After rising from his supposedly inevitable death, Issei slowly tried to stand up, his head feeling dizzy, the world seemed to be spinning, even he lost his balance for several times.
As he tried to adjust his body to its current state, he felt stronger than ever, despite the Booster Gear and pawn pieces that had been snatched back by Rias. His vision is getting sharper, even the darkness of the forest, now looks like daylight, he can see the movements of various types of animals in detail, even to the detail of ants.
"What happened? I should have died. But why did I live again?" Full of confusion and curiosity, Issei began to hold onto his own body, trying to make himself realize that this was not a dream, but a reality. "They left me to die. But, why did I come back?"
✂︎👍︎♋︎■︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎ ♐︎♏︎♏︎●︎ ♓︎⧫︎✍︎ ✌︎ ❍︎⍓︎⬧︎⧫︎♏︎❒︎♓︎□︎◆︎⬧︎ ♋︎■︎♎︎ ⬧︎⧫︎❒︎♋︎■︎♑︎♏︎ ◻︎□︎⬥︎♏︎❒︎ ⧫︎♒︎♋︎⧫︎ ⬧︎◻︎❒︎♏︎♋︎♎︎⬧︎ ⧫︎♒︎❒︎□︎◆︎♑︎♒︎□︎◆︎⧫︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎❒︎ ♌︎□︎♎︎⍓︎📬︎ ✋︎⧫︎ ⬥︎♋︎⬧︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎ ❍︎□︎⬧︎⧫︎ ❍︎⍓︎⬧︎⧫︎♏︎❒︎♓︎□︎◆︎⬧︎ ◻︎□︎⬥︎♏︎❒︎ ♓︎■︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎ ⬥︎□︎❒︎●︎♎︎📬︎ 💣︎⍓︎ ◻︎□︎⬥︎♏︎❒︎📬︎📬︎📬︎✂︎
The voice came back from inside Issei's head, each time it appeared, making his head twitch, like it was being hit from within. For a while, he was just stunned, trying to accept the fact that he had escaped death, somehow. Involuntarily, he lowered his gaze, both of his eyes suddenly bulging, surprised to see the change on his hands. Both hands are now skull hands, pure white with one hole in each palm.
"What is this? What happened to me? Have I become a living corpse?! Shit! Am I a zombie?!" Feeling scared and astonished, Issei turned his hands around, trying to guess what had actually happened, moreover, what changes had happened to his body.
✂︎👍︎♋︎■︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎ ⬧︎♏︎♏︎ ♓︎⧫︎ ⧫︎□︎□︎✍︎✏︎ 💣︎⍓︎ ◻︎□︎⬥︎♏︎❒︎ ♒︎♋︎⬧︎ ♌︎♏︎♏︎■︎ ♋︎⧫︎⧫︎♋︎♍︎♒︎♏︎♎︎ ⧫︎□︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎✏︎ ✌︎⬧︎ ✋︎ ◻︎❒︎□︎❍︎♓︎⬧︎♏︎♎︎✏︎ 💣︎⍓︎ ◻□⬥♏❒ ♓︎⬧︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎❒︎ ◻□⬥♏❒📬︎ ✋︎⧫︎🕯︎⬧︎ ♋︎●︎●︎ ❒︎♏︎♋︎●︎📬︎✂︎
"Who are you?!" Issei shouted loudly, he turned his head to left and right, trying to find the source of the sound, but he couldn't find it, he was aware for sure, the sound was coming from inside his own head. "Get out of my head!"
