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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Author's Note:
Okay, so I noticed a lot of you were highly upset that Freed survived last chapter. I understand that, believe me I do, but to speak from the perspective of the character I would like to explain why.
Let's put you in a situation similar to Luca... you have a brother, sister, daughter, son, etc. basically someone who means more to you than yourself or the world and you know that a certain person has killed them and got away with it. You then dedicate your entire life from then on, let's say 8-9 years, chasing breadcrumbs. You finally get a lead on something solid and you follow up on it, this is literally the only person, or any form of evidence that you have seen or heard at all. You then are face to face with the individual that has the evidence and they royally piss you off. You are about to kill them, but they tease the information in front of you. Would you stop and listen? Hesitate just for a sliver of finally hearing something that leads you to everything you lived for?
This is open ended because many would answer differently. For Luca he hesitated because this is his flaw. He is so absorbed with finding and killing Valper that he would do almost anything to find him, it's like a activation code. You say "Valper" and he is stopping and giving you his full attention.
I am sorry that a lot of people didn't like Freed getting away, but [[[Spoiler]]] Freed isn't making it past the Raynare arc. At this point we are about to go off canon, horrendously for awhile. Eventually it will find it's way back to a psuedo canon, but not fully. I respect all people's comments on the situation, and in no way am I upset, but you all deserve an explanation instead of being led by a chain and I will ask you all to stick with it, if you still find the story entertaining.
I will look forward to future comments, and reviews as all of them make me happy and motivate me to keep going. I hope you all have a great day/night and I wish you all happy reading!
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Chapter 9: Unforseen Events
From Sona, Serafall, and the rest of the peerage, they came upon a badly burnt body of Luca and a fleeing Fallen with Freed. Tsubasa and Ruruko were about to give chase, but were stopped by Serafall. "Stop." Her tone was cold as ice and all forms of Sera-tan were gone and Serafall Leviathan was here instead. All business and no fun. She looked around the landscape and then to Sona who was spilling tears from her eyes at the state Luca was in. A cold shiver ran up everyone's spine. "I will be taking care of this personally. Let them enjoy their fleeting freedom."
Everyone gulped except Sona, who was cradling Luca as tears fell on his burnt face and yelling incoherently. His body was charred black, to the point where coal looked like it would be a lighter shade. It looked as if it was cracking and peeling as the air licked at it, the heat coming off him was smoldering the ground underneath him. It was pretty bad.
Serafall was about to pull Sona into a hug, when Luca's eyes flicked open, with the sound of snapping wood. His metallic cyan blue gaze fell on all of them and he breathed in, but it sounded like it scratched the back of his throat. He exhaled, but a small bit of blood came out, yet he continued to look as though nothing was wrong. Probably to be strong for them, Serafall had to guess. "I'm just... gonna rest... now..."
"N-no..." Sona says weakly as Luca's eyes start to close. Serafall practically leaped to save Luca, from the sounds of her So-tan's pained voice. The vial ws practically dumped on him, but a majority fell into his mouth and she forced him to swallow it. What happened next, was Luca being shrouded in a warm flame, that seemed to restore his injuries. His body knit back together and regained moisture, his hair fell out and regrew just as quickly into a silky black, and his skin turned back to it's pristine glow. The biggest thing though was that all his scars... were gone.
He was Asian for sure, and he looked vaguely familiar to someone they seen, but they couldn't place it for a bit. When his muscle structure returned it showed he was in very great shape, but Serafall, and a few others, noticed something about his newfound appearance. He was currently naked and nothing was left to the imagination at the moment.
Serafall stared below the waist and her mischevious side was eating at her, but another part was fearful. "Oh my MAOU! He is gonna break my precious little So-tan with that!" A raging blush was on her face, as well as Momo, Tsubasa, Ruruko. Tsubaki and Sona were just staring at Luca, and Sona was practically beaming with the largest smile she has ever wore on her face. It was one of pure thanks as she hugged him close while he slept.
Serafall smiled, and the rest of Sona's peerage did too, when small tears of joy came from her. "Being all business has left her mute to those emotions, it's so cute how she can't handle it and gets so obvious. I guess I can forgive him for the future, because of this here and now. You're safe for now Luca... until you wake up." She then looks around at the absolute destruction he caused in his anger. "Then we are gonna have a talk about WHAT you are."
A Devil under Serafall eventually flew in and landed near the group, running forward and kneeling before Serafall. "Lady Leviathan! I have come to give a field report!" He yelled as he stayed kneeling before the group.
Serafall looked over to him and then nodded. "Speak."
