Chapter 6: The Date
Days past, numbers between Adrian and Issei were exchanged, and finally, the day came.
That Sunday afternoon Calvin was wearing a white tee shirt with an electric blue lightning bolt with black outline, black cargo pants, and blue and white DC shoes, while Katrina was dressed in a black tee shirt with a grey skull on the front, black jeans, black and white Converse shoes, and her long brown hair was tied back in a ponytail, and Adrian was dressed in his white hooded shirt, black and red leather jacket, black pants and boots.
"Hey guys!" The three then saw Issei run up to them, dressed in a black shirt with a grey button up shirt over it, along with black pants and grey shoes,
"What took you so long?" Asked Calvin.
"I was trying to make sure I was ready for my first ever date! Adrian, is that really what you're wearing?" He asked, and Adrian looked down at his own outfit,
"What's wrong with it?"
"Isn't it a little warm out for a leather jacket?"
"Heat doesn't bother me," said Adrian, being honest.
"Here take a flyer," and before anyone knew what was going on, a slip of paper was handed to Adrian. He looked and saw a girl in a pinkish red and black dress with gold bracelets and brown hair spiked only on the sides, resembling bat wings in a way, and with a light smile, she turned and walked away, leaving the four friends more than a little confused by the random event. They gathered around to look at the paper Adrian was handed, and saw what looked like a black rune, decorated with roses, bats, and two nude women.
"Your wish shall be granted," read Adrian aloud. They all paused, until Calvin busted up laughing,
"Yeah right! If only that were true!" Issei joined in on the laughing, but Adrian and Katrina took a closer look at the flyer,
"It's some sort of spell rune. Unlike any I've ever seen," said Katrina. Adrian studied it for a second longer, folded it, and stuck it in his inner jacket pocket.
The four then heard a whistle, and soon they saw Yuma, Belinda and Cindy all running towards them, with Wesker not far behind. The three girls were dressed almost identical, with black skirts, and a button up blouse, whereas Yumas was pink, Cindys was orange, and Belindas was light blue. Wesker was dressed in a black polo shirt, dress pants and boots, and of course, the sunglasses.
"Good to see you all again," said Wesker, to which Calvin simply frowned, but he put a smile back on when Belinda was close,
"Are you ready for our date?" She asked.
"Ready as I'll ever be," said Calvin. Cindy got close to Adrian,
"How about you hot stuff? Ready for me to show you a good time?" She teased. Adrian cleared his throat,
"I suppose...it's my first date in town, so it should no doubt be interesting."
The group of eight then made their way through the towns market places, the men buying jewelry for the women and meals for everyone, and generally making small talk throughout the day.
Once they had all sat down inside the restaurant at the end of the day, it Katrina took a careful look at Wesker, and asked,
"If you don't mind me asking, why are you always wearing sunglasses?"
Wesker was quiet at first, making Katrina a little on edge, until he finally answered,
"I have sensitive eyesight. Too much light makes me feel like I'm going blind. So the doctor recommended that I wear these glasses, even at night. As crazy as that sounds." Katrina smiled,
"Not as crazy compared to me," she said, looking down at her own skin to give him a clue. He nodded,
"And I'm fairly certain you would wish for me to NOT ask about that, if I'm not mistaken."
"Good guess." Calvin was watching and eavesdropping, while paying perfect attention to Belinda at the same time.
"So how did you meet Adrian, Katrina and Issei?" Asked Belinda. Calvin gave her his full attention,
"I came here from New Marais looking for certain people, people like myself. Instead I found Adrian and Katrina, and they're more than I could have ever hoped for. And Issei? He was hanging out with the wrong crowd, and almost got his arse kicked." As Belinda laughed, Adrian kept an eye on everything happening around him, as well as Cindy.
"So Adrian..." began Cindy, "I was wondering..."
"Yes?"
"...Where did you come from before coming to Kuoh Town?" Adrian shifted uncomfortably,
"New York," he said. Cindy gasped,
"Did you ever see Liberty Island?" Adrian gave her a look,
Are you fucking kidding me? Thought Adrian to himself, but instead of voicing his thoughts, he calmly replied, "Yes...I have, everyday when I used to live there." As if on cue, Issei began coughing on his drink, with Yuma getting him a napkin to cough into.
