AN: ...Hi...I am so sorry. I had to rewrite this a few times. I just couldn't be happy with how I wrote that story the first few times and I couldn't figure how to give it a justifiable ending. But, never the less, I am happy with this one and I think you guys will be to. This is the final chapter in The Holy Devil Pawn story and I'm thankful of those who like this story and stuck with it until the end. But the end doesn't mean a complete stop. It paves the way for something to start. A sequel is in the works so look out for it. Again, I'm so sorry. And I hope you enjoy.
Chapter 13: The Angel Who Become a Pawn.
A red haired beauty with bright blue eyes sits in a dark brown leather chair. Her attire is her school uniform which consists of a white long-sleeved, button-down shirt with a black ribbon on her shirt collar worn under a black shoulder cape and a matching button-down corset, a magenta skirt with white accents, and brown dress shoes over white crew-length socks. She is watched by two others with the same colored hair, and eye color. An older man with long red hair tied in a ponytail just under his shoulders with a black ribbon, and a short, but red beard. The man is wearing a tightly fitting white dress jacket with gold trim over a black dress shirt with a large collar that are folded down, with matching white pants and black dress shoes. And a young man, but looking older then the girl, with shorter hair then the older man and the female, but still longer then a normal male's, red hair that spikes into many direction. Wearing a royal looking black suit with a red dress shirt, a flat black tie, and matching black jacket, pants, and shoes. All three sit in silence until the young man speaks.
"Congratulations, Rias." The man says in a polite tone. To this the girl glares at him.
"What is it that we are here to really talk about, Sirzechs?" Rias asks seriously, but not losing composure in front of her brother and father.
"Now, now Rias. We aren't here to punish you or reprimand you. We just want to ask some questions." The older man responds. The other two look at him.
"Thank you, father." Sirzechs looks back over to Rias. "This is a matter of security for all Devils and the Underworld...Where did you find him?" His tone changed from polite to urgent. Rias repositions herself before speaking.
"I found him...at school." She responds, trying to stall.
"...At school?...Kuoh Academy?" Sirzechs looks back to his father a little surprised.
Lord Gremory looks back at his son before saying, "...Yes. As the Administrator for Kuoh Academy, I get told about every new student that gets transferred to the school. This...Issei Hyoudou is one of them. I've heard of this man many times though officials in the Church as a top Exorcist. So of course I looked into him. I found he was excommunicated from the Church...for heresy, but what interested me the most was the number of black lines in his profile. I let him in on a gut feeling that he wanted to live a normal life after leaving the Church...But I had no information of him being an Angel." He turned to Rias. "Did you know?" To this, Rias flinches and sit up straight.
"I..I did.." She stuttered.
"So why didn't you inform me?" Sirzechs asks. "I don't mean to seem out of place and pushy Rias. But an Angel was fighting against a High Class Devil. I must know if this is an act of war or if he was protecting you. And I'd like to know how you got an Angel to be your servant when Angels haven't left Heaven in many years, a young on at that too." Sirzechs calms down as he prepares to listen to his sister.
"I didn't know he was an Angel at first. He was killed by a Fallen when I first spoke to him. I put all my pawn pieces inside of him because I felt something special inside of him. And I was right. He is this generations Sekiryuutei, the host of the Red Dragon Emperor." She stops to catch her breath. She was getting ahead of herself.
"That I knew of. When did you find out he was an Angel?" Her brother asked. Rias looks a little pale.
"Well...it was when I gain my Bishop Asia. He disobeyed me to go rescue her from the same group of Fallen that killed him. In the end, they stole her Sacred Gear, killing her, and Issei killed them and a large group of Exorcists that was allied with them. Anyway, he was in distress and was using Holy magic to try to keep her alive and let his true self show. I then revived her as my servant to make him happy and to gain a healer for my group." Rias finished, as she was talking, images of the event went through her mind.
"And when did all of this happen?" Lord Gremory asked politely.
"A month before my Rating Game with Riser." Rias's looks away from her family to not meet their eyes. After a long silence, Sirzechs breaks it.
"So two months ago, you found out your Pawn was a Holy entity. And you didn't tell anyone to protect him, I'm guessing." Sirzechs stands up and walks over to the fireplace.
