Chapter 1
The Start of a New Journey!
Faithful Beginning of Boy and Girl!
"That boy...He is mine to kill."
-Raynare, A Fallen Angel
From the beginning, he was was able to see everything and anything. His eyes were not normal. They would normally be chocolate brown, but at times, they would change.
He knew how to do kendo. He was perhaps the best of Kuoh Academy at kendo, with the girls even allowing him to practice with them. He was not a pervert, in fact, he was pretty stoic and showed no signs of lecherous intent.
But there was only one thing wrong about him that anyone would notice from him.
He trained as if he were going to war.
Every time someone would see him outside of class, he was training. Outside of his house? Training. His hobby? Training. What does he do on his free time? Train.
Literally all there is in his head is, "Train, train, train, fight, eat, sleep, train, train, train," repeat.
Anyone that looked at him can tell that he was lonely.
But did he care if he was?
Not at all.
This was a tale of unspoken fate, love, and adventure. A tale full of tragedy. When the Reality with unravel, and the useless Ideals that many people once had were shattered, and it was an Infinite Possibility. To shatter those Ideals, to make those Ideals become a Dream. And make that Dream, become a Reality.
This was the tale of a Swordsman. A man whose life had started with a fateful meeting with a girl.
This tale, was about a boy.
A boy, named Hyoudou Issei.
Break
10 years ago
Kuoh Orphanage
Kuoh, Japan
A young boy sat alone an a swing, rocking back and forth gently. His head was lowered, as his eyes were dull. His chocolate brown hair waved in the wind, as his brown eyes stared at the grass. He had a plain gray shirt on him that was dark grey. His small trousers were too big on him, and he constantly had to pull them up, and his shoes. They were possibly the dirtiest that you can ever find. They used to be white, but now there were a mix of brown and green from the grass.
Everyone avoided him, stepping in a long 3 meter radius around him, and the young boy was not oblivious to that. In fact, he was alone his entire life. He was nothing. Everyone knew him. But no one knew him.
He was an orphan.
He lived alone at the orphanage, no one, including the adults, wanted anything to deal with him.
Except for one.
Anyway, he was practically alone. All he ever did was spend time alone, pondering about what there was to live for.
He heard whispering from the civilians of Kuoh.
"That boy? Don't talk to him. Don't associate with him."
He looked up to see a young girl staring at him in wonder. And a man that was trying to urge her away.
The young girl looked at him, their eyes locking, before she was forced to look away by her father.
"I told you. Don't look at him."
The father and daughter walked away, and the young boy was left alone once again.
He sighed as he got off the swing, and everyone parted for him.
It was like he was a Tyrant, with everyone looking at him with disgust and fear. Even the young boy himself didn't know why everyone looked at him in fear. Must be something with his...past with Kuoh.
He walked back to the orphanage alone. And when he reached there, the other children moved away from him.
Even the adults ignored him and favored other orphans. But as it was said earlier, only one liked him at the orphanage.
He went into his room, and said. "I'm back Griselda."
Griselda Quarta, a sister of the Church. She in her late 20's, with blue eyes, and looked to be from Northern Europe. She was at the height of about 5 feet and 8 inches, much taller than the young boy that was isolated in society.
"Welcome back Issei."
Griselda was also the one that spent the most time around Issei. In fact, she was the only one to spend time around him.
"There was a girl." Issei said, his voice void of emotion. "She looked like she wanted to talk to me. But her father wouldn't allow her..."
Griselda sighed. "Issei, you know that it is bound to happen. After all, your reputation due to what happened when you were born..."
"Yes. I know." Issei said. "I know what happened to them."
Griselda frowned at him. "I just wish that you could live a normal life."
"Well. Too late." Issei growled at Griselda. "Maybe if you had taken me to another country due to your job, then I would've been able to have a normal life."
Griselda sighed, her eyes closing. "Did you catch the girl's name?"
Issei shook his head. "No."
Griselda smiled at Issei. "Don't fret over it. This place is a small world. You will meet her once again in the future."
True to Griselda's words, the next day. It was the same thing.
I mean, the same girl that went up to Issei.
Her hair was a chestnut color, her violet eyes peering at Issei with curiosity. Curiosity on why he was so lonely. Why no one in Kuoh seemed to like him. Why he looked so...vulnerable underneath that expression that shouldn't be on someone so young.
"Hi there."
The chesnut haired girl said to him.
Issei's dull eyes look at the young girl.
"Didn't your father tell you to not talk to me?"
The young girl smiled at him. "I couldn't help it. You just looked so lonely. Do you not have any friends?"
"...friends?" Issei asked, wondering what the word "friend" meant. "What is that?"
"A friend is someone that you can spend time with and be happy! Friends do something called, 'shopping' together!" the young girl said. "A friend is also someone you can talk with."
"Be happy..." Issei muttered. Issei turned his eyes toward the young girl. "Can you be my friend?"
"Friend?" The young girl blinked. "I can't be your friend if you don't know my name!"
"Your name...?" Issei asked. "You would give me your name?"
"Yup~! My name is Irina Shidou, an Exorcist in training!"
And that was the faithful meeting of boy and girl.
Break
Present
Kuoh Academy
Kuoh, Japan
Hyoudou Issei was a common name to hear around in Kuoh Academy.
After all, who would not hear the name of their beloved "Swordsman of Kuoh"?
Or about his past... Hyoudou Issei was not a common name to hear in the past, but let us focus on the present and future.
