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The oblivious Irina just turned to him with a frown, "Issei they always have that warning message, it's nothing to panic about."
"WITH HIM AT THE WHEEL IT IS! LET ME OUT!" demanded the teen as the car began to roll towards the tent.
"Sorry can't hear you!" replied Zelretch with his irritating grin appear on his face before the car entered the tent.
"ZELRETCH!" screamed the teen as the car was swallowed into the darkness of the tent.
"Well that was fun, now to find my next victim. That half demon and the boy wonder himself should be arriving at the carnival by now in D.C. world no. 50. Ah those two are truly 'Lovebirds'," mused the magician with a grin.
The pair screamed as they were surrounded by a vibrant array of various colours that hurt their eyes just to stare at them. Eventually the near maddening surroundings ended as they saw a portal form ahead of them and soon found themselves staring up at the blue sky above them.
"Issei, we're flying!" cried Irina in shock.
The teen's eyes widened as he looked over the edge and saw that sure enough the rollercoaster car was slowly descending towards the ground. 'Damn it Zelretch what have you done this time?' sighed the teen as he felt the car touch the ground.
"Where are we?" questioned Irina as she made to get out of car, only for Issei to stop her with a shake of his head.
"Trust me Irina, if he said not to get out then we need to stay in the vehicle. Don't worry I'll explain what's happened later but for now just do as he says," he informed her with a serious expression.
Irina was about to respond before her jaw dropped open and she silently pointed to something behind him, making Issei turn to follow her gaze before he too felt his jaw hit the floor. In front of the two of them were none other than ten-year-old versions of themselves playing Hero as they rushed from tree to tree.
"I've got you now Ise!" cried the younger Irina as she ran towards him.
"Keep dreaming Iri!" replied his counterpart as he continued evading her.
"Ah these were the days weren't they? Just two innocent kids playing Hero, I still think it wasn't my fault I thought you were a boy. I mean look at how you were as a kid," laughed the teen.
Irina then looked up to meet his eyes and surprised Issei by the pain held in them, "Issei do you know why I never contacted you after we moved?"
"The Church wouldn't let you?" guessed the teen in response, only to see Irina shake her head.
"No the Church encourages us to form outside relationships as long as they don't give away Church secrets, it actually helps keep us mentally stable after so many missions," replied Irina with a sad smile.
Issei frowned upon hearing this, "then why didn't you talk to me?"
Irina just sighed, "I didn't want to involve you with the supernatural world, you had a peaceful life and I didn't want to disrupt that. You know how dangerous the supernatural world is, what kind of friend would I be if I got you caught up in it."
"You didn't have to cut me off, a simple hello every now and then would have been fine," argued the teen.
The exorcist was silent before she sighed again, "I wanted to but…it's not uncommon for friends of exorcists to be killed. We make many enemies in our line of work Issei, some of who would have no problem killing unrelated friends simply for vengeance."
Irina just stopped as she stared down at the younger forms of Issei and herself with a sad smile, "she was right you know."
"Who was?" frowned Issei.
His childhood friend gave another sad smile, "Scathach. I've been thinking about what she said, Xenovia makes sense but the Church should have sent someone other than me to accompany her. Griselda would have been better choice and yet they still chose me."
Issei watched as his friend's face gained an angered expression before she growled out, "they wanted to use me to get to you, get you to fight their battles for them. What kind of people would do that? Get an uninvolved innocent to clean up their mess. How can they even call themselves people of God with that attitude?!"
"How could the Church I devoted myself to be so…so..." trailed off Irina, shaking her head in anger.
"Evil?" guessed Issei with raised eyebrows, making his friend spin to face him as he continued. "Irina, tell me what you know about Asia."
"The former Holy Maiden? Not much, I know she was excommunicated from the Church as a heretic for helping a Devil before joining the Fallen Angels. After that she joined the Sekiryuutei's faction once the Fallen were wiped out," replied the exorcist.
Issei's expression darkened, "is that what the Church told you?"
Irina just nodded her head in confusion as her friend sighed, "she was excommunicated simply because she helped someone, whether or not he is a Devil is irrelevant."
The exorcist frowned, "but Issei, Devils are-"
"Evil creatures of Sin, but honestly Irina look at how the Church is acting. Are they any better? Look me in the eyes and tell me there aren't power hungry individuals or corruption in the Church. Well, can you?" frowned the teen.
Irina was silent as she met his gaze before looking at him with a pleading expression, desperate to defend her organization. "But Issei, the Church is the representative of God, preaching His message and protecting His followers. They can't be corrupt," she argued, even as her eyes revealed her doubt in her own message.
"Irina," began Issei with a sad sigh. "I might not be Christian, or even really religious for that matter…but even I know the main message preached by it, the 'Golden Rule.' 'Treat others the way you wish to be treated.' Tell me how abandoning a girl who followed this message is what God wants? The Church failed to protect her and not only that but they excommunicated her and I sincerely doubt that's the first time they abused their authority in the name of God."
The exorcist opened her mouth to voice a counter argument when her eyes came to rest on the disguised Mimic wrapped around her arm, suddenly thoughts of the rarely spoken Holy Sword experiment appeared in her mind. I sincerely doubt that's the first time the Church abused their authority in the name of God. Just like that her counterargument dissolved into nothing as a disturbing thought surfaced, 'all those people I killed…were they really heretics? Or just people in the Church's way?'
"But if the Church is corrupt…then what am I supposed to do now? It was everything I knew…" muttered Irina, quietly.
"Simple, just do what you feel is right. Don't let others tell you what's good and evil, or soon yo
u'll find yourself a pawn under someone else's control," lectured Issei.
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