Author's Note:
Okay, so before you read the story I need to get two things out of the way.
The first thing is the chapters, I've did a little editing from this and made a rewrite from chapters one to two. I do plan on doing the same thing with three because of how short they were. Shout out to Crowfeast for reading over my chapters and giving me the idea. Two short chapters and then converge them into one long.
Second thing to get out of the way is that I have about four other OC characters appearing but over time and not all in one arc. And some of the elements I'm using for them is from MKX because why the heck not.
Cannot wait for MK11, anyway back to the topic. I'm just using the powers from MK to my OC and not the backstories. All characters and stuff that belong to Ed Boon and John Tobias.
List of characters that will be using powers.
Eco: Scorpion
?: Sub-Zero
?: Skarlet
?: Ermac
?: Smoke
I'm keeping other four a secret since they are my other OC characters that will appear in the future. Alright I'm done ranting on my note, so here you guys go.
Enjoy the remake of Chapter 1 DXD Burning Revenge.
Comment if I should change the title or not.
A young man with short black hair was tossing and turning in bed with sweat dripping down his forehead. until suddenly his eyes flew open and he shot up with a sharp gasp.
Eco woke up with bloodshot eyes as he started breathing erratically. Staring down at the bedsheets covering his legs as he continued panting. He grabbed his head in frustration as he recalled the dream he had while sleeping.
He had that nightmare again. The same one that haunts him every time in his head, the fire. The damn fire that burned his home to the ground with his family all slaughtered on the ground with blood pooling all around their bodies.
It was terrifying, and it burned a hole in his heart for whoever took them away from him.
"*Mmm… mmph*" Eco turned his head to the side as he noticed a figure underneath the blankets beside him. Coming up as the covers fell, the figure was a young adult girl with long blonde hair tied into twin tails with large drill-like curls and blue ribbons keeping them in place.
She rubbed her eyes with her forearm, still feeling a little drowsy. Removing her arm from her eyes her vision enhanced as she came face to face with the boy.
"Good morning, Eco."
"Morning Ravel." Eco replied before giving her an annoyed stare. "Care to tell me why you're in my bed, again?"
Ravel, now wide awake, simply huffed at him before speaking. "And to think I went out of my way to comforting you." she spoke crossing her arms underneath her chest. "You came in here and went straight to bed last night."
"You've been like this all this week and it's making me worry." She says as she repositioned herself and was now in front of Eco on her knees and facing him with a worried gaze. "You've been having the nightmares again haven't you?"
He didn't answer her as he remained quiet, Ravel called his name once more with a hint of anger in her tone. "Eco."
"Yes."
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"No."
"Very well." Ravel says letting go of the conversation as she knew that it was sensitive subject. Eco sighed to himself, running a hand over his face and massaging the edge of his eyebrows as he could feel the soon massive ache he would receive.
"You know…" Hearing Ravel's voice brought him away from his thoughts as he heard the soft and gentle tone escaping her lips. "… you don't have to keep that on around me you know." She said as she gazed down at his neck where his a huge bandage was freely hanging. The bandage was a ninja mask where the front side went up to his nose and the rest covered the remaining back of his head. It was like a hoodie.
Eco knew what she was referring to specifically though. This mask is what keeps him sane. He acquired it sometime before he met her. This mask is what keeps his true side hidden from the world, underneath the normal person was an dark and vengeful soul.
Many have seen these eyes and all they saw was a monster that needed to be put down. But Ravel… Ravel didn't see a monster, she saw a poor boy full of loneliness, anger, sadness and someone that needed love. Just like her.
"I know, it's just a habit that I've grown so accustomed to that I forget about it." Eco said, as he turned away to get up and put on his school clothes. He felt Ravel wrapped her arms around his waist and felt her press against his back.
He slightly stiffened at the contact because he knew that Ravel was only in her underwear, and he could feel her breasts burying themselves into his back.
"Just don't let them get to you okay." She said in a comforting tone.
"*Sigh*… okay." He replied softly. Ravel nodded her head accepting his answer before letting go and got off the bed herself. Putting on an oversize shirt, she walked to the door and opened it.
"Now hurry up and take a shower, breakfast we'll be ready by the time your done." She said walking through the door and closed it leaving Eco by himself who simply sighed at just stared back at his hands once more.
