Outsider Chronicles: Devil Fury

Dieing and being reborn into a crazy ass world of Devils, Angels and Monsters is not my idea of a good time. Actually, on second thoughts, it is. Plus, I get an awesome power out of it!

And we're back. Nothing to say, so lets get started. Enjoy!

Chapter 5

When I returned to the Club Room with Asia in tow, it was to find my comrades running around like headless chickens. As we entered however, everything froze as they stared at me with wide eyes.

"What?" I asked, "Something on my…"

I was cut off as a red blur slammed into me. Next thing I knew, my head was between two soft orbs and Rias was babbling something about being worried while attempting to simultaneously check me over and hug me to her chest. I have no idea what she was actually saying though as I was too busy trying to get loose before she suffocated me.

"Er Rias, I don't think he can breath," said Kiba's voice.

A moment later, I was released and dropped to the ground, gasping for breath

"Are you OK Sora?" asked Rias worriedly, "We detected an Exorcist at your client's house a few minutes ago."

"I'm fine," I wheezed, getting to my feet, "The idiot let his guard down, so I beat him no problem."

"Thank goodness," said Rias, breathing a sigh of relief.

Now content that I was perfectly fine, the King turned her attention to Asia. Her eyes sharpened slightly when she saw the remains of the Habit she was wearing under my jacket.

"And who is this?" asked Rias.

"Oh, right, this is Asia Argento," I said, "Asia, this is my Master, Rias Gremory."

"I-It's nice to meet you," said Asia, bowing slightly.

Rias raised an eyebrow.

"Explain."

I did so. When I was done, Rias was back at her desk, rubbing her eyes tiredly.

"Alright, I think I get the picture," said Rias, glancing at the former Nun, "You have my thanks for helping my Servant Asia."

"O-oh, it was nothing," said Asia, "I know that Sora's a good person, so I couldn't let Freed hurt him."

"Even after you found out he was a Devil?" asked Rias.

Asia nodded.

"Ufufuf, my you certainly do attract some interesting characters," said Akeno.

"Hmm," said Rias, still eyeing the former Nun, "Tell me Asia, what do you plan to do now?"

Asia looked down at her hands.

"I-I don't know," she said, "I grew up in the Church, I have nowhere to go. I joined up with the Fallen Angels because I had no choice, but I can't go back. I will not be a part of their evil any more."

"I see," said Rias, "But you must know that the Fallen won't take to kindly to that, right? They will come after you and, although I owe you for protecting my Servant, I cannot guarantee your safety."

"I can," I said, "Maybe not as a Devil, but I'm also a Pai Zhuq Master. If she comes and stays with me, she'll be under the protection of four Masters. Even a Leader Class would balk at fighting that."

I left out the fact that Grandpa had once fought against Baraquiel and won. The old man was known as the Strongest Master for a damn good reason after all.

Asia looked surprised.

"A-ah, I don't want to inconvenience you," she said.

"You won't be," I said with a smirk, "Trust me, my Mum's gonna love you."

"SHES SOOOOO CUTE!"

"Called it," I said as I walked past Mum, who was currently hugging a confused looking Asia in the hall.

We had just arrived at home and Mum had taken one look at the Nun, squealed, and scooped her up into a tight hug.

"You didn't tell us you had a girlfriend," said Dad.

"Shes not my girlfriend," I said, "We're just , shes in a bit of a bind."

"Do tell," said Grandpa, leading the way into the living room.

I did just that. Once I was done, Grandpa sat back in his chair and steepled his fingers.

"I see," he muttered, "So, young Asia is potentially under threat from the Fallen and young Rias is unable to help for risk of damaging relations between the Devils and Fallen. Is that correct?"

I nodded.

"And you offered her the protection of our family as Pai Zhuq Masters?"

I nodded again. Grandpa let out a sigh and turned his golden eyes on Asia.

"And what of you young lady?" he asked, "What do you want?"

Asia shifted under his gaze and I honestly couldn't blame her. My entire family had eyes that, under normal circumstances, would be considered strange and unnerving. My dad and Grandpa both had golden eyes, while my mothers eyes were an eerie shade of silver. I had inherited both in the form of heterochromia, my left eye was the same silver as my mother and my right was my Dad and Grandpa's gold. The unusual colours and eery glow they had was a side effect of using Animal Spirit's repeatedly over the years, combined with the fact both sides of the family had been Pai Zhuq Masters for generations. I had not reached the point where my eyes glowed yet and my Parents only glowed when they were angry or using their Spirits. Grandpa on the other hand...well, his eyes were like twin golden lanterns by this point.

