( ) = Miraak telepathic speech
[ ] = Alex telepathic speech
{ } = Ddraig normal/telepathic speech
Chapter Ten: Welcome to the Supernatural
Issei remained quiet as the woman known as Kalawarner lead him through an empty hallway, though he was sure to distance himself by a few feet just for good measure. As strikingly beautiful as this woman was he knew she wasn't human. And as such he kept himself ready while watching the back of her head with a narrowed gaze. If she so much as twitched in a way he didn't like he would slice her in half without a moment's notice. Part of him almost wished she would try something just so he could vent out some of his pent up agitation, but then again, he also had no idea where the hell he was and judging by the number of nearby signatures he could detect, this place was more heavily guarded than it let on. And the fact that that one guy he met earlier had a power level that was about ten times stronger than the rest of the people here made him a little nervous.
What was his name again? Azazel?
"You know, you don't have to be so tense." Issei's eyes suddenly went back to Kalawarner, who was glancing at him from over her shoulder. "After seeing what you did a few days ago, almost everyone here is too scared to go near you."
Issei kept his eyes narrowed on her while shoving his hands into his pockets. "While I'd like to believe that, you'll have to forgive me when I say I don't trust you. I've been through a lot of shit recently and I'm not really in the mood to be fucked with right now."
Kalawarner narrowed her own eyes a bit before she faced forward. "No need to get all pissy with me Mr. Sourpuss. Just thought I'd let you know that we're not like the ones you slaughtered earlier."
I'll believe it when I see it he thought as he continued to walk alongside the dark haired woman.
The duo soon came up to a set of double doors that Kalawarner pushed open a second later with Issei following close behind. They were now in a large room with dim lighting along with a large wooden table surrounded by at least ten chairs. Issei was immediately able to locate the dark clothed figure of Azazel sitting at the head of the table with his arms crossed along with three other people he didn't know that were sitting on his left side. The first person, who was sitting the farthest away from Azazel, was a tall middle-aged man in a dark trench coat and black fedora along with having long black sideburns and small goatee. The other two people, however, made Issei rub his eyes and do a double take to make sure he wasn't hallucinating. The second person sitting next to the goateed man was a very attractive woman with long black hair that reached down to her back and dark violet eyes. Her outfit though, consisted of an all-leather BDSM suit that left about 95% of her body completely exposed. Most of the straps she wore barely did anything to cover up her more sensitive spots, especially around her large shapely chest. She also wore gloves that went all the way up to her shoulders with small chains dangling from the sides along with knee-high leather boots. The last person he saw was what surprised him the most even from the woman before. It was kid of all people who looked no older than fifteen. She had bright blonde hair that was tied up into two short ponytails on the sides of her head by a large black bow. Her outfit was a Gothic Lolita attire, which consisted of a black Lolita dress with white frills, a large black bow on the front, white thigh-high socks, and black shoes.
Just as soon as he entered, Issei suddenly found three new pairs of eyes on him. Each of them withholding their own expressions. The man with the hat with his eyebrow raised gave him a mixed look that was between suspicion and curiosity, the woman in the middle stared at him with caution and a little bit of fear, and the young girl to her right stared at him as if he were some sort of alien, eyes wide with nothing but curiosity and intrigue. Azazel, however, simply kept his arms crossed and gave him a bored side glance.
"Good to see you didn't get lost," he said before motioning to the other chair on his right. "Please take a seat, Issei. We have a lot to discuss."
Issei contemplated whether or not to do so until he saw Kalawarner making her way over to the empty seat next to the hatted-man's left where she calmly sat down and crossed her legs before gazing back at him with her calm expression. Issei had to quickly look away to avoid staring at her well-shaped legs. Shaking off the quick blush that was about to crawl onto his face, he gave into Azazel's request and calmly took the offered seat. Though he was sure to remain vigilant incase anything were to happen.
It took a few minutes for the following awkward silence to wear off before Azazel spoke. "So I assume you'd like to know where you are and exactly why you're here."
Issei took one last look around the dark room and to the other people sitting nearby before looking back at Azazel with slightly narrowed eyes.
