It was the day after the whole visiting fiasco and I was called in to the Occult Research club because Rias' other bishop was being unsealed now that she is of age. I still think it's a little early but who am I to judge the orders of a sis-con. At the time of being called I had just got dressed at the restaurant, I went to see Azazel and he told me to go straight there and so I did but not before changing in my uniform. My uniform was now shirt and pants with my scarf instead the blazer and tie.
When I returned to the school I saw a murky purple bubble briefly engulf the old building turning it a stone colour for several seconds before returning back to normal. From what Azazel has told me about other sacred gears, this one stood out above the rest. Forbidden Valor View and it had the ability to stop time, a rule-breaking sacred gear. I am a little surprised it isn't Longinus but seen as it alone doesn't have the ability to kill a God I can also see why it isn't.
As I entered the old school building I heard voices to my left and followed it quickly finding everyone in the midst of their conversation.
"Like Gin-kun, he took a mutation piece."
I bloody hope so, Rias' standard pieces are nowhere near good enough for a sacred gear of that degree. And from the presence I am currently feeling a half vampire at that. This kid is decked out with hidden potential.
"Mutation piece?"
As I heard Issei say that I allowed my presence there to be known and decided to answer him.
"Some people can't be taken by normal pieces alone. Mutation pieces are random at best but they allow you to take a servant who may be worth multiple pieces with only one. They at least do double points so my mutated Rook means I am worth at least 10 pawn pieces making me Rias' strongest piece. Even without the Lunar Gear, Rias would of needed the mutated Rook or Queen piece to reincarnate me due to my blood as a descendant of Tsukiyomi. Frankly at that, I wouldn't be surprised if the Queen piece had to be a mutated one. Azazel also told me that the high-class get one mutation piece out of every ten, it's mostly by luck."
Their attention turns to me briefly as I speak and only Rias' attention stays on me.
"How does Azazel know all this?"
"You didn't know that there is a sort-of leak? Shemhaza, the Vice-governor general has a devil wife so Azazel has been studying her Evil Pieces for a while now."
"Which devil is that?"
I looked at her like she was an idiot, which she is.
"She's a devil, I don't care what her name is."
I walked past Rias and towards the room that the vampire was in. I stopped in the doorway and saw a cute boy dressed in the school's girls uniform. This kid is a Hideyoshi from Baka-test or maybe Saika from OreGairu, more commonly known as a trap. I'll have to be careful around this kid.
The resolve that I was going to have was blown straight out of the window when he rushed towards me and clung onto my leg happily like an excited little puppy. I looked down to see him looking up at me with doe-eyes, it was too much. The kid was practically destroying what was right. Why must people act in this way and why are they always straight?
I then shuffled round with the kid glued to my side happily.
"I'm safe! Nothing can affect me now."
The damn kid is insane, bloody vampires and the way they treat Moon Gods and Goddesses. At least i'll have an army of vampires under me if the same goes for the other vampires.
In the meantime, i'll have to keep myself in check so I don't fall for this trap.
"As long as you believe it then you'll be fine."
Actually, if this kid froze them all before hand but was happy enough at my entrance to latch onto my side along with the fact that Vampires love me and my blood. Does this mean I can control him better than Rias can? Should I get him to randomly freeze things? He'd be a great tool for stopping the fangirls.
"Buffy, use your gear on them."
"Ehh … Buffy?"
The kid doesn't know who buffy is and he is a shut-in? I know that buffy kills vampires but still, maybe I should call him angel … no wait, I can't do that. This kid is neither tall nor handsome. Angel was a hella handsome bloke.
"Just freeze 'em Garrett."
Maybe I should call him vampires from fiction, I can get away with either gender too. I'll call him Bella when i'm pissed, that fake vamp from a terrible series should just kill herself already. How could she betray Jacob like that.
The little vampire did as I said and froze each of the devils in front of us leaving me and him perfectly fine.
"Now that the little vampire did good I can introduce myself to him. I'm Tsukiyomi Gin, Descendant of Tsukiyomi and the Lunar Guardian. Nice to meet'cha Vamp-chan."
