OC x Harem
Issei x Harem
Zerius walked into along a hallway, his long, unruly white hair flowing behind him. The 191 cm (6'3) man wore his normal outfit of a black dress shirt, matching jeans, boots and an overcoat, all of which contrasted with his naturally pale skin. His eyes had pure black sclera, but the irises were a deep blue, which matched the singular horn jutting out of the left side of his head. His hands were left bare, revealing his sharpened onyx fingernails. Following behind him was a long black tail, the end resembling a spade.
He never really liked this building. All the twists and turns we're just made the interior too confusing for him. Eventually the man reached the end of the hallway and faced a set of double doors. Without a moment of hesitation, the devil pushed the doors open and walked inside. On the other side of the door was a large, ornate room. Sitting at the desk at the far end of the room was none other than Sirzechs Lucifer, one of the current maou.
Upon seeing Zerius, Sirzechs smiled and spoke. "You know Zerius, most people would be considerate enough to knock before bursting into a Maou's office." The redhead pointed out.
Zerius casually sat down on one of the chairs crossed his legs. "Well most people can't say that they known all of the maou since childhood. Besides, I didn't sense any other magical signatures in here. It's not like you were in a meeting or something." Zerius wore a smirk as he spoke.
Sirzechs chuckled. "Well, you've got a point there. You're sensory skills are as good as always. I can still remember how you used them when you, Ajuka and I use to spar."
Zerius nodded. "Yeah, but that was before The Great War and Devil Civil War. Now you two are stuck in your those dead end jobs of yours, and I'm stuck without my old training partners.
"Hey now" The ex-Gremory started. "You were offered a position among the Maou as well, but you said, and I quote "I have no intention of wasting my life in an, working for society that's made up of 80% self righteous morons.""
Zerius laughed at that. "Oh, yeah, I did say that didn't I? Well what can I say? The world is full of idiots. I'm better at punishing those idiots rather than convincing them to be civil." The white haired man put his elbow on the chair's armrest and rested his head in his hand. "So Sirzechs, what did you call me over here for? I'm sure it wasn't just to reminisce about the past."
Sirzechs nodded. "Yes, you're correct. Tell me Zerius, do you remember Rias?"
Zerius put his hand to his chin in an attempt to remember. "Rias….Rias…..Oh, that's your bratty little sister right?"
"I would prefer if you didn't call her "bratty"." The Maou commented.
Ignoring his friend's comment, Zerius spoke again. "Alright, so what about her? Does she want to talk to me or something?"
"Not quite," Sirzechs said. "You see as a big brother, I worry. And with my position, I have even more reason to worry, not for myself, but for those I care about. There exists a strong possibility that-"
"I'm not going to the human world to keep an eye on your sister." Zerius interrupted, seeing where the conversation was heading.
"Oh come on Zerius, why not? There's a good chance that someone might come after her." Sirzechs argued.
Zerius shook his head. "That's a risk you and you parents took when your allowed her study in the human world. I don't see why I should waste my time going to the human world to watch that spoiled princess."
"Look Zerius, I know you're opinion of Rias might not be the best, but-" The redhead was interrupted again.
"Sirzechs, this honestly has nothing to do with my opinion of her. I mean, yeah, sure, she's not in my top ten favorite people, but the fact is I gain nothing by going out of my way to go to the human world and look after her like some baby-sitter. To stay under the radar I'd have to leave my Peerage behind, and I feel like next time they saw me, they wouldn't exactly just let me go for ditching them. That's not to mention how Roygun and Sis would react. They would not be happy." He said the last sentence with a shutter. "Plus, what would Grayfia say of she found out that you abused you power to give an order like that."
Sirzechs shuttered. Super devil or not, the man was still afraid of his wife. The maou then looked at his friend and sighed. "Fine, fine, I get your point."
"So, is that it?" Zerius asked.
"Well, actually there is one more thing. You see, there are talks about a possible peace treaty between the Three Factions."
