Slayer: Big news everyone! From now on we'll be focusing on this story, and the Void emperor story!
Judan: Or at least until they're finished. You see we just thought that It'd be easier this way.
Shadow: Yeah although I'm a little miffed, that the story I star in won't be finished for quite some time.
Slayer: Don't worry too much, you're still our mascot and will always make a cameo.
Shadow: Yeah but it's just not the same…
Christopher: Was he always like this?
Judan: No his "I'll torture everyone" attitude went out the window along with his story.
Shirone: Ahh…
Milly: That's actually kind of sad…
Judan: Don't think on it too much, he's only conflicting over his own self-importance.
Slayer: But back to the actual story…
Judan: Yeah! Guess what everyone?! Today we finish off this whole fallen angel thing, along with beginning the next big thing.
Shadow: Yeah… which means the obligatory beginning arc is pretty much done. After that we'll begin to deal with Riser in an interesting way…
Slayer: Oh you're back… but I guess you do have a point. For you readers, I already gave out some clues on how we deal with him. For a hint on where to find them go back to when Chris was making his demands.
Ulysses: I want to fight the Yakitori! His fire would be useless against me!
Christopher: Well mostly useless… remember Serafall can still hurt me because of her blue element. Although the damage is cut in half, for you Risers black element could hurt you.
Shadow: So true… but we all know who's the real strongest is here.
Christopher: Me?
Judan: Myself?
Slayer: Me at full power?
Shadow: No it's me!
Slayer: No not really… anyway Milly please do the disclaimer for today.
Milly: Alright! We here at the Dark Guard productions own nothing but OC's and reality building concepts. Everything else belongs to their respective owners. Now without further ado…
Everyone: Here's the story!
Hello= Regular talk
[Hello]= Fernus
{Hello}= sacred gears
Hello= Thoughts/talking to inner spirits
(J/N)= Judan Notes
(S/N)= Slayer notes
Chapter Six: Murder is acceptable for once
The Black Dragon
Sitting here with Ophis on my lap I realized something. That something was that unlike her adoptive father, Ophis was well behaved. Still as I remember what Raynare told me about her, I still couldn't believe this adorable girl was thousands of years old. But then again I guess Ulysses being her father can still work, because unlike me. He had already fused with his millions of years old dragon. He got quite a power boost from doing that let me tell you. Because of all the knowledge, experience, and power he gained Ulysses quickly jumped to my level. The two of us have been training to surpass the other ever since then.
Still despite me saying that I'd forgive him, for hiding so many different things from me. I never said that I'd trust him, which was something he'd have to earn. But the biggest surprise this day was when Issei barged in with some blonde nun. Others would say it should be Ophis, but I'm also a dragon god so that didn't matter as much to me.
[Ever since thou hast discovered the supernatural. Thy brother Issei hast been finding girls left and right.] I couldn't help but agree with Fernus on this one. Deciding to get back to the issue at hand, I glanced around as everyone sat quietly. It was an awkward silence as they observed Issei and the nun called Asia. Really the silence was getting to me, it had been ten minutes since Issei has told his story. But yet… not one person had said anything yet. Unless you count Ophis humming while drinking her tea happily.
Not being able to stand the silence any longer I spoke first. "Okay… not that I don't our silent conversations… but can we please figure out what to do right now? Because we finally have a witness, whom Lance can use for his report?" My words finally snapped everyone out of their stupor, as Lance cleared his throat to talk.
"Yes Christopher brings up a good point. With Asia's and Raynare's help, we can easily solve this issue without causing an incident." Everyone nodded at his words then Rias spoke up.
"Frost san will you need any assistance?" Lance shook his head before speaking again.
"No that won't be necessary, though I do appreciate the offer. I just believe that if they feel the presence of a devil, especially one as strong as you that they may become hostile." Thinking on his words Rias nodded her head in understanding before turning to face me.
"Now with that out of the way I must ask you something." Nodding my head for her to go on she continued. "You're brother said something about the six dragon gods. What exactly did her mean by that?" It was now that I realized that we've haven't told her yet. However before I could say anything Ulysses started laughing. Everyone but Ophis stared at him while he continued. It wasn't until he slowed down his laugh that I spoke with an annoyed voice.
"Are you done?" Shaking his head he spoke.
"Yes, yes I am. Still sorry about that, it's just that I thought with your brother being Sirzechs… I just thought that he'd tell you about me, or even Serafall telling Sona here. But I guess those childish leaders of yours can keep secrets after all."
Surprisingly Ophis was the one to speak up at this. "Like you're one to talk about someone being childish dad. Especially since you're one of the oldest beings on this planet. Well at least technically." At her words Ulysses just stared at his daughter with a deadpanned look, before turning to continue.
"Anyways since you don't know who we are let me enlighten you. You see we were originally the six elemental dragon gods." Everyone who didn't know beforehand looked between me, and Ulysses before he continued. "Yes, yes bow down before our greatness later please." Everyone stopped staring and went back to listening with sheepish looks. "That's better, now where was I? Ah yes… the six dragons. Originally we were white, black, red, yellow, green, and blue. Altus the yellow dragon, or the earth dragon was the first of us. As such we made him our leader for quite some time. I myself am the red dragon, and Chris is black."
Rias' eyes widened in realization before she turned to speak to me. "I see now! That's why you were so confident in your abilities. Say is it possible for you to join a peerage?" At her words Ulysses snorted.
"Sorry sweetheart, but we are divine beings. So no your evil pieces don't work on any of us." Rias deflated a bit before he continued. "Now as I was saying before being interrupted. As you know I found and adopted Ophis nine years ago. However recently our leader Altus was killed. As such by a vote I became the new leader, and Ophis here has joined our ranks. I would tell you who killed Altus but…" He looked over to me only to see my glare before he continued. "But it doesn't really concern you at this time. Still we were already weakened when our sister, the white dragon went rogue on us." Next to me I felt Shirone squeeze my hand.
I couldn't help but smile at the small gesture. It really was a comfort to have her. Still I decided it was time for me to speak again.
"Which is actually the reason why I asked for a home to be built. We need a new base of operations, not only to monitor this town. But to also get everyone who is still a part of us back together." Rias nodded her head in understanding before Ulysses spoke again.
"You know… I actually tried to get two others to replace our sister. However both Red and Tiamat refused my generous offers. Heh, go figure?"
