Disclaimer: I don't own anything in this fic, the only thing I own is myself, all other things I use belong to their respective owners.
Hello everyone, it's me once again, but this time with a completely new fic, a self-insert fic. Now before you grab your pitchforks and torches, let me explain.
This was a plot bunny that was humping my brain for quite some time, because I have read others like it, and I wanted to give it my own shot, so I hope this is going to work.
Now as most of you know, this will be a harem fic, because that genre is my favorite to watch in anime. And it will be a crossover, a massive crossover, but I'll use High School DXD as the base of this story, because that anime is by far my favorite one to watch.
So I'll say this now to safe you flamers some time, if you don't like this kind of shit, then don't read it, I have warned you, and do not think that even if you try to burn or roast me, that I will give up on any of my fics, because I will simply ignore you and keep doing what I love, and that's writing.
Now, I rambled on long enough, sit back and enjoy ladies and gents, I present to you. A Drink for the Ages.
"Hello" Characters Speaking.
'Hello' Characters Thinking.
"Meanwhile" small paragraph skips.
"Hello" Dark beings and some supernaturals speaking.
"Hello" Techniques being used.
'Hello' Dark beings and some supernaturals thinking.
(Hello) Author speaking.
Chapter 1. A whole new world?
"Ugh, another boring day in a boring world in the boring life of Sjoerd Eggink huh?" I spoke, sighing as I was driving my bike back to my house. The few things that I consider good in my life is that I have a good job, loving parents, an awesome younger brother and sister, and the fact that I could play both the drums and guitar, both electric and acoustic, plus I could sing a bit, but not much else.
As I said before, my name is Sjoerd Eggink, I am twenty years old, born on the 30th of July in 1996, born in The Netherlands, making me a bit of a zero's child, well not that that's a bad thing.
I am about 178 cm tall, or in American terms, I would be about 5 ft and 10 inch, not the tallest guy around, but tall enough for my liking.
I have short brown hair with brown eyes and a brown beard...well I wouldn't call it a full beard, but its good enough for me. I was wearing my blue coat with a light beige/brown vest with cameo looking sleeves, a black shirt under it with dark blue pants and black work shoes.
The sun was slightly out but it wasn't what I would call warm or anything, still it was pleasant enough, I had my earbuds in as music blared through it. I always had a wide arrangement of music, since I had several favorite types to listen to, but my favorite ones had to be somewhere in the Metal, Heavy Rock and the likes.
Another thing about me was that I have slight Autism, not much thank you very much, but to the point that my motor skills were a bit different, and that with some things, I have to think longer about it.
This made me a Stand-out, a weird kid, but I never paid much attention to it when I was in school, I had a few friends there, and I've been trying to keep in contact with them.
I also used to have a Girlfriend, since elementary, but it didn't work out since we were both so busy. But I still consider her a great friend. Oh one more thing about me that you probably need to know is that I am a big anime fan, I have watched many of them, to many to name here, but famous once such as Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, High school DxD, High school of the Dead, Yu-Gi-Oh and more.
So yeah I was just on my way back home, and really close to my little town, when I saw that a new shop was opening close to a gym.
"Huh, guess they're going to try to make it work here huh?" I spoke out loud, not thinking about that someone could hear me.
The building looked brand new, as it should. It had a white and green look and atop was their logo and name, which caused me to raise an eyebrow as they were already open.
"Dream Drink, the drink that allows dream's to come true?" I spoke, finding it a bit cheesy, but at the same time, I was curious to see what it was about. I walked inside the building and saw that there were a few customers, but not much, most people were more looking around then trying to buy the strange new drink, I shrugged my shoulders and walked towards the counter, were a familiar looking cashier stood behind the cash automat.
"Hello there, can I interest you in buying a Dream Drink?" she spoke up, I looked at her and almost gasped, she looked almost exactly like Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy 7.
I blushed as I saw how well formed she was, but quickly shook my head to clear it from the dirty thoughts, I did not want to be seen as a pervert here, nor did I want to get that label, because I knew for a damm fact I wasn't one.
"Umm, sure" I said uncertain, a bit weirded out by the Tifa lookalike whom smiled and handed me the drink.
"That will be € 1,50 please" she said, I nodded and grabbed my wallet and paid the prize that was asked off me, now that I had done that, I looked at the bottle in question.
It didn't look like a special bottle at all, in fact it looked like any other regular energy drink, it was green and white with the name on it, the ingredients on the back and all that other stuff, I was about to open it when the Tifa look-a-like said.
"Ah please, don't drink it here, the best way to drink it would be at nighttime" she said, I raised my eyebrows at that.
"At night, that's oddly specific?" I asked, she only smiled and told me.
"The moonlight will make the juice taste even better than before, in fact before you know it, you will get the feeling that you're in a completely new world" she said with gusto, I only stared at her and slowly nodded, not fully trusting the situation, but I felt like I could trust her a bit, so I did.
"Alright then, I'll do just that" I said, not wanting to disappoint her, she smiled as she bid me farewell as I walked out of the building, towards my bike and then cycled towards my house, all the while, I had no idea that most, if not all the customers were keeping their eyes on me.
"You think he's going to do it, drink it at night Tifa?" a womanly voice asked her, Tifa only nodded with a smile.
"I'm certain he will, besides you have to admit, he's quite the interesting one isn't he?" she said, the woman blushed a bit but nodded slightly. Tifa giggled as she said.
"Sjoerd, prepare yourself for the adventure of a lifetime, you deserve some more happiness" she muttered as she continued to 'work'.
OOO
"Ok, its nighttime" I said as I stared at the can in my hand. It was now about ten in the evening as it was about weekend for me, my father and mother greeted me like normal, so did my bro and sis, we ate, talked and cleaned up after that. Next thing I know I was in my sleeping room staring at the bottle.
I still pondered on when to drink it or not, as I stared at it in my hand, remembering what that Tifa cosplayer said to me.
"The moonlight will make the juice taste even better than before, in fact before you know it, you will get the feeling that you're in a completely new world" her voice ringed in my ear, I sighed as I opened my window curtain, letting the rays of the moon shine on the can, I gasped a bit as the reflection of the moon made it seem like the can was glowing.
