Chapter 10: Tears of a devil
"Only The Dead Have Seen The End Of War"
~Plato
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Meanwhile in Hell near the Phenex Compound...
A soldier stands amongst the gate of the main home, as a grey magic circle forms near him in an instant.
Upon seeing this he hears another male voice say "We picked up on traces of 12 humans in your region what's your status" as he replies "Nothing here, might be a shift in the air or something messing with us, i'll check with the other family guards" as it vanishes.
As moments go by , the guards of Phenex check with the other clans and find nothing leaving the gremory's last as the guard heads of the clans listen in as one ask "This is head of guards of each clan, we've been picking up on strange masses of human energy, anything to report" but immediately interrupted by a frantic shout "EVACUATE HELL NOW THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!" shocking all present.
Another ask in worry "What's going on there!?" and a voice says quickly "Portals from earth are spilling out all over the place there's far too many of them and they just keep coming, we're under attack and don't know how long we can hold out, oh shit oh shit!" and hears the screams of women & people being crushed.
Suddenly Riser Phenex arrives and ask one of the soldiers with a stern look "What's going on here? I couldn't help but notice commotion on my doorstep so speak!" but the soldier says trying to keep compsure "We don't yet Sir, it appears something has caused the gremory guard to request all of hell to retreat" but then they stop talking as they see a flying object going towards their location at fast speed.
One of the soldiers look at it in confusion as he sees more figures in the horizon coming fast as he says "Umm, sir you might wanna see this" signaling the lead phenex guard to look as he stares in shock focusing in on what's coming, then with urgency in his voice he says "Brace yourselves! Everyone brace yourselves put up as many shields as possible now!" as he races around to deliver the message to all that hear it.
Riser then asks in mild concern "Brace for what?!" as he sees a giant round object falling from the dark sky falling towards them with a red biohazard symbol and says "By the great satans..." as a huge mushroom cloud forms upon impact.
Meanwhile...
We then go to a community in japan where a little girl wearing a white & red kimono and a fox mask is climbing steps to a house on a hill as Rias & Akeno follow close behind her silently.
She then looks to the pair and says in delight "Come on we're almost there he he, my parents will love you guys" as Akeno assures the girl "Don't worry, we're close behind" as she smiles at her walking faster.
Rias then says "That still doesn't tell how do you know I know where we are" and the girl says reaching for the top of the steps "You'll remember soon, you just have to see it first, it'll all come to you soon" as the duo follow suit.
They then reach what appears to be a shinto shrine complex, leaving Akeno with a stunned face as she says "We're..here..." and Rias immediately catches on but stays silent.
The girl then says "Come on, this way they're here" as she skips along the way towards a small unit with a door and reaches to open it, but what happened next left them unprepared.
Upon opening the door, the girl was sucked as she shouted as both Akeno & Rias try to pry the door open, and just as they do, they open the door to a bloodied mess as the room inside lied in ruin with broken items everywhere across the wooden floors.
They then notice another room ahead as they hear a scream from the other room and rush in, but the path is blocked by a masked figure in combat armor standing firm and holding a katana.
Akeno then suddenly lashes out yelling "Get out of the way now!" shooting a blast of lighting at it but the figure then redirects it back at her with more force than it began with, causing the two devils to dodge instantly.
They then catch themselves as the figure says in a robotic voice "Rias is not pass, we have unfinished business" as the figure then readies itself in a kendo stance, but then Rias steps up and says "Akeno, go ahead, i'll deal with this one myself" surprising her friend.
Akeno then tries to interject "But president, won't this be a proble-" but stops when she sees a reassuring look in her friend's eyes and proceeds past them as they prepare to engage.
Rias then says to it "You wanted me, here I am, face me fool and meet your destruction" as the figure laughs and says "Now why you would wanna be that, you got me killed once before and my little girl is about to see the truth, i've waited many years for this!" as it uses fire to advance towards her through it's flaming fists.
