Crimson Kitsune

by Ben-Fanfic

After numerous sightings of missing people in Kuou, I find myself tasked with investigating and uncovering the truth about these events. Now, Reinhardt, Ana, and I are part of the city's academy as we search for answers to this mystery. Only perhaps making a deal with demons doesn't sound so bad. Harem

5. Torments of a Demon

I'd like to say that classes were normal, but that was far from the truth. The whole time I was distracted thinking about Asia, the girl had me very worried and I needed to go out and look for her. Many thoughts crossed my mind, from using my electric magic to generate a short circuit to letting stinky plants grow in the school so that classes would be canceled, but it was clear that if I did that, Reinhardt and Ana would easily find out.

"Asia." I sighed somewhat worried while I was lost in drawing the girl in my notebook in silence.

"Benja." I suddenly came out of my thoughts and turned to see Kiba.

"Kiba? What are you doing in the classroom?" I asked surprised while the boy scratched the back of his neck with a nervous smile.

"Benja, classes are over." I was very surprised to hear that and when I looked at the classroom I could see that it was completely empty.

"Damn, I hope Koneko paid better attention in class than I did." I said annoyed as I packed my things.

"You think about her, right?" I turned to see Kiba, the boy was holding the notebook where I drew Asia.

"Yes. I never leave anyone behind, I always try to make sure we all come out unscathed in any situation. But what happened yesterday, it was horrible. Now Asia is with a psychopath as a priest, and they are linked to the fallen angels." I clenched my fists in anger as my fangs came out.

"Those bastards." I felt a hand and turned to see Kiba grabbing my hand tightly.

"I'll help you rescue her if you want." I was surprised to hear that but shook my head.

"No, it's a terrible idea. If Rias finds out that I'm dragging you into doing this, she'll be mad at both of us. I'll think of something." I said bitterly looking at the blond boy.

"Don't worry, Benja. I know how it feels to fail someone, believe me, I do." I was surprised to see how Kiba's face seemed cold and distant, the opposite of his kind and gentlemanly attitude.

"Better, let's get back to the club, we have things to do. And don't worry about the homework, Koneko took the trouble to make two copies for you." The blonde boy said with a smile making me smile a little.

"Remind me to give Koneko a box of chocolates tomorrow." Kiba laughed at my comment.

"Sure, I also promise it won't be in front of the whole school like today." We both laughed before leaving the classroom to go to the club.

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Rias was staring at her teacup in silence. The girl was deep in thought while Akeno was pouring tea for Issei and Koneko was eating cookies.

"We're here." The red-haired girl snapped out of her thoughts and saw Kiba and I enter the room.

"Kiba, Benja, welcome." Akeno said with a kind smile.

"You missed class." Koneko said looking at me with her expressionless face making me laugh shyly.

"Yeah I know, but Kiba told me that you wrote for me in class, that was really sweet of you, I promise I'll make it up to you." I said smiling looking at the girl.

"It'll cost you dearly." I laughed nervously looking at the girl after her statement.

"Benja, you're just the one I was most expecting." I turned to look at Rias.

"That's right, I think you have a lot to explain to us today." Akeno said with a sweet smile. I tensed up as I remembered exactly what happened yesterday and sighed as I realized what I did.

"I guess it's pointless at this point to hide something like this, but you must swear that for nothing in the world you must reveal this secret." I said seriously causing everyone to nod.

"Let's start from the beginning. You said something about something called 'Overwatch', what exactly is that?" Rias asked curiously. I bit my lip knowing she was probably going to start with something like that.

"Overwatch is a secret organization that I work for, we are dedicated to protecting people all over the world. Japan, Korea, Germany, Switzerland, England, India, Egypt, are some of the many countries we are dedicated to keeping people safe in missions that vary from search and rescue." I looked at my hands before showing my scythe.

"To elimination missions." Everyone seemed surprised by what I said as the weapon disappeared.

"But how come no one knows about this?" Kiba asked curiously looking at me.

"Overwatch is a secret organization, no one should know of our existence, even if you don't believe it, we are an illegal organization that acts from the shadows, when people suffer and governments don't respond to the hero's call, we do it." I said seriously looking at the blond boy.

"But, if they are illegal, how do they manage to supply themselves?" Akeno asked, making me sigh uncomfortably.

"On our missions, we take advantage of the opportunity to confiscate any kind of evidence that is useful to us. What we do is not noble, but we do what we have to do to keep people safe." I said, looking at the black-haired girl.

"How did you end up in that organization?" Rias' question was like a hard blow, I looked at the red-haired girl nervously before taking a deep breath to calm myself down.

"I was abandoned as a puppy. Years ago, my father Reinhardt told me. I was found on the streets of Argentina as a child, I had to learn to survive however I could. Stealing was my priority every day, until one day some thieves raided a store that I was stealing from on the sly. I saw one of the men threatening a family with a gun. I may not have known what it was like to have a family, but seeing them scared was like seeing my reflection in a mirror. Without thinking twice, I threw myself into fighting those men." I remained silent, looking at my hands in silence.

"What happened next?" Kiba asked doubtfully looking at me.

"I did what I had to do, I killed two but the third only got wounded. I was close to death that day, but among the crowd, Reinhardt was there and he took me out of that place. I fainted from the loss of blood, but when I regained consciousness I realized that I was on a stretcher in a strange room, I wanted to get out but I was too weak to walk, then Reinhardt came through the door offering me something unique." I stared at everyone.

"He gave me two options, I could work in Overwatch as an agent, or I would be taken to an orphanage. There was nothing else to think about, after all, who would love a monster like me." I said before taking out my kitsune ears and tails.

"They ran tests on me, and analyzed me to find out what I really am, but it was the books that gave me the answers. The ears and tails of a Kitsune, and the fangs of a vampire. It was then that the doctors decided to classify me as a monster, a hybrid." I grabbed my cup to drink some tea before putting it down.

"Since then I became a full-time Overwatch agent, it was Reinhardt who finally adopted me after years of service, on my 12th birthday. And Ana came into our lives at 17." Everyone seemed surprised to hear everything I told them.

"So, Ana and Reinhardt are agents like you? But then what exactly are you looking for here?" Issei asked surprised looking at me.

"We are currently in forced retirement. Months ago we were discovered in Switzerland by accident, so all of us are out of service until further notice." I said looking at the brown-haired boy.

"Is there anything else you want to share with us, Benja?" Rias asked curiously looking at me.

"No, president." The girl nodded silently in an understanding manner.

"Very well. We will keep your secret, so don't worry. Now, you and Issei go distribute pamphlets, there are no contracts today so just do that, if you see any fallen angels nearby don't hesitate to call us." The brown-haired boy and I nodded before leaving the room to begin the task.

"What do you think about this, Rias?" Akeno asked curiously while the red-haired girl was serious.

"His story has parts that are true and others that don't seem to be entirely true, it seems that he doesn't want his true story to be known." Everyone looked serious upon hearing that.

"So, how will we get to know everything about him, if he avoids answering those questions?" Koneko asked with a blank look.

"I'll take care of that." Everyone's eyes were on Rias.

"Benja and I are getting really close, I just have to play my pieces right so that he opens up and shares his life with us, after all, he says that we are part of his family now. That gives us an advantage." The red-haired girl said with a calm smile.

"President, do you think Benja will do it?" Kiba asked looking at the girl.

"Benja has the same confidence that we have in him, as long as he is alive, everything will be possible. My cute pawn will sing as I tell him." Rias said with a smile while everyone nodded.

Handing out the pamphlets wasn't a difficult task, but as I walked home I was cursing myself out of frustration and disappointment. Now Rias knew about Overwatch, and my true appearance, the worst of all was that due to her unexpected interrogation I didn't have time to make a solid story, and I only managed to gain some time.

"Damn idiot, I'm a mess. Rias isn't stupid, she'll figure everything out soon enough." I said annoyed with myself until I got to the apartment.

"I have to plan something, and soon." I sighed before opening the door. When I entered I could hear snoring and the television on, when I peeked in I saw Ana and Reinhardt sleeping while around them there were dirty dishes and small tubs of ice cream.

"Good thing tomorrow is Saturday." I said with a smile before covering the adults with a blanket.

Once I left the couple to rest in peace, I went to the kitchen to wash the dirty dishes.

"Should I at least tell Rias?" I stopped and looked at the night sky in silence at that question.

Ever since I became a devil, Rias has been honest with me from where I see her. If Big Band taught me anything, it's knowing exactly when someone is lying, and the red-haired girl has shown honesty so far. One test was telling me about the war between the factions where she told me everything in detail without hiding anything from me. She also seemed to have strong ties of loyalty and trust with me as she does with others, to the point that Rias didn't hesitate to stay and fight with me to save Asia, and speaking of which, she was also honest when she apologized for what happened during the morning when I was supposed to be the one who had to apologize in the first place.

"Rias." Once I finished washing the dishes I went to my room before letting myself fall on the mattress in silence with my gaze fixed on the ceiling.

"Can I trust you with this?" I turned on the mattress staring at a picture of Draculaura, Monaka, Marie and I together.

"It's good that tomorrow is Saturday." That was my last thought before I fell into a deep sleep. I was going to have the whole weekend to think about whether or not it was worth it to tell the truth, even if it was just for Rias.

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The alarm clock started ringing and I quickly turned it off, I opened my eyes and could see that the sun was just about to rise, I looked at my watch and saw that it was 5 in the morning.

"Alright, let's get started." I said before getting up and putting on casual clothes to train.

The clothes were only a regular white shirt, shorts and running shoes, once I had everything ready I left the apartment before doing some light stretches.

"Let's do something light today." I took a deep breath before starting to run through the streets, I didn't stop running until I reached the forest near the city, the first thing I did when I arrived was look around until I saw a huge rock.

"I think that will do it." I grabbed the rock with both hands before using all my strength to lift it off the ground.

"Great, it has the ideal weight. Let's get started." I concentrated and using my magic I made some roots wrap around my back before leaving it on my back.

"Alright. Rias told us to meet at three in the afternoon, I have time." I said smiling before starting to run with the rock on my back.

The path was full of holes and the occasional rock, which was perfect. Jumping, climbing, the forest was definitely a perfect place to train, not only because it was outdoors, the trees and other things worked as obstacle courses and my magic also helped to intensify the training.

