SpectorOfFire - OMG thank you so much. I really love Beware my Power as well!
Ghost- Thanks and I'll do my best with the explanation and integrating Xenovia into angel life.
Guest - I wasn't planning on him joining just because of his power. I actually had a whole back story set up for him with Kiba. I hope you give it a chance and tell me what you think, but thanks anyway.
R3hmix - Thank you and I hope you keep reading!
7Issei wasn't sure if he wanted to attend the Occult Research Club meeting today. This morning, he and Asia had excavated Ryusei's room, looking for any clues that could tell them about his time in Lian-Yu. Issei even did some digging online. Lian-Yu, Mandarin for "purgatory". The island was a super max prison built by the Japanese during World War II to cage up the country's highest criminals. However, the island was literally invisible to any maps. Once you get on the island, there as no way off of it. Literally, Hell.
The thought of Ryusei, being caged on that island was bad enough. But for five years. Issei didn't understand, he couldn't fathom how someone of such a young age could withstand the elements, and keep a sane mind after all these years.
There was a soft knock at his bedroom door. "Issei-San. May I come in?"
"Yeah, come in." Issei slipped a picture of him, Ryusei, and Irina back underneath his pillow as Asia opened the door. She was dressed, still, in her pajamas. The two of them decided it was best not to leave the house, but to wait for Ryusei to return.
"Are you hungry, Issei-San?" She asked. "I-I can make us some lunch. Or we could order take out."
"Yeah, that sounds nice." Issei got up and stretched his arms. Staying cooped up in the house wasn't going to solve anything, and even worse in his own bedroom. "Let's go downstairs. There's gotta be something to watch on T.V."
Asia's lips curved into a smile. Together, the two ventured downstairs. Asia was just as worried as Issei was, but she was strong. She didn't allow herself to show her worry, because she knew she had to be strong for Issei's sake. He was happy, even grateful for her being there for him. She may have only been in his life for a short time, but Issei felt like it was impossible to imagine a life without her by his side.
"Don't worry Issei-San," Asia took his hand. "I'm sure Ryusei-Kun is just fine. Just you watch, he'll be back sooner than you know it."
Issei smiled. "Thanks, I know."
The two walked down the stairs, only to see Rias Gremory standing in the kitchen, opening the fridge and looking in. With her, surprisingly, wasn't Akeno, but Kiba. He was looking at some old family photos hung on the walls. "What are you two doing here?" Issei asked, his voice void of emotion.
"Issei…" Rias immediately looked towards him. "I-"
"There's nothing I want to hear from you." Issei said.
Rias, for an instant, seemed genuinely hurt. "I know you may hate me, but I am sorry." She said. "I never meant to hurt your brother, I really didn't. I just…I'm sorry Issei. I hope you can one day forgive me."
A magic circle opened up underneath her feet and swallowed her. Issei felt relieved, he didn't know if he could ever face Rias again. His emotions were so mixed up. Swelling up inside was a whirlwind of emotions. He didn't know if he should be grateful to her for saving and giving him a new life. Or be angry with her, resenting her, for torturing and interrogating his brother.
"Issei-Kun," Kiba said. "I know, her methods may be crude, but she really does care about each and every one of us. But with you, I feel like she cares more about you then she does the rest of us?"
"Why me?" Issei asked. "Is it because I'm the Red Dragon Emperor? Is it because I have more power? Because of what I can do?"
Kiba shook his head. "I'm sure Asia can agree. Rias Gremory has never been, and will never be, a person who welcomes people into her family simply because of power."
Asia nodded. "It's true. I never once felt any sign of evil coming from her, even though she's a devil, I never sensed any hostile signs from her."
"Issei-Kun," Kiba walked towards him. "I know what she did was wrong, I agree with you. No matter how right she thought she was doing, kidnapping and torturing your brother across the line. But I know that she regrets her decisions."
Kiba set a magic circle talisman on the kitchen table. "Come to the club meeting tonight. Please."
A magic circle opened up and swallowed him as well. Issei walked to the table and examined the talisman. Same type as Ryusei's yet different magic circle. It had the insignia of the House of Gremory. Asia slid her hand into Issei's. He sighed.
"I guess we're going to the club after all."
…
Lian-Yu, Five Years Ago
"How did you figure it out?" Kaito asked, in an amused and carefree tone. While Kaito seemed to take it as a joke, Ryusei was just as serious. Imari Kaito definitely seemed angelic, but he was actually an angel. Ryusei didn't know how to take it all in. On top of being stranded on a prison island, losing all of the other survivors, but now finding out the one person who has been keeping him calm and collected was an Angel?
