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Response to reviews:
Austins: Just don't spout any more of your stupid fanboyish/complex nonsense again. That omake in the previous chapter considered as a lesson, if you did your thing again. And what made you think Doom or Warhammer will be involved in my story, I will only put worlds that I'm familiar with or ones that caught my attention, don't get your hopes up if you think those two series will be involved...
I will make those omakes again if you went out of line. You don't want to see Doom Slayer getting ripped apart by Tregear or Darth Vader and Palpatine getting destroyed by Evolt now, do you?
agrimika: Not sure which arc and not sure if Isaac will return to those worlds.
Elliott Adams: I'm confused about what you're saying.
DCDGojira: FYI Austin was the one who started the whole "my favorite characters are powerful/scarier to those guys" discussion and all he discussed was pure Doom and Warhammer nonsense. If he didn't start that, and only talk about the story, then we wouldn't have that heated argument. Now you're starting some heated controversies in the reviews.
Did you not see the first chapter of my story, all of the tokusatsu villains are a part of Dark Killer's forces INCLUDING the Absolutians.
I rather not want to cause some toxic war in my story, cause a lot of authors to have their works ruined because of that toxicity.
Lastly, I'M NOT CMXB'S FUCKBOYS! I'M HIS FRIEND, THE REASON WHY I DEFENDED HIM ALONG WITH OTHERS, IS BECAUSE STUPID SELF-RIGHTEOUS ASSHOLES KEEP ON SPAMMING STUPID STUFF
Please no more controversial stuff... I just want to write stories to fulfill my imagination happily.
Isaac was just laying on the bed of the inn, after taking down Raynare's crazy plan and bringing Asia back to life, he and the cookies are taking a rest, both Custard and Walnut came in to check on them and they were glad that they're all okay. Needless to say, they were shocked at what happened and feel sad for Issei, but happy that he got Asia back again. He made a promise to Rias and her group that they will meet tomorrow and talk to each other. The wanderer still has that nagging feeling of his, the one where he witnessed Asia die, the feeling of someone close to him dying twisted his chest making him click his tongue in frustration.
Small memories of that 'day' began to play again...
"Your fault!"
"Why didn't you save him! You're supposed to be a hero!"
"Get away from us!"
He quickly punched the side of his head to shake out of that stupid memory.
"Damn that stupid memory, *sigh* guess I can't always save people from their deaths. Asia was just lucky that she got saved thanks to Rias..." said Isaac while sighing.
Isaac heard a knock on the door, "Who is it?"
"Hey kid, it's me Almond."
This made him confused about why Almond wants to see him, he beckons him to come in and the detective enters the room, he doesn't have his coat on and just simply has his white long-sleeved shirt.
"What are you doing here, Almond?" asked Isaac curiously.
"After I tucked Walnut in bed and go to my room, I heard you're having some troubles. What's bothering ya?" asked Almond sitting on a nearby chair.
"*sigh* You wouldn't understand, Almond..." sighed Isaac.
"Kid, I pretty much face crime 24/7 back in our previous world and as my job of being detective I can easily figure out that you're not okay..." said Almond, "Is this about what happened with Asia?"
Isaac was silent a bit as he look away before sighing, "Yes."
"You do know, that she's okay now, right? All fully healed and filled with life thanks to Rias." pointed out Almond.
"I know, but what if Rias wasn't there, I would bare to see the sadness and pain in Issei's eyes as he lived out his days not being able to save Asia. I can't stand seeing a person having their loved ones' lives being taken away!" said Isaac in frustration, "I was supposed to be a hero to succeed his predecessors and yet I almost failed to save a life."
"Just like that time, and many other times that I failed to save people." thought the wanderer.
"*sigh* Kid you can't always expect stuff to be alright and unscathed there are times when we all fail, getting burdened by its consequences. What matters is that you still save lives and understand the responsibilities." said Almond wisely, while Isaac stay silent, "Let me tell you something, kid: you may be a successor to some great heroes, but you're still flawed and inexperienced, I understand that easily, you must work on embracing the burdens of your mission and journey."
