SHINJI AND IRINA
by Gunman
Disclaimer: I do not own Evangelion or Highschool DxD or their characters.
Summary: Shinji and Irina meet and become lovers, despite being on opposite sides.
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Irina Shidou was mad. No, furious would have been a better word.
Her oldest childhood friend, Issei Hyodou, someone she had once held feelings for, was now a servant to the gorgeous young heiress named Rias Gremory, who was also a Devil. What's more is that she was an exorcist for the Church, and wielded the power of Excalibur Mimic to destroy evil.
She should have been upset by that alone, but when she had confronted the Devil heiress about staying out of their way while they hunted for the missing Excalibur shards, she found herself facing her oldest childhood friend in one-on-one combat, while her partner, Xenovia Quarta, faced off against Yuuto Kiba.
It was during the battle that Issei proved to be not only a skilled fighter, which shocked Irina, but she also found out about his deadly, and perverted, technique.
Even though Koneko had warned them about Issei's 'Dress Break' technique, Irina had succumbed to it and was now completely naked as her battle attire had been destroyed simply by Issei touching her.
She was sitting on the grass of the Kuoh School grounds, just naked save for a couple shreds of her battle attire, and just crying.
Issei had taken the 'Dress Break' spell off, but Irina was still upset at him. She should have been upset at herself, for not listening to the young neko-girl who had blatantly told her about his 'evil' technique, but mostly at herself for not being quick enough to avoid the attack, but moreso that she didn't have any other clothes with her.
"Here." a voice said to her.
Irina looked up and saw that the young and handsome Rook, named Shinji Ikari, had wrapped a large blanket around her shoulders.
The chestnut-haired girl looked up at Shinji and froze, a sudden blush spreading over her cheeks as she stared at the blue-eyed, brown-haired teenager.
"Irina!" Xenovia snapped.
"Huh? What?" the violet-eyed, chestnut-haired girl asked.
"I asked if you were alright. You've been staring off into space for at least 30 seconds." the blue-haired exorcist said.
"I... have?" she asked.
"Yes, you have. Now, come with me, Irina Shidou." Rias Gremory said. "I'll be happy to replace what my servant has destroyed."
"At what cost?" Irina asked.
"Well... considering how you were beaten by my servant, consider this recompense." Rias said.
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While Akeno was replacing Irina's battle attire, Irina herself sat in a Kuoh Academy school uniform while sitting in the main room of the Occult Research Club. Issei and Kiba are being healed by Asia and Rossweisse, while Rias explains to Irina and Xenovia who they all are.
"I have heard about you, Rias Gremory. But I don't know who your peerage members are. Who are all of you?" Irina asked.
"Well, I am the King of this unique little group. Akeno is my Queen, my second recruit and my best friend. Koneko is a nekomata, a cat demon, and the youngest member of my peerage. She was my second recruit. Kiba was my third recruit, and I thank the Church for giving me the opportunity to recruit him." Rias said.
Irina seemed to scowl at that.
"Rossweisse was my fourth recruit who actually came to me after a falling out with Odin." Rias stated.
"Odin? You mean..." Xenovia started to ask.
"The king of Asgard, yes. It was beneficial to me, since he caused so much trouble for Rossweisse that she just could not serve him anymore." Rias said.
"I... don't understand. Odin is a god. He is kind, honorable, noble. He..." Irina started to say.
"Is none of those things in real life!" Rossweisse spat out suddenly. "He is a perverted, inconsiderate, dunken lecher who is an embarrassment to all Asgardians! I served him for three years, and my patience was worn thin by his constant trouble making, leaving me to deal with the fallout! He... ARGH!"
Rossweisse grunted in disgust as she stormed out of the room.
"Don't worry, she'll be back in a couple minutes. Just needs to clear her head." Rias said to the pair. "Anyway, Shinji was my sixth recruit after he came here from another universe. Issei was my seventh recruit after a Fallen Angel tried to kill him. And Asia was my eighth recruit after we saved her from a group of Fallen Angels who were trying to get her Sacred Gear. And that's everyone."
Irina's head cocked to the side, realizing Rias had missed something. But before she could ask, something else caught her attention.
"Wait... what do you mean 'came from another universe'?" Irina asked.
"What are you talking about?" Xenovia asked.
Rias sighed. "If the Church had actually bothered to teach you more than just what they thought you should believe in, I wouldn't have to explain this in detail. Throughout the vast infinity of space and time, there are a seemingly unlimited number of alternate dimensions. In these dimensions are different versions of us. Imagine if you were a different person. Not a church exorcist, but a normal girl. Or how about a world where you were a vampire? Or a werewolf? Or a catgirl? Or even a witch, a succubus, a centaur, a Fallen Angel, or an Angel from birth? Or what about an alien from another planet? Or a rich movie star? Or what if you were a different race altogether? Like an African-American? Or a Chinese girl? What about Hindu?"
