Well, welcome to the new story! This story, is dedicated to, my birthday! Today, is in fact, my birthday, so here's the story! It's a birthday present from me to all of you wonderful guys and girls out there!
I put up a poll a little while ago of what story I should do for it since I couldn't decide (I'll do them all eventually, so don't worry for those who voted for other stories), and this came out on top narrowly, very narrowly, seems like there's quite a few Ravel fans out there. So, this story revolves around Ravel, as a King of a peerage with her Queen. But, more details shall be at the end, and well, with nothing else to add, enjoy the beginning chapter! Also, thank you to everyone who voted!
Prologue!
"Gotta run, gotta run, gotta get away...keep them following me, keep them coming for me, and they'll get away..."
A young boy, around the age of 11 or 12 and of average height for a boy his age ran as fast as he could. His white hair that looked like snow shimmered in the forest that he ran in. With the yellow ball, otherwise known as the sun, high in the sky, beaming down on him, his red eyes looked towards it, and ignored the people that were following after him.
He could hear yells of "Get back here!" and "We'll kill you for this!" while he led away a bunch of guards. He saw to the side, that children were running away, and his smile widened on his face, seeing that they were getting away, and they that chased him.
"That's right! Come this way! Over here! Come and get me~"
He yelled back at his pursuers, taking out a gun. He looked back, and held the gun upwards. There was a few men and women following him. All wielded light swords, and guns like he had. Aiming with a sharp shooter, he shot forth first, and nailed one of the men in the head, killing him off instantly.
The impossible (for most) shot came off as a surprise. It was through a tiny hole in a tree, and there was no guarantee that it was going to hit. But it managed to kill him off, and the others shot their guns forward, but the boy, who was already covered in wounds, avoided the shots by jumping high, and swung on a tree, allowing some accumulating snow to come off.
He didn't know when the snow fell down, as it wasn't snowing that bad right now.
He didn't care though and, swung from tree to tree.
Though killing left a bad taste in his mouth, he still did it, because he knew that these people….
They weren't good.
There was nothing good about these people.
They were evil, monsters, murderers, and he hated that they were the priests vestments that made them seem like allies of God, but they weren't. What they did, was wrong and how they went about it, was equally wrong.
"Damn brat!"
"Don't let him escape!"
"Kill him right away!"
"He can't get away!"
They yelled again and again.
But he didn't see it as anything to worry about.
He jumped onto the ground. But as he fell, he saw a sharp position that he could fire, and he took the chance and the every faint aura surrounded his body and went into the gun as well, the aura surrounding his body as a whole.
The bullet fired off a holy one, and it went right through a leaf, leaving a hole through it, and managed to hit another man in the head, dropping his body to the ground, just as the boy landed on the ground as well.
"Come on you wannabes! My Ojii-sama fights harder than this! And he's like in his 80's! Come on now! Come and get me!"
He grinned from ear to ear, intentionally antagonizing them.
And it worked.
They doubled their efforts, shooting and even used magic to fire at him.
He had a hard time adjusting and dodging all of the assaults. But he still did it, and ran as fast as he could, and spared a glance the way the children went. Since he could hardly see them, and saw that the people still chased him, he smiled once more.
"Good luck, you guys. If you get the chance, stay together always..."
He muttered to himself, as he heard a gun shot from behind him. He looked and barely had time to dodge. The bullet came close to him, and sliced through his side. He gritted his teeth at the sudden scratch of the sharp bullet, and saw blood coming out.
Even then, he didn't stop running, and allowed a trial of blood to leak out, with other wounds on his body, coming out as well, leading the men and women right too him. But, he wouldn't give up, he wasn't the type to give up, he was going to fight, and wouldn't ever surrender.
All he cared about, was the children getting away.
If they got away, then he was more than pleased.
He was very thrilled.
Even more so as the snow came falling down from Heaven itself.
He couldn't help but think "Maybe dying in the snow would be good." having resolved himself already.
He might be young, but he had already decided that he was going to die on his terms, and his terms only.
He wouldn't die a meaningless death.
He would die an honourable death, and he couldn't think of anything else that was more honourable than saving children's lives. He thought that would be a good trade for his life. That's how he felt anyway…
But as she ran, he saw that the people behind him, had scattered.
"No..."
He prayed within his head that they hadn't stopped chasing him and went off to get the children.
Even if they did, he knew that he did his best...just praying that they got far enough so they couldn't be followed.
"C-Come on you guys, come and get me!"
He was becoming fatigued at this point, but he still ran and baited them.
He heard more bullets coming for him and dodged them the best he could, but some managed to scrape him. Because of the fact that he had been beaten and shot beforehand, his movements were slowed down and sluggish.
But he avoided death quite simply, and honestly.
He ran for minutes, and maybe even more than ten.
He didn't count the time, but it felt like forever.
That soon stopped when he saw a cliff.
"Better that than back there…"
He made his choice, and leapt off the cliff…
He just didn't know how big it was.
Sailing through the sky, he looked down into the sea of trees, and grimaced.
"Ooh...this is gonna hurt."
He chuckled awkwardly while falling down to the ground, so he tried to make a landing in a good place.
However, because of his wounds, he suddenly felt like his eyes were shaking around in his head.
But then, a blonde vision came to his eyes.
He saw it before him, blonde and dressed in pink.
He couldn't see who or what it was, but he did shout "Aaaah! Move out the waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!" before they collided with one another, the young boy and the blonde thing rolled around in the snow together which had picked up heat by now, and was coming down in buckets.
"This way Ravel-sama, this is the place that you seek."
A young man who was wearing a butlers outfit called to a young girl who looked around the age of 10 years old. The young girl in question had blonde hair, with two drill like curls, blue eyes that looked like the ocean, and a dress that would be worn by a High Class woman. And despite being a young girl, she seemed quite together, quite mature.
Her name was, Ravel Phenex, the fourth child of the Phenex Clan, and despite her young age, she was shining her eyes with the excellency of her clan, she was the type to not let anyone down, and even though this was only an outing, she still held herself as a kind and lovely young woman.
"Yes, thank you."
Ravel replied, not really looking at the butler.
Her eyes went around the area, the dense forest. The reason she came, was because there was something going to happen near the forest soon. A special light show. She had been told about it by her elder brothers, and she decided to go and see it herself.
Even though they were busy, her parents allowed some servants to take her there, escorting her as if it wasn't an issue, which it wasn't. She didn't mind the servants taking her. Though she did wish her family would have been able to attend with her, but even then, she wanted to see these famous lights that she had been promised.
While walking through the forest, she noticed that it began to snow.
"Odd." She pointed out in her head. "Is it really a time of year for it to be snowing?"
She thought to herself, but since it was only snow, it didn't matter.
She continued for a few minutes, but as she walked, she got the sense that something was...wrong.
She didn't have any evidence, but she felt something was wrong, and whatever it was that was wrong, she didn't understand it at all.
But it soon became clear as she heard the sound of running.
Her eyes cast to the side, and what she saw, was a few men, and women, that held swords of revealing light. The light looked dense, and heavy. They also held guns. By their outfits, she guessed that they were related to the Church, because they wore priest vestments.
Ravel placed a hand to her mouth, while the guards she had, pushed her back. She knew that this wasn't a favourable situation, but she didn't mind, she knew it wasn't going to be the easiest situation to deal with in the world, but even then, she wasn't going to show a bad side to her, or a scared side either, she just showed her normal eyes towards the enemies.
