Chapter 16: A Fallen Saint!
A meeting was taking place within the old school building. Using the Occult Research Club to hold the meeting, hosted by Rias and her peerage. Itachi and Sona had gathered accompanied by their loyal Queens Kuroka and Tsubaki, Itachi had also brought his Bishop Raven. "Killing our clients?" Sona questioned, looking to her brother whom seemed on edge.
"So, it seems. A few Stray Exorcists executed one of my clients just because she asked help from a devil." Itachi clenched his hands, looking angered by the death of miss Yumiko.
"You think this is related to the Fallen Angels?" Rias held her hand to her chin, trying to connect the dots to the situation. Normally Fallen Angels wouldn't dare to enter Devil territory simply to kill a few clients and stir up trouble. Well, unless they were stupid and had a death wish.
"Yeah, I searched their bodies in case I could find any leads. I found this." Itachi tossed a piece of paper onto the table, and both Sona and Rias exchanged it to take a look at it.
"A list of our clients addresses?" Rias clicked her tongue in frustration over how well informed these Exorcists were. "At least half of my Peerages standard clients are on this list."
"Mine too." Sona rubbed her temple over how troublesome this was getting. "We have to protect them somehow."
"Our movements around town will be limited. They will have more free space and time to act on. They might even be able to pick off our weakest links one by one. We don't even know how many Fallen Angels there are to begin with." Itachi analyzed the situation, creating a magic circle showing a holographic map over the entire town. "What's more, the list here shows, the clients are scattered across town leaving at least half the town unguarded. Plus, even with our familiars we will barely be able to protect everyone. They picked these specific clients as targets for a reason, to keep us scattered and spread."
"Were you able to figure out anything else?" Sona asked.
"Sadly no, I let the spur of the moment get the best of me. Killed them all before I could get answers." Itachi cursed himself for that mistake, letting his emotions get the best of him.
"I don't blame you, I'm sorry, onii-sama." Sona gave a saddened look to her brother, same with Rias whom also gave him a comforting pat on his leg.
"I think most of us would have reacted the same way." Rias comforted, and Itachi gently grabbed a hold of Rias hand on his knee.
"Thank you, both of you. But… I need to make it up for miss Yumiko by making sure we put a stop to this. I volunteer to guard the majority of the clients, and force the answers out of those Stray Exorcists." Itachi was ready to put his old ANBU interrogation skills to use. He made some of the girls shiver with the chilling cold stare in his eyes.
"I already have my familiars on the job looking over some of the clients. Nya." Kuroka replied as small cat markers appeared on the holographic map showing where her familiars were.
"I've placed some magic spells around the homes of some other clients. If any unwelcomed guests show I'll know right away." Raven revealed, and purple markers appeared on some buildings on the holographic map.
"We have also taken certain security measurements." Akeno revealed to which more markers appeared on the holographic map.
"Naturally, so have we." Tsubaki revealed.
"Good, we have a starting plan. Now we just need to capture some of the Stray Exorcists attempting to kill our clients, and find leads that could resolve this situation." Itachi waved his hand to the left, and the holographic map changed into the face of a pale black-haired man. With long pointy ears, blood red eyes with yellow pupils. "So far the main suspect behind all this is Kokabiel. However, we have no evidence to support that he was behind all this. And without solid evidence, there isn't much we can do against a high ranked member of the Griogri faction without triggering a war. Which will be just what he wants. Our only option, is to either find the evidence, or wait for him to personally make a move."
"Not to mention their base of operation." Sona added, switching the image to an old church. "We think this might be it, although without any evidence we cannot enter a house of God without starting even more trouble."
"Akeno is looking into it, if the church is completely abandoned then there is a different story. We will be able to eliminate the Fallen Angels and Exorcists without any issues." Rias added in the explanation.
"Very well then. Everything seems to be in place. We can call this meeting a close." Itachi deactivated the magic circle, and the lights in the room turned on.
"I shall have my peerage members patrol the town. Let's go, Tsubaki." Sona got up from the couch and headed out with her Queen Tsubaki.
"Well, I still have to focus on my groups newest member for now. I sent Yuuto to pick him up." Rias had Akeno prepare the welcome of their newest member, and shortly Koneko arrived having finished her guard duty of Issei.
"I will get out of your hair then. Kuroka, Raven. Let's head back to base and get in contact with Bob and Eto and inform them about this. We shall begin patrol over the clients tonight." Itachi ordered and his Queen and Bishop lined up next to him, vanishing in a magic circle. And just when they disappeared, Kiba walked in with a bewildered Issei.
What followed that very night, was a rather quiet patrol for Itachi, Raven and Jack, with Damian and Kuroka on the other side of town. "So, everything went well?" Itachi was talking with Rias in his cellphone.
"Oh yes. He was of course a little overwhelmed and confused at first. As expected of course."
"So, what exactly did you tell him?" Itachi asked.
"Just the basics mostly. How we are at a two-front battle against Angels and Fallen Angels. How we do summon requests for humans and form contracts. Feel like I should save the more… complicated stuff for later. Such as our current conflict against those Fallen Angels and Stray Exorcists. And when he tried to activate this Sacred Gear of his, he was unable."
"And? Do you regret recruiting him?" Itachi asked considering the type of character he was, and how he didn't seem to have any particular talent.
"Why would I regret it? Not all beginners are as natural talented like your bunch. Like you said, just need to find him a motive."
Itachi raised his brow hearing Rias giggle at the other end of the phone call. "Something funny?"
"Well, despite you telling me to help him find a none perverted goal… let's just say he is rather determined. He set himself out on becoming the Harem King."
"Harem King?" Itachi looked with a deadpan expression, with a drop of sweat running down his forehead.
"He got so excited when I told him that one day, he might have his own servants. He took a ton of flyers and went to distribute them right away. I even had him go on his first summoning request."
"Okay, his goal aside. How did he do on the summoning request?" Itachi rubbed the bridge of his nose at hearing that goal. For some reason it reminded him of Naruto, well expect it wasn't a noble goal like becoming Hokage. He could still imagine them both screaming out their goals without shame and filled with passion.
"He hasn't come back yet. Funny thing is, turns out his magic power is so low he can't even use magic circles to transport himself. So he had to ride to the client by bike."
"I assume you have someone watching over him? Considering the recent attacks on our clients."
"Of course, Yuuto is keeping a close eye on him from a safe distance."
