(DxD x Tony Stark) Iron & Myth: Chapter 9 - Genius or insane

Chapter 9 - Genius or insane

Summary: Secrets unravel, pulling bonds tighter and dangers ever closer.

Tony watched as the teens slowly came out of the back door which he held open for them, and that's why all of them could hear when a scream from inside the room they just left echoed through the hall, followed by a ranting "What?! Where are the devil summoning scum? Dohnaseek-sama said he sensed the demonic magic; the paper is here but where are the scum I need to kill? I want to taste their blood, to see the fear on their faces and hear their screams as they pay for their sins! So where the fuck are they?!"

Tony turned back to watch the group that just left the building only to see them out of their state of shock and now running away, scared shitless. Tony sighed—at least there was that.

Tony closed the door and took a few deep breaths to calm himself from what he heard. That man was insane. Was he supposed to be a priest?

Tony then called to JARVIS "Buddy, please check the security cameras, find out who that maniac is."

It took JARVIS barely a minute to open a profile on Tony's HUD. There was an image of a man with spiky white hair, and a crazy smile on his face.

His name was Freed Sellzen, and he was a rogue priest. The man was a priest in Rome until a few years ago, but then he was found out to be a psychopath with some really troublesome mental issues. He was later found to have killed over a dozen people who he deemed to be sinners, claiming that all sinners must pay with their pain and life.

Tony groaned to himself—he would end up having to deal with the psycho, wouldn't he?

Just as he finished thinking that, a gunshot sound filled the air and Tony cursed under his breath.

He pulled the door open again and ran back inside. While doing so Tony tapped his watch twice, allowing the silver gauntlet to cover everything up to his elbow this time, rather than just up his wrist.

When he entered the room again he froze at the scene in front of him. Hyoudou... why the fuck was it always him?!... was laying on the floor bleeding from a shot to his right leg, and he looked even more roughed up if the bruises and cuts on his skin were an indication.

Asia was standing over him with her arms spread in a protective manner, stopping the crazy looking priest that was holding a gun in his left hand from putting a bullet in the teen's head.

Sellzen looked enraged and he screamed "You little tramp! You are protecting a devil, you know it. I am going to teach you..." He raised his right arm to hit Asia.

Fortunately Tony was quicker and raised his palm, releasing a blast from his repulsor that hit the priest at the side of his gut. The white haired lunatic yelped in pain and dropped to the floor.

Asia and Hyoudou both turned to look at him with shock, both calling out in a surprised tone, "Stark-senpai/ Stark-kun!"

Tony knew he didn't have time for it. Because of his quick reaction the output of his blast would only burn the rogue priest, and with how crazy the man was he would probably jump back to his feet too soon.

Without delaying Tony ordered "Asia heal Hyoudou enough for him to walk and then get out of here!"

And true to Tony's prediction the white-haired man was back on his feet—actually he was stomping his foot in anger while ranting at him "YOU SON OF A BITCH! Who do you think you are?! Interfering with me while I'm killing devil scum and heretic whores?! And what was that attack, magic, are you another devil scum?"

Tony smirked and responded "Sorry Freed Sellzen I'm wholly human unlike you who is more of an animal."

Tony could practically see the veins in the priest's forehead creating a tick mark before he screamed in his usual vulgar tongue "Bastard! Calling me a fucking animal, are you fucking kidding?! You are the damn low life protecting devils and whores." He smiled madly and raised his gun at him "I will teach you a lesson."

Freed released three rounds at Tony, and he shifted his aim slightly for each one so their destinations would be different. Tony would be done for, that is if he didn't have his Iron-glasses.

It took the HUD less than a moment to display JARVIS's calculation of the bullets' trajectories. Tony then moved his metal covered arm in a way that the first bullet hit his wrist, the second one was stopped by the elbow. Tony then moved his arm slightly to block the last bullet that was aimed for his chest with his forearm.