"Sometimes the situation requires immediate action, you make a mistake and understand the problem, that's how you learn. That's what experienced grown-ups like me are here for, we understand the responsibilities and growths because we learned from our mistakes so we don't have to repeat them again."
Isaac was awed by Almond's words, as he look down, placing a hand on his chest.
"Is what Almond said, true? I need to learn more and accept the responsibilities in my long journey?" thought Isaac himself.
Almond stood up, "Well kid it's the middle of the night, gonna lay down now." He walks towards the door and opens it as he leaves, not before saying something to Isaac one more time, "Understand what I said, kid."
With that he left, as he close the door, leaving Isaac with his thoughts...
The next day...
In the evening, Isaac and his cookie friends are now approaching the academy, thankfully there are a few students meaning that school is over for them and won't have to deal with the crazy stuff that happen to them that time ago, Almond and Walnut are not with them since they want to stay in the Cookie Kingdom for a while, the only one who joined them is Custard who is interested to see Rias and her group.
From what Rias told them, they were in an old building beside the school, they look around for a bit and saw the old building. GingerBrave and Strawberry had chills seeing it, reminding them of Truffle Cookie's house. They entered the building, and the group walked around trying to find the room where Rias is, they notice a large door and approach it, Isaac gave it a knock. They waited for a bit and the door opened, revealing Akeno with her signature sweet 'smile'.
"Come in, Buchou is waiting for you." said Akeno, as she went back inside.
"I sense scariness coming from her." whispered Custard to GingerBrave.
"No kidding." agreed GingerBrave.
They're now inside of the room, it was filled with Victorian-style appliances and objects. They notice Issei, Asia, along with Rias and her group. Custard was happy to see Asia alive and well.
"Asia glad your okay!" said Custard happily, "Are you still sick after what happened?" asked the little king in concern.
"Thank you for your concern Custard, rest assured I was saved by Rias along with Isaac and Issei." said Asia patting his head.
"Glad to hear it!"
Isaac and everyone else smiled at the scene. Isaac and his group, then sit on the couch.
"So Rias, ready to start?" asked Isaac.
"Sure but first let us introduce ourselves properly, this time." said Rias, "I'm Rias Gremory, heiress to the House of Gremory."
"I'm Akeno Himejima, Queen of Rias Gremory." said the black ponytailed girl.
"I'm Yuuto Kiba, Knight of Rias Gremory." said the blond young man.
"I'm Koneko Toujou, Rook of Rias Gremory." said the short girl with white hair.
"You already met Issei and Asia, right?" asked Rias.
"That's right, Isaac was a great help with that fight." said Issei with a smile, Isaac's reply was a thumbs up.
After they finished introducing themselves, Isaac and his group were next...
"I'm Isaac Furno and these are my friends GingerBrave, Strawberry, Wizard, Chili, and Custard." said Isaac and the cookie humans did some "Hello" and some "Greetings".
"Those are some interesting names, you all have there." said Rias.
"Well, we get that a lot, heheh." said GingerBrave.
"Wait where's Almond and Walnut?" asked Asia.
"Oh yeah the old detective and the junior detective girl, what happened to them?" said Issei curiously.
"They're... back in our home and want to stay there for a while." said Isaac.
"I see." said Issei. Although Issei, probably figure it out since it had to be connected with Isaac's necklace since he remembered Walnut entering it.
"And you forget to mention, Isaac that I'm a future king!" declared Custard, much to the annoyance of Wizard and Chili.
"Darn it, kid! We need to have a low profile on our true selves." thought Chili.
"A king huh? Well, I'm also a future king myself." said Issei.
"Here it goes..." said Koneko in annoyance.
"What kind of king?" said Custard in interest.
"A harem king, where I have a whole group of girls with a whole lot of boobs with me!" declared Issei proudly.
This made Custard in awe, "What's a harem?" asked the little king curiously.
"It's-" Issei got stopped when he got punched away by Koneko.
"Don't ruin his innocence." said Koneko, her only response is a groan.
Wizard notices the strange titles when Akeno introduced herself as "Queen" for Rias.
"Why do all of you have titles of chess pieces that connect with Rias?" asked Wizard curiously.
"I'm also curious about that." said Isaac, thinking it might have to do with that chess piece that brought back Asia.
