mere inches away from the trunk, the eyes seemed to tremble, he needed to stop that. "I not gonna hurt you. Please come out. I really hope you're not a monster?" He waited for the orbs reply, it felt like hours before the most beautiful sound came out of the orbs,

"No. I'm not...a monster. " Kyle smiled. So it can talk! The voice was soft and kind, high and timid. Kyle wasn't really so much a social boy but he knew for sure this was a girl. Kyle took another cautious step and walked into the light, and what he saw made his heart skip a beat. Behind the tree was indeed a girl, a little girl about his age, she had very long black hair that was tied into a long ponytail, reaching all the way down to her legs with two antennae sticking out from the top and sloping backwards, finished off with an orange ribbon keeping it all in place. Kyle gulped, his words died on his tongue, the boy's met very few girls in his life but this girl was down right pretty. The girl flinched from his gaze, thus snapping him out of his reverie,

"He-hello." was all he was able to say to the petite girl before she ran off the opposite direction. Kyle gasped, he shook his head to clear his thoughts and reached out for the girl that was just in front of him. "Hey wait!" Going on gut instinct Kyle ran after the girl, when she turned a corner, he would turn a corner. Kyle seemed to be gaining up to the girl in a short amount of time, due to his impressive stamina and heart, just before she turned another corner and disappeared. When Kyle finally managed to slip out the underbrush he turned the corner and was greeted with a huge over the top flight of stairs. Kyle's jaw hit the ground,

"No way!" He exclaimed, Kyle saw a piece of the girl's kimono disappear over the last step. The boy sucked in a breath and started to hop up the seemingly endless flight of stone stairs. Perspiration ran down his cheek as he came to the final step of the flight, with one big anticlimactic leap, he jumped over the step and landed in the new found threshold. Kyle regained his breath after a couple of intakes, then he went to work looking around. His eyes gazed in front me and he saw a temple of some kind, it wasn't fancy but it was a temple no doubt. Kyle's mouth made and O shape as he observed the architecture, like a real scientist Kyle walked up to a plague that detailed who the shrine belonged to.

"Himejima Shrine." He read. The boy raised an eyebrow as his mind pieced together pervious events, "Why would she run here? I mean, this place looks rather nice. Its not abandoned or anything, so why?" Kyle scratched his head as he curiously reached out to touch the shrine, his advancements were halted when he heard a voice.

"And what can I do for you, young man?" Kyle sweat dropped, he's been caught, no point in lying. The boy nervously giggled as he turned around slowly, his hand rubbing the back of his neck in embarrassment. The boy's face was bright pink when he looked up to see a woman with long straight black hair and twinkling purple orbs. She walked up to the star struck boy with grace and elegance that only a well known miko could do. She was dressed in the traditional miko dress and it fit the woman very well. Kyle couldn't help but notice that the woman looked like a older version of the girl he just saw behind the tree. Kyle gulped when the lady merely wore a straight face. he bowed his head low in respect.

"I apologize, Miko-san. I was just...uh.." he really couldn't find a legitimate explanation. The woman giggled softly as she craned her neck down slightly to make eye contact with the boy. Suddenly a lie popped into his brain, "I was just uh...looking for someone." he chuckled. The woman did the same thing as well,

"Are you looking for my daughter?" Kyle was confused, the miko had a very nice voice,one that eased the tension within him. Suddenly a little coo sound came from behind the lady's leg, and there was the girl Kyle was chasing mere hours ago. Her fingers tightened over her mother's dress as she fret the boy in front of them. The lady looked down at the girl and patted her head, "Come on out dear, you're alright." The girl reluctantly moved away from the sanctuary of her mother's dress and walked up to Kyle. The girl's face was bright pink like his, "My daughter doesn't really have a lot of friends, so..." Kyle timidly walked up to the girl and smiled,

"I'm...I'm Kyle Shirahama. What's yours?" He nodded. The girl shifted from foot the foot and said,

"Akeno...Himejima Akeno." came her quiet response. Kyle couldn't help but give her a wonderful toothy smile, even though some of his teeth were missing, Akeno's cheeks were slightly flushed by the smile she received from Kyle, she wore the exact same miko outfit as her mother, adding to her innocence. Kyle blushed, he started to fiddle with his fingers and for some reason he couldn't stand still. Maybe its because he's nervous around girls?

