New story? Why not?

Chapter 1: Our Generic Introduction!

"He said son, have you seen the world?
Well, what would you say if I said that you could" - Rise

"Issei!" The boy's mother called, "You have a guest!"

Issei Hyoudou reluctantly dragged himself out of bed and leaned on the bedside drawer for support. Barely managing the energy, he shouted out the door, "Coming!"

Issei rubbed his eyes and fell back on the bed, groaning as he looked at the clock, It's an hour earlier than usual! Who would think of visiting?

Issei sighed as he slowly sunk into the bed. He seemed to close his eyes for a second before he flew up at someone sitting on the edge of the bed, "Muoh. Issei you really got lazy over the years. Not even bothering to say hello to an old friend!" He sighed and fell back on the bed, only to shoot straight up at the familiar voice.

Childish and girlish.

He blinked at the chestnut hair and purple eyes, the chest, her short shorts, and small t-shirt, before sputtering out, "I-Ivan?"

He...or she? Issei thought, giggled. "Silly! Can't you tell I'm a girl? Why didn't you ask that first?" She pouted and even though her lips were pursed, she said quickly, "My name is really Irina."

Issei sighed and fell back onto the bed, "My life is complicated."

His memories returned and that's when a horrible thought occurred to him, "...!"

Issei jumped out of bed and got down on his knees, putting his hands in a prayer position and started begging for forgiveness.

This prompted an astonished reaction from Irina, "Huh? What for?"

"All the ecchi things you had to do while we were playing!"

Irina laughed and pulled him up, grinning. "It's okay! We were young then! I don't care about that...I'm just glad to see you again!" Despite the grin, Irina put a finger to Issei's face and took on a serious tone, "As long as you don't continue that anymore. Otherwise I won't forgive you."

"O-okay. But...are you really a girl?"

Irina puffed out her cheeks, "Of course I am!" She crossed her arms below her breasts and turned her head away with a huff. That's when she noticed Issei staring at them. She blushed and looked away again, "You can touch them. Nothing too ecchi."

He gave a poke and froze for a moment.

"EHHH?! They ARE real!"

Insert Whatever Opening Here

"Irina-chan," Issei asked as his mother prepared breakfast, "So...what have you been doing throughout the years?"

She beamed and the room seemed to light up, "Oh you won't believe it! But since I was more intelligent than my age, I was able to skip secondary school! After my parents allowed so, I decided to work for the church!"

"Huh?" Issei started, "Work?"

"Mhm," Irina nodded enthusiastically. "Well...the entire story is a bit complicated," Irina grew nervous, "But I'll tell you about it later! In fact, I was so talented, I'm training an exo-...A student my age!"

Irina gave a moment of thought, "Well...I'm still actually in training, but I'm what you would call a tutor."

Issei's mom looked over her shoulder with admiration, "Tutor for what?"

"Well...uhm..." Irina fidgeted and shrugged, "We try to catch...criminals on the streets and in the world. It's a mostly supposed to be a secret, but I couldn't really think of anything to say that made sense."

Issei's mother shook a finger at him. "See Issei? If you would just stop paying attention to your things," she placed an emphasis on 'things', "Then you could be just like Irina."

Issei had to be honest, whatever Irina was doing was very interesting. More interesting than what he usually did or what he had to do in the future...Maybe even more interesting than being a harem king. "Are you not allowed to tell us about the details?" Issei picked his words carefully.

Irina bit her lip, "I could...only if my teacher gives permission."

"Sorry to cut in," Mrs. Hyoudou spoke up, "But it's time for both of you to get to school."

Both?

"Oh yeah!" Irina piped up, "I'm staying at Kuoh for a while. We don't have anyone here to police the area. My friend and I are already here! We'll meet her later!"

Issei nodded and took one final bite of breakfast before hurrying out the door, watching Irina's back as her ponytail flew into the air with each step.

Irina...and I thought I was crazy when I thought she was cute. The only 'boy' that I thought was cute...Issei shook his head violently and bumped into Irina as she stopped.

Issei looked around and has his breath taken from his chest. The girl was slightly shorter than Irina, and her breasts were a modest size. Although one could say her figure could be beaten, her face was the outstanding part. She had brilliant purple eyes that seemed to brighten often and a unique mauve color to her hair. It was a natural, but unnatural, undyed tone nobody had.