"Meh, just the light playing with me" I said to myself, I took another look at it as I decided on what to do.
"Meh, fuck it, got nothing better to do with my life anyway" I said as I opened the can and drank it. Oddly enough, it didn't taste anything too weird, in fact it tasted just like a normal energy drink.
"Hmm, tasty though" I spoke as within three gulps, I emptied the drink, I waited and waited, thinking that something was going to happen. After a half an hour, I knew that this was all bogus, so I walked towards my bed and closed my eyes, I was still topless with only my pajama pants on.
"New world, yeah right" I said as I let Morpheus take me and started to fall asleep.
However, I soon started to feeling tingly all over, thinking it was just an itch, I tried to scratch myself, but that didn't work, so I stood up…and promptly screamed in shock at what was happening.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH" I screamed, all around me was just white, all of it.
"W-Where am I, were the fuck is my room? Better yet, were is my house and my family?" I asked in mild panic. This was not something I expected to happen, so I had a minor freak-out at the situation. But thankfully I could always adapt to new situations quickly, something I learned and picked up from work.
"Ok, calm yourself, this is just a dream, yeah a dream" I tried to convince myself. But after a quick pinch to my arm, I found out to my great shock and surprise, that this was all real.
"What the fuck is happening, am I tripping or something, I didn't take any…WAIT A MINUTE" I said.
"The drink, it must have done something to me" I said, as I remembered empting the bottle. This meant that the cosplayer was right, I was somewhere else, but as to where, I had no freaking idea.
"Alright think logically Sjoerd, if I was somewhere new, what would I do first" I muttered to myself, I quickly decided that I should explore the place, instead of just staying in my bed that was still here, I stood up and walked around, surprising myself that I could walk in this strange place.
"What the….there's nothing here?" I exclaimed, I had been looking around for what felt like hours, but I couldn't find shit, and it freaked me out, I also couldn't find my bed anymore, but for some strange reason, I did manage to find my clothes, along with my normal shoes, wich were dark green in color.
"Ok, this is freaky, were am I?" I said, when suddenly.
"You are in the Ripple, I have been waiting for you Sjoerd" a voice spoke out, it shocked me, but I quickly calmed myself as I answered.
"Whom are you, and how do you know me" I exclaimed, trying to find out where the voice came from, but all it did was giggle.
"I am everywhere, and nowhere at the same time" it said, this made me raise my eyebrows as suddenly.
"Whoa, what the, that's my record" I said, seeing the screen in front of me displaying all of my personal information.
"Yes, this displays your life from when you were born to the day we are today, and I have to say, you are an excellent candidate." It said with glee clearly in her voice, this worried me a bit, but I swallowed my spit as I asked.
"So why am I here, matter of fact? Where am I exactly?" I gently asked, the voice laughed as it spoke.
"Like I said before, you are in the Ripple, my home, it's here that I will send you on the adventure you always wanted to go on, but first, you got to answer some questions for me" it spoke, I was still skeptical, but seeing is believing after all, so I nodded. The voice hummed as question popped up in front of me.
"What's my favorite color?" I read the question, I looked above me as I said.
"Are these the questions you talked about, but what would that do for you" I asked, it only sighed and said.
"It would determine for me on how to create the world that I will send you to, now no more questions." It said as it cutted me off, I sighed and answered them one by one truthfully.
"Favorite color or colors?..umm that would be black and dark blue" I muttered, another one popped up.
"Zodiac sign is Lion, is this correct..yep it is" I said as a picture of a male lion appeared, a smile appeared on my face, I always liked animals, before I really knew what direction to take with school, I graduated on Family animals, I had a ton of fun, plus I learned a bunch of different species and types of animals, which was always fun.
"Favorite element to use?...that would be Lightning" I said, I always was fascinated whenever I saw a thunderstorm outside.
"Favorite type of weapon…Katana" I easily said, I blame my 'addiction' of watching anime for this, man they made some awesome Katana's in anime.
"Current skills are?... umm Cooking, playing several instruments, a bit of cleaning, good knowledge in History and Mythology, and some other things" I answered as several more questions popped up as I answered them to the best of my abilities.
After several minutes, the being nodded in content as it said.
"Thank you for answering, now are you ready for the adventure of a lifetime Sjoerd Ryusen?" it said, I rose my eyebrows in confusion.
"Ryusen? That's not my last name, its Eggink, always has been, always will be" I said, the being sighed as it said.
"And that's precisely why I changed it, your real surname isn't going to work in the world of Anima, so I changed it to go with the world" it said and I had the feeling it was raising a hand to stop my flood of incoming questions.
"The reason for the questions, was so that I could give you something that you might like, but you won't get to use it until you have trained a lot to activate it, as for where I am going to place you…well that's a surprise" it said with a laugh, I just raised my eyebrows as I suddenly felt tingly, my body felt like it was surrounded in a storm, but instead of shocking me, it surrounded me, engulfing me. I was freaked out at first, but the sensation felt…amazing.
"Wow" was all that I could mutter, the voice laughed and hummed in satisfaction.
"Now that I have given you this, I'll send you to the world of Anima, but before I send you off, I want to warn you" it said, I nodded and listened to what it had to say.
"In the world of Anima, a eon long war has ended, but the results were…not favorable, men like yourself are few, but not extinct, and while there is a good presentence that is still good, a great deal of them have twisted and turned, what once held light, now holds darkness. They think because they are with few, they should get everything handed to them on a platter. This is something I, along with others will not stand for" it paused to gather its breath.
"This was the reason for the drink, it would allow us to send a well-rounded, normal male to the world of Anima if it was their wish, to help restore order among the male populace, so now that you know this. Do you still wish to go?" It asked, this was a lot to take in, but my resolve was set. My current life was nothing interesting, but this…this was a chance to do something nobody else had done before, I nodded with a smile.
"Yes, I want this" I simply answered, the being laughed and said.
"Very well then, Sjoerd Ryusen, I beseech you, go to the world of Anima, bring peace and prosperity to it, and enjoy the greatest adventure you will ever experience" it spoke as a portal suddenly opened in front of me, and I was somehow, rudely pushed in as I screamed like a little girl.
