12 Chapter 12: Gremory VS Akatsuki
Before us stands Rias Gremory and Akeno Himejima, not wanting to interact with them, I pretend not to have noticed them but fate we wanted otherwise
"Excuse me, are you Akatsuki Zerono-kun? I'm Rias Gremory 3rd year"
"Hello, my name is Akeno Himejima, in the same year, fufu"
'Haaaa, piss off,' I think in my head but on the outside, I keep my poker face while smiling
"Nice to meet you Gremory-sempai, Himejima-sempai what can I do for you? "
"I wanted to see what the famous new student looks like and also see if you've gotten used to school"
'Bullshit' everyone in my head thinking
"I thank you for your kindness, I'm starting to adapt thanks to Sona" which surprises Rias that I talk about Sona in a familiar way
Then the first bell rings
"Please excuse us, we have to go to class." leaving a shocked Rias et Akeno then we move on to our classes
{ Master, these devils are up to something } said Mordred to me
{ Yes, I know I felt her greed at full blow } I respond her
{ Should I send them a message not to bother you? } Lancer asks me
{ No, I don't want to have Sarzecks and Grayfia on my back now }
Then I went to drop Tsukihime off at the student council office and headed to my class, I notice that everyone is around Himari asking her questions about her new appearance, even Takumi seems stunned by the change of his little sister in one evening.
When I walk into the room and sit at my table Takumi asks me what's going on with Himari and I tell him that Himari is part of my peerage and that she's training with me now and of course it didn't please him at all but when I tell him that she's this generation red dragon empress and what it means and what her sister wants to become stronger to protect her loved ones, he's calmed down
Then morning classes start, at noon bell the girls, I and Takumi go to the cherry tree for lunch, everyone seems to enjoy the lunch I made especially Koneko who seems to really enjoy my cooking.
Takumi and I have become best friends and we have a lot in common, like our love for video games.
Then I went to the Kendo dojo to surprise the perverted duo Matsuda and Motohama looking at the club girls' locker room, I gave them a hell of a beating until they begged me to stop and ran away, which earned me the club girls thanks and offered to come to see their training, which I accept.
I watch the girls of the club train while giving them advice and serving as an opponent, which earned us spectators like Rias, Akeno, Kiba, Sona, Tsubaki, and Tomoe.
Three girls girl of the Kendo club attract my attention Katase, Murayama of my class and a Third year Miyuki Akatsuki and I feel in each of them a sacred gear which does not delight me at all they can become the target of fallen angels. But what surprised me most is that Miyuki-sempai has the same last name as me but it has nothing to do with me we only have the same last name.
' Maybe this world has a version of me, maybe not I'm an irregular ' I think in my head
" Next game Akatsuki Miyuki-sempai VS Akatsuki Zerono-sempai " a kohai member announce the next match
"Akatsuki Miyuki, I'll be your opponent"
"Akatsuki P. Zerono, on stage" when she hears my name she seems shocked but she recovers in no time.
We put ourselves in position I launch the first offensive by adjusting the strength of my sword blows at a normal level that she easily parries, I continue with a feint towards her right flank to attack her left flank which gives me 1 point.
We return at our place, this time she attacks first I've to parry all her blow there are strong and precise our exchange continues for 10 minutes which ends with my victory
"Good game, Akatsuki-sempai"
" Call me Miyuki it much simple than calling with our last name "
" Understood, Miyuki-sempai "
"Your welcome, Zerono," she tells me with a beautiful smile
Then I say my goodbye to the kendo member and I go to the two heiress
"Hello again Gremory-sempai, Himejima-sempai and..."
"My name is Yuuto Kiba. Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you Kiba-kun"
"It was a very nice game Zerono-kun, oh you don't mind if I call you by your first name?" Rias asks me.
Don't think because you're pretty and have a dream body and you're familiar with me that I'm going to eat out of your hand, Rias.
"I don't mind, Gremory-sempai, and thank you for the compliment."
"I'll call you Zerono-kun then," Akeno told me, licking her lips.
"Zerono-kun who taught you how to use the sword? You seem to have a lot of experience," Kiba asks me.
