A/N: So some stuff happened. Hit had been erased but my heart believes he is still in the tournament. Hitto T_T
Anyways, here is the new chapter
CHAPTER 7: THE DRAGON AND THE NUN
"You seem pretty happy today?" asked Akeno handing a cup of tea to Rias.
She usually won't ask Rias about such trivial matters. But the fact that Rias was having mischievous grin for the entire day was making her curious.
"Oh it's nothing. Just thinking about something." replied Rias humming happily.
That made Akeno even more curious. Sure the fact that her engagement got cancelled lifted a huge burden from her shoulder but that didn't seem the only reason for that smile.
Akeno was further going to press the matter but was interrupted when Koneka suddenly busted into the room.
Her breathing laboured as she was carrying Issei who was wounded fatally and unconscious.
"What happened to him?" asked Rias a little surprised.
"I don't know. He was already like that when I saw him in the park."said Koneko laying Issei on the neaeby couch.
"Sorry, guys, I'm a little late. I had to attend a meeting with the principal." said Goku as he entered the room, "What's going on?"
Rias' face flushed red as she remembered her kiss with Goku from yesterday.
The reaction didn't go unnoticed by Akeno as she send an annoyed glance towards Rias.
Koneko simply shaked her head watching all this before replying.
"It's Issei. He is heavily wounded."
Goku walked towards the unconscious boy, and started examining his wounds.
"His wounds...It seems he was attacked by multiple enemies." said Goku.
"How do you know that?" asked Akeno.
"Look clearly, the depth and angles of the wounds are very different from another. Even if a one person to attack him, he would have same types of wounds but it seems different types of weapons were used on him." told Goku.
"I see." said Akeno impressed by the Saiyan's knowledge.
"He needs a proper treatment right now. Rias, you healed me when I was injured, you can do the same for Issei, right?" suggested Goku.
"W-what? No way. I can't sleep naked with him. At least not after what happened yesterday." protesred Rias whispering the last part as low as possinle.
"Didn't you healed Issei when that fallen angel, Raynere, almost killed him? What changed?" asked Akeno suspicious.
Goku was surprised to hear Raynere being mentioned again. It seems the girl has a habit of causing a lot of troubles.
"Nothing. I'm just tired. You can heal him too, right? You should do it then" Rias ordered her.
Okay, something was definitely wrong with her. She wasn't like that until yesterday.
Instead of arguing with Rias further, Akeno picked up Issei and moved towards the next room.
"Koneko, I need to talk with Goku in private" told Rias and her rook simply bowed down before leaving them alone.
"You remember the girl you fought yesterday?" Rias asked Goku to which black haired saiyan nodded.
"I don't want anyone else to know she was there yesterday."
Goku was confused by the secrecy Rias was asking for. Wasn't her servants suppose to be a part of her family? They should know everything.
"But why?" Goku finally asked.
"Because I don't think it would be a good idea to mention Kuroka in front of Koneko. She was almost executed because of her sister's selfish actions. You can't imagine how traumatized she was when I took her in." Rias almost winched at the memories of Koneko's past.
" I understand, Rias. I would never say or tell anything that would hurt my friend."replied Goku with an assuring smile on his face.
With that said, Goku turned to tale his leave his leave but was stopped by Rias' voice.
" Goku, I know I might have already said it before but thank you for breaking my engagement." replied Rias shyly as the memories of yesterday keep playing in her mind.
"No need to thank me. That's what friends are for." replied Goku with his Son grin.
Rias let out a long sigh as Goku left her alone with her thoughts.
She should have been sad or hurt by Goku still referring to her as a friend despite her kiss but...
"That damn smile still leaves me breathhless" said Rias with a small smile.
THE NEXT DAY
KUOH ACADEMY
"...so while the body increase mass by a small amount, there is even further decrease in speed and momentum which will burn up more energy and leaves the body tired" explained Goku in front of his students.
Then there was the sound of the bell resounding throughout the academy, which indicated that classes just ended.
"Guys, don't forget your physical exam is next week. So don't get yourself injured." reminded Goku.
Hearing this, all of the students had a reaction of worry as they learned by now Goku never go easy when it comes to physical studies.
It was the matter of few mintues before the entire class was empty except for one student.
