Episode VI
"Wolves of Another Pack"
There was nothing but total blackness. There were no sounds, no smell, and no boundaries. There was nothing.
But then, the black quickly disappears. Giving way to show an empty section of outer space that was surrounded by the light and dark clouds of a bronze colored nebulas, with other colors at that ranged from brown to yellow. Stars in the distance were visible, but didn't not twinkle in the vastness of the infinite universe, with not a single planet in sight.
Within a minute of the scenery sudden change, a light mass of light appears. The light then begins to dim before vanishing all together, leaving behind someone.
Standing there in the bronze colored vacuum of space was an elderly man with long grey hair flowing down his back and a matching beard of almost equal length, wearing an eyepatch over his left eye. His clothing consisted of a navy blue robe with short sleeves with long, white, loose sleeve sticking out, a circular hat with a pair of small white wings on it, and animal skin boots. In his left hand he held a gold spear with a trident like head.
The elder man looks around to his left, scanning the endlessness but finds nothing. He then turns his head in the other direction and does the same, only to find nothing again.
He breathes in a large breath, then lets it out in a loud sigh that was mixed with a growl.
To his right another mass of light appears, catching the elder's attention enough to turn his head towards it.
The bright light vanishes, leaving behind its own individual. This was a male as well, but looks anything but human. He had the body of a man, but the head of a falcon. He was a lot more muscular looking, with broad shoulders and a fit athletic body. The only form of clothing on him was a white skirt with gold accents around his waist and held up by a gold belt, leather sandals, and gold bands around his triceps. Holding close to his chest with both hands is a gold ankh, the Egyptian symbol for life.
Then another light appear and the two beings turn towards it.
There now stood a slim, blue-skinned human with six arms. Much like the falcon-headed man; the only clothing on this one was a pair of slightly darker blue, baggy-like pants with orange accents that was held up by a gold belt, a gold neck choker that cover most of his neck, and a tall, helmet-like, gold headpiece. He was sitting cross-legged, with the top arms were outwards with his pointer figures touching his thumbs, the middle hands were put flat against each other, and the lower arms resting on a gold bow with an equal colored quiver in his lap.
The three remained where they were, glancing at one another, with the exception of the blue man who had his eyes closed.
"I must say," the elder man said with eyes closed, "it's been any millenniums since we've met in this one realm." He opens his eyes and looks at the falcon-headed man. "How do you do, Ra?"
"I'm rather well, Odin," answered Ra in a strong voice. "Is Asgard as peaceful as when we left it?"
Odin lets out a weary sigh and rubs the side of his head. "It's as safe as I hope it'll be. Loki as made a few attempts to take over, but we're able to handle it."
"Your continuous love for your son is most admirable." The blue man then said in a soft tone. "But I must ask when enough will be enough?"
"I don't think the two of you called me to this place to talk about my own problem, Vishnu. Now what is it that you wish to speak of?" Odin said defensively right before his persona did a complete 180 and a perverted smile form. "I've got a three o'clock special at the titty-bar."
The other two sweat dropped and felt their eyebrows twitching in annoyance, knowing the Old God's habit of being a pervert. They soon regained their serious persona. "You felt the power surge too, right?" Ra asked, causing Odin to drop his perverted self and focus on them.
"Yes. I have." Odin looks down slightly and side grins. "Who would have thought that the sword we created for that shogun would fall into the hands of the Devils."
"Not entirely." Vishnu said, opening his eyes to look at Odin. "The descendent of the Emperor and his son, Samurai Jack, died one night by a rogue Fallen Angel." He then points up a matter-of-fact figure. "It's my knowing and understanding that the daughter of Gremory was the one to revive him."
"So it's Sirzechs' hot baby sister, huh?" Odin strokes his bread as his perverted side coming back. "Girl's heart is as big as her tits, that's for sure."
"I ask you to take this serious," Ra said firmly to him with a harsh stare. "This could potentially be a major problem if the other two factions find out about this. You've felt it when the Sword's power was unleashed. It was mixed with dragon power and a small amount of Devil aura that it's hard not to notice. What if they find out that one of the Four Great Satans' sister has the Sword under their command?"
"So far no actions were taken by the Angels and Fallen Angels," Vishnu explained raising one of his many hands. "They did contact one another and Sirzech did explain that the current bearer of the Sword is a Pawn of Rias Gremory, but all three agreed to keep it a secret for now."
"It's not so much the young Gremory or the other factions I'm concerned with." Said Ra crossing his arms. "It's the First Legion of Darkness, as well as the more fundamental priests of the Church I'm worried about."
"Aku's followers?" Odin looked puzzled at him. "We thought they've disbanded. After the family of Jack hid it from the word, they've given up on finding the Sword."
"I see you mean, though." Vishnu stood up with his bow in his lower arms. "If the First Legion was to feel the power of the Sword, then they could resurface," He interpreted, then places a hand on his chin. "As for the Church, it's not without reason that they'll try and get him to hand over the Sword in the name of God. But they'll need the approval of their superiors to go after it, not if they want the risk of being labeled as rogues."
"I think it's best that we let this new carrier handle things." The other two looked at Odin as if he was crazy, but listens as he continued to explain. "We left the Sword in the hands of mortals for centuries. What makes this any different? Plus, from what we know, this Kenny Kurosawa is a skilled and heartfelt warrior of his own. But I believe that having him a part of one of the factions is a benefit to the Sword's safely."
"It'll place him in more danger!" Ra argues indigently, trying to also reason with Odin. "Having that Sword is dangerous, but being a Devil is just adding twice the trouble."
"And what's wrong with that?" The elder man suddenly said. "We have no place in this new world. Our time has died off. I say that this is the time for new legends and stories. The journey Samurai Jack took was riddled with dangers and perils. Who's to say that the current bearer wouldn't face similar dangers?" His grin returns. "I want to see just how this young man handles them."
None of the other Gods said a word as they looked away to think about the situation. It's true. What could they do, take the Sword away? That could complicate things more. Besides, they entrusted the pure weapon to a mere mortal and that man entrusted it to his son. Now the samurai has placed the Sword in the hands of this young man.
Vishnu and Ra look back at Odin. "What are the chances that he'll live?"
Odin smirks. "50/50." The two other Gods sigh and smile in defeat.
"Very well," said Ra before turning around and walking away. "If you believe the Sword will be safe with the boy and the House of Gremory, then I'll put my fate in him. Just as I had with the Emperor long ago." The ancient Egyptian God disappears in a flash of light.
"As will I." Vishnu states with a smile. "I've looked into this boy's heart and I feel he's the one we can entrust the Sword to now." The Hinduism deity then vanishes as well.
Only Odin was left standing to the empty. A side smirk formed when he remembers having a conversation like this when Aku was released and all agreeing to create the sword for that emperor. Ironic, is it not? In truth, the Old God did wonder what the future will hold for Kenny Kurosawa and if he'll truly be able to stand against the forces of evil in the supernatural world. He closes his and sighs, thinking to himself that only time will tell.
The Norse God disappears.
The bronze space implodes on itself and the scene returns to nothing. Nothing but blackness.
Kenny lets out a yawn as he rubs his eyes while awakening from his sleep. Smacking his lips together, he then looks up at the ceiling of his room. The sight of the light blue coloring of the ceiling coming back and seeing out of the corner of his eyes the fan spin meant that it's the morning.
He stares at it for a moment before directing his eyes above his head and looks upside down at the wall behind him. Hanging above his bed's headrest on the wall was a sword display mount that he'd bought recently. And on it, the Sword in its black scabbard.
