Chapter 2: His Sword

I woke up in shock from that horrible and vivid dream. I pulled myself up slowly, clenching the duvet close to my chest. I was shaking. That dream was horrible!

Why would dream of me and Issei-kun getting killed by his girlfriend, who I never even met before?!

Was this my subconscious telling that I would not like her? That I don't trust that girl? I didn't even know her name not to mention her face?!

I calmed down after a while. That was when I realised, that though it was dark outside, it was clear as day inside my room. I didn't even leave the light on.

I was shocked at the sudden newfound nocturnal vision. It was weird. It was though my eyes were on night vision.

I rubbed my eyes, making sure that what I saw and feel were real.

I looked at the time and saw that I had to get ready.

I'll worry about it later.

I have club activities in the morning. This was true for many of the sport clubs in Kuoh. So I have to leave earlier than usual in order to get to practice on time.

"Good Morning, Onee-sama!" I greeted as I saw her in the kitchen, cooking.

She turned around and greeted back, "Good morning, Kana-chan."

She was wearing her red and white miko outfit. She had told me before that she was going to have a busy day today at the shrine today, some company executives have requested for her to dance and pray for their success.

I walked up towards her and started helping her to make breakfast.

"By the way, I heard about Issei from his parents." She began.

The mentioning of Issei-kun's made my heart sank.

"His father told me that he had made a girlfriend, a very cute one at that." She giggled.

My mind went back to the dream the night before. My mind was lost at the moment. It was all so real.

"Are you ok, Kana-chan?"

That snapped me back into reality.

"Yes I am. I am sorry, Onee-sama. I am just tired, I guess."

I chuckled as i rubbed the back of my head.

-x-x-

I really don't understand what was going on.

Today at practice this morning, my body felt really light. It was easier to move around in the clunky armour. I reacted to attacks a lot quicker than before and managed to land a hit even before my sparring partner could even react to it.

This usually never happened.

Slowly, things about me were changing.

-x-x-

"Yo, Kana-chan!"

My heart sank when I heard Issei-kun voice during lunch today. Obviously I was still affected by that dream yesterday.

"Did you watch last weekend's episode of 'Fairy Tail'?" he asked excitedly. He was talking about the episode where Natsu and the rest of Fairy Tail go up against Tartaros and Gray fought against his own father.

"I did," I said not intending to pass it off nonchalantly. It was a great and intense episode. And the animators knew how to make it emotional. But my mind was not with it. My mind was preoccupied.

As he went on and on about the episode, as though involuntarily, my body moved to hug him tightly.

"Hey!" he exclaimed, taken back from the sudden hug. "What's wrong?" he asked

"Hey, Issei-kun, you promise me that you leave me?" I asked. It was painful feeling to go through, when I saw him die in my dreams, I wanted to burst into tears. A dream like that can put your life into perspective.

Silence. Not even a single answer.

"Hey are you listening?" I asked before I saw his face.

He was enslaved by his fantasy. His fantasy of big boobs, I could tell, his eyes always held a certain glimmer whenever he thought about boobs.

"Tiiiiiits~~" he muttered, he was starting to drool. I was right. He was too preoccupied with my boobs pressed against him.

I couldn't help but feel annoyed and did a karate chop on his head. I can't believe that idiot was thinking about my boobs at a time like this!

I left Issei-kun to his own devices afterwards, seeing as I wanted to get food from the cafeteria.

I suddenly heard voices whispering. I look up to see my schoolmates staring at someone, as though they were enchanted. They were mesmerized at the sight of the school's number one beauty: Rias Gremory. True to her title, she was the most beautiful person in the school. Her foreign looks were exotic and made her look like a model. She was a buxom woman, with blue eyes and long red hair. She was also polite, charismatic, and smart, which contributed to her popularity. If anyone saw her hair, they would know who it belonged to.

Red hair?

If I remember right, she was also in my dream.

Why was that?

I saw her looking at me and smiled. I blushed when she did.

She really was enchanting.

-x-x-

I felt really agitated that night. As soon as it turned night, my body felt like it had a surge of energy flowing through it. And because of that, I wasn't feeling tired enough to go to sleep. I thought it would be better if I just went on a run. I had all this extra energy that I should use it.

