Fallen In Love
Prologue Part 2: My Truth
-Later That Day; Occult Research Club- Bradley and Vanity stood in front of a large building, looking up at the 2 story building. They looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders. They walked up to the front doors and Vanity knocked on the door. Koneko opened the door and looked at them.
"Wait! You're Koneko! You're in my Homeroom!" Bradley told her. Koneko had an aloof look on her face as she took a bite of an apple she held in her left hand.
"Did you want something?" Koneko asked them seriously.
"Rias invited us," Bradley told her as he looked at the girl.
"Follow me," Koneko said as she walked away from them. They followed behind her quickly.
"Close the door behind you."
"I got it," Bradley said as he turned back and closed the door.
"This place is bigger on the inside," Vanity muttered as she looked around.
"I know," Bradley said. Koneko stopped and opened a door to her left.
"We are here," Koneko said as she stepped inside. Vanity and Bradley went inside the room and were greeted by Kiba and Akeno.
"What? Kiba, why are you here?" Vanity gasped.
"Welcome to the club," Kiba smirked.
"Akeno, you too?" Bradley asked as he looked at her, "Where is Rias?"
"She will be out in a minute," Akeno smiled. Bradley noticed she was holding a towel in her arms.
"A towel?" Bradley asked as he looked at it.
"Is she bathing right now?" Vanity asked seriously. Akeno nods and smirked. Bradley blushed and blinked.
"She what?!" Bradley panicked, "Does she not have a home to do that?!"
"It's… Complicated," Akeno told him as she sat down and motioned for him to sit down. He sat next to long raven haired beauty and looked at her.
"So… What is with her? How does she have devil wings? Why does her energy seem so familiar… Like I felt it before?" Vanity asked as she looked at Akeno.
"One at a time, Detective!" Bradley told Vanity, "Jeez… This isn't Good Cop, Bad Cop!"
"I see you both showed up," a voice called as Rias walked into the room with a towel wrapped around her curvy torso and breasts. Bradley blushed and shook his head fervently.
"Something wrong?"
"You are only wearing a freaking bath towel! Should I not react like that?!" Bradley told Rias with a crazed look on his face. Rias giggled at his reaction as Akeno got up and gave Rias the dry towel to dry her long waist length red hair.
"So… What did you mean when you said I had godly power?" Vanity said, unfazed by the sight.
"Right… I must warn you. You might not believe me the first time around… So, I called you here for a reason," Rias said as she got a serious and mature look and aura around her. Bradley sighed and looked at her.
"Okay, shit. I will bite… What are you?" Bradley asked her.
"We… Are devils," Rias said as her devil wings appeared behind her.
"Devils?! Is that why your Ki felt off?!" Bradley said seriously as he stood up.
"Ki?" Koneko asked stoically as she took another bite off her apple.
"Ki is basically an energy signature that all living beings have. All except androids… Since they are cyborgs," Vanity explained, "We haven't sensed demonic energy in a while… The only people we knew with this kind of Ki was Dabura and Towa."
"Right… Have you heard of those names?" Bradley asked Rias.
"I have heard of Dabura… He once challenged Lucifer and lost," Rias said as she closed her eyes and nods her head.
"Lucifer? As in Satan?" Bradley asked seriously as he looked at Vanity, "Why does that put me on edge?"
"It's because you have godly power in you," Rias told him and Vanity, "After researching the subject… I have found that you both are Zenobia of royal blood. We have something in common, then."
"Common?" Vanity asked seriously.
"Let me explain more. I am the sister of Lucifer," Rias told her. Bradley and Vanity stood up in shock and looked at Rias as she dried off her hair.
"You cannot be serious!" Bradley told her, "You are lying!"
"Lucifer attacked our family before!" Vanity said.
"I am sure he had a reason to do that. Was he provoked in any way?" Rias asked them.
"…My mother was fighting him," Bradley told them as he looked at Rias.
"I figured… Time to put 2 and 2 together," Koneko said as she looked at Bradley, "Your mother is the current Goddess of Zenobia. Her power rivals Lucifer in so many ways."
"So… Let me get this straight. I am a son of a goddess that is the head of a church… And, you went bat shit crazy on us earlier today because you think we would harm you when we never knew about you until today?" Vanity explained as she looked at Rias.
