chapter 5

Another beautiful day started.

The sun is shining.

The birds are singing.

And, I swear to the big G up there, someone (possible Zelretch) is laughing at my misfortune.

I mean, I went out to do a good thing to an innocent nun and now I must go back to the headquarters for the weekend. I just know they will put me on survival training for half a day while I am hungry, I just know it.

*sigh*

It is best to get going to school so as to not get late.

But first let's wake the girls up as Emilly and Asia are still asleep.

Oh shit, I almost forgot that I must talk to Asia about her situation and what will be happening to her. Jooooooyyyy…

As I approach their bedrooms I notice something interesting, there seems to be moved inside.

Oh, it seems Asia woke up and is trying to wake Emilly and Taiga. She is so cute with a flushed face for the effort of trying to do that. I suppose it is best to help now.

"Good morning. Did you sleep well Asia-chan?"

"Ah" she even jumped in fright but as soon as she sees it is me she smiles. So cute and pure. "I just woke up and was trying to get them up as it is almost time for school but they seem to be incapable of getting up."

Smiling at her I say "Let me see what I can do."

As I approach them I notice that Taiga is hugging a bottle of sake and Emilly was covered by snacks and two bottles of coca-cola around her. Really they are mother and daughter through and through.

Breath in, breath out, breath in, breath out, deep breath in and…

"WAKE UP YOU LAZY BUMS! IT IS TIME TO WAKE UP."

"Wha… what is going on?" Emilly jump scared and looking all around like there was going an enemy attack. She even had a light spear out, but with drool on her face and covered in pieces of snacks it was anything but threatening. That is my childhood friend for you, even when armed she manages to be unthreatening.

When she looks at me I was already taking pictures of her as this is too fun to pass up.

"*sigh* Did you had any good reason to give me a jump scare?" she said with a glare that could send any lesser man crying to mommy.

"*gulp*I know you are pissed but we are getting late and must get going. Or you must, at least, as I need to talk to Asia-chan here about her situation."

"…Fine but you owe me one."

"Anything." I agree instantly. My main fear is woman's wrath and Emily is among the top women I do not want to mess with when she is truly pissed off.

"Next time take me."

"What?" what does she mean, take her to where exactly?

"The next time you go out to fight take me instead of some other girl. I wanted to go and you took Kuroko, it is unfair. I need to use my powers once in a while or I will get rusty." She said full of confidence with a tone that says it was set in stone and my input is unnecessary.

"Fine, I will do it."

Suddenly another person beside us decided to talk.

"Sorry to interrupt but I must get going. The people in the church must be worried about me." Asia says while already getting up.

"No Asia-chan, they are not even there anymore." Asia looked shocked when I said that. "I went there myself last night and made sure of that."

"What do you mean? What happened?" she looks confused. Hah even her confused face was cute and pure.

After this, I took Asia to a separated room so as to talk to her in private and explained everything to her about what happened last night. What those people were and did, what they planned to do with her and what I did to them. After everything, her first question was a surprise for me.

"Are they ok now?" she decided that before what will happen to her or question me about any of the specifics her first worry was the wellbeing of her would be killers. Really she is too pure, so much so that she must be protected at all costs.

"They were taken to Tohsaka Tower, an organization founded by one of my father lover's and my sensei. She asked me to take you there this weekend as we do not want you to be taken advantage anymore." I said ignoring the fact that Rin would experiment the hell out of her. Nothing lethal or even hurtful obviously as, despite being a magus, she had morals.

"What sort of place is the Tohsaka Tower?" she asked curiously. Well, I expected her to be much more panicked when she discovered that she was betrayed by those that she believed to be her allies. Well for an excommunicated nun (still can't believe that she was excommunicated even though she is such an innocent and caring soul; politics and believe should never get mixed, never) she must be used to be betrayed like that. At least on Tohsaka Tower, she will not have this problem.

"Tohsaka Tower is an institute of teaching and research in all matters supernatural. We have researchers in basically all manners of magic with allies in many different factions, families, and species, such as the Baels, Phoenixes, Yokais, Greek and Norse pantheons and some heroes descendants. We pride ourselves in that our objective is the search of the understanding of what the supernatural is and what can be achieved with it not limiting it exclusively to fights but also technology, healthcare, and applications in day-to-day life." She does not seem to understand what I am saying here, huh "You can think of us as researchers that try to make the world a better place."

"But you said that you attacked those fallen, how could an organization trying to help people be killing like that?" She asked like she could not associate an organization such as ours doing something like this.

"That is because I and some others are part of Judgment as well. Well, I am sort of not part as I do help them once in a while but am not in their payroll or am officially part because for that you must either be a researcher, student or a contracted personnel. In my case, there was never a need to put me on contract so I don't have it. Judgment is a subdivision that main focus is the elimination of strays and any threat to the peace we are having now because if the peace ends we would be dragged into the conflict and any and all research would be stopped. Another thing that should be mentioned is that all members have the capacity of facing high-class enemies as sometimes we do face devils that are 'pushy' in their recruitment of not only our members but also regular humans so we intervene and stop them before damage is made whenever we can." Wow, I need a glass of water, that was a lot of talking.

