~Prologue 2~
It had been two weeks since the raid on Sitri's mansion. He didn't know much about it but Serafall's sudden change of attitude and uniform surprised him and the others a lot. No more Serafall the carefree and cheeky magical girl, she was Serafall Queen of Execution now. She brutally slaughtered every Old-Satan soldiers in her sight and froze the escaping to death. She tortured them to extract the information about the attack on her family and especially, who ordered them to kill Terumi.
Sirzechs shuddered when he heard from his little Rias that Sona stopped playing with her recently and began her immense training to get stronger. Having bad feelings about this, he hastily headed to the Sitri's mansion to find the cause.
"…How is he?" Sirzechs asked. Madam Sitri shaking her head was enough for him to know.
"Aside from the large scar from his chest to abdomen, all his injures are treated. But the reason for his coma is still unknown. Every time we try to enter his mind, this little one is always there to stop us." She gestured to the twirling Ouroboros above the bed-ridden Terumi. It maintained its glare at every person in the room. Sirzechs attempted to test it by approaching Terumi, it hissed at him violently until he backed off.
"Sirzechs-sama, what are you going to do with him?" Sona suddenly stepped into the room and eyed the Gremory cautiously. "Terumi-Oniisan needs to rest, please don't bother him with your military business."
"Sona! Do not speak like that to Lord Sirzechs!" Madam Sitri scolded her but Sona seemed to ignore it. She walked to Sirzechs, a hard glare adoring her face. Despite his height, Sona was still able to lock her eyes to his.
"I know it's not my place to speak this but it's your fault, Sirzechs-sama, for lowering your security and allowing those men to come here and hurt Terumi-Oniisan. Oneesama doesn't show it but she is angrier than I am now. Good for you that she didn't bring her wrath to you and your incompetent army."
"Sona, I won't allow more insults to Lord Gremory! Apologize, now!" Madam Sitri's face was reddened in embarrassment and anger as she yelled at her daughter. Sirzechs frowned but he raised his hand to assure her. He kneeled to Sona's height level, his expression sad.
"You are correct. It was my mistake that the moles were able to be in our ranks. I learnt my lesson, and I have purged many of them so far. I'm willing to take any punishments from you and Serafall. Feel free to insult me if it can make you happy."
The moment he finished, Serafall entered the room, her armor stained with blood. She ignored the stares coming from her mother, Sona and Sirzechs as she walked closer to Terumi. For some reasons, Ouroboros didn't attack her and allowed her to hold its owner's hand.
"Today I killed a lot of pests, you know. Don't worry, Terumi-kun, I will make sure to kill all of them to avenge you. Don't worry, Terumi-kun. Don't worry, Terumi-kun. Don't worry, Terumi-kun…"
Serafall repeated the sentence monotonously as she kept staring at the relaxing expression on Terumi's face.
…..
Sirzechs decided to stay at the Sitri residence for a bit longer to discuss something with Serafall regarding their next operation. The Sitri girl didn't seem to listen to what he was saying, which was understandable.
"So basically, I will go there and kill more of them right?" Was her only response. Sirzechs sighed in exaggeration and nodded. Serafall stood up and came to Terumi. She sat on the chair beside his bed and held his hand.
"Ne, Terumi-kun, I will have to separate from you again. But no worries, Sona-chan and Mother will be here and take care of you. Please, wake up soon, okay?" She whispered, tears rolling down on her cheeks. She wished that time could stop so that she could be with Terumi-kun forever. She soon let go of him and headed to the door. The others soon followed her. But unknown to them, Terumi's hand twitched.
-Timeskip-
The battle was short due to how overwhelming Serafall was. She ruthlessly annihilated the enemy's frontline and led her troops to invade the fortress with little effort. She told her second-in-command to take her role and left.
Back to the Sitri residence, Sona finished her training early and came home. She entered Terumi's room quietly not to disturb his sleep. She greeted the hovering Ouroboros politely. It was used to her presence that it allowed Sona not only to touch Terumi, but also to pet it.
