Edited January 14, 2019.
First things first, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
I decided to take a more Hellsing Ultimate Abridged approach to the punishment of the perverted duo. Quite a few people wanted other students to contribute to the punishment and I wanted an easy way of writing it all out. Then I read a chapter of "Holding all the Cards" (a crossover between DxD and Fate Stay) and the idea hit me. This way, I can describe their brutal punishment in a hilarious way, and at the same time skip writing about school activities. For those of you who wanted Issei to destroy all their stash, frankly, the most he could do was destroy what they had on hand; I mean they were still in school. Maybe later when Issei has a camera ready to record the entire thing.
Now let's get to the reviews.
dragonrider: Thanks for all your positive comments. As for the other Kouta becoming a space god and how others deities react to it, that's what I'm going for. After all, Ryoma based his theory on myths and legends of different religions focusing on an apple of knowledge or something like that. Therefore, the other gods have potential connection to the story of Gaim. As for Den-0 involvement, while there will not be a Ddraig liner, there will be a special magical time traveling train that will show up in my movie like war event. As for the Taros… let's just say they'll possess Issei and henshin in his body. Got the idea from when Urotaros went Di-End.
thunder dragon: You have good ideas. However, I have not read the fanfic you refer to. Also, I plan to make Kokabiel be more of a pathetic bitch with the way Issei and Ddraig trash talk him. As for your power up idea, that's going to have to wait a while until Issei deal with Samael's poison. However, I already have a few ideas of how Issei can eventually use his demonic powers to affect his spells. If you want to write a story like you said, then go for it bro.
IdeaPerson1097: Thanks for your constant help. As for the whole Yuuma/Raynare thing, I was trying to be consistent with chapter 2 where I referred to each form differently. Also thank you for actually commenting on my question of about whether or not Junichi should have his own harem.
IamBurden: There is no real difference between the stories. However, each one has a different list of followers. I did this to expand my net and catch more readers. Besides, I'm not the first to do this.
To everyone else who gave their opinion on how to punish Thing 1 and Thing 2, thank you.
I do not own the Kamen Rider franchise or High School DXD.
Things such as chants and data on the magic rings were obtained through Kamen Rider wiki, High school DXD wiki, and English translations of High School DxD volumes 1-18. I do however claim ownership to original spell and transformation rings as well as original techniques.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Sacred Gear and WizarDriver/Handauthor sounds
[Ddraig talking]
Magic ka!? maji de!? maji da! Show Time
Wizard II twirls around with his magic circle swirling in that background with Ddraig breathing fire over the circle forming the title
Maru de tsuki to taiyou
Rias stares up at a red moon, cut to Rias and Issei staring at each other
Kasanaru toki no shougeki!
A quick cut of Koneko throwing a punch
Dare datte kiseki shinjitemitai
We have Kiba readying his sword
Akeno in miko outfit casting preparing to cast her lightening
Kitto hitsuyou fukaketsu no
We get a quick picture of Asia in her nun garb.
We have Raynare and Kalawarner clasping their hand together and posing.
Energy kokoro no tame
We have Issei and Rias reaching out to each other with the Occult members and familiars going about their lives before the scene cracked.
Yume to yosou ii imi de uragitte kureru mono
We have a montage of Issei with purple cracks all over him with Wizard I reaching out to help him.
3, 2, 1 SHOW TIME!
Magic Time torikku janai
Issei henshins with Boosted Gear on
Mahō hirō hanpanee ze! (Maruto halleuya!)
Spinning around while showing off the flame ring
Kioku no rūto mogurikonde
The PlaMonsters appear and move or fly out of magic circles
kibō sukuidasou
In a fast montage he transforms to all his styles beginning with Flame we have Rias using her Power of Destruction, with Water we have Asia using Twilight Healing, with Hurricane Kiba is shown creating a sword, with Land Koneko throws a giant rock, and Volt Akeno summons lightning.