As the sun slowly rose until dawn was more noticeable, I was now doing push-ups still with the rock on my shoulders.

"498..499..500." I stood up sighing somewhat exhausted.

"Well, that will serve as a warm-up, I think I was wrong, this rock wasn't all that heavy." I said before untying the rock from my back causing the huge stone to fall dryly with a loud noise.

"Alright, I think I'll practice Lisa's combat style today. I wonder if Azumi's training will also work on this." I put a hand on the ground and suddenly saw plants with thorns growing on the trees.

"Okay. Flexibility, speed, not just strength." I pulled a pair of bells out of my pockets before putting them on my hips, staring at the plants before making an ice dagger appear.

"Let's do it." I whispered before disappearing.

I appeared on a tree branch staring at my plants seriously, I squeezed the dagger tightly before sighing to relax.

"Let your weapon do the dirty work, not you." I whispered Lisa's words before starting to run from branch to branch.

Suddenly I stopped abruptly before launching myself against one of the plants, cutting its stem suddenly.

"One less, two to go." Before my feet touched the ground, I turned to push myself using my hands to reach another tree that I used to propel myself towards the second plant managing to cut the second stem.

"Two less, one more." I quickly turned and grabbed a branch before launching myself through the air, without wasting time I threw the last dagger where the last stem is, managing to hit it squarely.

"Good." I said as I landed on the ground before taking out my cell phone.

"Seven seconds and twenty-two tenths. Getting closer to breaking Lisa's record." I said smiling before putting away my daggers, I was about to walk when I felt something on the ground and when I looked I saw that it was a thorn, that made me stop smiling and become serious.

"I'm not ready to take my plants by surprise yet, they're not an extension of me for nothing. I'll have to be more demanding if I want to avoid the thorns." I put my things away before stopping for a moment in thought.

"Rias told me that I'm a pawn, and that pawns can receive promotions from the different pieces." I said before sitting on the ground near a small lake in the forest.

"Kiba has the speed, Koneko the strength, Akeno is a balance of all of them, and Rias is the most powerful." I stared at the scenery in silence wondering what would happen if I asked for a promotion and could temporarily increase my power.

"It's best to consider that as a last resort." I stood up before putting my things away.

"If Tsukuyo taught me anything, it's that I shouldn't take shortcuts ever again, a warrior who takes shortcuts to become stronger isn't a true fighter." I turned around before starting to walk back to the city.

"I think I'll use Kazuko's training today." I said as I put the rock on my back again before starting to run to continue the routine.

Now I was in the city's playground, as I walked headfirst over the tubes I was thinking about what happened last night. Rias might deserve to know the truth, but what would happen next? I doubted she would be able to accept the whole truth, and if I told her just a fraction of it, I was sure she would ask to know more. What would happen next? Would Rias still trust me knowing that I was an undercover agent? Would everyone see me as a friend again?

"This is going to be harder than I thought." I said, trying to push myself up using my arms to land on the ground before starting to stretch.

"What can I do?" I asked myself as I wiped the sweat off my body.

"Benja?" I felt my heart stop, I slowly turned around and saw Asia behind me.

"Asia? ASIA!" I couldn't contain my excitement and caught the girl in a strong bear hug.

"Praise the gods, you're still alive! I was so scared, I thought I'd never see you again, I'm so happy I feel like I could explode!" I screamed in happiness as I jumped.

"Benja. I'm not breathing." I snapped out of my trance and saw that the girl was bright red, I didn't know if it was just from embarrassment or from the hug, but I still pulled away with an embarrassed smile.

"I'm so sorry, Asia. I got too excited." I said with a shy smile looking at the girl.

"I'm also happy to see you Benja, I missed you so much." Asia said with a smile.

"But." I vaguely remembered what happened the last time we saw each other and looked around seriously.

"Isn't Fried with you?" I asked coldly but Asia shook her head.

"No, I just went out to get some things and, I found you upside down on the bars." The blonde girl said making me laugh.

"I was training, I have to have good balance and flexibility, I don't just use my strength." I said smiling but then I remembered something.

"Asia." The girl saw me searching my pocket and was speechless when she noticed the rosary.

"Don't ever ask me to leave you behind again, got it?" I asked seriously as I handed the rosary to the girl. She looked at the rosary with a sad smile before nodding.

"Yes, I promise." Suddenly we both heard a groan and I could see that Asia was bright red in embarrassment making me laugh.

"Didn't you eat breakfast?" The girl shook her head shyly.

"Come on, I'll take you to lunch. And I won't take no for an answer." I said smiling as Asia looked more embarrassed than before.

"Yes, I do." As the two of us began to walk I looked around with a cold gaze, closing my eyes to concentrate for a moment to see if I felt any presence.

"Everything is free at the moment. I hope it stays that way." I said quietly as Asia and I continued walking.

---

We didn't take long, there was a fast food store nearby so I decided to go with Asia there. After paying for a couple of burgers we went to a nearby table to have lunch.

"Asia, is everything okay?" The girl seemed to have come out of a trance after we sat down.

"Oh yeah, it's just that. I've never tried this before, umm. What did you say it was called?" Asia asked shyly making me laugh.

"It's called a Hamburger. And you eat it like this." I said as I unwrapped my burger before taking the first bite, the girl seemed amazed at how a Hamburger was eaten.

"Impressive, I never thought something like this could be eaten like that. Amazing!" The girl didn't waste any time and unwrapped her own burger before imitating the same thing I did.

"It's delicious." Asia said happily making me laugh.

"And wait until you try my parents' food, German and Egyptian food guarantees you a trip of unique flavors." I said smiling, thinking how the girl would react when she saw the different types of dishes from other countries.

"Benja, do your parents know that you're a demon?" I stopped eating and looked at the girl in surprise, but then I became cold and serious.

"They'll never know. I'd rather die than tell them the truth." Asia seemed shocked by what I said which made me nervous.

"Sorry, what I meant was that I can't let them know, I don't know what they'll think of me if they find out. And Asia, it's not wise for you to say that kind of thing in public." I said in a low voice, the girl understood and blushed in embarrassment remembering that we were now in a place full of people.

"I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned something so serious. Umm, I think it would be better if I left now." Asia said nervously. I felt bad hearing that, it was clear that she was too innocent which made my fears worse.

"Asia wait." I took the girl's hand just as she was about to stand up.

"Listen, I feel like we're not spending much time together and I was wondering if you'd like to go out for a walk. You know, have some fun." I said with a smile while she looked nervous.

"But."

"Asia, please, it'll only be an hour. I promise." I said looking into the girl's eyes. The blonde girl was nervous but those nerves disappeared and she gave me a sincere smile.

"Okay, guide me." I smiled happily before leaving the restaurant with Asia to go have fun.

"The more time I spend with her, the better before Fried comes for her, I'll have to think of something to get Asia out of here or better, out of the city." I said seriously in my mind while the girl followed behind me.

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Today was perhaps the best day I spent in Kuou. The first thing I did with Asia was take her to an Arcade. It was fun to watch the girl trying to drive a vehicle, she kept apologizing for crashing into a virtual driver. I had to let her win at the fighting games, although that little secret didn't last long and Asia asked me to play more seriously while we both laughed, after that we went to a photo booth where we took one or two photos for each of us.

"This would be perfect if we were in Metropolis." When that thought crossed my mind I stayed quiet to think deeply. Asia is without a doubt the sweetest, kindest, warm-hearted and gentle girl I met in this city, she would fit perfectly in Metropolis, perhaps not as an Overwatch agent, although her healing skills would be very useful, I didn't want her to be near a war field like last time.

"I have to talk to Reyes and Jack, maybe they can give Asia citizenship so she can live a peaceful life there and at Monster High." I said in my mind before turning to see Asia, she seemed to be staring at some stuffed animals that were in a machine.

"Asia, do you like those dolls?" The girl jumped in fright the same way a cat would when scared and turned to look at me.

"No, well, me." Slowly Asia's face turned red like an apple while smoke came out of her head.

"Yeah." I couldn't help but laugh at that.

"Let me try it." I said before grabbing the machine to start playing.

"Do you have experience playing this?" Asia asked looking at me.

"Yes, in fact, in my hometown, a group of friends and I went out to play every boys' night, always looking for gifts for their girlfriends." I said smiling nostalgically remembering my nights with Clawd and the others. My smile and the blonde girl's smile grew bigger when I managed to get the plushie out of the machine.

"Take it Asia, let it be like a symbol of friendship between the two of us." I said smiling looking at the girl before giving her the plushie. She gently grabbed the stuffed animal and smiled with pure happiness.

"Yes, this will be a beautiful reminder of our friendship." My smile grew bigger as I heard what the girl said.

"Alright, and for our last stop, the ice cream shop." I said before starting to walk while the girl stayed behind.

"Yes, our last stop." The girl whispered hugging the stuffed animal before following me.

After buying some ice cream, the girl and I went to sit on a bench in the park to eat our ice cream alone.

"I've never had so much fun before in my life." Asia said with a smile holding her ice cream.

"I'm so happy to hear that, Asia." I said smiling while eating my ice cream but the girl was staring at the dessert in silence.

"You don't know how to eat ice cream?" I asked in a mocking tone and the girl shook her head with a nervous smile.

"It's not that, it's just that. I really have never had a day as beautiful as this one, today and the day we met, became days that I can't stop treasuring." What Asia said caught my attention a lot but especially the melancholic and depressive tone.

"Asia. Do you want to talk about this alone?" The girl just nodded, making us both go to a place a little further away from everyone.

We both arrived at a bench in a beautiful park where she and I could be alone.

"Asia, what did you mean by all that you've told me so far?" I asked curiously looking at the girl. Asia lowered her head a little in sadness.

"When I was born, my parents abandoned me shortly after in front of a church in a small town in Europe. According to the nuns who lived there, they searched for my parents' whereabouts for two weeks but they never found them. Then the church became my home. They taught me everything I needed to know and they taught me the value of the word of God. When I turned eight, I went out in search of bread for lunch, but before I could even get there, I saw a poor little dog dying in the streets. My heart ached to see him alone and abandoned. So I began to pray for his health and begged for him to stand up once more. I remember that I was begging with tears in my eyes for half an hour until I saw that poor little animal standing and barking with happiness."

