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"Shirou" Regular speech.
"Shirou" Thoughts.
DRAGON SHOT Attack names.
(Shirou) Words said previously.
"SHIROU!" Shouting speech.
[Ddraig] Dragon talking.
Greater Conflicts And Frightening Power.
It was the morning after Shirou invited Asia to his house, after curb-stomping Freed. Right now Shirou was hoping for a quiet morning.
But unfortunately Shirou knew, sometimes there are few warnings before days can go from good to bad. Even fewer when they go from bad to worse.
"There you are! What happened last night!"
Shirou had no such warning this time, however.
From the look on her face, Shirou could pretty much guess he couldn't get Rias to leave without first giving an explanation.
The morning started out pretty peaceful. Shirou felt completely recovered from the fight from last night, with just a minor swore spot here and then, Asia had done as she was told and started cooking breakfast, though Mika was with her on the side to give her some much-needed instructions.
He considered going to school but then remembered that he had almost no care whatsoever about his education even before he became a Devil and that thought only increased after, thus he decided to give himself the day off, and keep to himself.
That plan, however, became much harder with this sudden visit.
Shirou groaned. "Okay, guess we're doing this now." He whispered to himself. "Good morning Rias, how nice of you to drop by, completely unannounced."
Rias' facial expression didn't change and still looked like she wanted answers. She pulled out her cellphone from her pocket, revealing several unanswered calls directed to him. "I have tried to call you several times last night!" She said loudly. "First you call me, telling me you're in trouble and need to promote, and then when we were ready to come to your aid, you call again saying you already took care of it yourself! After that nothing!"
Shirou shrugged. "I told you, I didn't want you to come."
"But you didn't explain what happened at all!" Rias snapped. "Why did you need to promote? What happened at the client's house? And who was it you said you defeated?"
"Here's a question, why did you call me all night if you were just going to come here anyway?" Shirou retorted. "And why do you want to know so bad?"
"Because you said you'd explain later." Rias reminded.
"Oohhhhh! Shit that's right."
Rias then looked really impatient at this point.
"Tell me what happened!" Rias demanded.
"Fine," Shirou sighed. "If nothing else, I'm a man of my word."
"Well?" Rias waited.
"Remember those Exorcist guys you told me about?" Rias nodded at his question. "Well one of them was at the house and killed the client so I beat him."
"A Stray Exorcist was there?!" Rias said shocked.
"Wait, Stray? What's that all about?" Shirou asked not familiar with the term.
"There are two types of Exorcists." Shirou listened to Rias's explanation. "The first are the Exorcists who receive the blessing from God to perform exorcism in the name of justice. This group of Exorcist borrows its power from God and Angels to eliminate Devils. And there is another type called Stray Exorcists." Shirou stood there crossing his arms, processing this new information. "Exorcism is a Holy ceremony that is performed in the name of God. But sometimes, there are Exorcists who start to enjoy the act of killing Devils. They are beings who have found killing Devils as a joy and their purpose of life. So they get kicked out from the Church without exception. Or they get erased for being found guilty. But there are those who survive. What do you think happens to those Exorcists? It's simple. They go to the Fallen Angels."
"Freed did say he worked for the Fallen Angels." Shirou thought.
"The person you thought was likely a Stray Exorcist." Rias concluded.
Shirou then stared at her with half-lidded eyes. "You know Rias, that seems like the kind of information you should tell someone Before they happen to randomly encounter one!"
Shirou was understandably upset that Rias waited until now to mention all this.
"I know and I'm sorry about that, now tell me the rest."
Shirou now looked nervous. "T-The rest?"
"Yes, as in what else happened?" Rias asked.
Shirou started to avert his gaze. "I don't know what you're talking about, I already told you everything."
"Considering the fact that, given your inexperience, you still managed to defeat a Stray Exorcist, and the fact that you look perfectly healthy despite facing an opponent that uses light, just a few hours ago, I'd guess you left out some details." Rias accused.
"Look just, not now alright!" Shirou said feeling impatient. "Just come back at a different time." He made a push to close the door but Rias blocked it from closing.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Rias struggled to keep the door open. She had far more raw magic power then Shirou, but against Shirou raw superhuman-like strength, she was outclassed. "What is going on with you?…." Her eyes widened slightly before narrowing. "Is there someone in there with you?"
"No!" Shirou answered immediately, unfortunately that made it less believable.
"Is it an enemy?" Rias asked, not believing him.
"Ahhhh, No?" Shirou said sounding unsure about the answer to that question himself, while he knew Asia was certainly no enemy to him, he couldn't really call her a friend either.
"Then open the door." Rias demanded.
"I said, No!"
"Shirou Tsukiharu! As the master of your soul, I use my authority to order to open this door!"
"Well, I use my authority as the master of this house and say, GET LOST!" Shirou retorted.
"Not until you tell me what's going on!" Rias argued.
"Shirou-san, is that a friend of yours?"
Both Shirou and Rias paused at the sound of an innocent and pure voice that called them from the backroom.
It took a few moments for Rias to speak as if she was trying to figure out what the correct response would be.
"Shirou?"
"Yeah?"
"Who was that?"
Shirou averted his eyes. "It was… Your imagination, you're probably just hearing things."
"No, that's impossible." Mika disagreed, popping out from behind Shirou and joining in on the conversation. "Because I heard it too and let's face it, my imagination is way different from yours." Mika looked up at Rias. "Hi, Rias."
"Hello, Mika." Rias greeted without looking at her, more focused on what's going on.
Shirou shot his little Sister a piercing gaze telling her to stop talking, so much so that it caused Mika to retreat back into the house.
"Now answer honestly, Who was that?" Rias repeated.
"Nobody." Shirou attempted.
"It couldn't have been nobody since I heard them." Rias said irritated.
"I just can't tell you right now." Shirou brushed off.
"And why not?"
"I don't have to answer that."
"I believe you do!"
"Well unfortunately despite what you think, you can make me!" Shirou reminded her.
"Then I'll come in to see for myself." Rias then took that moment to shove the door open wide enough for her to slip inside. Shirou realized he let himself be distracted, but was unable to stop Rias from entering in time much to his frustration. "Now what exactly is going on that's making you act so suspicious like this?!"
"G-Good morning." A nervous, smiling face popped out from the kitchen, staring at Rias with the same curiosity that Rias was staring at her with. The now revealed Asia slowly slipped into a clear line of sight. "U-Um… I've finished preparing the food, if you'd like to join us then I could make some more."
Shirou wasn't quite sure on what Rias was shocked in the most:
The strange girl in his house, or her outfit which was a tight-fitting black T-shirt and even tighter thigh-hugging short-shorts.