Ophis once again spoke up. "That's because Tiamat didn't like your flirting's, and Red is a baka. You should never have tried to get that idiot on our side dad. He's nothing but a big nuisance." Again Ulysses stared at his daughter before speaking again.
"Yeah… anyway Chris told me about the deals you made, so I'll trust you two to get that done. For the time being we'll handle the fallen in the area. This was actually part of an agreement I made with Azazel. But that'll have to wait until after school. Unless miss student council president, wouldn't mind abusing her power to help us out?" At his words everyone turned to Sona who shook her head.
"Sorry but I won't do that. The student president is a…" She was quickly interrupted by Ulysses.
"Yeah, yeah… I get it all you had to say was no." Sona was now trying to glare a hole in Ulysses head but he ignored it. Instead he focused on me. "So little bro what kind of special treat have you made for us today?" As everyone turned to me I shrugged. To be honest I didn't know how he knew about my special treat today. But I did know that I would certainly surprise Shirone with it. So with a smile I moved Ophis off my lap and went over to my bag. I then reached inside and got out the last thing from the bag. I also couldn't help but laugh at their faces, when they saw the size of it.
Surprisingly it was Issei who explained the phenomenon of the two foot high box. "I think I finally understand what you meant by space-time anomalies."
I chuckled before elaborating on his statement. "Yep by manipulating space, I was able to make it so this bag of mine could carry more. Now to unveil my new dessert on my ever growing palate!" With that said I took off the box to reveal something that made Shirone gasp. Because now it showed a very familiar cake. Only difference was that I had it on a cake stand with a second one on top of it. As you may have guessed it was the mixed swirl made by Shun. It took me a bit, but I had managed to think of a way to make my own version.
With an excited voice Shirone spoke first. "Is that what I think it is?!" Simply nodding my head she jumped up and hugged me. "I can't believe it you really are amazing!" I could only blush as everyone laughed at us. However I doubt Shirone cared as she kept hugging me.
Having recovered first Sona questioned her on her actions. "So I can see that you're more excited than usual about this treat. But may I ask why that is?"
Shirone nodded her head before staring at the cake with sparkles in her eyes. "This cake is by far the best dessert I've had yet. It was originally made by a man called Shun. You see he runs a dessert shop over at the mall. It's called Shun's west to east bakes, and truly this was the best thing I've ever had. I'm just surprised that Chris Kun was able to recreate it. You'll see what I mean as soon as you try a single bite!~" Everyone was now staring at me with some awe. So blushing further I cleared my throat, before pulling out some paper plates from the bag.
The black dragon the white cat
The fire dragon
So that went well… managed to regain authority over this town, got my bros forgiveness, and introduced him to Ophis. All in all I say that lunch went pretty well.
However I think I shouldn't have told any of those stories this morning… If I know him he'll probably get me back for that later. Looking around my classroom, I leaned back into my desk chair and sighed. It was right after the end of school, and I told Christopher to meet me as soon as classes let out. It actually took him a while to convince his little girlfriend to leave us alone for a bit. Call me crazy but I don't think she trusts me… or really likes me at all for that matter.
Hmm I wonder what I did to upset her. Hearing the door open I looked over to see my brother walking in. Sitting up and jumping out of my chair, I looked at him with a large grin on my face.
"Yo! It's good to see…" I stopped speaking to hold my nose as his fist connected with it. "ARGHH! AGAIN! Why do you keep doing that!?" As I rolled around on the floor he answered me with a bored voice.
"That's for upsetting Koneko this morning." He then kicked me in the stomach before speaking again. "And that's for everything else." Groaning while holding both my stomach and nose I heard him sigh. "You aren't that hurt, so stand up you big baby." Removing my arms I stood up and pouted at him. Now while he was telling the truth about me not being hurt… there was the whole premise of him actually hitting me.
Folding my arms I spoke to him with a hurt tone. "Oh don't be like that little bro! What happened to my sweet innocent little brother, which used to idolize me?"
He looked at me with a blank face before answering. "He grew up before you did." I couldn't help but glare at him while my left eye twitched. Shaking his head at me he continued speaking. "Listen as much as I "love" our little talks… I think we have more things to talk about than just that. For example the things we didn't tell everyone else." Gaining a serious look on my face I nodded in agreement before speaking.
"Alright so I assume you want to know about our little dragon hunter than?" He didn't say anything but I knew that was what he wanted. "Alright then well besides killing and taking Altus' power, they also decided they wanted an army." He face became grave as I continued. "Yeah I know, still I only had speculations until Altus was killed. After all there's no way our hunter had enough power to take him down on their own."
He nodded his head in agreement before speaking up. "Do you know what kind of people this army is including?"
I rubbed my chin in thought before shrugging my shoulder. "No not really, but we can probably count on unique species to be a part of it. We can probably count fallen, devils, and others. But until we're attacked we can't be completely sure." His face adopted a thoughtful expression, before he closed his eyes and nodded his head. Shaking my own lightly I couldn't help but glare at him before speaking again. "You know… none of this would be happening if you just would've let me…"
He cut me off sharply before I could finish. "Listen I get it! You don't need to remind me. This is my responsibility and I'll be the one to fix my own mistake. Until then we need to prepare, and the first step is getting the others here. We'll be stronger together than when we are apart."
Sighing I nodded my head before agreeing. "That is something I can agree on." At this point things became silent, and with that silence came an awkward air. Deciding to get rid of it I rubbed my hands together, before asking him something. "So… I was actually wondering how Dohnaseek was able to hurt you. Someone of his strength, even with your opposite element, shouldn't have been able to harm you."
He chuckled before answering. "That's simple really, you see even after all these years I still use training seals. Right now I can only use fifteen percent of my full power. I've also been increasing their potency periodically."
I couldn't help but laugh before speaking. "Hahaha! I see! So that's what I felt coming from Issei! It seems like Altus did teach you his different seals and enchantments. I guess that you made it so Issei could understand foreign languages didn't you?"
Grinning he answered me. "But of course.~ I mean how else was he going to be of use in the future? Besides it came in handy today when he found Asia." He let out a chuckle before continuing. "Maybe it was a good thing that me and Koneko ditched him. Or else things could've been a whole lot more complicated." It was at this moment that I happened to remember something. So adopting a sly look on my face my brother backed up before I spoke.