"Over time, many people came to our church looking for me, because they said that I was blessed with the power of God and that I was sent to earth with the purpose of being the salvation of all. It was then that the priest of my church, who I always saw as a father to me, sent me to travel the world and spread the word of God and with that, bring peace. It was then that I arrived at a big city where I was hosted in the main church, where I gave mass and also took care of healing all the Christians with a pure heart or sinners who sought redemption. I always opened my arms to the salvation of all." Listening to what Asia said left me amazed and moved. It didn't matter the sad past she had to face as a child, the girl was an angel in every sense, but something was wrong, Asia's tone was still depressing.

"But then what happened?" I couldn't help but ask while the girl grabbed her dress sadly.

"One night, after performing a mass, I found a dying and seriously injured man on the streets. Without thinking I went to his aid starting to heal his wounds, but what I never realized was that." Asia seemed to choke on her words as tears fell from her eyes.

"He was a demon." I was shocked to hear that and stared at the girl while she seemed to be making a titanic effort not to cry.

"The priests of the church began to call me a witch and even a heretic, they considered it an offense and a betrayal when they saw that my healing power helped demons too. They expelled me from the church and I had no choice but to return to my hometown, but instead of finding all the people who were my family, I found other priests and nuns who knew what happened, they called me a devil's bitch and banished me."

I couldn't stand it anymore and hugged Asia tightly, the girl accepted the gesture strongly before breaking down in tears, no longer able to bear the pain.

"Asia doesn't deserve this." I slowly recalled all the things the blonde girl witnessed, the attack of the fallen angels, Fried's evil, and now hearing this. I was amazed at the fact that she could stay so positive, it reminded me greatly of Draculaura.

"I have to get her out of here." I said in my mind before I stopped hugging Asia.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable with all this." The girl said while wiping away her tears.

"Actually, I would like to ask you a question." I said looking at the girl while she looked back at me.

"If there was a place where it wouldn't matter what you did, and where you and I could be neighbors. Go to school together, have fun, and I could even introduce you to people that you would instantly adapt to, would you believe me?" Asia seemed somewhat confused but smiled a little.

"If only there was a place like that, where we could continue being friends and meet people as nice as you. It would be a dream come true." Hearing that made me smile before I stood up.

"Wait here for me, Asia. I remembered that I have to tell my mother where I am, she'll freak out if she finds out I'm somewhere else instead of training." I said with a nervous smile.

"Oh, I understand, I'll be here." Asia said with a smile, I nodded before going to a secluded spot between the trees.

"I hope he's awake." I took my Icoffin out of my pocket before calling Jack's number.

"Hello, Benja, is that you? It's about time, ever since you left Kokoro, Monshiro and Lorna haven't stopped bothering me saying that they need to know where you are and what you're doing." It wasn't Jack's voice, but it was Reyes' voice that spoke to me.

"Hello Reyes, by any chance is Jack there with you?" I asked curiously as I looked around.

"No, he went out with Black Dahlia an hour ago. Have you found out anything yet?" Reaper asked from the other side with seriousness and at the same time curiosity making me get serious.

"Much more than you can imagine, so much that I don't know where to start." Reyes now seemed more serious about it.

"I'm listening." The man said seriously but I shook my head.

"Right now I'm not in the best time to report, but I need to tell you that I have a civilian who must be evacuated from Kuou as soon as possible." I said seriously.

"What's so special about this civilian? And where are Reinhardt and Ana?" Reyes asked seriously.

"They're at home resting, I'll go with them shortly, they should know this too. For now, keep this a secret, I'll explain everything to you. Do you think you can come here to Kuou?" I asked curiously waiting for an affirmative answer.

"Right now Winston and Karen are doing tests with the transports, but I promise I'll be there during the night." Hearing that made me nod with a small smile.

"Understood, I'll be here." I said before ending the call.

"It would be better to take Asia home, I'll call Rias and tell her I'll be busy." I said as I walked back but froze when I saw that Asia wasn't there.

"Asia?. Asia!?." I ran to the bank looking for the girl everywhere until I saw black feathers on the ground, my expression turned grim when I recognized those feathers.

"Fallen angel." I grabbed the feathers before smelling them. When the scent reached me, I opened my eyes coldly.

"Raynare." I clenched my fists so hard that without realizing it my fire magic activated and the feathers were burned.

"Asia, please hold on." I said worriedly before starting to run at full speed.

"Shit, how could I even think of leaving her unprotected!? When I find that bitch Raynare, I'll make her bring her teeth after ripping off those disgusting wings." Without realizing it, I started walking faster as anger was more present in me.

"I don't know what they want from her, but I won't let them get away with it!" At any moment I was ready to fly but then I planted my feet on the ground when I suddenly saw Koneko coming out of a candy store.

"Ben-senpai?" The girl looked at me confused while I had a nervous smile.

"Oh, hello Koneko. umm, me." I got really nervous as the girl was staring at me.

"The meeting is in half an hour, it's still early, there's no need for you to rush." Koneko said with an expressionless face making me laugh shyly.

"Sorry, I think I forgot, I just fell asleep and thought I was going to be late." I said with a nervous smile while the girl continued to look at me with her expressionless face before nodding.

"I understand, if you want we can go to the club together." I tensed up hearing that. If I went to the club I was worried about what would happen to Asia but if I refused I would raise suspicions.

"Umm, sure, but what is that." I got very nervous looking at the girl, it was impossible not to get nervous, her expressionless gaze was like daggers.

"But what?" Koneko asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Me." I sighed defeatedly before speaking.

"Should I bring cookies or muffins to the meeting?" The white-haired girl stared at me before turning around.

"There's a bakery nearby that sells some delicious cream puffs, since you owe me a favor, could you buy those as a way of thanking me that the teacher didn't punish you?" I felt a little lighter and nodded.

"Sure, sounds good. Let's go now." The girl nodded as the two of us began walking to the bakery.

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If my brain was a computer, it would be on fire right now. My mind couldn't stop processing how everything went out of control in just a few hours. First it was my story, then it was Asia's kidnapping, now here I was at the meeting with Rias and her clan while trying to stay calm.

"Benja, Benja, Benja!" I snapped out of my thoughts when I heard Rias' voice.

"Is everything okay? You seem very distracted." The red-haired girl said staring at me seriously.

"Yeah, I just have a headache. What were you saying?" I asked with a nervous smile while the girl looked at me with a raised eyebrow before sighing.

"I was congratulating your progress in getting your first contract this week, the client who summoned you happens to be a regular client of Koneko's who constantly sends requests for her, but now that the client seems interested in you as well that means Koneko won't have to worry about making two contracts at once again." Rias said with a smile looking at me while the white-haired girl nodded.

"Well, I'm happy to help." I said with a nervous smile.

"Benja, is everything okay?" Akeno asked curiously looking at me.

"I just need some air, that's all. Maybe I overdid it with training today, sorry." I said shyly while Akeno served me tea.

"Are you sure you'll be okay, Benja? You don't seem to be okay." Kiba said looking at me.

"I SAID I'M FINE!" Without realizing it because of my anger I ended up destroying the cup that was in my hands.

"I'm sorry, I'll clean it, really. I don't feel well, that's all." I said before standing up and touching my forehead.

"Sorry, I need some air." I couldn't stand it and left the room with everyone's gaze.

"Mmm." Rias seemed quiet watching the scene that was generated and then she looked at Akeno, the black-haired girl nodded silently.

"The meeting will conclude today, everyone continue with your work. Akeno and I have important matters to attend to." Rias said before leaving the room with the black-haired girl while Kiba and Koneko looked at each other.

"Keep control Benja, you have to keep control." I was now sunk between despair and the middle, there was so much trouble that things around me were floating. Things had gotten out of control in an instant and all because of carelessness. The walls of the room were filled with roots, the light failed while my body emanated ice and electricity.

"Calm down, relax. I must calm down." Slowly and with difficulty I suppressed all my magic until I finally managed to calm down.

"You're tormented by that nun thing, right?" I turned to see Koneko and Kiba.

"It's very obvious, right?" I asked disappointed with myself for making my problem so obvious.

"Tell us what happened, yesterday you seemed calmer than now." Said the blond boy staring at me. At first I hesitated, but it would be better to let off steam before the subject drives me crazy.

"I ran into Asia in the middle of my training, I invited her to lunch and have some fun so she wouldn't have to go back to Fried, I intended to take her to my home to keep her safe. But I wasn't fast enough, and she was kidnapped by the fallen angels." I said venomously, clenching my fists while Kiba and Koneko nodded.

"What are you planning to do?" Kiba asked curiously looking at me.

"I'll go rescue Asia, that's obvious." I said seriously but then I was surprised to see the blond boy take out his sword.

"We'll go with you, we saw how you fought to protect us, we owe you this." Kiba said with a smile.

"Koneko, you too?" I asked surprised. The girl just nodded silently. Seeing this filled me with happiness but slowly that happiness turned into seriousness.

"No." Kiba and Koneko looked at me with doubt while I looked at them seriously.

"No, that's not right. You two have nothing to do with this, it's my problem, I can't let you put your hands in a fire that I must put out." I said firmly while Kiba approached me.

"Benja, we are your family, let us help you. We are together in this." The blond boy spoke sincerely making me close my eyes.

"Yes, we are family. But when it comes down to it, I protect the ones I care about." I raised my head showing that my eyes were now emerald green.

"Kiba, Koneko. Forgive me." I took a deep breath before releasing a sea blue gas from my mouth which made both demons cough and suddenly, Kiba and Koneko fell to the ground asleep.

"I admire what you want to do for me, but this is something I have to do on my own. I've already brought too much trouble and the last thing I want is for you to get hurt, I hope you'll forgive me." I said before putting Kiba and Koneko in Rias's room before closing the door.

"You are aware of what you're doing, aren't you?" A familiar voice reached my ears and when I turned around I saw a certain smiling cat.

"I'm not in the mood for games, Cheshire, I'm crazy right now." I said seriously but the cat only limited itself to laughing.

"Perfect, when you're not, you're not much use." Cheshire said with a mocking smile that bothered me.