" Goku, I...kinda need your help." said Issei hesitantly as he walked to the saiyan.
"Sure. What do you need, Issei?" asked Goku.
It was a little surprising for Goku to see Issei asking for his help. For some reason, Issei doesn't like him but since he was asking for his help, it might be something important.
"Yesterday before Koneko found me in the park, I was attacked by a group of fallen angel and a crazy priest " told Issei.
"I see. Why would they attack you?" asked Goku curious.
"It's because they wanted...Asia"
"That young girl from the Church?"
"Yes. Apparently she has the power to heal other people and I think those guys want it for their selfish purposes. I'm afraid for her safety." replied Issei in angry tone.
"So you need to my help to rescue her, right?"
A smile formed on Goku's face when he got a nod from Issei who seemed to be full of determination.
"But I don't want you to defeat them. I want you to train me. I don't want to be a dead weight on my team. I have to make sure Rias and others can depend upon meif you are not there" told Issei.
"I'm glad you are so determined but shouldn't we rescue her before it's too late?" suggested Goku.
"Trust me that would have been the first thing I would have done but I don't know where they took her." replied Issei.
Goku tried to focus on Asia's energy but was unable to find it. If it was someone like Issei or other members, he would have found them in matter of seconds but Asia's energy was way too low for him to lock on.
"Yeah, I couldn't find her either. Alright, I will train you. Meet me tomorrow evening at the same place where we trained before the fight with Riser." told Goku.
After that, Issei took his leave leaving Goku alone in the classroom.
"You can come out now." said Goku with a small smirk on his face.
Suddenly, the space behind him ripped open revealing Kuroka who was smiling mischievously at him.
"I don't know if I should be impressed that you were able to sense despite my senjutsu or pissed that you made all those years of my training useless" said the cat lady.
"Well, even jf you had trained same thing for several years, there is still sk much to learn." told d Goku casually not feeling threatened at all by the infamous stray devil," So why sre you here?"
Kuroka raised her eyebrows a little surprised by the attitude of the Saiyan.
"Aren't you angry or disgusted by my actions? I was sure that by now that spolied brat of Gremory Family would have told you about my crimes." said Kuroka.
"She did but she didn't told me what exactly you did. Anyways, I don't think what you did in the past was to hurt Koneko or for some selfish reasons." said Goku.
This completely took Kuroka off guard. Until now, nobody cared about the reasons for her actions or even bothered to find why. All they see was the blood of her former master on her hand and her 'supposed' betrayal to her sister.
"And what makes you think that?"asked Kuroka.
The usual mischievous smile was absent from her face replaced by worry, fear and perhaps even hope.
"It's because you could have easily killed Issei and others back there but only knocked them unconscious. And the way you got angry when Rias blamed you for your sister's sadness. There was nothing but look of hurt behind that smile. Also I didn't sense any negative energy from her back then nor do I now. Instead your ki feels so gentle and almost pure." told Goku.
Then a wave of silence fell in the classroom. Both of them staring each other. The silence in the classrom was absolutely deafening before Kuroka broke it with dry chuckle.
"You are the first one to see right through me." said Kuroka with a sad smile before continuing.
"I never wanted to Koneko suffer through any of that. But it had to be done. Our former master was going to use her as a test subject for creating some kind of Super Devil. He never saw her anything than a meatbag ready at his disposal. So I did what I had to save Koneko and killed him." told Kuroko with sad and bitter voice.
The black haired Saiyan couldn't help but feel sad for the youkai in front of him.
Soon he stepped forward closing the distance between them and put his hand on her shoulders giving her a warm smile.
Kuroka blushed a little seeing saiyan close to her having more of the most comforting and innocent smile she ever saw.
"I'm so sorry you had to go through all of this. Being a good person doesn't mean doing everything good, it means doing what is necessary. And you are exactly that person." told Goku sincerely.
Kuroka couldn't help but feeling butterfly in her stomach hearing that. If handsomness kf the saiyan wasn't enough, she felt her heart being swayed by how kind and understanding he was.
" Seriously,you do know how to make a girl emotional and blush at the same time. Such a ladykiller" said Kuroka with an honest smile.
The saiyan put a hand behind his head while giving his signature Son grin at the compliment. Though still somewhat confused at her last line.
"I think you should go to Koneko and tell her the truth." advised Goku.
