Hello, everyone! To the newcomers, and people who have stuck with me since the beginning, welcome to the rebirth of my most popular story, The Younger Brother! Yes, it is finally back after a year or so of nothing! But here it is, the new, and improved, in my eyes at least, version of The Younger Brother. For those who never read that, it is alright, because this is an upgraded version of that. it will borrow elements from that story, such as being the obvious one with what's going to happen to our protagonist Makoto, and yeah, his name is gonna be Makoto for old nostalgia, and I personally love that name, so that's his name!

The reason for the rebirth? Because, I really did love that story, and because it was one of my firsts, it was rushed in places, and it didn't have everything I wanted to include due to being a new writer and all. I was quite a new writer back then, but now I've been on this site for a number of years, and grown as a writer, story teller and brought back my most, possibly, iconic story of them all! And no need to worry about the other stories I've currently got going for DXD, those WILL still be updated, got content for them for a while yet so look forward to when they come out!

Either way, here we go with Issei's adopted younger brother, Makoto Hyoudou, and his journey through the story of DXD…

Disclaimer: I don't own anything other than my OC, so support the official release please, and thank you!

Prologue!

Life was strange…

It always throws you into different directions.

It makes life, interesting.

Everyday, was a new adventure, and everyday, it was a different world than it was yesterday.

Everyone experienced many things within their lives, that would bring them joy, bring them sadness, and sorrows.

Experiences shaped who people were, and shaped what directions they there going to go.

When you open your eyes, you never know what was going to happen with your life.

You never know that the smallest of meeting's, could affect the direction of your life.

And this boy was no different.

Fated meeting's, did exist. That's how the boy always thought. He always thought that even meeting a stranger could change your life for new and different paths of life. No path was ever set, it was always different directions towards life.

That was the story of life, and how it was written differently by each person.

The smallest of changes could have the biggest of impacts. Having a new loved one, could also change things dramatically in their stories...

But his story, isn't about how he lived…no.

His story, is about how he died…

"Onii-chan~" A sweet voice called within a bedroom. "Onii-chan~ It is time to get up now~ Please awaken now~" The voice was that of a young boy, directing it towards the lone bed in the room. "Mouuu, Onii-chan. Why aren't you waking up just yet? I mean, Kaa-chan wants you to get up. Please do that, please wake up now~ Eeeh, I think it would be better if you woke up now."

Though the young boy called, the older male on the bed didn't respond besides saying "Oppai hehehehe~" in a perverted manner, squeezing his hands across the pillow as his drool came out over said pillow, coating it in his saliva.

The young man in question was around 17 years old boy of average height, at around 5ft 7inches tall, with short spiky brown hair, with two short locks of hair behind his head, and light brown eyes. He was average build and seemed to be fit for a young man his age.

This young man was Issei Hyoudou, the older brother of the boy that was trying to wake him up.

"Mouuu, Onii-chan. This isn't a good thing, you can't stay asleep…hmmmm, what to do…"

The boy that was calling was a young boy, around the age of 15 years old. His hair was a perfect mixture of black and blonde hairs as well as heterochromia eyes where his right eye is gold and his left eye is black. His hair itself came down past his chin, but by mere inches. He wasn't of average height for a boy his age, but he wasn't too short either. His height was 5ft 2inches tall. His build was good, like a boy that was in shape. He wasn't overly muscular, yet he wasn't malnourished either. He was just an average boy.

On his body, was the prestigious school of Kuoh. He wore the blazer, that buttoned up all the way, not showing the white undershirt to anyone. He looked quite respectable, ready to go out for the day for the school that he represented.

This boys name is Makoto Hyoudou, the younger brother of Issei.

"Onii-chan, this isn't good at all…maybe it would be…ooh, I know!" Makoto made a decision, and put his hand on his elder brother's face, poking his cheek. "Onii-chan, there's a beautiful girl downstairs that has her boobs out, and she's calling "Ise-kun~ Please come and fondle my oppai with your manly hands~" and the best thing is, she wants to become your girlfriend~"

"WHAT!?" In his waking yet also sleepy muddled state, Ise didn't quite believe what he was hearing, but his slightly sleepy mind comprehended the words 'boobs out' and 'fondle my oppai' which was the main stuff he heard. "Makoto! You're not shittin me, are you!? There's really a girl downstairs right now waiting for me!?"

Makoto took a step backwards, frightened of the perverted face Ise was making, chuckling awkwardly.

"Sorry Onii-chan." His apology brought down Issei's hopes. "I don't mean it in a weird way or anything, but that's the only way to wake you up in the morning." Issei's heart fell into depression as Makoto petted Ise's head. "Ooh, please don't be so down Onii-chan. We've got another day at school today."

"Ugh…school, I can't be bothered…"

Ise planted his head back on the pillow, leaving Makoto with a troubled expression on his face.

"Onii-chan, while I don't condone it, the girls have swimming try-out's today. And you know, with their…eeh, bodies in those swimsuits, and all that, I thought that I might-"

"Makoto!" Ise jumped out the bed, and roughly grabbed Makoto's shoulders, holding him tightly with a wild look in his eyes. "Come with me!" He practically ordered, shaking Makoto's body strongly, causing him to feel slightly sick. "If you're there with me, then I know that they won't yell and tell me to get lost! Because you're their Shy Prince, you've got to come with me Makoto! I want to see it! The dream! You know!? Girls with tight bodies, and their big oppai, glistening in the sun that beats down on them and shines gloriously, and their boobs swaying in the water as they go "Pwaah~ Pwaah~" with their cute mouths that look kissable! You've got to come with me! Please!"

He practically begged Makoto by now.

His eyes were bulging, and his heart was beating fast. His face looked deranged, yet oddly determined too. Even Makoto knew he was using Makoto as an excuse to go and see the women, but Makoto oddly was alright with it, anything for his big brother…that was within reason of course.

Makoto chuckled awkwardly, and gave his consent while nodding his head.

"I'll go with Onii-chan if he wants me too."

"Yes! Also Moto-"

"No."

Makoto rejected it immediately, crossing his arms across his chest.

"Argh!" Complaining didn't change Makoto's thoughts on the matter. "But they are my friends!"

"They tell me to die constantly."

Makoto countered, Issei gave an awkward laugh in return.

"W-Well, that's affectionate…you're the Shy Prince, they are jealous of that. Don't worry, I won't really let them kill you!"

That didn't exactly relief his heart at all, Makoto didn't even know what to think when Ise said that.

"Well, that makes me feel safe. Either way, they aren't coming. Onii-chan is a pervert with a good heart. Those two are…one's a Lolicon and the other…ugh, the other is just a creep. Onii-chan, I don't know why you're friends with them, they spread rumours about you, you know? They aren't nice people."

"Yeah…I know, but we've got similar interests. Even though you're like my closest friend, they are good to talk perverted stuff with. We all can't be popular with the girls, like you! Having them throw themselves left right and centre!"

Makoto shook his head as he stretched his arms.

"It isn't like that. Most of them are very scary Shotacon's, and have this weird obsession with me because I'm considered 'cute' even though I don't think that I am. Did you know that there was a club about me in school, and they have like stalkers in it? Abe-senpai is in it, I know that she is in the club, and she frightens me."

"Hehehe, how many calls has she done this time?"

Makoto held his head down with fear being evident on his face.

"34 in an hour." He confessed, sighing loudly. "I don't know how she got my new number either…I changed it specifically for this, but they're weird…and you say that you wish to have my life? You can have it. Some of those girls attempt to molest me, and that's never good. They literally grab me by my hips, and run their hands up my body. It's a good thing that Lucy-chan is there sometimes, or I might seriously get molested."

"I'd LOVE to have girls molesting me! They can do whatever they please!"

Makoto was a little frightened of Ise's body movements, seeing how lewd his face was becoming.

"E-Either way, I have to head into school early this morning, I'm meeting-"

"Your crush, Kiba-chan, right?"

Makoto immediately became flustered, shaking his head again and again to deny what Ise was saying.

"Y-Yumi-senpai is…! S-She's just…I-I mean, she's really pretty, and she's really cute, and I think that she really is very adorable…y-yes, that's right, she's really…and then I think that she's really…b-but, she wouldn't be interested in someone like me…s-she's really…a-and she wouldn't…a-and maybe she would…b-but, I wouldn't be able to…eeeh! Onii-chan! Please don't make me feel embarrassed! She wouldn't want to go out with me even though I want to ask her out! I-I want to take Yumi-senpai on a date even though I don't think that she would want to go out with me!"

Makoto's face flushed bright red, and he turned away from Ise, attempting to compose himself, but Ise gained a teasing look to his face, and poked the boys face with his face, causing it to flush even more.

"Aah, she's cute, dude. And she's got good sized oppai. She isn't Rias-senpai level oppai, but she's not bad either. She's bigger than Katase, and Murayama anyway. And definitely bigger than that monster otherwise known as Kiryuu."

At the mention of Kiryuu, both of the boys felt bile rising at the back of their throats.

"Kiryuu-senpai…the scourge of the world…"

"The bane of my existence." Ise sighed out, then continued teasing his brother. "You've got to ask her out. You've been crushing on her for ages now, you know. She might be into the Shota look. I don't know."

"If that's the case, why don't you ask out someone too?"

"Because…difference between me and you…you ask a girl out, and she would be alright with it. If I do it, then it will look bad. They would think that I am molesting them or something. Aah, the downside of being an open pervert."

Makoto rolled his eyes sarcastically, and went towards the door.

"That's the only downside, huh."

"Hey! I heard that!"

Makoto turned his head, sticking out his tongue, and then ran out of the door, just as Ise threw a pillow at him, the pillow hitting the door, as Makoto closed it quite quickly. Ise looked at the door longingly for a few moments, and then got ready for the day.

Makoto managed to make it out of the house without much hassle. He got the usual questioning from his parents about homework, and other things like that. He was pretty much able to dodge them, and walk towards the school that he loved.

He walked towards the school and he saw some people that went to the school, mostly girls, that somehow knew the route he was taking, despite always making a conscious effort to take a different route to avoid the usual "Kyaaaa! Makoto-kyun!" and other things like that.

Once getting to the school, he saw them all…the fans.

He didn't like the fans…

He couldn't take the looks of the girls being directly towards him.

"Ooh, it's the Shy Prince~"

"How freaking cute is that boy~?"

"I know, that's very adorable~! I think that he is the most adorable boy that could ever become adorable!"

"Seriously! Look at his shyness! That's like, very adorable!"

"I wouldn't mind doing things with his body~"

"I wonder if he is a squealer or anything like that~? It would be interesting to find out~"

Makoto giggled awkwardly, and walked towards the school from the gates. The girls all began crowding around him, and had grabby like hands. Some of the males said "Damn Prince!" in a hateful voice, but Makoto ignored that and just walked forward, not wanting to be touched by one of the girls that he knew that they would do something like that.

