It was the day of the Execution Cannonball promotion examination. Ryūko and Iruma were having breakfast with their grandfather, Sullivan, before they may go off to start their exams. "The day's finally here!" Said Sullivan, "How are you feeling? You think you'll do okay?" "Yes. Or at least... I wish I could say that." Replied Iruma.

"Are you still scared?" Asked Opera. "W-Well, I mean..." Muttered Iruma. "Allow me to give you one last piece of advice." Said Opera taking a sip of the tea, that was meant for Sullivan, "You can consider it a life hack." "Please proceed, Opera." Said Ryūko. "It's an old Netherworld technique, but fear is utter humiliation for demons." Explained the cat demon, "When it comes to surviving in such a competitive society such as the Netherworld, fearing your enemy is the same as defeat. " He then took a glance at his mistress saying: "I suppose Ryūko-sama might not need this life hack. I've never really seen a human such as her; brave, serious, cold, competitive and determines. Fear doesn't seem to be part of her vocabulary." Once Ryūko was done eating and cleaning her lower face with her napkin, she turnes to her familiar. "Opera, I appreciate your thoughts of me not needing such, really." Said Ryūko, "But that is just preposterous. As a human, I do have a sense of fear; it is just that I know how to control and embrace my fear. Ever since childhood, I was the one who protected Iruma and face dangerous indivisuals, and I strengthen my physical offense and defense. However, that life hack will come in useful. Thank you."

"Morning! Morning! Morning! Morning! Morning! Ryūko and Iruma-chi!"

"Lady Ryūko, Sir Iruma/Ryūko-sama, Iruma-sama. We've come to pick you up."

The voices of Asmodeus, Lavande and Clara came from outside the mansion. "We'd better get going." Said Ryūko. Iruma hurriedly finished his plate and thanks Opera for his advice. Iruma tied his hair making a short ponytail out of it, whereas Ryūko already tied her hair in a ponytail split and single braid. She changed her clothes as well this time with a blood red high-neck sports jacket, black sports bra, high-waist pleated Harajaku-Punk style plaid irregular asymmetrical skirt, and black combat boots with several chains. "I just need to prepare myself and step forward." Thought both of them in final.

At the demon school Babyls, almost every student knew about the promotion examinations. Even Asmodeus and Lavande's fans are excited.

"Today's the day if the promotion exam, isn't it?"

"I wonder if Asmodeus-sama or Félin-sama's going to raise their ranks even higher."

"I'll be shocked if either of them didn't."

"Hot guys or catgirls who are kept down aren't so bad."

Ameri was standing in a haway, looking over the window watching the students enter in school premises. "Today's the day." Said Ameri.

All the students of the Misfit Class have already assembled in the underground gymnasium. Some of them are raring to go, others were a little more enthuastic. "I shall win!" Exclaimed Sabnock. "No, it'll be me!" Said Goemon. "Let's just finish this up so I can go home and get back to my game." Said Lead. "I haven't exercised in forever." Said Jazz. "Please take it easy on me." Asked Elizabetta. "I shall protect you." Promised Camui. "Sabnock-san, if we're on the opposing teams, I wish of you the best if luck." Said Ryūko winking at Sabnock. "Iruma-sama, let's show them the results of your training." Said Asmodeus. "S-Sure." Replied Iruma. "Lady Ryūko, your strength will prove everyone of your hard work." Said Lavande in her training clothes, "Let us showcase them to all." "I shall, Lavande." Replied Ryūko. " Let us go over the rules." Said Kalego.

With a snap of his fingers, the infamous lesson guide screen appeared. Kalego clicked his tounge in irritation that the cute demon heart explains everything instead of him, again.