"OWOW!" Issei yelped when he felt a searing pain on his ear.

"You're thinking something inappropriate, aren't you~" she smiled.

"Sylvia!" Irina protested and pulled Sylvia's hand away, "You know that you look more cute than other girls! It was natural!"

"I know," Sylvia replied. "It was only enough to attract his attention, I meant no harm."

Irina glanced at Issei apologetically as he rubbed his head, "Sorry, Sylvia's likes teasing."

"I figured," Issei muttered. "How did you two meet?"

Irina scratched her head nervously, "Well...ah."

"Welcome new exorcist! I'm Irina from Kuoh! I'll be training you along with Ethan Hawthorne!"

"I'll be honest, when I first signed up, I expected a formal class, not a Jedi system."

"Me too!" Irina answered cheerfully, "But we save this for only specific people who are good enough to become the best exorcists and angels!"

"Angels?"

"Of course! My teacher is one! Not to mention he's also good friends with Michael himself since the First World War!"

Sylvia's eyebrows scrunched up, "I still refuse to believe that Ethan is an angel at times. His attitude and language is not what I expected from an Angel...At least ge can be caring."

Irina tutted, "He did say he was a human originally, didn't he? Seeing how he is in his mid-twenties and fought in the army, you can't really expect his language to be clean."

Sylvia seemed surprised, "Huh? Really? How...how old is he supposed to be then?"

"I think around twenty-six, but why does that matter? Let's focus on something else other than Ethan!"

Issei couldn't help but grin at Irina's cheerfulness as she chatted with Sylvia on their way to Kuoh. It seemed that they had more in common than he thought, but he could blame the team for that.

Issei exited the main building, carrying his bag over his shoulder. Seeing Motohama and Matsuda waving him over, Issei approached. Just as he was within arm's distance, he gained a quick beating. "Yo Issei what do you think you're doing? Hanging out with two cute girls without telling us!"

Matsuda nodded vigorously, "Yes! And they are new students too! One in her senior year of school! What do you think you're doing?"

Issei rubbed his head, "Ow, geez guys, Irina, the one with a ponytail, is my childhood friend."

"EHH?!" The duo shouted. Matsuda leaned in, "You didn't tell us about her?"

"I didn't think it was important. Not to mention...never mind."

"'Never mind?!" Motohama repeated, "Tell us!"

Issei dodged, "Sylvia, the other one, is just someone I met today. I don't even know her, only that. she's a friend of Irina."

"Single?" Both asked.

Issei hesitated. He didn't know himself. He at least hoped Irina was.

Issei blinked at the fleeting thought of Irina then shook his head, quickly adding a shrug, "I think they aren't...?"

Motohama frowned, "Are you taking them for yourself?"

"NO!" Issei shouted.

He smiled, "Good, so we may have a chance! So, how about we scoot on over to the kendo club's dressing room?"

Issei sighed a breath of relief at the space he was given. Before he could answer, Motohama and Matsuda already left. Issei started to follow when he heard Irina call to him. He turned and she jogged up, "Where are you going?"

"Oh, uh...going to join my friends to...uh..." Issei's mind was blank. "Finish some school work quickly. It won't take too long."

"Really?" She beamed, "Then I'll come too."

Panic seized Issei, "NO! No thanks! It's fine! You don't have to!"

Irina pouted, "Don't avoid me! If it won't take long, I'll stay, whether you want me to or not!"

"On second thought," Issei sputtered, "They told me I don't have to come. Since it was almost finished, they did say one of them would take it home."

Irina narrowed her eyes, "You certain?"

"I am!" Issei answered quickly, "I am!"

Irina nodded and turned around, "Then let's go!"

Issei quickly followed Irina as she idly chatted, sometimes asking questions about how he did over the years and other times about how her work in the church. Interested about the church work, this prompted a question, "How exactly does one be an exorcist?"

Irina turned with a wide smile, "You're really interested?"

He shrugged, but both knew she caught him, "A little."

Irina gave a moment of thought, "Well...it's like a job, you just apply and see if the church will accept you. From there, it's mostly learning how to wield swords, and training with them. Then we need to learn about the types and class dangers of stray devils and rogue Fallen Angels."

