Chapter 8 - What now?
[Timeskip: Back home]
As soon as I got home, I stalked into the living room, going for the stairs silently. Tonight had been very eventful, and as a result, draining as fuck, I thought a normal day at school was tiring, but this day had taken the cake, I felt both proud of myself and severely regretful in equal measure...
"Lyonette, are you alright?" my walk to the stairs was interrupted, as I looked to my mother, the source of the voice, sighing a little.
"Y-yeah...Just...tired." I said, stretching a little as I spoke. "School work fried my brain, and I...Had a lot of information given to me at once, both by my teachers, and by the ORC..."
"I mean, I'm not wrong, am I?"
"I-I see..." my mother said, walking closer to my and putting her hand on my forehead, feeling my temperature with a concerned look on her face. "...You feel very sweaty and clammy..."
"Yeah...now that I think about it, I don't feel too well..." I said, trying to hide the fact that I was still hot and sweaty from when I was fighting that Stray. "...I'll go to bed and stuff and probably be better tomorrow." my mother put her hand on her hip, sighing a little.
"I believe that you should take a day off school tomorrow..." she said, taking my hand in hers and stroking the back of it comfortingly. "You have a temperature, not to mention the fact that you're very pale right now..."
"M-mom, I'm always pale..." I protested, blinking and sighing a little. "I-I'm just a little under the weather right now...at least see how I am tomorrow." it was at this point, that my mom's look of concern turned to suspicion.
"...You're being awfully insistent on going to school tomorrow..." she folded her arms, eying me sceptically. "You're not normally like this, Lyonette."
"T-trust me, mom, I'm fine." I continued to protest, putting my hand on the stairs railing, taking a step onto the stairs. "Please don't worry...I don't want you to worry." my mother simply stood their, her arms folded and a look of angry conjecture on her face, before she sighed and walked up to me, giving me a soft hug.
"...Rest well, sweetheart...Hopefully you're better tomorrow." with those words, she gave me a kiss on the forehead, releasing me from the hug. "Love you."
"L-love you too, mom..." I said, smiling a little as I began to walk upstairs, entering my room and closing the door behind me, throwing off my jacket and scarf, sitting on my bed, stretching.
"So...that was quite the performace you had today~" Equinox expressed, her voice sounding teasing, yet caring.
"I guess so..." I responded in my thoughts, looking at the floor, noticing a piece of metal string poking out from under my bed. I tilted my head, blinking slowly as I leaned down to look, seeing my acoustic guitar, still laying my bed, collecting dust. "Do you think I could get away with playing my guitar for a little bit before I go to bed?"
"I mean, you already told your mother you're getting some sleep, no?" she responded, a questioning tone in her voice. "I mean, of course, you can try, but I can't promise that your mother will take very kindly to you doing so, should she find out."
"Eh...Mom'll probably be making food for her and Tylia, so she won't hear, probably." I quietly took my guitar from the under the bed, putting it on my lap and putting it into position, brushing the dust off it and clearing my throat, coughing a bit from all the dust it had collected over the four years of it's neglect. I sighed, beginning to slowly strum the thing, seeing if it was still in tune, which it surprisingly was. "Heh...Copper must have bought this thing somewhere good if it's still tuned after so long.~" I began to try and play the only song which I remembered how to play, which, funnily enough, I couldn't remember the name of, and as I rustily played it, I began to hear something rustling from the other side of the room, as if something was stirring and moving.
I blinked, directing my attention to the other side of the room, where my dresser and a few posters were, with my dresser seemingly shaking a little. I felt myself go pale as I quietly put down my guitar, getting to my feet and tip-toing over to the dresser.
"Do I have rats in here or something?" crouching down and opening my bottom drawer, which was simply full of trousers and skirts, with the revalation that that drawer was safe, I sighed a little, closing it and opening the next, which simply contained shirts, I then closed it and opened the next, where all my scarves and gloves were, finding that it was also empty of anything it shouldn't have, closing the drawer, I opened the small drawer at the top, the one to my left, which just contained all my bras. "So...that leaves the last drawer..." I quietly looked towards the drawer to my right, slowly putting my hand on the handle and pulling it open...finding it to simply be all of my panties, simply in their drawer in their normal messy fashion. I sighed in relief, beginning to close the drawer, before I saw something move inside of it.
I squeaked, falling onto my ass as I looked at the small creature which poked it's head out of the drawer, a small, black dragon-like creature, there was no definition between it's 'teeth' and head, aside from a glowing red outline around them, which even then, made its teeth look like another part of its head, the same glow surrounded it as it stared at me, blinking its small yellow-red eyes at me, a pair of my underwear hanging off of it's snout.
