Morning Rose
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Chapter 17: Morning Rose
(Que Seven Deadly Sins Ost "Sky Peace")
Ruby, Irina, and Xenovia were at the airport for the departure to Italy.
However, it was supposed to be for both human exorcists, which became impossible to Irina's confusion. That confusion turned into shock when she discovered that Xenovia turned herself into a devil as a Knight under the service of Rias Gremory. While Irina was making a fuss, Ruby was looking at Xenovia with an impassive gaze.
Internally, she was fuming in rage at the stupidity of the church. They had excommunicated her because Xenovia learned of Yahweh's demise, which led to Xenvia one of the only natural holy sword users and wielder of Durandal to the devils and join their ranks.
Ruby knew it couldn't have been an order from Heaven for they knew the importance of a holy sword. Yet, they were too late to stop some retarded cardinals losing Durandal. Those fucking idiots basically gave an Excalibur-class weapon to the devils! What the fuck!? If at any time Ruby returns to Italy, she was going to start to purge the entire church of all the perverts and idiots that are infesting it because if this sort of shit keeps going Heaven's forces will be a fucking laughing stock.
'Breath, Ruby. Happy thoughts, happy thoughts.' Ruby repeated in a mantra to calm herself
[As always, your religion is so shitty.] Spoke the dragon of her Sacred Gear. The Steel Dragon, Kiryu.
'Would it actually kill you to be nice once in a while?' Ruby almost begged.
[Fuck no.] Kiryu growled. Even for a dragon, Kiryu's hate of gods was strong, and that bastard Azazel had to make him stuck to one of Yahweh's brood. His heiress no less.
'Why do you have to be so mean?' Cried Ruby.
Her silver eyes regained focus to the outside world just in time to hear Irina's outburst.
"How could you have done this?!" Irina exclaimed. "What could have forced you to become a devil, Xenovia?!"
"I-It's not my place to say." Xenovia muttered, unable to tell Irina the truth of God's demise… or the fact the new goddess of their entire faith was standing right next to her.
"Tell me-" Irina stopped in her tirade when Ruby put a firm grip on the exorcist's shoulder. When Irina glanced back, whatever fight or protest she was going to make withered away from Ruby's hardened gaze. She relented back and Ruby replaced her, subjecting Xenovia under the Heiress of Heaven's presence. It made the newly minted devil feel like she was standing at the root of a mountain reaching to the stratosphere.
"Please forgive me, Lady Ruby." Xenovia said with a bowed head.
"You know that I-"
"That's enough, Xenovia." Ruby interrupted in a neutral tone. "I just want to get one thing straight with you. In all honesty, you… were quite a shitty exorcist."
Ruby paused to let the words sink in and see their reactions.
Simultaneously, Xenovia and Irina somehow almost tripped even while standing and had the most dumbfounded expressions on their faces from those very words. Or it could have been the fact that Ruby, an angel, swore.
"W-Wh-Wha-"
"Uh-ba-ba, I will have none of that. No interrupting me please." Ruby interjected before Xenovia could say a word. "I am not done here, Xenovia. I meant what I said, that you are one of the worst exorcist I have ever seen. Sure you have power, but that is offset by your brashness, ignorance, and complete arrogance. The church raised you like a spoiled child all because you are Durandal's wielder.
Frankly, the church does not deserve Durandal for such spoiling behavior and stupidity."
"I am sensing a 'but' here." Irina noted.
"Oh, look at that, you're learning." Ruby said with a genuine smile.
"So what if you were terrible as an exorcist? I don't care much either way. However, perhaps you may become an excellent devil in the coming future. I look forward to see you grow."
"I… I don't know what to say." Xenovia said.
"Then don't say anything." Ruby assured. "Rather do so through your actions. After all I will be watching you."
"What do you mean by that, Lady Ruby?" Irina asked.