"There's a good explanation about that." said Rias, "Tell me are all of you familiar with the supernatural?"
"Uh yeah, since I saw a lot of crazy things." said Isaac, remembering his travels, "Why?"
"Because we are Devils." said Rias.
"Devils?" asked Isaac in surprise. Is that why Freed and Raynare call them that from the battle in the church?
To make them convinced, Rias and her entire group sprouted black wings behind their blacks, surprising them.
"They really are Devils." awed Strawberry.
"I kinda expected Devils to be more red imp with horns and black wings, but didn't expect this." commented Chili crossing her arms.
"Oh, that was just a simple fantasy, that people made up a long time ago." said Akeno.
"I wonder what Devil Cookie's reaction to Rias?" wondered GingerBrave curiously.
"You see a long time ago, we devils had a war with fallen angels and angels, after the war both sides gravely lost and they stop fighting during the last day of the war. In order for us to not get extinct and wiped out we had to use the Evil Pieces, they're 15 pieces that are based around chess and we use those to reincarnate humans or any being as devils. These Evil Pieces are only given to High-Class devils like myself." explained Rias.
"Of course war, has been involved," said Wizard in disgust, reminding him of the Dark Flour War.
"So my guess, is that you are the only pureblood devil here, while the Issei and the others here are reincarnated?" asked Isaac.
"Yes that is correct." nodded Rias.
"And do you still remember that monster you destroyed?" asked Akeno.
"You mean scorpion man? Yeah why?" asked the wanderer curiously.
"They're called Stray Devils, they're devils who will betray their masters and focus on to their selfish goals." said Rias, making them understand.
Isaac notices Koneko looking down a bit, when Rias mentioned 'Stray Devil', making him wonder why.
"I realize something, you said you used those Evil pieces to reincarnate people into Devils, does that mean they're former humans?" asked Isaac.
"Not exactly." said Rias, "But it's not my place to tell." She said it in a sympathetic tone.
The wanderer noticed the pained looks on the likes of Akeno, Kiba, and Koneko, and decided not to continue the discussion since it could be personal to them.
"Well, tell me this seriously did you force them to turn into devils? Cause I will not be happy if you take away something precious to them." said Isaac seriously, while his cookie friends are surprised to see Isaac in that tone.
"What?! Of course not!" said Rias, "They joined me on their own choices, I made Issei and Asia become part of my group to give them a second chance in life, I do not treat them like slaves, they're like a second family to me." The heiress said it in a stern tone.
Isaac read Rias' eyes to make sure she was not lying, and surprisingly she tells the truth. He sighed and regained back his normal look.
"As long as you did not force them, then I'm okay with what you did." said Isaac.
This made all of them sigh in relief.
"Although, I can't say for the other devils, though." said Rias in disgust.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Strawberry nervously.
"Other high-class devils abuse the system to seek stronger people and sometimes forcefully turn them into their group, taking them away from their original lives. They do not care about who they are, they only care about the power of that person and when they see that they're a liability they cast them away." said the red-haired girl angrily.
"Of course, some maniacs would abuse it." said Wizard angrily, at the abuse of magic.
"Taking away the freedom of the people is not what a true leader is." said Custard angrily.
"If I meet those guys, I would cut them to pieces!" said Chili.
"Count me in that, as well." said Issei getting angry on hearing that.
"Those poor people." said Asia.
"Why haven't you stopped them? Surely someone like you can stop this." said Isaac, since she's a high-class devil.
"If only it was that easy." sighed Kiba, making him confused.
"You see most of those high-class devils have a higher status than mine, exposing them for their atrocities is not easy due to their authority, power, and politics, even my brother who's a higher status can't always fix it." said Rias closing her eyes.
"Damn! Of course, politics and corrupted power have to be involved." said Isaac, he was about to deal with it, but realize it will cause a lot of complications in the near future.
"That's the way it has to be, cutting away from this serious moment. What about you and your friends? Mind telling us about yourselves." asked Rias, along with her group who's curious about them, especially Issei and Asia.
"Well our story, is a bit of a doozy, but seeing how Devils like you guys exist, I'm sure you can handle it." said Isaac.