"Fallen Angels?" Issei repeated.

"Mhm, Angels who have sinned," Irina sighed, "It really hurts me when I have to fight them, but luckily Ethan handles most of them. He is usually emotionless and ruthless."

"Ethan? Your teacher?" Issei prompted.

"Yup." Irina nodded then her face darkened, "And I'll admit that Sylvia is right. His nonchalance about his work is troublesome. I heard he's friends with Michael, but I don't see why Michael likes him to make him an angel...other than he is really efficient."

There wasn't really much to go on about that. The only thing Issei figured out about Ethan was that Irina didn't like his character, but liked his work. From this, Issei couldn't explain why, but he felt a sense of relief. Although when the discussion turned to Sylvia, Ethan noticed she wasn't walking with them. He asked the question, "Ah, most likely to find a stray to kill."

"How come you haven't gone?"

"The other mission to find a place where we can stay," Irina answered after a moment of silence, to which she smiled, "I can't have you dying. Where else can we go at home?"

"I suppose..." Issei sighed, it didn't seem like the complete truth, but it was there. "Huh?"

They were at the foot of a bridge that crossed over the one river passing through Kuoh. Issei visited this place often when he was a kid, along with Irina, Ivan at the time, and even after she left for the United States.

He wasn't sure if it was a habit, or he simply missed Irina's company. The quiet calm during the sunset was just...fitting for this place. "Remember this bridge?"

Irina nodded cheerfully, "Why wouldn't I? There were the times we held paper boat contests, festivals right here, and there's that one time you pushed me in!"

The memory resurfaced and Issei chuckled, shaking his head while Irina pouted. He leaned on the railing and looked over the orange sunset as Irina took her usual spot beside him. The birds chirped in chorus before fading into a circus of crickets, the wind picked up Irina's hair, along with his.

"Oh!"

Issei turned to see another girl with raven-colored hair approach the top. She seemed surprised and Issei first suspected that it was their presence that shocked her, but on a second glance, Issei realized it wasn't both of them, only Irina.

She was curious at the newcomer's approach and greeted her, "May I ask who you are?"

"I am Yuuma Amano."

"What brings you here, Yuuma?" Irina asked curiously.

The girl fidgeted, "Oh well, I thought Issei here would be alone today, and I took the chance to come over..."

Issei and Irina looked at each other. "I think it may be a silly question, but...would you go out with me, Issei?"

He froze. Not because of the question, but of the next decisions. First, he was single. Agreeing would grant him a girlfriend. On the other hand...who knew how Irina would feel if he accepted. Sure, he didn't know either girls that much, but Irina had been his friend since childhood.

"I, uh..."

He was saved when Irina held onto his arm, "It isn't a silly question, but Issei and I are already dating."

Issei jumped at Irina's answer and turned to her, staying silent at her guarded tone. Yuuma's demeanor seemed to change in an instant, Issei couldn't put his finger on it, but she kept her light tone, sounding disappointed. Issei noted that it seemed forced.

"I see...I should have known when I saw the two of you. I'll see you two sometime soon." Yuuma left without another word.

"Irina?" The girl sighed and she faced him, still holding onto his arm.

"Issei, if I tell you the truth of why I'm here, would you stay calm and listen?"

Irina was no longer cheerful and she held the rare business-like expression she had now. Issei knew something was up and he wanted to know. Well...wanted to know now. "Promise."

"Everything about me being in the church is true. Along with Sylvia. Our secondary purpose here is to kill any strays here." She looked at him in the eyes with her startling violet ones, "Our main priority is to protect you."

"Me?!" Issei questioned, "You...don't happen to know why, do you?"

Irina shook her head, "Just that you need to be protected..." She put a finger over her lips and took out a phone, speed-dialing a number, "Ethan? Mind rolling through the names you gave me?"

[Really? You do real-]

A loud crash sounded through the speakers and Issei widened his eyes, along with Irina.

"E-Ethan? What's going on?"

[...little fu-...son of a...]

Multiple explosions resounded through the speakers and Ethan came back on.

[Just a bit busy. Hold on...]

Irina nodded and spoke into the phone, "I'll call you later."

