"Talking"
Inner thoughts
"Mental reply"
Ability/attack/emphasis/weapon/sacred gear
[Ddraig]
{Albion}
*SCENE BREAK*
*STREETS OF KUOH; NIGHTTIME*
It was raining heavily in Kuoh, no sound can be heard apart from the constant drops coming from the heavy rain.
Yuto Kiba is seen walking aimlessly on the poorly lit sidewalk lost in his own thoughts.
If there's something you're worried about, at least tell me, swordsman, to swordsman. The voice of Issei reverberated in Kiba's mind.
"I'm sorry, Issei-kun, I'm not someone who you should be worried for, I don't deserve that kind of treatment." Kiba said to himself.
Suddenly a man in what seems to be church clothing came running out of the alley in a hysterical panic.
"Help me-Argh!" The man said as he slipped and fell.
"A priest…" Kiba spoke in a surprisingly sad tone.
"Hey hey hey, look at what I found, a shitty devil, hehehe." An alive Freed Sellzan spoke while waving a sword.
"Freed Sellzan? How are you alive, I thought Issei-kun killed you?!" Kiba spoke in a very shocked manner.
"How I made it out alive is none of your business, all I see is a free kill." Freed spoke in a maniacal tone.
"So, you managed to survive him and hid in town." Kiba spoke in an angered tone.
"Ahh, such a heartwarming reunion, it brings a tear to my eye kekeke." Freed cackled.
"Too bad for you, I'm in a real shitty mood today." Kiba spoke as he summoned a demonic sword.
"HAHAHAHAHA, that's perfect, killing these priests was getting boring." Freed spoke while continuously waving his sword around creating an ominous aura.
"That light and aura… It can't be."
"Nice timing, in return to what that cocaine-haired bastard did to me, let's have a lil test of which is stronger, your cursed sword or my holy sword, eXcALiBuR!" Freed cut off Kiba in his maniacal voice.
The mere mention of Excalibur was enough to send Kiba in a fit of rage.
Both Kiba and Freed clash swords in a momentary stalemate.
"That pretty face of yours is getting twisted, are you trying to become a more suitable prey for the holy sword Excalibur." Freed spoke.
"Don't fuck with me!" Kiba bellowed pushing away the crazed priest.
"I didn't think something so vulgar would come out of that pretty mouth of yours." Freed spoke.
"HOLY ERASER!" Kiba attacked.
Freed's sword glows an orange hue, completely negating Kiba's attack.
"It's useless." Freed mocked the knight.
"I was just testing to see if that's the real thing or not. Now I can come at you with everything I got!" Kiba spoke in an arrogant tone as he charged towards the priest.
Kiba continued his assault forcing the priest to go on the defensive until Freed saw an opening and took advantage of it dealing doing an upward slash gashing the knight's bicep.
"AHHH!" Kiba bellowed in pain.
"Didn't you know? Holy swords really hate devils." Freed mocked the devil.
"I know. There's no way I'd forget!" Kiba angrily spoke as he swept Freed's feet, the latter falling on his ass.
"That's cheating!" Freed retorted.
"Isn't that what devils do!" Kiba answered jumping forward for a slash.
Freed narrowly dodged the attack.
"I see now, wait what?" Freed asked in confusion as a communications circle appeared beside his ear.
"Oh, someone's calling me, and so, goodbye shitty devil!" Freed said as he threw flashbang exiting the scene.
*HYOUDOU RESIDENCE; MORNING*
Issei is seen lying on his bed as his anime waifu alarm clock rang to wake him up.
"It's not I care about you, just because I woke you up doesn't mean I like you, idiot!" The alarm clock rang
"Fuuuuuuck, I feel heavy." Issei spoke as he opened his eyes.
Issei stirred awake but he felt two arms draped around his neck and a red bunch of hair laying on his collarbone.
IS THIS RIAS?! Issei screamed in his head.
His suspicions were proven right when he saw a buck-naked Rias peacefully sleeping and softly breathing on his lower neck, the latter getting turned on.
On his left was a familiar head of blond hair, a naked Asia is seen clinging to his chest.
"Buchou! Asia! What the hell are you two doing here?" Issei startled the two awake.
"Oh, good morning, Ise." Rias greeted, kissing Issei on the cheek, the boy blushing in return.
"Good morning Issei-san." Asia softly spoke.
"First of all, why are you two naked, you both dodged my question earlier." Issei asked.
"I can't sleep unless I'm naked, and I wanted my Ise time~" Rias seductively spoke.
"Why are you two here again?" Issei added to his question.
"I was getting lonely, and I couldn't think about anything but you~" Rias spoke pressing Issei's arm in between her breasts.
"I woke up from a bad dream and I wanted to sleep next to you, but I saw Rias onee-sama in your room undressing, we then agreed to take an arm each and make you a pillow of sort." Asia answered.
Issei's door shot open revealing a properly dressed Kalina.
"Issei! Wake up already and wake up Asia-chan too… my, what do we have here" Kalina spoke completely caught off guard from the scene.
"Hello there Kalina-san, sorry for barging in." Rias politely spoke.
"Err, it's alright, it's about damn time Issei gets a woman ha-ha." Kalina spoke casually, completely ignoring the naked women on her son's bed.
"Time to get ready for school, come along now, Ise." Rias spoke dressing and going downstairs with Asia.