"When you make it sound like that, it sounds completely insane," Rias said with a pout.
"Okay… This is all well and good… But, let's cut to the chase. Why do you want us here?" Bradley askef Rias as he turned to her.
"Honestly… I want your help," Rias said as she stood up.
"Excuse me?" Bradley asked her.
"By the way… It's not head of a church. It's a warrior race that serves the church," Rias explained.
"Okay, so?" Vanity said.
"Be nice, cousin," Bradley told Vanity. She sighed and nods her head.
"So… If my mother is a goddess, why would she hide this from me?"
"To protect you from potential enemies, I guess," Rias said as she stripped the towel off her body. Her nude body was on display for the others to see as she reached into a drawer and picked out a red bra and some red underwear.
"Gaaaaah!" Bradley yelled as he averted his eyes. Vanity blushed as she looked at Rias.
"Umm… Why did you take off your towel?" Vanity asked her.
"I like being bare sometimes… Don't you?" she said in a teasing tone.
"I don't strip in public!" Vanity declared as she folds her arms, "No effing way are you like this!"
"There is nothing wrong with this picture. We are all friends, right?" Rias said a she smiled at Bradley. He covered his eyes with his right hand and shook his head.
"Everything is wrong here! I literally just met you!" Bradley told her as she puts on the underwear and bra.
"Would you prefer if I stripped?" Akeno teased as she leaned towards him and brushed her large bust against his left arm. He blushed deeply and stammered.
"Ahh… Akeno, please… I don't need to see everything…" Bradley stammered, "My heart will not be able to take it…" Akeno giggled and stepped back from Bradley as Rias slipped on her school outfit again and smiled at them.
"Okay… Now, what questions do you have for me?" Rias asked them. Bradley and Vanity looked at each other and blinked.
"Okay… I have one. Your brother, Lucifer… You said he fought our uncle Dabura and won. Did he ever meet a woman named Towa?" Vanity asked her. Rias folds her arms and thought about it.
"I don't recall him mentioning a woman named Towa," Rias told them, "I remember him mentioning Dabura having a brother he wanted to match in combat."
"I know about that… My father and Dabura fought several times before. He kidnapped me twice before and Dad saved me from him both times," Vanity told him, "My dad is strong for his age."
"I have a question. You said We Are Devils… Who is We? Akeno? Kiba? Koneko?" Bradley asked. They nodded as devil wings sprouts out of their backs.
"Kiba! Not you too!" Vanity gasped.
"Sorry…" Kiba said apologetically as he smiled at her, "I have my own reasons for being like this. Reasons I hope you won't find out." Vanity bowed her head and frowned.
"So… Why do you need a demigod and demigoddess's help, anyway? Wouldn't it go against your code or something like that?" Bradley asked Rias as she looked at them.
"Part of both of you are demonic due to your aunt and uncle being devils as well… Basically, this won't hurt you 2 much," Rias said as she turned to them, "It also means you 2 have Sacred Gears locked up inside you." Bradley and Vanity blinked in confusion.
"Sacred what?" Bradley said seriously as he looked at her in a confused way.
"Sacred Gears. I had better explain further what these are," Rias said as she sat down in a chair behind a large desk. She proceeded to explain the concept of different Sacred Gears.
"Okay… So, it is basically anything you want it to be?" Vanity asked as she sat on the couch beside Akeno and Bradley.
"You could say that, yes," Rias smirked and placed her hands on the desk, "We want to help you both call out your Sacred Gears. Remember, it responds to your will and desire." Vanity rolled her eyes as Bradley looked down at his hands and closed his eyes.
"C'mon… Come to Daddy," Bradley muttered, "Show me a good one!" Then, a silver and red metal pack appeared on his back that was shaped like a skull and had 2 long spear like arms bending up and down.
"What the?!" Vanity gaped in shock as Bradley looked at the weird metal pack on his back. He touched it and it recoiled and shrunk back.
"Did you wake me?" the pack asked him. Bradley blinked and nods his head.
"I thank you for waking me. I have been asleep for far too long."
"What is this?!" Bradley asked as he looked at Rias.
"Your Sacred Gear," Rias smiled. He blinked and looked back at the pack.
"Do you have a name?" Bradley asked it. It didn't reply for a few seconds.
