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A certain lovable blue haired teen walked down the hallways of Babylis while admiring the cherry blossom tree petals swaying from the cool breeze. Dark blue orbs light up at the falling petals in admiration of something from his world. Luckily Iruma Suzuki, a young fourteen year old human boy, has survived the first couple months of his first year in a demon academy. 

"At least...I won't have to worry about getting eaten," With a little sigh, Iruma continued onward to his batra club room to see if there could be something in use for his demonic assignment for torture. There is a chance he could find something due to his senpai's habit of finding the most bizarre things. Upon arriving he heard an explosion from his destination, and opened the door to wave off the smoke coming out of the room.

Coughing a bit from the smell, he walked into seeing his senpai covered in dirt and a part of the room a bit burned. Hopefully the Student Council and teachers would go easy on him for letting this happen.

"Senpai! Are you okay?" Coming over to help the older student, he patted himself off and chuckled creepily. 

"Master Iruma, I'm fine! I finally created the best potion to aid with health remedies...keke," The nerdy senpai pushes up his glasses as he poses a bit dramatically. Iruma really hoped he was telling the truth and didn't create any weird serum to use on Ameri.

"You do know you aren't allowed to harm anyone again right," Eligos chuckled nervously and scratched the back of his head a bit.

"Oh Master Iruma! I would not do such a thing after learning my first lesson...keke" Pulling out a light blue vial from his coat, Iruma blinks at the thing in Eligos's hand.

"Besides this is to help demons fight some disease, or to lighten up one's depression. This may be the perfect way to brighten one's day," Iruma smiles at hearing his Senpai create something to benefit someone's health.

Actually it's to amplify one's charms and grasp the heart of those around him Eligos thought greedily at the idea of the President in love with him.

"That's so kind of you. Oh is there something here to help with torture?" Putting down the vial next to some water bottles, Eligos helped Iruma to search for anything that can be useful. In the end they cleared up some things and couldn't find anything at all.

"Cough...cough…" Eligos noticed Iruma coughing and reached for a water bottle to hand him.

"Here Master Iruma, you must be parched," Unaware that he had grabbed the vial, Eligos handed it to him as he looked at the junk in front of them.

"Ah...thank you Eligos-senpai," Iruma covered his mouth with his elbow as he had an eye closed for the next incoming cough. Reaching for the bottle, Iruma pulled the cork off and drank it all in one gulp.

"No need to thank me-AHAH MASTER IRUMA!" Turning to the kind kouhai, Eligos jaw dropped at the vial that contained his hope and dreams. 

"Man, that really hit the spot-ah S-senpai!" Iruma felt his shoulders be grasped tightly as Eligos started to shake him back and forth.

"Master Iruma! Are you alright? Do you feel dizzy?" Iruma tilted his head in confusion at the sudden questions until he looked at the vial at his hand.

"...uhmm I don't feel any strange, and nothing seems out of the ordinary," Iruma looks around himself as Eligos sighs in relief that Master Iruma's posse won't maul him. He releases Iruma as he wonders why the potion hasn't worked yet. It could have possibly been a fluke.

"For a moment, I was kinda worried there...keke...eh?" Scratching his head in ease, Eligos chuckled until a sudden pop was heard. He turned his head to look at the clouds that faded away from his kouhai in alarm.

"Oh no! Master Iruma!?" Eligos really hopes he will make it out alive after this.

"Oh yeah~ Clara is going for some grub! Maybe it's hidden in a shrub! Better than Azz who is being a droopy bub!" Searching in a shrub, Clara was trying to find something as Asmodeus sighs at her usual antics. He rather be with Iruma than keeping a watch over Clara. He promised to look after her since she caused another ruckus in Camu-Camu shop.

"Azz! Azz!" Tick marks are forming on his forehead as Clara persisted in gaining his attention.

"What in the world do you want, Valac!? Do you have to be so annoying?" Pushing away Clara's face from his, Asmodeus watches as Clara pouts at him angrily.

"Its that creepy nerdy guy from our batra! I wonder what he is doing?" True to her words and good eyesight, Asmodeus noticed their creepy senpai acting way too suspicious for his own good. It was the best course of action since the Student Council tasked Master Iruma on watching over the culprit. 

"He appears to have something covered in a blanket. Come on, we have to be sure he isn't being a nuisance for Master Iruma," Clara nods in agreement as they follow the senpai sneakily. The direction where they were going seemed to be all too familiar to the point they arrived at their classroom.

"Azz! Why is the creepy guy near our classroom?" The two tried to figure what reason would bring the creepy guy here. As the two thought about it, Jazz and Lied seem to notice the senpai.

"Yo! You looking for someone?" Jazz played with the coins on his hands as the senpai jumped a bit at the arrival of others.

"A..ah...I am Eligos Schnell, beloved batra-senpai of Master Iruma-gack!"

"Like hell you are!/No, you aren't four eyes-san!" Clara and Asmodeus smack the moron of a senpai for even trying to embarrass the sake of their batra and Iruma.

"Well, this is interesting," Lied muses as the two are pulling their senpai apart.

"Didn't Iruma mentioned something about demonic assignment on torture? He should have stayed behind and witnessed this," Jazz noticed the other classmates of theirs arriving to see the ruckus. Though he had to say the senpai had it in for him if he thought he mentioned Iruma near Asmodeus of all people.

"Oh my! What's going on here?" Elizabetta watches in surprise as Clara pulls the poor four eyes hair.

"Just some entertainment, nee-San, but I wonder where Iruma could be at. He's missing a good show," The others watched in amusement until Eligos realized the reason why he was here for. His head sat up straight from laying on the ground due to Clara sitting on his back.

"Ah! Where did that blanket go?" Whipping his head around for said item, he started to panic at the idea of it missing.

"Do you mean this? It's a bit heavy," Jazz raises the item as Eligos pales at him holding it with one hand.

"Don't hold it with one hand! What if you drop it you fool!" Eligos hurries to get Clara off as he tries to retrieve his item only to trip on a rock. Jazz moves to avoid him a little too quickly as it slips out of his hand. Everyone watches as it starts to fall towards the ground.

"No!" Eligos stretched out a hand dramatically until the thing landed on Agares' fluffy cloud.

"Mmm...what's this?" Agares peeks to the side at the blanket as Eligos sighs in relief.

"Wah!" An unfamiliar cry caught everyone's attention as the four eyes paled that now he was going to be screwed. 

"Waah, how could the two of you bully your senpai?" Trying to cover the cry, Eligos pretended to cry only for everyone to stare at him like he was a moron.

"Aha!Mmm…" Little whimpers could be heard as Agares pulled the blanket to reveal what was hiding in there.

"A baby?!" The girls gushed except Kerori who clicked her tongue in envy. The boys were stunned at the idea of a baby being on campus.

"Wow what a neglectful brother," Lied raises his eyes in disbelief as Eligos froze.

"He's not mine or related to me! Can't you all recognize the blue hair?" That sentence stopped everyone as they turned towards the sniffling baby who resembled a certain individual in their class. The big blue eyes that always show his emotions just like the sleeve on his heart. The signature hair strand on his hair as the baby starts to play a bit on Agares cloud.

"Iruma!"

"Iruma-chi!"

"Master Iruma!"

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"H-hold on! How did he turn into a baby?" Goemon remarks in shock as everyone is trying to figure out how it is possible. Eligos took it as his cue to run away until he felt the back collar on his lab coat be hauled. Sabro eyed the senpai who chuckled nervously at the situation.

"I believe you have something to do with my rival's dilemma. Perhaps you care to tell how this happened," Sabro smirks as Eligos catches his kouhais attention with fierce stares as he gulps.

"So senpai, do you happen to know what caused this? Master Iruma is usually cautious at times, so I hope you weren't trying to create another stupid potion," Asmodeus smiles too kindly as Eligos really wish he can go back and slap his past self.

"Mhm...Iruma-chi is nice to let you play around. Lady Red Hair won't be happy to know you did something," Clara poses with a finger on her chin in thought as everyone blinked at her input. 

"So...I guess this isn't the first time he did something like this," Elizabetta tilts her head in wonder as some of the students chime in thoughts.

"I'm surprised Asmodeus hasn't beaten him up yet," Jazz scratches his head at the scene before them.

"It's a pity he didn't turn into a girl," Kamui sighs in disappointment as others rolled their eyes at his antics.

"Well at least he isn't noisy," Agares looks back to see that the baby had fallen asleep. He nestled up against his side and had a handful of his cloud in his tiny grasp.

"Aw...that's so adorable! He must be tired out," Elizabetta gushes at the cute display as Kerori pouts at Iruma.

"Agares-dono, you almost look like a big brother," Goemon compliments as the three interrogators and culprit turn their attention to them.

"Ooo...Azz-Azz! Look at how Iruma-chi is sleeping! So cute," Clara rushed over to gawk at the sleeping baby.

"Well we might as well inform Kalego-sensei about my rival's condition. He must be tuckered out from the sudden change," Sabro continued to carry Eligos as they all went back to class.

"Master Iruma as a baby can not describe his very being," With a hand clenched in a fist, Asmodeus admires his master's child presence. 

"Just say he's cute or adorable," Lied pipes up as they find their seats. Clara is preparing some rope from her pockets. As Sabro helps hang her senpai upside down.

"Nonsense those words aren't enough for him," Crossing his arms, Asmodeus ignores Lied in favor of writing down on a piece of paper.

"Silence, you dolts!" Cue the entrance of the greatest teacher to have ever become a familiar in history. Everyone took their seats as Naberius Kalego took up his seat.

"Now that I have your pathetic attention. I have received word about the next events for raising your ranks. It seems we are having trouble with some of the creatures for one and the judges for the Harvest plans interfere with their duties. The principal has decided to extend it-What in the nine hell is that?" Looking over his students to see if they were listening,  Kalego noticed Eligos hanging upside down with a note.

Moron/Dummy Four eyes Kalego raised a brow and had the urge not to even ask. Something told him he will regret it dearly.

"I see that Iruma isn't present," Continuing on like he saw nothing, he could tell his troublesome student wasn't present.

"Oh he is...just not entirely there," Lied scratches his head nervously at how their teacher would react.

"What do you mean?"

"Well...look at Agares and you can understand," Jazz rubs his neck uneasy as Kalego looks over Agares. He gets up from his place and walks over until he catches a spot of blue on the side.

"...Please tell me that isn't what I think it is," Seeing the snoozing infant and the striking details that resemble Iruma. Kalego really wished he stayed home for once.

"Tsk...How did this- I can already see how it did and that explains the bug being hanged. This is not even worth my time, not to mention that annoying principal and his attendant aren't even here," Kalego sighs as he ruffles his bangs a bit and wonders what to do.

"Goemon! Go get Balam-sensei and maybe we can figure out what to do for now," Goemon ran off to get the teacher as Kalego tried to figure how to lift the brat off.

"...children are utterly annoying, but as long as he's asleep. He can stay for now," Everyone watches how Kalego tried to approach Iruma, but left him alone instead. Kalego eyed up his student's tiny body for anything out of the ordinary. 

"Mm…" Sleepy blue orbs blink slowly while everyone froze in place. Baby Iruma uses his hands to rub his eyes as he blinks at his new surroundings. 

"...pa," Seeing Kalego in front of him, Iruma smiles sleepily and stretches his arm out for his father. Some of the students muffled their laughter for the sake of not enduring Kalego's wrath. Others were surprised how bold Iruma was to call their scary teacher his dad.

"Pa?" A shiver went through his body at being called a father. Kalego's eyebrows twitched in annoyance as he crossed his arms and turned away from Iruma.

"...P-pa," Watching Kalego reaction, Baby Iruma tiny lips trembled as his blue eyes went glassy. Elizabetta could feel her Love Gauge sympathize with the poor baby. The abnormal students felt really bad at the picture displayed before them.

"Listen here you brat! I am not your father or will ever be! The name is Naberius Kalego, remember that," Kalego looked at Iruma with a strong gaze as Iruma could only register the word "father."

"Pa!" Beaming at Kalego whose jaw drops astonished, the rest of the students chuckle at the baby's antics.

"No, I am not your Pa! I am Kalego! No pa, do you understand me?" Iruma blinks in confusion as he tries to say Kalego's name. Maybe instead of Pa he would like him to say something else.

"Ka!" Kalego was already done with the child and felt like this would take forever to correct him. His misfortune brought more amusement to his students for all the times he would be cruel to them.

"Kalego-sensei...Balam-sensei said he would be here soon. There were things he had to take care of first," Goemon arrived to witness the last cute display of Iruma calling out to Kalego.

"...I see, for now Agares you will babysit the kid," Rubbing his forehead with two fingers, Kalego sighs a bit in disappointment while fighting off the upcoming headache.

"What! Too much work," Agares complains as Iruma puts a finger in his mouth. Some of the class took pictures as others thought how cute he was.

"...y'know he's pretty quiet for a baby. Aren't babies noisy and cause terrible headaches?" Lied watches Iruma in interest as everyone thought about the information on demon babies.

"Well...this is Iruma we are talking about,"Jazz thought about how the teen Iruma was. The fluffy flowers floating around him made everyone miss him.

"...hm…" Lied's question intrigues Kalego as a new plan was forming in his mind. Though he wondered what Shichirou could be doing now when he didn't have class.

"Balam-sensei...Kalego-sensei needs you. It's about Iruma-dono," Upon arriving in the teacher's classroom, Goemon was caught in his skinship as he was being patted on his head. Balam-sensei stopped when Iruma is mentioned and looked at a nervous Goemon.

"What about Iruma? Is he injured? Did something happen to him?" Goemon didn't know where to start with the barrage of questions.

"No...he...well turned into a baby," That one word froze Balam as Goemon wondered if he broke the Demon History Teacher. 

A baby! If Iruma has turned into a baby, then that means everyone will know the truth Balam thought seriously at the pros and cons of this situation. With Iruma's condition, he can research how human infants grow and adapt.

"Goemon...let Kalego-kun know that I will be there soon. I need to take care of things first, " The abnormal swordsman nods and heads back to the classroom. Balam ponders on his plan and proceeds to pull out his phone. Scrolling through his call contacts, he takes a deep breath for a moment.

"...hopefully he won't react that badly, then again it's the first time I am about to address the Chairman about Iruma's matter. Maybe it might end well?" Pressing the call button, Balam hopes his senpai answers.

"Ah Balam-kun! Now this is a surprise, and to what do I owe for this rare call?"

Balam jumps at Opera's voice and releases the breath to ease his worries.

"Opera-senpai, is the Chairman with you?" Lifting a hand to his buzz head, Balam traces a circle on the side for a sense of comfort.

"Yes at the moment we are staying at Lord Beliard's mansion. It seems some trouble has been occurring, so we might be here for a week to two weeks at most."

"A week to two weeks!" This just made Balam even more worried at the idea of a baby left alone.

"Is something wrong with that? Ah since you called, could you inform Master Iruma about this? He doesn't appear to answer any of his calls."

"Ah...there is a very big problem with that. Iruma has turned into a baby, but I don't know the specific of how this came to be. Kalego-kun sent a student of his to call me over," Balam rubbed his hand on his head as he paced back and forth in his classroom.

"Master Iruma turned into a baby? I see now this is really bad timing."

"Opera-senpai...I wanted to clarify about Iruma's background," With a bit of bravery, Balam wanted to know how much his senpai did.

"...Go on."

"Iruma is human, isn't he?" He held his breath as Opera stayed a bit silent on the phone.

"What do you want to know, Balam-kun? It seems the Chairman is giving me the green light, but he wants to have a word with you."

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"Now all of you turn your pages to-Ka!" Kalego ignored Iruma who was trying to call from Agares' cloud.

"Read about Delkira's reign-Ka!" The pen in Kalego's hand was crushed as Baby Iruma stared at him with a look of concentration. The students felt a bit uneasy as the teacher's annoyance level was rising high.

"Ka-ENOUGH! How many times are you going to interrupt me, you brat? I am busy teaching the rest of the morons, and I do not need a tiny infant to be calling me," Kalego looks down at Iruma with irritation as the little baby blinks in surprise. Seeing that "Ka" looks unhappy, Iruma glances down sadly. Instead of crying at Kalego's face, he thought that maybe he did something bad.

Agares the babysitter, thought about how his little cousins would cry when spoken to like that. Yet Iruma just stayed quiet and looked so sad.

"...well as I was saying to read the passages involving certain figures you can recognize today," Kalego did not know how to react to Iruma who quieted down. The baby just poked at the soft clouds and it made everyone wonder about Iruma's silence.

"Ah...Kalego-kun, am I interrupting?" The door opens to reveal Balam who was carrying something in his hand. The students sigh in relief that their teacher's friend saved the day.

"No, but thank you for coming in. As you can see Iruma has been turned into a baby. Shichirou-kun? Are you okay?" Kalego was relieved that his friend arrived only to notice the way he was still in place. The Imaginary Researcher was shaking with excitement at the rare baby human just before him.

"He looks so cute," With a knowing glance, Kalego remembers how Shichirou loves cute things.

"Why does he look so sad?" The whole room was silent and did not want to say the cause of the reason. Balam wonders that Iruma was hungry or something, but he hoped he wasn't sick. Infants at his age were weak against sickness, which could help in advantage to cover his condition.

"Hello Iruma...do you know me?" Walking up to Agares' cloud, Balam slowly approaches Iruma who stares at him curiously.

"My name is Balam Sircure. Do you like toys?" Balam hopes he doesn't look intimidating for the baby as Iruma looks him up and down.

"...choy?" An invisible arrow strucks Balam's heart at the cute display of baby language being used. Some of the students thought how adorable Iruma was.

"Toy...see this is a toy," Holding the makeshift rattle in his hand, Balam shakes it as it rattles. Starry blue orbs brighten at the sounds and he wanted to reach out to play it. Iruma stops and looks at Kalego who was watching him with slight interest.

"...no…" Shaking his head no, Iruma looks down sadly at the idea of upsetting "Ka." This surprises Balam to his extended knowledge about children this age adore this rattle. He remembers that Iruma is different from other humans.

"Are you sure? ...ehm… Mr. Rattle-chan will be lonely not to be played with," With a lighter tone on his voice, he pretended that the rattle was alive.

"No! Ka ets mah! Me ets sat," Everyone blinked at the sudden string of words and tried to figure out what he said.

"Ka is Kalego-sensei, so what's the other words?" Jazz puts a hand on his head as the others decipher his words.

"Oh!Oh! Iruma-chi must have meant. Ka is marching and he is sitting!" Clara cheerfully answers as some didn't think that was it.

"You moron! That's not even half of the words right. Mah...mad? Kalego is mad. Me would be referring to himself, so sat would be sad," Asmodeus puts a finger on his chin as he thought about Iruma's words carefully.

"Kalego-kun, did you reprimand Iruma? He is probably not accepting the toy I made out of respect for you," After piecing the information, it was clear that Iruma wouldn't take it to make Kalego mad again.

"Oooh Kalego-sensei, you made Iruma sad," Lied teases as the other students couldn't help but agree on that.

"Silence fool! Like I care if he listens to me or not, he's still a nuisance," Kalego ignores him as he grabs the rattle and hands it to Iruma.

"As for you! Take the rattle and play when I say so. Are we clear?" Iruma stares at Kalego in surprise with the toy that the nice man was giving him. As he reached out instead of grabbing the rattle, he held onto Kalego's hand. 

"Ka! Ka no mah?" Hopeful ocean orbs looked up as Kalego wanted to reel back from that face.

"I wasn't mad,but just irritated. Now let go and call me Naberius Kalego!" Hearing that "Ka" wasn't mad at him anymore, Iruma beams happily as everyone coos at the sight.

"Also thank this guy for even making you a toy," Pointing a finger at Balam who was happy that Iruma was not sick, little Iruma tried to remember who he was.

"...b-ba," Balam is intrigued as Iruma struggles to pronounce his name. Maybe if he were very emotional, then he would try to say what was on his mind. Another theory to ask Iruma when he regains his age back.

"Ba-chan, fahnk chu!" Letting go of Kalego's hand in favor of the rattle, Iruma held the item to his chest and smiled happily. 

"AH HE'S TOO CUTE!" Clara and Elizabetta cry out as the boys couldn't help thinking the same way.

"Too loud!" Agares complains as Iruma noticed he must have been sleeping.

"No! Ssh! Aga ets bires," Sticking out his lip, Iruma raises a finger to tell everyone to be quiet. Some couldn't help and laugh how cute he really is.

"Aga? You mean me? Huh, you learn pretty quick," Agares glances at Iruma curiously despite letting him on his bed, the little baby wasn't annoying. Iruma nods as he pats Agares' cheek.

"Ets ojay! Chu slee," Agares feels a bit warmed by Baby Iruma's actions.

"How unfair! Iruma, talk to me," Goemon calls out to gain Iruma's attention.

"Hey Iruma! I can show you something cool," Lied laughs as he holds up his game controller.

"Silence! Hm...it's already lunch break, now you lot get out of here. Agares, you could leave the troubled child here," Seeing the time, Kalego ended their class for now as some were reluctant to leave Iruma especially Clara and Asmodeus.

"Hurry up and leave! Go eat something and don't worry about the brat," Ushering them out, Clara pouts angrily as Asmodeus is unwilling to depart.

"Master Iruma is vulnerable right now, he needs me by him. He's not a brat!" Asmodeus tries to persuade Kalego who really didn't care.

"What if Iruma-chi is hungry, eggy-sensei! He needs some grub in his tummy," Clara points out as Kalego just wanted them to leave already.

"Now now, it won't do if you two don't eat, but if Iruma were to turn back. He would feel guilty," Balam-sensei reminds the two of how Iruma would be. The two compiled unwillingly and grumbled all the way to the cafeteria. 

"Finally some peace and quiet-Ah!" Kalego relaxed into his comfortable seat only to realize that there was a problem to deal with. Turning his head, he watches how Shichirou-kun was shaking the rattle towards Iruma who squeals in excitement. 

How to deal with this unnecessary situation and get that Chairman back here. Well if he remembered the two left to visit Lord Beliard's mansion. How long would it take for them to be here?

"Opera-senpai already told me that we would have to watch over them until they get back. It would take them a week or two," Balam answers as Kalego could see more responsibilities pile up. This won't do and he rather have something life threatening to deal with than a child.

Kalego may have many things on his plate, but he does not know how to deal with this particular matter. The true mischievous beings that render the adults with headaches and trauma. Just look at how the creature stares at him and wonders what his next move will be.

"I will not bow down to you. Besides after tonight, you will be someone's problem to deal with." The being let out a little laugh as Kalego eyebrow twitched at the sound.

"ah!"

"How dare you mock me! Don't forget who I am!"

"Um...Kalego-kun, you do realize Iruma doesn't understand a thing you are saying? I am surprised at how he isn't afraid of us," Balam-sensei holds a strange object as it rattles to the baby who cries in awe.

"How did I ever get put in charge of this?" Ignoring the infant who plays with Balam-sensei as he entertains him carefully.

"Chairman's orders us to be with him for now. Unless there might be a way to have the students watch over Iruma," Iruma laughs happily with Balam as Kalego remembered what his students were talking about. A mischievous smirk crosses his features as Baby Iruma looks at "Ka" smiling.

"Ka!" Balam glances at Iruma's line of sight and raises his eyes on his friend's expression. Well this may or may not end good for the kids.

"Yes Iruma, now I know what to do. You will be a wonderful project for your fellow classmates," Kalego came over and picked up Iruma who smiles happily that he's not being ignored anymore.

"Project? Kalego-kun, you don't mean…" Balam blinks in surprise at the sudden change of plans. Kalego nods gleefully and raises Iruma a bit high as if he were the key to this problem.

"I'm sure the Chairman won't mind about it. I can write up the permits before the end of the day and send announcements to their guardians. Besides as long as he gets pictures of his darling grandson, then all should be good. I won't have to waste much time without watching over this troublesome brat," The project which would change his abnormal students in ways they won't expect. The looks on his student's faces would be one he engraved in his mind forever. Though Valac and Asmodeus might be a different reaction, the others would be most amusing.

"...I'll call Opera-senpai to inform them of your babysitting project," Pulling out a phone, Balam dials the number and wonders how the Chairman will react. Opera would disagree, but there aren't such options for them here.

"Ba-chan!" Crouching down to Iruma, Balam pats the baby's soft hair who giggled at the affection he was receiving.  Maybe this might not be such a terrible idea after all-

Wait, what am I supposed to do about his origin? He'll be discovered at this rate! That day Balam stressed over Iruma's matters as the said boy continued to play happily.

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"Hey who do you think is going to watch Iruma?" Jazz announces this as everyone in the homeroom classes worries a bit for the little guy. Asmodeus would hope he gets the chance to be the one to protect his most precious friend. Not just because of how adorable he is, but any of these imbeciles could be a terrible influence on him. Iruma-sama must be of high priority and be treated as a king.

"Ooh now that I think of it...wouldn't it be his dear "Ka?" Lied chuckles at the expression of Kalego's face and wished he took a picture. 

"I think Balam-sensei might be the one to care for him. He may look scary, but he could be very sweet," Elizabetta puts a finger on her chin in thought of how he reacted to Iruma's charms.

"Who cares...I want some sleep," Agares complains as the others ignore him.

"If I were to watch over Little Iruma-dono, then wouldn't that make me a big brother?" Goemon wonders his thoughts out loud as everyone stares at him incredulously. 

"Wait! Hold on Garp,you can't be serious?" Agares stares at him in surprise, but then sighs knowing how this idiot is.

"You're an only child, Goemon?" Allocer questions curiously as the said person nods.

"I never had any siblings and taking care of Iruma-dono might be nice," Flushing at the usual attention, Goemon hides his face as some of the class thought about his words.

"I'm an only child as well, so having a little brother would be…" Elizabetta imagines how taking care of Iruma would be. The heartwarming moments and slowly raising him to the man of her expectations. 

"A little brother huh…" Jazz reflects on how his scumbag family is and wonders how raising Iruma as a younger brother would be like.

"Too much work hmph…" Agares didn't even want to imagine taking care of a younger sibling. Rethinking about how Iruma is in his current condition, it won't be so bad.

"Little brother…" Putting a hand to hold his chin in thought, Lied could almost picture raising a little brother. There were some pros and cons for it, but he wanted to have someone to bond with. His big sister was great, but she really has her moments where he wished he was an only child.

"Yah! It would make my family even bigger and we play all the time! We go swoosh then whoop and ahhh," Jumping up at the idea, Clara could imagine all the fun she had with Iruma and her siblings.

"Hm...I believe it would be nice to have a younger sibling to look up to me. My little sister could have someone to play with," Sabro thought about his sister having a playmate. Maybe having another addition to his family would be a great idea.

“If Iruma-sama was my little brother, then he would have nothing to worry about. Though that idea doesn’t seem to suit it right,” Asmodeus could picture the greatest moments of taking care of Iruma as a sibling, but maybe Iruma could be something more. His sisters would enjoy the company and involve him in their games.

“If he were a girl, then I would treat my dear sister like the princess she is. Or maybe I can show him the way of women?” Kamui placed a wing in thought on his chin as a twinkle shines in his eyes.

“You would be the last person in this class that I would let Iruma-sama be near. His innocence must be protected from the likes of you,” Asmoedus conjures up a palm of flames as Kamui chuckles nervously at the threat.

“Hmph...I don’t see anything special about taking care of him. I hope I don’t get picked,” Kerori mutters bitterly at Baby Iruma attracting attention again.

“The big question here though. Does the Chairman even know about Iruma’s condition?” Allocer brings up the topic as everyone was surprised that the over-doting demon has yet made an appearance.

“He might be preoccupied at the moment...It’s just strange for him to not appear when his precious grandson is a baby,” Lied scratches his head a bit and guesses that something must be holding the Chairman back.

“For now, let’s all wish each other luck! Who knows what Kalego-sensei might be plotting at the moment?” Jazz rubs his head at the idea of their evil homeroom coming up with something trivial. The others agreed and enjoyed eating the rest of their lunch with chatter and laughs.

Meanwhile in said classroom of their homeroom teacher, Kalego sighs at the video call from Opera. What makes matters worse is how the Chairman coos at his precious grandson in the background.

"Sullivan-sama, could you at least pay attention to Kalego-san? I understand Iruma-sama is adorable, but we don't have much time left in the call," Kalego couldn't agree more with how annoying the Chairman can be. Balam continues to carefully play with Iruma which makes Sullivan a bit jealous at the scene.

"Ah, okay...Iruma-kun! Grandpa will be right back," Waving at Iruma who waved back with a shy smile, Sullivan focused on the main reason for his call.

"Don't forget to take a lot of photos of Iruma! It would be perfect to make that baby album I always wanted. Though for caring for him, one of you would have to be his babysitter," Placing a finger on his chin, Sullivan wondered who would be able to take care of his sweet grandson. The two knew this was going to happen except both had different thoughts on the matter.

"Actually Sullivan-sama, would it be alright to give the students a chance to babysit the boy? It would be a valuable experience for them when they decide to have kids when they are older," Opera's ears twitched as his face grew a bit stern at this project. If they approved of this plan, then what about Iruma's identity.This idea made him uneasy as he glanced at the Chairman.

"...I can understand why, but how will you know Iruma will be safe. Not only will he be in a different environment, but how can you ensure my precious grandson is secured," Sullivan stared down at Kalego who gulps at the tension of the Chairman's aura.

"He can experience having older siblings, and the student in charge each day would write about Iruma. Also you can get even more photos from the students," Balam didn't like the sound of that and hoped Sullivan-sama would decline the idea.

"Mhm...alright, but there's something you should know. Though Eligos-kun, I prefer you stepped out," All eyes turned to the student still hanging upside down. He was listening in on the conversation until the Chairman directed his attention on him. With a wave of his hand, earplugs were magically placed into his ears. Eligos who was gagged blinked at the spell that the Chairman conjured up.

"Ah found the perfect place to put you in, now off you go!" With a snap of a finger, Eligos was teleported as Iruma watched everything in awe. Kalego already had a feeling the bug was placed with the student Council. 

"Balam-sensei, could you please set up a barrier? I don't want any eavesdroppers to hear our conversation," Balam got up and formed a barrier as Kalego wondered why the extra precautions. His gaze lands on Iruma who continues to be amazed at the magic surging around Shichirou. He had a feeling that there was something different about Iruma, but he guessed the Chairman wanted to be the one to tell them.

"...You may have noticed, but Iruma is different than most of the students. My precious grandson is well-behaved, kind, caring, and so much more! Yet he isn't as greedy as most children are. Kalego and Balam, this is only between all four of us. No one must know what I am about to reveal," The atmosphere was thick and full of tension as Sullivan stared down at the two. Clenching his hands into fists, Kalego could feel himself a bit afraid at this revelation. Balam toyed with his fingers and couldn't believe Sullivan-sama would willingly tell Kalego the truth.

"Iruma was raised among humans in the human world due to his parents. They didn't live lavishly like in our world and left a young child like him to fend for his own. I could never forgive those two for what they did to Iruma," Blinking in astonishment, Kalego couldn't believe that his most troublesome student was raised in the human world. The tone the Chairman used now changed with such malice.

"In order for Iruma to live as one of them, his parents tore off his wings and pawn it off," Balam was thinking that Iruma really was a human, but this lie made the whole story almost sound believable. 

"Wait...his parents did what?!" Demons have always held a bit of family bond from a distance. There would always be the act of betrayal, but a parent willingly tore off a part of their child's life. In a sense the parents did take away the chance of a childhood for Iruma and his freedom due to their own selfish needs.

"The festival incident was planned due to rumors of me heading into the human world. It was true, but I couldn't leave Iruma with them anymore. He's my precious grandson that I adopted from my deceased sister's cruel son. If only I came before it was too late," Sullivan used his hands to massage the taunt anger on his face. Opera didn't know whether to applaud the supreme demon or wonder how much truth was in his tale. Balam was stunned for words and looked down at Iruma whose blue orbs held concern for them.

"So...you're saying the boy can't fly at all?" Flashbacks of him pushing Iruma off the cliff made the ever Strict Kalego stomach churn with guilt. Iruma must have some type of luck to survive from that and ended up befriending the Guardian of Cutthroat Valley.

"...He might unless he finds a flight spell, but one can never replace what has been torn off as a part of you," Sullivan looks dejected about how Iruma lost that privilege to freedom only for his parents to take it away. He didn't have the wings to soar away from them, but he's now in a better place than before.

Balam could detect the lie, but he always wondered what it was like for Iruma with his parents. Were they cruel as the Chairman mentioned? Did Iruma not have the chance to grow up like most human children? These endless questions weren't just out of a researcher's curiosity, but an infuriated educator who cherishes his students no matter who they are.

"As for the Iruma-kun Project, you may go ahead, but it's best to advise the students about his condition first. Not to mention, I like to have a word with all of them. I could see how close the class is with my precious grandson, so I would like to include a prize to the one who can truly catch Iruma's essence," Kalego crossed his arms and nods until the last part of the sentence threw him off.

"Essence? What is that supposed to mean?"  Raising an eyebrow at the request, Kalego was confused at the usual antics of the Chairman.

Turning a bit into his chibi grandpa mode, Sullivan placed on the video screen, a cute baby photo of Iruma looking at Kalego.

"Like this! Looking at how cute he is observing you! I'm jealous Kalego-sensei," Kalego was wondering who had the courage to take a photo of him. The culprit will pay for this-"Oh, it came out better than I thought."

"It was you?" Balam-sensei stroke his chin slightly as he observed the picture he took. Kalego reminded himself to be wary of Shichirou-kun during this babysitting period. 