The moment she hung up, the phone rang again.

[I told you, just hold on! Should be abou-]

A horrendous screech wailed through the speaker and Irina jumped.

[Names, right? I've gotten Raynare, Kalawarner, Mittelt, and Dohnaseek...]

"Yuuma Amano?" There was silence and Issei swore he heard swords clattering in the background. Clashing and rattling of metal before Ethan got back on.

[Don't quote me, but I think that's an alias. Maybe Raynare. Now that the stray nest is terminated, I'll be right over in Kuoh. Should be there before the end of today, midnight.]

"O-okay! Thanks!" He hung up and Issei looked at Irina.

"Not to sound a bit ignorant, but he seems like he is all business?"

Irina nodded, "When he works, yes. He's much more entertaining when he's not working." She dialed another number.

[Sylvia speaking.]

"Where are you?"

[At the park? I've found this giant fountain and I don't know what the name of the place is.]

"Oh! Yes, we'll be right there."

[Good. Uh, Irina? I th-]

Another voice joined in on the call.

[Put away the phone, little exorcist.]

Irina heard an ominous click and glanced at Issei, who nodded, both sprinting for the park they knew well. Irina brought up her bracelet and it turned into a full fledged sword, shining with light and glowing with a magnificent aura. Issei couldn't help but stare at the weapon appearing out of nowhere.

They found the fountain within five minutes and saw Sylvia flipping and dodging an assault of spears from the air. "Finally! I thought I was a goner!"

Issei looked up at Sylvia's attacker and recognized the face, "Yuuma?"

Irina frowned, "And Ethan was right again. That's Raynare, a rogue Fallen Angel, killed a Sacred Gear user due to a 'change of orders'. Stay back."

Irina brought up the sword and the sword seemed to transform into a whip, lashing out at the leg of Raynare who was in the air and wrapping itself against it. She turned to the newcomers and grinned wickedly, only for it to vanish when Irina gave a hard tug.

Raynare gave a yell and tugged on the line herself, pulling up Irina, who managed to unlatch the whip from Raynare's leg. She then proceeded to summon another spear and hurled it at Irina, who sent the whip cracking the spear out of the sky.

Watching the fight from behind, he was amazed at Irina's accuracy, along with Sylvia's. Sylvia fired a bullet from a rifle that managed to shatter every spear that flew at her. Now with Irina by her side, she was able to shift her focus from the spears to Raynare herself. Issei noticed her fire a double-tap at Raynare, who yelped when the bullets pierced her flesh. "How?"

"No surprise. You ignore human guns, yet forget that we exorcists have magical bullets," Sylvia mumbled in a monotone voice.

She shifted aim to the shadows and fired a few rounds, the gun exploding near Issei as Sylvia inched closer. They missed, but the figures behind the trees exposed themselves. "Irina! Kalawarner and Dohnaseek are here!"

Irina shifted attention to the backup and Sylvia turned back to Raynare, "Give up and make this less difficult for all of us."

Raynare gave a laugh and shouted, "Never!" She hurled a spear at Issei, who jumped aside, only to see Dohnaseek beside him, smiling with glee. As the dark, grim spear was flying at him, Irina shouted, redirecting her whip at Dohnaseek.

Bullets slammed into Dohnaseek's shoulder and he growled.

"Bullets move faster than you. Don't forget that," Sylvia smirked before jumping into the fountain's water to avoid another spear.

Dohnaseek switched hands and attempted again. Sylvia appeared in front of Issei, suddenly wielding a sword. Issei noticed that it was the exact weapon from before, but the gun had transformed itself into a wieldable blade like a tonfa.

The main base was like a baseball mitt, fit snugly on the hand and kept one from accidentally letting go and the 'mitt' part held onto a blade that was permanently fitted between the fingers. She parried a strike from Dohnaseek and grinned over her shoulder, "I've heard you're interested in fighting with us, I'll like to see you in action. Do your best."

Sylvia pulled Issei away from striking distance and slashed at Kalawarner's face after kicking down Dohnaseek's arm.