"What do you want? Don't you have a tea party to ruin?" I asked angrily, looking at the cat.

"I just came to give you something you might have left behind." Suddenly Cheshire showed me a Tarot card, the card showed the iconic image of the theatrical masks, but when I grabbed the card I saw that a crimson aura covered it.

"It sure brings back wonderful memories, huh?" Cheshire said with a smile as the letter disappeared.

"This power. But, it's impossible, how is it possible?" I asked looking at the cat in surprise.

"Time changes, Benja. It's a clock that nothing can stop, a clock where the starting point has been left behind for you on the path you're going. But for your friend, she's close to the home stretch." Suddenly the cat disappeared, leaving behind a macabre grin from ear to ear.

"Asia." I turned around before making my vorpal sword appear where I saw my reflection in the blade of the weapon.

"Just you wait, this tea party, it still needs a guest." I said before leaving the occult club, once I was a safe distance away, I disappeared in a cloud of crow feathers.

Sona stood with her hands clasped together as the girl sat at her desk, seeming to be deep in thought until she heard someone enter, she opened her eyes only to see Rias and Akeno.

"Rias, thank you for coming." Sona said as the two girls entered the office.

"What have you been able to find out, Sona?" Rias asked curiously looking at the glasses-wearing girl.

"You'll be surprised to find out." Sona opened one of the drawers on her desk before putting in a file that had only my name on it.

"Benja is the only student listed in Kibougamine and Kawakami academies, while Reinhardt and Ana aren't listed as teachers in any year." Sona said seriously as Rias grabbed my files and read them.

"And what have you been able to find out, Rias?" The red-haired girl silently closed the files before fixing her gaze on Sona.

"Benja has many hidden secrets that he slowly brings to light, recently he was attacked by a priest but managed to defeat him, there was also a girl named Asia who is his friend, she convinced Benja to buy us time while Akeno and I prepared the magic circle, and we realized that he is not human, he is a fusion between a Kitsune and a Vampire." When Sona heard everything, her gaze became more serious than before.

"Are you aware of what you're saying, Rias? You're saying that you recruited a unique being, but now I ask you. Do you think he's one of 'them'?" Rias's face turned serious upon hearing that question.

"No. Benja didn't even know the history of our factions, everything is new to him, and the simple fact that it torments him is a sign that he's not acting in the slightest." The red-haired girl said, making Sona nod.

"Benja is a living mystery. A hybrid being between Kitsune and Vampire, you better keep an eye on him, Rias." The glasses-wearing girl said while the other girl bit her lip.

"Oh Sona, what happens is that Benja is very tense and scared about what happened to his nun friend, and Rias can't help but feel upset." Akeno said in a mocking tone looking at the red-haired girl.

"Does Benja even know that friendship between devils and church people is strictly forbidden?" Sona's question made Rias sigh bitterly and angrily.

"I know, but Benja has a steely loyalty and is firm in his words, when I told him it was for his protection, he got defensive telling me to my face about what I did to him by turning him into a devil." The red-haired girl said angrily making Sona nod.

"Don't you think you're letting your servant go too much, Rias? If you don't control him, he'll end up abandoning you." Despite Sona's cold and serious words, Akeno chuckled.

"Oh Sona, I'll tell you something very funny. Benja doesn't even know what a servant is." The craving girl's eyes widened and she looked at Rias with disbelief and seriousness.

"Rias, explain yourself right now." The red-haired girl sighed annoyed knowing that this was a subject that was impossible to hide.

"Benja thinks that what I did to him was to protect him from the fallen angels, he doesn't know anything about me recruiting him as my pawn, I allowed him to be in that friendship with that shitty nun to keep him under control." Rias said with annoyance but that brought more seriousness to Sona.

"Rias, you said that he managed to defeat three fallen angels without any problem, he threatened to kill one after destroying his arm, and he managed to defeat a priest and protect them from an army of fallen angels. Do you have any idea of the consequences that will come if he finds out about this?" The girl with glasses asked coldly, causing Rias to become equally cold and serious.

"That will never happen." The red-haired girl said with firmness in her voice.

"President, can you hear us!?" Rias's eyes widened when Kiba's voice reached her ears, the girl put her fingers in her ear where a small magic circle appeared.

"Kiba, what's wrong?" The girl asked seriously while Sona and Akeno paid attention.

"It's Benja, he knocked us out and went to find Asia." Rias's eyes widened in fury and shock and she hit the table.

"He did what!?" The girl stood up from the table angrily before sighing.

"Stay where you are, we'll be on our way." Rias said before making the circle disappear from her ear.

"My, my. Benja is a very bad boy." Akeno said in a mocking and flirtatious tone looking at the red-haired girl.

"Let's go now, Akeno. We have to find Benja." The black-haired girl nodded at Rias's words and the two girls walked to the exit, but before they could leave, the red-haired girl looked at Sona.

"Sona."

"Don't worry, Rias. I'll keep this secret between us, but I'll tell you not to take too long to tell her the truth." Rias nodded at the glasses-wearing girl's words before leaving the room with Akeno.

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The darkness of the night, an old friend of mine. How many times have I had to do these things during the cold nights? If there's one thing I had to learn the hard way, it's that second chances are only earned by those who truly deserve it. Now I was walking towards the abandoned church where I left Asia for the first time, even if it was weak, Raynare's trail brought me here.

"They're here." I said seriously as I walked down the dirt road.

"It'll be interesting to see how you'll do the dirty work." I turned around to see Cheshire walking beside me.

"I'll just look for Asia, nothing more." I said seriously but the cat laughed mockingly.

"You're trying to cover up a massacre that's about to come to this place, I know you well, Benja. I live in your head, I know what you'll really do, it's not just for Asia, you want answers from those fallen angels. And I don't think you're going to mind cutting a few necks to get those answers, huh?" I stopped short before looking at the cat coldly.

"I'll do whatever it takes, these fallen angels think they're gods in this city, and Kokabiel is the clear example. They'll give me the answers I want, and Asia is going to leave this city." I said firmly while Chershire was still smiling.

"Perfect, I just hope you don't mind me being a spectator of this macabre rescue." Cheshire said before disappearing again leaving behind his mocking smile.

"Thank you for the support, cat." I said with some bitterness. Now I could understand Alice, the smiling cat's attitude never bothered or angered me, but now in this situation, it was irritating.

"Asia, please hold on." I said quietly before starting to run to the church.

Near the church I began to hide among the trees until I reached the main entrance, now the place didn't look so deplorable, now it looked better than it was before. I heard voices approaching so I hid behind some bushes, I saw two men in cult clothes smoking at the entrance.

"She already told you, man. This is bullshit."

"Shut up, asshole. You'll make Raynare mad at us, it was already bad that the meeting was delayed because that nun won't stop crying."

When I heard Asia I gritted my teeth before continuing to listen.

"By the way, what does Raynare want with that bitch?"

"Haven't you heard? That bitch has the gift of healing people and even demons, Miss Raynare wants that power she has."

"True, I heard about her. Too bad for that bitch, but that's what she gets for healing one of those rotten demons."

The two men began to laugh until a noise caught their attention, it was the sound of small cymbals clashing against each other.

"Go check."

"And why the fuck do I have to do it?"

"Just do it, asshole."

The man who was smoking sighed in disgust before approaching the noise, leaving the other man at the entrance alone. The man slowly approached the noise with a revolver in his hand. The noise became clearer until he saw a morbid-looking rabbit on the ground playing the cymbals.

"What the fuck." The moment the guy grabbed the rabbit he saw that the mechanical animal started laughing as it accelerated its blows.

"Now what the fuck is going on?" The man who was at the entrance was about to leave until a loud explosion surprised him.

"Shit, I have to." The man didn't finish his sentence as he suddenly felt something in his throat, something sharp.

"How many are there like you inside?" I asked seriously with the vorpal sword at the man's throat.

"I won't tell you shit." The man said seriously and nervously.

"Then you're of no use to me."

Before the man could speak, I didn't hesitate to cut his neck before letting him fall, leaving the man bleeding out.

"I better hurry up, I have a bad feeling." I said worriedly before opening the doors with the vorpal sword ready in case of any fight. But when I opened the doors I could see that the main room of the church looked better, the chairs and walls were like new, but the crosses and sculptures of Jesus were destroyed.

"We meet again, demon." My expression became colder and more serious when I heard a sarcastic applause and when I looked in front I saw Fried.

"Where is Asia, Fired?" I asked coldly while the boy only laughed.

"I remember well our last meeting, you knocked me unconscious with a thorn, that was very rude of you. Were you afraid of facing someone as strong as me? Well, now you really made me angry. You little shit, you hurt my pride." Fried said with a sadistic smile as he took out his lightsaber and his revolver.

"I know everything about you, Fried Sersen. You are a disgusting son of a bitch who should be rotting in Gotham City, you are not even the shadow of what you were before as a prodigy priest." I said with venom while the boy smiled more.

"Oh, I see you've been looking into me. Those pathetic priests and priests thought they could get rid of me, an angel who was sent to earth. But praise be to the fallen angels for seeing my great potential, if it weren't for them, you and I would never have met, and I wouldn't be able to take delight in torturing you." Fried said as he licked his revolver madly.

"So it was the fallen angels who freed you. I'll deal with them later, now tell me where Asia is." I said coldly looking at the priest.

"Oh, you mean that demon-loving nun? Well, she's currently in the underground part of this church, behind the altar you see in front of you. Too bad you won't live to find her." Fried said with a twisted smile as I tightened my grip on the vorpal sword.

"I made a mistake, and that was letting you live in the first place. I plan to fix that, right now." Fried smiled sadistically at what I said and couldn't suppress a sadistic laugh.

"I'll enjoy filling your head with lead!" The priest started shooting at me but I disappeared in a cloud of crow feathers before reappearing in the air.

The vorpal sword disappeared in my hands and now I had a bloody wooden mallet, I began to fall and when I hit the floor I used the wooden mallet to make the entire floor tremble, generating a strong earthquake in the room and causing some seats to rise from the ground, I immediately used the mallet to hit the seats, using them as projectiles against Fried who had to dodge them with difficulty.