"This isn't an act of war, but an act of selflessness, my son." Lord Gremory pipes up. "You did a fantastic job Rias. You are the first Devil to reincarnate an Angel to our ranks." He said with a smile on his face. Rias blushes at the praise her father gave her.
"Thank you, father." Rias stood up from her chair and walked over to the door. Once there, a voice calls to her.
"When he wakes up, I want to speak with him, Rias." Sirzechs grabs a rather large and wild looking mantle that he puts over his head and rests on his shoulders.
"I'll see what I can do." She opens the door, and mutters, "I just hope he wakes up soon." Rias closes the door behind her, leave father and son in the room along.
"This Issei boy is really intriguing. An Angel that dies from a Fallen and becomes a servant to a Devil. As well the host of the Red Dragon Emperor and to capture my daughter's heart. What will you do with him, Sirzechs?" Lord Gremory looks over to his son.
Sirzechs looks back to his father and ponders his thoughts. "For now, I'm not sure. I need to speak with him first before I can action. I'm glad it was me who found out before the other Satans, they would've had him killed the moment he existed the arena. I must go father. There is a meeting I must attend to later. So I'd like to as much rest as I can." He heads to the door.
"Ah, the life a Satan is so busy. When will you be able to have time to come home for a few weeks to relax and spend time with the family….not on business?" Lord Gremory asked. Sirzechs smiles.
"I'm not sure, father. Hopefully soon." Sirzechs opened the door, right before his father spoke again.
"This Angel is in debt to you for keeping him alive. Make use of it." Once ending his sentence, Sirzechs exits.
Rias is shown, looking dreadfully at a wooden door with a brass knob. She hesitant grabs hold and turns her wrist, opening the door slightly. The warmth from the room overwhelms her as she pushes the door completely open. A faint, repeating beep comes from the room.
'One month.' She thinks, walking slowly into the room, over to a rather large bed. The beds posts stand seven feet in the air with battens coming from the top of each and connect to another, with light purple drapes that hang from the top. A light grey comforter and white pillows. Lying under the comforter, with arm lying overtop and by his side, is a young, brown haired boy. Connected to his arm are an IV and a heart monitor stands to his left, letting her know he is still alive. His hair is short, just above shoulder length. Rias sits down on the bed, turning to her side to face the boy.
"I'm here, Issei." The red hair runs her fingers through the boy's short and wild hair. It was longer before, but it was never cut. It halted it's growth, and instead when onto reverse so his hair shortened. Judging on how the comforter hugs his body, his build is lightly above average, and his height is slightly shorter than the red head's.
The female rests her body next to his, trying not to disturb him. She sets her head on his chest and uses his body as her pillow. She slowly calms down to a half sleep state on the boy.
Peering into the room, a grey hair women in a maid outfit stars at the girl and her man pillow. A sighing sound comes from her as she lowers a head slightly, before continuing her journey to her master's room.
Later that day the beeping of the heart monitor slowly goes down. Slowly, until a long, steady, ear piercing sound fills the room. The sound disturbs the girl, so she adjusts herself to find the source of the annoyance, to stop it. She thinks to herself that the notice is a bit familiar, but can't place where she had heard it before. Finally, looking to the other side of the bed, she finds it. A little monitor on a slim aluminum stand is the source of the sound. She then realizes why it's making the noise. Quickly, she gets up and starts shaking the boy profusely.
"Issei?!" She shakes him again and again, raising her voice. Yelling, screaming to wake him up. "ISSEI?!"
[Run, girl!] A deep disembodied voice shouts at her. For an instant, she thought she was hearing things, until the boy's eyes shoot open, as he jolts upwards. His left arm glows red with a green circle on the back on his palm.
[EXPLOSION!] Those are the word coming from a deep and wise voice, disembodied voice radiating from the boys arm, before a giant explosion of fire and smoke consumes the room and a small portion of the mansion that the room is a part of.
A cloud of smoke and ash fill the sky, creating an ominous cloud, overlooking the Underworld. Cracking and flickering lights can be seen and heard from the falling section on the mansion. A frightful feeling in the air that could shake every Devil to their core. A feeling of purity, joy at its fullest, faith, and a burning for those who defy his majesty, the Lord. The feeling of warn, disaster and fright for the inhabitants of the Underworld. The feeling of something that shouldn't be there.