A whip grabbed the spear from Kalawarner, flung it to cut her face, whipped immediately into Dohnaseek, who barely dodged it, and was thrown at Raynare, who destroyed the spear. Issei saw an opening and started sprinting at Kalawarner as Sylvia occupied Dohnaseek. She smiled and started to throw a spear. Just as her arm was swinging at him, Issei dropped and started sliding, the spear sailing over him harmlessly. He rolled up, satisfied at Kalawarner's surprised face and threw an uppercut into her chin.

That was when his hand exploded in pain. There was only one time punching hurt. That was when he punched a wall. The uppercut knocked out Kalawarner, but the rebounding force was worse than the time he broke his hand on concrete.

"Holy hell! That was worse than I thought!" He wailed, and heard a clap. Then a second. Irina, Sylvia, Dohnaseek, and Raynare all stopped. Then a third.

"How about some applause, folks? It isn't normal to see a Fallen get knocked out cold by a human." The entire park lit up, literally, at the new entrance. Issei sared at the sky to see a dark-haired man with shaggy hair crossing his arms, dressed in a shirt and a green military jacket on top. Golden epaulets rested on his shoulder and from his backs sprouted impossibly white wings. "Really? Nobody? Not even one clap?"

Irina gave a single nervous clap.

The man with wings sighed, "Fine! Be that way!"

He uncrossed his arms and pointed an arm at Raynare, who seemed frozen. Issei saw her eyes flicker with fear, but before anything happened, something else happened. A blonde woman with an identical, but white, uniform flew into the man's path, "Ethan."

Her warning tone caused him to pause, "What? These are rogue, aren't they?"

"We need confirmation first," the woman answered.

Ethan blew air out of his cheeks, clearly annoyed, "From whom? We already got word from Michael himself!"

"I know, but only to investigate," the woman replied. This caused Ethan to scratch his head for a moment then he snapped his fingers.

"Ah, right." He pointed at Raynare again, "Three seconds." They immediately left, feathers scattering into the winds. Ethan lowered to himself to the ground and looked at Irina and Sylvia.

The woman flew down quickly after and Issei noticed her shapely body, golden hair tied up in a ponytail, young face, and grey eyes. "Neither of you are hurt?"

"Nope."

"Nu-uh."

Ethan walked up to Issei and put his hands on his shoulders, "Nice work. I had and still have a good feeling you'd be a cool guy."

"Uhh-"

"Brunhilde! Heal him please!" Brunhilde put her hand on his knuckles and the throbbing pain eased. "All nice? I don't leave out anyone. Unlike someone."

Brunhilde smacked his head and Issei was surprised that the power of the slap didn't affect Ethan, "Soo uh..."

"Enough awkward moments!" Ethan announced, "So, I think you know my team. I'm Ethan and this is Girl One," he pointed at Irina.

"Girl Two," he gestured to Sylvia.

"And Girl Three, or what I would like to say, to-be girlfriend." Brunhilde. She smacked his head again, "Okay, OKAY!"

Ethan looked at Issei, "Joking aside, I'm sure you know Irina, we respect each other. Sylvia is a close friend of mine, so don't worry about her, and Brunhilde and I are a couple...almost, so I'll tear your head off if you think of anything. Basically a harem! Of three!"

Brunhilde raised her hand and Ethan sighed, "Oh fuck off..." Issei noticed his wings turn dark for a moment and he rolled his eyes, "Irina Shidou joined my team shortly after she arrived in the States she was the first apprentice. Sylvia Lyyneheym, former singer and freshie exorcist but more skilled than any newbie I've seen. Finally Brunhilde, a pure angel and candidate for the Joker for Gabriel, partner for what...almost seventy years? That is a long story, but I'll talk about it another day."

Ethan pointed to himself, "Ethan Hawthorne, human turned Angel and participated in World War One, World War Two, and the Cold War. Particularly close friend of Michael because we fought together in the first World War. Now that we are done with the introductions, how about we get scurrying over to your home?"

He hoisted Issei up using his shirt collar and asked for the directions to the Hyoudou residence. Issei directed him with 'lefts' and 'rights' because Ethan was too lazy to be bothered with anything more complex, complaining about how he had to deal with 'a stray devil breeding and incubating nest for almost two weeks.'

They landed and Ethan watched the house with his hands on his hips, "Impressive home. Although..."

He stared at the exterior before commenting, "Not enough for all of us."

