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Chapter 3 - The Scarlet Betrayal

Inside The Room

 

"Rias, Akeno. I mean, I know you both like me but please, not here. We need to check some papers as well as passing them to our professors." - The man talked as he blushed. "We can do this tomorrow. After all, I promised to go on a date with both of you!" - The man said towards the two women at both sides of him, pride filled his voice and a smile filled adorned his face. How could he not be like that? Two of the most beautiful woman he ever laid eyes upon were fighting for him!

Answering his question, Akeno spoke up in a flirty voice. "~ Mmmm? ~" - Akeno hummed seductively. - "What are you talking about? You want this as much as we want it. So, let's, take, ~ a breeaak ~" - Akeno muttered the last words with a sensual voice that made the now named Reiji blush even more. Gathering courage Reiji decided to go for it. But before something could happen, an angry voice was heard right behind him. He listened to the furious voice of the other woman by his side. "Akeno! What do you think you're doing, trying to seduce him in front of me!?" - Angrily, Rias stepped in before he could try something.

 Feeling scared of her he did not do a thing, he just sat there, not moving a muscle. Then she said with a voice filled with sexuality. "I will show you who is the best among us, ~ Reijiiii… ~" The woman started to move. She was slowly showing her well endowed curves, making Reiji swallow his spit. But before he managed to achive her goal a voice was heard, said voice being Akeno. "Ara-Ara, Rias. Trying to get on him without me? Sorry, but I will not let you!" Throwing herself at him, she stopped the advances of the red-haired. He fell onto the couch, Akeno on top of him in a really easy to misunderstand position. Rias, so to not fall onto the ground, quickly stood up.

When seeing the image in front of her she was filled with anger and fury. "Akeno! If you do not stop now I will have to get him off you by force! You know I love him! So why do you always want the same thing as I do?!" - With a "nice" smile on her face Rias screamed, anger clearly visible in her eyes. Her emotions slowly changed her eyes into a red color. Reiji felt a chill run up his spine and started to sweat bullets, but Akeno didn't even hesitate. "~ Ara-Ara ~ What do you mean by saying that I want him just because you love him? He was the first guy I met which didn't have a disgusting look in his eyes. He did not look at me like a piece of meat, really kind as well. Just look at him he is manlyy~, good - looking ~, and doesn't look at me like a piece of trash would do. How could I not fall for him?" With a serious tone of voice the black-haired woman spoke up. Not knowing how impactful her words were in the good sense, and the bad sense.

Rias felt her blood boil at those words, but she knew she was right, that was also one of the many reasons why she fell in love with Reiji. Calming herself down she looked at them clear headed. Something that surprised the both in front of her. "Haaaa…" - She let out a long breath of air, trying to calm herself down before she did something stupid. Once relaxed she looked at both of them, especially at Akeno, and said with a resolute voice. But for our brown-haired boy it sounded sharp, merciless, and dug straight into his heart. "True the fact that he isn't a pervert, or drools over at merely our sight is truly a blessing." - Her voice calm and sharp. "Much better that any man I had ever met, that's for sure!" - She asserted. "It's also true that he is manly, decisive, and kind. These are also few of the reasons I love him! But first and foremost, is the fact that he is not dumb, naive, pervert like someone Akeno and I know." Akeno furrowed her brows at the remembrance of that man. "Certainly compared to anyone else, especially to him he truly is above in all aspects! ~Especially in the looks department.~" - Akeno's voice was flirty at the end. "I have to concur that him not being a dumb pervert, or a maniac obsessed with breasts is the greatest blessing we could have." - Finishing the comment of Rias, Akeno spoke with a cold voice.

 Unknowingly how much damage her words had done to someone."Also, its nice for him to understand our intentions and not to explain them with a big sign over our heads. I'm glad you figured them out, ~ Reiji!~ Truly something I want in the future for the man, ~ I loveee ~" - Rias told him. "Well lets keep going! I need a kiss if you want me to do the work. It's quite late and the work needs to be done so, ~ kiss me Reijiii~ " - Putting her lips forward she begged for the kiss. Answering her, he stood up from the couch and walked towards the red-haired beauty. Leaving a pouty Akeno on the couch. * Kiss! * Quickly stealing her lips, he kissed Rias.

 The sound of lips connecting was the only thing that could be heard. But that scene was something that was burned into the mind of our spectator. That scene of Rias kissing that man made the brown-haired boy empty. He truly didn't understand, Why? Was it because of the words both of them had said about him? Was it truly because he was a fool, a pervert, naive and dumb? His thoughts stopped when he looked back to the scene of the kiss. But this time with eyes devoid of any light, like those of a corpse. The kiss quickly became more intoxicating. Tongues started to fight a battle for dominance. After a while, the woman broke the kiss, she was in need of air. But she felt that compared to someone he was hell good of a kisser. Getting rid of the thought, she quickly looked over to him. Only to be taken by surprise when Akeno jumped towards him and kissed him even more fervently.

