[DISCLAIMER]: I do not own Highschool DxD and Ajin. They all belong to their respective owners. Any and every names or plots that are similar to other fics or movies are coincidental (or is it?) while the only thing I owned is my OC.
(07:00 AM)
Asia was sleeping in one of Kazuki's guest room. She seemed to be having a very peaceful dream. But as the sun rises, her peaceful slumber came to a halt when her eyes twitched. She sat up on the bed and rubbed her eyes followed by stretching her arms as she yawned cutely.
But then, before she stand up, her nose was greeted with an incredibly delicious smell that was coming from the dining room. She followed the mouthwatering scent and saw Kazuki already up and about, cooking breakfast.
"Good morning, Asia. Did you sleep well?"
"G-Good morning, Kazuki-san. Yes… yes, I did."
Kazuki smiled warmly as he set the plates down on the table.
"That's great!"
'Considering what happened last night, that's quite a feat…' Kazuki thought to himself.
"Anyway, breakfast is ready."
"Y-You didn't have to trouble yourself, Kazuki-san! I-I don't want to be a burden—"
Kazuki waved his hand dismissively.
"Nonsense! You are the guest after all. Besides, it's not often for me to have guests, so it gets a little lonely, every now and then."
"I-If you say so, Kazuki-san."
Kazuki served her the breakfast guilty for the mouthwatering smell, but when she took a closer look at the breakfast she was confused.
"U-umm, Kazuki-san?"
"Yes?"
"M-may I ask, why is this rice yellow?"
"Oh. Well, you won't probably see that anywhere in Japan, that's for sure, and to answer your question, that is a Yellow Rice, one of the traditional cuisine in Indonesia. It's rice that I fried along with turmeric, onion, olive oil, garlic powder, salt, and some eggs."
Asia looked hesitant, due to never going out of the Vatican Church she doesn't know that much about the outside world, but in the end she succumbed to the overpowering smell that forced her to take the spoon and shove the dish into her mouth.
When she did, she froze.
"Asia? Hellooo? Asia?"
Still nothing.
'Oh, no. She hates it, doesn't she? *sigh* Damn my lazy ass… I forgot to buy any groceries for the last two weeks and only found some enough to make this dish… Welp, whatever.'
"…If you want something else, I'll find something else to cook—"
But then, Asia touched her cheeks as she hummed in pleasure as her eyes comically sparkled with glittering stars.
"T-This is delicious! No, this is beyond delicious! I've never felt so alive before!"
"O-oh, really? Well good for you. I don't get many visitors trying foods I cooked so I thought my cooking sucks."
'And because most of the time, I am too lazy to cook since I'm too focused on my game time…'
"That's not true at all! I don't think I'll be able to cook something as delicious as this!"
With that, she shove another spoonful of her breakfast as Kazuki laughed at her cute antics.
"Haha, careful, there. You're going to choke if you keep shoving your mouth more that you can swallow."
She flinched and smiled sheepishly as she began to finish her breakfast slowly.
'Wait... that sounds wrong... Meh.'
By the time they were done, Asia burped. Kazuki never thought that a human face could get that red, but it seems that life had just bitch-slapped him, yet again, saying, "Deal with it."
He chuckled as he put the plates into the dishwasher to wash them.
After that he turned on the TV and watched some morning programs with Asia. She was fidgeting uncomfortably, probably because of the silence.
"U-Umm—"
Kazuki cut her off without moving his eyes away from the TV Screen.
"You don't have to be so tense, you know? I'm not going to bite."
"O-Oh, okay… then, can I ask you a question?"
"Ask away."
"W-where did you learn to cook like that?"
"Hmm… If I have to say… Well, living alone for so long does that to a person. As for how did I know how to cook something like that, it was because I traveled a lot a few years ago."
"Travel?"
"Yeah, mainly the eastern part of the Asia like Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, China, and finally Japan.