"Good boy, good boy." Sona smiled at the Nox Nyctores. The door opened, revealing Serafall. Sona let go of the snake and came to greet her sister. The older Sitri nodded at her and walked to Terumi's side. When she held his hand, a pulse stopped her.
"Eh?"
Another pulse came from Terumi. Serafall's face brightened at the event. She told Sona to find the doctor and her sister complied..
"T-Terumi, kun?"
"….egg….Boiled egg…BOILED EGG!" Terumi snapped his eyes wide as he yelled. He panted hard, having awoken from a deep slumber. He looked around to find himself in a fancy looking room. "The hell? I was in the paradise of boiled eggs and now I am here?!"
Terumi felt his right hand warm. He turned to see a smiling and tearing Serafall. "Uh, Serafall, what the heck are you do –"
"Terumi-kun!" She jumped at him and hugged him tightly. "You finally woke up! Thank Satan you are awaken!"
Terumi, not understanding what had happened, stared at her dumbfounded. "…Wut?"
…..
After the Sitri family and their doctor arrived, they told him what he had missed. Terumi laughed at Serafall dropping her magical girl attitude and suggested her showing the new side of her to him. The girl was too embarrassed to do it, though.
"Mou, Terumi-kun~"
She then informed him of her achievements with pride, which amused Terumi further. He liked strong women, and Serafall had just been added to his list. Looked like he could have a good fight after a long sleep. He couldn't contain his excitement as he laughed like a mad man, his trademark laugh.
"It has been ages since I lasted clashing with a strong opponent." His yellow slid eyes gleamed. "Come with me, Sera. I want to witness your strength, what makes you the 'Queen of Execution'!"
The confused expression of Serafall's face hid her blush when Terumi called her with that nickname. Ouroboros twirled around him and looked at her with anticipation like its owner. She smiled as she took his hand and went outside. Terumi apologized to a sulking Sona for not playing with her as he promised earlier.
At the yard outside, Terumi was testing his muscles as Serafall transformed into her battle form. Her armor looked like that of most Resistance generals albeit the Sitri crest and more feminine design.
"Damn, I forgot asking for my favorite coat. Nah, oh well." Terumi said as he called his Archenemy and the butterfly knives. Serafall, not wasting time, took an upperhand as she rushed at him with her ice sword made from her magic. He raised one of his knives to block and used the other to back her off. He went into the Jasetsu stance and kicked her chin with Gashoukyaku. Throwing the Ouroboros to catch her airborne, he dashed to her and then slammed her down with Ressenga.
"Come one, fight for real will ya? Feel free to go all out, don't worry, I won't die." Terumi said with a slight mocking tone. Serafall pouted at him before sending waves of ice lances. He tried to catch one but the ice was surprisingly stingy.
"Ouch! Guess I can't use that trick now. MESSENGA!" The gigantic aura of Ouroboros enveloped Terumi as he dashed through the lances and damaged Sera. Not enough, he caught her neck and threw her away, draining her essence a bit due to his Drive. Serafall quickly recovered and used her infamous freezing field that she usually used to slaughter the Old-Satan Devils.
"Ah shit!"
"Ufufufu, how's that Terumi-kun?"
She lunged at him and slashed him with her blade, leaving a wide cut on his chest and blowing him away. Terumi tried to stand straight but the ice was quite persistent as it made him trip. He summoned Ouroboros to help him destroy the ices and finally stood up. He smirked as he charged at Serafall again.
….
Both Terumi and Serfall were panting hard. Many cuts and wounds were on their bodies.
"Damn it, this is taking forever! NO MORE BULLSHIT!" Terumi roared as he released the time-stopping field and blue flame emitting from him. "Mizuchi Rekkazan!"
A green circle appeared below Serafall and bound her. Terumi threw a chain at her and pulled her closer. When she was in range, he began slashing her rapidly before kicking her away and pursuing using Messenga.
