Summary: A second chance, it's something a man like Itachi Uchiha would never think about. Reborn into a new world and earns a new life, will he learn to forgive himself, or once again he sacrifices his own life to shoulder the entire world on his shoulder, for the sake of peace? [Devil born Itachi].
Itachi x Harem.
This story is inspirited by The Sharingan of the Crimson Princess made by Arcreed which he took down many months ago. There'll be many similarities, but I will add my own touches in this as well.
"Itachi" Normal Speech.
'Itachi' Normal Thought.
"Rasengan" Jutsu/Power/Technique.
"Kurama" Demonic/Dragon Speeches.
'Kurama' Demonic/Dragon Thoughts.
Devilish Sharingan
Chapter 8
"I still can't find any good reason for you to follow me like this." Said Itachi with a deadpanned expression as he turned around and looked at the young women who had been following him everywhere since morning.
Actually, it was Rias who had been following him since morning. Akeno, however, was there because it's her duty as Rias' servant to follow and protect her master wherever she goes. Also, the sadistic young woman also found Rias' recent behaviours amusing and appealing for some unknown reason. Itachi didn't question that, since he knew Akeno's personalities all too well.
Ever since the moment Rias learnt about Itachi's second meeting with Kuroka and her little sister Shirone, she had decided she had to keep a close eye on him from then on. Why? Itachi had no idea, even after he had spent two precious hours of his life, which he could use to train or do something more useful, explaining his reasons to meet Kuroka and her sister, Rias still refused to change her mind. Kuroka was a thief, but she was by no mean a bad person, or a bad Nekoshou at heart, who only wanted the best for her sister. Also, it wasn't like he's going to meet her again anytime soon, at least, not until she came to her decision and decided to call him.
That morning when he headed down to the downtown of the city belonged to Gremory's territory, Rias decided to tail him, dragging Akeno with her. However, it didn't take the young Uchida, formerly Uchiha, more than a few seconds to realize someone had been following him since morning. He had wished it hadn't been Rias, but luck had never been a good friend to him.
"What?" Rias asked, pouting cutely with her hands crossed on her chest, which had become much bigger than most girls her age "Is there anything wrong with me wanting to hang out with you?"
"Of course not, but…"
"Good, then let's go." The young heiress of Gremory smiled radiantly after that.
"Do you even know where we are going?" Itachi asked blankly, pointing his fingers at Rias' forehead, an action that immediately caused Rias to dodge "It's not somewhere an Ojou-sama like you should be found?"
"E-eh?" Rias gasped slightly "Then… where are we going Itachi? You are not going to go somewhere illegal, can you?" She asked in shock.
"It's not like that…" The black haired reincarnated Uchiha shook his head "It's just that this place… well, here we are, see for yourself then." He announced and took a stop, gesturing his hand to the shop in front of them. Rias and Akeno both turned their heads to look at the direction he was pointing, and saw themselves standing in front of a medium sized building. It didn't take them long to realize that they had arrived at a weapon shop.
"A weapon shop?" Akeno said as she looked at the panel sign in front of the building, before taking a peek into the place. There weren't many costumers inside, but she could see many weapons, ranging from swords to spears, guns to bows and arrows… coming in different shapes and sizes as well as types.
"Phew…" Rias breathed out a sigh of relief as she put her hand on her chest, causing Itachi to look at her curiously "so you're here to buy weapons, right?" She turned to him and asked brightly. Itachi could tell that she was in a much better mood than before, and decided it was wise not to make any question about it "Why didn't you tell me? Surely I can order the best for you."
"I didn't think about that, but even if I did, I wouldn't want to trouble you, Rias-sama," Itachi said as the trio made their ways into the shop. Itachi, being the gentleman, opened the door for the two and let them walk in first "Plus, the owners of this place are the only ones that can forge the weapons I want so I don't think you can order them anywhere but this place."
"The weapons you want? You mean like the shuriken and kunai I usually see you train with?" Rias asked, making a throwing gesture with her hands while making the 'swwish' sound of weapons flying in the air. She had seen her friend performing some amazing tricks with his training gears without the help of magic, and they still amazed her till these days.