I travelled to Australia and some parts of Europe and Africa, but that's a story for a later date."
Kazuki then started changing channels to find something to watch.
"W-wow, that's a lot of places."
"Well, it was mostly because of my job. Besides, I never stayed in those places for more than a week. Except for Indonesia, Thailand, and Germany, as well as a few other places, where I had to stay for more than a year."
"Oooh, I see."
"Any more questions?"
"W-well, there is one…"
"Shoot."
"What is your job?"
Right after the question was asked, Kazuki stopped changing channels and froze for a moment, before going back to changing the channels.
'Shit. Fuck me and my big mouth.'
"Well… let's just say that I'm a peacekeeper or some sort…"
"P-Peacekeeper?"
"Yeah… something like that… though, for now, I do odd jobs for people that called my numbers every now and then."
Kazuki then realized something and looked at Asia with his face turning serious.
"Asia. Promise me, that you'll never tell anyone and I mean anyone that I saved you, at least not now… Can you promise me that?"
"I… I promise!"
"Good."
Kazuki wanted to avoid talking about the subject more than he should have without looking suspicious, so he decided to change the subject.
He turned off the TV and turned his face toward Asia. His jet-black eyes staring at her deep emerald eyes as if trying to see through her, to read her very soul. Although, he hid it very well with another one of his 'perfect' smiles.
"Anyway! Enough about me, what about you?"
"W-What about me?"
"Well, you know, where did you come from, what are you doing here, are you an alien and bla, bla, bla."
"W-what?"
"Sorry. My point is! I want to know more about you."
"O-oh… I see."
One of Kazuki's eyes twitched.
'Crap. Did I hit an incredibly-personal-feelings-that-shouldn't-be-shared-with-a-person-you-just-met subject? However, I am rather curious, but…'
Kazuki sighed mentally. 'I'm such a dick.'
"Look, I'm sorry if I asked a personal question, so let's just forget about—"
"N-No, it's fine. I trust you, Kazuki-san. And I have to tell you."
Kazuki widened his eyes.
'Trust… that's not a word that I use lightly…'
"Very well. But if you want to stop, then you must stop, okay?"
She nodded.
"Right after I was born, my parents abandoned me and someone found me crying in front of a small church in a small village in Europe. It was there that I was raised.
Then when I was eight, an injured puppy wandered into the church. I prayed for him with all my might and then a miracle happened.
After that, I was taken to a huge church in the Vatican. The lame and sick came from all over the world to be cured by my prayers.
I was so happy that my powers could help people…"
Then she grabbed the hem of her robe tighter as her face saddened.
"But then one day, I met an injured boy. But, unfortunately, he was not someone I should have healed… for he was a Devil."
Tears were already forming on the edge of her eyes, but she was trying her best to hold it in, while Kazuki didn't have the guts to stop her and merely listened.
"They said that anyone who used divine healing powers on a demon was a heretic... then I was labeled a Witch and the Church forced me to get out."
However, her face then brightened a bit.
"But I never once forgot the joy of prayer and how truly thankful I was to God. And I accept that there are those out there who would do evil… because even that is surely God's will.
If I overcome this obstacle, God will someday make my dream come true. I truly believed this."
As silence fell between the two, Kazuki couldn't help but ask.
"Dream?"
"To make lots of friends and talk with them, plant flowers with them, buy books with them…"
Then she smiled and said.
"Because I have no friends."
Kazuki flinched in shock, but he didn't show it. He moved closer toward Asia and put a hand to pat her head. She looked at Kazuki in confusion.
"Kazuki-san?"
Then, with a look of understanding and the warmest smile he could muster, he spoke.
"It's been rough, hasn't it?"
Asia flinched and looked down.
"It was rough…"
A tear dropped from the side of her face.
"It was painful…"
Another dropped again.
"I was so sad..."
Her body started shaking.
"It hurts so much, I thought I'd never make it…"
Kazuki pulled her into a hug and before she know it, she cried like a waterfall.
