Chapter 5: The Wings of Rebellion
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A/N: Thanks for the faves and reviews errybuddy, I appreciate it. This one'll be shorter though as most questions you all had are gonna be answered this chapter. Oh boooooy it's a lotta dialogue…
Plums: Yeah he could basically Fall at any given point. But you know that saying, 'War brings out the worst in people' HOW specifically they fall is actually not known in Canon I think? Correct me if I'm wrong about that. How the angels snuck up on them and the abnormal strength the fireball and Numiel had will be explained here. As for how Kala awakened the beginning stages for the sharingan and how the Shinto gods are connected to her will be explained here too. Though if you've watched/read Naruto you'd see the technique names for the Mangekyo are Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo, Izanagi, Izanami, Kotoamatsukami, Kamui, ect. ALL being gods in Shinto. The pattern of the sharingan itself is three magatamas around the iris. Kishimoto really went DEEP into Shinto for parts of the series, which I find interesting.
RaiKiri: Yeh Sirzechs ain't here yet but his dad made an appearance. Don't worry you'll see him. Thank you very much for the support.
Lord Burrito: Thanks man. I want each chapter to have a certain form of progression. Either in learning hoe Jack used to be, about Raynare, about how the war progresses, ect.
Kept123: Thankyeagainsir!
See ya'll Monday, Lazy Canadian~out
-[Grigori HQ]-
Kalawarner woke up to a familiar white ceiling and grumbled to herself in confusion. Laying there, she tried to recall what happened after finding out her Bloodline. The wounds, added with her exhaustion from using the Uchiha dojutsu had caused her to pass out right then and there. She knew she was somewhere else now. Likely back in the Grigori HQ she was in three weeks prior. She was about to get up when she heard that familiar voice speak up in her head.
'Hello Kalawarner. I figured you may need some clarification once you awakened your bloodline fully. So I put a.. *reminder* you could say.. In your body, so that I could reach out to you once again without you having to die once again' The disembodied voice had said.
'Great.. Can you explain please? I won't interrupt like some angsty harem MC so lay it all on me' Kalawarner thought, briefly noting the weight on her chest as a sleeping Raynare, cuddled up into her.
'Ah her hair smells like blackberries.. Thank you Azazel for inventing shampoo and bodywash for us..' She thought out while embracing the still sleeping Raynare, stroking her silky black hair while listening to the voice in her head.
'First off, your bloodline that had been randomly chosen from your memories. It could have easily have been something more ludicrous like the Estecado bloodline. You remember yes? The bloodline which the primoirdal being *The Darkness* has buried itself into? That would be amusing but rather distressing, don't you think? It could have been anything you learned about, really. Now you did not just inherit the Uchiha clan's eyes, you essentially *are* an Uchiha. One that has been mixed with the body of a Fallen and the soul of a human. You'll find that you are more durable, hit harder and have greater reflexes like all Uchiha do. You'll also find that you are now far more attractive to just about anyone. That being, because in the Naruto universe the Uchiha were descendant of Indra, the son of-essentially- a Demigod. The Uchiha in the Naruto universe were blessed by the Shinto pantheon in a way. From the Otsutsuki clan, who had inadvertently started the religion in their universe. One that branched into what you know as Buddhism and Shintoism. The Shinto Pantheon in this universe feel that connection towards you because of your spark of Divinity that all Angels have, combined with your dojutsu powers that symbolize the Shinto gods. Amaterasu's flames that never go out unless *she* wishes for them to, Susanoo's sword and nigh unbreakable armor and Tsukuyomi's illusions and ties to the moon itself.'
'Damn.. so they're gonna come looking for me?' Kalawarner thought as she took comfort in Raynare being so close.
'Yes but I'm not sure you have much to worry about. The connection they feel is much like… learning of a long lost daughter you did not know you had' The voice stated, thinking on its answer carefully.
'I'm not calling anyone Daddy' Kalawarner deadpanned, eliciting a sigh from the voice.
'Good to see your sense of humor didn't change. Now for how your bloodline will work. You, of course know that strong emotions trigger the next stage in your eyes. But you have seen and felt things in your past that.. if you were an Uchiha then, would advance your eyes into the Mangekyo sharingan. You have felt soul crushing despair and all consuming wrath in your last life. You will naturally progress to that stage, given much time as the Fallen body gets used to the unique chemical makeup Uchiha bodies possess. If you were to advance right now, your eyes would explode and you would likely become brain-dead as a result of the strain. It is why you feel such a strong protectiveness and even possessiveness for Raynare. The Uchiha feel love far more deeply than any other. Be very careful though.. it can greatly affect the emotional parts of your brain and alter it based on the intense emotion felt. Though if you experience further emotional turmoil it may help activate the next stage in your eyes.' The voice stated, informing Kalawarner.
