Chapter 11: The new mission
A/N: OOF so I was down till RaiKiri put in that review for the lemon. Yeah that was my first ever one if you don't include RP..? So I wanna get riiiight into the first review by Enoc Sierra Vera. What do you mean "inconsistencies"? The things you listed aren't inconsistencies. They're opinions. Consider this; I make this fic and in it, I've established Rias as some horrible manipulative bitch as some fics do for some reason..? I establish her as a bitch who manipulates people. But like fuckin' 10 chapters in I suddenly pull a 180 and she's nice for like no reason and not bitchy or manipulative. THAT is inconsistent. Or I establish Gods as petty assholes who behave like petulant children since Chap 1 and down the line they become wise and considerate for no reason or change. Inconsistency is that. A pattern or rule set that is suddenly fuckin' table flipped for like no reason than that the author dun goof'd. If you can tell me how I'm actually inconsistent, I'd appreciate it because I wanna get better at writing.
Next up iiiis.. revanvador. Oh.. cringe? Well what part? Is it the lemon..? I bet it's the lemon.. Or the dialogue in it. Was it the sappy stuff with God? Dude LET ME KNOW please.. I get into certain moods and I got a wee bit distracted last night doing security guard stuff. I tried my best in that frame of mind..
Thanks to RaiKiri for his OC idea. I got a good idea of how this character will be. Snappy comebacks, sarcasm and teasing oh my~ Hope you enjoy the prelude to the next arc annnnd see you next week.
-[Grigori HQ, next day]-
Kalawarner slowly woke up, finding herself on top of her lover. Both had been exceptionally sweaty due to their nightly activities so she rolled off the bed, feeling invigorated. She confidently strolled into the shower in their bathroom, briefly noting the hickeys on her neck and upper torso caused by Raynare before getting in and washing herself. After Kalawarner *showed her the ropes* Raynare had seemed to have some sort of erotic flip switched. The last few times, Raynare had become totally assertive, edging the line of aggressive with Kalawarner, who let her take control. She found places that felt good that even Kalawarner hadn't known about. Surprising because upon her first entering her Fallen body, she had very thoroughly explored herself as any normal man in that situation would.
Exiting the shower, she saw Raynare wake up, stretching her back and arms on the bed. She had some hickeys herself, but none as deeply colored as Kalawarner's, it seemed she got a little too fervent with leaving her mark on her lover. Though she had been waiting three days cleaning up the bodies until she could see Kalawarner. When she was finally back she wanted to surprise her with her lingerie she bought under the guidance of Penemue. Seeing her nude again lover, she smiled wryly.
"I don't think I'll ever get tired of seeing you like this, partner" Raynare got up to shower too as Kalawarner got dressed.
"Right back at ya, Ray-Ray. Though I think you smacked my ass a bit too hard.. Still stings" Kalawarner said, rubbing her butt cheek as she heard their door knock with the serious voice of Baraqiel from behind the door.
"Please spare our ears and come down to the command room. Azazel wants to see you two." Finishing his piece, he promptly left.
"Uhh.. were we that loud..?" Raynare asked as she washed herself, bathroom door open as Kalawarner put on the white high collared Grigori Commander coat she received three days ago.
"That and I think the walls aren't very soundproof.. Yeeeup" Kalawarner chuckled shamelessly.
"Fuck it though, I guarantee you we weren't the only ones getting laid after the War too. I heard something from Dohnaseek's room like two days ago.. Think he got himself a girlfriend?" Kalawarner asked as Raynare hummed in thought.
"Well I don't know.. he did get drunk last week and talk to a few women" Raynare stepped out of the shower and started getting dressed as Kalawarner waited.
"Well maybe he got lucky then. Come on, let's go see *Azazel-sama*" Kalawarner started to walk to the command room with Raynare behind her.
"Oh come on… that phase is done.. It's embarrassing to look back on now.." Raynare grumbled.
"Ohh Ray.. That's called *cringe*" She then explained what being cringey was as they walked into the command room, to a waiting Azazel, Penemue and another Fallen she didn't recognize.