Shirou groaned and turned back to Rias. "Great, now I have to give an explanation, thanks a lot, Asia."
Asia didn't really know what she did, but she felt like she should apologize anyway.
"…" Rias was still at a loss about this whole thing. "….Ah, Shirou, who is that? And should I be concerned?"
"What! No!" Shirou denied urgently, exasperated by Rias's presumption. "Look this is a long story alright."
"Well as you guessed from how long I've been standing here, I have time." Rias said in a serious tone while crossing her arms. "Now tell me what's going on here, though I should warn you I'll be very irate if I find out you've done something untoward against her. One of the things I will not tolerate from my servants is a lack of proper gentlemanly behavior to the fairer sex."
"Yeah, Brotoki," Mika agreed teasingly. "She'd better never hear that you've done something to Asia~ I mean imagine what she would say if she heard you brought her here last night in torn clothes and practically naked.
"You're not helping!" Shirou yelled back at her. "And quit talking like that! It's creepy."
Rias gasped. "Shirou, is this true?"
Shirou was uncomfortable. "Okayyyy… Technically yes, that is what happened, but I didn't—"
He didn't get to finish because at that point before letting him explain, Rias tried to reach out and pinch his cheek, though Shirou caught her hand before she could.
"Get your hands off me woman!" Shirou said irritated before letting go of her hand.
Though she couldn't pinch him as intended, Rias still gave him a dirty look.
"We are going to have a long conversation about this Shirou." Rias said clearly not pleased.
"We were having one before you interrupted me." Shirou retorted.
Shirou knew at this point, Rias was probably thinking the worst on what could have happened last night, and he had a feeling that given what he knew about Rias so far, she was probably going to waste his time on some lame spiel on how to treat a woman, based on nobility, justice, pride, or her own egotism that was so annoyingly vile to him that it drove him to wretch.
"I didn't take you for such a terrible person, Shirou." Rias said sighing in disappointment while placing a hand over her mouth in sadness. "I knew you were rough around the edges and a complete delinquent, but I always believed you had a good heart inside, but to treat a lady in such a way, how unbecoming of one of my servants."
Shirou stared at her with half-lidded eyes. "Funny how all this seems to float back to you."
He then spoke out-loud feed-up with this whole situation. "Okay, that's it! No! I am not spending the day rehashing some stupid misunderstanding scene you'd find in some generic anime." He looks to Mika. "First of all, you are wrong in some many I don't even know where to begin, so I'll start by saying, stop making this complicated!" Mika got the message and backed down. Shirou then turned to Rias. "And as for you, normally I couldn't care less what you think of me, but I will not stand here and be slandered in my own home by someone who knows nothing of the situations, so shut up and let me finish!"
Rias just stood surprised for a second, and then slowly nodded, she didn't know why, but she was felt like she was unable to argue. This was the first time in years anyone has ever ordered her, and even though it was someone almost the same age as her, she felt a commanding presence in his voice, one not unlike the kind she used on her servants in battle, but his somehow felt more powerful, like it carried an authority she couldn't disobey.
"Asia is just some girl I found last night, nothing else happened." Shirou explained.
Rias blinked. "Nothing?"
"U-Um actually that's not true." Asia spoke up.
Shirou's entire body froze at the sound of Asia's voice, the blonde came rushing out of the kitchen and stepping in front of Shirou. She meet Rias' confused gaze was an honest stare.
"The truth is Shirou-san risked his life to save me."
"Huh?" Rias blinked.
Shirou face-palmed. "Well, so much for that."
"He's a little rough but he's very kind and caring, that's why he let me stay here." Asia continued, not realizing Shirou's irritation.
"Okay, you've made your point." Shirou said trying to get her to stop.
"Back when Father Freed was going to hurt me, Shirou-san did everything he could to protect me." Asia went on, ignoring Shirou's desire for her to stop. "Even though I wasn't on the side of the Devils like he was—"
"Wait what?" It was then that Rias finally began to catch on.
"—And even though I was with the Fallen Angels, he still fought and saved me, I understand if your upset with me, but he truly did nothing wrong!"
And after that Shirou realized it was impossible to salvage this. "And just like that, I'm boned."
".….." Rias went silent again. However, this wasn't the silence resulting from shock.
It was like the silence from a fuse that was about to detonate a bomb.
Or in this case, a vengeful, violent, nuclear explosive named Rias.
Mika mysteriously produced a large bucket of popcorn from seemingly nowhere. "Ohahahah, this is gonna be great~"
Rias crossed her arms, showing no expression on her face.
"Shirou?"
"Yeah, Rias?"
"Is this girl a nun?"
"Yeah, she's a nun."
"And is she a member of the Fallen Angels side?"
"Heh, not anymore."
"And why's that?"
Shirou just groaned. "Come inside, I'll explain."
"I see, so that's what happened, I wouldn't believe it unless I saw her…"
Shirou sat on one side of the table next to Asia, while Rias sat on the other side next to Mika.
It had taken quite a while to get Rias to calm down enough to explain what happened last night, and even longer to explain it all from the beginning.
"So the contractor was killed, and you had to fight for your life instead." Rias said, crossing her arms, as she nodded in understanding. "But then if you defeated the priest, why did you take the nun?"
"Because if I left her there they'd take her back, and I already decide to save her." Shirou explained.
"No, it's not!" Mika denied with a teasing smile. "He saved Asia because he liiiiikes her and he wanted to protect her cause he's a Hero."
"Wait, hold on! That is not true at all!" Shirou immediately denied though they didn't look convinced.
Rias nodded again. "Okay, I think I understand what's going on now. However," Her eyes flittered to the girl sitting next to Shirou. "I have one question."
"Okay, what's that?"
"Why is she dressed like that?" Rias gestured to Asia's strange choice in attire.
Shirou looked as if he didn't notice until now. "Oh yeah that, well her clothes were ruined, mine were too big, so the only choice was to give her some of Mika's."
"Yes, but isn't a bit to-ahem tight around the edges?" Rias averted her eyes awkwardly, clearly emphasizing the way Asia's tight clothes emphasized her curves. Asia herself seemed to be oblivious to the way she looked to outside observers.
Shirou looked at her carefully for a while, before turning back to Rias. "You may have a point, but I decided they're okay for now since we're in my house, and we'll buy her something else later."
This response made Rias think for a moment. "Well okay, I guess that works, but before, judging by what you said, I thought you had a problem with this sort of thing, you didn't seem okay with back at the club room."
"That was different." Shirou shook his head. "That was your own choice and I was just mildly bothered," He then pointed to Asia. "This is because we don't have anything else at the moment, and at least she's wearing something."
Rias heard his explanation and decide it was true in a sense so she put it aside. "Well then, when do you plan to return her."
