Crow Hogan hummed proud to himself as he gazed at the demon lord who was sitting in the chair in front of him. As a fallen one he was one of the few people who knew things before anyone else, and thereby gain valuable information by less clean means. Alias known as blackmail. Although Crow had a feeling Declan Akaba knew that already. He was a smart dude, but he could at least try.

"So, what do I get in return for keeping you secret of being contracted to a human?" Crow then began and smirked confidentially "I am sure your little daddy won't be so thrilled when he hears his oldest and only son is contracted to a human. Not to forget a celestial contract. Nothing to be proud about there". Purple eyes looked up at him before setting down the glass in a careful matter. Then the demon shrugged.

"Nothing" Declan replied and tossed up a coin at the table "A refill".

"Nothing?!" Crow replied rather confused as he filled the glass again "What do you mean nothing? You want your secret spilled".

"No, but I know you won't tell" He replied as he began drinking again slowly "After all, I have a feeling Sora Pierce will not be so thrilled when he finds out, the fallen angels he hired, hires humans to work on his café. Unless you are letting him taste a piece of the workers every time he comes by". At that Crow froze slightly.

"Sora Pierce does not come here" he then snorts out to cover off his blunter.

"Of course not. He is the leader of the gluttony clan, and even though he behaves and dresses like a child, he has a lot of things to do" Declan replied and chuckled darkly "As long as you pay him his doze of the candy he likes, you are having no trouble with him. That doesn't mean he doesn't send the frightfurs to collect his payments...".

He lifted a finger and pointed at a teddy bear who has just appeared at the corner of the shelve. The pink zombie bear growled demanding at him.

"Fine, fine if you keep your mouth shut!" Crow hissed and pulled out a bag filled with lollipop's, candy bars and other delicious sweats and handed the bear the bag "I will keep my mouth shut, deal?". He could see the smug face on Declan's face, but no sound left his lip, until the bear had disappeared.

"Ha-ha, he has you cornered Crow!" a new voice then said as Crow hissed and turned his attention to the blond-haired man sitting on the bar chair beside Declan and drank his expensive blue eyes coffee supreme again.

"Shut it Jack, your lazy ass!" he yelled back at the man in angry fury "Who said you could take a break? You are the waiter! Serve the customers already!".

"Ah I am sure Shinji can handle it" Jack replied and waved lazily around with his hand "Besides, it is not every day we run into a demon noble, show some respect".

He lifted his cup and hit it together with Declan's glass for a toast. All while their last waiter colleague Shinji Weber were running around the different tables like crazy. Clearly shown that he could not handle it, but that was Jack Atlas for you. Lazy and power hungriest out of all of the fallen ones.

"So, tell me Declan Akaba, is it true that the noble families are trying to start a rebellion against the demon king?" Jack then asked. A question that actually made Crow forget his squabble with Jack for a second. That was something he also wanted to know about. It was a rumor he had heard about for a while now.

"Oh, and why should I tell any fallen angels these kinds of information?" Declan replied in a harsh tone "I know about you three. The demon king gave me your files as a test once. Crow Hogan, former angel who went against your codex and helped humans who didn't ask for it...".

"They were children! They would have starved..." Crow defended fiercely.

"Right, and that is properly the reason you opened this pub when you became a fallen to help the ones in need, while at the same time feeding them off to demons now" Declan interrupted and smirked "Taking food for the less needed humans to give to the poor ones is still against codex. Some charity work". Crow snort offended at that. He was proud of what he was doing here and had no intentions on returned to God.

"Whereas your colleague Shinji became a fallen when he began rebelling against your creator. Smooth" Declan continued and hummed "Then here is of course the worst of the worst. Jack Atlas. I heard you went to our king in order of power to defeat him. Not that our majesty agreed, because everything have a balance...".

"Never thought the dragon king would refuse me!" Jack snort "Or tell back to the old coot about my activities. If a rebellion is really going on, it is about time if you ask me. Let someone else be in charge, instead of leaving us fallen hanging...".

Crow's eyes narrowed at that. Sure, Crow was not happy about being fallen angels, but he was not sure a rebellion, regardless heaven or hell, was the right way to go.