"Do you not remember having a name?" The pack still didn't reply.
"Well… I think I will name you… Red."
"…I like it," Red said as it nod its head. Rias glanced at the Sayain and giggled.
"I think you picked the perfect name for him," Akeno told Bradley.
"If this works exactly how I want it to be… Watch and learn," Bradley smirked as he stood up and stretching his arms as he got into a fighting stance. He held his hands out at his sides as 4 long arm length spikes appeared in between his fingers.
"First I gently thrust it in…" He threw the 4 left spikes into the wall behind Rias.
"Next, I slowly pull out…" He threw the right 4 spikes into the wall and summoned another handful of spikes.
"Then, I ram it in!" He threw the 2 handfuls at the wall again.
"Again!" More spikes went into the wall.
"To make sure she feels it all!" Even more spikes were flung into the wall.
"Until finally… We make sweet love over and over again…" He finished with a spike heart traced into the wall with the amount of spikes that Bradley used. Out of nowhere, a red rose appeared in his teeth and he threw it into the heart and the spikes disappeared and a heart was created. Rias and Akeno looked at the heart and blinked several times.
"After our love is shown… We will serenade into the night, like beasts on a hunt. Thank you," Bradley said as he bowed and chuckled, "Man, Dante is the best at quick wits."
"I think I am in love…" Akeno smirked as she picked up the rose and sniffed it. Bradley looked off to the side and blushed. Akeno giggled and nods her head.
"Very nice… When you are done serenading Akeno, we can continue?" Rias smirked. Bradley blushed and fumbled over his words.
"I… I… Aah…" Bradley blushed.
"That was quite lovely," Koneko said.
"Cousin, how much Devil May Cry have you been playing again?" Vanity chuckled. Bradley looked around and blushed.
"Only Devil May Cry 3 and 4," Bradley muttered. Red sighed.
"What?"
"Do you honestly have time to jest?" Red asked Bradley as he saw the heart in the wall.
"It… Okay, I can't say a joke… It was necessary. The room needed a little spicing up," Bradley said.
"Look… You're my partner now. We need to discuss some boundaries," Red told him, "No using me for art."
"What else can you do?" Bradley asked Red. Red changed into a crimson rapier and appeared in front of Bradley.
"The Red Queen? Bitchin'." He grabbed the rapier by the handle and twisted it. The rapier made a revving sound similar to a motorcycle engine and the blade ignited into flames.
"Oh, Red… We are gonna have so much fun together!"
"How come mine haven't shown up?!" Vanity pouted as she folds her arms.
"Some people are lucky to get it on their first try," Rias told her, "But, with practice… It usually becomes 10x as better."
"Well, that's demoralizing," Bradley said. Vanity stuck her tongue out at Bradley and he frowned at her.
"Yet, you act younger that you look." He smirked as she glared at him.
"You 2 act like brother and sister," Koneko said bluntly.
"We should… We practically are siblings," Bradley said as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Almost…" Vanity said as she looked at him.
"Come on! You can't be serious!" Bradley told her, "We are like siblings!"
"…" Vanity teased as she looked the other way.
"You are something fierce!" Bradley told her. Akeno and Rias giggled at the cousins as they argued.
"Anyway… What now that we have been told all this stuff? Why should we help you?" Vanity asked Rias.
"Simple. I want loyalty… Power… Sexy times…" Rias said as she said the last one with a seductive smile.
"Sexy what now?" Bradley asked as he looked at Rias while Akeno walked up to him and hugged his right arm, her boobs pushing up against his arm. He looked down and blushed.
"Ooh… You can dish is out but you can't take it. We will work on that too…" Akeno told him as she whispered into his ear.
"Aww…" Bradley groaned as he looked back at her.
"Now that you have a good perception on who you really are… I have a request. You must not tell your mother about us… We have heard things about her," Rias told Bradley, "She truly hates demons to the core. Probably has to do with Towa and Dabura being her siblings."
"What?!"
"Towa is our aunt?!" Vanity and Bradley said at the same time.
"Right… Your mother hid a lot from you. Probably to protect you," Rias said as she crossed her arms.
"How did you even know that much?!" Vanity asked in disbelief.