"That's right, Rias-sama." Itachi nodded his head with a small smile before he turned his head to look at the shopkeeper, who was a European looking devil who had sandy blond hair and a short beard. Saying goodbye to a man who had come to buy a broadsword, the man turned his head to them when he heard Itachi's greeting "Good morning, Gerhard-san."
"Ah, Itachi-kun, welcome, it's good to see you again. I take it you're here for your order?" The man questioned with a smile. After receiving a nod from Itachi, he turned to his two companions and couldn't stop himself from widening his eyes in surprise when he saw Rias "Oh my, aren't you Lady Rias Gremory of the Gremory Household?"
"Indeed I am." Rias answered elegantly, smiling at him. The man immediately bowed his head to greet the high-class she-devil before turning at Akeno "And this is Akeno, she's my Queen."
"Hello." Akeno made a gentle smile.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, young lady." He smiled to Akeno before turning back to Rias "Please, make yourself comfortable, Rias-sama. If you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask me." He turned his attention back to Itachi "Please wait here Itachi-kun, I will be right back with your order."
"Thank you, Gerhard-san." Itachi did as told and waited for the man to return after he had disappeared behind that led to his storehouse, while absently listening to the noises coming from the back rooms, where the blacksmiths were forging new weapons. Rias was examining a demonic scythe on the counter, but Akeno, meanwhile…
"Is there something on my face?" Itachi couldn't help but ask when he noticed Akeno, who was leaning against one of the weapon racks, had been looking at him for quite some time, with a small smile on her face.
"I just feel like looking at you." Akeno answered simply, and Itachi became slightly troubled by her reply "Is that alright? Do you want me to stop?"
"Well, basically, you can do whatever you want, but…" Itachi stopped, trying to find the right words to explain it to Akeno. However, fortunately, he would never have to because the Gerhard had returned, carrying one large steel box that looked to weight several dozen pounds in his hands.
Placing the box down on the countertop, Itachi and the girls watched as he took off the lid of the box, revealing hundreds of shuriken "Here you go Itachi-kun." Gerhard said as he picked up one of the Shuriken and gave it to Itachi, who then started examining them very carefully "This box contains five-hundred shuriken you have ordered."
"Woah, five hundred?" Rias asked in amazement "You ordered a lot, didn't you, Itachi?" The black-haired young man nodded his head in response and spun the shuriken between his thumb and middle finger. Itachi was very impressed because the shuriken were very well made, sturdy and extremely sharp yet also very light.
"So, what do you think?" Gerhard asked, smiling at the boy. Itachi might look young to him, but he definitely knew what he was holding, and how to use them.
"It's perfect." Itachi said, nodding his head as he placed the shuriken back to the box "I cannot ask for anything better."
"Perfect." The shopkeeper exclaimed, clapping his hands above his head before saying "I will bring the rest to you now."
"The rest?" Rias asked with a question mark above her head.
"There's more?" Akeno asked curiously as Gerhard disappeared into his storehouse again, before returning with one a large steel box similar to the one on the countertop. He then walked back to the storehouse and returned with another, then another, then another… until there were six large steel boxes in front of Itachi.
"Here you are, young man, one thousand five hundred shuriken and one-thousand kunai," Gerhard said, smirking as he placed an elbow on the lid of an unopened box.
"What the f…" Rias stopped herself before she could say the 'f' word while looking at all the weapons in front of her "Itachi, are you trying to become a walking armory? Are you going to war?" She asked in shock.
"You are overthinking again, Rias-sama." Itachi said with a small smile "Please relax."
"But I have to admit, Itachi-sama, that's a lot of weapons." Akeno nodded her head in agreement with her king, who was still staring wide eyes at all the weapons Itachi had ordered.
"He actually ordered five thousand, each." Gerhard explained, much to Rias and Akeno bewilderment, before turning back to Itachi "So, Itachi-kun, that would be five hundred gold for each box." Itachi nodded his head and reached his hand into his pocket to grab the money he had already prepared beforehand, but before he could take it out, Rias said loudly with her hand raised above her head.
"I will pay!" She declared excitedly.