"It would be nice," he calmly replied.
Azazel gave him an amused smirk and nodded before motioning to the other people beside him. "Before that I believe introductions are in order. You've already had the pleasure of meeting Kalawarner," he motioned over to the busty brunette sitting at the end of the table who gave him a calm nod of acknowledgement. "And the scruffy man sitting next to her is Dohnaseek," said man only scowled in response, obviously not amused with being called scruffy. "The young lady next to him in the dominatrix getup is Raynare," the woman known as Raynare blushed at the way she was addressed but gave Issei a polite nod. "And the blonde brat next to her is Mittelt." Azazel grimaced slightly as the girl delivered a hard kick to his shin under the table before she waved at Issei with a large smile on her face along with a wink, which only prompted him to raise his eyebrow.
"As for your assumptions," Azazel grunted after rubbing his leg. "You are currently in what I would call my secret 'Base-of-Operations' so to speak. The location of said Base of Operations cannot be divulged, however, due to obvious reasons." He said while grinning, which caused Issei to give the man a blank stare while the others simply shook their heads and rolled their eyes. "As for your question of why you're hear, well that one is simple. We just thought it would be a good place to hide you while you recovered from you're little fight with Riser and his Devil buddies."
Issei's calm expression soon morphed into one of fury and hate at the mere mention of the Devils. The memory of the event was still fresh within his mind as he recalled what had happened. The thought of the Devils, no dead men who not only wanted to harm him but his parents as well for nothing but personal amusement made him want to destroy everything around him.
"I understand that you're angry," Azazel said from beside him. His amused smile now gone from his face, replaced by a more serious look. "But there's no need for you to be any longer. As I've said before, you're in a completely secret location that not a single Devil knows about. You're safe here and among friends."
Issei shut his eyes and took a couple of deep breathes to try to vent out any of his negative emotions and murderous thoughts. He opened them back up but didn't look at Azazel or any of the other occupants in the room, almost out of shame.
"Sorry," was all he was able to say in a low voice.
Azazel's cheerful smile came back as quickly as it was gone before clamping a hand around Issei's shoulder, making him jump a little in surprise. "All is well and good my new friend. No need to be so down in the dumps. Though I can't say I blame you for getting mad at Sirzechs and the rest of his flock. That idiot always did have a way of making horrible decisions."
"Sirzechs?" Issei asked the man with a raised eyebrow.
"One of the four Devil Kings that rules over the entire Underworld." Raynare spoke up for the first time, her recent blush long gone from her angelic face. "He currently holds the title of Lucifer and is the first born son of the Gremory Clan, which is one of the most prominent and well-known families of the remaining 34 pillars. He also has a younger sister that attends the same high school you currently go to. I believe you know her as Rias Gremory." she explained after distastefully mentioning the Gremory Devil's name. Issei momentarily thought that he wasn't the only one who had a strong dislike for Devils.
But in all seriousness, yes. He did in fact know of the woman that Raynare had mentioned. She was known as one the "Two Great Ladies" of Kuoh Academy along with Akeno Himejima and was apparently the most popular girl in the entire school that transferred from somewhere in Northern Europe. Though Issei knew that it was a complete lie. He would also see her hang around in the old school building almost every day along with Akeno, the so-called "School Prince" Kiba Yuuto, and the school's mascot, Koneko Toujou. Apparently they used the school building to host all of their annual club meetings for the Occult Research Club, which was a club dedicated to studying any and all supernatural/magical phenomenon.
Oh, the irony.
Of course, Issei knew that none of them were normal so to speak. In fact, he had been getting a whole mess of weird vibes from them along with some other students until Ddraig had informed him that they were Devils. From then on he had opted to just staying out of their way and hoping that they would just leave him alone. Sadly that hope had come crashing down after the school's Prince had come running up to him and asked him about joining the Occult club.
He had already caught on to their little game and what they were secretly trying to do.