Kuroko flinched a little hearing that and it wasn't gone unnoticed by the saiyan.
"I...will think about it. I still need some time tell her everything." replied Kuroka a little hesitant.
"Oh, I understand. I guess it might not be easy for you. Anyways, since you are here, I could use your help with something." said Goku with anticipation.
"Straight to the bed type of guy? I like that." purred Kuroka in a seductive voice.
"Huh? Bed? No, I don't want to sleep right now. Actually I wanted to ask if you could spar with me one more time." told Goku innocently with hopeful eyes.
Kuroka let out a small chuckle at the naivety and innocence of the saiyan.
"Well that's not what I expected but I guess I couldn't say no to a fight with you. But you beeter no hold back against me like last time, okay?" asked Kuroka.
"Alright. You can bet on that." replied Goku in a excited tone.
With that, the pair flew out of the window disappearing into the evening sky.
NEXT DAY
TRAINING GROUNDS
A fist connected to Issei's guts sending him flying dozen of metres away.
The sacred gear user cough blood before standing up again.
He thought the training with Rais was hard but training with Goku made her methods seems like a child's play.
Suddenly the saiyan appeared in front of him and threw another punch but this time Issei was ready for it and put his arms in front of him defensively.
The force behind it was enough to convince Issei that he will break home with broke arms if he tried to block it again.
"You realize what you are doing wrong here, Issei?" asked Golu while sparring with brown haird boy.
"I don't know what you are saying." asked Issei confused while barely on the defence.
Goku throw a small ball of ki towards Issei who easily saw it coming.
"BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST!" yelled Issei increasing his power drastically and then took the attack head on.
'You god damn idiot.' Ddraig facepalmed at that move.
Before he could ask the dragon about the remark, Goku seemingly teleported behind him. Issei, unable to react to saiyan's speed, got connected by a mighty uppercut and was sent blasted high into the sky
Goku immediately appeared above a baffled Issei and joined his hands together to form a hammer from his combined clenched fists. Goku brought his combined fists down upon Issei like a meteor.
As Issei crashed into the ground, his impact formed a crater the size of small size block.
"Oops I guess I overdid it." Goku sweat dropped looking at Issei who wasn't moving at all.
A few moments later, the boy slowly stood up and winches in pain.
"I think I had enough for today." Issei declared before again groaning in pain.
"Yeah I guess that would be good for enough. You see what you did back there?" asked Goku as landed down.
Issei simply shakes him in a 'no'.
'You were being a blockhead.' commented Ddraig in annoyance.
"You were focusing way too much on increasing your power that you left yourdelf wide open." told Goku wisely.
"Yeah but if I get stronger than my opponent then I would be able to withstood any of their attacks." siad Issei.
Goku simply shaked his head in disappointment hearing this.
"And what would you do when you facing stronger or multiple opponents? You have rhe required strength but what you lack is proper technique." told Goku.
Issei was about to protest but then remembered what happened to him when tried to save Asia.
It was true. Goku was right. Until now, he had been trying to overpower everything in his way instead of thinking about a better way.
" I understand, Goku. Let's try it again" said Issei with a small smile.
"But I thought you said it's enou-"
"Yeah I know but seeing how easily you find my mistakes, I can't helo but feel challenged to be improved myself." said Issei taking a fighting stance.
"Alright then. Don't blame if you blame if you wake up with cramped body in the morning that still won't excuse you from your exam" smirked Goku as he readied himself.
Both the fighters charged that each other and training continued for next few hours.
A FEW DAYS LATER
Goku was standing in the school hallway and was having a friendly talk with the principal of Kouh Academy.
Even though, the principal might have started a little strict because of the fake documents Rias brought, but even he couldn't remain mad at the friendly saiyan for long.
"You should have seen the look on the faces of other principals when they saw our athletic team's result."said Principal with an amused smile.
"I'm really proud of what my students have accomplished. They all are talented." told Goku proudly.
"You are forgetting Goku that you can't forge a fine sword without an expert smith. You should take credit sometimes." replied Principal.
"Still even I have-"
Before Goku could continue, Issei came in running and grabbed his arm dragging him away with him.
"What was that?" asked Principal completely confused by that.
It was a matter of seconds before they left the school ground and Issei had calmed down a little by then.
