Haru yawned as she made her way to the front gates of the Academy. Upon reaching them, she saw her friends, Murayama, Katase, and Aika Kiryuu.
"Hey girls!" Haru called out, getting their attention.
"Hey Haru-chan!" They greeted.
Entering the Academy, both Katase and Murayama immediately began questioning Haru about how she managed to get into the Occult Research Club.
"What can I say, Buchou just asked me one day if I wanted to join, and who was I to say no to spending more time around our beloved Onee-chans and mascot." Haru said, smirking at seeing their jealous expressions, since she now gets to spend time with Rias, Akeno, and Koneko.
"Have you learned anything since joining?" Aika asked, with Haru grinning lewdly and leaned in.
"I learned Buchou really likes taking showers in the clubhouse and that she sleeps in the nude." Haru said, with Aika gaining a smile similar to her own.
"Fully, or just down to her underwear?" Asked Aika eagerly.
"Fully, and she wears black lace." Haru said, her smile widening as she remembered waking up with Rias in her bed, naked and seeing her shower when she was first brought to the clubhouse.
Murayama and Katase rolled their eyes as Haru and Aika giggled perversely, though they were secretly interested and listened to what they were saying. Though they soon began talking about the Kendo Club and that they'll have increase their practice, if they wanted to win the upcoming International School Championship.
Haru heard what they were saying, and couldn't resist the chance to make some dirty talk out of what they were saying.
"Yeah, I'm sure if you have to really polish yours swords, make sure they're nice, smooth, and solid." Haru said.
"Of course we do, we have to make sure they're solid or they might break. And we polish them every day, so they don't get worn out." Murayama said, with Katase nodding agreement, neither of them catching the hidden meaning behind Haru's words, at least not yet.
"I'm sure you both do, but do you polish before or after you cross swords with each other?" Aika asked, smiling.
It took the Kendo girls a moment to process her words, along with remembering just who they were speaking with, before both their faces turned bright red in embarrassment and mortification at what they were implying.
"We'd never do that!" They shouted.
"Hey, it's nothing to be ashamed of. But the next time you do polish your swords, you can invite us to help." Haru said, smiling widely before and she and Aika both took off running with Murayama and Katase chasing them.
Though they weren't really mad, having long since gotten used to their perverted comments, it's just the principle of the matter.
Thankfully, they all ran towards their homeroom and went inside, just before class started.
Soon the teacher entered the class, but before the class started, they had an announcement.
"Good morning girls, before we begin, we're going to be having a new student joining us today and I hope you all give her a warm welcome. You can come in now." The teacher said as the door opened, and in walked Naru.
Haru was shocked, both that Azazel's daughter would be in her class and the fact she's even better looking in person. But she's also nervous, given it wasn't too long ago that Raynare almost killed her, and now here's another Fallen Angel in her class.
"Hello, I am Naru Branwen, please take care of me." And I'll definitely take care of most of you. Naru said, smiling while giving a bow to her new classmates.
"Thank you, Naru. Now please take a seat next to Ms. Hyoudou, over there." The teacher said, pointing to Haru.
Nodding, Naru walked over and sat next to Haru, giving the red-haired girl a smile.
"It's nice to meet you Haru, I'm Naru Branwen. But I'm sure your King already told you about me." Naru said, with Haru nodding, while trying her best to hide how nervous she was.
"Ye-yeah. I'm Haru Hyoudou. N-nice to meet you." Haru introduced.
Their attention then turned to the front of the room as the teacher started the lesson.
Naru and Haru exited the Academy and made their way to the old school building to meet with the rest of the ORC. The reason why Naru was going there, was to help build ties between her, Rias, and Sona. As well as so they can keep an eye on Naru, just to be cautious. It was agreed that she'd join either the Occult Research Club or the Student Council, with Naru having chosen the former, since she didn't want the responsibility that came with joining the Student Council.
She was already forced to attend school; she didn't want even more responsibilities on top of what she already had to do.
The two girls walked in silence, neither really having anything to talk about or too nervous to say anything, in Haru's case. Though eventually, Haru worked up the courage to say something.
"So, I didn't expect you to sleep through all of class." Haru stated, having seen Naru fall asleep the moment the teacher started talking.
Naru shrugged in response.
"I hate school, simple as that. If it was up to me, I wouldn't even be attending it while I'm here. Though seeing all the hot girls does make up for it, don't be surprised if I sleep through classes, or just outright skip them entirely." Said Naru, having no shame in admitting that she'll happily skip school.
This made Haru sweatdrop and chuckle awkwardly at Naru boldly stating that she'll skip classes. She did, however, focus on Naru's comment about the hot girls in the Academy, making her grin.