The boy was now left alone in his room, left to fantasize on Rias and Asia.
[Sorry to bother your daydream partner, but we have business to discuss] Ddraig spoke aloud startling the boy.
"What the hell Ddraig?! It was getting good." Issei tearfully spoke.
[Do you remember your visit to Azazel's home? I caught the scent of the white one.] Ddraig warned his host.
"Your eternal rival, huh, we'll have to fight them someday, right?" Issei asked his dragon.
[Precisely, but I won't need to worry much, you're already this powerful and you're only in your late teens.] Ddraig proudly said.
"Hmm, if you caught the white one's scent, won't that mean that the white dragon emperor is working for or with Azazel?" Issei pondered
[That could be possible, great deduction on your part.] Ddraig approved of his host's smarts.
"Ddraig, could this be a setup by Azazel?" Issei spoke in a serious tone.
[It could be, he's matching us and the white one like it's one of those fighting games you played with him.] Ddraig casually answered.
"I just hope that the white one's host doesn't have a few screws loose." Issei sighed.
"ISSEI, GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE, RIAS AND ASIA ARE WAITING AND YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE." Kalina bellowed from the kitchen.
[Good luck, partner.] Ddraig chuckled.
*KUOH ACADEMY; MORNING*
Sona Sitri and her queen Tsubaki Shinra are seen walking towards Kuoh Academy's bridge until Sona spotted two hooded figures at the end of the bridge.
"President?" Tsubaki called for her king.
Sona scanned the two figures.
"A holy sword." Sona spoke in a neutral tone.
Issei, Matsuda, and Motohama are seen talking among themselves in the hallways of their school.
"Karaoke?" Issei asked.
"It's been a while, wanna go?" Matsuda excitedly spoke.
"The one across the station has most of the songs we like, insert songs, and some anime songs as well." Motohama said with a grin.
"What was that about "insert"?" A bespectacled young woman suddenly spoke.
"Kiryuu!" Matsuda and Motohama simultaneously spoke.
Aika Kiryuu is a second year in Kuoh Academy, who sports a head of brown hair styled to braids on both sides, golden-yellow eyes, pink framed spectacles, and is wearing the Kuoh Academy uniform with black thigh high socks, she shares the same ability of the Size Scouter with Motohama, the only thing different is Kiryuu measures a guy's dick rather than the three sizes of a woman with Motohama.
"Gosh, you three are talking about erotic shit this early in the morning?" Aika spoke in a mocking tone.
"No, we were talking about going to a karaoke bar." Issei answered.
"Karaoke? Sounds fun, maybe I'll tag along too, wanna come with me? Asia?" Aika asked the nun.
"Yes, I'd love to go." Asia happily replied.
Screw it I'm going, gotta make sure these numbskulls don't try anything with Asia. Issei thought.
*OLD SCHOOLHOUSE*
Issei and Asia are seen walking through the newly cleaned halls of the old schoolhouse on their way to the main clubroom.
"Wow! It's so shiny!" Asia spoke amazed by the waxed wood flooring
"It does, I can even see my reflection on it ha-ha!" Issei chuckled.
Both Asia and Issei turned a corner and noticed a suspicious-looking set of double doors, the doors are sealed by a myriad of yellow tape that says, "KEEP OUT."
"Was that room always in there?" Asia asked.
"I have no idea, but let's not stick around here, we gotta meet Buchou." Issei spoke with Asia nodding in compliance.
Issei used his draconic senses and tried to gauge who or what's inside the room.
[Partner, it's a sacred gear user in there.] Ddraig spoke in Issei's mind.
"Yeah, a powerful one too, wonder what else Rias keeps inside." Issei replied to his dragon.
[One can only wonder, but let's leave it for now, we don't want to seem suspicious, especially when her knight's gone rogue.] Ddraig replied cutting the mental link.
The duo eventually made it to the main clubroom where Rias and Koneko were seated on opposing couches and were as impressed by the cleaning job the room received.
"Everything so far is spotless, it's like a fresh start all over again." Rias spoke.
"Where's Kiba though?" Issei asked.
"Yuto-senpai took a day off." Koneko answered while eating an apple.
"Kiba-san taking a day off? That's unusual." Asia spoke in shock.
"Does it have something to do with what we talked about yesterday? Tell me what Kiba has to do with holy swords." Issei asked in a serious tone.
"I've told you that Yuto was a survivor of the Holy Sword Project, correct?" Rias sighed.
"Yes." Issei bluntly replied.
"Besides him, there were others who were being raised to be wielders of Excalibur." Rias said in an equally serious tone.
"And those others were raised to wield seven fragments of Excalibur." Issei chimed in earning a shocked look from Rias.
"How did you know about the fragments?" Rias asked.
"I have my sources, and a hunch." Issei lied through his teeth.
"I see, continuing my explanation; Those seven fragments were scattered a long time ago from a war long ago, the church collected those fragments and used alchemy to create seven swords.
"Kiba was supposed to wield one of them." Issei spoke in an ominous tone.
"Yes, but none of those who were trained were able to adapt to Excalibur, the project ended in complete failure, then those who were in charge of the entire thing… decided to dispose of him and the other test subjects." Rias spoke in a solemn tone.
"Dispose of as in killing them." Issei snarled.
