Chapter 17: A Shocking Return
"Asia, you don't have to do this if you feel like you are not ready." I tried to ease my ex-nun girlfriend.
"I want to do this, Issei!" Asia was so determined to be with me.
This all started when, after school, I decided to take a bath, and unknowingly, Asia snuck in the bathroom with me. Ever since she heard me and Rias becoming mates, she also wanted to be my mate as well, and according to Mgelika, we have to mate if Asia wants to become my mate and bear the mate's mark. As much as I love Rias, I also love Asia to death, but I believe she went too far with this one. I mean, I'm not going to deny her rights as my girlfriend and want to fulfill that duty of being my girlfriend, but I want her to feel ready. Being a mate of the heavenly wolf is not just about being intimate; it's also about the strength of our bond and its principles. It's not just some tattoo; it's a symbol of love between the wolf and his mate.
"But every time you ask me to touch you, you get nervous and shy, and I don't want you to feel that way." I explained.
"I just want you to be mine, and I want to bear your mark, because I feel like I can always have a piece of you in me, and I know that when you are not around, I can still have a part of you that makes me feel like you are around, and I love that feeling." Asia tells me how she feels.
The way she told me was so touching. I felt like her love for me was stronger than my love for her. Even though I love her and Rias just as much as I love them, I felt that her love for me was stronger.
"So, please, Issei." Asia put my hand between her bare, naked chest and kissed my knuckle. "I want you to have me, just like I want to have you."
I looked into her eyes as they sparkled with honesty and determination, which caused me to smile and give her a kiss on the lips, which she complied with, and I said, "Okay, Asia."
She placed both of her hands on my shoulders, while I placed my hands on her hips. She leaned in for another kiss, which I straightaway accepted without any doubt. The water from the shower head poured on us as we slowly engaged in our special moments. I was matching Asia's movements and letting her know that I was being as gentle as possible for her. I am reminding her that she can back out anytime at her discretion, but I can still feel her motivations, and I am gladly accepting anything that she throws at me.
"Asia, are you okay?" I asked.
"I'm fine; I'm just slowly taking it in." Asia muffles through the kiss.
Asia started to become daring by slowly pushing me back to the shower floor and getting on top of me. I can feel the water dripping down from her wet hair to my cheeks.
"I just want you to be more comfortable." I reminded her that she was still in full control.
"Issei," she said.
"Yes?"
"Please, no more talking." Asia has resumed kissing, and I can see that she is starting to press her lower body against my pelvis.
As her bottom caressed around the area, blood began to flow down my groins. Her bust pressed against my chest while my hands continued to rest on her waist. In her untouched garden, my rod appeared fully formed and throbbed up at her, sending signals of twitching to her pelvis. It rested at the entrance, waiting for her full consent to enter and begin to plow.
Just like Rias, her outer vulva felt so moist and smooth as it rested along the shaft of my love bone. She had an impeccable lining, and I could feel her affectionate fluids seeping out and soaking the rod.
She briefly released our kiss and trailed her hands down to her crotch. She bowed her head to gaze at her pristine garden while gently gripping on to my garden hoe.
"Give me a moment." She tells me she was mentally preparing.
"Take as long as you need." I soothed her.
After a few moments, she takes the tip of my love rod and gently rubs her outer vulva in a circular motion, slowly pressing it inside her. I could feel her hymen as she was manually trying to pierce through it with my rod. Her hands were shaking, but she was still determined. Her mind was filled with shyness, but she still persisted in the idea. Knowing that I was not going to push her to do something she was nervous about, she kept her brave face on.
As the rod started to fracture the hymen, she let out a small yelp and bit her bottom lip.
"Okay, it's in." She breathes out a flow of relief.
She remained in this position for a brief period of time, gradually acclimating to the stretching motion as her vulva consumed my love bone. Planting her hands on my abs, she raised her head to the ceiling and closed her eyes, savoring the sensation. Her love fluids flow excessively around my rod as her pelvis twitches. The blood from her broken hymen flows out, along with her love fluids, as the water from the showerhead streams it to the drain. Her vulva muscles clutch around my rod as they twitch in response to sensations.
