Tangled in the past of tragedy
Light and darkness. Each of it is an embodiment of something, and each of them can exist independently as a concept of morels, but as their existent concepts of the universe, they are needed of each other. Like the knight of shining gold overcoming his darkness, another had to accept his light to be complete. This is their story of how both concepts will once again show the possibility of change in a world totally strange to them.
THE PATH CARVED BY THE FANG OF GOD, AND THE RESOLVE OF THE BLACK DIAMAND!
Chapter 1: Beginning/End
Amidst the depth of the streets dark stage, figures of unknown origin travel like the wind at high speeds through the skies. A slash of metal, the roar of thunder, and the impact of great power had an beast of unimaginable size tumble to ground.
It hit the ground with great force, carving its landing course into the night street. Illuminated by streetlights barely, it raised its ugly face up to gaze upon a crimson haired girl
„You caused us a lot of trouble demon beast. I shall end that stress causing trouble now." she shot that casually at the beast, like she was doing that on daily bases. She lowered down from her hovering position in the sky, as the beast tried to crawl away, to suddenly have a sword ram his left, armored leg. Pierced into the street it held the beast locked even with struggle.
The girl was standing ready, charging her powers to create a red magical circle Infront of her. The crossed arms folded outwards to stop in middle of the attack process. The reason was the beasts sudden panic emitting in his body which gave the girl a confused look. Futilely the beast tried to get away, but couldn't „Awkward to say the least, but seems like you now have a limbs of an idea whom you angered, vermin!" She continued her onslaught, unleashing an ray of energy that incinerated the demon beast in seconds.
The girl landed, brushing her long hair back for this easy hunt. The three other members joined the girl, and while the only boy in the group retrieved his sword, the girls approached the red head.
„President, this is the 15th time such a beast appeared in Kuoh. It is time to inform your brother of this. Those are no normal strays." the tallest of the two girls staying next to the red head pointed this fact out. Given that the black haired girl was right, the president didn't wanted to admit it in any way – pleading to her brother about a problem she had handled very good so far? No.
She nibbled at her thumb for a while before retorting „No, no, so far it is not necessary to bother him. We delt with them on our own so far, and the causalities reached no calamities. For now we rebuild the area, move back to the club house to prepare for school tomorrow, and focus on our primary target for now."
meanwhile the boy had kneeled on the ground the beast had laid, observing its ´grave´. He brushed the ground on which ashes that should have remained after the presidents attack, but like the examples before, there stood nothing.
Gazing his blue eyes back to his female friends he debated whether the red head should know „President Rias, I am aware we have won again, but this is not over yet. No guarantee that tomorrow night one wouldn't appear again. We should still stay alerted. The sacred gear bearer can wait." sternly he insisted „I am to support Vice president Akeno on this decision. Your brother would be a valuable asset."
comment less by Rias was the group left. She didn't pay any glance before walking away from them.
The group was left baffled at their leaders attitude, and had to question what she was thinking at all. For now though, following her orders were the only option left. The group split up to their homes to await the upcoming day.
With their steps echoing away from the center of the event, the clouds began to shed their tears in form of rain. Trenched in wet coldness, as something looked down from the top of an far away building towards the unfold scenery, all while consuming the remains of its victim.
The creature spread it wings out to fly into the cloudy sky to leave the devils to their 'solved problem´.
The next day approached with the group from last night meeting at the school entrance at lunch time. The blond boy in the group was feeding on his bento, meanwhile the shorter girl with white hair had a bag of sweets in her hands which she mercilessly devoured.
The oldest, and tallest members – Rias and the black haired girl – set on an bench close to each other. The entire group was well distanced from the normal students, trying to keep things composed, even though having their daily straits. Each member was somehow famous in this school for one or the other thing, and at times that let to complications.
Rias began again after the boy finished his request „Kiba, I know that this is not ordinary, and your observation is indeed something to take note of, but we can handle this."
Kiba wasn't able to piece together why she was so dogged in this thing „President, I understand how you are wrapped up in this case in what way ever. All the more to be cautious." Kiba suggests
„Rias, you know I am normally all for your strategies, but this is something personal for you as it seems." the girl besides Rias pointed out
Sighing in annoyance, both were ignored nearly completely „Not you too, Akeno." she gazes to the little fellow in the group swiftly „and you, Koneko?"