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH". The being only laughed as it muttered.
"Good luck my boy, you're going to need it" it said as finally a form was visible, a handsome man stepped out. He had bronze hair along with brown eyes, he stood lean and tall while dressed in a brown cape with shoulder guards bronze in color, attached to a brown belt with pouches, a white shirt along with bronze armored boots and gloves, he wielded a giant bronze scythe.
"Hmm, so you send him to Anima…Chronos" a female voice spoke up, he chuckled and nodded.
"Yes, I believe that Tifa and the others chose the right one, so now we will see what time holds for our young hero" the primordial Greek God of Time spoke. The female voice only hummed as it disappeared, Chronos snapped his fingers as the Ripple now became alive, a giant time-based temple appeared, and Chronos turned around and walked towards it, all the while having a smile on his face. He could not wait and see what was going to happen.
OOO
"AAAAAAGHHH" I screamed as the portal had dropped me off….somewhere, I don't know where though, but I know that it was stone that I landed on.
"Gaah, son of a…that hurts" I exclaimed, but my eyes widened in shock as I heard myself.
"What the…why do I sound younger?" I muttered, I checked myself and as I stood up, I saw that I had shrunk.
"W-W-What the…" I exclaimed as I saw how big everything suddenly was. Ok this joke has gone on long enough, what happened to me, and how did I suddenly shrink all of a sudden.
Thankfully, I was still wearing my clothes, although they too had shrunk along with me. I saw a window close by and saw to my great shock.
"W-WHAT, WHY AM I TEN YEARS OLD AGAIN?" I roared, I couldn't believe it, I was freaking ten years old, but somehow still had my normal mentality. Oh god this was going to be weird, a ten year old with the mind of a semi-adult.
I calmed myself down as I looked around, I could quickly and easily say that I was not on Earth anymore, I saw the random anime civilians walking around, shops were bursting with life, and people were chatting.
This still was weird for me, but as I walked around, it slowly dawned to me where I exactly was.
"Holy crap, I'm really in the world of Anima" I muttered, my silly dream of wanting to experience a life within a anime had finally come to pass, and from the huge castle that was easily visible, I had a pretty good idea where I was.
'Ok, so by the looks of the castle, and from the various symbols I saw…I am defiantly in Lilith, the capital city of the Gremory Devil Clan….which means that my story has High School DXD as the base huh?' I thought by myself, slowly realizing what was going to, or could happen to me. I shook my head as my stomach decided to make itself known. I blushed in embarrassment as I quickly took off to find something to eat, I may be an orphan here, but that doesn't mean that I'm going to starve myself to death.
A few minutes later.
Oh boy, that was gooood. I mean I had eaten tasty stuff before, but this, this was otherworldly, which was quite ironic now that I thought about it. The owner was nice enough to let me try a small plate, seeing as my 'situation' tugged on his heartstrings…probably.
Anyway, I was minding my own business when I heard in the distance, two voices ringing out.
"Please, get back here Lady Rias"
"Come back Lady Medaka". I couldn't believe my ears, Medaka Kurokami and Rias Gremory, in the flesh. This was going to be awesome.
But before I could or did anything, I just realized something.
"Wait, that Rias is here I can understand, but Medaka, she shouldn't even be here, how the hell did she get into the High School DXD verse"? I muttered as I walked the streets, the thought plaguing at my mind...when suddenly.
"OOMPH" I exclaimed as two body's crashed into me, I groaned as I tried to stand up, only to open my eyes and realize that I was staring the two aforementioned young girls directly in the face.
"Holy crap" I muttered softly, this was a dream come true for me, to meet two of my most favorite characters in the flesh, that was probably any young or old anime fan's dream, and here, it was happening to me.
"Ouch, what ran into us?" a young voice spoke to me, I looked carefully and saw that it was a younger Medaka whom spoke to me.
Medaka Kurokami, the heiress to the Kurokami Group. A young girl now with blue/purple hair that flowed freely behind her, she had red eyes and light skin like myself. From what I remembered from watching Medaka's Box, she is strict, even sometimes looking down on others, but with the intent of helping others. What I also know is that she is freaking smart, so smart in fact that her childhood friend Zenkichi said. "So smart she crossed back into stupid". His words not mine. This set off another thought, but I placed it on the backburner.
She was wearing blue roller-skates and blue guards on her knees and elbows, a cute helmet on her head as well.
"I don't know, but it hurts" a young Rias Gremory spoke.
Rias Gremory, the heiress to the Gremory House, a young girl with flowing red hair that had a single strand out, a 'Ahoge' I believe it was called, she had green/blue eyes and light skin. She wore the same things as Medaka, but pink in color. Both girls wore typical little girls clothing, al be it on the more expensive side with a skirt and a well-made shirt.
"Umm, could you two please get off me" I asked as nice as I could, even though they looked freaking adorable, they were a bit heavy on me. The two girls looked at me and I swear I saw a blush on their faces, although those blushes were of embarrassment.
"Oh, were sorry." Rias exclaimed as the two were standing up, and they offered their hands to me, I took them and said.
"That's alright, but I don't think it's a good hobby to have, to run into strangers" I joked, they blushed in embarrassment, I asked them their names, but the reply was not what I got.
"My name is R-Akeno, Akeno Himejima" Rias lied to me.
"A-And my name is Zenkichi Hitoyoshi, nice to meet you" Medaka lied to, I thought about why, but it struck to me quite quickly, but at the time, I kept this info to myself...for now at least
"Nice to meet you, my name is Sjoerd Ryusen." I said with a large grin on my face, they smiled as I asked as I stood up.
"Umm, what are you doing out here?" I said, they looked at each other and 'Akeno' answered.
"W-We were just playing around" she said, I rose an eyebrow as I remembered a male voice calling out to them, I suddenly felt a bit mischievous, it would be fun to try and avoid the pawn of Sirzechs and a caretaker of Medaka, plus this would be a good time to get to know them better.
"Alright" I said as they looked relieved as Medaka asked me.
"W-Would you like to play with us?" she asked as I felt moved by that, I nodded without a moment of hesitation.
