Chapter 5: All's Fair in Love and War
I don't own DxD; I just use its characters and techniques. All credit goes to its creator. Same applies for anything that I used from other animes.
Welcome to Chapter 5 everybody. Last time Issei grew bored of his devil life and low and behold Asia Argento appeared in front of him. He quickly developed a bond with the young woman but was forced to send her to the fallen angels. Various events brought Asia into his path again and this time Issei made his move with Sona's help. Now Rias and gang prepare to attack the fallen angels who believe they're going to take Asia's life and sacred gear, while Asia sits in wait with a nervous Sona. Things are about to get fun.
(Outside the church)
"Ahh! So bored." A fallen angel moaned. The fallen angel in question was a young girl with blonde hair in twintails with blue eyes and a black gothic lolita outfit with white frills.
"Oh be quiet, Mittelt. It's better if nothing happens. Thanks to that freak Freed things have gotten hairy, especially since Dohnaseek went missing." A taller fallen angel said. She had tan skin and long navy blue hair that covered her brown eyes and was wearing a long maroon trenchcoat that exposed her massive breasts and matching miniskirt.
"Oh please! Nothing's gonna happen. We were told that the Gremory bitch would never do anything because of her big brother."
"Oh? So I'm a bitch huh?" Rias said angrily as she appeared above the pair of fallen angels with Akeno next to her.
"Shit! Where did she come from?" Mittelt said angrily.
"Well at least you're not bored anymore" Akeno teased.
"You'll pay for that, bitch!" Mittelt cursed as she prepared for battle.
"Well we'll see about that." Rias said angrily as the energy around her began to spin.
Meanwhile on the inside things were a bit more interesting. Issei, Kiba, and Koneko charged right through the front gate. Waiting for them inside was around a hundred exorcists. Of course Issei had the boosted gear ready to go, while Kiba had used his sacred gear Sword Birth to summon a small blade of his own. Koneko just had some gloves on, but considering her strength that was enough. "So let's see….Koneko you take the 20 on the right, Kiba you take the 20 on the left and I'll take the 60 in the middle."
"You sure you want to take on that many, Issei?" Kiba wondered.
BOOST!
"Absolutely." Issei smiled as the boosted gear powered up.
"Remember, that pervert priest is mine." Koneko said angrily remembering the previous defeat.
"Fine by me." Issei said with a smile. He could appreciate revenge in its purest form.
"Let's go!" Kiba said smiling and after Issei and Koneko nodded the three began their assault. Kiba used his incredible speed in order to slash the exorcists. Koneko and Issei of course used brute strength to knock each opponent out with punches and kicks. Issei could've done far more but he wanted to save his strength for Yuuma. After only a few minutes the battle was over and the group was victorious.
"Bravo, bravo, seems like you devil scum are kinda strong." A new voice sneered as a young man arrived in front of the group.
"I'm assuming you're Freed." Issei said smiling calmly. The young man in front of him had a priest outfit but from what Issei gathered he was far from it. His silver hair and scowl did nothing to change that.
"Yeah, that's right, I'm Freed Selzan. It's a pleasure to meet you, new guy. I've met the white haired girl and pretty boy, but not you." Freed said smiling.
"This guy's a weirdo." Ddraig said with disgust.
'Tell me about it.' Issei groaned. "So Freed, how do you wanna do this? Other than Raynare, you're the last person here. Think you can beat all of us?" Issei said smiling viciously. Koneko wanted to attack but she was held back by Issei.
"I don't know about the kitten and pretty boy, but I definitely can't beat you." Freed said frankly as he pointed towards Issei. 'You're holding back some serious power dude.' Freed thought to himself.
Issei smirked at the fact he was so hesitant to fight but that wasn't a big deal. "That's right so be a good crazy exorcist and surrender."
"Screw that, I'm leaving! If you want to see your ex-girlfriend, she's down there." Freed chuckled before pointing at the altar and chucking a smoke bomb.
"Stop him!" Kiba shouted as he tried to block the smoke. Unfortunately for Kiba the priest had escaped. "Damn it!" Kiba cursed as he slammed his fist against the altar.
