[Flashback]
[Spirit speech]
['Spirit thought']
Sacred gear names and time skips
Attack names
'Thought'
Other
I don't own Highschool DxD nor do I own any references I may use. That goes to Ishibumi Ichiei nor do I own any references I may use. I only own Shiro.
Chapter 4
Shiro was blushing heavily as he was currently stark naked in the club room's bathroom with Rias sitting behind him. After a few awkward seconds, mainly on Shiro's end, he felt her arms snake around his waist before her left hand went to his stomach and her right crawled up his chest before settling over his heart. Shiro's blush intensified as he felt her large and soft breasts squish against his back, he could even feeling her hardening nipples. Suddenly, his whole body started to feel warm as he felt magic pour into his body before it directed towards his wounds and he could feel them slowly start to heal.
'This must be what she did the last time I was about to die...' Shiro thought as he let Rias do her thing.
After a few seconds of this, Rias pulled away and smiled. "All done." She said to him and stood up. Shiro nodded to her and stood up, cupped his penis and walked out of the bathroom. He then paused as he put after putting his boxers on and looked at himself in the mirror. He had a circular scar in his left leg where Freed shot him before turning to reveal another scar that went diagonally from his left shoulder all the way to his right hip.
Shiro sighed before walking out of the bathroom where Akeno then lead to one of the sofas, sat him down and began wrapping a bandage around his still healing leg. Even though Rias healed his wounds, they were still wounds caused by holy weapons which meant that her healing could only do so much not to mention she focused more on his back then his leg. "You need to relax...at least until you get your strength back." Shiro heard Rias say over the sound of running water. "The light power that stray Exorcist used on you was extremely powerfull...you were lucky we showed up when we did."
"Again with the Stray stuff." Shiro said with a wince as Akeno brushed against his wounds, going over the scar running across his back. "What, did that bastard priest rebel and kill his master and go nuts with power?"
"Not really." He heard Kiba say. "Many of the Exorcists got the boot for different reasons so, with limited options chose to work for Fallen Angels."
Shiro thought on Kiba's explanation before scowling. "You're not trying to say Asia is in the same league as the psycho Freed?" Shiro said with a accusing tone of over. Kiba didn't reply and sighed lightly which caused Shiro to open his mouth before swiftly closing it as Rias walked out of the bathroom, a towel wrapped around her body, and spoke.
"We're not saying anything Shiro." She said and walked over to her desk. "Except that you're a Devil and, for whatever reason, she's the servant of a Fallen one." She then held up her hand and silenced Shiro. "Whether she was forced into it or not, those are the facts of the matter."
"I know...but I still don't have to like it." Shiro said before grabbing his clothes, which Akeno had kindly repaired while he was being healed by Rias, and dressed himself before walking to the door and grabbed the handle but paused before he opened it. "Do you mind if I take the day off tomorrow?" Shiro asked Rias and turned his head to face her.
Rias was slient for a few seconds, her eyes darting around, before she sighed and nodded her head before smiling. "Of course...you've had a rough time today." Rias replied and waved her hand in a 'shooing' motion. "Now get going. I'm sure your Mother is worried about you." Shiro smiled back at her before leaving the meeting room. After the door clicked shut, Rias sighed and rubbed the bridge of her nose. "This is turning out to be a big mess." She said silently to herself before looking over to Akeno with a stern gaze. "Akeno...would it be possible to find out as much as possible about this 'Asia' nun?" She asked her queen and best friend.
Akeno's face scrunched up a little before she placed a slender finger to her chin. "Hmmm I'll try but I can't promise much...why do you ask?" Akeno asked Rias, wondering why she would want to know more about this Nun.
"I have a feeling." Rias started to say with a smile and reached behind her before revealing a 'bishop' piece. "I might be gaining a new servant in the future and Shiro will no doubt try and save her from the Fallen Angels." She said before placing the 'bishop' piece down and then walked into the back room, leaving her servants alone as they stared at the door Rias left through.
After a few seconds of silence between the group, Koneko sighed and stood up. "I'll go make sure the idiot doesn't get himself killed." She said with her stoic expression and sighed heavily. She stood up and left the room followed by Kiba and then finally Akeno.
The next day...
'Shit...shit shit shit...I couldn't save Asia.' Shir thought to himself as he laid on his bed with an arm over his eyes. He couldn't help but relpy the fight between him and Freed over and over, going through multiple scenareos of what he could've done differently or what he could've done better but each one ended the same way, him not being able to save Asia as either Fallen Angels would appear before or not long after Rias and the others arrived.
