Hello again guys and gals! Before we start off with the 3rd chapter, there are a few things I would like to say. First off, will there be a return of Kalawarner and Mittelt? That answer… I will keep to myself~. Next, the name of the protagonist? I will not be revealing the name, since this is supposed to be at the OC's POV… also that I am not great with names XD.

And finally, thanks for your support and I hope you continue to enjoy this story!

"Talking"

["Text/talking from mobile"]

Now that Raynare is enjoying some time to herself in the bathroom, I decided that I should savour sometime of relaxation to myself in the living room. Before I can even begin to enjoy myself, I decided to open a message from my friend Issei on my phone. The message seemed casual, nothing that would set alarm bells ringing inside my head.

["Hey man, who's that girl you're hanging around with? Your first girlfriend?"]

It was within my and Raynare's best interest to continue our charade for as long as we could, we couldn't afford to make any mistakes. Who knows if my parents suddenly bumped into my hopeless perverted friend and began talking about me and my "girlfriend". With that, I sat down on the armchair and gave him my response.

"She's my girlfriend and her names Ray. We went to town today and did a bit of shopping and had ice cream"

I then turned on the TV and began watching some Friday night sitcoms, not the best choice of programmes, but it was something better than watching long-running soap operas with plot holes. It's even bad enough that my life has slowly become a supernatural soap opera It'self, waiting for a shocking moment to come for me and Raynare, or even worse to the both of us.

But the next text from Issei was something worrying, it was a warning from him, setting some bells ringing. Me and Issei had always have each other's back, always making sure that we live to fight another day in this cruel world.

["If I were you, I'd dump her quick before she does anything to you."]

I sighed to myself and needed some time to think. I mean surely, he doesn't know who she is, she didn't even mention his name. I shrugged it off a bit and gave him another reply, trying to calm myself down and hopefully get him off my back for a bit

"Why? Is it because she's hot and I'm going to bunk with her tonight?"

I must be honest, that was way out of my character. I would never ever reply like that, even to Issei. But I had to do something, thinking on my feet and using my wIt's.

But that wasn't enough for Issei, the phone began vibrating in desperation to be picked up. Before I picked up and began speaking, I looked around my surroundings before heading to the backyard alone, wanting to speak quietly and not wanting an audience from Raynare.

"Hey Issei, how's it going?"

It was casual, but the tone of my friend's voice was anything but casual. It was serious, dead serious, something that Issei would use in a situation that he would try to get me out off and even save me.

["She is not who you think she is… this isn't me trying to get your girl, this is me warning you. You need to get rid of that bitch and quick."]

I just stalled on the phone. I just couldn't believe what I was hearing from my friend. Something is strange and incredibly wrong in my view.

"Issei… how do you know her? What's going on? This isn't funny Issei, what is going on here?!"

I began to panic, but still trying to remain calm and quiet, hoping no-one would hear or suspect anything that would cause a commotion. I waited for a moment or two, it seemed that Issei was trying to think of a response to my questions.

["Because… I… I can't say…"]

I looked down with disbelief, not only because of what he said, but the way he said it. Something must have happened between him and Raynare. It was either that Issei was trying to scare me, or maybe that Raynare haven't told me the whole story… what if it's both? After a moment of silence, I sighed and spoke once more, wanting answers.

"Issei… just tell me… what's going on…?"

After that, he just hung up and left me in silence. I couldn't let this go, I needed to know what was going on between Raynare and Issei. I walked back in and sat at the comfort of the armchair, trying to maintain my composure, but to of no avail.

I couldn't even contain myself any longer, I got up and slowly began to walk up the stairs, down the corridor, to the bathroom door. Along the journey, came another emotion, mixed with fear and shock, is anger. I growled to myself and began banging on the door like a policeman closing in on his criminal

"RAYNARE! GET OUT HERE! NOW!"

I wanted to her to be known that I am furious and wanting some answers in an instant. She opened the door and clearly looked annoyed, but I don't even care what she's feeling at this moment. I dragged her into my room and showed her the texts that Issei sent me.

