Chapter 34
I don't own DxD; I just use its characters and techniques. All credit goes to its creator. Same applies for anything that I use from other anime
With his fun with the Sitri clan over, Issei returned home. Normally he would've relaxed and do some homework before his date for the night but checking on Irina came first. 'Let's see how she's doing.' Issei thought to himself as he changed into some casual clothes before making the short trip next door. Issei knocked on the door since he didn't have a key to his childhood friend's home even though Irina had one to his. After a minute, the door opened to reveal Xenovia in casual clothes.
"What are you doing here Issei?" Xenovia wondered.
"I came to see Irina. I heard that things got pretty interesting today at the ORC." Issei said calmly.
Xenovia seemed almost relieved before, "Something is very wrong. Irina is really upset about something and I can't speak to her." Xenovia revealed.
"Lead the way" Issei said quickly.
Xenovia led Issei to Irina's room wondering if her partner would be in a state to talk, "Irina can we talk?" Xenovia said softly.
"Go away Xenovia. I don't want to talk." Irina said quickly.
Xenovia was about to respond but Issei beat her to it, "Irina Shidou you have a minute to open this door before I break it." Issei said bluntly.
"Issei!" Irina exclaimed clearly not expecting it.
"That's right so open up this door Iri, or you'll have some repairs to do." Issei said with a vicious smile.
"Okay okay. Just don't break my door" Irina replied before opening the door and revealed quite the sight to Issei.
'Oh my' Issei thought to himself looking at his childhood friend. Irina was actually in her old church uniform and her face was a mess. She must've been crying pretty heavily, "How about you and I have a little chat." Issei said warmly cupping her face.
"Why couldn't you be that gentle a second ago." Irina pouted enjoying the feeling of his warm hands against her face.
"Because if I was gentle you would've tried to dismiss me and that wasn't going to happen." Issei smiled warmly. Now was the time to be gentle and he knew that.
"Just come in you jerk." Irina frowned before pulling Issei in.
"I'll leave you to it" Xenovia smiled glad that things would be resolved. No matter what their issues were with one another, Issei clearly cared for Irina.
"Right" Issei replied before closing the door behind him. This was clearly a private affair. Issei walked over to Irina's bed which was a standard twin bed similar to his own. He couldn't help but notice all the church stuff around her room, but it shouldn't shock him. He also noticed that their photo together was on her desk drawer which brought a smile to his face.
"I take it you heard what happened today." Irina said calmly as she sat on the bed.
Issei sat next to his childhood friend and wrapped his right arm around her pulling her into his body, "Yes I did and considering you're not the type to storm out, I had to find out what happened." Issei said softly.
Irina took a deep breath because this was going to be very hard for her, "During the early part of my exorcist training, I was part of a small group that went to Liverpool for a training mission. That group was led by a girl named Ako who was a few years older than I was and one of England's Holy Maiden's. During the mission, we were ambushed by a large group of stray devils and since most of us were amateurs we stood no chance of winning. The worst part was we had no backup since it was a training mission."
Issei had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach but had Irina continue, "Seeing as though you're right here, what happened during the mission?"
"In order to save us, Ako had to use a forbidden spell that sent her holy energy out in a shockwave to save us. The spell was so powerful that it not only killed all the stray devils the devils but damaged the area around us even with a barrier in place."
'That's not good' Issei thought to himself. "What happened next?" Issei asked.
"The church was able to stop the story getting out to the general public, but Ako was still excommunicated from the church because of the damage she did. It was unfair, but Ako accepted it since her getting expelled was better than losing a bunch of trainees" Irina explained trying to hold back even more tears.
"You've got to be kidding me" Issei swore since he had a very good idea of why Irina stormed out.
Irina looked at Issei's expression and sighed, "You figured it out huh?"
Issei frowned, "Yep. I'm guessing that Ako was one of the bishops Diodora tried to trade Rias." Issei assumed.
"Got it in one. I saw her face when Diodora showed off his bishops and it all clicked. Diodora was the one who arranged for those devils to attack us because he wanted Ako for himself. The bastard caused her to get kicked out and then somehow made her his." Irina scowled angrily.
'So it's agreed. We aren't telling Irina all we know.' Ddraig said quickly.
'Hell no.' Issei replied. If she knew what Diodora did to the nuns he captured, she would go ballistic. "Have you done all your crying yet." Issei said softly.
