High School DxD: Spartans X Dragons
Chapter 4: Contact
I woke up instantly. There was a tugging at my leg. Battle reflexes kicked in; I rolled off my bed and reached for the closest thing I could find, my alarm clock. Oh wait, it's just Asuka.
"H-hey, what the hell do you think you're doing?" My 'sister' shouted at me. I placed the alarm clock back and turned its 'alarm' feature off.
"Sorry." I apologized. Today was Sunday. That means I have the day off. Checking the time, it was 4:15AM. What's Asuka doing up so early in the morning and more importantly, why is she in my room? I turned my head back at her and felt a surge of emotions. It welled up; I felt confused. She was checking under my bed for some odd reason.
"Are you looking for something?" I asked, rubbing my eyes with my palm.
"No! Why would I be looking for something?" She blurted out immediately.
"Your actions contradict what you're saying. I'd prefer if you reply honestly." I said, placing a hand on my waist. My sister looked away in shame. I scratched the back of my head and looked around. It was still Dark and the sky outside was dark blue in color.
"Well?" I asked.
"I'm going back to my room." My sister declared, twisting the door handle and leaving the area. I felt irritated for some reason. I decided to take a shower and start writing a journal. It's almost certain the UNSC will question me when I return. It should be easier to turn in a written report with some drawings than an oral one.
I summed up what happened during the past month and a half, starting from my teleportation all the way to yesterday. I wanted to omit the whole ordeal with Zero but decided against it. I grabbed Picks and cross-examined my information with his recordings. So far, they have been accurate. I drew a portrait of Zero and the various hostiles I've encountered, excluding the Fallen Angel Raynare.
My mind conflicted when I thought about her. I think Issei is awake. I decided to activate my Sacred Gear. The red gauntlet enveloped my left arm.
"Ddraig can you hear me?" I held out the gauntlet in front of my mouth.
"Yeah partner. Do you have a question?" The Red Dragon Emperor asked.
"Yes. Ever since a few days ago, I've been getting spasmodic surges of emotion. Could you clarify what's happening to me?" I asked.
"It's probably Issei. It is his body and he does have a say in what you do. The kid was pretty angry at his sister, Asuka was it?" Ddraig replied.
"Angry? Of course, the history I don't yet know. Could you patch him through?" I asked the Dragon.
"I don't know. I'll try but I reckon it wouldn't work." Ddraig paused for a moment before a younger voice came out of the gem.
"H-hello?"
"Issei, is that you?" I asked.
"Of course it's me, who else can it be?" He asked rhetorically.
"Hey could you explain to me what happened between you two?" I asked the pervert.
"Between who?" He replied.
"You and Asuka, what happened?"
"Pfft. I'm not talking about that bitch." He scoffed.
"Issei, you should take that back right now."
"Why? A bitch is a bitch."
"That's coming from a pervert. She's still your family."
"Don't jump into other people's business! I don't care about her and she doesn't care about me! She can die for all I care!" Ise shouted.
"You'll realize how important family is when you lose them. I can ignore the fact that you don't care about her, but I won't ignore the fact that you just said that you just said Asuka could die and you won't even shed a tear." I replied. There was a dangerous tone in my voice and I felt very angry.
"Why? She's treated me like shit for the past five years! You've lived with her; you can see why I hate her!"
"Yes, but that doesn't mean I can go off saying that she could die. Issei, what would you do if Asuka died?" I asked him.
"I'd party. She's gone and out of my hair for ever, it's going to be a celebration!"
"What would your parents think if they heard that?"
"I don't know, they'd probably hit me."
"That's quite the soft punishment." I commented.
"Soft?" He laughed. "You don't even know what soft is!"
"No, I don't. All I know is death and destruction. Issei, this is a serious question, what would you do if you saw your entire species butchered and die in front of your eyes?" I asked him once more.
"..." He was silent. "I'd...probably cry."
"That's right. You'd probably cry, but I can seldom see that happen since you said that you'd celebrate when your sister dies. That's inhumane." I replied.
"She's different!"
"Yes, I agree, she is different! She's your sister, your flesh and blood sister! I wish all my Brothers and Sisters were flesh and blood as well! Then, I'd have a reason to cry instead of holding back all the unshed tears I've kept held up within me!" I shouted back at him. I heard a cringe on the other side of the gauntlet.
"I'll reconsider my actions..." He said, forfeiting.
"Good. I'll let you gather your thoughts so I'll hold off my request for now." I said; the gauntlet disappeared from my arm. I put my Mark XI on and placed Picks around my neck. I was in John-sei form so I had some trouble walking down the stairs. Eventually, I made it down and left the house. I decided to go for a walk and in armor as well. No one would recognize me and I should be able to change back into my original body easier like this.
I decided to take a seat. I've been encircling this playground for an hour now. I'm standing 7ft 1' once more. It seemed easier than usual now; I think it's my body getting used to the morph. I hope I can separate from the pervert soon so I can beat his ass to submission. He was stupid, extremely stupid. The kid doesn't have a proper grasp on morality and he despises his sister. Then again, there is no Covenant here nor any Forerunners or Flood. There are just Angels, Fallen Angels, Devils and more mythology to boot.
I took a seat against the trunk of a tree. I was lucky enough to find money on the floor to buy myself an apple. Seriously, who just leaves this shit lying on the floor? I still had my wallet and several thousand Yen to boot. The floor money just let me save.
I unsealed my helmet, placing it down beside me. I noticed the people that passed by gasp.
"Mama, why is the robot-man's skin white?"
"Don't look sweetie."
The reaction was expected. I took a bite out of the crimson fruit and chewed. How long has it been since I had a proper apple instead of those MREs that I had to live with? I savored the taste. It was sweet. I took another bite after swallowing my first. I recognized several students from my class pass by. They didn't recognize me but they still gave me some weird stares.
I finished the apple and let my system take it in before equipping my helmet again.
"Two hundred and fifty laps, this tree is the checkpoint." I said aloud before taking off into a jog. This was a small exercise by my own count. It took me about ten minutes to complete it. The playground wasn't too big so it was a light exercise. I placed my hand on the tree. I still got some weird stares from people. I noticed some kids pointing at the park and asking their moms to play there, but they were kept away, probably because of me.
"Mommy, mommy," A kid shouted, pointing at my direction. "Can I go play at the park?"
"Okay, but stay away from...that guy over there." I heard the mom say.
