Chapter 32

Next day while walking to the student council room there were many eyes on the three because of Asia and Raynare because they were one walking alongside the Ice King Sephiroth and they were clearly new around the school because they were still wearing normal clothes and not a school uniform like everyone else is.

Asia was nervous the whole walk because this is the first time for something like this and to visit a proper school. While Raynare just didn't care and wasn't looking forward to coming here almost everyday but she couldn't say no to Sephiroth.

Entering the student council room Sephiroth saw that the only two of the student council were there Sona and her queen Tsubaki and they looked to be waiting for them.

Sephiroth gestured for them to introduce themselves to the two devils and tell them their story. Sona and Tsubaki were pleased with what they learned of Asia and like her personality very much and wanted her to join their peerage as a member she would be a very valuable member given that she can heal with her sacred gear.

While with Raynare they were a little angry at her because of her actions in devil territory but also could understand why she did it because she was just following orders from her leaders and it wasn't like she could say no to them.

After getting to know more about them for a little bit Sona finally asked what she has been looking forward to since she learned of her since last night.

"Asia Argento, would you like to join my peerage and become a devil under the Sitri house?" Sona asked hopefully that she would agree seeing that she doesn't really have anywhere else to go.

"Umm, I appreciate the offer but I want to follow Sephiroth, he is my savior and I want to repay him by helping him anyway that I can" Asia said flustered that she was asked to join a peerage.

Sona was disappointed that she denied to join her peerage but all was not lost because of what Sephiroth said next "You should join her Asia, you are to weak to help me with anything and I can't protect you all the time even with Raynare by your side" calmly state to Asia.

Tears forming in the corner of her eyes "But I want to follow you Sephiroth, can't you train me or something so that I can repay you in the future?" Asia pleads to Sephiroth

Thinking about it for a little bit in his head, Sephiroth could see the benefit to training her. She can heal others and combine that with proper training and strength, he could make an unstoppable juggernaut that can deal great damage and heal itself to keep on going longer than it's enemy.

There is something else to her attitude and pureness to everything that reminds him of someone of his past and he finally has an idea of who it was. It was Aerith, Cloud's friend, who was the one that wielded the White Materia that could cast Holy and stop Meteor from happening in his past life. He might have subconsciously thought of this as a form of atonement for himself for when he killed Aerith by helping out Asia like this.

Having come to a decision on what he wanted to do now with Asia "I will train you but only if you join Sona's peerage. There are more pros to joining her peerage than cons so you should, it will also give you a boost to your magical energy which is something that you need." Sephiroth stated to Asia.

Sona was happy that Sephiroth was helping her even if in a sense she had to share her she didn't mind because she knew that Sephiroth was too busy doing his own thing most of the time so there wasn't really a problem.

"What Sephiroth says is true that there are many benefits to joining a peerage especially one like mine, while there are some disadvantages there are not many" Sona said quickly trying to get her to agree.

"I….I….I agree then Miss Sitri, I"ll join your peerage" Asia finally agreed to join but mostly likely only because Sephiroth told her to.

"Great then I know exactly what pieces to use on you then based on what I have left" Sona then summoned her chess pieces box and pulled out all of her pawn pieces and wanted to use those to reincarnate her with. She would have liked to use a bishop piece but she already used them all so she figured that this was the next best choice.

But right before she is about to start the ceremony for Asia to join the peerage Sephiroth interrupted her "Wait don't use those pieces you should use the Rook piece for her instead" Sona stopped and was also curious the reason that he wanted her to use a rook instead. They are known for their physical strength and defenses, something that Asia has none of.

"Could you explain why I should use such a piece for her Sephiroth?" Sona asked

"The training that I have in mind for Asia will work well with what the rook piece enhances for her. Trust me Sona" Sephiroth answered back with full confidence in his voice.

While normally Sona wouldn't listen to someone about something as important as assigning pieces for her peerage members, hearing the full confidence in Sephiroth voice made her want to give it a try and she knew that he wouldn't fail at whatever he had planned.

"You heard Sephiroth, Asia are you okay with being a rook in my peerage?" Sona asked Asia while holding the piece in her hand.

"If Sephiroth thinks it is for the best then I will do what he says. Please Sona make me your rook" Asia said with a bow to her soon to be King Sona.

Nodding her head she completed the ceremony and now Asia Argento was the new rook of Sona's peerage. Sona and Tsubaki were happy that they got such a cute and sweet peerage member.

"As for you Raynare I'll still be having you join the school for now and inform me or Sona if you get any new orders from Kokabiel in the meantime" Sephiroth spoke to Raynare who has been quiet this whole time watching what has been going on.

"I'm fine with that, I can get you guys registered so that you can start tomorrow. I'll make you guys 2nd years then given your age Asia and Raynare looks.

"Lord Sephiroth, I have a request. When you train Asia, can you also train me as well?" Raynare asked hoping that he would agree because she wanted more power and Sephiroth is extremely powerful so she figured that with his help she can maybe get to his level or at least close to it.

Sephiroth didn't really see a problem with her joining the training that he had planned for Asia so he nodded not seeing the issue so maybe she can be more useful in the future for him. Raynare was happy that he agreed and couldn't wait to get started.

Figuring that everything was handled for now Sephiroth bid them all good by and went to go do his own thing, he has the week off from school and wasn't going to spend it in school that is just dumb.

While walking away "Partner what are your real plans with that Asia girl?" Ddraig asked when Sephiroth was walking out of the main entrance of the school ignoring all the girls that were staring at him on the way out.

"I'm going to run an experiment with her that I have been trying to do myself lately. You know how touki can enhance your strength, speed, and toughness by using your lifeforce. I figured why can't magical energy do the same as well. I need to look at it from an outside perspective to see what I am missing and Asia will be that person."

"I've been trying to do it for sometime now so that I can eventually combine them into one type of reinforcement for the body. Possibly multiplying the strength, speed, and toughness of my body as a whole instead of just the normal boost that using touki gives. Then we add that to the power of the boosted gear where it doubles the power of someone's power for a limited time. The power that my body could reach would be unimaginable Ddraig." When she heard the idea and plan of Sephiroth she was stunned.

She wondered why no one had tried to do this in the past with their magical power instead most just use it to cast spells and never use it to strengthen their body themselves, they will just cast spells to weaken a spell before it hits them hoping that they will survive it.

The idea of what Sephiroth spoke of would make one's body almost indestructible if they had great magical power and were trained well in senjutsu. She couldn't help but admire his intellect and wanted to see if it was to actually work.

"Partner I don't know what else to say but you're a genius if you can get this to work." Ddraig said with obvious praise in her tone of voice for Sephiroth.

"Thanks Ddraig, I'm hoping that with Asia's training I can see what I'm missing and then take it a step further to its final form." Sephiroth said to his partner.

"What do you have planned for the rest of the day partner then if you're not going to school?" Ddraig asked because he won't be training Asia till next week.

"I'm going to see my familiar you know the one don't you Ddraig" Sephiroth said with some mirth in his voice. When Ddraig heard this she paled because she completely forgot that Sephiroth had Tiamat as his familiar because when he shared his memories that one time it was one of the least important facts to remember at the time. Also the fact that he hasn't talked to her at all since he has been her partner made Ddraig kind of forget about her.

She was not looking forward to this meeting and she can't even remember what treasure she took from Tiamat so how was she going to return something she doesn't know what it looks like.

"Can we not do that now, why don't we visit her in like or I don't know 1000 years from now partner that sounds right?" Ddraig spoke in an almost pleading tone to Sephiroth. Sephiroth just shook his head at his partner's actions and teleported himself to where Tiamat was in Kyoto.