Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!

KobayashiSenpai; Aah, thank you very much~ Asia showed her stuff, and her growth as a character too~

DocSlendy; Thanks~ Yeah, it is pretty surprising that she is pretty cute when being assertive as you said. Oh, cool, hope you enjoy it.

hellspam; Exactly, as Zenki said, she is the heart of the team, she's a very good girl who brought them together. Those fights, are going to be epic. I can't say how just yet, but they're gonna be showing a good side to them, and not losing outright like the last fight they had with the team Naga. Well, he did kiss Asia, and is gonna kiss some more of them this chapter too. Yeah, at the end of the day, they all love Zenki, and he loves them too. Can you imagine Ophis asking that, and then attempting to dress up as a nun? That would be funny too~ And indeed, Koneko and Ophis are going to meet one another. Yeah, Raynare's story is pretty, good isn't it~?

Nivek Beldo; You're right there, it could only be Diodora who'd come and try and put down Zenki. Even in his subconscious, he still feels...many things when it comes to Diodora. He's got emotional support now in the form of his peerage, and who receive such support right back from him. Asia was doing her best, and in the end, she pretty much motivated everyone, gave them a pep talk, and made them move and fight too. I'm glad that you liked it, Asia pretty much was a major player last chapter, and will become more so in the future too. You're right, Zenki is very mentally strong, he's pretty much had to be like that since all of those years ago. That's one of Zenki's dreams, after all. He's quite simple when it comes to things like that. He only wants to stay with his girls, and have a family, and give them all the love and support that he never got when he was younger. Raynare indeed is ready to do the right thing, she needs to do it. He is pretty powerful, but to Ophis...nah, he's nowhere near as strong as she is, especially since this is Ophis at full power. Hehe, Zenki's mind really was like the Dimensional Gap at that moment, such a silly boy he is. Zenki's back, and ready to fight! And thank you! Glad you're enjoying it! Indeed, I do remember yes. And honestly, I do not know what would happen if she did fall, it would be interesting to explore what would happen if she did fall.

Blue Eyes Pendulum Dragon; Yup, it's always good when Zenki gets some character development. Heck, even Asia did last chapter. Hehe, he surely does~ That actually would be pretty badass~

Harem Master123; Thanks! Glad you enjoyed! Asia really did show her growth this time, didn't she? Ophis and Zenki have something up their sleeve alright~ She even appeared in his mind to help him, she must really like having him around. Cool suggestions~

ShadowUzumaki55; Asia is the heart of the team after all. She can rally everyone when she needs to, and actually took command for a little while. He did indeed, he released his inner thoughts, and spoke about how he really was a simple guy, after stripping everything away, and wanted a family with his harem. Even some girls he didn't think he wanted. Ophis and Zenki have a plan together, and are gonna be teaming up together in the future. Exactly, Kuroka calls it as it is.

dragonsayianblue; Zenki mind is very, different to others. Yeah, it is gonna be quite something when they find out, huh.

Guest 1; Thank you!

Cf96; Thanks!

Guest 2; Yeah! Go Asia! I'm glad that you did. If anything did happen to Zenki, Ophis definitely wouldn't be happy about it. Imagine her in Dragon's Outrage, it would be very terrifying at the same time. You're probably right about that, Diodora would be more concerned about getting his revenge on Zenki rather than Asia, though it could still be about her too. I can imagine Ophis doing that, to give Zenki that extra push to take Diodora's life. Let's say, Jeanne will reach her Balance Breaker eventually, and it could be due to her elder brother too. Asia could have a different Balance Breaker than she does in canon. That would be pretty cool, like regeneration abilities or something like that, branching that under Resurrection.

Gabriel790; Thanks! And thank you again~ Glad that you liked them~

Guest 3; Aah, thanks!

Skull Flame; You never know, he could be yandere for Zenki, in away where he can be the only person that causes Zenki harm. Exactly, we all do, and Zenki isn't an exception either. Yeah, let's hope that they get out of there alive, it is gonna be a challenge, huh~? He's certainly got the plan indeed, he needs to have everyone band together though. I could see his lap as a throne at least~ Ophis has shown she can communicate telepathically in the canon series, so I just stretched it to where she can enter someone's mind if she wants too. Well, for now it will be. You don't know Ophis, she might sneak in a little something into him again in the future. You're right there, Ophis is gonna be kicking some ass, possibly. Either way, she's gonna play a role for them to get out. And thanks!

Neonlight01; He surely is, but Diodora (real or not) is gonna plague Zenki for quite sometime. Kunou doesn't, but she's gonna have her happy ending in the future. Asia's really strong, isn't she? She really is learning from Zenki how to be strong, and has brought the others up to notch. Jeanne's nearly ready, just a little more of a push and then she's gonna be good. Valerie has come up with it too, she's really come out of her shell, hasn't she? Ravel's got her confidence and now Koneko and Kuroka are ready for fighting too, nearly anyway. Ophis came through for Zenki, and is helping him, mostly behind the scenes. It is gonna be epic, and there's been hints through the past chapters how he's gonna do that. Yeah, they are gonna be ready for it, aren't they? They are gonna need all the help they can get.

RangerElk76; Well, something is going to happen from it anyway.

Lightwave; He surely is, but he isn't fully recovered just yet. That's Asia for you, she got inspired by Zenki himself, and is able to do something like this because of her love for Zenki, and giving her the courage to do that. Yeah, seems like Mittelt has been agreeing to such things lately. Well, he's gonna have something new to use against Naga anyway. Raynare's really going through many different things in her life, and has to come to conclusions that he'd rather not come too. Yeah, she can see the light between good and evil now, and knows what she needs to do. Yeah, what's Freed going to do now...?

AlphaOmega; Yeah, I would say that he is pretty much like that. Even the smallest of things can have the biggest of impacts. Zenki knows he's stronger than Diodora, but it still caused him lots of pain. Ophis is gonna be helping in her own special way anyway. Asia's truly the inspirational girl, isn't she? Hehe, it is going to be quite something. Jeanne isn't going to unlock that yet. I have a more special thing in mind for that to happen. Not everyone is gonna gain a powerup here, but some are. Some might even be surprising too. Yeah, she's gone from evil girl, to not so bad after all girl~

Cf96; Thank you!

Absolute Mirage; Thanks! Yeah, Asia surely took charge, didn't she? Show's how much she has grown, and yeah, he surely does. And I will try my best!

aaleonidas1; Thanks! Yeah, it is going to be awesome, I can assure you! That's this version of Asia for you, she's really cute, and can bring the peerage together. Kunou...well, read, and you'll see what happens with her. Yeah! That's gonna be interesting too! Ravel is certainly gonna be kicking some ass!

king carlos; I can safely say that it isn't on hiatus or anything like that. Aah, thank you very much! I'm glad that you like it! And indeed, it won't be.

Guest 4; I could actually see that happening. It would be a little of a comic relief too.

Beelzeboss; That would be pretty cool, I cannot deny something like that. Hehe, I can imagine Azazel saying something like that if she had all these different weapons, powers, other things like that.

ddentler21; Aah, thank you very much! That's a very nice thing to say~!

Ophis fan; That would be pretty cool, actually. Thanks for the suggestion!

Guest 5; To a fault yeah, but too much and it would make an unlikable character. And yeah that sounds pretty cool.

Shu Ouma GC; She is indeed in the harem. No, fem Ise here. Well, I am glad that you like it~

Jklombr; Yeah, that sounds pretty funny, I could see Zenki having some fun with that actually. Thanks for the suggestion!

Guest 6; Hehe, like when they reach the Evil Dragon's part of the story, I could see it happening then.

TheUnknownUser2; Thanks, sorry it has been a while, personal things happened, but I am back, and here we are.

Ace Alucard Lwolf; Yeah, you're right!

Guest 7; Yeah, I could see that happening.

brendanclay2009; That's actually a very small percentage of the chapter, which are usually over 15 thousand words.

I am Awesauce; Akeno already is, Rias is, with Ise right now.

Guest 8; Hehe, that would be funny.

reptoholic; Thanks for all the support!

Guest 9; Here's the update!

Guest 10; Yeah, that sounds pretty damn awesome to me, thanks for the suggestion!

Thalosen; Thanks very much, glad that you like it! Is it? Wow, I didn't know that~ Yeah, we'll be kicking into a faster pace soon.

Well, with those lovely reviews out of the way, it is time to start the chapter!

Preparing for battle!

Raynare had decided…

She didn't have a choice but to decide now.

She couldn't allow it to continue anymore. even though she had a hard heart, and a stern expression, she walked all the way down to the dungeon area, and saw that Aika was laying down on the ground, feeling weaker from hunger.

She refused to eat anything.

She was a caged bird, essentially, and she didn't want to be like that. She didn't want to be caged like this, and she wasn't going to eat. It was her own futile attempt to deny existence, and confirm that she still had a control over her life now.

"Hey, girl."

Raynare called as she walked over to the cage.

Aika turned towards her, and stared hatefully.

"What? Come to laugh at me like that bastard Dohnaseek, is it?"

Raynare scoffed, and shook her head.

"I'm not like that disgusting pig, little girl. I didn't come to laugh at you, or anything else. I just came to tell you something, something that was very important that it will effect what is going to happen with you now."

Aika became curious as to what she was talking about, and sat up inside of her cage.

"What are you…talking about?"

"I'm talking about, what is going to happen with your life now. You know, Dohnaseek is planning to take your Sacred Gear from you."

"A-And, what would that do to me?"

She was already aware, she believed. But she didn't want to be right, she desperately didn't want to be right, and when she saw that the eyes that Raynare had, really held such a look to her, where they would be a kind and considerate one.

"You're going to die."

In contrast to her eyes, Raynare told a very shocking secret towards her.

"N-No! I don't want to die! Please don't let me die! I didn't mean to do anything bad! I am a good person! I might be a pervert after men with big dicks like Ise, but I don't want to be killed! I don't deserve to die, do I!?"

Raynare looked grossed out by her admission, and turned her eyes downwards.

"It isn't like it is my fault that this is happening…wait, is his dick really…eeh, never mind."

Raynare couldn't even think about it. She entertained the idea for a few moments, but then she thought about it, and she couldn't do it again, she wasn't able to do it again. She felt sick to her stomach about what was going on with it right now.

"E-Either way, please help me…I mean, it seems like you care about Ise…and despite Ise and I being at odds at times, I do really think that he isn't so bad…I just don't want to die, please don't let me die, okay? I'll give you anything…I will do anything for you, please just don't let me die here, I can't fucking handle it! Please, come and save me! Please save me before anything else happens to me! Please, I am begging you!"