"As of now, I have been assigned to Kuoh to represent Heaven." Ruby announced. "The town is becoming a hot spot for all kinds of supernatural activity, so there is a necessity for a constant presence from either faction. I was chosen as a suitable candidate."
'And I can also help ease our new guests into our world.' Ruby added in her thoughts.
"Are you sure about that?" Xenovia asked. "Because of you're unique position-"
"I'll be fine, Xenovia." Ruby assured. "If worse comes to the worst, it will be impossible for me to reincarnate into a devil."
"That is a relief." Irina said in an exhale.
Ruby glanced to Irina. "I suppose this is goodbye, Irina. Make sure you look after yourself."
"Of course, Lady Ruby." Irina perked up as she skipped her way to dock for the plane.
Ruby sighed. "It's good that she's still in wonderful spirits, considering what happened to you."
"I have you to thank for that, Ruby-san." Xenovia replied.
"Finally, you are using my actual name." Ruby almost praised, leading Xenovia out of the airport. "Let's go back to Kuoh."
'These next few days will surely be interesting leading up to the Leaders' Summit.' Ruby thought, then momentarily stiffened when a realization came to her. 'Oh, that's right. Vali darling will be here, too… Wait, he's already there in the town. The same town with Issei… I-I should hurry before he starts to fight the Red Dragon Emperor. And before they get there as well. '
Xenovia could only let out a squawk of indignation before Ruby suddenly grabbed onto her hand and ran through the airport bordering speeds that were superhuman. The Knight of Gremory could do nothing but act like a rag doll being dragged by Ruby, her immense strength leaving no room for escape. Any obstacles that were in her way were simply blown away as though Ruby were a battering ram going nonstop to whatever destination she needed to go.
(Kuoh Town; ORC)
"C'mon Blake, you've been cooped up in that room for far too long!" Weiss shouted as she aggressively knocked on the door of the room that WBY used to sleep.
"I-I can't come out, nya~!" Exclaimed the voice of Blake from the other side.
To provide some backstory, Yang, Weiss, and Blake have fully recovered from their injuries of unstable dimensional travel, and the Schnee took it upon herself to tour the new surroundings of the world they ended up in. The ORC was providing such conveniences for them today before the start of their school. Or it would be the start of the school in the morning if it wasn't destroyed, and so it was going under reconstruction through the night ever since the ORC returned.
In this case, it will only take till midday since reconstruction is headed by devils to speed up the process for the upcoming Parents Event and the Leaders Summit Meeting to discuss permanent peace. That would not be until later in the night, but until then other leaders of the supernatural will be there in the school.
It still made Weiss feel a little weird about a school that isn't teaching battle tactics and such, yet supernatural entities are making their home there. The previous day gave the trio more than enough sleep from their wounds and allowed them to wake up extremely early in the morning to start said tour with the ORC.
Unfortunately, Weiss should've learned by now that there is no such plan that can go perfectly. Just as they were going to see the new world, Blake had to refuse to even get out of the room. The pair would have dragged the Faunus, or rather nekoshou out, but she had the lock the room and Weiss did not want to cause unnecessary damage to their hosts who were so generous to provide them shelter.
"Blakey, you've gotta come out at some time." Yang said, trying to find a crack on the door to look through. "I promise to buy you a bowl of udon with extra shrimp."
"No, not even that, nya~." Blake refused.
"Damn, was really sure that was going to work." Yang muttered.
"Is bribery really the best you can think of?" Weiss scolded.
"It works for you, doesn't it?" Yang joked.
Weiss did not take it lightly. "H-How dare you insinuate that my family uses such - dishonorable methods!"
"Woah, chill out, Ice Queen." Yang said, her hands raised up in surrender. "It was only a joke."
