Issei woke up in the morning and once again did his normal routine of a shower and got ready for school but he remembered he was given the day off. He got dressed in blue jeans and a pink shirt and then went downstairs to have breakfast and he saw his mother cooking breakfast. "Morning mother." he said as he sat down at the table.
She looked over at him and saw him with a limp as he sat at the table. "So what happened you look like shit also Bacon and Eggs for breakfast." she handed him a plate of food.
"Turns out after being turned into a devil and getting shot by a blessed exorcist gun is extremely painful. That and my hand is burnt from holding onto a blessed light sword with the boosted gear."
"With a limp like that do you plan on going to school today?" she asked
"Well, I have graciously been given the day off from school today from Rias herself. So the plan as of now is to do some snooping around and find a nun I ran into along with some fallen angels." he laid out his plan for the day but his mother knew something else wasn't right.
"So there are fallen around you and here I thought Azazel had his people under control" she knew something wasn't right only to have her suspicions confirmed.
"I would report it to him but kinda cant. So if you could go talk to him that would be great."
"Very well I can do that so start talking."
"So far I have run into two fallen females and both had intentions of killing me. The first named Raynare one pair of wings tried to ask me out on a date only when I refused her request she tried to kill me by throwing a light spear at me only to fail horribly and she got a punch to the stomach. I did not report this to rias and this was before you came back here, it was right the reason I ended the phone call with you." he explained the situation all while eating breakfast.
"Oh so that's why you hung up I figured it was a girl just not a failed murder attempt. What about the second one and this nun?" with a nun in the picture things could only get worse for here on.
"The second one named Kalawarner also has one pair of wings. She tried to kill me but this time while on official devil business. Her method of killing was the same as before except she was direct. Unfortunately, she while she didn't get hit she did lose her clothes and may or may not have lost her clothes."
"Do I even want to know what you did to her?" she had an idea where this would lead but figured she needed to know anyway.
"Probably not but I'm going to tell you anyways. I gave her a boosted magic nipple squeeze that gave her an orgasm." as he was telling her this she reached over the table and smacked him in the head.
"Why did you do that to the poor girl?" she was livid that he used magic to sexually assault her.
"Would you rather I killed her and have blown my cover? How would somebody who was a devil kill a fallen angel when iv only been a devil for a day? I know there already suspicious that I have supernatural ties of some sort I can feel it." he knew he was in the right and the wrong at the same time
"I don't like it as well, but continue on." she glared at him
"I left her on the floor horny as hell and left and this time I reported the attack to rias."
"And the nun?" she asked
"Her name is Asia Argento and she is working with the fallen. I doubt willingly as she was most likely tricked into it here's the kicker she has Twilight healing let alone Ddraig says she is a dragon tamer."
"Twilight healing that a rare gear the church doesn't let those gears go away to willingly I wonder who fucked up."
"That's all I have to report, thank you for breakfast I have to go out. Gonna see what I can find." as he was getting ready to leave his mother left the room via a magic circle as to deliver the report as well as some other work she had planned.
~~~Scene Change~~~
Issei was walking along the streets not really caring about what is going on. He eventually came across the park in town. Once he was at the park he found a bench and sat down for a while. Eventually, a voice called out to him.
"Issei?" the voice was familiar, he turned to look and saw Asia standing there.
"Oh, Asia good to see you." a smile on his face seeing as he saw the girl knowing that what would come next would be the fallen. But before all of that, a gurgling noise came from the girl. She grabbed her stomach " Excuse me"
"Hahahaha, don't worry about. You want to get lunch?" he figured he would ask.
"Thank you I would love that." she was embarrassed about that.
As they went off the local fast food place he remembered she most likely was unable to read Japanese. As he ordered for her once the food arrives he had to show her how to eat a hamburger.
"I take it as you never had something to eat like this before?" Issei never knew the daily lives of members of the church so this was a good time to ask.
"No, where I was for most of my life we mainly had soup with bread other times it would be pasta and some vegetables. Mainly whatever we could get a hold of that was easy and simple to make." she recalled her past life
"Simple food is nice but are you happy you had something besides simple food for once?"
"Yes, I will remember this adventure forever." she was happy to try new things for once in her life.
"Well if that's the case then let us go have some fun around the city." with a smile on both of their faces he lead her around the town for an exciting day.
After an exciting time around the city, they eventually came to a fountain in the city. As issei took a seat on the bench Asia noticed the slight limp in his leg. "About last night how are you."
"They hurt but it's not something that is unbearable."