It's been a whole mouth since the events of the Church and the end of Raynare's terror. In that time, a lot of things have not just changed, but also slowed down for the Occult Research Club. Rias only had Kenny, along with Asia, on flyer duty. Handing out flyers to potential pact makers. It wasn't how Kenny would describe a thrilling activity, but he felt the slow pace of the days more easy and breathable.
One of the changes was he's now able to enjoy his new school and put more effort in the class, unlike previously when he mainly focused on getting used to his new life, fighting off the Fallen Angels, and learning more about the Sword. With him now being in the time twenties in students' grade average.
The biggest change was Asia being a Devil now. She was adapting to the life of a Devil rather well, and the former nun seemed to be really enjoying her time with the peerage. She would often try to pray by mistake, which resulted in a headache, but other than that Kenny was happy for her.
The next big change had to deal with Rias. Ever since she 'experimented' with Kenny by sleeping with him at night—no sex—the redhead seemed to always sneak into his house and lay down with him in bed.
Speaking of which, Kenny looks to his right and blushed deeply to find the very same beautiful young woman lay there in her usual spot, wearing only her birthday suit. But with her arms around him, one of her long legs around his, and her breasts sandwiching his arm. He stared at her for a solid ten seconds, not helping himself from taking in her beautiful details, before returning his mind to the situation. He doesn't mind when she was like this, in fact, he liked it and would cuddle with her some nights, but he was really starting to worry.
It was one part of the change dealing with Rias. Whenever he saw her alone and/or had no one talking to her, she would be in her own thoughts. Lost in her mind, thinking about something with a look of seriousness. Kenny would have to either raise his voice to get her attention or place a hand on her, and when she can to her senses she just switch to a different subject. Rias seemed no better at night. About midnight, she'd either be trembling or sweating or even in tears while mumbling words about something taking her away in her sleep. This would often wake Kenny. After seeing her in the distressed state and wanting greatly to relieve her of the suffering, he started to cuddle with her every night to ease her. At first she would stiffen and try to push him away, but a second latter and Rias would be hugging him back tightly until she calmed down.
It scared him really. Rias has always been a confident and passionate girl, while being an imposing and powerful Devil. Being able to escape her grasp, Kenny sits up and looks down at the redhead. What could possibly be taking her attention away and trapping her in her thoughts? What could make her so scared at night?
Kenny smiles sadly and reach a hand to her gorgeous face. Careful to avoid her lovely lips and snow-white shin that was so soft to touch, he bruises lock of stray hair away from her closed eyes. He may not have known what was bothering Rias, but he was going to do everything in his power to help her. He was her samurai after all.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
"Kenny, Rias, time to get up." Karen's voice called from outside the room. He turned his head to the door before looking at his clock which reads 9:03 AM. Looking back the beauty sleeping next to him, Kenny decides to let her sleep in a little more and quietly steps over her curvy body and covers her up again. He gave her one more smile before going for the door.
Silently opening and slipping out, Kenny quietly closes the door. He lets out a sigh with his hand still on the handle.
"Everything okay?" The older sibling turns his head to the left and sees Karen in a pair of blue shorts and a purple sweater, with a white hair clip that had a cartoonish skull on it on the left side of her head. It was a present that he had bought her many years ago.
"Huh?" Kenny asked, confused by what she was mainly talking about.
"You and Rias," Karen clarified with a worried look in her eyes. "Is everything okay?"
He looks at her for a second before turning his full body towards her, but directs his head way and looks back at the door. "Yeah, everything fine between us." He answered with a hint of uncertainty.
"Yet something's still wrong." Karen said, knowing her brother like any sister would and knowing he was bothered.
"Yeah." He narrows his black eyes that his pupils seem to disappear in the matching color. "But I not the one who's mainly bothered."
Milk was poured into a bowl of cereal before coming to a halt.
"So Rias has been transparent and having nightmares for most of this month?" Karen asks while setting down the milk jug, after Kenny explained what's been going on with the mentioned girl.
"That's right." Kenny continues while grabbing the carton of milk and pours it into a glass cup, with buttered bagels in front of him. "Whenever I asked her, she just brushes it off and goes to a different topic. At night, whatever it is, it's seems to be haunting her."
Karen brings up a spoon full of cereal and eats the cereal in it. "Maybe it has something to do with her family."
He looks up at her confusingly. "Her family?"
"Yeah, her family?" She confirms the question and continues to eat as she talks. "I mean, she has to have a family, right? If she was the heiress of some powerful household, then that must have her busy and worth much of her thinking power to figure out a problem."
"Enough to make her have nightmares?" Kenny raises a doubtful eyebrow at her.
"I don't know why you're complaining." She shows him her all too familiar mischievous smirk. "You two get to sleep in each other's arms." Karen then hugs herself and wiggling her body side to side, simulating her next words. "The warmth of your body meshed together with nothing but a tank top and boxes between you and her lustful body. The breasts of your king against your chest and breathing her hot breath on your neck. Those long beautiful legs and arms around you, pulling you closer—"
"Okay! Okay! I get it!" Kenny finally stops her, his blush turned red with every word as they were already setting a sexual fantasy in his head.
"Hahahahaha!" Karen laughs for a moment before stopping and smiles, looking at him with eyes filled with understanding and wisdom. "But in all seriousness, I say let her come you when she's ready. You and I don't know what the life of a high-class Devil is and I think that by continuing to comfort Rias in her time of need is all you can do. Also, by continuing to sleep with one another, you'll continue to gain her trust and she'll be really to tell the truth sooner."
The older sibling stares at her with slightly wide eyes. Kenny couldn't help but feel a new respect towards his little sister. He didn't really think about her idea, mainly because he was worried about helping Rias. He couldn't force her to tell him, but he couldn't let her continue to suffer like she was. 'Maybe she's right. There's nothing I can do now. I'll just wait and Rias will tell when she's ready.'
Knock! Knock! Knock!
The sibling's attention was caught by the knocking on the front door. "Who could that be?" Karen asked with a curious expression.
"Don't know," Kenny said with a bit more serious look and stands to his feet. "You go wake up Rias, I'll answer the door." Nodding to her brother, Karen quickly goes to the stair while Kenny walks over to the door. He cursed to himself for not having the Sword with him, not knowing if before that door was a threat or not. Stopping at the door, he looks through the peephole. He lets out a relieving sigh and opens the door with a newly formed smile.
"Hi Kenny." Asia greeted with a big smile, standing on the porch in her nun clothing, without the cross. Rias told her that she had to get rid of it now that she was a Devil and having it around would bring her pain. She wore the nun outfit because it was the only thing, other than her school uniform, she felt comfortable in. Plus, they were the only two things she had to wear.
"Hey there, Asia." Kenny returns her greeting, but then notices some that confused him. Looking up from her, he sees Akeno, Kiba, and Koneko standing behind Asia. Each with moving box in their arms. "Uh, hey guys." He said with an unsure tone. "What's with all the boxes?"
"Ah, good, Asia's here." Looking over his shoulder, he finds Rias in her usual school uniform approaching from behind before stopping two feet from him. "Come on in and set those in the living room, please."
"Wait a minute." Kenny cuts in before the others went through with her orders. "Rias what's going on? Why do the others have moving boxes?"
Rias smiles at him. "Because I've decided to have Asia live here with you."
His expression turns to shock. "Huh!?"
"Asia's going to be living here!?" Karen exclaims for the stair steps with just as much surprise as her brother.
