Chapter 6: Tick Tock
(Y/N)'s POV
"And that is why Pupa is pure Eroguro anime." I said while walking home with my brother who was putting his hands on his face while the girls looked at me in disgust. "Be glad that I planted Boku no Pico in your brain and not this thing."
"Thanks for reminding me about cannibalism...I don't think I'm eating meat anytime soon." Issei cried out. "I think I will stick with traps for now..."
"How do you watch this kind of thing like it was a casual thing to do?" Rias asked both of us.
"We are one of the unfortunate ones...at least we dropped it minutes into Episode 1!" I reassured her while Bill shook his head in amusement.
"Really? Then why did you stick around on-"
"Wedon'ttalkaboutthatmangaeveragain." I quickly said, interrupting him in mid-speech as Bill nodded his head.
"What manga?" Issei inquired, getting a bit curious about our conversation.
"Wedon'ttalkaboutthatmangaeveragain."
"Geez, it seems you seen hell itself."
"Nah, I saw Tartarus."
"Is Kiba going to be alright?" Asia said out loud in concern. We all looked at her with the same expression as we continued walking home.
"Man, why does this have to be so difficult?" Issei quickly scratched his head in frustration.
"Give him a break." I told them, gaining their attention. "He has been through a lot in his life. Don't worry Rias, we're gonna think of something to bring him back to your Peerage and solve this Excalibur problem."
"You heard them, (Y/N)." Rias frowned at me. "We can't involve ourselves in the Church's matters. It's bad enough that Kiba's gone rogue, we don't want to worsen our situation by joining in the hunt. Promise me you wouldn't do anything stupid?"
I sighed in defeat and nodded my head slightly. "Fine..." We continued to walk as I pulled my crossed fingers out of my pocket. I then walked past them before feeling some energy surging near us. "Did you guys feel that?" I asked while looking around the residential area. I then noticed that I didn't get any response from either of them. "Guys-" I turned around and noticed that all three of them...stopped.
I waved a hand in front of their faces but they didn't give any immediate reaction whatsoever. "Hmm, looks like you can resist my time stop, darling~" A girl's voice said as I looked up and saw a black haired girl with twin tails and mismatched eyes.
"Who are you and what did you do to my friends?!" I yelled while turning into my Cipher mode. "And what did you just call me?"
"This aura...feels...familiar." Bill said as he looked at the mysterious girl.
"How could you forget about cute little old me, Darling~?" She pouted. "Don't you remember me in the slightest?"
I put my hand on my chin before shaking my head. "Nope, no clue at all."
"Mou! You've been hanging out with all those girls but forget about the best girl you'll ever have." She jumped off the roof and swiftly landed by on her feet on the ground. "Remember the time when we first met in the candy shop?"
"Candy shop?" I tilted my head to the side, still confused by this situation. She sighed in frustration and put her right hand on her right eye, before giving me a cute smile. Then the realization hit me like a damn truck. "Wait a minute...Kurumi...?" I asked as she smiled brightly before lunging forward. She wrapped her arms around my neck and hugged me tightly.
"YOU REMEMBERED!" She cheered happily, rubbing her cheek against mine. I gained a slight blush before she backed away with a smile. "It's been a long time since we last met."
"Yeah..."
"Now, we meet again..." She pointed her musket towards my head with a childish smile. "I can finally make you mine!"
"...What now?" I asked before moving my head to the side as she pressed the trigger. and the bullet hit the wall nearby as time resumed. Everyone was shocked because of the sudden appearance of the girl in front of me. "Well, that's a very fuck up reunion."
"Aw, I missed!" She pouted before jumped back as I shot flames from my hand while my left eye was filled with blue flames.
"Okay, what's with my luck getting people who are most likely to kill me at first glance?" I ranted, clapping my arms and summoning chains in my hand. "Just my luck."
"Oh, I'm not gonna kill you, darling~" She chirped as she pulled out another musket. "I'm just going to cripple both of your legs and claim you as my one and only soulmate, that's all!"
"That's not reassuring at all!" I yelled at her.
"What's happening here?" Issei asked, confused by the situation after being released by her Timestop. "Who is she?"
Rias gasped in shock as she saw Kurumi with her guns. "It can't be..."
"You know her Buchou?"
"That's the infamous Exorcist of Time, Kurumi Tokisaki!" She explained to the others as both Kurumi and I started to fight in the street. "She is rumored to have the power to control time after being blessed by the angel Zafkiel."
"We need to help him!" Issei was about to jump in but Rias put her hand in front of him.
