Hello Everyone, Rane-Lucifer here with the first Chapter of my re-write of "DxD the Different Story".
Now this is shorter than my other one by 2000 words. I didn't expect to get this done as soon as i did. I'm hoping to correct any mistakes i made with the previous version.
I will be removing my previous story in a couple of days so only this one will remain up.
Disclaimer: I don't own Highschool Dxd or any of it's characters. They belong to their rightful creators.
Now i hereby give you the first chapter.
Chapter 1: A Promise, A Mystery user and a tipsy Devil
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A male student approaches a clubroom inside Kuoh Academy. He has shoulder length midnight black hair with the hair covering his left eye. His left eye though normally shrouded by his hair is a deep crimson red that if gazed into long enough you'd lose yourself in the fiery pits of the inferno, but on the other hand his right eye is the complete opposite. It is a pure soothing azure blue that if gazed upon will bring a sense of warmth.
His attire consists of the normal male student uniform of Kuoh Academy, which consists of a black jacket that has white accents over a white dress shirt, some black pants. Around the collar of the jacket was a necklace which just had a thick black string and on the necklace was a gem like no other. It was pure violet embedded in a silver socket.
This student knocks on the clubroom's door and awaits an answer.
Rane POV:
"Come in" Said a sweet female voice.
The male student walked in the clubroom and closed the door behind him then bows to the young lady in the room.
The young lady in the room had long luscious crimson hair that has loose bangs covering her forehead accompanied by side bangs which frame her face, she also has an ahoge; she has fair green-blue eyes. She was wearing the female Kuoh Academy uniform.
"Good morning Lady Rias" Said the male student.
"Good morning Rane, it is quite pleasant to see you this morning" Replied the female.
"It is quite nice to see a beautiful lady like yourself in the morning Lady Rias" I replied.
"Just Rias is fine" Rias said to me.
"As always, you had asked to see me today?" I simply asked.
"Yes, i would like you to fulfil that promise to the house of Gremory." Rias said simply.
"Ahh yes, i was wondering when someone was going to ask about that, i honestly thought it would've been your brother" I joked back a bit. "So what can i do for you?"
"I have a new member and i want him to be trained." Rias replied as another young lady enters from the backroom. This new lady has long pitch black hair tied in a ponytail with two loose strands that go straight up and falls backwards. Her hair is held together with an orange ribbon, she has deep lustful violet eyes. She was wearing the standard female uniform.
"Morning Akeno-Senpai, and yes i can train them, when can i come and introduce myself to them?" I asked back while Akeno simply nodded and placed a cup of tea in-front of Rias.
"Morning Rane, would you like some tea?" Akeno asked back.
"Sorry I have business to attend to after this; another time though" I replied and she nodded again with a smile.
"Tomorrow will be fine after school, that's when i will be introducing him to everyone else" Rias replied with a smile before having a drink of her tea.
"Okay, that will work, i will talk to Kaichou and let her know. Is that all?"
"Indeed, you may leave, we will see you tomorrow" Rias replied. I nodded and left the clubhouse. I walked on my way to the Student Council Room and saw a normal sight, the kendo club beating up two of the members of the perverted trio. I ignored it as they deserved the punishment and if i did something it would just incur more paperwork.
I made my way into the main school building and eventually stopped in-front of a room on the bottom level. I knocked twice on the door and waited for an answer.
"Enter" Said a sweet but stern voice.
"I have returned Kaichou" I said as i walked in and closed the door behind me.
"Welcome back Rane, what did Rias want" Said the student council president. She was an elegant young lady who had black hair in a bob cut, she had thin red glasses on, and behind the glasses were the purest and most beautiful eyes you could ever lay upon. They were a sweet lavender colour that could make anyone fall for them if desired.
"Rias-Senpai has asked me to train a new peerage member, she is introducing them to the others tomorrow and has asked me to be there too" I replied.