They looked back at her, and began laughing.
"Hey look, it's a Devil."
"Out all alone here? Doesn't she realize that she's wandered into the wrong part?"
"Well, she's quite young huh, perhaps, she didn't know."
"Doesn't matter, there can't be any evidence here."
Ravel didn't quite understand what they were talking about nor what they meant about evidence, but she moved forward, and showed a prideful look on her face.
"Excuse me, I suggest you turning around and walking away. My name, is Ravel Phenex, and my family would not appreciate you making threatening gestures with your swords, and guns and other things. This land, also belongs to the Devils, it was recently purchased, and secured, so you are trespassing on Devils territory, I suggest leaving right away. If you don't, trouble could be caused, and I wouldn't want you to suffer for it."
Ravel said it with no fear...but when they showed their swords even more, Ravel felt slight fear.
Even if she was an immortal bird, it didn't matter, she was rather worried. She looked as if she was going to say something, but the servants began making a magic circle, sensing the situation, and decided to take Ravel away.
"Ravel-sama, it is best that we leave right away."
One of the men with her, said it with a simple few words.
Ravel agreed.
"Please hurry, I don't like the look in their eyes."
Ravel's words boarded the nervousness of the trembling in her heart.
But even then, she still showed her bravery, and wouldn't falter either.
However, at the next moment, a gun shot was fired, piercing the man's head that was making the circle, killing him off. The bullet was made of light, so the Devil didn't have a chance at living, Ravel's eyes widening.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!"
What turned from a normal day into this...Ravel didn't know.
All she wanted was to watch pretty lights, but now, all she could see, was the blood of the man's brains splattered into the snow, turning it into a deep crimson. The blood also went over Ravel, her eyes beginning to water with fear dangling between the lids.
She panted, trying to catch her breath.
Her eyes then went towards the enemy.
"Why!?"
She cried out.
She saw it as a needless death.
A death that shouldn't of happened.
The guards body on the ground caused Ravel to shed tears.
The servant didn't deserve to die.
She didn't even understand why they were dying.
And she most of all couldn't understand, why they were on a Devils land in the first place. It just didn't make sense.
"Because, no evidence can be left behind."
She heard them say, aiming their guns towards her. Even with her powers, she would be swiss cheese if she was punctured full of holes with bullets of light. She went to pull away, but her guards got in the way and charged for the enemies.
"Ravel-sama! Please get far away!"
"B-But..."
Ravel didn't know what to do, but seeing the people who was slicing through the guards Ravel has.
Seeing that they were risking their lives for her, she couldn't just ignore their wishes, so with teary eyes, she turned around and ran away. She decided that if she could get far enough away, she'd teleport away to safety, she knew how to do that at least.
But Ravel, as she ran through the snow (something that she wasn't used too) she could hear the screams of her servants behind her. Though she didn't even know their names personally, some being new servants for the Phenex clan, she couldn't help but cry out for them.
Her tears ran down her face, and her heart felt so broken right now, she felt sullen about everything that was going on. Her body felt cold due to the increasing of snow, but she didn't stop running. She wouldn't stop running.
Her heart was smashing against her chest, and her breath could be seen due to the speed she was breathing out, making a cloud around her everytime she breathed. The way that her lungs worked, wasn't good for the moment, it felt like they were freezing inside of her.
But she didn't stop, either way.
She wouldn't stop, for the people that had died, for the people that had been saved by her.
She wouldn't stop for them, never ever, would she stop.
"She ran this way!"
...Ravel stopped at that moment.
She felt it inside of her, she felt her body freezing up on the spot.
No matter what it was, she felt it deep inside of her, that she was feeling cold inside of her body.
She heard the footsteps behind her, and she felt the feeling of her body tensing.
"Don't stop...don't stop..."
She chanted to herself again and again.
Of course, she knew if she did, she would be a goner.
So, she didn't stop.
She could hear them closing in on her though.
The footsteps got closer, and closer to her body.
They were enclosing around her body, and she felt the tears flowing down her eyes.
From the time that she woke up, she never thought that today would be her last day.
She never thought today, would be the time that she would end…
But now, here she was, and she was…
"Aaaah! Move out the waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!"
Ravel's eyes went to the side, and suddenly, she saw a boy coming right at her, seemingly for the young girl, she let out a "Aaaah!" before the young boy clashed into her. She and he rolled in the snow together, until his back hit a tree, and Ravel fell right beside him in the snow.
Ravel let out a small "Owww..." sound, shaking her head. Shaking the snow out of her hair, she looked down towards him, an annoyed look on her face, forgetting briefly that she was being chased.
"How dare you suddenly crash into me? Jumping from the sky, what is wrong with..." She paused, when he turned around and she saw, immense wounds on his body. She saw blood coming out of him, and she gasped. "...ooh my, w-what happened...w-why are..."
"They're there!"
Ravel felt her heart stop at that moment.
She looked towards the young boy, and saw his striking white hair. It didn't seem natural, or maybe it did. She couldn't tell. It was as pure as the driven snow. Her eyes locked onto his body, he seemed to be of normal height, and he looked around her age...no, slightly older she'd say. On his hip, was a gun like the Exorcists and even a sword of light as well, without the light blade being there.
She naturally pulled away, but then stopped, and looked behind her, seeing the Exorcists pointing their guns at Ravel, and the young white haired male. She blinked, trying to wrap her mind around the idea that she was going insane at this point. She even knew, despite her being a Phenex, holy powers would hurt her, and could kill her, so she was of course afraid.
The young man looked up towards Ravel, and then stood up on shaky legs. Though blood was coming out of him, he didn't care. He simply moved forward while dying the lands in red, and fell onto a flower. The very fact that there was red flowers now, Ravel was unsure of what to think.
Ravel looked on, and thought that he was going for her.
He walked her way, and she felt her heart stop.
In that instant, she felt like her heart had stopped…
But as he neared her, he reached out, placing his palm on her shoulder.
She naturally reacted to it, and went to pull away, but he murmured "Stay back." and then walked past her. Confusion filled her mind, while he walked forward. He withdrew the sword of light and aimed the gun right for the enemies ahead.
"You're not killing me this day, and I'll definitely get back and protect the others."
He said it with conviction as an aura built up around him, Ravel was surprised that he looked her age, and wondered what the aura was at the same time. It sounded as if someone older, wiser was speaking. Yet it still held the same childishness that a boy his age would hold in his voice.
"Now, now, don't complain, you're coming back with us."
The young boy didn't seem to mind however, and stood on his shaky legs. Ravel looked suspicious.
"What are you going to do…? You look battered, you can't fight them."
His eyes turned towards her, and she caught the redness of his eyes. She was surprised by how red they were, they almost made her fall deep into the bloodness of his eyes. It matched his clothes perfectly, given that they were stained in his blood.
"Don't worry about me Angel-chan, I'll be good."
Ravel blinked at the name, but then adopted a smirk.
"I'm not an Angel."
"You sure? Blonde hair, blue eyes...seems like an Angel to me. And, you might want to close your eyes, depends how squeamish you are. Don't worry, I'll protect you from these people, so you can get away."
Ravel felt her cheeks slightly tinging pink, but in that instant, he disappeared. Despite being in pain, Ravel saw him move swiftly, and got towards the enemy. Taking out his light blade, he cut the man down instantly, shocking Ravel.