"I tried so hard… I tried so hard! I was so desperate… so desperate to make everything right!"
She buried herself in Kazuki's chest as she sobbed.
"It's the truth! I've honestly never been more scared than anything in my life!"
"…I know."
"I was scared… I was so scared! The Church was everything to me… it was the only thing I can call my home! I didn't want to lose that place, because it was important to me! I didn't want to be looked at with those eyes full of hate and disgust anymore!"
She sobbed harder as Kazuki kept patting her head gently.
"And I hated myself so much for feeling that way!"
"…Let it out, Asia."
And with a yell of sorrow and pain, she cried even more.
(10:30 AM)
'What kind of a man am I to make a girl cry like that first thing after breakfast?'
Kazuki thought to himself as he was waiting for Asia, who was taking a bath, to go out and buy some groceries, as well as to show Asia around; it was killing two birds with one stone; three, if you count the going-out-with-a-cute-girl part.
'Welp. I just graduated from a dick, to an asshole… Congratu-fucking-lations, me.'
"K-Kazuki-san, I'm ready."
"Already? Okay… Are you sure you don't want to stay here a bit longer?"
"N-No, I'm fine."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I am."
"Well, then, shall we?"
And with that the two of them set out toward the town square.
Kazuki noticed that Asia smiled brighter than he had ever seen.
"I'm sorry for making you feel like you did. Especially, for the first thing in the morning…"
"No, no, it's not your fault at all! In fact, I should thank you for listening to me. It's so much better, now, that I've let it all out... I've been holding it in for so long…"
"I see…"
Not wanting a repeat of what happened, Kazuki decided to change the subject with a joke.
"Although, you did hurt my feelings back then…"
"E-eh?! I did?"
"Yeah… I thought I was your friend." Kazuki fake pouted.
Asia giggled, "You are my friend, Kazuki-san!"
Kazuki flinched when he felt a giant arrow pierced through his heart, similar to what he felt when he got killed by Raynare. On the arrow, there was a word, 'FRIENDZONED; PWNAGE!'
"But…"
"B-But?" Kazuki stuttered, still trying to recover from the 'critical hit.'
"I-It's just that, I think you more than as just a friend…"
At this Kazuki's face turned hopeful.
"Then what am I to you?"
"You…"
...
"Are…"
...
Kazuki waited for the Asia's answer, and with a radiant smile, answer she did.
"You're like a brother to me!"
Another arrow pierced through Kazuki. This one says, 'BROTHERZONED; DOUBLE KILL!"
'P-Please… Please… S-Stop!'
"But you cook so well and have been kind to me… So, perhaps, you're more like a father?"
Yet another one pierced through, this one is much, much bigger than the rest and hit him from the back, causing him to kneel in pain and cry comically. 'FATHERZONED; TRIPLE KILL! KILLING SPREE!'
'Stop… stop... the FEELS…! NOT THE FEEEEEEELS!'
"K-Kazuki-san?! A-Are you okay? Do you have a stomachache?"
With that, his body shook as he forced himself to stand up. When he did, his face darkened as he kept walking toward his destination.
"…No, I'm not hurt... I'm fine… I am strong…"
"U-Umm, what? Eh? K-Kazuki-san wait for me!"
(1 Hour Later)
Issei was walking through the town square today. After a harsh scolding and apologizing from his peerage's King, he was forced to accept that he must not pursue Asia, no matter how much he despise the sound reason of that idea.
So here he was, hoping to distract himself, by walking in the town square.
'Perhaps, I'll buy some porn mags…' He thought to himself.
He thought that he'll never see Asia again, but as luck would have it,
"I-Issei-san?"
"Huh?"
He met Asia in one of the most crowded section of the townsquare.
"A-Asia-chan?! What are you doing here all alone?"
"E-Eh? No, I'm waiting for—!"
"No! I'm not leaving you alone anymore!"
