The sound of the bell ringing could be heard thought the school and as Aika and Motohama left their classroom, they saw Issei running out of his class, normally they would have ignored their friend's actions as Issei being Issei, but considering everything that was going on, they immediately ran after him.
As they passed Issei's class Aika bumped into another student causing them both to fall to the floor.
"Sorry" Aika sad to the girl before as she immediately stood up and helped the girl to her feet
"Don't worry about it" the girl answered her.
"Hey, do you know why Issei ran out like that?" Motphama asked the girl
"Oh, I heard him bragging to his friends about this girl he went out with, but the guys said they never heard of her, and that Issei never told them about her" the girl answered him
MNotohama and Aiika turned to look at one another, they both knew about the woman that had killed Issei, hell the poor guy couldn't shut up about someone who liked him enough to give him a chance.
"Thanks," they both said to the girl before they began to run in the direction Issei had gone, now that they thought about it o one had mentioned Issei or the girl he had gone out with.
That was odd because he had made such a big deal about it, to the point that he even showed everyone a picture of her to prove that she was real, all of the guys including Motohama had given Issei a hard time after they had seen her picture.
There they could see issei on the first floor thankfully he hasn't left the school yet, the two of them increased their speed, Issei wasn't too far away now.
Motohama and Aika stopped running when they saw a blond pretty boy walking up to Issei, they were too far away to hear what the blond devil was saying to their friend but they knew it couldn't have been anything good, so they dug deeper into their already depleted strength and felt something alien inside of them answer.
they finally managed to catch up to Issei but he was already nodding agreement to whatever the blond devil had said to him.
"Issei!" Motohama called out to his friend and he was relieved to see that Issei had stopped walking and waited for him.
Immediately both Motohama and Aika placed themselves between the member of the occult research club and Issei.
"Issei whatever he said to you don't believe him," Aika said to issei as she lifted her hand, she had no idea how her ring did things, but it made forcefields so she could work with that at least.
"So he didn't go out with a GFallen Angel that killed him" Yuuto Kiba said to them he didn't change the ever-present smile that everyone had come to know him by, besides how handsome he was, he always had that smile on his face.
Motohama didn't know why, but before that smile seemed welcoming even to him, but now for whatever reason, he felt nothing but disgust at seeing it.
It was like if he was seeing someone wearing a mask that was so fake, that he wondered why they even bothered wearing it.
Aika for her part, couldn't help but feel the sense of danger in front of her like all of the girls in the school she once thought Yuuto was handsome and even fantasized about him having his way with her.
Yet now, those thoughts were long gone and she couldn't see the handsome man she once fantasized about, now the only thing she saw was that thing looking back at her, just waiting to bite her and kill her.
"What's happening?" Issei asked the two of them
"He's not Human Issei," Motohama said to Issei hoping that he would listen so they could get him to the church before the devils could do what they wanted with him
"Come to the club room Issei and the president can tell you everything," Yuto said to Issei.
Motohama knew Issei enough to know that he would at least hear Yuuyo out and even if he didn't agree with what he heard, he would at least know both sides of the story.
"Let's see what they have to say and you guys can tell me everything later," Issei said to the two of them, before walking through a gap that was between Aika and Motohama.
For some reason, that they couldn't understand both Aika and Motohama felt as if the world moved in slow motion, and out of instinct they felt their hands move because they felt that if they let Issei go alone, they would never see him again.
They graved onto both of Issei's hands and looked at him with an expression that told him that they wouldn't take no for an answer.
'We're going with you" Aika said to Issei who just smiled at her.
Motohama and Aika noticed that even if Yuuto's expression didn't change, the feeling of the air around him had, there was a lot more hostility in his posture and Motohama could feel his sword growling in anticipation for the fight that would come.
They were led to the old school building and they found themselves standing inside a room that only had candles as a light source, inside the room was a shower and they could hear a woman's voice as she hummed to herself inside it.
Motohama and Issei watched the woman's shadow bath, but it was strange, normally Motohama would have been completely entranced by what he was seeing, yet the smell in the room made him stay grounded in reality.
It smelled strange, like a mixture of something evil and unnatural lingered in the air.
Aika for her part just looked around, her worried expression wasn't hidden at all and it was obvious to anyone that she didn't want to be inside of the clubroom.
"Please have a seat," Yuuto said to them as he showed them an expensive-looking couch.
'Don't worry you're perfectly safe, so you don't need that" Yutto said to Motohama
Motohama was about to ask the devil what he was talking about when he noticed that he was somehow holding his sword in his right hand.