"Uh...Hey, little buddy..." I said, trying to sound as genuine and fearless as possible as the small dragon used one of its little claws to take the panties off its snout, squirming out of the drawer and pouncing onto my lap, simply looking up at me curiously. "Uh...How did you find your way in here?" the dragon huffed a little, nestling down in my lap, it's tiny wings flapping a little. "...Okay then..." I sighed, picking the creature up and putting it in the closet, much to the creature's apparent confusion. "...J-just stay in there while I sleep, I'll...figure you out tomorrow..." I yawned, closing the door and going over to my bed, taking my guitar off and shoving it underneath.
"This whole fucking day has been weird as fuck..." I slowly laid down on my bed, tossing my socks and skirt off, moving the covers over me, taking my glasses off. "Hopefully tomorrow is less eventful..."
[Timeskip: The Next Day]
Sleeping peacefully, I laid on my side, cuddled up in my duvet, comfortable as I could be...truly, mornings are the comfiest times, especially when you've got school in so little time, normally, I'm awoken to the sound of my alarm, or the sound of my sister, barking at me to get my ass out of bed, but today was different, as I was awoken with a poke to my cheek and a teasing, yet timid giggle.
"Lyonette~ Please wake up~" a soft voice, assertive, yet kindly, with a rather fancy British accent met my sleepy ears as I slowly stirred, rubbing my eyes and looking up, blinking as I fumbled for my glasses, only to find them being put on my face, my eyes met with an unfamilar face. "Are you awake now? It seems really silly to sleep in so late, you know." the face was that of a young woman, soft features clashing slightly with her oddly coloured eyes, with one being red, the other a dark blue, black hair flowed down from her hair, feeding into small pigtails, which touched the strange, noble dress she wore, a pair of black dragon wings flapping slightly on her back.
"...who the fuck are you?" I said, shuffling back and looking at her, blinking rapidly and tilting my head. "How did you get in my room?"
"You found me last night." the woman responded with a giggle, closing her eyes and smiling warmly. "Don't you remember? I was in your underwear drawer, and you put me in your closet, it was rather surreal, to be fair."
Immediately, it clicked, the mere mention of my underwear drawer made me remember what had transpired the previous night, with the small black dragon.
"...W-wait, you were the little dragon thing?" I asked, tilting my head, self-conciously lifting my duvet over my chest.
"Yes. I am." she responded, nodding and patting my head, giggling softly. "...My name is Ragna, and I'm going to be staying with you for a while~"
"Hold up, why are you staying with me? I barely know you." I protested, frowning slightly, folding my arms crossly.
"I know you don't...But, I'm afraid that's how things are meant to be." she stated in a rather blunt fashion, looking at my right arm, a calm look upon her face. "You own the Destruction Gear, therefore, you own me."
"Destruction Gear?" I asked, looking at my arm, looking over it for a moment, before looking back at her. "...Are you on about my Sacred Gear?"
"Yes. I am." she stated, still with the same bluntness and calmness as she did before, a smile on her face. "For as long as I can remember, I've been tied to it...Well, technically, you're my first master, as far I know, but still."
"...I-I don't know how to feel about this..." I stated, looking at my arm again, before I began hearing someone coming up the stairs, my head jolting up as I looked at Ragna. "S-someone's coming! If you wanna stay, I suggest you hide!" Ragna gave a smile and a nod, turning back into a small dragon and slipping under the bed, just as the door opened and Tylia poked her face inside my room, a neutral, yet meek look on her face.
"Sister...may I come in for a moment?" she asked, her faux British accent seeming somewhat crude in comparison to Ragna's. "I wish to talk to you...privately."
I sat there, trying my best not to look suspicious, keeping my duvet over myself. "Uh...sure." Tylia slowly opened the door all the way, walking inside the room, closing it quietly behind her, looking at me, still donning her blue sword and shield pajamas.
"I just wanted to..." she paused, putting her hand on her chest timidly, looking at my face with equal meekness. "...Ask you something?" It was at this point, I realised something, looking over my sister, I realised that it had been more than a couple years since I'd seen her in her night clothes, or, in anything other than her uniform or casual clothes, really, the reason I came to such a realisation was the fact that...
"Uh...sure, but...Tyls?" I felt a bit of red creep upon my face, as I looked at Tylia. "...When did you...grow so much?" Tylia, since the last time I had seen her out of her normal attire, seemed to have grown a fair bit. Normally, her clothing does a great job of hiding her body underneath, but looking at her like this... "Like, seriously, your tits are wayyy bigger than usual." Tylia froze up, her face going beet red as she stepped back a little, a look of shock on her face.