She let out a "Wow." noise, as he used the light blade professionally to block the bullet of light coming for him. He twirled it around, as his blood leaked out onto the ground, charging for the man, and clashed blades with him.
He pushed the man back, then swiftly took out the gun and shot forth a bullet from his gun, piercing the man's head, and killed him off. Oddly, she didn't look away, Ravel was watching this boy protect her despite him being nearly dead himself. She didn't even know if he was human, surviving all of these attacks to his body and he didn't even seem to be a sane person if he could survive all of these powers on his body.
Ravel saw that there was a man coming from behind him and he didn't react, taking a breath, so she called "Behind you!" and went to summon some flames, but the boy whirled around, slicing right through the man's head, cutting his head off, Ravel gasping but looked impressed at the same time.
"Thanks!"
He announced with a kindness she didn't expect to hear.
But, she did, and now, she was watching him dancing, with his blade.
Ravel watched on as he dispatched them, and her face couldn't help but lift. Even though it was gory, and it was very scary. She couldn't take her eyes off the man that was saving her life, no matter what else happens.
Ravel was impressed, that despite his wounds, and injuries, he managed to beat all of the men and women around. He managed to take care of all of them, while getting pretty banged up. She was sure that he wasn't an ordinary human at this point, due to what she had just witnessed.
Ravel looked at all of the men and women who had died, then looked back at the boy himself.
Her eyes ran up and down his body, seeing all of the wounds.
When she went to speak, one of the men went to stand, but the boy responded with a "Stay down." and shot him in the head, killing him off.
Ravel blinked, but she also understood why it had to happen, she didn't sense any evil from the boy, as he just saved her life. She was more concerned for him than the people that had just killed her guards.
"...You managed to win."
She only could say that, before he looked towards her.
Despite him being in immense pain, he walked forward, panting, blood spewing off his form.
"Y-You...s-should...g-get out o-of here..."
Ravel watched on as he walked. He was clearly not going to be able to walk for much longer.
And it proved true when he fell down into the snow.
Ravel gathered her senses, and rushed forward.
She ran forward, and brought his body up, she fell against the snow. His head fell onto her lap, and his eyes flickered upwards into his own eyes. She looked down at him, her eyes brimming with some tears.
"D-Don't die, alright? I-I haven't even thanked you for saving me yet! S-So don't die already!"
Ravel yelled, tears falling from her face.
The boy looked up towards her, and felt the tears fall onto his face. His smile, despite his pain, ruled his face.
"...Angel-chan...save them...okay..."
"S-Save them? Save who?"
Ravel's words were drowned out by the blood flowing through his ears.
He couldn't hear what she said, but he still smiled up towards her.
"...Save them...don't let them...die..."
With that, he couldn't take anymore.
His eyes closed, Ravel's own tearing up even more.
"Hold on, I'll save you! I still need to repay you for saving me! D-Don't die!"
Ravel cried out, but he was already unconscious.
A few days had passed since then, and Ravel, had found herself in the Underworld. She sat beside the bed, of the unknown boy. He hadn't woken up yet. His wounds had been taken care of, but the doctor said that he had been put through quite the trauma.
Ravel placed all of the items he had with him near the side of the bed. She noticed that a cross was also with him. She didn't know if he was an Exorcist, or what. She didn't even know if he was human at this point.
For all intents and purposes, this boy should be dead.
That's what the doctors had said, but somehow, he managed to stay alive for long enough to be healed by the famed Tears of the Phenex.
Ravel had to wonder just what his deal was. More than saving him, she wanted to know, what the hell had happened during the forest incident, why he was there, why he was being chased, and what the hell had happened to his body during all of this, and how the hell he was still alive, that's one of the things she didn't understand.
While she sat there, watching his form, her elder brother, named Riser, walked into the room with a cocky look on his face. His blue eyes went towards the boy on the bed, then his eyes went towards Ravel herself.
"Ravel, what are you doing? Why are you wasting your time by staying near this human?"
Ravel's eyes snapped up towards Riser's face.
"It's because he saved me, I'm going to be staying until he wakes up. It's the least I can do. I'd be dead if it wasn't for this human."
She replied with a sullen look.
Even though Ravel usually wouldn't do this, she had decided that she would stay until he wakes up.
Riser didn't quite understand what Ravel was doing and why she was doing what she was doing, it just seemed nonsensical to someone like him.
"Whatever, hurry up, and wake him up. I'll do it for you if you like?"
Ravel rolled her eyes.
"Onii-sama, I love you, but if you tried anything, then you might seriously injure him, he's unconscious, he'll wake up, the doctors said so. He's just been through a lot, and he did save me from, being killed. I have a debt to pay to him, is all."
Riser could somewhat understand that. But because he was looking at a human, he just didn't like it. He also didn't like that Ravel was spending so much time hanging around a human. Even if he did save her, he still felt it left a bad feeling and taste in his mouth.
Riser rolled his eyes, and left the room.
Ravel didn't even notice, and she continued reading a book she had brought.
It was a book about human interactions with Devils.
Since she was nervous about speaking to a human, she thought that she would read a book about it.
As she read the book, the boys eyes flickered again and again.
Slowly, his eyes were beginning to open, but Ravel hadn't noticed.
She was too engrossed in her book.
But that changed when he murmured "What the heck?" which caught her attention, her eyes going towards the boy. He went to sit up, but she placed her hands outwards, stopping him.
"Erm, please take it easy, your body will be sore for a little while. Your wounds, have been healed, but you went through quite the trauma, I was suddenly surprised that you are alive. The doctors were surprised as well."
The boy slowly moved up the bed, and the cover fell down his body, revealing his chest. Ravel's eyes went to his surprisingly somewhat muscular (at least for a boy his age) could be, blushing slightly, and turned away.
"I'm alive...how am I alive…? I thought that I was a goner..." His eyes went towards Ravel. "D-Did you save me..." Ravel looked back, and with the light behind her, he felt his face slightly tinged. "Y-You're that Angel..."
"No, don't be ridiculous, I am not an Angel. I'm a Devil, the names Ravel Phenex, thank you very much. And what is your name exactly?"
Ravel asked the boy, but his eyes widened.
"Y-You're a Devil...y-yes, I can feel the demonic power...you're different to how I imagined a Devil. I've only seen a few in my life, but they usually looked like they were creepy and insane at the same time...hehe, they also had weirdly shaped bodies, but you look human enough."
"You're probably talking about Stray Devils..." Ravel looked down at her book. "Dude." The boy blinked. "S-So, I was rocking up, to the crib in the forest, a-and my boys, were slaughtered by, these jive turkeys, and then you, my main man, came and saved this woman in waiting...wait, doesn't that mean prostitute..." She briefly spoke to herself, before turning to the young man once more who held confusion on his face. "S-S-S-So, h-how about laying t-the deets on me, dude?"
He just stared at her uncomfortably.
She looked so uncomfortable saying it as well.
He had to wonder why she was speaking like she was.
However, there was one question that was on his mind that prevailed overall, and he couldn't understand one thing about what she was speaking about, something that seemed crazy, insane and tested all of his knowledge, and that was...
"...What's the deets?"
Ravel furrowed her eyebrows, and swiftly looked through the book.
"Hmmmm...ooh...erm...ooh! Here, the deets are...oh, the details."
