1 Chapter One
At the front of Kouh academy sat a teen with short spiky black hair, he was sitting on the ground at the academy entrance using the stone pillar as a backrest as a wooden bokken with a white lacquer finish leaned up against his shoulder, while he had a sketch book out, sketching the scene of the academy grounds to his right, the fountain spraying high into the sky, as he finished erasing part of the water highlights showing the reflection of the morning sun in the sky.
He was wearing the standard Kouh academy uniform, except for the fact that he wore a black zip-up hoodie over his dress shirt and kept his blazer wrapped around his waist, and he wore red trainers instead of the dress shoes.
He reached into his trouser pocket, taking out his phone and checked the time before shaking his head with a sigh and slipping it back in as he closed his sketchbook and put it into the messenger carry back on his left and stood up.
He slung the messenger back over his left shoulder and slotted the bokken into the space between his left hip and his blazer sleeve like putting a blade back into a hip sheath.
'Late as usual' the boy shook his head, 'why do I even bother waiting?' he thought to himself as he turned to head into the academy grounds, 'looks like Shitori-Senpai will be giving you another lecture this week, perhaps this one will stick or I'll just whack it into that head of yours when I see you' he thought as he rolled his black eyes as he went to start walking. Only to stop after a single step when he heard someone call.
"Kenta!!!!" called an easily recognisable voice behind him.
Kenta turned and sighed, seeing a familiar sight coming running over the bridge into the school grounds.
Issei Hyoudou, his best friend since childhood, since before he was left alone after that night.
As usual, Issei was wearing his own version of the Kouh Academy uniform, open blazer and dress shirt with a red shirt under it and blue trainers on his feet with his backpack on his back, Issei had messy brown hair and brown eyes, and an ever perverted mind.
Kenta couldn't even recall the number of times he had seen Issei take a beating from hordes of girls for peeping or perving on them since they started this academy a few months ago, it had to be in the hundreds by now, perhaps bordering in the low thousands, but Issei and his two perverts in arms who Kenta has dubbed M&M keep getting up after each beating and just going on as if it never happened, though Kenta had his own way of dealing with Issei at times.
As Issei waved running to catch up with Kenta, Kenta moved faster than Issei could react gripping his bokken and pulling it from its holding position and raising it high before bringing it down just as Issei came in range.
*CRACK*
Right on Isseis crown, the bokken landed, dropping the pervert in his tracks with deadly precision.
Issei's hands immediately went to his head as he yelped in pain at the sudden painful contact of the bokken meeting his cranium causing a large lump to form the very next second. "OWWW! What the hell man! That hurts!!"
Then, as quickly as Kenta had pulled the bokken out he put it away again before crossing his arms, "That's for being late, it's the third time this week and it's Wednesday, why you can't just get up when you're meant to is beyond me. I live right beside you, we'd get in at the same time if you just grew up and went to bed instead of whacking off every night ya perv."
"Hey a boy's got needs," Issei said as he got up as he rubbing the spot Kenta had hit him as the swelling went down, "Damn that really hurt, damn you and your speed, I swear you could stop a bullet with your reaction times."
Kenta smirked, "that's the idea, now come on." Kenta said as he turned and started walking Issei following behind him.
The two boys were walking through the school grounds heading for the class they were scheduled to attend, they talked while they walked.
"This school is great, I'm glad we both got in, the Kendo club is top notch, the education system is one of the best for miles, and their grounds are beautiful, it really is something else, what caught your eye Issei?" Kenta asked as they walked.
"The fact that it was an all-girl school until just last year" Issei smiled with a very lecherous grin.
'I should've known', Kenta thought as they walked, but then he suddenly stopped when he felt he was being watched, this didn't go unnoticed by Issei who looked back to his friend and blinked.
"Hey Kenta what's up?" he asked, wondering why he'd just suddenly stopped walking.
Kenta looked to his left and right for a moment before turning his head at an angle looking higher to the building only about ten meters away, it was the old school building they were passing by, it was old, but looked after, but that's not what had caught Kenta's eye. No that was the pair of beautiful blue-green eyes watching them from the second-floor window.
A beautiful crimson haired girl stood in the window looking out at the two boys her crimson hair blowing slightly in the wind as she looked down at them. And one thought went through Kenta's mind.
'….Beautiful'
But he was instantly pulled from his thoughts when Issei spoke when he saw what Kenta was looking at. "Oh, good eyes Kenta, Rias Gremory, one of the two most sought after girls in the school, ninety-nine, fifty-eight and ninety. Oooooh, what I wouldn't do to get my hands on them tit…"
But Issei never got to finish his sentence, as even faster this time than the last, Kenta pulled the bokken and dropped another stroke on Issei's head, not as hard, but enough to make Issei grip his head in pain as Kenta returned the bokken to its original position.
"Is there ever any word that comes out of your mouth, that isn't perverted?" Kenta asked in a monotone voice. Making Issei rub the back of his head sheepishly, while Kenta went to look back to the window.
Looking back to the window, he frowned slightly noticing the girl, Rias, had moved away from it and he could no longer see her. Shaking his head with a sigh Kenta turned and started walking again with Issei following close behind.
With Rias and Akeno in the clubroom
From just out of sight in the shadow of the room, Rias watched as the two boys walked away, her eyes glancing from one to the other a slight of curiosity in her gaze. "Akeno" she spoke, "who are those two?"
A girl walked over to her with long black hair and violet eyes, wearing the same female Kouh academy uniform, she turned her gaze out the window to see what Rias was looking at before a slight smile came to her face.
"The one in red, I believe his name is Issei Hyoudou. One of the schools "perverted trio" as the girls have dubbed them. He's normally peeking in the girls changing rooms and can be heard yelling as he's being beaten with the rest of them. The other in the hoodie and with the bokken is one Kenta Maki, or as the girls have so rightly dubbed him "the dark Prince of Kouh". He's the current top male student in the academy, top grades in all classes, and an apparent artist. He's seen around sketching when he's not acing his classes or sparring with the Kendo club. Both are in class 2B and seem to be relatively new. They only just started in the new term when the school became co-ed like the rest of the boys." Akeno reported fully.
Rias watched as both boys walked around the corner of the school and out of sight before she turned with a slight smile on her face, "interesting" she said singularly before she walked back over to the table with a chess board on it with a game nearing its end.
Akeno looked to Rias with a smile on her face, "are you getting another one of your feelings Buchou?"
Rias smiled at the question as she passed the table, and lifted a chess piece, "Maybe" she said setting it down, "oh and checkmate" before walking toward the shower room taking off her uniform and pulling the shower curtain closed.
Classroom 2B
It was before class and the sensei had yet to arrive, Issei along with Matsuda and Motohama were over to one side of the room talking amongst themselves.
Matsuda had a shaved head and was a former Jock of the school, but was banned from joining any teams after he was caught peeking on the girl teams in their changing rooms.
Motohama had messy black hair and thick rounded glasses and was said to be able to tell any girls three sizes from just a glance, which was rather a stupid talent in Kenta's opinion.
The three perverts were gathered around Issei's desk and were talking amongst themselves, but the odd perverted phrase could be heard from them, earning them glares from the female members of the class.
Kenta was at his desk on the other side of the room with his bokken resting against his chair with his feet up and a single earphone in his left ear as he tried to ignore the three perverts talking.
'Kami-Sama, I wish those three would just shut up already. I swear they don't know the meaning of the word subtle, I can hear their porn discussion all the way over here. Even with an earphone in, I can still make them out' Kenta thought as he sighed about to put the second earphone in when someone spoke to him.
"Those three at it again?" asked the voice.