"Makoto-kyun."

Makoto stopped when a voice came from behind him.

His felt faint, he felt like he was going to fall over.

"Eeh…erm…"

Makoto didn't turn around, so the person came from behind him, groped his butt which he went "Eeep!" and slapped her hand away as she tittered about what she did, before she appeared before him.

Her brown hair came into his eyes immediately with the many curls that she had with her, and her happy go lucky face made him feel quite, scared inside of his chest, his heart beating with a nervous face. While this girl was very cute, and indeed had a good body, Makoto was immensely frightened of this girl.

"Hmmmm, nice, and tight too." The girl giggled dirtily, her expression being that of a perverted look. "My, Makoto-kyun~ You didn't return any of my phone calls this morning." The girl giggled again, this time holding a more dirty touch to her voice than ever before. "I was worried something happened to you."

Her expressed was crazed, like she hadn't slept. It frightened Makoto more than he thought that it would, so he took a step backwards, and made a defensive look with his eyes, and held himself with a worrying face.

"I-I didn't mean too, I was just…ehe, busy. B-But, how did you get my number, Abe-senpai?"

"Now now~" The brown haired girl wagged her finger. "There's no need to call me such cute names. You might as well just call me Kiyome-senpai, since that's who I am…your Senpai." Those words were like blades to his soul. "So, having my cute Kohai giving me such a lovely respectful name is the best, isn't it?"

Makoto looked lost as she attempted to get around her, but she practically forced her body to stand before him without moving.

"Abe-senpai?"

"You can't just walk away like that~ I haven't even had my good morning hug~"

"And grope…"

He thought dryly as she latched onto him.

And as he expected, her hands groped his butt as she moaned "So good~" into his ear huskily, sending shivers down his spine. He immediately pushed her away with an uncomfortable expression on his face.

"That's good now, I have to get to class to meet my friend…"

"Mouuu, how cruel. You're not even going to give me a goodbye-"

"Bye!"

Before she could finish, he ran off towards his class, leaving Kiyome back in the dust. She giggled sweetly to herself, yet also held a dirty expression that was on her face, and an expression that would make even the hardcore Makoto fans scream in fear.

Makoto had made it to his classroom, where he saw a small white haired girl sat there, looking out the window, seemingly in deep thought. Makoto took a breath, and went into the classroom without a worry, addressing the small white haired girl.

"Good morning Koneko-chan!"

She turned her yellow eyes towards him, and nodded in acknowledgement.

"Pervert's Otouto."

That's all she said before she turned away.

His sweat dropped down his face, sighing openly.

"Pervert's Otouto huh…that's all she ever calls me…"

He sat down at his desk, and awaited others to come.

He thought that the classroom would be busy in the morning, but he found that it…wasn't. There was only Koneko, and himself inside of the classroom, it was empty otherwise, there wasn't anyone else around.

Since Koneko wasn't a talker, he couldn't exactly speak with her about anything either. She just didn't talk about anything, and when he attempted to talk with her, all he got back was "I am okay." or "Pervert's Otouto." and that would be the end of it.

Oddly, that was alright with Makoto, since he just guessed that's how Koneko was. She wasn't a talker, and when she did talk, it usually wasn't all that long. He respected that about her, and wouldn't pressure her into saying anything since that just wasn't him.

"Makoto-kun! Makoto-kun!" A girl came joyfully bouncing into the classroom. "Makoto-kun! Here, I'm here!" She called, receiving a smile once he saw her. "Aaha, there you are!" She strode over to him. "Sorry I'm late. Didn't mean to keep you hanging like that."

The girl that appeared before him was a girl that was around his age, so 15 years old. She had blonde hair that curled upwards, falling down to her shoulders. Her body was quite small, but not as small as Koneko's body. She had a surprisingly not bad sized bust on her chest.

"Lucy-chan~ I'm glad that you're here~"

The named Lucy girl curled her mouth upwards.

"You know what I got?"

"No, what?"

He questioned back, as she gained a beautiful smile.

"I totally got Persona 5 the other day!"

"You…! Uuugh! That's not fair!"

Lucy giggled at the annoyed looking face that Makoto was using.

"Hehehe~ I got it the other day, but wow. Was I blown away? It was so totally darker themed than the last Persona game. I was literally shocked. I couldn't play it much because it was so dark…okay, that's an exaggeration. It actually was enjoyable…for what I was able to play."

"Play…how much did you play?"

Lucy tilted her head downwards.

"…I couldn't get past the first boss."

At her admission, he began chucking to himself.

"Hehehehe~ I didn't think that~"

"I-It's hard!" She roared as a defence, adopting a cute look to her cute face. "Y-You don't know! It is very difficult! Please don't laugh at me! It is very difficult! I couldn't do it! I-I was like there, with my character, and he just wouldn't…uggh! I got confused! It was scary, and then things happened, and shadows, or whatever they are called attacked me, and I was frightened…I don't know what happened after that, but the game ended and then I was just left there, staring at a black screen like it was made of thunder."

"Wow, that's really dramatic."

Commented Makoto as he ran a finger through his multicoloured locks.

Lucy's eyes felt like fire as they burned into his face.

"And they are dramatic! It was a scary time, and I became frightened…s-so, you can do it for me…I like watching the story unfold anyway…I'm not good at the game, I just want it to go forward, and then…you know, I wanna see the characters interact….and I like them hooking up too, like a romance story…aaah, that would be good."

"Fine, fine." He submitted with a faint looking expression on his face. "You don't have to worry about something like that~ It will save me buying it anyway~"

"Exactly, you get to save money, and I get to see the game, huh~ Perfect combination~"

"Right~"

As they talked together, the class began to fill up. Makoto saw that there was some people giving him sultry winks, and even blowing kisses. It always made him feel uncomfortable, when he was being objectified by the girls of the class.

"By the way, are you free after school?"

The girl followed up with a question, Makoto was about to nod, when he remembered what he planned this morning with Ise, shaking his head.

"That's, a no go, sorry." He apologized. "I, planned to watch the girls swim team with Onii-chan this afternoon. He wishes to see them, and it was because of like me just wanting to get him up for Kaa-chan, and it went from there. Probably afterwards, we'll be doing something together, hopefully without his perverted friends. Ugh, those people. I wouldn't mind them much if they didn't wish for my death pretty much each time I see them. I'm sorry."

"It's totally cool, no need to worry. You can just come over at the weekend, I'm sure that it would be fine, right?"

"I don't have any plans right now. I suppose that we could. We'll just have to have fun on that that day. Eeh, Saturday would be good. Yeah, let's go for Saturday, that would be a good day for us to get together."

Makoto breathed out, Lucy nodding in acceptance.

"That's good. We could make it a day of fun or something."

"Aah, that would be good!"

Lucy allowed her face to curl upwards.

"I'm glad that we can do something like that~ But, you really are going to allow your Onii-sama to go with you to the swim team try-outs? He's only going to perv on the girls."

Makoto knew this too, and agreed with her, but there was something that Lucy wasn't able to see, and that was his admiration to his elder brother.

"I know that. But I find it difficult saying no to Onii-chan. He's someone that I really care about, after all. And, he will be good with me there. He won't perv on them too much, and he won't be hit by them either! …Probably anyway."

"That's all we can hope for."

Lucy giggled out, Makoto doing the same thing together.

As they laughed together, Makoto's eyes went out of the door, he stared out of the classroom as a blonde haired girl walked past. She looked a year or two older than Makoto, with her long blonde hair that looked golden like the sun. The mole under her eye just enhanced her beauty even more. The size of her chest was, very good in Makoto's eyes. They only lost really to three girls that were in the third year.

His eyes longed on the girls form, as she slowly strode past. It was like in slow motion, her walking that was. Like he was transfixed on her form, his face tinged more pink by the second.

Lucy looked towards the door, and saw the same person walking past, giggling.

"Ooh Makoto-kun, are you still hung up on Kiba-senpai?"

"W-Well…I wouldn't say hung up exactly…we're just…I mean, it is just…"

He didn't know how to put it across, but Lucy just smiled a friend type of smile.

"I don't see why you just don't ask…her out, or something."

"Don't be silly." He quickly got out, fiddling with his fingers nervously. "I, mean…yeah, she's not going to go for someone like me. Some awkward person. Nah, she's going to go for someone like, Onii-chan or someone else like that. I'm just not on the radar of someone like her. I'm more suited to people that are into Shota's, I suppose."

"Well, she'd be stupid if she didn't pick you, and you never know, she could be a closet Shotacon. I mean, what's the worst that could happen?"

"She could totally destroy me on every feature that I have, and leave me shattered of the personality that I have, and leave me a lifeless husk that won't ever be able to trust any girl ever again and I will die living my life alone with nothing worth living for when it comes to my love life."

Lucy was surprised how much detail he went into, and put a hand to her chin softly.

"…Okay, valid point. Dramatic, but a valid point none the less. But this is like Kiba-senpai we're talking about, she isn't a nasty person like that. I, just don't see her doing something like that. Now, go and ask her out, you'll thank me for it later, trust me~ And if I die then that's not your fault~"

"Eeh?" Makoto picked up the last part she said. "Die? Why would you die exactly?"

"That doesn't matter." She brushed off the subject as she clapped her hands together, and returned it to Makoto, and his love life. "It's just, why don't you try it? I am sure that everything would work out~ Just go for it~"

Makoto chuckled awkwardly, looking down at his desk.

"I just don't think that I could do something like that to be honest with you, Lucy-chan. It would be too difficult for me to do something like that. Maybe in the future, we would be able to do something like that…b-but for now, I think that we're better if I don't do anything else for now."

"Hmmm, alright then. I guess if that's how you feel."

Though Lucy didn't think it was for the better, Makoto seemed to be content with being alone for the moment.

As they talked, Koneko was secretly eavesdropping into their conversation, and had a stoic expression on her face.

At the end of the day, Makoto sat on the bleachers as he watched the girls swimming around. He thought that Ise was going to come, but he wasn't there yet, and he was hoping that the girls weren't thinking that he was, just watching for his own pleasures.

"Damn you Onii-chan…"

He cursed under his breath as he saw some girls looking towards him, and licked their lips.

He felt his body tense when he saw some of the more, erotic girls swimming around and even looking towards him. He wasn't sure if he should stay there if he was honest with himself, he just didn't feel good about it.

"Makoto! Makoto! Help! For the love of oppai! Come and help me!"

He heard Ise's voice, but couldn't see him.

Twisting his head to the left, he saw that Ise was attempting to get through, but some girls were holding him away from getting inside.

"Onii-chan!" His excitement grew, rushing over. "Onii-chan, I'm glad that you came!" He made it towards them, and bowed his heads to the girls holding him back, a timid look on his face. "Erm…if it isn't too much trouble, could you…erm, please let my Onii-chan through?"

