Here is the next chapter!!
Sorry for the late update. I've been busy this week, and have no time to write new chapter s for my story.
Thankfully, I've got a free time right now, making me finish this chapter right in this day.
And many thanks for those who are waiting for this new chapter, I really, really appreciate it. This has been my stress reliever from the time I created this fanfic, by seeing some of my readers enjoying it, you know.
And Yeah, I forgot to tell you some of the things in the last chapter, and I apologise for that. I somehow forgot about it. XDFor the reviews on the last chapter, here is my answer:
Tyrant Overlord Killidia: I agree with you that Kiyome is underused as a harem girl, and it's the reason why I'm adding her to Issei's harem. but your reasoning of her being added to Issei's harem got me speechless. I mean it, really. I didn't thought about that, and I got some new plans for what I will do to her the time she meets Issei. Thanks, man.
ProminentDawn: You can say it like that, but this is not a crossover to the point of using the other characters from Bleach or Fate Stay Night. I'm just going to use some elements on it and from other animes, that's all. And also your offer, I will call for you when there are fires around. XD
shob-vce-zloby-zdoxli: Yep. the Biblical God is a bit pervert in this fanfic, and although I didn't said it in the story, it is also the reason why Zen always chopped Issei's head Everytime he says something perverted because he reminded him of the old man. Also about Gabriel, I didn't say that it was her because it's to make the story interesting. I think I'll be adding her as one of them, from the plan I had in my head..XD
In your other review, Yeah. Sorry about not following the canon a bit, and this is just the only part of it. I'll be just tracing the canon while adding my own twists to make it more interesting, somehow. For Ravel, I meant to be in Issei's harem, as Kuroka's replacement along with Kiyome. Although I am sure of Kiyome, I still want your opinions about Ravel, if I should add her or not.
Disclaimer: I don't own Highschool DxD or the elements of the other animes I used in this fanfic. They are all owned by their respective owners. I only own the OCs and my own plots.
PS: I'm going to write disclaimer right now since the elements I'm going to use is gonna increase as the story progress.
With that finished, Let's go to the Story.
"Hello" - Speaking
'Hello' - Thoughts
Hello - Flashback
Hello - Chants
Hello - Skill names
(ZEN P.O.V)
3 days passed after I got to know with the black cat I just saved, Kuroka. She was also staying on my house, saying that she's now my responsibility, or something like that.
At first, I thought her staying at my place was not going to give me problems, but within the 3 days of living with her, I think my workload at the house suddenly got multiplied.
I have to make more food than usual because of her huge appetite, and she's letting me wash her clothes, including her underwear that she bought with me on our shopping last 2 days ago. She was also clinging to me everytime I woke up, making me get out of my bed later than usual. I have to admit it, she has one of a hell of a grip.
What's worse is that she isn't even helping at cleaning the house at all. All she does is goofing around the house, or lie down at the sofa and just watch TV. Whenever I call her to help me from cleaning the house, she just gave me a sweet smile, and not say anything.
She started goofing off after that day when her pursuers suddenly came knocking on my door.
--Flashback--
(3RD PERSON P.O.V)
It was a rainy morning after the day Kuroka decided to stay at his place. Zen was going to prepare some breakfast when suddenly, someone knocked at his door.
Confused why there was someone knocking at his door this early, he went to take a look at who was it.
As he was close to it, he immediately recognized who was the people knocking on his door, and he was also expecting them, but not this early.
It was Kuroka's Pursuers.
'So they really knocked on my door, huh? I expected them to do it, but not this early. Well, let's see what will they do.' Thought Zen as he went to open the door.
As the door opened, he saw 3 men wearing cloaks with hood that covered most of their faces. Devil auras spewing out of their bodies, giving them an ominous vibe.
If some normal people were to see them standing in front of their door, they would totally piss their pants out of fear.
The man in the middle, who was probably their leader, closer to Zen and was staring him down, after seeing him not react with some mysterious people standing in their door.
"I'm pretty sure I didn't offend someone around here, so may I ask why are there men in Black standing in front of my house?" Asked Zen, staring up against the tall man, acting like he was being disturbed in the early morning.
"We're terribly sorry to bother you in this early morning, but this is urgent. Have you ever seen a woman with black hair, wearing a black messed up kimono around here?" Asked the man in the middle.
"No. I have not seen it. Why are you looking for someone like that, if you don't mind asking?" Replied Zen, almost instantly, like he was expecting that question.
