Chapter 5! Don't worry this is not a bio but we will see Devin being confronted by a piss off Riser. Following that the Gremory group will begin their training while Tristan explains to Koneko her new powers. Anyway be sure to enjoy and review!
"Spriggan…" Grayfia muttered under her breath as she eyed the newcomer warily. Said person merely stepped off the table, kitten still perched on his shoulder as he approached Tristan. All eyes were focused on the man, minus Riser's peerage as they were still checking on their king. They also noticed how the large rectangle shaped trunk, the same one that had struck Riser, was now walking towards Devin with three pairs of human feet. One on both ends and the third in the middle.
"Grayfia do you know this person?" Rias asked as she glanced at the man named Devin. The person before her was definitely human judging by the aura he was giving out. At the same time she felt a great abundance of magic radiating off of him, which meant he was a magician. But the way he walked, the way grey his eyes gaze the room and especially how much power his aura had, this person was a very, very old human. All together Rias knew that this Devin character was dangerous. Not as dangerous as Tristan but close enough for Rias to know he was not someone to underestimate.
"He's a very unique human." Grayfia whispered so that Devin and Tristan would not hear, confirming Rias's thoughts. "A powerful magician who is a mercenary for both the human and the supernatural world. Devin Cadman goes by the alias 'Spriggan'. In fact he was Sirzechs-sama's first choice to be his Bishop but Devin-sama rejected the offer and even managed to defeat your brother after Sirzechs-sama proposed a duel. Do not underestimate him Ojou-sama."
The jaws of the young devils' nearly hit the ground at that, followed by wide eyes. Rias's older brother, the current Lucifer, Sirzechs, was known as the most powerful Devil in history. He was even stronger than the original Lucifer and he along with two other Devils were classified as Super Devils. To hear that a person, a human no less, could defeat Sirzechs was unbelievable. And now said person was in the same room as them. But that also made them wonder how old Devin was if he was considered the first option to become Sirzech's Bishop. Kiba noticed in particular that Devin seemed to possess a fair amount of holy energy, causing the Knight to narrow his eyes suspiciously.
Their thoughts were broken by a young male's voice. "Oneechan!" Everyone looked to see the yellow kitten on Devin's shoulder jump into the air. It glowed briefly before pouncing on Koneko, sending the girl to the ground back first. When the light faded, it revealed a small boy in the kitten's place. The boy couldn't have been more than seven or nine-years old and had short yellow hair with a pair of cat ears sticking out and matching yellow eyes. He had fair skin and wore a blue hoodie, brown shorts and red shoes. Sticking out from the back of the shorts was a yellow tail and red backpack strapped to his back. Currently the boy was rubbing his cheek affectionately against a still shocked Koneko.
Tristan just chuckled at the cute scene while Devin let out a sigh. "Yasei-kun what did I tell you about tackling people?" Devin asked the young child.
The little boy, now revealed as Yasei sat up, siting on Koneko's stomach. His face scrunched up cutely as he tried to remember. A few seconds later he made a realization expression before looking into the eyes of Koneko. "Hi Oneechan! My name is Yasei and I am a Nekoushou! Please take care of me!" Yasei exclaimed happily as he hugged Koneko with his little arms followed by rubbing his cheek against hers again.
Any other words were cut off when the heat in the room suddenly rose. Everyone turned around and saw that Riser had finally got out of the hole, his peerage right behind him. The third Phenex son did not look happy in the least. In fact if looks could kill, Devin would have been burned several times over.
"You!" Riser yelled furiously as he pointed a finger towards Devin. "How dare you strike an immortal Phoenix, you peon! Do you know who I am?!"
Devin gave Riser bored look followed by a shrug of his shoulders. That only seemed to infuriate Riser even more as flames began to engulf his entire right arm. Grayfia eyes widened as she knew what Riser planned to do. But before she could stop him Riser had already launched himself forward, intending on striking Devin with a flaming punch.