'So I can be driven by hatred and revenge like.. oh-NAME AN UCHIHA- had? I guess that makes sense.' Kalawarner said as she thought of the scary implications a twelve winged Fallen with the Mangekyo, driven by an all consuming hate would have, shivering at the thought.
'I won't be like that.. I got Ray and Unu.. I'll be fine.. I won't lose them again like.. before..' Kalawarner thought as her hug on Raynare tightened.
"Yes, I have just one more thing to say and ask before I go. It seems that Kalawarner, the original one, had a very high potential even I hadn't known about, until your display with your magic that had frozen the Angel's wound. It seems Yahweh, when he had created her, put a certain type of element…? Inside her. I'm not familiar with it. To find out more, you'll need to ask Yahweh himself. My question-no.. My request I have is- Please, save Rias from her marriage. I ask you take care of them all, please. They will need you.' The voice spoke, the last part sounding tired and resigned before fading away.
'God gave her an element? Like the power of destruction or Holy fire? Holy.. Ice? Never heard of it.. annnnnnd I don't know how to use it! And yeah.. I have every intention to helping the ORC crew out. Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Kuroka, Kiba, Asia. Hell, even Issei. I must show him the way.. it's not JUST the tiddies.. it's the whole DAMN.. THING..' Kalawarner sighed before looking down at Raynare.
Now that Raynare had her full attention, Kalawarner noticed something. They were both in bed. Raynare had spooned her in bed. They were naked, spooning in said bed. Feeling the naked warmth of the friend that had kissed her before she passed out made Kalawarner feel a certain kind of way. She was glad the morning wood problem wasn't an issue anymore but her face had flushed red and her breathing hitched. Realizing Raynare had been sucking on her collar bone while she slept was the straw that broke the camel's back. Kalawarner quickly got up, making a noise she had never made in her previous life.
"Ahhhn!~" Kalawarner covered her mouth and nimbly slid off the bed, leaving Raynare on it, confused as she started to wake up, rubbing the drool off her bottom lip.
"Kala..? What's wro-" Raynare started saying before taking in the now more amazing appearance of her Friend.
"Ooph… Wasn't expecting that.. or that Hentai noise I made…" Rubbing her head, Kalawarner got up and looked at Raynare, who had gotten a bloody nose and a bright red complexion upon seeing Kalawarner in her full glory.
"What? See something you like, Ray?" Kalawarner smirked deviously, adding another layer of charm that had Raynare gawking harder as they heard a knock on the door and a voice speak up on the other side.
"Hey Kalawarner, Raynare. Shemhazai here.. Azazel sent me over to cockbl-I mean check up on you. He wants you to meet up with him in the command room for debriefing, rewards and a new assignment. Alright byeeee.." The nonplussed voice of Shemhazai moved away from the door as Kalawarner clicked her tongue.
"Ah well.. Come on Ray" Kalawarner started to slip her clothes on, which consisted of a tight white decorated top that perfectly conformed to the torso and arms, a silver four-winged insignia on both shoulders that looked like epaulettes and black form fitting pants with a gold chain loop near the right pocket that hung from the belt. Slipping her black military combat boots on next as she looked to Raynare, still taking it all in.
"Ray? Come on, I'm not THAT good looking." Kalawarner said while tying up the lower end of her hair that now reached down to her hip into a semi ponytail. (Look up Velvet from Tales of Berseria if you wanna visualize the hairstyle)
"YES you are! I've never been attracted to.. you know.. UNTIL now! It's abnormal.. Also you have black streaks coming into your hair. Is it because of the eyes thing?" Raynare said, hurriedly throwing her uniform on.
"Yeah, probably.. I'll tell you the details after the war, okay? Oh and thanks for the compliment, Beautiful" Kalawarner said, waiting for her partner.
Raynare nodded with a smile at the returned compliment and followed Kalawarner out, both walking to the Command center in the Grigori HQ they had been in three weeks prior. There, they saw Azazel talking to Penemue, relaying orders while he was fiddling with a gold jewel orb. Kalawarner forgot for a moment, that Azazel was a scientist just as much as he was the leader of the Fallen. He did create a Sacred Gear by himself with Fafnir. Essentially making Scale mail out of him.
"Ahh Kalawarner, Raynare. Welcome. You have a bit to catch up on too. You have been out for two days after all."
