Chapter 26 Diodora's Dark Truth
I don't own DxD; I just use its characters and techniques. All credit goes to its creator. Same applies for anything that I used from other animes
(Lucifer Apartment)
As the sun shone on the apartment of Valerie Lucifer, a familiar smacking sound was heard coming from the bedroom. "I'm cumming Issei!" Valerie Lucifer cried out as Issei hammered her from behind. Her rear was practically red from the pairs romp that started six hours ago, and her bedsheets were practically white now due to the amount of semen that already came from her partner's body.
"Here we go!" Issei roared spraying his seed into Valerie's pussy once again. but considering how many times he had enjoyed the Lucifer heiress's body the night before it was a small burst. As Issei pulled out of Valerie his cock was practically surrounded in jizz and it finally went limp to his relief.
"I hope that's enough." Valerie huffed.
"Yeah. I finally used up all my juice. I'm guessing neither of us expected to be going for this long" Issei smirked.
Valerie leaned up to kiss Issei one more time. "Hey, we were both pretty pissed. The only reason Diodora's alive right now is because we took out all our frustration on each other. Shame we gotta go to class now." Valerie smiled. Her body was sore as hell after their marathon encounter and honestly if Issei hadn't sterilized himself she was certain she'd be pregnant even with a devil's notorious inability to have children. What they learned was that revolting.
(Flashback)
"So far this is going pretty well for your newest girlfriend." Valerie smirked as she and Issei watched the battle with Diodora. The battle was very even so far and now Seekvaira was confronting Diodora at last.
"She's not my newest girlfriend. I told you that we were just watching Gundam together." Issei reminded her.
Valerie looked at Issei skeptically, "The real you and not a clone, has been watching Gundam with her for five days in a row. If you're not sleeping with her at this point that means something is wrong with her or something is wrong with you." Valerie deadpanned.
Issei wanted badly to counter it but admittedly he had none. "I have my reasons Valerie." Issei said grumpily since it really spoke to the type of person he was.
"Whatever you say" Valerie smiled as they began watching the battle. Diodora was decent in magic and Seekvaira was also which led to an even battle once again. It really could be anybody's battle
"Are you ready Seekvaira, I'm going to finish you off right now." Diodora said smugly before casting a magic circle. However, it wasn't the Astaroth symbol that appeared. but a purple one with a snake eating its own tail that mimicked an infinity symbol.
"THAT'S!" Ddraig and Albion both spoke up catching the group off guard.
"What's the matter Ddraig. Do you recognize that purple symbol?" Issei said nervously.
"Yes I do. It's the symbol of Ophis the Dragon of Infinity." Ddraig explained.
"What!" Valerie said in shock. Azazel used to tell her stories about Ophis to motivate her. She may have the appearance of the little girl but Ophis was the second strongest dragon in the world.
"I guess we got our confirmation Diodora's in the Brigade." Issei frowned.
"Yeah. Zaz did say you'd need somebody special to control Kokabiel and Ophis would do it. According to Zaz, her snakes boost power which would make her perfect as the leader of a group of bad guys with ambition" Valerie said with a sour expression on her face. Sure enough Diodora's power spiked and Seekvaira fell in short order.
"Shame for Seekvaira but now comes the fun part" Issei smiled causing an odd expression to come on the faces of the others in the room.
"Fun part" Bikou wondered and an ominous silence filled the room.
"After the first day of our Gundam marathon, Seekvaira asked me if she thought there was a chance Diodora would do something to her during their upcoming match and it unintentionally sparked something." Issei said with an even more ominous smile.
"I don't want to know do I." Valerie said rhetorically.
"Actually, you do since it doesn't actually involve sex." Issei chuckled.
"Continue" Valerie frowned. Issei was scary smart and if he was onto something that spelled trouble for whoever he was focused on.
"It occurred to me that Diodora's plan to save Asia worked a little TOO well." Issei replied.
Valerie paused for a moment before her eyes widened in realization, "You're not suggesting." Valerie explained with a look of shock.
"Yes I am." Issei replied aware she came to the same conclusion he did.
"Care to fill us in?" Kuroka wondered.
The two looked towards each other before Valerie spoke up, "Because of her status as a Holy Maiden, Asia would have lived in a compound that was heavily fortified with not only exorcists, but spells that would prevent people from getting to her very easily. Somehow, Diodora managed to get into the compound safely and got to Asia without dying and then managed to escape without anybody realizing who he was. That would require incredible skill and planning not to mention guts to even attempt such a thing." Valerie explained.
