CHAPTER TWO - Red like roses.
As I walked out of my house, one thing stood different to today, Issei hadn't come banging on my door, which either meant that he's still asleep, or he actually managed to get up on time for once, the latter being a thing I could relate to, as today, I'd done just that, and was currently walking to school. These were the first thoughts I had as I left the house, smiling, chipper and ready for a new day at school. After seeing what Issei managed to do yesterday, it renewed my faith in our little group of friends, specifically faith in the concept of them managing to grow up and have actual love lives, I felt like a proud mother thinking about her children growing up. But one thing still bothered me about the previous day...
"Why did she just come out of nowhere and ask Issei out? She didn't introduce herself or anything, she just came up to us and started talking..." I scratched the back of my head, stopping for a moment to think about it, I was so focused on my own thoughts that I didn't pay any attention to what was around me and almost instantly felt someone walk into the back of me.
"S-sorry..." I heard the person say, I snapped out of my thoughts and looked at them. The first thing I noticed was that she was wearing a dark grey cloak and hood, obscuring most of her face in the shade of the morning sun, the second thing I noticed was the uniform she wore, a Kuoh uniform.
"That's odd... I've never seen anyone like her around school before..." I thought, looking at the girl as she stood there awkwardly.
"It's okay..." I reassured her, trying to sound as sympathetic as I could. Just as I was about to continue to speak, she walked by me, putting her head down and carrying her bag in front of her, her cloak brushing against the ground as she walked. I tilted my head, before beginning to walk again, getting lost in my thoughts once more. Before I knew it, I'd wound up fairly close to the school and noticed a group of people nearby.
"Guys, this is Yuuma Amano, my girlfriend!" I heard Issei state, followed by the disbelieving gasps of Matsuda and Motohama.
"Flaunting your new girlfriend already, Issei?~" I stated teasingly, running to the side of the group and putting my hands behind my back in a somewhat smug fashion.
"Oh, come on Lyonette, it's too early for this!" Issei complained, looking at me and frowning slightly. I looked over at Yuuma, grinning.
"Heya Yuuma, I'm Lyonette Griffin, Issei's best friend." I pointed over at the other two, smiling more. "and these two here are Matsuda and Motohama, our other friends!" I stated cheerfully, grinning a bit as I did so. Yuuma giggled slightly, looking at the three of us.
"It's nice to meet you all." she responded, happily, a smile on her face as she looked over us all.
"Ditto." I responded smiling brightly at her, trying to be as welcoming as possible. "And, don't mind the other two, outside of talking to me, they have no experience with girls."
"Hey! Quit talking about us like that!" Matsuda yelled at me, glaring hard in my direction.
"What? I'm right, aren't I?" I teased, giggling slightly as I looked over at Yuuma again, who simply smiled awkwardly. Issei rubbed the back of his head nervously, an unsure look on his face.
"Anyway...Come on, let's go Yuuma." he said, looking at her and smiling a little and walking past the two of them.
"'Kay." she replied with a small smile, bowing politely to the other two before following Issei. I simply grinned at the two of them as they left, giggling, before looking at Matsuda and Motohama.
"See? Told you that one of you three would find someone eventually.~" I nodded encouragingly at the two, who both had a similar look of betrayal on their faces. I giggled, beginning to walk past them. "Don't keep your faces like that for too long, otherwise they'll get stuck that way!~" with those words, I skipped after Issei and Yuuma, watching as they both parted ways near the school gates.
"They're so adorable together." I thought to myself, smiling and walking through the school gates. "I'm happy for them."
[Timeskip: Break Time]
As I packed up all of my belongings into my bag at the end of class, I felt my phone buzz as I was about to put it in my bag, I held it for a moment, opening it up and looking at it, a my a text notification was on my screen, my heart quickening as I looked at the name of the sender.
"A text from Copper." I smiled as I looked at the message, sighing a bit. "He seems to be doing well over in America..." my fingers soon got to work in typing a message back, a small grin on my face. A thing that I'd been trying to tell Issei and the others for years was the fact that I had a boyfriend, a person who they know, too. His name is Copper P. Stone, and he went to the same school as us before Kuoh was opened to all genders, and the other three had met him quite a few times. Currently, he's in America as a transfer student, studying god-knows-what. A thing worth noting about Copper is that I've never met his family, besides one of his brothers, who's name is slipping my mind at the current moment. After typing out my text message and putting my phone away, I wandered out into the corridor, looking around absentmindedly, it was then that I noticed a familiar person, leaning against a wall, looking at her phone.
