Author's Note:

Hey, guys! Not expecting me to show up so fast, huh? Just thinking that perhaps I should post at least one more chapter before my impending death...

End of semester test began yesterday and looking at how it went until today... Well... no comment. :'u

...Yeaaaaah, anyway. To Guest AllFather69, thank you for the review and yeah I know. I've fixed the previous chapters a bit, but I'll promise you that I'll do a 'full-scan' and fix those 'bugs and viruses'.

So... yeah, I guess that's it really. R&R!

[DISCLAIMER]: I don't own Highschool DxD and Ajin. They belong to their own respective owners.

...Man, it's getting boring to keep saying that...

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Rias' PoV

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I was enjoying my tea on this fine evening. Akeno made some for me before going home about just an hour ago.

I took care of some paper works while of course pondering about my current… predicament.

'Stupid father… what was he thinking when he arranged a marriage between me and that pervert…'

I took another sip of the heavenly, or hellish, tea I warmed up and glanced at some files that had a title 'POTENTIAL SACRED GEAR WIELDER'

'…I need to find someone soon. I have to. No matter the cost.'

With the new determination in mind, a knock on the door interrupted my thoughts.

Being devils meant that we're more nocturnal rather than diurnal, so I assumed that it was either my peerage or perhaps Sona that came for an evening visit.

"Come in."

The door opened and revealed the person behind it.

"Good evening, President…"

"Ah, good evening Koneko. I've been expecting you."

I expected her to say something after she closed the door, but instead of instantly sitting down on the couch like she used too, she stood beside it with her hear hung low.

"…Well? Have a seat, then. Tell me how it went."

I saw her flinch and walked to sit on the sofa rather awkwardly slow.

"Koneko, what's wrong? You're not being your usual self."

"P-Pres, I…"

She looked down and gripped her skirt a bit tighter. I felt sorry for her to see her like this…

Yet it brought me a sense of anger.

Something must've happened when she was on her stake out. When I find out who turned her like this, they're going to pay... if they deserve it, anyway.

I petted her head.

"Koneko, it's okay. Whatever it is that is bothering you, you can tell me. I'm not going to be mad at you."

"…"

Koneko stayed silent for a moment as I felt that she was starting to relax.

"So… What happened?"

"I… I failed."

"…That's it?"

I sighed and gave her a reassuring smile.

"It's okay, Koneko. I forgive you. You can relax now."

"Y… Yes, President."

"Good. Now, please tell me how did you fail the task I gave you?"

Koneko then told me of how she observed him in the morning and the afternoon, as well as how she followed him when he went out on an errand. Then she told me of how she failed her mission when she lost him in the arcade.

However, the last few things that she said piqued my interest.

"I… I couldn't sense him, President. It was so sudden… It was too fast.

He came out of the shadows and immediately locked his arm around my neck as he put a hand over my mouth, b-but that's what I don't understand…"

"What do you not understand?"

She looked up and stared into my eyes with a face that shows fear.

"I… I lost my power."

"…What?"

"When he locked me in place… I couldn't feel anything! Everything around me felt cold a-and I couldn't sense anything! Not even my own mana!"

I widened my eyes after that last description; struck silent at the extremely familiar feeling that she knows.

'The cold sensation of being cut off from your own power…?'

"F-For some reason, he let me go and I tried to feel his aura, but… only to find out that there was none!"

'What? No aura? But that's not possib—!'

"I double-checked it, President. He really had no aura. Not even a single hint of there ever being one. It was as if… he didn't have a soul."

I immediately started to think of all the sacred gears I've read about to find out what happened to Koneko; whether it was actually an effect of a sacred gear or not.

But no matter how hard I tried to remember, I couldn't think of any sacred gear that could cut someone off their own mana and, much less his aura—No, I'm positive that it doesn't even exist!

Because, if you cut someone off their mana, they'd die.

Mana is a magical energy source that resides within a person's soul. It is so unpredictable and complex that if you were to tamper with it, it could either kill the one you tampered with or even yourself since it meant that you are tampering the souls themselves.

And not only that, mana is an ever-regenerating magical energy which caused the body that host it to overflow, if it was not used soon enough; imagine filling up an already full bucket with water. These mana that 'spilled' out of the body is exactly what an aura is.

No matter how much someone tried to mask his aura, no matter how godly the being is, you could still sense something. To mask an aura is to repress it so that aura-sensors couldn't help but not notice them since they were too small to be sensed. Unless they focused to directly sense the aura of the being, this requiring them to actually see the being or at least know their exact location, but to say that this 'Kazuki' didn't have any at all was… absurd!

