S.R: Okay now remember we aren't here to map out my mind. That would take forever, and probably lead places you don't want to go. We are only here to write down what we learn for this story.
Issei: Got it boss!
S.R: Good. Now let's get going.
The devils and their companion made their way to the abandoned church the fallen-angels were using as a base. Sneaking in quietly they waited for the disruption Sona's three peerage members were causing to pull as many as possible away from where they were supposed to be.
Zoephiel found Kalawarner and the two charged each other putting on a show for the other fallen-angel in the room. Not long into the battle they faked having the two were able to break off, dealing with a few exorcists that were too close the two split off from the main group. Unfortnately Dohnaseek, the one blackmailing Kalawarner saw through their ruse, toying with his own opponent while the two fought.
Once they were gone, Dohnaseek created a bright light to distract Sona. Being temporarily blinded Sona didn't see the man take off after her fallen-angel allies. Shrugging his disappearance off, as they could search for him after the group had been defeated she joined her peerage members in dealing with the stray exorcist.
"Why does it seem like the only thing they have going for them is numbers?"
"Well we were trained by some of the best."
"They're trusting us to step up and eventually reach their level. Of course small fries like this won't matter much."
"If you've got time to talk, you've got time to be a lot more of these guys down" Sona scolded the three as she generated a small wave of water to sweep through the room knocking almost all of the enemies to the ground.
"Alright. Let's do this!" Taking advantage of the water Sona had called to the battlefield Shin sang the aria connected to lighting, and using the water to amplify it's shock began wreaking havoc against their enemies. Sighing Sona secretly thought the same thing as her peerage about their weak opponents.
Meanwhile Sona's queen Tsubaki was having a frustrating time. Mittelt having followed in Azazel's footsteps as a researcher of Sacred Gears was a tough opponent to pin down. Even using Mirror Alice to reflect multiple attacks in a cage like pattern around opponent and her own magic spells wasn't enough to pin down the fallen-angel. It was a game of cat and mouse, except the mouse was far faster and less scared of the cat.
Mittelt taunted Tsubaki the entire time as she twisted and flipped around the attacks being sent at her. Luckily for Tsubaki she was fast enough to prevent Raynare from getting close enough to use her light-spears as melee weapons. The battle was one of attrition and they both knew it. Either Tsubaki would run out of magic and Mittelt would be able to get in close and defeat her with melee, or Mittelt's stamina would fail her and she'd be killed by magic and or her own reflected attacks. Or at least their battle would have been if Issei and Koneko hadn't thrown Raynare into Mittelt's side, giving Tsubaki a clear shot to hit both of them with a reflected light-spear.
While Tsubaki struggled to hit her opponent Issei and Koneko dominated Raynare, both batting the girl around like she was a tennis ball between the two. Even though She had learned quickly the two were extreme powerhouse hitters it did nothing to save her, as they worked in unision, covering each others backs. If she went to attack one the other would block and hold her in place for the other to land a hit. If she dodged a punch or a kick from one the other was already there ready to attack forcing her to spend a good chunk of the time they spent fighting running from the two.
Of course she was pissed at herself for killing Issei once she saw he had the Boosted Gear, as he had the ability to focus what was being boosted, letting it be a normal boost, giving each of his stats a small jump or focusing it all into attack power or speed gaining a massive difference compared to normal. She pleaded with him to spare her, but Issei felt someone that would attack innocent people during an attempt for revenge was not worth letting live. Showcasing just how strong he had become with only three weeks of training, the boy was able to backhand Raynare's magic spells away, and even for a limited time hold back her light spears before being burned.
Because of his confidence in their strength Issei just boosted his speed, making it nearly impossible for Raynare to do anything against him, catching her unaware as he pinned her in place for Koneko to wail on. After an intense struggle she was able to free herself by using her wings to shrug Issei off. By this point she was panting heavily. Just looking at her appearance Issei and Koneko were sure they'd crushed several of the girls ribs, and at the very least broken several other bones. What they didn't know, but Raynare certainly felt was that one of the broken bones was a rib that had actually been snapped in half. Not only that but it had punctured her right lung, causing her to have trouble breathing. Naturally it was the pause she took attempting to breath which lead to her being thrown headfirst against Mittelt and getting cause up in the reflected light-spear.