Issei blinked in surprise, "What?"

He pointed at the door, "Family room there, to the left is the kitchen. A bit to the right and inside the family room is the stairs, leading up to two bathrooms, one study, and three bedrooms. I'll assume two bedrooms are for you and your parents, only one more for Irina and Sylvia. Doubt that there's room for me. I'll sleep outside."

Issei stared in awe at the quick speech and nodded numbly, "Just by looking at the house?"

"Yes, and intuition. Not like a home would have a one story bedroom, so I took estimates. Trust me, I got lucky there." Ethan turned to Issei, "If today was a crazy day, I'll do my best to explain what I can to you, if you don't mind...tomorrow that is."

Issei nodded, "Sure...where will you go?"

"Sleep in a tree or trench somewhere," Ethan shrugged, "When having lived in a foxhole during the war, you can't help but admire the night in a different light."

"I'll join you," Brunhilde spoke up, earning a concerned look from Sylvia.

"You two aren't going to do anything...right?"

Ethan turned to her, eyebrow raised, "I wasn't surprised that someone brought up the question."

Sylvia's face reddened and she turned away, "With you two so close, it wouldn't be surprised someone asked."

"Who said anything about that?" Ethan replied with a grin, "Are you jealous?"

"Jealous? Why would I be. Maybe you're doing it for my attention."

Ethan laughed, gaining a tiny grin from Sylvia, "Alright! Alright! Promise I won't do anything funny. Sylvia, Irina, Issei you twi should go inside."

Issei nodded and turned back to Ethan while the two girls headed into the house, who nodded to the door, "Have a good night, Hyoudou."

Ethan opened the bright white wings and flew off into the night, the combined light of Brunhilde and his creating a beacon in the dark night.

Break

Issei woke up to gentle shaking and tiredly cracked his eyes open to see Irina sitting on his stomach, "Time to wake up!"

"Gah!" Issei sat up and their faces connected. That's when someone hit 'pause' on both of their lives. They simply sat there, lips touching but nothing else, not moving, and nothing happened. Save for Irina's face slowly turning red. "I...uh..."

Her eyes were wider than a deer in headlights, "Uhm..."

"I think you, Irina, should have woken him up on the side of the bed, not on top of him." Their heads turned to Brunhilde who was leaning against the doorway, smirking, "These things happen all the time when someone tries to do something a bit perverted but stops midway."

Irina scrambled off and patted herself, "Where's Ethan?"

Brunhilde shrugged, "Probably killing strays, I fell asleep after the fifth round of fighting and woke up here."

Issei nodded and quickly dressed and hurried downstairs to avoid more harassment. As the four of them were eating breakfast, courtesy of Brunhilde, they heard a knock on the door. Irina stood before anyone could and opened it, "Ethan! Morning!"

"Yeah, yeah. Good work this morning, but could have done better, you only needed to pull the pants down and sit on him," Ethan grinned. Issei saw Irina blush again and she quickly hid her face. Ethan patted her shoulder and looked up, "Brunhilde, mind taking a look around Kuoh and finding the leader of this area? I think they should be the strongest being here."

"What about you?"

Ethan looked insulted, "You think I would do it after that whole eight hour marathon on killing strays? You're insane! That's why I want you to find the overseer! They need to regulate this area, while I get some quality sleep!"

Brunhilde coldly stood with her arms crossed, unmoving and Ethan shrugged, "Ah, okay. I'll go look for them with you."

A smile slipped out but she kept it in check, before grabbing his arm and pulling him towards the door. Issei looked back at Irina who shrugged and noticed Sylvia had returned his brief wave of farewell. "Sylvia?"

"It's nothing," Sylvia smiled and continued eating, occasionally taking food from Ethan's plate. Irina sat down with Sylvia and smiled slyly.

"You're jealous, aren't you~"

Sylvia gave the classic pout denial, but rather admitted to it. Somewhat. "I am not. You should know there's a difference between jealousy and trying to get his attention."

"Knew you liked him!" Irina crowed and smiled at Issei, who laughed in return. "Why? Is it that he isn't like an Angel, or his looks?"

Sylvia simply frowned and continued eating in silence before opening her mouth, hesitantly answering, "I...don't know. Just that there's something about him I like."

