Hello there, Skylinemaster here with another chapter of He's Only Human.
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High school, the bane on most teenagers live. The place that they are mandated to go for at least 8 hours a day by the government, but more importantly, their parents.
Many, especially in Japan, go in with the expectation of passing high school to get into a good college, finding a good job, and perhaps starting a family in the future. As such, there are many elite schools that can help students get into elite colleges, Kuoh Academy being one of them.
Issei Hyoudou is one of Kuoh Academy's few male students since the integration from a previously all-female school. There were other schools that Issei looked into enrolling himself into, namely Kuoh Central High School or Ishikawa High School, but Kuoh was his number one choice.
Three main reasons for his decision to attend. Firstly, it was the closest out of all three, a decision prompted by laziness more than anything. Secondly, they offered him a full scholarship due to his Kendo skills, otherwise the tuition would have been obscene, even for someone with his finances. Third and most importantly, the two Devil heiresses attended the school, Sitri and Gremory.
He knew of them, Rias Gremory and Sona Sitri, silently laughing at the arrogance of the Gremory girl. At least the Sitri went by a different name in school.
Not Rias, who might as well have put up a giant sign saying, Devil here, on her forehead. Is she really that arrogant in assuming no one reads the Ars Goetia?
Now, he hasn't had any interactions with either of them, nor their Peerages.
His life was really simple, go to school, pretend to pay attention to the teachers rambling on in whatever class he was in, go to the roof to avoid people during lunch, go back to class for the rest of the day, and then head to the Kendo Club before heading home.
Now, Issei wasn't a loner by any stretch of the imagination as evident by a list generated by the girls of Kuoh Academy.
With Kiba Yuuto being the Prince of Kuoh Academy, Issei was somehow named the Ronin of Kuoh Academy and the second most popular male at the academy. That attracted a lot of female attention and most of it was from the Kendo Club which he was a part of.
Issei frankly loathed all the attention. While it was no problem for him to present a charming façade in school, most conversations that occur cause him to think of the most brutal way to kill the girls who got on his nerves the most, while smiling in their faces.
And the thoughts, they were the worst. Such incoherent and utterly unimportant ramblings from hormonal teenage girls which he could never fully tune out. A lesser man would have been driven insane.
Issei struggled to suppress the urge to murder everyone during the lecture on mathematics, in part due to his in depth on this subject already, as well as the thoughts of his classmates.
A silent buzzing sound from his phone alerted Issei that his trap has been set in motion.
A small smile crept up on Issei's face. While he couldn't see what has happened live, he would see it when he gets some free time at home.
Five minutes earlier
"So, this is the place?"
Kalawarner asked the other two Fallen Angels.
"Yes, it was a weak pulse of energy, but I managed to follow it over here."
Dohnaseek said, looking grimly at the building in front of him. Now, there was nothing special about this ware house that any Human could see. That being said, the Fallen Angels outside saw that this building was covered in sigils hidden from the naked eye.
"Enochian."
He said, tracing the outline of the sigil. Whoever has Raynare definitely knew what they were doing. The sigils hid the presence of an Angel, as well as kept their power under control. The Fallen Angels couldn't remove the sigils themselves, but they don't need to.
"Exorcists! Break the sigils!"
Kalawarner said, addressing the small group of a dozen or so exorcists assembled.
The Fallen Angels pointed to the numerous sigils that needed to be broken, and with remarkable efficiency, the exorcists cut, scratched out, or painted over the sigils.
Feeling the magic gone, the Fallen Angels kicked down the reinforced steel door and walked inside. There, in the middle of the room, they saw an unconscious Raynare.
"Got caught by an average human, huh?"
Dohnaseek said, whistling while examining the inside of the warehouse. It was bare, with a small kitchen off to the side and a bathroom area near the back. There was a small set of stairs on the right side but he could feel no one else in here.
"Check the rest of the place to make sure no one else is here. You five.."
Dohnaseek said, pointing at five random exorcists.
"..start destroying all the sigils you can see."
