Chapter 6: Anna

Jack activated his Sacred Gear and prepared himself to fight against Gilbert. When the Aegis Shield appeared in his left arm, he whispered to Aegis:

"I told you that we shouldn't trust him!"

"I'm sorry, Jack. I could never have imagined that Yggdrasil had those intentions…", said Aegis, disappointed to himself.

"It's fine, we're ok. Now, let's save that girl!"

"Of course!"

[DEFENCE!]

Jack stood up and shouted to Gilbert:

"Hey, you asshole! Let her go and fight ME!"

"Heh… of course. If you think that can defeat me, then try it out", said Gilbert, and then he released the girl from the abortion.

[DEFENCE!]

Gilbert's skin started to become a black, bright wood, and he shouted:

"I ALREADY ABSORBED ENOUGH ENERGY, AND WITH ALL OF IT TURNED INTO POWER, I'LL DEFEAT EVERY OTHER FACTION OF EXISTENCE! I'LL BE ABLE TO DEFEAT THE DRAGON OF DRAGONS! MWAHAHAHA—"

"Ok dude, calm down a bit. Do you really think that the power you have right now will turn you into someone THAT powerful? Believe me, the DxD would obliterate you and your Sacred Gear."

"Let him try. HAAA…", he said with disdain and started to attack Jack.

"Well, I tried to warn you."

[DEFENCE!]

Gilbert punched Jack's face and he fell on the black goo.

"Ew… this is disgusting… but at least, the punch didn't even hurt", Jack thought, "How many Defences until the Counter?"

"2 to go", answered Aegis.

"Got it!", then he got out of the goo.

[DEFENCE!]

Gilbert kicked Jack's belly, but he blocked the attack by holding the man's leg and, next, throwing him away.

"Why don't you give up and join us, the good guys? You don't have to be like that! You can save the universe among us!", protested Jack.

"It's too late. I won't give up now!", Gilbert said and then jumped to knock Jack out, but Jack bent down.

"Missed me!"

[COUNTER!]

"Holy crap, finally!", thought Jack.

"Ok, enough! You already did too much! I'll destroy you RIGHT FUCKING NOW!", shouted Gilbert angry, and then he started to charge a giant black energy ball.

"Alright", Jack thought, "This is going to be the like the same thing that I did with Issei on my first day in Kuoh. Focus… focus…"

The energy ball started to grow more and more… until finally Gilbert throw it in Jack. He then jumped above it, grabbed it with his bare hands nut, this time, he felt something weird:

"Agh, what the hell? This thing is trying to suck me in! this isn't an energy ball, this is a black hole! He wasn't supposed to create this kind of thing!"

Even though, Jack took control of it and threw it back to Gilbert. He was sucked in and the black hole, just as that, disappeared. Jack landed in an awesome pose.

"Well… phew… that was easier than I thought! Heh!", he said to Aegis.

"Good job, Jack. You did really well", Aegis responded, "Even though, I still can't believe that Yggdrasil betrayed us."

"Look mr. dra – Aegis, forget it. The bad guys were defeated and Kuoh is safe by now. That's what really matters."

"… Fine…"

"Good. Now we have to help that girl."

[RESET!]

The Aegis shield and the magic barrier disappeared. Next, Jack went to help the girl with the necklace.

"Are you alright?", he asked, but before responding, she fainted.

Finally, the guys arrived.

"Damn, where you guys have been?", asked Jack.

"Observing you", answered Koneko.

"WHAT?"

"We wanted to see if you have enough capacity to fight on your own", answered Akeno, "and, oh my, you did a nice job!"

"Congratulations, Jack. Apparently, the training was pretty worth it", said Rias.

"You guys… are a bunch of jerks sometimes", said Jack with sarcasm.

"By the way, who's the busty?", Issei asked.

"Please, Issei, have more respect", argued Kiba, "She's injured!"

"I'm going to help her then", said Asia, "Put her carefully on the floor Jack, please."

"Alright", he said and did what Asia asked.

The Twilight Healing rings appeared in Asia's fingers and a green light started to flash.

"Hmm… this is bad… it's going to take a long time to wake her up. She needs energy! Issei, do some Boosts and a Transfer on her!", said Rias.

"Sure, 'pres'", said Issei, "Boosted Gear!", and his Sacred Gear appeared on his left arm.

[BOOST!]

After 5 Boosts, Issei made the Transfer to the girl, and she woke up.

"Wh… what… what happened? Did he go away?", the girl asked, confused and afraid.

"Yup, sucked by a black hole", answered Jack.

"Did you defeat him? Good… he wanted to steal my vital energy and absorb it and my Sacred Gear…"

"It's fine, don't worry. What's your name?"