She uses her pelvis to stroke my love bone in and out of her vulva while expressing passionate moans, now that my rod is within her garden.
"Issei." Asia moans as she lays her head on my chest while her hips go to work.
With each stroke, I caressed her back as her hands gripped tightly onto my sides. She takes my hands and cups them on her breasts as her vulva pumps my love bone. Our minds are filled with sensational hormones.
"How are you feeling?" I moaned.
"It... feels... so..." Asia was too busy to answer so I let her be.
As the pain slowly went away, Asia increased her pumping speed, as if she were bouncing on me. As the water drenches my rod, I can sense her garden emitting additional fluids of love. She presses her lips against mine, invades my mouth with her tongue, and responds by tangoing with my own. You know, an ex-nun can be really naughty and daring.
"Issei, I'm getting tingles down there." Asia moans.
"Just let it out; it's all right now." I comforted.
As Asia accelerated her pumping pelvis toward my love bone, a significant amount of fluid leaked from her vulva around my rod. This caused her to collapse onto my chest and hyperventilate. Shortly after, white fluids began to flow out of my rod, which also seeped out of her now-plowed garden.
We lay there for several minutes as the oxytocin took effect. Our primal urges faded away as we could not move for a bit, even if we wanted to.
"Asia?" I gently shook my now-second mate.
"Give me a moment, please." She moaned.
I brushed her wet hair with my hand as she was still lying on top of me. Despite my recent cessation of sexual activity in the shower with Asia, my rod remained inside her. The water was still pouring down on us, and the steam filled the air in the bathroom. I can feel Asia's heart racing as her chest presses up against mine. She felt like she had finished doing a mile run.
"Are you okay, Asia?" I planted a kiss on top of her head.
"I'm okay." She laboriously breathes.
"How was it?" I inquired about our recent session.
"That was really exciting." She responded, still in a state of exhilaration. "Can we do that again sometimes?"
"If you feel that you are more comfortable with it, then yes." I chuckled.
"Did I satisfy you?"
"Absolutely."
"I'm so glad to hear you say that; it was also really satisfying for me." I can tell that she is so content right now.
I picked her up and carried her out of the shower, as she was still out of it. It was almost noon, and there was no school today. I helped her get dressed because she was exhausted. Then I carried her to my room and thought that we could take a nap, as the feeling was still lingering within us. As I joined her in bed, I placed her on her side of the bed and covered her with my blanket.
"Issei, look!" She points out a mark that is magically forming on her left-side abdomen.
"Well, what do you know?" I made a small smile as I could see a mate mark forming on Asia's abdomen. It was the same wolf crest that Rias had on the back of her left shoulder.
"I'm your mate now!" Asia cheers.
"Yes, you are." I traced her new tattoo.
"It's so beautiful." She examines it.
This made Asia really excited. She deserves it after everything she went through. I'm really glad that she gets to experience moments like this. She never had the opportunity to feel what it was like to be a person or a woman. She is now married to the heavenly wolf. Something she'd always wanted. It felt as if someone had robbed her of her life and view of the world, but she has now claimed it back and plans to not let it go. Raynare is wrong about Asia. Her death in that church was not her destiny. This moment right here, and many more to come, is her real destiny. Her true destiny is to be happy and full of life; no one will tell her otherwise. They'll have to go through me.
Asia gives in to the exhaustion from our little love session in the shower. She looks like an angel when she sleeps. I remember the first time that I met her a month and a half ago. It's so amazing how everything can change, from being a new kid in town to growing into a big family.
Issei?" Asia whispers as she has her eyes closed.
"Yes, Asia?" I responded.
"When do you think that Kiba will come back?" I have no valid answer for that.
"Kiba is going through some bad timing right now, but all we can do is make sure that he knows that he has us if he needs to." That was all I could say.
