Zero

Kuroka was in a dire situation. She didn't expect such an easy mission would turn into a disaster. Her space magic had been sealed and she couldn't escape at all. She could only use her Senjutsu and her Youjutsu to fight with opponents.

Oh, how much she missed Yuuki right now. Kuroka actually met him on this occasion. She looked at him and had something different from a normal human that was why she decided to get closer to him. She didn't expect he was really a beast. He had a lot of girlfriends and he was quite strong for a human. He was also interesting enough for her to stick around. He also gave her this collar on her neck. It was quite beautiful and she liked it very much.

Kuroka also knew that he could use magic but to what extent she didn't know much. That was also one of the reasons for her to stay with him. She wanted to know how strong he was. After all his magic could make something out of nothing. It was her first time seeing something like that.

What she hated about him was that he thought she was a UMA. She was a goddamn Youkai and Devil, not a UMA. But she needed to defeat all the opponents who chased after her or else she wouldn't be able to meet him again.

"Hahaha, what a luck that we meet SS-Class Stray Devil."

"Hehehe, don't kill her first, her body is nice."

"Hahaha, let me have one of her limbs."

Kuroka frowned but didn't say anything. She needed to focus since they were quite strong especially after they had sealed her space magic. She was quite regretful to sleep carelessly on the tree. She didn't think the devil in front of her had targetted her the entire time.

In front of her were three devils from Old Satan Faction. Even though they were from Khaos Brigade but that didn't mean everyone was very happy to cooperate together. They had their own agenda and when there was a chance they would start to attack each other.

If it was her usual power, Kuroka could kill them instantly but her power was weaker than her usual but she wouldn't let them out easily. She used her Touki to strengthen her strength, speed, and durability. She needed to be careful or else one mistake. She would end up in their bed and be killed after that.

Kuroka also cast her poison mist to make them unable to move but her magic was being countered by wind magic from one of the devils. She frowned and used her illusion to create a mirage of herself.

Suddenly 10 Kuroka appeared and moved at the same time.

The three devils were laughing and one of them used his magic to stop her illusion.

Kuroka stopped and jumped back. She didn't expect all the devil in front of her to counter all of her magic. She decided to use fire magic but the devil in front of her used water magic to block her.

"Wind Cutter!!"

That devil made several blades of wind cut her.

Kuroka was startled and wanted to avoid this magic but one of the devils used his illusion magic to stop her movement. She couldn't move and that magic made a deep wound on her shoulder, thigh, and stomach.

"ARG!!" Kuroka was trying to endure but it was too painful. She looked hatefully at the three devils in front of her.

"Hahaha, just stop struggling and let us enjoy your body," The devil who used water magic walked toward her. He wanted to touch her breast but Kuroka sliced his hand with her claw.

SLASH

"ARGGG!!!" The devil didn't expect her to have the power to attack him. He was screaming and looked very angry at her.

"KILL HER!! KILL HER!!" His friends were also affected and decided to kill Kuroka. They combined their magic and attacked her at the same time.

"WIND CUTTER!!"

"WATER SLICE!!"

"MIND DISRUPTION!!"

Kuroka couldn't move and knew this was her end, 'Shirone, I'm sorry'. Her only regret was that she couldn't meet her little sister anymore. She was unwilling but she was helpless. When she was in a helpless situation she noticed her collar started to blink several times. She blinked her eyes and suddenly noticed someone appeared in front of her.

"Rho Aias!"

Kuroka would have never seen this kind of beautiful thing in her life. She saw that flowers like shields blocked the magic easily. She looked at the person in front of her. She smelled someone familiar but she couldn't remember it.

He wears a costume consisting of a tight light purple suit with golden stripes, long wrapped sleeves, and a frilled white cravat. The outfit combines Victorian fashion with that of a sleek bodysuit; worn over it is a black and gold cloak with crimson spandex lining the inside and an enormous black cape encircling the head.

Kuroka couldn't see his face since it was covered by a mask.

"Who are you??" The devil was worried looking at the man in front of them but the man didn't say anything and made the devil frown until they saw a sword appeared on his hand.

It is a two-handed, golden greatsword with a blue jewel embedded in the hilt that boasts a magnificence and enormity that makes it seem as if it was created by inhuman hands.

The man slowly opened the sword and dazzling blue light illuminated the entire dark forest.

The Devils started to shudder and decided to run away when they saw that dangerous weapon but how could this man let them?

The man raised his sword and said, "—O sword, Let thee be filled." The twilight swells around the sword and was released as a flash of light. A light cut the sky and the man swung down his sword toward the devils.

"BALMUNG!!!"

BOOM!!!!

It was the utter destruction of all the things that touched that the flash of light was destroyed without leaving anything behind, including the devil.

Kuroka could only open her mouth wide. She saw the man looked very satisfied with his work and looked at her.

"Are you okay?" The man asked her.

Kuroka didn't know how he looked but he must be handsome.

"Who are you?" Kuroka asked with a curious expression. She didn't feel scared at all with him.

"My name is Zero," The man didn't say anything else and touched her body.

Kuroka didn't stop him and just let him do whatever he wanted. She was curious after all but felt her body slowly recovered and looked at the man gratefully.

"KUROKA!!!" When he healed her they heard someone voice.

"I think that's your friend, I need to go," the man teleported instantly and didn't even let her say anything.

Kuroka felt regret and looked at her friend hatefully.

"Kuroka, are you fine?" The monkey-like person looked very worried.

"What the hell, Bikou!! You should come late!!" Kuroka was angry.

Bikou didn't even register her and looked at the utter mass destruction in front of him, "What the hell is happening?"

Kuroka snorted and ignored him. Her power was back and she needed to check who that man was. She was suspicious and decided to check whether her suspicion was true or not. She stood up and teleported.

"Wait! Kuroka!" Bikou was dumbfounded when he saw her teleported suddenly. He scratched his head and decided to go back, "Well, I'll report it to Vali."

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Kuroka was fine after some resting and transformed back to her cat form. She was near Yuuki's apartment. If she didn't find him in his apartment then that masked man must be him. She entered the apartment and saw him eating a cake with his girlfriend.

"Oh, Kuroka? Do you want some cake?" Yuuki asked.

"Meow!" Kuroka nodded slowly and jumped on his lap. She looked at him with an interesting gaze and decided to observe him further. She also ate the cake slowly on his hand. 'Well, this isn't bad.' She slept soundly on his lap.