"She killed somebody, and we're trying to find her. We've been tracking her all this time, but the trail stopped at this neighborhood, so we thought that maybe she hid inside on one of these houses." The man said, hoping to get some answers from Zen.
"She killed somebody? Really? That's some scary story you had there, huh. I'm sorry but, I didn't hear anything like that in this neighborhood." Said Zen. Feigning surprised and ignorance at what they just said. Well, not too much of it.
The man frowned his eyes after hearing his answer. He then tried to scan if there was some traces around the area.
Then, he saw a blood trail on the floor inside the house.
"May we ask to take a look around your house? She could be maybe hiding inside your house, and even you could probably tell that this is a serious problem that we have." The man said, as he tried to get into the house.
But before he got get in, Zen blocked his way as he closed the door a little, frowning his brows a bit.
"I'm sorry, but I can't. I think that's a breach of privacy you're doing there. I just can't simply let shady people that I don't even know a speck of them get inside my house without knowing what they will do. Excuse me, but I think we've talked enough. Goodbye." Stated Zen, as he tried to close the door.
He was hoping that this will finish them pondering him, to go away and never come back to question him again.
But then, fate was simply just cruel to him, seeing that the man blocked the door with his shoe and arm, not being able to close it completely by Zen.
"May I ask whose blood on the floor inside?" Asked the man, sternly with his eyes narrowed.
"Please leave. Don't make me force to use my hands." Said Zen, hoping to close the door, but it won't even budge a bit.
"We're going to look inside your house. Please don't try to resist." Stated the man, not taking no for an answer. The man opened the door with the other two following up.
After seeing this guys persist, Zen just let out a sigh of frustration, as he opened the door fully.But before the men could get in, Zen blocked them with his body, looking at his right hand while breaking them. (AN: Kaneki reference)
"Please let us in, while we're still asking nicely." Said the man, as he tried to push Zen out of his way.
But to his surprise, he didn't budge. Zen didn't even budge when the man tried to push him out of the way.
Still not saying anything, Zen now glared at them, his eyes wide opened, but in a scary way.
The three men, especially the one trying to push Zen out of the way, suddenly felt a chill from their spine out of nowhere. There was something wrong with Zen's eyes as they were staring at it.
His eyes were glowing blue, with some kind of violet-color surrounding the now even blacker pupil.
What's even worse is that, there were no lights reflecting on those eyes.
"You know, I just said that don't let me force my hand. Are we going to get nasty? I don't really give a damn on what will happen to you, whether you're a devil or not, so please leave right now and using your own words, while I'm still asking nicely." Stated Zen. His head now tilted a little bit to his right shoulder, still having that look on his face.
In the other person's point of view, they would only see that Zen is just trying to scare them away, and not to return on his property.
But to the three men, they were beyond scared right now. They were frightened on what will Zen do to them. They know this feeling, they were very familiar with it. It was what they will do to the girl they were pursuing, after all.
Death.
And he was basically, threatening to kill them if they won't stop pondering him.
And while they were staring at Zen's eyes, they were seeing something that they can't believe to happen.
They were hallucinating their own deaths, flashing right through their own eyes.
After a few minutes of standing there, hallucinating their own deaths, they were able to gather their thoughts, somehow. They were now shaking, frightened to what will happen if they still angered this man in front of them.
But they didn't even need to confirm it. That will become a reality if this guy in front of them snapped.
Although this kind of power wasn't familiar, it fits the one they once read in a book, about the man who was always standing beside the Original Lucifer whenever they were in the battlefield.
"The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception...!" mumbled the man in the middle, his followers also recognizing those eyes. After then, their eyes widening in realization.
They totally pissed off the wrong person.
They recognized this power, and It was a dangerous one. this Mystic Eyes contains the power to see the 'concept of death' on a certain living being. Whether it was an Immortals, God, or not.
"I haven't seen, or heard the girl you're after. Now, get out of here before I do the nasty." Stated Zen, his eyes still glowing as he stares at them.
"Y-Yes, mister! W-We're very sorry for trying to intrude your house and for bothering you!" Said the man in the middle as they tried to scram, only to be stopped by Zen for a second.
"And also, try to say something something about me on your higher-ups and your heads will roll." Stated Zen, sternly. not taking no for answer this time.
"Y-Yes sir! We're very sorry!" Shouted the man, as Zen closed his door, while the three men ran away from the house.
