And we're back to the main story. Welcome to Season 2 of Ben DxD. Things are hopefully going to be a bit different from now on, now that I've done some original stories. Unfortunately, this chapter pretty much follows Episode 1 completely, since It really just sets things up for later events. But I hope you guys still enjoy it.

Chapter 15: The Deepest Cut

Sakura smiled as she rested her head on the soft breasts of her girlfriend. It had taken a bit of pleading, but Bri finally agreed to spend the night at her place, in her bed. She mentioned something about Rias finally leaving her alone. That Gremory girl had better not be making any moves on her girl. She waited months for Bri to say yes, and she wasn't going to give her up. Well, she was still aware that Bri was actually a guy from another dimension, but maybe she could convince him…her that being a girl was better. I mean, she was so hot. Sakura sat up so she could stare down at Bri. Slender curves, long legs, a beautiful face. And she couldn't forget her hot ass and her big boobs. If she wasn't more interested in soccer she'd kill to have boobs like that. Her girl form was obviously way sexier than her guy form. Whatever that looked like. She lay down again, sighing as Bri wrapped an arm around her shoulders. This was heaven.

"Sakura." Bri moaned. "You're squishing my breasts." She wriggled enough so that Sakura was now resting her head on her stomach instead. "I think I leaked a little."

"Oh come on." Sakura whispered back. "My head isn't that heavy. Maybe, your boobs are a bit more 'sensitive' today." She playfully poked them several times, causing Bri to squeal a bit. Sakura got out of bed and opened the curtains, nearly hissing from how bright it was this morning. She looked back to see Bri sitting up in bed and rubbing her eyes, her top showing the right amount of skin.

"I still can't believe you talked me into spending the night with you. I've never done that before."

"Well I can't believe it took us a week of dating before you let me talk about it. You're such a prude."

"I am not. I just… don't want to treat you like a one-night stand." Doesn't stop you from planning to dump me for that Ester girl as soon as you're a guy, a spiteful part of her said angrily. But her more logical self knew that it just wouldn't work out if he was a guy again. "I want any relationship I have to be special, long-term. I don't really want to break them off unless there was a very good reason for it. Still, you looked really cute snoring away last night."

Sakura gasped. "I do not snore. You were probably the one snoring away. You probably shook the house." Bri laughed at that.

"I'd think someone would've noticed if I snored that bad." She got out of bed and stretched, giving Sakura a perfect view of her bouncing breasts and her lean curves. "C'mon. I need to have breakfast and meet Issei and Asia for training. You could join us, you know."

"Well, I'd like to." Sakura mumbled, twiddling her fingers. "But I mean, it's just… You guys are so much stronger than me, and that whole thing with the soccer ball and the monster was just a fluke, and…and…" And part of me is worried that as soon as you see me next to the hotter girls you hang out with, you'll realise that I'm not actually all that sexy. Her thoughts were interrupted when Bri gave her a hug, their breasts squished together.

"That wasn't a fluke. That was awesome. And well, some bad guys back home went for people I cared about to get to me. I just don't want you to get hurt because of me." That made her tear up. She remembered some of the other girls she asked out made fun of her, or sent her on a wild-date chase. She had been looking for love in all the wrong places, and none of them cared for her. They certainly didn't want it made public that they were asked out by another girl. But Bri wasn't like that. She didn't care about that. All she really wanted was for them both to be comfortable.

Her thoughts were interrupted by her phone buzzing with a reminder. As she looked at it, her heart stopped as she realised what it was she forgot about. "Oh crap!" She shouted as she quickly got changed. "I completely forgot that I was supposed to meet Charlotte to go shopping before school! I'm going to so late!" Bri just looked on in confusion as she came rushing out of the bathroom half-dressed. Sakura yelped as her feet got caught up by her skirt falling down, and face-planted onto the carpet. Bri helped her up as she groaned.

"No need to rush." She said helpfully. "With XLR8, I can get you to Charlotte in a flash." She wiped a smudge of butter off Sakura's cheek. "You're not going to get to her faster by tripping over everything."

Sakura gave a nervous giggle as she got up and put her clothes on properly. She couldn't believe what a klutz she was.

God, this was embarrassing.