Kenta opened his eyes, recognising the voice as he looked to the source. A pretty girl with long blond hair and grey eyes, flawless skin, and a body that most girls in the school would kill for. Kenta knew her right away, the two of them often talked, it was one of the things that had gotten him his nickname as the "dark prince of Kouh". He knew people called him that, just as he knew people called her the "princess of Kouh", many believed they were dating, but they were just good friends, as it wasn't a shared fact that Yumi, actually played for the other team, and the only one who knew it was Kenta, he just did her the favour of putting on the show so the boys would leave her alone.
"Yep, same every day for the past three weeks, it's getting a little annoying," Kenta said in a monotone.
Yumi sat down at her desk to Kenta's immediate right, "I don't see how you could be friends with that pervert" she sighed.
Now it was Kenta's turn to sigh, "Out of the three of them he's the most tolerable." Kenta then glanced over to Issei, "and he wasn't always like that."
"So I guess that's the answer to the age-old question," Yumi said with a slight smirk, "perverts aren't born, they're grown."
Kenta smirked and the both of them started laughing a little at the quite true joke, but the moment was broken when Isseis voice cuts through the air in a yell.
"NO WAY, OPPAI OVER ASS ALWAYS!" he yelled at the top of his lungs, earning him heated glares from all of the females in the room.
Yumi just sighed and shook her head, before hearing Kenta getting up. She looked to see him lift his bokken with a rather irritated expression on his face as he spoke, the tone of his voice was happy and sweet and didn't match the expression at all.
"Excuse me Yumi-Chan, I'll be right back," he said happily before he moved at a speed that shocked Yumi a little.
In the blink of an eye, Kenta reappeared behind the three perverts, with a rather ominous aura manifesting around him. The three perverts sensed the danger and turned to see Kenta behind them with his bokken raised in the air as his aura took on a rather ghostly form behind him in the same stance with an Oni mask on it in black with large white fangs and piercing red eyes. They didn't even have time to scream before their fates were delivered.
*WHACK**WHACK**WHACK**WHACK**WHACK**WHACK**WHACK**WHACK**WHACK*
The bokken dropped on each of them in under a second at speeds that would put a master to shame. Leaving the three perverted boys laid out on the ground each with three large lumps on their heads and tears streaming down their cheeks.
The ominous aura returned to Kenta as he walked back to his desk just as the sensei came in.
She was a middle-aged woman with shoulder-length brown hair and green eyes, she looked to see the state of the three boys and then to Kenta as he sat down leaving his bokken to lean against his desk, she smiled kindly. "Thank you for keeping order Kenta-san," she said before walking to her desk at the front of the room.
Kenta gave her a slight nod with a happy smile, "always happy to do so sensei" he replied before sitting down. The two of them had made a pact after the tenth incident with Issei and his perverted buddies, Kenta would keep them in line in class, and she would overlook his methods in doing so. It worked out well for everyone...well except the perverted trio.
Scene break Lunch time
Kenta had taken to relaxing on the school roof to enjoy his lunch and sketch the school yard from above as the students below walked around. He had just sat down and opened his bento when he heard staircase door open. He looked over to see Yumi standing with a bokken in her hand.
Kenta raised an eyebrow at it, he had never seen her with one, and she wasn't in the Kendo club, so it begged the question. What was she doing with one? "Something I can help you with Yumi-Chan?" Kenta asked closing his bento box.
Yumi smiled, "I hope so Kenta-san, you see I had heard you occasionally sparred with the Kendo club members, though seeing your speed in class, I can see you have a lot of talent. I was hoping you would give me the privilege of a spar?" she asked with an eager smile.
Kenta smiled back as he stood up, "I wasn't aware you were practised in the ways of swordsmanship, I guess you learn something new every day" he said as he pulled out his bokken and stepped forward taking a ready stance. "Sure I don't see why not, how about first to two points wins" Kenta grinned.
But his grin quickly vanished when Yumi disappeared and reappeared behind Kenta with her bokken tapping the back of Kenta's head with it.
Yumi smiled, "did I mention I was good as well?" she said smiling, but stopped seeing the smile come back to Kenta face.
"I can see that Yumi-Chan, but you're not the only one," he said gesturing down.
Yumi looked to where he was gesturing to and her eyes widened, he had flipped his bokken grip and the blunt blade end was pressing just below her ribcage. If it had been a real blade, and he pushed back he would have had a clear shot to her heart. A single line of thought went through Yumi's head, 'he's good'.
Kenta smirked seeing her reaction before he stepped forward and turned with his bokken ready, "it would appear we are one-a-piece Yumi-Chan, it would seem that the next blow wins our little match what do you say we give this our all, after that little display of yours I'm thinking this could be fun".
Yumi smiled on the outside, "as am I Kenta-san" she said with a smile, but on the inside, she was calculating what was going on, 'he would have been able to kill me there, but how did he do it? He's a human he shouldn't be able to follow me at my speeds, or even move at the speed he can, but he did. Not only did he follow my speed, but he was fast enough to counter it, and I didn't even see him do it. I can see why Buchou has taken an interest in you Kenta-san, I wonder why I didn't see it sooner?'
The two of them started shifting on their feet weighing up the others' movements and trying to predict their next move. Before all went silent, and in a burst of speed from both sides they met in the middle their bokken striking off each other hard as their match got under way.
Time skip end of day
Kenta smirked walking down the path home, the day had proved to be an interesting one, after all, he had gotten some sketching done, enjoyed his lunch and even had found a new sparring partner in Yumi, which had turned out to be a big surprise, she actually kept him on his toes.
He could just tell the days were going to be more interesting as the days went on. Now normally it would be both Issei and him walking home together as they live right next door, but when Kenta was leaving class, he heard the pervert trio discussing their new found "peep-hole to paradise", Kenta didn't need to ask what they meant and had just called to Issei that he would see him tomorrow before leaving.
As he had crossed over the bridge to the footpath, he could make out the unmistakable cracking of shinai meeting flesh and the painful and tearful screams of the perverted trio as they received yet another beating, this one at the hands of the Kendo club. Kenta had flinched hearing it wondering if those three had a death wish, last week it was the tennis club, and Kenta had paused wondering what was worse, being hit by metal tennis rackets or shinai, he prayed he'd never find out.
Arriving at his house Kenta walked in the front garden path to the front door, the house was a two story detached house in the traditional style in the area, the front door had an all-black lacquer finish with a looking glass hole. Kenta stuck his key into the keyhole and opened the door.
Walking into the front hallway he hung his bag up on the railing and took his sketch book and pencils out before continuing walking through the living room to the kitchen, the living room was a standard square, two sofas a large plasma TV with blue-ray player, across from it was a set of shelves filled with Anime blue-ray series.
Coming into the kitchen he set the bokken down leaning against a set of shelves with multiple books in it. On the wall beside it were two photo frames, one was a picture of Kenta and Issei when they were younger maybe thirteen, arm in arm with grins on their faces, while the other, looked to have been partially burnt with the lower right corner missing, though what it depicted was unmistakable. It was a family picture. A man with slightly long hair tied back in a short ponytail with his bangs framing his face, wearing a white shirt and jeans. Had a much younger Kenta on his shoulders in shorts and a red t-shirt. Kenta was laughing, while next to them was a woman with long black hair down to the base of her back she had a kind look on her face, wearing a white sundress top and blue jeans, while hugging her was someone who looked just a bit younger than Kenta now, only his hair was longer than the older male in the photo and he had it tied back in a ponytail. The whole family was happy and content.
Kenta reached into the cupboard and pulled out some instant ramen and added the water before sticking it in the microwave. While it heated, Kenta opened the fridge taking out two beer bottles and closed the fridge as he popped the first bottle and started drinking. By the time the ramen was ready he had one bottle drunk.
