Chapter 3
Holy Choir of Iron
It was now early morning at Kouh Academy, many of students haven't arrived yet, which was perfect for me. With no one around I was free to use the schools computer lab, so I used them to do some research on this world and see if I can find some way to build the gateway but so far I was coming up empty. Even with devils and magic in this world, this world has barely made any significate scientific breakthrough.
"Just my luck, seems I'm going to have to build this thing from scratch" I said with a sigh, "Now I wonder how I can get 15 million control rods?" I said to myself
Suddenly I then heard many different voices coming from the down the hall, I then looked at the clock on the computer and to my shock I found out it was time for classes to start.
'Shoot! I lost track of time!' I shouted in my head
I knew if I walked out their questions were going to be asked, and certainly didn't feel like explaining myself to the principle of this school. So without further delay I then activated my suit and with a thought I then turned the suit to stealth mode changing my armor's color from red and gold to all black, and turn my suit invisible and just in time too because a few students walked into the computer lab. I then activated my thrusters on the low setting so I just floated few inches off the ground so that nobody hears the sound of metal on wood. So I quickly got out the door and made my way down the hall, hoping to avoid hitting anybody. Luckily I made it outside with no problem I was about to fly off until something caught my eye, it was Issei and he was hanging out with two other guys, one looked bald while the other wore glasses. I saw them going behind the school for some odd reason and being the curious type that I am I decided to follow. After a little while the three stopped and started to crowd around a certain section of the wall.
'What are they doing?' I thought
Taking a closer look I then saw that three of them were trying to peak through a crack in the wall, I then looked at the wall and activated my x-ray vision…which I instantly shut off.
'What the heck?! Are those three…pepping on girls?!' I shouted in my head
Sure enough on the other side of this wall was the girl's locker room and these three were being a bunch of peeping toms. I then growled angrily at the three, after all I considered myself as a gentleman and as such I respected a woman's privacy. So you can guess that I have little tolerance for peeping toms, of course on that note I think it's time to dish out some good old fashion justice.
"F.R.I.D.A.Y, you online?" I quietly asked
"For you always, so what shall I do for you, Boss?" F.R.I.D.A.Y asked
"We've got a case of pervert; can you hack into Issei's phone?" I asked
"Of course, what shall I do?" F.R.I.D.A.Y asked causing me to smirk
"Play my favorite."
(~~~~)
The infamous perverted trio stood by their favorite peeping hole, hoping to catch a glimpse of some goods.
"Oh man, I can't wait" the bald one said
"I'm so glad we found this spot" the glasses one said, a perverted smile on his face
All the while Issei just stood by with a bit of scowl on his face, once again being left out again.
'Geez, those two needs to learn to share, I mean come on I deserve to see some nip too!' Issei shouted in his head
Suddenly, to everyone's horror, Issei's phone suddenly blasting out music.
(Play: Back in Black by AC/DC)
"DUDE what are you doing?!" they shouted
Issei then quickly grabbed his phone from his pocket, and turned it on. He then started to repeatedly hit the pause button, hopping to stop the song but to his confusion it wasn't working.
"Dude, shut that off!" the bald shouted
"I'm trying!" Issei shouted back
(End song)
Suddenly the song then stopped, causing the three to let out a sigh of relief but the damage was already done. Off to the side the members of Kendo club glared at them, brandishing there bamboo swords ready to give the perverts a good beating.
"You just never learn do you?" The lead girl said making the three to gulp in fear.
(~~~~)
Issei was walking down the sidewalk, now covered in bruises after the beating he got from the Kendo Club.
"Man this bites, not only did I miss out on some good booby watching, but I got my butt handed to me" Issei grumbled
"Then maybe don't peek on girls then" a voice said getting Issei attention
Looking ahead Issei saw me leaning against a lamp post with my arms crossed with a smug look on my face.
"By the way, like the song I picked?" I asked making Issei's eyes widen
"You did that, how?!" Issei asked
"I hacked your phone" I replied still wearing my smirk
Hearing this Issei then growled slightly as he glared at me.
"You jerk, how dare you because of you I missed on some titty time, you also caused me to get my butt kicked!" Issei shouted put I just scoffed at this
"Maybe should have thought about that before you started peeping on girls" I replied
Then without warning, Issei then threw a punch at me hoping to give me a black eye, only for his hand to stop a mere inches from his face with a metal clang, causing Issei to cradle his hand in pain.