"Depends. Are you going to lie with me while I finish?" Irina smiled trying to turn the situation into her favor. She barely had any moments with Issei, and she was going to milk this one for all it was worth.
Issei didn't respond but pulled her into his body and dropped onto the bed, "That answer your question." Issei replied. He knew she was milking it for all it was worth, and he was going to play along. Irina didn't answer but simply cried onto Issei's shirt and Issei allowed it to happen. At the end of the day, Irina was his childhood friend, and he was going to help her as much as he could.
(Scene Skip)
Issei's week was starting with another date with a girl from Black Moon, but he didn't know who since Shizuka was keeping it a secret. Normally he wasn't a fan of that, but since the surprise from last time worked out so well, Issei was willing to give Shizuka the benefit of the doubt. Issei was dressed in all black tonight with a black jacket shirt jeans and shoes. Just like before, he was brought to the Lunar Eclipse via a limousine and upon arrival the door opened to reveal a smiling Himiko, "Good even Master Hyoudou." Himiko said politely dressed in her kimono once again.
"You can call me Issei Himiko, especially after last time." Issei smiled recalling the body sushi session.
Himiko blushed, "I'll take you to the V.I.P room. I can assure you your dates for tonight are eager to meet you."
"Dates" issei said in disbelief. Of all the things that he would've expected a date with multiple people certainly wasn't one of them. As he was escorted to the VIP room, he couldn't help but notice a few jealous glares and when the door to the VIP room opened, he understood why. Waiting for him was a pair of beautiful and exotic twin girls.
"So you're the famous Issei Hyoudou." The first sister said. She had pale skin with long black hair that had a small fringe on the side. Her outfit consisted of a white strapless dress that turned cyan towards the skirt with a white feathered scarf white hairpin and white gloves along with a white belt with silver chains and white combat boots.
"He doesn't look too impressive." The second sister said with a bit of a cocky voice. Her appearance practically matched her sister though her hair was in a bob cut instead of flowing long. Her strapless dress was red, with black accessories.
"Mel Miltia, I leave it to you." Himiko smiled before closing the door.
With the door closed, Issei couldn't help but smile at the current circumstances, "Shizuka's really pulling out all the stops for me. I never imagined that I'd be on a date with the legendary Terror Twins." Issei smiled. Melanie and Miltia Malachite were known in criminal circles as the Terror Twins and were two of the Triad, the Ichizuri clan's top enforcers. If you saw Melanie's white dress or Miltia's red one you were as good as dead based on the rumors.
"I would've never guessed you heard of us before. You seem too… peaceful for that." Melanie smiled.
Issei smiled back since the girls had no idea of who he was which was a bit of a surprise. Then again, he had a feeling that if his true identity was known, the date might not be as romantic as he or Shizuka wanted, "I'm afraid I'm a bit more violent than you might think." Issei replied deciding to keep his true strength hidden.
This time Miltia smiled at him, "Then It's a shame we left our weapons at home. Lady Kurokami told us this would be a peaceful Monday night and we're okay with that but if you know about us and aren't intimidated that means you're something special."
"Perhaps we could spar another time." Issei suggested knowing that they'd want that anyway.
"Clothes on or off." Melanie teased.
"I prefer off since I wouldn't want to damage your lovely faces." Issei teased back.
"Charmer isn't he. Well you seem to know plenty about us, but we know very little about you." Melanie said cheekily.
"Well besides the fact that you're an absolutely incredible lay with a big dick." Miltia added.
"And who told you that?" Issei questioned.
"Lady Kurokami." The two girls said at once.
"Well I'm glad that Kurokami thinks so highly of me." Issei said with a surprising amount of calm.
"She does. She also loves the fact that you dealt with that weirdo who bought drugs from us." Melanie purred.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Issei said nonchalantly.
"If you're worried this is a trap, we can assure you it isn't. We're enforcers for the clan so we tend to only talk clan business. I hope you don't mind" Melanie smiled warmly.
Issei took a deep breath since that made far more sense than it should have, "I took care of him because he was planning to harm somebody I know. Not only would that have ended badly for the girl in question, but an investigation would've led back to Kurokami and the Ichizuri. Kuoh allows you guys to operate because you don't harm anybody, and Black Moon does produce some excellent students. This would affect all of that."