"Okay, okay, okay. I get it!" Irina snapped.
"Every decision that you make, that everyone makes, creates an alternate reality, one in which the choices that you and others decided on, create the world you live in. Now imagine billions of people making these kinds of decisions every day for thousands of years. This also includes Devils, Angels, Fallen Angels, and all other kinds of supernatural beings. So, we're really talking about trillions and trillions of alternate realities."
Irina's head seemed to be buzzing around trying to comprehend all that.
Rias then pointed to the young man with the brown hair and blue eyes who appeared to be making snacks.
"About a year ago, Shinji-kun fell through a strange creature that could access other dimensions, falling through other universes, crashing hard on the school grounds, and right in front of my Club House. He was nearly dead and dying fast, so... I made him an offer. To be part of a team, of a family, again. And he accepted." she said.
Dead and dying? Irina thought. "But... if he was from another universe... another dimension... why not do the right thing and offer to send them back to his world?" she asked. "Or is that not what Devils do?"
"1 - I'm not powerful enough to do that. 2 - The Maous have no authority in other dimensions, so they couldn't have helped. 3 - After talking to Shinji about his life, I realized that he didn't want to go back, which is the real reason I offered him a place in this world on my peerage."
"You made him your slave." Xenovia said.
"I couldn't have helped him otherwise. I'm not as evil as the Devils you may have heard of, but I am not a charity." Rias said.
Irina continued to steal glances at Shinji. For some reason she couldn't take her eyes off of him.
"I was able to make Shinji into my second Rook, though what happened to him was rather... unique." Rias said.
"What do you mean 'unique'?" Irina asked, still looking at Shinji.
"He was part Angel." she said.
"What?" she gasped in shock.
"Let me explain. In Shinji's world, he was a pilot for a giant mechanoid used by the government to battle creatures called Angels. He's not really sure if they were biblical Angels, that's just what they were called by his government. They weren't sure if they were aliens or something else. What he had been told was that they were creatures that the ancient people of his world thought were so powerful they had no other description for them except Angels. They might have been a variant of them, but anyway, Shinji was affected by their power when he was a baby. The Angelic energies were still in him when I tried to turn him into a Devil, not to mention how weak he was physically when he was brought here, so it almost didn't work. He almost died. It took several weeks to properly heal his body after I turned him into my Rook. But because of that, he ended up stronger than I thought he would have normally."
Irina continued to look at Shinji, who brought over a tray of food to them.
"Tea?" Shinji asked.
"T-thank you." Irina said with a blush as she accepted the tea.
"Thank you." Xenovia said, accepting her cup.
Irina's mind was racing at hearing all this. Mostly because she was trying to wrap her head around concepts she had only thought to be myth. But they were real.
"Interesting. And how strong is Shinji as a Rook? You said he was stronger than normal?" Xenovia asked as Shinji went over to the others to offer them some snacks.
"Yes. He would have normally been 100-times stronger than he originally was. But because of his Angelic energies, he ended up three times stronger than a normal Rook." Rias said.
"So he is capable of lifting objects 300 times his own size?" Irina asked.
"Correct." Rias said.
"And what purpose does he serve on your peerage? Enforcer? Bodyguard?" she asked, seeing the potential for someone like that.
"Cook." Rias said.
"What?" Irina gasped.
"Shinji-kun is our groups cook. He is also a good housekeeper. He actually finds it to be a relaxing endeavor." Rias said with a shrug.
"That... seems to be a waste of potential." Xenovia said.
"Shinji isn't a violent or aggressive person. But he follows orders and is more than willing to help whenever he is needed."
Irina was listening intently to all this. Having heard of the Evil Piece system, she was naturally curious about them.
"What are the qualities of these pieces?" Irina asked.
"Yes. What can The Queen, The Knight, The Bishop, The Rook, and The Pawns do, exactly?" Xenovia asked, trying to get clarification.
"Well, that's easy to explain. The Queen piece is the most powerful, possessing all the attributes of the other pieces. Strength, speed, magic usage. They are worth nine pawns, though most Piece sets only get 8 pawns. The Knight piece is worth three pawns, and gives a person incredible speed and agility. However, their weakness is low defense so they have keep moving if they don't want to be injured or killed. The Bishops are powerful magic users, and are worth three pawns as well. However, if they use their powers too much at one time, they are left vulnerable because they have to wait for their powers to reenergize. Of course, that varies as well. The Rooks are the physically strongest of the set, gaining superhuman strength and defensive power, and are worth five pawns. But they're not very quick and can be defeated by high speed opponents. As for the Pawns themselves, there are only 8 in any set, and the only power they have is the power of Promotion. Meaning, that they can promote themselves to a higher piece like a Rook or a Knight when in enemy territory, or if I give them permission to do so." Rias explained.
