"MMMMPH!"

"What is he saying?!"

"How should I know, he just woke up!"

Raynare sighed in frustration as she began to rub her temples to soothe the oncoming headache. The day had not been kind to her. First of all, her superior had contacted her earlier this morning informing her that she was to proceed onwards once the excommunicated nun had arrived. Thankfully, he did not ask her how her previous mission had gone; better left unsaid in her opinion.

Second, she had to deal with the utter bullshit that was Freed Zelsen all afternoon. He was a good fighter and a trained exorcist no doubt. But why was he given to her team? Couldn't she have been given someone who was not a total piece of human scum? Would have been nice if she was given someone more tolerable than Freed, but nope, her superior had stated that the crazed priest was to stay with them. Oh joy.

And finally, she had just learned that Dohnaseek had been found beaten and bruised as well as unconscious on the church's steps. Some of the rogue priests had moved him onto a bed where he now laid. Looking down at him, the fallen angel wanted to say that they had over bandaged the older male.

From top to bottom, Dohnaseek was wrapped around with pristine white bandages that covered everywhere except his eyes. His worst wounds seemed to be focused on his head and face, so extra heavy layers were applied in those areas. In all honesty, Raynare was glad that he had been unconscious when his wounds were being tended to. If he was awake at that time, he would have been going on about how he didn't need the bandages or he was something manly something. Honestly it was all just macho man talk to the female fallen angel.

Unfortunately, all good things do not last. Kalawarner had been keeping an eye on him and was supposed to inform Raynare when he had woken up. It just so happened that the moment she walked in the room to check up on him with Mittelt in tow, Dohnaseek woke up.

And he was not happy being all but strapped down to a bed like he was a frog on a dissecting table. However, none of the females could understand a word he was saying. Though, it did not help that his mouth was completely covered with a rather thick layer of bandages. It was Mittelt's idea and she denied anyone who would blame her later.

While the other two fallen angels were focused on their comrade as he tried to communicate with them, albeit poorly, Raynare's mind was on another subject. How did Dohnaseek end up like he was?

Now while not as strong as her, Dohnaseek was indeed strong. Hell, he was the second most powerful individual in the church. Then again, with how long he has been living, it was no surprise. So the question is what had enough strength and power to nearly kill him? It couldn't have been the devils that were living in this city. For one thing, they weren't stupid enough to attack them lest they wish for another Great War to happen. Second, Dohnaseek would not go actively looking for someone to fight that he knew was stronger than him, so it had to have been either a sneak attack or the fallen angel believed he was fighting someone much weaker than him.

Raynare closed her eyes as she let out a small breath of exhaustion while she muttered, "But the only person who would more than likely fit those traits would be-"

The female fallen angel's eye widened in shock as the words died in her mouth. 'No, no, no, nononononononon! Please father, Lord Azazel, Lord Shemhazai, anyone please! I will literally prostrate myself on the ground! Just please let me be wrong!'

Her thoughts were then broken as she once again heard the desperate muffles of Dohnaseek fill the room. Looking at her comrades, Raynare cried out, "Well don't just stand there, rip it off!"

The younger of the fallen angels smiled in mischievous glee as she heard the older female's order. Reaching over to Dohnaseek's mouth, Mittelt grabbed as much of the bandage that she could manage and quickly ripped it off.

With the cursed cloth finally removed from his mouth, the first words that came from the male were fairly normal.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"

Fairly normal for anyone who just had a bandage ripped off their mouth.

Turning his head towards the still giggling blonde, Dohnaseek began to yell at her, "Dammit, warn me next time you do something like that!"

Mittelt, who wore a childlike innocent expression, merely titled her head at his words. "Huh, whatever do you mean?"

This only served to intensify the glare that the male was sending towards his ally as she fell on the floor laughing at his expression. Though one could not blame her seeing as he was like a mummy who was trying to look threatening, but just came off as silly looking.

In any other situation, Raynare would have been laughing as well. However, she had bigger concerns on her mind. Rushing to his bed as quickly as she could, Raynare bent down and asked, "Dohnaseek, listen very carefully to me. Who the hell did this to you?"

Kalawarner just looked at her with a furrowed eyebrow when the black haired female said this. The way Raynare's words came off seemed to be very desperate and laced with worry. One look at her face confirmed this thought. The group's 'leader's' complexion seemed to be lessening in color and was almost looking like the color of the very bandages that wrapped up the male.

Looking the female next to him, the wrapped up fallen angel scowled as he replied back, "Like I was trying to say, that damn kid did this to me!"

Mittelt stopped laughing as she sat back as she heard Dohnaseek's word. Both her and the blue haired female looked confused at his words. But Raynare?

Her skin had lost all color as she knew exactly who the male was speaking about.

The smallest fallen angel was the first to speak as she curiously asked, "The…kid?"

"You know, that kid Raynare was supposed to axe then we had to go and kill him together."

The tallest of the bunch merely shook her head in skepticism. "Dohnaseek, we killed him just yesterday. We left him with a lot of holes in his body and a lot of blood coming out of him." She then pointed towards her forehead as she continued, "Are you sure that whoever did this to you didn't hit you so hard to give you a concussion that you imagined the kid?"

"Or you didn't just see his ghost?" Mittelt asked with a tone laced with boredom that matched her current expression.

"Well then, I guess that must have been a really tangible ghost or hallucination, because I can say that the guy who did this to me was that kid!"

Nobody in the room spoke a word after Dohnaseek's outburst. Raynare was the first to recover as she slowly asked, "You're not joking, right?"

Looking at her with the harshest glare he could muster, the male all but yelled out, "Oh, yes I'm totally joking! Here's another joke, the kid also happens to be a devil now!"

Hearing his words, Raynare stepped back a little in surprise. Her face then began to show fear as the gears in her mind began to go into overdrive. 'The kids is alive?! And he's a devil as well?! How could this have…' Another thought then occurred to Raynare. There are devils that are in charge of supervising this city. One of them could have picked him up as he was dying. But even putting that aside, the fact that he did this to Dohnaseek was what nearly frightened Raynare the most.

During the ambush two nights ago, Issei Hyoudou never really seemed to be giving it his all during that fight. Hell, when she thought back to her first fight with him, he was doing much better then than he did afterwards. The only reason she got away was because he was surprised for a single moment and this allowed her to escape. But, looking at Dohnaseek sent a very clear message to Raynare.

'I can beat you within an inch of your life.'