I don't know when Kiba will return, but I hope that he will come back to us soon. He may think that he does not need our help, but there are ways that we can help him. His mission is to find Valper Galilei and destroy all seven of Excalibur's swords.
"I hope so, because I really miss him," Asia said.
"I know; I miss him too." I cuddled up with Asia.
I know that he said that he doesn't need our help and that he needs to do it alone, but things can go wrong very quickly. Vengeance and anger cloud that man's mind, but I don't have the authority to comment on it, as my own mind suffers from the same illness. Ever since I learned of my family's hidden secret, I've been secretly searching for the man who killed my father. Knowing that he is still walking among us irritates me. In a sense, I understand what Kiba is going through, because I share the same disease that is infecting him.
After Asia and I woke up from our nap, I got a call from Rias saying that there were two unexpected visitors. She made it sound like it was a little urgent, so I asked Asia to get dressed. Things have been a little bit peaceful for almost a week and a half after our rating game fright with Riser. I kind of knew that something was going to appear.
"I hope that it's nothing really bad." Asia hopes.
"Well, let's just see what we get and take it from there." I comforted.
Asia clutched onto my arm, and I gave her a protective embrace as we were approaching the door to the clubroom. I can already feel the presence of the two visitors, but the thing is, they don't seem hostile.
"Wait." We stopped at the door, and I clutched Asia even more.
"Issei?" Asia looks at me.
"Asia, I need you to stay as close to me as possible." I said it firmly.
I opened the door and saw Rias, Koneko, and Akeno sitting on one sofa together. I saw the two visitors sitting on the other sofa across from them. They wore white cloaks and carried swords at their sides.
"Issei, is that you?!" One of the visitors stood up and unhooded her head, revealing herself to be a Irina is a beautiful young woman with violet eyes. She wore her long chestnut hair in twintails, each secured with a blue scrunchie.
"I'm sorry, but who are you and how do you know my name?" I backed up a bit and used myself as a human shield for Asia.
"It's me, Irina!" She held up an old picture of me and my childhood friend.
"Irina?!" I looked at her.
"It's so nice to see you!" Irina gives me a bear hug.
"Yeah, it's nice to see you, too." I chuckled a little and gave her a hug back.
"It's been so long; I heard about your father, and I'm really sorry." She apologizes.
"Thanks, Irina." I thanked her. "Anyways, what are you doing here?"
"Irina, I think that we should get down to business." The other visitor in a white cloak stood up.
"Oh, come on, Xenovia; I have not seen him in so long." She kept her cheerful expression.
"We have business to discuss; that is a matter of importance." This is apparently her companion, Xenovia. She is a beautiful young woman with chin-length blue hair, a dyed green fringe on the right side, and brown eyes.
"You're so plain." Irina lets me go.
"Irina, I think that we should get down to business." The other visitor in a white cloak stood up.
"Oh, come on, Xenovia; I have not seen him in so long." She kept her cheerful expression.
"We have business to discuss; that is a matter of importance." This is apparently her companion, Xenovia. She is a beautiful young woman with chin-length blue hair, a dyed green fringe on the right side, and brown eyes.
"You're so plain." Irina lets me go.
"Can we go? Please get down to what you want to discuss." My first mate has a serious face.
"What are we talking about?" I asked.
"We are discussing the swords of Excalibur," Akeno said.
"Of the six known whereabouts, the church only has three." Xenovia said.
"What about the other three?" I asked.
"The fallen angels took the other three, leaving us with only the ones we have." She added it and pulled out her sword. "This is the holy sword of destruction called Excalibur Destruction."
"I have the holy sword of mimicry called Excalibur Mimic." Irina shows us her sword.
"Okay so what does this have to do with us?" Rias inquired.
"I want you all to stay out of this, since it is only between us and the fallen angels; we don't need the devils in this town to intervene."
"Are you accusing us for your belief that we will be siding with the fallen angel?" Rias glared at Xenovia as she glared back.