"Well knowing you, I should have expected that. No way someone like you would let anyone harm your beloved servants." Itachi had to let out a small chuckle at that comment, he noticed Raven calling for him.
"I got to go, we seemed to have found something."
"Alright, don't stay out too late. Me and Akeno are making dinner for everyone."
"I wouldn't miss it. Goodbye." Itachi hung up and went over to Raven and Jack, whom the later seemed to be tracking something. "What is it?"
"Jack claims she can smell, and I quote. Holy stuff." Raven used Jack's simplified version of holy energy or aura.
"Fallen Angel was here, not too long ago." Jack said holding up a few black feathers that looked too big to be a crows. "Something scared it off."
"Hn?" Itachi looked to the distance, detecting something with his sharingan. "I think I see Kiba… and that new guy, Issei Hyoudou." Itachi vanished at super speed, Jack followed while Raven flew.
Kiba was peeking at the bike riding Issei from a distance, chuckling a little at Issei yelling "Crap! Crap! Crap!" Over again, seeing as a red gauntlet of sorts had appeared on his arm. Something then touched his shoulder, causing him to swiftly turn around with a sword in hand. Only halting when he noticed it was Itachi, Jack and Raven. "Itachi-senpai, please don't sneak up on me like that."
"Rias really needs to teach you to detect other presences better. If I were an enemy I could have killed you right here and now. So, what happened?" Itachi got straight to the point.
"A Fallen Angel ambushed Issei-kun on his way back. He managed to scare her off with his Sacred Gear, and the Gremory emblem on his hand." Kiba flipped open his phone showing a picture of the Fallen Angel. A blue haired busty woman dressed in a maroon trenchcoat-like top with a wide-open collar revealing her massive chest, and a matching miniskirt and black heeled shoes.
"I see, then we have so far confirmed three different Fallen Angels in town. Did you see the direction she went?" Kiba in responds pointed to where the Fallen Angel fled, and Itachi and his group wasted no time and moved out. "Jack, can you track her from here?"
"Hmm, she left a trail of feathers. Must have come off when the new guy surprised her with his Sacred Gear." Jack analyzed and followed the trail until they reached a crossroads.
"Raven, can you detect anything." Itachi looked around with his sharingan, although he was unable to detect anything due to the Fallen Angel being out of range.
"No, she got away in a hurry it seems. Probably to report of that Issei's survival to whoever she works for." They continued to search by splitting off, although to no luck. The trail went cold, and sooner or later they had to call it a quits.
Itachi was the last one to return home, much to the displeasure of a certain someone. The moment he entered the house, he was greeted by a pouting Rias and Akeno. Both dressed in aprons, and their arms crossed. Itachi looked at a clock on the wall, seeing he probably missed dinner. "I'm sorry." Itachi not wanting to argue bowed his head in an apology.
Rias let out a sigh. "Never mind. We understand you are quite busy and all. And that you want to solve this case as quickly as possible. Yuuto explained to me how you went out to try and track down that Fallen Angel woman." She didn't seem mad at all, neither did Akeno, rather they just looked worried.
"However, we also want you to stay healthy. We have others who can take over your shift in patrolling the streets." Akeno added, and Itachi looked with an apologetic look once more.
"Very well, I guess you are right. It's just…" Itachi uttered as an image of the old miss Yumiko came to mind, followed up by the scene of her murder. "… I'm fine. So, are there any leftovers? Or did you guys eat it all?" The mood lightened up as Itachi smiled.
"We saved you a plate silly. Although we'll need to heat it up first." Itachi enjoyed a nice quiet evening with Rias and Akeno, and then went to get at least five hours of sleep.
Later, that morning with a certain former bounty hunter. Damian yawned, having patrolled all night. He wore sunglasses as his sore eyes felt sensitive to the sun, seeing as he hadn't slept all night. "My shifts almost over, then it's Eto's turn to take over. I can't wait to get into a nice comfy bed."
He walked past a lot of Kuoh Academy students heading off to a daily life of school. He let out another yawn, and all of a sudden bumped into someone. "Argh, hey watch it!"
"Oh, sorry dude…" Damian groggily opened his eyes and saw the newest recruit of the Gremory peerage, Issei Hyoudou. 'Hey, ain't that…' This being his first time seeing the new devil, of course he didn't recognize him.
"Ah, aren't you that creepy janitor guy that peeks on girls during gym?!" Issei accusingly pointed at Damian, whom returned it in a slight insulted tone.
"Oh, that's rich! Coming from one of the Perverted Trio!" Damian instantly jumped into his other more perverted personality. "Unlike you, I am a true man of culture!"
"What?! How dare you question my devotion to true culture?!" Sparks flew between the two from the glares they gave one another.
"Please, you probably side with the fake culture!" Damian accused.
"What do mean fake?! Boobs are the greatest thing known to man!" Issei declared.
"Pfft, pathetic I knew it. Everyone knows the ass is the real deal." Damian looked down on Issei like he was a pathetic excuse of a pervert.
"Oh you are so wrong! Boobs is the very first thing that connects to us from birth! It is how we feed as newborns! Oppai is justice, oppai is life!" Despite getting disgusted stares from the public, to the two perverts they stood alone on a battlefield. A battlefield, of culture.
"You simple feeble-minded fool. You may be a perv, but I'm a mega perv!" Damian declared shamelessly. "For unlike you, although I'm mainly an ass man. I can appreciate other forms of the female physic."
"What?!" Issei stepped back in shock.
"That's right. I like 'em big, I like 'em small. When it comes to ass and tits, Damian likes 'em all." Damian declared, his sunglasses glinting from the reflecting sunlight.
"N-No way! One should be devoted to the true culture! And that alone!"
"Tch, tch. Even so, ass remains the true culture. Not that pale substitute you call true culture." Damian declared, to which Issei looked outraged.
"What are you talking about?"
"Human development, and evolution of mankind. Back when we still walked on all fours, what we had standing before us. Were the voluptuous buttocks. But when we started walking on all two legs. We stopped having butts stuck in our faces all time. And in their place what appeared before us, was boobs! Women grew larger breasts, to take the place of buttocks. Therefor the original source of life is ass! Boobs are but a mere substitute! Boobs are but a mere pale imitation to buttocks! If you ask whether I prefer the copy or the original! Of course I'm going to choose the original!"
Issei looked as if he had been struck by lightning. Both of them ignoring the whispers of people around them. "Mama, look!" A little boy pointed and laughed at how silly the two of them looked.
