The cool breeze sobered Issei up as the cheerful cries of goodbye rang across the city street. Issei waved his arms to several of his friends as he found his way over to his uber. All while this was happening he had the image of the woman Motohama picked up at the bar. She wore a school uniform. Suddenly Issei remembers Raynare as her image flashes in his mind.
"BYE Matsuda!"
Asia says as she waves back at the driving car. Issei tries to reach out to them but all the shots drive him to fall asleep in a sudden moment.
"Oops, here come on Issei, let's get you to bed"
Asia says as she helps him inside. The two walk up to his room where he then falls onto the bed. Rias grabs him and pulls him under the covers in her sleep, making it look like they never went out in the first place. As Asia leaves the room, Issei flashes in and out of consciousness. "Dammit, I have to warn him" Issei thought. "No, he'll be fun. He can take care of himself. I'm so exhausted. I need this" he thought to himself as his own flesh demanded rest.
"No more lusting for Issei!" Asia says, pointing to herself in the mirror in a cute fashion. "I think, I think this boy might really like me. Let's not blow a good thing!" Asia says this in a cute fashion as she jumps onto her bed. "Now then. It's time to test this number!" She starts to text Matsuda.
"Hey there, you make it alright?"
She asks as Matsuda picks up his phone to see it's an unknown number.
"Asia?"
"So, wanna head back to my place?" Motohama asks his date as the car drops them off at the edge of town. The two get out as Matsuda stumbles. The woman helps him get up as Matsuda stood with Akia texting Asia, ignoring Akia's flirty hints. He then looks around and notices Motohama following his date.
"Wait, maybe we should follow them" Matsuda says to Akia as he sees the brunette taking Motohama to her "home". "Nah, he's fine, trust me." But as the car drove away Matsuda looked at Motohama and his date, worried as a pit in his stomach grew. "So, what was your name again?"
Motohama asked.
"Oh, I'm Uruka Minami" she says with a soft high pitch voice. Her hazel eyes pointed to Motohama's general direction.
"I'm Motohama sorry, it's kind of hard to remember things in this state." He told her. "Well then nice to meet you. What school are you from?"
She asks as a sweet smile stretches across her face. Motohama looks at her, now starting to feel chills up his spine, like a ghoul of some kind was lurking around in the night ready to steal his soul. The car kept driving as Matsuda tried his best to keep flirting with Asia, but with Motohama being with his date, the odd feeling from that interaction, Akia's strange behavior and accusations against her, everything felt off as a taxi pulled up to them. Uruka opens the door as she glances back at her date. "We got off at the wrong area, let's take this cab" she spoke softly as Motohama hesitated for a second. He shrugs, entering the cab with Uruka as the driver begins to drive away. He looks around nervously as his skin begins to sweat. He looks at the taxi driver as a pit begins to form in his stomach, manifesting worry into a seed of doubt. He asks the driver to pull over, but he doesn't respond.
"The hell?" he yells. The taxi begins to slow down at a red light as Motohama notices Matsuda with Akia. Matsuda glances around, looking at his phone several times before noticing Motohama. Akia takes off her glasses as she tries to cling to Matsuda, gaining the attention of Motohama as well. "She looks hella nice without her glasses" Motohama thought to himself. He makes eye contact with Matsuda. The two give each other a glance, then a nod. "I need you to move" Matsuda says to Akia as he moves her by the shoulders. He then steps forward as Motohama unlocks the cab door. Drawing his plasma pistol, Motohama leaps out of the car as it suddenly explodes. The driver leaps out with both of his eyes blood shot and black with an armored tail sticking out of his back. He then lands on the ground and roars as Akia looks at the Shide angel with fear in her eyes.
The Shide angel lingered as it swayed back and forth. His tail creeped around as it looked for prey to peirce.
FREEZE! PSD GET ON THE GROUND!
The fallen angel strikes his tail, the tip of the giant metal bony plate protecting the muscular organ strikes through the entire pocket Bible kept in Matsuda's chest pocket, only scratching Mathew, the first book of the new testament, three fourths of the thickest book in church was ripped apart protecting Matsuda's heart. He throws the book which was still connected to the fallen angel's tail and leaps over to aim his pistol at the demonic entity. He empties his plasma gun magazine into the creature's belly, the bullets cause it to bleed but its bony tail blocks the last couple shots from Matsuda's gun. Akia looks at the creature horrified as it starts to walk over to her. The taxi explodes as sirens wail in the distance. Motohama and Matsuda stand with guns and blades drawn on the threat as its demonic red and black eyes gaze back at him.