"My grandfather taught me from a very young age and then I learned with many masters across the world and also by myself"
"I see we should have a game sometime," Kiba said with a smile.
"Yes, we should do this sometime, tell me Kiba, do you have a dream?"
"Yes, I have one, but I don't want to talk about it," he told me with a dark look on his face
"Oh, sorry I was just curious, but if you're ashamed to say it, I'm not going to ask."
"And you Zerono-kun have a dream?" Rias ask me
"My dream would be to be able to forge the best holy sword that can surpass Excalibur and also become the best swordsman in the world"
{ You just create it } Bahamut retorque in my head
{ It not really a lie, I really want to create the strongest sword that will surpass Excalibur }
Saying that the same sword and the other holy sword shows me their dissatisfaction in my reality marble but I don't pay attention to it what I notice is the reaction of Rias and the other devils and especially Kiba who doesn't seem to like at all what I just said
"Zerono-kun, do you mean you can forge holy swords?" asks Akeno with a frightened look on her eyes.
" Yes, although it's a low-end product I managed to forge a holy sword it's my first success, I have it with me in my bag you want to see it?"
"No, it won't be necessary," replied Akeno, and Rias.
" No problem," I tell them
"Hey, Akatsuki-kun, can we have our game now?" asks me in a rather dark tone
This sentence takes Rias out of his thoughts and confuses Akeno
"Yuuto? "
"Maybe another time I'm tired, see you later, Kiba-kun, Gremory-sempai, Himejima-sempai" then I go to Sona and the other
Kiba tries to stop me but Rias stops him and then watches me go talk with Sona, Tsubaki, and Tomoe
"Yo Sona, Tsubaki and then I know who you are young lady?" I ask taking Tomoe's hand
"T-Tomoe Meguri 2nd year nice to meet you," she says, staggering and blushing
"Nice to meet you, Zerono Akatsuki you can call me Zerono or Zero as you wish, Tomoe-chan," I say to her with a smile what makes her blush even more
{ The young master is a man of sin } say Bahamut
{ Indeed, it can be said that his childhood was not an easy one } replied Lailah, observing my antics
Then Tsubaki pulls my ear out "Zero-san, make sure you don't harass a student council member"
"It hurts Tsubaki, stop," I say crying, which makes Tomoe laugh.
"Hahahaha, Tsubaki-sempai it doesn't matter, I was only surprised" Tomoe tries to convince Tsubaki to let go of my ear
"Tomoe-chan is nice compared to Tsubaki" I retort
"Hmmmmm" Tsubaki looks at me with a menacing look on her face
"I'm sorry, please forgive me Tsubaki-sama," I say, prostrating myself before her and Sona begins to lose patience.
"You're really a troublemaker and it's only the second day and the next time you do what you did to Tomoe you risk being in detention, I made myself understood Zerono," said Sona with her serious face.
"I understood I wouldn't do it again and to make it up to you, I'd do something you'd ask me for, anything"
"Oh, what do you gain by offering us your services? " asks my favorite glasses devil, Tsubaki
"I feel good spending time with you all and I want to be useful and above all, I want to avoid Rias at all costs"
"Why do you want to avoid Rias-sempai she's beautiful, has style," Tomoe tells me
"It's not that I hate Rias or anything, but she smells greed and I feel that if I stay close to her I'm sure a ton of trouble will fall on me"
"What do you mean by that, Zerono?" Sona asks me.
' Sorry Sona, but I can't tell you anything now, just trust me, ' I telepathically tell her what surprises her but also make her understand what I just said and also make her understand that I know who they are
"Really you're a troublemaker, here's my number and my magic circle contact, I'll call you when I need you"
"Okay, I have to take a shower, all this effort makes me sweat."
At the end of the classes I separate myself from the girls who go straight home with Mordred with them if necessary, Himari go home with Takumi, I gave her the magic circle of our House (a black dragon with a star in his mouth) to be able to allow her to come and go to the manors without any problem and also to identify her as a member of my faction.
