History's Strongest Devil Disciple Kenichi
I do not own HSDK or High School DXD
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A/N: Hello again to everyone reading my story, and thank you to the people that have left me reviews.
*Action*
"Dialogue"
'Inner thoughts'
{Phone/Communication Dialogue}
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Chapter Twenty-Five
Wings Of War Pt1
Sona was looking at a small book while walking up to the school with Tsubaki, Izumi, and Kenichi in tow.
"Morning!" A girl pleasantly says while walking by.
"Good morning." Tsubaki replies to the girl.
Kenichi gives her a wave and she continues on. Sona was pretty engrossed in the book that had a green cover and gold engraved designs on it, but it had no title.
All of a sudden, she closes the book. They all stop.
'What is this weird feeling in my stomach? I don't think it's from breakfast. It almost reminds me of the feeling I get around a fallen, but this is different."
Tsubaki looks over to the left. "Sona, look."
Sona and Kenichi look over to the left and see two girls in robes standing nearby. The robes are white with pale green stripes going down the front and one along the front of the hood. One girl has blue hair and the other is blond. The blue-haired girl has something attached to her back that is wrapped up.
Kenichi smacks his forehead. 'Couldn't she have wrapped that up a little better? I can clearly tell that is some kind of weird sword.'
"Holy sword." Sona mutters under her breath.
Both of the girls give Sona a hard stare.
'Did she just say holy sword? So, are these girls from the church?'
Izumi looks back and forth between everybody.
"Is this something I should be worried about?" Izumi asks with a slight sweat drop.
"Izumi, please go on ahead. The rest of us have urgent business to attend to."
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Between classes, Kenichi stops and stares out a window in the hallway. He looks down at the courtyard without really looking. His mind is filled with thoughts from the morning.
'This is all so crazy. Fallen angels and holy swords. So, there are 7 swords made from the great sword Excalibur. And the church has 3. They think that the fallen angels have 3.' He rubs his forehead with both of his hands. 'It's crazy how all these legends seem to be coming true. Those girls kind of made this sound like a small problem, but it has to be a big deal, right? I mean, we're talking about THE Excalibur. Is this why Amaris seemed so out of it? Is there going to be a war? Azazel didn't come off as the kind of guy that would want something like this though. Those girls were pretty rude, too.'
"Man, what the hell?" He mutters aloud and ruffles his hair.
Some of the students around him stop what they're doing and look at him like he's crazy. He smiles at everyone when he realizes that they noticed him. Then he gives a nervous laugh.
Momo pops up next to him and puts a reassuring hand on his shoulder. "Whatever is worrying you, just remember that Sona probably has 10x more on her mind. Try not to let it affect your school life right now."
"Thanks."
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After taking care of a few things after school, Kenichi meets up with Izumi.
"Sona already left with Tsubaki. So, we are kind of on our own." He tells her as they start walking off.
"Are you going to tell me about this morning?"
"When we get somewhere a little more private."
'Oh my God! This is like a dream come true. Just me and him. What kind of a private place is he talking about? Is this going to be like a date?'
Just as all of that is running through the bespectacled girl's head, her hopes, dreams, and her wild imagination all get shattered when her nose picks up a very familiar scent right behind her. She turns her head to see Shigure right behind her. She nearly cries.
"Oh, hey, Shigure. What's up?" He says to her.
"You . . . . busy?"
'Yes. Of course he is. He is with me. He is supposed to be busy with meeeee.' Izumi whines to herself.
"No, not really."
"Can we . . . train . . . . together? I . . . have something . . . for you, too."
Slight surprise comes to him.
'She has something for me? I wonder if it's another samurai helmet. Maybe I should just humor her a little. She has stuck with me all this time and I've really grown to like her.'
"Alright."
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At the warehouse.
Blackie takes Izumi to another room while Kenichi and Shigure get ready. Shigure stands in front of him and slightly fidgets.
"Is something wrong, Shigure?"
Instead of trying to explain anything, the weapons master pulls out an object from nowhere and holds it out to Kenichi across both of her hands. He initially freaks out and cover his face with both of his arms. He peaks through a gap he creates and sees her holding the object.
"Don't scare me like that, Shigure. You nearly gave me a heart attack. What is this?"
'I kind of already have an idea. I've seen her bring enough swords home to know that shape. But why is she acting so strange about it?'
"This is for you . . . Kenichi."
He reaches for it and grabs it. He instantly feels something from the sword. And then it goes away. 'What was that?'