"I-um...I really don't have a lot of friends either, so uh...could we be friends, Akeno-chan?" The girl's eye opened at the statement, people thought Akeno was freak at school, boys picked on her, girls strayed away from her, people just really didn't like Akeno. And here comes this nice boy and he actually wishes to be her friend? Akeno's mouth parted a little as she was at a lost for words, the mother merely smiled at the two children. Akeno's cheeks turned rosy as she bowed her head down and looked at the ground in sadness, knowing deep down why they couldn't be friends.

"I-I don't think you want to be friends with me. Other kids think I'm weird." she muttered in a hush tone. Kyle blinked in surprise, who in the world could call this girl weird?! He was weird, Kyle was a bonifed nerd in school, girls made rumors about him and kept their distance, boys picked on him because he was smart, Kyle was socially inept, he didn't know how to make friends. He shook his head in disbelief and protested,

"Why not? You seem like a very nice person." he asked. Akeno's head slowly came up to face Kyle's, the boy gulped. Akeno was frowning, Kyle didn't like this one bit. "I really want be friends with you, Akeno-chan. But if you don't want me to be your friend, I'm okay." Kyle lips drooped into a frown, Akeno snapped her head up,

Does he really want to be my friend?

Akeno pondered on the idea of having a nice friend like Kyle, maybe she could play hide-n-seek with him, or maybe play pretend, or maybe...they can go to the same school together?! Akeno fidgeted with her hands and miko outfit, the mother frowned, 'Please don't afraid my daughter, this boy seems like a very nice person.' she prayed. The girl walked a little closer to Kyle and stared at his chest, afraid to make contact with his shinning emerald eyes.

"O-okay. Let's be friends." she offered her hand, Kyle blinked in shock, then reached out to shake the small hand that was slightly smaller then his. He smiled happily when their hands met, and so did Akeno. This was Kyle's first 'girl friend' so to speak, so he cherished it, and he was glad that it was this her to say the least.

"I hope we get to be friends forever," came his naïve comment. Akeno's smile grew larger than ever, the mother's frown turned back into a gentle grin, it toke all of her composure not to squeal and say 'Aww' at how cute the two were, knowing that this boy was now officially Akeno's new best friend.

"I'd like that." she said. Her voice small and cute. The mother walked over to the two kids and smiled down at them, she then laid her hand on her daughters shoulder and observed the boy who didn't take his shinning eyes off the purple orbs in front of him. She kneeled down to their height and looked at the boy with furrowed eyebrows.

"Kyle-san, do you know where you're parents are?" the mother said. Kyle snapped out of his reverie, his eye darted from left to right, clearly he forgot about his family. At that exact moment he heard the yells of his family coming from down the stone stairs.

"Kyle-san! Kyle-san!"

"Onii-san!...Onii-san!"

Kyle panicked, his head moved from left to right, almost if he was trying to find an escape route or something, quickly Kyle bowed,

"Nice to meet you miko-san!" He turned towards Akeno and bowed as well, "Nice to meet you too as well, Akeno-chan! I really have to go!" The mother giggled,

"No one's stopping ya, oh and thank you, Kyle-san." The boy raised an eyebrow,

"For what?" he asked. The mother giggled softly and looked at her glowing daughter, who's smile could make anyone happy.

"For being my daughter's first friend. Now go! You don't want to make your family mad, do you?" Kyle nodded,

"Hai!" He started to hop down the stone stairs while waving to the family he just met, "Goodbye, Akeno-chan! I hope to see you again!" The little girl waved out to her friend in an exuberant manner,

"Me too, Kyle-san!" They shared a quick smile before Kyle turned and high tailed his butt out of the shrine.