Rias then says as this happens in shock "Wait your her m-" but is hit by a sudden wave of frost and rocks.
While this goes on, Akeno enters the other room and sees a horrible sight as she finds the girl, surrounded by her mother's blood and dead body and cries softly revealing to have a black pair of fallen wings on her back.
With this revelation, Akeno then drops tear and says "This is where it happened, where they killed her" as the little girl says not looking "Sorry I couldn't tell you, she said you'd come wanting to see it" and Akeno asks crying "Who?" and another says omnimously "Me"
Akeno then turns to see Zamiel in female form standing over her as she says "It's me Zamiel, you probably arent use to this form but I brought you here to ask something, why was Rias really familiar with that night as well, seemed like she knew something you didnt, but of course I already know that answer in every alternate universe version of her".
She then walks around her contuining to say" that's the same every time, so my question to you is do you wish to know the truth or go on knowing what you know without consequence, I can make this all come full circle or I can make it so you never had to relive this disaster again, your choice" as Akeno stared in anger and trembling.
Akeno then slowly steps up to Zamiel, gazing intently at the woman before her and grabs her tightly around the neck, sending Zamiel falling to her knees choking as she asks her "Tell me zamiel, what can break you? tell me!?" as she gets on top of her and tightens her grip further and further as she asks "You may wear human skin but you're far from it, I held my tongue far too long, allowing you to bring me back here, I might torture but this, this is truly sick, whatever you really are, I must know what breaks you, what makes you tick!?" as she grits her teeth trying to kill Zamiel.
Zamiel in the midst of choking then starts to slowly form a smile staring into Akeno's eye and says weakily in glowing blue tears "Seeing you...like this, you've been blind...too long to the real..truth..tell me...does seeing me break at the sight of your...pain please you, is it...enough to know that seeing genuinely good like you suffer...made me cry once...is it enough to help you" and she keeps her hold but say yes in tears "It's enough, show me...show me truth please!" as she falls onto Zamiel and sobs as Zamiel catches her in a hug.
Zamiel then whispers to her "It shall be done" as she touches Akeno's forehead and sends a pulse of energy through her, causing Akeno to be consumed by a wave of electrcity and finds herself seeing her memories flash forward from her birth and then all the way to the night the Himejimas murdered her mother, but then she sees something she never noticed that breaks her heart immediately.
In the midst of the murder, in a distant tree you see a group of demons watch it all from a far, led by a slightly younger Rias with slightly shorter hair, and to this sight Akeno's then looks to the ground gripping her head chanting "It's a lie, your trying to trick with a twisted nightmare, this is going too far even by my standards of pain"
Then Zamiel's voice is then heard and says "This is no lie, what you're seeing is real, she was there that night, in that time, hell was interested in you for reasons even I can't understand, and you took the bait unknowingly, Rias was always the bait and got to keep you close as a prize for it, so tell me, what will you do with your truth now?" as they appear back in the room of blood standing apart from another.
Akeno then stares into the floor with a frozen maniacal smile and wide eyed, as she ponders the memories of her friendship, everything they've gone through, for the sole purpose of something unknown to her, to have seen the one person she swore undying loyalty to, stand idly by as her own mother was slaughtered before her as a helpless child, only one word escaped her lips "Zamiel..."
Zamiel then raises a brow and asks "Yes?" and she replies "Tell me, the training, is this it, are you testing my control?", to which Zamiel sighs and says "Yes, but I'm sure my daughter has told you that the energy you will feel soon is not a mutation process, but this energy is designed to bring out the most dangerous parts of your potentials that you were never meant to obtain and turn it into forms of power that your souls choose to take, until I broke that barrier by breaking you all as much as I could, but you, I went easy on because you deserve something back, all I give you now is clarity & truth, tell me what form will you take"
Processing the information, Akeno then stares at her hands and sees surges of red lightning in her hands and says gripping them and smiles weakily at Zamiel but then forms a frown "I feel so much...right now I should be killing you for putting us through this, but something about what you say makes me feel...happy, knowing that they'll be stronger than ever, while I still have a problem with your methods for now...THAT RAGE IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE SURGING PAIN THAT RIAS CAUSED ME!" as her body is covered in red lightning as she roars in anger.