The girls looked at Makoto with red faces, and cooed.

"If it is that adorable face, then I can't complain~"

"Exactly, he's just too adorable~ You can't say anything about that sweet face~"

"It's a wonder that they aren't related, because wow, the difference is too good~"

"I know, adopted sibling is good because he's just so freaking cute!"

They allowed Ise passed as he nodded like he was saying "Yeah, that's right!" but truthfully, the girls didn't even pay attention to him, and watched as Makoto walked over to the seats at the side for them to sit down.

Once sitting down, Ise looked seriously towards Makoto.

"You never guess what happened this morning!"

"Eeh…our cat threatened to kill you again with its claws?"

"No! I mean…well, she did as she's an evil little bitch that doesn't like anyone in the world besides you and Kaa-chan, but something else important happened!"

Makoto became intrigued and decided to listen deeper.

"What happened? Did you…eeeh, see a girls oppai? I mean, a real one at that."

"No!" He denied, but the lewdly looked at the swimming pool. "D-Damn…th-those girls are…"

"Onii-chan."

Makoto reminded, Issei practically dragging his eyes back to Makoto.

"Right! Important stuff! Not that the girls in the swimming club aren't on the important…aah, I've got it, never mind! Right, the important stuff! We've…right, okay! Makoto! You see, I have a girlfriend!"

Makoto blinked…

He did it again…

He did it for a third time…

"I told you before that your left hand isn't your girlfriend, and you can't call her Wendy-chan either."

SMACK!

"Not that you idiot!" Makoto was left reeling with teary eyes as his head formed a lump. "And I use my right hand…eeeh, that's not the important part! Forget what I said then! The important part is! I did it! You're now looking at Hyoudou Issei, lover of Amano Yuuma-chan!"

At the name, Makoto cocked his head to the side, not recognizing the name.

"Amano-san…? I've never heard of her. Is she a girl that goes to this school?"

Ise shook his head in disagreement, and explained.

"No, she totally goes to a private school, a different school to this! She was wearing a really sexy little school girl…eeeh, that doesn't matter. She's really beautiful. She's got long black hair, and it looks so shiny too. Her oppai…damn Makoto, those oppai are…fucking beast! They jiggled as she walked! Do you understand that!? They were jiggling Makoto!"

"Right, and she's…real right?"

Makoto didn't want to doubt his elder brother…but sometimes he had to question the legitimacy of what he was saying.

"Of course she's real ya moron! She just came up to me, and asked, me to be her boyfriend. I was so shocked. I couldn't wait to tell you. I went to your class before but you weren't there, so I waited until now. Isn't that amazing? A real life girl wants me to be with her! She's gonna totally become the alpha of my harem!"

What he said…made Makoto feel nervous.

It just seemed weird that a girl would just go up to him, and just ask him something like that. Not because it was Ise, but just in general, it was weird. If it was a girl he never knew that just came up to him, he would question if the girl was stalking him or something. But, he didn't want to ruin his elder brother's happiness, so he kept his reservations about what he said to himself, and wouldn't ruin Issei's dream of having a date with a girl.

"The harem dream…i-is it even legal to have a harem?"

"I don't care about legal issues! I'm gonna become Harem King, and you're going to stand beside me as Harem Prince! Don't you know that!?"

"Hehehe, it wouldn't be so bad…" Letting that slip, Ise slipped an arm around his younger brother's shoulder, and latched him closer. "Gwaah!"

"That's what we're going to do, Makoto! Together, we're going to build the best harem empire ever! Just think! I have the girls with the big oppai, and you can have the Loli's!"

"I'm not a Lolicon!"

Just then…he felt a cold shiver go down his spine.

He looked left and right…and then he saw, from across the swimming pool, outside of the area, walking towards the old school building, was Koneko.

Her eyes looked, emotionlessly towards him, as if she had heard something.

"Eerm…what in the hell…?"

He couldn't collect his thoughts, he was worried that she was just staring at him like she was.

She continued staring at him for a few more moments, then went towards the old school building which made him shiver. He didn't know why, but it always made him feel weird inside of his body, he just felt, strange inside of himself.

"Eeh, either way, I'm not really a Lolicon…I mean, Loli girls have their appeal, and I won't deny that but I wouldn't say that I'm really a Lolicon or anything like that…I just think that…eeh, I'm going off track here…"

"Ooh, fine. I'll give you some big breasted girls, how about that?"

"Ehehe, sure…why not."

Trying to appease his elder brother, Ise gained a wide smile, and jumped off the seat he was on.

"Come on! Let's go and meet Yuuma-chan!"

"Eeh? Now?"

"Yeah! Totally, it would be fine! I was going to meet her in about five minutes anyway! Come along! She has to get the seal of approval from you, after all! Like any girl you date has to get the same from me too!"

"R-Right, let's go. But, don't you want to watch these girls swim?"

Ise paused, and saw that the girls were giving him the evils. He didn't want to push his luck for a change, and shook his head.

"No! Let's go! We'll do that next time!"

Before Makoto could protest, he was dragged away by Ise, the girls thankful that Ise was gone, the girls were sad that Makoto was gone though. But, they had to accept that wherever Makoto went, Ise wouldn't be far behind, and vice versa. They were that close.

As they walked together, a girl with long crimson red hair walked past them, along with another red headed girl, who was considerably shorter than she was. Their eyes were shadowed by their hair, not really taking an interest in anything around them…until they passed Issei and Makoto. The older females eyes and Ise's eyes came into contact briefly, both staring at the other, the same thing for the younger redhead, and Makoto himself, before walking off in opposite directions.

"Ooh, so this is your Otouto? How adorable. My names Amano Yuuma, and your Onii-chan's girlfriend. Nice to meet you."

Makoto came to witness the girl that Ise wasn't lying about.

There was indeed a girl that was calling herself Ise's girlfriend. He couldn't believe that she was real at first, and he couldn't believe that she was actually beautiful. She had long hair, and it was black, glossy. Her breasts were indeed a size that Ise would probably love, that's how Makoto thought about it anyway…

But there was something else too.

He didn't know why, but staring at this girl…he didn't feel right.

She herself, there wasn't anything wrong with her…but in the bottom of his stomach, he felt like he was looking at…something. Something that he hadn't come across before, he was staring at her, and she didn't feel right.

He didn't know why, and what was going on about it. But, she looked perfectly well, she was beautiful. But, she just felt, wrong, like she shouldn't be there. She just…felt like she had something off about her.

"What do you think, Makoto?" Ise budged Makoto with his elbow, snapping him out of his trance. "Is she a looker or what?"

"Y-Yeah, she's really…something."

Makoto didn't know how to put it, but that's how he ended up saying it.

"That's all you're gonna say? Have you seen her? She's so beautiful!"

"Ooh Ise-kun." Yuuma raised a hand to her blush stained cheeks. "You're embarrassing me greatly."

"Aah…sorry, I got carried away."

"Fufu, no worries. It's because Ise-kun is so cute that he can get away with anything."

Her giggling was sweet, and to the point. Her words were direct, and they hushed Ise up as he stared at her lovingly. Makoto himself just furrowed his eyebrows, and faced this Yuuma with a questioning stare.

"So, you really are dating my Onii-chan, huh?"

"That's right~"

She answered with a singsong voice.

"I see…well, that's great! So, what attracted you to Onii-chan exactly?"

"Makoto!" Ise hushed Makoto, putting a hand to his lips. "D-Don't you need to do something…d-don't bring up awkward conversations like that!"

"Ooh Ise-kun. Don't worry, it is okay, I can answer." Yuuma took a breath, and placed a hand on the blushing Ise's shoulder. "It's because Ise-kun is very charming, and open with his desires. He doesn't hide behind a façade, he just says it how it is, and also expresses himself openly. He's an honest boy and I like that about him."

Makoto broke free from Ise's hand, and adopted a kind smile.

"Well, that's great. I'm glad that Onii-chan found someone that cares about him. Just, don't hurt him, okay? He's really important to me, and I don't want him to…be hurt, or anything. So, please be kind, and don't hurt him…okay?"

Ise was touched by the kindness that held within his younger brother's voice, and how it reached him sweetly. Sometimes, he truly was happy that Makoto was around, and always had his best interests at heart.

"Ooh my, such a caring boy. Don't worry, Ise-kun is going to be very…looked after. We'll have a date that's to die for."

Her words, while playful, made alarm bells ring inside of Makoto's head. Something about her tone when she said 'to die for' made him feel like she was going to do something sinister. But, he couldn't come out with that, it would've been truly disrespectful to just come out with it.

"R-Right…"

Makoto just smiled at her, as she did the same. But there was a noticeable tension within the air.

After leaving Yuuma to her own devices, Makoto and Ise returned home together, Ise talking about his new girlfriend.

"Isn't she great Makoto? And one day, I'm surely going to be able to grope her oppai!"

"That's great, Onii-chan."

Makoto said with a far off look to his face.

Ise picked it up straight away, and inched closer.

"Aah, is there something that you're not telling me?"

"N-No, like what?"

He begged for an answer as they made to the front door.

"I don't know, maybe you're, jealous~"

"Je-Jealous? Why would I be jealous?"

He shook off the accusing stare that Issei was giving him.

Issei put his hand on the door handle as he spoke back.

"I don't know, perhaps that I got a girlfriend before you? Heck, even I thought that the Shy Prince would get a girlfriend way before I would. But no look at me! I have the girlfriend now! Mwahahahaha! I got the girlfriend! I am going to be dating a beautiful girl before the Shy Prince! Hahahaha!"

"Alright, there's no need to gloat."

Makoto directed his slight annoyance towards Ise as they stepped inside of the now opened door.

"Alright, I'm sorry. But this is like the hugest deal for me!"

"I know, and I'm so happy for you. Just be…careful around her, Onii-chan."

Even Makoto didn't know why he warned Ise. There was just something he didn't like about Yuuma. She was sweet enough…but something about her, it was off, and he didn't like to admit that either. He wouldn't admit it to Ise either, not wanting to worry him.

"Hehe, don't worry." Makoto's head was pat by Ise's hand. "She's a good person, I have a good feeling about her Makoto. Really, I think this is going to be the best day ever. Sunday, is the day we've got our date, so only a few days to go!"

"Yes, have fun~"

As he said that, a phone went off, going off in Makoto's pocket.

He looked down, and went to his right pocket, and produced a phone, but it wasn't ringing.

"Uu, it must be the other one..."

Makoto went into his left pocket, and saw that it was a message from his friend, a voice mail at that.

"Why in the heck do you need two phones?"

"In case I lose one, of course~"

Makoto smiled out as he saw a cat coming down the stairs…Ise's body tensed.

Immediately, Ise looked worried of the cat that was coming down the stairs.

"…Ooh no…"

"Onii-chan?"

Issei stared at the cat as she came towards Makoto.