"Insolent!" Fried started to shoot but I again disappeared in a cloud of crow feathers before launching myself against him with the vorpal sword, the priest had to quickly cover himself with his sword of light while he looked at me with a sadistic smile.

"You are good, too bad I have to kill you, you would have been a perfect priest." Fried said with a crazy smile looking at me.

"Only fools and idiots assume victory when the opponent has not yet shown all their cards." I said before taking a big jump back when the priest tried to shoot me in the head.

"What a funny tongue, I can't wait to cut it off!" Fried launched himself at me with his sword but the priest was surprised that I grabbed the edge of his weapon with my bare hands.

"I can say the same about you." I raised my head showing that my eyes were now blood red, Fried was shocked to see how the sword of light lost its shine until it broke.

"How, a sword of light is able to hurt a demon, your hand should be burning!" The priest shouted angrily while looking at me.

"Correct, but you forget one rule. A gentleman must meet his guests before tea time." I said smiling as the vorpal sword changed into a bronze teapot.

"Queen's Tear." Fried was about to shoot me but the teapot was fast and fired a huge drop of tea that hit the priest directly causing him to fall to the ground writhing in pain from the strong shot and the burning of the drop.

"Damn son of a bitch." The priest stood up weakly looking at the huge burn mark on his chest.

"And I'm not done with you yet." I said coldly as the teapot disappeared so the vorpal sword returned to my hands.

"Don't forget what you did to Asia." Fried instead of being worried started laughing while holding his chest.

"You think I'm defeated. You haven't seen anything of me yet." The priest said as he slowly backed away in pain.

"We will meet again, and that bitch Asia. Her fate is sealed." I got angry hearing that and threw my vorpal sword at Fried's head, but the priest would take out a hand bomb before throwing it to the ground generating a strong blinding explosion. When the light went out, I saw my vorpal sword stuck in the wall, I approached to grab my weapon and I could notice strands of Fried's hair.

"You're saved for now, you damn coward." I said venomously before grabbing my sword and wiping it clean.

"Asia, please hold on." I quickly made the bloody wooden mallet appear and without thinking I destroyed the altar with one blow revealing a staircase that led to the underground.

I slowly started to go down the stairs with a cold look hoping that Asia was okay, suddenly I heard religious chants coming from below. I silently tightened my grip on my vorpal sword as I slowly descended until I reached a door that I quickly kicked open.

Inside the room were more men dressed in cult clothing who stopped their chanting to turn around when they saw me.

"Welcome, demon. You're just in time." I looked at the altar in the room and saw Raynare.

"Raynare, release Asia this instant." I said coldly but the girl only laughed at me.

"I'm afraid you're late, hero." As the girl stepped aside, my eyes widened in horror and pain.

Asia was there, but not in the way I expected to see, and never wanted to. The girl was there, crucified with chains, looking too weak to move.

"Asia!" I screamed in fear as the girl weakly raised her head to look at me.

"Benja?" The girl barely had the strength to speak which scared me.

"Asia please hold on, I'm coming!" I was about to run to where she was, but I quickly had to make a big jump to dodge a spear of blue light that I recognized.

"Do you remember us, handsome?" I turned to see Kalawaana, Mittelt and Dohnaseek, I could see that the man seemed to have one less arm.

"Damn son of a bitch, my arm was cut off because of you. You're going to pay for that." Dohnaseek said angrily looking at me.

"Take care of him, we don't need distractions around here." Raynare said with a smile looking at me.

"No. I will not abandon Asia, ever!" My eyes changed to a mint green color while my hair turned green.

"Ivy Element: Wrath of Mother Nature!" I screamed before punching the ground in fury. The ground shook and suddenly huge roots came out of the ground causing some of the cult's men to be impaled by the roots or buried. Without thinking I started running on the roots to go with Asia but suddenly I was caught by Mittelt and Kalawaana who lifted me into the air.

"We have something pending, idiot." Kalawaana said with a sadistic smile while I tried to move.

The three fallen angels took me out of the room where I entered until returning to the main room, once we arrived, the two girls threw me to the ground while Dohnaseek blocked the entrance.

"We are sorry, handsome. But Asia is now occupied, too bad this time, you will not survive to see the maximum potential of her power in the hands of a fallen angel." Mittelt said with a mocking smile.

"Asia's power must not fall into filthy hands like yours, the fallen angels. You have killed countless people, I will not let Asia or anyone else add to the list of murders you have done." I said angrily as I tightened my vorpal sword.

"Strong words, from a demon who is about to die. And this time, he means it." Dohnaseek said with a smile, making her spear of light appear just like the other girls.

"I must hurry, Asia, in the name of God, please fight." I said with fear as I looked at the three fallen angels.

The first to start was Dohnaseek who launched himself at me in anger, I did the same generating a clash of forces with our weapons, Mittelt launched himself behind me making me jump to dodge it, suddenly I felt something approaching and saw Kalawaana's spear of light, I immediately used my vorpal sword to block the attack causing me to be launched until I crashed into one of the walls.

Once again Dohnaseek launched himself at me forcing me to move to dodge it, I quickly hit him before grabbing him by the shoulders and starting to fly to then throw him to the ground, however I had to react quickly to dodge another blow from Kalwaana, but then I was surprised by Mittelt who launched himself from behind, although I managed to dodge it, it was with great difficulty since the girl managed to give me a cut on the arm.

"You seem distracted, hero. Are you scared that your little friend is not here?" The blonde girl asked with a mocking smile that infuriated me.

"Don't talk about Asia!" I angrily launched myself at her, managing to grab her by the neck before slamming her against a wall behind her.

I was about to strike again but my instincts warned me of Kalawaana making me release Mittelt to start defending myself from the fallen angel's attacks, the two of us were clashing our weapons furiously until a light caught my attention and I saw Dohnaseek throw a spear of light at me, I immediately had to dodge it by jumping back but Mittelt and the other woman saw this as an opportunity to throw two spears of light, I quickly had to make the vorpal sword disappear to change it for an umbrella that managed to deflect the attacks when I opened the object, when I closed the umbrella I was surprised by a blow from Dohnaseek in the face that left me stunned. When I raised my head I had to dodge an attack from Mittelt only to end up receiving two stabs from Kalawaana and Dohnaseek in the chest and abdomen, then the man attacked with another blow that left me more stunned while the two female fallen angels continued attacking my chest and stomach with quick stabs.

When I finally recovered, I saw the three fallen angels flying with spears of light ready. Without wasting time, the three of them attacked at the same time, causing the three spears to fuse. I quickly generated a magic shield, but the fused attack would break the shield, generating an explosion so strong that it would throw me out of the church and make me fall to the ground seriously injured.

My body was full of wounds, I barely had the strength to stand up, but no matter how hard I tried to stand up, the pain wouldn't let me.

"Wow, just look at that. The demon that gave us so much trouble now can't move." Kalawaana said with a mocking smile as the three fallen angels approached me.

"How weak, what happened to that boy who beat us up? It seems that being a demon didn't suit you." Mittelt said in a mocking tone while Dohnaseek kicked me in the stomach when I tried to stand up.

"Look at you, you can barely even breathe, more than a problem you turned out to be a weak son of a bitch." The man said with the same smile as the girls.

"Asia." I whispered in pain, causing the three fallen angels to laugh.

"Look at him, he's crying for that shitty little nun." Mittelt said while laughing.

"Don't worry about her. She'll join you in hell, I assure you of that. After all, she's a filthy heretic, all we'll remember about her will be her power that will be of great use to us. Too bad neither of us will live to see it." Kalwaana said with a sadistic smile while Dohnaseek prepared a spear of light.

"Kokabiel has plans for you too, it's a shame he wants you more dead than alive." The man put his spear of light on my back with a smile.

"See you later, idiot."

Dohnaseek was about to kill me but then the three of them noticed something strange. The sky was turning blood red, the wind blew hard while the air became colder than usual. Suddenly the three of them heard something and turned around to see me standing up while my body was giving off steam.

Anger flooded my soul, a bloodlust I had never felt before was plaguing my veins as I could feel hysteria and fury running through my body. I gritted my teeth in fury as the wounds began to close on their own to the disbelief of the three fallen angels.

"First, you end the lives of innocent beings. You mock Asia without even knowing her, you steal her power and now you are going to kill her? Now you did it, there is no forgiveness for you three. I will not allow it, and if I have to kill you three." My tears turned into tears of blood, my hair began to float as it changed to a dark color like night as my veins changed to a dark color.

"So be it!" I shouted in anger causing a strong wave of wind that blew back the three fallen angels who looked in surprise at my dark eyes and tears of blood.

"Damn you! Die at once!" Dohnaseek threw his spear of light at me but I caught it without any difficulty which surprised the three angels. Slowly the spear turned dark until it disappeared in my hands.

I gritted my teeth in anger and let out a loud, angry scream that caused the three of them to cover their ears from the sonic shrieks, when the screams stopped, Mittelt and Kalwaana began to fly but Dohnaseek was not so lucky.

I launched myself at the man before giving him a strong attack that he barely dodged, when Dohnaseek landed he felt something on his chest and when he looked he saw that the vorpal sword had given him a large cut.

"Dohnaseek, watch out!" The man looked ahead at Kalawaana's screams only to be hit by the bloody wooden mallet, leaving the man disoriented and badly injured while some teeth flew out from the blow.

Donhaseek wanted to make a spear of light appear but he screamed when I stuck the vorpal sword in his shoulder but I didn't stop there.

I grabbed the vorpal sword and began stabbing Dohnaseek's shoulder in anger over and over again causing screams of agony. I grabbed the fallen angel's head before throwing him to the ground in anger before grabbing his arm and began pulling causing more screams until suddenly his arm broke away from his body.

"Shut up!" I stabbed my vorpal sword inches from Dohnaseek's face and glared at the man in anger.

"Wait, please, mercy!" The man's screams were silenced as I gave him a hard blow to the face over and over again before grabbing him by the jaw and throwing him against a tree.

"Mercy? You want mercy!? I'll give you the same mercy you had with everyone you killed!" Suddenly roots came out of the ground and grabbed Dohnaseek's wings causing the man to tense up.

"Wait, you're a hero. Heroes don't kill!" The man screamed, but his screams grew louder as the roots pulled at his wings.

"That door, it closed on you."

