Straying From the Path
Third Person POV
In Kuhou Town there was a an abandoned church that was falling apart. Unknown to most occupants in the small city the church wasn't as abandoned as one would think. Inside the decrypted walls of the rotting building where two individuals laying on futons right next to each other.
"N-No...please stop...not that...!" Asia started screaming in her sleep as she awoke the girl next to her.
"Asia-chan! Hey Asia-chan relax, it was just a dream." Astolfo held the girl to try and get her to calm down.
Asia was panting heavily and was in a cold sweat. Gasping for air the blond haired girl's eyes began to water before she dug her face into the pink haired girl's chest.
"It was so horrible." She cried out.
"Hey, hey it's okay I'm here." Astolfo said rubbing the blonde's head in comfort. "How about you tell me about it." She offered and Asia gave a sniffle as she looked at the pink haired girl with teary eyes.
"His eyes are dull and full of unhappiness and his face is completely empty. And he wants nothing more but to cut me open and stick my head on a pike for all to see." She started and Astolfo strengthened her hold on Asia.
"Hey don't worry about it Asia-chan I'll be sure to protect you from anyone that dares to harm you. Believe it or not but you can trust this weakling to do that much." She insisted giving the girl a confident and happy smile.
"Thank you." Asia said wiping away her tears before realizing what she had done. "Oh I'm sorry I woke you up." She apologized to her friend who only brushed it off.
"Don't worry about it. This is usually when I'd get up anyways. Besides I get to hang out with my friend today anyway." Astolfo beamed.
"He must mean a lot if you're this happy to see him. What's he like?" Asia asked wishing to know a bit about the boy that Astolfo had befriended.
"Well how do I put it simply? He's a bit distant but he's a really nice person and he's got this whole helpless thing about him that I can't imagine what he'd do without me." Astolfo answered in brutal honesty.
"What do you mean?" Asia raised an eyebrow at the other girl's phrasing.
"I mean that he's the type of person that seems to always need some sort of assistance even with things that would be simple like having a good time. In ways he always seems guarded like he's expecting something to go wrong but at the same time it's clear that he wants someone to rely on but can't because he's been burned before." Astolfo said with her hands on her hips.
"Wait, that kinda sounds like an insult. Oh well you get what I mean right. He's like a puppy that you just want to take care of because it's so helpless and full of pain even if he tries to hide it." Astolfo rephrased though it didn't sound any better than before.
"Anyway I'm off to take a shower and get ready for the day." The pink haired girl stretched her arms before walking in the direction of the restrooms.
"Somebody that you want to take care of….Issei-san." Asia murmured to herself as the blond girl recalled the kindness of the boy from yesterday. She wondered what he was up to right now.
Issei was reflecting on yesterday's sparring match with Galahad. Rias told him that his Sacred Gear was something called a Twice Critical, which doubles his power. Unfortunately he didn't remember anything after Galahad grabbed ahold of his Twice Critical and punched him. But from what Issei was told they fought for a while longer before Sakuya and Akira had to intervene.
"At least I'm not completely useless, but I wished it did something a bit cooler than just doubling my power." Issei deflated onto his desk as class began as his homeroom teacher started taking roll.
"Hyoudou." His teacher called.
"But I can't let this stand in my way. That fight showed me that I have a long way to go before I can achieve my dreams. Yes! I might've screwed up along the way but I won't give up so easily. I have a dream and I'm going to accomplish it!" He thought to himself feeling pumped at the prospect of fulfilling his dream.
"Hyoudou?"
"I'm going to have nothing but legions of hot chicks to serve in my babe army! Yes, I can see it now! When I'm not sleeping with one of them they'd all be fighting over me like a sexy death battle! It's my dream, my one and only ambition…"
"Hyoudou are you even listening?"
"I will became the harem king!" Issei proclaimed to the heavens having gotten too excited and wrapped up in his thoughts.
His determined smile faltered as he saw that everyone was looking at him. The girls were all whispering about how Issei was a disgusting pervert and the boys only scoff at his declaration. However his sensei seemed fed up with his antics at this point before pointing at him with an annoyed gaze.
"Hyoudou-san if you have another outburst like that you'll be reporting to class E."
"Yes sir." Issei slumped his shoulders while sinking into his desk.
"Great, my big mouth got me in trouble, just what I needed." He thought bitterly.
Issei was taken out of his thoughts when the door to the classroom opened and a boy with shaggy black hair and black eyes walked in. He was short in stature but seemed to hold himself in a high regard and of course as soon as the girls saw his face they started fangirling immediately.
"Who is he?"
"He's so cute!"
"I hope he isn't taken."
"Damn bishounen! Kiba was bad enough and now this guy just shows and suddenly every girl is putty in his hands. It really pisses me off." Issei grumbled as the girls all but squealed as they watch the new boy stand in front of the white board.
"Everyone this is a new student that will be joining us. Please introduce yourself." The homeroom teacher instructed the black haired pretty boy.
"Ight, names Yamada Age. And I'm the best damn thing that could happen to any of you suckas."
"Two surnames? That's odd. And what gives with the cocky smirk and slang? What does he think he's cool or something?" Issei questioned however it wasn't long until Yamada walked over to him. Yamada had that same cocky smirk but his eyes showed malice and arrogance.
"Hello devil." He said his smirk seemed to change into a much more foreboding smile as a certain glint in his eyes sent a shiver down Issei's spine.
"I hope this spot is open." He said pulling a seat next to the brunette.
Something about Yamada unnerves Issei and it didn't help that he was pretty sure that an eye the size of his fingertip appeared on Yamada's cheek and blinked at Issei. Yeah, there was something really wrong with Yamada.
"So tell me devil, is that chicken shit inquisitor friend of your's around?" He asked Issei who gave him a gaping look.
"You know about Marlon-san?" He asked and Yamada seemed to only gain a content look on his face.
"So his name is Marlon. That's good to know. Now I'll have a name to put on his gravestone if I decide to give him one." He said more to himself but Issei could hear him as clear as day.
"I want to say something but I can't without making a scene. I'll just have too keep an eye on him and make sure that I warn Marlon-san the next time I see him. Until then though I'll just act as if I didn't hear anything." Issei decided his course of action.
"Hey, shit devil. You have any hot friends I can hook up with? How about that small white haired girl?" Yamada began asking. Issei remained silent making Yamada lean back in his seat. "Yeah, I guess that bastard Marlon made his claim quite clear. So how how about that red head with the giant juggs? You think she'd be up for some freaky tentacle action?"
"I am so going to kick his ass the first chance I get now." Issei clenched his fist and gnashed his teeth together.