Hearing the cry of friend's scream, Rias then kicks the door down covered in cuts and bruises, breathing heavily as she says in worry "Akeno are you alright?!" as she scans the room to see Akeno covered in lightning and sees the female Zamiel watching as she says "Who're you and what're doing to my friend!?" and the woman says "Oh hey Zamiel how are you wow you look sexy as fuck as a woman, oh fine thanks Rias, so rude to a fellow lady" as she crosses her legs.
Rias then stomps towards Zamiel and says "Have you lost your damned mind, stop this now!" raising a blast of destruction energy at her but Zamiel says "First of all put that poody pat ass shit down before you get your weak ass slapped with the back of my hands, second I didn't do shit, this is all Akeno" pointing at her.
Rias then look between them and says "What's she doing, make it stop now!" but Zamiel interjects "Sorry no can do, that's speed energy that's about unstable as energy can become, one screw up and she'll rip apart the multiverse-line in this state, your just gonna have to talk it out once she's ready ok" as Zamiel gets up and walks towards the exit.
Rias then yells at her "Where are you going, I want answers dammit!" and Zamiel scoffs "This is your fault ya know, now i'm off to get some lovecraft wings, they're cheap in this part of the universe and come in hot-lava sauce, can't pass that up so good luck getting your shit pushed in she's about to blow any moment bye i'll be back!" and vanishes in a flash.
Rias then stares fearfully back at Akeno as she hears a louder version of voice boom "Rias, answer one question, did you know?" and Rias gulps and says "Akeno I" but is interrupted when Akeno shouts booming "DID YOU KNOW?!" as the room goes silent with words
Rias then says with a sigh "Yes, I was there for all of it, what you know is true...I can't tell you how much i-" and Akeno then freezes still in place as the lightning dissappates.
Akeno then lifts her head surrounded in smoke and whispers "Run Rias.." and Rias says in confusion "Wha-" but soon realizes Akeno appears to be in a sprinting pose with glowing red electric eyes and says demonic shrill "RUN!" as she then vanishes before Rias eyes and feels a tap on her right shoulder, only to be immediately sucker punched into a wall nearby as she barely catches a glimpse of a figure in a run position upon impact.
Akeno then appears before her, now sporting a new black & blue track-like battle kinetic suit, and pale grey skin with red veins cracking underneath her skin pulsating a looming glow of lightning as well as her eyes as she shows her teeth with grit in anger .
Rias then says as she sees this bleeding out her mouth profusely "Akeno stop, you don't have to be like this" but is soon electrocuted by her new red lightning, but as this happens she sees parts of her future shatter and falls out of Akeno's grasp.
She then wonder to herself "That sensation, that wasnt just pain, something about goes beyond the standards of demon or fallen , what the hell has Zamiel done to you" but is kicked across the ground outside as Akeno says to her wickedly "Even I don't know but i'm going to test this power on you and see how far I can go with it, I feel so much power in me now, I never felt so wonderful or been so fast".
She continues "You should've left me to die back then, the things i'm going to do to you will most certainly make you wish you never found me, but first time for a road trip!" as she grabs Rias and starts running faster & faster and grinning ear-to-ear until she runs bursting through an invisble barrier, bringing her into a dimensional plane as the world around them illuminates colors into unworldly shapes and forms.
Zamiel then enters the room again holding a bag of greasy items and says " Hey girls I brought...some...food...oh jeez...oh no...oh shit she became a motherf...Kate you little asshole I'll get you for this shit wherever you, fuck she's gonna drive that girl to insanity!" as she drops the food and whistles opening a portal next to her with a slender figure young male-like figure behind it as she says to it "Alright, your up little guy, don't kill this one, only detain and secure her got it" and it responds with a solemn bow and warps away.