He begins pulling off the purple cloth cover over the sword. It reveals a katana that is a little under 4ft. in length. The wrap on the hilt is a mixture of dark green and black. The hand guard is a gold ring that extends out with a 1" radius all around the blade. The butt of the hilt is also gold. A green scabbard with black accents covers the blade. As he pulls it off, the blade itself gives off a green hue.
"Is this really for me? I'm not sure I should accept this."
"It is an honor for me to give it to you. This has been passed down through my family. My father told me that this one was hundreds of years old."
"But it looks brand new."
She nods.
"You deserve it, and I know you will take care of it as much as it will take care of you. It is one of my father's strongest swords."
"I will treat it as if it was part of my own body."
"Good." She says while blushing. "Now I will teach you a very important technique."
"What is that?"
"How to hide it and other weapons."
After hearing her say that, he takes the sword and holds it behind his back while giving a shitty grin.
While staring at him, she begins producing weapon after weapon from nowhere and starts making a huge pile on the ground.
His eyes practically bulge out. "What the hell?" ' I knew she carried a lot of weapons, but I didn't realize she could carry that many. Maybe that's why she always seemed heavier that what she should have been whenever she sat on my back.'
"With this technique, you will always have a weapon on hand to defend yourself. We will start with your sword."
"Couldn't we start with something small like a dagger?"
"Too easy."
He sighs. 'Somehow, I knew she was going to say something like that.'
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Later.
After Shigure had left and explaining everything to Izumi, Kenichi sits contemplatively on a wooden crate.
"What's wrong, Kenichi." Asks Izumi.
"Master, I can tell you're in a contemplative mode."
He looks up at them. "I think that I should at least let Serafall know about this. Sona might not want me to. In fact, I know she wouldn't want me to do it. She knows how her sister is and she wouldn't want to involve her, but this seems really big to me. I am torn about everything. Could this start a war? Would telling Serafall and taking Son's feelings into this be the right thing? Or, would telling Serafall be the right thing?"
"I don't know if I could really make that decision easily."
"Master, do what your gut tells you to do. It is not my place to tell you what to do. I will follow you wherever you go."
"I know that I'm not as strong as you, but I will follow you, too, Kenichi."
"But, Izumi . . . . "
"Don't 'but' me. I'm trying hard to be by your side. You wouldn't sit idly by if things were reversed, would you?"
"She's got you there."
He pulls out his phone and starts to dial up Serafall.
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Kenichi's house.
Mototsugu comes back from taking a private call. He comes over to Saori in the kitchen while she puts some vegetables in a pot for dinner. Honoka is in her room doing some homework.
"Is something wrong, Honey?"
"Something big is happening in Kenichi's city. I might have a few late nights."
'Kenichi is going to give me a heart attack. I think that I have no choice but to go back. I've been out of it for a while now, but I am going to have to go back to the temple of Benzaiten.'
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The Sitri mansion.
Kenichi, Blackie and Izumi arrive back at the mansion. As they are let inside, Sona comes down the steps and greets them.
"Where have the two of you been. I have been worried. I was about to call you."
"Shigure surprised me with some training today."
"Very well. I am glad that you are safe. We have some things to discuss."
They (along with Tsubaki) all end up Kenichi's room. He sits on the edge of his bed, and Izumi sits on the corner of it.
'Man, this is so hard. I want to just lie in his bed. I can smell his scent coming from it. I really just want to roll in it. Focus, Izumi.' Izumi tells herself.
Sona and Tsubaki sit in chairs.
"I already had a meeting with everyone else. I am not going to ask you to do anything in particular, Kenichi. You are not part of my peerage and you are your own man."
'What the hell? Is she trying to elude to something?' He sighs. "What is it that you want me to do?"
"Those members of the church we talked to earlier. . ."
"Xenovia and Irina." He adds and Tsubaki nods.
". . . are going to meet with Rias tomorrow. I would never spy on Rias' peerage nor ask anyone of my peerage to do so either. I value the trust between Rias and I."
'She wants me to spy on them.'
"This is not a normal situation. I am sure that she is going to keep me informed on things anyways, but I wish to take caution. Not only do we have fallen, and members of the church in our city, but they have also encroached upon our school grounds while holding holy swords. This might be an interesting experience for you."
'If this goes south, then I don't really think that this would be all that great of an experience for me.'
"Shouldn't we involve your sister then?" He boldly adds.
Sona looks away.
Tsubaki raises her eyebrows from his suggestion.
"Perhaps Rias will contact her brother." Sona replies while trying to avert the subject.
"Don't avoid this by turning away and pawning it off." Kenichi tells her.