"So Rias finally has a new member, i wonder which piece they took up"
"It sounds that way, i wonder as well. I will get to my work now, busy days coming ahead so i better keep up on my work here" I replied as i walked to my desk.
"Good answer, maybe we can have another game of chess later"
"Only if i finish in time Sona-chan, it is your rule after all and i can't slack off on my duties"
"Another good answer Rane, and don't let the others catch you calling my name so casually, it won't be an easy topic to avoid for a long time" Sona said as she fixed her glasses while working on her own stack of paperwork.
"Sorry, it is kinda hard to remember all the time, lucky no one else is here yet" i replied as i started to get to work on my stack of paperwork.
"Lucky you, we don't want another incident like when Tsubaki found out about us"
"Yeah, that was a scary situation for me, thanks for the reminder. I won't slip up again that easily"
"Alright, now to work, it will be only us dealing with paperwork this morning, everyone else is working on something around the school" Sona said, i simply nod and focus on the work in-front of me. Sometimes i wished paperwork didn't exist, it literally is following me everywhere.
After a short while, i was finally able to say that i was done for now at least, i knew more was coming later and was really looking forward to a game of chess, something to actually challenge my mind would help after this dull paperwork.
After a short while i finally finished all my work the this morning. "Sigh". More to do later but i can't help that.
"I'm finished Kaichou." I said as i stood up, stretched and then moved the paperwork onto another desk.
"Thank you Rane, if you want that game of chess, could you set the board, i will be done in a moment" Sona replied without looking away from her work.
I sat down on a chair on the other side of Sona's desk and started to set up the board, of course i gave myself the black side, a Lady should go first.
As i sat and waited, i thought about what the score was between us, but all i could remember correctly was that we were tied. "Okay Rane, i'm finished now." Sona replied as she looked up and saw the board set and moved a pawn piece forward.
Just like that the game of chess started. "So Rane, what's the score now?" Sona asked.
"At the moment we are tied" I replied as i moved a knight into action.
"So this game could mean who finally gets the lead again." Sona replied before moving her own knight.
"Indeed" I replied and moved my piece.
The game went on until finally.
"Checkmate"
"It seems you have won Sona-chan, i didn't see that until it was too late" I said.
"That was possibly the most challenging game so far" Sona replied.
"Well i try my best, and i can't be letting myself get worse now can we" I replied back.
"That is indeed correct." Sona replied as a knock came on the door. The Vice-president entered the room.
"Hello Tsubaki, was everything fine" Sona asked.
Tsubaki was a beautiful woman in her own way, she has long straight black hair, and she has blue semi-rimmed glasses with square lenses on, her left eye is violet while her right eye is brown.
"Yes Kaichou, everything was fine" Tsubaki replied. "Hello Rane, i see you two were having a game of chess, who was the winner this time?" Tsubaki finished.
"I lost this one Tsubaki, i am now losing by one" I said.
"Well, we can't win every battle now" Tsubaki replied.
"Indeed that is correct." I said to Tsubaki then turned to Sona. "May i be excused now so i can go patrol the second floor before class"
"Yes you may Rane, just remember you got some work to do today" Sona said.
"Got it" i said as i stood up. Before i left i lean over and kissed Sona on the cheek, noticing a blush start to form on her cheeks. I turned around and then proceeded to walk out of the room.
I walked upstairs and walked around the second floor of the school while making sure no student was breaking the rules. I finished my patrol with a couple minutes spare so i just ended up in my classroom and sat down waiting until the bell went.
After classes finished for the day, the students started to file out of the classrooms and out of the school grounds, while some of the students who were a part of a club were heading to the designated clubroom to perform their clubs duties.
I walked to the SCR and entered. I was surprised to see no one inside yet, i just sat down in my desk and waited.
Before long the other members entered. The first to enter were Sona and Tsubaki. After a bit the next ones to enter were Saji and Tomoe. Afterwards was Momo, Reya and Tsubasa. Finally Ruruko entered last. Each one gave a nod and took there own seat when they entered.