Zamiel then picks up a purple burger from the bag and eats a bite saying "Gaspar's gonna be a good advantage against the enemy, good thing he like's getting bribed in sour candy otherwise i'd be answering to my wife again" as she looks behind her and sees Ophis standing behind her with a serious look.
Ophis then says to Zamiel "I think you've had too much fun here, you've gone too far with this horrid act of training, stop now and I won't do what I always should've thinking you were capable of change!" but Zamiel scoffs and says sarastically "Oh no your gonna kick my ass, in your dreams kid if Nihil couldn't do it you can't, matter of fact i'll tell you what, you get 1 free hit on the house" as she holds her arms out with a warm smile.
Ophis then stares blankly and just starts laughing harder and harder as she starts laugh maniaically at the ceiling and stares blankly at Zamiel and says "Not here, if i'm doing this, I want to hit you as hard as I can muster" and Zamiel grins wide saying "Ohh do you, come on then you little shit lets go to the void then, because once I get back up i'm gonna open up a fresh can of whoop ass on you!" as disappear in a sudden blast of energy.
Meanwhile...
Akeno continues to race on with Rias in tow as she says "There's been a slight change of plans, I'll keep you alive but your family has to go instead, hang on we're alm-" but is frozen in place as she suddenly starts going in reverse more rapidly by the second and becomes confused.
She then is stopped in place by a slender shorter grey vampiric humanoid figure with blonde hair as it says in echoes of voices "Sorry but you aren't supposed to be messing with time like this Akeno, please forgive me " as it waves it's hand and send a see-through wave at them as she says "Well then we might have some fun here" as it inches ever closer.
Elsewhere...
Raynare walks through a stoned corridor as she feels tremors across the location, she then says "Must be close, whatever is causing these quakes has to be answer as to where I am, fortunately I was strong enough to kill Kokabiel once again which still shouldn't be possible since this is nothing like the trainiing Zamiel showed me all those years ago" as she continue to press on.
She then says to herself "Even my magic here is weak, this has to be Zamiel's doing I just know it, wait I can sense Asia" but stops when she hears a man's blood curlding screams echo through the hall and rushes towards it with great speed.
Then a man with several lashes across his skin and hook-like objects latched into his bareback as he falls naked to the ground howling in pain revealing to have white hair, then Raynare sees and asks the man "Are you al-...Freed.." as she stares shocked at the man before her in such a state.
Freed then looks up whimpering in pain as he mutters "Dear god Raynare, listen to me to have to get the fuck outta here, but please kill me first quick before ahhhhhh!" as his back is tugged from the shadows, pulling him in with brute force as he grips on to a nearby opening in the wall, causing blood to trickle from his wounds as he loses his grip and falls into the shadows screaming.
Raynare then flies after him and stops as she sees the culprit of the attack, shocked and appalled she witnesses a naked Asia, yanking away at chains attached to her arms as she says "Good, you caught her, I'm going to release you but remember to stay put and don't go anywhere, understand" as she kicks his back and the chains pop out and he screams "YEEES!" while crying loud in pain as Asia approaches Raynare.
Raynare then says to her with a stunned look "Asia, what is this, why do you have f-" but loses her breath as she feels a punch knocking the wind out of her as Asia grips the back of her head as her hand glows and throws Raynare several yards away.
She says "That attack just now would've killed you if I didnt use my sacred healing so I know you're ok, get up, you owe me this fight for murdering me regardless if you're not the same Raynare, you stole my life in almost every reality for all I know, and i'm going to break you for every last bit of it, don't worry I want you alive for it all, I have something I want to do to that face of yours" as she approaches Raynare.
Raynare then stands up and punches Asia square in the face, sending her sliding backwards and says "I don't know what's happened but clearly your not yourself, stand down and I won't snap you out of it" as she forms a light spear.