✂︎❄︎♒︎♋︎⧫︎ ♐︎♏︎♏︎●︎♓︎■︎♑︎📬︎📬︎📬︎ ☼︎♏︎♋︎●︎●︎⍓︎ ♋︎⬥︎♏︎⬧︎□︎❍︎♏︎✏︎ ✡︎□︎◆︎ ♋︎❒︎♏︎ ♐︎♓︎●︎●︎♏︎♎︎ ⬥︎♓︎⧫︎♒︎ ♒︎♋︎⧫︎❒︎♏︎♎︎📪︎ ♐︎♏︎♋︎❒︎📪︎ ♎︎♓︎⬧︎♋︎◻︎◻︎□︎♓︎■︎⧫︎❍︎♏︎■︎⧫︎ ♋︎■︎♎︎ ♋︎ ⧫︎♒︎♓︎❒︎⬧︎⧫︎ ♐︎□︎❒︎ ❒︎♏︎❖︎♏︎■︎♑︎♏︎📬︎ ✋︎ ⧫︎♒︎♓︎■︎🙵 ⧫︎♒︎♏︎⍓︎🕯︎❖︎♏︎ ❒︎♏︎♋︎●︎●︎⍓︎ ♍︎♒︎♋︎■︎♑︎♏︎♎︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎ ⬧︎□︎ ♐︎♋︎❒︎📬︎ 👎︎♓︎♎︎■︎🕯︎⧫︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎ ⬥︎♋︎■︎⧫︎ ⧫︎□︎ ❍︎♋︎🙵♏︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎❍︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎❒︎ ♒︎♋︎❒︎♏︎❍︎📪︎ ■︎□︎⬥︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎🕯︎❒︎♏︎ ♑︎□︎♓︎■︎♑︎ ⧫︎□︎ ♎︎♏︎⬧︎⧫︎❒︎□︎⍓︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎❍︎✍︎✂︎
Every time the sound appeared, Issei screamed hysterically while holding his head, because of the intense pain he felt every time the sound appeared, as if his head was broken and vibrated from within. He even hit his head on the ground so hard due to the extreme pain, the blood began to seep out of his face but the next split second, the blood disappeared, and the wound he received also disappeared, healed in just such a short time.
✂︎☝︎□︎□︎♎︎📬︎📬︎📬︎ ✡︎□︎◆︎🕯︎❒︎♏︎ ⬧︎⧫︎♋︎❒︎⧫︎♓︎■︎♑︎ ⧫︎□︎ ◆︎⬧︎♏︎ ❍︎⍓︎ ◻︎□︎⬥︎♏︎❒︎⬧︎📬︎ 🕆︎⬧︎♏︎ ♓︎⧫︎ ♋︎⬧︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎ ◻︎●︎♏︎♋︎⬧︎♏︎📪︎ ♌︎❒︎♓︎■︎♑︎ ♎︎♏︎⬧︎⧫︎❒︎◆︎♍︎⧫︎♓︎□︎■︎ ♋︎■︎♎︎ ◻︎♋︎♓︎■︎ ⧫︎□︎ ⧫︎♒︎♓︎⬧︎ ⬥︎□︎❒︎●︎♎︎✏︎ 💧︎♒︎♋︎🙵♏︎ ⧫︎♒︎♓︎⬧︎ ⬥︎□︎❒︎●︎♎︎ ♋︎⬧︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎ ◻︎●︎♏︎♋︎⬧︎♏︎✏︎ 👎︎♏︎⬧︎⧫︎❒︎□︎⍓︎ ⬥︎♒︎♋︎⧫︎ ♓︎⬧︎ ♓︎■︎ ♐︎❒︎□︎■︎⧫︎ □︎♐︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎✏︎ ❄︎♒︎♏︎ ♌︎♓︎♑︎♑︎♏︎❒︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎ ⧫︎♓︎❍︎♏︎●︎♓︎■︎♏︎ ♑︎♏︎⧫︎⬧︎ ◆︎■︎⬧︎⧫︎♋︎♌︎●︎♏︎📪︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎ ❍︎□︎❒︎♏︎ ◻︎□︎⬧︎⬧︎♓︎♌︎♓︎●︎♓︎⧫︎⍓︎ ✋︎ ♒♋❖♏ ⧫□ ♍︎□︎❍︎♏︎ ♌︎♋︎♍︎🙵 ♍︎□︎❍︎◻︎●︎♏︎⧫︎♏︎●︎⍓︎✏︎✂︎
"Arggh!" As a result of the pain that was so unbearable, Issei hit his own head on the ground so hard, that it even shattered his forehead and parts of his brain gushed out.
Krekkk!! Krekk!!
But a moment after his forehead was crushed, the blood that had previously soaked his body slowly began to dissipate, along with the wound he received on his forehead, everything returned to the way it had been, as if it had never happened.