The Fallen Angel, Baraquiel watched with fascination from the rooftop of the temple. He observed the entire ordeal between the boy and his wife and daughter. The Fallen one scratched his beard, he could sense an ungodly spiritual pressure emitting from the boy. And this very fact alone intrigued him, the boy seemed shy, timid and kind, just like his daughter. But then he saw the boy's eyes, this confirmed his suspicions, his daughter just met the infamous and famous all throughout the Underworld and Heavens, Kyle Shirahama. He furrowed his brows and started analyzing the six year old child.

"So this is the boy the world is scared of?" He snorted through his nose, "He doesn't look intimidating, but his does fit the description Raynare reported." He hummed deep in his chest, "If he does anything to hurt my precious daughter, I don't care what they say, I'll kill him on the spot."

The next day

The Shirahama family was downstairs enjoying each others company, the table was set, Ryuto was reading the newspaper, Kyle was scarfing down his third bowl of rice, and Saya was playing with her doll. Everything seemed rather normal for the family, a nasty colossal burp erupted from Kyle's mouth,

"BURP!" The sound shook the room and blow back Saya's hair, Ryuto merely sighed. The girl snapped on her brother,

"You're nasty!" Kyle shrugged his shoulders, he made himself another bowl of rice and went to devouring it again, Saya's eyebrow twitched. "Don't you ever stop eating!" she shouted, Kyle finally came up for air and toke a swig of his water. He released a refreshed, 'Ahh' before wiping the specks of rice off his mouth.

"I can't help it." came his quiet response. Saya growled at her slightly older brother, Kyle was born a couple hours before Saya, so. Saya snorted and went back to doing her doll's hair. Ryuto closed the paper and smiled at his athletic son, but surprisingly hungry son as well.

"So, Kyle, how's martial arts going?" The boy actually put down the bowl to speak, his eyes shining with optimism, Kyle's been having a passion for fighting every since he was young, what was strange is that he never liked sports, matter of fact, he hated sports. The boy always found a way to hurt himself,

"Its going awesome, otou-san. Sensei taught us a couple of forms and my swordsmanship is improving!" came his happy, high pitched reply. Ryuto smiled at his son, who went back to devouring his food like the monster he was. He looked at his daughter and smiled, which in turn made her smile right back.

"I like your doll, Saya. What's her name?" Saya finished up tying a ponytail on the doll before answering to her father.

"Yozara, her name is Yozara." she said. With a contented humph, Saya looked to her father and grinned. Ryuto reached over the a rubbed his daughter's black hair. She chuckled and laughed as Ryuto began to tickle the poor girl,

"Hey...hehe..stop otou-san!" The girl squealed as he kept advancing with his tickles, Kyle sat back and watched the tickle torture in happiness as he finished his bowl of rice. Suddenly, Ryuto's phone rang, thus destroying this wonderful moment. Saya frowns deeply, "Gomennasai Saya, otou-san needs to take this call." The girl crosses her arms under her chest and pouts like any other kid her age would. Ryuto flipped the phone open, he read the collar Id and gasped, "Gremory?" he questioned. The father hit the answer button and placed the phone to his ear.

"Hello?" there was a long pause before,

"Ahh! Ryuto-kun, how's it going?" came the deep voice of Lord Gremory, well to Ryuto, just Gremory. The dad's eyes opened up wide when he recognized the voice,

"Well I'll be damned, its really you isn't it, Gremory?" There was a soft chuckle on the other end of the phone.

"Yes, indeed it is, my old friend. How long has it been since we last talked?" Ryuto resorted to counting on his fingers, he lifted up four.

"Four years now, I think. How's it going?" Asked the father.

"Nothing much actually, me daughter is turning 6 today, and seeing how you have two kids the same age as her, I was wondering if you could come down to my estate. We've been in the country awhile now and with decided to hold it here." Ryuto blew out a gust of air from his mouth and rubbed his forehead,

"Congrats, and for the party, I'll just have to ask them myself."

"Of course." Ryuto covered the speaker of the phone and walked over to the table, the children looked up at their father and raised an eyebrow.

"Uh, do you guys want to go to a party?" Saya's face lit up with glee at the sound of those words, while Kyle literally sank into his seat. He didn't like parties, and the sheer thought of all the people made the boy scared.

