"This might...be the last...time I get to talk to you Issei-san...so..." Asia spoke softly, her eyes closing.
"...Thank you...for everything."
The nun's eyes closed as she drifted off to unconsciousness.
To Issei's fear, that may be the last time she opened her eyes.
The human boy turned around with tear-stricken eyes and grovelled in front of Raynare.
"Please...I don't care what happens to me...but don't kill Asia! Please! I beg of you!" Issei shouted out while ignoring the tears that were clouding his eyesight.
Raynare didn't respond.
She turned her face away from the two humans while they were conversing, she didn't want to look at them.
She hated watching all of this. But she said it herself right?
She would do whatever her mother desired.
...
It didn't mean that she had to like it.
"...I'm sorry." Raynare mumbled quietly.
Five more minutes until the ritual was completed.
Issei just stayed in his groveling posture.
Again...
He failed again...
He couldn't do anything to save her...
Just like last time...
He clenched his fists and smashed them repeatedly while ignoring the pain and blood it brought.
Why!?
Why was he so weak!?
Why couldn't he save anyone!?
"Please...someone...anyone...save Asia!" Issei begged pitifully, hoping for a miracle.
"Oi Issei...quit crying."
Everyone in the room widened their eyes as a new voice entered the conversation.
But Raynare's eyes widened further when she realized something.
The feeling she had about the 'threat' didn't seem so far anymore...
Also...that voice...
Where did she...?
'Damn it fallen angel-san! This is what happens when you ruin my ramen time dattebayo!'
Her eyes widened in horror as the memories came flooding in.
It was him.
A blond teenaged male finished walking down the stairs into the underground room while holding a bag over his shoulder, most people in the room couldn't help but notice that the blond's right arm was pretty badly burned up. He looked at Issei with an annoyed glare before speaking again.
"Issei! Remember this! Nothing is over until it's over! We still have a chance to save your friend!" Naruto called out towards the perverted boy. Issei stared at the blond teenager with hope in his eyes.
Maybe he can...!
"I don't know who you are human...but haven't you heard? Unless we stop willingly, there is no hope for your precious Asia to be saved!" Kalawarner shouted out with a glare aimed at Naruto.
The shinobi cupped his chin for a moment before wincing slightly, the burn he got on his arm was a wake-up call for him. He was among his clones when the explosion went off and he didn't have enough time to fully get out of the way. Props to Vretiel for being the first supernatural to hurt him in a battle.
Ignoring that for now though!
"So basically, I can't do anything to save the girl unless you stop by your own choice right?" Naruto said with a grin.
The blue-haired fallen just nodded somewhat warily, he seemed a bit too happy for her tastes.
"Alright then! How about this for a bargain?" Naruto asked while opening the bag over his shoulder and dumping the contents on the church floor.
""'Vretiel-sama!""" the three fallen angels on the floor screamed out in shock and horror.
But none more than the fallen on top of the stone structure.
"OKAA-SAMA!" Raynare screamed out in horror.
Her mother...her overwhelmingly powerful mother that was being considered a position for Grigori...
Was unconscious on the floor, looking battered and worn. To Raynare, this was a practical impossibility...and yet...there she lay.
Defeated.
"...This won't break our will! As long as Raynare-sama gets the Sacred Gear and unlocks her true potential...then we can still...!" Dohnaseek spoke out in order to rally his comrades.
Naruto revealed his trump card.
"Azazel-san knows."
All of the fallen angels in the room froze.
"Azazel-san sent me as his representative in order to stop this little rebellion that Vretiel was cooking up. I know that he won't hurt you guys at the very least but...Vretiel on the other hand..." Naruto said with an uneasy shrug of his shoulder. He really didn't know what Azazel was going to do with her, but he did know one thing.
"What I do know though...is that Azazel-san is more likely to be lenient with Vretiel if her plan fails. He isn't angry with this rebellion because it was against his authority, he was angry because it threatened the peace. If her plan fails, then it's more likely that he will be more forgiving. You can continue this plan, but I think it's better to stop...for her sake if not your own." Naruto said somberly, he didn't like the fact that he was technically holding her up for ransom...even if he kinda wasn't. More like he was just telling it like it was.
Didn't make him feel better though. But it had to be done, everyone would be better off if Vretiel's plan to steal that nun's Sacred Gear didn't succeed.
Raynare was staring at the blond human with trembling fists, she was in a very bad spot right now.
What could she do?
What should she do?
She didn't want to get her mother punished...but her mother ordered her to continue with the ritual.
No...
No...
She said she would do whatever it took to get her mother's love again right?
Well now was the time to prove it!
It was only one more minute until the girl's Sacred Gear was removed from her body and then transferred into her! When it did, she could unlock her latent powers that her mother so desperately wanted!
She could defeat the human! She could save her friends! She could get her mother's love and respect!
She wouldn't fail!
She opened her mouth to give her answer-
'Kalawarner-nee? Did okaa-sama ever love me?'
She slammed her mouth shut as memories from long ago resurfaced.
'Yes...she loved you very very much once upon a time...and I'm sure she will love you again. I'm sure of it Raynare-chan.'
Raynare clenched her fists.
...
Ah...
She forgot.
She was doing this because she wanted her mother's love and affection...
But...
'Ok! Well then I will show okaa-sama how much I love her! She will definitely love me back like that right?'
...But she loved her mother much more than she craved her affection and respect.
"...I surrender."
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