Chapter: 7

Pink eyes roamed the room all around their owner, taking in each and every face in their very fine line of sight. They all had a story to tell regardless of whether they wanted to or not, each line and crinkle, the way they smiled, frowned, or laughed. Something was always there to give way to some tragic backstory or a terrifying experience that they tried to keep hidden away from the world.

His own face could tell enough for a whole book by this point.

Still despite where he was and the events that brought him there, Shiage - now Sora - couldn't help but feel much happier than anything he could ever remember before. Lighter than air was a proper analogy, he felt. There were not many who felt the same way as him about their situation of course but those that did were rather...creative in their displays of joy.

Everyone else had a slightly different reason for their happiness than those few did, after all he hadn't needed to worry about what they did in years. The tests had stopped for everyone, not just the scrapped numbers - him - or the dead. Strangely enough, no one knew exactly why this was but still accepted it without question.

Sora was still a little more worried about what it could bring, the whole reason they were even still alive was for tests of some kind, hell even he was still monitored on a daily basis to observe his actions. His worry however, was more or less attributed to the fact that Kaede was still being called up.

From what she kept telling him, all the scientists ever did was do a thorough and routine check-up on her body and genes. So why did he feel uneasy whenever she was made to go up to them. Honestly it was probably due more to the fact that his fath-Hanzo - he refused to call that man by that title - personally oversaw the check-ups.

There was no rhyme or reason for him to be anywhere near her other than her being the last subject, which he probably didn't even really care about anyway. It was slowly driving the teen up the walls just from not knowing what they were doing to her, let alone why the king of douchebags - as K so lovingly called him - personally oversaw it every time.

Was he being a little paranoid? Maybe, but around that man one could never be too cautious about anything. In Sora's mind, even blinking would be tantamount to rolling over dead in his presence.

The maroon haired teen sighed for the millionth time in only a few hours, trying in vain to not stare at the only door in the giant room. He couldn't help it, sure he had a book or two with him but even if he still wanted to read them...his mind was too locked on his best friend to even try.

Now there was a thought that made a smile appear on his face. He had a best friend, his first one ever. Actually, come to think of it she was his only friend that he knew of in his entire life. Sure the others were nice enough once he stopped giving them all the death stare just for breathing in his direction.

And, you know, when he stopped killing them.

But none of them were friend material in his mind. Didn't stop him from making alliances with many of them though. If there was one upside to not having Kaede around, it was that he could finally put his plan into action without putting her at risk of getting caught with him.

She wasn't weak by any standard - he caught enough of her particularly brutal match against a number seventy-two to know that much - but Sora just couldn't help but try to shield her from danger. He never wanted her to ever turn out the way he and K did.

"Just what the hell is that supposed to mean Zero!?"

His eyebrow twitched in annoyance, 'You know what I mean. And what did I tell you about yelling in my head!' Annoying bastard always seemed to forget the little fact that he was in another person's head, meaning that yelling sounded a hell of a lot louder. 'Do you really want her to be like you?'

K shut up for a few second, seemingly in thought, before he broke out in perverted giggles. "Kami yeeesssss! That would be so damn hot!" The sounds of his "inner self" mumbling something in secret in combination with his giggles could be heard very clearly to Sora, before he tuned out the psycho with an embarrassed blush spread over his cheeks.

K could be very vivid sometimes...

Sora sighed as he relaxed his head against one of the only vents in the large room, he could only guess that they were there to deal out fresh air but this one didn't work for some reason. No air ever came out of it, but if he listened closely then he found that he could sometimes hear voices. Not that it really mattered, they mostly just repeated the same damned thing over and over again "Test subject ** has been terminated." "Bring in number/s **/** for their examination." "Oh Kami he did it again didn't he?" You know the typical scientific stuff.

Unsurprisingly, the teen had thought about using the vents to escape more than once but it was never meant to be. It seemed that Hanzo really spared no corner of this place's inner security from being penetrated either from the inside or the outside, given the fact that the grates were reinforced steel and were put in place so well that it looked like they were naturally there in the place was first being built - which they might have been.