Granted the light-spear wasn't going to fatally injure either one, but it would do enough damage to make Raynare even weaker. It also gave Tsubaki and edge she would gladly take advantage of.
Once the two fallen-angels had untangled themselves from each other the fighting resumed as Issei thrust his fist into Raynare's stomach the force launching her into a wall causing it to crack and spiderweb out around the girl, while Tsubaki weaved a net of magical spells around Mittelt slowly whittling her down. Eventually she caught the fallen-angel of guard with a spell piercing through the girls chest with a blast of wind Completely shredding one of her lungs and nicking her heart.
As Mittelt fell, Issei dealt the final blow to Raynare, driving his gauntlet through her stomach and out her back. By that point Raynare had long been unconscious, but it didn't matter to Issei, who was feeling justified in making sure she couldn't hurt anyone else. Heaving a sigh at the battle being over Issei and Koneko joined Tsubaki in walking towards Sona's waiting group.
The battles lasted around half an hour, but they were all an overwhelming success in their opinions as they searched for Dohnaseek. Eventually they found the man. He had defeated Kalawarner and Zoephiel both being on the ground behind him as he stood next to a crucifix. Unfortnately he had managed to start the ritual to remove Asia's Sacred Gear.
He applauded their attempt, saying it would be amusing to fight them after he gained the Sacred Gear that Asia held mentioning that he would be able to heal from any injury. Unfortnately the group had to let him finish the ritual as he had the power to create a rather impressive barrier that had to be dealt with. Normally Issei would have just powered through it but the way Dohnaseek had constructed his barrier, it would collapse the building on top of them if any one of them attempted to just shattered it with pure physical might.
As the ritual finished a pair of silver rings with a green glow surrounding them appeared from Asia's chest. Slipping one on each hand the Fallen angel turned around, laughing manically.
"You fools should have fled when you had the chance. Now with the Twilight Healing I am unkillable. With just a thought I can heal myself from any injury."
Lunging forward Dohnaseek generated a huge light-spear in each of his hands aiming to pierce right through Issei. But to his shock, both Zoephiel and Kalawarner had recovered from being knocked out. The two had jumped right in front of him letting his spear tear through themselves as they each grabbed the hand in front of them. Both of them knew they would die but they couldn't let Dohnaseek win. Pulling the man closer to the two of them, they smiled towards Issei.
"We'll hold him still. Take him down. Hard." Even though they were struggling to stand each of the girls held Dohnaseek with iron grips. Nodding at their words Issei used the Boosted Gear to increase the power behind the ice spell he was casting. Inside the magic circle for his spell a dragon made of solid ice began forming. Once it was fully formed it let out a tremendous roar before charging at Dohnaseek, biting into the man and tearing him apart. As he fell the girls holding him let go and collapsed on top of themselves. Even with their keen eyes the devils present couldn't detect a trace of breathing from the two.
Unnoticed to everyone during the attack Zoephiel and Kalawarner had managed to position Dohnaseek's hands so that the rings of Twilight Healing fell off before he was defeated. After Issei was sure that the man wouldn't be a problem any longer he released his command of the ice dragon he created, letting it collapse and shatter. Marching forward to the two fallen-angels he summoned the box that held his evil pieces. As he kneeled down he saw Twilight Healing on the floor beside the two, and noticed Kalawarner's sword.
Placing a one of his two knights on Kalawarner's chest and one bishop on Zoephiel's chest he was glad to see the glow that he had been told signified that the person could be revived with the piece from both of them. Starting with Kalawarner Issei began the chant.
"I command thee Kalawarner, on my name Issei Takumi Hyoudou Gremory, become my servant and once more return thy soul to this land and become a devil."
Issei was even more satisfied to see the piece sink into the girls chest as color started to return to her face and she started breathing again. Quickly turning to Zoephiel Issei repeated his chant replacing Kalawarner's name with Zoephiel's. Similarly to Kalawarner color returned to the girls face as her chest started to rise and fall to the rhythm of her breath once more.
