I walked along the sidewalk at night, absolutely nothing in my head as I enjoyed the quiet night sky.
The crickets were the only sound I heard.
And then, I saw her, halfway across the street.
Long black hair, an orange ribbon, bright purple eyes...
She was limping, as if she had hurt herself.
She was slow… too slow… too slow to avoid the incoming truck…
It all happened so fast…
First, there was light…
Then a thud…
Pain…
And darkness…
I thought that was it, but a bright flash of red light proved me wrong...
I shot up with a loud gasp as I woke up. What a crazy dream… Meh, not the worst I've had, so I'm not complaining. Still, it felt so real. I'm probably just tense from my last mission… Azazel really has to stop calling me for menial things getting rid of a Stray Priest who likes raping animals... Jesus Christ, that was traumatizing!
"Well, school starts in an hour, may as well get ready…" I sighed. Life of a mercenary is never easy.
*Woosh*
"Geez! Why is it so fucking cold n here?!" I shivered as an unpleasant breeze hit me the moment I entered the bathroom.
It was then that I looked down and saw my other head swing back and forth, and back and forth… kinda like pendulum...
"Did I go to sleep naked?" I asked myself with a very confused frown, looking up into the mirror. My silver hair was all bushy, and my blue eyes had bags under them.
Well, to be fair, I have on more than one occasion woken up shirtless without remembering taking my shirt off, so this can't be THAT unusual, can it?
Well, unusual or not, I do have to get ready for school… Sona's always on my ass when I'm late. She doesn't know that I'm a mercenary for the supernatural world. Neither does Rias. I've asked Serafall and Sirzechs to keep it a secret from them because I'd like to at least maintain SOME aspects of a normal life.
I groaned as I lay my head on my arms at my desk. Something was NOT right with me today… the sun was more enraging than ever before! I've always hated that gigantic ball of hell in the sky, but today it feels like I'm completely sunburnt on my entire body, and someone had rubbed chilli powder over it!
…
Ok, that may or may not be a bit of an exaggeration, but you get my point. Long story short, I feel like hell. And I do not want to be at school right now.
"Wow, you're grumpier than you usually are in the mornings." A familiar, feminine, stoic voice spoke from in front of me.
I looked up and saw my classmate, Souna Shitori, also known as Sona Sitri, heiress to the Sitri Clan, who was sitting at her own desk, which was the one in front of mine.
She's one of the few people I'm willing to call a friend. Now, I'm not big on friendships, but I won't deny having a close relationship with the Sitri Clan heiress. She doesn't know that I know she's a Devil, but that doesn't stop me from having a pleasant conversation with her. She's actually a very nice girl when you get past the stoic personality and strict President act.
"Well, you know I'm not a morning person. My eyes are not bright, nor is my tail bushy until at least 11am. I just had a crazy dream last night, and I'm not feeling up to snuff today." I explained, resting my head on my arms again.
"Then why didn't you stay at home?" She asked. I looked up again and gave her a very blank look.
"To avoid the annoying phone call I'd get from you demanding why I was absent." I stated bluntly, earning a mild blush.
Heh, she's so much fun to tease. Still, I've known her two years and still haven't managed a full-faced flush from her yet. One way or another, I will make it happen. Maybe I should ask Serafall for help on that?
"I'm the Student Council President. It's only natural for me to find out why one of my classmates is not present." She defended, slipping her glasses up her nose.
"Riiiiiiight…" I drawled, giving a deadpanned stare.
"Alright, I worry about my friend, Takeo. Happy?" She asked with a huff. I chuckled in amusement, running my hand through my silver hair a little.
"Not really." I murmured into my arms. I could practically hear her rolling her eyes.
"Are we still up for our game today? Or do you not feel like it?" She asked.
"No, no, I'll be there. Though, you'll probably slam me faster than usual." I muttered the last part. I heard her give the slightest of chuckles.
