Greatest Devil
ARC 1: Beginning
Chapter 1: Laverus
"Sir? Isn't it a crime to be doing this?" A reincarnated devil asked his king as they stood on Japanese soil.
Specifically, they were in Kyoto, the home of the Youkai Faction. They were currently looking for members for the king's peerage.
Knowing the Youkai's famed use of Senjutsu and maybe even Youjutsu, they took off to find any Youkai who would be able to use either of them.
"Don't worry." The king answered, turning to his servant. "No one will know we're gone. I prepared a teleportation circle in advance. If we get caught, deny everything and run."
"But sir! There are rumors of some super powerful monster killing every devil entering Japan without permission! It had apparently killed even an ultimate class devil alongside his entire peerage by itself!"
"Mere poppycock!" The king replied, scoffing. "I am a Valac, I cannot die! I could run away easily!"
The servant frowned, but nodded regardless.
"Good." The king smiled, looking around. "Now, then, if I'm lucky, we might get a hot woman as a new addition. Lets go."
The king motioned forward, standing up before looking back at his servant.
He nodded, before running outside, looking left and right for any sign of danger, and ran forward.
He ran towards a house, resided by a family of three youkai to recruit- forcefully if necessary, his king following right behind him.
But neither of them made it past five feet before they felt a tendril grab them, throwing the two into an alleyway.
"At this time of night…" A low voice greeted the two as they landed. "What are you devils doing? You should know by now the law concerning devils going to Japan, don't you?"
"Who-who are you?!" The servant screamed, he was clearly terrified, judging by the fear in his voice.
"You have no right to ask, and I have no obligation to answer." The voice grew closer as it spoke. Right now, it was unknown whether the person was a male or female.
"Show yourself!" The king shouted into the silent alley. "I am a proud member of the Valac Clan! You will apologise, whoever you are!"
"Who will make me?" The bearer of the voice finally showed itself to be a young, handsome man in his early twenties, obscuring most of his body with a dark blue cloak.
He had shoulder length black hair, with several locks of his hair framing the left side of his face and ocean-blue eyes.
"You're are devil?!" The Valac clan king demanded. "What reason do you have for attacking us, Sitri?! Don't think I didn't know what it was that grabbed me!"
"Oh." The 'Sitri' devil rose an eyebrow. "Simply because I am a master of water magic does not mean I am necessarily a Sitri. But enough about me."
His hand rose, and the king, as well as his servant, found themselves feeling overwhelmed with dizziness.
As the poor servant was too weak to withstand a mass of blood cells suddenly travelling to his brain and passed out, the Valac clan member stood up, albeit weakly.
"Wha-what are you doing… to me?" He demanded- this time, much weaker and much quieter than before.
"Let this be an example to all the other devils." With a grabbing motion in his hands, the Valac felt his brain get crushed, instantly killing him.
Next to his corpse, the servant was also killed instantly, neither of them having any chance to fight back.
"Now then…" The man muttered as tendrils of water picked up the two corpses. "I wonder what Yasaka made for dinner."
He opened up a magic circle, and disappeared through it, along with the two corpses.
…
Time Skip (One Year Later)
Laverus sat back in his chair after sending a message to one of Kuoh's two overseers, letting her know that he would be visiting.
He would arrive in two days, to discuss their… negligence of watching the town properly and allowing people to die by not taking care of a certain problem.
While he had indeed sensed those fallen angels in the town, he believed that, as it was under their jurisdiction, those two would take care of it.
They didn't. While they had rented the town for their own lives, they would be in charge of it- any problems concerning the people would be their responsibility.
As ordered by Tsukuyomi, he would give them one more day to night cycle to finish the problem after alerting both of the governors of Kuoh.
Honestly, he had no intention of sending a message to the other overseer, Laverus didn't really like her at all. So he told the more logical devil to alert the other, more emotionally-driven one.
"Do I stay here and babysit your child and grandchild, or do I go with you and get a chance to see a fight?"
Laverus, brushing a stray lock his hair behind his shoulder, turned to see Crom Cruach, the strongest evil dragon leaning on a wall, staring at him.
He was a tall wearing a black coat with a mixture of black and blonde hairs as well as heterochromatic eyes- his right eye gold and his left eye black.
"That's your choice. I don't want to control you or your actions." Laverus replied as he played with a sphere of water, randomly changing its shape every few seconds.
Crom Cruach rose an eyebrow. "Aren't you supposed to be doing that, as a king and all?"
Laverus shrugged. "I'm different from the rest of my kind. I don't work the same way they do."
Crom Cruach merely hummed in reply, before pushing himself off of the wall he was leaning on and walking up to his room.
"Otou-sama."
A woman with a voluptuous figure, long blonde hair and matching eyes dressed in shrine maiden attire walked into the room, holding a tray of tea and snacks.
"Yasaka." Laverus nodded at her in greeting. "Aren't you supposed to be working right now?"
Yasaka shook her head. "I'm taking a small break right now. What about you, otou-sama? Are you going to be leaving Kyoto for a while?"
"I am." Laverus nodded. "Some devils have been very negligent in their duties. It might be a small while before we see each other again. I'll be leaving Kyoto in your hands."
"Oh, that's great!" Yasaka's smile grew a little bigger. "Lady Amaterasu asked if you could go there and talk to the devils about the territory. They let innocent people die several times now, and she wants you to do something about it and report back to her."
"I'll do what I can. Does she have any extra orders for me, in case negotiations break down?"
"Yup." The blonde leader nodded. "She said that the Shinto Faction would assign you to be the new governor of the area."
"Alright then. I'll make sure to tell them that." Laverus then sighed. "Bloody devils. This new bunch of brats simply can't be trusted."
Yasaka giggled a little. "You don't really like them, do you, otou-sama?"
"No, I don't." He scoffed. "Since the Nekomata Genocide, I haven't. They gave an apology to me, but not to the Youkai or Shinto. Then there are the ones that ignore the order of staying put in the holes they come crawling out of.
Anyway, assuming that I fail with negotiations, can you please make sure that the youkai are safe from devils?"
"Of course, otou-sama. When will you be leaving?"
"In two days." The devil replied. "Do you want anything done before then, Yasaka?"
She shook her head. "Nothing, otou-sama. But thank you for offering."
"Alright. I'll be going outside to keep watch, then."
After seeing Yasaka's nod, he turned his body into water and flew out of an open window.
Scene Change - Kuoh Academy
"Rias, are you going to be dealing with the fallen angels that are in Kuoh right now?" A bespectacled teenage female asked her friend.
"I will, Sona." The other young lady replied. "I've reincarnated Issei already, and I have information that they'll be bringing in another sacred gear user to them, so they'll only be here a little while longer. I'll deal with them, don't worry."
"Well then you'd better do so quickly. A devil will be arriving here soon to talk about our negligence of taking care of the citizens in this area."
"What? When?"
"Two days. He'll be a representative of the Shinto Pantheon, and my elder sister, as much as it surprised me, strictly instructed me not to make light of his strength."
"But two days isn't enough time!" The young lady with crimson hair exclaimed worriedly. "Can't you hold them off for at least another day?"
"I can't. He said that we've let too many innocents die already, and won't waste anymore time to make sure that no one else will be involved in our negligence."
"..."
"Rias, I know you're desperate, but your best bet will be to deal with the fallen angels right now. I'll help you, so-"
"I can't Sona. I'll take my chances. It's going to be soon, and I can't afford to take any chances!"
"...If you say so. Just remember, two days."