Welcome dear readers, to another chapter of Shadows, Light, and Blood. Nothing important to be stated right now except that I still need to fill Issei's unused pieces, but anyway let's move on.

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xxx6sic6xxx - What's being done with Gasper?

That my friend is a good question and the answer, may surprise you. I cannot say yet. You will find out, that I can promise. I will give you a few hints.

1. He's not dead.

2. He's not the same as canon Gasper. He doesn't have Forbidden Balor View, he has something... Different.

3. He's not with Rias.


Chapter 13

Third Person POV

When one finds themselves viewing a mini war, they would normally run in the other directions, when a person part of the supernatural saw a mini war involving Devils, a Valkyrie, Dragons, Vampires, Ghouls, and Satan, they would run away screaming and pleading for their lives to be spared. Zynirith Vir Nsia was not normal among the normal and he was not normal among the supernatural. Seeing the fight, he decided to do what came naturally to him, join in. Down he dived into the horde of Ghouls with the small comment of a certain partner of his saying, 'You jumped into this fight almost as eagerly as you jump into "fun time" with us.'

Laughing at this he began to lash out with fire magic. As the first batch of ghouls turned into ashes her began to head deeper into the fray with his other partner cackling in his head,'Yeah... I feel wet, how about you?'

Zynirith sighed in fond exasperation at her words as dark grey weapons that resembles weapons of light, except for the demonic energy fueling them. Soon he'd entered the castle, which he absently thought the creator of might have a black fetish, he saw that the group fighting seemed to be ripping through the Ghouls like paper.

Zynirith was about to go help the silver and white haired duo with the Dragon Sacred Gears, when a Vampire from off to the side jumped at him with two crimson blades.

"You were not invited." The man said simply.

"Oh, yeah. Sorry to crash the party, oh wait, scratch that, I'm not sorry." Zynirith said and his weapons were covered, the left hand one in fire and the right in ice, both were shaped as serpents as he began to furiously attack with them and the man would occasionally wince or grimace from the slight Holy properties the weapons themselves had.

"Who are you?" The mans asked.

"Zynirith Vir Nsia, Incubus. Well Vamp, I introduced myself, don't leave me here without knowing my date's name." The Incubus replied.

The Vampire paused and then sighed,"I am Bran Diskenth formerly of the Tepes Faction. I am your demise."

"Yeah well, been there, fucked that Grim reaper. So no." Zynirith said, growling briefly at the Ghouls that began attacking him and getting in the way of him continuing to fight the Vampire, before he created Ice Golems, Dragons made of fire, and giant snakes made of earth.

"Now, where were we?" Zynirith asked as he readied his weapons.

The vampire impassively held his blades aloft before they merged into one broadsword.

"I will eradicate you, filthy creature." Bran informed and the two began to engage in a fight.

'What a killjoy.' The second partner stated.

'You're definitely right about that Vasara.' Zynirith agreed.

Vali Lucifer saw the new person enter, but since he was helping, he turned back to his fight, these Ghouls were as strong as his great-great-grandfather had said, but they were way below that in durability.

"Toshiro, how ya doing?" Vali asked.

"Oh, you know, kicking ass, trying not to die in a stupid way. Same old." Toshiro said dryly.

"How about you Kiba?!" Vali called.

"I'm doing okay." He said, right before a Ghoul bit into his shoulder.

"Less okay." He said but fought harder to make up for his mistake. Meanwhile Alice seemed to be in the throes of shaking off her brainwashing.

Meanwhile the group outside were reaching the jet and the Ghouls were returning to bolster their fellows at the castle and Issei and Vlad were both in the shambles that used to be Vlad's bathroom.

"Ya'know Vlad... I think you might have lost your touch." Issei said with a smirk.

"Grr. I won't lose to you Satan. I've survived long enough to achieve my goal of getting my Queen. I'll survive long enough to get myself an heir." Vlad said.

"I'm not sorry to say, you won't live that long." Issei said with a pleased look on his face,"You're body's giving up on you old timer. You see, I'm still growing in power. You've been in a state of decline. The ritual making to the Vampire you are... It's taking its toll. Every power has a drawback, even those of the Primordial beings of this world."

True to his statement, Vlad's regeneration was slowing, and a hole was beginning to appear in his chest. A wound from impalement.