"L-Lyonette!" she stammered out, seemingly searching her mind for words to say. "St-stop that! I don't want to hear about it!" she stepped a little closer, keeping her hand on her chest. "I-I just wanted to ask if you could bring me to the Occult Research Club after school today!" I blinked slowly, unsure of what the fuck just happened there.
"I mean...Rias should be cool with it, so..." I nodded, smiling a little, still a little confused. "Sure? I can see what I can do?" Tylia, with a red face, slowly nodded, sighing.
"...T-thank you..." she said, sitting next to me on my bed, before quietly hugging me. "I really appreciate you doing this for me, sister." I felt a small smile creep onto my face as I patted her back, giggling softly.
"No problem, sis~" I said, sweating a little, unsure of how to handle this trainwreck of a conversation. "Hopefully Rias doesn't get on my case for bringing someone to the club without asking properly..." I quietly nodded, patting her head. "Anyway, you should probably go back to your room...Mom'll be pissed if she finds out you're up this early."
"Mother is out." she replied, sitting on my bed, looking at me. "She won't be back until noon."
"...Wait, what time even is it?" I asked, looking at my alarm clock, which read 6:47...less than two hours until school. "...Why's she out so early?" I asked, looking back at Tylia, tilting my head.
"She was apparently called out to work early today...An exceptionally dire circumstance, according to her boss." she crossed her legs as she spoke, clearing her throat as she finished speaking. I blinked, mulling over this for a second.
"...That's a weird way of wording it...I thought mom only worked an office job." I sighed quietly, laying back down, keeping my duvet over my chest. "...C-can I at least get dressed, sis?" Tylia's face immediately went red as she stood up, blinking.
"O-oh...right..." she stated, awkwardly. "...j-just shout me back in when you're done...I will go and do the same."
"Will do, sis!" I yelled out, blinking and sighing, groggily getting out of bed, frowning. "...So fucking early, sheesh..." I quietly began began getting my uniform on, stretching as I put my socks on, sighing as I put the rest of it on, flicking my little shoulder cape as I did so. "Alright, sis, you can come back in now!" after a moment, Tylia entered the room again, wearing her own uniform, strangely though, her chest seemed to have shrunk.
"...So...After school, we're going to your club, correct?" she asked, sitting on my bed, looking up at me, tilting her head.
"Um...yes." I responded, sitting next to her, crossing my legs. "If you're cool with that, and if the pres is cool with it." Tylia nodded, smiling slightly.
"...Do you not have her number?" she asked, tilting her head. I shook my head slowly, giggling nervously.
"As if I'd have Rias' number..." I said, leaning back a little, my back bumping the wall behind me. "That's...kinda a dumb idea." Tylia blinked and looked down, sighing.
"I'm merely trying to come up with ideas, sister...No need to get on my case for it." she stated, a slight coldness in her voice as she looked back at me. I sighed and looked at her, shaking my head.
"I guess we'll have to find out when I bring you there..." I stated, folding my arms quietly as I looked about my room, looking at the floor. "...Speaking of school, we should probably start to get going soon..."
"I agree." Tylia responded, standing up and looking at me. "Let us get going." as I was about to nod, I remembered about Ragna, who was currently still under my bed.
"Uh...You can start heading out, I just need to..." I sat up, looking down at the floor, where Ragna was peaking her snout from under the bed. "...Tend to some stuff."
"You're not going to pleasure yourself, are you?" she stated blankly, without a hint of irony in her voice. I spluttered and cleared my throat, a blush making its way onto my face.
"N-no! Why would I do that?!" I protested, folding my arms. Tylia put her hand on her hip, eying me suspicously.
"I know what you are like, Lyonette." she stated, smirking a very slight bit as she walked out of the room, leaving me flustered and blinking.
"That was...quite the conversation." Ragna said, looking up at me and hopping onto my leg, crawling up it like some kind of scaley cat, winding up on my lap.
"Yeah.." I said, picking her up and standing, looking down at her. "...Listen, if you're going to be staying with me...I'd recommend keeping quiet and keeping yourself hidden." I stated, slowly walking over to the door and picking my bag up off the door. "Humans aren't particularly fond of Devils and their companions, from what I hear, so...hop in here." I said, opening my handbag with one hand and putting the small black dragon near it, Ragna simply hopped in, poking her head out of the top for a moment, before moving further into it. "Sorry if it's a little cramped in there..."
"'Tis fine, master." Ragna stated, her voice muffled by the bag as she shuffled around inside it, going still. I sighed, quietly opening my door and making my way downstairs, where Tylia was waiting next to the door.
"Are you done with what you were wanting to do, sister?" she asked, quietly putting a hand on her hip, watching as I nodded.