"It's chaos right now. A lot of people recorded the flames and while we intercepted the videos and managed to start the process of writing off a few as fake, we are sure that a large piece of the Supernatural world witnessed the flames." He stops for a moment and then stares at Luca with a undiscernable gaze. "Is all this... mess the fault of one human?"
"That is not your concern right now." Serafall said and then the Devil looked down from her emotionless tone. "Information will be released from futher investigations as it becomes apparent. Now continue."
"Y-yes ma'am." He clears his throat and centers himself. "It appears that the damage and witnesses are too large to deal with in a timely manner with the men and women we have. We are calling in more and are working triple time to contain this. The reinforcements are almost here and all the humans will be contained. We predict a 100% success with containing the situation." He finishes.
Serafall mulled over the information and then nodded to him. "Very well. Return to the job at hand, and I will be there in a bit. I have other matters to attend to." She says and the Devil made a sound of acknowledgement, before flying away. Serafall's gaze falls back to the group, and Luca, and their eyes were on her. Sona hugs him closer reflexively, and this makes Serafall drop her maou face and go back to Sera-tan. "So-Tannnn~" She then ran and tackle hugged her. "Look at you being all adorable with Lu-Tan. He's gonna be alright So-tan. Big sis Sera-tan will make it all better."
Surprisingly Sona actually smiled for a moment, which Serafall noticed, but decided not to say anything while Sona just looked back at Luca's face. Serafall did decide to not pass up on something she was really wanting to do. She grabbed Sona's head and then turned her to see the rest of Luca and when Sona seen the state of dress of Luca, her face began to turn redder and redder. "Ahhhhhh NEE-SAN! Stop ruining the moment with this unprofessional attitude!"
Serafall laughed and then all of them teleported to the Student Council room.
"Where am I?"
I looked around the endless expanse of black and felt... really cold. My body looked wispy and all I had was just silence and me. I tried to sit, but ended up falling backwards, floating off in a direction. After centering myself I was able to get a handle on this and stopped moving entirely. I tried to talk, but nothing came out.
"I can't speak."
I floated forward, but I felt like I was going nowhere even when I felt myself move. Nothing was happening and after a bit I stopped floating and it got colder. I looked down at my hands, or what could be called my hands.
"Is this hell? Did I die?"
I then felt a flash of memories at what happened and I felt myself choke up a bit.
"No."
I couldn't accept this. I hadn't killed Valper yet. I haven't avenged everyone so they can rest.
"Please... no."
I felt despair and just curled up. For awhile I stayed like that and shivered at the cold, until I felt numb. Eventually though I saw a light come from behind me and I turned to see it. An ever expanding wall of flame was before me and in the center of it was a seed. It didn't even feel threatening and I felt at home... at peace. I began to float towards it, and my body got more natural and less wispy.
"Bout time you got back here, Luca! Sorry for the little scare." I jumped as I heard the voice come from all around me. I then seen the system box appear and point an arrow up. I followed it and seen what looked like a large face, made up of sigils and particles that kept flowing around it with one's and zero's.
"I had to do that. See you almost died and threw away everything. I told you to be careful you know Luca!" It chastised.
"System?" I say dumbly and was shocked as I heard my voice.
The face looked as though it nodded as it bounced up and down. "Yep! Glad to see that you aren't completely dumb anymore." I grimaced at that and it gave me a smirk. "Oh don't act like you don't know. This isn't the first time you went off the deep end and almost drowned in your hubris. Then again you are only human, for as long as that lasts anyway."
The head floated me up towards it and after I was closer it replayed the memory of me throwing caution to the wind and using my new flames willy nilly. I looked like a rabid animal going after him and even I paused in here when I heard Valper's name. "Is that all I am now? A mad dog that stops when I hear Valper's name, like someone told me to stay?"
"You said it, not me Luca." I turned to look at the face. "You ended up using your one time autopilot, and while that is unfortunate, I believe it is time for you to heal a bit. You can hunt Freed and Valper, but you need to learn to control your rage, not let it control you. If you don't then the next time you won't be so lucky. Look at how much HP you had left after that. If Dohnaseek hit you, then it would have been the end. You can't be so reckless!" It continues to chastise me more and the more it says, I realize that it is right.
"Yeah... I was dumb." I gave a sigh and then looked back to the memory as it played like a movie. "For the last few years I have been aware of how far I have fallen, but... I just can't bring myself to stop the hunt." I laughed mirthfully. "I just... I can't think of anything I have lived for other than this. Everything else is foreign to me System, and I hate it."
