when shinji had control over instrumentality he allowed the human race the ability to choose to return but he also made a doorway for himself, an escape, in doing so he brought the entire race of devils into the new world with him, this granted shinji the opportunity at rebirth
now as adriel marchosias he lives peacefully alongside his peerage in marchosias castle, newest of the castles built for the seventy-two pillars built in the japanese style in honor of shinji's sacrifice, and his rebirth, adriel was content to lock himself in his lab, and experiment, on his artificial sacred gear project, transforming his unit-01, into a sacred gear, has so far been his only true success, at least in his eyes, despite him creating several powerful weapons, and even reforging completely by accident, the excalibur morgan, which he gave to his wife's paladin xenovia
"master" sui-feng said
"what is it" i said as i worked on my latest project
"lady marchosias is here to see you" sui-feng said
"inform her i will be with her in a moment" i siad
"she said, she requested to see her husband, and appears to be rather persistent" sui-feng said, i sighed
"what does the girl want this time" i said, as i set my project, which took the form of a spear, down, and followed sui-feng to a sitting room, where rias sat waiting, drinking tea that was likely made by akeno
"yes miss gremory what can i do for you" i said
"it's marchosias, i am your wife after all" rias said i scoffed
"we are only married do to politics, i gave you free rein to find a lover, what do you need my blessing for him as well" i asked
"that is not why i am here" she said
"what is it then, do i need to defend you from phenex, again" i asked
"no it is not that either, i believe you have put the fear of satan into him, in your last battle" rias said, i scoffed
"i have yet to meet anyone that doesn't fear the angel of silence, what is it, gremory" i asked
"it's marchosias" she again reminded her husband, as he snorted
"my parents are pressuring me for children" she said
"we're devils, you know full well how long it takes to get pregnant, give them that excuse" i said
"my mother tested me without my knowledge" rias said
"inform them that your husband refuses to touch you, it's true enough, and it will divert their ire, to someone who can, and most definitely will ignore them" i said
"as you have been for the past two months" she said, i nodded
"indeed, i came to this world for my freedom, i will not allow them or anyone else to take that freedom from me, at least brother understands that" i said
"i find it amusing how you don't consider us married yet you consider sirzechs your brother"
"i consider ajuka my brother as well, and serafall my sister, your point" i asked, she snorted
"you know exactly the point i am making" rias said, i shrugged
"tell me why do you have a peerage" she asked
"because it's expected of me" i said, she blinked not expecting that answer
"i am to take over as the next asmodeus, falbium has already begun grooming me, there needs to be at least one satan with a full peerage, and since i will be leading military affairs, that distinction falls to me, erza leads the peerage into rating games, i have no reason to compete, i have no wish to do so, i only ever competed in three two of them were to protect you from phenex, and the third was a tagteam match, which you bribed me to participate in with you" i said, she frowned, that particular match was against sona and her cousin sairaorg, it was fun and hard fought, and she and shinji had won out, the only reason it was hard fought was that she had convinced shinji not to use his tsukihime, severely handicapping their side, and making it possible for them to lose, which made it all the more fun
"adriel, this isn't living, you can't tell me your happy with how your life is going" she said
"i am content, that is enough" i said stubbornly
"adriel" she pressed, as he finally lost his temper
"what do you want from me, i have done everything everyone asks of me, and yet it is never enough, all i want, all i have ever wanted is a family, that wants to be with me, is that too much to damn ask, instead, i was thrown into a war, and when the war finally ended i thought i was free, and could finally live my life, only for it again to be dictated for me, WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT FROM ME" i said growing ever louder as i spoke, before finally shouting the last bit, she closed her eyes, and allowed him to get this out of his system
"leave, just go, i don't want you in my home any longer" i said
"adriel" she said
"leave" i repeated, she sighed, and got up, she took one last look at him, before portaling back to gremory castle
"well" zeoticus asked
"he is not in a good state of mind at the moment" rias said
"what does that mean" venelana said
"he does not want to have any physical relations with me whatsoever i have confirmed it, that is one line he will not cross" i said
"doesn't he understand it's for the good of the devil race" zeoticus demanded
"and that is the reason why he refuses, he didn't ask to be one of us, we just started the ritual without his knowing or his consent, but there is only so far, someone can be pushed, even he has his limits" rias said
"what do we have to do" zeoticus asked
"find someone who actually loves him" rias said bluntly
"he refuses to go through with political marriages, he still calls me gremory, and in his eyes we aren't married, marriage is a very special thing to him, he refuses to allow it to be taken from him like everything else is, if we keep pushing, we will likely to make him an enemy" rias said, zeoticus scowled, he knew how powerful the boy was, even zekram bael respected him and his capabilities, before his resurrection, after his resurrections, zekram made sure to ally his clan with the marchosias family, an alliance that is incredibly strong, thanks to the deep friendship between the boy and his descendent, rias's cousin sairaorg
"what do you want to do about this" sirzechs asked her sister
"honestly, he may not see us as married but i do, this ring on my finger proves it, i want to get close to the man that is my husband, if he'd just let me" rias said
"hmm" sirzechs said, before looking towards his father, who got the message he was not wanted, he may be head of the family, but his son was still the named lucifer, and so he nodded his head
"if you will excuse me, venelana would you come along dear" zeoticus asked, his wife nodded and followed
"what if we annul the marriage, it is within my power to do so, if i can gain the aid of the other satans, and lord bael, which are all close to adriel so it shouldn't be too hard" sirzechs said
"no, i agreed to marry him, if we annul the marriage, it will give father the opportunity to marry me off to riser, adriel is my protection against him, and i think we could be more, given the chance, i think i'm gonna move in with him" i said
"rias" sirzechs warned
"he has never physically hurt me, and i don't think he ever will, this will give me the opportunity to get to know who adriel marchosias, who shinji ikari is a person, and it will also give him the opportunity to likewise get to know me, and hopefully i'll be able to break him out of his shell, he may even come to actually see me as his wife, and want me by his side, and i'll have my peerage with me" rias said, sirzechs looked at her worriedly but nodded, he wasn't worried about adriel physically hurting her, he knew the boy well enough to know, that would never happen, bit he also knew the boy enough to know just how broken the boy truly was
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HSDXD: a devilish EVA
Fanfictionshinji ikari reset the world resurrecting mankind, but he also created for himself a way out, a door into another universe, and he inadvertantly brought an entire race of devils with him, these devils grateful for the opportunity presented combined...