"Yep, all taken care of!" I said with a smile, walking over to her and opening the door. "Let's get a move on." Tylia simply walked through the door, I followed her, watching her movements quietly. After a little bit of walking, I found myself looking back at Tylia's chest, remembering how it was earlier, and immediately began questioning it all again. "...So...uh, sis. Your tits are back to normal size." I stated, teasingly. "Were you wearing a padded bra or something when you were in your PJs or something?" Tylia's face went red as she put her hands over her chest, pouting a slight bit.
"Lyonette, I'd like it if you didn't talk about such things." she said, dodging the question, looking away from me.
"I just wanna know." I giggled slightly, patting her head. "One girl to another, y'know?" Tylia's face remained as it was, blushing and flustered, before she muttered something.
"...binder..." was all I could hear from her, with the rest being unintelligable.
"What was that?" I asked, leaning my head in a little closer to listen more carefully.
"...mother wished for me to wear a binder." she stated, frowning a slight bit as she spoke, clearly embarrassed by the subject. "so I didn't draw the eye of any men..." listening to the explaination, I began to understand why her clothes hid her body so well.
"...Wait, so this is because...mom told you to wear a binder all the time?" I asked, receiving a nod in response. "...Right, gotcha." I said, patting her head softly with a giggle. "That's all I wanted to know~" Tylia was dead silent for the next few minutes, her blush slowly subsiding as silence befell us both, persisting until we reached the school gates, which was when...
"Excuse me, out of my way." I felt a hand push me to the side, as someone barged past me, their back and head covered by a cloak and hood. I looked at the girl, recognising them instantly.
"Evie? What the hell was that for?" I asked, a slight growl in my voice as I gritted my teeth, only to be met with silence from the brunette as she continued her walk to the gates. "Hey! I'm talking to you!" I said, beginning to walk a little faster to catch up with the girl, feeling a little bit aggravated as I put my hand on her shoulder, to have it shrugged off, and a glare be dealt to me by the hooded girl.
"Get your hands off me." she growled, a look of spite in her eyes, along with a coldness in her voice I'd never heard from anyone, not even Tylia.
"What the hell did I do to you?!" I barked, returning the glare as best as I could, to which Evie responded with a simple turn and walk, making her way away from me.
"What was that about?" I heard Tylia ask, tilting her head as she stood where she was, a look of confusion on my face.
"No clue..." I growled, folding my arms angrily, waiting for her to catch up properly. With the thought fresh on my mind, we stood next to the gates, waiting for the time to come when we could enter the school, watching the early rising students arrive.
Eventually, the gates were opened, and we stepped inside the courtyard, and while Tylia was probably feeling fine...I couldn't help but feel anxious, with Ragna in my bag, and a possible breach of the whole 'normal humans shouldn't know about devils' thing, I had a fair few things to worry about.
"Hopefully everything goes well..." I began to try and think of all the ways this could go right, and all the ways this could go wrong...however, before I could think more, I heard an all too familiar voice shriek my name.
"LYONETTE!" I heard Issei yell, nearly tripping up as he dashed towards me, screeching to a halt in front of me, taking a breather, before looking up at me. "Where the hell were you this morning?!"
"I was walking to school..." I began, looking at him, then at Tylia, then back at him. "With Tylia."
"Why didn't you wait for me?!" he yelled, a look of petty anger on his face as he glared at me.
"Some stuff came up...sooo." I said, whistling innocently. "There you have it." Issei grumbled, folding his arms and looking at us both.
"Fiine...okay." he said, sighing, looking around. I decided to take this oppurtunity to tell him of my plan for tonight.
"Hey...Issei. When we go to the ORC, is it okay if Tyls tags along?" I asked, putting a hand on my hip. He blinked, looking at me.
"I mean...Have you asked Rias? Is she okay with it?"
"...nooo..."
An awkward silence fell over us all, with the class bell being the thing to break it.
"Talk about getting saved by the bell..." I thought to myself, looking at them both. "A-anyway, when schools out, let's all meet in the lobby of the school building, then we can walk to the old school building together...That sound okay?" I was met with words of agreement from the two of them and we all went to our respective classes.
[Timeskip: After school]
After what felt like an eternity of boring classes, droning teacher's voices and other fun school activities, I walked into the lobby of the school building with Issei, seeing Tylia waiting in there, tapping her foot against the floor, we walked up to her, and the following events transpired.
"Ready to go?" I asked, looking at the two of them with a small smile on my face.
"As ready as I'll ever be..." Tylia responded, folding her arms bashfully.
"You bet I'm ready!" Issei cheered, smiling. "School was boring as hell today!"
"Yes, it...really fucking was." I said, groaning a little, thinking. "...anyway, let's get going." We began to move along, out of the doors and in the direction of the old school building. Tylia fidgeted as she walked, an anxious look on her face, stealing glances at Issei and I.
