Author's Note:

Okay, just saw all the new trailers for MK11, they've really gotten better with the dynamics and gameplay. And the Noob Saibot trailer, I have to say welcome back Shadow Wraith.

Speaking of which, one of my OC characters was going to have his powers and moves. So here's the updated list of people that I have.

Eco: Scorpion (Debut in Chapter 1)

?: Sub-Zero (Unknown)

Koharu: Skarlet (Mentioned in Chapter 2)

?: Baraka (Unknown)

?: Raiden (Unknown)

?: Noob (Unknown)

The first three characters are the same. I have six characters but not all of them are up there, Koharu is actually an alias for one of the characters in High School DxD. Hint she belongs to no peerage and doesn't belong to any faction and 100% human.

And I reduced my OC characters just to six.

Anyway that's all I have say and thank you guys for reading this and reviewing your thoughts onto the story.

Enjoy Chapter 3 of DXD Burning Revenge.

Eco was in a predicament. He was on his way to get breakfast for him and Ravel and then head towards Issei's house to follow the kid and stop the fallen angel, but he got sidetracked.

"Okay, so what am I going to make this time?" Eco pondered as he stared at the aisle full of pancake and waffle mixes, each with a different flavor. Apparently he was stuck trying to figure out what type of breakfast he should make for them.

"Chocolate chip, strawberry, blueberry, pecan, apple, why the hell did there have to be so many flavors?" He said with an annoyed tone as a tic mark made its way to his forehead.

"Why don't you just get them all?" A voice called out next to him.

"Eh, why not, it won't hurt to try." Eco shrugged his shoulders as he proceeded to grab the mixes and add them to his basket before realizing that someone had spoken right beside him. He looked around him trying to find out who spoke. Looking left and right, he was met with nothing but the numerous items within the aisle and the occasional music playing through the store.

"Who was that?" he thought to himself as he left the aisle and went to pay for the food. Leaving the store he walked down the pavement back to his house. He was in casual clothes though, a yellow hoodie with black pants and black with yellow-striped shoes.

Honestly, it made him look like a yellowjacket. All he's missing is the wings and stinger. He was tempted to throw these ridiculous color clothes away, but Ravel said that he needed to fit in with the crowd if he ever wanted to get around town.

Did she forget what he is?

He's a ninja. He could just be in stealth the entire time and no one would notice. It was that easy.

"Dammit Ravel, making me wear these clothes." He grumbled.

"They're actually pretty comfy to wear once you get used to it."

There it was that voice again, he turned around and was met with nothing but thin air. Looking around he saw no signs of anybody within three feet of him, so who was talking to him.

"Oh, screw it, let's just get going already." Eco said as he just continued walking towards home. From afar, watching him from the shadows, was a teenage girl as tall as him that had long white hair with red streaks and red eyes. She was wielding a dagger in her left hand.

She was smiling and giggling as she saw Eco walk away from the market. "Oh, look at that. My sweet Inferno walking around like a lost puppy. Wondering if he's being followed." Her voice sounded so innocent yet seductive at the same time.

Right behind her was a mutilated body. A man with his pupils dilated, his mouth wide opened as if his soul had just been sucked out by a demon, but what was most distinguishing was the crystal shards that were impaled around his legs, body and head. But the most distinguishable part about the body was that it was extremely pale.

The female licked her lips in anticipation as she placed her two fingers in her mouth, sucking on them lewdly before slipping them out her mouth, trailing the saliva slowly down from her neck to valley of her breasts pressing it firmly, emitting a soft moan from her lips. Watching Eco walk, she silently giggled as she pressed the dagger onto her right hand cutting it open. The blood from her victim suddenly moved from the blade onto her hand and inside her palm, healing the cut as if it was never injured in the first place.

'Don't worry, we shall meet again very soon my love. Very soon I'll taste your blood, and I'll bring out that other side of yours… the one you can never hide from me.'

Koharu then walks back into the darkness of the alley, dragging the dead body along with her both disappearing into the darkness.