"Sorry Kalego-kun, it just looks adorable how Iruma was watching you," Sighing at the whole turn of events, Kalego hopes nothing else will dispirited him any less.

"The best photo of my cherished Iruma-kun will receive a prize and a rank up due to how much they contributed during the development, " The two demonic teachers nodded at the Chairman's request and wondered if things will turn out the best after all.

"Kalego-san, please remember that Iruma-sama is a toddler. You wouldn't want to scare him off now," Opera-senpai calls out as Kalego grits his teeth in annoyance. 

"Actually Iruma-kun is very fond of Kalego-kun,  Opera-senpai. As of now, Iruma is trying to get his attention," The others watched as the bundle of blue smiles happily at Kalego who ignores him. Opera's ears twitched in dissatisfaction at how his kouhai would treat the adorable baby.

"IRUMA-KUN! LOOK OVER HERE! It's grandpa! Whooo-ho," Sullivan couldn't help to call out to Iruma who focused his attention to the man on the screen. Blue orbs watch in delight as the silly man waves at him happily.

"Gran! Gran fun!" Waving both his arms back, Iruma beams warmly at Sullivan who could feel Bachiko's special technique aimed at his heart.

"Aw! I want to spoil you rotten! Curse you Beli-kun, how could you tear me away from this. Opera-san," The urge to embrace the cute child was surpassing Sullivan's adoration for Iruma. The more time spent away made the poor demon a bit depressed for missing such a historical event.

"Sullivan-sama, you do know that even if you finished here. There is still the miasma that will clung and infect Iruma-sama," Opera crossed his arms as Sullivan cried out the unfairness of it all.

"Ah...Kitty! Kitty cute, " Smothering his laughter with a cough, Kalego can't believe the boy had the strength to say that to Opera. Opera looks down at his young master and sees how amazed he is. It's truly a pity they can't be there when he needs them the most.

"Thank you, Iruma-sama. You are too kind," Balam and Kalego looked at each one another and wondered if this was a dream. Opera never once liked being called 'Kitty' especially that one time a demon tried to belittle him. Well the two already knew better than to catch Opera's ire.

"It seems it's time, Sullivan-sama.  Kalego-san, Shichirou-kun,  please take care of Iruma-sama with the utmost attention, " The two gulp at the underlying message beneath that sentence. Not wanting to stay on video any longer, Balam-sensei picks up Iruma who waves a farewell to his weeping grandpa and kitty. 

"Bye-bye! Gran and Kitty," With a blissful expression on Iruma's face, the two felt reluctant to end the call after seeing such a face.

"Finally good riddance,  and here I thought it was never going to end," Kalego collapses into his chair as he smooths a bit of his hair to relieve his tension.  Balam gazes quietly down at Iruma who touches his mask curiously. 

"Now to have those imbeciles come back and have them choose their fate," Iruma could feel the cool metal on his fingers and narrows his face in concentration.

"Ma...Mash!"

"Well you were close Iruma-kun, but this is a mask. Mask," Kalego views the interaction between the two and a thought clicked in his mind.

"Shichirou, how old is Iruma now that I think of it? At least he isn't near the age where he required milk," At the question, Balam glances at Iruma and blinks almost comically at the realization of the matter.

"Don't tell me…"

"It seems like one of us would have to visit one demonic farm for it. I don't know if it would be safe for him to drink," Iruma appears to be around the age of three, but he might want some milk. 

"Can't we just buy some at the stores?"

"We could try unless we go to someone about it. Ah Iruma-kun, be careful now, " Balam scrambles to readjust Iruma as Kalego groans at how much trouble it is to raise this brat. Getting up from his seat,  Kalego's shoulders slump in defeat as he decides to try the store instead of heading for a farm.

Nothing could go wrong with making a trip to the market,right?

"I'll head over there now since the brats will be heading over to the next class. Shichirou-kun, I'll leave the menace to you," Balam chuckles at his friend's reaction and bids a goodbye with Iruma who looked so heartbroken.

"Ka! No! Stay!"

"Listen Iruma, I will be back so listen to Balam, understand?" Kalego pats Iruma on the head as the boy pouts. 

"Kay...be karezul! Bye-bye Ka," Iruma flashes his adorable smile as Kalego gruffs and bids him a goodbye.

"You know Iruma-kun,  I think you'll be a good experience for everyone," Iruma tilts his head at Balam who strokes his head lightly. Iruma giggles at the attention, but could feel himself get a bit sleepy. Iruma runs his palms against his eyes as a little yawn is caught by Balam.

"Seems like someone is getting sleepy," Balam-sensei eyes Iruma softly as he cradles him against his chest. If he remembers vaguely the human father's make sure the child has his head nestled in the crook of his arm. The knees are on the opposite and he can't forget to make sure his head is elevated from his feet.

"Not sleepy…yawn…wait for Ka," Rocking Iruma gently with a tune to hum, Balam observes how these actions are quite similar to how humans care for their young. He checks over at the time and realizes he has about half an hour until the Abnormal students come back. 

Insuring that Iruma was secure in his arms, Balam decides to head off to the main office to inform the other teachers. He wasn't sure if the message about Iruma had been sent, so it wouldn't hurt to tell his fellow teachers. 

A thought stops him from opening the door. If he went out there now, what if the ruckus woke Iruma up. He didn't know how he would be able to deal with that. There could be the chance that nothing could happen at all. 

Maybe he could make a bed out of vines and let Iruma sleep there peacefully. That seems like the best option especially since only certain teachers and Abnormal Class can enter. So with that secure thought in his mind, he summoned his vines to create a secure hammock and placed Iruma in gently. Luckily the boy didn't stir and snooze off happily in his dreams. Despite the whole boy turned child event, Balam just can't resist how adorable Iruma is. Snapping a bit more photos, he heads out of the room and made sure the door was closed quietly. 

Kalego would like to think he was a man capable of anything, but what he didn't want was to see those beings ever again. By beings he meant the Valac family, which only had the mother and her twin infants present. She was very helpful in helping him choose the correct milk for babies like Iruma to try. What he didn't expect was her onslaught of questions?

"Is it for your baby? When did you get married? Maybe we can plan a playdate for my children and yours? Would you like some homemade treats? What type of food would your child like? Who is the lucky woman to marry Kalego-sensei?"

After that he thanked her for her assistance and made a beeline for the checkout before any of those brats started to climb on him again. Once he paid and flew out like there was a madman on his heels, he was sighing in relief at the sights of the academy. Kalego collected his bearings before strutting inside with his head high.  Walking to the staff office to collect some papers, he could hear chattering from inside.  Entering the room, he noticed Shichirou-kun, Stolas, Dali and Raim looking at something.

"~Oh my devil! Iruma is such a cutie! He makes quite the competition for Sensei's son," Kalego could feel that the best option here was to leave the room now before anything else is said.

"Hard to believe a potion was all it took for this to happen. Are there any side effects?" Dali thought about how Iruma had accidentally consumed a potion due to a student's mischievous deed.

"No not anything that I have seen. I hope it won't be too hard on him," Balam clasped his hands a bit as Stolas views the next picture.

"~My, my...this is a cute picture of Kalego and Iruma," Dali and Raim both quickly looked as well and could not help laughing at Kalego's face.

"Now that's something you don't see everyday. Who knew Kalego was good with kids?" Dali noticed the said person stare at them intensely as he laughed nervously.

"Ah Kalego-kun! You made it back and brought the milk for Iruma," Shichirou-kun is happy to see his friends as the rest of the teachers wonder how the two got along so well.

"You went out to get milk for Iruma. My~ aren't you a sweet Papa," Raim teases him who in turn glares at her.

"Bah...I only went because the brat didn't have anything to drink. Now Shichirou-kun, where's that troublesome brat?" Seeing how the brat wasn't here, Kalego hopes nothing happens to the boy or else Opera would murder them.

"Iruma-kun is taking a nap right now which is just in time for us to see who will be going with him today," The two decide to head to the classroom after bidding their fellow teachers goodbyes.

"I almost feel bad for the Abnormal students, then again I can't wait to see what will happen next, " Stolas giggles at the thought of adorable antics of Iruma wrapping them around his little finger.

"I heard from Baby-chan that Iruma-kun calls Kalego 'Ka' and Balam 'Ba.' Ah, I wish I get to see him in person soon," Raim pouts as the two other teachers laugh.

"I heard that Sullivan-sama may give the best student a raise rank with the best Iruma baby photo. It wouldn't really be surprising since he loves grandson so much," Dali could actually see the scheme on this, but kept it to himself since he could get a laugh out of it.

"Well time will tell," The three considered starting a betting pool among the other teachers to see which student might win. Besides a bet wouldn't hurt anybody.

All students were present as Kalego and Balam arrived in the classroom. Everyone was nervous as they eyed the vines in the corner that held their assignment. Any of them would have to care for Iruma no matter what and take down information and photos.

"It's good to see you all here," Kalego's smirk was irritating as students either hope not to be it. Balam felt a bit sorry for the kids, but it would help them when they are older.

"Now on this screen behind me is going to reveal who will be taking care of Iruma. Good luck," Seeing the looks on their faces, it just made Kalego's mood feel better already. 

"The sorry soul to take Iruma home will be…," Anticipation was thick in the air as everyone was on the edge of their seats. Kalego's smile grew mischievously as he called out the name that appeared.

"Andro Jazz."

Chapter Text

"..." Everything was moving in slow motion when Jazz realized he was chosen. Allocer pats his back to bring him to his senses.

"Hold on! Are you sure that thing is right?" Jazz stood up to argue that the system could be wrong.

"He's right! Are you sure it wasn't someone else?" Alice complains at the idea he wasn't chosen to babysit Iruma.

"Eggy-sensei! Do it again," Clara pouts angrily in a tantrum as Kalego rolls his eyes at them.

"Morons! Of course it is, now get the brat already since you lot have your final class of the day," Tossing the milk at Jazz who caught it in surprise, Kalego walks over to the vines only to pause at the scene before him.

"Kalego-kun?" Balam comes up to see what Kalego is looking at only to stare into the vine shaped cradle.

Everyone wonders what their teachers are doing until Balam turns over to them. He scans the class until he catches who he was looking for.

"Clara? Could you possibly pull clothes out of your pocket?" This question confused the class as Clara replied with a 'Yes.'

"Then get over here you idiot! Is this what Dali was talking about?" Dark purple orbs glared at her as she scrambles to her teacher's side.

"Is it a good thing? I hope nothing too extreme happens to Iruma. Clara, could you pull out clothes for a four year old?" Hearing their teacher's conversation,  the class was getting even more curious about what happened to Iruma. Jazz decided to step up and see what he was in for now.

"Here you go, Balam-sensei! An eggy-sensei outfit and a cutthroat valley outfit," Raising a mini Kalego outfit and a costume onesie, Clara smiles happily while Kalego dares her to even put the outfit on Iruma. Balam on the other hand, looked happy at the cute outfits and wondered which one would look best on Iruma.

"Don't you dare otherwise you'll be staying after school again Valac," Pouting at Kalego's threat, Clara stuffs the outfit away and pulls out a Camu onesie instead. Sticking her tongue at him in defiance, Balam was a bit sad they had to get rid of the outfit. Everyone in the classroom was bummed, but couldn't help to snicker at the idea of a mini Kalego.

"Jazz, which outfit would you choose?" Balam turns to Jazz who looks confused and glances at the two outfits. Camu one looks nice, but maybe the cutthroat one is a bit better.

"This one I guess," Kalego smiles devilishly as Jazz is afraid to ask what that meant.

"Oh good you picked one, now hurry up and change the brat," Handing the outfit to Jazz who just realized that they want him to change Iruma.

"Change what now?"

"It seems Iruma went through a growth spurt in his nap, so you would have to change him," Balam explains as Jazz stares at the clothes and to the crib. Jazz has no experience at all in changing a kid or a toddler nonetheless.  

"So...that's all I need to do," Kalego watches in amusement at Jazz who felt like there was a catch lurking about. Iruma on the other hand felt uncomfortable with his clothes wet. He saw Ka and Ba notice him, but it seems they were distracted by something. He felt a bit embarrassed that he wet himself in his sleep. 

"I don't know...why don't you look for yourself," That smirk on Kalego's face really annoys him as he stepped closer only to get a whiff of something. Feeling like the devious teacher was testing him, Jazz relaxes himself for a bit and wonders how to go by this situation. 

Plan A - Give in and ask for help to the devil.

Plan B - Ask for the most closest resourceful person which would be Clara.

Plan C - Attempt to do his best and ask for tips from Balam-sensei. 

"Hey Jazz...Clara can help you," Something pokes him for his attention as he sees Clara with a smile to help him out. 

"Are you sure? I mean I still would have to do it on my own," Seeing Clara pull out what appeared to be a bag from her pockets, and hands him it. Blinking at the object, he opens it up to show diapers and all necessities needed for Iruma.

"It's okay! I help Mommy with the twins anytime, so you could look for me to count on," Puffing out her chest in pride, Clara poses with a Victory sign as Alice fears the worst for Iruma.

"Ah! No peeking, everyone," Realizing they were still in the classroom, Clara pulls out a curtain and asks Balam-sensei to use his vines to hang. Jazz blinks at the strange thing and then remembers that Iruma would probably want some privacy.

"...Azz!" Turning his attention to the said toddler, dark blue eyes stared at him curiously as Jazz could feel himself drawn by Iruma's charms. Balam-sensei reconstructed the vines into a table as Iruma tilted his head at them in wonder.

"Iruma-sama! Did he call for me?" Alice voices out in excitement as Jazz has to make sure to practice with Iruma on calling his name.

"Asmodeus! Sit down, you idiot!" 

"Okay...so I guess I start by taking off his clothes?" Balam-sensei and Clara nod in support as Jazz scratches his head on the steps. 

"Hey Iruma...uh...you must feel uncomfortable in those right?" Iruma blinks at Jazz's question and looks down at his clothes.

"Mhm...it zeels wet!" Jazz chuckles a bit as Iruma nods about his clothes. Reaching out to unbutton the onesie they had him in.

"Ah...it really does feel wet. How did that happen?" Feeling the back of the collar, Jazz could feel that Iruma's whole back was wet. He noticed how Iruma looked down ashamed as if he did something bad.

"...skare…" Pulling off the sleeves gently, Jazz thought he heard something and saw how Iruma still didn't look up.

"Hey little guy, what's the matter?" This was not getting him anywhere, so Jazz decides to squat down to try and catch Iruma's attention. Iruma plays with his fingers nervously as he shyly glances at Jazz.

"I wet mytelf… I wat skare," Tears started to build up as Jazz finally understood the situation.

"Now nothing is wrong with that, besides when I was small like you I was scared. You're not alone cause I'm here," Grinning at Iruma gently, dark blue orbs stared at Jazz in awe.

"How about we clean you all nice and good? After school is over, if you are a good boy, then I'll show you something cool," Iruma nods happily and stands still which makes Jazz laugh at his actions. Taking off the rest of his outfit, Clara handed him a plastic bag to put in. Reaching a hand in the diaper bag, Jazz pulls out a diaper and Skellish Wipes as Balam and Clara continue to observe. 

"So I pull some out and wipe him?" Confused wine hues looked at the two who nodded with thumbs up as he wiped Iruma on his back gently like handling glass.

"Just gotta mind the...Balam-sensei...where are Iruma's-" Pausing on his ministrations,  Jazz looks around Iruma horrified to see nothing on his back. His whole back was naked and there were no wings at all. Clara wondered why Jazz stopped and came over to gasp at the scene before her.

"Azz...Ara…" Iruma begins to worry when he sees the two stare at him with sadness in their eyes. He wonders why they are acting like that.

"Jazz...Clara...we will talk about this, but get a hold of yourselves. Iruma-kun is getting worried for you," The two snapped out of their thoughts as they saw how worried Baby Iruma was. Taking in a deep breath, Jazz continues on cleaning Iruma up and proceeds with changing him. The diaper was surprisingly easy to put on though he hopes Iruma will never remember about this. The poor guy would die in embarrassment that everyone would get a chance to see his private parts. 

"Azz?" A tiny hand touches Jazz's hand and he looks to see that Iruma still appears concerned. Smiling kindly at him, he uses his free hand ruffles up Iruma's hair a bit.

"Sorry about that Iruma, you really know how to take everyone by surprise," Iruma didn't understand what he meant, but he smiles back with that warm fuzzy flowery feeling.

"Oh don't forget its J-a-z-z, otherwise Asmodeus will glare at me with death threats. I still want to live haha," Iruma mouthed out Jazz's name to try and pronounce it.

"Tazz? No...hm...J..azz...Jazz!" Eyes beaming in achievement,  Jazz tries really hard not to flush at how adorable Iruma was being. Too bad he wasn't aware of the two in the same area snapping photos. Once he settled, Iruma in his little outfit of the Guardian of Cutthroat Valley. They were all set for everyone to see.

"We are here!" Clara pulls the curtains to the side as everyone gushes over Iruma's outfit.

"So cute!" Elizabetta squeals as she clasped her hands together while Kurumi crosses her arms unimpressed. 

"Oh! Nice outfit! Hey Iruma, isn't Big bro so nice?" Lied teases as Jazz plans to get him back when it's his turn. Kalego looks the least impressed and yells for the class to settle down.

"Morons! Be silent for your final class, you have a special guest. Jazz, hurry up and take the brat with you to your seat," Jazz gathered Iruma in his arms and made sure he had a good hold on him. Heading to his seat, Iruma observes everyone who watched him. Seating himself in a good position, Jazz places Iruma on his desk and holds him with his left hand.

"Clara and Jazz as you two had seen...it's best you all know something. Iruma has a special case and we were informed by Sullivan-sama.  He wanted to speak to you all," Balam-sensei turns on something for a video call to appear in the class. Everyone was surprised to hear the cheery voice of the Chairman who appeared to gush for his grandson.

"~IRUMA-KUN! It's Grandpa! Oh my devil, Opera, look at his outfit! He is so precious I just want to roll around and squeeze him. Iruma-kun! Iruma," Everyone chuckles at the principal's actions and turns to see Iruma happily waving at his grandpa. Kalego sighs deeply as if he wasted enough time already for his day.

"Uh...Sullivan-sama…" Balam-sensei managed to gain his attention as Sullivan cleared his throat and decided to get down to business. The friendly go-lucky chairman they had always seen was not here to see them. His eyes were serious and intimidating as some of the classmates flinched at his gaze.

"So you are all aware of the project you'll be doing? I wish to see a bunch of Iruma-kun pictures and if any of you can get one that has his true essence, then you would receive a rank up," Sullivan responds cheerfully as the others wonder if they just got a glimpse of his over protectiveness.  He catches Opera's meaningful stares and gets back to his serious business. 

"...I want to tell you all a story about a sweet little demon who couldn't fly anymore," Everyone in the class stayed silent as Jazz and Clara made eye contact. Jazz looks down at Iruma who stares at the rings on his left hand in wonder. Iruma has a little chubby hand out to reach to touch, but then resist with a shake of his head.  The thief couldn't help smother the laugh building up at how cute Iruma's reactions were.

"Long ago, two demons decided they have enough of our world and journey beyond it. They cared less about family and wanted to satisfy the building desire in their hearts. They venture out to the unknown and encounter beings that are different from how we appear. They changed their appearances and fit among them. Until one day, the demon realized she was going to be a mother," This caught everyone's attention as this was the first time they ever heard of a tale like this. Jazz bit his lip not liking the uneasy feeling building in his gut.

"The day her child was born….was the day that child had lost an important piece of themself. That powerless child was stripped away the freedom to fly in the sky and soar from new heights," Sullivan's tone sounded of pure sadness as gasps could be heard among the class. Some were torn in disbelief while others felt enraged that a parent would do such a thing. A demon's wings show great power, but grant the delight of exceeding new horizons. To the nobles, they were treated as high social status for how graceful, mighty and magnificent of their lineage. To the other classes, it gave them the pleasure of exploring and experiencing their first steps to becoming the demon of their dreams.

"The….little demon never had the chance to fly away from his parents. He was grateful that they gave him a life, but that wasn't enough to excuse what they have done. In the world they lived in, he worked and worked to provide for them. Till this very day, he has never spoken about them or badmouth their cruelty. Deep down he had a tiny glimpse of hope in those blue orbs that they loved and cherished him. Except it's far from the truth, they were greedy, unfair and manipulating towards him," At the mention of 'blue orbs', most students turned their heads at Iruma in question who blinked at them cutely. Jazz tightens his grip on Iruma who flinch a bit at the person holding him.

"To them he was worth nothing, but a cheap bottle of wine to quench their thirst," Iruma looks up curiously at Jazz to see such a scary face on him. The little toddler was scared, but for some reason he didn't want that face on the nice guy with the rings. He helped him get cleaned up when he felt icky. The black haired teen was very patient with him.

"Even now it took 14 long years for me to find my precious grandson. He deserves so much no matter what he thinks," Sullivan sighs in regret as the students stare at him in astonishment of the revelation. Most didn't know what to say as others stayed quiet in their thoughts.

"J….Jazz….uhm….big bruter," Jazz broke out of his thoughts when he heard Iruma. He glances at those big blue hues that brighten up like the sun.

"It otay, don't be mad! Be happy, big bruter," Wine irises widen at Iruma's vocabulary as he felt a bit teary at his words. Iruma places his chubby hands on his cheeks and smiles brightly.

"....I will. Sorry Iruma, don't worry your little head. Big brother has you," Hearing such words, Iruma hugs Jazz snuggly as he returns the embrace. Jazz didn't know how to explain it, but holding such a tiny warm body close to him. It made him realize how small and powerless kids are against those before them. His cheek could feel the soft tuft of Iruma's blue hair and there was this sweet yet light floral smell.

"....How touching," Lied ruined the moment as he was crying with Garp and Allocer. They were wiping their tears as Jazz blushed at the attention the two had caused. 

"Iruma-sama's backstory is so cruel yet touching…." Alice was already trying to wipe his own tears with a handkerchief as others couldn't bear to look the toddler in the eye. 

"How dare they! Sullivan-sama, you must know where those cretins have fled," Sabro felt enraged for his rival to be stripped of his demon hood. Alice composed himself and looked up with a menacing glare at the mention of Iruma's parents.

"Indeed, the nerve of those….Is this why Iruma-sama is different from the rest of us? How he doesn't let things bring him down? The way he became our Iruma was because of those hardships," Everyone was quiet as others had mixed feelings of hearing their classmates private matters. 

"Either way….Iruma is who he is because he chose to be who wants to be. We can all agree that the small time we have with little Iruma will be worthwhile," Jazz pats Iruma's head as some watch how the two interacted with each other. Iruma glances up with a pure look of delight at the feeling of Jazz's touch.

“Alright, now settled down you dolts! Sullivan-sama isn’t finished,” Realizing that the Chairman was still present, they all look back in the call to see him wiping his tears in chibi form. Opera rubbed away something from the corner of his eye as Sullivan blew his nose.

“Oh Iruma! You have such wonderful classmates to take care of you! Grandpa feels somewhat better now. Oh that’s right,” With a snap of his fingers, a card lands on Jazz’s desk as he looks down at it. It’s a cover of Iruma and him hugging with little red hearts in the corner.

“Uh...how did you even get that picture? What is this for?” Using his other hand to pick it up, Jazz noticed it was a bank card, but not just any regular bank card. 

“By our best photographer, this bank card is the Triple SSS Devilish bank card! To cover Iruma’s necessities, meals, and if you feel the need to take him to places he’s never been to. You don’t need to pay back since it’s all on me,” Majority of the classroom was stunned that such an exclusive card would be used by them. You have to be nobility, high rank and a high occupation to obtain such a card.

“Whoever takes care of Iruma, you must know that you will be given a set limit by me. The card is magically secured to be used by the person on the card’s image. You also need to take note of many changes in the journal entries you input for your other classmates. All other child care matters rely on you and how you handle them on your own,” Opera eyed all the students with a level look to not go crazy with the bank card given to them. Jazz felt relieved that if his brother stole the card from him, then he can’t use it at all.

“Alright it’s time for us to go. Andro-san, please take good care of Iruma-sama. Goodbye everyone and Iruma-sama,” Iruma looks up at Opera who nods at him as Iruma flashes him a bright smile.

“Bye-bye Kitty! Be cateful!” Waving at Opera who smiles gently at Iruma and waves back. All the students saw how Opera's tail swayed back and forth in delight of Iruma's cute actions.

"IRUMA-KUN! GRANDPA MISSES YOU! Ah….please everyone do your best into giving my Iruma wonderful memories," Sullivan gushes over Iruma a few more times until he smiles with a blissful smile towards his grandson. Everyone can't help, but be in awe of the overflowing love the Chairman has for Iruma.

"Don't forget the photos!"

"Bye Gran-Gran Iru wilt miss chu!" Hearing Iruma attempt to say more in a sentence, Sullivan grasped his heart at the overwhelming cuteness while others fawned over how cute he was.

"Opera! I want to go home!" Sullivan cries wallowing as Opera ignores it and ends the call. After the screen turns off, Kalego clears his throat to get their attention.

"Now that everyone has received their knowledge of Iruma's condition. When the troublesome brat returns back to normal, do try to act like things are fine. Now get out and go home already!” Dismissing the class, Kalego decided to head out to the teacher’s lounge as everyone else lingered a bit to see Iruma.

“So Big Bro, where are you and Iruma heading out to?" Lied went up to the two as Iruma blinked at the teen in wonder. Jazz double checks the items he's taking and the Iru-bag that Clara gave him.

"I don't have to be at my batra today, so I might as well head home. I have to clear up some stuff and get him settled in," He scoops up Iruma in one arm firmly as Iruma giggles at the action.

"Home? Whut that?" Iruma tilts his head curiously as Jazz grins at the action.

"A place where I live and you're more than welcome to call home too. Hm...I think it is best to head home first, then we will go out to get you some things bud. How does that sound?" Jazz pauses in thought as he thinks about what would be best to tackle first. 

"Fun! Let go!" Iruma raises his arms happily as everyone was once again charmed by his level of cuteness.

"Now that it's settled, let's go!" The two walked out of the class together after bidding everyone goodbyes.

"....Hey, just how long are most of you going to follow us?" Jazz and Iruma were headed in the direction of his home only to have a few tag-a-longs following them.

"I want to be sure Iruma-sama makes it home safely! As for the others, I don't care," Jazz sighs at Asmodeus' usual antics as Clara, Lied, Goemon, Allocer, and Agares scratched their heads nervously.

"I want to play with Iruma-cchi!" Clara's reason was obvious that Jazz didn't even have to guess.

"I was curious of what the two of you were going to do," Lied shrugs his shoulders as Jazz raised an eyebrow at him.

"I thought you might need some extra help on keeping an eye on him," Allocer explains as Jazz smiles gratefully. 

"Same here and Agares was actually worried about Iruma!" Garp replies cheerfully as Agares grumbles in disagreement. 

“Sorry Clara, but I have to take care of some things first with Iruma. How about you play with him tomorrow? Asmodeus, don’t worry I would never let anyone lay a hand on him,” Jazz pats Clara’s head as she pouts, but agrees for tomorrow. A ring came off of Alice’s phone as he looked at the message. He catches Asmodeus’ eyes with a protective look in his wine orbs as Asmodeus nods to him. The two Iruma followers decided to head home as the other three continued on with Jazz.

“Hey you don’t think your older brother is going to try something?” Lied questions aloud as Jazz narrows his eyes in wonder. Iruma was with Agares on his cloud as he played with the fluffy pet. Allocer looked at Jazz and wondered how his friend will deal with the obstacle at hand.

“You have an older brother, Jazz?” Garp exclaims in surprise as Jazz lets out a huge sigh.

“Sadly….I guess I won’t know until we get there,” As the group walked into the area that Jazz’s home was located, Iruma observed everything around the food stalls, stores and homes. 

“Oooooh! Jazz! Look,” A certain stall caught the little boy’s attention as he points for the others to look. It was a store full of cute plushies of creatures that look fluffy to touch. Iruma was pointing to the Guardian of Cutthroat Valley that was on window display.

“Itz me!” Everyone was confused on why the sudden attention until they were reminded of his onesie. Jazz tries to smother a chuckle at how impressed Iruma looked at the toy.

“Hai! Iru-kun, that’s right you’re pretty popular!” Lied snaps his fingers with a laugh as Iruma nods happily.

“Hey try not inflating his ego, you’ll give Jazz trouble if he starts becoming snobbish,” Agares sighs as Garp cheers Iruma who smiles at the swordsman. 

“Raising a child’s self-esteem is good, but I don’t think we have to worry about Iruma-san. It seems he knows better for a three year old,” Allocer nods his head in agreement as Lied joins in with Garp and Iruma laughs at the two.

“You aren’t wrong about that. I think this project is going to be really interesting. I can’t wait to see what our Mister Misfits has in store for us,” Jazz watches how the three mess around a bit and felt his phone go off. Pulling out his phone, he glanced at the message and felt his eyebrow twitched in annoyance.

“Speak of the devil, I’ve been summoned. Sorry guys, but maybe next time. Iruma, it’s time to say bye to everyone,” Iruma looks up and gets a bit sad as the two scramble on how to cheer him up.

“It’s okay Iruma! You’ll see us tomorrow and I’ll show you some tricks,” Iruma’s eyes brighten at that promise and looks at Garp who gulps at the puppy-eye look.

“I’ll make you some yummy snacks! How does that sound?” At the word ‘food’ Iruma started to drool at the thought as everyone laughed at his abnormal appetite. Grabbing Iruma into his arms, Jazz waves them off along with Iruma who looks a bit down that they had to go.

~Omake~

"Well, I wonder what I should do now?" Jazz had finished up everything and didn't want to head home just yet. Besides if he did head home, then he just be bored and bossed around by his older brother.

"Uhm...." Something tagged the sleeve of his jacket and he turned to see Iruma looking surprised and embarrassed at his action. Jazz felt himself warmed up when he thought of Baby Iruma. Baby Iruma always got his attention by tugging on his sleeves or pants.

"Sorry! I didn't know what came over me and I just pulled your jacket," Iruma waved his arms frantically as Jazz laughed his usual behavior.

"It's okay, Iruma! Is there something you need?" Iruma calmed down and scratched his cheek a bit before looking up at Jazz's eyes.

"Big Brother Rocky messaged if I can come over for dinner, so I said yes and thought maybe we can go together," Jazz stared at Iruma bewilderedly that his own brother invited Iruma and he even called him big brother.

"Sure although Iruma...you don't have to call him Big Brother Rocky," Jazz scratches his head as Iruma chuckles at Jazz.

"Okay then Rocky-san should be fine! Besides I like calling you Big Brother more," The two stared at each other until Iruma's face turned red of embarrassment and he tried to cover his face.

"Please forget what I said! How embarrassing," Jazz couldn't help it and laughed at him, then rubbed his hair to get his attention.

"That's alright with me! I always be your big brother, Iruma," Iruma smiles warmly as the two head home for dinner with Rocky. 

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"Jazz! Where we go?" Iruma looks around at the market stalls filled with the goods of the day. Jazz chuckles at how his eyes sparkled in wonder at all the vendor's stalls.

"Well to find some groceries and stuff for you, little guy," Iruma eyes a particular kebab stall as Jazz laughs and walks over to Old man Kou. 

“How about a snack first?” Iruma nods enthusiastically as he beams at Jazz happily who could feel flowers floating around them. 

“Yo Old man Kou! Two kebabs, please,” Approaching the stall, the old man with black and grey hair looked up to see his usual thief customer and a kid that looked no more than four years-old. Blinking at the surreal picture, Jazz wondered if the Old man was alright until he started to shout out loud.

“Oi! Jazz has a kid!” Jazz blinks in confusion on what in the world is this old man spouting until more of the stalls chimed in.

“No way! There really is a kid with him!”

“Maybe it's his little brother?”

“Come on, you know his parents can only handle two of them.”

“SO Jazz really did get a girl pregnant!”

“Hold up! This kid is more well-put together than his older brother!”

“Wait then Rock has an illegitimate child!”

“I always knew this day would come!” Jazz held onto Iruma tightly as everyone chatted about the two and wondered how this ended up with Iruma being his supposed nephew. Though most of the comments were true, at least they see him better than his older brother.

"Now all of you old coots piped down! Can't you see you're scaring the little guy," Miss Marina whacks her walking stick hard on her stall to silence all the other vendors. Fearing for being whacked by her, everyone settled down as Jazz sighs in relief.

"Woah! Pretty lady is strong!" Iruma stares at Miss Marina in awe at how she calmed down everyone. Jazz chuckles at his behavior as Miss Marina flushes at his comment.

"Well aren't you sweet! It's nice to hear such nice things from an adorable little boy," Miss Marina pushed back her long purple hair behind her ears as she smiled kindly at Iruma.

"Hey kid, don't you mean old? Ack-" Takashi yelped at being whacked as Miss Marina glared at him to say another word.

"So Jazz, care to explain about this little charmer?" Jazz scratches his head on how to explain to the vendors about how he ended up with Iruma.

"About that….he's a kid that I'm looking over for the rest of the day. I promised to take care of him as his grandpa is out of town," Everyone blinked at him in surprise as Jazz wondered why that sounded strange to them.

"Sounds really nice, but be honest he's really Rock's secret love child," Konjio nodded in understanding until he raised his eyebrow at the possible idea of Iruma being Rock's kid.

"I'm serious! Besides I don't have time for this and still have to get some things for Iruma," Jazz readjust his hold for Iruma and head over to Old Man Kou who had his kebabs ready.