Yamada kept on talking about how he wanted to take Rias as his own. Issei for one just want to murder the asshole sitting next to him, especially with how cocky he looked.
For Astolfo the day seemed to be going especially slow, perhaps it was due to the uneventfulness of today's lessons that seemed to be plaguing her. Or perhaps it was because her only friend in class was absent. It's most likely the latter.
Astolfo was currently staring out the window occupying the seat Galahad would usually sit in. She always wondered why he sat back here and she was beginning to understand. The seat provided the perfect view of the girl's gym class that was out and running laps around the field.
"Gal you pervert." Astolfo thought light heartedly with a smile. Continuing to observe the runners she caught a glimpse of what looked to be silver hair girl.
"Why haven't I seen her before now? Wait could it be that she just recently started?" The pink haired girl pondered.
Regardless Astolfo watched as she passed the rest of her class. The girl with silver hair had just made her third lap while everyone else was starting their second or finishing their first. The onlookers and students were shocked at the display of speed and endurance that the blue eyed girl made.
Astolfo was forced to look away when Akira turned off the lights in the room and cleared his throat to gain the classes attention. He had a remote in his hand that went to the projector located in the middle of the room.
"Alright today I have a surprise for you today." Akira said as he turned the piece of machinery on.
"This can't be good." One student spoke with a nervous tone.
"Yeah, something tells me this is going to be embarrassing." Another agreed.
The classes negativity only seemed to get worst as Akira pulled down a screen over the chalkboard.
"So, any idea as to what Nakamura-sensei is up to?" Astolfo whispered to the student sitting in front of her.
"None whatsoever." They said while rubbing their temple.
Soon a video started up, it seemed to take place in a ring of some sort for mixed martial arts. There was a man in a suit with a mike that spoke encouraging the crowd.
"And in the blue corner! Akira, the Dragon, Nakamura!" He announced in english and Astolfo shot up with her back completely straight and at attention.
Almost as if on cue the camera panned to a corner of the room. A somber sounding song played on an acoustic guitar started playing. A younger version of Akira stepped out and started moving in a shoddy manner, waving his arms around and dancing onto the stage. With the music playing it seemed completely out of place. The entire class seemed to cringe in embarrassed at watching their teachers younger self.
"That's so cool. Nakamura-sensei has some nice footwork. He's so agile!" Astolfo however didn't share the same sentiment as the rest of the class, instead she seemed to enjoy their teachers goofy display and theatrics.
It didn't take long until the fight began and while no one was that impressed by Akira's hitting strength his sheer amount of endurance was something to be envied. He seemed to be able to take blow after blow even when the opponent was attacking relentlessly with punches that would knock out a normal man he stood his ground.
Astolfo on the other hand seemed to have just grown bored with the fight after the first two minutes of the second round. Funny given how into she was just a while ago. Instead she took this time to lower her head onto her desk facing the window. She had much preferred to keep herself busy by watching her fellow students try to keep up with the silver haired girl. However instead of seeing the class running on the field trying to catch up with Sakuya, what Astolfo saw was Sakuya staring up at her. Their eyes met and a chill went down Astolfo's spine.
However by this time the fight in the video came to an end in the fifth and final round, Akira stood victorious.
"So what was the point of showing us this exactly?" One male student asked.
"Good question. The answer is simple….never give up if there is something you want go out and take it! Even if all odds seem impossible see it through to the end and achieve it. Remember nothing is impossible as long as you believe in it." Akira preached to the class with an air of inspiration behind him.
"In other words you just wanted to show off." Astolfo jumped in causing the man to glare at her in a mock disappointment.
"There's that tone again, Astolfo-chan." He said before laughing to himself.
"So, you forgot the assignment at home than." She interjected.
"See what you've done, Galahad-kun. You turn my own students against me even when you're too sick to come to school." Akira muttered to himself in a hurt manner.
Unknown Location
Inside a darkroom sat two men with a third standing to the side. All around the room where monitors that were the only things illuminating the dark room. One of the men was a brown haired priest.
"Are you sure that this is a wise decision?" The priest asked.
"Of course who better than you to hand deliver the vessel to him? After all Kirei your one of the few people that he still trusts from his old life." Seth said to the priest as he looked over a monitor with what appeared to be vitals on it.
"Seems like it's about to start." Seth noted as the monitor turned to an image of a certain brown haired devil on a bike.
"Tch, pathetic mongrel." Gilgamesh commented before taking a swig of wine straight from the bottle.
"So, this is the Sekiryuutei? This one seems a bit smaller in terms of power compared to last generations." Kirei couldn't help but to critique the brunette in comparison to his predecessor.
"Wasn't there about a month in between the death of the former Sekiryuutei and the birth of the new one?" The priest asked.
"That's correct. It just goes to show that we still have much to learn about the selection process of Sacred Gears. For starters why was it given to this boy? What makes him worthy or even compatible with the Welsh Dragon, there are so many things I have to learn of the system put into play by the Biblical God." Seth said with a sense of excitement that was rare to find on the usually calm man.
But one thing was for certain Kirei wasn't sure how to feel about these two. He had only arrived in town to give Galahad the katana that showed up on his doorstep a year ago. However they offered him something that only one man had but sadly passed, answers. Answer to why something like him was allowed to exist in the world. It was for this reason he didn't try and kill them.
"So when would you like me to give it to him?" He questioned and was only met with a chuckle.
"When your companion arrives and makes contact with him. That's when, until then enjoy the show and have a drink. I'm sure you'll find the wine has an interesting taste." Seth offered.
Kirei looked at the glass. He didn't have much of a choice. He took a sip and found that it was bitter. But he liked it because it was bitter.
Issei was having by all accounts a rather terrible day. First there was Yamada, he was a complete dick that didn't know how to treat women. Issei might've been a shameless pervert but even he wouldn't treat one the way he did, it was borderline abusive. And what baffled him even more was the fact that the girls kept on throwing themselves at him.
Was that really the secret to attract girls? Act like the biggest douchebag around and they'd go flocking to you? And here he grew up learning that girls liked nice guys who would treat them right, he guess that he'd just have to chalk it up to being BS.
Now Issei was on his way to his clients house.
On a bike.
Since he didn't posses the necessary amount of magic to use a teleportation circle he had to their via bicycle. Something that everyone laughed at, even Koneko the stoic loli of the group. Apparently a devil child would be able to use the circle with no problem, which only made issei feel worst about himself. He felt as if he'd never accomplish anything at this rate.
