Before we get started, let's respond a little to the past reviewers
ideal man: Well, now you can stop looking forward to it, and start looking at it.
Sabazi702: Thanks for reading. I don't even know why I'm making this one, the idea seemes super nice in my head in class so I chose to :)
Able and Table: He may join them, he may not. One thing for sure though, whether or not he joins them, he'll still be epic.
The Next Morning
"Wake up, please. Would you please wake up" A girl spoke from the screen of Issei's alarm clock. Issei gently rose from his bed, looking forward in thought. Still unable to believe what had happened last night, he concluded
"Yeah, it must have been a dream. No such things as flying Yuumas or talking skeleton monsters." He thought out loud but as soon as he turned to reach for his alarm clock, he saw one of the beings whose existence he just wrote off as a dream standing next to him.
"Hate to break it to ya, but I'm very real, bruh." Epic stated, reaching for the alarm clock and stopping it from ringing. "Rise and shine, buddy."
Issei got out of bed, walking towards the bathroom to begin his daily routine. "Morning, Sans-kun." He greeted along the way. Sans simply replied with a nod and a finger salute.
While Issei brushed his teeth, took a shower and put his uniform on, Epic simply threw his jacket on, wrapped his scarf around his face and threw on a pair of shades. "Where'd you get those from?" Issei asked, pointing at his shade covered eyes.
"Cool place called my back pocket." Epic answered sarcastically, his scarf covering his grin.
"I'm going down for breakfast. Want anything, Sans-kun?" He asked. "Got any cookies?" Sans asked in response. "We should have some in the fridge." Issei replied.
"Sweet!" Sans exclaimed. "Just take em outside, bruh." He continued. Issei waved, walking out of the room and closing the door.
'Now just one thing...' Epic thought to himself then teleported back to the roof of the house. This granted him a view of where ever he was now and boy, was it nice. The breeze that blew against him managed to make his jacket and scarf flow in the wind.
He could see various human people, all going about their morning routines. He also spotted various young ones wearing the same clothing as Issei, which he figured was likely a uniform for some school. Above all though, the blue sky, clouds and the shining sun caught his attention caught his attemtion the most. For someone who had lived in the underground for a long time, this was truly something worth seeing.
While he admired the cool morning environment, the door below him swung open, revealing Issei. In his hand was something Epic knew all too well, a jar of chocolate chip cookies.
With cat-like agility, Epic jumped off the roof, snatching the jar from Issei, startling the boy in the process before landing flawlessly on his feet.
"C'mon, Sans-kun. You could've just asked!" Issei exclaimed, just calming down from the spook that Sams gave him. Not paying any attention to whatever Issei was yelling about, Epic opened the jar and retrieved a cookie from it... and then he bit.
"Mmmmmm..." Epic was far out. 'These cookies... They're the real deal.' He thought to himself. The taste was so good, he zoned out. All he could see was the heavenly jar of cookies in his hand and nothing else.
He quickly began eating off the cookies. It wasn't until Issei called out to him, "Snap out of it!" Issei exclaimed, bonking Sans on his head and bringing him back to reality.
"Huh..." Sans looked at Issei first, then looked around to realise that they were no longer in front of Issei's home. "When did we start walking, bruh?" He asked.
"We have been for the past FIVE MINUTES!" Issei replied, making sure to put emphasis on the time.
"Oh..." Sans said then continued eating his cookies. "So where we goin', bruh?" He queried, his mouth still full of chocolate goodness.
"I have school, Sans-kun." Issei answered "Got anything to do? Anywhere to be?" Issei asked back.
"Yeah bruh." Sans responded. "It's not like I just got here yesterday and know basically nobody part from you." He continued sarcastically.
"You can go back to my place." Issei suggested
"Don't worry, bruh, I'll be fine." Sans answered.
After a few more minutes of walking, the two finally arrived at Kuoh Academy. "Alright Sans-kun, I'll see you later." Issei waved at his companion. Sans responded with a two-finger salute, watching Issei walk away.
"Sides', I never really got to know what's up with that park, bruh." Epic silently said to himself. "So if the kid bruh's house is over there..." He pointed to the direction of Issei's home, "And we went this way from the park last night..." He pointed in another direction.