"Yeah, maybe don't punch a guy with invisible armor on" I said
My armor then turned off its cloaking tech causing the red and gold suit to appear, causing Issei's jaw to drop.
"Your suit can turn invisible?!" he shouted in shock
"And many more" I replied as the cloak turned back on
"That's cool and all, but I think my hand is broken" Issei said rubbing his now red throbbing hand
I then took a scan of his hand, I may not like perverts but I'm not cruel, luckily the scan shows zero fractures much to my relief.
"Your good, no broken bones" I said causing Issei to let out sigh of relief
"That's a relief, this is my groping hand" Issei said making me growl
'Now I wish his hand was broken' I thought
"Anyway, I need head out, my club is having a meeting at my house today" Issei said walking off
As he turned the corner I decided to head out myself and take a look around the town, so I could a feel for my environment.
(~~~~)
It was now night and I was sitting on the resident park benches enjoying some juice, paid with my universal debit card made by yours truly. My walk around town was pleasant and informative, all in all, the entire town was somewhat small and lacked any major buildings outside of Kouh Academy and not to mention it was hard to get lost around here.
"A nice quite town, where everyone is friendly…for the most part" I said to myself
It was true; during my walk I got jumped by a mugger that was trying to rob me. But one punch from a metal fist sent the guy to dream land pretty easily. Now here I am relaxing on the bench, enjoying the cool air against my face that was until my phone rang catching my attention. I then fished out my phone and saw the caller was Rias; I then hit the answer button and placed the phone up to my ear.
"Hey Rias, what's up?" I asked
"Andrew, we need you to meet use at the warehouse district" Rias replied
"Why?" I asked throwing my can into a nearby trash bin
"We'll explain when you get here, just please come" she replied
"Alright on my way" I said as I hung up
I then deactivated the cloak on my suit, causing the red and gold color to become visible, once it was I then activated my thrusters as rocketed into the sky.
"F.R.I.D.A.Y, lock on to Rias cell phone" I requested
"Locked on Boss" she replied
In no time at all I arrived at Rias' location and saw the others down below. I then angled myself and rocketed myself down. Once I was close enough to the ground I then adjusted myself until landing on the ground with slam striking a hero landing, the loud noise causing Rias and her group to jump slightly. Seeing it was me everyone calmed down as I stood up from the ground.
"So what seems to be the issue?" I asked retracting my faceplate
"We've been informed of a stray devil here in this area and have been assigned with exterminating it" Rias explained, sporting a very serious expression
"Stray Devil?" I asked
"A devil servant that has broken away from there master to fulfill their own desires, most time leading them to become horrific monsters, both in mind and body" Akeno said as I nodded in understanding
"So why call me, clearing you know how to handle this?" I asked
"Simply, if we're going to be working together, it's best you know who we fight" Rias answered as I nodded
"Sounds good to me" I replied
"Also, I would to see how you fight as well" Rias added making me smile
"But of course, I'd be happy too, just try not to faint by the sight of my awesomeness" I said with a bit of confidence in my voice
"Don't get full of yourself nerd" Koneko said making me chuckle
"Whatever, now let's do this" I said as my faceplate locked into place.
(~~~)
After our talk, four of us went into the warehouse consisting of me, Issei, Koneko and Kiba. Once we entered we all stood on guard as we looked around the warehouse. I then looked at my allies and saw some interesting things, first was Issei who is now sporting a red metal gauntlet on his left arm and resembled something like that of a dragons arm. While Kiba now had a sword strapped to his side and Koneko hand a pair of fingerless gloves on her hands now, like that of a pro fighter.
'Hmm interesting set of gear, I wonder how they fight.' I thought looking over the devils
Suddenly my sensor went off, meaning that something was moving by causing me to raise my hand causing my repulsers to glow.
"Got a ping, I'm guessing that's your stray devil" I announced causing the others to be alert
"It is, I can smell it" Koneko replied cracking her knuckles
"That's good to hear, also I liked ask you guys to be careful and don't get in the way of my Repulser blasts" I said causing Issei and Koneko to be confused
"Repulsers?" Issei asked
"Highly dense neutrons, one way push, get in the way of one and you're risking broken bones and internal organ damage, got it?" I said causing Issei to sweat drop.
"Yeah…got it" He replied with a nervous smile while Koneko nodded
I then turned to Kiba and found him looking distracted and downcast.
'What's up with him' I thought
"Hey Kiba, you with us?" I asked bring him back to reality
"Yeah, I'm good" he replied but I was unconvinced
"There it is" Koneko said pointing a head
Sure enough there was something there, though it was not what I expected. I expected a giant deformed monster not a scared naked woman with long white hair.