The cat looked at Issei's face, and showed what appeared to be a manic grin on her face. She looked ready to pounce on Issei at any second, but rubbed against Makoto's leg.

"Ooh, hey there Princess, is there something wrong~?"

The cat meowed towards Makoto but then showed an evil stare towards Issei.

"Makoto, get that cat away from me. I'm serious, I hate it!"

"Nyaaaa…"

A hiss.

The cat hissed towards Issei, making his heart stop in his chest. He felt like he was going to fall over.

"Onii-chan, you can't be angry at Princess. Kaa-chan would be displeased too."

Makoto said as he stroked the cats back. Because of that, it purred and crawled up Makoto's body. He took the cats body, and held it in his arm, using his hand to stroke the cats body softly. Issei didn't look pleased in the slightest, and felt like his heart was going to die.

"I don't care! Get it away from me! I hate that damn cat! Stupid cat! Seriously, why call it Princess!? It is anything but a Princess! It's evil, and it needs to go away forever! I hope that it disappears forever and ever! Please make sure that it goes away forever! I don't like it at all!"

The cats eyes changed to the colour of hate.

"Nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!"

Issei thought that he would be attacked by the cat that hissed at him, so he ran up the stairs, leaving Makoto behind with the cat named Princess in his arms.

Makoto tilted his head to the side as he looked down at the cat, then held her upwards to face the cats sweet face.

"Seems like he isn't happy right now, is he Princess?"

"Nyaaaa~"

Makoto smiled, and was about to move when his Mother came rolling into the doorway from the kitchen, catching the sight of Makoto, and smiled.

"Ooh sweetie, there you are."

"Hey, Kaa-chan. I'm sorry we're a little late. Onii-chan was introducing me to his new girlfriend."

He greeted as he walked forward, positioning himself near the stairs.

"Ooh, yes. Hello sweetheart…wait, girlfriend? Did you say that Ise has a girlfriend!? Not his left hand!? A real life girl!?"

"Ehehehe, a real life girl yes~ Isn't that strange~? But Onii-chan is a good person too~"

Makoto's Mother was blown away by the words of Makoto himself.

"Wow, I didn't think that a girl would take interest in our son that isn't Makoto. But, maybe she likes perverted things…? Either way, I'm sorry for the sudden question, but could you possibly start dinner for me? I need to go and get something from the shop's, and your Otou-sama is do home late tonight. So, I can't ask him, and it is-"

"No worries, I'll start dinner."

Makoto assured as he placed his bag by the door, his shoes too.

His Mother came strolling over, ready to leave, and kissed his cheek.

"Thank you sweetheart, you are the best. Now, if you'll excuse me. I've left everything out, it just needs cooking."

"Don't worry Kaa-chan, leave it to me."

His Mother adopted a grin, and then left Makoto alone in the house, besides Issei who was cowering upstairs.

Once she was gone, Makoto cocked his head to the side, and looked at the cats eyes.

"Come along you, let's go and get dinner ready~ I'll even get you some of your special milk~"

"Nyaaaa~"

With a sway of his body, Makoto went strolling into the kitchen together with his cat.

It was the next day, and Makoto was heading for school for the Friday. Since it was the last day of the week, he wanted to get there as soon as possible, and take it away, wherever it was going to go, so he could start the weekend.

He wasn't walking with Ise today, since he was going to show off his girlfriend to his friends, and left before him, surprisingly. He didn't even have to wake Ise up, which was very surprising to his eyes anyway, he didn't think that Ise would be up before him.

"I sure hope Onii-chan doesn't get too smitten with this girl…she feels off to me…I don't know why but I don't think that she's, right for I'm…maybe I'm just being overprotective…but she seems to be a little…strange to me."

He couldn't put his finger on it, but this Yuuma was off to him.

She wasn't something that he felt comfortable around. Perhaps because she was going to monopolize Issei's time, that's how he felt like he was going to lose the precious elder brother that he adored. He chalked it up to that, he didn't think of anything else that it could be, besides a sinister feeling.

As he was walking however, he came across…a weird sight.

He came across a girl that was around teenage, he guessed. She looked to be late teens to early twenties. Though her body seemed to be childish, however her breasts really weren't. They were quite big for a girl her age, and the outfit she wore…was pink. It was a magical girls outfit, she had long silky black hair, tied into twintails and her violet eyes shone energetically.

But she looked to be…lost.

She looked to be a little lost, a thumb next to her mouth, and a worrying look in her eyes. Her body swished around as if she wasn't able to keep still. Her body twitched nervously, and her eyes displayed a childlike attitude.

Makoto wasn't able to leave her looking like that, and went over towards her.

"Erm, are you alright?"

He got her attention, the girls eyes snapping directly towards Makoto.

"Ooh my, who's this cute gem?" The magical girl giggled. "Seems like I've come across someone so cute…and, your eyes." The girl took his face by the chin, and swayed his head left and right. "Such beauty. Your eyes are really beautiful." Makoto's face turned a little red at her admission. "So cute, and beautiful eyes too. My, is there something you want cutie pie?"

"A-Ah…erm…you looked lost so-"

"So-tan!?" She exclaimed, flailing her arms around. "I was to meet So-tan! But I don't know where she is! No way! I can't live without Sona-chan! I was only able to get this time off to spend with my sweet So-tan! But she became bad and went "Uu! You're insufferable like always!" and ran off before I could do anything! No way! This isn't fair at all! So-taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan! Please come out of hiding now! I want to see you right noooooooooooooooooooooow!"

Makoto was taken back by her switching attitudes, and could only smile weakly.

"Why do I have to be so nice…?" He sighed to himself, then showed a timid smile. "S-So, you lost someone?"

The girls head snapped back to Makoto, a cute smile spreading over her face.

"That's right! I lost my So-tan! I only get to spend today, tomorrow, and Sunday with my Sona-chan! And then I have to go back home! But she ran away, and I wasn't able to spend much time with her! That's not really fair, is it!?"

"Sona…hehe, it seems similar to Souna-senpai's name. Must be a coincidence."

Something about his wording registered something within her mind, and she clicked her fingers.

"Aah, she does go by that here doesn't she?"

Immediately, the magical girl looked a little nervous, Makoto picking up what she said, and it didn't sound right to his ears.

"Here? What do you mean by 'here' exactly? Does she have a different name…wait, you know who Souna-senpai is!?"

"Yup!" She announced, bouncing upwards and her breasts did the same, catching Makoto's unwilling attention. "She was like all worried that I would embarrass her, and ran off." The girl stopped and looked over Makoto's outfit. "School uniform…cosplay?"

Makoto was confused on why she would immediately go to that, considering that he looked his age, for the most part. Actually, he looked a little younger than he actually was due to his childlike face, and his delicate features.

"I go to school, not cosplay. I am that age, you know?"

"Oh…right! Makes sense! So, if you know Souna-chan, then you'll be able to take me to her, right!? You wouldn't leave this admittingly adorable gem alone, right!? I will become depressed if you leave…" She paused herself, and looked over Makoto, a thoughtful expression to her face. "Well, that's interesting." She noted aloud, confusing Makoto. "It seems that there's something…aah well! Since you know So-tan, please come with me!"

"W-Wait!"

Before he could reject, the girl grabbed his arm, and dragged him away.

But then she stopped, and adopted a cute expression on her face.

"Wait, I don't know what was wrong with…where is the school?"

Makoto face faulted at her confused expression, sighing openly.

"Ehehehe, I will…erm, I mean, going to school is…y-you're not like a stalker of Souna-senpai's right? T-Though, you do look remarkably like her…but more…" His eyes went to her breasts for a small second, then turned his eyes downwards with a flushing face. "…n-never mind! S-So, school, huh!?"

"Yes! Please lead the way!"

Makoto wasn't sure if he should be doing this, but he followed his instincts that she wasn't a bad person, and even if she was, it was better to take her to a public place, where she could be arrested if she was a bad person.

Makoto walked as the girl followed him. Her eyes ran all over his body, and down his back, up his back, and down again. She ran down from the tip of his head, to the bottom of his shoes, checking everything about him out, and had a deep thought within her, a new and interesting thought about what was going on.

"So, cutie pie, how old are you?"

She asked with an interested expression on her face.

Makoto hummed.

"I'm 15 years old."

He answered as the girl tilted her head curiously.

"Ooh…really?" She spoke with a sly grin. "You seem to be cuter than any 15 year old that I know." Makoto tensed as she walked closer towards him, a hand dangling right beside him. "Either way, I think that it would be cool if you did something like, be adorable with me, wouldn't it? We could go and do something like become friends or something~ Wouldn't that be good~?"

"Eeh…friends? We just met."

He explained to her, but the girl just shook her head repeatedly.

"Hey~ A friend is just a stranger than you haven't met yet~ Or, is it a stranger is a friend that you haven't met yet~? Yeah, that's right~"

He couldn't deny that she had a cute mentality and spoke sweetly. But he also thought that it was slightly naïve to think that everyone could become a friend from being a stranger. He just was slightly more cynical than she seemed to be.

"Eeh, right, I suppose."

"Right!"

Makoto just walked without saying anything. The girl seemed to be taking more than a usual interest in him. It was weird, it was strange for him to have such eyes on him. But he didn't really say anything to her, preferring to keep himself silent for the moment.

Once making it to the school however…

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

A scream.

"Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

Another scream.

"No way! It can't be happening!"

"Makoto-kyun! Nooooooooooooooooooooo! It can't be happening like this!"

"Makoto-kyun has a girlfriend!? That's not true!"

"This can't be happening!"

"I'm not having this! The world is losing control!"

"This is it! We're doomed! Makoto-kyun has a girlfriend and now we're gonna be left in the dust! We're going to end up dying! I can't have this! I am going to die! I'm literally going to end my life right now!"

"This can't be! I was supposed to marry Makoto-kyun and have him as my adorable husband!"

"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaah! That means no more Makoto-kyun special time!? I can't accept this!"

Panic came over Kuoh that day as Makoto turned up with the magical girl. Some even fainted to see Makoto with a 'girlfriend' but Makoto just looked awkwardly as the magical girl looked right back towards Makoto.

"Awww, it seems like they've mistaken our relationship sweetheart~"

"R-Right…now, erm…Souna-kaichou is with…she'll be in the student council room…"

"Aah! I know where that is! In retrospect, I should've sensed for her before, but I forgot, tee hee! But, I got to meet someone that's very adorable! So, I think that it would be a good thing for us, don't you think so sweetheart?"

"Eeh…what?"

Makoto genuinely didn't know where she was coming from, or what she was saying. It just didn't make sense to him at all.

The girl tilted her head to the side, and winked cutely.

"Well, this is where we depart! Yes, this is where we depart! Thank you for helping me! You're really such a kind soul! Thank you for helping me like this! I will definitely be really happy for you! Thanks cutie pie! You've done a very good service for me today! You don't know it, but this is really important, and you've helped a VIP, a VBIP!"