As he turned his back to the door, he closed his eyes, trying to calm himself down.
Upon opening his eyes, now stopped glowing, he saw the cat girl those men were looking for, standing across the hallway just now. Her eyes wide opened on what he just did, and what happened to his aura.
As he was interacting with the three men before they went away, Kuroka felt something change to his aura. A huge, drastic change.
His aura, which was just composed of negative emotions and nothingness, suddenly changed into something like, it was screaming of death.
She was suddenly scared, but was also happy at the same time. Scared because of how fast his aura changed into something scary and vice-versa. And happy, because he did that just to protect her from getting caught by those guys, not even bothered a bit of it.
He just let a sigh of resignation out of his lips, his hands now on his hips. He then said,
"So you've heard about that, huh?"
"Yep. It was rather brave of you, scaring them in your current state."
"It was nothing. They just bothered me on a wrong time, that's all. I really don't care on what they will do. As long as they will stay away from me and this town, I will also do the same for them."
"Even though you just saved this pitiful girl they were searching to her possible death situation?" Asked Kuroka, with a smirk on her face.
"Well, you said that you're my responsibility now, so of course doing this is part of it, That's all." Stated Zen, looking away from her with his eyes closed.
Kuroka after seeing his state, stayed quiet for a few seconds. After processing what he just said, She couldn't help but let out a laugh so much that she even fell down on the floor, her hands now covering her stomach.
Zen, seeing her laugh like that let out a small smile as he then took a look on the floor and saw that there were some traces of blood on it.
'I should clean this before someone else came back asking me again.' was all he thought before going to the bathroom to get the necessary materials to clean it.
--Flashback End--
Thinking back to that time, I can't help but scowl at what happend. But thankfully, they didn't came back, or did someone came on their behalf.
But the problem was, she got even lazier than ever after that accident, with her hearing that she's my responsibility, and some others.
Well, it's also my fault for letting her have her way to me. Just by showing me that smile of hers makes me want to forgive her from goofing off.
But still, even though I am a little bit irritated about it, I can't help but feel like I'm opening up to her bit by bit. I think by also talking to Issei will make me open up even more to others.
As I was walking to the stairs on the school, I suddenly heard a familiar voice. It was a shout just right beside the corner on the stairs.
"WHAT!? You don't remember!?"
"What are you talking about, Issei? There's no way that you will get a girlfriend before us, you know."
"He's right. I bet you just have a dream about girls with big oppais again, aren't you?"
"Hey! It's true! Wait a minute! I have her contact information in my- it's gone!?"
"Heh, aren't you just dreaming?"
"B-But, I'm pretty sure that I-"
"Enough of that, Issei. Why don't we just go to the kendo club and see our paradise?"
"That's right, Issei. Or do you want to watch the new episode of Kaben Rider Pinky? I have it recorded, you know."
"Umm, I think you should go first. I think I'm not feeling that well right now."
I recognized those voice. It was Issei, Matsuda, and Motohama respectively. It seems like his friends somehow forgot Yuuma, his so-called girlfriend whose true identity was that of a fallen angel.
His friends, after hearing what Issei said, decided to leave him there as they went to peek again to the kendo club.
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(3RD PERSON P.O.V)
Zen then went to talk to Issei. He was pretty sure that the boy was in turmoil.
"Hey, Issei. Good Morning." Greeted Zen. Although it was mostly emotionless, he was trying to show him a small smile, trying to open up himself to Issei.
"Ah, Yeah. Good Morning, Zen." Replied Issei, downhearted because of his last interaction.
He still can't believe that she didn't exist. There was no way that it was just a dream, it felt too real for him to be just a dream.
"What's wrong?" Zen asked, frowning at the usually cheerful boy. He was not used on seeing him downhearted like this.
"No, Nothing. Just thinking back about the...dream I just had." Said Issei. Did he really thought about it as a dream?
'Now that I realize, No one seems to be pestering Issei about what happened to his date. Or did they finished asking him? But judging from the reaction of his friends and the students around, it's like they forgot about her. Which means they all got into a massive memory-alternating spell.' Zen thought.
Deciding to give this boy a bit of light, he spoke.
"If you're thinking about Yuuma, then it's not a dream." Said Zen.
Issei, who heard Zen's statement, had his eyes widened, filled with hope.
"You remembered about it!? I was right! That wasn't a dream, after all!" Exclaimed Issei.