Dohnaseek's wings couldn't hold up and were torn off by the roots, causing the man to fall to the ground in agony.

The man raised his head weakly only to see me wielding the bloody wooden mallet.

"Kokabiel will go for you, my death will give you nothing." Dohnaseek said weakly looking at me.

"You are wrong about that." I grabbed my mallet before raising it over my head.

It was fast but bloody. The sound of the mallet hitting the tree behind Kokabiel was so loud that if it were a bell instead of a tree, the noise it would have generated would have alerted the entire city. I slowly stepped away and saw Donhaseek's body without his head while his blood stained my arms and clothes. I slowly turned around and saw Kalawaana and Mittelt, the dark blue haired woman was protectively hugging Mittelt while the blonde girl was crying in fear.

"Don't come closer." Despite what the woman said, I ignored her and started walking towards the two girls with the vorpal sword in hand.

"I said don't come closer!" Kalawaana lunged at me with a spear of light but I grabbed her throat with a cold glare.

I was about to attack, but suddenly, Mittelt grabbed my arm tightly.

"Please stop!" The blonde haired girl looked at me with red eyes of tears with a look that showed panic and terror.

"I beg you, please. We never wanted this, we were just following Kokabiel's orders because if we failed him he would kill us. Please stop, I'm sorry, we're really sorry!" Mittelt screamed in terror and desperation while she hugged me tightly.

Mittelt wasn't lying. Her eyes clearly showed regret and terror, I looked sideways at Kalawaana who was running out of air, without saying anything I let go of the blue haired girl causing her to fall to the ground coughing for air.

"Kalawaana, please hold on, breathe." Mittelt quickly knelt down to help the woman while I looked at this expressionlessly.

"How true is that?" The blonde haired girl turned to look at me.

"Can you confirm what you said about Kokabiel?" I asked coldly causing her to nod in fear.

"You guys will come with me." I said before taking out a syringe before injecting her which surprised Mittelt.

"What did you do to her!?" The blonde girl was speechless as I gave her another injection in the neck.

"You two will be under arrest, but I can assure you that if you cooperate, everything will be better." I said as the girl fell weakly to the ground, falling deeply asleep along with Kalawaana.

"Asia." I turned towards the church and without wasting any time I ran out leaving the two girls behind.

Asia's screams could be heard loudly even though the men who had survived my attack were still chanting. Ryanare had a smile on her face as she watched the cross shine emerald green.

Suddenly the door was knocked down and the girl saw with surprise and anger that I had returned.

"You!? Dohnaseek and those fucking bitches who hadn't killed you?" The girl asked angrily looking at me.

"Donhaseek is dead, Kalawaana and Mittelt surrendered and are now under arrest." I said coldly. Raynare gritted her teeth angrily but then showed a twisted smile.

"I underestimated you, a mistake that I myself will soon correct." The fallen angel turned to see Asia who was still suffering.

"Asia, hold on!" I shouted before starting to run to where she is.

"Stop him!" Raynare shouted causing the robed men to turn to where I am with lightsabers.

My anger only increased as did my desperation. Using the vorpal sword and my magic I began to cut my way through the numerous men who were throwing themselves at me. While some were burned alive, others were beheaded by the vorpal sword or shattered by the bloody wooden mallet, Asia's screams scared and worried me while I was outnumbered.

"Hold on, Asia. Fight!" I screamed in fear before being knocked down as the robed men surrounded me and threw themselves at me.

"You're late, demon. Look how your friend's power will now belong to us, the fallen angels!" Raynare shouted in a sadistic tone.

"Get out of the way!" Suddenly all the robed men flew away at my outburst of anger.

"I'll kill you all!" I threw the vorpal sword into the air and the weapon changed into a giant pepper shaker that landed in my hands, I looked at all the men with anger before starting to fire bursts of pepper that were shot out like bullets starting to destroy all those who were trying to get close.

When the screams stopped I felt my heart stop. I turned around only to see that Asia's eyes were no longer bright and I could see a green sphere coming out of her chest, I felt my blood pressure drop suddenly when the girl's body was close to falling if it hadn't been for the chains that were holding her.

"Asia?" I asked with my heart in my throat as my eyes returned to normal. I could see that in that green sphere, there were two rings.

"Twilight Healing. It's finally in my hands." Raynare extended her arms to grab the sphere with a psychopathic smile.

"I've been waiting for this power for many years, and now it's finally mine." The woman said before placing the sphere on her chest. A strong green glow filled the room leaving everyone blind for a moment, when I regained my sight I saw that Raynare now had a green aura around her.

"Now I can become a supreme fallen angel!" The woman shouted while laughing darkly.

"And with this power, I will be able to take revenge on all those who have dared to laugh at me!" Raynare shouted with a dark laugh looking at everyone.

"Shut your fucking mouth already!" Raynare turned around only to receive a strong blow from me before being sent crashing into a wall.

"Asia, hang in there!" Without wasting any time I made my sword of fire appear and cut the girl's chains before grabbing her in my arms, I was very scared when I felt her weak pulse.

"Shit." I looked at the girl in fear before dodging a shot from one of the robed men in the room.

"Ice Element: Frost Tombs!" I yelled before blowing a strong gust of freezing wind on all the men in the room before flying off with the blonde girl in my arms.

My heart was pounding, my tears wouldn't stop falling as I returned to the main room of the church and without wasting any time I laid Asia down on the ground.

"Asia please hold on, you have to live." I said scared before putting my hands on the ground.

"Ivy Release: Healing Plants." Plants came out from the ground and began to release a green gas on Asia to keep her alive.

"You can't die, please hold on. I'll think of something." I said scared as I thought of some spell.

"Benja." I felt my heart sink as Asia grabbed my hand.

"Asia, please hold on. I'll think of something, I can still save you." I said fearfully looking at the girl.

"Even though it wasn't for long, I want you to know that I enjoyed our friendship." Hearing that was like a dagger to the heart and I couldn't hold back my tears.

"Don't talk nonsense, Asia. I can save you, I don't want to and I can't let you die. You're my best friend, you're my family!" I screamed desperately, I felt my soul break when the girl touched my cheek weakly.

"We have a long life ahead of us in Metropolis. You'll meet people like you, you'll go to school, you'll be with me and my friends, you'll never be alone again. There's so much to do there, I wouldn't know where to start." My tears only increased as I squeezed Asia's hand tightly.

"Don't leave me, Asia. I beg you, I don't want you to die, you have to live, live for me please." I said with a broken voice but I was scared when the girl's pulse was fading.

"Benja. I want you to know, that I will never forget what you did for me, you risked so much for me, that even words aren't enough to tell you, how grateful I am to have had someone like you by my side." Asia's tears fell from her eyes as she had the weakest smile I've ever seen.

"You accepted me despite being a nun, you accepted me despite my past, you accepted me just the way I am. Be it heaven or hell, I hope I can be by your side, always." Asia slowly closed her eyes tiredly.

"I love you, Benja."

I felt nothing, Asia's pulse was gone. My legs gave out and I fell to my knees as my tears fell on Asia's face, I slowly touched her face despite my bloody hands.

"God, why did you do this? Asia was the best person, no, the best angel you could have created, and you do this to them?" I whispered regretfully looking at the girl in my arms. My plants understood my pain and placed their leaves on me and the blonde girl's body in support.

"I would have never seen this coming." I heard footsteps approaching, I didn't need to turn to know it was Raynare who was behind me.

"A demon begging God for answers? How pathetic of you." The girl said with a mocking smile.

"Hey, look at this." I stood up and slowly turned to see Raynare with empty eyes.

"You hit me hard, I'll give you that. And now with this power." Raynare brought her hand to a huge bruise on her left cheek, a green glow covered the wound and slowly disappeared.

"Don't you think it's wonderful? That nun did a good job for once in her pathetic existence, this power is very beneficial for us fallen angels. Since we lost the protection of heaven and were forced to survive, this will ensure my prestige as a fallen angel. I'll be on top finally." Raynare said with a smile, clasping her hands together.

"I don't give a shit about your rotten reputation." I said in a cold and broken voice causing Raynare to remain silent.

"Asia didn't deserve what you did to her, and you did all this for her power?" The girl laughed at my question as if it were a joke.

"Isn't it obvious? Besides, everyone destined to have a Sacred Gear must be eliminated. They are just God's pathetic attempt to bring peace by giving those powers to useless people, it's better in our hands." Raynare remained silent when she heard a laugh from me.

Slowly that laughter increased in intensity, going from a normal laugh to one that caused discomfort in the fallen angel girl.

"What are you laughing so much about? Stop it!" Raynare seemed scared to see that I couldn't stop laughing.

"You know what's funny to me? Since I came to this city, you fallen angels have shown nothing but greed and arrogance, believing yourselves to be gods who can do whatever you want, killing innocent people, stealing anyone's powers without fear of killing them, and all for prestige and to obtain greatness? That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard!" I shouted between crazy laughs that scared and at the same time infuriated the fallen angel girl.

"Piece of shit, have you gone crazy!?" The girl freaked out when I raised my head. My eyes were empty like the night again and my tears turned to blood again.

"You guys scare people, you bring chaos to this city, like monsters. But you're not really monsters, but I, I can show you what a real one is." I said with a sadistic smile looking at the girl.

"You think you can beat me?" Raynare was speechless when a breeze hit her, turning around she saw that I was behind her with the vorpal sword in my hands.

"Do you want to know something, Raynare?" The girl felt something on her cheek and when she touched it she noticed that it was her own blood.

"I've killed people before too. Bad people, even worse than you, but you want to know something curious?" I slowly turned to see the girl with a dark smile.

"I learned, that if you really want to see someone suffer. Despair will be your best friend." My eyes changed to two skulls which scared Raynare, the woman tried to fly but then screamed when my vorpal sword severely injured one of her wings.

The girl looked up and saw me standing. I had the same smile as Junko humming a song while in my hands I now had my bone scythe.

"Raynare." I said in a melodic tone while the girl ran away in panic making me laugh before starting to sing.

---

HIDDEN IN THE SAND

(By Tally Hall.)

(Me.)