Hasegawa Jin pulled out a necklace around his neck. It was an antique arrowhead with some engravings etched onto it. "It burns in the presence of anything not human."
Kaito smiled. "My name is Raziel, and I was an Angel of the Lord."
"Was?" Ryusei asked. "What happened?" But Ryusei immediately knew. What Kaito had said about Lucifer, about how he rebelled against his family. Ryusei also knew about Lucifer's Fall, how many Angels in Heaven fell with him. "You allied with Lucifer, and Fell with him."
Kaito nodded. "I looked up to Lucifer. He was my brother, I was his follower. When he died, Micheal gave me a choice. To die with Lucifer, or Fall from Grace. I chose the ladder. They clipped my wings, took my Grace, and I became human."
Suddenly, explosions caught Ryusei's attention on the outside. Jin got to his feet and pulled out his bow from his quiver. "Stay here."
"No, wait." Ryusei said. Finally, he formulated a plan that would actually be able to do some good. "I know how we can finally figure out who they they're hunting us."
"What? How?" Kaito asked.
"Jin, can you light the flames more. Make them burn brighter?" Jin nodded. "Kaito, Go outside and use whatever you can to seal up this cave. I'm going to take whatever else of importance outside."
"What are you planning to do?" Jin asked.
Ryusei smirked. "Draw them here, and blow up the cave."
Kaito burst out laughing. "My God you're crazier than I thought. All right, I'll get on it."
Jin holstered his bow behind his back, and began to add more oxygen to the flames. Kaito immediately got to his feet and dashed outside to seal the cave with rocks, making sure to leave a hole for them to escape through before sealing it for good. Ryusei emptied out a crate of weapons. He picked up a knife, a combat knife with jagged edges, and slipped it in his back pocket. Once Jin made sure the fire couldn't burn anymore, he set the crate over it, along with multiple sheets of paper and flammable things. "What are you planning to do?" Jin asked.
"Fire releases oxygen, but also carbon dioxide." Ryusei explained. "As it burns, it releases more and more oxygen. But it needs oxygen to burn. If you give it more oxygen, at a high enough rate, the flames spontaneously combust in an explosion of energy. I just want to give it that little push, a catalyst, so it can explode."
"You're a pretty brilliant kid, you know that?" Jin smirked, before getting up and giving Ryusei a hand.
Walking out to the entrance of the cave, Kaito had already sealed up most of the entrance, save for a hole to the side. Ryusei had rigged some string and sticks together to remove the lid from the crate, hooked it around some string and connected it to the rocks used for the barricade. He wrapped it around the rocks, before sliding through the hole on the side and meeting Jin and Kaito outside. "All set?" Kaito asked.
Ryusei nodded. "Now we wait, and draw their attention here. As soon as they try to remove the barricade, the cave will blow."
"Well then," Jin said. "Let's get to hiding. I'll draw their attention."
He drew an arrow from his quiver and scratched it against one of the rocks, lighting it on fire. He aimed the arrow high in the air and released it. Once it reached a certain point, the arrow exploded. "That should draw them here. Now we hide."
…
Ryusei slipped in and out of consciousness, before finally waking up. While he was out of it, he had visions. He couldn't explain them, but it was like he was seeing into the past. The sky was dark, shrouded by clouds, but the moon illuminated the sky through a hole in the clouds. In the distance, Ryusei saw Big Ben…this was London. He had never been to London before, but he was sure it didn't look like this.
The streets were deserted, except for one woman walking alone. The buildings were old, like something from the 19th century. What's even more, there were no cars. Just carriages parked outside brick roads. Ryusei watched, as the woman covered herself. She wore a revealing 19th century dress, it showed much of her chest but covered all of her lower body. She wore a sash around her shoulders, which she used to cover herself as she walked hurriedly down the streets. It hit Ryusei like a brick. She was a prostitute. Being late out at this time of night, the clothes, the fear in her eyes.
Suddenly, a figure appeared several feet behind her. Noticing its presence, the woman made haste and began to run. The figure began to chase her into an alleyway. Ryusei wanted to help, but he wasn't in his body. It was like he was floating in the sky, watching, helplessly.
The figure was in black, a creature of the night. It wore a top hat, but that was the only thing Ryusei could make out. The clothes it was wearing were as dark as midnight, no discernible marks.