Just another reason he wished that the scientists didn't have the ability to turn his vectors off and on at the press of a button, he would have already been long gone by now either by the vents or a trail of carnage.

"-ubject one-h-dred...final exa-ation."

His head shot up with wide eyes. Subject one-hundred, but that was...Instantly turning towards the vent he pressed his ear up against it in order to try and get a better listen. The voices were too far away and distorted to find out who it was but he could at least try to piece together a conversation.

"Excellent! Be-n preparations for...three of pro-t Diclonius."

"Yes sir, but...wise to use -hundred? -ero won't l-ke it."

"Don't tell...scarred of Shi-e? He is as h-ess as a kitten….to stop the b-eding of one-hund-. If he tries...him. We finally have...make an army...for them. Let her rest for n-."

"Yes, sir! I will...to the room at o-."

The already pale teen seemingly lightened several shades when he heard what they were planning. He only prayed that he was wrong and just misheard it.

His shock and fear for his friend soon turned into white-hot rage at the thought of those monsters doing anything like what they were going to do to her. Sora wouldn't let them, even if he had to tear out that damned chip in his head to stop them!

Long maroon locks of hair shifted violently as he jolted up from his previously comfortable position, anger practically radiating off him in a tangible form. If there was ever a time to put on of his plans into action, it would be right-fucking-NOW!

All he had to do was find something sharp, and he knew just the guy to talk to.

SMHM

Sora gazed upon the crucified and half naked form of Asia Argento with a fair amount of surprise. What in the nine hells did she do for her to get hung up like a trophy? Come to think of it he did leave her and the worm Hyoudou in that house with the fallen coming for them the last time he saw either of them didn't he? Still he didn't think that fallen angels would do something like this to a seemingly innocent girl like her.

He said seemingly because usually the innocent looking ones were the people you most expected to stab you in the back with a rusty dagger.

Then there was the skimpily dressed fallen angel with flowing black hair giving him a confused look. Apparently she never expected anyone else to get here before she was done doing...whatever it was she was doing. Kinky christian foreplay maybe? It would definitely explain why two of the three other people here were nearly completely nude.

"S-Sora?! What are you doing here, and why weren't you here earlier?!" He heard the worm yell out but he ultimately just ignored it as white noise.

A heavy sigh escaped his lips as he made his way through the room and up to the cross, idly holding back both of the other people with his vectors in case they were stupid enough to stop him. Once he was close enough, he found that she was just barely held to the cross by some kind of spell and not nailed down like he originally thought. What was the purpose in just holding her up to it? Probably something to do with Hyoudou, everything around him seemed to just go wrong for some reason.

Sora reached out a hand to the petite blonde girl and instantly felt the worm push against his invisible arms. It was a bit surprising to know that he wasn't just perving on the girl from a distance and was actually worried about her. Still he didn't budge his other arms, even when the fallen angel started to thrash around trying to get out of his grip. Jokes on her, he had her wings as well.

The second he felt like she would actually get out he would rip them from her body without a thought.

He saw her head tilt up to look at him with that same inner strength he had actually started to respect in the tiny blonde. She didn't look to be in any real harm and the only off thing about her was the magic circle on her chest - it looked just like the one the angel had now didn't it? "What was she trying to do with this thing?" He asked himself, a little louder than he intended.

"She was about to take Asia's sacred gear from her Sora!"

His eyes darted to the worm with a mildly interested look. So the girl had a sacred gear then? Well it now made sense why the black-winged angel wanted her so badly, every second he was up there her resistance seemed to grow. She damn near broke out of his hold when the worm spoke up.

That was good, he liked them feisty, much more fun to kill when they actually fought back. Maybe he could try out that new thing on her that he didn't get to try on Hikitori.

Moving back to his original target he once again locked eyes with hers, she didn't seem to be strong at first glance, no she was more like a stray kitten that was just put on the street. One that you immediately picked up before it could get a taste of the real world. In other words, completely innocent and prone to clinging.

