Chapter 9, enjoy.
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[Albion speaking]
'Thinking'
[Albion speaking aloud]
(Abandoned Church)
The sky was already dark, the street lamps illuminating the barren streets. Issei was examining the Church from a position where he could see the doors, and was about to enter before a hand on his shoulder halted his movements. Turning around, he looked surprised at who he saw.
"Kiba-kun, Koneko-chan, what are you two doing here?"
"Buchou sent us to take care of the enemies in the Church, what about you?" Issei looked back to the Church doors
"I'm here to save Asia, but I'll give you a hand with the exorcists along the way" the two nodded gratefully "Let's go then" Koneko walked ahead of the others and stopped in front of the door. Issei was about to ask what she was doing, but before he could speak, Koneko punched the door open. Issei's eyes widened slightly, but he just shrugged it off and walked in and looked at her "You know, we could've tried a stealthy approach"
"...No point... they already know we're here"
As the trio entered the Church, a clapping sound echoed throughout the sanctuary, when they all look towards the noise, they saw Freed Sellzen walking out from behind a pillar. Issei scowls upon seeing him
"Meeting! It's a reunion! So emotional! Well, I never met the same Devil twice before" You know, since I'm super strong, I cut Devils into pieces when I first meet them! Once I see them, I cut them up on the spot! I then kiss the corpse and say goodbye! That's how I used to live! But since you guys ruined my style, I'm so lost! That's no good~. It's not good to interfere with mu lifestyle~! That's why~! You guys piss me off! I hope you guys will die! Actually die! You trashy Deeeeeeeeeeeevils!" After showing his joy and sadness, Freed exploded in a rage. He took out the gun and handle-only sword from before, and a blade of light appears.
"You guys came to rescue Asia-tan, right? Hahaha! Devil-samas are big hearted for coming to rescue a bitch like that who would even heal Devils! Well, just being entranced to someone like you should make that Sister die!" 'Die? What does he mean!?'
"Hey! Where is Asia!?"
"Well, there is a hidden stairs under that altar. From there you can go to the place where they are doing the ritual." Freed said while pointing at the altar. Issei got in a battle ready stance and Kiba pulled out a sword, Koneko however...
"...Get smashed!" Koneko was throwing pews at the Priest
"Wow! Oh yeah!" Freed did a small dance and cut the bench in half with his light sword, the tow halves hitting the ground.
"There." Kiba had already shot forward and began exchanging blades with Freed, there were sparks between Kiba's sword and Freed's blade of light.
"Hmmm! Hmmm! Such a pain! Why are you guys so noisy!? I'm super very bad! I'm sorry for talking in a death language! Forgive me after you die!" Kiba dodged the soundless bullets with his [Knights] speed, while continuing to attack the enemy.
'It looks like Freed's gotten stronger since last time' the battle went on, the two swordsmen were on par with each other, neither side had the advantage. Kiba and the Priest then started to battle head on, both of them were glaring at each other.
"Impressive. You are quite strong."
"Ahaha! You too! A [Knight], huh!? Not even a single blind spot! This is great! Yes yes, this is what I'm talking about. Lately, I haven't had an awesome battle like this! Not since fighting Issei-kun back then! I was about to cry because of it! Hmmm! Hmmm! I'm going to kill you!"
"Then maybe I should also fight seriously for a bit then."
'He wasn't even trying to win? He needs to finish this quickly, or I'll do it myself.'
"Eat this." Kiba says in a threatening tone, and after he says this, some black stuff comes out of his sword and begins to cover Freed's light sword.
"Wha, what the hell is this!?" Freed looked confused.
"—[Holy-Eraser], a darkness sword that devours light,"
"Y-You are also a Sacred Gear possessor!?"
'So he has a Sacred Gear too...' The Priest's blade of light was completely devoured by Kiba's sword, and was unable to maintain it's shape after the light was eaten. Issei was growing impatient as the battle drew on.
"We're wasting time!" Issei shouted and sprinted towards Freed with his fist raised
The Priest noticed him and started shooting his gun, which Issei just dodged.
