Chapter 4
Holiday
Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed.
-Albert Einstein
Greed's Pov
"Gwen my dear, could you enter your Dragon form? I believe it will be best to show these Devils that we mean business. After all one has to be careful dealing with Devils."
The girl nodded her head, a stern expression was the only sign that she was paying attention to those in the room, two giant red wings burst out of her back, destroying a wall in the room, causing large amounts of rubble to obscure the Devil's view.
When the rubble cleared the eye-catching girl was long gone, in her place was a giant red Dragon, its eyes piercing the soul of the two Devils, its aura suffocating them. It had been ages since she was last out in the world in her true form, taking a second to soak in the feeling of the breeze on her wings she smiled, a pure smile, a smile Greed had not seen since he last saw Hope.
His Aunt always smiled like that, a smile that would melt the heart of Wrath, a smile that would temporarily free the sins from their addictions, that was until she vanished, then all hell broke loose, quite literally however that is a story for another day...
"I like that smile Gwen, you should do it more often, now Mr Noble and Magical Girl, you can see by her aura and presence alone is enough to put you under pressure. She is genuine, so are we going to deal or fight?"
The Magical Girl vanished and reappeared almost instantly, a briefcase was placed in front of Greed, he could smell the money from where he was, it smelt so good, just like he remembered, a hint of freedom mixed with the hint of power. A type of power that would be easy to harness in a world full of greedy Humans, some of which would put him to shame.
"I will resurrect your sister as soon as I know Mr Noble's stance, after all, I could use the king piece in that girl instead of wasting the one I have already mutated. So, Mr Noble, money or fight?"
Serafall stared at her friend, the look in her eyes showed extreme desperation mixed with a hint of madness, enough to scare the man staring into her eyes, he also quickly vanished and reappeared with a similar briefcase, looking at Serafall once more, he sighed and placed it in front of Greed.
Who by this point was happily humming to himself, slowly beginning to dance on the spot, before remembering where he was and what he was doing, looking around the room, he laughed.
"Whoops forgot where I was, money makes me really happy you know? Makes me forget how cruel the universe really is, would take a stack of cash over drugs any day of the week. Gwen wanna dance? Feeling in the mood, leave your dragon form, for now, they know not to try anything."
Serafall's Pov
'What the actual fuck is this boy doing? I gave him the goddamn money and instead of resurrecting my sister, he is now happily dancing with a female heavenly dragon, mocking the fact we can do nothing to him. I SWEAR I WILL KILL HIM ONE DAY'
Greed's Pov
'Left, right, then add a little twirl to finish, I enjoy dancing, why did I ever stop? Oh, right prison, not much room to dance in a cell, much less anyone to dance with, I'm sure my captors wouldn't give me the pleasure. I was in the middle of something right? Shit, they paid me, like my father I should honour the deals I make.'
"Sorry I haven't danced in 4 million years you know? The feeling just sort of took over, agreed to resurrect your sister, right?"
'Sigh, this is going to hurt me a lot, maybe not right now, I should be able to delay the pain, giving back isn't usually my go-to, my very being is going to fight this. I can imagine the pain, it's also going to delay me unlocking the aspect of Greed, it's funny that these powers I'm using aren't even mine, my actual powers are still locked away, if I told them that, I bet it would scare the shit out of them.'
Greed then picked up the small crystal and gently placed it on the chair, he then approached the two cases of money and shoved them towards his chest, the cases vanishing into nothing. He then shoved his hand into his chest, pulling out a shining green King piece, it was covered in a slime-like substance, the piece actively resisted being taken away from his body.
A giant slime-like tentacle shot out of his stomach, grabbing the piece and attempting to pull it back, Greed and the slime had a little tug of war over the piece, until the flame-covered hand of Greed, grabbed the tentacle, and a small groan of pain came from his stomach, as Greed slammed the piece and the crystal together, creating a blinding light.
For those around Greed, he had simply taken the piece and fused it with the crystal, they could not see the tentacle or the fact greed had to fight it off, to them, it looked as if Greed was punching the air for no reason.
'So, it worked huh? Did I bring her back? Never knew that was possible, I mean, I'm meant to destroy things, why would I have the ability to bring them back after death? Seems a little weird, maybe I don't but something I ate did. Oh well, I guess it is time to leave, my next stop will be China, I have heard there is plenty of money to steal, I mean apprehend over there. I need a power base, I guess I should start building one, this little Devil will have her uses, I will make sure of that.'