"Oh, this doesn't look too hard" I said
Suddenly the girl then jumped forward and suddenly mutated until becoming a mutated spider like creature form.
"Never mind!" I shouted reading myself
The Stray then came at me first with its jaw open wide, but I quickly got out the way due to my thrusters. I then raised my hand causing a blue glow to emit from it until a large beam of energy shot out and hit the stray, sending it flying into the wall.
"Woah, that was awesome!" Issei shouted
"Yeah I know" I replied with a smirk under my faceplate
"The fights not over yet, get ready" Koneko said causing me to turn back to the fight.
I then looked up and found the Stray on the ceiling, where it then spewed a white substance from it spider half causing the three of us to dodge it. Unfortunately for Koneko a little bit got on her causing her to wince in pain, before she knew it the substance then melted away a bit of her clothing causing her breast to come out in full view.
'Geez, what's with this world and naked girls?!' I thought a blush forming on my face
"You okay there Koneko?" Issei shouted causing her to nod
I then looked up and found the stray coming at them again, but I then rocketed up to her. She then made a swipe at me but I dodged it and hit her with a right hook causing her come crashing to the floor. While it was down I then raised my hand and fired another repulse blast but the Stray quickly recovered and dodged it. I then started blasting at the stray with a barrage of repulser blasts but the thing was fast and was dodging all my shots.
"Okay, try this!" I shouted, forming a cluster of micro-missiles on my back
Once I was locked on, I then fired my missiles as they flew at the stray, it dodged a few of them but the last one's blast caused the stray to be blasted into the warehouse wall.
"Lasers and missiles, dude that epic!" Issei shouted with a goofy smile on his face
"Thanks, buts it's not a laser it's a repulser" I corrected
I then saw the stray scampering across the ground and was making his way to Kiba, who was again zoning out.
"Kiba! Snap out it!" I shouted at the blonde
"You heard him, wake up princess!" Issei shouted
Kiba then snapped out of his daze and quickly drew his sword and rushed at the stray with an incredible speed, slicing one it arms off in the process.
'Darn he's fast' I thought
But the surprise was sort lived when the stray charged at Kiba again, it mouth wide open ready to chomp down on him.
"Oh no you don't!" Issei shouted as the green gem in his gauntlet glowed
"BOOST! EXPLOSION!" a booming voice came from the gauntlet
"Dragon Shot!" Issei shouted as small ball of red energy appeared
Issei then punched it, causing a beam of energy to shoot out and hit the stray but while it did stumble slightly it was not deter it and charged again.
"Darn it, guess I haven't charged up enough" Issei said
The stray was now a few inches from Kiba's face, only for it to stop suddenly, looking over I saw Koneko of all people holding the thing back by it leg.
"Get lost" she said in her monotone voice
Then to my surprise Koneko then chucked the huge devil at the wall, with barley any effort.
'Wow, she's stronger then she looks' I thought as I observed the three so far
The stray then started crawling across the ceiling and pounced at me, teeth barred.
"Andrew, look out!" Issei shouted causing me to turn to stray
I then activated Prime's shapeshifting function and created a golden colored wrist blade and slashed at the stray, cutting off its other arm making it screech in pain as it fell to the ground.
"Nice try, now how about we end this" I said as flew a the devil
I then landed in front of it and started threw some punches at the stray midsection and head, until forming my Plasma Knuckleduster around my right fist.
"Have a nice flight!" I shouted and struck the stray with an uppercut, using my knuckle dusters
The impact then sent the stray flying through the sun roof, causing glass to rain down around us. Then suddenly a lighting strike came out of the sky and struck the stray causing it to fall outside of the warehouse. I then made my way outside, only to see Rias suddenly shot a red and black energy at the stray completely eradicating it from existence.
"Woah, remind me not to make you mad" I said making Rias smirk
"Yes that would be wise" she replied as Akeno landed, now wearing a shrine maiden outfit.
"So what do think of devil combat?" Akeno asked still wearing her signature smile
I then crossed my arms as I thought it over; sure I only got to see a little bit of their skills but I can tell right way what they were like.
"Well the battle was short, but I could see that each member has their own fighting style to complement there attributes" I said making the lead girls nod, "For instance I can see that Koneko is brawler kind of fighter that complements her strength, I didn't get to see much Issei but an ability that allows to increase your own power must be quite handy, and final Kiba while he did show amazing speed today that goes well with a sword fighter like him but he seemed to be distracted tonight" I finished
Hearing this Rias then frowned and marched over to Kiba making me grimace.