"I keep on telling you! You are annoying!" he continued to shoot the light bullets at Issei, who was still dodging until he was right next to Freed. Issei sent his right fist to the Priest's cheek, sent him back into the altar.
"That's for hitting Asia that time." The Priest is on the ground, but gets up slowly and spits his blood onto the ground.
"…Hmm …Oh man, not only I got punched by a shitty brat, but he's saying some weird crap to me…—Don't fuck with me." The Priest made a howl. "Don't fuck with me! You shiiiiiit! A mere shit like shouldn't act cocky with meeeeee! I'll kill you! Definitely! I'll definitely kill you! I'm going to cut you into pieces, you shiiiiit!" The Priest took out his second sword which only has its handle.
Issei, Kiba, and Koneko-chan, surrounded the Priest when he prepared to fight. Freed notices it, he looks around and begins to smirk. "Wow, wow. Is this what you call a crisis? Hmm, for me, getting killed by a Devil is a no-no, so I feel like retreating. It's a shame that I can't exorcise you guys, but I also don't want to die!"
The Priest takes out something round and smashes it on to the floor. Instantly, our eyes are blinded with a shining light. 'This again!?' When his eyes healed, Issei looked around but the Priest is gone.
"Hey. The shitty brat over there…Ise-kun, was it? To tell you the truth, I have fallen in love with you. So I will definitely kill you. Definitely, okay? I won't forgive a shitty brat who punched me and gave me a lecture, okay? Then, bye-bye."
Kiba, Koneko and Issei nodded at each other and went towards the altar, and walked down the hidden staircase.
At the bottom the stairs, there was a single passage.
Koneko points to the far end by saying, "Possibly at the end of this passage… I can smell that person…".
'Don't worry Asia... I'll save you!' When they reached the end of the passage, a big door appeared.
"Is that it?"
"Possibly. I'm sure there are groups of Exorcists and Fallen Angels inside. Are you ready?" Koneko and Issei both nod at Kiba's question. "Okay. Then we'll open the door—" When Kiba and Issei were about to open the door, it opened by itself with an audible creak. While making the large noise, the inside of the ritual place became visible.
"Welcome, filthy human. Oh, and look, you brought the Devils with you." The Fallen Angel, Raynare, spoke from the end of the room. The room was full of priests. They all had a sword handle that makes the blade of light in their hands. Issei looked at the girl who was attached to the cross and shouted.
"Asiaaa!" Asia noticed the voice and looks at Issei.
"…Ise-san?"
"Yeah! I've come to save you!" he smiles at her and a tear dropped from her eye.
"It's a touching reunion, but it's too late. The ritual is about to finish now." 'The ritual is finished? What does she mean—'
Suddenly, Asia's body started to glow. "…Aaah, iyaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Asia screams. She looks very painfully.
"Asia!" Issei tried to reach her, but the priests surround me.
"I won't let you interfere!"
"Damn Devils! I will destroy you!"
"Move! Shitty priests! I don't have time to bother with you all!"
Heard a loud bang. When he looked, Koneko punched one of the priests away.
"…Please don't touch me."
Kiba also drew his darkness-sword.
"Looks like I will have to go full throttle from the beginning. I hate Priests. If there are this many, then I won't hold back to devour your light." Kiba's eyes became sharp.
"Iyaaaaaa…"
At the same time, a large light comes out of Asia's body, Raynare takes it to her hand. "This is it! This is the power that I craved for a long time! Sacred Gear! With this, I will be loved!" With an expression of ecstasy, Raynare hugged on to the light, then the bright light enveloped the ritual room. When the light stopped, the Fallen Angel was emitting a green coloured light from her body.
"Ufufu. Ahahahahahaha! I finally have it! The supreme power! With this, I can become a supreme Fallen Angel! With this I can payback all those who were looking down on me!" The Fallen Angel makes a big laugh. Issei didn't pay attention to her and went straight to Asia. The priests were trying to stop him, but Kiba and Koneko intercepted them by blowing them away.
