Chapter 3
Bless us All
Galen eyes remained ensnared by the appearance of the young woman still laying on the ground. Accidentally seeing up her skirt.
Shaking his head on that note, Galen reached out for the girl's hand and said "Are you okay?"
The girl, finally coming out of her daze reached for the hand and replied "Yes…"
After grasping the hand, Galen gently pulled the girl back onto her feet and then noticed her luggage hand been forcible opened by the fall and her cloths scattered on the ground.
Now seeing her possessions fluttering on the ground, the blonde girl began to franticly reach for her cloths before another breeze lashed out.
Galen, seeing the girl panic over her luggage, silently began to help the girl and begun to pick up some of the cloths further away from the pair.
After grabbing a shirt that was wrapped around a bush, Galan returned to the girl and said "Here."
"Oh, Thank You." She said with gratitude evident in her tone. Taking the shirt and throwing it into her huge leather suitcase.
"Do you need help with that Miss…" Galen trailed off after realizing he didn't ask the girl for her name.
After gazing at the young man for a moment, the girl replied "Oh, No thank, but I'm grateful for your kindness Mister…" the girl trailed off, apparently being caught in a similar predicament as the boy.
Deciding to break the ice, Galen spoke up first by saying "Excuse me, I'm Galen Marek."
"Oh!" the girl squeaked after being caught off guard by the sudden introduction. "My name is Asia, Asia Argento." She finished with the purest smile Galen had ever seen.
After the introduction, both teen began to walk and talk with each other, enjoying each other company.
"So what brings you all the way out here?" Galen asked the girl after noticing her complexing screamed out foreigner.
"Well…" Asia began to explain herself "I was actually assigned to this town's Church not too long ago."
Galen nodded while saying "Oh, so you're a nun." That explained the girl's wardrobe. However, as soon as he noticed a small gold cross necklace hanging around her neck, an ache started to throb at the back of his head, causing Galen to flinch, which Asia took notice of.
Tilting her head in confusion, she asked with concern evident "Are you Alright?"
Composing himself, Galen answered with an assuring smile "Yah, I'm okay."
The conversation was interrupted by a call of distressed, originating from a small child in a park that looked like he scrapped his knee.
Asia ran over to the boy and set her luggage down. While she placed her hands over the boy's Wounded Knee, she said "There, there, it's alright." A green glow began to shine from Asia's hand and enveloped the boy's knee, and soon the bright red scratches and marks were gone and the child looked at his knee in bewilderment.
Galen was stuck in the same boat as the child, given what he had just witnessed.
While contemplating what the new devil just witnessed, Asia just pat the child on the head saying "There, All Better?"
The Child merely smiled after realizing the pain from his fall was gone and looked up to the Blond Nun saying "Yes, Thank you so Much." The Child went so far as to give Asia a Hug to express his gratitude, which the Nun returned.
After watching the Child run off waving, Asia returned to her guide looking cheerful at the deed she had just committed.
"That was incredible!" Galen commented while smiling.
Nodding and Holding her hand close to her chest, Asia Smiled at the compliment and said "Thank you, but it was a gift from God."
When Galen noticed the Golden cross again, the pain in the back of his head began to throb again, but this time, he was better at concealing it from the girl.
After a few short minutes, the Church came into view. Galen felt the searing pain return again, but this time it was so bad that it made him flinch.
Deducing these pains as some sort of devil warning, Galen decided to discreetly, but regrettable leave the situation.
Checking his watch he saw it was almost time for school. Turning to the Nun Galen said "Sorry Asia, I gotta get to school now."
Asia heard this, and while she looked sadden by the departure, she understood "Alright…" She quickly grew a smile on her face as she said "I hope we Meet again Galen." She released one of her hands from her bag and waved to the boy.
Galen returned the gesture with his own wave, and thought 'I hope so to, Asia.'
(Kouh Academy)
"You are not to go near that Girl Again." A voice rang out in the empty stairway that was only heard by the speaker and the receiver, which was Rias Gremory and Galen Marek.
Galen naturally flinched at the tone the girl was using, but he still managed to speak up. "Why?"
Rias calmed herself down by leaning on the railing of the stairway, before explaining the situation "To Devils, going near holy areas like the church can be hazardous. Not only can the presence harm us, but exorcist that reside there could destroy you beyond repair..."
Shaping her eyes into a sharp glare, she continued her lecture "And by destroyed beyond repair, it means you'll die and never comeback."
Galen took a moment to absorb these facts, but before he could respond, His crimson haired master continued "Not only that, but given the fact you also killed that Fallen Angel a couple days ago…" That made Galen subconsciously flinch "I won't be surprised if that girl was disguised as a Fallen Angel like Yuma was."
At this, Galen spoke up "I don't think that's true!" he snapped.
Rias, who still maintained her composer despite being caught off guard by the comeback, responded "And how would you know?" she spoke daring her servant to challenge her logic.
Galen was silent for a minute, trying to collect himself from his impulsive argument. The newly reincarnated devil then said "When I was with her…" Galen trailed off trying to remember the Blond Nun's presence. "I didn't feel any malice or anything like that…"
"Just because you don't sense it doesn't mean she can't turn on you." Rias interrupted with a counter.
Seeing her servant looking conflicted by the conversation, she decided to end it with a warning. "Galen, regardless of the girl, or her alliance, I want you to avoid her at all cost." Standing up and facing her servant, she continued "You have to keep your distance from people like her, regardless if she act nice or not, because the bottom line is, if she doesn't kill you, her superior's will." She said with a grim undertone.
