Merry Christmas!
Ortho was having fun. To be fair, he almost never got to cut loose and not give a damn too much about casualties. Any sense of amusement and good mood dropped when he saw IDIA thrown to the ground, his body severely damaged.
Dead silence, as everyone registered the broken circuitry which turned to cold shock.
Rather than feel the hot pull of incandescence rage, Ortho felt oddly calm. He stared at the broken body of his baby brother, and he felt nothing but cold, calculating fury.
He stared at the smug bitch who had tossed his brother's broken body to the ground with nothing but the knowledge he would rip her body apart before the end of things. He could care less about the human mages...he would end this thing before the night is through.
Ortho held out his right hand and calmly intoned his signature spell.
"Game, Set, Match...Path of the Underworld."
A truly massive spell circle formed above him, his hair glowing a fiery red from his anger. And then...it happened.
Loud, piercing cries filled the air as Greek furies began to pour from the portal Ortho had opened. His two pups, which he still had yet to name, came out snarling, ready to rip any potential enemies to shreds. They looked in much better condition than when Kokabiel summoned them.
Ortho looked the woman who had essentially destroyed IDIA's body dead in the eye and said in ancient Greek.
"End the usurpers."
The human mages didn't stand a chance in hell. They weren't expecting actual furies to be summoned, much less the two Cerberus pups.
Everyone looked at Ortho, then in unspoken agreement stared at Azazel, who had already gathered IDIA's body up.
"What?"
"Why is Ortho able to control monsters straight out of Greek mythology?" asked Sirzechs slowly.
Azazel blinked.
"Did I neglect to mention he's a demi-god of Hades' bloodline?" he asked.
"What," said Rias, twitching.
"Ortho is a demigod related to Hades. Not entirely sure how direct the connection is, but it took me about a year to pinpoint which god he was related to after I adopted him," said Azazel with a shrug. "Hell, IDIA only confirmed it, because only a select few pantheons have the capability to give sentience to objects."
Pandora being the most famous example in mythology.
Rias looked at the furies that were literally ripping apart the human mages under the direction of Ortho. The woman who had been so gleeful about tossing IDIA's body in front of him was facing an enraged Ortho who was giving her no quarter.
Seeing him gut the woman was particularly satisfying. However such a wound was unlikely to kill her right away.
"Nii-san is really angry," said a tired, but familiar voice.
Everyone turned to Lilac.
"IDIA?" asked Koneko.
Lilac...or rather IDIA waved a single wing.
"I was routing my data through one of the special satellites during the big meeting, just to be safe. We didn't know if someone would take offense to the live stream or not. When my physical body was rendered inoperable, I cut the stream," explained IDIA.
"So...what you're saying is that you're not dead, you're just disincorperated at the moment," said Sirzechs slowly.
"Close enough!" agreed IDIA. "I'm mostly just a ghost until Nii-san rebuilds my body again!"
"This is so weird. So who gets to tell him IDIA is fine?" asked Issei.
"Eh, pretty sure he already knows that," said Azazel.
"Then why is he so angry?" asked Asia, worriedly.
"His little brother was gravely injured to the point he can't use his body to interact with the real world normally. Wouldn't you be super pissed if your family was hurt that badly?" said Azazel.
"...If anyone hurt my So-tan that badly, they wouldn't even need a grave. I'd straight up vaporize them and anyone who participated," said Serafall dead serious. Sirzechs nodded in complete agreement to that sentiment.
Ortho was just being a good big brother and eliminating a threat permanently for harming his family.
"Oi brat!" Azazel called out. "Reign in your friends already! It's getting annoying having to shield everyone from the collateral damage! And call off those blasted dogs!"
Ortho flipped him off, but did at least send the monsters back. The only one left was the high ranked devil anyway, as the humans had been eliminated in short order.
Without any hesitation or remorse, Ortho finally had enough fun playing with the hag, and simply beheaded her with his own personal light saber.
Ortho would be in the worst mood until IDIA was repaired.
So he was even less amused when Vali decided now was the time for a bit of teenage rebellion.
He was going to give his dear senpai a tongue-lashing...or would have, had Issei not gotten involved. Ortho would be very happy once this nonsense was over.
~*~*~*~~*
Ortho was busy creating a new body for IDIA. After that mess of a meeting between the three factions, an official Truce had been instated. What had begun as an uneasy peace had become something a bit more real. With any luck and a lot of work, they could make the arrangement permanent.
Azazel had all but thrown his credit card at Ortho, and told him to buy whatever he needed to rebuild IDIA. Ortho had taken the gesture for what it was, and had immediately gone trolling the supernatural side of the internet for all the highest quality tech he could find. At least he wasn't restarting from scratch, and he had been meaning to give his little brother an upgrade anyway.
He had found some really sweet gear from Twisted Wonderland that had circuitry capable of using magic, and IDIA had been wanting to learn that for ages now.
"So...how's the Chobit coming along?" asked Issei.
"IDIA is closer to Major Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell than Chi from Chobits," said Ortho absently. "Also placing the power switch there was downright ridiculous, and made no sense whatsoever."
Issei snorted in agreement to that. Ortho paused to look up.
