Chapter 10
Blood And Steel II
"So let me see if i got that right." Nick said as he Issei,Kiba and Koneko were running towards the church Issei mentioned.
"We are going to a church that is occupied my fallen angels,to save a girl Issei met the other day,so far so good?"
"Yes." Kiba answered
"Also that fallen angel that Issei went out with,Youma,will probably be there."
"Yes..." Issei answered
"And Rias-buchou warned you not to go there."
"Not exactly..." Issei said
"What i am saying is that,did she allow you or at least hinted that you should go there."
"Yes she did,she said i shouldn't be alone."
"So we thought checking to see if you are combat able." Koneko said
"Well i am eager to try this out." Nick gestured towards his cane
"A cane? Issei said
"Not just a cane."
Nick stopped.
Nick unsheathed Alaric.
"This is a sword made from dragon mail."
"Ohhh."
"Aren't you a rook Nick?" Kiba asked
"There isn't a written rule on the weapons one should use,well with the exception of the knight." He sheathed Alaric
"Now as much as i would like to tell you about it,we can leave it for another occasion as time is of the essense from what i understand."
Everyone nodded as they resumed running.
"Hey why isn't Elizabeth helping." Issei asked
"She is the daughter of a vampire lord and a vampire." Kiba said
"it is neither practical sending a vampire to a church nor good for a daughter of such an important man to be found in such an incident." Nick said
They started to reach the outskirts of town where the church was located.
"Ok here we go." Issei said as he was going to open the church door
"Wait,i'm feeling something."
"Feeling?" Kiba asked
"I know this is weird but something tells me to got that way." Nick pointed towards the forest next to the church
"You go in,i'll join you later."
"Nick what are yo-"
"Leave him Issei." Koneko said
"Don't know what this is but it is screaming to me to go that way."
"Ok Nick-kun go,let us not forget you are also half a God,if something is screaming to go that way,you go that way." Kiba said
"See ya in a while." Nick started sprinting towards the forest
Nick then saw a barrier being erected.
That is Akenos work.
"Better head that way."
Nick then bumped onto something.
When he looked there was nothing.
However his hand felled like something was there.
The barrier.
It started becoming visable to him.
He saw the sigils on it,it was the Gremory sigil.
Nick started pushing at it.
"Come on you bloody thing,i am with her let me through."
The barrier around Nicks hands changed from from red to purple and allowed to pass.
"Hah didn't think this would work."
Nick then found himself in the middle of a standoff between his King,his comprade Queen and 3 fallen angels sitting on top of a tree.
"Nick-kun?" Akeno said suprised
"Ohh this gobshite." One of the angels said
"Ohh look, a little bird."
"Hello,can i join this party." He said as his hand grew their scales and unsheathed Alalic and discarding the 'scabbard'.
"Tch,he is mine." The male fallen said
"Like wise,little birdy."
Nick lunged at him while the fallen threw his spears.
He used his scaled and caught it and threw it at the child looking fallen.
"WHAT?!"
"Impossible!"
Nick smiled,the angels didn't know about his heritage by the looks of things.
"Akeno-san,Rias-buchou go find the others."
"I changed my mind,i would like all three."
"Don't be reckless." Rias said
"Reckless?"
"i am simply-"
"Helping the others is your job,now go."
"But-"
A spear hit him.
"Hey a-hole,can't you see we are TALKING HERE!?"
"Shut up." The male fallen said he threw more spears
"I kill this prick,then i leave."
Nick grew his forelegs tearing the back of his shirt while exiting his body.
"What kind of monster are you?"
Nick stood tall on his forelegs.
"The Drakos kind."
"Girls don't interfere,he has insulted me long enough." The fallen said to his comprades
"Took the words right out of my mouth."
"Why y-"
He gasped as Nick appeared in front of him and hit him with the handle of his sword knocking him on a tree.
"So you are not just a show off." He said
"A show off?You see a devil with 6 spider limbs and a black sword that came out of a cane and you expect him to be easy pickings."
Nick giggled
"Man i pity your superior."
"Don't think that i can leave an insolent worm like yourself go unpunished."
He said as he took some height and materialising a dozen of spears.
"No daddy to save you this time."
Can't dodge all of these.
Just gonna hope these limbs hold.
His hopes rested on his forelegs surviving the first volley.
"DIE!"
The spears of light were thrown at Nicks direction.
Nick placed his forelegs,dragon scale hands and Alaric as such so he will shield himself.
The spears hit their target and smoked covered Nick.
The fallen didn't know whether he got him or not.
