Chapter 2

Issei was just about to take off back the way he came when he noticed a strange object beginning to drift down from above. A six inch long, black, crow-like feather that a curious Issei quickly plucked out of the sky. "What?" Issei slowly looked up to where the feather had fallen from and his eyes quickly went wide.

"Well, well. What do we have here?" A woman dressed in black leather bikini with long black hair and magenta eyes reminiscent of Yuuma's but with a twisted face and most notable of all, a massive pair of black feathery wings, sat on top of the traffic light before using her massive wings to slowly drift down and land in front of Issei who was currently too confused and frightened to runaway. "Issei Hyoudou, ya know it's really helpful that you decided to show up in Kuoh when you did. Now I can kill two birds with one stone and I mean that both figuratively and very literally."

'What the hell…' The stunned silent Issei thought to himself. 'Who is this freak and why do I feel like I know her from somewhere? I'd be fine labeling her as some kind of pervy cosplayer but she totally just flew down from the top of that traffic light. I don't know what the hell is going on but I know I gotta find some way outta this situation, c'mon body fight or flight we gotta do something.' Issei's knees buckled and wobbled and it was clear he wasn't gonna be able to run. 'Crap, why aren't my legs working. It's got something to do with this freaky girl, it's like her very presence isn't letting me run. Well body, you made this call. I normally can't justify beating on girls but for freaky black winged perverts, I'll make an exception!'

Issei slowly slid his legs into a battle stance and raised his fists out in front of him like a boxer which caused the dark haired stranger to burst out laughing. "Pffft! HAHAHAHAHA!" Her face turned ugly and twisted as she let out a sinister laugh. "Hahaha… What? You wanna fight? A pathetic human like you wants to fight with one of god's mightiest creations. This should be fun."

"Shut up Crazy!" Issei cried out as he let fly a left hook fly that the strange creature dodged by simply flying back causing Issei to punch air.

"Crazy? That's rich coming from you." The raven winged woman taunted as she took off and began to fly circles around Issei. "Don't act like I didn't just catch you screaming at yourself."

'Ok, so I wasn't just seeing things earlier. She CAN fly, that rules out cosplay.' Issei thought as his eyes tried their best to keep up with and track the soaring girl. 'At least when she's up there in the air she can't attack me. Even if she is some kind of monster she's still just a girl, if I can predict where she might attack from I'll be able to counter and if she's light enough for those wings to carry her then one or two solid blows should be enough to ground her.'

"Look at you trying to follow me with your pathetic mortal eyes like you have any chance of coming out of this alive. Try to understand, you're gonna die tonight!" The winged woman raised her hand to the sky and a jagged spear of red light materialized from thin air which she proceeded to throw down at her target.

Issei, seeing the spear coming, just barely managed to leap out of the way but in doing so Issei sent his very human body tumbling across the concrete before the spear disappeared. "AAHHH!" Issei winced as the rough concrete had absolutely shredded his skin in some places. 'Damn it! She can make magic spears too.' "Who the hell are you?! What are you?!"

"Who am I? Have you forgotten me already? You're making poor Yuuma so sad." The psycho girl said as she descended from above, making her face look like Yuuma's once again as she continued to taunt Issei.

"Wait, you're that girl from the bridge? Is that why you're trying to kill me cause I blew you off?" Issei argued back as he kept his eyes locked on Yuuma, not willing to make any moves until she did.

"No, not quite. I'm here to eliminate you because my superiors have dubbed you a potential threat. The fact that you're a total jerk is just icing on this cake!" She exclaimed as she created two more magic spears and let one fly, aimed directly at Issei's forehead.

"Woah!" Issei desperately tried to avoid the glowing weapon by moving his head out of the way, though the spear still managed to catch Issei's cheek, creating a small but bloody gash on the side of his face but as Issei was busy avoiding the first spear he hadn't noticed that Yuuma had already thrown the second one. "AAAAAHHHHAAAAHHHH!" Issei roared out in pain as the spear pierced straight through his foot and caused him to fall to his knee and grabbed hold of his punctured foot. "God damn it!" He roared as the pain brought tears to his eyes though he refused to let them fall.

'What the hell is this?! It's like being stabbed by a thousand degree iron rod, this shit fucking burns.' Issei looked up to find Raynare standing above him holding yet another spear and shooting him a sinister grin that made the boys eyes go wide as he came to a realization. 'No way… I'm really going to die here. Some black winged angel is gonna murder me here in cold blood and there's nothing I can do about it! I can't win this fight, no. It was never even a fight to begin with, was it? She's just been playing with me from the very start, she coulda killed me this whole time but now she's actually gonna do it! No! I don't wanna die! Someone help! I need to do something! There's gotta be something I can do to stop this! Please, if anyones out there I'll do anything! I want to live!'