After a few seconds, Shiro removed his arm from his face and hopped off his bed, grabbed a fresh pair of clothes, a camo-pattern cargo pants and a short sleeved black t-shirt, and got dressed before opening his window and hopped outside and landed on the floor. He stood up and dusted himself off before doing a few stretches and then took off in a light jog. 'I'll just have to get stronger so I can save her next time...' Shiro thought as he jogged around for a good two hours, taking a break at the one hour mark, before heading over to the park playground.
There he would go to the monkey-bars and start doing sets of pull-up. After the third set of fifteen, his left arm started to protest in pain as it was pulling at his scar. He went through another set before his left arm slipped leaving holding on with one hand. 'Come on Shiro...one. More. Set.' Shiro thought with gritted teeth as he pulled himself up one last time before letting go and dropped to his feet.
Shiro rolled his shoulder's and then his neck before sighing to himself. 'Only four sets...dammit, if I didn't have this injury I would've been able to do more but my shoulder is killing me.' Shiro thought as he rubbed his left shoulder and started to walk away but froze when he heard a familiar voice.
"Shiro?" He heard Asia say from behind him causing him to turn to look at her with wide eyes. "It's you!"
"A-Asia?" Shiro asked as he couldn't believe what his eyes was seeing right now. He slowly approached her before reaching up and placed a hand on her head and, after a few seconds, broke out into a smile. "It is you Asia! What are you doing here? Not that it isn't a good thing of course, I just thought that, after last night, the Fallen Angel's wouldn't let you out of their sight."
"O-Oh well...I managed to convince them to let me walk around during the day but...I have to be back by night." She said but refused to look Shiro in his eyes causing him to frown slightly but when he opened his mouth to say something, both his and Asia's synchronized as they protested in hunger causing both parties to blush slightly.
"Why don't we get something to eat?" Shiro said before taking Asia by her hand and pulled her along with him to get some food. Asia's reaction was to simply blush and stare at his hand that was holding onto hers before she looked at the back of Shiro's head before smiling at him.
An hour later and Shiro would've dragged Asia to a local burger restaurant and, when they got inside, Shiro asked Asia what she wanted and couldn't help but laugh as he could almost see steam be released from the top of her head as she read and re-read the menu before Shiro just ordered for the both of them, after okaying it with her of course. After getting their food, Shiro lead Asia over to a table and sat down.
Shiro didn't think he had to show Asia how to eat a burger but he did it anyways she did seem confused on how to eat it, which Shiro had to refrain from laughing as he didn't want it to be taken the wrong way. Half way through, Shiro spoke up and asked Asia a question. "So...I know you said that you persuaded the Fallen Angels to let you walk around during the day but what made you want to come to the park?"
Asia's eyes went wide and it seemed like she was shocked by his question but she swiftly answered. "O-Oh well...it was such a beautiful day out s-so I wanted to get out and enjoy the day..." She said before trailing off with a sideways glance before returning back to Shiro and smiled. "But then I saw you and my day got even better."
"You know what." Shiro suddenly said startling the poor girl. "Why don't we spend the day together and hang out." He said with a wink which caused Asia to go wide eyed and blush quite profusely before she closed her eyes and nodded. After the two had finished eating, Shiro asked Asia where she wanted to go and what she wanted to do first where she then pointed towards the aracde.
"That place looks fun." She said and took Shiro's hand and dragged him over to it.
"Ahhh the Arcade...yeah it's got some fun games in there and it even has a photo booth." Shiro said as he smiled at Asia as she dragged him across the street and towards the Arcada where they were then instantly berrated with bright flashing lights and loud music and sounds of laughter. Shiro watched as Asia's eyes darted from machine to machine before they settled on a racing game of some kind. "You wanna have a try?" Shiro asked to which Asia nodded.
Asia sat in the pseudo carseat that was set up as Shiro inserted a token they had secured before heading towards the machine and then explained the controls. "Right so the aim of the game is to race against other cars that are controled by AI and be the first one to reach the finish line. The metal peddle on your right is the accelerator, you press that down to make you go faster, and the peddle on the left is the brake." He said before standing up as the timer started to count down from three. "Finally, place both hands on the wheel and just twist it left or right to turn the car."
"Ohhh that all sounds so complicated." Asia whimpered just as the timer reached zero and the word 'GO!' appeared on the screen before fading.
"Props to you Asia." Shiro whistled as he stared at the number on the screen. "For your first time...coming in second place is great." He praised the blonde and helped her out the seat. "So...what next?" And for the next hour or so, Asia and Shiro would go around the arcade playing most of the games they had to offer, Shiro made sure to keep Asia away from games like 'House of the Dead: 4' and other games of the same caliber. It was going well up until they ran out of tokens.