"Don't look!" The mother whispered to her child and walked away.
"You don't believe me? Then behold! My collection of photos!" Damian held out his phone, revealing hundreds upon hundreds of pictures.
"W-What glorious technique!" Issei browsed through the pictures, although something caught Issei's eyes. "If you claim to be such an ass man, then what are all these oppai pics for?!" Issei declared with a triumphantly looking smirk.
"Heh, still a foolish child after all." Damian the zoomed out on one of the pictures, revealing it to be actually buttocks. "That's right! The pictures you thought were boobs, were pictures of zoomed in asses the whole time!" To which Issei gaped in shock, sweat pouring down his face.
"N-No way… how I could I mistaken…" Issei fell to his knees, tears running down from his eyes.
"It's merely the truth my boy. You are not the first I have crushed in spirit like this. Loving boobs isn't a crime, but not acknowledging buttocks as the true form of culture should be. Therefor come, Kohai, let's explore this world of true culture, together." Damian stretched his hand out, a smile spread across his face.
"Senpai…" Issei cried and smiled back, while reaching his hand out.
"Kya!" A squeal interrupted them, to which they turned to the source and both widened their eyes at what they saw. "Aww, I'm such a klutz…" Before them were the pure white panties of a girl.
"Panty shot!" Damian quickly took another picture for his collection. Although then he felt someone touching his shoulder, he looked behind him and saw a police officer.
"Not you again…" The police officer sighed, someone having called the police while Damian gave his little speech.
"Officer Kosuke, how are you? How are the wife and kids?" Damian sweated a little nervously.
"They're fine man. And look, even though I agree with you on some parts. I still have to do my job, you know?" The officer looked to Damian, whom gave an understanding look. "You know the drill. Do your thing, and we can talk in the car." Damian nodded.
"Are you okay?" Meanwhile Issei had gone over to help the girl. A long blond-haired girl with green eyes, what's more she was dressed like a nun.
"Yes, thank you." The nun smiled at Issei as she was helped up, then the wind blew her hood away. Blowing her long silky-smooth blond hair in the wind, leaving Issei completely awestruck. Issei broke free from his fantasy and retrieved the hood for her.
While in the background, Damian was putting on a dramatic act, while being dragged away. "This is a violation of free speech! A violation I tell ya!" Damian screamed as he was being dragged into the police car. "Kohai! I require assistance!"
"I'm a little lost, mind helping me out?" The nun looked to Issei with a slight pleading look, ignoring the cries of Damian as a result.
"Y-Yeah… sure." Issei blushed and had a stupid look on his face, from looking at the nun's cute adorable face.
Damian would have yelled traitor, but instead he looked with a manly determined smile while crying anime tears. 'I understand my brother. I wish you luck.' Damian gave Issei a thumbs up as he was put into the cop car and taken away.
At the academy, Itachi sweat dropped having gotten a phone call from the police station. "Uhuh, I see, hn… If I bail you out. I just feel like you won't learn your lesson. So, how about you sit there for a bit and think about what you've done?" As Itachi pulled the phone away from his ear, one could hear the screams of Damian on the other end as Itachi hung up on him.
He heard a troubled sigh, and turned around to see Rias had just walked in. "Let me guess… Damian?" Rias asked considering the events that transpired between their two peerage members.
"Damian." Itachi nodded in responds. "How do you know?"
"I heard he and Issei were talking about the evolution of buttocks and boobs on the way to school. And Issei told me when he got here, along with something else." Rias added earning Itachi's interests as judging by the serious look she gave him. It was most likely related to the Fallen Angel situation.
"Go on." Itachi insisted.
"Issei ran into a nun, named Asia Aregento. From what he told me, she has a Sacred Gear. She has recently apparently been sent to work at the local church. The same church we suspect the Fallen Angels are using as a hideout." Rias informed, as Itachi tried to put the pieces into place. "Tried to explain to him about how dangerous it was for him to go there to meet her. I just hope I wasn't too strict."
"Sometimes, you need to be firm in how to handle certain situations and do what's best for your servants. Even if they don't understand it themselves." Itachi advised, and she rested her head on his shoulder.
"What's more, I've heard of another problem we'll have to deal with." Rias looked exhausted at all of this happening at once. "There have been rumors that Raiser is plotting something."
"Raiser, huh? Haven't seen him since the last meeting between Young High-class Devils. But from what I've heard, he turned out just like I predicted he would." Itachi sighed having heard that the young member of the Phenex household had made a harem out of his peerage. And still picked up girls of lower status on the side.
"Yeah, now that I look back at it. I remember you were so cool back then. Still don't know how you predicted that though. We were both so young after all." Rias giggled at the memory of a kid Itachi putting Raiser in his place with just mere words.
"Well I wouldn't worry. I can handle Raiser no problem. Kokabiel and his Fallen Angels is a different story entirely." Itachi chuckled a little, despite these Fallen Angel minions being weaker than Raiser, it was the political issue that followed with them that made them more complicated to deal with. "Anyway, if he shows up, just leave him to me." Itachi assured while Rias comfortably rested her head on his shoulder, feeling all her troubles being washed away.
"Buchou." Akeno walked in on them, latching herself onto Itachi's back.
"Akeno." Rias pouted, to which Akeno gave a giggle and backed up having had her fun.
"Ara, ara. I came here because we got reports of a Stray Devil in town." Akeno revealed to which Rias instantly jumped up.
"Very well, let's go. It will be a perfect opportunity to show Issei how devils fight. Let's gather the rest and prepare for battle." Rias declared with enthusiasm.
"Stray Devil? Haven't had those in a while. Anyway, me, Raven and Kuroka are going out on patrol tonight." Itachi stretched his arms, haven't been able to rest his body for quite some time. Really reminded him of the old days in the ANBU black ops. They then went their separate ways to complete their jobs.
A few hours later that night
After having witnessed Rias and the rest of his newest fellow peerage members battle a Stray Devil. Issei was left in awe, having witnessed something he found unbelievable. A real-life monster, whom had such a smoking hot bod at first, a real shame her lower body was revealed to be that of a monster.
He also discovered there was a ranking system of sorts. Rias is the King, Akeno is the Queen (giving him some sexy images in his head of the two ladies), Kiba is the Knight (lucky bastard), and Koneko is a Rook (meaning don't mess with her) and then there is him, a pawn. A pawn, the lowest rank in the peerage. He was a long way from reaching his goal of becoming Harem King.