I wore my blue sport joggers. With the jacket zipped up to my navel.

What I saw this morning was the same. Even with the lack of natural light, I could still see clear as day, maybe even clearer.

What has happened to me?

First, I gained night vision, later I found out how fast I was reacting to things and now I have too much energy. Was I getting a superpower?

"Oooooh…I see I small little bird out. Hehehe…No maybe I should call you a little bat."

I looked to see that the owner of the voice was a really tall lady, who looked to be the same height as Onee-sama. She was lightly tanned and had a curvaceous body like a supermodel. She had long wavy blue hair and brown eyes. Her attire consisted of a violet, trenchcoat-like top with a wide collar, a matching miniskirt, and black heeled shoes. The trenchcoat top itself was opened at her chest, giving me a view to her breast and cleavage. I noticed a gold necklace that she wore at the top of her cleavage.

She held a cold look to her eyes.

No matter how I saw her, her beauty was far too unnatural for the human eyes.

Then the sky around me began to change, as though the night sky itself was layered over by a kaleidoscope of colours.

"Well, might as well go hunting." She said before unfolded her wings.

Wings?

Black Wings?

Just like that girl…

My mind flashed to that dream. Was that not really a dream?

I stepped back in fear.

My instinct were screaming at me.

I had to run.

So I ran.

Backwards.

As far away as I could.

This can't be real! Angels aren't real!

I saw a faint shadow casting over me. I looked up to see the winged lady flying over me, almost as if she was mocking.

"Oooooh…I see. Trying to run away will you?" she said before she created a spear out of pure light.

Holy shit!

Ow! That hurt my head!

I saw the spear and my mind was screaming not to get hit by it.

"Not bad…I see that you are only good at running! How about this?" She created two spears. She threw them at me one by one as though leading me on.

I dodged the first spear before jumping over the second spear, using my hand on the spear as leverage.

As soon as I touched the spear, my handed burned.

OW!

It was hot, like a scorching pain that would not go away.

"Did that hurt? You devils are weak to light. Even if you are a low-class devil, something like is basically kindergarten for you." I saw her mouth twitching into a sadistic grin. "Oh what sweet stupidity you have." She laughed.

She created another set of light spears and kept throwing them at me. I kept on moving and twisting in order to avoid the spear.

As I kept running, eventually a wall of light spears drilled themselves into the ground before me. I stopped myself, not wanting to get burned like last time. I cursed at the sight of it and I turned around to see her standing before me. I was caught like a prey being cornered by its hunter.

She sighed, "This is why I find you low-class devils so boring. You run, run and run some more. Like the mice being chased."

She looked around as though she was something. "But still I don't feel the presence of your master. So what did you do? Did you run away from your master? Was she not feeding you enough?" she mocked. Her grin grew evermore sadistic than before.

She shrugged her shoulders, "Oh well, even if that wasn't case, I don't care." Another one of those spears appeared in her hand.

Someone save me.

Please?

*SLASH*

The spear was split in two.

"Who are you?!" she demanded, surprised at the sudden interruption.

In front of me stood a man.

He looked like a knight. Like seriously. He stood there, around the same height as my sister, wearing an all the silver armour that covered the thin black coat underneath it. The armour itself was simple, it had no fancy gimmicks but held a nice elegance to it. You can tell the armour had been through a lot of battles and it looked like it had been barely maintained. He pulled back his hood to reveal his helmet. The most ornate part of the armour itself was the helmet. It was a fully closed helmet with a slick almost stylized feel. It had a single slit across the eyes to act like as visors and no mouthpiece.

Hung by his left hip was a black scabbard with white accents held there by a brown leather belt. On his right hip was a hung Rosario necklace. In his right hand was a stylized two-handed sword that seemed to be almost long enough to be a called greatsword. The handle of the sword was a leathery black with a silver rounded butt. The hilt was a kite shaped with silver outlines and a black body and two silver prongs protruding on either side of it. The blade itself was silver and it shone as though it reflected the light of the moon.

It was a beautiful sword.

This feeling it gave off was incredible and frightening at the same time.

