I Do not Own DXD or MHA, that belongs to its respective creators and my OC belongs to me... somewhat... he is Very Dabi-like... I guess you can probably say it is OOC Dabi or something.
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Chapter 8: The Elemental's Fury, Old Flames Reignite
I had just read the text and I felt a burning sensation as the room was illuminated blue. I then noticed in the mirror that my hair ignited for a bit before I extinguished it and then messaged my response to Saji for the location he is at. "I got to go... Saji found Freed and I got an exorcist to interrogate." I say as I head for the door. "See you."
I stopped as I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned around to see that it was Kiba. He had a stern expression on his face as he gripped my shoulder. "Don't try to do it alone if you don't have to. Let me help you out... it's the least I can do for you freeing Buchou from her arranged jailer."
I chuckled at the alliteration of Riser just being a prison, but I can't fault that train of thought, I still don't like him. I just look to the ceiling in front of me. "As far as the Church needs to know, I am a rogue element with no connections to the Devils. This is doubly so, since the Fallen angels are around looking for fights, and I was gonna burn them away since they are keeping Freed safe and sound." I looked over my shoulder and made eye contact with him. "I would get you to come, if we weren't making sure my actions don't cause another war. It is better if you stay out of this one, Kiba." I say sternly, with an almost bored tone.
He looked like he wanted to refute, but just nodded and let go. "Be safe man. I'll stay away this time." I smiled at him and he held a hand out to me for a fist bump. I returned it and he then had to get snarky at the end. "Try not to burn down another business in your hunt for him."
"That was you?!" Issei yelled out in shock. Out of my peripheral I can see he has a nervous look from me igniting in front of him. Guy had to be shocked by that since this is his real first encounter with the supernatural.
I still ignored the question and scoffed at his remark. "As long as there's no purple cars then I'll make an exception. See you tomorrow." I wave and then exit the room as I feel my phone buzz. I look down to see the text.
Saji- "Downtown at the red light district. Looks like a rundown warehouse or storage building. Here is a picture." 1 attachment 4:19 PM
I saw the building in the photo and started my way there.
Saji was wondering why he was doing this. He hated the fact that Luca was with Sona and not with him, but still Sona wanted to help him and he had a job to do. He didn't have to like it, but at least he can hope that Freed gets the upper hand on Luca, so he can save him and show Sona just how much better he is.
This brings him to the situation he finds himself in as he blends in with the crowd and follows the white-haired exorcist with the mad glint in his red eyes. "This guy is looking at everyone like he is a shark in a blood bank. What the hell is wrong with him?! I was told he was crazy, but I can feel the craziness pouring off of him!" He screamed in his head. At least he had his Sacred Gear and some more combat training. Sona wanted to get her peerage some more experience when she first met Luca, and so they all had to train their butts off to get to the condition she found acceptable for now.
"UGH!" Someone groaned out and he seen a small woman with a gothic lolita outfit on. She sidled next to Freed and he gave her a mad grin. "I can't believe I am on dogsitting duty for you! Like, why did they even bring you anyway? You are like THE most unstable guy we have with us!" She seemed to pout as people seem to ignore them. Basic illusion spells to keep people from seeing them if they aren't actually looking from them.
He just grinned and cackled madly. "Ohhhh Milly. It's simple since you are here to help me find my next sinner to bring back to God's Graces through suffering for their crimes. You don't want me to run off and make it more than that, right? I can get a lot done in 30 minutes of unsupervised saving." He then licked his lips and she shuddered, even Saji did.
"No!" She then looks at him and points to some random guy who has a flushed face. "There. Go after him, since he just committed infidelity, but ONLY him, you crazy priest."
Freed seemed to gravitate his gaze towards the unlucky victim and he grinned widely, almost inhumanly wide. "Awww look at you, shrimp." He says and this makes Milly get angry. "Well as long as I get to play with him for awhile, so I think I'll start with skinning his cock since he used that to commit the crime."