"That's right. It occurred to me that perhaps it wasn't the first time he did it." Issei confirmed as the Lucifer peerages eyes widened.
"In other words, you believed that Asia wasn't the first victim of Diodora's scheming." Arthur concluded.
"That's right. I asked Seekvaira if it was possible for her to scan Diodora's peerage during their battle and find out what type of race they were and what type of powers they had. She agreed and she was going to send me the data after the battle." Issei replied calmly. Around ten minutes later Issei's phone rang and sure enough it was data from Seekvaira. As he read through it, Issei's eyes darkened almost to the point that his curse might activate.
"Issei are you okay." Valerie replied nervously.
"No and you and I are fucking right now because I might tear that guy apart if I don't calm down." Issei growled a dark expression forming on his face.
"Okay" Valerie replied before dragging Issei over to her bed both because he clearly needed to relax and she wasn't about to turn him down for a good fuck. After their first round of fun, Valerie asked Issei what made him so mad and he showed her the data. It turned out, that every single member of Diodora's peerage was human female and possessed incredible holy power. In other words, Diodora's peerage was all former Holy Maidens. The knowledge caused Valerie to slam her lips back in raw fury and the marathon began.
(Flashback end)
"So are we telling Rias. Since it's her peerage member she might want to know." Valerie sighed.
"For now no. Just keep doing what we're doing." Issei replied calmly. There was no reason to tell them now. Asia was a gentle girl and telling her about what they discovered was simply a bad idea.
"I don't like it, but I agree. Hopefully he stays away from Asia for the time being." Valerie replied.
"We'll see" Issei nodded. As a pervert himself, Issei knew Diodora's type and he knew that the chances of him staying away were virtually zero. Diodora would make a move soon enough and then things would get extraordinarily interesting.
(Scene Skip)
Lunchtime was usually a tedious time for Issei and this one was no different, "So Issei whose joining you for lunch today." Murayama wondered. Now that the second-year girls knew about the ORC they were more comfortable walking over to them and joining in on their lunch. As a result, the girls came up with an agreement where Issei would choose his lunchmates for the day from the pool of second year kendo club girls Yumi Karlamine Ingvild and Asia. Irina and Xenovia were always standards which is why they were exempt.
"Today I'm going with an all ORC lineup. So Yumi Karlamine Asia and Ingvild care to join us for lunch." Issei admitted to the shock of Murayama and Katase.
"Sure" Issei replied and the group made their way to the rooftop which had become a bit of a harem hotspot for Issei.
Once they arrived everyone sat down and got their lunches but the elephant in the room was quickly addressed. "I'm surprised you're not including one of them at all." Ingvild spoke up.
"I figured it would be easier to talk about devil business without them." Issei replied.
"Good point." Ingvild sighed. They could talk about the supernatural to a point, but the girls were not devils and that meant they weren't privy to certain things. "Since the first round of battles is done do you have any idea who they'll have face who." Ingvild wondered remembering the conversation with Rias the other day.
"No clue. With Zephyrdor dead he's out which means the options for battle are between Sairoarg Sona Seekvaira Valerie you guys and Diodora." Issei replied. Issei's ideal matchup would be Valerie vs Diodora Seekvaira vs Rias and Sona vs Sairoarg. He wanted to avoid having Rias face Diodora for as long as possible. Sona facing Seekvaira wouldn't be bad either, but it would leave the Gremory against Sairoarg which was not a battle he'd particularly like. Sona vs Valerie would be a horrible mismatch and Rias vs Valerie would be pretty much the same thing. To say Rias was in a bad spot was an understatement.
"So if you were choosing, who would you have face who." Karlamine wondered.
"You guys vs Seekvaira, Sona vs Sairoarg and Diodora vs Valerie." Issei replied quickly causing a few odd stares.
"Those are some interesting matchups Issei. Care to tell us why." Irina wondered.
"Seekvaira is Sona but a little stronger and it would do Rias some good to get used to a more technical style of battle. Sairoarg is Rias but stronger so Sona would get the same thing. Valerie is stuck with Diodora because he's the odd man out."
"I see" Irina replied but she didn't buy it. Issei was hiding something the question is what.
(Scene Skip)
Later that night, an exhausted Issei was sitting in his bed ready to relax. The whole Diodora situation was such a mess that he really didn't want to deal with it all, but he had no choice. "The supernatural is such a pain." Issei groaned.
