Apocalypse
Chapter 2
The Callousness of a Dragon
Rias, Raynare, and Acnologia were walking to the club room slowly, halfway there Rias realized that the rest of the peerage might not be there, so she quickly called to let them know to be there when she arrived with important people accompanying her, now they were approaching the room. "Can you two stay out here for a minute, I have to make sure they don't become hostile, Acnologia, you might be fine but Raynare won't be with her weakened state right now," Rias said as she looked over her shoulder at them, Acnologia just shrugged while Raynare nodded.
Rias walked into the room and was greeted with the sight she would see any other day, Koneko sitting on the couch eating something, Akeno serving some tea to her and Kiba, with a fresh cup of tea ready for her as well, "Rias, what was so urgent that you needed us all here for," Akeno asked.
Rias sighed tiredly, as she quickly closed the door to make sure her surprise was kept just that until she was ready, "first, Issei Hyoudou was killed beyond revival, so we need to make sure that the police are notified, second, there are two new additions to come out of the scene I found. I'll start with the major one, you can come in now Acnologia," in came a man with long blue hair and baggy pants, the only thing on his upper body was a high-collard cloak, it was in taters and looked next to useless to covers all of his muscles, but the wicked smirk drew their attention. "Everyone, this is Acnologia, he's new to this dimension, hails from a dimension where he was known as the black dragon of the apocalypse, he's here to bring the wonders of the apocalypse to this world, and we're going to help him," the others could only gape at that announcement.
"Oh, why don't you stop with that, we both know that you're going to try and change me to where I'm more of an ally for you rather than a harbinger of destruction, and I'm going to ally it only because it'll bring me some entertainment, and only because of that," Acnologia announced.
"Very well, then we'll get on with the next entry, one less important but might be just as shocking, we're going to be playing host to a fallen angel as well, you can come in now Raynare," Rias called out and in came the leather bikini clad fallen one herself, frowning with a glare.
What nobody was expecting though, was for her to spot the form of Akeno and go into a blinding rage, she made to kill the girl with a spear of light, only for one not to form and allowing the other two in the room to block her path, "you bitch, I'll kill you for what you've done to him you evil bitch?"
Everyone was just confused now, Raynare obviously knew who Akeno was, but by the look on Akeno's face, she had no idea of who the fallen angel could be, but Acnologia could smell something, "why do you two smell like one another, like you're related, what's up with that?"
That got a ball rolling for Akeno, since she obviously widened her eyes as realization hit her, "Yuuma, Yuuma Himejima, sister, what are you doing here, I thought you were dead," Akeno made to hug her apparent sister before she was slapped, hard, it resounded throughout the room.
"It's Raynare now you bitch, I'm never taking a name that you kept after what you did to him, after everything you've done from your selfish actions, I'm never going to keep a name that someone like you could ever keep," Raynare stated as she held her hand ready for another slap.
"Well, what's that supposed to mean, why don't you tell us this little story little fallen," Acnologia pressed while looking at Raynare, she shook her head as if to say no, she didn't want to, "but I think you do want to, especially if it might help you stay alive," they didn't want him to get bored.
"Fine, as you've already guessed, we're sisters, twins in fact, she's the older one while I'm the younger, and our story begins with the Vice Governor of the fallen angels, Barraquiel, after a rather nasty fight, he got injured and was found by our mother, fell in love and soon had us. That was the standard story, where it gets tragic is a little later, while father was away and working with his fellow fallen angels, men from the Himejima family came to kill mother and us two, mother had only enough time to hide one of us, I was hid away while they attacked. It wasn't until after the attack that I found out she died while protecting Akeno, father arrived mere moments after she died to save her, when he went to pick her up and find out where I was, she hit him and fled from him, her own father, just for being late to save his family. That wasn't the end of the story, was it Akeno, why don't you tell them all what you did and the reason I hate you so, tell them the reason father lost not only a wife, but a daughter that day," Raynare demanded, she was losing her composure and tears were streaming down her cheeks.