"Finally!" Zerius said happily exclaimed. "It's about time that people realize that the uneasy ceasefire we have going on at the moment doesn't make shit easier for anyone. Plus I'll get to see Gabriel and Penemue more often. I haven't been able to talk to those two in ages."
The redhead chuckled, "Men and their harems."
"Part two of why I didn't become a Maou." The white haired man commented.
"Yes, I get it. Anyway, with that in mind, Azazel has sent a request to the Devil Faction." A red magic circle appeared on the desk and a small stack of paper.
Zerius picked the stack up and began reading it immediately.
Sirzechs decided to give a brief description of what was on the paper. "Basically, 4 fallen angels along with over three dozen stray exorcists from several churches in Japan had not reported in to him in a long time. Suddenly, about a month and a half ago, they all suddenly contacted him and and requested him to send a former nun, Asia Argento, to the church in Kuoh, a city that he wasn't supposed to have anyone stationed in. He agreed because he wanted to see exactly what they were up to and the girl arrived in Kuoh last week. What's being asked is for you to investigate, and if necessary, prevent whatever those fallen and exorcists are doing."
"And in the case that they aren't cooperative, how many need to be kept alive?" Zerius asked, still looking through the papers.
"Azazel didn't specify with the exorcists, but he said that it's best to keep at least two of the fallen alive to answer some questions." The redhead confirmed
Zerius smiled an evil smile which showed off his sharp teeth. "I can work with that."
"Oh no," Sirzechs began. "You're not going alone. Knowing you, if you ended up getting excited, you'd totally forget about your orders and kill everyone there, leaving no one to be interrogated afterwards."
"Yyyyyyooooooouuuuuuuu-are probably right" Zerius relented. He would admit that he got a little kill crazy sometimes. After all, it's not like he hadn't lost control before. "Don't worry, I'll take a peerage member with me. They'll help me stay out of trouble." He assured
Sirzechs gave him a critical eye. "Alright then," He said after a moment. "Well, there's not much else that I need to tell you."
"Cool" Zerius responded. "There's just two things I have questions about though."
"And they would be?" The Lucifer asked.
Zerius placed the stack of papers back on Sirzech's desk, facing the red haired man. He then pointed to the location on the paper. Kuoh. "The fact that this is happening in Kuoh-"
"Total coincidence, I assure you." Sirzechs said with smile. "I just figured that while you were there, you could check up on my baby sister. Serfall would be happy if you said hi to Sona too."
"Alright," the white haired man said. "Question two: why is the date on this from over three weeks ago?"
Sirzechs face turned serious. "Yes, well, when I asked you to check up on Rias, it wasn't just as a favor. You see, I sent this request to Rias the day after receiving it. She never reported back. So you also have the mission of finding out exactly why she hasn't taken action."
The taller man smiled. "That seems easy enough." He picked up the papers and began walking out of the room. He was about to exit, but a voice stopped him.
"Oh, Zerius," Sirzechs called from behind him. "Please don't scare my sister too much. I know how you get."
"Don't worry about it." The horned man waved back into the room as he spoke, not even bothering to turn around as the doors closed behind him.
As Zerius left the room, he began thinking of who he'd bring with him. "Let's see who can I bring? My queen is overkill, so is either of my rooks. Maybe I should bring….Nah, she'd see the whole thing as a waste of time. Oh, I know." The man formed a small magic circle in his hand. The circle was deep blue with a Ram's skull in the center. It was a communication circle. He placed the circle next to his ear. "Hey Albedo, I need you to meet me outside of the Lilith government building in about 3 minutes. We've got a mission."
*3 Minutes Later*
Zerius walked out of the building. As he exited the structure, the man saw the person he was expecting to see.
She had long black hair and flawless skin she had two white, curved horns sticking out of her head, which matched the white dress that she had on as well as her long gloves. Her body sported excellent curves and a large buzum that would make any man eager. Her eyes were golden with slit pupils and she wore a spider web necklace that covered her chest and shoulders.
