To start this off, I won't be making any more blind, meaningless promises. I won't promise that I will update in regular intervals, or tell you I know what I'm doing, because I would be lying. I will try to update this story as often as I can. That could be days apart, or months. Thank you so much for everyone who has continued to read this story. It shows me you all like this story, or like what it has in store... Well, if you keep reading it, then there must be something good at least?... Right? Right?!
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Justin D: you are too right man, hit the nail on the head. Enter the Elemental Dragon.
ZAR ROMANOV: "…" indeed!
Xerzo LotCN: With Sona? What's the context? I don't understand. And the cliff hanger? Yea, but next to, if not, everyone knows who it is. I do like Koneko in the canon, so I'd like her to be one of the main girls. The problem was I had to re write a bit of that scene, because I had an epiphany – I can't make Issei too strong yet. I had to do the same in previous chapters. Kiba was venting his frustration, trying to find some exorcist to give him answers, as revealed at the end. I also want Issei to remember Irina at a different time, and she doesn't recognize him as he has changed so much since they were kids, he used to be energetic and fun, but this Issei was different.
NinjaFang1331: Thank you man, means a lot that people still like it.
Rogue Dragon forever: I know you posted that for chapter 2, but if you do read this, it's honestly fine if you don't like what I have done with Asia. I just didn't want my story to be too similar to canon, and wanted a change. If you don't like it, I won't take offense. My stuff isn't everyone's thing, I understand.
And Zesterios, if you did read this chapter man, I want to give you a shout out for your constant belief in me throught the story, right back to the start. I really hope you are still reading this, as you were one of the first to give me the determination to continue this. It may sound cringey and cheesy as hell, but thanks man.
Here's the next chapter. ENJOY!
"Talking"
'Thinking'
[Svarkova talking to Issei]
[Svarkova speaking out loud]
Chapter 15
Issei was sitting on the roof of his house, staring off into the night sky, gazing up at the stars. But he was far from peaceful. Rias awoke from their bed without Issei in it. She looked around the house, not worried, but curious where Issei had gone. When she had went outside, her eye had caught Issei on the roof, gazing into the dark, beautiful abyss. The way the moon shone off his face made him look tranquil: at peace. It made her heart skip a beat, still brimming with love for him.
But then she looked at his eyes. He looked... troubled. His eyes were the control mechanism for his power, and as a result, his feeling. 'It really is true what they say: the eyes are a window to the soul.' Rias thought.
Issei heard a light flutter of wings, and as he looked around, his sight was met with Rias in her silk, white night gown, floating down from her ascent. Once she landed, she retracted her wings, and sat beside her lover looking up at the moon; the same way Issei was moments ago. The two sat in silence for a moment, as Issei returned his gaze to the moon.
Then he spoke. "Am I really your pet?" He spoke with childlike curiosity, yet with a sorrowful undertone, still gazing to the sky with a blank stare. Rias' heart skipped a beat at his words, then she became enraged.
"Those damn exorcists! Putting things in your head! Just wait 'till I find those two!" She got up to find the two, but Issei continued.
"All that I do these days, it depends on your say. I mean, do I really have any free will anymore? Have I been fooled into blindly following and loving a devil?" Rias was about to take that as an insult, but she saw Issei's gaze turn towards the roof beneath him, and it was filled with self-doubt. He wasn't trying to insult her, he was simply confused.
She tried to say something to sway his way of thinking, but nothing came out of her mouth. He looked directly at her now. "What am I, Rias? Am I really me anymore? I'm so confused." He whispered the last part, holding back tears.
Now, if Rias' heart hurt before, it was in agony now. She let out a sad gasp and held his head close to hers. "You are you, Issei. Nothing will ever change that. And no. You are not a pet. You are my lover. I would never do anything to trick you. Please! Issei, please believe me!" She cried into his shoulder.
The sound of sobs kicked some sense back into him. The teen was stunned by her emotions, realising how idiotic he had been. Rias was still crying into his shoulder, when she felt his arm wrap around her and pull her to a lying position. She looked up at him, and noticed he was staring at the stars. He turned to look at her and whispered.
"I'm sorry Rias. I only now realised I was an idiot. Please forgive me." Then he kissed her on the head and held her close to him, so close, it was as if he was afraid she was going to vanish right there and then. She punched him lightly in the arm and hid her face in his side.
"Idiot. It's not your fault." She looked up to him with teary eyes, and kissed him with all of her passion; rolling him onto his back, with her straddling his waist, still kissing him. Once they stopped their show of mutual compassion, she rested her head on his chest.
