Issei Hyoudou is a young high schooler studying at Kuoh Academy, located in the Japanese town of Kuoh; where it got its namesake from. He is a boy with short spiky brown hair with 2 hair locks behind the head. Like any other student of Kuoh Academy but with a different variation, he wears a black blazer with white outlines, an unbuttoned shirt over his red shirt with matching black pants and white sneakers with blue accents.
He's now sitting on his table waiting for the school day to be over with, wondering what his "Queen" have in store in the club. While pondering, he heard his name getting called out.
"ISSEI!"
He looked at the source of the voice, it was his 2 best buds; Matsuda, a skinhead boy and Motohama, a kid with black hair with glasses. They rushed to Issei, it seemed like they just the end of the World is coming.
"What's up, guys?" Issei asked, confused.
"Oh man, it's over." Motohama added.
"Guys, I'm a little bit confused here. What are you guys talking about?" Issei questioned with a raised brow.
"There's talk of a pretty boy transferring to this school." Motohama replied.
"The last thing we need is another Kiba." Matsuda added.
In Kuoh Academy, there's a group of 3 known as the Perverted Trio. Mocked by the boys and feared by the girls. Issei, Matsuda, and Motohama are members of this Trio. "Pretty boy" is just a term used to describe a chick magnet.
"Wait, seriously?" Issei asked with mild but disgusted interesting.
"Yes, you can even hear it for yourself." They both replied in unison.
Issei turned his ears towards the girls that are huddling with each other. What do you know? They're talking about the kid coming to the school.
"I've heard that there's going to a new student."
"I know, right? You think he's gonna be a pretty boy like in one of those Korean boy bands?"
"Well, I'm not into K-pop but as long as he's not a massive pervert, I'm cool."
Back to Issei, he turned his head away and towards his friends. They seem eager to hear his views.
"Guys, those are just rumors. You guys are too paranoid. Maybe the porn's getting to your head." Issei jokingly said.
"Hey, don't talk shit about my porn, man!" Exclaimed Matsuda
"Luck hasn't been on our side recently, my friend. Let's take you as an example: You're the only one who didn't get to see those HEAVENLY RACKS when we took a peep inside the Kendo club changing room. Not only that you're the one who got beaten up by the girls." Motohama explained while he adjusting his glasses, making him look smart.
"Look, guys-" Before Issei can rebut then school rang, meaning it's time for school to start. Everyone sat in their seats before the teacher opened the door and reached his desk.
"Alright, class. Before we start, I want to introduce you all to your new classmate." The teacher said as he raised his hand towards the door.
Everyone looked with anticipation. Motohama and Matsuda can be seen crossing their fingers and praying that the New Kid is not a pretty boy. Deep inside Issei, he hoped also hoped it's not a pretty boy
The New Kid walked in after the teacher's announcement. The kid has spiky hair, some of the strands are covering his blue eyes. He has a sling bag over his shoulder. His outfit consists of the Academy's blazer with a steel gray shirt with skull prints under an unbuttoned shirt with gray sneakers with accents of white and black (A/N: That's the sneakers he wore if you choose the Casual Outfit as your attire in the game).
After the New Kid showed him to the class.
"Umm… Hey, my name's Noctis but you can call me Noct." First words the New Kid uttered after showing himself in class. He also gave a short wave and an awkward smile. He spoke in a quiet manner with a slight monotone pitch.
After "Noct" introduced himself, most of the girl are "hypnotised" by his looks, screaming internally or quietly, some of them almost fainted. Some of the guys are feeling disgusted or defeated, with reasons of their own or similar to the Perverted Trio. Motohama and Matsuda are crying rivers out of their eyes, Issei kind of felt bad for them. To be honest, he would also be crying rivers out of his eyes if he wasn't introduced to the "Club" and its fine people.
The New Kid can hear the comments his getting from his new classmates.
"Oh my god, he looks like Best Husbando from Naruto Shippuden." (A/N: I do not think Sasuke is Best Husbando)
"You think he has a girlfriend?"
Those are the things Noct heard in the layers of dialogue around the tables. He felt awkward because of the eyes that are looking at him.
"Alright, Noctis. Can you sit at the table around Issei and Asia?" The teacher asked as he points his finger towards an empty toward next to some kid with brown hair and an innocent looking blondie.
Noctis said nothing and he walks towards the empty seat, walking pass the 2. He sat down and put his bag on the side.
"Alright, class. Today we are going to be continuing on the history of Pearl Harbor. So open your notebooks and get ready to take notes." The teacher said to the class.
"Asia, would you kindly help Noctis with the material?" The teacher asked the innocent looking blondie that is sitting next to Noct.
"Of course, sir." The blondie spoke, her voice is soft and angelic, its like music to the ears.
Asia took her seat and moved it closer to Noct's.