For a split second, the face of a horned pink-haired girl overlapped her features and he flinched - something only Asia saw and it made her face contort in confusion. Why did he have to remember her now? For all those years he pushed her to the back of his mind, all for the sake of what was left of his sanity. He had seen countless innocent looking people over the years and never saw a damned thing, so why now!

Sora's teeth clenched and his blood boiled but he managed to ground out a few words. "Do. You. Want. Me. To. Help." As soon as it left his mouth, a small but beautiful smile blossomed on her face and she nodded before looking at the worm with worry.

"Can you help Issei too Mister?"

He bit back a harsh "NO!" at the sight of her wide green eyes. How the hell did she know that trick too?! Pink eyes full of repressed anger met scared brown as he moved his vectors over to the fallen angel, one covering her mouth which was spewing profanities at mach speed. He would kill her when they turned away, 'wide eyes' didn't need to see what he was going to do.

Sora led them off to the other side of the room and made sure they went up before him. Instantly he was back in the raven-haired beauty's face, a blank and almost bored look that sent chills down her spine was all he allowed himself to show to her.

She mumbled something unintelligible into the invisible appendage with tears brimming in her eyes. What did she think he was going to do? He was only going to kill her, nothing too big right? "Brace yourself, this is going to hurt like a bitch." He taunted her helpless form just before he tore the black feathered wings off her body with a sick ripping sound.

A twisted smile grew from cheek to cheek as his other limbs slowly and agonizingly bit into flesh. Grunting in exertion he started to change speeds.

This was going to be good!

SMHM

Rias Gremory couldn't have been more relieved when she saw Issei coming back into the church from the underground section, but was shocked beyond belief when she saw Asia Argento following behind him completely unharmed - if a little spooked. It wasn't that she had no faith that Issei could actually pull off the rescue but it was ten-to-one odds that the girl would make it. In fact she was kind of counting on having to resurrect her as one of her evil pieces, not that she'd mind all that much.

"Seems like you somehow won. As expected of my servant." For added effect she pet his head just to drive the point home that she was proud of him for succeeding. She really was proud that he was able to do such a great feat on his own power.

One look at his face however showed that he wasn't telling her something, Rias was about to let it go but Issei slumped in defeat when Asia looked at him with a pout. "A-actually President, I didn't really do anything this time."

The crimson-haired ruin princess' confusion must have shown on her face because he immediately opened his mouth to explain. "It was-"

*BOOOM*

Everyone quickly flew up into the air - with Issei and Asia being carried by Rias and Koneko respectively - at the sound of a very large explosion nearby. "What in the name of the Maou was that?!" Nobody could answer the crimson-haired King, seeing as they were all looking for the culprit.

"Not as big as I would have wanted...but then again the splatter effect was nice. Hmm, i'll have to give this one a four. Damn, I was really hoping that I had it down but I guess it still needs work."

Collectively the devils in attendance - and Asia - turned their heads towards the source of the voice sharply only to go wide eyed at a - once again - blood splattered Sora Inzei who was walking out of the forest and back onto the church's clearing.

"Sora, what did you-"

"Fallen are taken care of and that dingy hole in the ground is filled in. Go home King." He didn't even spare her a look as he took off again to wherever he went in his alone time. Strangely enough, she saw him give their new blonde friend a confusion filled glance only an instant before taking off.

SMHM

Here you go people of the internet, chapter 7 of Diclonius Devil!

Now I need to say a couple of things. First off, since school is back and stuff my updates will be very sporadic because I really need good grades. Recently a favorite author of mine had to quit writing fanfiction altogether because of that very thing.

Second in my stories things are never as they seem, I like to mess with people - messed up I know - and as such I may kill certain characters or make things happen. Other times I like to make people think they are going to happen when there is no chance that I would ever write or even hint at such a thing happening, its just my writing style.

Third, I have a bunch of other stories that I just never uploaded for one reason or another so I wont be working on this one all the time but I will prioritize this one because it is up. (Plus it really helps that I actually want to continue Sora's story more than the others right now)

Thank you for your time and I hope that none of my readers stop because of the above, the fact that people are enjoying my work is utter bliss for me and I honestly hope that you will continue to enjoy it.

Ja-ne!