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"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Dark/Deep voice and spells"
*Sound or movements*
Last Chapter
Suddenly I saw a black blur appear in front of me and protect me, I also noticed something from the figure. It also had black feather wings "Hi cutie, sorry but I can't have you killing Hyoudou" It had an ominous voice but his tone didn't sound threatening at all.
Behind Yuuma-chan appeared another figure this one looked more terrifying as it looked almost exactly like death "Sleep" was the only thing it said and Yuuma-chan dropped on the other man's arms asleep.
I was starting to lose all my strength I could feel my eyes closing.
Before I closed completely my eyes I saw a figure.
His face looked familiar, like that new student at school.
What was his name?
'Ah right, Maou Sadao'
Chapter begins: Deciding fate
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ORC Clubhouse, Normal POV
Rias was growing impatient.
'The paper should've summoned me by now' thought the crimson haired beauty of the ORC.
Rias had been waiting for Issei to activate the summoning paper to get into scene, save him and make him her pawn 'Well that sounds wrong.'
'He would think everything had been dream, and when I told him the truth I would 'let him' join my peerage' this was the plan she had made, but 'I've been waiting here for 10 minutes… crap, he's dead'
Rias got up from where she was sitting and started to head towards the student council room.
'We have to inform his family… Sona is not going to be happy'
And with that Rias went to inform her friend of what happened and to inform the family of the poor boy the terrible news.
Which of course we know didn't happen.
Demon King HQ, Issei's POV
The sun was bothering me, I reached my hand towards where my window would usually be but I couldn't reach it, 'Mmm, that's weird' I slowly opened my eyes and got up.
I stumbled a little, 'I feel as if a bus had hit me, Where am I?' that was the first thing I thought while looking at my surroundings.
It was a normal room, I knew this wasn't my room, it looked a little messy with shirts and pants around the floor but not too messy to be disgusted.
I was laid on the bed on top of the blanket, there was a window next to the bed
'What happened? I was on a date with…' my eyes widened 'YUUMA-CHAN, where is she?!' my train of thoughts was interrupted as the door opened revealing a young man that look the same age as me, maybe a year older.
In his hand he had a tray with food and water, he didn't seem surprised that I was, if I assumed correctly, in his house.
"It's good that you're awake" he said while closing the door and approaching me "You sleep like a slog man, you know I had to sleep in the couch because of you" he said with a smile.
'So, this is his room… crap I must've been a nuisance' "Sorry" I mumbled back.
"Don't sweat it, I'm the one that brought you in after all" wow he seemed like a really cool guy, but he said he brought me in… what happened? I decided to ask.
"Why you brought me to your house? What happened?" at this he looked a little surprised.
"You don't remember yet?" I shook my head "You remember your date, right?" I nodded.
"Yeah, I was wondering what happened, that's the last thing I remember" I said still trying to remember what exactly had happened.
"Your date, Yuuma Amano …" I paid closer attention to what he was about to say "… tried to kill you"
'I didn't mishear, did I? No, of course I didn't' I was shocked I could only formulate a "What?"
"I… no, we, me and my comrades, who live here, were close by when we saw it all happening" he said before he stood up and started to leave the room "There are some clothes in the closet, eat the food I left you and come downstairs we will inform you of everything" he seemed to emphasize 'everything'.
I looked down at my body and saw that I was only in my underwear 'Well if I was injured, so he or they must've taken my clothes off to heal me' I stand up and walk towards the closet, inside appear to be the clothes I was wearing during the date.
I put them on and look at the tray with food with suspicion, suddenly I feel my stomach grumble 'well I don't think they would've healed me just to poison my food later on' so I grab the fork and start eating.
I look around the room and see it's not clean but also not a complete mess, there are clothes on top of a chair by the corner with some on the ground but also see a desk very dusty 'almost as if it wasn't even used.' I decided not to think too much about it.
'I think I'm ready to go downstairs' I double check my stuff: clothes checked, money checked, not hungry anymore checked, the dishes I used checked. 'Yeah, I'm ready to go.'
When I get to the first floor I go where the hallway leads me to, I look around and see a kitchen, but there's no one in there. Suddenly I hear some noise and decide to go towards it.
Around the corner I see what could only be the living room with the guy that attended me and some other four who seem kind of familiar, but I can't quite tell who they are.
Normal POV
"Oh look! He's here" Maou said looking at the spot where Issei was "well, do we need some introductions?"
"Let me see; I wake in a room that's not my own, with some other guys that I think I've seen somewhere, but can't quite sure where from, yeah I believe introductions are necessary" Issei was quick to give his while never forgetting some of his sarcastic sense of humor.
