My exciting Life as a Devil goes to the next Level with Tennis Balls and Youkai!?

3 weeks had passed after the 3 Faction Conference had come to a close. Peace seemed to have filled the grounds of Kuoh Town once more, but with a few new changes. The Leader of the Fallen Angels is now working at the school as an adviser for the ORC club to develop the latent powers of their Sacred Gears.

This was needed for any future precautions with the Khaos Brigade who could attack at any time and any moment. The issue was still being discussed among the Top leaders in each faction right now. Seeing no problem with letting the young ones enjoy their ordinary school life, Azazel explained that they wouldn't have to worry about heading into war until they graduated from college. Meaning they still had enough time to get better and stronger. Even with the chance of all of them growing mature in the early future.

In the hallways of Kuoh Academy, the students were in their little social groups planning what to do after school. Rushing into that very hallway was our very hero panicking like a child.

"What the-!?" A student gasped as Michael grabbed him by the collar.

"They're coming! You gotta hide me!" Michael shook him excitedly.

Running past Michael now were Motohama and Matsuda, who were screaming in fear like their fellow friend.

"Michael, they're almost upon us!"

"Run, you fool!"

Steering their way around the corner of the hallway were a group of females wearing their archery uniforms. It was the archery team, who were firing their arrows at the three stooges who have provoked their ire!

"There he is the "Beast" Hanamura and his Duo Pervert Sidekicks!"

Throwing his arms up in the air Michael, "Oh come on, they're the ones who started the rumors. Don't lower my standings any further by bringing them into this!"

"Ready!"

The females readied their bows and blunted arrows.

"Oh, dang!" Michael pushes the student away and chases after his two partners in crime, "Wait for me you turkeys!"

"Aim!"

"Not good! Not good! Not good! Not good!" Michael pumped his legs as he was so close to making a turn from the hallway.

"Fire!" But he was still too late as bunt tipped arrows either flew past him or hailed down from the air at his head and back.

"Agh! Damn! That hurts! Damn! OW! Don't you know it's dangerous to use those indoors?" Michael cried as he rubbed his lumpy head and rushed around the corner as he finally caught up with Matsuda and Motohama.

"Quick, get them! Don't let them get away!"

The Archery Club were right on their tails!"

"Michael, you asshole! You said that the archery club wasn't going to finish practice for another 15 minutes!"

"Yeah, we were just about to secure another locker for future oppai-scoping!"

Grabbing their friend, in the middle, by his collar the Perverted Duo were wearing expressions filled with tears of anger and regret!

'Damn you ,Kiryuu, you set this whole thing up didn't you!?' Michael growled as he remembered the past events which led up to this moment.

It has been a week since Michael's reputation has started to worsen because of Kiryuu Aika spreading out rumors and pictures of Michael and Kiba hanging out together. She made it sound so terrible with the photos of them eating their lunch together, with Kiba trying to feed an annoyed Michael who could obviously see how wrong that was between two guys. Now instead of rumors about him molesting half the females in the Occult Research club, the dominant topic spoken about him were the BL comments of MichaelxKiba now.

Michael himself tried to deny it as simply saying they were just friends hanging out with each other not because he was slowly having feelings for Kiba. In fact the only reason they were getting so close than before was because they were Sparring Partners at home. Azazel saw both young men as potential roundhouses for the Gremory Team and suggested they fight together to develop their Balance Breakers. Of course this was beneficial for them to see their flaws in battle as well.

And from that the two have started to bond like comrades should, if only the public could notice that then this issue wouldn't be happening. So to get back at Kiryuu, Michael decided to sneak a prank that would blow up in her face as she opened her locker, sadly he didn't know whose locker was whose. That's where the Perverted Duo comes in having extensive knowledge on every female in Kuoh Academy's lockers from their combinations to their locker numbers.

Impatient to see his revenge exacted, Michael decided to set the prank up before P.E. began so they snuck into the locker room right before passing period. Unfortunately, their mission was apprehended by the arrival of Archery Club, that ended early for a rival school match in the following day by orders of their club manager, Kiryuu Aika, who obviously used the club to chase the three out and punish them.

"Dammit! How could I, the Great Hanamura, fail to set up a prank without realizing club practices end early? I must be losing my touch!" Michael was disappointed with his poor performance.

[If only you can judge yourself like this during school to save yourself the bad grades you make...]

'Shut up! I can focus when I want to!'

[Then why aren't you dodging that arrow?]

'That wha-!'

"Dow!" Michael's neck gets shot at by a blunted arrow.

'You know Ddraig asking questions is a lot less helpful when you should be warning me directly!'

[I know. It's just entertaining seeing you struggle this way.]

'Oh, you son of a-!'

"Look up ahea-Gah!" Motohama gets spiked by an arrow too.

There was an intersection leading to two different hallways and a window in the middle.

"There are two ways we can go!"

"Remember guys, we have to stick through this as a team got it!"

"Yeah!"

'Like hell I'm doing that!'

'See you later, suckers!'

'Screw these bastards! I'm ditching their rumor spreading asses!'

"Make sure they don't escape, get them!"

The archery club was out for blood at this point.

"Heh!"

Michael, Motohama and Matsuda wore traitorous grins as they sought out their own plans to escape this predicament.

"EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF!"

Taking their individual escape routes each of the young men. Motohama took the left hallway, Matsuda took the right as for Michael.

*SHATTER!*

"Parkour!" Michael jumped out the window and landed on both knees.

"Hah! I made it! Suck on that Archery Club, your flimsy arrows can never catch the Great Hanamura! I wiiiiin!" Michael lets out a hearty roar.

*GACHA!*

"You were saying?"

"What? But how?" Michael couldn't believe how the group of girls caught up to him so fast.

"Dude, you just jumped out a 1st floor window right next to the school's main entrance!"

Michael looks over his shoulder to see that right by the window was the school's entrance. And the window he jumped through was on the 1st floor too.

Nodding with a finger on his lips, Michael said, "Well, shouldn't you guys also go after the other two?"

"We could, but we've decided to take you out first!"

They all pointed their bows at Michael.

"Huh, but I'm not the only culprit!"

"You are in our case, you lowlife!"

"For what!?"

"You! You stole from us our Handsome Prince, Kiba Yuuto!"

Looking from side to side with a blank face, Michael said, "Are you serious?"

The whole club was in tears as the leader nodded.

"You ruined our chances of ever asking him out with your stupid forbidden love!"

"Whooooa! Don't even go there! I don't even let the guy hug me, let alone shake my hand! Is this seriously why you're specifically chasing after me!?"

"YES!"

Michael scratched the back of his head, "Well, that's just not fair…"

"Look, I don't like Pretty Boy that way and it's never going to happen you got that!" He tried to clarify things but it still wasn't getting through to them.

"We won't buy your bullcrap! You can't escape justice anymore! Prepare to fire!"

"I see." Michael stands up to cross his arms.

"What you're not going to run this time?"

"Of course not because if I do you'll just think that I'm trying to cover up that me and Kiba are lovers. While we aren't. So to prove it, I'll let you fire all your arrows at me!" Michael needed to show them his resolve.

"Come at me with all you got. I'll show you that I'm telling the truth!"

"Hm! A foolish choice, girls, bring out the big guns…"

"No matter what you have I'll just take i-what the hell!?"

Pulling out of their quivers the archery club now sported metal tipped arrows. Which shocked Michael.

"Why the hell are you using those, and how come the school allows this?"

"Because we get better aim with these during practices, and to make sure you never be a threat to us again!"

The archers prepared to finish things off with the boy.

"Ready!"

Rushing footsteps could be heard approaching Michael.

"Aim!"

Throwing his arms up in the air, Michael gave his last words, "I regret nothing!"

"Fi-!"

"Michael-tan~!"

Casting over him was a shadow he was too late to notice.

"Huh, who are yo-? Mmmmph!" Michael was silenced by a couple of breasts to the face.

"Stop!" The archery club stopped to take a gander at what glomped their target.

"Michael-tan~ I finally found you! Parting with you this morning was torture, I couldn't hold myself back once I laid my eyes on you! Hey-Hey~! Did you miss me? Did you~?"

Holding Michael's head between her breasts was a very buxom figured 19 year old girl wearing the Kuoh Academy Uniform. But there was more to her uniform than that because it was a little risqué with the buttons for her top undone revealing most of her cleavage along with the length of her skirt being shorter than most girls in the academy, made to keep those curious to imagine because it was long enough to hide her panties from plain sight. She has light blue eyes and medium-length black hair tied back in a ponytail using a golden hairband. She looked to have a cute cat smile expression with a blush on her cheeks as she motor boated Michael's face with her large chest.

"Mmmmmho..hhhre…Mmmmprhou?" Michael's voice muffled between the breasts.

"What do you mean, who am I? I'm your lover! Natsuru-tan~!"