Asia pouted a little when Shiro they had ran out. "Awww...I kinda wanted to try out some more games." She said as both he and Asia were beginning to walk out of the arcade but stopped when a woman dressed in a maid outfit stopped in front of the two.
"Wow! That outfit is so cute!" She squeled and swooned over Asia who seemed a little overwhelmed. "Is this your boyfriend? Why don't you two get a picture together?" She said, gesturing towards Shiro and then the photobooth that was nearby.
"B-B-Boyfriend!" Asia stammered as her blush intensified. "We-We're just friends." She quickly added and then sheepishly poked her fingers together. "But I would like a commemorative picture." She sheepishly said and looked towards Shiro who smiled and then both were lead over to the booth where Asia was quickly whisked behind a curtain confusing Shiro.
After a few minutes of rustling, Asia stumbled out from behind the curtain wearing an Angelic outfit, with a skirt that was far too short and showed off her white panties and a pair of white feathered wings and halo above her head. "T-They took my clothes." She weakly said in shock as she tried to pull the skirt down so it covered her more.
"D-Don't worry Asia." Shiro said with a blush and averted his gaze from the Nun. "They'll give it back after we get the photo. Come on." He said before taking her hand and walked into the booth. Another ten minutes and both Shiro and Asia would be out of the Arcade and on their way back to the park, Asia holding a little stuffed toy that Shiro had bought with the tickets they had won, but they quickly stopped at a vending machine that was near the large water fountain.
"I had a lot of fun today." Asia said with a beaming smile as Shiro handed her a drink.
"Heh I'm glad." He replied as he went to pick up his own before dropping it and quickly grabbed his left shoulder, sucking in a breath of pain. "Dammit it." He hissed through clenched teeth.
"It's your wound from last night." Asia whispered as she stood behind Shiro and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Yeah...it still stungs a little but it's nothing to be worried about." Shiro waved a dissmissive hand and smiled at Asia but she was having none of it as she simply grabbed his hand and dragged him to a nearby and slightly seculeded bench where she then sat him a stood behind him before placing both hands hovering over his shoulder. After a few seconds, a soft green glow eminatted from her hands and Shiro instantly felt his wounds heal...or well, Shiro felt the pain leave his body.
"Does your leg hurt too?" She asked him. Shiro simply nodded and Asia walked in front of him and repeated her actions with the same results. After the glow subsidded, Asia looked up at Shiro and smiled. "Is that better?" She asked him.
"Y-Yeah...in fact it feels better then before." Shiro said and jumpped to his feet before going through a series of kicks and punches. After he tapped his foot on the ground, he spun around and smiled at Asia. "Thanks for that Asia." After all that was said and done, Asia sat down next to Shiro and began telling him baout her life. How, as a baby, she was abandoned by her parents at a Church somewhere in Europe. The nuns had found her at the door since she wouldn't stop crying. Shiro listened intently up until she said that she was brannded a Heratic for healing someone who wasn't a man but instead a Devil, She was branded a Witch and was threatened to be burned at a stake, this got Shiro's blood boiling.
"They said anyone with my power was a Heratic so I had no choice but to run away." Asia finished her story and had a distant expression on her face. Shiro was silent and his hair was shadowing his face. He slowly stood up before walking over to a nearby piller and then slammed his hand into it's side, causing cracks to spiderweb around the impact area.
"I'm fucking pissed." Shiro growled animalistically. "What gives them the right to put you on a fucking podium like that and then to just to turn on you because you healed someone?" Shiro said quietly to himself before taking a deep breath and turned to face Asia, his facial expression softend when he saw her worried face. "I'm guessing that's when you joined up with the Fallen ones?" Shiro asked her after he calmed down a little, but the anger was still there.
"Yes...but I've never forgotten who I am." She replied with a sad smile. "I say my prayers ever night and try my best to live a good life...they're awlful people and they do such terrible and they say it's all in the name of God." She before lowering her head. Even though it was faint, Shiro could hear her voice breaking and her shoulders started to quiver a little. "This suffering...it must be a test to my faith but If I can overcome these trails...then someday I know that my hopes and dreams will come true."
"What are your dreams? If you don't mind me asking."
"I want...I want to make a lot of friends and have fun like today." She replied clutching the stuffed toy that Shiro got her close to her chest. "It's kind of silly actually."
"Bullshit." Shiro suddenly said and pushed himself of the piller and walked over to Asia. "I don't care what anybody says, I'm your friend Asia and anybody who says otherwise is nothing but a fool."
"I would like that but...but it's-" Asia started to say but Shiro cut her off harshly.
