Non-Canon Omake: Through the Looking Glass: Part 9 (Patreon)

Takao Shimoda POV

Well, this was a pretty fucked situation.

“Fear not, friend of Riser. Riser shall defend you from harm.” The Phenex member boasted proudly.

“Will you?” A large blast of holy power sent him hurling into a wall.

Riser hit the wall of the school, falling to the ground wincing in pain, but he got up, looking good as new. “Hah, as if a mere 10-winged Angel, the anti-thesis of Devil Kind could match Riser.”

“Oh, I like you, you got spirit.” Kokabiel, the Fallen Angel and one of the Grigori leaders smiled, looking down at not just him but all of us. “Better than these other ones.” He swept he arm, as Rias’s was on the ground, along with Sona.

“Riser is stronger than them.” He said proudly.

“I beat you….” Issei forced out, pushing up on his feet.

“Yeah, Issei beat you!” Rias pushed to her feet too. “Why are you even here?”

“No, Riser lost to the Satan because he cheated.” Riser raised a hand. “And Riser is here to protect his best friend.”

“Why do you keep calling me that!?” I told him that it wasn’t me!

My bastard other self!

“Riser will never forget the debt he owes.”

Dammit!

“I thought you stopped referring to yourself in the third person.” Sona huffed, breathing heavily, I quickly moved to her to help her up.

I….I couldn’t do anything else, I was too weak.

“Riser did it before out of arrogance and a misguided sense of superiority.”

“And what changed.” She deadpanned.

“Riser realized that he must be shameless. Satan Lucifer shamelessly cheated. The Red Dragon Emperor shamelessly boasts about his fetishes and gets stronger because of them. Thus Riser must become more shameless.” He said with confidence.

“…..what the hell happened to you, Riser?” Rias looked at him in utter bewilderment despite the fact that we had a host of Fallen Angels hovering overhead, intent on killing us all.

“Riser got therapy.” He nodded to himself.

Dammit Wilhelm!

He even enrolled in our school! He keeps following me around and treats me like his best friend.

Though I would really like for him to be here right now.

Didn’t he warn us about this exact situation? Why wasn’t it handled already!

“He’s not wrong. Devils are beings of desire, if you focus that desire you can go really far.” The Ten winged Angel added rather helpfully.

“Oi, Riser doesn’t want advice from someone who looks like a vampire movie reject.” Riser said pointedly.

There was a beat of silence before a light spear pierced him, impaling him to the side of the building.

“Riser!?” I found myself blurting out in concern.

“Don’t worry, friend of Riser, this is nothing compared to the power of a Phenex!” He spoke before throwing up a mouthful of blood. “Oh, that doesn’t look good….”

“You realize that Holy Power is something that overcomes your regeneration, right?” Kokabiel looked at him.

“Riser rejects your reality!”

“The reality that you’re bleeding to death, poisoned by my holy power….?”

Riser threw up another mouthful of blood. “Riser is just getting warmed up. Heh.”

“…..what is wrong with you devils?” Kokabiel finally lost that amused grin.

“Now Issei!” Rias screamed.

“Dragon Shot!” He roared.

And Kokabiel dodged it rather easily. “…..did you really scream it out beforehand?”

I looked at Sona who just face palmed.

“Riser kick!” I looked up and Riser was somehow above Kokabiel, flying at him, and somehow managed to kick him. Granted, it didn’t do much, didn’t even knock him to the ground, sort of just…knocked him back a bit before the Fallen Angel grabbed him and threw him back at the ground, creating a new hole.

“….riser kick?” Kokabiel repeated.

“Riser couldn’t think of a good name.” He admitted, stumbling out of the hole on the ground. “Riser really wishes he brought his peerage with him.”

“That goes double for me…” Rias smiled awkwardly.

“I’d like to add myself to that group.” Sona grit her teeth, standing up by her own strength, Magic Circles appearing on her hands.

“Riser questions when Satan Lucifer is going to cheat Kokabiel of his victory and save us.”

“Will you let that go!?” Rias huffed.

“Never!”

“Sorry kids, but he has no idea what’s going on right now. Don’t worry, we have a few more minutes that we can play around before I got to cut this babysitting short.” Kokabiel chuckled. “I’ll tell you what, put up a good fight, and I won’t make it hurt when I put these Excalibur swords through your hearts for your family to find.”

“Do any of you have a good plan?” Sona whispered.

“Hit him as hard as possible?” Issei offered.

“….a better plan?”

“……Hit him as hard as possible with my Power of Destruction?” Rias hesitantly added.

“I really don’t even question the fact that he’s your pawn, Rias.” Sona said dryly. “Dare I ask, Riser, do you possibly have a plan? You seemingly have more combat experience than us.”