What was it? My hands couldn't stop shaking. Something told me it was worse than that lady!

"Impressive, you manage to slip past my barrier like that." The winged lady said as she placed a hand on her hip. Her face slipped into a smirk.

"I don't think it was that impressive. I just happened to be here." He casually said as he shrugged his shoulders. His voice surprisingly sounded like it belonged to a young man.

"I see…Explain to me this? Why did you save that devil? From what I can see, you are just a human. I don't understand why you getting yourself involved."

"Well…" He turned his head to me. That one moment felt like an eternity. "I don't like to see such a one sided fight." He said as he returned his attention back to that crazy lady.

She couldn't help but contain her laughter. "Hahahaha! Are you kidding me? A human protecting a devil?! That thing is the sworn enemy of you humans!"

"From what I can see…Your kind too."

"Then I'll just have to kill you too."

In a blink of an eye, both the Knight and the Angel clashed, closing the distance in an instant. She jumped in first, thrusting that spear at his head. With his sword, he calmly pushed the blade of the spear away to avoid the attack. With a step forward, he swung his left elbow at her rib. He dropped the blade for an upward swing but she avoided it at the last minute, the sword ripped her violet trenchcoat-like top.

It was a brief interaction. It was a test of each other's strength. I understood at as much, we pretty much do the same during Kendo.

She landed at a fair distance away from him. She cursed under her breath at the sight of her ruined clothe. "Looks like this won't be easy." She said.

"Would you like to withdraw? I don't want to force the situation." he asked calmly. He rested the blade on his armoured shoulder. He stepped to the side when she threw a light spear at him. He sighed. As though he had resigned himself to a conclusion.

He dashed forward to close the distance between him and her. She threw more spears at him, with each one sliced apart but the huge sword. That unnatural sword and those magic spears met each other several times. With both hands, he skilfully swung that sword like it was nothing. He with each strike, he destroyed her spears.

When he finally reached her, he threw his sword down at her. She blocked with another spear, but it was futile. The sword tore through each spear she made with ease. She jumped back though, the sword made another cut at her body, leaving a small cut over the right shoulder, exposing her right breast.

She roared, coming in again with two spears. She made a slash at him but

It was a cycle that repeated again and again, he destroyed each and every one of those spears. He reacted t

With a final swing, he look to end this fight but the angel spread her wings and took flight, finding herself flying high above the ground. With a roar she dived back down for a final charge hoping to end this.

In response, he held the blade over his head with both hands.

"- O sword, Let thee be filled." He whispered, as though it was a chant. Suddenly the sword glowed with an orange light. The sword itself then released a flash of light from the hilt that engulfed the blade. It shone brighter and brighter as time went on.

It was striking.

It was beautiful.

More so than I could ever describe.

It was also frightening.

My body was screaming at me to run from it.

"This aura...!" she gasped as she stopped her attack mid-flight. She knew what it was.

In retaliation, she had conjured up a large circular projection. It wasn't another spear, it wasn't anything like that. It looked to me to be more of a shield, a magic shield like you see in the anime. The shield itself grew bigger and bigger, she was pouring everything she had into it.

With a cry, he swung the sword, releasing a wave of light that shone like the sky dyed in the colours of the twilight.

The angel braced for impact before she was engulfed in the sword's light slash.

When the light had died, she was on the floor, supporting herself up with her right hand. Her clothes were burnt away from that attack, leaving her fully naked on the floor but she didn't care. She was breathing heavily.

"Impressive, you took it at a quarter of its power and you are still standing." he said.

She cursed herself before she slowly stood up, giving us full view of her bruised yet sexy body. "You are full of surprises. I think I've come to like you. If only I could see what's underneath that helmet." she said wiping the blood off her lips.

"I am sorry to say that you'll be disappointed." He simply shrugged. He was joking around with her.

"You are funny. But as much as I would like to get to know you, I will withdraw." She spreads her wings. Then she turned her attention to me. "Consider yourself lucky, devil girl. Looks like your knight has come to save you. You better pray to your Maous that we will never cross paths again."

And with that warning, she took flight before she returned her attention back to the knight.

"I will remember you, Knight." She added.

"Reinhard…" he replied.

