Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!
hellspam; Hehe, yeah, I don't see why not~ It would be funny~
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LoamyCoffee; Yeah, things are heating up now~
Nivek Beldo; He surely is yeah, he's going through it rough. Hehe, they have quite the weird relationship with one another, huh. Yup, when we flesh it out more, it will begin making sense as to why they are attacking him. And thanks very much!
Crenin; Yeah you caught me, that's exactly it, joke~ Nah, there is a reason, and when we get there, I hope people will be like "Oh, so that's why this happened, and now he's doing this because of that." or something to that affect. There is a reason why he's going through a lot of crap, he will have plenty of happier times in the future though. And no, Riser isn't gonna be like that, Takato and Riser...they'll have a weird dynamic between the two of them.
ShadowUzumaki55; Indeed yeah, he's going through a lot of crap for this huh~? They'll be having more development next arc, though the building blocks are going to be set here for this arc. And yeah, he's no idiot, and can see how it basically is a system that doesn't really do justice to everyone, and calls it out as he sees it. We'll find out more in the future, but there is a point as to why he is being attacked the way that he is. And yeah, he's got his guardian Angel/Devil watching out for him.
Information Broker; Aah yeah, he's got an adorable side, as well as a bad ass side, and a few other things as well~ But yeah, he goes through a lot it seems. Hehe those two truly do tease Takato alot, they do love it though~ And thanks very much!
Justin D; It surely did yeah, poor Takato keeps getting into bad situations. Koneko is probably the most sane out of all of them, so she wont take crap from anyone. Maybe he could have been yeah, though he's already shown that holy objects aren't his friend, in the second chapter. But the other stuff, it sounds good. And thanks very much!
Kamen Rider W; Erm, I haven't decided yet, and I'll think about those girls as well~
Guest 1; Thanks very much! And yeah, I am~ Yeah, that sounds like a legit reason, I'll give it a think over~
Guest 2; Grayfia would be an interesting choice~
guestender; Hehe, maybe that's what they mean lol~ And thanks very much! That would be pretty cool, a shotgun style~ Yeah, I know what chakrams are~ And sure, will do~
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WakeWalker; That's Ise for you, she knows what a harem needs~ Maybe so, we'll have to wait and see~ And she is yeah, she saved Takato's life at the disregard for her own~ And thank you very much!
Silver crow; Indeed! A new update! Yeah, we just might. Hehe, he got her addicted to manga~ Thanks! Yeah, Takato isn't the type to take things sitting down. Hehe, Takato is too afraid, though if he thinks it can protect someone, then he is going to do just that and go on them. I'm glad that you liked it! Yup, he managed to use them quite well indeed~ Hehe, mine too~ At least his powers anyway~ Well, we will eventually, we've got time before that comes about. There's more to that scene about the flames, that we shall be seeing in the future. And yeah, seems so, maybe that's the case~ Vali came to save him in the end, which is a good thing~ Yeah, they were awesome! Yeah, she'd be a great first choice. Those would be rather interesting to see, gotta leave some opponents though hehe~ Yeah, that makes sense. Hehe, battle of the laps seems funny. Hehe, that would be awesome as well~ And yeah, I don't see why not~ Exactly, using all aspects of water would be an awesome quirk to have. That would be a cool idea for a costume for him to wear. And yeah, that would be cool~ That seems pretty awesome to me! Maybe so yeah~ Yeah, sure, don't see why not~ And yeah, that would be a cool way to deal with it. And that would be cool~ Yeah, a good mixture I'd say. Those seem like cool ways to use those type of Quirks. And thanks for the votes! And that would be a cool thing for Sekirei. Hmmm, yeah that's possible.
Neonlight01; He really can't, he's gonna do something eventually, that will put these chapters into perspective. But yeah, thanks to Koneko, he wasn't molested or anything too bad either. He's surely getting the hang of a few things. And yeah, she surely did save him in the nick of time.
Guest 3; Hehe, I chuckled when reading that, so I'll try and fit that into the story somewhere.
Lightwave; Seems so, Rias rubs off on a few people~ I know, he doesn't have the best luck huh. There's something to that, and we'll explore that more when the time is right, there is a reason why the flames wouldn't attack him. And yeah, we'll have to wait and see~
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"Don't attack me!"
Takato shot up from the bed early that morning.
After being knocked out, he became defensive, and put up his fists into a fighting style…
But then he realized, he was back in his room.
He looked at himself, and his clothes. He was still in the same clothes he was in last night, and the wounds he had were still prevalent on his body. Though they hurt less than they did before. Even then, he could remember the attack clearly.
Well, mostly.
It was kind of a blur towards the end.
He couldn't work out why people were against him.
Why they attacked him.
Why did anyone want to hurt him?
He wasn't sure if the woman was connected to the Fallen Angels, but he was sure that she knew something about him.
She knew his name, and implied something about his grandmother.
But, what is it that she could know?
He didn't know.
What even would it be?
His grandmother was normal as far as he knew. Yet, the way that the woman spoke, it sounded like she would even do something like that.
But he was going to find out.
Takato placed a hand onto his forehead, and groaned.
"I was chased by the Witch, and then...that armour person, came and saved my life...how did that happen…? Why did they save me…?" His thoughts weren't doing him any good, so he looked around, and his eyes caught a box on his table. "Could it be..."
His voice almost failed him.
But thankfully it didn't.
Takato grabbed the box, but in his haste, the paper on top fell to the floor. Fortunately, he could it see falling, so he reached out, grabbing it, and read it to himself.
[To my Taka, I am so sorry for what happened. I cannot be with you to protect you right now, however if it is you, then I know you'll be able to protect yourself. Within this box, there's a few things that might help. Be safe, and see you soon.]
Takato smiled at the note, and felt affection.
He knew that this was their way of sending affection towards him, and he was going to accept it wholeheartedly.
Opening the box, the boy revealed...
Later on, Takato walked towards the school, while having his mind and thoughts on the high alert. He felt it was weird that Yumi wasn't around, though he did recall that she might be late last night. Perhaps she didn't think it was something that she would be able to do since it would be late, and decided to leave.
Takato walked into the class he had, and when he did, he heard whispering's.
"Did you hear, near the city centre, the sewer collapsed somehow."
"Really? I heard it was terrorism."
"Naaaaah, the police even said that it was faulty from the beginning. It weakened over time...or that's what I heard from my Papa."
Takato knew the truth and didn't say anything.
He sat down beside Ise, and offered his smile.
But, Ise could see that there was something wrong.
"H-Hey Takato, I called last night, what happened?"
Takato didn't even know that she did. Though he hadn't had time to check his phone, he was too busy doing something else entirely.
"O-Oh, I fell asleep." He semi lied, not even sure how to explain this to anyone. "Ise-san, tonight on your contract...I'll go with you. Whatever it is that you're doing. And for the next while as well, okay Ise-san? Sorry, it sounds like I'm being forceful..."
"E-Eh? No! It's good! Be forceful! And yeah su-sure! Lets go together! But why do you want to go together?"
Ise was of course pumped, but she couldn't help but notice that he was hiding something. She could just tell. The way that he looked, the way that he smiled, and the way that he was holding himself, he seemed to be worried about something.
"Just because, I thought we could have a fun time during a contract." He smiled out, though his hand was shaking. "Also, if they came for me, maybe they might try and hurt Ise-san...I can't let them hurt Ise-san, I have to do my best, everyone else in the peerage can defend themselves, Ise-san and I are the weakest, we have to stick together." His smile grew as he leaned closer. "So, Ise-san, shall we go on a contract together? Just me and you?"
"L-Like a date?"
She gulped, wanting one more date.
Even if it was just once more, she would be happy.
"...Well, we'd have to do a contract, but we could get ice cream afterwards or something."
"Yes! Sign me up! Sure, lets do this together! But, have you heard about that explosion that happened? Do you think it could be something to do with our not so friendly feathered friends that have blackness in their hearts~?"
"Hehe, but why would they do that?"
Takato muttered back towards her, showing an unsure face.
"I haven't got a clue! But, I heard about a few things that it would be quite scary. I heard that it exploded. Thankfully, no one got hurt. It's weird, people said that before it happened, they were drawn away by their own thoughts..."
"Drawn away by their own thoughts?"
Takato didn't get that, and Ise looked unsure as well.
"Yeah, it was weird. Didn't you watch the news?"
"Ehehe, no I was a little busy this morning, and didn't have a chance to do it. I wonder if this is going to be a topic of discussion in the club today."
Takato kinda hoped that it wouldn't. As even he didn't know if it was a good or a bad thing. He didn't even understand what happened towards the end. How did he even fall asleep. It was something that he couldn't grasp.
"Who knows. But Buchou did look weird this morning. I thought that she was going to blow a gasket or something~"
Takato didn't know if he should laugh or cry about that.
