(Episode 6: Fallen Angels vs Conduits and Holy Men Part 1)
The month of November would continue to surge forwards for our intrepid heroes, as they continued to fight against the forces of Raynare to surprising success in their use of ambushes and guerilla warfare. The quartet whilst this was going on having trained/worked together to improve their synergy with one another as well, as they found themselves growing on another; the further this battle for Kuoh Town's soul continued.
Yet a part of this success also came in small part to Rias and Sona mobilizing their peerages to assist as well, who found themselves fighting an uphill battle as well given the greater numbers and holy weaponry their enemies possessed. Nonetheless, both heiress and our heroes remained determined to defeat the daughter of Kokabiel and her army from attempting to conquer Kuoh in its entirety
(November 24th, 2018, 10 Miles outside of Kuoh Town, 8:20 Pm)
It would be later into the November night as our quartet were quite a ways away from Kuoh Town, given that Issei had decided to now unlock his Sacred Gear and acting on Ddraig's advice had his allies join him far away from the town to not raise alarms the moment it was awakened.
"Are you sure this is going to work, Issei?" Aika questioned
"I dunno if it's going to work 100% of the way, but we have to take the chance that it will…We're facing too much of a threat right now to just not take the chance to have a god-slaying weapon on our side." Issei replied while he did have nerves about it he knew that they had to at least try
"Besides, Aika. You gotta admit it's gonna be cool as shit if this works." Issei said with a hopeful grin
"I can't really argue with that. But if you get yourself messed up from this, I swear to God that I will stomp you in the nuts as hard as I can." Aika half-jokingly swore to her fellow pervert
"Don't worry, I'll be perfectly fine…Now come on let's get this done and over with." Issei spoke before the duo joined up with Asia and Freed
From there the perverse duo joined up with Asia and Freed as they nodded at each other and got into a circle where Issei stood in the middle, before Issei who braced himself for the worst of what could possibly come; gave them the go-ahead to start and try to jumpstart Ddraig into fully awakening. Wherein Freed, Aika, and Asia began to channel their powers into Issei as though he were a giant lightning rod, as the world around them became irradiated in pitch black, icy blue, and marigold as the collective energies began surging into the brunette Conduit.
In turn, Issei used these combined energies that surged into him in tandem with his own to quite literally drag Ddraig's consciousness and strength into what it should be in its truest form, as the Twice Critical Gauntlet appeared in full view as Issei soon started to float into the air. The energy around him soon going from the multicolored swirl of black, icy blue, marigold, and his own emerald green to a blisteringly bright ruby red as it swirled around him as a compressed tempest of draconic power.
With Issei grinding his teeth at the task of forcefully ripping Ddraig's conscious and true power out into the forefront as his Twice Critical began to change and morph, as the world around the young man began to become tinted scarlet as the stress of doing so caused his eyes and nose to bleed as he continued to persevere. All the while the ground around Freed, Asia, and Aika began to warp and distort from the sheer pressure and electrical energy on display to the point that the clouds overhead began to form into thunderous storm clouds that rapidly spread over Kuoh Town itself, causing bolts of scarlet lightning to crack across the sky.
However, even as he felt his body vibrating and his bones creaking; borderline cracking apart from the strain of forcibly awakening his Sacred Gear with the help of his allies, he continued as he felt Ddraig's consciousness alongside the true power of said Sacred Gear was why within that very moment he found himself able to meet that threshold of his Sacred Gear's true form being realized, he pulled forth with all the effort he could, and with an almighty CRRRAAACCCKKKK, did the world explode with raucous power as a mass bolt of bright red lightning erupted from Issei's being and shot up into the sky.
An accompanying roar of an ancient dragon was heard as Asia had to use her ice powers to root herself and Freed to the ground; while Aika used her Absorption Line tendrils to tether herself as well to prevent herself from being blown back from the massive eruption of draconic energy and lightning that had Issei violently careen to the ground…This forced Asia to summon force a massive hand of ice and snow to catch and prevent him from crashing intot the ground, the brunette in question being deftly caught by the construct and gently lowered onto the ground; where despite being dazed and the world spinning around him grinned when he looked up at his hands.
Both of which were covered in a pair of bright ruby red gauntlets that looked like a pair of draconic looking gauntlets, crossed with arc-welders gloves, and the Power Fists from Warhammer 40K giving it a sort of heavy-duty look to it, as both gauntlets went short of stopping at his biceps. The pair of golden spikes on either arm looking akin to a cross between Ddraig's own horns and miniaturized Tesla Coils, that when combined with the heptagonal green jewel on the back of either fist only added to the futuristic look it had, as glowing bright green circuit board-like marking covered the inside of the forearms as well.