For her own sake, Rias did not tell the pair about the Mutation Piece, or how many she had, since they did not ask about it.
Irina then realized something she had momentarily forgotten.
"You miscounted." Irina said.
"I did?" Rias asked.
"Yes. You skipped a fifth servant." she said, counting on her fingers.
"Technically you are correct. My fifth servant is Gasper Vladi, my first bishop. She is a dhampir, a half-human vampire who possesses a very unique power, to stop time."
"Stop time?"
"Yes. But because of how she was treated by her family, she is a strong introvert, which makes her power uncontrollable right now. So she has been under lock and key ever since. She actually agreed to this before I met Shinji and the others. That's why I didn't mention her before, because she's not active on my peerage."
"I see." Irina said.
"So anyway, to recap: Akeno is my first servant and my Queen. Koneko is my second servant and my First Rook. Kiba is my third servant and my First Knight. Rossweisse is my fourth servant and my Second Knight. Gasper is my fifth servant and my First Bishop. Shinji is my sixth servant and my Second Rook. Issei is my seventh servant and only Pawn. And Asia is my eighth servant and my Second Bishop."
"Interesting." Irina said, still stealing glances at Shinji.
"So, what will you do now?" Rias asked.
"We still have our mission to preform." Xenovia said. "We are here to locate the stolen Excalibur fragments that were take from the Church."
"And you want us to stay out of your way while you preform this mission. I get it." Rias said.
"We do not need your assistance, nor your interference." Irina said.
"I understand." Rias said. "But please note that we are here if you require aid."
"Here you go." Akeno said as she returned with Irina's battle attire in her hands.
"Thank you." Irina said, more out of reflex than actual gratitude. Her parents had raised her to be polite, so she replied.
Getting up from the couch the pair made their way over to the door, where Shinji was waiting for them. He had a bag of snacks in his hands, one for each of them.
"Here. I made you some snacks for your trip." he said.
"Oh! Thank you!" Irina said, more emotion in her voice than before, even as she blushed while accepting the first bag.
"Yes. Thank you." Xenovia added as she accepted the second bag. "These snacks are not enchanted are they?"
"Xenovia!" Irina snapped.
"No. They have sugar and cinnamon in them, but no magics." Shinji said.
"Very well. Thank you." Xenovia said.
The pair headed out, though Irina seemed to linger a little bit. Xenovia seemed to catch this.
"Is something wrong?" Xenovia asked her partner.
"What? No! I... I'm fine."
"Are you certain? Seeing your childhood friend who is now a Devil, and you keep blushing whenever that Rook is around. Are you certain nothing is wrong?" Xenovia asked.
Irina blushed, knowing that something was very wrong. When she had been a child, she and Issei would play together. She found it a little insulting that he thought she was a boy back then. But now that was not the case. She was clearly a girl, even though she wasn't as endowed as certain other girls, like Rias Gremory and her Queen Akeno. She had to wonder if it was magic that had made them that way. Or their Devil heritage.
That, and she was a teenager. Human emotions ran rampant in teenagers, mostly because of hormones and puberty and all that. It was something that she had been taught to suppress, in order to serve God all the more. But that doesn't mean she wasn't curious.
The pair left the Occult Research Club to continue their mission.
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The next few days caused a significant change in what Irina and Xenovia knew and believed.
The pair had been searching all over Kuoh Town for the missing Excalibur fragments, but quickly found themselves without leads or clues to their disappearance. They eventually ran low on funds, and places to rest, so they were forced to accept help from Rias's peerage.
Mostly from Shinji, Issei, Kiba, Koneko and Rossweisse.
Irina naturally wanted to partner up with Shinji, while Xenovia seemed interested in working for Issei.
Rias and the others eventually found themselves fighting against Valper Galilei, the genocidal archbishop in charge of 'Project Holy Sword', for which he was banished from the Church. Galilei had enlisted the aid of foul-mouthed stray exorcist Freed Sellzen. However, both of them were being used by the leader of the Fallen Angels, Kokabiel, who wanted to use them to start a war between the Three Factions.
It was during this unfortunate confrontation that Kokabiel revealed that God, and Lucifer, were dead, and that he was going to be the new ruler of everything once Heaven and the Underworld were wiped out.
Thanks to the aid of Rias and her peerage, Galilei and Freed were killed, but Kokabiel disappeared, knowing that his plans were still intact.
Rias confirmed what Kokabiel had said, which made Irina and Xenovia begin to question why the Church would keep this from her.
It was during this confrontation that Shinji had saved Irina from being killed by Freed, who had morphed into his Chimera form to kill as many Devils as he could. Irina had then injured Freed enough for Xenovia and Kiba to kill him. Rossweisse had been the one to kill Galilei, while Koneko and the others retrieved the Excalibur fragments that Kokabiel had been responsible for stealing.