"Don't worry about him. He doesn't care one bit about Raynare and the rest. He was sent by the man behind the scenes." Issei said smiling.
"Behind the scenes? What do you mean?" Kiba inquired.
"Don't worry about it, pretty boy. You just head back to Rias and Akeno and leave the rest to me."
"What aren't you telling us?" Koneko said angrily. She could tell he was hiding plenty and didn't trust him in the least.
"I haven't told you plenty, Koneko, but all you need to know is that I'm on your side." Issei smiled as he made his way down to the altar. He couldn't wait for the final round with his ex-girlfriend and this time they were actually gonna fight.
(Downstairs)
Issei arrived at the area and as he looked around he was certainly amused. The area was like a chapel, the white chairs and throne was certainly amusing. Of course there was Asia hung up on the cross but she was asleep. "Well this is boring." Issei groaned as he walked up wondering where his girlfriend was in all of this.
"Geez, I've never met a guy as clingy as you. It's kinda creepy, Issei." Raynare said as she walked out. However this time she was in her fallen angel form. It was a black dominatrix outfit that did very little to hide her body and her fallen angel wings were out.
"I'm creepy and yet you're the one who disguised herself as an innocent schoolgirl and pretended to date me." Issei retorted.
"Oh shut up! You're the one who hung me up and blindfolded me while you had sex with another girl. Then once you were done you just let me go." Raynare replied back.
Issei was surprised at the retort and since Asia was still asleep he decided to have a little more fun. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you're mad I didn't fuck you." When Raynare blushed slightly he smiled knowing he hit the mark. "Geez, and they called me a pervert." Issei teased his ex.
"SHUT UP!" Raynare yelled though she was blushing heavily.
"Round one: Issei Hyoudou!" Ddraig said happily.
'Pretty much.' Issei teased. He loved the mental battle and since he could beat her anytime he wanted, he was gonna enjoy himself.
"Hmph! That doesn't matter now. I know you're strong, but once I get Twilight Healing from the girl, I'll destroy you!" Raynare said angrily as snapped her fingers and activated a magic circle. Soon Asia Argento started crying out in pain and Issei looked on nervously to keep up the act.
'Poor Raynare, you have no idea just how screwed you are.' Issei thought to himself. Of course the real Asia was with Sona and Raynare was going to find that out the hard way. Issei looked on almost absentmindedly and was resisting the urge to laugh.
"What are you gonna do now, babe!" Raynare taunted hoping to get a rise out of Issei. Unfortunately her amusement was short lived when the Asia in front of her suddenly burst into water.
"Absolutely nothing, hun!" Issei replied with a smirk on his face.
"What did you do!?" Raynare cursed at the fact her plan was somehow ruined.
"Funny story actually." Issei said smiling as he remembered what happened before he ran into Raynare at the park.
Flashback
"What you may not know, Asia, is that the group that you're staying with has zero interest in you." Issei said sternly as he stared at the nun.
"What do you mean?" Asia asked innocently.
"You see, Asia, what they're after is that ring of yours." Sona revealed. As sneaky as Issei was, explanations like this weren't his strong suit.
"My ring?" Asia said nervously.
"That's right. It's what's known as a Sacred Gear. They're powers given by God and they can do various things." Issei added in.
"Yours is called Twilight Healing. It allows you to heal anybody no matter who it is." Sona added on.
"So that's how I healed him." Asia said sadly as if remembering a bad dream.
"Him?" Sona asked curiously.
"Before I came here I was a revered holy maiden. Unfortunately, I was kicked out of the church because I healed a devil." Asia revealed to Sona's shock.
"Did you get the devil's name?" Sona asked worriedly. Her first instinct was that Asia was set up and if she was it meant serious problems.
"No I didn't. I wish remembered what he looked like, but I tried so hard to forget that time." Asia said sadly.
"That's alright." Sona said calmly. She wanted to assure Asia that this was different. "Anyway, what we want to do is give you a new life."
"But how can you do that? Raynare-sama will be looking for me and she won't stop." Asia said still teary eyed.
"So we'll give her a fake version of you. Luckily for us, Raynare isn't so close that she can sense Sona, and I can hold my own if we're forced to fight. I'll walk with the fake version of you until Raynare arrives to take you."