"I bet your dreams are filled with the girls running around in skimpy uniforms, maybe even with nothing at all." Haru said, giggling pervertedly, only to be surprised at Naru's words.
"Why dream about when I have the real thing. Perhaps it's you who has these dreams, if you want, I could give you a show, but only if you give me one." Naru purred seductively, while checking Haru out.
This shocked Haru since the only one to ever respond to her dirty talk was Aika. She snapped out of her shock quickly, and smiled at Naru.
"As long as it's a touching show." Responded Haru, licking her lips, while Naru moved her face closer to Haru's.
"Baby, you could touch me as long as you wanted." Naru whispered with half-lidded eyes.
"I wouldn't be able to touch such an amazing body for free. I'd have to give myself to you as payment." Replied Haru, with Naru giggling in a seductive manner.
"Haru, I believe this is the start of a very close and very loving friendship." Naru said smiling, which Haru returned.
Soon the girls reached the clubhouse and walked in. Naru saw Akeno and Rias were present along with Koneko, who was eating sweets, with Naru resisting the urge to scream "KAWAII!" and hold the adorable girl.
The moment Naru entered the clubhouse, Koneko's head snapped towards her with narrow eyes.
"You have Chakra." Koneko accused, shocking Rias and Akeno at the accusation, before looking at Naru suspiciously.
"I thought you said you were human?" Rias questioned, not liking she was lied to.
"I am." Naru answered.
"And yet you have Chakra." Stated Rias, with Naru nodding.
"I do, but I am a hundred percent human. You're more than welcome to take some of my blood to do a blood test to confirm it." Naru said, holding out her arm to show she was serious.
"That still wouldn't explain how you, a human, have Chakra." Said Rias more calmly, after seeing Naru wasn't trying to deceive them.
While it may prove she's human, that doesn't explain how she has Chakra, something only Yōkai should have.
"From what my father told me; I was given to him by some dimension traveler called the Kaleidoscope." Naru replied, much to Rias, Akeno, and Koneko's complete shock.
They had of course heard of the Kaleidoscope, but only by reading about him or being told stories of him. But they had passed them off as just myths and legends, believing all the things that the Kaleidoscope was capable of doing were impossible. But now they were learning that the Kaleidoscope wasn't only real, but was also the one who gave Naru to Azazel to raise, and that she's from a different dimension.
That just begged the question, why did he take Naru from her dimension and give her to Azazel?
After a moment, they shrugged in response to their own question, since from the stories they heard, the Kaleidoscope tended to mess with the Multiverse whenever he was bored.
"Do you know him?" Naru asked, seeing their shocked expression.
"We know of him, but we don't know him. We've only heard stories, which we believed were just that, stories, but you just confirmed he's real. We don't know much, other than that he's an incredibly powerful magician with unrivalled knowledge and mastery of magic, that he's immortal, and that he's known to travel the Multiverse, observing different worlds." Rias explained, before clearing her throat.
"Anyway Haru, we still have some things to go over. I would have told you before, but I had dismissed you early after Grayfia's visit." Rias said, with Haru remembering when Rias dismissed them, and looked like she was going to have a panic attack.
That only made the Pawn look at Rias in worry, still wondering what made her react like that.
"There wasn't much else to go over, the most important being unlocking your Sacred Gear and seeing what it is. The best way to activate a Sacred Gear is imagine the strongest part of yourself and channel all your power into that part. Try your arm." Rias suggested, as that's where she felt Haru's Sacred Gear.
"My arm." Stated Haru, while looking at her arms before nodding and began concentrating.
Naru sweatdropped when Haru got into the Super Saiyan pose from Dragon Ball Z, but shrugged, knowing everyone had their own thing.
After a few moments, Haru's concentration paid off when a red gauntlet manifested on her left arm, leaving her fingers exposed.
"It's a Twice Critical." Rias said, feeling disappointed that it was just a common Sacred Gear, she had been sure Haru had a much stronger one.
"Twice Critical?" Haru asked, looking the gauntlet over.
"Actually, it's the Longinus Boosted Gear." Revealed Naru, with the three senior Devils' heads snapping towards her in shock.
"Wh-what?! Really?!" Rias asked, excited at the thought that she had gained the Red Dragon Empress in her Peerage.
"Yeah, that's why my dad assigned Raynare and the others to observe Haru, to see if she showed any signs of awakening Boosted Gear, so they could bring her to the Grigori to help her use it." Naru said, while Haru looked at her shocked since this the first she's heard of this.
"Then why did she kill me? Is she a traitor?" Haru asked, with Naru shaking head.