"Huh?" Itachi raised an eyebrow in surprise as he looked at the smiling Gremory heiress for a second, before shrugging and placed the money on the counter in front of the shopkeeper "Of course not, Rias-sama. Here you go Gerhard-san, three thousand gold as promised." He said casually. Knowing Rias, she definitely had more than enough money with her to pay for his weapons, but that didn't matter to him in the slightest "You don't have to pay for my weapons. I have enough money right here."
"But…"
Rias looked like she wanted to argue, but Itachi beat her to it.
"Plus, I have already paid half the price months ago." Gerhard nodded his head in confirmation as Itachi picked the boxes up effortlessly and placed them on the floor, then pulled out a scroll with a storage seal on it. While he had learnt the spell to instantly summon anything from his personal dimensional storage, Itachi still stored his weapons the same way he had done as a Shinobi, simply because he could summon his weapons from scrolls way faster than magic could bring them into his hands.
"If you say so, I guess…" Rias said disappointingly, then huffed in annoyance and crossed her arms over her chest when she heard Akeno giggling beside her "What? Do you want to say something?"
"Nothing, Rias-sama." Akeno shook her head, but the smile never left her face "Nothing at all." Rias pouted and looked away.
"Wow… a neat trick you got there, kid." Gerhard commented in amazement as he watched Itachi sealing box after box into a small scroll of paper. Because Rias and Akeno had seen him doing that in the past, they didn't react when the box suddenly disappeared and a kanji for 'weapon' 'magically' appear on the scroll of paper.
"I have my way." Itachi said as he finished sealing the last box of kunai and stood up, placing the scroll back into his pocket "I guess it's time for me to take my leave. Thank you, Gerhard-san. I will see you later."
"It is a pleasure to do business with you, Itachi-kun." The shopkeeper said with a smile, lowering his head a little "Please come again anytime." He said, before turning to Rias and Akeno "Rias-sama, Akeno-san, don't hesitate to visit my shop for a good weapon anytime you wish." Itachi gave the man his final regard before exiting the weapon shop, the girls following shortly behind him.
"Hey, Itachi… come to think about it, you haven't answered my question earlier." Rias suddenly spoke up "Why did you need so many weapons? You really don't need that many do you?" Recently, while he wasn't officially a servant of Serafall Leviathan, Itachi had started accompanying her, the Maou of foreign affairs, on her business trips as her bodyguard on her request, so having actual weapons to fight would help him protect Serafall better.
It was during those trips that Serafall had the least protections, and assassins, usually stray devils and those who didn't want her to ensure the peace with the other Factions the Yondai Maou had worked so hard to make, had the most chance to take her life. Itachi had only followed Serafall on two trips, and yet he had had to fight a bunch of stray devils in her regard. He had always returned home unscratched and with praises from Serafall as well, but it had never stopped worrying her every time.
"There's no harm in preparing beforehand, Rias-sama." Itachi shook his head with a smile "You don't know when you are going to need them."
"Hmm…" Rias crossed her arms and made a deep thinking face, making Itachi sigh before smiling a bit.
"Expect the unexpected, Rias-sama. Your opponents will never fight you the way you want them to…" He said.
"Eh, why are you saying so many complicated things now?" Rias moaned, stopping Itachi from finishing his speech before pouting "Are you becoming an old man?" She asked, looking at Itachi, who clearly didn't know how to respond to her question. He had had too many people questioned him about his age, after all.
Which was why he decided to change the topic before Rias could start pressing on: "Well, since I don't have anything to do today, I think I can accompany you and Akeno for a few more hours." Itachi said as he glanced at the clock from one of the local shops before turning back to Rias "Is there anywhere you would like to go, Rias-sama?"
[Later that day]
"Hmm, so you are asking me to take these two girls in, give them my protection and make one of them my servants?" Serafall Leviathan asked while looking at the files Itachi had prepared. They were talking about Kuroka and her sister, Shirone, and it was a serious conversation "You're asking a lot of me, Itachi-kun, and you aren't even my servant yet..." Itachi nodded his head in understanding, as he had expected her to say that before coming.