The desperation on her face was a very telling thing.

If she was in the same situation as Aika, Raynare believed that she would be in the same boat as she was, and would say similar things. She, didn't think that she would want to beg like her, but she could see herself begging like this.

Against her better judgement, Raynare inhaled a breath.

"Alright, I will help you."

She said, Aika's hopes to raise.

"Y-You're not kidding me!?"

She wanted it to be true, she wanted to desperately believe that Raynare was telling the truth right now.

Raynare informed her while nodding her head.

"That's right, I can't let you die after all. If we're quick, we can get you out of here, and towards Ise and the other Devils. I can't count on others of my own race now, so I have to count on the Devils. At least, I am sure that they won't allow anything to happen to you."

"I don't really understand much about Devils, but thank you."

Raynare didn't think she would hear anything like that again.

She never thought that she would hear anyone thanking her. It just seemed insane. She didn't think that she had anyone that would thank her.

Raynare shook her head and made a light sword in her hand. Aika got up, and watched Raynare slice through the bars of the cell that she was in, and cut them apart, releasing Aika from the prison cell that she was in.

"Come on." Raynare hurried her along. "Come on, we need to go now before he catches us."

"R-Right."

Aika wasn't steady on her feet, but she walked after Raynare began walking. She followed Raynare down the corridor, and wanted to believe that this was real.

She wasn't sure if Raynare was just giving her some hopes, and then was going to lock her right back up. But, Raynare's eyes did show that she wasn't exactly lying right now. It wasn't a feeling that Aika was familiar with, but Raynare had guilt within her heart.

Raynare and Aika went up the stairs, and she pushed open the door. she looked out into the hall of the Church, where broken pews where, and she saw that it was empty. She was relieved that Dohnaseek wasn't around right now.

"Come on, he isn't here. Once we get out of here, we can teleport out. Dohnaseek put a barrier around the place to prevent teleportation from inside out, so we have to get outside before we teleport away. Don't worry, we'll be gone soon."

Raynare assured as she held a tight grip on her light sword. The pinkness of the light sword, was quite beautiful. The small light that peaked inside of the window shone on her blade, and Aika felt her heart souring.

"R-Right."

Raynare stepped out first, and cautiously looked around as she walked. Aika followed after her, and looked around with tired eyes. She noticed a lot of broken religious icons, and wondered what that was about.

They continued walking slowly, not wanting to spring a trap.

Raynare was sure that he was do that, Dohnaseek that was.

He was so sadistic that he actually would do something like that. Even to his own followers, he would do something like that.

"Are we trying to escape, Raynare?"

Raynare's heart sank immediately, as she heard the voice behind her.

She couldn't believe it, and she didn't want to believe it…

But standing there, was Dohnaseek himself with his servant Freed. He was stood there, with a sadistic sneer on his lips, and a dirty look in his eyes. He looked, quite excited to see Raynare, and Aika.

"N-No! Not again! You betrayed me! I knew that this was too true to be a good thing! I knew that this was going to happen! Why do you want to do this to me!? I haven't done anything to you at all! I don't want to do anything anymore!"

Aika was sure that was what happened, but Raynare shot her a dirty look.

"I didn't know of this either, I didn't know they would be here. Just get out of here before-"

"No, I can't allow that to happen."

Dohnaseek summoned a light spear in his hand, and pointed it towards Raynare and Aika at the same time. Aika hid behind Raynare, as she gauged the actions of both Dohnaseek and Freed himself, snarling at the pair.

"How did you find out? I was sure to cover my presence."

Dohnaseek smirked, and pointed towards Freed.

"He told me. I had him listen to you, and your little bitch Kalawarner. I had him look for you, and had him listen to your little girl gang, and he heard that you were going to attempt to break out the girl with you breaking her out. Fuck knows where Kalawarner is now."

"I-I see…so, it was Freed, was it?"

Freed licked his lips devilishly towards Raynare, and lewdly eyed her up.

"I was able to give the Fallen Angel-sama behind me some information with you being at the centre. I'm sorry Raynare-chan, but that's how it is~ But, don't worry, I won't have anything happen to you, I will only take you again and again~"

"Tch. Come near me, and I will cut it off."

Raynare threatened, Aika clinging to her back.

Dohnaseek smirked at Raynare's defiant attitude.

"Seems like you aren't up for it? Freed really is up for it, Raynare. It would be alright if he indulges in your body, right? I don't think that would be the best, but I don't want you. Kalawarner is my girl, you're more, Freed's girl, aren't you Raynare?"

Raynare gritted her teeth, and held her sword tightly.

She looked like she was ready to slice and dice at the same time.

But she was worried on what she was going to do. She felt like she was going to die, and she was going to die too. But, even then, she was gaining courage from Aika. Strangely, she felt like she would be able to fight and even if she was going to die…she needed to fight and get Aika out of there.

"I'm sorry for disturbing you, Yasaka-san."

Zenki apologized as he entered the room alone.

His peerage and the others had gone to get themselves ready, relaxing and what they needed to do.

Zenki needed to see Kunou, and how she was.

Since he was worried that she didn't have long left, he wanted to see her before…anything else happened.

So he made his way inside, seeing Yasaka didn't even answer him. Though, with everything that she had gone through, it was quite obvious as to why he didn't receive an answer just yet, it did make sense to him that she wouldn't answer right away.

He walked over to the bed, and saw a sickly looking Kunou on the bed. She looked like she didn't have much life left in her body. Yasaka was hunched over her bed, and had uncontrollably sobbed for her daughter.

"Yasaka-san…"

Yasaka's eyes opened a little broader than they were, and went towards Zenki's own.

His comforting eyes caused her to collapse against him, hugging tightly onto him. His hands went around her head, hugging her head against his chest.

"I'm sorry Yasaka-san, this is all my fault. If I didn't come here, Kunou-tan wouldn't of been targeted, I am so sorry that this happened…I can't even imagine what you're going through right now, so…you can hit me and yell at me as much as you want. Even killing me would be fine, I brought this on us, with that damn Naga…"

Zenki couldn't feel any worse than he did right now.

That's how he honestly felt.

He didn't think that this would happen. From a vacation to what was happening right now, it just seemed insane. It didn't even seem like it was real, and happening right now, he didn't think that it was happening right now.

Yasaka denied what he said while shaking her head, tears in her eyes.

"No…either way, he was coming for me or Kunou. He just used this as a chance. It was thanks to you, and your friends, that we got Kunou to safety. You don't have anything to be sorry for Zenki-kun. You did your best…but Kunou is…she's going to…"

Yasaka couldn't finish, and just sobbed against his chest.

A parent losing their child…

It was inconceivable.

It wasn't something that should happen.

Zenki hadn't witnessed such love in such a long time between a parent and a child. He almost forgot that it could exist. But seeing it now, with Yasaka crying over the dying Kunou, he could see that she truly was blessed to have a Mother like Yasaka.

"Yasaka-san…I know it's hard…I'm sorry that this happened. Even if you don't blame me, I should've tried harder."

Yasaka didn't believe that this was Zenki's fault. Even she tried her best, and nothing came of it, it didn't happen and something in the end happened like this, she ended up being like this. She, was having such a crisis in her own head right now. Seeing her daughter dying, and seeing a young boy crying, she didn't feel right in her heart, she felt like she had been through something else entirely different, and she wasn't going to be able to recover.

"You can't try harder than your hardest, Zenki-kun. Don't blame yourself, I'm just glad you're here. Kunou has been asking for you…Zenki-kun, she doesn't have long left now. She doesn't have any time left…she was holding on to see you."

Zenki felt tears in his eyes, and turned his attention to the girl on the bed.

Moving closer towards her, Zenki bent his body downwards, kneeling down on the floor, and gently moved his hand towards her own. Using his larger hand, he encompassed his hand over her own, holding it gently.

Kunou was responsive, her dull eyes wandering towards his own eyes. She looked lifeless, she looked like she was in pain but she was still holding on, for Zenki, she held on to see him one last time.

"Zenki-nii…"

Her voice was distant, like it was far away, even though Zenki was right next to Kunou.

"Hey, Kunou-tan. You've been really brave lately, haven't you? You've been enduring all of this pain. I'm so proud of you Kunou-tan."

Even he felt stupid about saying that…but that's all he could say now.

He didn't know what else to say right now, he could only look at her, and try not to cry. He didn't want to cry in front of her, knowing that she was going to perish soon, he couldn't show sadness and make her feel worse than anything else.

"Kunou…did it…for Zenki-nii…he was…always brave…when we were…younger…"

Her speech was broken up. She could barely speak, Zenki unable to see Kunou like this, and knew he wasn't able to do anything for her. It broke him down, it really broke his heart that he couldn't do anything for her now.

"Yeah…but you don't have to be brave anymore, I'm here now."

He comforted her, and spoke with a smile on his face.

But his eyes displayed how sad he was.

Even though he tried his best, his eyes did betray him, and what he was feeling right now. That, was a hard thing to have to admit, that he was giving away his own sadness towards a girl that shouldn't have to receive a sadness like this.

"Zenki-nii…always comes for me…when Kunou was scared…Zenki-nii always came for me…Kunou always felt safe…with Zenki-nii…she always felt safe…when Zenki-nii was there for me…always when Zenki-nii was there…Kunou was…happy…"

Kunou spoke while trying to not groan out in her pain. She could feel like her very cells were burning. But she was being strong in front of the boy that she admired, and loved. She, was being as strong as she could for Zenki.

"And I was happy too. I, always found happiness with Kunou-tan. She always made me smile, everyday that I was with her. Kunou-tan was someone that I always enjoyed having around with me too, I was always happy with Kunou-tan. Did you know that, Kunou-tan? I was always happy with Kunou-tan, and always had a smile on her face."

Zenki muttered as softly as he could, attempting to control his emotions. But he was failing miserably. He truly was failing now, he couldn't stop the overwhelming feelings that he felt inside of his heart right now.

Kunou's face curled upwards, a pained smile.

"Kunou is glad…Kunou waited…like a good girl…she became bigger…for Zenki-nii…she was…always drinking lots of milk…" Some tears came out of Kunou's eyes, Zenki sniffling up too. "…I always…dreamt about…being Nii-chan's bride…every night…I always thought about…being Nii-chan's bride…"

"That's silly. Being my bride isn't a special thing…I'm not special Kunou-tan…I've never been special…you're special…I'm not special…"

Kunou shook her head, her eyes slowly losing light.