"Where did you get that?" Issei asked Motohanma as they walked towards the couch but Motohama didn't answer he just kept his eyes focused on the shadow of the woman showering.
"We will tell you later, but if you want to get out of here Ill get us out of here one way or another" Motohama said to Issei and he noticed that Aika had her hand on her ring, she was ready to take it off and call for help if she had to.
They heard the door open but none of them turned to see who had come in, they just listened to the footsteps getting closer until a small girl with short white hair walked past them, she sat on one of the chairs in the room and began to eat a bag of chips.
She didn't greet them or look at them, but Motohama could feel his sword was ready for the girl to attack at any moment, Motohama had to admit that it felt as if she was paying close attention to their every move.
"Why don't we all have some tea and try to calm down" Motohama and Aika heard someone say to them and they were shocked to see Akeno another of the school's beauties standing in front of them.
Motohma didn't know why but his sword instantly lifted itself and pointed at the devil woman standing in front of him, all of a sudden there was a gold wall that had appeared out of nowhere surrounding Aika- Issei and Motohama.
They watched as the devils immediately had their guards up but nonene of them attacked.
Motohama closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
"Aika we're here so they can talk to Issei so put down your shield," he said to Aika as he lowered his sword.
"Light weapon" Motohama heard the white-haired devil say in a voice that was barely above a whisper.
'I see everyone is on edge" Rias said as she stepped out of the shower
Motohama and Issei were immediately captivated by her beauty and by the way that the wet tow seemed to cling to her form and make the curves of her body show even more.
Yet as they looked at her Motohama could swear he could feel the woman's ora and how it was directed at both himself and Aika.
A knock on the door caught everyone's attention before anyone could say anything else, the devils inside found themselves confused because they didn't expect anyone to come to visit them, but considering that the student council was paying close attention to this meeting they opened the door expecting to see one of the other devils.
What they found the moment they opened the door however was something else.
Alexander Anderson stood next to Janne d'Arc.
'Sorry to bother you, while you try to temp that poor fool but you have something that belongs to us" Anderzon said to Yuuto as he shoved his way past the devil and took his place behind Motohama.
Janne however simply smiled and whispered sorry to Yuuto before entering the room and standing behind Aika, it was like seeing the past standing behind the present or if one wanted to say it was like Motohama and Aika were sitting in front of the people that they would one day become, who seemed to tower over their current selves.
Aderzon's priest clothes and savage grin made him look like a predator ready for a fight, while Janne's calm ora and knight's armor made her seem like someone that was welcoming to everyone but as ready to fight at any moment.
There was an incident at the church and Max sent us to check up on you two, and look at what we find"
"The two of you negotiating with a bunch of devils," Anderzon said to Motohama and Aika before he turned to look at Ria's.
'Apologies for Anderzon, he handles the less than formal meetings, but I find myself questioning why two members of the blood angels are meeting you" Janne asked Rias before she immediately placed her hand on Issei's head.
"Don't worry we can keep you safe" Janne whispered to Issei
Her friendly act and words immediately made Ria's frown, she had planned for everything, including the two extra students, but she hadn't planned for the two new intruders.
"We were welcoming Issei to the family, or we were about to, but your servants decided they would force themselves to be here," Rias said d Janne.
Anderzon smiled showing his canine-like teeth.
"That won't be necessary missy, you see he's under the protection of the blood angels making him one of us," Anderzon said to Rias, who simply smiled at him.
'He's already one of us" Rias said to Anderzon
'For the moment, yes, but we can make him human again and you can get your pieces back" Janne said to Rias, catching the devil's attention.
'That's impossible" Akeno said to Janne
"Is it?" Hanne said to Akeno her blue eyes seemed to glow as they looked at the devil in front of her.
"What's going on?" Issei asked everyone, his patience finally leaving his as he didn't know what was happening.
"It's not too complicated boy, that woman killed you and they brought you back from the dead" Anderzon said to Issei she pointed at Rias.
"Rias immediately went to a nearby wooden desk and picked up a picture before handing it to Issei.
"No one remembers her because the fallen erased everyone's memory of her" Rias said to Issei.
"When she killed you you wished to die in the hands of a beautiful woman, I fulfilled your wish and as payment, I made you one of us," Rias said to Issei as wings appeared behind her and the rest of the occult research club members.
issei felt something come out of his back and he was shocked to see the strange bat-like wings that had come out of him.
'You don't have to be one f them you can be human again" Motohama said to Issei
"Issei they aren't good, we've seen what those things they put inside you do to people. Max and Mark can make you Human again" Aika pleaded to Issei hoping he would listen.