"Ehehe, she was going to do that huh? I might have paid to have seen that. She usually is so calm, and to see her angry, I bet that would be a fun treat. She'd probably puff out her cheeks, and show that she was angry by her voice or something."
Takato had seen that Rias did have a childish side to her, and while he found it adorable, he could see how someone like Rias would become angry if she was faced with a situation that she currently was in, with people running around the town and doing things without her knowing either.
At the end of the day, Takato, Ise and the rest all at around in the club as Rias looked over all of them. Her fingers snaked themselves together, and her eyes looked over all of them. Koneko, Akeno and Yumi looked normal, while Ise and Takato looked worried.
"Good, we're all here."
"Buchou, would you like me to explain?"
Akeno gave her thoughts, but Rias shook her head, and continued.
"As you know, there was an incident near the city centre last night." She began, looking out of the window briefly, before turning back to them. "Akeno and I went to investigate with a few other Devils-"
"Wait, there's other Devils at this school? Besides us I mean?"
Rias nodded with a serious face to Takato's question.
"Yes, I'll introduce you at the next convenient time. For now, we have to speak about this incident. Akeno, you may continue."
"As Buchou said, we went to investigate, and we discovered an alarming amount of magical energy in the vicinity." Everyone looked on with a fearful expression. "This power, most likely exceeds even Buchou's power."
Akeno finished off, while Takato felt worried.
He fought that woman, and she was stronger than Rias…
If so, then could he have died?
But, he was saved, he remembered that.
Whatever had saved him, he was super grateful, and wished that he would be able to see that person again.
"That's right, Akeno. However, after searching the town, we can confidently say that the energy signature isn't here. However, they managed to slip through our sensors, so they are very skilled. Even if they have left, be extra vigilant everyone."
They all looked at one another, and didn't know how to respond.
However, Yumi had to get her own thoughts across.
"Have you contacted the Maou-sama Buchou?"
Yumi, who sat beside Takato, asked straight away.
The young woman folded her arms.
"Yes, though they are doing their own investigation as well. They told us to be careful, as whoever this person was, and what they could have wanted, we currently don't know. That's why it is better to assume that if you happen to come across anyone suspicious, don't confront them."
"D-Don't?"
Ise gulped, Rias nodding her head.
"Yes, that's right. Don't try and fight them, just run away from this person."
It was a simple thing, but it might be harder done than said.
Takato, wanting to know more, spoke up.
"...Is there any information on this person?"
Rias shook her head.
"No, we currently don't know who this person is. Male, female, we haven't got a clue at all. But I thought I should warn you all about this. Now, that is out of the way, we all have contracts to do tonight."
"Then I'll go with Ise-san."
Takato spoke up to Ise's eternal happiness.
"Y-You want to go with her? What happened to not doing contracts?"
"Well, you said it yourself, this is currently a dangerous time. If you insist on sending us on contracts, though I think they should be cancelled, then I don't want Ise-san to be in danger, so I'll go with her. There's Fallen Angels and this new threat, don't we have strength with comrades? I thought that at least, we both can help one another escape if something was going to happen."
Rias stroked her chin in thought.
"It sounds good to me. But I can't help but wonder why..."
"B-Because I care about Ise-san and don't want anything bad to happen to her. Besides, we're friends, and friends look out for one another~ Isn't that how it goes down between friends? Though I don't have much experience, even then I think that friends have fun together like this."
He covered rather smoothly, not wanting to reveal the entire truth about anything he was feeling right now.
"I see...then, yes. Please go together with Ise, and be careful. Though, you'll have to go on bike, since Ise can't use the teleportation circle with her own power just yet."
Ise develops a sad face.
"I'm a failure as a Devil."
Takato placed his hand on top of Ise's head, making her blush.
"Don't say that Ise-san, you aren't a failure as a Devil."
"A-Are you sure? Because even children can do this, and I can't..."
"Everyone has different talents Ise-san, you might not be good with demonic power, but don't forget your Sacred Gear, whatever it does, and your own powers as well. You can do it Ise-san, I am sure that you can. Even if it takes a while to find out what that something is. Even I don't know what to do with this, you know? Even if I can use demonic power a little, doesn't mean that I'll be able to know my role yet either."
"R-Right! Lets continue finding our roles together!" Ise cheered, her eyes shooting towards Yumi who blinked at a sneer Ise shot towards her. "Hear that Kiba? Takato, and I, shall be going forward, together."
Yumi looked troubled on what to do, but Takato patted the young girl on the head to silence her.
"Don't be so cute Ise-san."
Ise stuck out her tongue at Yumi, and held onto Takato for dear life. Yumi didn't like the look of Ise doing something like that.
"So, it is agreed. Ise, Takato. Since we just received a rather interesting one, why don't you two go together? But for the love of Maou-sama, be careful, and don't die."
Takato and Ise looked at one another, and then nodded their heads.
That night, when returning back home on his own (Yumi was busy) Takato overlooked what a certain someone had given him. A large book, that contained some information on the Sacred Gear's he had.
"Night Reflection...those shadows, that's what it is called...hmmm, from reading this, it seems like shadows are my bitch basically...ooh, passing attacks through shadows would be cool..." His eyes went towards the staff that he summoned. "And you're called Trick Vanish huh...seems like you can seal peoples powers...abilities, huh...that's interesting...did I do that to the Witch...? It says...the cost here is for mental and physical strength...I guess the powerful ability to seal others abilities would cost something equally valuable in return, best only try and use it when I have too."
Musing aloud, Takato summoned a ball of demonic power.
He thought that he might as well try in the comfort of his own home.
Holding his staff to it, he held the staff to the ball.
"Alright, seal."
Even with the command, Trick Vanish didn't do anything.
Takato twitched his eyebrow.
"Seal! Seal the demonic power!"
Ordering a little rougher this time, the staff...didn't do anything.
Takato sighed out, dropping the staff.
"Great, it doesn't work for me..." His hand directed to the side, and mustered some shadows. "At least I have a small control over the shadows...though it isn't like I can summon that big wall of shadows...ugh, there must be some kind of trigger for these Sacred Gear's...all it says here is to "Feel very hard." which...could mean a few things."
Takato dropped the shadows, and fell back onto the bed.
He grabbed a picture from the side, and held it in the air, overlooking the two in the image, him and a silver haired girl.
"This damn hard life, I seriously don't know what to do. Even if the letter says that the Witch is gone, I feel like she wont give up. And it isn't like Rias-senpai listens to what I say anyway. I know going on contracts is a mistake...I feel like something is going to happen...but, she doesn't listen to my concerns...maybe she knows this world better than me...but something inside of me is telling me something terrible is going to happen...I just know it."
Sighing, he looked at the picture once more.
Smiling at it, he muttered "Please come back soon, I miss you." before yawning, and allowing sleep to take over him.
The next day, with no problems happening, Takato trained outside of the Occult Research Clubroom, with Koneko.
He was working up a sweat to increase his hand to hand combat fighting style. While he knew a few good moves, some even surprised Koneko, she was more trained than he was, and he managed to get in a few good shots.
"Good Senpai, you're improving."
Koneko showed a rare case of a smile.
She didn't like saying it.
But, she was enjoying her experience with Takato, and fighting together with him.
Even how he was making her smile as well with some odd and weird jokes.
"T-Thanks Koneko-chan! Your hits are hard as usual though!"
Koneko cocks her head, as the red eyes of the old school building focused upon Takato once more.
Each time they did, he felt shivers going up and down his spine.
But no one believed him anyway, or they were hiding something from him regardless.
It didn't matter in the end and Takato was going to do his best to just fight the weird feeling that he held within himself.
Takato and Koneko went at it for a little while, until he fell down onto his butt, and released a breath.
"T-This feels good Koneko-chan."
Koneko walked closer.
"...Are you tired Senpai?"
Takato shrugged his shoulders.
"I haven't decided yet."
"...How can you decide if you're tired or not?"
"Who knows~"
The young girl rolled her eyes, and moved forward, sitting down beside him.
"...Senpai, you've gained quite good fighting skills. Well, you already had above normal fighting skills. ...If only the pervert would take training this seriously, then we would have a fully functional peerage member with her."
Takato chuckled lightly.
"It seems like you don't want to become friends with her."
"...She isn't a good person sometimes. Maybe she might be good, but she's also a pervert, and does too many perverted things."
Takato could understand her feelings, and thoughts quite well.
But, he didn't want Koneko to just think that Ise was a bad person, because he knew she wasn't.
"You know, Ise-san stayed when I fought the first Fallen Angel in my life." Koneko tilted her head. "I told her to run away, but she didn't. She stayed because she didn't want me to die. I know Ise-san is a little brash with her thoughts and feelings. But I know deep down, Ise-san is a very good girl. She likes helping people. And if you can overlook the perverted actions, then you'd be able to be to see that she is a good person and can become friends."