"What?" she squinted, unsure of he meant.

He then introduced himself, "I am called Reinhard."

"I see…My name is Kalawarner. I'll be looking forward to seeing you." she replied in kind.

She flew off leaving behind a trail of black feathers. The sky had returned to normal as soon as she left.

I saw Reinhard sheathing his sword and turned towards me. That ominous frightening aura had disappeared from the sword as soon as he placed it in. "Are you ok?" he asked, his voice sounded sincere. "Don't worry I won't hurt you." He walked up towards me, slowly.

I could tell that he was trying to show that he wasn't trying to hurt me.

He then asked me. "Where is you-!"

He stopped cold and the next thing I felt was rush of air coming from behind me. Reinhard quickly pulled his sword, scabbard and all, up to defend himself from a sword strike. I saw a familiar shade of blonde holding a longsword with a golden hilt.

"Kiba-san!" I cried out. I was shocked, he was fast, faster than the eye could see.

"You're fast. I see that you are a Knight." Reinhard said as he held Kiba-san's sword at bay.

"Damn you! What were you trying to do to her?" Kiba-san demand.

"Don't worry, I wasn't going to hurt her!" he replied.

Kiba released the force he pushing on to him. "Lies!" he jumped back.

"O, Lightning!"

A burst of lightning came crashing from above. The two swordsmen jumped back in time to dodge the attack. Kiba-san then pressed on with his attack, with Reinhard meeting each strike head on. They were both good with the sword, far above me. I couldn't but grew in envy.

"Akizuki-san!" I turned around to see another person, a girl, running up towards me. I gasped at the sight of her. She was one of the most popular girls in school, known for her beauty and grace and being the personification of a Yamato Nadeshiko. She had long black hair tied to a ponytail with a yellow bow and had violet eyes. She wore Kuoh academy's school uniform.

"Himejima-senpai?!" I was definitely confused. Two of my schoolmates were acting weird like they are from a fantasy novel or something!

As Kiba-san and Reinhard clashed swords continuously, they exchanged words.

"Damn exorcist! If you knew who owns this territory, you would know better than to attack a member of her peerage here." Kiba-san warned. I had never seen him like this. It was far from the usual demeanor of the 'Prince of Kuoh'. I was a little afraid of him.

"I was just helping her out. She was attacked by a Fallen Angel and couldn't escape. It's fine if you don't want to listen to me. But I am no exorcist." He retorted. With one final exchange, they created distance between them. "By the way, I know who this land belongs to. I was here by chance. Talk to Akizuki-san over there. She will back my story." he said, putting me in the center of attention.

"I-It's true! He was protecting me that's all!" I nervously told them. It was the truth! But another question filled my mind. "More importantly, who are you people? Why is everyone calling me a devil?!"

"And there is that." He placed his sword back by his left hip before he advised. "Akizuki-san, please be careful next time you walk around alone at night." With that he walk away.

"Hold up! We have questions for you!" Himejima-senpai said.

Reinhard simply waved at them before disappearing into the distance.

With that, the knight in shining armour left. I looked to the remaining people and saw Himejima-san extend a hand to me.

"Akizuki-san, we would to invite you to the Occult Research Club tomorrow after school. I am sure you have a lot of questions for us." Himejima-senpai said.

"Just who are you guys?" I asked.

But right now with all the weird things going on, I should go and meet Kiba-san and Himejima-senpai and the rest of the Occult Research Club tomorrow.

-x-x-

I met Issei-kun and Kiba-san outside of our classroom. I felt bad, I told Katase-san and Murayama-san that I would be skipping club activities today without giving them a proper reason.

Issei-kun and I followed Kiba-san to the back of the school building. At the back of the school building, which is surrounded by trees, there was a building called the old school building. As its name suggested, it was an old building that was apparently used a long time ago and was so creepy that the students never understood why it wasn't refurbish or torn down. It's so creepy that it is listed in one of "the seven wonders of school".

"Buchou is here." Kiba-san said.

Buchou?

Who was he talking about?

Himejima-senpai?

I knew Kiba-san was part of the Occult Research club. It was a private club that from everyone told me not everyone could get in. I never really thought of who was in this club. I knew Kiba-san was from Aika-san.