"Why were you speaking words if you didn't know what they meant?"
Ravel sweatdropped, understanding why he was asking such a thing.
"I'm laying it down real with you."
He still looked confused, he didn't even understand why she was speaking such awkward words.
"...This is really cringy you know?"
"What does cringy mean...? Great, I'm going to have to look that up..."
Ravel furiously went through the book, but the boy placed his hands outwards.
"It just means something uncomfortable, that speech, no one speaks like that...if they do, I don't know it...then again, I used to spend my time with some weird girls..."
"Yes, and I am reading the Devils to humans speech." She held up the book. "See, this is going to help me communicate with you. Obviously, I can't speak normally, because you might not understand me."
"We're talking normally now." His eyes went towards the book, and saw when it was published. "Oh, you're looking at a book from like...I can't even tell where that book is from. Either way, it's an old book, no one speaks like that, at least for what I know anyway."
Ravel sighed, dropping the book onto the bed, and got slightly frustrated.
"And I was only trying to communicate with the boy that saved my life..." Something clicked in her mind. "Ooh my Maou-sama, you're awake!"
"Yeah...we've been talking for a minute now."
Ravel rolled her eyes while feeling as if she was going to cry.
"Yes, but how a-are you? Are you feeling sick? Y-Your body must have been through a lot, but you saved my life. You didn't have to save me but you did, even though you were dying, you saved my life, so thank you."
She said it with a kind smile.
Though speaking to a human was odd, she never thought that she would, but she could speak to him quickly.
"Saved your life...wait, I need to go! I-I need to go and make sure they escaped!" The boy stood up, but a sharp pain ran through his side. "Aagh."
He fell down to the bed, gripping his side, Ravel standing up as well.
"H-Hey, please don't go full throttle right away, it's too dangerous. Just lay down in the bed now."
Ravel sternly said it, but he stood up, saw his stuff on the side, quickly grabbing everything, and despite his pain, ran to the door.
"I'm sorry! Thanks for taking care of me! But I have to go and see if they escaped!"
Ravel watched as the young boy opened the door, and ran out of it.
"H-Hey! W-Wait!"
Ravel stood up, and rushed out of the door as well.
Going outside of the door, the young boy rushed forward, and his hair flowed in the wind at the speed he moved. He grimaced at the pain, but he didn't care, and ran down the fancy corridor.
He definitely knew that he wasn't in the place he was before now. There were no fancy building's like this around where he was. He saw painting's of different people, and he even saw one of a young Ravel as well.
The red carpet on the ground and the symbols on the wall, he guessed that it was of the Devil girls clan. Though it seemed unlikely, he was sure that he wouldn't be able to return to the human world. He just wished that he was in the human world right now, but as he thought, that thought was fleeting as he rushed through the corridor.
As he ran, Riser happened to walk by, and Riser turned towards him once more, looking on with narrowed eyes.
"Stop, right now human!"
"Excuse me! I have to go and get out of here! Please move out of the way!"
He apologized, but the young man who looked to be in his late teens didn't accept it, coating his body with flames.
"No, I thought that having a human who seems to be an Exorcist here would come back and bite us on the ass. So, what happened to my Imouto? Did you kill her? What did you do to her?!"
Confusion filled the white haired boys face, seeing Riser becoming more and more angry by the second.
"Eh? You mean that girl? She's back there. I haven't done anything to her."
He pointed behind him, but the young mans flames increased more and more.
"No, you've damaged my poor Imouto! I should have stayed! Now, that's it! I'm going to have to finish you off!"
The young boy was surprised by such a move, and then Riser shot flames towards him to disable him.
Ravel, having somewhat caught up, she yelled "Onii-sama don't!" but the attack was already released. Ravel gasped, but then she saw that he jumped upwards, and to the left. Riser didn't stop though, releasing a barrage of flames towards the boy.
"Onii-sama! I said stop right now!"
Ravel's yell was ignored by Riser who only said "I have to stop the holy human!" and mercilessly launched flames right at him. The boy knew he couldn't take on the flames right head on, so he avoided all of the flame attacks. Jumping around on the ground, the walls, and even the roof, he avoided them all.
"I don't want to fight you, I just want to get past."
He said, just as Riser unleashed one more sphere of flames.
"I'm still going to beat you! Don't even try and escape!"
The boy jumped back, and then upwards, but he noticed that the flames was going for Ravel. Ravel went to stop it, but the boy forced his body off from the roof, shooting like a star, and grabbed Ravel's body, lifting her up, and jumped backwards, avoiding the flaming sphere all together.
Ravel was placed on the ground, looking towards him once more.
"Y-You saved me again...I'm sorry about Onii-sama, he's being an idiot again. Lets just stop, and we can talk."
"I'm sorry, but I have to get back to where I was before. If I don't, then I'll...they might need my help, I have to get to them before they die...please understand that. Also, is it alright if I stop your Onii-sama? He seems to be getting angrier by the second, he needs to calm down. Don't worry, I wont kill him."
Ravel scoffed.
"If you think you can, then go ahead. But be warned, my Onii-sama's never lost a Rating Game on purpose, he's very powerful."
She didn't believe that he could do it.
She believed that Riser was more powerful, and the boy understood.
Even he would think similar things if he was her.
"That's good to know!"
The boy, launched himself forward, and glided through the air, on pure speed. Ravel watched on as Riser controlled the flames in the palm of his hand, and aimed it at the boy. She was worried that someone was going to get hurt.
"Don't even try and hurt my Imouto! I'm sure you're the one who set it up! You've traumatized my Imouto with your pals! And made good with her, by 'saving' her, all so you could gain access here, and kill us all!"
"Those are too many assumptions, please think things through before jumping to conclusions! That's how messes like this start, so I implore you to cease this activity right now, before someone could get hurt, and you almost hurt that blonde haired girl just before with your reckless attack."
"T-That was a mistake! I didn't mean to do that! H-Hush up now! I wont take your words as truth! You're the enemy of us Devils!"
"Actually, I don't mind Devils as a whole, even if I am what I am, I don't mind Devils that have good hearts."
The white haired boy corrected swiftly, but Riser didn't care, and shot off his flames without worry. Due to the speed, he knew that he wouldn't be able to dodge, so the white haired boy threw up a cross before him. He chanted something, and the next moment, Ravel saw a holy barrier be raised between them, blocking the flames, shocking both Ravel and Riser.
"So, he can use holy power...or is that a spell from the Church side…? Is it holy magic from the Angels...could he be an Angel...no, but there's something different about him, I don't even know his name. He's clearly affiliated with the Church...or maybe he used to be...but, he seems strong, he's able to keep Onii-sama on his toes, and I've not seen someone do that before...that's quite amazing."
Ravel couldn't help but think it with a smile on her face.
Ravel then watched as the boy broke through the barrier with his fist, shocking Riser. His flames disappeared from the place he fired, and the boys eyes sharpened on the man that was before him.
With one swift movement, he touched the wall to the side, then propelled himself off the wall right towards Riser like a bullet. The same aura Ravel saw before also came around his body, and Ravel caught it, wondering what it was.
"Sacred Fist!"
Ravel watched on as the boys hand glowed with some holy light. Riser went to pull away, but by doing that, the boys hand went towards Riser's lower body and he couldn't stop, and in the end, the boys fist ended up being embedded into his crotch.