As for me, Scathach and Sakuya we head towards the Dungeon located in the shopping district but a smell tells me that we are followed, I head towards an empty clearing of a nearby park and then wait
"You can show yourself I know you're there" then the bushes move and Kiba appears in front of me with a sword in his hand
"Kiba-kun you scared me I thought someone suspicious was following me" but Kiba didn't respond me
"Where is she?" he murmured.
"Hey Kiba-kun can you hear me?" I put my hand in front of his face but at that moment
"Where is this holy sword that I destroy it" he draws his sword at high speed but no luck for him, his movements passes in slow motion in my eyes which allows me to dodge the attack easily
"Dangerous" I duck all his sword blows for a good two minutes by going at the same speed as him
"How can you be as fast as me?"
"[Observe]"
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Name: Kiba Yuuto
Age: 16
Like: Male
Breed: Devil
Title: Prince of Kuoh
Affiliation: Gremory Family
Bloodline: -
Renowned: Survivor of the Holy Sword Project
Origin / Affinity: ???/ Illusion
Sacred Gear: Sword Birth
LVL 15
HP: 700/700 (1 per minute)
MP: 900/900 ( 2.4 per minute)
STR: D (20)
END: E (10)
AGI: D+(40)
MAG: D (20)
LUK: D (20)
NP: -
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Then a magic circle appears not far from us and Rias and the ORC members with two new faces that I don't recognize came to see Kiba battle with me without a weapon at high speed
"Tch, haaaaaaaaa" he still attacks me but I dodge all his attempts and then I give him several punches in the face that makes him back off
"Too slow, Forge On" I draw 3 Black Keys in the shape of a short sword between my fingers, then I move at high speed above him then I plant the Black Keys in his shadow that immobilizes him
"What did you do? "Kiba asked me with rage
"I only immobilized you, now we can talk," I tell him landing in the ground
"Let me go," he told me, trying to free himself, but no luck, only people stronger than me can free themselves from my spells.
"Tell me Kiba-kun why you attacked me, as far as I know, I didn't do anything worth this treatment"
"It is because of people like you who forge holy swords for the church that my friends are all dead, for them I will destroy all the holy swords and Excalibur"
" ... that all ?"
" What did you say ?"
"You're trying to tell me that you want to destroy all the holy swords, their bearer and even Excalibur to avenge your friends' deaths? and that's why you attacked me because I have one"
"That's right."
"Ah ah ah ah ah" I start laughing
"Why are you laughing? "
"Because what you want to do is so stupid even a child can say it, I understand that by being a devil you can't stand the holy sword but doing that will drive you to your death you know"
"You... "
"Shh, let me finish" and then I take out my smartphone to look for a file.
"Here I found it, let see what we have, Kiba Yuuto formerly called Isaiah one of the only two survivors of the divine sword project. Hosted by the Church and was chosen to be part of a project called "Holy Sword Project" under the direction of Valper Galilei better known by his nickname "Genocide Archbishop". But when the project failed to demonstrate merit, Valper's decision was to eliminate them as failures, was directly responsible for the deaths of his friends and all the other participants, After escaping from the establishment with the help of his friends, he finally succumbed to the poison he had inhaled. Then revived has Rias Gremory Knight. "
"How do you know all this? "
"Who knows this is a secret, but that's no reason to tell you that even though this accident caused a lot of death Valper was excommunicated from the church instead of being executed, so I'm telling you Kiba your revenge is misplaced instead of living your life to the full that your friends sacrifice their lives to give you, you walk down a dark path and you won't be better than Valper to want to destroy the holy sword and its carrier and everything results from your guilt to be the only survivor"
"Why are you telling me all this? "asks Kiba-kun, who is beginning to feel remorse for attacking me for being only a holy sword bearer.