If that is true, then how is he even alive?

How did he—

"President."

"…"

"President!"

"Oh! Sorry, what did you say?"

"President, please… stay away from him…"

Again, I widened my eyes.

"… He's dangerous."

While it was extremely rare to see Koneko smile, it was even more so to see her show emotions.

...And to think that just by observing a boy for less than a day could bring her into this state was...frightening.

"Very well. I'll promise you that you're not going to be observing him again. Thank you for the good work, Koneko, you're dismissed."

"T-Thank you. Good evening, President Rias."

After Koneko left the room to return to her home, I took a seat and read over the file about this enigmatic boy again.

'I know of Koneko's ability to sense aura, there fore I have no reason to not believe her… But if he doesn't have any mana, or soul, then it wouldn't be possible for him to possess a sacred gear… after all sacred gears are engraved into someone's soul…'

She took a stamp and stamped the file about Kazuki. The stamp says, 'REJECTED'.

'I know there's something more than meets the eye but… I did make promise.'

"...Well, at least I narrowed the list down."

She set the file on the table and took another one.

"Now, let's see… Hyoudou Issei…"

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Kazuki's PoV

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The sun was shining, trees were growing, and birds chirped happily as they began to start their daily routine on another good day.

After following the same routine of waking up because of nightmare, taking a bath, having some breakfast and a light gaming time, I prepared myself to stalk a certain someone's date.

… Man, it felt weird saying that... Oh well, whatever.

I came to the town square where they're supposed to meet at around 8 in the morning. I was expecting to wait for the two to come a bit later, but such expectation was erased when I saw Issei already standing near the statue waiting for the girl known as Yuuma.

I watched from afar and snickered as I watched him constantly blushing and then desperately trying to keep his composure again; no doubt he was thinking about something perverted, I thought to myself.

I drank some canned latte while waiting. I really need to stop staying up late to play games… but nevertheless, worth it.

Anyway, Yuuma then came at 9 o'clock, just like what she promised, and thus their date began and my 'quest' continues.

'And to think that I'm stalking someone right after the day of being stalked myself and said that I don't enjoy being stalked… Wow, aren't I one hypocritical bastard?'

From the mall to the park, then to the arcade, followed by other romantically clichéd places for a date, I watched as this date between Issei and Yuuma turned out to be a regular one with nothing suspicious about Yuuma at all.

'…Yet, that is exactly why I'm suspicious. How could she went on a date with someone that she doesn't even know without showing any sign of awkwardness?'

After that, the sunset arrives and with it my 'quest' is coming to an end.

Both of them then went to park again toward the big fountain and with the beautiful scenery of sunset reflecting on the fountains surface and everything else around them, I knew that this was the finale.

The date went better than I expected for a first date between a stranger and a perverted virgin with an extreme boob-fetish; he didn't even do anything at all. I commend you, Issei.

"T-Thank you very much for today, Issei-kun!"

"Oh! Ah, yeah, you too! It was super fun!"

Yuuma then sent a beautiful smile as she walked closer toward Issei.

"You know, Issei-kun. As the finale for our first date… would you listen to this request of mine?"

"O-Of course! Anything!"

I was hiding behind nearby trees and decided that it was enough.

I started to walk further from where to give them some privacy; I've seen too much.

'*sigh* and to think that Yuuma is a bad girl… Well, perhaps I'm being paranoid… Guess I'll just head home and play some gam—'

"Y-Yuuma-chan?!"

I was going to leave them to finish their business, but stopped dean on my tracks when I heard a sudden yelp that caught my attention.

I turned around and saw something that surprised me.

Yuuma transformed from the young long raven-haired girl into a mature and taller version of herself and was wearing a very revealing dominatrix outfit.

Though those weren't what got my full attention, what did was the fact that she got a pair of black wings on her back.

"…I had to put up with your grievously troubled childish attitude. But I'll take a good care of this scrunchy you bought for me."

"W-What…? W-who…?"

"So, that's why…"

Issei fell on his backside. He was too shocked to move as 'Yuuma-chan' hold out a hand and materialized a light spear.

"… Can you please die?"

"Yuuma-cha—!"

I ran at full speed to save my friend…

—But alas, I was too late.

The light spear pierced through Issei's stomach and left a gaping hole as he fell into the pool of his own blood.

