The Supe Devil 14

Chapter 14: 

– Marcus –

I decided to fly back to Japan to visit Rias for a couple of hours. Surprisingly, no fighter jets tried to shoot me down this time as I flew over the ocean. I almost felt disappointed. 

When I landed just outside the gates of Kuoh Academy, it was lunchtime. Normally, people couldn’t just walk onto campus, not even alumni like me, but Kuoh was run by devils. Rules here were more like suggestions. No one really gave a fuck...

As I walked through the gates, the whispers started almost immediately, and I caught bits and pieces of their gossip.

“Can you believe Rias-senpai’s boyfriend has been a superhero this whole time?” one girl whispered loudly enough for me to hear.

“I’m so jealous!” another chimed in, clutching her friend’s arm dramatically.

“I should have asked Marcus out last year!” a third girl whined, stomping her foot like she’d missed her only shot at happiness.

I chuckled to myself. Before I even reached the front doors, I spotted Sona standing near the entrance with her arms crossed. 

“Hey there, Auntie Sona,” I called out, grinning.

She immediately frowned, her arms tightening against her small chest. “Please don’t call me Auntie. I’m younger than you, Marcus.”

I shrugged. “Still feels like you’ve been eighty years old since the day I met you. You’re too serious all the time.”

Before she could retort, I sped forward in a blur. Now that the world knew I was a Supe, there was no need to hide my abilities. Not that the students here hadn’t seen plenty of weird things during my time at Kuoh.

“Marcus!” Sona yelped as I wrapped my arms around her and lifted her off the ground.

“Let me go! This isn’t proper, and it’s embarrassing!” she whined, squirming in my grip like a cat who didn’t want to be held.

“Nope,” I said simply, laughing at her half-hearted struggles. Eventually, she gave up with a dramatic sigh and wrapped her arms around me for a brief hug.

“It’s nice to see you again,” she admitted quietly, her voice softer now.

“Same here,” I said as I set her back on the ground. She immediately started straightening her skirt and adjusting her glasses, like she hadn’t just been unceremoniously picked up in front of half the student body.

“You’ve been making a lot of waves in America,” Sona said, her composure fully back. “I almost thought you forgot about us over here in Japan.”

I smirked. “Of course not. I’ve just been busy, I’ve got three peerage members now. I bet they could kick your peerage’s asses!”

Her lips twitched. “Oh really? Is that a challenge…?” Despite being usually so prim and proper, Sona could never turn down any form of a challenge. She was a prideful little thing…

“Maybe,” I teased. “You’d lose, though.”

She rolled her eyes under her fake glasses. “Overconfidence is dangerous, Marcus. You should remember that!”

“Not when it’s true,” I shot back.

…

I realized I didn’t actually know Rias’s or Akeno’s schedules this year, so I had no idea where they were. It didn’t really matter, though. I closed my eyes and focused, letting my senses hone in on their demonic energy. It didn’t take long to pinpoint them—both of them were strong, and they stood out like beacons to my senses.

“Looks like they’re in gym class,” I muttered to myself before heading down the hallway in that direction.

Kuoh Academy was a maze of interconnected buildings, and to get to the gym, I had to go back outside and cross to the other side of the campus. Something caught my attention.

Giggling.

But it wasn’t the high-pitched, playful giggling of the schoolgirls I’d heard earlier. This was deeper, more obnoxious. Definitely guys. I honed in on the sound with my super hearing, my curiosity piqued. I turned my head and focused my vision, activating my x-ray ability to see what was going on.

There they were—the infamous Perverted Trio of Kuoh Academy. Issei Hyoudou and his two equally pathetic friends. I didn’t remember their names, not that it mattered.

“Whoa, look at the tits on Rias-senpai!” one of them whispered loudly, practically drooling.

“She’s so fucking hot! And those legs!” the other chimed in. “Please, Rias-senpai, step on me!”

“Rias is amazing, but I prefer Akeno,” Issei said confidently. “Her pink nipples on those bountiful oppai… God, I can’t wait for the day I can motorboat my face between them! Rias too!”

“Pfft. You’re crazy, Issei,” one of his friends said, snickering. “Losers like us will never score chicks like that. All we can do is look.”

“Maybe for you losers,” Issei shot back. “But I’m destined for greater things. I’m the main character of this story, and I’ll have the greatest harem ever!”

I felt my eyes heat up. My fists clenched as I listened to their garbage. These little shits were peeping on Rias and Akeno—my girls. Sure, I knew Rias was a bit of an exhibitionist sometimes, but she had her boundaries. She didn’t expose herself to just anyone, especially not low-grade human trash like these three.