We were playing in the sand

And you found a little band

Raynare was running for her life, when she turned around she noticed that I was standing at the entrance of the church with a smile from ear to ear while singing, suddenly she fell after tripping over something and when she turned around she saw in horror the corpse of Dohnaseek. When she heard me approaching her, Raynare began to run blindly through the forest.

You told me you fell in love with it
Hadn't gone as I'd planned

The woman's heart was beating like a locomotive, the branches were hitting her but she didn't care. Raynare continued running until she hid behind a tree, the girl turned to see if I was nearby but then she got scared when she heard my voice behind her making her start running blindly again.

When you had to bid adieu

(?)

(ooh, ooh, ooh)

The fear increased when she heard ghostly voices, the fallen angel did not know whose voices those were but they sent shivers down her spine as she continued running, turning repeatedly only to see that I was near her behind the trees and on top of the branches which only increased her panic and desperation.

(Me.)

Said you'd never love anew

(?)

(ooh, ooh, ooh)

Suddenly the woman fell to the ground after tripping over a branch, hurting her ankle in the process. When she looked back she saw that I was nearby with my scythe singing as I moved at a slow pace while playing with the weapon, to the girl's further terror.

(Me.)

You told me to buy a pony
But all I wanted was you

Suddenly, I disappeared from Raynare's eyes. The girl looked around in panic and fear at the darkness of the forest. The moment she started running, she ran into something, or rather, someone. When she raised her head, she was disturbed and horrified. In front of her was Hiroshi Suzuki, the boy had a fatal wound in his stomach and one eye missing.

(Me.)

Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm

(Hiroshi.)

(ooh-ooh-ooh)

The fallen angel screamed in horror when Hiroshi tried to grab her, causing Raynare to step back until she felt some dangling feet, and when she turned around she was disturbed to see Yuri Ishikawa hanging from a rope on a tree branch.

(Me.)

Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm

(Yuri.)

(ooh-ooh-ooh)

Yuri's hands reached out to grab Raynare but the fallen angel started running again as the voices of former victims echoed through the forest and tormented her mind as she screamed for help.

(Me.)

Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, mmm-mmm-mmm, mmm-mmm-mmm

(Yuri y Hiroshi.)

(ooh-ooh-ooh)

Desperation and madness were flooding Raynare's mind as she ran with all her might through the forest, she didn't care about anything, she was just looking to get out of there as best she could.

"Mittelt, Kalawaana, Dohnaseek, Azazel. Help!" The girl's screams could be heard throughout the forest as she continued to run.

Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, mmm-mmm-mmm, mmm-mmm-mmm

(ooh-ooh-ooh)

Raynare stopped dead in her tracks as she saw the person in front of her. It was a girl in a bloody school uniform, her throat slashed horribly but her eyes alive. The fallen angel stood in front of her, horrified and disturbed. There was Yuuma Tanaka, the girl whose identity Raynare stole.

(Yuuma.)

(Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)

---

The fallen angel was petrified by horror and despair, in front of her were her previous victims who looked at the girl with eyes empty of any emotion, but they were piercing Raynare's soul.

"What's wrong, Raynare?" The girl turned to see that I was on the branch of a tree smiling like Junko would do.

"Don't you think it's cute? You're in front of your previous victims, it must be funny for you." I said with a dark smile while the girl was terrified.

"You are, you are a monster!" Raynare's fear intensified when she heard me laugh as I came down from the tree.

"Exactly, I am a monster. A monster with a huge heart full of love to give to his family, but if someone messes with the people I love." My eyes turned dark as I kept smiling.

"That's a different story." I started laughing in a sadistic way that disturbed Raynare and made her fall.

"Wait, please, we can fix this!" The girl choked as she watched me grip my scythe tightly.

"Do you want to save yourself? Well, if that's what you want, give me back Asia's Sacred Gear." I said seriously, stretching out my hand. Raynare was speechless at my request, the girl looked into my eyes and with anger and fear placed the rings in my hand.

"Fine, thank you." I said smiling looking at the rings.

"Can I go now?" Raynare asked nervously looking at me.

"That decision is not up to me, let your "friends" speak for you." The girl's eyes widened in horror and she looked at her former victims, they showed smiles that scared the girl.

"Guys, we can talk about it, wait. Please wait!" Yuri and Hiroshi grabbed Raynare's legs before dragging her into the depths of the forest amidst the laughter of the two teenagers. While I looked at Asia's rings.

"Excuse me." I turned to see Yuuma's ghost.

"Thank you very much." The girl said before bowing which I returned.

"You are free now, I hope you can find peace." Yuuma nodded with a smile before leaving the place with the other teens.

---

To say that Rias was angry and worried was an understatement. The red-haired girl along with the rest of her friends had gone out to look for me, they had been delayed and it was because Koneko and Kiba seemed to still be affected by the sleeping gas I used on them so the two girls had to wait until the effect of the gas wore off.

"When I find Benja, I swear I'm going to give him such a severe punishment that he won't do this nonsense again." Rias thought to herself angrily as the group walked towards the abandoned church.

"President, do you think Benja is still there?" Kiba asked as he walked with his sword ready.

"I don't know, but keep your guard up." Rias said seriously.

"I smell blood." Everyone looked at Koneko and the girl pointed at a tree. When they got closer they could see the remains of Dohnaseek on the ground.

"My my, it seems that Benja was very busy." Akeno said with a smile looking at the body.

"I think I see something inside." Kiba said looking at the entrance of the church.

I was on my knees looking at Asia's body. I thought that putting the rings on the girl would make her come back, but I was wrong. Now I was silently looking at the girl's body, I was torn between burning or burying the girl.

"Asia, forgive me. I should never have left you alone, I would give anything so that you live even for a longer time, we could have done many things together, I'm sure that Draculaura and you would have gotten along instantly." I said with tears until I felt a presence behind me. I immediately got up with the vorpal sword but I stayed still when I recognized Rias.

"Rias?"

A loud noise was heard in the room, I touched my cheek where the girl had slapped me and while she looked at me seriously.

"Explain yourself right now, Benja." Rias said seriously looking at me making me sigh in defeat.

"Asia, I met her at the park after doing my training. She told me she was on her break, then I remembered Fried and didn't want her to come back, so I wanted to buy time by spending a day of fun with her, I thought about taking her to my house where she would be safe, but then she was taken away. I wanted to look for her, but when I was about to arrive, I accidentally ran into Koneko and with no choice I had to go to the meeting." I said looking at Rias and the others.

"That explains why you were out of it at the meeting." Akeno said making me nod.

"When you two left, Koneko and Kiba offered to help me rescue Asia, but I didn't want to expose you two to danger, so I used magic to create plants with the ability to put people to sleep. And then I came here to find Asia, I faced Fried and Raynare's friends, one of them was Dohnaseek whom I killed while two others named Kalawaana and Mittelt are still alive, but despite that, Raynate accomplished his goal and took Asia's Sacred Gear." I turned to look at the girl's body with sadness.

"I thought that recovering the rings would bring her back to life, but I was wrong. I lost her." I said while touching Asia's hair sadly.

"Not everything is lost, Benja." I turned to see Rias kneeling beside me.

"Look at this." The girl made a magic circle appear in her hand and I saw a bishop appear.

"Is that a bishop?" I asked curiously looking at the chess piece.

"By recovering the Sacred Gaer from Asia, you also recovered her energy. What happens is that, her energy being extracted from the body, cannot easily enter back. But with a demonic piece, Asia's energy, along with the bishop's energy will return to her body and she will come back to life." I was very surprised to hear that and looked at Asia intently.

"Rias, do you think you can bring Asia back to life?" I asked looking at the girl with hope.

"Yes, just like I did with Issei. The only difference will be that now she will be a demon." The red-haired girl said with a smile.

I stared at Asia intently. She had been through countless horrible things, death was too much for the girl, and to be honest, I didn't want to lose someone from my family.

"Rias, do it." The girl nodded before standing up.

Suddenly a magic circle appeared on the ground beneath Asia.

"I, Rias Gremory, hereby command you, Asia Argento. Bring your soul back to the world of the living and become a member of the House of Gremory." The magic circle glowed brighter and the bishop piece on Asia's chest also began to glow.

"Become my bishop and rejoice in the discovery of a new life!" I watched as the bishop piece began to sink into Asia's chest until it disappeared.

"Rias, did it work?" I asked worriedly looking at the red-haired girl.

"Wait." The girl looked at me with a calm smile.

I stared at Asia's body praying for her to wake up, my heart stopped when I saw one of her fingers move.

"Asia? Asia!." I quickly approached her and held her in my arms.

"Asia, can you hear me?" The girl seemed to be waking up, she slowly opened her eyes.

"Benja?." My heart raced and I couldn't help but shed tears of happiness.

"You're alive, she's alive!" I shouted happily before starting to fly around the room with the girl still in my arms.

"Benja!?" Asia was very surprised by that but she hugged me with the same joy.

"Asia, I. Forgive me, I failed you again and because of me all this happened to you." I said with tears of happiness and pain. Rias and her friends saw that the room was covered in frost which caught their attention.

"Benja, please don't cry anymore." Asia held my cheeks and dried the tears with a smile, she was also crying.

"I'm, happy to see you again." I smiled back as I slowly landed.

"But, how did this happen?" The girl asked looking at me in surprise.

"Rias revived you." I turned to the blonde girl to see the redhead girl.

"Rias, I owe you." I said staring at the redhead girl.

"I did it because like I told you, we are a family and if there is something I hate, it is seeing someone from my family sad." Rias said with a smile looking at me.

"Benja, your hands!" I turned and saw that Asia was grabbing my bloody hands.

"They are full of blood, what happened!?" The girl asked with fear making me laugh nervously.

"That will be for later, now rest. Today was a long night, I will explain it to you tomorrow, okay?" I looked at the girl with a smile making her nod.

"Asia can sleep in the club tonight, we will think about where she can go to live." Rias said with a smile looking at me.

"Sounds fair, you two go ahead. I have something important to do." I said before walking to the exit but Asia held my hand tightly.

"Benja, don't go yet." I smiled a little and hugged the girl.

"I promise I won't leave your side again, I'll be back soon. Until then, Rias and the others will take care of you, and I trust them just as much as I trust you." I said smiling reassuringly making the girl nod.

"Okay, I'll see you later." I said before leaving the church leaving everyone with Asia.