"Yay!"
The six year old began to run across the street, slipping away from his mom's grip. I was about to sit down again before I heard a car screech by. I quickly twisted my head to the side. There was a police car chasing after it. I cringed. The kid was cross the street and a car was coming at this time? No hesitation, I leapt into action. Moving faster than the average human's reaction; I grabbed the kid and nudged him towards his mother. Just in time as well, the red sports car was just about to hit him.
"Armor Lock!" I shouted, smashing my fist into the ground.
The Sports car smashed into my immobile body and was sent flipping over me. It landed upside down and several police sped beside it. I deactivated my integrated armor ability and turned towards the flipped vehicle. A man was coming out and he held a fire arm. I moved instinctively, disarming the man and subduing him.
"Hey, hey! Get off him!" The authorities 'pulled' me off. I decided to leave; the boys in blue would probably want to question me.
"J-John?" I heard. I quickly turned to the side and lo-and-behold there was the Nun girl.
"Asia." I said.
"What's going on?" She questioned, shocked at the scene. I turned around and noticed a guy escaping with a bag of money. Unsheathing my combat knife from a hidden compartment in my pauldrons, I threw it at the escapee. He fell down; his clothes have been bolted to the ground by a combat knife. The Policemen quickly aimed their primitive revolvers at me but I simply pointed at the accomplice.
They turned towards him, several kept their sights on him but two turned back towards me. By then, I had activated my Cloak armor ability and walked up towards the escapee. I took my dagger from out of the cement and threw the escapee at the police. I whispered in Asia's ear, "Let's go." She flinched.
We went back to the Park again. The same park where Issei nearly died and the one I arrive in, the same one that I always go to and the same one we are right now.
"Seriously, what's so special about this damn park?" I cursed under my breath.
"What was that?"
"Nothing." I was buying the girl some ice cream. I never had ice cream in my life, too busy fighting rogues and aliens. I never got a chance to experience the many joys of life.
"So, what do you want to do?" She asked me, licking her cone.
"Depends, where do you want to go?" I asked. I bit into the cream. My eye twitched. I was surprised at how weird my teeth felt when I bit into it. I guess they were sensitive to temperature.
"Hm...I want to play something!" She shouted, cheerfully.
"The game center then?"
We asked for directions, where the center was. I mentally apologized to Issei, I don't think his wallet would hold.
Hopefully I could repay him with my own money if I ever find myself a job. Besides being a Super Soldier from 500 years in the future. Eventually, we found one. It had all sorts of games, racing, fighting, shooting...the list continues. Asia seemed intrigued by one of the claw machines there, a stuffed animal. I watched as she tried to grab one of the stuffed bee-mice with the weak claw and failed.
"Let me try." I said, putting in a 100 yen coin into the slot. I moved the claw around and caught the animal with a claw. It lifted it up, moving it over the hole where the award would drop. It dropped into the hole and I bent down and picked it up. I almost had to go prone in order to pick it up, I was that tall.
"Thank you John!"
"Your welcome." I smirked under my helmet and we continued to play around some more. Asia wanted to try a racing game but I had to break it to her that my armor weighted half a ton.
"How can you move in that then?" She was flabbergasted.
"Some things happened before I came here and got Issei's body." I explained. We decided to play a horror shooting game instead. I had to crouch since I was so tall.
"You win!"
I completely decimated at the game. My accuracy was 100% and barely any Zombie-Vampires got past their first steps. Asia seemed to have a fun time. She was smiling and laughing a lot. I felt a little weird inside, ticklish as one might say. We left the building for lunch. I didn't spend a lot of money there, surprisingly.
"That was so fun!" Asia exclaimed.
"John, where are we going next?" She asked, grabbing my arm.
"Out to eat I guess. The time is 12:13PM."
"How can you be so sure?"
"Internal clock." I tapped the side of my helmet. We decided to go for Mc Donald's. I frightened some people with my appearance and height. I was able to stay in Spartan form for this long since most of the time we were running around trying to find other games to play.
"W-what would you like?" The employee asked. He was extremely nervous.
"Two barbecue hamburgers!" Asia requested, in English however. The employee had some knowledge in English and was able to order us some food. I we ended up having to eat outside due to my armor. I unsealed my helmet. Asia, like everyone else in the area, was amazed at how pale I was.
"John, what happened to your skin?" She asked.
"I've been wearing this armor for most of my life. It happens." I said, unwrapping the foliage on my hamburger. I was about to take a bite before I noticed that Asia was looking slightly embarrassed.
"Um..."
I knew what she was going to say, "Just take a bite."
I demonstrated. Her mouth was wide open.
"I never knew there was a method to eat like that!" She exclaimed. She must be more out of touch with this world than I am. The technology level here is extremely low.
"Well, that's how you eat fast food, I guess." I've seldom ate hamburgers back in the UNSC, mostly sandwiches. I reckoned they work the same.
"Delicious!" She smiled. I pulled off a laugh as well. She looks and acts like a child. Wait a second. This feels a lot like a-
"Are you two on a date?" I jerked my head up, and got into a cautious position. It was just Kiba. I sat back on the stone seat.
"Um... aren't you...?"
"Kiba Yuuto at your service." He bowed before looking back at me. "This is a date, right?" He smiled.
"Yeah, I was a second away from realizing that. You practically spoke my mind." I replied. My hostility level towards him was there, but not as potent. I reckoned that was because I was in this body.
"So then, Kiba, what brings you here?" I asked.
"I'm just out on a stroll and trying to escape from girls." He smiled.
"You might want make a break for it then." I informed.
"Ah, no worries, I can spend sometime with you here, they won't follow me with this huge guy around." Kiba laughed. I finished my hamburger and wiped my mouth. I placed my helmet on my head and waited for Asia.
"How's the club?" I asked.
"It's fine. Buchou is just a little irritated, that's all."
"Irritated? For what reason?"
"She's the reason." He said, pointing at the nun girl.
"What's the situation?"
"She thinks the Fallen Angel Raynare is trying to plot something. Therefore, she's trying to find where her base is." He said, watching Asia. "Excuse me, miss?"
"Y-yes?" Asia replied hesitantly.
"Do you have a Sacred Gear?"
The nun was silent. I wouldn't speak either; if I'm going to save Asia, I'll need to know the plans of her superior. "Yes."
"What is it called?"