The woman ran into a dead end. She turned around, to see the figure pull a knife from his coat. The knife, Ryusei made sure to remember the knife. It was a Persian blade, curved slightly and made of stainless steel. At the base of the blade was a carving of characters Ryusei couldn't see. The handle was gold and fitted perfectly. Ryusei watched helplessly as the figure slashed her throat, and the blood spilled. Suddenly, the world turned black and white. The red crimson blood stained the figure's coat as it spurred everywhere. Ryusei suddenly got close, close enough to see the figure's eyes as it turned around. Gold, as brilliant as the burning sun, with vertical pupils, like a cat's. Suddenly, everything went white.
Ryusei sat straight up from the comfortable bed he was laying on, startling the blonde woman tending to him. He turned, to see Griselda. She was just as shocked as he was. She had removed the garb on her head, revealing a luscious mane of blonde hair. She looked like an angel, literally. Blonde hair, green eyes, that body, yet he couldn't forget that she was Gabriel's Queen. She's more dangerous than he could imagine.
"How long was I out?" Ryusei asked.
Griselda sat down the bowl of warm water on the bedside counter. The hot towel on Ryusei's head finally fell. He was shirtless, sweating, and his heart felt like it was going to beat out of his chest. His dragon tattoo on his left arm was aching, like the first time it was on his skin.
"A few hours." Griselda sat down beside him. She sighed. "Do you remember what happened? At the arena?"
Ryusei shook his head. "I feel like someone smashed my head in with a brick. What happened?"
Griselda pointed to the open window beside the bed. Ryusei got out of bed and walked to the window, staring down below in disbelief. The were in the mansion, looking out to the arena, on another floating island in the sky. It was the arena, where Griselda and Dulio tested his combat abilities. He remembered how light the arrows were in his hand, how quickly he shot them. But the arena wasn't like he remembered. It was almost destroyed, with a giant, gaping hole on the side.
"Did I…Did I do that?" Ryusei asked.
"Yes." Griselda got up and walked over to Ryusei's side. "You must realize now that you possess a terrifyingly powerful weapon. Rias Gremory, as much as her tactics were unjust, her motives were good. Do you understand now, that you must learn to control the dragons?"
"How? They've never awoken like this before." Ryusei said.
"Yes, they have," Griselda insisted. "You just don't remember. That was a fraction, not even half of what Ezreal and Akiva can do. Ezreal, the Dragon of Storms, and Akiva, the Dragon of Ice. These two are powerful, we must teach you how to control them."
Ryusei sighed. He nodded. "But before that, I think I-"
The door of the room they were in opened. Dulio walked in with a bag of food, and an envelope. He had stick of Pocky in his mouth as he closed the door with his foot. "I brought some snacks for us to eat. Was I interrupting anything?"
"What? No," Griselda said. "Ryusei-Kun, were you saying something?"
Ryusei decided it was best to talk about what he saw at another time. He shook his head. "What's with the envelope?"
"Oh this?" Dulio asked. He set the bag on the table before smiling. "Get this, Rias Gremory is getting engaged."
"What!" Griselda asked, shocked. "Are you serious? Rias Gremory, as in the heir to the House of Gremory? Who is she getting engaged to?"
"This is the best part," Dulio couldn't contain his laughter. "It's Riser Phoenix. That little playboy's finally getting anchored down."
"I sympathize with Rias Gremory." Griselda clapped her hands together and prayed. "I would not wish that fate on my worse enemies."
"What's going on? Why is it such a big deal she gets married?" Ryusei asked.
Dulio tossed him a bag of Sour Patch Kids. "You see Rias wasn't supposed to be the heir. Her brother, Sirzechs, was the legitimate heir to the Gremory name. But when he took the name Lucifer and became a Satan, he lost the right to the Gremory heir. Same goes for Serafall Leviathan, formerly Serafall Sitri. The second born child becomes the heir, therefore Rias."
"So?"
"Since the war, the devils have been at a…situation." Griselda explained. "Their numbers have dropped massively, and there are very few remaining pure-blooded families. Same goes for our numbers as well. We rely on humans for prayer, but also as Reincarnated Angels to rebuff our forces. From a political point of view, Rias Gremory and Riser Phoenix marrying is a smart move. It combines two of the strongest devil families remaining. However…"
"From a personal point of view," Dulio kicked in. "Rias Gremory is effectively being used as a sacrificial pawn. The Gremory Family is effectively sacrificing her to the Phoenix family, using her to birth more pure-blooded devils. To put in bluntly, she'll be a slave."