"Hai, otou-san!" screamed Saya, Kyle looked at his bowl and covered his eyes with his bangs, he really didn't want to go, but he wasn't gonna be a selfish brat and complain about it, Kyle just had to suck it up and endure it. With a broken smile etched into his face, he raised his head and nodded.

"I'll go." he said. Ryuto frowned a little, he so the internal conflict within his son. And he knew that he was shy around groups of kids,

"You don't have go if you don't want to, Kyle?" exclaimed Ryuto, Kyle merely shook his head.

"I'll go." came his hushed reply. Ryuto sighed and walked over to the boy, he ruffled his child's hair and went back to speaking into the phone.

"It's decided, we're going." There was a snort from the other end of the phone,

"The party is formal wear, so I want to see you in a tie. You can do that right? Back in the day you always wore something formal." The two grown men shared a nostalgic laugh that showed their age. 'Oh, and one more thing. I hope this isn't so sudden but, I'm sorry about Tsuki." The whole conversation toke a 360 degree flip when Gremory mentioned his wife, Ryuto brought his down and sighed deeply.

"Thank you for that Grim, I appreciate your concern." The man on the other end gave a content hum,

"It's the least I can do, besides, I can tell you're doing a fine job raising those two kids of yours." Ryuto chuckled at the complement.

"Thanks, well, see ya soon then."

"Yeah. Goodbye." the line went dead, Ryuto flipped his phone closed and went over to his children. The kids were playing a game of rock paper-scissors, Kyle just threw down a rock, and Saya just threw down a paper.

"I win." announced Saya. Kyle groaned,

"Hey! No fair." Saya chuckled,

"I told you. I am the master at this game." Kyle rolled his eyes at the clearly bogus lie. Ryuto entered the living room and stopped the game,

"Okay kids, we're going to see an old friend of mine. His daughter is turning 6 years old today, and he has invited us to go to her party. Now, the party's going to be formal wear, so that means you guys need to dress up nice, understood?" The kids nodded up at their father,

"Yes sir." they replied in unison. Ryuto clapped his hands together and went to work getting ready, "Kyle, go upstairs and get that nice button up shirt and tie you wear for church," the boy stood up and saluted his father like a soldier and blotted for his room. Ryuto's voice was reminiscent of a commander's so it made sense, then he pointed to Saya, "Saya, I want you to get that poofy pink dress that I bought you alright? Is it still hanging up, yes" Saya got up and saluted,

"Yes sir!" she shouted. Ryuto smiled, "That's my girl, while you're at it get the clips and brushes, I'm gonna have to do you're hair, no time to go to a saloon." Saya didn't protest, she merely saluted and headed for the stairs.

Hour and a half later, everyone was ready for a party. Kyle had a nicely combed and slightly gelled back hair that made the boy look handsome instead of cute, anyone could clearly see the abs growing on the boy's chest through the shirt. Saya had a nice pink bow in her hair that matched her dress perfectly, her hair was straightened and combed, with a certain of gel, Ryuto made her hair almost shine. The father was wearing a suit and tie, and for a added bonus, he brought out the infamous red bow tie, supposedly, this was the tie the caused him to get married to Tsuki years ago. There was a whole backstory and everything to the tie, it might as well be a part of the family. Ryuto stood in front of the door of his house, camera in hand and smiled at his two wonderful children. Kyle wrapped his arm around his sister's shoulder and Saya put a hand on Kyle's left shoulder, clearly posing for the camera in his hand.

"Good, good, hold it right there! Awww, you're mother would die right now if she saw you." Ryuto put the camera to his eyelevel and snapped picture after picture of his kids, after like, 10 minutes, the muscles in Saya and Kyle's faces started to hurt, so of course they protest.

"Otou-san, my face is starting to hurt." complained Saya, she lips were fidgeting and so was Kyle's.

"Oh wait! One more, one more!" He counted down,

"3...2...1... CLICK!" The last flash of blinding light came out of the camera. The kids released a breath of relief and turned towards the car. "Alright kids, let's go!" The family entered the nice black car and headed off to their destination.