"A holy sword is a detestable thing for devils, so it would make sense if you sided with the fallen angels." Xenovia glares at Rias with more intention.
"Is that so?" Rias eyes glowed red as I could feel her aura radiating from within her. I also looked at the back of her lest shoulder and saw her wolf-crest mate's mark glowing purple from underneath her clothing. This must be the power-boosting that Mgelika was talking about—how the mark can offer a substantial amount of power to the mate's ability.
"If that is true, then we will annihilate you right here, despite being the Devil King's little sister." Xenovia presses on.
I spawned in my Howling Gauntlet with the readiness to defend my mate, but Rias held her hand out at me to signal me to stand down, and I obliged.
"If you know who I am, then I can correct you by telling you that I have no intentions of siding with the fallen angels or besmirching my kind and the name of the house of Gremory."
Xenovia smiles and says, "It's enough for me to be able to hear that and I was only relaying the thoughts of headquarters."
"It's good to know, and I hope you understand that we will not be by your side and have no intention of intervening." Rias crosses her arms.
"I believe that we will prevail in God's name if you keep your end of the agreement." I sense a de-escalation in the current situation.
"Very well," Rias said.
"We will not take up too much of your time." Xenovia and Irina stood up.
"Would you like some tea before you head out?" Rias offers.
"No thanks; I'm not here to make friends with devils, and we will see our own way out." That was somewhat impolite; a straightforward "no thanks" would have been sufficient.
"Bye, Issei! I hope I'll see you soon!" Irina waved at me. Despite being a church member, Irina was still Irina.
"He's a devil, Irina!" Xenovia looks at Irina with a glare.
"No, he's still human; otherwise, I would have sensed it." Irina counters.
"Still, he is hanging around with them and might as well have sold his soul." Xenovia discriminates.
"How can you be so judgmental?" I commented.
"Ceasefire or not, the demons and those who collaborate with them, such as yourself, are an utter abomination to this world and deserve to face annihilation." She spat at me.
"You have the audacity to come in and accuse us of siding with the fallen angels, who have been quite the problem for us for the last few weeks that I've been here." I pointed my finger at her.
"I find it hard to believe that he is your best friend, Irina." Xenovia looks at Irina.
"Xenovia, how could you insult him like that?" Irina defends me. "Issei Hyoudou is a really good friend of mine."
"Hyoudou?" Xenovia looks back at me and slowly approaches. "So, you must be a great descendant of Juzo."
"It looks like everybody knows him." I thought to myself about how my grandpa was a big shot during his days.
"Even though he fought alongside devils and angels, the man is known to be honorable among us." Xenovia sighs.
"Thank you; I think that you were just leaving." I urged her to leave.
"Have no worries, we will be on our merry way." Xenovia turned her back to me and headed for the door.
Before they reached the door, Xenovia turned her head and looked at Asia. "So, you are Asia Argento, right?"
"Um, yes." Asia answered.
"Hmm, it would make sense that I would run into a witch in a place like this." Xenovia insulted.
"Oh, so you're the former saint with the ability to perform healing on devils and fallen angels." Irina chatters.
"Um, yes." Asia lowers her head.
"How repugnant of you to have fallen even further into the darkest abyss of no return." Xenovia presses on.
"That's enough!" I tried to intervene but Koneko got a hold of me.
"Tell me, do you still put your faith in God, Asia Argento?" Xenovia glares.
"Don't be silly; she's a devil." Irina said.
"Yes, but despite being a devil, there are also a few who still cling to the belief."
"Yes, I still put my faith in the Lord, despite being a devil."
"If that is true, then you should let me smite you in this instance." Following Xenovia's statement, I began to fight Koneko's grip in order to defend my other mate.
"You have sinned in the worst way, but if you sacrifice yourself to him with my conviction, he will forgive you and save your soul." Xenovia determines.
"I will not be here and let you shame one of my servants!" Rias stood up.
"I'm not shaming her; it's my responsibility as a servant of God to redeem those who are saveable."