Kiba's sword devours the light of the priest's sword, and Koneko hit the priests who has lost their weapon with one mighty hit. The combination of these two is remarkable, and it's obvious that it isn't the type of combination possible with a few days of practice.
"Thanks, you two!" Asia, was still attached to the cross, her body limp and lifeless. Issei broke the chains on her hands and legs, and held her in his arms.
"…I-Ise-san…"
"Asia, I came to take you back."
"…Yes." Her voice was very small when she replied, and it didn't sound lively.
'Come one Asia... I can't lose another friend... please live...'
"It's futile." Raynare makes a smirk as if she was rejecting his thoughts once again. "Possessors whose Sacred Gear is taken away from their body will die. That girl is going to die."
"—!Then give the Sacred Gear back!" he shouted at her, but she just laughed.
"There's no way that I will give it back. You know I even deceived my superiors to get my hands on this? I will kill all of you and erase all evidences."
"Raynareeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
"Ahahahahaha! I don't want a rotten brat like you calling my name!" Raynare makes a sneer.
Issei was just about ready to destroy her where he stood, but he was stopped yet again
"Hyoudou-kun! Our formation is at a disadvantage while we are protecting that girl! So go upstairs at once! We'll make the path for you! Now, hurry!" Kiba said while taking down the priests.
'He's right. There are still a great number of priests left, so there will be a limit to fighting this Fallen Angel here while protecting Asia.' Issei glared at Raynare, and then left the place carrying Asia.
"Koneko-chan, we will make an escape path for Hyoudou-kun!"
"…Affirmative."
The two of them started to take down the priests who were trying to get in his way. Thanks to their support, he was able to get to the entrance of the ritual room right away.
"Kiba! Koneko-chan!"
"You go ahead! We will handle here!"
"…Please go quickly."
"Kiba! Koneko-chan! When I get back, call me "Ise"! Definitely! We are friends!" the two of them smiled and Issei left the room, heading straight out the passage.
Issei went up the stairs holding Asia, and came out to the sanctuary. There was something wrong with Asia. Her face was pale, so Issei laid her down on one of the pews.
"Just wait a bit! You will be free soon, Asia! You will be able to play with me from now on!"
Asia makes a small smile at his words. She then takes his hand. 'I can't feel any strength or warmth from her hand.' Issei thought gravely
"…I was happy that…I had a friend…even for a short while…" Asia was smiling even though she was in pain. "…If I were to be born again, will you become my friend once more…?"
"W-What are you saying!? Don't say that! Let's go somewhere to have fun! I will drag you even though you don't want to! We will go to karaoke! Game centre! Let's also go bowling! Also other places! Also to that place! And there!" he couldn't stop the tears from coming out. 'I'm supposed to be talking to her with a smile, but I can't stop crying.'
He knew it. I already knew it, but he couldn't admit it. Asia was dying. She was going to die.
"We are friends! Always! Yeah, that's right! We'll always be friends!"
"…If I was born in this country…and went to the same school as you…"
"Let's go! Come to our school!" Asia's hand pats his cheek.
"…You even cry for someone like me…now I can…" Her hand that was patting his cheeks drops slowly. "…Thank you…"
Those were her last words.
She passed away smiling.
Issei lost all strength. He just stood there looking at her face, the tears wouldn't stop.
'Why? Why did she have to die? She was a good girl. She was a kind girl who would heal anyone injured. How come no one became her friend? How come I was never by her side?'
"Hey, God!? You are there right, God!? Devils and Angels exist, so you do exist as well, right, God!? You were watching, right!? You were watching all of this, right!?" Issei shouted at the ceiling of the Church.
"Please don't take this girl away! Please! I beg you! She hasn't done anything! She just wanted a friend! I will be her friend forever! So please! I want this girl to smile forever! Hey please! God!"
Even though he screamed towards Heaven, no one answered him.