Kenta made his was out to the back porch with his ramen in one hand, his beer in another and his sketch book and pencils under his arm. He sat down in one of the deck chairs out the back and looked over to the dojo he had at the back of the yard. It was a small building, but big enough for two groups of people to spar inside at one time. Kenta remembered when his father had finished building it three years before…that night.
Kenta took another drink to try and dull the memories before opening his sketch book. But then something caught his attention, a smell that he didn't usually smell, it was coming upwind of him, but he didn't let it draw his gaze. Instead, he simply smiled slightly before closing his eyes and focusing his energy as it coursed through his body heightening his senses, his sense of smell and hearing to be precise.
He could smell far more now, it smelt of lavender, that in-and-of-itself wasn't suspicious, it could have simply been that Mrs Hyoudou had bought some lavender for their backyard, no what made this scent grab his attention was that it was intertwined with the smell of chocolate cookies and cats. And Kenta knew that no one had a pet cat for at least seven houses in each direction, there were dogs sure, and even a few rabbits and smaller pets, but no cats.
Kenta heightened his hearing and then he heard it, a heartbeat and someone breathing in a tree just upwind two houses to his left, he didn't look.
'So it would appear I have someone watching me, interesting, guess I won't be putting in any training tonight' Kenta thought as he opened his eyes and lifted his beer to take a drink.
Flashback
A younger Kenta was smiling as he stood with his hands balled into fists, as an older version of him with longer hair stood across from him in the same pose with a small smile on his face.
Kenta pushed forward throwing a right straight, but the older one just stood there as the punch came at him before moving out of the way as the last seconds and grabbed Kenta's arm and threw him overhead.
Kenta landed with a thud the smile still in place, but his eyes winded seeing something coming down on him, Kenta rolled dodging a knee drop to his chest, before jumping to his feet and trying to high-kick the older boy only to have it caught and held.
Kenta struggled to break free, but couldn't before the older boy threw a punch at Kenta's face, Kenta saw it coming and closed his eyes bracing for the impact that never came. Slowly Kenta opened his eyes to see the older boy smiling at him with the fist stopped just in front of his face.
Kenta blinked shocked, before the older boy opened his fist into two pointing fingers, "Nice try Otōto" he said before poking Kenta in the forehead and letting go of his foot making him loose his balance and fall on his butt.
"Ouch, Onii-Sama what was that for? I thought we were meant to be sparring?" the younger Kenta whined rubbing his forehead with the now prominent red spot on it
The older boy smiled, "and who says we can't have fun while we spar? You need to lighten up Otōto."
Kenta pouted rubbing his forehead as he got up when clapping was heard coming towards them. Both boys looked to a man coming towards them with a woman beside him, the man was clapping and they were both were smiling.
"Arashi is right Kenta, you do need to lighten up it was only a little light spar, not life and death." the man laughed in a happy voice
The woman smiled kneeling down to Kenta's height smiling kindly at him, "you act too old for your own good sometimes Ken-Chan, sometimes you're just too cute for your own good" she said pinching his cheek playfully.
Kenta pushed her hand away pouting as all three of them laughed, Kenta grew red in embarrassment before yelling, "Tou-Chan, Kaa-Chan, Nii-Chan!!!"
Only resulting in them laughing louder before Kenta smiled and laughed along with them.
Flashback end
Kenta put the beer to his lips and took another mouthful before setting it down with a sigh as he recalled the memory, a sad look came on his face as he looked up at the sky now fading to a bright orange with the setting sun, Kenta bit his lower lip as a tear formed in his eye, he quickly wiped it away and lifted the beer for another drink to drown out the memories.
Time skip later that night ORC room
Rias sat on the red leather sofa in the ORC Club room sipping on a cup of tea that Akeno had prepared, she was reading over some reports waiting for her Knight and Rook to return from their separate scouting missions, both had orders to return at ten o'clock to report their findings, just as the clock struck the hour two separate magic circles opened up and in the light the two separate forms appeared, out of one stepped Kiba Yumi, a girl with long blond hair and silver eyes, and out of the other came a girl of smaller stature, first year Koneko Toujou. She was shorter than most, and had shoulder length white hair with golden eyes, and a black cat hairpin holding back her hair on one side.
Both girls gave a slight bow as the light faded from the magic circles and Rias looked to them with a smile.
"Good evening you two, I trust our assignments went off without a problem," she asked expecting none with simple surveillance assignments there wasn't much that could go wrong.
"Hai Buchou" Koneko responded in a monotone voice. The regular from her.
"The surveillance has been carried out, but there has been a slight problem" Yumi reported in a steady tone ready to explain.
Rias looked to her, "what happened with Issei that might be a problem?" Rias asked. She had sent them both to survey the targets together, but when they had split up after the academy they contacted her for new orders. She had though Yumi could easily watch Issei and report anything strange.
Yumi's eyes narrowed, "on his way home from the academy, Issei Hyoudou was approached by a fallen angel, disguised as a high school girl. It appears the two of them will be going on a date this coming Sunday at the town mall"
Rias eyes narrowed, "I see, it looks like the fallen angels have taken an interest in him as well, we'll have to work quickly if we hope to bring him to our side, I'm certain I sensed a sacred gear in him, though I'm not sure which one", then Rias looked to Koneko, "And what of Kenta Maki, did the fallen attempt to make contact with him as well" Rias asked curious about this one.
Koneko shook her head, "No...he just went home...had some ramen and alcohol before going to bed...he drinks a lot" she reported in her usual broken way
Rias frowned, "drinking, but he's still at the academy surely his parents wouldn't allow him to"
Koneko frowned, "I surveyed the house all night...he lives alone" she reported, looking a bit saddened, she had watched him drink himself completely drunk before stumbling off to bed, she had lost count of the number of bottles he had drunk, it had to be in the high tens.
Yumi nodded, "somehow that doesn't surprise me, sometimes Kenta comes into class, and actually sleeps through the entire class, though it only happens once or twice a week, sleeping off a hangover would explain it, he did have a slight smell to him last time"
This was beginning to sadden Rias also, "I see that will be all. Swap surveillances tomorrow and keep me informed, on Sunday we'll make our move and see if we can't follow what the fallen have planned for Issei it might provide us with an opportunity to bring him into the fold, while we wait for an opportunity for Kenta"
Then Yumi stepped forward, "Buchou on the subject of Kenta-san I would like to make a report"
Rias looked up to her interested to hear, "oh well this certainly is interesting, I wasn't aware you knew him" she said not hiding her interest.
"Hai, it's partly to do with how we both were given out names, as the dark prince and the princess of Kouh. You see we both put on the act of dancing around each other in class like we're interested in each other as a couple" Yumi said rubbing the back of her head sheepishly, making Rias blink.
"Oh, don't you find him appealing? Certainly, he would be boyfriend material, and if he becomes a devil all the better then" Rias asked raising an eyebrow.
Yumi smiled, "while I will admit that Kenta-san is handsome, I have slightly different tastes" she said hinting making Rias nod getting the hint, "Kenta-san is the only other one I've confided in, and he assists me in this act as a way to keep the other boy's advances at bay"
Rias blinked shocked at the fact that Yumi would trust someone like that with a secret she had only just revealed to her, "I see you must trust him quite a bit if you told him".
Yumi nodded, "I do, but that isn't what I want to report. It's the fact that today in class he demonstrated remarkable speed and skill with his bokken in class when Issei-san and his two pervert friends were acting up. I wasn't sure if it was a one off so I decided to test him at lunch in a one-on-one spar, I got the first strike, but he got me in the same instant. He not only followed my speed, but he was able to match it and counter without me noticing, and I wasn't holding back"
Rias blinked, "I see this is most interesting, for a human to be able to pull a draw with a devil, he must be extremely skilled"
Yumi frowned, "actually Buchou the match was first to two strikes. I lost."
Rias eyes widened, Yumi losing in a sword fight? And to a human? That shouldn't be possible. "How?"