"Yes…All of them were on the verge of death, but one of them was able to run away alone while knocking on death's door and swore vengeance. I wanted him to use his conviction in a meaningful way as a devil."
"So, that's why you turned Kiba into a devil… When he saw that photo of me and the kid, it reminded him of his past and true ideals." Issei spoke sadly.
"Yes, all we can do is wait and see what happens." Rias spoke with a half-smile.
The doors shot open revealing Akeno.
"Ara-ara, everyone's here already." Akeno spoke while approaching the group.
"You're quite late, Akeno." Rias spoke.
"It's because I brought some guests." Akeno replied to Rias while gesturing Sona and Tsubaki to enter.
"Excuse our sudden visit." Sona respectfully spoke.
"Kaichou and Fuku-Kaichou?" Issei spoke with confusion and shock.
"How have you been, Hyoudou-kun." Sona greeted the boy with an uncharacteristic smile.
"All good." Issei replied winking at Sona, the latter getting flustered.
"They said that they have urgent business to discuss with you, Buchou." Akeno explained.
"That's right. Rias, will you come to my home right now? No one will be able to intrude there." Sona explained regaining her stoic demeanor.
"Sounds like a very complicated situation you have there." Rias spoke in a serious tone.
"Yes, very complicated." Sona replied.
"Can I tag along? I have a grasp of what you two intend to discuss, and I have information that's gonna be worth your while." Issei offered himself.
Rias, Sona, Akeno, and Tsubaki immediately turned red at the thought of seeing a naked Issei in the sauna.
"I-I-I'm fine with it, how about you Rias?" Sona asked her friend/rival.
"O-o-of course, if he has information then let's lend him an ear." Rias spoke visibly blushing.
"Alright! Let me drop Asia home, escort Koneko to her home and I'll teleport here right away." Issei spoke in high spirits.
Asia, Issei, and Koneko are seen near the apartments where Koneko stays, the latter separating from the group.
"This is my stop, goodbye." Koneko spoke.
"Alright, see you tomorrow!" Asia reciprocated the farewell.
"Let's go somewhere discreet, I'll teleport us home." Issei spoke with Asia nodding in compliance.
Issei dropped Asia off and went back to the ORC club room.
"So? Where are we going again?" Issei asked.
"To Sona's home, come along now." Rias spoke.
The group of Issei, Rias, Akeno, Sona, and Tsubaki were teleported to Sona's home.
"Now, Hyoudou-kun-" Sona was interrupted by Issei.
"Kaichou, I'm not one for formalities, Issei or Ise is fine, pick your poison." Issei spoke.
"Very well, Issei, what we're going to do is lounge around in my home's sauna, it's the most discrete place in this building and the only place we can discuss our current affairs." Sona explained.
"Alright, Kaichou lead the w-" Issei was interrupted by Sona this time.
"I'd like you to return the favor by dropping the formalities with me as well, just make sure that it's not in school where you call me by my name." Sona spoke with Issei nodding in compliance.
"Very well, Sona~" Issei teased the devil.
Rias, Akeno, and Tsubaki we're visibly jealous with Issei and Sona actively flirting.
The group split into the changing lockers with Issei being the only guy amongst the group.
The lady's locker room was in absolute disarray.
"Are we all in agreement that we're about to see Issei Sparda-Hyoudou buck naked?" Rias asked the group.
"Yes!" The rest answered in unison.
"Let's make ourselves presentable then." Rias again spoke with a smile.
Issei is seen changing in the men's locker room.
"Ddraig, is there a possibility that all the ladies I'm with will go to the sauna stark naked?" Issei asked his dragon.
[It's not a possibility, it's a fact, that Gremory girl is a prime example.] Ddraig answered.
"Nice." Issei simply replied.
[You're on your own for this one, I'll let you savor the moment for once.] Ddraig chuckled while cutting the mental link.
The four ladies walk into the sauna in anticipation of Issei's arrival, they all sat in evenly spaced spots leaving the middle seat open for the boy in question.
"It's been forever since I came here." Rias spoke feeling nostalgic, taking off her towel.
"Did you use to go here often?" Akeno asked her king removing her towel as well.
"Rias and I always come here to tell our secrets to one another." Sona spoke out of the blue, completely naked with her queen.
"This sauna was installed for her personal use, once the space is closed no one can enter." Tsubaki explained.
"So that's how they can share their secrets." Akeno chimed in.
"I mainly complained about being scolded all the time and other childish things, you talk a lot about your sister in here, right, Sona?" Rias confessed.
"That's all in the past." Sona gracefully answered.
"Woah! Snazzy-looking sauna you got here, Sona." Issei's voice echoed making his entrance.
Here he is! All four of them thought.
"I feel relaxed already when I walked in here." Issei spoke in relief.
The four ladies with Issei couldn't stop staring at his physique, his semi wet white hair, his six pack abs that glisten with the moisture on it, his crimson orbs that glimmer, and his package from below, all combine for a very tasty treat in their eyes.
Issei took his seat dead center and began the conversation.
"So, what are we here for?" Issei asked, fully knowing what they have in mind.
"Before we get to that, mind if we ask you a few questions?" Sona asked.
"Alright, shoot." Issei replied.
"Who else is in your peerage?" Sona asked.
"Tiamat, that's it. I don't have anyone in mind right now, mostly because I can't find anyone." Issei answered scratching the back of his head.