"Don't! She's stronger than any of us, only (Y/N) can fight her right now."
Issei cursed under his breath as I keep on fending against the Time Manipulating woman. "Damn it."
Bill's eyes widened as he looked at the woman as I kept dodging her shot one by one. I used my chains to wrap it around her arms. She then sped up time around her and dodged the weapon with ease and moved forward with guns in her hand. She rapidly pressed the trigger, I created a shield around me that repelled the bullets.
She gritted her teeth in frustration as she reloaded her weapons. I took a quickly created illusions of me as we simultaneously rushed towards her with our respective chains in our hands. Kurumi noticed this and slowed the time around the illusions.
"What in the?" Issei was shocked at the display of her power.
"Like I said, she can manipulate time at her own discretion." Rias told Issei as she gritted her teeth in frustration. "That is the main reason she is branded as the most dangerous exorcist ever to live."
She then grinned before dropping it off as another me jumped between the illusions. "What?!" She gasped in shock as I whipped my chains at her weapons, pulling them out of her hand before summoning multiple chains around her legs and arms.
"Got you." I smirked and dusted my hand off.
"Nice one, bro!" Issei cheered. "You caught her in a bondage situation!"
"GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE GUTTER, PERVERT!" I yelled at him as Kurumi was struggling to get out of the chains. "It's no use, Kurumi. You violated the power of manipulating time by not saying The World when you do a timestop! How low can you be-"
"(Y/N)...really?" Issei deadpanned at me.
"You never change huh, (Y/N)." Kurumi chuckled a bit. "Always with your jokes even in a serious moment. That's what makes me love you..."
"Okay, now tell me why you suddenly turns Yandere and tried to claim me as your possession?" I pinched my nose in frustration. "You were once cute a little girl back then!"
"Well, let just say after that day, I took a liking to you." Kurumi admitted with a slight blush on her face. "From your face to your attitude. Day by day...from like to love to obsession. That's why I abandoned the Church and went stray for you."
"Are serious?!"
"I don't think she's joking (Y/N)." Issei said as he stood beside me. "Judging by her tone alone, she is madly in love with you."
"Well, to be honest." She smiled a bit as she looked me straight in the eyes. "I'm more of a Yangire to be exact. With a little Yandere."
"Yangire?" Asia asked in confusion as she looked at the Stray Exorcist.
"That means she loves to kill for her own pleasure..." I sighed. "Well, what should I do to you then? We can't leave her on the streets alone..."
"She's a fucking exorcist, bro!" Issei exclaimed, pointing directly at her who was humming a nameless tune without any care of the current situation. "Are you seriously consider to let her go just like the other girls?"
"...yep."
"Un-fucking-believable..."
"I agree with Issei." Rias nodded her head slightly, glaring at the Time Manipulating girl. "She's not to be trusted. It's better to kill her now-"
"You just jealous that I had an interaction with (Y/N) before you." Kurumi cheerfully chirped at the red-haired girl as Rias flushed face the same color as her hair.
"I-I'm not."
"We can see it on your face..." We all deadpanned as Asia fidgeted her finger nervously.
"Umm...what's your decision, (N/N)?" Asia asked as I put my finger on my chin, thinking about it while Kurumi kept on humming before I gave out any clear answer, several gunshots can be heard as we all immediately ducked from it.
The chains that tied Kurumi breaks apart after being shot multiple times. She smiled brightly and jumped away from us while taking the weapons on the ground. She aimed the weapons towards my legs with a sadistic grin, her fingers itching to press the trigger as I looked up in horror.
Fortunately, a figure landed in front of us before pointing a revolver at Kurumi who was beyond shock by the presence of the man. It was Castiel with black wings appeared on his back as he gave an annoyed expression towards the mismatched eyed girl. Everyone was tensed by the aura that was seeping out from the Sandman.
"Cease fire, Tokisaki." Castiel scowled as Kurumi immediately followed his orders and put her guns in its holster. He twirled his gun, imitating the RoboCop infamous gun twirl before putting it into his own holster near his belt. His expression changed into a bored one as he looked at us with some disinterest. "I apologize for what she has done to you."
"Who the fuck are you?!" Issei summoned his Boosted Gear as he was glaring at the man in black suit.
"No need to be feisty Oppai Dragon Emperor. It's not like I'm gonna kill you just because you adore women boobs. In fact, you remind me of my perverted friend as well. He must be here somewhere... Anyway. Now, Maid Demon...its look like we finally meet in real world."
