Issei sighed for the 15th time in the last 10 minutes. He'd been told by Kiba that Koneko would meet him in the old school building but once he got there he could sense the devils inside and assumed that it would be an ambush considering by Kiba and Koneko were in there so they had most likely told their master who had mobilized the entire bloody peerage.
So Issei had been cloaking his presence and weighing his options outside the building. On one hand if he left now he could avoid the ambush and have some time to prepare, but that would make the devils even more angry at him and they'd probably hunt him down. On the other hand if he went in there now, he'd most likely get beaten to a pulp but may be able to reason with the devils.
"What have I come to, a former angel trying to reason with devils, this shit is insane no matter how you look at it" mumbled Issei before he decide to just say fuck it and walk in.
Issei uncloaked his presence and walked into the building, up some stairs and came to a fancy looking double door made of a dark wood. Issei could hear shuffling inside and assumed it was the devils reacting to the sudden reveal of his presence. he could look into the room and devise a strategy to incapacitate them all so he could reason with them easily, but that would take a lot of effort and he was feeling impatient so he just threw open the doors and took in the scene before him.
First, a sword was flying towards him held by Kiba, second a punch from Koneko was just behind, third a lightning bolt was being charged by a black haired, busty chick that Issei didn't know and finally a sphere of intense magic was being produced by the red head that Issei had seen earlier.
"Well then... Maximum effort" said Issei as he dodged the sword from Kiba, grabbed his leg and used his momentum to swing him round into Koneko just hard enough to incapacitate them for a while. Next he dashed forward to the black haired chick and grabbed the hand charging the lightning and altered it's course so she shocked herself, incapacitating her. Finally he turned towards the red head only to realise too late she'd fired her magic and it hit him square in the chest.
"Ugh" groaned Issei as he collapsed to the floor.
"Now angel, you will tell me why you are in my territory, since you saved Koneko, I may be lenient" stated the red head.
"Sorry miss, but you've got this backwards" grunted Issei and he slowly stood up "I'll be the one asking the questions".
"I-impossible, how did you recover that fast without any healing" stuttered the red head before she was backhanded by Issei's magic coated hand and knocked unconscious.
Issei gathered all the unconscious people in the room and bound them onto the sofas with special magic that was strong enough to trap any being apart from Ophis and Great Red.
Now that he had the chance to look around, Issei realised the room was actually quite good looking, the colour scheme was dark and the windows were closed over, just like his personal style choice. There were a couple of sofas facing each other that the four he'd knocked out were bound to, there was an oak wood desk in one end of the room that had been painted a darker colour, bookshelves lined the walls and there was a door leading to who knows where at the end of the room opposite to the desk.
Issei waited for about 20 minutes before the first of the devils began to stir, it was Koneko.
As she woke up, Koneko looked around and saw she was in her clubroom, then she saw the face of Issei and tried to lunge towards him to attack but found herself bound to the sofa by magic that she couldn't break.
"I knew when I came here you'd try to ambush me so I bound you all to the sofas with my magic to prevent it happening a second time, but also so I could talk with you properly" explained Issei.
Koneko scoffed at his words.
"Like i'd believe the word of an angel" she spat with such venom.
"I didn't think you would, but what if I told you i'd be interested in becoming a devil in order to calm your worries?" asked Issei.
"W-what?" Koneko stuttered, she had definitely not expected an angel to ask to become a devil.
"You heard what I said, if it would calm you down and make it easier to talk, i'll happily become a devil" replied Issei.
"But... why would an angel want to become a devil?" Koneko asked unsure of Issei's motives.
"Let's just say I've been looking for a way to remove my angel status for a while now and this seems to be the perfect opportunity if you'll have me" answered Issei.
"You'd have to wait for Rias to wake up, she's this peerage's master" said Koneko while pointing over at the red headed girl opposite her.
"So she's the peerage king, doesn't really surprise me since her power of destruction was so powerful that it took me down for a minute, it basically screamed Gremory royalty, the red hair was also a big clue" Issei thought aloud.
"Y-you stood up to her power of destruction!?" yelled Koneko, flabbergasted at how powerful this boy must be.
"The main reason was my angel status, I only use it's power as a last resort usually but in situations like that it can activate without my consent. The reason why I was able to get back up so quickly without being healed was because it shielded by from the attack but my body was drained from it so I needed to rest momentarily." Issei corrected.
"That's still an amazing ability" insisted Koneko.
"It's still an angel's ability" Issei reminded her in a cold voice while looking away.
Before Koneko could respond, Rias began to stir. The red head opened her eyes and looked around the room seeing her peerage like her bound to the sofas and Issei sitting a close distance away seemingly conversing with Koneko.
"I see you've awakened Rias" Issei noted.
"Who are you?" asked Rias.
"My name is Issei Hyoudou, i'm an angel is search of a devil that will transform me into one of them" Issei replied simply.
"Huh!?" Rias spurted "Why would you want to become a devil?"