The cloaked girl was stood there, quietly doing something on her phone, her hood down slightly, revealing her eyes and a slight bit of her hair, which seemed to be long and messy, being of a ashy-brown colour, while her eyes were a greyish-blue. I walked over to her, staring at her for a moment.
"Hey...?" I said, trying to get her attention. The girl looked up from her phone, her eyes fixed on me.
"...Hello?" she responded, tilting her head. "...Can I help you?"
"Just being nosy. Since I don't think I've seen you around before..." I stated, clearing my throat awkwardly.
"Ah...I get that a lot." she smiled softly, standing up straight. "I don't really...do much, so I'm not exactly...noticed?" she seemed to think for a moment, before nodding. "Yes. Noticed, that's the best way I can put it."
"What's your name, anyway?" I asked curiously, folding my arms and tilting my head. The girl blinked, seemingly taken aback by the question.
"...Evie Harver." she said after a moment of hesitation, fidgeting a bit.
"Her name doesn't ring any bells..." I thought to myself, an awkward silence befalling us both.
"Uh...My name's Lyonette. Griffin, Lyonette Griffin." I quietly stated, trying to break the awkwardness.
"Mmm...Griffin?" she asked, tilting her head to the left slightly. "That's a bit of a strange name..."
"Yeah...We're not from Japan originally...So, that's why it might sound weird." she nodded her head as I spoke, looking around.
"...Either way...I'm going to go now." Evie stated bluntly, fidgeting a bit more. "I've got things to do...
"...Fair enough." I responded, sighing and putting my arms to my sides, watching as she walked off.
"Eh...Just one of the shy types, I guess." I thought to myself, shrugging my shoulders and walking off to go and find Issei and the other two, pushing the thought of the girl to the back of my mind for the time being, putting my phone in my bag and beginning to walk out from the school house, figuring that I may as well go and check at the old school building and see if they were all perving through the tit hole again. It didn't take all that long to find my way there. what with the path being somewhat linear, but upon reaching the tit hole, I found that there was no sign of Issei, just Matsuda and Motohama, crouched near the hole, grinning.
"Hey, you two? Y'know where Issei is?" I asked them, walking over slowly and tilting my head. They looked at me, seemingly worried at first, but returning back to neutrality as soon as they realised it was me.
"Oh, Lyo." Matsuda said, thinking for a moment. "Issei went to take a piss. He said he'd be back soon."
"Either that, or he's texting his girlfriend.." Motohama added spitefully, folding his arms and sighing. "Still can't believe he threw us under the bus like that..."
"Oh, quit whining Motohama." I growled, glaring at him and folding my arms. "This is why you don't have a girlfriend."
"Hey! Don't rub it in!" he responded, bursting into tears, leaning onto Matsuda, who simply patted his back uncomfortably.
"And I thought I was emotionally unstable..." I sighed, face-palming and shaking my head. "Anyone would think that his dog died or something..." I looked around for any sign of Issei coming back, or practically anything else that would distract me from what was currently going on, it was at this point that I noticed that the doors to the old school building were open, and judging by the lack of noise coming from the other two, they noticed her too. Walking out of it was the red-head from yesterday, the one who was looking at us out of the window.
"...Rias Gremory..." I muttered absentmindedly, struggling to remember her name for a moment. The class and grace she had yesterday hadn't faltered a bit, with even the way she walked making me feel like a peasant in her presence, compared to me, she had so much elegance and grace. I began to think, trying to figure out the emotion I was feeling. It wasn't love, hate or anything like that, if anything, I felt... Inferior, not in the whole 'She's more popular than me, so she's further up the social ladder' kind of way...I felt like a commoner in the presence of a monarch, or a mere mortal in the company of a god. I was so focused on thinking that I failed to realise the fact that she had drawn nearer, and was looking right at us.
"May I ask what you three are doing here?" she spoke, her voice mature and elegant, just how I imagined. "You do know that break's over soon, right?"
"Uh...Yeah, we know, miss Gremory..." I hesitantly said, twitching a little, trying to compose myself.
"Why did I go all formal there? What the fuck?" I mentally punched myself for suddenly pulling a Tylia, blinking rapidly. Rias looked at me, then at Matsuda and Motohama.
