"Who is that nun, Benja?" Rias asked seriously making me nervous.
"What are you talking about, Rias? I don't know any nuns." I freaked out when I saw a crimson aura around the girl, I could feel her power rising, which worried me.
"Don't you dare lie to me, I heard that you were with a nun and I want to know who she is." I was shocked to hear that and my fear intensified.
"How did you know?" I asked in surprise but the girl crossed her arms with a cold look making me sigh.
"She's called Asia Argento, she's a nun who came to Kuou to rebuild the abandoned church that is on the outskirts of the city by order of the priest of her previous church. But we have no connection!" I immediately shouted that part when I saw that Rias was more serious.
"I was just accompanying her to church, afterwards she offered to have tea but since that wasn't possible I invited her to a coffee as friends, that was all, she doesn't know anything about me, she doesn't even know that I'm a demon!" I looked at the girl with fear seeing that she remained motionless and still serious.
"I want you to stay away from that nun and that church, did you hear me?" I looked at Rias in surprise upon hearing her voice full of coldness and seriousness.
"But, I can't, I promised Asia that..."
"Benja, listen to me carefully." The red-haired girl interrupted me before sitting down on one of the chairs.
"Don't think it's wrong for you to make friends, but you can't get close to churches and even less have friends with a nun. Churches are the territory of angels, for a reason they are called the houses of god. I remind you that after the war between the factions the tension between angels and demons although they ended on good terms, the warriors of the biblical god hold a grudge against those of our kind for setting fire to and burning the churches in the past." Rias said seriously making me think about this and then I remembered the church.
"The abandoned church was in ruins, that means that building was one of the shelters for the angels during the war." I said surprised making the red-haired girl nod.
"Exactly, that church must be one of the most affected if you say that the place was in ruins, for your safety I advise you to break that friendship and stay away from the church."
"Just like you "protected" me by turning me into what I am now?"
I was instantly speechless, I let myself be carried away by anger and rage that by accident I didn't measure my words and Rias seemed affected while the girl lowered her head.
"No, Rias wait, it's not that I..."
"Just, don't forget what I told you, okay? I'm saying this for your own good, I just want to protect you." Rias stood up before I could speak and opened the door to the room.
"I'll see you later at the club, think about this."
"But, Rias..." I stood up but the girl left the room leaving me alone.
"Now what did I do?" Rias seemed very affected by what I said, I was still angry about what she said about Asia, but it was no excuse to tell her face what I thought of her for turning me into a demon.
"Zeus, what can I do now?" I asked with concern and fear before leaving the room to go to class.
As much as I wanted to concentrate on class, I couldn't put my guilt aside. Seeing how Rias changed from anger to sadness was hard, I would have preferred the girl to slap me or scold me, but instead, she left devastated, something worse for me than any blow. While I wanted to tell the girl how I felt about being a devil now, I also thought about her feelings and how it would affect her if I told her what I really think.
When it was time to leave, I went to the occult club alone and now I was sitting in the meeting room with a blank look looking at the floor.
"Now how am I supposed to apologize?" I asked myself with sadness and worry. Now I was divided, if I broke my friendship with Asia, the girl would be alone in the city and without friends, and if I remained silent with Rias our friendship would end and things would be worse, if KIba and Koneko were her friends and they found out about everything, I couldn't tolerate being in school if they both saw me as a problem or a nuisance.
"Rias only wants the best for you, Benja." I jumped up and turned to see Akeno who was behind me, the girl couldn't suppress a giggle at my fright.
"Akeno, what a scare." I said as I sat back down.
"You're still mad at Rias, right?" The girl's question made me feel bad and I sighed.
"No, it's with myself. I understand that Rias only wants to protect me, but, being a devil now. It's one of the things I never thought would happen to me in my life." I said looking at my hand, observing the seal that the red-haired girl put on me.
"I understand, Rias also hurts having made this decision like that, but I can assure you that she will never regret having saved you." Akeno said with a smile. Just when she was going to speak we heard someone enter and when we turned we saw Rias enter.
"Akeno? I thought you had gone to make some contract." When the red-haired girl looked at me, I automatically looked away making me feel uncomfortable.
"That's what I was going to do, but the archduke sent us a message." The moment I heard Akeno's voice change, from a playful one to a serious one, it made me look at the black-haired girl in surprise.
"The archduke?" Rias asked with the same seriousness looking at her friend.
"They found a rogue demon loose in the streets." Akeno said seriously, I could see that the red-haired girl's expression became colder upon hearing that.
"Akeno, call Issei, Kiba and Koneko. Tell them that we have a job to do right now." The black-haired girl nodded at the order before leaving the room.
"Rias, what is a rogue demon?" I asked with doubt and curiosity looking at the girl.
"You'll see when we arrive, now get ready. We'll leave when the others arrive." Rias said seriously making me nod.
The waiting time seemed eternal for me due to the awkwardness between Rias and I, although Akeno's presence helped a little, it was not enough.
"Rias." The girl came out of her thoughts to see me.
"I..."
"Here we are president." The three of us turned to see the rest of the group enter the room.
"Thank you all for coming, I'm sorry you had to leave the job half done, but this is more important, we have a renegade demon on the streets, we have to finish him off now." Rias' words made the white-haired girl and the blond boy look serious, but Issei seemed confused.
"What is a renegade demon?" The boy asked confused looking at the red-haired girl.
"I'll explain it to you and Benja when we get there, Akeno, the magic circle please." Rias said seriously making the black-haired girl nod.
"Right now." Akeno didn't waste any time and stood in the middle of the room before generating a large magic circle.
"Everyone get in, we have work to do." We all nodded at Rias' words and got inside the magic circle.
"I'll drive this time Benja, don't stray too far." Akeno said in a flirtatious tone making me blush but also annoying Issei.
"Now Akeno." Rias said seriously. The black-haired girl nodded before closing her eyes, the magic circle shone brightly and we all disappeared from the room.
In the outskirts of the city, more precisely in a forest, the magic circle appeared and from it, slowly we all appeared in the thick place.
"Where are we? And the demon?" Issei asked with doubt looking around.
"It's close to here, follow me." Rias said before starting to walk making us follow her.
"Hey Kiba." The blond boy turned to see me.
"Would you mind explaining to me what exactly is a renegade demon?" I asked with doubt. I didn't want to bother Rias, I didn't know if she was upset or still hurt.
"The renegade demons were previously demons like us, they belonged to a clan too but out of greed and whim they made the decision to massacre all the members of the clan to have free will." Said the blond boy leaving Issei and me surprised.
"So, I guess, to avoid being found and blamed for the murder of the clan, they decide to escape to the land and live in the shadows." I said looking at Kiba making the boy nod.
"You're not wrong Benja." I turned to see Rias.
"The renegade devils choose to escape to the earth, but they are difficult to find, right now we are heading to the lair of this demon that, according to the information of the archduke, attracts its victims to its hiding place and then devours them." The red-haired girl said, surprising me a lot as did Issei, only the brown-haired boy seemed nervous now.
"Eat his victims?" Issei was terrified, first he managed to survive the attack of a fallen angel, an enemy who wanted to kill him, but now he faced someone who wanted to devour him alive.
"Don't worry Issei, if you are in danger I will help you." I said looking at the brown-haired boy but he looked at me annoyed.
"I don't need your help." I rolled my eyes at Issei's words as we slowly made our way to what looked like an abandoned observatory.
"This is an assassination mission so I want everyone to get ready." Rias said seriously as she opened the doors to the place.