Galen wanted to respond, but a part of him could see the message was trying to convey to him. "I understand." He responded in a low tone with his head slightly hanging.
Rias nodded and turned away, but before disappearing down the stairs, she spoke up "I'll need to meet you at the club house after school. There somethings I'll need to discuss with you." Her tone implied it was nothing short of an order as she disappeared down the stairs and into a hallway.
Galen dreaded the tone Rias used when compared to the comforting tone she used yesterday.
Suddenly, the sharp, throbbing pain ran through his skull, and Galen responded by grasping his head as voice rang out.
"You're still loyal to Vader!" a woman's voice cried out in anger "After he branding me a Traitor, and tried to kill you, you still act like…"
"His Slave…" Galen recognized his voice, spoken like he was broken.
After that, the pain went away, and the new devil dropped to his knee, cradling his head.
Before Galen could try and ponder his latest episode, the chimes of the School bell rang out in the stair way, signaling the beginning of first period Classes. Deciding to ponder the event after Class, Galen scurried away from the scene into his assigned classroom.
Although Galen managed to keep his attention to his current math teacher, he found himself drifting off into the memory surge he experienced. Once he fully digested the memory, he found himself depressed. While he couldn't make heads or tails of what the other flashbacks were saying, his latest insight seemed to tell more then what was shown.
"Mr. Marek…" A voice called out, that caught the boy's attention. Swinging his head up to see his teacher looking directly at him with a suspicious glare in his eye. "Could you please answer the problem I just put on the board?"
Galen only had to glance at the problem at the board before nodding and rose up from his seat to stand in front of the board. The shaved head student managed to write down the answer, along with a reasonable formula to explain said answer. In the end, the teacher was satisfied with answer, and said "Very good Mr. Marek, but I hope you'll save the daydreaming after class."
Galen nodded before saying "Yes Sir." And walked back to his desk, deciding to restrain himself from pondering until school was finished.
Thankfully, Galen managed to focus on the task at hand until the school bell rang. The Shaved headed teen collected all of his notes and book to be packed up in his hand bag and rushed out to meet his master at the clubhouse.
However, after arriving at the clubhouse's main room, The New Devil saw that no one was inside the room.
Deciding to take advantage of the unoccupied space, Galen set his bag down beside the couch and placed himself on the said furniture with his head resting on the top of the couch.
Once relaxed, Galen began to recall the latest in the series of episode, which is what he called them since they lacked any visual to be called visions, he experienced earlier and tried to piece it together with his other episodes.
While in his trance, the new devil failed to notice the door opening slowly.
Peeking her head through the door, Akeno noticed her master's newest servant sitting quietly on the sofa. Upon entering the room and shutting the door, Rias' Queen noticed that her junior seemed to be in a daze, seeing as he had yet to acknowledge her presence.
While her mischievous side was practically crying to do a repeat of her earlier up close and personal encounter, she decided to restrain herself to something a bit tamer.
While slowly walking up to the distracted devil, Akeno bent over so her head was next to his own with a mere inch separating the two. Puckering her lips together, the black haired vice-president spoke in a low whisper "Are you alright, My cute little junior?" she added to her stunt by lightly blowing into the ear she was speaking into.
The result was just as expected as Galen released a gasping sound as he jumped off one side of the sofa to the other side.
After realizing who just snuck up on him, the startled boy lightly shouted "Akeno!" after taking a second to calm himself down, Galen managed to say "Don't sneak up on me like that." Trying his best to glare at his upperclassmen as said devil was half heartily holding in an adorable laugh.
"I'm sorry." Akeno replied between her to giggles "But you were in such a daze, I thought it was the perfect time to pay you back for yesterday."
Galen cocked as his in confusion as he said "Yesterday?" But then his face turned bright red as he remembered accidentally groping the girl before him.
Before Galen could reply, Akeno spoke up "And you don't need to worry about Rias being mad at you."
Galen once again looked confused before realizing what the girl meant. "So you heard…?" It was more of a statement, then a question.
Akeno nodded while still maintaining her pleasant demeanor. "She just worried about, like the rest of us."
"Worried about me?" For some reason, this confused Galen more than anything. After all, Rias seemed upset.
Akeno Nodded and continued "Of course silly, you've already been through more in the past couple of day, then most Newbie go through in months. She just trying to make sure you're not getting overwhelmed and slowly prepare you for what's coming."
The double door to the clubhouse creaked open and both occupants turned to the person they were just talking about enter the room.
Rias looked into the room and was surprised to see her Revan haired queen still at school. "Akeno…?" Rias closed the doors behind her as she continued talking "I thought you had gone home already."
Akeno, while twisting her cheerful expression to a serious one, spoke up and explained "I just received a message from our superiors that a stray devil had been spotted within our territory."
(An abandon building on the outskirts of town)
"What's a stray Devil?" Galen asked the group as they teleported in front of a decaying structure on the edge of town.
"Stray devils…" Kiba, speaking up to the newest member of the team, who Galen noted had a stealth sword attached to his hip "Are servants who have deliberately lost control of themselves and flee, or even kill their master's."
After a moment of pause, Akeno took over the tutorial "Ideally when this happens, Devils like our selves try to dispose of these rogues before they start causing problems."
"Which isn't the case now." Rias spoke up as the group approached the entrance to the building.