'Wait, lover and why is she using the –tan honorific, I barely know her…?' Michael sweatdropped, not knowing why this girl was saying stuff like that,

'Wait a minute, how does she even know my name?' Another question popped up into Michael's head.

Dawning on her face was a brighter blush with a seductive smile as she raised Michael's head up with a finger on the chin to look him eye to eye.

"Ufufufu~ I see…you're really such a pushy lover, Michael-tan, do you want me to call you by the title you forced me to utter last night?"

This particular scene of Michael getting coddled by the beautiful girl has gotten the rest of the females crying out in jealously and anger. They sure didn't like Michael now.

"Uwaaaaaaaaaah! No, not Abe-senpai!"

"N-No! Even Natsuru-senpai was influenced by the "Beast" Hanamura's lecherous ways!?"

"First our Beloved Prince now this? It just isn't fair anymore!"

"-Tan? Did she just call him, Michael-tan? I can't believe my ears! I wanna be called that by Natsuru-senpai too!"

"I want to also put my face between Natsuru-senpai's breasts too! Curse you, Hanamura-kun! I hope you die terribly for this!"

'What's going on with them?'

The Archery club started to ball their eyes out as Michael looked at them in confusion. He would expect to hear this from guys but why are girls saying so much about this girl hugging him.

"Hey-Hey~! Michael-tan, pay attention to me!" Natsuru straddled Michael's hips and placed her arms around his shoulders.

"O-Okay!" Michael was startled by this.

"Now where were we? Ah, that's right just like last night I should refer to calling you by that title you love so much." Natsuru's low tone of voice was loud enough for others to hear as her face was closer to Michael's.

"Um…? Title?" Michael wasn't what was going on anymore.

"Of course, silly, but let me show you a preview to remind you why you loved it so much." Natsuru's hand ran across Michael's cheek as she breathily purrs,

"Master~ p-please, don't hold back anymore, as your beloved pet I'll take everything you can give me, nya~!"

*Lick!*

"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" The girls of the archery team screamed in fright as Michael froze from the lick to the cheek from Natsuru.

'Did she just lick me?' Michael felt a chill go up his spine.

Crying their hearts out, the archery club couldn't handle the sight of the vulgar beast having the complete affection from one of the School's Top Onee-samas.

"I don't care anymore…"

"With this, how can we even act now?"

"I feel dead inside…"

"For Hanamura to-to get someone like Natsuru-senpai while we can't even attain that level is so unfair! How? How is it that this nobody of an idiot was able to gain the attention of Abe-senpai! How!?"

The females wailed out as they dispersed with flustered expressions. Michael grabbed his chest once he heard one of them call him a "nobody" but he puts that thought aside for now as he realized their aroused expressions. It seemed they weren't filled with just despair but unhidden lust as well. Forgetting that quickly Michael now angrily cursed them for being hypocrites for blaming him for being in a BL relationship while they can't even hold back their urges for a female student.

"They bought it."

Standing up with a wink, Natsuru looks off at the scattering Archery club, whose remaining members were crouching on the ground hugging their knees with a depressing aura.

"Huh?"

"You're lucky that I came when I did or things would have gotten ugly." Natsuru helps Michael up.

'Oh, I get it! She was helping me!' Michael grinned.

"Sorry if I made things too convincing. Once I got into character, I just couldn't stop myself from going deeper with it, you know?" Natsuru inched closer to Michael who steps back.

"Yeah, I think so." Michael looks off to the side.

'She's getting way too close.' Michael sighed.

"Well, thank you for the help miss, uh…Natsuru?" Michael wondered out loud.

"How silly of me. How could I forget to tell you my name? Hello, Michael-kun, my name is Natsuru Abe a third year here, so I hope we can get along well." Natsuru properly introduced herself.

"My senior, huh? Looks like I'll have to be polite with you even more since you helped me and all." Michael scratched his head, "And how do you even know who I am?"

"Ohohohohoho! How could I not, you're a good catch with those rumors going around school about Michael Hanamura, the "Terrible Beast" defiling every school beauty on campus. I'm afraid you're becoming rather infamous with that title." Natsuru put a hand to her mouth and laughed.

Michael had to remind himself to catch the Perverted Duo for making the rumors strong enough that seniors have started to take notice of them.

"Yep, that will do it…" Michael groaned, "Well, not like I don't appreciate the help since I, the Great Hanamura, could have dealt with them easily, but if you knew about the rumors why didn't you just leave me to get my ass kicked?"

Giggling to herself, Natsuru started to walk around Michael,

"But first I have a question."

"What? No, you have to answer the Great Hanamura's first because he asked it! That's just not fair if you ask one out of the blue!"

"Oh, come on~!" Natsuru pouts, "Couldn't you answer a small teeny tiny question for your senior who saved you?"

Mulling over this conundrum, Michael gave in with a groan, "Fine, since you did save me, I guess you can ask a question."

Nodding, Natsuru tilts her head and asks, "Don't you ever get tired of saying your last name like that? Is it like a catch phrase for you?"

Michael was off put because no one had really asked that of him, usually they would ignore it or make a scathing comment, but never a full direct question about it.

"Well, I only say it because it's true. I am Great, so I can call myself the Great Hanamura anyway I want to. Why you have a problem with it?"

"No, it sounds like something that would get old and annoying fast." Natsuru frowned.

"Well, it's not because it's my name and I think it sounds cool!" Michael stamps his foot into the ground, "It boosts my spirit, whenever I need to be encouraged, ya know!"

Deep down, Michael had to admit what Natsuru was saying isn't that far off. Since he joined the Occult Research Club, he felt calling his name like that has started to have less of an effect on him. And as more people started to join the club the saying was starting to get a little dull to him.

He had only spoke in the third person because he used to be afraid of never hearing people say his name since they would always just call him 'brat' and any other rude names. He was afraid that no one would ever call him by name except for a few people. But after gaining so many friends who call him by name and actually cheer him up when he's down, the boy's act of calling himself the Great Hanamura has started to lose its former luster.

'Maybe she is right…should I really think of something new to raise my spirits?' Michael thought deeply about this.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to pry into something personal." Natsuru apologized.

"No, don't worry about it, I guess I needed that to remind me of something I couldn't find out." Michael reassured Natsuru with his usual grin and a thumbs up.

"What a relief, I thought you were going to get mad." Natsuru placed a hand on her chest and sighed.

"Now back to my question. Why did you help me despite knowing I was included in those rumors?" Michael still was shocked a student much less a girl decided to help him.

"Because rumors are just rumors, so them being true is hard to tell, definitely when most of the people here tend to get jealous of couples rather fast, don't you think?"

"Well, it is pretty obvious, isn't it?" Michael noticed the glares from other students seeing him talk to Natsuru.

'Seriously, you guys need to find a new hobby other than trying to kill a guy who's at least making contact with a girl!

Michael could understand that logic considering the VVV is always tailing his ass.

Suddenly, being thrown next to his feet was a hunter's knife with a small note stabbed onto it with the dangerous logo "VVV" written on the back.

"Ara, what is that?" Natsuru tilts her head as she watches Michael sigh going through a daily threat like normal.

"Oh, it's just a few assholes, who have it out for me and it appears they sent me my threat of the day." Michael tears the note off to read it,

"Ah, it appears they went with the old classic "DIE!" honestly, I would expect something much more harsher while not too complex to tug at my heartstrings, but I guess that dictionary of theirs is running short with insults."

Michael tosses the note away, with a snort of laughter.

"Don't you get tired of receiving these threats?"

"Nah! I've lived this long since I'm so sturdy! I've handled worse things than these guys anyways." Michael laughed.

A hidden smirk placed itself upon, Natsuru's lips as she whispered, "Considering what you've done till now, I certainly can't doubt that statement…"

"Huh?" Michael didn't quite catch that.

"Nothing~!" Natsuru winked and stuck out her tongue, "But to clarify this, I actually came to help you since you didn't seem to match with the rumors I've heard. I'm glad too, since you are a rather peculiar junior that I can't help but find adorable."

'Just like Akeno-senpai, huh? I guess that's how seniors, who can tolerate me, see me as.' Michael didn't quite catch the meaning of her words.

"Thanks, I guess?" Michael was blunt with the compliment. He had no idea what was happening.

"Hmmmmmm…"

Natsuru inches her face closer to Michael's.

Looking around awkwardly Michael said, "Urh, what is it? Is there something on my face?"

"No, nothing. Just getting a better look at you is all." Natsuru circled around Michael.

"Okay." Michael shrugged, strangely fine with the girl looking at him. He started to feel that she was praising his mighty visage like someone who is greatly looked up to.

He was partially right with the thoughts going through Natsuru's head.

