Highschool Red X DXD
ESKK: Hey new chapter folks let's start this shit.
(Start ORC)
Rias was going over recent sightings of Red X as it seems he's been robbing Kuoh Town blind left and right. Now normally Rias wouldn't deal with common problems of the humans but this guy Red X stole something from her the Sacred Gear Tracker an item used to identify a Sacred Gear User and reveal what Gear they possess. Rias knew without a doubt if he stole it he knew what he was looking for and knew someone had hired him to steal it. Akeno was also here as they all had recovered from there bout with Red X and needless to say none of them were amused they got their asses handed to them by one human with a bunch of usable gadgets.
"Anything Akeno?" Rias asked as she saw Akeno researching on social media.
"Not much Apparently Red X was commonly active in Jump City and nearby cities and towns in the Western United States till he fell off the radar for a while looks like he was MIA before we found him here." Akeno said as she saw the computer screen showing Red X and his bought with the Teen Titans and a few other groups like the Hive Five, the Young Justice group, and how he tagged along with the League of Evil for a while before leaving them for dead.
"It seems this guy has one heck of a wrap-sheet all of them involving grand theft of many items and the substance called Xenothium." Rias read as she saw Red X was the most wanted thief in the world.
"Yeah but he also has mixed reviews you know, for starters apparently to witnesses Red X saved them when certain things happened and he could have left people for dead to escape but didn't." Akeno read over as it showed Red X saving a little girl from one of his heists gone south before returning her to her parents without asking for a reward of any sort.
"So what is he a hero or a villain?" Rias asked as she saw Red X's exploits online.
"I say he does a little good, a little bad, and a little of both." Akeno said as she then sighed. "Should we call the Teen Titans, tell them we found their missing crow?" Akeno asked as she knew Red X was still at large.
"As much as I would like to do that I'd rather save that for a last resort and with the aid of Zatana or Dr. Fate." Rias said as she knew the half-breed Raven at the very least would be willing to hear them out even if she did almost end the world bringing Trigon into their plain of existence.
"So I guess we're on our own to hunt down a petty and selfish thief with skills then." Akeno said as Rias nodded.
"For now until we are given no other options." Rias said as right now her familiars were still hunting down that thief known only as Red X.
(Meanwhile Crowe Residence)
It was 6:00 in the morning as the alarms then went off as it played a song on the house's intercoms to wake everyone inside up for the day.
*Insert Come and Get Your Love by Redbone
Jonathan got up as he began to make his way to his closet looking for his uniform of the day as it was filled with his school uniforms and day to day casual clothing also. Jonathan then went and grabbed the things he would need for a morning shower as he grabbed his back brush and started using it as a improve mic lip synching to the song. One thing that should be noted about the Master Thief… he is a huge fan of 80's music and such as he made his way to the bathroom.
(Konan/Blackfire)
Konan was also up already in a bathrobe after finishing her shower in her own bathroom as she as dealing with her hair as she brushed out any unwanted curls in it as she looked at her real face and smiled before reaching for her school uniform and removed the bath robe.
(Jonathan/Red X)
Jonathan was doing the lip synch singing in the bathroom as he was singing into his soap bar as he knew 5 minutes or less in the bath.
(Konan)
Konan was now dressed as she then put on her ID Mask and began toggling through different looks for the day and once she found one she smiled at how good she looked today.
(Jonathan)
Jonathan was in his school pants as being a teenager he was getting hairy thus he shaved on a regular basis as he got rid of any stubbles and then clicked his tongue to his reflection as he continued getting ready.
(Later dining room)
The two were eating breakfast as it was a simple one as they looked to the list and saw they had things they needed to pick up today from the grocery store which can be done after school today. Once breakfast was done with they stopped the song with a press of the button.
*End OST
"Ok then time for school the prison for human kids." Jonathan said as Konan laughed.
"Yeah says the guy who has more girls on his ass then Robin and Speedy put together." Konan said as Jonathan looked. "At least you don't have to deal with Perverts on a day to day basis." Konan said as she rolled her eyes at the mention of said perverts.
"By the way didn't you say you were going to hand out with that Terra girl today?" Jonathan asked as he looked to Konan.
"No I said I was going to return that dumb video I borrowed from here there's a difference." Konan said as Jonathan rolled his eyes.
"Whatever let's just go." He said grabbing his helmet and keys as he began to head off with Konan alongside him.
"Oi Red Boy Fire Girl." Came the voice of their neighbor Shiro-Sensei AKA Saiko-Tek as he was getting ready to head out himself to teach.
"Oh Ink-Teacher what's up?" Jonathan asked as Shiro rolled his eyes.
"For starters it's Shiro-Sensei at school which you never seem to respect and second just making sure you did your homework." Shiro said as he looked at his phone.
"And why do you keep asking if you know the answer already?" Konan asked as Shiro looked.
"Because when dealing with a thief like Red X you know what to expect Fire Girl." Shiro said as Konan rolled her eyes.
"Whatever I'm heading out and Konan you going to fly or ride?" Joseph asked looking to his partner in crime.
"I'll just fly this time no use waiting time here." Konan said as Konan then started to fly with her hair releasing the energy she made when flying as soon she was just a violet streak in the sky.
"Gorgeous." Jonathan said as he saw Black Fire Fly off while he put his helmet on.
"Don't be late." Shiro-Sensei said as he began his own commute to the school grounds.
"Yeah-yeah and don't lose your ink." Jonathan said before riding off as he was off duty right not so his wise cracking ways was cut back by quite a bit.