It was just a regular day at Kuoh Academy. With the skies blue, the clouds nowhere to be seen, all was peaceful.
"Kya!"
Well, at least, it used to be peaceful.
"Hentai! Perverts!"
Loud choruses of screams echoed, as two students zipped right past other students. What were their names? Oh, they were the Perverted Duo. Matsuda and Motohama.
Matsuda's nicknames are "Perverted Baldy" and "Sexual Harassment Paparazzi". Matsuda is a former jock and school sports star. He is a member of the Photo Club. However, what did he take photos of? Most likely upskirts of girls. That, and he was a self-proclaimed loli-con.
Motohama has the ability to calculate a female's body measurements just by looking, which earned him nicknames such as "Perverted Glasses" and "Three Sizes Scouter".
How were they not kicked out yet?
Who knows.
Anyway, the two perverts were running away from a group of red-faced girls that looked pissed. They were wielding their shinai, as they charged after the perverts.
"At least we got to see Murayama's boobs!" Matsuda said, giving a thumbs up.
"And Katase's legs!" Motohama said, with stars in his eyes.
"Disgusting!" The girls in question shouted at them.
Murayama had brown hair and hazel eyes, while Katase had pinkish hair with magenta eyes.
And both of them were apart of the Kendo club, which the Perverted Duo had peeked on while they were changing.
Only for all of them to stop, including the Perverted Duo, due to who stepped in their path.
He was walking alone, hands in his pockets. His chocolate brown hair moved with the wind, as his eyes were the same shade as his hair. He was lean, but not too scrawny, but also not too bulky. He was about 6 feet tall, taller than most of the average students.
He wore the standard male Kuoh Academy uniform, which consisted of a black blazer with white accents over a white, long-sleeved button-down shirt with vertical linings, a black ribbon on the collar, matching black pants, and brown dress shoes. He had a long black case with him, about 168 centimeters long, with a strap across his torso so he didn't have to carry it. His bag for school, on the other hand, was slung over his shoulder.
He tilted his head toward the group, and Matsuda and Motohama recoiled, taking a few steps back. The look in his eyes were cold, before it quickly shifted to fake mirth. He smiled at the group of Kendo girls, and waved at them, making them all sigh in bliss, blushes on their cheeks. Before he started to walk toward them, making all of the girls freak out, and start to fix their hair, and try to look at their best.
As he stepped past the Perverted Duo, he whispered softly. "You perverts owe me."
The scrambled away, and as the girls attempted to chase after them, they were stopped by his blinding smile. "Good day today, huh girls?"
They stuttered, and only Murayama and Katase were able to bring up responses as they spent a lot of time around the unknown male.
"Good afternoon Issei." Katase greeted.
The now identified Hyoudou Issei smirked at Murayama's annoyed look.
"Why did you allow the perverts to go?" Murayama asked, her tone of voice giving off her annoyance.
Issei shrugged. "Well...I just wanted to chat with you guys. Think we can go to the dojo? I would like to spar."
Murayama widened her eyes. "But you can already beat all of us while you are going easy!"
Issei shrugged. "Does it matter? Why don't we take it over there?"
And so they began to walk to the kendo dojo, with all of the Kuoh Academy students making way for the Swordsman of Kuoh and the Kendo girls that were following in his shadow. His brown eyes traced over the students, before focusing in front of him.
He sighed as they finally reached the large wooden doors, before pushing them open.
He was welcomed by the familiar polished wooden floor, protective gear lining the walls, and shinai and bokken lining up the walls.
He breathed in the smell, as creepy as it sounded.
He set down his bag, and his case on the floor by the door. He then said to the girls, "Excuse me. I need to change."
A few minutes later, he stepped out wearing a grey zippered, high-collared, short-sleeved shirt and blue wrist warmers. A purple rope belt was wrapped around his waist. However, he zipped down the shirt so that when he pulled his arms out of the shirt, it simply fell downwards, but was around his waist still.
Most of the girls drooled at the sight of his toned chest and abs, chiseled and looking like rock.
His opened up the black case, and in there, was a single bokken. He lifted it out of the case, and his arms rippled.
He looked at Murayama. "Spar with me."
She nervously picked up her shinai and pointed at him. "Why aren't you wearing any gear?"
Indeed, while all of the kendo girls were wearing gear to protect themselves from being hurt, Issei was completely bare. He shrugged at them. "I don't need it. Not like any of you can land a hit on me anyways."
He and Murayama stood apart from each other. Murayama took a stand stance, and held her sword in front of her with both hands, pointed at Issei's head.
Meanwhile, Issei took on a completely different stance. He turned sideways, and held his sword behind him, his grip relaxed, as his sword nearly touched the ground. His brown eyes looked at Murayama's hazel ones.
"Start!" Katase said, and they dashed at each other.
Issei's eyes narrowed as Murayama's shinai sliced at his head. He tilted his head to the side as the wooden sword flew past his head. Issei had the advantage, as his sword was much longer than Murayama's, and expertly pushed Murayama outside of his sword's blade. While Murayama's blade was only about 107 centimeters long, Issei's was at a much greater 168 centimeters long, at about 5.5 feet while Murayama's was about 3.5 feet long.
Issei's wrist twisted expertly, as Murayama rose her sword up to block Issei's strike. That was her mistake. She should've dodged it or parried, instead of blocking. Due to her blocking, she was forced to take all of Issei's physical strength. Issei easily overpowered Murayama, and the tip of his sword tapped her helmet.
"I win."