"No, Raynare's fanatically loyal to my father, so that alone makes it suspicious that she went against his orders by killing you. The fact that she did means she's either being manipulated by one of her teammates or a higher-up in the Grigori is using them for their own means. It's likely someone felt threatened by you and wanted you dead, as if you ever awoke and mastered the Boosted Gear, there'd be very few that could stand a chance against you." Naru explained.
She knew how strong a wielder of Divine Dividing and Boosted Gear could be, given the times she sparred with Vali and Azazel had even admitted that if Vali ever managed to perfectly master Juggernaut Drive, he'd be able to wipe the floor with the Governor General.
This shocked and angered Haru, that she had been killed all because someone was afraid of what she might do in the future! She could have likely gone her entire life without even knowing about her Sacred Gear, and yet someone wanted her dead because they were afraid.
Fine then! If they were afraid of what she could do, then she'll make sure they're afraid whenever she finds out who wanted her dead, before making them feel the same fear she felt when she thought she was going to die.
"But why did the Boosted Gear only manifest as a Twice Critical, then? Wouldn't its true form be revealed?" Rias asked.
"For a normal Sacred Gear, yes it would. But the Boosted Gear is one of the Longinus, powerful enough to kill gods. If Haru had awakened the Boosted Gear when she was human, she would have gone on a murderous rampage, destroying everything in her path until she was killed, or her body simply burned out." Naru explained, making the rest of the ORC gulp at what could have happened.
Azazel had told her that while the Sacred Gears were created for humans, the Longinus weren't meant to be fully unlocked right from start, as they simply were too powerful. The host of a Longinus first had to build up their own strength and practice using the base form of their Sacred Gear. Only those who are already strong enough to handle the power, or possessed a powerful lineage, could fully awaken a Longinus from the start.
Vali was simply lucky that he's half Devil and a descendant of Lucifer, allowing him to awaken and master Divine Dividing. Even Naru, herself, had to increase her own strength before Azazel gave her the Down Fall Dragon Spear.
"While being a Devil does help Haru get closer to being strong enough to handle its power, it's still not enough to unlock its true form. Still, it might best to let people believe she only has a Twice Critical, since if your enemies discovered she had Boosted Gear, it'd just put a large target on Haru's back. One that not even being a member of your Peerage could protect her from." Naru warned, knowing plenty of people would want to see Haru dead, or to extract the Boosted Gear from her.
This made Haru gulp, since she thought she was safe by being in Rias's Peerage, but it looks like there were still those that would want to see her dead.
Her piece said, Naru sat down besides Koneko and began petting her, since she was just too cute to resist!
Koneko stiffened slightly when she felt Naru start to pet her, before she began purring in bliss at feeling how warm and vast her Chakra was. This shocked Rias and Akeno, given they've never seen Koneko act like this before, along with mentally squealing at how cute she was purring. Haru also thought it was cute, but she also felt jealous, but whether she was jealous of Naru or Koneko was up for debate. Her jealousy only increased when Koneko's ears and tail came out, adding to the cuteness.
Tearing her eyes away from the scene, Rias looked at Haru.
"Haru, do you remember your duty of gaining contracts?" Rias asked, with Haru looking at her and nodding slowly.
"Yes, I need to hand out fliers and when I'm summoned, I help the person with their request and then once that's done, the flier will absorb their sin. Along with forming contracts with those who summoned me." Haru said, with Rias smiling in approval.
"That's correct. And here are some fliers to get started, just pass them out and wait to be summoned." Rias said, pulling out a stack of fliers and handing them to Haru, who nodded and took the fliers.
"Right, I'll get started now!" Haru said, with Naru looking at her and stopped pampering Koneko, who whined a little at the loss of the petting and warmth.
"I'll go with her, just in case any of the Fallen try attacking her when she's alone. Plus, as Azazel's daughter, his subordinates were my subordinates by extension, so I'm honor bound to help Haru in any way possible, to make up for Raynare killing her." Naru said.
Normally Haru would be jumping for joy at having such a hot girl accompany her. But she also didn't want Naru to feel obligated to help her to make up for Raynare's actions.
"It's fine, you don't have to help me. You didn't do anything, so you don't have to feel the need to apologize." Haru said.
"No, I insist, I'll help you." Naru said stubbornly.
Rias look hesitant on letting Naru go with Haru, since she still didn't fully trust her. Though spotting Koneko pouting gave her an idea.
"Okay, you both can go, but you have to bring Koneko with you, as added protection and make sure nothing funny happens." Rias said, with Koneko perking up at the idea of being petted some more.
"Okay, I'm fine with that." Haru said, with Naru nodding in agreement.
With that, the three grabbed several fliers and left.