(Scene Break School)
Jonathan was snoozing away as he had yet to join any clubs right now as Jonathan had closed his eyes for some shut eye. He was told by Sona multiple times that it was needed to graduate and he just shrugged her off and left. Konan ironically enough had joined the martial arts clubs and such any school club that allows her to hit people without penalty she was a part of. As Jonathan snoozed away he soon got a call on his work phone as he picked up said phone and looked at it saw it was his mysterious Church employer.
Jonathan then made his way to a hidden spot he found that was outside any security camera's or peering eyes so he can answer the phone in peace without worry. "This is Red X." Jonathan said in his Red X voice.
"Mr. X we have another job for you all we ask is that you and your ally meet at the provided area through text tomorrow after school we have located a Sacred Gear and an ally of ours will bring you the package of the sacred Gear." The voice said as Jonathan looked.
"Well then praise be to the lord and I should expect my normal pay right?" Jonathan asked as the man chuckled.
"Yes and then some if and when the job gets 'dirty,' see you soon Mr. X.": The man said before hanging up as Jonathan then took out his normal phone before texting Konan.
"Blackfire got a job on Friday after School –Red X." Jonathan texted before he took his leave as he had to prepare soon.
(Scene Break after School)
"I see." Rias said as she was looking at her pawn for a bit before putting it down in exchange for a Knight.
"You were right 100% Issei was being spied on by Fallen Angels." Koneko said as she had recovered from their previous tussle with Master Thief Red X.
"Yeah you totally called it." Akeno said as Rias was looking at the Pawn Chess Piece in her hand.
"I'm just glad I had you two keep a close eye on him he might us to the ones who hired Red X." Rias said as she looked at her chess board as she was going to capture Red X and retrieve the prototype before their enemies can use its power.
"Yeap." Koneko said simply knowing they had to make sure this lead stayed alive even if it means recruiting him.
"What's next? What do we do with him now?" Akeno said as Rias then put the two pieces down.
"We need to make preparations immediately and I'll be the one to answer this summoning that's all we can do as the wrest all depends on him." Rias said as she picked up the pawn and moved it to a different spot.
(Scene Break Jonathan after school)
Jonathan was leaving the Grocery store as he had picked up the stuff they needed as while they had been here the town has been hit by a crime spree done by none other than Red X. So far no one has found him but Jonathan wasn't scared one bit. After all he outsmarted and stole from Devils of all things. If you steal from the Devil then you have the luck of God on your side for that holy deed.
He soon passed by a shop, but it wasn't like every other shop in the district. The shop was rustic and rather old, in contrast with the shops it tucked in between, which were very bright and colorful. He looked inside and saw that it had no lighting. But from what he could see was a lot of empty shelves, though he could still see that there were a few things still on a few of the shelves in there. And from what he could tell, each item was unique and handcrafted from the very wood the floor was made out of. Jonathan looked up and saw what the place was called.
Valefor's
The Unique Antique Shop
Jonathan looked to the store and back before shrugging and put the groceries on his motorcycles many large bags as he then entered the shop in question seeing there maybe something worth wild here. He was curious about what kind of antiques this shop sold and he didn't want to leave Japan empty handed. He went in and looked around. He didn't know how but the place looked even older inside than outside. Although surprisingly clean, it had a sense of… ancientness. Like the very few antiques there were over hundreds, thousands of years old with millions of stories to tell. But it also had a slightly creepy tone to everything, which made Jonathan brim with excitement of such a steal he can do here.
"Yo anyone home you got a possible customer!" Jonathan called as he looked around for the store's owner.
"HUH!? WHAT THE HELL!?" An elderly voice exclaimed before Jonathan heard a lot of crashing coming from the back of the shop before an old man popped up from behind the counter, "Ah! Sorry, hello! Welcome to Valefor's! How may I help you sir?" He asked as he looked to Jonathan who swore to God that he has seen this guy before somewhere somehow.
"Yeah you see I'm an exchange student from America and well my part of the exchange program has to end. See a family emergency popped up and I have to go home fast but I promised my relatives and folks I'd bring home something from here and in turn I want to buy something to bring back with me." Jonathan said using his carefully crafted lie to the old man for his cover story in Japan.
"…Okay!" The Valefor's shopkeeper said happily as Jonathan was patting himself on the back for this. "Well, I have the perfect gift. Wait a moment please." He then ducked down behind the counter before Jonathan started hearing a lot of metal and various other materials getting knocked around.
"Heh sucker." He said to himself just before the old man popped up again, causing him to jump back in surprised for the first time in a while. "Here you go sir." He said as he gave the master thief a dark wooden box with a handle and a chessboard pattern on it. "A chess set made in 1591, used by Oda Nobuna herself during the unification of Japan. Found this for cheap and in great condition." He explained as Jonathan saw this thing looked like it could fit the description so either he was a scam artist or something but it seemed like he has taken care of it for a long time and by the looks of it looking for someone to pass it on to.
Jonathan opened up the box and saw the chess pieces within. What caused some confusion however was that the black pieces were made out of wood and had a subtle tint of red to it and the white pieces were made out of cheap plastic. He also noted that there was a folded piece of paper in it, which he assumed was the instructions on how to play chess, and a rather strange circular symbol drawn inside the box. It also had a slight red tint to it but all in all Jonathan knew a fake when he saw one but this man seemed very intent on passing it on to someone new.
"This is perfect, but who is Oda Nobuna? I never heard of her before." Jonathan had to ask for business sake and morality as well.
"Well, let's just say she was great king." The old man answered with a smile,
"Heh 'A great king'…" Jonathan muttered to himself before he realized something and that this Oba lady must have been someone dear to him and he didn't want her last item to be lost.
"Do you wish to buy this? This chess set is yours for only 17,867 Yen." He offered as Jonathan then smiled a bit as he saw he might as well humor the man and make sure it goes to someone who can really appreciate the feelings that were inside this item here.