"VBIP?"

"Yup! Very beautiful important person!"

Makoto could only smile as she went running into the schools courtyard.

He could only stare blankly towards the girl that had left…that was until she came running back, and held out what appeared to be a weird symbol on the paper. It looked to be something from the occult, Makoto taking it with a curious look on his face.

"So, what's this?"

Makoto wasn't sure, so the girl explained.

"It's special! Don't lose it! Take it with you wherever you go sweetheart~ Though I don't think anything bad is gonna happen, I think that if you keep that with you, and you wish really hard for me to come when you're in danger, then I will come too! You're quite interesting to me~ But, that's different to this~ Either way, I'm gonna go now~ See you later~"

With a skip in her step, she left the vicinity that Makoto was in, and went into the school.

He was left baffled by her sudden disappearance, but didn't say anything else, and was about to move forward when he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"Aah!" He jumped, thinking it was a stalker. But then he turned, and saw that it was Lucy. "Ooh, Lucy-chan. It's just you."

Lucy revealed a slow smile on her face.

"Yeah, sorry. Did I frighten you?"

"No, nothing like that." He delivered as they walked forward together. "I just had a curious run in with some weird girl."

Lucy tilted her head to the side.

"Really? Who?"

"Ooh, I don't know her name, she was a weird magical girl though she was admittedly adorable. She gave me this paper." He showed it to her, her eyes flickering slightly. "She said that I should keep this. And think of her when I'm in danger. Isn't that weird? Why would she want something like that given to me?"

"Oh…I dunno, she must be whacky. But, keep it. See if it is anything. You never know, it could be a good luck charm."

Lucy proposed, so Makoto put it back into his pants pocket.

"I suppose…" He muttered, and then felt his body tense as they walked past the old school building. "Ugh…this building is…"

Lucy looked towards the building, cocking her head to the side.

"What's wrong, Makoto-kun?"

Makoto took a look over the building, and couldn't see anything there. But, he felt, something. It was weird, kind of like when he looked at Yuuma, but different at the same time. He couldn't explain it that well, but it looked, different to him.

"Nothing much…but every time, I pass by this building, I feel like eyes are on me. Sounds weird, doesn't it? I know this is the clubroom building whatever that is held by Gremory-senpai, and she does some weird occult stuff, but I feel…weird when near the building itself. I just feel like it shouldn't…be there, you know? Like, there's something about the building that is…dark. Must be me and my imaginations, huh."

"Maybe, but they are into the occult. Who knows, they could be doing black magic~"

"I'll take a sip of my secret potion~"

Lucy giggled as she twirled around Makoto, the boy holding onto her hand.

"And I'll make you fall in love~ For a spell that can't be broken, one drop should be enough~"

Makoto chuckled as he danced together with Lucy, not caring if anyone watched.

"Girl you belong to me~"

"I got the recipe~"

""And it's called black magic~""

They giggled together as they danced along the path, not really caring about anything, two friends just having a good time together.

What they didn't see was, that a pair of red eyes looked out of the old school building, and were focused on Makoto as he walked.

At lunch time, Makoto and Lucy sat together, eating their lunches.

"So, you coming to the mall after school?"

Lucy began, as she took out her bento.

"I haven't gotten anything to do anyway, and it is the weekend tomorrow anyway…yeah, why not? I have to get some food for Princess anyway. I don't know why Kaa-chan can't do it, but I guess that I will do it. Tou-chan has been busy at work too. Onii-chan just doesn't want to go near her…she does seem to dislike him though…"

"She's a weird cat though. You can't deny that."

Lucy slipped in, with Makoto nodding her head.

"She's a cute little kitty cat. She loves sleeping on my crotch though…she's really weird when she does that. It's almost like she's doing it to tease me or something…weird right?"

"Ooh, because she is near Issei-senpai, she's gained a perverted side~"

"Yeah, my cat's hungry for the D~"

The pair laughed together as they both began eating. The food pretty much was the same, though Makoto's looked a little messier than the neatly prepared Lucy's. The rice was the only difference between them, Lucy having normal, and Makoto having fried.

Makoto then recalled something and clicked his fingers, gaining Lucy's attention.

"Ooh! I didn't tell you! Onii-chan, he actually got a girlfriend!"

"You're…meaning his left hand right?"

Makoto snickered as Koneko looked over towards them.

"No, that's what I first thought too. But no, I mean an actual girlfriend. With real flesh and everything. Even a big sized pair of…eeh, breasts, I suppose the right word would be. I met her and everything. Unless she was being paid or something, which I don't think that he would do, then she was the legit thing."

"Wow, colour me surprised. He really has a girlfriend after all. Is she…eeh, sane?"

"Hey, he isn't that bad. And I think she's sane. She looked sane enough anyway."

Makoto defended Issei as Lucy bonked herself on the head cutely.

"Sorry~ I didn't mean it in a bad way, it's just he is…"

"The enemy of all women."

Koneko butted in as she drew her seat closer. Makoto and Lucy looked at each other as Koneko sat close by.

"Enemy of all women, huh."

Lucy breathed out, Koneko nodded as she shucked on a lollipop.

"He is…he is the enemy of all women. He's a pervert, through and through."

Koneko said it in a way that would be disrespectful. Makoto would've defended, but she was right. He was a pervert, and Issei was proud of that. That's who he was, after all.

"Well, can't deny you there." Makoto breathed out. "So, are you going to be eating lunch with us? You've got the permission, not that you'd never have permission anyway. You can eat with us, is what I was getting at, if you didn't know, you know?"

Koneko nodded, and ate quietly. Makoto and Lucy shared a look, and felt awkwardness between everyone.

"So…" Lucy began, taking a glance between the two of them. "Koneko-san, have you got any plans for the weekend?"

"No."

To the point.

That's how Koneko was.

It wasn't really surprising that she was to the point. Koneko was just a direct person.

"Oh? Do you wanna come over to Lucy-chan's place? She's going to have a little play with me…eeh! I didn't mean in a dirty way! W-We're going to play games together…o-of the non sexual type! You're more than welcome to come over! We'll be playing video games, right Lucy-chan!?"

"Hehehehehe…y-yeah…we'll be doing something like that. You're welcome to come over."

Koneko looked between them, shrugging her shoulders.

"…I'll think about it."

And that's all Koneko said.

The most likely conclusion was that she wasn't going to come. They had offered her before, and she said the same, and didn't show up. Not because she was being rude, something usually came up with Koneko, that's what she told them, and from what they could tell, Koneko wasn't a liar, and wasn't lying.

As they were talking, the classroom door opened to reveal Yumi Kiba. She walked in with style and grace. All of the males in the class immediately shot their eyes towards her, Makoto included. His eyes looked love struck by Yumi.

"Ooh look, there's your future GF, Makoto-kun~"

Lucy teased, Makoto shaking his head.

"D-Don't be silly, it isn't like she is…" Yumi spots Makoto, and walks over while her eyes danced her excitement and renewed vigour. "…shit. She's coming over! Lucy-chan, what am I supposed to do!? I-I am nervous! What's going on now!? Eeeeeh, I think I'm close to having a heart attack here!"

Lucy takes the freaking out Makoto by the shoulders as Koneko gives a questioning stare.

"Inhale." He takes a deep breath. "Exhale." He did as she commanded. "Now, you're going to listen to what she says. If you can't speak, nod your head, or shake depending on what she says. Don't worry, you'll get through this."

"I-I freaking hope so."

He muttered out as Yumi stood before them all. She shared a brief exchange of looks between herself, and Koneko. Then her eyes went towards Makoto after giving Lucy a complimentary glance and a smile.

"Erm, hello there Makoto-kun. May I call you that?"

"Call me whatever you want Yumi-senpai…" He wished he could say that aloud, and all that came out was "Hehehehehehe…" and he felt deep regret that it came out like that, so tried once again with a deep breath. "A-Ah…erm…y-yes…y-you can…"

Lucy slyly gave him a thumbs up, and also felt like crying at the same time. Koneko looked at him curiously, never having seen him quite like this before. Granted, she didn't know him all that well, but he seemed, different.

"That's great! S-So yes…erm, this might seem out of the blue of me, but you see, I have…erm, I wish to…no, that is to say…how about, on Sunday, we can…go out together?" Makoto looked on, unable to say anything. "We could, meet up on Sunday, and go out together, like a date."

Silence fell on the classroom as Makoto sat there, like a statue.

He didn't know what to do, he just stood there, frozen like a statue, he wasn't able to say anything at all, he just stared at her like he was going to fall into a depression, yet also the happiest he had ever been…he was torn between two feelings.

"Lucy-chan…am I dead?"

"No, you're not dead…I'm going to be though…"

No one heard what she said at the end as Yumi stood there, twitching her body.

"Erm…Yumi-senpai…y-you…just asked me that…n-not for a bet…right?"

He didn't want to think Yumi would actually do that, and it seemed to be the case when she waved her hand around elegantly.

"Ooh no. I've liked Makoto-kun for a while now. So, is it okay? We can go out together, can't we? It would be fun if we went out together."

"Y-Yeah…eeh…y-yes. W-We could…ooh damn…eerm…dating…y-yes, we could do that!"

He knew that wasn't smooth, and berated himself inside of his own mind, he felt like slapping himself in the face for such a bland reply.

Yumi didn't seem to be bothered though, and clapped her hands together.

"Great! Then, we can meet up on Sunday, is that okay with you?"

"…Y-Yes, that's great."

He replied after a few seconds of just staring blankly.

"Then, see you soon Makoto-kun!"

With that, Yumi left the room, leaving behind an angry mob of girls and boys. Makoto himself just looked like he had been caught in headlights, and like he was going to burn up at any second, like he was going to die on the spot.

"See, Makoto-kun? If you wish hard enough, you'll get what you want! Hey, maybe that paper is your good luck charm, after all!"

"Y-Yes…could be. I'm gonna keep it with me. Call it superstitious, but I think that it could've done it. I mean, Yumi-senpai did it today out of all days…ooh God, I think I might pass out in a minute, we're really going on a date Lucy-chan. I'm…going on a date with Yumi-senpai, I think my life could be complete right now."

Makoto's thoughts couldn't process anything anymore, and he could only stare at the place she left.

He didn't care about anything else at that time. He, had just gotten a date, and that's all there was too it. He got the date he had hoped for, for a long time now, the girl he had been crushing on since the beginning of school, and even before that. He, just got a date with Yumi.

On the Sunday, it rolled quickly by.

Makoto, had sorted out the time with Yumi somehow without not passing out.

They were going to meet at 10 in the morning, outside of the school gates.

He didn't know why she wanted to meet there, but he was totally fine with it, he didn't say anything negative about it, and found it cool, too. In an odd way, it was almost like they were going to school again, even though they weren't.