'Oh boy, looks like he's in trouble' I thought until I saw Asia walk up to Koneko
"Oh no, your hurt let me help you" she said
She then moved her hands over Koneko's hurt spot, causing a green glow to emit from her hands catching my attention. Though the injury was minor I could see the area was starting to heal up at a rapid pace.
"So you're a healer, huh?" I asked
"Oh yes, my sacred gear, Twilight Healing lets me heal anyone in contact" Asia explained as she finished
"So you're like the team's medic in a way, quite an important position" I said making Asia smile
"You bet, without her I bet half of us won't be standing her right now!" Issei said, which in turn caused Asia to blush, which I caught
'Wait, she has thing for him…this guy?" I thought
For the life of me, I couldn't figure out why someone as sweet and shy like Asia would have thing for a pervert like Issei. The world was full of mysteries indeed.
"So I must ask, how did our metal ally do tonight?" Akeno asked, snapping me from my thoughts
"Despite him having an ego the size of a skyscraper, he fights pretty good" Koneko answered
'My ego's not that big' I thought with frown on my face.
"Well I think he was awesome, he was flying around the place shooting missiles and these laser beams…" Issei said
"Repulsers!" I said correcting him
"Ah…right, and he's suit can also shapeshift too and can form different weapons too" Issei finished
"My, my, your quite equipped aren't you?" Akeno asked
"It not much, I just like to be prepared" I replied
Then everyone then heard a slap, causing everyone to look and found Rias slapped Kiba across the face.
"Think you got it together now?" Rias sternly said, "With a mistake like that you put everyone in danger, your just luck you had extra help" she added
"I'm sorry president, I promise it wouldn't happen again" Kiba replied and didn't seemed hurt by Rias' words at all
Rias' face then soften up as she gripped Kiba's shoulders and looked at him with concern in her eyes
"What's wrong with you Kiba, please tell me?" Rias pleaded but Kiba shrugged her off
"It's nothing, I was just having an off day, now if you excuse me" Kiba said as he walked off
Not long after Kiba started walking off with his head down.
(~~~~)
It was now pouring rain over Kouh and I was out taking an evening fly through sky. A flight through the sky always helps clear my mind, especially after the talk I had with Rias.
(Flashback)
After the fight with the stray devil, I couldn't help but think about that look in Kiba's eye. It was look I was used to seeing from my friends; it was a look of revenge. So after asking Akeno where Rias lived, which to my shock was Issei's house, I made my way over and decided ask for some information on Kiba.
So here I am sitting on Issei's bed, along with Issei and Asia, as I listened to Kiba's story.
"A while back, the church began an experiment, in hopes of finding people capable of wielding the holy sword Excalibur, they brought in dozens of children but in the end no one could do it" Rias said making me frown
"That must have been super-secret because I never heard about when I was in the church" Asia said
"That's to be expected it happened many years ago, and the project was demeaned a failure" Rias said my hand tightening on my arm.
"So what happened next?" I asked though I guessed what her answer will be
"After the project was shut down the church decided to … dispose of the children" Rias said with a downcast face
I then punched the wall of Issei's room I then let out a shout of frustration making the three other's jump. Now I may be a scientist, but even I have morels and never would stope so low as to experiment on kids.
'That's freaking messed up, all because they couldn't use some stupid sword!' I shouted in my head
"Hey are you okay man?" Issei asked
I then took a deep breath and calmed down as turned to others.
"Yeah, I'm fine now" I replied as turned toward Rias, "So what's so special about these Holy swords anyway?" I asked
"There the most dangerous weapon against a devil, just touch one can burn a devil but being cut with one can lead to death" Rias explained making me grimace.
(End Flashback)
I still couldn't get out of my head, the fact that someone from the church no less, would go so far as to experiment on children just so that they can use the holy sword. Thank goodness it was over but still all those kids, and Kiba was the only one that survived.
'I can't even imagine what must be going on in his head right now' I thought remembering that hurt expression in his eyes
"Boss!" F.R.I.D.A.Y shouted, causing him to stop in midair
"What's up F.R.I.D.A.Y?" I asked
"I detected high levels of arcane energy coming from below us" she replied
I then looked down and to my surprise I found Kiba and he seemed to be fighting someone. The other person then swung a long sword at Kiba, causing Kiba to cry out in pain.
