Day 2 of DxDecember. If you are wondering what DxDecember is, it is my attempt to summon season 5 of DxD, with 5 updates across my DxD stories, over 5 days, from December 5. This one is a shorter chapter compared to the chapter for HOAD yesterday though.
This is the last of the, what I would call, unoriginal chapters for this story. Basically, chapter 1 was the light novel and chapter 2 is the anime. I have already done chapter 3 and it is up on my pat reon, as well as 30+ chapters for a bunch of other stories, some including DxD and some being chapters for my new Danmachi story, which is being exclusively being posted on pat reon until FF can get itself back together, which will hopefully be soon.
Back to this story though, from chapter 3 though, every chapter can be taken as the start of its own story. Essentially, they will all be a vehicle to set up a story and I would be happy for anyone to take them and run with it as a story. The underlying story thread here though will be of Raynare, so I won't be turning any of them into stories.
Well, with all of that being said, two discords worth joining for a bit more discussion, my discord. gg/ mgAZ9GGuFG and another discord for more banter with a lot more writers and readers discord. gg/ veQrzjgNYh.
Well, with all of that said, enjoy the next episode of Raynare's Groundhog Life.
SSJ3 Kyuubi Gohan.
Disclaimer – I don't own anything from the High School DxD anime/manga/light novel. All I own are my original characters and plot twists.
'Talking'
"Thinking"
*expression*
Flashback
Chapter 2 – Anime route
-Nineteenth of April-
'Issei, there is something special I want to do to celebrate our first date.' Said Yuuma, looking towards a beautiful fountain, the sunlight spearing through the droplets and creating the briefest and smallest rainbows most had ever seen.
'W-what is it that you want me to do?' Asked Issei, enamoured with the sight of his beautiful girlfriend in such a fantastical setting.
'Will you die for me?' Asked the dark-haired girl, a sinister edge in her voice.
A cold, dead silence gripped the world, as though time itself was holding its breath.
'Eh? I think I misheard you there, can you repeat what you said?' Asked Issei, scratching the back of his head in confusion.
'Will you die for me?' Repeated the beauty.
'Aha, are you playing a joke on me, Yuuma? That's so funny.' Laughed Issei nervously.
The sight which occurred after this question was asked was truly a unique one. The dark-haired girl rose into the sky before her clothing was shredded. During this process, the girl transformed physically as well, becoming taller and more curvaceous. A pair of large black wings emerged from her back and straps of leather wrapped over the most sensitive parts of her body, as well as a few other areas. While this transformation occurred, Issei was transfixed at the unimaginable scene.
'It was fun, the time I spent with you. It was like playing house with a small child.' Said Yuuma, her tone sounding much deeper and far more menacing than previously.
Suddenly, a purple spear of light materialised in Yuuma's hand. Its form was shaky and not fully formed, seeming to waver between a solid and liquid state. Moments later, the ill-formed weapon thudded into the gut of the confused boy, piercing his stomach, and leaving a fist sized hole in his abdomen.
'Sorry, you were a threat to us due to your Sacred Gear, so we decided to get rid of you early. If you want to blame someone, blame God who put that Sacred Gear inside of you.' Said Yuuma, not knowing that she had just tempted fate, again.
The dark-winged supernatural being then flew away into the night air, leaving her date to bleed out and die, satisfied with a job well done.
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-Twentieth of April-
Waking the next morning, Raynare seemed quite pleased with herself, but there was a twinge at the back of her neck.
"Maybe I overexerted myself with that throw." Thought Raynare, before deciding it was nothing to worry about and worked on getting herself ready for the extraction to come, only for her mood to sour once one of her associates returned that night.
'Raynare, why is your boy-toy still alive? I just ran into him and the Gremory Heiress came to his aid when I tried to clean up your mess.' Questioned Dohnaseek.
'You're joking? That little devil must have just been waiting for him to die to revive him. Well, it doesn't matter, he only has a Twice Critical anyway.' Said Raynare unconcerned.
'That's still a loose end. Better be more careful next time.' Said Dohnaseek.
"Next time?" Thought Raynare with a confused expression.
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-Twenty-first of April-
'You're kidding me, you ran into him too and he beat you?' Questioned Raynare in disbelief.
'He didn't beat me, he wrecked my outfit, there is a difference.' Scoffed Kalawarner.
'And even though you knew already he was part of the Gremory Peerage, you still thought it was a good idea to attack him?' Asked Raynare in exasperation.
'He got a lucky shot in; I didn't expect him to know how to use his Sacred Gear.' Said Kalawarner.
'The Twice Critical? You are telling me a Twice Critical caught you off guard.' Said Raynare with a deadpan.
'Like I said, it was a lucky shot.' Huffed Kalawarner, before walking off.
"Kalawarner isn't that weak that a Twice Critical would surprise her… she is weak, but she isn't that weak." Thought Raynare.
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-Twenty-third of April-
Raynare sat in the highest room of the church and watched as her target and former prey made their way towards her. Asia Argento, the nun who possessed the Sacred Gear Twilight Healing and was recently excommunicated. Beside her, was Issei Hyoudou, wielder of a pathetic Twice Critical. For some reason, Raynare involuntarily frowned, almost as though something she thought wasn't right. Moments later, Raynare saw the boy had led Asia to a reasonable distance from the church, before walking off.