After Issei shouted that, Zen looked around to see who reacted into that statement, only to see none. But the devils in this school; mainly, Rias and her Peerage, probably heard that, so he decided to go to other place to talk about this to him.
"Before we talk about that, how about we change locations? There are too many...ears around here." Said Zen to Issei, with Issei understanding what he meant, but not all of it.
He didn't understand that what Zen meant by ears was devils around this school. Who were probably looking for him right now.
"So, where are we going to talk about this?" Asked Issei.
"How about in the rooftop? We can probably also lock the door to avoid someone going in accidentally." Answered Zen.
"Okay." Was all Issei said to him.
They then walked upstairs to go to the rooftop, Only to see Rias Gremory now right in front of them.
Rias Gremory is a beautiful young woman with white skin, a beautiful blue eyes and a buxom figure. Her most distinctive feature is her long, beautiful crimson hair that reaches down to her thighs with a single hair strand sticking out from the top. Her hair also has loose bangs covering her forehead and side bangs framing her face.
Although she was not saying anything, Zen saw her eyes staring at the person beside him, Issei.
Issei, who noticed her stare, just looked down to avoid her gaze as they walked right beside her. With Zen seeing a rare red tint painted on his face.
After they passed her, they then went to the rooftop, not bothering to look back at her.
Rias, on her side, just continued to stare on Issei and Zen as they walked away.
"Buchou, Is there something wrong?" Asked by the girl right beside her.
The girl was a beautiful young woman with a voluptuous figure that was equal, if not better than Rias's. She had a very long black hair and violet eyes. Her hair is usually tied in a long ponytail, reaching all the way down to her legs with two strands sticking out from the top and sloping backward, with an orange ribbon keeping it in place.
She was Himejima Akeno, Rias's best friend and the Vice-president of the ORC. She was also Rias's Queen in her Peerage.
Snapping out of her thoughts, She heard Akeno asking her as she looked at her staring at the duo.
"No. Nothing, Akeno." Replied Rias, as she turned her back and walked away, with Akeno following behind.
Two minutes later, Zen and Issei are now both standing on the roof, both of them staring at each other.
Deciding to break the silence, Zen spoke first.
"So, what was the last thing you saw before you lost consciousness?"
Issei was then in his thoughts, thinking back the last moments before he lost conscious.
"If I'm right, I was standing beside the fountain on the park...then, Yuuma said to me that it was the best moment of her life, and that there was something she wanted to me... and then... and then..., Ah!" He suddenly gasped in realization.
"She asked if I would die for her!" Shouted Issei.
Upon hearing this, Zen can't help but frown.
"Then? What happened after that?" Asked Zen. For the point Zen was on right now, what Issei will said will determine the fate of that fallen angel, including the other 3 on the church.
But now, he would hear what Issei will say first, then he will decide whether he will act or not.
"Then, she transformed into something older than herself, with black wings appearing on her back, wearing an SM outfit! And also, I saw her oppai-" Explained Issei, but was suddenly interrupted when Zen chopped his head.
"I don't need details like that. Then, after that?" Asked Zen, with a deadpanned face as he took away his hand on Issei's head.
"Ouch! But I am just saying what I could remember, you know." Protested Issei.
"Uh, after that..." Before Issei could say anything, he remembered the way Yuuma plunged a red spear on his stomach, if the way he took a look on his stomach had any indication.
"She killed you, right?" Confirmed Zen as Issei's eyes widened in horror.
"But, why am I still alive!? There's no way that I would be here if 'that' really happened!" Shouted Issei, Looking at Zen with fear evident on his eyes, not knowing what did happened after that.
"I can think of some people who did this but before that, What did you remember before you lost your consciousness? I mean, the point before you lost conscious?" Asked Zen, sternly as he grabbed Issei's shoulder to calm him down somewhat.
Upon doing this, Issei somehow calmed down enough to think his...last moments on that day.
"I-I think, I saw something...red." That was all Zen needed to confirm his suspicions.
"I knew it." Mumbled Zen, as he took both of his hand on Issei's shoulders, his face now frowning.
That was it. Once he saw those fallen angels, he will not show any mercy on them. He will show it to them what it feels from being toyed with.
Although he mumbled it, it was enough for Issei to hear it, surprising him.
"What? What do you mean, you knew it!? Can you explain it to me!?" Asked Issei, now his turn to grab Zen's shoulders. Wanting him to end this unpleasant feeling of his.