The drive to the Gremory Manor was a long one to say the least, Kyle fell asleep three times in a row, that for him was an all time record. Saya went to sleep once and didn't wake until the ride was over. Out the window Kyle saw lush countryside, a few hills here and there, cows in meadow chewing away, and a couple of temples and such before he saw what seemed to be a castle in the distance. It was elegant and clearly different from any Japanese artwork he's every scene, to him it reminded him of the castles in the medieval times, where knights and kings ruled over land. His eye wen big as saucers when the entered the long drive way to the manor, his mouth making an O shape again, he was debating wither or not to wake his sister but decided against it. His mouth went into a smile of sheer awe, once the car came to a halt Kyle reached over tapped his sister's shoulder. The girl woke up with a start, but regain her composure easily. Ryuto announced that they made it to manor, Kyle opened the door and looked up at the fascinating building, Saya's expression matched his to the letter. Ryuto merely smiled at the kids, as if he's been here before, which in fact he has, a long time ago though. The two kids grabbed their dad's hand and walked along side him to the front of the door, and to greet them was a woman wearing very elegant dress that fit her curves perfectly, she had a buxom body and long brunette hair, added with her blue-green eye color.

Once the lady saw Ryuto she gasped, extend her arms out in welcome, which Ryuto replied by hugging the woman,

"So nice to see you came, Ryuto-san." Ryuot let out a nice laugh,

"How could I miss this, Venelana-chan." They pulled back and smiled at each other, the kids looked up at the woman with owl eyes as the blinked repeatedly. Venelana noticed this and peered down at the children,

"Oh my, look at these wonderful kids!" she squealed, Venelana kneeled down to their level and smiled, she locked eyes with Kyle, due to his striking emerald eyes. "You look handsome today. What's your name sweetheart?" Kyle looked up at his father for approval to talk to this clear stranger, Ryuto responded with a nod and a smile,

"Go ahead son, don't be shy." Kyle nodded back, he visibly gulped. The boy toke in a deep breath and bowed.

"My name is Kyle Shirahama, ma'am." he raised his head up and locked eyes with the woman's. She reached out and shook the boys right hand,

"Well, nice to meet you Kyle. I'm Venelana." She turned towards Saya, "And who must be this beautiful girl?" Saya blushed and averted her eyes from the woman, but knowing respect she stopped and looked back.

"Saya, I'm Saya Shirahma, ma'am. Nice to meet you." she said. Venelana put her hands to her face and squealed,

"Oh my god she's adorable!" she cooed. Ryuto rubbed his as she stood up, "You Tsuki did a fine job raising these kids Ryuto." The grown man blushed,

"Arigatou." Suddenly a loud hearty laugh came from within the mansion, and out came a middle aged man with long crimson red hair and wearing a suit and tie. The children stood stock still as the thunderous noise came to halt in front of their father. The man laughed a little and the two man hugged each other,

"Ah, nice to see you actually showed up, Ryuto-san." The men pulled away from each other.

"Yeah well, I had a clear schedule." The two men laughed loudly, clearly sharing a joke that no one but them understood. The man looked down at Kyle and smiled, but the boy had a gut feeling that the man evaluating him in some way, he couldn't put his finger on it but it bothered him to say the least. "Are those your kids, Ryuto?" The father nodded,

"Yes, they are." He moved so he could show his friend their wonderful faces, but at the moment were shy. "This little man here is Kyle. And this sweet bundle of joy is Saya." The man smiled genuinely at the family, he bent his neck down and locked eyes with Kyle.

"You know, I have a daughter you're age, Kyle. Would you like to meet her?" Kyle's eyes went huge, he was never good with kids, and the thought of who this girl might be was terrifying. Will she like me, will she hate me, will she beat me up!? All these questions ran through the child's head at that moment. Ryuto saw the discomfort in his face and intervened,

"Kyle...he's a bit shy when it comes to other kids. He's a very timid boy." The man smiled at this,

"My daughter's the same way, she really doesn't like talking to kids. Come on in you three, and please enjoy the party." The man welcomed his guest into the mansion, and if you thought the outside looked nice, wait till you see the inside.