The chilly glare Weiss was directing to Yang would have made her a pile of ashes a thousand times over. A tense silence descended between the two, which would have been broken by the intervention of their 'late' leader. The thought alone broke that violent atmosphere, but left them in a more depressed mood. So lost in that mood that they didn't notice the approach of the Occult Research Club walking down the same hall to check on them. Rias and Issei were in the middle of a conversation with Xenovia with her new place as part of Rias' peerage, but went to a halt when they saw Weiss and Yang standing outside the door of their room.
"Uh, something the matter?" Issei spoke.
Yang snapped to attention, her previous depressed expression pushed away. "Yeah, our resident cat girl is having a fit and doesn't want to go outside."
"I don't want to, so leave me alone, nya~." Blake shouted from the other side.
'Oh great, it's like with that trap again.' Issei thought with a sweatdrop.
The Occult Research Club had just returned from their visit from Rias' only Mutated Bishop, a dhamphir by the name of Gasper. Her servant was so powerful in fact that Rias was too weak to properly help the Bishop because of his Sacred Gear, Forbidden Balour View.
By Issei's assessment, it was so powerful that he wondered if it was on the brink on becoming a Longinus. Now that Rias had awakened her potential as a Super Devil, it was finally time to pay her due to help her servant master his power.
And wasn't that a shock to Issei. As soon as he saw the Bishop, he legitimately thought Gasper was a she, and no one would blame him. His sealed room was filled to the brim with pink stuffed animals and the dhamphir wore the school uniform for the girls. The reason why Gasper wore all that?! Because he believed it was cute!
There was a right way and a wrong way to appreciate women. What Gasper was doing would make Meliodas vomit then probably mutter something along the lines of "another Astolfo". A trap! Why did the Bishop dhamphir have to be a trap!?
'Well at least I know the gender this time.' Issei thought while holding down a shudder.
During Issei's distraction with his thoughts, Koneko was the one to approach the situation as she walked towards the door. She raised a hand in a fist as though to try knocking herself.
"Knock knock." Koneko said in her usual deadpan.
And with a 'tap' smashed the door off its hinges and sent it flying into the room till it crashed into a wall. For a moment, Weiss and Yang just stared unblinkingly at the petite girl (*cough* loli *cough*) that had enough strength to snap the latter like a twig. Then they exchanged glances with the ORC who were looking at the scene normally as if Koneko's strength was a normal occurrence.
'Note to self: don't piss off the little ones.' Yang thought.
Weiss was too much in shock to even have a coherent thought, except if one counts the internal screams of terror caused by her perception of reality still crumbling away by the seconds.
With the door gone, the devils peered inside to see whatever was keeping Blake confined to the room. What they found was certainly not what they were expecting. The floor and the walls had multiple burning marks in the shape of hands and some flames were dancing on the sheets of the beds. From there, their eyes found the probable culprit of the whole mess crouched while trying and failing to hide her two tails and the new addition of golden flames dancing on her palms. There was only one kind of power that can produce such spontaneous flames.
"S-Senjutsu!?" Koneko said meekly.
The blank facade that was the usual for Koneko swiftly broke down as she looked at Blake complete with her cat ears and tails all out in the open. This was Koneko's first time seeing Blake since that day's events and those were only passing glances at the Remnantie. But taking in the pale skin, the black hair, and the apparent, if accidental, use of senjutsu, the resemblance was so uncanny it was making the white-haired nekoshou tremble in fear. If just only with a bust several centimeters smaller, Blake looked so much like Kuroka, Koneko's older sister that went mad in the art of senjutsu and subjected the nekoshou in the trauma of seeing her butcher her last peerage.
"O-O-On-ne-ne - Onee-san!" Koneko exclaimed in a mix of a whimper and a shout.
In the wake of her fear rising, Koneko was hallucinating that in place of Blake was Kuroka, her expression marred in bloodlust and malice from the senjutsu. She felt like she was shrinking before a giant as the traumatic memories came back to her, and her knees were buckling under the nekoshou's weight.
"Woah, Koneko, are you okay?" Issei's concerned voice snapped the nekoshou out of her trance and brought her back to reality.