"Sure" I said with a smile as they took me by my arms as we enjoyed the rest of the day with each other. I smiled as I found it to be very fun to be a child again, yet I felt sorry for them, to be so young and to have such responsibility placed on them.
The day ended quickly as we sat on a bench enjoying some ice cream that they bought, I wanted to by the treat for them, but they feverishly shook their head and said that they wanted to buy me a treat, so I gave up and just letted them to their thing.
"Boy, today was fun right" I said as I continued to eat my vanilla flavored ice cream, the two girls nodded as I saw it was beginning to get late.
"Akeno-chan, Zenkichi-chan, shouldn't you two go home by now, I mean it's getting late" I said, yeah I had and still have a really freaking hard time with this, the Japanese suffix and all that stuff, I mean I was born in Europe, we didn't address each other with suffixes, we called each other by name or in polite situations, it was either Miss or Mister.
As soon as I brought it up, their face turned sad, I suddenly felt like an asshole and quickly added.
"Ah, not that I didn't enjoy playing with you, I did. It's just that your parents might be worried" I added, they looked at me and softly nodded, but what Rias then said surprised me.
"B-But, we don't wanna let you go" she spoke, this touched me as I looked at Medaka whom nodded. I sighed with a smile as I stood up and stood in front of them.
"Alright then, how about we make a promise" I said, they tilted their heads in confusion as I said.
"How about we promise to each other, that whenever you two need me, I'll be right there for you, so that we all can continue to play with one another" I said as I held up my pinkie, their faces immediately shined with happiness as they intertwined their pinkie's with my own, thus sealing the promise. They smiled as they hugged me one last time as they left.
"Bye, Bye Sjoerd-kun, see you tomorrow" they exclaimed, I smiled and waved back.
"Sure, see you tomorrow" I said as I watched them leave, a smile on my face as I whistled a tune.
"This…is going to be fun" I muttered to myself as I made my way to my 'slum' and started to fall asleep, not knowing what the future might held, but I was certainly looking forward to it.
OOO
It has been three months since I came to Anima, and it also has been three months since I met Rias Gremory and Medaka Kurokami. I always enjoyed seeing them, as they…at least I think we're happy to see me as well, in the three months, I came to know them even better as each day we played around in the city of Lilith, and made a game off trying to avoid the two caretakers, which sometimes worked, and other times it didn't work.
I also found out that to some small extent, I had gained the ability to produce small bolts and blasts of lightning. I was afraid at first, but I thought about it logically, and figured out why that sensation from before didn't disappear. The being that questioned me must have had something to do with it.
Anyway, it was another hilarious day for me and the girls as we played around some more, but strangely close to the castle.
We were currently resting against a tall standing tree as the two were snuggled up to me, wich I had no problems with, seeing as how close the three of us were, which was quite weird for me at first, but I grew used to it.
"That was fun wasn't it" I quietly asked, the two girls nodded in content as I said.
"So, why are we this close to the Castle, isn't this property of the Gremory family?" I asked, knowing full well that the red haired girl was the heiress to the family. They flinched a bit, but a quick look and a nod towards one another was all I needed to know that they were going to tell me something.
"Actually, i-I have something to tell and show you" 'Akeno' said, she grabbed my hand and the three of us walked towards the castle. I kept my mouth shut at the time as we entered the castle, a bunch of maids and butlers greeted us, but I tuned it out as we were walking towards the dining hall.
It was as grandiose as I expected it to be, however what I didn't count on, was that there were several people there.
"Ah Ri-Tan, had enough fun for today" one of the guests spoke, I was a bit perplexed as I realized whom this was.
"W-Wait, are you…" I trailed off, the figure giggled as the two young girls were looking towards the ground in shame.
"Ahh, it seems like our daughters didn't tell the truth to you" another one said, I looked at the figure, and to my surprise, it was someone whom was supposedly dead.
"Akeno, Zenkichi, what's going on here" I said, not knowing that the original Zenkichi and Akeno were walking towards their friend and King.
"Ara Ara, so this is the boy you spoke so highly off Rias?" Akeno said with her trademark giggle, Zenkichi sighed as she approached Medaka…yeah you heard me right. Zenkichi was a girl in this universe, how that happened I don't know, but at the time I didn't care.
"W-Who are all you people" I asked, even though I fully knew whom the adults in the room were, along with Akeno and Zenkichi.
"Sjoerd Ryusen, I like to formerly welcome you to Gremory Castle, my name is Venelana Gremory, and I am the mother to Rias" Venelana said.
Venelana Gremory/Bael. A woman whom looked like Rias when she would grew up, with her hair a brown color and shorter then Rias, she wore a beige dress with a ruby necklace and choker. All in all, she was absolutely stunning.
"My name is Hato Kurokami, it's nice to meet you" she spoke. The now living mother of Medaka, whom was a nurse that was as strict to her patients and co-workers, stood here in front of me. She had messy light green hair and brown eyes, her face was very similair to Medaka, she wore a kimono that had so many details, and it was hard to describe it.
"My name is Sirzechs Gremory, the current Lucifer, its great to finally meet you Sjoerd, Rias wouldn't stop talking about you" Sirzechs exclaimed, I was relieved to see that the current Maou was still a male. He had the same hair color as Rias and the same green/blue eyes. His buildt was lean and mean, I was a bit scared to piss this sis-con off, but luckily a beautiful young brown haired woman placed a gentle hand on his shoulder, he smiled as he nodded.
"Nice to meet you, my name is Sera Gardner". The woman said, I thought it over for a moment, but smiled and shook her hand later.
"Sera is a Mid-class devil, so please keep this to yourself, alright Sjoerd" Sirzechs asked me as I nodded, but then a thought came to me.
"So, you are all Devils?" I asked, Venelana giggled along with Hato to which the green haired mother shook her head.
"Nope, only the Gremory's are, we are their human partners in crime so to speak" she said, I nodded as I turned towards my two childhood friends.
"So…Rias Gremory, and Medaka Kurokami huh?" I said, they flinched as Rias said.
"W-We didn't want to lie..but" she whimpered at the end.
"We wanted you to keep being our friend, t-that's why" Medaka said in the same tone, Akeno and Zenkichi comforted them as I did the same, shocking the two.