"Before that, how are you feeling right now?" Asked Zen, not bothered on Issei grabbing his shoulders tightly, or his small tantrum.
"That's not important right now! Just say it to me who did this to me!" Shouted Issei, not giving a damn on Zen's last question.
"I know that you are frustrated right now, but you need to calm down and tell me what do you feel right now. I also wanted to tell you who did this, but I need to confirm these suspicions of mine first." Said Zen, as he put a hand on his left shoulder. Wanting him to calm down somewhat.
And that he did.
"*sigh* Sorry. I just wanted to know it so badly, you know." Apologized Issei, as he breathed deeply, trying to calm himself down.
"As for your question, I think I'm somehow dizzy. Like, My body is not on its top condition. This morning, I can hear some people talking for about a mile away, and I can somehow see clearly at dark places. Did that answer your suspicions?" Explained Issei, as he asked Zen if that answered it.
Zen, then put a hand on his chin, his face now looking like he now confirmed what was his suspicions at first place.
"Yeah. I know the culprit of this, and it seems she is in this school." Confirmed Zen.
Issei was going to ask him who was it and why was it 'she'. A thought passed his head and hoped that that girl would have big oppais, only to be interrupted by Zen.
"What are your thoughts about the supernatural?" Asked Zen.
"To be honest, I don't believe a single bit of it, until yesterday. I literally saw Yuuma, or Raynare as she said when she suddenly changed her appearance and growing wings on her back, that's why." Said Issei, grimacing on the feeling of that spear on his stomach.
"Okay. I'll try to explain to you the world of supernatural, so try to not ask questions until I finished explaining it. Understand?" Asked Zen, as he sit down to the floor.
Issei, after seeing that Zen sat down, also followed him, as he nodded at his question.
This was going to be a long day.
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(AN: I'll skip the explanation about the three great factions' dispute, because it makes the story longer than it is.)
"So let me summary this; The three great factions, which composed of Heaven, where there are the biblical God and his angels. Grigori, where there are fallen angels and its leader, Azazel of the Bible. and the devils, where there are the Four Great Maous, as its leader. They waged war against each other, cutting off most of their numbers, with the Four Great Maous of the Devils, some of the leaders of the Grigori and some of the Seraphs of the Heaven, perish in the process. This war was then called as The Great War, right?" Summarized Issei, as he scratched his head while trying to remember the other things Zen explained to him.
After hearing what he said, Zen only nodded and urged him to continue.
"Then, within the Great War, there are two dragons that rampaged throughout the battlefield that made the three factions have a temporary truce to defeat the two dragons. The two dragons was called 'The Two Heavenly Dragons' because of how powerful they was. One of them was the Welsh Dragon, Y Ddraig Goch, also known as 'The Dragon of Domination'. While the other one was the Vanishing Dragon, Albion Gwiber, also known as 'The Dragon of Supremacy'. They wrecked havoc throughout the battlefield of the three factions, not caring if someone got caught up on their fight." Continued Issei. As Zen gave him another nod, Issei then continued further.
"As a result for the three factions, they had no choice but to kill the Two Heavenly Dragons, and they got too much casualties in the process. The temporary truce they had then lasted long until now, all three factions still didn't recover from it."
"Because of that, they went to search for a way to take their numbers back, aside from things like sexual intercourse. But after the Great War ended, The devils then had an internal conflict that was later known as the Civil War, which even cut down their already low numbers, nearing to the brink of extinction of the devils. But then, they were able to find a way to regain their numbers, through the way of reincarnating other beings into devils by using evil pieces." Zen then nodded at this part.
"And because of that, I also got reincarnated by a devil or to be exact, the President of the ORC, and the most beautiful woman among the 'Three Great Onee-samas', Rias Gremory as her servant!?" Shouted Issei, from being a bit serious to now surprised.
"Well, there's some part of it that you didn't said, but that's the most of it, I guess." Replied Zen, somehow back to his blank face.
He was expecting Issei to freak out, not believing that he became a devil, but he didn't expect him to take it this simple.
But Zen himself somehow knew the real reason why he's taking this so simple. And,
"Wow! To have someone that is very beautiful, even more if it had big oppais, as a master is a blessing for me!!" Yep, it was right on the mark. It was all about the boobs again.
Zen couldn't help but sweatdropped at his real reason of taking this very well.