"Speaking of your dear Koneko… I couldn't help but notice a few things this morning. Mainly a limp, her squeezing your arm, and a certain aura around you two. Plus I did smell "you" on her quite a bit. So tell me am I going to be an uncle myself? " I heard him gulp before he started to laugh nervously.
"Hehehe… sorry I don't know what you mean. I just talked and hugged her a bit. Speaking of whom she's probably worried about me so I got to go…" He then turned towards the door trying to escape my questions.
Oh no you don't! I wasn't about to just let him run away like that. So I quickly jumped and tackled him to the ground.
"Hey get off me pyro!" I couldn't help that my right eye twitched at that comment, before insulting him myself.
"No! Not until you tell me all of the juicy details you gravity freak!" Yep lame insults, but still both of us couldn't help but smile. Until…
Oh crap…I had accidentally hit his glasses, and they broke against the floor. Looking from the glasses to his face, I gulped as his eye became red slits.
The black dragon the white cat
The white cat
I was starting to get rather irritated. It had already been an hour since I parted ways with my mate. It didn't help that I already didn't like leaving him with his perverted older brother. The childish man just smelled like trouble to me. Looking around from my seat on the couch I watched as the others talked. It was a bit interesting, seeing how Raynare and Milly showed up twenty minutes ago. Right now Raynare was talking to Issei and Asia. The latter of which was blushing bright red, while Issei had a perverted look on his face.
Milly was sitting next to Ophis, whom was on my right. Both were talking animatedly about different dresses. Apparently they had similar fashion sense. At that I couldn't help but think something.
I wonder if Christopher would like it if I wore a maid of Lolita dress? Blushing at that thought a bit I remembered that he wasn't here at the moment. At that I couldn't help but growl and curse Ulysses a bit. I guess my irritation was showing pretty strongly because I felt a tap on my shoulder.
Looking to my left I saw Rias giving me a worried look. "Koneko Chan are you alright?"
Sighing I answered her. "I'm fine Buchou, it's just I don't like leaving Chris Kun with his brother for too long." Rias giggled before smiling down at me.
"I think you're over thinking things. I'm sure your boyfriend will be just…" She stopped speaking as we felt a large spike of power. To my right Ophis sighed before speaking.
"It seems like dad did something stupid again. Only this time he pissed off uncle, wonder if he'll survive this time?" As we stared at her she went back to eating a bag of cookies Raynare gave her and Milly. Speaking of Milly she nodded her head in agreement before speaking.
"Yeah Ulysses Nii always was a bit of an idiot. Still I do wonder what he did to Chris Onii Chan this time? Last time this happened it was when Chris Nii found out, that he was trying to become the illuminati." We couldn't help but have our eyes widen at that. Still the conversation got stranger, when Ophis palmed her right fist with a look of remembrance.
"I remember that! Dad and Juda were trying to create an AI, that could practically let him control the stock market! It was going to be so good, that it had a seventy-five percent chance of even hacking nukes!"
Milly then giggled before speaking again. "Yeah but Chris Nii and Glacial found out, and destroyed their work before it was activated. They then beat the stuffing out of them. I heard that they were then forbidden from using computers for a whole year." I couldn't help but think of how insane that all sounded. Looking around I could tell that everyone else thought the same. Really it's no wonder Christopher treats him so harshly! I mean nukes?! Come one what were they thinking!
Wait that's right… they probably weren't thinking… at all… Really so far the only normal ones of their group are Ophis, this Glacial, and Chris. I guess that they really were desperate if they made Ulysses leader. It was at this point, that I realized that the pressure coming off of Chris was gone. Opening my mouth to say something the door to the club room opened. Looking towards it I saw an irritated looking Christopher walk in. After him then came in an extremely bruised Ulysses. Looking between the two I spoke up as I noticed something missing.
"Chris Kun where are your glasses?" He flinched at that, before turning to glare at his brother who shrunk back. I could quickly tell what had happened now. So sighing to myself I scooted a bit to the left to make him some room. Nodding to me gratefully he sat down while rubbing the bridge of his nose. He then looked around to room and greeted everyone. However Ophis and Milly gave him a unique response. Both got up and sat down on his lap. He only chuckled before wrapping his arms around their waists and leaning back. The two small girls quickly adopted happy looks as they snuggled in.
Seeing this, a now quickly recovered Ulysses sat down in one of the extra chairs.
As he patted his lap he spoke to Ophis. "Hey how about you come sit on daddy's lap Ophis chan?~" Looking up to her adopted father, Ophis' response made everyone laugh.
"Sorry but you're not as comfortable as Uncle Chris." At her words and our laughter Ulysses became severely depressed. Still I couldn't blame her for saying that. I too have also snuggled up with Christopher, so really I had to agree with Ophis one hundred percent.
Speaking of which… looking over to his smiling face I leaned over, and gave him a kiss on the cheek before laying my head on his shoulder. Rias and Akeno giggled a bit before the latter started to tease me.
"Ara, ara Koneko chan!~ I didn't think that you'd show affection like that around us. I must wonder what you what you two do alone though.~" Glaring at her I was going to retort before an idea came to me. So turning my glare into a smirk I spoke with my own teasing voice.
"Well at least I have one. But I'm sure you'll find one soon enough. Maybe then you'll know what we do." Her eyes widened before she put her hands on her hips, and pouted before turning away. She probably wasn't happy how I turned it around on her so easily. Still if I was honest with myself, I didn't understand why she didn't have a boyfriend already. I mean unlike me she could easily get almost any guy she wanted. Still if she ever went after my mate I'd probably claw her eyes out. Queen of the peerage or not, no one takes my man! I frowned at that last thought.
Huh… I hope I'm not turning into one of those overly jealous girlfriends… I was forced out my thoughts as Ulysses began speaking seriously.
"So about tonight, would it be too much to ask, to request that you not interfere unless we really need you?" He was talking to Rias whom was now thinking over his request. She seemed to be having trouble over it. Not that I blame her, even though we would eventually have to turn the city over to the dragons. It was at the moment still hers and Kaichou's. As such it was her job to make sure things ran smoothly.
Seeing her indecision Ulysses came up with a compromise. "Okay how about this. You can come and watch, but you can't reveal yourselves unless it's necessary. As for how you keep hidden I'm sure mister pillow over there can quickly come up with something." Chris growled at being called a pillow, but couldn't really argue against that. However I and the other two just snuggled deeper at Ulysses comment. Seeing us Rias giggled before turning back to Ulysses.