A man and a woman, one with red hair, and the other with brown, rush down the hall, through the smoke, to the source of the explosion. The man is the one form before, Lord Gremory. While the woman, who looks just like Rias, but with brown hair, is his wife. As they get to the section of the house that has collapsed, the smoke begins to clear, giving a slight view of the area. The ground is covered in ash, burned wood and seared bricks, little flames flicker as the embers glow. But in the center of all the chaos and carnage, it's a ball of feathers. White wings flutter and curl to protect its inhabitants from the blast and carnage.
As though it can sense it is ok, the wings gently move and spread apart to release the people it is protecting. The red headed girl from before lies on the ground, which is miraculously not damaged by the explosion. Overtop of her is the young man that was resting in the bed. Beginning to straighten himself up, the wings sprouting from his back fold up and rests next to his body.
[Switch your wings, boy!] A deep voice inside his head yells at him.
Realizing what the voice means, he quickly makes then disappear and another set takes their place. This new set of wings are a deep crimson-red with ridged scales and bumps as well as bone like protrusion coming out of the tip of the wings and the digits of the wings. The inside of the wings at a litter color red. The wingspan is well over the height of an average human. Not noticing this, the boy calmly leans down to the girl.
Inside the boys head, a large red dragon thinks to himself. 'So his wings have finally shown.'
Back on the outside, the boy stands with the red head bridle style. And starts walking to the couple at the edge of the wreckage. Shocked by the current events, they don't move and stand still like a deer looking in headlights of a car. Lord Gremory finally gains the courage to step up, causing his wife to make a gesture to stop him, but ends short and brings her hands to her chest. The boy and Lord Gremory stand a foot apart, staring into each other's eyes. Gently, Issei's holds out Rias to him. Getting the gesture, he holds out his hands and feels the weight of his daughter in his arms. Looks back at the boy, Lord Gremory raises an eyebrow. Before anything is said, the boy falls
On the ground with his knees under him, his hands out and his head held down.
"Please don't hurt me! I didn't mean to damage the house! I don't even know what's going on! I'm sorry! Please don't hurt me!" He yells over and over. Sweat drops from both Lord Gremory and his wife as they watch the man beg for forgiveness.
"The house can be repaired in no time. But I want to know something first." Lord Gremory says casually, causing the boy to looks up at him with a few tears in his eyes.
With a sniffle, he responds with, "Yes?" He wipes some of the tears off his own face as he listens.
"What has Rias been eating, she is heavy." His face shows he is struggling to hold up his daughter, along with a friendly smile and a slight laugh. That is until his wife creeps behind him and snacks the back of his head with a scary smile plastered on her face. Frightened by this, he hands her their daughter and slowly sits next to the boy.
"I was joking! She isn't heavy! Rias is very light! Please don't hurt me! I'm sorry!" He begs like the boy did. This was interrupted by multiple teleportation circles surrounding them. Lord Gremory stands up and hurries over to his wife and daughter, forming a stance for whatever will happen.
The magic circles fade as twenty-five plus Devil Guards surround the boy on the ground and point the spear like ends of their battle axes at him as two other Guards cross their axes across Lord Gremory, his wife and his daughter.
The boy doesn't move his body, but calmly shoots his eyes to the Devils in his vision. He is about to spread his wings and escape, but is hailed by a kind, but harsh voice.
"It would be best if you don't resist Mr. Hyoudou." The feminine voice tells him. Two of the Guards part so the boy has a clear view of the grey haired maid. The boy sighs and relaxes; his wings disappear into his body.
"Grayfia." He says before two guards bring his arms behind his back then put something, tightly around his wrist. Most of the Guards relax a little but keep their axes pointed at him. Before Issei is able to retaliate, a white magic circle appears under him and in a flash, is teleported out of the area.
Grayfia sighs as the Guards relax and teleport away in unison. She calmly walks over to Lord Gremory and takes a looks at Rias. "She isn't hurt. That's good." She smiles on the inside.
"That's good, but what will happen to the boy?" He asks in concern for him.
"Well, he is going to Sirzechs' office. He has already told the other Satans to leave this matter to him." She responds. This makes Lord Gremory relax.
"That would either be very good...or very bad for the boy. Anyway, what's done is done. I'll go call the repair crew" He looks to his wife, who nods and they walk back into the house through a hole in a wall. Grayfia follows.