Regrettable, everyone took a single breath of the air and they could already smell the stench of rotting corpses. They powered through this and entered the building with their guard up for any surprises the stray might have in store for the Occult research Club.
While the senior members held themselves together, Galen was visible disturbed by the atmosphere of the area. While Rias and her servant simple chalked it up to green-horn experience, the new devil was actually feeling the pain and horror that still lingered in the air.
"Galen…" Rias called out, hoping to snap the newbie out of his trance "What do you know of Chess?"
Galen tilted his head at the question, which told Rias he didn't have a clue.
Rias took a deep breath before speaking up "Chess is a game consisting of several different piece, the King, the Queen, the Bishops, the Knights, the Rooks, and the Pawns. The object of the game is to take the enemy's king using the pieces that I've mentioned."
Pausing for a moment to allow Galen to absorb this information before continuing "The Evil piece system that I used to revive you is based off this game's property, and as such, I represent the King piece, holding the authority over all my other pieces."
Suddenly, the atmosphere tensed up, which was followed by the youngest member of the group announcing "It's here."
True to Koneko word, the O.R.C. Heard heavy breathing which followed up with "That Smell…" a woman voice that was dressed deeply with seductive malice.
The Group looked up to see the upper half of a naked, reddish-brown haired woman, to Galen's discomfort and everyone else's disgust, looking down on the new arrivals with a gleeful leer, but she was mostly focused on the red-head leader of the group.
"Viser, you wretched fiend…" Rias called out to the woman, now identified as Viser. "You have abandoned you Master in pursuit of your own impulsive desire…"
"Oh just Shut up you little Slut…" Viser interrupted the younger girl. "You're just jealous that your never be as powerful and beautiful as me!" she moaned out as the Stray Devil emphasized her statement by grabbing and fondling her breast. This may have distracted Galen, but not enough to miss, Viser's lower body appear out of the shadow and revealing that from her hips down, her legs looked like gigantic arms, with razor sharp claws, that were attached to some sort of abdominal like appendage, with the end of the spine curling outward like a tail.
Galen looked horrified by the appearance of the woman while the others held their ground against the deranged stray with Rias leading the charge.
"Last warning Viser…" Rias shouted "Return to you Master's side and face the consequences, or…" The crimson haired devil flung her arm to the side and spoke up "Or face the Wrath of the House of Gremory!"
Viser didn't respond to the Heir of Gremory's request, but simply continued to fondle her breast until dark-red magic circles appeared right over her nipples, after which fired off some sort of liquid.
Everyone instinctively dodged the greenish droplets, which hit the wall behind them, dissolving the structure.
Rias and her group were unfazed by the attack, so the crimson haired girl shouted "Kiba!"
"Right!" the Blond haired boy responded by stepping forward and then vanishing from everyone's sight.
Galen's eyes widened as he quickly glanced around to find his companion "He disappeared?!"
"No, he just moving too fast for you to see right now." Rias answered.
Before Galen could respond he saw Kiba reappearing in front of Viser and returning his sword to its stealth. Once the hilt and the sword clapped against one another, Viser's arm fell off with the stray howling in pain.
"In this Game, Kiba Yuuto represents my knight." Rias spoke up to Galen, who only continued to stared, bewildered by the show. "As such, he inherited blinding speed from the evil piece."
The Stray devil then lunge her lower body at her stationary foe, which morphed into a gigantic mouth.
However, Kiba moved at the last minute, causing the stray to missing and bite into the floor, ripping out a big chuck of the ground.
Once the stray used its arms like legs to stand straight back up, Koneko stepped towards the deformed devil, unconcerned as Viser sneered at the small girl. Then Viser once again lunged at the silver haired child with its abdominal Mouth and successfully caught her victim.
Galen gasped in horror and was prepared to leap into the fray when Rias spoke up "Don't worry, it'll take more than that to put her down."
No sooner did she say that, the make-shift jaws of the stray were forcible opening up to reveal Koneko holding the sides of the jaws with both hands, and while her school uniform looked torn here and there, she was still looked fine.
"Koneko on the other hand is empowered by the Rook piece." Rias continued to explain. "As such, she gains enhanced strength and durability."
"Gross…" the saliva covered girl muttered before hopping out of the Stray devil's second mouth, landed on the ground, only to jump back at the stray and deliver a powerful kick to the normal part of the stray's otherwise, abnormal figure. This blow caused the devil to stumble backward from the blow and slammed into the wall.
Seeing the stray on her last leg, Rias spoke up to her last active servant "Akeno, Finish it off." She ordered to the Raven haired beauty's delight.
Although Akeno walked forward calmly, with a smile planted on her face, but Galen felt something was off as his senior spoke "Right Away Madam." Although the tone seemed normal for her, but Galen couldn't help but feel a rising emotion that sent shivers up the newbie's spine.
Just as Viser was lifting herself off the ground, The Vice president of O.R.C. raised her hands up and a bright yellow volts of electricity danced between her palms.
Out of the Corner of his Eyes, Galen spotted something twitching and spun around to see Viser's severed arm flying through the air, aiming itself at his crimson haired senior.
Galen reacted instantly by jumping in front of Rias, activating his sacred Gear, and punching the appendage. The resulting contact caused the arm not only to fly away from the pair, but also break apart into several pieces.
Rias, although was taken back by the surprising event, managed to say "Thank you Galen…" she trailed off as she seemed to be trying to absorb how her new made servant managed such a feat.