NOOOOOOO! DON'T EAT ME!
Matsuda's eyes widened as those words from Akia crept up his spine. He unloaded several more rounds into the creature as he and Motohama pursued the creature, which began to run around them at high speeds. Akia watches as more PSD arrive on the scene. Motohama suddenly vanishes from the scene as a red flash blocks him from being seen before his vanishing. Matsuda glances around as he finds himself standing off against the taxi driver with a grenade in hand.
"Matsuda" Akia says as she looks into the distance to see him driving away recklessly as he commandeered a police car. Her tone broken with worry as she wrapped her arms around her shoulders to keep herself warm.
Motohama finds himself drawing his sword, recalling the rapid series of events that took place. From him fleeing the exploding car, to fighting the taxi driver, to the sudden jab of a tentacle wrapping around his ankle and dragging him into a parking garage. He finds himself dodging a giant stab from an enormously long tentacle. He swings his bloody blade as the giant tentacle starts to wave around the air like a tail with a smooth and swift motion. Uruka finds herself almost dancing to the feeling of her tail retracting back inside her. Her eyes turn red and black as her thirst for sin and chaos starts to emerge.
"A school uniform in a bar, I'm beyond unintelligent to fall for that" he thought to himself angrily, clenching the handle of his blade as he continued to watch the movement of the tail, which glowed a bright red as it began to move in a spear like swirl.
"Ah shit, another one" he thought to himself, recalling the taxi driver. "This whole thing was a set up.
Motohama said as he then finds himself dodging several more tail attacks from his "date". And here I thought my luck finally started to pick up." Uruka giggles as she keeps striking at Motohama. He leaps off her tentacle and the two walls around them as the two fight in the parking garage. "Isolating me isn't gonna help you win" Motohama says with a chuckle. Uruka laughs hysterically as she keeps striking the concrete walls, floor, and ceiling with her extended tail, now reaching over twenty feet long. Motohama dodges each strike before he swings his blade, hacking her tail to pieces with his red plasma sword. It was all in vain however as Uruka heals it.
"You know the saying, kill a human, save a life. It looks like we're killing two tonight."
She says as she crosses her fingers before grabbing her own tail, hugging it as she slides her tongue across the skin of her organ, tasting the iron richness of the blood weapon she's weiling. "Sorry little buddy, you're not hugging this body tonight" she says before suddenly jabbing her tail towards Motohama.
Motohama dodges the strike, letting her tail pierce through the concrete walls. She strikes her tail again at Motohama again when suddenly the headlights and blaring police lights catch the fallen angel of Shide off guard. She looks towards the car and swings her tail at it like a bat, crushing its engine but not before it slams into her, breaking several ribs and sending her to the ground. She laid there in pain as Matsuda fired several shots at the fallen angel. She laid there sprawled with her hair acting as a bed for her back. Blood leaked from her mouth as she looked up and smiled at the two boys with her red eyes. A pool of blood gathered around her on the ground. Matsuda exits the vehicle, slamming the car door as he reloads his weapon.
"You survived, hehehehehehehe, oh how interesting. You two should know even the weakest of us angels can kill many people."
Matsuda reloads his weapon as Motohama brandishes his blade. Uruka just sat on the cold pavement, bleeding out as she continued taunting the two boys.
"You should know that I'm at least an above average rated angel. That taxi jerk ruined it for the both of us. What a weakling."
"Just shut your can" Matsuda said. "What did she tell you?" Matsuda then asked Motohama. "What you know by now, that taxi driver was contacted by her as I talked to her and she saw our passes. Looks like these angels actively hunt us. We should relay this back to HQ."
"Noted" Motohama said back. "Is Akia safe?" Matsuda nods, the two then smile as they look at Uruka. She laughs as three more PSD cars pull up to the scene. "Oh my, it's over now. And we never got that angel chick. Man that driver told me she smelled good. Hahahahahahaha." Matsuda and Motohama looked at each other, eyes widened. They then watch as Uruka's eyes start to close. Blood leaks from her mouth as life begins to drain from her.