"Hello, Noctis. I'm Asia Argento and I'll be helping you with the material for today."
"Asia… That's a cool name. You're from Italy?"
"Why yes, I am from Italy. I think Noctis is a lovely name, too."
"Um… Thanks? I guess?"
"Man, I feel like I'm talking to an old lady." Noctis said mentally.
"You're welcome, Noctis. Now shall we get into the lesson?"
"Uh, sure."
With the assistance of Asia, Noctis learned about the attack on Pearl Harbour on World War 2 (A/N: Unfunny copypasta reference). Noct almost fell asleep but thankfully Asia was there to keep him awake.
One hour later…
It's now break time and everyone is out and about around the school. Issei is walking around looking for his perverted friends. After walking around the school premises, he found them at the second floor observing something from the window.
"What are you guys doing?" Issei asked.
"We're observing the new Pretty Boy of the school. It seems that this Pretty Boy is an introvert who is not sociable." Motohama explained, the way he explained it sounds like watching a David Attenborough documentary.
"So you're basically stalking, then?" Issei questioned with a raised brow.
"Oh, so when it comes to girls then it's not stalking?" Matsuda turned his head towards Issei who is standing behind the two.
Issei didn't say anything, Matsuda raised a good point.
"Yeah, that's what I thought." Matsuda turn his head forward, continuing the observation.
Through the window, Issei turned his view turns Noct who is resting on a tree playing on his phone.
Meanwhile…
Noct is resting on a tree, playing King's Knight on his smartphone to pass the time. He really had nothing to do, well he could go around and socialize but hey that's just Noct being Noct. He was minding his own business until he heard the sound of a throat being cleared. Noct stopped playing and looked towards to source of the voice.
He saw 3 people. A slim girl in specs with a short bob haircut and violet eyes. Like any other girl in this academy, she wears the academy's uniform consisting of white long sleeve button shirt, a black ribbon, a black shoulder cape with a matching button-down corset, along with a magenta skirt with white accents.
Along with the girl in specs is a blonde boy with grey eyes wearing the uniform without the blazer and his sleeves are rolled up and another girl in specs but with long black straight hair, also wearing the full set uniform.
"I assume that you're Noctis Lucis Caelum?" The slim girl finally spoke.
"That's me. Somethin' you need?" Noct asked as he sat up from the tree branch.
"Yes, actually. As a member of the Student Council, it is my also my duty to have the student's wellbeing in pristine condition and ensure they establish a mature behaviour in the school premises." The girl replied as she adjust her glasses.
Noctis didn't say anything, just raised a brow.
"Dude, she's basically asking you to get down from the tree." The Blonde boy finally spoke.
"Well, if you say so." Noctis jumped off the tree and did a roll to break his fall.
For some reason, the two girls with specs had sudden mood change when the New Kid standing near them. The blonde boy saw the 2 girls' mood change, he assumed they sense something within him.
Before anyone could say anything, the school bell rang, making everyone rush into the building.
"Welp, that's the bell. Catch ya later." Noct walked back to the school building while giving the Trio a goodbye wave without looking.
With the New Kid gone, they turned to each other.
"Did you sense it, Tsubaki?" the girl asked in a serious demeanour.
"Yes, Miss Sitri. I can sense some kind of energy resonating within him, he could be in possession of a Sacred Gear." Tsubaki replied.
"Looks like we have an opportunity at our hands." Miss Sitri said with a small grin.
"Opportunity? What opportunity?" the Blonde Boy asked in confusion.
"An opportunity for a new servant into the Peerage, Saji. We just need to get him before Rias does." Miss Sitri replied, "But knowing Rias, she probably knew about this already."
After long day at school…
The first school day is over and everyone is going home. Noct decided to hit the arcade again so he could more high scores.
Meanwhile in some abandoned building in the school…
After the school day is over, Issei went inside Occult Research Club base. The room is dimly lit and the interior looks like living room from the Victorian era with a table and 2 Winchester couches. Curtains are closed and candles were lit. Behind the tables and couches is a desk for office work.
One of the Winchester couches is a beautiful girl with a long straight red-head and blue eyes wearing the Kuoh Academy uniform. She is playing solo chess, she seemed focus until Issei came into the room.
"Welcome back, Issei. How's your day been?" the red-head turned towards Issei without smile.
"It's alright, I guess. At least I didn't get beaten up by the Kendo girls." Issei replied.
"Well, that's a good thing, then. Why peek on them when you can have me, right?" the girl asked rhetorically and sounding very sexual about it.
Issei didn't reply, he turned his head away, trying to hide his blush. He can hear the teasing giggle from the red-head.
"Say, I heard that you got a new classmate, Issei. What's he like?"
"Ok, now what does she want with Noctis. He doesn't seem that special at all." Issei thought to himself.
