Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!

5-digit; It surely can be yeah~ They've got some familiars yeah, we'll be seeing them pop up rather soon~ And no worries~

ShadowUzumaki55; That's true, Xenovia is like that right now, but she'll grow and learn from the mistakes she's made. She did yeah, Yumi might not be a power house, but she's skilled enough to wield her blade, and gain victory. It is yeah, Zenki and the others are going to have to go and get it~ I thought it would be a nice bonding scene between Irina and Zenki~ Yeah, he will ask her to marry him at some point in the future.

Clarent excalibur; They do care quite a bit about each other~ Yeah, some wont be pleased to be with Xenovia, Koneko makes that known this chapter. Yeah, that would be a good moment.

OechsnerC; He is going to ask that eventually. Thanks very much! Yeah, we'll have to see how that goes down~

lord web of life of destiny; Thanks very much! Yeah, glad you liked it~ Hehe, we'll have to wait and see about that~ He would do yeah, he's currently making his own, which might make a debut soon~

Silver crow; Thanks very much. Irina did yeah~ Hehe, Koneko wouldn't allow Isane to try anything. That's Vali for you. Yumi showed that she really did care about Zenki and all he's done for her, and used her skills to manage to defeat Xenovia, even surprising Xenovia herself that she lost to a Devil. Haha, that's Zenki for you, he loves Sacred Gears, and anything that piques his interest. That's pretty good head canon, it would make sense. Actually, the Church mostly wouldn't know about that, since it's a Devils program, I doubt many people from the Church watch that. Yeah, Kuroka would deal with Kokabiel if he tried anything. It shouldn't be too difficult for them to get. Haha, I'm sure they would~ I guess, we've only been told he's an old man in his 80's, so he'd probably be around that age back then. Yeah, he'd probably say that about Zenki. I don't know, I hope they play a part since they've been explored a little bit. Yeah, maybe Ingvild would do. Zenki will take care of them in his own ways. Thanks for the suggestions! Yup, I'm glad to see all the new stuff. We surely do yeah, it seems like a good deal of interesting abilities. It is nice that they're friends. It would be interesting if something like that happened. Yeah if it was, she'd probably find out way earlier. Maybe he will, who knows~ It seems so, I am surprised they don't have special powers like the other two did. That probably would be the Balance Breaker, I don't know what else it could be. Eh, maybe she could turn up. That would be pretty cool~ It would be interesting to see Hades do that.

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Guest 1; I wouldn't mind doing a story for that series, I quite like it. That would be a fun story to do~ Thanks for the suggestions~

EmptySpot; Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying it so far~ Zenki's left. Thanks for letting me know.

Guest 2; Yeah, that sounds like a fun idea, thanks very much!

reptoholic; Yeah, Ajuka and his relationship is quite fun to explore~ He can create any kind of insect. Haha, yeah need to find one~ Yasaka would be cool. He will lose his v card eventually~ I do as well, I like characters using both smarts and power to fight. Eh, a few different medias really for the inspiration behind the transformation, no specific ones come to mind. It's not the end yet~ Just been quite busy as of late with real life stuff. Thanks for the advice. And thanks very much!

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Well, with those reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter!

The Excalibur hunt begins!

The nights sky lit up with the full moon dazzling the city streets below. Zenki himself looked out of the window, in his office at home, as he was getting a detailed report from Ravel, as his other peerage members were out on their own contracts, the night before Zenki and the others were going.

"Then Bova-kun's agreed?"

"He jumped at the chance to fight a strong opponent." Ravel continued after briefly pausing. "Everything's prepared. Ingvild-sama's been moved, and is being taken care of. The gifts for the Fairy's that we'll be visiting, everyone's been briefed about us leaving, and how things might proceed and..." Ravel brought out a cup of tea from the side, and placed it in front of Zenki. "...your favourite blend of tea."

"Ooh Ravel-chan, you didn't have to go to the trouble~"

Ravel hook her head.

"I don't mind at all~ I'm happy to help out~"

Zenki gave a light hearted smile, and then showed his calm face.

"Then everything's set! Get some rest Ravel-chan, the next few days might keep us quite busy."

"Understood!"

"Heeeh, if we could teleport there...I wouldn't want to upset the balance of those that live there, and cause problems for the Devils. Since they prohibit others teleporting directly there..."

"This is the only way to go about it. It might take longer, but we should be able to do it within a day or two, right Zenki-sama?"

Zenki nodded.

"Right, it shouldn't take us more than a day or so."

Ravel stretches her arms above her head, and cracks her neck side to side.

"I'm going to go for a bath before going to bed. See you there, Zenki-sama."

"Of course~"

Zenki smiled gently, and waved her off.

Ravel walked away, with Zenki's eyes heading to the window, looking out of it.

After a few minutes, Koneko came walking into the room, and wordlessly jumped onto Zenki's lap. His eyes peered down at the young cat girl, seeing her neko features out, seeing her eyes onto his own in a cute manner.

"Koneko-chan, is something the matter?"

Koneko shook her head, placing her head against his chest.

"I'm okay nyan. I just...wanted to hug onto my King like this..."

Zenki placed a hand on the back of her head, stroking her white hair comfortingly.

"I'll be going tomorrow Koneko-chan."

"...To be away from Senpai for too long, I don't know if I can take it."

"If there was another way for me to do it, then I would. I don't like being away from you girls either. I'd take you all with me if I wasn't worried about Kokabiel hurting Rias and the others in case something was to happen."

"I understand...I am content with staying here, and making sure everything runs smoothly. But Senpai...about Yumi-senpai, are you worried?"

"I am, but I know you and the others will watch over her for me."

Koneko nodded without pause.

"...Because we're all family, I will always make sure our family doesn't break up...Zenki-senpai was the one that brought us all together...so I will do my best...to make sure that our family stay together..."

Zenki's lips rose, his hand gently touching her face.

Koneko purred at the touch, feeling Zenki's hand slide down her face, and went towards her tail. Koneko's face turned redder, as Zenki's fingers ran themselves up her long white tail, Koneko shuddered at the feelings.

Zenki then cupped Koneko's face with his other hand.

"Don't worry Koneko-chan, a lot of people care about Yumi-chan, she's going to be alright."

"...Senpai..."

Koneko leans up, and places her small lips against his own. Zenki smiled into the kiss, and gently embraces the young girl, Koneko's hands surprisingly shyly went towards Zenki's shirt, grabbing it as their kiss continued.

When breaking apart, Koneko collapsed onto Zenki's chest.

"...Senpai, you're always there to offer comfort to everyone...I'm glad, you're my King...no, Senpai is my cherished one."

Zenki's face turned slightly red at her words.

It felt sweet to hear Koneko display her affections like that.

"Yes, I cherish you also Koneko-chan, you're one of my two favourite Nekoshou's ever~"

"...Senpai, you're always dependable, and there for us all..."

Zenki embraced the young cat girl, and allowed her to snuggle against her King.

They stayed in their embrace for a good while…

But that stopped when Koneko picked something up.

"...Senpai, there's a fight going on."

"Our people?"

"...No, it feels like...the Fallen Angel...one you've met before."

"Alright, tell me where, I'll go and get the Fallen Angel."

"Yes Senpai."

Zenki stood up, and began walking out with Koneko, ready to stop this Fallen Angel once and for all.

Bathing together in an old abandoned Churches rather large bath as the moonlight bathed them in said beautiful light, having found a way to get clean water for them, Xenovia and Irina's bodies glistened with water, while Xenovia's eyes caught the sight of Irina casually allowing her long hair to enter the water, it flowing out around them.