Inside a well lit room, a white runic circle appeared on the floor and disappears after dropping the young boy off. Still on his knees, his looks around the room and noticed it's an office. Bookcases line the walls, two leather chairs in front of a large wooden desk with a laptop on it, and a leather sofa with two end tables and a coffee table in front of it. And lastly, a large, black chair on the opposite side of the desk, but it's turned around so the back is to the door.
"You know you can just break the rope." A disembodied voice tells him.
Thinking, Issei plays dumb and doesn't try to. "I don't know what you mean. Who and where are you?" He called out in a calm and polite manor. The chair behind the desk slowly turns around. In the chair is a young man with red hair. "Sirzechs." Issei calls out to him.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Issei. Before this goes any further. I'd like to thank you and apologize." Sirzechs smiles. The calm tone his is using means he isn't mad or upset.
"About what?" Issei asked. Thinking this was a good time to listen. The ropes around his wrists burst into flames and burn away, freeing his hands. Issei gets up and sits in one of the chairs across from Sirzechs.
"I'd like to thank you for breaking the engagement for my sister." He grabs Issei's hands. "Thank you so much. I didn't want her to marry him, but I couldn't do anything because it was an agreement between my father and Lord Phoenix. I'm sorry you had to get into this mess, but I thank you for saving her." He said quickly and a loving tone to his sister. Sweat drops on Issei's forehead as the Great Satan Lucifer is almost on he hands and knees, thanking him.
"Are you sure you should be doing this to me? You know what I am." Issei narrows his eyes, so did Sirzechs. Adjusting himself, he puts on a serious face.
"Almost all of Underworld could have found out. And your little stunt at my family's house let the whole Underworld know you are here. It was a miracle that I could get Leviathan to not get involved." He says as turns his laptop's screen to Issei. Across the screen are different headlines about young Devils passing out and a Holy entity residing in the underworld. "You know what this means? It means that we, The Four Great Satans will have to explain this. All of them are aware of you. If we tell this off as a misunderstanding, the people will get suspicious. Which comes to my next topic. You will either be killed, or explain why you are here. And what you are planning to do."
Issei sighs and lowers his head. "I guess I should explain then." Raising his head to meet Sirzechs gaze as he stands. "Project Renaissance: experiment 31. Code Name: False Son. Name: Issei Hyoudou Yahoel." He takes a bow. Sirzechs' eyes widen as he hears what the boy in front of him just said.
"The Rebirth Project?! That was a failure after the 25th child! Don't tell me they continued!" Sirzechs yells at the boy.
"Sadly, they did. I am the first, last and only false child of heaven. The thirty-first test subject to repopulate Heaven with hybrids through birth between Humans and Angels." Issei lowers his head.
"So that bastard actually succeeded." Sirzechs comments. "Wait. You said you are the last child, why would they stop if they succeeded." Sirzechs asked.
"Only the Seraphs are capable of performing the ritual with a human, and even then, the human has to be a very pure and faithful Exorcist, who also has to be a natural Excalibur wielder or any Holy weapon. If not all the conditions are met, either nothing will happen, or the Angel will Fall. About half fell when trying to do this. My father, Yahoel and my mother, Haruka Hyoudou were the only ones to succeed. And the offspring is me, a test subject of a repopulation attempt." Issei sat back down, waiting for Sirzechs to respond to him. The latter was sitting his he chair, elbows on his desk and hand making a bridge and covering his mouth.
"I see. Well. I'm glad they finally ended the project. What happened to your parents? You're parents died I heard. How?" Sirzechs asked, not realizing who Issei's father was. To this question, Issei slams his fists on his desk, cause the former to flinch. With eyes filled with hatred and regret, Issei spoke.
"They were murdered, not killed. And before you ask, it was by Kokabiel himself." Issei's aura flares, but is not the aura from before; this is filled with might, impurities, rage, and fire. The aura of a dragon. Slamming his fist on the desk once more, Issei says, "That damned bird with pay!"
Sirzechs ponders his thoughts, and then comes to the realization on what Issei's father's names mean. Yahoel, a former Seraph and right hand man to Michael, the Archangel. "So that's what happened." Sirzechs says quietly.
Issei catches the worry in his voice and asks, "What do you mean?" Sirzechs looks up at Issei.