"Here you go. Thank you." Jonathan said as he gave the money, grabbed the chess set and left the shop.
Once he was outside he placed the set with his other purchases before taking his leave and driving off back home no doubt to get ready for tonight.
(Scene Break that Knight Park)
Red X and Blackfire were at the Fountain as they did not have enough time to drop off their purchases save for the groceries thus they had to suit up and leave. Red X waited for the package as he had the image of the girl and boy who had the packages in question as they waited for the package to show up for pickup.
"Look here they come." Blackfire said as she saw Issei and Raynare walk in as they seemed to be on some sort of date somehow.
"Something isn't right." Red X said as he looked to the scene as he had a bad feeling about this. Most of all he didn't see anything on them that would point to them having the package as this whole scenario was raising red flags for master thief.
(With Issei and Yuuma)
It has been the best day in Issei short but mostly wonderful life. The date he had planned to the last detail had went off without a hitch and he had a lot of fun, and it looked like Yuuma-chan did too. He had absolutely no idea who this girl was before the date, but he didn't care. God had sent him an angel that would love him until the world ended. He may have had a little bit of bad luck with women (okay, maybe a lot of bad luck) but now he was given the chance, his dreams were coming true. He might finally be able to build the harem he always wanted. Anyway, the sun was setting as they got to the park, signaling that their date was going to end soon. Issei knew from various types of media that this was the perfect scene for the Goodbye Kiss, sealing their relationship. It would also be his first kiss ever and that what made the prospect of it even that much sweeter.
"Hey, Issei-kun?" Yuuma spoke up, snapping him out of his thoughts.
"What is it, Yuuma-chan?" He replied, with a smile on his face.
"Can I ask you a question?" She asked as Issei smiled as he knew what she was going to ask him.
'Finally! The moment has arrived!' He thought, 'The Goodbye Kiss in the park after sunset on the first date!' "Su-Sure, what is it?" He asked as he rubbed the back of his head. She turned to him as she gave him her brightest smile.
"Would you die for me?" She asked him as that was not what he had expected on this date today.
*SCREECH!
That was the sound Issei (as well as a certain thief and alien criminal) heard in his head as soon as he heard that. He had completely forgotten about the Goodbye Kiss and was just thinking about what Yuuma meant. 1) Yuuma had just asked him was just a different way of asking if he would do anything for her, 2) She was a top secret agent recruiting for some awesome secret mission that end up with him in her pants or 3) She was really going to kill him.
He really hoped it wasn't that last one.
"E-Eh…? Um, sorry, could you repeat that?" Issei asked nervously,
"Would you die for me?" She had asked again, except this time her voice changed into something more evil, as her once bright smiled turned into a sadistic grin as she revealed her pitch black wings while right hand glowed, "These past couple of hours I spent with you, were a lot of fun." She said as a spear of light formed in her hand,
'What the Hell is going on!?' Issei thought. His mind was screaming at him to run but his body wouldn't move. This was it. Today was the day he was going to die.
"NO!" Came a new voice as soon Raynare was hit by red thrown stars which landed on her and went off like explosives as Red X and Blackfire flew in in shock by this. "Raynare this was not part of the deal! You told me to help you get Sacred Gears nothing else!" Red X accused as he glared at Raynare for her and her allies lie to him.
"We hired you and your alien bitch to help us steal Sacred Gears you should have read the fine print!" Raynare yelled as Issei was shocked by all of this seeing the skull masked thief called Red X here of all places.
Raynare was smashed into the ground, leaving a small crater as Blackfire used her Tamaranian slammed her into the ground. "I hate it when fuckers don't keep their end of a bargain!" Blackfire yelled as she glared at Raynare who got up and soon avoided Blackfire's Star Bolts.
When they looked, they saw Raynare was getting up as Red X took a battle stance as he activated his hand to hand weapons as the Red X marks on the back of his gloves glowed before growing into long blades while Blackfire had her Violet Star Bolts ready.
"Miserable traitors." Raynare growled as Red X glared at her before she made a Spear of Light and fired it at Red X who dodged it with ease and went at her before he began slashing at her as Raynare dodged the attacks with ease as Red X then retracted the blades and jumped away as Blackfire flew in and began firing her Star Bolts at Raynare.
"I'm not on your side only my own." Red X said before sending more of his Red X throwing Stars at Raynare who dodged the attacks as Raynare kept firing Spears of Light only for Red X to vanish and appeared on a light pole crouching.
"Come one Chicken Wings 'X,' marks the spot." Red X said pointing at his insignia on his chest.
"Come on punk." Blackfire said as she made a grab for Issei but Raynare saw this and acted.
"Like Hell you'll take him!" Raynare said before Red X appeared in front of her and kicked her before he made his Stick Red X and attached it to two benches which then came flying at Raynare who was shocked and in turn hit by them.
"Watch out." Red X said after Raynare was hit as Red X glared at Red X as she was now a complete wreck right now.
When she recovered, they all saw how horrible she looked. Her clothes were ruined and her once angelic face was now swelling a little bit and covered in bruises. "You know something, I was against hiring you mercenaries from the beginning everyone who worked with you has said you were untrustworthy Red X and now I see why you're fucking human moral code honor among thieves is nothing more than wannabe heroes justifying themselves!" Raynare accused as Red X then fired his Red X cross beam which hit Raynare but not kill her.
"And here I thought after working together you didn't like to play the hero Red X." Raynare said as Red X smirked.
"Doesn't mean I don't know how." Red X said as he did his arrogant and cocky smirk straight at Raynare.
"Tell us, why do you want to kill Issei? Why out of all people him?" Blackfire demanded as she flew in with Issei hiding behind the strongest alien girl here.