"Wait. How do you know what a Chobit is?" he asked confused. "I would have thought a perv like you wouldn't be a fan of Clamp."
Issei laughed a little nervously.
"One of my clients as a devil is obsessed with magical girl anime, and when I mentioned Ghost in the Shell he introduced me to it," said Issei.
Ortho stared at him.
"Is this person a rather buff guy who goes around cosplaying as Miracle Levia-tan?" asked Ortho slowly.
Issei stared back at him incredulous.
"How do you..."
"Who do you think supplies the serious fans with semi-magical wands for them to use?" said Ortho with a grin. "Besides, I'm the vice president of the local fan club."
Issei had a sudden thought.
"Oh Lucifer, please don't tell you're the one who supplied them with..."
"Of course not. I just told them where to find accurate recreations of the magical vibrators in the show," said Ortho grinning.
Issei gagged.
"Coincidentally when Serafall found out who I was, she asked if I could help her with some technical issues in her show. Apparently she was thrilled when she found out my rank in her fan club," said Ortho snickering.
Ecstatic was another word for how happy she was.
"Need any help?" asked Issei, trying to distract himself.
"Actually, yes," said Ortho.
An hour later...
"SERIOUSLY!?"
"Hey, you offered to help," said Ortho. "I finally got my hands on a motherboard that can handle magical circuitry, and I want to give him the biggest buff I can."
"Just so we're clear, I'm firmly straight and I wouldn't hold your hand otherwise," said Issei.
"And yet I still get more T and A than you do...both in reality and online," said Ortho snickering.
"You owe me for this."
"I'll take you to the next shoot of that porn series you like and give you and advanced copy," said Ortho.
"Deal," said Issei without hesitation.
He began to charge his Boosted Gear, to give it as much power as he could.
Ortho snapped the casing shut, and the cord was firmly attached to IDIA so that he could upload his conscience into the new body.
"Alright, full power!" said Issei.
Issei put his clawed hand over Ortho's own. Ortho's hand was right above where the heart would have been if IDIA had a regular body. The chamber had a pale ember of fire within, well protected by the casing.
BOOST!
Ortho shoved as much of his magic as he could into the chamber, as IDIA's files finished uploading into the new improved body. Both teens were knocked flat on their ass as IDIA began to boot up.
Issei watched fascinated as IDIA's blue hair began to take on the same flame-like quality as Ortho's own. His eyes glowed from an internal light, and the blue flame in the heart chamber blazed brighter than it ever had before.
"IDIA, ready to go!"
"Welcome back, otouto," said Ortho with a fond smile. IDIA hugged him tightly with a big grin on his face.
"I'm home, nii-san!"
"On a related note..." started Ortho, before he turned to Issei with a massive, wicked grin on his face. "Congratulations."
"On what?" asked Issei.
"I heard from your mom that you're going to be a big brother soon!"
It took several seconds for it to sink in, but when it did it was glorious.
"Oh Lucifer. No, no, no! Don't tell me mom is..."
"A part of the pudding club?" said Ortho cheerfully with a devious smirk. "Afraid so. She told me the good news when I went to deliver a few things from Sirzechs. She's about a month and a half along."
"OH SATAN, WHY? Why are you telling me this?"
"To inflict maximum trauma and horror, of course! She said those videos I gave her and the toys really did the trick to spice up their bedroom activity! Apparently they had a bit too much wine a while back after you finally got a girlfriend, and well..."
Issei's look of absolute horror was beyond hilarious. The very idea of contemplating his parent's now very active sex lives was almost too much for the pervert to take. Ortho couldn't help but twist the knife even further.
"In fact your mom was all too happy to discuss which positions she said might have done the trick!"
"Please stop!"
"But Issei, I thought you'd like to have ideas on what to do when you finally getting around to banging Rias and the others!" Ortho called out, chasing the horrified teen.
IDIA cackled like the imp he was. He would be too busy making sure all his systems were operational and would join his brother later.
At the restaurant...
"Welcome back, IDIA!" said Rias.
IDIA grinned widely and happily beamed at them all.
They were all celebrating his return, and the fact that Issei's mother was having another kid. Issei was still in denial, and Ortho was rather gleeful in twisting the metaphorical knife by pointing out all the fun he'd have if the kid was a little girl. How he'd have to chase off all the perverts after her, how they could have so much fun coordinating outfits.
Issei kept making broken noises with every new horrifying scenario Ortho presented...and at the rather gleeful reminders that his parents had been having sex while he was with Rias. The very mental image was enough to scar him for life.
Sirzechs and Azazel were busy getting drunk, and Serafall had come over mostly to see what it would take to get Ortho to visit her domain and help her with her technical issues.
She was still peeved that her internet connection kept crashing without explanation. Especially when she was trying to make new episodes.
It was a huge celebration, and Ortho was glad for it. IDIA had developed greatly since he first made him, and enrolling him at the school had only made his AI matrix that much more advanced. Now, you couldn't really tell the difference between him and a regular human.
Ortho still didn't know how he ended up in Serafall's bed after the party though.
On the plus side, Rias decided to take action and distract Issei about his parent's sex lives...by kickstarting his own.