During his training and studying back when he was a kid, Miraak had taught him about the Three Factions of Earth and how each of their societies functioned. He had learned everything he needed to know about the Devils: what their governing system was, how they drew and manipulated destructive energy, their history, the names of all of their past kings as well as the names of all 72 pillars, and of course, how they created and maintained peerages. And honestly, the last subject was a complete joke to him. If Devils were allowed to have servants than why the hell would you base the peerage system off of chess pieces and only train them in the fighting arts of the individual piece that you give each servant? If you only trained each servant in one form of combat than you would easily be leaving them wide open to any number of attacks that could very easily cripple or outright kill them. A successful team needs to be trained in the same fighting style along with each individual having his or her own trump card.
Another thing Devils had that made Issei loathe them even more was their pride, which that bastard Riser had A LOT of in himself. Even after surviving a war that cost them not only all four of their kings but over half of their pure-blooded clans, they still believed that they were the top dogs. Issei had stop himself from laughing after Miraak had told him that. If they were as strong as they say they are then they wouldn't have had to rely on humans to regain their military power. It was all sad in Issei's opinion.
After all, it was that arrogance that got Riser killed in the first place.
He should have known that even a Phoenix can turn to ash.
"Let me guess," Issei said as he turned to Raynare. "Long red hair? Emerald green eyes?" he asked, with the later nodding in response.
"The very one."
Issei nodded back before leaning back and crossing his arms over his stomach. "I've seen her around the school from time to time. Just about every guy and girl worships the ground she walks on like she's some sort of freakin' goddess." He shrugged his shoulders in annoyance. "Honestly, I don't get what they even see in her. The way she always walks, talks and acts like a queen really pisses me off. It's like she knows she'll always get that attention no matter where she goes. Plus, she's not even that attractive. And the fact that she's a Devil, on top of being related to the bastard that allowed my parents and me to be kidnapped only makes me hate even more."
Raynare, along with the rest of the Fallen Angels in the room, stared wide eyed at Issei in silence. Their respect for the boy having gone up a whole new level after hearing him talk trash about the Lucifer King's younger sister.
"Now I have a question for all of you," Issei said, taking all of the Angels by surprise. "Just what are you? I know for a fact that none of you are human, yet you also don't have the auras of Devils. So what exactly are you?"
Azazel held his grin in place as he replied. "You're very perceptive for a kid, though you are correct. We're neither Devils nor Humans. All of us in this room, including yours truly, are Fallen Angels. And before you start making pointless judgements, no, we are nothing like the Devils. We may have fallen from God's grace but that doesn't mean we are entirely evil. In fact most of us fell due to simple things such as forbidden love, knowledge, envy, pride, and so on. We may seem like a bunch Devils but we're actually pretty cool once you get to know us!" he exclaimed without much enthusiasm, which only seemed to embarrass the other Angles further and earned him another kick in the shin from Mittelt.
"But now that we've told you about us," Azazel groaned as he rubbed his shin before once again putting on a serious face. "Maybe you can tell us about yourself. What exactly are you, Issei Hyoudou? You still appear to be human, yet the intense damage done to the Phenex mansion along with the dozens of dismembered Devil corpses we saw back in the Underworld say otherwise. What are you, and what exactly is your purpose here?"
The room remained silent as Issei contemplated over the answer to the Fallen Governor's question. The four angels beside Azazel waited anxiously for his response. Kalawarner, Dohnaseek, and Raynare unintentionally sat up straighter and kept their gazes on Issei while Mittelt leaned in on her elbows with her head in her hands and stared at him with wide and eager eyes. Azazel still kept his cool and calm façade with his arms crossed and politely waited for Issei to respond.
Issei ignored all of the intense stares he was getting and kept his head down while still thinking over the Fallen Angels question.
'What should I do?' he asked himself.
(You may tell them if you wish, Issei.) spoke Miraak for the first time, which made him jump in surprise and earning him raised eyebrows from the nearby angels. (They are indeed who they say they are. I have detected no lies from them the entire time. Though I must say that the less they know, the better it will be if less people know about your abilities. However the choice still remains solely on you. I will not doubt you in which ever decision you make.)
Issei mentally nodded in acknowledgment and sighed a little in relief before moving on. 'Alex?'