Issei smirked at Murayama.
She sighed. "I can never manage to beat you."
Issei shrugged. "It can't be helped. I practice daily."
"So do I!"
"I mean, I practice daily harder than you."
Murayama gained a tick mark on her head. "What do you mean that you practice harder than us?"
Issei sighed as he looked at her. "You guys practice by sparring. Sparring only hones your skills against people that don't aim to kill."
Murayama got confused, and Issei sighed.
"I'll strike at you seriously. I'll give you ten seconds to try to land a strike on me. I won't move anything but my arm. However, after those ten seconds are over, I will strike at you for two seconds. However, I can move any body part in the two seconds."
Murayama widened her eyes. Before narrowing them. It was as if Issei was mocking her skills with the sword.
She adored and admired Issei. But there are times where he pissed her off for no reason.
She nodded, and both of them got into a ready position, and Katase was once again, the referee.
"Start!" Katase swung her hands down, and Murayama dashed forward.
"One." Issei whispered softly. That was how long Murayama took to reach him. She swung at his right, and he spun his sword arm around, her shinai bouncing off of his bokken.
"Two." Murayama stepped backwards, her shinai going at a feint, but Issei knew it was a feint. A fake to the strike to the head, but really twisted her wrist to strike at his shoulder when he moved his arm to block. Not deadly when using wooden swords, but in a real fight with real sharp blades...it would've amputated his arm from the shoulder down.
"Three."
Issei deflected her blow, and his wrist flipped his sword into a reverse grip, and the tip of the blade struck against the flat of her shinai. Her shinai was knocked aside, and Issei flipped the grip around, once again holding it in a typical sword grip. True to Issei's words, he did not turn, and only his head twisted to look at her and his sword arm was held at ready.
"Four."
'How do I deal with Issei? His guard is too strong. And I only have six more seconds. Once the six seconds are over, I'll be utterly destroyed by Issei. There's no way I can defend against his attacks.'
"Five."
'Fuck another second passed. What the hell do I do? What can I do? Hes basically like an immortal. Impossible to beat. He is able to read my every move. And no one has ever been able to read my feints before, and he did it effortlessly. I can feel that he isn't even taking me seriously yet.'
"Six."
Murayama had her energy restored. By a single thought.
'No one is immortal!'
She dashed forward, her shinai moving quickly.
She didn't know it was possible for wood to make sparks. Which it wasn't. She didn't know how many times she struck in that single second, but she knew that it was more than once at least.
"Ten."
Wait...four seconds have passed?
Confusion over washed her, just as Issei had started his onslaught on her.
"One." Issei started his count, and his sword flashed quickly. Was it possible for one's arm to move that quick. She miraculously counted 16 hits on her shinai when she used it to block. Was 16 strikes in a single second even possible?
"Two." His onslaught stopped, and when it did, her shinai broke into pieces.
Issei blinked, before saying blankly. "Oops."
"Sixteen strikes..." The girls of the Kendo club said, awed.
Murayama grabbed Issei by the shoulders and shook him. "How the hell do you strike 16 times in a single second?"
Sadly, it did not have the same effect on Issei as it did on other Anime characters.
"Well..." Issei said, as he looked at his right arm. "I kind of like, dislocated my shoulder doing that many strikes." To prove his point, he moved his shoulder, and a pop sound was heard, as well as a few quiet cracks.
"Yup...dislocated."
The Kendo girls sighed.
Before the bell rang.
"Sorry girls, but that's the end of lunch. I have to go to class now. I'll see you girls later." He waved at them, and left the dojo.
The girls were left to think about Issei's body, as they were no longer seeing it.
But Murayama was suspicious. No human can ever swing 16 times in a single second.
Break
Issei stood at a bridge, watching the sunset. His brown eyes traced the horizon, as the world was bathed in golden colors.
He sighed as he leaned on the railing.
Only for him to hear footsteps.
He turned around, to see a beautiful young woman at the age of 18, with chestnut hair and violet eyes. Her hair is usually tied into twintails, each held with a blue scrunchy. She was about 5 feet 4 inches tall, and wore the Kuoh Academy female student uniform, which consisted of a white long-sleeved, button-down shirt with vertical linings, a black ribbon on the collar, a black shoulder cape and matching button-down corset, and a magenta skirt with white accents.
"You're late. Irina."
Irina Shidou, a girl of Kuoh Academy. Though she may not seem like it, she was an exorcist from the Vatican church, and a Christian. She wielded...a true holy sword, and her violet eyes looked at Issei's brown eyes.
"Well, I'm sorry." Irina's voice chirped, and it sounded like music
Issei sighed at her. "What were you doing to make you..." the male took out his phone, and checked the time. "About 2 hours late."
"I was...well..." Irina sighed. "I was getting bad grades again. I hadn't had time to study due to all of my exorcisms. So my grades started to slip, and the Council President gave me a long lecture."
"It took 2 hours for her to give you a lecture?"
"Mhm." Irina nodded. It looked like a child being scolded, and the child just nodding to get out of the lecture.
"You do know that Souna Shitori is really a Devil, correct?" Issei said, his brown eyes looking at her.
"Um, no. Her malice intent is definitely not visible." Irina said sarcastically.
Issei rolled his eyes.
Before narrowing them.
"We have company Irina."
His brown eyes shifted, and they became red. Three black tomoe were surrounding a black pupil in the middle. Both of his eyes became these daunting, but equally beautiful eyes. He reached from his case, and brought up his bokken.