"Y-Yeah." Koneko answered with a small stutter, rubbing her eyes.
With her senses back to reality, Koneko realized that there wasn't the ravenous and deadly killer that was Kuroka, but a scared nekoshou that had no idea what was happening. She released a calming sigh and was the first to approach the newly made nekoshou. The burning floor and residual heat did not hinder Koneko thanks to her durability as a Rook.
"Hey, look at me." Koneko called, or as much as she can in her regular tone. "Eyes on me."
Hesitantly, Blake managed to lock her gaze onto Koneko. The whitehaired nekoshou had to suppress a shiver seeing how Blake's amber eyes disturbingly matched that of Kuroka, but Koneko pushed through with another calming breath.
"What were you doing before this happened?" Koneko asked.
"I - I was just meditating to get my head cleared up." Blake answered. "Then suddenly my hands lit on fire."
Koneko's eyes widened at that simplistic answer. That meant that Blake had just naturally taken natural energy without even realizing she was anyway, much less the malice of the world. She had to have a rare talent for senjutsu arts if Blake can so easily access natural energy. As much as it scared Koneko that such a person existed to utilize the power she feared, she had to admit it's impressive to meet such a person.
"Alright listen to me." Koneko said. "While you were meditating, did you feel something… different?"
"I don't know." Blake said frantically, hugging her golden hands to her body. "All I did was have my Aura on."
'Well that gives me a clue onto what's happening.' Koneko thought.
'That so-called Aura. It feels too similar to Touki. Maybe that's the problem.'
"Blake-san, I want you to drop your 'Aura'." Koneko concluded, the word 'Aura' feeling a bit wrong to describe the shield around the black-haired nekoshou.
With a few forced deep breaths, the flames in Blake's hands disappeared and her Aura flared around her before fading away as it deactivated. As soon as the Aura was gone, so did the flames, which brought an astonished look from Blake staring at her unharmed hands.
"I would suggest not bringing up your Aura again so you don't burn the house down." Koneko said. "I can also show you how to hide your yokai features."
Blake perked up at that. "Yes, that would be wonderful."
A gentle hand settled on the top of Koneko's head, and she had to resist the urge to purr as it began to rub near her ears. Her amber eyes glanced up to find the arm of her King while she looked at Koneko with praise as her blue eyes glinted.
"Nice going there, my cute little Rook." Rias congratulated.
"Just making sure our base doesn't burn down." Koneko said bluntly.
"Just take the compliment that you did a good job." Issei said, unfortunately getting a rather hard elbow jab to the gut from Koneko that made him skid back for a few meters.
"Ise-kun, are you okay?!" Asia cried, immediately on the case as she summoned her Sacred Gear.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I deserved that anyway." Groaned Issei, brushing off.
Asia kindly since his own healing factor of being part-demon kicked in to fix the damage.
"Now that the current situation is handled," Spoke Weiss in her typical fashion and directed her attention to Rias, "I believe you owe us a tour."
"Of course, but you are going to have to change into these." Rias said as a magic circle opened up to produce a set of clothing for Weiss.
"What's wrong with what I am wearing?" Weiss inquired with a huff
"Forgive me for being blunt, but you are not in the most casual of attire, Weiss-san." Rias admitted. "While we are allowed to wear skirts, you, uhm, choice of style will raise too many questions."
"You look like a walking snowflake." Koneko added her piece. "A snowflake ready for a pervert to ogle."
Her eyes glanced to Issei on that last statement. Call it paranoia, but she didn't trust someone with the moniker of the Sin of Lust. Weiss in the meantime tried to blurt out a retort only to close and open her mouth multiple times when the words didn't come to her. Her hands clenched in frustration at her sides in the wake of the predicament she was landed in.
"Fine." Weiss huffed. "Get out so I can change."
"All perverts will be punished." Koneko promised, yet again glancing to Issei.