"How did you unlock your powers?" Rias this time asked.
"It may sound brutal, but I needed to be stabbed. The reason being is that when my powers were sealed by my parents, it takes two of them to unseal it, but then my father passed away because it used most of his life force to put the seal on me, and to unseal it, my mother took a gamble and went to her cousin Nero, the Dark Slayer's son, he had Sparda's home restored and gathered all the demonic blades in it as a memorabilia of sort, then he told me that I needed to absorb all three of Sparda's swords, Rebellion, Yamato, and Sparda, I stabbed myself with the remains Rebellion, the rest of the blades were absorbed into me, breaking the seals with sheer force and adding some more." Issei explained earning nods from the women around him.
"Remains?" Rias spoke in confusion.
"The Rebellion has shattered some years ago, but its power of bringing man and devil together stayed intact." Issei answered.
"Hmm, what fighting styles do you use?" Tsubaki now asked.
"Mostly a mix of swordplay and shooting, I mostly favor Severance since it's a sword exclusive to me." Issei answered materializing Severance then dematerializing it.
"Most importantly, are you looking to date anyone? Ufufufu." Akeno asked the final question.
"Not right now, but I'd love to take you ladies out when the time presents itself." Issei answered in a surprisingly flirty tone, the four women couldn't hold back a blush.
"Now, onto the good stuff, ladies first." Issei opened the table for discussion.
"Right, this morning, Sona and I encountered two individuals from the church on our way to school." Tsubaki started things off.
"It's been a while since they came to town. What did they want?" Rias asked.
"They want to speak with you, Rias." Sona answered.
"People from the church want to speak with a devil. This is gonna be a nuisance. So, what did you tell them? Rias spoke in a frustrated tone.
"I accepted of course, tomorrow they'll be coming to your club room after school hours, however… Sona trailed off.
"The two individuals were carrying holy swords."
Bingo. Issei thought.
Rias remembered the photo of Issei and his childhood friend.
"It can't be…" Rias whispered.
"So, Issei, what do have to offer?" Sona asked.
"Here's the short version of it, apparently in the church, three Excalibur fragments were stolen, by fallen angels and they plan to find the rest in hopes of restoring the real thing. Issei explained both lying and answering truthfully while leaving out details that would put the devils on high alert.
"I see, that is big, thank you Issei." Sona thanked the boy.
Suddenly, Issei felt a disturbance and he had a feeling that it was in his home.
"Rias, let's go, this concerns Asia, we have to go to my place now." Issei spoke in urgency.
"Alright." Rias replied with a serious face.
The two got dressed and teleported using Issei's advanced teleportation magic.
Back at the sauna, Akeno, Sona, and Tsubaki are left to their devices.
"So, ladies are you willing to share him?" Akeno asked.
"I won't mind, it's Rias that I'm concerned with, she can be a bit possessive at times, especially when Issei saved her from Riser, I'm sure that she's grown possessive of him." Sona confessed.
"I'm willing to share him, it's normal for a dragon to have multiple mates, but I wonder who he's going to mark first." Tsubaki answered.
*HYOUDOU RESIDENCE; EVENING*
Issei and Rias are seen entering the home when they noticed that all the lights were turned off, Issei in a panic rushed inside and called out for his mother.
"MOM, WHERE ARE YOU AND ASIA?" He bellowed.
The two noticed the faint light that came from the living room and went there.
"Rias, go to my room and check on Asia, I sense her upstairs, don't worry about being noticed, I casted a spell that seals your presence prior to us going here." Issei explained with Rias nodding in compliance.
"Mom…" Issei called out with a worried face.
Issei saw her mother, and two women wearing white church robes, one had orange hair styled into twin tails and purple eyes, the other had chin-length blue hair with a green fringe and brown eyes.
"Oh, Issei welcome home, what's wrong? What's with the long face?" Kalina pointed out.
So, this is where the bad feeling I had came from. Issei thought.
"It's been too long, hasn't it, Issei-kun?" The girl with twin tails spoke.
"You don't remember me? It's me!" The girl pointed to herself.
"Here dumbass, it's Irina." Kalina berated her son while presenting a photo.
"WHAT?!" Issei shouted in shock
"She looked boyish back then, but now she looks like a proper woman, I couldn't even tell that it was her." Kalina spoke.
"What the hell… I legit thought she was a boy." Issei spoke in disbelief.
"That's no way to speak to a woman!" Kalina interjected.
"I wouldn't blame you, I acted pretty boyish back then." Irina spoke up.
"Well, I can only say that I'm sorry." Issei apologized with a slight bow.
"A lot's happened to both of us, you even look different… really different, you never know what's gonna happen when you see a friend after a long time." Irina spoke with a blush.
Issei glanced at the blunette beside Irina with extreme suspicion.
Irina noticed this introduced her companion to Issei.
"Issei-kun, this is my partner, Xenovia Quarta." Irina spoke.
"Pleased to meet you, Issei Hyoudou." Xenovia spoke in a neutral tone.
"Likewise, Xenovia, by the way, are you two exorcists, and is that a holy sword with you?" Issei asked.
Irina and Xenovia gave the boy disturbed looks.
"Yes… we're exorcists, but how did you know?" Xenovia asked.
"I know it when I sense it." Issei answered.