Shirou raised a brow. "Why the hell would I do that?"
Rias blinked. "Well certainly you don't plan on keeping her, do you?"
"Yeah, that was kind of the plan."
It took a few moments for Rias to realize that Shirou was being serious. "You-You must be kidding." Rias gestured to Asia. "She's a nun."
"Would you relax, I told you she wouldn't hurt a fly." Shirou brushed off not worried. "And I'm pretty sure she'd hurt herself trying, here watch this, Asia try and touch the floor."
"Okay!" Asia attempted to obey and leaned her head forward, banging her head against the obstructive table between her and the floor. "Owie!" Tears streamed from her eyes as she rubbed the new bump mark on her forehead.
"See, what'd I tell ya."
Rias stared for five seconds before turning back to Shirou. "Granted she is helpless, but she still belongs to the Fallen Angels."
"Correction, she used to belong to them." Shirou pointed out. "She kind of quit last night, so technically she's on her own."
"Be that as it may, they still might come after her."
"Yeah, so?"
"So they're the group that's been enemies to Devils for centuries."
"Your point?"
"MY POINT IS, you can't be friends!"
"That's not the point Ri- wait." Shirou stopped and thought of something. "Are we friends?" He asked himself like he wasn't sure. "Ahhh, probably not since the total time I've known her is less than a day." Shirou decided before turning back to Rias. "Well anyway… That's not the point Rias, if I give her back to them she'll never survive, just last night some psycho priest was going to kill her and then rape the corpse!"
"Wait really?!"
"No, No," Asia insisted. "Father Freed wasn't going to kill me."
"Buuuttt, you don't deny he was going to rape you." Mika noted.
Asia just had her head down, not wanting to answer that.
"See that? That's why I couldn't give her back." Shirou said gesturing to Asia. "She's powerless and they're insane, if I just give her back, there would have been no point in saving her in the first place, and after what happened last night they'll be even more pissed so it'll be the equivalent of throwing a rabbit into a den of wolfs, I'm basically leaving her to die!"
Rias heard his reasons, but it didn't seem to change her mind. "Shirou I understand your good intentions, but you don't seem to comprehend the seriousness of this offence." She said. "If the Fallen Angels came with the intent to take Asia back and if they're willing to use force, I can't protect her, nor can I protect you if you interfere. I know you don't want to place her danger, but if she returns now she might be forgiven, however if they come at you with full force they'll exorcise you without mercy, you'll be killed."
Shirou leaned back into his chair, looking unfazed by Rias's warning. "You really think I didn't know all that before now." He asked her in all seriousness. "I know exactly what I've done, and you know what else, I'd do again. You say I'll die, well I say I'm not afraid of some overgrown crows, and no matter what I'm not giving her back because when I decide to help someone that doesn't mean I just fight a battle for them and leave, I make sure they're safe before I go, so no matter what happens I'm keeping Asia here until I know she's safe, that's a vow I made to myself, and even if I die, to me that's better than breaking my vow." He said without a shred of hesitation or doubt, and those words made both Mika and Asia look at him with eyes sparkling in admiration.
Rias sat there crossing her arms, process his decision. "And that's your final stance on this matter?"
"That's right." Shirou confirmed, his conviction never wavering.
The two of them then just sat quietly and stared at each other without making a sound, it could have been seconds or hours with all the tension built up, an outside observer could confuse this for some secret staring contest. Right now Asia and Mika felt a lot like third-rate background characters.
"Then it seems there's no changing your mind about this." Rias sighed, standing up from her seat. "If this is truly what you've decided, then you may do as you wish."
Shirou raised a brow. "Wait? That's it?" He expected some kind of argument from her.
"Yes, that's it." Rias agreed. "You've already done what has been done and I can't change that. While I strongly disagree with your decision, unless I plan to imprison you or harm you, there's nothing I can do to change your mind, and as you said before I can't force you, so I have no other choice but to acquiesce so long as this does not interfere with your normal duties as a Devil. You are free to act as an individual on this matter." She narrowed her eyes. "At the same time, due to the harsh tension between the Trinity Factions as a result of the Great War, neither I nor anyone from my clan can legally offer you any assistance in matters related to this nun, Asia Argento, in the event that danger related to Fallen Angels without risking serious consequences to the Devils. Do you understand."
Shirou scoffed. "I don't need you." He said. "My whole life I've dealt with problems on my own and this is no different."
Rias nodded and said nothing else, moving for the door.
She paused when her hand was on the door handle. "Shirou, the Fallen Angels aren't to be underestimated. If you fight them, there is a really good chance that you will die. I hope that given time, you will reconsider this decision."
"You seem to forget that I also shouldn't be underestimated, I beat one of them before, and that was when I was Human." Shirou reminded her.
"One on one maybe, but they don't intend to fight fair." Rias retorted. "They won't take any more chances and you alone can't beat a group of Fallen Angels."
"Hmph!" Shirou let out a small chuckle. "I've long since been prepared for death one day, but that won't be today, I won't just survive this, I'll win too."
Rias gave a small smile, a mixture of amusement, hope, pity, and worry. "I hope you're right."
"Oh, and two things, first could you make an excuse at school for me?"
Rias nodded. "And the other thing?"
"You think you could give me permission to promote anywhere in town?" Shirou requested. "Y'know just in case, after last night I don't want to chance it."
Rias gave another nod. "Very well, I give you permission to promote."
And with that, Rias left, leaving Mika, Asia, and Shirou alone.
They sat silently for several minutes.
Asia fidgeted nervously.
She was the source of conflict between Shirou and his master. If the Fallen Angels came for him, he wouldn't be able to protect her and himself. Even though he defeated Freed, she wasn't sure if he had the power to defeat her superiors/former superiors. She was grateful, but she felt as though her mere presence has become a nuisance to him. There was no telling how upset he was—
CLAP!
Shirou clapped his hands and turned to the two girls next to him. "Okay, who wants take out food?"
Mika immediately raised her hand. "I DO, I DO, I DO!"
…Or perhaps not.
During her time as a nun working for the Church, Asia had been witnessed to many gruesome, repulsive things, usually in the forms of injuries on a person's body and she was asked to heal them with her Sacred Gear. Mutilation, amputation, bodies that were torn to pieces and had to be slowly stitched back together by her power.
But none of them, not a one compared to the eating habits of the little girl in front of her.
The moment the tray of burgers, fries, chicken nuggets, and a variety of other menu items arrived, she immediately dived in, acting like a feral beast that hadn't eaten in a great deal of time.
Though it might be an exaggeration to call this the most repulsive thing she had ever seen but watching Mika it was still pretty unsightly.
The way she ate with gusto, almost savage like, it felt like she didn't appreciate her own food the modest way she was nibbling and bite into her burger.
