The student council had come prepared for a big battle, which is why it took them so long to arrive. But now that they were here, they saw only a young boy no older than 19. Saji frowned, his surprise showing on his face that was a bit red from having run here all the way from the other side of the town.
"What? How did he do this?" He exclaimed loudly.
Issei ignored Saji and addressed Sona,
"Sona Kaichou. You have arrived. I wanted to capture you later but you couldn't wait could you?" He stated calmly.
Ddraig spoke in his mind,
"Careful Partner. This is very bad. You have virtually no energy left. There is a high-class devil in Sona Sitri and the others are mid or low class. They will kill you instantly."
Issei already knew that. He actually had no intention of fighting now. But he did have one last thing to do before leaving. Looking at Akeno, he saw that some hope has returned to her eyes. Issei didn't like it. He wanted her to completely lose it. But that will not happen now. Seeing the Sitri peerage has restored her confidence, though she was still shaken by the recent events that took place. He spoke to Akeno,
"Akeno-san. I will be taking you with me. You will come willingly, right? Rias won't feel alone in that cage with you."
The others looked surprised.
"What is he talking about Akeno-san?" Tsubaki Shinra asked Akeno, just as surprised as the rest.
With everyone's attention away from him, Issei cast a teleportation circle under Akeno and then one under himself.
"He has Rias hostage along with another fallen Angel. He can also.. ahh huh" Before she could finish the sentence, however, the circle came to life and in an instant, both Akeno and Issei disappeared.
"What just happened?" Sona cried.
"That circle, it had the Gremory family crest in it. How did he know how to cast it?" Tsubaki wondered out loud.
"Never mind that, we need to know where they went. He took Akeno-san with him and according to Akeno-san has Rias hostage somewhere." Sona Sitri said in her usual serious demeanor. Not losing her cool for a second in even in a situation like this.
"I will check the school documents. It should have his place of residence." Reya Kusaka volunteered.
"Ok. But we need to act fast. I still don't know how he defeated the club though; he must have caught them off guard."
"Yeah, that is probably it. I don't see how it could be anything else. He is a human and probably not from any of the four clans."
"Wait for a second, could he be an exorcist or a scared gear possessor?" Tsubasa Yura asked, her bishounen face suddenly thoughtful.
"I think he may have one." Tomoe Meguri shouted, her hyperactive nature getting the better off her.
"Boss, we should go there as soon as we can if that is true." Ruruko Nimuran stated.
Loup Garou, the werewolf, said nothing, as he was a man of few words.
"President, Koneko-chan has collapsed." Tsubaki suddenly exclaimed, looking where Koneko was. In the excitement of the disappearance of Issei and Akeno, everyone forgot her even though she was near her.
"Quick, get her to the nurse's station. We will prepare to go to the underworld as fast we can. She needs help." Sona ordered.
"Wait, President, Gasper-kun, he is not unconscious, he is dead." Tsubaki delivered another shocking piece of news.
Everyone was stunned before Sona regained her composure and repeated her orders. Everyone left the scene a while later before the local human authorities arrived.
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The two of them arrived in Issei's student apartment, right before the cage where Issei had left Rias and Raynare. Akeno hit the floor, disoriented from the sudden teleportation but then she saw Rias and stood up walked over to it and then crouched down in front of Rias.
"Rias, are you alright?"
Rias and Raynare were, in fact, both alright. Issei had managed to recalibrate their life forces, so they still had some devil powers, such as a long life.
"Never mind me. Akeno you got caught too? Where are the others? "Rias urgently asked, dread settling in her. She had hoped her peerage would rescue her by now. But here was her queen, captured just like her.
Akeno didn't answer at once as the horrible memory of her friend's death flooded back into her mind.
"You two can talk to your heart's content. But first, Rias, Raynare move over, Akeno needs some space in the cage." Issei interrupted.
"Don't talk to Rias like that" Akeno suddenly shouted, her old habits of defending her king taking over.
Without responding, Issei took out a card from his pocket and read an incantation that Ddraig taught him.
Instantly, Akeno felt an intense electric shock run through her body. Normally it won't do anything to a devil, much less the priestess of thunder, but now that she had almost little power of the devil left it harmed her like any normal human.
"Issei-kun, please stop." Rias cried, not wanting her friend to suffer anymore.
Issei did just that, before turning on her, shocking her to the core. As she cried in pain, Raynare looked towards Issei and spoke as though nothing had happened.
"What did you do now?" Did you attack her peerage? Her brother won't be happy. Now you have two Maou after you."
Issei said nothing, it was true that he was in trouble, but he also had a plan to counter that problem. Ddraig had told him something interesting.
"Issei-kun, I won't say anything anymore, so please don't hurt Rias anymore, please?" Akeno stated.
"Then enter the cage and tie yourself in those chains."
Issei ordered.
"How? Akeno asked, "it is locked."
Issei looked at the cage and saw that she was right, He had forgotten about that before ordering.
"Issei-kun. Please, there is barely room for two, how will Akeno fit here?" Rias asked.
It was indeed a good question. But Issei didn't care. He simply pulled out a key and opened the lock. Then he paused, he suddenly had an idea.
"Alright, Akeno, chain yourself outside the cage to Rias and Raynare's wrist.
Akeno noticed the other occupant of the cage for the first time.
"Who is this?" She asked Rias, distracted.
"I am Raynare, a fallen angel. Do not come close to me inside the cage." Raynare answered for Rias.
Looking at Issei, she said,
"Issei, I understand you, but can you make a separate arrangement for me? I don't want to share a cage with these two." Rayanare asked Issei.