"I know, I'm an idiot." He confessed sheepishly.
"Yeah, but you're my idiot." She whispered in his ear. He didn't say another word as he picked her up without struggle, activated his wings and flew both of them back inside. She got undressed and climbed in bed. Issei undressed with his back facing her. She gazed at his mass number of scars, not troubled by them anymore. She accepted them now. She knew they were Issei's and she knew he would never try get rid of them.
He climbed back into bed with her and held her in his strong arms. They drifted off into sleep in those positions.
In Issei's mind, a figure wrapped in blackness chuckled. "He finally accepted it. Huh. He would do you proud, Revous." Before fading away.
After the fiasco last night, both Rias and Issei had realised that the Longinus wielder really needed help. His mind was that of a broken child, not really seeing the world as it is: the horrible, hate-filled place. But now that the two had acknowledged it, it became a lot simpler to help.
The two got dressed and ready for school, walking hand-in-hand through the gate. The pupils of the school, once hating the two together, the girls wanting Issei, and the boys wanting Rias, now next to all of them were happy with the two going out, as they looked genuinely happy together, sighing sadly to themselves, yet happy deep down. I say next to all.
"Fuck you Issei!" Matsuda shouted. "Stop showing off! Just because you can pay a slut to walk with you into school doesn't mean you're cool!" He finished, standing 'menacingly' about five meters in front of Issei and Rias.
"Yeah! And we're here to beat your ass up!" Motohama finished. Issei was about to open a can of whoop ass on them for slagging off his lover, but fate seemed to have a different idea for the two.
"Shut up you perverts!" Katase shouted and drove her fist right into Matsuda's skull, while Murayama finished off Motohama with her kendo stick. Hannai just walked up to the Keno Duo, chuckling, while lifting them off the Perverted Duo, still wailing upon the two with Holy Fury.
"Come on you two, no fighting in school." She jokingly said to the duo. Hannai sent an eye roll towards Issei and Rias.
"They deserve it Han-chan! Issei did nothing wrong, and these two low-lives were picking on him for no good reason! It's not fair!" Murayama shouted, trying to get off of Hannai's grip.
The bell rang.
"Come on idiots, we have to go to class now. See you Ise, Rias." Hannai smiled at her King and fellow peerage member/crush.
"Bye Hannai-chan." Issei waved, amused by the trio's actions.
After class, the club met up, with everyone present, excluding one: Kiba.
"To start off, has anyone seen Kiba?" Rias asked.
Akeno replied, "I haven't had word of him since he left yesterday-" And as if by magic, the Knight burst through the double doors, covered in blood and a terrified look was seen in his eyes.
"Kiba! What happened?!" Rias jumped up and ran to him, checking him, as Hannai started on the healing process with her Sacred Gear.
"A rouge priest has an Excalibur fragment, and he's going around the streets taking out all nearby priests." Kiba struggled to get the words out as he was sat down by Akeno, his wounds healing rapidly.
Issei was deep in thought, then he looked to Kiba, "Where was this?" Kiba told him where he was, and Issei sprinted out the door at a rapid pace.
"Issei! Stop!" Rias tried to shout to him, but he was too far to hear. She had to focus on Kiba for the time being, to try and get more information out of him before helping Issei. She was sure that Issei would be fine, though. She witnessed first-hand what Issei could do if he was pushed far enough.
Kokabiel was fuming. "I hate the human realm; the air is so un-pure here. Still, if I can re-ignite the war, then it will all be worth it." He had set up a hidden base in Kuoh, getting ready for his plan to start. It was simple, really: kill both the Maou's siblings and they would react with fury, calling for a war against the Fallen Angels.
A lacky of the Cadre entered the room. "Here is the last known information of the Gremory Heir, sir." He handed Kokabiel a folder of information.
Kokabiel flipped through it. "When was this last updated?" He questioned the grunt at the door.
"About six months ago, Lord Kokabiel. We couldn't find anything useful on the Sitri Devil." Answered the man. Kokabiel grunted and dismissed the Fallen angel. He looked at the pictures and information about Rias' peerage and their aforementioned King.
Rias Gremory:
One Queen, Himejima Akeno: Other alias', "Priestess of Thunder".
Known blood relatives: Father, Baraqiel, Fallen Angel Cadre.
"Hmm, interesting, I could use Baraqiel to my advantage." He mused. It continued.
One Rook, Toujou Koneko: Other alias', none.
Known blood relatives: None known to the Grigori.
One Knight, Yuuto Kiba: Other alias', none.
Known blood relatives: None known to the Grigori.
One Bishop, Vladi Gasper: Other alias', none.