With a gasping breath, Issei kept looking at his two hands that had changed, his feelings were raging, he still didn't understand what was happening at all. Moreover, what sounds are constantly echoing inside his own head.
Kreskk!
However, the sound of footsteps from the side instantly made Issei's attention increase, his consciousness also increased, along with the appearance of the sound, he immediately reflexively directed his right hand to the source of the sound, which turned out to be coming from behind the shady trees.
A moment after, the hole located in the middle of his palm started emitting a bright red light, making Issei surprised to see it. Before he could process the incident, a red laser shot came out of his right palm, snatched at the tree and instantly scorched it, leaving not even a speck of dust.
"What is this...?" Issei asked in shock, he immediately walked backwards while holding his right hand which was still emitting red light from the hole in the middle of his palm.
✂︎❄︎♒︎♋︎⧫︎ ♓︎⬧︎ 👎︎♏︎⧫︎♏︎❒︎❍︎♓︎■︎♋︎⧫︎♓︎□︎■︎📬︎ ⚐︎■︎♏︎ □︎♐︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎ ⧫︎❒︎♋︎♓︎⧫︎⬧︎ □︎♐︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎ ♒︎◆︎❍︎♋︎■︎ ⬧︎□︎◆︎●︎📪︎ □︎■︎♏︎ □︎♐︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎ ❍︎□︎⬧︎⧫︎ ◻︎□︎⬥︎♏︎❒︎♐︎◆︎●︎ ◻︎□︎⬥︎♏︎❒︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎🕯︎❖︎♏︎ ♏︎❖︎♏︎❒︎ ⬧︎♏︎♏︎■︎📬︎ ✋︎🕯︎❍︎ ♓︎❍︎◻︎❒︎♏︎⬧︎⬧︎♏︎♎︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎ ⬥︎♏︎❒︎♏︎ ♋︎♌︎●︎♏︎ ⧫︎□︎ ◆︎⬧︎♏︎ ♓︎⧫︎ ❒︎♓︎♑︎♒︎⧫︎ ♋︎⬥︎♋︎⍓︎📪︎ ♋︎●︎♌︎♏︎♓︎⧫︎ ◆︎■︎♓︎■︎⧫︎♏︎■︎⧫︎♓︎□︎■︎♋︎●︎●︎⍓︎📬︎ ✋︎⧫︎ ◻︎❒︎□︎❖︎♏︎⬧︎ ⧫︎♒︎♋︎⧫︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎ ♋︎❒︎♏︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎ ♌︎♏︎⬧︎⧫︎ ♐︎♓︎⧫︎ ♐︎□︎❒︎ ⧫︎♒︎♓︎⬧︎📬︎ ☞︎□︎❒︎ ❍︎♏︎📬︎✂︎
Once again, the voice echoed in Issei's head, making him roar in pain and hit his own head against the tree next to him. "Who are you?! Get out of my head! Goddamn it! Fight me!"
✂︎✋︎🕯︎❍︎ ■︎□︎⧫︎ ♒︎♏︎❒︎♏︎ ⧫︎□︎ ♐︎♓︎♑︎♒︎⧫︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎📪︎ ♌︎◆︎⧫︎ ⧫︎□︎ ♑︎♓︎❖︎♏︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎ ♋︎■︎□︎⧫︎♒︎♏︎❒︎ ♍︎♒︎♋︎■︎♍︎♏︎ ⧫︎□︎ ❍︎♋︎🙵♏︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎❒︎ ♎︎❒︎♏︎♋︎❍︎⬧︎ ♍︎□︎❍︎♏︎ ⧫︎❒︎◆︎♏︎📬︎ ✋︎🕯︎❍︎ ♒︎♏︎❒︎♏︎ ⧫︎□︎ ●︎♏︎■︎♎︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎ ♋︎ ♒︎♋︎■︎♎︎📬︎ ✌︎ ♒︎♏︎●︎◻︎ ♐︎❒︎□︎❍︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎ ❖︎□︎♓︎♎︎📬︎✂︎
"Stop with your nonsense! Arghh!" Issei grimaced in pain while holding his head, he leaned against a tree while continuing to endure extreme pain from inside his head.