"Hai Tsukiyomi-sama, I'm Gasper Vladi and a half Dhampir."
…
The devils unfroze some time later and they were reluctant to complain mainly because they knew I could just do it again. Gasper was my fail-safe, if something would go wrong I could just use him to freeze it and bail. Rias then left Gasper in my hands while she went off with Kiba and Akeno to deal with some meeting stuff essentially leaving me in charge of the club.
Seen as Gasper didn't want to come outside, I locked him back in his room but opened the windows and held them wide open with my ice magic so he couldn't close them again. Once I had that done, I started to speak to Xenovia because she had something I was interested in, Durandal. I had 'Second Star' and it listened to me properly, even Kusanagi liked me more than he did Asahi so I wonder if I could control that holy sword of immense power.
The Durandal had interested me ever since I found out about 'Second Star'. As 'Second Star is meant to be indestructible, Durandal is said to destroy anything in it's path. I liked the symmetry. Thankfully, I have finally got the hang of summoning 'Second Star' without going into 'Total Eclipse'.
As I held 'Second Star' in hand, Xenovia held Durandal in hers. I tied the cloth of the sheathe around the grip to 'Second Star' freeing up my second hand. Once free I stepped towards Xenovia and placed my hand on the golden pole that was the handle to the large blue and gold sword called Durandal. A strange pulse hit my body when I took it in the one hand, and as Xenovia let go I quickly passed her 'Second Star' before then taking Durandal in both hands.
While holding the Durandal in both hands I could feel it's power pulsing throughout my whole body shaking my insides but my body wasn't for naught, it decided to fight back by invoking my divinity. My low-level divinity struggled against the overbearing power of Durandal and was capable of forcing most of it out of my body. The swords immense pressure and holy power lingered around my hands giving me only a slight burn as my divinity was only able to soften the blow.
It was an ongoing battle, the Durandal wasn't beaten yet. It was like a stubborn child that is in wait and will try again when you aren't looking. The Durandal did just that, it fought back when I thought it had calmed down and sent holy energy up my right arm shredding my sleeve and making noticeable burn marks all up my arm. It was a feisty sword that wouldn't give in, I would have to take full form.
I activated my power as Tsukiyomi and my armour formed along with the two tiger ice-gauntlets. This pushed the holy power back and completely out of my body restricting it to just the Durandal. The Durandal seemed to just give up then, the brief fight back was like a test to see if I was the real deal or if I was just faking it. I had now tamed the Durandal or atleast to a sufficient amount where it wouldn't try to burn me alive any more.
I looked over to Xenovia who was having trouble just like I was but in a different way. My katana just outright rejected her altogether. The lunar sword was back in it's sheathe and the cloth was no longer tied to the grip and dangling down freely.
It would seem that my divinity works as a buffer and allows me to wield holy swords perfectly fine, that would make me a natural holy sword wielder I believe. Maybe divinity is a whole part of it, you are either recognized as worthy by the sword or your essence overpowers the sword like I had to with Durandal. What I do know is that I won't hit my full power in divinity or ice magic till I mature, when that time comes I can make it eternally night.
"Xenovia, you having a hard time there?"
When I spoke up, Xenovia was in the middle of holding the sheathe between her thighs and frantically pulling at the grip and hilt with both hands. As she pulled I could see her muscles contract and the veins in her arms bulge out in her attempt to unlock 'Second Star'.
Her attempts were hopeless. I took a hold of Durandal in the right tiger jaw and deactivated the tiger around my left arm leaving an icy-gauntlet. Taking the grip in hand, I pulled lightly on it and pulled the katana straight out of it's sheathe. The sheathe then followed suit and flew out from between her thighs and tied the cloth around seperate belt loops on my pants resting next to my leg.
'Please don't do that again, Guardian. I am yours to use and only yours.'
So that means she's a lunar gear possessor only sword. That means that the angels are never gonna get a chance to peer over it unless God built that into the system before kicking the bucket. I twirled 'Second Star' around in my left hand before firmly locking it into it's sheathe.
'Second star, are you an it or a she or even a he?'
'I am an it but was created with a she in mind.'
'Then you are a she.'