"You humans won't understand. He cannot live any longer!" Raynare answered before jumping up and throwing her light spears at them. They moved out of the way before they launched a counter attack. Blackfire then sent another Star Bolt at Raynare before charging at her and punching her with a star bolt before head butting her with her eyes glowing violent.
"If a human won't understand how about an Alien!" Blackfire called as her eyes were now full violet color.
Raynare quickly made a new light spear before deflecting a slice from Red X with it before kicking the Black and Red thief and managing to slice him in the shoulder getting through his suit. Red X did a roll before he hit the ground to minimize the damage but that kick had slightly knocked the wind out of him and he could feel blood running down his arm. "Wow did not make upgrades to deal with this." Red X confessed as he did not see this coming at all before shaking his head and getting up. Blackfire ran to see if her partner was okay, only to see him recover from the blow quickly and start throwing more of his X Throwing Stars at the Fallen Angel.
"Watch out for her spears Blackfire it nicked me through the suit." Red X said as Blackfire looked.
"Got it." Blackfire Said ready to keep fighting Raynare. Red X then fired his X beams while Blackfire sent off her Star bolt attack as Raynare was having some real difficulty dodging everything before having to duck under something that was about to hit her in the back of her head. Standing there was Issei, holding a rock in his left hand and a branch in his right.
"Issei! I thought I told you run!" Blackfire exclaimed as she knew she sent him off earlier. Issei knew he should've, but he also knew that he couldn't. They, a duo of honorable criminals, were fighting Yuuma to protect him, a normal guy who really loves boobs. So like Hell he was going to leave them alone to fight his murderous date, even though they were better equipped, a lot more skilled and all he had was a big stick.
Okay, on second thought, maybe he should've run away. But he was here now, and he was scared shitless.
"Well, look whose back?" Raynare said as she grinned evilly. Issei politely responded by throwing another rock at her. Raynare just tilted her head out of the way of the rock before flying towards her target. Issei panicked as he feebly tried to shield himself with his stick when Raynare was caught by surprised by a Red X wrapping around her feet and Blackfire sending her flying away.
"Next time you idiot run!" Red X warned as he didn't do this hero shit for free.
"Th-Thanks and sorry." Issei said as Red X made a sound and movement like he was rolling his eyes under his mask. Soon everyone heard clapping from near-by. They looked around for a few seconds only to find that it was another Fallen Angel that had been clapping. She was blonde with blue eyes and wearing Gothic Lolita outfit.
"Hey, why are you taking so long? Have you killed that guy yet!?" The Lolita, Milltelt, called out wanting answers.
"Does it LOOK LIKE I KILLED HIM YET!?" Raynare shouted at her fellow Fallen Angel as she pointed at her target. "Our hired goons here decided to grow a fucking conscious and turn tail on us!" Raynare yelled as Red X then fired a Stick X at her mouth shutting it up.
"We may be thieves but we're not murderers." Red X said as he wasn't like those other psychopaths in any way.
"So I'm assuming that's a 'no'." Milltelt said before giggling. "Well, lucky for you, I called in a few favors." And with that, she snapped her fingers as a couple dozen Fallen Angels flew in behind her, "Should this be enough to kill these human Outlaws?" Milltelt asked as Raynare just nodded trying to remove the X's Red X restrained her with as all the Fallen Angels started making light spears in each hand. "Good. Now surround these two Outlaws." The Fallen Angel Army nodded as they surrounded the duo.
"Now, we're giving you one last chance. Let us kill the boy and we'll make sure you won't feel a thing." Milltelt offered as the two criminals or Outlaws and Issei had their backs against each other as they aim their weapons at the Fallen Angels. It looked really bad for them but the two got out of worse situations before. And even if they were going to die, they weren't going down without taking a lot of people with them if this was truly it.
"Go to hell." Red X said as he was ready to break his one unbreakable rule but they were supernatural beings so he could break it with a loophole.
Red X and Blackfire charged at their foes as Red X used hand to hand combat and even his suits weapons and gear to take them down but the Fallen Angels were outnumbering them as Blackfire flew in the sky firing her Star bolts at each of them before the Fallen Angels surrounded her and skewered her with their spears as Blackfire coughed up blood before she felt her neck get snapped as all she saw in turn was darkness but had managed to kill at least 13 of them before dying.
Red X went down but swinging as he was using his X grenades to take multiple down as once but even with all his teleporting and gear his suit had a limit and on his masks hub he saw the limit was being reached as he was limited on Xenothium. Red X then saw spears stab into him as he was shocked by all of this as he fell to the ground pooling his blood on the ground.
"Heh…" Red X said not even scared of dying for some reason. "Figured I'd die of old age with the biggest fortune in the world and hiding said fortune like a pirate." Red X said as he saw the world turning dark this day. Red X barely holding onto the last shreds of his life, saw Raynare walk up to her and tilted her head so she could look at her.
"You should've stayed out of the way and maybe I would've let you and your friends live." Red X only move his helmet a bit so he can spit hit blood into the Fallen Angel's face in response. Raynare retorted by stabbing her straight through her abdomen, "Now stay here while I take care of something." Raynare told the girl in red before throwing her to the ground as she went to look at Issei. "Now where were we, darling?" She asked looking to Issei who was now scared shitless for his life.
"Run kid." Red X said as he looked to Raynare as he then pressed a button. "As in get the hell out of dodge!" Red X called out but Raynare laughed.
"What so you can use your suit to level the area not a chance you used up it fuel it doesn't have enough got a meltdown." Raynare taunted as Red X cursed that his bluff was caught.
"You should've listened to them." Raynare said as she landed behind the pervert. Before he could even react, she stabbed him right through his back and out his chest. Blood started dripping, out of his mouth as soon as the spear vanished, "Sorry about this, but since you're a potential risk, and I had to take care of you sooner or later." Raynare said as Red X heard this.