The trio perked up when the doorbell rung. Irina offered to open the door again, seeing a large man with blonde hair and a small goatee. He smiled kindly at her and greeted Irina.

"Uh...hello?" she squeaked, reaching for her bracelet.

The man stepped into the house and behind him was Ethan and Brunhilde. "Guys, this is Azazel, the leader of the Fallen Angels."

"I'll admit," Azazel smiled as he stroked his chin, "You seemed to have found me pretty easily, young angel. Who are you?"

"Ethan Hawthorne?" Ethan asked cautiously and Azazel's face lit up.

"As in, one of the closest friends of Michael?"

"In the flesh."

Azazel smiled and put out a hand, "It's an honor to meet you."

Ethan didn't take it, only exploding in anger, "An honor?! Yes, it's an honor to meet me, but how about you?"

Brunhilde took a step back and tried to calm him down, but he slapped her arm away. Sylvia jumped and quickly shrunk behind the table. Irina yelped and backed up. "-me that has to do all the damn work for everyone! Oh, there's a S-class stray? Here you go! KILL THAT FOR ME, YEAH? Oh, there's a new dangerous stray that all the angels are scared of fighting, guess who you have to call? Ghostbusters? NO! Stray Killer Ethan!"

Issei quickly stepped over to Azazel who was sitting on the couch lazily and taking a sip from a Coke can that materialized in his hands. Ethan had started pacing the room, continuing his rant, "Uh...Azazel-sama, aren't you going to say anything?"

Azazel winked at him, "Don't worry about it."

"-mention that I didn't have to worry about this as much before, as the biggest worry was a SOVIET TANK! And getting my head shot off by a bullet! Leaving my face unrecognizable Thanksgiving dinner! Now I have to deal with cuckoo devils who are too DAMN HORNY FOR POWER?! Fun shit I signed up for!"

Ethan whirled at Azazel and leaned in, seething, "Have you even heard a word I just said?"

Azazel leaned back and took a sip, "Nope."

Complete silence. Brunhilde stepped back and Irina backed up into the kitchen. Sylvia shrunk further behind her plate and Issei swallowed. Ethan stood and opened his wings, checking them to ascertain there were still 'pure'.

As white as as all the girls' faces.

"Well, I see Michael was right. You are calm even in the face of a Satan," Ethan said with respect in his tone.

"You compare yourself to Satan?" Azazel asked in amusement as he took another long sip of his Coke.

Ethan shrugged and took a breath, "Whew, I'll be honest, all of that was bullshit. I enjoy my job. I've always liked fighting for 'what's right.'" He laughed, relieving the girl's worries and stretched, "Besides, I want to help Michael. After he told me all about God being uh..."

He took a look at Sylvia and Irina, along at Brunhilde, "God being troubled with finding new Angels, there was no way I could turn down his offer. No way will I leave such a figure to dry."

Azazel raised an eyebrow, "Impressive..." Issei noticed that he seemed to be making a comment. "Yes, Michael can become good friends with anyone he meets. I'm just surprised that you are an Angel yourself."

Ethan laughed and shrugged, "I am too. Look at me, do I even seem to be an Angel?"

"Not at all. One last thing I have to mention before I forget."

"What?" Ethan asked curiously.

"I'm not the leader of the group regulating Kuoh. You can actually call me a trespasser."

"What? Come again? You being a trespasser?"

"However powerful I am, the leader of the group regulating Kuoh is Rias Gremory."

"Ohhhh! The sister of Sirzechs!" Ethan exclaimed in understanding then he glared at Azazel. "Can't she do a better job? I literally haven't slept for two weeks straight now now that I had to kill the abhorrent amount of strays here yesterday!"

Ethan sighed and muttered, "Not to mention that these aren't the last of them...Now tell me, how a trespasser?"

"By being a trespasser!" Azazel smiled. Ethan gave an annoyed look, "Anyway, I had Raynare and her group just observe Issei. Sent the order about a week ago? Hopefully you don't mind."

Brunhilde and Ethan looked at each other and Azazel caught the mental conversation. "Don't tell me that they disobeyed orders."

"Unfortunately..." Ethan started then thought for a moment, "Well...I really do not know the answer to that. Did you order him killed?"