"Take me?" Asia gasped.
"That's right. Raynare will take the fake you and tonight I'll destroy Raynare and whatever fallen angel flunkies she brought with her." Issei said with a savage grin.
"What about Father Freed?" Asia said nervously.
"Who's Freed?" Sona asked nervously.
"Freed is the one who attacked Koneko. Fortunately for Freed, Asia saved her." Issei said cryptically.
"What do you mean fortunate for Freed?" Sona wondered. That was an odd statement even for him.
"Don't worry about it, Sona. Anyway, Freed doesn't give a damn about Asia; otherwise he wouldn't have done something so stupid."
"That's cruel, Issei!" Sona yelled back.
"It's the truth, Sona, and you know it. More importantly I want to have Asia join Rias's peerage." Issei said frankly.
"So you mean I'll become a devil like you?" Asia said timidly.
"Issei, why in the world would you do that?" Sona said in disbelief.
"I'd rather have her join your peerage, but the fact that you've never met her means it could reveal our connection." Issei retorted.
"Fine. At least Rias will treat her well." Sona admitted though she was still annoyed. It felt like Issei was just using her at this point.
'Yeah, she may be shady in how she acquires her servants, but once she gets them it's a whole different story.' Issei thought to himself. "So Asia, what do you want to do?" Issei asked giving her the ultimatum.
"I'll do it. Issei, you're the first person that has been kind to me in a long time, and if you trust this Rias, I'll believe in you." Asia said calmly.
'Well, I don't really trust her, but that's another story.' Issei thought to himself. He didn't trust Rias but with him around the girl would be fine and that's all that matters, "Good. All that's left is to create the clone and we can get moving." Issei said calmly.
"Wait a minute Issei, there's one problem with your plan. Where will you send the real Asia while this whole thing plays out" Sona realized.
"Well duh. The real Asia will wait with you until I finish off Raynare. Once I beat her I'll contact you and you can bring me the real Asia."
"What about Koneko? You know she'll be able to sense that something's off."
"I can bribe Koneko with sweets." Issei shrugged. 'Or tell her the truth about her sister.' Issei thought to himself. Koneko's older sister was a member of Vali's peerage. The reason he said Freed was fortunate was that Kuroka would've slaughtered him and the rest of the fallen angels if she found out what happened.
"You should've let the White One's cat just slaughter them. Much easier" Ddraig said with a savage grin knowing what Issei was thinking.
'Well yeah, I should've, but that would be no fun.' Issei replied.
"Umm, so is everything alright?" Asia said nervously as this was her life they were playing with.
"Yes, it's fine." Issei said calmly.
"I'll go along with your plan, Issei, but you better be careful." Sona said calmly. This was reckless and she knew it, but Issei was pretty clever.
"We've been sneaking around for almost a year now, Sona. I'm pretty sure I've got deception down." Issei bragged slightly.
"I hate when you're right." Sona groaned. With that the plan was set and now it was up to Issei to do the rest.
Flashback End
"Well, the Asia you took was a water clone. I had that girlfriend of mine set it up before we met you in the park. I gotta admit things worked out beautifully." Issei chuckled. Things were going great and he had to admit that even he never imagined it would work that well.
"DAMN YOU!" Raynare cursed as she charged Issei. She wasn't going to be made a fool of like this. Unfortunately before she could hit him Issei vanished. "Bastard! Where are you?!" Raynare cursed.
"Will you calm down babe? What's a little deception between lovers?" Issei teased as he appeared behind Raynare and then shocked the fallen angel by groping her and kissing her on the cheek from behind.
Raynare was flustered from the attack and tried to elbow him in the face but he vanished again. "Stay still damn it!"
BOOST!
"Geez, you're no fun." Issei teased.
"Partner, you need to stop messing around. I doubt that your devil buddies will wait too long." Ddraig said calmly.
Issei groaned since he was enjoying having fun with Yuuma. "Fine Ddraig, I'll finish her off."
"Like you can." Raynare growled as she charged him again.