Saji found himself clutching his area reflexively at the image. He whispered out to himself. "Seriously, Luca?! You better get here quickly or I am gonna have nightmares for a long time." Saji then followed closely, but not too closely since he wanted to stay back to not be seen. At some point though he noticed people were getting fewer and fewer, until there was no one else around. That's when the small woman turned around and put a hand on her hip as she giggled and stared his direction.
"You can come out now." She says as she makes a light spear, and just seeing it made his skin crawl. "Normally I like a good stalker, but, well, you aren't that good are you?" She teases out as she continues to wait.
Looking around he finally noticed he was in a barrier and that means one of them put it up. This also meant that no one was gonna be coming to help, except Luca, but Saji didn't think he could sense barriers because he was a normal human. Well normal-ish. "Come on out before I start throwing spears till I hit you. I know you are behind the wall of the alley. You really aren't good at hiding your presence at all." She mocked him and he sighed as he stepped out.
Saji was about to come out when Freed chimed in. "COME ON OUT SO I CAN STAB YOU ALREADY!" Saji then heard the sound of a Light sword igniting and the cocking of a gun and then went right back to hiding again.
"Not until you call off the psycho with the gun!" He yelled out in desperation. This made the small woman laugh and soon he saw a Light spear fly past his spot and into the wall in front of him. This caused him to yelp and jump out of his cover to see the two of them staring at him with amused expressions. "Ummmm... can we talk about this?" He asked and they both readied their weapons. "Oh crap." He then activated his Sacred Gear got into a crude stance.
"Oh man... you really had to come out here into the presence of the greatest Fallen Angel ever, huh? I mean you are kinda cute, but you're a Devil so that means we have to kill you." The small girl in the gothic maid outfit said. "I am Fallen Angel, Miltelt and you are in big trouble. Sucks to be you!" She says cheerily.
"Wait please!" Saji said as he held out his hand. "I was just following since I thought it would be easier to find that madman!" He yelled. If this is the end then he can at least get the image of Luca being their enemy as well out there.
"I don't even know you, shitty Devil!" Freed yelled out, Mittelt looked at Saji curiously.
"Wait, Freed." She said and Freed seemed to groan at this. "What Madman?"
It took a bit, but after about twenty minutes, he painted the scenario that they all crafted. Some guy with burns and piercings has been going on a rampage around the territory killing people, almost indiscriminately. The Devils here had conducted an investigation and found out that all the victims were ex-Exorcists, and began to tail any Exorcist they found in hopes of catching him. They didn't know the MO of the guy, but knew his targets.
"So I started following you guys since I figured that I might get a chance to see him." Saji finished and Mitelt nodded along as she had disabled her light spear. "Plus, I am one of the servants of the Sitri heiress, so if you did kill me then you have to deal with Sona and her sister Serafall." At that Mittelt paled as sweat formed on her forehead.
"No thank you! I totes don't wanna deal with the Leviathan! Seriously we aren't here to cause trouble needing to bring her into this, right?" She glared at Freed as he rolled his eyes and didn't answer. Mittelt got angry, but turned back to the situation at hand. "I can't say I like having to work with a Devil on this, but yeah we encountered the guy. He permanently scarred one of our guys the other day and he has been in a rage ever since. It's, like, seriously bad."
Saji feigned ignorance and then looked around at the barrier. "So now that we got that out of the way, can we take the barrier down. It either attracted him, or it repelled him entirely." He says to her and Mittelt nods as she dissipates the barrier. Saji gave a sigh in relief as he heard his phone ding and he looked at it.
Luca- "I'm here, but I can't find you." 4:37 PM
Luca- "Saji?" 4:39 PM
Luca- "You have about 6 minutes to reply before I start burning the red light district to the ground." 4:41 PM
Saji then looked at his clock and seen that it was 4:45 and flailed as he screamed and texted back a reply as fast as he could. His outburst didn't go unnoticed and then he simply yelled. "One of the others found him nearby and he is making a beeline here to the district!" Saji then internally screamed. "Dammit! I could have just said my parents were calling me nonstop and I had no explanation."
