"The Betrayal of a Lifetime." A DxD Fanfiction
Chapter 41. "Head pats"
Scene (Hyoudou House, Kuoh Japan)
(Knock Knock Knock) Akeno stood from the couch and began her way toward the door. Sitting on one of the comfy chairs, an agitated looking Riser Phenex scoffs. "Don't you have servants for such menial tasks?" Immediately, Ravel Phenex rushes toward her brother, proceeding to use a folded up piece of paper to smack the back of her brother's head, quite hard. "Baka Oni Sama! Don't be such a moron!" Penemue was the next to giggle at the scene. Koneko, (who was sitting next to the fallen angel on a couch), began to smell the air in short sniffs. "I smell, angels. One smells like Irina, but the other is different." Kiba stood from his seat and produced a small dagger using his sacred gear while placing it behind his back. He then placed a small plastic smile across his face as if it were a mask of sorts. Xenovia and Asia both stood up and stood next to Kiba. Gasper (who was dropped off at the home by Grayfia, earlier that evening), was looking at each person in the room, (nervously), while grasping onto his Kuoh Academy skirt using both hands. "Another angel? Oh no, this could be scary! But I gotta do what senpai taught me, I gotta be a real man of the Gremory house!"
No longer shaking, Gasper rushed over toward Kiba, Xenovia and Asia. Koneko also stood up and walked over toward the group, while standing behind Gasper with both of her arms on the little vampire's shoulders. The door opens as Akeno allows the pair of angels into the home. Irina was the first to be seen by the rest of the group. She was wearing a new set of white and gold armor. Smiling as if nothing was out of the ordinary, the brown haired angel adjusted her halo as it was sloping a bit. Standing behind Irina was the tall and blond sister Michael, the leader of heaven, Gabriel. Riser immediately busted out laughing while pointing at Gabriel. "Hahahaha. Riser is surprised to see Hyoudou-Shrimp's stalker so soon. Tell Riser something, have you special ordered another Dragon-Boy Pillow, or are you satisfied with the well-used one I saw earlier?" When Gabriel first entered the home, she was smiling warmly, which looked eerily similar to her brothers, however there was a very, (almost unnoticeable), grin, under that smile of hers. Not changing her mood or body language, the angel continued alongside Irina into the den area, while sitting down on one of the many available couches, (as most inhabitants of the room were currently standing). After both angels sat down, Gabriel then crossed her legs and looked at each person in the room, aside from Riser, as if she was pretending he wasn't even present.
"Greetings, devils. Please, would you direct me to Hyoudou, Issei's parents? I have some important questions to ask them. Afterwards, I will be interviewing each and everyone of you in this room. Now, as I said earlier, please direct me to Mr and Ms Hyoudou, now." The angel said this in a very cold and matter-of-fact sort of way. Akeno was standing near the hallway which connected to the front door, she had both hands on her hips with a tick mark plastered to the side of her head. "Irina! I don't know what is going on in that head of yours… but if you think for one moment, I will just allow you to bring some hussy into this household, making demands on all of us, and assume I will just turn a blind eye? Think again! You, woman! This is NOT your home and you WILL NOT speak to any of us like that, now do YOU understand ME!?" Akeno is now clad in white and red priestess outfit while sporting twin electrical arches from both hands. The entire room was overtaken by the sound of maniacal laughing and thunder crackles.
Scene (Yasaka Castle, Kyoto Japan)
We are now inside Yasaka's master bedroom. On the large Japanese-style mat-bed, the woman in question was laying on her back, (with all nine of her tails spread out), taking up the majority of the bed. Laying on the foxes chest was none other than Issei, as he had his arms wrapped around the queen's hips and back. Spooning on each side of Issei was Ophis on one side and Kuroka on the other. From the looks of things, a cuddling session of sorts was happening. Ophis quietly spoke, as her mouth was very close to Issei's left ear. "If it would make you feel more at ease, there may be a way, in order for you to get stronger in an accelerated fashion. As you absorb the spiritual energies from all of us and those of this hallowed place, I may be able to create and reinforce a method in which you may physically train. Time would have no meaning as we would need to temporarily relocate to my old home. You call it "The Dimensional Gap".
I call it "Silence." I digress. Issei, I can produce a pocket dimension in which you can train for 2 hours. It will be only two hours, here, in this plane of existence, however, inside of said dimension, 2 hours will seem more like 2 months. Would that be acceptable, Sekiryuutei-mate-kun?" Issei lifts his head and looks into Ophis's eyes. "You, you'd do that for me? Why?" Ophis places her index finger onto Issei's forehead. She does this while smiling. "If you need to ask such things then perhaps you are still recovering from your previous injuries?" Issei's jaw drops as he is about to say something about being humbled and feeling grateful, however his mouth is invaded by the tongue of Ophis, the Infinite Dragon God.
A few hours go by, as the four inhabitants continue to talk about a great many things. Issei tells them all about how he actually feels. He continues about how he's been feeling ever since he was killed, why he acted the way he did, under the influence of Rias Gremory, he even told them about his confusion when it came to Sirzechs and Grayfia. Meanwhile, Kuroka tells Issei about her past, when she was a part of a peerage, before she went stray. After hearing the sad story in which a big sister did anything and everything she could, to save her little sister, Issei couldn't help but hold the painstricken neko against him in a very tight hug. Yasaka listened and was overcome with emotion. "Kuroka isn't the monster that the underworld made her out to be. She just wanted to protect her sister, Koneko, who is in Rias Gremory's peerage. This just got more complicated. It's fine though. Look at the two of them, comforting each other's broken hearts." Smiling at the scene with her trademark crescent shaped expression, the fox queen now turned her head toward Ophis, (who was sitting on the opposite side of Issei). Ophis seemed to be staring intensely at both Issei and then Kuroka. Tilting her head multiple times, the infinite dragon god looked as though she was attempting to understand and read the situation happening in front of her. Yasaka thought this was rather cute. It reminded her of her daughter. Even though the ouroboros dragon changed her body into that of a thirty-something adult, she still had childish features that experienced parents could pick up on. "Who knew that through this boy, I would meet such interesting friends. Well, I suppose I shouldn't call them that any longer." Ophis then looked up at Yasaka as she felt the fox queen's warm hand on top of her head, softly patting it. "You are a good, good girl, Ophis-Chan." Tilting her head once again at the fox queen, Ophis actually smiles. "Yes, I am a good, good girl. I am Ophis." Nodding, Yasaka continues to smile and give Ophis head pats.