As Issei's mind continued to run, he didn't notice as his eyes became red like rubies and his left forearm began to glow with a bright red light. "Huh?" Issei muttered as he looked over at his arm.

"Oh no! This is bad!" Yuuma exclaimed with a frightened tone before another sinister grin formed on her face. "At least it would've been maybe a minute ago!" She declared as she thrusted her spear through Issei's chest, getting the boy's expression to turn blank and stopping the glow. "Too bad for you Issei, so close but your efforts in the end were wasted."

"ACK! HACK!" Issei groaned as his mouth began to fill with blood but still he managed to look up at his attacker one last time even though saying his vision was blurred at this point would be an understatement.

"Oh wow, not only are you still alive somehow but you're also still conscious even with that hole I put in your chest. I must say that's impressive especially for a puny little human like you." She gave Issei props before summoning another red spear. "You'd probably bleed out if I just left you here but I want to be thorough, this ones going through your skull."

The only thing Issei could do was look up and watch as Yuuma prepared to finally finish things but before she could deliver the killing blow a surge of black and red energy slammed into the dark winged woman's side and sent her flying in the opposite direction. "WAAAHHH! UUFFF!" She grunted as she hit the ground. When she recovered she immediately scanned the area but couldn't find anything other than the bleeding out Issei. "Damn it, where did that attack come from? I shouldn't have let myself get carried away in enemy territory. I've come too far to have my plans end here, I'm done for today!" She declared before taking off and disappearing into the night sky.

With Yuuma gone, you'd think Issei'd be safe but unfortunately her earlier attack resulted in a sizable pool of blood forming around Issei and eventually this resulted in Issei collapsing and that's when everything went black.

(Later)

"WAAAHHHH!" Issei roared as he quickly sat up in his bed. He wasn't wearing a shirt at the time and for the first time we got to see Issei's bare torso, he was notably muscular but not particularly bulky with well defined abs, pecs and biceps that would normally be hidden under his clothes. Another noticeable difference was a small pink scar on his cheek from where Yuuma had cut him earlier. Issei immediately began to pat the area on his chest where he'd been stabbed but found no trace. 'Huh? I'm alive?' Issei's head swiveled around and he took notice of the familiar environment. "I'm pretty sure this is my room, in my house…. Was it some sort of freaky dream? It didn't feel like a dream."

Issei pulled off the rest of the covers to find he was also not wearing any pants. "Ok, I don't usually sleep naked so something weird is definitely going on… Did I get wasted last night?" Issei then looked over to his left to find another odd lump in the blankets next to him. "I don't like how person shaped that lump is?"

Issei nervously began pulling the blankets and sheets away and revealed pale white flesh like porcelain and familiar Crimson red hair. "WHAAAHHH!" Issei let out a high pitched shriek before throwing the sheets back. 'That's a girl!' Issei cried out before grabbing a pillow to cover his crotch and leaping from off the bed.

'A Girl? What the hell is she doing at my house? In my bed?! And why is she naked?!' Thoughts began flooding the young man's mind as his face quickly turned pink. 'Did we?... I mean we were in bed together so we might've…. But why can't I remember? Did she drug me? I mean she wouldn't have to…. NO!' Issei quickly shook such thoughts out of his head. 'No Issei, that's dirty… She's a trespasser. I'm gonna integrate her…. When she wakes up…' Issei decided before the woman in the blankets began to stir. "AAHH! She's waking up!" He shrieked out loud.

"Huh?" She mumbled as she sat up and began to rub the sleep from her eyes, completely exposing her bare breasts for anyone to see.

"WHAAAAA!" Issei shrieked before quickly covering his eyes with one hand while keeping the pillow over his crotch with the other. "IAAAAYYYY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" He cried out in a high pitched voice.

"Oh, there you are." She said calmly as she finished rubbing her eyes, still not making any effort to cover herself. "Up and atem already? Even after what you suffered through last night, you really are a tough one huh?"

"W-Who are you?... Why are you in my house?..." The embarrassed Issei muttered out softly. "A-Are you still naked?..."

"Yes I'm still naked." She answered with an amused chuckle before standing up and stretching her back out. "Have I really not introduced myself yet, how rude of me. I'm Rias Gremory, it's a pleasure to meet you."

"Yeah, cool… Why are you in my house?!" Issei cried out as he fought off every temptation to open his eyes.