"If I want my own servants than first I have to become a high ranking devil. If I was born into power like buchou than it would be easy, but I'm just another reborn so I have to bust my ass to prove myself. How can I do that though? I'm a Pawn, the punk ass bitch of chess." Issei thought sardonically.
He came to the house that his client lived and rung the doorbell. When there was no answer he tried opening it and was shocked find it unlocked. Noting the oddity of it he announced his presence.
"Hello! I'm the devil sent by lady Gremory! Is anyone home?" He asked stepping inside and suddenly having a chill go up his spine.
"Oh no. I just had that feeling again." Issei that to himself recalling the time he had spent with Asia yesterday.
"If somebody is home please say something." He called out.
No answer.
"If I turn back now there is no way I could face buchou." Strengthening his resolve Issei shut the door behind and took off his shoes.
"Don't freak but I'm coming inside." He said as he moved to the only light source he could see. "Nice of them to set the mood. Can anyone hear me?" Issei stepped in something wet and looked down to see…
"B-Blood?" He looked to the source of the small stream of crimson life fluid to see a corpse of a woman that was butchered and dismembered. Rather if it was the sight or the smell that made Issei want to throw up, he couldn't be sure.
"Punish the wicked." Issei looked to see a man with white hair sitting on a couch. "Words to live by. Yes, wise advice to abide from a holy man." The man turned his head around and gave Issei a look of pure lunacy as he had his tongue hanging out.
"Well, well." The man stood and faced the brown haired devil. "You just walked into the wrong house my friend. Freed Sellzen here at your service." The man introduced before doing a bit of a dance. "And you must be the scared little pussy, whose devil ass this holy priest is going to exorcise."
"A priest?" Issei was surprised that this man could be called a priest.
"Yup, I work for a certain devil purging organization you might have heard of." Freed explained.
"So you're the one who did this?" The brunette pointed at the massacred body.
"Summoning you was proof that she's done being human. End of the line sinner!" Freed yelled at the corpse. "So I had to chop her up into itty bitty pieces. Putting down degenerate devils and the lost souls that would cry out to them is my job." He said pulling out a gun and a sword hilt. "And no one is better at it than me." From the hilt a blade of light extended.
"A sword of light…" Issei focused on the weapon that was poisonous to devils.
"First I'm going to cut out your evil heart with my heavenly blade of light, than with my righteous gun I'm gonna blow a hole in your wicked demon face. How does that sound devil?" Freed yelled as he jumped forward to attack Issei.
Luckily Issei was able to jump away before Freed's sword could hit. Freed trained his gun on Issei.
"Kablam!" Shouting out his impersonation of a gunshot Freed fired and hit Issei in the leg causing him to hit the ground with a thud.
"These bullets have been blessed by an exorcist. Hope they taste good scumbag!" Freed exclaimed.
"Damn you!" Issei groaned calling out his Sacred Gear.
"Ooh, is the devil angry? Maybe it's time for Freed Sellzen to send you back to the abyss from which you came!" Freed taunted causing Issei to charge forward in a fit of anger. "Too slow." Freed side stepped and cut the brown haired boy in the back.
"Get a guy worked up and only leave him halfcocked, that's no way for a lady to treat a gentleman like myself." He mocked bringing his sword of light above to finish off the devil below his feet.
"Aahh!" A scream from the corner of the room gained the attention of the two men.
"What the hell? Asia what are you doing here? Are you done creating the barrier already?" Freed questioned being completely oblivious to the shocked expressions on both Issei's and Asia's faces as they looked at each other.
"D-D-Don't do this." She squeaked out her plea.
"Right a newbie. Well than I guess it's time you learn. This is what the job is my dear. We dispose of unfortunate people that have been bewitched by the evil devils." Freed explained with a condescending tone as if he were talking to a small, stupid child.
"No it can't be…" Asia put her face in her hands at the revelation.
"Asia-" Issei wasn't able to speak as Freed stepped on the boy's head forcing it into the ground.
"What's going on? Do you two know each other?" Freed looked to the nun for answers.
"Issei-san why are you here?" She sounded as if somebody just kicked her puppy. It was a sound Issei couldn't bare nor wanted to hear coming from this girl who was the picture of innocence.
"I'm here because...I'm a devil." Issei knew that he had to be honest, but he couldn't bare to hurt the girl so he looked away from her.
"No that can't be true." She tried to reason.
"I didn't want to lie to you. I swear that I didn't. That's why I thought it was best to not see you again. Please forgive me." Issei looked down defeated as if a wave of depression had hit him.
"Not that this isn't heartwarming but you and your friend here don't have any business being together. The fallen angels have expressedly forbidden all forms of contact between our kind and theirs, have you forgotten that already?" Freed interrupted.
"Now than shall do what we came here to do?" Freed asked holding his sword to Issei's neck.
"Asia?" Issei was shocked when the girl stood between him and certain doom.
"You're kidding me with this?" The priest said clearly not amused by the girls display.
"Please father Freed I beg you for mercy, forgive this man of his sin. Couldn't we just let him go?" She had tears running down her face as she spoke.
"That thing isn't a man it's a devil. You swore an oath to defeat our enemies." The stray reminded.
"It doesn't matter to me what he is, there's good in him I know it. You can't just kill him, how can you believe the father would approve?" Asia said earning Freed's wrath.
Enough of this bullshit!" He went in to strike her.
*CLINK*
Freed was prevented from attacking the nun by a black key almost piercing his body.
"Damn Hyoudou here I thought I had you pegged as the guy that would never make a girl cry. Guess I was wrong about you."
Issei looked up to see Galahad, who was in a white shirt that was torn up on the back side and mostly dyed red by the large cuts on his back. As a matter of fact Issei noticed that his fellow Sacred Gear user was coated in blood, dirt and wounds to the point that it looked like he just got done surviving a horror film somewhere.
"Marlon-san?" Issei didn't know what to say looking at his peer. He looked like he was on his last legs but he had swords in his hands and death in his eyes.
However the moment that the boy made his appearance Asia began to panic and once Issei mentioned his name she let loose a bloodcurdling scream.
"No! Not you!" She frantically began backing up.
Issei observed the girl's panic state and how Galahad only possessed an impassive face. Before pulling out more of those sword things that he had.
"Asia-chan! Is everything alright?" Astolfo asked rushing down the stairs of the second floor only to freeze when she saw the former inquisitor and her friend cowering in front of him.
Galahad was taken aback by her appearance she was wearing a white cape that went down to her thighs, with fur lining her neck. Her hands were covered in a pair of white gauntlets with gold trimmings. A short skirt was underneath white armor covering her hips. A white scabbard hung from her belt and a black ram's horn was located on the other side parallel to the scabbard. She wore white boots that went up three fourths of her leg that was accompanied by thigh high black leggings.