"It's nothing." Galen spoke up despite his focus being on his red gauntlet.
Rias, deciding to file Galen's behavior away for later, stood back up and refocused her attention on the battlefield in front of her. "Akeno, don't hold back on that thing." Rias ordered
The black haired girl didn't even respond to the command, if you don't count giggling, and unleashed a volley of lighting down on the stray, who began to howl in pain and angst. However, these cries seemed to spur the Vice president on even more as even more lighting danced off her fingers as she said "My oh My, you definably sound better when you're screaming like that!"
Before Galen could become too enchanted with Akeno's work, Rias spoke up to explain her Vice president's abilities. "Akeno represents my Queen, and as such she inherits a perfect combination of strength, speed and magical prowess."
Galen barely heard half of what Rias said as he continued to watch Akeno relentlessly assault the clearly outclassed devil. As the raven haired devil let loose her lighting, the girlish giggle soon became something similar to a lustful moan, not that Galen could tell the different of course.
Rias could see Galen observing her Queen performance, and while she couldn't tell if her newest servant was either admiring her queen, or down right terrified, she continued her explanation "On a side note, she's what you might call a professional Sadist."
As Ria's Queen continued to torture the Stray, Galen could help but let his body shiver at the unrestraint power and ferocity that Akeno displayed with her lighting. Whether the boy did this out of intimidation, or as unlikely as it was, admiration was still in the air.
Rias decided to settle this matter, for the sake of Time, the stray Devil, and her servant's case. "Alright Akeno, you had your fun." The crimson haired Devil ordered her queen to Stand Down.
Akeno folded her arms in front of her as she cancelled out her attack. "Ohhh…" Akeno groaned out as she swung herself around letting a pout like expression decorate her face "But I was just getting to the good Part!"
Rias just shook her head in mock disappointment as she stepped forward towards the stray. While looking down at the fried monstrosity in disgust, she uttered "Any last word Viser?"
The said Stray Devil could only move her eyes upward to face her conqueror and utter with the upmost venom "Fuck You Bitch!"
Rias only raised the palm of her hand and charged up her own power, which appeared in the form of a Dark red flaming ball with a black hue outline, and muttered "Checkmate." And threw the ball of power down on the stray, completely obliterating the deranged fiend.
Galen could only look on as he absorbed the individual abilities that each of the group possessed. Once he was done comparing Kiba's blinding speed, Koneko's raw strength, and Akeno and Ria's destructive power to his own, The new devil felt like questioning his own inherited talent from the appointed king of the group.
"Ria's…" Galen called out to his pseudo king "What piece do I represent?" he asked while pointing to himself.
"You're my pawn." Rias answered bluntly as she began to walk away from the scene with her other servants following close behind her.
Galen was a little confused why his king wasn't elaborating on his abilities. "And what's that suppose too do?" he questioned his superior.
However, instead of getting an answer, Rias only turned and said, while smirking "A lesson for another day I'm afraid."
Galen cocked his eyes as his expression just shouted 'Really?!'
Rias, having read this expression, just said "If you're that bored, I guess we can give you something to do at the clubhouse." She placed a mischievous grin on her lips as she spoke to her eager pawn.
Galen looked at the crimson haired wonder in question, wondering what else the leader of the O.R.C. had planned.
(The Occult Research Clubhouse)
While standing before Rias, Galen attentively listen as she spoke "Now, normal I would have waited a couple of weeks before doing this, but Koneko has been getting blasted with request, so I was wondering if you could give her a hand."
Koneko perked up by saying "That would be Rad." Causing Galen to twist himself to see the petite girl with the same dully expression on the child's face as she continued to munch on the cookie in her hand.
The shaved haired teen heard a shuffling noise in front of him, and turned back to see Rias standing up from her desk and standing before her pawn before saying "This is how a contract between a devil and a Human works…" taking a breath of air, she continued "When a Human wishes to make a contract with a devil, it normal entitles the said devil to do anything, ranging from chores to whatever can meet our price." Pausing for a moment to allow the newbie to absorb the information.
"That being said, this client is a newbie, so I think it would be a good Idea for you to give you a good place to start forming contracts and maybe, if you leave a good impression, this one might ask for you specifically and thus get more contracts." Rias finished her explanation with a grin.
Galen couldn't help but speak up and ask "What would I need to accept once I complete the task?"
Rias nodded in approval at the question "Usually depending on the request, we'll accept just about anything that valuable." Then, with a wave of her arms, she began to power up a teleportation spell around her pawn.
"This circle will teleport you straight to the Client's home, once there, just smile, be friendly, and fulfill the contract." Rias spoke out as a red seal appeared beneath her pawn's feet.
Galen nodded as he understood the instructions.
Rias merely smiled as sensed her pawn was naturally nervous "Don't worry, you'll be fine." She spoke up trying to ease Galen's tension.
Akeno decided to add in her own two cents to the gesture by saying "Rias is right. The first contract in always the hardest, but once you find your niche, it'll be like riding a bike."
Galen merely smiled as the words of encouragement sank in and then disappeared with the seal.
Rias let out a breath as she seal disappeared and with it, her newest servant on his first contract service.
"Why didn't you tell him what he could do back then?" Rias heard Akeno speak up now that Galen was away.
"Because I don't even have a grasp of what he can do." Rias began to explain "While it's obvious he has a sacred gear, I don't know which one it is or how it made someone like him go from a quiet boy to a…" Rias stopped herself before she said something she already regretted even thinking.