As he said that Asia activated her sacred gear and put her hands over his leg. "This will heal you." she was focused on her healing of his leg.
Once his leg wound was healed she moved to his hand and did the same. As healing him issei noticed the look on her face and was thinking to himself "She is so innocent to the point of cuteness yet she can't be willingly working with the fallen."
After she was finished he decided to ask her "That healing power its a sacred gear right?" he asked her prodding out an answer.
"It is but you have one as well don't you?"
"Oh yes I do as well, mine is called the boosted gear." as he spoke the gear materialized on his hand. "I know how it works but beyond that, I don't know too much more about it. I do have a question for you, why does such a sweet girl like you work with the fallen angels?"
Asia once hearing that question expression darkens and a tear formed yet she still replied. "I never once knew my parents, I was abandoned and given to the church. I grew up working in the church, however, one day there was a puppy near death and I was able to heal it. Once it was healed a member of the church saw this act and I was called the Holy Maiden. Once word of what happened made it through the city and countryside I began to heal people. People would come to our church all to see me perform miracles. However, it only got worse for me, I healed people every day I enjoyed it but I was lonely. I was put on a pedestal that everyone admired yet at the same time I had no one to speak to. There was no mistreatment yet I had no one to call a friend." as Issei was listening to her story he saw that she continued to cry he comforted her as she continued to tell her tale.
"One day that all changed I found a man who was gravely injured. However, by healing the church found out I healed a devil and labeled me as a heretic. People who I live with were now branded me as an enemy of god. I went from a holy maiden to a devil healing witch and now I am here in Japan. This is a trial from God even if I work with the fallen angels." as she finished her story issei knew what he was going to do about her.
"Do you want out of this life of working with fallen having to see horrible things like the other night?" before she was able to respond, a presence made itself known. A light spear narrowly hit Issei and gave him a deep gash.
Issei turned around seeing Raynare above the fountain. "Raynare how good to see you again." Asia saw the gash in his arm and started to heal him. " So what are you doing here I thought I told you if I never saw you again I wasn't going to tell Gremory. Now your other associate Kalawarner broke that let alone you just tried to take off my arm."
"I here to decline your offer of little Asia as we have plans for her." Raynare spoke with a sadist smile on her face.
"And those plans are?"
"I can't spoil everything that would be in poor taste." she fired a volley of light spears at Issei. As he was blocking them she rushed him and grabbed Asia. "Next time we meet I will deal with you personally. Come to the church tonight if you want to speed it up." with Asia in hand Raynare teleported away.
After they left Issei phone when off (ringtone Maneater-Hall&Oates) "Yes" he answered. "Azazel says he never authorized them to enter any area of Japan." Giving her son a status update. "Well, that's good news I guess. Also, I hope he doesn't care if they die because if Gremory doesn't deal with this is killing them. I just hade another attempt happen about a couple minutes ago." as he told her he was walking back to school. "He mentioned that is she wanted to deal with them via death that was fine after I told him they tried to kill you." Issei responded "That's good news I'll talk to you later as I can't speak about this outside." he hung up and waited till after school to go to the club.
~~~Afterschool~~~
As Issei came into the main clubroom everybody looked at him as he interrupted a private conversation. "What did I ruin a surprise?" he asked.
Rias got up from her desk and walked over to him to examine his injuries and spoke. "No, you didn't ruin or interrupt anything. I would like to know how you healed so well." she asked him
"Oh funny you ask about that. I went out and had a lovely day met that little nun again she healed me up I bought her lunch"
Rias slapped him across the face, this brought everybody attention towards them. "I thought told you to say away from church personnel."
Issei stroked his face "You know with a slap like that I might be able to grow a beard. As I was saying after lunch another fallen different from the one the other night took the girl and tried to kill me."
Akeno could be seen talking to Koneko and Kiba on the other side of the room. "Buchou" as rias come over to her Akeno whispered something in her ear. "Very well, Issei remember desire is a powerful emotion yet it is also fuel and the church is enemy territory. Akeno and I have to step out for some time." After they left only Kiba Koneko and Issei were left in the room.
As Issei was about to leave Kiba spoke up. "Hyoudou I take it as your going after the girl?" when he asked that both he and Koneko approached him.
"I have too, I always pay back my debts." Kiba saw the fire in his eyes raw determination to do whatever it takes.
"You know you will die, you barely were able to survive after your last encounter with that priest. Even with the Boosted Gear and Promotion, there is bound to be hoards of priests let alone at least two fallen you can't win by yourself."
