"Sona's Chance"
A Highschool DxD fanfiction written by Christopher'Zazel
Chapter 16 "What does the Fox Say?"
Scene (Streets of Kyoto)
In one of the marketplace districts of the large city, Sona's peerage along with Serrafall and Issei were spotted, all walking in one large group. Tsubaki was leading the party along as she looked to be using the GPS on her phone. All was pretty quiet, aside from Serafall cheerfully whistling one of the opening theme songs to her "Milky Spiral" series. Issei knew it was the fourth season intro, but was too focussed on the task that was in front of him to comment. Sona noticed Issei's stare, as it was off into the distance. He didn't have the usual smile or even his normally relaxed features in which his face would naturally frown. No, this was anger. Though it was held in check, it was clearly anger.
Sona got to learn a little more about Issei today. Aside from what happened on the train, she found out that Issei has a natural hatred for those that hurt children in any way. That in itself caused something to happen deep within Sona, something foreign to her. What the Sitri heiress failed to identify was her own maternal instinct, creeping up on her little by little. So, as Issei continued to walk forward with both of his hands, still balled into fists while maintaining a hardly noticeable scowl, Sona would walk right next to him, while occasionally glancing toward his face. Whenever she did this, her expression conveyed a new found sense of respect and admiration.
Serafall also had her thoughts involving Issei Hyoudou and she found his words, (although they were whispered to Sona and Tsubaki), beyond heroic. But, at the same time, the Mao wasn't really surprised by Issei's reaction, in fact, she was counting on it.
"We should be close to Daitoku-ji Temple. It's supposed to be north-west of the main city. However, I am very surprised a rival Youkai faction would hide out in such a public location." Tsubaki put her phone down and looked toward the intersection between the next block. "Alright, there, we've arrived."
Scene (Yasaka Castle, 1 Hour Earlier)
"Alright kids, so, here's the mission. Yasaka chan had her poor Kunou taken from her in the middle of the night. A ransom letter was left on the girl's pillow. It said that she is being held at some temple and she won't be released until their demands are met." Serafall, (who was standing in front of a blackboard), began to scribble on it with a piece of chalk. She drew a quick box that was separated with a line through the middle. Inside the first side of the box, the Mao wrote, "Ryoko Yuki Jyorou". After finishing, she then proceeded to write another name in the second side of the box which reads, "Sakura Okuri Inu". Serafall then turns around and looks at each member of the peerage with a sparkle to her blue eyes.
"Ryoko and Sakura are trouble makers. Hehe" Serafall then moves toward the other side of the chalkboard while skipping like a child. Now scribbling once again, the words "Daitoku-ji Temple". Once finished, the Mao looked gingerly back at the peerage. "From what I remember of Ryoko, she told me that the land in where Daitoku-ji was built, well, it used to be the home of her ancient ancestors. As far as Sakura was concerned, she always followed Ryoko around like a little lost puppy."
Sona spoke up while standing from her seat. "Serafall, are you telling me that you somehow are in connection with these criminal youkai?"
Tilting her head toward her sister, the Leviathan Mao's smile now turns into a frown. "So tan! No! You don't call me…!"
Serafall was cut off the moment a very serious Issei stood up and spoke very softly. "Serafall, is Yasaka san's daughter in any danger? If she is, we should get to this temple and take care of things, sooner than later."
Serafall, Sona, Tsubaki and the rest of the peerage now have their eyes on an Issei. This was a different person, not the usual happy go lucky one, not the sad one that was hurting, no, this was something else. Nobody said a word. That was until Saji stood up from between Momo and Ruruko.
Saji then shows a confident smirk. "Hyoudou's right, we should find the kid. After that, we can chew some bubblegum, then claim we ran out, then open a huge can of whoopass!"
Issei turned his attention to a grinning Saji. Looking blank at first, Issei then began to creep a small smirk of his own. Seeing this, Serafall also has her smile return as Sona looks to be holding in one of her own.
Scene (Daitoku-ji Temple, Front Gates, Present Time)
Looking around the large and old Japanese relic, Sona then nods to herself. "Tsubaki, help me to create a barrier." At her King's orders, the Queen of the Sitri peerage assists Sona in creating a large and violet colored barrier which overtakes what seems like miles of land. Once completed, both girls took a small but deep breath.
Instantly everyone jumped the moment two women walked through the temple gates. They looked to have a third and much smaller individual who was being pulled along behind them by a long rope.