Michael felt something strange from the girl, but he just managed to ignore it feeling it wasn't important. Narrowing her eyes playfully at Michael's behavior, Natsuru continued to observe his outward appearance which made him feel uncomfortable like he was being sized up by a predator.

'Strange, he doesn't seem that affected by me and I've been letting out enough to affect those girls from earlier. Next time, I should push out enough of the effects to slowly get it to work.' Natsuru smirked with a kitty faced smile as she smelled something more alluring about the boy,

'But if I doubt that will be any more help since he's already…claimed.'

"Um… Natsuru-senpai."

"Yes?"

"I'm glad you helped me, and I got to meet you and all, but…" Michael tries to inch away from Natsuru with impatience. He had a meeting to get to and it was almost time for the bell indicating it to start. Michael thought by telling her about it would be a good excuse but…

"Don't tell me, you have a club meeting don't you?"

Michael gasps in surprise, "How could you tell?"

Walking closer to Michael's side, Natsuru holds his shoulder and says, "You can just say, I'm very observant with people who take up my interests."

Something seemed to glow on Michael's shoulder as a pink glyph surrounded his shoulder.

Michael was still trying to understand Natsuru's words, but as the latter releases her hold on him she winks,

"Now as much as I appreciate you getting to know me, shouldn't you be getting back with your friends in the Occult Research Club for that meeting?"

Michael's face froze as he looks back at the leaving women who walks off with a slow wave.

'Wait, how did she know that? I didn't mention the club I was in.'

Michael could have shouted out that question but a faint wind picked up and blew through the area. This gave Michael an unexpected peek under Natsuru's shortened skirt. He quickly averts his eyes with a shocked expression as Natsuru, who didn't dare turn back, couldn't help but smirk at the boy's reaction towards her revealed panties.

'This will prove to be more fun than I thought.' Natsuru continued on her merry way.

"Uh…what just happened?" Michael blinked, altogether forgetting his question. He literally had no words after that happened. Despite that Michael decided to put that at the bottom of his priorities as he remembered once more.

"Aw, crap, I forgot my meeting with Buchou and the others are about to begin I better book it!"

Intending to make it on time, Michael ran fast enough to make it to the old school building. However that effort proved useless since Rias was off handling serious business in the Student Council Room. The Kaichou had to call her right away due to some news she received. So biding their time together everyone decided to wait for Rias to return.

To keep themselves busy everyone did their daily thing with Akeno making tea, Koneko eating her sweets, and Gasper playing a video game while sitting in his box with the lid open, it wasn't closed, so at least he was starting to…open up at least (Eh? It was a joke…ah…you all probably got it). While Raynare, Asia and Xenovia watched both Michael and Kiba playing chess. Michael was obsessed on winning. Hoping all his losses in the past would end today!

"Checkmate." Kiba moved his piece and took Michael's king.

"Wow, that game was so fast!" Asia has been watching this game go on for at least 10 minutes. Usually it would take more but Michael just placed pieces anywhere he wanted without thinking.

"Impressive, this is the 30th time Kiba has beaten you at this Michael." Xenovia looked over the teen's shoulders.

"…" Michael looked at Kiba and back at the board game before tossing it off the table and walking away.

"Michael-kun, don't be such a baby!"

"I am not!" Michael crossed his arms and looks away.

"Oh, you're just mad because you still don't know what piece does what." Kiba chuckled lightly.

"Shut up!" Michael says with frustration.

"There. There. Michael-sama, I know you can beat him someday."

"Michael-san, if you want, you can practice with me and I can show you how to play the game correctly."

Patting his back in support, both Raynare and Asia decided to raise his spirits. Reminding him of his conversation with Natsuru, he was quick to thank them and sat on the couch in thought of what he should replace for his old saying.

"Hmmmmmmmm…" Michael closed his eyes and dug deep within his mind for the perfect spirit raising phrase he'll need.

Approaching, Michael with a tea cup, Akeno notices his deep concentration.

"Michael-kun?"

Breaking focus, Michael looks to Akeno, "What's wrong Akeno-senpai?"

"Would you like some green tea?" Akeno offered the tea cup.

"Of course! Akeno-senpai's tea is the best!" Michael was quick to accept and happily drinks it. Letting the calm taste soothe his troubled mind.

"Ah, so refreshing with this it will be easy to think of what I need…" Michael sighed in relief.

"I'm sorry for interrupting you while you were so deep in thought." Akeno apologized.

"No, I really needed this and besides I have to thank you for doing that since I was getting nothing from thinking that much." Michael sits back exhausted.

"…As usual."

"Grrr…!"

'Okay was that really called for?' Michael wondered why Koneko said that.

Michael growled at a cake eating Koneko sitting right next to him. The girl was still pulling out quick jabs towards his intelligence.

"If I may ask, what were you thinking so much about?" Akeno wondered.

"Well, I've been thinking about making a new phrase which fits me other than saying the Great Hanamura all the time. I get the feeling that its getting to old, and shocking, it annoys people..."

"!"

Michael surprised everyone in the room even Koneko.

"What?" Michael looked around at everyone, they all went back to their own things.

"N-No, it's nothing."

"Sorry, if we were showing any misunderstandings."

"I can't believe…no, it's nothing really."

"…Strange."

"H-Hiiiiii! Michael-nii is actually stooping to that?"

Everyone voiced out their own apologies except for Koneko and Gasper who couldn't believe what he just heard.

"But Michael-kun, why the sudden change all of a sudden?" Akeno wondered.

"Well, because I found that old saying lost its meaning I mean I know I'm great and all but I feel like I should do better." Michael clenched his fist and looked up at an invisible ray of light, "I need a good catch phrase which will knock the socks off of all the catch phrases others have! A catch phrase which defines me with nothing but a single word!"

"Ignoramus." Koneko insulted Michael with a single word.

"Gah! I wasn't asking for your input, Koneko-chan!" Michael shouted at his junior.

Pulling something out from a nearby shelf Akeno produced a dictionary and hands it to Michael. Everyone almost gasped at the sight of something they never would have seen in years. Michael holding a book!

"This should have enough words for you to try out until you're satisfied with the choice you want."

"A dictionary, huh?" Michael closely looked at the dictionary with a engrossed expression which caught everyone's interest.

"I guess this will be a good place to start. Thank you, Akeno-senpai!"

'I can't believe it.'

'Michael-sama, is really going to read a book on his own free will?'

'No matter how desperate he is, I would never have thought…'

'The nature of devils are a mysterious thing…'

'Michael-nii, your changing way too fast in one day…'

'…'

Kiba, Raynare, Asia, Xenovia, Gasper and Koneko were all stunned at the unusual phenomena.

"All right now let's see what the first page holds."

About to open the book, Michael stopped once he heard the door open. It was Rias and she was returning with a file in hand.

"Hello, everybody. I'm back."

"Buchou is here now we can start the meeting!" Michael hands the dictionary back to Akeno and excitedly goes to greet her.

All slumping down, everyone groaned out in disappointment.

"Ara, what's wrong?" Akeno asked.

"Nothing. Nothing at all." Everyone shook their heads, reminding themselves to prepare for any future anomalies like Michael wanting to read a book, should it happen again.

And so the meeting commenced with Rias looking rather disturbed as she places the file on her desk.

"I'm sorry for keeping you all waiting like this, I had to deal with a quick meeting with Sona."

Curious to know, Michael asked, "So what was it about?"

"First, it was about our Club's activity report."

"Activity report, but isn't that what you do normal on a normal basis when you have a club why is it so important?"

Sighing with a tired look, Rias, "This report that was just turned in was the actual club activities we've doing as devils. With so many things popping up this year, I forgot that the submission date this time was so early."

"Devil Club activity?"

"Allow me to exp-."

"No, sit down!"

"But-!"

"You beat me at chess! I don't want to hear you speak right now!"

"Michael-kun, it's just a ga-!"

"SIT!"

Kiba immediately sat down on the couch after Michael stated his clear distaste for his explanation. Groaning, Rias looks over to Akeno to explain what the Devil Club Activity is used for.

"Buchou, a pure blooded devil was required to go to a school in the Underworld for High-Class devils, but since she chose to study in japan as a special privilege student she has the responsibilities of collecting her needed amount of units for Kuoh Academy."

"What happens if she doesn't collect them on time?" Michael felt a bad feeling about this.

Looking over at Rias, Akeno relinquishes her position for Rias to answer.

"I will be forced to return to the Underworld."

Michael stuttered back then thought, 'What? Is that what would really happen? Rias will be forced to go home in the underworld?'

"Attaining credits. Buchou must acquire them through other means than making pacts with humans. Another assignment she must do would be to research the types of monsters and youkai in Japan. This privilege she has been given allows us, servants the freedom to freely live here in the Human World."

'Wait, then all of us would have had to stay in the Underworld? Man, that's really inconvenient especially with the way things have occurred here. I couldn't imagine this place not being under the protection of Rias.' Michael rubbed his head.