Kyle's eyes were greeted to a spectacular to behold, the interior of mansion was vast and expansive. Rooms were meters high, furniture and décor that could send any rich family nowadays into bankruptcy, a huge ball room of some kind with a choir and everything. This was truly a high horse house indeed. Kyle and Saya clung to Ryuto's pants like cats, never daring to let go, almost if they would be lost forever in the scary mansion. Ryuto smiled and followed the Venelana and Lord Gremory, h noticed that they were a lot of adult and kids at the party. Some were dressed in very extravagant dresses that put Saya's poofy dress to shame. Ryuto spotted a group o kids in a formal ball room talking, clearly doing things rich kids would do, which is talk. He expected running around and screaming but no, this was all he got, Ryuto toke this opportunity to get rid of the kids for the time being.

"Hey guys look," He pointed to the kids in the distance. "A group of kids for you two to play with, come on, have fun." The children looked up at their father as if he was lunatic, Ryuto sighed. He knew this was coming, "Come you two, have fun! Make friends and play!" Saya started to look at the group but looked up at Ryuto,

"You sure, otou-san?" her voice small petite voice making it sound like she was sad. Ryuto kneeled down and rubbed her hair,

"Yes, now go Saya. If you need anything, I'm right here." The girl smiled and skipped off the group of girls. Kyle on the other hand clung to his father for dear life, clearly this was too much for the boy to handle. If anything, at any moment he could have an heart attack. Ryuto kneeled down and put both his hands on his son's shoulders and looked deeply into his eyes,

"You alright, Kyle?" The boy shook his head,

"I wanna go home, otou-san." The man sighed deeply, but he needed to reassure his son that this was for the better.

"I know you do, son. But, we can't. Please, for me, try to make one friend while we're here. I doesn't if its a toy or a chair, but I want to see you have fun, alright." Ryuto smiled at his boy, Kyle's eyes trembled as he noticed his father's smile. It was grand and true, he realized that he needed to be strong, he realized that being afraid makes you weak in the heart. So he nodded,

"Okay." Ryuto hugged his boy with all his might, "That's my brave son."

Kyle walked into the room where all the kids were, but once he entered, every group saw him. They looked at him was scrutinizing glances and immediately started to picker amongst themselves, occasionally looking back to steal one last glance at the nerdy four eyed boy. A kid with long blonde hair cut off Kyle's path the food with his hard chest, Kyle's head went head first in the thick stone-of-a chest and landed on his butt with a thud. He rubbed his head and hissed,

"Gomennasai!" He shouted, Kyle looked up and saw the strikingly angry boy a couple years older then him. The blonde had a nasty scowl on his face as he looked down upon the boy,

"Hey! Watch where you're going, pal!" He spat, Kyle started to tremble, this is exactly what he wanted to avoid. Suddenly, the boy grabbed Kyle by the collar and pulled him up to his face, at this moment Kyle literally forgot all there is to know about fighting, he was just too scared to think. "Who do you think you are, four eyes!" The boy started to laugh at the overly used joke, thus causing the entire room the laugh alongside him. Kyle sweat dropped,

"I'm really sorry for running into! Please, let me go." he begged. His voice quivering from fear, Kyle was on the verge of crying, the bully shoved him hard in his chest. Even with his training the push sent him flying to the ground. His glasses flew off his face as his head hit the ground, there were heavy cobwebs in his eyes, and his vision was blurry, but he was able to make out the sound of kids laughing loudly. His guess,

They're laughing at me.

Kyle shook the blurriness away and came back to reality, the bully was pointing at him and was laughing at the top of his lungs, but Kyle couldn't see, he could only hear. At this moment, the boy couldn't bear the embarrassment any longer, he curled up into a fettle position and covered his face with his arms. He could not let anyone see he was crying, people will think even more badly of him, the tears ran down his cheek in droves for minutes. Before he heard a heavenly voice emerge from out of the blue.

