Morningstar: A High School DxD fanfic

Akeno and Morningstar

"Yes, it is I, Lucifer Morningstar." He said as he increased the pressure, even more, wrenching Azazel's neck inhumanly further.
"Ple... Please." Azazel mustered up the words as blood dripped out of his mouth.

He snarled "WHERE THE FUCK IS BARAQIEL?! If you don't tell me where he is," he picked up Azazel like a ragdoll and pressed his back to the wall viciously, and lifted him up with one hand and continued "I will snap off your neck before I can blink."

The Occult Research Club was horrified at the sight of a usually calm, sometimes brash, and a generally collected Azazel, sweating profusely as a fear of death gripped his face as his lips trembled. They felt a drastic drop in temperature as fear filled the air around them as if they were a wink away from the dark embrace of death. The eerie red lighting of the darkened room only increased the sheer feeling of dread. Rias Gremory knew that this was her peerage and he was her pawn. However, he was way beyond her sphere of control. She felt more helpless now, as opposed to the time when the Welsh Dragon unleashed his Juggernaut drive. She glanced at Akeno helplessly, coaxing her to do something. Based on his fixation for Akeno, if anyone could talk to him out of this, it would probably be her.

"Please, Lucifer, please stop," Akeno whispered while trying to get a bit closer to him. It took all of her might to shrug off this intense feeling of suffocation as his killer intent crippled everyone in the room and just move forward. Issei offered to go with her but Rias stopped him, letting her best friend do her thing.

"Stay back!" Lucifer roared, yes, roared in a gravelly voice, as part of his neck and his right arm turned scaly and shimmered in the dark maroon lighting.

"At least tell me why," Akeno said in an aching voice with her eyes brimming with tears. "I deserve to know the reason for your vengeance against my father. I have a right to know. Why are you after him?!"

Lucifer tossed Azael aside like a ragdoll, sending him flying through a wall. He turned back to reveal what had become of his face. His right eye developed a jet black pigmentation around it as the pupil turned golden. His face developed distinct dragon-like features. Akeno shuddered momentarily at the sight of him, which he noticed and turned away from her instantly.

He growled, "Disgusting, aren't I?" his voice was completely different from before, turning more gravelly and base heavy and deep.

"I..."

"It's fine, Akeno. I know what I am. Anyway, you are right. You do have a right to know."

Issei said, "What happened between you?"

Lucifer said, "How do you remember your childhood, Akeno?"

She hid her face behind her hair and muttered " You don't want to know..."

"I already know, Akeno. I want to know how you remember it?"

"What do you mean?"

"I know that you have always blamed your mother's death on your father. It was because of his inability to protect her and stay by her side, isn't it?"

"Yes..." She replied without even an ounce of emotion. "How did you-"

He continued "You were sent off to your relatives, who tried to kill you themselves, correct?"

"Yes..." Her voice wavered as a lump formed in her throat.

"Miss Gremory brokered an agreement with the Himejima clan for your life. Is that not so?"

Rias said "What's the point of this cruel trip down her memory lane? Can't you see that it is hurting her?"

He said "That is what you remember. Isn't it?"