"Alright then I guess I can agree with that. So when do we start?" At her words Ulysses smirked before saying three words.
"We just did." For some reason Christopher groaned before making a comment.
"Blatant Marvel rip off!" We just looked at him strangely before Milly questioned him.
She even cutely tilted her head. "What's Marvel?"
The black dragon the white cat
The black dragon
I sighed as we hid in the bushes near the old decrepit church. We had already gotten ourselves equipped and ready, and were now just waiting. Personally I don't know what we were waiting for; my guess was Ulysses orders to move in. Still that left the question as to what he was waiting for.
[His hesitance might be due to the strange Aura]
Aura? Focusing to find what Fernus was talking about I had to bite back a hiss. I felt stupid for not noticing it earlier, the aura felt strange, as in it shouldn't exist! Just feeling it out made my skin crawl; it was the strangest thing I've ever felt. I shuddered a bit, and I guess Shirone must've noticed, because she tapped my right shoulder to get my attention. Turning to her she spoke with concern.
"Are you alright? You seem nervous." I debated on whether or not to tell her when Ulysses spoke up.
"Alright my minions it's time to start the operation!" Shirone's question forgotten, we all turned to glare at him. Ignoring us he moved out of the bushes shortly followed by me, Raynare, Lance, and Issei. The others would use my single invisible enchantment to follow slowly.
Walking ahead of us Ulysses stopped in front of the large church doors. Studying them I saw depictions of different scenes in the bible. The doors were about five yards tall and six yards across. However I couldn't help but scowl as I smelt something beyond the doors.
"Blood…" Ulysses heard me and took a sniff before nodding his head in agreement, while scrunching his face up in disgust. I didn't know what was going on, but the feeling of unease was getting stronger. Deciding to find out what was happening, I closed my eyes while putting my gloved hand onto the left door. Pushing my senses forward I tried to feel out as much life as I could. What I felt surprised me.
There's only two life sources, one of them is the strange one. The other feels like Raynare and Milly, but is quickly fading.
[That does not match what Raynare told us… thou needs to hurry!] Agreeing with Fernus I slowly opened the door, only to wrinkle up my nose as the smell of blood became stronger. Still I pressed on and opened the door, only to find out what the cause of the smell was.
I couldn't help but yell out at what I saw. "What the hell is this?!" Inside the church were the butchered and bloodied bodies, of the stray exorcists assigned here. Thinking quickly I turned to Rias and the others. "Rias! Don't allow Milly to come near here!"
Rias confused questioned me. "Why what's wrong?"
I gritted my teeth before speaking. "Just don't! Please I'm begging you!" Sensing how serious I was both Milly and Rias looked to each other, before agreeing to my request. Seeing how my sweet little sister wasn't about to be traumatized, I turned back to the inside of the church. Looking around I stepped inside followed by Issei who looked green, Raynare who looked horrified, and Ulysses who looked grim. Moving slowly I looked for the dying life source.
Raynare found it first however. "Kalawarner!" After saying that she ran off towards the end of the church. Looking over there myself I saw a heavily wounded fallen angel. She was tall buxom woman with long, navy blue hair that obscured her right eye and brown eyes. Her outfit consisted of a violet, trenchcoat-like top with a wide collar, a matching miniskirt, and black heeled shoes. The trenchcoat top was open at her chest, giving view to her breasts and cleavage. However her clothes at this moment were ripped up, and blood covered her completely. Her hair and wings were also matted with the plasma.
Still the worse were the state of her wings. They were broken and bent in unnatural ways; there were also large gaps of feathers in her wings. As if someone slowly plucked them out. Not to mention they looked like someone took a rake to them. Raynare came to a stop next to her, and kneeled down while gently picking her up in her arms. There were tears leaking from her eyes at the state of her friend. Issei was right behind her along with Ulysses. Examining her Ulysses put his hand over her and used his own healing spell.
"Tablet." Now the tablet spell is by far the weakest of the dragon healing spells. So really all it did was put her out of immediate danger. It also caused her to regain consciousness.
As she looked around blearily her focus ended up on Raynare who she spoke to. "So you are alive… thank goodness… But you shouldn't have come back. Things are dangerous here, so please leave before she comes back…" With her piece said Kalawarner fell back unconscious. Now next to them I narrowed my eyes in thought.
Her? One person did all of this… My eyes widened in realization as I quickly looked around the room. Where's the second life source?! Looking around I saw nothing until I froze as I heard a soft and slow chuckle from above me. Slowly looking up my red eyes met dark blue. We observed each other taking in one another appearance.
The girl looked around Rias' age, and had pure white skin. Her hair was also a pale sandy blonde in color. Almost white actually really, but for some reason her eye brows were black. Her hair was done up neatly, with it being shorter in the back and having it longer on the sides. The sides of her hair also had pony tails that had two pink bands holding them. One was after a puff of hair, and another was used to keep two tail ends separate. Her hair reached to the middle of her chest. In her hair on the right side was also a pink flower, right above the puff of hair.
She was also dressed rather modestly. She wore a dress that reached right above her knees with long sleeves. Except while the rest of the dress was white, her sleeves were a dull blue. The collar of her dress was rounded and didn't show any of her smallish chest. On her feet were blue dancing shoes. She also wore white knee high socks. To be honest if it wasn't for her cold eyes, that seemed to be trying to find the best way to dissect me… I'd say that she was completely harmless. I also realized that she was the source of the strange energy. She was sitting on a wooden beam high up in the churches rafters.
However before I could say anything she spoke. "Well… I didn't think that I'd meet two dragons today. I must be truly lucky today.~" I couldn't help but let my eyes widen at that, causing her to giggle at my surprised expression. "Oh don't be like that. I know a lot about you dragon gods." As she finished saying that she leaned back and fell off of the beam. Only to right herself mid-air and somehow slow her descent.
Watching I couldn't help but take note of the elegance of how she moved. It was smooth, no hesitation, no fear; she did it as if it was completely natural. I only had one real thought as I watched.
No wonder they all lost. This girl is a seasoned fighter.
Looking between all of us she spoke. "Tell me what are all of you doing here? This is a church, even though it was abandoned, it is under heavens jurisdiction. As an angel I need to know why you trespassed." I scoffed before talking to her with a slight growl.