"Leave him alone, Riser!" The entire room went deep silent. Kyle let a few tears fall before he realized that the unbearable sound of laughter was gone. He uncoiled and looked up at the person who stood in front of him, his eyes were incredibly blurry but he was able to make out crimson. Something crimson was protecting him, "You're nothing but a mean bully, Riser!" said the heavenly voice again. Kyle squinted his eyes in a vain effort to see the person, he foot steps and the crimson moved. It moved a couple feet back, then walked up him and got down,

"You dropped something." the voice said. Kyle was transfixed by the gentle voice he heard. It was pretty, classy and strong. Suddenly, Kyle felt the cold sting of his metal glasses slip back onto his ears.

"Here you go." His eyes came into focus and what he saw was amazing. A girl with a light skin tone, blue-green eyes, long crimson red hair that ran all the way down to her thighs and that single strand sticking out from the top. She had loose bangs covering her forehead and side bangs framing her face. The boy gulped as he was at a lost for words, the girl reached out and looked at him in worry,

"Are you alright?" Kyle shook his head and reached for the hand, her palms was soft as the girl he met before, Akeno's, and it was inviting to say the least. The girl pulled up Kyle and checked him over for cuts, touching his skin and poking his arms. "Yep. You're okay." she confirmed. Kyle couldn't speak, he was still dumbstruck by the girl in front of him. The girl turned to the boy named Riser,

"You're are bad kid, Riser. No wonder you don't have any friends, picking on kids is not how you make friends." The bully growled and raised his clenched fist high,

"Shut up, you! Someday you'll come to like me!" The red head merely turned around on her heel and grabbed Kyle's hand, she yanked the boy along out of the ball room and into the backyard. Kyle looked at their hands the entire way,

She's actually touching my hand!

The red head pulled Kyle outside, she shut the door a little and regained her breath. Kyle merely looked at the ground, feeling absolutely defeated and embarrassed. His self-esteem crushed and battered, Kyle merely walked over to a chair and cried. He cried silently and let the tears run down his cheek, he cried for a couple minutes before,

"I'm sorry," a soft statement came for the red head that saved him. Kyle sucked in a breath and wiped away his tears. Why was she sorry?

"Why...are you sorry?" he replied. The girl shifted from foot to foot, her cheeks glowing pink in the moonlight. Kyle observed the elegant white dress she was wearing, it made her look like a princess, and made him think.

"For embarrassing you." she said. The girl kick a pebble and dipped her head down so her bangs could cover her eyes. Kyle shook his head,

"No, no, you didn't embarrass me! You saved me!" came his loud reply. The girl's mouth opened in shock as she locked eyes with Kyle. But she dipped her head down again, Kyle kept his eyes on her.

"I'm...Rias, Rias Gremory." she toke short peaks at Kyle that made her look pretty and innocent. The boy walked up to Rias and offered his hand,

"I'm Kyle...Kyle Shirahma. Nice to meet you, Rias-chan." The girl blushed, she enjoyed it when the boy said Rias-chan, just the way it rolled of his tongue made her smile and feel warm inside. Rias reached out shook Kyle's hand.

"Likewise, Kyle-san." the two youngsters smiled at each other and shared a moment. Kyle started to observe Rias' hair, she noticed and started to flee away from his gaze. He put his hand out and stopped her,

"No, no, I wasn't-" Rias pulled her long crimson hair back and started to fiddle with it, almost if she wanted it hidden.

"You think my hair is weird too, don't you?" Kyle shook his head with vigor.

"No way! I really like you're hair, it makes you look like a princess!" The girl's face went beat red as she heard the complement,

"You're the first person to say that. Arigatou, Kyle-san." Kyle nodded his head, curious as ever he stepped closer to the girl, his eyes never leaving her hair.

"Can-can I touch your hair?" The girl's mouth made an O, Kyle blushed and retracted his hand, as if he was shocked by a metal door knob. But the girl smiled happily,

"Okay," Kyle blinked like an owl, he gulped. The boy moved ever so slowly to the girl and reached out, his index finger touching a long strand of crimson hair, Kyle eyebrows furrowed. He held the strand in his finger and ran it down the length, it was silky smooth to the touch. Rias smiled at the curious boy, "You really do like my hair?" Kyle smiled at her,