Koneko wore a complicated expression.
"...I don't know if I can make it easier for me to become her friend. ...She always does weird things. Even then, if I became your friend Senpai, would that be enough? I can tolerate your bad jokes more than her...everything."
Takato chuckled light heartedly, patting her head.
"If you say it like that, then you're a naughty Koneko-chan. But I don't see why not. Sure, but please make the effort to become Ise-san's friend as well. I promise, it is going to be worth it."
Koneko didn't know about that, but she had resolved herself to at least be friends with Takato, and for now, she saw that was enough.
A few days later, with no fighting in sight, and things remained relatively quiet, Takato and Ise still went onto their contracts together, because he wanted to keep her safe, and vice versa as well.
"Aaaah~" Takato groaned, as Ise held onto him tightly from behind, her head on his back dreamingly. "D-Don't hold onto me so tightly Ise-san, you've got a really strong grip."
"Yes I do Takato, yes I do~ And when you feel my strong grip, you'll be thankful~"
Ise perversely giggled, Takato didn't know what she was talking about, and just continued to ride. Since it was late at night, there weren't many street-lamps on. It was a dimly lit area, though Takato didn't care at all.
What he did care about was her holding onto his body as tight as she was. Though even if he said anything, no matter how many times he said something, she didn't listen and kept pushing her large breasts into his back, and snuggled against his back as well.
While riding, he could see the sight of the house before him. Checking the map that he had, since he hadn't done this before unlike Ise, he had to make sure.
"Yup, that's the place."
"Say, Takato. This guy doesn't live alone, right?"
"I think so."
Takato answered with a small smile on his face.
"What should we do about the family? Do we say anything? What should we do?"
Takato thought about it for a few moments, and then nodded.
"Yes, I think we should just ask for the client. That should do it, right?"
"I think so yeah~ That sounds good Takato! After this, do you wanna do something together?"
"Eeeh, like what? It is like close to midnight."
Isane looked at her phone and indeed, it was closing in on midnight. Because they had a few things to do before leaving the club, they couldn't have known it would be this late. However, it didn't matter as they arrived soon.
Takato got off the bike and so did Ise, putting it near the wall. They walked to the door, but they noticed something.
"...It's open."
Ise noted it first, Takato looked suspiciously at the door. His heart increased, and his body twitched. He knew something was off, he couldn't shake the feeling that there was something going on with all of this.
"Ise-san, I don't like this."
"Baaaah, they just left it open for us, don't worry."
Ise walked through the door, Takato sighing and walked after her.
"Ise-san, can't you feel it? There's something going on..." A disgusting smell hit his, and Isane's noses. "W-What's that smell?"
"Ugh, it's disgusting."
Ise complained, as Takato walked forward.
"Ise-san, I think we should go."
"Y-You think?"
"That smell is disgusting, and I've got chills over my body. Don't you?"
"W-Well, now that you mention it..."
Takato placed his hand on Ise's own and gently guided her towards the door. However, Takato noticed a movement from the stairs. It was barely seeable, but he saw it at the last second, and then he heard a noise.
"Haaaaaah!"
"Ise-san!"
Takato jumped through the door that was beside him, dragging Ise along, just in time to see a sword sweeping downwards. He could see that it was a light sword, but Ise, and Takato could see it, and they weren't pleased at all.
Takato groaned at the feeling, and put his hand forward. He concentrated, and concentrated as hard as he could, with demonic power forming.
"Have this!"
When the sword was turned to them, Takato's demonic power was shot forward towards the sword of light. Said light sword user crossed the sword over his body and was blown backwards a little bit, but Takato could hear the skidding of shoes.
Looking around, Takato looked to the side, and saw a lamp, so he picked it up while standing up, and threw it at the sword.
"Not enough!"
The sword user cut through the lamp and a howl could be heard.
"Bad boy! Attacking me like that! I should cut you up right now!"
The man's voice stepped through the door. Ise looked on and saw that it was a white haired boy, around the same height as Takato, and while she thought Takato was more handsome, this Bishounen wasn't bad for her eyes either.
Takato got off the ground and Ise followed suit. They stood together, and looked on towards the white haired man.
"My oh my! It is the odd couple! Bishounen and perverted girl~" Ise let out a cry. "And, why are you here? Could this be a second date? Or, are you guys here to fuck one another?"
"Well actually-"
"You're disgusting." Takato shot at the man as Ise developed a pout. "So, you're with the Fallen Angels then?"
"Guilty~" Takato winced at the high pitched sound. "That's right, they are my lords and saviour's and what not~ Though, only two are fuckable, and one has a face that kinda pisses me off. Raynare, that stupid bitch."
"Ugh, you have a handsome face, but you're a douche."
Takato heard Ise growl out, as the man snickered.
"Yes, yes. I am a douche after all! Well, it doesn't matter even though you are both weird! Also, I've made you a present, would you give it a look over?" The man tapped the side of the wall with his sword of light, and when drawing it back, it held blood on the light blade. "Isn't it delicious looking? Red, I like the colour red."
Takato and Ise both turned their eyes towards the place that he was tapping, and then they saw it.
There is a corpse nailed to the wall. It's upside down. It's a male, and Takato wondered if it was their client...and if it was, then the others in his family, he didn't know. He guessed that they were dead. And the corpse itself was viciously cut, and from the stomach, the intestines and other things were coming out. It was pinned to the wall by screws in the hands, and the feet. Takato noticed some words on the wall next to it as well.
But, this was disgusting.
He felt it deep inside of him, and how disgusting this was. It wasn't even normal, it was something out of a horror movie.
"Gough."
Ise vomits out the thing inside her stomach on the spot, as Takato felt queasy himself.
"Ise-san, it's okay."
Takato patted her back, while she tried to control herself from being sick. She then curled in his arms, as he petted her back gently.
He himself couldn't look at the wall, instead he glared towards the man.
"You sick shit! You killed that guy, right!?"
"I did yes~ Isn't it adorable~? Do you like the present? The Fallen Angels have become worried about you, since you managed to escape them so many times. However, you wont escape me. Unlike them stupid shits, I'll just finish you off quickly, and get it over with. Oh, by the way, the words on the wall mean-"
"Punishment for those who did bad deeds."
Takato finished off, surprising Ise that he knew that.
"W-Well, yeah, that's it! How did you know?!"
"It's something called, knowledge...you know, the thing you lack."
The man crossed his eyes at Takato, and slammed his sword into the torso of the man. Ise and Takato cringed, hearing the squelching sound of the corpse being stabbed, and the ejection of the sword as well made a horrible noise.
"He's already dead! Why are you doing that to the corpse!?"
"Because he's a Devil user. He summoned you guys, so I had to cut up the body. Even if he dies, it doesn't matter. Haha, that's not bad, is it? Well, you Devils might have a different opinion on this than me, but I don't care~"
"Well, you call us Devils evil. But you just said that you don't care if a fellow human dies."
"Well, this shit had Devils helping him. Anyone that relies on Devils, are evil."
"Even if they are human?!"
Ise yelled out angrily, the man nodding.
"I haven't even introduced myself, have I?! My name is Freed Sellzan, and I am going to be your killer today. Isn't that just nice? Though I don't want to know your names. You're both shit, so it doesn't matter at all. By the way, can I also cut you down as well? Can I cut your body from stem-"
"Shut the fuck up!" Ise growled, Takato becoming surprised by her outburst. "You damn Bishounen! You're nothing like the gentle Bishounen Takato! Don't ruin images of good boys to me! Also, why don't you get lost already!?"
The newly named Freed just chuckled normally.
"That's cute. I'm ruining your image of a Bishounen? Well, I could just cut up your boyfriends face there, and then you'll see who is prettier! Also, since you've got some good sized tits, how about I rape you in front of your boyfriend here? That would be cute. You could cry out his name while my dick-"
"Fuck you!"
BANG!
"Aaaaaaah!"
Freed didn't expect Takato's anger, and received the demonic power released at close range, blowing Freed backwards. As he was stunned for the moment, Takato turned to Ise, and placed a hand on her blushing face.
"Ise-san, I'll distract him."
"W-Wait, what!? I can't do that!"
"But, he just threatened to...no, I'm not letting him even try and touch you Ise-san. I'll fucking kill him."
Ise's cheeks turned bright red, how angry he became when Freed had said that. It meant that he truly did care about her. And he was protective over her. She was rather pleased, as it meant he did care for her, in a more than friendship way. Even going to say that he'd kill Freed for saying something like that.
"No, I can't leave you Takato. I stayed with the Fallen Angels, and I'll stay here with you!"
"Then die together!"
Takato and Ise looked behind to see Freed lunging forward. Takato summoned his Sacred Gear, his staff, and knocked the blade away from his body. Then he did a thrust palm but Freed moved out of the way and avoided the attack.