"You poor girl." Issei said with a savage grin as this time he appeared in front of Raynare and slammed her in the gut with a punch. The groan of pain from Raynare was clear and the battle was done. "I actually took it easy on you during our date." Issei said with a savage grin.
"Fuck you!" Raynare said angrily as she collapsed to the ground.
"You wish." Issei said smiling his eyes turning cold. Raynare was it his mercy and it was time to finish the job.
BOOST!
"So this is it huh? You're gonna kill me, Issei?" Raynare said angrily. That punch took everything out of her and she was struggling to get up. It seemed as though Issei did it on purpose.
"That's right. Shame I won't actually get to fuck you. Your actual body is pretty hot. Though Yuuma wasn't a slouch either." Issei admitted before extending his gauntlet clad hand.
BOOST!
EXPLOSION!
"Goodbye, Raynare." Issei said coldly before calling out a Dragon Shot and finishing Raynare off for good.
"Aww, why didn't you use your Balance Breaker?" Ddraig pouted. He enjoyed Issei's sadistic side and that was boring.
"Rias is still out there waiting for me. If I activate Balance Breaker she'll definitely come down and ruin my plan." Issei admitted.
"Bah, you're right." Ddraig groaned.
"Well it's time to call Sona." Issei smiled. He grabbed his phone and dialed the Sitri heiress who promptly arrived with Asia.
"You do realize that eventually Rias will find out about our relationship." Sona quipped as she brought Asia.
"Eventually yes, but not tonight." Issei teased as he kissed Sona softly on the lips.
"I hate you." Sona pouted before teleporting away leaving Issei with Asia.
"I love you, too." Issei said teasingly as she vanished.
With Sona gone it was time for Issei to give Rias her new bishop. He turned towards the now free nun and smiled. "Okay Asia let's go. Don't forget that you can't tell Rias about Sona." Issei reminded the nun about the way the night had played out.
"I know, Issei." Asia replied. She felt wrong hiding the secret but she knew it was for the best.
(Scene Skip)
Issei and Asia arrived outside and he saw the rest of the peerage.
"Geez, I was getting worried in there, Issei." Rias said nervously.
Issei scoffed at her words before saying. "I told you I'd be fine."
"So this is Asia huh?" Akeno said smiling as she pointed to the blonde nun.
"That's right." Issei said smiling.
"Hello everybody, I'm Asia Argento. It's nice to meet you." Asia said timidly. The rest of the ORC introduced themselves.
"I'm Rias, it's a pleasure."
"I'm Akeno, nice to meet you."
"Hello there, I'm Kiba."
"Sup, my name's Koneko."
"Well Rias, I believe that Asia would make an excellent candidate from your peerage."
"Oh? Why's that?" Rias said smiling.
"Kiba, can I borrow a small blade?" Issei requested.
"Okay but I hope you know what you're doing." Kiba replied before using his Sword Birth to create a small blade and gave it to Issei.
"I do," Issei replied before using the blade to make a small cut on his arm.
"What are you doing, Issei?" Rias said nervously.
"Asia, if you please." Issei replied calmly ignoring the pain.
"Okay." Asia said hurriedly as she activated her Twilight Healing. Everyone looked on in shock as the wound completely healed.
"I'm convinced." Rias said sternly. She could use a good healer and this girl was clearly powerful. Grabbing a bishop piece she went over to Asia and before she knew it Asia Argento was a devil. With that settled everyone made their way back to the ORC and went on their separate ways.
(Scene Skip)
"So how's Asia doing so far?" Sona said smiling as she snuggled with Issei after the pair had sex yet again. It's been a month since Asia became a devil and joined Kuoh Academy. She managed to get along with everybody, but to Issei's annoyance she became fast friends with Kiryuu Aika, a girl who was every bit as perverted as Matsuda and Motohama.
"She's doing fine." Issei replied as he kissed Sona on the cheek. Since she was so comfortable with Issei, Asia lived with the Hyoudou house. The fact his parents wanted a daughter made things easier than he ever imagined. There were a few incidents along the way but he dealt with them.
"I'm surprised your parents are so understanding" Sona said in shock.
"They always wanted a daughter." Issei shrugged.
