This is my first story in this fandom, after reading some other stories I felt like I should also write something, this story probably won't follow the original plot at least not all of it, there will also be changes to character backgrounds. Hope it works out though, enjoy.

CHAPTER 1

Issei Hyoudou was having a bad day, no scratch that he was having one of the worst days of his life, it started a few hours ago or was it days, dammit he didn't even know anymore. He was being his normal self, lazing around trying not to think the new school year, but all good things had to come to an end, because then he noticed it was quiet, maybe a little too quiet, flooding the house with him aura he discovered his companion was not at home.

He tried to ignore the nagging feeling telling him to look for his freeloader, 'she's a big girl she can take care of herself, right?' finally his paranoia won and he made his way downstairs to the living room then the kitchen, that's where something caught his attention, it was a bright yellow note stuck on the fridge and in not so elegant penmanship a few words were scribble: I want apples.

The brunette sighed, although it sounded like a command this was being nice for her, and unfortunately he was in no position to refuse. The young man pulled his hair in exasperation he scribbled some words on a piece of paper then stuck it on the fridge.

As Issei opened a portal he couldn't help but feel that something bad was going to happen but with his luck he won't be surprised if he came back to not meet his house standing, shaking the negative thoughts out of his head he stepped into the portal.

A few hours later…

'How long have I been walking' Issei asked himself, while there were spots on earth which grew the dragon apples, they almost always had dragons sticking close and a confrontation with a dragon was not on his to do list, but where they grew in the underworld didn't usually get much dragons, probably because they didn't like the underworld, this gave Issei the perfect spot to get them with little or no trouble, but the problem was getting there.

The area were the apples grew was surrounded by a thick forest, plus a mountain range and the apple grew within one of the secluded valleys, due to the landscape a lot of rogue devils roamed the area, and Issei being the nice guy he was did his best to avoid fighting anyone, he mentally cussed the area for not being able to be marked therefore no teleportation.

For now he'd been wandering the forest, he knew he would eventually get there but navigation was hard, suddenly he felt something pulling him, a strong almost irresistible force held him, almost choking the breath out of him, it forced him to his knees, barely breathing now and desperate to get out of whatever he had walked into he focused then "SHATTER" he said in a low dark voice, instantly he was released from the death grip, the air flooded his lungs and he couldn't be more appreciative but that was short-lived because he felt a presence behind him, by the time he turned around the figure brought it's arm down striking his shoulder with enough force to knock him out, the black spots appeared in his vision before his consciousness faded.

Issei groaned as he regained consciousness, first thing he noticed was that he was in a cell with several people, about 9 other people some of them awake, the girl beside him seemed to be trying to pick the shackles that bound her but from her face he could tell she wasn't going far.

"Oh look another one's up" said the guy that was watching or drooling over the girl, all eyes immediately went to him, he felt like a piece of meat on exhibition.

"So where are we?" he asked.

It took a while but the girl answered "Don't know, I was minding my own business when I felt something pulling me then I blacked out" the girl really seemed frustrated by the shackles, looking at his he merely sighed, how could he have to prey to such a lame trap.

"Well it looks like most of you are up" a tall man with blond hair and with his face twisted in a malicious smile said from outside the cramped cell.

"Who're you pretty boy?" some dude asked.

"Quiet scumbag, a mere criminal doesn't have deserve to talk to someone such as myself" said the arrogant dick.

"Whatever blondie, I might be a criminal but what does that make you huh? Kidnapping criminal and strays?"

At that moment Issei's mind went blank 'criminals and strays?' for the first time since he woke up he took a look around, sure enough most people in the cell looked rather, rough? Like they had been living on the streets for a long while, only himself and the black haired girl beside him looked more presentable, him attire merely covered in dust probably from when he hit the ground, the girl's kimono having a rip on the bottom.

He didn't realized that the one who had now been dubbed 'pretty boy' had opened the cell until he felt the same tug on his neck, so he was the one who casted the irritating spell, Issei felt the overwhelming desire to rip of the blonde's head off, but he bid his time.

The prisoners where led from the underground cell to a very elegant room, with a single boy who looked at most 17 at the end of the table.

"Master, I have brought them"

The master put down his fork "Good work Shane" the 'master' regarded them over the rim of his cup, "so these are the best you could find?"

"Yes master, out of the 57 we gathered these 10 had the strongest magical energies"

"Oh, and from my angle they all seem weak, maybe about 3 ripe ones" he sighed "oh well, princes can't be choosers. Alright Shane, the Rating Game is in 3 hours, make sure they're ready, I want to crush that Gremory's pretty face" the master clenched his fist.

"Of course master, leave everything to me" a magical circle appeared below them, and they were gone.

The next room was not as elegant as the last, this one was a square shaped room with tiny windows, but at least it wasn't a Spartan cell.

"Alright scumbags, sit" on his body's accord his legs gave out.