Ryusei felt pity for the girl. She may have had her quirks, but she didn't deserve such a fate. "Wait a minute, what of her peerage? My brother is her servant, what will happen to him?"
"He'll serve under Riser Phoenix, same goes for the rest of the peerage." Dulio answered. "And Riser's peerage is made up of fifteen beautiful women. Now he'll add four more to that list."
Rias Gremory. Himejima Akeno. Toujou Koneko…and Asia? "Wait, Asia? She'll be his?"
"Well not officially, but essentially yes." Griselda sighed. "How could they do this? I am surprised her brother would let such a thing to happen."
"Don't underestimate Sirzechs." Dulio said with a cold voice. "He may seem all nice and stuff, but that guy is as cold as Lucifer was, maybe even more. He'll do whatever he thinks is right, even when he's wrong. Underestimating him is a sure fire way of getting yourself killed."
Ryusei shot Griselda a look: "Do they have history?"
She looked at him back: "I'll tell you later, best not to talk about it in front of him."
Ryusei nodded. "Well I can't let that happen. Issei and Asia don't deserve that. I have to do something."
"Back up arrowhead," Dulio laughed. "You're a new Angel, and what's even worse you're Lord Micheal's new Angel. You have a responsibility now. You can't just go around doing whatever you want."
"Why not? You do." Ryusei retorted.
"Well I…It's…" Dulio was at a loss for words.
"He's got a point, Dulio." Griselda leaned on Ryusei and smirked. "Why can you do whatever you want and expect him to follow the rules? Where's the fairness in that?"
"Yeah." Ryusei smirked and crossed his arms. "Where is the fairness in that?"
Dulio gave them an annoyed look. "So not fair. You cannot just gang up on me like that. Fine, do whatever you want. But don't come crying when Lord Micheal gets angry."
Ryusei smirked. He opened the bag of Sour Patch Kids and ate some, before staring at his arm. The dragons, he realized he knew barely anything about them. He finally got their names. Ezreal and Akiva.
"Dude," Dulio said, throwing a shirt at him. "Will you put a shirt on? You two look like a pair of hot models."
"You think I'm hot?" Griselda asked with a mischevious smirk.
Dulio blushed. "S-Shut up. Just put a shirt on dammit."
…
Issei and Asia walked into the Occult Research Club room, and immediately regretted it. Rias and her entire peerage was sitting on the couch, while a man with spiky blonde hair and an arrogant smile sat across from them. Rias turned to face the two of them. "Issei, you came." A smile tugged at her lips.
"What's going on?" Issei asked. "Who is this?"
"Issei, Asia," Rias said. "I'd like you to meet Riser Phoenix. Riser, these are two of my servants. Hyoudou Issei, and Asia Argento."
Issei instantly hated Riser. He got up and walked over to the two of them, but completely ignored Issei, instead to Asia. He rubbed her chin, frightening her instantly. Issei broke them up. "Back off blondy. Who the hell do you think you are?"
Riser Phoenix smirked. "Well, little boy. I'm engaged to your lovely master. So you see, you'll soon be my servant as much as hers." He licked his lips and looked at Asia, making Issei cringe.
"Wait, engaged? What the hell? Why are you getting engaged to this douchebag?" Issei could barely contain his anger. The thought of serving someone like him, it made him sick to his stomach. What's even worse was that Asia will have to serve him as well.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you Issei," Rias said. "I didn't know how to tell you."
"Why are you marrying him?" Issei asked.
Suddenly, a magic circle opened up behind Issei and Asia. Emerging from the circle was a beautiful, silver haired maid with dazzling blue eyes. She wore a maid's uniform, colored teal and white, and walked forward past Issei and Asia like they weren't even there.
"This decision has already been made," the maid said. "orders from Lord Sirzechs and Lord Gremory themselves. I'm sorry, Rias, there isn't a thing you can do to stop this."
Rias looked defeated. She looked like she had lost a war, and so did the others. Issei balled his fist, filled with anger, until Asia took his hand and calmed him down. "Don't give me that crap. I am tired of hearing you say you had no choice. It's your life dammit, make your own choices. Who gives a crap what you brother says. If you don't wanna marry this douchebag, then say you don't want to marry him."
"Grayfia," Rias said. "Please, I don't want to do this."