Akohda stands from his armchair and leaves it to Issei to sit down, which he does gratefully, goes to sit with Lucifer and Ashiya.
After sitting down, he takes a better look at them and gets surprised seeing the demon (without knowing how accurate he's describing him) that is his gym teacher.
He kept staring at him wide eyed for a full minute before looking straight and keeping quiet.
Aaand ow an awkward silence descended upon them. A. Very. Awkward. Silence.
"Ooooh for fuck's sake! I'll start" as always Akohda is the first to lose his patience "I'm Akohda Mal! And you better not forget it because I'll beat you to a pulp if you do" Issei nods rapidly making a quick mental note to never forget that name.
"As aggressive as always Akohda, you'll never get a girl with that attitude" Lucifer voice joins in the one-sided conversation.
"Bah! Fuck you too Lucifer, I don't need no woman, they're only a distraction" Akohda's response was harsh.
Before anyone could respond to Akohda, Issei beat them to that.
"WRONG!" Issei's new found courage and sudden outburst startled all the presents in the room "Women aren't a distraction, they're a blessing created to make company to our lonely souls, they're graceful, different but also beautiful in their own way" he took a deep breath before continuing "they take care of you and give you love for those lonely days, but more importantly there are their oppai, those marvelous extensions of their body round and soft, and their feeling can only be described in a heavenly manner" By the end of Issei's statement he was trying to hold back tears of happiness.
Meanwhile all the demons-in-disguise watching had different reactions, Akohda looked ready to kill Issei if another word came out of the latter's body, Lucifer and Ashiya had dumbfounded expressions, Maou was smiling awkwardly and Adram was laughing his ass off.
"MAN! I already like this kid! Hahaha!" said Adram before falling over clutching his stomach.
"Maou-sama, are you sure about your decision?" whispered Ashiya leaning over to Maou.
Maou was finally able to make a normal smile before answering "Yes Ashiya, I'm sure I can sense the potential he holds"
Issei leaned back on his armchair, crossed his arms and 'hm'-ed proud of teaching Akohda in the sacred subject that are Oppais.
"Well that was a thing" Lucifer was the first to get a hold of himself "but let's continue with the introductions, I'm Lucifer Urushihara"
Hearing Lucifer's name Issei was able to figure out everyone else's name "Wait so if you're Akohda…" points to Akohda "…and you're Lucifer…" he looks at Lucifer who nods in confirmation, he puts one and two together "…then you guys are Ashiya and Maou the guys who beat the baseball team without lifting a finger" he exclaims looking wide eyed at the holders of said names.
Remembering the sobbing and terrified bodies of the baseball club brought a sadistic smile into Akohda's face "Finally some recognition"
"Yeah we're them" the now identified Maou said.
"What did you guys do to them? They seemed destroyed when I looked at them" asked curious Issei, a little grateful that the cocky baseball club had been put in its place.
"We, nothing…" said Maou looking at him directly in the eyes. Issei could've sworn that they were glowing red "…not physically at least"
This made Issei raise an eyebrow, but before he could ask further Adram finally spoke up "Maou, remember why we brought him here" his tone seemed more serious than usual.
"What? Why am I here?" Issei started to feel a little nervous seeing the looks and nods everyone was giving each other.
Suddenly all eyes fell on him. And by this point Issei was starting to sweat.
"Issei, do you believe in Heaven and Hell? Angels and Demons?" Maou asked in a very serious tone.
The question took Issei by surprise, he wasn't expecting that type of question, he didn't even know what to expect! Trying to muster all the courage possible he answered.
"N-n-not much, I-I mean I see s-some of those theoretic v-videos s-sometimes" Okay he couldn't muster THAT much courage, but at least he completed the sentence.
"Issei what we're about to tell and show you mustn't leave this room…" Issei nodded rapidly "…very well…" suddenly all the demons in hiding started to transform into their original forms, and when they were done not a single resemblance of the people that were before them was left.
"…we're demons" by the time he said that Issei was already unconscious on the floor. Everyone sweatdropped at that.
"You all owe me 1000 yen, each one of you" Malacoda stated.
*sigh* "Adramelech put him back in bed" ordered Satan while turning back into Maou.
"What now Maou-sama?" asked, the now turned back into human, Ashiya.
"We wait again, Ashiya…" he said turning and going towards the exit "… Lucifer follow me, we're going to visit our little angel"
Lucifer grinned and followed suit.