"We actually fucking did it…Holy shit, you guys we got my god-killer whatever the fuck online!" Issei cheered raising up the hefty gauntlets on his arms in exuberation
"Congratulations, Issei." Was the only reply Asia could muster at the moment
"Congratulations, indeed my partner…Finally, after decades of being dormant, I can finally awaken in full!" Ddraig spoke with a roar-like yawn that echoed from the Sacred Gear
"D-Did your gauntlets just talk?" Aika questioned
"Yep. Say hello to Ddraig, the dragon that's so strong that he vibe-checke Heaven, Hell and almost every other pantheon out there….At least before he got turned into a busted-as-hell magic item." Issei said introducing his long-time friend to the immeasurably powerful wyrm
"I guess…hi then; Mr. Ddraig. Nice to see that you're finally awake...Ok, sorry but this is gonna take a while to get used to, and that's saying something when we're fighting an army of holy men." Aika said to the Welsh Dragon in question
"And hello to you too, young lady. I am thankful for you having assisted in the growth of my partner these past few months." Ddraig replied grateful to Aika's assistance in Issei's growth
"Someone had to help this schmuck get stronger. I wouldn't be a great friend to him if I didn't." Aika said back
"And again you have my thanks, Aika Kiryuu. As well as my gratitude extending to both Asia Argento and Freed Sellzen for having allied and assisted my partner in the protection of his home…That as well is deserving of my thanks." Ddraig spoke once again
"No sweat, besides he's a pretty fucking great guy by my standards. So anything he needs for taking down these fallen angels fuckers, I'm here for." Freed said as he helped Asia to her feet
"I agree, also he has been rather kind by letting us stay at his home for the time being as well...He has as a heart and kindness beyond most of what I had seen when I was part of the clergy." Asia said in agreement
"But my question is what the fuck do we do now? We've got Issei his god-slayer Sacred Gear, so any ideas to really give it to these shitbags, I'm all ears for." Freed questioned on what their next move was
"That…I honestly don't know. So we can workshop that at my house if you guys really want to?" Issei suggested to everyone
"Why the fuck now/Sounds fine by me/ That is a good idea." Were the collective replies of Freed, Asia, and Aika
"Awesome, let's get going everybody! We got a crap-ton of stuff to plan out and not a lot of time to do it!" Issei said as they began their trek back to Kuoh
However, whilst our quartet was in good spirits of Issei's unlocking of the Boosted Gear while ruby lightning cracked and thooomed overhead, those in Kuoh that ranged from Rias's peerage, Sona's and Raynare's army all sensed the awakening as the ethereal lightning-storm boomed overhead in the knowledge that things had just changed once again in otherworldly town…The only question being was whether this change was going to bring about change for the better, or change for the chaotic and destructive?
(2 days later, November 26th, 2018, Kuoh Academy, 3:13 Pm)
Soon enough the following Monday and the bitter chill of November's end came as the school day at the academy came to an end as Issei was conversing with Matsuda after texting Aika that he would join her later for movie night.