"It's what forbidden?" Shiro said with a slight glare. "Fuck that and fuck whoever fills your head with that crap. We're friends and that's the end of it...honestly I see you as a little sister." Shiro said and rubbed he back of his head slightly before freezing as chills ran down his spine and Asia expression suddenly turned fearful...and then he heard that voice. That damned sultry voice from before.
"Isn't that sweet."
Shiro spun on his feet and glared at the person who was standing on the water, wearing the same outfit from the time she murdered him. "Yuuma." Shiro grolwed and stood protectively in front of Asia.
"L-Lady Raynare..."
Shiro looked at Asia and then back to Yuuma or Raynare and scowled. "Oh right...she's a Fallen one and Yuuma was just a facade." Shiro said and took a step back, taking Asia with him. It's not that Shiro couldn't fight her...it was that he didn't want to fight her as he feared for Asia's safety however, he would fight if the need would arise.
"So the rumours about your 'downfall' are true." Raynare spoke with a sickly sweet smile. "You did become a Devil and I had such high hopes for you." She said before her eyes narrowed and she sent a caustic glare towards Asia. "Don't even try to run Asia."
"B-Be gone!" Asia yelled and stood behind Shiro. "I-I want no part of the evil you and the other Angels are up to. I'm sorry I lied but I didn't convince them, I ran away. I just couldn't stand it anymore."
"Don't apologise Asia." Shiro replied and took another step back. "I'm glad you did...you don't deserve to be around those Angel rejects anyways." Shiro told her with a slight smile before it turned back into a scowl and he faced Raynare. "What do you want with Asia Raynare?" He called out to her.
"Hmm...I'm not telling." She said and stuck out her tongue in a playful manner, using the same tone of voice she had when she was Yuuma. "But we could finish off what we started." She said and held out her hand.
"My thought's exactly." Shiro replied with a smirk and summond his sacred gear and turned back to Asia. "Quick, find a place to hide and take my phone. If things start to get hairy, call Rias and tell them what's happening okay." He told her and handed his phone to Asia, who took it and ran away to hide in a bush.
Raynare froze for a few seconds before bursting out laughing which angered Shiro slightly as it showed she wasn't taking him seriously. "Is that really all you have? It's nothing but a pathetic Twice critical. Coming up short as usual...it can only double your power temporarily." She explained when she saw Shiro's slightly confused expression. "You might as well be fighting me with sticks and stones." She said, waving a dismissive hand.
"Don't you know...sticks and stones can still break bones." Shiro retorted.
Raynare simply scoffed. "Word upstairs is that you're a Devil to watch out for. That your sacred gear was a force to be reckond with...that's why I put on the weak little girl act." She said before the current form of her was replaced with the Yuuma that Shiro was familiar with. "Oh please let me be your girlfriend." She repeated before turning back into Raynare and laughed. "Pathetic but it did the trick, you feel for it hook, line and sinker."
"Oh shut your mouth and fight." Shiro cut her off harshly and held up his fist. "Or are you scared this Twice critical can kick your feathered ass."
"You're an idiot if you think that tiny thing can help you." Raynare responded and summoned a spear of light and pointed it at Shiro. "Give me the girl, take what's left of your dignity and run away like the little boy you are."
"You're the idiot here if you think that's gonna happen." Shiro responded and held his gauntlet covered fist up to his face, over his right and his left hand placed on the back of his arm. "Come on Twice critical, double my power. Let's show this bitch what we can do!" Shiro yelled as the gauntlet grew a bright green and a faint green aura enveloped his body and then he heard the same voice he's been hearing.
[BOOST!]
The voice called out from the gauntlet which made Shiro's eyebrows rise. 'So that's where you're coming from...' He thought before smirking as he could feel strength flowing through him. "All right...now time for a test drive." Shiro before he had to quickly jump to the side to dodge a spear that Raynare threw at him before his eyes went wide as Raynare and thrown a second spear at him while he was still in the air. He had to quickly twist his body in the air to avoid being impaled a second time by her light spear. Once Shiro landed back on the ground, he growled lowly and looked up only to find Raynare gone. "Where the-"
[ABOVE!]
Shiro had no time to question the voice as he instantly backflipped away from the spot he once stood at and it was a good thing he did as, not a second after, a third spear of light impaled itself in the ground and Raynare then appeared besides, a sadistic smile on her face. "Oh I just love cat and mouse games like this." She said and twirled the light spear in her hand. "However...we need to end it now. I don't want to attract unwanted attention." She said and summond a secondary spear in her left hand.
Shiro scowled at her as he stayed crouched low to the ground before slowly standing and then pushed off the ground and speed towards Raynare and, when he was directly in her face, brought his left leg around in a roundhouse kick and aimed for her light spears. 'This is gonna sting a little...' Shiro thought as Raynare seemed like she didn't have time to react as both spears suddenly shattered into pieces. Shiro didn't stop there and followed his kick through and brought his right heel around but Raynare simply summoned another spear and blocked him.