Grayfia, the maid, urged closer to Rias and taking her hand. "Rias, you know that I have loved you as a daughter since I married your brother. I would do anything to help you, but I cannot go against Lord Sirzechs' wishes."
Grayfia walked over to Issei, and handed him two envelopes. "The engagement party will be tomorrow, at 7 PM. Officials from the three factions will be present to witness this occasion. It would be a shame if something were to happen to show how much Rias Gremory's servants loved her. Truly, it would be a shame."
Issei go the feeling she was hinting at something, but she turned and bowed, and quickly left through the same magic circle before Issei could ask questions.
Riser sighed. "I'm getting bored of this. I'll see you tomorrow, darling." He winked, before combusting into flames and disappearing.
The silence of the clubroom was deafening, and deadly. Issei stared silently at the faces of the other servants. Kiba had a cold glare, earlier, he knew this would happen. That's why he urged them to come to the club room. But what was he after?
Akeno and Koneko seemed sad, like they had a hard time accepting this. Just as Rias looked defeated, Asia was at a loss for words. "I-Issei-San…"
"I can't believe you guys," Issei said. "How could you let this happen?"
"There wasn't a thing we could do," Kiba balled his fist in rage. "Orders from the Satans themselves, we can't break them."
"Screw the Satans dammit!" Issei cried out. "You're really going to follow tortured my brother for information? If Dulio hadn't came in there and saved him, Sirzechs would've killed Ryusei. Are you going to follow a man who almost killed a sixteen year old boy!"
"Your brother is not some sixteen year old boy, Issei-Kun." Kiba retorted, yet there was no anger to his voice. He was calm, deadly calm. "Five years in Hell, he's changed more than you could ever know. When forced into Hell, people change. The adapt, and to mask their pain they pretend like they're not in pain. Your brother has pent up emotion, everyone does. Five years there, did you really think he would return not damaged by it?"
Issei felt like he was hit between the eyes. He was right. Ever since he came home, he's been different. Hell, he's been going out to hunt criminals during the night with a bow and arrow. Was he just hiding his pain this whole time?
Issei turned his back. "I'll see you at the engagement party. I'll make sure to wear something nice, and not embarrass you."
"Issei, please-" Rias said, but it was too late, he was already out the door.
…
Lian-Yu, Five Years Ago
Kaito pulled Ryusei's head lower, as they hid underneath the bushes atop a small cliff, looking down at the cave's entrance. Jin had shot the exploding arrow in the air, and Ryusei could hear the bushes rustling. "They're here."
The three of them watched as figures emerged from the shadows of the forest. They were clad in dark, almost midnight black, armor. One of them removed their hoods, revealing the face of someone familiar.
"That bitch," Kaito growled.
Ryusei was speechless. The one leading the pack of seven, was Naomi. Her black hair was tied into a ponytail, her dark eyes cold and emotionless. She wore a dark robe with a red cross on the back, like something from the church.
"You two," Naomi ordered. "Break this wall down. If they're hiding in there, we'll bring them to Master Valper."
Two of them brought their arms over their chest, and pounded their hearts once, before working to remove the rocks. Ryusei kept a close watch of which rock had the string attached, once that rock was removed, the cave will blow. They had hid essentials all along the forest in case of emergencies, so they could afford to blow up the cave.
Kaito was filled with anger. He was trembling with rage. "How could she? Did she leave Krissy and Lyon to die?"
"We'll deal with that later," Jin said. "Get ready to attack, once the cave blows."
Ryusei counted the rocks. Finally, one of them arrived at the right rock. They pulled it down, and the three of them crouched down. Suddenly, an explosion blasted everything away. In a split second, Jin got to his feet and slid down the cliff and onto the ground. During the slide, he shot arrows and sunk into each and every one of the figures in the dark robes, killing them. Finally, the three of them got down and looked at Naomi.
Kaito was the one who searched her. He removed the her robe, to reveal weapons laced along the inside of the robe. He pulled out a short baton, it wasn't much longer than Ryusei's forearm, but suddenly it shot out in both directions and extended into a bow staff. Kaito shrank it down and handed it to Ryusei. "Here, you'll need something better than that knife."
Ryusei blushed. So he knew about the knife Ryusei had stowed away in his back pocket. Damn him and his perceptive skills. "We have to hide the bodies of the others, but what about her?" Jin asked.
"We'll take her," Kaito said. "She could answer some questions for us. Do you need help with the other bodies?"
