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"Wahhhhhhhh!" the four crash down to the ground creating dust "Ow my head why of all places" Issei groans, laying on the ground rubbing his bruise head. "You need to work on your landing buddy" Lucy comment standing up. "I was afraid we're in this place" Rias worry voice snap everyone attention and look around to find themselves in what seem to be a definition of hell on earth.
The red menacing sky glare down the four with blood blazing full moon shining through the dark clouds. Destroyed houses, burned trees, rocky dark hills, and tall dangerous mountain with violent storm spread around the landscape with dozens of giant volcano with sipping lava rolling down to the burned grounds. "W-where are we" Issei ask scared never seeing such a horrifying place "… The aura in this place is reeking of… uneasy and danger, it's almost like it telling us to get out of here" Kokoro mutter rubbing her right shoulder feeling chills going down her spine.
Soundtrack: Le chant de Roma
"Yes this place shows the result of what happened after the great wars and more bloody battle ended" Rias comment making everyone turn to her "Mind explaining to us in full details Rias" Lucy ask though more like demand making the Gremory sigh but complies.
"This place used to be a home for devils… it was called Devil's Realm, this world is the place where the firsts devils were burn and lives in peace for generations, but that soon change when the first great war came, Angels and Devils have a bloody battle that costed half of the heaven's and the whole devil's realm." Rias take a deep breath looking up at the red sky "Devils were losing badly so they were force out of their homeland and found the underworld where they build it as their home and repopulate, the angels were oblivious about this and thought they've won, thinking that all the devils were killed leaving only their ruined home left.
"I'm guessing the devil's came back and give the angel's a surprise attack" Kokoro comment making the crimson haired nod "Yes, the devil's kept themselves hidden for decades and when the time came they attack the angels, but they themselves are caught with surprise seeing a new faction is form, that's where the first fallen angels are born and the three factions created the second great war and it ended with a peace treaty after the three faction saw how much damage the war are causing to their homes and the human world".
"After the peace treaty was made the devil's forgot about the devil realm, the Satan's visited this place but see nothing but destruction and it was almost like the place is telling them to get out after what they did, causing this kind of destruction… a lot of current generation devils don't even know this place existed." Rias finish.
"Is this the place where the previous Satan stayed?" Lucy ask making the Gremory nod "Yes, after seeing the damage this constant war have made the new now named four great Satan's were created as you know consist of my brother Sirzech Lucifer, Serafall Leviathan, Ajuka Beelzebub, and Falbium Asmodeus, they step in after the underworld was created and heard about the old Satan's wanting to continue the war so they formed a plan" "What plan?" Issei ask.
"A plan to take over the underworld and overrule the old Satan's control over the populace… It happened in the middle of the second great war, the four New Satan's surprise the angel's and fallen angel's when Sirzech, Serafall, Ajuka, and Falbium attack the previous Satan's and successfully defeated them after knocking all the four out conscious they put a powerful seal on the old Satan's banning them from ever entering the underworld and thrown them away to who knows where… shortly after that the peace treaty was form and the war stopped" Rias explain as everyone listen carefully.
"So they attack the old Satan when they were exhausted from the battle huh" Lucy said crossing her arms "Yes they didn't want to fight the four when they are at full power because not only will it be dangerous but also would take thousands of lives and probably would have destroyed the underworlds, so they plan it smartly and overthrown the previous four easily" Rias reply.
"Amazing to hear how the second great war has ended, what I don't get is how can't there be a civil war after the current Satan overrule the previous ones, I'd expect there must still be some supporters for the old Satan's?" Kokoro ask "There were but after Sirzech and the others show information about the old Satan's actually using mind control on the royal clans for more powerful soldiers and even mind control the people who are against them, all of their supporters stop the raids and join the current Satan finally forming peace in the underworld" Rias answers smiling a bit.
"Sounds like the old Satan's are a bunches of blood thirsty jackasses" Lucy comment making the other chuckle "So Rias-chan there's only been two great wars?" Issei ask making the crimson haired nod "Yes Issei and the good news is that it's very unlikely there will ever be a third one with the peace treaty".
Soundtrack End
"Interesting story Rias but now, how do we get out of here?" Lucy ask changing the topic "That's the thing… I have no idea" Rias admit making the three turn to her shock "WE'RE TRAPPED HERE!?"
Nakashi
"I'm fulllll" Hana moans, rubbing her stomach "You look like you've gained some weight" Akame comment seeing the bump on the green haired stomach "Pshhhh that'll turn back to normal in a minute" Hana replies like a drunken person. "Ohh my tummy is full… maybe one more chocolate mousse will help" Asia was about to grab one until Misako snatch it away "No Asia, having more chocolate mousse won't help you, now drink some water it will ease your stomach pain" Misako instruct making the blond tires to reach the mousse but she place her index finger at the blond forehead stopping her "Noooo give me" Asia whisper cutely.