The strange thing was Shirou was sitting right there, and he seemed like this didn't bother him at all, albeit he was eating too, but the way he ate was much different, he ate his food much like a speed eater, finishing any piece of food he had in a single bite, while not letting even a single crumb miss his mouth, it wasn't as messy as Mika's way of eating but he still ate much more than a normal person.
It was only after his fourteenth or fifteenth burger that Shirou noticed Asia wasn't eating. Placing the large burger in his mouth and swallowing it shortly after, he cleared his tray fast to talk to her.
"What's wrong?" Shirou asked, with curiosity. "Not hungry?"
Asia stiffened. "O-Oh! No! That's not it!" Asia then turned to Mika who finally stopped eating.
"Then what's wrong?" Mika asked.
"S-Shirou-san, Um does Mika always eat like that?"
Mika blinked. "What's wrong with how I eat?"
Shirou stared at her with half-lidded eyes. "A lot." He then looked to Asia. "But really, I just roll with it most of the time, and really it doesn't last that long, so who cares?"
"B-But is that really okay?" Asia asked.
"Look, honestly I'm just glad she's out of the house for something NOT Otaku related." Shirou admitted. "You have no idea how eventful that is."
Before either Mika or Asia could respond to that, they were interrupted.
CRASH!
The glass window exploded inwards towards them as a metal object flew straight through it.
Mika and Asia ducked.
Shirou however, didn't see any need to.
The object turned out to be a crowbar, which he effortlessly caught in the palm of his hand.
He then looked at the broken window and guessed what was going on.
Because of that he simply let go of the crowbar, and it hit the floor. After-which he groaned. Asia looked worried, while Mika was just concerned about her food.
"Oh great this again." He drawled. "But then again, I was getting bored."
"TSUKIHARU!"
Shirou's lips then formed into a smirk while Mika and Asia looked out the window.
Outside the restaurant were a large group of very colourfully-dressed thugs and delinquents carrying a variety of various tools and weapons with which they clearly intended on using to attempt to murder Shirou in the most painful way imaginable. Knives, guns, glaives, axes, hammers, crowbars, baseball bats, chainsaws, loose chains, iron pipes, golf clubs, 2x4 wooded boards, and brass-knuckled gloves. In total there were about fifty of them.
"COME OUT HERE AND FIGHT US!"
Shirou turned to the two girls at the table. "You two wait here, this won't take long." He then hopped out the broken window. "Guess I can use this as exercise after a meal."
Shirou then stood right in front of the horde of enemies without even flinching. "I gotta say, the weapons aren't new but, that fact that this many of you came together for this!" Shirou said surprised a bit. "I don't know whether to feel complimented that you think I'm that threating, or pity that none of you had the balls to come here without being in a group." He mocked.
This only served to anger the already bloodthirsty mob further.
"WE'LL SEE HOW COCKY YOU ARE AFTER WE SLAUGHTER YOU!"
The rest of them all roared in agreement with whoever it was that kept talking for them.
Back in the restaurant, Mika turned away with disinterest before turning to her nun friend. "You might want to look away."
"Huh?" Asia blinked.
{The following scenes contain violence that aren't suitable for younger viewers, VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED!}
It would be possible to describe what happened after that point, but to do so would be to describe scenes of brutality so merciless, some would question your humanity.
Asia gasped in horror, covering her eyes but peeking through her fingers with curiosity even now and then before recoiling with renewed terror.
"He told you viewer discretion was advised," Mika reminded her. "You should have looked away."
"W-Why is Shirou-san doing something like that?"
Mika shrugged, scavenging through the tray, picking up a burger and wiping the fragments of broken glass off of it before taking a bite. "It's what he does, Brogoon is a really strong guy, and his strength attracts even stronger guys to him."
"That's one way of looking at it." Another voice interjected behind them. "Shirou is without a doubt the Strongest you'll find around here, but there's a reason why he fights all the time."
"Uwah!"
A boy with smooth brown hair and wearing casual attire was suddenly standing behind Asia, and that startled her.
Mika raised a calm hand in greeting. "Hi, Ren."
Ren greeted back. "Hey, Mika. Anyway, Shirou is someone who's usually passive-aggressive about most things in life, but in a fight he becomes heartless." Ren explained. "And it's not just strength either, he's been training in all kinds of different fighting styles to make sure he always had something up his sleeve, that's why they all say 'If it's one on one, Shirou will win.'. And it started back in Middle School when he first got into a fight."
Asia's eyes widened. "Was Shirou-san hurt?"
"Are you kidding? They wish they could hurt him." Ren scoffed. "Even back then he was ridiculously strong, most injuries that were serious to others were just scratches or flesh wounds to him. He was and still is unrivaled, and that's because he can't accept defeat no matter who he fights, and if victory is possible no matter hard it is, he'll find a way. In the beginning, he just beat whoever fought him, so they came back with their friends, and so he beat them too, but that still wasn't the end of it, they just kept coming and he just kept fighting. And now as you can see, he can't even go outside without someone or some group coming after his blood."
Mika turned to Asia and gestured to Ren. "Asia this is Ren, Ren this is Asia."
Asia bowed her head slightly. "H-Hello!"
"I know who she is." Ren said. "You're the former nun with healing powers."
"Huh?"
"How'd you know that?" Mika asked. "Are you spying on us~?"
"First of all, never say that again." Ren told Mika. "Secondly, I know 'cause Shirou called and told me about it last night."
"W-What? but does that mean—"
"That's right Asia, I know about the supernatural, Shirou found that out just the other day."
"Yeah, and I know too." Mika said. "I couldn't believe it."
"That's the point." Ren noted, he then leaned closer to Asia and asked in a quiet tone. "By the way, has Mika shown you her weird side yet?"
"Huh? Weird side?" Asia asked confused. "What do you mean?"
"He means how I have a thing for my Brother." Mika answered hearing her question. "And it's not weird, it's character."
Ren face-palmed. "No, no matter how you look at it, it's just not right."
"That's not you talking Ren, that's this country and its social expectations." Mika said shaking her head.
"Huuuuh?!" Asia gasped again, placing her hands over her mouth. "I-Incest?!"
"At least someone had the correct response." Ren commented.
"That's right, I love my Big Bro." Mika said without a shred of doubt or shame. "And I don't mean just the love between family, I also mean the love between a man and a woman."
"UWAAAAAAH?!"
Ren sweat-dropped. "In case you've forgotten, she's been sheltered her whole life, I don't think she was ready for your brand of crazy yet." Ren pointed out, refereeing to the shock and flustered state Asia was now in.
Before Mika could reply, there was the sound of broken glass being brushed aside, Shirou climbing back through the window and retaking his seat. It was hard to miss him using a napkin the wipe off the blood that was on his hands.
