AND hello to you fandom. I am Allan Von'Skoon and to those of you who know me from my first story Zero Retribution, this is my second fanfiction that I intend to write alongside ZR. I honestly didn't know how I was going to start it which was why it was still in the planning phases but in the midst of writer's block for my chapter of ZR (which I was supposed to post Saturday gone...I am so sorry) this idea flourished and has thus been given life.

So I present to you now Devilish Pride - The Return of the Prodigal Son.

This is a High School DxD fanfic where I shall insert an OC that I have developed in an original story before...and he will have company. In order to insert him and the others with him I have had to overhaul their origin stories to fit in the DxD universe which was the hard part...did that all day Saturday instead of writing my chapter for ZR. Now granted you wont see much of the changes until later in the story but I shall introduce you to my main at least. His name is Pride and yes he is part of a group of seven called the Seven Deadly Sins (how original right?). He was originally human but I decided for him to be a pure blood devil. Who he is and the family he belongs to will be OC but that shouldn't matter because they are all dead now (less complicated that way I have enough OC characters to deal with as it is.) He himself will be known to certain devil families we all know but has been presumed dead for a while now. And that is all I shall say so to get more of his backstory read the chapters of this story.

I shall take this time to answer most repeated questions: This will be a Harem Story. The harem has for the most part been decided thus suggestions will mostly fall on deaf ears. I shall have issei in this story but the focus is not on him obviously. My OC shall be a tad OP but that is only so he can fight on equal footing with a certain gender-bent character who will be part of his Harem. For the most part Issei's Harem will remain untouched due to the fact that most of Pride's Harem will be OC's except Rias and Akeno for sure (others are subject to change not completely sure yet). Also those same OC's will be part of his peerage. So again no peerage suggestions. At the end of this chapter I shall have a list of his peerage which will reveal all the OC characters and their relation to the DxD universe.

So without further ado lets do this thing ... HAVAAT THEE, READ AND ENJOY... my short prologue.

"Talking" - Talking

Thinking - Thinking

[Dialogue] - inner dragons dialogue

{Dialogue} - outer dragon dialogue

"ATTACK NAME" - Attack name


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Chapter 0 – Prologue

The Unexpected Reunion

CRAAAAASSSSSHHHH!

A body of a certain boy just crashed through the window of a certain high rise building. Even though he was falling to what most would assume his death instead of fear or despair…the boy felt rage.

Hot furious rage.

He should have known better.

He was a professional…but to be double-crossed like this, especially by that black winged bastard. He did the job he was paid for only for that bastard to attempt to kill him. In retrospect, he expected to be double-crossed but his foolish pride got the better of him once again, and now he was in such a precarious condition.

"FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK I AM SO STUPID. I SHOULD'VE KNOWN THAT KOKABIEL ASSHOLE WAS GOING TO DO THIS…BUT I WALKED HEADLONG INTO HIS TRAP BECAUSE I THOUGHT HIM BENEATH ME FUUUUUUUCCCCKKKK" the boy screamed to the heavens in fury.

He allowed himself to rage for a moment more before he gained control of himself and the cold professionalism he spent years to accomplish smothered the fires of rage in his mind.

Suddenly a man with ten black feathered wings on his back leaped out the same window that the certain boy jumped out from, "YOU ARE NOT ESCAPING ME YOU LOWLY WORM," the man spoke a huge spear of light forming in his hands.

The boy looked right into the eyes of the one who stomped on his pride before smiling wickedly.

"You should've killed me when you had the chance Kokabiel, you won't get this chance again and even worse you saw fit to tell me some of your plans while you stomped on my pride… that was a lethal mistake," the boy declared in a condescending voice before activating a magic circle.

The 'man' named Kokabiel eyes widened as he saw a symbol in the circle, which caused his blood to run cold.

"You…but that's impossible," he said as his teeth grit in the folly of his failure to end this now escalated threat.

"Oh my dear Fallen-chan, I am known by the codename 'Pride'… I am the reason the word 'impossible' was created," the boy said in amusement as he vanished before Kokabiel's eyes.

Kokabiel hovered eyeing the spot where the boy known simply as 'Pride' in the supernatural equivalent of the humanity's 'underworld,' vanished using a transportation magic circle. It should have been impossible for him considering his magic was supposed to be sealed. But it looks like he did not consider all types of magic in the seal.