"Killers have no remorse for the living or the dead, only corruption and vengeance reap their souls." He voiced to himself before following Ravel's advice and took a shower. Pushing the nightmare aside and away from his thoughts as he decided to focus on the present, but the one thing that he would remember with or without the reminder of the nightmare, would be the crazy laugh that had echoed deep within his mind.
Kuoh Academy, a former all-female school before it became co-ed school. Eco and Ravel stood in front of the entrance in their uniforms, one smiling normally while the other kept messing with his outfit.
"Stop picking at it." Ravel said with a firm tone.
"It's annoying, is this really necessary to wear, I feel like my sleeves aren't long enough and these pants are already dragging against the shoes." He asked her as he fixed the right cuff on his pants.
"Yes, it is." Ravel huffed as she planted her fingers on her hips and gave him a small glare. "If you don't wear the clothes it is a violation of school rules and you'll get in trouble with principal—" She explained but was cut off by Eco.
"And expose myself to the supernatural world and attract more attention than needed, I got it." He waved her off already knowing where she was heading with this. "But still…" he glared up at the windows of the second floor where he saw a figure staring at him with blue-green eyes.
"I have a feeling we won't welcomed here by everyone." Ravel followed his gaze and frown upon who she saw.
"*Sigh* For now let's keep the appearances to a minimum, the last thing I want is for him to show up and try to take me back." she started walking ahead with Eco in tow, both noticing the students gazes on them.
"I doubt that." Eco answered earning her attention. "Because I would just fry his ass and send him to the farthest pits of hell." His smile was slowly forming into a savage grin until Ravel snapped him out of it.
"Don't," she said gently with her hand on his arm. "I can't ask you to do more than you've already done for me… plus I would refer it if I don't to explain to my parents why I'm co-living with a serial killer. Sorry for the term."
"No, serial killer is right after all." He said shrugging his shoulders while moving inside as did Ravel with a slight smile on her face.
Up above them were two teenage girls watching their movements as their gazes never leaving them before they went inside the building.
"Who was that Rias?"
"I don't know about the boy Sona, but the girl looks familiar." Rias answered, she also felt angry for some reason when she looked at Ravel. It wasn't the girl herself, it was the way she look. At first glance, the hate inside her instantly surfaced because the blonde girl looked related to that man. A man she was forced to marry, a man who was arrogant and prideful and someone she did not love.
"I see, in that case do be careful around them both. I sense a great amount power from them but mostly from the boy, I feel a lot of pressure… as if my soul is on fire." Sona warned as she absently held her chest, feeling like she was having a hard time to breath.
"I will. I'll have Akeno inform me on what she finds about them." Rias said as her and Sona left the window and headed straight for class.
If there were reasons to why Eco hated school, it would be this… rumors and gossip but mostly… annoying people.
As soon as he got into class he met with a bunch of glares and curious glances. Glares from the male and glances from the female, if anything it made him feel irritated at how it's only the first day and people are already judging him.
"I hate people." He groaned, wanting to get class over with and get away from these people.
"Class, please welcome our new student Eco Itsuki." The female teacher introduced Eco as he walked into the room with a blank gaze on his face.
"Oh, he looks so cute." A female voiced with a blush while other males shouted at him with anger in their eyes.
"Another one!"
"Die you dirtbag."
'These people are unbelievable." He muttered inwardly as he walked over to his seat and stared at the board with an endless gaze. Noticing everyone was staring at him, he took a deep breath and closed his eyes before opening again with a cold glare.
"I don't care what you think of me, but remember this, any action you do towards me that is considered a threat… I will kill you slowly." He stated with a threatening tone. Everyone wanted to protest but soon froze when they gazed into Eco's eyes.
His eyes looked like they promised death to anyone that tries to do anything harmful to him, and what's worse is that his frown was slowly forming into grin… a bloodthirsty and maniacal grin.
"I would prefer it, if you do not threaten your fellow peers Mr. Itsuki." The female teacher said with a stern tone causing Eco to answer normally.
"Okay." He answered a neutral tone causing those around him to look at him with expression full of shock.
"Just like that!" they all shouted as Eco covered his ears.
"You're all too loud." He whined before burying his head into his arms, to drown out any sound to his eardrums.