"By the way, I know you contacted that Devil."

Irina didn't even flinch as she continued on.

"That's right, I did."

Xenovia raised an eyebrow.

"Why did you do such a thing?"

"Because Xenovia, it's to do with the Factions. He's the son of the Maou, whether you like it or not, if we disturb a member of that family...two families even. He's also related to the Old Maou's in the distant past. We can't be the ones to start a war, so I tried my best to smooth it over. Thankfully, Zenki-sama is a pretty chill person, so he didn't hold any grudges."

"Hmph, as if I care what that Devil thinks about me or not. But...it probably is better if we don't cause any problems. Still was it difficult speaking to him? He is a Devil after all, a Devil that has a former member of the Church with him."

"It wasn't bad at all, I actually enjoyed the conversation."

Irina grinned out, running her hand through her brown hair.

Xenovia placed a hand on her face, sighing deeply.

"Honestly, you're being taken in by the Devils. Heretic."

"That's not it at all! And I'm not a heretic!" Irina declared boldly. "It's just nice to know that there are Devils out there that aren't so bad, that do want similar things to us. Xenovia, I'm not saying Devils have to become our best friends, but we have to consider that it isn't just one description fits all Devils. They are different and unique, like we humans are. Despite what we have seen with Stray Devils, it seems that normal Devils are actually all pretty interesting people."

Xenovia couldn't believe that Irina was describing Devils in such a manner.

"If that's how you choose to view Devils, then I wont stop you. It isn't my kind of choice...but, that's what you wish to believe in, and that's alright with me."

"Even then-"

Suddenly, they felt a chill down their spines.

A light shined down on them, and when they looked, they saw two spears of light heading for them, so they jumped away.

Landing in the water, further away from their weapons, looking up to see a man with black wings, spreading out behind him.

"...You! Your outfit, if memories serves... you're called Doughseeker!"

Irina gave Xenovia a questioning look.

Dohnaseek's face turned darker, his annoyance was growing, his eyes were showcasing his anger.

"Dohnaseek you idiot!"

Xenovia rolled her eyes.

"Whatever you say."

Dohnaseek still wasn't pleased, pulling out a blade of light.

"So, what happened to your weapons huh?" Dohnaseek's words forced Xenovia to think of a plan. "But, that doesn't matter, the light blade I wield can handle a bunch of humans. Heh...if you died, would the Factions go to war? We'd pin this on Zenki, you know? Then all hell would break loose!"

"We wont let you cause a war!"

Xenovia shouted out, Dohnaseek smirked.

"You don't have a choice blue bird."

Xenovia scowled, and rushed for her blade on the side.

But Dohnaseek jumped down at lightning speed, getting before her, and swung his blade for her body, forcing her to jump away. However, the blade managed to cut into the right hand side of her body, drawing some blood.

"The light of your sword doesn't burn me, I am no Devil."

"That doesn't matter, what does is that you're going to be run through, and exiting the scene now."

Xenovia's eyes crossed at the man, seeing her blade behind him.

Irina also saw her blade off to the side, so she secretly tried to reach for it, but Dohnaseek summoned a blade of light, and shot off one for Irina. Irina jumped back, but the light exploded into different spears, all going for her body.

Irina, without a weapon, was forced to dodge each attack, while Dohnaseek laughed.

"Now now, I want you to witness your friends death, and then I'm going to slay you….but, it doesn't matter if you die first. But I have to admit...seeing your bodies like this, seems that the Church has some beauties in their ranks, huh? It's too bad that we're on opposite sides, we could've gone on some dates."

Xenovia didn't look thrilled with the idea, Irina was appalled, covering her arms across her chest.

"No, sorry. We wont go out with evil people."

Xenovia stuck her hand out, and opened what seemed to be a spacial distortion.

Dohnaseek raised an eyebrow, but didn't let her finish, grabbing his blade, and swung it for Xenovia, which she dodged once more, and balled her hand into a fist.

Though she wasn't that good at hand to hand, she still wouldn't allow this Fallen Angel to get the better hand of her.

Swinging it for him, the fist was stopped by Dohnaseek's wings springing out, and blocking it off. Then Xenovia saw that the wings turned sharper, almost as if they were blades themselves, cutting deeply into her hands.

"Aah..."

She winced at the cuts appearing on her hands, jumping backwards as Dohnaseek flapped his wings, shooting off the steel feathers for her.

"I was taught how to do this, it means my powers increased!"

Irina gasped, and rushed for her blade, but Dohnaseek turned his hands towards her, shooting off a wave of light in a blast. Irina managed to grab her sword just in time, and swung it for the blast, colliding and caused it to explode, Irina's body was blown backwards.

But thanks to using her Excalibur, she didn't receive any damage.

As he was attacking Irina, Xenovia jumped around Dohnaseek, and shot off for her own blade.

But before she could get away, his hand grabbed the back of her neck, tossing her in the opposite direction, slamming her against the floor.

Xenovia panted.

If she had her blade, she was confident she'd be able to beat Dohnaseek.

If she could summon her secret weapon, she was sure Dohnaseek wouldn't be able to win...

"So, you're in league with Kokabiel then, aren't you?"

Xenovia spat out in disgust, attempting to stand up.

Dohnaseek shrugged his shoulders in an uncaring manner.

"If I am or not, doesn't matter. What does is that your Excalibur's belong to me! But first, it's time to perish!"

Irina was watching as Xenovia was attacked with two swords now, one from the right, and from the left. Going from up above, and down below, there wasn't away for Xenovia to move around them, so she had to go backwards.

But as she did, her back hit the pillar of the Church, Dohnaseek thought that this was a for sure thing, seeing that she couldn't escape to any direction.

Irina's eyes widened.

She could see that Xenovia was bladeless.

Irina couldn't get to her in time.

"Noooooooooooooooooooooo!"

Irina screamed, watching helplessly as Xenovia was going to be pierced….

But then two hands grabbed the blades of Dohnaseek, flashing before Xenovia.

Standing there, was Zenki, his eyes on Dohnaseek, cold and unforgiving.

"Dohnaseek, it's been a while. How have you been?"

"Aah you know, getting caught by you wasn't my favourite thing. So, I've come to enact my revenge on you. But first, I'll be needing their Excalibur's, so don't try and get in my way."

Zenki feigned a smile, Xenovia looking absolutely bewildered by what had happened.

"Yeah, I'm gonna have to kill you if you don't give up now."

Dohnaseek grimaced, trying to rip the light swords away from Zenki's hands, but they were tightly around the blades, and then Zenki merely crushed them with his strength, the particles of light danced as they disappeared from the very existence they were in.

"Shit! My blades...you're as tough as ever! But I wont go down!"

Dohnaseek filled his fist with light, and swung it for Zenki.

But Zenki batted the hand away, then swiftly kicked Dohnaseek so hard in the torso that the shockwave dispelled the water in the baths, scattering it all around them and came down as if it was raining.

"Gwaaaaaah!"

Dohnaseek's body went flying backwards, hitting the pillar on the opposite side of the room, shattering it and dropped the remnants of the pillar on top of him.

Xenovia and Irina's face were pale, seeing how Zenki effortlessly was holding light based weapons before, which was poisonous to Devils, and showed that he was perfectly alright and capable of talking in a normal manner.

"So, this is where you ended up. Fighting against people like these girls huh."