He made sure that he got there half an hour early, and waited with a patient look in his eyes. He wore white shorts, and a white shirt that was buttoned up all the way. He didn't know if this was anything that he should be wearing, but he didn't think it would matter all that much in the end of the day.

He remembered that Issei was on a date at the same time right now, and wondered what was going on with his date. He hoped that he was doing everything that he could do. Makoto was worried that Yuuma was going to do something.

"Hey! Makoto-kun!"

He heard a chirpy voice coming from the left as it turned exactly ten on the dot.

He turned towards the voice…and he dropped his jaw at the blonde coming towards him.

It was Yumi, but not in a school outfit. It was Yumi dressed in a white blouse, and a beautiful white skirt too. She wore what appeared to be a pink jacket over her white blouse. It blended well with her skin, all of the white, and the pink decorated her body tremendously.

She was…beautiful.

He didn't think that she was this beautiful.

No, he did know. But, he didn't know that she could be this beautiful with clothes.

Yumi made it towards Makoto, and put a hand to her flushing face.

"Makoto-kun, you're really looking nice. I think that you would be dressed cutely. The shorts are…and your shirt is…erm, I'm sorry, I'm really nervous, I've never been on a date before, so this is really new to me…"

He kept staring at her, his face reddening by the second.

"O-Oh, I've been erm…just wow, Yumi-senpai…y-you look so beautiful right now…n-not that you don't do all of the time! B-But, right now! You look…a-and I am…b-but you look…a-and I am…b-but you look…a-and that's…"

"I'm glad that you like it." She spoke majestically. "To be honest, I had to have help from Buchou, and the others. I was worried that I might dress the wrong way."

"Buchou?"

Makoto picked up that word, Yumi inclining her head as she moved closer.

"That's right. Erm, because I'm in the Occult Research Club, she asks us to call her that. Rias-senpai I mean." Quickly covering, Yumi inched even closer. "Well, shall we go Makoto-kun?"

"S-Sure! We should go!"

So like that, Makoto and Yumi headed towards the town. In retrospect, they probably should've met in town, but since it was a weekend, it could've been hard to find each other. But, it didn't matter to Makoto right now, since he got to go on a date with Yumi herself.

Unknown to them, Lucy was watching on nearby. Her face looked like she was falling into despair, and she wasn't going to recover. But, she also was happy for Makoto, that he could do something like this. While feeling sad, she murmured "He's got this…" and walked away, deciding to respect their decision of being on a date, and allowed them to do whatever they wanted without her following, it was what a friend did, after all.

They soon made it into town. During the way, neither really talked. Makoto was too shy to say anything, and Yumi felt the same way. They both were nervous about going on the date, Makoto more so than Yumi herself.

"S-So, Yumi-senpai…erm, how's school going?" Makoto immediately felt like punching himself in the face. "I ask about SCHOOL!? What's fucking going on with me!? I'm really useless right now! I can't do anything other than be an idiot! Ugh, she's going to think that I'm a looney or something else like that!"

Makoto berated himself as Yumi held a hand to her lips, walking past some pedestirans.

"School, it is the same as usual. Hehe, you seem really nervous, is everything okay?"

"Erm…y-yes, everything is good. I just…didn't expect this, to be honest."

Yumi tilted her head.

"Didn't expect it?"

"This…" He mused aloud, pointing between the two of them. "I mean, I didn't even think you knew I existed."

"Well, that's strange, because I found Makoto-kun to be cute since he came at the beginning of the year."

She casually admitted as they walked past a shop that held lingerie inside. Makoto's face turned red as he briefly imagined Yumi in a pink lacy one, but soon shook his head with a blushing face, wanting to rid himself of those thoughts.

"R-Really?"

Yumi inclined her neck.

"That's right, I noticed Makoto-kun at the beginning of the year. I actually was nervous about approaching you, I had heard that Hyoudou-kun…your Onii-sama, had a tendency to scare off girls that would approach you."

"Onii-chan…he's very protective, is all. B-But Onii-chan is kind too…b-but please don't be scared off! Onii-chan won't say anything because he knows how much I actually like you…w-when I say like, I mean that as a companion! An amigo! Did I really just say amigo!? What's wrong with me already!? Waaaah!"

Yumi raised a finger to her mouth, and slowly tittered to herself.

"Makoto-kun, you're so amusing. You don't have to be so nervous, you know?"

Makoto shook his head, and bowed it down.

"I'm sorry, I'm really bad at this, aren't I?"

"Oh, I don't think so." Yumi raised his hopes. "I haven't been on a date before either, so you don't have anything to worry about. I am a little nervous on the date too, so you don't have to worry about something like that."

"Really…? I-I mean, I'm not being a bad date?"

"Of course not!" Yumi denied the claims of him being a bad date, and stood closer to him. "I think this is a really good time. I want to know more about Makoto-kun. I've always seen how kind he is to others. Even with the fact that you have…erm, people like…Hyoudou-kun's friends saying what they do, and pretty much some of the guys in Kuoh calling you their enemy, it always seems that you have a smile on your face, no matter the situation. I just think that Makoto-kun is really kind."

"Thank you, Yumi-senpai."

Makoto finished off as they continued walking around.

With that little extra confidence boost, Makoto finally began to relax, and spoke a little more openly with Yumi herself. Yumi also became a little more open with him too, and they began talking about nonsensical things, just openly relaxing with one another.

However, as they walked, Makoto kept looking at Yumi's hand, and his own hand interchangeably.

"Mmmmm, Onii-chan said that holding hands means that we would become closer…but would Yumi-senpai want to hold my hand…?"

Makoto mused to himself, not sure what he was supposed to be feeling right now.

However, his hand kept raising up and then down. He kept staring at her hand that it was so obvious that even Yumi was taking notice that Makoto was doing what he was doing. Though, she didn't mind it, and found it adorable that he kept raising his hand to want to touch hers, but was too nervous to do anything about it.

"Makoto-kun? Is something wrong?"

She asked with a sincere smile on her face.

"N-No! Nothing! There's nothing wrong at all! I-I mean, there's nothing at all!"

His answer made Yumi giggle slightly.

"I see, so nothing is wrong at all?"

"N-Nothing at all…sorry, there's nothing wrong at all."

He denied her, as he adopted a cute looking shy face on. Yumi felt her heart being taken by the cuteness that he was displaying. Something about the way that he looked all lost when he was nervous made him seem more adorable than normal people would look.

"Actually, I have a problem, Makoto-kun."

"O-Oh…you do?"

Makoto felt low, but Yumi continued to giggle.

"Yes. I've heard that on dates, that the male and female usually hold hands."

"O-Oh…yes, I've heard the same thing…dating is…erm…yes…they hold hands sometimes…that's what they do…b-but we don't have to if you don't want…"

Then, before he could say anything else, Yumi grasped his unsure hand.

Instantly, they both felt a spark between them. Neither could explain it, but the spark between their hands made them both feel, a certain kind of something inside of them. Makoto's hand encased around Yumi's hand, and vice versa.

"Yumi-senpai's hand is soft…" He noted as his face turned even more red. "I didn't know that a hand to could feel so hot and warm at the same time…I didn't know that a hand could feel this good…yeah, this hand is amazing…no wonder Onii-chan said that hand holding is good…I like Yumi-senpai's hand, it's really good…"

Makoto's thoughts ran away with him, and didn't even realize that he was staring at her and his connected hand.

Yumi on the other hand did notice, and found it, too cute. The way that he looked, toppled with his shy personality, it was something that she liked. He was different to normal guys their age. He wasn't looking for a quick grope or anything of the sort. He was just, content with holding hands, and she was content with holding his hand.

The date rolled by, and they both had fun. They never really let go of one another's hands. Though it was cliché, they went shopping, Makoto buying a lovely flowery hairclip for Yumi after he saw her ogling it.

By the time the sun was setting, they found themselves sitting at a wonderful looking Greenland. It wouldn't really be classed as a park, more of a natural nature spot. It was filled with luscious greenery, flowers springing up all over the place. Since it was April, it was the time where the flowers were quite beautiful.

"This has been great, Makoto-kun. I've had the best time."

Yumi spoke as they sat together, their hands never leaving the others. While looking at the other, both their faces tinged pink.

"Yumi-senpai…thank you for, asking me out. I mean, you could've asked anyone, but you chose to come with me…I am blessed that Yumi-senpai asked me to come with her, so thank you Yumi-senpai."

Yumi tittered slightly, and inched closer.

"I've been wanting to talk with Makoto-kun for a long time now." She confessed as his face turned red. "I, haven't been able to work up the courage, you see. I first saw you with that girl, eeh, Lucy-san I think her name is, and naturally assumed that you and she were dating."

"Hahahahaha!" Makoto couldn't help but laugh out loud. "M-Me and Lucy-chan?! Naaaah. I mean, she's cute and all, and we get along great, but there's just…I mean, Lucy-chan is pretty cute, and she is a good friend of mine. But, I also wanted to go out with Yumi-senpai too."

"Well, I'm relieved that you did want to go out with me. Makoto-kun, I'm glad that we could talk like this today. I had the best day. From just walking around, talking together, and even holding hands. I've never done that with a boy before, and most of the males I know are pretty…quite wild people that are quite perverted."

"And…you don't like that?"

Asking carefully, Yumi giggled sweetly.

"I wouldn't mind a little perverseness, I suppose. But, I much prefer Makoto-kun who has quite a few cute personality traits. I hope this doesn't sound like I'm a stalker or anything, but I have watched how Makoto-kun is. like, defending your Onii-sama from some of the girls attempting to hit him. Even though he was prying on them, you defended him strongly, and with such passion. Though, he's not your real Onii-sama, is he?"

Makoto looked down and thought about what she said for a few moments, then shook his head.

"No…he's not my real Onii-sama." Makoto sighed out, and raised his knees to his chest. "But, the line that separates us from real brothers and adoptive brothers, is pretty blurry. I've been with Kaa-chan and Tou-chan since I could remember. It doesn't really matter that I am not their son, or Ise-nii's Otouto. They treat me like I am theirs. I don't even remember my real family, and I don't think I need to either. The Hyoudou family brought me to them, we became a family, and there's no "You're adopted so you don't matter to us!" kind of vibes in the house. It's like, we're really family, and it doesn't matter what anyone else says. You know what I mean?"

"I see…I'm glad that you have such an open relationship with them like that. And yeah, I can understand an adoptive family."

"Oh?" Makoto mused. "Are you…adopted too?"

Makoto couldn't really say, as he didn't know about Yumi's home life. He didn't know if she had parents or something else entirely. Legal guardians. He honestly didn't know what Yumi's home life was like.

"You can say that I am yeah. And, I don't remember my family either. I'm an orphan."

"Oh…I'm so sorry Yumi-senpai, I didn't know."

