Chapter: 10

Chapter 10:

The other members of the chat group had spread out to search Kuoh town for any signs of Gasper. All four of them had various methods of tracking that I simply did not possess. Rias's peerage accompanied them. A member of her peerage paired up with a member of the group for the search.

I had stayed back in the club building with Rias and Asia to try and calm the former down. She kept alternating between crying sadly and seething in anger.

"I'm not sure what's going on, but it will be okay," Asia said to Rias in perfect Japanese. Emma had gotten the girl's permission to directly upload the language into her brain. None of us besides Emma spoke Italian after all, except the Devils, as they spoke every language.

Rias sniffled but still gave Asia a smile. "Thank you, Asia. You're a very sweet girl. I'm sorry to hear about what those nasty Fallen were planning for you," Rias said.

"Thank you," Asia replied sweetly. "The Lord bestowed this blessing upon me to heal the sick and wounded. I would have been devastated had it been taken away."

"...Gasper had an amazing sacred gear too," Rias said sadly. Was she about to start crying again? I needed to distract her!

"Why don't we have a chat to distract ourselves from this situation?" I suggested. "We can talk about whatever you want," I said to Rias.

Rias wiped her tears before she shifted in her spot on the couch. "Okay, then I want to talk about your group, Akane. I heard you whispering to Emma last night that you couldn't believe you met two of your 'favorite Waifus.' I take it you meant me and Akeno?" Rias asked me with a teasing grin..

I scratched my cheek in embarrassment that she had overheard that.

"What's a waifu?" Asia asked.

"We'll tell you when you're older, Asia," I said, and the younger blonde pouted.

"That's what the sisters in the church always told me, and they never did…" she mumbled to herself dejectedly.

I turned back to Rias to continue. "So, yeah. In my world, yours is an anime–"

"Am I the main character!?" Rias interrupted me with an excited look in her eyes. "Who am I kidding, of course, I'm the main character!" She cheered.

She looked so excited that I didn't want to break the bad news to her. "Yes, Rias, you are the main character," I lied.

"I knew it! So is it like a slice of life anime with some supernatural aspects thrown in, or is it a battle manga focused on my epic journey to become the rating game champion!?" Rias asked.

She was perking up now. I'm glad this was helping. I didn't really know how to answer her question about the genre though. I definitely don't want to tell her it was a harem anime and she was a member of it.

"Is it neither of those?" She asked.

"It's kind of like a combination of a bunch of different genres," I settled on my answer.

Rias nodded at that. She seemed to accept it. "So what's the first focal point in the plot?"

"It was your group rescuing Asia from the Fallen and getting revenge for Issei being killed by the Fallen," I explained.

Rias just gave me a confused look. "Hey! You guys already rescued Asia!" She pointed a finger at me and pouted. "You hijacked the plot. I bet there was an epic battle sequence where I struggled against the fallen and then pulled a magical power-up out of nowhere!" She declared.

"No, you pretty much steamrolled them off rip. They were only two-winged Fallen."

"Well, that sucks," Rias said. "I could have really used a magical power-up. I'm running out of time… Wait! How did I beat Riser in the anime!" Rias suddenly did a 180 as she hopped off her couch and ran up to me. She shoved her face right up to mine. "Tell me, Akane! I really need to know!" She said as she was right in front of me.

"You smell nice, Rias," I complimented her. Rias seemed to realize how close she had gotten in her enthusiasm as she stepped back with a blush.

"Thanks, it's a special brand of magical shampoo that's scent lingers for 24 hours. And please tell me."

I let out a sigh. "I'm sorry to break it to you, Rias, but Issei beat Riser in a one-on-one grudge match. You weren't powerful enough yet to beat him. Later in the anime, you could have easily steamrolled Riser's whole peerage solo. Until then, however…" I just shrugged my shoulders at the girl who once again looked depressed.

"Issei… How the hell would Issei beat Riser?" Rias muttered. "He's my weakest peerage member."

Now it was my turn to be confused. "Doesn't he have the Boosted Gear? It took you 8 pawns to reincarnate him," I explained to her.

Rias, in turn, just had a look of realization on her face. "I guess I can't expect my life to play out the same as an anime world. That Rias must have been way luckier than me. Issei only has a Twice Critical sacred gear. It only took me one pawn piece to reincarnate him. I know he has a dream of reaching High Class and becoming a 'Harem King,' but frankly, I don't see that ever happening," Rias explained to me. She went and took a seat back down on her couch seat.

Well then… this world certainly wasn't canon. I could see how her losing Gasper would be a big deal now. Without Issei, Gasper would become her strongest peerage member. If he ever stepped up his confidence.

"Rias…" I looked at the girl seriously causing her to blush.

She looked back at me. "Yes?"

"Your fucked…" I hit her with some brutal honesty.

Rias slammed her face into her hands. "I knoooooooowwww," she lamented. "Gasper was supposed to be my secret weapon! Who cares if Riser was immortal! We could just stop his time and tie him up with anti-magic chains. I had it all planned out, but the biggest issue was Gasper being too afraid to leave his room!"

Asia walked over and gently patted Rias on the head. "There, there, it'll be okay. The Lord will always provide for us if we simply pray. Look at me, I prayed for someone to save me, and Sasuke appeared like a true fairytale prince and beat up all those bad angels," Asia said with a small blush on her face. It looked like someone had a little crush… I would have to tease Edgelord about that later.

