"The Betrayal of a Lifetime." A DxD Fanfiction
Chapter 1. "Why?"
In the old school building, near Kuoh Academy, a large and Victorian looking room is currently being inhabited by a small group of highschool students. Rias Gremory stands from her desk while pointing at a brown haired boy. She has a look of rage as her blue-green eyes begin to dilate into a glowing crimson fog, which radiates upward as if it were fire. "Issei, who am I to you!?" Rias was now tapping her foot against her large desk, as her powers of destruction began to give off pressure and was felt by everyone in the room. Issei, who is standing on the opposite side of Rias's desk, shudders at the question. "Is she acting out because of what I said to Ravel's mother? Is this a power move? Like maybe she wants me to remember who's in charge. So, an affirmation of her being my president, my master? Or, does she want me to call her by her name? Obviously, I love her, but I don't know. What if she laughs and demeans me for calling her anything other than "boss"? What if I am just that, her pawn, her property? That could make things very awkward, if she really thinks of me like that. A red dragon emperor, just another piece, that makes her look good, something like that. If I do confess, then, she could use that against me later on, after she rejects me. I can imagine the mockery. She might even kick me out. I don't know what to do. Wait. Fuck it, she has littereally tried to rape me in the past, so, you know what? I'm gonna do it."
Raising his head from looking down at the floor while he was deep in thought, Issei straightens his posture and then speaks with an emotionless face. "Gremory sama, may I please be granted the opportunity to ask you a question first?" Rias looks into Issei's eyes and sees an empty void. They were warm brown, but the spark that was usually there, it was gone. Rias twitches a bit from this stare, but then nods slowly. Gritting his teeth, Issei manages to spit out, "Who am I, to, to, to you?" The rest of the group in the room are now gasping except for a giggling Akeno who has a hand over her own mouth. "Ada ada, so bold my little Issei. This is a new occurrence." Akeno then looks back at her king, who looks to be in some sort of conflict with herself. Rias's eyes keep moving from a staring Issei, to each and every member of her peerage.
Deciding that Issei needs to be the one to confess, Rias begins to lose it. "What an arrogant brat! I've spoiled him far too much! He should worship the fucking ground I walk on! He is supposed to love me! Fine, maybe this will get my point across!" Rias begins to day dream about a scenario in which she smacks Issei, very hard. This makes her feel good, as she now has a warm grin plastered to her face, however, reality hits her pretty hard as that grin fades into a frown, rather quickly. Aside from the screams of horror from individual peerage members, mainly Asia, Rias begins to remember the past few seconds in perfect clarity.
Scene (a few moments ago)
Waiting for an answer from Rias, Issei continues to stare at his master with thoughts that run through his mind like a marathon runner. "She looks really pissed. I bet she is going to tell me off. Then I will be ignored like usual. It will be followed up with a berating by the rest of my "friends", surely. Well, at least I will finally know where I stand, where my place is. Oh, she is raising her hand and pointing it at me. Wait, why?" Rias looked to be charging her power of destruction while pointing her hand at Issei. Akeno was about to rush over toward Issei and force him down to avoid the blast, however she was late in her attempt.
Charging at Issei, with both of her wings extended, (black devil and black angel wings), Akeno managed to tackle Issei to the ground in a tuck and roll. This was followed up by an explosion which destroyed the back of the club room. Heaving in and out, Akeno had both of her hands on Issei's face as his hair draped over his eyes. Realizing that she felt something wet and warm on her right hand, Akeno move's Issei's head closer to examine the situation. On the right temple of a now unconscious Issei, a large burn mark was now oozing blood. It seems as though the blast merely grazed Issei, however it was enough to put him down. Akeno screams, "ISSEI! Asia! Come here, please, fix him! I think he is dying!" Running past the smoke from the explosion, Asia immediately kneels down and begins her healing magic. Koneko was the third person to arrive as the other shortly followed, all surrounding Issei as he was covered by a green glow. Akeno looks back up at Rias, who is still standing at her desk, while still holding her hand in the air, the same hand that produced and ejected a deadly blast of destruction toward her own pawn.
Akeno scowls, "what the fuck is wrong with you Rias!? If he dies, I swear to whoever will listen, I will punish you!" Koneko was the next to speak as she punched both of her fists together, "you won't be alone, Akeno." Coming to realization of what she just did, Rias plopped back down into her chair with both of her hands over her head. Shaking her head back and forth, the king of the Gremory peerage seemed to be having a panic attack. Kiba has his hands on the shoulder of Ravel, "don't worry, if anyone can help Issei, Asia can, she's the best of the best." Ravel looks up at Kiba and smiles, "thanks for that." Kiba nods and looks over toward Rias while shaking his own head in disappointment. Xenovia and Irina are both standing over Issei as Asia prays while using her twilight healing. Akeno then looks back at Issei, noticing he is not waking up. "I think we need to contact Sirzechs, she'll know what to do!" Asia nods while continuing her healing, "please call her, meanwhile, I will do everything I can to keep Issei alive!" Nodding, Akeno stands up, while Xenovia takes her place in holding Issei. "Be right back, it's going to be alright, everyone, we will figure this out." Akeno moves her eyes toward a sobbing Rias who has her head on her desk with her hands on top of her own head. Scowling, Akeno adds, "somehow…". Akeno leaves the room.