"Why did you have to take her!? Is it because I'm friends with Devils!? Don't take her away from me!? I can't lose another friend!?" He bit his teeth with regret. 'I tried... I promised it wouldn't happen again... but I failed... she died because of my weakness'
"Ara, someone like you, repenting in a place like this? Or were you wishing for something?" The voice he heard from behind him was that of Raynare. When he turned around, he saw the Fallen Angel smirking at him. "Look at this. This is the wound I got from the [Knight] boy while I was coming here." Raynare placed her hand on her wound, and the shallow green light started to heal her. "Look. Wonderful, isn't it? I can heal any kind of wound. To us Fallen Angels, who lost the protection of God, that child's Sacred Gear was a wonderful present."
'That Sacred Gear belongs to Asia... but if she's here, are Kiba and Koneko-chan safe?'
"My status will rise since I will be a Fallen Angel that can heal Fallen Angels. I could be of help to the great Azazel-sama and Shemhaza-sama! There is nothing more wonderful than this! Aaah, Azazel-sama… My power is all for you…"
"Like I care." I glared at Raynare. "I don't care about that. Fallen Angels, God, and Devils… Those things had nothing to do with this girl."
"No, it did. She was a chosen human that possessed a Sacred Gear."
"…Even so, she could have lived quietly. She could have lived normally!"
"She couldn't. Those with irregular Sacred Gear would be left out of the world and groups. Because they possess a powerful ability. Because they have a different power than others. You know humans hate those things, right? Even though it's a wonderful power like this."
"…Then I would have protected Asia, as her friend!"
"Ahahahaha! It's impossible! Because she died! That girl is dead, you know? It's not the matter of whether you protect her or not. You couldn't protect her! You really are a weird boy! It's so amusing!"
"… I know. That's why I can't forgive you. And myself—" he looked down to the lifeless form of Asia "Give it back" Raynare looked at Issei as if he was insane
"What?"
"I said, give it back! That Sacred Gear belongs to Asia, so give it back to her, before I take it by force" Raynare laughed loudly
"I don't think so, filthy human. You may have beaten us before, but now that I have [Twilight Healing] I can heal any wound. You should just say your goodbyes now, because I'm going to ki—" she was cut off when Issei fired a magic bullet at her face. She tilted her head to the right, barely dodging the attack, although the bullet did graze her cheek. "You filthy brat, how dare you attack a high-class Fallen Angel like me!?"
"All she wanted was to make friends, and live a happy life... I was her friend, and you killed her"
"No, I helped her. Didn't you know? She was shunned by the same people who worshipped her, so I put her out of her misery."
'She doesn't deserve to live.'
Raynare saw that Issei was stood still and threw two spears at him, intending to pierce his heart. She smirked when she saw that Issei wasn't doing anything to defend himself, but the smirk changed to shock when a defensive barrier appeared in front of him and destroyed the spears when they made contact. Issei walked slowly towards Raynare, whose response was to throw more spears at him, but the shield just broke them.
"Just die already!" she screamed while throwing more spears. Issei was now right next to Raynare, her back pressed against the wall. Issei gripped her tightly around the neck and lifted her in the air, the Fallen Angel tried to break free by kicking and punching, but Issei showed no reaction, instead he just shot a large magic bullet into her abdomen, sending her skidding across the floor.
Raynare stood up shakily, trembling when she felt the intensity of Issei's killing intent "…Impossible. What is this? Why is something like this happening…? I am the Fallen Angel that has attained the ultimate healing power! I turned into a superior being by obtaining this [Twilight Healing]! I received the right to be loved by Azazel-sama and Shemhaza-sama! I wouldn't lose to some low-life like you!"
Raynare once again had a spear of light in both her hands. Issei hit them to the side with his fist, the spears of light disappear easily. Seeing him hit away her spears with ease, Raynare's face gets even paler. "N-No!"
Raynare was flapping her black wings, and was about to fly away. Issei went up to her at the same time she's about to fly, and grabbed her arm, pulling her arm towards himself.
"I won't let you get away, fool."
"I'm superior—!"
"Blow away, you shitty Angel!"
"Damn yoooooooou! Filthy Human!"