Looking around at everyone, Rias says,

"My report is due today, and I must know the present state of monsters and youkai living in town. The only source I can look into will be the knowledgeable Kappa who lives in the swamp on the outskirts of town."

"Wait, a Kappa!? Wait, whoa! We have a swamp directly out of town!?" Michael was more impressed with that last statement.

Raising his hand, Kiba prepared to say something until he caught notice of Michael glaring at him.

'Say something I dare you!'

Resorting to using Koneko to say out his words, Kiba whispered for Koneko to announce.

"Yuuto-senpai says the Kappa returned to his homeland to inherit his family business."

"A business? What kind of business." Raynare asked curiously.

Yuuto whispered again for Koneko to respond,

"… …A Cucumber cultivation business."

"Yup, that's a Kappa alright." Michael was quite familiar with those youkai from old Japanese lore.

"… So he returned to his homeland. It's a much more stable career than being a rapper."

"…A what?" Michael didn't quite get that last part.

Raising his hand at Michael, Kiba wanted to answer the full question.

Fed up with the guy's attempts to be the know it all, Michael let him spoke with a nod.

"Unfortunately, the Kappa left home to work on his rapping career. His songs were rather good actually especially, 'Shirikodama Rhapsody.'"

"That name doesn't even make sense!" Michael shouted.

"…The light of the town which dries my plate, my anger which cannot be conveyed, I will just take your Shirikodama."

"Oh my goodness! Koneko-chan just rapped that is so cool!"

Michael gazed at Koneko with shining eyes, who would have thought that she was so good at something so unexpected for her usual quiet behavior.

"Koneko was a fan of his." Kiba pointed out.

"Wow, that is so… unexpected."

Michael sweatdropped as Rias stood up and walked around her desk.

"But due to a disease his father received called 'plate shortening disease' his entire family was able to pass on the tradition to cultivate cucumbers to him."

'After all this talk about cucumbers, I'm starting to grow a hankering for them about now.' Michael grimaced as his stomach grumbled.

"So it looks to be the gossip loving Dullahan that lives in the old mansion in the fourth district." Akeno says, making Michael stop to think about the monster she just described.

"Wait, Dullahan? Isn't that a headless rider from those Halloween stories? Those are actually real?"

Xenovia answers,

"Yes, they are headless knights which seem to carry their detached heads while they ride around on their intimidating horses. I was able to slay a few in a couple of missions to Europe."

'Oh, so she's just like a Monster Hunter then, how many weird jobs did she do as an exorcist?' Michael blinked at the Blue haired girl in question.

"Picking up a dusty thick book, Kiba walks past Michael and slams it on the table.

"Excuse me." Kiba opens the book and says,

"This is the Monster encyclopedia, any monster you can name will be found here. It has a convenient function to automatically take you to the page you want, for example, Dullahan."

Almost like a machine the book flipped to the page without question.

"Whoa, that's so cool! Can I see?" Michael tried to touch the book.

*SMACK!*

"Ow!"

"…You're seeing it with your eyes right now."

"You little…"

Michael rubs the hand Koneko smacked away.

Glossing over the book there was only a picture of a headless knight with devil letters around it explaining the necessary information. However Michael couldn't read this.

Ignoring his useless attempts to read the spelling, Michael zeroed in on the picture.

"So that's what we're looking for, huh? Sounds like a piece of cake for the Gre- I mean me." Michael stopped himself, finding a new catch phrase will be harder than he thought.

"The Dullahan that we need had a hernia a couple days ago, so its head is in the hospital now."

Akeno reported.

"How troublesome. Now we have to use a different approach to this." Rias didn't look that thrilled with the new change in plans.

"A different approach, but how?"

"…Baka-senpai…"

"Huh-Gwack!"

Michael rubbed his chin before being strapped down by ropes and pinned by Koneko's foot.

"Koneko-chan, what are you doing!?"

"…Buchou allow baka-senpai to take its place as the topic for the report. 'An Idiot Dragon' is rather rare to infer to them including that he is the Red Dragon Emperor."

"WHAAAAAT!?"

Michael panicked.

"…Michael-senpai, stay quiet your only value right now is to speak when spoken to."

"Oi! I'm not an object, you kn-Goooogh!" Michael coughed once Koneko stomped on his back.

Ignoring the conversation along with the others, who just sat there and watched the senior and junior bicker. Rias came to a conclusion,

"There doesn't seem to be any other way so we'll go to her for the information."

Asia tilts her head, "Um… who do you have in mind."

"Someone who is very knowledgeable about monsters in this academy, a monster tamer."

"By the way, Buchou, what was the other part of the meeting about."

Dawning on Rias' face was a serious expression. Now comes the grave news she had heard from Sona.

"We're going to receive a personal message and a request from another Pure Blooded Devil family."

"We are, but don't they usually use a magic circle for that why a messenger?" Xenovia decided to ask.

"That's the problem for why a worthy messenger, who can better defend himself, is needed because any use of our communication using magic in this area has been getting jammed or bugged by someone else."

"!" Everyone in the room were stunned.

"Really, but who could it be?" Michael grunts and picks himself up, "Is it the Khaos Brigade?"

"We haven't the clue on what has been going on except for the trading of information and supplies the Devil Faction and Fallen Angel Faction have been experiencing. The transportation units that are used to guard the supplies have been redirected through their teleportation circles to unknown areas. The only good from this was that most of every unit was only injured to the point of them losing their ability to fight."

"So I guess that's why Ero-sensei isn't here." Michael assumed since Ero-sensei has been absent at school for quite a while now along with Mittelt and Kalawarner who have used magic to have permission to leave school. Raynare told him they had to act as the bodyguards for Azazel while they returned. Michael was still jealous that he couldn't use magic that way to get out of his own classes, but knowing Rias and everyone else he would have been forced either way.

"Exactly, he intends to see why there are bugs affecting with the transportation of his Artificial Sacred Gear data being stolen in parts and pieces." Rias explained.

"The information they're collecting are from that research?" Akeno muttered to herself looking troubled.

"And their past attacks haven't had any casualties right? So we can only assume this isn't part of a terrorist attack from the Khaos Brigade." Kiba placed 2 and 2 together to receive that outcome.

"It's still too soon for us to say anything. It is odd that they seek so many supplies we want to give to the Grigori as a show of our promise to share any resources we have for the exchange of research from Azazel's Artificial Sacred Gears." Rias additionally explains, "From now on, we must be careful my adorable servants until we find the one responsible for all of this. Understood?"

"Yes, ma'am!" Everyone responded.

"Buchou-san, what kind of devil family will send a messenger?" Asia questioned.

"We have been given a message and asked a request by the House of Agares." Rias puts a hand to her forehead, she could already feel the stress to come from this. And she wasn't the only one as Kiba and Koneko looked perplexed. As Akeno giggled to herself quite able to tell who they're talking about, but strangely she seemed to be wearing a determined expression saying 'I won't let them have any chance to beat me.'

"Hey, Buchou, just who is coming to give us the message?" Michael asked.

"A Peerage member from an old friend of mine named Seekvaira Agares, she like me will soon be the heiress of the Agares clan. She's sending her [Queen] to inform us about the issue behind these ambushes and defective magic circles."

"A new devil? Wow, I wonder what they're like?" Michael wondered out loud.

'You can't meet him.' Rias along with her elder devil servants thought.

"A [Queen], huh? Whoa, a chance to see a new devil around here! Meaning a whole new slate… I want to make them feel so unwelcomed, and show them just how great a person I am!" Michael grinned and laughed to himself.

'Then you definitely can't meet him now!' Everyone thought while sweatdropping.

"Michael, allow me to clarify that you are not to engage this guest in any way possible as he arrives." Rias was setting down ground rules.

"But Buchou whyyyyyy!?" Michael whined.

*PUUULLLLL!*

"I don't have to explain my reasons just don't engage this Queen no matter what. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yweah vwery sho pwease strwop pwing my chweeks!" Michael cried out loud.

Traversing to the Tennis Courts, Michael accompanied Rias to search for the Monster Tamer. Looking at the courts filled with tennis players having practice matches Michael was lost in thought for his new catchphrase.

'A new phrase for me to use…' Michael thought intently.

"Michael?" Rias breaks him out of stupor.

"Huh? Oh sorry, Rias. I was thinking way too much and I gotta say it hurts." Michael casually called her by name.

"No worries just make sure not to exert yourself okay?"

Smiling from being called by name, Rias has grown quite elated with how forward Michael was in their growing relationship. He started to call her by name more often. He's taken notice of her more often, and she was able to talk casually with him when they were alone. Although there may have been a few new challengers in the home they shared she still felt that she was in the lead. She felt a little lax with some of the teasing Michael was receiving from Akeno, but when things escalate too fast then she made sure to cut things off when before it got out of hand.