And Issei… saying he was going to get with Rias and Akeno? That was a step too far.

Without a second thought, I became a blur of motion, speeding around the building and appearing directly behind them. The three were so focused on their pathetic little fantasy that they didn’t even notice me at first.

With a single wave of my hand, frost formed in the air, and two of the trio were immediately encased in thick blocks of ice. The third, Issei, froze—metaphorically, not literally. He spun around, his face pale as he stared up at me.

– Issei –

A few hours earlier…

“No! I was so close…”

A young man clutched his chest, gasping for breath as pain shot through his body. His laptop screen still displayed the last video he had been watching, and the counter on his calendar read “Day 31.” He never made it to the end of Destroy Dick December. His heart gave out. He collapsed onto the floor and died.

When he opened his eyes, he was floating in a dark, endless void.

“Is this it?” he muttered. “I died jerking off? That’s how it ends?”

Despair filled him, but it didn’t last long. A blinding light appeared before him, and a figure made of pure radiance emerged.

“I am God,” the being said. Its voice was calm, almost amused.

“God?” the young man asked, his voice trembling.

“Yes,” God said. “Your death amused me. As a reward, I will let you be reborn as anyone you wish.”

The young man’s despair melted away, replaced by giddy excitement. “Anyone?”

“Anyone,” God confirmed.

A grin spread across the man’s face. “I want to be Issei Hyoudou! I want to be the Harem King!”

God tilted its radiant head. “Very well. You shall be reborn as Issei Hyoudou... as a baby.”

“What?!” the man shouted, his grin vanishing. “No! I don’t want to wait years to get my harem! Just throw me in at the start of the plot. I don’t need to bother with his parents or old life anyway.”

God let out a sigh. “If that is what you wish. But understand, the multiverse is vast, and you may not end up in the exact version of the world you know. You would have better luck starting fresh.”

“No!” the man insisted. “I want my harem, and I want it now! Are you God or not?!”

God sighed again, clearly unimpressed by the man’s tantrum, and snapped its fingers.

The next thing the young man knew, he was waking up in a bedroom he recognized instantly. He bolted upright, looking around in awe. He was in Issei Hyoudou’s room.

“Hell yes!” he shouted. “This is the greatest day of my entire life! Dying is awesome!”

“Issei, we don’t usually care what porn you look at, but we draw the line at snuff!” a man yelled from the other side of the wall.

That had to be Issei’s dad. The young man—now Issei—froze for a moment before realizing how his shouting must have sounded. He shrugged it off and opened the closet, grabbing the Kuoh Academy uniform.

“I can’t wait to see the sexy devil girls of my future harem,” he muttered to himself, pulling on the blazer.

Finding the school was easy with the GPS on Issei’s phone, and he remembered the classroom number from the show. Japanese high school was just as boring as he expected, and he spent most of the day dozing off. It didn’t matter. Once he became Rias Gremory’s pawn, school wouldn’t mean a thing. He could just have one of his future harem members hypnotize the teachers into giving him good grades.

When the bell rang for lunch, two familiar faces approached him. Motohama and Matsuda, the other members of the Perverted Trio.

“Yo, Issei,” Matsuda said, grinning. “We just found a new hole in the wall by the gym. Rias-senpai and Akeno-senpai are in gym class right now. Wanna check it out?”

Issei smirked. “Hell yeah, I’m in!” The best part of being reincarnated as a “lucky pervert” was that he didn’t even have to change the way Issei normally acted.

The three of them crouched by the hole in the wall, peeking into the locker room. The sight was everything Issei had dreamed of. Rias and Akeno were perfect, their figures even more stunning in real life. He couldn’t wait to make them his.

Then, suddenly, the air grew icy.

“What the…?” Issei muttered, shivering. He turned to look at his friends and froze in horror. Motohama and Matsuda were encased in thick blocks of ice. Their faces were frozen in shock, and it didn’t even look like they could breathe.

“What the hell?!” Issei spun around, his heart pounding.

Standing behind them was a tall, muscular guy with cold blue eyes. He was ridiculously handsome, like something out of an action movie.

“Who the hell are you?!” Issei blurted out.

The guy raised an eyebrow. “Did you hit your head or something, pervert? I only graduated a month ago.” He shook his head, muttering, “I guess it doesn’t matter since I’m going to kill you three.”

“What?!” Issei’s voice cracked. This wasn’t supposed to happen! He was supposed to get killed by Raynare first!

