DxD Crawling To The Top

Chapter 55



Chapter: Debate… and Wish...



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At the same time, Athena had teleported towards a park in Kuoh and just stood there, contemplating. She knew what Haruto wanted, the ultimate power, but he would need to beat Great Red to get what he wanted, and was impossible. The Red Dragon God represented the concept of dreams. Something that not even the Infinite could beat. Because the 'Dream' itself means that the impossible was made possible. 


Even if Ophis herself had all of the Top 100 Creatures in the world go and help her fight Great Red, that still would fail. That was what the Strongest Existence represented.


"Hey there." That was when a voice rang out through the park, and Athena looked up to see Thor just standing there with a smile on his face. "Nice seeing you-"


"Fuck off," Athena responded instantly, already seeing where this was going. "I am not in the mood to talk. If you continue I will annihilate all of the Norse Gods out of the Earth."


"C'mon now, I am just trying to politely talk here." Thor frowned.


"I don't care, I am not in a good mood. So I will kill you now." She got up and her divine energy created a parallel space to the real world where they could fight.


*burst*


Suddenly a hand covered in darkness bursts out of Thor's chest. 


"Oy, were you just trying to seduce my woman you Norse prick?" Haruto's voice rang through the empty space and he pulled out his hand, leaving a gaping hole of blood where Thor's heart would be.


The God of Thunder looked around, but he couldn't see anything. But his injuries were real and he felt like a curse was slowly consuming him. He had hoped to try and seduce Athena with his charms, after all, a strong woman like her was quite attractive, even if he had failed, he thought that at worst he would have just received an injury. Only a mad man would have killed him, even if they could… and he was in the Top 10 so that was unlikely, to begin with.



Fwosh!


Suddenly, he felt a gentle breeze pass through his neck and he felt like he was flying, and that was when he saw a headless body with a red cape, wearing the same metallic mesh armor as he would usually wear. 'Wait… that is my body…'

Just like that, The Norse God of Thunder died, and Haruto appeared out of nowhere as he folded out of space like he would fold the cloth, casually pushing it away.

Athena frowned at him. "There was no need, I would have killed him. You think I am some weak girl or something?"


Haruto shook his head, his looks uncharacteristically serious. "No, I killed Thor because I wanted to. Not like I need to help you with anything, I doubt you would have had a hard time against him."


"No, I wouldn't." She answered casually before both of them were back at the original Kuoh park with people around them. Though they both appeared out of nowhere, no one seemed to notice or even look their way.


There was an awkward silence between them, Athena didn't know what to say, she wanted to apologize to him… after all, she did just say that she would leave his soul behind after death...

"Sorry about before." But Haruto apologized before she could, "All this time you have sacrificed so much for me, but I never did the same for you. Sometimes, down the road, I took you for granted. Never even thinking of what it must have felt… to kill your siblings, father, and mother for me."


Athena didn't say anything and just looked at the ground. "I never regretted what I did. Because I did it for you… all my life, I had finally met someone like you. I understand where you are coming from, but I just accept what you are doing… you are killing yourself. You are a human, even if you were a devil, angel, yokai, hell even if you were a God you would die. There is a reason people consider Ophis the strongest and not even talk about Great Red, because he is beyond something that can just be listed. Never before had someone even scratched him in recorded history."


Haruto sighed and pulled her in a one-armed hug, causing Athena to lean on his chest while they were sitting on one of the benches. "Athena… I will give you one wish for everything you have done. I will complete one of your wishes, no matter what. You can ask me to stop what I am doing and even kill myself, and I will do it. Because I want you to know… that I am willing to sacrifice for you, as much as you are for me."


She chuckled. "You never make this easy, do you?"


"Sorry for that too. I sometimes like my games way too much. I can stop that too if you wish for it." He asked her, giving the option to Athena to be able to change one thing about him, whatever it was he was resolved to comply.


*sigh* She sighed and looked at his calm eyes and kissed him. "Stupid, I told you… I want you, changing that by myself would be illogical."


"You still have a wish. So what's it gonna be?"


"Heh, sure, my wish is for you to go on a date with me."


His face freezed and looked at her with wide eyes. "That's it?... you wouldn't have to use it for something that I would do anyway."


She got up and extended her hand towards him. "C'mon now, don't keep a lady waiting. Let's go on a date."


Haruto shook his head and clasped her hand interlocking it with his. "Let's go then… I will show you the best time of your life Athena. Let's have the time of our life."



'Guess I wouldn't mind dying with him.' Thought Athena, planning to be with him even when he likely died. They would be together for eternity.

Haruto saw her expression and smiled sweetly at the young woman. "Sometimes I wonder what you saw in me to fall for someone like myself."


"Well… I saw you… that's all there is to it." She answered like it was the most logical answer in the world, though this had Haruto be even more confused. Because he would be lying if he said that he went after Athena in the beginning because of love, he went after her for her power. Back then he needed the power of a God who would look after his interests.

Now though… he felt different about her… 


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At the same time, Sona and the ORC Club were on one train. Rias had an amused look on her face as she played chess with her childhood friend. "So, what do you think of Haruto?"


This just made Sona frown. "Nothing… what is there to think of him. Well, I guess he is good at chess, but that's about it."


That was the moment when Akeno saw a small opening appear in Sona's usually cold and steady defenses. "Ohh~ he is good at chess? Did he beat you? If I remember correctly, if someone beats you in chess then they can marry you."


Sona frowned. "That is correct, but I doubt someone like Haruto would try and court someone like me."


"Hm? Why?" Wondered Rias. "I don't think Serafall would be against it. Also, you are pretty."


Sona didn't say anything and thought about her answer, she knew that her body wasn't as voluptuous as Rias' nor Akeno's. But that didn't make her feel any less, because while they had those big breasts, she had her brain. 


"No, it's not that either," she answered, unlike her friends, she likes to think things through before saying them, "It's just that Haruto doesn't seem like the courting kind of man. He isn't someone who would waste time on something like that."

Rias was confused by this, but Akeno agreed. "Right, he does seem more like the kidnapper kind of guy."


"Oy, don't be rude Akeno." Rias chided her best friend, but Akeno only had a smile on her face when she heard that.


"Ara~ Rias, are you defending your boyfriend already?" Akeno immediately went into her sadistic mode as her eyes danced in pleasure as her friend squirmed under the pressure of having to admit something like that in front of Sona who both knew held feelings for Haruto… even if the studious girl didn't admit that.


"Well, you too Akeno aren't that much different." This time Koneko came to her King's rescue, "You act like you don't like him, but at the same time feel strangely happy whenever he says something bad or corners you in a wall like a manga character. You also say that you hate it when he always seems to smile as if he knows everything, but then you say that you like guys who always smile."


"What?!!" This was Akeno's turn to become flushed, "It's not like that at all!"


"It's your true self fighting with the masochistic side inside of you. Just accept it Akeno, you are head over heels for him and even already did the deed with him, I don't know why you keep acting like this… or maybe you get a thrill from this all? I guess that's probably it." Koneko's words were like arrows to the half-fallen angel. Every single one of them right on point, and Sona just looked at all of this calmly while sipping her tea, clearly amused by the situation.


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