But a simple flash of his eyes, and the wooden sword suddenly became a deadly chokuto, with no hilt. The grip was large, extending past Issei's two hands. Issei looked around at his surroundings, as his eyes scanned his surroundings.
Before his eyes passed over a dark section.
And his eyes shot back at it.
"Right over there!"
He dashed forward, his cokuto flashing through the air.
Only for the clang of metal on metal.
Issei jumped back, landing where he just was.
"Interesting. I guess the reports weren't wrong about you at all."
A young woman wearing a school uniform, which consisted of a dark red jacket with the letter "P" embroidered in gold, a white undershirt, a red bow, and a green skirt with a thin white strip around the lower end of it.
"I guess this approach didn't work at all, since you can obviously sense my Fallen Angel presence."
Her clothing shredded, revealing her nude body for mere seconds, before clothing started to appear.
She grew taller, taking on a more mature appearance, and her eyes changed, taking on a darker, more evil look. Her clothing also changed dramatically, now consisting of black, strap-like objects, resembling leather, around and under her breasts, a thong-like piece held around her hips by three thin straps, gloves that run right up her arms with small lengths of chains hanging from them, shoulder guard-like objects on her shoulders with three large spikes sprouting from her right shoulder, and black thigh-high heel boots.
"Are you into S&M or something?" Issei said disgusted. "I mean look at your outfit! Do you have no shame?"
"W-what?" The Fallen Angel blinked. "I am not into S&M! For insulting me, a Fallen Angel, you shall have a slow death! This I swear by the name of Raynare. I was sent here to kill you, as you are suspected to contain a Sacred Gear! A powerful one at that too. So by the name of the Grigori, and as a Fallen Angel, I will bring you down as you might be a threat to the Grigori when you mature and learn how to use your Sacred Gear!"
"Hey, what's for dinner?" Issei asked Irina in a casual tone.
"I don't know." Irina shrugged. "What do you want?"
His red eyes sparkled with amusement at Irina's tone.
"What?! Are you even listening?" Raynare said, flustered.
"I don't need my Sharigan for this." Issei said, as his strange red eyes that he just called the Sharigan faded, and his eyes turned into their normal brown. "Only weak grunts give those kind of speeches. Strong supernatural creatures just go for the kill."
His blade pointed at Raynare. "Now Fallen Angel...what should I do with you? Do you think you can stand up against me?"
"Big talk for a human." Raynare scoffed.
"You know what I really hate?" Issei said to no one.
"What?" Irina answered anyway.
"I hate arrogant crows."
He dashed forward, faster than what the average human can achieve.
But since when was Hyoudou Issei average?
His sword struck against a light spear, and Issei twisted his body, his leg kicking against the shaft of the spear, before pushing himself off of the shaft, and landing on his feet. He flipped his sword into a reverse grip, just as Raynare appeared in front of him, black feathers showering the ground in a 15 foot radius.
"Game over, human."
Her sneer made Issei narrow his eyes in disgust, as his arm moved, everything a blur. A loud clash, as Issei deflected the glowing rod of light away from him. Issei jumped to the left, as the spear struck just where he was a split second ago.
He growled as he felt Irina's power rise.
"Stay out of this Irina. No need to bring in your power or else the Devils will feel it."
Her power fell down, and Issei jumped backwards.
"To think that you are this persistent Fallen Angel." Issei said. He deflected blow after blow, each blow less than a second apart, and yet issei was not even fazed by the wind blowing past him by the strength behind the strikes. "A grunt like you, trying to defeat me is laughable."
And yet, in the full minute they have been clashing blades, Issei never lost his cool, and Raynare got increasingly frustrated.
"Why can't you just stand still?!" Raynare screeched in rage.
"Because you are trying to stab me with that toothpick? Why else?" Issei answered.
Irina knew that Issei was simply playing around with the Fallen, as if he were serious, than Issei would be doing a lot more than just dodging. He would have usen his Sharigan, those strange red eyes of his.
Issei simply looked at the Fallen Angel as he easily anticipated her moves. After all...he was used to faster movements. From who? Well, he was used to Irina's strikes, who can use..well, let's not talk about Irina's abilities until after she shows them alright? All you need to know is that Irina uses swords.
Issei finally decided to begin his assault.
"One." Issei's chokuto slammed against her light spear, and it flew out of Raynare's hand. He dashed forward, his hand stretching to the side, before launching forward.
"Two." The fist slammed into Raynare's gut.
Issei jumped forward, and grabbed Raynare by the neck and slammed her against the ground.
"Three."
Irina sighed as she stretched. "Come on Issei! We should hurry. Stop playing with the Fallen."
Issei ignored Irina.
"Only three hits. You only managed to stand against three of my hits that weren't even tried to disarm. It was just a random power swing from all three." Issei mocked. "Honestly...is this really a supernatural creature? To lose against me? A puny human?"
He stood over her like death, his long blade gleaming in the moon light.
"Why did you target me?"
"Why should I tell a human that?" Raynare spat.
Issei kicked Raynare's head, snapping her neck upwards.
"Why did you target me."
It wasn't a question. It was a demand.
She snapped her head downwards. "Because you contain a Sacred Gear."
"Do you know what Sacred Gear?"
"Kokabiel didn't specify. He only said a Sacred Gear...something to do with swords."
Issei nodded. "What of her? Is she a target too? Or she is just here because she is at the wrong place at the wrong time?"
"Her? Kokabiel said to only watch you."
"Then why try to kill me?"