"If I go here, I should realise that I'm lost." He looked in the direction opposite to that of the park's and started walking towards there instead.
A little down the road, and a completely wrong right turn into an alley and voila, he was approaching the park. The first thing he noticed was that the fountain he slammed that weird lady into was fixed already.
'Damn, these bruh's work fast.' He thought.
He began strolling through the park, admiring it on his way. As he strolled, a lot of thoughts flooded his mind. He was sure that he couldn't go back home yet or find a way to do it. Maybe if Gaster succeed to escape, he could whoop him fo reals this time and make him fix everything. Surprisingly, even Gaster hadn't gotten here yet to do his 'no human nonsense.'
"Such an uncool bruh." He whispered. He kept on walking for a few minutes. On the way to seemingly nowhere, he whistled a tune, one common to almost every single Sans, Classic Megalovania.
After a few minutes, he paused, then looked around for a moment. Seeing nothing, he continued his whistling and moved on.
'That's kinda cool, bruh...' Epic looked on his shoulder. On his shoulder, a small bird sat. The bird seemed calm, unfazed by the fact that it just sat on a monster. Sans didn't do anything to remove it, rather he kept strolling, allowing the bird to enjoy his slow paced walk with him.
Once he got to his destination, he walked towards a bench and took a seat. "If you've got beef, then maybe we can cook it together, bruh." He said out loud, grinning. At first, nothing happened.
"Yeah, bruh. We can talk now." He said again. A man emerged from behind Epic and took a seat next to him. As the man made his presence known, the bird on Sans' shoulder was suddenly startled and flew away.
"Cookie?" Epic offered, stretching out his hand that held a cookie which was formerly stashed in his jacket.
"Thank you, but I have no need of it" The man replied, looking forward from where he sat. "So how did you know I was around?" The man asked as he took a quick glance at Sans.
"Well..." Epic scratched behind his head playfully, "You kinda followed me in a circle, bruh" He answered with a chuckle. Sans removed his hand from his head and pointed it at the fixed fountain, "Twice, bruh" he completed.
The man looked at the fountain, then started laughing silently. "I wondered why you were doing that" He said once his laughter faded.
"Now you know, bruh." Epic said in response. He put his hands in his pocket "So let's cook that beef you got with me, bruh."
"No, No. I'm not here for a fight." The man put up his hands in front of him, "Just saw a non-human around and I got curious, just wanted to talk" The man explained.
His lips curled into a smile that Epic couldn't see but he still felt through it. Yes, the man truly just wanted a chat but he was still on alert, and strong too. Sans really couldn't blame him, considering they never met prior to this time.
"Figures, considering that we both ain't human, bruh." Epic said. His statement shocked the man but he didn't show it.
"Whatcha wanna talk about?" Sans further asked. The man shifted closer to Sans. "There's something about you... You're unique. You smile like you're having the best life, but seem like someone who's going through a lot, someone who's seen a lot. Thought you might wanna talk to someone here who understands."
Sans turned to look at the man. For the first time, he saw the man he was conversing with. Purple eyes with dual coloured hair; blonde at the front, black haired at the back. He wore a long black jacket, not so different from Epic's. Under it, he wore a black formal vest, which covered the majority of the blue shirt and red tie underneath. A pair of long purple pants covered his legs.
For someone so old, the man looked nothing like his age would suggest. Then again, the man wasn't human so Epic put it off as something his race of people could do. It was also kind of skeptical that the man knew Epic was smiling.
"I ain't really a fan of sharing with strangers, bruh." Epic half-lied. While he didn't really want to share his bad experiences with the man, Epic was also not unfamiliar with him. He removed his hands from his pockets, leaning further into the bench in the process then rested his head on both hands, looking at the sky as they conversed.
"Someone wouldn't know that a 'stranger' isn't human before even meeting them or hearing of them. If you've heard of me, that wouldn't make me a stranger either." The man returned.
"You are one tough walnut, bruh." Epic proclaimed, letting out a chuckle beforehand.
"I can be quite insistent as well as persuasive.", the man said in response with a grin on his face.