"DON'T CALL ME THAT, YOU ASSHOLE!" Both Bill and I yelled in anger as red flames burst out from my left eye.
"So, (Y/N) is into maids huh?" Kurumi asked in interest.
"I'm sorry, who are you again?" Rias asked, feeling slightly confused and curious about this situation.
"I'm sorry for entering your territory uninvited, Rias Gremory." The man bowed a little. "It's rude of me to do so. I'm Castiel Everlast but you may remember me by my old nickname...Dream Angel."
Asia gasped in shock. "You mean...Castiel, the Dream Angel?"
"That's right, Asia Argento." Cass nodded his head slightly. "But you can just call me Sandman...it suits me better..."
"The rumors are true...you joined the Grigori side..." Rias said as the man clicked his tongue. "Why are you here in my territory?"
"Two reasons. Fetching this Gun Obsessed girl and babysitting Maid Demon..."
"I SAID DON'T CALL ME THAT!" I furiously yelled as the man pulled out a cigarette and a lighter. and lights the end of it and starts smoking. "Okay, seriously...why the heck are you even babysitting me? I don't need it..."
"Last I remember, you almost turned into Professor X before he went bald." Cass commented. "And forced to live with a time-stopping Yandere...Yangire...whatever...I don't give a damn..."
"How do you know (Y/N) exactly because it seems that you guys have met before?" Rias inquired, crossing her arms under her breast while glaring at the Sandman. Judging by her expression, she still feels wary about the Fallen Angel in front of us.
"Easy...I mindfucked him after he fucked you..." He bluntly said without any regard. The teens including me blushed in red as Rias' hair. "I'm not wrong."
Rias cleared his throat. "W-W-Well, clearly you don't have any bad intention towards this town...right?"
"Don't worry about me...but Gremory, kid...I must warn you about the incoming danger to this town. I've been hearing about Kokabiel stealing the Excaliburs from the Church for some unknown reasons. I don't know about you but I think it's better for you to prepare for the worse outcome."
"Is that so?" My face changed into serious expression from Cass's warning. "Fine then. We'll see how this goes."
"Don't worry." Rias had the same expression as mine as she stood proudly. "As the Heiress of Gremory, I will never let anything taint our territory with their devious plan."
"Very well then." Castiel threw the cigarette to the floor before planting his feet on him. "Now, if you excuse me...I have some business to attend too." He stretched out his wings before levitating himself in the air, flapping his majestic black wings. "Also, I heard you don't have a Queen yet."
"Oh right..." I said, looking towards him with a curious expression.
Cass smirked before nudging his head towards Kurumi who is looking at me with a smile. "What's a King without his Queen am I right?" He said before flew away in the dark skies living five of us on the same road.
"So..." I nervously scratched the back of my head, smiling sheepishly. "Well, wanna be my Queen?"
"Are you proposing me?" Her eyes sparkle as she immediately appeared in front of me. "But we never went on a date yet! Oh, I always imagine how our wedding would go when I was younger-"
"Peerage...not marriage...get your facts straight." I chopped her head with a deadpan expression.
"Ouch!"
Rias pouted at me with jealousy while Asia clapped her hand happily, knowing there's a new friend to join our weird family. Issei nodded in agreement with a few tears of jealousy in his eyes.
[Timeskip]
Next day went on as usual with both Issei and I planning to do something stupid later after school. As the bell signaling the start of recess time, I got up and quickly made my way to one of the Mystery Twins.
"Yo, Dipper!" I called out as the boy looked up from his books feeling a bit confused about me.
"Hey, (Y/N)." He greeted me back. "What's the matter?"
"I need to talk to you about something...but we can't speak here right now, can we?" I implied while nudging my head towards the peoples who aren't involved with our supernatural stuff. "Also, bring your books."
"I see." Dipper nodded his head before looking at his twin. "Mabel, can you go and have lunch with ORC? I have an important thing to discuss with (Y/N)."
"Alright then, more time for me to look at Kiba!" Mabel giggled as we both immediately left the classroom, confusing the others.
We made our way to the rooftop of our school with Bill appeared with an annoyed expression on his face. I placed my hand on the doorknob and twisted it before pushing the door, only to be surprised by a man sitting on a chair with a canvas in front of him. I raised my eyebrows in confusion, as the man turned his body around towards us.
"Yusuke-senpai?" I called out, slowly making my way towards the open rooftop.
"Ah, (Y/N)." Yusuke smiled as he looked back at the canvas with a brush in his hand. "Fancy meeting you here."