"Um, it's hard to tell, mainly because I haven't talk to him yet. He kept playing on phone when it's break time. But you can ask Asia about him, she's been helping him in History."
"Is that so? Alright then, I'll ask Asia about him. What's his name, by the way?"
"His name is Noctis Lucis Caelum. I got his surname from Asia. Speaking of Noctis, I saw him talking to Sona and I think it's just me but I saw a change of mood in her when she talked to Noctis. It's like she sensed something within him. But that's just me, what do I know right?" Issei asked jokingly with an awkward laugh.
After hearing this, the girl paused to think about what Issei just said.
"So can you sense anything from him?" the girl asked
"Actually, yeah. It was a kind of a vivid feeling. Asia felt it too when she was helping Noctis."
After hearing this, the red-head put her hand on her chin. After some time thinking, she had an idea.
"Alright, Issei. You can go home now. I think Asia's getting pretty lonely without you."
"Really? But what about you?"
"Me? I have work to do."
"Alright, if you say so. Take care, President." Issei said as he exited the club
"Likewise, Issei."
After Issei left, the red-head pulled out her phone and dialled in a number.
After waiting for the receiver to respond, she finally spoke.
"Hello, Koneko. Would mind doing me a favor?"
Meanwhile…
After a long session in the arcades, Noct forgot that time existed and it's dark. He was walking in a small street then he got a text message.
"Noctis, where are you?"
"I'm walking fast as I can, Aunt Monica."
"Well, hurry. Dinner's getting cold."
"OK OK."
That was Monica. She's like a mother figures towards Noct. Noct never got to see his biological parents. Monica and Dustin are the one's taking care of Noct. And then there's Old Man Cid and Miss Cindy at the local garage.
Noct started to pick up the pace because he doesn't want Monica and Dustin to get worried.
Noct then came across to a rundown storage facility. He felt the creeps crawling up to his spine. He caught a glimpse of a girl who just peaked for head to see what's outside. She immediate hid herself when she found Noct looking at her
"Hey!" Noct called out while reaching his hand out.
Through bravery and courage, he walked inside to the storage facility to find this mysterious girl.
He switched on his flashlight on his phone and looked at the interior. It was broken everywhere, shattered glass scattered across the floor and broken crates lying around. The roof was punctured with holes, the moon shines through it.
Noct then heard someone weeping. He pointed his flashlight at the source of voice to find the same girl again. Noct took a good look she has silver hair and naked too. Luckily, she had her back turn towards him. The girl saw the light and quickly hid away from him.
"Hey!" Noct called out again.
"Please don't hurt me." The girl whimpered.
"I'm not gonna hurt you, relax." Noct said, trying sound harmless.
"Really?" The girl turned his head towards him.
"Yeah, you can trust me." Noct said with a nod.
"So can help me with something?" The girl said.
"Uh sure, what do you want me to help you with?"
After Noct said that, an unusual figure came from the behind the crate.
"STAND STILL SO I CAN TURN YOU INTO DINNER!"
Noct just saw a naked girl now mutated into some kind of monster. His eyes are widen out of shock.
The monster picked up and threw a giant piece of debris at him.
"Aw shit." Noct said to himself before the debris flew at him and knocking him back, the impact caused a smoke screen out of dust.
"At last, a human dumb enough to walk into my feeding ground." The monster said.
Out of nowhere from the smoke screen, a blur came out of it and struck at monster's chest.
"What the fuck!?" The monster exclaimed out of confusion.
The monster looked at the object that struck her. It's a silver straight-sword with gold accents. The handguard of the sword is in the shape horns and wings with a blue gem in the centre.
"A sword?" the monster said in confusion.
Out of nowhere, her prey appeared right in front and pulled the blade the out of her chest. Noct jumped back to keep some distance, he landed on his feet before skidding just for a few inches.
The monster to a good look him, he's no longer wearing a blazer and he's clothing is all dusty. He's holding the same sword that was in the monster's chest like a knight. This is the Soul Sabre, its straight sharp tip is excellent for warp-striking.
Noct also took a good look at the monster almost killed him, she's as tall an elephant. She looks like if a human torso was stuck onto a body of a giant spider. That's gonna make good memories, for sure.
"So you're not just some ordinary human, eh?" the monster replied, "Good, that means you're much more tastier!" The monster screamed and then proceeds to lounge at Noct.
Noct just stood there without flinching. Just right after the monster's hand tried to grab her prey, he disintegrated into thin air leaving blue light as a split-second residue. Just after he disappeared, he reappeared next to monster. He raised his hands and summoned a polearm weapon. The polearm is a purple halberd with one side having a large axe than the other side. Noct took the weapon and use the axe part to slash the monster's face. This is the Flayer, a polearm that can be used slash attacks instead of only it for stabbing attacks. It did some damage but not enough to incapacitate her.