"My, he has done his research." Melanie smiled again.
"Kurokami and Shizuka were my lovers. Knowing everything I could about them helps to prevent me from being in annoying situations." Issei replied.
"Such a gentleman." Miltia smirked.
"Why thank you, but as lovely as it is talking shop with you girls, I would really like some food." Issei said as his stomach growled a bit.
"I should be offended by that, but I'm hungry also." Melanie smiled.
"Shame that you're going to be hungry again in a few hours." Miltia said happily.
"That's a hunger I'm okay with" Issei said with a wolfish smile. He did love his threesomes and twins were always a delight when he could enjoy them.
(Scene Skip)
With dinner over, it was time to get to the fun part of their date and the Malachite twins were definitely ready, "That was an excellent dinner, but it's time for dessert and we can't have it here" Melanie said with a smile.
"I agree" Issei smiled as he got up from his chair.
"So let's" Miltia started to say before her phone rang.
"I thought we had the night off" Melanie scowled as her phone rang. When the two girls looked at their phones their expressions paled.
"Uhh what's wrong?" Issei said calmly aware something seriously bad was going on if those two had paled.
"We have a Class-S alert." Miltia revealed to Issei's confusion.
"What do you mean Class-S alert." Issei frowned.
Miltia frowned, "Any supernatural event within this part of Kuoh is dealt with by the clan and specifically us. Events classified as Class-3, Class-2, Class-1 or Class-S based on danger. A Class-S alert is something so rare that we barely consider it, but if a Class-S alert has been issued this is about to be very annoying."
"It also means that means our date is over because we need to go grab our weapons." Melanie finished.
"How about you show me the way and I'll deal with the supposed Class-S threat." Issei smiled. It's been a while since he had a good fight, and this was definitely going to be one.
"How the hell are you going to deal with a Class-S" Miltia said with a raised eyebrow.
Issei figured it wasn't a big deal and revealed his Boosted gear, "Let's just say I can handle some pretty dangerous guys myself." Issei smiled.
Melanie and Miltia's eyes widened at the reveal of Issei's boosted gear. The girls were naturally taught about the Longinus and now they understood why Kurokami told them to leave their weapons at home, "Then let's go" the girl's said happily and they left to deal with the mysterious threat.
(Scene Skip)
To the utter annoyance of Issei and the girls they were told the Class-S was at a Gentleman's Club, "I'm confused. This really dangerous person is at a Gentleman's club." Issei frowned.
"Yeah, I don't get it either." Melanie frowned. As they walked into the club Issei flared his senses and twitched heavily when he recognized one of them.
'He's doing this on purpose isn't he.' Issei scowled. "I think I know where the threat is and luckily for us, he isn't a threat." Issei said calmly.
"Are you sure" Melanie said nervously. Class S threats were a major deal and they had to play this carefully.
"Yes" Issei replied as he made his way through the club. He stopped in front of one of the VIP rooms and opened the door without any hesitation. This particular room was fairly large with silver walls and had a black couch along the edge of the room with silver cushion and a black table in the middle with a silver pole that would be reserved for dancers in most cases. In front of the trio was Azazel sitting down with two very interesting people on his right side. The first person was a young woman who appeared to be a little bit older than him with long silver hair ice blue eyes and wearing a purple business suit with matching pants. Issei was drawn to her fairly large breasts for a moment until he focused on the second person who made Issei pale. He was an older man with a gold hat over his long grey hair with matching beard and a monocle over his left eye with a white robe and matching shoes.
Azazel looked towards the pair and smiled, "Hey Issei. What are you doing here?" Azazel smiled.
"What the heck?"
"You know the Class S threat?" Melanie and Miltia frowned.
"Yes I do, and it looks like my dear sensei is spending time with some very interesting friends." Issei scowled even more. There was no way this was a coincidence as far as he was concerned.
The old man looked towards him and smiled, "So you know who I am boy." The old man said with a vicious smile.
Issei smiled back before going down to a knee to the confusion of the girls, "Yes I do. It's an honor and a privilege to meet you All-Father?" Issei replied.
"Hold on Issei."
"Did you just say All-Father?" Melanie and Miltia said in shock.
"That's right. The old man in front of you is Odin the legendary All-Father and ruler of Norse Mythology. The other man is Azazel Leader of the Fallen Angels. Don't know the girl though."
