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Chapter 28: Can Devils be trusted?
🕑 Added 2024-08-02 08:36:06 +0000 UTCRyuichi P.O.V
As we walked I felt a little dizzy, and my eyelids were getting heavier, this had started after I took the potions, but now it was completely evident that it was not my imagination. "Hm." I shook my head and rubbed my eyes with one hand to get rid of the sleepy feeling.
"Are you OK?" Kirisu-sensei's worried voice caught my attention.
"I think I just need to rest when we get home, sensei, can you stay with us to take care of Touji until I rest for a while?"
My teacher seemed a little surprised by my request, but she quickly nodded. "Yes, no problem"
"Brother, are you sure you're okay?" Touji grabbed my sleeve and asked for confirmation.
"I'm not going to lie to you, that fight was exhausting, and I'm a little dizzy, but other than that I'm fine, I'll get some sleep when we get home, please keep sensei company and treat her well, okay?" I asked, and maybe it was because he was still shocked by everything that happened or by my tone, but the little troublemaker nodded vigorously.
"Yes I promise"
"Alright, but after that we'll have a conversation about why you don't have to sneak out of class and follow me." I warned and felt a little amused to see that Touji seemed put off by that.
We continued walking, and on the way, I couldn't help but think about why this was happening to me, was it something that devils had done to me?
No, I doubted it would be like that, when we made that pact, I somehow felt that I knew what it was doing and that it was in force, applying to both me and them, and what was happening to me was clearly something harmful, so I doubted that it was either of them.
'So what...' I thought when a memory that was mine and wasn't mine at the same time came to my mind.
A short, chubby man with pale blue skin with two antennae on his cheeks, wearing sunglasses and a halo over his head was telling me something.
I recognized this being, he was the Kaio-sama of the north.
The images and sound were confusing, but I could understand the gist of what he was saying.
'Basically, you lose the ability to control your energy after using kaio-ken excessively, and unusually, it's like injuring a muscle from overwork, get some rest for a couple of days, and it should pass'
I remembered this, so the kaio-ken had destabilized my energy like what happened to Goku when he combined the super saiyan blue and the kaio-ken x10? Is that why I felt sick? But shouldn't that happen a few days later?
Wait, this… this was from the anime filler, right? So I have Goku's memories from the Toei series, until the tournament of power?
The images in my mind were distorted and a completely different image came to my mind, in front of me was a subject with green skin and white hair, his face and bare torso showed an enormous amount of wounds and minor cuts, while the expression he gave me was one of disbelief, surprise and annoyance.
"My" hand, so to speak, stretched out so that "my" palm was in front of his face, and I heard a single word.
Hakai
I felt a stab of pain hit my head, but I managed to stop myself from complaining, although I was sure I winced at the pain.
The image changed again, and this time I saw something incredibly unpleasant, once again he was a green man, but his skin was paler, and he was wearing black clothing that seemed to be made of some leather-like material.
Taking all of his appearance into account, and knowing where I had seen him before, I could safely say that it looked like the ugliest and most insulting cosplay that could have been done on the strongest Namekian.
We finally got home, and after more effort on my part to climb the stairs we walked through the door, I turned to look at the two who were with me and spoke. "You can order whatever you want for dinner, Touji knows where the card we used is, if I'm not back before 8 p.m please wake me up"
And with that said I staggered to my room, closed the door behind me, and fell onto the bed while more images of different events, friends, and enemies were shown to me.
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Touji P.O.V
I walked into the bathroom and locked the door before lowering the toilet lid and sitting down to think.
My brother was a member of the supernatural world, that was something that I had just discovered a few hours ago, and that I still hadn't fully accepted, at the speed at which the entire fight unfolded I couldn't see too much, but it was enough to understand the most important thing.
My brother, Kaname Ryuichi, had defeated Kiba Yuuto, even if it was by a small margin and with a risky strategy he defeated Rias Gremory's knight in front of not only her peerage, but also Sona's, and if there was something I knew would happen because of that was that he would attract the attention of both devils.