"I'm Anna. Anna Valleystone."

"I'm Jack Goldwyn and these are my friends. We won't hurt you. Except Issei there, he's a little bit stupid."

"That's true", confirmed Koneko.

"Shut up, guys! You're ruining a harem opportunity right here!", Issei shouted angrily.

"That's the objective", everyone said.

"Dammit", complained Issei.

They took Anna to the ORC. Akeno stood there to keep her safe during the night. Jack, in his way home, started to think more about the girl he just rescued. What was she doing there? Why is she in Kuoh? What is her exactly Sacred Gear? Is she a part of Aegis' faction?

"Aegis, what about the necklace that girl was wearing? Do you know any dragon that is a necklace-like Sacred Gear?"

"Actually, I don't", answered Aegis, "We're going to have to find it out."

"I'm going to take a look at the Internet when we get home."

"Alright."

When he arrived home, the door was unlocked. As he didn't have the key, his mother, Alice, probably left it like that. They're in Japan anyways. Jack double-checked to be sure anyone else besides him and his mother was inside, but everything was fine. He closed the door, locked it and went to his bedroom. Alice was already sleeping.

"Ok, let's see if the Internet can help me now", thought Jack, turning on his computer.

After hours and hours and many different Google links, he gave up. Nothing was found.

"Well then, I guess I'm going to have to wait until tomorrow to ask Anna more about her."

He turned everything off and went to sleep. In the next day, after the class, he went to the ORC to see Anna.

"Hello again, Anna", Jack greeted.

"Hi, Jack. Your name is Jack, right?", she greeted back and asked.

"Yeah."

"Oh, ok. It's good to see that I still remember."

Jack never payed attention on her. She had a long, wavy silver hair and dark blue eyes. Her body was slim, and she had boobs about the size of Xenovia's ones. Jack is more worried about personality than cup size, though. Issei, on the other hand…

"So… why exactly are you here, in Kuoh?", Jack asked.

"I felt the aura of a pretty powerful dragon, and it lead me to you. I needed you to help me defeat that old man and Yggdrasil. They weren't actually that strong apparently, but he caught me anyways. I'm even weaker… I'm so useless…", Anna answered with a sad tone, "He killed many other people with dragon Sacred Gears and destroyed them, for some reason. Then, I tried to stop him by asking for your help. You defeated him anyways, and that's what matters."

"You're not useless. At least, you won't be anymore. We'll help you get stronger. What's your Sacred Gear, by the way?"

"It's the Brisingamen. It's a part of the Norse goddess Freya's soul. With it, I can control anyone's mind. But, if I use its power too much, I'm going to lose control over myself. Pretty ironic, right?"

"Yeah…"

Jack got a little scared. Control anyone you want… and if you do it too much, you can't control your own mind and body… spooky. After a few minutes of silence, the rest of the group came in the room, and Rias said:

"Welcome to the Occult Research club, Anna. You are now part of our family. So, it's my duty to formally present you to your new brothers. I'm Rias, the king, this is Akeno, the queen, there's Kiba and Xenovia, the horses, Asia, the bishop and Issei, the perv – I mean, the pawn."

"But… what about Jack?", Anna asked.

"He said he has no interest on being part of our group", answered Kiba, "He needs us to help him find the members of Aegis' faction, his dragon."

"Wait, so shouldn't we give her freedom to choose if she wants to join us or Jack?", asked Akeno.

"Hmm… yeah. Sorry about that, Anna. I think I was too hasty about your decision", said Rias.

"It's fine", said Anna, "But I'm going with Jack. He helped, saved me. Now I must return the favor."

"I understand."

Then, Jack was on his way home. Lisa was among him, and he asked:

"Oh, of course! I knew I forgot something!"

"Forgot what?", she asked.

"Where are you going to stay tonight? Do you have an actual home here?"

"Oh… not really. I think I was so desperate to find you that I actually forgot about settling up here in Kuoh. Oops."

"Hum… do you want to… stay at my house then, you know, until you find somewhere to stay?"

Anna's eyes started to glow and her cheeks to get red.

"Well… that's an opportunity I must catch. Also because, if I don't, where am I going to stay, right?"

"Exactly! I just have to talk to my mother, Alice, when we arrive. She has an "open door" policy. I don't know how she would refuse to have you at home among us."

"Thank you so much, Jack. You saved me twice!"

"Heh! You're welcome."

Still on the way home, Jack started to get worried. Lisa was going to arrive in 3 weeks! What would she think if, in 3 weeks, Anna were still living in his house? He must solve that problem. In 3 weeks. Can he make it?

Continues in the next chapter!