The first thing that greeted us was the smell of rotting meat, the smell was so overwhelming and foul that surely a normal person would vomit instantly.
"Right now I regret not bringing nose plugs." I said with disgust, having enhanced senses of smell was a blessing but also a curse.
"Get ready everyone, the monstrosity that awaits us now is the living image of demonic power abuse and a demon without its master." Kiba said seriously as we slowly began to advance, something I hated, the smell was getting worse.
"Issei, Benja." The brown-haired boy and I looked at Rias with curiosity.
"What's wrong Rias?" The boy asked doubtfully looking at the girl.
"Do you two know chess?" The red-haired girl asked with a smile making me smile a little.
"I do, it's a fun game I play at home with a friend of mine, she's so good that I remember that we had played so many rounds that we had problems with classes." I said with a giggle looking at the girl but she stared at me making me shut up.
"Yes, but what does this have to do with what we're doing?" Issei asked confused until we all stopped when Rias stopped walking.
"Let me explain something. I am the leader, that means my piece is the king. There is a queen, bishops, knights, rooks, and pawns. The aristocratic devils assign the characteristics of the pieces to their subordinates." Rias said with a small smile leaving Issei and I confused.
"What kind of special characteristics?" I asked curiously looking at the girl.
"We call them Devil Pieces. And each of these pieces gives a unique specialty to its bearer." Despite what the red-haired girl said, this was now giving me more questions than answers.
"Why don't you talk about it now?" Issei asked in confusion while Rias turned her back to us.
"Never mind, tonight, you will witness what a fight between devils is like." The girl said in a serious tone. We all went on alert when we heard something crawling around the place, we looked everywhere until suddenly we saw a half-eaten corpse fall to the ground, scaring Issei and surprising me.
"What is that aroma?" Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Kiba and I became serious as we heard a female voice speaking in a gloomy and evil tone while Issei struggled to be serious.
"It's a disgusting aroma, but there is also such a delicious aroma. Is it sweet? Or bitter?" The first thing we saw were two huge breasts coming out of the darkness, while I saw this with an expressionless face, Issei seemed to drool as he watched how a naked woman slowly came out of the shadows.
"Visor-class renegade demon. Nefarious and horrible beings who abandon their masters to fulfill their own desires, deserve the death penalty for their sins." Rias said seriously while the female demon smiled back.
"In the name of Duke Gremory, we will finish you off!" The red-haired girl shouted firmly making the renegade demon laugh.
"Insolent girl, don't you know who you're talking to? I'm going to enjoy bathing you in your own blood until your whole body is the same as your disgusting hair!" The woman said with a laugh while massaging her breasts. I looked at everything with a drop of anime-style sweat while Issei seemed lost in his fantasies.
"Strong words from a nobody." Rias said seriously while the woman kept squeezing her breasts.
"Is this a renegade devil? I think she's more of an exhibitionist." I said uncomfortable with the scene while Issei looked amazed.
"I know, and isn't it great!?" The boy didn't know, but Koneko and I gave him a blank look at his fantasies.
When we saw the woman take the first step, Issei and I were surprised that instead of a leg, we saw a gigantic hand rising.
"Were you saying something, Issei?" Kiba couldn't hold back a mocking tone while we all took a big jump back taking distance from the demon.
Slowly we saw how the woman came out of the darkness showing that only the top part was of a woman, while below it was the opposite, a monstrosity that instead of feet there were hands.
"They become a monstrosity in both body and heart." Kiba said seriously looking at the demon, my gaze changed from seriousness to discomfort again when I saw that the woman did not stop touching her breasts with an expression of pleasure.
"She has huge breasts, they are so pretty." Issei had a foolish expression staring at the demon.
"Disgusting." I said with disgust and annoyance but then I noticed something, the woman's nipples were being surrounded by magic circles causing the nipples to stand firm.
"Something is wrong." I noticed that the girl stopped putting on a face of pleasure changing to a face of total madness.
"On the ground!" I quickly pushed Issei when energy bullets shot out of the woman's nipples, we all saw that when the bullets managed to hit the wall, the concrete melted instantly causing us all to become serious while Issei was surprised and terrified.
"You were right, she is a monster." Said the brown-haired boy looking at the damage of that attack.
"Don't let your guard down, Kiba, it's your turn." Rias said seriously making Issei and I look at the blond boy.
"Yes president." Kiba extended his hand and a magic circle appeared, from the circle came a sword that the boy grabbed firmly.
"Let's begin." Suddenly the boy disappeared leaving Issei and I surprised.
"He disappeared!" The brown-haired boy screamed in shock. At that moment I heard footsteps and closed my eyes to concentrate.
"No, he didn't. I can hear his footsteps, his speed is impressive." I said seriously. Kiba might not be able to match my speed, much less Barry's speed, but if I had to compare him, the blond boy had the same speed as Genji.
"Kiba's stance is that of a horse. Every demon who possesses this piece of a horse gains unmatched speed and agility, and his most powerful weapon is his sword." While Rias was explaining, the renegade demon searched the entire room for Kiba but couldn't find him.
"Down here." Just when the demon saw the blond boy beneath her feet, Kiba launched himself like a bullet and at great speed, cut off both of the woman's arms causing a heart-wrenching cry of pain.
"Impressive." I said looking at Kiba but then I saw Koneko slowly approaching the demon which worried me.
"Koneko, it's dangerous!" Issei shouted but the girl didn't turn around or back away.
The renegade demon was enraged and saw Koneko standing in front of her, that caused the woman to scream in anger as a huge mouth opened in her stomach.
"Die!" And without putting up any resistance, the white-haired girl was devoured by the demon scaring me a lot.
"Koneko, hang in there!" I screamed before making my vorpal sword appear but Rias stopped me.
"Just watch, Benja, I swear you'll be surprised." I looked at the red-haired girl in fear but when I saw her calm smile I just nodded before looking at the renegade demon.
The woman was laughing out loud but then those laughs were silenced when she held her stomach in pain, suddenly the sound of loud bangs caught our attention and suddenly the mouth that trapped Koneko was forcibly opened by the same girl who didn't seem to have any difficulty.
"Koneko is the tower. Her characteristic is more than simple, being a tower she benefits from a monstrous force as well as a formidable defense, so attacks like that don't even tickle her." Rias said with a smile looking at Koneko.
"You're such a pain." The white-haired girl said in an expressionless manner before lashing out with force, not only shattering the teeth that the renegade demon had in its stomach, but also causing the woman to crash into the wall. Seeing this left me in awe, Koneko's strength reminded me a lot of Momoyo.
"Akeno." Rias called out to her friend with a smile while the black-haired girl nodded.
"My my, I wonder what I should do with you." Akeno said in a mocking tone.
As I prepared to face the black-haired girl, I couldn't help but feel something and as I turned around I saw one of the severed arms move on its own, the serrated limb moved before launching itself at Rias which scared me.
"Rias, behind me!" I quickly got in front of her before cutting the giant hand in two with the vorpal sword.
"Rias are you okay!?" I asked scared while the girl was stunned.
"Yes, thank you very much Benja." I felt happy knowing that she was okay but then I got scared thinking about something.
"Yes that arm moved." I turned around and saw that the other arm that was near Akeno moved.
"Akeno, behind you!" The girl turned to see me but then was surprised by a blow from Kiba's arm that destroyed causing the girl to fall to the ground near us.
"Akeno, are you okay!?" Rias asked worriedly looking at her friend.