"Hello?" Azazel smiled.
Melanie couldn't believe what she was hearing, "Wait a minute. The Legendary leader of the Norse Gods is at a gentleman's club. Fallen Angel I get but the Ruler of Asgard?".
"That's right. We wanted to take a break from the stuffiness of the supernatural and we came here." Azazel smiled.
"So our date was ruined for nothing." Miltia frowned.
"Yep." Issei sighed.
"Wait, don't tell me us being here interrupted your date." Azazel frowned.
"That's right. We heard that a Class S supernatural being was around and we got involved."
"Well I apologize for the disruption." Azazel said bashfully.
"Girls shall we get going." Issei replied trying to stay calm. He was on the verge of a very fun threesome and he didn't want to ruin it.
"Yeah" Melanie frowned.
"Hey Issei, since you're here do you mind making a clone so we can talk about some other stuff." Azazel wondered.
Issei gave the old man a dirty glance since he had a feeling it was done on purpose, "Fine." Issei replied before making a clone to stay with him.
"You can clone yourself?" Melanie frowned.
"Yup. My clone here can talk to these guys and we can continue our date." Issei said calmly.
"Sounds good and now we don't need to worry about who goes first?" Miltia smiled.
"Works for me." Issei replied and the real Issei left with the twins leaving the clone to talk.
"Why don't you sit down Issei?" Azazel smiled. This wasn't planned but he wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth.
"Sure" the clone replied as it chose to sit opposite of Odin and his guest.
"Why so tense boy?" Odin smiled.
"Can you blame me. The Ruler of Asgard is sitting in front of me. That's not exactly something you expect on an everyday basis" Issei frowned.
"Circumstances have brought us together." Odin smiled figuring Issei would get it.
Issei scowled, "So you're helping them deal with Diodora?"
"Correct and Rossweisse here is not only my personal bodyguard but the strongest Magic user in Asgard outside of the Gods." Odin smiled.
Issei looked at the young woman in question and smiled, "So she isn't just eye candy?" Issei teased hoping to get a reaction.
"I'm not that pretty" Rossweisse said bashfully.
Issei was stunned that she believed that and looked at Odin in shock, "What the hell have you done to this girl? Her confidence is down the toilet." Issei frowned.
"Enough about Rossweisse, Issei. Let's focus on the task at hand." Azazel chided wanting to focus on the battle.
"Task for you perhaps." Issei smiled.
"You don't consider this your issue boy." Odin frowned.
"I don't really. I'm human first and foremost and this is very much a devil issue. Technically it's somewhat of a church issue but as far as I'm concerned, it has very little to do with me."
"That's cruel." Odin scoffed.
"Perhaps, but it's how I think. Old Man Touji may have taught me everything I know but he left me alone and took away the only friend I had left. I was able to recover, and I've lived a good life free of the supernatural until Raynare dragged me back in with her stupid plot. Since then I've had to get involved in issue after issue that others created by not doing their part." Issei reminded the group.
Azazel twitched since that was true, "Do you really care that little for the supernatural?"
"You already know the answer to that. I humored you guys because I wanted to talk but this conversation is over." Issei smiled as he got up.
"Issei!" Azazel yelled out.
"Don't pretend this isn't news Zaz. The reality is that you guys can stop Diodora without me getting involved and I fully expect you to. See ya in class" Issei smiled before dispelling.
(Scene Skip)
Even the fun with the Malachite twins wasn't enough to fix Issei's sour mood, "They don't get it" Issei growled as he walked to school alone. Azazel knew how he felt and yet they still pestered him.
"Partner you need to relax." Ddraig said calmly.
"How can I relax Ddraig? They have freaking Odin on their side and they still insist on using me. What does that say?" Issei growled.
"It says that you're a powerful resource, but you knew that already."
"I know but-" Issei paused as he arrived at the bridge and found a very familiar face waiting for him. Dressed in a sky blue gakuren with orange armor over her was Genevieve Arcana or as he knew her Jeanne.
"Hello Issei." Jeanne said with a calm expression on her face.
"That isn't the Nochizuri uniform Jeanne." Issei deadpanned.
"Yes I know. I'm here as a member of the Khaos Brigade's Hero Faction." Jeanne frowned.
Issei scowled as he pulled off his backpack and put it on the floor, "So what does the Hero Faction want with me." Issei said sternly as he prepared for a fight.