"MY PENIS! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
The agonizing pain of the fist caused him to release tears. The young boy grimaced, landing on the ground with his hand, twirling around and put his feet together, slamming them into Riser's body, propelling him off his feet, and to the back of the wall, his body making a Riser shaped hole.
Ravel, just stared on.
Riser didn't look like he was going to be able to fight. Probably because he received a holy fist to the crotch, that would hurt anyone, even Riser couldn't be immune to that. But more importantly, she saw him take down her brother, and she never thought she'd see anyone do that.
The boy looked at the man on the ground, grimacing.
"Ooh...sorry about that, fire man. Didn't mean to hit you...there. If you're a Phenex, like I think that girl, said, then they'll regrow...right? Or it will heal...I guess that you should go and receive first aid. But this will also teach you to not leap before you look, yes?"
The boy bowed his head, and then rushed off once more.
Ravel blinked, seeing the boy run off, lifted her dress, and once more, ran after him.
But she stopped when she saw Riser on the ground once more.
She grimaced at the sight of the man on the ground and chuckled awkwardly.
"Erm...Onii-sama..."
"Ravel..."
He choked out, but Ravel bowed her head, and ran off towards the boy as well.
As Riser laid on the ground, looking to be in immense pain, a red headed figure walked forward.
She moved forward, and her eyes went towards Riser.
His eyes went upwards in fear, seeing the young red headed girl.
"R-Rias...w-where did you come f-from?"
The young girl, named Rias, raised her head slightly.
"I'm like the wind, Riser. I'm there one second, gone the next. You never know when I'm coming or going, and I have been watching Riser, don't think that I am happy about our engagement if it comes true, because I wont listen to it, and fight it all the way, I wont marry you Riser."
Riser felt freaked out.
She looked down upon him, and he looked up at her, afraid of what was going to happen.
"It seems that you have lost, that's interesting. Maybe this will be a way for me to get out of the engagement that I'm being forced into. You underestimated that young man, didn't you? Maybe I should offer him a place in my peerage. Yes, he'd be cool, and I think he's pretty handsome too. I think we could be good friends, and great peerage friends, if you catch my drift? I was thinking my Knight maybe, or my Pawn's maybe, depending on how powerful he is. Either way, it'll be interesting going forward, wont it?"
Riser didn't like the sound of that.
He couldn't like it, he was rather worried on what Rias was going to do if she got her hands on the boy.
"H-He's my Imouto's, not yours. Y-You can't have him, he belongs to my Imouto."
Riser said it, partly due to fear. If he had to face the boy again...he didn't want to be punched in the crotch. Especially with holy power. He was worried it could happen again. Somehow, he felt slightly afraid of being punched once more with such a power.
"We'll see Riser, we'll see."
Rias growled out while pointing at him menacingly, frightening Riser.
"You can't have him, because he is also someone who my Imouto has decided to take care of, he belongs to the House of Phenex, and I wont listen to your words either, so don't even say anything about it."
"He doesn't belong to you! He can be with anyone he wants to be with! And if that's me, then you wont stop me! I wont listen to this anymore! So, don't even try it, he can decide, if he wants me to be his King, or Ravel...if she's even getting a peerage. Weren't you looking to have her as your Bishop you sicko? I heard it, I heard that you wanted the Imouto type, that's just gross Riser, go and run away or something. That's your own Imouto, what's wrong with you?"
Riser's eyes sharpened on Rias.
"W-Well, she can gain a peerage if she wants, and there's nothing wrong with me." He spoke with a strained smile. "Even if she does, as long as that monster isn't with Rias...I can't handle him. His eyes were too wild, he looked evil, and his eyes looked like blood…."
He mentally cried, developing a slight fear.
Rias rolled her eyes at him, determined to get the young man on her peerage, if only to defeat Riser.
As they spoke, the young boy ran down the stairs, through the corridors, past a few people that didn't try and attack him, which he was glad for. He made it to large doors, and got outside, pushing them open with a good amount of strength.
When he got outside, he was in a different world, entirely.
He looked to the sky, and saw that it wasn't blue or black. The sun didn't look real. It looked artificial. His eyes went around the large courtyard, seeing several people all scattered around. Some had noticed his presence and looked confused.
He didn't care though, looking around while catching his breath.
"This can't be...I'm truly in the Underworld...this is the Underworld, right…? Now how am I supposed to get back..."
He pondered it to himself, but he wasn't close to get any answers.
The young Ravel soon came out of the house though, panting and sweating.
"*Pant* *Pant* D-Don't run s-so fast...I can't keep up if you *Pant* do!"
Ravel bent her body, and began catching her breath. She was sure that he was doing this to give her the biggest workout of her life.
The boy turned towards her, seeing her sweating.
"I'm sorry, I have to get back to the human world...not that I can now..."
"W-Why? W-What's in the human world?"
She panted once more, falling to the ground. He looked towards her, brushing his hair softly.
"The children, I need to go and see if they're...well, they're gone or not."
"Children….? W-What children?"
She didn't understand and the boy didn't blame her for not understanding either. How could she know about it anyway? She didn't know a thing about what was going on.
"I can't...really explain that well right now, but they're important to me...they were, in a situation that they weren't able to escape, and there's several places that...I just need to get back to the human world..."
His eyes went towards Ravel once more. He bent his body down to meet hers, and took her hands within his own. Ravel's face went through several shades of red, she couldn't stop the blush that was on her cheeks.
"W-What are you doing!?"
"I'm sorry for being forward, but please...please take me back to that place. I need to go back to Europe, and see if...see if they're all gone...I only managed to get a few out so I don't know if they are gone or not...please, take me back...I'll do anything...just please..."
Ravel could literally hear the desperation in his voice. She could hear how he truly did want this.
"Why would you want to go back? You almost died, if you go back, you'll most likely die again. It's too dangerous."
Ravel thought that she was being smart.
But the passion within his eyes couldn't be ignored either.
"That's not a consequence I have to deal with right now!" He announced to her shock. "I have to go back, even if there's a thousand waiting for me! Even if it is a million, those children are counting on me to save their lives!"
Ravel was blown away with the conviction, she honestly hadn't heard anyone sound like that before.
"...You're pretty insane, if you die, then I wont be able to thank you."
"You don't have to thank me...this could be your thank you. Just take me to the human world, and then you don't have to worry about me. I can take it from there, I'll be eternally grateful...no, I already am eternally grateful because you have already saved my life once, so thank you. And please...just do me this last favour, please."
Ravel looked on as he practically begged her.
She never thought that anyone would beg her for anything.
But here he was.
If he was, begging a Devil, for some help, then she knew he was desperate.
"...Well, you can't go alone, so I'll accompany you with some of the Devils forces here."
"Wait, you're seriously going to take me?"
He couldn't believe that she was going to do something like that.
Even though they had known one another briefly, he was glad that she was so kind.
"I just said I would, didn't I?" She snapped, but he just smiled. Ravel puffed her cheeks out. "Idiot." She muttered while he simply smiled happily, but then looked back towards the Phenex mansion. "Follow me, and we'll contact some people that could help us, I'll talk to the Maou-sama's personally and see if they can help. As if I am going to let you go and die alone all of a sudden, I still have to think of a way to repay you for saving me. Since it is also the pride of the Phenex within me. Follow me." Ravel turned and began walking. But then she paused, and looked behind her. "By the way, what is your name?"