"So...This Rias person...Rias Gremory, if I'm correct?" she asked, a hint of worry in her voice as she looked at me, watching me nod slowly. "...Is she nice? I hear about her a lot around school, so..."
"Oh, trust me, she is great~" Issei said, the all too familar perverted look on his face as he spoke. "She's got huge-"
"I think she meant 'is she nice', as in with people, Issei." I corrected him, frowning a slight bit, before looking at my sister. "Yeah, she's alright...A little uptight though, but she means well."
"...Will she take ire to me? S-since my Sacred Gear is holy?" she asked, pursing her lips in a concerned fashion. I opened my mouth to speak, blinking and stopping myself.
"...I didn't even think of that." I said, putting my hand on my head. "...Hopefully she doesn't...As long as you don't try to murder anyone, you should be fine."
"I-I will try to refrain from doing anything of the sort." she said, nodding slowly, before looking at her bag. "Besides...I have a fair few questions I wish to ask them, since...this is an Occult Research Club, no?"
"...Yeah?" I tilted my head, looking at Tylia's bag, notcing that it was a bit more stretched out than usual, as if she had something long stashed in it. "...What are you wanting to ask about?"
"I-it's nothing for you to worry about for now, sister." she said, looking forward and putting a hand on her bag. I narrowed my eyes at Tylia, putting a hand on my hip.
"...Well, you haven't got long to wait, since we're literally right outside the building." I pointed out, feeling my bag stir a little as we walked inside the building, going up the stairs and finding ourselves in the OCR's room. Koneko was sat on the couch, her trademark look of indifference on her face as she turned to look at us, a slight bit of suspicion crossing her face, Kiba was looking out of the window, before stealing a glance over at us, tilting his head slightly to the left.
"Lyonette? Issei? Who's this person you've brought with you?" he asked, a look of confusion and slight worry on his face. I smiled, patting my sister's head, hearing her squeak in response.
"This is my sis, Tylia." I responded, pulling Tylia to be beside Issei and I, watching her as she looked around with slight uncomfort. "She wanted to check the place out...I think I've mentioned her before."
"Didn't Rias say that getting outsiders involved is a bad idea?" he asked, blinking a slight bit, slowly beginning to walk over.
"I-I promise that I won't be too much of a hassle." Tylia squeaked, trying to bow politely. "This was my idea. Please don't get angry at Lyonette."
"I mean...I'm not. But Rias might be." Kiba said, folding his arms and looking between us. "I'm cool with having more members, but I'm not sure if Rias feels the same about it."
"If I feel the same about what?" with the clacking of shoes against the floor, Rias entered the room, looking around at us all as she spoke, her gaze eventually landing on Tylia and I. "...Lyonette, what did I tell you about bringing people to the club?"
"A-as I said to the boy, miss Gremory." Tylia began to speak, moving forward slightly. "This was my idea...Don't get angry at my sister." Rias sighed, rubbing her temples and looking at us all.
"You better have a good reason for bringing her, Lyonette." she stated, putting her hand on her hip, looking a little pissed off.
"I-I wished to ask something...Since I figured that someone here would know about it." Tylia said, unzipping her bag, a bit of sweat dripping down her face, she then proceeded to take a sword out of her bag, the same sword which was normally mounted on the wall in her room, sheathed, held in her hands horizontally. The sword was ornate, the scabbard being made of a fine blue leather, with gold markings and trims on it, with the hilt being a similar colour. Rias tilted her head, sighing and taking the sword, looking over it. "...Mother says that it's special. A family heirloom." Rias looked over the sword, a look of confusion and curiosity on her face.
"Isn't that thing just a decoration?" I asked, looking at Tylia with a questioning tone in my voice, putting my hand on my hip. "You've always got it hung on your wall, so..I figured that's all it was." Rias blinked slightly, thinking before looking at me.
"No." she stated, passing Tylia the sword back, eying her cautiously. "It's not decorative...From what I can tell, it looks to have some kind of magic on it..." she thought for a moment, putting a hand on her chin. "Though, what it does, I can't quite put my finger on it..." Tylia tilted her head, looking down at the sword, seemingly considering this information, looking up at Rias.
"Can you...at least figure out what type of magic it is?" Akeno asked, seeming appearing out of nowhere, a curious look on her face.
"Not...really?" Rias said, looking over at Akeno, folding her arms, her gaze flicking between her and Tylia. "It's a strange mixture of holy energy and our own energy..." she looked at Tylia, putting a hand on her hip. "Can I ask where you got this?" Tylia backed up a little, putting her sword back in her bag.