I then turn my gaze to the system. "But I don't think I can stop. I honestly know that the second I hear Valper's name I will go feral. It's like I can't help it, I have been living only for the death of him, that it is all I breathe at this point." I stop for a bit and I feel a small tear prickle. "I think I might be-"
"Too far gone?" It says and I look up and nod slowly. "I won't lie, I have been keeping you more sane than you think. I can only do so much from my restrictions." I took that as a sign of agreeing from the system. I looked down. "However..." I looked back up to see the smiling face. "You are still just human Luca, and you were hurt. You were hurt in a way that few can understand, so it is understandable that you are the way you are. You just have to look around and see you aren't alone. This isn't some schpeel to be all like 'Friendship is the way', but look at the people around you for help. It is not weakness and it will help you. I guess I am giving you a hint to completing a quest for self improvement."
I began to ponder the words from the system and I thought about all the people I could actually go to. For fuck's sake, I have a fiancée who is a Devil, that is the little sister to a Maou, I can probably get some sort of therapy from them. Actually I can just talk to her about all this too. Just let my heart out, maybe talk to Kiba about my problems with this. I feel the most comfortable around those two anyway, so it could work.
I heard the system chuckle and I zoned back in. "Well I am glad I can have this talk, but I really want to apologize for leaving you like that for awhile. Silence and cold, with no voice or body, or sound. I just needed you to see that you can't be this reckless and you need to gain some self control before it is too late. For all you know, that is what awaits you if you don't and get yourself killed." I gulped at thinking about all that. I really don't want that, so I gotta get to work on that. "Then it seems my work is done, now rest in here for a bit. You'll wake up tomorrow and when you do we can see what happens. You have new flames to learn, but be sure that you are safe with them. Talk later Luca!"
I smiled as my eyes fell heavy and I went to sleep.
In the room with the Student Council and Serafall, Luca was laying asleep on the couch, now with some decency to him. His face seemed to scrunch every so often and his flames would flicker about on his body. Other than that he stayed relatively still, and Sona was on her phone talking to Rias. "So he is gonna be okay?" Rias asked.
"Yes. He will make a full recovery from the phoenix tears. Right now the damages and information is being contained. Lots of people are gonna have their memories wiped." Sona says as she sits at her desk. "By the way... his scars were healed by the tear." She says with a bit of an open ended meaning.
Rias picked up on it when she heard it. "So that means he looks like himself without all the scars and piercings." There was silence on the line, before Rias gave a sigh. "I think it is time to let Kiba and him know. I want to let Kiba see him before he wakes up though, with your permission. He is your fiancé."
Sona blushes a bit and then answers. "I think it will be fine, but just let me know when you get here. I expect you to be here with Kiba." Sona says sternly with her.
"Oh I will be. I want to comfort him should he freak out. You don't have to order me around because I know how to push a button, Sona." Rias teases her and Sona growls a bit. Rias laughs and bit as she was trying to make the mood seem a little less tense. "I'll be over there in about 20 minutes. See you then Sona."
"Of course. I'll see you soon Rias." Sona says and she is thankful that Rias tried, but her eyes stray to Luca, who ignites again, but is put out by Serafall, just as quickly.
"Seriously, Lu-tan?! I am gonna make sure you are sleeping with me at this rate if you keep setting yourself on fire!" Serafall screams and gathers the attention of everyone in the room.
ONEE-SAN!" Sona yells and then hangs up the phone with Rias.
Around 20 minutes later there is a knock at the door of the student council. Momo opens the door and Rias, Akeno, and Kiba walk inside. Upon walking in they scan the room and smile in greeting to Serafall. Sona gets up to go greet them. "Welcome Rias, Akeno, and Kiba. We are glad to host you." Luca then ignites and Serafall puts him out again, they are taking no chances with him being asleep. They are making sure he stays safe, healthy, and alive. "Even though we are currently dealing with this."
Akeno is the first to speak as she puts her hand on her cheek and giggles. "Ufufufufufu... it is quite alright. We heard all about Luca and his rampage. I wonder how much pain he caused running through all the city, setting it ablaze." She licked her lips as he sadist side rang.
"Akeno." Rias said and Akeno giggled again as Rias looked back to Sona. "We came to see him, but I didn't expect him to look like that. He cleans up nicely after mayhem it seems." Rias says as she tries a joke and when she looks closer at Luca's facial features and hair, she turns to Akeno. "He looks like you, a bit doesn't he?"
Akeno then turns and stares at him appraisingly and then Serafall groans! "Ohhhh please don't make me have more work to deal with, by being a Himejima AND a user of Amaterasu's flames, LU-TAN! Stop being so mean!" She says, but Akeno continued to look at him appraisingly.