Saji is the only other male in Sona's peerage. He has short blonde hair and his eyes are a grey colour full of life. He is wearing the standard male uniform without the blazer and he has his sleeves rolled up. He is a caring young man who always looks after his comrades. He is a bit of a pervert but not an open pervert. Everyone knows of his crush on Sona.
Tomoe has shoulder length reddish-brown hair; her hair features a single strand of hair that sticks out from the top and swept bangs. Her eyes are a brown colour. She is wearing the standard female uniform. Tomoe has a very hyperactive personality and is always cheerful.
Momo has white hair that is a bit longer than her shoulders and has blue-green eyes. She was wearing the standard female uniform. Momo is very caring towards her teammates as she sees them as family, as everyone else does as well.
Reya has long brown hair that ends in two short braids; she also has a blue headband on that she normally wears. Her eyes match her hair colour. She has a slim figure and is wearing the standard female uniform. Reya is a soft spoken and polite girl.
Tsubasa has blue shoulder length hair; her eyes are a matching blue colour. She is wearing the standard female uniform. She is very polite. She has a basic appearance of a tomboy and she sports a bishounen face.
Ruruko has brown hair normally tied in long twin ponytails. She has a pair of green clips in her hair. Her eyes are the same colour as the hair clips. She is wearing the standard female uniform with striped green stockings. She has the appearance of a short teenage girl.
"Okay since everyone is here, the work for today is the same as any other day. Paperwork to be finished then any other duties they have, they will go do." Sona said to everyone.
With a communal "Hai Kaichou" everyone went on to do their work.
When i finished i noticed there was only one other member besides Kaichou and Tsubaki was Tomoe, she was normally one of the first to finish her work but today was different.
I decided to go and have a quick chat with her. "Hey Tomoe, whats up?"
"Nothing Rane-kun" She replied while still looking at her work but not actually doing anything.
"I can tell something is up, you don't have to tell me but i think it would be best if you talk to someone about it"
"How are you so smart, no one else has noticed" She said and looked at me, her eyes were a bit red.
"It's something i take pride in, I always notice things that others cannot." I smiled at her, i didn't like seeing her anything but her cheery self.
Tomoe started to talk about her problem, and i just listened and help give her some advice.
"How about i cook up a special meal for you as well tonight Tomoe."
"Yay, thanks Rane-kun, you're the best" Tomoe said as she smiled and her cheery mood had come back full force.
"That's the Tomoe i remember, don't get so down, if you have any other problems, you can come to me, i will never say no to helping you" I replied as i rubbed her head and messed her hair up a little.
"Thanks again, now i will get back to my work." Tomoe replied and dove into her work with gusto.
I walked over to Kaichou's desk and sat down. "I have finished Kaichou, may i leave now, i have some other business that i need to get ready for." I said.
"Thanks Rane, i will see you at home later, you may leave." Sona said
I nodded in response and left the room, i walked towards the room next door and unlocked it. I locked the door after i entered. This was the room the Student Council used for anything supernatural like teleporting and to store anything that we acquire from contracts.
I started to summon my teleportation circle. When it was finished i stepped in and left.
I arrived in a familiar 3 bedroom house, it didn't look like much from the outside but when you got in, you could tell that someone who had more money then they would like others to know lives here.
Looking down the hall, i could see some light in a room and heard someone walking around in there. "Hey old fart you here" I called out and the movement in the room stopped and someone i didn't recognise walked out.
He has dark silver hair with light blue eyes. He is wearing a dark green V-neck shirt with a black jacket over the top. He is also wearing black jeans with a silver chain. "Who are you" He asked while looking like he was ready for a fight.
"Calm down, i'm just hear to see Azazel about some business, he and i are good friends" I stated but mentally prepared for a fight just in case.
"He is in the not so secret "secret" basement he created for doing his research in" The silver haired man and started to walk back into the room he came from.
"Thank you, by the way I'm Rane Tsukishima" I replied.
"Vali" was the only response i got before the door closed.