"I'm surprised that you're taking this awfully well. I'm expecting for you to freak out, you know." Stated Zen to Issei.
"Hmm? About what?" Asked him, his head tilted a little.
"What? Didn't you hear what you just said?" Asked Zen, trying to make sure if he really understood his situation right now.
"Huh? Isn't it that I'm now Rias Gremory's servant and that I am now near on my way of being harem king?" Questioned Issei, making Zen deadpanned at what he just said.
"Well, that's true, but aren't you surprised that you aren't a human anymore?" Said Zen, decided to get to the point. If he made his explanation even more complex, then it will be going nowhere.
"..."
As a result, Issei was now silent, now lost in his thoughts. It seems he was thinking that he wasn't a human anymore. Although his dream was now making on its way, it also came with a big price. And that is-
He lost his humanity.
After a few minutes of thinking, he now replied to Zen's questions.
"Well, it's true that I'm not human anymore. I still can't believe it, you know. That's why I tried to focus on other things, because even if I'm not a human anymore, I just want to think that I'm still a human in heart." Replied Issei, now frowning his brows a little, but he wasn't angry about it.
Zen, deciding to somehow make him a bit cheerful, went to go and talk, only to be interrupted by Issei.
"Besides, thanks to it, I'm still alive. I'm still kicking ass right now. That's all it matters." Added Issei, as he gave Zen a wide smile, making Zen widen his eyes a little.
'This guy, I thought he was someone familiar, but I didn't think that he'd be this familiar, with him having a strong heart, and that smile. He really is just like you, Tsubasa. Except for his dumb thinking.' thought Zen, having a small smile on his face as he was double thinking whether to start his plan on Issei or not.
But, after seeing him smile like that, he immediately came to a conclusion.
He will train him hard, starting tommorow.
But before that,
"Hey, Issei. Do you want to get stronger?" He would need to asked him first before he would do it.
"For what?" Asked Issei, confused on his suddenly asking him if he wanted to get stronger.
"You've already heard what I said about the three factions and you even summarized it to me. You should probably know that it wouldn't be that surprising if war were to suddenly commence right now. And judging by the movements of the other supernatural pantheon, it seems that something big will happen. Probably, it will give a drastic change to the world of supernatural." Deducted Zen, giving Issei a reason to get stronger.
But the real reason was, the power residing him will attract enemies stronger him, so Zen just wanted him to be prepared on what's to come.
Like what the dragon residing within always say; power attracts power, after all.
"Besides, you want to be a harem king, right? Getting stronger means you can protect other people, like the girls from the ORC, who will then maybe fall in love to you, in addition to you being a devil. Where polygamy is allowed for them, you know." Explained Zen, making Issei widen his eyes in realization.
Although Zen hated acting like this, which was Azazel's Specialty, it was the only reason to convince Issei to get stronger.
"T-That's right! Why didn't I realize that!? Okay! I'll train, but can you really make me stronger?" Asked Issei, not really thinking too hard about it.
"Heh. Don't underestimate me. I may not look like it, but I'm actually a fighter; a swordsman, to be exact. But training to you to get stronger is just a piece of cake for me." Stated Zen, somehow making a small, rare smug on his face.
"I-I see." Was all Issei could say, sweatdropped on Zen's rare smug along with that evil glint plastered on his face.
After that, they heard the bell rang, sign that the lunch is now over, and the time to go back to their respective class.
"So, when will we start to train?" Asked Issei, as he stood up, stretching out his body after sitting for so long.
"Probably tomorrow. Take your time right now to take some rest. And if I'm right, you maybe going to meet your master this coming night, I think." Replied Zen, as he also stretched out his body.
"I'll meet Senpai this night!? Really!?" Shouted Zen, his face now near Zen's.
"Calm down. I'm still not sure of it. It's just a hunch that I think it's time for her to recruit you to officially join her peerage." Said Zen, giving Issei another chop on his head.
"Ouch! Okay. If you said so, though I can't help but expect it, you know." Said Issei, now with perverted smile on his face.
"Just try to not let her know that you're already aware of the supernatural, understood?" Stated Zen, narrowing his eyes a bit on Issei.
"It's okay. She isn't going to know it, unless you told me to or it's urgent." Said Issei, as he ran away from Zen to go to his class.
Zen only let out a small sigh, somehow tired just from telling Issei about the supernatural, and how he simply couldn't help but feel like he is getting softer whenever he is with Zen.