Unable to bear the pain, Issei fell back to the ground, sweat streaming down his face, but slowly, the pain disappeared as the voice disappeared from his head. For a long time he was silent while trying to accept the fact that he had returned from the dead, along with this strange power, along with the changes in his body, and also with the mysterious voice that was inside his head.
"I don't understand at all..." Issei said softly, his gaze blank, staring into the darkness of the forest before him. "I don't understand at all. I'm not... Can not accept this fact. Buchou... Akeno-san... Koneko-chan... Asia..."
The names came out of Issei's mouth like a spell, his eyes filled with tears as he recalled what Rias and her friends had done to him. Allowing himself to fight the devil alone, thinking that Rias gave him a chance to be by her side, thinking that Rias gave him a chance to take her heart, but in fact, was just nonsense. They are more evil than the devil themself.
"They are devils." With a long sigh, Issei looked back at his two changed hands. "I will not accept this. I'll be coming back... I am no longer the Issei they know. Nor the Issei they have banished!"
As the words came out of his mouth, Issei's eyes widened, recalling detail after detail of every hurtful word that Rias, Akeno and Koneko uttered as he breathed his last. He would return, not as Rias Gremory's pawn Issei, but rather, Issei who was filled with feelings he had never felt before.
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"What, Buchou?! Why did you do it?! Why did you do that to Hyoudou-kun?!" Kiba, who used to be calm and friendly, has now changed, his voice rising and it is clear from the look on his face that he is angry and disappointed with what Rias has done.
"I have to do it, Kiba. I had no other choice. I need a strong family... I..." Rias' words stopped when she almost mentioned her reason for dumping Issei, but with a deep breath, she held it back and tried to make it appear that she didn't regret doing it at all. "No weak devil can survive in this world. I, Rias Gremory of the House of Gremory, only have powerful pieces as part of my family. Unfortunately, Issei is not included."
A heated argument ensues in the ORC building, during which Kiba, who knows nothing, finally finds out what really happened through Asia who had been crying. His friendship with Issei was not very close, but as a fellow devil and friend, he completely disapproved of Rias ' actions. Just by wanting power, even with the fact that Issei is still new for being a devil, Rias is unwilling to understand him and decides to throw him away. For the first time, Kiba is really angry and disagrees with Rias ' actions.
"But that's not fair to him at all, Buchou." In front of everyone, Kiba is relentlessly trying to defend Issei and call for his opinion regarding Rias and everyone's actions. "You turned him into a devil. Give him a reason to live, give him the spirit to grow stronger. But in the end, it was you who took his life. Took everything from him."
Both of Kiba's eyes stared at Rias, Akeno and Koneko in turn, his breath panting, his emotions overflowing, even his eyes were teary. "This is the first time I have seen the true nature of devils. I even got the feeling... regret to be a devil if you can bear to do something this low to Hyoudou-kun!"
"Kiba!"
Plakkk!!!
The sound of slaps echoed throughout the room, both Akeno and Koneko were equally shocked after seeing Rias slap Kiba so violently. Both of Rias's eyes were slightly glazed, her hands were shaking, and for a few moments, the beautiful girl was only silent while looking at Kiba's cheeks that were reddened from her slap.
"This is my decision! I know what's best for all of us..." Rias said, trying to convince Kiba, but what Kiba doesn't know, she's also not only trying to convince him, but also others.
Not having time for Rias to finish her words, Kiba suddenly turned around and with heavy steps, left the room, making everyone sculpted. Asia couldn't stop sobbing, Akeno was silent as she looked at the tightly closed door, while Koneko just lowered her head. Rias's lips trembled, she clasped her hands together so very tightly, and at that moment, a low murmur, so very low that no one could hear it, came out of her mouth
"And also for myself..."
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"Why are you in my head? Are you the reason I came back from the dead?" Issei asked as he walked through the forest alone, people who saw him might think that he was crazy, because he spoke without anyone to talk to, but in fact, he was trying to get anything in his head to communicate.