For the entire time he's been here, Eco has been watched by almost every devil that was in this school. In all the classes he took up from now, he's been followed or watched by at least two of them. It was easy to lose them, but they were like mice. If one dies, another instantly appears out of nowhere.
In his case, when he loses sight of one devil, another appears watching him from the distance. It was very annoying.
Right now, he's on the field eating lunch with Ravel beside him munching on a sandwich as they stared at the students all around the school.
"So, what do you think of Kuoh Academy?" she asked earning a scowl from Eco.
"Honestly," He started as he turned his head to the blonde. "It's annoying. Most of the males hear sound like they only came to lust after the opposite gender, and the females are wearing skirts that are too short, showing off the underwear as if they are asking to be groped. And both sides like to spread rumors and never shut up." Eco ranted before grasping his head with a groan.
"It's all giving me a freakin' headache."
"I know its not much… but you need to talk to others and do something other than run around playing vigilante, killing demons and strays." Ravel reasoned as she set down her sandwich and wiped her mouth with a napkin.
"Like you needing to lose that royal mannerism." Eco said, earning an unamused expression from her.
"Don't change the subject, you're only delaying the inevitable."
"Sorry but yeah, that's exactly what I'm doing." He said with a sarcastic tone earning a sigh from Ravel before her eyes became serious.
"So, did you bump into anyone… odd?" she asked him as he crossed his arms and nodded his head.
"If by interesting you mean that weeaboo and switch that have been watching me along with the other devils, then yes." He answered her. "You?"
"I've encountered a similar situation with a petite catgirl, in fact she's watching us right now from that tree right there." Ravel voiced then aimed a finger towards the tree near the school building. Following her gaze, he saw the petite girl that watched them with blank eyes before turning around and leaving.
"Who's that?"
"Koneko Toujou. A first year and a member of Rias's peerage."
"Rias?"
"The red-haired girl you refer to as weeaboo is Rias Gremory. Heiress to the Gremory Clan and sister of one of the four Maou."
"Right, not even five minutes and I can tell that girl is already going to be annoying as hell." Eco groaned, he then received a flick to the forehead by the younger teen.
"Don't act like she's a waste of time. She's still known as the Crimson Haired Princess for nothing, so proceed with caution if you do encounter her at some point."
"Not to mention her peerage… who—" Eco added before stopping himself and his expression changed into a glare. Ravel didn't even need to turn as she felt two people come towards them.
"They're here."
In front of them were two members of Rias' peerage, Kiba Yuuto and beside him was Koneko, the girl they saw from earlier.
"Eco Itsuki and Ravel Beacon, right?" Kiba called out with a gentle smile, only to receive a blank expression from Eco and a bored look from Ravel.
"Why, yes that is us, to who are we speaking with and what questions do you have?" Ravel asked in a royal manner, as Eco scoffed at her tone.
Koneko was tempted to call her a nickname but Kiba quickly spoke before she could.
"Forgive me for taking your time but our club president wishes to speak with you." The blonde knight apologized as Koneko stared at them with a blank gaze.
"No, thanks." He replied with a cold tone as he gazed at the blonde knight with dead eyes. "If your president wants us to meet with her, then she should get us herself instead of sending someone else to do it." He voiced before Ravel smacked him on the arm.
"Don't be rude." She said with scowl on her face before turning to the other two. "Forgive us Kiba-san, we would love to meet your president, but can it be after school?" she asked them, earning a confused look from the knight.
"Um… sure, but why?"
"You see, my friend and I are new to this school and he's having trouble fitting in with the crowd. So, I want to him to meet someone that could help him break out of his shell." Ravel explained as she earned a heated glare from Eco.
'THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?' he shouted mentally as the blonde girl grinned at him in return.
'JUST SHUT UP AND FOLLOW MY LEAD, DELINQUET!' she shouted back with a cold smirk on her lips. Both teens were in a staring contest as lightning sparked between their foreheads, momentarily forgetting about Kiba and Koneko. Suddenly Koneko went over to Eco and tugged him on the collar, causing the teen to turn his head away for a second which earned him a jolt of electricity to his forehead.
"If you don't mind, we kindly accept your offer." Ravel said as she smiled at them while Eco rubbed his forehead with a scowl on his face.
"Of course, I'll go and tell her right away. Koneko will bring you to the club room after school." Kiba answered before turning to his rook companion. "Are you okay with that Koneko?"