"Hmmmm... he might be related to me, but I never had a brother. It is possible he was extended family from the clan. He definitely has the hair." She then ran her hands in it. "Yep... just as silky as mine. I'm almost jealous, ufufufufufu."
Rias smiled and a few others gave weak laughs, Kiba even did, but it was slowly dying down in his throat as he started to get a better look at Luca. The name rang through his mind and he was taken back...
A small boy with similar features ran up with a toy car, and he laughed as he did, while waving a Kiba. "ISAIAHHHHHHHH! Look I got some new toys from the nice old people around the corner! Come on let's play!" He said as he grabbed him by the hand and started to pull him.
"O-okay. I'm coming Luca!" Kiba yelled and let himself get pulled as he fell into step and matched Luca's pace.
A year later the same boy and Kiba were cleaning up around the orphanage and they were given a reward for being so nice to help the orderlies without asking. Luca turned and gave him some cake that he took from the kitchen when they were helping. "L-Luca?! You can't have that. We haven't had dinner yet." Kiba protested weakly, but Luca slapped half of the cake in his hands.
"Come on Isaiah! It's not like we won't eat dinner and we earned this treat." Luca reasoned and ate his cake with a happy smile on his face as he gushed at the sweetness. Kiba looked unsure, but followed his friends lead eventually. He smiled and continued to eat, when the sweetness hit his tongue, and the two ate their sweets together. Hey! Let's go fishing at the river out behind the church after this!" Luca exclaimed with a near mouthful of food and Kiba nodded with a big smile.
More time passed and eventually they were on their final day in the Holy Sword Project, and as they were walking to the place they would be killed, Luca spoke up. "Hey Isaiah! We are gonna be heroes, I can feel it. We are almost done here, I know it!" They talked for a bit and eventually he was pulled from the group and that was the last time he saw the boy.
Now he sees a scarred man named Luca and he hears the grown voice as the face grew up in front of him to the scarred visage. "Thanks for the help buddy. We should hang out sometime, maybe go fishing."
"No problem and I would love to sometime. I appreciate that Lu! I'll see you around." Kiba had said in the hall outside the bathroom. At this point Kiba was back to reality and he couldn't hold the emotions in any longer. He broke as he fell to his knees and just looked at Luca with such a pained expression on his face. It was like in this moment a hole in his heart had closed and a burden got a little easier. "Luca..." He said weakly through sobs. The pain evident in his voice as he was being reunited with a long lost friend assumed dead.
Just from the pain in his voice and the lost look in his eyes Rias hugged him from behind, her instincts to comfort her servants coming to the front of her mind and actions. "It's okay Kiba. Luca is gonna be just fine. I promise." She held him as he weeped in her hold and then continued. "This is what I wanted to have you both sit down and find out about together, but with all that was going on, I couldn't find the right moment to do it. The moment where you can both just sit and heal together. I hope you can forgive me for not telling you."
Kiba didn't respond, but kept weeping. He either didn't hear, or just was so absorbed in the moment that he didn't care, but he did hold onto her arms as she embraced him. The room was a mixture of reactions right now. Around half of the room was happy, but others still worried for Luca, and how he would react when he awoke to this. He will most likely be very upset about Freed getting away due to the Fallen Angels, but they all hoped that Kiba would provide a welcome distraction from it all. Now, all they can do was wait.
In a far off church around the town of Kuoh, an angry Fallen Angel Miltelt was screaming at Raynare. "Are you seriously just gonna ignore this problem?! The guy had the Amaterasu Flames! You'd have to be an idiot to make that human an enemy, Raynare!" She slammed her hand on the pew in the church and it fractured under her hit, as the rotting wood gave way to the sudden force. "He even killed Dohnaseek and I barely made it away with the crazy bastard he was hunting. This is, like, seriously messed up!"
Raynare, a beautiful Fallen Angel with jet black hair and sporting a leotard from a bondage store, was unbothered as she sat down on the statue in the center of the room. Her leg was cocked over the other and she seemed to be dissatisfied with the tone Miltelt was giving her. Another Fallen was nearby in the corner, wearing a dark purple outfit that seemed a tad short and showed her curves. Her blue hair was covering an eye as she stared at Mitelt with a bemused expression.
"If Dohnaseek died to a stupid human with those flames then obviously he was too weak for our faction. We have other work to do anyway so who cares, we'll kill him later." She scoffed as if it was the answer to everything. A lot of Fallen are prideful and arrogant, but Raynare, and many more, are on another level. They are unable to recognize a true danger till it is right in front of them. She seemed very sure of herself that this human was no threat to her and then laughed as a thought seemed to go through her head.