Show time! (Boost)
Wizard II boosts himself with Boosted Gear
Life is showtime tobikiri no
Wizard is shown going into an underworld
Unmei no life mucha shite mo (Maruto halleuya!)
Wizard II rides the Machine Winger then connects it to Ddraig
Kinōkyōashita mirai
The Occult club is messing around with echii fan service scenes like panty shots
subete no namida o
Issei crying over his parents grave then we have him turn due to Haruto's hand on him though Haruto's face would be kept in shadows.
Show Time!
Issei and Rias on the Machine Winger, cuts to him giving Rias an Engage Ring
Hōseki ni kaete yaru ze
Issei henshins into all his styles settling on Flame.
Magic ka!? maji de!? maji da! Show Time
All of the Occult Club and familiar pose together with Wizard II in the Wizard pose and equipped with Boosted Gear.
Chapter 8: Falling intoTrouble
"So that's it?" Sona asked Issei with a glare. It was lunch time and currently it was just her and Tsubaki in the Student Council room questioning Issei on what happened in the morning. While the two glasses wearing teenagers had very serious looks on their face, the male that they were practically glaring at sat in his seat with a relaxed posture and a care-free grin on his face.
"Yep."
"You offered to show the class a 'home video' of your 'activities' while you were abroad."
"Sure did."
"Matsuda and Motohoma tried to attack you."
"Like the idiots they are."
"You flipped them in the air and made them land on their backs."
"It wasn't that hard."
"Then you jumped and smashed your heels on their groins, at the same time."
"Oh come on. Since we were indoors I wasn't wearing shoes so I couldn't do as much damage as I would have liked."
"You already said that to everyone in the classroom."
"Oh yeah I did."
"Then you dragged the both of them to the art room."
"Now that was where things got fun."
"You call stripping them to their underwear and undershirt and painting multiple targets on various parts of their body's fun?"
"It's not like I stopped there."
"Indeed. You then took them to the roof with ropes from the supply closets."
"To be fair all I did was ask for some really long rope and within seconds some girls handed it to me."
"Then you tied one end of each rope to the railing and the other end to the back of their under wears.
"Now that, I'll admit, was tricky."
"And at this point those two are still conscious."
"I made sure of that."
"Then you kicked them off the roof at the same time."
"Sensei used to play soccer so he made sure my kicks were real strong."
"At the same time you yelled…"
"'Enjoy the climb back up, Bitches!'"
"This now brings us to the current situation in front of the school."
"I'll admit the sight doesn't really add anything to the décor, but the other students seem to appreciate it."
"You mean using the Perverted Duo like a set of piñatas?"
"Exactly. We should make this a regular thing."
Sona let out a real long sigh. After Issei's revenge against the Perverted Duo, the rest of the day proceeded like normal. However, the entire time, everyone was extremely wary of Issei. None of the teachers called on him during class, and all the students were scared to look him in the eye. Every time he walked down the halls, students would make sure to avoid him, to the point they hid in the bathroom when they could, though that might be less trying to hide and more of Issei scaring the shit out of them.
On the other hand, the majority of the female students were of mixed opinions. While they were scared to approach Issei, they also wanted to thank him for the opportunity he gave them by turning the Perverted Duo into a set of human piñatas. They were even keeping score based on how many times they hit different targets Issei had painted. Head shots were 5 points, the arms 15, the legs 25, and the groin 50.
'At least no one is trying to go for their heads too much. I can't even imagine the headache manslaughter would cause.' She already had enough to deal with. In fact, it was because of Issei's actions that the rest of the student council was not in the room. They were dealing with everyone who had lined up for their turn at the human piñatas. Sona had a suspicion that some of her girls were actually participating in the little competition, not that she could blame them. Shaking her head, the young devil decided to refocus on the matter at hand.