The guy didn’t respond. He grabbed the frozen blocks containing Motohama and Matsuda, one in each hand, and spun around before hurling them into the sky. Issei’s jaw dropped as the blocks disappeared into the distance.

“Where did you throw them?!” Issei asked, his voice shaking.

The guy shrugged. “I was aiming for the mountains.”

Before Issei could respond, a fist slammed into his face, and everything went black.

– Marcus –

It took me a couple of seconds to realize this was technically the first time I’d ever straight-up murdered people just because they annoyed me.

I couldn’t help but chuckle to myself. Maybe I was becoming more like my dad after having finally met him. Not exactly something to brag about, but the thought amused me all the same.

The use of my ice magic hadn’t gone unnoticed, though. I heard hurried footsteps from the gym, and before I could turn around, Rias and Akeno stormed outside. They both looked ready for a fight, their energy flaring dangerously—until they spotted me.

“Marcus!” Rias squealed. She ran straight at me, practically throwing herself into my arms.

Before I could say a word, she stuck her tongue in my mouth, kissing me hard and passionately. When she finally pulled away, Akeno stepped forward with a giggle and did the exact same thing. Not that I was complaining.

“Marcus! You came to visit! I’m so happy!” Rias said, beaming at me. She glanced around and froze when her eyes landed on the unconscious body of Issei lying nearby. “Huh? Was one of these creeps peeking on us? Where are the other two?”

I frowned slightly, glancing toward where the frozen blocks had been moments earlier. “You don’t have to worry about them anymore. They went on a trip to the mountains. I doubt they’ll be coming back. Maybe some wolves or something will find their bodies after the ice thaws.”

Akeno giggled, covering her mouth with one hand. “Wolves have been extinct in Japan since 1905, Marcus.”

I shrugged. “Whatever. Something will eat them eventually.”

What surprised me was how neither of them seemed upset that I’d just killed two regular humans. It seemed like they had both adapted to my mindset pretty well. Gods could do whatever they wanted in this world, after all.

“Why didn’t you kill him?” Akeno asked, pointing down at Issei.

“I would have,” I admitted. “But then who knows how long it would take for the Boosted Gear to manifest again? It might not reincarnate for 50 or 100 years. I figured someone might want it, although I definitely don’t…”

“The Boosted Gear!” Rias squealed, her eyes lighting up like she just discovered anime for the first time. “I want it! I want it! I want it!”

Akeno giggled. “I think she wants it...”

I smirked. “I don’t know… I was thinking about giving it to Sona. Her peerage has been kind of lacking lately, and mine could use a challenge when we eventually spar.”

Rias pouted and playfully smacked my arm. “First of all, congratulations on finally getting some peerage members. I’m sure my new harem sisters are all very beautiful,” she said, half-teasing. I knew she assumed I’d used my peerage as a way to create an immortal harem for myself, like most male devils did. Normally, I would have been offended, but... well, I had considered it at one point.

I shook my head. “I’m only in a relationship with one of them. The other is a guy, and the third… is complicated. She used to fuck my dad.”

“How scandalous,” Akeno giggled again, her eyes sparkling with amusement.

“Regardless!” Rias declared dramatically, cutting off Akeno’s laughter. “I call dibs!” She reached down and grabbed Issei’s unconscious body by the collar. With a flick of her wrist, she placed a few more spells on him to ensure he stayed asleep. “I’ll have Uncle Ajuka extract the Boosted Gear for me later tonight!” she said cheerfully before tossing Issei’s limp body through a glowing teleportation circle. She obviously knew the extraction process would kill him…violently as well. She didn’t seem remotely broken up about it though.

That was my girl…

…

Rias and Akeno decided to skip the rest of their classes to spend time with me. Not that I was complaining. They both wanted to show me how far they had progressed in their training while I’d been gone.

“You sure about that?” I teased Rias. “I thought you’d start slacking off the moment I left.”

Rias pouted, crossing her arms. “I’m not like that anymore! I’m going to be your main wife, Marcus, and that means I can’t be weak!”

“Ara, I can’t be weak either,” Akeno chimed in with a smirk. “How else will I steal you away as the mistress?” She licked her lips, her eyes practically sparkling with mischief.

I couldn’t help but laugh at them as we teleported out of Kuoh Town. Rias took us to a private mansion on the outskirts of the city. The surrounding land was massive, easily big enough to serve as a proper training ground.

Akeno was up first. She stepped forward confidently, her gym outfit vanishing in a flash of light. For an instant, she was completely naked, giving me a teasing wink before her clothes shifted into a traditional shrine maiden outfit.