"So… I am going to his Tohsaka Tower this weekend right?"

"Yes, I will take you there personally." I said in a defacto way.

"OK, I need some time to process everything." She said looking troubles about what she should do.

"Fine by me. I am going now but if you want to talk to someone ta ask questions you can ask Taiga-san over there when she wakes up. She is our guardian, even though I take care of her more than the other way around." I chuckled a little at that.

"Ok, bye-bye Cas-kun" she says but I can see that the smile on her face is strained at best. Later I must check to see how she is doing.

School

I am now in the student council room. Why you ask, simple. I got here late and lost the first class two days in a row (I guess Sona forgot that the first time was partially her fault). Now she has been lecturing me for about 10 minutes about why I should follow the rules while I am singing 'blue bird' (the third opening from Naruto Shippuden). Talk whatever you want but a few of those openings are catchy.

"Hey, are you listening to me?" she said when she noticed my faraway look.

"Yes, of course." Lying is one of the first lessons that Rin's taught me. It was to make sure that I did not let the secrets of the supernatural to the outside word but damn if it wasn't useful... even though I never got to lie to her successfully as she AWAYS found out in a question of instants.

"*sigh* Well it is not like we will get anything out of you anyway. Before I liberate you I have one last question." she said in an exasperate and tired tone.

"Shoot." I said thanking the big guy up there for the small favors. And if thanking him give Sona a migraine it is just a bonus.

"Where were you last night around 11 PM?"

Oh, so she is doubting me. This is bad news because if they are my movements will be getting more limited, but good because these 'owners of the town' seem to have finally started to take actual actions that go beyond the occasional stray-hunts.

"I was home having a nice dinner with Emilly, Taiga, and some friends." It is best to tell half-trues as if they research and found out that I hide the information they may discover my involvement and could start trying to recruit me or worst expulsion and I need to return to the institute. No more training or missions for this last year has been the greatest blessing of my life so far and I intend on keeping far from hell on earth, it is best living beside devils than demons... even though I do miss the girls every once in a while, but we talk whenever we want and see each other regularly so it is not that bad.

"Thank you very much for the intel. You may leave and go back to class."

Ah liberty, sweet liberty. Finally, I am free from this room that gives me the chills. Even through Tsubaki does make an excellent tea but her staring at me is kind of disturbing.

"One more thing."

Shit.

I can almost feel her smirk on my back as I am already at the door.

"Yes, Shitori-sempai?"

"As punishment for your lateness, you will be accompanying Tsubaki here while she is showing the school for a transfer student. He will be in your class and called to warn that he will be getting here late as he needs to take care of some business."

I knew it, this is punishment. Not only do I have to be with some dude that I never seen and show the school to him I also have to do it with the staring girl. She never talks to me and just stares, and when I try to talk to her she faces the other way and does not answer me back. Really what is going on in her head?

Tsubaki P.O.V.

YES!

THANK YOU, MASTER!

Now I can spend a lot of time with him. This time I will manage to talk to him properly. I must stop this shyness and just talk to him.

Let's try right now. It is not such a big deal, just say 'I will be in your care' and that is it. Wait and if he thinks I am pushy or worst he misunderstands the meaning. No, no, no there is only one meaning to this sentence. If there was another it would be… a proposal? Wait wait wait Tsubaki Shinra. It is too early! We need first to go on some dates before getting to this step. A date with him huh. It could be the beach or the mountains to watch the stars. Just imagining lying on the ground with him watching the stars and he suddenly turning over to look me in the eyes and saying 'you are the most beautiful of the stars for me' kyaaa. And then he would propose to me and the marriage would be in a...

Castiel P.O.V.

Like I said it is kind of creepy. I mean she turned to me, seemed like she would talk and then closed her mouth and just stares.

Well, I better accept. It is not like I can challenge Sona here as she basically rules the school and whatever she says is decided. If someone tells me that the director Sasori and vice-director Kankuro are just puppets I would believe it.

"Fine by me. See you later Shitori-sempai, Shinra-sempai." I give a respectful bow to them and left before they can say anything else.

Sona P.O.V.

Interesting, really interesting. So, he got some old friends visiting yesterday. The possibility of them being members of Tohsaka Tower and possible Judgment is quite high. If it is true then Castiel may be truly involved in the mystical side of the word.

"What do you think Tsubaki?"

No answer.

"Tsubaki?"

Again nothing.

"Tsubaki are you listening to me or what?"

"Hu, what? Yes, yes I am listening. By the way were is Emiya-san?" she says while looking all around us. Really she needs to either go out with him already or something because this distracting effect he has on her is too annoying.