Zenki looked towards Dohnaseek, seeing him coughing up bile as he pushed through the stone that he was buried under.

Dohnaseek pulled his body up, his light blades being summoned once more, going out, and aimed towards Zenki's form.

Zenki raised a brow, watching as a circle appeared underneath Dohnaseek.

"He's teleporting away!"

Irina called, Zenki shot forward, grabbing Dohnaseek by the throat, as Zenki stepped onto the circle, Irina noticing that a circle was erupting out of Zenki's foot, which seemed to dispel the transportation circle of Dohnaseek's all together.

"We've been here before, Dohnaseek."

Using his hand to restrain Dohnaseek, Zenki's eyes met with the Fallen Angels own, who showed a fearful expression on his face.

"N-No..."

"You're not going anywhere. Dohnaseek, Azazel-san told me about you being let out of your cell, together with Freed. It was Kokabiel's doing, wasn't it?"

Dohnaseek's hands grabbed Zenki's own, attempting to pull him off.

But Zenki's grip remained firm.

He couldn't get him off.

He tried to even kick Zenki, but he didn't even seem to be bothered by it at all.

He remained calm and collected.

"Dohnaseek, Azazel-san told me this." He inhaled, and then explained. "If Dohnaseek wont come back willingly this time, then you have my permission to take care of him, permanently." Mimicking a voice like Azazel's Zenki's explanation came to an end. "So, what are you going to do? Azazel-san didn't make this choice easily after he told me the time Kokabiel let you out of prison, he gave you a chance after you had been captured. But you spat at his good will, and chose to follow other people, that are attempting to cause a lot of problems. Both you, and Freed."

"Freed?" Irina spoke up, moving closer as she grabbed a towel to cover up her body. "Freed Sellzen, you mean?"

"The very same. He's working with Kokabiel, isn't he Dohnaseek?"

Xenovia and Irina looked astonished.

They didn't know that Freed was also involved.

They only thought that it was Kokabiel.

Dohnaseek refused to speak.

He didn't look thrilled in the slightest.

"...That's not your concern."

"You have a choice now. Either choose to go back on your own free will, or I'm sorry but I'm gonna have to take care of you. I don't want to do this Dohnaseek, but I will if it means you're not going to attack innocent people again."

Dohnaseek's eyes began to shudder in fear.

His eyes were displaying hatred.

Zenki didn't give any emotions away.

He wouldn't give Dohnaseek any place to get one up on him.

"There's only certain ways to gain power..."

"Dohnaseek, you could have asked for help, for guidance. Azazel-san's a good leader, he's able to help people reach different potentials. You tried to kill Isane-san, now you tried to kill these girls. Because you also wished for power, and didn't care who got hurt to obtain it, right?"

"Tch...as if it matters."

Dohnaseek spat out hatefully.

His eyes filled with rage, and his light exploded around his body.

But Zenki managed to use his demonic power to suppress the light Dohnaseek erupted out with.

Dropping Dohnaseek down to the ground, Zenki placed his hand out before him.

"Is this what you've chosen?"

"I wont allow you to win! No matter what, I'll make sure you're destroyed!"

Dohnaseek shot off a bunch of steel feathers for Zenki's body.

But they all were annihilated out of existence, as green light began to spring out.

Dohnaseek in his panic summoned a blade of light, and swung it for the power that was releasing a dazzling light.

But the spear also disappeared into nothingness as well.

"N-No...stay away from me!"

Dohnaseek shuddered with his fear evident on his face.

He was clearly afraid right now.

Zenki's eyes turned towards the two Exorcist girls.

"...If you're squeamish, you might want to look away."

Irina and Xenovia didn't move their eyes, something Zenki did respect.

His green demonic power then came out, and went towards Dohnaseek.

"W-Wait, I can make a deal! You don't have to kill me!"

"I'm sorry."

Zenki's demonic power washed over Dohnaseek, destroying him in a single flash so he didn't suffer any pain, in the end, he was erased out of existence, never to be seen again.

Zenki sighed at his demise, then turned back to the others.

"You both okay?"

Irina nodded thankfully.

"Yes, we're okay! Thanks for the assist! He totally got the jump on us!"

"...It seems that we thought this area was protected, he must have slipped by our protection. That was our error, we wont mistake that again."

Zenki looked at the Church, and how open it truly was.

"I see, then I'll take my leave."

Xenovia pulled forward, Zenki noticing her wounds.

"How did you know we were in danger?"

"My Nekoshou's Senjutsu abilities can detect fights breaking out. Since it was only Dohnaseek, and my other peerage members are busy, I thought I'd be enough."

Xenovia believed that made sense to her.

But she still had questions upon questions.

But none were more pressing than a simple one.

"You came here...why?"

"Because this town is under my protection."

"Even with people from the Church?"

"As I've said, Church, Fallen Angels, Devils, all the same to me. I don't care either way. You're not my enemies..." Zenki's eyes met with Xenovia's. "...despite what happened." Xenovia furrowed her brows, turning to Irina. "It seems your friends wounded, can you take care of that?"

"Erm...I think so, but it might be a bit painful for a few days."

Zenki looked towards Xenovia.

"I could ask Asia-chan to heal that for you."

"...I wont be healed by a heresy Sacred Gear."

Zenki rolled his eyes.

"Suit yourself." Zenki snapped his fingers, and brought some kind of salve to his hand, tossing it to Irina. "Church approved healing salve. It's not as good as Asia-chan's Sacred Gear, nor Phoenix Tears, but it will help the healing process."

Irina looked down at the salve, and recalled a time in the Church when medics would use it.

"How did you...get this?"

Zenki thought back to Gabriel briefly, and how she had asked to make sure they were okay, and didn't die, this was one of those ways he'd make sure they'd be protected in Kuoh.

"Lets just say that I have connections." Zenki turned, and began to walk away. "This place is rather open, you might want to think about going to a different place, or beefing up your security around here so you can have a nice rest."

Irina fiddled with her fingers, seeing Xenovia's eyes.

She wasn't angry.

She wasn't fearful either.

It seemed as if she was just wondering why Zenki was doing this.

"Zenki-sama...thank you, for coming to save us. I know that we've had a strained relationship...but, you still came for us. Even more so, you saved Xenovia's life, thank you very much!"

Zenki gave a light smile, pulling out of his pocket some barrier seals that had some marks of holy coming from them, tossing it towards Irina.

"Church approved, that should help keep you safe for the night. And if not, will at least hold long enough to grab your weapons. No doubt, if you had them, Dohnaseek wouldn't have gotten very far with you guys."

"...Are you expecting a thank you? You're still a Devil, a Maou's son at that."

Xenovia demanded, as Irina murmured "Xenovia, don't..." but Zenki shook his head.

"I'm not looking for anything. I'm just making sure there's no needless death in this town." Zenki's eyes cast back towards Irina. "Be safe, Irina-san."

Irina's cheeks began to turn red at the velvety feeling of his voice.

It was soothing, and beautiful all mixed into one.

Xenovia also noticed that she was blushing, despite Zenki being a Devil.

Zenki then walked away from the building, Irina collapsed onto the floor, and placed a hand to her chest, while Xenovia looked towards her.

"He's a Devil Irina."

"I know he's a Devil!"

"Still, that means you can't do anything with him."

Irina crossed her eyes at Xenovia.

"I don't want to do anything with him!"

Xenovia didn't know if she believed her or not.

For now though, she was at least grateful that Zenki managed to save her life, and also help out.

She wondered…

Had she been wrong?

Was he a decent Devil?