"Fine, bruh. You win, bruh. But I'll need one thing in return from you." Epic finally gave in.
"And what might that be?" The man asked.
"Mind telling me bout' sum'n called a Sacred Gear, bruh?" Epic asked. Before the man could ask his question, Epic answered it for him. "Relax bruh, it's for a friend."
The man stared at Epic for a little while, then asked, "You're aware of the supernatural, aren't you?"
"If you count bruh-some monsters like myself and humans that can destroy buildings with regular sticks as supernatural, then yeah bruh." Sans answered.
"O..k?" The man accepted his answer, confused at what he just said. "Then you know of the three factions." He continued.
"Nope." Epic shook his head as he replied
"The great war?"
"Bruh, if I don't know about the factions, how am I supposed to know if they fought a frickin' war?" Epic stated as he gave the man a confused bruh look and shrugged his shoulders.
"Right. That wouldn't make sense." He agreed. "So basically, there are three main supernatural factors: Devils, Angels and Fallen Angels. The Angels are direct servants of God of the Bible. They live in Heaven and are considered to be the purest beings. The Fallen Angels are angels that have fallen short of God's grace by giving in to sin, they aren't quite as pure as angels and they aren't in Heaven since they've been cast away.
"That would make the devil bruh's like... The direct enemy of the angel bruhs? Impure, evil and all..." Sans queried mid way.
"I guess you can put it that way. Although recently, it depends more on the individual than their faction. Anyways, while they may not show it, the factions aren't at complete peace at the moment sadly." The man answered.
Sans nodded in response, prompting the man to continue. "Now mind you, beside these factions, there's also the humans. The humans aren't quite as powerful as any of the three factions, so God of the Bible gives them these gifts..."
"The Sacred Gears?" Sans cut in.
"Exactly. He gave them Sacred Gears so that they could be able to perform miracles of their own. These Sacred Gears granted the humans immense power, and a way to defend themselves whenever the need may arise." The man further explained.
'Immense power, huh? So 'Determination', 'Bravery', 'Patience', all could be products of Sacred Gears?' Epic thought to himself. The possibility couldn't be too far fetched as the description of a Sacred Gear nearly matched those of Soul Traits.
There was still one thing though, Epic never had any prior knowledge of any 'Factions' such as Devils, Angels or Fallen Angels, neither did he know of any 'God of the Bible'. They didn't match his knowledge of factions and gods in any way.
"I already know that they need to be awakened, bruh. My question's how?" The two of them looked at one another as he answered
"It's simple: Desire. The more your desire for whatever increases, the more likely that the gear will be awakened. Also, like any normal power, they can be improved upon by frequently training them. Once the man had concluded his answer, he lifted his sleeve to look at his watch. "Would ya look at the time. I'm late for something already." He chuckled slightly afterwards
"Wait up, bruh... Desire for anything's the key to unlocking the power." Sans asked. "Well, yes. I already said that before." The man replied.
"Alright then, Azazel-bruh. Nice talkin' to ya." Sans said, stating out the name of the man, much to his surprise.
"So you DO know who I am. Very well then, I still have no idea who you are, bruh-kid." The man stated, a huge smirk present on his face as he called Sans by his catchphrase.
Azazel's name for Sans also caused the former scientist to laugh as well. "That name's cool already, bruh." He proclaimed, then stretched out his left hand for a handshake. "But if you must know, I'm Sans..."
"Epic Sans."
Azazel reached out and took Sans' hand but once he touched it, he received a little electric shock. While it didn't hurt him in any way, it was ticklish and hence made Azazel to let go.
"Hey! What was that for?" Azazel yelled at a laughing Sans. "Sorry bruh..." Sans replied as he kept laughing, "Wrong hand." This time, Sans stretched out his right hand for Azazel. Hesitantly, Azazel took it but this time, causing a long fart noise to sound out from the cushion.
The two stared at each other awkwardly in silence while it happened. Once it ceased, they burst into slight laughter. "Yeah, yeah. You got me." Azazel admitted.