"Don't be so sure" Declan mused "If our king is overthrown chaos will happen for all three words. The same would have happened if your creator was. I guarantee you that. Especially, since I am not sure his majesty's oldest son Yuri Haouryu is right for the throne at all. Rumor has it our king choose his second son Yuto to be the heir to the throne, and that is why he supposedly is missing...".

"Yeah, I met him once" Crow mused coldly "Unpleasant fellow for sure".

"So, it is true? There is a rebellion going on?" Jack questioned and looked at Declan.

"Hmm maybe. I might spill something if you tell me something worthwhile" Declan mused and sat down his glass "What do you know about the angel Ray?".

At that silence uttered around them, and Jack suddenly had to work and disappeared into the crowd, leaving Crow to pick of the pieces of the conversation.

"Why do you want to know about her?!" he then asked and grimaced. That angel was bad news for fallen and demons alike because she was God's favorite.

"Because she is the angel who bound me to Gili Sakaki with a celestial contract".

Crow was literally staring. He even had a hard time keeping his mouth closed after that news. Celestic contracts were rare, as well as extremely dangerous. For the angel doing it. If the human got corrupted by the demon they were bound to, the angel would fall with it. Besides, they were almost illegal in heaven, because of the risks and only allowed under extreme circumstances since you were legally stealing the essence of a demon to bind it.

"Ray... did this? But she is a goody two shoe!" he then uttered and shook his head. His gaze fell towards Gili who was clearing yet another table. So, was she?

"Yep, and not only that, she bound all my forms" Declan sneered "I... Gili's life is messed up more than I thought possible by an innocent to boot, I just need to know, if an angel can have ulterior motives?".

"Yeah of course they can have... but that usually means they become fallen soon, because they sway from God..." Crow began, but got interrupted when a loud bang could be heard, and several cups and plates fell to the ground shattered.

"What do you think you are doing?!" a loud voice could be heard as two demons, warriors from the envy clan he noticed, were glaring down a scared Gili.

"I am so sorry. I didn't mean too" Gili apologizes and bowed respectfully.

Crow sighed deeply, knowing quite well that the demons had made her trip on purpose, so they could have some fun bullying her, and eat on her emotions. Or the other demons could. It was well known tactics and Crow was debating with himself if he should help her or not. Getting involved with the envy clan was never good.

"Get your hands off her!" Declan had then shouted and appeared out of nowhere between both parties.

He was wearing his cape with the noticeable pride crest on it. That of course made the demons back away and few even bowed slightly to show their respect, but Declan had only eyes for the two demons who had bullied his contractor. His eyes were flaring up like lightning in a thunderstorm.

"She is mine! My contractor, my food. You stay away from her or I will kill you all!" he hissed as he picked up the girl into his arms.

It was first now Crow noticed the giant scratch on her left leg, where blood was leaking out slowly. Nothing life threatening but it did make it impossible for her to walk on that leg for now. Did the demons attack her, or did she cut herself on the shards on the floor? Declan clearly believed it was the first one, because a beam of pure fire hit both demons, and injured them both in rather painfully matter at their left legs.

"Declan... I am fine... I..." Gili tried reassuring, but Crow knew it was a lost cause.

All members of the pride clan were very possessive of their belongings, that included humans and all living they saw as theirs. Insult their honor or anything they pride themselves with, were almost certain dead.

"We are leaving!" Declan hissed as he turned around the heel. His purple irises locked with Crow's as he sneered "She is quitting" before he teleported out of there. Crow already knew Gili would quit today. He just wanted to see the demon she was contracted with himself before she did.

"Ohoho this is not good Crow" Jack said as he appeared in front of the bar "I think we are in the middle of something we are not supposed to be part of".

Crow nodded in agreement. If Ray, the most honorable angel was part of this, he was sure big, big chances was going to happen in the future, and he was not sure if it was good or bad.

A,N: Well that was that chapter. Not exactly turning out the way I wanted but this is turning out better with Crow here and the fallen angels. Not much action in this chapter. We learned a bit about the fallen and the angels, maybe and the supposedly rebellion happening. All part of my story. The next chapter is much more action packed since an ambush supposedly will happen. Not saying it is successful, or am I? hope it sounds interesting. Please comment on what you think so far.