Coming through the front door, Eco announced that he was home as he closed the door behind him and changed clothes instantly. Fire cloaked his body within in instant he was now in his pajamas.

"I'm upstairs!" He heard her voice from above him as he stared at the steps.

"Well come on down, I bought breakfast and am making waffles, although I don't know which flavor." He replied as he looked down at the many boxes in the bag he was holding.

"Flavor?" He heard her repeat. He was about to speak when suddenly flames appeared beside him in a spiral formation before they disappeared revealing Ravel who was in her pajamas as well.

"Blueberry, Buttermilk, Chocolate, Cinnamon Brown Sugar, French Vanilla, the list goes on." Eco listed with his fingers. He was about to continue until he noticed Ravel pressing her cheek against his gazing at the boxes. "Are you okay?"

"Hmm?"

"You're clingy to me." Eco frowned at her as he said this. "Did you have a nightmare while I was gone?" He says in a worried tone.

Thankful that he was only worried about her, Ravel gave him a soft smile and spoke. "I'm being a little more open today that's all." She explained as she got in his bubble and gazed at him with a sultry smile. "Thanks for worry about me though."

Ravel was leaning her breasts into his chest making him stiff at both her behavior and teasing. He thought back to last night as he felt Ravel leaned her thighs straight into his lap and could immediately feel lower parts get hard.

'No! No, no, no, no, no! Get back down!' He told himself before immediately speaking. "Right, I'll um go get started on those waffles." He said in a panic as he transported himself out of the room and into the kitchen.

"He's so cute when he's flustered."

After eating breakfast, Ravel and Eco spent the first few hours to themselves. Passing the time until Issei and the fallen angel were on their date.

"Okay, I think they are heading on their date now." Eco says as he looked up at the ceiling. "He has my kunai in his pocket just in case. Looks like he took my advice."

"Very well, have you prepared yourself for the other option in case things go wrong?" Ravel asked.

"*Sigh* yeah, if I can't save the kid, then I seal his gear away so it can find a new host." Eco said as he readied a pool of lava from underneath him and was about to step in it until Ravel stopped it.

"Eco."

"Yeah—mmph!" His response was cut off as Ravel grabbed his collar and pressed her lips against his. It was a short kiss though as Ravel held his cheek in her palms.

"I'll see you tonight." Ravel says as she walked upstairs, leaving Eco frozen as he stared at her. The boy wanted to ask her what was going on but at the same time he was having his own thoughts about her.

As much as he wanted to, he needed to help the Hyoudou kid before he got killed. Sealing his thoughts away for now, he jumped into the pool of lava and disappeared as he the pool immediately dispersed leaving no burn mark on the floor.

Issei was standing in the middle of the park waiting for his date to show up, all dressed up in casual clothes wear.

Not far behind, up in the trees was Eco as he stared at Issei with blank eyes. He was also searching around the park to look for his other target, the fallen angel.

A few minutes later, she came in with a bright smile on her face and Eco felt no killing intent coming off of her. Maybe she was hiding it.

Eco then concentrated on her to feel any energy, he felt her fallen power but… no killing intent. Not only that while Issei and Yuuma were chatting he noticed that her tone was bright and cheerful and… completely honest.

As the two then left to start their date, Eco stayed behind wondering in his thoughts.

"Something's off here. This girl is acting completely different than she was Friday, her feelings are… genuine." Eco thought as he wondered what caused her to have a sudden change of heart. There was no way someone with that much malice intent would've changed their attitude towards Issei so quickly.

"*Sigh* I figure it out as the day passes, let's just monitor them for now." Eco said before following them through the shadows.

For the entire day he followed the two, Eco observed their actions and emotions. Eco would admit that he was a little surprise at Issei, the kid was acting like a different person that the pervert he meant at school. He was a real gentleman, and he could say the same for his date, Yuuma.

The whole time he was observing her, he was trying to find some sort of magic around her other than the fact she was a fallen, but he couldn't. He felt no malice or killing intent from her nor any magic that she was using to concealing it, she was really into him.