"....Jazz is Iru's big brother!" Iruma smiles happily at Jazz who flushes at being called his big brother. Miss Marina smiles at the cute display as everyone goes back to their stalls. 

"Say little one, what is your name? My name is Miss Marina, and I knew this rascal when he first tried to steal my bag," Iruma looked confused at the word 'steal' while Jazz groaned at the memory.

"My name is Iruma! What is teal?" Miss Marina blinks at his word until she figures he meant to steal. Jazz felt a bit uncomfortable about him learning a bit of things on the other side.

"When you take something that doesn't belong to you. Like if I were to take your kebabs and eat them," Iruma froze in fear at the thought of his food being taken and looked at Jazz with teary eyes. Jazz almost felt bad and frowned at Miss Marina who was chuckling at Iruma.

"Big brother! Please don't let her take my kebab," Tugging on Jazz's sleeve, Iruma looks at him with puppy dog eyes as everyone swoons over the cute action. Jazz could feel an arrow striking him at the cute display and being called big brother.

"Aw! Miss Marina, leave the kid alone! I feel bad for him," Old Man Kou felt like a grandfather denying his precious grandson something he always wanted. He took out two more kebabs and handed them to Jazz who looked confused.

"Oh he asked what steal meant and don't you think I don't know that! I'm sorry, Iruma! Could you forgive me?" Miss Marina clasped her hands together in apology as Iruma looked at the two elders. 

"Itz okay! I forgive! Food is yummy!" Iruma cheers happily as Jazz blinks at the whole scene before him and laughs at how food saved the day. Miss Marina and Old Man Kou fawn over how cute Iruma is.

"Thanks you two! Iruma and I have to get going, so see ya!" The two started to feel dispirited that Iruma was leaving them.

"Bye-bye Grandpa Kou and Pretty Mari! Thank you!" Miss Marina and Old Man Kou bid the two a farewell while wishing Iruma could have stayed a bit longer.

"Let's see we should stop by here!" Jazz arrived near the produce stalls for some ingredients for dinner. After grabbing what is needed, Jazz heads up to pay Kimi who stares at him in shock.

"What?"

"You're actually paying them!! Is the world finally ending? Hey….oh my devil who is this little cutie?" Kimi was one to always change topics too quickly to get a single word in. Jazz watched how Iruma smiled kindly with a little wave as Kimi fell to the side a bit.

"This is Iruma who I'm looking after for today. Iruma, stay away from guys like him. There's a chance you could get kidnapped," Iruma was confused at his words and tilted his head to the side. He looked back at Kimi who glared at Jazz for that.

“Excuse me! I would never steal from your family, but Iruma would definitely outshine any snotty brat. You should be careful Jazz or you’ll be eating your words later,” Kimi flips his long purple hair back as Jazz sighs at his tone.

“Kit take a nap?” The two blinked at Iruma who was still confused and laughed at how adorable the little boy was.

“No honey, it’s kidnapped,” Kimi gushes how cute it was for Iruma to understand as Jazz stares him down to try anything. For Iruma, he felt like he learned a lot of new words today. Maybe his Ka will be happy and Ba too!

“Anyways we have to get going or else he’s going to bug,” Iruma wonders who this person is to make Big Brother Jazz look so gloomy. What if he was a bad guy like Ba told him to watch out for!

“Ah...I saw Rock doing his usual disgusting routine like always, so make sure Iru here doesn’t see anything,” Kimi pats Iruma on the head as Jazz groans at his stupid brother’s habits. He really does not want to go home for Iruma to be exposed to that. Iruma heard “Rock” and thought that he must be the bad guy who makes Jazz feel gloomy. 

“Jazz!” The two looked at Iruma who had his tiny fists clenched and a look of determination in his Egyptian orbs. 

“Yes, little bud?” Jazz blinks a bit confused and glances at Kimi who has no clue what is going on.

“Iru will protect Big Brother from the bad guy!” The declaration was sweet, but Kimi couldn’t help trying to hold his laughter. Jazz felt his face flush from Iruma’s words, but he had no clue who the bad guy was.

“Iru loves Big Brother a whole bunch!” Iruma stretches his arms to the side to display how much he loved Jazz who was starting to get embarrassed at the attention. Kimi started to tear up at the cute little boy who was such an honest demon. 

“Well-l I love you too...so bye Kimi!” Jazz couldn’t take anymore and hurried to grab his things with Iruma in tow. Waving off to Kimi who shook his head with a small smile at Jazz being embarrassed by such honest words. 

The teen demon and cutely dressed boy were walking down the streets as Iruma wondered if he did something wrong. He stayed quiet and tried to figure out what he must have done. Jazz on the other hand, was not used to being told such sweet words and felt himself getting more attached to Iruma. It just felt so natural and made him wish Iruma would stay as his little brother another day. Now that he thought of it, who in the world would get him? Worst case...it could be Kamui would get his wish and that worries Jazz to no end. Agares would rather sleep than think about Iruma being fed or entertained. Garp might show him to the dojo, but what if Iruma gets injured by accident. Lied might be too preoccupied with his video games.Shaking his head from such negative thoughts, Jazz needs to relax because his classmates would never do that right. 

“Jazz...if Iru did bad, then I sorry!” Jazz was surprised by the sudden tears falling from Iruma.

“Hold up! Iruma, I’m not mad or anything! It’s just….I never had anyone tell me that they love me so much,” Iruma blinks away his tears as he sees Jazz start to turn red like an apple.

“Then Iru is the first?” Smiling softly at the sweet boy, Jazz rubs Iruma’s head and lowered himself on his knees to look Iruma in the eyes.

"Yeah you are Iru! Thank you," Iruma smiles happily with flowers floating around him. Jazz was hugged by the sweet boy who held him close.

"Hey little bro! Who's the brat?" As if on cue, Rock appeared with two girls on each side of his arm. Jazz groans at the idea of Iruma meeting his big brother and hopes things will be okay.

"Oh my devil! Rock, he's adorable!"

"What a cutie! Look at how pretty his eyes are," The girls coo over Iruma who stares at them as Rock scans him from head to toe.

"I guess he's alright, but I think you're more of a cutie than him," Rock catches one of the girl's attention who flushes at the look in his eyes. Jazz looks nauseous at the display of his brother being like that until he remembered. Iruma blinks at the weird thing happening in front of him as the nice girl was becoming a tomato! The guy is looking at her like how Iruma feels when he eats yummy food. He looks at his hand to see his delicious kebab calling out to him.

The other girl pouts at being left out as she watches Iruma stare at his kebab. She giggles at how he was staring at his kebab with a bit of drool. The little guy must be hungry and he looks like he's ready to eat. Jazz is forever grateful that food could distract Iruma from anything. 

"Oh hey this looks tasty! Probably from Old Man Kou," Rock eats the kebab he quickly snatches from Iruma who was ready to bite into his food. Iruma had his eyes closed and could almost taste it until he bit into nothing.

"Hey Rock! That was Iruma's!" Jazz should have seen this coming and looked at how in shock Iruma was.

"Little bro...tsk...tsk, you know the rules finders keepers, losers weepers. Besides I was hungry," Rock didn't see what he did wrong and the girl who was left out crossed her arms. She can't believe he did that to such an adorable kid and now there's a chance he'll cry.

"Kebab...from Grandpa Kou," Jazz could see Iruma look down and felt bad for letting this happen. He didn't even have any more left since Iruma ate the majority of what they were given. That was the last kebab and Rock had to be a jerk to Iru.

"Rock! Say sorry!" She was feeling bad and elbowed him in the gut. Rock winced from the jab and sighed at such a pain to reassure a brat.

"...You are a big meanie! That was Iru's and you took it. Iru don't like you!" Staring at Iruma in surprise, Jazz could not believe he spoke clearly! There were tiny tears in the corner of his eyes as he pointed at Rock.

"Ouch...like that is going to hurt me! Ah what I mean to say is," The two girls glared at him as Rock panicked at how they pressured him to apologize.

"Jazz is nicer and better than you! He's a better big brother," Feeling his cheeks heat up, Jazz didn't know to be embarrassed or smug at the look his brother gave. Rock looked as if someone just told him that they would never fall for the likes of him. Both girls could see how the little guy favored Rock's little brother more. Usually Rock is popular with everyone, but for a little kid to say his little brother is better.

Feeling a bit emotional, Iruma ran to Jazz and hugged him tightly who looked up to see a scary face his brother was making.

"Oh little bro, who is that?" Jazz could tell Iruma's words must have struck something. He has never seen his brother react this way. 

"Ah well...he's a teacher's relative I'm looking after," Rock wondered what kind of teacher would let Jazz watch their kid.

"Huh...he's got some guts for a puny little brat. Murai? Whatever your name is, listen. I'm actually way better than my little bro here. Not to brag or anything," Jazz felt his brow twitched in irritation at the jab. Leave it to his brother to feel like he should be superior since he's the oldest. 

"....No! Jazz is waaaaaay better than you, food teal!" Iruma did not like that look on this jerk's face as he just smiled at him. Now that Iruma thinks about it, that smile reminded him of something. Like a piece of his past resembles how a guy treats him. Was it in class? Hold on, how old is Iruma? Iruma is 4 years old right.

"Teal? What the heck does that mean?" Jazz notices a strange look on Iruma's face and wonders what could be wrong.

"Rock! Leave Iruma alone, he doesn't seem to like you much. I'm heading home," Rock turned to the ignored girl as her friend followed after. Rock followed after them as Jazz took that as a sign to evacuate. Scooping the stuff and Iruma, Jazz hurries inside his home and sighs in sweet relief.

"Jazz?" Putting Iruma down, Jazz pats his head to ruffle his hair a bit and decides to message his parents about Iruma. Unlocking his phone, his thumb hovers over the camera app and debates on taking a photo of Iruma. Iruma was still dressed in his onesie and he could send the photo to his parents.

"Well, it's not like it's going to hurt anyone. Say cheese Iruma!" Iruma smiles brightly as Jazz snaps the picture and sends it to his parents. Picking up Iruma, Jazz walks around his home as Iruma looks at all the decor. 

"So shiny! So preety! Oh Jazz! Look at that," Most of the items were stolen goods that the Andro family has. Iruma notices all the ones that would catch his eye and gestures to Jazz to look.

"This belongs to my folks, so it looks pretty amazing. Hey Iruma, how about we make some dinner, then take a bath hm…?" Jazz chuckles at the adorable head nod Iruma gave who looks around. For the meantime, Jazz's parents are out on another search for forbidden treasures in the Evil-eye jungle. 

"Actually….what can I make you eat? I could whip up some dough and make some meat and veggie rolls. What do you think?" Laughing at the drool forming at the thought of food, Jazz carefully places a hungry Iru down safely. Looking around the kitchen, he wonders what would be good to occupy Iruma's attention. That was until an idea came to mind and he thought about his familiar.

"Alright come out. Hey bud, do you think you could keep Iruma company," Summoning his familiar, his spilt wolf barks cheerfully as it trots over to Iruma. Iruma saw the cute cub and squeals in delight as the dog licks his cheeks. 

"S-so cute…." Jazz whips out his phone to take a picture of the cute scene. Iruma puts his face in the familiar's fur and smiles happily.

"Time to get dinner started then," Grabbing out the ingredients, Jazz prepared the meal as the door opens to reveal his brother with hand print on his cheek. Rock eyes focuses on the little brat with his brother's familiar, playing happily. Pulling out his phone, Rock heads back out to call the one person he knows who would give his brother this assignment.

"Yo sensei! Do you have a minute? It's regarding an interesting thing in my home."

omake!

Iru-chan's observational journal

• Ka: likes to read a lot, has a lot of cactuses cacti
• Makes Iruma happy even when he doesn't smile as much
• Iru wants to make him proud for some reason
• Iruma's father figure

Ka yelled at everyone today because of an egg teacher? Iru doesn't get it, but Ka doesn't like it. Jazz and sparky showed a picture of a cute bird! Iru wants to see it too, but they laughed an said I will. Iru doesn't understand at all. When everyone leaves Ka takes care of me really good! Ka is my favorite but don't tell Grandpa otherwise he'll cry. Iru feels like Oper would fight Ka and Iru doesn't want that. Ah time to go! Bye bye!

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babi babi babi babiru!

Purple eyebrows twitched at the sudden annoyance of his devi-phone ringing. Placing the worksheet down on his desk, Kalego glances over to his right side to see the pesky thing. That obnoxious ringtone was set by Opera-senpai who said he needed to have a change in environment. He would have liked to change it if he knew how.

"Kalego speaking…" Answering the phone, Kalego sighs at the idea of Opera calling again for another report on Iruma.

"Yo sensei! Do you have a minute? It's regarding an interesting thing in my home," Kalego frowns at the familiar tone of Rock Andro who was Jazz's older brother. Rubbing his forehead for an incoming headache, Kalego wonders what he could be up to.

"Even if I hung up on you now, then you would come and bother me here. State your case, Mr. Andro, or you´re wasting my time," Rock smirks at the fact that he would do what Kalego had mentioned. 

"What's with the brat? Murai? Raium? Something like that, but I wanted to know who's kid, is it? I don't think the great Kalego-sensei would offer child care services as a lesson," Red orbs sparkle in amusement at the swearing Kalego let out on his breath.

"Iruma is a child put up by one of the higher-ups for the morons to understand raising a child. You have nothing to worry about since all of his necessities are going to be taken care of. I already sent a notification to your parents regarding his matter. Now then if you excuse me!" Rock blinks at the sudden answers and looks at his screen that Kalego-sensei hung up.

"...Iruma huh…. Let's see with mom," Scrolling through his contacts, Rock found his mother's number and dialed it.

"Rock Andro! How could you have not told me I had a grandson?" Blinking at the surprising question, Rock wonders what his mother meant by a grandson.

"Who has a grandson? Sorry mom, but I have no clue on what you're on about," Scratching his head, he leans against the hallway wall and glances at Jazz's back.

"I always knew you were playing around too much! I can't believe you hid the fact of this adorable four-year-old existence! Oh, I want to see him already!" Something told Rock that this had to do with the little brat.

"Mom….the kid isn't mine and Jazz brought him home," Leaving out some other information, Rock wondered how his mother would react.

"Jazz? No Jazz is a sweetheart and yes! Honey, don't touch that otherwise the traps will go off! Oh, wait! Kalego-sensei sent us an email," Rock sighs at his luck for the email to arrive in his parents.

"I guess we have the kid for the night unless something miraculous happens," Iruma and his brother's familiar are both running around while he can catch the smell of dinner.

"Oooo no we won't!"

"Huh?" Slowly heading over to the kitchen, Jazz stares at his brother in confusion.

"I'm going to request more days so I can see that cute little demon! Besides, your father and I are almost finished up over here. It's Thursday, right? Just tomorrow and the weekend won't hurt anyone!" Rock almost hit his face on the counter in shock that his mother was proposing such an idea.

"Hold on! Mom, you can't be serious-ack!" Not noticing the small dog demon, Rock fell back and landed on his bottom. Jazz watched as his brother fell and his familiar yelped in pain. He put down the spatula and turned down the heat as he looked over his familiar.

"Ow! Little bro, make sure your dog watches where he's going," Rubbing his behind a bit, Rock could see how Iruma was softly petting the spilt wolf-dog soothingly. 

"There…there…pain go away!" The Andro brothers watched as Iruma smiled gently at the familiar. Iruma gives a kiss on the paw that was stepped on as the dog licks him in return.

"Huh…now you don't see that every day," Rock raised his eyebrows in surprise as Jazz was more occupied on recording Iruma's actions. Iruma looked over to where Rock was and stare at him hard.

"Little bro…why is he staring at me?"

"Hm…maybe he wants you to apologize?" Jazz averts his brother´s glare as he whistles away innocently. Iruma gets up and starts walking over to the two brothers.

"Okay brat, what's the deal?¨ Iruma looks down for a bit before coming closer into Rock´s personal space. Rock is stupefied on the whole situation until he noticed how Iruma gently rubs his forehead.

"Pain, pain go away! Come back another day!" The two Andro brothers just gaped at Iruma in shock as Iruma smiled kindly at Rock. 

"He's cursing me! Oi….I know we got off the wrong foot but…." Rock could not believe a little brat like him had cursed him.

"Now hold on, Rock! I'm pretty sure Iruma is way too young to know a curse….ah then again," Jazz was trying to sound reasonable until he remembered the entrance ceremony.

"Then again!? I'm sure he just cursed me to feel the pain again on another day!"

"Well….why not ask him? Yo Iruma, what was that you just did?"

"Did what?"

"The thing with the chant and rubbing my head!"

"Oh! It's to make you feel a bit better!"

"H-how is that supposed to make someone feel better?"

"Iru wants bad Lock to not feel hurt no more!"

"Aren't you sweet? I've never heard anything like that before." Jazz places a finger on his chin in thought as Rock stared at Iruma in disbelief. The brat wasn’t supposed to like him and said that he likes his younger brother more. Here they are now, the brat is trying to make his pain disappear.

"....whatever, I'm going to bed," Getting up from the ground, Iruma watches as Rock ignores him. Jazz raises an eye at the action and sees his brother leave the kitchen. The spilt-wolf familiar barked at Iruma who continued to stare at Rock leaving down the hallway.

"Ne….Jazz?" Slowly walking over to Jazz, Iruma grasps Jazz's apron to get his attention. Jazz was flushing at another adorable action of Iruma and smiled gently at him.

"Yes, Iruma?"

"Can Iru bring Lock when food finished? Iru wants him to eat too!" Glancing at the food, Jazz ruffles Iruma's hair and turns back to the food.

"Sure thing! Let's set up first, then you can get Big Bro," Iruma nods happily as he tries his best to help Jazz. Once the two had everything set, Iruma looked at Jazz with anticipated eyes.

"Alright Iruma, go ahead and bring Big Bro over to eat," Iruma heads over to where he saw Rock go with the wolf familiar following. Iruma saw a door that was black but had a sign on it. Looking for help, the wolf yaps at Iruma and leads him to another door a bit further down.

"Lock's room?" The wolf familiar barks happily as Iruma smiles gratefully at the dog. Giving the wolf a pat on the head, Iruma looks at the purple door and raises his tiny fist to knock.

There was no response, so Iruma tried again with two knocks. Tilting his head to the side a bit, Iruma wondered if Lock was asleep. What poor little Iru didn't notice was that his knocks were more like a soft tap. Wolf stares back at the door and Iruma, then barks at Iruma. 

"Whatz wang? Is Lock sleep?" The little bluenette watched how the wolf was walking towards something. Looking back at the door, Iruma follows to see that the familiar was staring at the wall. 

"Does Iru touch?" Confused, Iruma notices how the wolf gestured to the wall with a lift of his head. Slowly reaching out to touch, Iruma felt something cool and expected to touch the wall. Iruma feels himself falling through and landing on something hard. 

Iruma blinks and looks for the wolf only to notice how messy the place he was in. There were books on the floor, but Iru wonder why there were girls on it. Gently rising himself, Little Iruma saw how there was a desk and a bookshelf. He noticed Rock asleep on a bed, but without a shirt on. Slowly walking over, Iruma finally reached Rock and was about to pat him awake. Until bleary red orbs opened a bit only to jolt up which scared Iruma who fell backward.

"Oh, shit….how the hell did you get in here? Actually, why are you here, brat?" Rock yawns and notices how Iruma fell again. Getting up he hopes Iruma doesn't start crying as most kids do. Iruma felt something on his bottom that he fell on. 

" Itz time to eat! Hey Lock, whatz this?" Pulling out some strange thing, Iruma noticed it's really short and has a clip across. There was even a little wrapper next to it and it was shaped like a square. Rock rubs his eyes a bit and looks at Iruma only to stay quiet.

Someone must have cursed him to have a bad day. Rock felt himself die a little when a little brat like Iruma who is the face of pure innocence is holding not only some random girl's bra. He was also holding an open wrapper of a condom. If Jazz or his mother were to walk right now, then there might be a slim chance of survival.

"Hey Big Bro, is Iruma-IRUMA! P-put that down and why don't you go with my wolf to the table. Actually, wait by the sink, so I can help you wash up," Opening the door, Jazz walks into a sight he never wanted Iruma to encounter. Iruma is the innocent and good kid holding a bra and a condom wrapper.

"Big Bro….how about you joining us after you clean up your room?" Jazz said this with a closed-eye smile which made Rock shiver at the icy wind. Shutting the door closed, Rock hopes Jazz won't say anything to their mom about this.

"Argh! I can't believe him! I just hope Iruma never remembers about this," Rubbing his palms against his face, Jazz was mortified of what could happen to him if word got out about this. It was slightly his fault that he forgot his brother's bad habits and sent Iruma to get him. The idea of the whole class and Kalego-sensei finding out is just pure hell. 

“Jazz?” Peeking through his fingers, Iruma and his familiar were looking at him with a worried expression. Raking a hand through his hair, Jazz let out a sigh, the gathered Iruma into his arms.

“I’m alright, Iru. Big Bro was just thinking about something, but seeing you makes me feel a bit better,” Walking towards the kitchen, Iruma smiles warmly at Jazz’s words and hugged Jazz. This made Jazz feel a bit warm at how adorable Iruma is as a child. He recalls the principal’s sad tale of how such a sweet child was treated. Iruma deserves better than having his ability to fly taken away. 

“Chu!” Something soft and ticklish touch his cheek as Jazz was brought back from his thoughts. The sweet bluenette grins happily as Jazz realized Iruma kissed him on the cheek. 

“W-what was that for?” Feeling his face heat up, Jazz felt himself stutter from such a cute display.

“Iru’s special! Cuz Jazz is the nicest, and bestest big brother ever!” If there was one mighty foe to fear, then it is the cuteness of Iruma’s charms. 

“Thanks, Iru! Let’s wash up and then chow down,” Iruma cheers as Jazz makes sure to wash his hands squeaky clean. Rock showed up and the three of them sat down to eat dinner. Rock reached over and started to pile his plate as Jazz served Iruma’s serving. 

“Thank you for the food!” The two brothers’ blinked at the way Iruma clapped his tiny hands together and smiled happily. This puzzled them as they had never seen anyone do such an action.

“Okay he is definitely a strange kid, now I see why,” Rock places a hand on his cheek as Iruma is busy chowing down his food.

“You haven’t seen Iruma at school, Bro! He really knows how to blow the whole school away,” Watching Iruma’s blissful expression, Jazz already fills full at all the cute things Little Iruma does.

“Mom said that he’s staying tomorrow and the weekend,” Jazz who was busy taking pictures stopped and blinked owlishly at his brother in surprise.

“Say what now? This is a group project, so I can’t keep Iruma for that long!”

“Well you know how Mom gets and how she will get what she wants,” Rock interjects as he eats more of his food while Jazz is trying to wrap all this new information. Once everyone had their fill and Iruma ate about three full plates, they decided to go to bed. Jazz and Iruma took a nice bath and it was a lot of fun until his familiar hopped into the tub. After changing and drying off the wolf, Jazz remembered how he left Iruma to change. Peeking into his room, he can see Iruma dressed in an Eggy-sensei onesie that was downright incredible. 

“Ready for bed, Iru?”

“Yup!” Iruma scrambles onto Jazz’s bed and made room for Jazz to sleep. This kid is way too kind and Jazz wonders if this is why Iruma’s grandpa spoils him. Settling himself next to Iruma, the little boy yawns a bit and Jazz watches how his eyelids droop a bit.

“Ah, the journal! I better jot down what I observed today,” Once he could see Iruma finally fallen into sleep, then Jazz head over and took out his journal from class. Writing down his entry, Jazz looks over to see Iruma sleeping with a small smile and his familiar cuddled on the other side. Putting down his pencil, he reaches for his phone and snaps a picture.

“Well sleep tight Iruma and I’ll see you in the morning,” Turning off the lights, Jazz smiles gently at Iruma while brushing away his hair a bit. Making sure not to wake him, Jazz gets comfortable and lets sleep take him. Even though raising a kid sounds rough, Jazz likes to appreciate how Iruma makes taking care of him easily.

Omake:

Iru-chan's Observational Journal

Day 2 <Momonoki>

• Momo is so pretty
• Momo gets red wen Ka is here
• Iru likes how she gives snacks
• Iru doesn't know who be mama figure - Momo or Opr

Momo had no class today, so Iru play with her! Iru wonders why Momo is red wen Ka comes for Iru. Iru will be sad if Momo sick. Momo show Iru magic and the frog was blue like Iru! Hm...Big Sis Rai says that girl will be red cuz love! Iru don't know love? Is it some food to eat? Oh no! Momo will eat Ka? No Momo really nice, but Iru doesn't undertand. Ba can help? Ah Momo is here! Bye-bye!

Chapter Text

"Man….I'm tired," Blearily red orbs opened at the sound of his alarm for school. Jazz felt a heavy weight on his chest as he looked to see Irumi asleep on him. Careful of moving, Jazz makes sure to gently lay the boy on the bed. Turning on his lamp, Jazz strolls over to the bathroom to freshen up for another day at school. Unaware of the presence, a hidden figure quietly heads into Jazz's room.

"Let's see, I have to wake up Iruma, get him dressed, get breakfast together, and survive school. Sounds easy enough as long as the Iruma Protection Squad doesn't get out of hand," Jazz exits the bathroom and heads for his room. Once he enters, he stops at the sight of Iruma, not on the bed where he left him. Iruma was sleeping right on his bed and now he isn't. Jazz bolts out of the room and was about to knock on Rock's room when he heard laughter in the kitchen. As soon as the kitchen came into his view, he sighed a breath of relief at his mother holding Iruma.

"Good morning sleepy head! What's the fuss all about?" Masumi Andro grins at her cute son's reaction to their little Iru. Iruma was munching on fruit and wondered who the pretty lady was. She woke him up gently and told him it was time to get up. She fed him this amazing fruit that was super juicy.

"Mom….couldn't you have told me something? I was worried Iruma got kidnapped or something," Masumi giggles at the annoyed look of her youngest son. Iruma looks up to see Jazz awake and smiles happily 

"Big Bro! Iru says good morning! The pretty lady gave Iru something yummy," Jazz pauses at the scene and laughs at how cute Iruma was being. Masumi smiles gently at the sweet child and how Jazz gets along well with him.

"So your name is Iruma, huh? I'm your big brother's mom, the pretty lady," Masumi laughs at the surprise in Iruma's pretty big eyes. 

"Then you're Iruma's mama too?" Jazz paused and wondered how his mother would react. Rock was barely coming out of the room without a shirt and paused mid-yawn at the question.

"Or….no?" Iruma noticed how quiet everything was until Masumi gave him such a beautiful smile.

"I would be happy to be your mama, Iruma! How could I not want to have a cutie like you! Now let mama give you some kisses," Masumi smothers him with kisses as Jazz and Rock did not know how to respond to that. Their mom was one of the stealthiest of thieves and had them focus on trying to steal since they were four years old. Masumi Andro was being such an affectionate mother right before their eyes.

"Well that was unexpected," Rock rubs his eyes thinking maybe he was still asleep. Iruma squeals in delight and hearing his mother make him realize reality.

"Now boys hurry up and get ready! Iruma sweetie, what would you like for breakfast?" Masumi tells the boys to get dressed as she places Iruma on the counter. Jazz wonders how his mother will react to Iruma's appetite.

"Are you sure he has to go? Iruma can stay with mama," Jazz, Rock, and Iruma were getting ready to leave except Masumi didn't want the little boy to go.

"Sorry mom, Sensei's orders besides we'll be home later. See ya," Masumi felt a bit disappointed she couldn't spend more time with Iruma. Iruma saw how sad mama was and went up to her. All three of the Andro family watched as Iruma stood in front of Masumi. Masumi bends down to Iruma and looks confused.

"Bye-bye Mama! Iru will be back," Iruma reaches on his tippy toes to give her a kiss on the cheek. Jazz and Rock haven't done that to their mom for a long time. Masumi felt flushed at how sweet and adorable this little demon is.

"Be careful! If anyone bugs you, then mama will end them," Picking up Iruma, the two waved goodbye as the boys shivered at the threat in his mother's words. Iruma nods and waves bye unaware of what she had meant.

"Well catch you two later," Rock was heading off on his own until he felt someone grasp his shirt. Iruma stares at Rock who was confused about what the brat wants now.

"Iruma?" Jazz looked between the two as Iruma tugged on Rock to get closer.

"Okay, okay what do you-chu!" Pressing a kiss on Rock's cheek, Jazz stared wide-eyed at the whole thing happening. Iruma smiles happily while Rock is trying to figure out what happened.

"Bye-bye Rock! Iru will see you!" The two head off as Rock comes back to his senses. He puts his hands on his face on the blush coming his way. Why did the brat kiss him on the cheek? Who told him to do that? Ugh….that brat was a terrifying demon indeed.

"So….Iruma mind telling me why you kissed Rock on the cheek?" Not that Jazz was jealous, but he didn't like how his sleazy brother got a kiss. His mom got one too and he didn't like it at all.

"When you say bye, then you give a kiss. Iru's mama used to do that and Iru thought it was okay. Is it bad?" Jazz felt himself get stabbed for his jealousy getting in the way. Not to mention Iruma is at the age where he would question things. This was the first time Iruma has ever mentioned his mother.

"No but you can't do that to anyone unless they are your family or a special person. Your mom used to do that?" Walking halfway Jazz brought out his wings so the two can fly over to the school.

"Wow! Big bro can fly! Can Iru fly too?" That question was difficult to answer as Jazz felt a knot in his throat. Iruma must have wanted to fly, but how much pain was he in. Seeing everyone soar except him whose wings were torn off.

"Ah….Iruma, do you hate your parents?" Trying to avoid the question, Jazz wants to smack himself for asking personal questions. Iruma was quiet and Jazz didn't want to push it. Luckily the two had arrived at school, but Jazz had forgotten one thing. The whole school was swarming with students who wanted to get a good look at Little Iruma. Iruma clutched his arm tightly and looked scared at so many people coming toward them. 

"Iruma? Hey, hold up! Could you guys back off?" Jazz did not like how they were making Iruma feel and it was getting on his nerves. Iruma whimpers when someone from the news committee snapped a photo. A ring of fire surrounded them which Asmodeus had cast. Jazz felt someone grab his shoulder and he turned to see Pursoi nod. 

"Hey? Where did they go?" Once the fire disappeared, the students didn't see Jazz or Iruma. Once they made it to the classroom, Pursoi released his magic and everyone turned to see Jazz and Iruma.

"Oh hey, Jazz good thing Azz-Azz and Pursoi went to get you! I bet you forgot about the-Eek scary!" Lied bounces on his tail only to jump in fear from the look on Jazz's face. The rest of the class was shocked to see such an expression of anger on Jazz who is usually carefree. 

"Iruma….I'm sorry. It's going to be okay," Calming himself a bit, Jazz soothes Iruma who sniffs and rubs his eyes. Jazz should have expected this, but he didn't think it was that bad.

"....Iru want to be alone on Mr. Cloud," Iruma looked a bit pink on the face and Jazz nodded at his request. He walks over to Agares and puts him on the cloud. Once settled on, Iruma lays flat and hides his face. Jazz felt his heart be stabbed by an imaginary arrow. With a gloomy atmosphere, he walked back to his seat and tried to understand what just happened. Everyone could feel the mood and wondered what occurred for Iruma to distance himself.

"....what in the devil? Well moving on,"Walking in Kalego could feel the energy from two areas, and ignore it. Throughout the class, Iruma stayed on the cloud refusing to look up. It caused a lot of anxiety and worry that the poor boy could suffocate himself. Asmodeus and Clara were trying to figure out how to get their precious Iruma to smile again. The other students tried to think of how to regain the spirit of Jazz and Iruma. As for Jazz, he was still moping over the fact that Iruma had not called on him at all. What is there to do? 

Time had flown by so fast that it was already time for lunch. Kalego sighs in relief and tells his idiot students not to cause a ruckus. It didn't reach a certain trio and he rubs his head at the incoming headache. Jazz quickly heads for Iruma at the same time as Asmodeus and Clara.

"Hey you two! I'm going to see if Iruma wants to eat with me," Sparks fly as Jazz and Asmodeus both make eye contact as Clara moves closer to Iruma's figure. Agares raises an eye at her actions and wonders how long is the kid going to be on his cloud. He's been quiet all morning and made little sniffles here and there. 

"As if Iruma-sama would eat with you after this morning! How could you forget about the school mob?" Jazz flinches at the truth and clenches his fists while everyone wonders if they should separate the two.

"....Look Asmodeus you can be mad at me. I'm also pissed off that I let something like that happen. Can you blame me for being distracted by how cute he is?" The room felt tense and Asmodeus widened his eyes at Jazz's words. Until everyone loudly shrieked in surprise at the last part of his words.

"Hold on….uh Jazz?" Lied was taken by surprise that the cool guy was replaced with another upcoming Iruma squad member. 

"You guys don't get it now, but spending time with Iruma is special. You'll all see it when you take care of him," Softly smiling at Iruma's little figure, Jazz thinks of those sweet moments with Baby Iruma. Clara pokes Iruma's cheek and jumps a bit.

"Hot! Hot! Iruma-kins is hot!" This caught everyone's attention as Jazz gently rolled Iruma to the side. Iruma's face is flushed as he breathes slowly with an uncomfortable look on his face.

"Iruma-sama!" Asmodeus places a hand on his head to feel his temperature. He flinches at how hot Iruma's forehead feels and tries to figure out what is happening.

