Chapter 17: Who Runs This Town?!
The very next morning started off unusual for Issei, ever since what happened last night with Asia he's become more determined. Waking up early in the morning, and going on a basic training schedule he found online. He needed to get stronger, and save Asia. Who knows what that creep of a priest and those Fallen Angels are doing to her right now?
"Issei-san?" A voice called out, to which Issei looked in shock while he did pullups on a bar at the playground. It was none other than Asia, the shock of seeing her caused Issei to let go and hit his chin onto the metal bar.
"Argh!" Issei rubbed his chin, and Asia quickly ran over to him and began healing him.
"Are you alright?" Asia asked looking rather concerned.
"Y-Yeah… but, what are you doing here?" Issei questioned, thinking she would be trapped in a dungeon or something. Asia then went on to explain how she escaped last night and got help from a nice guy who was a devil. And Issei's mind instantly went to thinking of Kiba, damn that Prince charming.
Issei decided to take a break from training, and showed Asia around town instead. It was practically a date, taking her out for lunch, going to the arcade, just having a fun time together. Then they wrapped things up by going to sit by a pond, and Asia began telling her story. She was considered to be Saint with her powers to heal people. People would come to see her from far and wide, to get healed by her divine godlike power as they described it. Then one day, she wound an injured man, although it was no man. It was a devil, and once word got out, she was branded a witch for having the ability to heal enemies of God. She was excommunicated from the church and lived alone, until hope returned in the form of a Fallen Angel offering her to do work for God once again. And about her desire to make a lot of friends, to which Issei declared that they are friends without hesitation.
"A touching story…" Someone landed onto the water in the pond, smiling at the pair. Issei snarled and got defensive seeing it was Yuuma, or rather Raynare.
"Lady Raynare…" Asia gasped, wondering how long she had been following her.
"Fallen Angel…" Issei snarled, feeling a mixture of anger, betrayal, and sad. Despite all this, Raynare was his first girlfriend. He still didn't know what to think of this situation.
"So, it's true… you've become a lowly reincarnated Devil?" Raynare asked with a look of disgust in her eyes.
"Why are you here, you Fallen Angel?!" Issei stepped in a defensive manner before Asia.
"Heh, for a low-class scum like you, to address me in such a manner… Oh well, I suppose I shall annihilate you if you insist on standing in my way." Raynare created a light spear within her hand, while Issei summoned forth his Sacred Gear, a red gauntlet on his left hand. Issei seemed proud of himself for being able to bring it out, although he was shut down as Raynare laughed at him. "Just a Twice Critical? Really, my superior was way off the mark. An item that only doubles the users' power."
"Doubles my power?" Issei looked in slight awe at that, even if Raynare dismissed it.
"I was told it was dangerous by my superiors, so I put up with that little act… "I love you, please go out with me." Remember?" Raynare spoke in the sweet tone Issei knew as Yuuma, only to return to her condescending glare and tone of voice later.
"Shut up! As a man I gotta protect my friend!" Issei declared as his gauntlet let out a brilliant green light, followed by a mighty howl.
Boost!
"Pathetic." Raynare snarled and threw the light spear through Issei's gut, making him fall over to his knee in pain.
"Issei-san!" Asia rushed over to heal the wound in his gut, seeing it instantly beginning to heal him, with his lost flesh re-growing at radical speed.
Raynare glared at the nun, and the rings that was Twilight Healing on her hands. "That power is meant to be used for us, not some lowlife devil filth." Raynare harshly declared to which the former nun glared at her.
"I knew it, you were only after my power after all!" Asia accused, to which Raynare appeared before them delivering a kick to Issei's chin sending him flying.
"If you come back with me, I shall offer you the favor of sparing this devil's life. Not a bad deal, right?" Raynare smirked down upon Asia, whom looked between the fallen Issei and Raynare. "Or maybe… I should eradicate him here and now." Raynare generated angelic like light within her hand.
"I-I will go." Asia accepted and went into Raynare's embrace.
"Asia!" Issei picked himself up and rushed towards them.
"After tonight's ritual you will be free from any more pain and suffering. See you later, Issei-kun." Raynare giggled as she vanished with Asia in hand.
Later that evening, Eto was getting scolded by Itachi for letting a client die, and then eating said client's corpse. "I'm sorry, be glad I didn't eat all of the guy." Eto playfully apologized to Itachi whom gave her a stern glare.
"You've always been a wild card, I won't deny that. But you've gone too far this time. As your master, I order you to repent yourself tonight. You shall aid in the Gremory groups task of clearing out that abandoned church of Exorcists. We've received an all clear signal from the higher ups, and gotten permission to attack without triggering a war. And if I hear of any other incidents like this again, your punishment shall be severe." Itachi gave a threatening glare with his sharingan, to which Eto just smirked seeming a little excited even.
"Yes! Understood!" Eto said in a childlike voice while holding her hands up in a peace sign.
"Good, Rias has already sent Kiba, Koneko and the rookie Issei to attack the church from the inside. She also said she would deal with any threats outside the church herself. That is all, now go." Itachi ordered, to which Eto stood up in a salute and went skipping out the room in a cherry mood.
"I really don't trust her." Raven appeared from the shadows, looking at Eto as she vanished into the distance.
"She is manipulative and cunning. But she is also no fool, she knows she cannot defeat me. Whatever she is planning, I won't let her succeed. She is my dearest servant after all." Itachi declared, wanting to actually help Eto live a good life, even if she herself didn't believe she could.
Meanwhile, Issei, Kiba and Koneko had gathered before the front entrance of the church. "By the way, Kiba, I wanted to thank you for coming along. Also for helping Asia last night." Issei thanked, although Kiba looked confused.
"I have no idea what you are talking about." Kiba looked serious, and Issei gaped in confusion.
"W-Wait, Asia said she was helped by a male Devil last night. I thought it must have been you." Issei explained to which Kiba seemed to understand and gave a light chuckle to which Issei looked even more confused.
"It's not like we're the only devils in this town. Besides Rias, there are two other noble devils in this town. Each with their own set of Peerage members." Kiba explained to Issei, whom looked taken aback that there were so many devils in this town. Making him wonder, just who helped Asia?
Koneko interrupted his train of thought, by kicking down the front door. "They know we're here." Koneko said as inside the abandoned church awaited the stray exorcist from last night, Freed Sellzen.
"Yo! Yo! Yo! We meet again! I'm getting sentimental." Freed greeted his guests with a smile, and was met with a snarl from Issei. "You see, I never meet the same devil twice, so this is kinda new to me. I'm like super strong, so once I meet one of your kind, I kill them. That's why I'm pissed. About you devils hurting my pride." Freed licked his gun, with a glare of killer intent at the trio.
"Where is Asia, you bastard?!" Issei shouted, reading his Sacred Gear for combat.