“Riser has an idea.”

“…..I hesitate to ask for details.”

“Rias can challenge him to a Rating Game, therefore her Brother will inevitably interfere and cheat so she wins.” He spoke.

“Will you stop holding a grudge against me! I thought you were happy we weren’t getting married!?”

“Riser is ecstatic he doesn’t have to be married to you. But Riser is also pissed he was cheated after winning his prize.”

“Satans….I think I liked you more when you were trying to marry me.” Rias’s mouth hung open.

“Fine, Riser has a plan.” He spoke up with a serious look. “Kokabiel, Angel of the Stars. Dare you accept a duel!?”

Everyone stared at him like he was an idiot.

“Sure.” Kokabiel shrugged. “What’s the rules?”

How the hell did that work!?

“One versus one, no interference, winner is decided when the other can’t fight anymore.” Riser paused. “Against the Red Dragon Emperor.” He stepped back, gesturing to Issei.

“Deal.” Kokabiel accepted.

“….dick.” Issei barely got the words out before Kokabiel was on the ground, his hand grabbing Issei’s face and throwing him through a wall.

“Tally ho.” Kokabiel casually jumped through the hole in the wall, and we heard the sounds of Issei getting his proverbial and very literal shit kicked in.

I recognized the sounds enough from when he got beat up every day for peeing on the girls in the school.

“This was your plan?” Sona looked at him.

“Yes, now Riser can die happy.” He smiled.

“You are just…..the worst kind of person.” Rias replied.

“No, if Riser was the worst kind of person, he would do this.” Riser took a deep breath. “Red Dragon Emperor, if you don’t defeat Kokabiel, he’s going to pierce Rias’s breasts with his spears of light, destroying them.”

“…..what was that supposed to do?” Rias looked at him.

“Wait for it.” Riser held up a finger, then suddenly, the building Issei was in exploded.

“Welsh Dragon Balance Breaker!” He roared, blasting Kokabiel away with the power of his Sacred Gear.

It was always phenomenal to see it in person, and I couldn’t help but be jealous that he had something like that while I was sitting here…..worthless in a fight.

Rias visibly relax and I found myself feeling like death wasn’t certain now.

“….I still fail to see – “

That was until Issei was slammed into the ground again with a maniacally grinning 10 winged fallen angel repeatedly punching him in the face.

“Riser realized Kokabiel was holding back. Kokabiel wouldn’t hold back if Red Dragon Emperor used his Balance Breaker, meaning he gets a more thorough beating.” Riser explained.

“…..I really am not fond of you.” Rias said emotionlessly.

And he promptly treated Issei like a rag doll and threw him around until he got bored, only dragging him back to us and tossing him at our feet, unconscious.

“That was a nice little workout, he makes a wonderful punching bag.” Kokabiel rotated his arm as if it were just him warming up. “Who’s next?”

“Rias.” Riser volunteered her.

“Dick.” Rias looked at him, barely time to even say that as she got blasted by a burst of Holy Power.

“Next.” Kokabiel looked amused again.

Riser’s fiery wings burst out from his back. “Worry not, Takao. Riser will protect you and your lame girlfriend.”

“I am not lame!” Sona huffed, focusing on Rias who stumbled back towards us looking a bit beaten up.

He charged at Kokabiel again, actually looking like he was able to put up a fight.

Or maybe that was just because Riser could take a beater better than anyone else and keep going.

Definitely the latter.

It didn’t take long for him to hit the ground again, and for several light spear to pin him there, making him unable to move.

“Well, that was certainly fun. A nice little workout to go with it. But we should end it, however, I admit I’m enjoying myself too much to simply make it so unsatisfying. How about we turn it into a little game?”

“Riser is good at checkers.” The Phenex raised his hand despite bleeding from all over and still impaled by light spear.

Sona did her best to remove them, but it was hard enough to even be near them for a Devil. Her magic was able to destroy them with a bit of effort, and I moved to help Riser stand up on his feet.

Kokabiel held his hands up, a big ball of Holy Power formed. “Alright, I’ll keep making it bigger and bigger, let’s see how long you can last.” He threw it down on us.

Sona cast a big Water spell, Rias threw her Destruction at it, and Riser’s flames burst out, all colliding with the big ball of Holy Power.

Barely, just barely, they were able to destroy it, but all of them looked far too exhausted.

“Good job! Round two!” A bigger ball of Holy Power appeared above.

Useless, I was so useless!

“Takao, make a run for it. We can stall long enough, maybe you can escape while they’re paying attention to us.” Sona whispered.

“No way, I – “

“I agree.” Riser interjected. “Go my friend, we shall block them. Don’t worry, a Phenex can’t die.”