"In 3 hours Master Azelio has a Rating game against the heiress of the Gremory clan, it is of upmost importance that he wins. Know this you are all pawns to my master, with my magic I control you, as my mater does not have a peerage of his own this was the next best thing, you creatures should not even gaze upon my master, your presence taints the purity of my master" he sighed momentarily stopping his rant "but no worries after the game today you will all be history, after all my master has a reputation to keep" laughing like a mad man a magic circle appeared beneath him teleporting him to god knows where.

Once Shane left, the force around his neck seemed to loosen up a bit, then the chaos ensued some of them began pounding the walls of the little room, even going as far as using magic, but it was all futile, Issei meanwhile had other plans, on one hand the prospect of being in a Rating Game was appealing on the other he was going to be controlled, hell no, once it started he was going to do whatever he wanted.

Beside him the girl from before had a forlorn look on her face, no more trying to break the shackles, slowly he inched towards her.

"You alright?"

It took a while but she answered "no"

"Afraid of death?"

"Not really, nya"

'Nya?' he asked himself "You're a Nekomata?"

"You got a problem with that?" she asked narrowing her eyes at him.

"N- No, it's just that you hid yourself well, I didn't even notice, you must be pretty good at senjutsu" Issei formed his words clumsily.

She giggled lightly "Trying to woo a girl you just met, you sure work fast err-"

"Hyoudou Issei, nice to meet you"

"Kuroka, nice to meet you Issei-chin" her eyes sparkled mischiviously "you know what I am but I don't know what you are, you obviously aren't a devil, and you seem to be hiding your aura but you can't hid your ki from me and it feels …very potent, nya"

Issei scratched the back of his neck "well I really don't know what I am, but if I was to tell you what people think I am, I'd have to kill you" strangely that did not faze her.

"Oh, mysterious, I like it, nya" she purred "Issei-chin, when we get out of her do you want out make babies?"

Issei's head went into overdrive 'make babies', the pictures that were running through his head made his face go red 'fufufu, I knew I was irresistible, score!', something poked his cheek.

"Issei-chin is a pervert" she teased, her face morphed into one of sadness again "but we aren't going to make it out alive, that man's magic semms to be able take almost complete control of its victims, we might need to either kill him or wait until he stops the spell"

"Don't worry about that Kuroka-chan, stick with me and we'll be fine" he reassured her "but first, I need a nap" and he promptly laid his head on her laps and let sleep take hold.

Some hours later…

The 'peerage' of Azelio Buer assembled in the space created by the rating Game; a standard forest arena, Issei meanwhile felt like he needed more sleep.

"Alright scumbags, go!" ordered Shane, his legs began moving on their own, quickly he grabbed Kuroka and the two of them dashed into the forest.

After what seemed like forever they finally stopped. "Well that wasn't nice, nya" Issei had to agree with his companion.

"So what's your plan for getting out of here?"

He grinned then held her close, their foreheads touching. Kuroka teased people but she was not used to being on the receiving end, the feeling of their bodies were pressed firmly together, their faces so painfully close, she couldn't stop the red color that dusted her cheeks.

'SHATTER' his voice came out low, the pressure which was once there faded, they finally regained control of they're bodies.

The Nekomata twirled, delighted that she could move freely again "Issei-chin is really strong, well I better get going, I need to escape before a lot of people retire"

"I thought you have to wait until the game ends" she shook her head, no. She went up to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Let's meet again Issei-chin, nya. I surrender" she said, then the blue light enveloped her, then she wasn't there anymore. The brunette whistled, so that's how it's done, he would do that but first he wanted to explore.

Not long after he began his exploration someone stopped him in his tracks.

"Will you give up now, or do we do it the hard way" there was no pride in his voice he seemed to be asking a question.

"Do you think we could talk this out I really don't want to fight" he replied with a weak smile, however his opponent didn't seem to share his view as he unsheathed his blade "at least I tried".

"I am Yuuto Kiba, a knight in the service of Rias Gremory"

"I am unimportant" Issei replied.

"Very well" Kiba charged him, using the speed of the knight to his advantage, he was going in for an instant kill a shot to the neck, he was not pleased when his opponent easily dodged it, so far all the people he had taken care of today had gone down after one hit, which was quite disappointing, at least this person did not go down in one hit.

Bringing his blade horizontally he tried again, but his opponent's speed matched his own, maybe he too was a knight he thought, no matter he would not let down his master.

Issei on the other hand was having fun although not intentionally, playing with the swordsman was a change from the life and death fights he usually partook in. He had not attacked yet merely evaded, and he could tell his opponent was getting frustrated.

"You're good" Issei commented.

"I could say the same thing about you, you aren't just a common stray are you"

"You think I'm a stray?"

"We were told to deal with all of you swiftly as you were all strays so that they could skip to trials"

"That's harsh Kiba-san, I'm not a stray, I'm just a guy whose running some errands for a friend, and if I don't get back soon Lily's gonna kill me"

"I apologies then, I was trying to take you out with minimal damage but now I see no need for that" another sword materialized in Kiba's other hand.

