Slowly but surely, he heard voices. It was kind of late, around 8:00pm, so finding someone at this time in the park was rather odd. Hearing the voices closing in, he recognized them but the topic of their conversation was something that made him vomit blood behind the bush.
* Blargh! *
Thankfully they didn't hear him. "Hey Asia what do you think of these, quite beautiful right! The boy I like gifted them to me! Beautiful aren't they?" - That voice was of Irina Shidou, the childhood friend of Issei.
(Wait wasn't she in heaven regarding busy in angel work, was she lying to me.) Issei thought feeling despair clutch his heart.
She was happily jumping around with over 100 roses on her hands, carefully ordered in a couple of bouquets. Answering instead of Asia, Xenovia talked. "Huh? Why do you feel so prideful? Isn't that a sin? You'll fall you know, Irina. Besides, he gifted them to you so that you could agree into becoming his girlfriend!" - Xenovia quickly countered Irina.
"True but Ryutaro is so sweet, nice, and gentlemanly. Besides, he always spends time with me, I love him!" - Her voice sounded sweet and dreamy. A blush was on her cheeks. She was bringing both hands towards her face, trying to cover her blush.
Looking at her, Asia said. "Irina-San, Xenovia-San. It's true that the gifts were beautiful, but still, I do not think you should keep saying it. Both of you have boyfriends and I believe that if Ryutaro-San and Souji-san were to hear you they will start fighting!" - Shyly talking, Asia gave her own advise.
""AH!"" - Both of them screamed at the same time. They realized that her words were true! Even though they are brothers, they are extremely competitive towards each other! Last time they barely stopped them. Changing the subject of the talk, Xenovia quickly teased Asia. "Ohhh! So Asia, what about Ken? You two have been quite lovey-dovey recently. Doesn't he help you with the club work? Also, their is a rumor that says that the two of you were holding hands and even kissing! So is it true?" - Skillfully, Xenovia asked Asia. Getting the constant nods of an excited Irina.
"Ehh, well… just…" - She was made a mess thanks to that comment. "Yes those rumors are actually true!" - Asia answered with honesty despite her red face. Suddenly the fourth figure accompanying them spoke up "Asia-senpai… daring." - She was short white-haired girl, she was eating her candy and her voice was almost without a trace of emotion.
In response Asia went even redder, and hid behind Xenovia. "True Koneko-chan but don't you also have someone? If my memory isn't wrong someone of the same year but from a different class. I believe his name was Hijama!" - Taken by surprise by Xenovia's sudden remark Koneko widened her little eyes.
"H-how do you k-know about t-that?" - Stuttering in her response, Koneko blushed. "So the rumor was true! You did like the youngest brother of Souji and Ryutaro!" - Irina stated with a face full of surprise. "So is the other rumor that Ravel is also after him true?" - She asked Koneko again. One could see how her face changed from the previous blushing, it became emotionless and sharp even her eyes became slightly cold. "Hmph! That Fried Chicken is unfortunately also after him. But she will never win! After all, I am at an advantage, sooner or later he will confess to me. I have the feeling it would be at the ending of the month." - Koneko replied with a full sentence filled with a lot of words. Something not normal about her, showing proof that she truly liked that Hijama.
While continuing their walk, Irina made a question that made the hidden brown-haired boy react. "Sooo. What do you like about him Koneko-chan?" She answered at a speed faster than a Knight's. "He is no pervert. I hate perverts. Especially perverted-senpai. He's the worst of the worst, real scum."
"Wahh. Quite the rude words towards Ise-kun there. But I have to agree. I hate how he's always thinking about doing something perverted! Gives me the creeps…" - She had a face filled with slight disgust. "Don't be that cruel towards Ise." - Those words made Issei smile slightly. At least, someone cared about him and didn't spit behind his back! However, that smile turned into a scowl. "Although he is really perverted and we all hate that about him. He's still kind. So you could say it somehow counters it!" - Xenovia said, but the stares from Irina and Koneko and even the slight glare of Asia made her retract her words.
"OK. Don't look at me with those eyes!" - She raised both arms up. "I mean sure, he really is dumb and foolish to the extreme, even for me to say. Let's not mention perverted and even lustful. But his kindness was always a good trait! Even though he has much more bad ones, than good ones." Xenovia said but Koneko replied with a tone filed with sarcasm and scorn "One good, everything else bad." That caused Asia and Irina to giggle and Xenovia to say. "Well that's true."- She said without any remorse in her face. "Well, now that we have someone that's not bad to us, you could say that all those bad memories will be gone." - The blue-haired knight said to them. Causing the rest of the girls to nod and loudly say.
"""True, much better than before!"""
They soon walked away from the park, their silhouettes moving away from his location. Issei was still hiding behind the bush. He couldn't move, even breathing was a hassle. The pain he felt before now came twice-even three times as bad! It caused his body to convulse! The spots he felt before in his chest were now burning hot.
Other places around his body were feeling the exact same. Blood started to come out his mouth, choking him. He could barely hear the voice of his Partner, his head filled with something else entirely.
(So it was true… Everyone told lies to me…) - His thoughts were reaching a terrible state. (The way they acted towards me!) - He screamed inside his head, making a black aura to start surrounding his body. (Those smiles given to me!) - The aura increased in density and made his eyes change from yellow to back with red irises.
"All that so called love!? ALL OF IT WAS A LIE!" - He screamed with all of his force, making the aura cover his body, as if protecting him and then he started to laugh.
"HahaaaaaaaHaaaaHaaaaHaaaaaaa" a maniacal laugh that send chills in Ddraig' s spine.
"THEY ALWAYS HATED ME! ALL THOSE MOMENTS WERE NOTHING BUT LIES, LIES, LIES, LIES, LIES, LIESSSSS!" - He screamed expelling a weird light from his body, covering his surroundings with only purple and black particles.
A weird miasma started to come out of his body. It was like a fog that covered the ground, not showing the green grass beneath him. It was black in color with little hints of red, a violet-light was shining at random intervals. The feelings he now experienced were nothing but sadness, frustration, pain, agony, rage, grief, shame, and so many more. Repeating his monologue over, and over again, inside his mind.
The scene of Rias and Akeno with that fucker!
The words from Xenovia, Irina, Asia, and Koneko!
The truth about why were they never, not even for a moment with him in the past 6 months…
slowly unraveled itself before his eyes…
They were with someone else!
Every single one of them!
They lied and used him just during the moments when they would surely die!
JUST WHEN THEY NEEDED SOMETHING!?
JUST WHEN THEY NEEDED A SHIELD!?
JUST FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL GAIN!?
The miasma surrounding him was taking the form of a second skin, giving him a really frightening look. A weird mark appeared on the left side of his forehead. And at that moment, he felt his body being filled with power. The pain he felt before was still there, but not as strong as before. He felt how the entire world started to change. A door opened before him, in the worst moment of his life yet he didn't even know about it! The horrible emotions he felt started to corrupt his mind. He suddenly lost control of himself and the miasma that was gathering in the form of a second skin… broke loose.
A disrupted Voice echoed throughout the park, if someone heard it their heart would have explode with fear....
I WHO AM ABOUT TO AWAKEN...