"Issei Hyoudou, you know it's rude to have a conversation with someone and not look them in the eyes." She teased as she slipped on a pair of black panties. "I heard about you from Sonia and I'd never expect you to be the type to get embarrassed in front of girls."

"It's not ALL girls! Just when they are you know…. Lacking clothing…" Issei's face turned an even darker red before he lost his cool. "COULD YOU PLEASE JUST PUT SOMETHING ON!"

"Fine, fine. If you insist." She replied playfully as she slipped a bra on past her shoulders. "Oh! Hey do you think you can help me with this."

"Help you with….." Issei thinking he was safe removed his hand from his eye and once he did it a small stream of blood began to flow from nose. Rias had her back turned to the young man with her bra undone. "Uh…. Yeah sure….."

Issei slowly, hesitantly helped Rias out with her issue but was still hesitant to change subjects. "So why exactly are you in my house?"

"Isn't it obvious? After what went down last night you were in pretty rough shape, technically you were dead, so I had to spend the whole night healing." With her bra fastened in the back rias did a quick adjustment to get her massive breasts into their proper places. "Oh, thank you."

"Dead?…." Issei muttered to himself before dropping to his bed, he was so distraught that he let the pillow covering himself drop. "I was dead?..."

"Yeah but only for a little bit so it's fine." Rias explained as a glowing red circle decorated with strange markings appeared below the girls feet and in a red flash her school uniform suddenly appeared. She then looked over at Issei to find his gaze unfocused and his face went completely pale. "Oh, Issei! Are you alright?"

"It was all real? All that shit with Yuuma? She's really a monster? And she killed me?..." Issei buried his face in his hands but quickly raised his head as something seemed to have dawned on him. "Wait… You! You said you healed me? That means you brought me back to life… and you just made the floor turn red and poofed your clothes on. Are you some kind of monster too, like a witch or something?..." Issei's expression turned dark as he tried to slide back on his bed, away from Rias.

"Hey!" Rias grabbed hold of the frightened Issei's hands as she tried to comfort him. "Look Issei, there's a lot we have to talk about so I want to stop by the occult research club after school today and I promise to give you a detailed explanation."

"Huh?" Issei looked back up at the red haired girl and raised an eyebrow. "The Occult Research Club."

(Later)

"Pfffttt… Occult Research club, yeah right." Issei marched down the city streets of urban kuoh in the middle of the day, dressed in his casual wear. "I've had enough of this place! I swear if I see another black and white school uniform I'll go insane…. But what exactly am I gonna do. Skipping school for one day doesn't exactly solve the problem but I needed to get out of that house and I could go to school, I don't care if she brought me back to life or whatever. I can't trust her if she's another monster like Yuuma…" Issei, still searching for an answer, pulled out his smartphone and found the "how was your first day" text from his grandfather still unread. "Well he's not gonna be any help, he wouldn't believe a word of this since I don't have any proof the same goes for the police I'm willing to bet."

"Haaahhh…" Issei let out a defeated sigh and continued his lonely march down the empty road. 'I just need some time, a day to clear my head and figure something out. In the meantime I need to find a way to distract myself…. Maybe I'll hit up the arcade or something?... Nah, ditching school to kill time at the arcade, that's the delinquent in me talking…. Maybe if I hurry I can catch my afternoon classes. I think today's block is supposed to include chemistry which sounds fun…' GRMMBLE! Issei's thoughts were interrupted by a roar from his belly.

'Oh, yeah I still haven't eaten. Probably a good idea to figure out the whole grocery store situation and I should really stock up on cans cause I'm honestly contemplating never leaving my house again….' Issei thought as he did a quick search on his phone. "There we go. There's one between here and my house."

(Later)

Issei having set course for the grocery store he found himself walking alone in a suburban area with not a single person sharing his sidewalk. The eerily familiar setting had Issei walking stiffly like a robot with a face white as a ghost. 'What the hell is wrong with this place? Does nobody leave their damn houses! Not that I blame them with half naked, spear throwing, flying monsters and perverted red haired necromancers prowling the streets I don't blame them. It's my own damn fault for thinking it was ever okay for me to step foot outside my front door again! I shoulda just ordered my groceries online like a normal 21st century person would've, oh but I keep forgetting I was sent to live in this hick mountain town that's stuck 20 years in the past!' As Issei's mind continued to race his fear turned into anger and soon he was gritting his teeth.

Issei's frustration was quickly elevated as he noticed something over at the end of the block. 'Oh thank god, another person.' Issei let out a mental sigh of relief as he saw a massive figure standing at the end of the block wearing a large hat and a trench coat that completely covered his body. 'Isn't it a bit hot for that outfit? I guess I shouldn't be the one to talk. I'm wearing a hoodie to walk around in the middle of the day.'

