A beautiful young woman, wearing a black kimono which was held together by a yellow obi, decorated by a set of golden beads was running, doing the best her injured body let her as she heard them closing in.
Her hazel golden eyes with cat-like pupils working overtime, trying for a way out and her cat ears twitched as she heard one of her pursuers yell to the others.
"There she is!" She heard one of them say as she stumbled down an alley in hope to some place safe.
"Nowhere to go now, you filthy cat!" A second voice spoke up as they closed in on her, followed closely by other Devils.
Twelve, that was the number of pursuers she counted as they came closer every second. They were led by 4 High-Class Devils, seems like they didn't underestimate her power if they came with this many for her.
Reaching the end of the alley she slowly turned around only to see them mere feet away from her, all of them had lecherous expressions etched on their faces making her even more afraid than she was before as she hoped they weren't planning what she was thinking.
Her fears were confirmed however as she heard one of them call out to the others. "We have you now you filthy cat." The person that spoke was an overweight man, his eyes seemed to undress her right there on the spot. "Normally we would just kill you now but you are quite the catch so how about we have some fun first, I've always wanted to do one of you Nekoshou's" He finished speaking with the other Devils nodding in agreement as they came closer.
Her eyes widened as she heard him finish speaking, slowly tears made their way out of her eyes and she closed her eyes, resigning herself to a fate that was even worse than dead. All this because she wanted to save her little sister, her little Shirone-chan. Even more tears began to fall as she thought of her, hoping that she was kept safe due to her action, though she had her doubts.
"W-what?" She heard one of them exclaim out of shock. "Wh-what is going on?"
Slowly she opened her eyes to see what was happening and what she saw shocked her. Her pursuers who were about to defile her were stuck in a red cage-like trap on top of a large red magic circle. She recognized the symbol it displayed, it was from the Gremory Clan. Nya? Someone is here to save me?
Sensing someone to her left she turned her head and saw a boy, perhaps a year or two younger than her with his hand outstretched. As if sensing her looking at him he turned to face her. She saw him looking at her with a sad smile on his face, looking in in purple/blue eyes that gazed at her with sadness before turning to ice as he looked at those inside the cage.
"H-hey you there, Gremory boy, w-what are you doing?" One of them asked in slight fear.
Hearing no reply one of them, the same man that proclaimed he was going to rape her spoke up. "Ah I see, you want to give her a go yourself first huh, smart boy." He spoke.
That was the wrong thing to say as a quick spike of KI was anything to go by as the boy eventually spoke up. "You stoop as low to try and rape an injured woman?" He asked to those inside the cage. The sheer amount of venom he spoke the word rape made all of them flinch.
"That is no woman boy, look at her, she's just a filthy cat that killed her King. Might as well give her a nice time before we kill her off."
That did it, closing his hand Haru watched as the cage shrunk itself killing everyone inside till it eventually turned into nothingness, it was an spell he worked on with Le Fay.
Once finished Haru dropped his hand to his side before turning and slowly made his way to the Cat Youkai and stopped right in front of her. "Don't worry Kuroka, I'm not here to kill you or do anything these disgusting devils were about to do to you." Haru spoke to her in a soothing manner as he saw her having her hands up in a defensive position, her large hazel orbs that were displayed fear and a small bit of hope gazed into his and after what seemed like minutes but were mere seconds she dropped them, allowing him to gently pick her up bridal carry.
As he held her in his arms he got a good look at her and had to admit she was beautiful, easily on par with Yasaka but quickly shook his head getting rid of those thoughts and activating a teleport spell getting himself and her out of there.
Currently in the Underworld the four most powerful devils were in a meeting of high importance regarding Kuroka's actions and the consequences that spawned from it.
"Serafall, report." Spoke Sirzechs with a commanding tone.
Serafall nodded before clearing her throat. "Approximately around 11AM this morning the current Stray Devil known as Kuroka killed her King Sven Ikoris, according to his peerage they claimed she went crazy due to the use of Senjutsu where she, after collecting it went crazy and killed him." She paused for a moment to let all the information settle.
"After that she ran away, we had multiple search parties send out for her but we believe she escaped and is currently on the run on the Human World, we have sent out search party there lead by the House of Ikoris."
"After that multiple Devils from different houses got together and lay waste to any of the Nekoshou's that were in the Underworld out of fear that an event like this would repeat itself." She finished quite somber which was matched by others in the room.
"I see," Said Sirzechs as he ran his hand through his hair, an entire race had just been exterminated out of fear. "Are there any survivors?"
Serafall looked over some papers before nodding. "Yep, we have one survivor, her name is Shirone, she's quite young and apparently... the younger sister of Kuroka. She's currently locked up until it's decided what will happen to her."
"It's a shame that someone so young is victim of her sisters action." Said Sirzechs. "I'll try and see if there's anything I can do for her, I think my dear Ria-tan wouldn't mind taking care of her, it would also allow us to keep an eye on her just in case."
The others nodded, it would be good to bind her to them. Just as they were about to continue the door opened, showing a sweaty and wounded Devil.
"Lord Lucifer, I bring news about the search party sent out for Kuroka!" He told them. Sirzechs gave him the motion to continue.