"M-my mother gave it to me a while ago." she answered, looking at her bag, then back at Rias, a look of slight confusion on her face as she spoke. "I was told that it was special, to some degree, though, she never told me...how it was special." Rias seemed to go a tad pale, looking at me and Tylia with a slight air of panic around her.
"I see." she said, clearing her throat, seemingly trying to shrug something off. "W-well...Either way...Lyonette, can I ask why you brought her?" I blinked, tilting my head and looking at Rias, adjusting my glasses nervously, taking note of the feeling in the air.
"S-she wanted to visit and stuff...she wanted to see if Devils were as bad as mom always told her they were, so I brought her with me." I responded, watching as the red-head's expression seemed to turn more concerned.
"...Well...I guess our cover's blown." she stated, sighing softly, putting her hand to her face, her lips twisting into a frown, she then fixed her gaze on Tylia and spoke in a stern voice. "You can stay while we do our business, as long as you stay with your sister." she took her hand off her face, a slightly stressed look in her eyes. "Also, please do not tell anyone about what you see here today. This is your first and only warning to willing comply with those conditions." Tylia blinked, stepping back a slight bit, her eyes beaming with excitement, while still slightly dim with fear.
"Y-you have my word, Lady Gremory!" she said, putting a hand on her chest, seemingly trying to speak solumnly. Giggling slightly, I tapped Tylia's head, patting her softly.
"No need to be so formal, sis~" I reassured her, a slight bit of sweat running down my brow. "Rias might look a little intimidating, but you don't have to treat her like nobility."
"...I'm sorry. Force of habit, I suppose." Tylia said, taking her hand off her chest, looking at me, then back at Rias. Issei cleared his throat, sticking his hand up.
"Sorry for interrupting and all that stuff, but are we actually goin' to be doing any fancy Devil stuff, or is all that cancelled because Lyo's sis is here?" he asked, looking a tad impatient and bored. Rias sighed, folding her arms and looking at us all, the stern, commanding look in her eyes looking somehow incredibly familiar already.
"Alright...Your duties today will be a slight bit more mundane than yesterday." she spoke, scanning over us all patiently, as if making sure we all understood. "Issei, you'll be doing summon requests for me this time, since I've got a fair few of them that need to be done."
"What if they want some really weird and funky Devil stuff done?" he asked, looking at Rias curiously. "Or am I meant to bluff my way out?"
"Just do what you can. Normally, they don't ask for much." she responded, putting a hand on her hip. "Whatever it is, I'm sure you can handle it." Issei gave a sigh, muttering something about 'being a step closer to getting his harem', as Rias turned to me and begun speaking. "As for you, Lyonette, you are being put on flyer duty today, considering what you did last night, I don't want you overworking yourself." just as I was about to respond, the sound of a throat being cleared was heard from the couch.
"Actually, I'm double booked." I heard the quiet, deadpan voice of Koneko speak, her indifferent eyes gazing at me as she lazed on the couch. "So, if she could take one of my summons, that'd be neat."
"...Well, I suppose doing a summon for her shouldn't be too much of a hassle." Rias stated after a moment of thought, looking back at me. "So, yes, you and your sister will be filling in for Koneko tonight.
"It's just some guy who keeps trying to summon me." Koneko stated, looking over us as she spoke. "It shouldn't be too much of a pain in the ass."
"Oh, uh...Sure?" I looked at Tylia, studying her expression, trying to figure out how she felt about the scenario, she had a slight look of excitement in her eyes, as well as a slightly guilty look. "Tyls, you okay with doing a summon with me?"
"I...Don't know how to feel about this." Tylia said, scratching the back of her head nervously. "But, I'll try not to get in the way." I looked over at Rias, giving her a nod, signalling that I was ready.
"...Alright." Rias said, smiling a slight bit, looking over at Akeno, nodding to her. Tylia seemed to watch curiously as Akeno began setting up the transportation circle, seemingly looking a little pale as she watched her.
"You okay, Tylia?" I asked her, tilting my head and blinking, putting a hand on my hip. "You look a bit spooked?" Tylia blinked, nodding a little.
"Sorry...I'm not quite used to this stuff yet, so..." she stated in a slightly shakey fashion, before forcing a smile. Issei sighed, walking out the door, grumbling about having to take the bicycle again. Akeno looked up at us both, smiling brightly.
"The circle's ready~!" she exclaimed in her chipper, slightly demented voice, she moved out of the way of the circle, gesturing to it with a grin on her face. I giggled slightly, patting Tylia's back reassuringly.
"Come on sis, let's get going~" I said, bringing her over to the circle, watching as she looked at me, looking a tiny bit concerned as we stepped into it. "...You ready, sis?" I asked, smiling as I waited for a response.