He then tells them about himself along with his cookies although some parts are kept a secret along with the full extent of his powers and his cookie friend's true selves, especially if anything involves Dark Killer. Needless to say, Rias and her group were surprised.
"So you can travel through worlds?" asked Rias in amazement. The only other being that she knows that's capable of doing that is the Great Red.
Isaac nodded
"That's awesome." awed Issei, "Did you guys like encounter cool stuff, during your travels?"
"Yup, some are cool, some weird, some are okay, plus I met a lot of great people during my travels." said Isaac with a smile.
"But what about the time, you transformed into that silver being or the one where you have that armor is it connected to that or was it a Sacred Gear?" asked Akeno.
"Um it's kinda complicated." said Isaac, not wanting to explain the full power of his forms, "What's this Sacred Gear that I keep on hearing about? Raynare along with that Stray Devil said that my power is like it, what's that about?"
"Well you see, Isaac, Sacred Gears are powerful artifacts created by God himself, they're items bestowing upon humans that give them tremendous power." explained Rias, "A good example of them are Issei's Boosted Gear and Asia's Twilight healing."
"Powerful artifacts were given by a deity, astounding!" said Wizard in awe. He wonders if the Soul Jams of the Ancient Heroes are similar.
"Heh, these things seem valuable." said Chili chuckling greedily.
"I wouldn't count on it, Sacred Gears are bounded by their users alone, plus if they got extracted from their users they will die." said Kiba.
"Oh." said Chili turning pale to hear that.
"Plus all of you already saw what happened if a Sacred Gear got forcefully taken away."
All of them know what Kiba, meant, where Asia died having her Sacred Gear taken away, making them look down. Asia was disturbed by recalling past memories of her death, but Issei comforted her by placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Hey it's alright, those assholes will no longer harm you anymore." said Issei smiling.
Asia took a deep breath, "I'm fine now, thank you Issei."
"So, Isaac may I ask what you and your friends doing here in this world?" asked Rias curiously.
"Oh... uh, well we're not sure though, most of our travels have a reason to come here and we don't know what." said Isaac half-truthfully.
"But isn't the other reason we came here was Dark-urk!" GingerBrave grunted, when Wizard elbowed him, thankfully they did not notice.
"Quiet GingerBrave, they are not yet ready to know that!" said Wizard telepathically to him, making the brave cookie nod.
"Hmm..." Rias began to think, "Isaac I have an offer..."
"If it's about like becoming, a devil no thank you." said Isaac turning it down.
"Y-Yeah me too." said Strawberry.
"I'm perfect the way I am." boasted Chili.
"Let me finish, we would like you and your friends to join us in our endeavors."
"Uh, I'm confused." said the wanderer.
"Yeah care to explain?" asked Wizard.
"Remember about high-level Devils?" asked Rias making all of them nod, "You see all Devils have this ranking system there are four classes: Low, Middle, High, and Ultimate. In order for a Devil to rise up the rankings, they would perform different tasks. The first task is contracting where our client asks us to do jobs to earn points. The second task is a Rating Game, two Devil peerages will face one another to test their skill and power, but unfortunately due to some complications, I'm unable to participate in any Rating Games."
"So basically the contracting part is the only choice?" asked Isaac crossing his arms.
"Yes." said Rias.
"Let me get this straight, you need our help to make it through the ranks by doing these contracts?" asked Isaac, making the red heiress nod, "Why are you asking us for this?"
"Since all of you are still stuck on what you all doing here in our world, I'm thinking helping us in our contracts will help you find the reason why you're here." said Rias.
"Hmm... Let me and my friends think about it." said Isaac.
Isaac and the cookie humans huddled together and began to talk about Rias' offer. They talk for a while until they break up the huddle, Isaac then gives her an answer...
"Sure, we accept."
"Then it's a deal." said Rias with a smile, offering a handshake.
Isaac shook it, "So uh when do we start, this contract thing?
The next day...
"Well everyone good luck, I have contracts to fulfill." said Akeno leaving.
"Me too." said Asia, as she followed Akeno.
"So what do we do?" asked Isaac.
