I don't really have much to say before this chapter starts except- Dear god my brain really needs to stop coming up with so many new story idea's its driving me nuts.
Anyway I hope you all enjoy this story and I'll see you at the end.
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I didn't sleep, I will admit that right now.
Thankfully Sona managed to find that Stray's den and thank Tyche, the Greek Luck Goddess, that Katase and Murayama were the first girls that Stray encountered for it's plan as the den was set up for a lot more than 2 girls but was void of any victims.
The moment Yasaka heard the news she pulled herself and Kunou over to my place to check and see if the girls had any long lasting effects due to the phermones let off by the stray. According to Yasaka, their nether regions would be a bit wet for a while, but nothing long lasting.
Rouge barreled into my house not too long after that in the early morning around 4 A.M., though granted she bounced off the door due to the fact she didn't turn the knob.
Right now I was sitting next to Kunou in the living room slackjawed while Yasaka held her daughter close, Misha and Rouge had commandeered the kitchen to make breakfast and Kuroka was watching over Murayama and Katase.
Now why was I slackjawed? Because Kunou is apparently very skilled at Video Games despite having only played them at my house. Seriously she picked up Resident Evil 3 (Despite me trying to reminder her that it's better to play Resident Evil 1 before at the least), and while she was at first a little unsteady and initially shocked mby Nemesis, she did something that I highly doubt ANY Resident Evil Player can say with honesty.
Her first fight with Nemesis outside the Police station, she won without dying on Normal Mode. I can honestly say I'm jealous.
I have yet to beat Nemesis all 7 times on Normal mode because I suck at Knife fighting in Resident Evil... Then again, I don't know many people on Youtube willing to Knife fight Nemesis on Normal Mode.
"Are you sure you're daughter never played a single video game in her life before she met me?" I asked.
"I'm certain." Yasaka said with a smile, "Though I will admit it is shocking how good she is at this."
"Good?" I asked, "Yasaka your daughter has gaming skills that can put many other gamers to shame."
"Foods ready." Misha said as she set down several plates of pancakes, right as Kuroka scrambled down the stairs, "I'll take it as the two are awake."
"I'll get them." I said standing up, my Gamer's Pride is hurt enough as it is just watching Kunou beating Resident Evil 3 right now.
I reached the guest room where I heard someone in a bit of a panic muttering quitely to either themselves or the other, either way I knocked on the door.
"Are you two decent?" I asked.
"A-ah, one moment!" Katase called back.
"Alright, when you're ready come down stairs, you've probably got questions and I'll try my best to answer them over Breakfast." I responded and went back downstairs.
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It took ten minutes but Murayama and Katase came down stairs... Holding the new Shinhai I got them.
"Morning." I said waving from the stack of pancakes towered on the middle of the table before turning to Misha, "Seriously though do you think you've made enough?" I asked her.
"The mutt probably has a bottomless pit for a stomach." Misha said.
"HEY!" Rouge shouted standing up.
"Misha Rouge, knock it off!" I snapped, "We have guests." I added gesturing to Murayama and Katase.
Misha and Rouge glared at each other before sitting at opposite sides of the table.
I just sighed, "I'm sorry about those two, they butt heads a lot." I said to my two human guests, "Please, take a seat, you definitely have questions."
Murayama and Katase both took a seat next to Yasaka, a open seat on their other side, "W-who are you?" Murayama said.
"Vincent Lane, just moved here from the USA and am attending Kuoh Academy as a second year when school starts." I said, "And just so happens to have a bad habit of walking into trouble."
"I-I'm Kaori Murayama." Murayama said, "I'm part of the Kendo club at Kuoh academy."
"I'm Yui Katase, also part of the Kendo Club." Katase said.
'Huh, they share the first names of their Voice actors back in my world, what are the odds?' I thought, "Kendo club huh? Any chance I could join? With what all's been happening to me lately I could use it."
"Sorry." Murayama said instantly, "Too many girls and not enough boy applicants who are actually willing to train, it would make us look like you were blackmailing us."
"Drat." I muttered grabbing a few pancakes, "So, any more questions?" I asked.
"Yeah, what the hell was that thing that attacked us last night!?" Katase shouted, fear in her eyes.
"Something that, admittedly, I'd rather have hoped you'd never discover." I said, "Tell me girls, do you believe in the Supernatural."
"What? Like the Occult Research Club?" Murayama asked.
"More than that." Yasaka said, "Gods, demons, Yokai, those things."
"Before last night I would have said no." Katase said hugging her arms, "But now I'm not so sure."
"Same here." Murayama said hugging Katase, "Why do you ask?"
"What you two were attacked by last night was a Stray Devil." I said.
"What?" Murayama and Katase asked, "Y-you mean that was a Devil?"
"A Stray Devil." I corrected, "I've met normal Devils, none of them have mutated like that." After that I proceeded to give them the whole Supernatural talk I received from Rias, Devils, Fallen Angels, Angels, Sacred Gears, the whole nine yards. Their response was not what I thought it would be though.