"W-Wait a sec—Issei-san?"
With that he grabbed Asia's hand and dragged her out of the crowded place.
Asia's face reddened as she felt the warmth of Issei's hand, but she didn't want to say anything. She liked Issei's over-protectiveness.
It was about time for lunch so Issei brought Asia to the nearest fast food restaurant, McDonald's, even though she tried to reject the offer.
Issei bought two sets of a cheese burger, a soda, and French fries for the two of them and sat down on the table where Asia was sitting on.
He waited for Asia to eat her lunch, but she only stared at the food in front of her.
"U-Umm… I-Issei-san?"
"Yeah?"
"W-Where's the spoon and fork?"
"Oh, you don't need to use them to eat a burger. You just open the wrapper like… this and then!"
Then Issei took a bit of his own burger. Asia blinked in amazement.
"I had no idea there was such a way of eating. I'm impressed! Well, then…"
She took her burger on her hands and opened the wrapper, then she took a bite. Her eyes snapped open and she hummed in delight.
"Hmmm! Delicious!"
"By the way, what were you doing in front of the town square mall, Asia-chan?"
'Oh no! I forgot about Kazuki-san! Uuuuu, what do I do? He must be looking for me right now!'
Then she remembered what she promised Kazuki. 'Never tell anyone and I mean anyone that I saved you, at least not now'
Asia thought of a way to tell Issei what happened without saying anything about Kazuki, but time was not on her side when Issei asked again.
"Asia-chan?"
"…A-Ah! I… I was on a break from the church, so I figured I could walk around on my own! And then that's where I met you and…"
Issei then nodded.
"Okay, I understand. Asia-chan."
"Y-Yes?"
"Let's play to our hearts' content today!"
Asia's face reddened.
"Okay!"
(03:00 PM)
Issei brought Asia to various places in the town square. From the normal sightseeing spots for tourist, like Asia, to the Arcade where he got her a doll from one of the machines.
Overall…
'W-Wait… haven't we just, technically, went on a date?!'
Yup. For a hormone-driven boob-lover pervert, it was too late to realize that now, yet to be able to realize it was a feat in and of itself.
And now Issei and Asia was sitting down in a park after buying some drinks from a nearby vending machine.
"T-Thank you again for getting me this Ratchu doll, Issei-san. I'll cherish this forever as a token of our friendship!"
"Geez, you don't have to make a big deal out of everything, Asia-chan—Ow!"
When Issei lifted his drink, he yelp in pain, his wounds from last night have yet healed properly. Asia realized this, then with a look or regret she asked.
"It's that wound, isn't it...?"
"Y-Yeah…"
He tried to convince Asia that he was fine, but in the end Asia asked him where the wounds were and healed him.
"H-How is it now, Issei-san?"
He moved his shoulders and legs around to see if it worked; it did.
"W-Whoaaa, it worked! I feel no pain at all! Awesome! You're so awesome, Asia!"
Asia smiled warmly.
After a series of conversation, the time comes when Issei asked about Asia's life before coming to Japan. He didn't expect a sad story, though.
Feeling better after telling the same thing to Kazuki, she told Issei the story of her life easier than she did with Kazuki.
Issei stood up after Asia mentioned her dream.
"Asia. I'll be your friend."
Asia widened her eyes in shock and smiled happily, but soon shook her head and said,
"No… no, no, no. I don't want to burden you, Issei-san… After all, I'm a nun and—"
"Demons, nuns, I don't care! Friendship is friendship!"
"I-Issei-san… I'm so… I'm so…"
Asia's expression changed and she was about to cry in happiness.
"I'm so happy!"
However, like all good things, they must come to an end.
"That is impossible."
Issei froze in shock. He knew that voice. He knew that voice from anywhere. The very voice of the person who tricked him. The very voice of someone who killed him.
"Yuuma-chan?!"
"R-Raynare-sama?"