"Please, Yuuma, stop, please," Akeno pleaded, but Raynare had none of it and urged on with a hate filled glare, "I met Rias, I let her turn me into a devil, I jumped at the chance to become a devil, just to spite father, a man who wasn't there to save mother, a man you are defending."
"Of course I'm defending him, he's our father and a good man, he did everything he could to keep that roof over our heads, worked his ass off day in and day out, you jumped at the chance to become a devil just to spite him, do you have any idea how much he was already hurting, HE LOST HIS WIFE DAMMIT! Yet you, you couldn't even be bothered to care about his feelings, so caught up in the fact that mother was dead, and father wasn't there to protect her because he was working, working to keep a roof over our heads, to make sure we had clothes, food, and shelter, of course he wasn't there! Then, when he did arrive to ask you where I was, you didn't even listen to his question and just ran, and on that day, father not only lost mother, but because of you, he lost one of his daughters," it was at that point that Raynare realized something, judging by the widening of her eyes and the horrid look on her face. "No, he lost both of his daughters, I'm no better then you," she fell to her knees with that, "I was so caught up in my hate for what you did, that I abandoned father as well, I joined the fallen angels under Kokabiel's group because I knew I could hunt devils then. I was so caught up in my hate for you that I haven't even spoken to father in years, I'm no better then you," she continued to cry in the mitts of her despair at not being there for her father, Akeno knelt down to her sister and wrapped her in a tight hug, "get away from me," she tried to push her off.
Akeno just kept the hug tight and didn't let go as she cried as well, "I'm so sorry Yuuma, I didn't take that into account, I could make the excuse that I was just a child, but you were a child too, I was just being selfish, I didn't want our lives to change like that, and when it did, I couldn't take it. I know I can't take back what I did, I know I can't erase what I've done to you and father, but please, let me try to make things right, let me please apologize for what I've done, I know I have no right after what I've done, but please, let me beg for your forgiveness, please."
Raynare finally accepted the hug from her sister and returned it with one of her own, they were both crying while in each other's arms, unable to hold back the years of pent up feelings of anger and basic missing of each other, it was a touching sight to everyone, well, almost everyone. "Now that the little reunion is out of the way, and before we get to the more serious stuff, does anyone else have any sister troubles that we can take care of now, or should we wait until after I've destroyed everything and find out some secret that fills you with regret," Acnologia asked.
Rias scowled at him for his carelessness, Akeno and Raynare were too distracted with each other to notice, Kiba glared at him for the same reason as Rias, and Koneko figured she'd get her troubles out of the way, so she raised her hand and spoke, "my sister is one problem. She killed our former master and fled, leaving me to be imprisoned before Sirzechs, that's Rias's brother and devil king, took me under his care and gave me to Rias, Kuroka, my sister, went mad with power and killed our former master and left me to rot."
"I was being sarcastic, but okay, who told you that your sister went mad with power," Acnologia asked with a small smirk, the answer was obvious, especially when Koneko raised an eyebrow at him, "so the devil king told you, how did he know, was he there or was he told this by your sister?"
"My brother investigated the matter thoroughly, eye witness testimony clearly stated that Kuroka went mad with power and killed their former master in a fit of power hungry insanity, what are you trying to get at," Rias asked with crossed arms under her bust, hoping to distract him a little.
"Easy, what evidence do you have that Kuroka's master wasn't brainwashing his servants to only say good things about him and in his defense, I'm assuming the testimonies came from them, and even in death, brainwashing can be very long lasting, you never know what happens, just a thought. Plus, who's to say she didn't do it because she was being threatened by said former master and took all she could before finally killing him, or the little girl was being threatened before finally killing him, then only had time to flee before capture and didn't have time to go get her. All I'm saying is the truth come from the source, saying that you know something for certain just because other people have told you and you didn't bother to check or ask is dumb, anything to add to that, little girl," Acnologia asked Koneko, who was openly frowning at his logic, it added up as well.