"The teachers have decided to leave your punishment up to me. Frankly, and they themselves admitted it, they would have a hard time being impartial in their decision. Not only have those two been a constant nuisance, but they crossed a line with that accusation." Sona did not dare repeat their words, both out of fear and respect. "Personally, I would like to thank and congratulate you, as a girl and as a devil respectively. While punishment is no longer a big duty for us devils, you would definitely receive a bit of respect for what you did there. However, I am the Student Council President. So here is what I am going to do." Motioning to Tsubaki, the vice-president produced a flash drive and placed it on the desk in front of Issei. "This contains all the material you missed during your absence. Until you pass all the subject tests, which I will personally make and grade, you won't be allowed to participate in school activities such as the sports days or school trip."
"Fine." Issei casually responded as he picked up the USB. "Let me know when you've got the tests ready and I'll be waiting. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to buy myself some lunch." Waving goodbye, Issei left the Student Council Room. After a couple of minutes, Sona sighed.
"Might as well join the fun while I can." With that, she took a broom from the closet and headed out with Tsubaki to participate in Kuoh's latest and perhaps greatest sport, Beat the Perverts.
Issei, meanwhile, had decided to treat himself to some donuts paid for by M&M. After all, he can't help it if their wallets fell out of their pockets when he knocked them out. Lucky for him, they both had plenty of cash, probably from saving up for more erotic material. Not wasting time, Issei ran to the nearby park knowing that Hungry Donuts 2 would be there today. When he got there, he was surprised to see Koneko sitting at a table with a plate full of plain sugar donuts that was quickly becoming empty. He was even more amazed when Kamimura, Yu, and Ryu came up to table with another place filled with donuts shaped like cats.
"Here you are. The latest special, Neko Neko donuts!" all three held up their hands like paws and went, "Nya!" at the same time. Koneko ignored them at continued eating her meal. Disappointed in the lack of reaction, the staff turned and saw Issei. Just when they were about to jump him, he cut them off.
"Three plain sugars please." With that, he left his money in the pan, sat across from Koneko and watched her eat with an amused expression.
"Are you sure you can finish all that?" Issei asked teasingly.
"Just watch." She retorted monotonously after finished her first plate. Pulling the second one closer to her, she started devouring the donuts one by one. When Issei got his plate she had finished 2; when he finished his first donut, she finished another 3; his second, 4 more. By the time Issei finished his third one, Koneko was swallowing her last bite.
"I'll win next time." Koneko said in her usual flat voice.
"I wasn't aware we were having a race. Besides, I could just order 1 donut instead of 3." He retorted teasingly. That actually got Koneko to react with a mean look and a raised fist. "Fine I'll race you again some other time. Right now we need to head back to school." Getting up from their table at the same time, the two devils left the park with a small wave goodbye to the staff of HD2. Most of the walk goes by silently. As they get closer to the school Koneko speaks up.
"Rias will want you to come to the clubroom after school today."
"That's the room in the Old School Building with the window Rias looks out of right?
"Yes." By this time they have walked past the line of girls waiting for their turn at Beat the Perverts, a sight that made Koneko smile. "She'll probably send Kiba to pick you up."
"No need to. I'll find it myself with no problem." They are now in the school building at the foot of the stairs. "Well, see you later Toujou-chan." Issei patter her head before going up to the second year's floor. Koneko watched him for a bit before heading for her own classroom. Lucky for them no one was around to witness that little moment.
After School…
By the time classes had ended for the day, the Perverted Duo finally managed to climb back up to the roof. Of course, they were too stupid to realize it would have been easier to just fall by either breaking the ropes or taking off their boxers. Needless to say, no one bothered pointing this out to them as it was far too entertaining to see them struggle and fell due to the beating they received. That and no one really wanted to see them nude, especially since their groins took a lot of damage.
After their struggle to reach the roof, M&M limped back to their classroom intent on seeking vengeance for Issei's actions. By the time they reached the class door, however, they school prince Kiba was there asking where Issei was. Turns out he had left the moment class ended.
"Damn you Issei you traitor!"
"We shall have our vengeance someday!"