Yumi shook her head, and leaned closer towards Makoto.

"I guess we're on the same boat, huh. Both adopted by kind people. But, that's one of the reasons I quite like Makoto-kun too." His different coloured eyes blinked as Yumi smiled sweetly. "You are so full of life, and yet shy and also not afraid to show your emotions when the chips are down. I've seen how kind you are, and how forgiving you are. It just makes me, happy that Makoto-kun can be so happy like he is. Besides, you've got really beautiful eyes."

She confessed while blushing. Makoto gained a dark blush too.

"My eyes…are really beautiful?"

"I didn't mean it to sound weird, or like a question of your masculinity or anything. I didn't know how else to say it. Your eyes, they are just so beautiful. When I first saw them, I never wanted to stop looking at them."

After her confession, Makoto couldn't deny that he didn't like her anymore. He truly was, transfixed on her grey eyes, and her cute face too. Toppled with the adorable mole under her eye, she looked perfect to him.

"Yumi-senpai, if you say such things about my eyes then…truthfully, people used to pick on me because I had different eyes, and always said "You have half a black eye, do you want your other eye to be blue?" as in you know, wanting to give me a black and blue eyes from punching me or something…people can be cruel…but that's why I love Onii-chan…because he always defended me, even got beat up because of me…so that's why, anyone tries to hurt Onii-chan, they have to answer to me."

Saying it with such a strong face, Yumi felt a beat of her heart skip.

"Makoto-kun, I didn't know that you could sound so…powerful."

"Well…Onii-chan might be a pervert, but he's my Onii-chan after all. No one can bully Onii-chan, or I start bullying them. Because of that, we've always got the others back. We might be quite opposite in personalities, but we're, really close to one another where I can't imagine a life without Onii-chan, and I hope that it is vice versa. We, are just like that, and I find myself becoming happy when we are together."

"It's wonderful to hear that about your relationship with Hyoudou-kun."

"Thank you…and m-my eyes aren't…w-weird or anything?"

His fingers rubbed together, from his free hand. His other hand was still being held by Yumi, their digits interlocking together. From their hands, it was like they were, becoming closer by the second. Even their bodies were inching closer towards one another.

"Yes…why wouldn't they be? A pure golden eye, and a black eye too. It's the perfect mix, like your hair too. Did you dye your hair to be like that?"

Makoto ran a hand through his different coloured locks, and gained an even darker blush on his cheeks.

"No, I've always had it since a baby, from what I know. Unless there's some freaky accident that I don't know about, then it is all natural. I thought about changing the colour to either black or blonde, but I thought that it was with me since my birth, so I will just stick with it."

"Well, I think that it makes Makoto-kun stick out as a very different type of person. And I think that you do look…very cute."

Yumi's face turned scarlet, as did his own. Makoto's face looked to be the picture of a mixture of shy, and serious at the same time. His eyes went towards her lips, and blushed even more. His cheeks flushed redder than normal, and it made Yumi feel her heart fluttering.

"Yumi-senpai…"

Yumi's free hand went to Makoto's face, and brushed some hair out of his eyes. His eyes fluttered as Yumi drew closer, taking initiative. Of course, he was surprised, but he didn't stop her. He wasn't going to stop her now.

"Makoto-kun, I'm sorry for being so forward but maybe it would be okay if we…"

"Senpai…kissing would be…y-you want to kiss…me?"

"Why wouldn't I?"

At her question, Makoto shyly averted his eyes.

"Be-Because I'm…like this…"

"Fufu, maybe I like younger boys. Especially ones that are cute."

"Yumi-senpai…you're too…kind…"

Makoto didn't say anything else, and puckered his lips. Yumi did the same as she drew closer to him too. Neither cared about the fastness of the date that was going, neither seemed to mind about the fact that they were going to kiss one another.

Makoto wanted it…

Yumi wanted to kiss him too…

Both wanted to kiss, they felt something between them, something that they could both understand, connect with. Neither understood why that was…but they felt it. On some level, they both had an understanding on the other…

"Makoto-kun, watch out!"

Suddenly, as Makoto was about to kiss Yumi, he was tackled to the ground as something flies overhead of them. Makoto looked towards Yumi as she bent over him, her breasts danging in his face as her eyes went left.

He then heard an explosion of something, and it came from the right. Makoto darted his eyes that way, and saw that there was a crater, and some little lights raising from the ground. He didn't understand what was happening, and looked to Yumi for answers.

"Yumi-senpai, what's going on!?"

Makoto didn't get his answer as he was dragged to his feet, held towards her bust in a protective manner.

"What have you Fallen Angels come for?"

"Fallen Angels…?"

Makoto didn't understand the meaning of those words.

Fallen Angels?

What could Yumi be talking about? What was a Fallen Angel?

Makoto didn't have the answers for this, but then he soon got it when a booming voice came from the left.

"You, there. Young boy, you're going to have to die now. We've been tracking you for a while now, and I have had enough of watching you now."

Makoto tensed as he looked to the place Yumi was looking.

What he was saw where two people.

The first was a middle-aged-looking man with short black hair and dark blue attire consisted of a pale violet trenchcoat over a white dress shirt with a matching ascot, black pants and shoes, and a black fedora.

The second was a tall and buxom woman with long, navy blue hair that obscured her right eye and brown eyes. Her attire consisted of a violet, trenchcoat-like top with a wide collar, a matching miniskirt, and black heeled shoes. The trenchcoat top was open at her chest, giving view to her breasts and cleavage. She also is wearing a gold necklace around her neck.

But Makoto also noticed something else…

From their backs…dark wings.

He could see dark wings appearing out of the back of their backs. Two wings on each one. Both the male and the female looked towards Makoto with dirty grins on their faces, though the girls looked a little more different than the males deranged looking face.

Makoto cocked his eyes upwards towards Yumi, and saw that she was having a serious face.

"Yumi-senpai, what's going on…? I don't understand, why did he say that I have to die…? What are they?"

"Makoto-kun, I don't have time to explain. But please listen to me, and run away as fast as you can. I'll definitely explain later, but please just run away right now before anything happens, Makoto-kun. I will draw them away from you."

"But I'm not leaving you to fight! Please, let's go together! These people are clearly dangerous! We've got to go now!"

Makoto argued, but it fell on deaf ears as Yumi took a step forward, facing the two Angels that have apparently fallen.

"I don't know what you want from Makoto-kun, but his death won't be happening. If you don't leave, I will be forced to summon my Master."

"Master…?"

Makoto murmured, but it wasn't registered by the others.

"Hmph, you don't understand. That boy there needs to be killed now. Even if it is against your Master, I will be killing that boy, and if you don't move out of the way, then I will be killing you too. So move, milk jugs."

The male Fallen Angel advised Yumi, but she stood firmly in front of Makoto.

"I won't allow you to touch even a hair on this boys head. Now, leave him alone before anything happens to you, too."

Yumi ordered the Fallen Angel dryly, but the Fallen Angel just snickered right back at Yumi.

"Well, isn't that a good thing? I think that we get to kill two birds in one too. Fine with me, Kalawarner. We're going to be killing both of them."

"Dohnaseek, don't you think that's a little far? Let's just leave them. Moreover, that girls Master could be dangerous too us. Can't we leave the boy alone for now?"

The now named Dohnaseek turned his dark eyes towards Kalawarner who flinched.

"You'll do what I say, or you know what's going to happen to you. You'll answer to me, or Raynare."

Kalawarner held her head down, and just confirmed it with her head that she was going to follow orders.

The male of the Fallen Angels put his hand out, and then something odd happened. From his hand, light particles were gathering, Makoto's eyes widening at the sight. Immediately, Makoto pulled Yumi backwards.

"Yumi-senpai! We have to go! Tha-That's not normal! A freaking spear of what, light just came out of that guys hands!? How in the heck does that happen!? Am I trapped in some kind of dream and I am about to be killed?! Yumi-senpai! Please let's just go!"

"Makoto-kun, if they both fight me, you can get away quickly. I know it sounds weird, but I can't just leave them to go like this. I wouldn't feel right, and if we run, they might be able to catch us, so, please run away, and leave this to me."

"But I can't…I'm your date, I can't, as a man! As a man, I can't leave a woman alone to fight off, creatures from another world! I-I mean, this is fucked up! This is messed up! I don't understand what's going on Yumi-senpai! What if you die!? I wouldn't be able to take it!"

"Ooh shut up already!"

Dohnaseek had become bored, and launched a spear of light towards Makoto. He tensed, and stood motionless as the spear neared. But before it could touch him, Yumi stepped in the way, and from her hand, a unique looking sword was made. It held a strong aura around it, and she used it to cut apart the spear of light before Makoto could be stabbed by it, astonishing him even more than he thought possible.

"…What in the hell…?"

Makoto didn't know what was going on, and felt a little scared of what he was seeing right now.

Yumi didn't answer as she took a step forward.

"If you want to fight, then you fight with me. I won't allow you to touch this boy."

Yumi said it strongly as she ran off…

Makoto couldn't believe it.

He couldn't even keep her within his sights. Her speed was amazing, she was moving faster than he could even see. And when she appeared before Dohnaseek, Makoto was sure that Yumi was going to cut her down…

"Naïve!"

However, just as Yumi went to slash downwards, Dohnaseek stopped her sword with his renewed spear of light. The clash of the weapons created heavy sparks that surrounded throughout the area. The sound reverberated out of Makoto's ears.

"Yumi-senpai!"

Makoto called, worried for her.

But she cocked her head back, and smiled sweetly.

"Don't worry Makoto-kun, I'm going to be okay. Just escape."

In all good consciousness, he wasn't able to do that, leave her behind.

Yumi turned her head back towards the enemy, and made a sharpened eyes expression.

"Tch, damn it."

Yumi cursed, and pushed him away. He then swung his spear towards Yumi, but she deflected it, and used her speed to appear at Dohnaseek's right, slashing openly. Dohnaseek wasn't as fast as Yumi, but he was fast enough to block her strike, again and again.

Makoto could only watch on as a battle between sword and spear went on. Dohnaseek was strong, he was very strong. Yumi was having trouble with getting through his defences.

"Oi! Kalawarner! Aren't you going to help me!?"

Dohnaseek demanded as he slashed for Yumi's face. she bent her head back, and swiped for his legs. The Fallen Angel took to the sky with his wings, avoiding the slash though received a cut to his leg. Dohnaseek winced at the cut he received, but then launched the sword right at her. Yumi used her speed to avoid the spear, and continued slashing, Dohnaseek making a new sword.

"I don't think that we should do this…more over, these people haven't done anything…that boy hasn't done anything. I think that it is weird to kill him off for no reason! Why can't we just let them go!?"

"Just fucking help me you stupid bitch or I am going to run my spear through you!"