"I'm not mad, honestly" I said, the two looked at me as I explained that after all we had been trough in those months, I couldn't find it in my heart to dislike them over this. I told them that I somewhat slightly understood their position, but that they could always count on me to see them as for whom they really are. This resulted in me being dropped to the ground thanks to two flying hug tackles.
The adults laughed at the scene, while Zenkichi and Akeno had a smile on their face.
"THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU" they repeated over and over again, I just chuckled embarrassed as both Venelana and Hato gently pried them off me. Which was good because I started to feel lightheaded.
"Not what you thought they do huh?" Zenkichi spoke, I nodded at the woman…oh yeah, I probably forgot to mention, that this Zenkichi was female, how the hell that worked, I didn't care. But she basically looked like the normal Zenkichi, only a more feminine face, and a pair of developing breasts.
Akeno Himejima, from what I remembered, she was the first one to join Rias. A half Devil, half Fallen Angel from what I remembered. She of course had her long black hair done in a single large ponytail that was as long as I remember it to be, her violet eyes shined in amusement at me, which forced me to scratch my head and laugh slightly embarrassed.
"Now that we have that settled, would you like to join us for dinner" Sirzechs asked, I looked at him and tried to see if this was a trick or not, but I saw nothing so I nodded with a smile.
"Sure" I said, before I was slightly hit on the head by Venelana, and then I remember something about her.
"Now now young man, the correct response is. "Thank you very much sir"" she said, I nodded as I remembered that was one whom was very strict, but at the same time, she really did care for her children.
I was immediately dragged to a chair by Medaka and Rias as they sat next to me, Akeno giggled and Zenkichi shook her head as they sat next to their respective friend.
A few minutes later, a huge banquet was presented, I couldn't believe my eyes at first. Sure I had seen it before from work, but nothing quite like this.
"Please, eat" Venelana said, I bowed in thanks as I grabbed my fork and knife and started to eat, being very careful to not make a mess of myself, or trying to make me look like a pig in front of them.
After dinner, the questions came as I answered them all to the best of my ability, not wanting to lie to the ones whom have been so grateful to myself, despite them not knowing me personally. But after I answered the questions, a crazy suggestion came forward.
"Sjoerd, would you like to live here?" Sirzechs said, I did a magnificent spit take, which fortunately didn't cover anyone, Rias's face was red in embarrassment as was Medaka's as Akeno looked at me with a smile, and Zenkichi had a shocked look on her face.
"W-What did you say, I thought you said…." I tried saying, but Sirzechs smiled and nodded towards his mother as Venelana nodded back as he spoke.
"From what we have learned and saw from you. It came to the conclusion that despite you being a…street brat" he spat that word out with venom, disliking the fact that he called me that. "You have very good manners, a good working brain, and most of all, you are an overall good boy" he said. Venelana continued.
"Yes, I would love for you to come and live with us. I will personally teach you everything you need to know about us Devils and others, plus you could see Rias and Medaka each day with this" she said, the two girls blushed as Akeno clapped her hands.
"My~, that would be a great idea Venelana-sama, actually Rias has been telling me that….HMPH" her teasing was stopped by a blushing red Rias as she clamped her hand down to prevent her Queen from talking.
"AKENO" she exclaimed. They laughed as I had the case of the chuckles, it did surprise me by how they were thinking, but soon the eyes were back on me. I closed my own and thought it over. A decision was quickly made in my mind. I smiled and said.
"Yes, I would love to be here, I promise you, I won't disappoint" I said with a big grin on my face, Sirzechs smiled and clapped his hands as he rose.
"Then from this day forward, Sjoerd Ryusen, you shall be named 'Great Knight of Gremory/Kurokami', I look forward to what the future will hold" he spoke. A title already huh? Well I did a bit of sword practicing on my own, whenever I wasn't playing with Medaka and Rias. I lightened up and nodded. Rias and Medaka cheered as a party was held in my honor. They really shouldn't have, but I couldn't look a gifted horse in the mouth now could i.
Little did I know, that this was just the tip of a massive iceberg for me.
OOO
*CLANG, CLANG, CLANG* the sound of two swords clashing against one another sounded in my ears. I was now at the age of 15 and I was facing off against a fellow Knight, and fellow rival in this art.
"Come on you two, keep your focus" a strict voice called out.
"RIGHT" we both exclaimed as my partner came at me with formidable speed, thankfully my eyes and body could keep up with his movements, otherwise this would be a nightmare for me.
"Kiba, don't just charge in, try to find his weakness" the voice called out. That's right, my rival in swordsmanship and fellow Knight and friend was Kiba Yuuto. It has been a year since he joined the peerage of Rias and he and I became fast friends, because we both practiced swordsmanship.
As I tried to take a swing at his mid-section, he blocked it as he pushed me away, I jumped back as he came at me with rapid trusts. The sparks of metal flew across my face as I tried my hardest to block them all.
Once again I managed to deflect his blade, but this putted us in another dead-lock, we stared each other in the eyes as we both had a determent look on our face, and a small smirk to match. I pushed him away as I swung my blade downwards, but he rolled to the side as I heard my instructor.
"Sjoerd, don't overextend. You will leave yourself wide open for counterattacks if you do that" he spoke, I nodded as we continued our spar, ignoring the spectators that were watching us.
"They have come far haven't they" Sirzechs said with a smile as his Queen was with him.
"Yes, but it seems like Sjoerd-sama has difficulty with this style" a beautiful grey haired woman said.
Grayfia Lucifuge, the Strongest Queen is her title, and I learned that she more than earned that title, she was a woman with silver hair and matching eyes. Her hair, which flows all the way down to her back, features a long braid on each side with small blue bows at the ends, while the rest is let down, ending in twin braids. She almost always wore a French maid outfit with long sleeves and a white maid headband over her head, with red lipstick and some cosmetic enhancements. All in all she was a very pretty woman to see. But sometimes, she reminded me of Lady Venelana, they were both strict, but they cared about their family and friends.
"Yes, it does seem that way" our instructor joined them. He was one of the Knights of Sirzechs. His name was Souji Okita, a man that looked to be in his late twenty's, and while the man was very laid back in most situations, but when it came to training us, and he was a slave driver.