"It was said the Yahoel disappears out of nowhere, and then a few years later, rumor of his death soon reached the Underworld. And of course this sparked our attention so we investigated and indeed he was dead, but the officials in heaven didn't say anything else about his death. Just that he died. It was really troublesome. But I believed them since Michael didn't act like he usually does when we asked." Sirzechs leans back and puts his hands in his lap.
"So I'm guessing that the Devils, Grigori and Angels have been in contact for years." Issei thinks back to when a friend of his would have to leave at random times without telling anyone and then come back a few hours later complaining about being bored. Sirzechs looks to him with narrowed eyes.
"Yes, I'm willing to tell you this because you will be brought into this in due time. We are discussing the status and relations between the three Factions." Sirzechs pulls out a piece of paper, which once handed to Issei, reads it carefully.
"Why are you giving me this?" Issei asks suspiciously.
"Because I trust you. You have not directly answered my question. But I get the feeling you aren't siding with the Fallen and have no intention on joining the Church again." Sirzechs smiles slyly.
"You are...right. I plan on staying with Rias." Issei said boldly. This makes Sirzechs smile. "So it's really happening, but what is the complication?" Issei asks. Sirzechs sighs.
"Well, we have a problem on the Grigori side. As you might know, there are secret meetings and corruption in the Grigori and there governor can't pinpoint who is running it. He was his suspicions, but had no really evidence to act. The secret group wants to wage war, and strongly believe the Fallen will be victorious. So before this plays out, we need to end this rebellion before we come to a complete agreement on paper. Anyway, the main purpose of this meeting between you and I is this." Sirzechs stands up and walks around his desk to be in front of Issei. "Can I trust you? Will you put your loyalty to the Underworld and protect its inhabitants as well as my sister." He holds out his hand. Issei grabs hold of it and shacks.
"My loyalties lie in my master, uncle, and mentor. I will come to the Underworld's aid if needed, and I'll protect Rias until the day I'm finally put to rest." They let go.
"That's the spirit. You may leave if you wish. No guards will stop you. Just don't do anything stupid, please." Sirzechs asked. "Oh, and I'll take care of incident from earlier, but you will have to make a public appearance."
Issei looks back to Sirzechs with a lowered head and sighs. "I hate crowds." Issei walks back over to the door and opened it. But Sirzechs asks one finally question.
"By the way...Who was that young, black haired girl that intruded on the Rating Game? And what are the names of your uncle and mentor? "Sirzechs narrows his eyes.
Issei looks back at his with a stern look. "Well they are my...
Issei walks on to the school grounds of Kuoh Academy. It has been about two months since he stepped foot here. As he walked through the grounds in the morning before school started, whispers can be heard, talking about Issei disappearing for two month.
"He's back."
"How long as it been? Two months?"
"I wonder why he disappeared."
"I heard he was at home, doing perverted things to the members of ORC." One girl said to the girl to her left.
"Really? Who did you that from?"
"The ORC were gone for a month and he comes back a month after them. Strange."
"Maybe he was doing something perverted to them, I hear there is a rumor on that."
"Did those two perverts start it?"
"They'll do anything to get a girl, even spread false rumors in our two princes." All the girls look to Issei with stars in their eyes. Issei smiles shyly and waves, to which makes all the girls squeal and scream.
'I have to remember to kick those guys in the ass after school. And I know where to find them.' Issei smiles evilly on the inside as he walks into the academy. Once though the large doors, he looks up to find Sona Sitri, or Souna Shitori as she is called in the human world, staring at him from the second floor. He smiles and waves to her, to which she hesitantly waves back with a narrow gaze. Walking up the stair case, he passes her, heading to his classroom. He opens the door and greets his homeroom teacher.
"Ah, so the dead as comeback I see." The teacher says to him. Issei runs the back of his head.
"I'm sorry. I had to leave to Europe for family matters." Issei bows. The teacher looks at him skeptically.
"Alright. I want you to see me later though. You have two months worth of work that needs to be made up. I trust you can do it at home and do it quickly. Once you get a piece done, turn it in to me and I'll hand it to the correct teacher directly. Now, you may sit. Class should begin soon." His teacher looks into his eyes before he responds.
"Thank you." He nods and walks to his seat in the back on the classroom. As he walks, he looks to Akeno's, and Rias's desks to find that they aren't here. He makes a mental note to return to the clubroom later. The bell that signals class will begin soon sounds and students soon crowd the halls and squeeze though doors at once. Issei sits at his desk and prepared for the boring day of class.