The fear of death was real, and Kalawarner was afraid. Even Makoto could see that she was frightened, and that wasn't a good thing in his eyes. Forcing someone to fight, that never was good in Makoto's eyes.

"Fine! I hate this but fine! Azazel-sama will be angry, but whatever! Let's do this!"

Yumi then became worried as she dealt with two of them. Dohnaseek was one thing, but Kalawarner was something else. Her golden light spear and his blue light spear clashed against Yumi again and again, her sword wearing away with the dangerous light spears that the Fallen Angels were thrusting against her.

While she was fighting them off quite strongly, Makoto noticed that she was having a difficult time, and it made sense why. It was two against one, and Makoto cursed the fact that he wouldn't be able to do anything other than worry about what was going to happen with his date…

But what could he do?

He could barely see them, never mind anything else.

He couldn't fight them…

He didn't know what he could do. He didn't have any flashy moves like they did. He didn't even have anything that he could do now. He wished for Yumi's safety and cursed his own powerlessness. If only he could do something…he wanted to fight too, but he wasn't able to do something like that…

He couldn't fight.

But he couldn't leave Yumi to her own devices either. She was his date, and leaving behind Yumi, would've been a cowards way of doing it. He, wasn't able to do something like that, he never was going to be able to do something like that.

But he couldn't just leave them like that either…

"SEXY TEENAGERS TAKE OFF THEIR CLOTHES!"

Makoto immediately felt his system being erupted with embarrassment…

But it worked.

They all stopped fighting, and faced him like he had two heads. Makoto felt more embarrassed by the second as their eyes all fell on him. He felt like he was going to die right now, all of the eyes on him.

He didn't even mean to say that, but that was the first thing that he could actually think of saying.

"What?"

Dohnaseek inquired for everyone, even Yumi looked depressingly shocked.

"Makoto-kun…"

Yumi didn't know what he was doing, gaining their attention. Makoto's eyes shone with defiance, and his body twitched with nerves, but he didn't stop and moved closer, clapping his hands together as he sung out.

"…Come mister tally man…tally me banana's…daylight come…and me wanna go home…"

His voice was full of nerves, but he walked forward regardless.

The others had their eyes transfixed on the boy before them. He kept singing, clapping his hands nervously, and moved forward again and again.

"What's going on? Has he lost his mind?"

Kalawarner thought that was the case towards the singing boy.

Makoto felt like crying, but continued on anyway.

"Work all night…on a drink of rum…daylight come and me wanna go home…"

"What the fuck are you saying?"

Dohnaseek was confused, and didn't even realize that Makoto was very close now. He stood before him, and smiled weakly.

"It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot, KICK!"

SLAM!

"…Aaah…"

Dohnaseek grabbed his crotch that Makoto moved his foot from. His pain was evident on his face, and it also came out in the squeak that was his voice. He fell to his knees, and looked on with tears in his eyes as Makoto brought up his fist.

"No one tries to murder me, or my date, bastard!"

SLAM!

Dohnaseek went to the ground as he cried out from the small fist impacting him.

"Aaah shit my hand!"

Makoto wasn't experienced with punching people, so he accidentally injured his hand. Yumi took Makoto's hand, and inspected it sweetly.

"Makoto-kun, you realize that you just punched a Fallen Angel?"

"I-I don't care, I want to protect my date!" Makoto turned towards Kalawarner, and snarled, frightening Kalawarner. "Now, you need to leave before you piss me off too. You not only attack my date, but you're also wanting me dead too!?"

"It isn't like that at all!"

She defended, but Makoto shook his head.

"If it isn't, then leave!"

Kalawarner didn't say anything, and just held out her spear of light. Yumi didn't like that, and stood before him, with her sword out. The crack she had in the sword, fixed itself as she focused on the enemy before her.

"Makoto-kun, I'll deal with this now, please run away."

"I'm not going to leave you here! If I'm leaving, then you're coming with me!"

Yumi chuckled sweetly.

"You're such a sweet boy."

"And you're cute too, so listen to me and run away!"

Yumi didn't say anything as a response, and rushed forward with her blade, slashing from different directions. Unlike the slightly more skilled Dohnaseek, Kalawarner was having more trouble with Yumi, and kept feeling her steel cutting her skin.

Dohnaseek groaned from his place on the ground, hissing towards Makoto.

"Y-You little punk…kicking me in the balls…you have some fucking nerve…don't you realize who I am?"

"I don't care who you are, and what you want, but you're evil! You've been attacking me, and my date for no reason! Why would you do something like that!?"

"Because of the Sacred Gear inside of you. You've been blessed, or cursed, with the Sacred Gear and you'll have to live with that, not that you have to live much longer mind you. You are, going to die soon anyway."

"Sacred Gear…?"

He didn't know what that was, and he didn't even get to contemplate what that was as the Fallen Angel came swooping in with a spear of light. Makoto gasped and ran in the opposite direction, attempting to avoid the clashes of the creature known as a Fallen Angel.

"You leave Makoto-kun alone!"

Yumi came whizzing past him and slashed down on his chest. A small cut appeared on his chest as he pulled away. Dohnaseek hissed at the pain but engaged Yumi in a fight regardless. Kalawarner who had been beaten back by Yumi, also joined the fight.

Slowly but surely, Yumi was being outmatched. Despite having different swords appear, the Fallen Angels were quite the formidable opponent. Makoto could only stand idly by as the girl that he went on a date with was being relentlessly attacked, because of him.

He cursed it, and wanted to get help…but who?

He wasn't in a position to do anything like that.

He didn't know anyone that would be able to help, so he didn't have a choice but to look on and be worried about what was going to happen with Yumi.

"N-No!"

Somehow, Dohnaseek managed to get to Yumi's flank, and stab forward. She deflected the blade, but she was pushed backwards, and her butt hit the floor. Dohnaseek appeared above her, and had a dirty smile on his face.

"Haha! I will kill you, then the small boy over there!"

Yumi gritted her teeth and went to stand. But before she could, a reluctant Kalawarner brought up her spear of light, and slashed down towards her. Yumi didn't have a choice but to block her, but by doing that, she left herself wide open for the attack Dohnaseek sent after her, not having a good enough reaction time to fight off the attack…

"Nooooooooooooooooo!"

Makoto couldn't stand it and stood between Yumi and Dohnaseek's weapon that she wouldn't of been able to avoid, and then felt it…

Something had penetrated his chest.

Makoto looked down as blood leaked out of his mouth…a spear of light had penetrated his chest.

Pain…

He felt pain.

Loss of vision. His palms sweated, and his eyes shed silent tears.

"Makoto-kun!"

Yumi disregarded the Fallen Angels, and came to his side.

As he fell to the ground, Makoto's lifeless body was caught by Yumi herself, and she held him tenderly in her arms, not even caring that Fallen Angels were around.

"Come on Kalawarner, let's go."

"But, this boy might be reincarnated by her Master…"

"Nah, I don't think so. Besides, if this bitches Master comes now, we won't have the chance to do anything else. Even we can't fight with them right now. Let's go."

Dohnaseek extended his wings, and flew into the sky without any remorse whatsoever.

Kalawarner looked towards Makoto, and expressed a sombre expression.

"I'm sorry…"

That's all she said before she extended her wings, and took off to the sky.

Leaving behind Makoto, and Yumi, Yumi peered down towards Makoto's face, and began shedding tears.

"Why…? Why did you…do that?"

"…I…defended…Yumi-chan…I saved…Yumi-chan…right…?"

Yumi continued shedding tears, petting the back of his head.

"Makoto-kun, I'm so sorry, I didn't know this was going to happen. I only wanted to have a fun day with you…I wanted to go out on a date with the cute boy that I wanted to spend time with…and had a crush on since…"

Makoto's shaky hand went upwards, and brushed her face. Yumi continued to shed tears as she grasped his hand that was on her face.

"I…I don't have…many regrets…I just wish…that I could've…gotten to…know who…my real…parents were…and why…they abandoned me…but I had a good life…I will be able to…see Angels now…Yumi-senpai…I wish I could've seen…Iri-chan…once more…just once more would…have been…good…I wish…I could've stayed alive…"

Yumi didn't know who that was, and hugged him tightly, not noticing that there was a small glow in his pocket.

"Makoto-kun, y-you don't have to die…I-I will ask my Master to reincarnate you! S-She would…t-then you could stay with me. W-Wouldn't that be good? We could be together everyday, and then we would be able to get to know one another, we could even kiss one another, I haven't kissed anyone yet, you would've been my first, and that wouldn't be…"

Yumi choked up, and couldn't say anything else.

But she shed tears that hit Makoto's dying face. She couldn't stop it, they just leaked out of her eyes naturally. They just leaked again, and again. They wouldn't stop flowing out of her eyes, they flowed all the way onto his face, and wouldn't ever stop flowing, but right now she just couldn't stop crying for Makoto who defended her.

He smiled up, despite the pain.

"Tears…for me…?" Makoto mused as he laughed, a painfilled one. "I guess…my good luck charm…allowed me to die…with the girl that I…really felt strong…feelings for…I've not felt like this since…Iri-chan…"

"Good luck charm?"

Makoto struggled into his pocket, and pulled out a glowing piece of paper. Yumi's eyes widened at the sight of the 'charm' and when seeing the symbol, she realized that something was about to happen.

"I…was said that…she said that…if I had this…when I was in trouble…she'd come…I would have to…wish that she would…gwaah!"

Makoto spat out some more blood as his life was slowly drawing to a close.

Yumi just watched as the paper glowed brighter, acting on Makoto's unspoken desire, and from beside her, a figure appeared.

Long black hair, and eyes of a childlike nature.

"Ooh my! H-How did this occur!? My special buddy is dying!? But no! That can't be! I can't have the boy that gave me directions die! That's not good! No way, I can't have that happen!"

Makoto wasn't really registering what was going on anyway.

But then he saw a cute face come into his blurry line of sight. He couldn't see well, but he could tell that it was a girls face, and her hair wafted in his eyes, and landed on his face. The fragrance alone melted his brain…he hadn't smelled something so good before.

"But, since you have interesting potential, I'll have to pick it up, your life that is. But, you'll have to live under me now, okay sweetheart?"

Those were the last words Makoto, as the human, heard, and then he blacked out…

End chapter!

So, that's the first chapter of the Younger Brother Rebirth! I all hoped you liked it, and let's see what goes on from here! So yeah, some changes, like Makoto having a crush on Yumi since the beginning, more of why will be fully explained later on. I'm pretty sure it is obvious who is Master is gonna be, and why, but if not, then it is the same Master as the predecessor of this story and why he is a Devil in the first place, and how that ties in later volumes will be shown as the story goes on. As for his pairing's, I'm sure that from this chapter alone, a few can be guessed, though suggestions are welcome.

Next chapter, Makoto is welcomed into the world of Devils, in quite a brutal way, so look forward to that, and until next time! Thanks for reading!