Both teens were in love with each other. As Eco watched this, he was thinking about Ravel. His feelings for her, he cared about her more than anything. On one end, he wanted to be with her. After seeing Issei and Yuuma do these things that a boy and a girl do, he wanted to do some of those things with her.

But at the same time, he didn't want to lose her. He didn't want her to endure his curse and become a wraith along with him. While she may have been disowned by her clan, she still had their flames and dna inside them.

He couldn't do that. He couldn't take away the last thing that connects her to her family. Sure she completely hates her brother Riser, and to a point her father, but she still loves her mother and other brother Ruval. He couldn't break that connection with her, he couldn't let her become what he is just so they could be together. It was selfish.

So he decided to bury his desires away, so she could be happy. Even if it means tearing his own soul apart. As long as she was happy, his own wants and needs are meaningless.

Getting out of his thoughts, Eco stared at the two as they arrived back at the park. It was sunset and both teens were sitting on the fountain side by side, hand in hand.

As he watched from the trees, he saw Issei hold something out to Yuuma and it looked like a bracelet of some kind, but he couldn't tell. He then saw how the two's faces were close to each other before suddenly their lips embraced each other and Eco let out a smile.

'I guess they really do love each other.' He thought to himself before a frown marred his expression. 'But it doesn't make any sense, if she doesn't want to kill him then who did?'

Eco was brought out of his thoughts when the sky around him suddenly turned dark as if a barrier was put in place. Looking around he searched for any supernatural demons within the area, then eyes landed on a creature flying above him. Above the fountain, a figure with black wings and was staring down with a cruel smirk on their lips.

Suddenly a light spear formed in their hand and they raised it above their head, Eco seeing this knew that it was being aimed at them and rushed forward.

As Issei and Yuuma released their lips from the kiss, both gazed at each other with love in their eyes when suddenly Yuuma snapped out of her daze and then noticed killing intent coming from above. Looking up she saw a light spear aimed for them, and quickly tackled Issei away from the fountain as the energy spear crashed into the fountain, splashing water all over the place.

Both teens looked at where they at in shock before Yuuma addressed Issei. "You okay?"

"Yeah, you?" he asked back earning a nod from her head. "Come on, we need to get out of here."

"Dammit, why couldn't you just stay still?" Both figures turned their heads back to the fountain and saw the black winged figure float down a few feet away from them. She was wearing some type of leather bondage outfit that exposed most of her skin. Her cleavage and thighs showing.

"What the?" Issei started as he stared at the fallen angel in front of him.

"R-Raynare-nii…?" Yuuma said slowly as Issei quickly turned his head as she spoke.

"That's your sister?" He asked as the latter was so focused on her sister.

"Yep, my weak little sister alright." Raynare says as she smiled at them. "It's shame you had to find out this way though."

"What do you mean?" Issei asked with a confused expression, earning a few laughs from Raynare.

"I mean the fact that I originally sent my sister on this day to kill you in the end but she ended up falling in love with you, oh my god you really are a lovestruck puppy." RAynare commented not caring about her sister's feelings as tears went down the younger sibling's face and Issei grew angry.

"What the hell woman!? What's your problem, don't you feel anything for your sister!?" He shouted at her while Raynare gave him a cruel smile.

"Honestly, I never cared for her ever since she was born. If anything I'm doing the world a favor since I wanted to kill her along with you. Take your sacred gear and kill this nuisance out of my life."

"You bitch!" Issei yelled angrily as he tried to control himself while gripping Yuuma's hand who was clutching his like a lifeline.

"Life's a bitch and so is God." Raynare says as she summoned another light spear, appearing in her hand and aimed at the two teens. "After all, you should blame him for giving you these cruel fates." Raynare finished as she lifted her light spear.

Issei stood in front of Yuuma with his arms spread out while the latter gripped her arms around his other hand. Raynare was about to throw the spear when suddenly her hand was stabbed in the palm.

"AAAHHH!" Feeling the pain, she let go of her own spear causing it to disperse and gripped her right hand as blood emerged from the wound.

Issei and Yuuma were both confused on what had just happened until they took a good look at Raynare's hand. There was kunai with a chain sticking out of her hand and then it was suddenly ripped out of her skin and flew past their heads.