"I know I am asking a lot of you, Serafall-sama, but you are the best choice they have for a better life," Itachi said.
"I understand what you're saying Itachi-kun, but even so… there are things we have to worry about when I turn them into my servants." Serafall said as she put the files down, which Itachi had spent three hours preparing, after doing a lot of research including eavesdrops and using Sharingan on devils who were close to the high class devil who wished to make Kuroka his servant, Valor Vapula "The most important thing is they are two of the last members of their kind, the Nekoshou, known for being the strongest of the Nekomata. The leaders of the Youkai Faction won't be happy if I turn them into devils and make them our own. It's never been easy for me to deal with this kind of problem." Serafall explained, "There is also the problem with the public eyes…"
"But you want to make me your servant, don't you?" Itachi questioned calmly "I'm literally no one in this society. My parents aren't even famous…"
"But you are the brightest and most promising young devil of this generation, Itachi-kun." Serafall shook her head with a small smile "You exceeded in every subject at school, beat my sister who is considered a genius and also shows remarkable skills in magic and combat. You have everything to become a powerful devil in the future. You might not notice, but a lot of high-class devils had set their eyes on you before I told them you had become my servant. The only reason they didn't make their moves, was because you usually hung around with Rias, making them think that you'd become her peerage servant." Serafall finished, pausing for a second to sigh before continuing "It's very easy for everyone to accept you as a servant of mine. It won't be easy for people to accept my decision to make Kuroka and Shirone my servant, but that's easy to take care of… which bring us back to the first problematic issue with the Youkai." Serafall finished with a small sigh. None of the things Serafall had said was beyond Itachi's expectation. They were simply nothing but facts.
The Evil Pieces was a system that was used to bring back the devil faction's former population, by turning other species into devils serving under pureblood devils. It had been highly against by other factions in the past, but another Great War was the last thing any of the Three Great Factions wanted to happen, so the fire had been put down and the Evil Pieces became accepted by other Factions, as long as there was no attempt to prepare for war.
Even so, powerful figures from many factions had been turned into devils, especially those who were now served under the Maou. It was also worth noting that it hadn't been that easy for them to set things down when a certain leader of Grigori heard about the reincarnation of his daughter, Akeno Himejima, under the hands of Rias Gremory, the little sister of Lucifer.
Still, everything they were discussing at the moment wouldn't matter in the slightest if Kuroka refused his offer.
Should he try to use the Sharingan?
That was a very tempting thought, Itachi must admit.
However, he had long decided to not use the Sharingan, because he had a lot of trust in Serafall's abilities to set things straight with the Youkai leaders. She would definitely give Kuroka and Shirone a much better life than them anyway, as one simple devil job could give Kuroka more money than she could make in a day by stealing. With that money, both sisters could buy nicer clothes to wear, and a better house to live in. Shirone could go to school and eat her sister's delicious cooking anytime she wanted to. The younger Nekoshou would have the chance to learn from her sister the arts of Youkai, and Kuroka could become the proud, big sister she had always wanted to be.
Serafall made a small smile as she looked at the expression on Itachi's face. It was pure determination. He was probably thinking about every possible way to make her agree to help the Nekoshou sisters, and knowing him, he must have prepared nothing but the best options in his head. Serafall just couldn't help but wonder how far he would go to help them.
"Oh look," Serafall suddenly said when Itachi's communication magic circle on his right forehand started glowing brightly "someone is calling you."
"It's Kuroka." Itachi said as he stood up "I guess she has made up her mind." The magic circle disappeared as Itachi turned back to Serafall "It's time for me to take my leave." He stated respectfully while bowing his head "I thank you for your time, Serafall-sama." With that, Itachi turned around and left the place.
"Hah… what should I do?" Serafall couldn't help but ask herself.
In a flash, Itachi appeared in the living room of a house and stood in front of the older owner of the place, Kuroka, who had used the summoning contract he had given her a few days ago to summon him. The black-haired woman was wearing a simple shirt that was definitely too small for her bust, and black jeans that stopped above her ankles. Standing beside her was a pair of luggage, which were black and white in color.
