"Akeno,you have to promise me that no matter what I do,no matter how much I beg you or how many times i-" a wave rocked her being,a loud and very deep moan following right after.
"Rias,why are you doing this?" Akeno asked.
Rias however did not answer her question. Instead,she just put on a very large and thick overall with huge gloves on and boots, fastening all the buttons and zippers with shaking hands. The girl looked like a maniac. Her usually tidy and combed hair pointed in all directions, making her look like she had a severe case of bed head,which made Akeno even more worried than before.
"-doesn't matter if I threaten you or throw stuff at you or blast you with my power of destruction" Rias continued as she pulled a chastity belt from her closet and quickly clamped it around her pelvic girdle, securing it before turning to look at her" do not,unlock it, Akeno."
"Rias-"
"Swear to me Akeno!" Rias yelled,tears gathering in her eyes. The dark haired Priestess of thunder was taken back at the tone her king used. She didn't even understand what was going on,why her best friend looked like she had been struck by the worst kind of devil flu and why she looked like she was in unbelievable pain,or why she thought that wearing an overall with gloves and boots over her tracksuit and then a chastity belt over all of those would help and her king wasn't answering her. Rias sounded desperate...hell,she looked desperate. She closed her eyes, gritting her teeth together so hard Akeno could swear she heard them crack.
"What is going on,Rias?" Akeno asked,her heart clenching at the sight of her friend in pain. Sweat was dripping from her face in gallons, making her hair wet and sticky" please,tell me,I might be able to help."
"I can't say it!" the red haired heiress cried out,tears falling freely now, mixing with her sweat" if I do, I will be admitting it and that would only make me feel worse. So please, just swear to me,on our friendship...no,on our bond as sisters that no matter what,you will not get this chastity belt off!"
It was hard for Akeno to refuse her friend. Rias looked like she was suffering the worst plague a devil could ever be exposed to. By now,her best friend was on her knees,her body still having spasms that made her grit her teeth even harder.
"Rias-"
"Akeno,I'm begging you" she whispered"...please."
"Okay" Akeno answered, noticing for once that tears were already streaming down her face. She almost couldn't bear to look at her King in such a condition. All this started after her interaction with that exchange student,Perry Johnson. What had he done to her Mistress to make her act this way?
"Thank you" Rias answered " now,lock it with the strongest spell you can conjure."
"What?"
"I can't lock it with my own magic Akeno. All it takes is one thoug- Ooooh" the moan that came from her mouth was followed up by a long series of sporadic spasms,ones that made Akeno sure her president was going into shock.
"Rias" She cried, crouching low to help her master,to alleviate whatever pain she was feeling only for Rias to hold her hand up, stopping her in her tracks.
"Don't touch me" she said breathlessly" you'll only make it worse. Lock it Akeno"
"Okay" the queen answered, holding her hand up. A glowing circle made of intricate symbols and designs floated before her extended palm, glowing brighter with each second. Once she was finished charging up her power,a bright purple glow coated her king, covering her from head to toe. The same circle that was on her palm formed in front of the chastity belt,only it was much smaller, sealing it shut. The ravenette clenched her hand, balling into a tight fist, making the spell as binding as she could before she cancelled the flow of her power.
When she stopped,Rias didn't look any better,but she had a small smile on her face. " Thank you, Akeno. " she said taking deep breaths" now please,leave me,lock the door when you leave and don't let anyone open it."
"Rias-"
"Only for a few days."
"A few days?"
"A week at most."
"What?"
"Yes, until this is all over I can't have any visitors, especially my servants. You don't understand what's going on here-"
"Then make me understand!" Akeno cried out,her frustrations hitting their boiling points.
"After All these is over Akeno. Now please leave and come back after a week!" Rias responded,her voice rising in the end. The glowering look her best friend gave her made the waves start rocking her body harder, making her curl into a ball on the floor" Go,just please go Akeno."
Akeno couldn't believe it. Here was a person who looked like she was on the verge of death,who looked like she needed all the medical attention there was in this world and who most especially needed to be under constant watch, telling her to leave her alone and to send no help whatsoever, her way!
She couldn't stand it anymore. With a furious yell and a hard stomp of her foot,the girl matched out of the room, making sure to slam the door really hard on her way out.
Once outside,she created a teleportation circle which spread beneath her feet and in a charming display of light,she vanished , reappearing in the human world with the scowl on her face deepening.
She had to get to the bottom of this.
Perry was sitting there,on his desk, reading as slowly and as quietly as possible, trying to gain as much knowledge on the coming monster named Physics as he could. There were no annoying red heads bothering him today,no one was in the library except for him and Mrs Mebuki,which was exactly what he wanted.
Oh the tranquility. It almost made him smile.
The boy was about to add another line on his circuit drawing when two feminine hands were slammed on the table, startling him so much he almost fell off his chair.
He didn't,thank the gods. But the sudden intrusion made him ruin his drawing since there was a very long and deep line where a long and deep line wasn't supposed to be. For a guy who prided himself in keeping his work neat,that was enough to spark his anger.