Letting out a frustrated, while she did berate herself for even thinking such a thing, Rias couldn't shake the feeling of seeing her servant kneeling down and relentlessly killing the Fallen angel. Then, even while she and the other tried to restrain him, Galen still fought on like nothing else mattered.
Akeno could sense her friend's frustration and decided to offer her own two cents. "What if you ask Lord Lucifer to ask for someone to help examine Galen, like…?"
"That will not be necessary Akeno." Rias cut off her queen as she turned to face her queen "I need to start figuring out how to manage my peerage first hand, not ask for help when things look bigger than they are." She then looked away from the group as her expression turned sour "Besides, you know how my Brother is when he thinks I get in over my head."
Akeno couldn't help but giggle on that note. She too was aware that while Ria's brother meant well, Sirzech tends to get carried away as well when it came to the safety and wellbeing of his one and only sister.
But before the conversation could continue, Rias sensed her link between Galen and herself, viva the pawn piece he held, began to emit a brazing feeling that Rias immediately knew something was wrong.
(Earlier with Galen Marek)
The Shaved head devil closed his eyes as the red light enveloped him and when the brightness died down, Galen opened his eyes to see a house before him. Strangely the lights in the front window was dim, but Galen shrugged it off and took a deep breath. He felt determined to make a good impression, so he straighten himself out and walked up to the door, giving it a couple hard knocks and waited for a response.
After a moment of waiting, the new Devil finally heard "Co…Come in."
Galen's cocked his eye as he heard the nervous tone in the occupant's voice, but he opened the door anyway. Once in, he closed the door behind him and turned to see while the hallway was pitch black, but the room to the left was a dimly lit. Before Galen could respond, he heard the same voice speak up "I'm in the living room."
This time Galen noticed the tenseness of the voice and called out "Are you okay in there?" he waited in the hallway for a reply.
However after a moment he heard "Yes…" again, the tenseness of the man's voice was evident. However, before Galen could hazard to guess why, he instinctively walked towards the entrance and looked into the living Room to see a plainly dressed man with a five 'O Clock shadow face and glasses sitting on the sofa in front of the devil while clutching his hands together.
Galen decided to try and break the ice and introduced himself "Hello, I'm Galen Marek, the Devil you were calling for, right?"
The man hasty nodded, but the new devil could still tell something was off about this man's attitude. By simply seeing the man's eyes darting left and right, and how he kept puckering his lips together, Galen didn't need to be a genius to tell something was off.
"Sir, Are you sure everything okay?" Galen once again asked the man, deciding to lean on his potential contractor harder.
The man took a hard swallow as his eyes darted around the room, and then whispered "Please…help..." Then the man stopped speaking as his eyes widened.
Before Galen could ask what was wrong, the man's fell back on the sofa and his head detached from his neck and landed on the carpet.
"Oh dear, oh dear, another poor sheep gone done lost their head in the field of evil and despair." A high pitched voice rang out that sent chills raging down Galen's spine as he scanned the space in front of him to find the source of that eerie voice.
Soon a man dressed in a dark blue over coat that covered over white button down shirt and pants, walked out of the shadow while holding something that looked similar to a bronze-colored sword handle in his right hand. However, it was the face that the man wore what disturbed the new devil more than anything. While the white hair and red eyes were a striking feature on the newcomer, but it how his eyes were twisting into a crazed glee that frightened Galen enough to step back a couple paces from the man.
"Who are you?" Galen asked the man before him, who only stared dumfounded at the devil.
The man then placed his hand and drummed his finger under chin as he spoke "Well that questions is putting me in quite a predicament." Then he started to wave his hand from side to side "On one hand, it would be incredible rude not to properly introduce myself to soon to be corpse."
Galen tensed up as the man continued to rant "On the other hand, the time I spend blabbing on…" he then jumped over the couch, brandishing his hilt, which extended in a brilliant white blade "Is all the wasted time I could've spent hacking and slicing you!"
Galen, just on reflex alone, dodge the incoming blade, which in turn was lodged into the wall behind the new devil. Once he finally pulled himself together, Galen shouted "What the hell did I do to you?!"
The mysterious attacker then pulled his sword out of the wall and let out a extravagant sigh as he groaned "Now were back to all the questions…" after twirling his sword with his wrist, the man said "Well I guess I could meet you halfway there if you promise to stand completely still While I slice and dice you." He spoke the last piece of his statement with a wide and twisted grin that almost seemed to threaten to split his face in half.
Galen spread his legs apart as he prepared to sprint away from the scene at a moment's noticed as opposed to sticking around with this stereotypical lunatic.
With his free hand, the crazed killer reached into his coat and pulled out his specialized gun while throwing his sword so it would zoom right past Galen's face, stopping the devil in his tracks. This gave the deranged man enough time to aim and fire his gun right into his target's knee, causing the young devil to gasp in pain as he fell face first on the floor.
Galen grasped his knee as his appendage blead out and throbbed in searing pain. But before Galen could try to power through the pain and regain his footing, he felt something press against the back of his neck.
"Not that was just plain rude…" the man shouted "Here I was, about to take time to even consider introducing myself, and you just try to bail on me before I've even had a chance."