(**/*\**)

Ben hummed as he walked down the street to the park Issei, Asia and he agreed to meet up at. Despite what the tabloids thought about him back home, he did spend some regular time training to keep himself fit. Just because he could change into aliens didn't mean he wanted to be defenceless if he was stuck without power. As he rounded the corner, he spotted the others sitting at a bench. Strangely though, Asia was sitting apart from Issei. Usually you couldn't keep the two apart for very long. He wondered why.

"Hey Bri." Issei waved to him. "We were getting a bit worried. What kept you?"

"Just helping Sakura. She was running late for a meeting, so I got her down there before rushing back here. Now are we pumped, or are we pumped?"

"I'm ready. Race you two." Issei cheered, before rushing off as fast as he could. Ben smirked before jogging along behind him. Issei may have better stamina now, but he didn't know the good rules of running. So Ben just kept following him, looking back every so often to see how Asia was doing. She was adequate, easily keeping up with them. But after 3 laps around the park Ben could see she was slowing down. By the sixth lap, Issei and Ben were nearly right on her tail. Issei was also slowing down, as his stamina wore out. Slow and steady wins the race, as Grandpa Max liked to tell Ben all the time. As they got to the final lap, Ben and Issei were neck-in-neck, while Asia had been lapped already. Issei tried to push himself further, but the tank was out of gas. Ben poured a bit more effort into it, and pulled up ahead of him. He cheered as he crossed the line they marked, only to wince as he heard the sound of someone running into a pole. He looked back to see Issei lying on the ground, holding his nose in pain. Ben sighed.

"You know, you'd do better if you stopped staring at my ass." He said as he pulled Issei up. Asia moved up behind him and used her Twilight to heal his nose, before rubbing the blood away with a cloth.

"I can't help it." Issei replied. "It's a damn fine ass."

"Yes, yes. You and Sakura like to keep reminding me about how fine my ass is." A thought just came to him. "Hey wait a minute. Were you holding back so that you could stare at it?"

"Uh… maybe?" Ben groaned and squirted some water from the bottle into his face.

"How about we test your reflexes instead?" Ben changed into Cannonbolt and stomped the ground. "Let's see how long you can last." He rolled forward, nearly flattening them as they jumped aside. Ben quickly changed directions, looping near Asia before arcing towards Issei. Part of him had to admit, Issei did a really good jump. And he managed to follow up when Ben reversed while he was in the air. Asia screamed as he came straight towards her, stumbling a bit while she tried to get away. But she forgot to take a quick turn, and so yelled as Ben rolled over her. She was left twitching in the depression she made in the sand. Ben rolled towards Issei again, who made a series of quick dodges while Ben turned as fast as possible. After a while of this, Ben unrolled slightly, giving Issei a good look at his alien boobs. That was his downfall. He was so busy staring at them, he didn't move fast enough to avoid being squished. Ben changed back to normal and helped the two of them up.

"Ok. I get the message." Issei said as he rubbed his neck. "I lost because I was so busy staring at your boobs."

"And that's why you ran into the pole." Ben finished. "Ok, break time!" Asia smiled as she finally got a chance to rest. Issei moved over to the box with their breakfast in it, Ben right beside him. "So just wondering, did anything happen between you and Asia while I was gone?"

"Huh? Oh, you mean how we were sitting apart? Well, I woke up to Rias' boobs again, and Asia wanted to join in when she found us in bed." Asia wanted to what? Man, you'd think a former member of the church wouldn't be so quick to jump into a guy's bed. "And during breakfast, I complimented Rias on her cooking, and Asia nearly ripped my elbow off."

"She must've felt jealous. You are pretty good-looking." Ben realised what he just said, and gulped. "I mean, for a guy. Any guy could see that, and it doesn't mean I like guys, because I don't and I've already got a girlfriend and…" he shook his head to clear it. "The point is, from a girl's perspective, you're actually a good guy to be with."

"Uh…Right." While their friendship hasn't really changed after finding out Ben was a guy, they both noticed how some conversations ended up being more awkward ever since then. "But what should I do? I mean, I'm not exactly going to say no to having a hot chick naked in my bed. Or two of them. But I don't want Asia to do anything she doesn't like."