The monster turned her head towards him. Noct can see the rage behind eye and her monstrous gritting hard. Her face now bloodied from the cut Noct gave from the Flayer.
"You bitch!" the monster screamed.
Her hands grew longer nails that looked it can cut through the toughest rocks. She slash at her prey, only to have him phased through the attack.
Using this an opening, he desummoned the Flayer and summoned another sword. It's a single-edge sword with a curved tip. Right below the blades sides are weird symbols and the handguard of the blade looks an engine block. This is the Engine Blade, Noct's favourite weapon.
The monster used her other hand to attack her prey. This time her prey didn't phase through the attack like he did before, instead he used his sword to block the hand. He parried the hand and gave the monster a devastating blow with the Engine Blade.
The monster grunted in frustration. So what if this human has flashy powers? He shouldn't be this hard to kill.
"Just die already!" the monster screamed as she summoned a giant red magical circle.
The magical circle sent out a beam of energy with the purpose of killing Noct. With the beam of energy coming towards before he could react, his eyes being widen and his face looks like he knows that he just seen some disturbing stuff.
"Uh oh…" Noct thought to himself.
The energy beam struck him. Making a loud explosion and creating a large smoke screen.
The monster is half-expecting some of trick up on her prey's sleeves but after waiting for a while, nothing happened. The monster grinned in self-pride.
"Finally, that took a while." The monster said while puffing, she seemed like she's out of energy.
"All the fighting made me hungry now. I hope that spell didn't turn him to dust." The monster said as she tried to approach her prey' supposed dead body inside the smoke screen.
As she approach the dead body through the blinding smoke made out of dust, a barrage of swords came flying towards her the monster and struck her in the chest.
The swords that are deep in her chest looks like they're made out of crystals, not only that they're glowing in the dark. And this time, it burns like hellfire. Over the sound of sizzling flesh, she could hear footsteps from the smokescreen. She looked at the source of the noise, it's her prey, walking out from the smoke. This time, there are multiple blades surrounding and spinning around him.
"Just what the hell are you?" the monster screamed.
"Y'know, I should be the one asking you that. I'm not the one who's looking like a giant spider here." Noct said in a slight mocking tone.
"Oh, I know what you are now. You're one of those shitty agents sent from the Vaticans, are you?" the monster asked when her teeth gritting, the blades are still deep inside her chest and still burning hell.
"Eh?" Noct sound in confusion, "What makes you think so?" asked Noct with one of his brows raised.
"See these blades?" the monster asked rhetorically. Noct set his view to the glowing blades, her flesh producing smoke and it sounds like it's sizzling.
"These blades you just threw at me are burning me like hell right now. Only shitty church agents have counter-measures like this when it comes to dealing with devils." The monster explained while going through the agonizing pain from the Noct's weapon.
"To be honest, I have no idea what are talking about." Noct said bluntly.
"You know what? Just finish me off." The monster said with disappointment.
"You sure? I can take those blades off for you and I can get you a burger from down the street if you're that hungry." Noctis said as he pointed his thumb behind him.
"Does it look like I can eat human food? Either way, I'm gonna get caught and killed by the Devils that watch over this place." The monster said bluntly, "Just finish me. I'm already in pain."
"Well, you say so." Noctis said but inside he kind of felt bad for the monster.
He desummoned the blades surrounded him and he summoned a great sword. The sword looks like a lance that is holding two giant purple blades with unusual railings, this is the Blade of Brennaere, used for crowd control attacks.
With all his might, he threw giant sword with 2 two hands at the monster. The giant sword came flying like boomerang. Noct warped towards the sword, leaving a trail of blue light. He grabbed the sword and swing towards the monster's head.
"You're done for." That's all Noct said right before he decapitated the monster's head.
He landed on his feet while carrying the great sword. He turned to see the dead body of the monster, he then desummoned his great sword.
"Glad that's over with it." Noct said to himself while bending over and putting his hands on his knees.
While he was looking at the ground, he notices a shadow of a person on the ground. He turned towards the roof with holes in it only to see nothing but the moon.
"This day just gets weirder and weirder." Noct thought to himself.
Noct widens his eyes when he felt his phone ringing.
"Shit!" Noct said to himself.
He dashed towards his stuff, grabbed it and rushed back home.
Above the broken down storage facility is a girl wearing the Kuoh Academy uniform just without the shoulder cape. She's a petite girl with hazel eyes and white hair that has 2 black cat-shaped on both sides. She has been watching the New Kid took on and killed what she and her "family" sought to eliminate, a Stray Devil and witnessed the New Kid's "Sacred Gear" in action.
Meanwhile…
Noctis finally got back home. The light is shining through the windows, meaning that Aunt Monica and Uncle Dustin are at home. The house is nothing special, it just an ordinary an ordinary 2 story house.
Noctis went inside, took of his shoes and left it near the door.