And that pretty much drew everyone's attention.
"Where'd that blood come from?" Mika asked.
"Hmm? Oh don't worry, it's not mine." Shirou said nonchalantly.
"Yes that's obvious," Mika replied in the same tone. "But where'd it come from?"
"I punched two guys in the gut at the same time, and they both coughed up blood at the same time." Shirou clarified. "Lucky for me though, it only got on my hands."
After he was done talking, his hands were wiped clean.
"So then what were we talking about?"
"Mika's unnatural personality." Ren answered.
Shirou sighed. "What'd she say?"
"Why do you always say it like that?" Mika asked.
Shirou turned to her with half-lidded eyes. "Force of habit."
Shirou then finally took notice of Ren's presence. "Oh hey Ren, when'd you get here?"
Ren shrugged. "I got here around the time you screamed, Viewer discretion is advised."
"So basically not that long?" Shirou asked.
Ren nodded. "How'd it go with Rias finding out about… Well, you know."
Shirou shrugged. "Could've been worse, she won't interfere but she won't send help."
"You really don't give a fuck do you?"
"Is that even a question?" Shirou asked amused.
The two of them chuckled a bit, while they fist-bumped.
"Are Shirou-san and Ren-san that close of friends?" Asia asked.
Mika leaned back in her seat. "Yep, their basically BFFs, they do everything together."
"Well that's exaggerating a bit, but we have had some good times." Ren agreed.
"Yeah, and some not so great." Shirou commented.
"Oh come on, remember that one time those to two perverts in our class were being chased by the Kendo club, and we saw them getting wrecked by wooden swords."
"Heh, that was pretty fun." Shirou said remembering with a laugh. "Best part was they got caught because we threw something at them and their scream gave away their hiding spot."
"Or that time where you took on that group of guys with weapons and said you'd use only your right arm, and when the last one standing tried to run, you picked up a weapon and threw it at him and knocked him out."
"Okay for the record, I threw it with my right arm, so technically I didn't lie."
"Or my favorite, that time us and Aika went to that karaoke place and you didn't want to stop until you had the highest score."
"Hey, at that point it was a challenge, and I never back down from a challenge." Shirou defended.
Asia looks between Shirou and Ren, a happy expression on her face. "They have a really nice friendship."
"Yeah, I know." Mika chipped in. "They're my favourite Yaoi shipping."
"Stop calling us that!" Shirou retorted irritated. "Y'know guys can be friends without it being about Yaoi."
Asia was about the speak, but Shirou placed his hand over her mouth.
"And don't ask what Yaoi means because I'm not explaining it."
"Me either." Ren agreed.
"I will." Mika said raising her hand.
"Okay that's it!" Shirou got up from his seat. "Come on Asia, we need to buy you some new clothes." He grabbed her wrist and she got up to.
"B-But I don't want to trouble you, Shirou-san." Asia argued.
"Yeah well, you'll cause more trouble to me if you stay dressed like that." Shirou argued.
Shirou then reached into his pocket. "Just let me pay for the food."
Ren then smiled and held up his wallet. "Hey don't worry that I'll pay for the food."
Shirou was surprised for a second but then smiled. "Thanks buddy."
They both fist-bumped again and Mika watched with a grin.
"I spy a Yaoi moment~" She teased.
Shirou then face-palmed. "Must you turn everything weird with your Otaku-ness?"
"I think we all know the answer is yes."
Shirou just stared and then sighed. "Come on Asia."
The two of them then walk out of the restaurant and leave.
"Well, all in all, I'm happy that Brovolver has loosed up a bit." Mika commented.
"That's a weird way to change the subject, but I agree." Ren said. "Shirou could use a few more people he's comfortable with, besides us."
"And after a day alone together, before they know it, a new ship will sail." Mika said enthusiastically.
"And there's the Otaku line we were all waiting for."
"Hey Ren, Brocile told me what you are."
"Yeah, I know, I said he could."
"So then, you're a furry?"
Ren looked annoyed. "Mika, please use the correct term, it's Youkai."
"So basically a furry?" She ignored him.
Ren groaned. "Yes… I'm a furry."
"Can you show it to me?" Mika asked, looking very excited.
Ren thought for a moment. "Fine, but not here, let's pay for the meal and I'll show you at your place."
Mika lifted her arms. "Carry me?"
Ren blinked. "That only works on Shirou."
"Thirsty?" Shirou asked, offering Asia a can of iced tea from the vending machine.
Asia reached out and took the can gratefully. "Oh… Thank you." The two of them took a seat beside a park bench near a body of water surrounding a water fountain after they both had left the restaurant.
"Sorry we haven't gotten to shopping yet." Shirou said, awkwardly before taking a sip from his canned drink. "I just felt like sitting down somewhere quiet first."
"It's okay Shirou-san." Asia assured before drinking some of her drink. "You have a really nice friend."
"I do don't I?" Shirou agreed. "Ren's the kind of guy that doesn't sweat the small stuff."
"I see." Asia smiled, she was surprised by Shirou's display of enjoyment around Ren, but seeing him happy somehow made her smile. She had a great deal of trouble grasping the true character of Shirou Tsukiharu besides his innate kindness, but regardless she was glad that despite his harsh nature, he still had friends whom he could have fun memories, something she'd always desired.
"…Uh, why do you keep staring at me, while smiling?"
Asia then stiffened. She hadn't been quite sure when, but at some point during her train of thought, she had slipped into complete silence. Given their recent situation, it could have been mistaken for an awkward silence.
"I'm sorry!" Asia blushed before turning her gaze back towards the ground.
"No worries." Shirou replied, not bothered.
They were a boy and a girl, alone together at a park. With no one else around. Sitting on a bench together. Waiting until they head to the same house in which they both lived in together.
What was there to say.
There were a lot of things Asia could say, but it was far from likely what'd be the right thing to say.
She had tried saying thank you countless times, but Shirou would always just shrug it off and say, he wasn't looking for thanks, and that she should stop worrying about it. Though that was hard for her to do.
He didn't appear to have the same interests as his younger Sister (which might have been a good thing since Asia didn't have the slightest idea about the "anime" or "manga" or "eroge" that Mika seemed to be obsessed with.)
Asia's eyes wandered over to the Devil, watching as he rubbed his arm with discomfort.
"A-Are your injuries from before bothering you?"
Even though Asia had healed his right arm last night, Shirou still had a few sore spots from his previous fight. Although he was able to avoid a majority of the light bullets and the sword of light, some attacks still grazed him here and there, thus he had sore spots.
"It's not that big a deal." Shirou responded to her, he then pressed down harder on his left arm. "It's just an ache, It'll go away overnight."