She looked cute, even more so than usual. However he also knew now was neither the time nor place to start gawking over her, he'd be able to do that another day. Analyzing the situation Galahad knew that if fighting were to break out now, there was no guarantee that anyone was going to make it out unscathed and he'd prefer not having to fight the pink haired girl, she might've been a ditz but she was his ditz.
"Listen I'm only here for Hyoudou-"
"No!" As soon as Galahad mention the devil's name Asia latched herself onto him as if to act as a human shield.
"Have you lost your fucking mind?" Freed shouted as he grabbed Asia by the arm earning a cry of pain. Seeing this Astolfo drew her sword on the priest.
"What are you going to join forces with this devil loving whore of a sister?" He questioned clearly angered by the way things were going.
"Fine. The fallen angels never said I couldn't hurt you." Freed said before aiming his gun at Astolfo. However before he could pull the trigger Galahad was able to to get between the two and deflected the bullet with the use of Black keys.
"Oh where do we begin? Where do we begin? Where do we begin!?" Galahad chanted in a borderline psychotic voice that terrified everyone around him including Freed.
"Uhh, Gal you're starting to scare me." Astolfo said wavering her hands in front of her face to emphasize the fear that this sudden change was causing her.
"Why do I feel like I've seen something similar to this before?" Issei thought to himself as a few memories from his spar with Galahad played in the back of his head. Many questions raced through his mind one the biggest questions being why his eyes looked to be red as opposed to purple.
But none were more terrified than Asia. Right in front of here was the one person that utterly frightened her, the same man that haunted her dreams and the reason why she sought the protection of the fallen angels. He was an inquisitor a weapon of the church used to not just kill the supernatural but his fellow man and anything else that was deemed heretical. Both of which she was but beyond that it was him, the same man that was suppose to execute her when she was excommunicated from the church, the same man that looked into her case and helped decide that she was guilty of treason.
"You know I was hoping that we could just skip the fighting. I take Hyoudou here, leave and nobody gets hurt. But no, you just had to point a gun at my friend and that is a grave insult to me." Galahad lowered his gaze. "And unfortunately for you it's a full moon."
"What are you saying you're a werewolf? Well that would be great I could always use a new pelt!" Freed exclaimed sticking his tongue out.
"No, nothing like that." Galahad said before rushing forward with his weapons drawn.
Freed barely had time to raise his sword of light to black, but even then Galahad was making his second attack which forced the stray priest to use his gun to block the attack. It was in this instance that Galahad let go of the black keys in his hand in order to push up the man's arms allowing him to strike just below Freed's chest with his right elbow.
"Bastard!" Freed cringed as the air left his lungs as he tried standing up only to be picked up by the collar of his shirt.
"I don't even have to use magic or touki on you." Galahad thought as he smashed Freed into one of the walls. "Humans are so weak!" The maddening glint in his eye only seemed to flare as the thought went through his head.
*BANG*
"I forgot about his gun." Galahad looked down to see that the priest managed to shoot him in the thigh.
Freed brought his sword down and cut into Galahad's chest. He was about to remove the brunette head from his neck a thin sword prevented Freed from swinging the sword of light upon the teen. Looking at the source he came face to face with Astolfo.
"What is it you think you're doing? Have you lost your mind? Do you think your tiny sword is going to save you from my heavenly sword?" Freed asked putting force to bring Astolfo's out of her grip.
However the pink haired girl managed to keep her ground, her blade not moving an inch despite the white haired priests best efforts. It was at that moment that the Gremory family magic circle appeared and rushing out was Kiba with a sword in hand. The blonde knight managed to slash the priest who jumped away from the blonde.
"Kiba?" Issei was surprised to see his fellow devil, especially since he came to his aid.
"Hey Hyoudou-kun I'm here to help." Kiba said with a smile plastered on his face.
"Ara ara this is gross. Talk about a nasty mess." The next person to walk out of the circle was Akeno followed by Koneko.
"...An exorcist." She said in her usual monotone but was surprised to see Galahad or more importantly the state he was in. "Galahad-senpai?" The girl approached the teen.
"Hey Koneko-chan. I guess you could say I over did it again." He gave a light chuckle however the girl didn't seem amused.
However she was unable to voice her concerns as a pink blur suddenly knocked him to the ground.
"Gal, are you okay? Are you in any pain? Your back's bleeding! Look at all those gashes! Who hurt you?" Astolfo interrogated spewing out questions faster than Galahad could answer.
"I'm fine." He said to disarm the concern in the girl. "Lets just say that an old friend of mine had to whip some scents into me. Literally." Galahad got up from his downed position.
"I'd hate to see what your enemies do to you." It was Sakuya who said this.
"Trust me when I say it's mostly the eyes that they like to damage." He answered. "Luckily they are very quick to heal due to not being as complex as bone or muscle."
"Is that so?" Sakuya seemed intrigued by that.
"Yup the eyes are possibly the third easiest thing to heal other than blood vessels and a small scratch. Funny apart of me misses the old days when I'd heal from anything almost instantly." He stated in tone that sounded as if he was mourning a dead relative or friend.
However both Sakuya and Koneko sweat dropped at that statement as the events of Galahad's possession replayed in their heads.
"Yeah it would also make you a threat. I don't care what anyone says with that level of regeneration you'd probably be able to fight Great Red himself. And there's six more of you out there to. It's terrifying just thinking about what would happen if all seven decided to join forces." Sakuya thought to herself.
"...What I want to know is why you're here." Koneko spoke up.
Galahad rubbed his head as if trying to recall the events himself.
"I kinda blacked out. I can't remember how I got here just that when I did Freed was about to slice the blonde nun over there." He said pointing to the Asia.
"What! I'm going to cut him into mincemeat!" Astolfo started to threaten while waving her sword around in a fit.
"That'll have to wait." The bespectacled boy interrupted her.
"...You have a plan?" Koneko asked.
"Yeah, you see I don't know why but during a full moon my magic tends to be a bit stronger." He said throwing black keys around the room making sure that they were embedded into the walls and floor.
"How much is a bit?" Sakuya asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh, I don't know 15% increase." Galahad estimated.
While they were preoccupied Freed seemed to be overly ecstatic about the growing events.
"Hell ya! We got ourselves a good old fashion gangbang!" He was practically jumping for joy by this point.
"You're done here. Sorry to disappoint you but he's one of us." Kiba informed in reference to Issei.