I didn't know how to feel about that, damn, I didn't know how to feel about the whole situation, I remembered that he told Rias, that his world had just changed, and she said that she understood his attitude because of the experience he had with a devil, so his ability awakened recently? Had he gotten into a dangerous situation with a stray devil?
I suppressed the urge to cluck my tongue at that, damn convenient cliches.
So what did Kirisu-sensei have to do with all this? Were they both attacked by one?
It was obvious from the way he addressed all the devils that he didn't like them very much, and he said he would give the same treatment to the angels or the envoys of the church? How much did he know about the supernatural world?
Besides that, what was his ability? A sacred Gear? I don't remember any that manifested as a semi-transparent white aura, that was more like the touki that Sairaorg could use, but that wasn't possible, I didn't remember too specific things about this world, but I remember that Rias's cousin got touki after doing Kenichi-style training for several years, and I know very well that my brother started training relatively recently.
So what could it be? He used illusions, right? But there's also the super-human physical abilities, the glow he used, and that red aura at the end.
I racked my brain for information about this world and its powers, but nothing I thought matched what I had seen.
I sighed audibly and flushed the toilet even though I hadn't used it before leaving the bathroom, I wanted answers, and there was only one person here who could shed some light on all of this.
I left the bathroom and looked at my brother's room door before walking towards the living room, there, sitting on the couch, and with a complicated expression was Kirisu Mafuyu.
I guess that's what would happen if you placed a person who should be in a love comedy school manga in a supernatural setting with demons, powers, and stuff.
"Kirisu-sensei." I called, and the woman started a little before turning to look at me. "We can talk?" I asked before she spoke as I walked around the piece of furniture and sat in front of her.
She grimaced, probably expecting something like that, but she quickly shook her head a few times as if she wanted to change her mood, and she responded. "Of course, Touji-kun"
"Can you tell me what happened? I will ask my brother and make him tell me the whole truth from the beginning, but I want to know your side of the story since all this started." I was as specific as possible, normally, as a child, I limited the way I spoke a little to maintain the image of a child, except for my brother, who had already seen this side of me, but taking into account the situation I decided to show Kirisu-sensei too to give the impression that I could receive, process and understand the information about everything that was happening instead of only receiving part of the information because I was seen as a small child.
This proved effective because the older woman widened her eyes in a bit of surprise before recovering and staring at me intently. "I'm not sure, Ryuichi-kun should be the one who decides to tell you everything"
"I know." I admitted nodding. "But as I said before, I'll talk to him later and make sure he gives me all the information he has, I promise this is something he'll do anyway, but I can't sit idly by after everything I saw." I said what I thought in the most mature way possible to convince her.
Everything was silent for a few seconds, but in the end, Kirisu-sensei accepted. "Okay, Ryuichi-kun told me everything a couple of days ago, and I still don't understand everything, but I'll tell you what I know, even if it's little"
I nodded in response and she began to tell me everything, the entire time she spoke I didn't say anything, no matter how surprised I was, I wanted to have all the information at hand before making any guesses or questions.
And in the end, there I was, sitting in my living room and wondering how unlucky my brother and his teacher must be for all this to happen to them at this precise moment, when supernatural events would begin to occur that could change all the supernatural world situation.
Ryuichi awakened some kind of ability after summoning Kiba using one of the contract pamphlets that the Gremory clan offered, that was the reason why he began to train.
After a while, Kirisu-sensei was attacked by a stray devil, and my brother saved her, both being intercepted by Rias Gremory and Sona Sitri shortly after.
Both revealed to them the existence of the supernatural world, explaining basic concepts such as that all religions were true, and that some parts of the world were ruled by supernatural beings even if humans were living there.
The duel that took place today was because both Rias and Sona wanted to erase Kirisu-sensei's memory, after all, she had witnessed supernatural events even though she was a normal person, but my brother didn't like that, and the duel was to decide what was what would happen.
If I wasn't wrong, which I highly doubted, Rias and Sona also used that excuse to get some idea of how strong Ryuichi was.