"Eh, I don't have a name anymore, I abandoned that a while ago. So, call me what you want."
Ravel paused, her eyes blinking in rapid succession.
"Eh? You have abandoned your name? Why?"
"Because it is a reminder of the past, and the past, I'd rather not speak about it. I'm not with the Church anymore, so that's not me anymore. So, call me what you want, I don't mind."
Ravel furrowed her eyebrows, and just walked off.
He cocked his head to the side, then followed after her. All he cared about right now, was getting back to that forest.
Later on, they ended up back in the forest with a few Devils around them, thanks to Ravel asking for some help, other Devils being plotted around the lands, and Ravel insisted on going, even though she was told it was dangerous, she felt compelled to see this through.
He didn't seem to mind all that much about the powerful Devils being around him which surprised Ravel. She knew if she was around a bunch of the enemies, then she'd be nervous right now.
The boy could tell that the Devils that were with Ravel, weren't no laughing joke. They felt strong, stronger than he was. Then again, she was a Princess of the Phenex clan, as far as he could tell, so she would have to be protected no matter what.
"So, which way shall we be going? Even though this is a Devils land, we've been having trouble locating this facility."
Ravel asked with interest, but he held a sheepish smile on his face, rubbing the back of his head.
"Eh, it's too dangerous, you guys stay here. You have to have a certain spell to locate it, it is covered in strong magic's and hidden, I learned how to find it through a lot of hard work."
The boy said it swiftly, and went to leave, but Ravel grabbed his sleeve and pulled him backwards.
"I don't think so, I didn't come here for nothing. You're not wandering off from my sight. Besides you're still injured, you wont be able to properly defend yourself if you come across those Exorcists again."
"I'll be alright, don't worry, I've got some hidden tactics for such people, and those people can't be considered Exorcists, they're scum of the worst kind."
Ravel stood there, unmoving.
"I'm not allowing you to go on your own. I'm coming, so there."
"It might involve killing, and no offence Princess but it doesn't seem like you're prepared for that. I saw your face the last time, it was probably the first time you saw a death before you, right? Don't worry, you've done your debt to me, I can take it from here. So, thanks again and we'll go our separate ways."
The boy bowed his head in thanks, and then began running up the snowy hill. As he did, Ravel saw that he activated a magical spell, and the world around them slowly began to shift into a different place. Though it remained largely the same, Ravel noticed that something was phasing in and out of existence, on top of the hill, shocking her.
Ravel inhaled a breath, then turned to the guards.
"He's so stubborn, but he'll catch his death this way. Everyone, please escort me and follow that young boy."
[Yes Ravel-sama!]
Responding to Ravel, the guards escorted Ravel up the snowy hill.
The boy rushed up the hill, remembering every place that he went during the first time he escaped. He saw some of the damage that were on trees at the time that he ran away from the facility. He also could see the facility at a distance, well hidden, but he could see it all the same.
The boy took out his light sword just in case, and continued running. He knew that Ravel and the others were following and he couldn't do anything about that. All he could do was finish this off quickly, he didn't want to involve others in his problems.
Once getting to the top of the area, he was slightly surprised that there was no resistance until then. Before him, there was a large structure. It was easily five stories high, and had very large doors. He remembered when he escaped this place.
"Well, time to go inside, and hope..."
He murmured to himself, moving forward.
Carefully approaching the door, he made sure that he was being careful. Getting to the door, he opened it with caution...but, once again, nothing was there.
He saw that the facility, had been emptied.
He inhaled a breath, feeling a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach. He moved through the facility, it was an open area with different cells all the way around the area, doorways that had been empty. It also looked cleaned, not how he remembered it.
"Has it been abandoned…?"
He thought to himself, moving ever forward.
He moved towards the back of the room, and turned to the left. He saw a set of stairs, and also a room that he remembered all too well. It was the room that he had been kept in. Without missing a beat, he walked into the room.
Once again, it was completely empty.
There wasn't even a bed, it just looked simply gone.
Like it had been stripped of everything.
He continued to look around the small room, until his eyes caught sight of a ribbon. It was a red ribbon with a name written on it. Even though it was well hidden, between the small crack in the wall, he managed to see it, and got it out by using his fingernails.
As he held the ribbon in his hand, Ravel rounded the corner, and saw the forlorn expression on his face.
"What kind of place is this? It was even hidden by magic, someone went out of their way to hide this."
Ravel asked curiously, causing the boy to turn around and sigh openly.
"It's a facility were experiments were run." He revealed sadly. "People with special talent, and Sacred Gear's and other things were brought here, and used by a sadist."
He looked down at the ribbon.
Ravel however, caught what he said.
"So, you're a person with a special talent or Sacred Gear?"
The boy began chuckling to himself to her surprise.
"I suppose I could be considered like that." His eyes ran across the ribbon once more, smiling softly to himself. "I wasn't even supposed to be here. The people here, were orphans and the likes, therefore, brought here to be experimented on for a reason...well, I suppose it doesn't matter."
Ravel walked into the room, her eyes scanning the room. It was so small, it barely could fit two adults inside of it.
"What do you mean, you weren't supposed to be here?"
"I chose to come here on my own volition." The boy held up the ribbon in his hand. "This, belonged to someone important to me."
"Belonged...s-so, that person is..."
"Deceased?" Ravel nodded, but the boy shrugged. "Couldn't tell you. I don't think so though, I hope not. They must have moved, when I was, gone, for however long it was, maybe because they couldn't find a body, they were worried I'd tell everyone about this, so they simply moved locations to continue on. You see, this person, I had met several times while performing my duties as an Exorcist...former I should say now, when I heard that this place took my friend...I asked the Church if I could come and save them...but, they didn't have enough evidence and couldn't risk sending anyone to a wild goose-chase, but I knew that it was something and knew that my friend wouldn't disappear needlessly...so, I came on my own and tried my best...to save my friend but...I could only liberate a few who they were going to dispose of..."
Ravel watched on as the boys eyes began leaking some tears.
He rubbed under his eyes, and muttered "Sorry for making you feel uncomfortable." but Ravel shook her head.
"You don't have to apologize to me...it's only natural to cry about such an event..."
For some reason, even her own eyes began leaking some tears.
She didn't fully understand, but she did understand that some business that went on there wasn't the right way to go about it.
She walked forward, and sat down facing the young boy. His red eyes went towards Ravel's own eyes, and she cocked her head to the side curiously.
"So...you tried to help these people...but you nearly died...what a thing. I don't think I've ever heard of something so selfless before, and I saw your wounds, you didn't do it for glory or anything, you nearly died saving these children while doing it without the support of others...to those children, you probably are a hero."
Even though she said that, he didn't feel like one.
No, he felt the opposite of one.
"Yeah...a hero who couldn't save everyone, I don't even know if those children that I saved got away alright. I just have to hope, and look and make sure that they were safe..." He looked down at the ribbon in his hand, nodding to himself. "However, my mission isn't complete yet." He allowed the ribbon to go through his hair, and he tied it to the back of his hair through his hair. "I'm going to go and find where this man is, and liberate all of them, and if I can't liberate them due to being deceased, then I'll get their salvation somehow." He looked towards Ravel once more, and offered a smile. "Thank you, for saving my life, you gave me another chance to bring justice to these people, so I am eternally grateful. If you ever need me, call me, and I'll repay you for saving my life, I take those things seriously."