"Hmm, couldn't you just teach him another style of yours?" Sirzechs said as Souji shook his head in negative. My two childhood friends were watching as well as Akeno, Zenkichi and little Koneko. They overheard as Souji said.
"I have an idea, but I don't think you girls will like it" he said, Rias glared at him as she said.
"What do you mean Souji-san" she said as her green/blue eyes were sharp, he chuckled uneasy as he said.
"I know a group whom could really help him train…but the result would be that he would be away for a while" he said as he felt the eyes on him, Sirzechs looked at him in thought as he remembered the group.
"Those guys huh?" he muttered as Souji exclaimed.
"I would try to send him to other Knights, but that would help anything in the long run, it would just fill his head with more doubt then hope on trying to learn those styles, besides his sword isn't cut out for those things" he spoke. I had to mentally nod at that as I looked my blade over.
Oathkeeper, a beautiful crimson/dark blue Bastard Sword, a brown leather hilt with a demonic iron pummel and guard, which were colored black. The blade had a slight opening at the beginning but the rest was closed and it lead to a sharp trusting point. This was a blade that was made by Gremory and Kurokami Blacksmiths, as a present, a weapon to seal the promise I made to both groups.
"I see, we will discuss this with him after dinner, after all. We have guests coming over" Venelana said as Grayfia bowed and left to prepare.
"Oh yeah. Lady Leviathan along with Miss Sona and Lady Sitri right?" Beowulf asked, the incarnated hero was slightly slapped over the head by Grayfia, whom managed to overhear on how he said it.
"Not only that, but Lady Phenex along with her youngest daughter as well" Venelana said. She also had to hide her smile as she muttered, so that we couldn't hear her.
"The princesses of both the Angels and the Underworld as well"
My ears perked up as I managed to overhear that, even though Kiba wasn't letting me have single moment of rest.
"ORAH" he roared out as he came down with a vicious downward swing, I jumped backwards as he created a small spider crack as the small pieces of earth came flying at me, I sliced them all away as he readied his blade to strike, but to his surprise, I planted my blade in the ground, grabbed it by his handle, and thanks to my training and the flexibility I gained from it, I drop kicked him across the head.
A thud was heard as he dropped face first into the dirt, I grabbed my blade and held it at his neck. A small smirk on my face.
"Game over Kiba" I said, he groaned with a smile as I grabbed his hand and helped him up.
"Guess so, what does that make the score again" he asked, I thought it over and said.
"320 for you against 315 for me" I said slightly disappointed, he smiled and patted my back.
"You'll get there Sjoerd, one day" he said, knowing that I would hear the slightly teasing tone, I putted him in a headlock as I gave him a nookie, with him laughing at that, and me having a big grin on my face.
"Don't get to cocky prince, I'll surpass you soon" I said after I let him go, he nodded as we gave each other a manly high-five. The girls sighed as Rias and Medaka looked at one another.
"Those two aren't going to chance are they" Medaka asked, Rias giggled and shook her head.
"No, and I wouldn't want it any other way" she said as Medaka nodded.
OOO
"Dammit, this is difficult" I muttered as I was getting dressed up for the night. Venelana told us, and by that I mean me, that we had to look very precentible for the dinner, since we were expecting to have some very important people.
I thought it over as I remembered her saying that both the Sitri House and the Phenex House were coming over. I had to hide a scowl on my face as I remembered a certain someone from that house, mainly one by the name of Riser Phenex. The future husband of Rias if the marriage was going to continue.
I sighed as I adjusted my jacket, I was wearing a formal suit that was the classic black and white, with leather brown shoes, I was contemplating to wear white gloves, but realized that those woulndt help during the dinner.
Medaka and Zenkichi unfortunately had to leave, since they weren't devils themselves, but both Rias and I promised to come over to her house tomorrow, which was something I looked forward to. It wasn't my first trip to the human world, and in those years, I had a full list of contacts and friends I could call on within a second. Unsurprisingly, a lot of them were female's, since the ratio of male/female was really fucked up.
Anyway, I walked out of my room in the castle as I made my way towards the Gremory Family, I saw that Rias was there with her full peerage, wich meant that Akeno, Kiba and Koneko were all there. I also saw that Sirzechs and his peerage were there as well, I also saw Lady Gremory dressed up. I had to refer to her as Lady Gremory as this was going to be huge.
We stood in front of the main stairs as butlers and maids lined up as one called out loudly.
"Presenting, Lady Sitri, Princess Sitri and Maou Leviathan" he said as three people stepped forward.
Lady Sitri, full name Sonatra Sitri, the mother of both the current Leviathan and Heiress of their house. She had long wavy black hair that looked like to be flowing, a pair of violet eyes shined brilliantly behind a pair of stylish red trimmed glasses. She wore a formal black dress with black long gloves and knee high black boots.
Sona Sitri, another High-Class Devil and the Heiress to the Sitri house, she defintly took after her mother, although her hair was short, it was a nice rich shade of black, she wore glasses as well, she also gained her mothers violet eyes. She wore a white top with a black shouldercape, a black ribbon holding it togheter, a red skirt with white frills and black shoes and white kneesocks. I got to know her from the many letters and things I had to deliver to them, I respected her greatly for her intellect, although she was the serious type, she had a side to her that not many knew about, but I cant tell that or I'll be in serious trouble.
And last but not least, Lady Leviathan. At first I thought she would be this super scary person, but luckily, I remembered how the show portrayed her, and it wasn't that different now that I was here.
The same black hair that her younger sister and mother had, but she had it done in two ponytails, the same colored eyes, but her body was what threw me off, a childlike body, with enormous breasts. I kept my composre to not stare at them to long, unless I wanted to get my ass chewed out later, which was something I didn't want.
"Good evening Venelana, and thank you for inviting us" Sonatra said as Venelana smiled and hugged her old friend.
"No problem, now let us greet our second guests" she said as Sonatra nodded, but before that could happen.
"RYU-CHAN" Serafall exclaimed as I was engulfed in a bear hug, with my head somehow trapped between her breasts.