"I'm glad to see you're feeling better man. I thought that head cold you had, was gonna kick the crap out of you for another week or two." Issei said to the bald pervert
"Me too, man. Now that I'm a hundred percent again, I can finally start training again…heck with how quick I've recovered. My pops said that my next pro fight should go pretty great." Matsuda replied in excitement over getting over his case of the flu enough to start training again
"I still can't believe that you are 6 and 0 as a pro boxer and you haven't even hit 18 yet. I swear you are built hella different my man, to being this and not even all the way grown up." Issei said surprised that his friend was that much of a menace when it came to pugilism
"All my wins by knockout too. I'm telling you, Issei. You are gonna be looking at the next middleweight champion by 2021. The main man is fucking unstoppable right now!" Matsuda spoke with a proud grin on his face at being a promising knockout artist
"Better yet, by next year I might be joining you and Aika and kiss this shitshow goodbye…You can't really knock people out into the next century, and get fine-ass honeys' on top of it too." Matsuda added in seeing the life of a pro-boxer full-time appeal to him more and more as time persisted
"The best thing I can say is good luck, and hope you get knockout lucky number 7 soon...Hell who am I kidding, the next sucker you fight won't see those killer hooks of yours coming from a mile away. Mr. I hit like a mini Mike Tyson!" Issei spoke wishing his friend the best in getting his 7th consecutive knockout win
"Hey, if I can make that happen. Then I want you to make your main man a celebration banner, because you know we're gonna turn up when that happens!" Matsuda told Issei who let a cheerful grin cross his face
"Sounds great buddy, and let me know when your next match is. Since I'm hoping this is one I can finally attend to see you in action." Issei replied in hopes of eventually seeing Matsuda in action
"If everything goes well, you should see me sometime around next February or March at the latest. I'm gonna put on a fucking masterclass, against the poor sonuvabitch who steps to me in the ring." Matsuda told the brunette Conduit
"Awesome, awesome. Well, send me tickets as soon as you can and have a good one, brother. May the lord bless you with the power to knock out anybody your way." Issei said as he and Matsuda fist-bumped
"Trust me, I got a good feeling that Big G is watching out for me…Speaking of Big G's, is that Rias Gremory coming our way?" Matsuda replied as he peeped the red-haired woman out of his peripheral coming towards them or rather Issei in particular
"Yeah, that is her. I wonder why she's coming to us?" Issei spoke curious as to why Rias would come to them of all people
"As much as I would like to stay and find out whatever it is that she's coming over here for. I gotta go across town to get dressed and ready for training. So fill me in, and I'll catch you later." Matsuda replied knowing he couldn't waste time and be late to training sessions
"I gotcha covered man, take care, and god bless you." Issei said as they fist-bumped before Matsuda left for boxing practice
'Hopefully, this won't be too much of a hot mess.' Issei said to himself as a slight nervousness began to swell in his gut
"Can I help you with something?" Issei asked as Rias caught up too him
"I wanted to talk to you about something important…and get to know you better." Rias told a now incredibly surprised Issei
"Y-You want to get to know me of all people?...I-I'm sorry am I…am I getting pranked right now? Because if I am, then this isn't funny." Issei asked in skepticism of why someone like Rias would lower herself to talking to much less spend time around him
"This isn't a prank at all. I really do want to get to know you better." Rias answered back
"But why tho'? I mean what does a girl like you, find so 'great' about a good-for-nothing pervert like me? Because I honestly can't think of any reason why you would waste your time on me. When you Rias Gremory herself has a thousand better things to do than be seen anywhere with me." Issei asked once again still not seeing or fathoming why she'd want to be near or around him to begin with
"As what is so great about me, that you would want to go out of your way to 'get to know me'? And I'm not even asking this to be mean or anything. I just don't get or see why you would want to hang out with me." Issei further spoke that after his encounter with 'Yuuma' he was left very skeptical of girls wanting to 'get to know him'
"Is it so hard to believe that a pretty girl could be interested in you?" Rias questioned
"Yeah, it is. It truly honest to God is; since I get rejected by just about every girl at this academy; even when I don't ask them out. So at some point, you just learn to accept that at no given point does a girl want to be interested in you…Unless your a pretty boy like Kiba, or have more money than you know what to do with." Issei answered
'Hell, being with my psycho-ex-girlfriend who killed me 2 months ago didn't help either.' Issei noted in still getting chills everytime he thought about that horrid night
"...But, sorry to disappoint you, Rias. It is just that it would be social suicide for both of us, if we hang out right now…And I'd rather not have you get shit on for hanging out with me…much less being seen with me in public." Issei added knowing that if he were caught in public with her then it would be borderline social suicide for him and even Rias's rep would possible take a hit
"I see…Maybe I can come over to your house sometime? I'm sure we could get to know each other plenty, and it would be more than private enough to not worry about any interruptions." Rias asked her voice holding equal parts innocence as well as lustful intentions
"Alright, since you are really persistent about this for some reason. Then, alright, I will set up something for us to hang out at my place. HOWEVER, it is just you and me, alright? I don't want any funny business going on while we're there, ok?" Issei said to the busty redhead
'Why is it that my one true weakness is stacked busty babes? The Lord really works in mysterious ways.' Issei said to himself cursing his weakness for stacked women with tig ol' bitties
"Great!... Here's my phone number, I am available whenever you want to have our day together." Rias replied as she quickly scribbled her phone number
"I'll keep that in mind…Anyways, I have to go, I have some stuff I gotta do around town. So catch ya later." Issei said back before taking his leave to prepare for the nights' shenanigans
"And Issei, I promise that you won't forget when I come over...I will make certain of it." Rias said to Issei with a wink and a wave goodbye that held nothing but downright devious intentions behind it
"I will…keep that in mind…But I really have to go." Issei said as he quickly walked away from Rias to avoid being seen with a growing tent in his pants
'...This is gonna be a fine mess, I've gotten myself into…Dear Lord if your up there listening, give me the strength to stay strong against whatever hentai nonsense Rias may throw at me…In your name I pray, amen.' Issei prayed to himself knowing that he'd need all the help he could get to resist the potentially lustful advances of Rias
(6 Hours later, Downtown Kuoh Town, 10:27 Pm)
That being said, as the day wore on into the night; our intrepid quartet of heroes were currently about to ambush an oncoming patrol of rogue Exorcists who were transporting something to the abandoned church…which for all intents and purposes they decided not to let happen.