What is more, on a summoning request as Koneko was double-booked. While there he was met with a pool of blood, a dismembered corpse. A sicko of a silver haired, red eyed priest named Freed Selzen. And the biggest shocker of the night, a screaming shocked Asia, she also found out he was a devil. What is more that bastard priest tried to rape Asia right in front of him, and he got his ass kicked by said priest. Before he could get seriously injured, Kiba and the others came to his rescue.
Things seemed to be turning for the better the moment Rias Buchou stepped in. But then a portal of darkness opened up in the room. "Oh yeah! That's what I'm talkin' about! Hope you devil scums are ready for your daily dose of light spears!" Freed laughed like a maniac, a laughter that was silenced as Koneko threw a couch in his face.
"Koneko, grab Issei, we're leaving." Rias ordered to which Koneko threw Issei over her shoulder. He felt ridiculous being carried by such a little girl. "Akeno prepare to jump us out of here."
"Right!" Akeno formed a magic circle around them, although one thing did not go unnoticed by Issei.
"Buchou! We have to bring Asia with us!" Issei declared, seeing the former nun sitting on the side looking at them in awe.
"Unfortunately, we can't. Only those that are members of my peerage can go through this magic circle." Judging by her tone of voice, Rias felt saddened that they had to leave her behind. But they just couldn't risk a confrontation with the Fallen Angels just yet. And they couldn't risk it as they didn't know how many of them there were. Could be a couple which wouldn't be a problem, but there could also be hundreds considering how many supporters Kokabiel's got.
"No! I can't just leave her here! I have to save her! Asia!" Issei struggled to break free from Koneko's hold, yet to no avail.
"It's okay… don't worry about me." Asia smiled kindly to Issei, and yet she was crying.
"Asia!" Issei cried out and the very next moment she was gone, or rather they were gone. Before Issei knew it they had returned to the clubroom, and Asia was left behind. "Damn it all!" Issei cried as Koneko put him down, leaving him to punch the floorboards. And the rest looked at him in pity, wondering if they made the right decision or not.
"Buchou…" Akeno looked to Rias, whom sighed as Issei stormed out.
"I have to do what's best for him, even if he doesn't understand it…." Rias remembered the words Itachi spoke to her earlier. "Odds are that nun will be fine for the time being, the Fallen Angels brought her here for a reason." Rias uttered, hoping that she was right on this.
Meanwhile, on a rooftop outside of the very house where Asia was being brought in by Raynare and Kalwarner. On that rooftop sat our half ghoul Eto, humming as she looked on at the scene. "Why didn't you interfere?" Jack asked, arriving at blinding speed behind the half ghoul.
"Well, if it isn't little Jack-chan, how are you sweetie?" Eto looked to the little assassin with an innocent smile and a peace sign.
"Mommy told you to protect the clients." Jack glared at Eto for not complying with Itachi's request.
"Yeah, I know. But you see, I was just a tad little bit too late. And I wanted to see what the newbie had to offer. I'm not impressed by the way." Eto carelessly looked down at the house, able to see the mangled body of the client through the window, making her lick her lips.
"Mommy won't be happy about this." Jack stated to which Eto didn't even react knowing full well that he wouldn't.
"Eh, I can deal with Itachi. Besides, I will make it up for him. I'm a good girl after all." Eto gave a small sadistic little giggle. Whether or not she was telling the truth about being too late to save the client or not. Jack had no idea, one thing is for sure, Eto was a strange unreadable woman.
"Imma go have a little snack. Don't wait up, Jack-chan." Eto jumped down to the house seeing as the Fallen Angels and the Exorcist were now gone, she could enjoy her meal in peace.
That very same night, at the old rundown church. Patrols of Stray Exorcists walked around the area. Blocking the road leading to the church and send away any unwelcomed guests. Sneaking out from the back entrance, was Asia. Keeping a lookout for any of the Exorcists, afraid of what they might do to her considering what Freed tried to do to her.
She couldn't stay here any longer, she knew that. But she also knew if she escaped, she wouldn't be able to run for long. She quickly sneaked into a bush as a guard made his way around the corner on his patrol round. The guard stopped for a moment, and took out a pack of cigarettes.
Asia had gone to this bush for a reason, for the very wall behind this bush had a hole in it. A hole big enough for a little girl like her to crawl through. But she couldn't move while that guard was there, unable to risk making too much noise. Asia felt her hand around the ground to see if she could find anything. Her hand grabbed onto a rock, she wasn't strong enough to toss it far nor strong enough to knock the guard out.
She looked to the back door, it was close enough to her to possibly manage to throw the rock at. As the guard was lighting his cigarette, she took her chance and threw the rock into the door making a loud banging noise. "Hm?" The guard pulled out a gun from underneath his coat and walked to the door.
Asia took this opportunity to crawl through the hole, although her skirt caught onto a branch in the bush making a rustling noise. "Who's there?" The guard turned to the bush.
Asia froze with a look of fear, although as if it was a miracle from God himself. A mouse jumped out from the bush just as she pushed through the hole. "Tch. A damn mouse." The guard looked at the little animal in annoyance, and returned to his smoke break.
Asia ran through the woods, hopeful that she wouldn't be noticed by anyone. "There she goes." A Fallen Angel girl with blond hair tied into twintails, and dressed in a gothic Lolita frilly dress. Her piercing blue eyes looked to the running nun.
"Shall we have some fun with her, Mittelt?" The second figure was the male Fallen Angel, Dohnaseek.
"Yeah, I was getting bored anyway." Mittelt giggled and they both took flight after her.
While the former nun attempted to make her escape, elsewhere in town rumbling noises came from a house. A table was knocked over as an exorcist was pushed up against a wall with a dark aura restraining him. "Ugh!" The Exorcist grunted as shadowy waves moved up to his neck strangling him.
"This is the third house tonight." Raven's eyes glowed, while focusing on the Exorcist. She was dressed in a black leather jacket with a grey shirt underneath, she also wore a black skirt.
"Nya. Rias and Sona are lucky we are protecting their clients as well." Around Kuroka laid two knocked out Exorcists, and cowering behind her was the frightened client.
Out from the shadows walked out Itachi, looking upon the Exorcists with an emotionless stare. "This time, I will make sure we get some answers." Itachi walked up to the restrained Exorcist, signaling Raven to lower her magic restraints on the man. "Now then, why are you going around killing innocent humans?" Itachi tightly gripped his hand onto the Exorcists collar. "Depending on your answer, your death might be swift or slow." The image of a mangled miss Yumiko burnt into the back of his mind, fueling him with anger.