*~ Kiss!~ *

 She was more daring that Rias, of that he was sure. Quickly breaking the kiss, Akeno said. "~ HuHuHu ~ Really quite the charmer, aren't you Reiji? To make Rias ask for a kiss is quite impressive. But I will show you who, ~ is the best kisser among us two ~" - She leaned forward, she was searching for his lips.

*~ Kiss! ~*

She kissed him for the third time, … the kiss became more passionate, being a sadist she took control of the "battlefield" really fast. But she decided to break it before the red-haired got jealous and tried something. That, will make her feel even more competitive.

Reiji felt extremely good. He just kissed two beauties! Two of the most beautiful women he had ever seen in his life! He turned towards the clock sitting at his desk; 5:30pm. The time they spent talking and kissing was too much! Now they only had 30 minutes before their deadline! Sprinting towards his desk he decided to start working as fast as he could. Noticing that, Akeno and Rias also looked at the clock and quickly started to fill papers in. Thinking how they have found a jackpot, they concentrated on the task before the deadline arrives.

Outside The Door

Staying outside the room Issei was on his knees, recapitulating the words said inside that room. He felt empty, completely empty. Just remembering those words made him sad, angered, and completely broken overall. The scene of the kiss between Reiji and Rias was like a sharp knife, twisting and turning inside his heart. He felt his body go weak, his vision was clouded with unshed tears, his sense of balance gone. Standing up with whatever strength he had left. He walked away from that place. Walking down the stairs, grabbing the metal railing.

 He walked slowly, painfully slowly until he reached the last step of the staircase. Reaching the bottom of the staircase. He looked back up, tears threatened to come out of his eyes but they didn't. Soon, he lost control of his body and fell down to his knees, he felt dizzy and started to have a . * Pant! Pant! Pant! * Sweat formed throughout his body. His head spinning and his body trembling, as if he had spasms.

That scene, those words, just wouldn't go away! They kept repeating inside his head, over and over again! Eating away his sanity a muddy darkness creeping at his heart, voices to kill, slaughter, destroy roarin-- But suddenly he heard a voice inside his head.

[..er,… tner. PARTNER!] - The Dragon roared inside his head. Getting him out of those thoughts. Grateful towards the Dragon he wanted to talk to him but words did not leave his mouth. He heard Ddraig's voice again. [Partner, answer me! Shit, Issei answer me! Show me that you can listen to me! Move your left hand up!] Slowly, Issei moved his hand up. That made the Dragon happy, his Partner finally heard him! [Partner, hear me out! Get away from here as fast as possible! Your body is not right!] - The Dragon was anxious. [The Evil Pieces are acting strangely, I can no longer control them! Your power as a dragon is also reacting violently towards the energy released from the Pawn Pieces! We need to leave, quickly find somewhere peaceful and quiet!] Understanding that the words of his Partner were right, Issei slowly stood up. Suddenly losing his balance, he went towards the wall to have some sort of support. His head became clear after what he felt as an eternity. - (Shit! My body does not respond to me!) (I'm feeling extremely hot and sweaty, even my chest hurts a lot! What exactly happened!?) Getting him out of his thoughts Ddraig answered his question.

[Partner it's the Evil Pieces! They are acting strange. You can no longer control them and they are releasing a terrible aura that is clashing with your dragonic power!]

[The heat and the pain are proof of that! We need to leave, quickly! Using magic or even the Boosted Gear in this state will probably kill you! So start moving!] - Commented the Dragon with a serious voice. Issei made haste and started to move his body. With every step he felt as if his muscles were ripped apart, as if his tendons were torn, and as if his bones were twisted. He felt every single part of his body burn, as if he was just thrown into the burning pits of Hell! Each step was a challenge, the heat he felt became more annoying. Sweat started to acumulate, dropping visibly down his cheek towards the chin and down to the ground, but he moved. He had only one goal, and that was to get out of here as soon as possible! Making the greatest effort he ever made in his entire life, he reached the door of the building. He pushed it open while the hinges of the door made a loud noise.