As stupid as their words were, the fact that they were in nothing but underwear with targets painted on their heavily bruised bodies made the sight even more ridiculous.
As for Issei himself, he was at this favorite spot on campus, the tree outside the Old School Building where he used to sit and stare at Rias Gremory. Back then, his favorite, and arguable purest, fantasy was one where Rias would call for him like Juliet and he would make like Romeo, climbing up the tree so that he may jump to the window and answer her call. He never acted on this mainly because, even if Rias asked him to join her, he was not confident in his ability to climb the tree and jump to the window without embarrassing himself. Even if he tried using the vines, he knew they would not hold his weight. However, that was 6 months ago and today the window was wide open.
With ease, Issei climbed up the tree and jumped to the window his feet landing on the sill. Dropping into the room itself he muttered, "Underestimated the distance there." before looking around the room. Admiring the Victorian style of the furniture and walls, Issei noticed he was not the only one in the room.
Akeno Himejima, the Yamato Nadeshko of the school, was there eying Issei with an amused expression on her face. Issei had only one thing to say.
"Yo." This one word sent the busty black haired beauty into a fit of giggles. While that was happening, Issei took a seat on one of the couches and found it to be quite comfy. It was then he discovered that there was a shower stall in the room, one that was in use by the one and only Rias Gremory.
'I can't believe I was able to recognize her based on her silhouette alone! Keep it together man!' He berated himself knowing full well that he was able to do this because of he had actually seen her naked and practically memorized it.
"Akeno, what's going on?"
"Oh nothing big. Issei just arrived in a rather spectacular fashion."
"I thought I send Kiba to bring him sere. How is that special?"
"I don't need an escort. I climbed up the tree and came through the window." Issei interjected.
"Like Romeo bursting in to see his Juliet, wouldn't you agree Rias?" Akeno teased. Unknown to the other occupants of the room, those were Rias's exact thoughts as she turned off the water. She imagined the scene, Issei wearing Shakespearean clothes and her dressed like a princess waiting for her lover to join her. While she was having this daydream, Akeno congratulated Issei for his treatment of the Perverted Duo, which Issei accepted, not noticing the way she licked her lips when describing their punishment. Shaking the image out of her mind before it went too far, Rias accepted the clothes from Akeno and proceeded get dressed.
At that moment, Kiba and Koneko walked into the room together, the former of which had an upset look on his face, though it quickly became one of shock when he saw Issei calmly sitting on the couch. In fact, he was so shocked a fly nearly flew into his mouth. In the meantime, Koneko went to the other couch and started eating some Pocky.
"Why are you here?" By the time Kiba managed to ask that question, Rias was back in her uniform and sitting at the sole office desk in the room.
"For club activities, why else?" Issei retorted and gave Kiba a look that said, "Are you an idiot?"
"But I was supposed to brink you here. How did you even find the right room?"
"I don't need a guide when I can just come through the window." When it seemed like Kiba was about to react, Rias interjected.
"All that matters is that he is here now so don't make a scene Kiba." The pretty boy sighed as he sat down next to Koneko. At the same time, Akeno began serving tea to everyone.
"Wow! I don't think I've ever had tea this good! Thanks, Himejima-sempai!" Issei exclaimed after taking a sip.
"Ufufu. That's such a nice thing to say Issei."
"Now Issei, since Kiba already explained to you the duties of being a devil let's get to work." She produced another stack of pamphlets. "Deliver these and then come back here for the night. Then we can get you started on getting contracts." Rias then went into an explanation of the various duties modern devils performed for contracts and the prices paid for them. After assuring Issei that no souls would be taken as payment, she took Issei's phone and installed a devil app for calculating the price of a wish. At the same time she added everyone's numbers to his contact list for emergencies.
"That covers just about everything."
"Well in that case," Issei put down his now empty cup, "I'm going to go on patrol now. I'll take extra time today so by the time I get back it will probably be close to night time." Picking himself off the couch, Issei headed out through the door leaving his stuff behind. Kiba was about to call him out on this, but Koneko elbowed him and gave him a look that said, "Don't bother."