It just didn't make sense to her.

Her mind was screaming, telling her that this was a facade, that this couldn't be real.

But her heart…

She wanted to believe that it was real, it wasn't fake.

Everything about what he did, wasn't malicious.

It wasn't for ulterior motives.

What would he even gain from saving their lives?

If he wanted Church girls in his group, he could easily kill them, and force the change.

Or he could have let Dohnaseek kill them, and then come afterwards, and turn them into his Devils.

"Irina..."

Irina looked back towards her.

"Yes?"

"That salve...is it really Church approved?"

Irina nodded, and showed it to her.

"Yup, I've had this on me before, it's the exact same as that time I was wounded."

Xenovia thought that maybe it was a trick.

But hearing Irina's words, she had to accept them, Irina wouldn't lie to her.

She took the salve, and began applying it to her wounds, while wondering more about Zenki…

Truly, what he was doing, she didn't know.

But, it seemed that for at least this time...there wasn't anything that could be seen as an ulterior motive, and had to admit that they'd be in a bind if he hadn't shown up.

The next morning, the time for them had come to depart.

Zenki, Vali, Arthur and Ravel were all looking towards the others. Arthur had decided to come, to see the place Excalibur Ruler had ended up, Vali because she wished for the fights, and Ravel, because of her skills at negotiating and supporting Zenki in these kind of endeavours.

"Don't worry Sir! Leave the protection of the Princess of Gremory and her group to me!"

Bova himself was stood proudly next to Rias, his arms behind his back.

"Right, I'll be counting on you Bova-kun."

Zenki said with a smile.

Koneko looked towards Kuroka, seeing that there was a huge smile that was on her face, showing something that she wasn't sure about.

"Onee-sama, why are you smiling like that?"

Kuroka continued to rock her grin, she didn't let it drop for even a moment.

"Because, with Zenki-chan and Vali-chan going, along with that adorable Phenex, that means a new person has to be picked to lead the peerage. And since I'm gonna be the strongest, that means I'm going to be the leader nyaaaa~"

Koneko sweat dropped, while Asia pulled forward towards Zenki.

"Zenki-san, everyone. Please be safe on your journey."

Zenki offered a kind smile.

"We'll be fine, don't worry about us. We'll only be gone a day, two at most."

Rias placed a hand to her chest, showcasing her smile that spread out around her.

"I hope so, I don't know how long I can last without sleeping next to you."

Akeno gave her a teasing stare, poking the right side of her cheek.

"Fufu, it seems that Buchou has become quite dependent on Zenki-kun's presence~"

Rias' cheeks puff out in a cute manner.

"Akeno...don't speak like that right now, I don't think I'll be able to take it..."

Zenki gave a soft smile to each of the girls.

"Until we're back, keep your eyes out, and make sure you're safe." Zenki began, looking towards Rias. "I'll be back soon Rias, until then I'll leave the town to you and Sona-san."

"Right, be safe, and come back in one piece."

"We'll try our best."

Kuroka continued to smirk, and waved her hand.

"Good journey Zenki-chan nyaaa~ I'm sure you'll be able to have a lot of fun times ahead~"

Ravel raised a brow at the smile Kuroka had, it was too mischievous for her liking.

"Alright, what's with the smile?"

"Nothing. Can't I smile nyaaa?"

Ravel gave suspicious eyes.

Something about the way that Kuroka looked, she wasn't believing that she was smiling for the sake of it.

"When you smile like that, it means you're attempting to do something."

Kuroka looked faux offended.

"I'm shocked, shocked to my very core that you'd think something like that!" Kuroka wagged her finger in an accusing manner towards Ravel, who remained cautious at the true intentions of the raven haired Nekoshou. "I thought you'd have some trust in me nyaaa."

Zenki gave her curious looks also, wondering where she was going with this.

"Okay, now that we're going, with Vali-chan and Ravel-chan also coming with me, my group..." Kuroka stepped forward, continuing her wild grin. "...Asia-chan while we're away-"

"What?!" Kuroka snapped, surprising the others. "B-But, I'm the strongest nyaaa! I thought that I'd be the one too...Z-Zenki-chan nyaaa...it's always been my dreams...to be the leader of the group...p-please..."

Zenki cocked his head.

He didn't think it would mean that much to her.

She never seemed to take interest in it before, she always seemed to be rather relaxed about day to day activities in the club.

Clearing his throat, Zenki began again.

"Kuroka-san, please let me finish." Kuroka nodded so he continued. "Asia-chan's in charge of the day to day activities, the peerage deals with various clients, together with Koneko-chan. Okay you two?" Koneko and Asia were content with that. "Kuroka-san, you're going to be in charge of my group if a battle occurs, whatever kind of battle happens, you've got the most experience in fighting between the remaining members of my group. Rias' gonna have her group of course, so please cooperate with her if something should happen."

"So, I'm in charge then?"

Kuroka smirked out, going towards the bewildered Ravel.

"Of the fighting then yes." Kuroka mentally cheered as Zenki turned to Yumi. "Very soon, it will be time to release the final child, so Tosca-san can be free."

Yumi's eyes filled with hope.

"T-Truly Zenki-kun?"

"Yes, it shouldn't be long now. Then Tosca-san and everyone can live peacefully. Remember that Yumi-chan, if anything should happen, just remember your former, and new comrades are all with you."

Yumi nodded strongly.

"Yes, I'll remember Zenki-kun!"

Zenki was glad that she had something to look forward to, that she didn't have to only think about negative stuff.

His eyes then turned to Le Fay.

"Also Le Fay-san, while we're away, could you also support my group with your magic?"

"Yes, leave it to me Zenki-sama! I shall do my best!"

"Thank you...then, I guess this is it. Be safe, and we'll see you soon."

Zenki pulled back with the others, and allowed the teleportation circle to appear on the ground. The light shined dazzlingly, almost too bright for some of the people around. The girls began saying their goodbyes to the others, Le Fay saying goodbye to her elder brother also, and Bova promising to keep Rias and the others safe, which Zenki did appreciate.

Then with a flash, they disappeared, leaving the others behind.

They arrived in a different part of the world, some place that was secluded, cut off. Ravel, and Arthur scanned the area with their eyes, while Zenki placed his hands on his hips, his eyes going towards the blue sky.

With trees surrounding them, it was difficult making out the sky above, but through the leaves, beams of line shone down, and illuminated the otherwise darkened area, Vali guessed that it was some kind of forest or jungle.

"Hey, at least it isn't raining."

Zenki chortled out, Ravel sharing a laugh with her King.

"This is the middle of nowhere."

Vali retorted, Zenki nodding.

"It's the closest that I could get. The people that live here forbade teleportation directly to their home base, or their territory. To respect that, I have to make sure that we go through the proper procedures, and walk there from the edge of their borders. Don't worry, they're mostly peaceful anyway, these adorable little Fairy-chan's~"

Ravel smiled, snapping her fingers, and changed her outfit into one that was a hiking like outfit. Brown jacket, and boots, Zenki did the same and allowed his clothes to match Ravel's own, Vali remained in her normal outfit and Arthur did the same thing.

Arthur pulled out his sword, and held it to his side.

"Then, shall we proceed?"

Arthur seemed to wish to hurry, with Zenki understanding the reasons why.

"Don't worry about Le Fay-san, she'll be alright."

Arthur pushed his glasses up his face, and remained stoic.

"I know, I simply wish to see the Excalibur Ruler, it's been something of a mystery for me for many years."

