The start of a new arc?...

It's been 3 weeks since that day, 3 weeks since Kyron sacrificed himself to save me, the rest of Rias' peerage and Sona's peerage. It had taken this long but I –Issei Hyoudou, was finally getting over his sacrifice. It's not that I had forgotten about it, in fact, that's the last thing I want to do, but rather, I came to terms with it. We may have only known Kyron for a few weeks, possibly even less, but the impact he had made on us was enough to put all of us in distraught for 3 whole weeks. But I had decided that it was finally time to move on. Kyron is never coming back, but his soul, his resolve and his ideals will live on in all of us. Upon entering the boundaries of the newly restored Kuoh Academy that Tuesday morning by myself, I was met with a double fist to the face by my friends Matsuda and Motohama.

"Hey man! Where the hell have you been these past few days!?"

"Yeah! And why aren't you entering the school with a bunch of busty babes at your side like normal!?"

Ah yes, they were as jealous as ever. As much as that double punch hurt, it was such a refreshing feeling to be back at Kuoh again. After the incident with the invincible Freed, like seriously, that guy needs to learn to stay dead, the school was blown to smithereens and it took Sirzechs almost a whole month to get it restored to it's former glory. It was also lucky that Sona and Tsubaki managed to alter the memories of all non-supernatural students to believe that it was just a simple terrorist attack (excluding Kiryuu of course, the geniuses known as the Church trio decided to go and let out all our damn secrets to her, which she took surprisingly well.)

"I just decided to be extra early for my first day at the new and improved Kuoh Academy! Nothing wrong with that, right? I mean, that's why you guys are early as well, right?"

I said cheerfully. After they replied with silence I immediately remembered something.

"Oh crap! I totally forgot! The kendo club have early practice on Tuesday mornings!"

My mind was so distracted by being at school again that I forgot to be my perverted self.

"Took you long enough to realise!"

"I was starting to think that you had abandoned perversion for a new hobby over the temporary break. But to my relief, your mind was just somewhere else just like normal."

My friends teased, which made me chuckle.

"Me? Not perverted? You really were dropped as a baby, weren't you!"

I came back, Motohama howled with laughter while Matsuda clenched his fist in anger at my reply.

"It doesn't matter, if we stay here bickering then we'll miss out on watching the kendo girls in the changing room. I call a temporary truce."

"I agree, now let's hurry up and get there."

I said as the three of us bolted towards to kendo club building. However, I was oblivious to the fact that someone was actually watching me. Not from a distance, but from a glass ball in the middle of a spacious room.

"So this is the legendary Sekiryuutei who managed to befriend Great Red? He's nothing but a puny school boy. Oh well, that just makes my job easier."

A dark figure walked away from the crystal ball and look at an image on a wall.

"Your time will soon come, Great Red. I will make you come out of your hiding place sooner or later."

Me and my two perverted friends arrived at a certain location behind one of the kendo club's changing rooms. During a summer break 2 years ago, back before I turned into a devil, I was on my way to make a hole in this wall so I could see the kendo girls in their bra's. However, when I arrived, there were two people already there who where already making a hole to look through, at first when they noticed me, they ran away in fear of getting told off or hit. So I decided to stay and use the hole they that had already created to get a good long look all to myself. A few minutes later, I heard voices behind me. It was the two from before, so I introduced myself to them and vice versa. Their names where Matsuda and Motohama, they also attended Kuoh Academy and, best of all, they were hardcore perverts. Needless to say, the three of us became friends immediately. When we arrived at the kendo club building at the usual spot, we immediately heard talking.

"Gossiping you think?"

"They're probably talking about which one of us they'd rather have sex with."

Matsuda and Motohama were fantasizing about what glorious words were being spoken in the girls changing room. I on the other hand…

"Shush! I'm trying to listen!"

I said in a whisper-like shout. I put my ear up to the tiny hole and listened hard.

"Hey, have you guys heard the rumour about the four symbols?"

"No I haven't, care to explain?"

"Yeah! Tell us."

"Apparently, there's been this story going around that some people are trying to resurrect the four symbols."

"But what are the four symbols?"

"Seriously? Do you even listen in our History lessons? The four symbols are mythological creatures that have been said to exist an unimaginable time ago. First, there's Byakko, the White Tiger God, Guardian of the West. Then there's Suzaku, the Vermillion Bird God, Guardian of the South. After that, there's Seiryu, the Azure Dragon God, guardian of the East. Lastly, there's Genbu, the Black Turtle God, Guardian of the North."

"Wow, that's amazing!"

"Yeah! Totally awesome!"

"The rumour is that a group of people are trying to revive the Vermillion Bird God and the Azure Dragon God. But I think it's a load of rubbish. How do you even begin to revive an ancient legend that might not even be real."

"Probably, but it still sounds pretty cool!"

"Yeah, whoever it is out there that keeps creating these urban legends is steeping up their game big time."

After that, the talking faded away as the girls left the changing room. While Matsuda and Motohama drooled at the images that they had saved into their mental folders of naked girls, my mind couldn't help but ponder about what they were talking about. Of course, I had already saved those images into my mental naked girl folder as well, but I was also intrigued by their conversation.

"Man, I don't know what they were talking about but damn were those some tig bitties!"

"Tig bitties for the win bro!"

All of a sudden, Murayama and Katase came screaming around the corner. They had their uniforms back on but they hadn't put away their kendo sticks.

"Ha! I told you I could hear them."

"When will you three perverts learn to take a hike!"

The perverted trio tried to run away but the sound of kendo sticks hitting their skin resonated throughout the school grounds.

...Or a premonition of the end? A new arc makes itself known the story. What new and dangerous adventure await the Gremory group? Stay tuned for the first chapter of the Silent Fire arc. (It may take a while to come though)