The Abyssal Lord (DxD)

[Somewhere Near The Mountains in Kouh - Next Day - 8AM]

The mountains near Kuoh were the epitome of serenity and calmness, known as the ideal spots for those who want a place away from the busy city life and its constant buzzing. 

“P-President!! C-Can I please rest for a while! I can't feel my legs anymore!”

“Come on Issei! Or I won't show you my boobs like I promised!”

“What?! No!! I won't fall!! Dragon shot!!”

….And it was all ruined by a pair of master and servant, who despite their best attempts to deny it, are both entirely perverted to the core.

Following Riser's not so friendly departure along with the impending threat of the rating game drawing ever so closely, Rias decided to increase the training regimen for her peerage and brought them all here to ‘get past their limits' as she puts it.

“Stop dodging Issei! Face me like a man!!”

And turns out that getting them past their limits means blasting poor Issei with the power of destruction until he finds out a way to respond back because dragon shots aren't working.

“How the hell am I going to do anything when your power keeps disintegrating mine?! Ahhhh!”

“Ufufufufu~ Issei-kun~ don't forget about me~”

So, as he is the only one here capable of combating the Phenexs' regeneration flames, Rias and Akeno have been double teaming the unfortunate soul, to help him hone his powers and to gain some experience in fighting humanoid enemies.

“Boost” x2

A crimson glow surrounded Issei, then it concentrated into his gauntlet and swirled

“Dragon Shot!”

And shot out into a blast that hurled it's way towards Akeno, at exactly quadruple the power of the previous ones so far.

“Ufufufu~”

But Akeno was undeterred, and erected a two layer barrier in front of her that absorbed the brunt of the blast, but without knocking her a little far back, which was honestly impressive, but still lacking nonetheless.

“Can't you make it three boosts Issei? This doesn't even tickle you know?”

Akeno said with a slight mocking tone, as she raised her hands to launch a set of ice spikes towards his direction.

*Whosh*

“Dragon shot!”

Thankfully, the spikes were all practically bunched up in one place so he was safely able to smash them all with one blast, but that made a huge cloud of ice form, and when it cleared out, Issei was a little horrified by what he saw

“That hurt Issei-kun~ Akeno-san here is a little sad~ now you have to be punished~”

“W-Wait! Akeno-san I'm sorry!!”

His eyes widened when he found her forming a gaint streak of lightning above her head, and in one moment he was on the ground, and in the next he was flying through the air.

The powerful streak of lightning shot at Issei, and he didn't have time to avoid and was thus sent flying towards Rias, which she welcomed quite readily.

She spread her arms wide in a hug and with the friendliest smile she could muster she welcomed her one and only pawn.

“Come and give me a big hug, my cute servant!”

….The scene would have been heartwarming if not for Rias's entire body being coated with the power of destruction.

“P-President! No! Nooooooo!”

“Come here Issei! Aren't these the boobs you love so much?”

She moved her hands down a little to emphasize her bust, which would have been a magnificent sight, but again, the embedding threat of being fried alive was too much to bear for Issei.

But alas, he couldn't do anything while being literally flying through the air, so he surrendered himself to his fate, and waited for the sweet embrace of the president's breasts to cure his wounds.

*Baam*

“Hmm?”

But the pain never came, and instead he found himself laying on the ground which made him a little disappointed to be honest.

*Sigh* “This isn't working as I thought it would be”

Rias massaged her forehead while helping Issei get up from the ground, she wasn't honestly going to trap him with the power of destruction, she was just trying to scare him a little as a part of training.

How is that training you ask? Well, She was hoping that he would find a way to overcome the situation like those anime protagonists always do, but he didn't, and as a result he fell face first into the ground.

“President! What happend?”

Hearing the massive blunt sound of Issei being hurled into the ground, Koneko and Kiba, who were both sparring together a few meters away got alerted and came here to discover what had happened.

“The plan work and Issei wasn't able to strengthen his sacred gear”

Akeno was the one who replied after she finished checking on Issei, she didn't want to actually hurt him after all.

And after hearing the reason and seeing Issei's battered appearance, they understood and Koneko nodded without any particular reactions, while Kiba had a strained smile, and he couldn't help but speak.