"Screw off you bastard!"
While Takato was dealing with the sword, Isane brought up her own fist, and thrusted it at him. The man avoided it with his head movement, then sent a kick towards her. Takato got in the way, blocking the kick with his knee, pushing it away, and then thrusted the staff at the man's chest, channelling demonic power through the staff, and sent forward a volley of energy.
"Haha! This is good! I thought you were shit Devils. But you've got a fighting spirit, not bad!"
The boy used his sword to block the demonic power, as Ise stuck up her hand, summoning her Sacred Gear.
"I've got your back Takato!"
The girl leapt from behind him, and made a hard fist. The man turned his sword towards Isane, and sent the blade towards her chest. Takato knocked Ise's arm to the centre of her chest, the Sacred Gear covered arm, and blocked the stab with ease.
Freed looked on with a suspicious face.
"Haaaaa? What the fuck is that? A mere Devil like you two are able to do something like this? Hahaha. I will laugh at this. You probably could get a reward for being funny like this. Okay then, listen carefully you shitty Devil, and I'll sing you a melody of death!"
Freed brought out a gun and Takato knew what that would do.
"Ise-san! That shoots light bullets, be careful!"
"R-Right!"
Takato spun his staff, and jumped forward. Freed rose his gun towards Takato, and went to shoot him, but Ise grabbed a nearby vase, and threw it towards him.
"Piece of shit!"
Freed used the gun to fire at the vase, breaking it out of existence, only for Takato to get close, and thrust his staff deeply into Freed's stomach. He wasn't even safe from the impact that he used as well, and coughed out a bit of blood. Takato also used what knowledge he had of Night Reflection to sweep at Freed's leg, giving it a hard cut.
"Who you calling a shit!?"
Takato then rose his staff, spinning it around and slammed it into the side of Freed's head. Freed went downwards towards the ground, where Ise came upwards, and sent her foot at Freed, kicking him in the torso.
Freed let out a cry, and glared up towards them.
"You kind of irritate me, so can I cut you both? Can I shoot you? Is it OK? Okay then. Now I'm going to stab your heart with this blade of light, and I'm going to blow your head with this cool looking gun! Man, I'm seriously going to fall in love with you two! How about we have a threeway between us in death!?"
Freed got up from the ground, and moved fast. He was faster than the other ones before. His sword of light went towards Takato, who barely managed to block the sword. But he did manage to block it by using his speed, and staff.
Even then, Freed rose his gun and aimed it for Takato's torso. Ise also saw it, and yelled out "No!" and shoulder barged Freed out of the way, giving Takato time to summon demonic power through the staff, and unleashed the power as a small burst.
"Fuck you!"
Freed blocked the demonic power, or rather he cut through the demonic power, and shot the gun towards Ise. Takato pushed Ise out of the way by using his Night Reflection to give a small burst of darkness near Ise's feet, and kicked a table that was nearby, Freed using his sword to cut through the table.
"Takato! This bastard is tough! He's fast! We can't match his speed!"
"Speed...match his speed..."
Takato thought about it for a second, but Freed didn't let him have any chance to think and came at him with a sword. Takato and Ise jumped to the opposite sides, but Freed turned towards Takato, and grinned.
"I'll take out the brains here!"
Freed rushed towards Takato at speeds he couldn't even think about. Takato didn't stop though and aimed his staff at him, unleashing a few blasts of demonic power. But Freed proved to be more resourceful than before, he used his light blade to cut through the demonic power.
"G-Get lost!"
Takato yelled, but Freed avoided Takato's staff swing and got close. Takato took a step back, pushing himself against a wall, then moved to the side, dodging the stab, though Freed was fast, and his body was cut by the light.
He winced, but he nodded at Ise, who did the same.
"Have this!"
Takato watched Ise charge with her body once more, her fist reeled back.
"Haaaaaah! This shit Devil is going to attack me as well?! Sure, I can-"
GRAB!
"Don't move!"
Freed felt Takato's hand on his neck, strangling him, along with the fact that his Night Reflection had wrapped around his legs, while he wasn't excellent in the use of his Sacred Gear, he had studied to do at least this much with concentration and effort.
Since Takato had studied fighting for a few years, he knew where it would hurt the most if he grabbed someone's neck. And it proved true as Freed was in pain.
"G-Get off me!"
He choked out, dislodging the blade from the wall, only for Ise to get close, and thrusted her entire body into Freed's own.
His eyes widened comically, slamming against the wall, where Takato already had his leg brought upwards, kicking his face upwards, so hard that Freed's body went into the air, suspended in said air, and then he looked to Ise.
"Ise-san!"
"Got it!"
Both Takato and Ise charged up their fists, and Ise wished so hard that her Sacred Gear went [Boost!] which surprised both of them. Ise felt energy flowing through her, she felt slightly stronger than she did before, and it was something good.
""Have this!""
BANG! BANG!
"Gwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
Freed spat out bile as their fists embedded into his torso. Because of their shared fighting experience, and working together well, their blows reached Freed's body and blew him away. He was flung across the room, he had underestimated the pair, and received a hard blow as a result.
His body slammed against the dining table across the room, breaking it in half, and landed on the ground hard.
"Ise-san, lets go!"
"Y-Yeah, lets!"
Takato and Ise bolted for the door, seeing the winded Freed. As they neared the door however, Freed recovered and Freed rose his gun into the air.
"Fucking die!"
He pulled the trigger and it headed for Ise. Takato saw it happen, and pulled her out of the way, avoiding it in time. But Freed didn't stop, and shot several bullets towards them. Thinking quickly, Takato jumped with Ise, and hit the deck, avoiding a hail of bullets.
Freed stood up, and cocked his gun, stopping the bullets.
"I'll have to admit, that you two aren't that bad. You managed to catch me by surprise! But, there is a surprise that I have! Asia-tan! Oh Asia-tan! Come here please~"
"Asia-san..."
Takato thought it would be a huge coincidence, he couldn't imagine Asia, the sweet adorable innocent girl, would be caught up in something like this…
But his eyes were brought to the young girl who was beside Freed. Her long blonde hair couldn't be mistaken. Her innocent face as well. Her eyes looked towards the place she felt a presence, and saw that it was Takato and Ise. Well she didn't know Ise, but she knew Takato at least.
"T-The Angel-san? Father Freed, why are you attacking Takato-san?"
"Takato, you know this girl?"
Ise whispered to Takato, who turned his head to the side.
"I met her once, and helped her...I didn't think she'd be with Freed, but why did he call her here..." Freed, smirked lightly, and placed a hand on Asia's shoulder before Takato could stop him. "Asia-san, get away from him..."
"Angel-san?"
Asia didn't quite get it, as Takato slowly raised his body.
Freed, saw it happen, and showed his gun.
He paused, not wanting Asia to be shot. And Freed now knew that would be a good way to go about it.
"Angel? Asia-tan, you think that shit is an Angel?" Asia looked towards Freed, and saw his sinister smirk. Feeling worried, she tried to move, but Freed applied pressure onto her shoulder. "By the way, have you put up the barrier yet?"
"Barrier..." Freed smirked, and thrusted her head towards the corpse. Her eyes widened with fear, and screams. "N-Noooooooo!" And then looks towards Freed who gets rather close to the young girl. "F-Father Freed? Why?"
Takato tightened his fist, and went to move forward, but the man wrapped his arm around Asia. Asia tried to push him away, but he was too strong for her, and she couldn't get away. Takato and Ise both looked on angrily.
"Thank you for the adorable scream! Oh yeah, this is your first time seeing a corpse like this, isn't it, Asia-chan? Then look carefully. We have the humans that are entranced by a Devil die like this."
"…N-No…" Her eyes went towards Takato, and Ise. "Takato-san...is an Angel, he wont be happy about this, and will tell God..."
"Why does she keep saying you're an Angel?"
Takato shrugged at the words, since even he truly didn't get it.
Freed developed an angry face.
"Angel? No, no. This shit here is a Devil. They both are~ Hahaha, what are you misunderstanding?"
"No, that's wrong Father Freed, Takato-san is an Angel."
Asia denied what he said swiftly, Freed giving her a WTF face.
"Are you high bitch?"
"No, my feet are currently on the ground."
She beamed out happily, Freed face palming.
"No, no! Geez, don't you get it Asia-chan, this thing is a Devil, not an Angel! He is evil, and weird! And he made Raynare-sama cry!"
"...She deserved it for what she tried to do to me."
Takato growled out, Asia looking towards Takato. Even though she said what she said, behind her eyes, Takato could see that she also understood the truth, but she didn't want to accept that he was a Devil.
"Well, either way, Takato-kun, right? And Ise-chan? I heard you speak one another's names. It was adorable, now why don't you stand there, while I rape this bitch."