✂︎✋︎⧫︎🕯︎⬧︎ ⧫︎❒︎◆︎♏︎📪︎ ✋︎ ⬥︎♋︎⬧︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎ □︎■︎♏︎ ⬥︎♒︎□︎ ♌︎❒︎□︎◆︎♑︎♒︎⧫︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎ ♌︎♋︎♍︎🙵📬︎ ✋︎♐︎ ⧫︎♒︎♋︎⧫︎ ♎︎♏︎❖︎♓︎●︎ ♒︎♋︎♎︎■︎🕯︎⧫︎ ⧫︎♋︎🙵♏︎■︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎ ◻︎♋︎⬥︎■︎ ◻︎♓︎♏︎♍︎♏︎⬧︎ ♐︎❒︎□︎❍︎ ♓︎■︎⬧︎♓︎♎︎♏︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎📪︎ ✋︎ ⬥︎□︎◆︎●︎♎︎■︎🕯︎⧫︎ ♒︎♋︎❖︎♏︎ ♌︎♏︎♏︎■︎ ♋︎♌︎●︎♏︎ ⧫︎□︎ ⬧︎♋︎❖︎♏︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎📬︎ 💧︎□︎📪︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎ ⬧︎♒︎□︎◆︎●︎♎︎ ♌︎♏︎ ♋︎ ●︎♓︎⧫︎⧫︎●︎♏︎ ♑︎❒︎♋︎⧫︎♏︎♐︎◆︎●︎ ⧫︎♒︎♋︎⧫︎ ⬧︎♒︎♏︎ ⧫︎□︎□︎🙵 ⧫︎♒︎♋︎⧫︎ ◻︎♓︎♏︎♍︎♏︎⬧︎ ♓︎■︎⬧︎♓︎♎︎♏︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎ ♌︎♋︎♍︎🙵📬︎✂︎
"What do you mean? Who the hell are you talking about?" Issei asked back, occasionally looking around him to find a way out.
✂︎❄︎♒︎□︎⬧︎♏︎ ⬥︎♒︎□︎ ⧫︎♒︎❒︎♏︎⬥︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎ □︎◆︎⧫︎📪︎ □︎♐︎ ♍︎□︎◆︎❒︎⬧︎♏︎📬︎ ✡︎□︎◆︎ ⧫︎♒︎♓︎■︎🙵 ⍓︎□︎◆︎🕯︎❒︎♏︎ ♑︎□︎□︎♎︎ ♏︎■︎□︎◆︎♑︎♒︎✍︎ 👍︎□︎❍︎♓︎■︎♑︎ ♋︎●︎□︎■︎♏︎ ♋︎♑︎♋︎♓︎■︎⬧︎⧫︎ ♋︎ ♎︎♏︎❖︎♓︎●︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎ ♍︎♋︎■︎🕯︎⧫︎ ♎︎♏︎♐︎♏︎♋︎⧫︎✍︎ ❄︎♒︎♋︎⧫︎🕯︎⬧︎ ■︎□︎⧫︎ ⬧︎□︎❍︎♏︎ 🙵♓︎■︎♎︎ □︎♐︎ ♋︎ ⧫︎♏︎⬧︎⧫︎♋︎❍︎♏︎■︎⧫︎ ⧫︎□︎ ◻︎❒︎□︎❖︎♏︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎❒︎⬧︎♏︎●︎♐︎📪︎ ♓︎⧫︎🕯︎⬧︎ ❍︎□︎❒︎♏︎ ❒︎♏︎♐︎♏︎❒︎❒︎♏︎♎︎ ⧫︎□︎ ♋︎⬧︎ ⬧︎◆︎♓︎♍︎♓︎♎︎♏︎📬︎✂︎
Hearing that voice, Issei grimaced again in pain, somehow, he slowly began to understand every word spoken by whoever was in his head, even though it hurt so much every sound came out. "Well, that's enough. Shut the fuck up."
In the end, Issei reached a small hill that immediately allowed him to see the stunning view of Kuoh city. The houses are filled with bright lights, the air is cool and calm, and the night sky filled with stars, it's ironic, the world looks very beautiful, in front of all the suffering and betrayal that he has experienced.
Issei knew, he wouldn't be able to be the same person after what Rias did to him, he thought, what should he do. Make them pay for this, sure, but he didn't know where to start. But unfortunately, from above the sky, he could see strands of pitch-black feathers far apart, and when he raised his head, he saw a fallen angel. Raynare.