Abandoned warehouse, Outskirts of Kuoh, Normal POV
Around the city of Kuoh is an expansion of grass, but if a Maou level being or beings were to look closely they could see some strange pattern in a certain area.
That is a spell. Or more specifically an invisibility spell that can only be accessed by Maou level beings or by the creators of such spell.
Satan and Lucifer entered the spell and landed in front of a very old warehouse. It was big, dusty, with broken wood and many spider-webs.
But that was only the outside, inside the place was totally different. It was bigger than what it looked from outside and cleaner, there was a large hallway that lead to some stairs, from the stairs you could go to a second floor or to a basement. All of which were divided in different rooms.
Before entering they turned back into their human forms, their 'guest' didn't know they were demons.
They kept walking until finally arriving at the stairs; they went to the second floor.
Soon they were standing in front of a normal looking door, but they could hear explosions and stuff breaking.
'Great, and I just finished organizing every room this Friday (it was Sunday)' thought Maou before turning the knob.
As soon as the door opened a light spear struck Maou directly in the face, the mentioned just blinked and shook the smoke from him.
The room was white, with a tint of black, it had a bed in one corner and a couch in the other, a wardrobe besides the couch. And in front of them was a very angry Yuuma Amano or better known as Raynare.
"You know…" started Maou while entering the room "…I've been received in many ways, explosions, punches, mud, fireballs, ice spells, and sometimes even shit, oh that last one was actually funny…" Maou started to turn into his demon form "…but never in my years of existence has someone thrown something at me without leaving its mark."
Raynare looked at the demon with horror, he received one of his light spears and didn't even blink! She knew when someone was out of her league, but she still acted tough.
"W-why did you kidnap me?" asked Raynare trying her best not to stammer.
Satan and Lucifer looked at each other before groaning in frustration. Raynare was still scared but now also confused, what was wrong with her question.
"Oh common, you are a fallen angel! You must've capture someone at one point of your life, right?" Lucifer asked; afraid of what might happen to her if she didn't answer, but nodded instead "then you must know that we didn't kidnap you to drink coffee or watch a game?"
"Then let us start with this interrogation session" said Maou sitting on the couch of the corner "since it's obvious you felt the same power as us then I'll ask this, who sent you to attack Issei?"
Raynare was afraid of what would happen to her if she talked, but also was afraid of what the two individuals in front of her were capable of "I-I acted on my own"
"Oohh, is that right?" she nodded, she was expelling a lot of fear and worry making it obvious she was lying, but Maou decided to play along "what made you try to kill, innocent and naïve Issei?" his tone was sweet, but it also promised pain.
Raynare gulped before answering "H-he could've become a future threat to the fallen angels" that was what Kokabiel had told her so why couldn't she use that answer?
"From what we observed from your 'date' -yes we were watching- it appeared he would've done anything to be by your side, yet you didn't manipulate him into making him your ally instead of killing him?"
Raynare eyes widen at the realization, 'instead of killing him we could've gained a possibly powerful pawn' "I-I"
"You see it now, pretty stupid from your part if you were to ask me" Maou stood up and looked over to the door "what makes him so powerful, for the fallen angels to fear?"
This was a question made Raynare raise an eyebrow at them 'They're beings of great strength yet they don't know of the Sacred Gears' she decided to voice her thoughts out "You don't know about Sacred Gears?"
Lucifer and Maou looked at her with interest "Sacred Gears?"
"God's artifact created to be bestowed by humans, there are a great variety of Sacred Gears, the most powerful are the thirteen Longinus, each powerful enough to kill a god" Raynare explained.
"Interesting, very interesting indeed" Lucifer said, as he sensed that Raynare was starting to become more confident and less scared, he turned to Maou who only nodded in response.
Faster then she could see, Lucifer appeared behind her grabbing by the back of her neck and lifting her up "Who sent you to kill Issei?" his voice caused her heart to skip a beat, she slowly turned her head just enough to see him.
She found herself facing a totally different person from the one that used to be in his place.
Standing taller and more muscular with the body of a full-grown man, and a pair of black feathered wings, Lucifer looked menacingly with shining purple eyes directly at Raynare "I'll ask again Who. Sent. You. To. Kill. Issei?"
She then turned to see Maou, and found herself looking directly into the glowing red eyes of an unknown figure. But just by seeing she knew she was in the presence of a demon.
Looking back to Lucifer again she notices that he only has a pair of wings 'How does a two-winged fallen angel is more powerful than me'
"ANSWER!" Lucifer screamed tightening his grip on her neck.