"I don't know."

"Really? You didn't have a harem or something like that?" Ben placed his hand against his chin as he tried to remember all the girls that liked him.

"Let's see. There was a time where while I was dating Julie a famous actress, Jennifer Nocturne, started flirting with me to improve her image. But I stuck with Julie. And then there was the time a psycho-girl pretended to be Julie to be close to me. And I stuck with Julie again. And there when I ended up getting engaged to a Tetramand princess called Looma, and weeks later she attacked Ester's home village for the items she needed for the betrothal. Not to mention that was the same time I learnt I accidently broke up with Julie. Hoo boy, that was crazy. And there was the time after that, where Looma showed up again to marry me again at the same time another princess called Attea wanted to make me her consort. And that's not even including all my fan-girls…I'm sorry. I've lost track of what I was talking about."

"You…you lucky bastard. You had girls throwing themselves at you left and right. I'd give anything to have that. But how did you get out of the first marriage to Looma anyway?"

"Julie managed to beat her. And in Tetramand culture, that made Julie my new betrothed. Ah well. It got rid of Looma for a while." She patted him on the back. "Anyway, just tell them both that you just want to be friends. It'll work out better for everyone. You'll see."

Issei nodded, looking happy again. "Right. We're having a meeting at my place this afternoon, so I'll tell them then."

"Good on. Right! Back to training!"

(**/*\**)

"Man, Ben is so lucky." Issei sighed as he rested his head on his desk. That guy was like the older brother/sister he never had. Tough, cool, beautiful, awesome. And he had some serious luck with the ladies. That advice he gave would be great. Rias and Asia were nice girls. As soon as explained he liked them both as friends, he was sure they'd be happy again. I mean, they didn't really have feelings for him, right? But part of him was wondering what Rias meant by 'bonding'. He hoped it was something sexy, like finally doing it in bed with him, or letting him grope her breasts, or…

"Hey, Issei, what the hell are you grinning about?" Motohama said suddenly as Matsuda grabbed him by the ear. Issei yelled in pain as he pulled free to see them glaring at him.

"What the hell guys?" Issei said as he rubbed his ear. But Motohama slammed his hands on the desk and got right up in his face.

"I've heard some sketchy rumours floating about, so you'd better watch out."

"Rumours?"

"Yeah. About how a certain 'Issei Hyoudo' was taking girl after girl and doing all sorts of evil to them." What? Where the fuck did they come from? "Because you're blackmailing Rias and Akeno, they let you do the most gut-wrenching and lewd sexual acts to them." What?!

"And you don't hesitate to snare Koneko, the school's mascot, and devour her under-developed body like a beast." Matsuda said. WHAT!? "And your never-ending lust forces you to grab hold of Asia and violate her with your eyes and hands." WHAAAAT!? "And let's not forget about Bri. Even with all those hot chicks you can't even leave that fine piece of hotness for the rest of us. You have your way with her every night."

"And we started it." Motohama grinned evilly as he said that. "If you were willing to share all that poon with us, then we wouldn't have had to do that, you two-timing bastard."

"Oh, but the rumours aren't all about girls. There's also a rumour that you're gay for Kiba. The girls just lap that shit up." Those…Those assholes! It wasn't his fault that all those girls liked him so much.

"Well then." Bri said evilly as she grabbed Motohama and Matsuda by the shoulders, causing them to seize up in fear. "Have you heard the rumours about two members of the Perverted Trio that wanted to learn how to fly?"

Everyone turned to look as Bri threw them out the window to the grassy field below. They screamed the whole way, and moaned once they slammed into the ground. Bri looked out the new window, giving a thumbs up as she confirmed they were still alive. That might've been a bit extreme, but he couldn't deny they deserved it. Honestly, making up all those rumours because they were jealous? And they were still going on about him and Bri dating. It was getting old, and most of the school had stopped believing it. Especially after she was seen with Sakura.

"Well now." A brown-haired girl with pigtails said as she walked over with Asia. "That was unimpressive. Considering you threw Matsuda through several walls, you'd think they'd learn a lesson by now about saying perverted things about you."

"Hey Aika." Issei greeted her. "I know what you mean. And before you say anything, I didn't say a word about Bri."

