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Chapter 2: The Cocky Priest
The plane lands at Kuoh Airport, Eden sits at the baggage claim and waits for his luggage to arrive. As he waits and people move past and around him, he feels like something or somebody is watching closely. Eden rises and walks over to the bathroom where three men are talking as another walks into the doorway, blocking the exit. One of the men comes forward and looks Eden up and down "Well well well, I wonder, why is one of the church's little poster boys down here? You here to mingle with the rest of us?" one of the men asks, Eden chuckles and raises his hands "Alright, listen if you want my cash then you can have it, but I'm just here to get my bags and leave you know?" The men laugh and one slugs Eden in the gut. "Who gave some shitty ass priest the right to talk to me like that?" Eden stumbles up "Sorry I didn't mean to cause any offense. But it is extremely rude to beat on a guy you have never met before."
One of the men grabs Eden's hair and slams him into a nearby wall. "Shut the hell up, if we wanted to hear a sob story and some dumb lecture about what is right and wrong I would have stayed in the church" Eden leans against the wall and tries to get up with little success. "What are you even talking about? I'm just here to get some luggage." All men surround Eden as they pull out light swords. Eden instantly rises, ending the charade, standing up like nothing had happened to him. "Oh, your rogue priests… Disgusting" They all stop laughing and in a fit of rage one takes a swing at Eden.
"Blade Blacksmith." A single sword shoots up catching the man's fist. "My name is Eden Freylude, and I am an Angel in charge of an important mission. I can not let subhuman trash get in my way." As the priest screams in pain the other two rush Eden but instead run into four spikes that come out of the floor. "The Lord said to Noah, build an ark for all pure creations to come aboard and not be drowned. But you vultures do not deserve any bit of space on the raft ordered by our Lord. And for the attempted impersonation of a holy being, your sentences are Death."
A single large splitting axe falls from above and cleaves through the priest on the spikes as they fade away in a bright glow, leaving the last one that is still trying to pull his hand out from the sword that impaled it. "In the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit I condemn you to death." Grabbing the axe Eden raises it and sends it crashing down onto the Priest's neck. In a single motion, his head falls onto the floor and fades away into a bright glow "Amen." The blades disappear as Eden walks out of the bathroom and grabs his luggage. While leaving the Airport Eden puts almost all the money the church gave him in a checking account leaving 5,000 yen in his pocket. He hails a taxi and is driven to the apartment assigned by the church.
After paying the taxi fare and entering his new apartment, he tosses his luggage on the floor and sifts through the drawers and cabinets looking for something to eat. "Hmm.. nothing in here." Eden sighs and looks at how much money he has left in his wallet. Seeing that he has enough money, Eden goes to a convenience store to get food. As Eden walks into Seven-Eleven the man at the counter grabs a language sheet, Eden shakes his head. "No need, I learned how to speak Japanese and how to write hiragana." Eden goes towards the freezer section and takes a small bag containing a single cold Onigiri.
Taking two Tuna mayo, one Okaka(bonito flake) Onigiris, a Steam Bun, and a Sushi Bento box. Eden walks up to the cashier, placing his food at the counter, and waiting to pay for the food. "S-Sir, are you an athlete from the States?" The young cashier asks Eden while staring at Eden's chest, "Oh uhh, no. I just work out a bit, that's all." "Well, my sister's school needs a new gym teacher and . . . uhh, you look like you could fit the role. R-right?" the young man asks Eden while trying to not insult him. "Don't you need a license for that?" Eden shrugs and pulls out his wallet "How much again?" The young man shoots up "O-oh yea, it's umm…" he scans the items and adds up the total. "It is 740 Yen"
Eden hands him exactly 740 Yen as the young man hands him a bag for his items "Come back again sir" Both men wave goodbye and go back to their lives. As Eden leaves the store an idea passes through his mind. "Hmm… Gym teacher… Gym. Teacher…" Eden dives into the nearest payphone, lifts the receiver to his ear, and puts in 40 yen. The phone rings until a man picks up the phone "God bless you, my child, how can I assist you?" Eden looks around and whispers to the receiver "I need to cash in a favor to help me in my investigation in Japan." Through the receiver, the young man shuffles some papers and writes a couple of notes "Well, you do a couple favors left, so what do you need from the church?"
