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There was a deep silence that filled the room as everyone stared at him in shock before Irina gained a faint blush as she drew her fist back and socked the teen in the face. "I was born a girl! I was always a girl! How did you not know that?!" she shouted at the groaning form of Issei.
[That was an impressive punch, she'd make a good boxer. Oi partner, you still awake? Why don't you ask her cup size to while you're at it.]
'Shut up Ddriag!' he growled, still reeling from the recent blow to his head.
"Sorry," coughed out Issei as he struggled to keep the world from spinning and attempted to get to his feet, only to collapse on top of Irina.
"Issei where are you touching!" cried the red faced exorcist as she threw him off her.
"Irina, was your friend always such a pervert?" asked the blue one.
Irina shook her head as a murderous look appeared on her face, "no those Devils must have done it. They corrupted my ISSEI! Once we're done here I'll make them pay."
"Devils? Oh I get it, it's some type of game isn't it?" questioned Mr. Hyoudou, making everyone freeze as they remembered the human still in the room.
"That's right! It's a new game we've been playing recently. Come on guys follow me, we'll continue this conversation somewhere where we won't disturb dad," ordered Issei as he headed towards the attic.
Everyone shared a look before they followed him into the rune-covered attic as Issei turned to Scathach, "we'll continue this in the Land of Shadows."
The witch nodded and pressed one of the runes as a portal appeared and the party entered it, with Irina and her friend only showing a moment's hesitation before following them in. The pair then gasped as they saw the unmoving twilight sky above them and suppressed shudders at the thought of what could be living in such a place as this.
"So this is the Land of Shadows, what a terrible place," muttered the blue haired exorcist.
"Insulting someone's home after they've invited you in, you exorcists are clearly lacking in manners," growled the witch, causing both exorcists to fearfully glance at the glaring witch inches from their faces.
"Easy Scathach, I'm sure they didn't mean it," sighed Issei, grabbing the witch by the shoulder.
"Indeed please accept my most sincere apologies," replied the blue haired exorcist with a bow.
Scathach just glared at the exorcist for a couple of seconds before snorting as she moved to lean against the nearby wall, making sure to keep both exorcists in her sight. "Why are you here exorcists? And don't give me some lie like coming to visit Issei, you would have done so much sooner if that was the case," she interrogated.
"Indeed, first allow us to introduce ourselves. You already know my partner Irina, and my name is Xenovia, we are exorcists here on a mission from the Church," introduced Xenovia, getting a worried frown from Asia whom decided to hide behind Issei.
"Then why introduce yourselves to us? I may not know much about politics but even I know that you should be talking to Rias and Sona for something like this," frowned Issei.
"It's because they want something from us before they meet them, Issei. The question is, what?" replied Scathach as she kept her gaze fixed on the two exorcists.
Xenovia nodded at this, "the Church would like to ask for your faction's assistance in dealing with a certain issue that has arisen."
Scathach frowned as Gae Bolg appeared in her hands, "that depends on what this task is. If you expect us to be a scapegoat for some misguided assassination on the Devils then I'll kill you both right here and now."
"No it's not like that at all! We're actually trying to prevent an incident with the Devils, we swear!" assured Irina, hurriedly.
"Explain," demanded the witch, leaving no room for arguments as she leveled her spear at them.
"Recently the Church suffered a series of break-ins, in which five of our Holy Swords were stolen from various installations. They were then tracked back to Kuoh and thus we were assigned to hunt down the thieves and retrieve or destroy the stolen blades," explained Xenovia.
"They sent just the two of you? Against an entire organization?" replied Scathach with a shake of her head at this apparent stupidity.
"Indeed which is why when we found out about your faction we were ordered to try and obtain your assistance in this matter," answered Xenovia.
"And at the same time eliminate us as one of the possible culprits for the theft," smirked the Immortal Witch. "Say we agree, what's in it for us?"
Xenovia just smirked as she and Scathach began negotiating a price for their co-operation while Irina, Asia and Issei stood off in a corner watching the two haggle. "I don't think I've ever seen Xenovia take something this seriously before," mutter Irina.
"Well she is negotiating against Scathach, that aside what's so important about these blades that you need to retrieve or destroy them immediately?" asked Issei curiously.
"Well they are made from the fragments of the strongest holy sword in existence, because of that the Church guards them fiercely," replied Asia, getting a frown from Issei.
"The Strongest Holy Sword?" he repeated in confusion.
Irina laughed as the bracelet around her arm suddenly transformed into a sword, "come on Issei you know the stories, it's the most famous sword to ever exist. The Sword of Promised Victory, Excalibur!"
[That's not good.]
The teen collapsed to the ground as a pounding headache erupted in his head and Issei struggled to keep conscious as spots of black began appearing in his vision. Irina quickly turned Mimic back into its bracelet form as she and Asia rushed over to Issei's collapsed form, watching as he started to spasm and streaks of his hair changed to a bright blonde.
"Issei!" cried Asia as she enveloped the teen in Twilight Healing's green glow, breathing a sigh of relief as his spasming stopped.
[That was too close, thank the Gods that we had the nun here or things would have gone far worse.]
'Ddriag, what was that?' asked the teen as Irina and Asia helped him to his feet, Scathach and Xenovia still consumed by the negotiating to notice him.
[That was Mordred partner, she's starting to wake up. Thankfully, the nun's Sacred Gear slowed her down.]
Issei frowned, 'Mordred? As in the one who killed King-'
[Stop! Whatever you do, do not say that name!]
'I see, so I was right. Now what?' asked Issei with a mental sigh.
[Listen we all think that you should stay out of this fight. With Mordred starting to wake up, this whole situation has become a powder keg just waiting for a spark.]
'Irina's, asking for my help Ddraig, and if I don't she could die with only the two of them against a whole organization. I'm not going to take that chance, I guess we're just going to have to hope that I'm actually lucky for a change,' he replied with a sad smile.
[We're screwed…]
Irina frowned as she helped support Issei's body and saw the numerous blonde streaks running through his hair as well as one of his eyes was now a bright green. Suddenly there was a pulse of…something that briefly came from Mimic at the sight before a quick burst of unexplainable rage coursed through her body.
Shaking her head to drive off the unexpected outburst, Irina frowned as she saw Xenovia and Scathach approaching them. The exorcist had an annoyed frown on her face while Scathach had a triumphant smirk, making Irina shudder at thinking how much had been promised in exchange for the help.
"We've come to an agreement, unfortunately I'm away for the next couple of days as there is a meeting Morrigan informed me of that I intend to crash. So only Issei and Asia will be going with you to see the Devils…Issei what happened to you?" asked the witch with a concerned frown.
"Just some problem with the cards, don't worry about it," reassured Issei, getting a suspicious look from Scathach before she shrugged.
"Alright well before we head back I
would like a word with, Irina? Was it?" stated Scathach as she gestured for Irina to follow her.
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