"This is the END!" He trapped her in numerous Ouroboros chains and then cloaking him in his toned-down Dark Susanoo form. He called out a massive broadsword and held it high. Serafall closed her eyes and accepted her defeat, expecting him bringing the sword down. But she felt a stingy pain at her forehead.
"Ouch! What was that for?!"
"Hehe, it means I win." The menacing Susanoo disappeared and revealed a smiling Terumi. The chains around her also dissolved and time began flowing again. He extended a hand to help Serafall stand and she took it.
"You're strong, I must admit, but you rely too much on your magic, which soon exhausts due to your overusing. Well, that situation rarely or never happens since you have a tremendous amount of mana inside you. When I meet my squad, I will train them to fight without relying on magic. If you want, you can join us."
"Um!"
-Evening-
Terumi didn't expect to see so many people visiting him like this. Aside from some generals and Sirzechs, there were new faces, some of whom were painfully familiar to him, especially the one with spiky white hair.
'Let's see…Raggy…Noel the doll…Kagura the pimp…Tsubaki the garbage Lt…'
"U-Um, Captain Terumi, we are assigned to be your squad as ordered by Lord Sirzechs!" The Noel-lookalike said nervously due to Terumi's intense stare. "I am Noel from the Vermillion clan."
'Oh shit she has the same name too!'
"Kagura Mutsuki, as your service." The jet-black one introduced himself with the same Kagura's grin from his universe.
"Megumi of Yayoi clan, sir." If he was surprised, Terumi wouldn't show it. So this girl wasn't Tsubaki Yayoi, eh.
"I am Alpha, awaiting your order." The Raggy-genderbender girl said monotonously. Terumi spat the drink in his mouth; a female Raggy speaking like a Murakumo?! But, but she looked so painfully like Raggy that he even thought she was he. Aside from the four, the rest was unfamiliar to him. They respectively introduced themselves to him, and soon the last girl spoke. She looked quite nervous, even more than the Noel chick.
"I-I am Sylvia Amy, sir."
Terumi frowned; wasn't Amy one of the extinct Clans? And he remembered seeing her somewhere…
"I-I may be a rookie b-but I will try not bothering everyone sir!" Sylvia looked like she could faint at any moments. Terumi twitched his left eye before holding her shoulders with his hands, trying to calm the poor girl down. As expected, she stopping shaking as her eyes locked into his.
"Calm the hell down, woman. You can't survive a day at frontline if you keep shaking like heck, Sylvia-chan."
"S-Sir…"
Unknown to Terumi and his squad, Serafall was gritting her teeth and pouting in jealousy at the table afar. Sona tried her best to calm her sister down but in vain.
"Alright, as you all know, I have just recovered today. Well shit, I bet the general over there." He gestured at Sirzechs who was drinking with his companions. "will assist some tasks to us tomorrow or so. Since I have just met you guys, I will make it clear: don't be so stiff around me, I don't want to hear those 'Sir, yes sir' or shit like that. Just relax, understand?"
"SIR, YES SIR!"
"The hell?! I said not that bullshit!"
"Err, got it?" Kagura said as his comrades repeated. Terumi nodded in satisfaction. "As you can see, the Sitri clan is making a party here. Feel free to eat. I will talk with our superiors. Dismiss."
-Timeskip-
The 60th squad a.k.a Terumi squad was inside a jungle. They were tasked with going behind enemy line and cutting off their escape route. The squad set up a camp to wait for the signal at the time being. Terumi made sure to take time interacting with his subordinates to understand them better: Kagura was an easy-going type, much like his counterpart. Noel was…Noel, except that she got so damn flustered around him. Megumi was a bit similar to Tsubaki but to sum it up, she was a quiet type. Alpha was weird as she kept referring him as Dark Susanoo, which surprised Terumi a lot. He decided to voice his suspicion.
"Your name is Alpha, correct? As Alpha-01 Apocalypse?"