Pride was part of …. Well some referred to them as a mercenary group. However they were so much more than that. To those with nefarious intentions they were known as the 'Seven Deadly Sins.' They were a supernatural Assassin Group who worked for Death, the Pale Horseman himself. They could be hired by all sides after the war to settle old grievances. There was hardly anyone they couldn't kill for the right price and for a while they brought fear to all the leaders of all the sides. Even he himself used them for one or two contracts, but almost a year ago that changed, when they killed the Pale Horseman himself and stopped taking assassination jobs.

No one was clear why this occurred but all four of the Horsemen died within a single month. And according to most sources the Seven Deadly Sins did this. Within a month they supposedly wiped out some of the most powerful existences in the supernatural world. Needless to say most disbelieved this notion especially when the group started to be hired for odd jobs here and there. But there were others such as Kokabiel himself who were cautious of this group.

Kokabiel hired them for his plans as they had a high success rate. He even hired their new leader Pride himself, who completed the mission flawlessly… and then he just pissed him off royally so he decided to screw over the boy earlier than intended. However, with this unsuccessful screw job the might of the Seven Deadly Sins will be upon him soon. Furthermore, with the reveal of the Pride's actual identity, Kokabiel wanted to kick himself for 'monologuing' like some two-bit villain. But what he saw should be impossible because that circle was too famous to be mistaken, and the implications of that were bone-chilling.

"Damn it… looks like my plans will have to be moved up so I can accomplish them before he recovers. I should get some expendables from the flock, to go and scout out the target area to ensure that he is not there waiting for me," Kokabiel contemplated as he remembers that Pride especially, was famous for holding a grudge and getting revenge.

"In retrospect this was not a bridge I should've burned so quickly…but what is done is done. I am a Cadre level Fallen Angel and to fear a group comprised of lower animals is beneath me," Kokabiel huffed in arrogance.

"Now who's group should I use as expendable pawns, hmmmm ahhh wait… Raynare's little posse will do just fine…she is so easy to manipulate after all, and worse yet, she is already in Kuoh kekeke," Kokabiel laughed out evilly before vanishing in a magic circle of his own.


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The boy known as Pride crash landed in a certain location. He laid on the floor in pain for a moment before activating his magical communication device he had attached to his ear.

"WHO… are you there?" he asked.

"Miha...?" a female voice began to answer in relief.

"Firstly, don't use my real name while on a mission Who," he said in disapproval. "Ah sorry Pride-sama," the female named Who flustered out in apology. "Secondly don't breathe a sigh of relief just yet… I am in a bad state," he said in exasperation. "Oh No… I am on my way Pride-sama, where are you?" Who responded in panic.

"I am in Kuoh, Japan" he responded lazily. A moment of silence passed before "Ah, I have found you I am on my way. It will take me five minutes at most," she said sounding like she was in a hurry.

"No need to rush, it's not like I am slowly dying from blood loss with my magic sealed," he said sarcastically.

Who hesitated before saying, "Can you still use that power?"

"I can… and I have just used it to escape to this place…but I won't use it anymore, because my pride has been stomped on enough today," He said ending the argument before it began.

Who went silent before saying "I am on my way," and cut off the line from her end.

Truthfully he didn't want to be in Kuoh. Simply because of whom this land belongs to which would bring him close to people he would rather not meet right now. However Kokabiel's plans involve this place, and those very same persons this land belongs to. Since it has come to this, he could hide in the shadows and only show up when Kokabiel moves, so that he can teach Kokabiel the horrible mistake he made by stomping on his pride. Furthermore, he could disguise himself so that they won't recognize him as, even though his features have changed somewhat, he still may be familiar to them.

Suddenly, a brown haired boy dressed in a school uniform, who seemed to be in a panic, crashed to the floor, not too far from where he lay. From what he could sense, the boy was one of… 'them'.

Oh well that just great I am about to be found by them already.

The boy got up in a panic before a light spear suddenly impaled him in the midriff.

When Pride recognized the spear for what it was his rage was lit once again. A man stepped into view possessing four black wings and wearing a fedora and trench coat.

Damn it a Fallen Angel here…tch just my luck…he felt his consciousness beginning to fade. He shook the fog from his head, and tried to move his body farther away from these supernatural beings.