"Hmph!" Asia pressed her hands against Shirou's side, getting his attention. "Even if it's not a serious injury, it's not something you should just ignore if you're hurting then let me heal you."
Shirou stared a bit surprised, he didn't expect the girl sitting next to him to speak in such a forceful tone. "…You have a good point." Shirou then raised his arm, and rolled up his sleeve, revealing his bandage covered arm.
Asia was shocked to see he had bandages over his arm, but hid her shock and chose not to question it yet. Instead, she healed the sore spot on his arm. When she was done, he looked at his arm satisfied.
"Pretty good."
As Shirou turned to face Asia, he noticed Asia's gaze was fixed on his arm, or more specifically what was around his arm.
"Those bandages…" Asia frowned.
Shirou apparently realized what Asia was staring at and rolled up his sleeve quickly before turning away.
"Forget what you saw."
"Those weren't from your battle with Freed… Were they?" Asia wasn't quite sure why she needed to ask, but she felt this wasn't something she could just ignore.
"…" Shirou hesitated to answer. "No."
"How did you get them?"
Shirou clenched his fists. "I can't tell you that."
"Shirou-san."
"And since we're on the subject on asking questions, I've got one for you." Shirou turned to face her. "Why were you with the Fallen Angels? When I first saw you, you said you were a believer of God and you had the power to heal others. I thought it kinda made sense at the time, but now none of it makes sense."
Asia flinched and turned away from his questioning.
"You obviously don't think like them, so how the hell did you end up in them in the first place? And more than that why'd you come to Japan at all?" After Shirou was done talking he looked away for a second. "…It's fine though if you can't answer."
Sure he wanted answers, but to demand them from her and yet to deny her answers when she asked, that would be hypocritical.
Asia remained silent, sitting on the park bench with a sad expression on her face.
"I was once known as the Holy Maiden."
Shirou paused and turned back to look at Asia. "What?"
Asia shifted nervously in her seat, her hands tightening around her can that was half-empty.
"A certain region in Europe, shortly after I was born, I who was discarded by my parents."
Shirou's eyes widened. "Wait…? Is she actually telling me her past?"
"I was raised in a Church nearby by a nun along with other orphans. Back then I who was a strong follower of the Church received a special power at the age of 8. One day a wounded puppy found its way to the Church I lived in, I prayed as hard as I could to God to spare it and then a miracle happened, I healed it. A person from the Catholic Church witnessed it by chance. From there on, my life changed. I was then taken to the main Catholic Church and I was symbolized by many as a Holy Maiden because of my healing power. I used my power to heal many believers and they were told it was a power of Divine Protection. Rumors brought rumors and I was respected as a Holy Maiden. Even without my approval. I had no dissatisfaction for how I was treated. People from the Church were kind to me and I didn't hate healing people. I instead was happy that my power was of use. That's why I was thankful for my power which was bestowed to me by God. But I was a bit lonely. I didn't have any friends I could open up to. Everyone treated me nicely and was nice to me. But there was no one willing to become my friend. I understood why. I knew that they were looking at my power as something irregular. They didn't look at me as a Human but as a creature that could heal Humans."
Shirou gripped his fist and grit his teeth.
"But one day, it changed. By coincidence, there was a Devil nearby and I healed it. A wounded Devil. I couldn't just ignore it. I thought that even if it was a Devil, I had to heal it if it was injured. It was those beliefs that made me take such an action. But that changed my life forever. One of the people from the Church saw that incident and notified others of the Church. The ministers of the Church were shocked about it."
(A power that can heal Devils!?)
(Something absurd like that cannot happen!)
(The power of healing can only heal the followers of God!)
"Yes, there were several people who had the power to heal. But the power to heal the Devil was out of the question. The people of the Church thought it was common sense that the power of healing doesn't work on Fallen Angels and Devils. Apparently, a similar incident had happened in the past. The power to heal Fallen Angels and Devils that were not protected by God. But that was feared as the power of a Witch. So the people saw me as a heretic."
(Damn witch that heals Devils!)
"The girl who was respected as a Holy Maiden was then feared as a Witch and the Catholic Church abandoned her. I didn't have anywhere to go and the organization of Stray Exorcists picked me up." Asia's eyes began to sting, her eyes became wet with salty tears. "In other words, I had to get divine protection from the Fallen Angels." She choked. "But I never forgot to pray to God. I also never forgot to thank God. Even so, I was abandoned. God didn't save me. What shocked me the most was that there was not even a single person in the Church that was willing to defend me. There was no one who cared about me…"
Asia had become so focused on telling her story that she neglected to pace herself.
All of those emotions coming all at once, the painful memories… They were overwhelming.
Tears rolled down her cheeks, dripping from her chin to her lap.
Shirou spent the whole time hearing the story while looking away.
His eyes were shadowed by his hair, he was still gritting his teeth.
He clenched his fist but, he raised his right hand and placed it over his chest then gripped.
"…It's because I didn't pray enough." Out of the corner of her eye, Asia noticed Shirou's body tensed. "It's because I'm clumsy. I'm so stupid that I can't even—"
"Enough." Shirou's voice was level and to the point, but it still held some sort of impact to it. He didn't turn to face her, instead he walked a few steps until he was standing in front of a tree. "After all that, you still believe in God? You don't hate the Church? What possible reason could you have to carry such a strong faith for those who abandon you?"
Asia shifted awkwardly. "I couldn't hate God or the Church, I have my strong faith because I believe that if I give up, I'll be left with nothing. So even if I was abandoned I still have God's love, and that's why I will be happy as long as I can use the power he gave me to help others and give smiles to my fellow believers if I can do that then I'm prepared to carry any suffering I was made to bear."
CRACK
Shirou placed the fist of his right arm over the palm of his left hand and then crack his knuckles, after which he clenched his fist and let loose a strong punch on the tree in front of him.
CRUNCH! CRACK!
Shirou's punch dug into the tree bark and crumbled it as well as the wood beneath it with a strong force. After which the force of the attack caused the tree to break and everything above Shirou's punch fell to the ground as if the tree was chopped down by an axe.
CRASH!
"Shirou-san…"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Shirou didn't hear her as he looked up to the sky and roared out a deafening scream, like a man who bellowed his hatred to everything around him.
Asia was both surprised and a little worried. "Have I angered Shirou-san…?" Asia wondered to herself, feeling anxious as Shirou began to approach her. Even though she knew in her heart that Shirou was undoubtedly a good person, she also knew he had a habit of being harsh, and on an occasion threatening.
Shirou then reached out his hand to her, though despite what she was expecting…
PAT
She had felt a gentle hand on her cheek.
"Huh?"
"You really are unbelievable."