"That's fine." She answered with an emotionless gaze. Turning to the two, she spoke once more with a finger pointing at Eco. "Don't make me wait."
She then turned around to enter the school while Kiba apologized and bowed before walking after her.
Once out of sight, Eco turned to Ravel with a frown on his face. "Are you sure this is a good idea?"
A sigh escaped her lips as the teen pinched her eyebrows in annoyance. "No, I don't but we've been monitored all day, someone was bound to get us sooner or later."
"Still—" he paused momentarily as he was thinking of what he wanted to say but nothing came out, so he settled with a sigh. "Alright fine, whatever works for you."
Soon both teens finished their lunches and headed back to the school building. As they did, Eco then remembered something Ravel said earlier causing him to look at her with an annoyed look. "Trouble fitting in?"
A smirk graced upon Ravel's lips as she heard his tone. "Do you deny the truth?"
"…" He couldn't come up with an answer for that… nor did he try to find one.
"My thoughts exactly." Ravel chuckled in a smug tone.
"Whatever." He rolled his eyes at her as he muttered her pet name. "Firefly."
"Hothead." She replied with a smirk on her face, but mentally she smiled at her pet name for him as he did with her.
Eco was making his way to the kendo club, he and Ravel separated from each other after eating and the blonde suggested that he make some friends while they were here. He would've argued that it was a complete waste of time, but Ravel's antics from earlier caused him to leave and head towards his destination.
He was marching down with an angry scowl and an aura of anger around his form.
"Goddamn, Firefly. Making me go to this stupid kendo club for extracurricular activities." He grumbled, as his mind then went to his earlier conversation with Ravel.
Flashback:
"…What?" Eco said bluntly as Ravel stared at him with a calm expression while he was staring at her
"I said that you should…"
"No, no, no, no, no, no, I heard you the first time but… you're joking right?" He asked once more, with his eyebrow raised.
"Join a club." Ravel repeated in stern tone.
"Why?" He wondered. He really wanted to know why she wants him to join a group activity full of students. People. People that have done nothing but annoy him at this school.
"As I said earlier, I want you to join the kendo club. This will be good thing for you, it'll help you make some friends." She stated earning a surprised look from her companion.
"Wait, you were serious!?" he asked.
"I wouldn't have said it if I wasn't."
"Hell no."
"Why not?"
"Because these people are seriously annoying, there is nonstop talking around the school and most of it is related to rumors. The smallest thing we do that even looks entertaining or shocking, we become the talk of the school. Or suddenly a rumor is started because somebody wanted to start one or they can't keep their mouth shut." He complained to her. "My point is these are massive headaches waiting to enter my brain."
"So, your answer is…?" Ravel asked unaffected by his complaint. While yes he did have some valid points, she was not going to let that stop him from socializing with people.
"No." He refused as he started walking away until Ravel spoke.
"Well, since you refused, then I guess you don't mind watching the movie Twilight when we return home." Ravel said with a teasing tone. That caused Eco, to stop completely and turn his head so fast that it sounded like he snapped his own neck.
"You wouldn't."
"I would."
"You didn't."
"I did."
"I swear to Satan, if you play the most unbearable movie of all time, I will burn you here and now." He threatened forgetting the fact that fire would have no effect on her.
"Oh, so want to see me naked?" Ravel asked bluntly.
"Wait, what?" He immediately lost his anger at her statement, Ravel then had a hint of mischief in her eyes and decided to play with Eco.
"And to take my virginity in the school as during broad daylight, oh my Eco how bold of you." She said in a lovestruck tone causing the older boy to come back to reality, he immediately realized what she was doing.
"That's not what I was saying." He growled at the end as his eyebrow started to twitch in annoyance.
"Oh, maybe you want to do in private where no one hears my screams." Ravel joked even more as she put her hands on her cheeks and started blushing. "Oh, you really are naughty boy Eco."
Eco started to gain tick marks on his forehead as other students looked at them wondering what the commotion was. Before anyone could say anything, he picked her up by the waist and putting her on his shoulder before leaving the crowded area. The last thing he needed was a rumor started by a bunch of stupid students assuming the most outrageous things between them and end up being the center of attention.
Nope, screw that.
They ended up in a secluded classroom with Ravel holding her mouth to stifle her laughs while Eco stared at her, flames starting to lick his skin.