"ISSEI! NOOO—!"

"What's this? Another filthy human?"

I flinched as I realize I had blown my cover.

'Fool... Kazu, you FOOL!'

I came to this town to get away from all these supernatural bullshit!

I came to have some peace and quiet game time!

I came to enjoy a normal life!

But, then I foolishly rushed in and blew my cover, just like that?!

…

...But...

...Then again, why didn't I stop her?

I fucking knew something was up with her…

I fucking knew that something didn't add up….

Why the hell didn't I act sooner...?

"…Having fun, I see?"

"Oho? You're quite calm considering you friend is drowning is his own pool of blood right now, assuming he is your friend that is..."

"Yeah, well… I guess, fate's a dick then."

Yuuma laughed at my comment. I may seem calm, but inside? I'm terrified.

I was fine hiding as a normal highschool boy for the last two months and while I did have to endure the pain of being seen as delinquent that other kids despises, it was the most 'normal' life I've ever lived and I am NOT going to blow my cover now.

I'm unarmed, I know that. I don't have a mean to attack her without killing her or rising suspicion. Then again if I kill her, her associate, if she had one, may try to hunt me down and kill me, thus leading me to blow my cover again.

So every decisions I make will always lead to my cover being blown, huh… Ugh, fuck it.

MAL did give me a mission; my fault for not taking it seriously.

…Besides, I hate killing people.

I sighed loudly,

"Hahaha! That's an interesting thing to say. But you do know that now you've seen me, I can't let you escape alive, don't you?"

"Ugh… This is really not my day…"

"You said it yourself…"

She grinned maniacally,

"… Fate's a dick."

And then threw the light spear toward me; faster and harder than she did toward Issei.

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3rd Person's PoV

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The force of the impact when the light spear pierced through Kazuki's chest was enough for his body to be thrown away like a rag doll into the park's forest where he hid.

His body flew as he was being propelled by the strong impact of the light spear which ended with Kazuki being nailed to a tree with the light spear to the chest and then through the tree itself.

Kazuki choked in his own blood as more was pouring out of the hole on his chest.

Yuuma flew closer to see him suffering such a slow death since the spear pierced through his lungs and not his heart.

"You know, for making me laugh, I'll at least honor you with the knowledge of my name, you filthy human."

Kazuki was gagging and twitching as he endured the pain, but he managed to force himself to send a glare toward his assailant.

"Know that I'm your angel, filthy human. I'm Raynare, your Angel of Death!"

Kazuki couldn't take it anymore as his consciousness began to fade and with that, Raynare then laughed maniacally and flew back toward God knows where she came from.

A few seconds later, the light spear disintegrated causing his limp body fell to the earth.

Feeling that she had done a great job, Yuuma—No—Raynare flew back without a care.

—However.

She wasn't aware that Kazuki is an Ajin.

Which means—

"*gasp* GAH! AAAAARGH! Fuck…!"

While Kazuki is indeed an Ajin that literally can't die, that doesn't mean he doesn't feel pain.

This meant that he was forced to endure the pain of having your chest pierced by an extremely hot light spear that burns your flesh inside out.

After resurrection, Kazuki vomited all of the blood that piled on his throat when he was choking in his own blood followed by panting as if he had just done a marathon.

He was exhausted and disorientated… but in this state, he saw something.

Since he was thrown into the nearby forest, this meant that his view was blocked by the bushes, but through it, for a moment, he saw a brilliant red light.

It was coming from where Issei's body was, he thought.

A few moments later, he heard a feminine voice.

"Your soul… must live for my sake!"

And with that the light intensified and suddenly dimmed until there was no more.

The sun had already set and thus the sky once again turned into a sea of void as the queen of the night shone its glorious moonlight.

He took a few moment to regain his strength and after he was done, he stood back up with the tree as a support and walked out of the shrubbery toward where Issei's body was.

However, there was no body to be found.

He looked around, but found nothing, therefore concluded that someone teleported and took Issei's body.

And with that, after experiencing such a messed up night, there was only one thing that was left on his mind.

'…I fucking knew I was going to regret my decision...'

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Author's Note:

So… was it gory enough to turn the story into Mature-Rated? I don't think so…

For those that think so, please… just endure a little blood, will you? It's not THAT gory…

Not by my standards, anyway.

Welp. I tried and that's what matters.

So, yeah! Shitty gore scene aside! I'm done ranting and so I'll be waiting for my impending death...

See ya next chapt, Capt!

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