"What?!" Mittelt exclaimed.
"Hell yeah! Time to save me a murderer! It isn't a shitty Devil or a shitty Devil Lover, but it'll more than make up for everything today!" Freed yelled out as he got his weapons ready.
"This is not a time for games Freed! That guy almost killed Dohnaseek after he toyed with him! What can you do?!" Mittelt screamed at him.
"More than you Shrimp. Like reach the top shelf for example." He said as he insulted her once more.
"UGH! I hate you so much!" She screamed and stomped her foot and suddenly the temperature started to rise rapidly. Saji looked over his shoulder just in time to dodge a blast of fire that went sailing right past him towards the two that were bickering. They managed to barely dodge it and all Saji heard was the sound of footsteps echo behind him.
"Well fancy meeting you here."
I looked down the alley at the two people arguing. I didn't care about the woman, but Freed on the other hand? Oh I was going to make sure I take my time with him. "One chance, Freed Sellzan. Where is Valper Gallilei? Tell me and you can go..." "To the afterlife." I finished in my head. My response was a gunshot that I dodged. Light bullets certainly aren't as fast as normal ones, but it is still pretty quick. "Is that your final answer, you psychopathic freak?"
He giggled maniacally and then it turned to full blown laughter. "Pot! Meet kettle!"
"This bitch." I gritted my teeth and I held up hand as it glowed blue. "I tried playing nice, but you ma-"
I was interrupted by the small woman. "Wait! We don't have a Valper Gallilei with us! I haven't even heard of him!" She all but yells with a pleading tone.
"Congratulations, you don't know him. He does and that is the point here. Leave if you don't want to be burned away with him." I then looked towards Saji and glared at him and I could see him gulp. "That goes for you too, Devil." I say with Venom to my tone.
"I-I can't leave him since he is a part of us. I really, really, want to, but I... can't." She says with a small undertone of fear at my impassive gaze on her. "Wh-why do you want to find him anyway?!" She asks as she takes in the environment to buy a little time.
"He was the leader of the Holy Sword Project... I am gonna kill him for all he did to me and my friends." I say with finality in my words and then take my gaze off her and go back to Freed as he smiles sadistically. "Got something to say? Speak you crazy bastard."
"Ohhhh it's just that you were apparently a part of that little project. I remember old Valper telling me about alllllll the things he did to useless little tools." My brow scrunches at his remark. "I loved how he was gonna see if one of the kids, showered with love and positivity, could have their holy attribute corrupted after watching the one's they loved be killed in front of them. Since you lived, then you gotta be him, right?" His face became more manic as he began to laugh.
"That's why I was in that room. This all but confirms he has knowledge of Valper and I am gonna enjoy squeezing it out of him." I thought as my hands began to glow a lot more. "You're gonna suffer now, Freed."
"Like those shitty brats did? When they fought back against the gas chamber he had them executed quickly and in different ways you know?! 'Someone save me!' 'God why have you forsaken us?!' 'I wanna go back to the orphanage!'" He began to make different children's voices as he mocked their deaths. My gaze went downward as my rage boiled at his words. "I fell asleep to the words all damn night from his recordings of them! Honestly the only thing that they were useful for was something to fall asleep too." It was almost at the limit as I started to ignite with blue and I could see Saji and the woman start to back away, but Freed kept on. "Useless and unwanted, all of you! Even in death I bet God didn't take them and let them suffer more in purgatory! I knew he had a sadistic side like me to make toys to play with!"
!## $ # RAge Reaching past older records
Alert: Blessing of the Sun and Cremation resonating. New Subset Flames Acquired.
Amaterasu Flames- The flames said to burn for seven days and seven nights. Legendary in their own right and very well known. These black flames will burn the target to ash and beyond that as the atoms that make them up are purged from existence. Be careful Luca, these flames do double damage to you!
Bonus: Blessing of the Sun has granted you a resistance to the flames and they now do the normal damage of cremation to you.