"Explain to me how you know Issei? What has happened between you 2? Why is he telling me to keep away from you?!"

Raynare blinked for a moment before slowly looking down and gritted her teeth. She was clearly furious of me bringing Issei up and even questioning her about their encounters, but once again, her feelings are the least of my concern.

"COME ON!"

I have no patience for her stalling or thinking, for all I know, she could be planning to tell me lies or even give vague details of the events between the 2. But she wasn't in any mood for answering my questions as she spreads her dark angelic wings and summoned her weapon. I ducked down before she threw her spear, shattered my window and made her escape.

"GET BACK HERE RAYNARE!"

I shouted from the top of my lungs, but to of no avail. Soon there was a knock on my door, I guess that could either be the neighbours telling me to be quiet, or the police to explain why my window was broken. Reluctantly, I began making my way downstairs and opened the door.

But to my surprise it wasn't the police or the neighbours. It's a man with a sharp tailored suit, black and gold hair along with a distinguishable goatee. I narrowed one of my eyebrows at him, why would a stranger knock on the door just after the altercation between me and Raynare?

"Sorry to bother you there, but I couldn't help noticing one of my students left your house just now."

I sighed to myself and placed my forehead on a wall for a moment, needing to compose myself before dealing with another problem in front of me. I didn't make any eye contact, but I had some questions for him.

"You're a fallen angel, too right? And what's it got to do with you?"

The man nodded with a small grin before walking in, despite not offering him to enter the house nor showing signs that I didn't want him in. Well, I guess it would make it less conspicuous, plus I now have as much time as I need to get some answers out of him. I turned to face to him and showed a small calm expression on my face. I should at least try to make him feel welcome, I mean, it's not like he did anything wrong yet.

"Uhh… do you… want me to show you to the living room? Perhaps offer you a drink?"

He responded positively to the idea and nodded with a casual smile, even allowing me to take the lead.

"That would be very generous of you, please do lead on. I think a bottle of something will do me good."

I chuckled from his response, I guess from the first glace and impression he is the type of person you would hang out in a bar with. Nonetheless, I lead him to the living room and got him a bottle of lager, he looked at the bottle and nodded positively once again before he began consuming his drink.

"I have to say, you do have some good taste of beverages"

I on the other hand sat on the sofa with a can of cola, that usually hIt's the spot for me in tense situations.

"And to answer another question from you… It is… I am partly responsible for this situation…"

The tone of Raynare's teacher's voice showed remorse, but I wasn't completely convinced as I need to know what he meant from his statement. Did he arrange Raynare to attack her "boyfriend" and the nun? Or even kill them in the process of acquiring power for himself?

"What do you mean by 'partly'?"

The man stood up and looked at me with a look of regret, reflecting his tone of voice. But I needed to hear from him myself. What part does he play in this situation?

"Perhaps I should introduce myself… My name… is Azazel, I was Raynare's teacher before her first demise…"

I widened my eyes as his name was mentioned, he even showed his 6 sets of wings, it was the only name that she brought up from her story. In an instant I stood up and walked to him

"Wait! You? 'The Great Azazel'?"

Azazel nodded and hidden his wings before sitting down once again, taking another swig of his drink. Even I sat down once again to place myself in my comfort zone again.

"I sent Raynare on a mission a while ago, her objectives weren't to harm or kill anyone. All she needed to do was keep an eye on someone with such immense power. Raynare however, out of her own accord, killed the person of interest and along with that kidnapped the nun for her healing powers."

I listened carefully to his story, and it was practically the same detail that Raynare gave me. But Azazel gave me something that I wouldn't be able to stomach or comprehend.

"The person of interest and the nun… were Issei Hyoudou, and Asia Argento…"

I blinked for a bit and let out a confused laugh, not believing it at first. But Azazel shook his head and gave me more details, even to the point where he placed images in my mind. I see it all, the deaths of Issei and Asia, Issei's strange armoured arm, The Twilight Healing taken from Asia. Even the final battle before Raynare's demise and Asia being revived by the devil in red.

