Issei's Incinerate Anthem (A DXD Fanfiction)
Chapter 45 (Locker Room Prep Talk)
Scene (Kuoh Academy)
We can see Issei, Sona and Kalawarner in a locker room. This was located in the student council's personal quarters. As everyone was freshening up, (mainly Kalawarner putting on a fresh uniform), Sona is now speaking as she is looking into a mirror while adjusting her hair. "Hyoudou, I think that the two of us have quite a lot to talk about." Sitting on a wooden bench, Issei can be seen shaking his head clear of rubble and dust. Oddly enough, a black feather also finds its way, clearing out of Issei's hair, slowly falling toward the floor. Issei however, is able to catch the soft and black feather. Sitting back up, he stares at it, but gets out of his fascination the moment he hears Sona repeat herself. "Issei!" Startling from the sudden order, Issei looks upward toward Sona, who now has both of her cheeks puffed out in anger. Issei thought it looked really cute.
Smiling, Issei nods. "That smile, damn it. If he finds out that he can use that as a weapon against me, well, that could be… erm… well, let's just not dwell on that for now." Shaking her head out of her thoughts, Sona then sits next to Issei. Kalawarner notices the change in body language and pretends to mind her own business. "Issei, I have a question, it's about Rias." Hearing this, Kalawarner now turns her head paying full attention. Issei's smile turns into a frown as he looks toward the ground, however he nods. Sona knows that something is wrong. "Issei, are you happy? To be with Rias I mean? I know it's a random question, but the way you just acted, the moment I mentioned Rias's name, it's clear that something isn't right." Issei shakes his head, conveying a "no". Sona grabs Issei's chin and forces him to look at her. Kalawarner interrupts with a grumpy demeanor.
"Hey, only I can do that! Also, your 'Rias' friend and her peerage, well they all seem afraid of Issei, or is the word, 'disgusted', I really can't make up my mind about that one. Regardless, Issei is acting just like anyone would in his position, so leave him be." Issei forces his head back down, even with Sona's hand on his chin. Sona looks over toward Kalawarner, "so, is that why your kind is flocking around him then? Because of Rias Gremory?" Kalawarner folds her arms and shakes her head no. "Rias is just a baby. Azazel wouldn't have dispatched us for something as irreverent as protecting Issei from the Princess of Ruin. No, we are here to try and mend what one of our kind did to his family, as much as it pains me to admit." Sona tilts her head in a questioning fashion.
"Why would the governor of the fallen angels take notice of Issei, unless Azazel somehow knew that Issei was the possessor of the Incinerate Anthem?" Sona nods to herself. "Is that the case, Angel?" Kalawarner laughs while shaking her head no. "You poor and touch-starved little devil, you know nothing." Sona gains a tick mark, "well if you had a sister like mine, you wouldn't WANT to be touched!"
Kalwarner continues, "The Hyoudou's have a bloodline like no other, however they are a fleeting family. As in, Issei is the last. Aside from that, as much as you devils would love to deny it, we are angels, fallen or otherwise, thus, unlike you lot, some of us actually love humans. Because we HAVE the capability. You, devils, rather change your human prospects, into a bastardization of what you call "lower class devils". And if that weren't enough, you then enslave them." Issei looks at Kalawarner with a look that suggested understanding and realization. Kalawarner looks back at Issei. "Cupcake, don't you worry none, you are NOT a slave, regardless of what 'their' doctron says. After all, you gained the attention of my senpai, death herself. Even the highest class of Mao must eventually face the void that is eternal rest." Sona raises her eyebrows while turning her gaze toward Issei. "Issei, is this true? Death, as in the biblical Azrael?" Issei looks back at Sona while blushing a bit. He does this while gripping the guitar tightly. Adjusting her glasses while focusing on the instrument in Issei's lap, Sona forces herself to break eye contact, only to meet with Kalawarner's yellow eyes.
"Angel are you saying that Azrael fell? She is one of you?" The blue haired angel slowly makes her way toward the wooden bench, then sits down while giggling. "Sitri-Chan, let me put it this way. Not only did she fall, she is also apart of the, oh, what shall I call it? Oh, I know! Snuggle Issei Relentlessly, Squadron, or SIRS Squad for short! Wow, just thought of that." Sona' gains yet another ticmark. Kalawarner continues, "well, usually, Azzy is pretty busy with doing other missions in between our own, so we don't often have her hanging with us. But, according to her, she is "off work" now. From what I understand, along with Raynare, Mittelt, Dohnaseek and myself, Azrael will also be bunking with us."
Kalawarner just smiles as if this is a normal occurrence. Plopping down, on the other side of Issei, the blue haired angel pats Issei's hair while removing a bit of rubble he missed earlier. Sona is at a loss for words. "The actual fucking angel of death, lives with Issei Hyoudou. I'll ask about the bloodline thing later, this is just too much for now." Facepalming herself, a thought then arises. "Issei!" Flinching from the sudden scream, Issei then turns his attention to Sona. "Azrael, she is just a guard or something, for you, right?" Widening his eyes at the question, remembering what the angel told him earlier that morning, remembering the woman, sniffing his T-shirt, he knew that this was going to be very interesting. Attempting not to blush, Issei simply shrugs his shoulders with a half smile.
Everyone gets shaken out of their thoughts when a blue communication circle appears over Sona's left ear. The voice was very loud, it was frantic and female voice that suggested trouble or an emergency of some kind. "President, it's your sister, she's here! I can't stop her, I tried, but, she came from….behind…" The communication circle now pulses a bright blue flicker a few times, then a bit of scrambling and fuzzy sounding radio waves are heard. "Chh SHHHT S, Sona… Sona….can you hear me? Fear not, your lovely Serra-Chan is here to play!" Sona has a look of pure terror. Issei and Kalawarner are both looking at each other while shrugging their shoulders.
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