"I'm fine, it's just a scratch." Akeno said with a smile, I looked at her body and saw a cut on one of her arms. Meanwhile, the renegade demon laughed in a macabre and mad way.
"Dinner is served, and you will be my main dish!" The woman shouted as her remaining arm launched itself at us.
Suddenly everyone saw how I suddenly disappeared and reappeared behind the giant hand with the vorpal sword in my hand.
"Are you sure about that?" I asked seriously as the last arm fell split in half.
"Benja?"
"Rias, your friends showed to have unique abilities that left me surprised." I slowly turned around to see the girl with a serious face.
"Now, it's my turn." I said coldly before looking at the renegade demon.
"How cute, are you trying to protect your friends? How sweet, that's why I'll leave you as my dessert while I let you watch me devour your friends!" The demon woman shouted between laughs.
"Don't think it's a big deal, I faced beings more repulsive than you, but I won't deny that you're ugly, you bitch." I said with a smile that angered the woman.
"Damn scum!" The renegade demon launched himself at where I was, but to everyone's surprise, my body passed through the ground, disappearing from the place.
"You're nothing more than a capricious demon, an insignificant scum, do you think I tolerate a being as repulsive as you?" The woman looked around as my voice echoed throughout the room, but then she was startled when I appeared floating headfirst in front of her.
"You enjoy your victims screaming, don't you? Let me delight you with that." I said smiling as my eyes turned completely white..
Before anyone could move, I let out a sonic scream causing the female demon to grab her head tightly as she backed away, Rias and the rest of the team covered their ears as I continued to scream until I let out a scream so powerful that the renegade demon was thrown out and breaking the wall in the process.
"Kiba, Koneko. Let me show you, we both have something in common." Both teenagers looked at me as I took off my jacket leaving it on the ground.
"Hey ugly!" The renegade demon looked at me with anger while I could notice the blood falling from her ears.
"It's time to fight." I said smiling before propelling myself at high speed hitting the creature's stomach, the demon woman spat saliva while my stomach was buried in her stomach.
"What's wrong? Where is your arrogance?" I asked looking at the girl while she was more enraged.
"Little shit, death at once!" The renegade demon squeezed her breasts causing her energy shots to start coming out which I easily dodged before making my vorpal sword appear again.
"It's time for surgery." I took a great leap backwards, the moment my feet touched the wall I shot out like a bullet starting to cut the demon's body at high speed.
Rias and the others saw how the renegade demon began to have cuts all over his body, cuts that slowly became deeper and suddenly the demon's legs were cut off one by one in a grotesque way.
"That speed, it's incredible." Kiba said, watching the demon being injured by me.
"His strength is also impressive." Koneko said in an expressionless manner but observing everything.
"Please, stop it." The renegade demon shouted but heard a laugh that froze his blood and when he turned around he saw that I was behind her. My clothes were covered in blood but now the detail that scared him the most was the smile I had on my lips, a smile that would make Junko proud.
"Benja, I think that's enough." I stopped smiling and looked at Rias, the girl had a smile while Akeno looked blushed.
"Sorry, I got carried away." I said with a nervous giggle before flying over to where everyone is.
"You did a good job, but now it's Akeno's turn." Rias said while the black-haired girl slowly approached the badly injured demon.
"Fufu, you attacked my president and you also attacked me, you are a very evil demon, although I enjoyed what Benja did to you. It's my turn now." As Akeno walked to where the demon was, I could see how the girl began to get covered in electricity which surprised me.
"I see you're still alive, that's good. Very well, let's try this!" Akeno raised her arms in the air shooting a burst of lightning into the sky, I saw how some clouds turned dark and the attack came down with great power on the renegade demon causing the creature to scream in pain and agony.
"Akeno is the queen. The vice president of our club combines all the qualities of the pieces into one where their powers increase massively, and on top of that." Rias pointed at the black-haired girl and I was very surprised to see that Akeno was smiling in a wicked and pleasant way, I even saw how she was crossing her legs.
"What screams, you're making me wet." Akeno said in a sensual tone making me blush and nervous.
"She's quite the sadist." Rias said while the other girl continued torturing the demon.
Seeing this scared me and at the same time I blushed a lot, as much as I wanted to avoid it, I couldn't help but think of Junko.
"If Junko and Akeno meet one day, I'm dead." I said in my mind with fear imagining a master of murder and despair, with a sadistic demon with electrical abilities.
"Akeno, that's enough." Rias said making the other girl stop.
"Oh, so soon? I was just starting to have fun." The girl turned around and I turned red when she gave me a sadistic and seductive smile.
"Benja, you're so bad, you stole my fun." Akeno said in a mocking tone making me more nervous.
"Now it's my turn." I watched as Rias slowly walked over to the renegade demon who was on the ground dying.
"FuFu, Benja, Issei, don't take your eyes off of each other. This is going to get good." Akeno said with a smile as we all looked at the red-haired girl.
"Awesome, it's incredible that you're still alive, from how my friends slaughtered you I thought you'd be dead already." The red-haired girl said staring at the renegade demon.
"Fuck you." The woman said weakly on the ground making Rias laugh.
"Will those be your last words? Very well." We all watched as a magic circle appeared in front of the red-haired girl, I could feel a huge amount of concentrated magic.
"Checkmate." After saying that, a blast of dark energy shot out towards the renegade demon, the creature screamed in agony as its entire body was slowly being carbonized by the attack. I watched in shock as the demon was now nothing more than ashes.
"Alright, the job is done." The girl turned to look at us.
"We can go home now, that's all for today, there will be no contracts." Everyone nodded but then turned to look at Issei and me.
"Issei, Benja. Do you have any questions?" The red-haired girl asked curiously looking at us.
"Yes, umm, president. Exactly what pieces are we?" The brown-haired boy asked doubtfully making the girl laugh.
"Easy, you two represent the pawns." The red-haired girl said which surprised us, but the most surprised was Issei.
"Benja, do you have any other questions?" Rias asked with a smile looking at me.
"Well, Rias. Being a pawn, what ability do we possess?" I asked curiously looking at the girl.
"I'm glad you asked. Being pawns, you two have the possibility of getting promotions, that means you can acquire the power of the other chess pieces." What Rias said made me think carefully.
"Does that mean we can ask for any promotion of any piece, even the king?" The red-haired girl nodded.
"Exactly, but asking for the king's promotion entails a great responsibility, because if you don't have the proper training..."
"The consequences will be fatal, without the proper physical and mental training, our bodies wouldn't withstand such a monstrous amount of power." I said seriously finishing what Rias was going to say making her nod.
"I see you have experience in powerful spells, right?" The red-haired girl's question made me smile shyly.
"Well..." I was going to speak but I noticed Kiba approaching me with a smile.
"You're very strong benja, I don't think you'll ask for any promotion compared to us." The blond boy said looking at me kindly.
"It's true, you reduced that renegade demon into small pieces of meat, and I saw that you enjoyed it." Akeno said in a flirtatious tone making me blush.
"It's not that bad, besides, don't think that I won't ask for any promotion, we don't know what the future could have in store for us." I said with a nervous smile looking at everyone.
"That's true. Alright everyone, let's go back to the club, file this away and go rest." Rias said before starting to walk with everyone. As she walked I could see Koneko's clothes and blushed.
"Koneko, wait." The girl turned around and saw that I gave her my jacket.
"Your uniform is torn, you'll get sick if you're like this. I can sew your clothes at the club, I'm good at it." I said smiling looking at the girl. Koneko stared at me before grabbing my jacket and putting it on, as expected, my jacket covered her entire body.