Barely being able to breath she rasped out "I-I a-already s-s-said t-that…" she stopped feeling the air stopping from entering her body.
Lucifer wanted the truth and he would obtain it "I can see through that lie as easy as seeing through glass, so you better start giving me what we want" he let loose a little from her neck just enough for her to be able to answer.
Feeling more scared of the fallen angel behind her and the demon in front of her than Kokabiel she gives them a name "K-kokabiel, a C-cadre fallen a-angel" she said smiling a little during that last part, Satan noticed this and started to think of what could it mean 'Never heard of the word Cadre, maybe it's a ranking system they use just like in my army'
Lucifer was having the same thoughts as Satan catching up quickly 'but we didn't ask for that, so she must be expecting us to be afraid of it? Maybe is a high ranking' Lucifer was about to ask more about this 'Kokabiel', but was stopped by Satan.
"Lucifer, let me get in charge" Satan said as he gave a dangerous dark aura.
Lucifer silently obeyed his king and let go of Raynare, who was looking at the imposing figure that was Satan with terror.
Satan looked directly into Raynare's eyes and casted his spell "You will tell me all about you know about this Kokabiel guy, give me plans he had, or you had in said case" Raynare's eyes lost all life and became dull.
"Yes, my lord" responded Raynare in a monotone voice "Kokabiel is one of the few fallen angels that survived the great war between the three factions, he is a radical that believes the fallen angels are above all other races and factions" 'So a warmonger' thought Satan with a thoughtful look 'there will always be one that looks for war' he thought imagining Malacoda.
"He opposes the peace that was formed between the factions and wants to resume the war. Last I heard of him he was stealing holy swords from the church named Excaliburs, but I don't know the plan he has for them, all I know is that it will start another war"
"Me and some other fallen, were planning on tricking a nun into trusting us and then taking her Sacred Gear" Raynare confessed unconsciously.
Satan made sure to get all the new information in check before finally releasing Raynare from his spell.
After being released Raynare looked around confused about what had happened, 'I don't remember anything, it was as if I was under…' she paled when it dawned on her. When she looked around in search of Lucifer and Satan she found by the door about to leave the room.
Seeing Lucifer, a fallen angel, following Satan, a devil (she doesn't know they're demons), made her blood boil and forget all the fear she had felt just a moment ago "WHY?!" she screamed at Lucifer.
The question made them both stop and look at her with confused looks, but they did notice that all her hatred was focused on Lucifer "'Why' what?" he decided to ask.
"Why do you follow that stupid devil?! Why did you betray our faction, our race?!" she screamed at Lucifer.
Processing what she said Lucifer started to chuckle before bursting into a full out laughter, this made Raynare uneasy "Do you really think I care about YOUR half-assed faction? In fact, why do YOU think I follow him?" Lucifer asked with a grin, completely ignoring Satan being called a devil.
The situation made a full turn and now Raynare was the one being questioned again.
Analyzing Lucifer, she once again looked at his wings. A simple pair of wings. She grinned at him thinking she had figured it out "You are so weak that you had to depend on a Devil to defend you"
Lucifer's grin left his face and looked down making his hair cover his eyes "Weak, uh?" he moved in front of Raynare in less than a millisecond "What makes you think that?" he whispered menacingly into her ear.
Trembling a little Raynare gave her reasoning "Y-you only have a p-pair of w-wings making y-you into a l-low class fallen"
'A pair? does power to angels and fallen angels grows with the number of wings they have, weird' Lucifer decided to not let her know his lack of knowledge "Strange, last time I checked I was among the strongest fallen in the planet" he answered with a wicked grin that caused a chill to run down Raynare's spine.
Satan meanwhile was watching intently 'Not a complete lie, back in Ente Isla he was the strongest fallen angel, but maybe here there might be some competition for said title? Only time will tell' seeing that they had spent about an hour with her Satan decided it was time to leave.
"Lucifer knock her out and let's leave" Satan ordered.
Following his king's order, he gave Raynare a quick chop to the neck and put her back on her bed. Soon he joined Satan outside the room, who reactivated the containment spell.
"Why didn't you hypnotized her from the beginning?" asked Lucifer a little annoyed that he had to waste his precious time when Satan could've just done that with a simple wave of his hand.
"We had to get her to fear us, there's no better way than to make her feel incompetent and powerless against a threat that's leagues ahead of her" Satan gave his explanation to Lucifer.
Lucifer just looked at Satan confusedly before shaking his head, Satan saw the movement and became confused "What?"