"That's right…Nii-chan is special…he was…special to me…Nii-chan gave me…lots of cuddles…kisses…Nii-chan told me stories of good things…when Kunou was scared…when Kunou felt worried…Nii-chan was there…and that's why…Kunou made sure…Zenki-nii was her fiancée. Kunou…is…blessed…to have met Zenki-nii…"

Zenki shed tears, more and more slipping down his face, like rain. They fell towards Kunou, and drenched her face in his salty tears. Kunou's own eyes leaked tears, as did Yasaka's too, but Kunou smiled, reaching up with her free hand, wiping his face.

"Kunou-tan…don't say that I'm special…I couldn't even save you…because of me…this has happened to you…Kunou-tan, this is all my fault…if it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be like this…so, stop saying that I am special…you're special, not me…"

He couldn't stop them this time.

He was crying openly towards her.

He felt stupid for crying, he didn't want to show such a weakness towards Kunou. She didn't deserve to see these tears. They weren't something that Zenki should've shed, he shouldn't do it, but he couldn't stop crying his eyes out for her.

Kunou was, strangely happy, that Zenki was crying for her. It made her feel like, Zenki truly did love her, and was always going to be beside her, even if she was going to end up dead. She…was comforted by the thoughts of Zenki being with her in her hour of the end. It, just made her feel, loved.

"…Kunou saw Nii-chan do his best…she saw him try…to save Kunou…so, I am…happy. Kunou…got to meet her…fiancée again…in such a long time…Kunou…became big again Onii-chan…she, became bigger…for you…"

"Y-Yes, and you're very beautiful Kunou-tan. A fiancée that I am proud to have."

With that, Kunou's world lit up, even if her body was slowly breathing. Her breaths were shallow, trying to bring air to herself, but it wasn't working as well before. The lights in her eyes had nearly been extinguished by now, and she wasn't looking so hot either.

"T-To hear that…Kunou was a good fiancée…"

"The best, you were the best Kunou-tan. My adorable fiancée. I couldn't ask for a better fiancée than Kunou-tan. She was the best that she was…and I really cared for you, as my fiancée. I never forgot the promise that I gave to you, I always remembered the promise that I gave to you."

Zenki's words allowed Kunou to feel relieved. She felt tears flowing down her face, her eyes having lost light now. She barely hung on, Zenki's hand tightening around hers, not wanting to accept that she was leaving.

"…Kunou was glad…" Kunou's eyes flickered, and she whimpered. "Kunou…can't see anymore…Kunou's world is dark…"

"Don't worry, I'm right here beside you Kunou-tan. I'm right here, you don't have to worry about anything, I am right here for you."

Zenki's assuring voice was all she needed to know, and she smiled as she drew her final breath.

"Goodbye Onii-chan…I love you…"

And then, Kunou died.

It was a death so devastating Zenki couldn't believe it, he wouldn't believe it.

It was meaningless.

Her death didn't matter in the way that it shouldn't of happened.

She didn't have to die like that.

She didn't even have to get caught up in wars between Dragon's, but she was, and now she was dead.

"Kunou! Kunou! KUNOU! KUNOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"

Yasaka shook her daughter while crying her eyes out, but it didn't make a difference. Her eyes just looked devastated, her tears were very real, and emotional even Zenki cried at the sight before him, crying at Kunou's death.

"It shouldn't of happened…it shouldn't have happened…"

Zenki repeated to himself, unable to accept this.

Kunou was dead.

She died, and he couldn't do anything for her.

It was like the time with Asia.

When Asia died, he couldn't do anything.

And this time, he was powerless to do anything again.

He cursed himself for his own powerlessness.

He couldn't handle it, she died, and she shouldn't of have to die. She didn't deserve the deaths he had, it wasn't something she should've gone through…

But she did.

Kunou was dead, and all he could do was shed tears, watching Yasaka pointlessly trying to arouse her daughter, from her eternal slumber.

"Kunou…Kunou…you can't be dead…please, open your eyes…please." Yasaka's begging was only heard by Zenki, who hugged her in a futile attempt to give her some kind of comfort. Yasaka openly sobbed against his chest. "Why do these things happen? Kunou was a good girl, she didn't deserve this. She didn't deserve to die…she wasn't even a bad girl…she was the best daughter I could've asked for."

"I know…this was stupid. This was meaningless. It didn't have to happen…that bastard, he's going to pay for this…he's going to pay for doing this to Kunou-tan…he's going to pay for this…he's really going to pay for this…"

Yasaka agreed wholeheartedly, she wanted to rip Naga's throat out for what he did to Kunou.

Naga was important to him…but now, seeing Kunou die, Zenki couldn't stand it. He couldn't stand Naga's presence anymore. If it was him, then he would've saved him somehow. But, no. He crossed a line when Kunou died.

But then, as Zenki was having an inner rage, a thought came to her.

She remembered someone on Zenki's peerage.

"Y-Your Queen…s-she's got the famous-"

"I know what you're going to ask, and it simply won't work."

Zenki hated denying Yasaka the chance. He didn't like it in the slightest.

"B-But, it can bring people back…"

"No, it can't." Yasaka's tear stained face fell down. "I mean, it can, but hers is…it's very dangerous, using it the way that you're asking for. Valerie-tan can't bring people back right now at her current level. She…makes zombies…I know it sounds weird, but it is like the deceased turn into a semi-deceased state. I'm sorry, but she wouldn't be able to revive Kunou-tan. And she tried using her Sacred Gear to affect her life, give her an indefinite lifespan, but for whatever reason, it seemed like Naga made sure that we wouldn't be able to do that. It was something that…even we don't know how it happened. A curse? Or something else, we don't know about. We, just know that Valerie-tan couldn't do anything."

Yasaka lost all hope at that moment.

She didn't know what to do.

She just lost her daughter.

Of course she wasn't going to be thrilled right now.

She couldn't even think.

She could only look at her deceased daughter, and weep openly.

Zenki cried too, but silently.

He didn't make noise like Yasaka did, but he did cry as much as she could. His eyes couldn't stop shedding tears like Yasaka's eyes…

But then a thought came to him.

He mulled over the thought within his mind, and wondered if he would be able to do it…if Yasaka would be able to accept it.

"Yasaka-san…I have a way to save Kunou-tan."

Yasaka's eyes widened with renewed life, turning towards Zenki.

"Y-You can? H-How?"

"Turning Kunou-tan into a Devil."

…Yasaka's eyes went a little off.

She didn't believe that she could hear such things. Kunou, becoming a Devil?

"E-Excuse me…turning her into a Devil? Y-You want to turn her into a Devil?"

She wanted to make sure that she heard him right.

Kunou becoming a Devil was a huge deal. To become a Devil, what would the Kyoto be like then? Kunou wasn't just an ordinary person, she was a girl connected to Kyoto, and would one day become the ruler of Kyoto.

But if she was going to become a Devil…

Yasaka didn't know how it would work, honestly. She didn't know how it was supposed to work.

"It's the only thing that could work…you see, Devils, are reborn with the Evil Pieces. Her life force, would be renewed. Like a lifespan is given to the reincarnated Devils. She'd be given a new one, and therefore, she'd be alive! B-But, she'd be a Devil. I mean…that's how it is. That's the only thing I can think of now. That would be the only way to bring her back…but, I won't do it, unless you ask me to do it Yasaka-san. It is your choice. She's your daughter, and it is your choice."

Yasaka's mind went into a frenzy.

Turning Kunou into a Devil?

Could she allow it to happen?

She wasn't sure what to do. Her mind kept thinking about it, but with each fleeting thoughts, it just seemed more implausible by the second. Turning Kunou back into a Devil, she'd be a Devil, and her daughter would be under the service of Zenki, as his Devil.

"I-I don't know. This is a big decision. Kunou being a Devil, would that even work? Could she even become a Devil? I mean…"

"Yes, she could do. Because…I have something called a Mutation Piece, and I would happily use it on Kunou-tan. She's an extraordinary girl with large amounts of potential. I don't mean it in a bad way, I'm just saying that she'd be welcome on my peerage. But, as I said, it is up to-"

"Do it."

Yasaka said it with conviction.

Zenki blinked with surprise.

"…Really? You're okay with it?"

"Yes, that's right. While it is something that I don't want to do, but I know that you'd take care of her. If anything, I know she'd be safe with you by her side, Zenki-kun. So, please reincarnate my daughter. It's strange asking this, but please make her a Devil. I just want my baby girl back, so please just bring her back to me."

Hearing the pleas of the Mother, Zenki couldn't refuse.

He couldn't refuse her, and nodded his head.

Zenki put his hand out and made a magic circle.

He opened up his own private holding area, and produced a box that contained his Evil Pieces.

Opening the box, he went into the box, and produced a single piece.

He held it up, and sent the box back to its personal space, keeping the piece out.

"This is my Mutation Piece. I will use it on Kunou-tan and bring her back. But, are you very sure that you want this to happen? Once I reincarnate her, she'll be a member of my peerage. She'll have to come with me back to Kuoh and such. Of course, she'll be able to come back whenever she wants, but she'll have to follow after me too. Just so you're aware."

He wanted to make sure of this to Yasaka.

He didn't want to blindside her with new information that she wouldn't understand.

He wasn't even trying to be cold about it, he just wanted her to know that there was no coming back once they did this. If Zenki went ahead with it, Kunou would be a Devil, and there was no turning back from being a Devil.

"I understand. This isn't a situation where we could be quite, scary. I, haven't ever thought that Kunou would become a Devil, but now thinking about it, Kunou would be alright with being a Devil. She did want to become your fiancée. So…you have my permission, Zenki-kun. Please turn my daughter into your servant, and treat her right. Always make sure she is safe, and loved, and always has an important place by your side. Also, please make her your official fiancée too."

"Y-Yasaka-san…m-my official fiancée…"

"Yes, please do that. It is one of the conditions. Consider it a pact between you and myself, and that way, Kunou will be able to retain her position as the next leader of Kyoto, while also being engaged to the Devil with a very promising future. If you can agree to this, then I will gladly accept you to turn my daughter into your servant, son in law."

Zenki smiled very weakly despite the situation. He didn't know if she was being serious or not, but her eyes displayed a willingness to him, wanting him to accept that he was going to marry Kunou, and also make him, the essential husband of the next heiress of the Kyoto city.

"…Yasaka-san, are you really satisfied with me being Kunou-tans fiancée? Not that I'm against it but…is it alright for a Devil like me to marry someone as important as Kunou-tan?"

"Yes, please do."

She said it with no hesitation in her eyes.

"R-Right, then you have my word. I will make Kunou-tan my fiancée, and marry her."

Nodding at him, Yasaka watched as Zenki went over to Kunou.

He laid it on her chest, and began activating his demonic power. It swirled around him, and around her too. The Evil Piece glowed a bright green colour, the same colour as his demonic power.