"That was not funny." He growled.
"You're right, it was hilarious." Ravel then let out a burst of laughter as Eco grew more ticked off at her, his eyes starting to burn with flames emerging from his pupils.
After having her moment, Ravel calmly walked up to Eco and patted his cheek. With just a simple touch, the flames immediately dispersed.
"So… are you going to join the club now?" she asked with an innocent smile on her face.
Eco stared at her in silence not saying a word to her. So, he just scoffed and turned back to the exit while muttering a few incoherent words.
Ravel just chuckled at his attitude. "He's so cute when he's angry."
Present:
"That girl really knows how to push my buttons." Eco groaned as he ran a hand over his face. "Let's just this over with so I can get back to hunting."
He continued walking to the fields where he was looking for the gym to meet up with the Kendo Club. His search was interrupted however when he heard noises coming from afar, looking to his right outside the locker rooms he saw two boys running away back to the school.
"What are they running from?" he asked. Curious getting the better of him, he went over to where they had left the area and was met with a scene before him. A bunch of girls in what seemed to be kendo outfits, each carrying a shinai, glaring heatedly at a boy at the center between them.
"Girls, I can explain."
"We don't need to hear your excuses pervert, as usual you perverted trio never learn and continue to peep on us." A brown-haired girl stated as the pink-female beside her beat the stick of her shinai against her open hand repeatedly.
"Murayama, can't we beat on him up already, I wanna dish out extra punishment this time?" the pinkette as the brunette earning a scowl in return.
"Just wait a minute Katase, we're not savages." Murayama said as she turned to her friend. "We don't need to go so low to-?"
They noticed that the spot where the brown-haired was at last disapperared.
"Where did he go?" All the girls shouted in unison.
"There!" One of the girls shouted pointing north, all heads turned and saw the boy slowly crawling towards the school building until they spotted him.
"Get him!"
The boy let out a scream as he started running as fast as he can away from the mob of raging girls. Watching the whole thing, Eco looked at this in disbelief.
"You're kidding me, the dress code with their skirts being too short and all doesn't matter to them but when males start lusting after them and become peeping toms, that's what counts? That actually matters!?" he whispered to himself.
He then noticed that the teenager changed direction and saw him standing in the middle of the field. Just as Eco was about to move, the boy ran straight to him and hid himself behind the flame user.
"Thank god! a fellow classman." He shouted in relief before noticing the girls come closer. Thinking of a plan, he quickly spoke to Eco. "Listen if you get me out of this, I will pay you back promise. Please!" he pleaded.
Eco just scowled at this kid, wondering how desperate he was to get out of a situation caused by his own actions. He was about to say something until he heard the teen behind him shriek and saw that the entire group of kendo girls were now surrounding them.
"Oh, now that's perfect." Eco groaned under his breath.
"You can't hide from us Issei Hyoudou!" Katase shouted at him with a glare on her face.
"Okay, now before this gets out of hand," Eco started holding his hands up in a peaceful gesture. "Can someone tell me what exactly happened that caused you to chase this kid?" he finished.
"This pervert was caught peeping at us in the locker rooms, and who are you? Are you friend of his, another pervert!?" Katase asked heatedly.
Eco earned a tick mark on his forehead for two reasons. One he did not like this girl's attitude towards him when he was trying to resolve the situation and two, he was not a pervert. He was many things. A killer, a psycho, a vengeful angry ninja that hunts down strays, and a loner… but a pervert. That was insulting.
Eco didn't realize that he was thinking for so long that Katase became irritated at his lack of response and was about to attack until Murayama intervened.
"Katase please…" she calmed down her friend before turning her head to Eco. "Sorry but the boy you have behind you is in deep trouble, so if you would kindly please move aside that would be really helpful." She said with a calm tone.
"Oh, I know what he did." He said bluntly earning shocked looks from the girls around them. "You weren't exactly quiet when you discussed his crime." He said in a sarcastic tone and rolled his eyes. He turned his head to the boy behind him. "Issei, right?"
"Yes?" the named boy answered in a scared tone.
"Can you tell me exactly why you decided to peep on these girls?" he asked him as he noticed the glint of lust within his eyes.
"It's because…"
"Alright I heard enough." Eco cut him off earning looks of confusion from the girls and Issei.