"My brother," Rias said seriously as she looked at her, "I don't want bad blood between your family and mine… So, I will also tell you this. My brother killed your father, Bradley. It was an accident, I swear. I was there when it happened." Bradley looked at Rias in shock as he trembled with anger.
"Lucifer killed my father?" Bradley snarled as he looked at Rias. Rias looked back at Bradley with sincerity as he gritted his teeth.
"I know this is a lot to take in and all hard to believe… But, it is all the truth," Rias told him seriously as she stood up. Bradley closed his eyes and started to walk out. Vanity looked at the others and sighed.
"I kinda am with Bradley on this… It is a lot to believe. We need some time to process all this," Vanity told Rias as she bowed to her, "But, if it is any constellation… I believe you when you said it was an accident. Your words seem serious… But no ill intention was behind them." Rias nods and Vanity went out after her older cousin.
"Hey! Wait up!" Vanity called.
"Not now, V," Bradley told her as he kept walking.
"Can we at least talk about this? You can't be mad at Rias about her brother," Vanity told him. He stopped and lowered his head to the ground.
"It's not that… It's about me and you being half god and half goddess. I mean… That is just fucking crazy, you know? Where do I even start?" Bradley asked as he looked at her.
"We can talk to each other about this," Vanity told him, "But… It wouldn't help much, huh?" Bradley sighed and kept walking.
"I mean… Talking helps… But, we can't even talk to Mom or Uncle Barry about it. They would know about Rias and the others," Bradley told Vanity as he looked back at her as she followed him. Vanity nods her head and frowned.
"Dad is gonna flip if we tell him anything about this," Vanity shuddered as she folds her arms, "What now?"
"…" Bradley didn't reply. He was unsure on what to do. He wanted to confront his mother about all of it… But, at the same time… He wanted to keep the others safe.
"We barely know them… What if they are deceiving us?" Bradley asked Vanity as he looked back at her again.
"They aren't. Forgot about me already?" Red asked as he hung off of Bradley's backpack.
"Yeah… You're right. I mean… This whole day has been crazy," Bradley sighed as he looked at the silver talking rapier, "Doesn't mean I'm getting rid of you. I just need time to adjust to this. You know Mom and Uncle Barry are gonna find out about this anyway, right? They are EXTREMELY nosy." Vanity giggled and elbowed Bradley. He rolled his eyes and sighed. Then, he heard something singing Alive by Sia and he pulled a cell phone out of his left pocket. He clicked on it and answered.
"Yello?"
"Bradley!"
"Delilah? What's up?"
"Ooh, school is so much fun! Are you out yet?"
"Yeah. You?"
"Mmhmm! Let's meet up at your house!"
"Sounds good. I have something to tell you… It's important."
"What level of importance?"
"Omega level."
"…Oh boy."
"I know."
"I will be right over!"
"Got it. Later."
"Byeee!" A click was heard and the phone hung up.
"What are you doing?" Vanity asked.
"Dee would probably be more responsible than my own mother in this situation. Trust me," Bradley explained as he looked at her. Vanity smirked and pats his shoulder.
"You cheeky bastard," Vanity joked.
"I know," Bradley smirked, "Let's get a move on. Dee would probably be waiting on us." Bradley and Vanity rushed out of the building and flew off as soon as they got outside.
-150 Miles North from Kuoh Town; Western District 20; Phoenix Residence; 20 Minutes Later- Bradley and Vanity lands in front of their home on the outskirts of Western District 20 and went inside to see Barry and Delilah talking to each other.
"Hey!" Bradley frowned, "How did you get here so fast?!"
"Instant Transmission," Delilah said simply. Bradley slapped his forehead and groaned. Delilah giggled and poked Bradley on the nose.
"Hey, Dad! Let's go fishing!" Vanity called as she looked at him. Barry smirked and cracked his neck.
"Let's get a move on! The large ones come out at this time of day!" Barry told her. He and Vanity raced off.
"So… What did you want to talk about that was Omega level?" Delilah asked him seriously.
-Play Growing Anxiety from Pokémon Mystery Dungeon-
"I met a sister to Lucifer," Bradley told her. Delilah stretched her sage green eyes open wide and got a serious look on her face.
"Sirzechs Lucifer? Same guy who beat Dabura?" Delilah asked him as she sat down on the couch. Bradley sat next to her and nods her head. He looked around and turned back to her.