Misako sighs and quickly give the chocolate mousse to Hana who shallows it easily "Kyaaa" Asia scream, when hearing her delicious last mousse being gobble down the hydra's mouth then hear her moan heavenly at the taste "Nooo". "Nice to see you can be hard a bit Misako" Akame comment a little surprise "Well I need to be a little to look after my friends, now Asia drink some water" "My mousse" the blond whisper before drinking a whole glass of water.
"You two must have cost Nawin-kun a fortune" Akame state looking at the dozens of plates in front of Hana and Asia 'How can a small girl like Asia have such a big appetite?' she thinks sweat drop. "You don't have to worry about that Akame, it's a brunch so I'll only have to pay per person who attend instead of how much food their eaten" Nawin corrects sitting back down at his chair.
"Master have I ever told you that your awesome" Hana comment making the black haired turn to her, eyebrow raise "Hana why do you sound drunk?... Akame you didn't let her try any alcohol did you?" "No Nawin-kun, I think she's like this because of eating so much".
"Hmm I heard about that, Lucy had that once before and it was entertaining to watch" Nawin reply making the three turn to her while Hana lays her head on the black haired lap "Oh great she's asleep" Akame comment blankly hearing the quiet snooze coming from the hydra. "Let her sleep, it's already late at night and with that much food in her stomach it makes sense she's tired.".
"Sad that we have to leave tomorrow" Asia said sadly making Nawin turn to her "Don't worry little sister, we can come here again and we'll bring the others along how's that?" Asia cheers making him chuckle "Glad to see your excited for that though it will be a while until that since going back I'm going to be busy along with Akame, Hana, and you Misako with handling all of this supernatural world" Nawin said reminding the pink haired about the conversation she had with the others about the supernatural subject.
"Don't worry Misako" Nawin call out seeing the pink haired worry expression "I promise you everything will be fine" he reassures with a soft smile calming the Ichiru down "Thanks you Nawin-kun" "No problem, now then why don't you take Asia outside there's some dessert stands out there, you might as well get some of those chocolate mousse for home" "There's more!" Asia jump off her chair smiling "Yes there's more Asia but please don't eat anymore, I don't want you to get sick, just get them for home ok" "Okie Dokie, come quickly Misako before their gone" "Woaw ok Asia-chan calm down" the pink haired is quickly drag by the blond outside.
Akame knows that something is wrong when the Makasha send the two away, she turns to him seeing his troubled expression, "Is something wrong?" "Yes… I got a bad feeling this afternoon so I'd like us to quickly head to Kuoh tomorrow morning" "Why not now then?" "I don't want to ruin Asia and Misako fun, so I like them to enjoy it for a bit, but we're leaving early in the morning understood?" "Of course".
Akame still notice her master trouble expression "There's something else isn't there?" Nawin sighs and nod "Yes about the day we saved Misako" "Did something catch your attention?" "Yes… when I got to the basement of Schnyzel castle, I saw Misako laying on the ground but something else caught my attention and it was the aura loaming around the room" "Aura?" Akame ask with interest "Yes which make me assume there was someone with Misako before I arrived, someone very powerful, I can't help but think that I know this aura, it feels like I felt it before" "But if someone is there then how is Misako still alive then?" "Indeed, I think that wasn't part of Schnyzel's plan but I know for certain that someone was down there with Misako and could have killed her before I'd arrived".
"Who do you think was it?" Akame ask "… My guess is Sayomi, she's the reason why Schnyzel is back in the world of the living but I doubt that since if it was Sayomi. Misako would have been killed already, I see no point on why she would leave Misako alive… but, huh there's too many unanswered question surrounding this, why did Schnyzel need to kidnap Misako? To test my power, to see my result?" Nawin sighs rubbing his forehead.
"It seems more like a test to me" Akame tells her opinion "Yes I'm also leaning towards that, Schnyzel… he saw my every move and knows my whole plan even countering my attacks… his someone you can't beat with just brute force… he's more dangerous then he lets out to be".
"Is he someone you would have difficulty?" Akame ask "It's not that Akame, I'm worry about Schnyzel attacking others, his different from the others opponents we've been facing so far, we're talking about a man that took four Satan-class people to defeat, though that may be a little over exaggerating since my mother alone was the one who stop him while my father, Moka, and Akira deal with his armies but he's still someone we shouldn't take lightly".
"Your worry about the others?" Akame said coming to conclusion "Yes Rias, Lucy, Issei, Kokoro, Koneko, Xenovia, Yuuto, they aren't ready for this… Sayomi, Schnyzel, these individual are in a whole other class same goes with the Akumi a group filled with individuals who are supposedly Satan-class, I'm worried that in the future all of them will be slaughtered, they aren't in the level to face any of these people not even close…" Nawin explain truthfully.