"Sorry for interrupting, we'll just go somewhere else." Dipper apologized, bowing a little.
"Don't be. Everyone is welcomed here...Even that sleeping man over there..." Yusuke pointed at a guy laying on the floor. The man immediately shot up with a tick mark on his head.
"You got a problem with that, punk?" The blonde haired man yelled before looking at us. "Great, more nuisances..."
My left eyes twitched in irritation before I cleared my throat. "We meet again, Tyrion."
"Ah, (Y/N)...Sure we do. Now tell me what are you doing here?"
"We're here to discuss something in private but since you guys are here...I think we'll just forget about it."
"Tch," Tyrion clicked his tongue before slipping both of his hand in his pocket. "And I thought you devils would be more trustworthy."
My eyes widened in shock as I looked at the Third Year from his claim. "How did you...know?"
"You demons let out some unholy energy." Tyrion explained. "At first glance, I felt it when we met in the Student Council room. Incredible that some of the most famous people in this school such as Rias Gremory and Akeno Himejima are, in fact, Devils."
"Wait, how can a human like you feel the presence of a Devil?" Dipper inquired with slight interest.
Yusuke chuckles as he firmly brushed the paint on the canvas. "Funny to say, he's not fully human like you."
"You just have to open your mouth, Yusuke." Tyrion scowled at the artist.
"I already warned you about them but you didn't heed my advice."
"Are you a hybrid as well?" I asked as Tyrion slowly nodded his head. "A half human and half devil?"
"No..." The blonde man shook his head before giving a serious look on his face. "I'm a Demigod." All of us excluding Yusuke looked at him with a shocked expression on our face, bewildered by his announcement. Tyrion straightened his blazer before leaning his back on the fence. "I knew this paranormal stuff since I was a kid back at Norway."
"That explains your superhuman strength that Sona told me about." I nodded my head.
"Oi, there's someone peeking at us behind the door..."
All of us glanced at the door as I used my power to swing it open, revealing Kokichi as dropped to the floor. He winced in pain before looking at us with a sheepish smile as we all deadpanned.
"I don't know why but looking at your face just annoys me for some reason..." Tyrion admitted as he glares at the Ink Demon. "Let me guess, another Devil?"
"Ink Demon to be exact." The younger boy stood up, dusting off his pants before giving us his signature smile and not the creepy one. "So, what are you guys talking?"
"Let just say a Dream Demon, a Nephilim, an intelligent human and a Demigod decide to chat on the rooftop." I explained as the mentioned people looked at me before shrugging their shoulders in agreement.
"This reminds me of my old criminal friends that almost killed us." Bill chuckled, shaking his head in amusement.
"That is the weirdest bunch of people so I definitely want to join the conversation." He grinned as he made his way towards us. "Now tell me there's something exciting to do with this weird team up."
I cleared my throat before looking at Dipper, finally remembered about my original plan. "Dipper, you said that there's an eight Excalibur rather than original seven. Tell me that you're not bluffing?"
Dipper shook his head as he pulled out Journal 4 and sat down followed by the rest as we all sat in circles. "I'm not joking when I said that." He flipped the pages of the books before stopping at a page labeled Holy Weapons. "I already said that I have done research on multiple Supernatural things back in Gravity Falls. But my interest started when I went to visit a Church. At first, I didn't believe the superstition that Angels and Devils exist but during my stays at Gravity Falls, there's nothing impossible in this world."
"You got that right, Pinetree." I said.
"Well, as I continue my research for a couple of years, I found out about the secret project regarding about this weapon but mostly on Excaliburs." Dipper pointed at the picture of the True Excalibur which was a diagram with multiple lines towards the others. "As you know, Excaliburs broke into seven pieces." I pointed at each picture on it. "Destruction, Mimic, Rapidly, Ruler, Blessing, Nightmare and Transparent. But unknown to everyone, there's one more piece of Excalibur that is yet to be found..."
"Let me guess, Excalibur Deity?" Kokichi raised his eyebrows. "Somehow, I feel that someone with a God Complex used it as their weapon."
"...You're right." Dipper nodded his head at Kokichi.
"He's right?!" All of us minus Kokichi said in disbelief as the prankster deadpan at us.
"Really guys?"
"Actually, Excalibur Deity was created before the True Excalibur even broke." Dipper explained.
"So let me get this straight." Tyrion called out. "Are you saying that someone took a piece of Excalibur from the sword itself and carved it for their own good without breaking the original? What bullshit is that?"