Issei just kept on walking, feeling a little better having seen another person about but that feeling was about to change. "Hey Devil!" The cloaked man called out as Issei walked past him.

'WHAT?!' Issei stopped dead in his tracks a few feet in front of the stranger but didn't bother to turn to face him. 'Did this guy just call me a devil? Is that supposed to be some mountain town insult? Is this jerk really trying to pick a fight with me?!' Issei cracked his knuckles before turning around. 'I don't care if this guy is country strong or corn fed or whatever these dumb hicks wanna call it, if he wants a fist fight it so ooooooo….' Issei's pupils shrink as he turns to find a pair of pitch black wings sprouting from the back of the cloaked man. "Oh shit…."

"It's pretty ballsy for a low class, reincarnated, piece of shit devil to just walk right up to me in broad daylight. Ballsy but also pretty damn stupid!" The man created a blue spear similar to Yuuma's from before. "Huh? Wait I know you! You're the target! Raynare was supposed to kill you yesterday and now you've joined up with the devils! Oh well, this is a simple enough fix, I'll just kill you myself!'

'Kill me?!' Issei gritted his teeth upon hearing this. 'This guy's gonna kill me! Like Yuuma did yesterday! No goddamn it! Yesterday I was in over my head but now I know full well what a monster like this can do and I don't know if it's cause I just lost it or what but more so than being scared! This whole thing is really starting to piss me off!' Issei shot the black winged angel a violent glare. "If I go down I'm going down swinging!"

[Oh really?] A deep booming voice rang through Issei's head.

'Huh? Who was that?' Issei's mind was quickly taken elsewhere by the strange voice as the cloaked monster spread his wings.

[If you trust me, I can help you. What do you say?]

'Trust you? Help me? What do you mean? What are you?'

[Hmmm, a skeptic? Maybe a quick demonstration would be helpful! Lets see how you like this!] The angel prepared to throw his spear but before he could Issei's left arm was once again consumed by a red light but only for a second before his arm morphed and changed into a metallic red gauntlet with golden blades protruding down the forearm crimson claws covering the fingers and a massive dark green gem on top of the hand. [Behold the legendary Boosted Gear!]

[BOOST!] The emerald gem on the hand glowed with a green light as a booming voice echoed from it. 'Boosted Gear? What the hell is this thing, why do I feel so light? What am I supposed to do with this?'

[It's a giant red fist! What do you think you do with it? Punch the guy!]

'I'm pretty sure I have absolutely zero clue about just what's really going on but I'm pretty good at punching crap and this guys are asking for it! I'll ask questions later!' Issei planted his feet and his gauntlet let out another [BOOST!] Before he lept into the air after the Trench Coat Guy, the concrete sidewalk cracked from where he lept off from. "HEY ASSHOLE! You said you were gonna kill me, right?! An easy fix right?! I'd like to see you try!"

"Damn it! I know that sacred gear! This can't be right!" The cloaked angel muttered in shock before quickly managing to collect himself. "Take this!" He let fly his spear attempting to stop the incoming Issei.

"NICE TRY!" Issei simply punched through the light constructed as he continued unimpeded towards his target. "Now it's your turn to break damnit!" WHAMP!

A single blow to the jaw from Issei's new crimson knuckle was enough to knock the winged monster from the and send him plummeting to the ground. Issei followed after him, landing on his gauntlet with a one handed handstand.

"Woah…" Issei, after having recovered from the adrenal rush that was the last few seconds, looked down and marveled at his new gauntlet. 'I don't know what this thing is but thats fine by me cause it's fucking awesome…'

[That's an appropriate response young man but I wouldn't be celebrating just yet. The bastard who threatened your life, our life, is still breathing.]

"Oh yeah…." Issei looked over his shoulder to confirm that his foe was in fact still breathing and his body was still twitching. "You're right…. A fist fight would be one thing but this guy did call me out thinking he could end my life and he's gonna pay for that…" [BOOST!]

(Later)

SPLASH! Issei stood over a bridge of water as a large splash broke the water then he looked once again at his gauntlet as he shook a few droplets of red liquid off his armored fingers. 'Even if he deserved it, that got… intense…. Just what are you?'

(Authors notes)

Okay so this story is gonna have a different take on a bunch of characters not just Issei but Rias and Ddraig too just to name a few I didn't add this to the description so my bad but this story will have a ton of OOC (Out of character) if yall want me to do a character page to help make these changes clearer I'd be happy to just let me know! ;)

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