"Well, I just hope he doesn't accidentally blurt out to Rias about me, or at least until that fiance of hers arrived in this school. It's still not the time of my second upcoming." mumbled Zen to himself, as he also went downstairs to his own class.
After that, class went smoothly.
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(ISSEI P.O.V)
It was now midnight after Matsuda and Motohama invited me to watch the new episode of Kaben Rider Pinky they were talking about.
It was a good one to be honest, but somehow I don't have my usual fire when I was watching it. My mind always wandered off on what Zen just said to me. Why did he warned he first like that? Did he know that I was going to be killed in the first place? Why did he even want to train me in the first place? What will he get from training me? So many questions swarming inside my head, but I still don't know the answer of any of it.
Also, Zen said that Yuuma- or Raynare, if I remember, was a fallen angel that was residing inside this town, planning something unknown even to him. Doesn't that mean they were now inside the enemy territory? What was their objective? All I could thought is 'I don't know'.
After a few hours of staying in their house, I left as I try to gather my thoughts about what just happened to me.
'Okay. I am now a devil, which explains this enhanced senses of mine that it almost feel creepy.' I thought, as I am now hearing people on a few meters away from me, or how I can see clearly, even though it's already night. My body also feels light, like I can jump a few meters high, probably.' I thought.
'other than that, what is the reason why did she killed me? I heard her saying something like 'sacred-something'. What is that? Zen included it on what he explained to me, but I can't seem to remember it. Well, I'll just ask him again tomorrow.' I continued, after I felt that the air suddenly changed, along with something inside me that screamed to me to run away. Probably, my instincts.
"What is this!?" I shouted.
As I tried to think what in the world just happened, only to hear some old man spoke above me.
"You don't need to know that, brat." The old man said, as he descended from the sky.
As I took a look at him, he was wearing a gray trench coat that covered all of his body, with a black gloves covering both of his hands. He was also wearing a gray hat that also covered some of his face.
When I saw the things in his back, I can only gape on it.
"T-That wings!"
"Oh? Now that I look closer at you, aren't you the brat that Raynare just killed a few days ago? Why are you still alive?" The old man said, as a blue spear appeared on his left hand, preparing to throw it at me.
Just like what I thought, this man was also fallen angel, like Raynare.
As for me, I can't move my body as it tremble, somehow. I want to move and run away from this place, but my body just won't move.
"Well, no matter. I can just kill you myself." Continued the old man, as he threw the spear towards me.
As expected, before I could move my body out of the way, the spear pierced through my stomach, and it really surprised me that it hurts even more than before.
I couldn't help but scream my lungs out of pain at this time.
"It hurts, isn't it? Devils are weak to our light, after all. With you still a new one, it probably hurts more to you than it does to a normal devil." Explained the old man, now preparing another spear on his hands.
I can only crouch as I put a hand on the hole on my stomach, the spear dissipating after a few seconds. My teeth now gritted on how much it hurts.
"Well then, I guess this is the end for you, brat." Said the old man, as he threw another spear again towards me.
But before it could reach me, a yellow lighting intercepting it down right before my eyes, with a red magic circle appearing right beside me.
'I-It's the same as that time...' I thought, my consciousness starts to fade away as I fell down to the ground.
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(3RD PERSON P.O.V)
As the red magic circle dissipated, two people were now standing beside Issei.
It was Rias Gremory and her Queen, Himejima Akeno.
"I'm sorry, but you're not touching my cute servant any more than that." Stated Rias to the fallen angel.
"Hmm? Red hair? Cute servant? Now I see. So, you made him a part of your Peerage, huh? Rias Gremory?"
"That's right."
"Hoh? I was planning on killing him only, but to think that two more preys are here, too!" Shouted the man, throwing his spear towards the redhead.
But it was intercepted again by a yellow lightning, grazing him on his hat along the way, courtesy of Akeno.
"Ufufufu. I don't think you can beat us both, from the way you just did, mister fallen angel." Chuckled Akeno, as she covered her right hand on her mouth.
"Hmph. It seems that way. I will retreat for now, But don't worry. I will come back to take your lives. My name is Dohnasheek! Until we meet again, Rias Gremory." Stated the man; Dohnasheek, as he flew away from them.
After he flew away, The two girls rushed towards Issei to see his injuries.
"He took a direct hit from that fallen, from the looks of it." Said Akeno.
