Why the Heck was I Reincarnated in DxD without a Cheat Power!? (High School DxD SI Chapter 5)
"Well, I suppose we should officially introduce you to the Occult Research Club." Rias said to Atsuko.
The Gremory King took everyone to the ORC building to regroup and strategized, on what they know about the Fallen Angels and Stray Exorcist group taking shop in the abandoned church.
In truth, Rias was just buying to think on how to deal with Atsuko Hyoudou.
"As you know, Akeno is my Queen." Akeno gave Atsuko a nod, which was returned. "Kiba is my Knight."
"It's good to meet Issei's sister whom we heard so much about." Kiba smiled and gave a gentlemanly bow.
"S'ub." Atsuko gave a neutral smile and nod. It was a normal greeting, but for Issei and Rias, they couldn't help but feel something was off.
While Issei doesn't actively listen whe Atsuko talks about boys, he figured that Kiba would fall under her "type". Yet to Issei who knew her well, it looked like she was actively trying to hold back looking...annoyed or disappointed-Issei wasn't sure-with Kiba.
Rias felt that Atsuko was acting too...low energy around Kiba, unlike with everyone else thus far. Maybe Atsuko just doesn't have an interest in boys? Rias decided to move on and ask those questions later.
"And finally this is Koneko, my Rook... And what are you doing, Atsuko?" Rias said with a hint of exasperation, as she raised an eyebrow at the eccentric girl's behavior when introductions came to the devil catgirl.
Atsuko was hiding behind Issei, using him as a human, well devil, shield between her and the petite Rook.
"Putting reasonable space between myself and the most dangerous person here." Atsuko stated like it was obvious.
"Atsuko, Koneko might be mean with her words, but she would never hurt anyone." Issei said.
"That's right, Koneko is a sweetheart." Rias added.
"Issei, has anime taught you nothing!" Atsuko hissed. "As a room of Devils, which one here looks the least imposing."
"Uuh, Koneko?" Issei said, to which the white-haired girl scowled a bit.
"And whose the strongest person here?"
"Rias-Buchou." Issei raised an eyebrow.
"Wrong! Obviously it's the person you least expect to dangerous. Someone you would overlook. You would look right over. Because they're short." Atsuko said. Koneko felt her eye twitch.
"Oh my Maou, Koneko is the most dangerous devil here!" Issei's eyes widened as he finally recognized the trope.
"Yeah. Rias-sama probably has to appease her daily, or she would devours us all. Who knows how Rias control this terrifying beast." Atsuko said dramatically.
"Grrr, give me sweets." Koneko seeing Atsuko's act, decided to play a long, now actively trying to hold a stoic face, rather than smirk.
"Here's another plate of cookies, Koneko-chan. But please eat them slowly." Akeno, already figuring out the byplay, had anothe patch on hand to play along.
"Grrr, you live for now." Koneko took a cookie and ate it.
The Hyoudou Siblings gasped in mock horror.
"How many bakeries had to be sacrificed, so the streets of Kuoh don't run with blood?" Atsuko asked.
"Thinking about it, I remember three closing last year."
Two of those bakeries had health violations, and the owner of the last came into an inheritance and went to Hawaii.
"Her hunger increases!"
"Grrr, and where is your offering, mortal?" Koneko stretch her hand out to the Hyoudou Siblings. Atsuko took a strawberry and cream lolipop from her bag and toss it to the small devil, who caught it. "Accepted. You live another day."
Koneko unwrapped the lolipop, put it in her mouth and looked to Issei like a mob-boss waiting her payment.
"I have nothing on me. Wait, Atsuko do you have more sweets? Lend me some." Issei said.
"Nope, I'm out."
"Grrr."
"I'll bring you some tomorrow, I promise."
"Hmm," Koneko nodded. The beast was appeased for now.
"Phew," Issei sighed before a though came to him. "Wait, Atsuko, if you thought Koneko was dangerous, why put me between you too? What if Koneko-chan didn't want to wait for tomorrow?"