But just as it was inches away from Devin's face, Riser's fist suddenly stopped, much to the Phenex's surprise. Everyone excluding Tristan and Yasei, looked on in shock as what could be described as threads were firmly wrapped around Riser's right forearm and hand. The threads gave off a sea green shine as they reflected off the light. Upon closer inspection they could see that the threads originated from Devin's gloves, which had changed. They were now steel fingerless gloves with black pads on the back and front of the palms. Running on the back of the gloves were multiple vein-like shapes that ran up the fingers. Covering the tips of the fingers were silver thimbles that the threads attached too. Both arms were resting against Devin's sides.
"So, you're an immortal Phoenix huh?" Devin asked Riser. His voice was calm but there was a hint of malice in it. "Do you even know what that word means?"
Then without warning the threads around Riser's arm tightened their hold before eventually tearing the limb apart. Riser screamed in pain as blood, flesh and cloth flew across the room. Everyone gasped at the rather gruesome scene, with Asia fainting at the blood and gore on the floor. Fortunately Koneko had decided to cover Yasei's eyes so he did not have to see it. The only ones who did not seem disturbed were Tristan and Akeno. The latter noticed the sadistic and pleased smile that briefly formed on Devin's face and the wicked gleam in his eyes before they returned back to neutral. The covet sadist Akeno Himejima couldn't help but feel aroused by the brief display of brutality and wondered if the man was a masochist too.
Meanwhile Devin watched with uninterested eyes at a kneeling Riser, whom was slowly painting as he clutched his stumped arm. Suddenly the arm regenerated from flames but that did nothing to impress the magician. "So you can regenerate? Still you're far away from being called immortal." Devin replied monotonously.
Riser glared at him, a murderous look in his eyes followed by a snarl. "Mira! Isabella! Siris!"
"Yes Riser-sama!" Said girls cried and charged. The one named Mira had brown eyes and blue hair tied into four ponytails cried and a staff in her hands. Isabella was a taller girl with orange hair and a mask covering half of her face. The last one, Siris, had long black haired tied into five ponytails and wielded a Zweilhander.
As they charged towards Devin, said person remaining perfectly calm. Mira was the first to reach him, her staff ready to strike Devin in the stomach. Instead the man merely grabbed the stick with his hand and threw it and Mira to the side with ease. Isabella attacked from the side was Devin was distracted, aiming a punch to his head. But Devin merely raised his arm and not only deflected the punch but managed to strike the girl's face with his elbow. The blow stunned Isabella for a moment but Devin quickly kicked her in the stomach, causing her to bend down and gasp loudly before falling to the ground unconscious. And finally Siris, though shocked of how easily this man took down two of her comrades so easily, brought her sword down on top of him. But once again Devin surprised everyone by simply catching the large blade in between his middle and pointer finger. And then with his other hand, delivered a strong punch to the stomach. Not only did the blow knock the air out of Siris, but it also sent the Knight flying backwards, crashing into several of her fellow Peerage members.
There was a moment of silence, shocked of how Devin single-handily defeated the three girls with no trouble. But it was broken by Mira. Said Pawn had gotten up and with her pride hurt, charged again at Devin. Said man just let out a sigh before raising his right hand. A quick bolt of lightning shot out and struck Mira dead on. She screamed in pain and her staff disintegrated quickly. Suddenly Devin then did a lifting up motion and Mira's body was telekinetically lifted up, and smashed roughly against the ceiling. Some people winced when they heard what sounded like bones cracking. Mira's body fell but was brought back to Devin, who grabbed her by the face.
"Here's a lesson for you boy." Devin began in a low voice. Slowly he began to squeeze down on Mira's face, causing the girl to scream in pain at the increase pressure. "If you're going to be a King, don't use your subordinates so recklessly. It might cost you." A sinister smile began to form on his face as the girl in his grip squirmed more. The sight greatly unnerved several people while Riser's peerage was looking on in fear.