Azazel spit out a mouthful of Coke and tried to regain his breath as he coughed violently, "Why would I give that order of all things?"

He stopped drinking when he caught the round of looks, "Hmm..."

Azazel leaned back and turned to Issei, "Mind if you bring out your Sacred Gear?"

Issei gave Azazel a blank look, "Sacred what?"

"Gear. Concentrate and bring it out," Azazel answered calmly.

Issei did and nothing happened.

"Strange," Azazel stated, "I swore he had a Sacred Gear."

"He should have one," Ethan replied, "...Issei,what would you do if a beautiful woman was assaulted by a man?"

Issei immediately stood to attention, "What?"

Issei felt a surge of energy and found a gauntlet on his left hand. It had a scaly appearance , starting at the back of the hand, slowly adding armor up to the middle of the forearm and the fingers were almost three inches long. "I'll kill him!"

"There we go!" Ethan remarked, causing Issei to glance at the weight on his hand.

"Twice Critical," Azazel muttered, squinting at the gauntlet.

"Basic, but has unlimited potential," Ethan added. Azazel nodded in earnest agreement.

"Gotta say, I didn't think much of it until I saw Siegfried with his arms."

"Amen," Ethan smirked.

"So, what exactly can I do with this?" Issei asked. Ethan tapped his chin.

"Primarily, it doubles your power once for ten seconds before the effect wears off. It's not much, but it almost always goes into a completely different path than boosting power," Ethan explained, before looking at Issei, "As long as you're willing to improve it."

Issei gripped the gauntlet into a fist, causing it to shine and jumped into the air as he spun, kicking at head height before rolling backwards at the landing and swept at the feet of an invisible opponent. "I definitely feel much lighter."

"Good," Ethan remarked, "You'll need it."

Ethan put out his hand and Issei immediately knew how he wanted this to proceed.

"Let's see what you got to made the rogue Fallen shit a brick."

"What if I'm rusty?"

"Then sit your ass down," Ethan deadpanned.

A/N: New series that features Issei x Irina! Whoop! Harem is to be determined right now, as I'm not following canon yet...much at least. Ethan x Sylvia later on, harem is also TBD and status unknown. In case you haven't noticed, the song that this story uses will essentially be the 'theme.' If I get far enough in the story, you will see...

Now, here's some information on ages. Not sure how important it will be, but just so you don't mistaken someone for a child or something:

Issei - Age 17 years old

Irina - Age 17 years old

Sylvia - Age 19 years old

Brunhilde - Age 150+(exact age unknown)

Ethan - Age 126 years old

Azazel - Age...uhh...2400+ years old? *scoots*

Now that I look at it, Ethan x Sylvia will be *that* much more awkward with their age gap. HOOOLY hell...Oh no, I didn't make any future spoilers...did I? Ah shit I did.

Also, referring to the manner Ethan speaks, here is to clear it up. The way I see it: Angels will fall at a 'serious infraction' of the Angelic Holy Laws or whatever that shit is to make them fall.

Now, as a quite normal human being, I will say myself that I have never seen a human speak without swearing. Well...us teenagers that is, and I'm 99.999% sure that adults are pretty much in the same boat, so it's a habit for us. We curse here and there, if not all the time, so it's not really an 'infraction' if we do it all the time, right?

Now, what if were to explode at someone, shouting obscenities that I would not say, that's preeeeeetty much 'breaking the rules', you're no longer thinking properly and really mean harm to the victim, hence the 'system' for the Angelic Laws will recognize you as 'no longer pure' and marks you as no longer applicable of being an Angel.

If any of you are bothered by this, feel free to point this out! I will go ahead and make Ethan more 'Angel-like' than he is currently. On the other hand, as Brunhilde is a pure-bred Angel and isn't normally subjected to that kind of speech, so she will MOST DEFINITELY be more...formal? She looks down on Ethan for his speech, but she understands humans just don't have the decency to speak properly unless we are watching what we say and picking our words carefully to sound less crass.

Anyhow, hope you enjoyed and just do the usual...Favorite, follow, and review!

And a final note, Ethan is training Issei. That's pretty much his role as of now.

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And as a medium of me making fun of some things in DxD...and how they work..