No I have to stay awake…if that crow finds me….before Who…I might really…

As Pride struggled to remain conscious the crow spoke some condescending words to the boy. Something about being unlucky and other such nonsense. He prepared to deliver the final blow to the boy, before a crimson red magic circle appeared with a symbol that Pride knew very well.

"Oh… well… shit… this just got…more complicated," Pride whispered to himself in derision before seeing a beautiful red-headed girl appear along with a rather busty black haired girl.

Heh…She is even more beautiful than I remember… I always knew she was going to be gorgeous when she became older…my little Rias…Damn it, I hope she doesn't find me…because I don't want to face her as I am right now.

This was the last thought Pride had before he succumbed to blissful unconsciousness knowing that the crow was going to be taken care of, and hoping she just left with the boy, who seemed to be related to her.

He hated the fact that he felt a mild twinge of envy at that final thought.


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"That boy is one of my household Fallen One, I would really appreciate it if you would just let him go before I have to get…more hands on," the devil Rias Gremory threatened the Fallen Angel before her, while a spark of her destruction power appeared in the palm of her hand.

"Heh I wouldn't want to cause the current owner of this land any trouble so I shall take my leave. But you should keep your pets on a shorter leash Gremory-san, after all who knows what would happen if they met one of my kind again," the Fallen stated in amusement before flying off quickly.

Rias visibly relaxed at the Fallen's departure before she went to Issei's side.

Honestly the perverted boy was a magnet for trouble. She really hoped that the power sleeping inside him was worth all this trouble.

When she first saw the boy, she was amused by his perverted antics. Her interest grew when she felt the sleeping power within him. When the Fallen woman killed him she took it as an opportunity to get that hidden power for her own. When she saw that he would take all her pawns to reincarnate him into a devil she was even more interested.

The more she learned about the boy the more interested she became.

He reacted to her nakedness in a cute way this morning. If she had to admit he wasn't that bad looking himself and despite his perverse personality he was a shy innocent boy to heart, which meant he had a respect for women most perverts usually didn't have. That made her opinion of him rise, as well as her interest in him… but even so, her heart already yearned for another…hoping beyond hope that he was still alive.

But it had been almost eight years now, could she still hold on to that hope? Or should she allow her interest in this boy to continue to rise? He might be able to help her move on from the pain in her heart for the one who was gone now. But even if that was the case her future was already decided by her family…she was soon to be married to another pure blood devil, so maybe it would be better if she held onto this impossible hope than to pursue this new possibility.

All these thoughts crossed her mind before she felt the fading power of someone else close to them. She looked towards the direction she felt the power was in, to find a person lying on the ground.

"Rias?" her Queen, the busty black haired girl asked curiously.

"Akeno take Issei back to the clubroom and heal him…I need to investigate something," Rias ordered the girl named Akeno.

Akeno looked at her, then at what caught her attention, before stating in amusement after sensing the fading power of the person, "Ara ara it seems you are blessed with good luck Rias…to have another potential peerage member fall in your lap."

"That remains to be seen Akeno now go help Issei while I check this person," she responded before walking towards the fallen person.

"Of course Rias-sama," Akeno said before touching Issei and teleporting him away for healing.

Rias cautiously approached the fallen person. She noticed that he was clearly male. She also noticed that he was rather handsome despite how beaten up his face and body was. He had naturally tan brown skin, snow white coloured hair and from the uninjured parts of his body a well sculpted body. He was unconscious with a peaceful smile on his face even though he was gravely injured and bleeding out slowly.

The power she felt fading from him was substantial…but what really got her attention was how nostalgic it felt. As if she knew and felt this power before. Maybe her thoughts of a certain boy were making her feel nostalgic. She looked at the boy with curiosity.

No his hair should be a beautiful shade of violet but his skin is almost the right color if not a bit paler. If I could see his eyes I would know if it was him because of its unique hetero-chromatic silver and gold coloring.

She stared intensely at the boy before pulling out her remaining pieces to see if she could reincarnate the boy.

I don't know why but I feel I should take this chance to reincarnate this boy

As she contemplated which piece to use a gunshot rang through the air, and she suddenly backed away quickly from where she stood dodging an attack from an unknown person.

She looked up to see a hooded female figure pointing a high caliber rifle right at her.