"Does that mean the Perverted Trio and that dog Issei Hyoudou are devils!?" Murayama shouted, "That would be the only reason their so perverted."
"Nope." I said, "Issei is completely human... Unless he's got a Sacred Gear on him, then he's likely to be turned into a Devil."
Katase laughed, "What are the odds of that Pervert having a Sacred Gear?" She asked.
"Kuroka?" I asked looking at the cat, getting odd looks from Murayama and Katase.
"Why are you- Eep!" Murayama squeaked just as Kuroka transformed into her human form, ears and tails completely visible to the eye, "W-What are you?"
"I'm Kuroka." The Neko said, "I'm a Nekoshou turned Devil, however I killed my master as he sought to experiment on my little sister."
"D-does that mean y-you're a Stray Devil?" Katase asked as she and Murayama jumped out of their seats.
"By Devil laws, yes." Yasaka said, "However her mind is still intact as she hasn't killed for power or the sake of killing, only self defense."
"Trust me, I dunno quite understand it myself." I admitted, "However let me tell you this you two, I'm the only human besides you two sitting at the table."
Murayama looked at the others at the table and the little girls playing in the Living Room, "T-then what is everyone here?" she asked.
"I'm Misha Hearte, a Vampire." Misha said, "Daywalker bloodline too. Former footsoldier in Carmilla's little army to fight the Tepes Clan, I ditched after Vincent here commit mass murder when Carmilla tried to kill him."
"Rouge Chaperon, Werewolf... Half blooded at least." Misha said, then noticed the absolute terror in Murayama and Katase's eyes, "Don't worry that whole, 'Werewolfs are mad beast's when they transform' is just a myth made up by the church to cast us in a bad light. The only time that actually happens is when someone is bitten and they first transforms, and it's less bloodthirsty and them just wanting to get away from everything because of how overwhelmed their new senses are."
Murayama looked at Rouge while Misha was studied by Katase, "Are you two safe to be around?" Murayama asked.
"So long as you don't try to kill us." Rouge said before savagely tearing into her pancake.
"I am Yasaka." Yasaka said letting her tails free from where ever she hid them, "A Nine-tailed Kitsune and leader of the Yokai Faction."
Murayama and Katase went wide eyed at Yasaka before looking at Kunou, "A-and that little girl in there is your daughter?"
"Yes she is." Yasaka said, "And relax, please, I'm a very kind person."
It took a few minutes for the two girls to calm down before they took a seat, when Murayama looked at me, "S-So what now?"
"Well, if it were up to the local Devils that own the Kuoh Territory..." I started.
"With my permission." Yasaka added, "I can easily kick them out if I so wanted."
"Then they would have wiped your memories of the event." I said, before I shook my head, "However I feel that is only a temporary solution, you minds would try their hardest to force those memories back in the form of nightmares." I said getting Murayama and Katase to gulp in fear, "So I'll make you a deal." I said holding out a card with Rouge's, Misha's, and my Phone Number's, "I'll help you girls acclimate to the Supernatural as best I can. And if you want I'll even see about getting you two some weapons that can fight against the Supernatural in case they come and attack you."
"And in return..." Katase said darkly, as if she were expecting me to black mail her or something... For perverted reasons I have to guess considering what they deal with.
"In return I want you to call me or Misha or Rouge whenever you encounter something supernatural aside from us, or a Devil you summoned through one of their fliers to grant a wish, relax it doesn't cost a soul, just fair payment." I said, "Mainly because I need to report any supernatural event to the local devils so they can get the clean up done."
"Like the Stray that attacked us last night, they killed it?" Murayama asked.
"Nope." I said pulling out Executioner, which also cause Kuroka to hiss and lower her head, "I did, I managed to get my hands on a Light Element enhanced forty four magnum with Holy Water filled bullets, one bullet and that Stray's head exploded like a watermelon. I just needed the local Devil's to clean up the body and make sure it didn't capture anyone else."
Murayama and Katase looked at each other, "Can you... Help us?"
I smiled, "Gladly, just not today, I've got things to do and I've got to patrol the town. Tomorrow we can get started on your training and I can reveal some more of my secrets." I said, "Oh, just so you know, praying in the general vicinity of God can cause Devils pain, nothing massive, just a killer headache."
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Night had fallen and I found myself resting at the fountain at the park in the middle of town, the same place Issei would get offed before coming back as a Devil.
"Wonder what it is about this place that brings me here?" I mused to myself... Right before I heard... Hooves?
I looked toward the source of the hooves and felt fear for a moment before Gamer's mind calmed me down and I drew the Executioner.
The... Thing that was connected to the hooves was grotesque. I'll admit at first I though it was Nuckelavee, the norse monster that was a skinless long armed man fused into the back of an equally skinless horse. That theory died when I saw it drinking from the fountain, as Nuckelavee was absolutely terrified of Fresh water, enough that it wouldn't jump across even a small stream.