It made the room glow bright green.

Yasaka could feel it on her skin, the demonic power of the boy before her. She was surprised by the amount of demonic power surrounding such a piece. Though she guessed that this was the so-called Mutation Piece that he had, a stronger than normal piece that she had seen beforehand.

With his arms out wide, Zenki began chanting.

"I order, in my name Zenki Astaroth. You, Kunou. I, resurrect you back to this soil as my servant, and have you reborn as a Devil. You, my Pawn, be delighted with your new life!"

The Evil Piece entered Kunou's body, disappearing inside of her, causing her skin to become a healthy glow again.

Zenki stops the demonic power once confirming that the piece had entered Kunou.

"Kunou, please wake up."

Desperately, Yasaka clutched her hands together, and wouldn't let them go. Her eyes just lingered on Kunou's sleeping form, hoping to herself that Kunou would just open her eyes, and show that she was still there, and she wasn't dead anymore, she couldn't take if it was going to not work.

Zenki just stared at Kunou, the time for her to reawaken was longer than he had ever suspected beforehand. It just seemed the longer than usual stuff to happen.

For a little longer than usual, nothing happened…

That was until Kunou's eyes opened ever so slightly.

Wonderingly, she looks around, confused by what was going on.

"Huh…" Kunou's body lifted off the bed with Yasaka's and Zenki's eyes turning immensely happy. "Onii-chan…" Kunou caught the sight of Zenki, who was crying tears of joy. "…why are you crying Onii-chan? Kunou's here…Kunou isn't…"

"KUNOU!"

Yasaka released everything that was inside of her, and hugged her daughter tightly.

"Iyaaaa! Okaa-sama!? W-Why are you hugging Kunou!? Kunou doesn't know what's going on right now!"

Yasaka didn't answer and just hugged her daughter tightly.

Because she was confused, she looked towards Zenki.

"Onii-chan, everything is a little weird. Okaa-sama is acting weird, and even Onii-chan is crying too. Why is everyone crying all of a sudden? Kunou is confused, Zenki-nii. Could someone tell Kunou what is going on?"

Zenki wiped his eye, and bent down towards her. While still being hugged by Yasaka, Zenki laid his lips on top of her forehead, Kunou's face staining with a dark crimson colour that would make even Rias' hair jealous.

"Because, Kunou-tan is back again. This time, I won't let anything happen to you, Kunou-tan. This time, we'll stay perfectly okay. Also, since it is Kunou-tan, I have to say that she is my fiancée, after all, aren't you Kunou-tan?"

Yasaka's lips curled upwards ever so slightly, Kunou's widening excitedly.

"Y-Yes! Kunou is Zenki-nii's fiancée!"

"And also my Pawn too."

Zenki slipped in, hoping it was okay with her.

When she heard it, she didn't even hesitate, and smiled wider.

"That means I am Zenki-nii's family too, right?"

"Yeah, you're my family too. You're a double dose of fiancée and my family at the same time. Are you delighted?"

"Yay! I'm gonna be staying with Onii-chan too! That means Onii-chan is going to be able to have double fun with me! Yes, Kunou couldn't be more happy than she is right now! Yes, Kunou will also be able to become a stronger girl because of this!"

Kunou became excited, and jumped at him, hugging him very tightly and honestly loved the fact that she was able to have a time where she had become something very important to him, she was his Pawn now, and that was never going to stop.

Once Zenki had left Kunou and Yasaka to get some rest, he traversed the corridors, only for Xenovia to suddenly come out of a room and attempt to grab him. Naturally, he pulled away, not sure her intentions, but she moved closer regardless.

"W-What are you doing exactly?"

He demanded, but Xenovia continued moving closer. Like she was a Zombie, she took his hand and pulled him into the room. He didn't feel evil intentions behind her actions, so he didn't stop her, but he was always wondering what she was going to do next.

As he got into the room, he saw Irina sat on a bed, looking as if she was going to bed. He still remained confused as Xenovia dragged him over to the bed, and pushed him onto the bed. Xenovia sat beside him, Irina on the other side of him.

"S-So, what's going on girls?"

Zenki remained in confusion, he couldn't get his head out of it either. He always felt confusion when it came to something like this, it just didn't make much sense to him when these girls were around, they always were strange to him.

"Zenki-kun, we're glad that you're awake~"

Irina began, singing like a songbird would, her voice being quite beautiful.

"Yes, we're glad that you've woken up Z-money."

Zenki had to wonder why she kept using weird words when saying his name.

"Like, for real Zenki-kun! We're so glad! Because, not only are we excited to work together with Zenki-kun, we also have decided that Zenki-kun is a good Devil! We're happy that Zenki-kun is a good Devil!"

Zenki smiled at the girls, and ran a hand over his forehead.

"Thank you, both of you. I heard from Asia-tan before that you, Irina-san, also defended and stood up so everyone would be able to fight too, I have to give my gratitude towards you, I have to give you my thanks."

Irina's face tinged pink as she shuffled from side to side.

"I-I was just being humble, and wanted to help everyone…i-it was Asia-san that did the hard work, I just backed her up."

"Please don't be so modest, I heard everything that you said, and also how strong you were. I cannot have any faults with your performance until now, Irina-san. You've done remarkably well, too. I, am just pleased that you girls are here to help us too."

Zenki said it with a genuine smile on his lips, wanting to convey that towards the pair of them.

"Awww, that's really kind of you Zenki-kun. Thank you for saying such kind words!"

"Me too, Z-rain. I would also like some words, homedog."

Xenovia butted in as she stroked her chin thoughtfully.

Zenki didn't know why she'd want something like that from him, considering that he was her enemy, he thought. But, if it was going to boost morale, he wasn't going to say anything negative about it, and give her what confidence that he could give her.

Zenki faced Xenovia, and adopted a kind smile.

"Xenovia-san, you've also done remarkably well. You fought very well, and thanks to your kindness too, we were able to come out of it as unscathed as we did. You've been a good friend to us while being here. I heard that you supported some of my peerage when they were at their lowest, is that right?"

Xenovia carefully nodded as she crossed her arms under her bust.

"That's right, I did offer my support like that. I, did my best to give them confidence. They are the main dudes peerage homie's, so I of course wanted them to excel, and not have them so down in the dumps. I believe I did a good job."

"Yes, you did a very good job for me, and a good service for everyone. So, thank you for doing that for me. I really do appreciate everything that you've done for me until now, and this peerage too. Both of you, you did great things for me, so I can only offer my words of gratitude."

Irina and Xenovia shared a look between them, then both gained smiles.

"N-Naturally, it is something that a Devil would say to someone like me. But, I appreciate it all the same, Zenki-homie."

Zenki would never understand Xenovia, and he wasn't even going to try at this point.

Irina on the other hand, bowed her head and allowed her long hair to fall from her face.

"I-I don't think that I would ever hear such things from a Devil, but I think that it is a good thing if it is Zenki-kun, so thank you!"

Zenki smiled weakly, and just gave them that smile, it was slightly comforting for them to receive such a smile.

After escaping Xenovia and Irina's…weirdness, he ran down the corridor and happened to come across Valerie sat on her own, inside of a room, while holding one of her Sacred Gear cups in front of her face.

"Valerie-tan? Are you alright?"

That's the first thing he said as he walked closer towards her.

Valerie was surprisingly startled, but nodded nonetheless.

"Y-Yes, I am fine. I am just thinking about what I will be able to do in the battle that is going to be coming up. It is going to be…something alright, I can't deny that. It is going to be something…you know, Zenki-kun. I was worried when you didn't wake up. I stayed by your bedside for as long as I could, but I couldn't do-"

"I know." He silenced her, seeing how she was working herself up in a negative way. "I heard it all, Valerie-tan. I listened to everyone's sweet words, and I know that you're doing your best as my Queen, and that's amazing. I heard how you said that you think that you're not a good Queen, but you are."

Valerie couldn't accept the kindness, and just continued to shake her head.

"N-No, I am not a good Queen. A good Queen wouldn't of allowed her King to get hurt. I have this damn Longinus, and I can't do anything with it. I mean, what good am I? I can't even do anything with this thing, and it won't even do anything powerful. The most I can do is resurrect Zombie creatures, and that's not gonna be helpful to anyone."

"Valerie-tan, you're great help. If it wasn't for your modifications, I wouldn't of been able to survive that attack by that Witch. So, don't say that you're going to be useless, you're not useless. You're my Queen, my adorable Queen that I really admire and love. So, don't say you're going to be useless, you're not useless."

Zenki spoke what he believed to be the truth. He did love Valerie, and he was deeply happy that she was his Queen.

"Zenki-kun…you know, I will…become better at using this Longinus of mine. I will do my best, I don't ever want to lose Zenki-kun like that ever again. I don't want anything to happen to Zenki-kun, so I will definitely work my hardest so I will be able to revive anything without them becoming insane people."

Zenki allowed his smile to spread across his face, and petted the head of Valerie, and gave her forehead a kiss. Valerie's face tinged pink as she fell against him, hugging him around his waist, and snuggled against his chest.

"Valerie-tan, I must've had you worried, huh."

Knowing that he had worried pretty much everyone, he was worried on how his Queen was taking it, after hearing that she took it quite hard.

"Y-Yes…don't ever worry us like that again, okay? It isn't something that you can do. Also, don't worry me like that again Zenki-kun. If you're the man both Gasper and I have decided to go too, I can't have anything happen to you like this."

"Gasper-tan and you, huh…"

Valerie's face lifted up, and she moved upwards. She went to Zenki's neck, and gave him an icy kiss on said neck. His body shivered from the touch, but Valerie didn't stop, and basically placed kiss after kiss on the boys neck.

"Zenki-kun is our chosen one, we want to always be beside Zenki-kun. And also, when the time comes, Zenki-kun. Take both Gasper and I at the same time, okay?"

"E-Eeeeh? D-Did I hear that right?"

He wanted some confirmation, so Valerie brought his hand to her breast, and nodded, the giggling of her impressive bust sent waves of complex emotions through his system.

"That's right. Gasper and I, at the same time. Sex I mean. We want to be your Vampire's, okay? Please take us both at the same time, and make love to us directly. Basically, we want to experience our first with the same man at the same time. If it is Zenki-kun, I am sure that we'll be satisfied at the same time."

He scratched his cheek with a blush at the thought of both Gasper, and Valerie at the same time. It was a thought that he did think about sometimes, but to hear it from Valerie directly, he didn't expect something like that.

