(Chapter 5 Edit: I just realised how rushed this chapter is, so I decided to change it a little, chapter 6 will be up soon!)

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"Talking"

'Thoughts'

[Sacred Gear]

{Special Effects}

Chapter 5: New Beginning

"You know what a devil's job is right?" Rias asked.

'Yes. One of the jobs are to fulfill requests of those affiliated with the devils." Issei replied accurately and rias gave an approving nod.

"And the other is to eliminate such monsters." Rias said as she stared at the beast in front of the occult research members.

Issei grimaced at the sight of it for it had the upper body of a beautiful woman but the lower part of its body was hard to describe, falling into the lower levels of "scary."

Rias looked at the female monster,"I will show you how every piece works." She explained as she moved on to command one of them.

"There is no need to." issei answered.

'Huh?" Rias gave an incredulous look.

Issei took a step forward,"I have memorised all their attributes and uses after all."

" Knights gain increased speed and mobility, enabling them to perform high-speed attacks and maneuvers. However, their main weakness is their low defense, making them vulnerable to powerful attacks if they are not careful. Another weakness among knights are their legs; if their legs are injured, their mobility is greatly reduced." Issei pounced on the monster before kicking it.

As he dodged the monster's hand swipe, the monster took him in its mouth, giving out a hysterical laugh.

Rias immediately stepped out in defense, her hand flying forward when she saw the monster yell out in pain.

" Rooks gain superhuman strength, leading to high offense and defense. However, they are not very quick, and can get beaten easily by a high-speed opponent." issei lifted the jaw easily before breaking its teeth with a simple punch.

As he stepped away from the monster, it took a while to get back on its feet before charging straight towards him.

Unfazed, Issei simply smirked.

"Queens possess all the characteristics of Rooks, Knights, and Bishops, making them the most balanced piece as well as the most powerful." Issei finished off as a black bolt of power was released from his palm and burned the monster.

He leapt from its head and landed beside Rias,"Now its time for you to finish off, Buchou."

Rias cringed indirectly that he had taken the spotlight but ignored it otherwise as she held out her palm towards the monster,"It is time to face your punishment for disobeying your master." Blackish-red power flew out from her arms to devour the monster as it stared at her with hatred.

'The power of destruction sure is interesting.' Issei thought as he witnessed Rias's attack.

The rest of the members congratulated Issei for doing such a goob job lest for Kiba who glared at the other male teen.

Rias sighed at the poor interaction between the two males but was glad that issei was getting along well with the others.

"Its time to go home." He yawned as he turned to make his way back home.

Issei gave out a deep breath as he looked on to see Kuoh Academy's students strolling out of the school. It seemed relaxing to him, a scene so normal but rare to him. As a born killer, he was trained mercilessly and was always told what to do do. His fingers danced across the small scar along his wrist, wincing a little when it tingled even though the pain had long faded away. The memories were the one that haunted him instead.

"I'm sorry! I promise I will get it right next time!" Issei cried as he clung onto the old man's leg. Tears falling with no end as his brown hair swayed around when he continuously shook his head as he was being dragged away. "No. Someone at your class should know the rules already, now GO!" Issei scrambled up to stand, wiping his tears away while sniffing uncontrollably before he was thrown into the dark room. A man with a mask greeted him, grinning maniacally,"My, such a young child." He licked his lips while his hand found its way to the axe located at the side of the room. Issei's eyes widened when the man grabbed his arm, pulling him up with ease. The sharp tip grazed across his wrist and Issei screamed and squirmed in his grip. Then, he stopped, his hands clenching into a fist and bit the man's hand before pouncing onto the man's head his legs cupped the neck before crushing it with crazy strength. Issei jumped back in horror, tears welling up in his eyes again but held it back when the old man returned with a satisfied smile. Issei's eyes lost its light as he walked over,"The execution is over." The old man patted his back,"Good job, boy! You finally stained your hands." It was Issei's first time taking a life.

"Issei-kun?" A charming voice brought him back. Kiba looked at him with concern as Issei apologised. "Issei-kun, I apologize for having been so rude to you before, can we start over?" Issei gave a small smile, reaching his hand out to shake Kiba's waiting hand. "Yes, I hope so too."

"However, i would like to ask you a question." Kiba pressed on, his facade of wanting to know issei better well gone.

"Fire away." Issei pulled out the best file he could muster as he looked away.

"Are you somehow related with these people?." Kiba pulled out what seemed like a news article of two men with kids that looked like their energy were drained out of them.

Issei could make out a small Kiba standing in a corner with the other kids but his face fell when he saw a withered old man standing at the extreme left of the picture, barely noticeable unless looked at closely.