Looking back, they saw Eco emerging from the shadows and walking up to them casually, as the spear retracted to underneath his palm and then settled itself.

"It's you!"

"Hey kid, it seems like you're having one hell of a day." Eco greeted them as he stood in front of them. "Do you still have that kunai from the other day?"

Issei looked at him in confusion before his expression became one of realization as he reached into his pocket and pulled Eco's kunai.

"You mean this?"

"Yep. Hold on to it for me." Eco stated cryptically as the kunai glowed and suddenly formed a fire shield around the two teens scaring them.

"What the hell!?"

"Issei, it's okay. It's not hurting us." Yuuma reassured him, as she touched the flames. "They're not hot."

"You kids may want to look away from this."

"You damn brat." Eco turned his head back to Raynare who was glaring at him with such murder in her eyes. "I don't know who the hell you are, but you just signed your death warrant as soon as you interfered."

Eco just tilted his head at her. "Says the woman who wanted to murder her own kin." All of them felt the cold tone from his voice. "Now there are rarely few things that tick me off but the thing that gets me the most is when family aren't afraid to sacrifice one of their own for a selfish choice."

Eco pulled his ninja mask upwards, putting it on and suddenly his pupils became dilated as he stared at Raynare with cold fury.

"W-what the hell?"

"Time to die." Eco says before suddenly rushing forward Raynare and gave her a good kick to her solar plexus. Raynare coughed up spit from the force of impact and was sent to the fountain, she used her wings to stop herself in midair.

"You little…" Raynare couldn't finish her sentence as a ball of fire raced towards her face causing her to quickly move out of the way as it collided with the fountain. "You piece of shit! Don't you dare mess with me!"

Raynare suddenly formed two light spears into her hands and threw them at Eco. The said boy dodged them as he moved his body side to side.

"Is that all you can do? Pathetic." He mocked her causing the latter to get angry and rush at him with such killing intent. Eco raised an eyebrow at this before he jumped back to avoid Raynare's foot as she slammed her heel into the ground creating a small crater.

"I see." He says nonchalantly before looking up and saw Raynare thrusting a light blade towards his face. Just as it was about to hit his face, Eco caught the blade with his right hand with ease earning looks of shock from Raynare as well as Issei and Yuuma.

"W-what… h-how…" The fallen angel was shaking in fear.

"Stunned, are we?" Eco said as he pulled the blade forward along with Raynare before jabbing his elbow to her face, earning a cry of pain from the fallen.

"Agh!" Raynare grabbed the front of her face as she massaged her nose where his elbow hit her the most. She was really pissed of now. She was about to summon another light blade just to kill the little shit right now when suddenly she felt an overwhelming surge of killing intent course the park.

Looking at Eco, she didn't see a boy anymore. She saw a ghost in ninja clothes with a flaming humanoid hovering around him.

"What's wrong… scared?" Eco asked in his wraith voice.

Raynare wouldn't admit but she was scared, she was scared of what she was dealing with. This kid was no devil, nor angel nor fallen angel he was something else… something inhumane.

"What are you... ?" She asked fearfully earning a blank look from Eco before she heard small laughter come from him.

"Me… I'm nothing more than a killer."

Raynare was about to turn and fly away from him before suddenly she was grabbed by the head and forced down to the ground hard. She tried to get up but she felt a foot slam on her back, feeling her spine fractured from the impact.

"AAAHH!" Eco looked at her with a dark smile as deepen his foot into her back.

"Sorry little crow… it's time that you pay for your crimes. Attempted murder on an innocent human and your own sister. How low you've fallen." Eco then looked up at Issei and Yuuma, both frightened by his appearance. "Cover your eyes, now!"

Both teens immediately complied as they closed their eyes and turned away from Eco and Raynare.