Tony did notice the bullets weren't ordinary ones—they were glowing brightly as if they were made of pure light, but there was certainly metal that hit his arm. Those bullets would likely go through any ordinary metal, so Tony was glad his nanites were now made out of Vibranium. This metal not only managed to block the bullets, but thanks to it absorbing the power inside the bullets there was no recoil either.

Sellzen blinked in surprise for a moment before looking at his gun and stamping his foot again "WHAT THE FUCK?! How the fuck could you block my bullets?! WHO ARE YOU?!!!"

Tony didn't waste time in responding to him—while the man was throwing a tantrum Tony used the opening to launch forward, and using the kinetic power stored in his arm Tony punched Sellzen's left arm.

There was a 'crack' sound, then a 'clang' sound as the gun he was holding dropped to the floor and finally the rogue priest's cry of pain.

Between pants of pain Sellzen howled in anger "YOU FUCKER! You broke my favorite arm! You think you'll get away with it?!"

Sellzen used his other arm to pull out what looked like a hilt of a sword, and a moment later a blade made of pure light came out of it. Tony's eyes widened and he couldn't stop the outraged question from leaving his lips "Is this a lightsaber?!"

The crazy man laughed like the maniac he was and charged at Tony with surprising speed. Thanks to his instincts Tony managed to roll away just before the blade cut his own arm off.

Sellzen was surprisingly fast in his attacks, but thankfully JARVIS's calculations were even quicker so the HUD could warn Tony where the coming attacks would land, allowing Tony to use his training to evade those attacks.

Sellzen laughed with pure joy as he said cheerfully "You can't escape me forever bastard, soon my blade will be bathed in your blood. HAHAH you will pay for your sins!"

Tony caught a crimson flash of light filling the room but was distracted when JARVIS informed him "Form analyzed, Sir. Counterattack is ready."

And indeed his HUD showed him the man's opening and signaled him when to strike. Soon enough the exchange was more equal with both men attacking and defending. That was until Tony got the in he wanted and punched the rogue priest in his ribs with his metal arm, definitely hearing another few cracking sounds.

The mad man's sword was dropped to the floor as he was sent back, coughing blood. He looked wildly around, his eyes landing on Asia, who was now standing among a group he was familiar with.

"More devils!" shrieked Sellzen before turning to Tony and snarling "You will pay bastard! Next time I will cut your arms and legs off and feed them to your..."

Tony raised his palm, the repulsor whining as it charged. Sellzen's eyes widened in fear, before he threw a metal ball to the floor—a bright flash of light blinded Tony for a moment, and when he could see again the rogue priest was nowhere to be seen.

Tony sighed, allowing the nanites to return into his watch, before his eyes landed on the hilt of the sword and gun laying on the floor. Tony ran forward and picked both of them up muttering to himself "Mine. I have a lightsaber now."

Tony was giddy at his winnings until a cough drew his attention back to the room. He turned to remember that indeed he saw Gremory with her entire club standing there around Hyoudou's still injured body.

Tony smiled at the red-head and said cheerfully "Hi there Ms. Gremory. Can you please keep a better eye on your club member? It's the second time I had to rescue his ass."

Gremory cleared her throat "Yes, I will be sure to do it. Thank you for saving Issei again. I must say seeing you handling the threat has been very... impressive."

Tony smirked and gave a small, dramatic bow "Why thank you. It's a showman's greatest praise to know his audience is satisfied."

Himejima giggled before saying, "Ara, Ara, it looks like Stark-kun has a dramatic streak."

Tony gave the raven haired devil a wink, "You know it."

Gremory opened her mouth to say something when the white-haired girl from school gasped.

JARVIS informed Tony "Sir, three fallen angels' signatures are closing in on your location, Raynare is not among them."

Shit. That was bad—the only way he could take out all three of them would be to go full Iron Man and he preferred to keep that card until it was time to deal with the big boss.

"Koneko?" Gremory asked, worried.