"Right." The other Fallen in the corner said. "I will miss his touch, but I lost a lot of interest when he came back so scarred and deformed." She began to saunter to the side of Raynare and gave a haughty laugh. "Besides, no one like that can stand up to Lord Azazel or Kokabiel. We'll just get a replacement to fill in the open spot and be back to business."
Mitelt was an arrogant Fallen, but not to the level of blind ignorance in herself to think she stands a chance against that psycho with the fire. The fact that the Devils now definitely know they are causing trouble is just another fact about this. That Devil she encountered even said he was with the little sister of the Leviathan, the boogeyman of the Fallen, which is not good for her if they incur her wrath. Wait, she remembered the Fire guy's blatant dismissal of the Devil, so it was possible that they weren't with them. Maybe... yes that is an idea. She gave information, but perhaps she can get the Devils to help take out a mutual enemy. She just has to find time to slip out and go to them. He was a little cute, she would admit that, and maybe they can work together to take care of their problem.
She hated the idea of asking these Devils for help, but when the stakes are as high as hers then what choice do you have, but to throw away your prejudices and find a way?
I didn't know when, but I woke up and was in a familiar room. I felt the hard leather of the couch underneath me and then tried to sit up, but I felt a pinch on my forearm from moving wrong.
Wait. Wait?!
I looked down and seen that my arm was... normal. I can see no scarred flesh and then I lit my finger on fire, and yelled in pain as it hit me. I forgot what pain was like, but that confirmed it wasn't an illusion. I was healed, but how?
It all came back really fast when I thought about it and I remembered the Fallen Angel flying away with Freed, the sight of a crying Sona, Serafall dumping the Phenex Tear in my mouth, and the talk I had with the System. So this means that I have my pain receptors back, Freed is still on the loose with my information and the wagging tongue, and now I have to get used to the pain of my flames. This is the worse thing ever.
"Don't worry Luca. You have a head start already since you were asleep and occasionally lighting on fire. Your new skill Pain Tolerance is level 7 out of 20. You should be able to level that up, but it will be easier for you to light yourself on fire the next time. Try it!"
I heard the System in my head and then did as instructed. When I lit my hand on fire and let it crawl around my body, I grit my teeth, but it was more bearable than last time. I eventually stop and notice that my limbs shake slightly, but I eventually will them to stop. This is gonna be a process, but I hope it doesn't cripple me too bad. I then reached my hand to the back of the couch and watched as it went through it when I went incorporeal. "At least this still..." My brow twitched when I realized I could have used this during my rampage after Freed and when Dohnaseek tried to impale me when I had him. "Fuck!"
The system then laughed in my head. "You see why I tell you to control your rage, instead of it controlling you? I am glad you are realizing and are learning from your mistakes, Luca. Now how about you start making your way to your friends?"
"You're quite talkative System. When was the last time you badgered me like this?" I say with an eyeroll at being mocked.
"I thought I was past needing to babysit you, but I guess it can't be helped now. I will make sure you don't do anything dumb for awhile and will offer you advice when I can. You can tell me to stop whenever you want, but until then I will dote on you like a parent if I have to." It said with finality.
"Yep. Cause I know how those act, right?" I say with heavy sarcasm. "Whatever. Where is my phone?" I shrug and then begin searching for the phone to call Sona. I then noticed a small flash in the corner of my vision and seen an icon. I pulled it up.
Magic Seed has passed the 50% complete mark and will now leak out a magical aura! Congratulations Luca! You now don't seem to be a normal human.
"Cool... love the sarcasm in that one too." I say with a deadpan and then close the window. I then begin to rummage through the room and eventually find my phone... it was burnt to a crisp. "Fuck..." I shake my head and then just move to open the window to the student council room. When I do I can see that students are all out and about having lunch. When the window opens I can feel the heat of the sun and then take my normal seat on the window and look out over the area. Eventually some people notice me and I can see that a few of the girls are looking at me with star struck lust. Come on, I don't look that good. Damn. I then see Sona on the other side and she then turns to see me. We held each other's gaze for a bit and I gave her a soft smile. She smiled back and I can see a faint bit of tears in her eyes.
I took note on the fact she was heading towards the building now, probably to see me. Better make myself decent.
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I hope you all enjoyed and remember I love reading reviews and if we have another response like the one with Freed I promise to make sure to explain myself. Though I will say I will try not to make you all too mad, unless I need to get that response from you if something happens that is meant to invoke a feeling of anger, but I won't have it be from nerfing a character again, if it felt that way.
Have a great day everyone!