"That's right," Rias confirms to the Kurosawa siblings. "I felt that since she felt the most comfortable with you, that she should live here with you and your sister."
Kenny gives her a deadpan stare. "And I get no say in any of this?"
"Are you disagreeing?" Rias asks suddenly with her hand on her hips, smiling confidently. "I'm also placing her here because I felt that she'll be better protected with you. I'm not just stationing her here, I'm placing Asia in your care. Is that understood, my cute samurai?"
Kenny glances between Rias and Asia, who was giving him an embarrassed expression that also said that she hoped he agrees. He then looks back at Karen, who simply shrugs her shoulders. He lets out a sigh and gives the blonde girl a defeated smile. "Okay, you can stay."
"Really!" Asia exclaims with excitement and happiness before giving him a strong hug, surprising Kenny. "Oh, thank you! Thank you! I'll do my best to make you happy!" She snaps her eyes open and realizes what she was doing, turning her face red as a tomato.
"Ara ara. What a bold girl you are Asia," Akeno compliments with her usual smile.
"N-n-no, no! That's not it!" Asia quickly pushes herself away and waves her arms frantically.
Kenny laughs a little, then looks back at the other members. "Well, come on in," he said, stepping aside to let them in. "We'll get this done much faster if we all pinch in." Giving him a smiling nod in response, the rest of the Occult Research Club enters into the house. With the last person in, Kenny then processes to close the front door. He stops half way, however, when he notices Rias just standing there with her head slightly tilted down with a transparent expression. Deep in her own thoughts as the breeze of the outside comes through the doorway and brush her hair a little.
"Rias?"
Her head snaps towards him, a little surprised when he calls to her. Rias lets out a sigh and gives him an apologetic smile. "I'm sorry. Let's get her room ready. Tomorrow's her first day of school." The redhead quickly turns and leaves to join the others, leaving Kenny alone to himself.
"Yeah." He said a little sadly and closes the door completely.
—(The next day)—
Asia stands in front of Ms. Keane's classroom with a shy and kind smile and her hands together. "Hello everyone. I'm Asia Argento, and I'm the new transfer student. I hope we all become great friends." She finishes by bowing her head.
"Whooooaaa!" The entire classroom suddenly cheers in wonder and excitement, mostly from the boy population.
"Wow, tiny over there is a hot momma!" Matsuda exclaims with a large, loony smile that had lewd written all over it.
"[B78-W55-H81]!" Motohama exclaims to, but in a calculating matter.
Kenny sweat drops as he stares at them. "What the hell does that even mean?"
"The one with the glasses is able to measure a girl's body by the size their breasts, waist, and hips." Akeno explain while leaning towards him, causing a disgusted and annoyed look on his expression.
"Why does that not surprise me," he murmurs.
"Why it's a pressure to meet you Asia," Ms. Keane said with a bright smile. "How do you like Japan so far?"
"It's scary and fun at the same time, as well as confusing, but I was so lucky to have found and made friends with Kenny." Asia said without a shred of regret, or even noticing Kenny's panicking expression. Waving his hands at her to get her to stop. "He was even kind enough to let me live with him."
"YOU DID WHAT, KUROSAWA!?" The male students all yell at him, looking between enraged and shocked.
'Why me!?' Kenny whines in his head. He then notices Matsuda and Motohama suddenly surrounding his table, looking angrier than the others.
"You bastard!" The bald pervert exclaims. "Why do you have to be so greedy!?"
"It's bad enough that all the girls like you because of what you did to us!" Motohama said before look of revelation forms on his face. "Yeah, that's it. Since we're the ones who boosted your popularity, you should be helping us with chicks!"
"Yeah that's right!"
"That's enough, you two!" Ms. Keane's loud tone almost made everyone jump from their seats. Turning towards her, they all could feel the furious aura coming off her. "Stop harassing Kurosawa now, or its double the detention; after I caught you peeping in the girl's locker room." The duo shiver when a menacing smile grows on the teacher's lips. "Who knows; I'll even invite the Girl's Kendo team to join me. Maybe even let them punish you two in their own way."
Matsuda and Motohama both scream in fear like little girls, with tears flushing out of their eyes. They then run back to their decks while repeating "We're sorry".
"Damn." Kenny said, still surprised by their usually kind teacher's darker side.
"She does have to deal with them and many other boys like them," Akeno said, with both of them feeling sorry for Ms. Keane.
—(Later that afternoon)—
After they returned home, Kenny and Asia finished their homework. Now they were heading towards the school to meet up with the other in the Clubroom.
Kenny was glad to find out that the blonde was finding her new school life enjoyable. Within a few seconds, Asia was friends with many of the girls in the classroom. Not many of the boys tried to talk to her, mostly because of the fact that she was almost always in the same room as Kenny. And they were scared of him.
This didn't surprise him that much, considering what he did to the two perverts and that he scowl was frightening to look at. The black eyes and long black hair combined made Kenny look like a battle-hardened warrior—which was too far from the truth—or made the other boys accuse him of being some hardcore punk.
But despite the bad rumors he'd get from the male students, the girls all seemed to acknowledge, respect, or adore Kenny. He was even given his own title; Kuoh Academy's Samurai. The name was mostly because of the shinai bag he seemed to always carry with him, even though he wasn't a part of the Kendo team like Kiba. This seems to have gained suspicion from two lead team members of the Girl's Kendo team; Murayama and Katase.
The nickname seems to have awarded him a lot more popularity and attention, something Kenny didn't really like to have. He even remembers an event that convinced him that not even some of the female students were normal.
—(Flashback begins)—
It was one of those boring days of the weekdays. When classes seemed to just drag on and you couldn't even take notes as the teacher lechers. And that was the half way point.
Kenny had to control himself from jumping out of his chair when the lunch bell rang. Gathering his things and heading for the exit, he was stopped when someone suddenly got in his way and said, "Hold it, Kenny Kurosawa!"
Everyone in the classroom stopped and turned their attention towards them. He was a little puzzled when it turned out to be a slender, brown-haired girl wearing pink glasses. Her hair was done in pigtails on both sides of her head and bangs that covered most of her forehead, gold eyes, and thigh-high black socks.
"Yes," Kenny asked, still a little confused by her, "can I help you?"
The strange girl forms a grin with her glasses reflecting light. "I'm Aika Kiryuu, and I just wanted to know one little thing." She places a pointer finger and thumb on her right leans-frame and looks downward, making Kenny feel a little unsure of what to do. She suddenly looked shocked and backed two steps away. "It can't be…"
"What?" Kenny asked, now starting to feel uncomfortable. Kiryuu then falls to her knees and leaned forward. He follows her eyes' direction and was shocked and horrified to find she was staring at his crotch.
"… It can't be…"
"Hey, will you cut it out!?" Kenny exclaimed with a red blush, covering his private area with his hands. But Kiryuu grabbed both of his wrists and forced them away, before bringing her head even closer to him. "Hey! Knock it off!" He now tries to push her by the head away from him, creating a rather sexual scene for the other students.
Then, Kiryuu instantly lets go when blood explodes from her nose, creating a rocket propulsion that sends her on her back.
Kenny, with a wielded-out expression, looks down at her as the weird girl seemed to be unconscious with her eyes rolled back and a large smile formed with drool spilling out.
A full second passed before anyone said anything. And much to his confusion and embarrassment, it was all the other students; with the girls sounding excited and the boys sounding mad.
"NO WAY! HOW BIG IS HE!?"