Once I was far away, I put my fingers on the communicator in my ear.

"Reyes, where are you?" I asked curiously as I walked through the forest.

"5 minutes from Kuou, why?" Reaper asked from the other side.

"Find me at the city port, I have something for you." I said looking at the unconscious bodies of Kalawaana and Mittelt.

"Roger that, I'm on my way." Reyes said seriously.

Once I ended the call I turned to see Asia being carried by Rias and her friends, I turned to see the two fallen angels before I started dragging them.

"I just hope Carol or Amelie don't misinterpret this, otherwise something tells me that when I return I'll see black wings hanging on the ceiling." I said before disappearing into the shadows with the bodies with me.

---

Kuou Harbor, during the day, this place is always packed with fishermen who come to the shores between six and seven in the morning so they can land the fish they catch during the night before they are sold. The harbor was empty as expected, not a single person was present there, but if there was anyone even a fallen angel hiding, they would be able to see some sort of ship that was landing, the size of the ship was so colossal, that it could easily fit all the students of Kuou Academy.

The gates opened and Reyes slowly walked out of the ship before looking around.

"Benja, I'm at the rendezvous point." The man said seriously holding his shotguns.

"Right now, I'm using shadow travel." Reyes turned to look at a dark corner and could see me slowly walking out with the bodies of Kalawaana and Mittelt.

"Who are those girls?" Reaper asked seriously as I left the bodies on the ground.

"I made a grim discovery in the first few days of arriving in this city. This city is not being controlled by a criminal gang, but by beings called fallen angels. A few days ago I had a confrontation with a girl named Raynare where I took out the information she could give me, but days later I faced these two girls and a man named Dohnaseek, they were after a boy named Issei Hyoudou." I said seriously looking at Reyes.

"Why were they after that boy?" The man asked seriously.

"That's what it came to, but." I sighed nervously and looked at Reyes.

"Reyes. What I'm going to teach you is something you must keep secret, no one should know about this, not even the girls or any soul or ghost." I said seriously looking at the man.

"Explain yourself, Benja." Reyes said seriously looking at me.

I took a deep breath to calm down and then nodded. I let my tails, ears, and fangs come out, but then the man was speechless at the sight of me with dark, skeletal-looking wings.

"Issei was badly injured, after I threatened to kill one of the fallen angels with the shotguns you gave me, I went to help him, but then I fell unconscious. It turns out that, the fallen angels are not the only ones in this city, but also the demons. Rias Gremory, a girl I met at the academy and who I saw as a friend, told me that she knew everything I did, when I confronted her, she revealed something that I never wanted to accept and that in fact, I am still processing it." Reaper's eyes slowly opened from the impact and he looked at me in disbelief.

"She, transformed me into a demon." I said nervously seeing Reyes' shocked expression. The man sat on the ground pinching his nose.

"Rees please don't get angry." I said scared looking at the man.

"I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at myself. This is my fault, I should never have let you come here." I was shocked to hear what the man said as he stood up abruptly.

"Call Reinhardt and Ana, we're leaving Kuou." What the man said shocked me a lot and I approached him while he walked to the ship's computer.

"Wait, but what about the mission!?"

"Fuck the mission, I'll call Giovanni, I'll give him the order to find an antidote for you." Reyes said seriously walking to the table.

"Reyes stop it!" I quickly grabbed the man by the shoulders before he could make the call.

"I'm fine, I swear. Please you have to calm down." I said in a soft tone while Reaper dropped into one of the seats in the ship.

"We sent you here, with the mission to investigate what was happening in this city, and now you come out with what, now you're a demon? How did you expect me to react? Do Reinhardt or Ana even know about this?" The man asked seriously while I sat next to him.

"No, and to be honest. Seeing how you reacted, it gave me a clear signal that when they find out they will be scared or even worse." I said fearfully looking at the ground.

We both stayed in total silence, neither of us knew what to say about everything that had happened, everything was difficult, if not almost impossible to assimilate, especially in Reaper's case.

"I'm going to need a drink after this." Reyes said, massaging his forehead in annoyance.

"When I found out about this, I got angry too. I didn't know what to think now knowing that I'm a demon, in fact, even the idea of being a demon is very hard for me. For days I was struggling to think of a way to explain this to them, but every time I think about it, I don't know how they're going to react. I'm afraid that if I told them, they'd stop seeing me as I am, and they'd see me as a danger." I said sadly looking at the ground.

"Hiding it won't help either." I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned to see Reyes.

"Listen Benja, you've been with all of us for a long time, we've grown fond of your way of being and how you are, it doesn't matter if you're a demon now, I won't deny that knowing this actually makes me very angry, because it's my fault for sending you on this mission in the first place. But let me tell you something, being a demon still, will you still go to parties with Draculaura and the others? Will you still train with Momoyo? Will you still make videos with Hana and go sing with Squigly?" The man asked, staring at me.

"Yes, exactly." Reaper showed me a smile at my answer.

"You see? Demon or not, you are still our Benja, and that will not change at all." Hearing what the man said made me smile before hugging him.

"Thanks Reyes, I needed this talk." I said looking at him with a smile.

"You're welcome, but now I want to know, what do you want me to do with the two girls you brought?" We both turned to see Mittelt and Kalawaana.

"These two will help us get the answers we need, and also to find the leader of the fallen angels, Kokabiel." I said looking at the two girls.

"When are they going to wake up?" Reaper asked looking at me with slight seriousness.

"I injected them with a sleeping pill with a mix of muscle relaxants and morphine, they will be unconscious for three days. But when they wake up, I will interrogate Mittelt, Jack and you will take care of Kalawaana, but until then tell Zatanna and Kiriko to put magic blocking seals on them and if necessary put cuffs on their arms and legs for any attempt to escape." I said looking at Reyes with slight seriousness.

"Okay, I'll let you know when they wake up. And Benja." I turned to see Reyes who didn't know what to say to me.

"Please take care of yourself, okay?" I smiled and couldn't help but hug the man tightly, a gesture he accepted.

"I miss you too, I'll try to get the mission over soon." I said with a smile while the man nodded.

"Goodbye Benja, we'll be waiting for you. Don't forget our talk." Reyes said as I got off the ship.

Suddenly the hatch closed, I saw Mittelt and Kalawaana being tied to the seats of the ship by Reaper before he left leaving me alone on the dock.

"One thing less. One more to go." I said before starting to walk through the streets again.

Rias was staring at Asia, the blonde girl was lying on one of the couches sleeping peacefully, the redhead girl looked at the girl and then Asia rings in silence.

"Rias." The girl turned around in surprise to see me right next to her.

"Benja? What are you doing here?" Rias asked surprised looking at me.

"I have to talk to you about something very important." I said nervously but at the same time seriously.

"Couldn't it wait until tomorrow?" The girl asked curiously but I shook my head.

"No. Can we go to your room?" Rias stared at me and nodded as the two of us went to the redhead girl's room.

"What did you want to talk about?" Rias asked before closing the door.

"I feel like I wasn't completely honest with you, and that's not right. I didn't know whether to tell you this because, I didn't fully trust you. But what you did today, saving Asia for me. It's enough proof for me to tell you the truth about myself." I said, staring at the girl while Rias sat down next to me.

"Benja, are you really sure?" The red-haired girl asked surprised making me nod.

"You've told me about yourself and everything about the history behind the devil faction. I think it's time you know everything about me." I said looking at the girl seriously.

I don't know how much time passed, but I told Rias everything. My reincarnation, my adventures, the things I've done and lived, I didn't hide any details. The devil girl was shocked to know my whole life from beginning to end, Rias' expressions varied, from surprise and fascination, to sadness and anger, but still, the girl listened attentively taking advantage of every moment to ask a question that I answered.

"And that, is my whole life. But I can't tell you what happened days ago, that's confidential." I said looking at Rias while the girl was in shock.

"It's, impressive. If I hadn't witnessed the things you are capable of, I would have taken you for a madman or a liar but. It's simply incredible." Said the red-haired girl in amazement.

"Rias. What I just told you is something very serious, you can't tell anyone about this, I'm trusting you with something very important. Tell me I can trust you with this secret." I said seriously looking at the girl. Rias stayed silent and nodded.

"I promise, Benja. You have my word." I smiled upon hearing that and when I turned around I was surprised to see the time.

"Shit, it's already midnight!? Mom and dad will be furious, I have to go." I said nervously before running to the exit.

"Benja wait!" I stopped dead in my tracks and turned to see Rias.

"Thank you, really. I appreciate you being honest with me." I smiled a little at the red-haired girl's words.

"You're welcome, I still owe you one for what you did for me. Thank you, Rias, for showing me that I can trust you." I said smiling before running out of the room.

Rias walked to the door and watched me leave the building before transforming into a bat and flying away. The girl closed the door to her room before placing her fingers on her ear.

"Sona, you heard everything, right?" Rias asked with a smile before sitting on her bed.

"With all the details. This is shocking." The glasses-wearing girl on the other side said in amazement.

"It seems that my dear servant is more than just a pretty face." The red-haired girl said before starting to undress.

"Still, be careful in what you do, Rias. He doesn't know the truth and who knows what could happen if Benja finds out everything you're hiding from him." Sona said seriously from the other side.

"I'll be careful, I made sure that Kiba, Koneko and Akeno don't say a single word, besides, Benja was very useful in helping me get a bishop." Rias said with a smile before letting herself lie down on her bed.

"Rias, don't be so confident. Have you heard Benja's story? It's a miracle that you were able to put those four pawn pieces on him, if he finds out about this, I don't want to know what could happen." The glasses-wearing girl said seriously.

"I know, I'll have everything under control. Now it's better to go to sleep, tomorrow will be a very interesting day." Rias made the magic circle disappear before lying down on her bed with a relaxed smile.

"I can't wait for that day to come." Rias slowly let herself be overcome by tiredness and fell deeply asleep in the room, waiting for it to be daylight already.

---

That's it for today's chapter. I think this is the longest chapter I've written, but I didn't like the idea of making two parts. I hope you're enjoying the story and the others as well.

We'll continue with the DXD marathon and very soon it will be Danganrompa's turn.

I wish you all a good day, afternoon or night. See you later, bye Dattebayo