The exorcists did as instructed, with half or so of the exorcists scurrying around the rest of the place while the five handpicked ones started carving out the sigils. Noticing the one on the ceiling, the exorcists took out their Light guns and started shooting at the sigil. The bullet holes impacted the sigil, destroying its power.
"Shouldn't have underestimated him now right?"
Mittelt teased, cutting the metal shackles with a Light spear. Raynare slumped to the floor, causing the Fallen Angels to gather around her. Dohnaseek crouched down and put a hand on her neck before standing back up.
"Save it, Mittelt. We still need to find the boy that did this."
Kalawarner said, licking her lips at the thought of getting her hands on the boy who did this to a comrade.
A few miles away, Issei suddenly had the urge to lick his lips as well. Hmm, his lips weren't going dry now, were they? He licked his lips and went back to pretending to listen to his teacher.
"We've swept the entire building, there is no one else here."
The exorcists said, reassembling in front of the Fallen Angels. Dohnaseek gestured towards Raynare, and two exorcists scrambled to pick her up and support her.
"She's poisoned with something that is suppressing her natural defenses. Let's get her back."
Dohnaseek said, walking past the exorcists.
Oh, if it only were that simple. The moment Dohnaseek walked past the broken sigil on the floor, everyone in the building was forced to the ground. The first of Issei's many fail safes were triggered after one minute of Raynare being released.
The pressure was unbearable, preventing anyone from lifting their heads up. A high pitched wailing sound piercing the ears of all, and since they couldn't cover their ears, their eardrums exploded.
Water soon fell on them, burning all the Fallen Angels. The Devil Water was like an acid, rapidly disintegrating the skin of the Fallen Angels as well as disrupting their healing factor. The Humans weren't lucky, with the entire group being struck by Devil Lightning. The electric shock killed all of the exorcists and Fallen by frying their internal organs, as well as causing third degree burns.
Issei's fail safes had claimed another few lives. The souls of the exorcists don't go to Heaven, no not even close. Issei's fail safe will make sure of it.
Issei stood across from Katase, a bokken in her hand. Issei had a calm expression on his face, his brown eyes hidden with the rest of his face underneath his protective mask.
His posture was relaxed in anticipation of a strike as the two circled each other. Katase lunged at him, the first move of the spar.
Slow, so slow.
Issei side stepped her strike, knocking her sword out of the way with a simple upward thrust. Recovering his from action, Katase tried a simple sideways slash to which Issei countered by ducking under her arc and landing an upward slash, sliding up from her chest protector to her mask.
"Point!"
Murayama shouted from the sidelines. The two went back to their starting positions and bowed to each other. Issei removed his helmet, and smiled at Katase.
"Katase, you've been improving, that strike was faster than before."
He noticed the reddening of her cheeks from his compliment, quietly sickening him. Such petty hormones and a lack of control over them.
"Thanks Issei, but I still can't catch up to you."
She said, recovering from her early blush. Issei was about to give a compliment he didn't believe in when he noticed a figure leaning against the wall.
"Ah, Kiba, how can I help you?"
Issei said, a smile still on his face. He could read the thoughts of Kiba, wanting to bring him to his master's lair like the good lap dog he is. That sweet smile hid all the dark secrets of Kiba's memories but Issei read them as if there were in a book. He'd shake his head, but he wouldn't do that in front of Kiba, not yet anyways.
"Issei Hyoudou, President Rias asked me to escort you to my club room. Are you available now?"
The smile on Kiba's face made Issei want to permanently staple his mouth shut. Issei knew it was coming, yet he didn't have a plan for this, a rarity for him.
"I would love to, but I have to check on a little, pest, problem at my home right now. Can this wait until tomorrow?"
Issei noticed a slight faltering of Kiba's smile, too fast for the average human to notice but Issei noticed it just fine.
"Of course."
Kiba's smile looked as if it had never moved an inch.
"Just please find me after classes tomorrow then. If you'll excuse me now, I have a, thing, to attend to."
Issei said, excusing himself and heading home to check on his latest catch.
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