"If I remember correctly, you tried to attack me." Raynare said. "I was just attacking back."
"I felt killing intent. That is how I was able to find you hiding. Your killing intent was so strong that I felt it." Issei said.
Raynare growled at him, but did not respond.
A blade formed, and it sliced into her cheek.
"Why did you try to kill me?" Issei repeated more forcefully.
"Because Kokabiel gave me the orders." Raynare seethed.
It was humiliating, to be pressed for information by a human. A simple human that was probably never heard of by the supernatural world. But something nagged in her mind that he was everything but a simple human.
"I see..." Issei leaned towards her, and his breath warm against her ear. "Did it ever occur to you that...I may have known how to use my Sacred Gear?" His breath tickled her skin, and she leaned to the side slightly.
Before he moved away from her.
"Get on your marry way little crow. I don't intend to kill you, but use you as a message for your other teammates. Someone as weak as you would never arrive without someone to support you." Issei smirked.
A chill ran down Raynare's spine, as soon as Issei finished. She felt a nagging feeling to kill him, but she somehow knew that if she attacked, she will be killed instantly. Without exaggeration.
She spread her black feathery wings, and disappeared into the night sky.
Irina glared at him. "Why did you have to do dramatics and crap?"
Issei shrugged. "I just felt like it. Why, were you getting impatient?"
"Damn right I was. That took you 20 minutes just to finish a battle with a Fallen Angel that only had one pair of wings. Is your skill lacking?"
Issei glared at her playfully. "Do you want to test that theory?"
Irina smirked at him. "All bark, no bite."
Issei tackled her to the ground, making her yelp in surprise. He hovered over her, much like a guy would do to a girl in bed. "What did you say." His hot breath tickled her nose, and she smirked at him. "You heard what I said loud and clear."
"Why you-"
For the first time in such a long time, the young male and female's hearts burst with happiness and joy, at being around with each other.
In the shadows of the trees, a quiet figure watched them.
Before vanishing in a bright red glow.
It left nothing from the quiet figure. Except a single strand of silver hair.
Break
Issei held back a yawn as he sat down. The playful moment he had with Irina left him tired. More so than his training. Maybe because it was Irina? Girls certainly were troublesome.
"Issei." She was wearing white robes, the standard uniform for an exorcist. "I'm going out for an exorcism. Do you want to come with me?"
"An exorcism? What will you exorcise?"
"A Stray Devil named Viser."
Break
"Rias, we just got an order from the Arch Duke." said a beautiful young woman with a voluptuous figure at the age of 19, with very long black hair and violet eyes. Her hair was tied in a long ponytail, reaching all the way down to her legs with two strands sticking out from the top and sloping backwards, with an orange ribbon keeping it in place. She wore the standard Kuoh Academy girl's uniform.
"I see Akeno. Please tell me the order he sent to us." A beautiful young woman with white skin, blue-green eyes and a buxom figure said, curious to know the order. Her most distinctive feature is her long beautiful crimson hair that reaches down to her thighs, with a single hair strand sticking out from the top. Her hair also has loose bangs covering her forehead and side bangs framing her face.
"We are to eliminate a Stray Devil."
"Oh?" Rias rose an eyebrow at Akeno. "A Stray Devil in my territory? What do you think Kiba? Koneko?"
"Oh, we should just follow orders and eliminate it." A 17-year old handsome young man with short blonde hair, grey eyes and a mole underneath his left eye responded. He wore the standard male Kuoh Academy uniform.
"...I ran out of sweets. Hurry and kill." A 16 year old petite girl with white hair and hazel eyes said. The front of her hair has two long bangs going past her shoulders and several loose bangs hanging over her forehead, while the back has a short bob cut. She also wears a black cat-shaped hair clip on both sides of her hair. She was also wearing the Kuoh Academy girls' school uniform, without the shoulder cape.
"What is the stray's name?" Rias asked.
"Viser."
And so, the awkward four students went to eliminate the Stray Devil Viser.
Break
"There is a new Stray Devil in town."
Raynare looked at the only man in her group of 4, including herself.
He was a middle-aged-looking man with short black hair and dark blue eyes. His attire consisted of a pale violet trenchcoat over a white dress shirt with a matching ascot, black pants and shoes, and a black fedora.
The third member of their group was a girl with blonde hair styled into twintails and blue eyes. She wore a Gothic Lolita attire, which consisted of a black Lolita dress with white frills, a large black bow on the front, and a green jewel embedded on the collar, white thigh-high socks, and black shoes. She also wore a large black bow on top of her hair.
The final member of their group was a tall and buxom woman with long, navy blue hair that obscured her right eye and brown eyes. Her attire consisted of a maroon, trenchcoat-like top with a wide collar, a matching miniskirt, and black heeled shoes. The trenchcoat top was open at her chest, giving view to her breasts and cleavage. She also wore a gold necklace around her neck.
"Where is it located Dohnaseek?"
Dohnaseek sighed as he reached out with his senses.
"I believe it is at an abandoned warehouse."
"I see. Mittelt want to come?"
Mittelt, the girl with the blonde hair, shook her head. "No. I want to stay here and watch some Drag-so Ball~"
"Kalawarner?"
"Sure. I don't have anything better to do." Kalwarner, the woman with the navy blue hair, responded.
"Dohnaseek. Take us there. What is the Stray's name?"
"Viser. Just stay close to me."
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Issei and Irina arrived at an abandoned warehouse, their surroundings eerie and silent.