Despite everything that had happened, Irina was both glad and saddened at these turn of events. She had expected some trouble when she was sent after the fragments, but nothing like this.
Irina and Xenovia eventually returned to the Church in order to get to the bottom of this.
Two weeks later, the pair returned to Kuoh Academy.
The pair had been excommunicated from The Church, at having learned their secrets, and the fact that God is dead, the pair return to Kuoh Academy in order to get on with their lives.
Mostly because the Church attempted to capture and brainwash them because they believed the pair to be corrupted by the lies of the Devils.
However, Griselda Quarta, Xenovia's sword master and legal guardian, arrived and admonished the Church for their actions. More so for what they tried to do to two people who had been more loyal to the Church than anyone else. But now that the Church had tried to hurt them, brainwashing them and the like, as well as keeping the truth from them about God and everything else, like Project Holy Sword, which Griselda wasn't too happy about, and so she gave the girls the choice to do what they wanted.
Xenovia and Irina choose to leave. While still believing in Gods teachings, they could not stay with the Church for realizing the many sins in which they had committed.
They returned to Japan where they sought out Rias Gremory, and accepted her offer to make them Devils on her peerage.
Xenovia becomes Rias's ninth servant, her second Knight via Mutation Piece.
She chooses to serve Rias because she has been betrayed by the Church despite her years of service. Her blind dedication and lack of understanding only enabled them to manipulate and control her. She had since decided that she would give the world a gift of her own creation: a strong child born of the strongest person she could find: Issei Hyoudou!
Irina becomes Rias's tenth servant, her third Rook via Mutation Piece.
Irina's reason for joining Rias's peerage is more because she is realizes how ignorant she has been and how much the Church has kept from her. She had been lied to and manipulated for their own purposes, but more than that, she finds that she is attracted to Shinji Ikari, who is considered part-Angel, but also because he is kind, hard-working and a good person.
"Welcome to the Peerage of Rias Gremory." Rias said with a smile.
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(Six months later)
Irina sighed contentedly as she snuggled up to her boyfriend, Shinji Ikari, while the pair laid in bed.
Irina had fallen hard for Shinji, the half-Angel Rook from another dimension reciprocating her feelings, much to her joy.
When Irina and Xenovia had returned to Kuoh, Shinji was the first to show how happy he was to see them. Irina was glad of this, since her feelings for him were driving her crazy, and having him not reciprocate them would have been terrible for her. Shinji had actually been attracted to Irina because she reminded him of a certain red-haired German Eva pilot from his universe. Xenovia had actually reminded him of The First Child, but he still had feelings for Asuka. Even if she didn't really care that much for him when he was teleported to this world. Shinji told Irina about Asuka, and his life as an Eva pilot in more detail than Rias had. Irina listened intently and understood, and was glad that Shinji could accept her for her and not as someone else.
The pair started dating the same week Irina and Xenovia moved to Kuoh, and remained close ever since.
Xenovia had started to move in on Issei, which Akeno, Asia and even Rias seemed to resent, but which Irina found funny. Apparently Xenovia wanted to give birth to a strong child, as a gift to the world, and had chosen Issei to be the father of said child. Irina just let it pass, seeing as she had already set her sights on Shinji, and Shinji wanted a relationship that was more than just sexual.
It was in their second month of dating that Irina moved into Shinji's apartment, the pair ending up sleeping together in their third month, giving their virginities to each other. They took their time to get to know each other, finding a bond between themselves that was more than simple physical attraction. Irina kept her faith, as it were, to Gods teachings, and didn't try to force them onto Shinji.
It was shortly after their battle against Kokabiel and his agents, that Shinji actually pulled a special request from Michael the archangel, and made it possible for Irina, Xenovia and Asia to pray without taking any pain or injury. That only made Irina love him more.
Irina was content and at peace, because she had found someone who loved her as much as she loved him. She also found that his love filled her more than her belief or devotion to God, because she had him to physically be there to give it to her.
She didn't know what future they would have, but she was sure they would be together for it.
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Authors Notes:
Probably not what you were expecting, but I wrote this up pretty quickly. It was mostly based off of something else that I wrote for my Evangelion/Highschool DxD stories, so I hope you liked it.
I'm not sure if I will continue this pairing, but I do take requests. This is mostly because Irina is usually paired up with Issei, or has feelings for him in canon, despite that she was originally made into an Angel by Michael. I choose to make her a Devil because it would be easier to pair her up with Shinji, and I made Shinji into a super Rook because I hadn't done that before. (I think) It's never stated just how strong a Rook is, so I just used the basic idea of making someone 100 times stronger, and then amplifying that three times with Shinji. He is the THRID Child, after all.
Not sure who will be next, so, stay tuned.