Flashback
Both bokkens met in the middle hard, the impact was hard and the pressure coming from both sides matched in intensity, both were giving it their all as they pushed off each other. Neither wasted any time and tried to press the assault, Kenta raised his bokken high and brought it down. Yumi saw it coming and raised her bokken in a horizontal angle to defend, before pushing his back and went for a low rising slash, Kenta was following her movements as she attacked, he flipped the lower grip he had on his bokken and twisted the bokken around before going into a stabbing motion but stopping above the ground intercepting Yumi's slash.
Yumi's eyes widened never seeing such a fast reaction time before, but that was the opening Kenta needed, before he flipped re-flipped his hand and pushed Yumi's Bokken wide leaving her open, as her stepped I close and held the blunt blade of the bokken to her throat, her silver eyes meeting his black ones and that's when she saw it, the coldness in them the deeply buried hatred had he had in him, she knew it all too well, it was the same kind she held for any priest or anyone with any ties to the church, but his was different she could see it. Compared to her hatred, his made hers look like a weak candle flame, compared to the raging inferno hidden behind his eyes, but it clearly wasn't aimed at her. But before she could think more about it, it was gone replaced by the mask again something she knew all too well, the mask she wore was much the same, the mask meant to make her look normal when she was broken inside.
Kenta smiled, "Good spar Yumi-Chan, it's not often I can find someone who can keep me alert, do you mind if we go again tomorrow," he asked not aware she was still partly in thought about what she had seen behind his eyes.
Hearing his last words and snapping back to reality Yumi quickly nodded, "sure think, Kenta-san, perhaps next time, I might actually put up more of a fight, you seem to be far better than me, when did you start with a sword?"
Kenta smiled, "when I was seven, my Tou-san taught me till I was ten, then I started looking for Dojos and the like to practice in challenging those who were willing. The Kendo club here is where I go mostly, but you seem to be much better than them, why aren't you in the club?" Kenta asked quickly changing the subject matter to her.
Yumi smiled, "I just don't really have time, between my school work and then my membership in the ORC. I don't have a lot of free time."
Kenta blinked, "ORC, I didn't know you were interested in the occult, guess that's two new things I've learned today"
Flashback end
Rias blinked, "Koneko, didn't you say he lived alone, no parents"
"Hai Buchou, he lived in the house next to the Hyoudou's, there was no car in his driveway, nor was there any sign of anyone else living in his house" Koneko reported
Rias looked to be deep in thought before she spoke, "they could be away on business, but what's troubling me is that look you said you saw Yumi, are you certain what you saw?"
Yumi nodded, "I know what I saw, when he was fighting, it was brief but it was there. But what could have caused it is beyond me" Yumi said with a slight frown.
Rias leant her head on her hands deep in thought, 'Kenta Maki...just what is your story'
Scene break Next morning
Kenta walked down the path to school, large sunglasses on his face covering the fact that his eyes are bloodshot as he tried to hide his hangover. It wasn't his first time and it wouldn't be his last.
Whoever had been watching them, he sensed they left shortly after he went up to his bedroom to go to sleep sometime after his fifteenth bottle for beer, but he'd been too drunk off his ass to care and just went to sleep anyway.
As he walks down the path, he stops looking at the sight in front of him, Issei standing with his two perverted friends gawking at him, while beside him stood a beautiful young lady, with long black hair and violate eyes and she wore a school uniform Kenta didn't recognize, a dark red jacket with the letter "P" embroidered in gold, a white undershirt, a red bow, and a green skirt with a thin white strip around the lower end of it.
Walking past them he just wanted to get to class try to sleep off his hangover, the sensei always let him as he was top of the class and year group and sleeping a day or two a week in class never affected his grades in the slightest. Though as he walked passed them, he felt something… off about the girl, he knew all too well what killing intent felt like, and he could feel it coming off that girl in waves, though it was suppressed enough that neither Issei or his pervert friends could feel it. But one thing was clear to Kenta about that girl, she was trouble and in a big way.
Scene break classroom
Kenta lay with his head on the desk hood covering his head using his arms as a pillow his eyes closed and shades on blocking as much light as possible his eyes were killing him. He was trying desperately to sleep but with no luck, until he heard Yumi sit down next to him.
"Morning Kenta-san, drink too much last night?" she asked raising an eyebrow at the state he was in, his shirt was hanging out and his hair from what she could see was a complete mess under the hood, and she could smell the beer on him, though it was covered by the smell of mouthwash and deodorant to try and mask it, but it was still there.
"Uhhhhhh" groaned Kenta in response head covered not wanting to talk.
Yumi giggled hearing the moan, "I suppose that means you don't want to have another spar today then?" she asked with a slight smirk.
Kenta tilted his head to the side so half his face was showing, "Maybe later, right now I feel like I've been hit by a truck" he said with his eyes closed.
Yumi rolled her eyes, "your own fault for drinking too much or drinking at all period. I can't believe your parents actually let you drink so much that you're like this in the…" Yumi started but quickly stopped when she felt a cold burst of air below her chin, she looked to see the end of Kenta's white bokken below her neck. She followed it to see Kenta was holding it in a tight grip, but when she looked at his face, it honestly scared her. His eyes the rage that was hidden behind them, was now at the front as he looked at her and she at him.
"Don't ever mention my parents to me again. Am I clear?" Kenta growled in an angry tone making Yumi visibly shake.
She knew what killing intent was being a devil and she had been on the receiving end of that pressure many times, and now Kenta's was hitting her full force. It was absolutely intoxicating, but how could a human have such killing intent, it was so hard to breathe. She could only lightly nod yes in return.
Seeing her nod, Kenta's killing intent blunted if only slightly, before he got up and walked out of the classroom. Leaving Yumi speechless and clueless as to what she had said to provoke such a response. She would have to pass on this information to Buchou in hopes of preventing her from stepping on whatever nerve she had just unknowingly just lanced. She reluctantly got up to follow him hoping to repair whatever damage she had just done.
Scene break
Angry and with a raging hangover, Kenta walked through the school grounds heading for the main gate, he was pissed off and he needed something to punch and soon, he was barely restraining his killing intent.
Unfortunately, luck wasn't on his side as he was spotted by the president and vice president of the school council, Souna Shitori and Tsubaki Shinra. Both of them spotted him walking with a scowl firmly set on his face as he was walking to the school gate, Souna Shitori or rather Sona Sitri looked at him, she had often seen him around the school and had heard of his exploits both academically and when he regularly fought against multiple members of the kendo club for sport. She had thought he might just be her intellectual equal on some level, she had even tried to bring him into the school council in the past, and then into her Devil peerage if all went well, but he had refused all her invitations saying that he had other matters that he had to focus on. This saddened her but she had always kept an eye on him looking for any opening she might find to claim him. So to see him so irritated was a new experience, as when she often watched him he was calm and collected, her curiosity of the better of her as she called out to him.
"Maki-san just a moment please" she called as she quickened her pace to try and catch him.
But what she had not expected was what she got when she had almost caught up to him. He stuck her with an angry glare loaded with killing intent that made her draw back for a moment, but that was nothing compared to the killing intern laced in his voice.
"Whatever it is, Shitori-Sempai, I'm afraid it will have to wait, I'm going home for the day," Kenta said not holding back his anger and partially hurt tone in his voice.
Hearing his anger, Sona went into president mode, like she normally did with any rowdy student when they tried to have their own way on her watch. "I'm afraid Maki-san that I can't allow that school rules dictate that students must remain on campus during the school hours unless escorted by a parent or guardian, I'm afraid I must ask you to return to your class," she asked her tone lot leaving any room for argument.
Kenta growled beneath his breath, "Screw the school rules" he growled before turning and continuing to walk towards the school gate.