"Don't be like that. You're the only person to ever come even remotely close to beating me. Have some pride." She said in amusement.
"I'm not sure I'm the one who should be proud of his Chess achievements." I deadpanned. Sona rolled her eyes at my comment.
"Is it so wrong to be proud of the fact that I've never lost a game of Chess?" She asked.
"No, but it can get annoying. I actually worry about how you'll react if I DO beat you." I stated bluntly.
"Are you implying that I'm a sore loser?" She asked with narrowed eyes.
"Can't really say if you've never lost, can I?" I shot back sarcastically. She gave me look with raised eyebrows.
"Are you certain you're alright? You really don't look good. You're pale and you have bags under your eyes. Plus, you're in a worse mood than normal." She pointed out, a little bit of concern in her voice. She's right; I'm usually moody in the mornings, but not this much...
"I'm fine Sona. A cup of coffee or a nap during my free period, and I'll be right as rain." I assured her.
"Besides, it was just a weird dream that kept me up last night. Nothing to worry about." I assured her. With a sigh, she relented and nodded.
"Very well, but if things take a bad turn, I want you to go home, got it?" She asked with authority.
"Wow, the Student Council President is encouraging me to ditch school." I quipped with a grin. She gave a light scoff and rolled her eyes. Still, she was smiling in amusement.
"But if you insist, fine." I told her. She gave me usual small smile of acknowledgement and turned to face the teacher as he walked in.
I let out a loud yawn as I lay down on the school roof, my entire body sprawled out underneath the flaming ball of hell that this planet needs to survive. I don't know what it is about today, but the sun just feels worse than ever before. I've never enjoyed bright light from any source, sun or otherwise, but this is hell…
Suddenly, as I was lying down trying to sleep, I felt a shadow drape over my eyes. It was a pleasant surprise, but it probably means someone is standing over me.
"Oh my, what are you doing here Takeo~" A feminine voice giggle.
"Akeno." I greeted, opening my eyes, greeted to the sight of a pair of lacy black panties.
"Can I help you?" I asked her, trying to ignore said panties.
"Moooou~ So serious~" She pouted.
"It's hard to take you seriously when I can see your panties." I stated bluntly.
"Did it not cross your mind that that was intentional?" She asked innocently.
"Not once." I deadpanned. She pouted again and leaned down to face me. Of course, she was upside down to me, and I to her, so this was a very weird way to talk.
"You didn't answer my question." She pointed out with her usual smile.
"I'm trying to take a nap. Something I can't do when I have a woman's panties in front of my face." I deadpanned. She pouted again before her face morphed into one of mischief.
"Well, if you like, I can remove them for you~" She suggested in a sultry tone. *sigh* Does she never stop her teasing?
"I'd rather you not." That was a little bit of a lie; Akeno is a very beautiful woman, one I'd really like to see naked, but I'm a gentleman first and foremost.
"Mooou, lighten up a little." She pouted… again… I gave a slight sigh.
"I'm sorry Akeno, I'm just in a bit of a mood because my night was not pleasant." I told her as I sat up with an apologetic smile. I noticed her wince at the mention of last night. What was that about?
"Don't worry about it." She said with a forced smile. Ok, something's up.
"I'll leave you to your nap." She said with a polite bow and turned to leave. I was about to ask her what was wrong, but then I noticed the orange ribbon in her hair. Strange… It was the same ribbon as the one in my dream.
Even after I arrived back at my apartment, I couldn't get the conversation with Akeno out of my mind. She just wigged out on me and left at the mention of last night. And the ribbon she wore was identical to the one the girl in my dream wore. Now that I think about, Akeno and that girl from my dream look almost exactly the same when you look from behind, just with different clothes. Could it have not been a dream?
"I wish I had an Angel for my moment of love~" I was pulled out of my thoughts when my phone rang. I groaned at the song. That song was assigned to a specific person's number…
"Yo, Azazel… What can I do for you this time?" I asked bluntly as I answered, slumping down onto the couch.