[It's up to you, kid. Even if you do tell them, they'll probably just think you're completely nuts. Hell, even I'm still having trouble coming to terms with all of this. Either way it's still your call.]
Issei nodded once again before moving on to his last tenant. 'Ddraig?'
The Welsh Dragon continued to remain silent, still not uttering a single sound. Issei was about to ask again before the dragon's deep voice lit throughout his mind.
{As I have said before, Issei, you and I are partners now. Whatever decisions you choose I will follow you until the end.}
For the first time in a while, a genuine smile came to Issei's lips. 'Thanks guys.'
Issei took a deep breathe before he looked back up at the surrounding angels, who were still staring at him and waiting anxiously for his explanation.
"Alright. It all started when I was born…"
Hyoudou Residence
A man with brushed light brown hair groaned from his bed as he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes, opening them to reveal the same shade of light brown. With a painful cringe he slowly sat up straight while massaging his temples. His head felt as if someone had repeatedly beat it with a hammer. A few minutes after the pain simmered down, he reached over to the nearby nightstand and retrieved a pair of thin-rimmed glasses before placing them over his eyes, making sure to blink a few times to readjust his vision.
'What the hell happened last night?' he thought to himself as he tried to recall the events from yesterday, only to find out that he couldn't remember for some reason. 'Damn, I can't remember anything. Did I get drunk again? But it's not even the weekend yet!' he mauled over all the possibilities but no matter how hard he tried he couldn't figure out a solution as to how he ended up in his bed. 'The last thing I can remember is Issei leaving for school. But after that my mind just goes blank.'
It was with this thought that Daisuke Hyoudou continued to think over further before he heard a softer groan coming from behind him. He looked over his shoulder and was surprised to see the equally light yet long brown hair of his wife Kazane, who was also in the bed alongside him and appeared to just be waking up as well. What was even stranger was the fact that she and him were still fully clothed in the clothes that they wore the previous day.
"Mmm, Daisuke?" Kazane muttered as she arose from her slumber and rubbed her eyes. She then took a quick glance around the room before setting her sights back on her husband, a confused expression now adorning her face. "When did we get into our bedroom?" she asked before looking down at herself and back to her husband. "And why are we still in our clothes? Did we- Oh my…" her aging face slowly turned a deep pink before hesitantly asking. "Honey…did we-"
"No. At least I don't think we did," he quickly cut her off, his own face turning a light shade of pink before he shook his head and looked back at his wife. "Kazane, how much do you remember from yesterday?"
Kazane placed her hand on her chin and looked up to the ceiling, mimicking a thinking pose while trying to recall what had happened the previous day. After a few moments of silence she turned back to Daisuke. "I only remember Issei coming downstairs for breakfast before heading off to school. Besides that I can't seem to remember anything else."
"That's about as much as I can remember too." he sighed before looking down in frustration. Another thought suddenly popped up in his head. "Speaking of Issei, where-"
A faint clicking sound through the walls made him stopped him into silence before it was followed by a small 'thud' that echoed throughout the house. It seemed to be coming from downstairs.
"W-What was that?" Kazane quietly asked as she nervously gripped her husband's arm. The latter only narrowed his eyes as he heard the faint sound of footsteps from below the bedroom floor.
"It sounds like someone came through the front door." he quickly got up off of the bed before making his way towards the bedroom door and quietly creaked it open to look down the nearby hallway. Seeing that the coast was clear, the slowly opened the door before tip-toeing towards the stairs, his wife quickly following close by while she gripped the back of his shirt in fear.
The two came up to the end of the second floor hall and peeked around the corner and down the stairs to see that the front door was closed and the entrance hallway clear, though they could clearly hear the sounds of rustling coming from the kitchen. With their hearts beating at fast pace, the couple slowly descended down to the main floor before making their way to the kitchen. Once they reached their destination they were surprised to see that nothing had been stolen or broken, though that surprise soon turned to shock when the couple soon spotted the figure of a teenage boy dressed in a black t-shirt and baggy black cargo shorts. Said teenage boy was currently seated at the nearby dinner table with his head burring in his arms. The couple could faintly hear the sounds of muffled snores coming from the teen who hadn't at all taken notice to the two adults standing just a few feet away.