"Raynare." Issei's eyes immediately sharpened after he saw the fallen angel in front of him, the fallen angel he knew so well.
"What's with that sharp look? Aren't you glad I came? I am the Yuuma-chan you love." With her sensual voice, Raynare tries to seduce Issei again by changing her voice to Yuuma, an innocent and beautiful girl who is her disguise.
Getting that treatment, Issei clasped his hands so tightly, holding back his anger and all his overflowing emotions from coming out, if it came out, then Raynare would be a corpse right where she was right now. "What do you want?! I'm not in a good mood right now."
"Oh... I think you already know the answer to that." A wide and sadistic grin suddenly appeared on Raynare's beautiful face, then she immediately threw her spear of light directly at Issei.
Clashhh!!! Boom!
In front of the spear of light that shot so fast towards him, Issei with his right hand, easily deflected the spear of light, making it change direction sideways and blow up a tree not far from him. Issei's two eyes sharpened even more, as he looked at Raynare who grinned even wider and created two more spears of light.
"Too bad. I thought I was going to kill you that day, but that damn devil always got in my way. Tonight, you will not escape!" From up there, Raynare again threw her two spears of light towards Issei, splitting the air and creating trail of light behind it.
When the voice again appeared from inside his head, Issei grimaced in pain, as a result, his attention was split and it opened a wide gap for Raynare's spear of light to hit him. At the last second before the spear of light penetrated his face, Issei quickly held it with his right arm, as a result he had to let his right arm be pierced by the spear of light so deeply.
Blood began to seep out of Kuoh's Academy uniform that had been torn apart, instead of screaming in pain, Issei just smiled sarcastically and pulled the spear of light from his right arm, throwing it aside like pulling out a small thorn that pierced his body.
"I warned you, but you didn't listen. A lot of things have happened to me today..." The blood that seeped out of Issei's right arm suddenly disappeared, along with the wound on his right arm that began to close. "So, don't blame me if I get carried away with my emotions."
"Hah! Do you think you can beat me?! I killed you once! Then it won't be difficult for me to kill you a second time!" Raynare shouted as she raised her left hand up, trying to create the spear of light again, but before she could create it, she was startled by the appearance of a light blue rope that emitted a faint light, binding her right hand.
As a result, a surprised Raynare began to notice the rope that tied her right hand, following where the rope came from, both of her eyes widened when she saw that the light blue rope appeared from inside Issei's left palm, right from the hole in his palm. Before she could react, Issei had first pulled her down, slamming her body so hard against the ground.
✂︎🏱︎♋︎⧫︎♓︎♏︎■︎♍︎♏︎📬︎ ✡︎□︎◆︎ ♍︎♋︎■︎ ◆︎⬧︎♏︎ ■︎□︎⧫︎ □︎■︎●︎⍓︎ 👎︎♏︎⧫︎♏︎❒︎❍︎♓︎■︎♋︎⧫︎♓︎□︎■︎📪︎ ♌︎◆︎⧫︎ ♋︎●︎⬧︎□︎ 🏱︎♋︎⧫︎♓︎♏︎■︎♍︎♏︎📬︎ ✡︎□︎◆︎🕯︎❒︎♏︎ ⬧︎⧫︎♓︎●︎●︎ ■︎□︎⧫︎ ⬧︎⧫︎❒︎□︎■︎♑︎ ♏︎■︎□︎◆︎♑︎♒︎ ⧫︎□︎ ◆︎■︎●︎♏︎♋︎⬧︎♒︎ ♑︎❒︎♏︎♋︎⧫︎♏︎❒︎ ◻︎□︎⬥︎♏︎❒︎📬︎ ☞︎□︎❒︎ ■︎□︎⬥︎📪︎ ⬥︎♓︎⧫︎♒︎ ♌︎□︎⧫︎♒︎ □︎♐︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎❒︎ ♒︎♋︎■︎♎︎⬧︎📪︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎ ♍︎♋︎■︎ ◆︎⬧︎♏︎ ♌︎□︎⧫︎♒︎ □︎♐︎ ⧫︎♒︎♋︎⧫︎ ◻︎□︎⬥︎♏︎❒︎⬧︎📬︎ 🏱︎♋︎⧫︎♓︎♏︎■︎♍︎♏︎📬︎📬︎📬︎ ✌︎■︎♎︎ 👎︎♏︎⧫︎♏︎❒︎❍︎♓︎■︎♋︎⧫︎♓︎□︎■︎📬︎✂︎
Brakkk!!!