"Almost all the time since we got to this planet, universe, dimension whatever you want to call it, you've acted immaturely most of the time, and listening to you now reminds who you really are" said Lucifer with a large grin on his face.
Satan gave a grin of his own before responding "You better not forget, because I'll beat you to a pulp if you forget who your King is" Satan gave a light chuckle and continued walking towards the exit.
Lucifer also gave a small chuckle, just as they exited the 'warehouse', "As, you command my King" said Lucifer mockingly before bursting into a laugh along with Satan.
"You know what I haven't done in a long time, you know before the war in Ente Isla started" started to say Satan, Lucifer merely raised an eyebrow "Mm?" "A flying race" Satan unfolded his wings before jumping into the air and flying at supersonic speeds.
Lucifer blinked a few times taking a second before finally realizing he had been challenged "OOOH YOU'RE ON" he screamed before following suit.
Demon King HQ, same time Lucifer was questioning Raynare
Meanwhile back at the poor excuse of a base, the remaining generals were sitting around a table still in their demon forms.
Malacoda, Adramelech and Alsiel hadn't changed back to humans since Maou and Lucifer had left, since they found it more comforting to be in their demon form. Malacoda being the dick he is just threw Issei into one of the couches.
As to what they were doing, they were playing card games more specifically poker, the tension in the room was incredibly high until Malacoda shouted.
"ROYAL FLUSH BITCHES! GIVE ME THE GOODIES!" he shouted while showing said Royal Flush of hearts, having won around 5 of the 8 matches they have had.
"BULLSHIT! There's no way you always get the three highest possible combinations every time" accused Adramelech, throwing his hand showing a Full House.
"Calm down Adramelech, he isn't cheating I don't feel any magic emanating from him, it appears he is just talented… or very lucky" said Alsiel trying to calm Adramelech but also with a little edge on his voice, he showed his hand showing a Four of a Kind.
"Yeah, yeah I know, you said that to me already, but still I'm getting tired of losing!" yelled Adramelech while shooting a glare at Malacoda who had a smug grin, or what could be called a grin with his skull, on his face.
"Admit it Adramelech, you just aren't good at all" taunted Malacoda dropping himself into one of the couches.
The air in the room tensed completely and both Adramelech and Malacoda started to leak some magical power also increasing the gravity in the room.
"Stop it you two, you will crush Issei" said Alsiel hitting both on the head with enough strength to male them snap out of it.
"Why should I care of what happens to him, he's nothing but a puny human" complained Malacoda rubbing the top of his head applying magic to ease the pain in his brain.
"That puny human has caught the interest of our Lord Satan and it would be prudent not to go against his wishes" shot back Alsiel seeing the glare Malacoda sent to the sleeping form of Issei.
"But still did he tell you what caught his interest? I mean you're his strategist after all" asked Adramelech curious of the sudden interest.
"No, he didn't, but whatever it was it must be important and might even help us" answered Alsiel while picking the cards and putting them back in their box.
Malacoda looked back at Issei and concentrated looking for something in the boy, finding nothing with just looking he decided to do a different approach.
"I'll try something" he extended his hand towards Issei and pierced his body with it, but didn't draw any blood.
"Malacoda what do you think your doing?!" exclaimed Alsiel seeing said General pierce Issei.
"Shut the fuck up Alsiel I'm trying to concentrate"
A moment later Malacoda retracted his hand grasping a transparent white energy body that was tainted red in the middle.
"Is that…"
"His soul, yes." finished Malacoda 'The kid does have something after all' thought Malacoda seeing the pulsating red energy.
All the one present looked with interest the red color in Issei's soul.
"What is that?" asked Adramelech feeling power emanate from the red soul.
"Honestly, I don't know" answered Malacoda "I've seen humans' soul with and without magic and the only difference was that it made the soul brighter"
The red energy was pulsating and Alsiel noticed something from it.
"Doesn't it look kind of… well off, like it's not completely part of his soul" pointed out Alsiel.
Looking closely Malacoda noticed the same thing "You're right, it's inside his body alongside his soul, but they're not fused together, but brings out the question…"
"What is it?" this time it was Adramelech who spoke "Do you think this is what Satan saw in him?"
"Possibly, it obviously has immense power by the way it's pulsating" said Alsiel 'How did Satan-sama felt this?'
"Let's discuss this once Satan and Lucifer are back don't you agree" proposed Adramelech.
"Aye, I agree" said Malacoda while returning Issei's soul into his body "but still is impressive to see that pulsating the way it was doing"
"Yes, that means it must be of great power" nodded Alsiel.
Soon they decided to drop the matter and go back to their own business.