"I remember when we fought for a century straight Vlad, you knew you wouldn't last that long this time." Issei scolded.

"Even if you win, I will come back. I swear it. While you are the Darkness and the Goddess is Light, I am a the Unknown, I will always be there and I will always be feared." Vlad growled,"I will return and my power will be much more than it used to be. I will have Meine Gelbiete. However, I might as well give you a bit of information, there is another who wishes to take your mantle, guard yourself, for the only one that is allowed to defeat you, is me."

With that Vlad's body crumpled as his eyes turned golden and cuts, gashes, and holes were visible in his body, but the largest was his wound in his chest, the impalement wound.

"Hmph, he was always a strange guy. Maybe he was into that kind of thing." Issei noted absently as he began to make his way back to the castle.

With the others, they were all fighting ferociously until suddenly, the ghouls all dropped limply to the ground. Toshiro and Vali collapsed against each other's backs in relief, Yuuto fell back into Vlad's throne with clear exhaustion, Akeno was looking around at the others to ensure their safety and besides a few wounds on Toshiro, the wounds she knew Yuuto had before, and Vali was covered in scratches and his clothes were torn.

To their delight, Alice seemed to shake herself of the vacant state and was looking at everyone in shock. Meanwhile Zynirith was to the side looking troubled,

"I can't believe he just ran, damnit he cheated me out of a good fight! I'll kill that bastard, I was going to anyway, but I'll kill him more!"

When Issei entered the others of his group noticed his bleeding lip and the blood going down his forehead, as well as the rib sticking visible from his chest, in clothing was in shambles and he was breathing deeply and walking slowly, so to avoid making his wounds worse. Upon seeing him Alice looked down in shame,

"Meister, I-Vlad-he-there's no excuse for letting my guard down- I will accept the punishment you see fit, but Tria and Akasha, are they okay?" Alice asked in a resigned tone.

"They're with Rias and the others, they're safe Alice." Issei said softly as he reached Alice.

She nodded when she heard that and sighed in relief.

She breathed deeply a moment later and said,"I'm ready."

"For what?" Issei asked.

Alice blinked,"I got caught, you had to come save me, and to top it off, I let myself be manipulated. I should be punished for the trouble I've caused."

"Alice, you are a mother, I could never punish you for being a mother." Issei said with a smile.

"I understand, Meister." Alice said with a smile.

Then she seemed to remember something and looked directly at Issei worriedly.

"Meister, the curse on Tria, Vlad ate it." Alice informed.

It took a moment for those words to sink in, the curse. Vlad had the power of the curse within him. He now had its power at his disposal, this brought him back to the words Vlad spoke. He would be back, Issei agreed, the curse ensured he would live to fight Issei. this also reminded him of Vlad's warning, but he shook it off in favor of addressing the man that was staring at them with curiosity.

"It appears we had some assistance. Who're you Incubus?" Issei asked.

"The name is Zynirith Vir Nsia, Incubus extraordinaire and assassin." Zynirith introduced.

"I am Issei Satan, reincarnation of the Dark Monarch Satan, and King of Hell." Issei introduced in return.

"So, not that Slaughtering these Ghouls wasn't fun, but what the hell was going on?" Zynirith asked.

"Oh, just the usual, my lover was kidnapped, broken, and brainwashed by the guy I was fighting and we came to retrieve her. Routine Damsel-in-Distress-type deal. Of course, she can handle herself most of the time, but that bastard was dangerous and all around a pain in my ass." Issei answered with exasperation.

"Huh, so. Got anymore fights like these that I could, do. I'd love to get a good fight, the bastard I was fighting cockblocked me from murdering him?" Zynirith asked curious.

"Well, I'm going to be in a lot of fights, so if you want you could join my peerage and you can have your fair share of jobs. A king could always use a good Assassin." Issei offered.

Zynirith took a moment to think on this offer. On one hand he could continue to run around and do as he wished, finding his own fights and continuing to harass the church, whom he knew were starting up a peace with the Devils and Fallen Angels. On the other hand, he wasn't all powerful and he made enemies quite frequently, not to mention that Zeus and Hephaestus both want to murder him for sleeping with their respective wives. Not to mention the church wanted him for all the nuns he'd "gotten it on" with. He had to sleep eventually and it would be safer to stick with Satan himself, after all, he needed only restrict himself from causing too much trouble and he could remain rather normal for him. Not to mention working for Satan includes the knowledge his people held and the old Devils knew quite a lot about Soul Manipulation.