He got his answered as two lights started glowing within the smoke.
A red and a yellow.
Nick jumped up revealing his wings,his forelegs looking broken and shattered.
Nick reached the highest point of which the barried allowed and dived below towards the fallen.
The fallen desperately threw more spears at him,in response he deflect them with Alaric and his free hand.
A few metres before reaching the fallen he stretched the hand that was holding Alaric forward.
Alaric found his way through the fallens mouth to his throat and then the torso.
Nick the yanked Alaric downwards spliting the fallen open.
"Don't fuck with me."
"Hmm,it would appear the others got oblitarated." Nick said as there was no other fallen
"They made our King very unhappy." Akeno said
"I'll make haste to the others." Nick flew towards the church breaking the barrier in the process
"Did he just?" Akeno wondered
"It would appear Nicks power is still developing." Rias said
"Oh my,if that is the case he might be able to become an ultimate-class devil in no time."
Nick reached the main hall of the church and it would appear there was a fight here as the place is trashed and the dust is yet to settle.
Nick heard someone weeping.
Then he saw Issei crying over one of the benches.
He approached him.
"Hey Issei why are you-ohh fuck."
Nick saw a blond young girl that wore a white blouse that was placed with care on the bench.
She seemed ok physically,however Nick felt it,she was dead.
"Thats the girl we..."
Issei nodded while crying
"Guess someone is getting his feathers plucked tonight."
Issei took the girl into his hands
"Why?"
"Why did you have to die?"
"You were a kind girl that'd cure anyone who was injured,even devils!"
"HEY,GOD,I know you are there!"
"Don't take her!"
"Please i beg of you!"
Nick then silently faced behind them as he felt they were being watched.
"She didn't do anything!"
"She just wanted some friends!"
"Won't you listen because i'm a demon!?"
"Does her life mean nothing because she became friends with a devil!?"
"Please,God!"
"A devil,repenting in a church?"
Nick turned to face the source of the voice.
"That is one nasty joke."
"Says the fallen angel."
"Reynalle!"
Nick got infront of Issei who was holding the dead girl.
"If you are here then Kazuhira can't be far."
"Ohh,what are you planning on getting payback."
"Ha,payback such a nasty word."
Nick grew a pair of his forelegs.
"It may be payback,it will depend on what she-well shit."
Nick spotted Kazuhira.
"Hello Kaz."
"Nick!?"
"But i thought i-"
"Well obviously you didn't do a good job." Youma said
"Where is Kiba and Koneko-chan?"
"Issei we got bigger concerns right now."
"Isn't this wonderful?" The Youma said as she placed her hand on a flesh wound on her left arm.
"It can heal everything."
"It's a wonderful ability for us fallen angels since we no longer have diven protection."
"This firmly secures my-" Nick lunged forward but Youma sidestepped away from his blades edge
"I am bored when people monologue about themselves."
"I agree with you." Issei said with a serious tone
Everyone attention turned towards him.
"Ohh,are you getting fired up because i killed her for my goals." Youma said as she grinned
"She never descriminated between fallen and demons!"
"This is the fate of the chosen ones:"
"those endowed with a Sacred gear."
"That is no destiny!"
"Issei i leave her to you."
"Kaz..."
"How about we take this OUTSIDE!"
Nick runned towards and pushed her against the wall breaking that wall in the process.
"Open field yeah i can work now."
Have at her Issei.
"Well we are alone,for some reason this reminds of our first encounter,only we weren't already deadset on killing each other."
"I had fun Nick."
"Well i did aswell,then i got spear to the heart."
The pair of forelegs Nick had grew then retracted in him.
Ah fuck me this ain't good.
Nick hadn't noticed but he was reaching his limit.
I ought to be more careful on how i fight.
"Nick please you don't have to get involve,stand aside and let me-"
"Maybe what i saw was my mind playing tricks."
"What?"
"Maybe the reason i thought you weren't like her was that i am not fully capable of controlling with my Sacred gear."
"What are you-"
"But it would also appear you are naive,you almost killed me and now you are saying that i have choice of not involving myself."
"Or do you have actual honest feelings that made you are blind to the fact that i am now a devil."
"I...
She sighed
"There is no reason to fight you."
"I surrender do you."
The serious tone in which she said those words suprised Nick
"Good...good."
"Nick-kun." Koneko said
"Koneko-chan,lucky for me for you to have joined us."
Nick collapsed on his knees.
"Not sure for how long i was going to hold."
Nick then looked at Kazuhira.
"This your cue you know." Nick then gestured his shoulder
"You sure you can trust her Nick?" Koneko asked him
Nick looked at Kaz then back to Koneko.