'Hmm, interesting' I thought before going to the kitchen and grabbing two glasses and a bottle of whiskey. I then proceeded to the not so secret basement. Once i walked down i could see Azazel sitting in-front of many screens.
"Hey old fart, i'm here, i also grabbed a bottle of whiskey from upstairs." I said while walking in closer to the screens to see what he was working on.
"Rane you're here early, i was just finishing up here" Azazel said before he turned around in his chair.
Azazel has black hair with golden bangs; he also has a black goatee. He is wearing black pants and a long red coat on that revealed a little of his chest.
"Yeah, i finished up early today and thought of just coming by. I ran into Vali when i arrived. Bundle of joy he is." I replied back jokingly.
"Yeah Vali sure is" Azazel replied back sarcastically. We both started to laugh at this point.
I was the first to stop laughing so i asked "Since i'm here, you need a hand with this".
"It's all good, just some final notes for Fafnir, but i do have the material you requested" Azazel said as he pulled out a usb from his pocket and handed it to me.
"Thanks, i ran into a roadblock and can't seem to get past it this time"
"Well that what science is all about. Doesn't help that we have magic and all that to go with it." Azazel joked back.
"True, don't mind if i get started on this whiskey then." I said as i put the two glasses down and started to pour the whiskey into them.
Azazel grabbed his glass and just downed it in one go. "That hits the spot".
"What was the reason you invited me over today besides to give me this" i said as i patted my pocket containing the usb.
"Just wanted to talk and have a drink. Vali doesn't really drink with me or talk much for that matter. Always busy with his own stuff."
"The talking i can do easily, the drinking part not so much, you know i get in trouble when i drink and i noticed that Vali doesn't talk much" I said back.
"But you're the only one who does drink with me nowadays, everyone else is too busy working"
"True but i'm meant to be a student"
"Small invalid points" Azazel said before turning full serious. "I have had a report come in about the fallen angels i have watching over sacred gear users in this area and it surprised me to see that they didn't follow my orders correctly"
"How so?" I asked as this was intriguing, it's not everyday when someone decides to disobey the leader of the fallen angels unless your name is Kokabiel.
"I sent them to watch, but it seems they got orders from "me" to kill one as he was deemed too dangerous"
"So there is a investigation looking into a mysterious murder now in the area"
"Not quite, the person is alive and kicking" Azazel said. 'That means they were reincarnated, so most likely by Rias as Sona hasn't mentioned anyone new'
"I take it they were reincarnated?" I asked and all i got from Azazel was a slow nod.
"I'll say this, if this person is in the hands of the wrong person it could mean that the peace that is being fought for will be destroyed."
"Why you say that, or are you going senile on me again"
"No i'm not going senile. Wait what do you mean again. Never mind. All i know is that they contain a high level sacred gear, possibly even a longinus" Azazel replied as i laughed slightly at the start then instantly stopped at knowing it was most likely a dangerous sacred gear.
"So you want me to find out who reincarnated them and what sacred gear they have, is that what your saying?"
"Correct Rane, while you do that i will be trying to find out who sent the order"
"Sounds like a plan" I said as i downed my drink. I proceeded to pour us both another drink. "I do have a question for you Azazel" I said just as serious.
"What is it Rane"
"Who the fuck is Vali"
"Hahaha, its a long story. The short version is i took him in off the streets and he is the Hakuryuukou of this generation"
"So who are his parents?"
"I haven't found out, but all i know is they are dead and he holds a grudge against his grandfather"
'He does look like him, but if he has the Divine Dividing then it's definitely not' I thought. "Keep me up to date on that, wouldn't want to lose any information on the current Hakuryuukou, it's not often you meet one of the two" I said.
'I'm glad he dropped that there' Azazel thought to himself. "Yeah i will Rane, now lets head upstairs so we can drink and chat further" Azazel said to me. I nodded and grabbed my glass and finished it before picking up the bottle of whiskey and heading upstairs with Azazel behind me.