When she saw Zerius, a large smile appeared on her face. She immediately ran towards him. Stopping in front of him, she gave a deep bow. "Lord Zerius, I have come just as instructed."
Zerius waved her off. "There's no need to bow, Albedo."
"But Lord Zerius, one such of yourself always deserves the highest level of respect. A bow should be the bare minimum." She argued.
Zerius chuckled. "Ah Albedo, while your undying loyalty and devotion is always refreshing and appreciated, it's unnecessary at the moment."
This woman was Albedo Baphomet. The Baphomet clan was an extra devil clan had sworn Loyalty to Zerius's father centuries ago, similarly to how The Lucifuge clan swore loyalty to the original Lucifer. Albedo had been raised from birth to be completely and irrefutably loyal to Zerius specifically. This loyalty was strong enough that it sometimes came off as obsessiveness. To her, Zerius's whims and desires held more value than her own life. The white haired man had been working with her for the last couple centuries to change that kindest, but he had minimal success.
"But Lord Zerius-" The black haired woman tried to argue.
"Albedo, it's not a big deal. Anyway, we're going to the human world for a mission."
"Lead the way Lord Zerius, I will follow you anywhere."
"I know Albedo, I know" A magic circle formed underneath the two, and suddenly, they were gone.
*Kuoh - Abandoned Church*
Zerius and Albedo appeared in a flash of blue light. Zerius looked the same, but Albedo was wearing a new outfit. It was a dark full plate with three layers of armor that still managed to show off her feminine curves. In her hand was a black bardiche.
"So, you ready Albedo?" Zerius asked.
"Always Lord Zerius. With your word, I will strike swiftly and without mercy." She spoke through her helmet. The two walked into the building. Upon entering the church, Zerius immediately took note of the state of the building. "Wow, I honestly thought that this place would have been more worn out. "
There were no overturned benches or broken windows. In fact the only visible damage was a couple smashed statue of Jesus and crosses that stood around the room.
"Hey! The hell are you fuckers doin' here!?" Someone yelled.
Zerius turned his head to see the speaker. He recognized the face from the files. "Wait, don't tell me." Zerius began. "It's Freeze, right?" The devil attempted to remember the man's name.
"It's Freed you shit! Freed Sellzen!" The gray haired human screamed. Remember that name, cause it's the name of the guy who gonna hack to shitty devil's into little itty bitty pieces!" He then took out a gun and a standard exorcist light sword.
Zerius smirked. "Alright, let's do this." He was about to step forward, but he suddenly noticed a dark aura coming from next to him. The white haired devil turned to see Albedo.
While the woman was silent, the demonic energy coming off her was anything but calm.
"Albedo, are you alright?" Zerius asked, slightly concerned.
"I am fine Lord Zerius." The armored woman spoke with barely restrained fury. "But if I may make a request?"
"You may" Zerius answered, curious about where she was going with this."
Albedo responded immediately. "I ask you, my beloved lord Zerius, to allow the honor of slaying this vile insect that stands before us and who Dares To INSULT YOUR GLORIOUS NAME!" She was screaming by the end of it.
Zerius thought about it for a moment. 'I don't think there's any harm in letting her have her fun. And while she's killing this guy, I can take care of the fallen angels in the basement.' Zerius expanded his senses and searched the area for magical signatures. 'Or maybe not. There's only one fallen in the basement and three outside. Bunch of humans down there though. Okay then change of plans.' "Alright Albedo, I'll leave this guy and the human in the basement to you. I'll handle all the fallen outside. Also, there should be a blonde girl with green eyes down there. I want you to bring her to me unharmed. Is that all understood?" Zerius asked.
"Yes, my Lord." She answered dutifully.