"Simple, it's the furthest thing I can be away from an angel, also I like to be able to spend time with Koneko without her trying to kill me every time I speak or see her" replied Issei earning a slight blush from Koneko that she quickly hid.
"Since I'm the master of this peerage I suppose I could allow you to join, plus you could help me with a problem I have right now. However I have one condition" Rias stated.
"What might that be?" asked Issei.
"You tell me everything, I need to know all about you before I decide if I want to allow you into my peerage" replied Rias.
"Very well, I tell you to take a seat but I see that's not needed" Issei said chuckling a little at the end from his stupid joke.
Rias rolled her eyes at the joke while Koneko somehow managed to facepalm with her hands tied to her legs.
"Sorry, starting now" Issei replied as he lost his smile and began to remember.
"I was a normal human until a year ago when a fallen angel invaded my home, they killed my mother and father in front of me and were about to kill my baby sister when I tackled them out a second floor window. Unfortunately they had a light spear charged up and when I tackled them it impaled me in the stomach instead of my fallen angel flew away after they saw I was dying and my sister came running to my side, there was a bright golden light and I fell unconscious.
When I woke up I was in a white void with nothing around me, that's when I met the power I had that the fallen angel was after, the boosted gear, housing Ddraig the red dragon of domination" explained Issei.
"Wait... YOU'RE THE RED DRAGON EMPEROR" yelled Rias.
"I don't think of myself as it currently, Ddraig has refused to talk to me ever since I asked him to kill me" replied Issei.
"YOU WHAT!?" shouted Rias.
"let me finish" replied Issei "In the white void I met Ddraig and he told me about what the boosted gear could do but more importantly he told me of the state of the three factions. The devil leaders apparently saw reason and were the ones to find a way to end the war and enter the uneasy truce we have now, the fallen angels were mad at the war ending because their faith was so strong but they eventually saw reason. However the angels were the most disgusting faction, as the casualties of the war rose they became reckless and impure, trying to find a way to end the war victorious no matter the cost" explained Issei.
"Then once I woke up, I found myself in heaven in the presence of Gabriel herself, it's turns out she was the bright gold light I saw before falling unconscious, she tricked by sister into being sacrificed just so she could save the power of the red dragon emperor inside me. That's when I realised how screwed up the angels really were but by then Gabriel had already made me her Jack so I asked Ddraig to kill me so I could get out of her service and leave them to suffer as well as joining my family in the afterlife. He refused to kill me and we had an argument that lasted a while before he went to sleep and hasn't spoken to me since" finshed Issei.
"So why are you here in Kuoh Issei?" asked Rias.
"Because I felt attached to the town I lived in as a kid with my family and I wanted a normal life so I applied for this school. However on my way to my apartment I heard Koneko being attacked and couldn't ignore her so I saved her and then knew my chance for a normal life had gone away so I decided I may as well see if she was ok, that brings us to here" replied Issei as he stretched his arms and yawned.
"I'm sorry for treating you harshly Issei I had no idea how brutal the angels actually were nor the fact you'd suffered so much from them and just wanted to leave them behind" apologised Koneko sadly.
"No worries, it's only natural for a devil to hate angels, it's in your blood, I forgive you Koneko" replied Issei kindly.
"Thank you Issei" Koneko said as she began to tear up slightly.
Issei removed the magic binding the four devils to the sofas and walked over to Koneko. He knelt down in front of her and gently wiped away her tears while smiling. Koneko looked at Issei and smiled before giving him a hug. After they parted Issei looked over to Rias.
"So do I qualify?" he joked.
"Yes Issei, i'll turn you into one of my peerage" replied Rias with a smile on her face, she was glad that Koneko had made such a good friend.
"Step into this circle and lie down Issei" stated Rias.
"Alright" Issei replied as he did what he was told.
Rias acquired a crimson pawn piece from her pocket and held it over Issei's chest. The piece glowed faintly but dimmed out, one piece was not enough. Rias tried again with two pawns, then three, then four until all eight were glowing brightly over Issei's chest.
'Incredible, to take up all eight pawn pieces, this boy must have immense power' thought Rias as the pieces sank into Issei's body.
Issei's body shook for a moment before accepting the pieces. Issei opened his eyes and rose from the floor to be met by gasps from both Rias and Koneko.
"What is it?" asked Issei, a little worried.
"Issei... your wings" Rias almost mouthed she was that quiet.
Issei looked around and saw a mirror on the wall in the room, he strode over to it and peered into his reflection only to gasp as well in shock.
Not only did he have ten wings signifying great power, but the right half were angelic while the left half were demonic, he had become the first angel/devil hybrid...
Yo guys, BK back at it again with the third chapter for this story ;P
I hope you like it even though it hasn't got much action in it, hence why I added the scene at the start because I knew it would mostly be a setup chapter for the future. Don't worry, the next chapter is gonna have a familiar face enter the story and a kick ass fight scene :)
Hopefully I'll have that chapter out by Sunday for ya'll maybe even earlier depending on my schedule since i'm not too busy with other projects right now, but until then thank you all for reading, reviewing and the favorites and until next time,
BK out :)