章 15: The Cleanup
Sona met up with her peerage before joining her friend Rias in her club building. Currently they were sitting on opposite couches with their servants behind them.
Rias was the first to open her mouth: "So you were contacted as well, Sona? I want to know who has the guts to-"
"Wait Rias. We should think about what we know and can rant later. Is that acceptable?" Sona questioned calmly, but Rias knew her long enough to know that she was serious. More serious as normally that is.
"Then let me summarize. We both got a message from someone criticizing us for our management of the town. The messages were phrased differently but in essence they are the same. They speak about the fallen angels and stray devils roaming the town. In extension maybe their subordinates." Sona stopped to see if Rias had something to say but seeing her just nodding her head she was about to continue.
"What you got a message as well?" Issei practically shouted.
His intervention raised a few eyebrows. The hierarchy should be clear in an official meeting between high ranking devils.
"You got a message as well? What did it say Hyoudou?" Sona asked
"It- it said..It said nothing." He stammered and got quieter to the end.
"Issei be quiet now or I will have to discipline you later!" Rias reprimanded harshly, feeling slightly embarrassed in front of her friend.
"Yes president." He replied, while thinking what the punishment from Rias might entail.
"Continuing where I left off, it seems that the person that left the message didn't like how we deal with threats, threats to the common populace that is and I'm inclined to agree." Sona explained.
"But what about another war breaking out?" Rias questioned.
"If a war would break out because of us dealing with stray members of a faction, then it would have happened sooner or later either way. And if it were members that were still affiliated with a faction, then they obviously had no respect for us to begin with." Sona replied. It seems it was the right decision to involve herself more actively in the management of the town. At first, she thought to leave it to Rias, so that she could get some achievements of her own considering the problem she faces at the moment.
"You propose we deal with them?" Rias questioned.
"Exactly. From what we know, both you and me as high ranked devils are the strongest beings in the town. Though the messenger could be at our level, he might just specialize in stealth. Dealing with a few fallen angels and their subordinates shouldn't be too much of a challenge." Sona clarified.
"But aren't we just doing what that person wants us to do?" Rias questioned, obviously dissatisfied with being used.
Ezekiel would have rolled his eyes and asked her if she would stop breathing if someone told her to breath. Keeping the town free from threats was their task after all since they see themselves as the governors of Kuoh.
"It doesn't matter to me what that person said. Since we were the ones tasked with governing Kuoh, we are obligated to keep it safe from the supernatural. Aside from that, we look weak if we don't do anything." Sona stated.
"You are right Sona, did you already gather information on what we are dealing with?" Rias asked relenting.
"I did. There are four fallen angels, but none are a real threat. Aside from them a high number of former exorcists. The number of exorcists could range from 20 to as high as 50. It was hard to get an accurate count on them since they are running around towns. Their main hideout though is the local church." Sona said.
"Whaaat?! Did you say church? Then Asia is in danger, we have to help her!" Issei exclaimed loudly.
"What are you talking about Issei?" Rias asked, exasperated at the lack of manners.
"Uh, sorry president. I met a young nun two days ago and helped her find the church. You could say we are friends." Issei said, scratching his head.
"Issei, didn't I tell you to keep away from the church and anything related to it? I won't be able to revive you a second time." Rias tried to stay calm while explaining.
"But president! How can I ever call myself harem king, if I'm not even able to protect my friends?!" Issei shouted once more.
Sona's eyebrow twitched.
Tsubaki closed her eyes.
The other members of Sona's peerage hid their bodies.
Rias facepalmed.
Akeno hid her mouth before she could let out a laugh.
Kiba turned his head to the side embarrassedly.
Koneko dropped her cookie.
"Issei! You will shut up now! We will attack them either way, but you will keep away from that nun. If you go against my order once more, you will get punished. The church isn't very forgiving to devils that were involved with their members. Am I clear?" Rias huffed. She felt as if teaching a child at the moment.
Issei was a bit taken aback by her anger and stepped back instinctively. He didn't know that Rias just prevented a future beating he would have received.
-o-
Meanwhile Azazel received another report about the actions of his subordinates. Raynare was loyal to him, that was not something he doubted. The problem was that she was doing things on her own without his or Shemhazai's consent.
The thing about her killing that boy before was something he could overlook. It wasn't the first time Grigori dealt with a possible threat. His sacred gear was a dragon type which meant at the least it was on the level of twice critical but possibly even at the level of a Longinus. Now what could go wrong if an idiot suddenly gains that much power.
He of course wouldn't have killed him but tried to rope him in and studied his Sacred Gear. A person with his desires so obvious was easy to manipulate after all. Since he was reincarnated as the servant of Lucifer's younger sister, he was under control now. It wasn't the best possibility, but something he could live with.