A hand suddenly appeared on Devin's shoulder. Not stopping his torture of Mira, Devin calmly looked to his side and saw Tristan staring at him. There was a serious look on the Apocalyptic Beast's face. "That's enough Devin. Don't let your distaste for immortals blind you again." Tristan ordered as he let loose some of his own power to make Devin submit.
The magician was quiet for a moment as he and Tristan continued their stare off. Everyone was thinking that a fight might break out between the two. However after a few seconds Devin relented. He lessened his grip on Mira, said girl already unconscious, before carelessly tossing her towards the rest of Riser's peerage, not caring who caught her. The rest of the girls looked to be in a mix of fear and anger towards Devin. But if anyone was going to attack the magician again, they were stopped by the silver haired beauty.
"There will be no more fighting here. Riser-sama, please control your servants before they hurt themselves further. You are no match for this man." Grayfia said neutrally while indicating towards Devin.
To hear that from someone else, especially the 'Ultimate Queen' was a serious blow to Riser's pride. And as much as he wanted to claim that Devin had merely caught him by surprise, he dare not want to do anything that might invoke the maid's wrath. Instead he merely stood up and walked towards his peerage. He then looked at Rias. "I'll give you ten days Rias. Ten days for you to prepare for the Rating Game." Riser said as some of his arrogance returned. He knew that neither Tristan nor Devin were a part of Rias's Peerage, meaning that he would still win the game and claim her as his wife.
Rias frowned. "Are you giving me a handicap?" She asked with a glare.
"You should be grateful my dear. After all you'll need it if you hope to have a chance of winning, even though it will do you no good." Riser finished with a smug grin. And with that he and his peerage disappeared in a ring of flames. Grayfia soon followed afterwards, bidding Rias goodbye. The maid also knew that she had to report to Sirzechs about the appearance of both Tristan and Devin.
A moment of silence took up the room. All eyes were focused on the two powerhouses in the room, said people being Tristan and Devin who just stared at one another. It was broken when Devin turned to Tristan. "So are you finally going to tell me why the hell you wanted me to come here Tristan?" The immortal human asked with his arms cross.
Tristan smirk at Devin's usual straightforward attitude. "Simply put I need you to help train my student, Neko-chan here, how to use senjutsu." The Apocalyptic Beast answered as he gestured towards the white haired first year.
(Underworld)
Grayfia stepped out of the magic circle and was now standing in front of a man. Said man appeared to be in his early twenties and looked like a male version of Rias, what with the similar facial structure and long spiky red hair. He wore the attire befitting of a noble and soft look on his face. His face seem to brighten when he spotted the silver haired woman.
"So I take it Ria-tan accepted the terms Grayfia?" The man asked gently.
"Yes Sirzechs-sama. As you predicted Ojou-sama accepted the Rating Game to break her engagement." Grayfia reported with a bow. But a frown soon formed on her beautiful face, something Sirzechs caught. "However some interesting developments also happened during the meeting."
Sirzechs raised an eyebrow. "What kind of developments Grayfia?" He asked, curious of what made his wife/Queen so serious.
Grayfia hesitated for a moment before responding. "It appears that Devin Cadman has been summoned to Kuoh Academy." She finished.
Sirzechs's eyes widened in surprise before narrowing at that bit of information. The last time he heard that name was when the infamous SS-class Stray Devil, Kuroka, had killed her master. In doing so she had condemned her kind, the Nekoshou to extinction with only Kuroka and her younger sister, Shirone, now Koneko Toujou, as the only survivors. Devin had not taken the genocide very well, and made his displeasure known by killing several high classed Devils who voiced to wipe out other feline yokai. Sirzechs knew that a fight between him and Devin would not end well, so the red Satan made a deal of ensuring that no harm would come to the remaining Nekos and personally protect Kuroka's younger sister.
"I had never thought that Merlin Ambrosius, the Immortal Druid, and wielder of a Holy Sword on par with Excalibur, Caliburn and Durandal, would appear after being away from the supernatural world for over fifty years." Sirzechs muttered, though Grayfia still heard him. "Reminds me of that Sacred Gear of his."