Koneko simply brushed her short hair back behind her ear „I am.. uncertain. On the one hand you are maybe correctly assuming that we are capable of dealing with this threat like we did from the beginning, but on the other hand, Kiba's statement is indeed concerning." very emotionless as always from her.
Pressing her temples together for a breathe moment not eating this discussion any further „Stop it Koneko. If all three of you insist, I will speak to him." She was not even an inch eager to speak to her older brother, and ask for advice, worse his help. Her servants should not be involved in this.
At least that is what she is telling herself. She did tell her childhood friend Sona though, why not ask them for their opinion on that sensitive subject? Would they understand? Each of the three had their own package to carry, and the case was entangled into hers – The solution she was looking for. If she couldn't fulfil her part, then it was all for shit.
Like yesterday, Rias left her servants in the dust just like that. This gave it away, this was not normal for her behavior. Worry gloomed in midst of them for their leader.
A door bursted halfheartedly up, thankfully not out of its ancles. Rias screamed her way into her office, searching for a soft bottom to throw herself onto, and luckily the comfy couch was the nearest of them all. Her face buried herself in the pillow leaned on the armrest. „DAAAAAAAAAAAMN!" the pour pillow had to swell in the red heads anger, during her feet's rampage against the couches seat pillow „What should I do?..."
Right in that moment she received a magical call „Hello, Rias."
the voice was a familiar one – her brother. lifting up her upper body with one hand to an unprepared facial expression „Brother. W – what is your reason for calling?" most of the polite attitude she possibly could have mustered at the second.
„Nothing much. Can't I call my sweet, little sister just for fun, and giggles?"
Rias's frowned, switching to a snarky tone and look „Yeah, but normally you gift me the honor to shame me personally, dear Brother, Sirzechs."
Sirzechs's laughter was heard from the other side „Oh, dear, why so excited?" sarcasm was undermined in his tone „Well, if you wish to know so badly: The Lucifers are asking themselves how the little problem is being handled so far."
Rias screamed ones more frustrated time.
„I assume it goes well?" did Sirzechs dare to step into this game.
the red head seemed to take heavy breathes to calm herself, leaned up to sit on her butt, and speak properly „Tell them to be patience. I have still no clue whom is setting those demon beasts up night after night, after god damn night!" There was the anger again she had built up over the past fifteen days.
Sirzechs really wanted to comfort his adorable sister during her seemingly hard times „I have faith in you Rias, and I am certain you will handle it. By the way. I have heard from Sairaorg in Osaka."
By the mentioning of her famous cousin she was of course tuned to listen closely „What about him?"
„Sairaorg is now on the tracks of this incident longer than your peerage, plus considering that Osaka was the place this madness had started a while ago, he managed to collect information from towns people." Of course did Sairaorg step ahead of her the x'th time „He heard rumors about demonic roars in the night all across Osaka, some claim to have seen a flying beast in the night."
Demonic roaring, plus a flying demon sound more like a stray with some extraordinary power to create demon beasts from humans or something, but not really worth that her father would keep his promise for that „Are you sure? This is something brand new for us, I can't imagine it being just an stray with special power." it even sounds very boring for her troubled, tired mind, how she wished to sleep a bit „You know," she began light hearted, quite sassy „I am done for today.. I will sleep, I don't care for school or this problem. My body needs to shut down." Without letting her brother even utter a word she cut the connection, thus ending the call.
As wished, she leaned down onto the couch, had taken the pillow beneath her head, closed her eyes – ultimately shutting down in relieve to finally think of nothing.
Peacefully sleeping, and dreaming, Rias slept full throttle. School had begun after lunch and ended, the club members came in to check on her, left too after covering the president with a blanket. Akeno was so kind to put up some tea for the red head, so she might drink it after waking up.
Around the time the sky turned into a darker color, the wind grew mostly slightly into a cool breeze. Being illuminated by the moon's presence, the office stood silent except the sleeping beauty in it. One would think those times in absolute peace and silence are the best to turn off oneself, allthough this night wasn't going to stay for that very long.