Zenki could hear the slight excitement in his voice.

Being a Pendragon, it probably was something Arthur was excited about.

Even Zenki had to admit that he wanted to see the legendary blade.

"I know what you mean." Zenki began, as they pulled through the jungle like area they happened to be in. "Still, it shouldn't be that bad until we get back. If Kokabiel shows his face, Kuroka-sans power is great, plus with my other peerage members backing her, and for good measure, Rias' along with Bova-kun too. He isn't weak, I'd consider him a good deal of power within him, he is Tannin-sans son after all."

Arthur could accept that, he was glad that Zenki had taken some good precautions.

"Still, this kind of forest...you can feel it in the air, the dense magical protection."

"It's like a magic net." Vali responded to Ravel's doubt. "The Fairy's here are cautious, and have cast the net all over the forest. Isn't that right Zenki?"

"Yes, it's to detect any sudden entrance without their authorization. I've heard Fairy's are mostly peaceful beings. But they also aren't the strongest, but their magic is pretty strong in of itself. It would be a unique chance for us to study this kind of spell, and see if they'd allow us to study any other magic. I'm hoping to also bring some stuff back for the others."

"Like souvenirs?"

Ravel questioned, Zenki nodded.

"I thought it would be nice, since they can't come with us, due to the whole Kokabiel incident and all that stuff going on."

"Makes sense...maybe Kuroka-sama could get a ball to play with..." Arthur raised an eyebrow. "It's the Neko thing, she really likes playing with balls..." Vali's lips rose into a smirk. "I-I didn't mean it like that!"

"I'm sure you didn't Ravel, but she still does like playing with...balls."

Vali's eyes went towards Zenki's hips, and continued to smirk, something that Zenki gave a bemused look at.

"Vali-chan, you can't fight the Fairy's, okay?"

"...Fine, I'm sure they'd not be any challenge anyway."

"Nope, but when we get to our destination, we might even have to fight something powerful!"

"Powerful huh..."

Zenki and the others looked towards Vali who stroked her chin in wonder.

They continued walking forward, drinking in the sights around them.

While they did walk quickly, they didn't want to cause any problems with the Fairy's, so they also remained cautious, but also, they just enjoyed the sights around them. It wasn't everyday they came to a forest like this.

A few hours after Zenki and the others had gone, Isane had gathered a group of Koneko, Le Fay and Yumi together. She looked between all of them, each of them seemed to be unsure of what was actually happening.

"Isane-san...why have you called us together?"

Le Fay was the one to finally ask it, so she explained.

"Well, ya know...it's to do with the Excalibur's and all. I've been thinking and...yeah, why don't we work together with the Exorcist girls, find out what they know about the location of Excalibur's, and see if we can negotiate to grab one and destroy it." Her eyes landed on Yumi who didn't look particularly thrilled by the idea. "I get it, you don't want to deal with the Exorcists after what they've said...I don't think they're on my priories list either. But listen to me...we can do both. We can get Excalibur and destroy one, while also trying to keep the peace between the factions."

Koneko raised an eyebrow, looking around at the different people present.

"...It seems you haven't informed the King's of the peerages."

"Y-Yeah...can't do that. They have...duties, and stuff..."

"They couldn't get involved." Le Fay began. "They've got their hands tied behind their backs here, and can't move without seriously threatening the factions peace. But for people like us...I think that we'd be able to keep going forward together."

Koneko looked towards Yumi, seeing complicated feelings on her face.

Then looked towards Isane, seeing her determined face.

"...You want us to find Excalibur...so, Yumi-senpai can have peace of mind...don't you?"

Isane nodded strongly.

"Exactly! I just want things to go back to normal, and for us all to be happy. If that's dealing with the Exorcists...then we can get the job done quicker. I'm sure that Zenki-kun...if he could, would also do everything he could to make sure that we'd get Excalibur. Even now, he's gone to try and secure an Excalibur, we should try too!"

Yumi looked between each of them.

Le Fay seemed willing, as did Koneko.

Isane was the one putting it together, so she was willing too.

"...You girls...even though I've been difficult in the past few days...if this is the best way to go about it..."

Yumi inclined her neck in agreement a single time, which gave Isane the incentive to smile.

"Right! First, lets find the Exorcists!"

Koneko exhaled, and allowed her cat ears to come out, and they began twitching.

"Nyan...I'll find them quick."

"Haha, it seems that we'll find them quickly with our neko loli!"

"...But, I feel uneasy with the Exorcists. What they said about Zenki-senpai...I can't forgive them for life until the moment Zenki-senpai forgives them, the same for Asia-senpai. Until they can...I wont forgive them and will dislike them."

Le Fay winced at the tone.

"Yes...that does seem to make sense for someone so loyal like you Koneko-sama."

Koneko continued using Senjutsu, and within a minute, she turned her neck right.

"...I've found them, this way."

Koneko began walking forward, with Le Fay and Yumi following. Isane looked proud of what happened, and gave herself a silent cheer within her mind, before running up after them.

About five minutes of walking across the town, they found them on a street corner, with Irina clutching her stomach, and Xenovia not looking pleased in the slightest.

"It's because of you we don't have any money."

Irina's eyes shot for Xenovia, devastated.

"W-What? How is it my fault?"

"Because you didn't have to buy that painting. I mean, who is that supposed to be?"

Xenovia pointed at a painting of a saint that was drawn really badly.

"This painting has the drawing of someone who looks like a saint! That's what the person in the exhibition said as well!"

"Then do you know who the person in the drawing is? I certainly don't."

"…I think it's…Saint…Peter…?"

Irina didn't sound sure, and the others could see why as well.

"Don't mess around. Saint Peter wouldn't look like this."

"No, he must have looked like this! I'm sure about it!"

"It isn't, and now we're hungry."

"Well, if you didn't go all blade slashing without thinking towards the Devils, then we could have at least asked for some place they could point us for some charity. Now we're going to be starving to death. We can't even find enough for a loaf of bread."

"I did what was right by my religion."

Xenovia countered, Irina scowled right back.

"Even so, there are ways to put your thoughts without threatening to kill a Maou-sama's son, and his Bishop! We could've at least remained on good terms...but, now it would be difficult. Maybe I could ring Zenki-sama and explain our situation and he could help us...he did help us out yesterday with the Fallen Angels..."

Xenovia's stomach rumbled even more, feeling slightly sick.

"...Alright, maybe we could just ask if there's any place we could have food."

Koneko's face took a dip.

"...She changed her tune when food was brought onto the table."

"Hunger can make you do anything if you're hungry enough." Le Fay added, cocking her head to Yumi who kept glaring at the girls. "Yumi-sama, maybe it would be best if we met them first and you came in later? We have to agree to good terms with them."

"Thank you for the concern, but I'm fine. I...I need to be there."

"That's better than Saji. I asked him to come, but he cried on the phone, and told me that Kaichou was currently stopping him...it seems that he had already done something wrong and is being punished. Fufu, being punished by Zenki-kun must be thrilling~"

Isane's face burned red, her eyes turned lewder, and she made grabbing motions with her hands going forward. Koneko sighed, and began walking forward, knowing that this wasn't going anywhere and they had to move quickly.

Going to the girls, Koneko stood before them.

Xenovia looked up, seeing the cold eyes of Koneko looking down.

"If you want to fight, it will have to wait. I'm hungry right now...I can't fight anything."

"...No, I came to offer you food."

Irina jumped up, and hugged Koneko, who winced when feeling her cross touching her.