"… These creatures you call humans. Abandoned their humanity the moment they relied on you devils!" The Exorcist snarled with pure venom in his voice.
"…" Itachi's glare intensified, to which he grabbed onto the Exorcist's wrist. Using his normal enhanced devil strength to break his wrist like a twig. The Exorcist flinched, holding his screams in and enduring the pain. "Now, I don't doubt that. Knowing you Stray Exorcists point of view on things. But I know, you are not stupid enough to attack this frequently. Unless there is reason." Itachi pulled out a kunai knife from a magic circle, and pushed the Exorcist's arm up against the wall. "Let's try this again."
The Exorcist widened his eyes, feeling the sensation of the cold metal cutting into his middle finger. "Urgh!" His pupils shrank with blood pouring down his arm as Itachi cut off his finger. "Devil scum!" He snarled as Itachi moved the kunai to the index finger this time.
"Why are you going around killing our clients?" Itachi asked while pushing the blade up against the Exorcist's index finger.
"Screw you." The Exorcist glared, and Itachi in responds cut off the next finger. A ringing noise went through his head from the shock.
"Hey, your nose seems to be rather big. Let's trim that a little, huh?" Itachi held the kunai up under the frightened Exorcist's nose, pushing the blade up, cutting through just a little. The Exorcist was trembling, despite keeping up a brave façade he truly was afraid. He didn't seem in a talkative mood, so Itachi in a swift move cut the man's nose off.
"Argh!" Itachi released the screaming Exorcist from his grasp, to which he held his bloodied three fingered hand to what remained of his nose. "Do you really think this is all worth it?" The man merely glared up at Itachi in anger, whom looked down on him with his sharingan. His eyes not flickering with a single trace of emotion or sympathy. "It's your call. There is plenty of things that I can still cut off. And with magic, we can make sure you survive and stay awake through the whole thing."
"W-Wait." The Exorcist uttered, only to have his body stabbed, his fingers cut off one by one, followed by his toes. His body was lit on fire, his limbs frozen in solid ice and shattered to pieces with a stomp from Itachi's foot.
"AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!" The Exorcist held his hands up to his temple, saliva running down his gaping mouth. He fell to his knees, breathing heavily and incoherently. Although then he noticed, he was perfectly fine, his mind was shattered and his spirit broken. But physically he was completely fine.
"Did you like my illusion? Feels like the real thing doesn't it?" Itachi knelt down to eye level with the frightened Exorcist. Itachi could see the fear in his eyes, unable to move with a pool of sweat under him. "Now, let's try this again before I start the real torture. And yes, it can be much worse than the last one. And real. It certainly was painful enough for the last other two to commit suicide, unable to bear the mere thought of it." Itachi threatened.
"W-We-We… We are meant to keep you devils distracted… while our Fallen Angel masters carry out their plan… I-I just follow orders…" The frightened Exorcist spilled his guts, his quivering voice actually feeling genuine.
"And who gives you those orders? The Fallen Angels?"
"N-No, w-we take direct orders from Father Freed. A-And he takes orders from the Fallen Angels, w-who again takes orders from their leader…"
"Is that so? And who is Father Freed?" Itachi swung his kunai knife around his finger. "What does he look like?"
"H-He's young… s-silver hair, red eyes… looks and is kinda crazy. Please, let me go, I will leave town I swear…" The Exorcist looked with pleading eyes. Itachi still looked emotionlessly at him, his sharingan fading back into his usual shade of black.
The memory of the dead miss Yumiko still burning strong in his mind. He knew miss Yumiko wouldn't want Itachi to avenge her. Yet that didn't stop his sense of reasoning. Itachi in a split stabbed the man through the heart, hitting just the right spot to end his life quickly. It wasn't for vengeance, more for insurance that he wouldn't go back to his friends and warn them that they were being hunted. He threw two kunai knifes stabbing into the heads of the two unconscious Exorcists around Kuroka.
"Did you really have to kill them?" Raven looked upon the corpses of the Exorcists, seeming uncomfortable with this act.
"Had to be sure, that they wouldn't warn their higher ups about us. We need to find out if Kokabiel is really behind this. If he's not, it could cause a lot of problems with the already unstable relationship between our factions." Itachi declared, while Kuroka disposed of the corpses and cleaned away any evidence. "Make sure he doesn't remember anything either." Itachi pointed to the frightened client, and Raven complied erasing this whole mess from the client's memory.
"Now, find this Freed." Itachi ordered as they all vanished into separate magic circles.
The full moon shined in the night sky over Kuoh town. The sound of someone sprinting through the street went like an echo through the alleyways. Heavy, panicked breaths came from the blond former nun, Asia Aregento. In the back of her mind was the scene of a dismembered man on the floor, a scene that looked like it was straight out of a horror movie.
The event with the so-called priest Freed, and the kind young man Issei whom turned out to be a devil, had kept being replayed in her mind. Asia quickly realized after Issei was forced to flee with his devil friends, that she couldn't let things end like they did. She wanted to see Issei again, yet those currently chasing her wouldn't allow it. Asia kept running, almost short out of breath, not daring to look back. As above in the sky were two fallen angels, Dohnaseek and Mittelt, flying over her like vultures. "Where do you think you are going sister? Lady Raynare isn't finished with you yet!" Mittelt taunted with a condescending look and chuckle at the nun's helpless attempt to flee.
"Just come back with us, we have no desire to kill you, well… Lady Raynare told us not to kill you." Dohnaseek smirked and joined in with Mittelt on the condescending chuckle, at Asia whom looked even more frightened and kept running. The two fallen angels humored themselves with this little game of tag. In an attempt to shake them off, Asia took a sharp turn into an alleyway, and the Fallen Angels flew past it and quickly turned back to continue the chase after her. "You can't hide from us, little girl!" Dohnaseek flew after her along with Mittelt.
Asia stumbled out from the alleyway, quickly picked herself up and kept running. She was running in the direction of a two-story building apartment complex. Meanwhile, a young short petite man with messy dark hair and brown eyes wearing a black open shirt with a white baggy T-shirt underneath, and baggy black pants, unbeknown of the incoming danger, was taking out the trash. He whistled in a marry tune, enjoying the nice cool air of the night.