'What is she talking about?' He thought as he looked to the Fallen Angel here.
"If you want to someone blame, blame God. He put those Sacred Gears into your bodies." And with that, she walked away, leaving everyone to die.
'I-I'm going to die.' Red X thought as it finally sunk in for him. 'Heh this is it, this is how I die.' Red X thought to think the famous thief would die and the Titans will fly over and pick up the suit to dispose of it after so long he had held it and find out who was under the mask and had stolen the Red X suit from the Tower itself.
Red X then looked to Blackfire before he smiled accepting his fate but grieving for Blackfire his partner in crime and his best friend. "Please, don't let my friend die…" Finally, after a few more seconds, he closed his eyes and let himself go. There was a few seconds of silence as the now dead teens laid there, no life in their bodies as Red X AKA Jonathan Crowe had died. After that a strange looking symbol appeared on the ground between Issei and Red X.
"Heh… looks like things have become quite interesting." Rias muttered as she looked at the scene. She had to feel sorry for whoever had to clean this up. She looked down and saw Red X and Issei's bodies. "Red X." Rias growled as she then looked around and saw a fight went on here. "I see now." Rias said as she now felt guilty for trying to punish Red X. "They hired you and you had no intention of killing anyone." Rias said as this thief was just a thief not a murderer before looking to Red X's body.
"Hmm, your friend shouldn't be far behind if I'm right." Rias looked around and found the other body of Blackfire as she looked and saw Konan Star from school in her true from and placed her near Red X. She had to admit, she was expecting for them to die ever since they came to Kuoh, but it was still a bit of a shame but she had no idea who Red X was and when she decided to peak she then hated herself. The thief was right under their noses this whole time and they didn't even realize it till it was too late. Anyway, after she revived Issei, she looked at the two Criminals and began to debate with herself.
She read up on Red X not exactly a team player doesn't play nice with others save for himself and in his words only looking out for number 1. They have been spying on them for weeks to figure what piece she should use on them, but they couldn't gather enough information to make sure the pieces she uses on them would play to their strengths. Red X was clearly a pawn while Black Fire was something akin to a Rook, Knight, and Bishop rolled in to one making her a worthy candidate for a Queen if a Peerage needed one.
"Maybe I should've watched…" Rias muttered to herself before she spotted Red X's chess set. She raised one of her eyebrows before bent down to pick it up.
"A Gremory, presume?" A voice behind her said. She tensed a little before she revealed her wings to whoever was behind her, "I am not here to fight Gremory-san." She frowned a little, still suspicious of the person, before turned around to see an elderly man; the same one Jonathan had bought the chess set from.
"How do you know about me?" Rias asked as she made sure to keep an eye on him at all times as he was an unknown here.
"Look inside." He said as Rias, without tearing her gaze from the old man, opened the chess set and glanced inside. It took Rias a few seconds to realize what she had just saw and looked inside the box again to confirm it. The symbol inside the box was that of the Valefor family, one of the 72 Pillar Families, who were supposed to be extinct. And not only did the box contain a Summoning Contract Flier for them, but also a complete set of Evil Pieces.
"Why are you here and why does she have this?!" Rias demanded, her face still frowning as why did the, Valefor head stay hidden for so long till now as the symbol held that of a Crow.
"I've been observing them or Red X specifically for quite a while now, and I believe they could revive what was once a lost cause." He answered cryptically as he got took the chess set from her and pulled out the Queen Piece. "Plus… I'm tired, withered, and far too old to have children so I sought an heir to take my place. This wayward crow has flew its last flight but now a new one will carry on in the winds." He said looking to Jonathan Crowe before going to Blackfire. "I, Rojin Valefor, command you, Konan Fire the Blackfire and Usurper Princess of Tamaran to live under the name of the King! Rise, and be reborn as a Queen." Rojin Valefor said as suddenly, the Valefor family symbol which looked very much like a crow mixed with names Final Fantasy counterpart appeared underneath the alien as the Queen piece slowly sank into her body.
"Are you trying to revive the Valefor family by making this girl a part of your peerage?" Rias asked with a glare as she was an intergalactic Criminal from what the Justice League had stated when dealing with Aliens and such.
"No." He said before place a hand on his chest. A red glow emitted from it before it faded. He opened his hand to make sure it was there before going to Red X and placed the chess piece on him. "I, Rojin Valefor, has decided that you, Jonathan Crowe also known as Red X, are worthy of the power that has been wasted by me. So, from this day forth, you are a devil. A King! Rise, my son and lead your new peerage into an age of greatness as the new head of the Valefor Family!" Rojin invoked as Rias couldn't believe her eyes as the Valefor symbol that had appeared underneath Red X started to change into a new one as it was the same symbol but now Red X's own symbol was added as now the Crow was wearing a skull mask with a Red X on it and its body also held the same Red X symbol as Jonathan was changing.
After the ritual was over, the injuries and the suit was all repaired as his body mass went up a bit while the suits entire system was rebooted and recharged. Rias had never seen or even heard of this happening, but she also hasn't heard of someone giving up their peerage willingly and reviving a human as a King as well and going as far as basically adopting the said revived King into the household as an heir. After the former King left his body began to vanish as Rias was deep in thought but took note of it all. She thought it was going to be a simple little mission, revive a few people and gaining more members to her peerage, things of that nature. She now had to tread carefully from now on less she ends up in a sticky situation somehow.
(Scene Break the next Morning)
Red X woke up that morning looking around trying to make sense of what was going on as he rubbed his head in pain and saw his suit was off. "What the hell?" He asked as he began getting up as he then heard his alarm go off playing the song Escape Pina Colada. Anyway, as he started taking note of his surroundings, her expression started to get even more confused as he got up and felt around before his hand touched something soft. He went wide eyed and gave it a fast squeeze causing it to moan out as Jonathan was wide eyed by this.
