Chapter 159: Punishment

As the sun set on New York, the two devils disappeared into a red magic circle, and all of New Yorks inhabitants reappeared, with new memories and no knowledge of what had transpired in the past day. As this happened, the two devils appeared in Kuoh Town, the sun beginning to peek over the horizon, and Adrian came face to face with something unbelievable,

"Is that...my house?" Adrians' once ruined house was now replaced by a larger, even more well built house, more resembling a hotel, with more stories and more open space than before, making Adrians' jaw drop.

"It was Cleos' idea to rebuild your house," said Issei, "but it was Rias who decided to make it bigger and better than before." Adrian nodded his head in approval, and right when the two were heading to the front door, it opened, and a familiar blonde haired girl in a green nightgown stood in the doorway,

"Adrian...?" The one eyed devil smiled,

"Hi Asia." The former nun then leapt from the doorway, throwing her arms around his neck and kissing him on the lips, right before she reach for Issei, yanked him to her and kissed him as well, crying tears of joy as she hugged both of them,

"We all saw the fight and we were so worried! I thought we lost both of you for a moment!" Adrian looked to Issei with a raised eyebrow,

"'We?'" Then out the doors appeared Xenovia, Kiba, Gasper, Koneko and Akeno, greeting Adrian and welcoming him home with smiles,

"You did it Adrian! Way to go!" Cheered Gasper.

"Not bad Adrian, and nice eyepatch," Kiba complimented.

"It truly is good to see you again Adrian," said Xenovia, "but where is Damon?" Adrian cleared his throat, thinking he knew why Xenovia was asking,

"He's taking the long way back, and he'll be here with Katrina and the...newest additions to Kuoh Academy in about a day or two." Koneko then approached Adrian, no longer blank faced, but concerned,

"Did Damon come out okay?" Adrian knelt down, and rested a hand on her shoulder,

"Damon is...well, still Damon, if that says anything," he then smiled at the petite girl, "I'm sure if you ask him, he will give you all the details..." he then looked up in thought, images of Damon pumping himself inside Blair and coating the hood of Weskers car with semen coming to mind, "...then again," continued Adrian, "he may give you too much detail."

"So long as he is alive and okay, I could care less what details he gives," said Koneko. Adrian then stood up, seeing Akeno approach him,

"Adrian, that lightning bolt that hit Katrina, and gave her Calvins' Balance Breaker...do you think that was really him?"

"I can't think of another theory," said Adrian, "just prepare yourself for when she is back, and try not to crack any bald jokes around her." Akeno did nothing to try hiding her smile,

"Would you believe me if I said she actually looks better that way?" Adrian chuckled, but then his expression turned serious,

"I do need to know though, where is Rias?" The others cast each other nervous looks, and Kiba pointed straight up,

"Top floor penthouse, you'll find her there. She's probably watching the sunrise."

"Just like we used to do," Adrian said to himself, and slowly walked through the front door, the others looking after him, worried about what will happen next.

"Good luck Adrian," said Issei, "you're gonna need it."

It took Adrian a moment to find the elevator to the penthouse, but once he found it he went straight to the penthouse, and upon entering the room he saw Rias, dressed in a pink see-through nightgown, facing the large windows, apparently watching the sunrise. He kept silent as he approached, and upon seeing her face he saw she had her eyes closed and was letting the sun warm her body.

"...Rias..." The red haired she-devil breathed in, and exhaled,

"...Adrian..." The one eyed devil faced the windows, letting the sun warm him as well,

"Rias...I'm sorry...for everything. For abandoning you, breaking things off with you, going on this wacky adventure just to face my moms' killer...all it really did was make me learn that Zeus wasn't the killer after all, that it Richard all along..." Rias turned to him in shocked surprise, "...that he was never my biological father in the first place...infected me with Blacklight at an early age than what I was led to believe...and in the end I lost that Blacklight, and one of my eyes and...I lost you." Rias sighed,

"Adrian...I'm sorry I tried to stop you from seeking out Zeus, for if you hadn't we would all most likely be dead now. And if we had all gone to fight him together, who knows, maybe you'd still have those missing powers and your eye..." Rias paused, "...and you never lost me...but I certainly lost you."

"No Rias," said Adrian, "I hurt you more than you know..."