"A-as ready as I'll ever be..." Tylia said, blinking and nodding, a slight frown on her face. The circle began to glow to life, the redness was almost blinding as I heard Tylia cry out a little, seemingly from the feeling of being transported from one place to the other.
"This is going to take some getting used to for her...I can tell."
[Timeskip: A few hours later]
A rush of cold air hit my face as we stepped out from the small apartment building we just left, a relieved sigh escaping me, with Tylia closing the door behind us.
"I never thought I could find a room with more pent up sexual tension radiating from it than Motohama's room..." I began, looking at Tylia as she walked down the outside stairs. "Yet here I am, corrected."
"I've never seen most of the manga and anime things he had in there..." Tylia said, a slight bit curiousity in her voice as she seemed to think deeply for a moment. "...Sister, did you recognise anything he had in that room?"
"Not all of it, but some of it." I stated, raising an eyebrow, wondering what she was trying to imply with what she was saying. "...Why?"
"Because...I know that you and your friends are rather..." she seemed to put a finger to her chin, thinking for a moment. "...Perverted."
"Hey! The other three are, but not me! I'm not like that!" I said, blushing and smirking a tiny bit, patting her on the head. "Well, not as bad, anyway." Tylia pouted a little, going quiet as she continued to walk along, watching the quiet street with a slight frown on her face. The quiet and calm was soon interrupted, however, walking down the street, I was suddenly pushed out of the way by somebody. I blinked, snapping out of my thoughts and looking at the person who just pushed me.
"Hey! What's your deal?!" I growled, looking at the person who just pushed past me, finding them to be a girl, dressing a Kuoh uniform, who was making a mad dash down the street, giggling in like a madwoman. "Hey! Get your ass back here!" I yelled out, dashing after the girl, a feeling of rage overtaking reason.
"Sister! Stop chasing them!" Tylia protested, briskly running after me, a look of annoyance on her face as she caught up to me. Suddenly, a pair of bat-like wings sprung from the girl's back, her speed picking up as I saw Tylia's face change from annoyance, to anger. The girl came to a dead stop at a pair of parked motorcycles, allowing us to catch up to her with a grin on her face, a mischevious spark in her scarlet red eyes as she looked at us.
"Can I help you~?" she teasingly stated, with the tone of voice of a toddler who just got away with getting their sibling in trouble, her jet black hair swishing a little in the slight breeze.
"Uh, yeah actually!" I growled, leaning a little closer to the girl, gritting my teeth a slight bit. "I'd like to know why the fuck you shoved me out of the way!"
"Hmm...You know, as much as I'd like to give an answer~" she began, giggling before leaning a little closer to me. "I'd rather let you figure that out a better way~"
"Are you seriously doing this sh-" my words were cut off as the girl pushed her face into mine, her lips pressing against my own, I felt my eyes widen, as I was filled with two emotions. The first was confusion, because of the nature of the situation, the second was, of course, anger. "Oh, this bitch is fucking dead!" my thoughts of murder were cut off by the sound of a roaring engine, smoke beginning to cloud my vision a little, with a giggle being heard from the girl.
"Catch me if you can~" the girl smugly stated, as the roar of the motorcycle's engine began to get quieter and more distant, and before I knew it, the girl was driving off on one of the motorcycles, leaving us in the dust. I growled in frustration, stamping my foot on the ground, looking at Tylia, finding her to have a large blush on her face, her mouth hanging open.
"What are you gawking at?! Are we chasing her or what?!"
"W-what?!" Tylia seemed to snap out of her thoughts as I threw her onto the other motorcycle, a squeak being heard from her as I glared down at her, hopping on the back.
"Drive!" I barked, my rage overtaking any decency I had as I drew my sword from its scabbard.
"B-but! I don't know how to drive a motorcycle!" Tylia protested, a look of shock and panic on her red face.
"Well! You better fucking learn quickly!" I growled, holding up my arm with my sword in hand, watching as my Sacred Gear manifested over my hand. "Black Thorn!" I looked back down, a black, thorny vine slithering into the ignition, forcing its way inside and twisting, the sound of the vehicle spluttering to life was heard. "Get driving, Tylia!" my sister let out a panicked yelp as we went barreling forward, a deafening sound of snapping chains and screeching tires meeting my ears as we tore down the darkened street.
"Don't you think this is...just a little irresponsible, Lyonette?"
"Shut the FUCK!"
"...Do you plan to finish that statement?"
Streetlights flew by, streaks of lights, little more than a blur as we sped down the street, eventually catching sight of the Devil girl on the other motorcycle, catching up to her speed as I gave her a death glare, getting a smug look in return.
