Nero, after a few more days of waiting. Now finally has his official license, both as a Hollow Investigator and motorcycle owner. The second license took an extra day to be issued.

"Okay, we're now officially, official! Hell yeah! Say, why don't we deliver the good news to the twins, Cerberus?" Nero whoop as he checked out both his licenses.

"Would be... Nice to see... the twins again..." Cerberus wheezed.

"They're surprisingly... Good with... Scratches!" Nero chuckled at how carefree and seemingly happy the demon dog is. But he won't complain.

"And... Burnice... Too!" At that point, the Hound of Hell has their tails wagging.

"Sure sure, I just hope they won't bombard me with enough questions to fill all three of your heads." He chuckled as he finally finished cleaning Red Queen.

"Alright, you wanna take a seat or run with me?" He faced the eager three headed Pitbull of hell.

...

"Woah! Sorry! Three Headed Dog on the sidewalk!" Nero yelled as he cruised on his new Motorcycle; Pompeii. Though he really should change the name, or ask Caesar for permission to remember the man through the bike.

And a few more turns and Cerberus accidentally tripping an causing a mess with some trash cans. They finally arrived at the Video Store.

And while the ride was short. Cerberus did enjoy the run... Save for the banana peel on the middle head which they burned.

He was about to knock when he noticed two bikes at the front, parked next to each other. He shrugged, noticing one of the bikes belongs to Burnice, and dismissed Pompeii.

"And the twins are-" Nero paused at the scene before him.

A very relieved Wise and a sweaty Belle. Before them is a Thiren that belongs to the Cheetah species and Burnice... Reaching out to pat the Thiren's tail.

"did I... Disturb you guys?" Nero asked with a big question mark on top of his head.

"Nero! Hey! Nero, hey! Been a week yeah?" Belle shakily replied, obviously trying to salvage the situation before Nero came in.

"Uhuh..." Nero replied suspiciously, but Wise managed to avoid more misunderstandings, when he stepped forward and introduced the Thiren.

"So while I was gone, you two went and did a commission with the Sons of Calydons again, and ran into Pulchra here. Fought for a bit, then Burnice recruited her?" Nero summed up the entire story Wise told him.

"Well, if you put it like that. Yeah, it sounds like a typical Thursday." Wise admitted with an awkward grin.

"Right... Anyway, good to see you again Belle, Burnice. And nice to meet you, Pulchra. How's Burnice treating you?" Nero dropped the entire thing entirely and settled on greeting everyone.

"It's a pleasure to meet you too, Nero. Didn't think the Proxies would actually have a legal front for Hollow Diving. But anyway..." She replied before whipping her tail away from a drooling Burnice.

"The welcome... Could be warmer." She finished, moving her tail again to avoid Burnice.

"Heh, that's Burnice alright. Anyway, you can come in now, Cerberus." Nero chuckled before opening the door for the Demon Dog to enter... Which they were immediately greeted with a tackle from Burnice.

"Cerbie!!! Who's the good boys? You all are! Yes you all are!" Burnice immediately showered them with her own form of affection.

While Pulchra was taken aback by the three headed dog at the entrance.

"You have... A three headed dog?" She backed away just in case.

"Don't worry, you're fine. Cerberus is well behaved." Nero comforted the guarded Thiren.

"Fret not... Cat lady... You are a friend... Of everyone... Thus to us... As well." Her eyes widened and jumped away when Cerberus talked to her.

"And it can talk too?!" She landed on Wise. Who caught her in a princess carry.

"Yes, yes they do. Anyway, what's the commotion? Any new commissions?" Nero confirmed at faced the twins.

"Nothing of note yet, but we are investigating a pair of suspicious people. They... Well, one of them definitely has beef with Lycaon... Oh you probably never met him, but he's a Thiren and works as a Private Investigator alongside his team." Belle replied, now sitting on the stool behind the counter.

Nero nodded along, keeping a mental note of how Pulchra seems on edge around him. But then again, this is his first time interacting with a Thiren with more... Thiren than human.

Miyabi is an odd case in his books.

"Well, seems like you two are handling the more... Brainy parts of the game. If it gets to a fisticuffs, then I'm always on call." He reassured the twins, who nodded with grins of their own.

"Oh yeah, Burnice. Is Caesar available? I need to ask permission on something." He remembered.

"Caesar? She should be back at base now." Burnice replied, face buried in Cerberus' soft and warm fur.

"Great, I'll join you guys after you're done with business here. Also, try not to rub Cerberus' fur too much... It gets static electricity too easily." Nero warned, but it was already too late as Burnice's hairs are already frazzled and charged.

"Huh... That's something." Wise commented as he held Belle by her jacket to stop her from joining in.

"Oh also! Miyabi was wondering if you two could finally have that spar." Wise added, looking at Nero.

Nero gave it a thought and gave an answer.

"She's well enough then, alright. Tell her if we could meet up in the outskirts of the city again. Gotta keep the collateral on the low." Wise nodded at that, before writing a note on his phone.

"That reminds me! Nero, news of your stunt and skills spread all the way to Waifei Peninsula! And well, we are invited by one of this generation's Void Hunter to investigate a Hollow there... Well, unofficial Void Hunter, but she's as strong as one anyway." Belle finally relented with a pout and spread the news to Nero.

"Cool. Sounds Chinese" Nero replied and muttered.

"When are we supposed to get there?"

"After we're done with our current commission, and your spar. We can head over there without issues." Wise replied.

"Nice, anyway. Who invited us anyway?" Nero asked, holding out a stick of lollipop at Pulchra, who took it with some hesitation and a quiet thanks.

"Er... I'm not sure if you heard of her, but her name is Yixuan. And she's the thirteenth generation of Yunkui Summit Master." Belle enthusiastically replied.

"And definitely is into Big Bro like a fly on leftovers." Belle added, which earned her a painful response from a softly blushing Wise.

"Hah! Guess you somehow managed to garner another set of eyes on you, Wise. Damn, should I be jealous or worried?" Nero joined in the fun, earning an amused huff from Pulchra.

"Both." Belle squeaked out as Wise gave his sister a noogie.

As the twins continued to annoy each other, Nero couldn't help but feel at home, even if he isn't truly at home.

Soon enough, Burnice and Pulchra had to leave. So Nero went and bid farewell to the twins, before joining the two members of the Sons of Calydon outside.

"You're riding on one of us?" Pulchra asked, which made Burnice snort in amusement.

"Silly kitty, watch." Burnice practically bounced on her bike when she said that.

But instead of seeing Cerberus growling into a larger size. Nero surprised them both by summoning Pompeii.

The Demonic and Ethereally charged bike roared after manifesting. It's engine loud and powerful, made Pulchra's fur stand up with how powerful it sounds.

"Magic." Nero simply answered at the gobsmacked duo.

...

"You two done staring?" Both women snapped put of it, looked at each other, and shrugged. Before starting their own bikes.

And as the Trio plus Demon Dog rode away. Wise's phone rang, and a familiar voice echoed in his ear.

"Hey Trigger, did something come up? Huh?... No no, I think you got it wrong... Nero is a friend and business partner, what do you mean be careful... You saw that his aura was weird?... Alright, if you say so." He dropped the call, and looked at a curious Belle.

"Something wrong?"

"Trigger said something about Nero having an odd aura through her vision.... Said something about resembling Ethereals and something else." Wise answered, unsure of what to make of it.

...

"Wow, she's really stalking you hard if she saw Nero." That earned Belle a pillow at her face.

A/N: The Plot is Thiccening! And yes, I am surviving.