"...Onii-chan, I wuv you." She said in a cutesy voice. "Your sacrifice won't be forgotten."
"Don't kill me off just yet! Hell, why is your first option, sacrificing me!?"
Rias smiled at the sibling antics, and as she watched she saw the rest of her Peerage relaxing and having fun with the Hyoudou's interaction. In her own roundabout way, Atsuko was making herself part of the group in a frictionless way. Rias supposed the girl can be socially savvy if she tried.
The only thing left now was whether she should take Atsuko in her Peerage or not?
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The answer was obviously 'yes'.
The Hyoudou Siblings were a pair. Or as Atsuko called it they 'ride or die together', which Rias thought was morbid, but cute. Issei nodding in agreement at that statement, just further cemented how close and strong the bond between the two was for Rias.
Also because while debating on reincarnating Atsuko or not, Akeno ended up pushing her hand.
"Rias, if you don't take the girl, I will actually go and take my Evil Piece Set from the Gremory Storage that I never expected to use, and make her my Queen."
Well that clinched it.
Atsuko Hyoudou was Rias's newest Bishop, because she was damn sure Akeno would in no way restrain Atsuko, but actively encourage her.
"Now everyone, be vewy vewy quiet. We hunting Wangels." Atsuko said as the group was sitting together peering at a wide screen tv connected to Atsuko's drone, that was being used to spy on the Fallen in the abandoned church.
As a recon exercise, Rias didn't mind it, and it gave her and Akeno ideas on how to improve the wards on their territory, as they never really expect someone to actively spy with modern equipment.
I didn't even know you can do that much with modern technology. ...Actually are drone that hi-tech commercially available? Rias wondered.
"Fallen Angels." Issei said grumbly, as Atsuko was sitting on his shoulders, while remote controlling the drone. Her reason being seniority, which the other Peerage members didn't see why Issei capitulated so easily to Atsuko, but it was likely an inside joke between the two.
"Hush now, Gregory. I need to focus."
"I hope you choke on the thin air up there."
"The higher I am, the better the signal with which I control the drone."
"That's not how anything works!"
"Magic."
"The drone is pure technology!"
"Comedy show, shush. Something is happening." Koneko interjected.
The drone was parked on top of the church's roof, where Atsuko cut off the engines of the wings. The spot was one that had a hole that allowed the camera to see down into the church, and right onto a Fallen's meeting. Lucky.
"...And that is how I'll do it." A black-haired Fallen said, apparently having finish relaying some sort of plan.
Atsuko pressed the record button.
"Good job, Atsuko, now let's see what secrets those pretty little bird will incriminate themselves with." Rias nodded, crossing her arms and legs as she leaned back on her place in the couch, between Akeno and Issei.
"Sounds needlessly complicated. Just kill the brat and get it over with." Said a Fallen in trench coat that made him look flasher.
"I can't believe I agree with Dohnaseek, but yeah. Just kill that virgin and get it over with. We have more important things to prepare for, don't we?"
The devil group paid more attention at that. While Rias may not personal go out of her way to protect the innocent like some hero of justice, the people of Kuoh were her responsibility. She would not allow the Fallen to harm even one.
"I dunno, we're gonna be busy the next few days, while trying to lay low from those pampered devil princess. Why not have fun with the Hyoudou boy before killing him?" Rias and the others now looked on in alarm at the video. Issei absentmindedly felt his shoulders being lighter. "Personally, I wouldn't kill him at the end of the date, I would draw it out till we're at a love hotel. We would get down and dirty and just before his release," the blonde in a gothic lolita outfit ran a finger over her neck. "I would end him. The look in his eyes would be so much fun. Wouldn't you say so, Raynare?"
"Absolutely not," the black-haired Fallen, Raynare sneered in disgust. "As if I'll allow a filthy human the honor of touching me. Playing pretend with him is far more than he deserves."