I then became frozen and lifeless, I was shocked and sickened to hear that Raynare would do these sorts of things. Anger and rage was building up rapidly in my body and mind. Before I had the chance to react, Azazel wanted to ask me something, he sounded serious and concerned.

"But there is one thing I don't get… Why is she alive? And why was she in your house?"

I halted the build-up of anger and rage, taking a few moments to come to terms of the news Azazel gave me. I looked down and nodded to myself before looking at Azazel, deciding it was best to reward him with an honest answer from me.

"I… I didn't mean to revive her… I… I was interested in the occult for a while and happened to stumble across a book in the library… foolishly I picked Raynare's feather near the abandoned church and revived her at night."

Azazel smirked a bit before laughing to himself, either that he was ridiculing me or found the story amusing.

"I knew it. I knew there was something odd about you. In all honesty I knew she was alive from the moment you revived her. But with you and your powers, I was curious and needed to find out for myself. Funny enough, it was actually a coincidence that I found you after Raynare escaped your house."

I on the other hand wasn't laughing, I just growled and crushed the cola can with my own strength. I stood up and walked up to him, even began venting my pent-up anger at him.

"WHY DON'T YOU JUST SHUT UP! HOW COME RAYNARE NEVER TOLD ME ANY OF THIS!? WHY MY FRIENDS!? WHY ISSEI AND ASIA!? WHY DID SHE HAVE TO FLY AWAY LIKE A COWARD!? WHY DID SHE DO ALL THOSE THINGS IN YOUR NAME!?"

The last statement shocked Azazel, he even dropped his curiosity act and sighed deeply for a moment. He then stood up and placed his hand on my shoulder, as if he was treating me like his child.

"Listen to me what I am about to say, it's about her past…"

Now usually I am a person with unusual curiosities, mainly wanting to know the motives of people's crimes committed by strangers. But when it came to my friends and someone I revived, it was something that went over my head.

"Go on then… tell me…"

My tone wasn't showing any form emotion, I couldn't feel anything after my venting along with Azazel offering an explanation. In all honesty, I wanted to hear everything from Azazel before I want to feel anything again. We both sat down, and Azazel began to give me the whole story.

"Raynare, like me and many other fallen angels, was an angel created by the God of the Bible… she was a very keen angel, wanting to please her superiors by doing their bidding. She was praised by everyone, even Michael and Gabriel."

Huh… so she was an angel back then… so what? It could've be a ruse, a trick, maybe even had sinful thoughts since she was getting praised a lot.

"However, one day she came across to a corrupted angel. This particular angel was a high ranking one, he exploited Raynare by convincing her that she could play a higher role in heaven, foolishly… she accepted his "proposal" and became part of something that costed lives of innocent angels."

So, something has happened, maybe the part where she wanted to please Azazel made sense… Azazel then came to the point where she became the fallen angel.

"The angels higher up in their 'system' placed Raynare on trial, showed her no mercy or consideration. Only Michael protested the idea and demanded her release but was overruled at the time. Unfortunately, the judgement was against her… and that costed her everything she had…"

Despite being a fallen angel, he did show some form of sorrow for Raynare.

"She was banished to the Underworld alone, no protection, no guide, nothing. She was abused by those who see her as nothing more but a potential slave… I couldn't bear to see her suffering like that. I took her in and helped her though her darkest of times"

Everything slowly began to fit into place now, a part of me now began to feel remorse, even regret over my confrontation with Raynare. Azazel began to smile for a moment, reflecting on his memories of Raynare.

"She was something alright, she had the potential of becoming one of my valued and trusted students, even Shemhazai said she shows a lot of promise. It was like her golden times all over again, she even saw me and Shemhazai as her gods. But… something inside her changed… since God was not on her side anymore… thoughts of power and revenge began shadowing her mind…"

That… would be understanding I guess… being used, being betrayed, being judged upon... But what has Issei and Asia got to do with this? Is he trying to avoid that subject or what? His tone changed into something else, a slight hint of anger and disapproval.