"R-Rape!?"
Ise yelled, Takato's anger grew, and wisps of darkness began to fly around his feet.
"That's right, I've had enough of fighting and want some release." His sword went up Asia's dress, and cut through her dress down the middle, exposing her chest. She cried, and tried to hide, but he laughed. "Hahaha, isn't it adorable~? That scream is delicious, sorry about that by the way Asia-chan, just wanted to see some holy tits!"
"Leave her alone damn it!"
Takato went to move forward, but Freed placed his blade outwards, and went to Takato. Asia looked between them as did Ise. Takato also saw that his gun was right near Asia. If he made a false move, then she could be shot, and she would die. And he wouldn't allow someone else to be hurt. He couldn't allow her to be hurt. He thought about using Night Reflection, but he didn't have enough control to defend and attack Freed at the same time, and if he tried to throw up a wall of darkness, Asia could be hurt, and he couldn't have that.
"So, if I can't hurt her, can I hurt you?"
Takato looked between Asia, and himself.
If he was going to be stabbed, then Asia would be spared.
Though he didn't know how likely that would be.
He even had to think about Isane as well. He didn't want her to be hurt, and if he could manage to get Freed's attention, then maybe, just maybe, Ise would be able to get Asia away. He needed this to happen, he didn't want anything bad to happen to either of them.
"Fine, do it. Leave them alone and attack me. Do whatever you want, just leave the women alone."
Freed's lips curled upwards as Ise, and Asia gasped.
"Good! You are a man! Hah! Have this!"
Takato didn't attempt to move as Freed raised his blade. However, went he went to bring it down, Asia jumped between them, her arms outwards as if she was protecting Takato. The blade didn't stop though so Takato pulled Asia backwards, and held onto her form, though he received a gash on his arm, but he did manage to use Night Reflection to knock the blade off course, so the attack didn't hurt him fully.
"Bastard!"
Freed watched Ise throw a punch, but he chuckled, dodging out of the way and brought the blade upwards. Before he could swing it down, Takato threw his staff at Freed, slamming it into his head, and then rushed forward, picking it up, and spun, swinging for the man's head, unfortunately Freed managed to block the strike, sparks going off between their weapons.
"You were going to strike her!"
"That's right, I was going to. Because she decided to try and defend a Devil! That's adorable, don't worry about it though. And once I'm done with you, I'll fuck her, and then I'll kill her, and I wonder, would it be alright, if I used your name at her funeral?"
Takato's eyes changed, and the shadows around his feet became wild.
"Fuck you!"
Thanks to Takato, the shadows erupted forward, wrapping around Freed's legs.
"What!?"
Freed didn't understand and tried to slash downwards. Takato didn't even care, and used his staff to summoned his demonic power, aimed for Freed's chest, and blew him backwards.
The wound was strong on Freed, and tore his clothing. But Freed didn't even allow them to get up, standing up, and shot his gun for Asia.
Asia froze on the spot…
But Takato jumped in front of her, and took the bullet for her.
"Aaaaaaaaaah!"
He cried out, feeling the bullet pierce his body. Even with the light poisoning his system, he stood in defence of Asia. Asia put a hand to her mouth and shed a few tears.
"T-Takato-san!"
Asia cried, running over as did Ise. The boy felt the light circulating his system. But he didn't stop, and protected Asia and Ise as well, not allowing them to be hurt.
"Seriously? You're defending her? What kind of Devil are you Takato-kun?"
"There are good people, even among Devils! Takato-san is one of them!"
Asia shouted back, surprising both Ise, and Takato. Freed stuck out his tongue and wagged it around.
"There aren't, idiooooooot!"
"T-That's what I thought until recently… But Takato-san and his friend are good people. That fact doesn't change even after I found out that he is a Devil! Killing someone is unforgivable! This kind of act! God won't allow such acts! And you attacked Takato-san! You shot Takato-san who defended me! Even if Takato-san is a Devil, he's really an Angel in disguise!"
Takato chuckled awkwardly at that last part. He wasn't sure why she kept saying it, even if it was very endearing.
Takato however was amazed by her strength. By both Isane and Asia's strength. They truly were doing their best, and he could even see that they were strong people. And that's why he was going to protect them no matter what.
"Devil as an Angel? Damn, you have done a few things like that, huh~? Have you corrupted her enough? Did you like the way that Devil boy looked at you? You corrupt the girls, and have fun with their bodies and minds afterwards?"
"Screw you Freed. I wont allow you to beat me, ever."
"No, make that us!"
Ise stood beside him, and made a fist, Takato doing the same, and pushed Asia behind him.
Freed looked between them, and then smirked.
"Haha! If that's how you feel, then I'll carve your bodies apart you shit Devils!" The priest jumps up high with his blade ready to swing down….then the floor glows in a blue and white colour. "What is this?"
The priest becomes suspicious when the floor glows. The blue light starts to form a shape. It's a magic-circle. The one of the Gremory. Takato, and Ise couldn't be more pleased with seeing it, thankful to who was going to come.
The magic-circle that appeared on the floor shines. Then the people from the Gremory group appear, and it was Yumi who came first, jumping forward, and clashed blades with Freed, protecting Takato, and the others.
"Hyoudou-san, Takato-kun, we came to rescue you."
Yumi smiles towards them, Takato smiling right back.
"Bout time Knight girl."
Yumi chuckles, pushing the blade of Freed's away, and swipes for Freed, who jumps away.
"Ara ara. This is awful."
"…Priest."
Followed by Yumi, was Akeno and Koneko as well. Takato was so glad to see them.
"Takato! They came to save us!"
Takato patted the young girls head.
"Geez, don't cry Ise-san, it is okay. We're saved."
Ise nodded, wiping her eyes, as Asia pulled on Takato's shirt.
"Takato-san, are these people the good guys?"
"Yeah, they're the good guys Asia-san."
Asia smiled, as Takato stood beside her in her protection.
"Hyahou! Here's a present for a group of Devils!"
Freed starts slashing his sword.
The sound of the metal echoes through the room. Yumi blocks the priest's attack with her own sword.
"I'm sorry. They're with us! We can't let you lay a finger on him!" Ise points to herself in a WTF face. "O-Oh, her too."
"Bitch."
Ise grumbled, Takato snickered lightly.
"Oh, oh! A mere Devil being concerned about their comrade? What are you guys? Devil Squadron, the Devil Rangers? That's nice. I can feel the heat. I'm getting turned on! So how is it? Also, all these girls, are you apart of that shit Devils harem or something!?"
They are exchanging swords but Freed is getting cocky and sticking his tongue out while he is shaking his tongue and his head. It looked insane to Takato. Even Yumi has an anguished expression, it was clear everyone around thought Freed was disgusting.
"Well, at least I know that I could be."
"Yumi-chan!"
Takato blushed, but Yumi showed her lovely smile.
"Don't fight it Takato-kun, just accept it."
Takato showed a clueless expression on his face.
"Hehehehe! It seems like you shit Devils are fun to deal with! And what love! I sense it with my body! All of you are screwing this whore Devil!"
Takato looked around, and saw Freed's eyes were on him.
Takato points to himself, Freed nodded.
Takato saw red.
"Die you evil shit! I am not a whore!"
Takato became enraged, and picked up a couch nearby, throwing it at Freed. Freed let out a cry and dodged to the side, leading him away from Yumi.
Freed, is still laughing and enjoying the fight though.
"Haaaaah!? You know, I don't want to be told to die by a Devil? I'm trying to live now just like other people! I'm not in a position where pests like you can talk down to me!"
"Even Devils have rules."
Akeno is smiling, but her eyes are serious. She is showing a sign of will to fight and hostility towards Freed.
"Nice. I like those passionate eyes. Onee-san, you are the best. I can feel your urge of wanting to kill me. Is this love? No. I think it's a killing intent! Superb! This is great! I love the feeling of intending to kill and getting intended to kill!"
"Then disappear." Then Rias steps out of the shadows, and looks towards the pair of new Devils. "Ise, Takato, I'm sorry. I never expected that a Stray Exorcist will visit this client's house. But you aren't critically wounded or anything of that naturally. It is amazing."
"Haha, Takato and I worked together to fight him off!"
Ise announced happily, Rias became even more surprised.
"I'm glad, you both are okay. I wouldn't be able to have forgiven this man if something terrible happened to you. Either of you. Even then, I wont have my cute servants to be attacked like this." Her eyes turned towards Freed, and she looked unforgiving. "So, was it you that targeted my cute servants?"
"Yes, yes. I have been playing around with it. I was planning to cut their bodies all over but I was interrupted and it finished as a dream. Though, they were quite naughty and fought against me, and they hit me! Isn't that a bad thing Onee-sama~"
Rias looked on with cold eyes, then Rias released her Power of Destruction, or POD for short in a sphere shape. Freed moved to the side just in time for the furniture behind the priest is blown away, destroyed out of existence.
