An irresistible heart and will

Chapter 2 - Grievous mistake

"Azazel?! what are you doing here? never mind that Have you seen Ise?" Rias immediately questioned the Governor of the fallen angels fervently.

Instead of answering, he stood up from the couch, crossed his arms and gazed at the peerage forebodingly.

"Azazel say something!" Rias was backed up by Akeno, her best friend and Queen.

After a few more seconds of wordlessness, Azazel sighed in a displeased manner and finally answered, "Ise is gone to train in a secluded place to prepare for the upcoming rating game. He wants to up his game and fix his flaws. I, being his mentor had given him the green light to do so."

Azazel finished nonchalantly in his usual way. However, what caught the peerage's attention was his gaze; it looked less friendly and more serious.

"When he will he return?" Rias asked her team's mentor impatiently. She was backed up by the other club members, who were feeling guilty and wanted to apologize and make up with him as soon as possible.

Azazel glanced at Ravel who looked down at the ground with a timorous expression.

Azael shifted his gaze back to the Orc members and calmly said, "After two months."

"TWO MONTHS?! exclaimed the Orc in disbelief. 

"What do you mean two months?! Rias shouted hysterically. She wants to make amends with him, and if she doesn't see him for the next two months. The relationship she desires might not come to fruition. She already failed as master and a woman and fears their relation might have been fractured beyond repair.

"Where is this 'secluded place' you were talking about?!" Akeno thundered. She had a very bad feeling about this - this is out of character for someone like him. She just wanted to hug, comfort and heal his scarred heart

"He can't leave for two months! What about the upcoming school festival? what about his clients? what about his schoolwork?" Kiba stated skeptically. He, like Akeno, had an odd feeling and it involves the relationship with the girls.

"Training with whom? He has us. How can he concentrate without us?" Xenovia shared her thoughts. She wanted to apologize to him for how she acted in the clubroom. She looked to Irina, who nodded in agreement.

"It is too dangerous for him to be training without me! I need to be there to heal him if he gets wounded." Asia muttered with a depressed expression. She wants to apologize to him for being so selfish and heal his mental scars that he received from Raynare.

Gasper and Koneko too were curious and worried about the pawn's sudden change of attitude.

The perpetually jovial archangel narrowed his eyes and adopted an emotionless expression that greatly unnerved the peerage. 

"Regarding all of your questions, Ise came to me earlier and requested me to help fill put a school absence for a period of two months. He wants to train without any disturbance and said he will get his schoolwork done with him during training and he already informed his clients first-hand that he will not be able to visit them as he is travelling abroad." Azazel finished passively.

With this Rias's worst fear was slowly becoming a reality. 'Train without disturbance? and importantly he never informed me or the others?' she thought painfully.

The others were beginning to come to the same conclusion and feared that they might have too vulgar regarding the clubroom situation and the relationship may fall beyond repair.

Rias regained herself and almost snarled at Azazel, "And Azazel why wasn't I informed this? I am his master, and he should have requested my permission. Or the very least I should have been notified."