"A-Ah…erm, y-yes. If it is Valerie-tan and Gasper-tan then…y-yes, I will take responsibility for your feelings, and do what is necessary…no, I want to always be with Valerie-tan and Gasper-tan too, that's why I will definitely take care of you."

"Hehe, if hearing that is enough, then I am fine with anything that is going to happen."

Valerie allowed a wide smile to appear on her face, and kept her expression smiley.

Zenki also smiled, and petted her head.

At that time, Mittelt and Le Fay walked into the room, having heard the noises of what was going on. Valerie hugged Zenki's arm, and wouldn't let go of it either. Mittelt looked a little annoyed, and Le Fay looked like she was smiling.

"Aah, Mittelt-san, and Le Fay-san. Is there something going on?"

"Hmmm, nothing really."

Mittelt spoke as if she didn't care, Le Fay on the other hand inched closer.

"Zenki-sama, I'm glad that you're okay. We are really relieved that you're okay, aren't we Mittelt-sama?" Mittelt didn't say anything, but did show some concern with her eyes. "Either way, Zenki-sama, I also wanted to know…about tomorrow, the fight and all, what am I going to be doing exactly?"

Zenki adopted a kind smile, petting her head.

"I've got a major role for you to play, Le Fay-san. You're going to be one the key players."

"M-Me? K-Key player!? W-Well, I don't know…key player…me, being a key player…I-I can't even think of anything like that…key player, me being a key player is…I-I don't know what to say…key player…me."

"Nervous?"

Le Fay nodded her head at his daring smile.

"O-Of course! It is a huge responsibility if you're saying that!"

"I know it is, but I know you can do it. Also, I am going to be teaching you some magic?"

Le Fay's eyes lit up with renewed vigour.

"R-Really!?"

He nodded, and patted his lap. Mittelt thought it was for her at first, so she was going to move forward, but when Le Fay giddily jumped onto his lap, Mittelt felt a little disheartened, Valerie catching that and nibbled on Zenki's neck. She didn't suck any blood, she did it to show affection to one another.

"That's right, I'm gonna be teaching you some magic, something that we've discussed beforehand. Since you clearly are trustworthy, the battle the previous day really does tell me that much, it makes sense for this to happen."

Le Fay swayed her legs happily on his lap, Mittelt staring off with an annoyed expression.

Valerie nudged Zenki, and secretly pointed towards Mittelt who looked dissatisfied.

"Mittelt-san, something wrong?"

"N-No! There's nothing wrong with me!"

She was clearly lying, even Zenki could see that.

"I see…then, you don't want to sit on my lap?"

At that…Mittelt's face turned towards Zenki, and had a small blush on her cheeks.

"Y-Your lap…? W-Why would I want something like that!?"

"Then don't, it is okay."

"No!" She shouted, and jumped closer. "I might want to sit on your lap! Y-You'd have to ask very nicely! If you don't, I won't be able to do anything like that! Y-You have to be kind and ask someone like me to sit on your lap!"

Both Valerie and Le Fay rolled their eyes, both cuddling against him.

"Fine, will you please sit on my lap?"

He thought humouring her would be the best thing to do, and she was right when Zenki felt Mittelt sit on his right leg, Le Fay shifting to his left leg. Mittelt's face turned scarlet, and she wouldn't stop feeling as she did.

"I-I'm only sitting here because you want too! It isn't like anything else wants me to sit here!"

Zenki had to admit that her Tsundere side wasn't that bad, and actually was quite cute.

"I see, then I'm pleased."

Mittelt's face turned a little crimson and hugged onto him without anyone else's say.

"Also…Zenki-sama, I feel useless…I don't think that I will be much use tomorrow."

"Actually, there's a job I want you to do tomorrow. It isn't going to be dangerous, but it requires your…unique skills."

Mittelt tilted her head to the side.

"Me…my unique skills?"

"Exactly, I'm counting on everyone tomorrow."

"T-Then I will do my best!" Realizing how she sounded, Mittelt huffed. "I-I will only do it if you kiss me! That's it!"

"Eeeh? What happened to hating me?"

Mittelt turned her face away, and didn't say anything else.

"No fair! If she's getting a kiss, I want one too!"

Le Fay butted in as Zenki attempted to quell the...weirdness inside of Mittelt right now.

"Le Fay-san…"

Le Fay shuffled on his lap, and adopted a cute look to her face.

"I-If she is, me too…I want one too…"

He didn't imagine that he'd hear something like that, and could only guess how he was supposed to be feeling right now.

"H-Hey Jeanne-tan, how are you doing?"

Zenki approached the lone Jeanne who was sat in a room by herself. She held a single sword out in front of her. She looked at it with some hollow eyes, like she wasn't going to be able to function all that well in the future.

"Aah, Zenki-chan. What a surprise."

Jeanne didn't sound like her usual self, so he moved his way towards her, and sat beside her.

"Nice sword."

He joked, looking at her bladed weapon.

"Hehe, because Zenki-chan says it then it must be true~" Her joking voice was strangely comforting to him now. "Zenki-chan, I'm glad that you're awake. When Zenki-chan went down, I was worried about what was going to happen."

"Yeah, it looked a little scary for a little while, but I was able to get over it. I'm relieved that I could do something like that. But also, you seem to be looking worried about something too, aren't you Jeanne-tan?"

Jeanne looked down at her sword, reaching out her hand, and grasped the blades handle. She raised her blade, and looked at it with an admiring look to her face, and she felt her heart soaring when looking at her blade.

"When I look at holy swords, it makes me think of my past."

"With your Onii-sama?"

He took a guess, and Jeanne confirmed it while nodding her head.

"That's right, because of the fact that I was also worried about my past coming back to me. I never expected Onii-sama to be like he is, and then…Onii-sama stabbed me through the stomach. I was really scared, I was really nervous, I couldn't believe that he'd be like that. The Onii-sama that I loved, really turned on me, and stabbed me. If it had been with Ascalon, then I would've died, wouldn't I? I couldn't even ask anything to Onii-sama, and had to receive his blade against my body. I was…scared that he turned against me. I'm sorry Zenki-chan, it seems that being your Knight-chan really has been giving me some traumatizing memories for someone like me."

"Jeanne-tan, I don't blame you in the slightest. There's nothing to blame you for. Fighting family isn't easy, it isn't as easy as I make it out to be. Fighting against Naga…I was worried that I wouldn't be able to do it either."

Jeanne bowed her head, and then felt her heart being gripped.

"But Zenki-chan still fought anyway, and drove them away. I couldn't even do something like that, I wasn't able to fight against my Onii-sama and win…at best, I was just a human shield for the others, and wasn't able to do anything at all."

Jeanne's eyes went lower than the floor, and felt like she wasn't going to be able to recover.

Zenki placed a hand on her thigh, and rubbed gently.

"It's alright Jeanne-tan, we're all here. If you don't want to fight your Onii-sama, then I won't push you." Jeanne's eyes flickered. "We'll come up with another way to fight him off, it isn't a problem at all, we'll just do it that way, alright? You don't have to fight him if you don't want too."

Jeanne continued to look at the ground, and got into thought.

"Fighting against Onii-sama is going to be difficult…but, if I can't even face my family when they've done wrong, what does that mean about me…? I can't even fight against Onii-sama who cut me off a long time ago. He even stabbed me, and didn't even seem to care when he did it…but something about Onii-sama's eyes told me that…they told me that there is something…just something about him that would…but Zenki-chan still fought against Diodora, even though…but there relationship was always strained…but with this Naga…it seems like Zenki-chan has a personal relationship with him, yet still fought when all the chips were down…"

Jeanne attempted to sus out the mess that was her thoughts, but she found it extremely difficult.

She couldn't think of anything that would allow her to even think straight.

She had many conflicting emotions inside of her. While she shouldn't be feeling like this, Zenki and the peerage being her family, she couldn't just turn away from her elder brother either, it was like turning her back on everything that she knew and trusted, yet she also had Zenki and his peerages love with her too…she didn't know what to do.

As she was thinking, Zenki merely smiled at her, despite some pain that he was in, she was being offered his kindness and strength, when it seemed like she wouldn't be able to do anything like he could.

"I'll fight Onii-sama."

She made up her mind.

She was being rash, she knew that. But, she couldn't allow her family, her new family, to suffer either. She couldn't allow them to suffer either, and while she didn't want to hurt her elder brother, she didn't want anything to happen to him, she had to think of her new family too.

"A-Are you sure Jeanne-tan? I mean, I can plan around that if you want me too. I don't want to pressure you into doing something that you don't want to do, that's the last thing that I want to do with you, you know what I mean Jeanne-tan? I only want you to feel good about yourself, and if fighting your Onii-sama isn't something that you don't want to do, I can and will plan around that. I only want you to be safe and sound, after all. I, wouldn't want you to be worrying about not being able to fight against him. The ball, in this case, is in your court. I will be happy with whatever you decide, Jeanne-tan."

Jeanne inclined her head, having clear conviction on her face.

"I have to make sure Onii-sama stops his actions before he does anything else. So, I have to fight and do what is right, for this to come about. I, have to fight against Onii-sama, so please allow me to fight him too Zenki-chan. I won't hesitate this time. I will fight him, and make him stop this. I will, force him to stop this, I won't allow him to continue on with what he was going to do."

Zenki smiled softly and hugged Jeanne.

"Don't worry, you'll definitely be able to overcome this, with us by your side, and when we stop your Onii-sama, we'll do everything that we can to make this right. Maybe, there's a shred of humanity inside of him."

Jeanne's eyes teared up, cupping Zenki's chin, and kissed his lips. Zenki didn't make a move as she caressed his lips with her own lips. She kept her lips on his despite the fact that she was crying.

Tears came from her eyes, but she needed it right now, she needed him to kiss her, and for her to kiss him too. She needed his comfort, his support, and he offered it to her for allowing it to continue. Her eyes were glued to his own eyes, never leaving the others gaze.

Once breaking away from Zenki's lips, Jeanne hugged Zenki tightly.

"I'm glad that Zenki-chan is back."

Zenki rubbed Jeanne's back gently, and whispered soothing words against her ear as he held her, not speaking, which she needed right now.

After the time with the girl had finished, Zenki came out of the room, and took a deep breath. He went into a room, and began taking a few breaths, putting a hand over his heart with mild discomfort going through his body.

However, the room he entered so happened to have Ravel sitting inside, looking as if she was contemplating something. Ravel's eyes widened when she saw that Zenki seemed to be in pain, and rushed to his side immediately.

"Zenki-sama! Zenki-sama! A-Are you okay!?"

Zenki chuckled awkwardly, and smiled, giving her head a pat.