Michael was still a little flustered when trying to get the hang of things as he noticed significant changes when he was alone with Rias. She was very dependent on him as of lately as she made cute gestures of not being able to sleep unless he kisses her good night. There were times she even asked him to spoil her more by holding her gently in his arms and sitting on his lap.

He was still immature when it came to certain things couples do but he still tried his best for her. Which is exactly why he still needs to figure out his future plans for a date with her coming soon.

He lost focus as he heard the jeers of the many tennis players who caught him with Rias.

"Kyaaa! It's the Terrible Beast Hanamura!"

"Quick, don't let him look at you or you'll be his next victim!"

"G-Get away from Rias-senpai, you vile creature."

"Oi! Stop treating me like a sick animal, and get over yourselves! I'm not even interested in your crummy practice of handling so many balls! So there, Meh!" Michael pulled down his eyelid and insulted the girls.

Turning back to Rias, Michael sighs, "Man those girls have no idea who they're talking to like that. Sorry for that, Rias."

"You don't have to apologize. I understand your position with them as of late. I don't mind this at all so don't worry." Rias managed to save Michael of his guilt. Feeling so grateful that this was the girl he came to confess his feelings to.

Thus bringing up a topic.

"Say Rias." Michael folds his arms behind his head and looked up.

"Hm?"

"I've been wondering, what's your favorite place to go to in town?"

"My favorite place? What brought this up?"

Rias slightly enjoying the lone company of Michael besides her talking in his usual fashion.

"Well, it's sort of, I was hoping to plan ahead for our…*Gulp!* date, and I kind of want to know where you want to go, so I can plan ahead." Michael's face turned a little red.

"Oh, oh..." Rias' was surprised and coughed, "Well…" Rias now turned red as well, she mulled over any possible places she likes then giggles, "Actually, I'll leave this to you since you did ask me out, Michael."

"What? Are you serious?" Michael gasped, once he knew Rias was playing with him.

"Of course. You're the gentlemen, so I believe in your judgement to pick a place I'll enjoy." Rias winked while sticking out her tongue.

'So cute.' Michael blushed a little then shook his head.

"But are you sure you just can't tell me a little hint? I mean come on, it doesn't have to be an obvious one I can do vague too!" Michael muttered in frustration.

Rias started laughing to herself with the light conversation they were having while searching for the Monster Tamer in the school.

"Hmhmhmhmhm!" Rias giggled in her hand.

"Hm? What is it?" Michael didn't notice why she was laughing.

"Oh, its nothing."

"Eh? What now? You can't even tell me why you're laughing?"

"Hmhm! Like I said its nothing."

"Hmph! Fine, then don't tell me. I'll just find out for myself later."

"Ufufu, Okay then I guess after hearing that I didn't need tell you I was kidding."

"Man…!" Michael clicked his tongue in annoyance but laughs to himself afterwards, enjoying his time with Rias.

"So Rias, who exactly is the Monster Hunter around here and are they aware you're a devil?"

"Tentatively. This campus holds humans that come from special backgrounds that correlate with devils. So they should be aware that this school is our base."

Coming closer to the benches, Michael and Rias sat down together while waiting for someone Rias can infer is the Monster Hunter. She had called them before hand to meet there.

"I wonder when they'll get here."

*CLOP!* *CLOP!* *CLOP!*

*Hiheeeeeeeeeeeeeeen!*

Catching the noise of clopping and neighing in the distance, Michael looked towards the court to see a woman with brown hair twirled in a roll elegantly, with brown eyes wearing the Kuoh Academy girl's uniform. She was riding in on a huge black horse with red glowing eyes.

"Ohohohoho! Rias-san, how rare of you to visit me here! Welcome, and how have you been doing?" The girl spoke with a high and mighty tone.

"Okay, who's that?" Michael pointed.

"That is the Tennis club's captain, Abe Kiyome, a 3rd year just like me."

"Wait, Abe? But isn't that the same name that…" Michael remembered back to this morning with his encounter with Natsuru who shared the same surname.

'Eh!? So what you're telling me is that Natsuru-senpai is related to Kiyome-senpai!?' Michael's shock was written on his face.

"And it seems she brought along her Dullahan as well." Rias crossed her arms.

"Wait, really?"

*CLANK!*

The Black headless suit of armor jumped off the horse with Kiyome and waved at the tennis players as they approached Michael and Rias.

"So what do you think? It's a fine horse wouldn't you say? Mr. Smith, my Dullahan, caught some hernia, so I was tasked to watch over it until he recovered." Kiyome spoke with so much pride.

"And this here is Mr. Smith's body." Kiyome introduced the Dullahan, who waved and bowed its headless head to the two in respect.

"Whoa…" Michael waved his hand over the monster's armor and said, "You really are headless."

'How do they allow someone like this to walk around freely?' Michael thought.

"Ara, bringing a monster is against school rules, remember?" Rias reminded.

'I don't think there should be a rule to tell you not to bring monsters into the school.' Michael shook his head.

"That's been taken care of since it's in my care, I gave it a job to do while its head is hospitalized. He is now our tennis club's mascot! Dullahan, the "Headless Honda-kun"!" Kiyome introduced the monster while holding a watermelon, "As a replacement, we decided to use this. Don't you think it fits with the season?"

"Ahem! Mascot...? But he literally has no head yet! How can a watermelon compensate for a head, I mean sure it's delicious, but not a substitute for a real human head! And why the hell did you call him Honda!?"

"It's fine, a mascot is an okay excuse." Rias nodded, easily convinced.

"But this thing has no head!" Michael tried to explain but Rias was still fine with that notion.

"Michael the head isn't the problem here."

"No, the head is the only problem here!"

"Kaichou, herself was willing to agree with this." Kiyome shrugged.

Groaning in defeat, Michael decided to lay off and said, "You know what? Fine. Honda, the Dullahan, is the perfect mascot. I'll leave it like that."

"Kyaa! Honda-kun! Your armor from the west is so shiny today!"

"A headless mascot is a new type of trend these days! So cool!"

*SHATTER!*

"What that's not fair…" Michael gripped his chest as he watched the popularity of Honda raise up with each cheer. He couldn't believe it a monster with no face and no head was actually doing better than him. And this thing hasn't even been here as long as he has!

'He's a headless monster! How come he gets all the positive attention while I get-!'

"Hanamura, drop dead!"

"You filthy beast get away from Rias-senpai! Beast! Pest!"

"Honda-kun! Take Hanamura's head!"

"That's just not fair!" Michael shook the headless monster and cried, "How can you be so popular? Come on, tell me your secret! PLEASE!"

Honda rubbed the back of Michael's shoulder slowly soothing his depression.

Slapping the arm off of him, Michael cried, "I don't need your pity!"

"Calm down, Michael. It's fine that he's popular that way, yes?" Rias was concerned about Honda being feared by the students as an actual monster, being a mascot actually covers any future misunderstandings.

"I know, but it's not fair. I'm the great one. How come some monster without a head is so much famous than me?" Wrapping her arms around Michael's waist, Rias calmed him down.

"It's fine. Just take a breather… to relax okay?"

"O-Okay..." Michael sighs before turning to Honda who seemed to be looking at him.

"What are you looking at?" Michael narrowed his eyes.

[You do know he can't actually see you, right?]

'Not now, Ddraig!'

*CLANG!* *CLANG!*

Honda pounded his chest and gestured 'are we cool?'

Translating that, Michael responds bitterly, "Yeah, I guess."

Honda raised a fist towards Michael who happily bumps it in return. The two were already becoming friends.

"Noooooo! Hanamura is slowly corrupting Honda-kun towards his side!"

The tennis players cried.

"Shaddup!" Ripping himself out of Rias' embrace, Michael picks up a nearby basket of tennis balls and hurls them at the team who scattered in a vain attempt to run.

Returning to business Kiyome asks, "So then, Rias-san. What business do you have with me?"

"The captain of the tennis club, Abe Kiyome-san. I'm sorry to bother you, but may I interview your work as a beast tamer? I would also be happy if you would tell me a few things about the monsters and youkai that you have under your control."

Rias asks her.

"No, I don't want to."

Abe-senpai denied the request immediately.

"Why do I have to explain myself to you, a devil? I'm grateful for having been accepted onto this campus, but this and that would be two different things wouldn't you agree? It also seems like you have connections with many people from different industries, so there won't be any reason for you to interview me specifically, correct?"

Rias tries to negotiate with Kiyome Abe who tries to avoid any agreement.

"So won't having a connection with me be beneficial then?"

Abe-senpai laughs loudly, while putting her hand on her mouth.

"Ohohohohohohohoho! You have quite the confidence in yourself! But having a connection with you feels like it will become troublesome afterwards! So at the same time I've decided to also have a relationship like this with the Kaichou, distancing myself from you devils. A trade with a devil needs to be done carefully, or else I might have my soul taken away, correct?"