"Who do you think you're fooling? You're no angel, not even a fallen one. I also know that you aren't a devil. So tell us… what, are, you?" Bringing the back of her right hand to her mouth she laughed quietly. Again this sent chills up my spine. I couldn't help it! Nothing about this girl felt natural. After a few moments she stopped laughing, only to look at us with a smile and narrowed eyes.
She then finally spoke. "My… aren't you observant. But not observant enough… Before I tell you anything let me explain a few things. First off do you know what a fallen angel is?"
Where is she going with this?
[I don't know. Still everything about the woman is… unnatural…]
Agreeing with Fernus again I answered her question. "Yeah I do, they can be made in one of two ways. One is if they're born, the other is if the defy a law of heaven."
Clapping her hands lightly at my answer she spoke. "Yes that's correct!~ But let me tell you this… who decides who falls now?"
I raised an eyebrow at her before questioning her. "What do you mean by now? Doesn't the god of the bible decide?" She frowned slightly at my question, before they widened in realization at something. She then started to laugh hysterically while speaking.
"Hahaha! You don't know! Hahaha! This is too good to be true!" After she calmed down she looked at us with a crazed looked. "The god of the bible is dead, that's what I mean!" At this time I was glad that it was only really the five of us in the church. Well technically six, but Kalawarner was unconscious. Still Raynare took the hit rather hard if her yelling was anything to go by.
"NO! That's impossible! He can't die!" Again the creepy giggle returned as the girl spoke.
"Sorry love but it's true, just ask any of your higher up. I mean your two older friends seem to not be too surprised." Looking back we did notice that Lance and Ulysses, didn't seem shocked by her words.
So I guess it's true… Turning back towards the girl she smirked cruelly at us before continuing.
"So again tell me who decides who falls now? That idiot Michael? The naïve Gabriel? No! Things are different now, without god monitoring the system bugs appear. Those who should fall sometimes don't, balance breakers appear, things which have been sealed or hidden for centuries pop up again." As she finished speaking I finally started to realize what she was.
As such I questioned her on it. "You're both a fallen and a true angel aren't you?" Grinning sadistically at me her answer was to bring out her wings. There were only two but like the rest of her they were elegant. They were swan like in nature although thinner, except the wing on her left side was a pure black. As if it was absorbing the light around it. Both wings were four feet long, while she herself was five foot five.
Looking at our faces she laughed before speaking again. "Yes! I am half fallen half true angel. I was born thanks to the glitches in the system! My name is Sera the angel of darkness. You see thanks to the glitch I was born rather differently. Instead of using holy magic instead I got pure light magic, and pure dark magic." I cursed under my breath as I realized why she felt so unnatural. She was using pure white and pure black elements, in conjunction with each other. To someone like me, she's nothing but an abomination.
She must've noticed the look I was giving her, because she smiled at me before talking. "Ah… I guess I can't really blame you thinking of me like that. After all if it was just demonic and holy magic. Sub types than it would be more understandable. So yes I guess you could call me unnatural. Still being the black dragon god, would make you hate me more than the others. So tell you what… let's fight if you win I'll leave or die. Depending on how bad my injuries are. But if I win then you come with me to meet someone. Or you die here from blood loss, though I doubt that would happen." I growled at her attempt at goading me into a fight.
But what she said next set me off. "I guess you can have it your way. But I could tell that there are others outside this church. Maybe killing them would change your mind?" That had definitely pushed my fight buttons. So in anger I let loose my power as my eyes became red slits. However I was still calm enough to know that this person wasn't like Dohnaseek. No she was skilled and could keep her emotions under control. If I was going to win I'd need something a bit extra.
Opening my hands up slightly, I decided to use a spell I thought of after seeing Dohnaseek's light spears. Gathering dark energy in my hands I extended them out. In doing so I created smooth, rounded, and finely tipped dark spears.
Seeing them she grinned. "Ah… interesting… I see you were able to recreate an angel's infamous light spear using dark energy. Still… I was kind of hoping that I could see your reaper's scythe. After all each dragon has their own weapon correct?" I growled lightly at her statement.
This girl knows way too much. Where did she get all this information? Seeing no harm in it, I decided to ask her my question directly.
"You know… the amount of intelligence you have on us is staggering. Would you mind telling me how you know so much?" Her response was to smile sadistically and wave her hands in arcs. Then suddenly two clawed weapons appeared. They were strange… each weapon had three, one foot long claw blades with strange runes on them. They were connected to four rings, which she put her fingers through to hold onto them. I quickly deduced that these were how she was able to rip apart Kalawarner's wings and clothes.
Seeing how I wasn't going to get an answer I tried something else. "You know… I don't think this is a good idea, I you only have one set of wings. So how are you planning on beating me?"
She moved her hands as she giggled before answering. "Oh my… I thought you would've noticed by now. We dark angels can only have one set of wings. You see our power isn't based on how many wings we have. No our power isn't physically manifested like angels, fallen, and devils. So you can never guess just how strong we are by our looks. But here let me show you just how strong I am…" With that she charged me, I couldn't help but let my eyes widen at her speed. Still I was able to bring up my dark spears to block both her claws.
Grunting from the strain I couldn't help but notice how strong she was. Still pushing against her I managed to knock her back. Not letting up I charged her with a right handed slash. She quickly dodged it by leaning to the right. Following up my attack I turned around with my left spear held out. Seeing the attack coming she brought up her left claw to block the strike. Seeing my exposed back she pushed away my spear, and went in to stab me with her right claw. As soon as I felt her resistance waver, I ducked downwards letting her attack sail harmlessly over me.
Now with her wide open I slashed upwards, however she jumped back at the last second. However I was still able to nick her cheek. Not letting up I leapt forward, aiming for a downwards slash with my right spear. Quickly bringing up her left claw she blocked my attack. Seeing her block it I quickly slashed at her with my left spear. Seeing it at the last second she jumped back again. However this time I was able to leave a small cut on her stomach going horizontally. Placing her right arm over it to stop the bleeding her calm façade vanished. Instead she now had a look of pure hate and anger.
[If I'm honest… this look suits her greater, than the calm persona she presented before.] Chuckling I couldn't help but agree with Fernus on this one.