"Not at all." Issei's guard was up again, his eyes travelling along the photo as he immediately remembered when this was taken,'The Holy Sword Project'

He looked at Kiba whose face became downcast after hearing his reply probably devastated he still had no leads about the survivors of the project.

"I'm sorry, Yuuto-kun! I can't play with you today, Grandfather said all of you needed to gather in the training room." Issei greeted the blond boy with a sad smile.

"Aww, we'll play tomorrow! See you!" Kiba smiled as he waved goodbye to his brown-haired friend.

"I didn't hear about a gathering though.." Kiba muttered as he made his way to the dreaded building.

As he entered the room, his eyes immediately widened at the people wearing weird suits in the room.

His friends were huddled up in a corner as he sat down to join them, flinching as the door slammed shut behind him.

"Commence the operation now." A calm voice ordered the men as gas spewed out from the weird-looking items they were holding.

Gasping for air as this weird substance fille dup his nose with the worst feeling, Kiba slipped through the people, his friends making a way for his escape, a promise that his life was worth saving.

He fell on the white snow, his blood staining it,"Why..."

Unknown to him, an old man was caning a brown-haired boy as a gag stopped him from letting out his cries of pain, his cries turning into muffled pleas.

The old man's eyes gleamed in the dark,"This is your punishment for attempting to rescue that friend of yours. Now, you can bid him farewell."

He zoned out again before he realised that he had to cook dinner and gave Kiba a small farewell before stumbling out of the room in panic and dashing back home.

"Raynare's going to kill me!" Issei shivered at the thought of Raynare cooking after witnessing her break at least 50 eggs while trying to fry an egg and ended up messing up his whole kitchen. It had been at least two weeks and Issei had gotten to know Raynare more, becoming quite familiar to her and was great friends with her. "Ooph!" Issei felt something banging into him and let out a surprised groan. A blond haired girl fell on the floor with a resounding thud, rubbing her head while letting out a soft groan. "I'm so sorry!" Issei pulled the girl up, taking in that she was wearing the clothes of a nun. "Are you from the local church?" He questioned.

She nodded her head, the pain gone as she smiled,"Do you know where it is?" Issei hesitated, cringing at the fact that he was rushing home but the girl looked crestfallen and it somehow reminded him of his younger self. "Sure!"He blurted out before he could stop as he guided her towards the church. "Tch!" He recoiled from the burning feeling when he touched her hand but his expression remained the same, not wanting to alarm the girl. He scanned the girl quickly, his eyes immediately spotting the rings on her fingers that gave out a super natural feeling. His eyes widened when realised what it was. 'Twilight Healing..' He took a step back when he felt his whole hand heating up.

"Ah!" A boy who was running beside them fell and asia immediately kneeled down, inspecting the wound. "Pain pain go away!" She chanted as her rings glowed and the boy's wound healed, not leaving a scratch. "thank you, pretty sister!" The boy laughed as he continued running and asia gave him a cute smile. "Ano...I never asked for you name, did I?" She turned her attention to him as she stood back up.

"I'm Hyodou issei." He gave a short introduction as he winced at the burning sensation from his hand. "Why are you helping out at this church?" issei changed the topic from himself as he looked at her expectantly.

"You see I have sinned.." Asia looked at him with a pitiful glance. Although he wanted to hear more, he couldn't tolerate the pain any longer and ended the conversation.

"Well, the church is there!" He pointed to the local church and waved farewell before dashing off, hiding his hand as he did so, running to the nearest toilet he could find.

His hand had became red and the sacred gear was faintly seen as issei hid in a cubicle.

[Partner. You aren't doing well.]

"Get Out Of My Head!" Issei growled as he punched himself.

[I'm not in your head, i'm connected with you]

"Thats Sounds even more weird!" Issei groaned as he miserably placed his head on the cubicle's wall.

Looking at his watch, he sighed. 'I'm just going to get takeaway...'

xx

"Ahh...It sure is nice.." Raynare opened her mouth in relief as she gobbled her food. Issei had left her alone in the living room after he had got home, rushing to his room at once and leaving his food on the wooden table. As she walked to the dustbin to dispose of the packaging, she smiled silently,'I really like him, don't I?'

Issei relaxed as the call connected. "Issei-kun, how's it with my little sister?" Sirzechs waggled his eyebrows mischievously as Issei twitched with annoyance from him. "I'm not calling you for fun, i need to ask you about Twilight Healing and its host." Issei stated as he sipped a drink from his mug before staring at the screen, waiting for an answer.

"Hmm...Asia Argento? The one who was banned from the church?" Sirzechs replied as he stared at Issei curiously,"What business do you have with her?" Issei smirked as he drank from his mug again," The priest in that local church is a scum, wouldn't it be useful to get hold of a sacred gear user while eliminating filth?"Sirzechs chuckled,"I like how you think, Issei-kun."