His blue eyes slowly travelled upwards to meet the purple eyes of a dark haired,very well endowed girl who had a very angry expression on her face. Even angrier than him,for some reason. Her nostrils were flaring every time she breathed,like an angered bull.
That made the mercurial rise of his temper slow down as he took a good look at the girl. He had seen her before,a lot of times,but he just couldn't pin who she was. She was beautiful, extremely so with such a lovely face and long hair and legs. He didn't understand why the school persisted in making the girls' skirts so short. Like, were they trying to give the boys of Kuoh academy eternal boners or something?
With a deep somewhat calming breath,he said "Yes?"
"What did you do to Rias?" she growled. The rage in her voice and the fact that she clearly missed the fact that they were in a library made him realize that she wasn't just angry.
She was mad!
"Are you aware that we are in a library?" he whispered.
"I am and I currently don't care!" she said...even louder.
"Mrs Himejima,may I ask that you take your noisy inquiries elsewhere. " Mrs Mebuki said,her eyes narrowing behind her glasses.
Miss Himejima?
Akeno Himejima,Perry realized. One of the two great ladies of Kuoh academy. Her,along with the annoying red head he had met the day before,Rias Gremory,were the most popular girls in school. He could already feel a headache coming from a mile away.
The girl turned her glare towards the old lady,her purple eyes boring so hard on the woman Perry half expected Mrs Mebuki to turn to a puddle of goo right there and then. Instead,the girl turned back to him,grabbed his shirt and proceeded to haul him to his feet with a surprising amount of strength and lead him outside.
"We're no longer in the library" she said as she slammed him to the wall.
"I can see that" he said as he straightened his shirt" Now,was there something you needed,Miss Himejima?" he asked.
"What did you do to Rias?" sha asked again.
"Who?" playing the dumb card.
"Rias Gremory, President of the occult research club?"
There was an occult club? Damn,he really needed to pay attention to what was going on in this school. The only things he focused on were learning, swimming and the kendo club. He barely knew his classmates.
"There's an occult research club?" he voiced his thoughts. That apparently was the wrong thing to do since there were multiple veins popping on the girl's temple.
"Yes there is." she answered calmly,which seemed to be taking a huge amount of energy from her.
"Oh,good to know then." he answered with a nod" now,you were saying something about a Ras?"
"Rias" Akeno corrected and he could swear he saw her fingers spark yellow" the girl who sat with you in the library yesterday."
"Oh,you're talking about that annoying red head" he said, feigning realization. Okay there was definitely a spark now, multiple in fact. There was also this weird purple aura surrounding her,which made him raise his eyebrow" um,are you okay,you're looking a little purple."
The girl was about to answer him, probably mutter a curse since she most likely wasn't human,when a sudden shift in the air made her pause. Perry's hairs stood on end and it seemed the girl noticed it too. There was a pulse of natural energy, coming from outside. Both him and Akeno turned their eyes, looking through the window towards a tree at the top of the small hill found at the academy.
Something dark was staring at them,it's golden eyes peering straight at him through the branches of the large tree.
Something powerful.
He narrowed his eyes, trying to get a better glimpse only for it to suddenly disappear, leaving a few leaves to flutter to the ground.
Akeno turned back to face him,the previous rage in her eyes and the mysterious purple aura extinct. She instead had a thoughtful expression,no doubt trying to figure out just what that phenomenon was.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
The girl was visibly startled and even let out a tiny " Eep!" when he spoke. It seemed whatever had just been peering at him from behind the tree had completely taken over the girl's thoughts. Dang it! He should have just used that opportunity to disappear while she was busy wracking her brains out.
"Are you okay? You kinda zoned out for a moment there. What were you looking at?" he asked.
Akeno suddenly looked like a child caught with her hand in the cookie jar. Her mouth opened and closed like a fish out of water, staring at him like she was seeing him for the first time.
"Uuuuh..."
He raised his eyebrows, silently urging her to go on. He knew she couldn't. According to every supernatural here in this school,he was simply Perry Johnson,the American exchange student, nothing more nothing less. Like any other normal ignorant student,he wasn't supposed to know about the pulse of power the thing in the tree had let out. There was a reason something like the Mist existed. Mortals shouldn't know about the mythological world.
"Well?" he said leaning forward towards her face, making her lean back.
"I...uh,I had somewhere to be...club meeting.." she said chuckling nervously as she started walking away.
"Club meeting? But, weren't you asking me about your president or something? And what was that in the tree just now?" he asked moving to follow her.
"It was nothing" she answered, walking quickly away from him.
"About the red head or about the tree?" he asked.
"BOTH!" she yelled before she skittered hurriedly. Perry stopped and stood there, watching her with a confused look on his face and once she was out of sight,he let a grin grow on his face.
"Still got it" he said before walking back to the library.