Sona blinked in shock, normally that would work and her icy glare and tone would scare most back to being reasonable and do as she asked, perhaps he needed another source of encouragement.
"Maki-san, if you don't return to class, I'm afraid I will have to inform administrations and they will have to contact your parents on you leaving school grounds against the schools…" she began but never finished.
In a split second Kenta had turned and was in front of her the next, at speeds she had never expected from a human, his glare was ice cold but was raging like an inferno threatening to destroy her if she even spoke another word, Sona froze as he spoke.
"Never. Threaten. Me" Kenta growled out as Sona felt as if his glare was burrowing into her very being, it was frightening on another level beyond any form of killing intent she had ever felt, the rage behind it threatened to remove all who crossed it from existence. She and Tsubaki could only numbly nod paralysed by their own fear.
Kenta turned and started to walk away killing intent still pouring off him by the waves. Only when he was out of earshot did Tsubaki speak.
"Kaichou? What was that?" Tsubaki said in a low shaky voice.
Gulping as she steadied her nerves Sona responded, "I believe that was a warning to all, Tsubaki, to never anger Maki-san if you value your wellbeing"
Unknown to them, just a bit away Yumi hide behind a wall having seen the whole incident as she shook, she had felt the killing intent all the way over to her, and even at a distance it wasn't diluted, Kenta's killing intent was so potent it shook her to her very core, she could only hope he calmed down from whatever she and now Sona had said, before she spoke with him again.
Scene break
Walking around the side of his house, Kenta went straight for the dojo still angered by the events of the day even after the walk back to his house. Coming up to the dojo he slotted his white bokken into the holder by the door and lifted an all-black one before entering and shutting the door.
He walked into the centre of the dojo, it was a well-built building. A solid wood frame, wooden floors and white plastered wood walls. There were interior support beams on their side of the building build into portioning walls separating small areas out for storage space. On each of the wooden beams, there were some carving chiselled into them that Kenta knew all about. Windows for light were along the space above the doorframes and before the roof along the back of the building to allow sunlight in to fill the rooms. But what drew most attention when they first walked in was the black symbol painted on the back wall above a small shrine with a holder for incense and a mat for kneeling. On the shrine was a stand and sitting on it was a sheathed sword without a guard, its body was a rectangular metal tubing with flat ends and a metal bumped grip plate on either side of the handle. The symbol on the wall was a ring, with three Tomoes evenly spaced around it with their points outward with a black symbol for a fan on the inside of it.
Walking up to the shrine, Kenta kneeled down and set the black bokken down beside him as he lifted two incense sticks from the holder on the ground and place both of their ends between his fingers closing his eyes for a moment Kenta concentrated as smoke began to rise from between his fingers, he then set the sticks in the holder on the shrine and put his hands on his knees before bowing his head to the symbol, is fists clenched in anger.
After a few seconds, Kenta looked up as he did he heard a voice in his mind, a memory long ago, as he remembered when he had first seen the symbol.
Flashback
A younger Kenta, barely seven years old ran into the dojo looking around amazed at the inside, his father had been building it and had kept both he and Arashi out while the inside was being fitted, so to finally see the inside was amazing, he looked to the back wall to see his father with a paint brush applying the finishing strokes to the symbol painted on the back wall, he recognized the fan symbol straight away, it was the same symbol his father wore on his clothes sometimes with a red top and a white bottom. But the symbol of the three tomoes confused him, normally they were on their own without a ring and were pointed inward, like his father's eyes when he watched him and Arashi train.
"Tou-Chan, why is there a ring and why are the tomoes pointed outward, shouldn't they be pointed inward?" Kenta asked tilting his head looking at, "and why do you have that symbol of the fan everywhere, I've always wondered?"
His father glanced over his shoulder before smiling, "curious are you?" he asked in a teasing tone making Kenta nod quickly in response, exciting a laugh from his father, "ha, well I don't suppose there isn't any harm in telling you early, I was supposed to tell you when your eyes awoke like Arashi have but telling you now might help you understand it better later in life." He said as he set down the paint brush and walked over to his young son lifting him up to him as both of them turned to look at the symbol.
"You see Kenta, that fan symbol in actually our family crest. Long ago our family used to go by a different name, but after certain members did some rather distasteful things those of us that didn't want to be associated with them changed our name and left those who disgraced the name behind with it. Our old name has all but been lost to the flow of time, that's why I wear the symbol it was something my Tou-san passed down to me and I wear it with pride." Kenta's father said proudly rubbing the crest on the kimono he was wearing.
Kenta blinked in response that had been something he had never known, that they had once gone by a different name, he was curious as to what it had been but he didn't linger on it.
"But what about the tomoes and ring around it, it's not the same as your eyes Tou-Chan," Kenta asked looking at the symbols.
"Ha-ha-ha" Kenta's father laughed at his son's curiosity, "you sure are curious aren't you," he said before closing his eyes and opening them again revealing a sight Kenta had grown all too familiar with but it mesmerised him each and every time.
His father's eyries were now pure red with a black ring, and a black pupil in the middle with three tomoes swirling around the eyries before coming to a halt, showing his fully matured Sharingan eyes.
Kenta's eyes widened wishing he would awaken his like his father, mother and brother, but his father had said it would come in time and not to try and force it.
Then his father spoke in a voice that Kenta had heard all too often, it was the tone he used when he wanted Kenta to remember every word that he said when he was teaching. "Kenta, you know the power of these eyes, but with these eyes, there must be a balance a control to keep us from straying and using these eyes for the wrong purpose. That is what the symbol means around of family crest, it is a reminder of the past and not to stray back to it." His father said as they walked up to the crest and touched the dry paint, "the tomoes are pointing outward for that reason, they have turned away from the past and seek towards a better future for all, each one representing its own purpose" he touched the first tomoe, "family, family is everything, we care for one another, we look out for each other and no matter what we stay together and protect each other", the next tomoe, "Honour, to always do what is best for the family to keep us strong and to never bring shame to the other", the third tomoe, "and finally friends, to care for those outside of the family that you hold dear, to care for them and protect them, for while they are not family they are precious to us in the same way"
"But Tou-Chan, what about the ring?" Kenta asked rubbing the ring, not noticing the paint was wet and touching it getting paint on his fingers, making his father laugh as he let his Sharingan fade.
"Yes the ring, it has its meaning in and of itself, though it has changed through the years the message remains the same, balance and control, to keep yourself in balance and to remain in control of one's own self, for it was that that disgraced the family before, when we lost control of our Sharingans and ourselves, always remember that Kenta, control your own actions and never act out of anger, for doing so when you awaken your eyes can be dangerous not only for yourself but for those who are your friends and for the rest of the family" his father said with a pleased smile seeing his son listening so intently to his words.
"I will Tou-Chan, I will," Kenta said nodding.
"I know you will Kenta, I know you will"
Flashback end
Kenta gripped his trouser legs in his fists as tears threatened to fall from his eyes thinking back to that day, and then his eyes burst open as he heard the scream echo through his mind, the same scream that kept him awake at nights, the reason behind his repeating nightmare that has only faded through the years but is still as vivid as what he witnessed that day.
Reacting to his anger, he gripped the bokken by his side and yelling in rage he channelled his energy into it as it burst into a red glow as Kenta slashed the air only for a blade of fire to roar out of the blunt blade of the bokken and crash into the wall igniting it for a couple of seconds, only for the carvings on the wood to glow a bright blue before the flames and damage to vanish seconds before Kenta dropped to his hands and knees as his emotions overtook him and he cried out as tears streamed from his eyes. "Tou-Chan, Kaa-Chan. I-I'm sorry" Kenta said though his tears as he had forgotten what he had been taught and lost his control and done exactly what his was told not to do, and reacted in anger, Kenta lay on the wooden floor alone and just cried asking for forgiveness in the solitude of the dojo as he let his sorrows out.
