Chapter 41: Raynare
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"I'm going to make you suffer, Fallen Angel." Lelouch spoke, opening his eyes for the last three words, knowing that his power would force her to register them as a Command.
It took more energy than he had to use in past Contracts, likely because Fallen Angels had far higher magical resistance than humans.
He ignored the dip in his reserves, focusing entirely on the Command overriding the will of Raynare, forcing her mind to obey his order against its will.
A dark, corrupted power blasted around the Fallen Angel, revealing her true form once more as she screamed.
"What did you do to her?" Rias asked curiously, ignoring the tortured screams of the Fallen Angel before her.
This was not what she had planned, but she didn't mind this turn of events. Raynare was already going to die for that little stunt, it was only a matter of how quick she chose to make it.
Lelouch took a deep breath and allowed his power to fade back, leaving his eyes crimson as he looked back at Rias.
"I made her suffer." He answered simply, his eyes reverting to violet, taking in the faces of Rias' Peerage. Issei looked conflicted, Koneko looked interested and curious, Kiba looked uneasy, but wasn't too unnerved. Good, he was glad his two friends weren't scared of his power.
"How exactly?" The question came not from Rias, but Issei. That wasn't what Lelouch was expecting. "How did you make her suffer with just that sentence?" The boy was shaking.
"Our own minds can force us to suffer far worse than any other individual on the planet." Lelouch answered simply. "I simply encouraged her mind to do so." He walked to the rest of the Peerage save Akeno.
He pat Issei on the shoulder. "Go, get some closure." He whispered, standing beside Koneko as he turned to watch Issei walk up close to the twitching form of Raynare.
'So, unless I keep the power active for those with high magical resistance the effect can be overcome with enough willpower.
' Lelouch observed as the Fallen Angel turned onto her stomach and pushed herself up, reaching up to grasp Issei's pants.
"Please, don't let them kill me." She begged, tears flowing down her cheeks.
"Koneko, ready?" Kiba asked, before Lelouch put a hand on his shoulder. "Lelouch?" The blond questioned his fellow Knight.
"Issei needs to deal with this on his own." He answered his friend with a shake of his head. "He needs to understand he holds her life in his hands, this decision will prove whether he is capable of moving forward with his life after his death as a human." Lelouch had a feeling that if Issei didn't handle this now, it would only grow into a greater problem in the future.
If Issei could allow Rias to kill the Fallen Angel, or, better yet, deal the final blow himself, then the boy would be able to move forward with his life.
This Fallen Angel was responsible for everything that had happened to Issei at this point in his life after he was killed for the first time, if he could sever this last chain to his past, he could move into the future without regrets.
For a moment, Issei almost looked like he was going to listen before she started spouting nonsense about how she had enjoyed their date and his face hardened.
"Shut up." He mumbled, shaking as he tried to deal with the emotional torment roiling around inside of him. "I don't buy it." He whispered as he walked away, ignoring the sounds of begging from behind him.
He stood next to Rias and requested, "Rias, please." He shuddered. "I can't do this." He walked back to the two Knights and Rook, looking to Lelouch to see if he had done the wrong thing.
Lelouch looked at Issei, feeling a sense of… respect almost. He reached out and grabbed the brunette's shoulder. "Good job." He whispered encouragingly. "I imagine that was tough."
Issei shuddered in agreement. "Yeah." His voice choked lightly. "It was." He looked over his shoulder for a moment before turning his attention to Lelouch with a weak smile. "Thank you, I think I needed that."
Lelouch returned his smile with a small one of his own, letting him go as he watched Rias finish her off. "Watch Issei, with this you'll be able to move on.
" The boy turned around and Lelouch finished his statement. "With this, you'll be able to move forward into your future." And it was the future, Lelouch believed, that made life worth living.
Rias looked at her two newest Pieces, smiling at the friendship she felt she could see forming between them before she turned her attention to the disguised Raynare.
Her raging glare struck fear in the black heart of the Fallen Angel before her. "You've toyed with my servant's emotions for the last time." She summoned her birthright and obliterated the Fallen Angel Raynare from the face of the world.
Rias turned her attention to her Peerage with a smile. "It's over, Issei." She said as she was framed by the falling black feathers. "You can move on now.
" He gave a weak smile back to her before looking up in surprise. Rias did the same and noticed the Sacred Gear Raynare had stolen was slowly descending from the sky.
Rias raised her hands, cupping the Sacred Gear. "These are beautiful." She noted with some pride. "Shall we return them?" The Gremory heir made her way towards the body of a blonde Lelouch hadn't noticed before.
The girl was laying on a pew, clearly no longer alive to his experienced eyes. "The Sacred Gear won't be enough." He murmured, drawing Koneko's attention while the rest were paying attention to Issei gently returning the mystical power to the young blonde girl he assumed was Asia.
His prediction was proven to be correct as it wasn't enough to bring Asia back to life. The rings had been slipped on, but she refused to awaken from her death.
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