"Oh I'm far from disappointed trust me. So what's the deal? You're the pitcher and he's the catcher and your friend over there is the one who watches?" Freed asked pointing to Galahad who was just tackled by Astolfo.
"For a priest that's quite the mouth you got there." Kiba said in response to the vulgar words Freed was throwing around.
"What are you the pioty police? Get off your high horse douchebag, hunting your kind is my only concern. So stop preaching and let's get to it!" Freed informed.
"Ara ara, you most certainly are a piece of work." Akeno Said putting her hand to her cheek.
"And you my dear are a hot piece of ass. Oh that killing intent is turning me on! There's nothing better than a hot devil bitch!" Freed was happily hugging himself as he felt Akeno directing all her intent of killing him towards him.
"If you want it, come and gets some." Rias said as she fired off her power of destruction that Freed was able to avoid last minute. "But I warn you I don't think you can handle it. Nobody hurts one of my servants."
"Buchou!" Issei watched as his master came to his aid.
"Well look who finally showed her tits. Don't get ahead of yourself though because I'm pretty sure I just hurt him!" Freed taunted.
"It's alright. I'm here" Rias comforted Issei.
"Thanks a lot. I'm sorry that I let you down again. I tried but I failed you." Issei apologized with a saddened tone.
"Look at how hurt you are Issei. I'm the one who should be apologizing. I sent you to an exorcist and I had no idea. There was a barrier in place here until a moment again so we didn't even realize." Rias explained.
"You were suppose to make a barrier! You little bitch die!" Freed yelled at Asia as he began stomping on her.
Astolfo seeing this ran towards Freed her thin blade turning into a large, golden shining lance. Upon making physical contact Freed fell to the ground. It was strange in Freed's mind he was simply tapped by the lance, so why was he on the ground? And why couldn't he get up?
It wasn't as if he had been injured but for whatever reason he was unable to get up by his own power and it was pissing him off and was it him or was it getting hotter in the room. He looked behind him only to see what could be described as a giant fire monster holding a cross like structure.
"Oh shit." Was all Freed could say as the creature stared at him with a haunting gaze.
Koneko sniffed the air.
"...Fallen angels are here." She warned in her monotone voice.
"Just in the nick of time!" Freed was sure to rejoice as the fallen angel equivalent of a magic teleportation circle appear above him. "I hope you're hungry because light spears are on the menu."
"So what's the plan?" Akeno asked Rias.
"Right now we just need to get Issei out of here. Akeno prepare to jump." The crimson haired devil ordered.
"Right." She said forming a magic circle in front of her hands.
"Wait what about Asia and Marlon-san?" Issei questioned.
"Unfortunately we can't bring them with us since only those belonging to the Gremory family can use this circle." She spoke with a downtrodden tone since she was aware of worried this would make her servant.
Issei watched Asia as the light of the magic circle intensified.
"We can't leave!" Issei pleaded.
"I'm sorry but there is nothing we can do for them." Rias apologized.
Hearing that made Issei shake in frustration. She was a high class devil, what did she mean there was nothing she could do? She brought him back to life why couldn't she bring Asia along? It didn't make sense to him.
"Marlon-san! Protect Asia! Please just...just do that for me…." Issei was mortified.
"Hmm? What do you think I'm doing. I'll only say this once. I'll fight until all of my bones are grinded to dust and the last drop of my blood spilled." As Galahad spoke Innocentius leered at the portal that would bring the fallen angels to him.
"Thank you." Issei was able to say before he and the rest of the devils were teleported away.
Galahad was nervous. He had just made a rather hefty promise and he was already a bit exhausted from his prior engagement. However he had already worked out most of the details with Sakuya, so first thing first. Innocentius smashed a hole in the wall before dissipating to nothing. This allowed Astolfo to take Asia outside the house.
The blonde haired girl barely moved on her own, perhaps due to Galahad's presence making her relive some of the worst memories she had or because of the fear of betraying the fallen. It didn't really matter to him either way. She was terrified of him, but he had no idea who she was. He didn't want to be mean but it's the simple truth that he had investigated and executed many people during his father's tenure of the Assembly. If the two had met he simply didn't remember, she was just another face lost in the crowd that was no doubt already fed to the demon sleeping in his head.
"Hippogriff!" Cupping her hands around her mouth she called and soon a create with the head and wings of an eagle, body and front legs of a lion and back legs and tail of a horse landed close by her. She and Asia got on the creature and was about to take off.
"Remember to get as far away from as possible I'll hold them off to buy you enough time and keep you two safe." Galahad reminded as he confiscated Freed's gun for himself. "I'll head than when I'm finished. Expect me by morning."
And with these last words the winged creature took off. Galahad looked at the gun and aimed at Freed. However something occurred to him.
"What are you doing bastard?" Freed demanded to know as Galahad stood over him.
"It's probably going to be completely stupid of me, but I think you're fucking hilarious." He answered before hitting him upside the head with the gun knocking him out.
Galahad dragged Freed out of the house and took aim at the portal. The moment something came through he fired hitting Mittlet square in the head.
Blood and grey matter sprayed on the other three fallen angels. This caused panic to spread amongst them as the gunman was hidden behind the rubble that Innocentius made. Galahad went to fire again only to hear the gun click.
"Why do I always get the last bullet?" He thought a bit angry that the gun was empty.
"He's over there!" Dohnaseek shouted before creating a light spear in his hand.
Galahad focused on manipulating his ki, turning into a current and then wearing it around himself. He could feel the increase in power. He could also feel the blood vessel strain just beneath the skin.
"Time alter - double accel."
With a flying kick Galahad managed to connect with the male fallen angel's head. The sheer amount of force that this caused made the fallen believe that for the briefest of moments that he might die. It was also with this one move that Galahad felt the bones in his leg crack from the force.
"Triple accel." Galahad muttered to further increase his speed allowing him to evade as Kalawarner was about to stab him with her spear of light.
This also allowed him to elbow her right in the gut. But this came with the price of his muscles being torn and a geyser of blood spraying from the wounds on his back. Galahad activated his Sacred Gear and grabbed Freed's sword. With it in hand the blade turned from its pure light appearance to a more tainted and alien looking weapon with the blue colored mist infecting the light.
"Wonderful." He said clashing the blade against Raynare's spear.
"I still need to know a few things. I'm sure you won't mind if I have a peak." He thought as his eyes began to glow.
With the use of the demon's power over the mind Galahad was able to look into the fallen angel's memories in no time flat. He learnt all that he needed. From how they were planning on taking Asia's Sacred Gear to the fact that there was a small army of stray exorcist waiting just below the abandoned church.