We entered the two story high building, and went up the stairs. We went further into the building. Even the corridor looks clean, for such an old building. It seems like even the rooms that aren't used don't have a single speck dust in them. So they must be cleaning this building quite often.

While I was thinking about these kinds of things, we seem to have reached our destination. Kiba stopped in front of a particular classroom.

"Buchou, I have brought them." Kiba-san waits for the approval through the wooden door.

Then the voice replied. "Yes, come in." It was voice I've never heard before, maybe it wasn't Himejima-senpai. Looks like the Buchou was inside here.

Kiba opened the door and I'm shocked when I follow him into the room. It was a gothic, Victorian style room with the source of lights being the candles which adds to its gothic atmosphere. There were a couple of sofas and desks in the room. There were also weird signs and words in every area of the classroom.

The floor.

The walls and the ceiling.

They were all covered with weird signs. It was as though they were warding off evil spirits. I remember seeing it once at home. It was similar, but yet very different to the ones my family had at the shrine.

Though with all the things that have been going on, I felt these signs were designed to keep something in.

The one which stood out the most iwas the circle drawn at the centre of the room. It looks like a magic-circle that took up most of the space in this room.

I could feel something creepy and weird from it, it was almost unnerving.

There was someone sitting on one of the sofas. It's a girl with a small build, almost like an elementary girl's size. She had white hair with a hairpin which was in the shape and colour of a black cat and had golden eyes. She was so cute that you could describe her as a cat, similar to her pin. She is eating youkan quietly. She had a sleepy expression. Though from what I can see nothing seemed to faze her.

She realised we entered, and our eyes met.

Next Kiba-san introduced her to us. "This is Issei Hyoudou-kun and Kana Akizuki-san."

The little girl bowed her head. "Ah, nice to meet you. I'm Koneko Toujou."

We also bowed our heads. After the greetings, she continued to eat her youkan.

Maybe she was a girl who doesn't talk much?

I heard the sound of water flowing coming from the back of the room. Was it the sound of a shower?

Then I realise there really was a shower curtain at the back of the room. There was also a shadow on the curtain.

It's the shadow of a girl. There was a girl taking a shower.

A shower!?

This classroom comes with a shower!?

Then there is the sound of the shower stopping.

"Buchou, take this." I heard the voice of Himejima-senpai. So the buchou wasn't Himejima-senpai.

Was she standing there with whilst the Buchou of the Occult Research Club was showering? I was blushing at the thought. I had never showered with someone in the same room as me before, somehow it just feels weird.

"Thank you, Akeno."

Looks like Buchou-san was changing behind the curtain.

"…What a lecherous face."

Someone mutters. When I look in the direction of the voice, it's Toujou-san. I look at her, wondering at who she meant but the little first year student is just eating youkan.

I turned around to see Issei-kun looking guilty.

What was he thinking about? Probably something perverted again. He usually has something like that on his mind when he looks guilty. I sometimes see that guilty look he has when he sees me.

Oh…That idiot had the thought about buchou-san, didn't he?

Then the curtain opened. The one standing there was Rias Gremory-senpai in her uniform. So she was the Buchou of the club?

I blushed when I saw her. When I saw both her and Himejima-senpai, I couldn't help but feel at awe, these two were known as 'Kuoh's Two Great Onee-samas', people who were idolised by both male and female students!

I never realised it. But it had to make sense that the top beauties of the school are all together, including Kiba-san and Toujou-san!

She looks at us, then smiles. "I'm sorry. I couldn't take a shower last night because I stayed the night at your place, so I took a shower now."

I reeled back in surprised. I was shocked at the fact that Issei-kun brought a girl home.

"Ah, is that so?" I pulled Issei-kun's ear. "So Issei-kun, would you mind telling me what Gremory-senpai was doing at your place?"

He whinge at the pain. "She was nursing me! We didn't do anything perverted! I promise, Kana-chan!" he pleaded. Feeling satisfied I released his ear.

Then I look behind Senpai and noticed Himejima-senpai walking in behind her.

"Ara ara. Hello, my name is Akeno Himejima. Pleased to make your acquaintance." She introduced herself politely with a smile.