"I don't know what you're talking about, Kenichi." She says while shifting her glasses.
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A short while later, outside of the Sitri Mansion.
Kenichi sits on a bench in the yard. The metal bench was slightly cool because of the nightfall. He is sitting back and has his left arm draped across the back of the bench. He is looking up at the stars.
Blackie is keeping himself busy by catching lightning bugs.
'Damn this cat body of mine. Why the hell am I even doing this? I'm a grown cat.'
'What do I make of all this? This is pretty crazy. Of course, being a devil for a maou is pretty crazy, too. If only I had a book on this.' He chuckles to himself as he thinks of all the different books he does have, but none of them prepared him for this. 'I don't really have anything against any of these factions though. I mean, I don't have anything against the church unless they try to harm somebody. The same goes for the fallen. I know little bit of the past between everyone and the big war that happened.'
As he is musing to himself, a white wolf strolls across the moonlit grass and approaches Kenichi. Blackie stops for a moment and tenses up. He quickly sniffs the air and recognizes the scent coming from the wolf and notices the pink collar. 'Izumi.' He muses. He tries to resist his cat urge to growl at her.
She slowly climbs up onto the bench and rests her head on Kenichi's lap when she realizes he is in contemplation and too busy to notice her. He reactively begins petting her head.
'Ohhhhh. Hey, this is nice. I could get used to this.'
'I guess the main thing I am worried about is if those holy swords are being collected to be used in another war. If it's not Azazel, then who could it be?'
A hint of jealousy comes over Blackie as he realizes that Kenichi still hadn't realized what he was doing. He sits up a couple feet from Kenichi and looks up at him.
"Master." He says to get Kenichi's attention.
Kenichi comes out of his thoughts and looks at Blackie. Then, he realizes that his hand is on something furry. He looks over and sees the white wolf right next to him. "Gah!" He practically shouts and scoots to the other end of the bench.
She sits up and looks at him. "It's me, silly."
"I-I-Izumi?"
She nods. "You looked so deep in thought that I didn't want to disturb you."
"You got control over your changing ability?"
"Yes. Well, mostly. It's still a little hard. But I am getting better at controlling it more and more."
"That's great to see."
"Thanks." She says cheerfully. "Are you okay?"
"I think so. There has just been a lot to take in. So many questions. Plus, I am trying to figure out my role in all of this. I know I don't feel it, but I am technically at the same level as Rias and Sona because I am part of Serafall's peerage. I know that I was only sent here to protect Sona, but I feel like a lot of things are my responsibility now."
A small hint of jealousy comes over her when she hears Sona's name, but she tries to look past it.
"I'm pretty confused about everything myself. I still feel like I am in a dream. I guess I don't have as much to worry about as you. I am kind of reminded of that whole Spiderman thing."
"What is that?"
"With great power, comes great responsibility."
He sighs. "Oh, that."
"But I know everything is going to be okay."
"How do you know that, Izumi?"
"I trust you, Kenichi. You are far braver and stronger than I ever will be. I also know that you will make the right choices. I have faith in you. Everything goes right around you."
Kenichi stares at her and she begins to blush from his stare. Blackie interrupts this moment.
"For a girl that's a little bit of a nerdy ditz, that was probably the greatest things I have heard you say."
"I don't know whether to be happy or annoyed."
"I guess take it as a compliment." Blackie replies.
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The following day, after school.
Kenichi, from a distance, tracked the meeting between Rias, her peerage, and the members from the church, to a particularly secluded spot surrounded by trees near the school. All activities were over. Kenichi is currently standing on a hill from a pretty far distance. He is using his enhanced vision to focus on the group. There is a couple of trees around him and he is leaning against one.
Izumi comes walking up the hill in her human form and wearing the school uniform.
"Izumi, what are you doing here?"
"I tracked you here. I can smell you, you know. I knew that you hadn't left. So, I figured I would see what you are up to. Why are you wearing a brown trench coat? What are you up?"
"I am doing a little bit of surveillance. I wore this because it is what I read in one of my books."
"I know that you love your how-to books, but that one might have been a dud."
He frowns. "Am I that obvious?"
She nods.
"At least I didn't wear it while class was in session." He says to help rectify his situation.
"So, what are you doing?"
"Can you keep it a secret? If you tell anyone I'll have to kill you."
She takes a gulp. "That's pretty harsh."
"I always wanted to say that though. Well, whatever. I am watching Rias' group with the members of the church. I can see them, but my hearing isn't good enough to fully hear what they're saying."