…
The day after the introduction to my little follower, Gasper the trap. I was told to go up to the nearest shrine after I had finished work which I had done because Azazel insisted on it. Once I reached the bottom of the steps up to the shrine I saw Akeno who was dressed up in a shrine maiden's outfit.
I continued straight past her and started up the stairs without a word. Amidst the sound of my footsteps against the stone steps I heard another set of steps which meant that Akeno was following after me but her footsteps were more frequent than mine. She passed by me quickly while wearing a solemn expression, she probably knows the reason for my indifference.
We reached the top in minutes passing under the tall gate which was the entrance. As soon as I passed through it I felt a new presence, one that I didn't like and it was one which made me think I never would. The owner of the presence was a young looking man with a halo hovering just over his head, he smiled at my blank gaze and unfurled his 12 wings. As he did so I felt a little irritated by the whole show.
"Am I meant to be stunned or something? Just get to it."
I could tell that my words bothered the angel but he was reluctant to let it show.
"I am Michael, the leader of the Angels. It's a pleasure to meet you, Lunar Guardian."
Hmmm … kinda expected that. I doubt they would care about me being a descendant of Tsukiyomi, different religion and all.
From there we went inside the main building of the shrine. The atmosphere was slightly off due to me deciding not to introduce myself, why should I when he already knows who I am. The sour atmosphere showed just by looking at Akeno who was wearing a nervous smile while having her eyes closed. She sat of to the side but in between us as I sat opposite Michael who was standing in armour. I mean why even wear armour, he is strong enough to easily kill us if we were to get hostile.
"I would like to offer you a gift."
"To me? Surely i'm just a tool in this and you are giving it to the devil side. If so think of another way before I decline and shove it up your ass."
I saw Akeno's smile waver off to the side as Michael still didn't show any change even from my hostile words. It felt like he was testing me, wondering how far I would go if he didn't do anything. I'm sure that's something you do to a rebellious child, if they don't get attention they'll stop. Is that what this angel is doing?
"You are a descendant of a Shinto god so you have divinity which makes you a holy sword wielder by default. On top of that you are on terms with both the devil group that has the Sekiryuutei and Grigori that have the Hakuryuukou. Compared to the owner of the Solar Gear, yours is more physically orientated so you are a better choice to give this particular gift to."
After saying all that the weapon that he is giving is pretty obvious. It's Ascalon, it couldn't be any other holy weapon.
"So you are giving me Ascalon? You must be pretty serious if you are willing to gift the devils one of the true Holy Swords."
"Well, it's a fair trade Tsukiyomi-san. Information is going around and Sirzechs-san is giving us the Holy-demonic swords to look after."
My first thought was why not give the weapon to Kiba but I reigned it back. Sword birth allows the production of any demonic sword so he could make a demonic dragon slayer sword whenever he liked, even more so with me close to owning the Ascalon.
"Fine, i'll take it."
I took the golden ring off my left hand and dropped it causing to disappear sending my few rights over Kusanagi back to Asahi. With a clap of Michael's hands a golden European sword appeared right in front of me basked in a golden light. The Holy power it held was strong but it paled in comparison to the monstrous aura of Durandal, this sword wouldn't even try to resist me. I could tell that it's true aura was being suppressed though, probably to give me an easier time or maybe they thought it would fight back. I don't care for that, I will control it from full power.
I took a hold of it in my right hand and started to coat it in my Ki which started to eat as the fine layers suppressing it's true powers.
"Now that it is mine, i'll do with it as I wish."
"Do with it as you wish, as long as you don't break it."
Well .. i'm not breaking per se, i'm altering it.
Then with a clap of his hands his disappeared leaving behind a small cross of light that lingered for several seconds.
"Now that he has gone I can return the poor swords to it's original glory before I truly make it mine."
I tightened the grip my right hand had around the grip of the golden dragon slayer and poured more Ki into it destroying the final few layers in seconds allowing it's true aura to be released and flood through the room. Ascalon started to shake violently in my hand but was easily calmed by the simple action of bringing the tiger to my left arm invoking my divinity. I raised my arm and open it's jaw as wide as possible facing it straight to the sky. I then brought Ascalon up into the air and brought it straight down into the jar and right into the palm of my left hand.