"What about Akeno?" Akame ask noticing the raven haired missing in his sentence "Right now Akeno is training with Azazel to use her Nephilim powers… I have no doubt when she comes back, her power will skyrocket into another class but still she's too naïve and clueless about the future, she along with the others don't know what's ahead for us…" Akame notice her master calculative eyes, like his thinking of a plan '… Nawin-kun what are you planning?'.
Hell
"What the heck is that things!" Issei shouts making the three turn to see a gigantic creature a dozen meters away from them "Everyone down now!" Rias comment pushing Issei to the ground. The giant creature turns to the group location with its glowing yellow eyes scanning the area "That's one scary looking thing" Kokoro mutter examining the creature. It body resembling a human, there are feathers spread around it's long skinny arms with sharp claws on its hands, long skinless legs, bulky black fur torso, with a giant holes place on its no more heart, some flesh on its body are tore off showing it's skeleton and inner parts, it's face have an almost human like features but also mix with a bit of a bat, the creature mouth have human like teeth but with two long fang pointing out, bat like nose while the eyes are complete glowing yellow, pointy sharp ears and its mouth is plastered with a bloodthirsty, sadistically grin the whole time.
The creature turns back and moves on, seeing nothing. Rias sighs and stand back up "That was close, if that thing saw us, we would be in its stomach by now" "What is that thing exactly?" Lucy ask "We don't completely know, that thing just appear one day when the devils left this place… it's been here for hundreds of years, we just call them the guardians of hollow hell".
Kokoro gets up and dust her skirt "Hollow Hell huh? A fitting name for this place" "The guardians aren't the only creature around here, more nightmarish creature have taken over this hellish place, we need to be careful or this might as well be our grave" Rias warn. Lucy click her teeth "Well Rias why don't you just teleport us out of here" the crimson haired sigh and snap her finger.
The Gremory seal appear beneath the four and begin to glow "Hey it's working" Issei smile though that change when the seal burst into red glowing dust "Way the go Issei you just had to open your mouth" Lucy comment annoy making the brown haired chuckle sheepishly.
"The teleportation won't work here, the dark, dense magic is disturbing the signal not allowing the teleportation to take us back home… we need to somehow find a way out of here before we get eaten by the guardians or worst by other more creatures in this place." Rias said.
"Is it possible for us to contact, Sirzech-san or someone from the other side?" Issei suggest. "Of course" Rias snap her finger smiling "For once you've got a good idea Issei-kun" she said and quickly summons her familiar "For once?" Issei mutter depress.
"What are you planning Rias?" Lucy ask "Familiars has their own special teleportation which allow them to pretty much teleport anyway their master are currently at or to the markers where the master would put for them to teleport directly, Luckily I have put two markers, one in the Occult club house and the other one at the Gremory Estate" Rias reply petting her bat familiar "Okay Matsu I want you to go find my brother" the bat look at his master confuse making Rias sweat drop "Oh right you've never met my brother have you… Mhm well it shouldn't be hard just look for a person who looks almost identical to me but in a male form you can't miss him".
Lucy rub her neck unsure about the scene in front of her 'Trust a bat to deliver this massage, I have a feeling we are going to be here for a while' she turns her attention to the ring in her index finger 'If Onii-san was here, he would be able to use the speeding shadow god to get out of here… Mhm' she sighs knowing they'll have to rely on Rias familiar to get out of here.
"Matsu do you understand your mission?" Rias ask, the bat nod making her sigh in relief "Good, please make it quick Matsu we can't be stuck in here longer than 24 hours, I'm sure when Onii-sama hear the world Hollow Hell, he'll knows it's urgent… now GO!" the bat shoot up the sky and disappear in smoke.
"So now all we have to do is stay alive before help comes?" Kokoro ask "Yes but we should keep moving and find someplace where we can stay safe" Rias suggest making the three nod.
Before the group could move they were a shrieking screech noise coming from up top, "What the hell?" Kokoro look up to see a giant skeleton like bird flying down toward them with its glowing yellow eyes, it opens its beak showing hundreds of razor sharp teeth "I got this!" Lucy jumps up and spin kicks firing a giant flaming slash.
The bird flip to the right narrowly dodging the flames and move toward the blond "Oh no you don't" Lucy front flip dodging the bird's sharp beak and lands on top of its head "Say good bye to your head birdy" Lucy summons her flaming scythe and slice the creature head off. "Wahhh!" the three jump away seeing the bird coming down on them.
Lucy back flip as the bird's body crash down, she lands gently on the ground, dispelling the scythe "Brutality" She smirk kicking the skeleton bird head to Issei who scream and summons the boosted gear, thrusting the gauntlet forward shattering the head into hundreds of pieces.