(Later)
The ORC, including Xenovia and Issei's peerage, with the addition of Yang, Blake, and Weiss were walking in the streets of Kuoh towards the high school of Kuoh, though they had enough time to give their new visitors a tour of the town to familiarize themselves of the area.
While Yang and Blake were wearing the clothes they came through with, Weiss was forced to wear a more casual getup. Instead of her 'combat' skirt, Weiss was wearing the top outfit of the Kuoh uniform for women, but chose to wear black pants instead of the skirt that came with it. Though she managed to deal with the fact she was wearing different clothes, Weiss had a constant red face that showed her barely contained frustration.
They had just toured the more important parts of Kuoh, such as the marketplace for grocery shopping and the apartments that Rias will provide the three for shelter. Though of course she also had the offhand thought to have at least one of them join her peerage based on their abilities alone. These powers of Aura and Semblances fascinated her, and she wasn't disappointed by their versatility. It is unfortunate that she only had her Rook as the last piece to use and her peerage will be full. Blake was the appropriate choice, but Rias didn't want to be too selfish.
Currently they were walking across the bridge to Kuoh Academy where Akeno would then lead the three Remnanties to the Occult Research Club building to stay over since the trio wasn't registered into the school. It was at that moment that Issei's arms racked with pain all of a sudden that he almost dropped his bags for school.
Rias, Asia, Xulean, and Akeno exclaimed in worry while Yang, Blake, and Weiss were giving the Red Dragon Emperor concerned looks.
Then Blake started acting up as her newly enhanced senses picked up a scent that made her legs feel like jelly from the sheer power of it.
Both Issei and Blake were the first to notice the tall and muscled silver-haired teen that was leaning by the gates of the academy. His eyes opened on cue, revealing deep blue eyes that pierced through them combined with a coy smirk. He wore a green shirt under a black blazer, and wore black pants with a chain link on the left thigh.
For the devils, they recognized him as Vali, the White Dragon Emperor, but to the Remnanties they had a vague idea that he was the one close to Ruby. Blake especially was feeling weird for some odd reason, and she could feel her new animal features wanting to peak out in response.
When Issei and Vali made eye contact, they was a visible tension that could be felt through the air as the former narrowed his eyes dangerously. Subtle wisps of darkness came off his body in preparation to use his power, but it only made Vali grin more in anticipation. He walked toward Issei causally without a care in the world. At his approach, Issei automatically put himself in front of Asia to protect her.
"This is the second time we are meeting each other, Issei Hyoudou the Red Dragon Emperor." Vali said.
"White Dragon Emperor." Issei replied almost in a snarl.
"This… doesn't look good." Yang said meekly, her legs wanting to pace back.
"You think?!" Weiss hissed but dripping with fear.
Instincts suddenly screamed for him to act, and the next Issei knew his right hand was holding onto Vali's left wrist that stretched out to try and 'pock' Issei's forehead with the index fingertip producing a small magic circle that possibly produced a blast. In return, Issei's left hand summoned his gladius and would have thrusted into Vali's gut if he in turn didn't hold it back. The tense atmosphere grew tenfold with devil, yokai, angel, and human spectating with shock. As soon as they registered Vali's movement, Kiba and Xenovia rushed into action with Kiba having a traced Clarent and Xenovia holding Durandal at Vali's throat. Murayama and Katase followed by flanking Vali with their respective Sacred Treasures ready to impale him.
"Impressive reflexes." Vali complimented, unperturbed by the fact he was so close to death. "You are strong, just as I have hoped and with a subspecies Balance Breaker at that."
"Wow, this guy has some major balls." Yang commented, earning a heated glare from Weiss.
"Listen, Vali." Issei said. "I am not fighting you today. Not when peace is possible between the factions."
"Really?" Vali said with a quirked an eyebrow.
"You're no position to make your demands unless you want your head on the floor." Rias threatened.