Time skip an hour later Kenta POV
After spending some time alone in the dojo, I came out eyes slightly red from my tears, I closed the door and looked to the back porch of my house to see a very concerned face of Mrs Hyoudou. 'Issei must have called her.'
I set the second bokken into the slot and walked towards her and the house, I knew more than likely she was worried about me, ever since that night they had been looking out for me like a second son, though I tried to return their kindness it was difficult for me.
"Kenta-Kun, are you ok, Issei called and said you left the academy after someone said something to you that upset you," she asked sounding concerned as I walked over to her.
I nodded, "I'm fine Mrs Hyoudou, it's just been a rough morning," I say as I opened the sliding door to the dining room and kitchen and walked in her behind me.
I heard her sigh slightly in disappointment at the sight of the empty bottles of drink on the counter top, "please tell me you didn't drink these all last night?" she asked with a sad tone in her voice.
I poured water into the kettle and turned it on before looking back to her, "it helps me sleep, the only way I can sleep these days" I say that last part in a muffled tone but she heard it and frowned.
"What about the medication for the nightmares?" she asked, yea right that stuff.
I rolled my eyes lifting my sketchbook. "Those pills stopped working three years ago, and even when they did I only got a single hour more to sleep, plus they made me feel like hell warmed up in the morning," I say as I start sketching.
"And the alcohol and hangover?" she said raising an eyebrow at me in the same thing way, I roll my eyes as I scoffed.
"At least the hangover is manageable with aspirin and a pair of shades" I say back as I hear the kettle finish boiling, I set my book down and poor the water into the cups, before I fill two tea strainers with the Guricha herbs and place them in the hot water taking them over to the table with my sketch book underarm.
We both sit down waiting for our tea to steep, I just continue sketching as Mrs Hyoudou looks at me with sad eyes. She waited seven slow seconds before giving into the silence.
"So are you going to tell me what happened at the academy to make you just walk out? That's not like you to just get up and walk out." She asked concern still in her voice.
I felt myself tense slightly at that before I replied, "I'm not proud of that actually, I… someone mentioned them, obviously she hadn't been living her back then and hadn't known. But hearing someone mention them who didn't know them, it just set me off"
I didn't make eye contact and kept my eyes on my sketchbook, but I could feel her sadness knowing she felt sorry for me, though I never wanted anyone pity, I had enough pity to last me a lifetime.
She put her hand on my knee to try to help, "I know it still hurts after all these years but it will get better."
I sighed a sad sigh, "I honestly wish that was true" I said as I set my sketchbook down and her eyes went wide seeing what I had finished sketching, "but how can it get better when I see their faces everywhere I look, when I just want to forget" I say looking down, I had sketch both my parents faces with happy smiles it had been the last happy memory I had of them and I just couldn't forget it or what happened that night.
I felt Mrs Hyoudou recoil back in sadness knowing what I meant. My photographic memory, I couldn't forget, it was both a blessing and a curse. It helped me with my school work remembering facts for tests. But remembering events from before that day, are what I try to forget.
We continued to sit in silence as our tea finished steeping and we took our strainers out to enjoy the tea.
I took my first sip, and I felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulder, tea always made things better, even if just for a few minutes before reality soon came crashing back seconds later…and there it was.
"Perhaps a lighter subject would make things easier… did you hear Issei actually managed to find a girlfriend" she said with a smile?
I instantly almost choked on my tea hearing those words, "*cough**cough* what, that perv got a girl, dear god I knew you didn't exist, either that or he's a cruel man. No offence Mrs H, but Issei isn't boyfriend material, I wouldn't be surprised if she files charges after their date."
She giggled at my comment, "true, and I take no offence he gets it all from his father. But from what Issei said she sounds like a nice girl, black hair, violet eyes, and get this she asked him out this Sunday."
I blinked, "wait, I think I saw her this morning on my way in, though I didn't recognise her school uniform. What's a girl like that doing with Issei?"
"Oh god only knows, but here's to hoping he doesn't screw it up, I might actually see my grandkids before I hit fifty," she said happily.
I smiled on the outside at the comment but I couldn't help feeling something was off. A girl like that doesn't just go and randomly ask some guy out, especially Issei of all people, and that killing intent she was suppressing that wasn't normal. I had better keep an eye on her, the last thing Issei needs is for some weird ass chick to go all Minatsuki Takami on him, I think some backup might be in order. I've seen that anime one too many times and chicks like that always have a crazy side to them, and not the kind I enjoy.
ORC Club room
Rias was sitting behind her desk looking over some papers on her free period before her next class when where was a knock at the door. Yumi came in. Rias looked up to her.
"Yumi? Aren't you meant to be watching Kenta now? I'm assuming this means there's been some sort of problem" Rias asked raising an eyebrow.
"Hai Buchou, it appears I made a miscalculation today in class when I spoke with Kenta-san today. He came in hungover as I predicted, and I opted to make light of the subject, but when I even touched on how his parents could let him drink like he does, well I think I might have gone too far and he stormed out of the classroom, but not before pointing his bokken at me and telling me never to mention them again" Yumi reported with a sad tone.
Rias frowned, "I see, did you attempt to follow and apologise, perhaps he and they just don't get along?" Rias said trying to think of the reason for Kenta's outburst.
Yumi nodded, "Hai, I did Buchou, but before I could catch up to him, he ran into Sitri-Senpai and Shinra-Senpai as he tried to leave school grounds" Yumi stopped talking remembering the meeting with a frown.
Rias looked worried, "and what happened?" she urged Yumi to continue seeing her reaction to it had her curious as to exactly what happened.
"Sitri-Senpai attempted to convince Kenta-san to stay on campus and return to class, by reminding him off the campus regulations, but he completely ignored her telling her and quote, "screw the school rules", before he went to keep leaving, Sitri-Senpai tried again, this time, trying to remind Kenta-san what would happen should he leave, his parents would be contacted, that's when things got bad." Yumi frowned and shivered slightly.
Rias blinked, "how so, it couldn't have been that bad, I imagine Sona could handle herself with a human" Rias reasoned.
Yumi nodded, "as would I, except when Kenta-san got angry, he released the foulest killing intent I have ever felt, it left both Sitri-Senpai, Shinra-Senpai and myself who was fifty meters way speechless in fear, I can only imagine what it must have felt like for Sitri-Senpai he was standing right in front of her. What must he have experienced to have such killing intent is something I can't, no I don't want to imagine" Yumi said with a slight shiver.
Rias frowned, "yes it does seem that Kenta has experienced something to make him somewhat different to other humans, the speed you described last night would have required many years of training to achieve, and to be able to exude such killing intent as to actually temporally paralyze someone would take years also, it would seem Kenta isn't an ordinary human, to say the least"
"What do you want to be done Buchou, I find it unlikely that Kenta-san will let me near him again until he has cooled off, and you still have Koneko on Issei after classes at the end of the day, should I inform her we're swapping targets again?" Yumi asked still frowning about Kenta, he was her friend, or at least she hoped he still was, after today she just wasn't sure.
"I think it's best if we leave Kenta alone, for the time being, we'll try again next week and give him the weekend to cool off after today, if you see Koneko, inform her the plan remains the same except for those changes" Rias said as she stood up walking over to the window.
Yumi nodded and walked out of the room a frown still on her face from her thoughts of Kenta, as Rias stood at the closed window looking out, 'and so the mystery that is Kenta Maki continues, this is getting very interesting'
Time Skip Sunday Kenta's POV
I had decided the best way for me to watch out for Issei was by tailing him, not the best tactic I know but it was the only way possible to make sure he didn't get hurt on this date of his, that girl just gave me the creeps.