Aika nodded like she didn't really believe him, before turning to Asia. "Honestly Asia. There are plenty of cute guys out there. Why did you have to choose this guy as your boyfriend?"

"B-Boyfriend?" Asia squeaked, blushing like mad.

"Hey! What do you mean 'have to'? I'm just letting Asia stay at my place, same as Bri. Help me out here, will you?" He asked Bri, who was busy giggling.

"Oh no, Issei. You've got to learn how to handle girl problems on your own. God knows I did."

"Oh yeah. You're dating Sakura, aren't you? You know, most girls would deny it." Aika said to her.

"Why should I? I'm not ashamed of my sexuality. Issei pretty much said that the whole school knows she has a crush on me. And it'll stop all the guys from asking me out. Apart from them asking me to take pictures of our relationship, things are going great." Issei sighed in relief as Aika and Bri started talking about her relationship, but he then winced as his left arm ached. Damn. His gear was about to go crazy again.

Hopefully Akeno was in the clubroom right now.

(**/*\**)

"Alright." Rias said as she sat on Issei's bed. "Let's begin the meeting. This month we've had… 11 contracts by Akeno, 10 by Koneko, 8 by Yuuto, and 3 by Asia."

"Wow. Good job Asia." Ben congratulated her. Everyone else looked happy about her good work.

"And as for Issei," Rias continued saying, "also 3. But if we ignore the ones that had to have Bri get involved to settle them… 0."

"Oh come on." Issei whined. "Don't those three count?"

"No. Technically, they're all Bri's work. If she was a Devil, then those would belong to her. So for this month, Issei is to go and get the contracts alone. If you want to become a High-level Devil, then you need to accomplish these things by yourself."

"Yes ma'am." Issei sighed. Ben thought Rias had a good point. If Issei hasn't learnt how to get contracts by himself, then as soon as he went back home Issei would be left alone without any way to get his dream.

"Does anyone want cookies?" Mrs. Hyoudo asked as she walked in on them. Thank goodness that they stopped talking about contracts. She might get the wrong idea. "You're having a karuta meeting aren't you? She asked as she came in. Ben didn't know what that was, but he imagined it to be pretty different from this. "Oh, and I thought that since all of Issei's friends were here together, I'd show some family pictures."

"Wait, what?!"

(**/*\**)

"…And this one is Issei, back in elementary school." Mrs. Hyoudo said as she showed them a picture of a younger Issei buck naked and drinking from a bottle of milk. It was kind of adorable, but mostly embarrassing. Akeno and Asia were giggling over the embarrassing photos, while Rias was staring at them and blushing. "And this one's from kindergarten." She continued saying, showing a picture of Issei hugging a lady from behind. "He was already going after girls' butts."

"It must be nice, being part of a family." Yuuto said as he flipped through another album. He flipped to another page, and seemed to freeze. "Hey, Issei. This photo…" Ben and Issei leaned in, to see a photo of a younger Issei – thankfully clothed – playing on a Gameboy with a ginger-haired friend. The two boys looked happy together, though something about the other boy looked slightly odd.

"Oh, that's an old neighbour. We played a lot back then. He had to move because his parents had a job overseas, or something. What was his name? I think it was something like…"

"Actually," Yuuto interrupted, "I was wondering if you remembered this sword." Ben leaned in a bit closer, finally noticing the sword on the wall. He wondered what Yuuto was interested in it for. Lots of people have things on the walls. They were mainly there for decoration. It certainly looked fancy enough, with gold decorating a white scabbard with a green gem in the centre.

"Nah. That was ages ago."

Yuuto smiled. "Coincidences really do happen." He whispered to himself, staring at the photo. Ben was about to ask him what he meant, when Akeno called out to him.

"Bri, Bri. Look at this one. It's Issei when he got a wedgie from the playground."

"Hey, that was just an accident." Issei yelled back as he tried to cover it up. Ben went to have a look, but he made sure to give Yuuto one last glance as he went.

What was he hiding?

(**/*\**)

Ben sighed in relief as he relaxed in the bathtub. This was great. Instead of spending his night fighting monsters, making contracts or having to train, he can just have a night off. He was usually more of a Sumo-Slammers gaming night kind of guy, but this bath was a good way to ease out all the knots and kinks he's gotten over all the fights. And while it was nice spending a night with Sakura, he ached after having her sleep on top of him. Yep, things were going well.