"Thank you, I'll give you my clothes when we get back." I nodded at the white haired girl's words as the two of us went back to where the others were.
"Ready to go?" Akeno asked with a smile waiting until Koneko and I arrived.
"Alright, let's go home." After Rias spoke, the black haired girl made a magic circle appear and we were all teleported to the occult club.
"Alright everyone, go get some rest. We'll have to cover a lot of back contracts tomorrow." The red haired girl said before sitting at her desk.
"Yeah, see you tomorrow everyone, by the way Benja." I turned to see Kiba.
"May I see your sword?" The blond boy asked curiously.
"Sure, no problem." I said before making my vorpal sword appear and giving it to the blond boy.
"Interesting, the handle is very firm, but the blade calls my attention, how did you make it?" The boy asked making me laugh shyly.
"If I told you, you would think I'm crazy, one day I will tell you the story. But I will only tell you this, there are wonders that are just as or even more mysterious than you have imagined." I said before grabbing my sword and making it disappear while the blond boy laughed.
"I hope to hear about that story one day, rest everyone." The boy said before leaving the room.
"Alright, Benja, you said you were going to repair Koneko's uniform, she will take you to the sewing room." Rias said while the white-haired girl nodded.
"This way." Koneko started walking making me follow her.
"Yo. I'm leaving, everyone rest too." Issei said before leaving the room while the boy thought deeply about the fact that he is a pawn.
"Your plan worked, Rias. Benja is very strong, I have no doubt about that." Akeno said with a smile making the red-haired girl smile.
"Thank you Akeno, but there is still something he is hiding from us, while I am happy that the plan went as such, I feel that we still haven't discovered anything about him yet. I am sorry to have to involve you in this, Akeno." Rias looked at her friend but noticed that she giggled.
"Don't worry, besides. I can't deny that I am also very curious to know what else he is hiding from us." Akeno said with a smile making the red-haired girl smile as well.
If Clawdeen was here she would be howling like me. The room was filled with old cloth sets, sewing machines, a huge variety of needles, yarn, and other things that would make any fashion stylist go crazy.
"This is amazing." I said smiling but then I saw Koneko show me her torn clothes making me laugh.
"Right, don't worry, I'll have it ready in a moment." I said as I grabbed the fabrics and started working, on the other hand, the girl sat in a separate place watching me repair her clothes.
Koneko watched as I sewed and mended the uniform with skill, the girl watched as I grabbed the threads and fabric while humming, using the vorpal sword to cut the fabric with skill.
"Where did you learn to do these things?" Koneko asked curiously making me smile.
"I learned it at my old school, I had very good teachers who taught me everything I know, they even taught me how to create a beautiful dress with simple dirty rags." I said before showing the girl the brand new uniform.
"Thank you very much." The girl said before grabbing her uniform but didn't put it on, something that left me confused.
"Koneko, is everything okay? Is something wrong?" I asked curiously but the girl didn't seem to move
"I need to ask you a favor." Hearing that caught my attention and made me look at her with more curiosity.
"I have two contracts to make again, but I can only make one again. I know you've done a lot for me, but please, I need you to do this for me, I promise I'll make it up to you tomorrow." Koneko said looking me straight in the eyes.
"It's okay Koneko, don't worry, we're friends so you don't have to give me anything in return. Where is your next contract?" I asked curiously as the girl took out her tracker to show the address.
"It's not too far, okay, I'll go right now, I'll tell Rias first." I said smiling as the girl bowed.
"Thank you very much Benja, you are a good friend." I was happy to hear that and nodded before leaving the room to walk to where the red-haired girl is.
"FuFuFu, you're not going to beat me this time, Rias." Akeno said in a mocking tone making the redheaded girl laugh.
"I wish, Akeno." The two girls were playing a game of chess, but then the two girls saw me enter.
"Benja? I thought you were repairing Koneko's uniform." Rias said in surprise making me laugh a little.
"I'm done with that, Koneko told me she had an extra errand so I came to say that I would go do that." I said smiling a little which surprised the redheaded girl a little.
"Oh, I understand. Well, in that case, good luck." I nodded but when I was about to leave I turned to look at the girl out of the corner of my eye, I opened my mouth wanting to say something but then I sighed before starting to walk.
"No, I need to think about what to say to her." I said in my mind with regret. I wanted to apologize to Rias for the argument we had, but I didn't know if a simple 'sorry' was going to help at all.
"I'll think of something on the way, I better hurry up." I said before leaving the building before starting to transform back into a bat and fly away.
As I walked to the location Koneko showed me, I was coming up with a few plans to apologize to Rias. But none of the ideas were convincing.
"Maybe a red velvet cake, no, I don't even know if she'd like it." When I reached the street, I detransformed to start walking.
"A dress? Ugh, no, I don't even know what style of clothes Rias wears, maybe a portrait of all of us. Shit, no, I left my stuff in Metropolis." I bit my lip angrily as I slowly approached the house.
"What the fuck should I do to make Rias..."
My feet stopped dead in their tracks and my eyes widened as a scent reached my nose, the smell of fresh blood.
"Something's not right." I looked at the door of the house seriously, approached it, and as I sniffed, the scent only became more noticeable.
"I better get ready." I said before making my vorpal sword appear.
I slowly pushed the door and began to walk through the dark corridors of the house in silence, following the scent of blood that became more and more present.
"I'm close, I have no doubt about it." I slowly entered a room with my sword, suddenly I felt something on the floor and when I looked down I could see a pool of blood.
"Blood." I turned to see a dark corner, I stretched out my hand and without wasting time I made a sphere of fire appear, I was surprised to see the person who had called Koneko, a young adult like the first one I met, his stomach was pierced and his chest had bullet holes.
"How sad, right?" I slowly turned around when I felt a presence, I thought it would be a fallen angel but I noticed that it was not, it was a white-haired man.
"Did you do this?" I got angry when the man laughed in response.
"That is the punishment that awaits the wicked, do you care? I am busy resisting the holy scripture here." When the man turned around I could see that he made a crazy face sticking out his tongue but I wasn't scared, instead I became more serious.
"Well, well, you don't seem to be a demon. Let me introduce myself, my name is Freid Sersen, a young priest who is part of an organization of exorcists!" The teenager shouted happily while dancing.
"A priest?" I asked seriously, I saw Fried stop dancing and look at me with a sadistic expression.
"Well, I'm definitely not a disgusting and despicable trash like the demons." Hearing what he said made me angry, not because I was offended, but because of his madness.
"You are the one responsible for this murder, you are not worthy of speaking of the word of the creator of the bible." I said seriously but that made Fried laugh.
"When people leave the word of God aside and begin to fall to the temptation of demons they stop being human, end of the road, end of their story!" My blood boiled while Fried's smile became more sadistic.
"That's why I killed them all, getting rid of those fucking demons and even worthless trash like them, is my job and my passion!" I watched as Freid pulled out a revolver and a hilt, then suddenly I saw him press a button and a blade of light came out of the hilt.
"Now, I'm going to bury this sword in your rotten heart and make a beautiful hole in that little head of yours!" Suddenly the young priest lunged at me making me quickly dodge him.
"Bang!" When I heard the sound of the shot I instinctively put my hands on the ground before pushing myself with a large jump taking distance while the shot would hit the coffee table in the room.
"Interesting, you have good reflexes for a piece of shit." Fried said with a sadistic smile looking at me.