"Oh, that slutty sister who fell for a devil's charm? She's at the underground ritual site you can reach through that altar." Freed peeked to the altar behind him, and then turned to glare at Issei with a sadistic smirk. "That is, if you can get past me." Then the battle began.
While outside, Rias and Akeno had encountered the Fallen Angel trio of Dohnaseek, Mittelt and Kalwarner. "I was expecting Itachi Sitri… and that Bob. Yet it seems I will have to take my anger out on you. Lady Gremory!" Dohnaseek had an eyepatch after having been punished by Raynare.
"I'm actually glad, this way I will get payback!" Mittelt declared while forming a spear of light.
"You insolent cocky devils shall all perish tonight!" Kalwarner declared, angered at Rias after what Issei did to her.
"Akeno, if you would." Rias signaled to her Queen, to which Akeno changed into a shrine maid outfit, and created a barrier around them and the Fallen Angels. "Now then… I shall punish you all. For hunting our clients, and for causing pain to my beloved servant." Rias declared, and with a flick of her finger, she created three softball sized spheres of her destruction power.
"H-Hey, Dohnaseek… this feels bad… like really bad." Mittelt began growing nervous, not having recovered from the shock of their encounter with Bob. Dohnaseek silently agreed with a cold sweat running down his face.
"Dust that bitch!" Kalwarner shouted to which all three of them threw light spears towards the Gremory princess. Rias again, merely flicked her fingers to which her three destruction spheres began moving, and flew straight at the light spears.
"Huh? What the-" Dohnaseek and his companions looked in shock, as Rias' destruction spheres ate away at their light spears. The softball sized destruction spheres then begin bouncing around the barrier walls and clobbering into the Fallen Angels. The speed from the spheres were too much for the Fallen Angels to keep up with, they were clobbered by them over and over again. One hit Dohnaseek in the gut causing him to cough up blood, then the sphere flew up hitting his chin.
Akeno stared in awe, never having seen this side of Rias before. 'When did Rias learn to have such good control over her demonic power…' Akeno analyzed the bouncing destruction spheres, even if they moved like a blur to her sometimes, she was able to pick up on something. 'The sheer density within those spheres is incredible… to those Fallen Angels, it must be like getting clobbered by pure titanium made softballs.' Akeno watched as the clobbering of these destruction spheres quickly beat the Fallen Angel trio into submission on their knees. Pieces of their clothes, flesh and skin having been burnt away. The spheres then levitated back to Rias' side.
Rias grabbed one of the spheres and bounced it up and down like a basketball. "So, do you still think you can win this?" Rias smiled down upon the angered beaten Fallen Angels.
Back at the church, they had beaten Freed whom was forced to run away. And now they had gone underground to confront Raynare. They were in a dark room filled with stray Exorcists, and at the end of the room was Asia chained to a cross of some kind, and standing before her was Raynare.
"Welcome, devils. You are quite late." Raynare commented as Asia weakly looked up at Issei. "The ritual is almost complete."
"Asia!" Issei ignored Raynare's words and attempted to charge at her, only for their path to be blocked by the Stray Exorcists.
"I see, they are planning to steal her Sacred Gear…" Kiba commented trying to figure a way through these Exorcists.
"Steal her Sacred Gear? What will happen to Asia?!" Issei instantly asked, afraid that he knew the answer, based on what knowledge he had of this kind of things happening in manga and anime.
"Well… she will die." Kiba commented with a regretful expression.
"Asia… will die…" Issei stared in shock, seeing Asia screaming as out from her body came a glowing ball of green light, and then the light in her eyes disappeared and she hung her head down from exhaustion. The light was surrounding a pair of rings that was her Sacred Gear.
"Twilight Healing… is finally within my grasp." Raynare looked at the rings like if they were her salvation, a symbol of hope in her eyes, was a symbol of despair in Issei's. "Finally… Amon… Finally, we shall grant our wish."
The feeling of shock in Issei was replaced by a feeling of agony. "Asia!" He called out to the past out nun, and rushed towards her, the Stray Exorcists stepping aside while mocking him as he made his way through.
"With this, I can become a Supreme Fallen Angel." Raynare smirked as she pushed the orb into her chest, her body releasing a mighty green aura.
"Don't give me that crap!" Issei jumped up from the final step on the staircase, his fist raised at Raynare whom effortlessly dodged and flew over him.
"I'll let you have the girl, not that it matters anyway." Raynare with a flick of her finger, released the chains that held up Asia to which she fell into Issei's arms.
"Asia, are you alright?" Issei lightly shook her, until she weakly opened her emerald green eyes to look at him.
"Issei-san… You came…" Asia despite her situation looked overjoyed that Issei was willing to come here and rescue her.
"Of course I did. You just rest up, you are going to be okay!" Issei lifted her up, holding her bridal style while he glared up at Raynare.
"Yes…" She weakly trembled and closed her eyes.
"Give her Sacred Gear back…!" Issei fumed as he glared at Raynare hovering above them.
"Heh, yeah right. I had to lie to my superiors to carry out this plan. And I'm not going to give up on it." Raynare declared, looking dead serious about going through with this.
"You were my first girlfriend… I was going to cherish our relationship." Issei looked down, feeling like a fool for being tricked like that.
"Yeah, you were surprisingly innocent. It was actually kinda cute." Raynare snorted at Issei's words like they were nothing.
"Yuuma-chan… I really loved you." Those words caused Raynare to flinch and give a snarl at him. "I carefully planed out our date to make it fantastic and everything…"
"Yeah, true. Nothing could have gone wrong on that date. I'm sure Yuuma would have actually liked that. But to me, it made it fricking boring." Raynare looked slightly saddened by the mentioning of that name.
"Yuuma-chan…" Issei merely uttered thinking on the memories he had from his first date.
"Amano Yuuma… like I said when I thought you were going to die. Yuuma is the name of my beloved little sister… and Amano is merely a changed-up name from my little brother Amon. My two dearest siblings… taken away… killed. I shall let these Exorcists finish you all off, I have a place I need to be." Raynare took off, flying towards the exit leading back up to the church.
"Get back here!" Issei shouted and ran after her with Asia in his arms, although now the Stray Exorcists charged at him, Kiba and Koneko.
"Hyoudou-kun! We'll try and make a path for you! Go get that Fallen Angel!" Kiba shouted using a duel wield blade to hold of five Exorcists at once. While Koneko delivered a spin kick into the heads of three other Exorcists.
"Thanks, you guys!" Issei ran up the stairs after Raynare.
"Issei-san…" Asia weakly called out in his arms diverting his attention to her. "I'm glad to have meet you…"
"What are you saying, just hold on. I-I'll introduce you to my friends, I'm sure they will be your friends too! They might be idiots but they are good guys I swear! So, just hang in there, okay?" Issei tried to keep up a smile to lift up Asia's spirit.
"I wish I could have been born here… and meet you…" Asia uttered before her eyes closed one final time, and she gave her last breath.