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Once again, Kalego slammed the lesson guide pad on the ground, since he hates that thing. "That basically sums it up." Said Kalego, "Your promotions will be determined by which team wins and the ranks of the opponents you hit. I will now hand out the arm bands for and . is yellow, and is red. Once you put them on, split up on the court." Once Ryūko, Lavande and Iruma received their arm band, Asmodeus approached them saying: "It's finally time." "I-I'm so nervous!" Said Iruma, "What about you, Onē-chan?" "I have no emotions over the assessment as long as I rose my ranks." Said Ryūko ambitiously, "Failing is no option for my ambition. If I fail, I will have to work myself harder and take most everything seriously." "As expected of Lady Ryūko! You show fear not and strive for everything!" Praised Lavande. "Fear not, Iruma-sama! You and Ryūko-sama trained so much!" Reassured Asmodeus, "Let's show the class what you're made of!"

The four put their arm bands on. "Now, let us enter the court..." But before going to their courts, they noticed something. Iruma, Ryūko, Lavande and Asmodeus saw each others bands and realised that all of them aren't on the same team. Two were on , another two on .

Team A

Team B

As always, when Asmodeus is dissatisfied with something, he complains about it. "" Complained Asmodeus, "" "You were split to even out the power balance." Explained Kalego, "No objections. Line up." "Yay! I'm with Ryūko and Iruma-chi!" Cheered Clara. "" Asmodeus was more than upset with this arrangement, "This just means I'll have to help Ryūko and Iruma-sama from the enemy camp." He then turned to Iruma and Ryūko, telling them to leave something to him, making Iruma confused while Ryūko knows exactly what he's up to. "Sir Asmodeus. We must be within our courts." Said Lavande seriously, startling Asmodeus in the process from the mood in her voice. "Hurry up, Iruma-chi and Ryūko-chi!" Called Clara. "Oh, sure." Said Iruma as Ryūko nonchalantly gets in her teams court, "Let's both do our best." "Hey, Demon King. Glad to find your rival here?" Flirted Ryūko. Since she didn't zip her jacket up, her figure was exposed, adding up her seducive sexiness. Sabnock blushed and scratched the back of his head stammering: "I-Indeed, my r-rival. I am more that d-d-delighted to have thee in m-my court." Ryūko chuckled and Elizabetta and Clara praised her for how seducively successful she is. "But how do I help Ryūko and Iruma-sama from this side?" Thought Asmodeus before Lavande pulled him into the court. Kalego commenced the Execusion Cannonball examination.

In , Lead, Goemon, Schneider and Camui were discussing their stradegy. "Everyone knows you should play it safe." Said Lead, "Don't throw the ball at Iruma-kun or Ryūko-chan." "Understood." Said Goemon, "Not only are they skilled enough to defeat Asmodeus and Félin, but Iruma-kun's a master of evasion while Ryūko-chan's good at both offense and defense." "A wise man or woman never courts danger." Said Schneider. "What's the matter? Hurry up and throw!" Said Sabnock. "Hey, let's throw at him." Suggested Lead, "Remember? He let all our traps hit him when he arrived in class." "Excellent idea." Said Goemon. "Seize the oppertunity while you can." Suggested Schneider. "So, who gonna throw?" Asked Lead. In an instant, Lavande wordlessly took the ball and threw it at Jazz. It was so sudden, that Jazz didn't even find the chance to evade, so he's immediately out. The other boys, excluding Asmodeus, gaped at what she did before she turned to them with a cold glare. "If plan the stradegy longer, you must, Sir Andro would have stolen our chance to attack." Snarled the feline demon. Shax and the others shivered and flinched from her serious side revealing.

Sabnock picked up the ball before fixating on the other team. "" Asked Sabnock with a wicked smile. He threw the ball at Keroli, who made a big ice crystal to protect herself, but the ball crashed through the crystal to her misfortune and thouched her head, causing her to be out. Before the ball hit the ground, Camui jumped up to catch it yelling: "" Keroli's safe thanks to him, until...

"Here. I'd love to get to know you better."

"Oh my!"