"Arghh!! Damn you!" Raynare grumbled with annoyance and pain, blood began to come out of between her mouth, as she tried to get up on her feet.
Bugghh!!
As she tries to get up, Raynare is startled by Issei's kick right on her chest, throwing her body away and crashing into a tree to the point that it shatters into pieces. She didn't expect at all, that Issei had grown strong so far, in just a few days?! Her body began to tremble, as she realized, it was not her who was the predator here, but Issei, and here, she would be his prey.
"How?! You've grown stronger in just a few days! No way!" Raynare shouted with her voice that started to tremble, with difficulty she tried to get up, both her eyes widened full of fear when she saw Issei who was slowly walking towards her.
"If you can kill me then, then I can also kill you tonight, Yuuma-chan!" Issei's emotions were overflowing, as if something was burning all his emotions from the inside, he felt that his strength was increasing, he immediately hit his fist right at Raynare, but she managed to dodge, making the tree that had been smashed behind her, now more and more shattered, even some trees behind her were also destroyed in just one blow.
"Shit! I'll kill you!" Even though her body shook violently, Raynare with her futile efforts, tried to unsheathe the spear of light on Issei's face, yet Issei instantly caught it with both hands and smashed it to pieces.
Buggh!!!
Now, Issei finally managed to land his fist right on Raynare's right cheek, which once again immediately made the Fallen Angel thrown far enough and fall to the ground. Raynare is now lying helpless on the ground, breathing heavily and she is seriously injured. Blood came out of his mouth and both nostrils, and she could barely move her body a bit, because her head hit a fairly large stone with a bang, her face was now covered in blood.
"Ahhh!!! Wait! Wait!"
When Raynare was about to use her wings to fly away, she felt a very strong grip between her legs. Not having time to turn her head to see what had bound her, she felt that her body was being pulled by an unusually strong force, and again slammed violently to the ground, making her instantly almost lose her consciousness.
Her gaze began to fade, she saw how Issei who was now right in front of him, pointed his right palm that emitted a red light from the hole in the middle of his palm, she knew, that Issei could kill her at this very second.
"Wait wait! Issei-kun! Please don't kill me! I am Yuuma-chan! I was your first girlfriend!" In her last attempt, lightning-fast Raynare changed her appearance to Yuuma, an innocent girl with a pretty face who managed to trick Issei first.
"You haven't changed at all." Issei said with her voice that sounded cold, both eyes didn't blink at all, even though Raynare changed her appearance to Yuuma, Issei wouldn't be fooled with her anymore, however, he also thought there was no point in killing Raynare, if there was anything he could do to her. "I know you have something in common with me. You are weak, you hide behind those who only use you. You try so hard to be strong, but you know you can't."
"Fool..! What do you know about me?!" Raynare shouted loudly and hatefully, yet her two teary eyes, it was enough for Issei to see what was really in her heart. Her feelings...
For a while, Issei was silent, seeing a single tear drop fall from Raynare's teary eyes, no matter how hard she tried to hide her feelings, it would not work, because Issei had known it all just by staring into her eyes. "You killed me, of course. You once kidnapped Asia, of course. But you did all that to try to get stronger, you... Sick of just being a tool for them? I know that feeling. All that bitterness. That pain."
Hearing the words from Issei, both of Raynare's eyes widened, her breath choked, her chest throbbed, because it was only this time, she felt seen by someone. Not as a tool, not as a lowly fallen angel who can only obey orders from those stronger than her... Rather... He saw her... Raynare.... Tears flowed from her eyes, like a waterfall flowing without hindrance. She strives to wipe it, refusing to let him see her true, weak side... However, it does not help at all. Her tears continued to flow out like a broken dam.