Issei was dressed in the same clothing he used in the kendo club, leaving his chest bare. Irina was dressed in the battle suits of the church, made of flexible leather, underneath her exorcist robes.
His chocolate brown eyes scanned the place carefully, before his eyes shifted into those strange eyes of his called the "Sharigan".
The three tomoe spun around as he scanned the warehouse for any slight movements, his brown hair moving in the wind along with Irina's chestnut hair. Before a single leaf moved, and Issei spun around so fast, his back cracked.
Only for it to be the wind.
Issei drew his long chokuto, and he held it in a reverse grip underneath his arm.
Irina and Issei stepped inside.
And for nothing to happen.
"Fuck, this is like those horror movies." Issei cursed.
"Hey, it's not that bad." Irina said. "This is like a normal day to me."
Issei yawned.
"Eh."
Nothing happened.
Only for a cackling and daunting voice for normal people to resound. "I smell something bad. But I also smell something delicious. I wonder if it's sweet, or if it's bitter?"
Viser was a young woman with a voluptuous figure with long black hair, but her lower body was gigantic and beastly with four legs, each having sharp claws, and a snake as a tail. Her front legs featured humanoid hands with red claws and her stomach featuring a cavity with teeth.
They blinked.
Before they vanished in the blink of an eye.
Just as soon as the large stomach smashed right where they were.
But there was another reason why they vanished in the blink of an eye. It was not only to get away from the surprisingly quick attack of the Stray, but also...to avoid being seen by the newcomers.
"Stray Devil Viser!"
Rias Gremory, one of the two Great Ladies of Kuoh said, her voice echoing in the warehouse.
"For abandoning your master and leaving the Underworld, as well as causing the deaths of many humans in the Human World, in the name of Duke Gremory, we shall eliminated you!"
"Oh~" Viser voice was a purr. "Big words, but can you back them up?"
Viser leapt forward with that extreme speed that surprised them all. Her beady eyes boring a hole into their heads, as she slammed where Koneko Toujou once was. But her small body did not stop her from somehow holding back the Stray called Viser. She grunted as she held back the massive weight of the Stray.
Yuuto Kiba vanished from existence, seemingly turning invisible. Both arms of the Stray were instantly cut off.
She blinked twice, before realizing she lost two limbs.
She screamed. "My arms!"
Kiba appeared once again, his momentum carrying him backwards as he landed on both feet, his right foot slightly in front of the left one. Before he vanished once again, his blade cutting through her legs this time.
"My legs!"
She collapsed to the ground, and Rias Gremory walked forward.
"Stray Devil Viser...will you die here, or will you surrender and go back to the Underworld quietly?"
"..."
No answer from the Stray.
Rias stepped closer.
"What was that?"
"...got you."
All four students widened their eyes, and Viser's cut off arms went straight for Rias.
Only for Himejima Akeno to raise her hand, and lighting called forth. It danced around her arm, and a large bolt flew into the right arm, and ricocheted off the right arm, and slammed right into the left arm.
They all let out a sigh of relief, as Akeno lowered her hand.
And for Rias to kick Viser in her nose.
Viser growled at the crimson haired human.
Can they even be called human with this display of powers? And with Rias, who hadn't shown her powers yet, to basically be their leader, is most likely the most powerful one.
"Honestly Viser...you should've just stayed quiet and followed us back to the Underworld. After all, we are all Devils. We can sympathetic with our own kind." Rias let out a kind smile, but it was no one of kindness.
The Devils just stared down at Viser.
And for a large ball of magical power to form in Rias's hands, so dark and full of power, that Issei, hidden in the shadows, widen his eyes, as his Sharigan spun rapidly as it memorized the flow of magic, and how the process was done.
With that amount of uncontrollable power that raged beyond what any supernatural being can control, was a girl no older than 18 controlling it as if she were born with it.
"Game Over."
She threw the large ball of destruction at the Stray, and the Stray Devil Viser was instantly destroyed, annihilated and vaporized from existence.
Or so they thought.
"Devils of the Underworld should not annihilate their own kind. It should be the work of the followers of God, to destroy and purify the sins of this world."
Shidou Irina stood in front of the Stray, the practically dead Devil silent at their feet, most likely unconscious from the pain.
"Or that of Angels. Both Holy and Unholy."
The three Fallen Angels, Raynare, Mittelt, and Dohnaseek. All three of them wielded rods of light, their spears being blunt at the time. Not like it needed to be sharp to damage the Devils.
Irina glared at the group of Devils, while looked at the Fallen Angels with distaste. After all, what follower of God would like to see a bunch of Unholy Angels?
"The Three Great Powers met here..."
Hyoudou Issei stepped outwards from the shadows, his eyes closed, making everyone turn toward him. He got expressions of surprise, as well as displeasure (Raynare).
"Hyoudou?" Kiba asked confused. "You are aware of the supernatural?"
Issei ignored Kiba's comment.
"An Exorcist from the Church. Devils from the Underworld. And Fallen Angels from the Grigori. All three of these, including Angels in the Church side, have fought for thousands of years. Whenever all three met, there was always one thing." Issei said, his eyes still closed.
Before they opened slowly, and everyone held back a breath at the daunting, yet beautiful view of the eyes. The Sharigan spun slowly as it took in every single detail. Every single detail.
"Every time. The humans were left out, and they were killed in the conflicts of the supernatural." And with this Issei's chokuto flicked outwards, the reflection of the moonlight shining on his blade of steel. His Sharigan bore a hole into the eyes of each and every supernatural being.