Jeanne saw Issei's expression and realized what he thought, "I'm not here to fight you Issei. The Hero Faction has a request for you… or rather, we'd like you to return the favor we did for you during the mess with Excalibur." Jeanne explained knowing that it would calm him down.
"What do you want?" Issei said coldly but kept his stance.
"We want you to kill Diodora Astaroth." Jeanne explained.
"Say what?" Issei blinked. That was an odd request to be sure and although he wasn't against it, he had no idea why she would ask that of him.
"For the things that he's done. Diodora Astaroth cannot be allowed to live, and we want you to kill him personally." Jeanne confirmed.
Issei couldn't hide his amusement since it suggested the Hero Faction was independent of the Khaos Brigade. Still he had to figure out more, "Why me. There are plenty of people who want him dead." Issei countered.
"We're aware but we're worried that politics will get in the way of that. His brother is a Maou after all."
"Fair point. So you want me to kill him for you since you can't count on the Devils doing it." Issei chuckled.
"Correct. It saves us the headache of getting involved and you get to deal with a threat to your girls." Jeanne replied.
Issei was slightly annoyed, but he did owe her, "Fine, I'll kill him. What of the nuns he's… broken?" Issei asked calmly trying to be respectful. Killing Diodora wouldn't free the nuns and considering what he did to them they would probably never be a part of normal society.
"We only want him dead. You can do as you wish with the nuns." Jeanne frowned. It was obvious she wanted to help them, but this was about following orders.
"Alright." Issei said calmly trying to hold back his annoyance. He was getting involved after all.
"Thank you." Jeanne replied before taking a deep breath and activating a magic circle to change into Nochizuri's uniform.
"So, with your business done it's time for class." Issei smiled.
"Not quite yet" Jeanne smiled before using a surprising amount of speed to get into his guard. "You're lucky I didn't have a blade in my hands Issei, or you'd have been dead just now." Jeanne teased before attempting to wrap her arms around his waist. At least until Issei grabbed her wrist stopping her in her tracks.
"You really are something Jeanne. You joke about how you could've stabbed me before trying to wrap your arms around me. You must think I'm some sort of idiot." Issei deadpanned.
Jeanne rolled her eyes "Considering I just convinced you to take out Diodora for us, yes I'd say you are an idiot for thinking I'd stab you right now. The only stabbing between us involves your dick and my pussy at least for now." Jeanne said bluntly.
"What would the girls of Nochizuri say if they heard you talk like that." Issei teased since that clearly wasn't her style.
"Most of them would say, me first. You're pretty popular there after all" Jeanne replied with a smirk.
"You're starting to sound like Momiji." Issei deadpanned.
"When your roommate is somebody like Momiji, you pick up on a few things whether you want to or not." Jeanne relented.
"Good point" Issei replied.
"Now I promise I'm not going to stab you. I just want to get a kiss." Jeanne revealed.
"A kiss huh?" Issei said with a raised eyebrow.
"I really want you to take me somewhere and fuck me, but then we'd both be late for class." Jeanne pouted. She enjoyed spending time with Issei, and she hated how the Khaos Brigade messed it up for her. She had a feeling that they had her deliver it so she'd continue to work with them but that was another question for another day.
Issei smiled as he slid her wrists around his waist before wrapping his arms around hers, "You could've done that if you had accepted Momiji's offer to be the new coordinator." Issei reminded.
Jeanne twitched at that especially since Cecelia was the one who ultimately took it, "Between school and the Khaos Brigade I don't have time." Jeanne lamented.
"And yet here you are about to makeout with me before class starts."
"Oh, just kiss me you jackass." Jeanne pouted a blush adorning her face.
"Alright" Issei replied as he moved to kiss Jeanne. In very typical fashion Issei slid his tongue against her lips and they parted allowing him access so he could dominate her mouth like he had most other times. The clash of tongues was fierce, and Jeanne pulled away after a minute or so.
"Don't forget to kill Diodora Issei." Jeanne reminded him
"I will" Issei rolled his eyes as the two parted. Issei and Jeanne had an odd relationship to be sure, but she was far from the only one.
(Scene Skip)
After the odd start to his day, Issei arrived at Kuoh. As he walked up to the gate, he found Sona waiting for students to come through. Something he dismissed until Sona stared at him directly, 'This can't be good.' Issei thought to himself. Any fear he had was confirmed when Sona spoke to him.