Cracks on the ground emitted with the footsteps of strong, yet gentle weight. A figure stood inside the room, bended its upper body down to observe the girl. Its breath smelled of death, given it was not the normal kind of smell one would describe when gazing upon a decayed corpse.
The figure touched Rias on her hand, feeling its skin. What a soft, fleshy thing it was when you would consider her to be a demon „Oh, my dear.." He laughed quietly to himself momentarily changing his tone from amusement to one of disgust „this world, so full of surprises, and you and your friends, you will help me make it the greatest Hight." The last words uttered with a breathe loosing declaration, simultaneously tapping Rias's hand to engrave it with something.
Of course this caused her to open her eyes even if it was dizzy, and halfway. She made out a silhouette, unable to differentiate between dream and reality. The mark vanished from her hand while she was left seeing her surrounding double „who ….there?"
The figure stepped a few feet's away from Rias, waving to her goodbye „I'm looking forward to taste you one day in your darkest hour." Flintily he exclaimed his goal to her, for her to only rub her eyes. She tried to reach out a hand in futile struggle as it left the room out the door – closing with a bang, Rias jumped out of her delusional thoughts to verify loneliness.
Since then the days had passed with no incident so far occurring regarding demonic beast attacks in the night. The peerage went to normally proclaim their days, and with nothing interrupting their plotting of their original goals, Rias finally made her move on the sacred gear bearer known to her as Issei Hyoudou.
Rias send out Kiba to talk to the young boy after his morning classes, and take him to the club building to have a talk with him from eye to eye. During that, she wanted to prepare, and take a shower first in the club buildings shower.
Kiba let Issei to the building, he of course was, as always, surprised how this building still stands without getting torn down to be replaced, or at least get renewed to gain usage of it for the school. To use it just for the Occult Research Club is a bit too much room to handle.
The brown haired boy stood Infront of the inner doors to the president's office, gulping down his saliva for an questioning expression towards Kiba, in which the blond returned a reassuring smile to him. He opened the doors by excusing himself.
Kiba closed the doors after the bearer entered, to leave him and Rias alone.
In Issei's vision nothing was here, but shortly after a noise entered his ears, of dropping water at rapid speed. He gazed around to see a curtain hanging down from the walls, which turned out to be the source of the splashing sounds. Immediately he was questioning this. Why does the clubroom have a shower inside it? Although given his perverted nature, and the fact the number one beauty of the school had called him over, she must be the one showering, so, getting a glance?
Issei was sure to get a glance even though recently a girl had proposed to him about her love for him. That thought did stop him suddenly, reclaiming his reasoning again. He set on the couch with a heavy sigh. That was the moment the water stopped running, and the curtain set aside to reveal Rias stepping out with a towel around her body.
She looked at her guest, wet hair dripping „Hello, Issei Hyoudou. I am guessing you know who I am, so an introduction to that is not necessary. What I want to introduce you to is something else."
Issei himself was more ore less distracted by the towel wearing naked girl In front of him than the fact why he was called here „Well, to be honest, you called me here without us ever having interacted to begin with, so it must have a reason that is a really important thing." during his talking his hands and expression followed his words to undermine them, lastly arriving at his main request „But please, get dressed. It is fucking distracting."
Giggling a little she nodded to him „Okay, okay, I am very sorry. Let us just say your timing was to early, and I haven't expected that. I will get dressed, during this leave the room for those 3 minutes. Sounds good?"
She gets a nod
The three minutes had passed and Issei came back in to witness a fully dressed Rias Gremory now whom was sitting on the couch to the left, with some tea for the two „Have a seat." Issei followed the plead, taking his cup and sipped on it
„So, Rias, what is so important that you wanted to talk to me alone?" Issei spouted with some excitement and curiosity? Does she want him in her club? Would be very nice, as he and Yuuma could get into a new hobby, and she is very sweet with others, they would surely love her, is what was coursing through his thoughts.
With closed eyes the red head presented her hand towards Issei, which earned confusion from him. Unexpectedly a sheet of paper appeared in her hand containing a kind of awkward symbol in it.
Issei of course was baffled by that, not knowing how she did it „Wow! H- how did you do that?"