'Sister Argento, so nice of you to have made it here safe and sound.' Said Raynare.
'Ah, thank you Lady Raynare, I was truly blessed that a kind local helped me find my way here.' Said Asia.
'Well wasn't that nice of them, come now, let me show you around and introduce you to the others.' Said Raynare.
'Consider this place your home for now. These three will also do their best to keep you safe from any harm.' Said Raynare, gesturing to Kalawarner, Dohnaseek and Mittelt.
'I'll be in your care, please look after me, noble ones.' Said Asia, missing the smirk of the others as she bowed.
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-Twenty-fifth of April-
'Why the hell is Freed asking for help? If this is that Gremory girl again I'm going to be seriously pissed off.' Growled Raynare as the group of fallen angels arrived at the place Freed had been stationed.
'What happened Freed?' Asked Raynare.
'This corrupt nun tried to protect a devil and then the rest of those heathens showed up and ran away like cowards. The next time I tell you to set up a proper barrier, do it.' Said Freed, turning towards Asia at the end.
'I wasn't trying to protect a devil, I was trying to protect my friend.' Said Asia.
'Well Asia, aside from you and Freed, the only presences I feel in this room are those of devils. Just look at what they did to you after all.' Said Raynare, seeing Asia's state of disrobe.
'Um, that wasn't the devils.' Said Asia quietly.
'What the hell Freed, we are supposed to be keeping her safe for now?' Questioned Raynare, her face twisting into a small scowl.
'You need her clothes for that too?' Scoffed Freed, causing Raynare to sigh.
'I guess not, let's go now. There is no point in staying here.' Said Raynare, before the group departed.
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-Twenty-sixth of April-
'Yoo-hoo, oh great fallen angel lady, your little package has gone walkabout.' Said Freed, walking into the alter room with a bounce in his step.
'And you just let her?' Asked Raynare irritably.
'Well, it didn't seem like you were too happy with my handiwork yesterday, so I thought I would just come and let you know instead.' Said Freed.
'So that's it, you can only do nothing or molest someone, no middle ground?' Ground out Raynare.
'I'm extreme in all the good ways after all.' Cackled Freed, before walking off.
'So hard to get good grunts these days.' Muttered Raynare, before flying off.
Moments later, Raynare found the pair, touching down on the surface of a fountain just behind them.
'Now then, what do we have here? Asia, I seemed to be quite clear yesterday when I said the devils are not your friends, but here you are spending time with one of them. Now, come with me, Asia.' Said Raynare.
'What are you doing here, Yuuma?' Asked Issei.
'Oh please, I'm not here for a little boy like you, unless you want me to finish what I started last time. It'll be fun, don't you think?' Suggested Raynare, before forming a light spear.
'It's too bad I'm going to kill you as a lowly virgin. Maybe if you had more power, you might have gone the distance. Supposedly you had a Sacred Gear that was supposed to be dangerous, so I thought I would do a little schoolgirl routine for you. Isn't that right Issei, I really wanted you to be my boyfriend. You fell for it so easily, but it was just a worthless Twice Critical.' Mocked Raynare, momentarily using her alternate voice.
'I'll show you.' Said Issei, before his gauntlet powered him up.
'Here, catch.' Said Raynare, her light spear impaling him moments later despite his boost, causing Asia to rush over to heal him, her hands glowing green.
'See, that is a Sacred Gear of some worth. Now Asia, if you don't come back with me, I will kill your friend there. So, what's it going to be?' Asked Raynare.
'I'll go with you.' Agreed Asia, after which Raynare embraced her and the two disappeared in flurry of black feathers.
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Raynare quickly set up getting the preparations for the ritual sorted and handed Asia off to Mittelt, who was surprisingly the only one who she could deem as not completely incompetent after the events of the past few days.
It wasn't much longer after that that Raynare had Asia in position and had just extracted her Sacred Gear, when a shout was heard.
'Asia!' Shouted Issei, as he and two other devils arrived, in an attempt to stop the ceremony.
'Too late.' Said Raynare, holding two glowing green rings within her hands.
'I've been craving this power for so long now. Now I can get back at all those people who looked down on me.' Said Raynare.
The devils fought against the exorcists, before Issei finally managed to make it through to Asia.
'Here, let me reward you for actually managing to make it this far.' Said Raynare, before snapping her fingers, causing the chains holding Asia to dissolve.
'You can have her if you want, I already got what I wanted from her.' Said Raynare uncaringly.
'Give Asia her Sacred Gear back!' Demanded Issei.
'Sorry, I had to deceive my superiors for this little chance, so that isn't going to happen. Think about it this way though, at least you get to die together now.' Said Raynare mockingly.
'I can't believe I wanted to be with you.' Mumbled Issei bitterly.
'As if I couldn't tell you were an innocent, naïve virgin, the instant I laid eyes on you. You made it so easy for me.' Said Raynare.
'I really cared for you.' Said Issei.