Mustering all the willpower she could manage, Raynare stopped herself from shivering like she was in a snow storm. 'But he's a devil now, there is no way that his master would allow him to go hunt us down right? But, would that even matter to him? He did this much to Dohnaseek, and he was only a small part in his near death. What would he do to me?' While she was not shivering nonstop, the fallen angel did shake a little that one would think a cold draft passed through. Though, considering in what kind of condition the church was in, it'd be no surprise. However, her willpower did very little to hide her paling appearance and her frightened eyes.

While worried about this news, the other fallen angels were not as scared as Raynare. However, this was for very different reasons. Kalawarner and Mittelt just believed the kid got a lucky shot at Dohnaseek and managed to take him out but couldn't finish the job. Said male on the other hand…

"Oh, yeah, the kid also wanted me to give you a message." Raynare flinched at his words as she turned towards him, motioning him to continue. "He said that so long as you don't come after him, he won't come after you."

Upon hearing the glorious words that flew out of his mouth, Raynare could almost let out the huge breath she was holding in. Though, her comrades were less than thrilled at these words.

"Is he that confidant that he can beat all of us? I say we go after him again and finish what we started!"

"Yeah, teach that punk not to mess with the fallen angels!"

Raynare's relief soon turned to frustrated worry as she turned towards the two females. "Are you insane?! If we go after him, we'd probably end up just like Dohnaseek! And even if we put that aside, the kid is now a devil!"

"Yeah, so?"

"That means that he probably belongs to the one of the devils that are in this city! If we just go and attack him, we'd be declaring war on the devils and then another war would break out! Do you want?!"

Taking the black haired angel's words in, Kalawarner shook her head as she spoke softly, "No, I don't think anyone want that."

"Except Lord Kokabiel!"

Dohnaseek snorted at these words. "Please, that guy is a just warmonger. He'd probably love for one of us to do that just so another war would start."

Turning towards the bed ridden angel, Raynare gnashed her teeth as her eyes were once more filled with fear. "Don't talk about Lord Kokabiel in such a way! The walls have ears!"

"But why else would he send us down here?! What is the purpose of sending us to this town that is run by two devils?! Why would do we nee-" Dohnaseek stopped midsentence as he turned his head towards the ceiling. His fellow fallen angels followed his lead. The male then narrowed his eyes as he began to speak once more, "You know Raynare, you're right. The walls do have ears. They also seem to house some pests."

Looking at the spot Dohnaseek was focused on for a few more seconds, Raynare turned towards the blue haired female. "When is that nun supposed to arrive?"

"Tomorrow I believe."

Nodding at the answer, Raynare turned towards Mittelt. "Go and tell the priests to search the forest. If they see anything that looks suspicious, kill it." The blonde nodded at her order and left the room in a quick fashion. The black haired female turned back towards Kalawarner before saying, "If the nun doesn't show up in the afternoon, tell Freed to find her. We need all of us back to full strength."

"Got it," Kalawarner said as she left the room in a slower manner compared to Mittelt. With her gone, Raynare and Dohnaseek were the only two individuals in the room. Looking down at the male, Raynare's expression hardened as she asked, "Is what he said true? Will he really not come after us?"

Looking up with dead seriousness, Dohnaseek replied back, "He looked pretty damn truthful to me. That's part of the reason he didn't kill me."

Sighing once more, Raynare placed her hand on the left side of her chest. 'Well, that's one less problem to deal with. If the kid isn't going to come after us, then good riddance I say. But…' The female's eyes narrowed as she turned around to leave Dohnaseek to rest. 'Is all of this necessary? If what Lord Kokabiel says is true, then wouldn't Lord Azazel wish to see this girl's Sacred Gear?' Raynare shook her head to clear those thoughts. 'It doesn't matter, if what Lord Kokabiel says is true, I will soon have Lord Azazel's love. I'll be needed, wanted.' Upon this thought, a love struck smile etched its way upon Raynare's face as adoring eyes looked into the distance.

Meanwhile, in a tree a little way from the church, a shadowy figure looked down at the priests that swarmed the grounds as if they were looking for something or someone. The figure sighed at this as they muttered to themselves, "Damn, and right when he was getting to the good part. This might make things a little more complicated. Hope you're doing better on your end."

The scene before Issei was very reminiscent. Here he was sitting on a sofa in a dark, gothic room while being scolded as if he were a child. This event had been played before the white haired boy several times in the past before he returned to Kuoh. However, there were two major differences between those scenes and the one in front of him.

For one thing, he was no longer human. He was now a devil, with black, bat like wings and everything.

Secondly, the ones scolding him were about his age and not Rachel Alucard, or even his teacher. Instead, they were his friend Sona and his master Rias.

And did they have words for him after what they just witnessed.

"Irresponsible! Careless! Inconsiderate!"

For five minutes that seemed to drag on and appear as five hours, Issei had been listening to the upset words that flew out of the red headed devil's mouth. On her left, Sona was glowered at him with such anger that Rachel would be proud of. To the still ranting devil's right stood Akeno, who gave him a smile. However, it came off less as sympathetic as he wished it to and more as one of amusement.

After his little dealing with the fallen angel known as Dohnaseek, Issei had turned around to see the three ladies standing behind him. He tried to explain the situation, however before a single syllable had come out of his mouth, Rias had grabbed him by the earlobe and dragged him all the way back to the old school building. She dragged him from the park to Kuoh Academy. Mind you that was a very long way, and the entire trip had nearly caused Issei to lose all feeling in his left ear.

Surprisingly, no one, not even his new master, had said anything to him during their little trip back. He came to the conclusion that Rias and Sona had been bottling up their thoughts and thinking about what they were going to say to him.

"Of all the stupid, thoughtless, bone-headed things one could do…!"

Issei couldn't help but wince a little at Rias' rants. Just because he was used to this scenario of being scolded, didn't mean he was immune to them. The only plus side to all this was that only Issei and the three beauties were in the clubroom at the moment. When he was pulled into the room, he noticed a distinct lack of pretty boy bastards and cute, petite girls. The pervert had assumed that the two had either gone home for the day or were dealing with those requests Rias spoke about earlier. Honestly, Issei could care less whatever the answer was (except if they were in trouble), what mattered to him was that the two were not here to witness him getting scolded like a child.

"Sona, do you have anything you wish to say?" Rias' frustrated tone broke Issei out of his thoughts as he noticed that the red head turned towards her glasses wearing companion. Shifting his sight towards his senior, the white haired boy watched as Sona pushed her spectacles up once more, causing light to reflect off them, preventing Issei from seeing her eyes.