Ravel adopted a rather kind smile, something about his manly face right now, reminded her of the heroes in her old story books, along with his tale, which she completely believed, she could tell by how his eyes never wavered, how his tears were real, and how he looked right at her, and his tone of voice, she could just tell that he didn't lie about anything, and in her eyes, she saw him as a genuine hero.
"So, you're going to dedicate your life to revenge?"
"I'm dedicating my life to salvation and justice, not revenge. Getting revenge doesn't solve everything or really anything, getting justice, allows others to move on, and I'll never be consumed by my own anger for these children, it would be counterproductive. It leaves you feeling, empty and I'd rather not feel empty if I can help it." He patted his face. "No sadness now." He muttered to himself, and looked to the door. "Right, I'm gonna leave you too it then, I think you should go back to the Underworld, just in case these people haven't left, and are in hiding though that seems unlikely, just in case they come back anyway."
Ravel watched as he walked towards the door.
She couldn't just let him leave.
She didn't know why. Whether she felt sorry for him, or felt gratitude for him saving her life, she didn't know. But all she knew was, that she couldn't just let him walk away suddenly.
"Wait, the lights."
The boy stopped in his tracks.
"Lights?"
Ravel nodded.
"The original reason I came here. My Onii-sama's told me that there were special lights during a part of the day that make it seem like a rainbow up here. Since this is a Devils territory after all, and this facility is also on Devils land, we'll have to secure this place." Ravel's eyes went towards the boy. "Or anything that is inside here, including any of its secrets." Ravel coughed into her hand. "Which means, clues on where they might have went if they had left anything behind, or data on people that were stored here. If they left in a hurry, they might have forgot to collect everything. It is amazing that the Devils didn't even notice this structure here even though we Devils own this place, and to hide it with magic as well, someone went far to hide themselves here. To even hide it from the higher up Devils, this person or whoever did it, must have had immense skills in the use of magic and other techniques."
"It was hard enough for me to find it on my own and it took all of the resources I had, along with basically having knowledge of such a thing existing. If you didn't know, then it would be highly difficult to say the least. I ended up advertising myself in a very good way so they would want me in the program….wait, you said you'd give me the data?"
Ravel shrugged her shoulders.
"It's no use to us Devils, not really, we'll also look over the data of course. I don't see it as a problem, since you led us here, you at least first have access to everything that was here. We are shutting down a place of the Church in a Devils land, so it is a win for us as well."
"Aah! Thanks very much! Geez, you keep helping me out-"
"Well, it is only myself repaying you for saving my life, so come with me, the lights should start in about an hour. The sun has to be at a certain place, at the time of the day, and it reflects the crystals that are high up, and then it shines a brilliant light. How about, we go and see that? After what you've just told me, it seems like you need a break, and Maou-sama knows that I am not coming here twice and not seeing them, so come with me."
The boy looked on, but he didn't have a reason to rush right now.
He had been out for a while, and exploring could wait.
So he nodded his head.
"Sure, I could do that for a little while."
The young girl nodded her head, and together, they left the facility. But the boy looked behind him, feeling as if a chapter of his life was being closed once more, and it caused him to feel, complicated all the same.
Sitting on the cliff, Ravel and the boy overlooked a formation of crystals up high. Some Devils stood nearby to protect Ravel, but she didn't feel any danger right now. Ravel though kept looking back at the young boy, seeing that he was deep in thought.
She wondered why she even cared. It shouldn't matter to her, but something about his story made her feel sorry for him. And she knew that it was a doctored version of events. She had already seen how he killed people while defending her, so he definitely had something to hide.
"B-By the way, I have to ask you something."
Ravel began with a nervous step.
The boys eyes turned towards her.
"Sure, what is it?"
"It's about...I mean, what do you intend to do now? You said something about not going back to the Church."
Upon her saying that, he fell backwards, his arms raised above his head, and then he cupped the back of his head. He looked peaceful, as he stared into the sky.
"You're right, I can't go back to the Church. We left...not on the best terms. I basically threw that life away and became a rouge warrior I suppose. I've heard that strays like myself join the Grigori, but I don't know yet. I might travel around for a while, and see the world. I always wanted to see something of this world."
"So, you're going to be travelling huh..."
The young boy looked on towards Ravel, his eyes going towards her own eyes.
"Probably, might even become a mercenary or something to pay for things. Need to make money somehow. I'm sure with my training at the Church, I can become an ordinary mercenary. Maybe even a bodyguard or something, protect people that need it for some money."
"Protecting people, a hired help huh..." Ravel's eyes slowly turned towards the boy after briefly looking at the sky. "How about, I hire you to protect me?"
"Eh?"
He looked on at her with confusion, but Ravel clapped her hands together.
"Yes, you can become my bodyguard, how about that?"
He looked at her, still in a state of perplexity.
"W...Why would you want my services? You've clearly got stronger people than me to protect you from any danger. Sure, the last batch got killed off, sorry about that, but these Devils behind me feel like they're quite powerful to say the least, and we hardly know one another, why would you go out of your way for someone like me?"
Ravel furrowed her eyebrows, as he sat up. Her eyes and his eyes met one another, blue meeting red and they blended together briefly.
"I don't have to explain my reasoning's to you. All I have to say is that I am hiring you to protect me if anything comes for me. That's what bodyguards do, right? They protect people. A hired help also has to do what the boss, or rather, the employer like me, says, yes?"
"That's generally how it works yeah. But, you want to hire me...why exactly? I've not even decided if I want to become a bodyguard yet, I was just throwing around suggestions, and we've not known one another long anyway. My main priority is to find the people that did all of this."
"Then, I see this is perfect. I've already seen you're capable, you saved my life a bunch of times. So, you'll just have to do it again if I'm in a bind, wont you?"
"Do you plan to get yourself into danger?"
"N-No!" Ravel yelled, her cheeks puffing out adorably. "I-I'm giving you a job here! You've not got anywhere else to go, right? You'll have nowhere else to go, and this way, you could continue searching while having a place to live and sleep. All you'd have to do is do as I ask, and you'll get paid."
"No, no, I'm sorry but I don't understand. Didn't you hear the part where I told you that I'm an Exorcist?"
"I did, but you're not. If you were an Exorcist, then it would be impossible, but you're not an Exorcist anymore, you have no allegiance to the Church, you're simply a human at this point, and humans that hold no connections to the Church can be sort out by Devils. We Devils do contracts with humans all the time, where we do something for them and they pay us. This is the reverse of that. You do something's for me, and I pay you. I don't see what's wrong with the arrangement, you're just being stubborn. If Rias-sama can have her Fallen Angel hybrid, I also want to have a human as well that hangs around with me, and even if we have just met, this can be a trial, and see what is going on and then we can continue from there."
The young boy began chuckling, and moved closer to the red faced Ravel, almost teasingly. His eyes dangled on her own, and then he poked her puffed out cheek, making her eyes narrow towards him.
"You couldn't be feeling sorry for me, could you?"
"W-Wha? No, why would I?"
"Because of the story I told you, you don't have to feel sorry for me. I've never been a victim my entire life, and I don't plan to start now. I don't want charity or anything-"
"This isn't charity, this is a job. If you don't want it, then that's fine, I'll find someone else, I was just offering it someone capable. After all, I'll need protection until I'm old enough, right? Also, having someone my own age who took down my Onii-sama could come in handy as well."