"H-Hello Lady Leviathan" I chocked up, she had the habbit of calling me 'Ryu-chan thanks to my new surename, she was clipped over the head by her younger sister.
"Nee-sama, behave yourself, and let Sjoerd go from your breasts" Sona said as Serafall pouted, but a small look of her mother compelled her to comply, I hunched over to breath in the sweet, sweet oxygen.
"Oh Maou, thanks" I muttered, Sona nodded as she sighed.
"My apologies, you know how my sister gets about you" she said, a small smirk appeard on my face.
"Arent you the same?" I said, she blushed and stuttered as she turned away from me, I had to stifle my laughter, as did Kiba and Tsubaki. The Queen of the Sitri clan and the Knight of the Gremory clan were standing beside one another, I had a feeling that something more was involfed, but I didn't want to pry. I also thought that I saw Rias, Akeno and even little Koneko glare at her, I raised my eyebrow, but I couldn't think on it further as the second family was coming.
"Ah Rias, my lovely. Riser is here" a cocky voice exclaimed, I had to hide my scowl as I looked over the slightly older male that I loathed with a passion.
"Lord Riser, it's a honor" Venelana said, but I could detect the uneasiness in her voice.
Riser Phenex was the heir to the Phenex house, a High-Class Devil that could control the elements of Fire and Wind. A male with short blond hair and dark blue eyes. He wore a burgundy blazer with gold embroidery on the right with matching pants and black dress shoes. Underneath his open blazer is a white dress shirt that is not fully buttoned (just one button short), giving a slight view to his chest.
Behind was his peerage that consisted of different females, even for someone whom was a bit older than me, he already had a full peerage, and boy was he cocky about it.
One of them I got to know a bit better after a…weird first meeting.
She had blond hair done in two small drills, her eyes were the same as Riser, she wore a beatifull pink dress with white frills. Her name was Ravel Phenex, the youngest child and only daughter of the Phenex House.
I met her at a reception party that they were hosting, and she basicly yelled at me for being uninvited, and me being a Low-Class Devil. This changed when she heard that I was a member of Sirzechs, Venelana's and Rias's peerage, which had her bow to me in shame. Its not like I wanted her to do that, and a few weeks later, she apologized along with her mother, as she said that I could do anything to Ravel. But I didn't want that, so I easily forgave her as she and I became fast friends after that, she even gave me a bottle of Phenex Tears, along with her mother, saying it was a symbol of friendship between us. I just looked confused and accepted it without thinking about it to much.
Then there was Ruval Phenex, a better man then Riser ever would be, he looked the same like Riser, but he was a lot nicer and more hearthwarming then he was, he wore a stylish crimson blazer with a white dress shirt, a pair of black pants with white lines and brown dress shoes.
And then there was the Lady of the House Phenex. She had flowing golden hair that somehow reached her knees, which I still wanted to find out why it was so freaking long. She had her daughters dark blue eyes, she wore a elegant white dress that showed her elegant figure well, she wore white elbow length gloves and high heels.
"Ah, Raven, it's a pleasure to see you again" Venelana said as Raven smiled and hugged her long time friend, I smiled at both Ruval and Ravel as they greeted me back.
"It's been a while, how are you Sjoerd?" Ruval asked in his usual warm voice, I smiled and nodded.
"Good, how about you Ruval?" I asked, but as soon as the question left my mouth, I was clipped, I yelped in slight pain as Grayfia stared at me.
"That isn't the proper way to greet a higher ranking Devil Sjoerd, I thought you knew this" she said. I grumbled as Ruval laughed.
"Relax Lady Grayfia, he can address me like that. After all, I consider him a friend of mine" he said as he ruffled my hair, seeing as he was older and taller then me, I playfully slapped his hand away.
"Just you wait, I'll catch up soon." I said, he smirked as Grayfia sighed, but I think I saw a smile on her face.
"Are we all present, then let us escort you to the dinning room" Sirzechs said, but before we could make our way over, Venelana stopped us.
"Son, we have two more families to greet" she said, we looked at her as Sirzechs rose his eyebrow, but he soon realized whom she was talking about.
"OF course, oh Sjoerd, can you come here please?" he asked with a smile, I just tilted my head in confusion at first, but did so anyway.
I looked at the current Lucifer as he had a smile on his face, that slowly but surely changed into a teasing smirk.
"I want you to greet our last guest…after all, you are engaged to them after all" he said as I realized whom he was talking about. I looked behind me and saw the thin outline around Rias. Yeah I got the feeling she was very bloody jealous of that.
"Oh right…them." I said as I prepared myself for what was about to come, and within three seconds, I heard two squeals as I was glomped to the ground.
"SJOERD~" was all I heard as the adults had to laugh at my position, while the girls like Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Sona and even Ravel looked at the two with envy… or I thought it was envy at least.
"H-Hey Sia, Kikyou" I managed to choke out as I looked at the twins that had managed to crash into me.
They both looked the same, both had long brown/red hair with brown eyes, also both their ears were small and pointed, something that wasn't common among Devils or humans.
I reconized these two from the anime Shuffle. Although I only really knew Sia, or Lisianthus as was her real name. I became friends with them after I met them while I was just goofing around the town in the human world, were I met most, if not all of my other friends.
"S-Sia, Kikyou, can you please get off him, I think he's embarresed" another reconisble voice resonated in my ears, I slightly got up as I saw another pair of twins, along with their little sister.
"Hey Rina, Lycoris" I said with a smile. The two long blue haired, brown eyed twins smiled shyly at me, which had me inwardly chuckle at their cuteness. The only difference between the two red-haired twins and the two blue-haired twins were their ears, with those of Nerine and Lycoris being longer and smoother.
At some point, after I met them a couple of times and played with them, their fathers. To my great shock, decided that I was the 'perfect husband' for them. For the record, it was their idea, not ours.
"HAHAHAHA, you two couldn't wait could you" a booming voice said, most Devils in attendance were shocked at seeing this person, but they became even more tense with the next voice.
"Now Now Eustoma, don't think that your girls are the only ones that wanted to visit him" a smoother voice said. I looked ahead and saw to my shock and surprise. That both the King of the Gods or Angels, and the King of Devils were there in person.