"What happened? Is everything alright, Issei?" asked Goku a little concerned.
"No, it isn't. It's Asia. I have found her. That priest is holding her in an abandoned church in west side of the town. We need to rescue her." said Issei with look of worry and nervousness on his face.
Without wasting any time, Goku followed Issei's lead and heading straight to the abandoned Church at superhuman speed.
People of the town were shocked seeing this but right now saving Asia was their top priority.
Besides, Rias could wipe out their memory anytime.
As they reached, Issei literally blasted straight through the doors of the church.
"Asia! Asia! Where are you?" shouted Issei searching for the girl.
"Seriously, don't you ever get tired of getting your ass kicked again and again" said a young man stepping out of shadows.
The man had short white hairs and red eyes and was dressed in clerical clothing.
"That's the crazy priest I was talking about!" exclaimed Issie clenching his teeth in rage.
"The name is Freed Sellzen, kid. You never lear-"
Issei didn't let him finished and moved him in front of him punching him in the face.
"Motherfucker!" Freed cursed out standing up, "I don't have time for this shit!"
With that said, Freed started to running away into the lpwer part of the chruch.
Issei and Goku tried to chase him but stopped as two women suddenly jumped in front of them.
The taller one had short blue hairs with a dyed green fringe on the right side while the shorter one had light brown hairs tied in twintails.
The shorter girl's reaction intial reaction were that of annoyance but soon turned into that of shock.
"Is...is that you Issei?!" asked the brown hair girl in disbelief.
"Who are you and how do know my name?" asked Issei.
"It's me, Irina Shido" told the girl.
"Irina, when did you came back from England? Wait...you were a girl this entire time?!" asked Issei now equally disbelief.
"Yeah I wa-"
"Irina, these guys are the enemies of the Church. They needed to be eliminated." said the blue haired girl coldy interrupting Irina.
"Freed told me there were some devils who attacked the church in this town. But I can't believe you turned into a devil and even worse that you were one of those attackers." said Irina in a hurt tone.
"That is a lie, Irina. I would never attack a church despite being a devil." told Issei.
"Issei is right. We would never hurt innocent people." said Goku in a serious tone
"Enough lies. You devils are nothing but liars. After all that is what you do best." said the blue haired girl emotionlessly.
Goku was going to tell them that he is not a devil but stopped when he heard Issei calling him.
"Goku, I need you to hold these girls off while I go after Freed." said Issei.
"Okay. Are you sure you will be able to defeat Freed?" asked Goku.
"Hell yeah. I haven't busted my ass these past few days for nothing." said Issei smirking.
Giving Issei a nod, Goku charged at both of the girl while Issei used the distraction to go after Freed.
Goku threw a barrage of punches at the girls but made sure to hold back enough not to hurt them.
Barely able to dodge Saiyan's attack, both of them jumped back and put some distance between them and him.
"Shouldn't we go after Issei?" asked Irina without taking her eyed off the saiyan.
"No. Freed can handle that weakling." assured the blue haired girl.
"I wouldn't be sure if I were you. Issei is way stronger than he looks. Anyways, my name is Son Goku. And you girls are?" asked Goku.
"I am Xenovia Quarta. And this is Irina Shido. Remember these names, devil, because this will be the last thing you will ever hear before you die by our hands" said the blue haired girl.
Both of them then split up and attacked Goku from different directions. Easily predicting this move, Goku simply put up his arm blocking their attack.
Both of the girls were shocked to see their attack blocked without any effort.
"HAH!" shouted Goku releasing Kiai from his body sending both of them flying away.
"W-what was that?" asked Irina surprised.
"That is called Kiai. It's a basic technique of Ki" told Goku.
Irina materialized a spear using her energy and started attacking Goku again. But just like last time, the saiyan easily dodged before appearing behind her and giving a small chop on her chop.
The next moment, Irina fell on the ground unconscious but unharmed.
Watching this, Xenovia gritted her teeth in annoyance and tried to grab her sword behind her back but then decided charge at the Saiyan unarmed.
"You have a sword. Why aren't you using it?" asked Goku confused while blocking her punches.
"A lowly devil doesn't deserve that kind of honor." replied Xenovia harshly.
"Well, i will just have to prove myself then" said Goku smirking.