"I'm home." Noct called out.
"Noctis! Where's have you been? I've been worried sick." A middle aged woman came from the office room. She is a middle-aged woman with short, her clothing consists of a black blouse over a white shirt, and a necklace. She looked cross and with her hands on her hips.
"My bad, Aunt Monica. I was hanging around with my new friends in school." Noct apologised. He can't let her know that he was fighting a damn monster inside a storage facility.
Aunt Monica sighed.
"Next time, set a reminder on your phone, OK?" She said as she ruffled Noct's hair, "Go upstairs up stairs and get washed, dinners in the microwave. It's Oyakodon rice."
"Alright." Noct walked pass his "aunt" and walked upstairs to his room.
Monica went back inside the office room and continue with her work.
Back to Noctis, he puts his stuff onto of the room and lied down on his bed. His room is nothing special, it has a bed that can fit 1 or 2 people. Near the window is desk for a desktop. At one of the sides of the wall is a bookshelf filled with comics, light novels and mangas. Next to his bed is a poster for his favourite game: King's Knight.
Noct took a while to process what he had just been through in the day. Devils? Church agents? What was that monster talking about? For some time after he had discovered his powers, he knows that he's going to discover more weird stuff as time goes on. He was right all along.
"Something troubling your mind, Noctis?" A voice appeared out of nowhere, surprising Noctis.
Noctis sat up from bed to see a man in his 50s. He has gray hair and green eyes. He wears a black suit with thin white strips and black cape. He has a golden knee guard on his right leg and wears black shoes. He can be seen holding a walking cane. He is now sitting on Noctis' desk chair facing the boy.
"Mr. Regis? I haven't seen you for a while." Noctis said with a surprised face. This is Mr. Regis, he's like an imagery friend towards Noctis. They met when Noctis was 8 years old. He would just appear and reappear in random moments. He was the one who helped Noctis discover his powers.
"I guess you could say I was on a break." Mr. Regis said jokingly, "Now where were we? Oh yes, you seemed troubled, my boy. Is there something wrong?"
"I'm just processing what I've just witnessed. I just fought a giant spider with the body of naked woman." Noctis explained.
"So I assume you killed it?" Mr. Regis asked and got a nod from Noctis as an answer.
"How did it feel?" Mr. Regis asked.
"I kinda felt bad killing that thing. It said something about it's gonna get killed by the 'Devils' that watched over this place either way."
"I see. Well, there's nothing wrong feeling sympathy for your enemies, if even they're giant naked spider ladies." Mr. Regis reassured.
"It thought that I'm an Agent sent from the Vaticans because I used the Armiger on it." Noctis said.
"Oh, how come?" Mr. Regis asked in curiosity.
"When I stabbed the monster with the Armiger, the swords were cooking its skin. It said that only the church agents have counter-measures like this to deal with devils." Noctis explained.
"Interesting." That's all Mr. Regis said, even he is processing all this information.
"So what should I do now?" Noctis asked.
"I think best course of action is to wait." Mr. Regis said.
"Wait?" Noctis asked in confusion.
"Yes, let the situation come to you. I'm sure there's someone who knows about this." Mr. Regis said.
"Well, if you say so." Noctis replied, "Y'know, I was half expecting you would know something."
"Me? What would an old story-teller like me would know?" Mr. Regis asked.
When Noct was young, Mr. Regis used to tell bedtime stories for him.
"Well, you appear out of thin air and you know that I have powers. Are you sure you're just a storyteller?" Noctis asked.
"I'm a good juggler." Mr. Regis answered jokingly.
"You know what? Never mind, I think I'll stick your plan and wait." Noctis said in defeat.
"It seems it's time for me to go now. Get yourself washed, you have dinner to eat." Mr. Regis stood up from the chair.
"Wait! Before you go- aaaaand, he left… Great." The enigmatic Mr. Regis just disappeared right in front of his eyes.
He decided to leave his room and take a shower then go eat dinner.
Meanwhile back at the Occult Research Club…
"He single-handedly killed a Stray Devil, you say?" the same red-head girl that Issei talked to said.
"Yes, President." The same petite girl replied.
"Tell me, Koneko. What does his Sacred Gear look like?"
"His Sacred Gear is similar to Kiba's but instead for making magical swords, he can summon a whole arsenal of different types of weapons. So far, I also him summoning 2 straight swords with different designs, a halberd, and a giant sword. It seems that his weapons have holy attributes because the blades burning the Stray. Additionally, He can phase through attacks and warp towards his weapons." The petite explained to the red-head.
"Wow, I haven't heard her talking this much before." The red-head thought to herself.
"So, Koneko. Did you record Noctis' fighting against the Stray?" the red-head
"Yes, President." Koneko said as she gave the red-head an SD card that she fished out of her pocket.