"Kerori-chan! Give Clara some ice for this pack! Iruma-kins is burning up!" Clara pulls out an ice pack as Kerori nods and uses some of her magic for the ice pack.

"Is something wrong with him?" Elizabetta looks at the poor baby worried. 

"He has a high fever! He didn't use any magic, so how's that possible?" Goemon scratched his head as others nodded to his words.

"Maybe his power is too powerful so it resulted in a high fever since he's a baby. There could be…" Allocer stayed quiet as everyone looked at him to finish his sentence.

"Could be what?" Sabnock asked and Jazz finally shook out of his trance to see the grim expression on Allocer's face.

"That someone tried poisoning him," The whole room was dead silent and some shivered at the chill in the air.

"Hold on Allocer, you think one of us did it?" Pursoi blinks at the outrageous idea of someone doing that to Iruma.

 "....It is possible if you take a moment to think about it," Allocer could feel the stares and glares as he continues. 

"Iruma-san is the Chairman's grandson, so why not take advantage? There are some demons who envy those in high powers. Everyone in the Netherworld knows how much he loves his grandson. I don't think anyone in this class would do such a thing. Isn't it strange the moment Iruma and Jazz entered he hadn't said a word? He's been quiet and not even shown his face. Maybe on the way to school, something could have happened."

"Let me see the brat," Kalego pushed through his students as he looked at Iruma's condition. Finally, Iruma opened his eyes and whimpered in pain.

"Ka! It hurtz….wah…Iru hurtz," Iruma's eyes begin to water as he cries. Everyone watched and felt a stab through their hearts for Iruma.

"It's Kal-nevermind where does it hurt? None of us know unless you tell us," Kalego stops himself from correcting Iruma and tries to convince Iruma to talk.

"Iru don't now! It hurtz…make it staph…Iru will be good," Iruma cries a bit more as Kalego struggles to understand what to do. Asmodeus thought about his mentor and urges someone to get Balam-sensei.

"Listen brat! You are good, but how am I supposed to help you. Oi Andro, what are you doing? Wait!" Jazz picks up Iruma and heads for the nurse in hopes of calming Iruma's pain. The whole class goes chaotic with some following him and Kalego-sensei while others stay to inform Balam-sensei where they went.

"It's okay Iru! I'm taking you to a nurse who should make it go away okay? It's okay," Jazz could feel his stomach sink at the idea that this could be worse than a fever. Iruma whimpers even more and Jazz could hear him coughing. Running down the halls ignoring bystanders watching, Jazz bursts through the nurse's office and jumped from the sound.

"Please teach! I need help," Reiki-san, the school nurse of Babylus, points at the open bed for Iruma to be laid. Kalego and some students appeared right as Jazz put down Iruma.

"Is something wrong with him, Kalego-san?" Using his bloodline magic Sourcer, Reiki tries to find the source of the cause for the baby to act this way. He knits his eyebrows together in confusion when he can't find anything.

"The kid is experiencing a high fever and coughing. I'm not sure if there is something else," Crossing his arms, Kalego watched and noticed the look of confusion on Reiki-san.

"Doc! Doc! Is Iruma-kins going to be alright?" Clara clenched her fist on the bedsheet as Asmodeus stared at Iruma worryingly.

"....Kalego-san, I can't seem to find anything wrong with him. This is the first to happen in my work field, but he shows signs of high fever and coughing. What is his bloodline magic?" Reiki studied Iruma and looked towards Kalego who was lost for words. He placed a hand on his chin in thought since this is the first time he realized that he has no clue about Iruma's bloodline magic. Jazz, Clara, and Asmodeus went quiet and realized no one really knows what bloodline magic Iruma has. Not many people talk about it and it shouldn't be a surprise, but if the school nurse can't find the cause of Iruma's suffering. They didn't want to think badly of what could happen. 

"I actually don't know his bloodline magic, but he's related to the idiot Chairman. Is it his magic that is reacting?" Taking a moment of consideration, Reiki wondered if it was his magic, but usually, the bloodline would be the cause. This was something unexpected and the first time a case like this presented itself.

"That's why it's hard to find the cause and if we use healing magic, then it could work. There is the chance it won't make a difference at all. Let me try," Raising an open palm in Iruma's direction, Reiki used healing magic as everyone hoped that this would work.

"! Wah staph….staph Iru hurts," Iruma cries out more in pain as Reiki stops what he is doing. Jazz wipes away the falling tears as Clara's eyes get watery.

"What just happened?! How could healing magic be of no effect?" Kalego stares in shock at the healing magic not working. 

"Iruma-kins!/Iruma-sama!?/Iruma!" The three tried to soothe the poor boy who felt even worse in pain than before. It was unheard of that healing magic could not work on a young demon.

"I…I don't know….this is something completely out of my field," Reiki was confused about how the usual treatment for any demons wasn't working on the poor kid. The door is slammed open as Balam appears with some jars in his arms. Placing the jars on the counter, Balam looks at which jar to pick.

"Iruma-san! Don't worry, I have just what you need," Staring at Balam in shock, everyone watched as he pulled out a spoon and opened the lid of a green jar. He scoops up a spoonful and gently brings it close to Iruma. He lifts Iruma's head and holds the spoon of mystery substance a bit away.

"Ba! Iru…Iru hurts," Balam's eyes soften and Jazz brushes Iruma's bangs away from his face.

"It's okay, Iruma! I have this special medicine to make it go away," Iruma hesitates at the brown liquid but listens to Balam who places it in his mouth.

"Yummy! Iru wants more!" Chuckling at Iruma's reaction, Balam gently places his head down and ruffles his hair.

"No, Iruma…you can only have one for now, okay? How about taking a nap to get better? I'll give some more when you wake up," Iruma nods slowly, but can't seem to fall asleep. He still feels hot, and his throat hurts, but slippery stuff made him feel a bit better.

"What's wrong, Iru?" Jazz noticed how his cough stopped for now, but Iruma looked like he couldn't fall asleep. Asmodeus and Clara were a little relieved to see a change in his condition.

"Can't sleep," Kalego crosses his arms at the fact, but if you look closely his shoulders sag a little in relief. Balam knows just what to do and pats Iruma's tummy.

"Go to sleep….Go to sleep…please go to sleep Little Iruma…" Singing to Iruma, everyone stared at Balam who ignored their surprised looks.

"How is that supposed to work, Shichirou-kun?" Kalego questions his friend until everyone hears a soft snore from the bed.

"It actually worked!?" Even though he is only five year old now, Iruma still has three phrases that he is still weak to. Balam raised a gloved finger to silence everyone in the room.

"Balam-sensei! What is this that you gave him?" Reiki picked up one of the jars and sniffed the contents only to catch a fragrance of herbs and a sweet scent. The others were curious as well and noticed how Iruma was sleeping a bit peacefully.

"It is a herbal concoction to ease symptoms like the one Iruma-kun was experiencing," This surprises Reiki as not many potions heal the fever and coughing demons experience.

"This is fascinating! A new discovery in relieving demons on this problem! Who created this? Where were the herbal products used? What is the sweet fragrance?" Balam starts to get a bit overwhelmed since these are questions he wasn't expecting to be asked. Not to mention the one who created it is asleep and turned into a child nonetheless. After talking with Iruma about the human world, Balam was surprised at how sick humans can get depending on their body's condition. He even got concerned by a what-if situation in which Iruma was not able to recover by any potions or healing magic. That is where Iruma explained the herbs that were used to aid certain symptoms. Balam always enjoyed learning more new things from Iruma, especially his birthday.

“....You see Reiki-san….the one who created this is well….the one lying on the bed,” All eyes turned on Balam as he mentioned who made the medicine. 

“This five-year-old made this!”

“No you moron! He’s not actually five! Iruma was turned into a brat thanks to another imbecile,” Kalego sighs and ruffles his hair a bit in surprise that Iruma create this thing. 

“Now I see….that would explain why he wasn’t able to be healed! A potion to turn you young,” The three students in the nurse’s office were looking at Iruma with mixed expressions. Clara was amazed at Iruma-kin making new things. Asmodeus was highly impressed but worried for Iruma. Jazz stayed silent and just kept his eyes on Iruma.

“How about we take this somewhere else? Jazz, could you watch over Iruma-kun?” Ushering everyone out, Balam looks over and smiles at Jazz who nods at the suggestion. Once the door was closed, Jazz glanced at Iruma’s sleepily face and falls gently onto the bed with only half his body.

“I’m sorry Iruma,” Red orbs held a guilty emotion before closing them to listen to the sound of Iruma’s soft breathing. Too many things happened and Jazz felt like he wasn’t prepared to handle them. A sick baby, asking about his actual parents, and the way how he put some distance between them.

Omake:

Iru-chan's Observational Journal

Day 3 <Balam>

• Ba is so huge like a choco tower
• Ba looks scary, but he is super nice
• Ba always pats Iru's head
• Iru loves Ba and never wants him sad

If Ba not busy, then he play with Iru! Iru would get picked up by Ba's vines and go whoosh! Itz fun! Ba makes pretty books and Iru loves to read them. Iru don't get why people run away from Ba. He is so nice and gives warm hugs! Ba is so funny when Iru does something. Iru doesn't get it, but Ba looks like he is happy with Iru. Iru asked Ba what is love and Ba got shy! Maybe love is food, and when Iru said that Ba was laughing. Ba said love is not something to eat, but something to feel. Iru still doesn't get it. Then Ba said it is a warm feeling when you are with someone who makes you happy! So Iru understands now! Iru told Ba that I love Ba! Ba got all red and covered his face! Iru has to go now! Bye-bye!

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"Mhm…yawn…" Sapphire orbs blinked at the bright room he was in and slowly looked around. Iruma was pretty sure he was with Ba, Ka, Azz, Ari, Iki, and big brother! He doesn’t feel as bad as before, but he’s pretty hungry. Iruma was confused since all he sees is white and for some reason, he doesn’t like this feeling.

“If you don’t like what you see, then just change it, kid,” A voice interrupts Iruma’s thoughts as he quickly turns to see no one else. Iruma wonders what the person was talking about, but he tried to think of something then this white room. He wants to see Big Brother, but nothing changed at all.

“Kid, you can’t escape this place yet! You’re in a world created by your subconscious mind,” The voice sighs and Iruma is a bit confused by their words. Closing his eyes, he remembers what Jazz asked before.

“Don’t you hate your parents?”

“Iruma!” Opening his eyes to the voice calling his name, Iruma sees a woman who has long blue hair with crossed arms.

“....” Iruma knows this person, but he can’t see her face no matter how hard he tries to focus.

“Honestly…I thought you were a good obedient boy, but I guess you are selfish like him. Mama is going out, so clean up,” Reaching out to grab his “Mama” his hand was slapped away and Iruma winces at the pain.

“Oh Iruma! Mama didn’t mean it okay? Come here,” Iruma could feel himself being embraced and a kiss on his forehead.

“Mama loves you, now make sure to take care of the house,” His mama shut the door and Iruma felt alone in the dark home. He walks around and noticed how bare this home felt. Jazz’s home was a different feeling and his mama felt so warm from his mama. 

It felt weird for Iruma because he knew where to go and lay on the cold floor with a poorly beaten pillow and blanket filled with holes. There was no sound throughout the house and for some reason, he felt so lonely. Filled with doubts, Iruma falls asleep thinking about waking up next to his warm big brother’s hug.

“!”

Iruma wakes up to a sound, and to his disappointment no Jazz, Mama, Wolf, and Rock. Taking a deep breath, Iruma tries to hold back his tears as he goes toward the sound from before. He notices the door crack open to his parent’s room. His feet lead him there and he stops to see a bit of light coming through the crack.

“Honestly, he’s too much to handle ……my kid!” The voice sounded different and Iruma has this feeling that he heard this somewhere before.

“Look I was the one to….so just leave him out somewhere. He’s part…..after all,” Iruma could hear his mama, but her voice sounds a bit colder than earlier. Iruma shakes in fear of being left alone again, but why did this feel familiar to him? Iruma’s mama loves him right, so maybe she was upset that Iru didn’t do what he was supposed to do earlier. 

“Iruma? Oh hey little guy, we want to ask you something,” The man that was with his mother opened the door to see Iruma who looked up. Iruma did not know what to do, so he stood still.

"You see? Mama and Papa are going to lose the house, so we want you to go explore the woods okay? I'm sure it will be fun," Little Iruma clenched his hands at his side tightly as he could figure out what was happening.

"Why can't I stay with you?" Just like his mother, Iruma couldn't even see the face of his supposed father who frowns at the question.

"Iruma….Mama and Papa will drop you off, so you can't stay with us. Don't look at me like that," Iruma could feel tears falling from his face as his Papa sighs at the sight.

"Iruma! Stop crying and be a big boy! Are you going to keep acting like this forever? No more questions understand," Flinching at the harsh tone, Iruma nods as he quietly walks back to his room. Laying down on his makeshift bed, Iruma wonders if maybe Jazz and everyone else were a dream. He wants to go back…He wants his family and friends!

"Come here little Iru," Iruma blinked to see the scenery change and noticed how there were floating rocks in the sky.

"...it's crazy how every time I see you. You grow into the person I hope you will be. You don't need those so-called parents that used you. You have much more than before," Iruma recognized that voice from before and turned to feel someone patting his head.

"Hehe…I wonder how long until we meet again. I wish you would stay here with me, but I know I can't keep you away from others," Iruma saw long purple hair with bangs that covered the eyes.

"Take care my little…" Iruma woke up to blink at his surroundings and saw Jazz asleep with his body laying halfway on the bed.

"...sniff…Pa…wah," Red orbs shot open at the sudden sound of a cry to see Iruma bawling out. Jazz looked around to see if anything scared him and gently hugged him tightly.

"Iruma…what's the matter buddy? Don't cry! I'm right here," Jazz felt his heartbreak at hearing the little cries slowly go away and Iruma grabbing onto his clothes tightly.

"Oh Iruma…it's alright and everything is going to be okay," Jazz pats Iruma's back softly to soothe the little boy.

"Jazz…" Pulling back, Jazz winces at the teary-faced Iruma and wonders what could have made him like this.

"Iru wants Mama," Feeling a stab of guilt, Jazz has a feeling Iruma wants his mom and feels lonely.

"I'm sorry Iruma, but I don't know where your mom is," Iruma's teary eyes blink at Jazz's words.

"Iru is confu! Mama is not home," Blinking in surprise at Iruma, Jazz registers his words and realizes Iruma was talking about his mother.

"Ooh no Mom's home, sorry I thought….man," Falling back onto the bed gently for Iruma, Jazz covers his eyes with an arm. Iruma, who was tucked under the other arm, stares at Jazz curiously.

"Jazz…Iru wants home with Wolf, Mama, Rock, and you," Iruma crawls up Jazz and tries to push his arm from his eyes. Something caught Iruma's eyes as he saw something falling on Jazz's cheek.

"...hey Iruma…you are always welcomed home no matter what. So let's go home," Jazz tries to sound fine, but it was hard not to cry at such a sweet child. Whatever his parents did to him was unfair and cruel.

"Mmm…let go home to Mama!" Beaming at Jazz, Iruma could feel his spirits brighten and Jazz as well. Little did the two know of the audience peeking through the door at the adorable scene.

“How enviable! Iruma-sama, I wanted to comfort him too,” Azz-Azz grips the door tightly as Clara pouts at the cute scene before them.

“No fair! Clara wants to play with Iruma-chi!” Reiki glances at the two and looks a Balam-Sensei who pats his back.

“This is a usual thing, so don’t mind them,” Balam is focusing his camera on the cute scene as Reiki gave him a doubtful look. Reiki had a hunch that the school principal requested photos of his baby grandson. He wasn’t expecting Balam to join in on the crazy whims of the principal.

“Hmph…Souichirou pulling a camera out and saying ‘this is a usual thing’ is not something people will not mind,” Kalego huffs at the idiots in annoyance and looks back to Iruma. It was strange for the kid to cry, but for some reason, it made everyone panic and try to calm the child down. Maybe it had to do with the potion that idiot kid did.

"Anyways I'll excuse Jazz Andro for the rest of the day as for you two. Head back to class this instance," Kalego stares at the two obnoxious headaches who gave him a defiant look.

"Absolutely not! I am Iruma-sama's-"

"No, no, no! Eggy-sensei you meanie!" Azz and Clara rant as Kalego uses his Cerberus to pick up the students. He proceeds to leave and take the troublemakers to class. Balam blinks at the action and decides to enter the nurse's office to inform Jazz. The two boys looked up with red-rimmed eyes as Balam felt an arrow shot through his heart.

"The two of you can be excused for the day. It's best that Iruma rests up at home instead of the infirmary," Jazz widens at the idea of leaving school early, but he felt a small tug on his shirt. Turning to Iruma who looked like he finished crying, Jazz took a deep breath and nodded at Balam-sensei's suggestion.

"I think that is best for us and sorry for the trouble," Using his right hand to rub his head, Jazz flushed a little at being caught crying too.

"Iru sorry Ba," Little Iru lets go of Jazz to twirl his little fingers around as he apologizes. That little action made Balam and Jazz think of how cute he is.

"Now, now…don't be! Iruma, all of us are glad you're safe and you probably want to go somewhere a little less noisy than here. It's always best to take care of yourself when you aren't feeling sick," Balam stretches his palm out to rub Iruma's head gently. Iruma watches in awe at the way Balam smiles with his eyes closed.

"Okay Iru will!" Clenching both his tiny fist, Iruma nods to make sure on getting better. Jazz grins at the cute display as Reiki watches the whole interaction from his desk. The school nurse wonders just how much charm was given to this kid. Everyone was smitten with him even if Kalego acted like he wasn't.

The two boys finished up the trip from the nurse's office and headed out to the school grounds. Jazz was lucky there weren't many demons around due to class in session. Balam-sensei was kind enough to fetch their things so Jazz felt a little bad about keeping the Misfit class out of the loop. Walking out the gates, the two were quiet in thought until a voice called out to them.

"You there! May I know the reason you are outside of school grounds?" Jazz stops and turns to see the student council president Azareli Amelie with her hands against her hips.

"Oh President Amelie! We were given permission to go home for the day," Red orbs blinked in the confusion about 'we' until they landed upon the baby Iruma. She heard about that idiot four Eyes' attempt to create a potion that affected her beloved Iruma. What she wasn't expecting was to see the baby form which shot an arrow into her heart.

"I see…and this is Iruma?" Jazz nods as Iruma tilt his head at the pretty red-haired lady. Iruma wonders how she knows about Iruma. 

"Hi! Iru think you pretty red hair lady," Beaming at her, Amelie felt herself flushed at the adorable smile of Iruma. She wonders if this would happen if Iruma had a son.

"Why thank you, then I hope to see you on Monday. Take care," Shaking off her embarrassment, Amelie smiles at the two who return the gesture. Watching them leave out of sight, Amelie crumbles to the ground on her knees as she groans over how adorable Iruma is as a baby.

"Thank you, Delkira-sama for this opportunity," Amelie hopes she can see more of Baby Iruma and ask for some photos from the girls.

Arriving near home, Jazz wonders what to tell his mom and hopes she doesn't go overboard. Iruma was looking at everything in his arms. Iruma wonders about that man in his dreams, but he misses him a lot. He looked very tall and had horns like a demon. The thing Iruma felt sad about was the smile he gave Iruma. Iruma doesn't know why, but he felt warm and safe in that man's presence.

"Hey buddy, we're home," Jazz gains Iruma's attention as he looks at the home he has been staying at. All of a sudden the door is busted open by a familiar beautiful woman.

"Mom what-" The two boys were smothered in a hug as Iruma hugged back Jazz's mother. Jazz flushed at the sudden embrace and hugged his mom. He noticed that he hasn't hugged her since he was a kid. When he was smaller his mom looked so strong and fearless but hugging her now. He realized how small his mother was in height. She still gives off this sense of warmth that he remembers as a child.

"I heard what happened to my poor boys! Let's get you inside and bundle up," Jazz's mother pushes the boys inside and makes sure they sit on the couch. Finding some blankets, she covers them up and snuggles herself right next to Iruma.

"How are you feeling, baby?" Iruma looks up at Masumi to see the worry in her pretty red eyes. He buries himself into her side and takes a deep breath.

"Iru feels tired at sad," The two Andros blinked at the words and looked at each other in confusion.

"Why do you feel sad, sweetie?" Brushing back his hair, Masumi wonders what could have made her poor little boy sad. Not to mention whose life wants to end for causing it.

"Iru's mama was nice sometimes. Iru thout he was good boy, but oter times not. Iru didn't want to be alone at home. Mama would get mad ant leave for long time," That dim light in his dark blue orbs which were usually bright seemed so sad. It broke Andros' heart at the mere sight of a sad and lonely Iruma. Masumi on the other hand was infuriated that the poor child's own mother left him alone. She can understand some demons leaving their children to fend for themselves, but being left alone for a long time sounded ridiculous.

"Well, I think Iruma is such a wonderful boy that good doesn't even cut it," Masumi gently cups Iruma's face as he looks at her in surprise. Jazz smiles at his mom's words, but in the back of his head, he thinks maybe this had to do with him asking Iruma that question earlier.

"Mama is such a wonderful mama that Big Bro is so lucky," Iruma flushes at the attention and smiles brightly at Masumi. Jazz felt himself blush at the grin his mom shot him.

"So are you, now let's watch some movies or something," The family was enjoying movies until Rock and Hibiki, the father returned to see the three cozy on the couch. For Hibiki, it was his first time meeting Iruma and there was silence in the living room. Dark gray orbs stared into bright sapphire eyes as the rest of the Andro family members were wondering what was going on.

"Honey….I understand you've been having baby fever lately, but you can't steal someone else's kid. Aren't you happy with just me?" Hibiki felt that his position in Masumi's heart was compromised by Iruma. Jazz and Rock blinked at the idea that their mother wanted another child in the family. To Rock, it made sense since his mother insisted on keeping Iruma longer. Jazz didn't know to be surprised or embarrassed at his parents, especially in front of Baby Iruma.

"Oh and of course our little boys," Smiling at his sons' who got chills at the smile that could mean two things. They either did a good job or he is out to steal their stuff again.

"Oh Iki, but he's so adorable and I want to keep him. Please, besides you'll fall for Iruma too," Masumi knows how her husband feels about not having her full attention. He'll understand when Iruma grows on him.

"Umi-chan, we just can't keep a child who isn't ours. Besides, he doesn't have that dark side to him and he looks like a cloud of innocence. Our boys here were just as adorable when they said their first words," Rock and Jazz really wish their dad would just let their mom do whatever she wants before things get ugly.

"Ah! Big Bro Jazz is that Iru's Papa?" Tilting his head in confusion, Iruma looks at Jazz who was thankful for the distraction.

"That's right, Iru-chan! That's your papa, my loving foolish husband," Iruma looks at him with big eyes as Hibiki flinches at the adorable innocent look at him.

"Welcome home Papa!" Hibiki felt a dozen arrows striking him in the heart as Iruma waved and beamed at him. Jazz and Rock knew right away there was no escape from their idiot father.

"...cough…I'm home," Clearing his throat to hide his embarrassment, Hibiki tries hard not to embrace Iruma with that adorable little action he did. He felt warm at the idea of being welcomed home by a cute kid. His own kids are grown and don't show much attention unless he steals some of their stuff. He has a reason to make sure his kids weren't hanging with the wrong crowd after all. Though he can't say much for Rock and his actions, Hibiki stares at Masumi and Iruma giggling as an idea pops up.

"Umi-chan, how about the two of us go on a date for a little bit? The boys will be in charge of watching over Iruma. I'm sure they know how to be responsible, and we can watch a bunch of movies as a family," Jazz eyes his brother who goes stiff as he tries to hide the smirk forming on his face. Masumi was confused about the sudden date until she saw Rock. A smile graced her lips as turns her attention to Iruma who looked confused yet still smiled back.

"That sounds like a lovely idea, and Iruma gets to spend time with his big brothers," Hearing her words, Iruma blue orbs widen in delight as he raises his arms in joy. Jazz snaps a picture while Rock sighs at his plans for tonight going to waste. There's no way of escaping family night when his parents are physically here. Unfortunately, things are about to take a turn once the parents return from their short date.

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"...well I'm going to my room," Rock starts to leave only to feel something tug his shirt. He looks at the culprit who gave him the cute puppy eye stare.

"Rock…you won't stay?" Jazz tried not to chuckle as he could see the blank look on his big bro's face. The guy doesn't know what to think or express at the moment.

"...look you may be a fluff ball and all, but there are other things that acquired my attention. So no," Jazz rolled his eyes when he knew just what those 'other' things are. He can't…actually he can believe Rock would ditch them for messing around with girls. Besides Iruma was pure and did not need to be tainted by the impure things lying around in Rock's room.

"Ah…why?" Iruma looked down a bit as the two brothers felt their hearts clenched at the sight. Rock took a deep breath and tried to squash down the guilt trying to eat him alive.

"I prefer girls over guys. Look brat…girls are pretty interesting once you reach my age. Even more than that supposedly big bro over there and food," Jazz's jaw drops at what he can't believe his big brother is telling Iruma. What the hell are you teaching a four-year-old?!

"...is Rock talk about luve?" Now, this shocked both brothers who looked at the blue-eyed baby who had a finger on his cute chin. Who has Iruma been talking to about LOVE?

Somewhere in the teachers' dorm, a kind masked soul sneezed as he thought that maybe he was cold. Since he did cut his hair because it was long due for a new look.

"Well….if you put it like that, then yeah. Love is what creates all kinds of feelings," Rock chuckles as Jazz did not like where this was going.

"...Does Rock love girls more than Iru and Big Brother?" 

No one made a sound as Iruma stared at him with curious eyes. Jazz prays to the demon king that his brother lies to Iruma. Actually, he needs to otherwise their mother will not let them hear the end of this.

"Yeah, I like girls more than you two haha! Girls are my favorite kind of people! Who knows if you were my little sister, then I would have treated you much better," Rock could imagine himself spitting blood out for every direct hit he felt guilt as he saw the light in Baby Iruma's eyes fade away. He knows this is messed up to tell the kid, but he doesn't want to be attached to someone who will end up leaving him. He prefers to be the first to go and end ties so he won't feel anything. This kid has his whole family wrapped around those chubby baby hands. Jazz stared at his brother in disbelief of how he told Iruma that he prefers someone else over them. For him, well he's not surprised since he always had a hunch his big brother was a piece of trash. How….how could he tell Iruma that if he was another gender, then he would treat him better?!

"You know Iruma if only you were a girl, then you wouldn't have to look like him ," Cold Sapphire orbs gazed at him and he trembled in fear and shame that he didn't become the gender his mother wanted.

"The only good thing about you is your hair and eye color look like mine. Your whole being disgusts me," Iruma could feel the pieces of his heartbreak bit by bit as he forces to smile at his mother.

"Hm…I wonder if you were a girl, then maybe we had a better chance," His stepfather grasps his chin in the thought of scamming others with a poor innocent girl.

"...Iru sees…Iru go to busy time," The brothers blinked as they watched Little Iru walk to the bathroom. Jazz noticed the way his whole body dropped at the answer.

"Really, Rock!? It would have killed you to try and make Iruma happy! Ugh…now look what you did," Jazz shook his head at him in frustration as Rock got irritated.

"Do you think I can lie to that face? Besides, I was being completely honest with the brat. You have no right to disrespect your own blood," The two glared at each other while Wolf decided to go after the nice blue boy. The cute familiar pushed through the little crack and froze at the smoke in the bathroom.

"Iruma is family to us and even though he won't be here long he deserves it! You don't know what he's been through and how he acts at school. You could have sugar-coated it as you do with all those girls you sweet talk," Jazz jabbed Rock on his actions as the tension in the room was escalating. Wolf looked back between the brother's tension and the concern for the blue boy. Ignoring his master and brother, Wolf ventures into the smoke for the blue boy.

"Oooh is little bro jealous that I can get girls and you can't? My bad, that I got the looks and charms," A tick mark appeared as the idiots' jabbed at each other. Wolf continued his quest to find something crouched by the toilet. Getting closer, the adorable wolf familiar stood in disbelief as the figure turned to him.

"Wolf!"

"Are you being serious!? I don't care nor will I ever! I just want to enjoy school and hanging out with my classmates. Why can't you act like a real big brother?" Rock felt the stab in his heart and crossed his arms.

"I am a big brother whether you like it or not. Hanging out with those misfits will get you nowhere little bro. You should be careful otherwise rumors will spread about Lied and you being way too close for comfort," Jazz grabbed his collar and glared at his big brother who smirked. Lied and Jazz have been close classmates since they have shitty older siblings. They used to fly home from school together and hang out when he could. Jazz never lets anyone talk about people who are close to him. His brother really was trying to push his buttons.

"Wha are you doing?" The two turned to the soft sweet voice who held a stunned wolf in their arms. Jazz and Rock blinked at the little girl with short blue wavy hair and adorable sapphire eyes.

"Who are you?" Rock asks the question of where this little girl appeared from. Jazz had a sinking feeling until his gaze landed on the familiar ahoge.

"I-iruma?" Jazz was really hoping that this was just an illusion as Rock froze in place.

"Yes Big Brother," A sweet smile framed that cute baby face as the brothers felt their hearts beat. Iruma gently put Wolf down as the familiar stared at her in confusion.

"....fucking hell…he really did turn into a girl," Jazz let go of Rock as he came close to Iruma who looked at Rock in shock.

"No Rock…no bad words," Iruma pouts cutely with her hands on her sides as the two anguished over such a cute display. Rock stood there and couldn't believe the scene before him. Jazz did not know how to react, especially when Iruma turned into such a cutie.

"Hey kids, we forgot to…um…who is that?" Masumi and Hibiki open the door to notice the sight before them. Hibiki thought about how cute the little girl was until she spoke.

"Mama! Papa! Welcome home," Iruma beams happily at them as the two stood there motionless. Rock and Jazz thought that maybe their parents didn't know how to react until their father rushed over.

"Iruma! Is that you? Look at how cute you are and could you call me "Papa" again?" Jazz blinked at how quick his father was as he fawned over Iruma. His mother was surprised but it soon was replaced with joy. She joined Hibiki to get closer to the cute little angel.

"My…my…Iruma, look how adorable you are! We left for a few minutes only to come back to such a sight. I thought you were a boy this whole time," Masumi pats Iruma's head as the little girl flushed at the attention. She grabs her hands behind her back and thinks about what she wants to say.

"....Iru….thought you might like Iru better if Iru was a girl," An arrow stabbed Rock in the heart as Jazz glared at him. Iruma really took his words to heart and now look at what happened.

"Well, it's not a bad idea, but I don't mind whoever you want to be Iruma. It's a pity that someone else is going to take care of you next. I wouldn't mind having a cute little son or daughter to take care of," Hibiki gently strokes those baby cheeks as Iruma stares at him in happiness. Iruma doesn't understand what is going to happen, but these parents accept anything their child has to offer. It was way better than the treatment his old parents gave him.

Iruma jumped into Hibiki who blinked at the small child hugging him. Masumi awes at the cute scene while the boys tried to hide their smiles.

"Thank you, Papa! Iru luv you!" Giving Hibiki a kiss on the cheek, the man stood in place as Iruma let him go. Masumi swoops in to take Iruma in her arms to smother her.

"....hey Jazz, are you sure we can't keep Iruma?" Sighing at his father's sad eyes, Jazz knows they can't keep Iruma under their care for long. 

"No… never mind it's fine as long as we give little Iru many memories of her first family," About to respond to his father, Jazz was startled at the change. This project was supposed to teach him about kids, and he has to say they really change a family's environment. 

"Iruma sweetie, your big brothers will watch while we go out for real this time. Don't try to wait for us okay," Masumi was holding Iruma in her arms who nodded at her. Squealing at such a cute face, Masumi hugs Iruma again who giggles at her actions.

"If anything happens let Papa know, okay Iruma-chan? Boys…I don't have to say much right," Hibiki takes Iruma from Masumi to get his dose of Iruma. He turned to give the boys a fatherly glare as the two nodded. The Andro couple left after cooing over Iruma one last time.

"...Big Brother Jazz, let's watch something!" Jazz smiles at the cute expression on Iruma as the two head for the living room. Settling on the couch with a blanket, Jazz turned on some kids' show as Iruma stared in wonder. Rock was leaning against the wall and sighed as he ran a hand through his hair. Giving in to the brat, he walks over and settles on the free spot on Iruma's left. Jazz blinks at the strange action, but Iruma glances and beams happily at Rock.

Rock turns away embarrassed by that smile and focuses solely on the TV. Jazz gets lost in thought as he wonders how much will change after Iruma leaves. His parents are never home and his big brother will probably go back to how they used to be. He was always alone and the idea of Iruma leaving made a hole in his life. He doesn't have someone to accompany him or wants to help him cook. That small little warm body won't be there to cuddle with him. Seeing all the expressions on Iruma's face in person. Jazz felt the ache in his heart that Iruma won't be home with him anymore. 

"Sigh…here I thought my little bro doesn't cry anymore. It will be alright," Something warm pat Jazz's head, and turns to see Rock give him a sympathetic look. Jazz was confused until he felt the tears fall from his eyes.

"It's scary…when life changes so do the people around you. This brat…Iruma really scares me. Such a tiny thing came into our house only for all of us to enjoy having her here. I kinda want her to stay with us forever. We all know that's not going to happen even if it goes against the great Sullivan. Somehow I think even when the kid returns back to her original self. You should drag her over," Rock looks down to see Iruma fall asleep against him. Using his other hand, he moves her closer to tuck the blanket.