"You haven't seen anything yet, right now you are under arrest, put the weapons on the ground and you will not leave here with broken bones." I said seriously but it only made the man laugh out loud.
"What a tongue you have, it will be very pleasant for me to cut it off!" Fried again launched himself to attack me only this time I intercepted his sword with my vorpal sword.
"Wow, not bad. Dance for me!" When I saw that the young man squeezed the gun I immediately began to perform acrobatic tricks while he shot at me until I heard the empty magazine.
"Holy crap!" The priest shouted angrily looking at his weapon. "Rest here, trash!" I yelled before kicking the chair in Fried's direction but the boy broke it in half with his sword.
"What strength, I have no doubt, you are a demon. How beautiful, exorcising you will be one of the best things that will happen to me tonight, I can't wait to burn your skin with my sword." The priest said with a smile full of madness while I clenched my sword tightly.
Before the fight continued, a loud scream and when I turned my eyes widened in horror, Asia was there and her expression was pure horror.
"Ah, my assistant, Asia. Did you finish putting up the magic barrier as I asked you to?" Despite Fried's question, the girl did not respond, she was disturbed and in shock seeing the corpse on the ground, seeing this made me feel bad for her instantly.
"That's it, no it can't be." Asia seemed to be on the verge of tears while the priest began to laugh carefree.
"Oh yeah, you're a beginner at this. This is our job, we exterminate worthless people who were seduced by the power of demons." Fried said with a smile making me even angrier. Now I wanted to bite his head off.
"You're a rotten and disgusting being, you call yourself a priest, but you're a deranged son of a bitch!" I shouted furiously but that made the young man laugh instead of offending him.
"Benja?" The anger was extinguished by fear and worry, Asia was now looking at me, I could see the panic and fear in his eyes as small tears escaped from his eyes.
"Wait, you two know each other!?" For once, Fried instead of looking crazy, now seemed to be angry.
"Asia, you have to get out of here, look for the police, I can take him on." I said seriously but Asia didn't move.
"Are you a demon?" Hearing that was like a dagger to the chest, it's true, I've known the girl for only one day, but her kindness, sweetness and purity made me fall in love with her easily, to the point that seeing her like that broke me.
"Yes Asia, I'm a demon." When I said that the girl had tears in her eyes looking at me in pain.
"Benja, you.."
"But everything I said today wasn't a lie!" The girl fell silent when I spoke suddenly.
"Asia, I never ever wanted you to know this. When I met you, you instantly showed me how big-hearted and noble you are. When you helped that poor child get better, it was the cutest thing I've ever seen. You amaze me with your power and your sweetness when talking to people. You treated me as if we'd both been friends for years when we'd only met one day." I lowered my vorpal sword and looked at Asia with sincerity and nerves.
"You opened your arms to me, and I didn't know what to do or say to you. If you'd known what I really am, you would have run away in fear. That's why I stayed quiet. I did it to protect you, because if there's anything worse than an eternal hell, it's seeing the people I love and care about suffer and get hurt because of me." I said, looking the girl in the eyes.
"Asia, you're my friend, and you're part of my family."
The girl's eyes widened in surprise as tears now fell like oceans, her hands went to her mouth as she was now a bomb of emotions.
"Benja, are you really saying that I'm part of your family?" Asia asked with her voice breaking on the verge of tears.
"With my heart, and I swear, in the name of God." I said with a sincere smile, the girl smiled back at me despite the tears.
A loud sound interrupted the scene and I grabbed my leg in pain, while Asia screamed in horror, both of us without realizing it, gave Fried enough time to reload his gun.
"How pathetic, a demon talking about God, what a shame that your seductions didn't work on Asia." The young priest slowly approached Asia with a sadistic smile while the girl was in shock.
"I'm so sorry, Asia. Demons and humans are not compatible, not to mention that we couldn't survive without the protection of the fallen angels." When Fried mentioned the fallen angels I got angry and worried at the same time.
"The fallen angels!?. How can a priest trust such despicable beings like them, if they were the ones who betrayed heaven for their sins!." I shouted in anger while the priest laughed.
"Oops, it seems I talked too much." Fried approached before pointing his gun at me, while I was discreetly taking out some tarot cards.
"I'm sorry to keep you waiting, don't worry, in no time you'll return to the rotten pit you should never have left." Just as I was about to attack, I was shocked to see that suddenly, Asia went on the defensive, standing in front of me like a shield.
"Asia?" I looked at the girl in surprise while Fried was upset.
"What does this mean, Asia? Get out of the way right now." The priest said angrily but the girl didn't move.
"Father Fried, I beg you. Benja is the kindest and gentlest person I've ever had the honor of meeting, he's an angel who was my guide in this city, he opened his arms for me when I was alone and was there to help me. I don't care if he's a demon or not, he's my friend, and also, he's my family. Please spare his life and let him go!" Asia shouted firmly despite her tears, while the girl looked Fried in the eyes.
"Asia, are you aware of what you're even saying? You're begging for the life of a demon." The priest said seriously looking at the girl.
"Our lord sent a redeemed demon into my life to be a part of it, God will never forgive this offense for killing a loved one that he himself sent to me." Asia said seriously which angered Fried. "Stop talking nonsense!" The man waved his sword angrily at Asia, I was scared believing that he was going to kill her but it turns out that the man only tore her clothes leaving her entire body and underwear exposed.
"Asia Argento, have you lost your mind!?" Fried grabbed the girl by the face while she was panicking.
"I was told not to harm you, but you make it very difficult for me by wanting to protect a dirty fucking demon." Asia's panic increased when Fried caressed her chest and abdomen which caused more fear in the girl. Suddenly Asia screamed when Fried put the girl against the wall and used the sword of light to hold the girl.
"Father Fried, this is not right, this is forbidden, God will not accept such offenses!" The girl screamed but was then silenced when the priest slapped her.
"Shut up, you little whore. I don't care what you say, your punishment will last all night if necessary until you forget your role here." Fried said with a smile but then he noticed a tarot card stuck to his side, the death card.
"You are the most despicable and detestable son of a bitch I have ever met." Asia and the priest noticed how I stood up with a dark aura while my hair changed to a dark color and so did my veins.
The two noticed the room getting colder as the fire from the belas intensified.
"Never, ever touch my family!" The moment I launched myself at Fried a dark, magenta fire covered me, now my appearance was that of a Kitsune with red eyes and black fur.
Before the priest could react, I bit his arm hard, sinking my fangs into his flesh, without hesitation I lifted him up before slamming him again and again against the ground before throwing him into a wall far from the room.
"I killed a lot of people throughout my life. Innocent people, and people who deserved that kind of justice." I slowly returned to normal but kept my dark hair and blood red eyes.
"But killing you will be one of the most satisfying things I will do in my life." I said before making a scythe of bones appear while my pupils changed and were now skulls.
"Benja." Asia looked at me with tears as I turned around and showed her a soft smile before putting her down.
"Forgive me Asia, I should never have lied to you like that. Could you forgive me? I promise that from now on, I will never hide anything from you again." I was suddenly surprised when the girl hugged me tightly making me accept the hug with a smile.
"Sons of bitches." We both turned to see Freid who was standing up with difficulty and grabbing his arm where the bleeding was.
"Asia, get out of here right now, if there is a demon that really deserves an exorcism tonight, it will be him." I said coldly looking at the priest who was upset to hear me.