"Oh just the ladies I wanted to see. Fun night?" Azazel asked as the other Fallen sighed and flipped through his book.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Kalawarner smirked and leaned over the table with her forearms placed on it.
"Hahaha! Usually, I would but this is more of a priority. Kalawarner, you're to be given a secret assignment in Devil territory. I've contacted Rivelle Phenex and she's agreed to take you in on as a bodyguard as she works to find allies to change the Devil Aristocracy. They'll want to wage war once again for sure. That cannot happen.. So you'll be working with her in secret as a bodyguard, assassin, intimidator and intelligence gatherer" Azazel spoke and looked at Kalawarner.
"I'd be discovered if I went as I am now. They can sniff out holy aura. I guess you want me to train Entropy, right?" She asked, receiving a nod.
"Yeah you guessed right. See Entropy is the polar opposite to creation and Holy. They *give off energy* as fire, lightning and light do. Protons and electrons being charged by activity is a simple way to put it.. Entropy is the decay of energy. Energy such as heat, inversed becomes cold. Particles slow down until silent. It's this phenomenon that will kill off everything in the universe. Stars go out, becoming dark and cold spheres of solidified iron and no more energy is produced. That is your power. You will train for a few weeks to get a degree of mastery over the power. Until you completely erase the holy aura coming off of you and you blend in with Devils. You'll need to learn how to hold it and attack with it too so get ready.. Baraqiel, Penemue and I will put you through the ringer" He finished as Kalawarner sheepishly shrugged.
"What about me..? I can't go with her, can I?" Raynare asked.
"No, you'll be undergoing training too though. You, Dohnaseek, Mittlet and Jay over here will be Kalawarner's task force. As she works inside Devil territory, you'll handle matters for her outside Devil territory. Fleeing noble on her hitlist that makes it outside Devil territory? You'll handle that for her. Any issues?"
"How much am I getting paid..?" Asked the male Fallen.
He was dressed in a Grigori Captain's coat with slim white pants, black loafers and beneath his coat was a slightly wrinkled white shirt. He looked lethargic and didn't seem to care about his appearance all to much. His black hair had a white gradient towards the front, where his bangs were. He had his hip length hair tied into a ponytail. What drew attention to him most was the sharp and calculative purple eyes that were currently covered in a haze of laziness, as if he really couldn't bother to get out of bed.
"What? Not happy at being assigned a team? You'll get to sleep in more you know?" Azazel retorted.
"Oh yeah.. Good 'nuff for me then, boss" Jay replied.
"This is Jay, he'll be your strategist and tactical advisor" Azazel gestured to Jay, who simply half waved as Kalawarner offered her hand.
"Nooo… No. I'm pretty sure I know where that's been, W.O.R" Jay calmly refused.
"Psh.. I showered before I got here, dammit. And W.O.B?" Kalawarner asked, Raynare raising a brow to the name.
"*Wings of Rebellion* is too much of a mouthful.. kind of a pain in the ass to say" Jay replied.
"Well we're gonna be on the same team so you can call me Kala. My friends call me that anyways, L"
"Considering I've heard Raynare over there scream out *Kala* repeatedly.. I'm gonna pass. I'll call you.. hmm… Kal. Yeah, that fits. Short too" Jay nodded to himself. Raynare had a large blush on her face at his mentioning of her and Kalawarner's nightly activities.
"Hehe.. Alright then, that works. Welcome to the team, Jay" Kalawarner said with a smug and confident grin. She took pride in Raynare's yells rather than being embarrassed.
"I have one last question, Azazel. I heard that Gods were selfish and petty, why didn't the Shinto Gods act as bad as we thought they would?" Kalawarner asked. Azazel merely stroked his goatee and nodded at her conjecture.