"[Twilight Healing]." That voice, however, did not come from Asia. I detected someone behind us and quickly jumped from my seat, grabbing a Combat Knife from my pauldron.
"Raynar-Yuma-chan!" I blurted.
"Yuma-chan?" She looked at me, confused.
"Oh I see! Ise is still living within that behemoth of a body!" She laughed.
"Issei, be quiet!" I muttered to myself.
"No, I have to talk to her!" 'I' blurted out.
"Yuma-chan, why did you kill me?"
"Mortally wound, not kill." I corrected.
"Orders are orders." She said, looking at her nails as if uninterested.
"Fallen Angel Raynare, on behalf of the Gremory clan, I demand you release the girl this instant!" Yuuto shouted, pointing a sword at the Angel.
"And who's going to make me?" Kiba laughed. He turned towards me and pointed his free hand at me.
"The AI is!"
"Non-Human Detected, engage?" Picks shouted.
"That reaction was late, of course engage!" I threw Picks, necklace form at the Fallen Angel. The Promethean burst into life and frightened Asia. He lunged at the Angel who barely had time to dodge.
"What the hell is that?" She shouted. None of us answered. The Boosted Gear formed around my left hand and I charged it up.
"[Boost]!"
The Promethean jumped at Raynare, who was now standing on the ground. He swung diagonally with his arm blade. The Angel easily dodged it. He swung again, horizontally. Again, it was dodged. The AI spun around and slashed diagonally. The Fallen Angel blocked it with a Light Spear that formed in her hand.
"[Boost]!" I jumped into action, grabbing her Spear arm and twisting it. She formed another Spear in her other hand and tried to stab me with it but I grabbed it as well. I kneed her in the chest and judo threw her.
Quickly, I flipped onto her and tried to stab my knife into her face. She punched me and kicked one thousand pounds off her. That's some amazing leg strength. I quickly got up, Spartan Time activated. She threw her Spear that flew pretty quickly even for Spartan Time. I easily dodged it and tossed a Combat Knife at her. The blade spun in slow motion in the air. It nailed her right in the leg and I sprinted towards her.
However, her wings fluttered out and she blocked my vision with her wings. When I actually hit something, it was Picks. Raynare flew behind Asia and grabbed her.
"Asia, time to go home and you're going to heal this wound." She grunted, pulling the Combat Knife out of her leg.
"We're not done yet! Kiba!" I barked. He charged at the Fallen Angel but was suppressed by her Light Spears. Picks began shooting at her with his Light Rifle but got Asia instead. She cried out in pain as the three shot burst hit her in the shoulder.
"Picks, stand down!" I shouted running at the Angel. Asia had tears in her eyes even if she was smiling.
"Thank you John, I had a fun time." She smiled as tears left her eyes.
"Wait!" I held out my hand.
"Thank you." She muttered before they both fizzled out of existence. I lunged at the spot she disappeared at. Falling onto my knees, I cursed at myself.
"Darn it, not again." I cursed. I clenched my fist and grabbed the bloodied Combat Knife from the ground and sheathed it. The hilt disappeared into my pauldron.
"A question, are you always this emotional?" Kiba asked.
"Hyoudou Issei is a factor in his unstable emotions. Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 was quite mentally stable before hand. When I had arrived, his mental state has deteriorated due to the fact that he has two personalities within him." Picks explained. "A normal human would have had their personalities merged within a week. John-117 has held out for a month and a half."
"Should I leave then?"
"It is highly recommended, Devil."
"Wait."
John quickly turned around. He knew that voice.
"Doctor Halsey?" He muttered.
"John, what has happened to you?" The AI's orange glow changed into a lighter blue color.
"I have no excuse."
"I wanted you to become Human. I think you became a little too human." She laughed. "I've seen the video recording of your stay there. Devils eh? That's interesting."
"Doctor Halsey, what's the progress on the portal? I need to get out of here; my psyche can't handle much more of this."
"Not your psyche, John. I believe its Mr. Hyoudou's."
"I think I should leave." Kiba said, nervously.
"No stay here. I need you to pass a message to your leader." Katharine said. "Emotions can affect a Soldier on the battlefield. That's why we trained you to be cold and ruthless. Your civilian lifestyle has softened you."
"I apologize." I bent my head down.
"Don't worry John. You'll be back in no time once we get this whole body thing sorted out with. Your body has phased into Issei's body, that's why you've merged with him. It's due to the universal properties that were unnaturally introduced into that universe, that's why you're staying fused. If I were to open a gateway into your world, a wormhole so to speak, that'd allow you to defuse once you've entered our world again." My 'mother' explained.
"Then the portal?"
"That's the thing; we need a portal on your end as well. That's why I want Mr. Yuuto here to tell his leader that we need a portal built on your end so that everything can return back to normal. I doubt they'll listen though."
"Buchou has grown quite fond of John." Kiba said. "I don't think she'll disagree."
"You've become quite a ladies-man John, getting two girls like that." Doctor Halsey chuckled. I stayed silent, trying to recover my psyche.
"Okay then, I could send you some reinforcements, but the higher-ups have forbid me. They don't want to trap their own men in a world that they can't return from."
"Why the Devils?" I asked.
"Because they're the only faction that you've currently met, am I correct, Angels, Fallen Angels and Devils. I was actually quite surprised at the fact that those three cute girls were Devils. Actually, my colleagues laughed until that portion in the middle of the night, the second Stray Devil encounter."
"Yes, Madam."
"Okay then, Mr. Yuuto, could you forward this to Ms. Rias Gremory? I'd like to meet with your top scientists if possible."
"Of course Madam."
"And John, don't trend the line between Spartan and Pervert for too long. In this case, the Pervert is pulling you in."
"Yes Madam!" I saluted Doctor Halsey and Pick's color returned to orange. I walked towards the Promethean; it reverted back into a necklace. I picked it up and put it around my neck once again. I turned towards the blonde.
"You know what to do." I said.
"Yeah, I hope you get better."
"I've had worse." I shrugged. I think I'm going to have to talk to Ddraig about this.
"So, you're asking me to transfer you or Issei into another body temporarily so that neither of you would be assimilated nor combined into one entity?" The Red Dragon Emperor double checked.
"Yeah, could you do that?"
"I can. However, I need a medium to transfer his soul into and I do have an idea for that, it's just that..." The dragon paused. "Ah, whatever, I could just use Balance Breaker."
I nodded.