"Asia…" Issei stopped running the moment he got back up to inside of the church. Where Raynare was about to exit through a hole in the ceiling, when she noticed Issei, silently carrying the dead nun and putting her down onto a church bench. Issei then turned to glare at her, tears streaming down from his eyes.
"You are not going anywhere!" Issei snarled at Raynare, his left arm giving off a red light as he activated his Sacred Gear.
Boost!
"… Hmm, I suppose I should finish what I started." Raynare smirked, just itching to finish off this devil trash once and for all.
Meanwhile, down stairs, Kiba and Koneko were being pushed into a corner by what looked like to be at least 50 Stray Exorcists. They readied themselves, although then everyone halted feeling some rumbling around them. "What is this…?" Kiba questioned when suddenly Koneko's ears perked and she dragged Kiba out of the way and leaped over the Exorcists. As the wall where they once stood, exploded and out came a gigantic monster, sinking its giant fangs onto a few of the Exorcists splattering their blood everywhere.
"Sup!" Out from the monster's head was Eto, her body naked and only covered by some bandages. She laughed as her monstrous Kakuja form shot out like a machine gun of crystal-like projectiles. The Exorcists were gunned down by Eto's onslaught of attacks.
"Eto?" Kiba looked somewhat relived that they had backup from one of the Sins. Yet he also looked slightly disturbed at how she massacred the Exorcists. Oh well, a girl's gotta eat.
"Yo, little kitty, pretty boy. Don't you think your friend might need help up there." Eto pointed up to the ceiling, to which both without hesitation ran to the top floor to aid Issei. Now that they were gone, Eto turned to face the Exorcists whom all flinched at seeing her piercing red ghoul eye. "Now then, thanks for the food." Eto playfully clapped her hands together, as her Kakuja let out a roar.
Back up in the church, Raynare avoided Issei's attacks, although she couldn't help but be taken aback. This sudden explosion of emotions emitting from him, powered up his Sacred Gear much more than before. He was bursting with red and green energy, all from just his left hand. "Useless…" Raynare leaped over another punch from Issei, only to suddenly get body slammed in the back by Koneko.
Raynare gaped and hurled up blood from Koneko's monstrous strength, and she was sent flying down towards Issei whom slammed his fist right into her face. Raynare crashed into a few church benches, breaking them apart from the impact. "What happened to my soldiers?" Raynare gasped seeing Kiba and Koneko having arrived as well.
"Let's just say you are not the only one with backup." Kiba had his sword directed at her neck, giving her an ice-cold stare. "Give that poor sister her Sacred Gear back."
"Heh, the girl is dead! Even if I gave it back it wouldn't matter!" Raynare blasted Kiba with a wave of light sending him skidding backwards a little. "With this new power, all of you are nothing you mere reincarnates!" Raynare declared as her body released a green aura healing any injury dealt to her.
Meanwhile, out in the forest with Rias. Rias looked around seeing Dohnaseek laying underneath a broken tree, Mittelt laying in a bush her body all bloodied and bruised up. While Kalwarner laid on the ground before Rias, her face planted into the dirt. And the three destruction spheres levitated around Rias in an elegant form. "Are all of you quite done?"
"Gremory brat… once Lady Raynare gets here you are dead…" Kalwarner snarled, yet Rias didn't seem to care.
"I don't think so, she might have increased her powers a little from taking that Sacred Gear. But in the end, she will lose. Unfortunately, neither of you will get to see it." Rias declared as the three spheres grew in size.
"Heh, that pervert is supposed to defeat her? You gotta be kidding me. She told us all about that pathetic little brat." Kalwarner laughed at the mentioning of Issei, knowing how Raynare played him for a fool.
"Lady Raynare… will become invincible… once we complete stage two of our plan..." Dohnaseek declared, blasting the tree over him to pieces and picking himself back up.
"Operation Fallen Arch will be completed, and neither of you can stop it!" Mittelt declared, pushing her bloodied corpse up.
"Oh? And what is operation Fallen Arch?" Rias asked with a slight hint of curiosity in her tone. "Is it perhaps related to heavens very own Arch Angels?"
"We ain't telling you anything, lady…" Mittelt panted as she formed a light spear within her hand.
"We will end you!" Kalwarner hissed in anger while generating a sphere of light into her hands, gathering what energy she had.
"We will complete our master's task!" Dohnaseek declared, creating duel swords of light into his hands. All of them had Rias and Akeno surrounded, yet the two female devils didn't look worried.
'These Fallen Angels… do they not know it is pointless to fight Rias?' Akeno thought to herself, looking at the spinning spheres even if they grew in size their level of density did not change. 'When did you get this strong, Rias?' Akeno looked to her master, whom crossed her arms together to which the spheres began spinning around them faster.
"Checkmate." Rias uttered and swung her arms out to the side, as the Fallen Angels charged at her. The destruction spheres grew bigger than the Fallen Angels themselves, and swallowed them up whole. And all that was heard was three quick screams from within the spheres, before they were incinerated into nothingness. All that was left was a single black feather from each one of them.
Back with Eto in the underground part of the church. The half ghoul sat on a pile of dead Exorcist, breaking an arm like a crab leg and then feasting on the red flesh, and drinking the blood. Eto looks to her blood covered hand, proceeds to lick the blood off from her wrist, all the way up to her finger which she sucked on for a bit.
"This should make up for that dead client. Itachi is so cute." Eto giggled, having the time of her life. "Thinking he has control over me, just makes him so adorable. Or maybe he wants to trick me into thinking that? He's not only cute, but smart. One thing is for sure, I'm going to enjoy this little game of cat and mouse." The only question being, who is the cat and who is the mouse?
Back upstairs, the fight had gone on a little. Kiba and Koneko were able to push Raynare back, although no matter how much they injured her she would just heal herself. Issei on the other hand, couldn't do anything. His fighting style was too simple so Raynare just avoided every single attack he threw at her.
"Promotion… Rook!" Issei let out a red glow, utilizing the ability of promotion Rias told him about just before they went on this rescue mission. Issei then went back into the fight, rushing at Raynare while she was holding off Kiba.
"Damn persistent brat!" Raynare hissed and would fall back if it weren't for Koneko blocking her path. She formed a second spear of light, and threw it at the incoming Issei. However, he blocked the spear using his red gauntlet while it increased his power once more.
'Damn, I wasn't sure if that would even work!' Issei thought as he jumped at Raynare and threw a punch. When Raynare tried to catch his fist, she was overwhelmed by his increased Rook strength and thus overpowered.
'This won't work… if it was just him this would be over and done already… but those two. They are the real problem, I need a distraction and run for it.' Raynare thought, her eyes analyzing the room to find a way out, then her eyes landed on the dead Asia's corpse. 'That's it!' Raynare grew a devilish smirk and threw a spear of light, that to Issei's surprise went right past him.