"Since we have a lot of contracts today, I'm thinking you and your friends should split up and join with the others." said Rias.
"Seems fair."
"Okay then, GingerBrave, I want you to join with Kiba. Isaac, Chili, and Wizard you will join with Issei. Custard you'll be joining me today, and finally Strawberry you'll be with Koneko."
"Yes, both kings doing the same duties!" said Custard.
"Just follow my lead, Custard." said Rias to the little king.
"Okay!"
"I look forward to working with you, Kiba." said GingerBrave with a smile.
"Me too, GingerBrave." said Kiba with a kind smile.
"L-let's do our best today, Koneko." said Strawberry, and the short-white-haired girl simply nods.
"Cool, you guys are with me." said Issei, looking at Isaac, Chili, and Wizard.
"Hopefully it's nothing too complicated, that we're about to do." said Isaac.
"Probably not thought, although I'm curious to see what we're about to experience." said Wizard.
"Meh, it doesn't bother me, as long as there be cash or treasure to stea- I mean observe." said Chili.
"Alright everyone, let's go." said Rias.
A large red magic circle appeared underneath them, as they were engulfed by a red light.
Both Strawberry and Koneko arrive in some sort of apartment complex, Koneko recognizes the apartment much to her annoyance.
"What's wrong, Koneko?" asked Strawberry.
"It's nothing, let's just get this over with." said Koneko, making the hoodie girl more confused.
They went upstairs and found the door, they knock on it and heard a voice inside.
"Go away! If your that brat, leave! I want Koneko!" said the man inside.
Koneko sighed, "Mr. Morisawa it's me."
The door quickly burst open scaring Strawberry a bit, revealing a man in his 20s, he has long black hair with glasses.
"Koneko!" yelled the man named: Morisawa happily, "Oh how I've missed ya, there's a lot of dresses that I've prepared for you! And we need to finish that roleplay."
He then notices, Strawberry, his eyes quickly bulged out of his glasses seeing another cute girl, especially an attractive one, Strawberry began to feel uncomfortable similar to the day when they met Issei for the first time.
"K-Koneko, who is this cute girl?!" asked Morisawa incredulously.
"This is Strawberry, she's one of our new helpers." said Koneko.
"Strawberry! Such a fitting name for a cute girl." said Morisawa, "This gave me many ideas! Come you two!" He grabs their arms pulling them inside his apartment.
"Eh?!" exclaimed Strawberry, "Guys, wherever you are, please send help!"
"So where is the guy, located?" asked Isaac.
"Hm, I think he's around these apartments." said Issei.
Apparently, the teleportation spell put them in the wrong area, much to their frustration. Thankfully Issei can sense where the contract is, and they arrived at another batch of apartments. They went upstairs and approach the door where the contract is, Issei however froze in fear when he saw the purple door with flower designs.
"Um, you know what guys, I've been thinking, I need to go to the bathroom!" said Issei as he quickly ran away in a blur leaving behind dust.
Isaac, Wizard, and Chili were confused, as to why Issei ran away.
"What's his deal?" asked Chili.
"I have no clue." said Wizard.
"Well then let's meet our contract, hopefully, they're reasonable." said Isaac, for some reason he has a bad vibe coming. He knocks on the door, "Hello, we're from Rias, we came here for the contract!"
"I'll be there, Nyo!" said a deep male voice.
"What the Piccadilly?!" said Wizard in confusion.
The door opened, and what they saw made their eyes bulge and the colors from their bodies drained. In the door was a very muscular man wearing a magical girl, outfit.
"Are you the ones who will help me, become a magical girl, Nyo?" asked the magical man.
"AAAAAHHHHHH!"
Issei, who's hiding in a bush, peaks out and heard his friends screams of terror.
"Sorry guys, I can't bear to witness that pain again!" said Issei.
"YOU'RE DEAD, ISSEI! YOU'RE DEAD!"
"I'LL CURSE YOU IF I FIND YOU!"
"I'LL HUNT YOU DOWN!"
To be continued...
Poor, Isaac, Wizard, and Chili for they have witnessed something terrifying compared to Dark Killer. At least what Strawberry will go through, will be tamed, right? o_o