"The first shot was a warning devil girl…back away from Pride-sama or you will be wondering where your head is at next," the girl stated the disdain in her voice clear when she said 'devil'

Rias made the smart decision to back away slowly before saying, "My name is Rias Gremory, the current heir to the Head of the Gremory Household, and one of the administrators of this devil territory named Kuoh," she said with amazing grace despite being threatened by the girl in front of her.

The girl considered her before saying, "That is all well and good but I don't remember telling you to stop backing off."

Rias continued to back off while saying, "He needs help immediately so I suggest you concentrate on that and know that I am not your enemy, I was only trying to help him."

The girl scoffed at that saying "Help him by using those pretty enslaving collars you devils call 'Evil Pieces'?"

Rias paused before saying, "At the time it was the best solution," in her defense.

"Well good thing I am here now," the girl said as she pulled out a piece of paper and pointed it at the boy. A magic circle appeared by the boy and a rather big snake came out of the circle. Seriously it was really huge, so much so that one could sit on its head comfortably. It was a beautiful emerald color with silver markings about its body resembling tribal tattoos. The snake interestingly had its eyes closed and sniffed around before the girl addressed the snake.

"Alice, your master is in trouble you know what to do," the girl said quickly.

The snake then sniffed at its apparent master before quickly swallowing him up. Rias exclaimed in shock while the gun wielding girl pulled out a change of clothes from a bag hanging at her side. Rias looked at the girl's nonchalant response to what the snake just did and calmed herself as she wondered what was going on.

She got her answer as a few minutes later the snake regurgitated the boy back out who landed on his feet as he was awake now.

"Sigh that was just disappointing, thanks for the assist Alice-chan," the boy said in a flirty tone. The snake nuzzled him affectionately. "Look forward to your reward later you sexy girl you" he said with appreciative voice before dismissing the snake in a magic circle, who Rias realized must be his familiar.

But the sight before her had distracted her from those thoughts, as the boy was currently butt naked. And what a nice butt he has she thought before her face went red.

"You know you really should learn how to use teleportation magic Who-chan," the boy said in teasing.

"We are not alone Pride-sama," the girl named Who said tensely while indicating with her rifle.

The boy then turned to Rias giving her a full view of his attractive face and body now unmarred by injury…and full view of his substantial… 'Maleness.' If Rias' face wasn't the color of her hair yet… it was now. But when Rias looked into his eyes she saw a hetero-chromatic silver and gold pair staring right into her eyes before they quickly changed to a pair of violet colored eyes.

Her heart skipped a beat before she blinked, and what she saw confused her. Was his eyes just silver and gold or was that just my mind playing tricks on me? She asked herself, before staring attentively into his eyes refusing to blink in case his eyes changed color again.

The boy smiled and said, "Well I was going to tease you and say my eyes are up here but it seems you are not interested in my naked body then," he said in mock disappointment.

Rias got flustered before saying, "Hmph I have seen better so it wasn't that impressive."

"Oho really now. Well then no more free shows for you then," he said with a flirty wink before turning to his female compatriot, who handed him the clothes she just prepared after holstering the rifle on her back.

"Looks like you are the only one who appreciates my body Who," he said with a flirty wink to the girl. The girl got flustered and looked down shyly before saying cutely, "S-S-Stop teasing me Pride-sama." The boy took her clothed chin and pulled her hidden face to look up at him and responded with a husky voice, "Its only teasing if I have no intention of going through with it," before he took her hidden lips in a quick but passionate kiss.

He licked his lips as if to savor her taste before saying, "Delicious as always."

Rias looked at the scene in front of her with a twinge of jealousy. Then the boy turned to face her before his eyes flickered between the hetero-chromatic colors she yearned to see and the violet they were now.

What is wrong with me? Why do I keep seeing those eyes when they are not there? She thought as she felt complicated emotions welling up inside her. For some reason this boy was reminding her of that 'boy' she once knew, and she felt as if she was in his presence once again. But he looked different, not completely so but different enough for her to doubt he is the same person.

Who is this boy? And why do I have such feelings of yearning for him? Is it really him? Can it really be him? Or is he just a doppelganger sent to torture me with hope?

The boy's smiled adding more fuel to her inner turmoil by how similar it was to a certain someone.

"So I am going to go out on a limb and say, that you're a Gremory, yes Devil-san?" the boy inquired.

Rias was shocked out of her contemplation before answering, "Yes I am Rias Gremory."