"Oh~! I see you listened to me~?" she stated, shouting over the roaring of the engines, following it with a comparabley quiet giggle, winking at me. "I honestly didn't think you'd do it, yet here you are, proving me wrong~"
"Save it, dickhead!" I yelled, leaning to the side and attempting to swipe my blade at her, my sword clanking against the metal chassis of the bike, the tip of it bouncing off and beginning to scrap against the floor, red sparks trailing behind us as I pulled it back up. The girl feigned surprise, giggling maniacially.
"How frightening, Lyonette~!" she teased, beginning to pick up speed once more. "Perhaps you might actually do something next time~!"
"Oh no you fucking don't!" I cried, making another swipe at the girl and missing once again, letting out a cry of frustration as I looked at Tylia, spying her overwhelmed and surprised look, noticing the joyful spark in her eyes. "Tylia! GO, FASTER!" she let out a small squeak, not taking her eyes off the road as she put pedal the to the metal, the bike beginning to gain on the Devil once more, her look turning to joyful determination. I felt the bike buck as we seemed to run over a speed bump, feeling us begin to gain altitude as we ramped off of it, keeping my gaze fixed on the Devil as I prepared my Sacred Gear once more.
"Black Thorn!" I hollered at the top of my lungs, vines tearing out of the ground and trying to snag the wheels of the girl's motorcycle, with her steering clear of them at every chance she had. I felt my blood begin to boil, flames beginning to burn from my heart in seething rage, a crash being heard as we made contact with the ground once more, hitting the ground running and continuing to drive along, the bump only deepening my rage...And then, for a moment, my mind went quiet, my gauntlet's scales glowing a bright, blood red, all thoughts clearing from my mind, aside from one:
"DESTROY."
Before I knew it, I'd lept off of the speeding vehicle, howling out an animalistic cry as I hopped from one to the other, snarling as I made contact, my gauntlet's claws digging into the metal as I struggled, managing to pull myself onto the motorcycle. I heard a surprised cry from the girl as I grabbed her, trying to tear her off the motorcycle, the shrieking of the tires matched only by the shrieking of the Devil girl as we barreled down the street, the girl shouting and yelping as I dug the Destruction Gear's claw into her, feeling a bump on my face as she punched me full whack, with not even a stinging sensation finding its way through me, suddenly, the jarring scrap of metal brought me out of my rage-trance, looking down to find the motorcycle on its side, spinning out and screeching to a halt, both me and the girl being thrown off it, a horrid pain going through my head as it made contact with the concrete, a grunt being heard from behind me as the girl was thrown onto me, her head slamming into my rear, resulting in a surprised yelp from me. A shaky, silent moment passed as I got back to my senses fully, my heart pumping a mile a minute as the gravity of what just happened hit me like a truck.
"...A-alright...you got me..." the girl said, lifting her face from my backside, spluttering a shaky giggle out. "...g-god~ I haven't felt that alive since I ran from my Master~"
"Your...master?" I responded, shakily, slowly moving myself onto my side, using my hands to prop myself up. "...You're a Stray...?"
"Yes...yes I am." she said, a slight chuckle coming from her as she looked up at me, a smug smile on her somewhat red face. "But...I'm not sure for how much longer.~"
"W-what?" I stated, confused by the response, unsure of what she meant by 'how much longer'. The girl giggled, a hint of madness in her voice as she began to shuffle closer, positioning herself on top of me.
"I can tell that you aren't human...I can tell that you're far from human, Lyonette." she stated, putting her hand on my gauntlet with breathy chuckle, looking me in the face. "You're a Devil, and from what I can see...no, feel~ From your Sacred Gear~ You're a powerful one~" she rambled, her tone sounding less smug and more...aroused, like she was trying to seduce me.
"W-where are you going with this?!" I exclaimed, blinking in confusion. "I-if you're wanting to fuck me or something, then no! I'm already taken!" the girl simply shook her head, giggling softly.
"...You know what? I don't know how much longer I can keep myself composed, so~" she began, poking my nose, a smug grin on her face. "Tomorrow. After school, meet me near the gym~"
At this point, I was beyond confused, completely lost on what was going on, and in my confusion, I simply stuttered out.
"...S-sure?"
"AM I A FUCKING IDIOT OR SOMETHING?! WHY! WHY DID I SAY YES?!"
The sound of a motorcycle pulling up was heard, footsteps being heard near me.
"Sister...? What are you doing?" I heard Tylia ask, her voice relatively shrill, as if she was trying to hide an emotion of some kind.
"...Fuck."
Well. That was quite the ride to write...Didn't really get many reviews this time, so...Just figured I'd say that I'm going to be working on making longer chapters from now on! Not really much else to say, other than...well, wait for the next one! Thank you for reading!