"One day, a nun was banished from the church from using her power to heal an injured devil… I shouldn't really have to say the name of the nun."

I shook my head, he was right, he didn't need to say the name of the nun.

"That's where Raynare saw something she wanted… power… she began using Asia to do her bidding along with her own team of fellow fallen angels. But at that time, I was oblivious to it... Only because I trusted her enough to act on her own while I pursued my own interests."

I interrupted him for a moment, giving him a signal, what did he mean by his "own interests"?

"Stop there for a moment, what do you mean by your own interests?"

Azazel chuckled a bit, not impressed that I interrupted him, he clearly wanted to bring that up when it came to it.

"I am trying to get to it, have patience human. My main interest is the Sacred Gears, powerful items bestowed upon humans. I dedicated a chunk of my time researching and studying them."

I nodded at his statement, giving him my approval to continue with his explanation.

"One day, I felt such a strange presence in this town, the power of Ddraig, which resides in that gauntlet you saw on Issei's arm. The powers inside that gauntlet is so potent, that if Issei went berserk or if the power went out of control, the damage could be severe…"

That sounded completely serious, but Azazel didn't seem to show any form of concern or worry. I can only assume that Issei is in control of his powers, since I didn't see anything out of the ordinary before today.

"But Raynare took this as a chance to make herself powerful at the first opportunity. One day I instructed her to keep an eye on Issei, I didn't really say anything about the Sacred Gear since it was supposed to be a simple observation mission."

Now this is starting to make sense, I can now see the full picture of events now. I stood up and tried to complete his story, sort of like an enthusiastic detective.

"But she betrayed your order and killed Issei, took Asia to the church, stole her Sacred Gear which killed her! Issei confronted Raynare, both had a fight, Issei overpowered her… then the crimson haired devil killed her…"

Azazel grinned once again and stood up, he even nodded with some form of approval. But he gave me one bit of detail that Raynare didn't tell me.

"But what began her downfall was that she had mistaken Issei's Sacred Gear. She actually thought it was a Twice Critical, basically doubling your powers, thinking she would have the upper hand"

I nodded slowly and then sat down again with a moment to myself. Looking back now, I may have been a bit hard on her. Maybe I didn't give her a chance to explain, or that my reaction was harsh, but it was sure that I was more worried about myself than what she was feeling at the time. I was afraid to admit it but… I might as well be open to Azazel.

"I feel such an ass now… I have been hard on her… and what's even worse is that Issei knows that Raynare is alive again…"

Azazel blinked a bit and kneeled to me, wanting to know what happened between me and Raynare. I looked at his face and sighed before explaining what happened before showing him the texts, which he nodded and understood where I was coming from.

"I know this is hard for you... and to be honest... it's hard for me too... a part of me thinks that if I should've been there from the start..."

Azazel stood up once more before summoning his wings.

"I am going to find Raynare before it's too late, you're coming with me?"

I personally had no choice, if anything I wanted to tell her that I understood her anger and wanted to apologise before starting all over again. I nodded and stood up with an ideal plan that I wanted to share with him.

"You fly up above and see if you can find her, I'll search on the ground. We'll communicate with each other while we search."

Azazel gave me the thumbs up with his look of approval on his face. With that he summoned 2 earpieces and handed me one, the appearance sure was scary and unusual, but at this rate I had to trust him for us to find Raynare before anyone else does

"Clever idea, here, this should give us easy communication between us. Come, before anyone else get their hands on her. Or even worse… obliterate her once and for all…"

And that's it! I hope you've enjoyed this chapter as much as I did writing it. For a while I wanted to explore ideas on why Raynare became a fallen angel, and this was something that came into mind.

I want to thank once again to Revan's Wraith and Rihavein-Zero for giving beta reading this for me. I also want to thank Slavic Warrior for giving me some encouragement along with many reviewers.