"I'm going to need an object to morph though, preferably something the size of a human or small."
"I'm not using my MJOLNIR armor." I reminded him.
"Then a doll or toy would be fine."
"Dolls, no, toys, Issei has plenty of them lying around." I said, looking at the numerous figures of female anime characters.
"Rule 63." Picks commented.
"What?" He didn't answer.
"Okay, I guess that's fine. You're going to have to use a Boost charge though so just wait ten seconds first." Ddraig said. I walked up to a shelf and grabbed an action figure. He mostly had female ones and the male ones...well are mostly broken and old. I picked one that I recognized, an old anime that Linda used to watch, Sailor Moon.
(A/N: I don't watch that so excuse me.)
"[Boost]!" The gauntlet shouted.
"I see you have a figurine with you. Alright, hold it in this hand and clench it." I followed his instructions. Once my hand wrapped around the figure a red glow emitted from under it.
"[Transfer]!" The Sacred Gear announced. Once the red glow dissipated, Ddraig said that I could release my hand. Instead of a Sailor Moon figure that I once had in my hand, a red armored toy replaced it. I set it on my table or Issei's table and stared at it. I felt more relieved than I had for the past month.
Before then, I had a feeling that something was influencing me, now I felt completely cleansed.
"What now?" I asked.
"We wait. He's still waking up."
And so, we waited. Picks glowed and I hung him over the table lamp so he could view and record the entire episode taking place. I made sure the door was locked so no one would enter once he woke up. We waited for a total of two minutes and fifty seconds but it felt like an eternity before the figure's right arm flinched. I placed my armored left arm on the table and watched as the figure began to move.
"What's going...on...whoa?" It stared in amazement out of its armored body. His voice pitch was higher, like a girl's. I held back a smirk and stared at him with a serious face.
"Why am I over there?" It pointed at me.
"Issei, is that you?" I asked. He recognized the tone of my voice immediately.
"J-John? What are you doing in my- oh, right. You're controlling my body now." He said, remembering our conversation yesterday in the dream.
"How do you feel?" I asked.
"Hollow, very hollow. Why am I so small and why is my voice so high?!" He shouted.
"I might have used one of your toys from that shelf there." I nodded towards it and Issei began to freak out.
"Which one was it?!"
"A Sailor Moon one if I remember correctly."
"What! That was a limited edition copy! They're extremely rare you know!"
"Calm down."
"Don't tell me to calm down, you're the one who's in my body, why don't you get out?!"
"Maybe it's because I don't want you playing with my own 'toys'?" I replied sarcastically.
"Toys? Wait, from your world?"
He sat down.
"Yeah, I got a truck load of MA5Ds, BR85HBs, M365 DMRs and ammo to boot. Two or three days ago, some Forerunner weapons were delivered to me."
"Err...fine you win. I guess things like that are supposed to stay in the hands of a military specialist. Speaking of which, you never told me why you're like that." He said, looking up at me.
"Like what?"
"Were you always this serious?" I showed signs of irritation. I walked over to one of my crates and pulled out an M6H Magnum and unloaded it.
"That's one of your toys?"
"A M6H Magnum handgun, it has a scope as well and has the power of a Desert Eagle. If you want to know my life's story, you'll have to wait and find out for yourself. There are things I'd rather not talk or speak about especially to a kid." I said. My eyes dimmed as I reminisced on several years ago with the incident involving New Phoenix.
"Dark."
"Very, now, let's talk about you." I said, changing the subject.
"What's to know?"
"You can start by telling me about your history with Asuka." I reminded. I tapped my finger on the desk with my armored hand. I rested my head on my right hand.
"Fine, I don't know what actually happened between us but from what I could gather, it started when we were both children." The pervert paused. "She's two years younger than me and is in junior-high right now. She's generally very cold to me and usually calls me names and such."
"I know; tell me about your childhood with her then." I requested.
"Well, she was quite cheerful back then, always calling me 'onii-chan'. I think I did something to piss her off back then but I don't quite remember what." The kid said, scratching his head. "Anyways, I don't like her, not one bit."
"And I'm getting quite impatient as well." I commented.
"Yeah, that's all I remember. I think one of my friends might know but he moved overseas a long time ago. I think his name was Irina."
"That sounds like a girl's name."
"Really? He looked and acted like a boy, so I'm pretty sure it was a boy."
"Looks can be deceiving." I advised. I lay back against the chair and Issei perked his head up.
"So, about that gauntlet, where did you get it?"
"Do you know why Raynare killed you?"
"Who's Raynare?"
"'Yuma-chan' as you called her. Remember several hours ago?" I stared at the roof, bored.
"Oh...right. No, I don't know why; she did say something about a [Sacred Gear] though." Issei said. He thought to himself for a moment. "Yeah, she did say something about a [Sacred Gear]."
"This is a [Sacred Gear]. It's called the [Boosted Gear] previously [Twice Critical]. It's classed as a [Longinus] one of the strongest [Sacred Gears] in existence. Its ability is to double your strength or attribute every ten seconds." I lectured the boy.
"That's why she wanted to kill me?"
"Yeah, however if it was my call, I'd have her seduce you to lure you over to my side. Then, I'd either take away your [Sacred Gear] or assimilate you into my faction. It's a smarter choice, if all else fails though, yes I would kill you."
"How military are you?!" Issei shouted at me.
"I don't think that were her orders. If the Angels, Devils and in between were extremely strong, I'd guess Raynare or Yuma would be someone's underling, a grunt." I got back up and picked up Issei, toy form. "Anyways, I have to find the bitch. She has someone I know as hostage and I want her back." I said bitch in English.
"You know, if you're correct, I'd probably call you a genius." He commented. I scoffed and pulled off a menacing smirk.
"You think? If you actually thought about classes instead of boobs, breasts and sex for once you might actually become as smart as me." I said, placing him back on the table.
The Dragon Booster's gem glowed and Ddraig spoke, "Partner, a Devil is at your doorstep!" He informed.
"What the-?"
Ddraig scoffed, "So I finally get to talk to you. This is hilarious; I had to make a medium in order to commune with you. I guess this kid is pretty weak."
"Too weak, I could barely sprint continuously for fifteen minutes much less ten without transforming back into my original body." I equipped the Mark XI just as there was a knock on the door.
"Hey, Issei, Kiba is here. He wants to meet you." Asuka called.