Issei turned around and in shock seeing the spear was heading for Asia. "Promotion Knight!" Issei used his enhanced knight speed to get to Asia before the spear hit her, he managed to avoid her body getting incinerated although instead the spear pierced right through his leg. "Argh!" Issei fell over in pain.
"Hyoudou-kun!" Kiba rushed to Issei while Koneko alone had to hold Raynare off.
"I'm fine… don't you worry about me pretty boy!" Issei growled as he picked himself up, grabbing his hand onto the light spear, while ignoring the burning pain surging through his leg and hand. He gave a good pull and pulled the light spear out from his leg, to which blood gushed out from both ends.
"Impossible, he's a low class he shouldn't be able to…" Raynare looked in absolute shock at Issei's power growth and resolve.
"Compared to Asia's suffering… this is nothing! And you! You tried to incinerated her corpse! You dirty rotten bitch! I will kill you!" Issei roared and his Sacred Gear responded to his feelings and exploded with power.
Explosion!
The gauntlet changed its shape, growing claws and covering his arm up to the elbow. "A mid-class shockwave? No, even stronger?! That Sacred Gear is supposed to be a mere Twice Critical, how can it?!" Raynare stared in shock, as Issei spread his devil bat wings. He then charged right at her, Raynare attempted to escape although was punched in the back by Koneko.
"This is for Asia!" Issei roared, his eyes flashing in a glint of green.
"N-No wait!" Raynare looked concerned and slightly afraid, as Issei slammed his fist right into her sending her flying out the window. And Koneko immediately jumped out after her, not letting her get away.
"You did a good job." Kiba supported up the weakened Issei.
"Yeah? Thanks…" Issei panted, having exhausted himself.
"My, my, the boss man was right, you do show potential." Issei was taken a little aback at this new figure, his eyes landing onto the bandaged covered Eto. He noted that she was beautiful, with her green hair, and that curvy, slim, firm, small body.
"Eto, I am surprised to see you here." Rias walked in with Akeno accompanying her.
"Well the big boss man thought you might need some help." Eto hummed as she held out an arm from one of the Exorcists and began eating it, to which Issei looked shocked and disgusted. Her eye then flashed red, and Issei instantly realized what she was.
"T-That eye… she's a ghoul?" Issei took a few steps back in shock, having heard of people getting mauled and attacked by ghouls.
"She is half ghoul and a reincarnated devil like us." Kiba explained it to Issei, whom looked less freaked out now.
'Well, I guess I'm okay with it. She seems to be on our side anyway. Besides, can't be that different from having devils and fallen angels around.' Issei thought, as due to his new devil life he viewed things like this in a new light so to speak.
"Buchou, I brought her." Koneko walked in dragging Raynare's body with her, and threw her down before Rias.
"Greetings Fallen Angel, I am Rias Gremory." Rias went on to introduce herself, and Raynare glared up at her in anger.
"So, you're the heiress of the Gremory family?" Raynare hissed at Rias, her eyes filled with nothing but hatred.
"Nice to meet you, though it won't be for long." Rias dropped down from her hand the three black feathers that remained Raynare's friends. "I blasted away your three friends."
"Blasted away?" Issei questioned.
"Buchou is known as the "Crimson-Haired Ruin Princess" or rather "Princess of Destruction"." Kiba explained their masters title to Issei whom looked amazed.
"I never knew I was serving someone so awesome…"
"Damn, does that mean I won't get to eat a Fallen Angel? Guess I will take my leave." Eto ate what remained of the arm, and threw the bone to the side. "See ya, Crimson princess." Eto waved off as she took her leave. Rias didn't say a word, and merely let Eto go, while keeping her focus on Raynare.
"You see, when Issei here was attacked. Me and my comrades knew there was something going on in this town, and we did a little bit of investigating. Once we knew what you were up to, and that you caused so much trouble for us. We decided to eradicate you." Rias then looked towards her servant noticing Issei's Sacred Gear having changed its shape since she last saw it. 'I see, just like Itachi and I suspected.'
"Damn that brat…" Raynare hissed under her breath, although it didn't go unnoticed by Raynare.
"I heard you called his Sacred Gear a mere Twice Critical earlier, correct? You couldn't have been more mistaken." Rias revealed to which Raynare raised her brow in confusion. "The red dragon. Issei Hyoudou wields a Sacred Gear, famously known to double its holder's power every ten seconds. Allowing any who master it to possess power that surpasses even the Four Maou or even God for a short period of time. It's one of the thirteen Longinus, the gauntlet of the Red Dragon Emperor, Boosted Gear."
"A kid like him… has that ominous Sacred Gear… no wonder his power kept growing." Raynare uttered as a look of fear overcame her.
"Since it takes a long time to power up it is not invincible. Had it not been for you underestimating him, and for Yuuto and Koneko, you might have won. Begone now, Fallen Angel." Rias stared down upon Raynare, however she looked in disgust as she changed her appearance back to that of Amano Yuuma.
"Issei-kun! Help me! I said mean things, but I had no choice!" Raynare pleaded in the sweet gentle tone of Yuuma.
"Yuuma-chan…" For a moment Issei was lost, it didn't take long however for him to regain his sense.
"Look, I still have this! It's proof of what I said!" Raynare held her hand up showing the pink frilly wristband Issei gave to her on their date. "You remember this, right? You bought it for me." She forced out tears, while Issei looked down on her in pity.
"You are so… Buchou, please." Issei walked away, not able to bear looking Raynare or rather Yuuma in the eye.
With the desperate attempt to seduce Issei to help her having failed. Raynare attempted to crawl away, as the Gremory heiress approached her with a dangerous look in her eyes. Angered at this Fallen Angel's attempt to toy with her servant's feelings like that. As death was mere moments away, Raynare couldn't help but reflect on her past, her younger brother and sister. 'Amon… Yuuma…'
Flashback
"My sister, Yuuma. Was as innocent as they come. If it weren't for our parents being Fallen Angels, she would probably be a normal Angel. She was weak, feeble, unable to even hurt fly. She was just… a sweet young little girl." A memory surfaced in Raynare's mind, a memory that was probably the last time she was truly happy.
"Big sis! I made this for you!" A cherry young black-haired girl with violet eyes, dressed in a pure white summer dress with a pair of small Fallen Angel wings sticking out from her back. Looking no older than 14, and also looking like a smaller, sweeter version of her sister. Her pure smile looked up at Raynare while holding a crown made out of flowers.
Raynare stared bewildered at the flower crown, she wasn't sure how to react considering Dohnaseek, Mittelt and Kalwarner were right behind her. "Uh, thank you, Yuuma…" Raynare mumbled with a faint blush from hearing her comrades struggling holding back their laughter. Yuuma cheerfully giggled as she wrapped her arms around Raynare's neck, placing the flower crown over her head.