He was brought out of his merry mood however, as he heard a cry for help. "Help me! Someone please!" Asia begged as she ran from the fallen angels hovering over her. The petite man blinked for a second as he noticed the fallen angels. After taking a few seconds to grasp the situation, he panicked and hid away from sight.
"Fallen angels. Oh dear… what am I going to do? Why are they chasing after that nun? Is this some sort of trick to lure out devils? Or is she really in trouble?" The young petite man uttered under his breath to himself. Trembling while hearing Asia's pleas for help. The young man despite shaking, gulped down this nervous feeling and quickly acted. He grabbed Asia as she took a sharp turn into a corner and quickly took her to his apartment on the second floor. Managing to get her out of sight just before the fallen angels flew past the same corner.
"Where the hell did she go?" Mittelt questioned while looking around with a raised brow at how the nun could suddenly just vanish. Dohnaseek however, noticed the lights turning off in one of the apartments on the second floor. To which he gained a smirk and gave a light chuckle.
Meanwhile, inside the apartment the young man hid Asia inside of the closet in the corner of his tiny apartment. "O-Okay, just stay hidden here for a bit… until they have l-l-left…" The young man uttered looking and sounding rather nervous with his stuttering and all. Which did not go unnoticed by the former nun.
"Thank you, I am sorry to put you through something like this." Asia bowed her head in gratitude and the young man responded with a nod, and closed the closet door. Then he yelped as he got spooked when suddenly his door busted open, and in entered the two fallen angels that looked down on the young man. He was barely close to even Mittelt's height whom used her wings to fly a little over the floor.
"Well, look what we have here. A little devil." Dohnaseek smirked as the young man was trembling before them. To which the two fallen angels smirked with confidence, looking down on the frightened little devil. "Tell me, where is the nun?" Dohnaseek bent down to the petite man's eye level, and sent him a glare.
"N-Nun? Wh-What are you talking about?" The young man uttered playing clueless, to which the two fallen angels looked at each other and smirked.
"We know she's here, and unless you want to die, you give us her." Mittelt levitated down to his eye level, speaking in a cutesy tone filled with malice, as she formed a spear of light within the palm of her right hand.
Before the young man could pass out from fear, Dohnaseek halted his comrade in her tracks. "Now hang on Mittelt. Listen devil, I have a suggestion. How about we play a game? If you win, the nun can stay and you live. But if you lose, you die and we take her back with us, deal?" Dohnaseek suggested with a malicious smirk as Mittelt seemed to get the idea of what her friend was suggesting and deactivated the light spear. Slowly circling around the young devil and Dohnaseek while giggling at the frightened devil.
"A-a game?" The young man questioned with a surprised and a little relived look on his face. 'In games I can actually win, it would be for the best, I can't fight them now anyway.' The young man thought and rolled up his sleeve, with a burning look of determination. "Okay I will do it! But you have to promise that when I win, you let her go, and you spare our lives!"
"Heh, why certainly, but only if you win. The game is a sparring match, we will fight." Dohnaseek declared, and the young man paled so much that he resembled a statue. He dropped the end of his rolled-up sleeve, to which it fell down over his arm, followed with him gaping.
"Wh-What happens if I don't play?" The young man questioned nervously as he began sweating bullets.
"You die, and we take her." Dohnaseek replied and the young man froze while shaking, reflecting over his options for a short second.
"I-I will do it…" The young man uttered seeing no way out of this, and Dohnaseek grinned before slapping him on the back and knocking him over.
"That's the spirit! Now let's get started!" Dohnaseek formed a spear of light within the palm of his hand. Either excited to torture the poor devil, or just excited to fight.
"Umm, Dohnaseek, I think you knocked him out cold." Mittelt said and they looked down at him with a raised brow each. Staring at the unconscious form of the young petite devil.
"Huh, I only gave him a light tap. Guess I will wait until he wakes up before we start our fight." Dohnaseek declared, deactivating his light spear to which Mittelt looked annoyed.
"Oh, just kill him already. This is just a waste of time." Mittelt sighed finding Dohnaseek's honorable warrior like personality to be annoying.
"Mittelt, I am a warrior. I have a code, that I will only kill my opponent while they are fighting. Even if my opponent is a devil. Besides, it's much more fun to kill them when they are awake. The only exception I have is if they don't want to fight back then I will kill them no problem. However, this devil just agreed to fight. So, we will wait." Dohnaseek replied and Mittelt seeing there was no way she could convince her comrade of otherwise, jumped onto the young man's bed while taking some of his snacks and a magazine up from the floor.
"Fine, we'll wait. And you are staying in there, little nun." Mittelt gave a devilish smirk as she looked at the closet which contained a frightened and worried Asia.
Four hours had passed and the young man had yet to wake up, and Mittelt had eaten all his snacks and was getting bored. "Strange, why hasn't he wakened up yet?" Dohnaseek began looking annoyed as he stood tall over the unconscious sleeping devil.
"Let's just kill him and be done with it." Mittelt sighed and stretched her arms beginning to feel sleepy.
"No, I told you we will wait." Dohnaseek replied as the young man's body flinched a little. This however, went unnoticed by Dohnaseek and Mittelt. Dohnaseek looked around the apartment, and only first now noticed something. "Oh, what is this? A war hammer?" Dohnaseek spotted a giant war hammer laying against the side of the wall in the corner of the apartment. "It's magnificent, I think I will take it once I kill him. You know, as a trophy."
"Huh, wonder why a shrimp like him has that." Mittelt stared at the war hammer while eating a potato chip.
"Who cares? I'm taking it." Dohnaseek shrugged and reached out for the war hammer. However, both he and Mittelt froze at the sudden pressure building up around them.
"That war hammer is not meant to be touched by a filthy angel like you." A deep booming voice was heard. To which the Fallen Angels swiftly turned around to face the source of this voice. Both stared in bewilderment as the voice came from the young devil, having finally woken up and was standing tall. "You are about to wish you had stayed home, luck doesn't seem to be on your side." The young man grew taller by the second, and buffer.
"What is this, mister shy devil finally gained some balls?" Mittelt mockingly chuckled not noticing the growth spurt. She widened her eyes however, as it became more obvious when suddenly the young man's body grew in size, to the point where he was taller than Dohnaseek. His once petite body turned more muscular and his baggy clothes looked filled, and to be a little tight.