Now what to do about his idiotic subordinates? In the end they were loyal to him, they just had to be disciplined properly. With his next course of actions decided he was going to act quickly before someone else did.
-o-
Raynare was glad that she would soon be able to help Azazel better. She respected him very much and when she finally gained a sacred gear, she could be of use to him. Aside from that, her standing inside Grigori would increase which was a plus. She had enough of playing at the bottom ranks.
The problem was that her Sacred Gear ran away. Was it the devils? The nun herself shouldn't have known anything, she was just that innocent. She even believed her, when she told her about how she wanted to help people and her expulsion from heaven wouldn't diminish her strive for being good in the least.
As she was thinking about her future course of action, she heard loud noises from outside.
"Dohnaseek and MIttelt, go look what this ruckus is about!" Raynare ordered. Among her subordinates she could somewhat respect Kalawarner for her loyalty towards their leader. The other twos only use however was a pawn. Their character was even worse than her own.
They nodded in consent and left. As she wanted to talk to Kalawarner about her plans to find the little nun again, her vision suddenly darkened as she lost consciousness.
-o-
Team Gremory was tasked to raid the inside of the church while Team Sitri secured the surroundings for people that might flee.
Currently they were fighting stray exorcists as the doors of the church swung open. Two fallen angels stepped out, both exuding pitiful auras compared to Rias destructive attacks that disintegrated her enemies at the moment. She might not have a proper handle at her powers, but even then, they were nothing to scoff at. The destructive element was one of the strongest in the supernatural world and most of its users made a name for themselves on way or another.
"Akeno and me will deal with them. Kiba, Koneko and Issei, you go inside and search for the rest!" Rias ordered, not taking any of their enemies seriously.
Following her command, her three servants ran inside the church, that was packed with former exorcists. Kiba and Koneko directly started to fight, showing their experience. After a short talk with Rias they knew what they had to do. Their president wanted them to hold off any enemies while Issei should fight a fallen angel, preferably the one that killed him. Rias wanted to resolve the traumas of all her servants, since they were all important to her.
"Issei, we will hold them off. You go ahead!" Kiba shouted while Koneko nodded her head. They weren't really under much pressure with their enhancements as devils. As long as they dodged any light attacks, it was difficult for them to get injured here.
"Yes!" Issei replied loudly and ran off to the back.
-o-
Azazel was just finished with knocking his two subordinates out and thought it was a pity he was just a little too late to get the other two. Suddenly a scream came from behind him and woke him from his thoughts.
"I will deal with you filthy fallen angels!" Issei screamed as he ran through the door. Since Azazel was the first one he spotted, not even registering the knocked out Raynare, he ran at him, pulled his fist back and swung in a wide arc.
Azazel was a bit surprised but an attack at that level wouldn't faze him. It would be a wonder to even hit while he stood still. But due to being startled slightly he instinctively punched out and used a bit more force than intended. As his fist hit Issei in the face, the victim only managed to make a weird sound before he blacked out.
"Ah, what a mess. I will just take these two and leave. If I find out who played me, I should probably show him that I'm not to be trifled with." Azazel mused slightly annoyed, before picking up Raynare and Kalawarner and teleporting back to Grigori. The only good thing was that Issei didn't manage to see his face since he closed his eyes for the incoming punch.
-o-
Rias and Akeno made short work of the two fallen angels, as did Kiba and Koneko of their opponents. As they all met up again, they left together to see how Issei was doing.
The scene they came upon, wasn't what they expected. Issei was on the ground, unconscious and with his face bloodied. Other than a probably broken nose however, he seemed perfectly fine.
Rias facepalmed while the rest of her team sighed at their new member. It seems he had a long way to go.
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While all that was happening, nobody noticed the figure in the sky, filming everything with a camera. If it weren't for him needing a proper view, Ezekiel would have cursed them for destroying the windows. Now however he was laughing to himself.
"1 for Azazel and 0 for Issei. This is gold. I bet the other Seraphs will watch this tape for the whole week."
クリエイターの想い 
Tardigrada
Tardigrada Hello there, I hope you enjoyed it. :)
The chapter was done early today.
Next chapter will be more of Ezekiel again. As for why Freed didn't appear, the time of the attack obviously changed and he wasn't in the church at that time. Sona and Rias want to deal with stuff themselves, so Sona will just mention the mysterious messenger to her sister later.
The next major plot would be Riser, but that got nothing to do with Ezekiel, so I will only mention it. Afterwards will be the Holy Swords/Kokabiel and the peace-meeting, signifying the emergence of the Brave Saints. I plan to do chapters for each person he recruits, (4-5 people) on how he recruits them and a bit about the past of them. Let me know, what you think of the idea, I think it is good to learn a bit about them and their reasons.
Ezekiel will soon act openly, so you can look forward to that. Aside from that I will put in chapters like the one with Shiva and Abelia from time to time.
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