"Yes but you've known this was coming ever since the battles were first announced. Honestly we both know the real result of the next battles." Ddraig reminded him.
'Yep' Issei replied. They would have Rias face Diodora with Valerie facing Sairoarg and Sona facing Seekvaira. Assuming Diodora goes first it means he'll get his shot at Asia and they have an excuse to not have the other battles. Valerie no doubt, knew the same thing he did which is why she was so annoyed by the news about Diodora. A knock on his door interrupted his thoughts. "Come on in Iri" Issei said calmly aware his childhood friend was outside.
Irina walked in dressed in her favorite sleepwear which consisted of a light blue t-shirt that strained against her massive breasts and a pair of purple booty shorts and made her way over to Issei with an expression that spelled trouble for Issei. "So Issei, we need to discuss something?"
"What's that" Issei asked with intrigue as he leaned up to face his friend.
"What happened while you were with Valerie the other day. I could tell something was bothering you the whole day" Irina said nervously as she crawled onto the bed and next to Issei. She wasn't going to let Issei avoid this topic.
Issei sighed knowing he couldn't talk her down and reached for his phone. "This is why." Issei replied quickly finding the text and showing it to Irina.
"How… how is that possible." Irina said in disbelief as she gave him his phone before she began crying all over his shirt.
"Diodora is that much of a bastard." Issei said calmly wrapping a comforting hand around her.
"I agree with that but that's not what I'm bothered by. What bothers me is that there's no way the church wouldn't have realized something was off and they did nothing." Irina sobbed. The old phrase Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me applied in spades in this situation. Diodora had a full peerage with 8 pawns 2 rooks 2 knights 2 bishops and a queen. Somebody targeting that many Holy Maidens should've been discovered. This was negligence of the worst kind.
"Yeah I thought the same thing." Issei frowned. Hiding the truth about God. Letting Holy Maidens fall victim to a devil with bad intentions when his were obvious. The church was looking worse and worse as far as he was concerned.
"We have to tell Rias. We both know that the Devils going to arrange a battle between Rias and Diodora eventually especially since they know he's a traitor" Irina insisted.
"And what would you have her do. If she hides Asia, she actually makes it harder to protect her." Issei scowled. Sadly, the best thing to do would be to allow her to get captured. It's cruel on Asia but there was no doubt that would be the right move.
"This sucks." Irina pouted aware that things were only going to get worse.
"Yeah" Issei replied unsure of what else to say. Asia was in the crosshairs of a true monster and one that had already gone through extreme lengths to get her. There was no telling what he'd do next.
(Scene Skip)
The next day Issei was with the kendo club as they made their way to a competition, "Hey Issei I noticed you were staring at Asia a lot today." Murayama said curiously as she sat on his lap.
"Don't tell me your jealous of little Asia. As much as I've enjoyed your body that doesn't make sense" Issei smirked fondling her breasts for emphasis.
"No… it's just odd." Murayama moaned in delight.
"Mury's right actually. You haven't shown any interest in her at all up until now. What changed for you to focus on her even for a bit" Katase questioned.
Issei frowned because the girls were becoming more perceptive. Something he blamed on their time spent with the ORC, "Asia's situation is a bit different from the others so I give her a wide birth." Issei explained. It was true technically, but as far as he was concerned Asia was the sort of girl who you just let be and go from there.
"Fine" Murayama moaned as her turn came to an end. Issei was annoyingly stubborn when he wanted to be.
"My turn." Yui smiled as she got up from her spot and walked over to Issei.
"Alright Yui come-" Issei started to say but his phone rang interrupting them. Unfortunately for Issei, Murayama was the closest person to his phone due to sitting next to him and when she saw who was picking up, she wasn't happy.
"Is this girl joking?" Murayama scowled before answering the phone and putting it on speaker.
"Issei we need to talk." The familiar voice of Genevieve Arcana spoke out causing everyone to pause including Issei.
"Issei's a little busy right now, but I can take a message." Murayama said with dryly
"Murayama this is not the time for games." Genevieve said angrily.
"You're on speaker Genevieve. I can hear you just fine" Issei smiled before groping Yui and causing her to moan out loud.
"What the hell, are you having sex with somebody right now." Genevieve stuttered.
"Nope. We're engaging in some light foreplay to warm us up before the match. It's part of our routine with OUR MANAGER" Murayama taunted.