Alsiel decided to make dinner and turned back into his human form.
Malacoda decided to try some potions he had been thinking of lately in Earth's fauna, so he made a portal and went somewhere around the globe.
Adramelech decided to think of fitting exercises for his class in school. All around town students of Kuoh felt shivers run down their spine.
*45 minutes later*
Ashiya was near to finish dinner when a sound-breaking noise(?) was heard outside.
"Maou-sama has arrived" he announced to the others in the house "please someone wake Issei up"
Issei had stayed asleep all day and didn't show any signs of waking up, Malacoda had mentioned that maybe the kid didn't take to well the stuff of being demons and died from shock.
Ashiya had told him that in first place that was impossible and second that whatever was inside the boy wouldn't let him die that easily.
"We're back!" announced Maou taking of his shoes along with an angry Lucifer.
"Not fair Maou" he complained "not only did you start with a head start but when I started catching up you decide to throw a bird at me"
"Hey we're demons, act like it, life would be very boring if we were as those stuck-up angels" said Maou offhandedly "besides I don't remember setting any rules"
"Would you two shut up, you're going to leave me deaf" complained Akohda entering the living room with both ears tapped "seriously as soon as you two entered that door I might as well kiss goodbye to any form of peace"
Lucifer snorts at Akohda "You, a man of peace? The day you find peace inside of you is the day I overthrow God"
"If you must know I do find peace from time to time…" he started his retort, and everyone just watch him with a 'seriously' face "when I hear the screams of my victims of course"
"Akohda we need to have a serious conversation about your bloodlust" said Maou before turning to Ashiya "How is Issei? Did he wake up?"
"No he stayed asleep all day I just sent Adram to wake him up" Ashiya responded while lowering the flames in the oven.
Maou just stared at him with wide eyes and unmoving "Ashiya I want you to repeat what you just said"
Ashiya was confused to what he had said wrong but complied with Maou "I said that I sent Adram to… wake… Issei…ooooh" realization dawned upon Ashiya.
"Yes 'Oooooh'" echoed Maou.
"ADRAM DON'T YOU DARE TO-." Ashiya was too late as he could feel the house suddenly shake and heard a loud boom.
"AAAAAHHH!" came a running Issei from the stairs and taking cover behind Maou "HELP ME!"
Lucifer just let out an exasperated sigh "Adram, what the hell did you do?!" he screamed at the approaching minotaur in disguise.
"I don't know why reacted that way" said the gym tacher.
"What. Did. You. Do?" repeated again Lucifer.
"You know what I used to do with all of you when waking you up: Get on top, ready up my arm and…" "TRY TO BLOW MY HEAD OFF!" Issei finished for Adram.
"That is not even remotely true" tried to explain Adram.
"HALF THE BED IS GONE AND THERE IS A GAPING HOLE IN THE WALL" continued to rant Issei "I WAS LUCKY I WOKE UP BEFORE YOU BROUGHT YOUR HAND DOWN!"
Akohda was chuckling along with Lucifer, hearing someone else be on the other side of Adram slaps and you could hear Lucifer whisper 'not so funny when one receives it'.
"As funny as this is can we all get serious now" said Maou taking a seat in the solo couch "How much until dinner Ashiya?"
"About ten minutes" said Ashiya.
"Great" said Maou before turning to Issei, who was very weary of going near Adram "Issei, please join us for dinner there is much that we need to tell you."
"That sounds ominous as fuck you know that, right?" says Issei with a deadpan expression but sweating a little.
Ten minutes later
Everyone is sitting around the table besides the kitchen, Maou, Ashiya and Akohda in one side and Adram, Lucifer and Issei in the other. Everyone was eating calmly, all except Issei who was eating like a madman since he stayed pretty much all say unconscious.
"I'll be frank Issei, what do you remember before fainting?" asked Maou taking his eyes off the plate and looking intently at Issei.
Issei swallowed the last chunk of food from his plate before nervously glancing at all the presents "W-would it sound strange i-if I said that you guys revealed to be D-d-demons"
"Not one bit" was Maou's instant response "it had actually been part of our plan to reveal ourselves to you"
"o-oh, okay" was the only thing Issei said "okay, okay but… why?"
"Because I want to recruit you" responded rapidly.
"What?!" Issei asked surprised, jumping off his seat and slamming his hands on the table unintentionally.
"Since the first day of school I felt something powerful that resides inside of you" explained Maou "just by simple glance it doesn't feel that powerful, but once I concentrated I felt a great wave of power"
"W-wait so you're s-saying there is something a-alive inside of me?" asked Issei before whispering 'damn that sounded wrong'.