"I'm aware of the worst-case scenario that I'll meet Charon and cross Styx and meet that old bag of bones Hades. Best case scenario I don't worry about that worse-case side." Issei plan caught Kiba off guard but he was still able to retort him
"For a person with an Ancient dragon inside you and Determination harder than those scales you have a reckless plan." Kiba came back at him with the cold hard truth.
"Do you have a better idea?" Issei asked him
"Actually I do I am going to help you out. We may not know too much about this nun but you did say she saved you so we might as well help you."
"I don't like it but I will go along." Koneko spoke up but with no emotion in her words.
"Deffently didn't expect to hear that from the two of you. Very well then let get going." After Issei wrapped his mind around the fact that he was going to get help the three of them left and headed to the church.
As they arrived at the church they stopped a little outside of it and Kiba summoned a map. "Wait you have a map of the church? Isn't that a little weird for a devil to have a map of a church?"
"You're not wrong it is weird but at the same time it helps to come prepared." Kiba pointed out some areas of the church on the map and started to explain a plan. "Here is the entrance once we walk it there are offices to the left and right of the main hall. There should be an underground cellar of some sorts all churches have these and that is most likely where the girl is at."
"Okay, and where would this cellar door be?" Issei had to just ask.
"Well that's the fun part lets go in." As the map disappeared they headed to the entrance and they saw that the doors were off the hinges and it was barred so people could not walk in the front door.
"They know we're here." as Koneko spoke she kicked the doors and the doors broke in half. Walking into the church was something like a disaster film. Glass was broken the bench seats were damaged and paintings and crosses were damaged it looked like there was a cleanup but it was given up on. As the three of them walked down the middle of the church they got halfway before they started to hear clapping.
Out from the shadows came the crazed priest freed still clapping. "Well if this isn't the shitty devils. I'm all for reunions but you didn't bring any cake so I guess I just have to do the next best thing and kill you." Freed stood in front of the lone podium and the only thing in the church that was not destroyed.
"Wheres Asia at!" Issei yelled at freed but freed wasn't too worried about him.
"Well, you see downstairs there having a fun little ritual but your not getting down there as I'm going to kill you and it's going to be so much fun." Freed reached in his coat and pulled out a sword and gun the same from the last time. " Your blood will coat the floor of this once holy house and it will be glorious." Freed charged the ground but Kiba summoned a sword and blocked his attack. "Your not so bad with a blade but are the dragon and short stack going to fight as well?"
"Short stack?" Koneko did not like being called short, she grabbed a bench and threw it at Freed. Freed backed away from the locked blades to dodge the bench and fired his gun at everybody in the room causing them to take evasive action.
Kiba rushed Freed once again and a blade struggle began once again with no victory in sight. "You know you're not bad with that sword of yours." Kiba told Freed
"You're not bad as well but can you keep this up? I have a sword of light and only using one hand while your using two, What would happen if I used to?" When he finished a smile crept up.
"Good thing I have a solution for exactly that problem." Kiba normal looking sword turned from metal to a black substance that started to destroy Freed's sword. "This here is one of my many swords I call this one Holy Eraser." Kiba didn't bother with freed anymore as his sword was getting absorbed by the darkness.
"The fuck that sacred gear is bullshit." Freed backed away after his sword was destroyed however before he could completely get away Kiba made another slash at freed. The strike contacted with freed's gun shearing it completely in half. "Now you douchebags broke my gun, I am going to torture you for days while I watch just enough of your blood spill out that you're just barely alive."
"Hyoudou" Kiba yelled at Issei seeing that he was already in the process of making a strike.
"Promotion: Rook" That's the only words Freed heard from Issei as he delivered a right hook to Freed. Freed however was able to defend against the hit but the strike was delivered right into Freed's left elbow and a passive pop sound was mad. It was not a favorable trade as he flew backward into benches that have been piled up.
Freed tried to move his left arm but all he got was sharp pain when he tried to move his arm so he jumped up to a window and reached for an item around his neck. "Fuck you, shitty devils, I'm out." He was screaming in pain then threw down whatever the item was as it made a bright flash but once the light died down he was gone.
"Well, I didn't expect to break his elbow." Issei spoke aloud.
"Neither did I. I thought you were going to knock him back not severely injure him. Nevertheless, we need to get downstairs Koneko can you move the podium the hatch should be under there."
"Yes" Koneko pushed the podium over and it revealed a hatch. As they climbed down the stairs they were greeted with a large underground room full of exorcists and Raynare with Asia chained to a cross.
"Welcome Devils your just in time to see the ritual finished and my ascension." Raynare announced her grand plan.
"Issei" Asia barely had enough strength to speak his name.