Deciding to go on offence, Goku increased the speed of his attacks. Xenovia had been barely able to dodge his attacks before but now she was getting hit by his attacks with only occasional dodges.
"HAAAAH!" shouted Goku as delivered a bone shattering kicks to her side sending Xenovia crash into the nearby wall.
"Will that be enough to prove myself?" asked Goku confidently.
"I clearly underestimated you. A mistake I won't make any again" said Xenovia standing up.
A smile formed on Goku's face as he saw Xenovia finally grabbing her sword.
Xenovia dashed towards the saiyans and used her sword to cut him down into little pieces. Her eyes widened in shock when she saw her sword being blocked by an invisible wall of energy.
"Your attacks are good and precise but the strength behind is lacking. You seem to rely on your sword too much like Issei did." said Goku before he flicked his fingers on Xenovia's forehead sending her fly away.
Regaining her balance, Xenovia started pouring all his energy into sword.
"Excalibur: Destruction!" shouted Xenovia as she send a huge energy slash at Goku.
The saiyan moved his right hand in front of him kept holding the energy slash until it completely disintegrated away.
"H-how? That's impossible!" stuttered Xenovia.
The look of disbelief and fear evident on her face. It was the first time Xenovia ever showed that many emotions.
Goku suddenly disappeared and then appeared behind her before connecting a chop on her neck making her unconscious.
With the girls defeated, Goku turned to go after Issei but stopped as Issei waked up stairs holding Asia in her.
It seemed Issei was victorious.
Goku smiled seeing his pupil win but this smile immediately disappeared.
There's something wrong with Asia.
Her face was pale. Issei laid her down on one of the pews.
"What happened to her?" asked Goku worried.
"Freed tried to steal her sacred gear. I defeated him but he got away. Luckily I still have her sacred gear." told Issei.
Goku knew this was not good. Rias told him that if sacred gead is taken out from its host's soul, it will result in death.
"Just wait a bit! You will be free soon, Asia! You will be able to play with me from now on!"
Asia made a small smile at Issei's words.
She then took his and Goku's hand.
"…I was happy that…I had two friends…even for a short while…"
Asia was smiling even though she was in pain.
"…If I were to be born again, will you guys become my friends once more…?"
"W-What are you saying!? Don't say that! Let's go somewhere to have fun! I will drag you even though you don't want to! We will go to karaoke! Game centre! Let's also go bowling! Also other places! Also to that place! And there!"
Issei couldn't stop his tears from coming out. Even the always-cheery saiyan couldn't help but feel like someone stabbed his heart hearing this.
Goku gave her reassuring smile but he knew it too.
They both knew it.
They both already knew it.
The girl was dying.
"Issei, I'm sorry but it's too late for her." said Goku.
"No! Don't you dare...please don't say that" said Issei still crying.
"Goku is... right, Issei. But I'm still so glad... we all were friends"
"We are friends! Always! Yeah, that's right! I will introduce you to Motohama and Matsuda! They are a bit perverted, but both of them are good guys! They will definitely become your friends! Definitely! We will have fun together! We'll have fun until we can!" said Issei.
"…If I was born in this country…and went to the same school as you…"
"Let's go! Come to our school!"
Asia's hand patted Issie cheek.
"You both came to save me…You even cry for someone like me…now I can…"
Her hand that was patting Issei's cheeks drops slowly.
"…Thank you…"
Those were her last words.
She passed away smiling.
Goku simply lowered his head talking a moment of silence for her while Issei just stood there looking at her face.
If only ther were Dragonballs here ro revive her.
She was a good girl. She was a kind girl who would heal anyone injured.
"Goku! You always saved us whenever we were in trouble! You even saved that stray devil from Buchou! Please save Asia! She is your friend too, right?"
"I'm sorry, Issei. But this is something I'm incapable of. Reviving dead people is something I can't do" Goku said with a sad look on his face.
"Hey, God!? You are there right, God!? Devils and Angels exist, so you do exist as well, right, God!? You were watching, right!? You were watching all of this, right!?
Issei shouted at the ceiling of the Church.
"Please don't take this girl away! Please! I beg you! She hasn't done anything! She just wanted a friend! I will be her friend forever! So please! I want this girl to smile forever! Hey please! God!"
Even though Issei screamed towards Heaven, no one answered me.