"This power… You are not a normal low-class devil, are you?" Dohnaseek questioned, looking unfazed as he stood face to face with the young man.
"Indeed I am. However, I am no mere low-class devil…" The young man dragged his hands through his dark hair, slicking it back with a single bang going over his forehead. "…I am one of the Seven Deadly Sins, the Sin of Sloth, names Bob." The young man known as Bob declared while standing face to face with Dohnaseek and giving him an ice-cold stare. "I'm about to put you to sleep." Dohnaseek flinched slightly at the mentioning of the Seven Deadly Sins.
"Seven Deadly Sins? Where have I heard that before?" Mittelt questioned not sure if she should be amazed at all. Although the name did sound familiar, but she couldn't bother trying to remember.
"The Seven Deadly Sins, the peerage of the strongest young devil, Itachi Sitri." Dohnaseek revealed to his comrade not looking fazed by this discovery. While Mittelt on the other hand stared in a gap at this. She at least remembered that name, having heard it from not only gossip in the underworld, but from their boss as well warning them not to approach him at any cost without backup.
"Now that my nap is over… How about you apologize, for invading my home, and eating all my snacks?" Bob released a strong powerful aura, putting a ton of pressure on his two unwanted guests.
"Heh, we? Apologize? Yeah right, and how is someone like you going to make me?" Dohnaseek laughed at that bold statement from Bob. Looking at Bob with a condescending look and chuckle. A devil was still a devil after all, there was no way someone as proud as Dohnaseek would grovel before one just like that.
As Dohnaseek let out his malicious laughter, Bob simply smiled and joined in on the laughing. Then, however, Bob spun kicked Dohnaseek into his sides knocking him down onto his knees. Dohnaseek look astonished, not able to believe he was brought to his knees just like that. "Like that." Bob replied, sending cold glares at them both sending shivers down Mittelt's spine.
"He knocked down Dohnaseek in one strike? Impossible for a low-class devil, no wait, his power is around mid-class now." Mittelt looked taken aback at this sudden turn of events. Although her shock didn't last long and she smirked. "Looks like you get your challenge after all, Dohnaseek." Dohnaseek chuckled in agreement to Mittelt's statement.
"Heh, see? I told you this wasn't a waste of time." Dohnaseek got back up with a creepy smirk spread across his face. "Don't think that we, the fallen angels! One of the three factions! Can be defeated so easily!" Dohnaseek feeling all riled up released his own aura.
"Naturally, otherwise this wouldn't entertain me in the slightest." Bob said with a lazy look on his face as he released his own aura that combined with Dohnaseek's, made the whole room shake. Asia whom was still in the closet looked amazed at the man who was helping her escape the fallen angels and return to Issei. Like Issei was at first, a stranger. A kind stranger helped her yet again, and what was more he turned out to also be a devil. Creatures she had been taught her whole life were evil, yet she never believed that every devil could be evil. These last few days had proven her right on that. "Now then, can we hurry this up?" Bob cracked his knuckles, his lazy eyes looking at the eager Dohnaseek.
"Heh, don't underestimate me, devil scum!" Dohnaseek smirked as he released all his power at once, and spread out his fallen angel wings. Small gushes of wind were sent through the room from Dohnaseek's power, to which Bob didn't look all that amazed, he just had a bored look on his face.
"You are going all out already?" Mittelt questioned as she used her wings to cover her body from the gushes of wind blowing around the room, as well as from objects being sent flying around the room.
To this Bob looked around at all the flying objects, messing up his apartment. "Great… now I have to clean this mess up after I mopped the floor with these losers." Bob sighed, earning him a death glare from Dohnaseek.
"Something about him tells me that I should destroy him, right here and now! So that's what I will do!" Dohnaseek formed a sword out of light and swung it sideways towards Bob. Once it hit Bob's right arm small shockwaves were sent through the room and the windows shattered into pieces and pieces of glass spread across the floor, along with the brilliant waves of light lighting up the whole apartment.
Bob still looked unamazed and bored as he let out a sigh. "Is that the best you can do?" Bob questioned as the light sword had barely made a scratch on his right arm. Dohnaseek stared in utter disbelief, not even able to make a cut on Bob's arm with that strike.
"Impossible! Impossible! Impossible!" Dohnaseek had wide eyes of shock as his body started to tremble a little out of rage and frustration. "No low-class devil should be resistant to my light!"
"Like I said… I am no mere low-class." Bob said with his eyes narrowed at Dohnaseek whom gritted his teeth in anger. "I am one of the Seven Deadly Sins, the Sin of Sloth, names Bob." Bob repeated his phrase from earlier.
"I will kill you!" Dohnaseek shouted and began swinging the blade of light rapidly, and all he was able to do was cut through Bob's clothes and leaving a few scratches marks on his body. It looked like he had been merely scratched by a mere housecat.
Mittelt backed up a little, looking in disbelief. This couldn't be happening, right? It was like a bad dream. "Dohnaseek! Let's flee while we still can! We should bring Lady Raynare here and-" Mittelt was about to suggest something that would hurt Dohnaseek's pride even further than his attempts to kill Bob.
"No! I am a warrior! I will finish my own battles!" Dohnaseek declared and raised his light sword over his head.
"Then I believe it is my turn." Bob said and lazily brought his right hand behind his back with his palm directed at Dohnaseek, who's pupils shrank at what happened next. Bob released a powerful aura that made Dohnaseek's seem like a peddle standing before a mountain. The Fallen Angel tremble in fear and instantly regretting his former statement, he lowered his arms deactivating the sword of light.
"P-Please… I-I am sorry for the trouble we have caused… just let us leave…" Dohnaseek stuttered as Bob's energy was beyond overwhelming.
Bob's lazy eyes stared at Dohnaseek, feeling like he stared into his very soul. "Yeah, I have changed my mind about that. You have greatly fouled my mood."
"W-Wait-" Dohnaseek's pupils shrank in fear. The fear paralyzing his body, with the closest he came to moving being his body trembling.
"Here is a reminder. Don't poke the bear." Bob smirked as he pushed his palm towards Dohnaseek's chest. For a split second everything was silent, only the breeze of a wind blowing through the room.
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The very next moment, a powerful shockwave was sent blasting into Dohnaseek. Whom vomited out a puddle of blood as he felt the shockwave dig into his gut. In a split second, Dohnaseek was sent flying straight out through the apartment wall, leaving a large hole. "Dohnaseek!" Mittelt shouted and quickly turned towards Bob with a light spear in her hand, but the moment when she turned around Bob's fist was dug deep into her gut making her vomit out blood as well.