"Big sis almost looks like a princess. If only you would dress nicer." Yuuma commented on Raynare's standard BDSM outfit, while keeping a straight face to which Dohnaseek, Mittelt and Kalwarner couldn't hold it in anymore and busted out laughing.
"Mmmm, little brat I'll teach you to mock me!" Raynare teasingly said as she pinched Yuuma's cheeks.
"Owch! Big sis, I'm sorry!" Yuuma cried out to which Raynare let go of her and grabbed her in a headlock while ruffing up her hair. And they both enjoyed a friendly laughter.
"Heh, I must say. She has you spinning around her little finger." A new figure appeared, chuckling in amusement at the two sisters.
"Big bro Amon!" Yuuma cheered and ran over to her brother. A tall muscular built man with short black spiky hair, and a tiny ponytail in the back. With matching violet eyes like his sisters. And he had six black Fallen Angel wings sticking out from his back.
"Hey Yuuma, are you being good to big sis?" Amon patted Yuuma on the head as she hugged him.
"Mm! Big sis is fun teasing!" Yuuma beamed with a smile, to which Raynare made a mental note that the girl might not be that innocent after all. "Oh, big bro, I made something for you as well!" Yuuma signaled with her hand for Amon to kneel down, which he complied with, and a crown of flowers was placed onto the top of his head. "Now you and big sis match!"
"Thank you, Yuuma." Amon smiled and wore it with pride. Heck, after this conversation he went off into battle wearing that thing, and came back with it still on. That moment however, was the last happy moment Raynare would experience in her life.
The scene shifted with Amon, Raynare, Dohnaseek, Mittelt and Kalwarner breaking down a door to some abandoned house in the Underworld. Finding the dead Yuuma, with the moonlight shining upon her corpse through the cracks in the ceiling. Raynare began hyperventilating and then she fell to her knees, crying her heart out. Amon embraced her in a hug, shedding tears of his own. After analyzing her body, they were able to discover she had been raped and killed by a devil. One of noble birth most likely, since the investigation went cold like someone had paid off the investigators. From that day on, there was only Raynare and Amon left.
"My brother Amon, was a prodigy amongst us Fallen Angels. His very ability with light was so great, he could incinerate any lower level devils by them merely being in his presence. He was considered the strongest Fallen Angel of our generation, and therefor quickly rose up in the ranks of the Grigori. And especially in Kokabiel's faction, becoming his very right-hand man whilst also earning the nickname "Angel of Death" while all I could do, was stand at the side watching my younger brother's career growing with pride." Images of the so-called Angel of Death flashed by in Raynare's mind, the sight of fear in Devil's eyes as Amon entered the battlefield. The bright light emitting from his body like the sun. Raynare fondly recalled the powerful image Amon brought with him wherever he went.
"What's more… even though Amon hated Devils for what happened to Yuuma…" An image of Amon disposing of a group of devils in a quick and painless manner flashed in Raynare's mind. "He always stayed true to hating violence. And ended his enemies quickly and painlessly. He truly was loyal to the cause Kokabiel had laid out for him, yet at the same time such a gentle soul. He even went through great lengths to protect me, even if it meant shaming himself."
About four years ago, a mere few weeks after the death of Yuuma. Within devil territory in the Underworld, a little village was engulfed in flames. Flying in the skies above, were a small group of Fallen Angels throwing their spears of light onto the village killing any devil they could see. This small group of Fallen Angel rebels was led by Raynare. "Annihilate these devil filths!" Raynare gave a malicious smirk as her spear of light hit an armored devil guard through the chest.
"Finally, some fighting competition! Come on! We'll finish what our leaders were too afraid to finish back in the war!" A young male fallen angel tackled an armored devil guard and blasted him with a wave of light.
"You Fallen Angel scum, do you have any idea on who you are attacking?!" A devil guard wielding a trident deflected a spear of light, and more guards began to appear to take down these attackers.
"A devil is a devil, no matter what their names are." Raynare span in the air elegantly over the guard, and cut him down the middle with a sword of light. The guard looked stunned, as suddenly blood came gushing out from him as his body split in half right down the middle. "In the name of my beloved sister Yuuma, I will slay all of you devil trash!" Raynare flinched sensing someone approaching from behind, she instantly created a spear of light stabbing the intruder with her back turned.
The devil guard behind her gasped, causing a satisfied smirk to creep up on her face. Then, however, her satisfaction was taken away as the guard began to chuckle. "You fools, you're all dead…" Raynare turned her head to the side, casting a glance at the devil guard. "Infiltrating Sitri territory is the biggest mistake you've ever made. This land in under the protection of the great Sitri family."
"Heh, I don't care. You devils are selfish after all, why would some noble family care about you weaklings." Raynare smirked expanding her spear of light, causing the guard to be erased from existence. "Now then, to continue my thirst of vengeance upon this village." Raynare and her Fallen Angel companions had wiped out the guards defending the village, and now turned to annihilate what remained of it. The sound of flapping wings however stopped them, and the sensation of multiple more guards having arrived. "Ho? They never learn, do they? No matter how many of you weaklings come, you will all perish just the same."
Raynare and her cocky friends turned around to greet their new challenge, although nothing could have prepared them for this. An armada of lower devil guards having surrounded them, and floating in front a single young devil releasing an intense feeling of demonic power. "So, these are the foolish fallen angels infiltrating my family's territory. How unlucky for you all to attack when I am on patrol."
"Your family?" A young fallen angel questioned.
"Who in the hell are you?!" Raynare snarled at this devil, sweating from this sensation of power. Her body unable to stop the trembling from this intense aura released from one devil. 'What is this tremendous aura coming from him? It's like hell has frozen over.'
"Peh, manners fallen filth. You are in the presence of greatness. The mighty younger brother of Lady Serafall Levithan." Once Behemoth spoke those words, a chilling sensation ran down the Fallen Angels spines, most looking in fear or disbelief at that statement.
"I am the current heir of the mighty Sitri family, ranked Prince. I am Itachi Sitri, the strongest devil of my generation." Itachi stared down on the Fallen Angels, his sharingan blazing crimson red, and him dressed in a long black elegant coat of a noble, decorated with bright blue lines and the emblem of the Sitri family on the right chest side.
Wasting no time, Raynare and her group of rebels threw light spears towards the noble devil. Although, without even flinching, the spears were deflected by a blue magic circle appearing out of nowhere. 'A magic circle? I didn't even sense him preparing one!' Raynare stared in shock, as suddenly a blizzard wave of snow blew around her and her comrades.
"Last chance, flee while your lives are still intact." Itachi had merely pointed his finger towards them to unleash this blizzard. The Fallen Angels were also overwhelmed by the other two powerful beings standing next to Itachi. Levithan's own right hand and left hand, Behemoth and Esdeath standing by Itachi's side.
"Don't be soft on them young master, eradicate these ingrates already." Behemoth urged the young Sitri heir whom merely looked upon the fallen angels in pity.