"I'm pretty sure Iruma would love that….I thought you didn't like Iruma," Jazz wipes his tears away as Rock lets out a sigh.

"I don't dislike the brat, but she's not annoying as I thought she would be. Could we drop this talk? I don't feel like being like this," Chuckling at his brother, Jazz knew his brother must be the type that doesn't like talking about their feelings. He got to learn a few new things about his family and Iruma. Taking a deep breath, Jazz leans against his brother's shoulder and tries not to crush Iruma.

"You're both heavy…" Rock flinches at the contact, but clicks his tongue and leaves Jazz alone. He leans against the couch and focuses on the TV as the two falls asleep. Glancing at his little brother sleeping, red orbs shone in the warmth of how much his kid brother had grown.

"Seriously…being a big brother does have its perks," Iruma mumbles about food, and Rock tries not to laugh as he could feel himself fall asleep too. Later on, Hibiki and Masumi returned home to an adorable sight of their kids on the couch. Snapping millions of photos, the two helped wake the boys gently and sent them to their rooms.

After spending a memorable weekend with the Andro family, the day has come to their disappointment. Masumi cooked a full breakfast and everyone took their time enjoying the last morning with Iruma. Jazz had to make sure he packed up all the essentials that Iruma would be taking. The only problems he had to deal with were his Iruma withdrawal, Iruma’s next babysitter, and the fact that Iruma was still a girl. He doesn't even want to imagine the reaction his classmates may have. Double-checking Iruma's bag, Jazz carries it to the living room as he blinks at his father and Rock.

"Now Iruma-chan, if a strange guy gives you something?" Hibiki asks as Iruma thinks about her answer 

"Run away!"

"If he chases you…" Rock crosses his arms as he pauses for Iruma to finish his sentence.

"Blow this toot-toot!" Iruma held her whistle that Rock gave her. Jazz smiles at how he was given one but for a different reason. He still has his Flute of Shame for any situation he could get himself in. Not to mention it was handy against the magical beast in Walter Park.

"That's my little demon!" Hibiki smushes Iruma in a hug as she giggles at his actions. Letting her go, Iruma turns to Rock who blinks at her.

"Good job, brat…" Ruffling her hair, Iruma beams happily at Rock who turns away from embarrassment.

"Oh, Iruma….we are all going to miss you! It feels like I'm sending away my little demon to war," Masumi comes over and tears up as Hibiki hugs her. Iruma looks down sadly that her stay with the Andro family is ending.

"Come on Mom, even if Iruma can't be with us. This will always be a home for her. So you're welcome to come whenever you want Iruma," Jazz pats her shoulder as Iruma looks up at him with her big blue eyes. Heading those words, her Sapphire orbs began to tear up.

"Really? Iru won't be annoy?" Everyone gave her a warm smile as Iruma cried happily. After giving her best hugs and kisses, Iruma was carried by Jazz in his arms. Iruma watched over his shoulder as the rest of the Andro family watched them leave. She clutched his uniform jacket tightly as Jazz continued to walk down the market. Jazz felt like Iruma would want to say goodbye to all the vendors, especially Old Man Kou, Miss Marina, and Kimi. He was running late for school, but he didn't care since Iruma won't be coming here for a while. As he thought, the market vendors cried over Iruma leaving and made Iruma sad too. Although she made a promise to visit when she can. 

It's strange that this place he had always walked through has definitely changed. Old man Kou and Konjiro were the only ones he talked to, but he got to know more of them. This was all due to Iruma and the way she would capture everyone's attention. 

"Hey Iruma…are you ready?" After another set of goodbyes and promises, Jazz glances at Iruma worriedly, who had puffy eyes from crying.

"Mhm…Iru going to miss…sniff…everyone," Lifting her eyes at Jazz who winced at the teary face. He picks her up in her arms and smiles gently at her.

"I know, but it doesn't mean you're leaving us for good. I'm pretty sure you'll be coming over a lot," Opening up his wings, Jazz saw how Iruma stared at him. Reaching out her hand, Iruma touched Jazz's wings as he tried not to flinch.

"Okay…Iru will come! No atter wat," Smiling widely at Jazz who returned the gesture, the two flew to the school. To their luck, no one was near the entrance and Jazz could breathe a little more about Iruma feeling surrounded. The guard waves the two off to head for the office to receive their tardy slip. After encountering some teachers who are awed at Iruma, the two finally arrived at the Royal One classroom. 

“Okay, let’s do this,” With a deep breath, Jazz pushes the door as the siblings prepare for the last day together. Iruma tightens her grasp on him as they walk in. Arriving at the lecture hall, Jazz prays to the Demon King that everything would be sweet and long for his last day with Iruma.

“Ah…so you’ve finally arrived,”

Omake:

Iru-chan’s Observational Journal

Iru forgot the day?

<Mama, Papa, and Rock>

Iru loves playing with Mama and Papa. Papa gives big hugs and Mama likes to dress up. Mama bought a lot of dresses as Papa cheer on Iru. Rock is a nice meanie, but he pats Iru’s head. Iru ask Mama why Papa luv her a lot. Iru thot it was Mama food! Mama laugh and said yes it was. So doe that mean luv bring food and people together? Iru still don't know. Iru went to a park with Mama, Papa, Rock, and Jazz! The park had lot of food and games! Iru saw a toy that looked like Wolf! Iru try to win, but Iru lost. Iru was a litt sad, but food made Iru better! Papa and Rock came back with Wolf toy. Iru thot they won until Rock said 'steal.' Iru was big mad at Papa and Rock for taking with not winning. Iru no talk to them for the whole time. Mama and Jazz laugh while Papa cry. Mama said never mess with Iru or you get a broken heart. Iru don't get it. Iru don't break hearts. That's mean. Iru don't want to leave everyone....Iru want to stay, but Iru made promise to Jazz. Iru will be strong! Bye-Bye!

Omake:

"Please Iruma-chan! Forgive Papa," Masumi giggles at the teary expression of her husband as Iruma pouts and ignores him. The Andro family came to a festival that was happening near their neighborhood. Jazz felt bad that Iruma didn't win anything, but Iruma felt better after eating. He chuckles as he saw how Rock kept looking over his shoulder at Iruma. The girls with Rock were starting to get annoyed that he wasn't paying attention.

"Mama, Jazz, Iru wants to go there!" Iruma hugs Masumi as Hibiki felt his soul would leave his body. Jazz followed along as they went on a carousel decorated with nightmares of winged one-eyed animals. The ride was pretty interesting as the whole family went on. Hibiki doing his best to get Iruma to forgive him was hilarious and caught a lot of attention from other mothers who laughed.

"Oh let me go talk to Papa, okay Iruma?" Iruma nods at Masumi as she was left with Jazz while Masumi dragged a crying Hibiki. Jazz hopes his dad will make up with Iruma, but Iruma doesn't like stealing. 

"Jazz...where's Rock?" Red orbs blinked at the unanticipated question of his brother's whereabouts. Jazz remembered he was near them, but he doesn't see the group of girls surrounding him.

"I don't know-Gack! Say something next time, Big Bro," Glancing around the area, Jazz was taken back when he turned to see Rock behind them. He looked a bit roughen up and had a bruised cheek.

"Woah what happened to you?"

"It turns out the girl was trying to cheat on her boyfriend and used me as a scapegoat," Rock ignores the way his little brother was looking at his appearance. He turned his attention to Iruma who made him flinched at the sapphire eyes tearing up.

"Rock! Are you okay?" Jazz saw how worried Iruma was as Rock felt his heart warm up a bit. Crouching down, Rock pats her head as Iruma reaches to touch his cheek. He hisses at the pain and ignores the aches he feels.

"Hey now, I'm pretty tough Iru-brat! You should see the other guy," Iruma saw how Rock smiles to comfort her, but she feels bad he got hurt.

"Besides this doesn't hurt at all! What hurt me the most was that you ignored-wait forget what I said!" Jazz smiles at the scene until he started smirking at the part of Rock's true feelings.

"Then don't steal again! Iru will forgive you," Rock sighs at this goody-two-shoes brat, but he knows she was looking out for him.

"Thing is little brat....it's our nature to steal, so I can't help it. I will try not to steal in front of you, okay?" Iruma thought about it with her finger on her chin as Rock hoped she had at least forgiven him. Jazz was enjoying this whole situation and recording for future purposes. 

"Alright! Be careful Rock, Iru don't like seeing you hurt," Hugging Rock who was taken by surprise, Iruma smiles happily which made Rock smile a little. Jazz was glad that moments like this will always be treasured.

"There you....wait Iruma-chan why are you hugging Rock? What about Papa?" Iruma continued to ignore Hibiki as Rock enjoyed the look on his dad's face. He held her in his arms and smirked at the look of disbelief.

"Iruma-chan! What about Papa?" The two brothers were glad that some payback was in order in the form of their little sister.

Chapter Text

“Ah…so you’ve finally arrived,”

Naberius Kalego was a strict and refined demon, but nothing could be said when the man finally met such a troublesome student. The fools were dead silent behind as Jazz enters with a child dressed in a red puffy dress. The dress had little white bows and it seemed someone braided the kid’s hair.

“Hey…Jazz where’s Iruma?” Lied asked the question as everyone had their eyes on the child who resembled Iruma.

“I-Iru right here? You don see Iru,” Sapphire orbs looked down sadly as Jazz glared at his classmates who flinched at the unusual look. Jazz noticed how Asmodeus got up silently from his seat to come closer and took a knee in front of Iruma.

“Asmodeus? Azz-Azz?” Iruma noticed how beautiful the pink-haired demon was when he looked into her eyes. It was strange to Iru since she does not know this stranger before her. Maybe her stomach was hurting, but Mama’s cooking was delicious. 

“Nope, not on my watch!” Jazz covered Iruma’s eyes with one hand as he gave Asmodeus a stern look.

“What are you idiots doing?” Kalego was amused at the ‘brotherly’ actions of Jazz, but something was off Asmodeus’s behavior.

“Iruma…let Big Bro give you advice! Don’t fall for guys like him as a girl you focus on other things!” Jazz kindly advise his little sister who tilt her head confused as everyone froze at the word "girl."

“WAIT….GIRL!?” Kalego sighs at the noise as his students were shocked at the news.

“How did that happen!” Lied rubs his eyes as Gaarp puts his hands on the side of his head.

“I knew it!” Caium jumps in joy as Sabbock raises an eyebrow.

“It was the potion’s side effects, wasn’t it?” Schidner props his chin in thought as Jazz nods at his friend's answer.

“Well to me, Iruma-sama will always be Iruma-sama,” Azz smiles at Iruma who felt her cheeks heat up and slowly hides behind Jazz.

“Yahoo! Clara gets to play dress up with Iruma-kins!” Clara jumps up with her arms spread out as Elizabetta giggles at the action. Azz stares in shock while Jazz flashes a smirk. 

"Silence you insolent fools and sit down! Mr. Andro, would you kindly take a seat? As for Iruma, come up to the front," Everyone went back to their seats as Jazz and Azz had a stare-off. Iruma came to stand next to Papa who was scowling at the misfit class.

"Now listen very well…the next person who watches Iruma is going to take care of them for two days since I had to deal with some pesky nuisances. Iruma…press the button that is right next to you," Iruma stares wide-eyed at the small demon holding a button out for her.

"Woah…so tiny!" The tiny demon flinches a bit as Iruma moves around to see the demon. Everyone snapped a few pictures at how cute Iruma was.

"Enough of that!" Iruma paused and notice the slightly annoyed expression on Kalego's face.

"Sorry…Papa Ka," The whole classroom froze at the words that Iruma said who was looking down sadly. Kalego froze stiff at being called a father by this little demon.

"...ahem…as long as you understand," Iruma looks up to see that Kalego was looking away from her. She noticed how his ears were a bit tinted red as the class still can't believe what they are seeing.

"What are you fools staring at!? Iruma, hurry up," Some of the students snickered as Kalego yelled at them in annoyance. Iruma smiles at the scene and looks back at the little demon.

"Beep!" A screen appeared with a wheel with most of the misfit class names listed. It spun quickly as everyone held onto the edge of their seats. The final spin slowly landed as the whole class cried out in surprise.

"Hold on!" Gaarp looked at the very demon it chose.

"Do it again!" Sabbock crossed his arms and sighs as Caium complained.

"It's definitely rigged!" Lied pouts as the author of the story felt an imaginary arrow shot at her heart.

"... well this is unexpected…" The chosen one mutters as the misfit class was induced in chaos.

"How can the demon king forsaken me on being with Iruma-sama?" Azz fell to his knees as Iruma wondered why everyone was complaining.

"No fair! No fair! Again!" Clara stomped her feet and rolled on the floor as Kalego placed a hand on his face. He knew this was the very reaction to be expected, but he will never understand these imbeciles.

"We'll settle down morons and Soi…" Kalego looks over at the dead stared student who didn't show much emotion on his face. Little did he that Soi was trying to figure out what has just happened.

Hold up!? Im watching Iruma and he turned into a girl! How are you supposed to take care of a little girl? It would have been easier if he were a boy. Wait, does that mean I have to look after her as she takes a bath? Iruma, please don't hate me! Oh everyone is staring at me…

"I wish you good luck in taking care of her," Kalego smirks as Soi blinks and nods his head. Iruma looks at the quiet demon who will be taking care of her. His face didn't show much emotion and she couldn't tell how he was feeling.

"I see…" The whole class wondered what this duo would do since they hardly know much about Soi. They know his clan specialized in vanishing and his mom was super young to almost be his sister. Reading his expression was hard except that Purson looked very stiff as he walked over to Iruma.

"Yo…" Soi felt like hitting himself on the head for picking a greeting like that. Iruma blinks and smiles up at him as Soi feels an imaginary arrow piercing his heart.

"H-hello, Iruma is Iruma! Nice to meet you," Iruma brought her hands together and smiled politely. The misfit class waited to see what would be Soi's response.

"Jazz…are you crying?!" Lied looked next to his left to see the thief using his right arm to cover his eyes. Some of the classmates turned to notice the action.

"I'm just so proud…sniff she's growing up so well. I'm not crying!" Schneider hands him a tissue as he thanks him for it.

"Ah…me too…I guess," Soi could feel two heated stares on him as he could imagine it to be Jazz and Asmodeus. He has a gut feeling it had to do with how he answered Iruma.

"Could the two of you brats get a move on? I need to start the class," Kalego watched in amusement as a stiff Soi and nervous Iruma headed to their seats. He was curious to see how the most irritating student was going to act as a babysitter.

Lunchtime had come around the corner and the two found themselves a nice spot on the school roof. Soi sat on the ground cross-legged as Iruma followed suit. The Sakura trees swayed gently as the two were still silent. Soi didn't even know how to communicate with this Iruma and ponder over what to say.

Iruma on the other hand was feeling chilly and felt really hungry. She wondered why Soi chose this place for lunch. Her stomach rumbled loudly as she flushed at the embarrassment. Soi blinks and reached into his lunch bag to hand her some food. He didn't expect interference from Jazz and Asmodeus.

"Here ya go, Iruma! Mom made you some lunch and I forgot to hand it over," Jazz appeared next to Iruma in a crouching position with a lunch bag in his hand. 

"There you go Iruma-sama! Look at how cold you feel," Asmodeus used little flames to warm up Iruma as Soi sighs at the impeccable guys who go to such lengths for Iruma. Iruma smiles at the two warmly as they melt from her cuteness. 

Maybe eating near the Sakura trees was a bad idea….she's cold and wearing a dress, so I didn't really think this through. I can't even believe that Im taking care of her and I forget about her lunch. Can I really take care of her well?

"Thank you, Big Bro Jazz and Asmodeus-san…but isn't Pur-san my new big brother," Iruma tilts her head curiously as Soi's ears perk at her words. She even said his last name wrong but it sounds adorable the way she pronounced it.

"Well…I guess you can say Big Brother, but he's more like a new babysitter. It depends on how you end up feeling for him. Soi…don't fall for Iruma okay," Jazz rubs her head as he tries to explain the difference between the two.

"You just want Iruma to only call you Big Brother, so you don't feel jealous and lonely," Soi's blunt words slipped as Jazz froze and Iruma blinked in surprise. Asmodeus tries not to laugh at the expression on Jazz's face.

"Why would Big Brother Jazz feel that way? Iruma is going to love everyone who treats Iru right! Jazz, you won't feel alone and jealus right?" Jazz looked into those cute big sapphire orbs that looked at him with a hint of worry. Soi sort of wished he experienced having an older brother since he disappeared he couldn't remember what it was like. It was like a faint memory that he wondered if it was even real.

"Well ...sigh...I kinda will cause it won't be the same anymore. I can't help but feel a bit greedy," Scratching the back of his head, Jazz smiles a bit as Iruma goes up to hug him. Soi could see the flowery aura around the two as they hugged. He felt his heart clench in a way he's never felt before. For some reason, he didn't like the way Jazz got Iruma's full attention. He rather Iruma looks at him instead with that….

No way...there's no way Soi would feel envious of Jazz. Sure the guy can get girls and is pretty popular. 

Scratch that he is a bit jealous of half the class here who can get popular with girls so easily. Even Allocer has a girlfriend for crying out loud, and he's just a smart aleck.

Okay, this needs to stop before it gets sad and he lets himself vanish again. While stuck in his thoughts, Soi never notices the curious look Iruma gives him as she is released from Jazz's embrace. She walks over to see that Soi is in deep thought until she notices how his body was slowly disappearing.

Iruma panicked and reached out with her hands to clasp Soi's left hand. Soi blinks at the feeling of warmth on his hand as he looks at the source of it. Trembling sapphire orbs looked into his own as he felt another little sting in his heart.

“Dont…don’t go bye-bye…Iru will be good,” The pleading expression on Iruma’s face was really making Soi’s stomach curl as if he was going to leave her. Crouching down, Soi reached out a hand to gently stroke Iruma's head.

"...Sorry…I…it's a habit of mine to disappear," Iruma could see that Soi looked down, but she could feel the way his hand held onto hers. Iruma hugs Soi who just blinks at the sudden embrace with his hands hanging out unsure of what to do. 

"Iru wants to stay with Pur! Itz okay?" Soi watches as Iruma slowly lets go and smiles shyly at him. The sapphire hues stare into his eyes that shine with hope. He lets out a huge sigh as Iruma wonders why he would do that.

Soi felt his face start to heat up and didn't make eye contact as Azz and Jazz called Iruma over. 

How in the world is he going to get through this one? Especially when it's Iruma! Seeing how she began to eat her food, he noticed how a white jacket was hung over her shoulder and a blue jacket was covering her legs. With a dead stare, he noticed the two overprotected classmates not wearing their school jackets. 

Soi wonders if he’ll even have a chance to be alone with Iruma without anyone interfering. He remembers just what his classmates are like so he won’t get to be alone with her until he reached his own home. 

This is going to be a pain until his time is over but he hopes it takes a little longer. Soi catches Iruma’s blue hues shining with pure bliss and a warm smile towards him. Maybe being a babysitter won’t be so bad after all.

Omake:

Iru-chan's Observational Journal:

Day 5 <Jazz>

• Good cook
• has a wolf
• likes snakes?
• shows Iru cool coin trick
• likes the color red

Jazz is Iru's big brother! He the greatest of the great! Jazz has a cute fuff wolf-chan. Iru is sad that Iru cant stay with him. Iru don't want Jazz to worry caz Iru is strong. Jazz is really good at cooking even the devi-noodles he make. Iru thinks Big Brother wont be jealus of having more brothers, but it made Iru happy to know Jazz would miss her too. He is so nice and warm! He strugle to make Iru's hair nice, so Mama took over and it made it pretty. Jazz told Iru he'll get better to make Iru pretty hair. Iru doesn't care cas anything Jazz does make Iru happy. Except stealing that is a bad! Oh Papa is calling, but I write again next time! Bye-Bye!

Omake:

"Hey...do you think Soi will be okay?" Lied and the rest of the guys returned to the classroom first and wonder about Soi and Iruma.

"well...that is...I think he'll be fine besides look at Iruma-san and Jazz. I'm sure they will get close," Garp puts finger on his chin and thinks about those two started out for the first time.

"I think it will take a long road to form a bond, but since it's Iruma. They will get along fine," Schneider places his hand on his cheek as he leans forward on his desk.

"Besides he couldn't abandon such an adorable girl who has a chance to blossom into a lovely flower," Everyone sighs at Caim's words and wish Soi luck on his turn.

"It would be nice for Silvia to have a little sister to play with," Sabnock thinks about his sister and Iruma getting along together. 

"Well who cares, but I doubt he has a chance since those two are watching," Aganes points to the group walking in and sees how Asmodeus and Jazz side eying each other. Clara is laughing with Iruma as Soi is just there in the background.

"I don't think I am looking forward to dealing with the Iruma Protection Squad," Everyone agreed with Lied's words, but never really noticed that once they watch Iruma. They would join the said squad in the foreseeable future.

Chapter Text

“...why are you following us?” After school ended, Soi took Iruma by the hand and decided to go to the arcade. Yet his eyebrows twitched a bit as the Iruma fan group was behind him. There was even Lied who was laughing at Caimu who was recovering from a beating from a female demon. Allocer was in a conversation with Garp and Agares. Jazz, Clara, and Asmodeus were watching him like a predator waiting for the prey to loosen their guard. This is ridiculous and he would like it if they didn't draw any attention to other demons.

“Well…until you make it home?” Jazz scratched his head with a slight grin as the five mischiefs watched. 

“I want to be sure that Iruma-sama is in your home safely,” Azz crosses his arms firmly as Clara nods his words with no shame. Soi stares at them blankly as he bends down to scoop Iruma in his arms. Everyone was confused by his actions until Soi turned to Iruma who tilted her head cutely in confusion.

“Iru-chan…this is what you call a pervert,” Azz flushes red at the insult and embarrassment as Iruma puts a finger on her chin. Caimu and Lied are holding onto their stomachs while laughing at the scene before them. Garp is panicking about who to comfort as Clara looks at them confused. Jazz is surprised at the bold statement while Agares just yawns uninterested. 

“How dare you! To call me such a thing in front of Miss Iruma,” Azz summoned flames in his left hand as Soi wished he had taken a video of this.

“Pur-san…Iru is confu…confuze. What’s a purvert?” Everyone froze at the innocent question and realized how to explain such a thing to the precious child plus Clara. Soi did what he thought was best and vanished from the group before their eyes.

“What the-! That scoundrel not only insulted me, but he ran away with Iruma-sama,” Azz is infuriated that he can’t even get to spend time with his precious liege.

“No Fair! Soi-Soi! Come back,” Clara pouts at the fact they disappeared and she didn’t get her fill of the girl version of Iruma. 

“Well, good thing we didn’t have to explain what a- Jazz, pal are you okay?” Lied noticed how Garp was patting a dejected Jazz who squatted on the floor. Agares rolls his eyes at everyone being annoying as he wants to just sleep.

“I didn’t even get my goodbye kiss or hug,” Caimu looks to be livid about the fact that Jazz was crying over a kiss from a cute girl. 

“What’s this? You are making Iruma-sama do such things. It seems I underestimated you,” Alice had a dark look as he was strolling up to Jazz with fire in his palms.

“Hold on, Asmodeus! Let’s take a moment and calm down,” Garp was trying to calm the fire user as Jazz stood up to meet Alice’s gaze head-on.

“They aren’t really going to fight over a little kiss from a little girl. Are they?” Agares stares at Lied like he’s an idiot until it clicked that this would be something they would fight over.

“You're just jealous of Iruma giving me more attention than you. My little sister loves me,” Jazz slightly taps his chest proudly with a smirk. Asmodeus wants to wipe that infuriating smirk off Jazz. Garp panicked on how to stop the fight as Clara and Lied were munching on some popcorn.

“Why you!” Jazz got ready in a fighting stance as Azz began to charge forward.

“If Iruma is still in the area, then wouldn't this make her very sad,” The two stopped and turned to Allocer who had his arms crossed.  He gave them a questioning look as the two pictured little Iruma in tears. 

“Wow…gotta give it to Allocer to stop the idiots,” From two buildings over on a rooftop from where the misfits were, Soi blinked at the frozen statues who thought of Iruma sad at the idea of them fighting. He pulled the binoculars away and looked down at Iruma who was touching his trumpet case. She looks up with wide eyes as if she was caught doing something bad.

“Sorry Pur-san…Iru was only touching,” Crouching down, Soi gently pats Iruma who looked at him in awe. Maybe the light was playing with her eyes, but she could have sworn she saw a smile on Pur-san’s face. 

“It's fine, and this is my trumpet. It wasn't like you were going to steal it,” Iruma watched how Pur-san opened the case to reveal a shiny thing with buttons. Soi lifts the trumpet and slowly hands it to Iruma who looks a bit scared yet excited. She wipes her hands on her dress and reaches out to touch the instrument.

“It's so pretty…what does it do?” Looking excitedly at Soi, Iruma beams happily as Soi takes in the fact of how cute Iruma is. He could feel his cheeks feel warm at the idea of sharing his musical interests with her.

“It plays music which I'll show you later. I want to go to the arcade, but it looks like everyone is getting in the way,” Holding his trumpet closely to his chest, Soi sits on the ground as Iruma follows.

“Is that bad?” A few hair strands moved as Iruma tilted her head curiously.

“Sort of since I'm supposed to be spending time with you. It doesn't help that they hover around and get in the way. It annoys me that those idiots keep fighting for your attention,” Iruma blinks in surprise at how much Soi has said for the first time alone with her. She was about to apologize, but Soi beat her to it.

“Don't say sorry…it's not your fault Iruma and this whole being a girl thing. I never had a younger sibling and I'm the youngest out of my family. Whatever happened to make you think about being a girl? I want you to know I don't care because you're still Iruma. You eat a lot, make class fun, and help everyone, even me,” Soi used his left hand to push back the hair strands. Iruma could feel her eyes tear a bit due to Soi’s words.

“Tank you…” Iruma hugs Soi who smiles gently at the cute little action. Patting her back, he places his instrument away in the case with his free hand. After shutting the case, Soi picks up Iruma with his left arm. Iruma blinks at the sudden movement and turns to Soi.

“Let's go home and after I'm done doing homework, then I'll play you a song,” Iruma’s eyes gleamed at the thought of hearing Pur-san playing his trumpet. The two take off into the sky as Iruma stares at the city in wonder. Soi glanced at her and was surprised she wasn't scared of the height.

“You know…I kinda expected you to be scared,” Iruma looked at Soi who was focused on flying. She gripped his uniform a little tightly which got his attention.

“Iru is sorta of scawre…Iru knows that Pur-san will protect her! Big Brother Jazz said that anyone can tell who will kep them safe,” Soi stared at the little flush on her cheeks and felt the need to pinch them. They look adorable and he could just picture the little pout on her face. Soi smothered a laugh as Iruma wondered why he was hiding his mouth behind his sleeve.

“My bad…I wasn’t trying to…haha” Soi couldn’t hold it in anymore and Iruma stared mesmerized at Pur-san laughing. For some reason, it made her happy to see his expression change from the usual look he had. Iruma joins in the laughter as the two head for the direction of the Purson family residence. 

“Oh my…you’re home early and with a guest,” Soi’s mother glances up from sweeping the yard as the two landed on the ground. Soi was mindful of not letting his wings create a breeze to ruin his mother’s work. Iruma stared at a pretty girl version of Pur-san who smiled gently at her. Until Iruma blinked and noticed that the girl had no expression on her face. Now that confused Iruma because she was sure that the girl was smiling.

“Actually this is Dad’s secret daughter he hid from you,” Putting Iruma down, Soi decided to tease his mother until he saw the aura surrounding her.

“I would remember giving birth to a girl, now who is this? You should be careful Soi, because women who are super in love tend to do things,” Soi flinched and nodded toward his mother who chuckled at her son’s reaction.

“Hello, I am Iruma! Iru thinks you’re super pretty,” Iruma raised her hand which Soi thought was adorable and he wasn’t the only one thinking that. Purson Shizuka was finding Iruma to be a nice change in this household. The rules are annoying, but maybe her beloved could have a change of heart.

“It is a pleasure, Iruma-chan! I am Purson Shizuka and Soi’s mom,” Iruma blinked in surprise as she looked between the two.

“What is it?” Soi was curious why she was doing that as Iruma put a finger on her chin.

“Um…Iru thinks Shizuka is too pretty to be a mom. Iru thought you were a big sister,” Soi sighed at the conclusion since everyone thought of that when they met his mom. His mom on the other hand placed her hands on her cheeks and tilted her head as if she were flattered.

“Now you’re too sweet Iru-chan, but this little rascal is my boy. Just wait until you meet my husband,” Shizuka extends a hand for Iruma to grab as they walk into the house. Iruma took a bit to notice a lot of things in this place. One thing she did notice the most was how quiet it was unlike Jazz’s home. His home was loud due to the parents or Rock, but here it felt so nice.

“Dad doesn’t like it when we make to much noise. Sometimes I wonder if he keeps adding rules each day,” Soi explains to Iruma who nods at the answer to her curiosity. Shizuka squeals at the cute scene in her head as this is the first time she seen Soi comfortable. He usually stays away from the little cousins who visit, so this a surprise to her.

“Well he did add a few more this morning, but you know how annoying those Clan rules are,” Shizuka remarks to which Soi could only internally groan at the idea of more rules to follow.

“Can’t you convince the love of your life to stop? I already broke a few of the rules and I don’t feel like copying them,” Shizuka shakes her head in amusement as the trio head to the dining room. 

“I could, but I tend to forget once I get a look at his face,” Soi sighs at the lovesick look on his mother’s words.

Iruma's eyes shone at the delicious food that was presented on the table. Shizuka tries to fight a smile from seeing such a cute display.

“How about you go wash up, Iru-chan? Soi, go get the guest room ready,” Iruma turns to Shizuka who leans down to pat the cute girl on the head. Iruma felt shy at the action but nodded at her words. She starts to head out and go to the nearest bathroom. Soi pauses and wonders if he is missing something important. Although he wasn't expecting to fix the guest room but would like not to take the chance of upsetting his mother. Women could be scary at times, and he rather not be at the end of the stick.

Iruma looks out the hallway and heads over to the left, then walks down the end of the hallway. She turns to a wooden slide door and pulls it open to reveal a small pond with beautiful flowers blooming near it. Forgetting about the bathroom, Iruma steps out on the wooden porch and heads closer to get a good look at the pond. Laying on her knees, Iruma reached out to touch the pond. It was like it was calling her to come even closer.

“What are you doing? Who let a little girl in here?” Iruma was startled and got up to look for the sound of the voice. Turning her head around, she slowly got up and clasped her hands together. Iruma was afraid that she couldn’t find the owner of the voice.

“Iru is sorrwie…Iru did knot know to touch,” Looking down sadly, Iruma could feel herself get sad at doing something out of line. The silence was unbearable and Iruma wondered if that person was still watching her.

“Sigh…look I was afraid that the Soulless Lotus was going to get you,” Iruma looks up to hear the sound of clouds dispersing to reveal a man dressed in a white kimino. Her sapphire orbs gleamed at the face that revealed a handsome man as if he were carved from a staute. His expression remained impassive and his long pale blue hair blows along with the wind.

“Hello little demon?” Purson Norio, head of the family was hoping the child was unharmed since she wasn’t responding.

“Wow so pretty!” Norio blinks at the awestruck look in her eyes as Soi falls onto the floor from her words.

 Rewinding back, Soi was clearing up the guest room when he realized that Iruma doesn’t know the layout of the house. He hurried to look for her only to catch his father and Iruma together. As he arrived he heard Iruma’s words and fell to the floor.

“Soi, you should know better than to create such a ruckus. Now just who is this little demon?” Iruma came back to her senses to recognize Soi on the ground. She ran over to his side as Soi was slowly rising up.

“Dad…meet your new daughter Iruma. Iruma meet the Head of the Purson Family, Purson Norio,” Ignoring his father’s nagging, Soi decided to introduce the two to each other.

“I see…wait my what!?”

Omake:

Iru-chan's Observational Journal:

Day 6 <Pur-san>

• plays amazeing
• Use trump trumpet
• smile is cute but ver are (very rare)
• gives best cudles (Dont tell Jazz)
• Ver sweet and sass (sassy)
• looks pretty in white

Pur-son is so interest! He plays beautifully and Iru feels like in another world. Iru thought Pur-son was his name until Shi-chan told Iru it was Soi. Soi? or Soy? Iru don't know which one to pick. Pur-son told Iru that it don't matter. Iru think he lies because Iru saw his ear turn red when she said Soi. Soi surprise Iru when he said Jazz was jealous. Iru never thought Jazz be jealous of Soi. Papa Norio had Soi wear this pretty white outfit and Iru was shock. Soi look amazing and almost like Papa Norio which made him pout at Iru. Iru was saying he look pretty like Papa Norio. Iru will never understand boys even though Iru is one. Iru likes turning into a girl, but Soi heled Iru realize that Iru is the best no matter what Iru chooses. Ah....Mama Shi-chan is calling! Bye~

Omake:

"I can't believe we had a little sister while I was gone," Purton looks around at the family photos scattered on the table.

"Well it's your fault for leaving and for the other troublesome things. You should be grateful that Iruma is coming over to meet you," Norio glares at his oldest son who laughs sheepishly. Shizuka shook her head at the two as she glanced at the picture of Iruma and Soi.

"Even when he was small, those two were adorable and caused such trouble. I am sure Iruma would be happy to meet you Purton," Shizuka picked a photo and could see the little Iruma with her dress and the other with Soi and Iruma wearing matching outfits.