"What? With these toothpicks?" Vali said incredulously, glancing at the blade threatening to draw blood.
Suddenly, Vali's right index finger pushed up and shockingly forced away the powerful blades that were at his throat, making Kiba and Xenovia stagger back. A snap of his fingers next and Katase and Murayama were blown back.
"Do you still not want to fight?" Vali responded seeing Issei's lack of response. "What if I were to harm the girls behind you?"
The transformation was instant over Issei. One moment his head was bowed down, but the next a shockwave racked the entire bridge from Issei throwing a punch that Vali blocked. An aura of red with wisps of black burned off Issei's body, and his eyes were a startling mix of green and purple.
"I suggest you back off. Right. Now." Issei warned, the Commandment of Selflessness manifesting over his right eye. "Or I will make you regret it."
Vali's smile turned feral. "I don't believe I will."
In turn, a darker aura surrounded Vali to match that of Issei. In the air, the auras took shape of the Heavenly Dragons themselves, their maws locked in opposing roars. The concrete of the bridge was starting to crack from the pressure, and none of the spectators can stop them if they let loose into a fight.
"Run." Blake muttered, her breathing haggard. "We have to run."
"C'mon then." Vali announced, his back glowing as he was about to summon Divine Dividing. "Let's go, Red-"
"I found you!"
The familiar voice of Ruby drew out multiple reactions from the gathered people. For Issei, it was enough to break him out of his trance to not start a fight, and for most of others including the ORC relieved them of the tension in the air. Yang, Blake, and Weiss tensed up in hope of the sound of their beloved leader and friend, even if she didn't remember them anymore.
But Vali had the most profound reaction out of all of them. His mighty aura of power was suddenly dissipated, his face scrunched up with slight alarm but more so with surprise, and his posture stiffened at the voice. Vali didn't get to turn around before his back was glomped in a blur of red that almost knocked him off his balance. He managed to stand straight and still, revealing to everyone the new person currently hugging Vali from the back was Ruby with a warm smile on her face.
"Ruby." Greeted Vali, a certain warmth in his tone as he spoke to the Heiress of Heaven. "Nice seeing you here in the morning."
"Hi, darling." Ruby replied with a playful giggle, her chin just managing to rest on Vali's right shoulder.
'Darling?!' Screamed the thoughts of WBY.
"You two seem close." Yang said through gritted teeth.
Amnesia or not, Yang did not like the fact Ruby was this close in intimate contact with a boy. Even if that boy was hotter than the sun, but Yang did not like the vibe he was emitting, and the near calamity just a minute ago did not help her opinion of the White Dragon Emperor.
"You… could say that." Vali answered reluctantly, facing Ruby. "She's one of the few people I care about."
SMOOCH!
"You are always so sweet and soft to me, Vali." Ruby replied warmly when she chose that moment to land a kiss on the White Dragon Emperor's lips.
Vali in turn was not expecting it as noted by the embarrassed look he was hiding with most success. "You are sly one for an angel, but you are my angel."
Ruby pouted with puffed cheeks. "Mou, don't tease me like that."
"But I like teasing you." Vali said with a smirk and caressing Ruby's cheek. "Because you make such a cute face when you do."
"I'MA FUCKING KILL HIM!" Yang bellowed in rage.
Ruby and a guy being all lovey-dovey, like boyfriend and girlfriend, did not fit in Yang's reality. It enraged her some random guy was laying his hands on her little sis. He could be a perverted degenerate for all she knew, and Ruby was trapped in his clutches. So when the moment Yang saw Vali kiss her little sis, all she could see was red with intent to turn the bastard into paste.
"Yang calm down!" Weiss exclaimed as she and Blake by an arm each with barely any success.
"YOU GET YOUR FUCKING HANDS OFF MY SISTER OR I'MA FUCKING RIP THEM OFF AND SHOVE THEM UP YOUR - MFF!" Yang shouted, frothing at the mouth and her eyes a startling crimson until Blake clamped an arm over her mouth.