'Of course sweetie, that was the point. I needed you to be my hero and you wanted to be one so badly you didn't even realise I was bored out of my mind.' Said Raynare in her Yuuma voice.
'Why would you lead me on like that? Why did you let me fret so much about a simple date?' Asked Issei.
'Don't worry, that was a perfect date for a little girl.' Said Raynare.
'Yuuma, meaning evening daze, I chose that name because I planned to kill you at sunset. Look at how you are treating me though. First you refused my request and won't die, and then you moved straight on to some blonde bimbo. I thought we had something special. I guess you probably took her on a boring date too, but for someone like her, she might have even found it fun.' Mocked Raynare.
'Shut up, Raynare!' Shouted Issei.
'Oh, so now you grow some balls!' Mocked Raynare, before lunging at Issei with a spear, only for the boy to leap away with Asia.
After getting past Issei's companions, Raynare found Issei crying as he cradled Asia's body, begging for help from God.
'A demon asking for help from God? What a joke. Why would God even bother listening to a devil?' Asked Raynare in amusement.
'Your little boyfriend actually managed to land a hit on me, but it doesn't matter anymore, as I can heal from any injury with this.' Said Raynare, as she healed her wound.
'Now my place among the fallen angels is secured and I can help the great Lord Azazel and Lord Shemhazai.' Said Raynare.
'Why does that matter?' Asked Issei.
'Hmm?' Hummed Raynare, turning to Issei.
'All she wanted was to live in peace and use her Sacred Gear for good!' Said Issei bitterly.
'Impossible. Humans fear the unknown so either way she would have been ostracised and tortured. This was really a blessing.' Said Raynare uncaringly.
'I wouldn't let anything happen to her. I would have protected her from all of that.' Declared Issei.
'She's dead and you still talk about protecting her' Said Raynare
'Why couldn't it have been you instead. Give her back to me!' Said Issei, before his Sacred Gear materialised.
'I already told you, double zero is still zero.' Said Raynare, dodging his attack and launching two light spears into his thighs.
'Light spears are toxic to devils, supposedly the most intense pain a devil can endure. So, do the rumours hold up?' Asked Raynare.
'Like I give a shit. This is nothing to me.' Growled Issei.
'You know, I really am impressed. A low-class devil like you making it this far, it's impressive. Not like it is going to help though, I just feel like rewarding effort when it is earned.' Said Raynare offhandedly.
'I see. God isn't going to listen to me, so I will ask Satan. Help me out so I can destroy her ass.' Said Issei, standing to his feet
'Impossible, how are you on your feet. You don't have the strength for that.' Gasped Raynare.
Issei's Sacred Gear evolved again, causing Raynare to back up further.
'But, it's just a Twice Critical.' Said Raynare, throwing another spear at Issei, only for him to bat the spear away with his gauntlet.
Raynare made to flee, only for Issei to catch her and punch her in the face.
"It isn't just a Twice Critical, is it?" Thought Raynare, before she momentarily blocked out, crashing through the window as she did so.
The next thing Raynare was able to make sense of was as she was thrown at the feet of a red-haired devil.
'Are these the feathers of your friends? They were so rude to me. So, I had to destroy them.' Said Rias, letting three distinct feathers fall from her hand, floating slowly to the ground.
'It's okay, don't feel bad, fallen angel Raynare. You didn't get beat by a simple Twice Critical.' Said the girl.
'What?' Asked Raynare.
'That thing can double Issei's power every ten seconds until he is stronger than a God or Satan.' Explained the redhead.
'Issei, please, I know I hurt you, but I didn't have a choice. I had to fulfill my role as a fallen angel. If I didn't mean it, why would I still have this, you bought it for me.' Said Raynare, transformed back into Yuuma, showing Issei the purple scrunchie he bought her.
'Why do you still have that?' Asked Issei.
'You wouldn't let them hurt me, would you Issei?' Asked Yuuma.
'Shut up. I don't believe you. President, please take care of this.' Said Issei.
'You've toyed with my cute little servant's heart for the last time. Begone.' Said Rias, before vaporising Raynare.
"Not again! Again?" Was Raynare's last thought, before her existence was snuffed out.
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-Unknown date-
'Back right on schedule, I can see you learnt nothing.' Said the voice that Raynare recognised.
'How am I supposed to learn when I have no memories of what happened?' Shouted Raynare angrily.
'Well, you tried a different form this time. I'm impressed you could manage even that without your memories, so I will allow you to keep it. I trust you may need it. That being said, it seems in all realities, you love to blame things on me.' Said the voice.
'Well isn't that the point, God! God made the fallen angels too, if you really even are God!' Countered Raynare.
'Having restored your existence and given you a second try, you still question if I am truly your maker?' Questioned the voice.
'Well what kind of shortsightedness makes you tell some to learn without keeping memories of what they learn?' Quipped Raynare, her fists clenching despite herself.
'Hmm, a reasonable request. However, I can't just let you remember everything, that would be too easy.' Said the voice.
'Aren't I supposed to learn though?' Asked Raynare indignantly.
'I suppose the next run can be a trial then, I will only let you remember your feelings for now. Good luck.' Said the voice, even as Raynare trembled with rage.