"Yes and I saw it" This time the one to answer wasn't Maou, but Akohda.
"You did?!" asked both Issei and Maou the latter since he hadn't been informed of that.
"Yes, while you were unconscious or asleep or whatever you want to call it…" Akohda screamed a little at the end "…I took your soul out of your body…" Issei paled a lot at the mention of that "…don't worry it was still attached to your body, anyway, along with it came a red light, and by the way it was pulsating than yes I can say, it is very powerful."
"Wait, so also Ashiya and Adram saw?!" asked a surprised Maou, Akohda just nodded "then why didn't you tell Lucifer and me?!"
Akohda just shrugged and said "Dramatic effect, plus your face"
Maou just groaned, before composing himself "Anyway, at school I was observing you, trying to see any sign that showed your control over the power, but you showed none"
"Then what did you do?" Issei asked, curiosity getting the best of him.
"We tried to approach you, but before we could here Lucifer informed me of your sudden date" he said gesturing towards Lucifer who sent a small wave but was overall engrossed in his phone "we had felt her before and quickly recognized what she was and as you might recall she wasn't normal"
"Black wings is what I recall… well that and those amazing oppai" Issei started to get a nosebleed but got hit I the head by Akohda "Ouch! Hey what the hell?!"
"I really hate your perverted ways, it's incredible you have a pure heart" the last part was a small murmur that Issei couldn't hear.
"Huh?" was all he said.
"Anyway, those black wings mean that she was a Fallen Angel, and before you ask yes like the angels from the bible." Maou was quick to clarify, they had read this world's bible, and almost identical to Ente Isla one except for Jesus, the New Testament and some of the names from the Old Testament "we thought that maybe the fallen angels of this world might've sent her to recruit you, but would you believe it. She tried to kill you."
Suddenly Maou felt how a dark aura swiped over the whole room and looked at Issei. Everyone could basically touch the sudden change in the mood. And all turned to Issei who emitted a great wave of depression and… trauma?
"She did… didn't she" they heard Issei whisper lowly "A scumbag, who would never be loved by any woman"
"Hey, kid snap out of it!" Akohda suddenly grabbed Issei's arm and shook him with little strength "You're not allowed to show any sign of weakness in front of the King"
"Uh, oh! Sorry" he said wiping some tears from his eyes "Sorry about that, it's just that… it gets to you, you know"
"Hyoudou Issei, tell me what this problem is?" asks Maou turning into Satan, Issei didn't even bat an eye to seeing Maou as a 1.9-meter-tall demon, he actually chuckled and couldn't believe what he was about to do. He was looking for support in Satan 'Who would've thought' he thought.
He took a deep breath and started.
"It's just that for the majority of my life I have been an outcast type of guy" Issei started "people and specially the female population evaded me due to my… well… perverted ways I had decided that I wouldn't lie to myself, and I used to be okay with it you know. But I think I got too much into the role and sometimes lost myself into the thought of Oppais. And then the beatings started to come, and I might understand that I spy them at times, but my intentions weren't bad."
"When I spy on women I actually think in which way I can make each one of them happy, likes, dislikes, what they love the most, yeah stuff like that, but I don't get any chance, they immediately think I'm a creep that only wants to rape them, it is as if they were deaf to all the talk other classmates in school say about how they would like to pound some pussy or stuff like that, you'll never hear them consider the feelings of their partners" Issei's voice was filled with venom at the end."
"Yes, great part from the magic we collect in school is from lust, one of the seven deadly sins" commented Lucifer still human.
That makes my blood boil, but what can I do, if I tried to tell someone they would think I'm jealous of them and ignore me completely. When I entered second grade of Highschool I knew I was not going to get a girlfriend or even a prom date, and I already had planned to survive the year like that." He once again goes to soft voice.
"But then came the date, I couldn't be happier, a girl actually asked ME out! I had planned everything to go smoothly, and the whole date had gone like that…" he had a great smile on his face… that quickly fell "but at the end, she asked me If-if I could die for her and then she threw the spear at me"
"Yes, we came into action right on time," said Satan "and sorry if we didn't act earlier it's just that we thought that she wouldn't kill you, until she transformed and formed that spear"
A small smile formed on Issei's lips and chuckled a little "Satan is saying sorry" he said weakly before continuing.
"And since then I'm afraid to rejection I believe, maybe even women I don't even know" he started to break down again but was able to remain cool "Now I think that any and all women that I meet will ask for the same thing in exchange of their love. My life. And even in school I have proof that support this, there had been times when many of the students just right away say how they wish I would kill myself or that I got hit by a truck, some even describe a very specific death."