"Sorry~" Irina apologized, pulling away. "Are you really going to feed us? Is it the will of the Lord?"

"God didn't guide us, we came here to make a deal. Listen to what we have to say, and you get the meal free."

Koneko said while looking between them both.

The girls looked to one another, ultimately agreeing and began walking together with Koneko. Le Fay placed a hand on top of Isane's own, drawing her attention.

"Isane-sama, lets make sure that Yumi-sama doesn't get too angry, okay?"

"Yeah, good thinking."

With that, they took off to get some food.

Meanwhile, Zenki's group had been walking for a number of hours through the dense jungle like area, with Ravel breathing out of her nose.

"How much longer Zenki-sama?"

"It shouldn't be long now, they said to me when we can see a large tree that's releasing waves of power, then all we had to do is touch it, and we'd be transported to their area. They said they'd leave it on for us to easily see it."

"Good, because I want to fight something."

Vali said it while folding her arms.

Zenki gave a light hearted smile, as they continued forward.

Nearly the area they were supposed to go, Zenki saw something coming down from the sky.

Placing his hand out, he rose a barrier, just in time for a beast with a large axe to come down to try and cut them in half. Vali's eyes meeting the beasts own, showing a willingness to fight, and demanded "Drop the barrier." to Zenki, who shrugged, and did just that.

Vali stepped forward as the creature twirled their axe around.

"Friends of Fairy's are my enemies! Come up against me, and I shall fight you!"

Vali raised an eyebrow.

"How peculiar you are. My name is Vali, if you wish to do battle, then you come and fight me."

The creature, Zenki guessed it was a Minotaur, based on the bulk and size of the body, though some details were missing, some of their signature details.

"It seems that this creature has seen a few battles."

Arthur surmised, Zenki agreeing with a nodding head.

"Though, I can feel the power from here, it seems pretty alright. Nothing that we have to be concerned about though. Vali-chan should be able to handle this pretty easily."

As he said it, Vali thrusted a hand out, offering her fingers, and then did the 'come get me' gesture. So the Minotaur brought up his axe, and shot for Vali in a good speed. All of them could see the movements though, and Vali simply side stepped to avoid the giant axe, allowing Vali to raise her hand up to the creature.

Her hand filled with demonic power, creating a sphere of silver aura, and then shot it forward in a strong burst. The burst erupted the ground around her, the strength of her shot could easily wound a High Class Devil, Zenki noticing that she was taking it casually. If it was serious, then the Minotaur didn't have a chance.

The Minotaur raised his axe, and tanked Vali's shot, to the best of that persons ability.

The axe gained a large crack, something Vali raised a brow at.

"So, you're channeling some Touki, it's made me more interested."

True to her words, a thin layer of Touki ran across the Minotaur's body.

Raising the axe, the Minotaur swung it down, unleashing a thin wave of Touki for Vali.

Vali cupped her hands together, lacing it with demonic power, then thrust her hand forward, catching the blade of Touki, swinging out her hand, and forced it to shoot into the sky, the Minotaur's face curled downwards.

"B-But, that was my strongest attack!"

"Sorry, but you can't currently win. I'll have to fight seriously now."

With that, the fight ended in a single moment.

Vali used her incredible speed to shoot forward, embedding a fist deeply into the torso of the Minotaur's body, his eyes shot out and let out a strained voice, before falling down to the ground, his face having turned pale white.

Vali looked at the beast, then raised her head.

"Keep training, perhaps you could fight me again."

Zenki looked at the Minotaur, seeing that he was alright, just falling unconscious, then stepped over the creature.

"Good work Vali-chan."

"Yes, it seems you won quite quickly Vali-sama."

Ravel raised, Arthur just gave an acknowledged nod, as they continued walking forward.

Eventually, they found the tree that they needed to.

"Aah, there we are."

Ravel stood beside Zenki, moving closer and closer.

"Zenki-sama, this is really the place?"

"Seems so, I can feel power coming from the tree, can you?"

Ravel overlooked the tree, then nodded.

"I think that I can."

"Great, then lets get going!"

Zenki cheered, and walked to the tree.

Tapping on it, he vanished from sight, Ravel's eyes bulging open.

"Ooh Maou-sama! He disappeared!"

"Yeah, that's what he said Ravel."

Ravel turned her eyes to Vali with annoyance.

"I didn't think it would be as if he faded out of existence. I thought it would be more...teleporting like us...either way, lets get going. Zenki-sama will need us beside him."

Ravel and the others placed their hands on the tree, disappearing away from that place...

Later on, they managed to get into a restaurant, and ordered a good deal of food. Irina and Xenovia chowed down, while making a good deal of noise. Le Fay and Koneko kept their heads down when seeing people looking towards them.

Isane was glad that Zenki left them with funds in case they'd need it. Koneko wondered how much Zenki was involved, but Isane refused to say anything about it. Though, she took a good guess that Zenki probably was behind the plan Isane had, if only to give Yumi some peace of mind and make sure that she didn't stray from the group.

Xenovia placed a hand on her stomach, releasing a happy breath.

"Phew. Now I'm calm. It's the end of the world to get helped by a Devil."

"Hey. We are treating you to food and that's what you say?"

Isane tapped her foot as she said it, not allowing Xenovia to get away with anything like that.

Irina leaned back, and kissed the cross dangling from her neck.

"It's thanks to the lord that this has happened~" She did a small prayer, something that caused the Devils to feel pain, so she retracted her cross. "Sorry, I didn't mean to do that again. It's a force of habit, you know?"

Isane waved her hand, looking towards her chest, Irina's face curling down as she crossed her arms across her bust.

Xenovia, seeing that, leaned forward, her elbows on the desk.

"So, why did you come to us?"

Yumi's eyes met with Xenovia's, the feeling of anger was beginning to flood her, so Koneko stepped up and spoke instead.

"We want to destroy an Excalibur."

At that, they both looked baffled, glancing between the pair of them.

Le Fay then clarified.

"Excalibur, at its core, can be repaired again even if the blade is destroyed. If a single fragment remains, the blade can be brought back. What we're asking is that we...are allowed to help you guys out, and destroy the blade. I mean, it's better than allowing the Fallen Angels have that blade, right?"

Xenovia thought about it for a few moments, ultimately she sighed.

"While it pains me to think about it...being with Devils, is a bad thing for us Church followers. However, I have to acknowledge that after our battle, Yumi Kiba, I might not be up to the task of fighting Kokabiel by myself, even with our secret weapon. So, procuring Excalibur and allowing one of you guys to destroy it, would be fine. Though make sure your identities aren't revealed, we can't have our higher ups know about this, the same for our enemies."

Irina looked torn on what to do.

What to say.

She looked back towards Koneko and the others.

"Certainly...this is a unique situation, but you were the ones that nearly turned down offers of food for them...now you're okay with this?"

At the doubts of Irina, Xenovia pursed her lips, and articulated her thoughts.

"The minimum objectives we have to achieve are destroying the three Excalibur's or take them back. If our Excalibur's are going to be stolen as well then we should break them before it happens. Even if we use the last resort, there's only a 30 percent chance that we will succeed in our mission and return home safely. I...hate admitting it, but that Devil...Zenki was right in what he said. The two of us are targets right now...if we have our Excalibur's stolen..."

"...Yes, I realized it also. Zenki-sama was probably right...but you're really okay with it?"

"I'm flexible with my beliefs, and can admit when I've been wrong. Maybe this would be good."

"You! I have been thinking about it for a long time, but your faith is a bit weird!"