"…"

Buchou put on an astonished face at Kiyome's thought out reply.

Still in this to get the report Rias says, "Nowadays, we don't do such drastic actions. I will just invite you for tea or dinner normally. What do you say?"

"Hmmmm…" Kiyome looked over Rias' shoulder to see Michael and apparently Honda chucking tennis balls at the screaming tennis team. Her smile turns to that of a lecherous grin.

"Ufufufu, I just thought of something fun. How about instead, we have a tennis match between me and my monsters against you and your devils in that Occult Research Club? The loser will have to obey whatever the winner says for free."

Smiling when a compromise was brought up, Rias crossed her arms.

"Ara, this seems fair. I know how to play the sport rather well. So if we win how about you cooperate with the interview? And what do you desire if you win, Kiyome-san?"

Rias was nudged to the side by Rias as she points at Michael,

"Him. Is that the famous Welsh Dragon rumored to have defeated a Fallen Angel Cadre and enter a stalemate with this generation's Vanishing Dragon?"

Kiyome noticed the displeased look on Rias' face and smirked, "He is, isn't he?"

Her interest was like a collector of some sorts. Those eyes seemed very dangerous.

"I'll take him. If I win, I will borrow him. A rare dragon would have been the pinnacle of my collection, but since he's your servant I don't see any problem with just borrowing him for a while. So do we have a de-?"

"No." Rias rejected the same way Kiyome did not too long ago, "He is my important servant and I don't feel like giving him over to you that way."

"I see then let's forget that this discussion ever hap-." Kiyome was about to leave until a voice stops her.

"We accept your terms."

"Akeno? Wait just a minute!"

Rias tries to argue with her queen, who was watching this scene from far away in case things got rough.

"Buchou, you must understand if we simply win, we could solve everything without any doubt."

Looking back at the tennis ball throwing, Michael and Kiyome who stood there with a smirk altogether fine with either choice made. Rias decided to go with the gamble on her activity report and her pawn.

"I understand. We accept." Rias turns back to Kiyome who laughs that mighty laugh of hers.

"Ohohohohohohoho! Then it is settled! The truth is, it would be foolish for you to challenge me who is the captain of the tennis club! So train as much as you can! My adorable monsters will control the outcome of this match perfectly!"

"Don't underestimate us. I will show you how high-class devils dominate this sport. I absolutely will not hand over my Michael to you!"

"I'm looking forward to it! Ufufu. Of yes, if I get Hanamura-kun, then I will be able to adore him in ways you'd never even imagine."

Sparks clashing between them the two girls wore scary smiles while filled with murderous intent.

"Hehehe! That'll show them." Michael snickered and returned to everyone else, "Oh, Akeno-senpai, you're here? What's going on?"

"I'm sorry, Michael-kun, but it seems like you'll be a prize for Abe-san for this match in Tennis." Akeno apologized to Michael and hugging his arm while Rias was busy clashing heads with Kiyome.

"Wait, prize?" Michael eyes widen.

"If I didn't accept, then Buchou wouldn't progress, so I'll do my best for the tennis match to ensure we win." Akeno pressed herself closer to Michael, showing how much she was determined to win as well.

"So a game of tennis, huh…hehehehehehehe!" Michael laughed loudly, "Finally, I can show my skills, "Don't worry, Akeno-senpai, I'm a pro at this game!"

"That's really assuring, Michael-kun, I hope to see you show your cool side out there."

So with everyone practicing their skills for the oncoming match the day for it actually came in the following 2 two days they agreed to.

Walking onto the tennis courts the Occult Research Club wore tennis uniforms with the mark of the Gremory family on their backs.

'Alright, the time to show what I'm made of is here! Now I get a chance to show how awesome I am to the fans!'

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"

'Or the monsters, yeah, lets go with that.' Michael looked over the fence to see many other monsters watching them. They were of course Kiyome's due to their aggressive demeanor towards their master's opponents.

"Ohohohoho! I applaud your courage for even arriving!"

Kiyome wore a haughty smirk as she sized up the entire team."

*CREAK!* *CREAK!*

Honda who was beside her waved at Michael. Michael gave a thumbs up at his new buddy he was able to gain through tormenting those vile tennis players who Michael said, "They had it coming."

"We are the Gremory Family, any challenge you impose on us will end in our victory."

Rias standing firm against her enemy declared her intention to win.

"Hmhm! For a devil, you have a lot of nerve thinking you can win so easily. So let's make these matches fair. Two single matches and one double match. The team with two wins get the complete victory. Of course, Rias-san and I will participate the other players will play by playing lots."

Kiyome pulls out said lots and allowed the Gremory team to pick them out.

"Ara, ara, I guess I have Singles."

"Me too."

Akeno and Xenovia pulled out blue topped lots signifying they are with single matches.

"Now it's my turn." Rias reaches out and pulls a red tipped lot.

"It seems I'm doing a Doubles match."

"Yosh, now it's my turn!"

Now it was Michael's turn, he pulls out a lot with a red tip.

"Hah! I got a doubles too, Buchou!"

Michael laughed as Rias smiled at the prospect of working with Michael.

"Yes, let's do our best Michael!"

Starting off with Akeno's match. She went up against a Harpy as her opponent.

"Let's do our best." The female monster with wings and bird-clawed legs bowed with respect to her opponent.

"Yes, let's." Akeno bowed.

"The harpy race. They are winged monsters with a high gender ratio of females." Rias stated the harpy's race data.

"Come on, Akeno-senpai, you can do it! Show her whose boss!" Michael cheered with all of his heart.

This greatly boosted Akeno's performance once the match began.

"Ara, ara, If I'm getting cheered so much from Michael-kun, then I should definitely make sure this match is in my favor!"

"Eh? W-What's going on!?"

The harpy was amazed as Akeno executed a perfect swing she couldn't even counter.

"I'm sorry, Harpy-chan, but you're so full of openings. You better do something or else this match will go a lot faster." Akeno giggled.

"T-This devil lady is too p-powerful! I-I can't even keep up with her…!"

"Ah, Another opening!" Akeno giggled as she scored another point, "My at this rate I'll be the dominant one out of the both of us. You should consider trying harder or is it you actually want to submit to me…"

Akeno licked her lips. Her Sadist side was starting to show up.

"Iyaaaaaan! No, I'm going to lose!"

'I don't know why, but I feel like I should cheer for the harpy now.' Michael watched with pity for the losing monster.

[If you did, then that women would surely probably punish you for not cheering for her.]

'That's even terrible! I don't want that to happen to me! But still…'

Michael watched as the match was decided with Akeno as the victor as the disheartened harpy was seen traumatized by her powerful Opponent. Poor little thing. But with the first match out of the way it was now up to Xenovia to win the next match to finish it.

"Now it's my turn." Xenovia walks onto the court spinning her racket.

"Xenovia's got this in the bag!" Michael knew just how athletic the girl was to most his age and was confident in their win.

"Actually, Xenovia-san is still inexperienced with these kind of sports especially ones with balls." Kiba reminded.

"Really?"

"Huh?" Xenovia, who noticed the tennis racket she was spinning was gone looked around for it.

*BONK!*

"Ouch!"

"Oops, forgive me, Michael." Xenovia rushes back and retrieves her tennis racket.

"Xenovia, do you even know how to play this game?" Michael rubbed his head.

"Of course I do. It's a game where you must make a powerful serve and strikes to overwhelm the opponent, correct?" Xenovia answered with that power idiot mentality of hers.

Michael turned to Kiba and mumbled, "Yeah, we're boned."

Slithering onto the court was Xenovia's opponent, a lamia.

"This one is from the Lamia tribe, another female dominant race."

Kiba explained.

"Wow, a half snake lady…" Michael noticed the slices of watermelon that Honda was handing out to them. He freaked out and shouted,

"Dude, this is supposed to be your head, I don't think you should be handing this out!"

"Heh, this one seems to have the expression of a brute, I'll get an easy win for sure." The lamia was able to see through Xenovia so quickly.

Not taking so kindly to that insult, Xenovia readies her racket, "A brute? Don't think I'll allow you to walk off after saying thaaat!"

The match commenced once Xenovia threw her serve. She actually placed all her might into that strike of hers giving the ball extra speed.

"Childs play~!" The lamia used her lower snake body to easily secure the tennis ball and made a curve ball hit which was out of Xenovia's range.

"What?" Xenovia was shocked.

"Your serve was quite powerful, but you still lack control. Like I said before this will be an easy match for me." The lamia's snake tongue flickered out her mouth playfully.

"Thank you…" Kiba who pinched his temples agreed with the lamia's state. Just like Michael he tries to persuade the girl into thinking about using more technical attacks.