"Issei-kun, what really happened to you and Kalina-san? Both your appearances look waaay different from before." Irina asked in a demanding tone.
Kalina sighed and decided to step up.
"Look, Irina-chan, all this time we know what the supernatural is and we're part of it, Issei and I are part devil, and his father was a pure dragon." Kalina confessed.
"Is this true? Issei-kun?" Irina looked at her childhood friend.
"Yes, for me I discovered it just recently." Issei answered
Irina at this point was in tears.
"Why, did you hide it from my family and I?" Irina asked again in a desperate tone.
"It was my husband and I's fault, we sealed away Issei's power and changed his appearance, in the hopes of letting him live a normal life, but we both knew that the supernatural would still find its way to get its hands on our son. It was going great for a while until a fateful day changed all that and forced me to unseal all of his powers, and I'm sure that your father Touji knew what we were all along" Kalina spoke in a sad tone.
"I see… but by powers, what powers were unsealed in Issei?" Irina followed up.
"To put it simply, Issei and I are descendants of Sparda."
Irina and Xenovia sported looks of fear at the mention of Sparda.
"The legendary dark knight?!" Xenovia spoke in shock.
"The devil who slaughtered an entire army and sealed Mundus?" Irina now asked.
Kalina can only nod with closed eyes.
"I-I-I can't believe it, to have been that close to descendants of Sparda…" Irina trailed off.
"I'm sorry Irina-chan, all we wanted for Issei was to be safe, but it was inevitable that he's gonna be a part of all this." Kalina spoke.
Irina could only nod.
"Irina, I'm sorry too, even I was surprised by all of this when I first found out." Issei now spoke.
"It's alright, Kalina-san, Issei-kun I still see you as my friend." Irina spoke with a smile while wiping her tears.
"Thank you, Irina-chan." Kalina spoke with tears.
Kalina got up and hugged Irina.
"That's all the time we have, we'll be taking our leave Kalina-san." Irina spoke as she separated from the hug.
"Alright, goodbye and stay safe out there, Irina." Kalina spoke with a smile
The two members of the church got out and left the scene.
"That hug earlier stung a little, maybe she had a cross on her or something." Kalina lightly scratched her chest.
"Probably yeah, and those holy swords they carry are a big deal." Issei spoke.
"Issei, do you think Irina really does see you as her friend?" Kalina asked her son.
"No, not yet at least, it's gonna take her some time to process and accept what we just told her." Issei answered in a solemn tone.
"I see, all we can do is wait then." Kalina spoke.
Issei went upstairs to his room and was presented with Rias holding Asia in a tight embrace.
"How are you two holding up?" Issei asked the two devils.
"I'm fine, Ise, those holy swords really gave me the chills." Rias spoke in a slightly frustrated tone.
"I could say the same thing, when the two of them entered the house, I immediately felt that something was wrong like there was a disturbance. Asia answered.
"Tell me about it, I sensed it all the way from Sona's home." Issei spoke while ripping out some of his ero posters.
"What are you doing?" Rias asked.
"Well, these look disgusting to me now, I'm still a pervert, yes, but seeing a woman's naked body in the flesh turned a new leaf on me." Issei chuckled.
Rias moved and checked under Issei's bed
"Oh maou, look at all this." Rias spoke in surprise when she uncovered a boatload of porn magazines and dvds.
"Wow, you found my stash, I could sell them for a good chunk of change." Issei said amused.
Asia could only stare at the scene.
"Asia, don't mind these, I'm gonna get rid of them." Issei spoke.
Little did they know that Asia hid one of the magazines in her uniform.
"A-a-alright." Asia bluntly replied.
"Hmm, now that I think about it, I know someone who I can sell these to." Issei pondered.
"Is that so, I hope that your sale goes well." Rias chuckled.
"I'll be going home now, Asia, Ise, stay safe." Rias spoke before teleporting out of Issei's room.
"You go back to your room Asia; I'll be going out for a bit to sell these." Issei spoke.
"Alright, be careful out there!" Asia spoke as she left for her room.
"Right, pretty sure Azazel would buy these." Issei said to himself.
*AZAZEL'S APARTMENT*
Issei knocked on Azazel's door while holding all the porn he wants to sell and waited for an answer.
"How can I help you? You again?!" Raynare scowled.
"Sup Ray-chan, where's your dad?" Issei asked his ex.
"He's here, and what's with the nickname? We aren't friends. Pops! That Issei kid is here again." Raynare called out.
"Oh? Let him in." Azazel answered.
Issei now sat on one of Azazel's couches and waited for the fallen.
"So, Issei, what do you have for me?" Azazel asked the boy.
"Well, I figured you might wanna buy all of my porn here and I have some news for you." Issei answered while presenting the box of porn to Azazel.
"News later, show me the good stuff first." Azazel spoke in visible excitement.
Azazel browsed through the whole thing and was thoroughly impressed by the boy's collection.
"It's… The holy grail, you are a true porn enthusiast, my boy." Azazel spoke in admiration.
"Former porn enthusiast, seeing an actual woman's body made me a new man." Issei spoke proudly.
"That's very sad to hear, you have god's eyes when it comes to this."
"So, what's the news you want to tell me?" Azazel grabbed his chin.
"Well, the church sent out two exorcists both wielding holy swords, and I'm certain that they're Excalibur fragments." Issei spoke in a serious tone.