Rias' aura surrounded her, and she was pissed off, she looked as if she was going to kill someone.
"I make sure I never forgive those who harm my servants. I especially can't forgive a lowlife like you damaging my personal possessions."
Her intensity causes the atmosphere to feel frozen. Her killing intent lurks around the room. There is a thing that looks like waves of demonic-power surrounding Rias.
"Buchou…."
"Yes Takato. I am here-"
"Don't call me your personal possession again."
Rias face faulted.
"That's what you wanted to say!?"
"Yes, it makes you sound like a child when saying things like that. I knew what you meant, but saying that you'd get pissed for damaging your 'personal possession' it sounds like someone went up to you in the school yard, and stood on your toys."
"I-I, didn't mean it like that! I'm just saying about you two, my cute servants! He damaged you, and I am pissed off!"
"Okay, I'm happy you are, just don't make Ise-san and I sound like your property in the future, like a phone or something. That's all I am saying."
Rias looked on with an unsure face, as Akeno placed a hand by her ear.
"Buchou, there seems to be few Fallen Angels heading to this house. At this rate we will be at a disadvantage."
Rias gives another stare at the priest.
"…Akeno, we will return to our headquarters once we retrieve Ise and Takato. Prepare for teleportation."
"Yes."
Akeno starts to cast a spell as soon as Rias urges her to. Takato understood what they were doing, and looked at Asia, and then back to Rias.
"Lets take Asia-san as well Buchou."
While he thought it was good, he knew Asia wasn't a bad person.
"It's impossible. Only Devils can use the magic-circle to transport. Also, this magic-circle can only teleport me and my servants."
"N-No! Come on, you must be able to teleport just more than Devils, surely!"
"Yes, but that shall take too long. Doing a mass transportation, it takes time, and we're on the low about that. So, come over here, so we can teleport away from this place."
Takato shook his head.
"No, if you're not taking her, then I'm not going with you."
"Don't be naive, she's apart of the Fallen Angels group-"
"She's an innocent girl!" Takato snapped at her, causing Rias to become surprised. "You're telling me to leave an innocent girl all by herself? Yeah, but no, sorry I wont be doing that at all!"
"Don't say that! It is dangerous! What do you plan to do!? Stay and fight!?"
"No, run away! I'm not leaving her here!"
"And we can't take her with us! Now come over here!"
Takato shook his head.
"No, you can't order me to do this. Make me a Stray I don't care. My Obaa-chan would be disappointed in me if I did that, and I'd go against who I am. Go without me, but I'm not leaving her behind with these people. They threatened, and tried to rape her, and you want me to leave her to save myself? I'd never forgive myself if I left this gentle girl at the mercy of the Fallen Angels." Takato took Asia by the waist, and placed her on his shoulder, causing her to gasp. "Goodbye." His eyes went to Ise, and he smiled. "Thank you Ise-san, you stayed with me again, be safe, that's all I want."
Ise felt a pulse from her heart, and it send shivers down her spine as well at the feelings that she was having.
"Takato! Wait!"
"For what Buchou? Tell me how it is right to leave an innocent girl to get raped and killed to save my own ass. If you can't, then I'm leaving."
Rias didn't answer.
Of course she knew it was right.
She had to think of the situation as a whole, and could see where he was coming from as well. How he would want to protect her, which is what she wanted to do with him as well.
"Takato, if you leave, you might be labeled a Stray, is that what you want?"
"What I want, is to protect Asia-san, making me a Stray, for saving someone's life, maybe that's how other Strays are made as well. If it comes down to it, then I wont have much choice, but it is my choice. I've lacked a choice lately with my life, this is my choice."
"...You hardly know her, and you're willing to ruin your life for her?"
"I'm not ruining my life, I'm saving someone else's life. Look, I know where you're coming from, and I understand how difficult your position must be in these situations...but, these are my morals, I stand by my morals, and I'm not in your position, I'm in my own, and I understand the consequences very clearly. Say if I was with the Church, and it was you that threatened to got raped and then killed by a member of your own kind, I'd defy the Church for you, and I'm doing the same for Asia-san. It doesn't matter if she's a member of the Church and I'm a Devil, it could be the reverse and I'd do the same. She's a good person caught in a shitty situation where she could be violated in many different ways, like I know you are, so I forgive what you said before about me going and what could happen, as that mindset, you have to have that, you are a High Class Devil, and she's a member of the Church, two worlds that aren't meant to cross. But I'm not a High Class Devil, I am a Low Class Devil, that is seeing a girl in danger, so I'm going to save her, now goodbye everyone, thanks for what you did for me."
Takato turned around and ran to the door, a depressed but determined look on his face.
"Takato! Wait!"
He didn't listen to Rias, or the others, and ran away with Asia in his arms.
Was it reckless?
Probably.
But it didn't matter to him at all. As long as he would be able to help her.
And Rias knew that as well, and was quite surprised by how he understood her own position. If anything, she knew he thought rationally, and calmly despite what situation he was in. In those regards, she deeply respected how he stuck to his own morals and thoughts, it was a quality that she admired greatly about him.
Though when he neared the door, Freed wouldn't let him go.
"Did you think I'd let you leave like that!?"
Takato turned his eyes towards the incoming Freed, so he concentrated.
"Shadows...bind him..."
Concentrating as hard as he could, shadows erupted from Freed's in the form of a whip, or a tentacle, and wrapped around Freed's legs, spreading them apart.
"Eh!?"
Freed let out an annoyed cry, as Takato got close, aiming well and true.
"I've had just about enough of people like you!"
BANG!
[Ooooh...]
The others groaned as Takato's foot retracted from Freed's private area.
Freed's cheeks turned as white as a ghost.
He looked as if he was dying.
"...My balls..."
Freed went down to the ground, as Takato glared at him.
"I'm taking this." He grabbed Freed's light blade, as the man looked on with tears. "And your gun." He took the gun as well, and put it to his hip. "And your holy water."
He reached into Freed's jacket, and snatched the water away, giving it to Asia to hold. Then he turned his gun on Freed, and shot it once in his leg, piercing his leg with the bullet of light.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaah! Y-You fucker! Not only my balls, but my leg!?"
"I'm counting this as a win."
Takato then took off, and ran away with Asia.
"Takato-"
"No, Ise!" Rias yelled, clicking her finger, and had Koneko grab her. "Going now would be suicide."
"B-But! It's Takato! We can't leave him! Let me down Koneko-chan!"
"...No."
Koneko said it with a heavy heart, worried for Takato.
"B-But!"
"Buchou…."
Akeno looked towards Rias, who held a heavy heart.
"Akeno, teleport us out of here."
Rias didn't like it, but she had to think of her other peerage members as well. Though she did want to go for Takato, she hoped that he could get away.
Yumi on the other hand couldn't do it, she was in the same boat as Takato once, an outsider, she remembered how her life had been hard, and definitely could relate to the pain within his heart right now.
"I'm sorry Buchou! But I can't leave Takato-kun on his own!"
"Yumi!"
Yumi, with her superspeed managed to run out of the door, as Rias and the others watched on.
Rias then gave a sigh.
"Damn Takato is going to be the death of me. Lets make sure he can get away."
Akeno, Ise and Koneko all had their faces lift up.
[Yes Buchou!]
They announced happily, following after Yumi.
However as Yumi got outside, she met up with a Fallen Angel girl, Mittelt, who held her pink spear of light, along with some Exorcists, and even Dohnaseek was there as well.
"I don't have time for this!"
Yumi rushed forward and engaged them in a fight, with Rias, Akeno and Koneko joining in on the fight. Rias used her Power of Destruction, Akeno used her lightning and Koneko used her hard fists as well against them, Rias used her powers to fight the Fallen Angel, Akeno took the female Fallen Angel, and the others took the Exorcists. Ise did what she could, hoping that Takato was safe. And because of this, they were hoping that they would be okay.
Meanwhile, Takato was running down the street with Asia in his arms. The young boy run as fast as he could through the streets, crossing into different areas as fast as he could. Asia held on for dear life, though Takato had his arm around her.
"Takato-san! Where are we going!?"
"Well, I'm going to get back to the apartment and hope that they don't follow!"
"T-That's the plan?!"
Asia said with amazement.
"I, am making this up as I go along!"
Takato yelled from his place, and continued to run as fast as he could.
However, it didn't last long as a flap of wings brought about a new enemy.
A young woman with long blue hair, and a large bust, and she wasn't afraid to show off her body either. Her eyes fluttered, and her hand danced with a golden spear of light energy. Takato grimaced, and made his staff appear.
"Hohoho, so this is the young man that has been distracting us, am I right? That's cute, I like that as well. But, it seems that Raynare, and Dohnaseek, and even Mittelt have been working about you. I don't know why that is because you don't look so dangerous to me. By the way, my name is Kalawarner, and I shall be your murderer tonight."
