Chapter 440: The Kuoh ??? (II)...

[Student Council Room, Kuoh Academy] 

"Tsubaki, where is Saji? I haven't seen him for quite some time" Sona asked in a neutral tone. She was working on some paperwork, she didn't even look up from her table when she asked the question. 

"I also haven't seen him since the classes ended. He is probably spending time with his friends" Tsubaki Shinra answered with a thoughtful look on her face. Sona simply hummed in understanding. It wasn't something uncommon as she didn't forbid anyone from her peerage to mingle with the humans. 

'It is fine as long as long as he is safe…' Sona thought internally and continued working on her paperwork. All of a sudden someone knocked on the door. "Come in" Sona called out loudly. The door clicked open and a woman dressed in pitch-black shihakusho and haori opened the door. 

Both Sona and Tsubaki froze for a moment as soon as their eyes landed on their guest. "I hope I am not disturbing you. If you want, I could leave…" the woman said in a kind tone. 

Sona quickly gathered her bearings. "No, it is completely fine. How may I help you Unohana-San?" Sona asked politely. She didn't want to antagonize the woman in any manner. 

"I have heard that you play chess with your Queen after classes, I am quite interested in the game so I came to watch… of course, if the two of you are fine with it" Unohana said in a soft tone. Sona glanced towards her Queen and then she came to a decision. 

"Of course, we don't mind. Please have a seat, Unohana-San. We were planning to start after I finished my paperwork" Sona offered and Unohana gave the younger girl a grateful smile and took a seat. 

"No problem, Sitri-San, you should finish your work. You don't need to bother on my account" Unohana said as she looked around the student council room. 

"...Tsubaki" Sona called out softly and Tsubaki gave her King a soft nod and headed towards the other door inside the room. Moments later, several voices were heard from the other side of the entrance before someone knocked on the door. 

"Come in" Sona called out and the door clicked open. It was the rest of Sona's peerage. All of them entered the room while chatting merrily but as soon as their eyes landed on the woman sitting on the couch they became silent. 

Sona cleared her throat to get everyone's attention. "Unohana-San, this is my peerage" Sona said in a respectful tone. 

"It is nice to meet all of you, my name is Yachiru Unohana" Unohana greeted all of them in a polite tone. Sona still didn't know what to think of the woman as Serafall had told her about the ruthlessness of the woman but she simply couldn't understand how such a kind woman could be cruel and ruthless. 

"Hello, my name is Momo Hanakai. I am Sona-sama's bishop" Momo Hanakai came forward and introduced herself. Momo is a beautiful young girl with white hair and blue-green eyes.

"My name is Reya Kusaka, and I am also Sona-sama's bishop" a brown-haired girl introduced herself. Kusaka is a slim girl with long brown hair that ends in two short braids with matching eyes.

"My name is Tomoe Meguri and I am Sona-sama's knight" a girl stepped forward and introduced herself politely. Tomoe is a beautiful girl with shoulder-length, reddish-brown hair and brown eyes.

Unohana's eyes shone with slight interest. "Hello, my name is Tsubasa Yura and I am Sona-sama's rook" a blue-haired girl introduced herself. Tsubasa is a tall girl with blue, shoulder-length hair and matching eyes.

Unohana nodded her head in understanding with a soft understanding smile on her face. Once again her eyes focused on Tomoe Meguri. "You are a knight… then you must use swords, right?" Unohana questioned and the girl could only nod her head. 

Unohana didn't say anything but she simply nodded her head in understanding. Finally, the other door clicked open and Tsubaki Shinra opened the door and entered the room with a tray filled with tea. Unohana smiled softly. 

"You shouldn't have bothered, I don't want to impose on any of you" Unohana said and before Sona could say anything, Rias Gremory and Akeno Himejima burst into the room without knocking. 

"Sona, this is bad. We need to fin…" Rias began to say with a worried look on her face but she froze when her eyes landed on Yachiru Unohana. 

"Please don't mind me… don't stop on my account" Unohana said softly with a kind smile on her face. Sona simply scowled at the antics of her dumb friend. Couldn't the girl have picked a better time? 

Rias slightly gulped in fear. Yesterday she had asked her brother and she hadn't heard anything good about the woman. 'But we need to hurry… our peerage members might be in danger' Rias convinced herself internally. 

Akeno was also staring towards the woman with worried looks in her eyes. "...I think Yuuto went to confront the Exorcists along with Issei and Koneko" Rias said slowly but her eyes were fixed on the kind woman to see if the woman's expressions changed. 