“President, may I suggest asking your brother to send someone to train Issei, I'm sure he has a way to help him awaken more of his gear”

Rias looked away from Issei for a second and turned towards Kiba with a small smile.

“I did Kiba, and he said to me that their isn't anyone available to train us at the moment, but he'll try to do something about it”

Kiba nodded a little in acknowledgment and didn't say anything else, he wasn't one to speak much in the first place, but seeing his friend being thrown around this much made him feel a little sorry for Issei.

Rias then pated her clothes a little, and straightned up her posture.

“Issei, you can rest for a while. Akeno, come with me to soar. Kiba and Koneko, you can resume your training”

“Yes President!/Rias” x3

……..

[Grigori Institute - The Governor's Office]

*Knock* x3

“Enter”

A knocking sound was heard, and when Azazel's voice was heard to whoever was there on the other side, the door was opened, revealing his biological daughter Raynare, who along with her team stopped working under Kokabiel and was instead assigned under Azazel himself.

Which admittedly was quite much, considering the man's own peculiar nature and his complete lack of responsibility, it's obvious that he would avoid the more tedious work and push it on his subordinates.

But it's not like Grigori was doing anything these past few days, so the work wasn't that much in the end.

“A letter from the Vatican has arrived to you father”

Azazel looked up from his desk and looked at his daughter curiously, it wasn't everyday that the headquarters of the church contacted Grigori, they hate us too much to do that, even more than the devils and for obvious reasons.

“Interesting, Did an angel send this Raynare?”

He asked as he took the letter from Raynare, while the younger fallen shook her head in denial.

“No, it was send by a familiar, it had some light energy in it, so I assume it was a human's familiar”

Azazel stopped for a second in pondered to himself silently, it wasn't a secret that the human exorcists disliked fallen angels more than the angels themselves, so it was quite shocking that they took the initiative to send him a letter personally.

So, unable to contain his curiosity any longer, he opened the letter, and slowly read the contents inside.

And as he did so, his face got noticeably harder and harder and by the end of the letter, the always cheerful governor of fallen was even scowling.

*BAAAM*

“Hiiii!!”

He slammed the letter on the desk, shaking it a little, and startling poor Raynare, then he shot up from the chair and started walking out of the room.

And as Raynare was about to ask about what was in the letter, a magic circle formed near Azazel's ear, and her voice was cut off by his.

“Penemue we have a problem, gather all fallen with twleve pairs of wings and meet me at the meeting room immediately!”

His voice sounded too irritated for Raynare, and she didn't have the guts to ask anything in the end.

…….

[Unknown Location - Third Person POV]

“Please!! Why are you doing this?! I don't understand?!”

In what looks like a cell of some sorts, inside and underground bunker, sits a lone nun whose eyes have swollen from crying as she clutches the bars of the cell that holds her captive.

*Boom!*

A slam was heard on the cells door and it was flung open, revealing a man in his early twenties that was clad in the church's clothes.

He calmly walked towards Asia who was curled down on the ground and knelt down beside her then he grabbed her tall blonde hair and held her up to his eye level.

“Agh!? M-My h-hair! I-It h-hurts *sob*”

*Slap!*

She cried and whimpered but to no avail, and when he seemingly got tired of her squirming he mercilessly slapped her on the cheek, which she held down with tears already spilling from her eyes.

“Can you please shut up! Your voice is annoying! You're lucky that Master Kokabiel ordered that no-one hurts you or I would've plugged that mouth of yours myself!”

The man scowled at her with hatred and disgust visible in his eyes, then when she finally quieted down, he shoved her across the floor and stood up while patting his robe.

“Don't ever scream like that again! Or I swear to god! I'll make your remaining life more torturous than hell itself”

He said while staring at her body lustfully, which made Asia flench violently and curl down on the ground while shaking in horror.

She may be shelterd and innocent, but she knew what he meant by his words and the thought was enough to bring her to despair. She didn't want to imagine such things, so she ended up nearly paralyzed by fear.

“Heh”

And with a final smirk, the man exited out of the room, leaving poor Asia on the ground, both sorry for herself, and resentful for whoever was the reason for her suffering.

“P-please God help me. W-Why aren't you answering my prayers, I'm sorry for healing that devil, I'll never do it again I swear!”

So, quietly she resumed her prayers, and like always, her prayers weren't being heard by anyone.