Asia regains her posture and says "That's it, that's the look I remember, you really are stronger than the Raynare I knew, good, because now I know I can go all out!" as she appears in front of Raynare suddenly and punches her with a loud crack in her left arm, causing the fallen to yell in pain as her arm breaks and goes limp.
Raynare then wincing in pain pushes on and teleports behind Asia and attempts to kick her in the back but Asia instinctively flips backwards out the way and catches Raynare's head with her legs and sends her crashing down face forward cracking the ground while Asia lands softly on her feet.
Asia then watches Raynare struggle to move in pain as she says "You know, out of all our enemies, I never once forgot you, you were a constant reminder that I will never have a normal life, you don't realize what a plague you really were, because of you I was left with a monster priest, nowhere to run or hide away, I can forgive what did you to me, but you got Issei in this mess by murdering him, for that i'll make you pay" as she rushes towards a limping Raynare.
As she reaches her, Asia then starts punching her in left & right form over and over in the face until Raynare falls to the ground in splatters of blood, then she spits out teeth and tries to form another light spear in her limp hand but it was crushed underneath the feet of Asia as she backhands her face and stomps a foot into Raynare's chest.
Raynare then struggles to gain clear vision as she sees a blur of Asia and says "Asia, stop this, don't become something you aren't...don't make me stop you.." as she's picked up by throat as she ceases speaking, then Asia retorts coldly "You don't get to die yet, i still have to finish remaking your face" as she picks up and wraps a chain around her fists.
Raynare then allows her wings to droop as they catch Asia's attention and she gets up to flip her over and stands over her backside saying "Looks like you won't need these anymore" as she grips the bottom 3rd set of wings in both hands tightly, Raynare then pleas "Wait...i'm..." as she feels a searing in her back as blood drips on her whole head.
Raynare then turns an eye to her back to see Asia examining her actions as she says omnimously "Wow! I've gotten this strong, I never dreamed of this day, even managed to beat you in a more powerful state than my Raynare, now for that face makeover" as she flips her over and gets on top of Raynare with fast speed and yanks her hand with the chain and catches a hook, causing her to look upon Asia with fear in her eyes visible.
Asia then takes her hook and traces the blade edge across her nose and asks her "Tell me Raynare, does it hurt as much as it was for me when i was casted out, tormented and used, don't take this the wrong way but I cant promise the safety of your well-being anymore, from here on out all talking is done, any last words you wish to say before I start" as she notices the fallen has silenced and is only dropping tears.
Raynare then says slowly and quietly "Fall from heaven, holy light barrage " as Asia then senses something above and sees a swarm of large light shards coming down at her from the ceiling as raynare then uses what little energy she has to teleport out the way, only allowing her to end up a few meters away from the attack spot, leaving Asia to be engulfed by it all in a bright explosion.
As the explosion begins to settle and reveals a pile of nothing but rubble, Raynare faces the ceiling breathing and then thinks to herself "What've I done...all those things she said, they were right, everything was right, but..I still don't understand what is happening he-" as she hears rumbling from the rubble.
Asia then rises out quickly with both chains on her arms, but not unscatched as she is seen with a scarred eye dripping lots of blood as she says as her eye regenerates "That...hurt!" as she begins twirling her chains and lashes them out at Raynare's legs, hooking them skin deep as she begins to yank the fallen back to her.
As Raynare is pulled back, Asia gets on her and relases one of her hooks and holds it angrily trying to pry her mouth open and says "Open your damn mout-" but starts punching her face 3 times, causing her jaw to break as Asia positions a hook on the left side of her mouth.
She then says "Smile nice and pretty, just like that and stay still, this will hurt alot more if you move, say cheese" as she tears her mouth open with the hook enough to begin partially reveal her teeth, causing the fallen to scream wildly and wiggle around in pain as Asia continues slowly cutting away at her face.
Asia then grins and leans down to touch the wound and says "Wow, something about hurting you is doing something to me, honestly you look a bit cute when you're like this, hold on I gotta do the other side now" as she immediately hooks the other side of her mouth and repeats the same incision.