It took Daisuke and Kazane a few moments of shocked silence before they regained their composure and uttered out a single word.
"Issei?"
Issei Hyoudou jolted awake at the sudden call of his name before he looked up and widened his eyes at the sight of his parents, who were equally shocked as he was as the three family members stared each other down.
Daisuke and Kazane continued to gawk as they stared at the teen in front of them. While they were sure that this was undoubtedly their son, they couldn't help but notice at how different he looked from when he had before. His hair was now a few shades darker than their own that it was now a deep dark brown instead of light, and his skin was noticeably paler. Not so pale that he was completely white but enough to make it look as though he hadn't gotten any sun in about a month. The most noticeable feature however, were his eyes. Instead of the usual greenish-purple color that he always had, his eyes were now a completely dark green. So green in fact that it looked like they were replaced with emeralds.
Before either of the parents could even blink they suddenly found themselves trapped in a hug by their son, with each of his arms wrapped around their necks and his chin resting on both their shoulders. The couple widened their eyes even further as they heard their sniffles coming from their son along with their shoulders becoming wet with tears.
"I-Issei?" Kazane's demeanor immediately transformed into motherly concern as she hugged her son's side while soothingly rubbing his back. "Sweetie, what's wrong?"
A few minutes of quiet sobbing passed before she only received a silent shake of her son's head in response. "Nothing mom," he muffled into her shoulder as he tightened his grip around her and his father. "I'm just glad that you guys are okay. I love you both so much."
Both parents glanced at each other in confusion, not really knowing what their son meant by his last statement. However that confusion quickly disappeared as they hugged their son back with their hearts filled with love and support for their one and only child.
"We love you too, son." Daisuke whispered as he leaned into Issei's left shoulder.
"That's right Issei," Kazane said with a smile as she kissed her son's cheek and leaned into his right shoulder. "We love you with all our hearts."
No more words were spoken as the small family of three continued to hug each other. All of their hearts swelling with love, warmth, and comfort as they were brought back together safe and sound.
And within the heart of that lone teenage boy, a promise was made. A promise where he would protect all of those that were precious to him no matter the cost. Even if it cost him his own life. Never again would he ever allow anything to happen to his loved ones.
And he would damn anyone who would try to cause them harm; Devil or not.
Abandoned Church, one week later
The cool night breeze blew through Issei's hair as he walked up the dirt path through deserted forest. With his hands stuffed in the pockets of his jacket he sighed in content as he stared up at the stars in the dark sky, the green of his eyes shining from the light of the full moon. It was on nights light these were he would always feel the most at peace. There was just something about the night sky that just made him want to live forever under its eternal gaze.
Space had always interested him. How he wished he could sometimes leave the planet Earth and just soar amongst the stars. Even when he was a young boy, he would always sneak out while his parents were sleeping so he could lay out on the grass and just stare up into the infinite void. Each and every one of the hundreds of stars he saw every night represented a new sun that would light up hundreds upon hundreds of different worlds. He could remember a time where he and his dad would sit out in the front lawn during the night and look through a telescope while sipping on a nice mug of hot chocolate that his mom made. He would watch as his dad would point out all of the different star constellations and planets within the Solar System. He chuckled as he remembered staring in awe at the massive forms of Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. He'd even managed to spot a few spirals of different Galaxies in the mix, including the famous Andromeda Galaxy.
That's what always amazed him. Within the infinite Universe were trillions of different kinds of Galaxies that each held millions upon billions of different kinds of worlds. How he wished he could leave Earth and explore each and every one of those different worlds. Who knows what one could find up there in the infinite black void known as Space?
Shaking himself from the thoughts of his wildest dreams, Issei decided to maul over more recent events. It had been exactly one week since he had returned home from Azazel's hideout and had discovered, to his immense relief, that his parents were uninjured and healthy and didn't seem to remember at all of what had transpired on that horrible day. Guess Azazel was telling the truth when he said their minds had been altered.