"So, are you two fucks done yet." Freed asked. "It's less fun cutting up shitty devil's if their not paying attention. They've got to know that they're about to die, or they give such sucky reactions. Well, whatever, if I'm fighting the bitch, then it's time for me to slice n dice!" He jumped and swung his light sword at Albedo.
The armored demon immediately blocked it with her bardiche and, using a surprising amount of force from her thin arms, swung her weapon, throwing Freed across the room and into the wall. The force of the impact caused the area of wall that the stray exorcist hit to collapse on top of him.
"Later Albedo," Zerius said as her walked out of the building. "I have faith in you." He closed the doors behind himself.
"I will not fail you my beloved master!" Albedo said cheerfully as she looked at her master's opponent, who was getting up for the debris.
"Ah, you bitch! That hurt!" Freed said.
Albedo, not given her target the opportunity to fully recover, charged at him.
Seeing her approach, Freed pulled out his light gun. "Eat light you asshole!" He then fired several rounds at the woman. He was surprised however when each shot bounced off her armor, leaving no noticeable damage. In his surprised state, he was not prepared for when Albedo swung her weapon, cleanly severing his hand left, the hand that was holding his gun. "AAAAHHH!" The grey haired man screamed in pain and anger. "You fucking bitch! That's the hand I jack off with!"
Without responding to his statement, Albedo kicked Freed in the face, sending him flying into the rows of pews to her side.
Freed had released his hold on his light sword from the impact. It clattered to the floor harmlessly.
She walked to his downward from, her heels clicking against the ground with each step. When she reached his position, she stepped down on his chest. Hard.
"FUCK!" Freed screamed as she crushed his sternum.
"Shut up." Albedo commanded as she added pressure. "Disgusting vermin. That's all you humans are. Wastes of space like you should all be exterminated. However, luckily for you, Lord Zerius sees value in you trash that I do not. And his opinion if far more important than mine." Even with her helmet on, Freed could see the cold leer that she was giving him. With a swift motion, the devil swung her bardiche, severing Freed's right arm from the shoulder.
"FUCKING GOD!" He yelled as his blood pooled next to him.
"However, on those occasions when he does allow me the freedom of disposing of you pests, I can honestly say that I enjoy it." She rose her bardiche into the air.
"WAIT! HOLD ON YOU BITCH!" Freed tried to get up, but the force on his chest was too great.
With a single swing, Freed Sellzen was dead.
*With Zerius*
The white haired man walked out of the church. Following the magical signatures that he had sensed, he walked behind the building and into the woods. After walking for a few minutes, he got into position. "Alright" he said loudly. "I know you're all there. Come out already."
It was only after an instant that Zerius heard the sound of flapping behind him. Turning around The man saw three fallen angels.
The first one was a middle aged man in a buttoned up overcoat and fedora.
The second was a short blonde girl in a gothic loli outfit.
The final one was a fully grown woman in a maroon trench coat and matching mini skirt.
"Well, well it seems like a devil is trying to mess with our plans." The blonde one said.
"I don't recognize this one." The man stated. "Is he another stray perhaps?"
"It doesn't matter." The woman said professionally. "Stray or not, he's gotten too close. We should take him out."
Zerius looked at the three for a moment before sighing. "Yeah, I don't have it."
"Uh, what?" The girl said in confusion. "What are you-"
"Shut up for a sec." Zerius pointed towards her as he cut her off. He activated a magic circle and teleported a stack of papers into his hand. He then began to skim through them.
This action evidently angered the youngest of the group. "Wha-, why you…." The little girl created a light spear and got ready to throw it at Zerius.
"Mittelt" Zerius suddenly said, pointing at the blonde girl again.
"What the-" the now identified Mittelt began.
The devil continued, ignoring her. "Kalawanar" The white haired devil pointed to the woman. "Dohnaseek" He then pointed to the man in the fedora.
"...How do you know our names?" Kalawarner asked in shock.