"But you didn't even hear me out."
"Didn't need to, your eyes told me everything. So… we have three options here, Issei. And frankly neither of them are good." Eco, grabbing Issei by the back of his collar, lifted the boy from behind him and put him on the ground in front of him. "I should leave you here to the wolves and let you get mangle." He said in a non-caring tone, as Issei earned a scared look on his face while the girls around them readied their shinai to give the latter a beatdown.
"Finally!" Katase shouted with glee until Eco stopped her.
"Ah." He called out raising his finger as a signal to stop them. "That's just option one, we can do that or move on to the next, option two."
"Oh, come on!" The pink-haired female groaned as did a few others while Murayama remained silent.
"Option two…" Issei repeated in curiosity.
"Which is where I drop you off in a secluded room, leave you alone with someone who has no problem with dealing perverts and will proceed to chop off your manhood." Eco said bluntly while Issei paled and his hands instantly went towards him lap, covering his below the belt zone.
The females gasped in shock and slight disgust at Eco's words. Hearing that someone would do that so easily and without a care in the world, made them feel uneasy.
"Or option three…" Eco said with a blank tone before giving Issei a serious look. "You apologize."
"What!?"
"What?" Both Issei and the kendo club girls shouted. They were flabbergasted that Eco just told the boy to apologize to them, just a few secons ago he threatened brunette with the ability of keeping his manhood.
"I'm not finished." Eco cut everyone off with a glare. Already feeling a massive headache coming, he decided to lay out the terms for Issei. "Not only that but you also give these girls a few favors or be there servant, or something I don't care really." He then shrugged his shoulders. "Look, I don't know how many times you have peep or anything lustful towards them but they clearly these girls deserve something better than having their privacy invaded. Don't you think?"
"Um… um… yes." Issei stuttered when Eco glared at him.
"Good, so which option is it?" he asked him.
"I will go with… option one." Issei answered.
…
…
…
"EH!?" All the girls around them just stared at him with a dumbfounded look while Eco just tilted his head with his eyebrow raised.
Eco looked at him in disbelief. "Are you serious, you would rather get a beat down by these girls than apologize and try to make amends? Are you kidding me?"
"Nothing will stop me from completing my dream fellow classmen. I will obtain my harem of beautiful women and become the harem king!" The brown-haired boy stated with fire in his eyes.
Issei's words earned looks of disgust from the kendo club and an irritated expression from Eco as he was speechless. He was talking to the most perverted and dumbmest person he has met in his life. Then again, he was expecting too much. He did somewhat expect him to apologize and then tomorrow he would go back to doing the same thing again, but he thought Issei would've at least tried to not continue his ways.
Oh well. Not his problem.
"Well I tried." He said before literally throwing Issei into the middle of the field. "He's all yours, girls, have fun." Eco then walked away to wherever he was heading as he heard Issei's cries of pain as the kendo club beat him with their shinai.
As he walked away, he never noticed the two girls Murayama and Katase staring at him.
Eco was leaning against the wall beside the school doors were opened with students leaving the area. He just wanted to get the day over with, dealing with all nonsense students, talking with two devils and trying to help a perverted teen only made his head hurt and give him a headache.
"Uh… why me?" He questioned himself as he was still waiting on the group of devils of Ravel. He already didn't like the two he met earlier, one with that fake smile and the other with little emotion but had some attitude towards him, he did not need to deal with that stuff right now.
"…You're early." As if a deity was against him, Eco inwardly groaned as he turned his head and saw Koneko staring at him with an emotionless look, he simply just shrugged his shoulders.
"Yeah, so?"
"…You listened to my one demand, I appreciate it." She said with a blank face before turning her body to the side and watch the students leave the school.
Eco felt like he should say something back, but something told her that she was done talking, so he simply complied and spoke nothing else. They both stayed at the gate waiting for a certain duo to meet up with them, Koneko was messing with the bangs of her hair while Eco had his arms crossed and tapped his fingers on the side as if he was beating a drum.
A few seconds later, the pair was met with the appearance of Ravel and Kiba as they both made their way towards the duo.
"Eco, Koneko, you're here. Sorry if we made you wait for us." Kiba apologized as Eco waved his hand in dismissal.
"Don't worry about it, nothing to worry about." He then turned to the rook with a bored look on his face, "So are we going to this club of yours or no?"