"You only beat Freed because he was cocky." She said with a smirk and placed her on Shiro's back. "I'm much more advanced then him." She said before Shiro felt a searing pain in his abdomen. He looked down to see a spear impaled in his stomach, the light power it was producing slowly burning his insides, but before Raynare could remove her hand, Shiro quickly reached out and grabbed her wrist and grinned evily.
"You're not...going anywhere." He said before pulling back his gauntlet covered fist as it was surrounded in a bright green glow and then punched forwards and slammed it into Raynare's cheek sending her flying away from him but she managed to stop her momentum with a beat of her wings. The spear in Shiro abdomen suddenly vanished leaving a gaping hole where it once was. Shiro clutched his stomach and fell to his knees before coughing up some blood. Suddenly, Shiro felt strength flowing back through him and the pain began to fade away. He turned his head to see Asia kneeling beside him, one hand pressed against his back and her other hand pressed against his stomach. "What the! Asia what are you doing?" Shiro asked her with a slight scowl.
"I'm healing you silly." She replied and refused to meet his gaze. Just as Shiro opened his mouth to speak, Raynare interrupted him.
"Asia be a good little girl and come with me." She said with a scowl. "Your healing power is far more rare and valuble then his pathetic sacred gear could ever be." She said and swept her arm out to the side.
"I knew it...you're only interested in me because of my power."
Raynare sighed and summoned a light spear that was much bigger then her previous ones. "How about this, if you come back with me I'll spare Shiro's pathetic life...how does that sound?"
"Fuck you bitch." Shiro spat and stood up. "Asia is staying right here." He said and ran at her once more but Raynare quickly flew up into the air before Shiro could reach her and then, when she was directly above him, threw her spear down directly behind him which generated a massive explosion when it made contact with the water sending Shiro flying through the air and into a stone pillar, his body folding around the pillar as his back made contact with it. Shiro landed on the floor with a dull thud and weakly pushed himself back to his feet just in time to see Raynare smirk at him as she wrapped her wings around Asia. Shiro's eyes went wide and he ran towards the two, his hand outstretched. "ASIA!" He yelled but he was too late as Raynare dissapeared, black feathers decsending from the sky.
Shiro collapsed to his knees and clenched his fists in anger before punching the floor. "Dammit...DAMMIT!" Shiro yelled in anger as tears began to form in his eyes. "Why couldn't I save her...I'm still too weak." He said silently to himself and gritted his teeth before he pushed himself to his feet and slolwy made his way out the water to where Asia and Raynare were where he then noticed something glinting on the ground. He bent down and picked up his necklace and stared at it for a few seconds before he tied it around his neck and looked back up with determained eyes. He was going to save Asia, with or without help.
Back at the clubroom...
"Shiro! What happened to you?" Rias asked as a soaking wet and bloody shirt Shiro walked through the door into the club room.
Shiro looked around the room before sighing to himself and walked up to Rias. "I was attacked by the Fallen Angel that killed me..." Shiro said while averting his gaze from Rias. He could tell that everyone was staring at him in shock, even Koneko had stopped eating her sweets to stare at him. "I was with Asia when I was attacked...I tried to defend against her but she still managed to take Asia...I couldn't protect her again."
Rias stared at Shiro with wide eyes before she silently sighed to herself. "I should've known this would happen." She said and walked around her desk before standing in front of Shiro, her hands on her hips. "Well what now?" She asked him with slight narrowed eyes. Shiro was silent as he stared back at Rias, his eyes telling her all she needed causing her to sigh once more and smile. "Normally I wouldn't allow you to even think about going after her...however, I get the feeling you would try with or without my permission." She said to him and placed a hand on his cheek. "Am I correct in saying that?"
"Yes...I want to save Asia. She doesn't deserve to be with those people." Shiro replied with a determained tone of voice and nodded. "But...I can't do it alone. I'm too weak and I'm just a shitty pawn." He said with a heavy sigh.
"Pawns are important Shiro." Rias replied, shaking her head. "Contrary to what you think, pawns are not the weakest piece in the game. Do you remember when I told you that all the pieces have certain attributes?"
"Yeah but...what can a pawn do?" Shiro asked her as he racked his brain trying to think of what a 'pawn' could do but he was coming up with nothing.
"In this chess game, 'pawns' have the ability to 'promote' as it were." She said and sat down on her desk. "If a pawn were to travel deep enough into enemy terratory, say the Fallen Angel's Church, they would be granted the ability to 'promote' into the other pieces apart from the 'King'." She explained and watched as Shiro gained a look of recognition.
