Hey guys sorry for the late update again but at least it's not as long a wait as last time right? Now let's get on with he story!
Forest
"Well there they are right on schedule. Riser is really predictable isn't he?" said Nico as he watched Riser's five remaining [Pawns] making their way towards their base through the woods. They had already ran into a few of their traps which was shown with the few bruises and cuts they were sporting.
So far none of them had wandered from the set path the traps had laid out, which meant less work for Nico and Aila. Now all they had to do was make sure Yosuke did his job and they could move on to finishing off the rest of the Phenex's pieces before taking out the bastard himself.
"I don't care if the bird brain is predictable or not., all I care about is finishing this joke of a match and going home." responded Aila with her arms crossed as she glared at the advancing Phenex pieces. She wished they would just hurry up so Yosuke could blow them to kingdom come.
"Wise with words as ever Aila. Come on, looks like their about to exit the forest." said Nico as he and Aila vanished into the shadow's.
ORC Clubroom roof
Meanwhile said [Bishop] was sitting calmly on the roof of the building strumming his harp without a care in the world. This was because he had faith in Kuru's plan. He may not be a real 'strategist' but even he could tell Kuru's plan was well thought out. Plus out of all of them he had the easiest job!
He soon felt the approach of the five Phenex pieces and began strumming once more and aiming his magic in the direction that the [Pawns] would appear from. He was not disappointed as the five rushed out from the spot in the woods he had predicted and onto the lawn of the building where all of them stopped when hearing Yosuke's music in the air.
"Up there!" shouted one of them as she pointed to Yosuke's spot on the roof and drawing the attention of the others.
"Sup." responded Yosuke with his lazy smile that seemed to anger a few of the [Pawns] until the one in the dancer outfit stepped forward cockily.
"So they left you here all by yourself to protect your base?" she asked.
"Yup." responded Yosuke while popping the P loudly.
The girls looked at him for a moment before bursting out laughing. While Yosuke made no outside sign's of annoyance inside he was starting to get pretty irritated. Sure he may not be a frontline fighter like most of the other's but he was by no means weak. Soon these arrogant punks would learn just why he was a member of Kuru's peerage.
"Hahah, they left you here all alone!? A stupid weakling with a harp!? I knew that the Cerbure's weakling was a moron but this just takes the cake!" shouted one and making the other's laugh even louder. Too bad they didn't notice Yosuke's smile dropping from his face as well as the intense killing intent coming from the woods where a hidden Nico and Aila were trying not to rush out and butcher the skanks.
"Now that was just rude, I think you should leave now." said Yosuke as he began to play faster and more intensely. He was going to originally only use enough power to knock them out of the game, but now he was going to make it hurt a lot!
One of the [Pawns] stopped laughing long enough to notice the area around them getting slightly brighter. Looking around for the source she looked down and her eyes widened at the sight of the ground below them glowing with magic power.
"Move!" she shouted getting the other's attention as they all tried to get out of the blast range. However only two of them managed to leap to safety before the ground erupted in an explosion large enough to be felt all around the pocket dimension and drowning out the pained screams of the three [Pawns] caught in the blast.
"Three of Riser-sama's [Pawns] have retired!" announced Grayfia.
"I can't believe it!" shouted on of the remaining [Pawns] as she had just saw three of her peerage members be knocked out with a single move.
"Believe it slut, cause your gonna be joining them soon." growled Nico from behind her.
Hearing his voice the Phenex [Pawn] lashed out with a backwards swipe only for Nico to catch her wrist and stop the strike cold. Looking at the Cerbures [Pawn] the girl felt her blood go cold as she looked into Nico's cold eyes with the left one glowing brightly in both power and anger.
"As a fellow [Pawn] I can't help but being disgusted by you. Every member of a peerage no matter what piece they are should be strong, but the fact that Riser allows you all to be so weak just makes him even more pathetic. What you see in that arrogant weakling I have no idea nor do I care. You have no reason to get strong, but if I was even half as strong as I am now I would have been able to save my sister, and to see you squander the chance to gain power just to spread your legs for that limp dicked turkey just makes me sick." growled Nico as he used the same arm that was still holding the Phenex [Pawns] to pull her forward and straight into a punch from Nico.
The punch was strong enough to send her off her feet andflying straight back into the wood's where she smashed through several trees before falling down into a bleeding, unconscious heap. Her form glowed briefly before disappearing but Nico didn't care about any of that as he was more focused on calming his mind.