"You should all head off to the main school house then, since you'll be late if you don't." she stated in a semi commanding tone, one which caused me to practically jolt up and begin running away as quickly as I could, wanting nothing more than to get to class on time, lest I face Rias' wrath, or something.
[Timeskip: After school, at home.]
It's normally not too eventful at the dinner table in the Griffin household, with only a few talks happening from time to time over chicken and rice, but for some reason, Tylia seemed a bit more lively tonight.
"-And then I triumphantly stuck my shinai's tip against the floor and felt really proud my myself." she finished, after telling a long story about how she kicked some girl's ass during kendo club.
"Is that so?" my mother said, a happy smile on her face. "That's rather nice for you, dear."
"No-one quarrels with Tylia Griffin and gets away unscathed!" Tylia proudly exclaimed, grinning happily as she thrust her fist up into the air.
"I bet you really kicked her ass, eh sis?" I stated in a congratulatory tone, smiling at my sister, who simply glared at me coldly.
"I don't recall asking you, Lyonette." she growled, an angered look on her face. My mother frowned, looking at Tylia.
"No need to be so rude, Tylia! She was only trying to get involved in the conversation!" she snapped, putting her hand on her hip and staring at her. I sighed, simply going back to eating my food while Tylia scoffed and growled. My mother looked at me, sighing and smiling as best as she could. "Anyway...How was your day, Lyonette?" I blinked, swallowing my food and putting my fork down.
"It's been...Okay. I wound up falling asleep in class for the last lesson but...I also found out that Issei's going on a date with his girlfriend on Sunday."
"Oh?" my mother smiled a little bit, looking intrigued. "Issei finally found someone, did he?"
"A surprise, considering how much of a pervert he is..." Tylia scornfully stated, folding her arms and taking a bite out of her chicken.
"Yeah. Her name's Yuuma, she asked him out yesterday." I stated, a proud smile on my face as I spoke. Tylia's jaw dropped, blinking her green eyes rapidly.
"What?! Who in their right mind would court Issei?!" she exclaimed, slamming her hands on the table, looking furious and confused. "What fell sorcery is this?!" I simply shrugged, looking around at them both.
"I dunno. She just came up to him yesterday and asked him out on a date." I replied, sighing slightly. "I know, it's as weird to me as it is to you..." My mother seemed to think for a moment, making a small 'hmm' noise as she did so.
"I'd be cautious of this Yuuma girl." she stated, looking at me with a serious expression. "She may be after something, so it's best to be aware of her."
"I know." I nodded in agreement, sighing slightly, readying myself for the stranger danger lecture. "I have been, mom."
"Good." she replied, smiling in a slightly worried way. "I'd hate for this girl to do something bad to you two."
It didn't take long for me to finish my food, after all, I hadn't had anything to eat for the whole day, after talking with my sister and mom a bit more, I went upstairs to my room, deciding to just lay in bed and read for a bit.
"Sunday..." I began to think to myself, picking up a book off of my shelf and opening it. "I wonder what I'll be doing on that day..."
[Timeskip: Sunday afternoon.]
"Where's my clothes?" I complained to myself, looking around my room, covering myself with the duvet of my bed. "I swear I set them out last night..." I sighed as I walked over to my closet, giving up on attempting to find the clothes I set out, pulling the first things I could find out and throwing them on my bed, looking at them.
"Hm...This could work." I thought to myself, picking up the red shirt my aunt got me for my birthday, smiling a bit. I put it back down on my bed and went over to my dresser, opening the top drawer and taking a fresh set of underwear out of it, slipping my bra and panties on and beginning to put on the rest of my clothes. I smiled at myself in the mirror as I slipped my black jacket on, buttoning up the bottom two buttons and adjusting my shirt, straightening my skirt before sitting down on my bed and humming while I put my socks on, slipping them up my legs and releasing them around my thighs, then picked up my boots and slipped them on. I hopped up, looking at myself in the mirror again, smiling and giggling a bit. "This is probably going to draw a slight bit of attention...But hey, at least I feel cute.~" I went over to my door and went outside, going past Tylia's room, where the loud grunting of her 'training' could be heard inside.
"Where are you going, Lyonette?" I heard my mother ask as I passed through the living room, causing me to turn to look at her, seeing the curious expression on her face.
"Just... Going out. Going to the arcade and stuff like that." I responded, trying to think of things to do outside, as normally I'd be at Issei's house doing things on this particular day. "Not much else, really."