"I'm okay, Ravel-tan. Don't worry about me. Just an aftershock of what happened, is all. Don't worry about me Ravel-tan, there's nothing wrong at all."

"Zenki-sama…this is all my fault." Ravel put a hand to her face as she felt tears dancing in her eyes. "Zenki-sama, if I didn't freeze, you wouldn't be in pain right now, this isn't anything that I am…I'm just something that is useless. You chose me to become your Bishop, and I have failed you. I'd understand if you want to trade-"

"Don't ever say that again, Ravel-tan."

Zenki cut her off sternly, catching her by surprise.

"Zenki-sama…"

Zenki led Ravel over to the bed, and gently embraced her body. Ravel naturally was surprised by the hug that he gave her, believing that she didn't deserve the hug after everything that had happened, she didn't think that he should hug her for how weak she had been.

"Ravel-tan, everyone becomes frightened in their lives. I am never going to blame you for being frightened, I wouldn't ever do that to you, it wouldn't be right for me to do something like that, so don't worry Ravel-tan."

Zenki's voice was kind, and compassionate. It truly did show how much he did care for her.

"Yeah…but, it was me that became frightened at the wrong time. Not only you, but even Kuroka-sama was going to take the attack for me when I should've just moved out of the way, but because I'm such an idiot, I couldn't even do that right. I couldn't even move out of the way right, and I ended up having someone else hurt. My King, got hurt because of me. I, got my King hurt because I couldn't do anything like protect you, I couldn't do my duties as a Bishop, and I ended up having my King hurt, and that means…I couldn't even do anything for my King…"

"Ravel-tan, it's alright."

Ravel looked towards the floor.

"N-No, it isn't okay."

"But, it is. I'm alright, see? I'm alright, there's nothing to blame yourself for."

Ravel's eyes became a little wet, and that made Zenki feel worse that she was in such a state.

"I have too…" She shed a tear. "I-I didn't even do anything for you Zenki-sama…t-this is all my fault…if I didn't…then I couldn't…Zenki-sama, you have every right to blame me for this, you can blame me for everything that is going on, I wouldn't blame you in the slightest, I wouldn't even blame you for doing this to me. It is just…I just can't even do anything right."

Ravel had a pity party, that's what it was really. Zenki knew it was, and he didn't like it. He didn't like the fact that Ravel felt so depressed right now, and put his hand to her back, rubbing as gently as she could.

"Ravel-tan, you're my Bishop. I wouldn't ever trade you, don't be silly. You made a mistake? Alright, you made a mistake. You didn't do it intentionally. People freeze in fights, its natural. That was our first fight where we weren't even with the opponent, and they had a significant advantage over us. It truly is frightening, you know that?"

"I-I was frightened…b-but, that doesn't excuse my inability to move! I should've moved Zenki-sama! I should've moved! Please, tell me that I should've moved! Please become angry at me! I was the one that got you hurt! Your body was covered in holy flames, and you were injured! Please say this is all my fault! Please hate me!"

Ravel begged for this.

She couldn't stand this being her fault, and wanted someone else to acknowledge that it was her fault.

But Zenki wouldn't do that.

"No, this isn't your fault, Ravel-tan." Ravel hiccupped with a cry. "Ravel-tan, you froze, alright? That's it, you froze, and now you've realized that you aren't invincible, you're also a girl Ravel-tan. And I'm a boy. Because we're Devils, it doesn't mean we can instantly get used to fighting, and get used to fighting against stronger opponents."

"B-But, you don't seem to have a problem with it…"

Ravel countered, but Zenki merely shook his head, and explained it while smiling.

"You know Ravel-tan, I wasn't always like this. When I was younger, I always froze. Whenever Diodora raised his hand against me, I froze. I was frightened as a child, and I froze when his fist socked me in the face. Being afraid is alright, Ravel-tan. Fear, is what drives people to be courageous. My fears, always drive me to be courageous. Did you think I wasn't afraid when that holy flame cross came for me?"

"Zenki-sama…"

Ravel didn't know what to say, so Zenki continued, and brushed a hand over her face.

"I was afraid, but I was able to protect you. My desire to protect you, outweighed my fear of death. Because of you, and all of my peerage members, I was able to overcome my fears, and showed renewed strength, that's how I felt when being with you, and the others. So, I am afraid. Going into a battle and not being afraid, I'd accuse you of being crazy. Because, it is normal to feel fear. But turn that fear, into something. Turn it into power, Ravel-tan."

"I-Into power?"

She sobbed, the girl now in tears.

Zenki inclined his head, and hugged her.

"Yes, that's right, into power. Turn your worries, and sorrows into power. I know it is difficult for something like that to happen, but I know my Bishop, and I know that you can do this Ravel-tan, I believe in you."

Ravel's eyes welled up, and she latched onto Zenki tightly.

"Zenki-sama, I-I will do better. I promise that I will do better. I didn't do well before, but now I will do better. I wasn't a good fighter before, and I failed to move out of the way. But tomorrow, come tomorrow, I will fight to the best of my ability. I will fight for what is right, and we'll leave here together, our family."

Zenki rubbed the back of her head, and inclined his head.

"We'll leave with our family."

With those words, Ravel became relieved, and hugged him gently. Zenki responded by hugging her back, giving her a kiss on the forehead…but then stopped when Ravel looked lovingly into his eyes, a look that made everything better.

"Zenki-sama…"

"Ravel-tan, it's okay to be afraid. Don't ever think that it isn't okay, just know that I am going to be here for you. It isn't something that you have to worry about, fear is apart of who we are. Everyone, no matter how they try to hide it, can become afraid at some point. Everyone in the peerage feels fear sometimes, and it is normal. And the way to get over that is by doing what you can to conquer your fear, and that means doing your best, and you have all of us around you Ravel-tan, you don't have to worry about anything."

With his words, Ravel slowly felt her fears melting away. They weren't completely gone, but she could feel strength building up inside of her, because she realized something…she had people that are around her, that love her, and that will fight with her. Everything, about her family was the best, because they always stood next to one another, and fought together.

But then, Ravel stopped…and stared into his eyes.

She looked into his eyes, and a cute look to her lips appeared. Her eyes fluttered like a thousand fans, and her heart beat went faster in her chest. Zenki's own heart beated a little faster as Ravel hugged onto him as tight as she could.

"Zenki-sama…I want to spend all of my time with Zenki-sama. also…would now be the right time to ask for something, Zenki-sama?"

"Yes? What would that be?"

Ravel adopted a cute raise of her small lips, and budged closer to Zenki himself. Her hand nervously took his own hand, and he allowed his hand to be dragged towards her breast. Zenki's surprise came when Ravel blushed brightly.

"M-My body is…it isn't like that of Kuroka-sama's body…b-but, I am for Zenki-sama too…he was there, when we were younger…w-we are like, childhood friends…a-and we also had, good fun...w-we had a good time together, didn't we Zenki-sama?"

"Of course…Ravel-tan but that's…"

"Zenki-sama, please can I kiss you!?"

She asked it right away while blushing up a storm.

It was a huge deal for Ravel, and she didn't think that she would actually ever say something so outlandish as that. But she did, and it came out with her spluttering and blushing at the same time, she felt her cheeks reddening too.

Zenki's lips curled upwards.

"Such a silly question. Of course you can, Ravel-tan. I am surprised that you didn't ask sooner. We are childhood friends, after all. I am shocked that we didn't do this sooner, I do have a good love for Ravel-tan too."

Ravel's trembling lips went towards Zenki, so he took her hand with his free hand, holding it tightly. His other hand placed on her breast, and gave it a gentle rub with his hand. She moaned as she sunk into his loving feeling and embrace.

Zenki chuckled, and then kissed her on the lips. Ravel was taken back with a new and feeling that she was experiencing. His lips over her own made her heart soar, and for the first time, she felt like she was Zenki's now.

Their kiss lasted seconds, but it felt like a century to Ravel, and she felt, complete at last. She was Zenki's now, for certain. She was, his now. She wouldn't go to anyone else, he had taken her first kid, and now that he had, she was certain that she would be able to stand beside him always, not just as his Bishop, but as his woman too.

Once breaking apart, Ravel's face turned bright red, and she fell against the boys chest.

"Zenki-sama, I am…yours now. Zenki-sama, I will always stand beside you now…"

"Right, you're going to be standing beside me now."

Ravel looked up to meet his eyes, where he put a hand to her cheek, and rubbed it gently. Ravel's face was soothed by his touch. She could feel her heart beat rapidly beating from the love that Zenki was sending towards her.

"Z-Zenki-sama…w-when I am…w-when I am…w-when I want to k-k-kiss Zenki-sama too, t-then that would be…a-acceptable, right?"

Her nervousness was evident on her face, and her voice crackled with said nervousness.

Zenki couldn't help but smile at Ravel with a wide smile on his face.

"You're so silly Ravel-tan. Of course, I am your King after all. Since Kuroka-tan and the others do so, it wouldn't be different to you. You, are my peerage members after all, and I love all of you, and that means I want to do things with you girls, too."

Ravel couldn't help the smile that was appearing on her face, lifting her cheeks up more and more by the second.

As Ravel and Zenki stared into each other's eyes, the door opened to reveal Koneko and Kuroka. Koneko looked down, and so did Kuroka. Zenki tilted his head to the side, and offered the pair of them a loving smile.

"What's wrong girls?"

Koneko was the first to walk over to him, and sat on his lap immediately. She hugged around his neck, and laid against his chest. Kuroka strode over too, sitting on Zenki's opposite side to Ravel, and hugged his arm.

"…Zenki-senpai, we were worried about what was happening with you."

"Yeah nyaaa. We were worried, and our love for you allowed us to come for you like this nyaaa."

The Nekomata sisters answered with small smiles on their faces, but hid their sadness with lowering their eyes.

"Hey, I'm alright. I'm here, there's nothing to worry about now. Kuroka-tan, and Koneko-tan, I'm sorry for worrying you. And you too Ravel-tan, I didn't mean to worry you too. I didn't mean to make you all worry for me. Hey, this is like the beginning between us. It was only us four at the beginning, wasn't it?"

Kuroka, Koneko, and Ravel all smiled, and remembered this fact.

"Yeah nyaaa. It was just us four to begin with."

"…It was a simpler time back then."

"W-We really did begin like this! All four of us together like this!"

Zenki smiled at each of them, petting their heads softly.

"Yeah, and now our family has grown with the addition of Valerie-tan, Asia-tan, and Jeanne-tan too. We're really growing to a lovely peerage that we are in. I'm just glad that we're all together like this."

He purposely left out Kunou, not wanting to anger Koneko as she had a somewhat rivalry with her.

"Me too nyaaa."