"Honestly Rias? You have basically said everything what I wished to say as a start. The only difference is that you have summarized what I would say to him."

'Wait a second…summarized?! You mean that she would have spoken even longer than Gremory-senpai?! She really is like Rabbit!'

Sighing in aggravation, Rias folds her arms under her breasts, which unintentionally pushes them up as well as emphasizing their size, causing Issei to lose focus for a few seconds in order to gaze at the wonders before him. However, his attention shifted right back to his master as soon as she as began to speak once more.

"So, tell me Ise, what happened that you beat a fallen angel to near death."

"Well…uh, you see," Issei began, "I was riding back to the clubroom, when I felt like I was being followed. So I pedaled to the park and confronted that guy and he just straight up attacked me after he said that I ran away from my master, making me a stray devil. What is a stray devil anyway?"

"A stray devil is a resurrected devil who has in one way or another abandoned their master, whether by just running away or killing them," the red head explained before titling her head in confusion, "But the question is, why did he believe you were a stray? If you had corrected him by informing him that you were a member of my peerage and that you were just out performing a task…" She stopped midsentence as her eyes began to slowly narrow to a sharp point. "Did you bother to tell him that you were not a stray?"

Issei could feel the sweat begin to form on the back of his neck when asked this. "Uh…no," the white haired boy answered slowly with a sheepish smile. "But in my defense, I had no idea what a stray devil was, so I only was defending myself."

"While true, you just mentioned that he had thought you had run away from your master, making you a stray," Sona replied cooly.

"Well…yeah…but…"

"Which brings me to something else," the glasses wearing girl continued as she turned towards the red head who only looked at her in confusion. "Why did you not bother to inform Issei about what a stray was?"

Now it was Rias who taken aback by the question given to her. "Well…I was planning to inform him about strays, but I didn't want to drop everything on him the first night. I wanted him to have a general idea of devils and his new tasks. And I wanted to explain them to him when we had to deal with one."

"Yet what would have happened if Issei had run into a stray?" Sona asked.

"Well…uh…" Rias said as she tried to concoct an answer. However, a few seconds later, the red head sighed in defeat before saying, "Alright, I get it. Some of this is my fault as well. I should have informed Issei better. It was my responsibility and duty as a King and I failed at that."

'King?' the pervert thought in confusion, 'What is that supposed to mean?'

"This is not entire your fault Rias," Sona continued as she focused her eyes once more onto Issei, "Issei is also at fault for not understanding the fallen angel's words and their meaning."

"But…he attacked me! I was just trying to defend myself!"

"I understand that as well, however you still made everyone worried. Therefore, Rias," the glasses wearing devil said without looking at her friend, "I believe that five hundred spankings should be a suitable punishment for this irresponsible child."

'Five hundred spankings?!' Issei thought in terror as his hand instinctively covered his bottom.

Rias shook her head at her friend's words. "No, as said, I too am at fault for not informing Ise about the necessary information that I should have told him. I don't think this warrant of that kind of punishment."

At her words, the white haired pervert began to smile a dopey smile. 'Gremory-senpai, your heart is so kind~'

Sona took the opportunity to voice her displeasure, "You've got to be kidding me. Rias, you're his master, it is your job to punish him when he does something like this."

Said red head closed her eyes as smiled. "I know Sona, I understand that he should be punished, but he just became a devil and I messed up as well, so punishing him even with reasons would just be unfair to him. So then," Rias opened her eyes and looked directly at Issei, "This is your only warning Ise. Do not go and do something like this again. Understand?"

Issei looked down as he answered in a sullen tone, "Yes ma'am, I'm sorry."

Seeing how her servant looked almost like kicked puppy, Rias grabbed Issei by his face and forced him to look at her. "Ise, you are now a part of my peerage. My peerage is like my family, and I will treat them all as such. If you have a problem, just please tell me and I will help you however I can."

"Wait, then can I call you Big sister Rias?" Issei asked hopefully.

"Well…I would actually prefer that you didn't."

He almost looked ready to cry comical tears at these words. "But…why?" the male asked with a childish tone.

"Seeing as how you are now a member of the Occult Research Club, it would be much better to address me as Buchou."

Issei looked thoughtful at this. "Buchou...got it," he said as he nodded with conviction. "I promise to do my best to help Buchou!"

Smiling at his drive, Rias merely nodded as she replied with, "I'm glad to hear that. Now then, I think its best that you go home for tonight. We can speak more tomorrow, alright?" The white haired only nodded at his master's words as he stood up from the couch. Snapping her fingers, a small cute plush-like bat appeared to Rias' right. "This is my familiar. She was how we found you in the first place." If Issei was shocked by this revelation, he showed no sign of it. Turning towards her familiar, Rias said, "I want you to make sure that he goes straight home, understand?" The bat nodded as its master's orders. The red head then looked at Issei once again as she said, "Good night Ise."

The white haired boy nodded at her words and wished her good night as well. He then turned around and walked out the club room door, the bat following after him. About a minute after the boy left the room, Rias looked towards the bespectacled girl, who adorned a disapproving frown. Sighing, Rias walked towards her desk as she said, "I know what I did displeases you Sona, but please remember that this is my peerage and I will handle what happens within it my way."

"I understand that, but I also believe that you need to at least make him understand that choices have consequences."

"I will make sure that he knows this, but as I said, it would be unfair to punish him when he just became a part of my peerage. Maybe if he does such a thing again in a month or two, than I would have punished him, but now, I feel that would be unfair to him as a whole."

Seeing as how her friend was going to stick with her choice, Sona sighed once more. "Very well," she began, "I will accept your choice, but do know that he is now your responsibility, his actions reflect yours."

Rias nodded at these words. "I understand Sona. And I'm sure that Ise understands that as well."

"Well then" the student council president said, "If that is all you are going to do on the matter, then I will leave it alone for the time being as well. However…"

"I will take care of it Sona, don't worry about it." Nodding at the red head's words, Sona turned around and left the club room. With the short haired girl gone, Akeno and Rias were the only two left in the club room. Turning towards her friend, the red head said, "You should go home for the night as well Akeno. You should have gone home with Kiba and Koneko anyways."

"What kind of Queen would I have been if I had no joined my King for her scoldings?"

Rias smiled at the words of the black haired girl. "Goodnight Akeno."

"Goodnight Rias." Akeno then proceeded to head towards the door when Rias had called her name once more. Looking at her master, Akeno asked, "Yes, is there something you need?"

