Chapter 75: Continueing to Help
Morning came sooner than expected, and the four boys were now in Gaspers room; Adrian was snoozing by the left wall, Damon was reclining in Gaspers coffin, his feet propped on the side with a lit blunt in his lips, and finally Gasper and Issei were over by the right wall, chattering away about Isseis' misadventures. Soon the door opened, and Kiba entered the room,
"Well look at you two. Nice work guys," he said.
"Hey! Welcome back!" Said Issei. The knight turned to Gasper,
"And Gasper, you seem to be quite a bit more comfortable now." Issei then excitedly perked up,
"Dude perfect timing!"
"Here we go," Damon said with dread, still smoking inside Gaspers coffin.
"While talking with Gasper I came up with a kickass team play by the boys of House Gremory that you are gonna love!"
"Oh yeah?" Asked Kiba, showing his interest, "Sounds like a good time to me, lets hear it!" Issei brought a fist up in excitement,
"Get this, I transfer my stored power to Gasper, and then Gasper stops time!"
"Alright, cool! What's next?" Kiba was now starting to share Isseis' excitment, while Issei spread his perverted grin.
"This is the best part! After the girls get frozen I'm going to grope them like crazy!" Issei stopped speaking when he felt something fast and hot smack into the back of his head, making him yelp, grab the back of his head, turn and see a lit blunt on the floor, and a very pissed off Damon sitting up in Gaspers coffin.
"And let me guess, you want me, Adrian and Kiba to cover you for random monster attacks while you go on your grab-ass spree," Damon said humorlessly.
"Oh come on!" Issei complained, "It's easy for you guys! You don't have to worry about looking into the eyes of a girl and being called creepy for that!"
"And you think getting handsy with them while they're frozen in time is going to make them like you more?" Asked Damon, "Would your girlfriend Asia approve?"
"What do you know about girlfriends?? When was the last time you even had a girlfriend??" Issei asked indignantly. Damon gladed at Issei, rose up to his feet, walked over to Issei, grabbed him by the shirt collar, and slowly hoisted him up off his feet, making sure they were eye to eye,
"Listen up motherfucker," Damon said in a low yet dangerous tone, "You keep pulling your crap, and you will lose the best thing that ever came your way. Mark my words," Damon set Issei down, shoved him back, and looked to Gasper, seeing he had sat himself back in his box with the top open. "Gasper why are you still in the box?"
"I just feel more comfortable sitting in my box. At least I still have the top open," he said optimistically. Damon pinched the bridge of his nose just in time for the doors to open, allowing Katrina, Xenovia, Koneko and Asia to file in,
"You all seem to be getting along," said Xenovia.
"Sorry for coming in so early," said Katrina.
"No problem," Damon jumped when he heard Adrian speak, not even knowing the Devil Virus was awake.
"But what are you all doing here? And all together?" Asked Issei.
"Well, after leaving, and after talking about it, we decided to do what we could to help Gasper as well," said Asia.
"And then we brainstormed different ideas that might help him deal with his life better," said Xenovia. Gasper perked up at what was said, seeing Koneko approaching him,
"You all want to help me?" He asked in surprise.
"Of course," Koneko said in her blank tone, "You're our precious companion too." Gasper perked up even more,
"Thank you Koneko!" Without skipping a beat, the white haored girl tossed a handful of garlic cloves into Gaspers box,
"These are for you," she said blankly. Gasper screamed, practically bounding out of his box, while Xenovia reached behind herself and slammed a brown paper bag over Gaspers head, complete with perfectly cut eye holes in the front. The blue haired knight looked back at Gasper with a smile,
"You like that?"
"Maybe...I feel calmer..." Gasper looked around with his new paper bag mask, "I think I do like it!"
"Uh, what just happened here?" Asked Kiba.
"It was Asias' idea," said Koneko.
"It sure wasn't mine," Katrina whispered to Adrian.
"I know I'm not especially good at talking to people face to face either," began Asia, "but on the phone I seem to handle things okay. I just mentioned to the others that as long as my face wasn't seen, other people seemed a lot easier to deal with."
"That's when I remembered these," said Xenovia, lifting up her hand to reveal four colorfully packaged condoms, one between each of her fingers, "and I thought, 'what if we put something over his head?'" Damon snatched the condoms out of the hand of the blue haired knight,
"Okay why the hell do you have these?! Are you just waiting to see if I change my mind?!"
"Perhaps." Damon groaned,
"Look, Xenovia, I'm not interested in letting anyone have my babies! Not now, not ever!"