"Soul Thread. Also called the Hands that Bind and Sever and Strings of Fate. Not a well-known one since Devin-san is the only one to ever wield it. A Sacred Gear that's powers are capable of killing Gods but was never listed as one of the Longinus officially, due to Devin-san sticking to the shadows and away from attention." Grayfia finished.
Indeed Devin was a very dangerous individual, not just because of his Sacred Gear, but of the incredible knowledge of magic he had at his disposal that made him equal to an army of magicians. Combine those two with Devin's immortality and you had a dangerous individual. Both Sirzechs and Grayfia could attest to that when the former was seeking out members to join his peerage. Before he had met MacGregor, Sirzechs had learned of Devin as well as his identity, and asked said person to become his Bishop. But Devin refused automatically, saying he had no desire of becoming a Devil or anything else. In Devin's own words, "I'm already curse. I don't need to add anything more to my list of damnations."
However Sirzechs was still young back then and stubbornly refused to accept no as an answer. Against Grayfia's suggestion, Sirzechs challenged Devin to a duel to decide if the immortal human would join his peerage or not. Devin accepted and afterwards soundly defeated the Red Satan. He took advantage of Sirzechs's incredible prowess of Power of Destruction by sealing it, thus taking away the Devil's major skill. After the duel Sirzechs agreed to not bother Devin about joining his peerage. He would later discover that it would not have worked out because Devin was worth far more than just two Bishop Evil Pieces. Though it was to be expected of the first wizard.
"MacGregor would be very excited to hear that Devin was out and about." Sirzechs mused before a frown adorned his handsome face. "Though I find it odd that Devin-san would appear so suddenly after staying hidden for so long. And appearing in devil territory of all places."
"I believe I may know the answer to that Sirzechs-sama." Grayfia replied. "There was a second person there. A man called Tristan Fall Prophet, he and Devin-san seem to know each other. According to Ojou-sama, Prophet-san is also Toujou-san's new teacher."
"Oh? And what is this Tristan character like?" Sirzechs, curious of this new individual who apparently took in his sister's Rook as his disciple.
"I cannot say for sure Sirzechs-sama. I did not have much time to evaluate his character." Grayfia replied. "From what I can summarize, he acts very casually most of the time however can also become extremely protective of those he cares about, such as Koneko-san. And his strength is…" The maid pause and shuddered a bit, remembering the feeling she felt when Tristan was angered by Riser's threat of killing Rias's servants. "His strength is immense. I daresay it is greater than yours Sirzechs-sama."
Sirzechs's eyes widened at that. While he was not someone who was arrogant or boastful, the redhead Satan was aware that he was a powerful Devil, hence why he was given the position of Maou. In fact, along with himself and two others, one another Maou, were labeled as Super Devils because of their incredible power. And Grayfia wasn't called "The Ultimate Queen" for nothing, since her strength was on par with the current Maous. For her to seem so shaken up was a sign that this Tristan fellow was a powerful character.
"So, how would you describe this person? A devil or fallen angel perhaps?" Sirzechs asked seriously, wondering who was in his little sister's company.
"It felt like demonic power but had a more bestial aura to it." Grayfia explained. "When he let out his aura, I can only describe it as being drowned in an ocean of darkness."
"…What did you just say?"
Surprised by the third voice, the couple turned around to the door of Sirzechs's office. Standing there was an older man with black hair and violet eyes. Despite his elderly looks the person let out a strong and dignified aura, befitting one of nobility, with his attire helping to enhance that image too. Furthermore his eyes showed cunning, of a person who had been through many difficult times and always strived to come up top. All of this was a clear sign that this person was not to be underestimated.
Sirzechs narrowed his eyes towards the newcomer. "Lord Zekram. What brings you here?" The Lucifer asked.
"I was coming to speak to you about something" Zekram said as he entered the room. His eyes then looked at Grayfia. "However I am more curious now about this person you were speaking of. You're certain of the way his aura felt?"