However to his surprise Dohnaseek managed to regain consciousness and stabbed him in the side with a spear of light. He grunted in pain before elbowing the male fallen angel in the face.
But this gave Raynare an opening and she was going in for a hit, only to be surprised when he caught it with his left hand. The same blue mist seeped its way into Raynare's spear however she was unable to think more on it as she felt something cut into her.
It was so fast that for the briefest of moments she didn't feel anything. It was only when her blood sprayed in the air did she really notice that something was wrong. Raynare looked into the eyes of her attacker, they were cold and lacked any sense of remorse or sorrow. It just made her wonder, what did she do to incite such a fate?
Galahad managed to take a hold of her spear from her weakening grip. It was clear to him that she had never seen actual combat before, it would only make it that much more easier for him than.
"Innocentius." He summoned the giant of fire. "Burn it all." He ordered as the giant set flame to the entire building.
"I don't think so!" Dohnaseek shouted as he grabbed ahold of Galahad's leg in an attempt to prevent him from leaving.
"Pitiful heroics." He said not even bothering to look at the older man before stabbing the spear of light into him. He only continued to walk away not sparing a glance at the three fallen angels as the fire consumed the house.
It wasn't until he was exited out of the building that he allowed his mask to shatter completely. He clutched his side where the spear had entered and watched as a huge amount of blood spreaded from the wound.
"D-Damn it!" He thought as he limped in the direction that he believed would lead to the school. "I can barely stand on my leg now and I think the damn spear hit something." He coughed up a bit of blood.
He couldn't afford to complain, besides it was only what? Seven miles away. He'd reach it within the hour.
"Gah-!" He fell on his side.
Okay maybe it would take an hour or two depending if he could stay on his feet. Although if he used double accel the time would shorten to 30 minutes to an hour and triple accel would make it anywhere from 40 to 20 minutes add in touki and that was about 10 minutes tops. Yeah that would work, he'd probably have all sorts of broken bones, torn muscles and blood vessel burst especially if it was for that long. So naturally being the masochist he was, he accepted it wholeheartedly.
"GAH!"
Almost immediately blood gushed out of the side of Galahad's body as he felt it begin to wear from the strain. Clearly this was the best choice.
The Underworld
Rizevim Lucifer had lived a very poor life. Growing up he had no ambitions or dreams of his own instead he had seen himself more as an object with thoughts instead of an actual living being. That was until he learned of Trihexa and the unknown world. With this knowledge that he gained from Euclid he finally felt as if he had purpose, even if it was to spread mass chaos throughout the world.
"Hehehe, it seems that you've found it."
Rizevim looked to see that the one who spoke was a small old wrinkly man. His head was bald and his back was hunched over the man required the use of a cane. But perhaps the most noteworthy as well as the creepiest part about him were his black eyes.
Now when they weren't black in terms of the iris, but rather the eyes themselves were black with no other color showing except for the pupil being white. It was like staring into the abyss, cold, dark, and above all else empty.
"Who are you?" Rizevim asked however he was never given answer.
"I have to thank you for finding Trihexa. However I'm in no need for a useless pawn."
*BZZ*
The sound of buzzing wings filled the air. From beneath the old man's robes came insects with three eyes and mouths full of sharp teeth meant to eat away at the flesh of whatever they attacked. The old man smiled signaling the swarm to devour the son of Lucifer.
If someone were to come across the scene all they would hear was the buzzing of insects and the screaming of Rizevim. It didn't take long until the devil was dead. His blood being sucked dry out of his body.
"You just couldn't help yourself, could you?" The voice of a woman spoke up from the shadows.
"No, I guess I couldn't. But as I promised the body's still intact." The old man said as his bugs seemed to retreat into his robes.
"Yes, it will do. It been a pleasure doing with you." The woman said stepping out of the shadows. She was covered in a cloak from head to toe with a hood up that obscured her face, however a pair of red eyes were visible along with strands of brownish red hair.
A red furred cat jumped from her shoulder and landed on the corpse of Rizevim. Almost instantaneously the corpse got on its own two feet and followed the woman.
"A very interesting skill of magic you have there. To be able to use the body of others as your puppets. Truly such skill could only be called a miracle." The wrinkles on the man's face seemed to increase as his face turned into a smile.
"Not quite. You could say its just apart of my magic aptitude." She corrected.
"Still such skill would be beneficial to one such as myself-"
"If you continue speaking I will burn you." The woman threatened a ball of fire in the palm of her hand. The heat radiating off of it was great enough to make the man sweat a little.
"Don't be so full of yourself I.R." The old man said as he walked over to the papers that Rizevim had laying on the table.
"I simply meant that your skills could benefit Nilrem, but I'm aware that you prefer the work of a mercenary." He said as the woman only chuckled at that.
"I look forward to using your services in the future." He said as the woman simply vanish into thin air along with the body of Rizevim.
The man looked at the maps and documents that the late devil had foolishly left about half hazardly. It just made it all the more easier for him to go about his own plans.
While he had to admit Rizevim had a good plan on how to unseal the 666, he was also an idiot. He was going to use the Holy Grail to resurrect the evil dragons. He had to laugh at the ridiculousness of that last.
Truly Rizevim must've know that they would only betray him in the end. To use those creatures would've been his undoing. No he wasn't as foolish, they were better off dead and sealed away. Besides he only needed Trihexa to battle Great Red. And for that reason the Khoas Brigade would be useful to fulfill that end. However the Old Satan Faction was more of a liability, something he didn't need especially it was destined to fall at the hands of the Sekiryuutei and his allies.
It was even more pathetic considering that Rizevim was fated to die at the hands of Fafnir, Katerea Leviathan to Azazel, Creuserey Asmodeus to Sirzechs Lucifer, and Shalba Beelzebub would ultimately be slain by the Sekiryuutei and lead to him becoming stronger than before. And what of their forces? To be terminated by Ajuka Beelzebub, nothing but a waste of manpower and it was only made worse by the fact that most of there would be opponents wouldn't have to go all out on them.
For now he would be sure to correct all the mistakes that would be made, well except the ones that would either benefit him or give him some delightful entertainment as the only threats to him were the King of Lilin, the Silver Star and his cabal, the Epitomes of Sin, as well as the Twisted Right himself.
He would deal with them soon enough. But for now he had to focus on how to free 666 with that he'd be able to enact his own plan to hear the song. He dedicated the last 500 years to this end and now he was closer than he'd ever be.
Meanwhile inside the old school building Rias was attending to Issei's wounds as best she could. Which of course meant the two were naked and Rias had her breast pressing against his back, much to Issei's delight.