"Say I could potentially gain all the attributes as the others."
"Exactly but only if the Master deems the place enemy terratory...which I already did." She smirked just as Akeno walked through the door. "But for now, let's talk about your Sacred gear." She said and crossed her legs, unknowingly or knowingly flashing Shiro with a glimpse of her lace black thong.
"Oh right." He nodded and swiftly summoned it. "Raynare called it a Twice critical, it doubles my power for a short time...and it's also where the voice has been coming from." He said and stared into the green gem on the back of his hand but it seemed like something was staring back at him. He swiftly shook his head to rid of that ominous feeling.
"Just feel. Any sacred gear works in direct correlation to the wielders feeling. In other words-" She started to say but Shiro swiftly cut her off.
"The stronger my emotions, the stronger it becomes right." Shiro said and clenched and unclenched his fist and wached Akeno walk over to Rias before whispering in her ear.
"I see..." She nodded before looking at Shiro then to Kiba and Koneko. "Me and Akeno have to take care of something. Kiba, Koneko, I want you two to provide back up for Shiro." She said before walking out with Akeno but paused and looked at Shiro. "Good luck...and don't die. Any of you."
"Got it!" All three of them nodded, both Kiba and Koneko and joined Shiro by his side. Rias spared one last glance before walking out of the room, the door slowly closing behind her. Shiro stood still for a few seconds before taking a deep breath and turned to face the others. "So...what's the plan?" He asked the two.
Kiba smirked and pulled out an architectural plan of the Church and laid it out on the table. "Right, the Church has a basement so the ritual will most likely take place there." Kiba said, pointing to the sketch that was beside the building. "The problem is, there's only one way to get down there and that's through a passage underneath the statue in the main building."
Shiro hold a finger to his chin in thought. "Hmm...no doubt there will be guards place there and we'll be detected when we step foot on the grounds so stealth is out of the question." He said before pointing to a narrow passage that lead from the mausoleum to the main Church building. "If we use the passage in he mausoleum there's a chance we could skip all the gaurds." He said and looked at Kiba who shook his head.
"Smart but...that passage has been blocked for years. Who knows how long it will take us to get through."
"Why don't we just go through the front." Koneko spoke up making Shiro look at her with a deadpan expression.
"Did you miss the part about there possibly being a fuck ton of guards."
"Koneko has a point actually." Kiba said as he thought on the matter. "If there is a ritual happening, they would most likely place the bulk of the forces where it's happening..." He started to say and slowly trailed off before sighing and rolling the plan back up.
"Well however it's happening, we should get a move on." Shiro said and punched his fist into his hand. "Alright...let's get Operation Flashpoint underway."
"Operation flashpoint..." Koneko parroted as she repeated the name Shiro made with a blank face. After a little more arguing, all three of them made their way to the church.
With Rias and Akeno...
"My my...this girl is really full of herself." Akeno said as she placed a hand on her cheek.
As soon as Akeno and Rias stepped out of the magic circle that teleported them to the forest surrounding the Church, they were instantly confronted with gothic lolita Fallen Angel by the name of Mittelt. Rias smirked before speaking. "Since you're out here...I can assume that you Fallen ones are worried about an attack."
"Worried?" Mittelt scoffed. "No, we're just in the middle of a super important ritual and we don't want you Devils interfering." She said to the two girls.
"Hate to tell you." Akeno spoke up, still wearing her smile. "But three of the younger Devils are already on their way there right now."
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!" Mittelt screeched and began stamping her foot on the ground. "Rrragh! This is why I hate Devils. I just want to crush their stupid ugly Devil heads underneath my foot." She ranted and raved for a few more seconds before turning towards the two elder Devils. "Well let them do their worst, not that it won't be much as there are way more of us then there are of them." She smiled. "So why are you here? Planning some pathetic rescue attempt because if so, you'll have to deal with me. I may be little but I can pack a mean punch."
"We're planning nothing of the sort." Rias responded with a smile. "They're on their own...for now." She said with a sly smirk.
"Well...rescue or not it's obvious you're the leader of your group which means." Mittely smirked evily as a magic circle appeared behind the two. "If we kill you then the rest will fall apart. Sorry but I'm bringing friends to this tea party!" She said before spinning around and thrusted an open palm towards the magic circle causing it to grow and then fall to the floor, revealing two figures. One that was familiar to Rias and Akeno and one that wasn't.
"Good work Mittelt." The unfamiliar figure said. She was a tall and mature looking woman wearing a maroon, trenchcoat-like top with a wide collar, a matching miniskirt, and black heeled shoes.