"I only paused your Onii-sama, because of holy power, he has a good grade of power inside of him, so it could have gone either way, I just did an attack weak to Devils...and males."
Ravel snorted, thinking about where the boy punched Riser, then grimaced at how much that must have hurt.
"Well, even then, I've seen how strong you are. Besides, it isn't everyday that a guy has a Sacred Gear that can use holy power."
The boy chuckled slightly at her, she looked on with perplexity.
"You think my Sacred Gear has anything to do with holy power? Or if I have one at all?"
"Well, you used your holy power, so I think I'm right."
Ravel was assuring herself that was what it was.
But the smile of the boy told different.
"That wasn't a Sacred Gear, it was just an ability I learned while in the Church, comes in handy when I am dealing with the enemies that are Devils and Vampire's and such, you know? No, I've got something else that does something, interesting I'd say." The boy released a chortle. But then he looked towards Ravel seriously. "You...seemed lonely when you were talking about this Rias having a friend Fallen Angel."
Ravel tossed her head to the side.
"W-Well, that's neither here nor there, I'm not lonely."
"I see, I think you're lying, I can tell by the stutter in your voice, and how down your tone is as well as the way you averted your eyes, training in the Church allows me to see the subtle movements of people, and being able to read emotions on someone can mean the difference between life and death, so seeing you, I can tell you're lying. You don't have many friends do you?"
"T-That's not your business! I-It isn't like they don't hang around me because of my status or anything..."
Ravel snapped, but he pointed towards himself.
"I don't have many friends either...well, now if those people from the facility are gone... I'm batting a probable zero as well. Since leaving the Church, that girl's probably truly pissed at me, the next time we see one another, we'll probably be enemies..." A serious aura surrounded the young boy, as Ravel looked on. "So, me, a former Exorcist, protecting a Devil who happens to be the Princess of the Phenex Clan. Well, my life keeps going in different directions, so, I don't see why not." Ravel's eyes lit up ever so slightly. "So, I was thinking about ten thousand up front."
"Gak!" Ravel did a spit take, as he laughed. "Ten thousand! You're so confident aren't you!?"
"Hahaha, geez, relax Ojou-sama~"
Ravel hummed to herself with aggravation, but then simmered down.
"W-Well, either way, we'll work out arrangements later. But...hmph, if you're my bodyguard, there's things you'll have to accept."
"I'm sure that I will. I accepted a lot with my time during the Church, so I can accept a Princess' thoughts as well."
Ravel's serious face then turned to less serious, and soon she broke out into a small smile.#
"Good, so the lights shall be starting soon, and...I don't even know what to call you. Tell me your name."
"I told you to come up with one, I don't want to be known by my former name."
"Coming up with a name...y-you're okay with me doing that? Shouldn't it be your decision?"
"Naaah, I'm not good with that, I'll leave it to my new employer. Besides, no one in life decides what they're named, at least when they're born, I'm being born into a different world, so it is only right for someone else to change my name. Besides, I suck at coming up with new names, it probably would end up bad like, I don't know, Tiger Festival or something, sounds cool to me."
"Haha, that is pretty bad~ Okay, I'll think of something, better."
Ravel hummed to herself, and looked around.
She looked at the crystals, and she looked at the ground, where she saw snow.
She ran her fingers across the snow, and then looked at the boys hair once more. She continued looking on, then she adopted a small smile.
"Yuki."
"Y-Yuki?"
She nodded.
"Rias-sama told me about it that people can be called that. Yuki in Japanese means snow. I dunno why, but you look like a Yuki, it's a unisex name so I like it. It sounds nice, your hair is as white as snow, and we met while it was snowing. I'll think of a last name later, maybe something to do with crimson or something, like I saw the snow turn with your...erm, your blood. But for now, you'll be called Yuki.. If you don't like it, blame Rias-sama, she's got me interested in Japanese culture as of late. So, you have to be called that."
The boy, chortled, looking at his hands, then tightened them.
"Yuki huh, that sounds good. I like it. Yuki...yeah, I like it. I used to know a girl that was Japanese so that's good. Yes, I'll be known as Yuki, that's great. Thank you Ojou-sama, you've come through again!"
Ravel scratched her cheek, turning her head to the side.
"W-Well, good. You don't have to keep thanking me...you saved my life after all...idiot."
Yuki turned towards her, and chuckled softly as he poked her cheek. She pouted, but he chuckled even more.
"You truly will be fun to tease, huh."
"Don't you dare tease me!"
Ravel snapped back, but he continued to laugh.
Soon, the lights came back on, seeing the sun light hitting the crystal. Ravel and Yuki sat together, and watched the lights together.
As they did, Ravel gained a curious look to the snow, and picked it up in her hand.
She looked towards the boy, and then looked at the snow in her hand.
She figured, she'd be a kid for once, she never really got the chance to do so.
She formed it into a ball, and turned to Yuki, who nailed her in the face with a snow ball.
"Iyaaaa!"
She cried out, but then he threw another.
"Hehe, saw that coming a mile away Ojou-sama~"
He chuckled out happily.
"I see, so humans do it that way, do they? I'll just have to show my skills!"
But then Ravel charged him, and forced snow in his face.
The pair began then getting into a snowball fight as the rays of light shined beautifully behind them, the pair of children laughed together happily.
Somehow, a friendship had been formed between a Devil Princess, and a former Exorcist.
How that happened, was their own doing.
Even from different worlds, it didn't seem to matter right now.
End chapter!
So, yeah, that's the end of it! Here we go, with the story of how Yuki met Ravel, with this coming out on top, though I have to say that it was very close with one other story but it seemed like it was edged out by a few vote, so yeah~
More about Yuki's past shall be elaborated upon, as well as his powers, what he might have, Sacred Gear's, and what he could do and such. And if you are wondering and didn't see the poll/vote, yes he'll be joining Ravel's peerage as her Queen! Unlike how some other stories do it, the OC actually will want to join her peerage (when she gets it) not be reincarnated without a choice, if not only to protect her as he'll grow to care about her more than just a contract between them.
And speaking of her peerage, and who's gonna be in it, well, that's were you all come in! Yup, you all can have a say who's gonna be in the peerage. Though I'll be sticking to characters from the story of High School DXD, doesn't matter if they're in other peerages or what not, I've got plans for most. For right now, the only confirmed member is Yuki himself. Though for myself, I am thinking about female Gasper, for what Gasper becomes in the future (wont spoil it for people who haven't seen the spoilers), Koneko somewhat for the rivalry between Ravel and Koneko, and how that dynamic would go due to Ravel being her King even throwing Gasper into the mix there, and Xenovia, one for her holy sword, for two, it's Xenovia and I quite like her. Even Irina could be a choice too, despite being childhood friends with Ise, she doesn't have to be, fanfiction is a wonderful thing after all. Rossweisse or Le Fay could be one, magic users and all. Even Asia as well for the healer, or maybe having Le Fay have a healing Sacred Gear, or magic or something~ It could be pretty much anyone in the series, those are just some thoughts from the top of my head.
Of course Ravel will need some strong peerage members with strong powers/Sacred Gear's and other things, keeping in mind that any female peerage member she has, will be in Yuki's harem.
But, yeah, leave your own opinions, I'll start posting harem and peerage lists next chapter once I have some idea on who people want and build stories around that, and see you next time, thanks for reading!