Later…
A few hours had passed by the time Issei returned and, like he predicted, it was almost night time. After starting his patrol, he gave Raynare a call and gave her an update while checking in on her. Apparently, she had gone out on foot earlier in her Yuma disguise. While keeping her eyes peeled for Phantoms and Ghouls, she was looking around for various part-time jobs and targets to pass the time. When she asked if Issei needed her help, he told her that he had it all under control. True to his word, Issei took a more complex route during his patrol, one that used many of the smaller roads, covering the more crowded areas of the city. Even with the help of the PlaMonsters, by the time he had returned he was pretty exhausted, especially since he used a decent amount of mana to deliver all the handouts. After returning to the clubroom, he plopped down on the couch, announced he needed a nap, and instantly fell asleep, much to the amusement of his fellow devils.
Now, while Issei had been gone, the other four devils went about their usual business of whatever it is they do while waiting for the summoning to start. This time, however, they were slightly distracted by thoughts of Issei.
Kiba was wondering why Issei kept messing with him; Koneko was making plans on how to beat him next time they had an eating contest; Akeno was conjuring up ways to mess with her latest underclassman and how to use his inventive ways of punishment for her own amusement. As for Rias, she was worried that whatever she and Issei had 6 months ago was gone. While she had to admit she found the new Issei to be a bit cooler, not to mention that body she saw and felt when she healed him a couple nights ago was definitely hot, she wanted the Issei who would stare at her from the tree as she stood at the window. This was on her mind as she mechanically went through various forms and files. Issei's arrival snapped her out of her fantasies. When he fell asleep, she could not stop herself from staring at him.
'He looks so cute.' She thought to herself. Her musings were cut short by Akeno's giggles. Blushing in realization that she had been caught, Rias went back to her work. While Akeno found the scene to be adorable, Koneko contemplated taking a cat nap of her own. Kiba just sighed and continued whatever he was doing.
When Issei was woken up, it was completely dark outside. For his first contract, he was assigned one of Koneko's clients since she was busy with another client. After being marked with the Gremory sigil, he was told to stand in the middle of the magic circle painted on the floor. However, that's where things got weird.
When the circle was activated and began to glow, Handauthor on Issei's belt lit up. Then the summoning circle began moving up Issei's body. When it hit the belt, the Handauthor began flashing red and white and then there was a huge flash blinding the other four devils. When they regained their eyesight, Issei was gone.
Unfortunately, Issei did not arrive at the client's location. Instead, he materialized in the air above a random street. Though he was able to land on his feet and hands instead of his head, he still felt a decent amount of shock since his fall was not a small one. After getting back on his feet and getting his bearings, Issei used his phone to call Rias, silently thanking her foresight to give him their contact info.
Rias was greatly relieved to hear that he was okay. For whatever reason, Issei's magic interfered with the summoning and skewed up his location. They both agreed that next time they would try to do it without the belt on. Rias then gave Issei the client's address.
"Well this is just great." Issei mumbled after he hung up and began walking towards his destination. "Hope this is an easy to deal with client."
Luckily, it was. The client was an old man who occasionally needed help storing supplies for the store he ran. When Issei explained why he arrived on foot, the old man laughed and said that even devils must have a hard first day on the job. While the weight of the boxes was no trouble for Issei, the sheer number of them and the specific way they needed to be organized made the entire task take a little over half an hour. After receiving the payment, equivalent salary for the person who normally did this, Issei gave Rias a call and told her the contract was complete. After hanging up, he considered going home or going back to the clubroom. That was when things went south.