"Remind you of me before, think about what I just told you" and then I get ready to leave when Rias comes in
"Wait, Zerono-kun" she says to me in a rather authoritative tone
"Yo, Gremory-sempai, and member of the ORC that I don't know, you came to get your knight, next time watch your servants"
"How do you know that? "asks Rias
"It simple to know that you're all devils from the Gremory House of 72 pillars, you don't even think about hiding your aura so it's easy to guess"
"You're not a normal human being, are you, Zerono-kun, fufu," Akeno told me with his sadistic smile
"I know a lot of things that's all I can tell you, Koneko-chan comes here for a while" I wave to the little girl to come, which warns the two new ones and surprises Rias and Akeno that I know Koneko and that I call her by her first name
"What is it, Zerono-sempai? "I give her a red vial
"For Kiba-kun it should heal his wounds and also keep an eye on him if there's a problem call me" I give her a paper with my number
"Understood," she answers me
Then she holds me by the sleeve of my uniform
"About what you said yesterday about my big sister... uh," she asks me, shaking a little.
I bend down and then caress her head while smiling at her "Don't worry I'll keep my promise, Shirone-chan " and talk to her telepathically so that Rias and the others don't hear what I have to say to Koneko
'I know what happened to you Kuroka and I know that you feel betrayed by what she did, but the truth will be revealed at the right time, but know this Kuroka did what she did to protect you and not because she was intoxicated by her power, because no elder sibling abandoned his younger one without a good reason, you have an example with Sona and Serafall, so don't believe what others say before hearing her version of the story, and also accept who you are because I want to see a smiling Shirone if you are still lost you have Takumi, the girls and me, OK'
"Hun, thank you very much Zerono-sempai," she said, with tears in her eyes that I remove with my finger then she gives me a hug
"Zerono-kun what are you doing with Koneko" reproaches me Rias
"It's only Koneko and mine's business, Gremory-sempai"
"Hey, don't talk to Rias-Bucho like that, and leave Tojou-san," said one of the boys.
"May I know who you are? "
"My name is Jin, I'm Rias Gremory's pawn"
I don't pay attention to him and then prepare to leave again
" Hé, don't avoid me " but Rias stop him
"Zerono-kun joins my peerage," she asks me
"Um, let me think,... no," I tell her with a deadpan face
"Why?"
"First of all Rias I know what pressure you have to endure as heiress of the Gremory house and that you want to get rid of your problem but look at the situation you are in, you only have 25% chance of succeeding and recruiting someone powerful will not make you win because you and your team are not strong and mature enough to succeed you'll only chain me to your fate. Secondly, I am stronger than you so you will not be able to reincarnate me and Thirdly I do not want to be your slave I have much greater goals than being under you".
Rias is shocked that I know her plan and the reason why she is looking for servants but she is angry as I call her weak compared to me and her pride as a high-class devil does not allow her to give up an opportunity like this.
"Zerono-kun I challenge you against my team if you can beat me I give up my plan to recruit you, you lose you join my team. "
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, and I was trying to discourage you in a peaceful way and then go train in the dungeon this afternoon but it looks like I'll have to postpone it until tomorrow" I sighed.
" Dungeon ? " ask the other boy that seems to be Jin younger brother because they have the same face feature
"So you accept? "
"OK, you wanted it, Gre...no Rias-sempai, Sakuya, Lancer" Sakuya in her maid uniform comes out of my shadow and Scathach with her battle suit and masked comes out of her astral mode which surprises everyone
{ Bahamut, I think it's time for [Reloade on fire] and [Absolute knowledge] test run }
{ Understood Young Master }
"Zerono-kun who are these people? "asks Rias surprised by Sakuya appearance and also by their way of appaired
"Girls, introduce yourself"
"Izayoi Sakuya maid in charge of the Akatsuki house in your devil pieces system my position would be Queen," she says while preparing her daggers
"Servant Lancer, I am Zerono-sama's mentor, Knight position," she says, dancing her spear around her
"I introduce myself Zerono Akatsuki, Head of the Akatsuki House, King position" by introducing myself Kansho and Bakuya appeared in my two hand
Then I activate my Astral outfit my uniform turns into a combat uniform with a black hooded jacket covering my silver chest armor with azure decoration. black pants with my holder card on the right thigh, black reinforced combat shoes, fingerless gloves, and a black dragon mask
"In battle, I prefer to be referred to as the Black Dragon Emperor," I say by releasing my demonic energy