This obviously had catches Issei off guard, as well as his interest „Well, my dear Issei Hyoudou, it looks like this: I am not really who I am." She interrupts his attempt of speaking by her standing up. In the blink of an eye black bat like wings grew out of her back fully presentable „I am Rias Gremory! Daughter of the dukes Gremory, and one of the mightiest devil families still alive!" The power, and pride in her voice couldn't have been overheard at all
Dumbfounded by all that, he was firstly laughing his ass off, as if the girl had hit her head or something „A devil?" calmed he stated „Yeah, sure. The magic trick, and the plastic wings are very cool, nonetheless, I am not buying that." still jokingly in tone.
„If you do not, then I will proof you wrong!" Why she even tried was beyond Issei's understanding.
He points his index at her, a bit more frontal „I don't know what you try here, but if this is a prank of some sorts, I do not ca-" suddenly cut of from his sentence, he got grabbed by Rias whom jumped with a big leap out of the window while at the same time opening the window without touching it.
Issei shut his eyes in fear to hit the ground and break an arm, only when he awaited something that didn't arrive, he was brave enough to open them, just to notice he was flying in the air pressed against Rias's body. A short second he panicked, indeed, though quickly he collected himself again „What by - how?!"
That snarky grin of Rias was all he needed as an answer, it was enough to convince him. She landed back into the office, and let go of the brown haired boy „So, what do you say now."
„If you are indeed a devil, why did you call me here? Do you want my soul? Why now!? I have finally achieved a life goal! " Issei shouted with spread arms desperately.
Waving her hand side to side in front of her face, she dismissed his outburst „Relax, I don't wish to gain your soul. BUT, I want to have something from you." Turning her back to him by walking to her desk, she stopped In front of it „I am out for a search, Issei. People with extraordinary abilities to recruit in my peerage."
„Recruit?"
Quietly a nod was given „Yes. Kiba for example is a devil too, although he is no pure blood like I am, but a servant of mine, I had reincarnated into my peerage to save his life." She sits down on her chair to face Issei directly „ I am at the supposition of you being one of a handful people possessing a weapon of the supernatural, and before any other young devil I want to recruit you."
Okay, this went too far for Issei. It is hard to process the information at all with the supernatural, but him being a weapon of sorts, and reincarnation? No, no. He has a girlfriend now, his life goes acceptable, and getting involved in things he doesn't wish to do is no option for him. Lightning fast he refused her offer „No, not at all. I am happy as it is. Yes, I am not perfect, and having cool abilities is every boys dream, yet I decline. Look for someone else to ask."
Rias expected this much. Forcing him is not an option, thus she could only let him go, and think things through.
At arrival of the night, the Issei and Yuuma were walking around the park after their date day. Both had a lot of fun the day through, and they wanted to have it end on a kiss. Both stopped at a spring, and by the moons illuminating light, they lips connected nearly, unfortunately someone had to bump into Issei and Yuuma like he was drunk.
Yuuma broke out in an impulse to yell because her moment was destroyed just like that „What the hell are you thinking, sir!"
Issei tried to calm down his the black haired girl to miserably fail „Yuuma, is fine, he is probably a office worker that drank too much." Taking note of her boyfriend's words, she glanced at his brown eyes „Fine."
The man in suit wobbled around, getting to focus „I- sorry for that, young folks...! A bit out of hand the night was..." he did his best to bow down in apology, his silver/white hair leaned down, so long and pretty. He then made his way towards the parks gate walking the best he could, and as the couple turned their heads away towards each other, realized what they were doing before they were interrupted – flash of blush on their cheeks, burning hot.
On the other side of the park, the drunken man walked up words, elegantly with his hand in his pockets „My, my, the younger generation of today, know fun in life. They will surely help with my fun." Just like with Rias the man uttered laughter in amusing ways, brushing the strands of hair over his right eye back a bit with his index, and just like that two more pawns with his mark were born.
/Note from author: I finally came around to correct the spelling errors and grammar errors, due to learning the English language still, and also having no beta reader, it is difficult to correct everything my own, thus oversee mistakes often, and damn on the first chapter it was like an error bomb exploding. Anyways. I removed the chapters so I can repost them corrected on their spelling and grammar the best I could with my improved knowledge.