"Finally." He heard Azmuth's voice as the Omnitrix symbol grew out of his chest and a vid screen formed in thin air. He gave a bit of shriek as he tried to cover himself. "I told you I'd be able to make contact with Tennyson while he's in another dimension." Azmuth was talking to someone off-screen. "Now, why exactly are you dragging the Omni…" By now he had turned around and saw that Ben was a girl, glaring at him while covering his breasts as best as he could. "Huh. So they were telling the truth when the said you were now female. Honestly I just thought that you had somehow mangled the Omnitrix again."

"Oh, don't mind me." Ben said sarcastically. "Please, ignore me and keep telling me off. After all, it's not like I'm doing anything important like, I don't know, taking a BATH!"

"Well you shouldn't be experimenting with your new body anyway."

"Ex-Experimenting? Experimenting?! I was just having a relaxing bath! And you can't just call me out of the blue like that."

"Bri, dear." Mrs. Hyoudo called through the doors. "Who are you shouting at?"

"Uh… Just a very old friend of the family. He's contacted me through my watch." Ben shouted back.

"Really? How long will it be before your parents call? I want to have a word with them about sending their defenceless daughter all the way here without even having a family to take her in when she gets here."

"I'm not defenceless." Ben muttered to himself, before shouting back an answer. "I called them last week. They were really sorry about that, and they wanted me to thank you for taking me in."

"Alright. Holler if you need anything. I could go and get you some 'toys' if you feel lonely." Ben started spluttering and fell back into the tub.

"NO! No, no! That's not…that's not needed! I don't…I just…I don' need any…I-I-I'll be fine!" He sighed as he heard her leave him alone. Sheesh. And they wondered where Issei got it from. They were just as bad as he was. Once he brushed the hair out of his eyes, he saw Azmuth glaring at him.

"Kindly cover your chest and leave all talks of 'toys' till after we're done." Ben looked down and thrashed when he realised that Azmuth had a full view of his boobs. "Now, I need you to get back here pronto. The Omnitrix has been heavily modified, and I can't tell what kind of side-effects may occur from it."

"Side-effects? I've been like this for nearly 3 months. Believe me, I'd have found any side-effects by now. Besides, what if my new friends need me? I'm not exactly having a holiday here."

"As a matter of fact, that's exactly what it looks like you're doing. Besides, you have no idea what changes have been made to you. This might be irreversible."

He was about to argue when his phone started buzzing. He quickly got out while covering his breasts, making sure that his towel was wrapped around him, and then checked the text message. Surprise, surprise, a stray Devil had been located. So much for a peaceful night. "I have to go Azmuth. A criminal's been sighted in town killing people. Now, tell me how to shut down this thing now. Do I just hit the Omnitrix?"

"Tennyson, don't you dare…" That was all he got to say as Ben hit the Omnitrix symbol, restoring it to his arm. He grumbled as he got himself dressed. He didn't need to go back just to be a guinea pig.

He was completely fine.

(**/*\**)

Issei gasped as he finally pulled up at the abandoned factory Rias told him to meet then all at. It hadn't been easy getting there, what with the picture frame tied to his back. He was just glad he didn't let his client convince him to have some alcohol for the drink. He had been one strange guy. Rich enough to afford all that western stuff, but all he had on offer was a picture or his soul. Maybe he spent it all on the digs?

"Issei, over here." Rias called out to him, snapping him out of his daydreams. He shook off the picture and rushed over to find the whole group there. Everyone looked happy to see him, but Bri looked annoyed. Maybe she had plans or something, and Rias interrupted them. Damn. "Sorry for calling you out here like this, but we've traced a stray devil to this location."

"You sure?" He asked. Rias nodded back.