'Shit.. Two days? I guess we were hurt more than we'd thought' Kalawarner thought as she listened to the Governor-General seriously.
"Unuriel's gonna be out of the rest of the war, it looks like. He took a fist full of God's flames and had a tower collapse over him. He's out of critical condition but it'll take about four months for him to recover at his level of strength. The war itself will be over in two weeks. Ah-ah.. hold your questions and guffaws please, I'm not done." Azazel put his hand on his face dramatically with a smirk and continued.
"Thanks to your efforts in holding Denric Castle for far longer than any of us could have anticipated.. We have successfully attacked and gutted major enemy encampments. Thanks to their forces being drawn to Denric Castle, we've managed to kill the leaders of eight Pillars and capture Raphael. I do have a soft spot for my Brothers I suppose.. even after Millenia.. Ah, I'm getting off track here. You know what they call you now, Kalawarner? *The Wings of Rebellion* You have gotten a lot of attention thanks to what you said about God being wrong and the nature of us Fallen. You have accelerated this War into its near final stages. Now the big boys are coming out. The Pillars, Archangels and even the Cadre-class. At the end of it all, more people from all three Factions will survive. Maybe we'll even have peace. You had a hand in this so you deserve to know, despite this being kept a secret by the top players of the three Factions. We'll try to get our way.. The Devils want us enslaved or killed. Heaven just wants us dead. We want balance. Peace. We're senselessly killing ourselves and weakening ourselves while the other Pantheons just sit and watch."
Kalawarner took it all in. Due to her actions, the war might end differently. It may end far sooner and with less casualties from the lower class soldiers that are basically forced to fight in a war started by their leaders. She began to question it though, hadn't Azazel sent them there to die if he expected the Castle to fall far earlier than they held onto it for? She opened her mouth, about to ask when Azazel laughed boisterously and put his hands in his pockets and started to speak again.
"Your next line is.. 'Then you sent us to die?' Hahaha! No. I had given Unuriel secret orders of retreat should the Castle walls be breached and you all were swarmed. I gave him the equipment to teleport you all away should the need arise. Sadly he was knocked out and had previously thought you all could handle the Angel attackers" Azazel said, looking awfully proud of himself.
'Are you Joseph or something…' Shaking her head slightly Kalawarner just sighed as Raynare laughed at Azazael's demeanor.
"Ah yes and that brings me to the next question you'll surely have. How did they sneak up on you? How did one attack from a six-winged Angel smash through the barrier and destroy the Castle? The answer being that they employed single use Sacred Gear class items. God makes them and distributes them among his soldiers. Since Denric had become a major thorn in their side from taking that area of the Underworld, the leading Angel was given two items. One being a field of Illusions that kept them unseen in the skies called Ensare, and a twice critical to boost the size and power of his attack. They're very useful tools, you could probably guess. I haven't been idle though. I've figured out a way to create these single use Sacred Gear imitations. But I can only make so many with the time split between the war. Devils have sheer numbers on us, Heaven has powerful Sacred Gear class items. We have tenacity and resourcefulness! Haha." Azazael walked over to both of the four winged Fallen and put his hands on their heads like a caring big brother.
"Now let's get to the rewards hm? I've decided to take a disciple. One of you, to be exact. The other, I'll be giving two, single use Sacred Gears and a promotion. Unfortunately you'll be separated though. No doubt you'll want to think on who gets what but you ought to come to a decision within the-" Azazel was cut off as Kalawarner raised her hand.
"I think Raynare should be your student. She really looks up to you and wants to be of use in your plans for bringing scientific breakthroughs to the world" Kalawarner said, looking beside her at her shocked partner.
"Kala… you'd give that up for me? Azazel-sama is a Cadre.. A Twelve-winged Fallen! You could learn way more than me.. I'm just.." Raynare was cut off as Kalawarner held her face and turned it towards her, looking her in the eyes with a smile.
"You are amazing, Raynare. Don't bring yourself down. Your determination and grit will have led you down a path of strength anyway but having a mentor, one you've always looked up to, will accelerate that path. I know you'll do amazing things. You'll always make me proud, Ray. Do your best and you'll reach the top soon enough" Kalawarner had comforted Raynare as Raynare's eyes welled up with tears, trying to keep them in.
"Thank you.. Thank you Kala.." Raynare started as she wiped her eyes and hugged her partner.
Azazel smiled at their interaction before chortling to himself, cutting the touching mood off as Penemue sighed, knowing full well where he was going with this.