"I know, you made yourself plenty clear," she said, "but I still wish to have intercourse with you." Damon opened his mouth, ready to let out an extended tirade, until Xenovia held up a hand, "Consider it as my training, for when I have a husband of my own, I could please him, and mother his children." Damon blinked, closed his eyes in a quiet rage, and sighed,
"...Fine...fine!" The others gave Damon a lool of shock, to the point where Gasper lifted his paper bag to look at him, and Koneko gasped. "I'll do the deed with you, considering Mystery Head Girl hasn't revealed herself yet. Plus, I want to get some action in since I haven't gotten any real action in a while, and I want to be back in shape if and when she does reveal herself." Xenovia smirked,
"So we both get some good training in then."
"Yeah great," Damon said sarcastically, "Now on a different kind of serious note, Gasper," the dhampir pulled his bag back down at the mention of his name, "I know you may like the paper bag, but you can't wear that in class, so that won't work."
"But, I thought it made me look cool..." he then held his hands out im front of himself, the eye holes glowing a bright frightening red, and spoke in a spooky voice, "Doesn't it make me look cool??" Some of the present ORC members gasped, while Damon snatched the bag off of Gaspers head, the glow ceasing to exist,
"Dude, you're scaring the others." With that said, he crumpled the bag up and stuffed it in his coat. Gasper then began to whine, holding the sides of his head,
"Oh no I'm doing it again! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I-!" Damon gripped him by the arms,
"Bro!" Gasper froze, and Damon calmly told him, "You don't need a mask to make people like you more. Just have some confidence in yourself and everything will work out smoothly." Gasper blinked,
"You really think that will work?" Damon smiled,
"It worked for me."
Hours later...
Adrian, Katrina, Asia and Issei were walking through the school, class having just finished,
"Would have been cool if Gasper could come to class," said Issei, "But I guess Damon was right about not being able to while wearing a paper bag."
"Give him some time," said Adrian, "He'll come through." The two boys and girls then saw Rias and Akeno by the stairs,
"Hey guys!" Greeted Rias. Adrian smiled, sped up his walk to embrace her with a passionate kiss on her mouth,
"Hey love," Adrian whispered. Katrina laughed at the display, and turned to Akeno, giving her a loving embrace and kiss as well,
"Hey Akeno, haven't seen you in a while."
"Almost seems too long, hasn't it?" Akeno giggled with a blush. Issei and Asia then joined them, the latter bowing to Rias as they caught up,
"Hey ladies," Issei greeted with a smile, "what's going on?"
"It's good to see you," said Asia.
"Perfect timing as usual," said Rias. All but her and Akeno were then filled with curiosity.
"So Adrian, Issei," began Akeno, "I was looking for you two to see if you would possibly come with me somewhere after school today." A vein popped in Katrinas' head, while Adrian and Issei were simply surprised,
"You want us?" Asked Issei.
"For what?" Adrian added. Akeno giggled,
"If I told you, you probably wouldn't come."
"Do you mind if I come with?" Katrina asked through gritted teeth, earning another laugh from Akeno,
"Is that jealousy I hear? Always hot hearing it from you."
Even more time later...
Adrian, Katrina and Issei were now heading up an unbelievably tall set of outdoor stairs, heading up to an old shrine,
"Isn't going up to a shrine basically a going to an away game for a devil?" Asked Issei.
"I'm sure Akeno wouldn't lead us to anything bad," said Adrian.
"She wouldn't, trust me," said Katrina.
"Hey guys!" The three saw Rias' queen piece, already dressed in her priestess of thunder outfit.
"Alright, we're all here," said Katrina, "Just tell me this isn't what I think it is."
"It's not, I promise," said Akeno, leading the three devils up to the shrine. Once at the entrance, the three stopped,
"You're sure it's safe?" Asked Issei.
"We'll be safe here even if we are devils. Besides, there was an agreement behind the scenes," Akeno said with a flirtatious smile. The three then took a cautious step into the shrine, carefully glancing around.
"Alright, now that we are here, now what?" Asked Katrina.
"So these are the two dragons. The Goddess of War is with them too," said a gentle male voice from above. The three devils looked directly above the temple, seeing a bright gold light shine out of nowhere.
"What the hell...?" Asked Katrina. Adrian used his Hunter Sense, reading that it was similar to a fallen angel, but Adrian knew that was not the case as soon as he saw the figure, sporting twelve golden wings from his back.
"Is that...an angel?"
"I am Michael, otherwise known as the Chief of the Angels," said the figure, causing Issei, Adrian and Katrina to stare in shock...