"…Suck it." Koneko replied instantly earning a small twitch from Eco who wanted to retort but was stopped.
"Now, now, there's no need for petty squabbling. Please show us the way Kiba-san." Ravel intervened holding her arm out to Eco. Kiba gave them a smile and told him to follow them.
Within a few minutes, they all arrived at the clubhouse. Ravel knew what they were going to ask, and she was expecting them to figure out who she was. After lunch, she went straight to the student council, the other group of devils watching over Kuoh.
Ravel let out a bitter laugh at that. These girls think just because they're siblings are two of the four Maou, they have the authority to do what they want in Kuoh. They both had no idea how wrong they were and what truths the Maou were hiding. And it's not just them, all three factions were hiding something from the supernatural society.
One that could either tie or end the peace between all three factions.
As much as she would love to sit back and watch the chaos unfold, she still had a few goals in mind to achieve first.
Soon they all entered the clubroom and inside Ravel and Eco both saw Victorian furniture all over the place.
In front of them were the weeaboo and switch Eco nicknamed earlier also known as Rias Gremory and Akeno Himejima. The two of the four princesses of Kuoh Academy.
"We've brought them, Buchou." Kiba announced.
"Thank you Kiba." Rias nodded her head at her knight then turned her gaze to Eco and Ravel. "Would please take a seat, Eco-san, Ravel-san?"
Ravel nodded her head as she took a seat on the couch while Eco stood beside the edge and looked around the room. He noticed that Kiba was by the window, Koneko sat across from her and Akeno was right beside Rias.
'So, they're looking to play huh!?' Eco thought as his lips slowly curled into savage grin, he was about to ready his magic until Ravel clutched his shirt and gave him a look. Telling him not to do anything rash until it was needed.
"Pleasure to meet you Rias-san." She greeted the redhead.
"Likewise, Ravel Beacon…" Rias then gave her a serious look. "Or should I call say, Ravel Phenex." She finished.
All of them were expecting a reaction the blonde girl but was surprised when she let out a sigh and gave the redhead a bored look.
"I see, I guess it was only a matter of time before you found me out. Still I wouldn't really expect anything from an heiress."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Rias eyes narrowed at the girl's nonchalant tone.
"Oh nothing." Ravel waved her hand dismissively before placing a hand on her cheek. "Just muttering to myself as usual, a pretty ridiculous habit of mine."
"Well since you know about us discovering you, then you know the reason why you're here. What are doing in my territory?" Rias asked, with a threatening gaze.
Ravel and Eco looked at each other with blank expressions before the former let out bursts of laughter as the latter remained neutral but a small smirk made its way across his lips, while everyone the room was confused.
"Funny you should say that," the blonde started earning looks of confusion. "If this was your territory, then why did Sona-san say this was her territory as well?" She then gave the redhead a teasing grin. "Are you not fond of sharing Rias-san? If so then, you wouldn't own one half of Kuoh now would you?"
Her words earned a look of anger from the redhead as everyone else narrowed their eyes.
"One half?" Eco asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh yes, Sona-san and Rias-san are both in charge in Kuoh." Ravel then gave her companion an innocent smile. "If it really was Rias-san's territory than wouldn't she be in charge of Kuoh herself, the same thing with Sona-san?"
"Oh yeah that would be correct. It could be a mishap." Eco joked as he held his arms out in a non-caring manner.
"If you're done mocking me, then you will answer my question." Rias was starting to get a little aggravated at their antics. "And I don't know why you're laughing little girl, you have no room to talk. As the disgrace of the Phenex family, I expected someone like you to try and make amends." She fired at the younger hoping to get a rise out of her, instead it had the opposite effect.
"Wow, you really are a spoiled little princess, aren't you?" Ravel mocked her once more, not even fazed at hearing the redhead calling her a disgrace. "And here I thought, you would be handling this conversation like a mature adult, but I guess that was too much to expect because you are handling this like a child arguing over something inane."
A sigh left her lips. "I pity you Rias Gremory."
Rias was gritting her teeth as she was so close to blowing a fuse while everyone else was put on edge and ready to attack if needed.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Eco announced earning their attention. Underneath Kiba was a yellow seal glowing as fire surrounded him. "Anyone of you do anything and pretty boy over there goes boom."