"Greetings my Lords, thank you for coming to our Dinner" Venelana exclaimed as she among many, bowed before the two Kings. They smiled as their wives smiled as well.
"No, thank you for inviting us" Eustoma said with a grin as some Devils tensed up a bit, he was the King of the Angels after all, the second highest next to God himself, and it was Forbesii, whom was the current King of the Underworld, with the Maou's rulling it.
I got up as we made our way to the dining hall, as I was talking with the four sisters and Rimu, whom always was a bit…shy?
Anyway it didn't really matter because I could tell that she was happy to be here, and she and Koneko got along greatly, mostly because Remu likes to keep a stuffed cat with her and Koneko being…well half cat herself, it made sense that those two would bond well.
As we sat in the dinning hall, the Lady's were discussing something as the Two Kings were enjoying themselves. I sat down as Rias sat on my right with Akeno next to her and Koneko next to Akeno, Kiba sat across me with Tsubaki next to him and Sona on his left as she kept glancing at me. The two couples of twins sat with each other.
Riser had a smirk on his face as he continued to brag about his engagement with Rias, and this slowly drived me nuts, but I kept my composure as both the Kings started talking about my own engagement, which had me blush like a idiot, as the girls were the same, well beside the fact that I could feel the glares from the other girls, which had me shiver in slight fear.
We all enjoyed the dinner, but at last it was coming to a end, and it ended kind of sad as Rias, along with Sia, Rin, Lycoris and Kikyou were devastated to hear that I would be going for a long time, at least for at least eight to nine years as I was going to train and develop myself with a special group of people. Rias actually cried as she ran to her bedroom, I followed her along with Akeno as we calmed her down as I talked with her.
I eventually managed to ease her worry's as somehow, Medaka teleported in as she demanded a explanation. I sighed as I sat on Rias's bed as I explained why I wanted to do this, eventually the two group twins along with Remu, Sona, Koneko and even Ravel joined us as I talked with them.
"I want to do this for a very simple reason" I said, they looked at me as I sighed and looked at my hand, I had a determenet face on as I said.
"I want to be able to protect those that I care for, you all have done so much for me, and I want to be able to repay the debt, by protecting my new family" I said, I heard some gasps as Sona asked.
"But why though?, you are strong enough to help us" she said, I looked at her as I said.
"That may be, but I am not as strong as I want to be, call it a stubborn issue, but I don't want to lose any of you" I said as I recalled my earlier life.
"In my previous life, I didn't have much friends, much less so many that I have now, I want to be able to life and speak with all of you for a very freaking long time, that is…if you girls even want that" I said as I looked a bit down, but was brought into a group hug as Medaka and Rias exclaimed.
"Of course we want that you dummy!" they said as I was feeling happy as I brought them into the hug, as the girls awed as they joined in later, I chuckled at the scene as we continued to talk, and after a few minutes, Rias brought her Laptop as I looked at her.
"Umm Rias? Why are you using that?" I asked, she smirked and said.
"You didn't think that I would let my other friends out of this" she said as my face slowly turned white, I forgot about that little fact as she started her Laptop up as she opened a public chat, and within seconds. All my other friends were on it as we chatted with each other, and by that I meant that I had to explain myself in front of several pissed off and some teary eyed females. I fetl like a dick but I explained myself.
After that, we started to talk about all kind of things, and after that we slowly fell asleep as I was surrounded in female bodies as I was fast asleep as well, not knowing that the girls had a smile on their face as they tried to stay as close to me as possible.
OOO
It was the end of the week as I had my stuff ready, I had my traveling bag ready as I was waiting at the gate of the castle. I was nervous as I was going to meet someone I didn't know, nor had I seen this person before.
I had received a lot of hugs from everyone as they sended their best wishes on me. The girls were sad, but they were behind my choice, and they said that they were going to grow stronger as well, saying that they were going to 'walk by my side'.
I smiled at the thought as I heard a noise as a plane landed in front of me. My eyes were wide as I saw several very familiar people. They were comic book heroes that almost everyone knew.
They were Wolverine, Superman, Batwoman, Wonder Woman, Storm, Rogue and even Mystique and Catwoman.
'HOLY SHIT' I mentally exclaimed as I the heroes and villains that I read about, of course those with mental capability's had to hide their giggles.
"So, you're the Devil we have to pick up" Logan begun, I recovered myself as I nodded.
"Yes, that's me sir" I said respectfully, he was much older and more experienced then I was, so I had to show my respect, since I still had the looks and body of a ten year old.
"Aww, isn't he a cute little one, what's your name sugar" Rogue exclaimed in her Southeren Belle accent, it sounded really sweet to my ears.
"M-My name is Sjoerd Ryusen". I stuttered, I cursed myself in my head, this wasn't the time to be a shy young boy, although from my P.O.V, these guys and girls were legendary and I was just…a lowly devil.
"Sjoerd huh?, you from Holland?" Superman asked, I nodded as Batwoman already had my profile from my old life.
"Sjoerd Eggink, now known as Ryusen, was 20 years old before being brought here as a 10 year old, has musical history, interested in Mythology and History. Graduated with a diploma in the Food Industry. No criminal background, has Autism on small level, likes making music and games" she read out, I was stunned at that, but I remembered what the original Batman could do, so it wasn't all that suprising.
"Twenty huh?, so how does it feel to be 10 again" Mystique asked as we boarded the plane.
"Honestly, pretty weird, I still have the mind of a twenty year old, but the body of a ten year old, its unusual to say the least" I said as the BLackBird was flying us towards our destination.
I was given the explanation that I was going to be trained by them along with several others and other members of the Hero Alliance.
This Alliance consisted of the world greatest hero's and ex-villains that were helping in protecting the world. I was walking out the hangar as we made our way towards the training grounds that were looking very high tech.
"Now" Wolverine said as he readied his claws as I gasped.
"Let's get ready bub!" he said as I looked at him, and then grinned as I drew my blade.
"COME AT ME" I roared as Wolverine grinned as my training had begun.
AND I'M DONE. Whew this took quite some time to write, I hope you guys and girls will like this.
This is DOTO, signing off!