"Sad to say we meet again Lady Gremory." The other one said, this being Dohnaseek. "But your servant stuck his nose in where it doesn't belong." He said to the two ladies and held onto his fedora, covering half of his face with it.
"Oh goodie!" Akeno suddenly said and claspped her hands together. "The gang's all here."
Dohnaseek scowled slightly as he grew a pair of wings and so did the female. "It's clear you're here to obstruct the ritual and that...we cannot allow." He said before flying up into the air next to Mittelt...yet the other female stayed on the ground. "Kalawarner, what are you doing? Get up here now!" He yelled at the other female.
Kalawarner was silent for a few seconds before sighing to herself. "Good grief..." She said before her eyes snapped open and she glared at the two other Fallen Angels. "Mittelt, Dohnaseek...by order of Lord Azazel you are both to be taken into custody, along with Raynare, and then judged for your crimes of treason." She suddenly yelled, summoning a spear of light. "And if you resist, I have strict orders to terminate you myself."
Dohnaseek and Mittelt looked at Kalawarner and then to each other before they began laughing. Dohnaseek was the first to speak. "So you finally show your true colours Kalawarner."
"We had a feeling you weren't with us so we had an Exorcist shadow you and imagine our surprise when he comes back and tells us how you were contacted by Lord Shemhazai and then...well you know the rest." Mittelt shrugged her shoulders and then summoned her own light spear along with Dohnaseek. "Oh well...looks like we're going to have to kill you along with the Devils."
Kalawarner sighed and walked past Rias and Akeno before turning her attention to them. "Lady Gremory, I am not your enemy so may I ask for your assistance?" She asked the two Devils who were silent throughout the whole exchange.
Rias stared at Kalawarner as she tried to find any signs that she was lying but found nothing, it really did seem like she was on their side...to an extent of course. "Seems like we have no choice...Akeno, you're up."
"Already on it." Akeno replied and raised her hand in the air which caused black clouds to swirl around the sky, lightning arched between them, before a bolt of lightning shot down from the sky and struck Akeno's body causing her to twitch and tremble in what looked like pleasure. Suddenly, all of her school uniform was shredded off her body and then replaced by a shrine maiden's outfit.
"NOT FAIR!" Mittelt yelled as she pointed her spear at Akeno. "I wasn't told we could wear outfits to this party." Akeno simply smirked and went through a series of handsigns before raising both arms in the air and created multiple red-magic circles before scattering them around the area and created a barrier that trapped them all inside it.
"Catching my pray in a cage makes me so hot." Akeno said with a blush, lightning sparking from her fingers and then licked her lips. "I can't wait to watch you writhe around in pain. I hope you're into S&M." She said to Mittelt and Dohnaseek before taking her place besides Kalawarner.
"You're finished." Rias stated with confidence.
"Heh you really think so?" Dohnaseek laughed. "The ritual is almost finished and once it's complete, not even you can stand against out might."
Back with Shiro, Kiba and Koneko...
"Damn do you guys feel that pressure." Shiro said as the three of them hid behind some trees. Before they made their way onto Church grounds, Shiro felt an immense pressure coming from the forest and it was similar to Rias'. When he asked Kiba, the blonde knight told him that they were creating an opening for the group to make it without being noticed which seemed to of worked.
"Yeah...there must be tons of Priests in there." Kiba nodded and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"I'm glad that Rias agreed to this...It's a good thing I didn't come on my own." Shiro said with a sigh before pushing himself of the tree he was hiding behind and walked towards the front door, soon followed by Kiba and Koneko. "You two ready for this?" Shiro asked. Kiba nodded to him and Koneko responded by raising her leg and then kicked the doors open, almost knocking the old wooden doors off their hinges.
All three walked inside and looked around the room. It was a standard looking Church, pews lining the floors but all the statues were missng their heads and the cross at the end of the room was snapped in half. They all froze when they heard clapping and when Freed walked out of the shadows, wearing a bandage across his nose. "Well well...it seems we met again. I bet I'm a sight for sore eyes." He said and stood in front of the broken cross.
"Hardly." Shiro replied with a shrug of his shoulder. "I was kinda hoping you were dead."
Freed scowled at Shiro and pulled out his weapons. "Let's skip the chit chat and get straight into the action." Freed yelled and went to rush at the group and had to stop and cut across the air as Koneko had picked up one of the pews and tossed it at him. "You're pretty strong for a runt."
"Suck it..." Koneko replied with a monotone voice and threw pew after pew at Freed who had to swiftly run around to dodge them all. He did stop to cut one in half only to swiftly raise his sword once again to block an incoming punch from Shiro who had ran behind the pew and used it as cover. Shiro then jumpped away as Freed raised his gun to Shiro's head, narrowly dodging a bullet. That's when Kiba descended from the ceiling and engaged in a sword fight with Freed.