To his horror, she nodded. "I was created by Yuuki Terumi and Relius Clover at unknown date as my database was heavily damaged when I woke up. I was tasked to become the Black Beast. That's all I can remember."
"Oh yeah, the prototype to Raggy. I see, so after that explosion, you ended up here?" Nod. "Then delete that order. It is unneeded now. Using the code 0546AX to overwrite Relius' authority."
The Murakumo was silent for few minutes until she spoke again. "Deletion complete. Awaiting new orders."
"New orders? Live as freely as you can, that's my order."
….
It turned out that this Sylvia Amy was his secret admirer of sort. She idolized him since the news of him being a Hero and determined to enter his squad, despite her status as member of an extinct Clan. Not that he minded though. She specialized in healing magic even though she claimed that she could utilize other offensive magic as well. Good, now his squad had a healer capable of protecting herself, saving his time assigning someone to do the job.
Three days passed and the letter from Sirzechs arrived, initiating the plan. They set several traps and waited to ambush. When the retreating army entered their area, the slaughter began. Kagura, Noel and Megumi did their parts well and it seemed that they retained the techniques from their counterparts. Alpha 01, surprisingly, used Raggy's moves. Erwin, Jackson and the samurai-wannabe, Sasaki, killed most of them. But what terrified Terumi most was how ridiculously devastating Sylvia's offensive spell were. From calling divine lightning, weird for a Devil, to creating a very-toned-down Black Hole and the Big Bang explosion.
'Rookie, my ass…' was the thought of every members of 60th Squad except Alpha.
The war was over. The New-Satan government, which was the Resistance Faction, decided to hold a ceremony to honor those who had participated. Although the 60th squad had done a lot, Serafall, Sirzechs, Ajuke and Falbium were the ones to be credited most and were appointed to become Underworld's new rulers.
"Taichou, what the hell is happening?! Our squad was the one that finished them, not those guys! Why didn't we get anything?!" Erwin shouted. Terumi shrugged, saying that taking the spotlight was not his type. The others wanted to protest but relented. When the squad was about to leave the palace, the new Leviathan, Serafall, called their name.
"What?" Jackson was the first to speak. They stood to check again and Serafall called them again, this time she emphasized Terumi's name. All eyes in the place turned to the named 60th Squad.
"…"
"…"
"…"
[Terumi-kun, if you don't come here, I will go and drag you myself!]
"Yikes! Boss, are you and that lady a thing or something?" Kagura joked, earning a kick and a punch from Megumi and Sylvia respectively. Terumi snatched his hair in irritation as he complied and stepped on the stage. Serafall cheerfully took his hand and pulled closer to her.
[Everyone, this is Yuuki Terumi, our Hero and leader of the famous 60th Squad. It's not fair that only I and the three got credits, they must have something too! Give them your biggest applause everyone!]
Everybody aside Terumi and his Squad were clapping and cheering for them. Kagura, Edwin, Jackson and Sasaki were laughing proudly, Noel was so nervous that she fainted, Sylvia was smiling with Megumi and Alpha.
[Ehem! I have something more important to announce!] Everyone stopped and turned to Serafall. Terumi suddenly had a bad feeling.
[As you all know that he has resided at my mansion for quite a time, correct? Do you know why?]
Many spoke their suggestions, such as tending his injures and something like that. Serafall mischievously smiled. Terumi knew that smile! She was planning something unholy inside her head.
[Wrooooong! I let Terumi live with me because I. Love. Him!]
"What?!" The 60th squad girls and Terumi yelled at the same time along with the audience.
"W-What the hell are you saying, Sera?!" Terumi said, his face red. Serafall laughed cutely as she got closer to Terumi and planted a kiss on his lips.
"…"
There was an eerie silence in the palace and multiple loud *thud* followed. Looked like Noel, Megumi, Sylvia and Terumi's massive fanclub were too shocked to maintain their consciousnesses. The male members of Terumi's squad were laughing and cheering for their Captain.
And the Prologues are done. The next arc will be set in DxD main timeline. Stay tuned guys! R&R!