"I won't deny it. But I think that it's our duty to accomplish our mission and return safely. I'm going to live and continue fighting for God. Am I wrong?"

"…You are not wrong. But..."

"Still, they're servants of people related to the Maou, I think it would be okay this time."

Koneko looked between the two of them, her eyes focusing on Xenovia who gave a curious look back.

"...To be honest, I don't like you." Koneko shot at Xenovia who remained stone faced, allowing Koneko to continue. "...When you spoke to Zenki-senpai like that...to Asia-senpai like that...I was angry. But...I also knew my anger...would only cause problems. so...I kept it to myself...but, I have to tell you straight that I am...I am not happy with you." She briefly looked at Irina. "I'm okay with you, Zenki-senpai told us about your conversation on the phone." Irina lightly smiled as Xenovia frowned, while Koneko turned back towards her. "But...my personal feelings wont stop me from cooperating with you."

Koneko thought for sure that Xenovia would at least have an outburst, or she'd attempt to be angry with the young cat girl.

But to her astonishment, it seemed as if Xenovia was perfectly alright with her.

"I see, then I shall also take in that comment, and think about it."

Irina also looked bewildered that Xenovia didn't have an outburst, or she didn't say anything negative.

She probably knew that even if she did, it wouldn't accomplish anything, such as when they were in the Occult Research Clubroom.

Yumi looked between them all, before finally speaking, having kept her calm all this time. But there was something she had to speak about.

"To be honest...I feel uneasy with this as well. To hear your permission is difficult for me to think about."

Xenovia shot a look for Yumi, who did the same thing.

Sparks of animosity went between their eyes, their faces kept twisting into annoyed looking ones.

"I heard...about what happened with the Holy Sword Project." She confessed, to the surprise of Yumi. "I did some research, after speaking to Zenki-kun about it...and I heard some stuff from your King as well."

"I see...and what did you find out?"

"It's true that I heard about the results of the experiments, how people like me can wield Holy Swords..."

"Do you know what they did to us?" Yumi began, seeing Isane and the others giving concerned looks. "Thanks to those experiments, a good number of my comrades were killed, because they were deemed as failures."

"That incident also became one of the worst cases among us and people felt disgusted about it. The person in charge of that project at that time was said to have a problem with his belief. So he was charged with heresy. Now he's one of those people on the Fallen Angels side."

Irina said, knowing more about the situation now than before.

Yumi became interested, she hadn't found out about this.

"On the Fallen Angel's side? What's the name of that person?"

Xenovia inhaled slowly, then revealed it to the others.

"…Valper Galilei. The man who is called the Genocide Archbishop."

Hearing that name, Yumi was filled with anger.

Le Fay could see that she was becoming more agitated, so she continued on.

"Is there reason to believe that Valper Galilei is involved in the situation we're currently in?"

Irina shrugged.

"It's a possibility, it would make sense that the man studying Excalibur, would be involved in this as well. I can't be entirely sure if this is the case or not, but it's very likely. But we can be sure of one thing." Irina looked at the others, before continuing. "Freed Sellzen is also most likely involved."

"Freed...Sellzen?"

Isane murmured, briefly recalling that person who was with the Fallen Angels back when she was a human.

Irina then continued on.

"Freed Sellzen. Former exorcist of the Vatican. The genius who became an exorcist at the age of 13. He had lots of big achievements because he kept on eliminating Devils and mystical beasts."

Xenovia nodded, and added her own thoughts on.

"But he overdid it. He even killed his allies. Freed never had any beliefs towards our God from the start. The only thing he had was fighting instinct and killing intent towards monsters. And an abnormal obsession for battles. It was a matter of time that he'd be charged for heresy."

Isane thought that they'd be done with Freed.

But now that he was escaped, and ready to attack them again, it definitely wasn't going to be a pleasant experience.

"Anyway's, let's move onto the cooperation strategy." Xenovia took out a pen and used it to write on a memo pad, writing down her number. "If something happens, call this number."

"Thanks. About our number, do you guys..."

"We already received your number through Zenki-sama."

Irina said with a peppy smile, Koneko's eyes went towards Isane who gave a small little laughter.

Xenovia then stood up, facing each of the people that were stationed there.

"Then that's it. I'll repay you for the meal another time."

"Thanks everyone! I'm sure that things will work out quite well if we work together!"

Irina gave a wink, and then she along with Xenovia left the area.

It seemed that everything was a success, which Isane was thankful for. Le Fay also was thankful, and looked towards the others.

"Yumi-sama, it seems that we've achieved a plan of attack now. With Kokabiel, and Freed, and possibly this Valper as our opponents, I think we have a good chance of pulling off some successes, wouldn't you agree?"

Yumi fidgeted with the skirt she wore, trying to compose her thoughts.

"...To be honest, I'm just astonished that everyone cares about me so much...even people from different groups...it's surprising."

Isane lightly tapped the back of Yumi's head.

"Don't be stupid. Even if we're from different groups, we're comrades. We're friends...we're even harem sisters together~" Koneko shook her head in annoyance with Isane who showed a gleeful smile. "But most of all, I didn't want you to go off on your own. Zenki-kun would be depressed if his Knight disappeared while he was away."

"Yes...I see, Isane-san...thank you for helping me out."

"It's not just her." Le Fay added in. "We also will help out, in anyway that we can. We all want to make sure you don't go away...trust me, I know a few things about people going away. My Onii-sama...I almost lost him once, to that Shinji guy...he kidnapped him, and turned him into a puppet...I don't want anyone to ever lose someone like that again..."

Touched by Le Fay's words, Yumi's hand wrapped around the smaller girls own hand.

"Le Fay-san, don't worry. I wont be going anywhere...I couldn't after seeing the dedication everyone's put in to helping me. Even Zenki-kun."

Isane's face sweated.

"E-Eh? Zenki-kun had no involvement! He doesn't know anything we're doing!"

Yumi could see that she was lying, so she simply smiled.

"Alright then, if you say so."

Isane let out a little laugh, she seemed rather nervous that Yumi would figure it out, unaware that Yumi, Koneko and Le Fay also were quite aware of what was currently happening, Isane made it quite obvious but decided to not say anything about it.

"...Yumi-senpai." Koneko spoke up, catching her attention. "I'd...be lonely if you disappeared...so, despite me not liking Xenovia...I will also help you, and make sure your dreams...are able to come true..and you can get your revenge...but, without leaving the group. ...I really like...our family unit. Zenki-senpai...Asia-senpai...Yumi-senpai...Onee-sama...Vali-senpai, and even Ravel-san...I don't want us to ever split apart..."

Her appeal was rather beautiful in Isane's eyes.

Even Yumi was captivated by it, and couldn't help but smile gently at the sight before her.

"Heeeeh...don't worry Koneko-chan. If even you are speaking like this, then there's nothing I can do but follow everyone else. I know what my goals are now...my true enemy, Valper...but we'll definitely have to pull together to achieve victory."

"Then, the Excalibur Extermination Team, has formed!"

Le Fay cheered, Koneko raising a brow.

"...That's our name? I thought...we'd go with Excalibur Destruction Squad."

"Either way, we've got the objective of destroying Excalibur! We can do it, I'm sure that we can!"

Le Fay's words brought inspiration to Isane, who grinned from ear to ear.

"And while we're here, lets all pledge to sleep with Zenki-kun!" All three of them gave strange looks to Isane, who chuckled awkwardly. "Well...we'll all sleep with him eventually, I'm sure that we would do~ But yeah, we've come together, Excalibur stands no chance against us now!"