Jonathan then tried the other side and got the same feeling as his vision began to clear as he noticed something in his room. One Akeno was in his room very much naked and two Blackfire was also here just as naked as Konan and Akeno were here in his room naked with him in bed.
"What did I DO LAST NIGHT?!" He called out in shock of all this going on here. "Wait this is Akeno right?" Jonathan asked as he squeezed again and realized the naked girl on his right was in fact Akeno.
"Konan wake up!" Jonathan called as he tried shaking her awake.
"W-what?" Konan asked as she woke up before she went wide eyed at this turn of events as she looked at herself. "JONATHAN!" Konan roared as her eyes glowed violet ready to kill him.
"What a couple of excitable people you are in the morning." Akeno said in a teasing manner as Akeno looked.
"Don't kill me I don't know what happened." Jonathan said as he was trying to stay alive right now.
"I can explain that." Akeno said as she looked to Jonathan. "I'll go straight to it then so first good morning and welcome back to the realm of the living Jonathan Crowe Valefor-sama it's a pleasure to meet you at last." Akeno said as she did a small bow even as she was naked as the two housemates were in shock by this.
"WHAT!?" They both called as no doubt the entire city heard this morning scream.
"If you have need of more information please go and visit Rias Gremory at the Old School Building when summoned right now Buchou is currently dealing with other matters which will no doubt be over real soon so please do visit." Akeno said as she grabbed her clothing and then used a portal to leave just as Blackfire fired a Star bolt attack at Akeno.
"Well after we get ready what's the plan." Konan asked as she looked to her partner in crime.
"Isn't it obvious? We go there and get our answers." Jonathan said as he grabbed his gear.
"I'd thought you would say that."
(Scene Break after School that day)
Jonathan and Konan were at school in their uniforms waiting for the school day to end to nap Issei since he was a part of this somehow. They heard Issei and his friends were going to have a porn viewing party as Jonathan was able to nap Issei's phone and send them both a text telling them he wouldn't make it due to last minute family stuff and to go on without him. Once it was done they waited by the more none inhabited part of the school and when no one was looking Jonathan grabbed Issei.
"Hey let me go!" Issei called before his mouth was muffled.
"Shut up and come with us something happened and I want answers and I'm sure so do you so come on." Jonathan said giving no room for argument as he and Konan dragged Issei away to the Old School Building.
"Hey let go assholes!" Issei called as he then saw Konan was also there as he looked at this event. Soon, they had arrived at an old school building. They wondered for a second why come to the place upon Rias' request but that was before they entered and went to the door Jonathan knew like the back of his hand from his first visit here.
"Hmm?" Konan and Issei looked up and saw a sign above the door.
'Occult Research Club?' They all thought even Jonathan as he didn't see that the last time.
"Ok I'll knock." Konan said before she 'knocked,' which was punch a hole through the door itself. "Knock-knock." Konan growled as she wanted answers now as they soon entered to see a slightly surprised group as Jonathan and Konan glared at Rias while dragging a struggling Issei with them.
"Ok lady talk what the hell is going on with us that you asked your masochist side kick over there to meet you soon!" Jonathan demanded as he wasn't putting up with this after their job went south due to morals.
"Huh I was not expecting this to happen." Rias said as almost never has anyone gotten up close and frontal after revival but then again she never had to deal with a newly revived Human King either barging straight in.
"Ok now start talking or we're going postal here last night we died that much I know so what magic mumbo jumbo shit did you pull Trigon, Dr. Fate, Zatana what!?" He demanded as he wanted answer causing Rias to sigh.
"Fine then allow me to formally introduce myself since you three decided to charge in first and not wait even bringing Issei here." Rias said as better now than never. "My name is Rias Gremory. And I am a Devil." Rias introduced as Jonathan's eyes twitched a bit as he looked.
"So Trigon or some other type?" Jonathan asked as Rias sighed.
"Other type we Devils don't exactly get along well with Trigon." Rias said as that was a monster no one wanted to deal with in any lifetime.
"Ok good to know." Jonathan said as he was grateful for that much at least.
"I'm also your master by the way, so please take care of me." And that's the point where they all realized how screwed they were. Gears started turning in their heads as they processed the fact they were in the presence of a Devil. And that they all thought they were her servants.
For Jonathan and Konan though they shared one common thought. "Oh Hell no!" Jonathan yelled as he was getting very angry that someone wanted to bind him as a slave.
"Let me explain first before you jump the gun Jonathan." Rias said to the Valefor Pillar family's newest heir apparent in here.
"You have five minutes." Konan said summoning up a Star Bolt in her right hand.
"Ok first Jonathan, Konan and Issei welcome to the Occult Research Club." Rias said, choosing to stand as she wanted them to feel comfortable and not go berserk on them. "I'll get straight to the point: We're all Devils." She began as Konan glared.
"Still don't believe you." Konan said as she glared at Rias as she took noticed to the other three in here including Akeno also of course. "I refuse to believe you unless you actually show us some facts." Konan said as she was from Tamaran and they didn't believe in such things.
"Yeah, it is hard to believe." Issei admitted. Rias sighed before speaking again.
"Well, that's expected. It is rather hard to believe but I guess it can't be helped. But I had expected Jonathan here to be more open after you two had worked with the Fallen Angels, Red X." Rias said as Jonathan was wide eyed by this.
"3 Minutes." Jonathan said as it looked like he and Konan were ready to fight their way out of here.
"Fallen Angels are the Angels originally from Heaven that served the Gods, cast out and sent to Hell due to their wicked nature. We Devils want to retain control of Hell, and we've been battling Fallen Angels ever since." Rias explained as she wanted to cover everything here.