"I think she gets the message Acnologia, and I never got to give you their names, the one that you just finished speaking to is Koneko, the one that is still hugging Raynare is Akeno, and the last one is Kiba, the blonde with the sword," Rias stated as she made to sit in her chair tiredly.
He just nodded as he decided to get some shut-eye, so he laid on the couch while curling up into a nice little tight ball under his cloak, he was nearly asleep when he felt the shift in the air and noticed that the two sisters have finally stopped crying and separated as they stood up. "Rias, I'd like to join the school and club, but I'd like to remain a fallen angel, I think it's time me and Akeno reconnected a little bit before going to see father together," Raynare asked of the red head standing firm and looking determined to reconnect her family.
"I would like for her to join as well Rias, she's my sister, which means she's family, and I want her back in my life, and even if father might not accept me, I at least want my sister back," Akeno asked with the same determination in her eyes, and this is getting too sappy for the dragon.
"Very well, I'll make the needed arrangements and get you put into the system, I'm assuming you're going by Raynare Himejima instead of Yuuma though," Rias asked and Raynare nodded yes to the question, "alright, is there anything else on the agenda for today," she asked to the room.
"Yes, unless you've forgotten, we've yet to agree on a set amount of time I'll allow you to try and suede me to not destroy everything, which you have yet to do," Acnologia reminded with a nice toothy smirk to make him look a little more threatening.
"That's right, and we can't just keep on trying to suede you from destroying everything as you're destroying it, nor can we expect you to just not destroy anything until we've convinced you, we could use the excuse that we're still trying forever," Rias stated while thinking things over.
"I have an idea, what if we set a time limit, you don't destroy anything until after me and Rias graduate college, that should be plenty of time, five years," Akeno suggested with a smile, five years can't be too long since devils have an almost near infinite lifespan.
"Hell no, I'm not waiting five years, in five years there could be many things that could happen and me changing my mind about destroying everything would be almost assured, there's no fun in that, no, I think one year would be more fun," Acnologia said with a wide grin.
"One year, that's barely enough time, not to mention that there are still things that are expected of us devils, you can't possibly expect us to drop all of that to try and convince you to not destroy everything, which I'm not even sure you can do, you've shown us nothing to prove so," Kiba exclaimed.
"Kiba don't, trust me, I've not seen all that he can do, but I'll tell you this, Acnologia can eat all types of magic, holy and devil magic included, not only that, but all magic is useless against him, but he can use it just fine, how can we beat an enemy like that," Rias questioned her knight.
"That doesn't mean that he's strong, and steel could still work on him," Kiba disappeared from sight and in a flash of speed too fast for most to track and appeared behind Acnologia with the intent to kill him, problem was, he froze in place, as he felt a sharp pain filling his stomach.
Everyone else saw what happened, without even looking behind him, Acnologia had his left hand stuck out behind him and had a claw embedded into the gut of the knight, "and what makes you think I need to prove myself to you, annoying pest," he growled out before ripping the claw from the knight's gut.
"Kiba," Everyone shouted, except Raynare who didn't know him, and ran to his falling body, but it didn't even make it to the ground as it faded to dust, "you bastard, you didn't have to kill him," Rias shouted out as she stood in front of her desk where she jumped to get to Kiba.
"No, I didn't, but nor did I need him alive so that he'd try and kill me in my sleep, which wouldn't have worked anyways, but I'd get tired from all his attempts, but as a consolation prize for your friend, I'll give everyone in this room one gift each," Acnologia stated with a smirk. They all paused, they didn't like the way he said 'gift', they didn't like it at all, "here's what I give to you, each of you can choose one person to save from the destruction, and only one, choose anyone you want, but you might want to make it a male you like, just some advice."
"Why," Koneko asked with tears in her eyes, this monster just killed Kiba in cold blood, and he didn't even have the heart to feel sad about it, but his little gift did raise some questions, and his advice raised even more.
"Well, if you can't stop the destruction, the world would only be inhabited by those in this room and who you choose, don't you want to make sure the world can repopulate, or do you wish to be all alone," he said that with a very sick smirk on his face as he left them to their thoughts.