"What do you think about our new family member?

The black haired girl thought on the question for a few seconds before replying back with, "I think it's like having a younger brother. Though, with how he acts, it just makes me want to spoil him." Saying her piece, Akeno left the clubroom, leaving Rias alone at her desk. As she leaned back in her chair, the red head thought on the previous events that transpired.

'Killed by a four fallen angels, yet can take one on without any trouble. Is this what Miss Rachel was talking about?' She sighed while beginning to rub her forehead to soothe an oncoming headache. 'I'll think more about this later. In any case, I think it would do me good to get some rest myself.' With that thought, Rias stood up and blew out the candles that dimly lit the room, swallowing everything into a sheet of darkness as she left the room.

"OK Tao, I'm leaving!" Issei shouted as he began to head out the door. However, before he could leave…

"AHHH!"

"MEOW! DON'T LEAVE PERVY GOOD GUY!"

Tao had latched herself up Issei's foot in an effort to keep from leaving the house.

"Tao, I have to go to school! We've been over this before!"

"No! If Tao lets you leave, then you'll come back late like before and won't make Tao any dinner! I'll die Pervy Good Guy! I'll die of hunger and come back as a ghost and haunt you!"

Knowing that Tao was going to continue to act like…Tao, Issei knelt down and said, "Tao, I promise you that I will come back home and make you something to eat. But I have things to do today, so please, just let me go to school, alright?"

The Kaka looked up at her friend as she softly asked, "You promise?"

The white haired pervert nodded at her question. "I promise."

"Alright, meow!" Tao exclaimed as she let go of Issei's leg while jumping up. "Tao will wait for Pervy Good Guy to get back. But you better remember or I'll become a ghost and haunt you, meow!"

Sweatdropping at her threat, Issei waved goodbye as walked up the street. A few minutes later, the pervert had arrived at the park and began to think to himself while he continued on.

'I know this would be jumping to conclusions, but if what that fallen angel says is true, then those guys really don't work for Terumi. If that's the case, then why try to kill me? I never dealt with any fallen angels before this whole thing started.' Issei sighed as he mulled over this thought. 'Well, at least they won't come after me anymore. Donutseeker or whatever his name was should be able to give Raynare my message. Now then, I can get back to focusing on important matters like-'

"KYAH!"

'…Kyah?' Issei thought in confusion as he looked around to find the source of cry of distress. He didn't have to look far as his eyes soon came into contact with perhaps one of the most wonderful yet strangest sights he had ever seen.

A young girl was lying upon the ground with her arms spread out while her face was connected to the ground.

Without any hesitation, Issei was running towards the girl in concern. "Hey are you alright?" he asked in a worried tone before he was even upon her.

His question must have done something, because as soon as he was right next to her, the young girl began to sit up, moaning in pain as she did so. When she had fully righted herself up, the white haired boy blushed as he got a good look at the girl. Her hair was long and flowing sporting a golden blonde that seemed to shine in the light with an ahoge that reminded Issei of Rias. Her skin was as fair, not as white as his master of Rachel, but still light. The young girl's eyes were an emerald green that sparkled. Her clothes appeared to be a two piece dark blue dress with a white lace collar. While not stunning like Rias was, this young girl was certainly beautiful.

Seeing the girl now on her bottom instead of her face on the ground, Issei held his hand out in front of her as he repeated, "Are you OK?"

The blonde haired girl looked at his hand for a few seconds before she accepted his limb and allowed him to help her up. When she had gotten back to her feet, the girl smiled at him with near blinding brightness. "Thank you sir," the girl said in a voice that was as gentles as a rabbit.

'Except a few I know on occasion,' Issei thought to himself as he tried to keep his oncoming blush from showing.

He then noticed that a white sheet flew began to fly past his face. The girl saw this and gasped. "My veil!" she cried out as she tried to reach out for it to no avail.

Luckily, Issei's reflexes kicked in as his hand shot out and grabbed the girl's veil before it could get away from him. He then held the article back to its owner as he said, "I believe this belongs to you."

This time it was the girl's turn to blush as she bashfully took the veil from the boy's hand. She then proceeded to place her cover back on, before looking at Issei with grateful eyes. "Thank you kind sir, if you hadn't been around, I might have lost my veil."

The white haired boy rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly as he heard this. "It's no problem, I'm sure anyone would do the same." He then noticed that the girl was looking at him with eye of shock and surprise. Confused by this look, Issei cautiously asked, "Um…is there something wrong?"

"You can speak Italian!"

"…Huh?"

"Oh thank the Lord!" the girl exclaimed while small tears formed in the corners of her eyes. "I had been worried that no one would be able to understand me since my Japanese is so horrible, but I'm so glad to meet someone who can speak Italian!"

Issei's mind had begun to reboot at her words. 'Itlalian?' he thought in confusion, 'But, I don't even know…wait, this must be one of those perks of being a devil now. I can understand other languages, now making English so much easier!'

"Sir?"

The soft voice of the young girl brought Issei out of his thoughts as he turned to look at her. She was looking at him in confusion and, dare he say, worriment. The girl then proceeded to ask, "Are you OK?"

"Um, yeah I'm great actually!" Issei replied enthusiastically, "Better question is, are you OK? You just took a dive unto the concrete." Once again, the girl blushed in embarrassment, to which Issei took note of and felt like a jackass for saying something so blunt to her. This caused him to flail his arms around spastically as he cried out, "I'm sorry, what I meant to say was that I hope that you are better now and that there are no lasting effects and…and..."

The pervert then stopped his actions as he heard the sound of small giggles coming from the blonde. Seeing her once more in higher spirits, Issei allowed himself a smile. He then decided to break the ice and say what he should have said before, "My name is Issei Hyoudou, what's yours?"

This snapped the girl out of her giggle fest as she looked up at Issei and began to say, "Oh, my name is-"

"ASIA!"

The sound of another girl's voice caused the two to look to their side. It was then that Issei saw a small figure in a cloak run towards the pair while carrying a large suitcase. Just as she was a few feet away from the pair, the cloaked figure tripped. Seeing that the figure was about to face the same fate as the blonde haired girl did earlier, Issei quickly ran forward and caught the individual in his arms before they could collide with the ground. However, as Issei caught the cloaked figure, he could feel a burning pain on his chest. The white haired boy bit the inside of his cheek to stop himself from screaming or letting out a howl of pain. A grunt of pain did come out of his mouth though. Looking down to see just who exactly he had stopped from face planting, Issei's eyes widened and his jaw dropped in surprise. The hood of the cloak had flown back as the figure had begun to fly towards the ground, revealing a young girl.