—(Flashback ending)—
Kenny blushes with embarrassment and shame when he remembers that moment and the image that the student's must have been treated to. It turned out that Aika Kiryuu is a pervert too, having the ability that allows her to calculate and measure a male's manhood size just by looking at him. Which explains why an enraged Perverted Duo explained her to him.
"Kenny?" Said person snaps out of his thoughts and looks at Asia, who looks at him a little worried. "Are you okay?"
He smiles and scratches the back of his head. "Yeah, I'm fine." Kenny then looks ahead and sees that they were only a few feet away from the old schoolhouse.
Entering the building and walking up to the second floor, the two then walks into the Clubroom.
"Hey you two," Kiba greets them with his charming smile. Koneko only nods and resumes eating her sweets.
"Hello everyone," Asia said.
"Hey, how're you guys?" Kenny asked.
"Not too bad, really," Akeno said, walking into the room with a tray of fresh tea. "We're just waiting around to be summoned." Kenny nods and looks at the office desk, finding Rias sitting there with her head on her fist and looking upwards at empty space.
"Rias?"
The sound of his voice snaps her out of it and makes her turn her head towards Kenny and Asia with an apologetic smile. "I'm sorry I spaced out there, it's been one of those days." She said before looking at the blonde girl. "Asia."
"Yes, President?"
Rias stands from her chair and places a hand on her hip. "I think it's time for you to level up as a Devil." Both Kenny and Asia were confused by her words until the black-haired male realized what she meant.
"I think she means it's about time for you to start making pacts with clients." He explains it before looking back to his master. "Are you positive she's ready?"
"Of course!" Akeno said happily. "When it comes to magic powers, she almost as powerful as me." That surprised Kenny as Koneko nods, agreeing with the black-haired beauty.
"I didn't pick a slouch when I revived her." Rias proclaims with a proud smile.
"Besides, we've had requests for this client before and she'll be perfectly safe." Kiba assures Kenny, as he looked uncertain able letting Asia go off on her own without his supervision.
"Um." Asia looks down with an unnerving expression. "I don't know. I'm still new and don't know what to do."
"I'll go then," Kenny said, surprising the others a little bit. "Asia's right: She's inexperienced and doesn't know the city all too much. I'll go in her place."
"Are you sure Kenny?" Asia asks.
"Of course, besides, I still haven't made a pact yet. This'll be good for both of us." Kenny responds with a confident smile. "Whatever this person wants or needs, I think I can handle it."
It's been three hours since Kenny left, and in that time Kiba was the next to leave after he was summoned by a client, no doubt a female. Koneko took Asia with her to her summoning, hoping that she would gain experience from watching the white-haired girl perform her task. Then Akeno was off on her task, leaving Rias the only one left in the room.
The red-haired beauty was now standing in the built-in shower, letting the hot water fall on her lovely snow white skin. Steam fills the atmosphere, cloaking most of her vixen figure, as the water flows between her large breast, down the curves of her body and long legs. Her hair became brighter and shinier, seemingly deflating and stinking to her form. Rias made no attempt to wash herself, only leaning against a hand placed the white wall while looking down at her feet, deep in her thoughts.
About five minutes of standing there doing nothing, her blue green eyes widen when she heard a vibrating sound to her left. Looking over, she saw it was her cell phone buzzing. Rias lets out a sigh and walked over to it, away from the falling water, and looks at the screen.
The screen shows a black background with her red family symbol rotating. Rias blinked in surprise and confusion. "A contract? This late?" Then the phone buzzes as someone calls her. She presses answer and brings it to her ear. "Hello?"
"Hey Rias, it's me."
"Kenny." Rias said, pleased to hear the sound of her Pawn's voice. "How did it go?"
"(sigh) You know, even since I came to this school and met you, I feel like the strangest things just keep happening. With some of the strangest people."
Rias couldn't help but giggle after hearing that. "It comes with the job description," she said with an assumed smile.
"Yeah. Basically the client was a muscular, cross dressing, cosplayer that at first wanted me to grant him magical powers so he could be a real… magical fairy princess, I think? Anyways, I couldn't do it and then the guy just wanted to watch some anime. It wasn't too bad, but it's my cup of tea. But I wasn't able to make a pact."
Rias let out a sigh. "Well, I'm disappointed to hear that," she said, mistakenly sounding disappointed.
"I know, and sorry for failing again."
She felt bad for him. All he wanted was to make her proud and now Kenny was down for not being able to complete the task. Then an idea pops into Rias' head. "You know, if you want to, there is something that you can do for me."
"Sure, what's up?"
"I was given a contract and I'm afraid that I can't make it in time, since I'm in the shower. I need you to fill in for me." She then holds the phone with both hands and types on it. "I'm sending you the location."
"… Okay, I got it. It's a ways to go from where I'm at, but it wouldn't be a problem."
"Okay, hopefully it's a fast one."
"Alright, bye."
"Bye-bye Kenny." She hangs up the phone and leans back against the wall, wondering if she should have done it herself. Or even it was the right thing to do. Rias knew that Kenny was able to handle himself, but didn't like the idea of having Kenny stay out longer than necessary. She still blames herself for all the times he was attacked, but knew that nothing could have been done. But it was all good now. Raynare and her Fallen Angels were gone now, and the possibility of him getting attacked were slimmer now.
He was safer now.
"Big surprise, I let her down." Kenny said sadly to himself as he rides in the direction of the client. The houses of on both sides where blurs as he pedals the bike down the street to the east at a fast pace, with his long black-hair flowing in the wind. He looks open with a more determined expression. "But hopefully this one will prove to be better."
After about five minutes, Kenny finds himself entering the downtown part of Kuoh.
At first, Kenny just looks ahead of himself as he rides on. But then his head raises up and his eyes grow wide when he found himself being given a wonderful, betaking view of the city's neon lights and glowing building all around him in the night's atmosphere.
Last time he was chased by Raynare around the city and only remembers blurs of the lights. Now he was able to see the city at night in all its bright beauty.
From signs of food places flashing and flickering on and off, to the advertisements on the large display screens on the buildings showing the latest phone and the newest movies.
Almost everyone around him, including Kenny himself as he looks up at it all, seems like nothing more than silhouettes of themselves. Their colors overtaken by the lights all around them. Even the casual lights in the shops, restaurants, and office buildings seem to just give the town he now calls home a little more character to it.
"Wow." Kenny said breathlessly with a big smile while witnessing the amazing lights. The devise on his handle blinks yellow, telling him he was at the destination. Stopping the bike to a halt, Kenny looked to his right was surprised to see it was a large, towering, office building. With a sign that said 'Future Robotics'.
Starting from the bottom, Kenny's eyes travel upwards at the front side of the building. At first he thought it was empty, as this building was dark inside, only to see a few windows with the lights on at the top floor.
Narrowing his eyes, Kenny slips the shinai bag on and parks the bike on the sidewalk. Locking it on a bike rack, he looks back up at the light. Standing there, he takes in a breath and walks towards the front entrance. Walking up the short series of steps before coming to the door.
Entering into the building, Kenny was a little surprised that no one was around the lobby. The inside was dark with no lights of any kind on, with the exception of the lighting from outside. Looking all around him, hoping someone would have heard him come, Kenny found there were no night guards, with made him feel a little unconformable.
At this point, he had enough and calls out, "Hello?"
There was no answer.
"Hello? Is anyone here?"
Again, no one answered his calls. Kenny glances around the large lobby, feeling a little anxious as he remembers the last time he was in a dark and silent building. He met Freed, they fought and he reunites with Asia, but then the house burns down, but they made it out alive. Now he felt like he was in that same situation again, and it was unnerving to think about things turning out that way.