"I need some strings pulled to get me into Kuoh Academy as a teacher" Eden hears cabinets being opened and papers shuffling as he gets an answer "Well Eden you are one lucky man, A spot just opened up at Kuoh for a Gym teacher and they seem pretty desperate for a replacement." Eden nods and responds "Well that's good at least I have the physic for it." Eden chuckles to himself "Alright, I'll go check it out and hope that everything goes fine." The man agrees "Of course it will Eden, and God bless you"
"God bless you too" Eden hangs up, places the receiver back into the hook, and leaves the booth. Eden starts walking up the street, spots a church in the distance, and takes a mental note of it. He keeps walking until he reaches Kuoh Academy, once he passes through the main gate his eyes shoot up to a window where he sees a student with Crimson red hair and eyes with an odd mix of blue and green looking down at him from above a window before she closes it. "That's going to be an issue" Eden sighs and keeps walking but something feels wrong, like he's walking in a minefield with a pack of bears trailing behind him.
Entering the school itself students walk past and to their clubs or are heading outside to go home. Eden starts to walk through the empty halls trying to find the Headmaster until eventually he asks a random student with sandy blond hair. "Excuse me, young man, could you direct me to the Headmaster in charge of this school?" The students are looking pale and stressed as they speak. "Well, sir he would be near the main office" he points across the corridor and to a medium-sized office space for faculty. "Thank you, young man, I'll leave you to it." As Eden walks away the student lets out a breath "What was that feeling, like my stomach was doing cartwheels? I have a bad feeling about that guy, I should tell Sona."
Knocking on the Headmaster's door, he waits for it to open, and to his surprise, he sees a short, balding, obese, middle-aged man standing in the doorway. "Oh hello sir, how may I be of assistance?" "I am here to apply for the Gym teacher job." The balding man nods and invites Eden into his office and offers him a seat. "Please sit down and we will get to talking." Eden takes a seat and adjusts himself "Well sir I have heard that this school has recently lost a Gym teacher and you have yet to fill that role, am I correct?" The principal straightens up and nods "You are correct we have been looking for a teacher for a while. But you look like you used to be a firefighter or even as a trainer."
Eden chuckles a bit "Oh yes I was a trainer of sorts for a gym a while back." The principal nodded, "Thought as much… and I am guessing that you have experience in teaching a group of students, right?" Eden nods again "I used to work a lot at church teaching children how to read and write." "And I am also guessing you can handle a troublemaker if it is needed, correct?" "I do have some experience in that regard." Eden stands up with the principal "Well sir from everything you have told me… I believe you would make a great teacher for Kuoh Academy." They both shake hands and finish setting up Eden for his new job as a Gym teacher. "Well, Eden sir, you'll start tomorrow and by then your key card and ID will be made and given to you." The principal stores all of the paperwork in a caramel folder and places it inside a nearby cabinet. "Well that is all, goodbye Eden and I hope to see you tomorrow."
Eden nods and leaves the office after saying his final goodbyes to the principal he walks out and spots a separate part of the school out in the distance, like it is detached in a sort of way. After what felt like a mile-long walk he approaches the building as the stench of a devil becomes overwhelming. "I knew there was a damn devil in here" Eden looks around for anybody before he slips into the old building. As Eden keeps walking he slowly realizes this place used to be a school, books filling the walls, old tables and chairs stored or pushed aside to make more space. After exploring the downstairs for a while he scales up to the second where the smell of devil gets even more pungent, especially around the door to the end of the hall. Eden walks towards the door, but every step feels like he is going to fall through the floor with how much of a weight is being pressed against his chest, with every instinct of his begging, pleading for him to stop and leave or at the very least replan his strategy. He keeps walking and grabs onto the handle of the door and swings it open.
Eden looks and sees four "students", In a flash he draws his pistol and feels a sword pressed against his neck. As one of the devils, a blond-haired pretty boy who looks Italian presses the sword on his neck, slightly cutting his skin. "Why did Sona let an angel on our turf?" Eden looks down at the devil and smiles to himself "Well little devil boy, I know something you don't know~ I can shoot faster than you can slit my throat, and you also know that even pressing a sword that close to my neck could be considered an act of aggression. None of us want a war, am I right, eh?" Eden smiles as wide as the sun with a smugness that can only be defined as childish glee.
"And you deem yourself important enough to cause a war over?" The crimson-haired "student" asked "No, of course not, my life doesn't matter any more than any other angel. But if you do kill me, they will still order retribution for my death and send another to replace me, so it would be a moot point. Also, the White One would be the one that replaces me if I died or didn't report in a week, and trust me I don't like devils but he, he's a violent racist." The crimson-haired "student" rises from the desk while slamming her hands on it. "The White Dragon Dragon Emperor works for heaven!?" Eden nods with a smug smile. "Before he went to heaven I made sure to convince him about the better opportunity heaven brings rather than the devils in hell," Eden chuckles to himself
"I guess it worked a little too well since he was willing to hunt vampires for almost three years with no breaks." The crimson-haired "Student" steps closer "Why should I believe you, Angel?" Eden shrugs his shoulders "Well I am an Angel and we don't lie like you stray devils'' She grabs Eden by the shirt. "I am Rias Gremory I am NOT a stray devil, moreover, why are you here?" The newly introduced Rais said angrily. "Would you believe me if I said that I just want to be a teacher and they sent me here to deal with any strays?" Eden smiles hopefully "No I wouldn't." Rias stated flatly. "But it's the truth! I already said we angels don't lie like you de-."