Shocked by this revelation, the pain in Issei's chest was ignored in favor of examining the new girl. Like the dress wearing girl, this new young girl had short blonde hair that went to her neck, nearly the same shade just without the ahoge on top of her head. Her eyes were green as well, albeit not as green as the first girl, but more like a grassy field type of green. Also, the two both were smaller than Issei, around the same height.

In fact, if Issei was to put the two side by side, they almost looked identical. The only thing that the two differed in was their facial features; however, they both gave off an innocent aura that Issei was comforted by.

"Um…sir?"

Issei's thoughts were broken by the new girl's voice. Looking down, the white haired boy noticed that the girl was blushing heavily due to being held very closely by a boy. Realizing this, Issei himself blushed as he let the girl go and allowed herself to step back. "Sorry," the pervert said as he looked away in shame almost.

"I-it's fine. I'm sorry you had to catch me. Which reminds me," the new girls said as she turned towards the other blonde girl, "Why did you run off like that Asia? We were supposed to stay together."

The now named Asia blushed as she looked down at her feet in shame. "I'm sorry Noel," she replied back in a somber tone, "I don't know what I was thinking. I was just a little excited and nervous that my body just took over."

The cloaked girl sighed as she gained a gentler smile. "It's OK Asia, I can understand your feeling. From all the things I have heard about Japan, who wouldn't be excited?"

Issei took this moment to then jump into the conversation as he said, "So, your name is Asia huh?"

Blinking in confusion, the veil covered girl then blushed as if she made a mistake. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ignore you like that!"

Seeing the girl in a near fit of hysteria, Issei raised his hand in an attempt placate the girl. "It's fine, it's fine, you were talking to your friend. I should apologize for interrupting you like that."

"No, I should have told you my name." The dress wearing girl then cupped her hands together as she began to pray. "Lord, please forgive me." At that moment, Issei felt like someone had just punched him in the head as hard as they could because a sharp pain began to make itself known. Grunting in pain from this sensation, the white haired boy held his head in one hand. The two blonde girls looked at the boy in confusion as well as concern.

"Are you OK?" the cloaked one asked with worry laced eyes and voice.

Issei shook his head as he looked at the two girls and tried to give a reassuring smile to them. "Yeah," he began, "I'll be fine. I've had worse." And it was true. The pervert had been dealt with worse pain in the past, so a simple headache would be child's play to bear through. Rubbing his hair a bit, Issei then continued to speak as he asked, "But anyway, like I said earlier, my name is Issei Hyoudou, what are your names?"

The dress wearing girl placed her hands in front of her as she bowed while saying, "My name is Asia Argento, a pleasure to meet you Mister Issei."

The second blonde followed suit as she said, "My name is Noel, Noel Vermillion. Thank you for earlier Mister Issei."

Hearing them made Issei rub the back of his head sheepishly. "You can just call me Issei. Being called Mister just makes me feel old." When both girls nodded at his words, the pervert then took notice of the briefcase that Noel still had in her possession. "So, are you two traveling or something?"

"Huh?" Noel then looked down at the suitcase in her hand before returning her focus back to the white haired male. "Oh, yes. A friend and I are actually escorting Asia here."

Said girl nodded at the cloaked girl's words. "Yes, but unfortunately, we got lost since none of us knows Japanese." Hear her own words out loud caused Asia to look dejected.

"Well," Issei began, wanting to help, "I could help you. I lived in this town for a long time. Just tell me where you need to go and I'll do my best to lead you there."

Asia's eyes lit up at that as she exclaimed happily, "Really, you'll help us?"

The pervert nodded at her words with a gentle smile. "I'll try my best at least."

The long hair girl nearly looked ready to cry at his words. "Thank the lord, thank you so much!"

Hearing the girl's words of praise made Issei a little nervous. He was not really used to cute girls thanking him much less asking for his help. This was a new concept to him. Rubbing the back of his head sheepishly, Issei noticed that Noel had not said anything and one look at her showed him why.

Her eyes were laced with worry and hesitation while her smile had morphed into a line of fear. She looked scared to know that he was going to help them. The only question was, why exactly?

Apparently, Asia had yet to notice her friend's discomfort as she turned towards Noel as she exclaimed happily, "Isn't this great Noel. Now we don't have to wander around anymore!"

The short haired girl could only put on a forced look of joy as she answered Asia, "Yeah, that's great." Her eyes told a different story to Issei however.

Deciding to figure out why Noel looked so worried later, Issei asked, "So, where exactly do you two need to go?"

"Well, it's actually just me, but I need to go to the local church," the long blonde answered.

"Local church…" Issei hummed to himself as he rubbed his chin in thought. 'There is only one church that would be big enough to fit her request…but…' The white haired boy's eyes narrowed in anger almost as his thoughts continued marching onward. 'The only church I know is the one I'd never go near again. He made sure of that.'

"Issei?"

The melodic and soft voice of Asia was enough to break Issei out of his anger laced thoughts. Looking towards the two girls, he saw there was a change in their looks. They both now appeared to be worried, thought this time it was for the same reason.

"Are you OK? You looked really angry for a moment," Asia asked.

Waving his hands in front of him, Issei tried to assure the two girls he was fine as he replied, "Don't worry, I was just thinking to myself. But anyway, you're looking for a big church right?" His answer came in the form of a nod from the dress wearing girl. "Well, I only know of one church in this town that fits the bill. I can show you if you want."

"Yes please, if you don't mind."

"I don't mind at all," the pervert said with a infectious smile, "It wouldn't be right of me to just let you two wander around aimlessly like this."

"Great," Noel finally said as she turned towards her friend, "Asia, do you mind going up a head, I need to ask Mister Issei a question in private." Said blonde only looked nervous at the cloak wearing girl's request before the latter continued, "It's nothing terrible; I just need to make sure of something. It'll only be a minute, that's all." Reluctantly, the long haired nodded as she thanked Issei once more before beginning to walk away from the two quietly. When Asia was out of sight, Noel turned back to Issei before saying, "Please do not show Asia where the church is."

The white haired boy was taken aback by these words. He shouldn't show Asia where the local church was? While he wouldn't mind not going anywhere near that place in his lifetime again, why was he not to show the long haired blonde the place where she desire to go?