"I'll become one of your servants, but in return, I ask for your help with a project of mine." Zynirith agreed.

"Name this desire and we can help you." Issei said his own curiosity showing on his face.

"You see, I have these two... Spirits, bound to me, but I wish to give them their own bodies so that I may truly be with them." Zynirith stated.

"Ah. As it is, Vlad was well versed in Soul Manipulation, Alice, I want you to retrieve his texts on Soul Manipulation. We'll add it to our own, now for the bodies, I think I can enlist Ajuka or Azazel to create a body. Actually, Azazel mentioned the Grigori had cloning machines." Issei said thoughtfully.

Trihexia's POV

After a while the group at the castle began to come back, and when my mother walked in I rushed to her and hugged her tightly.

"Mother! I was so scared you'd gotten hurt because of me! I was worried you wouldn't come back!" I cried.

My mother's hands tentatively wrapped her arms around me and hummed with content.

"It's okay Tria, Mommy's fine and I will always come back to you and your sisters, whenever you have need or want of me." Mom said.

"Everyone." Father said calling everyone to attention.

"This is ZynirithVir Nsia, he's my newest pawn." Father introduced.

The man in question was handsome, with right wavy black hair, maroon red eyes, and pale skin. He wore a black muscle shirt, under a leather jacket. He wore black skinny jeans, and a pair of combat boots. An additional part of his outfit was the pair of rings he wore which gave me the feeling they were more than they appeared.

The others all introduced themselves to him and when the introductions reached me, I did so in the usual fashion,"Greetings, I'm Trihexia Valentine, nice to meet you."

He nodded.

"I'd say it is good to meet you all, but I'll wait until I know you better." He informed honestly.

After we settled, Father took me aside and smiled,"It has been a long time since I last saw you as you are now. I'm glad to have my little princess back."

"What do you mean Father? I just saw you the other day, before... The Maou took me aside for a chat, they were going to help me make you a present for your birthday." I asked confused.

"Trihexia, it has been a long time since then. After that chat, you were cursed and lost control attacking me and Nava, you almost destroyed your mother's physical form. We ran out of options and were ready to destroy you, but even still your mother begged me to save you and we had to seal your mind within her battle weakened me and while giving your niece Katarea Leviathan sanctuary, she killed my original body. This is my new body, admittedly I am controversially stronger, but I can no longer just create Devils as I could before." Father informed.

"I-It can't be. I-I can't imagine hurting Mother. I'd-I'd never hurt her if I had my way." I said in disbelief.

"You weren't you, but now you are. Trihexia, you have the chance to live as you did before. I plan to change things, this trip has taught me something. I shouldn't put your mother aside, but I'm still the same. Trihexia, how would you feel if I married your mother?" Father asked.

I blinked in surprise. Before, I'd asked many times why Father didn't marry Mother, he'd always said, he didn't need to do so for his love for her to be noticed.

"I'd be happy Father, but why now?" I asked.

"This trip has taught me that Alice's place in this world has been lacking from what it should be. I'll be speaking to Nava or as she is called now Irina, when we get back, I will no longer have Alice as anything less than my Queen. She deserves it for the faithfulness and loyalty she has shown me. She's gladly done as I've requested and even allowed her body to be used to my liking. She deserves a better title than Servant. You agree?" Father said.

I nodded,"Mother deserves many things Father, but that will be a great start."


Issei's harem: Alice, Xenovia, Rias, Irina, Kuroka, Ravel, Ophis,

Toshiro's Harem: Akeno, Koneko, Aika, Asia.

Here's the current rundown of Issei's peerage.

King: Satan(A. K. A. Issei), Devil God

Queen:Lucia Alice Valentine, Shinso Vampire

Bishops: Asia, Wielder of Twilight Healing, and Ravel, Phenex Devil.

Knights: Xenovia,Durandal Wielder,

Rooks: Rossweisse, Valkyrie,

Pawns: Aika Kiryu Valentine,Pure-blood Vampire[One Pawn], Zynirith Vir Nsia, Incubus[Four Pawns]-OC by Zesterios-,

Unused Pieces: 1 Knight, 1 Rook, and 3 Pawns.