Rias and Co. tuned out the rest of the Fallen's planning as they turned to the calm yet shocked Issei.
"...Huh." The boy with the Sacred Gear said after a moment.
"Issei," Rias said, getting his attention. "That's not going to happen. No matter what my Peerage is my family, and I protect my family. I won't allow those Fallen to harm you."
"We're here for you. After all, we're comrades now." Came the supportive comment from Kiba.
The statement was echoed by Akeno and Koneko nodding as well, a serious expression on their faces.
"Thanks, I understand that. It's just, I can't help but imagine if their plan had happened before I met Rias-buchou and everyone. I'm afraid...I almost can't help but imagine that it definitely would have worked." Issei said, airing out this thought. "Actually thinking about it, Atsuko would interrupt the end of the date and my death, by throwing a bomb in that Fallen's face or something."
The group laughed at the joke making levity of the situation, before as one they realized one deadly detail.
"How come Atsuko didn't comment on all of this?" Kiba pointed out as he looked around.
"Wait," Rias's eyes widened in panic. "Where's Atsu-"
The sound of a car door slamming reached the supernatural being's ears, followed by the starting of a big engine.
""AFTER HER!"" Rias and Issei both found themselves shouting in sync, as they ran to the door.
The sound of tired scrapping against the ground, following by an engine's roar rang out of the school.
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"There she is!" Rias pointed out, as she and the other were flying and quickly managed to find the truck with explosives. "Koneko!" Rias called out for her Rook to grab the truck and hold it in place.
"I'll get it." Koneko said with a determined look, while her tone stayed calm.
"Atsuko, you need to calm down. I'm sorry but for your safety, if we must, we'll stop-"
BANG! ZOOOOOOM!
Fire exploded from the exhuast pipe, and the truck launched itself forward, out of the Rook's range before she could grip the truck from behind. The truck now moved far faster than the flying devils.
"HER TRUCK HAS NITROUS?!" Rias shouted in disbelief. She turned to her Queen, only to find her useless now due to her laughing her ass off. "Kiba!" Rias turned to the other Piece that can help in this situation. "Go after her and talk her down, stop the truck through any means, as long as she doesn't get hurt."
"Yes, Buchou." Kiba smiled and dashed off, far ahead of the chasing group.
"Rias, please let me Promote too. I know Atsuko, I can talk to her!" Issei shouted.
"She's heading to enemy territory, so approved." Rias shouted back.
[Promotion: Knight]
A voice shouted from Issei's Sacred Gear.
"Let's do this, Ddraig!"
[BOOST]
Issei blasted off after his lunatic enraged sister.
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"Atsuko-san," Kiba, ever the polite prince charming, spoke as he was running parallel to the driver window. "Please calm down and stop this. We can plan this out and deal with them effectively. So please turn around, or I'll be forced to-"
"Surprise Climax, you damn ikemen!"
Kiba lost his footing and slammed into the ground, rolling over a few times, as his senses were overtaken by pain-sheering pleasure.
"Seriously, why is that so effective?" Atsuko pulled her arms back from the window. "You would think someone would develop something against that a long time ago, or something. Pretty sure I'm not the first to develop a sex spell-"
"ATSUKO!"
A body slammed on top of the truck's roof, shouting and holding onto dear life.
"Passenger window! Get in, idiot!" She shouted back.
Atsuko however wasn't startled, and calmly opened up the window for her brother.
"How? You're driving too fast."
"Are you or are you not a Devil!? Fly in!"
"Oh..."
A few moments later, after some maneuvering Issei made his way into the passenger seat.
"Atsuko, you need to pull ove-"
"Under your seat, there's a backpack. Please, quickly get it for me."
Years of following his sister's orders so as not to deal with her whining, or worse "retribution"-Issei still shudders when he remember the mayonnaise'd turkey prank-had him move before thinking about it. Then he realized what he was doing, stopped...sighed and followed through, taking out the so-called backpack.
"Atsuko, that's not what I think it is, is it?" Issei held a a backpack, connected by a hose to a long gun.