"I'll be right over there." I replied. Grabbing a Z-130 Direct Energy Weapon, Suppressor, I placed it on my back then grabbed a Z-250 Direct Energy Engagement Weapon, Light Rifle, and a Z-110 Direct Energy Weapon/Exotic, Boltshot. I placed the Boltshot on my Magnetic hoister on my thigh and carried the Light Rifle myself. Before I forgot, I grabbed Picks and my Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword that I got from the Arbiter.
"Whoa, packing a whole lot of firepower eh?" Issei commented. I was about to dematerialize the Dragon Booster but it would help me carry this thing.
"Yeah, and it's pretty heavy. Hurry up and hop on. I motioned my head to my shoulder and Issei latched on.
"[Explosion]!" I got a triple burst of strength and made my way down. I could already feel myself changing; I guess the Boosted Gear could help me with my transformation as well. Asuka stared at me as I walked down. Partially confused by the fact that I'm carrying all these guns and partially confused at the fact that there was an action figure holding on for dear life on my pauldrons.
There, Kiba was standing outside the door. He nodded, his eyes were dead serious.
"He said that you had a meeting with him and his club. I didn't know you were out to kill someone."
"Assassinate, there is a fine difference between the two. Nevertheless you are correct." I said in a deadpanned voice and further confusing my 'sister'.
I closed the door behind me and walked with Kiba.
"Did you find her, Raynare?"
"Wait, you actually know this douche bag?" Issei shouted.
"I guess you found a way to separate yourselves." The blonde laughed.
"Yeah, now I don't feel the urge to punch you the entire time." I placed the Light Rifle on my back and pressed the button on my necklace.
"Picks, feel free to talk from this moment on." I ordered.
"Affirmative."
"And you also have an Artificial Intelligence with you." Issei grimly said.
"Yeah, we found Raynare. She's held up at the church on the hill."
"The same one I took Asia to?"
"I believe so. There are only two churches here and only one that's on a hill on the outskirts of town." He confirmed.
"I lead the girl to her death." I cursed.
"Stop beating yourself. We can still save her." Kiba ensured. We began to run; I grabbed Issei off my shoulder to avoid dropping him. We made it to the 'fallen church' and I had transformed back into John-mode. Koneko was there as well but Rias Gremory and Akeno Himejima were no where to be seen.
"Where're the Prez and her Vice-President?" I asked.
"They didn't want us to come." Koneko replied.
"Wow, that's Koneko." Issei murmured. "She's so cute!"
"For god's sake Issei, shut up." The two Devils seemed to get hurt by my statement.
"Please refrain from talking about God in our presence." Koneko said. "Devils will get holy damage from prayers or anything holy."
"Wait Devils?" Issei said.
"Issei-sempai? Koneko said.
"Right, he's back as a female toy." I lifted the kid up.
"Did it have to be a female one? Don't tell me, John-sempai is a-"
"Don't mold me with him. They're the only ones in his fucking room and the others looked like they'd fall apart any second. What choice did I have?" I said, smashing the front door down. We walked up to the center of the room. All the statues and anything relating to God have been smashed to pieces. Even the cross wasn't spared.
"What a terrible place..." Issei commented, standing on my shoulder.
"This place gives me the chills." Kiba said. I walked forward. The priest, Freed Zelzan, walked up from an entrance in the floor.
"Ah, what a reunion! It's the super freaking strong freak of nature and two shitty Devils." He laughed.
"Who the heck is this guy?" Issei asked.
"Freed Zelzan, a hostile I met yesterday."
"Man, you nearly killed me with that punch of yours. You're lucky I had a shield with me, thought I'd never need it!" He began to laugh.
I didn't comment. I placed Issei on the floor where he ran to Koneko and brought out my Light Rifle. The rogue priest stared at my weapon strangely.
"The fuck is that?" He shouted. I raised the rifle and fired. Freed blocked the three shot burst with his sword and shot two rounds out of his pistol. I quickly crouched and activated my Cloak armor ability.
"Shit! The fucker disappeared!" Freed dodged a throw from Koneko. She was throwing the seats placed around her.
"Break." The Rook calmly stated. Freed cut in half a throw by Koneko and engaged Kiba in swordplay.
"You're pretty good!" The Knight said.
"You too, you're so good that it makes me want to blow your brains out!" He laughed manically. The priest raised his gun at Kiba's head. The Devil flipped and dodged the gun.
"Wow, I guess he isn't all for looks." Issei commented.
Freed raised his pistol at Kiba. I took the opportunity to jump out from cover and shoot the firearm out of the priest's hands.
"You're really annoying you know that!" Freed shouted. I looked though my sights and fired. Freed had difficulty blocking these shots but it gave me enough time to jump from cover and place the Light Rifle on my back.
I threw a front punch at Freed's face and followed it up with a knee. I used the same leg and kicked his legs. The priest fell on his back. I grabbed his face and threw him at the cross, charging to finish him. Freed, however, dodged and I broke through the stone statue.
"What the fuck! The Fallen Angel said he wasn't a Devil! He isn't a Devil, he's a fucking Demon!" I threw a shard of the cross at Freed and nailed him right in the chest.
"I leave the hostile to you." I told Kiba. Koneko tossed me Issei who screamed as he was flying. I caught him and thanked Koneko, placing the toy-sized boy-girl with Picks.
I sped down the entrance. The end result looked like a cult room. Hell, this is a cult. I found Asia tied up and lifeless, Raynare was behind her. She had a green orb in her hand. My enhanced vision was clearly lying to me. It was Asia's [Twilight Healing] ring.
"Oh, Issei. Sorry, but you're a little bit too late. Asia begging for me to wait for you but I couldn't. I did hear you up there though." The Fallen Angel chuckled.
"Look at this marvelous ability! To us Fallen Angels who have lost the blessing of God, this, itself, is a blessing." She inserted the orb, along with the ring into her chest.
"Ah, with this Azazel-sama and Shemhazai, all their wishes shall be fulfilled!"
An explosion rocked the basement. Raynare quickly looked up and found myself holding a pair of Fragmentation Grenades. I was tossing up and down. I still had napalm and plasma ones to boot.
"You talk too much." I tossed another wave of grenades, killing her underlings with each toss. I made my way towards the alter where Raynare was shielding herself from the shrapnel that I was sending at her with her wings.
"Ha!" A man charged at me. I delve my hand into his chest and ripped his heart out, crushing it. The ones that survived the onslaught quickly ran for their lives, up the entrance. I walked up to Asia and picked her up, placing the grenades back into my pouch.