"Thank you, Koneko. You may leave, take care." The red-head said as she saw Koneko leaving the building without saying anything.
After Koneko was gone, she slotted the SD card into her phone and watched the video. What Koneko said was true and her description of what Noctis' Scared Gear looked like is accurate.
"Oh my, looks like Rias found a new target on her hit-list." An elegant female voice came out of nowhere. It was a girl with a voluptuous figure with violet eyes. Her hair is tied with an orange ribbon into a long ponytail that reached to her legs, she's also wearing the academy's uniform.
"Akeno, what are you doing up so late?" Rias turned towards the voice.
"I wouldn't want to my King all alone. After all, a Queen must stay her King." Akeno said, "This Noctis… He'll be a fine member in the peerage, don't you think."
"I was right to tell Koneko to observe Noctis. If we have another Sacred Gear user into our family, nothing can stop us." Rias said with a smile.
"So, Rias. What are you going to do now?" Akeno asked.
"I'll get Issei to introduce him to the club then I'll ask him to join the peerage." Rias told her "Queen".
"Sounds like a good plan." Akeno said, "But you should get some rest now, I can't have my King become sleep-deprived over an opportunity for a new peerage member."
"Ok, Akeno. Good night." Rias said as she summoned a red magical circle below her. The circle took the girl with it as it disappears. That's just a Devil teleportation spell.
The next day…
After eating breakfast, Noct immediately leave his house to walk to school. Kuoh academy is not that far from his house. While he was walking, he came across 2 people that he recognize: It's Asia and that brown hair kid that he sat next to.
The two heard someone coming from behind, they look to see that Noctis is behind them.
"What's up, Noctis?" The brown hair kid greeted him.
"Oh hello, Noctis." Asia also greeted him.
"Sup." Noct greeted them.
"I didn't know you live near here." Brown hair kid said, "By the way, I'm Issei Hyoudou."
"You already knew Asia, right? She's the one who helped you in class."
"Uh, yeah."
"So you want to walk to school with us?" Issei asked.
"Uh sure, why not?" Noct accepted the invitation.
After that, the 3 walk to school together. It seems that only Issei and Asia are only talking towards each other.
"So you guys are like together like a couple or something?" Noctis asked in curiosity.
What Noctis got was 2 blushes from each person. He kinda regretted asking that now.
"Oh no, Issei is like a brother to me. He's been taking care of me ever since I came to Kuoh." Asia replied.
"Oh, that's nice. You're lucky to have someone like that by your side." Noct said with a soft smile.
"Oh thanks, dude. You seemed like a cool guy, too." Issei said.
"Uh, thanks."
"You should hang out with us sometimes. We usually go around the town centre and have fun."
"Really? You want me to hang out you guys?"
"Yeah, of course. Right, Asia?" Issei turned towards the blondie.
"Of course, I would love hang out with Noctis." Asia said with an innocent smile.
"Also, me and Asia go to this club in the school and the president of the club is asking me to invite another friend to the club."
"Sure, I'll take on both offers."
"Hell yeah." Issei said as he wrapped his arms around Noct, "You and me, Noctis. We would be the best of buddies."
"Sure." Noct said, "By the way, can ask you guys something?"
"Sure, what is it?" Issei asked.
"Just call me Noct, you don't need to call me Noctis."
"Ok, I'll call you Noct from now." Issei said.
"Me too." Asia added.
They now arrived at the Kuoh academy, students are flooding towards the gate.
"Ok, I'll come and pick you up so I can introduce you to club, alright?" Issei said.
"Yeah OK, I'll keep in mind." Noct replied.
Noct and Asia decided to just walk up to class before it even started, leaving behind Issei.
Out of nowhere, a fist came flying at Issei's face, knocking to the ground.
It was Matsuda.
"You son of bitch." Matsuda cried out.
"Bro, what was that for?" Issei asked while holding his nose.
"We saw you talking to that thing… That pretty boy." Motohama said in an accusing tone.
"How could you stoop so low?" Matsuda asked.
"Guys, Noct is a cool dude. Don't talk shit about him." Issei said as he stood up defending his newly found friend.
"All pretty boys are the bane of our existence. And the worst part is that this one's an emo introvert." Motohama said.
"Guys, just give Noct a chance, will you? I'll introduce him to you so you can see yourself." Issei said.
"Hmm, if you speak so highly of Noctis, then I suppose I will give him a chance." Motohama said as he re-adjust his glasses.
Meanwhile…
Noctis is walking through the corridors to reach his classroom, he can hear the girls praising him like he's the messiah or something.
"Noctis, please notice me!"
"We love you, Noctis!"
The attention suddenly stopped coming towards into something else.
"Look, she's coming!"
Noct looked to see a girl with red-hair coming his way.
"It's Rias Gremory, in the flesh!"