Tony turned to Asia—she was his first priority. He grabbed the nun's wrist, ignoring her surprised yelp and quickly said to the devil group "Three fallen angels are coming here, if you don't want to fight I suggest you teleport away." Then he began pulling Asia toward the exit "Come on Blondie, we have to get out of the way."

"Y-Ye-Yes Stark-kun." Asia stuttered as she followed him.

Tony didn't stop when Gremory called to him "Where are you going? They will follow you!"

Tony called back over his shoulder "If they do, they will regret it soon enough."

He didn't wait to see the red head's reaction—he pulled Asia out of the building and straight toward his car, "Get in."

While Asia did as she was told without question Tony saw three figures with large black wings landing in front of the building. One was male with a fedora hat, and then there were two females. One tall and busty, while the other looked like an elementary school kid.

The male seemed to give them an order, which caused the two females to nod fearfully. So those were Raynare's friends.

With nothing else to do there Tony got into the car and quickly drove off while saying "JARVIS, make sure they are not following us."

JARVIS's British voice filled the car "Yes, Sir." Startling Asia who began looking around for the origin of the voice.

They drove in silence—Asia obviously still too shaken to speak and Tony respected that, he had been there.

With no warning coming from JARVIS Tony headed straight for the mansion and parked the car back in the garage.

Tony helped Asia out of the car and the young woman looked around the space asking "Where are we?"

Tony smiled kindly at her "My home. You will be staying here for a while."

Asia looked startled by the news "R-r-really Stark-kun?"

Tony petted her head a little and said as softly as he could "Of course Asia. I told you, I always protect my friends. Speaking of friends, please call me Tony."

Asia perked up and happily replied "Of course Tony-kun."

Tony gave her another smile and began leading her toward the main house. Asia was looking around with wonder in her eyes.

He hoped he would have a little more time but sighed mentally when a squeal from the entrance to the kitchen pierced the air.

The teens turned in time to see Tony's mom heading straight toward Asia while saying "Oh my, am I imagining or did my Taro bring home a girl?"

Tony couldn't believe it—he, Tony Stark, the man who slept with 12 out of 13 from the 2006 model calendar was actually blushing because his mom mentioned a girl.

He cleared his throat, shaking the feeling away "Mom, this is my friend Asia, she needs a place to stay for a while. I hope you don't mind me offering her a room."

His mom frowned and asked worriedly "Oh? What happened? Maybe we can help."

Tony shook his head with a smile "She was just moved to Japan from Italy and her accommodations are less than ideal. I would prefer if we could host her for the time being."

His mom scanned Asia's clothes, which were dirty, disheveled, with a little blood on them, and Tony was sure he himself looked a little disheveled. He worried for a moment, but it seemed as if those facts worked in their advantage.

Maria's eyes narrowed and she said firmly, in fluent Italian "Don't worry dear, we will make sure you will stay with us until you choose otherwise." She turned back to him and to English "Your dad already went to sleep for tonight, I will make sure he will make all the necessary calls tomorrow. Do not be late for breakfast and make sure Asia joins us."

Tony could only nod, and before he could respond to his mother Asia bowed deeply to her and spoke in fluent English of her own "Thank you for your kindness, Stark-san. I will be honored to help you prepare breakfast tomorrow."

His mom smiled brightly at her "Why dear, I will be delighted to have the help—FRIDAY will be sure to wake you up in time."

Asia tilted her head "FRIDAY?"

His baby girl chose that moment to introduce herself "That will be me. Welcome to the Stark home Ms. Argento."

Again Asia was startled and began looking around for a person. Maria chuckled before saying "Don't worry dear, you will get used to her quickly. I did, and I never been happier."

FRIDAY responded happily "I love you too Grandma."

Asia looked at Tony with confusion. He chuckled before simply saying "I will explain later. For now..." He spread his arms "Welcome home."

Asia smiled with happy tears in her eyes.