"Hoo, that is news, but for what's going to come those two are severely outclassed and outnumbered."
"Yeah, what's worse is that my childhood friend is one of them." Issei snarled.
"Now that's a bigger problem, I can't help you on this kid, you're on your own." Azazel answered but was a bit ashamed, he grew fond of the boy, not for his sacred gear or power, but for who he is.
"I know, but it gets my blood boiling, why the hell would they only two exorcists when they fully know that where they're going to send them is full on devil territory." Issei spoke in anger.
"Maybe they didn't want the devils to think that they were sending an attack, they want to solve things with as little conflict as possible." Azazel answered.
"Makes sense, by the way, are you buying these?" Issei asked pointing at the stash
"Hell yeah I am, I've never seen porn in this quality." Azazel answered.
"Alright then, how much can you pay?" Issei asked.
"Take that painting over there, it's worth well over ten million yen." Azazel pointed at the painting in question.
"TEN MILLION YEN ARE YOU SERIOUS?" Issei bellowed.
"Yeah, take it, it's just gathering dust there, and I'm sure you'll get the ten million at auction or sell it to a collector." Azazel answered while downing his drink.
"Holy shit my degeneracy just made me ten million." Issei spoke in disbelief.
"I'm sure with that amount of money, you're set for the next 5 years or so." Azazel spoke amused.
"Yeah, anyways thanks for the painting and enjoy." Issei spoke as he took the painting and wrapped it carefully.
"No problem kid, see you around." Azazel waved goodbye to Issei as he teleported back home.
"You're right, he really does have the holy grail of porn." Raynare spoke as she looked at the stash.
"Hey! No touching, I'm gonna enjoy these tonight." Azazel spoke with a smile
*NEXT DAY; ORC CLUBROOM; AFTERNOON*
Issei and Rias are seated across the two exorcists, Rias' peerage minus Kiba on the other hand stood behind her and Issei.
"Thank you for agreeing to speak with us. My name is Xenovia." Xenovia spoke in a neutral tone.
"And I'm Irina Shido." Irina introduced herself.
"Why would followers of God want to speak with a devil?" Rias asked the duo.
"Out of the six swords with their known locations, the church still has three of them, but three of them were stolen by fallen angels." Irina spoke surprising everyone except Issei.
"The ones we have are the ones that are left, the holy sword of destruction, Excalibur Destruction." Xenovia spoke while presenting her sword wrapped in cloth.
"I have the holy sword of mimicry, Excalibur Mimic!" Irina spoke as she presented a white paracord neatly wrapped around her left arm.
"Well, what do you want us to do?" Rias asked.
"This is between the church and the fallen angels; we don't need your interference." Xenovia glared at Rias.
"Is that an accusation? Are you assuming that we're in some sort of an alliance with the fallen?" Rias asked the exorcist duo.
"Last time I heard, a holy sword is the last thing you want to see. Don't your interests match the fallen angels?" Xenovia smirked at Rias
That was the last straw for Rias, and she released her aura laced with the p.o.d.
"If our suspicions are held true, we will not hesitate and retaliate with force, even if you're a Maou's little sister." Xenovia spoke arrogantly.
"If you've got that much information on me then know this; I will never side with the fallen, I would never do such a thing, I swear on my pride as a Gremory." Rias spoke trying not to lose her cool.
"That's good enough to hear then, I was merely relaying the thoughts of the church, I didn't think that the sister of the Maou would this stupid." Xenovia smirked.
Issei's been quite the whole time but hearing this made him want to obliterate the bluenette.
"Then I'm sure that you know that we won't give you any form of assistance either?" Rias asked.
"Yes, it's fine as long as you don't intervene with anything that happens from here on out." Xenovia replied.
"Understood, would you like some tea?" Rias offered.
"No thanks, I'm not here to make friends with devils, and we've taken up too much of your time. We'll be going now." Xenovia stood up.
Xenovia glanced over to Asia.
"I thought it was possible when we visited Issei Hyoudou's home last night. Are you Asia Argento?" Xenovia asked the blonde.
"Uhh, yes, I am." Asia answered who was caught off guard.
"I didn't think I'd see a witch in a place like this." Xenovia spoke with venom in her voice.
Hearing this Asia was on the verge of tears.
"Oh, you're the former saint who was excommunicated for being witch. I heard that you were banished, because you could heal fallen angels and devils, but I didn't know you'd become a devil." Irina asked not knowing Asia's circumstances.
"Umm, I…" Asia was left speechless.
"But for someone who had been called a saint to become a devil… No point on crying over spilled milk." Xenovia scowled at Asia.
Issei's eyes were shadowed by his hair, but his crimson orbs glowed, Rias seeing this began to feel concerned not for Issei, but the two exorcists.
"Enough…" Issei whispered.
"Xenovia, she's a devil now." Irina spoke.
"I know, but there's the case of someone who remains pious, even after their betrayal. She seems like one of them." Xenovia proclaimed.
"Hey Asia-san, do you still believe in God? Even after becoming a devil?" Irina asked.
"I-I just can't give up on my faith… I had always believed in God" Asia answered with tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Enough!" Issei spoke louder but was outright ignored.
"Then you should let yourself be executed by us right now. Even if you are sinful, our God will reach his hand in forgiveness. At least let yourself be convicted by my hand, under God." Xenovia announced.