"Yep, it's my personalized custom made baby. N.B.!"
"'N.B.'?" Maybe not a flamethrower? Issei hoped.
"Napalm Blaster!" Atsuko cried out with an excited grin as she swerved off the road and into grassy fields, taking an off road path to the destitute church.
That's worse! Issei thought in his head.
"Of course it is." He ended up saying with a sigh. "Look, you seriously," Issei jumped in his seat from the bumpy road, and Atsuko drifting between the trees, somehow avoiding hitting them. "Fucking hell, can you slow down!"
"Nope~!" Atsuko sang.
"Atsuko, devils that abandon their King end up labeled as a Stray. They get hunted down and killed. You need to turn back." Issei's voice then took a gentler note. "Please, for me."
"It's for you that I won't stop." The intensity in her voice threw Issei back. "Issei, they wanted to kill you. After toying with your heart. So no, fuck them. They don't get Rias kicking their asses and maybe offering them a chance for mercy. I'll burn them all before they ever have a chance to find out what happened."
"Atsuko..." Issei's eyes grew softer as he saw the side of his sister, that she rarely showed. Odd, that since interacting with the supernatural he's been seeing it more.
He placed a hand on her shoulder, to show he that he was there. She placed one of her hands on his, and the other held the steering wheel.
"I don't care about the laws of the Underworld. I don't care about the cold war between the Three Factions. They targeted you, Issei. Drew you into their bullshit three-way conflict. So no, fuck them. I'm not playing by their rules. I'll show them right from the get go. You leave us alone, we'll leave you alone. You fuck with us..." Atsuko's grin was demonic. "Hehehehe."
Issei sighed but couldn't help but smile. Yes, Atsuko's rambling was a bit wild and all over the place. Then again she had always been intense, maybe becoming a Devil made her concern for him even more so.
"Alright," Issei nodded. "Alright okay, let's do this. We'll face Rias's punishment together. After all, we ride together..." Issei smirked.
"We die together." Atsuko completed the saying, a grin of her own.
""Dragon Rangers for life!"" The two said together, quoting one of their favorite childhood shows.
Somehow the saying held more weight now, than it did when they were kids playing at being heroes.
"Now, Issei, I need you to do a spell for me."
"Atsuko, I'm pretty sure you're better at spells than I am. Heck, I've been trying since I became a devil, but I never manage more than a small effect. Something about having a small mana capacity." Issei frowned in annoyance at the reminder. He wasn't actively trying to rival Atsuko in the magic department, but...well maybe he wanted to a bit, since he expected her to get good at it, when she joined the Peerage.
"Another reason why you should stop jerking off, and hold your semen."
"It's not about that!"
"Hahahahahaha!"
The church came into view between the trees.
"Okay, Issei, listen to me, here's what we'll do. First can you Promote to Bishop."
"I already Promoted to Knight to catch up to you. I don't think I can switch."
[RESET] [Promotion: Bishop]
"Huh, that's convinent." Issei felt the charges in Boosted Gear vanish, before suddenly feeling his magic reserve increase by a lot.
[BOOST]
"Wow, this thing is awesome." Issei couldn't help grinning.
"Sweet! Now here's what you gonna do. See it's all about imagination and willpower to make the spell take form. Worry about magic energy later. Or rather the more clear imagine you have, along with will, the lower the mana cost. That's how it works, right?"
"I recall Akeno-senpai saying it like that, yeah."
"Welp, that makes it easy then. I need you to make a ramp for the truck to fly over and land from the roof ontop of the Fallen Angels. If we go from the front or from the walls, they'll fly up." Atsuko explained her plan.
"Okay, I'll give it a try." Issei closed his eyes and concentrated.
"Now imagine boobs-"
"Easily done!"
"Imagine them rising up from the ground. The curve of the long chest acting as a ramp all to reach the nipple. Visualize it, Issei. As if looking down on a pair of breasts from on high."