"That's not the kicker. She told me about the Zenobia," Bradley told her. Delilah groaned and lowered her head.
"What's wrong?"
"I know about the Zenobia. Pops Majin Buu told me about that," Delilah told him, "He told me Majins went to war with them until a Zenobia named Roxas and a Majin named Lovana fell in love and had 4 kids. Their names are… Dabura, Towa, Barry, and Seljina," Delilah told him. He stood up and clenched his fists.
"It's all true, then… Dabura and Towa are my aunt and uncle…" Bradley muttered as Delilah stood up and places a hand on his shoulder.
"You and Vanity are the kids of Seljina and Barry Phoenix… The last living Zenobia. I am part of the last living Majins besides my cousins, Ro and Rum," Delilah told him.
"Damn it! Why didn't Mom tell me the truth about all this?!" Bradley growled as he shook his head.
"Probably to protect you," Delilah told him. He shook his head and sighed.
"There are worse things she could've done to hurt you, Master Bradley," Red commented as Bradley took off his backpack.
"What is that?" Delilah asked.
"My Sacred Gear, Red," Bradley told her.
"Where did you get it?" Delilah asked him.
"Not too long ago," he said as he looked at Red, "I have to learn how to fight with it."
"It will be an honor to fight with you, Master," Red told him. Bradley sighed and nods his head.
-Meanwhile; Shrine- Akeno appears in front of the shrine she lives in and sighed. She walked in the shrine and yawned.
"What a day," Akeno thought as she looked down at her hand. She held a mysterious orange ball with 4 stars in the middle of it in her hand as she walked into the shrine.
"So, this must be a Dragon Ball. I wonder how it ended up outside my home," Akeno said as she looked at it.
"Oh, look at what we have here. Give up the ball, darling… You don't want to get hurt," a voice called to Akeno. She turned to the sound of the voice and stopped. It was a humanoid male that wore a rather heavy sage green hoodie with a red insignia in the middle of it and torn blue jeans and brown sneakers. The male's face was morphed in various ways that was incorrigible to Akeno.
"Oh my… Who exactly are you and what happened to your face?" Akeno asked seriously, "If you are looking for trouble, you found it." She clenched her free left hand and electricity charged into her hand. The male tilts his head and frowned.
"I asked nicely…" he frowned as he disappeared and reappeared in front of her to punch her right in her stomach. She gasped as blood dripped down her chin.
"Wha… I… Barely saw you move…" she hissed as she stepped away from him. She regained her composure.
"You are more resilient than I thought… Most people would've fell apart after that," he told her boredly. Akeno clenched her fist again and fired a lightning bolt at the male. He disappeared and she called out her wings to escape. He reappeared and kicked her through a wall. She screamed in pain as she flew out the wall and out onto the grass. She got back up to her feet and spat blood onto the ground. He walked out the hole she made into the shrine and looked at her seriously.
"Who are you, exactly?" Akeno asked as she stood up straight. He blinked and sighed.
"You aren't exactly in the position to demand anything from me, Priestess of Thunder," he told her. Akeno's eyes widened as she looked at him.
"Are you a demon?!" Akeno asked him. He took off his hood and revealed his mechanical face to her. He also had short and spiky red hair.
"Partially… I am more like a demonic android," he told her, "His orders were to collect the Dragon Balls from anyone who had possession of them. Use force if necessary… Deadly if I wanted to." He cracked his knuckles and charged at her head on.
"I know all about your powers and heritage. You also don't do CQC… A very bad thing for you." He slammed his fists into her face and knocked her into a tree. Akeno slid down the tree and rubbed her broken nose from the blood that leaked out of it. Some of it dripped onto her outfit.
"He is extremely fast… Faster than my eyes could track. I can't win like this… I have to try something else," Akeno told herself as she got back to her feet. She softened her look and smirked.
"What are you smiling for?"
"You're still a guy, right?" Akeno giggled as she unbuttons her shirt and flashed her boobs and lacy black bra that held her boobs in them. He blinked and sighed heavily.
"You are a ho if you think that would work on me," he told her as he teleported right over to her and slapped her across the face and knocked her to the ground. Akeno rubbed her face and groaned.