It hurt, it really bloody hurt and I allowed it too. While Ascalon was trying to burn me, I clamped the jaws down on the sword restricting it. The ice started to soak into my body cooling down the burning and coated the sword in a thin layer of ice that was blown off moments later when my divinity found it's way to the sword.
"Ascalon: Combine."
My divinity expanded with the help of my Ki and pounded down on the outside of the sword morphing it to it's will. The golden clawed hilt turned silver as the reddish-purple accents and grip turned to a icy blue with a small touch of green in the centre. The steel blade lightened taking on a new platinum colour.
The sword's aura expanded in density turning into a fine mist cooling down the effect it had on Akeno allowing her heated skin to cool. This would be the first sword to become a Lunar sword that wasn't created as a Lunar sword. Ascalon, the Dragon Slayer Lunar Sword.
…
I was now in what looked like a tea ceremony room as Akeno asked me to come through into the main part of the shrine which was actually her house. I sat by a small table as Akeno sat to the side pouring us both a cup in silence.
After passing me a steaming hot cup her expression turns cloudy and she takes a deep breath and then exhales. As I take a sip from my tea I see her turn her attention straight to me.
"Y-You like Fallen Angels right?"
Akeno's tone was low, maybe even weak sounding. She looked extremely fragile right now.
"I love them. They kept me safe from the supernatural world, I've lost count how many devils have been killed by Barakiel alone that came after me. They also protected me from the church too. I have a slight indifference with angels but that's because I think the 'Falling from grace' system is just stupid although God was a good guy, he created the moon after all."
"Really?"
"Yes, if you are to be ashamed of a part of you then it should be the devil side. That side is the blasphemy but nevertheless, you are a nice girl. I gave you the benefit of the doubt from the beginning and you did well, you never pushed the boundaries and kept your distance not to annoy me. Personally I like you, a little scared if you are anything like Shuri but I have no reason to dislike you."
Akeno then edged herself further towards me and I moved back to get some distance but that made her edge closer. She then placed her hands on my knees and brought her face up to mine looking straight into my eyes with her own eyes that were a glistening violet colour.
"Then will you take responsibility?"
Responsibility? We ain't had sex, to the best of my knowledge anyway.
Akeno seemed to notice that I was a little confused by what she meant.
"For my powers as a fallen. That man does want you to marry after all, so you have an obligation to, correct?"
Hmm … that's correct. This is the least I could do for him, plus i'll be helping her become proud of her fallen side and maybe reunite Barakiel with his treasured daughter. I gotta do this then.
"That I can do. You can join in on the training I do with Raynare and Kalawarnar if you want."
My sentence made her fragile state take a 180 and she stepped on the gas. She leaned in even closer and tenderly placed her index finger on my chest. Her face was right in front of mine and I could feel her warmth breath on my neck.
"1 on 1 sessions."
T...That's a very suggestive thing to say to a guy, especially when you say it while doing this. It even makes it seem like I should.
"I don't mind it if that's what you want."
As I said that I freed myself from her obvious attempt at trying to seduce me. It probably would of worked if I could have been bothered right there, but weirdly I don't feel like it. Since the ordeal yesterday with Leviathan, I feel like I've been off and possibly even colder than I normally am. The time may have been too short to notice a significant change but I can tell right now, my senses as a Nekoshou would of tried to take control over me and joined in with seducing but my body shows no attempt to do so.
After making a suitable distance from Akeno I stood up and waved before leaving quietly.
Only really had time on internet to upload this, so i must make this brief.
Out of the three factions, Gin likes FA, has an indifference to A and then dislikes D (to a degree now)
Akeno will be in Gin's harem as a definite because he can do so much more for her and because of that, he doesn't have to do as much to charm Akeno.
I've always been a bit off with the lead-up to the peace treaty, first thing is why give Ascalon before it? Mainly is Gasper isn't given much before it.
Next chapter is the Treaty and will more than likely be a long chapter as two chapters won't work for me. Ciao-nya.