I didn't care as the tint of the flames I emitted began to turn black and the heat I gave began to melt the surroundings. "How dare you..." I mumbled my body began to shake from all my anger. "How dare you mock their memory like that?" My voice came out as a hiss like steam off of steel that sat in the sun. "I'll end your life for that Freed... I'll KILL YOU!" With that I erupted into a pillar of dark flames and began to walk my way to him.
Saji got up and then shot his Sacred Gear whip at me, and it grabbed ahold of my arm. I looked down at it and then back to him with fury for getting in the way. "You're destroying everything around you! You have to stop!" He pleaded as I looked behind him to see the building on fire and melting, but then I heard a Tink as I turned to see a flashbang on the ground. I widened my eyes and tried to shield them from this, but I was too slow as I was blinded. In response I shot my fire in the direction I remember Freed being in and I heard a yelp as someone hit the ground.
Soon my vision cleared with the ringing and I seen the small woman take off in a hurry, leaving Freed behind. He looked really nervous now as I continued to walk towards him, Saji's Vritra Gear letting go of me when he got blinded. Freed shot at me and I felt the bullets of light hit my shoulder and pierce through, but I couldn't bring myself to care. As my hearing cleared up I could hear panic nearby as well from the people of Kuoh, but still I did not pause.
I got in front of Freed as he took off down the alley and towards the streets and I gave chase as I passed by people who jumped away from me when they seen I was on fire. "FREEEEEEEEDD!" I yelled with so much fury and seen him jump over a car at an intersection... I just ran through it as it melted in my path and caught on fire from the black flames.
Saji looked off in the direction Luca and Freed ran off in and then to the surroundings. The alley they were in looked more like an action movie set at a Michael Bay production and the buildings would need to be repaired with some serious magic. The most concerning thing was the black fire. "That was... insane. There is no way that Luca is human! I don't care what he says, this is some serious shit!"
Saji pulled out his phone and then called the conference call that was made for the peerage and almost immediately all of them answer.
Sona- "Saji? What have yo-"
Saji- "Red Light District! Luca! Black Fire! Rampaging! Get Serafall!" He exclaimed.
There was a pause as he finished and he in the direction they ran off in. Looking around he can see the destruction just from being in his vicinity. The whole path he took was in fire, but it was normal fire from the extreme heat. Some people were trying to put out the fire and he could hear sirens of fire trucks in the distance.
Saji- "Oh man... we're gonna have to wipe people's minds for a week!" He whined out.
Tsubasa- "Me and Momo aren't far from the Red Light and I can feel the heat from here. That is a lot of smoke!"
Momo- "Saji, I think I see you running. Look up to your left."
Saji did so and he seen her flying with Tsubasa as they looked over the area with a flabbergasted face.
Momo- "Is this... Amaterasu?" She said with disbelief.
Sona- "Are you sure?!" She screamed on the line and their was an immediate response of yes. "Okay then I am gonna call my sister. What set him off to make something like that?! My father said he was strong, but to pull those flames is just begging for people to question him!"
Saji- "Freed mouthed off about his friends in the Holy Sword Project. He said a lot of messed up shit and it sent him over the edge. I though he was gonna kill me when I hit him with Vritra, but Freed took care of that with a flashbang!" Saji then looked down and then froze in his tracks. He seen what looked like flesh that was charred black like coal. "Oh shit... his flesh is falling off."
Tsubaki- "I am near them all Sona. Call Serafall and we'll follow him. We'll need a lot of Devils to erase the memories of the people here of the events, and for repairs."
Sona- "Alright. Tsubaki... until I get there with Serafall you are in charge." She then hung up and Saji looked ahead at the path Luca and Freed took.
Saji- "Why does all the crazy stuff happen in Kuoh?!" He was met with a resounding chorus of agreeing grunts.
Sona had her head in her hand as she hovered over the call button on Serafall's name. She was dreading this, but she knows it has to be done. She swallowed her pride and called Serafall and almost immediately she picked up. "SO-TANNNNN! You never call your big sister anymore! What's up? Did that mean old Luca hurt you? Do I have to beat him up for my little So-tan?!" She was just as immature as ever.