"Really? That's your greeting to me?" He asked lazily.
"Considering you had me kill a Stray Priest animal rapist just two nights ago, I can only assume you want something from me." I deadpanned. He laughed on his side of the line.
"You know me too well. Yes, there is something I need you to do." He told me, his tone turning serious.
"Fine, but I want double the usual pay. This the least amount of time between jobs you've ever called me."
"Would a shiny new toy work?"
"Deal. What do you need?"
"Four of my underlings, whom you are familiar with, have disobeyed me and have decided to try and take a young excommunicated nun's Sacred Gear, presumably to catch my eye."
"Which I assume they did, just not in the way they intended?"
"Exactly. I need you to get them to stand down. Knowing Raynare, they'll probably turn to violence and carry on their little fiasco."
I pinched the bridge of my nose.
"Honestly, does that girl get off on causing trouble?"
"No, she gets off on the idea of rising up the ladder of the Fallen Angel Society."
"Touche."
"Anyways, if they do get violent, I need you to slap some sense into them and bring them back to me. Alive."
"No problem. When do you want it done by?"
"Preferably before they take the nun's Sacred Gear, which shouldn't be for a few days according to my scouter. If you need time to plan, you got it."
"No need. I'm fairly certain Raynare will listen to me. If she doesn't, I'll kick her ass."
Azazel laughed.
"I thought you never hit women?"
"Correction; I never hit women if I can avoid it. Whilst not pleasant for me, I will beat a woman senseless if the situation calls for it."
"Yeah, right. Whatever. Don't die."
"Please, when have I ever let myself get killed?"
"You know that makes no sense?"
"Not my fault you don't share my sense of humor."
He sighed heavily at my comeback.
"By the way, what should I do with the nun?"
"Just keep her safe. I'll take care of finding her a home. It is kinda my fault she's in this mess. And maintain my anonymity. I'd like to see just how far they're willing to go."
"Noted."
"Goodbye Takeo."
"See ya Azazel."
With that, I hung up. A moment of silence passed before I fell sideways into a lying down position on the couch, letting out a loud groan. I'm starting to think I should stop the whole mercenary thing. I've got plenty of money, so that won't be a problem. But I do have many regular clients from all three factions, and some others…
Still, Raynare and her group have never been really good at following orders, and despite having only one pair of wings each, they are quite strong. I'm gonna have to be careful, and pull out all the strings. I'm certain I can handle them, but better safe than sorry.
I let out a sigh as I walked through town in the middle of the night, on my way to the abandoned Church. I had a Devil Sword strapped to my back; the weapon I usually use when my missions involve fight Fallen Angels and Angels.
It's called Dusk, also known as the Dragon Cleaver. It's a Jian with a black dragon skin sheath, a golden guard and pommel, a white handle made from the bone of a dragon, and a pitch black blade forged from the horn of a black dragon's tail. It's primary purpose is killing dragons, but works just as well on Angels and Fallen Angels, being a Devil Sword and all.
Suddenly, the sunset sky turned a deep shade of purplish-blue, the sign of barrier being set up around me. As the barrier formed, I stopped walking, finding myself in front of a fountain.
"Well, what do we have here? If it isn't Takeo Himekawa." A voice laughed narcissistically as a man wearing a blue trench coat and fedora appeared from the bushes. I turned faced him with a lazy look on my face.
"Dohnaseek, nice to see you again." I stated bluntly. He chuckled and tipped his fedora.
"I would say the same, but the Devil Sword you carry tells me that you're not on our side this time." He sent a small glance at the blade I carried.
"True. My client wants me to bring you and your group to him, alive." I said as I drew Dusk.
"So, are you going to come quietly, or this going to turn ugly?" I asked, getting into a battle stance.
"I'm sorry to say it's going to have to be the latter choice." he said as he formed a spear of light. I tightened my grip on my sword in my right hand, while I formed some red lightning around my left.