"Can I get you to request for me to be able to go out with Argento-san for one day?" Issei asked as he twiddled with his fingers.

"Consider it done..although, this seems like you're cheatig on my sister." Sirzechs grinned as Issei glared at him through the call before they both burst out in laughter.

Issei composed himself as he bid farewell to Sirzechs. "I won't let such things happen to someone who doesn't deserve to suffer."

xx

"issei-san, is this really okay?"

"Its a little tight but I'm sure it can fit."

"Please be gentle."

"Why? Am I too rough now?"

"N-No, but you're really big."

"Asia?" Issei asked as he turned towards Asia who was looking at his hand.

"Yes?" She looked up as her head moved to a side, confused at the sudden call.

"Could you not use such suggestive words?" Issei gave a sheepish smile as the people near them turned red, their mind betraying their thoughts as they thought about the things that people could be doing with those words uttered.

"But your hand is so big, issei-san! No wonder the watch was unable to fit." SHe passed the watch back to the shopkeeper who gave her a smile.

A day like this was relaxing to say at least, ignoring the fact that Asia had insisted Issei call her Asia rather than Argento-san and Issei immediately got her to do the same but Asia added in a "san" as she felt she was being a little too informal.

They ate burgers and talked a lot, Issei learning a whole lot of insights of Asia's life and his hand found its away around her when she cried about the sad moments ignoring the fact that she was telling a supposedly normal human about the supernatural part.

The day went smoothly and they said goodbye to each other, not before issei slipped a device onto Asia's neck that would attach itself to her and would not be noticed by the person it was attached to, a high tech GPs.

xx

"Hyodou-kun?" Sona's eyebrow arched with perfection, curiosity getting the best of her as she saw issei entering the Occult Research Club. "What has he got to do with Rias?" She asked a young bespectacled woman with long straight black hair and light brown eyes standing beside her. Tsubaki Shinra was the fourth most popular girl in school and the vice student council president. Pushing her blue semi-rimmed glasses up, she replied with a serious tone,'It seems that he may be the newest recruit for Gremory-senpai." Sona palm formed into a fist as she thought,'But why him?'

"Did you invite the Kaichou here?" Issei asked as he closed the door gently, looking at Rias while she came out from the bath. "W-what?" He shut his eyes and turned so that his back faced Rias. "Hmm? You're scared of this even thought you kill?" She teased as she wrapped a towel around her,"And yes I did, we are planning to introducing our new members to each other." Issei bit his lip as he scratched his cheek,"It isn't my fault I respect someone's privacy."

"Well if you did, then you wouldn't be my bodyguard!"

"Don't blame me because you have an over-protective brother!"

"You could have refused!"

"I don't want to have a bad reputation!"

"Idiot!"

"Spoiled princess!"

*Knock*

Their bickering ended at the sound of the knocking on the door, tension filling up the room as neither of them seemed ready to back out of this silent fight they seemed to have as the person on the other side waited patiently for someone to invite them in

"Come In!" Rias huffed as she sat on her couch, pouting as Issei sat at the seat furthest away from her.

"Rias. I see that you'd have..." Sona's voice trailed off as Issei was leaning on the couch and using his laptop.

Rias huffed in anger as Issei simply ignored her,"Don't let him have the slightest bit of your attention, he is not important anyway."

Sona stared at her skeptically and wondered if she stepped into a lovers quarrel.

Nevertheless, she greeted the teen as politely as she could,"Its nice to see you again, Hyodou-kun, its quite refreshing to see you not in the Student Council Room waiting to be scolded."

Issei turned at the sudden noise and smirked,"Nice to see you again, Sona Sitri."

Tsubaki immediately took a battle stance when she found that issei was behind her and had his finger rest on the middle of her back,"Checkmate."

"Issei Stop." Rias pulled his cheek as Issei slapped her hand away and making a face before returning to his work.

"Rias..H-How?" Sona looked at Rias with a shocked expression, having no idea how he had managed to find out.

Issei sighed, stopping his work before he stood up,"Let me re-introduce myself, i am Hyodou Issei of the Special Force, requested by the Devil Lord to protect his sister. It is nice to meet you, Sitri-sama."

Bowing, Issei shook her hand before excusing himself.

xx

*Cough* Blood fell onto the sink as Issei's grip tightened.

[I never really realised until now but after you touched that nun, you been receiving a lot more attacks, huh?]

"Shut up. You don't know anything." Issei said between coughs as he kneeled down.

[It isn't good, disguising yourself, doesn't Sirzechs know?]