After a few moments, Asia then says to her "See, you look so pretty, almost forgot" as she takes two fingers and traces blood across her lips as a female voice shouts "ENOUGH!" and she turns to see Kate wearing an all black business suit and flats, standing over them with a stern look.
Kate looks to the scene and says to Asia "You had your fun Asia, you clearly won it's over, you passed with flying colors, but we gotta go now, no time to explain but the 'boss' aka head bitch in charge is waiting for us with the task force, shit's hit the fan something serious and we need you guys now" as Asia then frowns at Kate but leans to Raynare whispering in her ear "We'll finish this later, you'll live" as she then gets up, taking one last glance down at her.
Kate then tells Asia "Alright, grab her and lets go before she passes away on us, holy shit you messed her up bad" but pauses as she sees Freed moaning in pain and says "Oh shit right, I forgot about him being here, him too and I know we have lots of explaining to do about all this but I promise it'll make sense in the end" and then Asia sighs and silently drags Freed by the hook and picks up Raynare bridal style and says "Lets go Dr. Kate" as Kate claps and they vanish.
Meanwhile back on Neiosha: January 6 2019
A teenage girl wearing an all an black military-like combat suit covered with silver shoulder pads and glowing white crystaline hair in a bun and one eye patch over the left eye, walks through the front doors of Zamiel's home and is welcomed by his servants attending to what looks to be a white portal with people coming through it.
The woman then walks inside emotionally unmoved and sees several injured demons and other beings all over the place, some lying on advanced stretcher writhing in pain, others with mechanical limbs of sorts being attached by white human-shaped robots, and some are seen crying and trying to comfort each other.
She then walks past the injured analyzing horrific wounds, then is approached a by male servant wearing a long blue doctor's coat made from a strange plastic as he says to her with a panicked voice "Violet, she's this way!" as he leads her quickly to a room nearby with more injured in it.
She then asked "Where's my family?" as he responds "Gathering our friends from Earth, the task force just got here as well" and she says "Good, have them make sure no enemies get through and maximum deadly force is authorized untill all survivors have been brought through, go!" as he rushes off.
She then comes to a table, where a woman with glistening long silver hair with two bangs and light-blue eyes is sitting up, wincing in pain as Violet sees that this woman was missing her arm that has been bandaged and half of a burned face.
Violet then reaches the woman and says to her "Rossoweisse, I am Violet Schrodinger, the heir of this home and director of the men who saved your lives, I want you to tell me how did the siege happened in full detail, it's important you leave nothing out so we can know how they did it so quickly, you're safe now" as she tries to get her to speak.
Rossoweisse then stares angrily at the ground and says in pain "I'll tell you, everything, starting with what Issei did in Kuoh, all those people are dead...women and children torn apart like a meal in his wake...before I continue promise me the head of the red dragon emperor..." as she grips the table, causing it to crack.
A/N: thus concludes another dramatic chapter, while the ORC are revealed to have been apart of a sadistic training regimen drastically changing their very selves as they knew, a chaotic storm brews over the horizon, next chapter will be out The Great Siege that will be sure to surprise onlookers,
P.S: Also remeber this story will present other fictional figures from time to time
Zamiel's message: Hey readers Zamiel here, you probably are wondering why I'm speaking here breaking fourth walls and shit, well while I know this story is dark as shit, I want you to know a spinoff is in the works that will be strictly a comedic light-hearted experience with loads of smoking, drinking, hookers, sexual humor, possible crimes *cough* and lots and lots of messing with Rias because seriously that girl is just too much fun to mess with, for instance in five seconds she'll wake up and see that-
Rias: AHHHHHH MY BREASTS, WHERE ARE MY BREASTS!, ZAMIEL IF YOU DID THIS I'LL *JIGGLES A ROOM HANDLE* DID YOU LOCK ME IN HERE YOU BASTARD I'LL-
Zamiel: and that's my cue to get the hell outta dodge, until next time peace mothaf*** *vanishes smoking a joint coughing*