"We need to talk Issei." Sona said firmly.
"Alright. Let me get my things first." Issei replied.
"Very well." Sona said calmly. Sona walked with Issei to get his things and he was escorted through the school over to the student council office. Waiting for him was Rias and Azazel.
"Well this is an interesting trio." Issei smiled. In the back of his head, he knew something was very wrong.
"This isn't time for games Issei. You see we have a bit of a problem." Rias scowled.
"And that is?"
"Red Dragon or not. A member of the supernatural murdering people indiscriminately is something we can't allow." Azazel revealed.
Issei raised his eyebrow for a second since he was pretty sure Momo would keep his secret, "What do you know?"
"As you're well aware, your classmate Yamato was killed in a fire two weeks ago. The police have been investigating the incident and so far, they haven't been able to find any human evidence to explain his death. So, they contacted me to see if there's a more magical reason." Rias explained.
"I see" Issei smiled. He had to wonder how Rias could explain away all the stray devils without panic. Now he knew the answer.
"I investigated Yamato's house myself and I realized that he was killed using a fire spell that appeared from his shoulder. Then again, you know that Issei since it was your spell that killed him." Rias scowled.
"That's correct and yes I did kill Yamato, but I had a very good reason for doing so." Issei answered calmly.
"And what's that?" Rias answered.
Issei took out his phone and found Kurokami's message, "This" Issei replied before handing the phone to Sona. As Sona looked through the phone her expression soured little by little. When she was done. she returned to the first message and handed it to Rias. She was equally as disgusted by what it implied.
"Who was he going to use the aphrodisiac on?" Sona scowled.
"Misao Suzuri of Class 2-A" Issei replied quickly.
"I'm assuming she's one of your lovers." Rias said calmly.
"Correct, I don't know what he planned to do, but it would've been horrible for Misao. Plus, it would've affected Kurokami."
"How so" Rias wondered.
"The Ichizuri family controls their little section of Kuoh and protect it from supernatural threats just like you guys do for the rest of the town. Because of that, and the fact that they really don't do much crime wise outside of their territory, the police generally leave them alone. If one of their products was connected to a rape or even worse, they would be investigated."
Rias and Sona put the supernatural knowledge aspect to the side, "In other words, you were protecting multiple lovers." Sona said calmly. She could appreciate what Issei had done under the circumstances.
"Correct. The question now is what are you going to do with that knowledge."
"We have to tell them something, but the truth is we don't know what to tell the police." Rias frowned. Issei getting arrested for murder would be bad for plenty of parties.
"Tell them that Yamato lied to the Ichizuri and was punished for it. I'm fairly certain the police will understand and go from there. Truthfully, Kurokami wanted to take care of it herself so when they ask her, she'll fill in the details." Issei said calmly.
"I see" Sona replied glad that a simple solution was taken care of.
"If that's all, I should get to class." Issei wondered.
"Speaking of class, do you think I should tell the class about what I've learned?" Azazel wondered.
"That's up to you Zaz." Issei replied not caring about the truth.
"Alright" Azazel nodded
(Scene Skip)
Azazel walked into homeroom with a frown on his face having made the decision on what to reveal, "Hello class. Before we get started, I have an important announcement to make." Azazel said calmly.
"Are you leaving us sensei?" Aika wondered.
"No. It involves the recent death of your former classmate Yamato." Azazel revealed.
"What!" Shiro growled in anger. His funeral was last weekend, so it was a bitter subject to be sure.
"According to what I've learned from the police, Yamato lied to the Ichizuri crime family and they discovered as much burning the house down as punishment. They allowed his family to escape but he had to be punished." Azazel explained.
"That's a lie! Yamato would never go to a crime family for anything. He's a good guy." Shiro yelled before focusing on Issei. "Issei you know that family because they're part of your harem, right?"
"That's correct." Issei replied nonchalantly.
"Can you call and find out what the hell Yamato did. Why did my friend have to die?" Shiro begged.
Issei scowled but now he had an annoying decision to make, "For the sake of your friendship with Yamato I'd rather not." Issei replied.
Misao's eyes widened, "You know what Yamato did, don't you?"
"That's right, and trust me when I say this Shiro, you're better off not knowing." Issei said calmly.