Observation booth
"Well that was unexpected. For a [Pawn] piece he is nearly as strong as a [Rook]." commented Lord Gremory.
"And that [Bishop] is certainly nothing to scoff about. The sheer power of that blast was immense." threw in Lady Phenex as all the others agreed but they stopped once they heard the muttering of Kiba and Asia.
"I'm sorry but what was that?" asked Sizerch's to his sister's [Knight] and [Rook].
"We said that the price they paid for it isn't worth it." said Kiba as he continued to look down at Nico with some sadness as well as Asia who was gazing at Yosuke.
"And what do you mean by that?" questioned Grayfia. Asia and Kiba looked at each-other for a moment before nodding in agreement as Asia made to speak first.
~flashback~
"..and that's how you make a simple barrier Asia." finished Yosuke as he and her were found sitting ina small glade in the woods. Right now the Cerbures [Bishop] was working on teaching Aisa some barrier spell's and increasing her magic control. Surprisingly Asia was quite gifted in the area.
"Wow Yosuke-sensei you sure know a lot about magic." commented Asia in a bit of awe as Yosuke gave her a sad smile.
"With what I had to deal with before meeting Kuru I didn't really have a choice in the matter." he replied and making Asia more curious on what her teacher was talking about.
"What do you mean Sensei?"
Yosuke took a moment to debate his options. Normally he would tell whoever asked that question to leave him alone but he just couldn't do that to Asia. She was too innocent and kind for that and 'she' would not like it if he did do that. So instead he decided to tell her and just get over it.
"Tell me Asia, have you heard the story of Orpheus and Eurydice?"
"Oh yes! It's a very sad story if I remember, why do you ask Sensei?"
"Because I am the reincarnation of Orpheus." he said getting a gasp from Asia who made to say something but Yosuke holding his hand up stopped her as he said to wait until he was finished before saying anything.
"Just like in the myth I fell in love with a girl named Sayaka when we were eleven, not knowing that she was the reincarnation of Eurydice. A little over a year later we started to date and I thought we would be together forever, that was until some Fallen angel's killed her under the disguise of 'heart failure'. After she died I prayed to God to bring her back to me and in response a Fallen angel came and offered me the chance to get her back. It was an exact replay of the myth as we were so close but I made the mistake of looking back and having to lose her all over again only this time it was all my fault. It was after that I learned that the same thing had been going on for centuries as an ongoing 'joke' by the fallen angels. In my depression I tried to overdose on pills so to hopefully join Sayaka on the other side but Kuru found and reincarnated me. At first I was so angry at him for denying me the chance to see Sayaka again, but after he asked me what she would want I couldn't be mad at him anymore. I chose to serve him then because he stopped me from making a huge mistake as well as giving me the chance to make those bastard pay for taking Sayaka from me." spoke Yosuke coldly and making Aisia cry at the sad story that was his life.
"O-oh Sensei. I-I-i'm so sorry for bringing it up!" apologized Asia while Yosuke just gave her a sad smile.
"It's alright Asia it happened years ago. Plus I have a feeling I'll meet Sayaka again someday and I want to be able to face her with a smile on my face. Now let's get back to your training." finished Yosuke as he then started to explain some magic theories.
~flashback end~
After Asia had finished her story all the others were left in an even more intense state of shock than when they had heard Tank's story from Akeno.
"To think the Fallen could be so cruel. That boy's soul must have suffered so much." said Lady Gremory sadly as all the other's felt for the boy. Sizerch's was merely gazing at the boy thinking of finding a way to help the boy. A Devil he may be but he was far from heartless.
"What about you Kiba? What do you have to say about Nico's past." asked Rias to her [Knight].
"Nothing at all Buchou. I'm sorry but I can't allow myself to tell Nico's story for him. He was very reluctant to share it with me to begin with and I can't afford to break that kind of trust." replied Kiba hoping his [King] would understand.
Thankfully she did as she offered a small smile and nod before turning back to watching the ongoing match as her chances of having to marry Riser were dropping more by the minute and her chances with Kuru were rising just as quickly. However, she knew that Kuru's [Queen] also possessed feelings for him and that was the dilemma she was currently facing.
Sighing to herself she already knew that in the end she would have to share Kuru with her as she knew the Cerbures well enough to know that he wouldn't be able to choose between the two of them so accepting it now would cause less headache's down the road. Hopefully Olivia would be open to the idea.
Hey guys sorry for the short chapter but I'm in kind of a rush with the limited time I got but hey at least you got to see a bit of Yosuke's backstory huh? Review and/or PM me!