"If you harm her I will kill you myself." Issei shouted.
"Well, it's not like that matters anyways the ritual is about to finish and once that is over I will have her sacred gear." As Raynare finished the cross glowed and a beam connected to Raynare from Asia giving her the sacred gear. Once the light died down Asia went limp. "Well, I think I can give you a reward for getting this far." Raynare shaped her fingers and when she did one of the exorcists went to attack issei but Kiba and Koneko started to fight them and clearing a path for him.
Issei walked the path and no exorcist could touch him as he made it to Asia and Raynare. "You can have her." she snapped her fingers again and the chains from that bound Asia broke apart and Issei caught her.
"Issei" she was almost crying his name.
"Raynare I will make your death extremely painful because I know exactly what happens when you pull out somebody's sacred gear." He looked at her and his eyes were once again slits of a dragon.
"Oh well, you're too weak to kill me now that I have her gear. But I can still kill you." She materialized a spear of light and was about to shove it in his back but he swung around and backhanded her in the face and proceeded to run upstairs with Asia in arms.
"I'll be right back" Issei yelled out to Kiba.
Issei ran up the stairs to the main floor of the church and laid Asia down on a bench. "I'm sorry for not catching on earlier to her plan. I should have dealt with her at the fountain as I knew this was going to be an issue. I just never expected for them to drag and innocent into it." Issei was near his breaking point.
"It's okay at least I was able to make a friend in you." As her strength gave out she closed her eyes and died with a smile on her face while the last of her tears.
When Asia died issei began to cry and spoke a soft chant. "Λυπάμαι για τις αμαρτίες που έκανα.Είμαι Συγγνώμη για τη σύγκρουση που προκάλεσα.Ο Δίας φέρει αυτή την ψυχή για να ξεκουραστεί."
"Aww how touching but that was to the wrong god. It doesn't matter as it is time to kill you as well." Issei turned around to the voice to see Raynare was floating in the air taunting him.
"Remember when I said I was going to kill you?" Issei wiped the few tears from his eyes after he spoke to her.
"I remember but I have her sacred gear one that heals all wounds. So it's going to be nigh impossible for you to even attempt that." Her arrogance was beyond belief it was to the point that if it could be visible it would be.
"My name is Issei Hyoudou and I am the Red Dragon Emperor. Your death will be painful." When he spoke the gear showed up on his hand.
"Boost!...Boost!" the call of the gauntlet rang through the church once the echo ceased Issei spoke once again. "Two boosts is more than overkill for a single pair like you."
"Make sure it's painful."
"Like I said earlier idiot I have her sacred gea…." She never finished that word as Issei had punched her in the face knocking her to the ground.
He walked over to her but before she could get up he put a foot on her right hand and applied pressure to it and spoke. "I'm sorry what was that again something about heals all wounds? Shall we try it out?" When he finished he applied weight to his foot and twisted his food and all that was herd was bones breaking. He took his foot off her hand only for them to see that her wrist was broken and her fingers were twisted in directions that even the supernatural knew were beyond normal. The blood-curdling screams coming from her were enough to wake the dead. Yet it still wasn't enough for him the dragon ordered it to be painful and Issei was all too eager to oblige. "Go on heal up your hand I'll let you do it." he backed away from her as a show of his word.
Raynare stood up and took her chance to heal her hand but found out that all is not what it is cracked up to be. "I...I...I don't understand it says it was to heal all things. So why didn't it heal my bones?" She was perplexed as she was told it healed everything.
"So did you even bother to talk to Asia about her sacred gear before you stole from her?"
She was still trying to heal her hand when she replied "No I never needed to speak to her about it."
"Well, that explains why you can't heal your bones." He snickered
"Explain before I kill you low-class trash." She was burning with rage as the constant healing was doing nothing for her hand yet this boy knew something she didn't.
"Oh your not going to kill me but I will be happy to oblige your request. You see if you had a brain and spoke to her you would know that her gear heals all wounds. It never said anything about bones. If I put a giant hole in your stomach from say your light spear then you could heal it nobody ever said anything about broken bones. If they could do all of what it does and heal bones then that gear would be one of the most valuable gears ever. If Twilight healing did that every faction would be turning people over left and right to find anybody with those gears." Raynare was dumbstruck by what she was just told. "Seriously if you even bothered to talk to the poor girl about how and why she was excommunicated by the Church and by extension your old home you would think they would want to keep her around." Issei walked up to her and whispered in her ear "You know in case someone stupid wanted to start a war or some stupid shit like what you're doing right now."