"All set." She said letting him know that the healing process was finished.
"Thanks alot." He said covering his manhood as he headed for the door but made sure to put on his boxers.
It was outside where Akeno began bandaging his wounds. While Rias stepped into the club shower. There was an awkward silence that fell between everyone in the room, however that ended when the door suddenly blew open to reveal Galahad.
Blood was streaming from his eyes and mouth. He limped into the room ignoring the protest of his body as another geyser of blood spread from his side. The bones in his leg was likely broken at this point as was several of his ribs.
"Hey I don't think I can get a bit of assistance here?" He said as he began to fall.
Kiba was able to use his speed to catch him before he could hit the ground.
"Come on we need to get you healed up." Kiba said as he helped Galahad walk.
Issei was immediately up and ran to his fellow brunette.
"Hey what happened? Is Asia okay?" He asked but Galahad only gave him a vacant stare.
"Answer me!" Issei began shaking Galahad.
"Gah, tch." The purple eyed teen let out a pain ridden click of his tongue as blood went down the side of his face.
This only led to Issei become more desperate for answers. He began to shake him with more force.
"Where's Asia!?" He shouted in Galahad's face.
"Hyoudou-san you're not helping." Sakuya said prying him off of Galahad.
"You promise that you'd protect her until you died!" He screamed with tears running down his face.
"Lady Rias I suggest you take care of your pawn." Sakuya recommended as she handed him off to the red haired devil.
"Right I'll be sure to take care of it." She said leading issei into another room with help from Akeno.
This left the three devils alone with the broken teen. Kiba had to practically drag Galahad to the same room they placed him in after his battle with Yamada. Somehow he was in an even worse state than then. Kiba placed him on the bed which caused the boy to groan in pain.
"I'm going to go check on Hyoudou-kun." Kiba informed.
"Right we'll take care of it from here." Sakuya replied to the blonde who only nodded before heading to where Rias and Akeno took Issei.
Sakuya for herself was checking Galahad to make sure that he was in fact still breathing. His heartbeat was especially fast, perhaps too fast. She began focusing her magic to slow down his heartbeat. She knew it wasn't a permanent solution but it would work for now.
However unlike Sakuya who was able to keep a cool head, Koneko looked worried. She couldn't help but to feel concern. Despite that she wouldn't voice her fears to her king. It would only lead to more questions.
You see since Koneko's and Galahad's first meeting the small white haired girl noticed something about him, he had Kuroka's scent. It was significantly faded but it was still her scent. It was also known to just about everyone that he could use senjutsu but nobody knew where he learned it or from who.
It was because of the possible connection to her older sister that she had been trying to become so close to him. Maybe it was a selfish reason but she had to know and it wasn't like she didn't like Galahad he was a nice guy when he wanted to be.
Sakuya noticed the worried stare her best friend was giving. It weighed heavy on her to see Koneko like that. She sighed as she looked at Galahad.
"You didn't keep your promise Marlon-san." She thought to herself. "Even so, I can tell now that you mean no harm to any of us." She knew what had to be done if he was going to survive it was the same thing that Rias did with Issei when he was first reincarnated.
"Koneko, could you give me some privacy with Marlon-san?" The silver haired maid asked her rook. Koneko knowing what her king was about to do, nodded and left without any arguments or protests.
"Marlon-san be happy that I'm doing this for you." Sakuya said as she began removing his shirt.
She gasped in surprise when she saw the wounds on his back. However what really caught her eye was the large scar covering his shoulder. Sakuya wasn't sure why but she felt compelled to touch it.
"I don't have time for this." She said before she continued to remove his clothing.
After getting the last article off, she began removing her own clothes, allowing her skin to be felt by the cool air. Sakuya couldn't help as the blush began to spread across her face. She was actually going through with this.
She laid next to Galahad, who was laying on his side. Sakuya was sure to press her body against his as she flooded her magic into him through the skin contact. She placed his head in her chest as to ensure that he got the full effects of the healing. She couldn't help but note that his body was so warm that she was certain she wouldn't be needing a blanket to keep herself from being cold.
"You seem to be more trouble than you're worth." She said but despite her words there was a clear smile on her face.
Meanwhile in the Underworld
Sirzechs had the strangest feeling as if his little girl had a crush on a boy. He couldn't help but to keep his joy from showing as he began thinking about the new addition to the family that he'd be sure to have. Maybe even grandchildren! He was becoming too excited for his own good as he began to spin around in his chair like a giddy child.
However the sentiment was not shared with his wife. Grayfia was in the middle of sweeping when she too was hit with the same feeling. Perhaps that's why in her hands was the remains of a broom that had been broken in two. She let out an aura of danger.
With the amount of killing intent she was leaking it was enough to terrify the other members of Sirzechs' peerage. And although they didn't know who incited the wrath of the "Ultimate Queen" they could all agree that they were a deadman.
It was the weekend and students where about enjoying their time away from school, hanging out with friends or going out on dates. All were having fun but one Issei Hyoudou. We currently find our hero on a playground, the monkey bars to be more precise he was trying to train his body to be stronger.
But it didn't work as he lost his grip resulting in him falling onto the ground.
"This blows." Issei said rubbing his shoulder. "I'm a sissy boy." He said before the memory of Freed about to attack Asia played in his mind.
"No! I'm not gonna bitch out and throw in the towel. I have to find Asia and beat those fallen angels." He thought feeling determined to succeed where Galahad failed.
"Issei-san its you." The brunette turned around at hearing the all too familiar voice.
"Asia?" He was amased that she was unharmed. Having seen the state Galahad was in made him fear the absolute worse.
"Hey Asia what made you decide to go to the park?" He asked the blonde.
"Oh well. The weather was perfect so I thought I'd enjoy it. But then I saw you and my fun day got even better, so yay." She said happily.
"You know what? Since you're free why don't we hang out together?" Issei offered making Asia blush heavily.
"Yeah sure." Replied happily.
The two had spent the entire day together eating at a fastfood restaurant and even went to the arcade where Issei won her a stuffed animal in a crane machine. Right now they found themselves in the park once again. This time however they were getting a drinks from a vending machine.
"You know what? I can't remember the last time I had this much fun." Asia said as Issei grabbed his drink from the machine.
"Yeah? Good I'm glad, I've had a pretty great time too-ow!" Issei grasped his shoulder from the slash Freed dealt him. "That hurt."
"It's your wound from yesterday." She said flocking to him with concerned eyes.
"Yeah it stings." He said before suddenly feeling a tingling sensation where he was injured.