"W-well, I don't want to be a burden…" she said.

"Ohh, don't worry sweetie, you won't be," said Mum as she pranced across the hall towards the kitchen, "I'll go make dinner!"

"Oh hell no!" yelled Dad, jumping to his feet and racing after her, "You are not going in there again!"

I groaned and facepalmed. For Kung Fu masters, my parents were quite the pair. Mum was a ditz, especially around all things adorable, and utterly inept in the kitchen to the point where she'd once managed to burn water. She was also useless at most other household jobs but kept trying to do them anyway, resulting in flooded utility rooms, busted dryers and, on one memorable occasion, an exploded microwave. Fortunately, she was very good at fixing her screwups and always managed to fix the broken appliances. Dad on the other hand was excellent at the jobs, mostly out of necessity, and was an excellent chef. He'd have to be, he owned and ran a restaurant in town. Despite the long suffering antics of the two though, they always acted like a couple on their first date and were still utterly besotted with one another, even after 30 years of marriage.

"Ignoring my Daughter-in-Laws attempt to burn the house down again, she is correct," said Grandpa, ignoring the sickeningly sweet argument currently going on in the kitchen that I'm pretty sure had devolved into a tickle fight by this point, "You won't be a burden my dear. We'd be happy to take you in."

"U-im, OK," said Asia, looking a little confused.

"Right, now thats settled, I'm going to go and kick Mum and Dad out of the kitchen so we can eat tonight," I said, getting to my feet.

The next few days past by with (relative) ease, broken only by Asia's introduction to the school. While she wasn't a part of the Peerage, she still needed to attend school, so Rias pulled a few strings and got her put in my class. There was a minor issue when it came out that she was living with me, but considering I was well liked by my classmates, it was mostly just the Perverted Trio sobbing about how the cute new girl was taken. Other than that, the only other noticeable thing was that our science teacher, a nice old woman, took an early retirement after winning a cruise around the world for her and her husband. I didn't think much of it at the time, but considering the timing, I really should have smelt a rat.

Saturday rolled around and, since Mum had smoked out the kitchen again, I decided to show Asia around town, getting lunch at a fast food place (where I discovered that apparently prayer only gives me a minor itching at worst. Probably because I was an atheist), spending time at the arcade (where I'd won her a stuffed animal) and finally ending with a walk through the park. It was there that things got...weird.

We were walking around a shallow pond surrounded by pillars near the middle of the park when a loud, annoying and very familiar voice.

"Hold it right there Shitty Devil!"

We stopped and turned.

"What the...your still in town?" I growled, glaring at Freed.

The crazed Priest looked rather bedraggled, with torn clothes and it looked like he hadn't showed in a while. There was also a slightly crazed look in his eye, but that was nothing new.

"Its your fault!" snarled the crazed Priest, "Because you beat me and took that stupid brat of a Nun, the Fallen Angels kicked me out and Lord Hanzo's angry with me!"

"Your point?" I drawled.

That caught Freed a tad flat footed and he gaped at me for a moment, before his anger boiled over.

"THATS IT!" he roared, "I WAS ALREADY PLANNING ON KILLING YOU ANYWAY, BUT NOW I REALLY AM THROUGH PLAYING AROUND!"

He glared and pointed at me.

"Witness the power gifted to me by Lord Hanzo!" he snarled and brought his hands together.

There was a flash of light and Freed transformed. He was wearing a robe that looked like a tan cassock with fur around his collar. His chest, arms and legs were protected by bone armour and his head was covered by a helmet shaped like an animal head with an open mouth where his visor was and a pair of rather large ears.

"Hyena huh?" I said, "Thats oddly fitting."

Freed snarled and shot forwards with surprising speed, a pair of boneswords appearing in his hands as he did. I narrowed my eyes and pulled out my spear, blocking the attack with the shaft. To my surprise, he actually pushed me back a short distance.

"Sora!" gasped Asia.

"Asia, get out of here!" I said as I pushed Freed back, "Hes stronger than I thought!"

"But…"

"Just go!"