"Oh my god, I get to see both Noctis and Rias at same time. Thank you god for answering my prayers."
Noctis and this supposed "Rias" walked each other. Noctis took a turn and walked inside his classroom. Rias stopped and turned back.
"So that's Noctis… In the flesh." Rias thought to himself, "Yep, I can definitely sense a Sacred Gear inside him."
8 hours later…
It's finally time for everyone to go home. Noctis is gathering his things until he's greeted by Issei.
"So, Noct. Ready to meet the crew?"
"The crew?" Noctis asked in confusion, "Oh… Yeah sure, lemme just pack my things first."
"Yeah man, just take your time."
After Noct packed his things, he followed his new friend. He led him to a school building that is covered in trees. Issei opened the door and Noct followed inside. The interior was dimly light, everything is barely visible.
"It's dark in here. What kind of club is this that doesn't have any lights on?" Noctis asked.
"Don't worry, it's just this area that is dark. The main area has better lighting." Issei reassured.
"OK but still, it wouldn't hurt to install lightbulbs in the corridor, don't you think?" Noctis asked rhetorically.
After walking through the dark, in Noct' case, the 2 reached another. Issei opened the door and they both walk in the same time.
Before his eyes, Noct saw a Victorian-themed living room with a table and 2 Winchester couches. A petite girl with white hair eating snacks on of the couches. Noct recognised one of member on the other couch: It was none other than Asia.
"Glad that you're able to join us, Noctis."
A blonde boy with blue eyes and a mole underneath the left one, appeared before Noct, he wore a welcoming smile on his face.
"I'm Kiba Yuuto, I am a member of the Occult Research Club." Kiba said as he gave a short bow.
"I see that you've made friends with Issei. Don't worry, Noctis, despite his reputation at school, he's a good person at heart." Kiba said.
"So I've heard." Noct said in response.
"You don't mind calling you Noctis, right? Or do you prefer me to call you by something else?" Kiba asked.
"Noct's fine." Noct replied to Kiba's question.
"OK, Noct. Allow me to introduce you to the other members of the club."
Noct followed Kiba towards the petite girl.
"That is Koneko Toujou, a second-year and a long-time member in the club."
"Hi." Koneko said blankly while nibbling on some chocolate.
Kiba turned towards the blondie that Noct recognize.
"I assume you know Asia Argento?" Kiba asked.
"Hello, Noct. I'm glad that Issei brought you here." Asia said with a smile.
"President, your clothes are ready." Another can be heard.
Noct turned towards the voice to see a ravenette girl holding a folded set of the female Kuoh Academy uniform.
"Oh, I didn't see how you there. Welcome to the Occult Research Club. I'm Akeno Himejima, I'm the Vice President of the club." The girl said as she bowed down, "I assume that you're Noctis?"
The girl before Noctis is a ravenette with violet. Her black hair is so long that it reached her legs, it's tied back by an orange ribbon, making it a ponytail. Her body is well-developed and mature and her smile just screams seductiveness.
"Just call me Noct." He said.
After Akeno and Noct introduced themselves, she took a good look at the New Kid.
"Oh my, you're more charming than I expected. I can see why the President might want to invite you into this club." She said with a giggle.
"Um… OK?" Noct said in awkwardness.
And then she turned towards Issei.
"Careful, Issei. It seems that you have competition."
"Haha very funny, Akeno." Issei said sarcastically.
"Well, sit down and make yourself welcome. I'll just going to give the president a fresh pair of clothes and I'll prepare some tea."
"By the way, there's a shower at the back and the President's using it." Issei called out from the front.
"Um… OK, not sure what I'm going to do with that information." Noctis said.
Noct said nothing and did what Akeno told him. She entered the back of the room. Noct chose to seat at the same couch as the Koneko, he sat at the opposite edge of the couch.
A few moments later, a person came out from the back.
"Sorry to keep you all waiting."
The voice woke up Noctis, who was having a short nap.
Noctis turned towards the voice to see another girl. Like Akeno, her body looks well-developed and mature. She has straight long red hair and blue eyes. The first thing she noticed is the New Kid's presence in the club.
"Oh, glad that you're able to make it, Noctis. I'm Rias Gremory, President of the Occult Research Club." Rias introduced herself. She proceeds to stand next to desk in front of the tables, resting her backside on the edge.
As Rias introduced herself, Akeno came back with tray trolley with a tea set on top.
"Tea's ready, everyone."
The Vice President came close to the table, took a cup and poured some tea and gave the filled cup to the New Kid.
"As a guest to the club, you'll be the first to have a cup, Noct." She said with a smile.
"I'm not thirsty, but I'll take it. Thanks." Noct said as he took the cup.
He blew on it to cool it down a bit then sip on it.
"Damn, this stuff's good." Noct said with eyes widened.
"Oh, stop with that compliment. You're making me fall for you." Akeno said jokingly.