I broke Koneko's grip and dashed in the middle between Asia and Xenovia, with Xenovia in front of me and Asia behind my back. I looked at Xenovia as my eyes glowed with the power of the heavenly wolf, ready to take her down.
"ISSEI, STOP!" Rias shouts,
"DON'T DO IT!" Akeno added.
"What the hell are you thinking, attempting to serve as a judge, jury, and executioner while labeling Asia with such a heinous brand?" I spat in her face.
"Believe me, that's one of the nicest descriptions that I have for someone who has done what she has." Xenovia smiled mischievously.
"You have no right; Asia is more than a saint; she's the most gentle, kind-hearted, and caring person in the whole world, and I will not stand idly by to let you say such things!" I yelled and felt my powers coming out, which caused her to back away a little bit.
"And who are you to Asia?" Xenovia inquired.
"She's my mate, and we are her family, so if you attack one of us, then you attack all of us!" I defended Asia.
"So, are you willing to take on the church?" Xenovia prepares her weapon.
"Anytime of the day!" I spawned in my Howling Gauntlet.
"That's enough, Issei!" Rias urges me to stand down.
"If you believe you can enter this room and threaten our lives with fucking death threats, you have something else in store." I barked.
"Issei, stand down." Rias continues to de-escalate.
"Then I believe that me and Issei will take all of you on." Kiba pops out of nowhere.
"Who are you?" Xenovia asked.
In response to Xenovia's question, he said, "Your superior."
"Perfect timing." I said this to Kiba as he came beside me.
"I can't let you have all the fun." Kiba chuckles.
"It wouldn't be fun without you, brother."
"Are you sure that it will be okay to fight anyone from the church without permission?" Akeno asked her king.
"It's just an informal battle, so it's not official." Rias said.
"All right, let's begin." Xenovia spoke as she and Irina removed their white robes, revealing themselves in a battle suit. The suit consisted of a black, skin-tight, short-sleeve leotard with pauldrons, matching fingerless gloves that extended to their biceps, and thigh-high boots, all adorned with straps.
I know they are about to fight, but I can't help but admire their uniforms. I mean, look at Irina! Damn, she has grown up a lot and changed into a beautiful woman. I could have sworn that she looked like a boy when we were young, until I found out later that she was actually a girl. She gave me a kiss on the cheek the same day that she and her family left. I never did find out why they left. I really missed her a lot.
"Remember, Irina, there will be no killing, or the higher-ups will be on our tails for this." Xenovia reminded.
"You got it!" Irina gives her a thumbs up.
The two church duos demonstrated their holy swords to us.
"How convenient?" Kiba chuckles.
"What are you laughing for?" Xenovia glances at her devil counterpart.
"Because the one thing I always wanted to destroy more than anything has appeared willingly before my very eyes." Kiba pops out a bunch of swords from the dirt around him.
"Sword-Birth, huh?" Kiba's sacred gear performance caught my eye.
"You've never seen me use it?" Kiba looks at me.
"I thought that you would only have one sword at your disposal, but I didn't realize that you have hundreds." I shrugged my shoulders.
"I have the ability to create numerous swords of different attributes according to my will." Kiba was proud of himself.
"Heh, that doesn't seem fair." I joked.
"Whoever said it was?"
"Issei, it's totally you!" I looked at Irina, whose eyes were sparkling.
"Um, what?" I chuckled with confusion.
"I feel like fate is making fun of me for having to face my very own best friend, who sides himself with heaven's most notorious rival." Irina exaggerates.
"Don't you think that you are going at it a bit too much?" I inquired.
"Oh, your precious soul must be weeping for redemption." Irina clutches onto her sword.
"I don't think that is irrelevant." I commented.
"My one goal in this world was to use a holy sword and help everyone around me." She continues.
"Wait, is that why you left?" I pointed it out.
"Due to my father's job, my family relocated to England, where I underwent training to become an excorist for the church." Irina smiles.