"You're a freaking pervert Murayama. All of you are perverts" Genevieve yelled angrily as Yui moaned in the background.
"I guess you don't want to talk after all. See ya" Murayama smirked pretending to hang up. Petty revenge was all she had on Genevieve and you'd better believe she was going to take it.
"Wait!" Genevieve screamed causing Murayama to smile.
"Talk Genevieve." Murayama said firmly.
"I wanted to follow up on what I told you guys at the tournament" Genevieve frowned causing
Issei perked up slightly, "What did you tell them" Issei wondered.
"Nothing Issei" Yui said hastily before getting up from her spot so the next girl could take her place. The girls did forget to mention that conversation with Genevieve and it would only end badly.
On the other side of the phone Genevieve smiled aware that it was time for payback, "I told your girls about Diodora Astaroth because I wanted to warn you about him before you attended that meeting with the devils." Genevieve smiled.
"I see" Issei frowned sending a glance the way of his girls.
"Anyway, I thought I should tell you that rumor has it he's going after that nun on the Gremory team the minute he gets a chance and he's gathering forces to do so." Genevieve revealed causing the kendo club girls to freeze.
'Called that from a mile away.' Ddraig chuckled.
'Yes but I wish this was a private conversation' Issei frowned. "Thank you for the information Genevieve but you do realize that you're playing with fire." Issei smiled with a hint of annoyance in his voice.
"If you were truly going to kill me you would've done it back on the beach after you killed Connia. If anything I think you want to fuck me again which is why you're keeping me alive" Genevieve replied very cheekily.
"Goodbye Genevieve" Murayama growled before hanging up herself.
"That bitch!" Katase growled.
"Just ignore her girls and let's focus on the match. I believe Ryoko was next" Issei smiled. They wanted to know what Genevieve was saying which is why Ryoko didn't take her spot earlier.
"Let's do it" Ryoko smiled before getting up.
"Whatever" Katase frowned. They weren't going to let Issei get away with hiding something else from them but they'd placate him for now.
(Scene Skip)
Sure enough Issei received the familiar call from Murayama's necklace and he made his way over to her room expecting to answer some questions about what happened. Murayama was waiting for him at the edge of the bed, but she was dressed in her kendo uniform of all things. "Thanks for accepting my call." Murayama said bashfully.
"I'm surprised you wanted a booty call considering we had sex a few hours ago." Issei said sarcastically.
"Well I wanted to talk with you which is why I have my kendo uniform on. Usually I wear a nightgown or lingerie" Murayama reminded him before patting the spot on the bed next to her.
"So what's up" Issei chuckled as he sat next to the girl who was his first conquest and the start of everything in his life.
"Genevieve mentioned that some guy named Diodora was after the blonde nun on the Gremory group. That means he's after Asia, right?" Murayama said nervously. There were two blondes on the Gremory group, Yumi was one and Asia was the second. Given Issei's lack of a reaction, the guy was targeting Asia and Murayama wanted to know why.
"You're far too perceptive for your own good." Issei smiled before pecking her on the cheek.
"Be serious Issei." Murayama blushed.
"I am being serious. I'll answer the questions you want but the conversation we're about to have is not a pleasant one."
"So was finding out that a bunch of my classmates were devils and that the guy who I'd been fucking for months could cause earthquakes and had a dragon inside him. This shouldn't be that bad" Murayama countered.
Issei couldn't exactly respond to them, "Very well then. I guess we'll start with the fact that before Asia came to Kuoh, she was a Holy woman living in Italy.
Murayama looked at him in disbelief, "Wait you mean she was an ACTUAL nun. That wasn't just Genevieve messing with you because of how gentle Asia is." Murayama said in disbelief. Asia was as gentle as they came and people often called her a nun as a joke, but to learn that she was an actual nun stunned her.
"That's right and she was a special one at that. Asia's possesses a Sacred Gear known as Twiilight Healing. It allows her to fix any injury no matter how grave."
"Impossible!" Murayama said in disbelief.
"Murayama, I have a dragon sealed inside my left arm. Perfect healing is nothing compared to that." Issei reminded her.
"Good point" Murayama frowned.
"Anyway, in a rather ironic turn of events. It was because of Diodora himself that Asia came to Kuoh in the first place."
"You'll have to explain that one" Murayama said in confusion.
"Do you remember our conversation on the rooftop after you found my binoculars." Issei smiled recalling a much more peaceful time.