"Here we go guys, let's get this done and over with." Issei told his companions as he held his bat aloft ready for whatever may come
And from there the quartet descended upon the patrol of rogue exorcists like a swarm of ravenous locust, what with Issei dropping onto one of the cars like a lightning-covered meteor, blasting back everything around him in a 40-foot radius. The shockwave knocked back cars and motorcycles every which way as the brunette with his Boosted Gear gauntlets activated for their debut, had launched out an Artillery Bolt that sent a handful of rogue exorcists sprawling and knocking out those struck by it unconscious.
Yet as though those who were still moving onwards with their transport were carrying on, they were stopped by a 2-story tall and 5-foot thick wall of ice rising from the ground to stop them dead in their tracks, forcing them to swerve and hit to a hard stop to avoid impacting into the ice wall. Unfortunately, as they went out to see what had been the cause of their sudden impediment to their base; Freed had come out of the woodwork with Clarent in hand to slice and dice those that stepped out to see what had gone on into pieces so fast that they were in pieces before they blinked.
The offensive they tried to mount as Asia quickly went to work walling off avenues of escape with thick walls of ice and frost, was further hampered as Aika used her Absorption Line tendrils to launch from the shadows of the November night and wrap around their necks and torsos. All before dragging them off into the darkness to be burned alive by cursed flame, and have their strength absorbed into Aika who felt a dark euphoric rush as she drained their life-force into herself like a massive leech.
Meanwhile, Issei and Freed were back to back taking on rogue exorcists who tried to either bring them down with gunfire or engage them with in close-combat; with Issei using the power of Boosted Gear to launch him forth into the melee with his electrified metal bat to basically speed-blitz his opposition. All the while using the Boosted Gear to absorb static electricity in the air so he could be constantly recharging himself to fire blasts and bolts of electricity at his opposition.
By contrast, Freed was deciding to style on his opponents by using Clarent to deflect/reflect bullets fired at him back at their senders with such efficiency that they may as well have been shooting themselves in the head. Whilst in melee he was slashing and hacking his way through any opposition in arms reach like a human wheat-thresher, sending body parts, skulls and innards scattering across the starry-night lit street like a nightmare made manifest.
On the otherside of the fracas, Asia was joining in the fun once she'd finished cornering their opposition while Aika continued to pick off unsuspecting rogue exorcists from the shadows like a horror movie monster, leaving them split between trying to find the mystery creature snatching their men up and Issei and Freed battering through them like black bears on cocaine. Meanwhile, Asia would rain down blasts of frigid mist and permafrost to freeze the rogue exorcists in place for Issei to land a knockout blow with his metal bat, or Freed to bifurcate them straight down the middle, as she alternated between this and raining shards of ice the size of javelins to impale/freeze her targets on sight.
This in tandem with Aika snatching them up by the handful continued to lay waste to the protection detail of what they were transporting to the abandoned church for the next 8 minutes of downright utter carnage until all that was left were frozen, electrocuted, bludgeoned, bifurcated, slashed to pieces, and incinerated corpses all over. Of which were promptly incinerated by Aika who eventually came from the shadows in order to make sure that no shenanigans would be pulled in order to revive them, or do God knows what with them in terms of giving them a second wind as Issei and Asia went over to see what was in the semi-truck in question.
Yet what they saw after Issei had searched and stashed away a luckily undamaged tablet; as they opened up the trailer to it via Issei using his electromagnetism to pry it open, saw something that mortified and disgusted at what they saw as Aika and Freed eventually joined them to see what they were looking at. Which was on either side were rogue exorcists in large containers floating in a strange iridescent liquid, but what was most disturbing of all was the fact that in addition to their hulking frames; they also had plant matter covering their bodies like a form of biological plate mail; that looked as if a Druid played too much Resident Evil when creating them.