"Yuma-chan..." Issei muttered.
"Oh, so he's out now?" I ignored her and walked out the entrance, ignoring her screams and insults.
"Die, die, and die!"
"Guh!"
I found myself in a sword verses pistol battle. Freed was still alive with a few scrapes here and there. Kiba and Koneko were worse for wear. I ignored the battle and walked up to the nearest intact chair.
"Damn it! Oh, hi Asia-chan." Freed jumped on top the broken cross.
"I'm not going to die here! Retreat!" He threw a flash bang like device and disappeared in a flash. Koneko and Kiba ran towards me.
"She's gone. I'm sorry John." He placed a hand on my shoulder. I looked at Asia. There were dried up tears in her eyes. I touched her face and checked for a pulse.
"J-john?" She uttered weakly. I looked up at her face. She looked happy even at the face of death.
"You came back for me." She said. I nodded. I couldn't make coherent words at the moment.
"John...are you my friend?" She asked.
"Don't be a fool, of course I am." I said dryly.
"Will you be my friend till the end?" I nodded.
"I'm so glad...I could have at least one friend." She smiled.
"Don't give up yet. Stay strong, I'm sure there's a way to save you." I ensured.
"Yeah, don't give up!" Even Issei was encouraging her.
"Who's that?"
"The pervious owner of this body, Hyoudou Issei at your service." He announced.
"Ah..." She smiled.
"I'm sure he'll be your friend as well." I said. She raised her hand. I grabbed it firmly.
"Good bye."
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Cold, I feel very cold. Why does this feel so familiar? I wasn't able to accurately describe it at the moment. Oh right, just like when Samuel first died.
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"We can still save her."
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"I'm listening."
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"We can-" Kiba was cut off by a Light Spear through the leg. He fell. I grabbed the young Devil and threw him towards cover, rolling away from the area myself. Issei skittered across the floor.
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"Issei!"
"Oh, so this is Issei?" Raynare stepped on the toy.
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"Don't you dare!" I cursed. Raynare raised her foot.
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"Raynare!"
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"Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator."
A force smashed into Raynare's back and shot her away from Issei.
"I think."
It was the same filtered voice I heard on the rooftop.
"Zero."
"Master Chief Petty Officer John-117."
"You-?"
"Don't bother asking. I'm just intervening because the Elder God here would bitch and complain if I didn't."
"Who are you?"
"Zero."
"Damn you!" Raynare charged at the newcomer who flicked his hand and slapped Raynare with an invisible force away.
"You aren't answering my question."
"Let's just say that I don't want to pull off a K.R. Decade. You were just about to, by the looks of it." He laughed.
"Are you friend or foe?"
"I'm just training here."
"Training?"
"You'll bitch and complain too when you get thrown off an aircraft a hundred kilometers off the ground without anything to break your fall." Zero laughed.
"You bitch!"
"Says the girl that's dressed up like a god damn slut!" He shouted back, smashing his foot into the charging Fallen Angel, launching her next towards the middle of the room.
"What a nuisance. I think I out lived my stay here." Zero said, turning away.
"Got any other names besides Zero?" Issei asked, groaning as he got back up.
"Yes, try Zero."
I paused, "For real?"
"Zero-Zero." He said before teleporting away in an orange orb. We all froze at the scene before turning our attention back to Raynare.
"So, what do we do with her?"
Rias stood beside me. My Suppressor's barrel was aimed at her head. Issei sat on my shoulder.
"The Sacred Gear, return it to Asia." I asked the 'King'.
"As you wish."
"No! This power belongs to me now!"
"Does it look like you're in a situation where you can negotiate?" I asked rhetorically. She shut her mouth and Rias stood over her.
"You're a Fallen Angel and you've had that power for a few minutes now. It hasn't merged with your soul yet so you'll live. However, the pain might be too much for you to endure." Rias said as a magic circle appeared over the black-winged angel's chest. She delved her hand into it, pulling out a pair of rings. Raynare screamed in agony. I walked up behind her, my gun still aimed at her head.
"Now what?" Rias asked.
"Issei, this is your call." I grabbed Issei with a hand. I straightened my hand into a palm and forwarded it towards Raynare. The Suppressor was slugged over my shoulder.
"Her life is in your hands."
(A/N: Oh the irony)
"..." He paused and turned towards me.
"She's caused you as much trouble as she had me. I'm tossing the ball to you."
"For real?"
"For real."
I grunted and placed the Suppressor on my back. Kiba's sword was at Raynare's neck now, just waiting for a signal.
"Picks, what do you think?"
"Really?"
"Permission to call Doctor Halsey?"
"Avoiding the responsibility eh?"
"Permission granted." I groaned. Picks turned a sky blue color and Doctor Halsey was on.
"John, to what do I owe the pleasure?" My 'mother' asked.
"We have a prisoner with us right now, a Fallen Angel. She's clearly been hostile and-"
"Oh, I can see her right now. I just got the live stream up; what a slutty outfit." She commented. "So you're asking me what to do with her?"
"Yes, Doctor."
"Well then, why don't you decide?"
"It's been tossed from Issei, to me, to Picks, now you. Who's next?" I asked.
"Fine, the more people to work on the gateway, the better. So, tell me girl, can your faction help us?"
"Azazel-sama is quite the scientist."
"Ohoho! Azazel?" The Doctor laughed. "This feels like a fiction novel I'm reading. Speaking of novels, have you finished yours John?"
"All read, summarized and ready to hand in." I replied.
"Okay then, in that case, I'll spare her life. However, I want to know why she killed Issei and on who's orders."
"I-..." She paused.
"Well?" Doctor Halsey pressured. Raynare looked away in shame.
"You weren't ordered to kill him were you?"
"I was just doing it because I thought he might be a threat to Azazel-sama and Shemhazai-sama!" The Angel retorted.
"Hold your tongue!" The girl cringed.
"In that case it was a semi-innocent mistake. Very well, John, spare her, but have a gun pointed at her head at all times."
"Wait, about that...I don't think Issei's parents would take too kindly with a girl at his house, much less his body taking the girl back." I reminded.
"Hm...Then can't one of you take him back?" She must be referring to the Devils.
"Of course, I have a villa that I can hold her up in. I'll make sure she's treated kindly but under caution. We don't want to cause another Great War, nor do I want any of my servants killed."