Jin nodded. "Ryusei, come with me. I'll need you and your brain. Kaito, tie her arms and put something in her mouth so she doesn't scream. We'll "ask" her later."
Ryusei and Kaito nodded, getting up and doing their jobs. He stowed away the baton/bow staff in the lining of his belt, and helped Jin throw the bodies of the other figures to the ocean. Ryusei instinctively put a hand over his heart, praying that their afterlife is better than this.
…
"Ryusei-Kun? What's wrong?" Micheal asked as Ryusei knocked and entered his office in the mansion. Ryusei still couldn't get used to the size of this mansion, it was massive. This office seemed like the only normal thing. A large, spacious, office with twin bookshelves on either side, filled with classical books: Moby Dick, Shakespeare, Charles Dickins, even the Godfather. At the center of the room was a coffee table with twin couches facing it, and the grand desk at the back with two chairs in front and a larger one behind it for Micheal. The window behind him had a great view of Heaven, or at least the First Heaven.
Micheal looked worried as Ryusei closed the door. "I need to talk to you, about this vision I had when I was passed out."
"You had a vision?" Micheal seemed on guard. "Please, have a seat." And so Ryusei did. He faced Micheal with concern in his eyes. "Tell me what you saw? It's not uncommon for Angels to get premonitions, but never this early after being Reincarnated."
Ryusei told him what he saw. About how he thought it was London, but during the 19th century. How the woman was running from this figure. And how the figure slashed her throat, and stared at Ryusei with those golden eyes.
"It seems like you had a premonition of the past," Micheal said. "Do you think you know who this person was? The man in black, with the top hat."
"You sound like you don't believe me." Ryusei said.
Micheal laughed. "I have been alive for a long time, Ryusei-Kun. I watched Adam and Eve grow from children to the elderly. I watched as their children populated the earth. I remember Sodom and Gamora, Cain and Able, David Goliath, I remember all of it. In my years, I have seen angels reincarnated who have had visions. I have learned to never disbelief them, for they can show you a lot. So, Ryusei-Kun, who do you think it is?"
Ryusei had given it some thought, and it could only be one person. "London, 19th century. Prostitute, black figure with a top hat. It's gotta be Jack the Ripper. At least, I can't think of anything else."
Micheal crossed his arms. "Jack the Ripper, huh? Truth be told, that is one of the mysteries even Heaven cannot answer. In a span of 12 weeks, he killed five women and escalated the killings frequently. When he stopped, Heaven sent angels to investigate, but came up empty. We still do not know who he is."
"Don't you inspect souls who get sent to Heaven?" Ryusei asked.
Micheal smiled. "Sadly, the world doesn't work as the Bible says it so. You see the Reapers are the ones who decide which souls of humans get to join Heaven, and which souls go to Hell. They are the real guardians of life. Heaven is just a domain for souls of the pure of heart."
"But what does my vision mean?" Ryusei asked. "Does that mean that Jack the Ripper is back?"
Micheal shook his head. "That is something I do not know. Different angels have different visions. Some envision their families and friends, some envision what they will be when they grow up. But I have never seen an angel envision a serial killer." He smirked. "This is interesting indeed."
"I wish you'd stop treating me like a child," Ryusei frowned.
Micheal laughed. "Don't worry Ryusei-Kun. I'm sure it's nothing. Get some rest, we'll begin your training tomorrow, before we get to the exciting part."
Ryusei raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
"Oh nothing," Micheal smiled. "I'll see you later, Ryusei-Kun."
"Good-bye, Lord Micheal." Ryusei walked out of the office, yet he couldn't shake the feeling like that vision meant something more. Jack the Ripper, just what did it all mean?
Author's Note - I think I'll speed through the Riser Arc rather quickly cuz I want to get to Ryusei's development and introducing Irina and Xenovia. Ontop of making Xenovia an angel, and inserting an OC into Rias' peerage, who will be connected to Kiba, I'll also introduce Ryusei's nemesis soon. Like how Issei has Vali to make him stronger, I thought I'd give Ryusei a rival too. Kinda like how Malcom Merlyn was to Oliver Queen. I always loved Jack the Ripper and the whole lore behind him, so Jack the Ripper in modern day lol. Also, sorry if Ryusei hasn't returned to his vigilante activities in a while. After the Riser Arc, Ryusei will return to being the Hood so please be patient. Anyways, thanks for reading everyone and sorry for the late upload. Hope you liked it and tell me what you think of Jack the Ripper :)