Supernatural Machinations - 1

Irina ended up crying herself to sleep once more. Which, was probably for the best.

It was good for her to get some rest after the ordeal they both went through and having her entire world view turned upside down before shattered completely.

The only problem was, Kaito didn't exactly have another futon that he could use. Hell, he didn't even have a spare pillow or cover for that matter.

And with it being very late at night by time they returned to his place, never mind by time Irina awoke and then cried herself back to sleep…well there wasn't exactly any shops open he could pop over to buy any extras.

So, as it was, Kaito didn't bother going to sleep through the night. And come morning, he was absolutely exhausted.

"My eyes look like a dogs bollocks." he groaned as he looked himself over in the bathroom mirror.

Usually, an all nighter wouldn't really be a problem. He had endurance for days after all.

The problem being, he spent all that endurance fighting for his life last night and hadn't gotten any proper rest since then.

"…Fuck…" he groaned, turning away from the mirror and leaving the bathroom. There was no way he was going to school today.

Not only was he exhausted. But, he had a house guest he couldn't exactly just leave alone right now and on top of that, his magic power had jumped rather noticeably since yesterday after his little dragon organ stunt.

A bit over fifty percent by his estimates.

Which meant even more reason for the devils to take interest in him. And he honestly could not be bothered dealing with all the eyes on him today.

And that wasn't even getting into the…other little problem that had come about due to his actions last night.

'My perfect attendance record.' Kaito almost whimpered as he began rifling through his fridge to prepare breakfast.

Some food would at least give him a little pick-me-up.

His shoulders slumped and with a sigh he looked over to his cupboard, where a familiar dark coloured blade lay leaning against it, alongside a gleaming white katana, "Stupid Cadre." he clicked his tongue.

Stupid church.

…Stupid ugly flat Sona.

Look, just because she had nothing to do with what happened last night, didn't mean he couldn't curse her in his head.

His futon had been rolled up and packed away for now and Irina was nowhere in sight.

Which was because currently, the girl was outside his apartment with his phone.

Reporting back to her superiors.

"I bet that will go swimmingly." he snorted at the thought and shook his head. He put that thought out of head for the moment, before deciding on a simple cereal breakfast, he couldn't be bothered cooking anything this morning.

….Not very fulfilling though, "Fuck it, I need me some protein." he decided, and after pulling out his milk, grabbed his crappy blender and cheap ass big bag of protein powder.

A nice vanilla flavour that had only cost him five thousand yen and he'd had it for a year at this point and still had a quarter left.

Mostly due to his amazing self control in only using it after work outs. But, for now, he would allow himself not only to have it on a day where he hadn't worked out yet, but also…make it with milk!

"What an expensive breakfast, but It's a reward for myself." he consoled himself.

Actually….!

"Shit, I missed the gym yesterday as well!" his eyes widened in realisation…and shock!

Fucking supernatural man!

Yesterday, as far as gains went. Was a net loss for him. Or at least, he was working on that theory.

There was more than one reason why he hadn't wanted to transform his body parts into that of a dragons beyond more attention from the devils. It was because, he was very sure, that the stronger he became, the more of a boost he would gain.

It was simple math. Take what he gained yesterday. His magic power increased by roughly fifty percent or so, maybe a bit more. If he measured his magic numerically and said he had a magic power score of a thousand…he now had one of one thousand and five hundred.

But, say he had a numerical magic score of ten thousand. If he had done it then, and increased his magic power by fifty percent, it would rise to fifteen thousand.

So, if he was right, which Kaito was very sure he was, it was in his better interests to hold off doing such a thing, until he was stronger. That way, he would gain much more out of it.

So yes, it was a loss for him in the end.

"Being a good guy sucks ass." he groaned as he loaded the protein powder up into his blender, alongside milk.

Enough for two people.

Because he had a guest after all and he couldn't not show such basic common courtesy.

Thankfully, with him just making such a simple breakfast, it didn't take long before he had two bowls filled with some nice and healthy bran cereal and a two glasses filled with lovely, milky vanilla protein goodness alongside them, set up on the table.

Just in time too.

Because, as soon as he set the breakfast down on the table, the door to his apartment opened up and Irina made her way back inside.

She had…a rather confused look on her face.

"Everything go alright?" he asked, getting straight to the point. Honestly, there wasn't any point beating around the bush and it would be better to get right to the heart of the issue if any problems were going to crop up.

Irina blinked, "…Kind of?" she replied, before shrugging, "I got ex-communicated because I know Lord God is dead now."

….Yeah, he saw that coming.

"Guess you're out of a job, sorry about that," he winced in sympathy. He felt for her man, really he did, she'd planned on dedicating her life to God and his faction and now in a single day, she'd been cut loose, and it was probably worse for her considering her family had been with the Church for multiple generations if he remembered right, "What about the swords? Are they sending someone to come get them?"

Irina shook her head, "That's what I don't get," she replied and looked him in the eyes, her gem-like purple iris' swirling with clear confusion, "They told me to keep a hold of them and that they couldn't risk a true believer coming in to contact with me because I know the truth now."

….What the….fuck?

Were they fucking stupid?

Like, he understood…to a degree when it came to letting Irina go. But, just cutting ties with not only Excalibur Mimic but Arondight!? Giving up such powerful weapons?

Arondight, that sword itself was bullshit overpowered! And Excalibur Mimic wasn't anything to scoff at either from what he saw last night.

"Are they retarded?" He couldn't even attempt to conceal his disdain for them. Like, what the absolute fuck?

"I don't know," Irina shrugged again, "But that reminds me…" she trailed off.

"Wha-?" Kaito began to asking, but was cut off as the older twin tailed girl walked over to him and threw her arms around his neck.

Before leaning up and pressing her lips against his.

Kaito was stunned silly for a moment, staring wide eyed down at Irina and before he could regain his faculties, she pulled back, cheeks flushed red and a pretty smile on her face, "That's your reward from last night, thanks for everything Kaito-kun." she said, voice light and warm.

Oh….oh right!

"Oh...thanks…" he coughed to hide his shock.

And of course, that single cough ruined the moment as the side effect of his decision last night made itself known to him once again. Irina yelped and dove to the side on pure reflex as a sphere of dragon fire erupted from his mouth and slammed into his front door.

"No, my door!" Kaito yelped himself and panicked, rushing towards it and promptly slapping the the dragon fire out of existence, and burning his hand lightly in the process.