Issei-kun's face turned red. "O-Oh. My name is Issei Hyoudou. N-Nice to meet you too!"

"Kana Akizuki! Pleased to meet you!" Even though I'm nervous, I also greeted her.

After Gremory-senpai confirmed that we finished introducing each other, she started talking. "Looks like everyone is here. Issei-kun, Kana-kun. No, let me call you Ise and Kana."

"Y-Yes." Issei-kun answered back. I simply nodded slowly, still a bit confused on what was going on.

"We, the Occult Research Club, welcome you."

Well it did seem like a big welcome service for the both of us.

"As a Devil."

What?

What was with everyone calling one another devil? I turned to Issei and confused. If I was a devil, would Issei-kun be one?

It would make sense considering that we were both here.

To be honest, I was a bit too dumbfounded by what has happened the last few days. I was unsure what was real and what wasn't.

I suddenly found myself sat down. I'm sat on a sofa next to Issei-kun Gremory-senpai was sat on the opposite sofa next to Toujou-san.

"Here's your tea." Himejima-senpai had made tea for us.

"Ah, thank you." We both said as we took the cup.

We drank it quickly.

"It tastes good." Both Issei and I said at the same time. I could tell we were both nervous.

"Ara ara. Thank you very much." Himejima-senpai started laughing very happily by saying "Ufufu". A very high-class sounding laugh, one that sounded like it came from nobility. A high-class Onee-sama indeed!

"Akeno, Yuuto, you sit over here as well." She told them.

"Yes, Buchou." Himejima-senpai replied.

Himejima-senpai sat next to Gremory-senpai whilst Kiba-san sat beside me.

'Umm…Kiba-san, you are a bit close...' I thought. Sorry! I never really knew him that well!

Then everyone looks at us.

W-What is it… I'm getting nervous if everyone looks at me in a small place like this…

Then Gremory-senpai spoke. "I will get to the point right away. We are all Devils."

'You definitely did get to the point right away.'

"You two don't believe what I am saying. Well, that can't be helped. You both were attacked by people with black wings recently, didn't you?"

She's right.

If that wasn't a dream, then we both really did get attacked by those scary people.

"That's a Fallen Angel. They are former Angels who served God, but they are beings who have fallen to hell because they had evil intentions. They are also the enemy of us Devils."

So now we were talking about a Fallen Angel.

Looks like we were entering into a fantasy genre.

Gremory-senpai began to explain. "We, the Devils, have been at war with the Fallen Angels since ancient times. We have been fighting over the possession of the Underworld, which is also known as Hell in the human world. The Underworld is split into two areas, one for Devils and one for Fallen Angels. The Devils form pacts with humans and receive their sacrifices and increase their strength. The Fallen Angels on the other hand control humans to eliminate Devils. At this point the Angels come in to destroy these two races on God's orders, which creates the three forces. This has been going on since ancient times."

This sounded like a real fantasy genre. Like those Tolkien books, or like the anime that I watch at night.

"No no, Senpai. That kind of story is hard to take in by a normal student like myself. Is this what members of Occult Research Club do?" Issei-kun interjected.

I looked to him in confusion, how could he be thinking that? We were both attacked by people with black wings!

"Occult Research Club is just a camouflage. It's my hobby. It's actually a gathering place for us Devils." Gremory-senpai further explained. Then she turned to a different topic. "Amano Yuuma…"

Hearing that name, Issei open his eyes in shock.

Who was she?

"That day, you were on a date with Amano Yuuma, right? Issei-kun?"

"If you are joking around, then can you please stop now? I don't want to talk about this here." There was anger in his voice.

I started to get worried. I've never heard Issei get like this before.

So it was that girl. The girl in the park with black wings. The one who stabbed us in my dream.

"She existed. For certain." Gremory-senpai said that clearly. "Well, it looks like she tried to erase all of the evidence around you, Ise."

Gremory-senpai clicked her finger, and Himejima-senpai took out a photo.

I am speechless after seeing who is in that photo. It was her, the girl in my dream! She really was real, also that she was Issei's girlfriend?!

"This is her, right? Amano Yuuma-chan."