"Fucking asshole, I'm going to kill you!" Just as Fried launched himself with his sword of light, I was ready to counterattack, but suddenly a magic circle that I recognized instantly appeared and I saw Kiba coming out with his sword, intercepting the priest's attack.
"Kiba!" I shouted happily looking at the blond boy as he smiled back at me.
"Benja, you were busy." The boy said with a smile before kicking Fried causing the priest to fall to the ground.
"By the way, nice scythe." The blond boy looked at my weapon made of bones making me laugh shyly.
"This and the vorpal sword will be a story for another day, okay?" I said with a nervous smile while the boy looked at me with a raised eyebrow.
"Like your hair and black veins?" Kiba asked in a mocking tone as the two of us shared a giggle.
"Wow, what a mess." When I heard Akeno's voice I looked at the magic circle and I could see how the black-haired girl came out of the circle but then I saw that Koneko also came out of the portal.
"Exorcists." The white-haired girl spoke with disgust looking at Fried on the ground.
"More demons? This will be more fun than I thought." The priest said with a smile standing up.
"I doubt it, they are also my family, if you want to fight them, you will go through me first." I said seriously holding my scythe but Kiba stood next to me.
"We are from the Gremory house, Benja. We all cover each other's backs." The blond boy said with a smile looking at me. I nodded with a smile tightly holding my weapon while Koneko stood next to me and Akeno giggled.
"It's repulsive the fact that you call yourself a priest, you are a hopeless psychopath." Kiba said seriously, looking at Fried, but that infuriated the man.
"Don't act all classy, you fucking demon. My purpose in life is to hunt down scum like you, so shut up and die!" Just as the priest launched himself to attack, he was paralyzed by an electric blast from Akeno.
"What a dirty mouth, you kiss your mommy like that? Even we have manners, did you know that?" The black-haired girl asked in a mocking and sadistic tone that made Fried smile.
"What an intense look, is it love or my desire to kill you? It's so exciting, it doesn't matter which side I'm trying to kill." The priest said in a childish tone.
"You should disappear." I turned around and saw that a spell that I recognized was shot out of the magic circle, it was the attack that Rias used against the renegade demon. When Fried noticed that, he moved quickly causing the attack to destroy one of the walls of the place.
"Rias?" I looked at the girl in surprise as she turned to look at me.
"I'm sorry Benja. You were taking too long so we decided to see what was going on, I had no idea you were facing a priest." The red-haired girl said looking at me somewhat worried making me smile.
"She's your leader?. I must admit that your little demon is very lethal, I can still feel my blood falling because of her bite." Fried said with a smile looking at his bloody arm.
"And we're not done yet." I said seriously, gripping my gun angrily.
"What you did to Asia was unforgivable." I squeezed my gun in anger but Rias took my hand making me look at it.
"Rias?" I looked at the girl and could see that she seemed to be sad.
"Benja, I ask you to forgive me. I made many mistakes with you, I judged your loyalty towards me for wanting your friendship with this nun, I made you part of my family by force, and now I left you alone against a priest. I'm treating you like a servant who is a part of my family, I'm really sorry, but what I will never regret is saving your life." Rias said with a weak smile.
Hearing this made me shed a few small tears as I looked at the girl with a smile.
"Rias, I apologize too. I should never have been so cold with you, I will never judge you again, you are a part of me, as I am of you now. But I would like to know, how did you manage to find out that there was a priest here." I asked curiously, looking at the red-haired girl.
"When we noticed that you were taking too long we went out to look for you, but when we were arriving we noticed weak traces of a magic barrier in the surroundings, it was not difficult to deduce that this was due to a priest near here." The red-haired girl said looking at me.
"Little bitch!" I turned to see Fried who was now clearly enraged.
"I told you to take care of the barrier, you had a fucking job to do, fucking bitch!" The priest in a fit of rage shot at Asia but an amber-colored barrier stopped the shot.
"I will not allow you to talk like that about my friends." I said coldly while my eyes shone in an amber tone.
"And I do not allow my friends to have problems. I have no mercy or pity for any scum that dares to disturb our peace, I will not allow you to continue with your actions, damn priest." Rias said seriously as a crimson aura covered her causing Fried to step back.
"Damn, you're so powerful. This is bad." The priest said with anger and fear clenching his teeth but then we all saw the young man show a smile.
"There are fallen angels nearby." We all turned to look at Koneko with expressions of surprise and shock while Fried started laughing madly.
"You all will disappear into the light, you fucking demons!" The priest shouted while laughing.
"President?" Akeno looked at Rias seriously while the red-haired girl turned to see Asia and I causing her to bite her lip in annoyance.
"Hold your position, prepare for the worst." The red-haired girl said looking at the black-haired girl who nodded seriously.
"I'm scared." I turned to look at Asia, the girl seemed to be panicking making me hug her.
"Everything will be okay, Asia. Trust me." The little nun looked at me in fear but nodded with a soft smile.
"Fucking demons, your deaths will be imminent!" Fried screamed madly but then everyone saw how a thorn stuck in his throat and suddenly the priest fell to the ground unconscious.
"I'm fed up with it." I said angrily with my hand outstretched, on my palm there was a flower that was hidden under my clothes.
"President, what are we going to do? They won't be long in coming in." Kiba said seriously looking at the girl.
"Everyone should keep their places and prepare to fight, no matter what comes through that door, everyone should stay together and not separate." Rias said as we all felt the energy of the fallen angels becoming more present.
"Benja, leave me here." I turned to see Asia and saw that she was smiling.
"Asia what are you saying, I'm not going to abandon you, we'll fight our way through them together." I said seriously but the girl shook her head but I felt my heart break when Asia took my hand.
"No, I have to stay here." I looked at the girl's eyes intently in silence, she was showing sparks of determination that were accompanied with a fair and firm voice.
"Asia, I. Forgive me..."
"Benja, you have to protect your family, you have to honor that oath." My heart only broke more as tears fell down my cheeks.
"No." A loud bang echoed through the room and we saw that the house was shaking.
"Asia, I can't leave you behind!" I screamed in desperation but was surprised when the girl touched my cheeks with a soft smile.
"Your family needs you, protect them, like you do for me." Asia said with a soft smile before hugging me tightly, suddenly I felt something metallic in my hands and saw the crucifix she had.
"Benja. Be, the guardian demon that God sent for me." The girl said with tears looking into my eyes. I squeezed the rosary tightly and suddenly remembered the oath that Reinhardt and I made.
"Live with honor, die, with glory." I slowly turned to see Rias and her clan. They were giving their lives for my whim, for a problem that was not theirs, if the fallen angels outnumbered us, I had no doubt that they would be seriously injured or worse, dead.
"Akeno, how long will it take you to create a magic circle?" I asked seriously as I held the rosary tightly.
"If we're going to get out of here, it must be an instant travel magic circle, I need at least five minutes to be able to accumulate enough magic." The black-haired girl said as I silently put the rosary away.
"I'll take care of buying that time. Koneko, Kiba, keep Asia away from the area of fire, Rias, protect Akeno long enough. This battle is mine, as it always was from the start, I won't let anyone die because of me." I said coldly while the red-haired girl was surprised before nodding.
"You heard everyone, to your positions, prepare to get out of here!" Everyone went to their positions while Akeno prepared the magic circle.
A loud bang was present as I stood in front of my friends, I turned to see Rias and her friends and saw Asia being covered by Kiba and Koneko.
"If these fallen angels don't understand what they're facing." I slowly revealed my kitsune ears and tails as a turquoise aura covered me while everyone watched this in shock as they saw my true appearance and watched as my nails slowly turned into claws and my vampire fangs grew.