Shiro didn't take the statement well, "Screw that! Yamato was my bud and now he's gone. If he did something stupid, I at least want to know."
Issei sighed knowing that he was going to ruffle some feathers, "Yamato went to the Ichizuri to purchase an aphrodisiac. He told the person who sold him the drug that it was to help spice things up with his girlfriend." Issei replied.
"But that's impossible Yamato doesn't…." Shiro started to complain before he paled and turned towards Misao who was in shock.
"I can't believe it. That bastard was planning to use it on me wasn't he." Misao said angrily.
"That's my guess." Issei frowned.
"No. No way!" Shiro gasped in horror.
"I'm sorry Shiro. I didn't say anything because as much as I hate him, I know he's your friend." Issei said smoothly.
Shiro took a deep breath, "I see. I'm sorry Issei, I shouldn't have been so angry at you." Shiro replied remembering that he accused Issei of murder.
"Don't worry Shiro. I know that it's hard when a friend does something you don't expect." Issei said calmly hiding his inner glee that this worked out in his favor.
"How… how powerful was the drug he purchased." Misao wondered which was understandable since the drug was intended for her.
"That I don't know. What I do know is that whatever his plan was, they stopped it." Issei replied.
"Okay" Misao said calmly.
"Luckily for you guys your first period is a free one so why don't we all just relax. This has been a tough few weeks for all of you." Azazel said politely.
"Thanks professor." Shiro said solemnly.
As everyone calmed down, Issei barely hid how pleased he was. 'This worked out even better than I could've planned.' Issei thought to himself. He was in the clear and although he didn't intend to pass the buck to Kurokami she probably had a plan to deal with him in a similar fashion. Now he could focus his intention on dealing with Diodora. Not that he was too concerned about that anyway.
(Scene Skip)
In a rather ironic twist of fate, Issei's date for the night was actually Misao. After barely saying a word together during dinner and the short walk to Aurorus, Issei decided that it was time that they chat once they arrived in the Red Dragon room. After walking into the room, Issei sat on the edge of the bed and looked towards a still solemn Misao who was wearing a simple blue top with black jeans and a grey jacket. "You and I need to have a chat Misao. You've been out of it all date long." Issei said calmly.
Misao sighed because it looked like she wouldn't be able to just ignore it and took her spot next to Issei, "You and I both know why I'm so out of it. I still can't believe Yamato would actually buy an aphrodisiac to use against me." Misao said in disbelief.
He could understand how jarring that was, but something else was off, "What aren't you telling me Misao?" Issei frowned.
Misao took a deep breath knowing this would put her in a very bad light, "Yamato's mom and my mom were college roommates. He was a family friend, but we pretty much never interacted because I didn't want to see him. We were forced to interact on holidays but that was about it." Misao admitted.
"I see" Issei replied unsure of what else to say. Childhood friends were a very sore subject for him and something the group disallowed. The screening should've technically gotten rid of Misao but based on what she's saying they weren't really friends.
"Yeah. The last few weeks have been rough for my mom" Misao admitted.
"I can only imagine." Issei said calmly.
"Yeah. Still, I can't believe he would lie to the Ichizuri in order to drug me."
"It was certainly a surprise when Kurokami told me, but it proves you made the right decision in rejecting him."
"What do you mean?" Misao said curiously.
Issei decided to add some very interesting insight, "Did you know that Irina actually lives right next door to me? If she truly wanted, she could walk with me to school every day." Issei answered.
Misao's eyes widened, "So why doesn't she?"
"Because she respects the decisions that I've made when it comes to our relationship. She respects that she lost her chance at being my one and only when she moved away. She also instinctively understands what you girls went through because she went through something similar."
Misao sighed before remembering the conversation from just before he died, "Oh no!" Misao gasped as something horrible occurred to her.
"What?" Issei wondered.
"When did Kurokami tell you about the drug Yamato purchased?" Misao asked calmly.
"It was during homeroom the day he asked out Irina." Issei answered.
"Is it possible that brought the drugs for Irina instead of me? He did say that she would be the perfect person to ask out." Misao wondered.
Issei had to very careful since Misao was implying something rather disgusting even though there was a slim chance of that being the case, "I'm not so sure. I think he bought the drugs intending on using them on you. When I revealed that I wouldn't get in the way of anybody who wanted to date somebody else. He focused on Irina because on the slim chance she accepted, he could use the drugs to really do some damage."