"I never really understood the devil's strict arranged marriages in the story. They just didn't make sense," I said. At least, they didn't make sense to me.

Rias looked curious. "What do you mean?"

"Well, consider this, who was the mother of the Devil race?"

Rias answered immediately. "Lady Lilith. She is revered above all other devil women. Even Serafall as a Maou will never reach the same level of reverence," Rias explained.

I nodded along. That sounded about right. "And what did Lilith do to accomplish that?" I asked Rias.

"What did she do?" Rias looked deep in thought before she blushed. "She had sex with Lucifer?"

"EEEEEP!" Asia squeaked when Rias said the 'S' word. She was extremely innocent at this point…

"Well, yes, but also no," I elaborated. "She ran away from her arranged marriage with Adam, the first man. Is that not correct?" I said to Rias and her eyes widened as if I delivered unto her a revelation.

"Are you saying that–"

"You're currently not strong enough to fight Riser, and you probably won't be either in the time you have left. What you need to do, Rias, is use your connections to get yourself all over the devil media. You need to make as big of a public splash as you can. Tell people that you ran away to the human world to get away from your controlling parents. Compare your situation to Lilith's. Tell them that you believed that's exactly what Lilith would have done in your place. If you do that, most of the devils will be on your side and the public will demand that your arranged marriage be canceled. Hell, you could even have Sona join you." She basically fled to the human world for the same reason.

"OH MY GOD–OW–AKANE! You are a genius!" Rias squealed in excitement as she started bouncing up and down on her couch seat. "That could absolutely work! No! It WOULD absolutely work. You have no idea how much devils worship Lilith!"

"Please don't take the Lord's name in vain…" Asia mumbled.

"Sorry, Asia," Rias said to her before she turned back to me. "And thank you again, Akane. I have some phone calls to make. My cousin currently has an in with the media because he's been dominating his rating games!" With that, Rias darted up and ran out of the room.

Well, that was something… I turned to Asia who was looking a bit startled that Rias had just bolted. "So Asia, is there anything you want to talk about?"

The girl had a small blush form on her cheeks. "Can you tell me about Sasuke's world?" She asked as she twiddled her thumbs.

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-A Trapped Vampire-

"That fucking bitch!" The short blond 'boy' shouted angrily as he punched the nearby wall. "Ow, fuck! Why is this midget's body so weak? He was supposed to be a powerful time-stopping vampire like Dio Brando, not a freaking girly-boy!"

The transmigrator possessing the body of Gasper was pissed off. This was supposed to be his golden ticket, his easy life filled with riches and bitches! That's what that shitty goddess of transmigration told him, anyway. Gasper—his new name now—hated that arrogant goddess with a passion. She was sitting in that weird space-looking world, acting all high and mighty. Gasper had never prayed to any gods in his life and he wasn't going to start now. He didn't even bother learning her name, which in hindsight he realized was a bad move because now he couldn't even properly complain to her through hateful prayers.

She told him that she was technically an evil goddess, and he told her right back that he didn't care. She offered to let him transmigrate into the body of anyone he wanted to 'spread chaos' or whatever. He told her he wanted to reincarnate as Dio Brando. She told him that she was 'all out of Dio' because he was so popular. She then went on to tell him that she had another blond time-stopping vampire who was 'like Dio' and that she could easily transmigrate his soul into the vampire's body.

It was only when Gasper woke up in his new form that he realized he'd been screwed over. Not only did this kid look nothing like Dio, but this kid was also apparently some spoiled rich girl's servant! Gasper was no one's servant! He certainly didn't work for other people either! He took care of himself by taking whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted it. That was his modus operandi. Admittedly, that also got him an early seat in the electric chair at only 23 years old, but he wasn't supposed to have to worry about stuff like laws anymore. He was supposed to be a powerful being far above regular trash humans!

…and now he was on the run.

"That stupid goddess never told me that people from other worlds might come and hunt me down! Fuck!" Gasper cursed angrily again. "And it's Sasuke fucking Uchiha and Robin the boy wonder coming after me!" Even if he primarily only watched JOJO, of course Gasper would be able to recognize one of the most iconic anime characters of all time along with Batman's sidekick. Gasper knew he was royally fucked if he stayed in that building! As soon as his pursuers left the school building, Gasper bolted and escaped into the nearby town. He broke into a house and, using his time-stopping powers, froze the family there and drained them all dry. He'd been holed up in the house for the last few hours since then. He knew he couldn't stay long, though, as they were sure to pick up his trail!

He needed a plan!

*DING* *DING*

"Huh?" He looked over towards the corpses of the family he'd fed on. On the table next to where they lay, a phone was blowing up with notifications. He walked over and glanced at the screen.

[You have been invited to be a provisional member of the Multiversal Transmigrator Chat Group. The chat group is currently at your disposal, but prove your worth if you wish to stay a member.]

Gasper had an evil-looking grin on his boyish face as he started typing.

[A-Trapped-Vampire: I need help, I'm being hunted by Sasuke Uchiha and fuckin' Robin the boy wonder!]

[Purple King: Oh? It seems that a new Heroic chat group has been formed. I would have thought it would take longer after we killed all the members of the last one.]

[A-Bad-Bunny: We will do the same to this one as well. Tell us everything you know, vampire…]

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