"Teach them a lesson." Esdeath also urged for Itachi to finish them off.
"D-Don't underestimate us!" Raynare shouted and charged up the biggest light spear she could manage, and threw it at Itachi, and her comrades soon joined in.
"Very well then…" Itachi held his whole hand out, to which the flakes of snow turned into ice. A chilling sensation filled the very air, as one by one the Fallen Angels were frozen into a solid block of ice and shattered instantly.
"W-What?" Raynare looked in fear as the light spear in her hand had frozen into solid ice. She flew backwards to gain enough distance between her and Itachi and avoid getting frozen into ice like her comrades.
"To be honest, I don't enjoy this. Fighting, killing, nothing of this brings joy to my heart. Leave this place and never return." Itachi looked at Raynare with an emotionless gaze, to which with that statement only made her angrier.
An image of her younger sister appeared in her mind, and the memory of the news of her death at the possible hands of a noble young devil. "Don't you fucking talk to me!" Raynare blinded by rage kept throwing light spear after light spear, only for the spears to be frozen and shattered long before they even reached Itachi.
"It's futile to fight me. Unless you have a death wish, leave." Itachi's words only added more fuel to the fire that was Raynare's anger. Itachi seeing this knew there was no other way around this. He increased the range of his blizzard, Raynare's body started feeling cold, unable to move an inch she only stared in disbelief.
'No, I can't die here, I haven't even avenged Yuuma yet.' Raynare looked in horror as she was inching near death's door. 'Yuuma… Amon…' Raynare actually shed a tear, although then a warm sensation embraced her as the blizzard was blown back by a mighty wave of light.
"AAARRRGGGGHHHHHH!" The lower devil guards were reduced to dust just being in the presence of this aura of light. Itachi, Esdeath and Behemoth being the only ones left stared in utter disbelief. Itachi looked down, relived seeing the village being out of range from this aura of light, meaning the villagers were fine.
Itachi then looked up to see the source of this light that countered his own demonic power, and erased the devil guards in an instant. "A source of angelic light able to match my demonic power… who are you?" Itachi looks to the source of the person emitting this powerful aura of light. Revealing a six-winged muscular Fallen Angel with black spiky hair and a tiny ponytail on the back, dressed in black armor.
"A-Amon…" Raynare looks up to her younger brother, whom embraced her in his big strong arms. Yet Amon's violet eyes are only focused upon Itachi, also surprised that a young devil, even noble was able to match his angelic power of light with demonic power of all things.
"I am Amon, the strongest Fallen Angel of my generation. Please, I ask that you forgive my older sister for her foolish behavior." Raynare looked taken aback and a little outraged that Amon pleaded for forgiveness in her stead.
"… That's a little odd of you to say, seeing as you eradicated those guards earlier." Itachi pointed out, to which Amon bowed his head to him.
"Forgive me, I had no time to think. I had to save my beloved older sister. As someone who has siblings himself, I'm sure you could understand what it's like." Amon attempted to apply to Itachi's love of his own sisters to spare Raynare and let them leave. "Besides, today both sides lost people. There is no need for any further bloodshed."
"You sister was the aggressor in this case. She caused this bloodshed, she must pay for it." Behemoth coldly stated as he and Esdeath got ready to fight Amon for Itachi.
"Yes, you are correct on that. But please, she's not in her right state of mind. We recently lost our youngest sister at the hands of a devil." Amon pleaded to which Itachi flinched a little, feeling some sympathy, but not enough to forgive this action.
"I can feel it, you are also angry. In fact, I could see hatred in your eyes earlier." Itachi thought back on when Amon arrived to Raynare's rescue, and glared at Itachi.
"… Indeed, I am angry at devils, just as much as my sister. However, even I know not to fight pointless battles." Amon noted that he might not be able to even defeat Itachi singlehandedly, and with Behemoth and Esdeath here defeat was guaranteed for him and Raynare if they fought them now.
"Very well, leave. Although know this, if either one of you attack a territory under my family's protection again. There will be no mercy next time." Itachi held a somewhat respect for this Amon, not just for his power but for his mindset. He was someone Itachi could respect as a potential enemy.
"I thank you for showing mercy to us today. I pray this will be the last time our paths cross." Amon despite his words cast a glare at the devils, before he and Raynare flew off back into Fallen Angel territory. 36 Fallen Angels and 40 devils died that day.
Raynare clicked her tongue in anger. "That noble filth, who does he think he is?! Making you bow your head to him!" Raynare was angry at Itachi, for having humiliated her proud younger brother like that.
"If you weren't so foolish, this wouldn't have happened." Amon scolded as they just flew past devil territory and back into Fallen Angel territory. "You caused the lives of 36 of our own brethren, and for what? Hoping to find the devil that killed Yuuma?"
"I-I… I'm sorry, I just… miss her so much. She was just so weak, and innocent, she didn't deserve this." Raynare trembled, her tears falling onto Amon's shoulder, whom gently patted her head.
"I know… but please, trust me. We will find out who killed her. So, don't do anything foolish like that again. I couldn't bear losing you as well." Amon comforted his crying, broken sister.
"The same goes for me…" Raynare sobbed.
Flashback end
Raynare still weakly crawled away from the devils behind her, looking to the door desperate to escape her fate. She gurgled up some blood, and kept crawling, she couldn't die, not now. 'Amon… Amon…' She cried out within her mind as she reached her hand out towards the open door.
Flashback, last year the battle against Trigon.
Raynare was hiding behind a pillar of the ruined Kuoh Academy, panting while peeking from the corner eyeing the monster of Purgatory, Trigon exterminating a group of devils, angels and fallen angels. "Stay down sis, I will distract him and you run for it." Amon patted her back, and sprinted out from hiding charging at Trigon.
Amon charged up a gigantic light spear, lighting up even the town beyond the barrier surrounding the academy. Amon let out a war cry as he tossed the massive light spear into the unexpecting Trigon. However, in a mere instant the wave of light turned into a speck of darkness, the light dying away leaving a stunned taken aback Amon and Raynare.
"Amon…" Raynare stared hyperventilating, worried about her brother's safety. She looked around seeing devils and angels around fighting off Trigon's demons, some looking to Amon and ignoring his situation. 'Help him… help him. This is your fight devils, help him…' Raynare despite trembling created a spear of light within her hand, sweat pouring down her forehead, fearing death.
Raynare was then overcome by a familiar aura, she looked to her side seeing the young Sitri heir Itachi, freezing a few of Trigon's demons in ice. She couldn't believe it, the Sitri heir was the only one near capable of helping her brother. She looked from the corner of her eye, seeing Trigon beating on her brother. "Damn it…" Raynare swallowed down her pride and hatred for devils, all in order to save her brother. "Help!" Raynare shouted from the top of her lungs earning Itachi's attention as he flinched.