"Uoryaaaaaaaa!" Issei gathered all his strength in his left arm, and used that fist to punch straight and accurately at the face of the Fallen Angel. The hard sound echoes throughout the Church as the fist connected, sending Raynare flying backwards with the punch. The Fallen Angel crashed into the wall while making a very loud noise, breaking through creating a large hole and causing dust to spread everywhere.
When the dust disappears, there was nothing left in the direction Raynare was sent. The hole continued till outside of the building where Raynare is on the ground, she wasn't moving. He couldn't tell if she was dead but she wouldn't be able to move for a while. "Serves you right." Issei was smiling, he had just avenged Asia. But soon, tears began to fall from his eyes as he looked down at the limp form of the girl lay on the pew "…Asia"
"Good work on beating the Fallen Angel." Kiba appeared from the stairs under the altar, looking a little torn from his battle. He walks to Issei with a smile
"Yo, you are late Casanova."
"Fufufu, Buchou told me not to interfere."
"Rias-sempai did?"
"That's right. I believed that you were able to beat the Fallen Angel Raynare. I just wanted to see what you could do."
When he turned around to the direction where the voice came from, he saw Rias was walking towards him smiling while wavering her crimson hair.
"Rias-senpai? Where did you come from?"
"From the basement. I finished my business, so I used the magic-circle to come here. It was my first time transporting to a Church, so I was nervous." she said this while she makes a sigh. Issei notices Koneko walking past him. 'Where is she going?'
Rias stands in front of Issei. "Looks like you won safely."
"Yeah, I won."
"Fufufu, excellent. Just what I expected." She tapped his nose.
"Ara ara. The Church is in a mess. Buchou, is it alright?" Akeno had a troubled face.
"…Is something wrong?" Issei asks worriedly.
"Church's belong to God or religions related to him, but there are cases like this where it is used by Fallen Angels. In cases like this, if we Devils damage the Church, there will be times when we get targeted by assassins. For revenge and payback. But it won't happen this time."
"Why is that?" he asked curiously
"This Church was originally an abandoned one. So a certain group of Fallen Angels had come here to use it for their own greed, and we just happened to have a fight in a place like that. So we didn't step foot on the enemies' actual territory to have war. So it's just a small fight between a Devil and a Fallen Angel. This happens every time. That's what happened."
"Buchou. I've brought it." Koneko appeared from the hole in the wall, dragging the Fallen Angel Raynare by her wings
"Thank you, Koneko. Now then, let's wake her up. Akeno."
"Hai." Akeno lifts her hand up, and makes a ball of water appear up in the air. She dropped the ball of water created in the air on Raynare, who coughs after the splash.
The Fallen Angel wakes up and opens her eyes slowly. Rias just looks down on her.
"How are you doing, Fallen Angel Raynare."
"…The daughter of the Gremory clan…"
"Hello, my name is Rias Gremory. I'm the next heir of the House of Gremory. It will be for a short while, but nice to have your acquaintance." Rias greeted her with a smile, but Raynare glares at her, then she sneers.
"…You think you've got me, but too bad. This plan was kept secret from the higher-ups, but there are other Fallen Angels with me. If I get in danger, they will—"
"They won't come to help." Rias said it clearly to reject Raynare's words "That's because I already eliminated all three of the Fallen Angel Kalawarner, Fallen Angel Dohnaseek, and Fallen Angel Mittelt."
"Lies!" Raynare rejects what Rias said while sitting up straight, but Rias takes out three black feathers.
"These are the feathers of those three. You can tell them apart since you are the same kind as them, right?" Seeing that, Raynare's expression darkened. 'Looks like Rias is speaking the truth.'
"When I saw the Fallen Angel Donaseek who attacked Ise before, I predicted that there were few Fallen Angels plotting something in this town. I ignored it because I thought it was a plan that involves the whole Fallen Angel. Even I'm not foolish enough to take on all of the Fallen Angels. Then I heard that the Fallen Angels were moving around secretively so I went to talk to them, taking Akeno with me. When I met them in person, they blurted that it was their own plan. By helping you, they said, they would get promoted to a higher status. Low life that move around secretively for their purpose usually brag about their plots." Rias smirked, and Raynare was biting her teeth with frustration.
