Familiar From Hell

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edboy4926: If you mean using it, yes, he can. If you mean using it like an expert swordman, no, he can't.


Occult Club Research Room

Rias is explaining to Issei and Asia about the importance of Familiar for devil. When she's about to explain how to gain a Familiar, someone knocks the door. After Rias gives the knocker a permission to enter, a group of people come in.

"Oh my God, No!"

"Is there any problem, Lucifer?" Thought Issei.

"They're devils. Just when I thought six devils are bad enough!"

Issei is thinking for a while after Lucifer said that. He realize that he's one of the devils that Lucifer deemed "bad enough". Issei let out a sigh as he tries not to facepalm.

"So, why Shitori and her peerage are here?" Ask Issei.

"It'll be revealed later." Said Rias.

"Hey, aren't you the guy who recently joined the Student Council? If I am not wrong, you're from Class 2-C." Said Issei as he referred to another blonde guy.

"Saji Genshiro. He's my Pawn." Said Sona.

"This is my Pawn, Hyoudou Issei. And my Bishop, Asia Argento." Said Rias in return.

"So the Student Council's devils have new male Pawn and the Occult Research Club's devils have new male Pawn...and also female Bishop. What a coincidence and similarity." Comment Issei.

"Well, the coincidence oart is right but the similarity is only few. For start, I am not a pervert like you..."

"Let me tell you, idiot. That blonde devil fron Student whatever is lying."

"...and it costed four Pawns to turn me into a devil." Said Saji.

"It costed me eight." Replied Issei dryly.

"He's right, Saji." Said Sona.

"Eight? That's all of them! I can't believe it. Not an unremarkable guy like this." Said Saji.

"Kiddo, if you want to punch him, then do it. I'll gladly support you."

"Thanks, Lucifer. But no! That will only make it worse." Thought Issei.

Saji then approach Asia and gives her his hand.

"Nice to meet you." Said Saji.

"I'm so pleased to meet you." Replied Asia as she accept his hand.

Suddenly, Saji grabs Asia's hand with both of his hands.

"The pleasure is all mine! I'm honored to meet a pretty girl like you." Said Saji.

Feeling irritated, Issei uses telekinesis to stomp on Saji's right feet. Despite keep showing a happy face, Issei knows that inside Saji is trying his best to hold the pain.

"Good job. Now you just need to do the same thing with your enemy."

Saji then goes to Issei and offers him his hand as well. Issei accept it, though at the same time he also change the temperature of Saji's body.

"Nice to meet you, Saji. I hope we can be a good friend." Said Issei while trying to hold evil smile.

"N-Nice to m-meet y-you too." Replied Saji who's trying to not trembling. "B-By the way, I w-want to inform t-that I've just given p-permission to c-claim my pet."

"Oh yeah? Asia and I also got one." Replied Issei as he sends more chill to Saji.

The almost-freezing devil can't take it anymore and finally let go Issei's hand.

"You did?" Ask Sona to Rias.

"Yes. I was thinking next week, maybe..."

"But a new pet can only arrive once per month."

"In that case, how about if we have a duel to determine who gets the pet first?" Suggest Rias.

"A duel?"

"Whoever wins gets permission to claim his or her pet."

"I hope you don't have a Rating Game in mind."

"I would never. For starters, I could never get permission for that."

"That's true. And besides, there's your health to consider."

Rias' face suddenly become sour. This doesn't go unnoticed by the sealed Archangels.

"OK. Now I am curious for the reason."

"We might find out about it later, Mike."

"That has nothing to do with it. That's right. Let's be high school about this and determine the victor through sports."

Hearing that suggestion, Issei, Lucifer, and Michael have one thing in their mind: "This won't end well."


Few days later...

Forest of Familiars

"And that was why, ladies and gentlemen, you didn't do sports a la devil."

"That fact came out too late, Michael." Thought Issei.

Rias' peerage finally arrive at the forest where familiars are created. After giving some explanation about the forest, the peerage meet the Pet Master Zatouji. He then gives the group options about what kind of familiar they want.

"I have a suggestion."