Another thing that transpired where the Devils at his school. Ever since he had returned he had noticed that both the Occult Research Club and Student Council were avoiding him like the plague, not that he cared. Whenever he came within twenty feet of the members from either group they would either quickly walk in the opposite direction or would either glare at him or glance at him in fear. He didn't have any trouble with the glares though, as he would just glare right back in full force while leaking a bit of killing intent which would quickly send them running. As for avoiding him; well he actually didn't have any problem with that since he didn't want to go near any of them as much as they didn't want to be near him.
One thing that was annoying though were the constant glares he would receive from the school's #1 super model, Rias Gremory. Every time he caught sight of her, whether it was in the halls, the cafeteria, or from the old school building, she would always send the most hateful glares she could muster straight at him and never stop until he was out of sight. The first couple of times weren't bad since all he did was glare right back before completely ignoring her. Though as the days progressed it became increasingly agitating for him. It seemed no matter how much he would glare back at her she just wouldn't get the damn clue. He even made the 'I'll slice your throat' motion with his thumb while glaring at her, which only resulted in her entire peerage glaring at him along with their 'Queen Bitch of the School'.
Thankfully the whole week wasn't an entire loss. Before leaving Azazel's hideout, Raynare had told him that she along with Dohnaseek, Mittelt, and Kalawarner were based in the old abandoned church in Kouh City and that he should stop by every now and then to inform them if the Devils gave him any trouble. Even though none of the Devils had bothered him at all except for the annoying-as-hell glares, he still visited the church every day after school for casual things such as playing cards or having casual conversations. Even though they were Fallen Angels the four were actually a pretty cool and laidback group once you got to know them. And every day he went he found himself liking them more and more; even enough to call them his friends.
He had also been able to connect more with each of the Angels separately and getting to know them on a more personal level. Dohnaseek had been an Angel of knowledge and battle tactics and would always strive to learn all different kinds of things about the world, the supernatural, and also different ways to outsmart the enemy during battle. Sadly the cause of his Fall was due to seeking forbidden knowledge that only Higher-Class Angels were allowed to know, one of which being the death of God. Due to this he was immediately chased out of Heaven and hunted down across the world for decades before being offered shelter from Azazel. Issei and Dohnaseek would often share a beer between each other while entertaining each other with all of the different knowledge they had learned during their lives.
Raynare, despite her vulgar outfit and the smug look she usually had, actually tuned out to be an easygoing person. She had originally been an Angel of Love, Joy, and Happiness who would answer the prayers of those who prayed to find and be loved. Ironically, she had Fallen because she had fallen in love with another Angel, which apparently isn't allowed between Angels, and also because she was a bit of a Sadist who enjoyed seeing her enemies flail in pain, especially Devils. Due to not only being rejected by her Heavenly Father but also by the one she loved, she had shut out and rejected all the feelings she had originally represented and swore to never allow anyone to hurt her again. That had all changed, however, after she joined the Grigori at Azazel's side. Even though she was still a Sadist and a little sour when it came to Love, she and Issei had still considered each other good friends. They would often converse about the best ways to killing a Devil and even described some of the most brutal ways to torture a Devil.
Mittelt had been the most rambunctious of the group. Unlike the others, she had immediately grown attached to Issei and would often make him wear some her bows and tiaras, which had been embarrassing to say the least due to the grown up Fallen Angels laughing and making fun of him. It even led Dohnaseek to calling him 'Princess' or 'Pretty Boy', which had resulted in Issei socking him in the gut. Even though the two got along pretty well, she still didn't tell him or any of the other Angels how she fell, to which Issei understood and decided to drop the topic seeing how much it made her uncomfortable. Still, Issei adored the little blonde Angel just as much as she adored him. So much in fact that she started calling him 'Onii-chan', not that he minded since he too saw her as a little sister.