I've been tailing them all day as they've been going to the mall, I know I look like a stalker right now with my hoodie up and my shades on, I don't even know why I brought my black bokken, but something just told me in my gut to bring it and if I've learned anything it's always trusting your gut.
Ok I'm trailing them right now I'm currently standing about twenty meters off them behind one of the shop walls just watching as they talk, so far they've been to several stores, a diner, a movie and then to a jewellery store where Issei bought her a really nice charm bracelet, it must have cost a month of his porn money stash, I may actually have to rethink my opinion of him when it comes to women, he may be a pervert, but he can actually be a gentlemen when he wants to be, when he's not imagining motor boating her oppai that is, I mean seriously he needs to get laid something bad.
As I'm watching them around the corner every few seconds, a sent catches my attention, channelling energy into my nose I blink a few times. 'Lavender, cookies and cats. That person who was watching me on Thursday night!' I stopped and looked around, only to see short white hair duck away behind a wall about ten meters away from me and I blink seeing it had a black cat hairpin in it. I move to go to see if I can catch them but I'm instantly blocked by someone.
A girl with short cut brown hair that stuck out at the sides, wearing a pink dress with a white bottom and black shoulder pads, holding a small bag in one arm and holding out a leaflet in the other.
"Would you like one?" she asked in a kind tone.
The sudden appearance of this girl just caught me off guard, and I blinked and accepted the leaflet she was handing me, I didn't even respond, it was like she had just come out of nowhere. Then she just smiled a sweet smile and walked away.
I blinked coming out of my daze and looked down at the leaflet, it was some weird occult thing, with strange symbols on it, and then I noticed the phrase in the middle, '"your wish will be granted", yeah right, there's only one thing I wish for and only I can see it done', I think as I rolled my eyes, I was about to throw it away when I stopped remembering Yumi-Chan was into the occult things like this. I had been feeling like crap for snapping at her on Friday, 'maybe she would be interested in this, I can think of a way to apologise for being a total ass later'.
I looked up realizing I had completely forgotten about my stalker and now they were probably long gone, I looked back to Issei and this girl, I didn't even catch her name, only to see they were walking away in the direction of the park as the sun was going down, I quickly followed as I put the leaflet in my back pocket.
Scene break
Ok now I really feel like a stalker, I'm hiding in the bushes just off to the side of Issei and this girl as they walk through the park, it's starting to get dark now and I'm starting to think I was imagining that killing intent on Friday, that hangover was so rough I could have walked into Lucifer himself and not know it.
I'm crouching behind some bushes over to the side with my bokken in my left hand, anyone who spots me right now would think I'm some psycho killer out for his first kill, but let them think that, I've had people think worse of me.
I focus my energy into my ears as I try to listen to the conversation, I can hear them clear enough but the running water from the fountain is messing with my hearing a bit, I really need to practice with my ears more, but there's only so much I can do reading the charred papers and working on my own.
I focus on listening in to try and gauge where this whole thing is heading and guess if I need to leave, I really don't want to be here if these two start making out. That would really be awkward.
"It sure was fun today." The girl says giving a sweet smile to Issei. Who's just rubbing the back of his head like he a kid who got praised for getting a question right.
I couldn't help but give a grin and hope I was wrong about this girl, it would be nice if they did actually work out, and perhaps she'd be good for him, help him focus his pervert side at the least.
"Hey, Ise-kun." She says taking a step closer to him making him blush as his eyes travel to her chest.
I roll my eyes, 'focus on her eyes you idiot, not her oppai', I think to myself as I keep listening.
"What is it, Yuuma-Chan?" Issei responds blushing like mad as she comes even closer.
So her name was Yuuma, interesting name, it means "setting sun" if I remember correctly, I wonder why her parents called her that?
"There is something I want to do to celebrate our first date. Can you listen to my wish?" Yuuma asks Issei as she puts her hands together behind her back so innocently, pushing her bust forward to Issei. I just smirked.
Oh, this girl's got Issei's number bad, if there's one thing he loves its Oppai, and it looks like she might just give him a taste tonight, I start taking a few sliding steps back getting ready to move away if they do start making out.
"W-What is the w-wish you want?" Issei stutters out like a little kid, I smirked.
'Congratulations ya perv, you found someone who will let you grope them, I'm out of here' I think to myself as I turn but I keep listening as I go to move off. But I stop when I hear her response clear as day.
"Will you die for me?" she says in a sickly sweet tone, making me turn on my heels as I narrow my eyes gripping my bokken.
'And ladies and gentlemen we have a crazy bitch in the flesh. Sorry Issei, I was really hoping I was wrong about her' I think as I got on one knee ready to move at a moment's notice.
"...Eh? That is...huh, sorry, can you repeat that again? I think there's something wrong with my ears." Issei asks probably thinking he heard wrong. But I knew better.
"Will you die for me?" she asks again, this time, laughing as she moves back.
Ok, this girl is ten kinds of crazy, she's starting to make Minatsuki Takami seem like a nice hopeful dream. I start to rise, ready to walk out and stop this when something happens that my eyes can't believe.
*FLAP*
Black wings appear from her back. As she starts to flap them faster and faster as black feathers start to fall from them as she takes off into the air.
'Ok just what the fuck is going on here, are we in the fucking twilight zone or something, I've seen some freaky shit being me, but people growing wing just doesn't happen what the hell is this', I think as I stare at the scene wide-eyed as this girl begins to change further.
Her eyes grow colder as her body begins to change her clothes are torn to shreds revealing her growing body as she keeps growing, she had a beautiful figure, slender and with a decent sized rack on her and perfect skin everywhere else, no wonder Issei was head over heels for her, but in a second she's covered again in what looks to be a dominatrix leather get up that barely covers her new curves but makes her look so much more sinister, at the same time as making her look hot as hell. 'Damn it why's it always the hot ones who are bat shit crazy with wings….. I can't believe I just thought that'
"Y-Yuuma-C-Chan?" Issei stutters out completely freaked out and afraid, who the fuck could blame him, his new "girlfriend" just sprouted wings, donned a dominatrix get up, most would be freaking out right now, well the wings part would freak me out, but the dominatrix part would make me ask a few questions.
Then she starts talking in a much older voice, cold and unfeeling. "It was fun. The short time I spent with you. It was like playing house with a little child." She says with a cold smile.
I growl below my breath, so this bitch was only playing with him, that's fucking cold. But then my eyes widen again as she raised her hand and the light starts to gather in it like she's manipulating light energy. My body moves on instinct as I set my bokken down, and start moving my hands, 'Snake, Ram, Monkey, Boar, Horse, Tiger'
As my hands move the light forms into a long jagged pink pole with a sharp end, a spear. As it makes a sickening buzzing sound as it glows.
This girl grins evil before pulling back her arm spear in hand ready to throw, just as my hands stop moving, and I took in a deep breath. 'Not today bitch, and not my buddy.'
Authors POV
Issei was frozen to the spot not sure what he was seeing, his girlfriend, Yuuma, had just transformed and now she was even hotter than before but not he wasn't sure what he was seeing she had created this pink spear out of light and was about to make him into a shish kabob with it as she got ready to throw it. But as she did a voice called out from their left in the shadows just as she was ready to release the spear, and it was a voice that Issei recognised.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball!!" yelled the voice as the next thing a massive fireball the size of a car came out of nowhere heading right for Yuuma, making her eyes go wide as she quickly moved to the right just in time to dodge the massive fireball just as it shot into the air and exploded into a fiery explosion.
Issei's eyes winded as the explosion took place and he looked up watching it but then he felt a gust of wind move past him and he looked in front of him to see the back of the person who he heard the yell from, his best friend Kenta, who was standing in front of him his hoodie now open and hanging around his waist showing a sort of chain metal shirt on him, that looked like chain mail but had wider gaps and Issei could see the black shirt below it, as Kenta stood in a pose both his hands gripping the black bokken in front of him as he glared at Yuuma in anger. Issei was so shocked he barely registered when Kenta called to him.