"Oh, that's all in this." Zerius shook the files in his hands. "Azazel sent me here with the mission stop shut down your little project here." He scratched the back of his head. "Well, Azazel didn't send me. Sirzechs sent me on behalf of Azazel, but you get the idea."
Dohnaseek glared at Zerius. "Do you really expect us to believe that Lord Azazel would really work with lowly devils?"
"Believe whatever you want." Zerius said. He teleported the files away and begun to do some light stretches. "The fact is that I've only been asked to bring two of you back alive. In other words, one of you is expendable. Who is it going to be?" The white haired devil smirked.
"Why you arrogant piece of trash. I will have fun killing you." Dohnaseek said as he created a light spear. He charged.
"Yeah, you show him Dohnaseek!" Mittelt exclaimed in excitement.
"Dammit Dohnaseek, hold back! We need to weigh it the situation a bit more!" Kalawarner yelled at her comrade.
"Ah, a volunteer." Zerius stated.
The fedora wearing man continued his charge. As he approach Zerius, he pulled his light spear back. When he was only about three feet away from his target, Dohnaseek thrusted his weapon forward. He smirked as he saw his spear land right in the center of Zerius's chest. The smirk didn't last long however, as the light spear failed to so much as peirce the white haired man's skin.
Zerius looked down at the spear currently pushing on his sternum. "Well, that's disappointing." He said with a light sigh. He turned his head back to Dohnaseek, who was frozen in shock. "So is that it, or do you have some kind of special last resort attack I don't know about?"
"H-How?" Dohnaseek stuttered out in shock. "It's impossible for a devil to survive an object made of light? Who the hell are you!" He shouted in fear.
"Well, it's not so much impossible. You're just kinda weak." Zerius responded grabbed the light spear. With a simple squeeze of his hand, the weapon shattered into tiny motes of light before fading away.
There was moment of silence as the fallen angels took in what had just happened.
"R-Retreat!" Kalawarner ordered as she made to fly away. The other two followed her example and turned around to fly off.
"Oh, I don't think so." Zerius said. He pointed towards the now retreating trio, his middle and index fingers raised. With the motion of his hand, three thorned vines sprouted up out of the ground. Each vine wrapped itself around one of the fallen angel's ankles. The thorns dug into their flesh as the vines tightened, trapping them in place.
"AH, w-what the hell!?" Mittelt screamed at the vine pulled her back to the ground. In her desperation to escape, she formed another light spear and attempted to use it to cut the vine.
Kalawarner and Dohnaseek did the same. All three slashed and stabbed at vines in an attempt to sever them, but it was all for naught. The vines we're too strong.
Seeing that all three had been caught and we're now on the ground, Zerius decided to speak. "Now usually, I'd just kill all three of you and be done with this, but again, Im suppose to leave two of you alive so…." He looked at Dohnaseek a bright smile on his face. "Since you attacked me first, you get to die."
More vines began rising from the ground, surrounding the terrified fallen angel.
"W-Wait! Please! I'll talk! I'll answer any question you want to know! Just let me live!" Dohnaseek plead for his life.
The vines stopped.
"Any question huh?" Zerius asked, surprising all of the fallen.
"Y-Yeah! I'll answer anything!" Dohnaseek said quickly.
"Alright then. Tell me Dohnaseek. Either of you two can answer in his place as well. " Zerius looked at Kalawarner and Mittelt with an evil smile. "Why do people die?"
Time seemed to freeze as the question was asked.
"W-What?" The busty fallen angel asked in confusion.
"Oh come on, you heard me." Zerius spoke clearly and slowly. "Why do people die. What reason is there for death? Answer that question correctly and all of you can live."
This question shocked all three of the fallen. None of them knew what to say. Why do people die? That had not been a question that any of them had been expecting. They were expecting something about Grigori, or what they were doing in Kuoh. None of the fallen had an answer.
"Come on, give me an answer." Zerius ordered. "If you don't give me an answer soon, I'll have to assume you were lying about answering my questions. In which case, I'll just kill you now."