"Gwen we are leaving now, Mr Noble, Magical Girl, it has been a pleasure, Sona, you have 5 minutes until you will be forcibly teleported to my side, spend them however you wish."
"So, the plane ride over here was awkward right?"
Sona just glared at Greed, hatred and fear oozed from her body while Gwen laughed at the scene before adding" The only thing that made it awkward was you flirting with the air hostess constantly."
Greed laughed,
"This was a woman that was easy to like when meeting her for the first time. Her beauty wasn't breath-taking to the point where it would cause one's heartbeat to accelerate, but it was still difficult to resist. Just like yours Gwen, no need to feel inferior to her, you are just as beautiful, if not more."
Greed then pulled Gwen into a pseudo-hug, his arm wrapped around her shoulder, at first, she began to resist until she felt a soothing feeling overwhelm her heart, this feeling was unnatural to her, it was like she wasn't feeling it but it was placed in her heart.
While they waited for a Taxi, Greed turned to the silent Sona and remarked "You can go back to Japan, here is enough money to take the trip back. Give me your evil pieces."
An unnatural force, seized Sona's body as she attempted to resist the command, her arms, however, refused to listen to her, they pulled out the pieces and gently handed them to Greed. Upon reaching Greed's hands, a slime-covered tentacle silently consumed the evil pieces, replacing them with slightly green-coloured ones.
"You can use these pieces to convert your old peerage into a new one, loyal to the both of us as long as they understand that they will be bound to my will as you are. You are not to force them into it but offer them a deal, strength in return for their freedom. You should also accept the fact that sooner or later the Devil world will come for me and when they do, there will be no second chances for anyone, not again. My need for money saved you but no one else, is that clear?"
Sona grabbed the pieces from Greed's hands as well as the money for the plane ticket before stomping back into the airport, looking back once more to glare at Greed as she disappeared into the crowd.
Smiling to himself, Greed slightly turned his head to Gwen, "From here on in, refer to me as Mammon, it was my name the last time I lived amongst Humans. I'm going to age our bodies to around the age of 21 after all no one would do business with children well maybe a magical Girl and a fake Noble will."
A black aura surrounded both Greed and Gwen, seemingly making them invisible to their surroundings, this was a side effect of the ability of cloth manipulation, a screen of sorts if you will. While behind the screen, Greed's body grew, his height was now 6ft 3in, his hair grew slightly longer, while his childlike innocence had vanished, replaced by a stoic feel, his face cold and indifferent.
When his curtain came down, he looked to his right and was stunned for a few seconds, the young girl named Gwen had vanished and, in her place, stood a young woman who compared to Helen of Troy, her beauty radiated into her surroundings, men and woman alike stopped to gawk at her as they came out of the airport.
Greed smiled at her and asked" Young lady would you please accompany me for a drink?"
Rias' Pov
My brother just let him go? HE KILLED KIBA, he showed that he could revive people but still left him dead? Why did my brother not get that bastard to revive him? I need to get Stronger; I need strength, I need to avenge Kiba even if no one else will.'
"Rias, earth to Rias"
'I need to gain strength, what is the quickest way to do that? I need stronger peerage members, then I need to throw myself into dangerous situations and force my power to adapt to it, then I need to become a leader that can extract the required power from her-'
*Slap*
"Rias, you need to get it together, I know his death is hard for you to bear, your brother is here for you however you need to comfort those under you as well as prepare, you are to be engaged effectively immediately, to fight that beast and his pet dragon, we are going to need Pheonix tears."
I looked up at my brother for the first time since his arrival, the look in my eyes must have scared him as he failed to meet them, "You will not pawn me off to that bastard, if you want the tears then take them, you are strong enough. I will not be a pawn for you, I need to find someone strong to train under, are you going to help me or not?"
My brother sighed,
"Rias no matter how much you train, this is not a fight you will be able to win, me and Serafall would have died to that Dragon, we may have hurt her too but overall death would have got us too. If you are serious about this, I will look into an instructor for you but the marriage is non-negotiable. "
I rose from the ground, my battered and bruised body ached, more than I could ever imagine, I stood in front of my brother and punched with whatever strength I could summon, it barely hurt him but I think my intent was made clear.
"I want a rating game to decide whether we marry or not, make it take place in a month, I'm going into seclusion with my peerage to train if you find an instructor, send them. If not, do not bother me."