Raynare was frozen in shock her plan to take the gear was successful yet other parts had fallen apart. "If anything goes right tonight your master will die tonight."
"Oh, so you sent others after them I think she can handle herself." He ran to her and grabbed her throat with his left hand and started to choke her. As she was gasping for air he repeatedly punched her in the face and ribs. He stopped punching her to speak to her one last time. "One last thing for me when you see Hades tell him Hyoudo Issei sent you." He punched her one last time in the head knocking her out cold and he released his grip on her to let her body flop on the floor.
Once Issei sat down on the bench Asia was on Kiba and Koneko came out from the underground hatch. "Your late Casanova the dance is already over."
"That dance was all yours from the start. I was told to stay out of it." Kiba said with a smile.
"So it was a solo from the start well I guess that was good to know. I kinda crushed her hand and knocked her out I hope Rias doesn't mind too much."
"I don't" Rias voice was herd as she and Akeno in tow were walking to them. "I must say you did exceed my expectations. To think you are unscathed is quite impressive." As they reach where everybody else was she looked around to see how the area was.
"What can I say iv been hit harder before. Hell, the dragon hit harder in my dreams." Issei off candid remark caught Rias attention but she chose not to delve further into the subject.
"Koneko tie up the trash and when she's done Akeno wake her up." Rias gave her orders and the to fulfill them.
"What about the damage to the church?" Issei asked knowing that there was extensive damage before they came in.
"Normally we would be in trouble but seeing as all of this was caused by Fallen we don't have to worry about anything."
"Ready" koneko said to rias
"Plus were on devils territory so we don't have to worry too much. Akeno wake her up."
"Yes, Buchou" Akeno summoned a magic circle above the tied up Raynare and out came a massive amount of water and drenched the fallen.
Rias walked over to the now awake fallen and spoke to her "Hello Fallen Angel Raynare I trust you know who I am?"
"Daughter of Gremory." was all that came from Raynare
"Yes I am Rias Gremory next heir to the Gremory clan and this is MY territory that you are on." she delivered her speech with a smile on her face.
"My friends will be coming soon and when they deal with you I'll make sure to find a way to deal with you painfully." She was seething with rage and struggling to get out of the bindings.
"Your friends about them, the Fallen Angels Donaseek Mitelt and Kalawarner right you don't have to worry about this I already eliminated them."
"Don't lie to me your whore!" she was struggling with more and more to get out of the bindings.
"Here this should be enough proof." Three feathers appeared in Rias hand "I don't think you will argue against this evidence." When Raynare saw the feathers she knew she was done for.
"When we found the feathers at the bridge over the waterway we knew something was going on yet we ignored it for the most part. Then one of your attacked one of my servants while doing a job we investigated more. And finally, one of the exorcists you had tagged along with your plan killed one of our clients that is when your death warrants were signed. Before you die I would like to hear it from you what your plan was."
"We were to steal twilight healing and wait for orders after that." she said with a depressed voice.
"It sounds like low lives got a hit of power and went off on their own. Oh well, this is your end." The Gremory clan magic circle appeared underneath Rias and a ball of magic formed that looked like raw black untamed power snapping at the leash to be let loose. "Goodbye Fallen Angel Raynare" She let her attack free and killed the fallen and the backlash of the attack caused Rias skirt to fly up for a second on the back side.
Kiba spoke to Issei about what he was seeing. "That's called the power of destruction Buchou is a powerful devil and is also known as the Crimson-Haired Ruin Princess" Issei nodded at Kiba words.
"Rias I approve of the purple by the way." Rias turned around after grabbing a green ball of light only to see Issei giving her a thumbs up.
"I'm glad you approve however we should deal with giving back Asia back her gear." Rias said with a smile while looking at the corpse that was next to her Pawn. "I assume you remember that I have a bishop piece still available? Bring her to the floor over here so we can perform the ritual."
"Thank you" Issei was extremely quiet when he spoke and picking up her body.
"Right here is fine. Bishops excel in magic and with her sacred gear she makes a perfect bishop." Rias went to the body and placed the sacred gear into her chest then the bishop piece. "I Rias Gremory Order you: Asia Argento you shall become my Bishop and rejoice in your newfound life." Once the piece sank into her chest Rias backed away from Asia and she began to breathe once again.
After a couple more seconds her eyes began to flutter and once they fully opened she saw Issei kneeling near her. "Issei" she cried out as she went to sit up and hug him.
He hugged her back feeling her tears on his shit he spoke up. "Welcome back Asia. I'm truly sorry for everything I hope I can make it up to you one day but for now, let's go home."