He looked over his shoulder to see that Asia was using her Sacred Gear to heal him.
"Man she sure is pretty." He thought as he looked into her green eyes.
"Does your leg hurt too?" She asked once she was finished healing his shoulder and back.
"Uhh, yeah." He replied with a blush on his face.
Asia knelt down before him and stared healing where he was shot.
"Is that good?" She questioned.
"Yeah. It already feel like a thousand times better." Issei answered rotating his arm around. "And check out these badass moves I got now." He boasted while jogging in place. "Thank you so much Asia."
She smiled in return of his gratitude. However this just made Issei remembered what he had wanted to ask her about.
"Hey Asia-chan, why are you working for the fallen angels?" At his question the nun took on a more somber look.
"When I was a baby I was abandoned by my real parents. They left me in front of a small church in Europe. I was told that when they found me I wouldn't stop crying. The sweet nuns there brought me up. One day when I was about eight a sad little puppy who was hurt real bad found its way into the church where I lived. I prayed as hard as I could that god would spare him and when I did a miracle happened." Asia explained to Issei as she her face took on a happy expression as she recalled the memory.
"Because of my power I was immediately taken to a larger church. Men and women from all around the world would come and visit when they were injured or sick and I was told to heal all of them. The idea that I possessed this thing that could actually help other people made me so happy. I finally felt like I had a purpose, but then one day I came across someone who had fallen and was in bad shape. I was able to heal him but he wasn't a man but a devil. Afterwards the Assembly of the Eighth Sacrament investigated what happened." She said her face returning to a somber expression.
"Wait that's the thing that Marlon-san was apart of." Issei thought to himself.
"The one who was incharge of the investigation was a boy who couldn't have been much older than myself. He concluded that one with a power such as myself was a heretic and was going to put me to death. So you see I had no choice but to run away." She concluded.
"That's awful. So after you took off is that when you decided to join the fallen angels?" Issei inquired.
"Yes, but I will never forget who I am. I say my prayers and try my best to live a good life. They're awful and they do such horrible things and all in the name of god. This suffering has to be a test of my fate. But if I can overcome these trials someday I know my hopes and dreams will come true. That's what I believe anyway." Asia responded.
"What are your dreams."
"To make lots of life long friends. To get to know them well and do cool things. To be able to have fun together and care for each other. Its kinda silly. Honestly I'd be happy to have any friends." She revealed feeling a bit embarrassed.
"Whata bout that girl you were with from last night? Is she your friend?" Issei tilted his head.
"Girl? Oh you mean Astolfo, he's actually a boy but yes he's my friend." She said catching Issei off guard.
"Wait that cutey is a dude! How on earth is that even possible?" He thought completely shocked before calming himself. "Wait I shouldn't dwell on that there are more important things to think about right now. For starters…."
"Well I don't care what anyone says. Because I'm your friend. I mean after what we've been through how can we not be." Issei spoke making Asia gaze in awe at him.
"It's true. I say we've gotten to know each other rather well, wouldn't you?" He scratched the back of his head feeling another blush building up. "And I definitely care about you."
"Isn't that sweet?" A voice spoke out.
"Lady Raynare." Asia said as the fallen angel appeared, a slash wound across her chest.
"So the rumors about your downward spiral into the wickedness of devildom where true. And I had such high hopes." She narrowed her eyes. "Don't try to run Asia." She ordered
"Began I don't want to be part of the evil you and the other angels are up to. I ran away I'm sorry but I couldn't stand to be around them anymore." Asia said apologetically.
"Don't apologize I'm glad. You're too good for them, you don't belong around a bunch of good for nothing has been wannabe bastards anyway!" He exclaimed.
"What do you want from me Yuma-chan?" Issei shouted at Raynare who only gave a chuckle before responding.
"Oh don't worry my business here has nothing to do with you little boy. Though I guess we could finish what we started couldn't we? Lets have fun." Raynare said creating a spear of light in her hand.
"A spear of light. Oh shit." Issei swore under his breathe.
"I always hate to see someone die a virgin." The fallen angel commented.
"Sacred Gear!" Issei called out his Twice Critical.
"Is that really all you got?" Rayanare began laughing hysterically as if she just heard the funniest joke ever. "Its nothing but a Twice Critical. Coming up short as usual." She taunted.
"Shut your face!" Issei shouted raising his arm up.
"You're an idiot if you think you can take me on with that tiny thing. Give me the girl take what's left of your pride and go." She barked out her instructions but Issei was not having any of it.
"Not happening. If I can't take care of my friends then what good am I?" He proclaimed making the nun behind him blush even more. "Double my power and show her what you're made of gear!"
[Boost!]
*SPLAT*
He was even given a chance to fight when the spear entered his stomach. Blood gushing out some even getting on Asia's face. Issei collapsed on the ground making the girl behind him shriek.
"Issei-san no!" She rushed to his aid. "You're hurt."
"Nice catch. But it seems your equipment can't get the job done. If I were you, I'd get use to that." Raynare mocked.
"Damn…" Issei grunted but was surprised when Asia began healing him.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"I'm healing you silly." She answered.
When the process was finished Raynare laughed.
"Now Asia, be a good little girl and come with me. Your healing power is more rare and infinitely more valuable to our kind than his Sacred Gear ever could be." Raynare announced.
"I knew it. You're only interested in me because of my power." Asia was sickened by this.
"How about you and I make a deal." Raynare created another spear in her hands. "If you agree to come with me then I won't murder your friend." She proposed.
"Screw you lady! No way she's going anywhere with you!" Issei shouted before knocking Asia out of the way as the spear of light was thrown at him only to explode.
Luckily he landed in the water of the fountain which broke his fall.
"This sucks. I've never seen a spear that strong." He fell over as he tried walking out of the water.
"I spared his life on purpose. If I wanted to I could've delivered a fatal blow. Your friend would've shattered into a million pieces." Raynare revealed making Asia look down in sadness.
"I'll go with you." She conceded much to Issei's chagrin.
"Good girl no need to fret. After the big ritual to night all your worries and troubles will be gone forever. I'll see you soon Issei." Raynare said to the boy who quickly jumped onto his feet in attempt to stop what was happening.
"No stop! Asia!" He tried to run towards the girl.
"Good bye friend. I'll miss you." She said with tears welling up in her eyes before vanishing in a puff of feathers.
"No...why couldn't I save her?" Issei collapsed onto his knees in despair.
AN:
Alright with this marks the end of chapter 7. Anyway let me know what you think of the story so far and if I need to improve anything or if things weren't clear. So like always thank you for reading and I hope you've enjoyed.