Lifting his gun away from his target, the man then said "But, Just for the sake of humoring myself, I'll do that intro thing you were jabbering on about." Then after slamming the butt of his gun on Galen's back head, he got up and walked over to where his sword was impaled and jerked it out. Then after dramatically swinging it through the air a couple times, he pointed the blade at the devil and said "You my good sir may only address me as Freed Sellzen." Then Freed raised his sword into the air and slammed the blade down into the devil's shoulder.
Galen screamed out in pain as the blade not only pierced his flesh and nearly nicked his bone, but he could feel a burning sensation spreading to his arm and shoulder.
"You feel that you shitty Devil." Freed spoke was a face splitting grin formed on his face "That the sting of Holy Light burning through your flesh and bones." He emphasized his words by pushing his sword deeper into his targets back, only to be disappointed when Galen only sucked in his breath and twist his head to glare at his attacker.
"Now that just being a pain in the ass…" Freed then hopped to his feet and lifted his sword while it was still dug in under Galen's shoulder. "Here I am try to finish you off quickly out of the goodness of my heart and you repay my uncharacteristic kindness by…" A sudden screamed cut between the two, causing both brawler to turn and see Asia standing in the doorway to the living room with her hands clapped over her month as she stared at the scene with horror evident in her eyes.
"Asia?!" Galen managed to groan out under his breath.
"Galen?!" Asia spoke out in equal confusion by the whole scenario before her.
"What the hell are you doing Asia?!" Freed snapped at the girl "You're supposed to be working on the Barrier!"
Asia naturally flinched at the tone the mad man barked out "But Father Freed…" she cut herself off after catching something odd out of the corner of her eye. Out of Sudden curiosity, she turned to see the oddity, only to her horror was the headless body of the previous homeowner. Unable to scream out of sheer terror, Asia continued to remained glue to the sight of the corpse.
Freed, seeing the newbie looking at his work with terror, and then everything started to click together. "Oh I see." He spoke with a sick grin plastered on his face as he thrust his sword into the floor through Galen and lifted himself off the devil. "It's your first time seeing a Sinner's headless corpse." Freed snaked behind the girl and placed his free hand on Asia's shoulder and laid his head on her other shoulder, holding her in place.
"Now there's no reason to be getting all sad and crying over this pile of shit missy." Freed whispered in the girl's ear. "He was just a sinner who sold his God-given soul to a forsaken devil and now has been properly punished." He raised his head from Asia's shoulder and used his free hand to twist the mortified girl to face the Devil she had unknowingly met earlier.
"And this just happens to be the devil were supposed to slaughter in the name of the man upstairs." The deranged mange continue to speak.
Asia continued to look down at the oy in disbelief as she muttered "Galen…"
Galen briefly looked up at the girl and sank as he could understand the conflicted that was stirring within the young nun. "It's true…" he spoke softly, but loud enough to be heard by the two. "I am a devil. I didn't…" a gunshot to the back halted Galen from speaking any further, but did cause said Devil and lone Nun to gasp out in pain and horror representatively.
"See Asia…" Freed spoke up "The abomination just confessed that his very existence is nothing but a sack of shit just waiting to stink up the pure and innocent lives that the good lord fashioned. Hell, Just speaking to us is nothing but a rough translation to cut him up into little bitty piece" He spoke in the same malicious tone that matched free arm's movements, wild and all over the place.
Finally having enough chatting, Freed shoved Asia aside, not minding the girl almost falling over, and slowly made his way over to his latest to-be-victim. He spoke as pulled his weapon out of Galen, and raised his light sword over his head "Now Devil Scum, I would like to say this is going to hurt me more than you, but then I would be…" The deranged Father's rant was cut off after Asia bolted right between the priest and the Devil, Shocking Galen in the process.
"What the hell Asia…" Freed spat out in annoyance.
However, before the deranged priest could follow up, Asia spoke first "Father please I beg you. Just this once, have mercy on him." Although Fear was evident on the child's face, Asia stood her ground against Freed. "I know he's a devil, but surely he not as evil as…" Asia was cut off by freed slapping her face with his gun, causing the poor girl to bang against the wall.
Before Asia could collapse on the floor, Freed, stealth his gun, and grabbed both of her arms with one hand, placing her appendages over her head and then using his sword to pin them into place.
"Listen Missy, even though the Boss lady warns me what would happens if you showed with a hair out of place, but I don't think she would mind if I gave you an extensive lesson about trying to aid our enemy." Freed spoke with a lustful smirk as grabbed the collar of Asia's uniform and effortlessly ripped it in half, exposing Asia's breast to Freed and Galen.
Aisa squealed and tried to turn away, but the sword kept her in place. The mad priest then licked the length of hand fingers and roughly pressed against the blond nun's cheeks, causing said girl to squeak at the unwelcomed feeling. Then, after running his fingers down her neck and finally grabbing her breast, roughly fondled her modest orb, causing even more discomfort for the poor girl.
At this point, the Priest had already worked well past Galen's last nerve, but what he was doing to A defenseless girl, well you don't need an imagination how he was reacting.
Galen, with whatever strength he forced himself to muster, began to stand up as he muttered "Stop…" while delivered in a low growl, it was enough to break Freed out of his 'activity' to glare at the devil.
"Look buddy…" Freed snapped at the devil "I'm giving you a free show out of the goodness of my blacken heart and…" He stopped speaking as he felt the pressure of the room grew heavier, that it almost made the deranged priest buckle his knees.