"It's dangerous enough that we've been ordered to destroy it tonight. We'll be at a disadvantage if we attack it indoors, so the plan is that Akeno and I'll stay out here. You, Koneko, Bri and Yuuto lure it out so we can destroy it. Don't try to take it out on your own. I don't want anyone to get hurt playing the hero." Everyone nodded as Issei summoned his Boosted Gear. Oddly though, Yuuto didn't seem to have heard Rias. She had to call out his name again before he seemed to notice. Koneko smashed the doors wide open, leaving a sound of clanking. Bri changed into Lodestar, an alien with two large shoulders and a metal floating head. She used her powers to levitate several fallen girders, having them pointed in different directions.

"There's nothing in here." Issei stated, looking around everywhere. He was so busy keeping an eye out that he nearly walked into Koneko. She started sniffing the air before pointing at a far pipe. He looked closer and saw a beautiful naked chick with long slivery hair hiding behind the pipe. She looked like she was in pain, but he soon realised it was a trap. She fell to try and lure them in, before springing at them with pure black eyes and razor-sharp teeth. She now had the abdomen of a spider along with the claw-like arms. She was now scurrying along the roof, dodging the girders that Bri fired at her.

"Yuuto." Koneko shouted. "Stop her." He just stood there, not even paying attention. "Yuuto!"

"Ah. Sorry." He said as he snapped out of it. The Stray was now sitting right above them, her abdomen pulsating. She fired several strands of liquids at them, but only one managed to hit them. Koneko hissed in pain as it hit her left arm, eating away at her clothes and leaving a burn mark on her arm. Issei fired a blast from his Gear at her, but it was too weak to do any effect. Luckily though, it distracted her long enough for Bri to smash her between two plates of metal.

"Come on, Yuuto." Bri shouted. "Get your head in the game." She noticed the Stray was smashing its way free, so she went to crush it again. But her Omnitrix suddenly lit up and showed a screen.

"Tennyson, never disconnect me like that." A small grey alien said. Azmuth? Here? "I am wasting valuable time trying to get in contact with you."

"Can this wait?" Bri asked exasperatedly as she blocked the melted fragments of metal the Stray threw at her. "I'm kinda busy here." Yuuto finally charged in, slashing off an arm with ease. But when he landed, he tripped over a pipe and fell. The monster landed on top of him and tried to eat him.

"Kiba!" Issei yelled as Bri and Koneko rushed in. Koneko grabbed the Stray by a leg, while Bri got another girder. Then Koneko threw the Stray at Bri, who smacked her like a baseball. It screamed as it smashed through the roof, and was hit with Akeno's lightning. Issei sighed in relief. At least they won. They all rushed back outside in time to see Rias blast it with her magic, destroying it for good.

"Since when do you advocate killing a criminal?" Azmuth asked as he glared at Bri. Bri responded by glaring back.

"Telling you it was a criminal was easier than explaining how it was a crazy, animalistic alien. Now, will you stay off this line?"

"No. You have no idea what kind of danger you could be in. The Omnitrix is one of the most advanced machines in the Known Universe. Even I'm not completely sure on its full capabilities. You can't just mess with it without consequences. That whole 'you might be stuck like this'? That's my best-case scenario if something goes wrong. Now, get back here immediately."

"Hey, hold on." Issei said to him. The screen turned to face him. "Why does Ben have to go to you? What, are you so lazy you can't come here instead?"

"I don't know who you are, boy. But all my equipment is here. I can't make proper repairs in the field."

"Why not? Blukic and Driba did when Dr Psychobos stole a part of the Omnitrix." Bri retorted. Azmuth nearly went bug-eyed at that.

"He did what? They did what?" He sighed. "Tennyson, I said proper repairs. I'm surprised it hasn't broken earlier if they 'fixed' it."

"Look, all I'm saying is that if they can make it work again with some kind of alien gum, then a genius like you can do even better. Besides, the whole reason I'm here is to deal with some massive threat to this world that the good guys can't handle on their own."

Azmuth stared at her for a bit before sighing in defeat. "Very well. But I'm going to have to make sure I have everything I need. It might be a while until I get there. If you start having any problems, do not keep using the Omnitrix."

"Whatever." Bri replied as the screen disappeared and the Omnitrix moved back down to her wrist. It actually looked kinda creepy, sinking into her skin before popping up elsewhere. Asia started healing Koneko's burn, but everyone started as a loud 'smack' echoed through the air. Yuuto was standing on his own, with Rias right in front of him and a red mark on his cheek.