"I can see it!"
[BOOST]
The magic energy within Issei swirled, condensed and as Issei pointed his hand forward, launched out.
"BREAST HILL!"
A pair of bountiful breast rose up from the ground, elevating the earth, acting as a ramp for the speeding truck. Issei opened his eyes to see the result of effect, and smiled at his success.
"I did it!"
"Yes, you did," Atsuko took a brick from behind her somewhere, and put it on the accelerate pedel. "Now we get out!"
"Shit, how do we do that!?" Issei cried out in panic as the nipples were near.
"We fly, dumbass!" Atsuko took the flamethrower pack from Issei, and threw herself on his lap. "You do it, I haven't tried flying yet!" Atsuko kicked the door, almost surprised that her new found strength made it break and fly out of it's place. "Now go!" She shouted, not having time to be surprised.
"Got it!" Issei sprouted his wings and jumped out of the opening, just in time to see the truck launch into the air, and beginning to tilt downward.
Atsuko, held in a bridal carry with her flamethrowr in her arms, began to tear up. Issei was holding her while floating up, and backing away from the potential explosion.
"Fly on, dear Greezelda." Atsuko spoke in a solemn tone.
"Fly on, old friend, into the heavenly, actually I suppose, it should be 'hellish'?" Atsuko self-interrupted her goodbye speech before continuing. "A-hem. Fly on into the hellish arms of Valhalla."
The truck was now facing downward, as the packages it carried were falling forward, about to hit the church before it did. Unnoticed by the siblings, the bodybag with Freed in it flipped and fly higher from the momentum of the truck, landing toward the water tank installed by the Stray Exorcists in the rogue Fallen group to have clean water.
"May you feast with the heroes of old, and forever more, drive into the glory of ferocious fiery-"
CRASH! BANG!
The truck slammed into the church easily breaking the walls weakened by age and disrepair, going through it and finally exploding along with all the explosives it was carrying.
Issei was pushed back by the wind from the boom, but after a bit righted himself, and looking back with his sister at the burning building, filled with fire and screams.
"Huh." Atsuko clicked her tongue in disappointment. "You know, the movies really over sell how the protagonist gets to give this big, emotional speech while a sacrifice is taking place. But seriously, they have time to say shit, because they have slow-mo. I call bullshit. I want my money back."
"You know, that explosion isn't as big as I thought it would be." Issei noted.
"Honestly, me too. I thought with magic included as in the mix, the fires would be, I dunno, more intense maybe?" Atsuko looked through the flames noticing some winged figures running about in there.
"When did you add magic?"
"Used it as an activation mechanism for the explosions. It's not like I had a detonator after all." Atsuko chuckled.
"Wait, when did you have time to do that?"
"While driving over." Atsuko said with a raised eyebrow. "Devil Magic is much easier to use as I don't have to imagine every single equation for the telekinesis to activate the bombs. Just visualize how it would happen physically is enough. Drawing and graphic design really paid off." She let out a laugh.
"...You really are amazing." Issei huffed with a smile.
"Obviously." Atsuko said, while looking away, hiding her blush.
"We should probably run now, before the Fallen come get us."
"Maybe," Atsuko noticed a fire hydrant on the road in front of the church. "Or, we could really add magic to this fire." She said with a savage grin.
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Raynare's world was pain. Everything was on fire.
She and her minions were discussing how they will investigate and take out the potential Boosted Gear wielder, when suddenly a truck of all things crashed through the walls.
Everything burned, and the fire persistently held onto her and her Fallen companions, despite their efforts to push it off.
"WHO THE FUCK THREW A TRUCK OF NAPLAM AT US?" She shouted in fury, ignoring the screaming and horrifically dying humans around her. Only her Fallen comrades were worth worrying about, and while heavily injured, they were alive and just as pissed as she was.
Then they felt it, the magic of disgusting devils.
With purpose the four Fallen dashed outside to see two filty devils standing by a fire hydrant.
