Chapter 65 – My Preparation

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Azazel stood up from the couch after he gave me the USB Drive and left our apartment. He didn't even bother to stay and talk to me any longer because he said that he had to do something. Kubinashi escorted him out while Kurotabo still stood silently on his spot.

That's natural, I thought. Maybe that was the reason he left Kokabiel to me, I could use this chance to get a fighting experience further and rip bigger awards from Azazel.

Talking about Khaos Brigade, I wonder if Vali will join them. He joined the Khaos Brigade because he wanted to fight, right? Should I just take him under my wing and give him the fight that he wanted? Let's do that when I met him again.

"Shall we go to the school, Riku-sama?" Asked Tsura from behind.

I stood up from my couch and looked at Tsura and Kuroka, "Well, we had nothing to do except for now. So, let's go to the school."

"I guess I will go too. I had nothing to do except playing around and lazing around." Said Hagoromo Gitsune as she stood up from the couch.

I looked at Kurotabo and Kubinashi who just entered the apartment again and said, "I hope both of you could standby in this apartment. With that guy visit, I guess the attack from Kokabiel would happen in the near future."

Kurotabo nodded his head, "Alright, Riku-sama. We will standby in this apartment."

"Well then, I am going to school."

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When we arrived at school, Sona and Tsubaki were waiting for us in front of the entrance gate. Well, the truth was I knew about them waiting for us. But because of Azazel, we were late for school.

When they saw us, Sona sighed and walked towards us. She had a tired expression and there were black circle under her eyes.

"You finally arrived, Nura. I have been waiting for you since this morning."

I smiled at her and gestured to Tsura and Kuroka to go without me to the class. They nodded their head and went to the class first after greeting Sona and Tsubaki. Hagoromo Gitsune never cared about Sona and Tsubaki in the first place and ignored them as she kept walking and entered the school.

Sona just focused her gaze on me while Tsubaki stood behind Sona with closed eyes. She also had a black circle under her eyes like Sona.

"An old crow was visiting my apartment, so we need to chase him away and that took my time."

Sona narrowed her eyes at my words before letting out a sigh, "Hah- that was so like you. More importantly, did you read the letter from Lucifer-sama?"

"Ah, the letter of apology? I read it, but I need to say that I never expected that."

"Lucifer-sama is a good leader. It was entirely Rias's fault that time, so if he offered you an apology, then just accept it if you forgave Rias."

I shrugged my shoulder and closed my eyes as I said, "It's not like she did anything to me in the first place, not like she can do something in the first place. Hence, I forgave her. But, I must say that Rias was so childish. She didn't even hear my explanation before attacking me."

Sona held her head with her right hand as she shook it, "I know. She was burdened with a Rating game, but she attacked you of all people in this school. She was too reckless!"

Sona's outburst surprised me for a second. I had always thought of Sona as a cool girl who never lost control of herself, so this was new. Tsubaki also shooks her head behind Sona.

"Not only that, she risked a war! Even I was not that stupid to attack you, what did she think in her head! I told her, I had told her that the Evil Piece was removed safely after you gave me the Rook. But, she didn't believe me, what did she think of me?!"

This became awkward. I just listened to Sona's outburst while nodding my head a few times. In the middle of her outburst, I looked at Tsubaki and she put on a barrier to let us isolated from the outside world. After a while, she stopped and had a ragged breath because she was shouting loudly.

"That was refreshing, sorry for getting an outburst like that." Sona looked at me while fixing her glasses.

"Well, I never expected that either. Are we done here?"

"Ah, I'm sorry. Because of my … outburst earlier I forgot to tell you something important. Lucifer-sama wanted to meet you in Rias's Rating Game. He invited you as his guest. He said that the Phenex family wanted to meet you too."

I see, so he wanted me to show up and crash the Rating Game. In that case, my answer was clear.

"Sorry, no can do."

Sona lost her word and stood there with a surprised expression. I had listened to her outburst, so that was enough. I walked past her and exited the barrier while leaving the words.

"If he wanted to meet me, then ask him to come to my Mansion in Kanto. Also, don't forget the promised Phoenix Tears."

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I went to the classroom and sat on my seat. When I entered my classroom, it was in the second period of the class. Kuroka and Tsura asked me what happened earlier, and I just answered them that Sona had an outburst.

They chuckled and said "Poor her."

The day passed just like that, with nothing happening except my meeting with Sona. We came back to my apartment. Kuroka and Tsura teleported back to the Mansion because they helped Kejoro and Setsuna to care for the mansion now.

With a lot of new youkai in the mansion, Setsuna can't handle them herself. That was why Kuroka and Tsura were helping her.

As usual, Hagoromo Gitsune went into the bedroom immediately, leaving me with Kubinashi and Kurotabo in the room. This is perfect though, I wanted to train Matoi from now on in preparation for a big fight.

Kurotabo and Kubinashi sat in front of me and I said.

"Kurotabo, I heard from Hagoromo Gitsune that Nurarihyon's grandson, Rikuo was it? He used a technique called Matoi when he fought her. Do you think I could use it too?"

Kurotabo nodded his head without a second thought and answered, "I believe you can. From what I see, your technique was really similar to Rihan-sama. And, Rihan-sama was the one who made Matoi. Do you want to learn it, Riku-sama? I believe I know that technique better than anyone in your Hyakki Yakkou now."

I smiled at his words and stood from my couch. I turned into my youkai form and looked at Kurotabo.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go."