Yumi smiled at the camaraderie that they all had.

How they were standing behind her, beside her, and in front of her...to give her the peace that she had been waiting for, for so long.

Yumi, felt at ease with everyone around her…

It felt good to finally be on the path to get the Excalibur that she hated.

This time, she'd do it with the friends, and loved ones she had made over her time with Zenki and the others.

Meanwhile, Zenki and the others ended up in the land of the Fairy's.

This particular area was filled with small houses, and it was sparkling like it was made out of glitter.

The roads were shiny, and gold in colour, the air itself seemed to be twinkling. It was dazzling for all of the group that had arrived.

Ravel placed her hands together, and looked overjoyed.

"It's so pretty..."

"Yes, it's quite amazing to look at it."

Zenki retorted, as Vali noticed something coming.

"The Fairy's are here."

Zenki looked in that direction, and saw a number of small Fairy's flying towards them.

Zenki's smile brightened up, as the Fairy's fluttered all around them.

Ravel lightly blushed as some of the Fairy males called her "Pretty Phenex." and Vali looked rather amused, Arthur remained rather calm despite the beautiful sights around them.

"They're so adorable Zenki-sama, I wish we could take them home and cuddle them for a long time~ Asia-sama would love these Fairy's~ Even Le Fay-sama would also love these adorable Fairy's as well~"

She giggled out, as some Fairy's played with her hair, and giddily floated around her.

"I know, to study Fairy's up close would be the best~ Plus, their magic...so amazing~ I'd even call it divine if I wasn't a Devil~"

Zenki agreed, while Vali coughed into her hand.

"Fairy's, allow us passage to the place we wish to go."

Zenki gave Vali a bemused look, seeing her cutting to the chase of things.

The Fairy's mumbled about Vali, saying things like "She's in a hurry." and "She's scary." while Arthur pulled forward.

"Sorry to cut this short, but we have some people waiting for us to return. Next time, we'll compensate for our...lack of time with a gift."

Zenki's eyes cast towards Arthur, and cocked his head, as an elderly Fairy came shooting out.

He seemed to be the leader of the group of Fairy's.

"Which one of you is Zenki, the son of Ajuka?"

Zenki raised his hand.

"That would be me."

The elderly Fairy shot for Zenki's body. Flying to his face, he stopped just short of the young man's face, his eyes meeting with his own.

"So, you're the famed son of two Beelzebub's, one of old, and one of new."

"Yeah, that's me alright~ So, Grand Elder, may we have passage into your territory?" Zenki placed his hand out, and summoned some documents. "Here, as we agreed."

Arthur leaned towards Ravel.

"What did he give them?"

Ravel smiled and then explained.

"The Fairy's are beings that have pretty good hearts, but also these particular Fairy's are ones that love different types of foods from across the different factions. So, Zenki-sama has provided them some top quality cuisines from the Underworld. He also asked me to gain some from other races such as Youkai and other places."

"I see...and that will help us gain passage?"

Ravel nodded slowly, she seemed alright with that.

"They're pretty peaceful, so I'd say yes."

As their conversation came to a close, the elder Fairy seemed content.

"Then, you may go through our territory to gain passage to the location you would like to go. However, I must warn you, the place you're heading, is filled with dangerous creatures. It wont be easy."

"Yes, I understand Sir. Thank you very much."

"Then, safe journey."

The elder Fairy bows his head, and flutters back, as Zenki turns to Vali.

"Hear that Vali-chan? Dangerous, it might mean we will have to fight strong opponents~"

"That's what I'm counting on."

Zenki pulls the others together.

"Right, we go through this territory...the easiest I'd say in negotiating. It was either this way, or going through...yeah, some nasty guys, who would probably attack us. So I thought this way would be best."

"So, where do we go?"

Zenki's face grew into a large smile, he was showing a grin that sent shivers through Vali's spine, in the good sense, knowing that smile meant it was going to be a rather fun and interesting fight.

"We go through the territory here, there's a passage through the ocean. It only has two entry ways, and both territories are occupied by warring magical people. So, we went through the more peaceful entryway."

"Through the ocean?" Arthur raised a brow. "We're going under the sea?"

"Under the sea indeed~ I've heard there's strong Kraken's guarding the passage~"

Vali's lips rose into a satisfied smirk.

"Kraken's is it? I haven't fought one of them before, so this might be interesting."

"Exactly. The reason why no one's been able to find Excalibur Ruler is because it was taken under the sea a long time ago, and guarded by various magic's and creatures. Kraken's is just one of them, I'm not even sure about the others. Maybe we'll find out when we get there. But yeah, we follow the coordinates, and go deeper into the ocean."

Ravel cocked her head.

"Zenki-sama, I presume you've got some magic for us to actually be under water and for us to breathe."

"Indeed, I do. It's a pretty common magic that most use to get around under water. Minimal amount of power required."

Arthur folded his arms.

"Excalibur Ruler...I wonder what else is down there..."

"From my understanding, there's apparently a number of stuff down there, valuable, either in money wise, or personal wise to the person who took Excalibur Ruler. The person that put Excalibur down there hasn't visited in many years and probably has died by now, since it was a human who excelled in magic's according to the Fairies. The human used to bring all sorts of stuff down into the ocean. There could be magical items down there beyond Excalibur, spells, or even different types of rare items. Either way, with the four of us together, I'm sure we'll be able to go through it, and make it to the place the blade is within a few hours. Of course, we have to be on the lookout for any traps and other things that might show up."

Ravel looked towards Zenki, seeing his face curling into a strong smile.

He was determined.

She also wanted to be as determined.

"Zenki-sama, I'm sure we'll accomplish this! Whatever's down there, lets retrieve it!"

Ravel seemed pumped, even Zenki had to admit that he was also.

"Exactly right Ravel-chan! Good attitude! If everyone's ready, it's time to go under the sea!"

Arthur looked bemused, Vali looked prepared for a fight, Ravel seemed interested in what was going to happen, and finally Zenki himself was waiting for what was going to happen next.

End chapter!

So Zenki and the others have begun their quest to gain Excalibur Ruler.

Dohnaseek made a brief come back, after the end of last chapter, and attempted to kill both Irina and Xenovia. Despite his best efforts, he couldn't wound them enough before Zenki came, and managed to take him down for good.

After saying goodbye to Rias and the others, Zenki's group went off to go and meet the fairies, all the while Vali taking down a Minotaur without much trouble.

Meanwhile, Isane rallied together a few people and formed the Excalibur team, with Irina and Xenovia agreeing, after the events of what had happened, Irina trusting them thanks to her conversations with Zenki and Xenovia also believed it would be best after her fight with Yumi showed she still had some way to go.

Now Zenki and the others are going to unknown parts of the ocean, and perhaps might find something useful beyond Excalibur Ruler.

Well, until next time, thanks for reading!

Zenki's Peerage.

Queen; Vali.

Bishops; Asia, Ingvild (mutation).

Rooks; Koneko, Xenovia.

Knights; Arthur, Yumi.

Pawns; Ravel (2 pieces), Kuroka (3 pieces), Le Fay (2 pieces), Elmenhilde (1 piece).

Zenki; Asia, Koneko, Ravel, Kuroka, Vali (fem), Serafall, Kunou, Le Fay, Xenovia, Yumi, Rias, Isane, Akeno, Irina, Rossweisse, Ingvild, Ophis, Elmenhilde.