"Last chance Dohnaseek." I told him with narrowed eyes.
"Thanks, but no thanks!" He sneered and threw the spear. I deflected it with a slash of my sword.
"You're going to have to do better than that." I taunted, shooting a bolt of my red lightning at him. He grunted in frustration as he spread his wings and jumped.
"You know, you really should take better care of your wings. They look like-"
"Don't you dare!" he hissed and threw another spear at me. I deflected that one with Dusk as well and smirked at him.
"An ugly Vulture who's never seen water in his life." I taunted again. I know he hates it when I say that.
"You braaaaaaat!" he screeched and a barrage of light spears at me. I spun Dusk around, creating a barrier from its demonic energy. All of the spears shattered into nothing as they collided with the barrier.
When the barrage had ended, I held Dusk up, channeling a some of my energy into it. A single ball of white fire appeared at it's tip. I then spun it around in a single circle, creating 12 balls of white fire in a clock formation.
"By the fire of the Dragon King, burn!" I chanted and thrust my blade forward.
The 12 fire balls each shot out a stream of white fire, straight towards Dohnaseek, who blocked them with his wings. A loud scream of pain echoed through the air as the flames connect with his wings. Sure, his wings could block my attack, but that would hurt like hell, not to mention damage them as well. I don't recon he'll be flying for a good few weeks.
"Had enough?" I asked as I ceased the flames, finding Dohnaseek on his knees with scorched wings shielding him.
"I don't want to kill you Dohnaseek; my client does want you alive after all." I said as I sheathed Dusk.
"But I will if I have to." I added as he got to his feet.
"Tell Raynare that I want to speak with her. I'll meet her at midnight on the bridge." I said as I turned to leave. As I walked, I heard a light spear heading straight for me. I simply sidestepped and watched the spear fly right past me.
"You know I'm more powerful than you Dohnaseek. Even without my Sacred Gear." I stated calmly as I faced the injured Fallen Angel. He was standing on shaky knees, glaring at me with intent to kill.
"Midnight. The Bridge. I'll be waiting." I said simply and continued on my way.
Sadly, my victory was short-lived. Somehow, one Dohnaseek's friends had managed to hide themselves from my senses and shot out of one of the bushes behind me. Before I could do anything, a sharp pain shot through my chest from behind. I looked down and saw a pink spear of light.
"Sneak attack huh?" I asked in a strained voice as the spear dissipated.
"Respect Kalawarner, respect…" I croaked as I fell to the ground on my back, looking up at the Fallen Angel bombshell that had impaled me, blood pouring out of my mouth and chest.
"Sorry Takeo~" She sing-songed.
"I really did like you. Imagine all the fun we could've had~" She giggled with a faint blush. Truly, this woman is a pervert.
"Sorry Takeo-Nii..." Another voice spoke. It was a younger blond Fallen Angel, wearing a cute gothic lolita dress.
"Mi-chan..." I gagged on my own blood. She winced at the affectionate nickname. Of the three of them, she seemed to be most affected by the fact that I just got killed.
"I really did like you Takeo, but if Lady Raynare says to kill someone in her way, we kill said someone." Kalawarner said with a bright smile, as if I didn't have a hole in my chest.
"Bye... Takeo-Nii..." Mitelt mumbled under her breath before flying away. Kalawarner followed.
"Hmph, serves you right." Dohnaseek smirked at my bleeding form. I smirked back and managed one more word.
"Vulture." I hacked up some blood along with the word. Dohnaseek's eye twitched at the insult before he teleported away. Probably wanted to leave me to bleed out and die slowly.
Heh, believe it or not, this isn't the worst way I'd imagined dying. I'd always thought some of the criminals I'd put away would break out and form an alliance to overwhelm me, or maybe a family member of one of my assassination contracts would want to avenge their loved one. I'd gone through multiple scenarios of how I might die, but I never thought I would die at the hands of people I once worked with.