"You LITTLE SHIT! HOW DARE YOU! HOW DARE YOU ATTACK ME AND DENY ME MY SATISFACTION! DENY ME MY RIGHT TO POWER! POWER THAT I DESERVE! I WILL KILL YOU, YOU BASTARD! I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL THAT WEAKLING I'M FORCED TO CALL MY SISTER!" Raynare roared in anger and fury at Eco forgetting that she was very close to dying.

Even though her eyes were closed her ears weren't. She had tears falling down her cheeks as her sister berated her and broke her heart. Issei had his fists clenching at the fact that this woman didn't care for Yuuma at all and wanted to protect her.

"Enough." Eco voice boomed as he suddenly ignited Raynare on fire from his foot, earning her screams. As the fire burned her body, she tried to get up and fly away but she could feel her wings being melted instantly.

A few seconds later, the fire dispersed and Raynare was no longer breathing. Her corpse now a pile of ashes remain where her body was.

Eco let out a small sigh as he removed his mouth guard and the humanoid around him disappeared and so did his attire. No longer was he in his ninja outfit, he was in a casual hoodie with black jeans and black shoes.

He walked over to the teenagers and lightly tapped them on their shoulders. Issei and Yuuma both opened their eyes and saw Eco with a blank look on his face.

"You two okay?"

"Hai."

"Yeah." Issei answered but then he looked at Eco with a serious gaze. "What the hell was that?"

Eco just walked past them before stopping himself and turned his head to them. "Follow me." He said cryptically earning looks of wary from them. Instead of waiting for them he just walked forward as he summoned a pool of lava and motioned them to jump in it.

Issei looked at him still wary but feeling Yuuma's thumb stroking over his hand caused him to slightly relax. They both jumped into the pool of lava and Eco followed them before it disappeared from the park once more, only leaving the remnants of the fountain.

Ravel and Eco's Home

Ravel was sitting in the living room with a calm expression on her face as she sipped some of her tea. Then in front of her by the tv, she saw a pool of lava forming and knew that Eco had returned from his mission. She expected him to bring Issei if he save him, but she didn't expect to see another visitor, nonetheless a fallen angel.

"Whoa, that was actually pretty cool." Issei exclaimed as he tapped his clothes repeatedly. "Although for some reason, I feel like I should be on fire."

"Hmhmhm, I did too but it was pretty soothing and warm." Yuuma giggled at him.

Eco emerged from the floor as he climbed out of the pool of lava before it dispersed. "My fire only harms those I deem as a threat, you two aren't." He explained before turning his gaze towards Ravel. "Oh hey, firefly."

"Eco." She called out to him in a sweet tone. That tone caused Issei and Yuuma to freeze as a small dark aura appeared around the blonde girl as she stared at her target.

"Would you be so kind to tell me why you have a fallen angel in the house, much less a girl?" Issei and Yuuma clung to each other in fear of Ravel's voice while Eco stared blankly at her.

"This is Yuuma." Eco introduced the fallen girl and then pointed at Issei. "She's his date."

"I'm sorry what?" Ravel asked, losing all traces of anger in her voice.

"Let me explain." Eco said as he sighed in exhaustion. He then proceeded to explain to Ravel about their events in the park leading up to Raynare. Eco however, left the part out about him almost going into wraith form and scared the living hell out of Issei and Yuuma.

"I see." Ravel says as she set down her tea cup. "So Yuuma was a target along with Issei?"

"More like her sister wanted to kill two birds with one stone." Eco explained as he stood in front of her. Issei and Yuuma were sitting on the couch listening to them, both nodding at each question Ravel asked them.

"Well then," Ravel stood up in front of the two lovebirds and suddenly bowed at them. "Forgive me for my outburst early. It was unfitting and unnecessary, I would also like to apologize for the events that have transpired."

"Don't worry about it, Ravel-san."

"Yeah, it's not like it's your fault anyway. You both went out your way to save me and Yuuma-chan." Issei thanked but became confused when Ravel shook her head.

"It was Eco's idea to save you. He cares more about your life than that piece of artifact."

"You mean that Sacred gear stuff? Could you both explain to me what is going on?"

Ravel and Eco looked at each other in deep thoughts until the latter just shook his shoulders.