"What in God's name even is this?...Who would make such monsters?" Asia wondered flabbergasted too see these abominations
"I don't know, and I especially don't even want to know why they would co-sign to have these…things made...Jesus Christ, I think gonna be sick." Issei said in equal amounts of disgust and revulsion at what he was looking at
"Whatever the fuck these fallen angel fuckers are into, I say we get rid of this bullshit. I am not dealing with a Druid's wet dream, if they get up anytime soon." Freed spoke with a scowl as he looked at the abominations in question
"Better yet, when we get ahold of this Yuuma chick. I'm gonna beat her ass even worse than what I already was…I might be a fucking heathen, but even I draw a line at whatever this shit is." Freed further spoke as his burning scarlet eyes narrowed in disgust
"Trust me, I'm way ahead of you on that…Aika, you mind helping me out here?" Issei asked the bespectacled pervert
"Way ahead of you, Issei. The less I have to look at whatever this horror-show is, the better." Aika said before she and Issei unleashed a warbling inferno of cursed flame and lightning that in the space between a blink and a tear flash incinerated the semi-truck full of abominations
"...So what do we do now? Those fallen angel pricks are getting pretty ballsy if their importing stuff like this from who knows where." Freed questioned wondering what their
next move was going to be
"For now, we stick to the game plan. We're making good progress as is, so for now I say we stay the course." Issei answered back on what he wanted to do
"You sure that's a good idea, Issei? No offense, man, but if the fallen angels here are willing to turn their own people into plant bullshit. Then I say we gotta go in on 'em and hard. Because this shit does not end well if their starting to go into nature fuckery." Freed suggested
"Father Freed does make a good point. If our enemies are resorting to bringing in abominations and Lord knows what else. Then I feel as though we may not have any choice, but to further go on the offensive…Otherwise, I fear that all the progress we have begun to make against them will have been in vain." Asia spoke as while she didn't want to engage in further violence also knew that they had to press their offensive
"...Dang, when you guys put it like that. Then it looks like we don't really have that many options." Issei said as he put his metal bat into the hammerspace within his Boosted Gear gauntlets
"Besides, if their gonna start pulling out the big guns. Then I don't see any reason why we shouldn't." Aika chimed in not seeing a reason why they should be holding back if their enemy wasn't
"Fair point, Aika. Since if these fallen angel jerks aren't gonna fight fair, then why should we…Which means we get to get up to additional shenanigans." Issei said as an impish grin crossed his face
"What kind of shenanigans are we talking about?" Freed questioned
"Let's just say that from now on, we can afford to get a bit more destructive with what we do. So if you and Asia have any big stuff you guys have in the trunk, then feel free to bust it out." Issei told both former holy men as Freed's grin widened
"I do have a handful of techniques that will be useful to the cause…However, I will caution that both you and Aika will need to be out of the way when I do it. My more powerful techniques have the tendency of being indiscriminate." Asia informed/warned Issei and Aika of the dangers that came with her more powerful techniques
"Noted, and what about you? You got anything to help us out?" Aika questioned Freed
"I got a few things up my sleeve. You don't know half of the awesome shit I can do." Freed answered back with a menacing grin on his face
"Lucky for us, we're gonna see that shit pretty soon. Since we're gonna need to be ten toes deep on kicking ass right now." Aika answered back as she and Issei dispelled their Sacred Gears back into their hammerspaces
"Anyways, let's get the fuck out of here. I'm not trying to stick around for any shenanigans." Aika added as everyone nodded before quickly taking off into the night
(2 days later, St. Marie's Cathedral, Kuoh Town, 4:10 Pm, November 28th, 2018)
Meanwhile, Raynare who had been recently informed that her shipment from New Marais had been destroyed was currently fuming at the fact that she was losing ground this quickly.