"Shut up! You wouldn't name-drop The White Dragon Emperor unless you were here for something related to it." Rias said. "Fine, I'm here because of fallen angel activity in this town. The church wants me to watch over them, that's all you're getting and by the way, I actually want to be a teacher." Letting go of the annoying priest Rias walks back over to her desk and sits back down. "If that's all you're after then the fallen angels you're looking for are at the old abandoned church on the hill and by the way if you cause any and I mean any trouble you'll be handled promptly. And don't worry you won't be killed, only hurt enough to make a statement." Rias finished with a sickly sweet smile.
"Kiba let him go." The blonde lowered his sword from the priest's neck and sheathing the blade then stood by to the left wall with the windows at his back looking ready to pounce at a moment's notice. "One more thing I'll be telling the rest of the devils here about your arrival on campus so you don't have to go through this again. But I suggest being on your best behavior they're not as forgiving as we are now go you overstayed your welcome." Rais said with a smug grin. Turning on his heel Eden left promptly to not get cut in half. "Snobby bitch." Eden says under his breath.
Three and a half hours later: First quarter moon.
Walking to the church Eden senses a somewhat familiar draconic presence. "Is that who I think it is?" Eden remarks as he begins running to the source. After ten minutes of running Eden sees a familiar build reminding him of a painful memory of getting stabbed in the shoulder two years ago. "I'm shooting first and asking questions later." Eden thought before lifting the left side of his jacket to grab his 1911, he fired twice hitting the man in the left shoulder blade but he quickly ducked under the second bullet screaming. "Fuck!" Eden walks towards the man with his gun leveled to where he assumes is his chest. "Nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God."
"You and your scripture can go fuck yourselves." The man says as he summons a red gauntlet. While Eden shoots four bullets at the man. The man blocks two of them with a golden bracer on his right arm and dodges the last two bullets. "Your mouth shouldn't have the disservice of defaming the Lord's words." Eden walks closer as he rubs his head with the barrel "You know… I have a quick question, were the guy who stabbed me five months ago?" The man stands up straight. "It was two years ago, jackass." He raises his gauntlet as it yells out. "BOOST!"
Eden steps back and reevaluates his situation as his eyes wander to his gauntlet. "Hmm, I can't waste time with him, or else he'll boost more." Eden thinks but is snapped out of it when a fist rushes toward his face and crashes onto his jaw, sending Eden skidding on the floor. "Are you one of the angels sent to kill me? Because the last guys didn't do too well." The man gives a cocky smile, while Eden pulls himself up as he tries his hardest not to fall back down. "No, but I can clearly see why they would." Eden rubs his jaw, winces in pain, and finally pulls himself back together. "You do throw pretty good punches though." Eden stretches a bit, cracks his knuckles, and takes a deep breath.
"Before I give you your just retribution, tell me my nemesis what is your name so that I may know the man I will be fighting for the rest of my life?" Eden says, raising a fist. "That's a bit dramatic but the names Joseph Smith and you?" Eden looks a bit disappointed and lowers his fist. "You're not even passionate about it… I'm Eden Freylude by the way." The now-named Joseph laughs heartily. "Sorry, I didn't know I had to play along. From now on I will, promise." Eden perks up a bit "Thanks man, you seem like a good fellow it's a shame I have to kick your ass." "Same here I'd hate to kick yours too," Joseph says, digging the bullet out of his shoulder. "Fuck that hurts I hate holy bullets." Eden walks up to Joseph and stops him from doing any further damage. "Here, I put it in you and I'll help you take it out," Eden says as he forms a pair of sharp pliers and a scalpel. "Now I never said this before but don't scream my name out loud ok?" "Go fuck yourself," Joseph says smiling.
Eden starts to dig the bullet out of Joseph's shoulder blade while making sure that he stays as still as a statue. "So Joseph, could you tell me the real reason why you stole the sword and stabbed me with said sword?" Joseph looked at Eden. "I just wanted a weapon and figured that church had some, there wasn't a specific reason to steal the sword other than it felt weird. And stabbing you was to just get you out of the way, sorry about that." Eden rolls his eyes and sighs "You know if you asked it would have gone better I thi-" Joseph looking past Eden's shoulder sees a group of exorcists running towards them. "Looks like we have some uninvited guests." Eden turns and drops the bullet back into Joseph's wound causing him to grimace.