"Hello, nyah." Kuroka greeted him with her usual catchphrase and catlike smile. She even waved her hand in the same manner of a cat "It's been a while, how are you doing, nyah?"
"I'm fine, thank you, Kuroka-san." Itachi nodded his head with a smile.
However, before he could continue, Kuroka spoke up while waving her hand "Drop the '-san' bullshit, it makes me feel so old, nyah."
"Okay then, Kuroka." Itachi chuckled a bit before he decided to ask "Where's Shirone-chan?"
"She's up in her room, gathering her last things, nyah." Kuroka replied, pointing her hand up. When she noticed Itachi's gaze had turned to the luggage, she said: "We are leaving this place, nyah."
"Where are you going?"
"It depends on you, actually." Kuroka shrugged her shoulders with a small smile "If you manage to convince your master to help us, then we will move to the Underworld, but if you can't, then we will go to Kyoto, the capital of Youkai. I heard life was easy for Youkai like us there." Itachi nodded his head in understanding. The Youkai leader in Kyoto, Yasaka, was well known for her kindness, especially to her people. Kuroka and her sister would surely be able to find a better life there, under the protection of a dedicated leader like Yasaka "Well, I am waiting for your answer, Itachi-kun nyah."
"I…" At that moment, when Itachi paused for a second, Kuroka knew what had happened, but he stopped her from speaking it out, by continuing speaking with a different subject "What does Shirone-chan want?"
"Shirone-chan? Well, she wants to go with you, not just because her innocent mind thinks your offers are very tempting." Kuroka pointed her hand at him "She just couldn't stop asking about you, ever since you stopped Valor from coming here and promised to help us. Can't blame her though, because you are the first person in her life who has offered us his help so nicely and genuinely." The black haired Nekoshou then sighed heavily when she heard hurried footsteps on the second floor. Shirone must have sensed Itachi arriving, or at least heard his voice from her room "Well, too bad she can't…"
However, before she could finish saying that, another teleportation magic circle appeared beside Itachi, glowing so brightly the two of them had to raise their hands to cover their eyes from the light. When the light died down, the one who appeared beside Itachi with a massive smile on her face and a magic staff with yellow star spinning in her hand was none other than Serafall Leviathan.
"Magical girl, Levia-tan has arrived!" She declared loudly before striking her signature pose as magical girl Levia-tan, stunning Kuroka and Shirone, who was running halfway down the stair before she was forced to stop by the abnormally bright light of Serafall's arrival "Ara ara, you must be Kuroka!" The black haired woman flinched in surprise when the new arrival suddenly launched herself at her and latched onto her body, her hands finding their ways to her head and grabbing her cat ears "Kya! You are so much cuter in real life." She then snapped her head to the side and notice Shirone "Your sister are so cute too! I want to hug you two too death already!"
"Who the hell is this!?" Kuroka asked loudly in shock and pushed Serafall off her body with Genjutsu since she was too strong and she couldn't shake the magical girl off with her strength.
"Aw, so mean!" Serafall moaned as she fell on her butt.
With a heavy sigh, Itachi decided to speak up "Kuroka, Shirone-chan… meet my master and one of the Maou of the Devil Faction, Serafall Leviathan."
"EH!?" Kuroka exclaimed in shock, while Shirone just tilted her head in curiosity "You… you are Serafall Leviathan?!" Clearly, she didn't expect someone like this to be one of the most powerful figures of the underworld, as well as one of the strongest devils.
"Indeed I am." Serafall quickly stood up and struck a pose with the peace sign in front of her eye, her tongue sticking out cutely.
"I'm so sorry for her behaviour," Itachi said apologetically when Kuroka snapped her head to look at her, hoping to find a good explanation.
"Mou~, don't be so mean to me too, Itachi-kun." Serafall pouted and tried to hug him, but Itachi quickly sidestepped and moved out of the way before she could wrap her arms around his body, causing the magical girl to fall to the ground again, but face-first this time "Oui."
"Please stop fooling around, Serafall-sama." Itachi said and offered her his hand, which she took and let him pull her up to her feet as Shirone ran to her sister and stood slightly behind her "What are you doing here, Serafall-sama? I thought you said…"
"Ah ah, I said it would be hard." Serafall winked as she extended her hand and waved her index finger in front of his face "I didn't say anything about not helping them, did I?"