But his glancing stops when he spots an elevator in the back of the lobby, with the door open in a way that seems inviting. His eyes narrowed again. 'No time to feel uncertain, got to finish the job.' He walks over to the elevator, with his footsteps echoing all over the room.
Stepping into the elevator, Kenny presses the button for the top floor. The doors close, and he waits while being lifted up to his destination.
Standing almost awkwardly, Kenny looks around the small enclosed box he was in and waits as patiently as he could. He takes in a deep breath and lets it out. 'Okay Kenny, remember what Rias taught you. Be confident and always try to please the client.' Looking down at the button panel, he saw that there were only a few more floors to go. With nothing better to do, he leans back against the wall and crosses his arms. Only twenty more floors to go. Kenny then strokes his chin as a thought pops into his head. 'You know; Rias has talked about her being a family member of a prestigious house, alongside Sona. But if the two of them aren't the only Devils, are there others out there? Surely the Gremory and Sitri families aren't the only ones.' He lets out a sigh. 'I wonder if I'll meet any other Devils in the future.'
Ding!
Snapping out of his thoughts, Kenny looks to see the doors opening, giving way to the highest floor. Taking in another deep breath, he steps out of the doorway and walks into a long corridor, with five doors on both sides with what appears to be a waiting area at the very end with the lights on, and a pair of large wooden doors.
He takes two steps forward.
CRUNCH!
Quickly jumping back, hitting the bottom of the shinai bag, and grabbing the handle of the Sword as it pops out, he lands on his feet and looks down with a panic expression. To his relief, however, it turns out to be a piece of paper.
Tracing his eyes sight upwards along the floor, he surprised to find the most floor littered with papers and documents. Kenny stands up straight again with continuous wide eyes while letting go of the Sword's handle. He just stays there for a minute to take in the confusing scene. He then turns his head towards one of the first door to his right. Looking at for a second, he proceeds to walk over to it with cautious steps. Stopping before it for a quick moment, he grasps the handle and slowly opens the door, which made no eerie sounds.
Walking into the room, he was quite astonished to see it borders between disastrous mess and just an empty office. There were only two or three papers on the floor, with the computer gone—most likely explaining the broken hole in the window—and the file cabinet was all pulled out. But there was nothing else. Nothing on the desk, no personal belongs, pictures, certificates on the wall, or even a book.
"What the hell," Kenny said quietly to himself before stepping backwards and closes the door behind him. After a few seconds, he takes his hand away for the nob and turns his head to end the hallway again. Figuring he wasn't going to find answers like this, he walks even down that direction, trying to keep as calm as possible.
He walks into the waiting area and looks around. Looking left, Kenny takes in the sight of the company's name and logo made out of bronze. To his right, at what he could only conclude to be the secretary's desk, he found it to be empty as well. But with the computer still intact.
On the desk was a stack of brochures, with Kenny helps himself to one. Looking at the front cover, he finds the name of the company with their slogan, 'To Create The Next Advancements', over a picture of a little girl's hand in a robot-like hand.
So this is a robotic industry? Kenny shook his head to clean it, focusing back on the job. He throws the brochure away and approaches the large wood doors. Stopping before the door, he takes in a breath and grabs the gold handle. He pushes the door open and…
"YOU DISGUSTING PERVERT!"
…quickly shuts it at the last second, right before something large hits it from the other side with a loud thud.
About three seconds later, Kenny opens the door again and pokes his head in. The doors lead to a large office room with meters of open space and fine tile flooring, a large green in the middle of the floor, fine wood covered walls with a few large pictures hung on them, and a large desk at the other end of the room in front of a large window.
Looking down, he was surprised to see a short man on the ground, curled up while holding his stomach in agony. The man looked to be in his later fifties or early sixties, with dark-gray hair, wearing an expensive business suit and shiny black dress shoes.
Kenny couldn't help but say, "What the?"
"And who might you be?" A sudden feminine voice said in front of him. Looking up, Kenny couldn't stop his blush and wide-eyed expression from forming as he was left speechless by the sight of the person. Or rather people.
Standing in front of the desk, many feet from Kenny and the man were three very attractive young women, around his age, with the one in the middle bringing her leg down after finishing a high kick. While they are all very beautiful, the black-haired teen's blush reddens when he fully observes them.
The one who performed the kick was a well-endowed girl that appears to be of Chinese descent, with shoulder-length black hair and blue-green eyes. Her hair has two Chinese style buns on both sides of her head, while the front features bangs that form a slight V-shape across her forehead. Her outfits consists of a navy blue qipao with gold accents, with a sash around her stomach, black armguards on her forearms, and black, low-heeled shoes. The qipao was open at the chest area, giving view to her breast and cleavage, as well as a split down the left side to show off her long, left leg.
The girl on the left was wearing a headband that goes across her light brown hair and forehead, and green eyes, and an equally endowed body as the Chinese girl. Strangely though, her outfit consists of a full set of silver armor with black accents that appears to be a cross between a European knight and a Japanese samurai; with chest plate, gauntlets, greaves, hip plates, and shoulder guards. She was equipped with a broadsword and a dagger, both of which are held with brown belts slung across her hip, with the sword slung on her left hip and the dagger located behind her hips.
The last girl on the right appears to be the tallest and most mature, with short, light brown hair with three red highlights across and grey eyes. The feature that stood out the most with a plain white mask which covers the right side of her face. Her outfit consists of a black jacket and matching jeans. The jacket has wide shoulders and a wide collar, and features three leather straps on both her arms. It's also slightly open, revealing her rather-large breasts and cleavage, and cuts off at her midriff. Her jeans have a section, on her right pant leg, that's cut off to reveal some of her thighs and rear end, and also features three leather straps on her calves, just below the ankles, and two extra straps on her right pant leg to keep it in place. While also sporting black fighting gloves and boots.
Kenny snaps out of his daze and looks back at the man on the ground, as he groans in pain while trying to get back up. He then looks back at the three girls with a serious look. "You mind telling me why you assaulted this man?"
"That's none of your concern," the one in armor said in a hard tone. "And you yourself hasn't answered our question."
The man soon gets to his knees while holding his stomach with one arm. "You…," he struggles to speak through his teeth, as he lifts his head up to glare at the girls. "You wrenches… How dare you attack your client?"
Kenny glance at the three. 'Client? Does that mean they're Devils too?'
"What did you expect would happen when you tried to grope me, you asshole?" The Chinese girl exclaimed while shielding her large breast.
"That was a part of the service I was going to ask for!" The man yells standing back up again. He then turns his attention to Kenny. "And who the fuck are you, boy?"
Kenny tries to keep himself from scowling and remains calm. "I'm a Devil from House of Rias Gremory," he answers with a bow. Unbeknown to the two males, the female Devils were surprised to hear what he said.
"He's part of Rias Gremory's peerage?"
"He doesn't like much."
"Looks can be deceiving."
After a moment, Kenny brings his head back up and stares at the man. The older man just looks at him from a second shocked expression. That look turned to anger as he glares at Kenny.
"WHAT KIND OF BULLSHIT IS THIS!?" He explodes in rage, pointing an accusing finger at Kenny face and continues to rant. "This is the first time I've ever summoned a Devil, and I've been waiting for a sold twenty-five minutes and you're not even a girl! I asked for one of your female members and this is what I get? You were taking so slow that I was forced to call upon another Devil group! What kind of rip-off is this!?"