"I know this is asking a lot, and I can't tell you everything," Noel continued quickly, "But she can not go anywhere near that church. It is important. Please!" It was then that the short haired girl began to use the one weapon Issei could never defend himself against: the puppy dog eyes.

Issei groaned as he rubbed the back of his head. Sighing, he turned back towards Noel as he said, "Alright, I promise not to show her. But…what do I even tell her?"

His answer along cured the anxiety that plagued her face before she replied to his question with, "Just say that it's been a while and you can't remember. Asia will appreciate the thought of you trying to help anyway." Turning around, Noel beckoned Issei to follow her as she picked up the suitcase and ran off in the direction that Asia had left in.

Releasing another sigh, Issei flung his bag over his shoulder before following after the cloaked girl. A minute later he had managed to catch up with the two girls and the three had set off. Wanting to strike up some form of conversation, Issei turned towards Asia before asking, "So, why are you here in Kuoh anyway?"

"Well," the girl began shyly, "I'm a nun and I have been recently reassigned to this area. It's nothing extravagant or anything."

Looking at Noel, the boy asked, "And you?"

"Like I said earlier, I'm just here to escort her with a friend of ours."

Swinging his head side to side, Issei asked, "Where is this friend of yours anyway?"

"She's just looking around town for a place for us to stay," Noel replied back a little too quickly. Issei noticed this, but decided it was best not to pursue for answers.

As the trio continued on, the sound of a crying child filled their ears. Looking towards the left, they found that the source was coming from a much younger boy. The young boy seemed to be cradling his leg which sported a small scrape that was bleeding a crimson color. Apparently, this had set something off in Asia as she quickly ran towards the child and bent next to him.

"There, there," the nun said in a soothing manner as she raised her hands, "It'll be all right." The next moment, the girl's hands were encased in bright green color that covered the boy's wound. Issei watched in shock and surprise at the scene before him while Noel looked on nonchalantly with a smile gracing her face.

A minute later, the scrape on the boy's knee had been healed so well that it looked like he never got injured in the first place. Looking up at the blonde hair girl through the tears in his eyes, he was given a gentle smile by the girl as she said, "There was no need to cry, it was just a simple scratch."

Before the boy could reply, a woman that looked to be his mother immediately came up and grabbed the boy's hand while looking at the long haired girl in bewilderment. Overlooking her son's knee, the older woman looked at Asia once more before telling him not to talk to strangers and walking away with him in tow. Issei frowned at this scene. Asia had literally helped her son and she just gave the blonde girl a scowl for her efforts? Noel on the other hand looked up to see the unhappiness that laced the white haired boy's face and wondered why he looked the way he did. Asia just looked down in dejection as the mother and child left. She knew that look, she was supposed to be used to it, but she couldn't be.

As she was about to stand up, the boy from earlier, with a grateful smile on his face, had run back and yelled something to the long haired girl. He then turned back around and ran off towards his mother. Asia just looked stunned from this scene, while Issei's frown morphed into a small smile.

Walking towards the kneeling nun, he said, "That kid just said 'thank you'. That's a really neat power you got there."

Turning around, Asia looked at Issei with surprise evident on her face. The surprise soon turned into what looked like a sad smile as she replied back, "Yes, an amazing power isn't it?"

Her particular choice of words only served to confuse Issei, but he dare not ask anything else lest he make the girl nervous or even worse, upset.

However, he would not let the girl feel down, for that was not his way.

"Personally, I think the power of life is a much more incredible power."

The blonde haired girl looked up at Issei with a confused look as he knelt next to her. "The power to heal, the power to create, the power of life…to me, those kinds of powers far surpass any kind of flashy destructive power." He then flashed her a reassuring smile to which she reciprocated back. Watching the scene in front of her play out, Noel couldn't help but smile as well.

And so, the trio had once more set off on their trek through the park. All the while they did this, Issei was thinking of how he was going to tell the blonde nun that he 'didn't know where the church was'. Maybe he should just come out and say it? But he's always been a shit liar. Then again, she didn't look the type to call him out on lying. But he didn't want to take advantage of the girl not knowing if wasn't telling the truth.

Fortunately, luck would be on his side as Noel decided to speak up and ask, "Issei, how long has it been since you've been to the church?"

Eyes widening at her question, Issei quickly answered back with, "Well…it's been at least ten years since I visited or even gone near the church." Which in itself wasn't a lie; he had not been anywhere near the church for at least ten years now.

Continuing on, Noel asked, "So, do you remember where it is located?"

"…You know, I'm not sure I really do now that I think about it. Sorry."

The blonde nun only looked down in depression as Issei said this. "Oh," she began, "I'm sorry for wasting your time then Issei. I didn't know."

Seeing the girl in such nearly broke Issei's heart. He never wanted to make the girl sad; he was only doing what Noel had asked because she seemed worried for her friend. "No, don't be sorry!" he exclaimed as he waves his arms frantically, "It's really my fault! I should have remembered that I didn't know where the church was and I wasted your time and…and…I'm sorry!" He then bowed to the two girls in apology.

Both girls covered their mouth at this sight before Asia knelt down and tried to calm Issei down with Noel following suit.

"It's fine Issei, you don't have to go to such lengths to apologize!"

"Really, you don't have to do this!"

Stopping his actions of repentance, Issei looked up at the two before saying, "Then how about I help you two out later." When both girls looked at him in confusion, the white haired boy continued as he said, "When I can, I'll come find you two and try to help you out in any way I can, sound good?"

Asia was the first to reply as she asked nervously, "Really?"

Issei smiled kindly at her question. "Really really."

The two girls looked at each other before nodding and giving Issei smiles that would melt anyone in sight. "OK," they both replied cheerfully.

Seeing that the two were in better spirits than before, Issei straightened himself as he smiled at the girls as he thought to himself, 'Cute girls are always at their most beautiful when they are smiling.'

"Well, then," he began, "If you two are going to be OK, I'm going to head out."

"Don't worry," Noel began, "We'll be fine."

"I have Noel with me, so I know everything will be fine."

Nodding at their answers, Issei waved at them as he began to walk away. "Well then, see you two later."

"Goodbye Issei!" they both replied happily as he left the two.

As he resumed his walk towards school, Issei thought on the two girls. 'They seem like a couple of nice girls. But why would one ask me for one thing only for the other to ask for the opposite?' He shook his head at this thought. 'Doesn't matter, what does matter is that I help those two out next time I see them. They seem nice, but anyone could take advantage of them and they wouldn't know it.' He then pulled at the collar of his shirt and looked down at his chest to see that a small burn mark had appeared. 'What the hell happened earlier when I caught Noel? Maybe Buchou knows?'