"Yeah, you go back first. I'll tend to his injuries first before I go back." Said Rias, as she carried Issei bridal style, a red magic circle now surrounding them. Taking them somewhere.
As they were gone, Akeno just gave her trademark smile as she also used her magic circle to teleport back to her apartment.
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Dohnasheek was frustrated. No, he was beyond frustrated. He was furious that he was played by a mere devils. a young devils, add to that.
Even though there were two of them, he could normally beat them both very easily, but because he underestimated them, it backfired to him.
As he was going back to their hideout, the abandoned church of the town, he was suddenly struck down by something hard towards the ground, crashing face first.
That was it. He was now irritated. He was going to find who was that scum and take his head off from his body and watch it as it rolls to the ground.
"Who was that!? Show your appearance right now! You're going to pay for what you just did to me!" Shouted Dohnasheek, as he looked around the forest beside the church.
As he was looking around, he couldn't found anyone, let alone feel someone's aura or life force.
But as he looked around, he saw something that brought a chill to his spine.
He was now suddenly staring to a two glowing blue eyes beneath a tree towards the forest, overshadowed by it.
Those were no ordinary eyes. He was now seeing something that made him tremble as he tried to run inside the church.
And yes, he did that. But as a result, he then felt something on his left side. Like, it was suddenly lighter than before.
He then suddenly saw his left arm flying right beside him, along with a black falchion-like shortsword flying along with it like a boomerang.
He was still processing on what just happened. after a few seconds passed, he finally realized that it was his arm that flew right beside him.
"AAAAAAARRGH!!!" Screamed Dohnasheek.
He then felt someone approaching him behind, but he didn't care about him. No, he couldn't care of him because of how painful his left side felt right now.
"That's the payback for injuring Issei when he didn't do anything wrong to you." Was all the man with glowing eyes just said.
Dohnasheek, still staring at his eyes, despite his right arm now grabbing his left side, which his left arm was now missing on it, couldn't help but tremble even more on what he was seeing.
He was seeing his own possible deaths, repeating right in front of him countless times.
He then recognized this man. A black hair, an average looking face, his clothes also the same to that brat he was going to kill, if not for the Redhead intervening them.
The only difference was that this man's eye was glowing blue, instead of crimson red.
This man was the one who was near to the brat sometimes, probably a close friend of his, but he didn't know that this man was someone powerful, if he couldn't even sense him approaching.
Neither he nor his accomplices knew that there was another threat that was even more dangerous than the brat, they truly didn't expect this part.
"Do it again, and the next thing that will fly could be your very own head. Tell it to your lackeys too, if they value their own life." Stated Zen, still not battering his glowing eyes that was staring on Dohnasheek's eyes, which was now full of fear.
"I'm still letting you go this time, and this is the second time. The third time I see you, I will take care of you all by myself, understood?" Questioned Zen.
Dohnasheek, who can't even utter a single word, just nodded furiously, out of fear for his dear life.
Zen then just let him go, as he ran full Sprint towards the church. Not even his left side was bothering himself at that time.
'Just how in the old man's name can they easily take a life, but fearing their lives to be taken? Such a cowards.' Thought Zen as he stated at the church with his glowing emotionless eyes narrowed.
After that, Zen closed his eyes and just picked up the black sword that was stabbed on the ground just beside the severed left arm, and turned his back towards the church, never looking back again as he disappeared in the shades of the trees.
The only lighting on that darkness was the shining full moon within the night sky.
That's the end of the chapter!
The reference for the flashback is from the other DxD fanfic, Cat Scratch Fever by Belial the Liar. For those who want Fluffs, Romance, and Emotional fanfics, I recommend his/her works. It's really good, and it was also the first fanfic I've ever read in this site.
And I know that you know one of the two people that accepted our MC for who he really is, so I'm not going to bother explaining her right now.
The other one, She is a character from the other anime. She was my Waifu when I was still in Grade School, so I just want to include her here. Although, I'll be changing her a bit to fit her with our MC, like her being Zen's teacher in swordsmanship, or something like that. I've already told her name in this chapter, but if you want other hint: Blue hair.
And yeah, I know that there are so many mysteries right now, but all will be answered in the upcoming chapters.
if you want to ask something for me, just review and I'll try to answer it from the best of my abilities without spoiling you all. I really appreciate it.
With that finished, I'll see you on the next chapter...