"Did that wake you up a bit?" She asked him angrily. "One misstep, and someone could've died. You need to pay attention in battle."

"I'm sorry Rias." Yuuto apologised. She glared at him a bit more, before holding him by the shoulders.

"What's gotten into you? I've never seen you like this."

"This hasn't been my best day. I'll have to excuse myself for now. I need some time alone." He pushed past her and headed for the entrance. Issei and Bri ran up alongside him.

"What the hell happened?" Issei asked as he grabbed him by the shoulder. "You've been acting weird all night. You never speak to the Prez like that."

"It's none of your business." Yuuto rebuked, shaking him off.

"Something's bothering you." Bri said. "Something that's been hurting you your whole life. You want whatever it is to be between the two of you, so you can do whatever you want to get revenge. And you're willing to get yourself killed if it means you get that revenge." Issei stared at her in amazement. "Kevin was like that too, when he found out that his father was murdered and the crook was within his reach. He told us that he didn't survive his ship exploding, but part of me always knew that Kevin killed him that day." She placed a hand on Yuuto's shoulder, and he didn't shrug it off instantly. "Yuuto, we're your friends. We'll always be there for you. But you need to trust us."

"Friends?" He started chuckling. "A word of advice Bri. Being friends with me is dangerous. But thanks for reminding why I live, and what I'm fighting for."

"You mean you're not fighting for the President?" Issei asked.

"No. I fight for Vengeance. I live for vengeance. I live for the destruction of the Holy Sword Excalibur." And with that he walked off, leaving them behind. Issei's mind was racing.

Excalibur? Did he really mean the most famous sword of all time?

(**/*\**)

"A Holy Sword is a Devil's worst enemy." Rias explained once they got back to Issei's. "It burns a Devil just by touching it, and it can obliterate us with a single slash. They are the ultimate weapons against our kind."

"That's horrible." Issei said, sitting next to Asia. Ben watched the conversation from the wall he was leaning against. He was hoping that Yuuto wasn't doing anything that would get him killed.

"Luckily for us, they can only be wielded by a select few. That's why years ago the Church tried to create an artificial being that could wield them."

"I get it." Ben chimed in. "if you could mass-produce Holy Sword Wielders, then you could arm an army with the most deadly weapons available. But still… I know I'm new here and all, but I still want to think that the forces of good had a reason to hunt down Devils."

"I'll admit, our kind hasn't exactly been the best neighbours. We've been too fond of monstrous acts in the past; or at least the Devils that left Hell had been fond of them."

"Look, we can argue about the Swords later." Issei interrupted them. "What I want to know is what this has to do with Kiba."

"Well, the 'Holy Sword Experiment', as it was called, wasn't very humane. And as it was a complete failure all mention of it was expunged. But there was at least one survivor."

"Yuuto." Ben said. It wasn't meant to be a question.

"Exactly." Issei rushed out of the room as Rias said that, only to return with the album from this afternoon. The one with the Holy Sword in it.

"He said that this was a Holy Sword when he saw it." He told Rias as she looked at it.

"It's not as powerful as Excalibur, but that's definitely a Holy Sword."

"He started acting weird after he saw that picture. At least, I think it was then. No one really saw him until we went against that stray, but it kinda fits."

"Wow." Asia said. "To think you had one so close."

"I remember now. I used to go to church with that kid's family a few times."

"I see." Rias whispered. "So that's why the previous landlord disappeared." She stared at the picture for a few more seconds until Issei called her name. "I'm sorry. It's getting pretty late. We should probably get some rest." And she started undressing right there to everyone's shock.

"Rias? Why are you getting undressed?" Issei asked, red in the face.

"Why? You know I can't sleep with clothes on."

"I know that. But I mean, why are you doing it in my room?"

"Because I'm going to sleep with you, of course." Rias said as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Then…Then I'll sleep with you too." Asia shouted as she started undressing. Now would be a good moment for Issei to tell them that he just wanted to be friends. That is, if he could ignore the fact that two good-looking girls wanted to sleep with him.

"Well…It's just…I uh… You see… Bri! Help me out here!" Issei wailed.

"Don't look at me. I told you, you can't keep relying on me to fix your problems." Ben replied as he left to go to his room. "Just don't keep me up all night, ok?"