"I know how you feel, Rayne. I know how much it hurts. I know how bad it is. I just want you to know... That you don't have to feel it yourself alone." Slowly Issei lowered his right hand, the red light coming out of the hole that was in the middle of his palm also began to fade, he began to kneel in front of Raynare, his two sharp eyes, began to soften. "You regret your fall, but you know you can't change it. You just do what you have to do to survive."
"Why...?! Why?!" Raynare's sobs became worse when she heard Issei's words, every word that came out of his mouth, was the truth, she deeply regretted her fall from heaven, but she couldn't do anything to fix it, she had fallen, and if she wanted to stay alive, she had to obey their orders no matter what. Even if it makes her worse and more evil than the devil itself. "I once killed you... I want to kill you again.... Why don't you just end me here?!"
Both of Raynare's eyes were red, not because of the hate, but because of all the pain that had been revealed, along with the tears that fell. Slowly, Issei gently stroked both of her cheeks, then began to pull her closer, hugging her while gently stroking her back. "Because I know... I'm just like you... Right, you want to kill me... You killed me once. You can't change what happened in the past, but you can change what will happen in the future."
"I... I..." Raynare's two eyes widened again after hearing Issei's words, his words really made her heart tremble, she sobbed even more, unconsciously wrapped her hands around Issei's body, hugging him tightly as if she never wanted to lose him.
✂︎✡︎□︎◆︎📬︎📬︎📬︎ 💧︎□︎ ⧫︎♒︎♋︎⧫︎🕯︎⬧︎ ♓︎⧫︎📬︎📬︎📬︎📬︎ ✋︎ ⬧︎♋︎⬥︎ ♓︎⧫︎📬︎📬︎📬︎ ✋︎ ⬥︎□︎◆︎●︎♎︎ ■︎♏︎❖︎♏︎❒︎ ♒︎♋︎❖︎♏︎ ⧫︎♒︎□︎◆︎♑︎♒︎⧫︎ ⧫︎♒︎♋︎⧫︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎ ⬥︎□︎◆︎●︎♎︎ ◆︎⬧︎♏︎ ❍︎⍓︎ ♏︎⍓︎♏︎⬧︎ ♐︎□︎❒︎ ⧫︎♒︎♓︎⬧︎ 🙵♓︎■︎♎︎ □︎♐︎ ⧫︎♒︎♓︎■︎♑︎📬︎ ✡︎□︎◆︎ ❍︎♓︎♑︎♒︎⧫︎ ♍︎♒︎♋︎■︎♑︎♏︎ ♋︎ ●︎♓︎⧫︎⧫︎●︎♏︎ ⧫︎♒︎♓︎■︎♑︎ ⧫︎♒︎♋︎⧫︎ ✋︎ ♍︎♋︎■︎🕯︎⧫︎ ♍︎♒︎♋︎■︎♑︎♏︎📬︎📬︎📬︎ 👌︎◆︎⧫︎ ⬧︎⧫︎♓︎●︎●︎📪︎ ♓︎⧫︎ ⬥︎□︎■︎🕯︎⧫︎ ❍︎♏︎♋︎■︎ ♋︎■︎⍓︎⧫︎♒︎♓︎■︎♑︎📬︎✂︎
Although the voice from inside his head could again be heard by him, Issei only let out a long sigh and closed his eyes, he didn't understand what the figure inside his head was saying, he didn't care about it, all he cared about, was the moment he was in. Raynare, the same Fallen Angel who had killed him, and tried to kill him again tonight, is now sobbing in his arms.
It doesn't mean he forgives her, he just gives her a chance to change, because he sees himself in Raynare. Her position as a tool who could not argue, could only obey the orders of those who were stronger and higher to survive, and would then be discarded if she was no longer needed. Slowly, Issei's two eyes blinked, both of them changed color to red on his right eye, and blue on his left eye. He smiled slightly, realizing that perhaps, Raynare would be the person he would need in the future.
He slowly released his embrace on Raynare and made the girl look right at him with her eyes that are still red from crying. By offering her a chance to change for the better, Issei wiped away the teardrops that were still streaming down both of Raynare's cheeks. Then he whispered something, a word that would change everything between him and Raynare forever... And also his first step, starting his journey as The New Issei.
"Will you stay with me and always be by my side, Raynare?"
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