"Hey, Issei you ok?"
Kenta's POV
'Damn it she had to dodge that, and I can only do two more of them and then I'm at my limit', "Hey Issei, you ok?" I called over my shoulder to Issei who seems to be rooted to the spot.
"K-Kenta, is that you, what the hell was that? What the hell is going on!?" he yells freaking out, yeah that's the logical thing to do.
"Well, yesterday I had a bad feeling about this girl, and then your Kaa-san told me you two were dating so I decided to tail you. Long story short I was right and now this crazy bitch has gone all Minatsuki Takami on your ass, and grown wings I might add, anything I missed?" I said in a sarcastic tone no taking my eyes off this winged bitch as she gets her baring's and is now glaring at the pair of us.
"What's this another worm for me to step on, oh how fun" the bitch starts to laugh but is obviously shaken from my little fireball earlier, making me smirk.
"Yea good luck with that!" I called as I channelled my energy into my bokken and swung in an upward arc sending out a wave of flames at the bitch making her eyes widen as she had to dodge again. I pointed my bokken at her, "I suggest you leave now before I decide to roast some crow"
My threat only proved to make her glare harder at me, "Like some worm could even hurt a fallen angel like me, I don't know where your powers come from, but they're beginning to annoy me" she hisses in anger.
'Fallen angel, so that's what she is, freaky', I thought as I retook my stance, "last warning leave or die" I threaten as I focused my killing intent in my voice trying to intimidate her, I can see her visibly sweat from it but that's all. I turn my head slightly to Issei, "Hey, Ise, get out of here, I'll hold her back long enough for you to bolt, run as fast as you can" I whispered back to him.
He looks at me like I'm crazy, "what the hell, first you appear out of nowhere in a ninja get up, next your throwing fire like some kind of pyromaniac, I know your special and all with those eyes you say are in your family but this is just ridiculous and now you want me to run, what about you?!"He yells in a whisper back.
I smirked, "I'll explain everything later Issei, but I can handle myself you can't now get moving before this bitch try's to stick us like cocktail sausages" I whispered back.
He cringes at my analogy but nods, "alright but I expect one hell of an explanation when you catch up, and you will catch up don't go dying on me" he whispers back as he starts to shuffle on his feel getting ready to bolt my killing intent still focused on this bitch making her freeze up.
I grinned, "Don't worry, I've still got too much left to take care of before I go and do that", 'yea like end that bastard for what he did'
Issei nodded before turning on his heels and taking off like a champion sprinter, all those years of running from the hordes of angry girls finally paying off.
As he did the fallen bitch seemed to fight against my killing intent just enough to see him run she snarled, "Like I'd let you get away!" she yelled creating another spear in her hand and throwing it.
I narrowed my gaze back on her and swung my bokken in an arc sending a wave of flames up and destroying the spear, "Your fight's with me!" I yelled back as I channelled energy into my legs and used the boost to push me up in a jump until I was in the air level with her, "and this is one fight your gonna lose!" I yelled as I brought my bokken down sending out another wave of flames at her, she narrowly dodges it getting her left wing clipped slightly as she did so.
"Bastard!" she yelled as she created another spear as I fell to the ground, I narrowed my eyes as she threw it, and I channelled more energy into my bokken making it burst into flames and it and the spear connected and I batted it away.
"You're going to have to do better than that!" I yelled as I threw the bokken down cutting the flow of energy and stopping the flames as I started to move my hands in a blur and stopped before taking in a breath. "Fire Release: Great Fireball: victory flames!!" I yelled as I spewed out a scorching hot flamethrower into the air at the flying bitch making her go wide-eyed and fly up narrowly dodging my stream of flames.
I cut my energy and was panting a bit now, the second version always did take a bit more out of me but I could still move. "Had enough yet you crazy bitch!!!" I yelled trying not to sound strained as I picked up my bokken.
She sneered at me, but then smirked a victorious smirk that creeped me out, "I hate to disappoint you but I've already won this, you're on your last legs, whatever those attacks of yours are they obviously take a large toll on your energy and by the looks of it, you've only got one left in you before you collapse from exhaustion", she smirked
I snarled in anger, she was right but I hate to admit it, but then she spoke again.
"And what makes it even better is you've lost and you don't even know it" she laughed at me.
"What the hell are you blabbing about now, this fights still got another round left in it and I'm not giving up!" I yelled as I got ready to go for her but she just laughed even louder.
"You see, Ha-ha-ha, your reason for fighting is already dead and you don't even know it" she laughed as I stopped my eyes wide, she couldn't mean.
"What are you saying?" I growled out in anger but really inside I was shaking hoping she was just lying.
"Oh, you didn't know, too bad, it's just that I'm not alone, you see I had a friend of my circling the park on the off chance there was a hiccup in the plan, he'll have found the little brat by now and run him through, sorry to say but you sent him from one executioner to another" she grinned evilly.
My breath hitched hearing her words, 'no, no it can't be true, not Issei, he can't be… damn it, not again…I'll kill her, I'll kill her', "I'LL KILL YOU!!!!" I yelled as I channelled my energy into my legs and pushed off the ground harder than I ever had before. As I soared towards her all I wanted to do was end this fucking bitch she had to die.
And it was at that moment I felt a surge of power course through me as my vision became sharper and she seemed to slow down even just a bit, I barely even registered it, I just wanted her dead and I knew I was going to do it. She saw me coming and I raised my bokken covered in flames as she created a spear and the two collided and they grinded off each other as I continued to rise up and I pushed her down knocking her back in the air a few meters as I continued to go up.
As I reached the apex of my jump I let go of my bokken as I blitzed through another series of hand movements, 'my strongest technique, it's all or nothing', before I took in a breath deeper than before. I yelled out, "Fire Release: Great Fire Destruction!!!!" I yelled as I breathed out a huge stream of flames at her, her eyes widen as she tried to move out of the way, but she was too slow and was completely engulfed in the sea of flames coming from my mouth. But a second after I felt a pain shoot through me, one I knew all too well, 'damn it out of energy' I thought as I cut the flow to keep from passing out right then and there as the flames stopped. But not before I had seen its effects, I burnt about a five meter square of the park forest, 'whoops', there was a tall tower of smoke rising up from it covering the area where I had roasted the crazy bitch.
I flinched the pain of over using my energy still fresh, the bitch was definitely dead but now I had a bigger problem, I was falling from a height and I had no energy to cushion my landing. 'Crap...' my thought was cut short when I felt a gust of air and an even worse pain go through my body.
*COUGH**SPLUTTER*
I coughed up a mouthful of blood as I looked down, it was a spear, one of that fallen bitches spears run right through my armoured shirt and my chest, it was through my lung, I coughed again as I felt more blood rush into my mouth. Air rushed by my head and the rest of my body as I fell to the ground and hit it with a thud, I couldn't feel anything, only the cold as I tried to look around somehow I was alive but not for much longer, I looked up to see that fallen bitch take off but with some bad burns.
'Damn it, all of that and I still couldn't kill her, damn it why am I so weak!!!' I thought as I lay there before spluttering blood as I choked, 'damn it, I can't die here, I can't die, not until he's dead...Issei I'm…'
I could feel my vision beginning to fade as the smell of smoke filled my sense, I was going to die, and be scorched by the very fires I set, oh the fucking irony. My eyes started to close as I tried to hang on, but for what no one would come, I was alone, like I always am.
But then as I was about to fade from life a bright crimson light filled my vision before fading, and the last thing I saw was her crimson hair before darkness overcame me.