Looking at both women, Issei thought they were pretty at first, but then he looked at what was behind them. Both of the kidnappers were wearing traditional kimonos and had completely different features. The one on the left looked like your fantasy snow maiden. She had white hair with silver-blue eyes. Her Kimono was pure white as pale clouds of frost followed her footsteps. The other one was wearing a jet black Kimono along with a thick pair of beads around her neck. She had animal-like features, mainly pointed and black canine ears along with a matching and fluffy tail. Her hands brandished long claws while her mouth sported long and sharp teeth. So, the snow maiden must be Ryoko while the dog girl is Sakura. Meanwhile, the little girl that Issei had his direct attention on was tiny. She was blonde, like her mother, along with a pair of her own little fox ears. Wearing a red and white Kimono, the girl was bound by her wrists with a rope that was being held by the one known as Sakura.
Then Ryoko points behind Issei while showing off a nasty scowl. "Serafall, you bitch! So, whiny Yasaka came crying to you? Damn it! This is all your fault Sakura!"
The dog woman looks back at the snow maiden while scowling herself. "Pfft, I don't need to hear that coming from your apprehensive ass! We both agreed, taking the little fox shit from the Queen of Kyoto will get us lots and lots of cold hard cash! So don't you start making this my fault!"
Issei is grinding his teeth. Sona looks back at Tsubaki as the two nod at one another. Meanwhile, Serafall throws both of her arms into the air while stretching. This gains the attention of everyone.
After her loud yawn, Serafall blinks a few times and spots a bench close by. Smiling, the Mao speaks up while rubbing her eyes. "Boo, I'm tired. I am going to rest my eyes for a bit. Wake me if you need something." Serafall then ignores all of the puzzled looks that she is receiving and proceeds to curl up onto the wooden bench and close her eyes. Sona's eyebrow twitches the moment she hears obviously fake snoring sounds coming from her big sister.
Both Sakura and Ryoko look at each other and grin. They then slowly look back at their contenders while maintaining both of their evil smirks.
Sona then relays a quiet order to Tsubaki. "Let's do it."
Instantly Sona throws a hand into the air and above her head. Tsubaki then jumps behind Sona while brandishing her Mirror Alice Sacred Gear. To everyone's surprise, Sona now had a large ball of water, manifested above her head. It was easily the size of a double-decker bus. However, instead of tossing this ball of water toward the enemies in front, Sona turns around and fires it, (point blank), toward Tsubaki. Once shot, Tsubaki holds her mirror toward the center of her chest as it instantly absorbs the attack. Then, Sona ducks down while smirking. Instantly Mirror Alice releases the blast of water at unbelievable speeds, directed toward the two enemies near the front gates of the temple.
Issei's teeth grinding went to a sudden halt as he watched, (as if it were slow motion), Sona and Tsubaki's attack make its way toward the two, (still grinning), youkai. Then, the snow maiden waved her arm in a casual manner. Before the large blast of water could impact the two kidnappers, it was somehow deflected back toward the peerage. Instantly, most of the peerage, (aside from Sona, Tsubaki, Saji and Issei), were soaked to the brim as the magical water hit them with intensity. Not moments after, the soaked girls all began to freeze into place.
Sona and Tsubaki both had their jaws go agape. Saji called for his sacred gear, Vitra and proceeded to shoot his drain line toward the dog-girl. Smirking, the Sitri pawn's line wrapped itself around it's targets arm.
Realizing that there was something on her arm, Sakura looked toward the producer of this strange and black rope. Seeing a smirking teen boy, the dog youkai proceeded to use her intense physical strength to simply yank on Saji's sacred gear. Now Saji found himself being pulled into the air. He was stopped suddenly once his face met with the youkai's closed fist.
Seeing this happen made Issei cringe for Saji as the teen was now passed out on the ground, next to the clawed feet of Sakura. Meanwhile the dog youkai was unwinding Vitra's drain line from around her arm while grinning. Seeing his "rival" laying on the ground while passed out, seeing most of the peerage, glued to the ground with ice, seeing a scared and crying little girl who just wanted to be with her mother, the teen couldn't take much more of this.
"President!" Issei shouts at the top of his voice.
Looking back at a determined and pissed off looking Issei, Sona nods back at him with a bit of nervousness.
"I need permission to be promoted. I don't want to waste anymore time. All I will need is ten seconds and this will all be nothing more than an inconvenient memory!" Issei then looks in the distance at the cowering Kunou. Grinding his teeth he continued to speak with a much lower tone. "I need to show these bitches that it's not okay to fuck with kids!"
Sona looks at Tsubaki and the two nod at each other. Now looking down at the ring she was given, Sona shows a slight yet worried smile. "Okay, Hyoudou, show us all what you can do. Permission granted."