"...Okay then. Be safe." my mother softly said, a calm smile crossing her face as she went back to do what she was doing before. I smiled back at her, quietly stepping out of the house and skipping into town. I wandered around, the sound of the townfolk talking and the noise of cars driving by being reminders that yes, I was out in the town, the smell of food from nearby restaurants and cafés making me ever so slightly hungry, the cool breeze which blew gently making me feel a slight bit more welcome, my waltz remained uninterrupted, until...
"Here, take a flyer." the happy go-lucky voice of a girl stated, as a small flyer was thrust into my hands, I blinked, looking at the person who gave it to me, seeing a woman, dressed in gothic clothing, similar to something that some kind of anime girl would wear, along with a pair of false bat wings on her back.
"Uh...Thanks?" I slowly walked past her, looking at the flyer she handed me. The flyer was printed on brown paper, with a picture of some kind of red magic circle printed on it, I shoved it into my pocket, not really wanting to bother with it for the moment, figuring that I shouldn't think about it for the time being. I continued on my merry way, or, at least I would have if I hadn't bumped into another person.
"S-sorry..." I heard the person say, her voice sounding slightly familiar. I looked up at her, realising that it was non-other than Evie, the girl who I met a few days previously, dressed in a black hoodie and grey joggers, carrying a large box with the word 'Tower' engraved in the top by a small handle coming from it. "..Oh, it's you again...Ech... Lyonette, isn't it?"
"...Uh...Yeah." I replied, blinking, not sure what to say or do. "... What's with the box...?" Evie looked down at the box, tightening her grip in it a little.
"Oh...Um...I was just heading up to the tabletop shop with some models I painted..." she responded, standing up a little straighter and looking around. "Just so I could go in and play a few games and stuff..."
"Tabletop shop?" I asked, tilting my head and looking her in the eyes. I'd never heard of such a thing, at first I thought she meant some kind of furniture shop, but when she mentioned models and games, I got confused.
"Y-yeah...You know, stuff like Labyrinths & Leviathans, Battlemace and stuff like that?" she said, her eyes seemingly sparkling a little bit when I asked. "I-if you want, I can take you there and show you!" her expression seemed to brighten a bit as she smiled at me quietly.
"...Sure?" I responded, slightly unsure about it. Evie grinned a little and grabbed my arm, beginning to walk down the street with me in tow. "H-hey! Wait a second-"
It wasn't long before we arrived at the shop, a rather small one, built into the street's corner, with a banner over the top that read 'Black-Flag Games'. Evie seemed to happily waltz in, a spring in her step as she did so. I shrugged and sighed, stepping in after her. The shop seemed rather small, but we'll maintained, a counter next to the door, with no-one behind it, a small display case with a series of models in front of the window, giving the place a bit of decoration, the sides of the shop were lined with shelves, with various colorful boxes on them, along with a rack of paints and brushes. In the middle of the shop, there were around three tables, each was relatively large and had some kind of decorative board on top, along with a metric fuck ton of plastic scenery, people were hunched over the tables, seemingly moving small models around and rolling dice.
"...Is this it?" I asked Evie, who was looking around the area like a child in a toy store. "Just...a place for nerds to play shit?" Evie looked at me, her eyes widening.
"He-hey... It's what we enjoy doing, don't knock us for it." she said, frowning a slight bit.
"Afternoon, Evie!" I heard somebody shout over from one of the tables, followed by the sound of footsteps. A young man, seemingly in his early twenties, walked over, wearing a shirt with the shop's name on it, he looked at me, then back at Evie. "Who's this you've brought? Where's Audrey today?"
"Ah...This is Lyonette, she's an acquaintance from school I wanted to bring in here." Evie said, looking at me, then back at the guy. "And... Audrey's been sick, so she hasn't been able to come with me."
"Eh, it happens." the guy said, rubbing the back of his head and shrugging, before looking back at me. "Either way, feel free to look around, Lyonette!"
"Uh...Sure?" I replied, looking at him, then at Evie, before walking off to one of the shelves. I wandered over to the first set of shelves, lined with Tower branded paints and brushes, along with a bunch of boxes with the branding of Battlemace: Era Of Seymour on them, each one showing some nicely painted models of some weird looking knight guys with funny looking maces.
"Seeing anything you like, Lyonette?" I heard Evie ask, startling me slightly, since she appeared out of butt-fuck nowhere.