Both Itachi and Kuroka widened their eyes in surprise "Then, that means…"
"But I'm hungry! Let's find something to eat first!" Serafall exclaimed cheerfully as she pushed back Kuroka and made her way into the house "C'mon you three," The Leviathan Satan suddenly stopped and turned around, giving them a soft smile that surprised Kuroka "let's have dinner together for the first time."
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"Wah, it's so delicious!" Serafall moaned in satisfaction as she finished another bowl of soup and wiped her lips with a small tissue "Can I have another one, please?" She requested, extending her arm forward and giving the bowl to Kuroka, who seemed to be in a very good mood, much like her sister, who liked the lively atmosphere Serafall had brought with her into the house. It was probably the first time she had had dinner with someone aside from her sister as well, so she must be very excited.
"Yes, Serafall-sama." Kuroka smiled and accepted the bowl from the cheerful Maou before starting to fill it with the soup she had made since she didn't have anything left to make a decent dinner for four people.
"Shirone-chan, eat a lot and grow into a big girl like me and your sister, okay!?" Serafall asked, smiling radiantly at the white-haired little girl, who then cried 'Okay!' happily in response, causing her sister to give her a soft glare "Good girl!" Serafall giggled while rubbing the girl's head.
"Here you go, Serafall-sama," Kuroka said as she handed Serafall's bowl back to her. Dinner went swiftly after that.
"Serafall-sama," Itachi decided to speak up for the first time, having stayed in silence from the beginning "may I ask why you decide to change your mind?"
"Hm? Change my mind? From the beginning, I only told you it would be harder than you thought it would, didn't I?" Serafall asked, smiling "I didn't say anything about me not doing that." She then turned away with fake tears rolling down her cheeks "Can't believe Itachi think so little of me."
"Relax, Serafall-sama." Itachi gave a soft chuckle "So you are truly willing to go through all the troubles to make Kuroka and Shirone your servants?"
"It'll be worth it, I am sure." Serafall smiled as she turned to look at Kuroka, who was listening to their conversation very closely "I have a good relationship with the Youkai higher-ups, so I'm pretty sure I can work out something with them, as peacefully as possible. Plus, these two are so cute. I have always wanted to have cute girls like them in my peerage." She then snapped her head back to Itachi and asked him with shining eyes "Do you think they can become casts in my TV-show as well?"
"I… will let you decide on that, Serafall-sama." Itachi chuckled as he turned to Kuroka and Shirone to explain "Serafall-sama has her own TV show in the Underworld called "Miracle Levia-tan. It's very popular among the younger devils." As well as some older devils that adored Serafall herself, but they didn't need to know that, yet.
"Ah, that explains the 'Levia-tan' introduction." Kuroka smiled and nodded her head while her sister, Shirone, looked at Serafall in admiration.
"Still… I don't think I can turn Shirone-chan into my servant… yet." Serafall said as she looked at the younger Nekoshou, dropping her usual childish attitude "Maybe later in the future, when she's older, but right now, Kuroka-chan is the only one I will reincarnate into a devil. She's still too young, and I am a Maou. There are going to be occasions that will require the presences of every member of my peerage, and I don't think those occasions are the best for a young and innocent girl like her. I don't want to ruin her growth, you know. It's best to let a girl grow up normally." She then smiled at both sisters and continued when she saw the worried looks on their faces "Ah, don't worry, I am not going to separate you two. You both are going to move into my house and live with me from now on."
"I… I don't know what to say…"
"Then don't. Itachi has said enough. He truly wishes to help you two, you know, to the point I couldn't help but had a bad feeling he might go very far just to make me agree to help two poor girls he just met on the street." Serafall shook her head, making Kuroka turn to look at Itachi in shock "Oh well, I'm seriously falling behind anyway. While the other Maou have an entire group of servants for themselves, I only have Behemoth and Itachi here, and he's not even my official Queen yet."
"Hm? What do you mean?" Kuroka couldn't help but ask.