"How about an intimidating one?" Ask Issei.

"Intimidating, huh? Yeah, I know some familiars with that kind of perk. How about you, young girl?" Ask Zatouji.

"I would like a cute one." Replied Asia.

"Of course, dear!"

"Thank you, kind sir!"

Hearing the conversation, Issei's trying his best not to facepalm. The group then go near a lake where Undines tend to appear. After few moments there, both Issei and Asia decide that there's no familiar there that match with what they want.

The group the walk to the other side of the forest. Suddenly, Lucifer talks to Issei.

"Duck now and pretend that you're tying up your shoe!"

"Why are you asking me that, Lucifer?" Thought Issei.

"Just do it, fool. You might not regret it."

Issei is uncertain about it remembering how many times Lucifer tricked him to do something that ended up with him injured. Nevertheless, Issei do what Lucifer asked.

"Is there something wrong, Issei?" Ask Rias.

"Just having problem with my shoelace. Just keep going, this surely won't take long." Replied Issei while he's "tying" his left shoe.

"Well, OK. Just be quick."

The group then continue their walk. Issei now is few feet away from them.

"I'll guide you to where you should go. Do it now!"

Issei then silently goes to the direction being "pointed" by Lucifer.


Few minutes later...

Issei keeps running to the direction. Finally, he stops at a field.

"Good. Stop here. If I am right, it should approach this location very soon."

"What? What is it? Please tell me!" Thought Issei.

"Better see it for yourself."

Issei looks around the field. He can see many types of familiars; from little birds, cats, and moles to some sort of lion, giant snakes, and little dragons.

Suddenly, the entire familiars are running away from the field. Issei can feels a dark aura. The aura feels like something that come from Hell itself. He looks around, trying to find the source. Issei see nothing that can be the source, but the aura feels bigger and heavier each second.

"Hold on, vessel. I'll do some tweak at your sense...and you should be able to find it."

Feeling that his senses have been enhanced, Issei tries to look for the source again. This time, he succeed. He find it.

The source is a German Shepherd, but there are something different with the dog. First, its size is roughly five feet tall. The entire fur is black, has red eyes, and the German Shepherd seems to expelled something that looks like smoke from its skin. Perhaps it's the aura that Issei feels. The dog is looking around the field, looks like trying to find a prey.

"Haha! Just like what I thought! Issei Hyoudou, I present to you, Hellhound!"

"Hellhound? As in, dog from Hell?"

"No, as in dog from Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan."

"I know that's a sarcasm."

"Of course it's from HELL! Don't ask stupid question! Now, call that hound to come over here!"

At first, Issei is a little bit unsure. However, he begin to call the hellhound. Issei bows a little bit and uses his left hand to signal the dog to come.

"Come here, come here...big dog. Please come here." Said Issei.

The hellhound looks at Issei for a while. After that, it walks to his position. The hound now is in front of Issei. The hellhound sniffs Issei's left hand for a moment. It then lick his hand and finally his face.

"Whoa, whoa, there. Stop please." Said Issei with a tone of happiness. "You know, I never thought a hellhound will be such a nice dog."

"When it's not trying to kill anyone. When it does, the hellhounds are pretty terrifying. But it's actually not so different from Earth's dogs...except on some things. Oh, one more thing."

After the hellhound calm down, Issei pats its head while the hound is sticking its tongue.

"I think I have found a perfect familiar." Said Issei.

"You have. Now you better get back to the group and do it fast."

"Why is that, Michael?"

"I can sense it from here. They're in danger."

"Crap! Better hurry! Come on, houndy!"

The hellhound barks first before following Issei.


During they search for familiars, the group managed to find one for Asia. Or rather, the familiar chose to be Asia's. It's a Sprite Dragon. That was when they they noticed that Issei had disappear. But they don't have time to worry about that because right now, a wild wolf is in front of them.

"Oh man, the Wolf of Pettigrew. One of the strongest canine in the world. Strong, intelligence, and agile, the reason why there are only few devils have this creature as their familiar is because they're one of the wildest and hard to tame." Explain Zatouji.