True words, but I don't think she's shown us her full strength yet. With that line of thought I watched her carefully, being at the ready for any attack. But I wasn't prepared for what happened next. Her faced morphed into a cruel smile before she brought her right hand to her forehead. Sera than proceeded to laugh hysterically… it was actually kind of scary. When she stopped she looked at me with a crazed look.
"So she was right… I should've never underestimated you… Oh well food for thought~." She then lowered her hand and looked me straight in the eye. "I guess you win this round black dragon, but next time you won't be so fortunate~!" Her wings then went wide and she took off flying through a hole in the roof. Sighing to myself I dispersed my spears before turning to the others.
"That was an unexpected encounter. Still we should get Kalawarner to Asia; she should be able to heal her." Raynare nodded her head still in shock from what she learned. Seeing that I decided on something. "Listen as for the so called god of the bible being dead… I don't think we should tell anyone just yet." While Issei and Raynare looked at me confused Ulysses and Lance nodded in agreement.
Speaking up Ulysses backed me up. "He's right if word of his death got out chaos would shortly follow. One of the reasons no other faction has attacked the biblical ones, is because of the biblical god. They fear what he might do, he wasn't considered the strongest for no reason after all." The others nodded in agreement, until we all groaned at his next words. "I mean he's considered the strongest, but I could've beaten him. I mean look at these muscles! I could probably tear him in half!" As he continued his rant, me and the others ignored him while talking to one another.
Issei was the first to speak. "Alright so we won't tell anyone, but what exactly should we tell them?" Thinking quickly I answered him.
"We'll tell them most of the truth." Taking a thinking pose I explained. "We'll tell them about Sera and what she is. But we won't explain anything about how she's possible. We'll play dumb about that, which means excluding the god's death. You get all that?" The others nodded their heads affirmatively. Seeing this I turned around to leave the building… completely ignoring the fact that we left Ulysses in there.
The black dragon the white cat
The pure fallen
When I felt Chris Nii's release of energy I became rather worried. It was bad enough that he told us all to stay put, but at that moment I could only imagine what happened. So you understand my relief when I felt him power down naturally.
Still… Looking towards Koneko I couldn't help but smile awkwardly. Because despite how worried I was… Koneko looked like she was about to charge in and bust down the doors. I concluded that she really loved my brother right then. I mean it wasn't like I truly doubted it before; it's just nice to see true confirmation. However none of us could sit still when Chris Nii opened up the door. We were relieved when all of his group except Ulysses Nii came out unharmed. Though I have a feeling there's a reason why Ulysses didn't come out with them…
Still I was confused when I saw Lance carrying someone. She looked around Ulysses Nii's age; however I can tell that she was badly hurt. When they finally got near us Chris Nii quickly spoke.
"Hey Asia if you can I need you to heal Kalawarner. As you can see she's badly hurt." Noticing some suspicious stares from Akeno and Rias he spoke again. "I can tell what you two are thinking, but no she was already like this before we went inside. No instead we were attacked by someone else." At his words Lance put Kalawarner down as Asia ran up to her and got to work. As that was happening Rias started question my brother.
"I see… so tell me what did attack you then?"
Sighing tiredly he answered her. "I'm not quite sure to be honest. Her name was Sera, and she called herself a dark angel."
Rias folded her arms before nodding in understanding. "I see… so they were attacked by another fallen." However to her and the rest of us surprise he shook his head.
"Sorry but if I meant a fallen angel, then I would've said fallen instead of dark. Not this was something completely different. Instead of holy magic, she used pure black and white elemental magic. She also had one pair of wings. Her right was a pure white, and the other was a pitch black. However despite having one set of wings she fought as if she had three." At his words everyone began to look at one another nervously.
Rias bit her lip a bit before questioning him further. "Do you know how such a thing is possible?"
He shrugged before answering. "Sort of… all she said was that she was born from a fallen, and a pure angel. Not sure how that would be possible, but that's what she said." At his words Rias started pacing while rubbing her temples. Not that I blame her, in fact the whole premise even weirded me out. Still what mattered is that Chris Nii beat her back, and now this whole fallen angel business is just about done.
"And done!~" Turning towards the voice that spoke up. We saw a slightly tired looking Asia, and a fully healed Kalawarner. After seeing how well she did the healing, I had to admit that her healing ability might even match Chris Niis. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see my favorite brother was thinking the same thing. However I could also see that Ophis wasn't exactly all that impressed.
So turning to her I questioned her about her lack of reaction. "Hey Ophis Chan why don't you look surprised by her healing ability?"
She turned to me before answering. "Well that's because if seen twilight healing in action before. Sure the first time I saw it I acted like all of you. But after a while its novelty wears off." I could only nod my head in understanding at that. I mean it did make sense after all, it's like watching a funny movie. Sure it might be enjoyable the first few times… but after watching it over and over again it just kind of gets boring. Coming up with another question I turned to Chris Nii.
"So what should we do now? I mean the rest can be handled by Lance San. But what should we do?" At my question everyone turned to older brother as he started thinking. After a minute he finally answered.
"Well to be honest with this a new war was avoided, and we discovered a new abo… I mean species of angels. However for now I think we should prepare, because I don't think that's the last we've seen of them. As for now I think that we should go home and get some rest." He then turned to address Lance directly. "Is it alright if Kalawarner stays with you and Ulysses? We kind of don't have any more room in our house." Gently picking up said fallen angel Lance nodded his head.
"Yeah it's not a big apartment but we should be able to fit her in. But just in case…" He then turned to Raynare before continuing. "Is it all right if you join us for the night? I think that it'd be easier for her if there was someone familiar."
Raynare quickly agreed before turning to Issei Nii. "Sorry but it looks like you're by yourself tonight." Smiling lightly he gave her a hug before speaking.
"Don't worry, I understand that you just want to help your friend. Still I expect to see you tomorrow after school." Smiling brightly Raynare kissed him deeply right on the lips. At this I couldn't help but turn red and cover my whole face. I only stopped to look at Asia who seemed to be crying a bit.
"I see then, of course Issei san would be with her. Raynare is beautiful after all…" At her words Raynare stopped kissing my perverted brother to look at Asia mischievously. However what happened next was quite surprising. Reaching out to Asia she grabbed her hand and brought her close to Issei Nii. However before either could question her she forced their lips to meet. Now this caused a multitude of reactions. For Akeno and Rias I felt a lot of anger coming from them. Kiba turned away with a slightly red face. Koneko grabbed onto my brothers arm while smiling sweetly at him. Me and Ophis both developed pure red faces.