Grayfia was unsure if she should would respond, since this was Zekram they were talking about. But after a quick glance to Sirzechs, who gave a nod of confirmation, the maid responded. "Yes Zekram-sama, I am certain that this person's aura felt like darkness covering everything. It was a very…uncomfortable moment." Grayfia reported, shivering internally at the memory.
Zekram was silent for a moment, a neutral look on his face. "I see…thank you for telling me Grayfia-san."
"Do you perhaps know this person Lord Zekram?" Sirzechs asked the elder Devil. It was quite rare for Zekram to show such intensity and interest in anything other than the status of his clan. And despite his outer appearance, Sirzechs could detect what seemed like hope and joy emanating from the elder's eyes.
"I might…" Zekram said as he prepared to leave. Before he did he quickly added, "And if it is who I think it is, than things will become very interesting."
With that the former clan head left the room, leaving behind a confused Maou and his wife/maid. As he prepared to teleport himself back to his home, Zekram paused as he rolled up his left sleeve. Doing so revealed a mark on his arm. The mark was in the shape of a black five pointed star with a black circle around it and seven dots circling around the star. "Very interesting…" Zekram muttered.
(Earth, the next day)
"Devin-san, if you don't mind me asking, but are you a senjutsu user?" Rias asked the wizard as they moved up the hill.
After the whole fiasco at the club room yesterday, Rias, her peerage, along with Tristan, Devin and Yasei were now heading towards a villa outside the city owned by the Gremory Clan. Rias decided that they would use that place to train her Peerage for the ten days before the Rating Game. It was in the hills, also owned by the Gremory Clan, and isolated from human eyes. Thus making it a perfect place to train.
Originally Tristan wanted Devin to train Koneko in how the use senjutsu, but then thought that it might be better if the wizard helped the rest of the devils. Devin of course was completely against the idea, as he had no desire to train devils and was already reaching his limit being in Kuoh. But eventually after some words from Tristan, and agreements his services would be paid by Rias herself, Devin relented and agreed to train them. Furthermore when he heard how Rias was being made to marry Riser, Devin basically said, "Letting the lass marry a punk like that, you might as well be giving her to a rapist."
Rias and her peerage got quite the laugh at that insult towards Riser.
Currently Rias and Akeno were walking alongside Devin with Asia behind the two girls. Though for Devin, by walking it meant that the wizard was sitting cross leg on his walking trunk. Along with him, Yasei was sitting on the opposite end of the trunk. The little Nekomata's attention was on a toy mouse, the tail tied to a stick. It was held by Koneko who was carrying a very, very large backpack and currently amusing the younger Nekomata. Behind them was Kiba who was doing quite well with his own large bag, while Issei was struggling heavily under his. Tristan was not traveling with them, but Devin knew that he would appear for Koneko's training.
"Not really. While I know many arts of magic, I am at heart a Druid, so I do use natural energy." Devin replied as he held up his hand. Suddenly a small storm cloud appeared hovering above the palm. It was emitting small bolts of electricity.
"A Druid?" Akeno repeated while gazing at the small storm cloud with interest. "That's a very rare form of magic is it not? Few magicians use that now these days."
"Indeed." Devin said as he dismissed the miniature storm cloud. The tone in his voice sounded a bit sad. "But there is little information on it so it should be expected. However that doesn't mean it isn't formidable. A master Druid can control the very forces of nature, causing large scale disasters and more."
Rias nodded in understanding. Controlling nature itself was indeed a powerful weapon. "Interesting. You wouldn't mind if I took some notes of it do you?" Rias asked.
"Actually I would mind. I'm not very comfortable with people that I don't approve studying my magic." Devin said plainly before issuing an order to his trunk to head off. Yasei let out a squeal of excitement as the ride picked up speed leaving behind the four girls. The young devils looked at one another in confusion but simply brushed it off as Devin wanting to have some privacy.