Asia was surprised both by his words and his actions, considering they both carried a gentle warmth that she's never seen on him.
"Why do you insisted on torturing yourself like this?" Shirou asked. "No one no matter who they are should be expected to carry not only their own burdens but the burdens of others too. In all the time they called you a Holy Maiden they forgot something, something that you've also seem to have forgotten to. You're still a Human girl. You're allowed to have emotions and thoughts besides just 'how to serve God' you can laugh, cry, be happy, or unhappy if you want to. You can't just force yourself to take all this bullshit and do it with a smile, because before long that kind of thinking will just destroy you."
"But I—" Asia didn't know what to say, no one had ever said something like this to her.
"Just think about it for a second." Shirou continued. "The whole time you were at the Church, all you could ever do was what they told you. You were an object to them that they give the name 'Holy Maiden' to like a decoration, and they fed you whatever twisted truths they liked and told you it was God's will just to keep you in line. In reality, they just used you for themselves. Think about it, they knew that your power was a Sacred Gear but they told everyone it was Divine Protection just to fool everyone into believing their words and they only let you heal the people they said you could because they felt only people who thought the same as them deserved it. They didn't kick you out because the guy you healed was a Devil, it was because if people found out that your power wasn't really what they said it was then they would be the ones that got the backlash, so they pushed all the blame on you to save themselves. And all those dumbass followers went along with it because it was easier for them than to think for themselves."
If Asia had succeeded in any effort in suppressing her tears, those efforts were completely destroyed by Shirou's words.
"Shirou-san…" She tried, in vain, to wipe away her tears on her sleeves, but those tears were quickly replaced with more tears. "Shirou-san… I…"
"It's fine, let it out." Shirou said not bothered by her tears, he knew this was long overdue. "You should have done this a long while ago. Listen it doesn't matter what it was like at the Church anymore, or the Fallen Angels, remember you're free now. You don't need to follow someone else's words or orders to tell you you're a good person. You've already done so much to prove it and no one can deny it now, you are a good person. So Asia, for once in your life stop worrying about everything else and ask yourself, what do you want and why?"
"But I…" Asia hesitated. "I don't know what to do…"
Shirou let out an annoyed groan. "That's because you're not getting it, it's not 'What to do" it's 'What you want to do' so say what you want."
"But—"
"No buts!" He snapped. "Right now, say what you want more than anything!"
"I want… Uh—"
"Trust me, Asia." Shirou urged her. "Say what you've always wanted to say! What do you want? What have you always wanted? What do still want to this day? It's your time now, no one's gonna stop you!"
Asia lowered her head, a solemn expression as she tried wiping her tears away. "Ever since a was little, there was one thing I always wanted…The one desire I could not help…"
"Then say it. No matter what it is, say what you've always desire!"
"I want—"
"Don't be afraid, just say!"
"I want—!"
"Go on!"
Asia took a deep breath before looking up. "I want to have a friend!" She didn't even pause. Her face suddenly flushed red and she looked determined to say her piece. "Shirou-san, will you please be my friend?!"
Shirou answered before processing her words. "Yes-No-What?!" Shirou then looked at her with shock and confusion. "What did you say?"
"I want you to be my friend!" Asia repeated.
"Why would you want that?" Shirou asked, not getting it. "We barely know each other, we've met three days ago and only twice within those three days and the total time we've known each other is less than 24 hours."
Asia smiled shyly. "I know all that, but I still want to be your friend, when I'm with you and Mika-san I feel happier than I've ever been."
"Yeah-but…" Shirou paused processing Asia's words. "Really?" Asia nodded. Shirou felt a bit flattered. "Wow gee Asia thanks, but why? I mean every time we see each other one of our lives is in danger, if you stay with me that'll happen all the time. If you just want a friend there are other people you could be friends with somewhere."
"But that won't mean the same thing." Asia pointed out, still smiling shyly. "You act loud and violent some times. But you're still a very nice person, when I'm with you no matter what the danger I always feel safe, you protect me and others who need protecting and that's because you're a kind person with a kind heart that cares about others. You fight, but only when you need to, and you never start fights you only end them, and regardless of what others think or say, you always do what you think is right."
Shirou didn't interrupt, surprised by the sincerity of her words.
Asia reached out and held his hand. "When I feel your hand I feel safe, it's strong and rough, but also gentle and caring, and I can tell what kind of person you truly are inside."
She then moved closer.
This wasn't getting easier for Asia though. Her courage began to wane, her mind had begun to realize what she was doing, causing her face to flush.
"Shirou-san I want a friend," Asia restated. "But above all else, I want you to be my friend. I want to have fun with you and Mika-san, and Ren-san and spend more time with all of you, I don't care that I'm a nun and you're a Devil because Shirou-san is a wonderful person!"
The resolute look in her eyes was stunning. Shirou found himself staring at her, in awe.
"Asia… I." Shirou knew now it was his turn to speak. He knew after hearing all that he owed her an answer.
He opened his mouth to give the girl his answer, her eyes were shining with warmth and hope.
"I think… I don't mind giving it a try." He answered.
His answer brought her greater happiness than he could imagine, but things took a turn after a moment.
"It's impossible."
A voice spoke that they both recognized.
They both look towards the direction of the voice, Shirou was angry and Asia was afraid.
The person standing there, on the surface of the water was the Fallen Angel he knew as Yuuma Amano. crossing her arms around her chest as she smiled at both of them.
Shirou glared and got ready for a fight. "This bitch…"
"Raynare-sama…" Asia called her by her name while trembling.
"To think you survived by becoming a Devil… How pathetic." Raynare said disgustedly.
Shirou fearlessly faced her with a smirk. "And to think you'd come here. I see your arms are all fixed up." Shirou taunted amused. "Tell me, does the hospital give discounts to strippers?"
Raynare's eyes twitched.
"I see you're just as good at pissing people off."
"And I see you're just as good at falling for it." Shirou said never losing the smirk.
She clenched her teeth, trying to suppress her anger. "I'll deal with you later." The Fallen Angel then extended her wings and turned to Asia. "That girl. Asia is our personal belonging. I'm taking her back. Asia, you know it's useless to run away?"
Asia shook her head in defiance, tears forming in her eyes. "…No. I don't want to return to that Church. I don't want to return to the people who kill other people. …Also, you people did things to me…" Asia replies back with disgust.
"Please don't say that, Asia." Raynare said softly. "Your Sacred Gear is essential for our plan. So please come back with me. I also took the time to look for you. Stop being such a troublesome bitch!" She finished sounding threatening.
"I-I refuse!" Asia rejected again, sounding more resolute than before. She stood beside Shirou. "I won't return with you no matter what! I'm going to live on my own and however I want, and I'm going to make friends like Shirou-san!"
