Chapter 5: I wish I never met you

Asuka is convinced she is in a dream.

How could not she?

It must be the stranger hitting her head.

Because there is no way the same stranger conjure some crazy light weapons like star wars.

Hell, It looks even cooler than a light saber.

Then the same stranger plunges that light weapon straight into her heart.

And she is dying.

In the dream anyway.

In her dream, a leaflet given to her by a woman (a busty one, She gritted her teeth) dressed in devil costume, suddenly light up.

And Rias Gremory and Akeno Himejima, her hottest Senpais, the two great Onee-Sama, came out of some crop-circle-like-thingy.

Then Rias-Senpai told her she is going to be her servant.

She must have got a brain hemorrhage from the stranger's hit.

Because not even she is that creative.

The Dream ends with the world fade to black, and Asuka can't help but think,

Her dream will makes a good opening for a fantasy story.

"How long? How long until she wakes up?" Issei walks around in circles, occasionally looking at Asuka, who sleeps in peace. Or in a coma. He can't tell.

They are back to the Hyoudou residence, using magic to unlock the window (handy, Issei thought at the time), and put Asuka on her bed.

"A while. Usually the servant…" Issei cut her aggressively.

"Don't…. Don't call her that in front of me"

Rias bit back her lips, after seeing Issei's madness, she knows she has to tread carefully at the boy before him.

He is clearly insane, and hostile to supernatural creatures. There is no way she can convince him to join her peerage. First, his power is beyond her capability to turn him into a devil. Second, He doesn't like her. Whoever told him must have poisoned his mind, telling lies about Gremory Clan. Gremory isn't like other devils, their servants are their families.

Not that he will believe that.

Half of her is weighing on if she should have brought her entire peerage and kill him, seeing he could be a big trouble to devils, or to all supernatural creatures. But Asuka is crucial to defeat her fiancé, and killing Issei will no doubt make Asuka hate her.

"Sorry. Usually the recipient wakes up immediately as a devil, but her wounds are grave, the magic is focusing itself on reversing them"

"Wait, by your explanation, then it should be possible to heal her using those magic without changing her into a devil, right? Why don't we just remove the evil pieces after it is done healing her?" Issei half analyzed half accused, and Rias hold back the urge to facepalm.

"Not that easy, her soul is now bound by the pieces I planted inside"

"Fuck" Issei swears between his breath.

This is a long day.

Now why does he seem to be forgetting something?

Raynare! What if she gets out and inform her fallen angel cronies about him and Asuka. He can't let her roam freely.

"I'm gonna go outside for a minute, Don't follow me, I will now, I know your scent" Issei opened the window before he warned the girls.

"Oh, and please do try not to touch anything"

The Park

Raynare close her eyes, focusing on something inside her.

A gift from Azazel-sama.

An artificial sacred gear, a prototype.

It is not as powerful as Twilight Healing that can heal instantly, but It can heal slowly, good for emergency treatment after a battle. It requires a great energy to use, though, not to mention it hurts as hell to use.

She bit back a scream as the broken bones rearrange itself, the cracks can be heard even if all her body is in the ground. She forces herself to remain awake, fighting back the urge to just sleep.

15 minutes pass, Most of her injuries already treated. Except her right arm, It will take longer, given that Issei practically smashed the bone to bits.

It should be easy to break the ground. She tried to move.

Nothing, not even a budge. Focusing on her angelic energy, she tried to manifest the light spear inside, to make a hole.

Nothing.

'What the hell?'

The light spear is there, but the ground still refuses to open.

"Here I thought you already left, seems your allies don't care about you that much" A voice comes behind her.

Issei Hyoudou, that punk.

"I told them I will relax myself until tomorrow, that's why they don't try to" In hindsight it is an idiotic thing to say.

"Oooh, Drowning yourself in booze after a long hard work? Or is it to mourn me?" Issei teased, although his tone more to that of a tired man, instead of playful.

"No, I would have gotten laid, get me out of here" Raynare snarks back.

"Hmm… Should I? I mean it is improbable, but suppose a rabid dog comes and bitten your head….."

"That dog would have died, come on!"

10 minutes later

Raynare is out of it, Issei basically digs the whole ground with his bare hand.

She only watches in fascination as Issei put things back the way they were. At any other time she would have run, but now she is still too tired to outrun Issei, so she didn't even try.

"Can you walk?"

"Can you shit with your mouth?" Raynare retorted

"Yes, you can"

"No I can't" Yes she can, but like she decided to use their bond in her favor, no matter how small. Without the bond Issei would have punched her smug smile.

Issei contemplated between supporting her while she walk or just carry her on his back. At least it will be more effort for her if it's the former, but not time efficient. Not that she can choke him if she want to, she can't harm him after all.

"Your friend killed her, and those devils turn her into their servant" Issei informed Raynare on the road.

"Did Dohnaseek get away?" Raynare replied.

"No, I leave him as a message"

"I take it he is dead?"

"In a nutshell"

No more words are exchanged between them, leaving them to their own mind.

Issei sighed. This is a long day, he needs to sleep.

Issei slide to his room with Raynare on his back, thankfully he didn't lock the window.