"He does, that's one of the reason why I accepted his request too. However, I do not need any more people to know of this."

[Stubborn, eh?]

Wiping the blood from his mouth, issei stood up, swiping the imaginary dust from his shirt and walking back to the research club.

xx

"So, you're a bodyguard assigned to Rias?" Sona inquired as she sipped from her cup of tea.

Issei nodded as Sona bit back a laugh.

"As protective as her brother is, I never imagined him pulling that card." She said before she pushed her glasses to eye level,"I just hope my sister doesn't do the same to me."

"Well, i'll be introducing my peerage to you next time." Sona chuckled as Issei chatted with her. "I never expected Hyodou-kun to be so different."

"Make that two members." Issei replied as Rias immediately stared at him,"What?"

"Asia Argento. She is the perfect fit for a bishop with Twilight Healing." He stated as he combed his hair back.

Rias eyes widened,"B-But...Fine. You probably just want to save her or something."

Issei laughed as he looked at Sona,"Then I would like to ask kaichou something important."

xx

"Kaito, why did you recommend issei to me?" Sirzechs asked as he gave the commander a curious look.

"That boy...He needs to find people who he can trust...Rias Gremory is one of them"

'What makes you so sure?" Sirzechs eyes shined brightly as he signed the papers.

"You know that yourself. he's special." kaito gave him a smirk.

Sirzechs couldn't contain a chuckle as he smiled,"I always saw issei-kun as the perfect candidate after all."

xx

(Outside an apartment)

Issei carried his bag as he held his magic circle. "Just because i didn't know how to use Ddraig, it doesn't mean i know how to use magic!"

"You can't use your sacred gear?" Akeno giggled at this sentence, not expecting such a a fact.

Kiba looked like he had seen a ghost as he stared at issei with a blank expression,'What."

"But that doesn't mean I can't use magic!" Issei protested but Rias placed a finger on his lips.

Rias had a proud smile written on her face"You won't use magic until you know how to use your sacred gear."

"My it looks like my target is already here." Issei's ears tingled as he walked into the apartment,"There was a job here?"

Silence filled the apartment and Issei could already smell the stench of blood. "Freed Sellzen, you have caused quite a mess."

The body on the floor was distorted and was in an awkward placement and a young man with short white hair and red eyes sat on the couch with a gun in his mouth.

"We kill anyone with such nasty devils, you are one of them aren't you?" His eyes grew wider as he pointed his gun at issei.

Issei grinned at Freed attempted to shoot him, the bullet sinking into his flesh before popping out again, his body healing on its own.

"Did you really think I'm just an ordinary devil?" Just as he was about the descend on the priest, a figure rushed in.

'Right on time.'

"Ehh, what is this?" Issei looked to see that Asia was standing there, horrified by the corpse before her while Freed laughed, scrambling to stand up again before making his way to Asia.

"I-issei-san?" Asia looked surprised to see the familiar face as Issei grinned at her,"Don't worry, I won't let you stay with him any longer."

Freed frowned as he grabbed a fistful of asia's hair,"You know her?"

Issei simply looked past him and picked up a paper on the floor, angering Freed.

Trying to provoke issei,He licked his lips as he placed an arm on her cheek,"Then i will rape her after I am finish with you, a priest raping a nun, such a scandal!"

*Slice*

Freed's hand dropped to the floor and he cried out in pain, his face contorted to anguish with an ugly frown.

"You Son Of A-" Issei knocked him out before he could say anymore and carried Asia up.

"I will explain later." He said as he read Asia's stunned expression before summoning a magic circle.

He was met with Kiba who was drinking tea and he looked at issei with a deadpan expression.

"You just joined and you're already bring girls here?" He claimed as he sipped from his cup.

"Why do I always get into such misunderstandings?" Issei clutched his head with despair after putting Asia down.

"This is Asia Argento." He let her down before poking her forehead, stopping her from saying anything as she fell asleep.

"Also, you didn't listen to Buchou, she said no using of magic." Kiba smirked as Issei made a face that spelled out his annoyance and irritation to that rule.

"Speaking of which, where is she?" issei looked around for the familiar red hair who said that she would be here at the time she was told to be.

"Relax, she went to get something with the other members and got me to stay here to wait for you." Kiba explained as he put down his cup of tea before preparing another one for issei.

Suddenly, Kiba got up into a tense position, his sword forming in his hand immediately,"Angels..."

The window to the club room slammed open as a man in an elegant outfit entered the room, accompanied with some other angels that were in simple white robes.

A man with long blond hair and sad blue-greenish eyes stared at him.

"Long time no see, issei-kun."

Also, the windows to the Occult Research Club Room are big 0.0