"They must have looked down on us because it was just two girls who approached them. So I asked them as a parting gift. Fufufu, they were foolish Fallen Angels who didn't know who was going to die. Since they were willing to help in your pathetic plot, they themselves were low beings."
"Getting hit by a single shot won't even leave a trace. The princess of the Duke who has the power of destruction. Buchou is a powerful Devil who is called a genius among the group of young Devils after all." Kiba makes a comment to praise his master.
"She is also called the "Crimson-Haired Ruin Princess", you know?" Akeno said while smiling. 'Ruin Princess eh? She must be good to get a nickname like that.' Issei thought slightly impressed.
"You greatly underestimated him Raynare. You thought he was just a regular human, but you were wrong. You see Ise here is a Dragon" Raynare looked at Issei in disbelief
"Wh-What? That's impossible, I've seen your Sacred Gear. [Divine Dividing] I would recognize it anywhere" the Devils all widened their eyes at the new information. Akeno was the one who was affected the most 'Hakiryuukou... the Ise I knew had [Divine Dividing]. Could it really be you?'
"To clarify... I'm a half Dragon. So you had no chance"
"Now then, I'll finish my last work." Rias' eyes become sharp, and she got close to Raynare. The Fallen Angel becomes scared. "I will have you disappear, Fallen Angel-san." she said in a cold tone, filled with killing intent. "Of course, I will retrieve that Sacred Gear back as well."
"Y-You can't be serious!? This healing power is for Azazel-sama and Shemhaza-sama—"
"To live your life for love is beautiful. But you are too tainted with dirt. You have no elegance. And I don't allow that." Rias aims her hand towards Raynare, aiming to kill her in one blow.
"Me, here." Then, a shadow appears from behind the broken wall, the Priest—, Freed Zelzan. "Wow! My superior is in serious danger! So what's going to happen now!?"
Raynare screamed at the appearance of the Priest: "Save me! If you save me, I will give you a reward or anything you want!" Freed madea sadistic smile.
"Hmm, hmm. I received a wonderful order from an Angel-sama. Eh? So I can have sex with you? To me, having sex with an Angel-sama is like the best honour and it will become a good social status for me."
"Ku… D-Don't fool around and save me!" The Fallen Angel's expression was filled with anger.
"Ararararara, you know that I'm actually serious… I mean, something simple like that should be alright, isn't it, Angel-sama? So it's a no? Is that so? Then I will take my leave now. No matter how you look at it, I'm at a disadvantage, so I will just take off." Freed says it in a funny tone while curling his body.
"Y-You are a Priest, aren't you!? You are supposed to save me! I'm an all mighty Fallen Angel! I—"
"I don't need a superior who loses to trashy Devils. You are pretty, but you lack plans and you are hard headed. The only thing you are useful for is masturbation. So just die away already. Well, a Fallen Angel who is abandoned by God won't go to either Heaven or Hell, but goes back to nothing. Maybe the experience of turning into nothing will be helpful? Ah, that's impossible. Since there will be nothing left. It's impossible. So namusan. Wait, that's Buddhism. Ah, I'm a former Christian! I'm such a naughty boy!" After saying that, he moved his sight elsewhere, as if he has lost interest in Raynare.
Freed made a big smile at Issei "Ise-kun, Ise-kun. You have such a wonderful ability. I'm getting more interested in you. You are so worthy to kill! You are definitely in my Top 5 for the "People I want to kill", so be prepared, okay? Next time we meet, let's have a romantic fight to the death, okay?"
"Psycho!" Issei shouted back making Freed laugh
"See ya then! Bye-bye! Remember to brush your teeth!" Freed disappears immediately from the scene after waving his hands at them.
"Now, Fallen Angel Raynare, who was abandoned by her own servant. Miserable." Rias didn't have the slightest sympathy in her tone, causing Raynare to shiver.