"I do. You told me that you'd been watching me for a while, and you desired me because I was a swordswoman. However, you were determined to conquer me in battle first." Murayama chuckled recalling the rather perverse beginning to their relationship.
"Diodora's connection to Asia is a more extreme version of that. Much like I coveted swordswomen, he coveted nuns and his latest target was Asia." Issei replied.
"What did he do to get to her. I doubt a devil can just walk into the home of a nun without causing a whole lot of trouble" Murayama said ominously.
"Actually, that's pretty much exactly what he did, and he caused so much trouble that Asia was kicked out of the church and became known as 'The Witch'."
"That's horrible." Murayama frowned.
"Oh, it gets worse from there. He used his influence to smuggle Asia into Kuoh with the hopes of claiming her later. Rias interrupted those plans and gave her a new home, but the damage was done."
"So is that why you've stayed away from Asia?" Murayama wondered.
"Sort of. I looked at Asia and saw somebody far too innocent for this world of ours. The supernatural is filled with some dark people who will do anything to get what they want and I do mean anything." Issei smiled. It wasn't lost on him that he wasn't exactly clean himself considering he came to the kendo club to get Murayama and ended up with a whole club.
Murayama frowned at that since it reminded her of another unpleasant subject, "You mean like that guy who kidnapped us during the summer."
Issei smiled wrapping his right arm around Murayama's shoulder, "That's right. We got lucky that all he wanted was to fight me. He could've done serious harm to you girls and it's also why I went so berserk on him" Issei countered.
Murayama smiled because it showed just how much he cared for the girls that had become his through the strange circumstances, "If I never discovered your binoculars, would you have eventually come after me or would you have just continued to watch me and desire me from afar." Murayama blushed. The girls truly had no idea about Issei watching them and given how skilled he was, they likely never would have. A part of her wondered how long it would take for him to make a move.
"I would've continued to watch you but considering Yumi's visits, I wouldn't be surprised if she confronted me sooner or later and blackmailed me into joining Rias's peerage. I'd probably still be sleeping with her and a few others that I'm with right now, but you and the club wouldn't be among them" Issei explained.
"I see" Murayama frowned.
"But that's a hypothetical. Honestly when you caught me, I was fully prepared for you to turn me into Sona. I could've never imagined that you'd not only give me back the binoculars, but you would start taunting me." Issei admitted.
"You were the mysterious Hidden Dragon. Everyone suspected you were a pervert considering how much Matsuda and Motohama hung out with you. I was flattered that the reason you were hidden to everyone is because you desired me." Murayama admitted with a blush.
Issei chuckled but he knew the conversation was coming to an end, "Well if you have no more questions, I'm going to head back." Issei smiled as he got off the edge of the bed at last. He was about to leave via a magic circle before Murayama spoke up.
"Just so you know. I've never once regretted giving you back your binoculars and I'm glad you're still our manager Issei." Murayama smiled.
"Good to know" Issei replied before leaving. Business was over and there would be plenty of time for pleasure down the road.
(Scene Skip)
"Alright class, it's time for the school festival. So can Ms Kirishima please come up to the front" Azazel smiled as he met with the class to begin homeroom. Rather ironically, Kiryuu was the old representative before she switched classes but when it became time to choose a new representative Murayama became the new choice instead of Issei. With the dignity and grace that she gained from the kendo club Murayama led the class in the instructions of the club and everything else. Issei didn't care about most of it but he did notice Xenovia chose the bread race. The fun part arrived when it came time for the three-legged race.
"Alright everyone it's time to choose two people for the three-legged race. Any volunteers or I'm picking the choices myself." Murayama smiled. When nobody spoke up Issei figured he'd throw his lover a bone.
"I'll do it" Issei said calmly raising his hand.
Murayama smiled as she wrote Issei's name down as the first competitor, "Alright so Issei's player 1. Who is his partner going to be?" Murayama questioned. Issei got a bad feeling when the supernatural girls in the class all looked at each other but nobody gave any indication of wanting to do it.
'I've got a bad feeling about this.' Issei thought to himself.
"Well since nobody wants to do it, I'll select somebody." Murayama smiled before doing something that caused a massive stir. Writing down the name Asia Argento as Issei's partner.
That's it for Chapter 26 and things are getting very interesting. Next time, the focus is on the blonde nun as she deals with her newest partners and recalls how she got there.