She saw Itachi looking at Amon, looking like he was about to jump in. Although a part of the academy collapsed falling between Itachi and Amon. And as Itachi was about to jump over, more demons surrounded Itachi pushing him back. Although by the time Itachi had killed them it was too late. Trigon had blasted a hole through Amon's gut with a demonic sphere of energy.
Raynare gaped in disbelief, her pupils shrinking and her eyes getting watery. "NOOOO!" Raynare shrieked in horror, seeing her brother fall over into a puddle of his own blood. Trigon distracted by the approaching presences of more devils, fallen angels, angels and not to mention Behemoth and Esdeath. To which the Lord of Purgatory vanished, so that Raynare could fly over to Amon's body.
She held his body in her arms, tears running down her face. "Sorry… I got careless…" Amon weakly smiled with blood dripping down from his lips.
"Amon, hang in there! We're going to get you help, you are going to be okay." Raynare cried as she saw the light in her brother's eyes vanish little by little. "You can't die… we're supposed to find Yuuma's killer… Y-Yo-You can't leave me…" She whimpered tightening her hold on him.
"Forgive me…" Amon slowly closed his eyes, to which Raynare's cries echoed through the battlefield.
After the battle, Raynare had taken Amon's body away to their master Kokabiel. Cursing the devils, and Itachi Sitri, blaming them for bringing in Amon and the Fallen Angels to help the Devils fix their mistakes. This wasn't their battle, and the last person she ever cared about died because of it.
The location changed into Kokabiel's castle. It had been a few hours since the battle against Trigon, and Raynare was kneeling before Kokabiel. "This truly is a tragic day for us, my dear. I've lost a good friend and a valued soldier. While you, have lost your dearest brother. I'm truly sorry about all this. If only Azazel had trusted me enough, I could have been there to prevent this tragedy." Kokabiel comforted, his words although sounding sincere, were dripped in venom. He put his hand upon the kneeling silent Raynare in a comforting way.
"Is there really nothing I can do…?" Raynare had hoped maybe Kokabiel could revive Amon, having brought his body to him right after he got injured.
"Sadly, I don't possess any healing abilities." Kokabiel hid a smirk at seeing Raynare flinch at that answer. Kokabiel at the moment, was merely trying to think of a way to use Raynare to proceed with his plans of war. Then he found one. "Although…" Kokabiel added to which Raynare peeked up with hope while Kokabiel walked back towards his throne. "I have heard of a certain nun, blessed with a Sacred Gear from our Lord himself that might help."
"A-A nun? Really?" Raynare looked with hope.
"Ah yes, she is known as a Saint in her town. Her name is Asia Aregento from my understanding. And she possesses the Sacred Gear known as Twilight Healing." Kokabiel sat back into his throne, while Raynare stood up taking a few steps towards Kokabiel like he was her lord and savior.
"T-Then she can heal him?!" Her eyes beaming with hope.
"Maybe… although there is a problem." Kokabiel added and the hope in her eyes looked like it was snuffed out.
Kokabiel looked to his side, seeing a giant ice sculpture containing Amon with a doctor looking over him. "I had him frozen to preserve him, in hopes there might be ways to wake him up. And although Twilight Healing might be our best option, sadly at her current level the nun will be unable to complete the task. Humans tend to almost never fully develop their Sacred Gears. And if she dies, well we'll have to wait until a new wielder is born and that could take decades."
"I will train her. I will force her to improve!" Raynare boldly declared.
"There might be a quicker and easier way, my dear." Kokabiel smirked, to which Raynare listened intensely. "You see, for humans it is difficult to fully master a Sacred Gear without proper guidance. But, for us Fallen Angels, Devils and Angels. It is a much simpler task."
"A-Are you suggesting that I…?" Raynare looked in slight disbelief.
"She is only one human, there are plenty more out there. And if you take the Sacred Gear for yourself, it could greatly benefit our Faction." Kokabiel put more fuel on the fire, peeking Raynare's interests even more. "Just imagine, instead of standing on the side lines watching your brother. With this Sacred Gear, you can be right next to him on the battlefield aiding him, healing him. With Amon's power, and the power of Twilight Healing you would make an unstoppable team." The tempting words of Kokabiel rang in Raynare's ears, tempting her more and more. And like a classic Fallen Angel, she fell into temptation. She looked up at Kokabiel and gave a devilish like smirk which Kokabiel returned. "I assume you agree?"
"Yes, master Kokabiel." Raynare bowed her head to him, to which Kokabiel let out a pleased chuckle. Then the planning to get a hold of Asia began. And after a devil getting healed by the nun, the opportunity presented itself and everything was set into motion.
Flashback end
Raynare crawled towards the exit of the church, desperately trying to stay alive. "Master Kokabiel… save me… save me!" Raynare called out as Rias walked up behind her, an aura of destruction gathering into her hand.
"Your master won't come for you. And as punishment for attempting to seduce my servant, you shall face death. Begone." Rias coldly declared and a bright flash of red light flashed inside the abandoned church. Issei closed his eyes from this blinding red light, and when he opened them again Raynare was gone. Nothing more but her black feathers raining down around them, and the glowing orb that was Asia's Sacred Gear. "Shall we return it to her." Rias smiled at Issei while holding the rings of Twilight Healing in her hand.
Thus, Rias decided to resurrect the nun into her peerage as her Bishop. Much to Issei, and the newly revived Asia's joy. While watching them from afar was Eto, whom also smiled and made her leave to give a report to Itachi.
Later that night, within the mansion
Itachi had just received the report from Eto, a little surprised over learning the identity of the leader of the Fallen Angel group that infiltrated their town. He never remembered her name, only her face, and her brother Amon. Then as Itachi was in deep thought, Raven walked out from the elevator, entering the VIP room at the top floor of the mansion. Seeing Itachi staring out the window, awaiting the report of whatever remained of the Fallen Angels and Stray Exorcists within their territory. And if they had been driven out of town. "Rias exterminated the Fallen Angels, and Eto killed the Stray Exorcist within that abandoned church. So far, only one is confirmed to have escaped and that is Father Freed Sellzen. We have familiars posted around town keeping an eye out for him." Raven reported.
"Good, now, time for a social call. If you would Raven." Itachi closed his eyes, as Raven's magical aura embraced around him covering him completely in darkness, and the next instant he vanished.
Meanwhile, in the Underworld deep within Fallen Angel territory. Kokabiel scratched up his throne's armrests in frustration over Raynare and her groups failure. Veins bulging around his forehead, his rage boiling. "Things don't always go as planned, huh?" His door was kicked open, to which Kokabiel glared in anger. "I can speak from experience." This person was none other than Itachi Sitri.
"Well, to what do I owe this displeasure, younger brother of Serafall Levithan." Kokabiel tried to keep his cool, staring Itachi down with a threatening aura flaring around him.