Sighing in relief Issei pocketed Twilight Healing intending to ask what to do with it later, just as a magic circle appeared in the room. Stepping out of the magic circle was Sirzechs. Before he could congratulate the group Issei drew his attention to the two newly reincarnated devils.
"Well now that you've started to build your peerage up I plan to tell your adoptive parents that my 'bodyguards' insisted you get a few for when you take over my company. Which is true, I have several companies in the human world that I am the CEO of and will be passing on to you once you're old enough. But that's besides the point. If they accept it I was going to offer to rebuild your house making it more suitable for a peerage."
"That is fine I guess. But what about while that's going on?"
"Well given how badly damaged they look I'd say we can pull it off before they wake up in a couple days. But of course It'll require magic."
"Maybe we can convince them to take a vacation for around the time it would take to do it manually. I wonder if they'd be okay with that if I said you could stay with me" Sona spoke up trying to help create a cover story to hide the supernatural from his human parents.
"I was meaning where they would stay while unconscious."
"Oh. Well if you'd like I can have on of the Gremory maids stay with them in a vacation home I have on the edge of town?"
"That would work… Also I picked this up but don't know what to do with it." Issei spoke revealing the rings of Twilight Healing to his father. After hearing what they were the man told his son to keep them and see if his new bishop could use the Sacred Gear. Nodding at the advice Issei slipped them back into his pocket.
Now that the big questions had been dealt with Issei decided to bury Asia's body. With Shin and Sirzechs help Issei got her body down and carried her to the cemetery just down the road from the church. Walking to the very back of the lot which was lined with trees, Issei found a dead tree with a couple limbs that had fallen. With a little bit of magic he fashioned a grave marker for the girl. Quietly and solemnly Issei started to dig a hole as Shin held Asia's body while the girls watched on. After they had deemed the grave sufficiently deep Issei and Shin laid the girl in the grave.
Sirzechs who was still watching over the group stepped forward murmuring a spell under his breath. Once he finished a red magic circle encompassed the whole for a moment before fading out of existence.
"Since neither of you wanted to revive the nun, which was probably a wise idea I placed a seal on her grave. No one can disturb her body in any way now. Not even if it was a devil depraved enough to dig up a body to reincarnate as a peerage member."
Nodding in thanks Issei mutely carved Asia Argento onto the grave marker he made while Shin refilled the grave. At that point everyone held a moment of silence for the death they were unable to prevent.
A few days later
Sirzechs and Sona's plans for remodeling Issei's current home went off without a hitch. Because of how grandiose Sirzechs and his team were planning the remodeled home to be, while Issei and Koneko were at school their rooms were the first ones to be redone. After just the first day Issei's room, Koneko's room, his human parents room, the kitchen, original two bathrooms, and living room were all expanded and upgraded.
On the second day several lower floors were added. The first of which was a home movie theater that came fully equipped with a snack bar. The next floor down had an indoor spring. The third floor was home to a training room for Issei and his peerage to continue training in.
With the third day done another seven bedrooms were added to the building, before having everything rearranged so that Issei's Room, Koneko's room, and his adoptive parents room were on the fourth floor which was the top floor each of the three rooms having their own private bathroom. The two floors below held four bedrooms each for now only housing a bed and wardrobe since they were currently empty. Floors two and three also had two bathrooms each.
On the fourth and final day of remodeling, a private library, study, and second lounge space were added to the first floor. The fourth day was also the day Zoephiel and Kalawarner woke up. Luckily Issei had been checking up on them when they started to awaken.
"Wait… didn't I die?"
"I thought we did."
"I felt bad that you had to sacrifice yourselves. I mean sure you guaranteed that I was able to defeat Dohnaseek and rather quickly I'll add but… we probably could have overwhelmed him after a while. Sure it wouldn't have been fast but he would run out of stamina eventually."
"So because you felt it was stupid of us to risk ourselves like that for an easy win you revived us."
"That's one way to put it. But if you two don't want to stay that's fine."
"Who said anything about leaving? I owe you one now, and I intend to stick around till I've repaid the favor. I mean sure I have to give Azazel my report on the incident but I can use magic to ask him to meet me somewhere so I can explain."
