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"The Betrayal of a Lifetime." A DxD Fanfiction
Chapter 23. "Okay?"
Scene (Hyoudou Residence)
(Knock Knock Knock) Akeno nods at Koneko as she walks toward the front door. Meanwhile Xenovia, Irina and Ravel are following the neko with their eyes. Kiba quieted down a bit as Akeno slowly let the teen go. Smiling warmly, the ex-queen speaks. "To be honest, Kiba, I was wondering when you would really open up again. To my pleasant surprise, you expressed your feelings to all of us and it was a good, great thing. So it will be fine, we are always here, Kiba, we are your family after all." Kiba wipes his face, smiles and then nods. Then, both the knight and queen look toward the front door. Before the door was opened, a small person came running down the top of the staircase. "Did I miss anything? Issei-senpai? Has anything happened?" Finishing his sentence as he zipped down the final step and into the living room, Gasper had a worried yet excited look as he sported a half smile. Koneko looks behind her as if she was mildly startled by Gasper's random appearance but then smiles a bit while turning back toward the door. (Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock) Rolling her eyes, the neko opens the door. Stepping through the door without an invitation was no other than Riser Phenex. "Out of the way, dwarf!"
Scene (Gregori)
"No shit!? Hell yeah, I knew that kid couldn't just up and die. The Red Dragon Emperor kid always finds a way to beat the odds!" Azazel can be seen leaning back on his lazy boy comfy chair. He has both of his arms stretched out as he is doing some sort of celebration stance while laying backward. The communication circle that floats next to the fallen angels ear now pulses red. "It is strange though. The moment Rias's evil pieces stopped producing a signature, it could only mean that they were removed. Obviously in normal circumstances, that would equal a slow and painful death. Again, in normal situations, but Issei is anything but normal, as we've seen in the past." Azazel nods in his chair while lighting up a cigarette. The governor has a warm smile that changes to a proud and toothy grin as he speaks up. "You know, Sirzechs, I really love that kid." The circle remains still for a moment, then it begins to pulse.
"Azazel, can I ask you a question?" Sitting upward as he uses the arm lever on his chair to switch from bedmode to sitmode, Azazel puts on his serious face. "What's up, kiddo?" Sirzechs responds. "Do you think that Issei, well… This is embarrassing, but, well, you've spent time with him, a lot more than I have… and…" Azazel nods and then speaks up. "Spit it out, Lucifer." The red glow from the communication circle vibrates a bit and then begins to pulse as normal. "Issei, do you think he would accept me? In place of..R..Rias? I mean, I want him. I've wanted him for a long time. Grayfia also feels the same way. Azazel, I love Issei." Choking on his cigarette, the fallen angel now puts out his smoke in an ashtray and grabs his nearby glass of scotch and chugs it. "Kccchaa ehem, right, okay, ehem, excuse me…" Slapping his own face with one of his hands, Azazel attempts to clear a plethora of thoughts invading his mind at the moment. "So, I suppose the question of the year would be, does Issei know?"
Scene (Yasaka Castle)
We slowly pan into a beautiful scene. A large and very well maintained Japanese-style garden envelopes the backyard of this large estate. Under a large Cherry Blossom tree, we can see three figures. Two females are kneeling next to a laying boy. Yasaka, Kuroka and Issei look to be involved in some type of ritual. A purple glow coming from the hands of the nekomata and an equally brilliant blue and fiery glow radiate from the arms of the Fox Youkai. They are doing this over a lying Issei who has his eyes closed. "Ara, Ara, you are doing very well. Continue to lay still for a while longer." Yasaka has her signature crescent shaped smile present on her beautiful lips. A smiling Kuroka then speaks up. "Nya, don't worry, red dragon, you will get used to this in time." Issei remains still; however , he speaks quietly while barely moving his own lips.
"I am grateful. I just wish this didn't involve inconveniencing two beautiful ladies, just to keep me alive." Yasaka's blue flames begin to crackle a bit. "Nonsense! I won't hear of this!" After Yasaka raised her voice, Issei did something that surprised and disturbed the two women. With his eyes still closed, the boy made a sudden shrieking sound as he flinched, he did this while raising both of his hands while covering his head. If this were another scenario, Issei would look to be defending himself from an oncoming attack or something extreme toward that end. Yasaka extinguishes her flames and reaches for Issei's head in panic. Kuroka does the exact same thing at the same time. Before they are able to touch Issei, he flinches again which causes the two girls to hold their advances. Screaming out from behind both of his hands, (which were covering the boys face), "I, I, I, WILL… I will…I will NOT die for YOU!"