"Sir," Kenny said while continuing in an attempt to keep his cool. "I'm sorry to disappoint you, but most of the other members are on jobs and my master was busy with her own thing."
"And that makes it acceptable?" The man exclaims. He then calms down a little and leans forward a bit, looking over Kenny from head to toe. "I guess this can still work." He then takes out a cigarette and a lighter. After lighting the smoke and flipping the lighter closed, the nicely dressed man places in in his mouth and points at the girls. "Do me a favor a hold one of them down."
The teen's eyes widen with indigence. "Wait, what!?"
"You heard me, boy!" The man snaps, getting in Kenny's face with a scowl of his own. "Listen, I've had the worst day of my life. My entire business was ruined in one day, one business choice that turned out to be a lie and bankrupted me! The moneys' all gone. The workers all left. I'm ruined! That's why I tried to summon your master, but I end up with you." He looks over his shoulder at the three girls with a smirk that Kenny found himself unconformable with. "That's when I remember also hearing about their peerage. You couldn't get here quick enough so I couldn't help myself with going ahead a give it a shot."
Kenny's eyes fill with disbelief when he put two and two together. "You don't mean…"
"Why not," the CO said with a disturbing grin before turning his whole body around towards the girls, who glares at him with disgust. "Nothing a little sexual graduate can't fix."
"What do you think we are," said the masked girl, "prostitutes?"
The CO shrugs his shoulders churlishly. "Maybe not." He points at them. "But you are Devils, right? You need to make contracts and pacts with human to survive. As a client, I'm offering to make a pact with you girls, but you must give me your services." He starts to step towards them, while the girls remained where they are, not backing down. "And I'm also going to make a pact with this young for help me with the fun we're going to—"
WHA-SMACK!
The CO's face turns to an indescribable look before falling over unconsciously.
The surprised girls look down at his body as he lies there on his face, before looking up at Kenny holding out his right with the shinai bag in his hand. His face carries the same scowl, but with more of a deadpan expression mixed with it, after he knocked the man over the head.
Dropping his arm and letting out a frustrated sigh, Kenny shakes his head with his left hand over his eyes. "Should have known this wasn't going to be good," he said somberly to himself before turning around to exit the room.
"Hold it right there!" Kenny looks back over his shoulder to see the knight-like girl approaching him with a serious expression, which seemed to surprise even her comrades. Stopping half way from them and him, she places a hand on the pommel of her sword. "Although I'm thankful of you for your actions, I can't let you go, servant of Rias Gremory."
Kenny looks shocked at her.
"Honestly Karlamine," the masked girl said irked while rubbing the left side of her forehead, "we just thanked the guy now you wish to fight?"
"It's bad enough that we had to be helped out by a stranger, you know." The Chinese girl said with equal annoyance.
The one known as Karlamine doesn't take her eyes off of Kenny as she responds to her fellow Devils. "Have you two forgotten? This one is a member of the House of Gremory. But not only that." A smirk forms on her. "He also the one Lord Riser was talking about."
The others' eyes widen for a brief moment before an intensely serious expression covered their faces.
"You mean the one with the mysteriously powerful sword." The Chinese girl asks as she walks up to join her comrade, with the last one following her lead. She then smirks at Kenny confidently. "This is truly a lucky moment for us. Why not see what this little emo got."
Kenny could feel his brow twitch. 'Just because my black hair's long doesn't make me an emo!'
"While I don't agree with what both of you are asking to do," said the masked girl in a more serious tone, but couldn't help but let a small smile out, "I too am curious by the powers of this boy."
Putting the bag back on his back, Kenny holds out both hands to try and reason with them. "Hold on a second. Don't you think this is a little over the top or something? First of all, why do you want to fight me?"
"It's nothing personal." The Chinese girl said, smirking with her left hand on her exposed hip. "It's just something we thought would please our master."
"That's right. My name is Karlamine, and I'm a Knight." Karlamine introduced herself as she pulls out her broadsword and gets into a fight stance. "As a fellow sword wielder myself, I challenge you to a duel!"
The masked girl soon introduces herself; "My name is Isabela, and I'm a Rook."
The Chinese girl lastly introduces herself; "My name is Xuelan, and I'm also a Rook."
"We three are proud servant Devils of the House of Phoenix!" Proclaimed Karlamine, pointing her sword at Kenny. "Now defend yourself!"
In an instant, the Knight charges at him with incredible speed with a battle cry, sword raised above her head. Kenny reacts quickly and jumps out of the way, just before Karlamine brought down her weapon. The broadsword cuts into the door with a great amount of force and power to also break the whole thing in half.
Landing on his hands and knees, Kenny looks up to see Xuelan standing before him. Smirking down at him with her hands on her hips, the dress-wearing girl quickly kicks her left leg high up before bringing it down on him. Seeing the attack, Kenny rolls away to the right.
SMASH!
To his absolute astonishment and terror, Xuelan's attack destroys the floor, breaking through the hard tile and creating a dust cloud as pieces of flooring flying everywhere.
Not even given a breather, Kenny turns his head left to see Isabela charging at him with her fist cocked back. When she throws the fist forward, aiming of his head, the male Devil quickly dodges the attack. Isabela punches at him again, only from Kenny to dodge again. On the third swing, he instead catches the fist with a hand.
Suddenly his arm felt like it was breaking as the force and strength behind Isabela's punch was strong enough to make Kenny recoil. Letting her go, Kenny backs away to look at his hand. He was surprised to see the palm was red and a few small cuts on it, no doubt from the gloves she wore.
"HYAH!" Karlamine charges at him again. See no other choice but to fight back, Kenny hits the bottom of his shinai bag, making the Sword's handle pops, and grabs it before swiftly pulling it out.
CLASH!
The two blades clashed against each other, causing sparks to fly off, as their owners pushed against one another.
Spotting something to his right, Kenny ducks down before Xuelan's flying figure, with one of her legs out in front, could hit him. Once she lands, the Chinese girl charges at Kenny herself, as Karlamine jumps to avoid a slash directed at her chest.
Kenny quickly promotes to Rook as Xuelan comes closer. Stopping about two feet away from him, she spins herself around and aims a roundhouse kick at his head. Kenny was able to block the attack by raising an arm against it, cringing from the hard impact behind the kick. The now seemingly kick boxer unleashes a series of lightning fast kicks at him, making Kenny dodge side to side to avoid them.
Xuelan suddenly lowers herself low to the floor and swipes Kenny's legs out from under him.
"Ah!" Kenny yells out in surprise before he lands on his back. Opening his eyes, he sees both Xuelan and Isabela in the air coming down on him. Kenny quickly rolls to his stomach and leaps forward before the Rooks' punch the floor where he once was, destroying it. He then quickly gets to his feet and stands in a fighting pose again.
The four Devil just stood there in the CO's office.
The girls didn't look anyhow affected by the fighting, but Kenny couldn't help but pant slightly with two beads of sweat forming. He may be a Devil, but deep down, he was still a human.
"You a lot better than you look," Isabela compliments him with a smile, gaining her a confused and surprised look from Kenny. "You're definitely not a push as you seem."
"Uh..." Kenny stares at her, unsure what to think of her change in character. "Thank?"
"Maybe so," Karlamine said with her body language saying she was still was still looking for a fight. "But you only drawled out your sword. You still haven't brought out you Boosted Gear."
"Alright, that's enough!" Kenny exclaims, swiping his left hand across with an irritated look. "How is it that you know of my powers and the Sword?" He then demands, point the weapon at them.