Asia did as she was told as I kicked Freed away with a kick to the stomach, trying to get some space so I could summon my Spirit. It was apparent that Freed had no intention of allowing me to do so however as he kept coming, no matter what I tried. I gritted my teeth. This was gonna be a long fight.

Third Person POV, with Asia

Asia was panicking. While she had faith in Sora's skills as a fighter, she also knew how powerful Freed was, even before that powerup he'd apparently gained. Considering that, Sora was potentially in trouble, especially if Freed had any Light Swords in his arsenal. Whatever the case, Sora needed help. Just one problem. They were quite a distance from home and Asia had no idea how to get in contact with Rias and the rest of her Peerage. With that in mind, she decided that the best option was to run to the school, which was closer, and see if anyone was in the clubroom.

Plan made, she turned the corner...and ran straight into something solid, knocking her on her bum.

"Ah, sorry about that," said a deep voice.

Asia opened her eyes and saw that she had run into a man. He wasn't Japanese and was tall and well muscled, with spiky black hair and a faint goatee. He was wearing a white shirt under a black jacket and jeans and had a wheeled suitcase at his side, indicating that he was new to the area.

"Are you OK?" asked the man, reaching down to help Asia up, "Whats got you in such a hurry?"

Asia wasn't sure what made her say what she said next, but something told her that this man could help.

"M-my friends in trouble," she said, "H-he was attacked by a monster…"

She trailed off as an odd look crossed the mans face.

"Where?" he asked.

Asia blinked in confusion and pointed back the way she came. The man nodded and ran in the direction she pointed, leaving her to scramble after him. She wasn't sure why she was following him and not continuing to the Club Room, but again, something told her the man could help. She rounded the corner, just in time to see the man take a jumping kick to Freed's face, sending the monster staggering back.

Back to Sora

I growled as I ducked under another swipe from one of Freeds swords while deflecting the other with a deft twist of my spear. This was starting to get dangerous. If I didn't get some distance soon, Freed was gonna get lucky and I really didn't want to die just yet. I was just about to try summoning my Spirit again, when something came flying over my head, landing a powerful kick to Freeds face that sent him staggering away. I blinked a couple of times as my rescuer landed on his feet and turned to me, only to barely resist the urge to either face fault or swear loudly when I recognized who it was.

"Are you OK?" he asked.

"I'm fine," I said, "Although you came just in time."

"Thats a relief," he said, turning back to Freed, "Now, lets see if we can't deal with this guy."

"Who the hell are you?!" snarled Freed.

The man smirked as he pulled out a key from his pocket and sprouted a pair of Devil wings. My eye twitched as I recognized the key. Yeahhh, Freed was screwed. Of course, the idiot didn't know that and simply scoffed at the sight of the wings.

"Oh goody, another shitty Devil for me to kill!" he said, mad glee clear in his tone.

"Don't be too sure," said the new Devil, "I've fought monsters much stronger than you."

Freed let out a growl and I got the impression he was scowling under his helmet.

"SHUT UP AND DIE!" he roared, charging us.

The Devil didn't look phased, instead he simply held up his arm and activated the bracelet on his wrist, causing a black and gold morpher to appear.

"Dino Thunder, Power up!" he yelled.

There was a flash of yellow light and Freeds swords were blocked by a staff and he was shoved away.

"Sora!"

I turned as Asia came running up, only to pause at the sight of the Monster and Ranger going toe to toe.

"Wha...who's that?" she asked, pointing at the Black Ranger.

"I think he's our new science teacher," I said as I massarged my eyes, trying desperately to figure out how in the hell Tommy Oliver ended up as a Devil.

And I'm gonna end it here. So, Freed made another appearance with a power up that actually gave Sora some trouble, even if it was only because he didn't have chance to transform and I get to introduce one of my favorite characters, Dr. O.

I chose to use his Dino Thunder form because its one of the coolest and the one that doesn't run on light, which sounds pretty stupid for a Devil to use. Plus, its actually got a finishing move.

To be completely honest, I'm not entirely sure where Sora's parents came from, but I wanted to do something that would make them a tad more memorable. I probably failed epically though…

The glowing eyes were thrown in on a whim. Oh, and yes, the two different coloured eyes are based on Horus. No, hes not connected to the Egyptian pantheon...at least, I have no plans for it right now.

Anyway, I'm done now. Until next time, please leave a review!