Ulysses Nii who somehow joined the group without anyone noticing laughed. And poor Asia had steam coming out of her ears. The kiss having been way too much for her. Still she kept her lips locked with Issei's until Raynare gently pulled them apart as she spoke sweetly to Asia.
"So my dear sweet Asia chan… can I count on you to keep Issei Kun company tonight?" Her answer was a delirious nod from the nun. "Great! I knew that I could count on you!~" Again just another nod, seeing this Chris Nii spoke up.
"I think you broke her…"
Turning to him Raynare nodded enthusiastically. "Of course I did!~ How else was I supposed to get her to accept to sharing Issei with me?" My non-perverted brother palmed his face, while muttering a few things under his breath. Clapping his hands together Ulysses got everyone's attention.
"Okay now since that's over! Let's all go home and get some rest. We have a lot to do tomorrow, so let's just meet up at the club room after school." Everyone quickly agreed and said goodbye to each other. I ended up giving a goodbye hug to my new niece? Cousin? I couldn't really tell what Ophis was on out strange family tree. I then also gave Ulysses a goodbye hug. However the one I got from Raynare almost crushed me…
The black dragon the white cat
The crimson princess
Once again in the clubroom I sighed while leaning back in my chair. It was once again after school and everyone, including a nervous looking Kalawarner was here. Looking over at Christopher Hyoudou, I couldn't help but smile at how gentle he was with Milly and… Ophis…
I don't think I'll ever get used to that. Who could blame me for those thoughts? I had the infinity dragon god sitting in my clubroom! Then again… I also have the black and red dragon gods in this room… Thinking that I couldn't help but grimace at how powerful their whole group was. Still… Looking over at Koneko, I smiled while knowing that I did have some leverage over them. Though I hoped I wouldn't come to that, using Koneko's relationship with Christopher isn't something that I'd like to do. That doesn't mean I wasn't planning on using the deal I've made with them to my advantage.
I had already called my brother, and he should be here within the week to talk to them. But if all goes well, I should have some choices in how I got to deal with my "problem". Continuing to look around the room my sight landed on Issei, who was being cuddled with both Asia and Raynare. I didn't know why but I couldn't help but let my eye twitch, seeing the happy looks on the two girl's faces. Really I didn't know why but I felt slightly jealous.
Oh what I wouldn't do to get him in my peerage. Looking back over to Koneko who was leaning on Christopher also made me slightly jealous. Really I was only jealous because they had boyfriends. Forcibly tearing my gaze from them I looked over to my knight. To be honest he was starting to worry me. Watching him I could tell that he was even twitchier than yesterday. Still despite everything we needed to discuss a few important things.
So looking over to Kalawarner I began speaking. "So I'm familiar as to why you were stationed in this town. However I'd like to know exactly what happened before we arrived." Looking at me nervously she nodded her head before beginning her tale.
"Well it all started last week when Raynare and Dohnaseek didn't come back. I began to worry about Raynare's safety, so I sent in a report saying that she was missing. However we didn't expect what happened next. You see a day later someone new came to give us new orders. It was the one who called herself Sera. At the time I didn't think much of it, however as a couple days passed by I started to notice somethings. Like some members of our group missing, or Sera disappearing for hours at a time. I was especially suspicious when I learned that she had done nothing, to help locate Raynare and Dohnaseek."
She took a breath before continuing. "However it was only when I sent another report on her behavior, did I realize that we were tricked. You see when I got a reply telling us that they never sent anyone over, or even got my original report did I realize what happened. Sera had somehow gotten a hold of my report, and used it to infiltrate our base. Using Freed's blood lust I told him that after we confronted her, she turned out to be hostile he could kill her." She shook her head before continuing. "That turned out to be a huge mistake, because when we confronted her we learned a few things."
She stopped talking prompting me to question her. "What exactly did you learn? Did you find out why she was there in the first place?"
Grimacing she answered me. "Yes… we learned that she was a part of a larger group, and that she was sent here to keep an eye on the black dragon god." We all turned to stare at Christopher with that information. However we turned back to Kalawarner as she continued. "We then were foolish enough to challenge her." Remembering what happened she hugged herself. "It was a massacre, every single one of our exorcists were brutally slaughtered. The only survivors were me and Freed. Freed because he was smart and ran away after seeing no chance of winning. And me because I was bait, she wanted to use me to lure the dragon."
Looking over at Christopher I saw his face scowl. Not that I blame him, this Sera's plan worked like a charm. Still that left the question of who the dark angel was working for. Surprisingly it was Issei who came up with an idea on who it was.
"Hey do you think she was working for the one who killed Altus?" The question was directed to his brother, who grimaced and looked towards Ulysses. There was a silent conversation between them before Christopher actually spoke.
"Well… that could be a possibility… But I really hope that isn't the case. Our little hunter is strong as they are, we don't need them recruiting any other dangerous beings on top of that." I couldn't help but narrow my eyes at him for the way he said that.
Not once did he say the name, or even the gender of the one who killed their last leader. What are they hiding? Truly it was suspicious but there really wasn't anything I could say against them. Though I hoped it wouldn't affect anything in the future.
Looking over to Lance my thoughts were broken when he spoke. "Alright then I think that's everything, however I'll need Kalawarner, and Raynare to come back with me for a bit. Azazel would like to speak with them before we return here to help."
I raised an eyebrow at that before questioning him. "Uh what do you mean by returning here to help?" Looking back at me he answered.
"Well that's simple really, like you and Sona will be the devil presence here. We'll also need a fallen presence here when this city become neutral. It isn't anything to big really; it's just to keep a balance is all." I nodded my head at what he said. Because although I didn't like it, what he said was true… plus if it were the three fallen in this room I'd be fine. So far they've been rather cooperative, and actually kind of nice to hang out with.
So smiling at him I spoke. "Well if that's the case I look forward to working with you in the future." He smiled back to me before walking up to my desk and holding out his arm. Knowing what he wanted I grabbed and shook it as he spoke.
"I to look forward to working with you Gremory san." Feeling pretty good I spoke to everyone else.
"Well now with that over I think it's time to get back to work everyone. Our contracts have been piling up so I need my peerage to get back to work. As for everyone else I'll see those who will be here tomorrow." Everyone nodded happily, and stood up. Although Christopher had the hardest time since Ophis and Milly had fallen asleep on him.