Sona sighed and cleared her throat as she went full business mode, but couldn't keep it up and just let it out. "Onee-sama... it's bad." Serafall must have heard her defeated tone with no business in it as she didn't tell her to call her Sera-tan. "Luca found Freed, the exorcist he was looking for and the man was just as crazy, if not more, than what Luca said he was. He mouthed off to Luca and spat on the memory of him and his friends in the Holy Sword Project." There was a hum on the other end of the line.
"Anyway... Luca lost it and is currently rampaging through the city going after Freed like a rabi bloodhound. There is too much damage to handle on our own." She says.
"Okay Sona. I'm coming as quick as I can." Serafall said and Sona interrupted to get her to do something for her.
"Wait! I need you to get 2 things before you come." Sona said and Serafall hummed on the other end of the line. "I need that Phoenix Tear that Father got for him as a wedding gift."
"Why do you need that? Is someone hurt?" Serafall asks.
"Well apparently in his rage, he pulled a bit of that power that Father said was deep inside him and has the black flames of Amaterasu wreathed around him. It is destroying him and we can't put them out. I don't know if he can, but Saji found his charred flesh on his path." Sona says with a more even tone.
"... I see. Flames like that don't just find themselves in the possession of a human. I may get Ajuka to look at him later, his physiology at least, to see what could have caused that." Serafall said as Sona heard her stand and grab something in the background. "I'll be there soon with the Tear and I'll inform the other Satans of this Development. This won't stay with just us, I am sure that the Shinto Pantheon are aware of his existence now. Amaterasu, the Goddess, would know when her flames are being used without her permission, which will lead to more work on my front. I am so glad that you and him are engaged, otherwise we would most likely be forced to give him to them." She ranted as she was walking through some hallway, judging by the rapid footsteps on the line. "I'll be a little bit, but I will make sure I get there in time, I promise Sona. I love you and be safe, please." She pleaded as she hung up and didn't wait for Sona to respond.
Sona nodded and put her phone down. She sighed and then leaned her head forward. "I love you too, Onee-sama." She then looked over to the couch that Luca practically lives on in the office. "You please be safe too." She then sat there and waited for Serafall to teleport into the office of the Student Council.
In a courtyard of a temple, where the sun shines brightly a black haired woman can be seen staring at the horizon with a bright smile on her face. Cherry blossoms fall around her as what looks like an image is shown in front of her, in a magic circle. A man with equally black hair walks up behind her and in an almost emotionless tone he asks her. "Amaterasu? What are you looking at?"
She turns to the man in armor, with a Golden sword at his hip, and just gives him a wide smile as she motions to the circle in front of her. "Susanoo! I actually found something really nice down on the human world when I visited Kuoh the other day." She then enlarges the image so he can see better. "Look!" She says.
Susanoo then takes a look and his eyes widen at the sight in front of him. A human is wreathed in the black flames of Amaterasu and a look at his eyes shows what looks like a Cyan Solar Eclipse. His eyes are blacked out with what looks like his outer eye color peaking around the circumference, and his skin looks burnt and charred. Behind him seems to be a large swath of destruction, as he chases down a man in priest attire through the streets of Kuoh. The man being chased seems to have a maddened glee at all the destruction that the man on fire seems to be causing.
"That is... that is your flames, Lady Amaterasu? Did you give them to him?" Susanoo inquires as he looks on with interest. The human wreathed in the flames looks strong, perhaps he would be a good fight.
"No." She replies as if talking about the weather. This makes Susanoo turn to her in surprise. "I only met him at a storefront after he fell for the effect all mortals fall for in my presence. I planned to take him and have some fun, but I felt something dormant in him. I was even able to see that he had a inhuman affinity to fire in his soul, but it was sad. Like it was a flame of anguish and sadness that was fueled by anger and hate. I decided to give him my blessing since it screamed in pain and need for help, but I can say I didn't expect this." She says and then turns with a big smile on her face, that hasn't diminished since he got here. "Isn't it great?! This man is reaching levels that most humans only dream of and few ever obtain!"