"Let's not pretend, shall we? You know, I know you were behind this whole Raynare fiasco. And I must ask, really? You thought I would just let such lower level Fallen Angels slip under my radar? I may not know what your plan was with Asia Aregento's Sacred Gear… but I do know your plan has failed." Itachi flashed his own blue demonic aura, his sharingan flickering in a blazing crimson red.
"Well then, what are you waiting for? Attack me. Strike me down while you still can boy." Kokabiel mocked with a sadistic cruel smirk.
"Believe me, it would be rather easy. But you know if I do that, I will trigger a war between our factions. Just like you want. So, I'm not going to do that." Itachi turned down the offer to which Kokabiel snorted.
"Then I shall do the honors." Kokabiel created a spear of light aimed at Itachi, although the spear instantly froze into solid ice. Kokabiel merely chuckled in amusement at this standoff.
"I'm not here to fight. I'm here to give you a warning." Itachi looked at the Fallen Angel leader with a threatening stare. "If you ever step a foot, within my territory. Me and the Seven Deadly Sins will stop you."
Kokabiel clicked his tongue in anger, his aura causing the whole room to shake. "Little cheeky devil brat. Know who you are speaking to."
"I assure you, appearances aside, I am far from being a normal child. Take this warning to heart, and don't come into my territory if you value your life." Itachi flared his own aura making the floor beneath them crack from this intense pressure.
"You think you can threaten me? You should watch your mouth around me if you value your life." Kokabiel grinded his teeth in anger.
"Like I said, it's a warning. Your threat level pales in comparison to the likes of Trigon, you are nothing more but a mean old dog compared to him. So, make sure to behave." Itachi smirked, to which Kokabiel snapped and threw a light spear at Itachi only for him to vanish in a mere instant.
"That punk… once project Fallen Arch is complete, he won't be so overconfident!" Kokabiel sat back into his throne, taking in deep breaths to plan his next move.
Back into the human world, in the VIP room of the massive mansion of the devils. Itachi appeared in the blink of an eye before Raven. "So, how was it?" Raven asked, although despite her emotionless expression Itachi could tell she already knew the answer.
"Like I said, it was just a mere social call." Itachi smiled, and then Itachi decided to turn in for the night.
That's the end for now!
Okay, the whole Raynare arc is over, time to move onto an arc I know many have been waiting for. The Raiser arc, finally that matter shall be settled.
Before I continue, I would like to apologize for the lack of updates in December. I have been rather busy with the holidays, family and my job. Anyway, the stories will continue. With "The Demon Eyes of Fairy Tail" being next on my list of updates.
Now, I would like to get to Raynare's character here a bit. I wanted to find a motivation for her, a motive for her to be evil besides lust for power. In the end, I gave her a goal some of us probably could relate to. If there was a way for you to help/bring your sibling back to life, I'm sure some would have done anything to accomplish that. And yet, the ends don't justify her means. I mean, she was cruel and did a lot of bad things. Even if she had a reason for it, it was still wrong.
Now, Amon, clearly a character that might carry some significance. I wanted to create a young powerful Fallen Angel to rival Itachi, and since DxD doesn't have a character like that. I decided to create the strongest Fallen Angel of his generation to Itachi being the strongest devil of his generation. Anyway, we'll get back to this maybe during The Holy Sword arc.
And, who is the devil that killed Yuuma? Any guesses? I won't confirm anything of course, but I'm curious to hear what people think.
Anyway, leave a review!
-Later!
(responds to reviews):
Conker9999: You are welcome!
EmilyGonzalez: Thanks!
andresskorskiruiz: Thanks! I really enjoy writing Eto in this, she is such a cool character in my opinion.
Ukachukwu N. Brian: Now that would be overkill XD I have the moment for his EMS planned out and decided on it.
WeeDevil: Thanks!
TehStorm: Well, I can't rush some things. Especially since this arc carries some importance for a future arc. And I don't think you will be disappointed with Itachi vs Raiser. Damian and Issei's interaction sure was fun to write, had to take a break because I was laughing too much when writing it. And I really look forward to Issei's reaction to Itachi and Rias as well.
ExtraterrestrialFlyingCat: lol XD!
Rain Sennin: I respect your opinion, and it doesn't really sound harsh at all honestly. And as for the Bob part, he really isn't the kind that wants to kill people randomly. I mean when Itachi went to recruit him, Bob held back at first out of fear he would kill Itachi. And he thought he would be enough to scare them out of town, since if he took things too far it would trigger a war between the two factions, an outcome only Kokabiel wants. But yeah, no worries, I appreciate the review and thank you.
merendinoemiliano: Thanks!
DarkReaderSeiin: Thanks, and the long-awaited fight between Raiser and Itachi is approaching. Maybe even in the next chapter.
Misaka Phenex: Way ahead of you on that one XD
youngdrgn: You are welcome!
NazgulBelserion: Ah, I miss No Game No Life. Anyway, thanks!
Guest: She just hates High-class devils, and Itachi for making her brother disgrace himself by lowering his head to him.
Guest: Thanks!
Guest: Sadly, she was too far gone.
Chrisplayz: Shedding manly tears up in heaven while working on his next book XD
Mile De: You welcome! And I respect your opinion, every one has different tastes when it comes to a lot of things.
Dat boi: You welcome!
Problemchild667: Here you go! Sorry for the long wait!
MaouojiKenjiro13: That is where I got my inspiration from, so… XD
TeraBaapBSDK: Thanks! And he was transported here right after the whole even with the Edo Tensei. And I will see if I can think of some Naruto elements for this story.
.5: Yeah, I already PM'd you about this so… no need to say the same thing twice.
Guest: Glad to hear you enjoyed it.
seant5054: I will work on it.
DarthAzrain: Thanks! And yeah, Itachi still trains with his peerage every now and then. Whenever he is not forced to live a social life XD And the current harem list for Itachi are: Rias, Akeno, Kuroka, Eto, Raven, Koneko(still debating on it, but so far she is still on the list), and I'm still considering other options as well.
TheOrangeLord: I will work on Itachi's more frequent use of kunai and shuriken. And that sounds like a cool image for Harry's Sacred Gear sword.
dragon slayer of death 98: Hmm, I will consider Rossweisse. Yasaka is already out of the harem. And yeah, he should be able to copy some magic attacks. He won't be like able to copy the Gremory and Bael family's destruction power nor the Phenex family's immortality. Since those abilities are inherited by blood like Gekkei Genkai. And as for Esdeath, I actually have been considering a relationship between her and Serafall… but, I don't know, we'll see.
Novel GaRage: Too late to stop the seven deadly sins concept. And Itachi will get the mangekyou in about 5 arcs from now. I got it all planned out and everything, so just be patient and wait is all I can say.
Tasty Food: Yeah sorry, been busy with work, family and the holidays. But here you go!
razmire: Not a bad guess, and in a sense, she blames him for one of them at least.
Haremfucker231: Here you go! Sorry for the long wait!