And for perhaps the first time, Devils and Fallen Angels decided to agree to put aside their past conflict before they were even born to destroy the greater threat, and to combine their strength to eliminate this threat.
The Three Fallens' rods transformed into spears, and Akeno and Rias got their magic ready, and Kiba drew his sword, while Koneko got into a boxer's stance.
Hyoudou Issei grinned, as he gripped his blade with a single hand, and held it behind him. "Hey Irina...these people are pretty weak compared to who we trained against. I doubt that they can do any damage to Griselda or Dulio."
With that, their eyes widened in shock.
The way Issei had worded his words, made it sound like he can potentially defeat The Strongest Exorcist, and The Strongest Female Exorcist. But they knew for sure that he was able to stand up against them and at least injure either of them.
Just who exactly was Hyoudou Issei, and who exactly has his power escaped their notice a long time ago?
"That boy...he is mine to kill." Muttered Raynare. And so they charged.
Just as soon as the Devil launched their attacks, and Kiba vanished from existence once more, Issei disappeared as well, and appeared in front of the fallen, his back slouched as his eyes stared into all three of theirs at once. Time slowed, as his mouth moved.
He said something, something that went through the ears of the three Fallen, but they knew that he had said something.
And time continued.
His sword flashed through the air, as Dohnaseek rose his spear to block the strike. The spear and the sword sparked, and they flew into a flurry of strikes, so fast that only their instincts saved them, both Issei and Dohnaseek. Dohnaseek had lived through a war, while Issei had honed his battle instincts to such a level, that it made up for his limited human movement.
But there was a secret to Issei's speed. A human he was afterall.
Issei and Dohnaseek jumped back at the same time, their weapons unlocking in combat.
Before Dohnaseek grinned. "You're good. Are you sure that you are just a human."
"I will never be anything but a human."
Issei vanished once again, this time, appearing in front of Mittelt. But Dohnaseek was ready, his spear jabbing at where Issei just appeared. Issei blocked Dohnaseek's spear with his blade, and kicked Mittelt to the side.
Raynare snapped back to reality, as she charged forward as well, her spear swinging around. However Issei released the pressure from his sword, and allowed himself to be carrying away by Dohnaseek's strength on the spear. Issei flipped around, and dashed forward once again, this time his hand reaching outwards, as his sword stayed by his side.
A flash, and another sword appeared in his hands.
But this time, this sword was not an ordinary sword like his chokuto. Instead...it was a holy sword, a sword that radiated such brightness unrivaled.
"A holy sword?!"
No one could hide their shock, as it's brightness was much brighter than a normal holy sword.
But Issei said nothing, and continued to dash forward, his speed unrivaled by anyone in the room.
He flipped the holy sword into a reverse grip and jumped, making them all look into the air.
But what they saw was not a person. But rather...
A literal cyclone of death.
Issei spun with speed, that his blades were a blur, and his body was nothing but a mix of colors.
Dohnaseek formed multiple light spears that levitated, and proceeded to shoot them forward, but they were simply deflected off of Issei's blades and flew back at him. Raynare dashed at him, two spears in her hands, as well as Mittelt, recovered from the kicked, threw consecutive light spears at Issei.
Raynare stopped his spin, but her shoulder dislocated with a crack, and she yelped in pain.
And Issei smirked in victory.
Only for his smile to vanish as his eyes widened, as a strike of lighting slammed against him, sending him crashing into the wall. He stepped out of the wall as the dust cleared, his eyes spinning slowly, as his face sported a frown.
"Now that wasn't nice."
His gaze. It was so cold, that they all felt chills down their spines.
They felt as if they were looking at endless depths of Hell.
And they were from Hell.
"Irina. Let's do it."
From there on, flashes of gold formed behind Irina. Flashes so bright that it exceeded the brightness of the sun. And from those flashes, blades of light were formed, before cooling and turning into solid blades, with a bright holy aura around them.
"How?! How do you control that many holy swords?"
Kiba's gaze turned into hatred, as he stared at the blades that Irina created effortlessly.
"I control...a holy weapon."
With those simple words and with the purposeful use of "a", to make the weapon singular, the blades created by Irina's mind flew faster than they can see.
But Kiba reacted quickly, stepping in front of them all, his speed rivaling Issei's displayed speed, and his sword deflecting the blades. As soon as the blades hit the ground, they disintegrated into golden dust.
Kiba dashed forward, as soon as Rias called out, "Kiba, get back!"
With Kiba charging straight at Irina, there was no way for the Devils to support him, as Koneko Toujou, though was a close combat specialist, was nowhere near fast enough to catch up to Kiba.
Kiba's sword spun in a wide circle in front of him, his wrist flicking, and was blocked by a sword created out of thin air.
He thrust his sword forward, only for Irina to form another sword, and block it with the flat of her blade, showing her surprising upper body strength.
Irina looked at him.
"You should stay down on the ground, dog."
Kiba was blasted backwards by an explosion of holy light, burning his skin. He screamed in pain, as his grey eyes widened in pain, as his mouth opened in agony. He scraemed, and everyone looked in shock as he was hit at point blank by holy aura.
"Kiba!"
Akeno screamed.
Rias widened her eyes in shock at one of her fellow Devils being injured by a holy weapon, something that should vaporize him at a single touch.
"How dare you attack one of the members of my family?!"
This...naive Devil pissed Issei.
Pissed Issei, because she only saw it at a one-sided view.