Ruby gasped. "Language!"
By her somewhat growing connection to her divine domain, a ray of white light crashed down upon Yang in punishment, and disappeared soon after to avoid suspicion. It was not meant to kill, but the damage was enough to send Yang on her knees and her body smoking from the intense heat of the light of punishment. All eyes went to Ruby in confusion and astonishment at the power she displayed as thought God himself was bringing rightful punishment to Yang until it suddenly clicked in their heads that Ruby was technically the new Biblical Goddess.
"No more bad words." Ruby decreed in authority, or as much as one could muster with the cutesy voice and pout she was sporting.
Weiss and Blake stared unblinkingly at Ruby and her… unusually innocent behavior. Then they remembered that it wasn't too far off the original Ruby's personality back in Beacon, and was very adamant to keep speech as clean as possible, even going as far as having a swear jar for each of them. The fact that Ruby was doing so with divine punishment on swearing filled them with a bit more hope that the Ruby they loved was still in there.
Coming back to reality, it finally dawned on the duo that very Ruby now has an official boyfriend. A boyfriend that was admittedly goodlooking, but also alarmingly hostile. There was just a raw hunger in his eyes when he was looking at Issei, one that craved for destruction. The only saving berth was Ruby's presence that made that look in Vali's eyes soften as he glanced to her.
At that moment as well, Ruby realized who was standing in front of her and Vali, and her eyes mainly landed on Issei, the Red Dragon Emperor. Her silver eyes began to dart between the two incarnations of the Heavenly Dragon till it dawned on her. Her bubbly demeanor went a few degrees colder, her silver eyes looked more like chips of white ice, and… was the sky getting a little darker as well?
Yes. Yes, it definitely was, and Vali was having the worse of it as his eyes widened in alarm.
"Vali," Ruby said, her voice so flat it cut into their hearts, "you weren't trying to fight the Red Dragon Emperor, were you?"
By now, there was visible fear on Vali's face, and his a furious cold sweat was running down all of his exposed skin. In a straight up fight, Vali can definitely win against the Heiress of Heaven, but being in an official relationship with a woman introduced Vali to men's greatest fear: the wrath of a woman. Her scrutinizing gaze petrified on him on the spot and made his throat dry. Not to mention Ruby's
"Strength of God" that easily dwarfed his own and surpassed him even in Balance Breaker. If he does anything that would warrant further scrutiny from Ruby, there was no question that the silver-eyed angel would try and may succeed in pummeling him into the earth or crush his spine. That's one of the things that made Vali both love and fear Ruby for with her bubbly mood that was able to warm his heart also came with raw strength that he learned the hard way made some decent work on his Scale Mail.
Vali audibly gulped. "Erm… no Ruby. I was just, uhm, wanted to greet Issei here. We didn't get to say anything after the battle with Kokabiel."
Ruby's eyes narrowed as she stared straight into Vali's blue eyes, causing cold sweat to pour down his forehead. It was as if Ruby was searching through his soul for the lie that was desperately hiding away in the deepest corners of his mind. Half a minute passed of Ruby staring, but to Vali and the onlookers it felt like an eternity with the whole world upon them.
"Well okay!" Ruby perked up with a beaming smile, and instantly the chilly atmosphere was dispelled, if even to a slightly more brighter atmosphere. "As long as your honest!"
'That lie actually worked!?' Screamed the thoughts of the ORC and WBY as they somehow tripped despite perfectly standing straight.
"What's wrong, Ise-kun?" Asia wondered as she saw a strange look on Issei's face.
"There's one thing we can agree on, Vali." Issei said to the White Dragon Emperor. "We have a very sore spot for holy maidens, don't we?"
Vali blinked, choosing to glance at the blonde angel behind Issei.