As he went under a lamp post, he heard the sound of wings behind him. Turning around, Issei first thought he was seeing Raynare based on the black feathered wings. That notion was quickly proven wrong when he saw the actual person. She was definitely taller and bustier than Raynare, not to mention her hair was blue. She was wearing a gold necklace and a purple outfit that hugged her curves very well and left a lot of cleavage exposed. All in all, if it weren't for the wings, she would have looked like a mature boss lady walking down the street. Though, the current state of multiple stab wounds and blood all over her clothes was ruining the image right now.
Running over, Issei was able to catch the Fallen Angel before she hit the ground.
"What happened to you?" he asked frantically hoping she was conscious enough to hear him. Turns out she was as she lifted her arm and pointed in the direction she came from. Issei looked and cursed at the sight of 10 Ghouls with 2 enhanced winged-Ghouls, exactly like the one he encountered at school the other day, and they were closing in quickly.
"Okay." Issei said to himself out loud…again. "Priority one would normally be to get Blueberry here out of harm's way. But before that she needs serious first aid. Then again, those Ghouls obviously won't let that happen, meaning I need a way to hold them off while I do my thing. Lucky for me I have the perfect support." With that, Issei pulled Raynare's ring from his chain and placed it on his right middle finger before scanning it.
Raynare; Please!
The magic circle that appeared was red but had a series of revolving squares in the middle, as it moved upward, Raynare materialized in front of Issei, except she seemed to be in a trance. In that state and with the magic circle hanging over her head, she held her left hand out to Issei. Without any hesitation, he removed the ring from his finger and placed it on her left middle finger. The instant it was all the way on, red energy flowed along her skin. When it made contact with the circle, it disappeared, and Raynare was snapped out of her apparent hypnosis, having a mini panic attack as she took stock of her surroundings.
"What the! I was just…Issei! Did you…Kalawarner! What happened to you!" she knelt next to the other Fallen Angel trying to check on her condition.
"Long story short." Issei interjected grabbing his familiar's attention. "You need to hold those fuckers off," he pointed to the Ghouls who were almost in firing range, "while I apply emergency first aid." He reaches for the chain of rings. "Once that's done, you get her out of here while I clean up the leftovers, got it?"
"Roger." Raynare replied getting back on her feet and turning around to face the enemy. Materializing a red spear of light in each hand, she got into a fighting stance.
Issei, at the same time, grabbed a ring from his holster. This one depicted a dragon with tears in its eyes as it rubbed a large bump that had a band aid over it.
"Looks like it's your time for your work to shine, Shunpei." He placed it on Kalawarner's right hand then scanned it on his belt.
First Aid; Please!
Two red magic circles appeared, one at Kalawarner's head and the other of the bottom of her feet. The two instantly began moving along her body, crossing each other at the middle. When they stopped opposite from where they started, streams of energy flew out and quickly solidified into bandages. Said bandages began wrapping themselves around her injuries prioritizing the most sever ones. While that was happening, Issei checked on Raynare and was impressed with what he saw.
At first, Raynare tried using her spears to ground the flying Ghouls. While the wings were hit, the spears did not make any holes or do any actual damage, just make them stumble and loose some altitude. Thinking quickly, she threw spear after spear at the ground units, hitting their hands and legs making them fall over. The two aerial units tried using their own spears but Raynare simply parried them away. Then, she spun one spear in her hand so fast it looked like a spinning blade. Using that as a makeshift shield, she threw spear after spear at the winged Ghouls. By the time they were forced to land, the other Ghouls were getting back on their feet. At the same time, Issei's spell gave off a "Ding" sound before fading leaving a heavily bandaged Kalawarner.
"All right, time to switch." Issei calls out as he pulls out his gun (Connect; Please!) and fires a round of bullets at the recovering Ghouls. Standing up and moving in front of Raynare, "Get her out of here while the gargoyles are grounded."
"Was that supposed to be a joke?"
"Just go!" Raising her hands as a gesture of backing off, she turned and grabbed Kalawarner. Carrying her over her shoulders, Raynare flew off for home. By the time the Ghouls got back on their feet, the two were too far away, causing them to hiss at the one who stayed behind. Issei, however, didn't respond to them. Instead he was musing out loud.