Raynare then looks at Issei making sorrowful eyes at me. "Ise-kun! Please save me!" Issei's eyes widened "This Devil is trying to kill me! I love you! I love you so much! That's why, let's defeat this Devil together!"
"You know... I honestly enjoyed the time we spent together... It was the most fun I had had in a while... Even if you tried to kill me. Rias-senpai... please" Issei walked away, to where Asia was lay. Hearing that, the Fallen Angel's expression froze.
"…Don't try to flirt with Issei-kun. Blow away."
The demonic-power shot by Rias left nothing of the Fallen Angel. The only thing left was the feathers of the Fallen Angel, and a green light floating in the sanctuary. It's Asia's Sacred Gear, it was released after Raynare was defeated.
Rias takes the light in her hands "Now, let's give this back to Asia Argento-san." she said to no one in particular.
The Devils looked to Issei who was crying next to Asia's dead body "Again... another person died because of me..." the Gremory peerage were all shocked when he said this, but Akeno was affected the most 'I'll have to ask him later.'
Rias stepped forward and embraced Issei "Ise, do you want her to live?"
Issei narrowed his eyes at Rias "You want her in your Peerage... don't you?" Rias nodded "As long as she lives... I'm fine with it"
Rias nodded and placed the Sacred Gear on her fingers. She then summoned a [Bishop] chess piece, and placed it above Asia's heart "I order, in my name Rias Gremory. You, Asia Argento. I, resurrect you back to this soil as my servant, and have you reborn as a Devil. You, my [Bishop], be delighted with your new life!" The crimson chess piece glowed and went inside Asia's body. At the same time, Asia's Sacred Gear went back inside her body.
After a short while, Asia opened her eyes. Seeing that, Issei wasn't able to stop the tears from coming out.
"Huh?" Asia's voice called out confused.
Rias sends Issei a warm smile "I resurrected her because I wanted her power that can even heal a Devil. Fufufu, even though you aren't a Devil Ise, from now on, you'll protect her."
Asia raises her upper body. She looks around and finds Issei "…Ise-san?" Issei just hugged Asia who looked puzzled
"Let's go home, Asia."
Issei and the Devils were walking back from the Church, but Issei was stopped by a voice
"Issei-kun?" Issei turned to see Akeno
"What is it, Akeno-san?"
"Back in the Church, you said that another person died because of you." Issei nodded "What was their name?"
"What?" he asked surprised
"The person who died, what was their name?" Issei tried to remember, but all he could feel were bursts of pain
"I-I don't know" Akeno's eyes widened, and she gulped deeply
"W-Was her name Shuri?" when he heard the name, he felt a huge burst of pain within his head. Akeno noticed and decided to push on "10 years ago, at a shrine on a hill. Do you remember what happened?" Issei had already collapsed at this point, Akeno was crouched down next to him with a worried expression. Deep within the reaches of Issei's mind, there was a bright seal that had just shattered, releasing Issei's memories. Issei was barely concious, still reeling from the pain caused by the seal breaking. His last words before finally falling into unconsciousness, were:
"Akeno-chan?" as he passed out, the Devils crowded around him with worried expressions on their faces
"What happened to him!?" Rias asked worriedly
"I don't know, he just fell down!"
[Don't worry about partner] the Devils jumped at the sudden voice, all of them were searching for the owner
"Who's there!?" Rias asked
[I am Albion, the spirit of [Divine Dividing]. Now as I was saying, partner is going to be fine. A seal was placed on his memories a while ago, that pain he felt was the seal being broken. He'll be fine by tomorrow]
"Buchou, I'll take him home" Rias looked surprised
"Are you sure Akeno? I could do it if you want"
"Sorry Buchou, but I need to talk to Issei when he wakes up" Rias nodded, she and her Peerage minus Akeno left for the clubroom, while Akeno went with Issei to his home, but instead of leaving him in his bed, she did the same thing Rias did; stripped naked and slept next to him.
DONE! Sorry this chapter took a few days to come out, I was delayed because reasons. 6200 words total making this the longest chapter so far. R&R Shadow Out!