Before long, the class ended and the teacher left the room, leaving the students. Once gone, most of the students crowed around Issei's desk, bombarding him with questions about where he had been.
Of course not being able to tell them where he really was, he told them, "I had to leave Japan for family matters. And before asking where, I was in Italy." To this, most of the girls and a few of the boys look up in amazement, thinking about what it must be like to go to Europe and go site seeing. Shrugging this off, he looks over to Rias's desk and realizes that she, as well as her Queen, Akeno didn't appear for class today. One of the girls notice where he was looking and speaks before he could even think about asking.
"Rias hasn't been coming to class lately." She says. Issei looks to her. "She walks in the grounds, but always retreats to her clubroom. She does come to class sometimes, but we can tell she is worried about something or someone." She looks to Issei with realization. Issei looks to her in confusion.
"I wonder who she is worried about." He says. 'Are kidding me?! She's been skipping school because of me! Now I feel bad.' He thinks as his smiles fades into a frown. The bell rung again and another teacher walked in. 'Just great. Now I might have skip my site seeing. I do hope she is ok though. It has only been two days since I woke up.' Class resumed.
A brown haired figure walks the exterior of the building, looking at a crude map of the Academy. He seems to be walking the exterior of the gym. Grinning happily, he folds up the map and stares into the brick wall. It was during his lunch break, so some classes are still occurring. Especially the gym class, which was ending soon, so the students were changing.
"Perfect timing." Issei said to himself, as takes his left index finger and pressing it into the mortar between three bricks. After moving his finger in a circle and pulling out. A small, eye size hole was made. He leaned in and peeked through, seeing girls flood into the room on the other side, the Girls Locker Room. Issei squealed with joy on the inside as girl after girl, wearing bloomers and a white t-shirt with blue trim. Soon, those articles of clothing fell to the floor, revealing the variety of women and their underwear. Pink, blue, green, black, white, yellow, gold, purple, stripes, polka dots, flowered, and even sequins. All types, colors, designs, and sizes. Surely and man's heaven to behold such a site of wonderfulness. Drool dropped from he's mouth at the sight.
"Oh yeah. I missed this sight." Issei said. His body jumps up and down as he looks on.
"Hey! What are you doing?!" A voice from behind Issei yells. Turning around, Issei finds two idiots. One with glasses, and the other that was a skinhead. He smiles and asks a question before answering.
"By the way, who are you two?" He asks as he covers the hole with his back. The two look at each other before answering. The bald one steps up.
"I am Matsuda. The amazing Athletic star of my old school and member of the photography club hear." Looking to the sky he makes a stupid pose.
"And I'm Motohama. I have the ability to gage the measurements and any female body with just one look." The one with the glasses say, as well as making a stupid pose, and looking to the sky.
""AND WE WISH TO HAVE OUT OWN HAREM!"" Both the idiots say in unison, making too much notice and gathering the attention of the girl both inside and outside of the school building. Issei drops his head, as he knows he can no longer peep because of the scene these two have just made. Using his enhanced hearing, he notices the sound of footsteps.
'Shit, looks like my time here is over.' Issei thinks, acting fast, he bids the others farewell and booked it out of there as fast as he could without raising suspicion. Both boys' looks at him confused, until the thought is broken when they hear a crowd of angry women heading their way. Surprised because they haven't done anything wrong, they are frozen in place. The girls gather around them and the last you hear are the screams of two virgins being beaten.
A red haired beauty sits at her lonesome desk in the Victorian style room. To her left, stands a girl that could rival her in beauty, but with her long black hair tied up to a ribbon to look like a pony tail. Both girls look down in depression. To her left, stands another girl, but this young girl had blond hair and emerald green eyes. Another, small girl in height, with short white hair sits in her usual place upon one of two couches. She also looks solemn, but is handling better than the others. She looks at the other girls before stopping her eyes at the blond, pretty boy male that is standing to the side of the large window, peering out, as if looking for something. The downwards crescent shape of his mouth explains her feels the same as everyone else in the room.