I walked into the lounge room and placed the whiskey on the coffee table before sitting down.
I spent the next few hours with Azazel talking and lightly drinking unless the topic became something i didn't like. "Okay old man, i need to head off, its way past the time i usually arrive back. I also need something to prove that i was seeing a client tonight. The alcohol on my breathe might be enough but i kinda want to sleep inside"
"Don't worry, just take something from the house" Azazel replied as he finished his next drink and refilled his glass with the last of the whiskey.
"So the TV is fine then?" I asked jokingly.
"Yeah no. Take a painting or something"
"It was a joke, i'll take the small painting of a battle"
"That's fine, now when will you be back, i like my drinking buddy"
"When i'm done with the research, or if i found out about this sacred gear user" i replied and Azazel nodded. "Well i'm off then, i'll catch you around" I said before disappearing in my magic circle.
I appeared in a dimly lit room. I walked out and into the lounge room to see everyone doing their own thing. Some watching tv, others reading while Tsubaki was helping Saji with his school work. 'I really hope he notices Tsubaki'.
"I'm back everyone, i will get dinner ready after i have a shower" I said before walking towards the stairs to go to my room.
"Rane" I heard Sona call out to me and i stopped at the stairs and saw Sona walking towards me.
"Hello Kaichou, what did you need of me?" I asked.
"You are late and i was wondering where you were"
"I was held up with a client"
"You were drinking again with them, weren't you?" She asked with a stern look on her face.
"Part of what he wanted from me, just a drinking buddy and someone he can talk to"
"Just try not be home late next time" Sona said and started to walk back into the lounge room.
Before Sona could walk away fully I pulled her into my arms and kissed her, it was quick but still full of love. She was about to say something when i put a finger to her mouth then pointed to the wall. "The others will hear us, and don't worry about me. I can handle almost everything that is thrown at me. I will down soon to cook." I whispered and she nodded.
"Before i go, you might want to wait before going back, they will notice the blush on your face"
"And whose fault is that" Sona whispered back trying to sound angry but it turned out to be cute.
"Not mine" i whispered back then she slapped my arm. "Fine, it is mine. Be down soon" I said as i let her go and walked up to my room to grab my clothes and towel then proceeded to the shower.
After 20 minutes i walked back downstairs and started to prepare dinner for everyone.
I prepared Sukiyaki for dinner and I also made a small side of Dorayaki for Tomoe to have later, i hid it before anyone could see it. Couldn't be seen showing favouritism.
We all sat down and ate, the girls thanked me while Saji was still trying to learn my secret of how i was a good cook. Once everyone had finished i took all the plates to the sink while Reya and Ruruko got ready to clean up the plates.
I took my time to make sure everyone was fine with their studies. Saji was having some slight trouble but was still able to get the majority of his finished.
I stopped by Tomoe last. "Hey Tomoe, how are you going now" I asked her.
"I'm feeling much better now, being with family is helping". She replied with a smile.
"That's good, i left your treat in the fridge for later." I replied as i rubbed her head messing up her hair a little.
"Thank you Rane" Tomoe replied and her smile wider if it was possible. Her smile was also contagious and made me smile.
I then left up to my room and sat down and read one of my many books that littered the walls of my room. After a while there was a knock on the door that connects mine and Sona's room. I went and opened it.
Sona was standing there in her pyjamas which consisted of black shorts and a black shirt that was slightly loose around the shoulders on her. I pulled her into a hug where she hugged back. "I take it you want to go to bed now". Sona looked up and nodded.
When she stopped nodding i moved in and kissed her on the lips, this one lasted a minute of two. It was full of passion and love. "Let's go to bed then." I said as I released her from the hug.
She moved over to her side of the bed climbed in and I climbed into my side of the bed. Afterwards Sona cuddled up into my chest. I then kissed her forehead. "Love you Sona, Good night" I said.
"Good night Rane-kun my love" Sona said as she started to fall asleep. I wrapped an arm around her and we both fell asleep.
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