"Do what you want, I'm going to sleep." Eco said as he walked out of the living room and ascended the stairs before closing the door to his room.

*Sigh*." Ravel let out a sigh as she knew something was off. "Very well, I shall explain to you Issei and Yuuma why you were targeted but first I have a question for you both?"

"Do you believe in the supernatural?"

ORC Room

Rias was sitting at her desk with a worried expression on her face. She was worried about the Hyoudou kid Issei, he should've contacted her by now.

Her familiar gave him a flyer and she should've summoned her but he didn't. Does this mean that the fallen got him before he could? If so then this was a mistake.

She shouldn't have played his life like that into her hands. She knew that she was gambling with his life but at the same time it was stupid. Deep down though, it was stupid of her all because she wanted to get away from her marriage with a horrible person.

"Akeno…"

"Yes, Rias."

"I need you to go and scout the park to see if Issei is there." Rias said with a somber frown on her face. Akeno noticed her expression and nodded her head before leaving the ORC Room leaving Rias alone as the latter sigh and pressed a hand to her forehead.

A few minutes later, Akeno came back with a disturbed look on her face causing Rias to look up in worry.

"Rias…"

"Akeno, what happened?"

"There is no sign of Issei, I think someone took him."

"What about the fallen angel?"

"…"

"Akeno?"

"She's dead. All I found at the park was her corpse or what's left of it." Akeno explained earning an alarmed look from the redhead.

As the switch explained what she discovered at the park neither girl never noticed the blue bird watching them from outside the window.

One Hour Later:

After explaining the whole supernatural existence and the war between the three factions to Issei, Ravel stared at him with a calm face.

"Whoa." He breathed as Yuuma looked at him in worry.

"You okay, Issei-kun?"

"I'm fine. Yuuma, it's just that… I can't believe all of this is real." Issei said as he pressed a hand into his hair. "I mean it's still a lot to process."

"I understand if you have a hard time believing all of this but believe me when I say it's the truth." Ravel said in a stern tone. "Because of your sacred gear, you've been brought into our world by force instead of living your normal life."

Issei let out a small sigh as he lifted his head up and turned to Yuuma. He stared at her with blank eyes, making the girl uncomfortable and shift her own eyes away from him.

She wouldn't blame him if he was angry at her for lying to him. She didn't tell him who she was in the beginning and was too caught up with her feelings to tell him. She was about to speak when Issei suddenly grabbed her hands.

"Issei-kun." She called gently.

"Yuuma, I need to ask you something." He said cryptically, making her freeze at his tone. "If… If I didn't have this sacred gear crap inside of me… would you really be interested in me?"

"Issei…" Yuuma took her hands out of his making him frown until she framed his face with her hands forcing him to look at her.

"Issei, even if you didn't have Sacred Gear, I would still love you. Today was the most amazing I ever had in long time. I was barely loved by my sister and was always looked down for being weak by my own kind, but you…" She gave a loving smile as she brushed some of his bangs away from his face. "You treated me like I was special. Everything you did today, made me feel loved. You are the kindest and sweetest person I've ever met. Sacred Gear or not it won't me change my feelings for you and nothing ever will."

Yuuma then pulled him in close and mashed her lips against his. Issei immediately returned her actions as he wrapped his arms around her waist, feeling Yuuma's wrap around his neck.

Ravel smiled at the two lovebirds before letting out a fake cough to interrupt them. Both teens quickly broke away blushing, but they intertwined their hands and sat close together.

"Now onto pressing matters, your residence." Ravel started as she picked up her tea cup and took a sip before setting the cup back onto the tiny plate in her lowered hand. "Issei, do you want to remain here to keep your parents safe?"

"I… don't have any family. My parents died when I was 10 so I just live in an apartment a mile from the school."

"Oh… I'm sorry for your loss."

"Don't worry about it, you didn't know." Issei waved it off but they could still see that his smile was a bit strained. "Anyway, you want me to live here?"

"For the time being. The choice is yours, you can live here or back at your apartment."

"Oh! I forgot to ask you something," Issei suddenly voiced causing Ravel to raise an eyebrow at him. "How did you guys find out that I had a sacred gear in the first place?"