"...No, I've only just started looking." I said quietly, looking at her and folding my arms. Evie sighed a little, looking down.
"... I'm sorry..." she said, going over to one of the tables and opening the box she had with her. I decided to go over and see what was actually in the damn thing. I looked over her shoulder, seeing that the whole box had a crap ton of acoustic foam in it, in between the small holes in the foam, there were little models of soldiers donning grey, spiky armor, which Evie was slowly taking out.
"... What's all these then?" I asked, looking at the small figurines curiously. Evie looked at me, smiling a little.
"These are the models I was on about." she stated, holding one up for me to look at. The damn thing was tiny, like, the height of my pinky finger, yet there were little bits of detail on the gun and the armor that I could barely see which seemed to be painted.
"How the fuck do you even paint that? It's tiny." I asked, genuinely confused. Evie shrugged, smiling a bit more.
"I have no idea!" she said, giggling slightly. "It took me ages, so...At least someone's impressed!" she looked back at the table, putting all of her models down on the table, before putting a small box, a tape measure and a small pouch near them. "Just need to wait to see if someone wants to play with me."
"...You play with these things?" I asked, blinking and sighing a bit. Evie looked at me, nodding.
"Yes, it's actually quite fun." she smiled at me a bit more. "You can watch me, if you want." I sighed, folding my arms and nodding.
"Sure..." I said, looking at the table, then back at her. "I'll watch you play with your little toys."
And so, that's how I spent the rest of the afternoon, watching Evie play a needlessly complex game with some little models and lose miserably. I couldn't figure out what was so fun about it, but both Evie and the fat neckbeard she played against seemed to enjoy themselves, even if the guy was an ass about his 'victory' and was needlessly sexist. Eventually, I decided to leave, since it was getting dark, so after saying goodbye to everyone, I left to go home.
"I wonder how Issei and Yuuma have been doing..." I thought to myself, walking down the street, into the town's further back area, where I normally cut through to get home. Just as I was about to pass the water fountain that was nearby, I heard Yuuma's voice speaking.
"Can I ask you a question?" upon hearing the girl's voice, I squeaked quietly, running and diving into a nearby bush and peeking up to watch the moment unfold. Issei and Yuuma were both there, in front of the fountain, Yuuma with her hands behind her back, and Issei standing a few feet in front of her. "In honour of our first date, there's something I'd like you to do." I smiled brightly as I watched Yuuma slowly approach Issei, who looked flustered beyond belief. "To commemorate this special moment.~"
"Come on Issei! You got it!" I silently cheered my friend on, grinning happily. Yuuma bowed politely to Issei, as he looked down at her, gulping and speaking.
"Sure! You can ask me for anything at all." Issei said with an air of semi-confidence, a confused smile on his face. I really, really wanted to squeal like a fan-girl at that moment, my best friend, finally managing to kiss his first girlfriend was no small occasion, after all. Yuuma seemed to look up at him, an unsettling smirk crossing her face.
"...Would you die for me?~" she asked him, her voice sounding less loving and romantic, and more mocking and sarcastic. Issei seemed to tense up at this, and my jaw fell open.
"W-what?" me and Issei both muttered in unison, my heart beginning to sink slightly. Yuuma stepped closer to Issei, still holding her bag behind her back.
"I want you to die for me." she stated in a stern, yet playful tone. She then began to cackle, not laugh, cackle, her clothing seemingly beginning to tear and morph as a pair of black wings sprouted from her back, the very air around us beginning to take an unholy, sickly purple glow as she stood there, her clothing now naught but slutty straps barely covering anything. My eyes widened as I looked at the sight before me, as Issei fell onto his backside.
"...The fallen one is here, Lyonette." I heard a voice, completely unlike my own, echo around my mind as I watched everything in front of me unfold.
"Well, I have to admit! I did have some fun today.~" Yuuma stated scathingly, staring right at Issei, a grin on her face. "Considering how naïve and childish you are, things could have gone much, much worse."
"Are you just going to sit there?!" the voice in my head implored, my arm beginning to burn, I grunted silently, holding my arm.
"Thank you for the gift, by the way. Very sweet.~" she backhandedly complimented, looking at the small scrunchie on her wrist. "...Even so." a spear of light was suddenly formed in her outstretched hand, her smirk deepening as she held it aloft.
"Yuuma, wait, please-!"
