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Episode 4: I'm Gonna Save My Friend!-Part 2

Raynark? thought the female pervert, looking at Asher, then looking at the fallen angel. She saw his black wings, making her shoot a furious glare at him. "So, you ARE a fallen angel!" she shouted.

The reflection of Raynark's sculpted body could be seen in the rippling water. "It IS true that you are now reborn into a demon," he said to her before glaring at the priest. "Asher, you can't run away."

He angrily glared at him. "I can! I don't want to go back to that hellhole where I have to kill people and deal with Frieda!" he shouted in anger before looking at Issei. "I'm sorry. The truth is that I ran away from the Church because-"

"I figured," Issei said, making him confused. She then looked at him. "You don't want to be near those scumbags on your own accord, right?" Surprised that she knew, he nodded. She looked back at Raynark angrily. "Why are you here, fallen angel?!"

He scoffed and crossed his arms under his pecs. "A squalid low-class devil like you shouldn't talk to me so frivolously," he replied with a smirk. Issei's body tensed when he said that. "If you stand in my way..." He paused and formed a light lance the color of his eyes.

"A-a light lance..." she muttered in fear, backing away from him.

"I'll kill you completely this time!" the raven-haired fallen angel finished with a sadistic laugh.

Issei didn't want to die and she wanted to protect Asher, so she shouted, "Sacred Gear!" Her gauntlet, bow, and arrow appeared. Raynark looked shocked at it.

"A Twice Critical and a Creation Maker?" he murmured in shock. "No way...a Longnius?!"

The brown-haired girl looked confused and looked down at her Sacred Gear. "A Longnius?" she asked.

"A Sacred Gear with more than one ability...having a Twice Critical, also known as the Dragon's hand, doubles the power of the user temporarily while the Creation Maker makes weapons out of nothing..." Raynark explained before he shook his head and chuckled. "But, you're probably weak, so it won't be as effective." She gritted her teeth at him in fury. "My superiors weren't lying that you have a dangerous Sacred Gear, but I went through with that farce." He then changed his voice into 'Yuuto's'. "'I love you, Issei-chan. Do you mind if you go out with me?'" He smirked, returning to his normal voice. "Remember? I still remember your cute, stupid little smile." He began to laugh.

Issei blushed in embarrassment. Asher was surprised that Raynark would do that to her, making him more mad at the fallen angel. The brown-haired devil pointed her arrow at Raynark and shouted, "Sh-shut up, asshole!"

He smirked at her, putting one of his hands on his hips. "Oh, try to hit me with that," he teased. "I doubt you're really experienced with it. Why don't you just hand over Asher and leave?"

She scoffed at him. "Yeah, right!" she replied loudly. "As his friend, I won't let you take him back to that hellhole!"

"Issei-san..." Asher whispered to himself, blushing and smiling. He was glad that a girl like Issei was his friend.

She looked at her gauntlet. "Activate! You can double my power, right?"

The red gauntlet then glowed green and shouted, "Boost!" Her bow and arrow glowed green as well. She tensed up a little because of it, energy flowing through her body.

"I-I suddenly feel stronger-" she said before Raynark threw the light spear at her chest, impaling her. She suddenly felt pain shoot through her body, making her drop her bow and arrow and fall down.

The blonde priest gasped, dropping the stuffed animal he was holding onto the whole time and running to her. "Issei-san!" he shouted as he knelt beside her. The light spear disappeared and she struggled to stand up. Asher supported her up however.

"As expected, you wield a Longnius, but you're too weak to use it," the fallen angel stated. However, the priest began to heal her wound, surprising him and Issei.

She looked at him with widened eyes. "Asher-kun...?" she asked.

"It's okay, I'm handling it," he replied in a serious voice. She looked down at her wound, which was disappearing.

It does heal devils like me, she thought in awe. The pain...it's disappearing. The wound then healed up, only her shirt stained with blood and having a hole where Raynark impaled her.

"Wow, Asher, your power IS remarkable," the male fallen angel commented, earning a furious glare from the young priest. "Return with me. Your Twilight Healing is rare and you're actually experienced with that Sacred Gear."

"No way!" he replied. "You just want me for my power!"

Raynark frowned, forming another light lance in his hand. "Really? What if you agree to come back and I spare the devil's life?" he offered.

Asher bit his lip, but he figured that Raynark wouldn't just do that, knowing him. But when he opened his mouth, Issei shouted angrily, "Cut the crap, you jerk!" He shot back a little and looked at her. "Who'd follow an asshole like yo-" However, Raynark swiftly moved up from the fountain and above Issei, throwing the lance at her. Scared for Asher, she pushed him away, shouting, "Asher! Run!" When the lance hit the ground, it exploded, blowing her to the fountain while blowing the priest back.

When he opened his eyes, he saw her in the water. His pupils shrunk. "Issei-san!" he shouted in horror.

Issei slowly stood up, her body trembling from the pain. "Damn it...that lance was more powerful than the last..." she stuttered as she took a step and fell down into the water. Asher gasped and stood up. However, Raynark appeared in front of him, making him shoot another furious glare at him.

"I missed on purpose, you see," he stated. "If I actually hit her, she'd be in pieces. I doubt you'd heal her fast enough."

He laced his fingers in prayer, closed his eyes, brought it up to his face, and said, "Lord, forgive me..." He then shot open his eyes and separated his hands. "But damn you, Raynark! I'm never going back there!" He then shoved him away and ran to the brown-haired girl. But suddenly, the raven-haired fallen angel quickly grabbed him by his collar, choking him.

Issei looked in horror and anger. "Asher-kun!" she shouted as she tried to stand up once more, but fell into the water once again.

Raynark clicked his tongue. "You're extremely difficult, Asher," he whispered in his ear. "I'm not going to kill you, but since you're a stubborn man..." He formed yet another light lance and pointed it at Issei. Both friends' pupils shrunk in fear. "Do I HAVE to kill her to get you to join me? After all, she is your friend..."

The young priest gulped. He didn't want Issei dead. She was his friend...and someone he felt was a little more than that, but he wouldn't let some scumbag like Raynark kill her. If it meant that she will be kept alive... "Fine," he replied.

"Oh?"

"Fine, I'll go back. Only if you spare Issei-san's life."

Raynark did his sadistic evil laugh while she looked at him in shock. She saw that in his eyes, he never wanted to go back, but he wanted her to stay alive. Her vison blurred, her eyes welling with tears. "A-Ashe-kun..." she stuttered, her throat beginning to hurt. "N-no..."

"Forgive me, Issei-san," he whispered to her as the fallen angel wrapped his wings around him and himself.

He patted his head. "Good boy, Asher, good boy," he said. "After tonight's ritual, you'll be free of hesitation and suffering." He then looked at Issei and said in his 'Yuuto' voice, "Sayanara, Issei-chan."

The female devil had the strength to finally stand up. She ran to them. "Asher! No!" she shouted.

"Goodbye...Issei-san..." the blonde-haired priest said in sorrow, a couple of tears running down his cheeks. He and Raynark then disappeared in black feathers. She twitched, not believing she didn't save him once again. She fell down on her knees in the fountain, crying and sobbing that she was weak. Her Sacred Gear disappeared.

"Why...why do I need to be so weak...?" she asked sadly as she covered her face with her hands. "Why can't I save him...just once?" She hated that she failed. She hated that she was weak. She hated those more than anything else in the world...

Eye Catch #7: Asher is wearing the Kuoh Academy males' uniform and is sitting on the checkered floor, carrying a chess piece with his fingers. He looks happy and wearing no shoes. His knees are up, his leg tilting to the right while the other to the left, touching knees and covering his bulge.

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