'Like they did when they left him to die" Rias said to Aika
Aika was to shokled to answer Rias, but it was Anderzon who answrd Rias.
"We both know the change was couldn't be stopped when you put those things inside of him and stoping the change halfway would have either turned him into one of those mutants or destroyed his soul, so don't make us look like the bad guys by twisting the events."
" You harlot."
Issei just stood between his friends and the people he just found out that were devils, the world his world had suddenly crashed around him.
'Since when did the two of you know about all of this?' Issei asked Motohama and Aika
"They were attacked by a devil, had Mark and Max not saved your friends would have been dead"
"As for how long, exactly three days, you have been asleep for two days, there just as ignorant to the world as you are, "Janne answered issei
'I just want to go home" Issei said to everyone
'You heard him, get him home" Anderzon said to Motohama and Aika
Anderzon and Janne watched the three friends walk out of the clubroom before turning to Rias and handing her a small box.
"Mark says to tell you and that other girl, this is our version of a pice offering," Anderzon said to Rias before he opened the small box.
Rias felt her eyes widen as he looked at all of the chess pieces in front of her, they belonged to different families, and each had the mark of servant or a high-ranking devil on them.
"Please tell your friends that they belong to us now," Janne said to Rias before following the teens as they left.
The three friends walked out of the old school building and out of the school grounds, Janne and Anderzon followed the three of them close behind making sure that no one would do anything to them.
"So about the church," Issei said to Motohama and Aika
"It's weird, outside its a regular building, but inside, there's another world inside it, we only have been there twice and each time we have been in different places" Motohama answered Issei.
"...So I was turned into a devil," Issei said to himself as he tried to wrap his head around everything that just happened.
"You're lucky your friend were with you," Anderzon said to Issei as he walked behind the teen
"That woman had one hell of a setup, she knew how to catch your attention and get your trust" Anderzon added before he lifted his left hand.
"She caught your attention by showing her body, knowing full well boys your age would focus on that"
"Then she gained your trust by showing the only proof that the fallen even existed and showing you what she and those around her are" Anderzon explained to Issei
"Most people would immediately fall for such a setup and just in case you didn't fall for her trick. I'm sure she would offer something that you couldn't say no to" Janne added to Anderzons explanation
"So do you want to meet max and Mark?' Aika asked Issei
Issei didn't say anything he just looked at his childhood friends and noticed their worried expressions.
"Is it that bad being a devil?" he asked them
'No, not if you don't mind being a slave for all eternity"
"Or turning into a human eating monster because you came to your senses and tried to escape your masters and not to mention the fact that long after your love ones die you will still be alive" Anderzon answered Issei
"Okay, I want to meet them" Issei answered Aika
All of asudden bible pages began to fly around the small group and they suddenly found themselves standing in front of the church
'How did we" Isei began to ask only for Anderzon to answer him
"I transported you here, I like to walk, but I figured that you'd want to be human as soon as possible"
'What happened here?" Motohama asked Anderzon as he saw a lot of the wood and equipment was thrown around like if someone had tried to ruin everything
"Not much just some random woman, nothing we can't handle" Janne answered Motohama as Max walked out and greeted the three friends
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Rias handed the box to her brother who had come to see what his sister found so urgent that she had to see him immediately.
the king of hell just looked at the evil pieces and identified which resurrected devil they belong to, oddly enough none of them seemed to have died, but that was impossible.
They claimed they could make the resurrected devils human again, I lost or am in the process of losing someone I " Rias began to explain to her brother but he stopped her as he understood the gravity of the situation.
"You said they called themselves Blood Angels," Sirzechs Lucifer asked his sister, who simply nodded to him.
"There's nothing we can do, all of the pieces here belonged to stray devils that fled from their masters and were going to be hunted and killed"
"The fact that the church found a way to make them human again is s problem if they start forcefully making resurrected devils human again, but from what you told me, they offer this option and leave if the resurrected chose not to," Sirzechs said to Rias
"Keep an eye on the one that was going to be your servant, maybe we can use him to form a way of getting a better relationship with these Blood Angels," Sirzechs said to Rias before hugging his sister and leaving for hell again
Rias knew her brother enough to understand that the look he had on his face didn't mean anything good, she knew that her brother was trying to keep her from worrying, but the sight of so many evil pieces meant that the Blood Angels had already captured and either forced or made dozens or perhaps thousands of stray devils human again.
The information that some of those strays had, was secret to many of the other factions, meaning that like or not things would be changing soon for everyone.