"Never go near the church or those two girls again."

It was safe to assume that his master was once again not pleased with him. Or at least worried about him it seemed. It was after school and Issei had just informed Rias about the event that had transpired earlier in the morning. After telling her his story, she had taken him outside into the hallway and began to scold him.

"But…why?" Issei asked in confusion. He was all about not going near the church, but why couldn't he go near Asia or Noel again?

"Issei, do you know what happens to an exorcised devil?"

Thinking for a minute, Issei shook his head as he answered, "No, I don't."

Turning towards her servant, Rias continued in a somber tone, "A devil that is exorcised by a member of the church is destroyed completely. They don't go to Heaven or Hell Issei, they disappear entirely."

Hearing this, Issei gulped a little in fear. "They…disappear?"

The red head nodded. "Yes," she replied, "They disappear. I could revive you only once Issei, after that, your next death will be your final one."

"But…those two wouldn't do that."

"You mentioned that one of them wore a cloak correct?" When the white haired boy nodded, Rias continued, "She was more than likely a battle nun, it is her job to exorcise us devils."

Issei looked down, his face clearly showing how upset he was to hear this revelation. "But…"

"I can understand how you feel Issei, but for your own safety please just forget about them."

Sighing, Issei slowly nodded as he replied back, "Yes ma'am, I understand."

"I'm not mad, I'm just worried. Be glad though," Rias said as she began to walk away, "If Sona had heard this she might not have been as lenient as I am."

The pervert could only laugh nervously as his master said this. "Yeah, I can picture her scolding me even now." His laugh then died down as he looked to the side in grief. 'Great, I hope Asia and Noel are doing fine on their own. I won't be able to do anything for a while.'

As Noel Vermillion watched her friend sit down on the bench, she couldn't help but smile. Ever since Issei had left, the two had been 'wandering' around trying to 'find' the church Asia had been 'assigned to'. Honestly, this was a good thing to Noel. As long as the two couldn't find the church then Asia would not have to go to away.

However, it was nearly sunset and their friend had yet to return. Looking behind her, Noel began to think worriedly, 'I hope Makoto is OK. I know she said to wait here, but…' The short haired girl began to look around the area. 'The longer we stay here, the more we are at risk…'Turning back towards the nun, Noel had made up her mind.

"Asia," the short haired girl began, "Let's go find Makoto."

Said girl gazed at her friend in confusion. "But, didn't Makoto tell us to wait in the park and she would find us?"

"I know, but…" Noel's brain raced as it tried to find an answer. It then hit her, kind of like getting hit in the face with a tennis ball. "Maybe we will run into Mister Issei who is trying to help out Makoto."

Upon hearing the white haired boy's name, the nun smiled a little. She then nodded at her friend as she replied, "Yes, maybe that could happen." Picking up her suitcase, Asia left the bench to join Noel. However, just as they were about to set off-

"There you are!"

Both girls stopped at the loud, obnoxious voice behind them. Even before she faced the individual, Noel was already in front of Asia and narrowed her eyes into a glare. The nun looked over the short haired girl's shoulder to see who had just called out to them.

Standing a few feet away from the two was a male that looked to be in his early twenties. He sported short, white hair that was much neater and darker than the previous male with white hair. The clothes he wore suggested he was a priest. However, Noel thought otherwise. His red eyes were narrowed like a predator observing its prey, waiting for the right time to make the kill. And his smile was some kind of twisted deformation. One look at the man that stood before the two blondes was all Noel needed to reach her conclusion.

This man was dangerous and could not be trusted.

Either the man did not notice Noel's glare or he simply could care less, because he continued to speak, "You're the nun that was supposed to be assigned to our town's church correct?"

"Don't answer that Asia!" Noel nearly shouted without her eyes leaving the threat in front of her. "Who are you?"

"Who, me? Why, my name is Freed Sellzen!" the white haired man exclaimed as he gave an extravagant bow to the two girls. "And I happen to be here for the little blonde behind you boy, so step aside."

Noel's eye widened to the size of a saucer in shock as she heard this while her body began to lose the tension in itself. "W-what did you call me?"

Freed put his hand up to his ear as if he couldn't hear what the short haired girl had asked. "Huh, didn't ya hear me? I said move it or lose it boy!"

Asia looked at her friend in concern as she watched the girl in front of her clench her fists a few time. The nun also swore she could hear the sound of teeth gnashing together.

"I am not a boy!" Noel shouted in anger, "I am a girl!"

"Ooh, then maybe I should just call you titless girl! But anyway, like I said before, I'm here for the former Sister Asia Argento." The man then leaned his body over to the side as he looked at the long haired blonde. With his shit eating grin still plastered on his face, Freed said, "Now, come on Miss Argento, it's time to leave."

Noel, who had regained her cool, or what was left of it at least, tensed her body up once more as her hands shot under her cloak as if to grab something that was behind her. "I believe that it is you who needs to leave!"

"What's this? Some small titted bitch from the church is defending the witch who got thrown out? Oh, this is just too good! I mean really, you must have some pretty low standards if you're defending that girl."

"Stop talking like you know her! Asia is nothing like you!" Noel exclaimed as she bent her knees while her body leaned forward. "This is your last chance! Go away or I will make you leave!"

The priest began to stroke his chin as he looked up like he was in thought. A few seconds later, the man returned his vision to the two girls before giving his answer.

"No."

The short haired girl eyes widened once more as she grabbed Asia's hand and jumped to the side. As she did this, the sound of a fired gun filled the air as a small crater appeared where Noel had just stood. Turning her attention back onto the rogue priest, she saw that the man had pulled out a traditional exorcist hand gun.

"Aw shucks," Freed said, his tone not at all matching his words, "I thought for sure that I had you! Oh well, I guess I can try again!" With that said, the man raised his pistol once more and took aim at the battle nun.

Seeing that the only option at hand was to fight, Noel kicked off the ground with so much force that one would mistake her for gliding across the ground while also discarding her cloak, leaving her in nothing but a skin tight black unitard along with long black sleeves, fingerless gloves, and matching thigh high boots. With her body bent forward, the girl raced towards the gun wielding maniac. Her eyes were focused as she had only one goal: beat this priest.