"Have you considered my request?" Doctor Halsey asked.
"The Gateway, yes I have. Ajuka Beelzebub is currently working on it with his top scientists."
"Beelzebub? Oh my, that's quite interesting..." The Doctor commented. "Anyways, shouldn't you be using your [Evil Piece System] to resurrect the little girl?"
"I was just about to." Rias smiled.
"You have a kind girlfriend there, John."
"Doctor..."
"We're just friends."
"But you're a girl, are you not?" I swear she'd be smiling right now.
"Oh, right, resurrecting Asia!" Rias quickly rushed over to the fallen nun and I set Issei back on my shoulder.
"I think my work here is done." And with that, my 'mother' left. Pick's sky blue color reverted back to a bright orange. I picked up the Fallen Angel by the arm. The Suppressor's barrel was pressed against the back of her head. We made our way to Rias who had already begun chanting. A bishop piece was placed on the nun's chest.
I dropped the Fallen Angel. My motion sensors told me that there were four entities outside the building. One was observing us from the window and the others were behind us. I aimed my Z-130 at the window first and fired. Everyone flinched at the surprise attack and I did hear a grunt of pain coming from the window. However, the entity escaped and I turned my attention towards the door.
"Raynare-onee sama!"
I fired my Suppressor in short bursts. Quickly reloading and continuing the barrage. A light spear headed straight for my chest but my shields held. I switched to the Z-250 Light Rifle since they looked like they weren't going to come in any closer.
"What did you do to Raynare?" The older looking man shouted. They were the same group who ambushed me when I first arrived here. I ignored his question and aimed my sights on him instead. The Light Rifle burst ricocheted off the wall and hit the younger girl at the back.
"W-wait stop!" Raynare pleaded.
I stopped my Light Rifle bursts but my sights were still aimed at them. I quickly reloaded, just in case. We waited for something to happen. There was tension in the air and I was about ready to blow someone's brains out.
"Well?" I hissed.
"They could help us." Raynare suggested.
"We already have you, what could those three do?"
"I'm being held as a prisoner/guest at a Devil's house. They could help you relay your message and request to Azazel-sama."
I grunted, "Don't we have you for that?"
"Yes, but they'd be more persuasive." I groaned and pulled Raynare in front of me.
"Order them." I demanded. Raynare brushed the dust off herself.
"I liked it better when Issei was in control."
"Now!" I barked.
"As you wish, master." Raynare did a mock bow. It didn't appeal to me but I decided to let that one go. "My friends and companions, this Demon here that stands before you is not of this world. He requests assistance in a device of some sort that will allow him to transverse the world and has requested our leader, Azazel-sama, to aid him in its construction."
"So, you're asking us to relay this message to our leader?" The older man said. Raynare nodded.
"What if I said no?"
"Then I blow your brains out. What makes you think you're getting out of here alive if you don't agree to our demands?" I asked rhetorically.
"It appears we have an ultimatum on our hands. Although I would like to know why you think that pathetic toy of yours can harm us, Fallen Angels?" He asked, obviously not hearing the groans of his fellow angel.
"John, please don't hurt them."
I turned around. The revived Asia was there, tugging on my armor. I shook my head sadly.
"Sorry kid, I can't do that." I turned back to the black winged Angels. "You're over confidant in your inhuman abilities. I highly doubt you will be able to survive a direct hit with a charged shot from the Z-250 Direct Energy Engagement Weapon."
"Oh, I think you're over confidant, Mr. Robot."
"You have till the count of three to comply." I said, pulling off Picks from my neck and tossing him to the side. The Promethean formed and a Light Rifle was in its hands.
"What the-?"
"One!"
The group was stunned at the sudden appearance of a Promethean Knight whose size was larger than even me. They were extremely cautious now.
"Two!"
The group formed Light Spears in their hands. I heard metal brandishing behind me. I raised my own weapon as well.
"Three-"
"Wait."
"Non-human detected!" Picks announced. He readied himself.
"I see you wanted to talk to me." The voice was that of a middle aged man and a middle aged man walked up from behind the Fallen Angels.
"Azazel-sama!"
Raynare and her subordinates fell onto their knees. They showed the upmost respect to the newcomer.
"Raynare, what did you do this time?" He groaned.
"I apologize, my lord."
"Ugh. You're lucky I was able to arrive just in time. I heard from one of my spies that a particular being as appeared; one with immense power and strange high-tech armor. I didn't know he was in league with Devils."
"I'm not 'in league' with any of them. I'm just more acquainted." I corrected, attempting to be neutral.
"In that case, hello Mr. Robot."
"You can call me John."
"Well then John, could you lower your weapons?" He asked.
"Not until your subordinates do the same."
"You three, drop the Light Spears!" Azazel shouted. They complied and hurried behind Azazel. Raynare was about to do the same but my firm grip held her in place.
"So, you want me to help you build a portal?" He asked.
"Yes."
"Mind telling me what kind of world you came from?" I considered his question for a moment.
"It's a war torn universe. Humanity has just survived two wars. In reality, it was more of a slaughter, a desperate offensive and a zombie attack." I replied.
"Sounds interesting. Alright, I'll help you."
"W-what? Just like that?!" Rias exclaimed.
"Why not? It's going to be the first time in centuries that two of the three factions had actually worked together. Besides, I want to know more about John-san's universe."
"So, can I go back now?" Raynare asked in a childish squeal.
"No!" Issei and I shouted simultaneously.
"Is that toy talking?"
"Uh, yeah."
"How'd you manage to do that?"
"Something about Balance Breaker and transferring one's soul into a medium." I replied.
"You attained Balance Breaker?!"
"No, I don't even know what it is." I turned towards Asia whose grip was still firmly attached on my armor. "Anyways, I need to go. Issei's parents will freak out if I'm out for too long."
"Oh, Issei is the toy?"
"Yes."
"I assume his parents know."
"They don't."
"Then why-"
"Because I am Issei! I'm in his body because of an unnatural teleportation and universal properties that's keeping me fused. We've just found a way to separate ourselves so that I don't end up like him." I pointed at the toy.
"Is it a sin to be me?"
"It's the worse possible sin Issei." Azazel laughed and placed his hands at his waist.
"I see you have yourself a situation of your own!" He said, "In that case, I'll leave you two at it. I believe the fine red-haired lady over there is going to take good care of my subordinate." The middle aged man nodded towards Rias.