"Ah...speak of the devil," The door opens to reveal Iruma and Soi walking in with grins as the Purson family felt their heart's warm at the sight.

Chapter Text

“...Soi, even if you make jokes like that your mother will think otherwise. Please refrain from such nonsense,” The trio walked back after Soi’s father recovered from the shock. Despite his father's remark, Soi noticed how his father had extended a finger for Iruma to grab. 

“Right…it's only a matter of time until it comes true,” Soi ignores the raised eyebrow his father shot him. Soi places his arms behind his head as he wonders what's for dinner.

“What is that supposed to mean? I swear you continue to be rebellious even more lately. Those classmates of yours are bad influences, especially Sullivan’s grandson,” Rolling his eyes at his father's nagging, Soi almost laughed that the very bad influence was holding on to his father's finger.

“You have become too lazy on your discipline! How are you supposed to lead the family one day? I just don't understand it,” Iruma thought she saw a flicker of emotions show for a second on Pur-son's face. It made her feel some type of way. She doesn't know how to explain it as Pur-son's father continues to talk. It was like bubbles sizzling in a pot of hot soup. 

“Your brother was excellent before he disappeared. I can't say the same for you,” Iruma did not like the way a hurt expression appeared on Soi’s face. Just like before she notices how his feet dragged a bit only to hide his feelings again.

~*WARNING: This part will include violence, child abuse, and under the influence. Readers beware of heartbreak*~

“Haha…just why did you have to be born *hiccup,” Iruma stared at his mother's fallen form in this broken down home. She jugs on a bottle of Sake and wipes her mouth with her other unoccupied hand. Bright blue orbs glared at her in their drunken state.

“Why the fuck do ive have to go through this!? Ive bet you have it so lucky! You fucked shit,” Iruma avoids a bottle being thrown at him. He saw how the contents were shattered and shivered in fear of his mother's drunken state.

“My sister…my parents worshiped the ground she walked on. They focused on her rather than me, the black sheep of the family! No matter how hard Ive tried it meant shit. Now look at me…Ive should have been treated better,” Iruma's mother sobs as Iruma wishes he could find a place to stay safe. His drunk mother came and found him in his bare room.

“Ah…*hiccup, when I found out I had you! Was I treated any better? No! Shuch shitty nagging parents and a two-faced prized sister! I've bet you wanted her as your mom, huh! I saw the way you look at her, you fuckin traitor,” The terrified child was occupied with where the pieces of glass were until he turned to see his mother before him. Iruma focused on the hand raised high in the air. The thunder from outside illuminated his mother's tearful rage.

Iruma's eyes widen as his mother strikes him hard. In her drunken state, her aim was off and her nails had scratched Iruma in the eye. Since she did not control her strength, her slap sent little Iruma back near the shards of glass.

“Why the fuck do I have to live like this! Why! Just why!? If only you weren't born you abomination,” Iruma winces in pain as he notices his barefoot had some fragments of glass stuck. That wasn't his concern until he felt hands around his throat. He was pushed against the floor and he wanted to say something but paused. Iruma watched in shock and fear as his mother's face reminded him of the monsters in the storybook he once saw. The flowing blue hair and the drunk malicious intent in those Sapphire orbs that looked like his. 

“I could have had it all! I could have lived a better life than this shit,” His neck felt pressured as his mother strangled him. Iruma wanted to reach out, but was afraid that would incite more of her wrath. He knew that he was a mistake, but this was his mother. She was speaking out of her pain and frustration. His vision began to blur as his throat found it hard to breathe. 

When he woke up the next morning, Iruma noticed his mother was nowhere. He pulled out the pieces of glass that were embedded in his foot. He was lucky there were only three pieces this time. He limped over to his stash of little medical supplies. He hid these behind the broken mirror and he tried to wrap his foot up. The bandaged foot was loose and Iruma noticed his appearance in the cracked mirror. His right eye looks irritated and teary with his swollen cheek. His neck showed the handprints of his mother choking him. 

“You'll still love mommy right?”  

A broken smile reflected the pain and sadness Iruma had felt. It is his fault that his mom is being compared to his aunt. He is the reason why she isn't happy. Iruma has to work hard to make his parents happy. That's the right thing to do, right?

With a stubborn pull, Norio turned to see a pouty Iruma looking at him. Soi slightly turned his head to see Iruma look at his father.

“Noh! Pur-son is doing his bery best! He work so hard tah stay hide. Pur-son is a hard work!” Scared of being reprimanded, Iruma bit her tongue by accident. She wanted to convey what she saw with her own eyes. The Pur-son she had got to know throughout the whole day. The way he was considerate on her behalf of not disappearing. His intention of show something he values like the musical instrument. His reassurance that the choices she makes do not define her or her identity. She can be whoever she wants to be and will still be loved. The way he looks like he's not paying attention to others, but he takes care of them. That his blunt honesty may make others unhappy he never shies away from the truth. 

“Soi…is a very good brother and Iru never choose for favorites! Iru loves Jazz and Rocky even tho tere different. Iru loves Big Brother Soi,” Norio didn't know how to console the crying child who held onto his finger tightly. Iruma was crying and used her free hand to wipe away her tears. Soi on the other hand covered half of his lower face. The tips of his ears were bright red and he felt that his father would say something about his expression breaking. He felt that warm feeling more this time and he had this urge to hold Iruma close. 

“Please don't say that to Soi…because some words hurt family,” Norio's eyes soften as Iruma continues to fail at wiping more of her tears. With a long sigh, Norio lowered himself to Iruma who stared at him curiously. 

“I see…my words were a bit harsh, weren't they? Soi…despite your brother leaving us, I'm grateful for many things you have contributed to. I understand the clan’s rules can be stifling. When you're in my position, things are run differently. I make these rules to prepare you for the day you take over. There is still a chance your brother will return and claim his rightful spot. I don't want you to be looked at as a failure, but it seems I fail as a parent. I forget that my son has grown and learned the way of demon society,” Norio uses his sleeve to wipe the tears from Iruma who watches him curiously. With his last words directed to himself, Soi stared at his father in surprise for thinking of his failures. 

“Well…it’s no surprise that you suck as a dad, but it doesn’t mean you didn’t care for me,” Soi scratches his cheek as he avoids his father’s gaze. 

“Your rules are annoying as hell, but I know you want me to do better. Besides I was used to not being noticed by others until I met Iruma,” An imaginary arrow shot through Norio’s heart as Soi met his eyes with a deadpan look. A quirk on the corner of his lips almost made him smile when thinking about his classmates.

“Big Bro…if he comes back, then give him hell for me! It’s simple as that,” Soi grinned mischievously to which Norio’s eyes widened and he chuckled. The sound of his laughter caught the two off guard as the emotionless Head of the Purson family broke.

“Ah…now Soi that’s another reason for how much I love your father,” Soi jumps at his mom’s presence as Norio quickly recovers his facial expression.

“Tsk…Darling, why do you hide that lovely expression of yours again?” Iruma and Soi turned to hear Shizuka clicking her tongue in dismay.

“Could you please not have this conversation in front of us? I rather not get sick to my stomach,” Soi rolled his eyes at his mother’s pout to his father and walked over to pick up Iruma. 

“Soy…what are you doing?” Iruma was surprised at his actions as his parents watched quietly.

“Taking you to wash your hands, so we can get started to eat dinner,” Sapphire orbs shined at the word ‘food’ and nodded her head. Soi started to head to the bathroom as Shizuka giggled at the cute display. Norio observed the interaction and thought about something he was curious about.

“Is something wrong, Darling?” Shizuka noticed how he was lost in thought until he turned to her. She could guess from his unchanged facial expression that he was confused.

“Soi mentioned how Iruma had changed him, but isn’t Iruma just a young child? Didn’t they just meet today in his class?” Norio wonders as Shizuka starts to laugh as her husband is even more confused by her reaction.

“Well, Iruma is the grandson of Lord Sullivan! He drank a potion that changed his age and gender,” Norio froze in place as she noticed how he was turning paler than he usually looks.

“...I see…how did you know this?”

“Soi told me about it and that is why Iruma is staying with us today. Although I was thinking why not let Iruma experience our traditional dance? It would be a nice way to keep him for another day,” Shizuka smiled gently as the two headed in the direction of the kitchen. Recovering from the shock, Norio thought about the suggestion and believed it wouldn’t be so bad to have Iruma participate. The parents could imagine Iruma fitting into Soi’s old outfit and performing with Soi.

“I think that is a wonderful idea as expected from my lovely wife,” Norio faintly smiled before it could stay as Shizuka felt her cheeks warm up. Her husband is the cutest when he hides how he feels.

Once dinner was over, Iruma wanted to stay with Soi in his room which he didn’t mind. He wanted to finish up the assignments and left his trumpet case open for Iruma to look at. Iruma watched in fascination of the shine in the trumpet. She just can’t wait for Soi to play for her and hear some of the music. She wonders how Soi looks playing it and smiles in excitement. An hour had passed and Iruma observed the sky outside the window. The colors of the setting sun were beautiful and reminded her of some cotton candy.

“Soi? Iruma? I brought some desserts,” A knock at the door alerted the two as Shizuka came in with some rice crackers. Soi waved his hand off to her acknowledging her arrival as Iruma stared at the plate with a bit of drool on the corner of her lip.

“Well I wondered where that trumpet went, and here I thought your brother took it with him,” Shizuka giggles at Iruma’s expression and hands her a cracker. She noticed the trumpet on the bed and smiled fondly at the instrument.

“I thought Big Bro bought it for fun. Who does it belong to?” Soi finished the last of his assignments and turned to face his mother. 

“It belongs to your father and it brought us together despite having such a beautiful face,” Soi raised his eyebrow in surprise about the origin of the trumpet. He never would have known about it.

“The whole school called him the “Musical Fairy” and faint at catching a small glimpse of his handsome face,” Shizuka sighed fondly when she recalled the nickname for her beloved. Soi was a bit skeptical of the story but didn’t comment for the sake of his mother’s wrath. Shizuka came over to sit on his futon next to his trumpet case with a warm smile. 

“To be fair I just thought it was another made-up rumor for people to be curious. My friends claimed about how he was real and I just went along with it. I didn’t care much and just continued in my classes,” Iruma came closer on the opposite side of the trumpet case and propped herself to listen. Soi almost chuckled at the cute action as Shizuka giggled at Iruma.

“Let me start with class…”

Another boring day with nothing, but exam preparations in two weeks. A young short-haired Shizuka stares at the board in boredom as they go over magic circles for a topic. She sighs and turns to see the window of the scenery outside. The wind blows softly as the leaves sway to and forth in the trees. Some of the groundkeepers were overlooking a tree that had caution signs surrounding it. 

“...Excuse me…” Shizuka snapped out of her trance and turned to her seatmate whose face was covered. Long pale blue hair and a half-black mask that covered his face. It came to her realization she was staring at him to where she felt her cheeks heat up.

“Oh! I didn’t realize class ended haha…sorry about that Mask-kun,” Mask nodded quietly and headed out to which Shizuka sighed loudly. She still doesn’t know his name despite being seated together for half the school year. She let it slip and called him ‘Mask-kun’ to his face.

“Mask-kun? Really, Mom? You could have come up with something better,” Soi commented with surprised disbelief as Iruma pouted and Shizuka gave him a threatening smile.

“Soi, keep your comments until after the story. Besides your father was going to name you something even worse than the nickname I gave him,” Shizuka saw the curious look in Soi’s eyes, but he kept his mouth shut for now.

“Where was I?” Iruma brightened up about the story and answered, “You feel bad four calling a person Mask-kun!”

“That’s right! Thank you, Iruma…”

Exiting out of class, Shizuka ran into her friends who were discussing Mei’s recent relationship. Shizuka didn’t mind the conversation, but she never understood the idea of love and relationships. 

How do people claim they feel in love in just one glance? The butterflies in the stomach are probably gas from the food they eat. A simple touch could bring you to your fated mate. All these notions just sounded ridiculous as she heard more and more of it. Out of her friend group, she was most likely to find love and marry the guy her parents arranged with. It was the time when certain houses of noble demons picked others for potential partners. She didn’t mind as long as she could be happy and enjoy a simple life. Although she has no clue who her future husband-to-be is and has not once received word from him. Leaning on her open palm, she wonders if the guy is at least decent and better than some perverts. 

“Shi-chan! Aren’t you at least curious about my handsome boyfriend?” Mei chimes happily as Shizuka rolls her eyes at the stupid question.

“Come on Mei, leave Shi-chan alone! Besides you would forget about your boyfriend when you hear the Musical Fairy’s song,” Setsuka smirks as the flustered look on Mei’s face at the mention of the fairy. 

“Shizuka already is claimed by that arranged husband of hers. I doubt she even concerns herself over the fairy or any other guy,” Tiana pushes her glasses up as Shizuka shrugs at the facts. Her mind was preoccupied with other things like the snacks she should stock up and the notes for the exam.

“The fairy is supposed to be this unworldly beauty and puts the most gorgeous people to shame. I wish I could see his face,” Mina sighed wistfully at the chance to see the fairy’s face as Shizuka ate her spaghetti.

“Well I love to see the fairy’s face, but I am more curious to see Mask-kun’s face. Do you think he has an ugly scar?”

“I don’t know, but he seems nice,” Shizuka ignores their possible theories and sips on her drink. The girls continue their mindless conversation about boys and Kalego’s Uncle getting threatened by his nephew. 

Shizuka decided to go visit the tree that was closed off and told her friends to head out without her. She walks down the pathway to the gardens and wonders about Mask-kun. She was curious but not as crazy as her friends. It was his own to wear a mask and not to be judged for the reason being. Noticing the tree as she drew near, Shizuka took a moment to admire the beauty of it. It was a bit sad to hear it had to be taken down. It was a special tree and it always stood so strong with its lively green leaves. Now the bark has rotten and the luscious green had turned to a blackened brown. Walking around the tree while inspecting the branches, Shizuka felt her foot hit something hard. Glancing down at the ground was a black case and she looked around to see if there was anyone there. 

Crouching down, Shizuka noticed it was an instrument case with no owner nearby. Reaching out with her hand, she did not notice the figure standing behind her.

“Um…please don’t touch that,” Startled by the voice, Shizuka fell backward and blinked at the sight of Mask-kun staring at her.

“Mask-kun…sorry was that yours? I didn’t see you there and I thought about taking this to the Lost and Found,” Shizuka scratches the back of her head in embarrassment and gets up from her spot. Mask-kun continued to observe her as she could feel herself getting shy by the minute. 

“So…how’s the weather?” The silence was killing her and she felt the need to break it with a random question. She couldn’t help it and thought she saw a faint smile on his face.

“Good…except the tree won’t be here anymore,” Shizuka saw how Mask-kun placed a hand on the bark of the tree with a silent look. It felt like he was sad that the tree would have to be cut down. She could understand the feeling especially when this tree helped distract her from her thoughts.

“I heard…is that why you came to visit it?” Mask-kun caught her eye and nodded with an expressionless look. Shizuka watched how he went over to the case and opened it. Mask-kun pulled out a beautiful shiny trumpet and exhaled. The next thing she knew, Mask-kun placed his lips on the mouthpiece and played a beautiful melody. This music felt gentle and a bit sad as if it were like wishing a friend farewell on their journey. Feeling so in trace in his playing the winds caressed Mask-kun’s hair to the side and lifted the mask off his face. 

Shizuka stared at the most beautiful demon she had ever laid eyes on. As he played his song and opened his lilac orbs to see Shizuka staring at him awestruck. After the music ended, Mask-kun tilted his head at Shizuka in question whose face was a bright red. She didn’t even know where to compliment other than the fact that her seatmate was drop-dead gorgeous. Tucking one of his hair strands back behind his ear, Mask realized his mask had fallen off. The next couple of seconds were so quick as Shizuka watched how he turned red due to embarrassment in his ears. He quickly picked up his mask and put away his instrument. The next thing she noticed was how he vanished in thin air and she was left alone.

Dumbfounded by the whole thing, Shizuka couldn’t help but laugh at his actions. When her laughter died down, she thought back to the beautiful scene of Mask-kun playing with the wind blowing in his hair.

“Fairy, huh?”

“The rest will be for another time since someone can barely keep her eyes open,” Shizuka strokes Iruma’s head who struggles to stay awake. Soi didn’t realize how long he was sitting on his chair. As he got up, he could feel the stiffness in his limbs as his mother tucked Iruma into his futon. Shizuka gently touched the trumpet and closed it as she handed it to Soi.

“You know I thought for a moment you were like me in the beginning. Until you fell for Dad’s face,” Soi crossed his arms unimpressed as Shizuka giggled at her son’s disappointed look.

“True…his face may have been a bonus, but I had gotten to know him first with a mask. Maybe a small part of me had fallen for your father first with the small things he does. Who knows Soi? Your future wife is probably nearby without you knowing,” Ruffling his hair affectionately, Soi grumbles from his mother’s kiss on the cheek. Shizuka knows her son enjoyed hearing her love story just as much as Iruma. She hopes one day Soi and Iruma will get that wonderful experience of falling in love.

“Yeah she’s probably gushing over good-looking guys than to notice someone like me,” Soi hates to admit it, but he wished more of his dad’s genes would pass over him than his mother's.

“Aw Soi…you get to look as young and youthful just like me,” Shizuka cups her cheek and smiles teasingly to which Soi scoffs.

“I hope dad’s genes will prevail, so I still have a chance,” Soi saw his mother blink at his words, then burst into laughter.

“Yup but Mom’s is stronger so good luck with that sweetie. Good night and love you,” Shizuka winked at Soi who sighed and shook his head at his mom. Once the door closed, Soi went to lay next to Iruma who was drooling cutely in her sleep. Maybe his mom is right about his future mate being somewhere near him. For now, he rather focus on something very important to him first. He pokes Iruma’s cheek and smiles at his shrunken friend who mumbles about food. Snickering at the action, Soi rests his head on the pillow and hopes that tomorrow will be less chaotic than today. Sadly this type of thing never applies to Iruma who was a trouble-magnet.

Omake:

Iru-chan's Obersvational Journal:

Day 7 <Shi-chan & No-kun>

• love each other super much
• No-kun play any instrument
• Shi-chan tells nice story
• No-kun is Papa No
• Shi-chan is Mama Shi
• Papa No looks pretty in white
• Mama Shi is very pretty
• Papa No likes plants
• Mama Shi likes Papa No face

Papa No is shy like Mama Shi says. He gives Iru candy when no one is looking. Mama Shi tells Iru that Papa No loves to have Iru around. Mama Shi told Iru that maybe the next time Iru visits a demon swan will bring good news. Iru don't get it but Mama Shi looked happy with red cheeks. Iru told Papa No who drink his tea and coughed a lot. Iru was worry but Papa No said he is fine. Demon swan must mean good thing right? Maybe Soi or Jazz will know? Iru likes being here since it is quiet and peaceful. Papa No garden is big and has some pretty flowers. Iru does miss Jazz and Andro family. Iru hopes to see them again one day, but for now Iru is having fun with Soi, Papa No, and  Mama Shi. Oh...Iru has to go since Soi is calling. Iru will write more next time! Bye-Bye

Chapter Text

“Hmr…Damn did I oversleep?” Feeling his room brighten up, Soi rises sluggishly and blinks at the intruding sunlight peeking in. Scratching his cheek with a finger, Soi glances at the messy blue hair to his side. Gently fixing the messy bed hair, Soi begins to stretch a bit before heading to the bathroom. He was surprised that his mother didn't wake him up for school.

His phone goes off as he winces at the time. He missed homeroom and potionology which in a way was a good thing. He doesn't think he can handle all the staring since Iruma would be by his side. Blinking out the sleepiness from his eyes, he saw how there were about 19 messages.

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“Tch…how bothersome,” Shutting off his screen and changing the ringtone to vibrate. Soi gets up gently to avoid waking up the little fluff ball. Leaving his door open, he heads downstairs where his parents were sitting at the table.

“Good morning Soi! Is Iruma asleep?” His mother was finishing up breakfast as Soi took a seat. He yawns and scratches his head a bit.

“Morning…yeah she's asleep and how come you're not upset about me oversleeping?” Shizuka turns off the stove and uses the spatula to move the pancakes she made. Soi blinked owlishly at the amount of food on the table and wondered what the occasion was.

“We decided it would be better to take a rest at home. Besides, by tomorrow Iruma must go to another babysitter, correct?” Norio fills his plate with what he will consume as Soi follows his actions. That surprised him at the consideration of letting him miss school to spend time with Iruma. He felt like there was something like a hidden agenda. It's his mother and he knows she gets what she wants. 

“Erm…yes Iruma is an honorary family member and today is when we begin to initiate her,” Soi was munching in thought until his father spoke about their plans for the day.

“Ack…hold on! You do know we only have her for today, right? You can't just add her to the family tree so easily,” Clearing his throat from almost choking, Soi stares at his father with a straight face. His father was merely joking there is no way. 

“Of course we can! Besides, Umi-chan already did it, so why can't we?” Shizuka smiles cheerfully at the idea of having another lovely child to the family.

“Umi-chan? I don't know who that is,” Soi thinks about who this person is and how they would add Iruma to their family tree. That's when it clicked in his head.

“Masumi Andro, silly boy! She adores Iruma and went ahead to add her to her family tree. I talked to your father and he agreed. Now eat up before Iruma wakes and finishes it all,” Shizuka cleared up the utensils as Soi could not believe what his mother did. He turns to his father who ignores his questioning look. 

Soi just sigh and begin to eat his food. Men really are weak to their partners. Small creaking could be heard as Soi figured Iruma had woken up. It's a good thing he left the door a bit open for her. Hearing her come closer, he turns around to freeze at the sight of her. Maybe he should say he?

“Good m’ing everyone,” A sleepy little toddler covers their mouth from the yawn coming out. The chubby cheeks were still there, but the long hair vanished. Iruma’s original hairstyle has returned and looks a bit fluffy.

“Iru…what happened?” Iruma tilted her head in confusion and touched her hair only to feel it less heavy. Blinking owlishly, Iruma brushes her hair and wonders how her hair gets shorter.

“Does Iruma seem a bit smaller than she was yesterday?” Norio notices how the clothes look a bit too loose on Iruma. It was like she shrunk down a bit.

“Iru smaller? Iru hungry, food pleaz,” Soi placed Iruma on the seat and grew concerned about how tiny he was compared to yesterday. Iruma was able to reach the table easily, but now she was shorter. Seeing how Iruma was having a hard time reaching for her food. Shizuka scooped her up and placed her on Soi’s lap who was stunned at the whole arrangement. Placing a plate with small utensils from which Soi was suspecting his mother fetch to buy for Iruma. Iruma places her hands together and said Tanks por tha food!”

It was like watching a cute little bird eating the food its mother left. Soi unconsciously smiled and chuckled at the idea. He never noticed his parents recording and taking photos of the cute moment. Soi was interrupted by his thoughts when Iruma raised a piece of pancake in her fork towards him. There was that warm fuzzy feeling again and Soi had to make sure to keep his composure.

“Pur say Ahh!” Iruma smiled with her eyes closed as he leaned and ate the piece. 

“Is it goud?” Little Iruma wanted to see a reaction from Soi who was just very nonchalant.

“Well it does taste better than usual, so I guess,” Answering honestly, Soi watched how Iruma beams in delight and continues to eat. He could feel his face feel hot and hope he wasn't blushing. 

“That's becauz Iru and Pur are eating together wit Papa Nori and Mama Zuka,” Hearing such sweet words, the whole Purson Family couldn't help to hide their faces. Norio clenched his fist and couldn't help adoring that cuteness Iruma displayed.

Shizuka had to turn away towards the sink to hide the huge happy smile on her face. The two kids just warmed her heart and made her wish Iruma could stay with them.

Soi wonders if this is how it feels to have a cute little sister. Now he could understand the reason Jazz acted like that. He felt wholesome inside and was grateful for having time like this with Iruka. A realization hit him as he watched her finish her third plate. Iruma shared his precious food with him. Should it be considered an honor? Maybe he can use that against Asmodeus to tease and bring him down his high-horse. 

“Iru…why does it taste better when we eat together?” Soi pushed away his thoughts so he could ask Iruma about why she thought that was. Iruma stopped eating and placed her fork down. She was unusually quiet which concerned everyone.

“Befire Grampa, Iru ate alone. It waz loney an didn't taste yummy. Now Iru taste so much yummy food wit people Iruma loves,” Soi was curious to know how bad did Iruma’s parents treated him. It was already enough to tear off his wings, but to leave such a sweet kid alone to eat. It somehow pissed him off and made Soi wonder what kind of monsters would treat someone like Iruma this way.

“Well if you ever eat a meal alone, then you're more than welcome to come here for a meal. Our home will always be open to you, Iruma,” Norio spoke in a soft voice with fondness and a smile could almost be seen. Soi blinks at the action then watches it vanish back to his straight face. His mother wasn't kidding about his father looking like a fairy. 

“You are a part of our family even though you live with Sullivan-sama. Family will always be there to help in any way,” Shizuka pat Iruma's head softly with a smile. Iruma could feel the tinge inside and return one back to her. Until Iruma noticed there was another tingling feeling and turned to Soi. Soi noticed Iruma looking at him and wonder what was wrong.

“Pur! Iru hafta go!” Confused at the words, Soi raised an eye in question.

“You have to go?” He repeated the words as Iru nodded quickly.

“Hurry! Iru gotta go,” Soi still didn't understand what that meant until his parents sigh at his actions.

“Soi! He needs to go! Hurry and take her,” His mother lightly scolded him as he felt like he was missing something here.

“Go where?”

“To the bathroom, son,” Norio answers his question as Soi runs off to the bathroom with Iruma in his arms. Shizuka shook her head in amusement and fixed the chair he pushed away.

“Okay Iruma, go ahead and do your business. I'll be outside,” Soi lets Iruma down in the bathroom and stays outside to give her privacy. He props the door a little open in case she can't open the door. He felt like an idiot wondering why he didn't think Iruma meant the bathroom.

“Uhm…Soi…Iruma can't reach the potty,” This is a dangerous line he was crossing and he hoped that Iruma would never remember this. 

“So you need some help? Of course you need some help,” Soi asked in hopes of Iruma saying “no” but mutters how the chances were low to that answer.

“Yes pleaz,” Entering the bathroom, Soi looks only at the top of Iruma's head. That is the only spot he will focus on and nowhere else. He picks up Iruma by the arms and gently places him on the toilet. Soi steps to the side where the bathtub is next to the toilet. He continues to look at the head and not look down. He hears Iruma do his business and then hears something spilling on the floor. 

Soi looks down to the floor to see it with tiny droplets.

“Ah sorry Pur, Iru missed,” Soi was pondering about that unknown wet spot on the floor. He registered what Iruma said.

“Hey Iru…do you mind if I look at you? Wow this sounds really wrong, but I don't mean it's anything crazy,” He knew this sounded wrong but his suspicion needed to be confirmed.

“Okay!” Iruma's simple response made him feel a bit better. Soi finally looked at Iruma and realized something Iruma didn't just get shorter. Iruma was a boy again and there is a possibility he de-age back to three years old. The reason for why he was so sure is in front of him.

“Iru, when did you become a boy?” 

“Wasn't Iru allway a boy?” Iruma blinks at Soi in confusion as Soi struggles to approach this topic.

“Well yeah you've always been a boy, but yesterday you were a girl. Now you're a boy,” Soi promised to get a certain troublemaker tied upside down for this. Somewhere a senpai sneezed and wondered who was talking about his amazing self.

“Iru waz a girl, so Iru had wee-wee too!”

“Uh no girls don't have wee-wee. Only boys have wee-wee and…why is this so hard to talk about,” Cursing his homeroom teacher, Soi racks his head on how to explain the difference about genders to a three year old.

“Oh so Iru a boy and girl?” Iru tilts his head curiously as Soi sighs in defeat.

“Iruma will always be Iruma. I don't care if you were a boy or a girl. Either way you'll always be my little sibling,” Soi helped Iruma clean up and flush the toilet. Iruma doesn't know why but hearing those words made him happy.

“I'm going to have to make a call first to Balam-Sensei!” Soi felt concerned at the fact that Iruma went back a couple of years. Could it be the potion's effects?

“Yay Ba is coming!” At least someone was happy while the other was dealing with mixed confusion. As they await for their teacher to message them back and decided to join Soi’s parents.

Omake:

Iruma Soi’s Observation Journal:

This is supposed to be documented for data I think. Jazz didn’t leave much behind and I don’t think there’s been much on my end. Iruma is very sensitive to other people especially on their actions. It’s like he needs to be aware that his existence doesn’t matter. It pisses me off that if Iruma truly felt like this when he was little. It must have been lonely and he had no one to lean on. He doesn’t deserve this…anyway I wish my mother didn’t tell him about the demon swan cause now I’m scared to go home. He starts asking me how babies are made! What three year old is curious about where we come from? I still went with my mom’s idea and Iru was quiet. It was like he was here with me, but transported somewhere else where time never changed. I get worried when I see him like that. That he will vanish with no trace and we won’t be able to find him. I have to stop here since Iruma is waiting to play with me. Whoever watches him next good luck, cause Jazz didn’t leave much for me to figure out.

Chapter Text

“Now you’re saying this adorable little boy is the same adorable little girl?” Soi’s mother placed a hand on her cheek as she observed Iruma gobbling up her food. Norio was trying to understand what the difference was. Iruma still looked the same to him, but Shizuka knew Iruma had changed.

“Yep, plus a teacher is coming over to do a check-up. They want to make sure that there isn’t anything wrong with him,” Soi sips on his juice as Iruma happily munches on the breakfast his mother made.

“I really don’t see anything different on Iruma,” Norio observes Iruma looking so happy and full that he almost smiled. Shizuka sighs at another opportunity lost for capturing her husband’s smile.

“Men…you lot would have never noticed anyways. Iruma, would you spend some time with us today? I want to have a fun family day with the four of us together,” Shizuka shook her head at the boys and walked over to stroke Iruma’s hair. Iruma looked up to see Shizuka smiling at him warmly.

“Iru want to go wit chu!” Iruma nodded shyly as Shizuka couldn’t help, but hug the adorable little boy.(Iru wants to go with you!)

“That’s the spirit now why don’t we get you ready for the initiation?” Shizuka heads out with Iruma as Soi still can’t believe his parents. His father was humming and seemed content although Soi never thought this would ever happen.

“Soi…Iruma is a part of our family, besides who knows if he remembers the time he spent with us. It would be difficult to bear if he never recognized us and the times we share,” Norio glances at his son who blinks at his words in surprise.

“We can’t guarantee that he will keep the memories of all the families he will meet. I want to make now a special moment he came into our lives, don’t you agree?” Soi stayed silent in thought as his father got up to follow his mother and Iruma.

“...special moment…huh” Picking up his dishes, Soi went to wash them as he thought back to Iruma. What if these special memories do get erased? It would feel like they watched their sibling grow up without ever remembering the sweet times they shared.

“Ugh…I need to stop thinking like that…Let’s focus on Iruma now,” Walking out of the kitchen, Soi headed upstairs to his room and could hear the faint giggles of Iruma with his parents. Reaching his room, he could see the clan’s traditional clothing on his bed when he entered his room.

“Now Iruma, hold still like that! Perfect,” After changing Soi came down to find Iruma in his initiation clothes. He was poised on the tatami mat in an upright position while seated. He tried to look serious, but his little face made him look pouty. Soi had covered his mouth from chuckling at the cute scene.

“I don’t know dear…it just doesn’t feel right? Maybe the lighting isn’t good?” Shizuka places a hand under her chin in thought as she redirects the camera. Norio felt like something was missing and Soi wondered how long this would drag on. Spotting Soi, Iruma broke into a huge smile and called out to him with his arms spread out widely.

“Pur-son! Chu here!” (Purson! You're here!)

Click! Shizuka couldn’t help herself by taking a photo of how adorable that was. Norio looked amused as Soi felt embarrassed at the unwanted attention. 

“Okay Soi, time for you to get in there!” Shizuka dragged her son and forced him to sit next to Iruma who scrambled to climb on his lap. Soi blinked at how quickly he was placed for the next photo.

“Soi… smile at me! I want a cute brotherly photo and don’t vanish again,” Sighing at his mother’s demands, he tried to hold in his nervousness and lose control of vanishing. He never did well with photos especially when you can’t tell if he made a stupid face or something.

“SOY!”

“Huh…it’s Soi,” Jumping at the sound of Iruma calling him, he corrected the little boy again.

“So-i…Soi! Iru loves So-i!” Iruma looks up tilting his little head and placing it against Soi’s chest. It took a moment to realize that Iruma had called him by his name instead of “Pur-son.” Something made Soi unconsciously smile so warmly to Iruma who returned it. 

The two in their little world never noticed the parents taking the sweet shot and smiling at the two. The doorbell rang and everyone got distracted by the sound. Shizuka went to the door as Norio accompanied her.

“Hey…Iruma…I love you too,” Soi took the moment to come closer to Iruma and whisper in his ear. Iruma looked surprised and looked to see Soi give him a breathtaking smile. It felt like this was something special for Iruma and he hugged the demon.

“Oh now this is adorable,” Balam-sensei came out to see such a cute scene and matching outfits. Soi face went immediately blank as Iruma tried to copy him too. It was really hard since he hasn’t Ba in a long time, so he smiled and waved. 

“Ba! Iru mist chu,” Carefully getting out of Soi’s lap, Iruma ran to the kind demon, but the clothing was a bit big. Iruma accidentally stepped on the clothing and was falling. With quick reflexes, Balam caught him and let out a huge sigh of relief. Soi did the same and was grateful for his teacher.