"So, how do we defeat it?" Ask Kiba as he prepare his sword.

"Well, even for me, it requires a large amount of brute force. That Sprite Dragon won't be effective because it's still little and doesn't have enough powers to compete with the wolf."

The wolf takes a step closer to the group with the latter takes a step back. It's better to maintain a distance with it.

"HEY!"

The group and the wolf turn their attention to the source of the voice. It's Issei.

"Issei! Where have you been?!" Ask Rias.

"I...am invested." Replied Issei as a sound of growl can be heard. "Stay!"

"What, you can control that wolf?" Ask Kiba with a little hint of amusement.

"Not that one." Said Issei as he points at the wolf. He then appears to be patting the air. "I brought my own. Mine's bigger. Sic 'im, boy!"

The growling sounds become louder as the wolf surprisingly begin to take few steps back in fear. The wolf suddenly run away. But it then rolling on the ground and begin to fight an air. The wolf is desperately trying to fight back, but it gets injured and the injuries become more in amount and fatality. After few minutes, the wolf lie on the ground, lifeless.

Issei goes to the group as his hellhound walks back to him, though he's the only one who can see it.

"OK. What. Is. Happening?" Ask Rias.

"I manage to found a perfect familiar." Answer Issei as he pats the hellhound.

"Issei, there's nothing there." Said Akeno.

"Wait, nothing there? Is your familiar has an appearance of a dog? Roughly five feet tall?" Ask Zatouji.

"Yes, how do you know that?" Ask Issei back.

"Well, it began few months ago..."


Flashback...

Zatouji was walking around the forest, checking the condition of the familiars. Suddenly, a large number of them was running toward him. While he managed to dodge all of them, he was confused, what caused the familiars to act like that?

Zatouji then heard a growl. Perhaps a dog or wolf or other canine.

"Alright, whoever you are, you better come here. I am Pet Master Zatouji. While it's normal for familiar to fight another one, I don't approve scaring a lot of them to death. Come here to get disciplined!"

Suddenly, a giant German Shepherd appeared in front of him.

And that was how the Pet Master Zatouji running through the forest while screaming like a girl as the giant dog chased him.

Flashback end...


"...took one whole month for the dog to be bored with me. And another month to...'train' it to not chased me on sight."

"Bored? Well considering chasing that man was not a job, that could explain it."

"So what kind of creature is this?" Ask Rias.

"I don't know. The first time seeing something like that. I only have limited information about it. One of them is that there are at least only two types of people who can see it; the owner and the target." Explain Zatouji.

"Well, at least Issei and Asia found their familiars." Said Kiba.

"Good. Now Issei, Asia, please begin the ritual to bound-AAAAAAHHH!"

Rias' order is cut short when the hellhound begin targeting her, making Rias can see it. Rias then hide behind Kiba, who then also get targeted. In response, Kiba takes out his sword as he's sweating bullet. None of them ever see a dog as horrifying as a hellhound.

"Stand! What's wrong, boy?" Ask Issei to his hellhound.

The hellhound lets out growls and begin to move around. While Issei doesn't understand it, remembering that the hellhound targeted Rias when she ask the hound to be bounded to him, he might know the reason.

"Looks like the dog doesn't want to be bounded. It's willing to be my pet as it isn't bounded." Explain Issei. "I guess I am right. The dog is now dancing like a happy, ordinary dog."

"OK then, no bounding for the dog." State Rias. The hellhound disappear from she and Kiba's vision, which relieved them. "Anyway, do you want to give a name to your pet?"

"I will call my dragon 'Rassei'." Said Asia which earned her a "That's a surprise" looks from others.

"I have a suggestion: Growley."

"Maybe Growley?" Said Issei as he looks at the hellhound's reaction. "He's fine with the name."

"Why Growley, Lucy?"

"Based from a certain traitorous demon. He gave the Winchesters the Colt to kill me. Not that it worked."


Somewhere at another universe...

"AACHOOO! Well, that's a surprise. Now, what I want to do earlier...? Ah yes, collecting my clients' souls. It's already ten decades since they made the deal."


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