Without a second glance, Issei throws his arm up into the air. This gathers the attention of Ryoko and Sakura. Then, both of the youkai-girls' eyes widen in horror.
"Welsh Dragon Over Booster, Balance Breaker, Scalemail! Promotion Queen!" After Issei declared these words, he was instantly enveloped in a very bright, overwhelming and very red glow. After a large pulse of energy, everyone that was within the vicinity, (aside from a sleeping Serafall), fell to their knees. All felt this overwhelming feeling of sheer exhaustion as the glowing burst of red continued to grow and grow. Sona was on one of her knees while gasping heavily. She then looked toward her Queen who was doing the same exact thing.
"Tsubaki, are, are you alright?" Sona then looked toward the rest of her peerage. Aside from the passed out Saji, (near the feet of Sakura), each and every frozen member was now free of their ice prisons. The problem however was that they all fell onto their knees or stomachs from the intense pressure that was clearly coming from Issei. To add to further concern, Sona's ring instantly bursted into red dust.
Looking back now toward the red glow, Sona's eyes widened as much as they possibly could. As the red light diminished, an armored figure, tall and crimson, stood tall with all of its heavenly-dragonic glory. The peerage, (those who were still conscious), looked in awe as Issei stood in a now, very aggressive looking stance.
"TEN SECONDS PARTNER, IT BEGINS NOW!" Hearing the words of something else coming from this red-clad armored figure, both Youkai kidnappers began to worry greatly. As they were both on their knees, Sakura, (the stronger of the two), struggled to get to her feet. Without a second's notice, Issei vanished from his position.
Sakura, (who was almost on both of her feet again), felt a sudden pain to her abdomen. Before she knew it, wind was flying against her face as she was now airborne. As she attempted to make sense of her predicament, a sudden and loud (clunk) brought her clarity, instantaneously. Only Sona and Tsubaki were barely able to keep up with Issei's ungodly speeds. At first, it looked as though he rushed toward the dog youkai and elbowed her directly in her stomach which sent her flying. She also no longer had hold of Kunou's rope. After that, Sakura ended up colliding with a very large and very old cherry blossom tree. One on the ground, she didn't seem to be moving. Before Sona and Tsubaki got the chance to turn their attention to the snow maiden, it was all too late.
"DRAGON SHOT!"
All that could be seen was a red blast that impacted Ryoko with great force. As she screamed in agony, she also looked to now be airborne. Interestingly enough, the snow maiden made her way at incredible speeds toward the very same tree her partner-in-crime managed to collide with. (CLUNK)
After another second, both girls woozily stood up. However, this was only for a split second as Issei appeared in between the two. To their sudden shock, both youkai now that their heads butt against one another as Issei had both of his clawed hands on each of the youkai necks. This clearly knocked both girls out as they hit the soft ground with loud thumps.
Armored Issei just stands in his position, under the large cherry blossom tree. Petals began to fall from the tree and onto Issei's crimson armor. His helmet is looking down at both kidnappers. Then, his head turns toward a whimpering Kunou. She is on her knees with her hands still bound. Realizing he should have just enough time, Issei dashes toward the little fox girl while using one of his claws to release the girl.
As Kunou looks up at her savior, Issei speaks up while feeling his energy drain very quickly. In Issei's Balance Breaker Voice, the teen speaks up weakly. "Are, are, are you okay, kiddo? Don't worry, we'll get you back to your mom in no time…." At Kunou's feet, Issei falls completely unconscious. As his body hits the ground, his armor shatters into magical bits of red dust.
D'draig then shouts out in a very proud voice. "RESET! NOW REST, PARTNER, YOU'VE EARNED IT!"
Kunuo begins to cry even louder while reaching for Issei's body as he lays flat on his back with his eyes closed. "Noooo! What's wrong? Get up? Somebody, help him!"
Finally able to move their bodies, the peerage all begin to stand up, including Saji, (who now has a very black left eye). Sona and Tsubaki waste zero time running toward Issei's side. Both girls look at each other.
"Yawn! Oh good golly, that was a great nap! Oh, looks like Issei took care of this little mess. See, I told you sis, Issei's a good boy!" Serafall, (who was now sitting up from the wooden bench), began to stretch her arms once again.
Sona goes livid. "Serafall, what's wrong with ISSEI!"
Okay, that's where I am going to leave it for now. I ran this by a few of my discordies, and believe me, it took a while. Mainly coming up with these kidnapper Youkai. I don't usually do OC's, but in this situation, (considering how many Youkai exist), I just couldn't help myself. Thanks Overlord for sticking with me in all of this. Like what I do and want more? Join my Discord! Link: /pJNvbPHx