Everyone stayed silent after Issei had finished until Satan once again spoke.
"Let me explain something to you, Issei" chimed in Satan, Issei nodded "the way our magic gets replenished, is by absorbing the worst thoughts or feelings of individuals, in your school, stress, greed, jealousy and lust are the most common"
"Huh, I must give you lots of magic then, right? With lust and all" he says a little sad looking at his hands.
"That's where you're wrong" Issei lifts his head lo look at Satan "even though we can still feel your perverted thoughts we can't get any magic from them" 'Why' Issei mouthed "that's because you have a pure heart, and like you said those perverted thoughts are not those of lust, but passion."
"So that means that…" started Issei "All other students don't have a pure heart, yes" responded Alsiel from the door.
"Tell me Issei what do you think of a world where no one gets prejudiced, for race, religion, culture, history," he raised his hand to hid generals "thoughts, likes, dislikes?" he raised a hand signaling at Issei "A world where those of pure heart like you, don't get abused by those jealous of your purity?"
Issei was at a loss of words, if everything they said was true then it didn't sound so bad, it actually sounded really good 'But they are demons' one part of his brain said 'But they saved us' another said 'And could kill us if they so desired' responded 'They would've done so already if that was the case' argued back the other side of him, and could no longer think of any retort to that.
"That… actually sounds very good" said Issei slowly "I could be part of that?"
"Yes, yes you could" answered Satan.
"But how could we make it possible?" asked Issei.
"Right now, your world leaders are all corrupt, they just govern to make things stay the same, never advancing towards a future where there is no division between races, cultures, or religious groups, they stay the same as they are too lazy to do anything and because they have grown accustomed to it, making it easier to make themselves richer" explained Satan.
"And if there is something I learned from experience is that this type change can not be achieved peacefully. Like they say, if you want something done you have to do it yourself" finished Satan.
"Wait so you mean that…" Issei's sentence was once again completed by someone else, "to make those changes we would have to conquer the world? Yes", this time Lucifer finished for Issei.
Issei was now conflicted, taking over the world sounded like something supervillains would do, but as of right now they had given him many great reasons to join them. He remember the way he was treated and he was more inclined to join Satan.
Dissolving all doubts left on his mind and body he had his answer.
"I'll join you" he said.
Satan smiled "Great, now we'll just need to make you a demon and unlock that hidden power of yours"
Issei suddenly felt nervous again "Wait how do I turn into a demon?"
"You just have to drink the blood of a very powerful demon, and in this case Satan is the most powerful out of the five I mean he's the Demon King" responded Malacoda, scaring Issei a little.
Issei looked back at Satan and saw him with a glass of red liquid in it 'Blood'
He grabbed it, and without thinking drank it.
Once he did he almost regretted it, as he felt his bones cracking and his skin tearing as if something was growing out of it.
He trashed for some time on the floor while the others watched in wonder as red scales started to cover the majority of his body, his clothes long turned into shreds.
Eventually his trashing stopped and in there laid no longer a human Issei, but a taller, with more defined muscles reptile like Issei with scaly wings on his back.
*Sigh* "Take him back to my room" ordered Satan to Adramelech.
Finished.
Alright so If you now noticed, the majority (and I mean a lot of you) actually voted for Issei to join Maou, I wasn't overall surprised, I mean Imagine a xover fanfic without one of the protagonists of one of the animes. I've actually read a few of them, OC with the sudden mention of protagonists.
Anyway there it goes, now you know the timeline (or in which part of the timeline).
Also, WTF?! Suddenly I have over 200 following and 180 favorite. Just How? When? How? (Those were my actual first thoughts when I entered the site after some two months of inactivity. (sorry for that, but it doesn't guarantee I will write faster either)
Reviews:
TehDIGI: Still thinking man, I'm actually ot a huge fan of harems (unless they actually make a move with the ones in it), as far as I know I don't think so. Issei will still get his own, just not overly large.
ENDDRAGON369: I like your enthusiasm and suggestions, but it's hard enough to make a xover of two animes (for me) and adding Elements of another would just make it harder (again for me, there might be people who might find it easy)
Mamon the lich king : Again, Issei will still get his own harem (not overly large), but not sure about Maou neither of the rest, I have some pairings in mind but that's it.
Also, leave suggestions for Issei's harem (four to five girls and that's it)
Thanks for reading, and as always if you find any error please point it out, thanks.
-The knight in dark flames
