Chapter 24: Issei
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the Queen, and Kiba, the more experienced Knight, were meant to serve as backup in case one of the other two needed assistance while he and Issei were supposed to tag along as a learning experience.
Once they were fully inside, he and Issei were surrounded with each member of the rest of the Peerage maintaining a lookout for the Stray.
It was a good, if basic strategy Lelouch decided. Not bad, not what he would have done, but not bad.
"Issei, Lelouch." Rias spoke to the pair as they walked through the building.
"Are you familiar with the game of chess?" She was curious since if they knew at least a little bit it would be easier to explain.
Issei answered unsurely, "Yeah, sort of." What did chess have to do at a time like this? "I've played it but I totally suck."
Lelouch blinked before outright laughing for a few seconds. "Familiar?" He chuckled, surprising everyone present at the genuine humor in his voice for once.
"I'm virtually a Grandmaster." He answered to Rias' surprise. At her questioning glance, he shrugged. "It's a gift I suppose. I've only ever lost to one man.
I've beaten hundreds of other players." He admitted, still feeling sore at his loss to Schneizel. Still, he had won when it counted.
"Good," Rias decided to ignore the sudden reveal of some of Lelouch's past. He seemed to be revealing more of himself day by day.
She hoped he would trust them all eventually enough to share his story. "This will make this explanation go a little easier.
" She took a deep breath and began to describe the Evil Pieces.
"As the Master, I'm the King." She said, confirming Lelouch's earlier suspicion. "My Empress is the Queen, my Cavaliers the Knight, my Tanks the Rook, my Clergyman the Bishop, and finally my Footsoldier the Pawn.
" She looked at Issei out of the corner of her eye to make sure he wasn't getting overwhelmed like the night of their induction. Seeing he was following her, she continued.
"High Ranking Devils can grant the characteristics of each of these Pieces to their servants."
"That sounds kickass." Issei interrupted before shutting up at Lelouch's slight glare.
"We have a special name for these." Rias ignored the comment by Issei. "We call them our Evil Pieces."
Lelouch hoped she'd get to some new information soon, Koneko had already explained most of this to him the first day.
How Issei had gone this long without asking the right questions he'd never know.
Issei nearly spoke but noticed Lelouch's intense look and decided against it, letting Rias finish without comment.
"I want you and Lelouch to watch and learn what these attributes mean in combat."
Finally, Lelouch was hoping he could see just how the attributes of the Evil Pieces could be used in battle. 'It's about time.' Lelouch thought to himself, genuinely surprised Rias hadn't explained all of this to Issei until just before they were heading into battle. 'I hope that doesn't become a habit of hers.' He hated it when he got new information sprung on him mid-battle.
Nothing good ever came as a result of surprise on the battlefield.
"Pay close attention to my Devils as they do battle for tonight." She ordered her two newest servants. Issei mumbled a quick, "Okay" while Lelouch said, "Understood.
" Before turning to look at a pillar as he followed Koneko's line of sight at the sound of her voice.
"It's here." Koneko's quiet voice reached his ears easily as the building made her voice echo slightly around them.
A seductive voice called out from the shadows, "Now what could that foul smell be?" She, and by Satan, Lelouch hoped it was a she, moaned. "Something smells delicious.
I wonder if it tastes sweet." Lelouch noticed that a disturbing looking form appeared behind the pillar Koneko had looked at as she noticed its presence. "Or bitter?"
Issei exclaimed in joy as he saw the full chest of their enemy and Lelouch at least knew one thing. 'Welp, it's definitely female.
' He thought dryly to himself, ignoring Issei's exclamation about breasts with practiced ease by this point.
Rias began a dramatic speech declaring their purpose here in eliminating the Stray Devil before them as well as listing out her crimes, giving her a final warning that felt more like a formality than anything else, but Lelouch was rather distracted as he tried to figure out what the hell made up her lower half.
Because it sure as Hell wasn't humanoid as far as he could see. Not that he could see much thanks to the shadows that covered it up.
And when he did see what made up her lower half, he kind of wished he hadn't. "Holy fuck that looks disgusting.
" Lelouch murmured, it hadn't been shadows. That was black fur and an absolutely monstrous body. He threw up a little in his mouth after seeing her lower half revealed, as the Stray fondled herself.
Issei was loving everything going on above the waist, but Lelouch noticed something that disturbed him greater than before. And that was saying something since he was feeling more disturbed tonight than he had been in a long time.
Lelouch noticed some energy begin to gather around the Stray at a rather… specific spot.
"Are you fucking kidding me?!" He cursed with a scream as he jumped away, far faster than he last remembered he could, from the nipple lasers that were being used by the Stray to target them.
Rias tackled Issei out of the way while Lelouch dove behind a pillar. The attribute of Knight, granted to him by Rias, allowed him to move far faster than he could before.
Unfortunately, as he was not used to moving at such speeds he crashed into the pillar and hurt his shoulders after landing back first into the stone.
He grunted in pain, shifting his arms and wincing as he felt the pain flare. 'Note to self, work on getting used to new speed.
' He had been so weak and slow as a human that this massive increase was going to take some serious work to get used to.
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