"I was kidding you both, actually.. I'd be quite happy to take *both* of you on as my cute little apprentices! It will have to wait until the war finishes up. Sorry about tricking you there, really! I wanted to be sure of your character, Kalawarner." Azazel smirked and said while rubbing his blond and black hair.
'You fuckin' troll..' Kalawarner had taken to covering her face with her hand in embarassment, thinking how she had said all of that for nothing. Raynare'd looked at Kalawarner with a love-stricken smile, tightening the hug with a giggle.
Azazel, seeing this had smiled genuinely, seeing his plan come together in more ways than one. He decided to give them a minute before speaking up one again.
"Now unless you have any more questions.. I have your next assignment. Oh and you're being promoted the rank of Commander, *Wings of Rebellion*. Congrats." Azazel said, seeing no questions were asked, he continued on.
"During the final assumed weeks of the war, things will get explosive. The enemy armies will be engaging in the human world but the main battle with the big names will take place in the Underworld. Between Devil, Fallen and newly taken Angel territory. Right near Denric Castle. With no interference, the ensuing fight should be a tie. Which is exactly what we want. Peace won't fully come after that… fresh wounds and all. Give it a few hundred years and without complications and it can be done. They just need to get knocked off their high horses. Some of the younger Devils have started to consider peace too. You know, Kala.. a bunch of those younger, impressionable Devils like the Young Lady Rivelle Phenex had been impressed by your words, denouncing God like that. Keep that up and you could very well have a Harem" Azazel said with a rather cheeky smirk.
Raynare huffed her cheeks as she held Kalawarner's arm close into her chest.
"Hmph.. if they're good enough for her, maybe.. But as her partner and friend, I'll be the one deciding that. Kala's too damn nice.. A bunch of the men had made passes at her in the base!" Raynare had said in annoyance, much to Kalawarner's confusion and Azazel's amusement. Kalawarner had no idea that was even happening, as she'd treated the guys just as she had back in the Marines. Friendly punches, playing cards, would-you-rather and smacking their rear ends while saying 'No homo' She briefly came to an understanding that it made sense now, given how she treated the guys.
"Right well that might happen in this base.. You'll be going to Enoch's Lament. Said to be where he had truly died, right here in the Underworld. And it's right where I predict the War will end. You'll be stationed at the base there. This time you'll be going on the attack. I want you to kill Numiel, the one who attacked you. He's been unraveling since your fight with him. God cannot afford to cast him out while the War is still going on and some of the more-extreme Angels are taking his behavior and lack of Falling as a sign that kind of behavior is just. If we will have peace, the Angels must understand that kind of spitefulness and hate is not the way. I want you to kill him and make a show of it. Kill him in front of his army and the Devils he'll fight. Throw more of that speech you pulled back in Denric at him and he'll crack. You'll get more favourability amongst the Angels and young Devils if you do, which benefits the next stage in my plan.. Got it?"
'Damn.. he really plans about thirty-moves ahead. Lucky I was planning on doing that anyway. The favourability with young Devils and Angels part anyway. The civil war of the Devils comes after this if I recall..' Kalawarner thought while putting hand on her chin, nodding.
"I want a body conforming bodysuit, black. A cloak, black is preferred. And a mask that covers up my face but draws attention to my eyes. I get that and I can pull that off, boss." Kalawarner said, looking at the Governor General.
"Hm.. I wanna ask why.. But I think I'll like the surprise more. Consider it done. I'll have it sent to you while you're in the base. Anything else?" Azazel looked to them both.
"Yeah get Raynare some similar armor. We are partners after all" Kalawarner replied, high fiving Raynare.
"No problem. The magic circle in the back will take you to Enoch's Lament, good luck. You'll be fighting truly dangerous enemies. Do not underestimate them, okay? You've become rather important to.. us in ending this war." Nodding, Kalawarner and Raynare had both walked off into the back room magic circle. When they finally left, Penemue sighed and looked at Azazel.
"You couldn't tell her the truth huh? She reminds me of her, not in just the fact that she loves women, but in her attitude as well. I know it hurts but..-" She stopped once seeing the pained expression Azazel made.
"I know.. but I don't want to feel the same pain again.. I lost my daughter once. I couldn't bear to start caring in the same way and lose her again." Azazel sighed and rubbed his tired eyes.
"Then why mentor her, Azazel?" Penemue asked.
"That's if she survives the War.. If she does.. yeah.." Azazel started to return to his plans with a determined expression.
"This peace is all because of her. I won't fail.. It's the one thing she wanted"