Takato spun his staff in his hand, knowing that with Asia, he couldn't engage in a fight. So he would have to escape somehow. However that was going to be, he didn't know. But he had to think and stall for time.
"How is Raynare-san anyway?"
Kalawarner gave a confused face as Takato went through some tactical scenarios.
"Why do you want to know?"
"Because I am her confidant, someone she tells her problems too. I was wondering if she was making any progress. Did she truly book herself into anger management for her to calm herself down during bad situations?"
"S-So! The reason why she did that was because of you!?"
Kalawarner looked amazed, while Takato chuckled light heartedly, his mind forming a basic plan.
"That's right, because she asked me how to be helped, and this is how it was. She seems to have a lot of anger issues, and if you do as well, which it might seem likely, I would suggest having some anger management. It seems to have helped Raynare-san mellow out, hasn't it?"
"Kukuku, something like this, are you trying to deceive me?"
Takato blinked.
"Sorry, but how could I be doing that exactly?"
"Because you're a bastard."
Takato blinked once more.
"Again, what would that have to do with me trying to deceive you? You're more skilled than the current me, and I currently don't have any means of escape. What am I suppose to do? Fight you with the Sacred Gear that I haven't properly controlled yet? Or am I supposed to release demonic power at you and hope for the best? Because, either way, the situation I am in is pretty shit. I don't have a leg to stand on here, so I thought before I die, I would try my best in doing different things. And that was to help a Fallen Angel? Perhaps, I overstepped my bounds maybe?"
"Tch, don't try and fool me. I know you, and I know you'll be doing something terrible against me. And I wont quit either, because I am quite powerful, that's how it is. I'll even chop you into messes as well, wouldn't that be good? Could I kill you quickly?"
Takato backed away with Asia on his shoulder. Kalawarner pulled closer, and held up her spear of light.
"Well, it depends on how quickly you want me to die. I guess. If it is hours, minutes, seconds, that's all up to you." Takato smirked, having finally thought of his plan, and twirled his staff around. "But that doesn't mean anything to me!"
Takato slammed his staff on the ground, channelling demonic power through his staff, and into the ground, his demonic power uprooted the ground below Kalawarner, forcing her to jump to a nearby wall. However, Takato accounted for that, and allowed his demonic power to break the wall and caused it to collapse onto Kalawarner, at the same time as she tried to fly away, Takato used his Night Reflection to grab her, and drag her to the wall, so she would be crushed under the rubble.
"Bastard!"
She yelled, as she used her spear of light to cut through the rubble coming for her, but Takato's Night Reflection didn't stop, and wrapped around her neck, pulling her into another wall. Because of the hard pull, Kalawarner felt like she was being strangled, so she turned her spear of light on the darkness, cutting it off her body.
Once she was safe, she turned to Takato...but, he was already half way down the street with Asia on his shoulder.
"Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey!"
Kalawarner's rage grew, and she gave chase towards Takato.
Extending her wings, she took flight, and flew right for Takato. The boy didn't stop running and made zigzags, as Kalawarner unleashed a spear of light. That way, she couldn't hit him directly, and he was right. Her spears would hit in different places to him. And he even went into different patterns of movement as well, so he could get away from the spears of light.
Thankfully, he also could use his Night Reflection. He did it once, he managed to suck in one of the spears, and eject it safely away. He even managed to raise a wall, and block the spear of light.
But clearly, this tactic wasn't going to work forever.
But, what could he do?
He knew what the staff could do, but he didn't know how to make it work.
The staff helped him channel his demonic power sure, and he knew about it...but, even when he tried, he hadn't found the right trigger for it to work correctly.
Since he couldn't use his staff, and he wouldn't be able to fight fully with the shadows...
What was he supposed to do?
And the light, he felt each spear hit the ground and shake it violently.
He couldn't use the sword of light to get close without risking harm to Asia, and he couldn't get a clean shot with the gun either.
"I will kill you! You wont get away from meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
Kalawarner's yell caused Takato to become more alert, as a spear of light came from behind. There wasn't a time for him to dodge, or rather if he tried it would hurt or potentially kill Asia, and he couldn't have that, so he moved left, and took the spear in the arm, and the shadows had already wrapped around the spear, lessening the stab, but still he was stabbed.
He winced at the pain as Asia cried "Takato-san!" but Takato pulled out the spear with the shadows help and tossed it to the ground, though because of the light that had already been in his system, he felt sick, and shaky. His body was moving from side to side, and he was sure that he wouldn't be able to move much more in the end.
Though he was sick of being targeted.
Now he needed the power, and he needed it now.
He remembered what he read in that book his friend left him, and looked at his Sacred Gear as well.
"I wish this light power would just go away alreadyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! Trick Vanish! You're supposed to seal powers, right!? Then seal this bitches light for meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
As if responding to his voice, the staff he had lit up, and the next thing that happened, shocked him.
He felt a shock to his system, his mind and body felt a significant drain on itself like it did before with the Witch.
Around Kalawarner, a ring of curse like lights came forth. Then, running up her body, was disgusting marks. The spear that was within her hands, disappeared all together, and she fell down to the ground, feeling weird from the curse marks across her body and didn't know how to stay flying.
"W-What….?"
Kalawarner looked at her hands, and tried to summon her light...but, it didn't work.
She couldn't even form a spear of light at all, and she felt weird inside of her body as well.
"What have you done to me?! Why can't I use my light power?!"
Kalawarner yelled at Takato, who was trying to catch his breath, surprised that it worked.
Takato inhaled a little breath, his body and mind felt weird. His eyes turned to Kalawarner and saw her marks. The disgusting marks all over her body, and how she looked frazzled as well. Even though that took a toll on Takato, he knew that this was a chance, and he wasn't going to lose it either.
With shaky hands, he raised his staff, and aimed true at the Fallen Angel. Demonic power gathered at the tip of the staff, and aimed it at Kalawarner.
"Have this!"
The demonic power sprung forward. Kalawarner tried to summon her light, but it didn't work, and she got blasted by the demonic power. It was a good grade of demonic power which embedded itself into her body.
Because of the loss of her light ability, she became shocked, and received a hard blow. The demonic power made her bounce off the ground, slamming against said ground and then slammed against a wall, causing her head to bleed.
Takato felt another hit to his stamina, but he didn't have time to give up, so he turned to Asia, picked her up once more, and ran away at top speeds. Kalawarner, by the time that she recovered, didn't know where he was.
"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
She screamed out loud, which Takato could hear, but he didn't care, and rushed away as fast as he could.
When Takato got home, he released pant after pant, and collapsed onto the couch. Asia walked closer to Takato, and saw his wounds.
"Takato-san, all of these injuries, is it because of me…?"
Takato shook his head.
"No, because of the Fallen Angels, and Exorcists."
"But, if it wasn't for me, then you wouldn't have..."
"Discovered my Sacred Gear's ability, well the activation for it either way." Takato finished off, giving a tired smile. Asia looked confused so he continued. "I was able to use my powers, this Sacred Gear, it can...it seemed like rob the opponent of their ability for an exchange of stamina, mental and physical, that's what I read in the book, it said that it could seal an ability at a time. Well, that's a cool power, and if I can activate it on will, then maybe I can select which ability I can seal off. Maybe I could seal off a physical ability as well as just a magical, or light powers? If I sealed off the ability for them to fly or something like that...it technically is an ability, so I don't know..."
"Takato-san, you saved my life..."
Takato's eyes went towards her, and he remembered Freed outing him as a Devil.
That, was hard.
He didn't know what she was going to do.
How she was going to take it.
Sure, she allowed him to help her, Freed was more Devil-like in that moment than he was, so that made sense as well as to why she allowed it to happen.
But, how was she going to take this exactly?
There was only one way to find out.
"Asia-san, about me being a Devil, and all….I'm sorry Asia-san, about everything that happened. I didn't want to tell you, because...you're a member of the Church, and I wasn't planning to see you again so you didn't..."
Asia's hand laid on top of Takato's, surprising him.
His eyes darted towards her own and she offered Takato a kind smile.
"I do hope Takato-san doesn't keep that promise, and is still friends with me."
"Asia-san that's…."
Asia's fingers laced with Takato's on the couch. He could feel his face pooling heat, and even her own was blushing madly. Her hand went towards his body and she activated her Sacred Gear. The green light washed over his form, and he felt good.
He felt her warmth and it was the best. He also felt like he was being washed in a green sea of power, and his wounds slowly but surely were being put together again. The gashes, the stabs and the bullet holes were being healed once more.
Even if he was exhausted, both mentally and physically.