"Thank you… Can I have another, bad boy?" Akeno teased as she looked up at the male. He grabbed her by the hair and slammed her facefirst into the tree trunk. He pulled her away from the trunk and tossed her away from him. Her shirt was still unbuttoned and her face was all bloody from getting slammed into the tree trunk.
"Give me the Dragon Ball… I might just let you live," he told her as he stood over her. She glared at him and clutched the Dragon Ball close to her.
"Never… I will not give it to you," Akeno told him, "Burn!" Fire erupted around the male and burned his hand. He cries out in pain and shook his hand. He glared hatefully and stomped on her stomach. Blood shot out of her mouth as she coughed.
"I… Won't… You will… Misuse it…"
"My master will get his wish… You will not stand in my way!" he told Akeno as he held his other hand out at her and a large black Ki orb appeared in front of it. She stares defiantly at him and the orb in front of her. Then, he fired the orb and Akeno blacked out.
-Much Later- "Akeno! Akeno! Wake up!" a voice called to her. Akeno groans as she opened her eyes and looked around. Rias knelt over Akeno's unconscious, bloody, and battered body. She flinched as pain coursed through her body.
"What… Happened?" Akeno groaned as she looked at Rias.
"You really worried me there… You weren't breathing there for a sec," another voice called as Bradley walked over to her, "Rias came to me in hysterics saying something happened to you… I would lie if I said I didn't care about what happened to you. I mean… You were the first friend I made at Kuoh Academy."
"The Dragon Ball!" Akeno gasped as she looked around.
"You had a Dragon Ball?!" Bradley asked Akeno seriously as he knelt beside her.
"I found it outside my home and decided to bring it inside to keep it safe… Then…" Akeno said as she looked down at her body, "That thing… It attacked me and almost killed me."
"Did you know what it looked like?" Rias asked Akeno as she places a hand on Akeno's shoulder.
"…Yeah… It had a grotesque face… But, it had a male voice and it looked like a man, too. He said something about his master getting his wish," Akeno told her.
"What was he wearing? Any weird marks on his clothes?" Bradley asked her. Akeno nods her head and bowed her head.
"Yeah… A red insignia on his hoodie. It had 2 R's in the middle of them," Akeno told him. Bradley looked away and rubbed his chin.
"Red insignia… 2 R's… Sounds like the sign of the Red Ribbon Army," Bradley said as he looked back at the girls, "Can I trust you 2?"
"Yes… Why? Who is the Red Ribbon Army?" Rias asked.
"I am surprised you don't know. The Red Ribbon Army were a ruthless army that attacked the world many years ago… But, Goku beat them when he was a kid. Many years later, Dr. Gero created a monster named Cell and nearly decimated the world," Bradley told them, "Basically, the Red Ribbon Army was behind the whole Cell thing." Rias and Akeno looked at Bradley in shock.
"If they are back, they made one hell of a message. But, why are they making androids again?"
"This might be a crazy ride for us," Rias frowned as she looked at Bradley, "If one android beat my strongest player… We need an edge."
"I will help you," Bradley said as he looked at Rias, "You need me and Vanity to take on the Red Ribbon Army. But… You guys need some special training." The girls looked at each other and blinked at each other.
"Considering Akeno doesn't use any physical prowess… Let's start there. Okay?"
"Okay. Are you gonna teach us anything else?" Akeno asked as she blinks at him.
"How to use Ki, flight without your wings… You never know. Might be useful. Also… I need the training as well. How to use my Sacred Gear and my demigod powers… This might be the start of a beautiful relationship," Bradley said as he wriggles his eyebrows. Akeno smirked and giggled.
"What happens after all this is over?" Rias asked him.
"…We will cross that road when we get there," Bradley told her seriously as he carried Akeno in his arms. The Priestess Of Thunder hugged Bradley's neck and giggled.
"This is gonna be a journey… Might as well enjoy it," Bradley sighed as he carried her inside. Rias followed Bradley inside the shrine and closed the door behind her.
(And that is the end of the prologue! As such, the story will follow the anime and manga… But, not fully. The next arc is proof of that… The next chapter will be the beginning of the 1st official arc of the story, The Android Rebellion Arc! Hope you enjoyed the prologue! See you guys later! A/N.)
End Chapter 2 and Prologue
