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Grace Nox sat up in bed and stretched her arms out and yawning. She reached over to her nightstand for her glasses and got out of bed. She walked to her bathroom and looked in the mirror. Her long, waist blonde hair was a mess and her sapphire eyes were clouded with sleep behind her gold-framed glasses.
After brushing her teeth and taking care of business she put on her uniform. Today was her first day at Kuoh Academy. She had just moved to Japan from England alongside her family five days prior. She stared at herself in the mirror and smirked at how good she looked. She went over to her nightstand and pulled some eye drops from the drawer. After applying them and readjusting her glasses she looked in the mirror again and saw them working their magic as magic runes lined her irises and and faded away.
After tying her hair into a braid she left her room and noticed that no one else had woken up yet, so she went down to make breakfast. Deciding to eat lightly, she settle for a piece of toast and left the house.
...
As she walked around towards her school she put in her earphones and started listening to some music. Even behind her glasses she could still see the magic auras around town. When she looked in the direction of her school she saw several coloured a deep red and some colored a cool blue.
She stopped paying attention when she bumped into someone and they both fell to the ground.
Grace saw that it was a girl and helped her up. She had long black hair, and wore a red uniform. Grace's eyes however saw what she truly was. She saw a deep purple aura and large black wings. A Fallen Angel.
The girl started apologizing and but Grace told her that it was fine. Then she did something completely unexpected.
"Um...My name is Yuma. This might sound a bit crazy but..."
The girl bowed.
"Please go out with me!"
Grace stared dumbfounded. She was being asked out by a fallen angel, and a cute one too. She knew that this had to be a trap, but she decided to play along for now and smiled.
"Of course. Would after school be fine?" She asked.
The Fallen Angel's eyes widened and Grace had to stop herself from smirking.
She's probably thinking 'Wow, what kind of idiot is this?'
"Y-yes! That's will be perfect. I'll meet you here"
Yuma pulled her into a hug which Grace gladly returned and then rushed off to her school.
Grace stood there chuckling to herself.
This should be very fun.
...
Grace arrived at school just in time for her sisters and their families attendants to show up.
"Hey sis, where were you?" Asked her eldest sister Erika, a blonde with striking purple eyes and stood just slightly taller than Grace.
"Oh y'know just took a stroll around town. Got myself a date."
"Hmph so that's why you left early? To find some floozy? How uncouth?" Said a small blue haired girl.
Grace smiled at her attendant and pulled her into a hug.
"Aww Astra, you dont have to be jealous, there's more than enough of me to go around."
Astra blushed and started hitting Grace in the chest.
"Sh-shut up you dummy!"
"Big sis!"
Grace and Astra were knocked down by a mass strawberry blonde hair.
"Why'd you leave without me?!" Said Grace's younger sister Abigail, her crimson eyes sparkling with unshed tears.
"I just wanted to make sure that the town was safe for my baby sis." She said petting Abigail's hair causing her to smile.
The bell rang so the siblings and their attendants headed to their respective classes.
...
"Alright everyone, we have two new transfer students today. Please come in."
Grace and Astra walked in front if the class and wrote their names on the board.
"Hello everyone, my name is Grace Nox and this is my attendant Astra Valentina. We have just transferred here from England."
There were mumbles from the students. She saw some of the boys leering at her and Astra and sent them a glare. She saw a boy with brown hair and an incredible aura around him. He was a Devil, but he was also something else. She focused her eyes and saw a beast.
The Red Dragon Emperor.
She had to bite the inside of her cheek to stop herself from smiling.
Oh man, I really wasn't expecting this to happen.
Deciding to play a bit, she released a bit of her power. Astra felt it and sent a glare her way. She saw some of the students struggle to breathe, and the Red Dragon Emperor looked like he was about to pass out. She frowned.
Disappointing.
They took their seats and the teacher began the lesson.
...
The day was uneventful and she constantly felt the Red Dragon Emperor, among some other people, staring at her.
When she had lunch with her sisters, she saw some blonde boy looking at her.
During art class, a girl with black hair and what could only be described as crazy eyes refused to take her eyes off of her. When Grace looked at her, she looked to be a hybrid of a Devil and a Fallen Angel. The resulting aura was admittedly quite beautiful.
And then at her last period a short girl with white hair was also staring at her. From her aura Grace could see that she was a Nekomata. And her aura shared a resemblance to a particularly annoying one.
She knew they were all Devils from the same peerage and that they probably noticed her power.
...
As she and her siblings left for home, the blonde boy stopped her.