"My first real fight since becoming a devil. Let's see how far I can go before pulling out the armor." With that said, Issei switched his gun to sword mode and charged the 12 Ghouls.
As the fought off the group, Issei was able to really see the changes that came from becoming a devil. His kicks and punches were stronger and his reflexes were sharper, though the changes were small. After a minute of fighting the Ghouls, Issei back flipped away Piccolo style putting distance between them. Catching his breath, "Alright, time to finish this."
Driver On; Please!
Shabadoobi Touch Henshin! Shabadoobi Touch Henshin!
"Henshin"
Flame; Please!
Hii, Hii, Hii, Hii, Hii!
"Now wearing the Flame armor, Issei charged at the Ghouls again. This time, he noticed that his attacks left a small burn mark when they hit even though there were no actual flames and it didn't seem like the Ghouls were experiencing a burning sensation/pain. Then again, it's hard to tell with mooks who can't make facial expressions. When the enhanced Ghouls tried to fly up, Issei slashed their wings crippling them. 'Luckily these two weren't made with that much energy.' he thought to himself as he jumped in the middle of the group. Opening the Handauthor, (C'mon Slash; Shake Hands!) and scanning the ring (Flame, Slash Strike!) he waited for the attack to be ready (Hii, Hii, Hii, Hii, Hii!). When the Ghouls were all back on their feet he spun around, swinging the flaming sword sending out a circular attack that sliced through the Ghouls and set them all ablaze.
With a, "Whooo", Issei released the armor. "Well, looks like I'll have to head home instead of the clubroom." Decision made, he sends Rias a quick text letting her know he's going home as he walks off.
Meanwhile…
"Damn it!"
"What is it?"
"All our Ghouls were destroyed!"
"Even the special ones?!"
"Exactly!"
"But how? Kalawarner barely avoided fatal wounds from the two of us. With that much damage, she couldn't have defeated all of them at the same time!"
"It could have been the ringed magician, but that can't be!"
"Yeah! We killed his student to draw him here, but this is too soon, and we would have known if he was in town!"
"But what if…"
"The kid's still alive?!"
"This is devil territory."
"Great. Not only is he alive, but he's a devil! That means he's already stronger than before! Not to mention what he might become!"
"Looks like we'll have to place our bets on the next phase of our plan"
As these shadowy figures spoke, a small albino snake stayed near them, following their every move and listening to every word.
Back at the Hyoudou household…
"How is she?" Issei asked a tired Raynare. It had been an hour since the battle. When Issei got home, Raynare was busy using healing magic on Kalawarner. Since she wasn't that good at it, it took a long time. While she was doing that, Issei texted Rias about the encounter though he omitted the details of Kalawarner's involvement. Now Raynare was finally done and was sitting on the couch all sweaty from exhaustion, and her ring had fallen off her hand shortly before she had finished. To keep himself from thinking about how sexy she looked in that state, Issei talked to her while getting her a glass of water.
"She's stable but I don't think she'll be waking up soon. She lost so much blood it's amazing she managed to meet you before passing out." Raynare sighed. "Not to mention the wounds themselves serious. A few more inches and they would have been fatal."
"Well at least she's okay for now." Issei says while handing her the glass. "By the way, what did you think of your first battle as my familiar?"
"It was weird." She admitted after taking a minute to think and sip her drink while Issei sat down next to her. "Though the good kind of weird if you know what I mean. It was like, I fought like I usually do, but some instinct told me to use that shield move, something I've never done before."
"Well from what I saw you had things under control. After a while, you'll even be able to hold off lower level Phantoms."
"About that," here Raynare got a serious look on her face. "Those enhanced Ghouls were light resistant."
"What?" Issei was confused by what she meant and how it was important.