The fallen angels were scared now. They were on a time frame and had to answer soon.
Dohnaseek, feeling semi-confident in his answer, chose to speak. "Is it..because...they do something wrong. Death is a punishment." He answered.
Zerius looked Dohnaseek straight in the eye. The devil smiled, giving an iota of hope to the fallen before him. "Nope." He said, crushing any hope that he had instilled. "The correct answer is….there is no answer."
"W-What?" Mittelt asked in confusion.
"It's simple." Zerius began. "There is no reason that people die. There no greater cause. There's no bigger plan. Anyone: innocent, guilty or something in between can die at any time for absolutely no reason or purpose. People die, it's that simple." The vines around Dohnaseek began to move again. "Just like now."
"WAIT! NO!" Dohnaseek screamed at the vines wrapped around him. The vines slowly surrounded the man, forming a cocoon and trapping Dohnaseek inside.
Zerius rose his hand into the air, palm open and fingers spread.
The cocoon seemed to follow his movement as it too rose higher into the air, only connected to the ground by the vines that formed it.
With one motion, Zerius closed his hand. The cocoon immediately reacted, instantly constricting and becoming smaller and tighter until it was just the size of a basketball.
There was no scream, no blood, only the unmistakable sound of bones breaking.
Zerius turned back to the two living fallen angels. "Alright, now I'm going to need you two to come with me?"
"They looked at him in pure terror as he approached the two.
*In Front of the Church*
Raynare flew out of the church as quickly as possible. She was fleeing. She was fleeing from the armor wearing woman that was currently in the church's basement.
The fallen angel had been confident at first. Her opponent was outnumbered by almost fifty to , it had never occurred to her that her actions could have caught the attention of someone that powerful. Hell, she was pretty sure that the devil in charge of this area wasn't interested in her or her group at all considering that they've been in Kuoh a month already.
Up until this point, the Gremory girl had only directly interfered with in her plans once: that time when Dohnaseek had tried to finish the perverted boy off.
That boy. Issei Hyoudou. Raynare would admit that killing him had backfired spectacularly. Not only was he still alive but now he was part of the Gremory's peerage, and to make things worse, he had unlocked his sacred gear. Luckily, it was only a twice critical, no immediate concern. But that boy seemed very set on getting the nun back. If he actually managed to convince his king to try and save her, then Raynare might have had some problems. That mindset is what convinced her to push up the schedule of the ritual by a few days.
But, it turns out that had all been for nothing. About two minutes before, an armored devil had walked into the basement in which the ritual would have soon begun. Without a word she had begun to butcher each and every one of the stray exorcists with frightening ease. Raynare had kept back and observed. Judging from how light bullets and light swords seemed to bounce off of the armor without leaving so much as a scratch, she came to the conclusion that her light spear would not do much better. Taking the opportunity, the fallen angel had fled while the woman was slaughtering all of the stray exorcists that she had gathered.
"Dammit!" Raynare said as she flew behind the building to meet up with the other fallen angels and try to regroup. "Three months of planning and one month of preparation all down the toilet in a matter of minutes! And right before everything was about to finish too! Who the hell was that bitch anyway!?"
"You know," A voice said, causing Raynare to turn her head. She saw a white haired man that she didn't recognize leaning next to a tree. "Its pretty rude to use profanity like that when talking about somebody else's subordinate." Zerius finished, a smirk on his face.
"You the hell are you supposed to be!?" Raynare shouted angrily as she formed a Light spear in her hand.
"You know, I would honestly love to answer your question in a long and over-dramatic fashion, but it's getting kinda late, and I have other stuff to do, so.." Zerius snapped his fingers, and suddenly seven vines spurted up from the ground directly below Raynare. In an instant, all seven vines penetrated her flesh and exited out the other side in a bloody show of power. The vines pierced each bicep, each though, her stomach, her chest, and her neck.