"Okay then, so why haven't you told them about the fact you're a devil?" Sona wondered.
"It's easier that way. I mean seriously, they still think you come over to tutor me in math." Issei replied reminding Sona of their cover story. A week after Asia moved in Sona decided to make things more interesting and started arriving through the front door instead of sneaking in via magic circle. At first it annoyed Issei, but she convinced his parents that she was there for math and that he wanted to keep it a secret. Issei groaned at first but Sona convinced him that it was easier that way since Rias was going to start getting more aggressive. Issei admitted that was true since it seemed like twice a week she was naked in his bed in the morning. It was only a matter of time till his secret life was exposed to his family and he knew it.
"Well I think you should tell them sooner rather than later. Rias has been complaining about Riser more and more recently." Sona groaned at the complaints coming from her best friend.
"This guy must be pretty bad, huh?" Issei said in disbelief. All this time with Sona and they've never discussed Riser. It was time to get some clarity and perhaps it would help him understand why Rias had pushed the limits the way she did.
"Let's put it this way. Take the perversion of you and your two buddies, combine it, and multiply it by a hundred. Then give him a cocky streak and evil pieces that would let him add any girl he wanted. That would be Riser Phenex in a nutshell." Sona said bluntly.
"You gotta be kidding me." Issei said in disbelief. If this was the case he understood why Rias was so desperate. "How far do you think Rias would go?" Issei wondered.
"Let's just say it wouldn't surprise me if Rias tried to sleep with you before long instead of just arriving naked in the morning." Sona admitted having heard about her friends recent antics. She knew Rias was desperate and it wouldn't surprise her if Rias actually did something like that.
"That doesn't bother you, does it?" Issei wondered. Even though they weren't a couple he still didn't think it would be right to sleep with Rias.
"It bothers me to think that my friend is so desperate to get rid of Riser that she'd have sex with somebody she doesn't care about. However I also understand that Riser is scum and if that's what it takes to get rid of him, I'll be okay with it."
"Okay then." Issei replied. He was still slightly uncomfortable with the idea of sleeping with Rias as things were. An ironic idea when you consider that he had often fantasized about Rias many times before he became a devil. Hell he'd seen her naked on multiple occasions once he actually became a devil. It was a minor miracle he hadn't done anything yet. Something that Sona was well aware of considering that Rias complained all the time that Issei never did anything to her.
"Well it's time for me to go home. Our 'tutoring session' is over." Sona pouted slightly. Before Issei knew it Sona was dressed and out the door. There was a part of Issei that wished Sona would stay all night but again she was right. The fact that Rias hadn't arrived to find her best friend sleeping with her pawn was a minor miracle.
"Well it's time to go to bed." Issei yawned. He needed his sleep since Asia had taken to waking Issei up early so he could continue to train her in secret. Having a healer live with him came in handy.
"Partner, I'm curious. If that King of yours actually asked you to take her virginity, what would you do?" Ddraig wondered.
"I don't know Ddraig, and there's a part of me that doesn't want to find out." Issei admitted. Naturally it was at that moment that a familiar magic circle appeared in his room and out popped Rias Gremory.
"I'm sorry Issei; I have no choice at this point." Rias said almost in desperation.
"What's wrong Rias? Usually you pop up when I'm asleep." Issei said sarcastically. He couldn't believe what was happening right now. It seemed Sona was right and Rias really was that desperate.
"Well now things have changed and I have to be a bit blunter with my desires." Rias admitted as she started stripping herself.
"What are you talking about?" Issei said in confusion trying to hide the fact he knows exactly what's on her mind.
"Issei….I need you to take my virginity." Rias pleaded as she presented her naked body to Issei.
'I hate you, Ddraig.' Issei cursed at his partner who was no doubt laughing inside of the boosted gear at the latest development.
That's it for Chapter 5 everybody. Boy this one was something else. All's Fair in Love and War is quite the appropriate title for this chapter considering both the fun with Raynare and the situation with Rias. I hope you guys like the interaction with Sona which is a huge aspect of this trip. Next chapter Issei does indeed take Rias's virginity and later he meets the famous Riser Phenex. Things are about to get even more interesting for everybody.