"She was here"
That was the first thing Akeno heard the moment he got to the top of the hill. She wasn't the only one to feel the sudden power surge. Sona and her Queen,Tsubaki were there as well. Standing in front of the tree was a tiny, white- haired, absolutely adorable fifteen year old girl whose usually expressionless face was full of anger and pain. Her tiny fists were clenched tightly at her sides, shaking in what Akeno could visibly see was hardly contained rage.
"Koneko,who was here?" Sona asked.
The girl turned and faced them, letting them see the change in her eyes. Where there was usually the bland but beautiful golden eyes,were now feral slits surrounded by throbbing veins around her temple. Akeno could honestly day she had never seen this side of the devil nekoshou before and she would rather not in the near future.
"That murderer" the white haired girl said" how dare she come here?"
"Calm down Koneko" Akeno said, placing her hands on top of the smaller girl's shoulders in a futile attempt to cool her fiery temper" who was here?"
"My sister" she answered" Kuroka."
"You gave away your position." a young bespectacled man with long blonde hair,a neat three piece grey suit with white gloves to accompany it and equally exquisite shoes ,said. He was standing on the roof of a tall building which neighbored the school. Next to him,seated right at the edge of the building was an extremely beautiful, voluptuous,dark haired woman with cat like ears and what seemed to be two tails.
She wore a black Kimono with an orange obi which was open from her shoulders and showed as much of her endowed cleavage as possible. She kicked her dangled legs playfully as she looked from the vantage point at the tiny group of people at the school,where she had just been a few minutes ago.
A total of four people had assembled at the small hill,no doubt discussing her. Her younger sister,Shirone ,was one of those people. Kuroka could recognize that mop of white hair anywhere. A small smile was present on her flawless face as she look d at her sister.
"That I did, Arthur" Kuroka answered the young man at her side.
"And why is that? Wouldn't it have been simpler to just observe him without being detected?" Arthur Pendragon asked.
"It would have but that devil girl was about to smite him to oblivion. I couldn't let that happen." she answered" Ophis wants him remember?"
"Ophis wants Percy Jackson,not Perry Johnson." Arthur answered.
"By the gods,am I the only one in team Vali that actually does their homework?" the young woman asked, turning to stare incredulously at the blonde.
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Are you telling me that you don't see the connection between these two people?" Kuroka asked.
"Is there supposed to be one?"
Kuroka let out a loud groan before taking a huge breath to calm herself down" and here I thought you would be one most likely to figure it out." she said. Arthur just stared at her with that indifferent expression of his making her groan again,even louder this time.
With a sigh,she pulled out three pictures from her kimono and handed them over to him. Arthur adjusted his glasses to have a better view , looking at the pictures one at a time.
On one of them was a woman. Brown haired with grey streaks on them yet didn't even appear a day over thirty,warm crystal blue eyes,high cheek bones and such a beautiful and motherly smile, Arthur almost let his cool and stoic facade drop.
On another picture was the face of a raven haired boy with high cheekbones,a lopsided grin on his face and with a startling pair of sea green eyes. He was handsome, someone Le fay would definitely fawn over.
This was Percy jackson,the Greek demigod,son of Poseidon. The one Ophis had insisted they find and coerce to join their cause. The way the infinite dragon had insisted they get him almost made Arthur jealous. What did this guy have that would make Ophis of all people...or dragons ...want him so badly?
The last picture was Perry Johnson. Brown haired,blue eyed, angular jaw and high cheekbones. Le fay would be a blushing mess the moment his name was mentioned if she ever got to meet him. He was gorgeous.
"This is the part where you explain yourself" Arthur said.
"Please don't tell me you don't see the resemblance." Kuroka asked. At the blank look,she just shook her head and counted from ten to one before she opened her eyes and smiled at him " this here" she said gesturing towards the picture with the woman on it" Is Sally Jackson,who is Percy Jackson's mother."
"Okay?"
"Now" she took Percy Jackson's picture away and put the remaining together in the palm of Arthur's hand" look at these two."
Arthur rolled his eyes and looked back at the pictures, staring keenly at both of them, trying to see just what it was that made Kuroka so exasperated. After a few minutes of not blinking and continuously adjusting his glasses, Arthur was ready to give up. The only thing these two people had in common was their brown hair and blue eyes and high cheekbones and-
Hold on.
Arthur took another long look at both pictures,his eyes narrowing as he began to compare the features present.
"You noticed it too, didn't you?" Kuroka asked.
"Yes" Arthur said" this Perry Johnson,he looks like -"
"A male version of Sally Jackson,right?"
" Am I correct in guessing that she does not have any siblings?"
"Nope, she's the only child of Jim and Estelle Jackson " Kuroka answered.
"When was Perry Johnson born?"
"August 18, 1993"
"And Percy Jackson?"
"Same day" Kuroka answered with a smile on her face.
"And you're sure that this is not a coincidence?" Arthur asked.
"Not when both of them are diagnosed with dyslexia."
"Huh... interesting."