Soon, after pushing the entire door open, he saw a beautiful scenery. The green grass was now painted with an orange tinge because of the sunset, and the statues were shining brightly because of the sunlight. The smell of freshly cut grass was still there, but now it had a tinge of rosewood, that was thanks to the trees that were rooted in some places of the campus. He could hear the wind howling and the leaves rustling. A beautiful sight indeed… if he did not feel like shit. Walking away from the building, towards the center of the campus passing by the statues and the other faculties, he heard Ddraig's voice filled with encouragement. [Come on Partner! You can do it! After the gate there is the park you ran through when you first came! Lets go there. Your house is too far away to even try to go at it in your current state. Once in the park, I'll tell you about your body! Well, as far as I know.]

Walking past the metal gate, he saw the park. It stood like the most beautiful painting he had ever seen. A dirt road was clearly marked on the ground and further in, it separated into many different paths, going to different places. Many trees stood proudly at what he thought to be the gate. Because there was nothing, aside from the brick walls surrounding the man made park, he thought those huge trees pointed at the entrance of the park. Walls taller than most cars surrounded the park, showing that the entire block was a part of it. Walking as fast as he could he went inwards, trying to find a bench to rest his body. Walking by different plants, flowers, trees and even a few animals he saw here and there, he chose the right path of the dirt road that signaled him to go further in.

 Not knowing what was expecting him, he moved his tired body until he saw a big fountain. After what he felt like an eternity, he saw his savior.

Like the most beautiful women he had ever seen…

Like when he first obtained the Balance-Breaker…

Like when he defeated Shalba…..

Like when he defeated Apophis…

The bench was firmly planted on the ground near that fountain, waiting for him to sit on it to finally rest. Reaching the bench he noticed a bush behind it, it was big enough to cover the body of an entire person. Taking a look behing it, to check if something was behind it, he sat on the bench-just some mindless paranoia.

 "Haaaaaaa…" - Releasing a very heavy sigh he laid down on the bench, wiping the sweat off his face with his shirt. Trying to gain his breath back he noticed that the pain he felt earlier was now subsiding. Something he was extremely grateful for. Turning his eyes to the fountain in front, he saw the beauty of the park.

Birds were chirping and flying in the sky, landing on the branches of the multiple trees that were rooted on the ground. With the help of the wind, the trees and its leaves were moving peacefully from one way to the other, and nothing except the sound of leaves falling to the ground as well as the sound of the animals, was heard. Not a single human voice or car engine was heard. Really a peaceful moment in all this chaos he just experienced. Finally, after his moment of courage, he started to break down.

Tears fell down his face. Blood was coming off of his hands because of his nails digging in his skin. He felt the flavor of iron in his mouth, and soon he started to cough.

 * Cough! *

 He even spitted a mouthful of blood! (Why, why, just what did I do?! Why do I deserve this?!) - He started to mentally, break down. (Was it because I'm a pervert? A fool and naive being?… Was it because I was kind to others?)

[All right, stop right there.] - The Dragon quickly made its appearance. [Do not think like that. I do not know why they did it, but I know it wasn't because you were kind. So don't think like that!] - Ddraig told him. He hated how his possessor and friend ended up like this. He wanted to help him, but he couldn't do much. Just support him.

(Ddraig… Why you say that?! You also heard them! You also saw them! So please tell me why?!) - He wanted answers! (Why, are they doing that with that… that… THAT VERMIN!?) - Furious, Issei asked Ddraig.

 [I do not know why they did what they did. But I do know that it wasn't because you were kind.] - He explained. [Sure, you are dumb and a pervert but that can be fixed. No one was born knowing everything, no one, was born perfect.] - He told his Partner with a serious tone.

[About your pervertedness, you can control, and dominate it, just look at Jiraiya, he was a bigger pervert then you but he was well respected.]

 [If you are not manly enough, then hit the weights, buff up. If you're not handsome, then change your Drip, until YOU, find yourself good looking!] - His voice was filled with pride, the pride of a Dragon!

[Everyone has an opinion. To some people you may be like that, but to others, the ones that truly care for you, you're completely different! Don't let their words reach you! Prove them wrong with your actions, show them what you truly are! A Dragon!] - He roared those last words.

The motivational words spoken from Ddraig truly did reach him, his crying stopped. Swallowing the blood in his mouth, he looked up, to the dark sky. Seeing the clouds slowly move further and further away, he sat there on his bench for a while until the sun set down.

Thinking about the betrayal of the two girls hurt him a lot but he still had others right? yes he still had the love of others. Hearing issei's words a feeling of dread came into Ddraig's mind but before he could say anything he sensed multiple familiar presence approaching and conveyed it to issei.

[Quickly Partner, hide! I feel multiple strong presences coming towards this place! In your current state you are no match for any of them! I'll help you in hiding your aura. Now that you are in this weak state, it will be much more easier hiding you from others even if they are stronger than you!] - Flinching at the comment of the dragon, he hid behind his bench in the bush he earlier inspected.