“Iruma…please be careful…we were scared you were going to get hurt. I missed you too,” Rubbing his cheek against Iruma’s, Balam could feel the baby cheeks and couldn’t help himself. Soi was used to it since his skinship always got out of hand. Iruma chuckles and loved it as he tried to rub back as much.

“Iru will! Ba here tu play?” After regaining his self-control, Balam calmed himself by petting Iruma’s fluffy hair. 

“No actually. Maybe next time we will play, but I came to give you a check-up,” Iruma was confused with the word “check-up” which made the two bask in his cute actions. 

“Okay! Iru ready!” Surprised by his excitement, Balam undressed Iruma in the living room. Soi noticed how he still had some regular clothes on underneath the kimono. Balam helped him out of his clothes and used a stethoscope.

“Well…everything seems okay here, now try taking some deep breaths for me. Good, now let me…” Iruma listened to Balam and Soi watched how well-behaved Iruma was for a check-up. Most kids would cry and be scared of a doctor, but he listened very well. A little too well in his opinion, but when he was that age he already learned how to compose his facial reactions. 

“Iruma…” Soi was brought out of his thoughts as he heard his teacher’s voice sound neutral. None of the kind tones could be found as he looked and stared in silence at the scene before him. Iruma flinched at the tone and stayed too quiet as he wondered why Ba and So-i grew quiet.

“How are things over-Iruma…wha?” Shizuka and Norio returned to the scene and saw what Soi and Balam were looking at. Shizuka felt a hand cover her mouth in shock as Norio clenched his fist tightly.

*Trigger Warning*

“Iruma…Does this still hurt?” Balam swallowed and gently raised a finger to Iruma’s back. His tiny back was full of fainted visible red lines as if he was struck by something hard. Balam could only see red at the thought of his parents even laying a hand on him.

“No…” Iruma was starting to feel scared of Ba and wondered why he sounded like that. His dad always smacked him for being bad even when he was drunk it was way worse.

“Iruma…please tell us. Does it still hurt?” Norio swallowed his anger and approached the timid child. He gently grabbed Iruma’s hands and looked him in the eye.

“Iru don’t kno…Iru…didn list tu daddy. Iru made him mad fur not list tu doctor. Iru was a bad boy,” Shizuka could feel her eyes grow teary at his words and quickly tried to take a deep breath. (Iru don't know...Iru didn't listen to Daddy. Iru made him mad for not listening to the doctor. Iru was a bad boy.)

Balam clenched his fists tightly and didn’t want Iruma to see how he looked right now. Soi could only look at that tiny back and compare it to the Iruma he knew today. When he’s in pain, he would brush it off like he felt nothing at all. His hands were burned from catching a flaming ball. Asmodeus and Clara worried over him as he tried to calm them down. His bandage fingers must have been through so much to that little back full of scars.

“No…you are a wonderful boy! Your dad was nothing, but a fool to not notice. It’s okay to let us know you’re in pain. Nothing is ever wrong in showing others how you feel,” Norio used his right hand and rubbed Iruma’s head gently. Iruma’s sapphire orbs widened and suddenly tears began to fall from his eyes.

“Iru sorry!” Iruma bawls in apology as Norio brings him for a hug. Poor Iruma cried his little heart out as everyone could feel the painful cries. It made them enraged at those so-called “parents” who made him feel like that. 

After calming down a puffy-eyed Iruma, the family decided to go out and take a stroll around the residence. They bid Balam goodbye afterwards Norio and Shizuka had a small talk with him. Iruma was sad that the kind demon left, but he promised to wait for him at school tomorrow. Soi was trying to teach Iruma how to play his trumpet as the parents set up a picnic near a lake by a huge willow tree. 

“My, my…haven’t heard that sound in a long time?” An amused feeble voice caught Soi and Iruma’s attention as they turned to see no one there. Soi got up from where he was sitting and bowed in front of him. Iruma tilted his head confused and followed his actions.

“Greeting Grandmother, I hope you are doing well,” Iruma was shocked and wondered how is Soi seeing this imaginary person.

“Hoho…being so formal now! I rather take your sass boy besides it makes me feel younger. Now who is this little one?” Iruma felt something looking at him and felt something pat him. Iruma was filled with excitement that this had to be an imaginary person.

“Well Gran, this is Iruma. Your son’s secret love child. Iruma, she’s not an imaginary person,” Seeing the look on Iruma, Soi had to break the news now before it got worse. 

“Aha…a love child? That stuck-up! Oh, Soi, you know a good joke, but I want to know why a guest is wearing our clan’s kimono,” A beautiful old woman appeared with silver hair and a few wrinkles around the corner of her eyes. She had crimson red hues and wore a traditional style kimono. 

“...so beau-tifil…” Iruma was so struck by the grandmother’s presence that Soi raised an eyebrow in question. (so beautiful...)

“Iruma?”

“Ah! So-i, it’s the “Musizkal Fairy” like Mama mentioned,” The two Purson clan members blinked in surprise and confusion. Iruma stared at her in awe and gently reached out to touch her. He stopped himself and shook his head which is concerning to Soi.

“Can Irur touc chu tu see if chu real?” Iruma asked shyly as he twirled his fingers together. Soi was thinking that this was such a cute reaction. (Can Iru touch you to see if you are real?)

“Hoho…aren’t you such a gentleman! You may,” Grandmother couldn’t help to answer him as he beamed at her like she had given him the world. She was expecting him to touch her kimono but felt the tiny chubby fingers reach to hold her hand. She could see him look so happy that she could almost smile back.

“Mama Shi! Iru found Musizkal Fairy,” Norio and Shizuka came around from the tree to see Norio’s mother holding Iruma’s hand. Norio stiffened at the sight of his mother while his wife giggled at the cute action.

“Iruma-a, why don’t you let her go? It’s nice to see you, Mother,” Norio could feel his nerves begin to form as Iruma felt bummed at having to let go.

“Oh Iruma, it looks like you found Gran Kiyomi. It’s wonderful to see you, Mother,” Shizuka could see Kiyomi observing Iruma quietly as Soi hoped his Gran wouldn’t be harsh about the news.

“If Iru lets go, then she be gone,” Iruma felt sad at the idea of her leaving, so Kiyomi bent on her knees to be closer to Iruma.

“Don’t worry, Little Iru. Gran Kiyomi will stay with you,” Kiyomi gave a sweet smile as Iruma beams happily at her answer. Norio was not expecting that and looked at Soi who shrugged at this whole scene. Soi had a hunch his gran would accept Iruma right away because of how cute he was. He also called her ‘beautiful’ which gave him a huge boost in her likeability meter. 

“Tank you, Gran Kiyumi!” Iruma hugged her unexpectedly and the old woman stared at the child in awe. Her son was thinking about the lecture he would get later. Soi thinks this is the first time he has seen his grandmother like this.

“hm…Iruma, you are a precious child,” The Purson family spent the day by the lake sharing stories and basking in the sunlight. However, Norio was the one to wonder about one thing and asked as they ate their afternoon lunch.

“Iruma?” Kiyomi and Shizuka turned to see Norio look nervous as Iruma happily munched on his sandwich. Soi was wiping off the crumbs and wondering what his father was going to do.

“Chess? Papa Nori,” An imaginary arrow shot throw Norio who cleared his throat as the two women giggled at him covering up his embarrassment.

“Why did you call Grandmother Kiyomi a “Musical Fairy?” You made it sound like she will disappear,” Iruma was quiet and the whole family waited to hear his words. Shizuka had an idea that it was from the story from yesterday. She can’t remember how much Iruma had heard since he ended up falling asleep.

“Oh, are you talking about the “Musical Fairy” that I mentioned Iru?” Iruma nodded and played with his fingers a bit, then looked at everyone.

“Iru tinks all of chu are “Faeryes” and is scared Iru will never see you again. Mama Shi said that Fairy was beautful and goes poof!” Soi, Kiyomi, and Norio flushed at the comparisons of their bloodline abilities. Little Iruma thought of them as a rare person who would vanish if seen. It made Kiyomi giggle at such a bittersweet thought. Norio could guess that Shizuka must have told the boys something. He could see the sparkling blue hues of wonder directed at him. Soi could guess how his nickname started when he thought of it from Iruma’s perspective.  The wind blew in as the branches swayed and Soi could feel the sudden ache of loneliness. Tomorrow was the day Iruma would go to someone else. He will be alone again just like when his brother ditched them. Maybe that is why he didn’t mind not being included in the class. Everyone will eventually leave and forget about him being there.

“So-i, can Iru come again?” Feeling a small hand on his lap, he turned to see a happy dimpled smile from Iruma. Feeling the corner of his lips twitch, Soi rubbed Iruma’s hair and could feel that loneliness be blown away.

“What are you talking about dummy? Isn’t this your home too?” Iruma stared at all of them smiling at him and gave them each hug and kisses. Iruma thinks that he will be lonely without Jazz and the Andro Family, but he thinks that every family he goes to will show them the same love.

“Aw you’re so sweet, Iruma,” Shizuka returns a kiss with her own as Iruma giggles at the feeling. Norio stiffens at the kiss, but melts in the hug that Iruma gives him. Kiyomi gives a kiss to this newest addition to the family. She could already tell how much her son cares for this child. Even though the eldest son ran off without a word, it felt like he was there with everyone sharing in this moment.

“Hehe, Iru is home!”

The next morning had dreadfully come as Shizuka prepared a meal and Norio was a bit sad. Iruma was feeling the same way as Soi acted as if he wasn’t affected. It was a strange morning for Soi especially with how talkative his father was. This was the first time he had ever heard his father initiated any conversations in the morning.

“Are you sure he has to leave?”

“Can’t he stay another day?’

“What if the other demons pick on him?”

“What if you lose sight of him?”

This onslaught of worries was quite annoying to Soi, but it felt nice to know how much his father cared. Shizuka had to calm his father's worries as he refused to let Iruma out the door. Iruma made a promise to visit one day and to join any required family events for the clan. Soi felt that his father might try and use it to his advantage to see Iruma more. The walk to school was peaceful, but he wasn’t sure if that was a good sign. They left the house early to avoid annoying people and ensure they didn’t get attacked by Paparazzi. He was more concerned at the idea that the Iruma Protection Squad hadn’t made an appearance yet. 

“So-i!”

“Hm…what’s up?” Scanning the area for anyone, Soi looked at Iruma who looked excited for some reason. 

“Iru so happy!”

“Okay good for you…” His words made Iruma frown and look a bit sad. Soi wondered if it had to do with the potion’s effects.

“Wil chu not mis Iru?” That made Soi stop in his tracks as he turned to see puppy eyes in Iruma.

“Iruma…I will miss you so much that it feels like my heart will break,” Soi said with no change on his face Iruma panicked when heard his heart would break.

“Y-y-yu’re heart wil break?! Oh No, how do Iru fix it?” Soi would have laughed if Iruma didn’t look so worried for him.

“You can fix it by giving me lots of hugs and seeing me in class. Oh give me some kisses too especially in front of Jazz and Azz,” Iruma brightened at the idea and nodded while Soi thought mischievously about how to get the guys jealous.

“Okay Super Iru wil do that,” Soi picked him up to pretend to be flying which made Iruma laugh. The two would have noticed that some of the students of Babyls were admiring the cute display. The bells rang and it was time to face the music.

“Now then let me announce the next babysitter for Iruma…”

Omake:

"Iru will go get it!" Little feet ran to where he thought the ball would have landed. Searching through the bushes, Iruma places his hand on his chin in thought. He didn't want to take too long or else So-i will worry.

"Hm...ah the ball," Something bounced from his leg and he turned to see the ball that Gran Kiyomi gave him. He wondered where the ball came from and turned his head to see if anyone was there.

"Hey kid...shouldn't you get going?" Iruma jumped at the sound and couldn't find the source of where the voice was from.

"Are chu a fairy?" Chuckling could be heard and Iruma tried his best to find them. Looking at the base of the tree, Iruma reached out to see if they were there.

"Not there little guy and that's the first I had ever been called that. Aren't fairies supposed to be magical and tiny?" The person sounded amused as Iruma tried again to find them.

"Iru met bunch of faeryes and they weren tiny. You hafe to be a fairy?" Sapphire orbs focused to see where he could find this fairy and noticed the rock by a pond. The sunlight reflected off the water and in a faint glimmer he could see a couple of white hairs. Walking slowly, Iruma inched closer to the Fairy who didn't seem to notice Iruma.

"A fairy...I like your take on that little guy," Iruma jumps to hug something and looks up to see nothing. He could feel something and wonder what he was touching.

"Are you trying to tickle me? I'm not much for that, but I'm surprised you found me. Not even my little brother could," Hearing the laughter before him, Iruma was happy to finally catch a fairy.

"How come Iru can't see you?" Silence came and Iruma wondered if he did something wrong until he heard a sigh.

"Don't you know that if you catch a fairy, then they disappear? Fairies can't stay with you forever, and always move on to the next place," Iruma felt a little bad for catching him and hearing that.

"You are amazing, but the next fairy you catch. You should make sure to hold on to them, so they won't leave ya. I have to go because I have things to do. Maybe next time we will play Iru. I promise," Feeling his head getting pat, Iruma could feel that the fairy left and was happy he promised to play with him next time. Grabbing the ball, Iruma runs back to Soi never noticing the visible Fairy watching him go to his family. Stuffing his hands in his pockets, he leaves the residence and goes to his destination.

Guess the future babysitters!

1."Huh...oh...yawn...since when did I get a grandson?" "Iru is Iru!"

2. "Alright who's the ugly twerp? They are killing the mood here!" "Iru's not ugly!"

3. "What is something like you doing in a place like this?" "Iru...Iru tanks you!"

4. "Discipline my boy! You need to focus on that than this...ugh...what's your name again?" "Iru wil be stong!"

5. "Okay...so why does this freakin' brat get in the way? It's annoying and ugly!" "Iru not ugly!"

Chapter Text

“Now then let me announce the next babysitter for Iruma…”

“For the staff members at Babylus!” 

“EH!?!”

“Hold on, that's totally unfair!”

“Yeah, don't you know how long we've been waiting for this!”

“How long will you deprive me of my time with Iruma-sama?”

“Clara wants a redo!!”

“Dali…what in the world is this monstrosity?!” Kalego points at the spin of the wheel with the names of department staff and teachers from the campus. He even glared at the sight of his name up there.

“Well…Kalego-sensei, our school teaches and guides our treasured students. Since this lovely assignment is something you created for your students, then as educators. It's only right that we contribute our share. We have noticed how most students aren't able to focus only to get a glimpse of this little guy here,” Kalego didn't like the glimmer in Dali’s eyes as he came over to Soi and Iruma. He even reached down to pat Iruma’s fluffy hair.

“What idiot came up with such an idea?” Kalego's words struck an imaginary arrow at the author. Dali wiggles his finger and flashes another smile at Kalego who gulps.

“Please Kalego-sensei, let's not be such a poor sport since you already have experience with Baby Iruma. I thought it is fu-fulfilling experience,” Everyone stared at the teacher with blank expressions in his sense of entertainment.

“So we will do a rotation of two vic-fellow participants for one A.M. and P.M. to care for the Chairman's precious grandson. It's only right that you be included as well after all. When school ends, the chosen babysitter will pick up Iruma from the P.M. teacher. It seems fair,” Dali smiles professionally as Kalego could see the true purpose of Dali's schemes. Iruma blinks at the adult he has never seen before. He turns to see Ka look mad and wonders if it had to do with Iru. 

“Hardly? You still need the Chairman's permission for that,” Smirking in triumph, Kalego crossed his arms as Dali chuckled.

“Already taken care of and approved here on paper,” Holding up a signed document, Kalego stared at it in defeat and collapsed on his knees. The misfit class was not prepared for this type of situation and believed the terrible Kalego would win. They see him in his despair and hope that Iruma at least gets a decent teacher.

“Are the teachers actually okay with that?” Allocer thought about how the other teachers who weren't all present here. He has a feeling that this was created on a whim.

“I don't know what, but please let him get a decent one,” Jazz held his hands together in prayer to whoever that Iruma doesn't get anyone strange.

“This is crazy so now Iruma is going to be with teachers during school time,” Lied was still in disbelief as the other students agreed with him.

“Oh come on, Kalego! It's not like you'll be picked right off the bat…hopefully,” Kalego glares in annoyance as Dali whistles innocently. He turns to the wheel and spins it as everyone watches in bated breaths who it will be. Kalego almost felt his heart drop when it nearly landed on his name. It landed just barely passing Kalego’s name.

“Momonoki looks like you got chosen!” Dali pulled up the phone to dial the said teacher who was completely clueless.

“I've been chosen for what now?” Momonoki on the other line wasn't sure how to comprehend Dali's words.

“Don't worry! You'll find out in a bit,” Hanging up on her, Dali could see the unamused expression on Kalego's face.

“It seems none of the staff knows about this,” Dali grins mischievously as the students felt a bit nervous for their teachers.

“Well it was just made today, so don't make that face,” The whole classroom didn't know whether this idea would be a good one after all. 

“I can't believe he gets to be with a girl all day!” Caimu complains as everyone ignores him as usual.

“Momonoki-sensei should be pretty good with kids then,” Elizabetta places her hands together in wishful thinking as everyone agrees.

“I can't see anything going wrong with her, so Iruma is in capable hands,” Soi pats Iruma's head who smiles at him happily. Jazz and Asmodeus glare at the Fairy who smirks at them. Everyone turned when they heard the wheel spin as Dali looked satisfied with his results.

“The second one to be chosen is…ah Marbas. It looks like you got picked,” Ending the call, Dali noticed the disbelief looks from the Misfit class. Jazz was torn in horror and despair at the fact that Iruma would be spending half the day with that teacher. Half of the misfit class is confused at how Iruma's luck went the opposite direction when it landed on the Torture Arts Teacher.

“Did Marbas-sensei actually get chosen? How is that going to work?” Gaap held his head in shock while Agares stared at the results in front of them.

“I'm even scared to wonder what will happen,” Everyone turned to the bundle of joy who smiled at them happily. There was an unsettling feeling in the pits of their stomach. It was the fear that Marbas-sensei might traumatize the pure boy.

“Enjoy homeroom, everyone! I'll be taking this cutie and heading out. Bye-bye,” Dali scooped Iruma away from Soi who was stunned at the results. Dali and Iruma waved their goodbyes as the whole class took a moment to react. It was pure chaos and a huge headache for Kalego.

“...cuse me…” Walking down the halls, Dali was keeping an eye out for any troublesome students. He returned his focus to the little boy who shyly played with his fingers. Iruma caught his attention and felt embarrassed as he tried to look him straight in the eye. (Excuse me...)

“Yes, Iruma?” Dali wouldn't lie and say that this action was quite adorable.

“Did Iru do bad?” Despite how fun this idea was, Dali could see the guilty expression in those Sapphire hues. He sighs in guilt that he was the reason that was caused.

“No…Iru is a good boy. It's just that your older brothers and sisters have to focus on school. Don't you want them to learn more?” Iruma felt his tiny shoulders sag in relief that he didn't do anything bad. 

“Yes…Iru doesn't wat be a boter…Iru want them tu learn,” Dali grins cheekily at Iruma who was surprised at the expression. Ruffling up Iruma's hair, Dali hums happily at such a good student. (Yes...Iru doesn't want to be a bother...Iru wants them to learn)

“You will help them learn! By being the teacher's precious little helper,” Iruma was confused about “helper” and tilted his head cutely.

“In every class, you help out, I will treat you to some yummy food,” Hearing the word “food” Iruma's stomach growls too and he feels shy.

“You have to be a good boy and help out the teacher you're with. Could you please do that for me, Iruma?” Iruma could see that he could help out and nodded his head. He wants to do what he can to help in any way.

“Thatta boy! Momonoki will be with you first, so be good,” Dali had arrived at his destination as he opened the classroom door. Momonoki blinked at her colleague and a tiny Iruma that arrived. The rest of her class was awed at the adorable little boy.

“Dali-sensei…um…care to explain what is happening?” Iruma noticed the slim tall demon with irresistible blue eyes that reminded him of ice. She reminded him of the pretty color of the sky.

“Oh you'll be supervising Iruma until lunch! Good luck, you two!” Rushing out for the door, Momonoki was astonished at the whole whirlwind of events.

“No way! Momo-sensei gets to watch Iruma-sama,” The class erupted into gossip as Iruma ignored them and stayed focused on Momonoki. She was trying to gather her thoughts and not let her cool break.

“I…I finally can die with no regrets,” Eiko faints in the classroom as her friend tries to help her up.

“Now listen up everyone! Iruma is going to be near, so no photos are to be taken. He is here as a student like the rest of you. Huh, uh yes Iruma?” Momonoki gained her students' attention with a level look. She had to put her foot down before they tried to scare the little boy. She noticed Iruma had been staring at her for quite a while.

“Iru tink chu beautful! Like ice,” Iruma beams happily at Momonoki who gets slightly embarrassed. The whole class fawns at the scene and hopes the class will be more entertaining. (Iru thinks you beautiful! Like ice)

“Oh…well thank you for those kind words. Iruma, I’m going to begin class. You can draw on this paper of whatever I’m doing or what you want. Everyone take out your notes and take down what I’m going over,” Momonoki handed Iruma some papers and crayons to use. He stares at the crayon curiously and turns his attention to the class who are copying what the pretty teacher says. Iruma thought hard on what to do until an idea struck him. He began scribbling away as some students watched fondly at the serious look on that cute baby face. Several minutes go by as it's time for classes to rotate. Momonoki lets out a breath of relief and stretches her limbs. She checked to make sure no students had left behind anything. After making sure nothing is left, she decided to go look after Iruma. He was seated in a tiny desk created for him. His little head barely stands out behind her desk. Blinking at the surreal moment, she wonders when did he get that desk and debates about asking later on it. 

“Hello Iruma, how are you doing?” Pale blue hues glanced at the scribbles on the paper before him. Iruma looked up and beamed at her so brightly.

“Iru good! Iru tok notz too! See,” Peeking at his work, Momonoki felt confused at what she was staring at. (Iru is good! Iru took notes too! See)

“I see…this is?” A purple figure with an angry face and a light blue figure smiling. There was a tinier dark blue standing between them.

“This is Iru…that chu…that Ka!” Her heart flutters at how such a kind drawing of Kalego, herself, and Iruma.

“How adorable! Are we playing?” She pushed back a strand of hair that fell out of place.

“No! A family piktur! See Iru baby, Ka is Pa and Momo is Ma,” It took a moment to process what Iruma had told Momonoki. Her whole body flushed bright red and she spluttered in embarrassment. (No! A family picture! See Iru is baby, Ka is Pa, and Momo is Ma)

“Bu-wha-Kalego and I aren't like that Iruma! I mean hopefully one day…we aren't a couple,” Cover her face, Iruma watches the way she peeks through and then hides. It looked like a fun game of hide and seek. Iruma felt his world crash when Momo told him.

“Chu dont wat to be Irus Ma?” Teary Sapphire hues glanced at Momonoki who saw how her words meant to him. (You don't want to be Iru's Ma?)

“Oh…Iruma, I would be honored to be a “Ma” for you. I don't know if I’m ready yet. What if I mess up and then you'll end up hating me for never understanding. What if things go wrong and I can't take care of you? I would never want that to happen,” Stroking his fluffy blue hair, Momonoki gave Iruma a weak smile as he saw her look so fragile. It made Iruma worried and hugged Momonoki. Momonoki stiffened for a bit until she softened up and returned the hug. 

“It's okay! Iru woul luv tu hav a Ma like you,” Beaming brightly at Momonoki, she could feel herself swooning over how adorable he was. 

“Speaking of which Iruma…why did you picture us as a family?” Momonoki wanted to know how he came up with the conclusion. Iruma placed a finger on his chin in thought. Momonoki wanted to squeal at the cute action but remained composed.

“Ah! Iru mix thee two colrs and saw how it looked like Iru’s hair. One look like Ka and thu oter like chu,” Iruma turned to his little desk and spotted the two crayons he used. For such a simple reason, it still made Momonoki’s heart warm at the idea.  If anyone asked where Iruma got candy from. Momonoki would just say how Iruma was a big help. The time went by and soon lunch time arrived. (Ah!1 Iru mix the two colors and saw how it looked like Iru's hair. One look like Ka and the other like you)

“Hm…should we head to the teacher lounge, Iruma?” After the last batch of students were kindly kicked out, Momonoki did her final round and saw how Iruma cleaned up his stuff. He had his drawings organized in the best way a three-year-old could do. It made her smile until she noticed a paper full of what she thought was writing.

“Iru dont know…hm…Ka!” Just as she reached for the paper, Iruma spotted his favorite ‘Ka’ who grimaced at the sight of a happy child. Momonoki froze and flushed as she spun her head to see Kalego standing at the doorway. Her throat started to clog as she couldn't think of what to say.

“Morax-sensei, thank you for watching this troublesome brat. I hope he didn't make himself a nuisance,” Clearing her throat, Momonoki did her best to speak to Kalego. Except she wasn't sure how to respond.

“O-oh…no! Iruma was such a well-behaved student like always,” Momonoki mentally cheered that she stuttered a bit, but managed to deliver her words.

“Good to hear. Iruma, let's go,” Waiting for Iruma, Kalego placed a hand on his hip as Iruma went to grab his papers. Before reaching for Kalego, Iruma stopped in his little tracks and turned to Momonoki. She blinked at his actions and wondered what he wanted.

“Momo! Come down pleaz,” Iruma used his little fingers to gesture for her to bend down. Momonoki made sure to be close to Iruma and used her knee to hold her weight.

“Yes Iruma- chu ,” Momonoki was surprised by the kiss Iruma gave her on the cheek. Kalego couldn't believe his own eyes at this display. 

“Iru go now! Dont furget to kiss Ka tu,” The two grown adults were astounded to hear an innocent child tell them to kiss. For Momonoki, it was like a rare opportunity that came out of nowhere. For Kalego, he was worried this would look like sexual harassment. (Iru go now! Don't forget to kiss Ka too!)

“No, she doesn't have to kiss me, Iruma. Let's go,” Kalego's cold words felt like a pierced arrow through Momonoki's heart. Iruma who would obediently listen to his teachers did the opposite.

“No! Iru not go untl Ka kiss,” Iruma crosses his chubby arms defiantly with a pout on his face. (No! Iru will not go until Ka kiss)

“Preposterous! I will not do such a thing,” Kalego crossed his arms and held a stern look as Iruma felt sad. Then the strangest thing happened as the two teachers blinked at the next thing.

“Iru sai tu do it!” Stomping on his feet in a temper tantrum, Iruma used his childish anger. To the teachers, this was the first time they had ever seen anything like this happened. It was the first time that Iruma truly acted like a child who wanted things to go his way. (Iru said to do it!)

“I will not! You have no right or power to command such a thing,” After dealing with the headache of a class, Kalego's anger snapped and his words made Iruma flinch. Iruma uncrossed his arms and lowered his head down sadly.

“Kalego-sensei…it's fine,” Seeing Iruma appear so sad made Momonoki sympathetic. She came over to Kalego and gently touched his arm.

“Wh-what! Morax-sensei, this is not fine at all. This kind of behavior is unacceptable,” Kalego had to double-check he wasn't hearing things. Momonoki took a deep breath and leaned in closer to Kalego's face. She didn't think she would be this daring, but she just wanted to make Iruma feel a little better. From Iruma's angle, he thought that Momo kissed Ka on the cheek.

“Why-?!” Kalego felt stunned by Morax-sensei’s actions as she could feel the heat rise on her cheeks. Her lips were close to his cheek and she lowered her eyelids to appear closed. Momonoki was shaking and wondered if she should be brave and kiss him.

“Yay! Iru happy for Momo!” Iruma cheered at the sight and Momonoki was about to pull away until the door slammed open.

“~Momo! Grandpa is here to get you for-AH!?” Momonoki and Kalego flushed as Grandpa Morax arrived to see his granddaughter kiss his colleague’s cheek. The two separated away from each other quickly. Kalego snatched up Iruma while bidding farewell and apologizing. He rushed out as Momonoki was left to calm her riled-up grandpa. Iruma was enjoying the ride as Kalego ran past the students who jumped out of the way.

“I can't believe this…” After safely appearing in the staff lounge, Kalego collapsed in a seat next to Balam. Dali was munching on a sandwich watching Kalego in curiosity. Iruma was eating some fruit Balam prepared for him.

“I'm sure everything will be better soon. Kalego-kun, Iruma is such a sweet kid,” Balam froze at the glare as Kalego turned his gaze to the cause of his headaches. Iruma notices and beams happily at Kalego.

“Right…more like a pain in my behind! I've had enough of this childish nonsense. He's the reason…sigh” Kalego would want to complain, but he knows Dali would want to hear the humiliating experience. 

“Kalego-kun, there isn't much we can do for Iruma. Besides, shouldn't we be more concerned for his well-being?” Ignoring Balam’s words, Kalego focused on his lunch. Balam shook his head at his dear friend, and saw how Iruma appeared a little sad. He wonders what had happened when Kalego went to pick up Iruma from Morax-sensei.

“Excuse me…I am here to collect Iruma,” Balam and Kalego focused their attention on the newcomer. Marbas March, a plain-looking demon with chin-length straight black hair and two black horns, smiled at the two teachers. Iruma tilted his head to see who this person was. 

“March-sensei…please don't scare off Iruma,” Balam was concerned when he thought about the teacher's lessons on torture. He wasn't sure how this was going to be like if March-sensei had to teach the class about the art of torture.

“I'm sure he'll be fine, Balam! It's not like March-sensei would do anything scary. He should be fine,” Kalego was positive that Marbas knew what he was doing. Iruma blinks as he feels his shirt being pulled from behind his neck. Marbas carried him by the back of his shirt as Iruma was dangling in the air. Everyone in the lounge just stared at the strange scene. 

“Wait March-sensei,” Kalego and Balam yelled out for the teacher who was already leaving with Iruma. He turned when he heard his name as Iruma swung back and forth. Some teachers winced at the scene and felt sympathetic for the little boy.

“Yes, Kalego-sensei and Balam-sensei,” March turned to the two teachers, whose arms were stretched out. 

“March-sensei, that isn’t how you hold a child. Look at Iruma, he’s dizzy,” Marbas noticed, as he realized the child’s status.

“Oh…I wonder how he got dizzy,” Everyone quietly blamed the torture teacher who was clueless that he was the problem. 

“If you don’t mind, then let me show you,” Balam reached for Iruma and placed him on one arm. He made sure to show Marbas the proper way to hold Iruma. Marbas made sure to keep these details in mind. Once he handed back Iruma, Marbas was holding Iruma properly.

“If the two of you excuse me, then I’ll be heading to class,” Marbas bowed and Iruma copied him which made Balam warm inside. As the two left, Kalego and Balam felt like they had forgotten something. It didn’t seem that important until they realized it halfway through their lessons.

“Good day, students! What a lovely day it is to learn about how to slice your enemies for information gathering,” Marbas smiles as half the classroom could feel the dread about learning how to kill someone. The other half was considered with the innocent-looking Iruma who had a finger on his chin in thought. 

Is he really going to be okay with this teacher?!

Omake:

"Hey, is it true that Marbas is going to watch Iruma?"

"I wonder what that could do to a young demon?"

"I don't think it will be that. Marbas should know how to handle a kid, right?"

"Aren't some of his students traumatized by his lessons?"

"...Oi...come on, he should know you shouldn't scare a little kid at least?"

"Hm...Ma-kun might find it a bit difficult to handle a child," Suzy pauses in thought as Raim eats her lunch. The two girls were eating in the lounge after Marbas and Iruma left. Many faculty members were concerned for Little Iruma. 

"He is very kind to others, but when it comes to teaching...he can be a bit intimidating," Raim recalls the times Marbas can flip a switch that makes him a foe to reckon with. 

"Keke...he's very passionate for Torture Arts. Although Balam and Marbas would be a force on hell, if someone were to harm our precious students. Balam with his Bloodline ability and Marbas with his techniques in getting answers," Morax chimes in as the women could see the duo.

"I'm sure things will go well between Iruma and March-sensei. He could spread some light in him," Momonoki smiled as the three stared at the youngest of teacher.

"That brat...I will never allow him to do such a thing to my granddaughter! I'll make him pay," Momonoki groans at her overprotective grandpa as Suzy and Raim are curious on what he was talking about.

"Grandpa...Iruma is a three-year-old. Leave him alone," Morax grumpily relaxes as Momonoki sighs at the old man's behavior.

"I can't believe he made you kiss Kalego-sensei," Suzy and Raim gasped and turn to Momonoki who face-palms at his words.

"He did not! Would you please stop already? I was just pretending for Iruma's sake," Raim was enjoying hearing this juicy detail as Dali came over to join the table. 

"No way! Is this true Momo?"

"I can't believe I missed such an event," Dali grumbles at the idea of paperwork blocking him from a juicy work romance.

"No! I didn't actually kiss him! Iruma was sad that I didn't kiss Kalego goodbye, so I pretended to do it," Blushing at the attention, Momonoki wished she crawl inot a hole somewhere.

"Oh what a devious little boy," Raim could see it coming together and can't wait to be picked to watch Iruma.

"Ho-ho how adorable...I can't wait to watch the little guy," Suzy giggles at such a cute display and could imagine Iruma watching over her class.

"You all are going to have to wait cause I'll teach that brat some manners," Morax-sensei raised his hand in the air as Momonoki hopes her grandfather never get pick.