"Of course. I don't want to be the catalyst of a second Great War."
Author's Note:
This feels so rushed and out of placed to me! Fuck!
What's up everyone, it's Sonic again and I'm here bringing you Chapter 4 of Spartans X Dragons. This chapter is brought to you by the skipping Parallel Worlds because I don't know how to fucking start Chapter 2.
On to my ramblings.
Before EVERYONE complains, yes I did find John to be EXTREMELY out of character in this chapter. I have no idea why but it just happened. Besides, I just wrote up 9k words, I'm not redoing this chapter until I post it!
I gave a canon explanation to the Fusion! Yes! Regained contact with Doctor Halsey? Yes! Told her about the Boosted Gear? Nope, not yet. I gave a canon explanation on why John is even more OOC than back in the Haloverse! YES! Separated John and Issei? FOR FUCK'S SAKE FINALLY YES!
To summarize this chapter:
Scolding-Date-Fight-Separating-Fight-Save-Curbstom p-Chat-More Chatting-Fallen Angels-Chat-End
Yeah, I kind of got lazy on this one. It happens when you pump out three damn chapters for a story. A remake of IDGPE chapter 1 and chapter 7 and 8 which is 4k-5k and 7k-8k respectively.
I don't know how to...integrate John as well anymore and...Err...I kind of rushed the plot, as you can see. Now, the shit REALLY begins, FINALLY! I can introduce some Spartans from the Haloverse (sorry, no OCs yet) and the Poll will end. The majority of the poll wanted Cortana to come back!
Total 'Unique' Voters: 22
Yes: 10
Yes – As a Human: 7
Yes – As a Native: 5
No: 0
Anyways, that's the poll results.
Cortana will be coming back as and maybe if I feel like it; I will also have a DxD-Native Cortana.
Now, a second poll:
Who do you want in John's Harem...oh shit that sounds so fucking wrong! A Spartan-II having a harem...that sounds so weird. Sorry, Rias and Akeno will be in his harem.
Cortana
Asia
Raynare
Ophis
Xenovia
Other (Please Specify in a PM so I can add it to the Poll)
Also, Issei might have his own Harem of OC characters that I will be making and I'll need suggestions from all of you since I suck at names.
Here the choices:
Asia
Raynare
Ravel
Ophis
Xenovia
Irina
Kuroka
Rossweisse
Koneko
Others (Please Specify in a PM, OCs included)
A Humanoid-Dragon Girl (Unknown name)
Yeah, I kind of added one too many characters into Issei's harem. Dafuck.
I've only made up the plot (as in stored it in my mind) up to volume 2. Where then, volume 3 and beyond will probably not be as...volume 3. It's going to be more Halo in the chapters beyond that and won't follow the story as much.
Spoiler Alert:
Introducing the most OP armor I've ever created besides my Dragon-Armor Tech Tree:
BOOSTED MJOLNIR POWERED BALANCE BREAKER ARMOR!
Now, I just want to beat Halo:CE on Legendary. I'm stuck on the third mission.
I might to be going on a sort of Hiatus for a while on this story sadly. Don't worry; it's just to work on the next few chapters so you'll be seeing chapters pop up like crazy in the next few months. Sadly though, my summer is coming to an end. I have half a month left with no internet and I wasn't able to touch my RuneScape account. WHAT THE FUCK MAN!
You'll probably see the chapter in a month if Parallel World and IDGPE takes a really long time to make.
I found the third-person a lot easier to write than in first-person but I can't actually switch to third-person in this Fan Fiction whereas Parallel Worlds is already in third-person and IDGPE has switched over to third person.
Enough Jokes now.
Sorry for being lazy on this chapter. I've been juggling 3 stories so far and IDGPE is the most stressful to work with, surprisingly. It's harder to do an original plot line than it is to follow one. As you can see, I'm following this plot line and adding my own little bits here and there. Once I enter the 'volume 3' phase or 'DxD New' season, you'll see me increase in creativity and or decrease in quality.
IDGPE World 1 as I tend to call it is going to suck up a whole lot of time now. I want to finish the Infinite Stratos world first then get into ZnT. If you followed both stories, you'll know who Zero-Zero-Zero is; hell his name is a direct reference. This isn't an advertisement to get you to read IDGPE. I'm just explaining my reasons on why this is such a sloppy work. Twice in a row, I don't like that.
If you want to know my problems, it's that I don't know how to continue this story to chapter twenty or chapter forty. I could probably, very well end it after volume 2 since John doesn't really have a reason to stay in the DxD universe. He's trapped there and once he ends up back in the Haloverse, he's going to stay there probably on orders from ONI. Therefore, I'm trying my best to avoid that. This situation is similar to ZnT in a way but only lasts a few months.
Spartans X Dragons is a successful crossover, in terms of views and reviews. It is my most reviewed, followed and favorited story out of the three. I don't plan on ending it like that. There is one small problem though. I don't know how to end the story.
I don't plan on leaving it hanging like that. That's just going to be bad and annoying for all my readers. I mean, one of my favorite FanFictions, Dragon Ball Yokai, is currently on Hiatus for who knows why. The author said he came back and he did, for one chapter, and then left for the next half a year. So, back to the main problem, I do NOT know how to end the story. I know how it MIGHT end out but I don't know how to lead it towards that future.
Question: Who wants to see John at 150 years old (Well, plus cryo time) with his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren?
I think I dragged this author's note out for far too long, there's just one more thing I have tot tell you.
You'll be in for a neat surprise in the undetermined future.
Word Count: 10,245
Removed Scenes/Lines:
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I savored the taste. It was sweet. It reminded me of Cortana. (I said wtf 5 times. The joke would have been funnier if I had said blueberry instead of apple. If you don't get it, Cortana is 'sweet' in a way and she's blue. The apple/blueberry is sweet and is blue. So it reminded him of Cortana...somehow.)
(2)
Hopefully I could repay him with my own...
I stopped in my tracks. Asia turned towards me and stared.
"Is there something wrong?"
"Oh..."
"Oh...?"
"Wow, I can't believe I haven't noticed." I started.
"Noticed what?"
"I never even got paid to do any of the things I did. Spartan, go destroy his base! Spartan, stop the alien attack! Spartan, assassinate the Forerunner military leader! And all of that for nothing in return." I said.
"I'm not following you, sorry."
"Not even a small paycheck..."
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