Some time after that, the eight of them made their way to the park fountain.
"I think it is safe to say that we all had a good time today," said Yuma.
"I think so too," said Adrian, actually smiling for a change.
Maybe the whole thing with Comet was just a big misunderstanding, thought Adrian to himself, I mean she hasn't exactly seen a brawler before, so she must have just been defending herself. But then again, I told my entire hive to never attack the innocent. Only criminals, muggers, rapists, murderers and the like."Can we ask you a question, in honor of our first date there was something we want you all to do to commemorate this special moment," said Yuma.
Oh shit.
"Would you die for us?"
Oh fuck.
"I'm sorry, I think there's something wrong with my ears," said Issei.
"It's not your ears," said Calvin, getting in a defensive position.
SHITFUCK!
The three girls began laughing, and they flew up into the air, their clothes shredding in the process as black feathered wings sprouting from their backs,
"ISSEI GET BEHIND ME!" Shouted Adrian.
"I just saw boobs!" Squeaked Issei.
"Just SHUT UP and GET THE FUCK BACK!" Katrina yelled, matching Adrian in volume, and she quickly reached back behind her, withdrawing her blades from out of nowhere, shredding her shirt in the process, and her clothes burned away to reveal her spartan armor.
"Oh man! What is going on here?!" Issei asked himself.
"Just serious shit about to go down," said Calvin, and he stood next to Adrian, opposite Katrina.
The three girls then grew EXTREMELY skimpy outfits, covering the more critical parts of their bodies, and they landed back on the ground,
"I still don't see what kind of thrill you three seem to get from transforming like that," said Wesker, sliding a black trench coat over his shirt, "But I guess to each their own." He then looked at Katrina, "So sorry love, I wish things were a bit different, but..." he paused to remove his sunglasses, and as he looked back up, the heroes saw that his eyes were bright red, with black slits for pupils, "...you could say it's just business."
Wesker tossed the glasses towards the four heroes, and right as Adrian caught the glasses, Wesker had already closed the distance, and retrieved them from Adrian with a sharp palm strike to his chest, forcing him back, and barely slamming into Issei. He then turned and delivered a front kick to Calvin, forcing him back, and into the grasp of a lying in wait Belinda, who shot straight up with him, and finally, he stopped when he got to Katrina,
"Nothing personal," and struck Katrina with a speeding elbow, forcing her a few steps away from her friends, and with a smooth glide, Wesker placed the sunglasses back on his face.
Adrian was already dashing back to Wesker until he was grabbed and pinned to a tree by Cindy, her eyes now glowing like embers in a fireplace,
"Okay hot stuff, ready for the fireworks?" She asked, an evil grin spreading on her face as she began to cackle, only for a blur to enter her mouth, and exit the back of her head. She looked down, her eyes no longer firey, but were still wide with horror as she saw that it was Adrians tongue, morphed into an extra long spiked tendril!
Adrian withdrew the tendril, and his tongue returned to normal,
"Don't know about fireworks, but I got just as big of a surprise for you," he said, and he slammed a fist THROUGH her chest, and several tendrils began to encase her body, and soon her body was absorbed into Adrian, shocking everyone close enough to see.
"What...did you do to her?" Yuma asked, frightened. Wesker was staring hard at Adrian,
"The Blacklight Virus," he said, almost sounding jealous. Adrian then grabbed the sides of his head as memories flowed through his head,
"So who's our target Lady Raynare?" Asked Cindy. An image of Yuma answered her question, yet she was answering to "Raynare"."Issei Hyoudou is the name of our target," she said, "He has a Sacred Gear in his possession, and it would be best that we dealt with him before he becomes a problem." Wesker then approaches her,"And the others?""Leave no witnesses," said Raynare, "No one."
The memory ends as thunder struck overhead, and Belinda crashed in a heap onto the ground, with Calvin smashing his feet into her spine in a massive drop, sending electricity in all directions, knocking back Yuma, Wekser, and even sending Katrina back a bit.
"Gotta love a thunder drop!" Shouted Calvin.