What the heck is Camui doing, handing Elizabetta the ball, who's in the opposing team?! No only that, but he also went out of his court. "Never mind, that's an out." Said Lead. "Why are you giving the enemy the ball?!" Asked Goemon. "Camui, you crossed onto the enemy side, so you're out." Disqualified Kalego. No wonder his teammates started beating him up. "" Questioned Lead angrily. "" Threatened Goemon. "Anticlimactic!" Said Schneider. "" Scolded Kalego. "Hmph, at least the opposite team's idiot made things easier for our team." Said Ryūko in amusement, "Right, Iruma?" "Haha... Yeah." Replied Iruma laughing nervously.

Keroli, out of the field, was looking for the ball. But for some reason, there were more balls around the place. Turns out, Clara was multiplying balls from her yellow pouches. "They multiplied?!" Asked Iruma. "Oh, my. Balls everywhere." Said Elizabetta. "Which ones the real one?" Asked Jazz. "This is just another trial to become the Demon King!" Exclaimed Sabnock. "We should look for it too." Said Lead. "Understood." Said Goemon and Lavande. Schneider fell on his back side from tripping over a ball saying: "" "" Said Sabnock, "My eyes do not deceive me!" "Hang on, that's not the real ball!" Said Ryūko, "And at least, it's not a caiman!" Sabnock seemed to have picked up a monstorous purple rubgy ball. "That's definately not it." Said Jazz from the outfield. "Ugh, you guys are so noisy." Complained Picero, "" He almost destroyed the entire field. "" Questioned Ryūko, clearly angry at him for nearly hurting everyone else, "" Now, the balls were flying all over the place. "Wh-Where's the ball?!" Asked Iruma. "It's there, Iruma!" Ryūko flying out of control was pointing at the real ball from a distance. "There it is! Someone grab it!" Said Jazz. Iruma ran across the ground before jumping as he thought: "Keep your eyes on the ball... " He caught the ball.

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"Well done, Iruma." Said Sabnock who had the monster ball on his head. He then spotted Ryūko not using her webs, since she's falling out of control. Eventually, Sabnock catched her in his arms in time. She had her eyes shut waiting for impact, but looked up to him a second later. "Thank you, Sabnock-san." Said Ryūko, "As of your appearance and my expectations, you're a strong demon." The taller demon put her down and blushed from the compliment. Lavande sort off ended up in the same situation since Asmodeus was holding her again and she was the one blushing.

"Agares, you're out because you used magic on something other than the ball." Said Kalego. "Only because you're all so noisy." Yawned Picero. Ryūko was completely ticked off and kicked him on his cloud, straight out of the field. "" Yelled Ryūko being angry before taking a deep breath and sighed, "Clearly, you don't see that you're a nuisance either. The next time you consider someone as such, take a look of how much you like to slack off in class." The whole class was shocled from her angry side revealled and how she scolded Picero. "O-Onē-chan! Why did you do that?!" Asked Iruma flailing his hands with the ball over his head. She gave him a serious face and made him decide not to question her anger. Since she was getting someone who broke the rules of using magic, she wasn't disqualified and Kalego thanked her for teaching him lesson.

"The results of my training are showing. Thank you, Opera-san!" Thought Iruma, "Now, I'll just throw... Throw...? They never taught me how to throw the ball! Wh-What should I do?" Ryūko sighed at this scene. She knew whatever stuff was going on with him. "" Said Goemon. "" Warned Lead. "How do I help them?" Asked Asmodeus to himself. "Iruma-kun! Show them the true power of an honor student!" Cheered Jazz. Looks like Sabnock came to the rescue for Iruma. "Excellent work on catching the ball, Iruma. Leave the attack to me!" Said Sabnock. "Wow! Sabnock is willing to hit for him and our team!" Thought Ryūko in a strange love strike, "Whoever that guy is, and his ambition to become the Demon King, everything in between, I love that guy."