"Angel chick?" Motohama asks Matsuda. "Moto, it looks like we're stationed back at school" Matsuda says as sirens continue to blare.
Issei woke up with Rias in his arms as he read the papers, noticing two familiar faces once again on the front page. He checks his phone to see countless notifications with the same messages.
"Motohama and Matsuda took down two fallen ones!?" Issei yells this, waking up his whole household with the sudden news. Asia wakes up as she and Rias chase Issei down.
"ISSEI WAIT!"
Rias yells as she follows Asia and Issei to the school. The three all catch up on the end of the street when their bus that they missed suddenly stops to pick them up.
Rias, we were in that taxi last night! Me and Asia! First to get dropped off, and Akia, what if she planned it or something! I have to consult with those two! I was having a weird dream last night about this. Or was it real? I drank so much last night I can't even remember it all" Issei says in a groggy voice. They then get off the bus and run inside to find Motohama and Matsuda on the roof.
"MATSUDA!"
Asia yells as she rushes over to him and wraps her tiny arms around him. Rias watches from afar as she sees Issei rushing to Motohama. "I heard from this bozo about what happened, are you two alright?" Rias asks as Issei walks over to them. "I only remember it was us four and Akia in that car with the driver. Tell me everything!" Issei says loudly. "Not here!" Motohama shouts in an attempt to hush Issei. As Issei walks with Motohama, Matsuda joins, leaving Asia and Rias on the sideline concerned. "Asia, maybe you can fill me in?" Rias asks softly. Asia looks up at her and smiles with gleaming eyes.
The three boys do their usual routine of debriefs up on the roof. Issei slams the door shut, making sure it locks behind him. "Issei, Akia is fine. Those two ambushed us last night and we took care of it. If she wanted to she could have joined in on the ambush and attacked us. It would have been three on two" Motohama explains.
"Not if she's a regular fallen angel. Shide are the natural predators to fallen angels." The two boys are left silent to Issei's realization. "Well regardless, we're probably going to be stationed here for a while just to confirm our theory that she's not one of them. After our investigation is concluded, this school will be in the clear again." Matsuda said.
"You guys being here isn't a problem for me" Issei said back. "It's actually them sending other agents that'll be a problem for me to worry about." Issei sighs as Matsuda puts his hand on Issei's shoulder. "Well regardless, we still have another assignment to focus on. Are we still on for that raid tonight?" Issei looks back confused. "Scratch that, I'm asking the wrong question.
"Are you ready right now?" Issei's eyes open widely in shock. "Mercenaries are more active because of the fallen angels running around. They're trying to find alchemy strong holds to create more holy swords. They just rebuilt what was left of Excalibur, and now they're finding the rest so they can fight against angels and shide. We need to get to work now, no more waiting." Issei smiles confidently as he raises his gauntlet.
"When do we begin?"
"Rias" Sona said as she walked over to her. "They're gone aren't they?" Rias asks, Sona nods. "So they're beginning the attack on the suspected wards." Sona nods. "Alright, I got a free period. Let's get going before the boys get themselves hurt."
"Maybe we can let them do this, and sit this one out?" Sona asks. "No can do Sona. We need to be there when the PSD arrive. We have to make sure they think we're on the side of humanity." Rias expresses.
"Are we not though?" Sona asks. "I don't know what I am anymore" Rias says softly. "I was once the queen of Hell. Now…. I'm watching the pawn I adopted off the streets reak havoc on all of reality."
"Surely he's more than just a pawn to you" Sona says to Rias. "Of course he is, but it's an objective truth about the situation. I don't know how to control him. To keep him safe from…. No, he doesn't need to be kept safe. He never did."
Rias says this as she begins to stand up and walk away from Sona.
Meanwhile Issei, Motohama, Matsuda, and Genshiro are all on a rooftop of Issiku district's tallest building, observing the inner district where the SCD set up camp for the upcoming invasion. Each put on a school uniform, Issei put on the red sweater vest for Issiku High, Motohama the green for Usunami High, Matsuda put on yellow for Tulip High, leaving Genshiro a blue one for Ridgmont High.