"Takato-san is kind. Whether Takato-san is an Angel or a Devil, Takato-san risked his life for my own. You, Takato-san, put your life on line for me, even defying your Master to save me...all for someone like me, I don't deserve such kindness..." As she spoke, she developed tears in her eyes, and shed them while Takato looked on with a sad smile. "...but, Takato-san saved me, thank you Takato-san. I was scared...that was a scary event..."
"I'll protect you Asia-san."
Asia gasped lightly.
"Takato-san that's..."
"Even if I die, I'll protect you."
"B-But why? You don't even know me that well...I might not be that good to protect, maybe I don't deserve it..."
Takato shook his head, patting the young girls head.
"No, I believe that you are quite the person to protect. Asia-san, you're kind, you were going to get hurt for me." He grabbed a jacket from nearby, and placed it on her chest so it was covered up. "No one ever...tried to do anything...no one ever got to do...what I mean is, what Freed was going to do, that's never happened before, has it Asia-san?"
Asia thought for a moment on what he was trying to say.
But then it clicked within her mind what he was getting at.
"N-No! No one has ever done that before, but Father Freed did make comments like that to me. He never did anything though. However, Takato-san...what are we going to do? The Fallen Angels are going to come..."
"Yeah and the Devils aren't going to help, probably. So we most likely will be on our own. Well, that's okay, we've got a few good ideas. We can go to another town or something to get away. I've got some saving's that we can use to go and get away from here. I'll leave a cryptic clue for a very special person of mine, she'll know what it means...and she'll come and join us, it will be okay, I'll sort it out."
"R-Run away? Can we do that...t-together?"
Asia blushed at the end at the thought of being alone with Takato on the run. She was lonely. But even if Takato was a Devil, the thought of being alone with him made her happy. But she wouldn't say it openly, as it would cause her to blush brightly.
"Y-Yeah, we could do it together. If Rias-senpai makes me a stray, then I'll have to go on the run. But that's okay, as long as we're together it doesn't matter. I've already had a few shocks during my life lately, and if this is another, then that's how it has to be. At least this time, I can choose my destiny. I didn't get to choose being a Devil, but, I can choose to help someone that needs it."
Asia put on a sad expression.
"Takato-san, I'm sorry."
"Why are you apologizing Asia-san?"
"B-Because I came into your life, and I did all this. If it wasn't for me, then Takato-san wouldn't be in such danger like this, and you wouldn't have to change your entire life for someone like me. Takato-san, I'm so sorry..."
Takato's fingers brushed Asia's face tenderly, causing her to blush even more.
"I wont let anything happen to you. I, already have had a heart break in my life, more than a few actually, my Obaa-chan died a few years ago….well, more than a few, and I couldn't do anything. I watched, and watched and tried my best to not be a burden...but, she died. I couldn't do a damn thing to save her...and when she died, I felt worthless, that I couldn't save her. She had given up a lot for me. You see, my Kaa-chan and Otou-san aren't in the picture, so my Obaa-chan took me in when I was a young boy. And when I was young, I wasn't always the healthiest child, so she had to sacrifice a lot for me, medical bills, and other things needed to be taken care of. As time went on, I became worse and worse...why did I...n-no, the point is, when she died, I felt like it was my fault. I couldn't protect her, after she had done so much for me. She taught me many of my life lessons, my kindness came from her. My bravery came from her. When I wasn't brave, she taught me my bravery, and to help people...she always told me, that if there was a person with a good heart in a bind, I should definitely help them no matter what else. That's why, I am going to help you. Even if it goes against what Rias-senpai wants, it is something that I want to do. So I wont let anything happen to you. I'll protect you with my life, it is my promise."
Asia listened to the boys story, and her eyes leaked a few tears at how lovely he described his grandmother, and her life lessons. It was clear that he did love his grandmother. And Asia could feel it transmit to his actions now, why he was protecting her, because she would have wanted him to do that. But more than that, she sensed he had a kind heart, and even if he was a Devil, she saw him as an Angel.
"Takato-san, you're very kind. It seems you've had a rough childhood...did you know your parents...n-no, I shouldn't of asked..."
"I don't remember anything really about my Okaa-san and I don't want to know anything about my Otou-san. Obaa-chan told me a story, but we both knew it was a lie. So, I don't know if...I don't know if they are alive or dead. To not cause more problems, I never asked Obaa-chan, as it seemed hard whenever the subject was brought up."
"I don't remember my parents either, they left me at the Church when I was a baby, or so the nun's told me. So, I was raised in the Church all my life. After I was let go from the Church, I didn't know what to do. I can't really understand many things about the outside world. So I had to rely on the Fallen Angels...even then that was..."
He understood perfectly.
She was a girl who was always with the Church, she didn't know the outside world. And now that she was in the outside world, she had to learn things others learned as they grew up.
"Asia-san, you can rely on me, I'll definitely teach you about the world."
"Y-You will?"
"Hehe, yeah, of course." Takato smiled. "Besides, we can go anywhere in the world now, we could go and see the world together."
"B-But the cost…."
"There's one more thing my Obaa-chan left me before she died, and that was money. I'm lucky in that sense, she left me a lot of money. Speaking of, since Freed ripped your clothing, we'll get you some more tomorrow before we go. Though I can't access it all until I'm 18 years old, I've also been getting, allowances for years now, and saved that money up. My, housemate often left me quite a bit of money to the point that I felt...what's the word...guilty I suppose."
"Y-You have a housemate?"
Asia was surprised, and secretly, she hoped that it wouldn't be a girl. She didn't know why, but she felt jealous that it could be a girl that he lived with and she wasn't exactly thrilled about that either, no matter the situation.
"I do yes, but she's not here right now. I don't know where she is actually, I do wish I could have seen her once more...well, I'll leave a note for her, and she'll come and we'll be together. Tomorrow, we'll go. Tonight, lets rest for a bit, and have something to eat. The Fallen Angels don't know where I live, and the Devils...well, if they come, I'll make sure that they don't try anything weird."
"Do you think they would?"
Takato put on an unsure face.
"I don't know. They've been kind to me, there's areas that I can't complain about, but if they tried, I wouldn't allow it to happen. Well, I've always wanted to go to France, or Paris I should say. At least because I'm a Devil, I'd be able to understand what they'd say~ Also, is there anywhere that you'd like to go..."
Before he could say anymore, Takato felt Asia hug him around the neck. Silently, her tears fell onto his shoulder, so he held her in his arms, and held her close, stroking her hair, and soothed the young woman.
"No one has ever been so kind to me, Takato-san."
"Don't worry about that now Asia-san, I'll definitely be very kind to you. Because we're going on the run together~ We're going to become runaways~"
Asia allowed a soft giggle to escape her throat, and continued to hold onto the young boy as they stayed within their sanctuary. Asia felt safe, comforted, and she could feel herself feeling something for Takato.
How kind he was. How respectful, and devoted he was to protect her.
"Speaking of teaching about the world, lets see what's on television okay?"
"Ooh, can we listen to music?"
Asia seemed happy, so Takato nodded.
"Sure~ Let's~"
Takato put on the music channels and flipped through them.
Then, as they were flipping through channels, a song came on that Asia started slowly dancing too.
Takato watched on with a bemused look.
"Say Asia-san, I didn't know you liked to dance."
"Ooh, I don't really know how to dance."
"Me neither, lets try it out~"
Takato took Asia's hand, and brought her to her feet. Then, they began shaking their bodies to the beats of the music, and held hands as they did it.
Was it terrible?
Yes.
Did they care?
No.
All that mattered was that they sucked together, and had fun.
"Hehe, this is so fun Takato-san~"
"Haha, yeah, this is really fun~ Probably the most fun I've had in a while~"
Takato beamed out, dancing with Asia.
Asia watched him smile, and in turn it made her smile.
Even with the situation at hand, they could have fun together like this.
She felt her cheeks heating up, and something filled her heart…
Yes, she knew what this was.
She was falling in love with Takato.
End chapter!
So, Takato finally used his Sacred Gear's on command! He managed to seal Kalawarner's light powers along with using Night Reflection in a few ways, and blasted her away! And even before that, he, and Ise worked very well together to fight of Freed once more together, they work together very well. Takato's also gone and taken it upon himself to protect Asia, even if it means defying Rias. And if Rias came off as harsh this chapter, we'll also be seeing what she's been doing for Takato next chapter, along with Ise, Akeno, Koneko and Yumi as well to make up for it.
Also, for those who don't know, I have a poll going on for My Hero Academia quirk and story I'll be doing eventually, it's got some few close ones, with only a few votes between them, so if you haven't and care, then please vote~ Other than that, thank you for reading and until next time!
Takato; Ise (fem), Vali (fem), Rias, Akeno, Asia, Koneko, Yumi (fem), Gasper (fem), Xenovia, Irina, Rossweisse, Ravel, Kuroka, Kunou, Le Fay, Ophis.
