"The Betrayal of a Lifetime." A DxD Fanfiction
Chapter 2. "Not cool, Rias, not cool.."
Scene (ORC) Gaspers room.
"Grayfia, it's very important, it's about Issei." We can see Akeno, in a dark room, sitting on a large and canvased bed, speaking through a communication circle which was red in color. The red circle glows a bit and then a voice replies, "what happened to him, is he alright?" Akeno now screams into the circle, "No! He is certainly not alright! I am not a doctor, but Issei is in bad shape, even with Asia using her twilight healing! Get Sirzechs, now!" The communication circle abruptly disappears which makes Akeno even angrier. This was only a temporary moment of anger as a giant red seal began to glow from the floor not a few feet from her. After a burst of red light, we can see two figures. Akeno bows, "Sirzechs Sama, thank you for coming." We see a whitehaired woman wearing a maids outfit, meanwhile, standing next to her, we see a tall and redheaded woman, wearing armor, which made her look like a much taller and stronger Rias. "Where is he!?"
Sirzechs ran up to Akeno and grabbed her shoulders. Akeno nods and points toward the door. Meanwhile, in the main room, Asia is crying while attempting to use every bit of strength in order to keep Issei's heart beating. Xenovia is holding Issei tightly while glaring at a facedowned Rias, as she still has her hands over her head. Irina is on her knees while praying as tears escape her violet and puffy eyes. Ravel seems to have kneeled down next to Issei, wishing she had a phoenix tears, then a thought crossed her mind. She stands up and walks toward the corner of the room and sits down on one of the chairs as she folds her hands and looks down at the floor. Meanwhile, Kiba can be seen, kneeling and holding one of Issei's hands, the one that possessed the sacred gear. "D'draig, D'draig, Red Dragon Emperor, please, are you there!?" Kiba seemed to be frantically and (uncharacteristically), screaming at the bare arm. After a few moments of not hearing anything, Kiba starts to break down in tears as he holds Issei's limp and slightly cold hand. Mumbling to himself, as he looks down at his brother's hand, Kiba blurts out a few words.
"President, how could you?" At that moment, the peerage hear footsteps approaching from the other room. Low and behold, Sirzechs, Grayfia and Akeno were present. Sirzechs and Grayfia both rush over toward Issei, as Grayfia takes hold of Issei from Xenovia. Sirzechs on the other hand, flares some of her power which cause the surrounding peerage to back away. Not even looking toward Rias, Sirzechs has her full attention on Issei and Grayfia. "Grayfia, what do you think?" Holding Issei in her arms with a hand on Issei's head wound, she looks sadly back at her king. "Sirzechs sama, this was an attack that could only be suffered from destruction magic.." Before Grayfia could finish, Sirzechs stands up while flaring even more power. Slowly turning toward Rias, Sirzechs moves a few strands of her long hair from her blue-green eyes while maintaining a stoic presence. "Rias, care to explain what happened? Actually, that doesn't matter right now, what matters is Issei." Turning back around, looking down at Grayfia, Sirzechs smiles sadly. "I'm sorry, Grayfia, I cut you off, please, continue." Nodding, the maid looks back down at Issei. "He will physically survive, however, I am not sure about his mind. I only say this because I feel a conflict of energies deep inside of him. In order to get more information, we would need a senjutsu master, someone who can both heal the mind and soul."
Nodding, Sirzechs thinks to herself, "Well, destruction magic doesn't only destroy the physical, it also can destroy the soul. The problem with it lies in the instability of the magic itself. Therefore, it can be a challenge to assess the damage after such an attack, assuming the victim survives initially." Nodding to herself, Sirzechs then looks at each member of the peerage. She removes her cold and stoic gaze and replaces it with a warm and sisterly smile. "Okay everyone, it's okay, Issei will be okay. So everyone come on over here, lets talk, I want to know exactly what happened." Akeno then walks past a hunched over and silent Rias, who is still in the same position as before.
Shaking her head, she continues over toward the rest of the group. Koneko was the first to speak up once the group gathered round. "I, I, I can try, I know a little senjutsu." Looking timid in front of her Mao, Koneko simply kept her gaze on Issei with a frown. Shaking her head, Sirzechs then places a hand on the neko's head. "I know you want to help Issei, but I know that you are afraid of that power and because of that, you might not be able to control it, therefore possibly causing even more damage to our dragon emperor. No, I think it would be best if we sought professional help. For now, lets get Issei on that bed in the room we arrived in, after that, lets let him rest as we have a heart to heart in here. Meanwhile, Grayfia, I need you to make some calls and find somebody who might be of use." Grayfia nods and lifts Issei in a bridle style. She then walks the limp bodied boy into the next room, shortly after, she walks out and shuts the door. Grayfia then sits down on a chair that she places near the door while pulling her phone from her pocket. Sitting down on a couch, Sirzechs crosses her legs and takes a deep breath, "well, who wants to fill me in on what happened?"
Scene (Gaspers Room)
Laying on the large bed, we can see a sleeping Issei Hyoudou. Aside from his breathing, the boy was not moving as he just lay on his back with his head looking at the ceiling. His eyes are closed however we start to notice tears escaping his lashes. Deep inside of Issei's heart, we are able to visualize the events that are transpiring. Standing on a cliffside, Issei is leaning against a giant redwood tree. As he has his face in both of his hands, screams of anguish can be heard, which echoed through this large and unearthly forest. "So that's what I am to her. I should've seen it, she's just like…just like….AHHHH….just like..her!" Standing not 6 feet away from Issei was no other than Raynare, dressed in her usually BDSM armor. She was leaning against another tree with her hands on her hips. A large and toothy grin was plastered to her pale face. Then, the apparition of Raynare speaks. "Serves you right! Now you get to feel what I felt, when you LET me die! I guess you wouldn't die for me. Too bad." The fallen angel starts to cackle and spit. "You know how to pick them, Issei, you sure do! And you know the saddest part of all of this? Do you? I actually loved you. Oh, no, don't get me wrong, that wouldn't have stopped me from slowly breaking you piece by piece, until you finally died, oh no. But that doesn't mean that I didn't love you. Just like Rias. Yeah, maybe, just maybe she loved you. But, unlike me, well.. The only difference is that she actually fucking killed you! Hahahahaha!" Issei is gripping his head and shaking his head, "NOOOOO!"