This creature was indeed a man fused with a horse, but it was bloody, as it it was constantly bleeding. The horse body was missing skin around the teeth with only a tiny bit at the edge of the mouth, blood was pouring out of the legs and pooling around it, said blood dissolving soon after, plus the legs had four joints on them, more than a horse actually has, plus it's skin looked like it was melting. The man fused to it's back was just as disgusting, I could see the human legs literally burned into the body of the skin, bubbling even, the upper body liked as if it had it's chest armor burned onto it's body and was bleeding around the edges of it, it's arms were slightly longer that they ought to be, but his right hand was cut off and replaced by a bone and flesh like sword while it's left hand had eight bleeding fingers on it, it's head was missing all the flesh from it's lower jaws and it's eyes bulged out from the half helmet on it's head.
I took a picture with my Phone so I could show it to the others later, because this thing isn't a normal Stray Devil..
I had to Observe it.
[? Lvl ?]
[Race: ?]
[HP: ?]
[MP: ?]
'What the actual fuck?' I thought, 'I- It's completely unknown.'
I immediately sent a text to Rias telling her to get her ass, and every other Devil in Kouh ass over to the fountain ASAP while I distracted it.
I aimed the Executioner at the creature and fire, the bullet tearing through it's human bodies next.
I dealt 2 damage to the thing.
"Fuck." I muttered as the creature turned to me, and both of it's jaws unhinged as it roared at me.
[New Quest]
[Unknown Entity]
[Objective: Repel or Kill the Unknown Entity]
[Reward: Relic Fragment, EXP]
[? OST: Resident Evil 2: The Second Malformation of G]
I jumped a bit as the music started to play as the Creature lunged at me. I switched away from the Executioner and pulled out my Regular Revolver and began taking shots at the creature as it rode toward me.
I quickly dove out of the way of it's sword swipe and fired anywhere on it I could, out of the six shot that hit it I only dealt around 25 damage, so a normal bullet is doing more than a Light bullet.
"There is no way in hell something like THIS could be a Holy Creature." I shouted pulling off a Quick Draw that hit the creature in the eye, but sadly didn't stun it as the horse leapt at me.
I pulled out the 1887 Shotgun I had and fired at the creature while it was in mid air, honestly it was such a big creature I think I could compensate for the distance, and I did as after it took 33 Damage after three shells it landed with a tumble.
While it was stunned from it's landing I jumped onto the horse head and kicked off to grab the chest armor and pulled myself up to the head and drew Muramasa and began to stab it repeatedly.
I dealt a total of 45 damage from four strikes before it grabbed with it's free hand and threw me to the ground, causing me to take... 293 Damage!? That's it! No more reckless fighting!
I rolled away and put some distance between me and the creature as it's horse jaw went slack and- Oh dear god is that it's tongue?
A twelve foot tentacle of flesh shot out of it's mouth and toward me, however a, admittedly panicked, swing of Muramasa cut the tongue off and caused the creature to recoil...
Right before I saw the Power of Destruction tear off it's head and left arm, causing the creature to collapse.
[OST End]
"Vincent!" Rias shouted running toward me and lifting me up, "Are you okay?" She asked.
"Sore, but alright." I said only now realizing I was still on my back as Akeno, Koneko and Kiba showed up, I looked eyes with Kiba, "You must be Kiba, nice to meet you."
"Same here." Kiba said, "How was your fight with the Stray Devil?"
"I don't think that thing was a Stray." I said holding out my Executioner, causing Rias to stiffen, "Got this from a retired Exorcist, said he wanted to die of old age rather than in a fight, he said it was a custom made Light Elemented gun and gave me some Bullet's filled with Holy Water. It didn't even tickle that thing."
"Then what is it?" Rias asked looking at the creature that was lying against the fountain.
Then in a sudden jerky movement it righted itself back upright, blood gushing excessively from it's wounds as a new head, this one more bestial than human, but still somewhat the same with what was on the head, and on a longer neck with it also growing a pair of left arms.
"W-what the-" Rias stammered.
The bestial head opened it jaw and let out a long moan.
"Aaaaaaaaaaalllllllllliiiiiiiiiiiiccccccccccce..." The creature moaned before it began to melt into blood and sunk through the cracks in the pavement.
[Quest Complete]
[Unknown Entity Repelled]
[Reward: +500 EXP]
"Nope." I said walking over to where the creature dissolved, picking up the relic piece it dropped, based on the fact it's finger armor I'm assuming it's the last part of the Void's Grasp Gauntlet, woo hoo, "I'm go home go bed." I said shaking my head, "I'm done with today."
"Agreed." Koneko said walking away, looking rather disturbed.
'Just what in the name of Great Red was that?' I thought as I looked past where the creature dissolved.
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Well folks, that's the chapter.
Free Internet Cookie to the first person (Not you Swift! I've given you plenty of hints while we bounced idea's off each other) that comments below and correctly guesses just WHAT that thing was.
Anyway I hope you all enjoy your day and tonight I'll work on something else.