"But what if she accepted?" Misao wondered.
"Irina would've never accepted." Issei replied firmly.
"What makes you so sure?"
Issei simply smiled, "Because Irina knows how I think. She accepted her punishment for what happened over the summer, well aware she would be forgiven in due time. Our relationship is far too strong for her to ever consider anybody other than me."
"Okay" Misao replied her body visually relaxing.
"You seem relieved." Issei noticed.
"Yeah, because I can only imagine what would happen if he actually drugged Irina."
Issei had to hold back his temper at that thought, "Believe me Misao. You most certainly cannot." Issei replied. After all, if Yamato did that, he would've made what he actually did to Yamato look like child's play.
"The mini fridge has soda, right?" Misao asked happily.
"Yep." Issei replied glad to see that Misao was feeling better.
"Well, I'm going to get a drink, and then we can get back to business. After all, I am your date for tonight and you know how those dates usually end." Misao smiled.
"I sure do." Issei said happily. He would make sure that by the end of the night, any lingering feelings Misao may have had about Yamato were gone.
(Scene Skip)
Issei made his way into class a little later than usual the next day and he was the last person to arrive even after Azazel, "Glad you could finally join us Issei chuckled. Don't tell me your date last night was that exhausting." Azazel teased.
"Misao is a firecracker for sure but that's not why I'm late." Issei smiled causing Misao to blush and Kiryuu to hoot a bit. His focus quickly turned towards the blonde nun whose situation was the concern of quite a few people in his life and walked towards her with a smile on his face.
"What are you doing Issei." Irina said angrily seeing him walk towards Asia.
"This" Issei smiled before catching everyone off guard by bending down and kissing Asia on the cheek to the surprise of the class and Asia.
"Whoa."
"Didn't see that coming." Xenovia and Raynare said at the same time.
"Huh?" Asia blushed.
"What the hell Issei." Irina said angrily.
Issei could understand her anger since up to this point, he didn't really care about the blonde nun. However, now was the time to change things up, "Sorry, everyone but I've decided to make Asia mine. I hope there are no objections." Issei smiled.
The eyes of the supernatural girls in the room widened because of what that really meant. Issei was finally going to help them stop Diodora, "None from me" Irina replied trying to hide her smile.
"Glad you like it Irina because there's one other thing I need to do." Issei smiled before walking over to his childhood friend.
"What now Issei." Irina wondered curiously.
Issei didn't answer but simply grabbed Irina's hand and pulled her out of her chair and into his arms, "Hey Xenovia can you tell Ms Yamaguchi that Irina and I won't be in class today." Issei smiled.
Xenovia and Irina's eyes widened at that since Ms Yamaguchi was the school's English teacher and that was their next class once homeroom was done. Gym was after that and because of the Athletic festival it was a free period, "Does that mean?" Irina said hopefully.
"Yup. Punishment is over Irina. That means you and I have some catching up to do." Issei smiled.
"Master I'll make sure to take notes for you guys." Matsuda smiled.
"Thanks Matsu." Issei smiled and he left with Irina.
As they walked towards the sex classroom, Irina couldn't help but wonder why the change. Especially since she was certain her punishment would last a little longer, "So why the change of heart." Irina said curiously.
"Change of heart?"
"Well about helping Asia. We can put my situation to the side since I should've known not to call my old man after what happened. However, you deciding to help Asia is out of the blue."
"You can thank Misao for that. The reminder of Yamato's drugs and what that would've done to her or potentially you was enough to make me act in regards to Asia."
"You're not suggesting Diodora would drug Asia." Irina gasped.
"Possibly" Issei answered as they arrived at the sex classroom. He knew that he fucked the girls and drugs could make the job easier since their Holy powers would be dangerous to him.
"I still can't believe we're having sex instead of going to class." Irina pouted.
"We can go back if you'd like. Your punishment is over which means we can have fun anytime you want. I was just doing this because it's been a while" Issei smiled as he started to walk back towards class
Irina quickly panicked and grabbed Issei's shoulder, "Forget I said anything Issei. If you're going to make up for lost time, we should get started soon." Irina blushed.
"I thought so" Issei smirked as he walked through the door with Irina behind him. The two childhood friends were together again, and it was probably going to stay that way.