Xuelan steps out of her fight stance and leans to the right with and places a hand on her left hip. "It's because one month ago, our master, along with most of the high-class Devils of Hell felt a great surge of energy from the surface." She answers him with a more serious expression. "The next day, he took it upon himself to send a spying bird to spot the cause of it, leading it to you. He concluded that the power came from both yourself and that sword."
"But by what we see now is that you haven't even brought out your full power." Karlamine states, seeming to be insulted by that fact. "However, I see that the only way to draw out that power, is for us to make the first move."
Kenny looks at them in confusion, but his expression gradually turned to shock by what he's now seeing. Karlamine's broadsword, Xuelan's legs, and even Isabela's arms were suddenly covered in blazing fire. The two latter's didn't look at all in pain, while the blade of the sword did scorch or change in any way.
"It's time to turn up the heat in here!" The Knight uses her speed and rushes at Kenny. Seeing her coming, Kenny readies his own sword to defend himself. But then Karlamine suddenly jumps up, reliving Xuelan running just behind her. He was given no time to react when she sends a hard, fast kick in his stomach, causing him to cry out in pain for both the impact and the burning flames he felt.
Kenny was sent flying back in the desk, colliding into it hard. Isabela then rushes at with her fist cocked back. Opening his eyes, he saw her coming and rushed forward himself. But suddenly Karlamine appears in front of him, much to his surprise, and slashes at him.
CLASH!
Luckily he was able to block the attack. But then the masked Rook flips over them and land behind Kenny.
POW!
Striking a punch into his back.
Kenny grits his teeth to keep the painful scream from coming out. Karlamine uses the moment to cut down the left side of his chest.
SLICE!
"AHHH!"
Jumping back a few meters away, the three girls then rush at him with great speed and attacked with their own fighting style. Karlamine raises her flaming broadsword, then brings it down. Xuelan brings her left up and binds it back to her stomach, then thrusts it forward. Isabela brings her fist, then swings it forward.
[Boosted Gear!]
CLASH!
The Sword blocks the broadsword.
CLAP!
The Gear catches the fist.
BAM!
His right leg pulls up to block the kick.
All four Devils froze in place as Kenny stands in the middle, continuing to block all three attacks. The girls stare at him with wide eyes filled with disbelief, stunned by his sudden ability to react so quickly and intercept all three attacks.
After a few second off time seemingly freezing, Kenny takes action and Promotes to Knight. With the help of the Sword, he pushes Karlamine's sword away, then takes his leg away from Xuelan's before slashing across her stomach, cutting through her dress and exposing her flat stomach while leaving a red cut on her. Tightening his hold on Isabela's hand, he swings her around and throws her at her comrades. All this done within a second.
The Knight and Rook both felt the second Rook slam into them and sending them to the floor, with Xuelan clenching her teeth from the pain of her wound. Isabela pushes herself off them and stands up to glare at Kenny, followed with Karlamine with her raising her blade. Xuelan was the last one to stand, holding her lightly injured stomach. "How did you do that," she demands. "We outnumbered you, and yet you were still able to fight, even with all those blows."
Kenny simply stares at them before speaking. "After all the things I've been through in the past." He said with his determined filled eyes. "Having all those close calls, only to come back stronger and more determined. I not one to just let myself be killed so easily." He points the Sword at them. "My name is Kenny Kurosawa, and I'm a Pawn."
But right after he said that, something behind the shocked girls, out the window, catches his attention.
It looked as though seeing someone lighting a match. Then another one. Then two more.
And those matches were coming closer.
'What the—'
KA-BOOM!
All of a sudden, a missile comes through the window and explodes on impact with the ceiling, throwing the girls on the floor. Kenny throws his arms up to protect him from the falling and flying rubble, but was sent falling down by the explosion of another missile coming thought and impacting the ceiling.
BOOM! BOOM!
Then the floor jumps up as two explosions erupted from underneath. Kenny was soon yelling while the girls scream when the very floor beneath them collapsed, sending them rolling down and falling down to the floor level below.
"Ow." Kenny grunts on his back before trying to sit up.
"What was that," Isabela asks while standing back up as the others were getting up too. But life wasn't too kind to them when a hail of bullets scatters through the window and fires into the room from outside, forcing them to get back down. Luckily Kenny saw the bullets coming from somewhere outside, but from below the floor level they were at, causing the rounds to only pass over their heads.
"COME ON!" The girls look at him as he gestures for them to follow him. Kenny gets off his ass and runs away from the gunfire and rushes towards the elevator door. Not even thinking twice, they got up and ran after him, right before another short series of explosions destroyed the area they were.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
When they reached the elevator, Kenny rapidly presses the button as fast as he could. "Come! Come!" He said angrily, but when he looks above the doors, he was surprised to find out it's going down and not up. "Why the hells is it going down?"
"That bastard must have snuck out while we were fighting." Karlamine said with a frustrated snarl.
"Then we'll have to take the stairs." Isabela said before running to the door of the emergency fire escape.
"Wait, hold on!" Kenny calls out, stopping them. "Can't you just teleport out of here or fly away? If we go down to the floor level, we could be running right into them."
"That's the point." Karlamine said, much to his astonishment. "We'll show these scumbags what happens when you mess with Devils from the House of Phoenix!" And with that, the female Devils continue their way towards the stairs.
"God dammit!" Kenny curses before going after them.
Little did they know was that the CO never left the top floor. He was at the elevator doors, jabbing the button as sweat runs down his scared face. "Come! Come!" He yells before bashing against the doors. "Why wouldn't you fucking work!?"
"You can blame me for that."
Whipping his body around towards the voice behind him, the man's expression turns to shock and terror.
SLICE!
In a swift flashing motion, the CO's head was sent off his shoulders into the air. Blood gushes out from the open neck like a geyser as the body falls to its knees. The head soon lands on the floor and rolls for a bit before stopping, still showing the same terrified from a second ago. The body final tumbles forward and hits the ground.
The pool of blood spreads all around the now dead man. It then reaches something tall and black a few feet from the body.
Standing there while looking down at the corpse was a man dressed in a black robe that covered his whole body, with the hood over his head, and his face covered by a white kabuki mask with red markings. In his right hand was a blood-dripping, silver sword that looks like it was one whole piece of metal; a long straight blade with no handguard leading down to a handle that was curved slightly and no wrapping or design on it.
The killer just stands there, not doing anything other than look at the man he just murdered. He then holds out his arm. His hand and sword swiftly retreat into the long sleeve before his hand pops out without the sword.
He brings his arm to his side and looks up. Looking over his shoulder, the killer looks upon a small percentage the destruction. One of the wooden doors was knocked down while the other one had crashed into the secretary's desk. A spider web of cracks came from the doorway, as it seeps black smoke from it, with chunks and pieces of wood and the wall littered all over the floor.
"It would seem that those things have done a number on this place." The killer said rhetorically as he turns his body completely around. "But the target is most certainly not dead. No matter. If he does die, then it'll be all too easy. That's unless he manages to beat them." He starts walking towards the smoke. "And if that's the case, I'll have to step in." The killer then disappearing into the shock.
Down on the bottom floor near the lobby, the emergency fire escape door opens and Isabela, Xuelan, and Karlamine rush out of it. Not even thinking twice, the girls turn left and runs towards the front doors.
Just before the fire escape door closes, Kenny quickly swings it back open. Panting heavily and sweating from chasing the girls, the teenage boy steps out of the stairway room and looks around. "Damn it." He whispers in frustration. "Where the hell are they?"