Sona immediately grimaced, her whole peerage frowned. Sona didn't know if she should laugh or cry at the situation. 'This can't be happening!!' Sona internally groaned. Now she finally understood why she didn't see Saji after the classes. 

"Then we must find them quickly… they might be in danger" surprisingly it was Yachiru Unohana who decided to break the silence, shocking everyone present in the room. 

Once again Sona was surprised by the woman's reaction. She expected the woman to do something cruel but she didn't expect this and from the woman's tone, she was definitely worried. "...Ah, yes" Sona finally called out and she turned towards her Queen and peerage. 

"We don't know where they but the Exorcists were staying in the abandoned Church, let's check there first" Sona said and Rias immediately nodded her head in agreement. Sona's eyes focused on the most dangerous woman in the room but before Sona could say anything, Unohana decided to speak up. 

"Allow me to accompany you, my healing skills might come in handy" Unohana said as she stood up. Sona didn't know if the woman had any sort of healing skills or not but she knew that she couldn't deny the woman. 

"Kaichou, the Teleportation Circle is ready" Tsubaki called out and Sona got up from her seat. She turned towards Rias and her Queen. Everyone present inside the room quickly stepped inside the Teleportation Circle and moments later the whole group teleported away in a blue flash. 

The whole group appeared outside the abandoned Church and found it completely empty. Sona decided to divide the whole group into duos as they needed to search the whole town. Unohana ended up paired with Tomoe Meguri and Tsubasa Yura due to the odd number. 

Unohana was told to head towards the bridge. She didn't mind and immediately headed towards the bridge along with the other two girls. The two girls decided to use their Devil wings to rise in the air while Unohana created wings made of darkness to follow them. 

Soon the bridge came into their view and Unohana narrowed her eyes. "Inform the others, we have found them" Unohana said and increased her speed. Tsubasa simply nodded her head and contacted Sona Sitri. 

Unohana landed under the bridge and looked at the surroundings. Moments later, Tsubasa Yura and Tomoe Meguri also landed behind Unohana. It was easy to tell that a huge fight had taken place here. Six bodies could be found lying on the ground. All of them seemed to be injured. 

Unohana kneeled in front of the bodies and started to check their condition. Moments later, everyone else arrived using the Teleportation Circle. "Only two of them seem to be heavily injured. Please stand back" Unohana called out loudly when she noticed that Rias Gremory wanted to hurry towards the group. 

Unohana raised Issei Hyoudou's body using a platform made of darkness and laid him beside Irina Shidou. The two of them were the most injured for whatever reason. Unohana moved the other bodies to her other side using platforms made of darkness. 

Unohana made some hand signs and covered the less injured ones in green cocoons. Then Unohana finally started to pay attention to the two who were heavily injured. 

"Can you really heal them?" Rias asked worriedly as arrived behind Unohana and kneeled down. 

"Yes" Unohana said and started to heal Issei Hyoudou and Irina Shidou. Both of them were heavily injured. 'Multiple broken bones and they have lost a lot of blood' Unohana thought and started to close their wounds. She could heal their bones later but first, she needed to close their wounds. 

Half an hour later Unohana finally rose up from her kneeling position and turned towards Rias Gremory. "Both of them are out of danger, but it would take some time for them to wake up… they had lost a lot of blood" Unohana said but Rias kept glaring towards Irina Shidou. 

"Why did you heal her?" Rias questioned and it was Sona who decided to answer. 

"Can't you see? Someone else attacked them, see their Excaliburs are also gone" Sona pointed out as she stared into Rias's eyes. Rias frowned but finally nodded her head in understanding. 

All of a sudden a green cocoon burst open and Xenovia Quarta gasped as she sat up. She looked around and she immediately tried to stand up and she failed. Unohana calmly placed her arm on Xenovia's shoulder. 

"Don't push yourself, there were a couple of fractures on your legs… you shouldn't put pressure on them" Unohana said softly and Xenovia grimaced but decided to listen to that woman. Her eyes immediately started to dart around looking for her friend.

Unohana also noticed her gaze. "She is out of danger, I have healed her to the best of my abilities" Unohana said Xenovia gave the woman a grateful nod. 

"So what exactly happened?" Sona Sitri asked in a serious tone as she pushed up her glasses. As soon as Sona's words registered inside Xenovia's mind, a look of panic and horror appeared on Xenovia's face. 

"It was Kokabiel, he plans to blow up the whole town. We must stop him!!" Xenovia blurted out hurriedly and Devils paled after hearing Kokabiel's name but Unohana simply tilted her head with a kind smile on her face… 

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