Kuroka confessed and kissed him as Koneko and Ravel look on with annoyance. Kuroka didn't waste time, and deepened the kiss instantly with his tongue, darting it around his mouth, and entangled his own tongue, and wouldn't let go of it.

Once breaking the kiss, Zenki was about to speak when Koneko this time captured his lips, and kissed him deeply.

"K-Koneko-san! To think you'd go that far…"

"Seems like she's become bold, hasn't she Ravel-chan?"

Zenki was quite surprised that there was a slight chance between Ravel's and Kuroka's relationship dynamic.

"Yes…that's right, Koneko-san has become more bold in recent years. And even in recent times, she's really become more bold."

"You best hurry Ravel-chan, or Shirone is gonna leave you in the dust."

It wasn't a mocking tone Kuroka used, but a general playful one, and really defined the relationship between Kuroka and Ravel, it seemed like they had grown into something more, something complete between one another.

Koneko broke the kiss while panting, putting her head against his chest, snuggling in.

Zenki's face tinged scarlet, and hugged all of his peerage members that were around.

"I love you girls."

"Love you too Zenki-chan nyaaa~"

"…I love Zenki-senpai very much."

"M-Me too Zenki-sama! I love you too!"

The girls and Zenki continued to hug one another like there was no tomorrow.

"Zenki-sama! I'm not getting it!"

Le Fay pouted as she dropped the magic circle in her hands. It shattered across the ground, and she sighed openly at her inability to grasp what Zenki was attempting to teach her.

Since the fight was going to be coming soon, they had no choice but to practice now. And Zenki was giving Le Fay a good lesson about a certain magic that he wanted her to learn for the upcoming fight, believing that it would be for the best.

"My, it seems that you are getting slightly worked up, Le Fay-san."

Le Fay's cute face turned into a pout as she slumped to the ground.

"I-I understand the theory behind it, but actually performing it is, different to what I usually do with my magic. The equations are very difficult to understand, but I am doing my best to do what I need to do, you know what I mean, Zenki-sama?"

Zenki furrowed his eyebrows, and then patted her head without standing.

"I know, I am asking a lot to ask you to learn this to a good level on a single day. But, this is also going to be one of the deciding factors of the fight, too. So, I please employ you to do what you need to do and learn it, Le Fay-san."

"I-I am trying."

Le Fay muttered as she averted her eyes from the young boy himself.

Zenki chuckled thoughtfully.

"That's right, you are doing your best, Le Fay-san. I can't deny that, and you've done an amazing job until now, Le Fay-san. You've done amazing things, and I am blessed to have you around like this Le Fay-san. If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't of been able to get here, like this."

"Zenki-sama…"

Le Fay felt her face heating slightly at Zenki's praising words. But then, he saw that she still had a down look on her face.

"Le Fay-san, come here."

Zenki patted his lap, to which she blushed at even more, and slowly went over.

Once getting to him, she sat on his lap while blushing, having the time of her life since she was sitting on her idols lap, she could die happy right now.

"Le Fay-san, I think that it might be difficult for you to learn as you haven't got a calm mind."

"A-A calm mind…?"

Zenki nodded, and slowly wormed his hand across her arm. Le Fay's body heated more and more with his hard fingers across her delicate skin. She didn't even realize that there was magic running through his fingers, and entering her system.

"Your mind is rattled right now, Le Fay-san. You've got a lot of thoughts in your mind. Are you worried about what's going to happen?"

"Y-Yes…I'm worried I won't see my Onii-sama again."

He expressed an understanding look towards her plight, and ran his fingers to her hand, and grasped it. Le Fay's red face continued to redden even more. She felt warm inside of her chest, and felt like she was going to burn up from the inside of her intensity of the situation.

"I won't let anything happen to you, Le Fay-san."

"Zenki-sama is…"

Le Fay's heart pounded as his face, and her face came closer together. She could see his comforting expression, and his gentle eyes on her. Before, when she saw him fight, she saw him being serious, and now, he was as gentle as anything.

"I won't allow anything happen to you." He stated again, giving her hand a gentle squeeze. "I know that this is scary right now, and this is a bad situation, but I know that we're going to be alright. I know that to be true."

"How do you know?"

Le Fay's question was met with a smile.

"Because I just do. Call it a premonition."

"But, we're stuck here, and we won't be able to get out of here unless we fight Naga and the others, and they are all dangerous, and scary people. They have skills that are above us, they are better than us Zenki-sama. I'm scared that we won't be able to get out of here unscathed."

"You don't have to be scared. I know it is scary, but you don't have to be scared. I will make sure all of us get out of here. I've got the plan, after all. Of course, there isn't any 100 percent guarantee, but we have to do our best. And we have you, Le Fay-san."

"I'm not really…"

"A great magician." Zenki finished off for her with kind eyes. "You, are a wonderful magician, one of the most talented that I have ever been with beforehand. I know that if we all fight together, we'll be able to win. Naga was prepared for us last time, but this time, we've got countermeasures against him, and his flaw is that he is always overconfident, he's cocky, and he will believe that I will be down, and Yasaka-san is down, and that we all have lost our fighting spirit. But, that simply isn't true this time. We're going to get out of here Le Fay-san, I know that we are. And you're going to help us get out of here too."

"If I can get this down then…b-but even then…" Le Fay twirled around on his lap, and stared into his assuring eyes with her vulnerable eyes. "I'm worried, Zenki-sama. I, wish that I had the confidence that the other girls could gain from you."

"Confidence from me? Is it that special?"

Le Fay nodded with a slight groan, her face being in perpetual blushing mode.

"Of course it is…l-look how the others were inspired by your words, and were picked up from what they were before. You're the pillar of the peerage, you keep those girls together, and think clearly. You're like the head of the family, and always have their assuring presence being there. If it is you, Zenki-sama, then I know that I am going to be okay, and that's because, even though I don't have any rights to be in your peerage or anything, I'm not in your peerage, but I know that I'm going to be okay near you, Zenki-sama. So, can I please gain courage from you too?"

He couldn't refuse her adorable face right now, it was too cute. He literally was being melted by the cuteness overload that she was releasing right now towards him.

"Of course Le Fay-san, I don't mind giving you comfort."

"Yay!"

Le Fay immediately clung to Zenki and rested her head against his chest. As she hugged him, she felt his hand on the back of her head, stroking her hair gently. She felt relaxed now, she didn't know why that was, but she felt relaxed right now.

"Le Fay-san, since we're like this with one another, wanna tell me what's going on with you right now? I mean, the fact that you had an Onii-sama was news to me."

"Ooh…yes, I have an Onii-sama. He's, not a magician like me. He's a swordsman, you see. He's pretty strong with his sword. We're apart of…" She paused when she almost revealed where she came from, and then cleared her throat. "…we're apart of a group that does good things, and wishes to fight strong opponents, but I don't care about things like that. I, just want to make sure that my Onii-sama is safe."

"I see…so, you followed after your Onii-sama, did you?"

She nodded and snuggled against his chest.

"That's right, I was following after my Onii-sama. he left the house, because…well, he fell in love with a girl that he shouldn't of fallen for, and to protect her, he left the house, and I followed after him. We bounced around for a while, and went into different places, but eventually we were picked up by a certain someone who gave us a place, and to stand beside their side."

"Oh, right…well, it sounds wonderful. Falling in love with someone he shouldn't huh…yeah, I can get that."

"Because of you, and Asia-sama?"

She guessed correctly, and he didn't have a worry about telling her what he felt about that.

"You're right, I fell for Asia-tan, and at the time, she was apart of the Church. I knew it was wrong, and I thought at the time that we wouldn't be able to be together, we were from different worlds, I was a Dragon Devil child, and she was a nun of the Church that was classed as a Holy Maiden. I, didn't think that it would work, and truthfully, I was attempting to distance myself from her, because I didn't want anything to happen to her."

"Zenki-sama, that's…"

"Yeah, that's how it was. I was prepared to forget my love for her, because she was more important to me than my feelings. What happened to her, whether it be with me, or be with the Church, were inconsequential, as long as she was happy. Yes, as long as she was happy, I would've been fine with anything."

Le Fay began tearing up as Zenki spoke.

"Zenki-sama, that's really lovely…"

"Hehe, but it worked out in the end, thanks to an Angel, a Devil, and a Dragon too. It was, a very difficult and different time in my life. Back then, when I was a younger child than I am now, I was a little different…I mean, I didn't really have contact with my parents, and I was just beginning to build my peerage, and back then, I did care for them…but, it was like, I always distance myself from them, and everyone."

"I understand, Zenki-sama didn't want to worry anyone about himself, yes?"

"So smart, aren't you?" Le Fay giggled as she began feeling more comfortable with him, and felt her eyes getting heavy, his soothing heart beat calming her mind. "That's right. I'm the type that doesn't like involving others in my problems. Even my own peerage. Back then, I do wonder what would've happened if I went with my peerage that day, and not alone. I sent them back to my home, because I didn't want to get them hurt. I had acquired Jeanne-tan then too, literally about an hour before Asia-tan came to the peerage. I wanted to make sure that she was okay, and I didn't want any of them to get hurt…but now, as I realize my life, and my faults, I realized that, I can't take the world on by myself."

"That's right, it is difficult to do that."

Le Fay agreed, as she moaned adorably, feeling comfortable, almost sleepy on his lap, her eyes slowly closing.

"I know it might seem stupid, but that's how I considered my life, I always thought that I had to take on the world. I didn't think that I could fall back, and rely on others either. Even after I got my peerage, I thought that I would and should take on everything…but, then they pretty much yelled at me and said "We're helping you, and that's that!" which, was quite the eyeopener for the blocked off me. Yeah, I think that now I was quite stupid back then, and now that I can rely on others…"

Zenki stopped himself when he realized something…

Le Fay was asleep.

She was asleep on his chest, and was quietly murmuring "Zenki-sama…" in her sleep, and he smiled at her. He didn't allow anything to bother Le Fay, and allowed her to sleep for the moment, he didn't allow anything to wake her up, and continued to stroke the back of her head, giving her a good comfort that she apparently needed.

When it had reached night time (they could only tell by the clocks on the wall the time, the outside always being quite dark) Zenki sat inside of a room, a large bedroom at that with a large bed on it, going over some battle plans for the fight that they were going to have tomorrow morning while sat at a desk.

He knew it was going to be difficult, but he also knew that he needed to fight.

He didn't have anyone coming this time, he had him, and his peerage. All of them, banding together to fight. He even had Mittelt, Le Fay, Xenovia, and Irina too, fighting together with him, so he was more confident than scared…

Though he still felt a little worried about what was going to happen tomorrow.