"That we do. Not if you exc-" Vali was about to walk forward until he was roughly pulled the opposite way by Ruby, who was dragging him away as she clinged to his right arm. Her smile was blinding as warm as it was, and she had no idea how much strength she was using in pulling Vali away.
"C'mon darling, there are some places in town I want you to see." Ruby said with a playful giggle as the pair continued away down the street to the commercial district.
"Hey Ruby, could you not-" Vali's protest unfortunately went on deaf ears. Ruby's hold on her arm with her incredible strength was a steel trap, and she was squishing his arm to her bosom. It held true to image of the pair as a lovable couple with Ruby getting her boyfriend to hang out with her while Vali sucked up but with a genuine smile on his face. Not once did Yang's crimson eyes leave the pair as they left, mainly locked on the White Dragon Emperor.
Multiple emotions flashed in those crimson orbs. First and most definite was anger that some boy is in an intimate relationship with Ruby without her permission and knowledge at that matter. So much anger that it made her eyes glow. Next, happiness followed as she saw how happy Ruby was around the silver-haired teen. Lastly, it was sorrow that brought back the lilac color in her eyes with a few tears. She had unknowingly missed an important part of Ruby's life, and despite not remembering Yang anymore she didn't need her there for it. As it seemed, Ruby was moving up in the world and didn't need her anymore to hold her hand.
Yang should be proud of that Ruby was coming into her own person.
That she was moving on in her own life without any Yang doting on her the whole way. So why? Why did it hurt so much to see Ruby move on like that?
No one noticed the hurt in Yang's eyes, except for a certain Red Dragon Emperor giving her the blonde a look that spoke of concern and understanding.
I was planning a lot more for this chapter, but I simply don't have the time nor the room in it so here you go. As I noted before, both Vali and Issei have their own harems, but they also have a main pairing so to speak that sets one of their lovers apart. Of course with Issei, I am still going with Asia mostly because they fit more as a couple than even Rias. For Vali, that is Ruby herself, and you can find the name of the pairing in the title. Oddly, it is my favorite fan-made pairing.
I am thinking of doing more RWBY crossovers. One came up with RWBY/Campione, where Ruby becomes a Campione defeating Ares.
Another is RWBY/Destiny crossover where at Beacon Tower at the end of Vol. 3, Ruby nearly dies only to be resurrected by a ghost where the Traveler is making an expansion into Remnant to find worthy Guardians to protect humanity. Pairing with an OC that has brought ghosts to the world.
More characters from the crossovers are making their appearance during the Leaders Summit, including an OC, the fuckmothering Crimson Fucker himself, Meliodas' little brother Zeldris with his peerage, Merlin, Ludociel, and the strongest man that had ever lived who became a Seraph through sheer willpower Escanor.
Alucard: What a fun day it's going to be.
Integra: Seras, don't let him leave to go to that summit!
Seras: Uh, ma'am. He already left.
Integra: NO!
Up next is Chapter 18: The Prince and the Leviathan.
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Pairings:
Meliodas X Serafall.
Issei X Asia (main) X Akeno X Ingvild X Xulean X Rias X Irina X
Rossweisse X Yang.
Vali X Ruby (main) X Rimaru (female) X Kuroka X Albedo X
Raynare X Blake.
Saji X Sona.
Kiba X Xenovia X Murayama X Katase.
Crossovers:
Major (Characters/Worlds)
-Seven Deadly Sins
-Highschool DxD
-SAO
-RWBY
-Reincarnated as a Slime
-Fate/stay night (Must have Illya)
-Naruto (Tailed Beasts)
-Percy Jackson (Greek Pantheon)
-Devil May Cry
-Hellsing (Abridged)
-Overlord
-Fairy Tail (Dragons)
Minor (Powers/Abilities)
-Fate/stay night (Unlimited Blade Works)
-Godzilla (Kiryu Sacred Gear)
-Dragon Ball Super (You can guess what it is.)