"Some bad apples certainly are selfish and petty. See, some Gods are decent enough. Some aren't.. Take the Olympians for example. The worst amongst them is undeniably Zeus. He's a glorified rapist and killer. He bound Prometheus in chains and had an eagle eat his innards every day for giving man the gift of fire and how to use it. Not.. as in how cavemen did but the creation of fire magic. Hera, the jealous wife who kill the women he raped. The rest aren't much better. If it was them who you had encountered, you would be forcibly taken by them or killed due to their short-sightedness and pettiness. In comparison though, the main Shinto gods are not heinous. Susanoo was kind of a spiteful asshole to his sister but they have reconciled. Still an arrogant bastard though. Amaterasu is, however, kind-hearted. She hid in a cave because Susanoo killed one of her handmaidens in a bout of his cruelty. They're far more relaxed now and have been entirely focused on their little island in the East on Earth. My guess is that they want to preserve peace so their people don't suffer a crusade from the people sent by other factions. They've had to deal with the Chinese and Mongolian already. Add some Norse Vikings into that? They'll likely buckle. It's likely they saw you as kin. Maybe a tool to ensure they keep their peace. A lot better than the Olympians, that's for sure" Azazel finished and rolled his eyes at the mention of the Olympian Gods.
'Oh so Kratos was completely justified in murdering them all? Cool' Kalawarner thought and nodded to Azazel in understanding.
"Now let's start your training, shall we? We have to make sure you're in tip top shape for the assignment" Azazel smirked wickedly.
"Oh boy.. I wish I had training montage powers too.. Why couldn't I be reincarnated as an abused and neglected OC with edgy ass powers with no character flaws who gets all the girls for like no reason other than I'm handsome.." Kalawarner complained as she was lead to the training room by Azazel.
"That's unrealistic, Kal" Jay sighed as he followed.
"Unrealistic went out the window when I reincarnated as a busty Fallen with an anime power.."
-[Five weeks later, Phenex Manor]-
Rivelle Phenex had just finished a meeting with Zeoticus Gremory, congratulating him on his marriage with Venelana Bael from the Bael house. She knew any offspring that could come from both bloodlines would be incredibly strong, given the Gremory's incredible reserves of Demonic power and the Bael's power of Destruction. Her now husband and her had tried numerous times to conceive the weeks after the Great War, since quite a few Pillars had collapsed. The need to create new devils had arisen though not in that dire of a situation yet. She had been talking to Zeoticus, skirting the issue of changing the Aristocratic system and the fact that the current top Devils were going to try and wage war yet again. She thought these Devils were all too narrowminded, prideful morons. If they started a War once again, Devils would surely go extinct.
It was just then that she felt the expected teleportation magic. Seeing the Fallen Angel sigil appear before her in her study as the familiar figure of Kalawarner appeared inside. Though she had a completely different aura about her. It was far colder and darker. Much like a Devil using ice magic. Though that wasn't what had changed the most about the Fallen based on appearance alone. She now wore an assassin-like black bodysuit with a waist cloth around her hips and an opening going down in between her breasts, stopping at the side of her belly button. It had a fur collar and a hood that covered the top part of her now silvery-white hair. Her skin tone had gotten a bit tanner and her body was lined with tribal tattoos. While most were hidden, there was one below her breasts, right where her solar plexus is. The tattoo being one that looked like a black sun. Her irises were now both silver in color and her hair was swept to the right side of her hood. The new, more exotic take on her appearance was due to totally shutting out the use of her Holy power and utilizing Entropy fully. Rivelle just stood there and gawked though, unable to say anything.
"Riiiiiiiiv..? It's me, Kala. I'm here to work with you for our plan of peace in the underworld. There's gonna be a biiiiig fuckin' Civil War once we get our support for a New Satan faction here. So we have to do this quietly and stack the odds in our favor" Kalawarner explained to Rivelle, who shook herself out of the stupor she was in.
"Right.. Okay. But you can't go by Kalawarner here.. Too Angel-y. No you'll need a new name to go by here" Rivelle said, putting her chin on her palm.
"Alright, how bout something symbolic? I'm thinking EREN JAEG- Nah. How about Rebellion? It'll be my codename I guess?" Kalawarner said, semi-seriously.
"U..Uh, yes. That works. I suppose you have a mask?"
Kalawarner pulled out a mask she requested Azazel put some enchantments on. She had taken to decorating it herself. It now looked like a replica of Jack of Blade's mask from Fable. She was a woman of many references after all.
"Got it right here, Darlin'. Now let's get this soon-to-be shitshow on the road"