"I think there is saying about second chances,however it escapes my mind at the moment."
"Decision remains."
Kazuhira then moved close to him,folding her black angel wings.
"Thank you for trusting me even after i almost killed you."
"I'm getting some nasty deja vu right now."
"Now answer me this."
"Why did you surrender so easily?"
She took his hand and put over her shoulder to support him.
"That answers your question?"
"Oh my,it seems you made some friends Nick." Akeno said
"Ah,Akeno,i see you got the...scabbard...gotta learn to keep that on me."
Then a sound of glass breaking was sounded from the church.
Koneko headed that way.
"We should be going aswell."
Small time skip.
Reynalle laid beaten in front of everybody.
"So you are the girl from the Gremory family and you are that bastard from the Drakos family!"
"Why does everybody bring that up."
"I mean come on,does it really matter,or even better you think i care."
"Oh that reminds me,we took care of your friends."
"You know,those who came visiting." Rias said as she let three feathers fall in front of Reynalle
"And it would seem you have to pick your friends carefully aswell."
"You see Kazuhira-san would have fought with Nick-kun over here if she was truly assisting you."
"What!?"
"You really thought me a fool?" Kazuhira said
"So because you fell for that little devil you betray me."
"I wouldn't call him little,Drakos have a talent to go beyond expectations."
"Besides,you think Azazel-sama would trust someone like you with such power?"
"You little-"
"Ohhhhh,i just got a reminder of why we came here in the first place..." Nick said
"Asia..." Issei whispered to himself
"So...Youma-chan,with which one do i start?"
Nick started approaching her .
He used his cane as he was limping.
"Eh?"
"You might have heard what i said before,about someones feathers getting plucked,so heres my dilemma,the left or the right,both seem equally appealing."
"Oh my,it would appear Nicks sadistical side came to join us."
"Issei-kun!" A girly voice that was known to Issei was heard from Reynalle
"Help me!"
"I know said and done mean things,but i had no choice!
"It was my duty as a fallen angel!"
"Youma-chan?"
Nick turned to face Issei.
"Look,i still have-"
"Shut up..."
"Eh?"
Nicks eyes were shining like before and his hands were emiting a dark aura.
"I was honestly having thoughts of letting you leave alive."
"Now however,after seeing you trying to seduce my friend who has already suffered at your hands..."
"Hoho,how much i want to split you open much like i did with that other fallen prick."
Nick unsheathed Alaric.
"I'm making Azazel a favor by killing you."
"Nick-kun wait,it is not your choice."
Nick looked at his King giving him a direct order.
He sheathed Alaric,however refused to calm down.
He then looked at Issei.
"Please save me Issei-kun!"
"You are so..."
"Nick,please."
"Hm,how about an experiment."
Nick held his hand up.
The aura around his hands formed a ball of purple flames.
"Let us see..."
"Nonono,please!"
"Thank you for that voice of yours."
He threw the ball at her for it explode into equally purple flames mid-air.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Reynalle screamed as she was bathed in Nicks flames.
"Not even ashes left." Nick said
"What was that Nick?" Rias asked
"Pure anger i suppose,i calmed down surprisingly quick." He answered
Issei was standing over the dead girl.
"So she is Asia i suppose."
"Yes,you would love to meet her,she just wanted friends."
"She can still have them." Rias said
"What do you mean?" Issei questioned
Nick facepalmed.
"Of course and i was getting all fired up for not being able to save a girl."
"What is going on?" Issei asked
"Simple,i will make a servant of mine."
"You can do that!?"
"For someone aspiring to become the Har-" Nick coughed
"For someone with your goal in mind,you surely didn't do your homework Issei."
Meanwhile
Classified underground facility
"It would appear that the fallen angel has failed Sir,she is dead."
"Doesn't matter,that Sacred gear would just increase the likelihood of subjects surving the experiments."
"Should i report this to the director?"
"The director doesn't care so long we get results."
"Sir,test subjects 0 and 8 are ready to commence tests." A third man said
"Good,make sure subject 0 is in proper stasis this time."
"Yes sir."
Same facility,topside
An armed group of men was about to storm the front entrance of a mountain facility.
"This is Delta squad in position."
"This is Agent Omega,the camera system is down and manual alerts disabled."
"This is Alpha squad,we got you covered till you enter underground,after that you are on your own lads."
"This HQ,continue the oparation and remember the alerts are disabled their camera feed is dead and you may go loud."
"Roger."
The plot thickens.
Huehuehuehue.