"Buueg" Raynare coughed up some blood. "What the…." She began, her body shaking. "What kind….of magic?"
"Oh, that would be my special plant based magic that I came up with. I call it Silvis Magnus. Thats "Great Forest" in latin by the way. I ended up using that a lot during the great war. I even got a cool nickname from it." He walked up to the still barely breathing Raynare. He stopped when he was right in front of her face. Grabbing her hair, Zerius pulled her face up to meet his so she was looking at him. The devil looked her right in the eyes, his smile as wide as ever. "They called me, "The King of Thorns"."
As if on command, the last semblance of life slowly faded from Raynare's eyes as they grew dull.
"Well, that's that." Zerius said. "I should probably meet up with Albedo." He walked back into the forest. "Now where did I leave those two?" It took only a moment to find the two fallen angels that he had left tied up.
They were sitting in the ground, unable to move due to the vines constricting both their midsections and ankles.
Zerius grabbed the length of vine that was coming off of each of them. Still holding the vines he walked towards the direction of the church, lazily dragging Kalawarner and Mittelt along with him.
As he reached the front of the holy building, the armored form of Albedo walked out, an unconscious blonde haired girl on her back. "Albedo." The white haired man called out to his servant.
She turned her head into his direction. Upon seeing him, the devil hastened her walk as she approached him. "My Lord," she began, "I have exterminated the exorcists and acquired the girl."
"Good job. I've got the fallen angels." Zerius pulled the vine in hand hand, pulling Kalawarner and Mittelt closer to him.
"Dammit! Stop pulling so hard! " Mittelt shouted at the white haired man.
"Oh, chill out." He responded. "Look at the bright side, at least your not dead. But I can change that pretty fast. Please keep that piece of information in mind." He finished with the same smile wore when he killed Dohnaseek.
Mittelt stopped talking.
"...So what are you going to do to us?" Kalawarner asked hesitantly.
Zerius looked at her. "Well, first we've got to report back to Sirzechs, then we turn you over to Azazel tomorrow. Your probably gonna spend the night in a jail cell." He stated simply.
Kalawarner was silent.
Zerius looked at her for a moment. Compared to the other fallen angels involved in the events of this town, she didn't seem quite as vocal with her thoughts, so Zerius had no idea what was going through her head. Though that was partially his fault. Zerius had no problem admitting that he was not very good at reading people. Sure, if he know them well enough, it was easy, but when it came to strangers, he couldn't tell the difference between someone plotting to kill him and someone needing to go to the bathroom.
"Lord Zerius," Albedo started, grabbing her master's attention. "We seem to have company."
Zerius turned. Three teenagers entered his sight.
The first one was a boy with pale blonde hair and grey eyes. He was holding a sword.
The second one was a brown haired boy. On his left hand was a red gauntlet.
The third one was the one who caught Zerius's attention. She was a short girl with white hair and amber eyes. She was frozen stiff, fear evident in her eyes.
Zerius smiled. "Hey, Shirone, it's been awhile." Zerius said to the girl. She didn't move. "Oh, wait, your going by Koneko now aren't you? So if you here, then these two must be part of Little Red's peerage." He surmised. Koneko still did not react.
"You insolent child! You will responded when lord Zerius speaks with you!" Albedo stated angrily.
"Albedo, it's fine." Zerius said. He didn't want to have to deal with his pawn freaking out.
"...Who are you?" The blonde haired boy asked, sword leveled and ready to attack. "And how do you know Koneko?"
"Me?" Zerius began. "I'm nobody important, just a friend of Shirone's big sister. If you want to fight, that's fine, but my servant and I kind of have other priorities.
"Servant?" the blonde boy said. "So you're also a devil."
"Yep, and I've got orders to take these two fallen into questioning and secure Asia Argento here." Zerius pointed to the blonde girl on Albedo's back.
Seemingly noticing her for the first time, the brown haired boy shouted. "Asia! What have you done to her!?"
