Rampage

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“So you used to live here?” Issei looked around, the two story house was giving off that cozy vibe, that just drew him in and the trees around it gave it a nice rustic aesthetic.

“So cozy!” Irina cooed, she wanted to live in a place like this, but the house they were staying in gave a more cozier vibe, maybe because it's a cabin? She didn’t know but she quite enjoyed the cozy vibes.

“Yes I did,” Antonio smiled, “and it truly is cozy isn’t it.” He ruffled Irina’s hair.

“I didn’t peg you for the cozy and friendly type of guy?” Kiba jokes, he hadn’t known much about Antonio but he thought he was more of an Modern type of guy, because of the place he lived in while they were in Japan.

“Oh really?” Antonio then began looking for signs of Strays or even Cold Ones around the place. Akeno’s imps had picked up that there was an unhuman force lurking around here.

“What made you think of that?” He teased, he knew why KIba thought that way and he wasn’t really bothered by it, Akeno knew him the longest and thought the same thing when he showed her the Cabin he wanted built.

“My harem and I would have to live in a place like this, but bigger.” Issei smiled to himself, “got to have room to fit all the kids.” He earned a smack from Antonio who could only snort.

“People say dream big, so I guess you can go for it.” He shrugged that it really didn’t apply to him since he hadn't had a dream for it but it appeared before him so he went ahead and took it.

“We didn’t come to talk about your fantasies, we came here to exterminate some Strays.” Kiba chuckled, he had already gathered a trace of a stray and summoned a simple holy sword.

“That’s right,” Antonio grinned, “we came here for that!” He had also caught a trail and now had a blood whip revealed, the metallic scent of it filling the air.

"Summon your gear, because we're gonna get rid of an infestation around here." It was a shame that the strays weren't smart enough to get far enough from the Swan residence, or they just didn't expect a Devil to come and exterminate them.

"Right now?" Issei watched Antonio and Irina sprout their wings, he was grabbed by Antonio and Kiba was snatched up by Irina.

“Oh right now!” He shrieked, popping out his own wings, “I can fly!” He squirmed, fearing for his life as Antonio glided through the trees at top speed.

"Antonio! Where are we going?" Issei rushed to ask, his gear out and ready though he was struggling to keep himself from scraping the ground from the lack of flying lessons and speed he was going.

"Into the woods?" Antonio lifted a brow, "don't you sense them?" He now knew that he had a lot to work on when it came to the boy.

"No?" Issei muttered, "I've only been doing this for a month." He couldn't really think straight when he was constantly on the verge of being smacked into a tree, so he just silently followed behind Antonio, Irina and Kiba who oh eventually had to grab him so he didn’t smack into a tree or rock.

"Issei, this was supposed to be a little get away for everyone, but I think this is gonna be a training session for you too." He wasn't kidding, Issei could possibly die and that would upset Rias greatly who thought of him as pretty useful.

"I'm trying, no one ever taught me that!" He whined, a tree branch smacking him in the head.

"I really am, I work out with Kiba." Kiba only worked out once a week since he's so busy with his job.

“And you barely want to do that.” Kiba rolled his eyes, he could use his own wings, or run, either would’ve been fine, but he wouldn’t miss the chance to be cuddled up to his girlfriend.