Issei ignored the three. In the last few days, Raynare has been acting weird. Issei guessed she was doubting if her comrades will be able to find her at this rate, considering she had no demonic power or the power of the light to hone on to. She had since been trying to revert to her Yuuma persona, albeit she wasn't sure it won't trigger Issei's rage. Then again, he didn't read her mind so he didn't know for certain.
"She is right, Issei-kun, I know you said you wanted us to be your slave, right? I will become one for you but don't hurt Rias anymore. Rias doesn't refuse Issei-kun anymore too. He already killed Kiba and Gasper, he might kill you too, but I don't want that."
Akeno Said to Issei and Rias one after another as Issei considered the proposal. On the one hand, he could tell Akeno was telling the truth, she would do anything for Rias but he had no idea whether this disposition will hold once the Sitri peerage arrives. For now, though, he decided to play along.
"Ok, alright, Akeno-san, I will let you stay outside the cage and even let Rias out. But you will have to wear this."
Issei held out a collar with a ring and a length of chain on it with the end link broken. It was used by devils to control their servants and restrict their actions. Issei learned how to make one by forcing Rias to tell him.
Akeno reached for the collar without hesitation but then realized what it was and stopped.
"What, Issei-kun, where did you find it? This only belongs to high-class devils." She asked in a tone full of surprise.
"I made it. I also made more for the Sitri peerage. When they enter here, they will join you too. But now put it on." Issei replied.
Seeing no choice, Akeno complied. It could be taken off after all. Once the Sitri peerage arrives, the scientists at the underworld will find a way to take it off. Taking the second collar from Issei, she reached for Rias.
"Rias, I am sorry. But," but Rias interrupted.
"Did you say he killed Gasper and Kiba? She asked in a voice full of rage.
"Yes. Now please hurry. We can mourn them later." Akeno rushed her.
Rias didn't listen, her voice shaking with fury, she opened her mouth to yell at Issei but before she could say anything though, Issei shocked her again, along with Akeno for good measure. For a whole minute, he kept them under the spell.
Raynare then spoke as he released the spell,
"Good. Punish the devils Issei-kun. But let me out too. I will even wear the collar." She said, satisfied with watching the devils suffer.
"Akeno, don't waste time. I said you could talk to Rias afterward. But now put the collar on her", and getting another idea, added, "Put it on Raynare too."
Despite the pain, she was just subjected to, Akeno smiled at his later words. But Raynare protested.
"What? Why does the fallen angel need to do that? I can do it myself. Come on, Isse-kun, please?" Issei replied her by shocking her for two minutes. As she screamed, Akeno put the collar on her and Rias. Issei then used the keys to unlock the chains shackling them to the cage and bought them out. Once outside, he spoke to them,
"Ok. The collar will allow you only two meters distance from where you are standing. Be prepared to experience more pain if you step outside of that range."
"We won't go anywhere Issei-kun. Can't speak for the devils though." Raynare answered between catching her breath.
"You better not. Now talk all you want, Akeno and Rias. I will go prepare for the Sitri peerage." Issei stated.
"Issei-kun, please, can't you leave the Sitri alone?" Akeno tried one last time.
"No." Issei said shortly, "They took over the school and now I will take over them."
Though he said that, he had no idea on how to take them all at once. He didn't have a chance to rest. And he was sure he couldn't use the boosted gear anymore for today. But he did have a part of a plan, that unfortunately relied on Raynare. Over the last few days, she had told him of a sacred gear that can heal injuries at an extremely fast rate. She wasn't sure if it could restore his energy after using sacred gears, but it was still worth a try.
Before he went any further in his thoughts though, Raynare spoke
"Isei-kun, if that peerage gets here, they will most certainly kill you. But please follow my plan. It is your best hope. My comrades have that girl's sacred gear, they must have it by now."
Issei looked at her darkly,
"You are not concerned for me. You just want to save yourself, Raynare, you are a fallen angel, they will kill you the moment they see you."
Raynare, however, didn't even flinch,
"Of Course I don't care about you. But Issei-kun, I also don't want to die. This benefits us both, so let me call my comrades. You can hand me over to them, and they will give you the sacred gear. How does it sound?"
Akeno, who was filling in Rias on what happened a few minutes ago, suddenly spoke up.
"It is obviously a trap to kill Isse-kun. Don't listen to her Issei-kun. She is a fallen angel, she can't be trusted."
Akeno got the same dark look from Issei that Raynare got a few moments earlier.
"Akeno, you don't want me to do that because if the fallen angels get here, they will kill you two first. As for her being a fallen angel, you are a devil. Don't think you can talk about trust."
Akeno shut up and began telling Rias how the Sitri peerage arrived in the nick of time to save Koneko.
Issei considered his options, he did not have the remotest desire to hand over Raynare, but he did need that sacred gear badly.
"Alright, Raynare. Tell me where your comrades are. I will contact them." He said to Raynare, having made up his mind.
"And then release me when the sacred gear is yours?" Raynare tried to confirm.
"No. Issei told her, "I will kill the guy and the loli and make that other woman my slave. She will keep you company."
Before Raynare could respond, the whole building shook. The Sitri peerage has arrived. Again. Except, this time, Issei had no other means of escape.
Authors note: Alright. Here is chapter four. This will probably be the last one. I wanted to write a different story. This Issei is too OOC. I will write another one, this time with canon Issei in all his perverted glory out to make all the girls his slave. It will be much more fun and lighthearted. For uh… science and reasons it will be on the adult fanfiction site. PM for the link or just review and ask. I will send you the link after I finalize all the chapters.