"Lord Lucifer, after a chase we finally had her trapped down an alleyway." The man took a deep breath before continuing. "Anyway, after we trapped her and were about to finish her off everyone except me was suddenly trapped. But that's not what caught my attention, what is was that the magic circle showed the Gremory crest and the person used Bael's Power of Destruction to kill them with one spell, i was the only one who wasn't caught." He finished his story.
Hearing this Sirzechs let out a sigh, he already knew who was responsible for what happened and motioned for the man to leave.
"Sirzechs, do you think what i'm thinking?" Asked Ajuka.
Sirzechs just nodded. "Yes I too think Haru was the one responsible as he's the only one not in the Underworld and capable of using said power." He spoke.
"What do we do now? Your little brother was responsible for murdering multiple Devils and at this moment could be in company of a Stray Devil." Serafall asked him.
Sirzechs seemed to be deep in thought before speaking up. "At this moment Kuroka is classified as a SS-Class Stray Devil to be brought back." He declared.
"And Haru?" Asked Serafall.
"Nothing, we don't know the circumstances that caused him to do what he did, I will try to send some of my peerage out in order to look for him." Sirzechs finished with the others nodding.
It has been 2 days since Haru had saved Kuroka from what would've been her death. Currently she was laying on a bed in one of Haru's spare rooms, He had put her there after he had cleaned her up and healed her wounds.
Slowly a pair of hazel eyes opened indicating Kuroka woke up from her slumber. Where am I, nya? She wondered to herself. The last thing she remembered was that she had given up and was about to be… defiled before she was suddenly saved. She blushed a bit as she thought back to her savior, his purple/blue eyes that looked at her and gave her a sense of security.
"NYAA!" Kuroka let out a yelp as she tried to move herself but was in too much pain.
Suddenly the door opened and Haru walked in. "Kuroka, are you alright, I heard you all the way in my room?" He asked her as she turned her gaze towards him.
This was the first time she got a good look at her saviour and had to say he was handsome. Shoulder length crimson hair, bangs that stopped just above his eyes. Purple/blue eyes that looked at her with a concerned expression on a face that had lost all its baby fat.
All in all he was quite the looker if the pink dusting her cheeks were an indicator to go by.
"I'm okay nya, I just hurt myself when i tried moving." She told him and saw him let out a sigh in relief.
"Good, good… I healed you up to the best of my abilities, though perhaps I had missed something." Said Haru as he chuckled to himself.
"How long was I out for?" Kuroka asked him.
"Hmm, two days if I'm correct." Haru said, nodding to himself. "Yes, after I cleaned you and started to heal you up you've slept for two days." He finished. Haru looked at her and saw she was agreeing with him.
"So, you want to know who I am correct?" Haru asked.
"Ahuh, I saw the Gremory Crest and the only one I really know off is Rias but you aren't her." Kuroka said.
"Correct. Anyway, my name is Haru Gremory, I'm Rias' twin brother but have been away from the Underworld for nearly four years now. I've traveled around meeting all sorts of people." He told her.
"I see… why did you save me nya?" Kuroka asked as she was curious why a Devil would kill his own in order to save someone like her. A criminal.
Hearing her question Haru put his arms on her bed before crossing his fingers together and rested his head on top of them. "Why did I save you… Perhaps because it was the right thing to do? I mean they were about to rape you, something no one deserves be they criminal or not.
Perhaps I saved you because a certain crow informed me what had happened? How you killed your King in order to save your little sister from death? Something I would do as well for Rias, hell, I know Sirzechs would probably go on some kind of killing spree should something like that happen to either of us." Haru finished with a dry chuckle before looking at Kuroka and noticed her eyes were watering. Slowly he took on of her hands in his and slowly rubbed it with his thumb.
"Thank you nya." She said sincerely as she enjoyed his hand on her own before her eyes widened
"Ah, Haru-kun?" Kuroka asked with a bit of fear. Hearing him hum in response she continued. "Do you know what happened to my little sister? My little Shirone-chan? Is she still alive or did they—" She was cut off as Haru pressed a finger to her mouth in order to quiet her down.
"Your sister, Shirone wouldn't happen to have white hair and look quite young would she?" Haru asked her.
Kuroka nodded in response. "Nya, that is my little Shirone-chan."
"Ah, I have good news and bad news then. The good news is that she's alive and from what I heard she's taken in by my sister. The bad news is that she's no longer called Shirone, they changed her name to Koneko in order to remove ties to you." Haru told her, still rubbing her hand with his thumb.
"Good, good." Kuroka spoke quietly. She was happy she was taken in by the Gremory girl as she heard from many others they treated them like family. Her name change was a setback but she could live with it as long as it kept her safe.
As he was about to leave Kuroka gained a mischievous smile and out of nowhere grabbed his face and planted her lips onto his.
"Uh, eh… what?" was Haru's reply as soon as she had ended the kiss.
Kuroka just giggled into her hand at his reaction. "That was my first kiss, nya."
Haru mumbled to himself, a faint blush had made its way on his cheeks before he abruptly stood up. "Anyway, I will be going back to my room, just call out if you need me and I'll be here." Haru said as he turned around and walked out with Kuroka keeping her eyes on him.