Seeing this Ulysses chuckled lightly, before gently picking up his adoptive daughter. This allowed his brother to gently pick up Milly. Turning to Koneko he kissed her lightly before everyone else got up and left. However if it wasn't for my feeling of jealousy, I probably would've have noticed the strange red bird outside the window.
The black dragon the white cat
The Yakitori
Watching through the eyes of my familiar, I was actually rather intrigued by those that my dear Rias was interacting with.
"Ah my dear Rias soon you'll be mine." Of course at this moment something unexpected happened.
"My what do we have here? A Phoenix? Hmm never had one of those before, I wonder how they taste?" In panic my phoenix turned to the sound of the voice. I then saw a strange man. He was tall yet lithe; he also had forest green hair and black eyes. He was wearing a long sleeved Chinese dress shirt, and was also wearing a pair of hakama pants. On his feet were sandals and also samurai socks. On his back was a guitar case, and he was also wearing a moss colored cloak.
He stared at my familiar, and my familiar stared at him. However before I could recall my phoenix he swung his guitar case at it. This cut me off from my familiar, as for me… I could only stare at the spot where I was watching with my eyes wide open.
Story Omake one: Let the fighting begin
The spectator
A Random time of unimportance
Once again four similar individuals found themselves in a strange area. Looking around they saw that they were in some kind of an arena. The walls were high and had empty seats all the way around. Looking some more they saw a very large gate and at the top stood a strange being. However it seemed like Hunter and Neos recognized him.
However Neos spoke before Hunter. "Uh shadow… what are you doing up there?" Both Christopher and Rodrick looked at Neos confused. However they did see a new addition to Neos outfit. He now had an eyepatch over his right eye. On the eyepatch was some strange kind of seal. However before they could question him Shadow spoke up while laughing.
"Oh don't worry I'm just here at Modaga's request! You see we got bored so we picked out you four, to fight against stronger versions of your past enemies! Tonight is the first night! So have fun and entertain the crowd!" As soon as he said that the stands were filled with all matter of people. From youkai, demons, humans, and even a couple small dragons. However when they turned back to Shadow they now saw Modaga standing next to him.
"Alright my audience! Today we have a tough challenger, one who's defied the odds before. One who's demonic rage made him known throughout the nether realm! Today we have the pit lord Fel'thuran!" With his piece said the large gate opened up revealing a monstrosity. It had a serpentine body with four stubby legs. Although they looked like pure muscle. The demon also was very wide, and had a massive torso. Fel'thuran also had two powerful arms, that were holding onto a double bladed staff. Over his chest was a black chest piece that protected his vital organs.
He however didn't have a neck, instead he had a domed head with a vicious reptilian face. His teeth were sharp fangs jutting out of his mouth, and his eyes were red.
When he spoke it was low and demonic. "So here I am at last, I'll finally be able to have my revenge on you Bladedancer!" At his words everyone turned to Neos who was scratching the back of his head.
He then spoke with a bored tone. "You know… I beat you very easily before. So if you could just kill yourself and save us the trouble… yeah that'd be great…" Fel'thuran just looked at him shocked before he charged them screaming in rage. Seeing how it was time to act everyone jumped away. Fel'thuran was so slow they didn't really bother with him. In fact Neos as he jumped away held his hand out and a purple light started to manifest in his hand. He then pushed it forward shooting the light out, it hit Fel'thuran's face with a powerful explosion.
Bracing themselves everyone waited, but when the smoke cleared everyone looked at the demon in shock. Fel'thuran's head was completely missing, causing his body to slump forward and fall to the ground.
Looking back up at Shadow and Modaga Neos spoke. "Alright then… so who's next?" Shadow and Modaga looked at each other before Shadow answered him.
"Umm… sorry but only one opponent per night… So yeah… you're free to go." With that the lights in the arena turned off. However one could still hear Modaga and Shadow talking.
"I told you Fel'thuran was a terrible start! We should've went with the gun meister first!" Modaga quickly retorted.
"Oh sorry! But I wasn't there for the fight against Fel'thuran and Neos!"
"Why can't you just listen to me then! I'm quite familiar with Neos' strength after all!" They continued to argue like that for the next five hours…
Element Affinity: person… Dual elements are gained through special means. Such as a sacred gears or reincarnation it can also be gained by linage.
Order of the elements does mater.
Note: Having more than one element doesn't mean you're stronger than those with one. Having more than one only gives you more choices to use.
Black, White: Ophis
White: Milly
Red: Issei
Red: Ulysses
Green, Black: Koneko
Black: Rias
White, Yellow, Black: Akeno
Black: Kiba
White: Raynare
Blue, White: Asia
Blue, White: Lance
Now for omake guys…
All colors equally mastered: Modaga
All colors adept: Neos
Black, Blue, Green, Yellow, White: Hunter
Black, Yellow, Green: Rodrick
Shadow: Black
List will be cleared for characters only shown in current chapter's next chapter.
Dragon ranking system: Ophis?, White?, Black third, Red third, Green fourth, Blue fifth
Neos: Seriously? Fel'thuran was the best you could come up with? Even empowered that guy's a weakling.
Modaga: Well sorry! I wasn't around for the first TOTDG!
Judan: Ahem… that's enough about that.
Rodrick: I agree! Mostly because I want to get started on my story!
Slayer: Yes, yes we'll get on that soon enough. But first we'd like to introduce you to Judah! The forest dragon god!
Judah: Hello! Now if it wasn't clear it was I that decided to eat the phoenix.
Neos: Does it taste any good?
Judah: Haven't tried it yet so you'll have to wait for that. Still I think Kiba's going to have a nervous breakdown soon…
Modaga: That'd be my fault… I mean he's been my entertainment lately.
Shadow: Suddenly everything makes sense…
Christopher: Dido… Still that gladiatorial fight will be getting interesting soon right?
Shadow: Of course next time I'm choosing your opponent!
Slayer: Oh boy…
Judan: You know we should probably end this soon.
Christopher: Alright let's have our newbie do it then.
Judah: Thanks… huh… Okay anyways this has been a Dark Guard productions now signing off!
Everyone: Goodbye!
Shadow: So… how about we use Jauk, or even the Penetrator next time?
Neos: Neither or those please!
Shadow: Rimanah then?
Neos: That's fine…