"I may visit him later on, when I am free... if he survives this. If he does then I must see what he does with these newfound flames of his. Besides... he better take responsibility for his transgression." She finishes with a mischievous giggle.
Susanoo nodded and internally winced for the poor guy. He then began to think of battle and was intrigued by this human the more he watched.
"I hate priests! NO seriously, I really do!" I screamed in my head as I ran after Freed through the streets towards the forest around Kuoh. Sona can chew me out later, but I plan on killing Freed TODAY! No one spits on my friends' memories and gets away with it like he did! This bastard was gonna burn! "Stop... RUNNING!" I then fired a large blast from my hands and he dodged it, barely, as it went forward and incinerated the forest as it went, eventually stopping 90 yards in, as it began to burn.
"Nice aim, you shitty sacrifice!" He cackled out and I grit my teeth at that. Freed was really getting on my nerves more and more, that it hurt me physically. "Ohhhhh having trouble staying together?" I looked at myself and could see that my skin was charred and falling off in places. Looking at my legs I could see places where large amounts of flesh fell off, but honestly I couldn't bring myself to care. Looking to my health on the top left of my vision I could see that I was at half health and it was moving down slowly, but surely.
"Who cares..." Freed looks confused and then I continue. "After I get ahold of you. You'll wish I would have stopped at making you look like me, you fucking freak!" I yelled back and I could feel my jaw unhinge from my piercings falling off, letting it open more since the things holding it closed weren't there.
I shot more flames out at him and he dodged them, albeit barely. He then began shooting more bullets of light at me, and I raised a wall of flames in front of me, but they made it through. Not my best idea, but being this angry makes it hard to think straight. Freed then ran for me and I brought more flames to bear which caused him to retreat.
I wasn't gonna let him get away so I then surrounded the area with a 30 foot high wall of black flames that formed a circle around us. "You're not going anywhere!" I then began walking towards him with flames in my hands and I could see I was on a quarter of my full health.
"Wait! Don't you wanna know about Valper?!" He yelled out and I stopped as I waited for him. "Valper is working with the Fallen Angel Kokabiel, but he is farrrrr from Kuoh, shitty Sacrifice." I growled at the nickname.
"Where, Freed?" I say as I walk closer and I see his eyes flick to over my shoulder. I then dodged to the side as a spear of light slammed where I was and looking up I seen the Dohnaseek guy looking at me with a pissed off expression!
"Finally! I can kill you for what you did to me!" He yelled and hurled 3 more light spears at me, causing me to get distance from Freed, and that is when I heard a mature woman's voice behind me. I turned to see Freed was being flown off by a Fallen Angel with a purple, revealing dress. I went to shoot flames, but had to dodge another spear from Dohnaseek. My face scrunched as I seen the two make it too far too fast as Dohanseek just wouldn't let up.
"Goddammit!" I shouted as I then fired as big of wave of flame towards Dohnaseek as he yelled out in pain as he was incinerated. The state he was in, made him more of a pest, but a lethal pest considering where my health was at. Now that he was fully incinerated I seen that my health was at 10 and just shut off all my flames. I am thankful that the flames all disappeared after I did. Guess the Amaterasu Flames are special like that... but looking at the destruction as I fall on my back and look to the sky, unable to move I realize... Sona is gonna be pissed.
Before tiredness could take me I seen Sona, Serafall, and the peerage fly towards me and Serafall was holding a vial in her hands. They were looking around and Sona was frantically yelling in shock, as was the rest of the peerage, but I couldn't hear anything. "I'm just... gonna rest... now..." I say and as I close my eyes Serafall practically dumps the vial on me and I passed out right there.
Author's Note:
Hey guys I am so glad to see you all here! Sorry for the lack of updates, a lot is going on and I didn't want to leave you all hanging so I turned on some music and wrote up this chapter. I hope you all enjoy and any comments are welcome! Hate, Love, criticism, or just saying hi... they all give me the confidence to continue these!