A few minutes later the group arrived to their destination. Said place was quite large for a mere villa. It looked more like a mansion with a patio and barbeque pit also there. And from the steam rising into the air, an open hot spring was obviously built in too. However that is not what had Rias's peerage gaping in shock and fright. No, it was more like the thing that was lying between them and the village.
"GIANT LION!" Issei cried in horror, before comically falling backwards due to the weight of his bag.
Indeed, before the young devils' eyes was the largest lion any of them had ever seen. It was lying on its stomach but they could tell that the lion easily towered over the villa. Its fur was completely black with a pair of small horns on its forehead. However its mane and claws were completely red. Suddenly the lion's eyes opened, revealing black slit pupils that stared at the still petrified group of devils. Though Devin and Yasei seemed unaffected by the figure before them.
The black lion rose to its full height, its shadow engulfing the group completely. It then let out a large yawn, revealing its sharp fangs that only seemed to unnerve the devils. Once it was done yawning it looked back down at them. "Took you guys long enough. I was getting bored waiting." It suddenly said.
Wait, what?
"M-master?" Koneko asked, recognizing the voice coming from the lion.
Devin looked at the devils with bored eyes. "Didn't you guys know that Tristan can change his form?" He asked while said person grinned, revealing his fangs once again.
"Well I recall him doing that back at the warehouse." Rias muttered as the memories of that night came back. "But I didn't think he could do this…"
"This is one of my favorite forms, and I figure it would be well suited for what I will be doing." Tristan said with a shrug. That did not seem to really ease the devils' worries.
Devin eventually broke the devils out of their shock. "Okay you lot, get yourselves settled in and meet me back out here. I'll wait for ten minutes, got it." Devin ordered.
The devils nodded before heading into the villa to unpack. Devin got off of his trunk and watched as the moving luggage carrier went inside too, with Yasei still riding on it. Tristan watched as the Druid pulled out a cigarette and lite it with magic. "Never took you as the smoking type." Tristan commented.
Devin shrugged. "Happened during World War 2. Calms the nerves, especially when you've got a lot of troubles to deal with like I do." Devin replied.
"Speaking of dealing with, I'm surprise you agreed to help train the kids." Tristan mused. "I thought you wanted to remain under the radar and helping the heiress of the Gremory Clan is doing the opposite of that."
Devin shrugged. "Heh, Yasei wanted to see the other Nekoshou in the girl's peerage since they are so few of them left. Also I am not much of a fan of arranged marriages." Sending a glare towards the lion, he added, "Plus you would probably find a way for me to get involve anyway."
Tristan chuckled at that and the two entered a comfortable silence while waiting for the others. Eventually Devin decided to ask something. "So, any luck of locating God?" Devin asked.
The former Underworld ruler sighed. "No. Ever since we sealed the Four Horsemen from destroying the worlds, he's completely disappeared from radar." Tristan said as he thought about his brother, as well as rival/friend. He was also the only person who could stand toe to toe with Tristan, especially since God was the Primordial Light, the opposite of his Primordial Darkness. "But I do know that he is still alive. After all, one of us can only die if killed by the other." He added with a vicious grin on his face.
Devin rolled his eyes just as the devils came back out and dress for training. Yasei came behind them and sat beside Tristan while munching on a sandwich. However the Apocalyptic Beast couldn't help but notice that Kiba was glaringly heavily towards Devin. 'Must have noticed the holy energy coming from Devin.' Tristan mused as said person approached the devils, who were lined up side by side.
Devin also seemed to have notice the blonde's glare but simply shrugged it off. Disintegrating his cigarette, the immortal human approached the group of young devils. "Okay first order of business." Devin declared. "I want to see what you lot can do, so bring it on!" He ordered as he cracked his fists.
And there is chapter 5! I know it is a bit short but I did not want to keep you waiting so I hope you enjoy it. Next chapter will either be a profile of Devin Cadman or the training of Rias's Peerage. Be sure to review! Also I hope this story inspires you fellow writers to make your own Trihexa stories (not including when Trihexa is a female and a part of Issei's harem. No offense but those are annoying)
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