"Irina, I missed you, and when my father died, I was hoping that I would see you." I shed a few tears.
"Issei, I'm sorry; I wish that I would have known sooner." Irina apologizes.
"I needed my best friend, Irina, and I had no one back then." I fell to my knees.
"Issei, I'm really sorry." Irina came to hug me and let out a few tears of her own. "I wish that I would have known that you were in so much pain."
"Irina, why are you hugging that devil-collaborator?!" Xenovia yells at Irina.
"He may have sided with them, but he is still my best friend, and he has been through a lot of pain." Irina cries.
"We are supposed to be fighting them, not making friends." Xenovia continues to argue.
"I don't expect you to understand, since that attitude of yours is what causes you to not have friends." Irina gets up and argues back at Xenovia.
"I don't have friends because I chose not to!"
"Or maybe you chose not to because you couldn't show any compassion to another!" Kiba and I were just watching Irina and Xenovia argue back and forth.
"I think you broke them," Kiba commented.
"Should we stop them?" I suggested.
"Nah, I want to see how long they will figure it out."
"Love thy neighbor, Xenovia!" Irina continues to argue.
"I will not show any kind of compassion to these devils!" Xenovia spat.
"Issei is still human!"
"Then, why is he with our adversary?!"
"Oh, this must be a test by our great lord!" Irina held her hands together in a prayer.
"You are her best friend?" Kiba raises his eyebrows at me.
"She was always a devoted church member, so it's normal." I responded.
"How did I end up with you as a companion?!" Xenovia crosses her arms.
"It was only the will of Saint Michael!" Irina preaches.
"We're here on a mission by the church, but no, you thought it was a good idea to lollygag around!"
"See, that is what I'm talking about; you have neither control nor the ability to even show a slight bit of charity." Irina points a finger at Xenovia.
"That's it; we are out of here!" Xenovia puts on her white robe and sheaths away her sword.
"Where are you going?" I asked.
"We haven't even started to fight!" Kiba yells.
"We have more important matters than to play swords with devils." Xenovia hisses.
"NO!" Kiba got in front of Xenovia and blocked her from leaving.
"Kiba!" I yelled at my best friend.
"I made a vow to destroy Excalibur and find those who were responsible that day, and I'm not going to let anyone stand in my way!" Kiba points his sword at Xenovia.
"KIBA!" I heard the other girls shout.
"Kiba, stand the fuck down!" I yelled as I got beside him.
"So, you're the sole survivor that escaped the Holy Sword Project." Xenovia looked into Kiba's eyes.
"Really, that's him?!" Irina looks at Kiba.
"The swords that you have in your hands are reminders of that fateful tragedy that my friends and I had to endure." Kiba grips his sword even more.
"Kiba, put the sword down." I snapped my hand onto his sword, as well as a form of resistance.
"I thought that you would understand, Issei!" Kiba darted his vengeful eyes at me.
"I do, Kiba, but we can't go at it like this!" I try to reason with him.
"I can still hear their screams at night, and they won't stop!" Kiba lets out a few tears.
"I still see my father's face at the exact moment that he died, almost every night." I looked at him.
"Then, don't deny that you have been wanting to find your father's murderer!"
"Yes, Kiba; I've been wanting to find that fucker for a long time!"
"Just like you, I have to find Valper and destroy all seven pieces of Excalibur!" I looked at Kiba, who still has a hold on Xenovia. I felt like he was about to make a move on Xenovia, so in desperation, I grabbed Kiba by the collar and shoved him down to the ground, which caused him to release his grip on Xenovia. For his and everyone's safety, I pinned him down by getting on top of him and yelling in his face, "Not like this!"
"Valper Galilei is still out there and must pay for what he did!" Kiba struggles to keep me away from him.
"First of all, calm the fuck down!" I was still yelling at him.
"Don't make me hurt you, Issei." Kiba tries to grab his sword and points at my neck, but I grab it with my Howling Gauntlet, snatch it out of his hands, and throw it away from us.