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"And done," Mark said to Issei as he stood next to the teen
"That's it?" Issei asked Mark
"That's it, apparently you have a lot of power considering she put eight of these things inside you," Mark said to Issei as he showed him the ten evil pieces, the things looked like chess pieces but they were red and seemed to radiate some sort of power.
'What you're feeling is the demonic energy the devil placed inside you, like it or not but you now have the power of eight evil pieces in your body" Max said to Issei
"Not only that, I can feel what's inside you, "Motohama said to Issei as he pointed to Incursio
"My sword is growling at the dragon inside you," Motohama said to Issei and he smiles as Issei seemed to understand what he was saying
"That swod is a dragon! wait I have a dragon inside me!" Issei said to Motohama
"Relax it's the soul of a dragon, what you have is a weapon that's made from its body, neither of them can hurt you but you have a target on your back as long as you can't use the thing," Mark said to Issei before Max continued Marks explanation
"Just imagine anything you like with a lot of power and the thing will do the rest"
Issei closed his eyes and imagined the power ranger or the sentai he used to watch when he was younger.
Immediately he felt the power inside of him mix until he opened his eyes and found a red gauntlet that had a green crystal in the center of it covering his hand.
The gauntlet immediately let out a roar and Issei was shocked to hear another roar emerging from Motohamas sword.
The two dragons seemed to be judging each other's power before they both calmed down.
'so there are three of us" Issei heard the voice inside the gauntlet say
"The other may not be here, but our power doesn't matter, what matters is the power of our wielders."
'Let they decide which of us rules these lands and which of us either serves or leaves" Incursio answered Isseis dragon.
Everything suddenly became quiet and after everyone understood that neither weapon would say anything else max clapped his hands and opened the portal to let the three friends into the training grounds...
Max smirked as the three teens looked around with wide mouths, they stood in front of a vast field that seemed to go on forever.
"You learn by doing, all around you are beasts that you would normally see in fantasy games or when you go to a world that has them running around"
"Thankfully I have this place, the Flying castle of Aincrad will be your training ground for today. So kill as many monsters as you can and learn how to use your weapons"
"Oh before I forget the other people you see killing monsters are real so no killing other people that are wearing rings like yours, the same goes for people selling things if they have the rings on," Max said to the three of them before leaving them on their own
Max immediately took a seat next to Mark and the two of them watched the three friends walk around completely lost and unaware of the danger they were in.
The area they were in was a place where a lot of weak monsters ran around, so the teens could deal with them, the problem is that none of them knew exactly how to use their weapons so dealing with even the weakest monster would be a problem for them.
The two friends watched as the teens tried to fight off a rabbit that had a horn on the center of its head and laughed when they were forced to run away, they watched as the three of them walked for hours until they finally found a town and managed to buy themselves some water and food.
Max let the three of them out and sent them home, when he watched the three of them fall onto their beds, and pass out from exhaustion he teleported himself in front of the house of Issei and knocked on the door.
he watched as Iseeis mom opened the door and introduced himself.
"I need to explain certain things to you and your husband," Max said to the woman isseis mon let him in and led him to the living room
Max began to explain the events that had happened to their son and unsurprisingly neither of them believed him, that was until Max opened a porta and entered their home.
Isseis's father immediately took a protective stance in front of his wife but Mark calmed the man down by pointing out that if either he or Max wanted to do them harm, there wasn't anything the man could do to stop them.
isseis parents listened to everything, from their son's death to his return to being human, Max and Mark watched as they both held each other and cried
"taker these rings they will keep you safe, they can create forcefields and send enemy attacks back to them. In case of emergency either take the rings off and if things are really bad break them"
"By taking the rings f one of us r someone that can handle serious threats will show up and get the two of you to safety if you break them a lot more people will show up" Mark explained to the two
"What will happen to Issei," Isseis father asked Mark
"Your son is human and is now a blood angel, meaning he's under our protection, both he and the two of you have access to all of our medical technologies, from science and magic as well as use of all of the places we have under our control" Mark answered the man
"So we can go in there whenever we want," Issei's mother asked Mark
"You can go whenever you want, but when your son is training you won't be able to bother him"
"Mam please understand one day we could be dead or something big is going on so we won't be able t help your son, he needs this training so that he can stand on his own. " Max answered the woman hoping that she would understand
"What do we do now," Issei's dad asked Mark and Max
"Live your lives, these things were here before the two of you and they will be here when the two of you are gone. The only difference is that the two of you have know that they exist and you now have access to several dozen places you never knew existed" Mark answered Isseis dad