But the one Angel he felt the most connected with was Kalawarner. Just as she was back in Azazel's hideout, she was always calm and polite and the two always had interesting things to talk about whenever they conversed. Whenever the other Angels were busy with their own tasks and duties, Kalawarner and Issei would always sit and talk until the sun went down, with neither of them getting bored the slightest bit, as the two actually enjoyed each other's company and the conversations they had. Issei would share and discuss the happier times of his childhood while Kalawarner would tell him her life as an Angel and what it was like. Apparently she was one of the Heavenly Angels of the most Divine Beauty where she was the most beautiful Angel to even rival the Seraph Gabriel, who is said to be the most Beautiful Woman in Heaven. Unfortunately, this was the cause of Kalawarner's Fall. It seemed that no matter how hard she tried, she could never reach the same level of beauty that Gabriel had and had grown extremely envious of her, despite being one of her late students during her training as an Angel. That envy had caused her to Fall from Grace and lead her to wear she is now, to which she surprised Issei by saying that she did regret becoming a Fallen Angel and that she has had a better life.
Though he was happy for her, Issei took Kalawarner completely by surprise by saying that she was beautiful just the way she is and that she shouldn't other tell her otherwise. Unable to come up with a proper response, Kalawarner had found herself blushing at his words while simply turning away while quietly muttering a simply 'Thank You'.
But even though he couldn't see it, Kalawarner had found herself genuinely smiling at his compliment while her heart swelled with an emotion completely unknown to her.
Issei let out a tied sigh as he came up to the church's aging white doors before banging on the entrance with his fist. A couple of minutes later the door opened, revealing the familiar tall and curvaceous figure of Kalawarner who was still dressed in her usual tight purple high-collar jacket along with her short skirt, revealing her pale, yet long shapely legs and extremely thick thighs. Her midnight blue hair was in the same style as it always was though it looked shinier than before. Issei also couldn't help but notice that a few more buttons on her jacket were undone more than usual, giving him an even better view of her large and luscious breasts, though he quickly looked away and fought hard to keep the rising blush off of his face.
Kalawarner didn't seem to notice his quick gaze at her chest and instead gave Issei a warm smile. "Hello Issei-kun, I'm glad that you made it. The other are waiting inside." She said before she led Issei in and directed him towards the other Angels, who were currently sitting waiting near the half-destroyed cross in the middle of the church.
"Onii-chan!" Mittelt yelled before she dashed forward and hugged Issei's legs.
Issei only chuckled and patted the blonde Angel's head. "Good to see you, Mittelt-chan. Miss me?"
"You bet!" she yelled before taking both of Issei's hands and anxiously dragging him towards the other Angels. Dohnaseek simply snickered in amusement while Raynare shook her head and rolled her eyes. Kalawarner only stood off to the side and switched back to her usual calm demeanor.
"Great to see you can join us, kid." Dohnaseek gave Issei a punch to the arm while he did the same. The two shared a short laugh before the former Angel's attitude turned serious. "Unfortunately we have a bit of a problem."
Issei's expression immediately turned serious as well as he let go of Mittelt's hands. "What's going on?"
Raynare chose this time to step in and continue. "A group a Devils have been spotted in the east part of the city. Three Mid-Class and four Low-Class. Our spies have informed us that they're carrying something valuable. Possibly a Sacred Gear. Lord Azazel has given us permission to intercept and extract the item before bringing back here for examination."
Issei's eyes narrowed dangerously at the mention of Devils. The black sun emblem on his left hand glowed for a brief second before both his arms rippled with black and green tendrils. A few seconds later, Issei's arms were replaced with multiple vines of black and green tendrils along with five razor-sharp foot-long claws on each hand. A look of murder that made Raynare and Kalawarner shiver in pleasure, Mittelt in slight fear, and Dohnaseek grin in satisfaction was frozen on Issei's face as he looked towards the male Angel.
"Where do we start?"
Authors Note: Hey guys, sorry I took so long to update. Things have been getting crazy with school and I've just haven't had the much motivation to write anything for a while and for that I apologize. I'll try to get the next chapter done as soon as I can but as I said before, school has been getting to me so it might take a while. Also I apologize for the lack of action in this chapter but there will definitely be some in the next. Other than that I hope you enjoy the chapter and I'll see you guys next time!