Rias cough "Well since that's cleared, we should continue moving and find a safe place so that won't happen again" "Finding a safe place when we are currently in hell… doesn't sound possible" Kokoro point out "You have a point but we need to get away from open areas like this, a lot of creatures could spot us here from miles away so let's move".
Nakashi
"Uh!" Nawin eyes snap open looking at the dark ceiling, he sighs rubbing his face before sitting up "Mhm" he looks around to see the others are still asleep making him turn to the clock '2am…'.
Nawin silently get up and make way to the garden "What's this feeling I'm getting" he mutters looking at the full moon. Suddenly an image appears showing Lucy severed body appear on the ground in front of him freezing the black haired. Nawin quickly blinks seeing the image fade away making him sigh in relief "Damn It's just my imagination".
The Makasha lean against the tree, arms cross feeling the cold soft air flow around him "It must really be annoying having those images appear Mhm" Nawin snap his eyes open to see her again walking around the pond. She smiles and twirl around the rocks "You should be careful, it could distract you in the midst of battle".
Nawin rub his eyes and look at the pond again to see nothing making him sighs "I'm seriously losing my mind…". "Losing your mind?" Nawin snap his eyes opened and is shock to see her standing in front of him smiling teasingly "Why would you say such a cruel thing" she pokes his noise and spin backwards.
Nawin keep his composure not letting his emotion get the better of him "Tell me… who are you and why do you have that face?" he asks making the black haired turn back to him "Hmm interesting question, have you forgotten about me or is it so shocking that I'm here you're not believing this… or maybe this is just your imagination, who knows" She reply playfully twirling around with her white sundress.
"Meow!" A sound of a cat make Nawin look down to see a black cat looking up at him with its golden slit eyes, "Mhm what are you doing down there" Nawin smile always fond with pet animals, he picks the cat softly and place it on his chest. It purrs rubbing its head on his chest. Nawin look up to see she left "Huh" he sighs turning back down to the cat making it lick his chin "Aren't you a playful one" he chuckles rubbing the animal ears making it purr.
The cat eyes snap open seeing a bat looking down at the two with its sharp red slit eyes, the cat pupils sharpen telling the flying creature to back off. The bat eyes sharpen in slight anger before flying off. The cat turns her attention back to the Makasha and notice him placing her gently down on the ground "Go on now and be safe" He smile petting the cat one more time then leaves to the room.
The cat looks at the now close door for a few second before dashing away disappearing into the shadows.
Time Skip
"Umm… Huh?" Misako open her eyes and immediately notice she's being carried on someone's back making her look back to see the small town of Nakashi at the distance "Good to see your awake Misako" a voice said making the pink haired turn forward to see Nawin is carrying her "Mhm we're leaving?" She asks with a sad tone, rubbing her eyes "Sadly yes, we need to head back to Kuoh" Nawin reply softly making the pink haired nod.
Nawin gently place the Ichiru on his bike "Where are the others?" She asks putting the helmet on "Hana and Akame are already on their way with Asia to Kuoh". "They are walking to Kuoh by foot that's terrible Nawin-kun" Misako said making the black haired chuckle "Don't worry about them, Hana and Akame are capable of unique skills, they will be there before us" He replies.
"Oh I see… I have one thing to say Nawin-kun is it's thank you for the wonderful days, I'll always treasure these memories" Misako thanks making the black haired smile "Mhm I'm glad you enjoy this short trip… don't worry we'll have a longer one in the future" he replies petting the pink haired before getting on the bike.
Nawin turn the key starting the engine and puts the helmet on "Misako hold on tight, we'll be speeding to Kuoh ok?" "Alright" She wrap her arms around the black haired torso tightly. "We'll be back at Kuoh in an hour" "Wah! really last time it took us 2 and a half?!". Nawin chuckle "I wasn't using full speed at that time" he pulls the clutch making the engine roar "This is a fast bike so we'll be there shortly" "KYAAAA!" Misako scream as the two speed away from the forest.
Unknown Location
"Master Schnyzel" Ren bow down then looks up to her master who sits own his throne. The blond opens his cold green eyes "Yes?" "Our spies have informed that Nawin Makasha has finally left the town Nakashi and heading back to Kuoh" Ren bring the news.
Schnyzel place his hands together "Hmm is that so… very well I guess it's time I let that idiot loose" Ren looks up slightly surprise "You mean him?!... my lord I don't mean to judge your decision but are you sure?" Schnyzel chuckle leaning on his right palm "He will do anything to please her so if I just said that this mission comes directly from her then he'll follow it without question… he may be unstable but he does show results".
Schnyzel takes a sip of red wine that's was place next to his throne, he smirks looking at the reflection of the glass showing his glowing red eyes "Follow with the order Ren" "Of course my lord" the purple haired stands up and make her way out.
Next chapter: Danger in the Shadows