And so the match was ended with the lamia using her abilities to stretch around the court with tenacious attacks overpowering Xenovia's strong strokes. Ironic isn't it?

"I was too weak, please, forgive my weakness." Xenovia apologizes to the team.

'She brought this on herself.' Was all Michael could think of.

Now with the last match almost over the team went on to the last match up between Michael and Rias and Kiyome with one of monsters as her partner.

"With Michael and me working together this match was already settled! So all of you don't have to worry!" Rias' spirit raised with so much resolve.

"Hehehehe! Now it's time for me to perform a technique no one before has done!" Michael's eyes gleamed.

"What could you mean?" Rias question as she saw the smirk on Michael's face grow.

"For my partner, I picked… my adorable Yeti!"

*STOMP!* *STOMP!* *STOMP!* *STOMP!*

"What the fu-!"

"Hokyoooooooooooooooooooooooou!"

A large white gorilla stomps onto the court with a loud howl.

*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*

It banged its chest with large muscular arms like a drum.

Kiyome introduced the gorilla.

"Now allow me to introduce to you, Chris, the Yeti. Say hello to them, Chris."

*STOMP!* *STOMP!*

The gorilla waved hello to both Michael and Rias.

Michael looked at the Yeti with a blank expression before pointing out, "So you expect us to believe that this giant bastard will play for your team?"

"Yes, of course. If you must know Chris' father was a very powerful Yeti, who drove away groups of mountain climbers disturbing the peace of his mountain."

Kiyome informed.

"Meh, I don't need the details because anything you throw my way will be blown away once I unveil my super amazing secret technique!" Michael points his tennis racket at the Monster Tamer and yeti.

"Go! Michael-sama! Go!"

"Give it your best, Michael-san!"

Both cheering for him in the same cheerleading costumes from the dodgeball game, Raynare and Asia gave their full support for him.

"You can do iiiit! Michael-niiii!" Gasper also put in his two cents as well.

Walking over to the Yeti, Michael extends his hand, "Well, let's have an intense game, Chris!"

The yeti pulls out a banana.

"Aw, he wants to share with me!"

Kiyome backed away as soon as Michael looked at the banana. Maybe this yeti wasn't so bad.

*SPLAT!*

"Uhohohohohoho!"

The yeti splattered the banana on Michael's face and laughed at him. Nope, like all apes he was an asshole.

Calmly wiping the banana off his face, Michael politely responded like any ordinary responsible adult would,

"THAT'S IT MONKEY MAN, YOUR BALLS ARE MINE!"

"Well, Michael-kun, I think you're confusing the type of animal it is, since it doesn't have a tail it isn't necessarily a monk-."

Michael glared at Kiba tired of his smartass comments.

"I'll finish my explanation later then." Kiba returns to his seat on the bench.

"Chris, make sure not to hold back." Kiyome turns to her Yeti who starts winging a huge ass racket like it was normal. It seemed to be a weapon more than a racket.

"I see you're getting used to your new specially made racket." Kiyome watched her monster swing it around with ease. It was very happy with it's easy to use grip.

"I don't care what kind of racket or weapon you may have, all I know is that by the end of this match I'll flatten you both!" Michael declared.

"Ahem!" Rias coughed.

"I mean we'll flatten both of you!" Michael corrected himself.

And so the match began… with the first one to serve being Rias.

"Hyah!"

BOUNCE!

"Toh!"

BOUNCE!

The match between both seniors were starting to heat up when they're skills on the court finally matched one another's. If even one of them screws up then the other would pay dearly for their blunder.

'Come on…how come I haven't had my chance to strike back yet?' Michael growled impatiently as he and Chris watch the two go at it.

"Chris! The ball is coming your way!"

Kiyome's Yeti reacts to the shot and swings back its racket with it's mighty arms.

"Uho!"

*BANG!*

The sound of the massive racket and tennis ball making contact caused it to explode and launch itself at Michael.

"Whoa!" Michael barely shirks to the side to dodge.

*BOOOOOOOOOOM!*

"Luv 15!"

The referee announced.

"Are you serious?" Michael looked back at the crater, Chris made with the ball and couldn't see the tennis ball that was fired like a cannonball.

"Unbelievable, that yeti was able to blow up that tennis ball! That goes to show that monsters like that are powerful!" Kiba said impressed with the yeti's power.

"…If it were to have hit, baka-senpai, then it would have been quite fatal." Koneko said something morbid.

"Buchou, it seems like I'm going to need to unveil my secret technique…" Michael grabs an extra ball.

"You seem so confident in it, so I won't stop you. Make sure to show them the true might of the Gremory family!"

"Osu!"

Michael readies his serve as he bounces the ball up and down.

"So you're relying on your devil servant to play? I doubt he even knows how to play the sport correctly."

"Don't underestimate him, Kiyome-san, or you may just be in for a surprise." Rias defended her pawn, who slowly closed his eyes to breathe in and out.

Calming himself, Michael surrounds his body with a sufficient amount of touki.

'So that's his angle.' Rias smiled proud with his clever thinking, it won't be proven as cheating since it's basically Michael's life force being used.

'Rias needs to win this match, or else she'll be sent back to the underworld. I can't let her lose or else I'll lose my opportunity to take her on a date!' Michael motivated himself as he opened his eyes with a serious glare.

'Wait, this feeling don't tell me he's…' Kiyome's eyes widened as she remembered this nostalgic feeling from a certain someone.

"Here I go!" Michael throws the ball up in the air.

*HIIIIIT!*

The ball was sent flying fast the other side of the court after making contact with the ground, it even made a small crater.

"So he is using Touki!" Michael wondered how Kiyome was so knowledgeable about that.

"Chris quickly counter it!"

"Uhoooooooooo!"

*BAAAAAAAAAANG!*

Another mighty swing of Chris' racket sends the tennis ball hurtling at Rias like a rocket!

"Buchou!" Michael uses his enhanced speed to appear in front of Rias and return the hit.

Kiyome had plans for that.

"Chris, now use blizzard!"

*BUUUUUUUUUUN!*

Chris exhaled an icy blue wind which threatened to freeze Michael's hand along with the ball. Forcing back the icy wind Michael struggles to return the tennis ball still forcing its way through his tennis racket.

Gritting his teeth, Michael growls, "Don't think I'll let you win that easily! Buchou really needs this report for her to stay here and I won't let you do what you want! I'll show you just by becoming more and more stronger!"

*STOMP!*

"…!" Kiyome was off put by the teen's sudden burst in energy.

"Let's go!" Michael adjusts his stance and leans forward and places more strength behind his racket reinforcing more strength into it with touki.

"Huraaaaaaaah!"

*BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!*

"Uho!?"

*SNAP!*

Michael sent the tennis ball flying with a single hit as it went at a more dangerous pace than Chris' earlier strike. The ball was so strong that it broke Chris' racket in the process.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*

Firing through the fence behind them the tennis ball explodes upon making contact with a tree and the ground behind it. It was so powerful that the tree itself wasn't able to lessen the hit!

*Ssssssssssssshhh~!

Smoke coming out from his tennis racket Michael stands up and sighs, "And that's a point for us!"

"I-Impossible, how can you…? I thought only…" Kiyome was conflicted with the thought of Michael using touki knowing that only a certain "race" can use it only.

"As expected of Michael, he's started to burn with more passion!"

"Michael-nii, sure knows how to be intense at certain moments, it's so scary but cool at the same time!"

Xenovia and Gasper were impressed with Michael's passion growing.

"…" Koneko nodded approvingly. Probably the best reaction, Michael will get from her for a while.

"Alright, now the real fight begins now! Give me everything you've got! If I don't go all out now then I'll always regret it!" Michael declared.

And so the match waged on with the Gremory team winning with the combined strength of Michael and Rias dominating the court.

"It is our loss. It can't be helped after everything so as promised I'll do your interview." Kiyome sighed in defeat; she really wasn't expecting this turnout.

"Thank you, I hope to see you tomorrow then." Rias with a satisfied smile crossed her arms.

"Of course." Kiyome noticed Michael striking poses to his friends while gloating about his victory then sighed, "I have to admit. It was a real shame that I couldn't borrow that servant of yours, he seems to be rather outgoing when it really matters. At first, I thought he would joke around with that prideful idiotic look on his face but after seeing things change so quickly, I only have to say his actions were quite gutsy."

"Gutsy? When you put it like that then I guess I can't really disagree with you." Rias smiled.

"Seems to be the one thing we both can agree on." Kiyome nods.

*STOMP!* *STOMP!*

"Huh?" Michael looks to see the yeti, Chris, approach him with his head lowered.

"Uho…Uho…"

"What is it doing?" Michael tilts his head.

Drawing something on a white board, Honda replies, [After such a display of power, Chris has started to gain some respect for you.]

"Eh? Really?" Michael blinked then noticed the banana Chris was giving him.