"That makes it THRICE bruh." Sans stated while he kept laughing. Azazel's laughter faded as he stood up, turned away from Sans and waved at him. "Next time, it's your turn to do the talking." Sans' smile increased in response. "Take care, Sans." He said as he walked away from the bench.
'You too, bruh." Sans replied back. He stood up and stretched a bit, letting out a sigh of relief afterwards.
'Kid probably got beat up again by those girls.' He thought to himself. 'I probably should go check on him...'
'Naah. The little bruh can handle himself' He put his thoughts away, deciding to sit back on the bench and take a little time to himself and rest.
Time Skip, Kuoh Academy.
A blonde boy walked across the halls of Kuoh Academy, followed by a trail of girls that watched him from not too far away. The girls that followed behind him seemed to be ogling over the blonde boy, gossiping silently about him or fantasizing about him.
The boy was Kinda Yuuto, Kuoh Academy's 'Pretty Boy's as well as a member of the Occultic Research Club run by the proclaimed 'Queen of Kuoh', Rias Gremory.
Kiba walked into Issei's classroom; Class 3-B, taking a little his sweet time to compliment and address thr stares and cheers of the girls, he walked to Issei's desk and called out to him. "Hey, there you are." He said.
"Yeah? This IS my desk." Issei responded, putting some sarcastic emphasis on 'is'.
"I'm here on an errand from Rias Gremory." He stated while still smiling. This genuinely surprised Issei. The fact that Rias, Rias Gremory, had sent for him was mind-blowing. He was so going to brag about it to his two friends later.
"She asked me to come fetch you." Kiba added. Issei, without hesitation, put his bag on and stood up to follow Kiba, much to the annoyance and disapproval of the present females.
"Please don't tell me Kiba cakes is about to walk out of there with... him." She pointed angrily at Issei. "Please don't do it Kiba-san. You'll catch pervert." Another girl cried out. This temporarily replaced Issei's silent joy with anger.
"Oh, don't worry. I won't drain his Pimp juice." Issei said to them loudly more out of annoyance before walking out with Kiba.
"What's this about?" Issei asked as he followed steadily behind Kiba.
"Oh, you'll see when we get there." Kiba replied.
After a little walking, the two students had made their way to the front of the old abandoned dormitory behind the school, which served as the meeting point of Rias' Club.
"We're here." Kiba announced. Issei took a look at the building that stood in front of him. An old looking, three storey building that should serve as a dormitory.
Kiba walked in first, Issei stood behind for a moment, composed himself and took a deep breath before entering afterwards.
He was greeted with a sight that he thought could only be found in his dreams, of course with a few alterations but he could overlook them. On the other end of the hall, Rias Gremory was seated, next to her was Akeno Hinejima; the two most attractive girls in the school. Sitting to his left on a sofa was Koneko Toujou, often referref to as the mascot, who was preoccupied by a piece of chocolate she was nibbling on. Last but not least was Kiba, who was now seated opposite Koneko on another sofa.
Issei didn't pay any attention to the latter two as he was already busy staring at Akeno and Rias, and it wasn't exactly their faces.
"Pervert." Koneko silently said as she watched Issei while restricting herself from hitting him to snap him out of it.
"Thank you, Kiba-kun." Rias thanked, eliciting a small nod of acknowledgement from the blonde. She then turned to Issei, "Hello Issei-kun. How are you?"
Snapping out of his perverted thoughts and wiping the little drool off his face, he replied, "I'm fine. Never been better actually." He answered, a smile appearing on his face.
"Now you know why I've sent for you?" Rias asked. Issei thought for a moment, then shook his head, signifying that he didn't know anything about it.
"You remember Yuuma, right?" Rias asked back. Issei's eyes widened as memories of last night flashed through his mind. How Yuuma almost killed him and how he ran into a miracle in the name of Sans.
Issei began speaking a bit faster to her, "Call me crazy, Rias-sama, but Yuuma tried to kill me last night. She was this crazy chick, with wings and some..." He slowed down as if he was zoning out "...Oppai and..."
"That'll be enough." Kiba cut in to stop Issei from going on further with his description. "Well, Issei. We believe you, mostly because we saw when it happened." Rias stated.