"Of course, it's some exorcists" Eden sighs, whispers a small prayer, and places a pistol in Joseph's right hand. "I hope you're a good shot because you only have one shot." Joseph hands the gun back to Eden. "I don't need it, I got something." Saying this Joseph's right arm glows gold as the bracer becomes a golden spatha. Eden takes his pistol back as a large grin forms on his face. "Want to do something cool Joseph?" Joseph looks questioningly then makes up his mind. "I'm down, what do you have in mind?" Eden grins even wider and whispers in his ear. "Toss the spatha in the air and watch me hit a holy trickshot." Joseph tosses the spatha in the air while it is airborne Eden waits until he sees the reflection of an exorcist and fires.
The bullet comes out covered in a golden white sheen and collides with the sword causing a loud reverb as if it struck a gong. The bullet bounces off and hits the first exorcist in the head as the spatha falls into another exorcist's eyes, the man screaming bloody murder before falling on the ground. "That was fucking sick!" Joseph exclaimed. Eden laughs out loud and reloads. "I know right? And it was all with one bullet." Joseph laughs. "Alright, you wanna call a truce and kill these stray exorcists and the fallen angels that lead them?" Joseph asked. "Yeah we can pick this up later, but I didn't think the fallen angels would be so brazen as to make their base the only church in town," Eden says disgustedly. Then you must not have met that many fallen angels before, but let's cut this short there's still 5 left and they're trying to take my sword." Joseph said. "Agreed," Eden replied.
"BOOST!" Joseph's gauntlet roared as Joseph blitzed the stray exorcist who picked up his sword, grabbing the man's neck and snapping it, easily dropping him and grabbing his sword. The exorcist next to him aims a gun at Joseph. *BANG* The exorcist falls as Eden shouts out. "I got your six!" "Thanks!" Joseph replied as he raised his sword to block a slash from one of the exorcists. "BOOST!" Sliding the exorcist's blade off of his own, he follows up with a diagonal slash cutting the exorcist in half. *BANG* *BANG* The last two exorcists drop to the ground like a sack of potatoes.
"You know for a guy with only one working arm you're pretty good." Eden said grinning "Speaking of which take out the bullet you dropped." Joseph said "Right my bad about that." Eden forms a pair of sharp pliers and takes out the bullet tossing it on the ground. "There you go, good as new." Eden says sarcastically, "Want me to stitch you up or something?" "Nah, it'll heal on its own." Joseph snaps his shoulder back in place, "Does that not hurt!?" Eden exclaims, shocked. "Oh, I would be screaming if the boost would have worn off speaking of which." "BOOST!" Joseph sluggishly walks to the door. "Come on, we have unfinished work, we gotta kill the rest." "Alright let's get going my eternal nemesis." "Of course my stalwart rival!"
Walking up to the church Eden reloads his 1911. "You got anything other than that gun or is that it?" Joseph inquired. "Don't worry about me, I have more than just guns." As Eden says this he summons a European-style sword brimming with holy energy. "So you have a sacred gear." "Yup, it's called blade blacksmith I can make any weapon as long as it has a blade," Eden stated proudly. "So you can make a spear?" "Yup." "An axe?" "Yup." "How about a gun?" On hearing this Eden completely blanked. "I haven't even thought about that, what do you think like a gun with a bayonet? Or how about a gun that shoots swords!" Eden exclaimed with the most joy anyone could have ever had. "That's so fucking stupid," Joseph said immediately destroying Eden's hopes and dreams, making Eden want to join his god.
"Just make them spear tips for the bullets or a gun sword like last imagine 8." Eden immediately brightens up "A gun sword is way cooler!" "Enough of this, let's get to work." Joseph tightens his grip on his sword and kicks the door open, a single human jumps up from under a pue looking around with a bottle of gin spilled all over him. "Who the fuck broke the doo- OH SHIT ITS THE HALF BREED ANGEL CUCK!?" "Pfft cuck?" Letting out a massive sigh "Hi Freed resident rapist of the 5th chapel." Eden says dejectedly. "HEY DON'T USE MY TITLE IN THAT TONE!" Freed screamed out shamelessly. "I don't know what's worse that you have that title or that you're proud of it," Joseph said awestruck. Eden grabs onto Joseph's shoulder and sighs in shame. "Trust me, he is as much of a degenerate as his title states."
End of chapter 2
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