"Why is he just sitting there?"

Shushu was the first to speak for everyone as they simply saw Nagisa sat down in a chair and stayed silent the whole time. While they took this as a sign that he didn't want to be bothered, the answer was actually the opposite. Nagisa wanted to break the ice and do a little small talk, he just sucked at coming up with a topic.

"......."

"Tomioka-san, can I ask you somethuing?"

"Ookawakamura? Sure thing, what is it?"

"Please, call me Nei. I was just curious, how did you and Yuuki-san meet?"

As Nei asked this question, Shushu and Himari's ears perked up. While Shushu was doing this to get close to Tomioka so she could get with Yuuki, Himari was just curious at how the only males affiliated with the corps just so happen to meet. As Nagisa saw how curious the group were, he simply let a sigh escape from his lips.

"Fine then, but it's a boring story. You see, I was just walking home from school one day. I was in a bit of a rush since my older sister's wedding was the day after."

"You have an older sister?"

"Well Nei.....it would be more accurate to say I had one."

The moment Nagisa said this, a memory began to play in the back of his head. The white dress slowly turning red, the ring falling off his sister's hand, and the Shuuki that surrounded them on that night. However, Nagisa shook his head as now wasn't the time to think of that.

"Anyways, when I was walking home I saw someone from my school looking at something very seriously. Can you guess what it was, Nei-san?"

"Was it his test scores?"

"Good guess, but no. It was a sale on house appliances and he was lost for directions. After I helped him out, we just hung out after that. Soon after, I spent time with Yuuki and Aoba for as long as i remembered."

Just as Nagisa finished his story, both himself and the rest of the 7th Unit heard the sound of a trumpet ringing. Suddenly, Nagisa saw Nei with her eyes closed as Himari seemed to be making a call. Seeing Nagisa's confused expression, Shushu decided to fill the boy in on the details.

"Nei-chan's ability, Promise, lets her detect and locate beings such as Shuuki inside of Mato. She's a clairvoyant of sorts. Himari is telling the chief the situation, so both her and Slave-kun should be coming over."

"............is....is Yuuki really into that sort of stuff?"

After half an hour passed, Nagisa saw two people suddenly barging into the 7th Unit's base. He will admit, the woman who arrived first was very beautiful. He could only assume that this was the 7th Unit's chief, Uzen Kyouka.

"So you are Tomioka Nagisa. It's nice to meet you for the first time. I am Uzen Kyouka, the chief of the Anti-Demon Corps 7th Unit."

"Nice to meet you."

"No need for formalities. Tenka Izumo already told me the reason you're here. Go ahead, he's right here."

As Kyouka said this, she moved to the side as Nagisa could see the person behind her. Soon Nagisa almost felt a few tears threatening to escape from his eyes as he saw his best friend right before him. Meanwhile, Yuuki began bawling his eyes out as he jumped towards Nagi and gave him a hug.

"Nagi!!!!!! You're safe, thank goodness. I'm so glad you're okay!"

"Yuuki......I'm glad you're not hurt. But get off me, you smell."

"After being brought back together, that's your first sentence!!!"

"Only true friends will say the other smells like shit in front of them."

"THE FACT YOU'RE SO NONCHALANT ABOUT IT MAKES IT HURT MORE!!!"

As the two boys tried to catch up with one another, Kyouka was being updated on the situation at hand. Seeing that her chief needed to be debriefed, Himari decided to fill her in on the matter.

"What seems to be a crater has appeared around 21 km north of here. An impressive amount of Shuuki seem to be there. Nei is watching it as we speak through her clairvoyance."

"There doesn't seem to be any signs of anything escaping from it. It's almost as if it were a nest."

"We're sorry for calling you back on your day off, Chief."

Kyouka shook her head as she couldn't find anything better than this. Destroying a Shuuki's nest would be very worthwhile. Plus they would be able to ascertain more about their lives. As Kyouka puts on her hat, she looked back at her unit.

"Listen up, 7th Unit. Our mission is to head over to this Shuuki nest and destroy it in one fell swoop. Am I understood?"

"YES MA'AM!"

As the 7th Unit all agreed to this, Kyouka looked over towards Nagisa. To be honest, the young woman was conflicted. She would normally let Nagisa sit back and the rest of the unit would take care of the Shuuki, but two facts were keeping her from making that decision.

"Tenka said this boy was able to defeat Shuuki on his own. Even Yuuki was only able to do so since he's part of my ability now. To be able to defeat a Shuuki with mere strength, swordsmanship, and no ability is amazing. Not to mention his name, Tomioka. If he's really part of that family, then....."

"I'm coming with you. Yuuki was allowed to stay with you all, so that means he must've done something to earn that position like I did, right? Plus, I won't slow you all down. Let's get to that Shuuki nest. Yuuki and I will show you what we can do."

"I see, Tomioka Nagisa and 7th Unit, let's move out!!!!!!"

As the group got into a jeep and began to drive off, Nagisa stood still as he saw Yuuki lick Kyouka's hand. The moment he did, Nagisa's eyes couldn't help but widen with shock as he saw how Yuuki's appearance changed.

"I guess when they called Yuuki a Slave, they meant by this. But still.......not helping me think otherwise on the matter of him being into this kinky stuff."

"Nagi, ride on my back with Kyouka-san. We'll be able to rendezvous with the rest of the grou-"

Before Yuuki could finish his sentence, both himself and Kyouka were surprised to see Nagisa running and keeping up with the jeep that was already ahead of him. Seeing this, Yuuki dashed after him with Kyouka on his back while the rest of the 7th unit on the jeep were surprised to see Nagisa keeping up. As Nagisa ran, a thought occured in his head.

"I don't know what I want to do. But, I know there is something I need to figure out. Aoba.......are you still here?"

~????~
Inside of a cave were two beings. The first one was a Shuuki of massive size that had a single horn protruding from its head. The second figure was a slender yet well-endowed young woman with long white hair with two strands that stick up and two others which seems to orbit around her hair and gold slit eyes. She wore a black skintight suit with a white overcoat and boots that have black markings.

"I wonder....will you be there too, Nagi-chan?"