"BRI!"

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It was dark and wet at the old church. Nothing had changed since The Occult Club had rescued Asia from the Fallen Angels. The front doors were still shattered, the holy items inside defiled. The window still had a hole in it. No one had gone near since.

Until tonight.

Two mysterious people entered through the front door, stepping over the splintered remains. They both wore white cloaks that covered their whole bodies, while one had a large cross wrapped in more white cloth and fastened with a strange symbol. They took note of the shattered statues, and the scarred cross in the center of the room.

"It's quite run down." The person with the cross said in a deep, but feminine voice. She had part of her cloak pulled aside, revealing that she wore a black leather outfit that looked similar to a swimsuit underneath.

"I heard that a Devil and a Fallen Angel had something to do with this." The other person said, also revealing herself to be female. She had a higher-pitched voice than her ally.

"He's awfully late." The first girl said as she pulled her hood down to reveal short blue hair. "Are you sure we're supposed to meet him here?"

"Of course I am." The other girl replied, her lowered hood revealing that she had orange hair with long ponytails. "I lived here with my parents. Well, back when I was little." She showed the other girl a photo of her as a kid. She was playing a Gameboy with a young boy, who had short brown hair. In it, she looked like a young boy with her short hair.

And in the background was a Holy Sword.

(**/*\**)

Kiba was deep in thought as he walked back to the Club room in the rain. Though he didn't exactly talk about it, he didn't really have a home. He has always been an orphan, same as Asia. And like her, he too had been adopted by the church. But whereas she mainly found joy and happiness with others, he had that all ripped away from him. He was forced to watch as his friends were tortured and then killed.

By the priests involved in the Holy Sword Experiment.

Since then, while he pretended to be happy he made a promise to not make any real friends. He didn't want to go through the pain of losing them again. Of watching them suffer while he couldn't do anything about it. And the best way was to never have them in the first place. He wasn't worthy of them. He wasn't supposed to find joy in them. That was his penance.

"H-Help me!" An old man in a black priest outfit cried out as he stumbled into Kiba's path. He took a couple of steps before falling over, dead.

"Hey there." He heard Freed Sellzen shouted as he walked closer, waving around a sword. "What's up, bastard? Been a while, huh?" He nearly tripped over the priest's body. "Well if it isn't Prince Scumbag, the Scumbag Devil."

"So, you're still roaming the city?" Kiba asked. "I thought you ran off after we kicked your ass."

"Nope. Been waiting for this wonderful reunion. We have so much to talk about. Got any girlfriends? I'd love to meet them, and slice out their dirty Devil-loving hearts."

"I don't have time for your jokes." Kiba retorted as he pulled his Sacred Gear out of a summoning circle. "I'm going to put you down."

Freed started laughing. "That's great! You know, I was getting bored hunting down whiny priests. Now I get to have a little fun someone not-boring." His sword started glowing with a familiar glow as he waved it around. Kiba gasped.

"That glow… That aura."

"Perfect! You've got some good timing. I'd like to test something to return the favour. You see, I want to compare your piece-of-shit Demonic sword with my Holy Sword Excalibur!"

He had Excalibur? This monster held Excalibur? Kiba found his hatred for the sword growing even stronger.

Tonight, he will destroy it.

And we'll leave it off there for now. This introduces some themes I'm trying out for the next few chapters, such as the possibility the Omnitrix starts malfunctioning, and Ben and the Holy Swords. Ben may understand that Devils can be nice people, but that doesn't change the fact that there had to be a reason that the Holy Swords were created. So on one side we have Yuuto, who wants to destroy them. On another side we have the Church that wants to save them. And then we have Ben, who wants to keep them out of the wrong hands. Naturally, this kinda puts everyone at odds.

I also changed a bit of the dialogue to something that sounded a bit more natural to me, like when Rias states several times that Holy Swords kill Devils. And as for Freed, well, I loved his English voice. So I chose the most hilarious things I could think he would say. I almost changed the part where he calls Yuuto 'Prince Scumbag, the Scumbag Devil' because of how redundant it was, but I figured they were his nicknames for Yuuto.

Hope you guys enjoyed it.