"Nee-san!"
"?"
"huff huff."
"..."
"Do you remember Yuuma-chan? My girlfriend? The one that I took out to date with?"
"... Hell yes I do. It's not an everyday occurrence to see your unsavable little brother getting a hot girlfriend." I replied grinning a bit. My reply seemed to relax Issei as he let out a great sigh of relief.
"Whew… Nobody remembers Yuuma-chan, not even Motohama or Matsuda… I thought I was losing my mind…"
"Oh look! There's a bunny girl!"
"WHERE!"
"Your mind is working perfectly Issei"
"Hey! That's not nice!"
I chuckled as we made our way back home. Today at school, Issei looked really lost as nobody remembered his girlfriend, Yuuma. I managed to avoid him during the whole class but I had to stick with him at the end of school to walk him back home… and to confront a fallen.
And… I feel his presence… along with his killing intent.
"Ho, what is this?"
There he was. With his trench coat and his fedora. Exactly in the anime. As he took a step forward I instinctively positioned myself between him and Issei, allowing my body to be a buffer for my little brother.
"A human with a stray? Hmmm… that is very rare…"
"Who are you?"
"Silence human." The fallen sneered. "Move away from that thing—"
"Don't call him a 'thing'."
"so I can kill—"
[Repulsion + Acceleration×5]
Without giving the bastard any time, I dashed towards him and driving my fist into his abdomen. The fallen widened his eyes in shock before coughing up blood as he went tumbling away. My eyes were wide in anger as my figure trembled, mouth and fist clenched. I sent a glare of hatred towards the fallen.
"Calling my brother a 'thing' is one thing but… outrightly claiming to kill him? You… what's with that expression? Shocked? Hehehe… You came towards my brother, leaking killing intent and you weren't even prepared to die? You…" My breathing became more ragged as my eyes pupils became smaller and smaller, until my whites were all that were seen. I slowly walked towards the broken fallen as he painfully got up. Before he fully got up, I zoomed in front of him and grabbed one of his wings, that he pulled out as he tried to regain his position.
"... piece of shit"
The fallen screamed as I bent his wings with my right elbow and my left knee. Cradling his broken black wing, he kept on screaming and rolling over and over. But… it wasn't enough.
[The Kick of Red Phoenix]
A kick revisioned from kyokushin and a basic move that I ripped off from the second wielder of the wisdom of the sage, Daewi Han. A kick that maximizes the surface waves sending a strong shockwave to the opponent. The screaming intensifies.
[The Kick of Red Phoenix]
It grew louder.
[The Kick of Red Phoenix]
And louder.
[The Kick of Red Phoenix]
And louder.
[The Kick of—]
"Nee-san!" I was suddenly hugged behind as Issei tried his best to hold me off. "Nee-san! Please! Enough is enough! Please stop! Don't kill him, please!"
The screaming stopped only the sound of pained breathing was heard along with the sound, out of breath, and the sound full of fear, trembling like a leaf in a storm. I stopped and turned around hugging the trembling Issei.
"I'm sorry… I'm sorry Ise… I'm sorry… I'm sorry I scared you like that… I'm sorry"
"It's okay Nee-san, it's okay… it's okay…"
Then a bright light emitted out of nowhere as a figure stepped out from the magic circle. Including the figure I sensed two more around the area.
"Arara… to see a human defeat a fallen… I knew you were strong Yuril-kun but I never knew you would be that strong…"
"R-Rias-senpai?!"
Issei's face instantly turned into confusion as he tried to figure out why his red haired senior suddenly showed up via a magic portal. However, I was stoic as I kept my voice level.
"Rias Gremory… you two, come out from your hiding spots, I can feel your presence."
After a brief moment two figures merged out. A white haired girl and a black haired one. The whitey twitched ever so slightly as she kept her guard up so did the black haired girl but she was calmer than the other as she gave me an amused smile.
"My, my, a human to detect us. You sure are fu—"
"I want explanations"
Not wanting to hear more of her, I spoke my own words. Akeno, obviously hurt by the fact that I interrupted her speech, pouted.
"Ara, ara, Yuril-ku–"
"I said I wanted explanations. Do not make me repeat again"
Akeno's smile became a bit more strained.
"Come with us Yuril-kun, then I will explain what happened to your brother and why there are some bad people after him"
"..."
I gave Rias Gremory a quick nod before I helped Issei on his feet.
"Let's go."
"So… you basically revived my dead brother and in exchange enslaved him. Correct?"
I was sipping tea in the occult research club as I quietly listened to Rias' explanation of what happened to Issei and the system of "Evil Pieces" and "Peerage". In the room were KibaYuuto, Toujou Koneko, Rias Gremory, my little brother and I. Himejima Akeno was the one to volunteer to deal with the fallen devil that I managed to beat up so she wasn't present. Yet.