"Even though I was blackmailed into coming to this town I do like the place and want to stick around. It wouldn't hurt to stick with you."
"There's no need to call me. Shortly after the battle concluded I was approached by Sirzechs, and he explained what happened. I know now that you two are devils I don't have the right to order you around but… My last order to you is to do what you want."Azazel spoke, as he walked into the room, Sirzechs standing right behind him giving a pleased smile to his son for his words.
"Alright then. I suppose I should tell you what pieces I used to revive the two of you. Kalawarner, I used one of my knights on you since I saw your sword. As for you Zoephiel I used a bishop piece."
"If I recall correctly the knight piece is supposed to be for fighters that are more speed and skill based. That's right up my alley."
"Bishops are supposed to be magic specialists right? Good, I was one of the more talented magicians in the lower ranks of the Grigori. I actually have more talent with defensive stuff like barriers and strength buffs."
"Oh that reminds me. I don't know if you two were still awake at that point but you made Dohnaseek drop Twilight Healing. I was wondering if you wanted to see if it would accept you."
"I've always liked being supportive and healing is the best support you can give. Sure, lets see if it thinks I'm a suitable host."
Issei pulled the two rings out of his pocket and handed them over to Zoephiel who placed them on her fingers with a smile. After a moment she reached out to Kalawarner intending to attempt to heal the small injures she still had from being defeated by Dohnaseek. After a second Zoephiel's hands were coated in a warming green glow and Kalawarner was feeling much better.
"I'm glad to see you two make a good friend… Well I've got to get back to searching for Kokabiel. I can't make peace with any faction until he's been brought down and honestly speaking, I'm worried about what he's planning. No one has seen or heard from him in two months."
After that Azazel left using his own magic circle to get away. Sirzechs who was still standing in the doorway just looked at his son for a moment with a soft smile before speaking. After he said what he wanted Sirzechs copied his fellow faction leader and teleported away with his magic circle.
"Azazel is right, it is good to see you becoming friends. After all a good friend is the best ally you can ask for in any situation." After that Issei asked the two if they'd prefer to stay in with him in his newly remodeled home of if they'd like to get their own place. Neither one really wanted to stray too far from their new friend so they said they'd stay in his house which after exploring they declared was more of a manor than a house.
Once they had settled in, choosing to bunk together in the same room Issei gave them a basic rundown of his days, as both of the former fallen-angels were old enough to have graduated high school he said they had the freedom to attend college if they wanted, or they could get a part time job to earn money to redecorate their room as they wanted it. They could basically do whatever they wanted, though he did say that Kuoh was a very supernatural city so the did need to be careful.
After thinking it over they decided that the two of them would spend 6 hours a day working a part time job to buy whatever they wanted. At that point Sona had come by to introduce herself to Kalawarner.
"Oh miss Sitri, its nice to see you again"
"You are part of my fiancee's peerage and we are probably going to end up as good friends, so please just call me Sona."
"Wait you two are engaged?"
"long story short my parents and I had a contract that the first person who could beat me in chess would become my fiancee."
"And you're okay with that? No offense Issei, I just don't know you that well yet."
"I made my parents agree to the contract years ago so I'm fine with that part. I'm more than happy that Issei is my fiancee though. Even without the marriage contract I would have said yes to him."
"In that case I am happy for you two."
"Yes congrats you two."
"besides introducing myself to Kalawarner, I needed to tell you something Ise. Normally you'd have to schedule it but as your fiancee I was able to do it for you. During the full moon next week you and your peerage will be allowed to enter the familiar forest and claim your own familiars. Though It's possible that you guys could find multiple familiars."
"Thank you for telling me. Also if you wouldn't mind I'd like you to join us then. I still haven't learned all the ins and outs of being a peerage king so I'd like someone that could save me from making a mistake to be close just in case."
"Sure, I was wondering what kind of familiar you'd find so helping you discover one sounds fun."
S.R: There. I made you an OC are you happy now my dear sister in-law? For the other viewers Zoephiel was made because my sister in-law asked me to make an OC for her in this story. So because she reminds me of Azazel I made her a fallen-angel.