However, as Noel was a few feet away from him, Freed aimed at the sprinting girl in front of him and fired his gun repeatedly. Taking extreme care to dodge each bullet, Noel jumped into the air just as she was right in front of the man. As she descended, the short haired blonde extended her arms out to her sides. As she did this, two circles appeared on each hand. Noel then began to perform a grabbing action as what looked to be a rather large gun appeared in each hand. However…

"You know, I had thought that just your tits were small, but it looks like your brain is as well! I just shot a gun in a park. Do you really wanna be a dumbass and bring out some magical weapon like that in this place?

The girl's eyes widened in fear due to the rogue priest's words. While crude, they did have some merit. A gun had just been fired in a public park. Someone was bound to hear it and come investigate. The thought of the revelation of the supernatural scared her. She had always been taught that no one outside their world may know about the existence of magic and of the supernatural. As her brain thought on this, Noel's grip on her weapons weakened while she continued to descend towards Freed.

Seeing his opportunity, the white haired man raised his gun. He then fired and shot the short haired girl right in her left leg. Although she heard the sound of the gun being fired, it was not until she felt the intense pain of the bullet penetrating her thigh, ripping right through her muscles, did Noel begin to register her surroundings.

As she hit the ground, Noel screamed in pain as she held her left leg. However, this action did very little to comfort her as blood began to pour out of the small little hole now present on the blonde's thigh.

Seeing his opponent now on lying on the ground in agony, Freed walked at very slow pace towards the downed girl. "What's wrong little girl?" he asked in mock concern as he bent down next to her, "Did I hurt the little titless girl? Are you in pain?" His only response was her pained screams that filled the park. Luckily for him, he made sure to put up a sound proof barrier around the area so that no one knew what was going on.

He may be blood thirsty, but he's not stupid enough to let someone see him. His boss made it very clear to him that he was only supposed to attack any member of the church or the devils, but no bystanders. Yet, that is.

Deciding to rub some salt into her wounds, Freed stood right back up and swiftly kicked Noel in her stomach, causing her to lose all the air in her lungs. Now, because she had difficulty breathing, it made her shouts come out as mere coughs and wheezes. The man laughed at the sight in front of him.

"Seriously? This is what counts as fighters these days?" he asked out loud, more to the girl than to himself. "I mean come on, I shoot one lousy bullet and you go down like a sack of rocks! Back when I was getting trained to become the awesome fighter I am today, I had to endure way worse pain than what you are feeling right now! Then again, I bet all they taught you was how to use some fancy smancy weapon, didn't they? Man, the church must have really lowered the standards if they let you out of training." Again, all Noel could do was cough irritably at his question.

Then, with a grin that the Grinch would be proud of, Freed lifted the short haired girl off her feet and held her by her neck. While air was finally returning to her lungs, the man's vice grip on her neck was preventing Noel from breathing normally. She tried to peel his hands off her neck but this had very little effect.

Smiling at the struggling girl, Freed pointed the muzzle of his gun right into the forehead of the blonde girl. "Well, this has been fun, but I have things to do and you are in my way, so…ta-ta!"

However, Noel could barely hear the man's words as her consciousness began to fade with her eyes drooping. 'Makoto…please…help…' was the only thing she could think of. The man then began to pull the trigger when all of a sudden…

"Wait!"

Freed, while no lowering his gun or lessening his grip, eased up on the trigger finger as he heard the desperate cry of the forgotten nun. Looking over towards the girl, he noticed that she had tears trailing down her cheeks as she clasped her hands in prayer. "Please, please stop! I beg of you!" the girl cried out desperately. "I'll go with you, just please, please don't hurt Noel anymore! Please Father Freed!"

Hearing the nun's words made Freed think. While he could just go ahead and kill the girl that he held up and just take Asia without any problems, the thought of leaving her alive with her knowing that she failed to protect her friend did sound all the more delightful. "Ah sure, why the hell not! I'm sure that little miss flat board is OK with that!"

Completely loosening his grip, the man allowed Noel to fall back onto the ground accompanied by a small thud and a stifled cry of pain. Looking down, he watched as the girl tried to regain her breath while also grunting in pain as she did so.

Seeing her friend in such pain, Asia quickly made her way over to the fallen girl and knelt next to her. The long haired girl's hand then were encased in a green aura as two rings appeared on each of her middle fingers. With her hands emanating the green light, Asia placed her hands on the bullet wound that laid upon Noel's leg. As soon as her hands touched the injury, the hole began to close. No, that's incorrect, it disappeared.

This was Asia's Sacred Gear, Twilight Healing. It had the ability to heal any external and internal wound. Once the hole on Noel's leg had been healed, Asia repeated this process on the short haired girl's neck and stomach area. However, while this did heal her wounds, Noel was still tittering on the line of unconsciousness. As the nun finished healing her friend, she grabbed the short haired girls hand and held it as she said, "I'm sorry Noel, because of me you are like this. I'm a horrible friend."

"A…si…a…" These were the only words that Noel could muster as she watched through her closing eyelids Asia stand up and walked towards the rogue priest with her head down.

"I'm ready Father Freed," the long haired girl said quietly without looking the man in the eye.

"Great! This makes things soooo much easier! Well then," he said cheerfully as he quickly went over to retrieve Asia's luggage, "Let's get going! We need to be at the church now! For you see, there a few errands you and I are going to run. So move it!" With that said, Freed began to march away in an over the top fashion.

Looking back once more at her friend, Asia gave a tearful smile before turning around and following after the white haired man.

As she watched her friend be taken away, Noel thought, 'Asia…Makoto…please…save Asia…please…any…bo…dy…' This was the last though that ran through Noel's mind before he entire world went black

AN: So, it's been a while. And when I say a while, I really mean only a couple of weeks. But those couples of weeks have sucked for me personally, like I fell down the stairs and sprained my ankle and then dislocated my knee while trying to dance! But you didn't come here to listen to my sob story. You came to read my story.

Yes, this is the fourth chapter of "The Devil's Azure" and so far, I think it is going over smoothly. It won't be long till we when wrap up the Raynare arc and head into the Raiser arc and then the Excalibur arc.

Anyway! Review time!

Ultimate-Zelda-fan: Yeah, that was actually done on accident.

TheLaughingStalk akaCuckSlayer: I prefer the rewritten version, but I thank you for the compliment.

Zentari2238: ...Your point?

Mingyu: Issei has always been competent, it is just that is rarely seen but when it is, oh boy. And I have plans for dear Lady Rachel. She won't be gone for long.

yano the pervert: Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well.

Nothing really left to say other than have a nice day you beautiful people.