Issei looked at Asia and then back at Raynare.
"So, it's true that you are fraternizing with a demon in a hideous manner. Asia, you cannot run from me." Raynare spoke in a serious tone.
"I refuse! I refuse to return to where there are no people to talk to!"
Asia then whispered to Issei.
"I'm sorry. To be honest, I ran away from the church."
"I already worked that out."
"Huh?"
"There's no way you'd be with such a sick bunch of scum of your own free will."
Issei turned to Raynare.
"What do you want, Fallen Angel?!"
"Hmph. Now, since you are the mere pet of demon-scum, could you please avoid soiling my ears with your voice?"
"You…!"
"If you interfere with me…"
She materialized a light spear.
"This time I'll see to it that you are completely destroyed… just like what I'm going to do to him…"
"Not gonna happen! Come out, Sacred Gear!"
Raynare looked surprised, but then laughed it off.
"Hahaha! I was worried at first, but it's just a Twice Critical."
"T-Twice?"
"It's also called a 'Dragon's Hand'. It will temporarily multiply your power. I got intelligence from 'up above' that told me that and here I was so worried…"
"…"
Then Raynare mocked Issei.
"'I love you!' 'Will you go out with me?' Yeah, right. Back then, you were just one push away from death. Hahahahaha!"
"Shut up!"
"That stupid toy is nothing against me. So just be a good boy and hand over Asia so I can take her home."
"I refuse! What kind of man would I be if I can't even protect my friend?!"
Issei looked at his gauntlet,
"Hey, come on! You're supposed to multiply my strength, aren't you?"
[BOOST!]
Right at that moment, he felt a surge of power that made him feel more powerful.
—However.
"GAH!"
Raynare threw the light spear right at Issei's gut. He knelt in pain as Asia screamed in fear.
"Do you understand now? Your level one power was merely multiplied to two. Not a significant difference, really."
'D-Damn it!' Issei thought to himself.
But then he suddenly felt that the pain on his stomach began to fade away. Raynare then had an idea of how to persuade Asia to go back to the Abandoned Church.
"Asia, be a good girl and come home with me. Your Twilight Healing is completely incompatible with his Sacred Gear."
"It's as I thought… you were only using me for my powers!"
Raynare narrowed her gaze as she materialized another light spear. "If you come home with me, perhaps I will spare that Devil's life."
But then Issei stood back up, "Don't fuck with me! Who'd believe a thing you say?!"
Raynare flew closer and threw the spear in front of Issei, pushing him into a nearby fountain.
"T-This is nothing compared to what I've been through!"
Raynare now stood in front of Asia.
"I missed him on purpose just now. If I focus more, next time I might tear his body to shreds."
She put on an evil smirk as Asia watched in despair.
"…Will you be able to heal him on time?"
Asia stared at the ground.
"…I'll do as you say."
"Good girl. Once tonight's ceremony is over, you will be released from all pain and suffering. Bye then, Issei-kun."
Issei watched the event that was playing in front of him in despair, for he was powerless to save his new friend.
"Asia! NO!"
Asia smiled in sadness as a single tear escaped her eyes,
"Farewell, Issei-san."
Then there were none.
Kazuki went back inside the mall to use the bathroom. He thought that it wouldn't be a big deal to just leave her out for a few minutes, but it seems like Life had just bitch-slapped him, yet again, because, after all, Fate's a dick.
He lost her. He promised to keep her safe, yet here he was breaking his promise and he hates it when he breaks promises.
For three hours straight, he abandoned anything thoughts to have lunch and went searching for Asia around the town square. Asia was wearing a robe of a nun, so he thought that it should have been easy for him or other people to spot her despite the crowd.
After the first few hours, he started asking people and some told him where were the last time they saw her.
What worried him was that they said she was walking with a man.
'God-fucking-damn it! Is it the priest?! Is it Dohnaseek? I need to find her!'
And finally, he came to the park and started looking.