Spotting one of the front door and seeing it was closing, Kenny concludes they were outside and ran towards it. Ramming his body against the door, he exits the building. Taking a few steps into the night, he stops and spots the girl Devils standing there at the bottom of the stairs under a street lamp. But as he stares at their back, Kenny could tell that they're staring at something in front of them.
Raising his gaze upwards to see what it was, he found himself astonished and breathless as well. With his wide eyes not leaving the thing and his jaws hanging, Kenny steadily walks down the steps as the Sword hangs in his hand. He soon stands between Isabela and Karlamine, and their faces too were filled with shock by what they were seeing, not knowing how to react to this.
Standing side to side, with an inch gap between themselves, across the street on the sidewalk, were nine robots. Nine tall humanoid robots with broad and strong upper bodies and a slightly skinny waist and legs. Their faces, while not completely human-like, were blue with a black visor and two red circles used for eyes. Each one was dressed in the same clothing, which consisted of a black trench coat with a high collar over a black dress-shirt, a red necktie, a black fedora hat, black dress pants with white lines around the pant legs, and black and white dress shoes.
The Devils stare at the robots in shock and with a sense of fear. While the robots just stand there staring back at them.
The one in the middle's eyes glows brighter.
To Be Continued….
{Playing Shine by Mr. Big}
[Instrumentals] The opening fades into the inside of a dark room with the moonlight coming from the window. The light moves against the wall, turning the areas that become covered by it a light blue. As it gradually shifts, it soon reveals the handle of the Sword, as the weapon leans up against the wall. The light then touches the unsheathed blade, causing it to reflect and shine off the metal.
[I never really feel quite right] Kenny, wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans, was out at night standing in an open plain with a few trees behind him. His hair flying in the wind and his hands in his jean's pockets as he looks upwards, the green grass under and around him flowing against the wind as well.
[I don't know why, all I know is there's something wrong] The scene stays like this for a moment, before switching to present a close up of his face. Showing an expression that tells the viewer he was deep in thoughts, as his black eyes weren't focused and his lips were parted a small bit.
[Every time I look at you, you seem so alive] High up on a white balcony in the night time, Rias stands there in a white sundress, with her arms on the railing as she leaned on it while looking up at the moon. She face carries a bright smile as her vixen figure is seen slightly through the dress as it and her elegant crimson hair flies in the wind gracefully while glowing into moonlight.
[Tell me how do you do it, walk me through it] The scene changes to show different images. The first was of Akeno as she smiles sweetly at the viewer in a lovely kimono, holding an umbrella in her arms with her in a bun. The next image is of Kiba as he stands in a gym, wearing Kendo equipment and the mask tucked under his armpit, giving the camera his charming smile, while in the background were many girls smiling at him back with hearts in their eyes.
[I'm following every footstep] Koneko's next shown, sitting on the sofa in the clubhouse with a piece of chocolate in her mouth, looking at the viewer blankly as she holds up her hand in a peace sign. The final image shows Asia in her nun outfit, brushing a few stray hairs behind her right as she smiles brightly, while standing in the park with the playground behind her.
[Baby on your own you take a caution step] Returning back to Rias, the camera shows her up close from the left side, with twinkling stars shining in the background. Her bright expression turned to a sad look as her gaze fell. She placed a hand on her left breast and sighs with her eyes closed.
[Do you wanna give it up?] Her eyes opened, but only half way. Showing that she's hurt in some way and sadden about something.
[But all I want is for you to SHINE~] Rias then turned her head to the left and a surprised expression appeared on her face. The scene changes to a white surrounding and the camera moves upwards, showing Kenny in his average school uniform, with his back facing the camera, the Sword in his right hand, and the scabbard in his left as his long black hair flows in the wind.
[SHINE~ down on me] The camera zoomed out to show Rias, now naked, staring at Kenny's back with her right shoulder facing the viewer and her head turned towards him.
[SHINE~ on this life this life that's burning out] A side angled view, and Kenny now is seen facing Samurai Jack, whose ghost stands a few feet from him. The camera focused on Kenny face for a movement, before switching over to Jack's. The samurai gives him a smile and disappears. Kenny lets out a sigh with his eyes closed, as he was now standing on a cliff as the sky turns orange in the afternoon.
[SHINE~] Rias, now fully dressed in her usual school uniform, walked up to his right and places a hand on his shoulder. Kenny looks at her as she gives him a smile, then Akeno comes up and stand with him too. Then Asia, Kiba, and Koneko.
[SHINE~ down on me] Kenny smiles fondly at them for a moment, before his expression quickly turned serious and he faces forward. The others do the same, readying themselves for battle.
[SHINE~ on this life this life that's burning out] The scene changes to show their backs and zooms out to revival Aku's towering silhouette before them, with the setting sun behind his head.
[SHINE~] The image then changes into a watercolor-like painting. Then everything fades out, as the song comes to an end.
Narrator: "On the next episode of The Red Dragon Samurai…."
Karlamine: "What are you!? Answer!"
Kenny: "WATCH OUT!"
Isabela: "They're still coming!"
Sona: "How do we fight these things?"
?: "You can't hide forever, you know."
Narrator: "The Red Dragon Samurai. Updates coming soon."
Rias: "You're not lone this time. This time, I'll fight with you, my cute samurai."
Narrator: "Only on ."
I'm finally done with this episode! Yay!
I like to say I'm sorry for the late update. This was not the easiest one I've written so far. Not because I didn't like it, it's because I had no idea how to do the real kick off to the arc. I knew I wanted the gods to make an appearance, and while I was thinking of having Rossweisse be introduced soon than in canon, I decide to wait until that time in canon comes. I wanted for Kenny to have a sweet moment with a sleeping Rias and I wanted to write about Asia moving in with him and starting school. I even wanted to have that one funny moment with Kiryuu. I just couldn't think of a way for Kenny to meet Isabela, Karlamine, and Xuelan. I need a way to get them to meet without straying too far from the canon story and say that Riser sent them to challenge Kenny, while also being involved with his adventure. But after thinking and many trials and errors in my head, I found a way. And best of all, it ties up with the rest of the arc.
Plus that April Fools thing didn't help with motivation. I love Rick and Morty, it's one of my most favorite modern cartoons and the episode was awesome, but that was just a mean prank.
This is the first episode of my first original arc; the Assassin Arc. Feature all too familiar characters from Samurai Jack.
There is no update to the harem. Not until Kenny meets the girls I've been requested. I'm just leaving the list up on all episodes to be like a reminder.
Harem; Rias Gremory (Main Girl), Akeno Himejima, Asia Argento, Koneko Toujou, Xenovia Quarta, Irina Shidou, Sona Sitri, Tsubasa Yura, Kuroka Toujou, Rossweisse, Ravel Phenex, Yubelluna, Isabela, Karlamine, Xuelan, Serafall Leviathan, Gabriel, Yasaka, Tiamat, Le Fay Pendragon, Seekvaira Agares, Elmenhilde Karnstein, and Kiyome Abe
Also, I was thinking of putting into the story an opening. Not like an anime opening song, I'm talking about an opening like the new Samurai Jack intro, only different and it'll have different dialog to fit the story. If you guys like this idea, let me know and I'll do it. And if you want, I'll even add in an ending song for the DxD part. This way I'll balance out this crossover with an opening fitting of Samurai Jack and an ending fitting of High School DxD.
And so that concludes this episode and the first one of the Assassin Arc. It's not going to be a long story arc, but I'll make sure to make as thrilling as it can be. Anyway, please review, favorite, and follow the story in you like it, and I'll be updating as fast as I can. Have a good day.