"I will explain later, but let's seal the deal now, shall we?" Serafall said as she cast a spell and made several evil pieces appeared on the table between them from thin air "Itachi told me you were exceptionally skilled with Genjutsu and Youjutsu, so I think Bishop will suit you the best." She said, picking up the blue Bishop piece and turned to Kuroka "before we begin, I am going to ask you again, Kuroka-chan. Are you sure about this? Because there is no going back once you are turned."
Kuroka looked at her sister, who in turn looked at her, and smiled softly as she rubbed the little girl head. She then looked at Itachi and saw him giving her a small nod, and a small smile, which was more than enough for Kuroka to make up her mind "I'm sure, Serafall-sama." She said and accepted the evil piece from the female Satan.
"Then it's settled!" Serafall said as a giant magic circle appeared behind Kuroka "Welcome to my family, Kuroka-chan!"
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"What are you doing up here, Kuroka?" Itachi asked as he opened the window and stepped onto the roof of Kuroka's house, where the black-haired woman was lying with her head resting on her folded arms like a cat while looking at the sky. Shirone and Serafall were down in the living room, watching yet another episode of "Miracle Levia-tan" together. They both seemed to get into it pretty quickly, so Itachi decided to retreat and left to find Kuroka.
"Oh, hello… nyah." Kuroka smiled as she sat up and smiled at him as Itachi sat down next to her "Nothing in particular, I just like it up here, ah."
"Ah." Itachi made a sound and nodded his head in understanding.
The two sat in silence for a moment, before Kuroka spoke up again, smiling softly "Thank you, Itachi, for what you did to me and Shirone-chan nyah. I can never repay you enough." She paused, moving a strand of her hair behind her ear before continuing "Whatever reason you have for helping us, whoever I remind you of, it still thanks to you we can start a much better life from now on. I'm glad that I met you that day."
"You mean pickpocketed?" Itachi asked calmly, but with a teasing smile, which Kuroka saw when she turned her head to look at him.
"It's not that bad, is it? Rias ojou-sama is filthy rich anyway, isn't she?" the black haired Nekoshou started giggling while waving her hand at him when Itachi looked at her meaningfully for a moment without saying anything "Don't worry, I will work my hardest to return that money back to her then… but, how much did I take anyway, nyah?" Kuroka asked thoughtfully while recalling her memory "Is it ten or twenty thousand? I can't remember the exact number."
"Well, it's thirty thousand, but you don't have to…" However, before Itachi could finish his sentence, Kuroka leaned her body forward and pressed her lips against his cheek, kissing him for two seconds before pulling back. Her action stunned Itachi, and even with all of his experiences, Itachi couldn't hide his surprise when he turned to look at her in question.
"I'd say you deserve a lot more than that, nyah!" Kuroka meowed with a cute smile while moving her knuckle like gently scratching its face, her tails waving around behind her back "But I guess that's okay for now. Please, take care of me from now on, Itachi nyah."
She gave him a meaningful wink, while Itachi could only tilt his head in curiosity, but he smiled at her nonetheless.
End of Chapter 8
Yagami's note: Here you go! Next chapter of Devilish Sharingan!
There's actually not much I want to say, aside from that I am very, very sorry for taking so long to update this chapter. This is a bit short, but I hope you enjoy it anyway.
As you can see, I have decided to NOT bring any other characters from different manga and anime into this story, and leave Serafall's peerage as Behemoth and Kuroka (Itachi doesn't count, because he's not officially her servant). I realized bringing in more characters will only make my story a whole mess and become way too complicated for me to continue at a decent pace, so yeah, let's just keep it as Itachi and the cannon characters of High School DxD.
I'm sorry if I have made you guys get your hope up, but I think that's the best desicion for my story.
Shirone (Koneko)'s future will be left undecided for now. She might or might not join Rias' peerage in the future, but I don't think having her become Rias' servants is that necessary anymore, since in my story, her sister didn't leave her and can grow up normally.
Let's keep this story like this for the time being, one more chapter and we can get to the start of the cannon plot.
As always, READ and REVIEW
And I will see you in the next update!
Ja ne!
P/S: I am looking for beta-reader for this story!