Known blood relatives: Tepes clan.
"So, he's a vampire?" Kokabiel wondered out loud.
King, Rias Gremory: Other alias', "Crimson-Haired Ruin Princess", "Princess of Destruction".
Known blood relatives: Brother, Sirzechs Lucifer (previously Gremory.)
"It's not very detailed, but I'll have to make do." He sighed. "Hmm, where is Freed?"
Issei tore through the streets, making good use of his electrical speed to reach his destination. Once he came around the last corner, he saw his target. Insane priest, Freed Selzan.
He was too engrossed in the dead priest on the ground to notice Issei. He was currently carving a smile onto the priest, mumbling and giggling to himself as he did.
Issei took a few steps forward. "Hey! You!" He shouted to the white-haired exorcist. Said man looked up, and grinned, sensing that the teen in front of him was a Devil.
"Ah! Another Devil to fight! So many shits to kill in this town! Let's try out Excalibur Rapidly-chan! Kokabiel-sama will be happy that I took out so many shitty devils HAHAHAHAHAHA!" He exclaimed, jumping up and down like a child on a sugar rush.
"So you attacked Kiba-san?" Issei asked, while the priest nodded his head up and down rapidly as he drew his sword, which emanated a strong holy aura. Issei's eyes went cold.
"Balance Break." "Balance Break, Elemental Armour!" {Mode Change, Raging Fire Opposer!}
Issei's signature jet black armour donned his figure, his eyes glowing red, flames snaking his body. Freed's jaw dropped slightly at the sight in front of him. This was going to be a tough fight.
Freed ran towards the teen, using Excalibur Rapidly's speed to propel him, and Issei rushed the white-haired lunatic. The met in the middle, swords clashing, sending off insane amounts of power.
They pushed back and Issei sent another swing of his sword at Freed, who blocked it, but didn't see Issei's leg sweep under Freed, causing him to lose his balance and fall. When he was on the ground, Issei stabbed his sword into Freed, piercing his side, missing all vital organs.
As Freed screamed in pain, the flames on the sword snaked down onto freed, entering his wound, and started to burn his from the inside, increasing his screams. He tightened his grip on Rapidly, and used some of the Holy Aura to put out the flames, and took out a small ball out of his pocket.
"I'm getting the fuck out of here!" He shouted and was about to throw it, but Issei's mind went on autopilot, as magical words flew through his head, telling him what to do. Issei didn't know what to make of this, but followed the instructions.
As the words came to him, he created a magic circle, and placed it on Freed, as the rouge priest threw the ball on the ground, disappearing in a blinding flash of light.
When his vision cleared, Freed was nowhere to be seen. Issei dispelled his armour.
'Scarlett, what was that about?' He asked the being inside his mind.
[I actually don't know, Issei. I wasn't in control of the words. I haven't seen of that type of magic before, it seems to be an unknown type of magic.] Svarkova answered, equally confused. Issei then dropped to his knees, an icy breath flew out of Issei's mouth, feeling slightly nauseated and tired.
[Hold on Ise, you using your Balnce Breaker so often is really taxing on you. Try not to use it for a while, just until I refigure your body.] Svarkova warned the boy.
It was fair after all, he had only recently activated his Balance Breaker, and he was constantly using it, relying solely on it. It did have some cons using it when your body isn't ready.
Issei then began to make his way back to the school.
He stumbled his way back into the ORC, everyone still there as they were trying to get small bits of information out of the now-healed Kiba. He told those who didn't know of his past about the Holy Sword Project. As the Longinus wielder came through the door, all eyes were on him.
As he dropped onto the free sofa, Rias dropped beside him, looking worriedly into his eyes, scouring his body for injuries.
"Where did you go?! Are you hurt?! Are you mad?! Did you find the priest?! Wh-" The red-head threw questions at Issei, before he cupped her chin, and pulled her into a deep kiss, surprising all the others in the room. Hannai looking at the ground, her heart sore.
After they pulled apart, Rias looked at him with glazed eyes. "What... What was that for?" She questioned, not understanding what brought upon this little delight.
"It was the only way to get you to stop talking for a second and breathe before you passed out." He admitted, with Rias' look turning sheepish with a blush. "Anyway, I found the rouge priest, and almost got him but he escaped. Worse news though." Everyone's eyes widened as Issei's voice went lower and his eyes narrowed.
"He had a sword called Excalibur Rapidly. He was so fast. He also said something before he attacked." Everyone drew closer at that part, as Issei locked eyes with the group. "He talked about Kokabiel being happy with him. I think he's in Kuoh."
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