"Um… but what makes you guys different from the Fallen Angels? Assuming you are actually Devils." Konan said as she wanted answers.
"Well, we Devils make pacts with humans for a price in order to obtain power, whereas the Fallen Angels take control of humans and use them to destroy Devils. Moreover, the Gods have tasked many Angels of destroying Fallen Angels and us Devils, making the situation a three-way standoff. It's been like this for a very long time. Do you understand what I've said so far?" Rias asked looking to the three here.
"Err… so this is an Occult Research Club's discussion forum?" Issei said,
"Everything I've said is the truth." Rias told him, looking a bit miffed at his response
"Yeah, sure, but… really?" Konan spoke up, "Angels vs. Fallen Angels vs. Devils? I can probably read up on that online. Look, I'm sorry, but to us… you guys are either crazy or this whole thing is an elaborate scheme to get us to join the Occult Research Club. By the way, if it is, nice touch with the KILLING US!" Konan yelled as Jonathan glared at them all.
"Hey there. The Research Club is just a front. In reality, we Devils use this room as our headquarters." Kiba told Konan as he tried to calm her down.
"Back off or I'm sending a start bolt through you nuts and up your mouth." Konan growled as Kiba then put his arms up and backed off from the alien girl.
"Rule one of Blackfire never mess with her, rule two never be a pervert to here, rule three follow rules one and two to survive." Jonathan said as Issei also backed off from the alien.
Rias looked at the exchange and knew she wasn't getting it through them, so she decided to use the Ace in the Hole. "This girl… you must recognize her, right?" Rias said as she pulled out a picture.
The two Outlaws gathered around Issei and saw who it was. "Yuuma-chan!?" Issei exclaimed as the two criminals
The Criminals all jumped back in shock to this. "Wait a minute, YOU WERE THERE, WEREN'T YOU!?" Konan shouted out as her hair started to glow violet. "YOU LET US DIE!" She roared as she summoned her Star Bolts and her eyes turned violet.
"This picture was from before the date when she was meeting with her superiors." Rias quickly lied, "We were going to save you but we were stalled by other Fallen Angels. I'm sorry but when I got there, you all had already taken your last breaths."
"WELL IF YOU JUST-" Konan began as Jonathan then held an Explosive X in his hand.
"Stop lying and tell us the truth or else we all get blown to kingdom come!" Jonathan yelled as he glared at Rias while he was holding it close as it was one of his more powerful ones as he saw the Devils here step back in fear of it.
"You wouldn't." Rias asked as she looked in shock to this.
"Try me." He challenged as he glared at Rias for lying to his face.
"We had a hunch it could happen that much is true… we just hoped it wouldn't be like that." Rias said mixing a lie with a truth here.
"Next time…" Jonathan began as he saw she wasn't telling them the whole truth but decided to let it slide here. "Follow your gut and act." Jonathan said as he put the X away showing he was bluffing as it was just a weapon in case he didn't have his gear on him in public.
"Oh, right." Issei said as he looked back at the picture, "How did you get this anyway? All the photos we took were gone and… no one seems to remember her." He asked as he also wanted to know how she got it to begin with.
"Well, anyway to put your mind at rest, that girl certainly exists. She's a fallen Angel." Rias said as she looked to Issei. "Anyway, after she and her Fallen Angel friends killed you guys, it seems like she erased everyone else's memory and records. That's why no one remembers the girl named Yuuma Amano." Rias continued as then Jonathan spoke up.
"That probably isn't even her real name. Why give someone you're supposed to kill your name when they're just going to die anyway." Jonathan said as he then laughed. "Ironically enough she gave me her name Raynare if you can put some kind of look out for her she'll have to high tail and run or turn herself in." Jonathan said as he looked to them and the old fake picture of Raynare.
"My thoughts exactly." Rias replied as she saw Jonathan was a bit like a leader here.
"But wait, we're all alive and well right now!" Issei exclaimed, "Also, why would she want to kill us?" He asked unaware of the Sacred Gear he had.
"Me, and Blackfire got in her way if I had to guess she was after something called a Sacred Gear which I now know inhabit human bodies." Jonathan said as he now had to steal that prototype back from them soon.
"So, what's a Sacred Gear?" Konan asked as she started to calm down a bit.
"I'll explain this. A Sacred Gear resides in special humans, giving them abilities far above normal. Although most of them can only take effect within human society." Akeno spoke up beginning the explanation.
"And Issei, you have that kind of power within your body." Rias finished off. Issei looked down his body for his sacred gear.
'Within my body…' Her thought. Suddenly, it hit him, "Wait! Eh!? I know I'm a super healthy, virile guy, but that thing is actually a super famous tool nicknamed the Sacred Gear!?" Issei exclaimed as he grabbed his 'Sacred Gear'. The two criminals couldn't help but face palm while Issei was thinking how all the women in the world would after his tool and how his life would be in danger for the rest of his life. Rias was almost starting to question why she revived Issei.
"Ecchi…" Koneko sighed as she went back to secretly staring at Jonathan and Konan.
"No…" Rias sweat dropped, "Just… listen, okay Issei?" Issei stopped what he was doing and nodded, "Good. Now, close your eyes and strike a pose that makes you feel like you could draw out a strong power from within." She explained as they looked at Issei.
"Um… okay…" Issei said as he tried to do a powerful pose, 'Why I am doing this?' Issei thought as he decided to try something.
"This should be good." Jonathan said as he looked to Issei's actions.
"Hey he looks like an idiot you sure he has this 'sacred gear,' thing you were talking about?" Konan asked as she looked to Issei.
"Hey! This the Kamehameha from Dragon Ball Z!" Issei retorted as Jonathan growled.