Wesker regained his footing, and brushed dust off his shoulder, until he narrowly avoided Katrinas flaming blades, making him backflip several times until he had rejoined "Yuma" by her side.
"You will pay for your treachery Wesker!" Bellowed Katrina.
"I wouldn't be TOO mad at him. He's just the lackey in this situation," said Adrian, going off the new memories flowing through his head, "the real mastermind would be the Fallen Angel girl, Yuma. Or do you prefer Lady Raynare?" Adrian asked mockingly, to which Raynare was surprised.
"How did you know my-?"
"When someone with the Blacklight Virus absorbs someone or something, they also gain their memories and abilities. A rather...impressive ability if I say so myself," said Wesker, readjusting his sunglasses begrudgingly. Adrian took a careful look at Wesker, and something finally clicked,
"You said your name was Wesker, correct? Would that make you related to an ALBERT Wesker by chance?" Wesker frowned,
"That madman means nothing to me," said Wesker, rage at a slow boil.
"Well, I was going to say, if you were, it shows." Wesker was about to approach Adrian, until Raynare held a hand up, keeping him back,
"You have a lot of nerve Adrian, and I won't doubt your powers, but can you bring someone back from the dead?" Raynare then made a massive red spear of light, twirling it in the air,
"You really think you can kill us?" Asked Adrian, giving Raynare a disbelieving look.
"Maybe..." she said, and the threw the spear, but Adrian didn't even have to dodge, and that's when he realized that the spear wasn't meant for him, or Calvin, or Katrina.
Adrian turned around just in time to see the spear plunge into Issei's abdomen, and he crumpled to the ground, bleeding. Adrian couldn't hear anything at that moment, not Calvin shouting at Issei, not Katrina giving a battle cry as she swung her blades at Raynare and Wesker, not Raynare giving Wesker the order to retreat, and especially not the sound of Wesker grabbing a small orb, sending a bright light out, blinding Katrina and Calvin, while Adrian had his back turned, staring at the dying Issei.
After the chaos had ended, Adrian finally moved to where Issei now lay, with Calvin and Katrina standing on either side of him.
"He may have been a perverted buffoon, but he didn't deserve to die like this," said Katrina.
"If only there was a way to bring him back to life," said Calvin, giving Issei a sympathetic look. Adrian was quiet for a moment,
"...It's my fault he's dead," he finally said, "I knew it was a trap yet I still wanted to spring it, and because of that Issei paid the price for it. I wish it had been me, I wish...!" Adrian froze, "I wish!" He withdrew the flyer from his jacket pocket, "'Your wish shall be granted,'" he reread. He looked to his two friends,
"You really think that slip of paper will bring Issei back?" Asked Calvin.
"Only one way to find out," said Adrian.
"Do it," said Katrina. Adrian then held up the flyer,
"I wish for Issei Hyoudou to be brought back to life!" At first nothing happened, but the rune on the flyer glowed bright red, and flew off, growing in size and landing on the ground next to them.
"Holy..." Calvin couldn't even finish his curse as Rias Gremory rose from the rune, with all her red haired glory.
"I have come...you are the ones that summoned me, are you not?" Adrian stepped forward,
"We are. Can you bring our friend back?" He asked.
"I can, but I will need something in return," said Rias, and both Calvin and Katrina joined Adrian,
"Whatever it takes," said Calvin.
"Bring him back and we shall repay you, one way or another," said Katrina. Rias smiled,
"Then all of you should join hands," Adrian took Rias' right hand, Katrina took his, followed by Calvin taking hers, until all of them had formed a circle around Issei.
A moment passed, then two, and once the tension seemed to have reached the tipping point, a flow of energy flowed through the three, making them kneel, but not break the circle,
"From this moment forward..."
It feels like I'm falling! Thought Adrian.
"...you will live your lives for my sake," finished Rias.
The three then began to fall into a black abyss, all of them screamig as they fell, and none of them hit the bottom...
Adrian woke up with a start, drenched in a cold sweat, checking himself for any evidence of what happened last night. Finding none, he quickly regenerated his clothes, and dashed out of his room to find Calvin and Katrina.