"Whoa royalty even… the 'Crimson Ruin Princess', well it is an honor to meet you, Gremory-san, I am known as Pride, or Superbia if you feel so inclined" the man said with a proud bow.

"Is that really your name?" Rias asked with raised eyebrows.

"Well of course not, but it's the name you can refer to me by," the boy said with a color of condescension.

Rias looked at him in skepticism before saying, "And am I to know your actual name?"

The boy looked up to her and said teasingly, "Well that would be telling wouldn't it…Anyway I am guessing by your lack of response you don't know about my organization do you?"

"No I suppose I don't," Rias responded simply.

"Well then ask your dear old dad and brother who I am, and they will be more than glad to tell you," he said in response.

"I shall do just that then," Rias said in acknowledgement.

"Good and when you do, tell them I am not an enemy and that I mean you, and the Sitri's heir, no harm whatsoever. Actually, I find myself in need of a favor as I have been injured by a certain mutual enemy, and need a moment to recover from my injuries, and would very much like sanctuary in your territory. Tell them that I would then 'owe them one'," he said with an amused smirk.

"I shall deliver the message," Rias said after thinking about it for a moment.

"Ah good well, if there is no more business, my associate and I, need to find some lodgings. If you feel the need to contact me," he said as the girl named Who handed him a paper, "Then you can contact me with this magic circle," he said as he walked towards her to hand her the paper, which had a magic circle drawn on it.

She looked at the magic circle which was a typical magician's communication circle.

Not a devil circle…but a magician's circle…is he really not him?

The doubt in Rias' heart grew.

"Well until we see each other again Gremory-san," he said as he activated a transportation circle which again, was not a devil circle.

She felt a twinge at the unfamiliar way he called her before responding, "Yes expect to hear from me soon, Pride-kun." She blushed when she realized her use of a familiar form of address. The boy raised an eyebrow before vanishing in teleportation with the girl named Who.

She was left there staring at the spot he disappeared from as her conflicted emotions raged within her.

Could it have been him?

Why was he treating her like a stranger if it was him?

Had their friendship meant so little to him?

She stopped her current train of thought.

Wait I don't even know if that was even him. They look similar but their attitudes are so different. He was so shy whenever I teased him but this one was just oozing arrogant confidence. Though, it has been years since I last saw him, so some changes could have happened. But I mean his eyes were not even the right color…even though I thought I saw them twice. That could just be my mind playing tricks on me…unless it was him using an illusion to hide his actual eye color. But then why would he hide from me…

ARRRRGGGH Damn it I keep going in circles… I went from thinking if I should give up on the hope of his survival to now hoping this doppelganger may be him…I really am still hung up over him.

"Sigh," she looked at the spot longingly once more.

Enough of this I am Rias Gremory, and one way or another I will find out if this doppelganger is Bartholomew Mihael Sephiroth, my childhood friend …and my first love…and if he isn't I shall leave my first love behind.

No more pining for someone who may very well be dead.

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-Prologue End-


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AN/ so there we go short and sweet. By the way Pride is totally not that guy that Rias mentioned...like at all (looks away nervously) and his name has absolutely no relation to a certain one winged angel...maybe. Anyway 'Who' is another character from Pride's story along with the other six Sins. As we saw from this he was both a childhood friend and first love of Rias before he vanished out of her life when she was ten. How and why this happened will be answered soon so don't worry about me dragging it out. For the most part I shall be following the canon progression of events according to the light novels but realize that a shift from canon may happen soon as certain enemies don't know to ever stay down.

Now on to the peerage list I promised

Pride's Peerage

Queen - 'Lust'

Bishop - 'Envy'

Bishop - 'Sloth'

Knight - OC Valkyrie (from DxD Norse Pantheon)

Knight - OC Amazon (from DxD Greek Pantheon)

Rook - 'Wrath'

Rook - 'Greed'

Pawn - 'Who'

Pawn - 'Gluttony' (mutated)

Pawn - OC Human (unrelated to DxD or original story created just for this story)

That's how the peerage list stands for now. It may change up until the point he gets his Evil Pieces but I doubt it. Also Gluttony will be a pawn her pawn(s) will be mutated but I have not finalized how many due to the unfinished state of the peerage. Anyways last thing to mention before I go ...know that all the OC characters mentioned here are females. So with that I end this prologue and hope you all like this and wish to see more of it.