His overblown reaction caught Zerius's attention. "What's with that response? Is she your friend or something? Well, whatever. Don't worry kid. It's not like we're going to hurt her. Just taking her back with us."
"Like hell you are!" The brown haired boy yelled as he began to charge at the man.
"Issei hold on!" The blonde boy shouted to his comrade.
Zerius sighed. "Well, this is happening. Albedo, don't interfere." he ordered.
The boy continued his charge as he pulled his fist back.
Zerius figured that he'd let the boy get a shot or two in just to show him how outmatched he was. But it turned out not to be necessary.
"Issei stop!" a voice ordered from the woods behind Zerius.
The now identified Issei halted his punch as he looked towards the direction of the voice.
From the woods walked out two girls.
"Buchou?" Issei said in confusion. "And Akeno-senpai too."
Zerius recognized both of the girls. "Ah well, if it isn't Little Red and her faithful thunder priestess. I was wondering when you two would come out."
Rias and her queen slowly walked towards the rest of her peerage. Rias spoke somewhat hesitantly. "...Lord Zerius," she began. "not to be disrespectful, but why have you come to the human world?"
Zerius wore an innocent smile. "Well, Sirzechs noticed that you were taking longer to do your job then you should have, so he sent me here take care of it. I also have the bonus mission to figure out exactly what had you held up." He looked up at the sky. "Though it's getting pretty late and I don't feel like staying here until morning, so I think that I'll finish up part B tomorrow. I'll leave cleanup to you guys. Come on Albedo, let's go back to the underworld." He created a magic circle beneath his feet. Large enough to encompass himself and the fallen angels.
"Very well Lord Zerius." Albedo answered as she walked onto the circle. She was still carrying Asia.
Issei want having any of it. "Wait a minute! You can't just take As-" He was silenced as Rias rose her hand.
"Issei, stop. There's nothing we can do." She stated.
"What do you mean there nothing we can do!? She's right there!"
"I'd listen to your master,...Issei, was it? Anyway, even if you all worked together," Zerius smile seemed to widen and take an almost evil look. " at your current levels, you wouldn't be able to land a scratch on me before I killed all of you." The light of the magic circle grew brighter. Zerius's smiled turned innocent again. "Anyway, I'll see you all tomorrow." In a flash the two devils, as well as Asia and the two fallen angels were all gone.
Koneko suddenly fell to her knees. Sweat was pouring from her face. She was breathing extremely heavily.
"Koneko!" Akeno said as she kneeled next to her kouhai.
The swordsman looked at Rias nervously. "Buchou, who was that?" He asked.
The red headed girl and a bead of sweat heading down her brow. "Yuuto" She began. "That was the person is the most feared man in the underworld, the son of the first devil, and one of the strongest devils alive. His name... is Zerius Satan."
The first part of the story was kinda me venting my frustration. I have read several stories that start with Sirzechs asking someone to go look after Rias and the person just saying yes, like they have absolutely nothing else going on, and they have nothing in the underworld that they feel bad about leaving behind for an uncertain amount of time. It seems stupid to me. I get that he's a Maou, but seriously, if the president came to your house and asked you to hand out with his son, wouldn't you be a little hesitant.
Zerius is kinda OP when compared to the Rias, Sona, and their peerages, but he's not going to be fighting them. Zerius is going to be having his own adventures with his Peerage and will mainly interact with Rias with big things like the peace meeting.
I hope I got Albedo and Freed's personalities right. I admittedly am not the best at accurately writing crazy.
That's right. Zerius is from the house of Satan. More details come later.
Feel free to send me peerage member ideas.
Zerius's Peerage
Queen: Unknown
Rook: Unknown
Rook: Unknown
Bishop: Decided
Bishop: Unknown
Knight: Decided
Knight: Unknown
Pawn x3: Albedo Baphomet(Overlord)
Pawn x1: Decided
Pawn x4: Unknown