"Raynare, we need to fall back and call this shit show a loss already. We are taking too many losses for this to be even reasonable anymore." Mittelt spoke knowing that at the rate things were going that this was becoming more trouble than it was worth
"As much as I hate to admit it, Mittelt is right. Its bad enough that that Hyoudou brat and his friends are picking off our forces and making it look like light-work. But now Gremory is getting involved, and with the loss of our shipment of new troops from New Marais. We're looking down the barrel of defeat with this one." Dohnaseek added in reluctant agreement with the shorter fallen angel
"On top of that it is getting pretty hard to justify to Lord Azazel why we are still here…Its only thanks to Mittelt scouting around and reporting back that he's awakened a fucking Longinus; that we're still holding out. But even THAT is working against us, because now he's going to want to see why we haven't recruited him already…I told you, you should've double-tapped the kid when you had a chance, but no you had to treat this like a game, and now look where were at." Dohnaseek further spoke knowing that even with Mittelt's info on Issei's Sacred Gear that things were getting down to the wire
"At this rate, if we don't do something quick. Then he is going to either come here in person to see what's taking what should have been 2 weeks and maybe a month at most. To what's been almost 2 months of diddling around because your a sore loser…At this point, conquering this place for Lord Kokabiel isn't even worth it." Mittelt replied as a frazzled Raynare glared at them both with such anger on her face that a visible aura of menace began to appear
"Then what do you two suggest we do then?! Hmm, because we are not abandoning this place, and letting a bunch of goddamn teenagers beat me! I refuse to let it happen?!" Raynare seethed
"You're the mission leader, you figure it out. Just like you've done everything else so far" Mittelt spoke absolutely done with being stuck in this place
"Listen here you pint-sized little shit, I will not tolerate your back-talking me, you good-for-nothing little cunt!" Raynare said as she backhanded Mittelt so hard that it sent her skidding into an adjacent pieu
"...Go ahead, and throw a temper tantrum. It still won't get us any closer to getting this over with, and it still won't get you any closer to handing this over to your dear ol' dad. Not like he'd care anyways, when your sister damn near has an entire city dead to rights. Meanwhile, your struggling to take over this shithole." Mittelt shot back as an angry Raynare charged up a light mace
"I'll give you something struggle about when Kalawarner has to stitch your jaw back together. So get your ass over here, and take what's coming too you, you miserable little shit!" Raynare growled incensed at being compared to her younger sister before Dohnaseek stepped infront of Mittelt
"Raynare, as much as I would like to see you wail on Mittelt as much as the next person. Do remember that she is also our best scout available…So I would highly advise giving our best tracker brain damage if I were you…Especially, when she is the only one who can track our targets more effectively than anyone else on hand." Dohnaseek spoke knowing they couldn't afford to lose assets when things were working against them already
"...Fine. As much as I can't stand her being a fucking smart-mouth. You are right, Dohnaseek." Raynare said back as Dohnaseek internally breathed a sigh of relief
"However, this still doesn't solve the issue on how we bait Hyoudou into fighting on our terms…No matter where he goes, he always has that 4-eyed bitch with him. And now even the former Holy Maiden herself, and the Saint of Slaughter as well." Raynare further added
"Leave that to me, Raynare. As thanks to Mittelt's scouting around, I know exactly how to draw him out, and beat him into submission…Or if we play our cards right, knock his little ass out so we can steal his Sacred Gear for ourselves." Dohnaseek told Raynare whose expression became less furious and more stern
"What do you have in mind?" Raynare questioned
"All I need is a burner phone that can record a video message, and wards to prevent Devils from going near what I'm going to do…I can't have the Gremory or the Sitri brats interfering." Dohnaseek answered back knowing that this would require nothing but uninterrupted
"I will have some of the mages accompany you for this. However, you better not screw this up, or there will be hell to pay." Raynare warned Dohnaseek who still held a look of confidence on his face
"Relax, Raynare I have it under contrACCKKK!" Dohnaseek said before Raynare grabbed him by the throat and lifted him off the ground with one arm
"Let me make this abundantly clear, Dohnaseek. I want you to get this shit done and have Hyoudou to me on a pedestal with a quickness. Otherwise, you will no longer have the ability to fly or walk after I'm done with you…Are we clear?!" Raynare said back her eyes burning with an irritation and annoyance that bordered on murderous
"C-Crystal." Dohnaseek choked out
"I want to hear you say it louder, so that you understand how much you are not allowed to fuck this up…Now am I clear, Dohnaseek?!" Raynare said as she tightened her grip so hard that the veins in his neck began to bulge out
"C-Cr-Crystal." Dohnaseek choked out before being thrown to Mittelt but not before he used all 4 pairs of wings to catch himself
"Good. Now you two are two go out and canvas the area for where Dohnaseek's mark is. After that, I want you to get started on this plan immediately." Raynare ordered as the two flew off and away while Kalawarner came striding towards her
"And what do you want, Kalawarner? I have enough complaining to go around, and I don't need yours on top of it!" An annoyed and borderline irate Raynare hissed
"I don't want anything, but your sister does…She knows about the shipment she sent you not making it on time, and wants to know why." Kalawarner said to Raynare whose anger halted at hearing the mention of her sister
"How did she?" Raynare questioned
"Your sister is not only a powerful fallen angel similar to yourself, but also a powerful Conduit as well. A conduit who has had over a century to master her powers…What makes you think she wouldn't notice it, despite the distance issue." Kalawarner answered back as she held a Ipad in her hands that she levitated towards her 'leader'
"As both she and her partner, are not happy that those exorcists they sent your way were destroyed within a days arrival…So have fun talking to her." Kalawarner spoke as she used a Mage Hand spell to press answer on the Skype call and teleported away
"Marcinda…What can I do for my 'favorite' sister?" Raynare spoke as the woman in questione glowered at her sister
With Marcinda sharing a few traits with her half-sister being that they both share hair black as pitch, bright magenta-colored eyes, and pale skin, but that was where the similarities ended between them. Given that Marcinda's facial features were considerably harsher than Raynare's, her shoulders broader, and overall build more muscular and imposing in contrast to Raynare's curvaceous yet toned figure, as well as her hair being cut to be a bit past her shoulders yet no less neat and combed back to serve for a more intimidating presence.