"I will teach you that when an Overwatch agent talks about protecting the weak, it is a blood promise. Because we live for honor and when we die, we bring glory to the grave!" I shouted as the aura grew brighter causing everyone to cover their eyes.
When the wall collapsed, the fallen angels prepared to approach, but then they were frightened and shocked to see a colossal Kitsune come out of the clouds of rubble with a wild fury, three fallen angels were hit by one of my legs causing them to fall to the ground crushed, without thinking, the fallen angels began to attack me with spears of light while I used my tails to start shooting from fire attacks to powerful water shots.
Asia was crying out of fear while Kiba and Koneko remained next to her to protect her, Rias had generated a protection shield and looked at Akeno seriously.
"Akeno, how are you doing!?" The black-haired girl was accumulating magic in the magic circle on the ground.
"Not yet!." Rias bit her lip and without thinking made the circle disappear to help her friend with the teleportation circle.
"They are unprotected!" The fallen angels did not hesitate to attack Rias and her friends, the red-haired girl's clan closed their eyes waiting for the attack but when that did not happen they noticed that I stood in front of them receiving the spears full on.
"Fire Element: Hellfire!" I opened my mouth and suddenly let out a powerful blast of fire causing many angels to retreat while others were burned.
"Benja!" Asia shouted worriedly looking at my wounds but she noticed that I continued to fight by casting multiple spells.
"President, Benja won't be able to hold on forever, more angels are coming!" Koneko shouted seriously looking at purple magic circles in the sky.
Akeno and Rias were gritting their teeth feeding the magic circle with all the power possible until the spell was now fully charged.
"Everyone into the circle now!" Rias shouted seriously. Without hesitation everyone ran to the portal while watching me continue to fight.
"Benja, hurry up!" I turned around and saw the magic circle ready, and then at Asia, the girl showed me a gentle smile and nodded her head. I quickly returned to my normal form before starting to run to the circle.
"Don't let them escape!" The remaining fallen angels threw their spears of light at me while I without hesitation made a great leap to where Rias and her friends were, they opened their arms and the moment we arrived we hugged each other tightly while the teleportation circle did not take us out of the place.
The same magic circle appeared in the occult club and we all flew off, falling to the ground.
"We did it." Kiba said as he put away his sword.
"Wow wow, that was too close, thanks Rias, if it weren't for you we wouldn't have made it out." Akeno said with a smile but the girl noticed that the red-haired girl wasn't looking at her.
"President?" Koneko asked with doubt as everyone watched the red-haired girl walk up to where I was.
I stood up with difficulty, the spears of light hadn't pierced any organ or broken a bone, but the wounds did need medical attention, I felt a hand on my shoulder and when I turned around I saw Rias.
"Are you okay?" The girl asked with concern looking at me.
"If we talk about the wounds, they are slightly deep cuts that don't affect my life, but if we talk about sentimental. No, I'm not okay." I said with a broken voice looking at the rosary Asia gave me.
"Come with me Benja, we have to heal you." Rias said before taking my hand and starting to walk while everyone watched this with slight concern.
"You don't have to do this, Rias, I can do it."
"I said I'll heal you, I won't change my mind." The girl said firmly making me shut up and nod silently.
The two of us continued walking until we reached a finely furnished room, the bed was big enough for two people and the furniture was well kept.
"Welcome to my room, Benja, please take off your clothes." Rias said before entering the bathroom in the room.
I sat on the bed and took off my shirt silently observing the cuts and blood in a mirror, I thought about Asia, she was now alone, I didn't want to imagine what Fried would do to her once he woke up, that made me angry.
"Asia, I must come back for you as soon as possible." I said in my mind seriously clenching my fists.
"Alright Benja, it's time to heal you." I turned around and my face turned red like the girl's hair.
Rias was there, completely naked without any kind of clothing at all, Rias's breasts were just as big as Diana's breasts and her body was slender and well-kept, I had to cover my nose tightly to stop a nosebleed.
"Benja, you still haven't stripped?" The girl asked, staring at me, but I turned around embarrassed.
"What does this mean, Rias!?. Is this some kind of joke?. Why the hell are you naked!?." I shouted nervously, but the girl crossed her arms seriously.
"It's the method we use to heal, now strip right now." The red-haired girl said as she approached me, but I moved away.
"No, I can't do that, I know another way, and besides, I don't want to make you uncomfortable!" I freaked out when I saw a cold aura around the red-haired girl.
"Benjamin Wilhelm, strip right now!" Rias lunged at me, but I dodged her.
"Never!" I ran to the exit, but when I tried to open the door, I saw a magic circle on the knob, and when I tried to open the door, it was locked.
"Benjamin." A chill ran down my spine and when I turned around I saw Rias, the girl had a murderous aura and a wicked smile with a magic sphere in her hand.
"Now you are mine." I screamed terrified as Rias approached me slowly.
In Metropolis, Diana was calmly chatting with Parasoul until the two girls felt something on their backs.
"Did you feel that too?" The Amazon warrior asked seriously.
"Yes, Benja must be being harassed. Do you think Jack could lend us a plane to go to Kuou to see if everything is okay?" The woman asked seriously but Diana shook her head.
"It would be better to calm down, besides, Benja knows how to take care of himself. We have trained him very well, not to mention that he is with Reinhardt and Ana, he will be fine." Although Diana wanted to convey security, the Amazon warrior was watching one of the ships that were parked out of the corner of her eye.
With no other options I had to obey Rias' demands, fortunately, if that was a way of putting it, the girl gave me privacy so I could take off my clothes.
"Very well Benja, now stay still, I'll take care of this." The red-haired girl said before hugging me from behind, I got very tense feeling her bare breasts on my back which didn't improve my nerves, but that got worse when I felt her hands on my chest.
"Rias, stop, I think that's enough." I said nervously and scared. If the girls saw what the red-haired girl was doing right now, they wouldn't hesitate to massacre Rias.
"You calm down, let me do my job." Suddenly I saw how two hands were covered by a sphere of crimson energy, I was very amazed to feel how the cuts were closing on their own and how my magic was recovering.
"It's, impressive." I said in disbelief watching as my abdomen and arms healed until they were no longer marked.
"Very well, that will be enough." Rias said before separating.
"Thank you Rias, but I know different healing methods, but I appreciate this. Could I get dressed now?" I asked shyly making the girl laugh.
"Of course, I have to take a shower right now. So you can go now." The girl said before unlocking the door to the room.
Once I got dressed I left the room while Rias looked at everything seriously.
"A Kitsune, but not only that. The fangs that were sticking out, I have no doubt, he's a vampire too, a hybrid monster." The red-haired girl stood up before walking to the shower in her room, without wasting any time, the girl turned on the water before starting to bathe.
"That power he showed against those fallen angels." Rias began to recreate all the spells I cast but especially my transformation into a giant Kitsune.
"There's no doubt about it, that power he has is immense, and I feel like he didn't use all his power to protect us. It's good that I managed to knock him unconscious with that spell, otherwise, the pieces would never have entered him." Slowly a smile appeared on Rias's face.
"If this continues, he will."
"Don't play with my loyalty."
The girl stopped dead when that memory crossed her mind causing her to freeze in the shower.
Rias's eyes widened, the girl instantly remembered when my tails, ears and fangs came out the moment I transformed, then she remembered the shadow she saw in her dreams, the girl was shocked to see that that shadow, in fact, was me.