"Begone, fallen angel scum." Bob uttered and sent Mittelt flying out the hole left by Dohnaseek, and all that was heard was a loud thud followed by a crack. Bob walked over to the hole and looked out from it, seeing that in a park nearby, the ground was dug up, and laying up against a broken tree, was an unconscious Dohnaseek with blood coming out from his gaping mouth. As well as a hole in his clothing where the shockwave struck along with a bruise mark. And Mittelt had landed a few feet away from Dohnaseek, also knocked out with a trail of blood coming out from her lips, her lightless eyes looking astonished. "Hn, they seem to have had enough, and I was just about to show them how serious I could get in this state. Oh well, game over." Bob then turned towards the closet with the hiding nun. "You can come out now, it's safe."
"Th-Thank you." Asia carefully stepped out from the closet looking worried about the tiny scratches on Bob's body but he gave her a reassuring smile.
"Do not worry about me, these are nothing but mere scratches. Now go, before more of them show up." Bob gave her a light pat on the head, to which Asia nodded and walked out of the door and gave one last bow of thanks before leaving. Bob waved as he saw the nun out, and then he sighed and turned towards the hole in his wall. "My landlord is going to kill me though…"
Bob lazily looked to the sky, seeing a third Fallen Angel having arrived. It was Kalwarner, her eyes looking astonished at the sight of a defeated Dohnaseek and Mittelt. "This… can't be…" Kalwarner uttered as drops of sweat ran down her forehead.
"Oy!" Bob called out to her, making the Fallen Angel flinch while forming a spear of light. Bob looked unamused and bored at Kalwarner, he merely increased the pressure around him while glaring at her. "Take your friends with you, and tell your boss to skip town. Or else, I will take you all down tonight!" Bob threatened the trembling Kalwarner, whom snarled in anger over herself for feeling this sensation of fear from a mere reincarnated devil.
Despite this however, Kalwarner flew down to her defeated comrades. She held the unconscious Mittelt under her left arm, and held Dohnaseek up with her right. 'You've won for today devil, but the war is not over!' Kalwarner thought as she glared at Bob, and vanished through a dark portal.
Bob lowered the pressure around him, and looked towards the running nun in the distance. "…" Bob formed a magic circle in the palm of his hand, to which a hologram of Itachi appeared. "Captain." Bob greeted.
"You know… you and Kuroka are the only ones who call me that." Itachi sounded like he let out a humors chuckle. The moment they all discovered the nickname Azazel and Sirzechs had given their group, Bob and Kuroka felt it appropriate to call Itachi Captain rather than Master. "So, what is it you wanted to talk about?" Itachi looked serious, able to see the strange unusual mess in Bob's room plus the giant hole in the wall.
"Right… well a lot happened you see." Bob began explaining his little encounter with the former nun, and his little skirmish against two Fallen Angels.
Meanwhile, at the old church in the hills outside of town. Dohnaseek and Mittelt were thrown to the ground by Kalwarner right before Raynare. Dohnaseek and Mittelt having regained consciousness weakly looked up to the disappointed stare of Raynare. "Well? What happened?" Raynare flared in a dangerous aura as she glared at her two subordinates.
"L-Lady Raynare, we're sorry but…" Mittelt uttered, flinching in fear at the glare given to her by Raynare. "I-It was Dohnaseek's fault! That stupid pride of his caused all this!"
Dohnaseek clenched his fists, regretting not having killed Bob when he had the chance. "Is this true?" Raynare looked to Dohnaseek, whom barely flinched and merely growled.
"Yes… forgive me." Dohnaseek uttered, his pride beyond shattered to pieces. "I was careless, I had no idea that devil would turn out to be…"
"Turn out to be, what?" Raynare glared down on Dohnaseek demanding answers for this failure.
"W-We… we encountered one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Seems their master, Itachi Sitri controls this town along with Rias Gremory." Dohnaseek reported, and the mood in the room shifted completely. He carefully looked up, seeing Raynare's eyes burning with anger at the mentioning of that name.
"Itachi Sitri? And the Seven Deadly Sins?" Raynare spoke in a pure venomous tone, seeming to hold a grudge towards the Sitri heir.
"Lady Raynare, I-" Dohnaseek unable to finish as Raynare with a swift move of her hand, sent a wave of light into Dohnaseek's right eye. "Argh!" Dohnaseek cried in pain, feeling like someone cut his eye with a knife. Blood pouring out from the cut that would without a doubt leave a scar.
"Enough, let that be a reminder to not fail again." Raynare turned around and walked towards the broken cross at the altar of this rundown old church. "Seems I will need to take matters into my own hands. I refuse to let those devils get in the way of my plans. That girl is my last hope." Raynare set her sights on capturing the escaped former nun Asia Aregento.
That's the end for now!
So, this little arc is reaching its conclusions soon, then we move on to a certain Phenex prick. But before that, our devil friends need to clean out some Fallen Angels. Also, what is Raynare's problem with Itachi? How does she know him? Have her plans regarding Asia's Sacred Gear changed from what we already know? Most likely, yes.
Anyway, what do you guys think of this chapter? Do you have any questions? Then please leave a review.
-Later!
(responds to reviews):
KingAllen: How about no. My story, I decide when he gets the mangekyou. I've already explained why, and I'm not doing it again.
andresskorskiruiz: Well, he certainly showed a little dark side of him in that little torture scene. And that would be an interesting battle, although why the battle would occur is the question.
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merendinoemiliano: Fair enough, and oh boy I've got plans for that warmongering Fallen Angel.
TehStorm: Thanks! Raiser vs Itachi, the battle is closing in.
Conker9999: Well, I based him a little off Behemoth from Beelzebub to be fair so maybe that's why.
GunBlade2019: The old lady had to die, to show how things can go from peaceful, to chaotic in an instant.
RedBurningDragon: That he does, and because of that so does Rias now. Although some like Eto may not.
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Mr. Haziq: Ah well, she served her purpose. Despite being in only one chapter.
seant5054: I'm more like a DC comics kinda guy. Not a huge Marvel fan, sorry.
DarkReaderSeiin: Thanks, haven't really planned for him to have a rinnegan honestly. All his mangekyou skills will remain intact once he awakens it again.
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D'nnome: Ah, Raven, without a doubt one my favorite DC characters.