"Let…" Galen growled again as his eyes turned yellow as a red aura glowed around his frame. "Her…" The power began to intensify as light-blue colored lighting began to emit from his left arm. "…GO!" The devil roared out as he thrust his hand forward, shooting the lighting at the offensive priest, launching said priest off his feet and into the next room, through a wall.
After taking a few deep breaths from the outburst, Galen stumbled towards Asia, who was stunned beyond belief, and removed the sword pinning her to the wall. The effect caused Asia to drop down.
Holding out his hand, Galen said "Come on, let's get out of here." Asia only sat on the ground in shock at what happened in front of her.
"Asia…" Galen called out once more "We need to leave…" a rustling noise grabbed the duo's attention to see Freed walking through the wall, dressed up in scratches, bruises, burn marks and looked pissed off.
"That it you shit stain excuse for a devil…" Freed growled out as he raised his gun and prepared to empty it in the devil.
However, within a split second, The Priest saw a blur appear right in front of him, knocking his gun to the side before trying to attack him. Freed jumped back as he felt his only weapon knocked away from him.
Galen managed to get a good look at Freed's attack and instantly recognized the figure as "Kiba?!" he called out as the figured turned around to confirm the new devils assumption.
"Hey, How you doing?" Kiba greeted his junior before redirecting his attention and sword towards the deranged father.
Before Freed could even fire off an insult, he was struck by a dark red blast of every, and yellow lighting that once again fired him into the other room, through the same wall.
"And that was for harming my servant." Galen heard a voice that he instantly recognized as Rias, who appeared behind him with her left arm raised up alongside Akeno, who mirrored her master's action.
"Rias?" Galen called out, befuddled by his saviors presents.
Rias quickly scanned her pawn being and took note of the wounds and took a worrisome note at the shoulder and knee wounds.
Galen followed Ria's gaze to his injuries, and looked confused to why his red haired master was looking over them. "Thanks for coming." Galen spoke up.
Rias merely shook her head with a grim look on her face "No, I should be apologizing." She kneeled down so she could make eye contact with her servant and continued "There was a barrier in place that kept me from sensing you, but after you emitted a power surge, it destroyed the barrier surrounding the area."
Galen recalled Freed shouting something about that.
Speaking out of Freed, after freeing himself from the rubble, the deranged priest glanced around to see four more devil, prepped and ready to lay on the hurt.
"Well this turned into such a shitty night." Freed groaned as he kept his gun trained on the group "Here I was hoping for a slaughter, and now, you trash humpers are just going to gang up on me?"
"Entering my territory alone would have just irked me exorcist." Rias sternly spoke up. "Killing a potential client, And I would've just send you to hell." She continued as a dark red orb formed in the palm of her hand "But for even laying a finger on my servant, I personally send you back to your masters with every single bone in your body reduced to dust, as a start."
Ria's peerage followed their master's lead, with Kiba bring his sword up, Koneko lifting up a couch, Akeno rising her hands as electricity danced between her fingers.
Freed backed away at this scene before him, but smirked as he felt chill race down his spine.
The Same chill was felt by The smallest member of Ria's Peerage "The Fallen Angel are here." Koneko spoke up as a dark mist appeared behind Freed.
Freed formed a face splitting grin as he sensed his backup finally showing "OH Hell Yeah, Now you puked brain are in for it now!" The man yelled out, before dodging to the right as a couch flew right where he was standing.
Rias acted "Akeno, we're leaving!" she barked out as she kept her attention on the mist in front of her group.
"Right!" The Queen of the peerage shouted as he prepped the teleportation circle.
Rias turned to her rook "Koneko, grab Galen,"
The child nodded quietly, then rushed over to shoulder the injured boy.
Galen, while gratefully for the departure, noticed Asia laying on the floor staring off at him and the other devils.
"Rias…" The Pawn of the group called out to his king, who shifted her attention to the one calling her. "We need to get take that girl with us." He weakly pointed to Asia.
Rias shook her head "I can't. Only members of my household can teleport with me."
Galen looked horrified as the thought of what that mad man might do to Asia flooded his mind. "No… We just can't…" he exclaimed as he struggled to get to the Blond nun side, but Koneko held her junior tightly.
Rias frowned sadly as she said "I'm Sorry Galen but their nothing we can do for her." The circle had begun to envelop her and her peerage as she finished speaking.
Galen could only look on in helpless horror at the nun he had failed to save.
Asia, noticing the distressed look on the devil's face, couldn't help, but let her good nature shine though and gave the boy a strong smile.
Galen looked shocked by the smile, before a red light stole his sight from him.
After the light died down and he finally regained his bearings, Galen figured that he was safe and sound in the School clubhouse with the rest of the group, swinging his head to see everyone around him confirmed that theory, with him sitting on the sofa with everyone huddled around him. However, the pain from his wound flared up, reminding him of the damage he had taken from his previous encounter.
He felt a hand on his shoulder, causing him to twist around to see Rias leaning over him with a worried look painted on her face.
"Here…" Ria's hand began to glow as Galen felt the pain diminish "This should help you feel a little better." She added more power in her healing art.
Galen felt the effects of Ria's action immediately, and while his body was recuperating, his mind began to recount what happened back at the deceased clients house. Being attack by that priest confirmed Ria's earlier warning, but it also sadden and confused him why someone as gentle as Asia would be on that man's side. Worry for the girl safety began to flood Galen's mind as he remembered Asia actually trying to defend him from Freed's excessive brutality, fearing that she'll be punished by her superiors.