"Do you mind stopping there, if you're going to look down on my servants like that." Rias spoke sternly.
"I wasn't looking down on her. As a follower, it's natural to feel pity." Xenovia spoke while Issei and Rias sent death glares towards her.
"I SAID THAT'S ENOUGH!" Issei spoke startling everyone in the room except Xenovia.
Issei darted in front of Asia protecting her.
"You dare call her a witch?!" Issei questioned the blunette.
"Yes, after what she did, she should be called a witch." Xenovia arrogantly spoke.
"Stop fucking around! You're the very same people who put her on a pedestal as a saint… Asia was always alone and hearing you people call her a witch might be the joke of the century." Issei spoke with conviction
"A saint could live with God's love alone, if she wanted to love and friendship, then she didn't have what it takes to be a saint." Xenovia replied.
"What the hell is faith and god? If you can't understand Asia's kindness, then you're a damn idiot" Issei countered.
"What is Asia Argento to you?" Xenovia asked
"I'm her family, a friend, and if you raise a hand against her then I won't hesitate to take on Heaven itself!" Issei declared as a spectral version of his Sin Devil Trigger briefly flared around him.
Rias and the others were startled at the sight of the spectral devil, Asia on the other hand didn't know how to react, no one has ever stood up for her, seeing Issei do this for had her at a loss for words.
"Hoo, is that a challenge to the whole church? You talk big for a devil." Xenovia spoke not remembering what Issei and his mother told them last night.
"That's perfect. I'll take you on." A familiar voice spoke.
"Who are you?" Xenovia glanced towards the voice revealing Kiba.
"Your senior." Kiba spoke.
"Yuto…" Rias spoke in uncertaint.
Everyone in the room left to go outside and prepared for the fight.
Kiba and Issei stood across the exorcist duo who removed their robes revealing their battle suits, which was skintight and a little revealing for a church issued outfit.
"Let us begin." Xenovia spoke
"Is this allowed? Fighting people from the church without permission?" Akeno asked.
"This is just an informal fight." Rias answered.
"If the higherups found out about this, we'd be in deep trouble!" Irina spoke as her Excalibur Mimic took the shape of a katana.
"At least make it interesting without killing each other." Xenovia arrogantly spoke as her Excalibur Destruction's wrappings came of revealing her holy sword.
Kiba chuckled at the sight.
"You're laughing? Have you lost your mind?" Xenovia asked the knight.
"Yeah, I am, because the one thing I wanted to destroy presented itself in front of me." Kiba answered arrogantly while summoning several demonic swords from 'Sword Birth.'
"'Sword Birth' huh, I remember now, you were the one who escaped being disposed of in the Holy Sword Project." Xenovia spoke angering the knight.
"Issei Hyoudou, I can't believe that the boy from my past was a devil all this time! what a cruel fate."Irina spoke with sparkles in her eyes
"I thought I would learn to use a holy sword, move faraway, and become helpful, ahh this is a trial from God! But if I overcome this, I will be a step closer to true faith." Irina added while squirming.
So, she's obsessed with the bible and its teaching huh. Issei thought to himself.
"Now, Issei-kun. I will judge your sins with my Excalibur! Amen!" Irina spoke as tears welled up in the corner of her eye.
"Screw it, let's go!" Issei spoke while summoning Severance.
"Amen!" Irina shouted jumping up and slashing down on Issei, the latter blocking the attack easily.
"So much for not killing each other." Issei remarked sarcastically.
"Issei-kun what is that?" Irin asked pointing at Severance.
"Heh, this is my demonic sword, it's the amalgamation of Rebellion, Yamato, and Sparda, making one unique sword." Issei announced surprising the exorcist duo.
"That won't matter now, the thought of killing my old friend in my hometown! What a cruel fate!" Irina spoke.
"If that's the case then…"
[BOOST] Ddraig announced as the gauntlet materialized from Issei's left arm.
"The Welsh Dragon's gauntlet?" Xenovia questioned.
"Asia Argento's 'Twilight Healing' and your 'Sword Birth,' You've got a lot of firepower in this town." Xenovia added
"My power comes from the resentment of my fallen comrades… The ones who died full of regret in their final moments!" Kiba spoke as he drew one of the demonic swords he summoned.
Kiba lunged forward and clashed swords with Xenovia momentarily.
"This is the same power that I'll use to destroy the Excaliburs along with their wielders!" Kiba declare.
The two continued to clash swords, Kiba adopting a defensive style of battle knowing fully that a single cut of the Excalibur can be fatal to any devil.
"They're at a disadvantage." Akeno remarked.
"Yeah, just being touched by the sword can burn a devil, let alone being injured by one. I know Yuto can manage with his speed, but Issei seems to be holding back… a lot." Rias spoke earning confused looks from Akeno, Asia, and Koneko.
"Holding back?" Asia asked in confusion.
"You don't remember what happened earlier? When Issei confronted Xenovia, a ghost devil of sort formed around him, and I don't want to find out how strong that form of his is, nor do I want to see what it's like, I'm certain that if he's forced to use it, it's going to be the same devil who can take on entire armies, much like his great-grandfather." Rias explained.
"Where did you get all that information from?" Akeno asked.
"Sona had books about Sparda and some historical records, so I read up on Sparda." Rias answered.