"Well, my only regret is dying a virgin I guess..." I thought to myself with a pained chuckle.
[You really going to give up that easily?] A deep voice in my head asked.
"Ddraig? I thought you went to sleep?"
[Half a year ago, yes.]
"Good point. And no, I'm not giving up. I just can't really see a way out of this…"
[Hold that thought.]
"Huh?"
As if Draig had seen the future, a bright red light appeared next to me. My vision was blurry, so I couldn't really see what it was. All I could see was a head of long red hair, and clothes of black and white on a feminine figure. The Kuoh Academy uniform, no doubt.
"Wow… you sure have a habit of finding trouble." The woman said as she kneeled down next to me. You don't know the half of it Lady...
"And I just healed you too…" She sighed. What is she talking about?
"Well, nothing a little magic touch won't take care of." She said as she stood up. Wait, magic touch? Oh no… With one last flash of red light, I found myself blacking out.
"Well since my Baby left me, I found a new a place to dwell~" My alarm clock rang as it hit 7:15am.
"It's down at the end of Lonely Street, at HeartBreak Hotel~" I slammed the off button as my eyes flickered open, an unhappy groan escaping me.
"What a night.." I groaned, burying my face into my pillow.
"Was that a dream as well?" I asked myself, sitting up.
"Wait, where are my clothes?" I asked myself as I noticed my nudity… again…
"Wait a minute…" I mumbled, seeing the other mass under my blanket. With a sigh, I pulled the blanket off of the mass, revealing… a naked Rias Gremory.
"Brilliant." I sighed as I got up, trying not to stare. I quickly got dressed in my school uniform and started to shake my schoolmate awake.
"Yo, Rias. Wake up." I deadpanned as I shook Lucifer's baby sister awake.
"Takeo?" She asked in a sleepy moan, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes before sitting up. She let out a loud yawn and stretch, exposing her endowed chest to me. Being the gentleman I am, I quickly covered my eyes.
"Good morning." Rias said with a smile in her voice.
"Yeah, good morning. Can you put some clothes on?" I asked her. I willing to bet she tilted her head in confusion.
"Strange… most boys would be ogling and drooling if they were in your situation right now." She pointed out.
"I'm not 'most boys.' Besides, I'd rather not ogle at Lucifer's sister and risk getting castrated by an overprotective Devil King." I deadpanned. I could practically hear her eyes widen.
"How did you know about that?" She asked a shocked whisper.
"I've been well in tuned with the Supernatural World for a long time Rias. Like you, I am not what I appear to be." I told her, turning around and making for the door.
"You can either get dressed now, or take a shower. I don't really care which. I'll be downstairs making some breakfast." I told her as I opened my bedroom door.
"Oh, thank you." She said with gratitude in her voice.
Alright, here's my Issei replacement. Not gonna lie, I wanted to do this with Warrior of the Creator, but then I wouldn't have been able to make Takeo Sona's servant. I know I could've made an OC or something, but I was too lazy to think it all up.
In this story, Issei does exist, but he's only there for comic relief, like Matsuda and Motohama in the anime. He will play little to no role. We're only going to see him getting beaten up by Koneko or the Kendo club or maybe talking to Takeo once or twice. He won't become a Devil or get a harem. Purely comic relief and bashing.
Speaking of harems, here's the harem list so far:
Rias, Akeno, femKiba, Sona, Serafall, Kuroka, Xenovia, Raynare(eventually), Kalawarner(eventually), femVali
Asia and Koneko will be more like daughters to Takeo. Like I've said before in WotC, Takeo is me, and I consider myself a very paternal person.
Quick side note, this is kind of a self-insert. Takeo is still modelled after me, with one or two changes, but he isn't a Warrior of the Creator or from our world. He's just an OC that replaces Issei here.
With my SATs coming up, I won't be writing much, if at all, for the next few weeks. And don't expect this story to be updated before the Excalibur in WotC. Either during or after.
Ciao!