"Co on, I just got this dried-cleaned!" Creed complained as he looked around him only to find no trace of the devils. "Oh~ so we are playing hide-and-seek, huh? Okay then, I will be it. Ready or not, here I co~" With that he ran down the corridor with a gleeful smile.
"…"
...
Sona pursed her lips as she listened carefully with her ear pressed against the door at the diminishing footsteps. Once she could not hear Creed anymore, she let out the breath that she had been holding for quite a while. "I think we lost him."
"Thank goodness." guri slumped back on the cupboard next to her as she turned her tired eyes around to gaze at the chemicals that were in the room they were hiding in.
"Damn it, that guy is not making it easy for us." Tsubasa collapsed on the ground while panting hard. "Maybe I was being a little too optimistic about our chances with that guy."
"In a sense, I wonder if Emiya-kun got the easier job of dealing with the other exorcist." Momo leaned back on the tabletop to catch her breath. "This guy is practically making us run around with our tails between our legs, and he seems to have a bit of an issue in the head to co after us."
"Well, Creed has always been a little unhinged in the head." Griselda remarked as she took the mont to remove her head gown to let her hair out, unknowingly getting a few gasps from the girls near her. "For as long as I can tell, he has been quite questionable in his behavior to begin with, but he started getting more destructive and murderous after taking part in Galilei's experints. Even Freed had a bit more difficulty dealing with him than most."
"And you still volunteered for this rather than dealing with Lyle Wallner?" Tsubaki raised her eye at her.
"Creed is more unstable and ruthless, but his thods and end-goals are pretty consistent. Lyle Wallner…" Griselda paused for a mont before continuing. "I can't seem to understand his motives. On the one hand I know he does not desire unnecessary death, yet he seems to have no qualms in wiping out entire towns or cities to kill off the target. His thods are always thodical but completely unethical, and the way he acts as more of a rcenary than an exorcist before and after the ti at the Vatican, he does not have a self."
"If I have to describe him, he acts empty at tis. A martyr without a purpose." Griselda looked up to see them in the eye. "And unless I am much mistaken, the magician seems to be similar in that regard, thus Lyle's interest in him."
"Emiya-kun?" Reya sat up a little straighter at her words while lightly narrowing her eyes. "May I ask how is he considered empty? And I do not like you comparing him to those killers."
"Whatever information I have gotten on that boy kept telling a rather disturbing pattern to his fighting style. He essentially throws all caution to the wind and leaves himself wide open to attacks so that he can take down his opponents. His thods could be described as brutally efficient, and the manner he does his actions resembles soone who has no reason to live, so yes in that aspect, he resembles Lyle."
"…"
Sona hated to admit it, but she agreed with the woman about Shirou's personality and fighting style. They had a bit of culture shock of sorts when they saw firsthand his thods of hunting down the Stray Devils, and during the training camp for Raiser's match, she got a front row seat to the type of cruelty that he could potentially unleash if they got into a fight with him, further evidenced from the aftermath of his fight with Regeis. More often than not, she had trouble wrapping her head around the idea that the 'Fake Janitor', one if not the nicest boys around who goes around helping others and enjoys cooking, was also one of the most ruthless who did not bat an eye at beheading his opponents or soone who seed void of emotions when fighting.
Which was the real Shirou Emiya?
"Well, I don't know about this Lyle fellow, but I know our resident Brownie. He is not so rampaging murderer who is empty, whatever that ans." Tsubasa spoke out after listening in. "That guy is too nice for his own sake, he is the Fake Janitor of Kurou Academy and he is one of the two most sought after in this academy. I for one am not letting him out of my sights." She added that bit while wriggling her eyebrows at Reya and guri.
"And Sempai cooks good food too!" Ruruko added in that one bit with a wave of her hand. Sona had to chuckle at that remark. At least the others did not seem too bothered about Shirou's personality issues. Then again if Rias could handle her group of mismatched individuals that included Kuoh Academy's top pervert, she should be able to handle Shirou's odd behavior.
She just needed to keep a closer eye on him.
"… Well, I won't comnt on your preference, but I guess I shall trust your judgnt for now." Griselda replaced the head gown and adjusted it. "After all he is the only one dealing with Lyle. If he is capable so be it."
"Trust us on this. He has not let us down yet." Tsubasa said while folding her arms.
"BAGK! CLUNK!"
"KYAAAAA!" The girls scread as the edge of a big golden axe smashed through the door repeatedly to make a small gap in it, pulling out pieces of the shredded door in the process. A mont's pause, then the crazed face of the white-haired exorcist appeared at the gap with a very deranged smile on his face.
"HERE'S CREED~" He let out those words with a sick sing-along tone before retracting his face and with a big kick, took down the door without a hitch. Creed then calmly strode right into the room with confident steps, lightly tapping the sword on his shoulder as he looked at them.
"Co on ladies, why so serious?" He leered as he raised the sword and pointed it at them. "Shall I help you put a smile on those faces?"
"ARH! Just take a hike already!" Tsubasa grabbed the nearest table and ripped it out of its attachnts before throwing with her full strength at the exorcist. But with a quick swing of Excalibur, the concrete table turned to dust within seconds.
"Oh, so cold~ I am almost feeling chills." His smirk went wider as the sword changed into a scythe and he twirled it in his hand. "Let's warm our bodies up with a little exercise, shall we?" With a quick motion, he grabbed the long end of the weapon and swung wide, demolishing al the furniture in its wake as the light from the weapon started to turn crimson and the waves of holy energy threatened to burn them.
"Momo, Reya! Barriers now!" Sona gave the order as she conjured up the water from the broken pipes and fired off balls of water at him. As soon as the barrier was up, she directed the water at the other pipes to break them and spill their contents.
"Wait, Kaichou! I don't think that is a good idea!" Momo's eyes widened as she realized what she was planning to do.
"If you want to et your maker, be my guest! As for !" Tsubaki conjured up a fireball and aid at the ss. "I just want this guy out of my life!" With that, she released the fireball and within seconds ignited the contents and…
"BOOM!"
… The sight of seeing the exorcist blown away through the wall was rather cardiac for the devils.
"Finally, we hit that bastard!" Momo whooped as the shields went down.
"I am not looking forward to the cleanup though." Ruruko looked around at the wreckage that used to be their classroom with a slightly tired tone.
"We can deal with that later. Let's just make sure that guy is dead so that we can collect the sword and take on Kokabiel." No sooner Sona said that, one section of the already broken wall got sliced in half, revealing a fallen exorcist with a pissed-off smile.
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