But even then, he was prepared, he was going to do what was necessary to fight, and win too. He wouldn't lose twice, it just wasn't in him to lose again, and he couldn't afford to make a mistake, he couldn't do it.

As he was going over everything, there was a knock at the door.

[Zenki-san, may I come inside please?]

He recognized the voice was Asia's immediately, and he smiled at the fact that Asia had come to see him now.

"Asia-tan, yeah, please come inside."

After hearing that, Zenki watched as Asia came into the room, and slowly walked over to Zenki himself. Once making it, Asia sat on his lap in a surprising turn, and hugged him around his neck, giving him a kiss on the cheek.

Zenki smiled, and rubbed the back of her head.

"Asia-tan, you've done really well today. You, alone were the person who pulled everyone together, I listened to everything. You were amazing Asia-tan, I couldn't be more proud to have a Bishop of your calibre. I truly do love you, Asia-tan. You've managed to bring the peerage together in my absence, and managed to make everything good. Well done Asia-tan, you've done amazing. There's no one that could ever fault you for your love, and warm, and how it was you who reunited the peerage."

Zenki truly was proud of her, all of them.

He couldn't ask for better peerage members. He truly was thrilled to have people like them as peerage members. All of them really were great to him, and that greatness, really did lead to something else entirely.

"Y-Yes…Zenki-san, I drew my courage from Zenki-san. Everything that Zenki-san had done for me, everything that Zenki-san was for me, I loved how Zenki-san filled me with courage, and that allowed me to bring the peerage together."

"Yeah…and because of that, I was able to focus on other things. Thank you, Asia-tan, I couldn't thank you enough."

Asia, in a surprising turn, overlapped her lips with his lips, and held a passionate kiss between them. Zenki immediately deepened the kiss, slipping his tongue into her mouth. Asia took Zenki's hand, and put it against her breast, moaning when the touch of her breast and his hand met one another.

They continued their kissing for a few moments, and then broke apart.

"Zenki-san, I just wanted to say that I am in love with Zenki-san. And tomorrow…is going to be scary…"

The thoughts and the inner worries that she had were exploding inside of her, right now. She felt them exploding inside of her right now, she truly felt like she was being drawn into a fight that she never wanted anyone to be in.

"You don't have to worry about something like that. Worrying I mean. We're going to win tomorrow, you know that, right? I will be right there, and we are going to get out of here, I assure you that we're going to get out of here."

Asia shifted uncomfortably on Zenki's lap. His hand went onto her right thigh, slowly running it up and down her leg. Asia's worries became lower in her rubbing of her thigh. Her head went to his shoulder, and she snuggled against him.

"Zenki-san, I'm scared."

Asia didn't like confessing it, she wanted to confess, but she couldn't find another way of saying it, and that's how it came out.

"I know, it's scary. But I won't allow anything to hurt you. I won't allow anyone to do anything to you. Asia-tan, we're going to be fighting something scary tomorrow, but we're going to be fighting too, and I've got plans this time. Catching us off by surprise was a bad thing yeah, but this time we're going to be fighting together, with my, and the others plans. Asia-tan, if you're worried then…"

"I'll stand beside Zenki-san, with whatever happens."

Asia said it straight to his face, and showed her truly dazzling smile.

He even felt the love that was being connected with him too. Her love was being a shining light that had entered his life. He truly felt like he was being loved by Asia, and he felt like that he really was in love with Asia too. He never would give up something quite like the love that he has with her right now.

Zenki offered a smile to her too.

"Asia-tan, with you beside me, I can do anything. So, please stand beside me as I go forward. I definitely will become Asia-tans shield through anything that happens. Also, Asia-tan…thank you, for standing beside me. It means a lot. Until now, you've been beside me. Even when the hours are dark, Asia-tans always there beside me, and I really think that one day we could..."

Zenki didn't finish, but Asia knew what he meant, and hugged onto him.

"I want to remain beside Zenki-san always."

Zenki adopted a smile, and hugged her tightly.

"You, are going to be spending time beside me, because I care about you too."

Asia's face lifted up as she went towards the bed. Zenki watched as Asia laid down on the bed, and showed a cute smile on her lips. Her fingers dragged the covers up, and then she patted the side of the bed, next to her.

"Zenki-san, please come to bed."

He was mildly surprised that Asia could be so commanding, yet he found it, arousing to hear her sound so like that. He actually found himself becoming more aroused by a commanding Asia, than he normally was.

Giving into her command, Zenki went over to the bed, and got inside of it. Asia inched closer to Zenki, and laid a hand against his clothed chest. With her nimble fingers, she dragged her fingers up, and down his clothed chest, and down his stomach. Zenki watched as Asia laid a hand on his hip.

"Zenki-san…I, just wanted to say that…Zenki-san is the person that I want to…stand beside."

"You said that before, silly."

Asia's cute face turned redder by the second, and she moved closer. Her boobs pressed against Zenki's chest as her big emerald eyes focused in on his own eyes, and a signal of their affections went between the two of them.

"But…I didn't say it clear enough…Zenki-san, I have made a decision, okay?"

"Decision? What decision?"

Asking with a cautious look to his face, Asia overlapped her lips with his own briefly. Zenki though didn't want the kiss to stop, and overlapped his own with hers when she attempted to pull away. Her eyes broadened with surprise, but then acceptance as he kissed her fully, pulling her body closer to his own body, so they were touching most body parts. His arm went around her waist, and held her as close as he could. Her eyes fluttered and her heart did the same thing, doing flips inside of her chest, as did her stomach.

This just felt, perfect.

Like they were a couple right now…no, they were a couple.

They hadn't made it official, but it was quite clear that they were together as a couple now. It was obvious that Asia was Zenki's girlfriend. They were just too close to be anything but in a relationship, Asia just wished that Zenki would call her his girlfriend, sometimes.

When the kiss broke apart, Asia lovingly looked into his eyes and announced strongly.

"Zenki-san, when we get out of here…will you please, make love to me?"

"A-Asia-tan…"

He was stunned by her words, he didn't expect her to say something like that.

Asia though still had a determined gaze.

"Zenki-san…I wish to…show Zenki-san that I love you…"

"I-I know you do…I don't want you to…erm, do anything that you don't want to…do."

Zenki only wanted to make sure that Asia wasn't rushing into anything. He of course wished to do something with her, he wanted to have sex with Asia. But he wasn't going to put pressure on her, and wait for her to make the decision herself.

"But, I want to do…things with Zenki-san." Asia blushed slightly, and took his hand in her own hand. "Zenki-san, we've been together for…four plus years now…Zenki-san owns my heart now…and I won't ever go to anyone other than Zenki-san…and when he got hurt…I thought that my world was…coming to an end…"

"Don't be silly, I won't ever leave you Asia-tan." Zenki affirmed as he kissed her gently. "I won't allow anything to happen to us, I will keep us both safe, and I will always return to you, I promise you Asia-tan."

"T-Then…please, promise me…after everything is over…w-we can…b-be together, Zenki-san…w-we can, d-do ecchi stuff together…I want Zenki-san to be my first…my only. I, want Zenki-san to be my only…I want him to come together with me…a-and we can…do things together…"

Zenki couldn't deny her cute side like this. She was practically begging him, and he didn't know why she was doing that. He didn't want her to do something like that, because Asia was too important to him for her to do that.

"You're…going to always be beside me, Asia-tan. We're always going to be together now, alright Asia-tan? Is it okay if you stay beside me?"

Asia's eyes lit up with tears, crushing her lips against his own, and enjoying his general company all together.

"Y-Yes! I'll always stay beside Zenki-san!"

"That's good…because, I will promise. Asia-tan is going to be my first…it is a huge step though, are you sure it is alright?"

"Zenki-san is the man that my heart resides with, I am sure."

There was no hesitation within her voice.

There was nothing that would tell anyone that either. She was sure that she wanted to be with him.

"Okay then, when we get out of here…I definitely will make love to Asia-tan. I will make sure Asia-tan is taken care of properly, and I will do my best to make you feel as good as you possibly can. I am still a virgin myself, so I don't know everything, but I will do my damned best to pleasure Asia-tan when we get out of here."

"Then, I will do the same, Zenki-san. I will, pleasure Zenki-san just as much as he will do with me."

Asia and Zenki made that promise to one another, and were going to stay beside one another. They, were going to be staying beside one another, no matter what, until the end, they were always going to be together.

End chapter!

Wow, it has been a while, huh. Sorry about that, certain computer glitches happened, and some thing's got deleted, and then I honestly, got annoyed of having to type things up again, so I had to leave it for a little while plus last year, wasn't a good year for me personally, not going to go into details, but yeah, that also stopped me from writing a little bit. But, I am back on track now, got most of it done, and wanted to post this, showing that it isn't dead, the story I mean, but also some character progression too, and something's mentioned in this chapter will become relevant in later chapters too, but I won't say which ones yet, some might even seem insignificant, but they are quite important for later down the road.

So now, Kunou has become his Pawn! I hoped that part was good, wanted that to come off as sad, and yet also heartwarming. This chapter pretty much confirms that Kunou is gonna be his fiancée/is his fiancée, whatever you wanna see it as, though that's thanks to Yasaka's influence, though that doesn't mean Zenki isn't going to ask her such things later on. Zenki also cheered up Valerie, and Jeanne, giving them some comforting words. Ravel lost her first kiss with Zenki, and also cheered her up too. Finally, Asia and Zenki pretty much just committed themselves to one another and will do whatever they need to do to, become lovers. So, be expecting a lemon in the near future between the two of them.

Next chapter, they'll be starting the fighting with Zenki's plans coming into action that he planned with Ophis too from last chapter. So, look forward to that, and until next time where new things will be revealed, thanks for reading!

Zenki; Asia, Koneko, Kuroka, Jeanne, Valerie, Xenovia, Serafall, Ravel, Irina, Sona, Ophis, Le Fay, Kunou, Akeno, Gabriel, Vali (fem), Mittelt, Gasper (fem).

Issei; Aika, Tsubasa, Kiyome, Isabela, Rossweisse, Elmenhilde, Raynare, Rias, Kalawarner.

Zenki's Peerage

Queen; Valerie.

Rooks; Koneko, Xenovia.

Bishops; Asia, Ravel.

Knights; Jeanne, Irina.

Pawns; Kuroka (5 pieces) Le Fay (2 pieces) Kunou (1 mutation piece)

Rias Peerage

Queen; Akeno.

Rooks; Aika, Rossweisse.

Bishops; Gasper (two pieces)

Knights; Kiba, Raynare.

Pawns; Issei (8 pieces).