In short, my brother awakened some sort of fairly versatile ability, gained basic knowledge about the supernatural world, crossed paths with the main cast, and seemed to dislike them.
And there was also that mysterious person he mentioned who left him the potions, I couldn't think of who it could be, maybe Azazel? No, that didn't make sense, I doubted the guy had moved here before the whole problem with Asia and the fallen, and I also didn't remember anything that said he knew how to make potions.
The guy was more of a sort of Tony Stark of the supernatural world with the whole Sacred Gears thing, he even had the goatee.
What's more, at some point in the story was anything mentioned about the existence of potions? The closest thing that came to mind was phoenix tears, but I didn't remember anything else.
"Touji-kun, are you okay?" The voice of my brother's teacher brought me out of my thoughts.
"I'm sorry, it's just… it's hard to understand everything." I apologized, making an excuse that would apply to any normal person.
"Yes, I still can't believe everything I experienced in these last few days, I feel like my entire vision of the world was a lie." The woman I could be sure that she almost always seemed serious, now she was looking down, her hands were clasped together and trembling a little.
I felt bad for her, even though it had been years since I discovered the kind of world I lived in, I was still nervous after meeting the main cast, and the only reason I wasn't going crazy was because I knew that although they had their flaws, objectively speaking none of them were a bad person.
I didn't know how Ryuichi was taking it all, but I hoped that having a supernatural ability would have made this all easier to take in.
"Kirisu-sensei, do you really think they are bad people?" I asked, hoping that what I was going to do was the right thing.
"Eh?" She raised her face looking with an expression equal parts surprised and confused.
"I'm not saying they are good, but they didn't attack us even though they were more, and they kept their promise, right?" I pressed a little further, I was never particularly a fan of Issei, Rias, or the members of their peerage, mainly because of all the theories that said she had deliberately ignored the whole situation with Reynare so she could reincarnate Issei, or that her brother had moved the threads to deliver her all, or almost all, of the members of her nobility on a silver platter.
But if improving this woman's image of that group helped her a little to leave the fear behind and live a relatively peaceful life, then I would do it.
"I…" She looked down again, her expression showed that she didn't know what to think, and it was logical, any normal person would find that mixing the words "devil" and "good" was something contrary to what logic dictated.
"It will be okay, I know everything will be okay, after all, my brother is here to protect us like he did today." I said something cliché and embarrassing while mentally apologizing to my brother.
I couldn't say anything incredibly inspiring that would calm Kirisu-sensei, but I hoped that after this brief conversation, he would be able to finish the work and help her, after all, this woman was his potential girlfriend, right?
Leaving her to her thoughts, I got up and grabbed the phone from the kitchen, I was in the mood for pizza.
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Third Person P.O.V
Ryuichi's eyes slowly opened, and he lay motionless on the bed as he looked at the ceiling, his body felt better than it had in the afternoon, and he could now think clearly, but he still waited a few seconds for the whole situation to settle in his mind before inhaling deeply.
"I have the knowledge and experiences of Son Goku." He said it like it was a fact, which it was, a fact that he already knew, something he had accepted and taken advantage of all this time, but at the same time, it was also something he didn't think much about.
But
To which Goku did those knowledge and experiences belong?
The Goku from Z who went to train Ubb?
The one from Trunks' timeline who died due to heart disease after reaching SSJ?
The one from GT that reached SSJ4?
The one from the anime who achieved the Ultra Instinct during the tournament of power?
The one in the manga that had a story similar to the anime?
The one in the OVAs that was from a timeline similar but not the same as Z's where he fought against opponents like Cooler, Hildegarn, Slug, and others?
The Xeno Goku who was a time patroller?
Goku C.C from Dragon Ball Heroes?
The one from the horrible Live Action?
He never asked himself that or tried to find out, but now, after forcing the Kaio-ken through the knowledge implanted in his being, he knew it, and none of the previous answers were the correct ones, because Kaname Ryuichi had the knowledge and experience of all of them.
In simple terms, he had the knowledge and experience of a Son Goku Composite, a mix of all the "official" versions of the character.