"A devil repenting in a Church. Wow, our ancestors would be rolling in their graves." came a familiar voice.
Goku and Issei tirned their face to see Rias and others standing there.
" Buchou? Where did you come from?" said Issei surprised.
"From the basement. I finished my business, so I used the magic-circle to come here. It was my first time transporting to a Church, so I was nervous."
Rias sigh while talking to him before looking at Asia and then Golu givng him a sad but knowing smile.
"Ara ara. The Church is in a mess. Buchou, is it alright?"
Akeno-san had a troubled face.
"It was abandoned, anyways. I don't see why angels would trouble us." replied Rias.
"Ouch. That guy surely made a joke out of us."
Irina and Xenovia regained their consciousness and looked around to themselves surrounded by devils.
Both of them took the fighting stance so did the rest of the club except for Issei, Goku and Rias.
"Wait! Wait! They were tricked! They are not bad!" said Issei.
It took a few minutes for Issei to explain Irina and Xenovia everything.
"That bastard! How dare he trick us!" said Irina clenching his fist in anger.
"We will find him. But there is still one more important thing remaining here." said Xenovia pointing towards Asia's dead body.
"Well, I was thinking of reviving her using Chess pieces." told Rias casually.
It seemed like Irina was going to protest but Rias continued.
"Or you could take the dead body to your seniors and take the responsibility of aiding a maniac in almlst stealing a sacred gear and killing a sister."
Irina growled in annoyance before walking out of the building.
"We understand. Just make sure you don't get in our way ever again." warnedXenovia.
She gave a threatening glare to Goku before walking out as well.
"Kya! She was so mean and scary, Goku! I'm scared!" said Akeno hugging the left arm of saiyan.
Though it was clear she wasn't scared at all.
"Get away from him, Akeno. He isn't yours." said Rias in a low but threatening voice.
"Oh? I'm sorry but as far as I know he isn't yours either." countered Akeno.
"Girls! Stop! We still need to revive Asia. How are you going to do that?" asked Goku.
"Like I said, I'm going to use Bishlp piece to revive her as a devil."
"Bishop? What's that?" asked Goku completely confused.
Rias put out a piece lf Bishop and place that crimson [Bishop] chess piece on the now deceased Asia's chest.
"The [Bishop]'s role is to support the other members of the group. This girl's healing power will be useful as Bishop. It never happened before, but I will reincarnate this girl as a Devil"
"Issei, you have her sacred gear, right?" asked Rias to which Issei nodeed, "Place it on her chest."
Issei placed a green glowing light on Asia's chest.
A crimson demonic-power surrounded Rias' body.
"I order, in my name Rias Gremory. You, Asia Argento. I, resurrect you back to this soil as my servant, and have you reborn as a Devil. You, my [Bishop], be delighted with your new life!"
The crimson chess piece glowed and went inside Asia's body. At the same time, Asia's Sacred Gear went back inside her body.
Rias stopped her demonic-power after confirming that the chess piece and the Sacred Gear went inside Asia's body.
After a short while, Asia opens her eyes.
Seeing that, Goku let out a sigh of relief and Issei wasn't able to stop his tears from coming out.
"Huh?" said Asia confused.
Rias gave Goku a warm smile who returned it with his own.
"I resurrected her because I wanted her power that can even heal a Devil. Fufufu, Ise, from now on, you'll protect her. Since you will be her senior Devil."
Asia raised her upper body and looked around.
"…Issei?... Goku? "
Issei hugged Asia who looks puzzled. Issei started explaining her everything.
"Wow, Rias really are a life saver. Thank you so much." said Goku with his famous Son grin.
With that, Gokustarted talking his revived friend.
"His smile is a killer, that's for sure." sighed Akeno happily.
"Trust me, his kiss is even better." winked Rias before walking away.
Akeno could only watch her in disbelief as Rias had a smug smile on her face.
Dkes that mean Rias kisses him? That explained the smile...
"Well played, Rias. But this is just the beginning." smiled Akeno mischievously.
A/N: So I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I just realized that I was adding too much drama/ deep romance into harem which doesn't really requires that at all. Also Asia will be paired with Issei cuz honestly in canon, this make most sense and is way more believable romance than Issei's entire harem. I will try to update my story as much as I can.
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