He uses the handcuff that he used for his escape trick (Asuka requested Issei to perform one for her after seeing it on TV), and bind Raynare to him.

Issei let out a rather loud yawn. What a tiring day.

"Night she-crow"

"Dumbass" Raynare swear lightly at her situation, moving around because the bed is too small, which annoy the dragon.

"You better stop moving, or I swear to god I will bury you on the park again" that did the trick. Issei sighed in contentment, at least she doesn't move anymore.

Issei knew that cuffing himself with her probably won't do much, but at least if she tried to break the cuffs, well, you get the idea.

Except for one: She didn't get the idea.

Clang*Clang*Clang*Clang

Issei is woken up in the morning by Raynare, off his bed, trying to cut the handcuff with her light spear, and it just won't break.

"Gee, your light spear is not as sharp as I thought" said Issei, although a little puzzled because he remembers Raynare piercing his body. Perhaps Raynare's throw use much more strength than he thinks.

"No, it is not, you enchant this cuff" Raynare accused him.

Now that cause Issei to lift one eyebrow. He doesn't know magic.

"Nope, I don't know any magic"

"Then how do you explain THIS?" Raynare shows him the undented chain.

"Maybe your light isn't as sharp as you think it is" Issei offer his piece.

"It is sharp, Issei Hyoudou, or don't you remember I pierced your stomach and lungs?" Raynare is frustrated, Why not admit to it? Is he afraid to show his hidden skill?

"I do! God, Buddha, whatever, maybe your throw is powerful enough to compensate"

"You flatter me Issei, but my throw isn't that powerful. Why don't just admit to it?"

"I…. Don't….. Know… Magic!" Issei emphasized every word.

"Then… How… Do… You…. Explain…. This!" Raynare repeatedly stabbed the chain.

"I don't know she-crow! Maybe you overestimate that lightsaber!"

"You still want to say its not sharp? Watch this!" Raynare throw the lightspear into the air, and it falls blade first into the floor, piercing it. Issei can only gasped in shock.

"What the..."

One

Two

Three

As if on que, Issei lost his marble.

"WHAT THE FUCK THAT IS MY FLOOR WHAT THE HELL!" Issei pushes Raynare back as he examined the wood.

"Issei-kun why are you shouting?"

"Mom" Issei murmured in realization before he hears footsteps. She is going up!

"Quick, hide!" Issei roughly pull her and throw her to the bed.

"What the, wait!" Raynare is too late from warning him.

About the handcuff.

And Issei can only watch, in his horror, as he too being flown into the air and land on top her, the combined weight coupled with the force he use crushing the bed.

"What is that sound Issei!"

And the world decides to make them joke of the day, as Mrs. Hyoudou opened his door, and her jaw hit the floor.

"Iss… Issei" his mother stuttered, cannot find any word to say

And the world decides that maybe, it can become the joke of the week.

"What is it, dear?"

His dad's behind her.

And his nose bleeds. Not bleed as in lightly. It falls like rain.

Issei follows his line of sight, and found the source of the nosebleed.

Raynare's dress has been partially torn after their fight, revealing… Ehem…. Much.

"Err, Good Morning Okaa-sama, Otou-sama?" Raynare awkwardly greets them, complete with a smile that just scream 'Caught in the act!'

They will never live it down.

Issei unlocked the handcuff in silence, and Raynare too didn't try to break it, as awkward as it is.

All while they can hear his parents, downstairs, in heated discussion, to say at least.

"When did our boy become a man" from his tone, it is definitely a tone of happiness

"Did you see the handcuff? Is that a fetish?" while his mom playing the concerned parent, her tone betrayed a certain happy emotion.

"I will become a grandpa!"

"He is too young for this!"

"Oh come on, that boy has never shown ANY interest in woman before, I think this is a good sign"

Raynare only stares at the handcuff, while Issei looks around at his messy bedroom.

A broken bed and marked floor.

His parents discussion doesn't sound like it will end soon.

And he still wants to sleep.

But he has to go to school.

Son of a bitch.

"Raynare"

"Yes?" the fallen angel woman turned her eyes from the handcuff to Issei Hyoudou, meeting his empty eyes.

"I wish I never met you"

'Understatement of the year'

Author's note

Want to write something light today. Hmm. I actually write this one from scratch, instead of through my pre-made draft.

It is more than likely that I can't write for a week, Got a whole lot of shit to do. Don't worry though, my muse hasn't abandoned me just yet.

Anyway, After this arc, things will get even more different after the fallen angel - Asia arc, specifically the Riser part, No you won't find Issei becomes Deus Ex Machina to solve the Gremory-Phenex problem. In fact, I have a whole lot of different situations for Issei to deal with.

A situation which Issei has to solve along with

Thousand Arms

A great king

About something related to this concept, 貪.

I will touch the domain that the author seems to be a little bit reluctant to use, fufufufu.

I gotta admit, beyond the obviously numerous pedo-bait, perv-bait, and just plain fanservice, the fight is portrayed beautifully, if what i've seen with the stuttering image is an indication. BUT, unfortunately, My damned laptop cannot render bluray, it is old, 10 years, can you imagine? And I have no access to TV and such, nor I will find a way because It is a hectic year.