"Uho…?" Chris looked up apologetically for his past actions.

Looking at the banana and Chris, Michael grins and takes it, "No worries man, I forgive ya, but you know if your truly sorry how 'bout doing a job for me."

"Uho?"

"Yes, I need you to take care of a certain someone *cough!* Aika! *cough!* by slinging some crap at her. And that "crap" part could be literal or figurative for random crap if you want…Muahahahahahaha!"

Michael slung his arms around Chris' shoulder and laughed with an evil grin.

"Ufufufu, you're a rather fun one aren't ya, Michael-kun?" A familiar smile giggled as the pink glyph on Michael's shoulder glows once more but brighter before disappearing after its use was done.

*WRAP!*

"Huh?" Michael looks at his right leg to see that it was a snake's tail binding him in place, "Whup!" Having his leg pulled back, Michael falls flat on the ground.

"What the hell are you doing!?" Michael notices it was the lamia from Kiyome's monster team.

"I-I can't help myself after watching such a strong male put on that display, makes me want to push you down and strip you naked! I-I really want to mate with you!" The lamia pants as a heavy blush appears on her face.

"Excuse me!?"

"No, fair! Let me at him first!" The harpy who was also red with frustration started to get into a fight with the lamia over Michael.

"Can someone explain to me what is going on?" Michael blinked.

Writing something on the white board, Honda quickly answers, [Oh no! That show of power must have forced them into a breeding frenzy, female monsters are taken with strong mates!]

"Wait, did you just say mate?" Michael panicked.

"Uho! Uho!" Picking Michael away just in time from the lunging Lamia and a few other monsters, Chris carried him on his shoulders and ran away saving his new friend from harm.

"Chris, you're helping me?" Michael sniffled, what was once his enemy is now his biggest ally. Suddenly remembering the Dullahan, Michael screams, "Crap! No, Honda, we have to go back for him!"

[No keep running! I'll hold them off for now!] Honda tried to fend off the monsters but was soon trampled over by them.

"No, Honda!" Michael reached out with tears coming out his eyes.

[No, Michael-dono, you must live…you must…must not succumb to these lustful creatures…please remember my sacrifice…] Honda scribbled those last words before dropping his marker and board after passing out.

"HONDA! NOOOOOO!" Michael rubbed his tears as the image of the headless knight appeared in the evening skies framed by the clouds. On that very day, a hero known amongst our generation has fallen.

"S-Should we do something?" Asia was worried for Michael's safety.

"No, I'm sure Michael-kun will be quite fine as he is." Akeno giggled.

"Huh?" Gasper looked around noticing something was amiss.

"What is it, Gasper?" Kiba asked.

"It's Koneko-chan, she's gone." Gasper frowned.

"She must have left early to ignore Michael-sama's usual shouts of glory about himself, I'm sure she'll be fine." Raynare reassured the Half-vampire as the entire ORC club left the tennis courts.

Sitting from atop the academy's roof was a smiling Natsuru, who watched the groups disperse the area.

"Oh my, what an intense display of a tennis match. I should have warned Kiyo-tan about touki being available for those with a strong grasp over their life force. And for even this Red Dragon Emperor to control it freely, I wonder just how much more power he has."

Natsuru watched the struggling 2nd year run away from the monster girls in fear of getting caught. She knew placing that glyph of enhancing his pheromones along with secretly pulling out his dragon aura would attract those monsters. Yes, those tricks were below her once she reached a mature enough age but it was still so much entertaining watching this aftermath go down. The glyph would only last for a couple of hours before his pheromones were returned to normal.

"Now all I wonder is if I can get that power for myself." Kiyome giggled as she watched a panting Michael finally shake loose those monsters with Rias in front of him. The crimson haired woman helped him up and gave him a beautiful smile as he grinned back in response.

Scowling with an obstacle in sight, Natsuru says, "But first that little bother has to go in order for me to effectively make a move."

Catching notice of something, Natsuru sees a rushing Koneko panting against the side of the academy building away from Michael. She seemed to be rather flustered with her entire body growing red. Natsuru could even notice how sharp Koneko's eyes were getting as well.

Coming to a perfect conclusion, Natsuru giggled,

"Hou? Hm! How amusing Miss Gremory has gotten herself a couple of rare servants on her hands. All the more for me to take them away as my own…" Natsuru's once cute cat smile turn to that of a mischievous cheshire smile giving off a terrifying aura around her.

"…!" Koneko gasps as she suddenly felt that familiar power that once made her body shiver in fear. Looking around, Koneko wondered who could have emitted such a dangerous power like that around this school.

XXX

Later in the night, in between an alley was the dead carcass of a large creature which resembled a Wildcat. It looked to be a mixture of a very muscular man but with the twisted features of a cat with its sharp claws, wild cat face and hind legs as the entire body was covered with fur. It was a Wild Cat Chimera.

After a failed attempt to ambush their target one of the was unfortunate enough to lose its life. As evident because of the large gaping hole in its chest. Its blood and guts were spilt out on the ground behind it. A blow that was able to spill out that much blood must have been very precise and powerful.

"Dammit!" Another Wild Cat Chimera screamed as it tumbled back with a broken nose. Its target was very powerful for even it to handle alone as its claws were broken from a futile attack.

Walking through the alley was a black armored figured with the specific appearance of a black, full-body armor with blue streaks and a phantasmagoric defensive film behind its back. The armor had the motif of a dragon but more sleek and defining for the wearer's body.

"Is that all you got, dipshit? If you wanted to do an ambush next time I would suggest you don't laugh like dumbasses!"

The Wild Cat whimpered back in fear before lunging forward to attack with it's broken claws, "Damn you!"

"Chi! Is that all?" The figure caught the Chimrea's hand with ease and then proceeded to crushing it.

*CRUUUUUNCH!*

"Gaaaaaaargh!" The Chimera cried out for it's now broken hand.

"Now tell me, who is it that ordered you to do this shit for brains!" The figure apparently had a dirty mouth as they forced an answer from the Wild Cat Chimera. This earned a small laugh from the mutated creature.

"I don't know, what's funny? The fact that you think I'll give you an answer and you'll let me go, or that my leader will let me live if I told you anyway-Aaaaaaah!"

"I'll take that as a "no" then." The figure further disfigured the Chimera's with another bone crushing grip, "And who said I would let you live…"

The figure's voice turned dark and violent as the Chimera sweated in fear as the black armored man stood over him imposingly.

"You were the ones who attacked me first. You were aiming to kill me is that right? So you wouldn't object to me doing the same to you, right?"

*SQUEEZE!*

"…Geheh!" The Chimera gasped as the armored figure clenched his fist in shuddering anger.

"Meaning your life is already forfeit for me! Right!?"

"Hiiiiiiiiiiiiii! P-Please, let me go! I promise to not reveal your whereabouts if I dooooo!"

"Coward! You were out to kill, so expect to be killed!"

"Noooooooo! Pleeeeeeease!"

The Chimera cried and watched as a blaze of blue aura was now encasing itself on the figure's fist. The sight of such an intimidating opponent literally cared the piss out of him.

"Grand Arc!"

*BANG!* *SPLATTER!*

With just a single punch. One punch. The figure was able to blow the chimera's head clean off its shoulders with a shockwave shaking the entire alley and the objects within it flying out, effected from the mighty punch as well.

"Shitty freak." The figure had the Chimera's blood on its armor before releasing it to reveal their true appearance.

Walking out the alley, the figure faced the moonlight and looked back at the bodies of the Chimera slowly turning to dust and spat,

"If you weren't willing to stake your life and die, then don't expect you'll walk away without losing your head, dumbass."

The figure was illuminated by the moonlight which showed the appearance of an average looking high school student with a well-toned build and snow-white hair which was mildly spiky. He wore a black boys' gakuran (school uniform) with the bottom few buttons of his uniform's jacket undone, revealing the hem of his white dress shirt underneath and white sneakers. Looking back his light-blue eyes glared daggers at the remains of the Chimera.

Scratching his head tiredly, the young man walked off while muttering,

"Damn bastards, shaking me up like that. I wouldn't have been bothered if you had at least put up a better fight until you died. Asking for mercy while you wanted to take my life… bitch please, you're still too early to even think you can take my head."

Pulling out a letter given to him by his master, the young man sighed, "Now all that's left is to deliver this and take care of these damn creatures infesting this place. I just hope other than that Handsome Prince-guy that Gremory-sama didn't pick up any more annoying servants."

(With Michael)

"Achoooo!" Michael wiped his nose, "Was someone talking about me?"

Michael took a few moments to think about before jumping out of bed and throwing his arms up, "Yes, finally, someone is talking about how great I am!"

[I find it depressing how you think you got all of that from a single sneeze.]

"Shut up, Ddraig! Let me have this!" Michael shouted.