But this changes. Seeming at random, Yuuto's frown changes to smile and muttered something to himself that no one was able to hear. Koneko notices the change in his attitude and body language. She looks around, and finds that nothing has changed, so instead she senses the area around her to find what would change her friend's emotions so quickly. Concentrating hard, she finally finds it. A long awaited friend has returned. Koneko smirks and mutters a word as well, but this is audible and is heard my all in the room.
"Pervert." She looks to the window, catching everyone's attention. She looks to Yuuto and they nod at each other and they move themselves next to Rias. Confused as to why Koneko was now standing next to her and Yuuto next to Koneko, Rias looked to them and they responded with a smile. Akeno also noticed the strange behavior, but before saying anything, footsteps could be heard from beyond the door. Rias and Akeno look to the door as the footsteps stop and the shadow of a figures shoes slip through the bottom of the door.
"What's going on, everyone?" Asia asks shyly.
Her heart pounds in her chest. She could feel a sense of desire and pride from the door. Something in her wanted to open the door and pounce on the figure beyond the wooden doors. Her face blushes pink as the anticipation get to her. She feels a longing to know, if it really is him that is behind the door. Her blood pumps faster as the handle to the door moves. Turning ever so slowly. A click sounds, signaling that with just the weakest of a push; the door can review the onlooker. Koneko and Yuuto still smile as Rias bends over her desk to see the door open, but the door only reveals the wall of the hallway, once it's fills open. No one stands in the door frame. Nothing, void of a figure. But the pressure and atmospheres still lingers. Rias sighs as she leans back. Yuuto's smile fades, but Koneko stills smiles as she muttered a phrase.
"You can't hide." She said in her emotionless voice, but hidden behind it is respect. A figure smiles behind them all, and the only one who knows is her. She turns her head, ever so slightly to see the brown hair and the brown eyes of the man behind them. In one single movement, the figure spreads it's arms and wraps them around the red beauty.
"Ah!" In fright from the surprise touch, Rias practically jumps into the air as and leans back, probably to squish the intruder into the wall. She isn't the only one to react though. Yuuto quickly summons his demonic sword and turns to get a look, and Akeno is in a stance that looks that she was about to cast a spell, but both halted once getting a look at one that scared their master.
Franticly struggling to get out of the embrace, Rias notices the smiles and tears eyes of her servants. A voice whispers into her ear.
"I'm back, Prez." The sweet, calming voice says to her. The voice in itself was enough to make her legs melt, but that was rejected by the fact that she knew the voice. A voice she hadn't heard in a while. Her eyes start to tear up as she turns her head to see the face of him. The brown messy hair. The pleasant brown eyes. And the smile of pure joy, with a hint of lust. It was her savior, her angel, her servant, her...Issei.
"Issei!" She yelled as she quickly turned around to hug him. Issei's face met the hug with a face full of two, soft...boobs. The hug was tight, but he enjoyed this moment. The feeling was enough to make a man cry. But he had to hold back. We wanted to feel at peace being with his master again. But that peace was interrupted by sobbing. The grip around him loosened at Rias fell to his chest, maybe trying to make sure he is real. Issei smiles and rubs his hand on her head.
"I'm here, Prez. I'm here." He says calmly. Rias does something daring. Lifting her head and locking lips with the wide eyed Issei. They stay like that for a bit before he leans back and touches her lips with her fingers.
"That was my first kiss." She says happily, but still with teary eyes. "Please...stay with me...promise me that you won't die..." She looks down and to the left. Issei smiles and embraces her again, whispering in a soothing tone.
"I'll stay." Everyone in the room smiles at his agreement. "Now, let's have a party for my return!" Issei yells loudly as he stands up, bringing Rias with him. Everyone giggles and chuckles. Issei smiles his goofy smile. Asia starts to cry and hugs him tightly.
"Oh, thank God that...ow!" Asia winces from the massive head she got for saying God's name. Issei rubs her back and cares for her.
Two older men, one with red hair, and one with blond, both wearing very formal clothing stand out onto a balcony facing the night sky.
"Lord Phoenix. I'm very sorry that this engagement turned out like this. I know it's rude but this engagement." The red head said, before being interrupted.
"You don't have to say any more, Lord Gremory. It was a good engagement for pure Devils, but it looks like we both had too much greed. Both of us already have pure Devil grandchildren. Maybe it's the greed as Devils that made us crave for it. Or is it because we saw hell in the last war?" The blond one said to Lord Gremory.