"I can't wait for such fun," Dali observes his fellow coworkers talk about Iruma and smiles. He does wonder how Marbas will handle Iruma.

Guess the future babysitters! Last call to figure out who they can be and leave who you would want to be the next babysitter!

1."Huh...oh...yawn...since when did I get a grandson?" "Iru is Iru!"

2. "Alright who's the ugly twerp? They are killing the mood here!" "Iru's not ugly!"

3. "What is something like you doing in a place like this?" "Iru...Iru tanks you!"

4. "Discipline my boy! You need to focus on that than this...ugh...what's your name again?" "Iru wil be stong!"

5. "Okay...so why does this freakin' brat get in the way? It's annoying and ugly!" "Iru not ugly!"

Chapter Text

Kalego took an annoyed sigh as he could hear the impatient tapping coming from multiple directions. He wonders why he has to deal with such troublesome fools. He could see that Asmodeus and Andro were staring at the clock with a focused glare. He could tell that they were tapping their feet against the ground. He rolled his eyes at their behavior and scanned the classroom. Gaap and Allocer were tapping their fingers and glancing at the door. Clara and Sabonock were creating a tower of erasers so that he would have to dispose of them shortly.

Lied was watching Elizabetta, who was worried for Iruma. Kerori was scribbling in her notebook and Caimu was watching too closely. Agares kept waking up every five minutes to peek at the clock. Soi should have looked as usual if the beads on his forehead weren't noticeable. He was nervous about what Iruma could be seeing in that class.

“Would you miserable fools stop what you're doing?” Kalego crossed his arms as the students focused on him. He was getting tired of this and was a tiny bit worried about Iruma. 

“Come on, Teach! You don't think we would be this worried about Iruma?” Jazz complained and lay his head on the desk.

“Iruma-sama…what if Marbas-sensei shows him something horrid. He could be scared,” Asmodeus runs his fingers through his hair in concern. 

“If you lot want, then we can make a detour to Marbas-sensei’s classroom,” Everyone was surprised at their evil teacher's words as he raised an eyebrow at their faces.

“Why the sudden offer unless!?” Lied felt that this was very unnatural for their teacher. He wondered if he was actually concerned for Iruma.

“I dare you to say it, Mr. Shax, then we won't end up going,” Kalego smirks as the rest of the class tells him to shut up. Kalego and the misfit class walked down the halls and reached their destination. Looking back at his students, Kalego could see the looks of anticipation and worry on their faces. Shaking his head at all this nonsense, he knocks on the door, waiting to hear Marbas-sensei call for them to enter. There was no sound, and he tried to knock again. This was making him feel unsettled that Marbas-sensei had not said a word.

“Maybe we should open the door?” Gaap suggested nervously as the classmates agreed with him. Kalego turned the door knob and pushed the door as the students hover in anticipation.

“I can't even look,” Soi covers his eyes for the fear of an innocent Iruma near a torture scene.

“I really hope it isn't anything that bad,” Lied winces at the worried expressions on the Iruma squad. Kalego rolls his eyes at their words and opens the door. 

“What in the Netherworld?!” The misfit class was stunned at the scene before them. Marbas-sensei would smile with his eyes closed, with blood on his face like it was nothing. The scene before them was Marbas-sensei lying on the floor with red spilled underneath him. Iruma turned to show that red on his cute, round cheeks as he held a stick drenched in red. 

“O-Ooh my demon king!” Gaap held his face at the murder scene before them as some students went silent at the scene.

“Iruma…killed Marbas-sensei,” Lied gasped in shock as everyone reacted at poor Little Iruma.

“This…this is preposterous! Iruma-sama is being framed,” Asmodeus was quick to defend his precious friend as Clara chimed in.

“Iru-chi would never do that,” Pouting her cheeks as she glares at her friends.

“Now…now I’m sure there is a reason to this,” Allocer tries to calm his classmates as he observes the two.

“Ka iz here! Hi Ka, everybady!” Seeing everyone at the door, Iruma smiles brightly as he waves at them. He would have looked so precious if he hadn’t been covered in specks of blood.

“Jazz, what are you doing?” Soi pales at the scene, but notices Jazz taking pictures of the two.

“I'm documenting Iruma's first kill,” Half of the students were perturbed by his words, as others would understand the feeling.

“Uhm…Kalego-sensei, Marbas-sensei, is a bit out of it,” The misfits class and Kalego turned to notice the students surrounded by fluffy plushies.

At the beginning of class….

“Marbas-sensei…we can't really learn this cool…lesson since there's a little kid here,” A student caught his attention as Marbas stopped what he was doing. He blinks at the strange comment, then turns to the young boy who stared at him.

“Then what about the methods of torture using tools?”

“No, no!” The class crosses their arms in an ‘X’ position with their arms.

“Drowning techniques?”

“No!”

“Poisoning?”

“No!”

“Contraptions that occur physical-No!” Marbas-sensei could feel his smile strain a bit as his students kept denying his suggestions.

“Can we learn something that doesn't involve blood, torture, or pain?” A female student piped up as Marbas-sensei crossed his arms in thought.

Marbas-sensei glanced at Iruma, who was still watching him, and gently picked him up to set him on his desk. The class observed the interaction between the two with bated breaths.

To Marbas-sensei, there has been something that's been bothering him ever since he laid eyes on Iruma. This light shines off of him, and it seems to be even brighter. For example, there are those big blue eyes and the puffy baby cheeks.

“...Iruma, can I pat your head?” Marbas stares down Iruma, who blinks at the question.

“Noe~” Iruma smiles as everyone feels their hearts thumping at him. Marbas felt a sting in his heart and was confused.

“How about letting me poke your cheeks?”

“Noe~” Iruma crosses his arms in an X position as Marbas feels another stab in his heart.

“What if I want to hug you?!” Marbas was hoping for a positive response as Iruma smiled so sweetly at him. The whole class waited to hear in anticipation as Iruma opened his little mouth.

“Then you a kid wrapper!?” Iruma points at Marbas, who felt multiple invisible arrows striking him all at once. He fell on one knee and looked at the cute blue orbs shining at him.

“Hold on? A kid wrapper?”

“I'm pretty sure he meant kidnapper,” A student explains as everyone nods in agreement.

“I never knew that…” All the students turned to their teacher to see him have a hand clutching the front of his uniform.

“This kind of rejection would bring such torture,” Marbas-sensei had a blissful expression as everyone in the classroom went dead silent. Iruma was just kicking his little feet up and down a bit while humming.

This teacher has some serious screw loose in his head!

“Uhm…Marbas-sensei, how is this a torture meth-mph!” A random student wanted to ask until he was ambushed by his classmates.

“You idiot! This might be better than the other lessons he teaches us,” The one who ambushed him glared into his eyes as the other nodded in compliance.

“How exactly does this work, Marbas-sensei?” Everyone stared down the studious classmate who pointed out the issue.

“Oh~ you come over and try!” Marbas-sensei smiled too brightly for the class as the studious student came up. He stood in front of Iruma, who placed a finger on his lip.

“Uh…hi…can I touch your hair?” The student asked, unsure if that was how he was supposed to do it. Marbas-sensei was ready to see his students feel the pain like him.

“Okay, Iru dont mind,” Everyone fell comically to the side as the studious student stared at him in shock. Iruma tilted his head a bit down so that he could get a good touch. Reaching with his free hand, the student could feel some burning gazes of jealousy on his back. Once his hand touched the little blue tuft of hair, he felt his soul transcend. 

“So fluffy and soft!” He gently touched Iruma's hair as Iruma smiled happily. That combination of touching Iruma's hair made him collapse onto the floor.

“Lucky bastard…I want to try,” Another muttered as the whole class wanted to touch Iruma.

“Uhm…Iru cant let all of chu touch me! Haw Iru give chu huggies?” Everyone went silent when Iruma spoke, and he cutely held his arms out as he told them.

“Iz everybady otay?” Iruma would never know what cute, destructive force he had as the whole class collapsed in front of him. Since everyone was taking a nap, Iruma wondered how to get down from the desk. He tried to lie on his tummy and try to slowly cling to the edge as he lowered himself. In Iruma’s eyes, he wouldn’t get hurt by letting go. To Marbas-sensei, who had just regained his senses, felt his heart drop at the scene before him. Instead of using magic to cushion his fall, Marbas-sensei dove in to catch Iruma, only for him to hit the desk head-on. Iruma felt the bump on the desk and accidentally let go. Iruma closed his eyes to brace for the pain, only to feel something catch him.

“Falfal!” Blinking his sapphire orbs open, Iruma noticed he was being held up and was above Mar's head. Turning his head to the side, Iruma saw a green dinosaur standing on its hind legs and holding him.

“Falfal!” Iruma felt himself being put down and turned to see the creature looking at him.

“Tank you! Chu save Iru,” Reaching his arms around the creature, Iruma gave the Falfal a hug out of gratitude. The Falfal patted his back in reassurance and gently pried Iruma off.

“Falfal,” Iruma watched as the Falfal went behind the desk to rummage through one of the drawers. Following the creature, Iruma watched as the familiar pulled out something from inside.

“Ah! Juice,” Falfal held out a red juice box in triumph as Iruma clapped for him. Reaching inside again, Falfal gave Iruma a red popsicle.

“For me?” Iruma placed a finger towards him as Falfal nodded and held out the popsicle. Iruma grabs it and smiles happily at the treat.

“Chu know…Iru tink chu nice,” Iruma pats Falfal’s head, who blinks at the kid in front of him. The two sat on Marbas-sensei’s body as if it were a chair.

“Everbady asleep…Iru wish Iru could give them something,” Before licking his popsicle, Iruma stared at the unconscious class and looked down sadly. Falfal tilted his head to the side and felt an idea strike him.

“Hm…whacha doing?” Iruma watched as Falfal clapped his paws, and something bright illuminated behind them. Rubbing his eyes, Iruma didn’t realize that some popsicle juice had fallen on his cheeks. 

“Oh so cool!” Iruma sees the whole class swarmed by Eggie-sensei plushies as Falfal bows for another round of applause. Iruma noticed how Falfal stopped and wondered what was going on when he vanished. Falfal’s juice spilled on the floor near Marbas-sensei, and Iruma was confused about what had happened. Then he heard the door to the classroom open and saw his Ka.

Back to the Present…

“And that’s what happened,” The student, smothered by a soft plushie, explained as everyone looked towards Clara. Clara was thinking hard about how Boss was here and why.

“Valac…did you release your familiar out?” Kalego wasn’t sure what to talk about first, which could be Marbas-sensei, Valac’s familiar, the students, and the stupid plushies that resemble him.

“AH! Clara remembers!” Shouting out loudly, Asmodeus shook his head at her antics. 

“Stupid Valac gave her familiar to Robin-sensei to study,” Asmodeus explains as Kalego could feel an incoming headache just at the thought of Robin. 

“Yep! Robin-sensei asked to see Boss,” Clara chimes in as she skips over to Iruma, who sees her smiles at him.

“Actually that’s not the first time,” Everyone jumped at the sound of Marbas-sensei, who gently rose and leaned against his desk. He made sure Iruma sat on his lap and used his handkerchief to wipe his mouth.

“That familiar has been coming by to this class for snacks and helping in my lessons,” The misfit class and Kalego were shocked by the news.

“He’s been a great help, but I have to say, Kalego-sensei,” Marbas stared into Kalego’s eyes as everyone grew quiet.

“Thanks to this little guy! I discovered a new torture technique,” Marbas-sensei's eyes were shining like stars as Kalego took a huge sigh. The Misfit class was disturbed by the idea of Iruma creating a new torture technique.

“Just what in the Netherworld are you going on about, Marbas-sensei?” Kalego just wanted his day to end already, thanks to this nonstop nonsense. 

“Take a look! Iruma…can I pat your head?” Marbas-sensei’s class already knew what was coming, but the misfit class was confused.

“...Noe~” Everyone felt the arrow strike their heart when Iruma smiled sweetly.

“Iruma, can I poke your cheek?” Marbas-sensei was getting excited with this level of rejection as he continued.

“Noe~”

“Can I give you a hug?” Soi was quiet and observed the two as he remembered something crucial.

“Kidnapper~” Kalego must be surrounded by idiots for them to be okay with a child calling them a kidnapper. He noticed how some of his students reacted to this and rubbed a hand across his face.

“Good job, Iruma! That’s the way to go,” Lied cheered Iruma as Jazz made sure to record the moment.

“It is wise to reject things from strangers,” Allocer wondered where Iruma learned that, as Soi took a huge sigh of defeat.

“Soi-kun, are you alright?” Gaap asked in concern as Soi looked as if his soul had left him.

“Peachy…just peachy…” Soi mutters as he finally figures out what that discussion between his father and Iruma was about.

“Excellent Iruma-sama! Oh, how your words create such an impact on the heart,” Asmodeus cheered on him as Kalego rolled his eyes.

“Marbas-sensei is right. Who knew cuteness and fluffiness could be so torturous?” A student pipes up as he sinks into the fluffy abyss of plushies.

“How is fluffiness a way of torture?” Lied places his arms behind his head in question as Sabnock comes up with an idea.

“Let’s all try it then,” Sabnock grabbed Lied and Gaap into his arms and jumped into the sea of plushies.

“Idiots,” Kerori can’t believe she was hearing such discussions when her AkuIdol self was way cuter than Iruma.

“Oh my…are they alright?” Elizabetta places a hand on her cheek in concern as Agares yawns.

“Guys! This is so…amazing,” Lied popped out of the plushie sea and relaxed into the softness. Gaap and Sabnock were in the same boat as him and lying in the sea of plushies.

“...That is enough of this!” Kalego used his Cerebrus to pull out all the students in the sea of plushies. Once everyone was out, then pointed at the sea of plushie lookalikes and used his lightning magic. 

“Wait Kalego don’t- ZAP ” Marbas-sensei lowered his hand as it was too late, as the sea of Eggie-sensei plushies were burnt. Kalego felt a little refreshed at letting some stress out and turned to Marbas.

“Bad! Bad Ka,” Iruma trembled on Marbas’s lap and stared at Kalego with teary eyes.

“Those things were a nuisance and disrupting class. Almost like you,” Crossing his arms, Kalego expected Iruma to throw another tantrum. Except Iruma stayed unnaturally quiet, much to the unease of the classroom.

“Iru hates chu Ka-ego!” With an angry, cute face, Iruma cried out, and Kalego faltered a bit at his words.

“I-Iruma, it’s okay. Calm down, let’s apologize,” Marbas was stunned at the scene before him, and he reached to touch Iruma’s shoulder.

“Noe! Iruma hates Ka-ego! Iru dont wat to see him,” Iruma shook his hand off him and burrowed himself in Marbas-sensei’s chest. The classroom was so quiet that the students didn’t even know how to say anything.

“Kalego-sensei…and misfit class…I think it’s best you head back now. Iruma might need some time to cool off,” Marbas-sensei gently strokes Iruma’s back as he could see how stiff Kalego’s posture was.

“Very well…if you excuse us, then we will be heading out,” Kalego stared at the little boy hiding in Marbas-sensei’s chest and breathed through his nose to calm himself. He gathered the students and went back to Royal One as he went on the day like it were nothing. To the misfit class, they could see a lot of mistakes Kalego-sensei had made after hearing Iruma’s words. It wasn’t their place to offer any help unless their teacher would glare at them. As it finally arrived at the last class, Kalego collapsed in his chair and placed a hand over his eyes.

“Damn it…”

Omake~

"Alright, Iruma. I want you to practice that again," Norio and Iruma were outside near the pond as Soi and Shizuka were preparing the lunch box for school. Norio wanted to practice something very important with Iruma. Norio was crouched near Iruma and cleared his throat.

"Iruma, can I pat your head?" Norio asked seriously as Iruma was a bit hesitant to answer.

"Noe?" Twirling his fingers around Iruma shyly looked up to see Norio give him a strange look.

"Let's try one more time. Answer as best as you can! I know you can do it, Iruma," Norio was concerned that strangers would approach such a sweet child. He felt that this would be the best way to help Iruma refuse.

"Iruma, can I pat your head?"

"Noe!" Iruma smiled shyly as he answered Norio, who felt his heart skip at such a cute display.

"Iruma, can I poke your cheek?"

"Noe!" This time Iruma raised a finger to wiggle as he answered again.

"Can I hug you?"

"Noe! Chu Kid wrapper!" Norio felt his heart swoon over such a cute display that he almost forgot the purpose of this activity.

"Oh, Iruma, you're such a good boy! Now, remember this is for strangers, but if it's a student like Soi, then it should be okay. It's only okay if you feel like it is," Norio was about to reach out to ruffle Iruma's hair, only for Iruma to smack it.

"Noe! Iru dont like! Kid wrapper," Iruma smiled proudly as Norio felt his heart shatter. Iruma glanced at Norio and waited to hear some praise. Norio collected himself and hugged Iruma happily, who let him, to Norio's relief. Shizuka watched the whole thing and couldn't help to laugh as she reentered the kitchen. Soi raised an eyebrow in question. 

"Oh you'll see it soon," Shizuka ruffles her son's hair, only leaving him confused about something to see.

Iruma's Observation Journal:

Day 8 <Mar-kun>

• like when Iru say no to him
• Playing with poky things
• covered in red paint when he play with bad guy that tried to take Iru
• Let's Iru eat a red popsicle
• likes to poke Iru's cheeks
• teaches pain, pain, but no go away?

Mar-kun is a interst purson! He must like to paint a lot cause he was sad when bad guys went home. Mar-kun likes when Iru tells him no, but Iru dont get it. Mar-kun says that pain help in ways. Iru still dont get it. Iru Like Mar-kun he funny. Ba told Iru not to play with Mar-kun much. Iru wonder why, but Iru have to go! Bye-Bye~

(Mar-kun is an interesting person! He must like to paint a lot cause he was sad when the bad guys went home. Mar-kun likes it when Iru tells him no. Iru doesn't get it. Mar-kun said that pain helps in ways. Iru still don't get it. Iru like Mar-kun cause he is funny. Ba told Iru not to play with Mar-kun very much. Iru wonder why, but Iru has to go! Bye-Bye~)

Chapter Text

Everyone was stiff in their seats, glancing at the door every chance they got. It was time to spin the wheel, and they wondered who would take Iruma with them. The door finally opens to reveal a depressed looking Balam with his head down. Kalego is surprised at this and wonders what happened to his friend.

“Balam-sensei? Are you alright?” Allocer decided to ask the teacher when Balam glanced at the misfit class with teary eyes. It made everyone flinch at the sight as Kalego had a hunch.

“...Ir-Iru…Iruma-kun…doesn’t want me to hold him.” Balam covered his face with his hands, which took everyone by surprise. Iruma got along with Balam-sensei very well, so they wondered how this happened.

“Seriously, Shichirou? You don’t need to be depressed over a brat.” With his arms crossed, Kalego regarded his friend with an unbelievable stare and shook his head. The rest of the misfit class all caught each other’s eyes and sighed at their teacher. He was one to talk when Iruma told him that he hates him.

“Kalego-kun…Iruma-kun would let me carry him when I asked. When I told him that I was coming to your class, he told me he didn’t want to go with me. It felt like my heart broke in two.” Balam felt heartbroken as some of the misfit students felt bad for him. Clara started to bring things out for Balam-sensei, like a blanket and tea. Gaap fetched a chair for Balam to sit on as Clara wrapped him in a blanket.

“I can understand Balam-sensei…Iruma is so adorable that to be rejected would mean that my life is meaningless,” Asmodeus grasped the front of his clothes and bit his lip at the idea. Lied rolled his eyes since he knew the Iruma Squad would understand.

“No, it would mean there’s no point in living.” Jazz became depressed, to others' shock, as he nodded his head in agreement with Asmodeus. It did become concerning now that those two were talking like their lives would end. 

“Enough, you fools! Who cares if a brat rejects you? Then continue like usual. It doesn’t affect others like you two,” Kalego snorts in mild amusement as everyone in the room knows the real truth. 

“Hey Kalego-kun…by any chance, did something happen with Iruma?” Kalego stayed quiet at the question before he let out an annoyed sigh. Running a hand through his hair, Kalego uncrossed his arms and placed his hands on his hips.

“No…he's just being troublesome as usual. It's even more annoying-He hates Kalego-sensei!” Soi interrupts his teacher as everyone turns to him in pure shock. Kalego felt himself pale at those words and glared at the vanishing student.

“H-hate? Are you sure Iruma, of all people, said that? I find that hard to believe.” This was news to Balam since Iruma was always surrounded by an aura of flowers and happiness. He can never picture Iruma expressing hatred or anger. Evil Cycle Iruma wouldn't really count since it was more of an Iruma who was refusing favors. 

“Yup…I have the whole thing on video,” Jazz appeared near Balam with his phone. He hits play on the video as Balam watches in shock. Kalego was thinking of punishments for the two morons with loose lips.

“Jazz…why were you recording that?” Gaap tilted his head curiously as Jazz rubbed his head embarrassingly.

“To capture the look on Iruma's face when Sabnock jumped into the pile of plushies. He had this adorable starry expression in his eyes. See, look!” Jazz heads over to Gaap and Agares, who watch the video. Balam touches his fingertips together as he tries to think of how to talk to Kalego about Iruma.

“...I don't understand what I did wrong to the brat…Hah! This whole thing is ridiculous, so why should I care about this troublesome child? Things have been put on hold, and this is just more of a burden to deal with ,” Rubbing a hand across his face, Kalego was exhausted from everything, from the Babysitter Project to the preparations for the Harvest Festival. He took notice of how quiet the classroom was and focused his attention on them. They stood like statues as they stared behind him with worried expressions. Kalego followed their line of sight and saw that Marbas had just entered with Iruma. Marbas seemed to be nervous as he switched his attention back to the classroom and Iruma. It was the expression on Little Iruma's face that made everyone feel their hearts crack.

Iruma's big sapphire hues were unfocused and teary. For some reason, it made Kalego’s throat stick to say something. Even the strict teacher had no idea what to say. Iruma's little right hand had a grip on Marbas-sensei’s coat as if it were his lifeline.It was like Kalego-sensei’s words had an impact on him. 

“...erm…I brought Iruma over haha…it seems like a bad time to come,” Marbas used his free hand to rub the back of his head sheepishly. He could feel the piercing stares from the students about his arrival.

“No kidding!” was what everyone thought about at the exact same time.

“We can come back later-ack!” Marbas was about to head back to the door until it was opened roughly.

“Yo-hoo, Misfit Class and Kalego, I’m here!” Dali burst through the door with a mischievous grin, only to realize the atmosphere in the class. He noticed that Iruma was near the door and stared at him with a blank expression. His attention was drawn to the unfocused expression in his eyes. He was about to ask until he heard a groan behind the door.

“Oh…Yo Marbas! How'd you get back there?” Dali pulls the door back to see a Marbas-shaped outline against the wall. Marbas gets pulled down from Dali as he holds his head with his left hand.

“You have to be more careful, otherwise you would have been crushed! Hahaha,” No one wanted to correct Dali that he was the reason for injuring Marbas. The students were more curious about the appearance of the teacher as Kalego took a deep sigh. 

“Anywho! Let’s get this started and spin this beauty,” Dali snapped his fingers for the wheel to appear as everyone grew silent at the anticipation. Asmodeus was begging the Demon King to grant his wish, while Sabnock wondered who would be the lucky babysitter. Jazz was copying Asmodeus, except he was hoping that Iruma wouldn’t end up with Lied or Caimu. He shudders in horror at sweet Little Iruma encountering their stupid stash of porn. Lied and Caim both felt a chill run down their spines as they noticed the glances from their classmates. Caim feels like his popularity has risen due to the subtle glances from the girls. The poor fool would never know that everyone doubted he could take proper care of Iruma.

“Now reveal to us who the lucky student is!” Dali grasped the wheel and spun it quickly as everyone kept their eyes on the red arrow. 

“Oh, please, Demon King! Grant me this beautiful opportunity!” Asomdeus was using all his luck to gain this beautiful moment.

“Spin-Spin! Yay, come on, Mr. Wheel, and let Clara win!” Clara was twirling around as she bounced around in excitement.

“Please, Demon King! Don’t let Iru be tainted by Lied and Caim!” Jazz was doing the same as Lied took a step back in surprise.

“Hey, Jazz! That actually hurts my feelings!” Placing a hand on his chest like it struck him, Lied pouts at Jazz, who half-heartedly apologizes.

“Hah! I would never do such a thing to a child! I would tutor him as a gentleman!” Kamui crossed his wings over his little chest as if it were an insult. Everyone agreed with Jazz’s statement regarding Caim in silence.

“That’s quite hard to believe from a gentleman like you, Caim.” Allocer scratches his chin as he tries to phrase his words gently.

“Just call him a pervert bird, Allocer. We all know what kind of gentleman this perv is.” Soi was not letting the delusional bird get away that easily. Kerori and Elizabetta pretended not to hear Soi, even though he was right.

“Ah! Purson…isn’t that a bit harsh?” Gaap felt like Soi’s words could hurt Caim, except the bird just nodded in agreement. Gaap’s concerns didn’t have to matter for the perverted bird.

“Gaap…sigh…don’t defend the pervert…yawn…when is this over?” With a stretch, Agares yawns loudly since he didn’t care about the whole babysitter thing.

“Agares, I feel the same way about this whole thing.” Kerori was grateful someone wanted this wheel to finish spinning.

“Oh, come on, Kerori! Wouldn't it be adorable to have a little brother?” Elizabetta could notice the annoyed expression on Kerori’s face as she expressed her thoughts.

“It’s true what the lass says! I could enjoy having a little brother for once.” Sabnock was excited for a chance to have a little brother for once. It would be a great experience since his big brother was a wonderful example. If you didn’t count the times when his brother got lost.

“All of you, be silent!” Kalego had enough of their chatter and scolded them to be quiet. He was dealing with too much, and it didn’t help that Iruma had not said a word. It was like he was just an emotionless doll with no soul. The other teachers were glancing at him in worry due to his silence.

“My! What a lively class, ya got, Kalego!” Dali pats his back as Kalego resists the urge to yell at him. 

“Oh, it’s almost done spinning!” Gaap pointed this out as everyone focused their attention on the wheel. They held their bated breaths as it slowly almost landed on Elizabetta.

“Oh my! I can already think of many things I want to do with Little Iruma,” Elizabetta was happy to see it in her name until it landed on someone else’s name. Her smile faltered a bit, but she pouted at the unluckiness.

“Oi Dali-sensei! This is rigged! It was on Nee-san’s name,” Lied argued as Caim chimed in as well.

“Huh? I was definitely not expecting that. It seems the fates choose someone else this time,” Allocer grasped his chin in thought at the wheel.

“Now…Now…it was still spinning, so it passed her name by a little bit and landed on the lucky student’s name,” Dali smirks as the boys complain about the unfairness of adults.

“Phew…at least, I know Iruma will be safe with you, buddy,” Jazz placed a hand in relief and patted the lucky student who had not moved an inch due to shock.

“Oi Jazz, stop indirectly hurting us! This is hurting our feelings,” Lied protested as Jazz chuckled at his words.

“Nah…that’s just your conscious pricking your heart at the truth,” Soi states bluntly as Lied chases him, who runs away at the moment.

“Indeed! Thy rival is in better hands with you,” Sabnock laughs heartily as he pats the still in shock, lucky student.

“No fair! I wanted to babysit Iruma, but this was something you always wanted. I’m not all that upset with you,” Elizabetta pouts at the lucky student, but smiles gently when she remembers their discussion before.

“I guess it’s fine if you were to care for Iruma-sama. You must serve Iruma with the utmost care,” Asmodeus sighs in defeat, but gives a glare as the lucky student could feel the pressure from the glare.

“I…I…”

“Tomorrow morning we’ll be doing the teachers, now have a great day, kiddos,” Dali interrupts loudly as he winks at the class and skedaddles. The teachers present wondered who would be watching over Iruma.

* Trigger warning, this flashback includes child neglect, verbal abuse, and violence*

“Iruma…always remember how much of a burden you are! You bring nothing but trouble,” Iruma flinches as a picture frame is thrown at the wall near him. He grasps his worn-out shirt with his fingers at his sides. He was scared to look up to see the sapphire eyes that resembled his own, that glare at him meaninglessly. He was shuddering in fear, and how cold the room was as cold as his mother verbally abused him.

“A burden is who you are, and the fact that you have my eyes is disgusting! I wish I could gouge them out myself!” Iruma felt sharp nails grasp his little chin to make him look up at the rage in those Egyptian hues. His throat was stuck with fear as he could feel the stinging on his skin.

“I know! That’s what I should do!” A smile crept on his mother’s face as she let go of his chin and dragged him harshly out of the house. He wasn’t even given the chance to put on his shoes as she pulled the door roughly. He made sure to keep his mouth shut, otherwise who knows what she’ll do. Opening the car door, she pushed him in the backseat and didn’t care if he was secured in his seat. Iruma silently gets up and watches his mother start the car. He had never been in a car before and didn’t know if he should ask any questions.

Suddenly, he hit his back on the door as the car was being moved and swerved to wherever his mother was taking them. She didn’t care if Iruma would get injured and arrive at her destination. Getting out of the car, his mother went around the car as Iruma tried to get himself up from behind the passenger seat. He felt the door open behind him and felt his shirt be tugged by his collar as he fell onto the ground. He winces as the rocks and sticks cushion his fall. He gets up cautiously and makes sure to look down at the ground when he stands.

“Since you’re a burden, you understand that mommy is teaching you a lesson. You need to see how a burden on yourself should learn the struggles of survival. Don’t worry, I’ll be back,” Iruma felt his mother gently grab his cheek and lift his face. She had a sweet smile that made Iruma feel he was doing the right thing.

“While you’re at it, grow this ridiculous hair and hide those horrendous eyes, okay? My sweet Little Iruma,” Iruma hesitantly smiles at his mother, who pats his cheek. She steps back and wipes her hands with a handkerchief. Iruma watches as she enters the car and drives off while throwing the handkerchief out the window.

“Mommy…is right…Iru is a berden…A berden is who Iru is…” Reaching down to grab the handkerchief, Iruma's broken smile can’t hide the hot tears that fall from his cheeks. He is left alone in the wilderness with no shoes, worn-out clothes, and a used handkerchief. Iruma entered the forest and eventually found a stream nearby. He reaches to touch the water, only to stop to look at his sapphire hues.

“Iru has nasty eyes…”

“...I’m not qualified! Please choose someone else,” Gaap, the chosen student, shouts out in embarrassment as the whole room goes quiet.

“HUH!?”

“Uhm…Gaap? Are you okay?” Lied was surprised by the student who wouldn’t mind taking on favors, second to Iruma.

“Hold on, Gaap! Is something wrong? I mean…you look like you can do a good job,” Jazz tries to reason with Gaap, who held his hands together nervously.

“...sigh…isn’t this how you plan to gain 100 allies, Gaap? Why aren’t you helping out the brat?” Agares scratches his head in annoyance as Asmodeus and Jazz shoot him glares for calling Iruma a brat.

“I…I just…uhm…Agares, could you come closer?” Rolling his eyes, Agares came closer, and Gaap whispered into his ear. Agares frowns until he feels tick marks grow on his face out of annoyance.

“Are you kidding me? Didn’t you realize he's a boy now? Seriously, you’re such a pain,” The realization processed into his mind as Gaap's whole mood changed happily.

“Oh, my apologies! I’ll gladly take care of Iruma-dono for all of my life.” Everyone was surprised by the whole change until it was silly of Gaap to worry about Iruma’s gender.

“What’s wrong with taking care of Iruma as a girl? I didn’t have any trouble with it,” Jazz was confused as Soi was thinking about the same thing.

“Men and Women must never share a bath unless they are a married couple or siblings,” Gaap explains with a blush as everyone takes a moment to consider the thought.

“It was fun taking a bath with Iruma and adorable,” Jazz states innocently, as certain individuals were triggered by that.

“...Jazz, you pervert.” Soi was dumbfounded as Jazz blinked at him in confusion.

“Hey, I see Iruma as a sister, and obviously I wore my swim trunks,” Jazz defends himself until he sees jealousy brimming all over Asmodeus’s body.

“How dare you! I’ll roast you to ashes,” Jazz dodges the fireballs as Asmodeus chases him throughout the classroom. Balam and Kalego had to step in when it was getting too heated.

“Gaap…are you sure that’s what’s bothering you?” Agares asked as he watched the events unfold before them. Gaap went stiff for a moment before relaxing and chuckling.

“Oh, Agares! Of course, that’s the reason.” Agares didn’t believe it one bit with his words and laughter. He just hopes Iruma could help this idiot out.

Omake: Iru's thoughts

Ba-chan looked so sad...it's Iru fault for being shellfish. Iru iznt happy wit Ka! He be mean to Mar-kun...Iru like those plushies tu. Mommy was right about Iru...Iru is bad child who know nothing. Iru...is a burden to everybady...Itz Iru's fault. Iru doesnt deserve to be here. Huh...Iru feel like crying...Is Iru sad or mad? Iru...don't know anymore. Iru...doesnt want to think anymoe.

(Ba-chan looked so sad...it's Iru's fault for being selfish. Iru isn't happy with Ka! He was mean to Mar-kun...Iru really like those plushies too. Mommy was right about Iru...Iru is a bad child who knows nothing. Iru...is a burden to everybody...It's Iru's fault. Iru doesn't deserve to be here. Huh...Iru feels like crying...is Iru sad or mad? Iru...doesn't know anymore. Iru...doesnt want to think anymore.)