"*sigh* He left already a minute ago. You just stayed frozen there and did not even said goodbye." I said tiredly. Really she is way too shy and maiden-in-love with him.

"Sona what do you think I must do? I want to talk to him but every time I try I get sidetracked and too embarrassed to talk and just stare at him. He must think I am weird. What do I do?" she asked me pleadingly. Honestly, why does she think that I, one that has the same no experience with the opposite gender than her, would really know what to do? Well in case of doubt say the obvious and hope for the best.

"You could try to exchange contact numbers so as to speak with him via cellphone. Maybe with this, you can talk to him normally." I said.

"... That is an excellent idea Sona. I will make sure to get his number later today." She said full of confidence. 9 out of 10 it will fail but…

"Do your best." I could only encourage her. It is her first love, at first sight for what she said, and even though it has been more than a year since it started she still did not talk to him up until now. Good luck my friend.

Castiel P.O.V.

As the classes have been going on I can't stop thinking about my impending doom as I look at the window. Ah, the birds are so free. No worries, no responsibilities, no survival training. If I am to be reincarnated in my next life I want to be a bird.

"Attention everyone. We have an announcement to make." After the teacher said that everyone stopped talking and looked at her. "We will be having a transfer student. He comes from a small city called Morioh and is new on the city so be gentle with him alright?"

As the room was silent the teacher said:

"You may enter now, hyyyyy" the teacher jumped a little when she saw the new student. To be fair most of the class did as well. The man that entered was fairly tall with a pair of symmetric cars that ran down the sides of his face from his temples, around his eyes and down to his jawline. His face was hard and angular, a light scowl pulled at his lips and his dark brown eyes narrowed in slight focus as he looked around the room. His hair was in two tones, black and done in a big pompadour on top and gray and slicked back on the sides on top of his hunched over stance that made him look like the poster child of the delinquent united magazine. His body was broad and muscular and looked like he spent most of his time in street fighting.

"I ain' happy to be here with you but whatever. My name is Higashikata Okuyasu. I came from Morioh city and want nothing to do with this school. Stay out of my way and we will get along just fine." He said it with a smirk. It is surprising that his presence alone can shut the whole class into silence. Well, at least classes will not be so boring from now on.

Omake

Kuroko and her family

Kuroko was approaching her mother's room after talking with Rin. She could feel a dark presence coming from the said room, which normally would mean something to kill but in this case, means her mother is pissed.

Very pissed.

KNOCK KNOCK

She knocked on the door before entering. She then heard her mother saying

"You can come in."

Kuroko then entered the room and looked around. It was a plain room, just a wooden table, chairs, a bed for her parents, a TV and no decorations except a cabinet full of drinks that her father bought. Her mother was sitting on one said chair facing Kuroko direction.

Her mother name was Bazett Fraga and she was an attractive woman that looked around mid-twenties. She had short magenta hair, brown-red eyes, a beautiful face with a mole below her left eye and a voluptuous figure.

"Kuroko I heard of what you did. I do not approve your decision this time around." Her mother said with a serious face.

Kuroko lowered her head. She had a feeling her mother would not approve of the decision of attacking some fallen that she did not know if they are truly strays or in an official mission. If it was the later it could turn out a disaster.

"How could you do such a thing without a payment!?" was what Bazett said. Kuroko could not properly process what her mother meant by that. "You know our family is full of debt and we need the money, if we have it we can possibly buy a new mattress that does not stink of booze your father dropped in it." Her mother said with an absolutely straight face.

Was that the reason for her other anger? Seriously?

"As punishment, you will not go see Castiel until you manage to produce a proper Fragarach and use it properly." Her mother said. Fragarach is the name of a noble phantasm that is produced in her mother's family for generations, which Kuroko fails to get done right everytime.

"But mom, that could take years. I could not go that long without recharging my Castiel battery even if I wanted to." Kuroko pleaded using a secret technique that always got some result when used against her mother.

Secret technique: puppy dog eyes.

Looking at her daughter's eyes Bazett will started to waiver. No mother could resist her baby girl puppy eyes.

Then an idea passed her mind, one that could help Kuroko in learning that she should not do this kind of thing.

"*sigh* Fine, what you will do then is simple. You must complete enough hunts to compensate this time around." Kuroko smiled hearing that. It was all good for her as she would have to go on missions anyway. "And until you complete enough missions you are not to go see Castiel." That Kuroko could understand. It was far from the ideal of living with him and being glued to him as she wanted, but at least she had a foreseeable future to look forward to.

"Understood Okaa-sama."

"And another thing. You will be having survival training without the use of teleportation and it will take 5 hours longer than normal."

Kuroko suddenly had a vision, a vision of the world shattering around her and falling into despair. Survival training is just that bad.

But if anyone were to ask her if she thinks it was worth it, she'd say yes. She at least got confirmation that he would go out with her after she was 14... even if her chances of getting there were not optimistic if she needed to go through survival training.