-With Irina and Issei-
Irina went for an overhead slash, Issei simply blocked it again using his sword.
"Is that all you got Irina?" Issei asked in a slightly mocking tone.
"That's rather rude, Issei-kun, you being a devil is enough, but your heart is filled with evilness. Oh Lord, please don't forgive this sinful boy." Irina pleaded.
"I'm getting a headache from all her praying." Koneko deadpanned while the others nod in agreement.
Issei fired a few summoned swords, Irina barely dodged all of them.
"What were those?" Irina asked.
"Something you should watch out for. CATCH!" Issei replied with a smirk as he fired another barrage.
The barrage hit Irina but didn't injure her severely, just ripping some off some of her outfit's parts.
"It's about time we end this." Irina announced.
"Let's see it." Issei replied.
Irina lunged forward slashing sideways managing to nick Issei's stomach, the latter stepping back from pain.
"Damn, that hurt." Issei recovered from the damage immediately.
"How is he not screaming in pain? It seemed like a good cut" Rias asked concerned for the boy.
Issei stepped back and played a zone type fighting style, he constantly zones out Irina with his constant summoned swords barrage preventing Irina from going near him.
"Ugh, this is getting annoying." Irina groaned.
"Can't close the gap?" issei mocked the girl.
Issei saw the opening and transformed Severance to its katana form readying for Judgement Cuts.
Issei fired six JCs towards Irina hitting the girl ripping her clothes apart, but not injuring her.
"Kyaaa!" Irina screamed.
"I surrender!" Irina covered her breasts.
"Nice rack, Irina hehe." Issei spoke.
-With Kiba and Xenovia-
Kiba backed down for a bit recovering from his assault, he then summoned two short swords that have the element of ice and fire, Kiba rushed towards Xenovia flailing his twin swords in fury.
"Weak." Xenovia spoke doing a single swing of her blade completely destroying Kiba's demon swords.
Xenovia stabbed the ground with Excalibur Destruction creating a massive crater big enough to separate her and Kiba.
"The holy sword, Excalibur Destruction's name isn't just for show!"
"Even after being split into seven, it still has this much busting power. Then there's going to be a lot of chaos to destroy all seven." Kiba sweat dropped then smirked.
Kiba summoned a larger demon sword sacrificing his speed for more power.
"Let's see which one has more destructive powers, that holy sword, or my demon sword." Kiba lunged at Xenovia.
"Shame." Xenovia countered Kiba by hitting the knight's gut with the axe-shaped hilt of her holy sword.
Kiba coughed up blood and was rendered unconscious.
"Your only weapons were the different swords you have and your speed, not only do you lack the strength to wield a larger sword, but you also sealed the speed you're so proud of. I can't believe you weren't able to notice that." Xenovia walked away.
"Wait…" Kiba spoke managing to regain his consciousness.
"Fight me again when you're thinking straight, senpai." Xenovia mocked the devil while picking up her robe.
"Hold on just a minute." Issei stopped the exorcist.
"What do you want, Issei Hyoudou?" Xenovia questioned.
"How about this; If I win a duel between us, we can do whatever we want with whatever happens in this kerfuffle of yours and I know exactly what you two were sent here for." Issei spoke in an ominous tone.
"Fine, don't say I didn't warn you." Xenovia confidently spoke.
"That should be my line." Issei replied by summoning Severance.
"Ddraig, can the Boosted Gear take on a different form? The gauntlet's a little obscuring when I fight with my sword."
[No can do partner, none of my hosts have done this, nor do I have the knowledge to do so.] Ddraig replied.
"Ugh, looks like I need to be the first then." Issei replied as he focused all his demonic and draconic energy into the Boosted Gear.
Everyone in the field felt a jolt of fear as Issei's power rose to ultimate-class devil.
The Boosted Gear began to glow getting covered in an orange and green light, a minute passed, and the light faded away.
[Boosted Gear; Transformation complete!] Ddraig announced as the Boosted Gear's new look is revealed.
The gauntlet's bulky look was now replaced by a sleeker design that won't obstruct Issei's movements, it still had its signature green orb and two yellow spikes, just in a lower profile and the flaring on its side were significantly smaller.
[First time for everything, eh partner?] Ddraig chuckled.
"Yep, now let's kick some holy ass." Issei replied.
"Are you done? Because we don't have all the time in the world." Xenovia spoke charging at Issei.
Issei blocked the attack, but Xenovia followed up with another swing aimed at Issei's chest, he stepped backed a little giving him time to dodge, and with non-lethal buckshot Issei fired at Xenovia using Orion with Xenovia stepping back from the blunt damage she received.
"That was good, but you're not using your sword." Xenovia spoke.
"Who said the fight was limited to swords only?" Issei retorted angering Xenovia.
"You'll regret that!" Xenovia stabbed Excalibur Destruction to the ground making Issei lose his balance.
Xenovia saw the opening and not a second less darted towards Issei with the intent to kill him. Issei still trying to recover from the mini earthquake was too late to prevent Xenovia from stabbing him in the stomach.
"ISE!"
"Issei-san!"
"Ise-kun!"
"Issei-senpai!"
"Issei-kun!"
Rias, Asia, Akeno, Koneko, and Irina gasped as Issei's "lifeless" body fell over.
Boom, that's it for the chapter.
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