Which in combination with her casual clothing when she wasn't doing one of her many day jobs, she dressed in a pair of navy jeans, a long-sleeved shirt with the Dethklok logo on it, a silver St. Peter's cross and necklace around her neck, and a pair of Black-air forces to tie it all together.
"I am calling on our fathers' behalf to know why you are taking so long. By all accounts from all of your boasting, you should have had Kuoh Town in the palm of your hands right now." Marcinda said as she filed her claw-like nails in boredom
"As I knew something was up when you needed by associate's playthings to help you out. However, the fact that they were not so much lost, as they were destroyed within a days arrival of your location…Now that has me interested. So tell me, why are you fucking around instead of getting too it?" Marcinda questioned with a bemused smile keen to hear what her excuse was
"It isn't as simple as you think. That Hyoudou boy I'm dealing with isn't just like you and your associate, but he also has a damned Longinus-Class Sacred Gear on top it. Not to mention he's grouped together with someone that has half of the Vritra Gears, and maybe even some Oni blood in them with how goddamn strong they seem to be. Then on top of that the Saint of Slaughter himself and the former Holy Maiden Asia Argento have joined forces with them…So as you can see, I have had my hands full." Raynare spoke trying not to let her sisters' superior sounding tone of voice rile her up
"...While I can understand the Holy Maiden and Freed Sellzen giving you a hard time. I find it almost hilarious that the boy you were supposed to capture or at least terminate, and his friend are giving you trouble." Marcinda chuckled at how her sisters' adversaries were giving her a supposedly rough time
"This isn't funny, Marcinda. These 4 and now Sirzechs's tramp for a little sister is butting in too." Raynare responded in frustration
"So now you're getting cowed by that ginger's little sister as well…This is just too fucking much…Oh, oh this almost makes up for you and your forces sucking so much." Marcinda chortled
'I almost forgot how insufferable she is.' Raynare said to herself as her hands began to crackle with holy energy
"But in any case, Raynare. You had better step things up considering that father is none to pleased with your dicking around…He allowed you to take this little mission, because he figured you could take out the Satans' pissant little sisters' and have this town in our hands before Thanksgiving. Yet you can't even do that, despite all of that power you have at your fingertips." Marcinda spoke her tone whilst still in a jovial mood carried with it a crushing weight of seriousness behind it
"Honestly, for a pure-blooded fallen angel. You really do our kind a disservice for being this much of a disappointment at a simple task." Marcinda added as Raynare stood up
"Listen here, Marcinda. You don't get to talk down to me like…" Raynare began to rant towards her younger sister before a all too familiar fire appeared around Marcinda
"Careful Ray-Ray. You might be strong, but you are still decades away from bucking up to me. So calm your little ass down, or I will personally drag your sorry ass out of there and have you explain to our father why you've been fucking up this long…Unless you wanna have a 'play-date' so soon." Marcinda warned her as the younger of Kokabiel's daughters had no problem paying her dear sister a visit to 'play'
"Then what do you suggest I do?" Raynare questioned through gritted teeth knowing that to try and buck up to Marcinda would be against her best interests
"Simple. You get the lead out, and for you to crush these idiots like you have some purpose in your step. For God sakes, Raynare, it shouldn't take you this long to lock down a town like this. I'd understand if it were a place more heavily guarded like Kyoto, Athens, or Gothenburg…But this…this is just embarrassing." Marcinda said as she used the grapefruit ball of fire that she'd conjured to light a cigar for herself to smoke
"Sooo, get it in gear, treat this like an actual battlefield for once, and get this done NOW! It was bad enough to have my resources squandered on something like this. The last thing I need is to let my elder sister embarrass me more than what she already has thus far…So get it together and quick! Am I clear with you?" Marcinda further spoke before blowing out a puff of dark smoke
"Crystal." Raynare ground out
"Good. Now then, I expect not to have this conversation with you again…I managed to convince Father to be more generous than what he should, and give you till the end of next month to get this done…Do not let this be in vain, Raynare. Otherwise, I'll burn that pretty little face you care for until you learn to be more diligent." Marcinda said before ending the Skype call as Raynare tried to smash the tablet into pieces only to find that a bubble of arcane energy appeared around it to prevent its destruction
