Issei's Incinerate Anthem (A DXD Fanfiction)
Chapter 44 ("Cuddles")
Scene (Kuoh Academy Nurses Office)
As the sound of sobbing continued, the three girls were still present and accounted for. Leaning against a broken wall, we see Riser as she looks to be regenerating her wounds, (which decorated the majority of her body). Small geysers of flames could be seen, ejecting orange embers onto the floor as the injuries began to close and then completely vanish as if nothing happened in the first place. Kalawarner looked completely fine, minus a black and blue mark that was located near her left eye. Clearly, the more experienced fighter was indeed Kalawarner. This made sense considering the massive age gap in between the two supernatural creatures. Sona is looking toward a muffled Issei head with a look of utter sadness.
"Damn it all! What in all of Asmodeus is wrong with me? Seriously, I actually am arrogant enough to take my duty over the man I want to be with! I should've been there. Yeah. What was I thinking? I should've been there the moment he returned to school. No, I should've been there with him at the fucking hospital. I mean, I heard about it not four hours after the…murder. I should've been there, holding his hand, prepared to take care of him. But no. I decided to act on my duty, rather than my emotions. Then, Rias wouldn't have dug her filthy claws into my Issei! If only I jumped when I should've. Damn it all!" Turning on her heel, Sona is now looking at a burning wall in the distance, blankly while silently, but completely breaking down. Tears are soaking her glasses as they hit the ground. We see one of Riser's burning embers roll over toward Sona's feet.
The said ember gets soaked by one of Sona's many tears. After a brief cloud of smoke, we can see an ice crystal. Noticing something odd, (while still holding Issei to her chest), Kalawarner turns her head, where she is able to see the back of Sona. Looking down, the angel can see a small puddle of water. As Issei becomes completely silent, aside from his deep breathing, Kalawarner thinks about what she is looking at. "I can tell the poor devil-kiddo is really upset about something. Hmm. Well, I guess we could all use one, well, except for that blond bitch." Grinning, Kalawarner quietly extends both of her wings and slowly directs them in Sona's direction. Riser notices this and quietly cackles to herself with a hand over her mouth. Deciding that she is done feeling sorry for herself, Sona forces herself to look toward the future rather than dwelling on the past, what could have been. Smiling to herself in confidence, the devil begins to turn around, only to notice black.
After feeling the sudden speed, while the feeling of being held, softly but firmly, after all was said and done, the little devil with the bobcut finally and abruptly stopped moving. Feeling warmth, the sound of breathing and the feeling of another breathing, all of that, even the smell of burnt clothing, it all included a cacophony of darkness. Sona adjusts her sanity (as if she were adjusting her glasses), "wait, where am I?" Struggling at first, Sona is able to finally see some light as she looks above her. The light gets brighter.
Yellow eyes and a warm smile are meeting the adjusting eyes of Sona. Looking down, she notices that she is literally pressed against a sleeping Issei. Realizing that her head is (forcefully) being held against one of Kalawarner's large assets, she then looks over toward Issei, whose face is pressed against the other, "asset". Widening her eyes at the scene, specifically at Issei, Sona then raises her head once again to protest the situation to her captor. "Calm down little one, see, you still have tears on your eyes, let me get that for you." Using her wings, Kalawarner was able to manipulate some of her feathers that were holding the devil girl's face. Softly, two feathers are wiping away the bound girl's tears. "There, there, it's okay, Aunty Kala has you, dear." Panning outward, we see a practically naked and tall, blue-haired and slightly soot-covered, Kalawarner, who is holding two devils in her arms while using her wings to reinforce the embrace.
Meanwhile, in the corner we can see Riser. She doesn't have a grin on her face anymore. The best way to describe this stare in which she was directing at Kalawarner, would only be one that you might encounter with a child and a mother. You might even call the stare, a look of longing. "Pfft..whatever. Anyway, I better get a hold of my team and see what's up. Shit, I need a new outfit, class will start soon enough." Riser then looks around her for a moment, then closes her eyes.
Flexing for a moment, Riser grinds her teeth with her arms held outward. A quick and sudden orange burst of flames escapes her well defined figure. This causes a cracking sound as chunks of purple are now falling from the ceiling. Then, in the blink of an eye, the entire barrier is ground into dust as the normal color of the room returns into other spectrums aside from a dull violet as before.
Riser than scoffs as she stands up straight and returns her arms to her sides. "Alright "Cuddles", I got classes coming up and now, because of your punk ass, I need a new suit, pfft, oh well, seeya." Riser now walks out of a completely (un-destroyed) classroom. Also, the holes in the walls were gone, thus the view of the nurses office was no longer visible. Kalawarner ignored everything that was said and continued to embrace the two. "No, no, don't struggle my dear, it's so much easier if you don't struggle!"