Izumi takes off her glasses and looks where Kenichi is looking, she also focuses her ears.
"I can understand. I am a wolf after all. Want me to help you?"
"That would be great."
'Wow. This is like a dream. I get to work with Kenichi. Maybe this could be my chance. Must focus. Surveillance first.'
She sits there and watches what goes on and repeats what they say to him.
Izumi gives him play by action as Irinia, and Xenovia (The members from the church) get into a mock battle between Issei and Kiba from Rias' peerage. They find out that Kiba has the sacred gear 'Sword Birth. They also find out that he was part of a holy sword project where many of his friends died. He carried revenge in his heart for his friends and that is what drives him.
They find out that issei has a spell called 'Dress break' that destroys a person's clothes in an instant by a simple touch and a snap of a finger. He tried to use this ability on Irina (whom also turns out to be a long time friend of Issei's) but accidently got Koneko and Asia with it instead. Koneko got mad and punched him into the air. Irina tells him that he had received divine punishment for his sin by that.
Issei also gets a small scratch across his stomach from Irina's holy sword and he collapses from it.
Kiba looses to Xenovia's Holy sword after becoming too enraged she uses his reduced speed from using a large demon sword that he created from his sacred gear against him.
Neither Issei, nor Kiba were given a final blow to kill them, as promised.
After that, they find out that the fallen angel that is behind everything is of the leader class and goes by the name of Kokabial. He was a survivor of the war. He also enlisted the help of a stray priest by the name of Freed Sellzen. He has already killed a priest sent by the church to investigate ahead of Irinia and Xenovia. He was wielding holy swords.
"Okay. First off, Issei is a huge pervert. I knew he was, but I can't believe he would go to that kind of level. That is the really creepy level. That Fallen is leader class. This is bad."
He sits there a moment and sighs.
Izumi, despite the situation, looks at his arm wantingly. 'Should I, or shouldn't I? Should I, or shouldn't I?'
While she contemplates this and nearly settles on a decision, A rustle is heard. Kenichi looks up and Shigure's head pops out upside down from the tree. Izumi yelps.
"Hello . . . Kenichi."
His eyes bulge out and he nearly freaks out in surprise.
Izumi then pouts from her interruption.
"Shigure? What the hell are you doing? Are you trying to give me a heart attack?"
"I . . . . followed you. We have things to discuss about that battle."
'Speaking of creepy.' Kenichi muses to himself.
"What do you mean?"
"We need to train you more to defend against attacks by weapons like those. It affected Issei greatly. I do not know if that sword can defend against that kind of weaponry or not. I took it as a joke, but I WAS told that that weapon could defend even against the weapons of the gods though. Irina's swordsmanship is poor, but Xenovia's was okay. You would probably lose to her yourself at your current level. Much more training is needed."
Kenichi closes his eyes and starts to cry.
"Issei is a pervert. He reminds me of . . . Kensei Ma."
"I really hope he doesn't follow that path, but I feel like that's too late."
"Kensei seemed like a really nice guy when I met him. Maybe a little creepy."
He touches Izumi's shoulder. "You haven't really gotten to know him like I have."
"I would never let Issei defile me like that. I like his ability in some ways. It is very effective at stopping girls in their tracks."
"Using it for lechery is gross." Izumi adds.
"Hopefully Kensei never learns that trick." Kenichi adds while putting a hand to his face.
"I don't understand why he felt the need to use magic. I do it with a spoon." While saying this. She pulls out a small wooden spoon.
Izumi covers over her breasts and crotch with her hands defensively and looks worryingly at the spoon.
'Outside of Issei's perverted-ness. I learned a lot, but I also think that I just got a lot more worried. Why didn't the church send more help if they're going against a leader class Fallen angel that has acquired 3 shards of Excalibur? What is their plan?'
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A/N: Thank you for reading chapter 25 of my fanfiction.
I know that I really only hashed over the battle that Kenichi, Izumi, and Shigure watched. I probably didn't do it very good justice. If you wish to see it, it is at the beginning of episode 3 of season 2.
My 'Monster Musume: Smith Loves His Coffee' story is at chapter 4 (Sequel to Drago's Quest)
My 'Wandering Familiar' story is at chapter 15
My 'Teknoman And A Succubus' story is at chapter 9
My 'Kenichi: Not Just Her Disciple' story is at chapter 11 – And Complete
My 'Monster Musume: Drago's Quest' story is at chapter 4 – And Complete
My 'Familiar Of Zero: Saving Grace' story is at Chapter 79 – And Complete