Kiba dipped and dodged all around Freed, periodically going in for sword swipes, before finally locking blades with the Priest. "You know, you're pretty quick."
"Heh, you're not too bad yourself." Freed said before rasing his gun at Kiba's head. "That only makes me want to kill you even more." He said before firing a shot at the blonde knight who had to back-flip away.
"All right then...if you're getting serious about this then I will too." Kiba said before the blade of his sword turned completely black and it even seemed like the light around the blade was getting pulled into the sword. Both Kiba and Freed rushed at each other and locked swords but black lines shot out of Kiba's sword and wrapped around Freed's lightsword, almost as if it was being devoured.
"What the hell is this shit?"
"The holy-eraser. It's a sword of darkness that devours light." Kiba said as his sword continued to devour the light until it was no more.
"Please you think this makes me afraid of you." Freed yelled before seperating from Kiba and then raised his gun before firing multiple shots at Kiba.
"Shiro! You're up!" Kiba yelled as he blocked, parried, deflected and dodged Freed's shots. Shiro nodded and raised his sacred gear before it called out.
[BOOST!]
It yelled, filling Shiro with a surge of power. Shiro then promoted into a 'rook' and charged at Freed, who then turned and focused all his shots at the silver haired teen but each bullet was deflected off of magic circles that appeared in front of his body. "Nice try but the Rook is a tank. It's defense is unbeatable, you could say it's an immovable object." Shiro said before sliding his foot across the ground and pulled his fist back. "Not to mention...it's hit with the force of a TRUCK!" He yelled before slamming his fist into Freed's nose breaking it once more. "Damn that felt good."
The result of Shiro's punch sent Freed flying into a pile of pews, rendering him unconscious. All three of them walked up to Freed's body and stared at him for a few seconds before Freed's body twitched and his hand pulled something of his jacket and tossed it on the ground. "I'll be damned if I die to a bunch of bastard Devils." He said before there was a blinding flash of light and then Freed was gone.
"Dammit...he got away again." Shiro said with a scowl before walking over to the broken cross and began examining the concreate that the cross stood atop before turning to Kiba. "You said there was a passage...how do we access it?" He asked Kiba who shrugged his shoulders and shook his head.
"Over here." They both turned to Koneko who had procceded to kick over a cabinet to reveal a stairway down to the basement. Shiro looked between Koneko and Kiba before nodding and sprinted down the stairs. On the way down, they had to deal with a few Stray Exorcists that were standing guard but the group soon made their way down into the ritual room.
"Come on in Devils...the party is just getting started." Raynare said as she stood atop a stage with Asia, wearing a white nightie, chained to a black cross with green lights adorning it.
"ASIA!" Shiro yelled out to her which made Asia raise her head weakly. Shiro clenched his teeth and went to charge towards them but stopped as he saw Raynare toss a spear of light towards them. "Shit!" He yelled and jumped back in time to dodge the spear as it exploaded against the ground. "Dammit...we won't be able to get close enough." Shiro said before going wide eyed as Asia began screaming in pain, greenish-black energy began arching all around her. "What are you doing to her?"
"That's it..." He heard Kiba say with worry. "They are after her sacred gear."
"Wait what does that mean?" Shiro asked Kiba as panic began to arise in his body.
"Taking someones sacred gear like this...is equivalent to killing them." Kiba replied, shaking his head in sorrow. "I'm sorry Shiro."
Shiro's eyes went wide as he slowly turned to look at Asia as she had stopped screaming and a green light that was reminiscent to whenever she used her healing power flew out of her body and into the air. "No..." Shiro breathed as he watched Asia's head fall limp.
"Finally...Twilight healing is now mine to control." Raynare said as she held her hands out towards the light.
Shiro watched this before he grit his teeth and bent his legs, a light blue magic circle appeared underneath him and lighting started to arch across his body, and then launched himself towards Raynare. He managed to vanish from sight only to reappear, with his fist pulled back, behind Raynare. "DON'T YOU FUCKING TOUCH THAT YOU BITCH!"
So remember when I said don't be surprised if I disappear for a while -_-...well I got my motivation back for writing :D!
But yeah...the reason why I disappear is because of my motivation which sometimes vanishes and then comes back a few days/weeks/months later...review time I guess..
Septorex101: As I stated in LoaDS, Shiro will have a reasonable reaction to his Mother and again, the reason why will be revealed at a later chapter (mainly the Excaliber arc) so please be patient.
Until next chapter...stay well, stay true...
BYE BYE~