"It's time to die!" before I could even blink, the girl plunged the spear of light into Issei's heart, a gutteral choking groan coming from him. I gasped sharply, freezing up.
"Do you see what she's done to your friend, Lyonette?!"
My heart began to race, my left side feeling numb.
"Do you see how coldly she put him down?!"
I clenched my teeth, my blood practically boiling in rage, my heartbeat quickening to Mach speed.
"Stand up already!"
I stood up slowly, an unnatural growl escaping my throat, I felt so primal, so...savage. But it didn't matter. Non of it mattered. My best friend was killed at the hands of this horrid creature without respite. She turned to look at me, her expression turning to that of confusion.
"Show this scum what happens when they treat those you care about like trash!"
I felt my arm's burning cease, and my mind finally break under the rage I was feeling, I charged at the girl, snarling like a wild animal, only one intelligeable word escaping me, in the form of a sorrowful shriek.
"ISSEI!"
The woman gave a squeak of surprise as I slammed into her, knocking her over, her wings wildly flapping for a moment in an attempt to correct herself, but ultimately failing, slowly getting back up.
"What-?! Where the hell did you come from?!" she looked down at my arm, her face going pale. "And...Is that a Sacred Gear? What even-?" her musing was cut off as I delivered a brutal hook to her face, a loud shout of pain coming from her. The woman recoiled for a moment, before sneering and summoning another spear of light. "No matter! I'll slaughter you, just like I did with your friend!"
"BE QUIET!" I screamed, practically throwing myself into her, socking her in the face again. "SHUT UP AND DIE, BITCH!" the woman yelped out as I attacked her, eventually pushing me off her and onto my back, she slowly approached me, stamping on my pitch black right arm, leering at me.
"God...Ever since I met you and Issei on that bridge, I knew you'd be a little thorn in my side!" she held her spear aloft, pointing it at my heart. I growled at her, screeching in pain as she stamped on my stomach, holding me down so I couldn't move. "This is the end of the line, Lyonette!" and all it took was a simple movement of her arm, and the pain began.
I've felt this pain before, haven't I? This horrid sensation, akin to having a hot iron dragged across an open wound. It feels so familiar, yet...I cannot recall when I last felt it. I cannot recall the last time that a wound burned so much, but I feel like I should. I feel like I should remember the first time I nearly died, the last time I was left for dead like this, but I cannot remember at all. I was going to die here, I was going to die for trying to save my best friend...And it wasn't even worth it. The woman backed away from me, her scowl turning to a smirk in a matter of seconds.
"Aww...Did you see that, Issei? Your little friend came to help you!" the scathing, mocking voice of my murderer- no, our murderer remarked, grinning over at the crippled corpse behind me, the one which was out of my vision, but I could perceive non-the less. "...Shame she didn't get very far, but it's the thought that counts, I suppose.~" I slowly managed to rise to my knees, glaring daggers at the woman.
How I wanted to do something. How I wanted to get up from my knees and rip her to shreds, just to see this black winged menace crying for mercy...But I couldn't. Just like I was too slow to save my friend, I was too weak to save myself, even if I could move and fight more, my hopes of that were dashed as she took off into the sky, out of sight. I shuddered, craning my head to look at Issei's impaled corpse...And that's when I saw her.
Red hair, red like the blood spewing out of my doomed body, red like the roses that my mother would adorn my hair with when I was a child...
Red like my sight, when thinking about what started all this...
I clutch my now burning right arm, staring at her, staring at her as she looked down at Issei, her back to me.
"Where did she come from...?" I thought to myself, my brain starting to go sluggish from bloodloss.
"Since death is upon you, I will gladly take you in." she began to say to Issei, a pair of large bat-like wings springing from her back, wafting a small gale of wind around the area as my eyes widened. "From this moment forward...You will live your life for my sake."
My brain couldn't properly process what I was hearing or what was going on, all I could gather was that someone was here, and that someone was Rias.
"...R-Rias..." I croaked, my voice just loud enough to draw her attention, her eyes widening as she noticed me.
With that last word uttered, I slowly fell onto my front, a red pool beginning to form around me, staring at my blackened arm, which slowly went back to it's normal colour...
"It's over..."
Welp. 10,000+ words in and we still haven't finished episode one. This is going to be a long story...
Either way, next chapter, Lyonette will find out what's actually gone on, and why Rias was there as her and Issei lay dying...But, let's face it, we all know why she was there.~