“…go Takao, it’s fine.” Rias smiled bitterly. “Tell Sirzechs to pull off his wings for me.” She added with a wink, as if to force herself to not react badly.

Why couldn’t I be stronger?

My other self, he was strong! Dad was strong, they’re all strong, but I’m weak, useless!

They said run, but it was already not an option, that big ball of Holy Power was falling down and I closed my eyes, waiting for the inevitable.

“Do you want power?”

What?

“Do you want power?” The same voice, it was as if time slowed and I heard a strange feminine voice in my head.

“I want to be able to stand next to them, I want enough power to protect them!” I shouted in my mind.

“Are you sure? There’s a price to be paid for everything.”

“Yes, whatever the price is, I accept it!” As a Devil, I felt like I was making a Devil with The Devil.

But…what choice did I have? What was worse here than just dying? Then having the people I care about die? Having my mom  have to find out what happened afterwards?

No, I would give up my soul if it meant I would have enough power.

“Very well, then it’s time…..to became a hero of love and justice.”

“Yes, I – Wait what?”

“Magical Girl Transformation Sequence, go!”

I saw a bright light and my clothes disappeared and oh god, was I seriously going through a transformation sequence?

What the fuck was happening!?

I felt something on my chest, Is that a bra?!

“Sorry, only done this with girls before, but eh, it’s fine.”

It’s not fine!

A very tight and revealing shirt swept around me. Followed by… I felt something ride up between my legs and I very much did not like it!”

“Is that a thong!?” I squawked.

“Listen, I said I’ve only done this for girls before, just let it happen.”

“I regret, I regret!”

A very short skirt appeared around me, to the point where it barely came down past my butt. “Why is my skirt so short!”

“What a weird question, obviously so people can get a glimpse up your skirt while you’re fighting, duh”

“That’s not a valid reason!”

“Get ready, you need to say the magical words to finish the transformation. Otherwise, you won’t have the power to defeat this villain.”

Fine!

The weird lights around me disappeared, it was as if we returned to the world but I felt powerful.

I grit my teeth and accepted it.

The words I needed to speak fresh in my mind as I felt a strange wand between my fingers, I flew up and held it pointing towards the big ball of holy power coming down.

“Bringing love and justice to the world, Magical Girl Kaleido Ruby!” It felt like something solidified and all that power was bubbling up inside of me. I wasted no time and swung my new wand, and a massive burst of power shot out, piercing through.

“Oh what the fuck – “ Kokabiel’s last words as the beam of power shot through him, and lit up the night sky, continuing out towards space.

And then, I just floated there.

“….Takao……why are you wearing a magical girl outfit.” Sona asked.

“…..I don’t know.” I fully admitted.

“Riser is confused. Riser can see up his friend’s skirt. Riser is wondering why his friend is wearing a thong.” Riser spoke, making me realize that everyone could see up my skirt. “Riser is having some very unwise thoughts.”

As if I didn’t have enough problems, the other Fallen Angels seemingly had a moment to realize that their leader was dead. A good….few hundred of them…..yeah, that’s not good.

Though, and rather suddenly, they all completely froze. Like icicles falling from the sky, they hit the ground and shattered. Winter appeared instantly, the temperature dropping to nearly freezing without warning.

I looked down and Serafall was there, her eyes murderous, like a true demon with ice and cold air literally wafting out of her mouth.

“Serafall!?” Sona blurted out.

“Ah? Sona?” Whatever was happening to Serafall, she seemed to snap out of her weird state. “What’s this? Where am I? What’s going on?”

“Did you come here to rescue us!?”

“Uh…..?” Serafall looked around. “I just….felt a Disturbance. Like someone was stealing something of mine and I acted without thinking.” Her head turned unnaturally around as she looked up at me. “Takao~ I think you got some explaining to do~”

I gulped.

“Oh wow, good luck that one looks crazy.” My…wand just spoke.

I really am not in any presence of mind to deal with this.

As if the world was wanting to slap me one more time, there was a slight….twisting and burst of magic as a note fell through the air and I casually reached out for it.

“Dear Takao, I was watching and it looked like you were having a rough time. So, I thought I’d lend a hand on your journey. No need to thank me, just take care of Ruby.

Xoxo

-Wilhelm Henry Schweinorg

P.S. I took lots of pictures and sent them to mom."

Am I allowed to hate myself?

Because I really hate myself right now.

@***@

A/N

So this is a weird one because Wilhelm didn’t directly appear in the omake, hopefully it comes off how I intended. Otherwise, the next parts of the omake are going t be Wilhelm somewhat involved in the ‘canon’ plot of DxD from their world.