"That's it, Issei. Now realize that image! Bukkake the entire Kendo Club!"
"Fuel Blaster!" The devil holding the water hose pointing at them, had a magic circle at the opening. A devil that Raynare was suppose to be her target. Then small stream of water out hose change. It's smell was different.
The Fallen Angel's eyes widened in recognition.
"YOU-!"
The other devil blasted the water lever at full power, let the water, now turned fuel blast at full power and even stronger magic augmented pressure at them, throwing the Fallen back into burning church.
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The Hyoudou Sibling Devils were laughing.
"Issei, let's cross the streams!" Atsuko said while holding her flamethrower shooting napalm at the burning building adding to the fire.
"But that will cause total protonic reversal!" Issei grinned and laughed at his sister's joke.
"Hahahahaha, I love you, you fucking dork!"
"Love you too, sis!"
They crossed the streams of magic fuel and napalm onto the church.
There was a flash of light and heat and the fires exploded and completely devoured the building. The magic in all the burning elements and fuel just kept being added to, doing nothing but making the flame intensify.
And without a direction but growth the blaze devoured all life within the church, including the Fallen Angels and Stray Exrocists, add them to it's own.
Until the fire...
"Hahahaha, Magic Flamethrower! Make my fire grow!"
"Atsuko, I think we should stop!"
...Came to life.
"GRRAAAAAAAH!"
BOOM!
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Rias followed the loud explosions already knowing their source. They had to picked up Kiba on the way, who was a bit bruise from scrapping the ground, and the front of his pants were...ruined. Kiba was embarrassed and irritated at Atsuko for that. At least he was physically fine. His pride not so much.
As for her wayward Pieces, Rias was genuinely worried that the Fallen Angels would manage to kill the two inexperienced newborn Devils. Her beloved Peerage. Just as she got them, and was beginning to learn about them and live with them.
Now the Gremory Heiress realized she should have been worried about the collaorate damage.
"WHAT?" Issei was shouting while sitting on the ground holding a hand over his ear.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA! BURN! BURN! BURN! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Atsuko next to him was laughing her head off while spreading her hands like an ego maniacal villain.
"Rias, what should we do?" Akeno asked with an amused look.
"Buchou." Koneko looked at the blaze and back to Rias with a lost look.
"I...should I put that out?" Kiba asked uncertain, while pointing at the fire, that was now flowing in a tornado like fashion.
"...Heal Issei. Try and put out the fire how you can. Don't get hurt." Rias said in deadpan tone.
"And what about you?" Akeno asked, a smirk still on her face.
Rias took her cellphone. A magic version made by her brother to work at any range or distance, so she could order anything she wanted online whenever she wanted, and of course, call him whenever she wanted.
Rias pressed on the emergency button for Sirzechs Lucifer.
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Sirzechs rarely got calls from Rias during her school year time. Sure, there were parent visit day, or school events, but as his young sister was in her phase of wanting to be independent and prove herself, she almost never called him.
It made the poor Satan miss the days when she would cling to him.
So, it was with a smile that he paused his paperwork to read the message Rias had sent him.
(New bishop, wat do?)
Sirzechs raised an eyebrow at the odd short message. Is this what the human kids of this generation call Leet-speak?
The message had a helpful live video to accompany it.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! GROW BABY GROW!"
Sirzechs was greeted by the resigned and annoyed face of Rias in half of the screen, with the other half showing a black-haired girl laughing and dancing in the background, in front of remnants of church completely incinerated.
There was a boy, Sirzechs could see the Boosted Gear on his arm, trying to pull the manic girl away from the flames.
Flames that were now starting to take form as a living being.
The crazy girl, rather than be scared at the newborn elemental, just shouted in giddiness, with her arms spread above her head.
"HAIL SATAN!"
AN: Yeah I know, I said this was suppose to be the end of the arc, but...well you can't fix bad habits like impatience in one go. But yeah, the Fallen Arc is 90% done, unless I go for some big battle next chapter.