"Yeah, I do." Rias grabbed Kyle's hand again and looked into his emerald eyes. In her eyes Kyle could tell that she wanted something but he couldn't figure out what. She pulled the confused boy over to a nearby ledge and proceeded to climb up, Kyle watched as she made her way up the wall, grabbing onto the and window ledge and hoping to the adjacent ledge. She pulled herself up with a content, 'Hu!" Kyle gulped,

"Do you really think we should be doing this!?" He whispered/screamed. Rias peaked over the side and gestured for him to come up,

"Yes, silly! Just don't tell my Dad, okay!" Kyle gave her the thumbs up. The athletic boy hopped to the window ledge with not effort at all, looked and leaped to the next one, pulling himself up with little energy. Rias was seating on the ledge and was looking up at the full moon, Kyle strolled over to her and sat down. Rias suddenly pointed up at the starry sky and shouted,

"Look! A shooting star! Make a wish!" She closed her eyes and hummed to herself, the boy merely raised an eyebrow, but followed along as well.

I wish for a lot of best friends.

The boy opened his eyes, Rias was beaming with joy, a smile on her face that shined in the night. "Did you wish for something nice?" asked Kyle. Rias merely looked up at the sky,

"Yes, I did." Kyle smiled, Rias laid her head on boy's shoulder and hummed. Kyle merely touched her hair and played with it, Rias giggled happily from the twirling of each strand. For the majority of the party, no one saw the birthday girl, only when she was called down to blow out the candles on her cake. She even disappeared when the gifts were ready, towards the very end of the party people said their farewells and goodbyes, kids fell asleep in their mother's arms and Lord Gremory saw the most heartwarming sight that night. He walked out onto the patio and looked over to his right side, he knew that some days Rias would climb on top of the roof and merely seat, so it wasn't a surprise to see her up there, what really caught his attention was Ryuto's boy becoming really, really acquainted with his daughter. Rias' head was on his shoulder and the two kids were pointing up at the stars, probably naming a few nearby constellations. The father smiled at the couple, Kyle looked deeply into Rias' eyes and said,

'Could we be friends?" he timidly asked. The young girl gave him a toothy smile, she held up a her pinkie finger, Kyle raised an eyebrow.

"We have to pinkie swear to be friends forever,'kay?" Kyle nodded his head and lifted his pinkie finger. The two locked their fingers together and chanted,

"I swear." at the same time. Lord Gremory and Ryuto, who just joined the party grinned at their children. Rias frowned, "I just wish you didn't have to go." Kyle frowned as well, he knew that sooner or later he had to leave. But he played it optimistic,

"We'll see each other again. I know it!" He gave her a reassuring smile and a thumbs up. Rias felt relived to hear such words, Ryuto checked watched and sucked his teeth. "We really have to go." Lord Gremory nodded in agreement,

"Hey honey, Kyle-san needs to leave." he called. Rias turned around and frowned. Kyle mirrored her expression as well, reluctantly he got up and headed for the edge, he hopped into his father's arms. Rias leaped into her father's as well, Ryuto and Lord Gremory set down their kids so the could share their farewells.

"Come on, Kyle. Say goodbye." The boy walked up to Rias and smiled,

"We'll see each other again, promise!" Rias grinned.

"Yeah, I sure hope so." The all said their goodbyes and dispersed from each other. When Kyle entered the car and rested his head on the window and sighed, nothing in this world made him more sad than to leave one of his friends. Unless,

"Hey otou-san! Kyle's gotta girlfriend!" she said, in her high pitched sing song voice. The young boy face palmed as she sang the K-I-S-S-I-N-G song as they pulled out of the drive way.

Sirzech went up to her sister's room and knocked on the door, Rias opened with a mild attitude. "What do you want?" she asked. Sirzechs shrugged his shoulder and chuckled,

"Couldn't help but notice you're new boyfriend onee-san. He's really geeky-POW! A cotton pillow just slammed into his face.

"He's not a geek to me! And he's not my BOYFRIEND!" Screamed a steaming red Rias. Sirzechs indulged in this moment and ran for it, chanting,

"Rias gotta boyfriend, Rias got boyfriend!" In his sing song voice. Rias hurled pillow after pillow as the siblings ran down the hallway.