"That doesn't look good!" I shouted
I then adjusted myself and made my way down, fast.
(~~~~)
Back on the ground Kiba was in the middle of battling an old enemy, Freed Sellzen, a stray priest that assisted a group of fallen angels. Now he was back and was wielding a holy sword and Excalibur no less. Right now Kiba was on the cold, wet ground as Freed stood over him brandishing his holy sword.
"I should have warned you, this holy sword absolutely hates devils" Freed said grinning from ear to ear, until switching to a more sadistic face, "Now time die!" He shouted
But as Freed raised his sword to strike, suddenly a blue beam then hit Freed straight in the chest causing him to go skidding across the ground. He then got up with a grunt; rubbing the area he got shot.
"What hell was that?!" Freed shouted looking around for who got him
Then a huge slam then was heard drawing the two sword wielders attention and saw none other than Iron Man landing in front of them, striking a superhero landing. He then stood up and raised his palm to Freed causing it to glow.
"Hey, mind if I cut in" Iron Man said
(~~~)
Once I landed, I then looked over Kiba's opponent. He almost looked like a priest with a black robe and a white shirt and pants; he also had short white hair and was wielding a very long curved blade.
"Alright you, drop your weapon and get down on the ground now, there's no reason for this too be difficult" I said until the priest started to laugh like mad-man.
"Oh what's this I see, I had now idea you devils were messing with robots, oh how fun!" He shouted
I then let out a sigh as I rolled my eyes.
"Okay first, not a robot and second, drop the sword and things don't need to get ugly" I said but the priest just laughed.
"Oh this is rich, a human helping a devil, oh what has this world come to!" I said in a dramatic tone until gaining a sadistic smile, "So seeing as your tainted with the evil of devil kind, how about I redeem your soul by killing you right here and now!" he shouted pointing his sword at me.
"Yeah, I don't think so" I answered
I then raised my hands and fired my repulsers at him, but he then blocked them with his sword causing the beams to ricochet off the blade. Then with a laugh the priest charged at me raising his sword until bring it down, but I quickly created my wrist blade and blocked the sword. I then fired a repulser right into his stomach area causing him to go flying and crashed into a wall.
"Ah, you little f…" he started to say until another repulser blast came at him causing him to dodge
"Hey language" I taunted
The priest then charged again, intending to run me through but I then created a shield generator on my arm, which kind of looked like to lighting rods on each side of my arm and projected a large circular energy shield and blocked the sword. Quickly I then created a sonic blaster on my other arm, which were a row of speakers surrounding my wrist, and blasted a sonic blast at the priest causing him to cover his ears in pain until ending the sonic blat seeing as he had enough.
"Dang it! How many weapons do you have!?" he shouted at me
"Hmm, how much time do you have?" I replied causing his eyes to widen until being replaced with a look of anger.
"I am going to peel that suit and your skin along with it!" the priest shouted causing me to raise my hand again
Suddenly a green magic circle appeared around the priest's ear causing him to grimace until disappearing.
"Well I'll guess we'll have to pick this up later tin head, so when you see good old Freed you better be prepared!" He shouted and dug into his jacket.
"No you don't!" Kiba shouted charging at Freed
But before he could reach him, Freed then pulled out a small ball from his jacket and threw it at the ground causing a blinding flash of light. Once it was over Freed was gone.
"F.R.I.D.A.Y! Get a lock on him!" I shouted
"I can't boss, he's long gone" she replied
"Darn it" I mumbled
I then looked over Kiba, who was staring at the spot where Freed was. I then looked at his arm and saw a small cut near his shoulder.
"That looks like it hurts, I have medical spray built in let me help you" I said reaching to him
But Kiba then swatted my hand away, surprising me.
"That was my battle; you had no right to interfere!" Kiba shouted at me making me glare at him
I then retracted my faceplate and looked at him dead in the eye.
"If I hadn't that Holy sword would have killed you!" I replied making Kiba surprised
"How do you…?" He started to ask but I knew what he was asking
"Rias told me" I answered, "Your lucky he just scratched you" I added but Kiba just turned away from me
"I would've been fine" I said making me grit my teeth
"How do you even know that, you came back once from the dead but I don't think you get a third chance" I said in a frustrated tone
Kiba didn't respond but instead walked away. I then reached out to him but I stopped and retracted me hand. I then took a calming breath and put my face plate back on and jetted into the air.
'Kiba…I hope you realize soon…revenge only leads to suffering and pain at the end' I thought as I flew into the night.