"You explained the other day that enhanced Ghouls are the result of Phantoms charging the stones with their energy thus imbuing them with extra strength and properties based off the powers of their Phantom master. Normally, my light spears would easily kill humans and Devils would be burned and poisoned by one. Your weapon has traces of holy blessings, so I assume Holy Energy would be as effective against Ghouls and Phantoms as they are against Devils. However, against those winged Ghouls, they didn't even leave a scratch.
"Which means the Phantom who summoned them must also use Holy Energy." Issei concluded. "Then maybe that Dohnaseek guy and whoever hit me with that spear…"
"On top of that, why was Kalawarner being chased and who gave her those wounds cause they didn't come from those Ghouls."
"Well," Issei sighed. "For now we'll just have to wait until she wakes up. I'll keep her from Rias until we get her story. Don't want her taking action against an innocent person." As he said this, Raynare had a look of worry on her face. She thought about how her best friend nearly died and how those she once considered comrades seemed to be responsible.
'Please let everything work out.' she hoped.
The next morning…
Issei was actually able to get up on time with the alarm. Raynare had spent the night in her own room looking after Kalawarner, so he made himself a simple breakfast of buttered toast.
Taking a scenic route by a park, Issei contemplated what he would tell Rias if she were to ask for more details. While he wanted to keep Kalawarner a secret, he knew that not trusting Rias would lead to her not trusting him, a situation he wanted to avoid. At the same time, he wanted to keep her involvement to a minimum until he knew what had happened, especially since he did not know if she would permit Kalawarner to live unless she also became his familiar. While appealing for multiple reasons, Issei did not want the woman to make a choice like this while under duress.
As he thought about what to do, there was a gust of wind, a female cry of distress, and a veil blew into his sight. Grabbing the cloth, he turned to where it and the sound came from. Before him was a cute blonde haired green eyed girl who looked like a nun with the clothes she was wearing. She stared at him with a nervous look on her face, as if she wasn't sure what to say, as the wind blew her hair gently to the side. There was a moment of peaceful silence between the two with no observers but the flowers.
"I believe this is yours." Issei said as he walked towards the girls holding the veil out to her.
"Ah yes. Thank you." She replied, surprised.
"You're not from here are you?"
"No I'm not." She said as she placed the veil back on her head. "I've actually been appointed to the church of this town, but I seem to have gotten lost." At this point the young nun became teary eyed.
"I know where it is." He said quickly.
"Really?" She wiped her eyes as a heartwarming smile came to her face that made Issei blush a bit.
"It's no problem." He said quickly hiding the redness of his cheeks. "I'm Issei Hyoudou."
"Nice to meet you Issei-san." The nun said with a bow. "My name is Asia Argento. Thank you for your help."
Okay.
If you guys want me to change how the First Aid Ring looks, tell me before I post my next chapter which I hope to post in time for the second anniversary of this story. Also, it has been at least 5 years since I took that Health class where we talked about first aid so I'll admit I don't really know the correct procedure would have been in that scenario had it actually happened IRL. If you feel I need to correct it, let me know soon.
Once again, I decided to write in a way that avoids talking about minor scenes that can be easily summarized.
Also, I'm trying to adjust my writing so that the spells and chants fit better into the action.
The scene with Raynare fighting could have been better. You might argue that she should have been able to deal with all of them easily. Here's the thing, her strength is proportional to Issei's and I'm using Haruto's strength at the beginning of the series as the basis for Issei. At the start, while easily able to destroy Ghouls one on one, to deal with them in groups required a finishing move or a charged attack (his kicks in episode 2 that actually left trails of fire). Right now Issei is at that state and so is Raynare. After the Asia arc, she and Kalawarner will receive power ups that make full use of the properties of ringed familiars.
For those of you who have trouble with my grammar, please be more specific! I can't improve if you just tell me I have errors and I don't know what you're talking about.
After a lot of internal debate, I decided to use the whole summoning thing as a way to introduce Issei's difficulty with devil magic and for subtle set up when he meets Freed.
That's it for now. Please Favorite, Follow, and Review. But most of all, thank you for reading!