Rias, having already patched up most of the damaged, could see the look on her pawn's face and wondered if he was concerned about the nun that had aligned herself with the Fallen Angels.
"You shouldn't worry for that girl." Rias spoke up, grabbing her pawn's attention "I can't imagine they would kill her. After all, it would be foolish to kill what few allies they have over a botched up assassination." Galen's shoulder started to relax, confirming Ria's theory.
The Devil pawn eased up at Rias theory, it made sense in a way. Why would the fallen angels kill someone like Asia.
"In any event…" Rias spoke up once more "I hope this assure you to avoid that girl and her allies, and fight if there's no other option." She ordered.
Galen hears this and frowned, but nodded in compliance. 'It probable for the best…' No soon had he thought that, his head began to throb violently, causing him to grasp it and double-over, unaware to Rias and the other coming to aid him.
Galen opened his eyes to see a dimly lit cavern, surrounded by shadow, but then he looked up in too see a woman with jet-black wing that matched her hair facing something that Galen couldn't make out due to the angle.
Then the Fallen angel moved to the side revealing, too Galen horror, Asia Chained up to a cross with a pained expression on painted on her face.
"Yes…" Galen heard the woman cry out in malicious glee as Asia screamed in agony.
"It's Mine. All Mine!" The woman screamed out as Galen blacked out.
Galen's eyes snapped open, as he swiftly glanced around to see he was back at the clubhouse with the peerage standing around him. The look on their face was one of bewilder and worried as they were prepared to do anything to comfort their friend.
The Pawn of the peerage relaxed himself as he said "I'm fine, just some after effects." He kept his head down so no one could tell if he was lying or not.
Rias, though hurt by the obvious lie, merely nodded as she was willing to let it slide for tonight, feeling her servant had already been through enough because of her.
(The next day)
Galen had ended spending the night at the Clubhouse. Rias let him go with a clean bill of health as long as he stayed in heavy populated areas, and would report back to the clubhouse before nightfall.
Galen Marek had decide to keep his mind off thing by taking a stroll through town, which ultimately lead to the park. With the events of last night gnawing at him, Galen decided to sit on a nearby, uninhabited bench, and review everything that happened.
So aside from learning about the responsibility and activity that Devils partake in. Galen had also learned firsthand about the effects of holy weapon from that deranged stray priest, as Rias called them.
However, all this knowledge was trumped by a single thought. A question that was haunting the boy's mind…
"Galen…?" a soft voice rang out that instantly caught the responder's attention. Slowly turning around to see none other than the girl who had tried to save him last night, fully dressed in her holy grabs, with a surprised look pastured on her face.
Funny, speak of the Devil, and she shall appear.
-Well another Chapter bites the Dust My Happy (Looking around and seeing a bunch of Pitchforks and Torches) and Loyal Fans (Wiping the sweat off my Forehead).
And Now, to address the Elephants in the Room
-Since I'm writing three different stories at the same time, it will take me a little longer to post. However, leave a positive review below and it will give me an ego boost and motivate me to write faster.
-I also wish to respond to all my review/Reader who are complaining that Galen Marek is OP with the Boosted gear with his Force ability. While I admit that I not too much of a fan of OP Characterization, I've already thought of a way to Balance out the Pro and Con of Galen's abilities. If you haven't seen its effects already, they will be more apparent in his one and only match between him and the Fallen Angel Raynare.
-As asked by Christian. 1 if having a lightsaber is a good Idea for Galen as he a Devil now. I've studied the lightsaber design on the Star wars wikia page, and just to clarify, the light emitted by a lightsaber is plasma-base, note actual light like emitted from magically produced weapon like holy swords. So it shouldn't do more damage to him then it normally would.
-Also to anyone who is questioning if I'm making Galen too jumpy when the girls get to friendly with him. I can only justify this behavior being a result of how Galen grew up. I mean, seeing how the closet relationship he had for most of his life was a droid programmed to kill him, a cyborg overlord who treated him like a tool, and even taking into account that the one person in his life that he did developed feelings for had given him a Gibb's slap and never went further than a kiss on the lips. Taking all that into consideration, I can only guess Galen has no experience how to respond to such advances like we've seen into the DXD Universe. So I am going to depict Galen is fascinated in the opposite sex, but he has no clue how to appropriately respond to it.
-And a special message to all you Flamers out there. This Fanfic, for however bad it might be written, is only something I do to kill time and relax when I'm not working. It's not something I get paid to do, or something that could potential Save the Human Race. If there are any grammar mistakes that I don't catch, and it just bugs the hell out of you, I'm sorry, but I'm only human and I'm not going to spend a fortune on grammar lessons, just to make a fun hobby into a working project.
-However, if you're just one of those Flamer that just Complains for the sake of Complaining, or just to act mean. Well I just pity you KKK/Neo-Nazi/White Supremacist Wannabe who abuse your first amendment right because you're either don't know how to live life beyond hating it, or don't know how to enjoy it without making others suffer. In either case, I'll just stay as far away from you guys as possible and let you live out your remaining years alone with your hatred. (Mike Drop)
-And Now, The Lightsaber poll!
Blue-1
Red-3
Green-
Purple-2
Single-3
Double-1
And those are the results so far. Keep in mind this poll will continue for at least two more chapters, but Galen won't actually get a Lightsaber(S) until The Match between Rias and Riser. Please visit Youtuber EvanNova95's video "Star Wars Lightsaber Colors and Meanings" for more information, so you chose can be clearer.