There he met his friend sitting on one of the park benches in front of a fountain, drenched with water with a sad expression etched on his face.
"Issei? What are you doing here?"
"…K-Kazuki…-san?"
"Issei, what happened?" Kazuki turned serious.
Issei looked at his hands and buried his face on them.
"Why do I have to be so weak…?"
"Issei. What are you talking about?"
"I-I promised I'd protect her…! I was supposed to be her friend!"
Kazuki pulled the collar of his shirt.
"WHO are you talking about?!"
"W-What?"
"SPIT IT OUT!"
"A-Asia! She's my friend!"
Kazuki let Issei go and held the bench to support his body. Issei was confused of the reason to why Kazuki was acting like this. After all, he didn't know that Kazuki knew about him being a devil.
Then Issei was startled when Kazuki punched the bench and broke through the hard wooden seat.
He turned his attention toward Issei, but his face was devoid of emotion.
"Issei… Go save her."
"Wait. You know her?"
"Go. Now."
Issei froze in silence, but then nodded and ran away.
"I-I understand. I'll go and save her!"
And with that Issei ran toward the Occult Research Club room to ask for assistance.
But something lingered on the back of his mind while he was still on his way. He had never seen Kazuki that angry before. Most of the time, his eyes merely twitched as he put an annoyed look. Most of the time, he's a lazy genius that simply doesn't care about what other people thought about him. He smiled for most of the time and never seemed to be able to get sad.
But, to see Kazuki in that state… to be so angry, yet at the same time empty…
Needless to say, it scared the living shit out of him.
Kazuki ran toward his home and got ready to gear up.
He changed his clothes into a special tuxedo and wore a top hat on the top of his head.
Next, he took a butterfly knife and did some tricks when flipping it open before closing it back on and slipped it into one of his pocket.
Lastly, he pulled out a mask. A plain white mask with two holes for the eyes to see and tiny little ones on the nose to breath.
However, that wasn't what made it special. What was is the long and creepy smiley face the mask took shape because of the hole for the mouth.
After he was done, he went out of his house toward the Abandoned Church.
Then with a last adjustment to his tie, he willed his Invisible Black Matter to cover his entire body as he looked at the darkening sky.
"When the dark skies fall..."
As his body began to turn invisible, hidden by the mask he wore, his face darkened as he released a powerful aura.
An aura of bloodlust.
And with one last smile, a smile with malicious intent, he spoke.
"…the Reaper calls."
Author's Note:
First of all, if you are wondering what his tuxedo looks like, look up Kagetane Hiruko's tuxedo from Black Bullet. That is exactly what he looked like; except that his tuxedo was a black version instead of red and he wore a red tie and not a black bowtie.
Second, when he's 'Incredibly angry yet devoid of emotion' his face darkened similar to how Gakuho Asano from Assassination Classroom or Meliodas from Seven Deadly Sins would.
And third is… Yeah, so, uh, I'd like to apologize for making this a T-Rated story. I know that what I did on the previous chapter was… brutal, but it seems that watching Ajin made me lose the capability to define which one is gore and which isn't.
(Am I turning into a some kind of psychopath? Eh.)
I mean, Ajin is, well, you know, death isn't the end for these guys, so you should've at least expected it…
Nevertheless, a certain someone PM-ed me and he made an incredibly sound argument that made me change the rating for the story sooo… yeah… (*cough* *cough* he raped me in that conversation and I can't do anything about it *cough* *cough*)
Again, I apologize if things were a little… 'Too much' for your standards, but know that I have no regrets. This is that kind of story after all… And not only that, I've seen better stories about blood and gore and if you compare it to mine, it would be like comparing an orange seed with a coconut.
Welp, pessimistic emo thoughts aside, I hope you enjoyed it and if you don't, please tell me via review or PM.
You supports give me strength! Your faves give me POWAAAH! And you're hate? They FEED my soul! \ :v /
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