With increased speed he charged his opponent. Issei watched as Kiba approached him, when he was near enough he jumped to evade as expected the knight was surprised, but he quickly recovered changing his course as he pursed Issei again, at high speed they attacked each other issei using only his fists, he got a solid hit on the knight bruising his face.

Kiba was shocked, he scowled a little, one did not simply punch a knight, his opponent was obviously a knight but he had yet to pull his blade 'calm down' he told himself, but he couldn't remain calm because magic circles formed around him, red beams shooting from them, if he wasn't a knight he would most likely have not escaped.

However he only walked into another trap as a circle glowed beneath him, his weapons shattered, that he did not like.

"Not bad Kiba-san"

That only served to piss Kiba of the more "Sword birth" about eight sword shot out of the ground.

"Waoh, so you have a sacred gear, I know someone who could help you train"

"Not interested" Kiba charged his opponent again, this time however a small crimson energy orb was tossed towards him, as he readied to strike it exploded, flinging him away and shattering his blades.

It all happened so fast, Kiba was still in the air and suddenly his opponent was there, his arm were covered in glowing crimson rune marks, his attackers fist collided with his gut and drove him into the ground, the immense pain coursed through his body and the black spot filled his vision, he tried to talk but only blood came out.

"You aren't dead" issei asked "impressive, I wonder if I should finish you off" luckily for Kiba his body glowed before disappearing.

"Knight of Rias Gremory retired"

Issei calmed down as Kiba disappeared, anymore and he might have actually killed him, he shook his head to get a grip.

"Not bad, I'll might ask Azazel to build something like this for me" he mumbled it seemed like a good was to keep him control in check. I surrender" he glowed blue then vanished.

When Issei next opened his eyes, he awoke in what he assumed was a medical ward, was because it seemed like a someone tore through it, he wondered if Kuroka was behind it, because she seemed absent and the other strays were passed out or groaning in pain, he made his way out of the building without meeting resistance.

Now he only had apples to pick and a kid to get back to and he was probably going to need to do some shopping, *sigh* his wallet hadn't felt heavy in a while and it seemed it wasn't going to anytime soon.

Hyodou Residence…

Issei finally arrived home, carefully he put down the bags of food beside the door.

"I'm ho-"

Just as predicted a large energy snake lunged towards him, a shield materialized before him but the snake broke through ramming into him and throwing him beyond the gates, he landed with a thud after skidding on the street, oddly enough the young man smiled.

Dusting himself he dragged his sore body towards the house and picked up te bags before reentering his home to find a very pissed off looking or at least what he had come to know as pissed of looking dragon god, Ophis, she stared at him then,

"I'm hungry"

'Of course' Issei thought "I know, sorry for being late, I ran into some trouble"

"Why didn't you call me?" she asked.

"I could take care of it myself, besides I wanted to see what a Rating Game felt like"

She nodded before turning her head back to her game. Issei gave a nervous smile, making his way to the kitchen he started to put the items in the fridge, until Ophis came in.

"Ophis?"

The dragon god didn't say anything merely wrapping her arm around him "Baka-Ise" she muttered.

Issei sighed "it's alright, I'm still here aren't I?" he said to reassure her.

"Alright, I'll make something big just for you" she gave her best smile impression.

Issei smelt something, strawberries "Ophis, you took your bath today?"

"Yes" she replied.

"Well that's one less thing to worry about" he said clearly impressed, then he remembered something important.

"Ophis, did you were underwear?"

She stared at him for a few seconds, she looked down then lifted up her skirt.

"DAMN IT, OPHIS!" Issei yelled, clearly the dragon god still had a lot of things to learn.

Somewhere in the Gremory Estate

A very confused Rias watched the battle between Kiba and the strange boy, Kiba was by no means weak but fighting he boy he was by far outclassed, Kiba also said that the energy the boy emitted was strong.

She had been watching this video over and over again, but it was already too late when she realized she wanted the boy in the video, she had the feeling the feeling that he would make a suitable addition to her peerage, and when Rias had the feeling she was always right, her peerage was a testament to that.

Someone came into her room, she didn't need to look she knew it was Sona.

"You're watching the video again?"

"Yes, I'm trying to find out which clan he could possibly be from"

"Don't bother with him Rias, he's going to join my peerage soon enough" said her childhood friend.

"Oh really?"

"Yes" Sona said with a smile "but I find it irritating that we aren't the only ones who noticed him"

"We aren't"

"I heard a rumor that Sairoarg has taken interest in him, and also my sister"

At this Rias rose an eyebrow, "your sister?"

"Yes, apparently she sees 'potential' in him"

"I guess I have to step up my game"

Sona nodded in agreement, she turned to leave "Well, I wish you good luck"

"You too" said Rias as her friend left her.

Alright, I was trying to go for something original, I hope this works. If you haven't figured it out yet Lily is Ophis, it's just an alias to use when in public so that attention won't be drawn to Ophis, as the story progresses I'll explain how Issei knows Ophis. R&R, suggestions are also welcome. I should update soon though I'm not sure because have to proof read and whatnot.