The photo is a clear picture of her, and there are black wings growing from her back.

"This girl is…no, this is a Fallen Angel. She's the same kind as the one that attacked you both last night."

A Fallen Angel? That girl was a Fallen Angel?

Gremory-senpai continued. "This Fallen Angel came in contact with you to accomplish a certain goal. After she accomplished it, she got rid of any record and evidence regarding herself."

"Goal?" I asked. Why kill Issei-kun?

"Yes. To kill Ise."

"W-Why did she have to kill me!?" Issei-kun cried.

"Calm down, Ise." I placed a hand on his shoulder. I could tell that he was getting a bit angry and erratic.

"It couldn't be helped... No, you were just unlucky. There are possessors who weren't killed…" Gremory-senpai went on.

"What do you mean, unlucky!"

Gremory-senpai wasn't that a bit cold?

"That day, you went on a date with her and then went to the park, where you both were killed with Spear of Light." She explained simply.

"But I'm still alive! More than that, why was I targeted!?" Issei-kun retorted.

Yeah. There aren't any reasons for Issei to be targeted by her.

"The reason why she approached you is so she could check if there is a dangerous thing inside you. She must have received a weak response from it. That's why she took her time checking you. Then she confirmed it. That you were a human who possessed a Sacred Gear."

Sacred Gear…

I heard that term before…

'Sorry. You were a threat to us, so we decided to get rid of you early. If you want to hold a grudge, then hate the God who put the Sacred Gear inside you.'

That's what that Yuuma person said at that time.

Kiba then spoke. "Sacred Gear is an irregular power that is bestowed to certain humans. For example, most of the people whose names are recorded in history are said to be possessors of a Sacred Gear. They used the power of their Sacred Gear to record their name in history."

"Presently, there are people who possess Sacred Gears within their bodies. You know those people who play an important role worldwide? Most of those people possess a Sacred Gear." Himejima-senpai continued after Kiba.

Gremory-senpai then continued to explain. "Most of the Sacred Gears have functions that are only usable in the human society. But there are exceptional Sacred Gears that are a threat to us, the Devils, and Fallen Angels."

"Um…" I spoke up. "Do I have this Sacred Gear thingy?" I asked, since Gremory-senpai seemed to who has and who doesn't.

"Put it simply…no." Gremory-senpai simply said.

Well that was expected…

Looks like I wasn't the main hero in this story. Was I going to be a side character in this story? I was finally living a fantasy though.

Was I just dragged into this situation by chance?

How life was cruel…

I hung my head low in response.

"Ise, raise your hand." I heard Gremory-senpai ordered.

I looked up in curiosity.

Why? What was she going to ask him to do?

These were the thoughts that were going through my head.

"Do it quickly." Gremory-senpai urged him further.

So he raised his left arm.

She then continued, almost leading him. "Close your eyes and imagine the strongest thing that comes to mind."

"S-Strongest being…? Son Goku from Dragon Ball…?" he inquired. Issei-kun looked unsure of what he was supposed to do.

She nodded, as though she approved of what he thought was the strongest. "Then imagine it, and imagine that person in a particular pose where he looks the strongest."

Issei-kun closed his eyes. I could see he was trying very hard to imagine Son Goku and everything about him.

I wondered at what she was trying to do. Was she trying to understand him? Was she was trying to bring out this 'Sacred Gear'?

After a while, she then said. "Lower your arm slowly and stand up."

He got up from the sofa and lowered his arm.

"Now mimic the pose of that person. You have to imagine it strongly, okay? You cannot hold back."

He seemed taken back by that request. He was too embarrassed to do it. It

I couldn't help but giggle a bit. I guess we were still silly about anime if that's what Issei-kun saw as the strongest move. Such a cutie. He closes his eyes as if he was contemplating something.

"Hurry and do it."

Gremory-senpai urged him again.

I was about to speak up and stop him but suddenly…

"Kamehameha!" He said it while He had both of his opened hands stuck together and pushed them forward at chest height. That was the famous pose that any anime watcher would know.

Nothing happened though.

I couldn't help but giggle a bit. I guess we were still silly about anime if that's what Issei saw as the strongest move. Such a cutie.