Sabnock stared at Asmodeus, who was still deep in thought. "I don't like it... We're in the middle of a battle and he's daydreaming" Thought Sabnock, "He has lost his edge as a demon since he becoming my rival and her brother's underling. " He forcefully threw the ball at Asmodeus. "Sir Asmodeus! Stay alive!" Warned Lavande. Without looking and to her suprise, Asmodeus blocked the ball with his left hand and exchanged a sweet smile to Lavande. "Were you worried about me, my lady?" Asked Asmodeus, "Please do not worry! As you can see, I have caught the ball." She can obviously see that, but she was afraid of her teammate and crush, get hurt during the match. Lavande's violet gems sparkled and she smiled in relief, she couldn't resist the strength and kindness of Asmodeus. "Do not... " Yelled Asmodeus, throwing the ball at Sabnock. "Sabnock, you're out." Said Kalego. "" Said Sabnock running to the outfield. "Wow... Asmodeus is bad news." Said Jazz. "Let's not throw to him." Suggested Elizabetta. "" Said Clara throwing the ball to Asmodeus. But Lavande caught the ball and nonchalantly threw it to the opposite field, which Clara was hit by the ball. Kalego facepalmed as he disqualified Clara.

The match continued at a steady pace. One after another, the demons disappeared from the court. Then, finally... The only ones left on the field were Ryūko, Iruma, Asmodeus and Lavande! "Sir Iruma, Sir Asmodeus, Lady Ryūko/Iruma, Félin, Ryūko-sama and I are the only ones left?!" Thought Asmodeus and Lavande. "Iruma-kun and Ryūko-chan sure are hard to hit." Commented Jazz. "Well done, my rival." Said Sabnock to Ryūko. "Go, go!" Cheered Elizabetta. "You've got this, Ryūko and Iruma-chi!" Cheered Clara. "Get them!" Said Lead to his remaining teammates. "History is written by the victors!" Said Schneider. "Now, let us cheer together." Said Camui to Keroli.

"Wh-When did this happen?" Thought Asmodeus on , "I was so deep in thought, I hadn't noticed at all! There's no way I can attack Ryūko and Iruma-sama! Wait, if there are only four of us left, I just need to give either of them the ball and let them hit either me or Félin-sama! " Both demons took a glance of their superiors' faces that were full of serious pressure, which make them freeze for a minute. "Had we looked at Ryūko and Iruma-sama's/Lady Ryūko and Sir Iruma's faces even once since the match started?" Questioned Asmodeus and Lavande in thought, "Let them hit us? Lose on purpose? And have them gain a rank... We've been by their sides watching how hard they've worked... And yet, we only thought about ourselves. We didn't even think about what Ryūko and Iruma-sama/Lady Ryūko and Sir Iruma must be thinking standing there! You should be ashamed, Asmodeus/Félin!" With the pressure and thoughts of themselves of which will humiliate them, a blossom of flames and a wind of flower petals bursted from both demons, "We will meet full strength with full strength." Asmodeus removed his overcoat as the flames and petals fly in ashes while they stepped forward, "" "" Thought Ryūko and Iruma.

Ameri and the Student Council members were walking down to the underground gym. "It's pretty rare for you to come watch the first-years' promotion exams." Said one of the members. "Oh, you must be interested in the tops of the class, Asmodeus and Félin!" Said another one of them. "They make excellent candidates to welcome into the Student Council..." Added another member. "No. We might actually see something more interesting." Objected Ameri.

Back at the field, each student who were outfield were cheering for their remaining teammates. "Get them, Asmodeus and Félin!" Cheered Lead. "You can do it, Ryūko-chan and Iruma-kun!" Supported Elizabetta. "If only those who are out can return to the court..." Said Sabnock. "Come to think of it, this is their first battle since the entrance ceremony." Said Jazz. "They seem completely different from before." Thought the Suzuki's, "Azz-kun/Asmodeus and Lavande are serious... No, their malices are even more intense than that." Asmodeus had the ball and was about to throw it with full power. The twins' teammates warned them to step away. "I'm scared. I've gotten through sticky situations with Onē-chan like this before, and the instincts I've developed are telling me to run. But..." Thought Iruma. Ryūko looked at her brother and knew that he'll use the life hack Opera gave them both, "Up front! Turn your fear into excitement."

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