Shirou chuckled, taking a step forward. "You heard her bitch, she's not going anywhere.
She sneers when he said that to her. "I don't want a filthy Low-Class Devil like you talking to me." She stares at him as if she is looking at something very disgusting.
Shirou was unfazed. "Oh, wasn't it that same Low-Class Devil that beat you into the ground and made you run like a bitch?" Shirou reminded.
Raynare growled at being reminded of that and summoned a Spear of Light. "If you won't come back then I'll take you by force!"
Asia was now worried, but Shirou wasn't.
"You can quit it with the bravado already,"
"What are you talking about?"
"I can see that you're trembling."
Asia was surprised when she saw that what Shirou pointed out was true. Raynare's arm that was holding the Spear of Light was shaking. But in fact, her whole body was shaking. She looked mad that he noticed.
"Whether it's from fear or anger, I can tell you don't want to be here. You don't want to fight me again." Shirou accused. "After our first fight, you were hoping that you could have just come here, take Asia and run. But now that's not possible and you know that in our first fight you tried everything and you still lost while I still have more power up my sleeve, if you fight me now you won't just lose, you'll die."
Shirou's confidence was well warranted. In truth, Raynare wanted to avoid a fight. The fear from her first conformation with Shirou was still fresh on her mind, the moment he stepped forward she could feel the fear enter her. She could still remember the feeling of helplessness she felt, the power coming from him before the final blow, the pure terror she felt as he was standing over her, She was about to die, those were the words she felt at that moment. That's why she knew she couldn't win.
That is if this was one-on-one.
Raynare smirked now. "Oh Shirou, didn't anyone ever tell you." She then raised her and snapped her fingers. "Fallen Angels don't play by the rules!"
Three magic-circles appeared above her and from them, three Fallen Angels appeared.
Shirou was surprised but still confident.
Asia looked as though all hope was lost. "…Dohnaseek-sama… Mittelt-sama… Kalawarner-sama…" Asia was trembling.
The three of them were in the air a few feet above and Raynare flew up to join them.
"Raynare, we heard your call." The one who said that was Dohnaseek, he was the only male among them, he was a middle-aged-looking man with short black hair and dark blue eyes. His attire consisted of a pale grey trench coat over a white dress shirt with a matching ascot, black pants and shoes, a pair of black gloves, and a black fedora
"Why have you called us Raynare?" The one who said that was Kalawarner, she was a tall and buxom woman with brown eyes and long, navy blue hair that obscured her right eye. Her attire consisted of a maroon, trench-coat like top with a wide collar, a matching miniskirt, and black heeled shoes. The trench-coat top was open at her chest, giving view to her breasts and cleavage. She also wore a gold necklace around her neck. She appears to wear a white shirt underneath her top, but it can only be seen from the bottom
"Must be something big, or you'd have done it yourself." The one who said that was Mittelt, she was a small girl with blonde hair styled Into twintails and blue eyes. She wore a Gothic Lolita attire, which consisted of a black Lolita dress with white frills, a large black bow on the front, and a green jewel embedded on the collar, white thigh-high socks, and black shoes. She also wore a large black bow on top of her hair.
"Do you see the situation now?" Raynare said, with some confidence restored. "Now you're the one who'll die."
"So he's the one." Dohnaseek said, with a bit of excitement.
"So we just have to kill this Devil, should be fun." Mittelt said.
"You should save yourself the trouble, and not resist." Kalawarner said.
Asia was more scared than ever, sensing a fight would soon break out. "Shirou-san, what should we—"
"Hahahahahaha… HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Shirou surprised everyone by laughing in a carefree manner as if he had just heard a funny joke.
Raynare was frustrated by his lack of fear. "What so funny?!"
Shirou then calmed down.
"It's just when I saw you had a plan I expected something more. But is this it?" Shirou asked, almost amused. "Just three more overgrown crows who are barely as strong as you, not impressive." Shirou then rolled up his sleeves and pant legs, revealing linked bars of metal about the length and half the width of bricks wrapped around his legs and arms. Shirou unhooked his weights and let them fall to the ground.
CRASH!
They hit the ground with enough force to fracture the ground they landed on.
"Now then let's begin." Shirou faced them.
Dohnaseek came forward unfazed by his words and display, he landed a few steps in front of Shirou. "How very prideful, but it means nothing. A lowly new-born Devil couldn't hope to stop us, just hand over the girl."
"[Promotion: Queen!]" Shirou declared and spread his Devil wings, before launching a fast punch with his right arm at Dohnaseek. He blocked Shirou's punch by defending with his left arm but skidded a few feet back.
Dohnaseek looked up and had a confident smile. "That was too slow—" Before he could finish, Dohnaseek suddenly fell to his knees with his head down and his right arm clenching his left arm that was punched. On his face was an expression of pain.
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"Of course it was slow after all that was a hello shot." Shirou arrogantly pointed out.
The other Fallen Angels, as well as Asia, were shocked by what they were seeing.
"Has he brought Dohnaseek to his knees?" Mittelt asked in disbelief.
"From a single punch that he block, impossible." Kalawarner responded in the same tone.
Raynare didn't say anything but felt her confidence leave and her fear return.
Shirou then smirked and looked at the other three. Faster than the eye could see Shirou was no longer standing by the bench, he was now behind them looking in the opposite direction. "…Y'know its been a while since I've gone all-out."
The three of them all flinched and quickly turned around after hearing his voice behind him, only to see that he wasn't there either.
"That's why." They turned around again and saw that he was back where he was before and then he walked up to Dohnaseek who was still on his knees. "I'm not good at holding back."
Shirou then brought his leg up and kicked Dohnaseek in the chin, which launches him in the air and past the other three, he quickly straightens himself and flew beside them.
"Bastard…" Dohnaseek said while holding his chin.
Now the four Fallen Angels kept their eyes on the Silver-haired Devil standing before them. They all felt nervous at this point, realizing this fight wouldn't be as easy as they were planning when they came here.
"Now then." Shirou looked up to them with a fearless smirk and eyes that were like the eyes of a predator that had found its prey. "This might be sudden, but I think I'll kill the four of you."
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That's the chapter. I decide to give Raynare some trauma from her first fight with Shirou since he almost killed her and he used that strange power that he doesn't know about yet. Because of that, she wouldn't fight him alone so she brought back up. But Shirou is still Shirou so this won't worry him at all. And I'm sure you know but the trick up his sleeve that he told Rias about was his weights.
Shirou defeated Raynare back when he was human and while wearing weights. Now he's a Devil which made him stronger as well as he used Promotion to power up to the level of a Queen, plus his weights are removed. Is that enough to win? Find out next time when we see Shirou slaughter some Fallen Angels.
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