"Yeah that show is stale kid with its cliché story arks." Jonathan said as he watched anyway.
"It doesn't look like you have any power…" Rias admitted as she looked at the strange pose,
"Yes I do! Watch this!" Issei said with a cocky smirk, "Ka… me…" He began as Jonathan looked.
"It's not going to work." Jonathan said watching Issei's antics.
"Ha… me…"
"Oh, what is he going to do, blast a hole through the building?" Konan teased as Issei kept going.
"HA!" Issei finished off as he aimed at the Criminals as they didn't seem phased in the slightest bit. The reason was simple because nothing happened from Issei's stupidity.
"I told you it wasn't going to-" Jonathan began but was then interrupted as Issei's started to glow, "What the Hell!?" He cried out not expecting this to happen at all.
"What is this!?" Issei exclaimed as some sort of gauntlet started to form around his hand.
"That," Rias paused for dramatic effect as the Sacred Gear finished forming, "Is your Sacred Gear!"
"Amazing! This looks awesome!" Issei said as he admired the Sacred Gear.
"The Fallen Angel Yuuma Amana or Raynare as Jonathan revealed thought Issei's Sacred Gear posed a threat and decided to kill him." Rias said as Jonathan looked.
"I say we go over to find her and repay the favor." Konan said charging her Star Bolts.
"No explanation first then revenge hunt." Jonathan said as Konan agreed there.
Anyway, when you took your last breath, you summoned me." Rias explained, "Akeno, give Issei a simplified pentagram." Akeno nodded as she gave Issei the flier,
"Yeah… I think I've seen this before…" Issei muttered recognizing it.
"I told you before: A Devil requires a signed contract in order to utilize a human's power." Rias continued, "They forge an agreement based on the fulfillment of a human's wish, taking power equivalent to the wish they grant. But these days, humans who can draw this kind of pentagram have become almost non-existent." She said as it made sense especially with the Witch Hunts and all that.
"And you call this simplified…" Jonathan muttered as he looked at the pentagram. It looked extremely complicated and complex. And these days, no one had the time or patience to draw something like this, let alone summon a Devil to do their bidding.
"That's why we were giving out 'Simplified Pentagrams' to people with strong desires and Issei just happened to be on the street that day, where you received one from one of our familiars passing out the form." Rias said. Suddenly, Issei was glad he was glad he was weak to cute women or else he wouldn't have taken it,
"What was his wish?" Jonathan asked having a hunch on what Issei would wish for here.
"To at least die in the arms of a beautiful girl." Rias answered with a wink at Issei. Now he was glad he was a pervert. His perversion saved his life, "So, when I was summoned, I discovered that Issei possessed a Sacred Gear, so I saved his life. I made him a Devil, becoming an underling of Rias Gremory and live again!" Rias said as she smiled at Issei at how being a pervert saved his life.
"Wait, what about us? We were there right next to him!" Konan called as she wanted the answers to how they survived.
"Someone had saved your life before I could, Konan." Rias said as she got Akeno to retrieve the chess set. "I believe this is yours." Rias said as Jonathan instantly recognized it from yesterday afternoon.
"Hey, that's mine!" Jonathan said as she grabbed since he did pay money for that. He opened it up and saw that the cheap white plastic pieces were gone and two of the black pieces were gone too, "Wait, where are the white pieces? Where's King and the Queen Piece?" Jonathan asked as he looked inside for the missing pieces while Rias only smirked.
"Well, why don't we properly introduce ourselves?" Rias said as everyone in the ORC stood up and revealed their wings.
"My name in Kiba Yuuto, second year and a Devil Knight." Kiba introduced as he smiled to the trio.
"Koneko Toujou. First year. Devil. Rook." Koneko introduced straight to the point.
"I'm Akeno Himejima, the Vice President of the Occult Research Club, a third year and a Devil." She said as Jonathan knew avoid Akeno at all costs.
"And I'm your Master, Rias Gremory, the heir to the family title of duke. We're all in your care, Issei." That's when Issei's wings appeared, looking smaller than the others wings.
"You were actually telling the truth." Jonathan said as Konan was caught by surprised by everything here. "But wait, you revived Issei, but who revived us?" Jonathan asked as he glanced to Konan. "What happened to Blackfire?" Jonathan asked looking to Rias.
Rias sighed as she whispered into Jonathan's ear. "In all sense… you did." She whispered as Jonathan was surprised by this.
"What?" Jonathan asked in shock, "But… huh!?" He called he backed off from Rias fast.
"Jonathan, you wished to not let your closest friend die. It was you who saved your Blackfire. There was a pentagram inside the chess set of thought extinct family." Rias explained as Jonathan couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"I… saved my Konan, but that would mean I wouldn't be here. I would've stayed dead." Jonathan said laughing at the idiocy going on here.
"But, they would need someone to lead them, right?" Rias said as now Jonathan was very confused here.
"Um… what?" Jonathan asked as he looked to Rias who sighed as she decided to get to the point.
"As eye witness of your revival, I can safely say this. You are not part of my peerage. You are not my underling, you are my apprentice." Rias stated as it was fact now.
"Apprentice of what?" Jonathan asked as this better not be a Deathstroke event.
"Apprentice of a King. You're a King, Jonathan. Your partner is now your servant. You have power beyond what you know. Congratulations of gaining your own peerage, Mister Jonathan Crowe Valefor, the first ever Human King adopted into the Valefor family to be its heir apparent." Rias said as Jonathan was wide eyed by all of this as was Konan also.
"Oh shit." Jonathan cursed as he didn't know if he should be glad or running to the hills with Konan.
(TBC)
ESKK: Well it was long overdue but here it is a new chapter so please enjoy it whole reviewing and like I always say ja-ne.