"Eco followed you that day." Ravel answered him. "He saw you meet Raynare and didn't trust her actions with you. So he decided to follow you around to keep you from getting killed.

"He followed me for my gear?" Issei asked with anger in his voice but was quickly silenced when Ravel gave him a cold glare.

"No, he followed you because he values life more than a sacred weapon. He could've left you to die but underneath that rough exterior of his, he has a soft heart."

Issei realized that Ravel was right as he remembered Eco's words from the first time he ran into him at the park.

'I refuse to let someone with a good heart die.'

That right there should've told him that Eco was a good person. A cynical and somewhat annoyed classmate, but nonetheless a good person.

"Yeah, you're right." Issei let out a small smile while Yuuma nodded her head. "Okay I guess I'll stay here for the night."

"Yuuma?"

"I don't have anywhere else to go… since my sister disowned me." Yuuma stated with a frown. She knew that if she went back to where the others are, she would be dead in a heartbeat.

"Very well, you may both stay here for the night. The guest room is upstairs down the left hall at the end near a window."

"T-Thank you, Ravel-san." Yuuma thanked the blonde girl who just gave a smile and simply stood up, taking the tray with empty teacups Ravel headed towards the kitchen before stopping at the door frame.

"Just one request." She earned confused looks from the two before giving them both a teasing grin. "Be sure to use protection if you plan on making love tonight."

Issei and Yuuma blushed at her teasing as they tried to deny her but the latter just laughed at their flustered faces as she went into the kitchen.

After making sure Issei and Yuuma were taken care of and cleaning up the living room, Ravel, now dressed in her nightgown, made her way towards Eco's room.

Her intentions were to tease him a bit and get him a little arouse but she tell that something was off, he had that empty look in his eyes.

Ravel arrived at his room and opened the door, entering the room as she looked around. She didn't see him on the bed and his bathroom door was opened. The only light in the room was the moonlight shining through the windows.

"Eco..." She called out softly as she closed the door. She was about to call him again when she spotted him in the far corner of the room away from the windows. He was sitting on the floor with his elbows on his knees and was staring at the floor with a empty look. Ravel made her way to him with soft footsteps and then kneeled in front of the latter.

"Eco."

"I used it again." He said slowly earning a confused look from the blonde girl. "I showed them my wraith form."

Ravel eyes widened in shock for a moment before they narrowed in sadness. She knew what he was referring to.

"That fallen woman…. Raynare… she tried to kill her own sister… the way she said them, she hated her from the start… and it reminded me of…" Ravel stopped him as she placed her hand on his arm, feeling him slowly relax at her touch. She knew that he was slowly having a mental breakdown, she knew he put up a barrier as soon as he came back and became worried that he would hold it all in.

"Where's your spear?" Ravel asked him slowly, he just pointed to the wall near the door and saw that it was embedded. Relieved, Ravel slowly reached for his bandage and within arms reach she took it off.

Eco, feeling his mask gone, was about to hyperventilate until Ravel gently grasped his hands and pulled him upwards.

"Come to the bed." Ravel guided him over to the bed and settled him on the mattress before climbing onto it herself and over Eco. She pulled the covers over them and leaned her body into his.

"Ravel…"

"Shh, get some rest." Ravel cooed softly and raised her fingers to his forehead. She tapped her index and middle finger onto his forehead gently.

Eco realized that she was about to do but was too late as her fingers already made contact and he found himself feeling drowsy before his eyes closed.

Glad that he was asleep, Ravel leaned down and kissed his forehead before wrapping her arms around his chest and held him. She knew the nightmares were coming and that he would start losing himself to insanity.

Ravel couldn't but think back to when they first met. She was just girl on the run, free from her abusive brother and neglectful father and he was a boy who was alone and had everything taken from him.

Now they were both powerful beings full of hatred and vengeance towards those who wronged them. Soon, very soon, they would make their return to the underworld but for now, she needed to get some rest and prep for all the trouble they're about to deal with for the next few days.