"Hahaha." A laugh escaped him as he covered his eyes with his left wrist, all this knowledge and experience he had in his hands was so valuable that the whole situation felt ridiculous.
But deep down he was grateful to have it because even if he wasn't a saiyan with accelerated growth and learning ability in everything that involved fighting, with this, he was sure that if he continued training, he eventually would become powerful enough to throw a Kamehameha capable of destroy a planet or send anyone who tried to harm him, his brother or anyone around him directly to the sun.
Everything fell silent once his laughter died down, and there in the darkness, he stayed silent without thinking about anything specific, without looking at anything specific, and without knowing what else he could do at this moment, should he go out and train?
'No'. Was the answer he gave himself instantly, he had already had a very tough fight today.
Although his body felt better, it only took a quick check of his ki to let him know that his energy was still out of control.
So, a good rest was necessary for everything to return to normal as quickly as possible.
Grrr
It was then that a growl coming from his stomach caught his attention.
"Right, I didn't eat anything today since lunchtime at school, right?" He said before getting up from his bed.
'I'll go wash my face first, I hope Touji ordered pizza'. He thought walking with a calm step.
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Ryuichi P.O.V
After I closed the water faucet, I grabbed a towel to dry my face, and when I was done, I looked at my reflection.
Eyes so red they could compete with that devil's hair, lightly tanned skin, and black hair styled in a style that looked messy, but still had a certain pattern.
I knew this was my face, but inexplicably I felt like it had changed a little, although I didn't know in what sense, maybe it was my eyes? Maybe my gaze had become a little sharper?
Maybe a makeover wouldn't be bad.
I sighed as I felt my stomach growl a little, I would worry about my appearance later, I was starving now.
I left the towel on a rack on the wall and pulled my phone out of my pocket, curious to know what time it was.
7:48 p.m
So I had slept a little less than I expected, then I unlocked the screen, and what greeted me was a fanart that I commissioned from an internet artist, more specifically, a Makima fanart.
Chainsaw Man didn't exist in this world and I felt sad for not knowing the ending of what was one of my favorite mangas, I never read part two, waiting for it to end so I could read it all in one afternoon, but I heard that the relationship between Asa Mitaka and Denji was funny, so I had high expectations, it's a shame that I died before reading a single chapter of that part of the story.
So to calm my heart I used some money to get this and other fanarts of different characters from different series that didn't exist in this world.
The fact that all the characters I requested were waifus was just a lucky coincidence.
"I'm sorry Makima, because of the girl who plagiarized the design of Mio Naruse, a little of my love for red-haired girls died, along with my love for devil girls, but hey, there are still tall and strong girls." I apologized before changing my wallpaper.
"Okay, this is good too." I nodded at my good taste, this time, it was Captain Mizuki from One Punch Man who adorned my wallpaper.
With that settled I put my phone back and left the bathroom, listening to Touji and Kirisu-sensei talking in the dining room, I didn't know what they were saying, but at least from their tone, it seemed like they were calm, and that made me happy.
I knew that more challenging things were to come with the mission just a few days away, but for now, I could enjoy a little of the peace I had fought for, right?
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Okay, a little more info on this chapter, some of you asked me which version of Goku Ryuichi had the memories and experiences from, so here's the answer, crazy right?
Also, about Touji trying to change Mafuyu's point of view about devils, let's be honest, although we can blame the main cast for many things, at the end of the day, they are not the kind of people that should be considered "villains", Touji knows this, and that's why he's trying to calm things down, and he'll also try to do this with Ryuichi, because at the end of the day, antagonizing Issei, Rias and the rest would be counterproductive.
Obviously, he won't try to make his brother become the best friend of the devils, but helping him be more relaxed around them is a goal that, seen from almost all points of view, is more than acceptable.
Also, Touji didn't recognize the kaio-ken, nor the taiyoken, nor did he associate what he saw with dragon ball? Why? Well, this is done on purpose, and it has to do with Touji and Ryuichi's past.
Comments
Narsus
Que par de datos interesantes pusiste. Tengo intriga sobre el pasado de ellos dos 👀