Ten black, feathery wings spread from her back, their edges shimmering in the sunlight. I remembered how much she used to hate her fallen angel heritage. It had taken a lot of encouragement to help her embrace it, and I’d always told her how I thought fallen angels had the most beautiful wings of the three factions. And I wasn’t lying.

Holy lightning arced across her body, making the air crackle around her. A bead of sweat ran down my cheek as I felt the sheer energy radiating from her. With the power of her Queen piece and her heritage, she was a true powerhouse now.

Rias wasn’t far behind. Her gym uniform was replaced by her Kuoh Academy uniform, though her aura of destruction made it clear she was no schoolgirl right now. The raw power surrounding her was overwhelming, the ground beneath her feet cracking and decaying as she stood there. She had come a long way—she was at the peak of High Class power, while Akeno was already at Ultimate Class.

“Alright, girls,” I said, cracking my neck. “Show me what you’ve got.”

Akeno didn’t waste a second. She fired a massive bolt of golden lightning straight at me. It was faster than I’d expected—too fast to dodge.

The bolt hit me dead on, and I gritted my teeth as holy energy surged through my body. It wasn’t just painful; it was pure agony. Holy lightning didn’t mix well with being half-devil.

I let out a grunt, forcing my demonic power to flood my muscles and purge the lightning from my system. It took a moment, and that moment was all Rias needed.

She charged at me, the ground crumbling and decaying beneath her feet as she moved. I barely had time to register her fist coated in the Power of Destruction before it was heading straight for my head. Her cousin Sairaorg must have been training her. Rias never used to fight head-on like this. 

I surrounded my fist in a thick block of ice and met her blow head-on. Our fists collided with a thunderous crack, the impact sending a shockwave through the training ground.

Rias let out a sharp yelp as she lost the clash of power. The force sent her hurtling backward through the air. Before she could crash into the ground, Akeno swooped in and caught her, gently setting her back on her feet.

“That was a dangerous combo,” I admitted, brushing some dirt off my jacket. “Akeno stuns, and Rias goes in for the finisher. Well-planned, but now you see why it doesn’t work well on tank fighters like me.”

I could see the gears turning in Rias’s head as she huffed in frustration. Akeno, on the other hand, just smirked.

“Ara… then how about this?” Akeno teased before launching herself into the sky with a powerful flap of her wings.

My eyes glowed as I prepared to fire a blast of laser vision at her. Akeno, of course, wasn’t just showing off.

“Solar Flare!” she shouted.

“Aw, shit!” I cursed, immediately throwing my hands over my eyes. I’d been staring right at her when she pulled that move, and now everything was white. Of course Rias would have her peerage members learn iconic anime moves. My vision was completely shot for the next few seconds, but my other senses were fine. That’s when I heard it—a soft rustle of fabric and the steady beat of a heart behind me. Rias had teleported directly behind me to stay silent, but my super hearing picked her up.

If they want to use anime techniques, then so will I…

I threw myself hard at the ground, using my strength to bury myself alive. The experience wasn’t exactly pleasant as I brute-forced my way deeper into the soil and bedrock. But the payoff was going to be hilarious.

“What the hell was that?!” I heard Rias shout from above as I disappeared.

She didn’t have much time to wonder. She let out an adorable yelp as I burst up from the ground directly beneath her and grabbed her ankles.

“Oh, come on!” she complained as I yanked her down into the hole with me. The look on her face was priceless as she ended up buried up to her head in the dirt.

Climbing out of the hole, I dusted myself off, expecting Akeno to retaliate with another lightning bolt. Instead, Rias’s queen was doubled over, rolling on the ground, laughing uncontrollably at Rias’s predicament. “Hahaha! Rias just got out-anime–ed!”

“Not fair!” Rias growled, giving me the stink eye. “You used an actual ninja move on me! You don’t even like Naruto, Marcus!”

I shrugged, smirking. “Meh. The fights are way too convoluted and drawn out in Shippuden. They were a lot more ninja-like when they were kids, which is where I got the idea.”

Rias puffed her cheeks, looking both annoyed and adorable at the same time. “You’re impossible.”

“And you’re buried,” I teased back.

I helped Rias pull herself out of the dirt and she cast a few cleaning spells on the both of us while we waited for Akeno to stop laughing so we could start round two. 

XXX

Issei will not be returning to this story… he ded. 

As for why Marcus wouldn't take the Boosted Gear himself, he’s far too prideful to rely on borrowed power on his climb to greatness.