And the center school, now devastated.
"Alright boys, we ready?" Genshiro asked as he fixes his bow tie. "Man you look like a damn nerd!" Issei said as he fixed his tie. He then also looks at Matsuda and finds himself losing himself. "Man you guys have terrible uniforms! Bow ties?! Lol what's next, skirts?" Genshiro and Matsuda look at each other and roll their eyes
"Hey, before we do this, answer me this…" Issei says as he glints his eyes while staring at his school. "Wern't there supposed to be more PSD agents?" Issei asks, completely changing the tone. "Nah, we have you two. This operation will cover a large area, but it won't need more than one squad. You two happen to make up for the lack of numbers" Matsuda says, pointing to Issei and Genshiro.
"You two also need to know that the PSD has just debriefed with us on why we're staying at our school." Genshiro and Issei pause as the two agents load their weapons. "After killing those two shide agents, they brought up your professor Issei. They know about his affiliations with the mercenaries. They know a student was the one to kill him." Issei's heart sinks from the horror of Matsuda's words.
"Oh yeah, so they know now?" Issei asks.
"They've always known" Motohama says back. "If we play this right, and we find that Akia is one of them, or any other student who's an actual threat, we can pin it on them. Otherwise we'll be there permanently or until the investigation concludes." Issei smiles as he activates his ability. "As long as its you two, we're all good."
"We're sorry about Raynare Issei."
Issei looks back at his friends with disgust. "What?" he asks. "We wished we knew sooner. Sorry she turned out to be one of them." The cold wind blew through everyone's hair. Issei furrowed his eyebrows bitterly as he looked down at the city. "With Rias in the picture, I can't keep acting mad over it. I have a new mission and perspective now."
"I need you two to know something" Issei says as he turns to the three boys. He looks into Genshiro's eyes as they glow blue, holding up his gauntlet as it radiates power. "When the PSD one day turns on us, I will have to be the one to put them down. I want you two to make sure you have an exit plan when that day comes."
Motohama and Matsuda look at each other for a moment before looking back at Issei. "Issei, look down there" Motohama says as he walks over to Issei with a pointing arm, pointing towards the PSD stations all around the city.
"Those men, women, even children like us. All have families, lives, hopes and dreams. All of them are risking their lives for us." Motohama then takes a step back and points to the street checkpoints that enter within all four cities.
"Understanable, I have my dreams too. A world without the devils and demons. But mine has Rias by my side. Rias, and all of those who I call friends. All of you guys" Issei says, taking frequent pauses. "I will not let strangers get in the way of my plan."
Suddenly Rodney lands behind everyone. All four kids look at the fallen angel as he creates several tentacles and waves. "So you guys know about this place." Rodney said.
"Blending in with the PSD? Motohama asks. "What's with the mask?"
"Nobody's been looking for Yuuto" Rodney says sadly, making Issei's heart sink into his chest. "He's constantly out there fighting, coming back home without saying anything to me or Rias. It's like we've all given up on looking for him. I thought I'd find him here, after all these districts are mercenary heavy" Rodney explains.
"We got a little busy, honest. Besides, Yuuto is one man. We're getting busier by the day with the rising threats." Issei explains. "Some friend you are" Rodney says to Issei. "You're more focused on your vision and goals than the needs of others. Have you been checking in on Rias lately?" Rodney asks bitterly as he adjusts his mask. It was composed of a dark black and purple substance that had a curved nose. It exposed Rodney's black and red eye that glared at Issei.
"I'd quit while you're ahead" Issei said bitterly to Rodney, who glares at Issei for a brief second before turning to Matsuda. Matsuda shivers a little as the memories of the clowns enter his mind once more.
"Hang in there man. You're doing great" Rodney says to the young man as PSD agents begin to flood the streets.
"Hey, that's our cue, and look who decided to join us!" Motohama points out as the five look up to see all of Gremory and Sitri up in the sky. Issei and Genshiro smile as they see their girls smile back. Rodney jumps off a building to join the rest of the PSD while Issei looks for Yuuto, only to find his presence lacking. "Yuuto, please come back man. We need you. I hate to admit it but Rodney's right…"
"I am a bad friend"
To be Continued....