"What?" Issei asked as his face portrayed his confusion to Rias. "First of all, I think it's time I tell you something." She started her reply
"All of us in this room excluding you..." She paused. She rose from her seat and took a few steps towards Issei, stopping before him. Suddenly, a pair of black bat-like wings sprouted from her back as well as everyone else's in the room.
"We're all devils."
Issei took very little steps, backing away from Rias and the ORC members. He quickly put up his hands in front of him, no doubt, shocked about the revelation. "Please, don't kill me. Don't take my soul.. Please, I beg you." He began pleading with them for his life, already assuming that the worst was to come.
"Ara, Ara..." Akeno stepped up. "I won't take your soul..." She said, walking towards Issei until she stood beside of her president.
She placed her hands on her hips, "We'll suck it right... out of you." She finished, her voice changing completely to sound more seductive than it was. Issei was momentarily relieved of his fears, with them being replaced by fantasies but upon further thinking of what Akeno had said, he eventually realised that it could mean something very good, something very bad, or both.
"Akeno! Not now." Rias stopped her. "Yes, buchou-sama." Akeno took a quick bow and stepped back, her sultry smile however was still directed at Issei.
"She's just joking with you." Rias said, concerning Akeno's words. "We devils don't take souls, at least not anymore." She corrected, wearing a smile on her face and recalling her wings to prove her point. It was then that every other devil in the room chose to retract their wings as well.
"Then why did you guys send 'Yuuma' or whatever her name is after me, and what's that Sacred Gear thing she mentioned?" Issei asked the main question that had been on his kind for a while.
Rias let out a sigh before assuming a serious demeanor. "Her real name isn't Yuuma. It's Raynare." She announced to Issei. "She's a fallen angel, not a devil. She's not with us." Rias further explained.
Issei tilted his head in confusion. "Aren't you the same?" He asked. "No, we're not. Fallen Angels are former angels that gave in to sin. We devils on the other hand, are quite different." She briefly described the difference to Issei and soon, he became aware of the two factions' differences.
Issei pressed further with his questions. "Then what do you want with me?"
"We're going to teach you how to awaken your Sacred Gear, and in return we want you to join our peerage." Rias answered.
They all looked at Issei, awaiting an answer that didn't come yet. "What's a peerage?". He asked.
Sigh* Rias turned away and walked to her desk, then took a seat on it. "It's like a group of devil's that serve under one master." She answered, which made Issei worried.
"Does that mean I'll become a devil? Are you going to kill me? Am I going to hell?" Issei questioned, panicking internally.
"Yes and no." Akeno answered. "What buchou-sama is saying is that you'll become a devil." She continued. "And you won't exactly be like a slave, you'll still have your free will. Besides, we'll help you awaken and control your Sacred Gear andyou'll have everything you ever wanted and more as a successful devil; riches, power, women..." Rias explained but Issei drowned it out the moment she said 'women'.
Issei's was lost in his fantasies. He was surrounded by women, all in bikinis, cuddling him at once. Rias, Akeno and even Koneko were among his harem, a dream come true for him indeed. But then he realized that he would still be required to sacrifice his humanity and become a devil in order for it to work.
"I'll... think about it." He replied. "If that's all, I'll be leaving now. Thank you." He stated awkwardly before turning around and quickly exiting the building.
"Well, he sure is one of a kind." Kiba spoke, his smile still present on his face. "I agree..." Akeno responded to him.
"Let's hope he makes the right choice." Rias said.
Suddenly, Koneko stood up, sniffing the air. The small, white-haited girl walked around the room, her nekomata senses telling her that something was off. "Intruder." She announced.
The rest immediately got into fighting positions, with Kiba summoning a sword and assuming his stance. Koneko kept on sniffing and pointed at a dark corner in the room. "There." She said.
Rias, taking charge, summoned a red fireball on her hand, her family's signature destructive power, and aimed it at the area. "Come out and we won't harm you." She spoke. Akeno also walked beside her president as small bits of lightning danced around her fingers.
"Welp." A voice rang out from the ceiling behind them, which made Kiba to throw a few swords towards where the voice was heard.
"Ahh, fu..." The voice said before all the swords hit their respective targets.
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