"No, I—"
"Thank you," I said, interrupting her sentence.
"Huh?"
"Thank you for reviving my brother, even though I'm not sure if he wants it or not…"
"I-it's okay Nee-san! I can get used to it!"
"Then I will thank you Rias Gremory, for giving him back to me." I said bowing down at the last syllable.
"A-ah, I see—"
"But—" I lifted my head up to stare directly into her eyes as I gave her a cold emotionless stare. "—the minute you treat Ise without respect, the minute you treat Ise like a slave, a dog, a toy, I will, I swear that I will kill you."
The temperature in the room drastically dropped as Kiba tensed as his fingers twitched a bit. Koneko on the other hand did no such thing. The minute I threatened Rias she took off from her sitting spot and tried to subdue me. However, I could see her movements as clear as day and I was a lot more faster than her.
[Re-Taekwondo Goryeo]
Huh. Her body can take the damage and blocking all of the three kicks I gave her? That was impressive even for a devil. Koneko went skidding back to where she sat and stopped as she made contact with the sofa.
"ENOUGH! Koneko stay down!"
"But—"
"Stay down!"
"... yes Buchou"
"Yuril-kun," Rias said, focusing her attention back to me. "I will promise that I will never treat Issei-kun like a slave or a dog or something worthless. But…"
Now it was her time to stare at me with her cold unmoving eyes. "... attack my peerage like that again and I will kill you"
"..."
"..."
"I won't unless they attack me first or provoke me enough to do so"
"... Acceptable." She relaxed as she sat back sipping her tea. We enjoyed the silence enjoying our tea although the others looked highly disturbed and uncomfortable.
"Do you want to join my peerage?" The Gremory suddenly spoke out of the blue.
"... Excuse me?"
"If you truly care for your brother, you can become one of my peerages. If you become one you can clearly outclass anyone in this room, even Akeno I presume"
"... I refuse to serve anyone"
"Arara… It was at least worth a shot I guess…"
I sighed before standing up. Issei, confused by my action, questioned me.
"E-eh? Nee-san? Where are you going?"
"Home Ise. Let's go home. We have heard everything from Rias Gremory and I believe what we need right now is—" I walked towards the door and opened it with Issei following my lead. "—sleep." I finished as I prepared to step outside. But Rias' words pulled my attention away from me as I focused my attention on her.
"And Yuril-kun. I trust you to be smart enough to not tell anybody about this"
"... Who would believe me anyway, Senpai?"
"I don't think that they were that bad Nee-san… but by the way how did you become that strong? I don't think I could defeat you even with my new body!"
"Dear brother of mine, you trashed your option of becoming strong by rejecting my offer to go to martial art lessons. Instead, you shut yourself in your room and fell deep into anime and porn." I shook my head in mock disappointment. "Ise, Ise, Ise… What a foolish path you've chosen"
"Hmmph!" He pouted. "Stupid Nee-san knows nothing! By becoming a devil, I would surely become the greatest harem-k—"
SMACK
"HYAAA!"
"DON'T SAY STUFF LIKE THAT IN PUBLIC ISE!"
"... eh? Koneko? Are you alright?"
"..."
"Kone… Koneko! Y-your arm!"
"... She broke it…"
"Who broke it!"
"... Yuril"
Koneko's left arm was in horrible shape as her bones completely pierced her flesh. Two pieces of bones were visibly seen to the naked eye as they were sticking out of her arm. Blood dribbled down her arm at an alarming rate.
"Yuril-kun? B-but why would she…? How could she…?
"That's what I want to know"
"R-Rias! You couldn't possibly let her go after this—"
"It was self-defense and her actions were reasonable… but what I want to know is how she did that…"
"..."
"..."
"Could it be that her Sacred Gear has awakened?"
"Do you believe so, Kiba?"
"Well… I understand your skepticism, Buchou. There aren't any traces of magic inside Yuril nor do I recognize the potential of her having any mana, but her having a Sacred Gear seems to be the most reasonable answer for this… this phenomenon or…" Kiba trailed off with uncertainty. "... She isn't human"
"... But still though… To think she had the power to break Koneko's arm like this…"
"It isn't just her power Akeno"
"Eh?"
"You weren't there when Yuril counterattacked Koneko. Her reflexes, speed and skill are also unrealistically high for a human… Huh. I'm now doubting if Yuril-kun is a human"
"... We must keep an eye for her…"
"Indeed we will… And we have to warn Sona about her too"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Can anybody heal my arm now?"
"A-ah! Yes! Right! It just slipped my mind hehe…"