"Yeah, King Arthur wouldn't give his most precious treasure to anyone..." Yusuke joined in. "Unless someone close to him did that but I don't think anyone would dare to do it."
"But there is one." I said in confident as everyone looks at me. "Mordred."
Everyone widened their eyes in shock before agreeing with my idea. "That's right." Dipper smirked as he pointed at a picture with a big 'Question Mark'. "Mordred creates the first artificial Unholy Weapon and used it against his father. It says that this is the sword that destroys the Excalibur."
"Please don't tell me that he made a pact with a Devil to make Excalibur even more powerful than it's original..." I sighed in frustration.
"Unfortunately."
"Okay, so where this Excalibur Deity?" Yusuke inquires. "Surely, Mordred hid Deity somewhere so that the Church didn't get their hands on it."
"Well, it hard to pinpoint exactly where it...is but my research tells me that Excalibur Deity..." Dipper looked at them. "Is somewhere around Kuoh."
"Seriously?" We all shouted in shock.
"You telling me the sword that rivaled the original is stuck in a random boulder somewhere around this town? You gotta be shitting me!" I shouted in disbelief.
"Sounds stupid but I did the research and turns out that one of his followers came to Japan and hid it somewhere near..." He pulled out a map out of his pocket...which for some reason he brought it here and pointed at one of the locations. "Here!"
We all looked at the map before I gasped out loud. "No way...that's the Church where I saved Asia! That's why I feel some eerie aura coming out from the Church every time I passed by it."
"How come you never realize that a weapon so powerful was hidden under your nose the entire time!?" Tyrion exclaimed.
"I don't know. I didn't think of finding something that I just discovered today in one night while fighting a bunch of Stray Exorcist, and Fallen Angels at the same time." I then looked at the picture once more before looking at them.
"Wait, why are we talking about Excaliburs again?" Tyrion said as they all looked at me with a questioned look.
"You guys know that three of the six Excaliburs owned by the Church was stolen by the Grigori right?" I asked as some of them nod their head with the exception of a confused Dipper. "But why would they only take three of them? Couldn't they just take it all for themselves?"
"Probably out of men to do the job." Kokichi deducted.
"When you think about it, it does sounds suspicious." Yusuke put his hand on his chin, thinking about what I just said. "I remember that I fought one of them in the possession of Excalibur Rapidly. They went by the name Freed Selzen."
"Proving that the Grigori is involved in this whole Excalibur mess..." Tyrion called out before narrowing his eyes. "But why would they came here of all the places?"
We all thought it for a bit before Kokichi widened his eyes in horror. "(Y/N)...those three girls brought Excaliburs here right?"
"Yeah..." I looked at them with a raised eyebrows, confused by his sudden reaction.
"Remember who is in charge of this area?"
"Yeah, the Gremory...wait..." My eyes widened in realization as all the information rushing through my head before piecing it together. "Mamma mia..."
"What's the matter, kid?" Bill asked as he was listening to our conversation from the beginning...since no one in the group of five notices him anyway except for me and Kokichi.
"Something on your mind, Hyoudou?" Tyrion asked, looking at me with slight interest.
"Guys the reason that Fallen Angels didn't take all the Excaliburs....is to lure Iri-chan, Xenovia, and Yuki here in Kuoh." I began as I summoned a whiteboard of thin air, shocking Dipper, and Tyrion as I stood up from the floor. I pulled out a marker and started scribbling words and clues on the board at a very fast pace. "And they appeared at Kuoh especially in Gremory territory to attract the devil as well..."
"What does that mean?" Yusuke inquires.
"Think about it." I turned around towards them. "If they took all the Excaliburs, there would just be... I don't know... A war between Angels and Fallen Angels for the swords. But don't you see there's something missing here?"
"Yeah...the Devils weren't involved in the equations!" Dipper answered.
"Kokichi, you say that Kokabiel is a warmonger right?"
"Yeah, since I was little." Kokichi answered. "Are you telling me that Kokabiel wants to...restart the Great War between the Three Faction?"
"Exactly. And the setting is at one of the Gremory territories which have a close relationship with the Great Satan." I showed them the diagram on the board with all the information on it.
"Well, that sucks." Tyrion complained. "I just got here and you guys going to turn this place into a battlefield?"
"Not if we stop it first." I said, completely shocking the rest of the group as I gave them a grin. "So, gentlemen. Wanna join in the Excalibur Hunt?"
Bill chuckled as he smiles in amusement. "This is going to get wild..."
To Be Continue
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