"Great, now I have Marcinda looking down on me, and father no doubt furious with me. On top of not having this blasted town in my hands…RRRAAAGGGHHHH, just my rotten luck!" Raynare hollered out as in a fit of rage she blasted several rows worth of pieus to dust with holy light
'But at least I will send this town out with a bang before the new year arrives.' Raynare swore to herself as her eyes glowed with nothing but sinister intentions
Now with Issei having awakened his Boosted Gear, and Raynare's assistance from New Marais of all places having been thwarted; it seems as though the daughter of Kokabiel may decide to ramp the intensity to conquer Kuoh for good…How will things transpire as the action begins to escalate for those involved?...Stay tuned and find out on the new episodes of, The INfamous Dragon Emperor!
Alright, that'll do it for this one as we finish with Part 1 of the Fallen Angel arc, and as a heads up expect for people to get a fucked up more than what they would in canon, as now that I'm back on a DXD story…I'm gonna see how much I can mix up canon; because oh boy are a lot of people gonna start being a problem! That being said, I want to thank everyone who has decided to join me for the wild ride that is going to be this story, and the future events that will come out of it as I can't wait to show you what I'm cooking with this, and hope you and everyone that y'all might share it with can experience it as well.
That being said and my continued gratitude aside, this is Pravus666 signing off till next time as the next episode we get into the 2nd Part of the Fallen Angel arc. So have fun for that and all the shenanigans I've got planned for it.
Part 1 Theme Song: Back from the Dead by Halestorm
Random End Song: Denial by Sevendust
Now then onto some of the reviews from the last installment
SpartanKing J: They are as it stands 2 different power systems (although personally I think Haki is the better one all things considered). Btw, I didn't even realize I was turning him into Liu Kang until you mentioned it lol, as I just figured it would be cool to have the whole fire and lightning combo going for him. Also, I am glad you like where I'm going with Issei's pursuit of his passions regarding his art/animation/cosplay hussle, since it just felt like one of those things that rarely gets explored in stories that would actually add a good deal of depth to Issei's overall character...Also, Issei's splintering in regards to the karmic decisions he makes going forward will start to happen after the next chapter, for reasons I don't want to spoil, as all I can say is that he's gonna get his world shaken from is all.
Guest: I'm happy that you liked Rias's character development since I want her growth to come from the fact that unlike in most stories, she feels legit accountability and guilt from what she's let happen in her own territory. Also, regarding if she becomes like Vergil...considering how the events of the story may go it all depends on how she takes the ending of the Fallen Angel arc is all I'm gonna say.
UnsanMusho: Glad you liked the chapter and the character development overall, as we are just getting started for what I've got planned for everyone. However, Sona's little detention spree is gonna come back around when Issei and company have that meeting with Rias and Sona;since you don't just do that and expect everyone not to hold it against you when you ask them to join up with you.
SolSparda: And while that is far considering that he does have every right too feel that way. Issei's anger is probably gonna be turned more towards Azazel than anything considering that had he properly vetted the people he sent out on the mission to begin with, then Issei probably wouldn't have died to begin with.
Obsidian Nova Arc: Yeah, as nothing personal but Kiba had the misfortune of finding out that Issei's holy powers act like an auto-defense regarding Devils, and as such is trying to train to get a handle on it, since you now its great and all but...really doesn't help when you can't turn it off of your own accord. Also, Sirzechs won't be showing up despite it considering that its a combination of his position as a Satan keeping him busy, and because he trust Rias to handle things more than in canon and as such won't show up unless it super dire. Also, Aika doesn't really care for them as she's like...'I have superpowers and super strength, I'm pretty sure I can do just fine without 'em...unless they have a minigun, then I call dibs.'