"...No, I also forced my greed onto my daughter." There was a bit of silence after that, but Lord Phoenix spoke.
"His name was Issei, correct? I wanted to thank him. What my son lacked was defeat. He overestimated the ability of our clan. This will also be a good lesson for my son. Phoenix is not absolute. Just learning that was enough for this engagement, Lord Gremory." He turns to him with a smirk.
"Lord Phoenix..." Lord Gremory was going to say more, but Lord Phoenix held up his hand.
"What I said is true. Your daughter has a good servant. Looks like the Underworld won't be bored in the future." He starts to laugh.
"...But, I never would have thought that my daughter would pick it up." Lord Gremory laughs too. The laughter soon died out. "The Welsh Dragon. I couldn't believe that that loathsome existence actually came to our side until I saw it. But to also believe that he is also our opposite."
"Then the next will be..." Lord Phoenix looks to the shy in fright.
"Yes, it must be. No, perhaps it already exists." Lord Gremory continues.
"The Vanishing Dragon...It's a matter of time until the red meets the white. And this word will know fear again. If what I fear fate will go they will be complete opposites."
A man with long blond hair and blue eyes stands next to a very beautiful women with curly blond hair and green eyes. They look like they are in deep conversation about a boy. A figure runs up to them, kneels and begins so speak.
"I'm sorry to intrude, but I have information that you will want to hear." The kneeling man says.
"Do tell. And stand." The male says. The former stands, while handing a file to the man.
"I've just got information that False Son has become a Devil and is now in the care of the Gremory heiress." The blond man opens the file and begins to read. The women talks to the man.
"Who gave this information?" She asks seriously. The man responds.
"It was given to me by Lucifer's wife, Grayfia Lucifuge." He paused to let her process the information. "She sent this along with the message, 'It would be wise to have the meeting soon. The boy can be seen as an offering if it must be so, but now would be the best time to do so.'"
The man with the file closed it and speaks. "She is right. It would be." The woman looks down with a little sadness. But he puts his hand on her shoulder. "He will be alright. He is with a good Clan within the Devils." She looks to him and they both smile.
"I just miss our little boy."
A man in long coat with short black hair, but bangs that are blond and a matching black goatee sits in an office, riddled with books, files, and magazines. The brightness from a computer monitor is the only source of light. He looks deep in thought, spinning a golden rod with a purple jewel in it between his fingers. His thoughts are interrupted by his door opening. The figure enters the room and looks around.
"It's not healthy to read with dim lights. Try using some." The figure said, before flicking on a light switch and the room in illuminated. The figure at the door is middle-aged, gruff-looking man with black hair, matching beard and a muscular body.
"Haha. I think you may be right. But the darkness helps me think." The man at the desk gives a happy smile. "So, what is it that you need?"
"Hehe. You always know what's happening, don't you. Well, it seems that the young one has made another leap." He walks up to the desk and sets a file on it. "I've already read it." The man at the desks eyes the file in curiosity. Opening it, it looks though it briefly. And then starts laughing.
"It's seems that he has made quite the ruckus." He says while laughing.
"What are you going to do about it? You are his..." The man with the beard is interrupted by the man at the desk.
"I'm going to do nothing. The meeting will be soon, and then I can see him again. He must have gotten stronger. A fight will be due." He sets the file down and points the man in the picture. "Issei, my boy. Live your dream."
It is late into the night as the ORC beings to leave for their homes. Issei starts to think as everyone starts to part ways. Yuuto and Koneko leave first.
'Red. The color of anger and hatred, and the color of love and happiness.'
Akeno waves goodbye soon after. Its just Asia and Rias left with him.
'Red. The color of the blood that runs through my veins.'
Rias and Asia start whispering to each other and smirk. Rias looks to him. "You lock up the building, Asia and I have to...do..some...things..yeah." She makes a cheery smiles and roses Issei the keys. "See you later." She winks at him with her tongue out a little.
"Red. The color of her long hair." Issei smiles and walks out the door, closing it with the sound of a lock.
An ominous figure floats over the town of Kuoh. Silver hair blows into the wind with the sound of rattling chains. A pair of white and blue, angular wings spread from his back. "This is where you have been...Issei."
AN: Again. I'm so sorry for the three month delay. I am planning to do a sequel, so be on the look our for that. So, for now. I bid a farewell, and until next time, take care.