"Now, open your eyes. In this place which is filled with demonic power, the Sacred Gear will be able to appear more easily."

Under her instruction, Issei-kun opened his eyes.

His left arm glowed.

Whaaaaat!?

Was this like that Dragon Ball move!?

As though it was reacting to his image of the strongest form.

The light shone brighter and brighter until it covered his left arm.

After the light disappears, his left arm is covered in a red gauntlet. It's equipped with a flashy looking object. The part that covers the back of his hand has a jewel-like object embedded in it. It looked very cool and was almost dragon-like.

"What the hell is thiiiiiiiis!?" he screamed.

I am surprised you never saw it before…It must be thing where you have to somehow unlock it, I guess.

"That's a Sacred Gear. And it belongs to you. Once it appears, you can use it anywhere and anytime as you will." Gremory-senpai explained.

This red gauntlet is a Sacred Gear…?

"The Fallen Angel, Amano Yuuma, saw your Sacred Gear as a threat and therefore killed you."

So the thing about her and the Sacred Gear was all real.

Then the part where we were killed by her was real too...?

So how were we alive?

"Ise, you called me when the both of you were on the verge of death. I was summoned through this paper." Gremory-senpai pulled out a single leaflet.

It's a leaflet with a weird magic circle and a catchphrase that read, 'We will grant your wish!' The magic circle on the leaflet was the same as the big magic circle on the floor.

"This is one of the leaflets we give out. This magic circle is used to summon us Devils. These days there aren't many people who would draw this circle to summon us. So we give these leaflets to people who look like they would summon Devils. This magic-circle is safe and easy to use. That day, one of our familiars was disguised as a human and was handing them out in the business district. You got it at that time, Ise. After you were killed by the Fallen Angel, you called me while you were on the verge of death. You wished so hard that it summoned me. Usually my servants like Akeno and the others would be the ones to be summoned."

So then, the person with red hair that appeared at the end of my dream…no, the one that appeared at the end of that incident really was Gremory-senpai.

But why? What did Issei-kun wished for Gremory-senpai to come and save us?

"When I was summoned and saw you two, I knew right away that Ise was a Sacred Gear possessor and that you both were attacked by a Fallen Angel. But there was a problem. You were on the brink of death. Not just Devils, but humans also die if impaled by a Fallen Angels spear of light. Ise, Kana, you were in that kind of condition. So I decided to save your…both of your lives."

Save our lives?

So that's why we're alive.

"Although, as a Devil. You two were reborn as Devils of mine, as Rias Gremory's servants"

At that moment, wings sprouted from the backs of everyone around me. They were different from the feathery black wings of Fallen Angels, their wings were like bat wings. And with that I also felt some kind of strange sensation on my back. Looking over my shoulder, I see the same black wings protruding from my back.

Are you serious?

Am I a Devil now? Am I not human anymore?

I look over to see Issei-kun facing the same sort of reality as I was. We both faced each other in shock.

"Let's introduce everyone anew. Yuuto."

Kiba smiled at us after Gremory-senpai called his name. "My name is Kiba Yuuto. As you already know, I'm a second year like you, Hyoudou Issei-kun, Kana Akizuki-san. Umm, I'm a Devil too. Nice to meet you."

"…First year. …Toujou Koneko. Pleased to make your acquaintance. …I'm a Devil too." Toujou-san bowed her head.

"My name is Himejima Akeno, and I'm in third year. I'm also the vice-president of this Occult Research Club. Nice to meet you. Even though I'm like this, I'm also a Devil. Ufufu." Himejima-senpai did the same as Toujou-san.

Lastly, it was Gremory-senpai. She waved her crimson hair and said. "And I'm their master as well as being a Devil from the House of Gremory, Rias Gremory. My house holds the rank of a Duke. Let's get along from now on, Ise, Kana."

Looks like we both were caught in a really unbelievable situation.

-x-END-x-

Here is chapter 2! As I have stated, Kana doesn't have a Sacred Gear. She would be a normal human without anything special. Originally this chapter was going to have more, such as the stray devil hunting and stuff but I thought that would be too much so I left it off here. But yeah please leave a review.