"Have you gone so fucking far?!" I still have Kiba's collar in my hands.
"Get off of me, Issei!" Kiba still tries to fight me.
"Kiba, shut the fuck up and listen to me!" I yelled at the top of my lungs.
"What do you possibly want to say?!" Kiba gets in my face.
"I'm not telling you to forget Valper Galilei; I'm telling you that if you continue this route, you will become a stray, and I don't want to have to hunt down my own brother!" I've been yelling at Kiba for a certain amount of time, hoping that any of my words will have at least entered his brain.
"Did you call me brother?" Kiba spoke in a calmer voice.
"Yes, because that is what we are and will always be, Kiba." I also lowered my voice.
Kiba stopped fighting me and remained silent. He turned his eyes away from me and glanced at the ground.
"Kiba, I'm not going to stop you from hunting down Valper and the Excalibur, but we need to do this as a team." I got up from Kiba and offered a hand to help him get back on his feet.
"Okay, fine!" Kiba accepted my offer and got back off the ground. "So, what exactly is your plan, then?"
"First, I got to talk to a new friend of mine who might know a thing or two about this, so I'll keep in touch."
"What about me?" Kiba gets sassy.
"You keep your fucking head down and don't do anything stupid, and I will know about it. Stay in touch with Rias so that you won't worry her." I pointed my finger at him.
"We told you that we don't want devils intervening with us." Xenovia crossed her arms at us.
"News flash: I'm not a devil." I told her.
"You still collaborate with them." She huffed.
"They are not my colleagues; they are my family." I huffed back.
Still, we shouldn't allow any demonic activities to interfere with our work.
"However, I am not a fucking devil, so there are no jurisdictional restrictions preventing me from doing whatever the fuck I please, as long as I do not violate your fucking codes in the process." I spewed.
"He is right, Xenovia; there is nothing that prohibits him from intervening, and not even the higher-ups can do anything about him." Irina's statement caused Xenovia to give me a death glare.
"What exactly do you have in mind for all of this?" Xenovia inquired, but she continued to glare at me.
"If this involved the Excalibur swords, then I know that Valper has something to do with this." Kiba said.
"You also mentioned that fallen angels were responsible for this, so I have a strong suspicion that a certain fallen angel in mind is behind this." I looked at Xenovia, who had her back turned to me.
"His name is Kokabiel." She said.
"The former Grigori went rogue." I added.
"So you know who he is." She turned and looked at me again.
"I didn't personally meet him, but I've heard a lot about him." I gestured with my left hand.
"Kokabiel has been on the church radar for a while, and that stray bishop that you guys are after is working for him." Irina explained.
"Figures." Kiba gives a small grunt.
"Irina, we have a job to do." Xenovia puts up her hood and departs as Irina follows.
"It was nice seeing you, Issey!" Irina cheerfully waves at me.
"ISSEY?!" I glanced to see Rias and Asia with their hands on their hips, looking at me.
"It's a nickname that she gave me." As Kiba prepared to depart, I exhaled and glanced at him. Prior to his departure, I reminded him, "I will ensure that we remain in contact and that you bear in mind what I uttered!"
"Yeah, yeah, I'll keep in touch." Kiba waved.
"Fucking better!" Kiba was further out, so I shouted.
Well, at least I got Kiba back somehow. Rias and everyone else felt relieved and wouldn't have to worry much about Kiba's absence.
"Don't worry; I'll keep tabs on him and make sure he stays in touch." I told Rias and everyone.
"Thank you for doing that." Rias gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
Kiba is still hell-bent on finding Valper and the holy swords, but I have him close by to help him get through. All I needed was to get Kiba to the same level of reasoning so that we could both work together to find Kokabiel, Valper, and the holy swords. First, I need to talk to a certain individual who will know a thing or two. Additionally, I need to find a way to reconcile Irina and the woman from Xenovia. If we can all work together to find the holy swords and Kokabiel, then it will be a win-win situation for all of us.