Kiba...he was the one to attack Irina. She was just keeping him aside. Sure, she can get cold and brutal during a fight, but she was trained to block out all emotions during a battle, to not feel remorse when killing.
Koneko Toujou's fist flew at Issei, trying to catch the human off guard.
But he easily rose up his forearm and blocked the fist at full force.
His forearm snapped. After all, he was a human, and she was a Devil.
But he ignored the pain, and blocked out his senses. He was trained to kill after all, and to ignore the feeling called pain that would make so many lose focus.
"Kill Viser."
A simple command to Irina, and she complied. A rain of holy swords rained downwards, and killed Viser, making her vanish off the face of the world.
Rias glared at him.
"She was meant for me to kill, not you humans, or followers of God, or Fallen. They were given to me by Duke Gremory."
"And they were given to us by Kokabiel, the Governor of the Grigori and a former Seraph of heaven." Raynare said.
"And Archangel Michael told us to eliminate that Stray." Irina said.
"You are not the only one who gets to eliminate these threats to humanity." Issei said, his voice cold. "Humans should do it too. Angels. Exorcist. Fallen Angels. Anyone should do it."
Rias glared at them. "Koneko, Akeno, we are leaving. The Stray is gone. There is no more use staying here."
They brought Kiba with them, and they vanished into a red light, with a circle written in red markings.
And it was only the Fallen Angels, Irina, and Issei left.
"Whelp, that was an exciting day wasn't it?"
Issei said casually as he stretched, his Sharigan turning back into his normal chocolate brown eyes, leaving them with the thought that they were no longer a threat. Which of course, they weren't.
"Whelp, today that was kind of...tiring." Issei said. "I hadn't worked out like that in such a long time."
Irina knew that he was just being cocky. He was tired. He hadn't moved in that speed before. And holding his Sharigan for that duration of the battle? A miraculous feat for him, as well as taking them out of the way as quick as he did. Even he had his limits with those eyes of his, and his skill with the sword, as well as his battle instincts.
In fact...even Irina had to say his stamina was mediocre, it was a miracle that he even managed to move that fast for such a long time. She doubted that even Devils can move that fast, and Kiba was only able to because of his swords being weightless as they were made of nothing but his own power.
But to carry move around that fast with that long and heavy sword...it must have taken a toll on Issei.
Which of course it is.
Issei was just masking his tiredness.
That was why he turned off his Sharigan, it took up too much of his energy and stamina to maintain.
She would have to tell Griselda to train Issei's endurance harder, he got too tired easily. But that was too be expected. Issei did not have any special equipment aside from his eyes. His Sharigan.
He sighed as he walked away.
Irina bowed at the three Fallen.
"Let us put away past conflicts just for the rest of today."
They shrugged, and Irina walked away as well, trailing behind Issei and slowly catching up.
The three Fallen looked at where the Stray Devil Viser once was.
"Well...today sure was eventful, wasn't it?"
And end of chapter!
Well, this chapter was a bit longer than my normal 6k updates now. So yeah, expect to see mid 8k-12k word updates for this story.
I hope you guys liked the fresh start of a take I never saw anyone take in the Raynare Arc, for all three sides to go for the same Stray Devil. I mean, seriously. How was this never thought of before? Sure, they might be Fallen Angels, but they are former Angels, so they should still care for humanity, and so would eliminate Viser. Same with Irina, who is from the church. And the Devils...because well, it is a Stray Devil.
This story is an AU story, and it won't follow canon all that well, but it will revolve around canon events. You can already tell that this is AU and won't be following canon that closely, with the Fallen Angel group, Devils, and humans all meeting at Viser's warehouse. So yeah. It will have all of the arcs of canon, but it will not follow it exactly like canon, and will have some twists and turns.
Irina is also much more different than the one in canon. This one is more badass, cold, and unforgiving. Issei is also different. He is no longer than openly perverted man that you see. This one is much more well admired, and held at a mantle. This one is not the same hopeless one that controls the Boosted Gear, and gets power from boobs. Also, Issei is not overly OP, as shown in this chapter as when he deactivated his Sharigan. He was tired from the fighting, and moving at that speed he did. His human body should hit the limit soon.
I will also be slightly alternating Akeno and Kiba's personalities. I mean, Kiba acts way too calm for someone that just had his all of his friends slaughtered by the church, and he also does not attempt at all during the series before the Excalibur act to try and find the Excalibur to destroy it. And Akeno...well her sadistic side is just plain creepy, as in real life, it should not be good at all to be a sadist.
As for their weapons and powers...
Issei will have the Sharigan from Naruto, in case you didn't know what the Sharigan was. But who doesn't? He will not all of a sudden gain the Rinnegan, or the Mangekyo Sharigan, or Eternal Mangekyo Sharigan. No, he will gain it the same way that Sasuke gained his stages for the Sharigan. Most likely not as fast, but the same process. Or at least, the process listed in Narutopedia.
As for Irina...I won't spoil her weapons. But I will say that she wields a true holy sword, and is able to create Holy Swords. She is also an Exorcist from the church, a high-class one at that, and both Issei and Irina were trained by Griselda and Dulio. But remember that even humans have limits, and Issei usually hits his quickly while moving at the speed he displayed. The secret to Issei's speed? It will be revealed later on in the story.
As for the pairing...well I won't say it now. That will spoil the fun.
So yeah, I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter. This author's note was especially long because it is the first chapter. The future chapters will not have as long author notes.
Have a nice day~
~Houvdon Lucifer