"You dare threaten a member of my family!?" Rias hissed, standing up from her seat as everyone readied themselves to attack.
"Who said it was just him?" Eco said cryptically. Suddenly, Kiba gasped as he yelled to everyone to look outside and they saw something that shook them to the core. Fire was surrounding the entire school and a seal was floating above the building.
"You could say it's a chain reaction, if you try to attack us or free your friend, you and the entire school go boom. Simple as that." Eco said shrugging his shoulders, earning gasps of horror from the others.
"Now, now, this can be avoided with a simple suggestion." Ravel intervened as she stared at the redhead.
"And what could you want to avoid conflict?" Rias asked in a threatening tone as her aura started to radiate through the air, the duo remained unfazed by the rise of power though.
"Nothing." Ravel said as she smiled at the redhead. "We do not intend to harm anyone here nor get into squabbles between you devils. All we ask is for peace and quiet and nothing more. I 've already spoke to Sona-san and she's agreed with my terms."
"Seriously?" Eco questioned, as he did not know about that.
"With a little persuasion, if I may add." Ravel informed them as Eco just nodded his head before turning his gaze back to the school. "So, do we have an agreement?"
Rias wanted to refuse and retaliate, but the seal on Kiba and the school were far more important right now. Not wanting to test their threat, she reluctantly nodded her head in agreement earning a smile from Ravel.
"Wonderful, I'm so glad we've come to an agreement." The blonde girl expressed with joy then turned to Eco, nodding her head at him.
"*Sigh* Fine." Eco said as he released the seals from the knight and the school, the fire dispersing so easily. "It was getting boring anyway."
"Thank you for your time, Rias-san. We shall excuse ourselves on the way out." Ravel gave them a bow before heading out as Eco shrugged his shoulders not even caring about the glares they were receiving as exited the room.
As soon as the door closed, Rias let out a small growl. She couldn't help but grit her teeth in anger at the blonde (former)heiress and her friend. Ravel, she basically mocked her pride and threatened a member of her peerage.
"Buchou…" She was brought out of her thoughts as she noticed that her peerage were all looking at their King in concern.
"I… am fine, Akeno. I just need a breather." Rias said as she rubbed her forehead in frustration. "Do you have any update on that boy, Issei Hyoudou?"
"Unfortunately, nothing as of right now." Akeno answered, frowning as she did.
"Very well." Rias sighed in exasperation as she sent Koneko to keep an eye on Issei while everyone else went to attended to their own things.
Outside the school, the two fire users walked together side by side as they made their way back home. The streets were pretty much empty, and a few cars drove by at a fast pace.
"Well, it looks like we made more enemies than allies. That was a complete waste of time." Eco voiced as he sighed and leaned his head back looking towards the sky.
"I wouldn't say it was a complete loss." Ravel voiced as she held out what seemed to be a folder, her smirk never leaving her face.
"You got the files?" Eco asked as she nodded her head. "On all of them?"
"Mmmhmm." Ravel hummed once more as blue flames suddenly engulfed her hand, making the folder disappear as if it been burned away. "Everything we need to know about our current hosts."
Ravel then pulled out an umbrella as she flapped out the stick causing the covers to unfold before holding it above her head.
Suddenly they both sense something enter the area and looked towards east, as the winds blew across their faces.
"You sense that too, do you?"
"Indeed, looks like one of the fallen have entered the area. Shall I dispose of them?" Eco asked, as he narrowed his eyes and his mouth curved into a cruel smile.
"No… I want you to go ahead and scout them, see what they're purpose is for being out in broad daylight. After all, we devils, angels and fallen angels like to lay low." Ravel replied, shooting down Eco's joy at fighting the fallen.
"Ugh, and here I thought I would finally get to have fun after a annoyed day at school." He groaned as Ravel giggled at his words.
"You'll have your chance, but for now shadow and report back when done." She ordered him.
"Understood." Eco nodded as a pool of lava appeared under him and he went under, leaving Ravel by herself.
"Now then…" Ravel then started walking toward home as a small grin. "… I shall go and prepare dinner for when he returns, seeing as how we'll have some company, I shall make a big amount for when they arrive."
Ravel then started humming a song to herself as she walked her way home, not only wondering what kind of information her companion would find out but what their actions would entail in the upcoming future.
