Guardian Angel

Chapter 17: Rising Tensions

By morning, Túrin was abruptly woken by Rias who was standing over him in her school uniform. The archangel had for once managed to oversleep, much to everyone's surprise. 

"Is there something you need Rias?" Túrin asked her. 

"Last night, before my mother left, she told me that it was time to release my second bishop, and I need your help," she told him. 

"With what exactly?" he asked her. 

"Gasper, my bishop, has a very powerful sacred gear, but he doesn't know how to properly control it," she informed him.

"And you want me to help him, gain a handle of his powers?" Túrin inquired. 

"If you wouldn't mind," Rias requested. 

"Very well, I'll help," he agreed, much to Rias'  relief. "So where exactly is Gasper?" he asked her. 

"He's at the O.R.C," she answered. 

"Alright just let me get dressed first," he requested getting out of bed. 

Placing regular clothes on, when he was ready, he and Rias left the apartment. Reaching the clubhouse, all the others were there, much to his worry. 

"No need to worry, my mother excused us from classes today to help Gasper," Rias assured him. 

"Alright then," he told her as they all walked inside. 

Walking through the halls of the clubhouse, they came across a set of double doors with a magic barrier preventing entry. Undoing the barrier, there on the queen-sized bed, was a small coffin. Seeing the lid to the coffin, creak open, a pair of magenta eyes gazed upon them. 

"It's alright, Gasper, you can come out, no one's going to hurt you," Rias assured him walking closer. 

"W-who are they?" he asked timidly keeping the lid only partially open. 

"Some of them are members of my peerage while the others are friends," Rias explained as she placed her hand on the lid. "You can come out Gasper, we only want to help you," she assured him. 

"But it's scary out there," he disputed trying to close the lid.

"The only way to conquer your fears is by facing them head-on, Gasper," Túrin told him walking over grabbing hold of the lid and tearing it off its hinges. 

"Ahh!" Gasper yelled in a fright causing his sacred gear to activate stopping time momentarily to escape the coffin before time resumed. 

"Where'd he go?" Issei asked walking over. 

"I-I'm sorry, please don't hurt me," Gasper begged as he appeared from behind the bed. 

"No one's going to hurt you, Gasper, Turin's here to help you," Rias assured him walking over. 

"He is?" Gasper asked timidly. 

"Of course. He freed me from Riser and he'll help you control your powers," Rias promised him, reaching her hand out to him. 

"What exactly is Gasper?" Túrin asked her, coming over. 

"He's a daylight vampire-human hybrid, because of this he was ostracized by his people and his own family even disowned him. That was till I found him and made him my bishop," she explained, keeping Gasper close to her. 

"Well, he seems plenty calm around you," Túrin pointed out. "But I think an introduction is in order. Hello Gasper, my name is Túrin Inlustrem, I'm an Archangel, these are Asia, Irina, and Xenovia, my fellow angels who work alongside me," he introduced them.