"Considering you're standing here with one eye, only half you powers and no idea what I've done to you, I doubt you hurt me more."

"Rias..."

"Adrian..." They both turned to each other and spoke in unison,

"I slept with someone." As Adrians' eye widened in surprise, Rias' eyes closed in shame,

"I'm sorry Adrian, it's just I was alone, I was hurt, he was there and-."

"Don't give me any details," Adrian requested, "please." Rias laughed,

"Okay, I won't," she then looked at Adrian, "and I'm guessing for you it was Katrina? And please, be honest with me."

"As you wish..." began Adrian with a sigh, "first it was the last Dark Elf of her home world named Llarya," said Adrian, "then I kissed an Asari named Pennie, but I turned down her advances since I didn't want to hurt another girl AND piss off her guardian who is acting as her older brother, and then Katrina, who also took on Damon at the same time due to us truly believing it was going to be our last day on Earth..." Rias' eyes were shadowed by her hair, "...even though, as nice as it was, I really wish it had been you I spent that night with, especially since I got this." Adrian lifted his right forearm, and showed her the crow tattoo on the inside of his arm. Rias' eyes widened, and she placed her hands over her mouth, a single tear rolling down her face,

"Adrian..."

"I know, it's probably pointless of me to have it now, considering we may never be together again, and if we are, it wouldn't be the same as before," continued Adrian, but then saw Rias hadn't moved, and instead she lifted her nightgown up just enough to see between her legs, and to Adrians' surprise, he saw she had the red and black butterfly tattoo.

"Rias...you actually got the tattoo?"

"I guess even though we let one or more persons have fun with us, neither one of us really moved on," said Rias, dropping her nightgown back down as it were and slowly cracking a smile. Adrian smiled back, and soon both were nervously closing the distance between each other, and their lips pressed together, and right on cue, a familiar tune began to play, and they both turned their head to the doorway of Adrians' penthouse styled room, and there stood the rest of the smiling ORC, with Issei in the lead, holding up his phone and playing The Crow and the Butterfly by Shinedown for everyone to hear,

"Since Damon isn't here at the moment, I thought maybe I should fill in," said the Red Dragon. Adrian raised an eyebrow at the group, and they slowly closed the doors, leaving the music to play. Once they were out of sight, Adrian and Rias kissed once again, relishing the feel of each other, cherishing the taste, and enjoying the warmth of being close to each other again. They eventually broke the kiss, and they brought each other into a tight hug,

"Adrian? If anything were to happen, would you do for me what you did for Victoria?" Adrian squeezed her tighter,

"I would do it all over again for you, and then some," said Adrian. Rias smiled, letting a single tear of joy roll down as she held onto the one eyed devil. She then gently pulled herself away, keeping her hands on Adrians' arms,

"Thank you Adrian, but now I need you to bend over." The music abruptly stopped, Adrians' eye widened, and he gave her a nervous chuckle,

"Eh heh heh...say what now?" He asked. Rias smiled at him, creating a large magic circle in her hand,

"You know the drill Adrian. Since you've returned to me, I have to give you your one thousand spankings as punishment for abandoning me." Adrian stepped away from her with a laugh, backing away towards the door,

"Rias, you are absolutely right. So how about before we get serious into the discipline, how about I get a pack of ice first for when it is over? Besides! I haven't seen the rest of the house yet!" Adrian grabbed the handle for the door, and quickly found someone or a group of someones were holding the door closed. "Issei if that's you holding the door shut, my foot is going to be slammed so far up your ass!"

"Isseis' not home!" He heard him shout, doing his best to raise his pitch so it sounded feminine.

"I'm holding the door shut," he heard Koneko say through the door, earning a loud curse from Adrian, and he slowly turned around to see Rias still waiting for him,

"Awe shit..."

On the other side of the door...

Issei and the rest of the ORC stood behind Koneko as she held the doors shut, and they all heard the deafening boom of Rias' magic circle slamming against Adrians' rear, once, twice, thrice, and on and on until Issei tapped Konekos' shoulder, holding his phone up as Koneko cracked the door open to allow him to slide the phone inside,

"I hope Damon keeps his end of the deal when I send this to him," muttered Issei, recording Adrian on his hands and knees, with Rias standing behind him and delivering magically enhanced spankings...