"Hi, my name is Kiba Yuuto and I was wondering if you'd like to join the Occult Research Club?" He smiled as if it would help with convincing her.
Grace had to use all of her concentration not to sneer at him. She was kind of tired of them after today, well maybe not the cute silver haired one, but she didn't have the patience to deal with this one. She plastered on her falest smile.
"Sorry, I'm really busy right now and not in the mood to join any clubs."
Especially ones run by filthy bottom feeders.
His smile didn't waver.
"That's a shame, but the offer is always open."
And with that he walked away.
"What's with the crazy amount if Devils at this school." Asked Erika.
"Seriously, I had to go by the student councils office and every member was a devil. Looks like the school's run by them."
"Hmm, well I guess we'll find out soon enough. In the mean time, I have a date with a Fallen Angel to get to."
"W-wait date with a what?!" Yelled Astra.
"I'll tell you later bye!!" She yelled as she ran towards town.
...
Yuma was waiting for her by the bridge where they had met earlier. She felt the silver-haired Devil following her the entire way here.
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They went to the shopping district, took photos and did all sorts of couple stuff. When the sun started going down they stopped by a fountain and Yuma turned to grace smiling shyly.
"Grace, I really had fun with you today. I know this is really sudden but can you do something for me?"
Grace smiled at her.
"Anything."
Yuma's shy smile turned into a menacing grin.
"Can you die for me?"
Grace's smile grew wider.
"Only if you do it first."
She caught the pink spear of light that Yuma tried to stab her with and crushed it with her bare hands.
"No! That's impossible!"
Grace started to laugh and let her power flow off of her, the air around her shimmering with a golden colour and an aura became visible around her. The air filled with the smell of roses and olives.
The Fallen Angel started backing away.
"Come on sweety, why don't you show me what you really are."
Yuma swallowed thickly before being enveloped in a bright light. Her clothes transformed from her school uniform into some sort of bondage outfit, and large black wings sprouted from her back.
"My, my, aren't you a sexy one? Might I get a name my lady?"
Seeing Grace unfazed unnerved the Fallen Angel and caused her to falter for a second. Regaining her confidence, the Fallen Angel straightened her back and answered.
"My name is Raynare."
"Quite dramatic, I like it. Now, are you going to start this dance or should I."
Her eyes flashed gold and Raynare felt something tighten around the base of her wings and cut through.
She fell to the ground with a yell of pain. Around her she saw golden strings shining, originating from Grace's aura.
Raynare launched several spears at her and the string merely contracted and crushed all of the spears.
"My turn."
Grace lifted her hand and the glowing air seemed to hum and converge around it. It grew brighter and solidified into the shape of a sword. As the light faded, Grace held a golden sword and flowers seemed float around her.
Raynare forced her wings to grow back and charged at Grace. She summoned a light spear and swung in a downward arc. She couldn't even see her move before her spear was shattered and she was flung backwards.
Grace's blue eyes were now golden and a wide grin stretched across her face.
Raynare turned around and started to fly away but Grace wasn't going to let her get away so easily. She aimed her sword at Raynare and thorned vines shot from it and wrapped around Raynare, pulling her towards the blonde.
"Y'know, it's rude to just skip out without saying goodbye."
A bright light enveloped Raynare and she disappeared leaving behind empty vines.
Grace sighed in disappointment as she saw Raynare disappear. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, lowering her power and causing her sword and the vines to disappear. When she opened her eyes they had returned to a cool blue.
"Aww man, I wanted to play a little more."
Behind her a bright red light erupted and she saw someone with long red hair stepping out.
"Hello, My name is Rias Gremory and I--"
She stopped in her tracks when she saw that Grace wasn't injured.
"Aww you're late. I thought the cat-girl would have brought you earlier. I mean, it's not like you were expecting me to die right." She said knowing exactly what the crimson haired Devils plan was.
Grace got up in Rias' face and smirked at her.
"I would love to stay but I really need to get home."
She pressed her lips to Rias' and then started making her way to her house.
"W-wait." Rias tried to stop Grace and fighting off the blush that threatened to over take her face, but the wind picked up and Grace's image seemed to disappear.
"See you at school, Princess of Ruin."
And so, Grace disappeared with a final thought.
Hmm. This place is really gonna be interesting.
...
Grace Nox was a tough person. When she was six years old and got her attendant, she got the toughest attendant ever, but she didn't back down, she felt no fear.
When she was training with Erika, her greatest opponent, she felt no fear.
When she faced down Devils and Fallen Angels, she felt no fear.
But there was always one thing, one person that could turn Grace from a confident badass, to a whimpering child...
"WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?"
Her mother.