"Benja." The girl's expression changed to a serious one thinking carefully about what happened in her dream and the last few days.
"He has great loyalty and trusts everyone he cares about, he didn't even hesitate to want to stay to save that nun, does he really see us as part of him?" Rias sat in the shower thinking about everything that happened tonight. The attack of the renegade devil, how I saved her, and now what happened with the priest Fried.
"He can't know. I must stop him, if I manage to win his heart, can he bear the truth?" Rias bit her lip angrily.
"He must know, but not now, not today, not tomorrow. When this is over it will be better to have him around, I can't lose such a wonderful servant like him." The redheaded girl sighed as she stood up before leaving the shower.
When she left the bathroom, she let herself fall on her bed with a look at the ceiling sunk in her thoughts.
"Rias, I apologize too. I should never have been so cold towards you, I will never judge you again. You are a part of me, as I am a part of you now."
A small smile appeared on Rias' lips as she turned off the light before settling into her bed in silence.
"He sees us as part of his family, how nice." Slowly the girl fell asleep, today had been a day full of surprises and moments that she surely won't forget. Her only thought was, what things would await her tomorrow?.
"I'm home." I opened the door to the apartment only to see everything dark, I instinctively took out my vorpal sword before slowly entering, I quickly turned around when I heard a snore and saw Reinhardt and Ana sleeping on the table with hundreds of papers around them. I smiled lightly before putting the sword away.
I carried the two adults to their beds, using my roots I took off their clothes to put them in pajamas.
"You're a good boy, Benja." I turned to see Reinhardt, the German man showed me a smile that I returned before kissing his forehead.
"And you're a great father, Reinhardt. Rest." I said smiling before leaving the room letting the two veterans sleep.
I entered my room before letting myself fall on the mattress in silence, I slowly took out Asia's rosary and clenched my fists seriously.
"Athena, are you awake?" I turned to see a computer that I installed on the first day, the screen lit up.
"I'm always awake, Benja. What do you need?" the AI voice asked as I approached.
"Tell me what you know about a man named Fried Sersen." I said seriously while Athena began to analyze, in less than two seconds I saw many wanted posters and newspapers on the screen.
"Crazy priest burns down a house claiming it's part of an exorcism that went out of control. A family of 4 dies from the fire, authorities say the father's legs were injured, Father Fried confirms it was the work of a demon, but the autopsy denies that claim saying they were wounds caused by a knife.
"Freid Sersen is sentenced for illegal practice of exorcism, the young priest received a life sentence and sent to Arkham Sanatorium for severe psychopathy and religious insanity."
"Fried Sersen: Missing or dead? The young priest who was sentenced to go to Arkham disappears one night when the vehicle in which he was being transported fell from the bridge, sinking into the depths of the sea a few hours from his destination to Gotham City, it is said that due to bad weather the vehicle could have lost control or in an attempt to escape, Fried killed the drivers causing the fall.
"I have the information you asked for, Benja." Suddenly Athena removed all the newspapers and news before showing a photograph where the priest was wearing different clothes, church regulation clothes like a normal priest.
"Fried Sersen, since he was a baby was abandoned on the steps of an old church in a small town in Europe, was raised by a group of demanding nuns and priests where he received a different education than other children, but far from having a traumatic childhood, everyone made sure that Fried had a stable childhood like any normal child. At the age of 13, Fried performed his first exorcism when a couple entered a woman where they claimed she was possessed by a demon. From that night at an early age, Fried Sersen became the first priest at an early age, considering it a prodigy."
I listened to everything seriously and then I saw that Athena showed a newspaper where there was a room full of blood and instruments of torture, there in the photo was Fried being taken away by some policemen.
"Three years after that event, Fried became the main exorcist of his hometown, and his name began to reach the ears of other churches throughout Europe. But a series of disappearances plagued the small town that could not find the whereabouts of the murderer, it was not until one night, a poor nun heard screams of suffering coming from Fried's room, a rule said that no one had the right to enter the room of a priest or nun in that church, but that scream greatly alarmed the poor woman who found the disturbing scene where Fried was opening the chest of a young teenager using a knife claiming that the poor boy was linked to demons and that he should be corrected."
"It was thus that at the age of 16, Fried was arrested for a total of 12 murders of young people and adults, but being a minor he could not be tried as an adult, however, the church that was previously his home banished him from that town on a cold night while the young exorcist swore blasphemies and insults so crude that it was necessary to gag his mouth to silence him. To this day, Fried's priest has concluded by saying that he died on his trip to Gotham."
I clenched my fists in anger, I had to make a titanic effort not to explode in fury but also to keep my magic under control, but hearing that made my blood boil.
"That bastard, it's as if that son of a bitch was the son of the Joker." I said angrily before sighing.
"Thank you, Athena. You can rest, I need to think in solitude." The computer turned off while I sat on the bed thinking everything coldly.
"I should have shot a poisonous thorn, that son of a bitch doesn't deserve to live." I sighed annoyed and then looked at Asia's rosary in silence.
"Asia, I failed you once, but I won't do it again. I promise I'll get you out of this, no matter what it takes." I said with determination before going to sleep. Thinking about what to do or what plan to make to rescue the blonde girl.
The next day, Reinhardt and Ana had to leave early again, because they had fallen asleep doing school paperwork yesterday, so I had to eat breakfast alone again.
"I should make it up to Reinhardt and Ana for this, maybe cook a romantic dinner for the two of them." As I walked to school I was thinking about how to make it up to the two adults who had literally run out because they were late for school.
"I wonder." I stood still at the entrance of the academy thinking for a moment about Asia and then about the veterans.
"Reinhardt and Ana could help me? They are very strong, they could easily sweep away those fallen angels, but." I then remembered when Rias and all of us were surrounded by a huge group of fallen angels.
"No, I won't let them get involved in this, I'll think of something." I said seriously before entering the academy.
"Good morning Benja." I turned around and smiled at Kiba and Koneko.
"Good morning Kiba, Good morning Koneko." I said smiling but then I saw the girl approaching me with her gaze fixed and expressionless as always.
"Do you need something, Koneko?" I asked curiously but then I saw the girl search through her backpack before pulling out a box of chocolates. That surprised me greatly.
"Koneko."
"It's yours, take it." The girl said staring at me, I smiled shyly and grabbed the gift.
"Thanks but, you didn't have to do this, I already told you it wasn't necessary." I said with a shy smile but Koneko shook her head.
"No, it's my fault, I shouldn't have let my clothes get torn in front of you."
"What the!?" A loud scream caught my attention and I turned around to see many students watching everything in surprise making me turn red in embarrassment.
"Wait, Koneko didn't mean that!" I shouted embarrassed looking at everyone.
"But it's true, and because of me you had to repair my clothes. That's why I bought you those chocolates, as a way of saying sorry for the inconvenience." Koneko said with an expressionless face as she bowed, that was literally adding fuel to the fire.
"Koneko please."
"Damn wretch!" I turned to see the boys who seemed to be crying comically.
"First you gift her something, steal Rias from us, and now Koneko gave you a gift for repairing her clothes!?" A boy shouted with tears as I watched this blankly.
"But I did it as a favor." I said with a bitter sigh as Koneko and Kiba came closer and put their hands on my shoulders.
"Calm down Benja, let's go to the classroom, you'll be better off there." The boy said with a nervous smile.
"I want to get out of here." I said with a depressed aura as the three of us left the hallways leaving behind all the students who were still surprised, and others crying comically.
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