"Ok, she's very weird." Noct thought to himself.
"Well then, let's get into the main event, shall we?" Rias said to the whole room.
"So Noctis…"
Noct turned his head towards to Rias.
"Do you believe in God?" The President asked.
"Um… No?"
"Oh? Why is that?"
"Because… I wasn't raised to believe in God?" Noct spoke like he doesn't have an answer to the question.
"Alright, fair enough. Next question: Do you believe in the supernatural?"
"Kinda, I guess."
"Ok, so you somewhat will able to understand this."
"Understand what?"
"You see, Noctis. God does actually exist. Along with him, any supernatural beings such as Angels, Devils, and Youkai."
Noct didn't say anything, he looked at Rias with understanding. Rias didn't expect for Noctis to look so understanding, most people would be surprised or pass this off as some bad joke.
"To be honest, I was kind of expecting you to look at me like I'm some mentally deranged person." Rias said bluntly. Noct still didn't say anything and he continued to sip on his tea, "But after all, you did encounter a Stray Devil yesterday."
After hearing that from Rias, Noct eyes become widen out of surprise. How did she know? Was she spying on him?
"I didn't get to see you fight myself, but I'd had Koneko to observe you and gave me a recording of you fighting the Stray. I must say I'm impressed by your combat prowess and your Sacred Gear."
"Sacred what now?" Noct asked.
"Oh yes, I forgot to mention: To enact miracles on Earth, God created artifacts with powerful abilities call "Sacred Gears" and bestowed it upon humans. Certain individuals who are in possession of Sacred Gears have been said to be very powerful and influential. However, not all Sacred Gears are the same. Some can be common like Twice Critical to rare like the Twilight Healing." Rias went through a whole lecture about Sacred Gear.
"But enough talk: Noctis, I can tell that you're doubting most of things I've said just now. To solidify what I just said, allow us to reveal our true nature to you." Rias said as said everyone stood from their seats.
What Noct just witnessed, he will never forget. Everyone in the room except him just sprout a pair of bat like wings in front of him. Noct became speechless. Out of instinct, he rolled back from the couch he was sitting and landed behind it. He summoned his Engine Blade and 4 crystal swords above him that are pointing towards the "people" in front of him.
"The hell's going on? What the hell are you guys?" Noct asked in an interrogating tone while standing a combat-ready pose.
"To put it simply, we are Devils, denizens of the Underworld." Rias stated, "What you just encountered yesterday is what happens when a devil becomes power-hungry and ran away from their masters."
"And you see what those crystal blades that are pointing at us and the sword that you're holding right now? That's your Sacred Gear."
"So the Armiger's a Sacred Gear? Is that it?" Noctis asked as he looked at the Engine Blade.
"Is that what you call it? To be honest with you, I've never seen a Sacred Gear like that before. But Armiger's a fitting name for that Sacred Gear." Rias stated.
"So what you're going to do to me? Flay my skin off? Steal my soul?"
"Relax, Noctis. We're not those types of Devils that you see in fiction. Think of us as humans with wings on our back. So stand down, will you?" Rias reassured Noctis.
Noctis did what Rias told him and desummoned the Armiger. They all sit back in the couches while Rias went back to her original position at the desk.
"So where were we? Oh yes, Devils. There are 3 main factions in the supernatural world: The Devil Faction, the Fallen Angel faction, and the Angel faction. Long ago, the 3 factions had a Great War and as the war went on, the devil population went into the decline. Because of this, we had to convert other species like Human and Youkai to stabilize the population. Everyone in this room, except me and you, were once human before they were converted into devils. But keep in mind that this is done with the consent of the people that we convert. In the devil society, we follow a hierarchy system. Everyone in this room is low-class devil while I'm a high-class devil because of my upbringings. Because I am a high class devil, I'm able to make a peerage of my own." Rias went on into another lecture.
"So do you just ask other devils to join your pact?" Noct asked.
"It's part of the process. We devils are items called Evil Pieces, they're just chess pieces that have special properties that allow us convert other species into devils. Like chess, each piece is special and advantageous in its own way. Pawns are the cannon fodders but they can be promoted to a more powerful piece if they step into enemy territory. Rooks are strong and powerful while Knights are fast and agile. Bishops on the other hand, are not strong or fast but they're found proficiency in magic. Queens are the most powerful piece in the set; possessing all attributes of all the pieces. Kings, well, they're the monarch of the set if they go down, everyone goes down."
"So who's who?" Noct asked.
"I'm glad you asked." Rias said with a smile as she gets to show off her peerage, "Why don't you just let everyone tell you?"
Noct turned towards the other devils of the room.
"I'm the Knight. The president's trusty blade." Kiba introduced his piece to
"I'm the Rook. I punch people." Koneko said as she nibbles on a cookie.
"I'm the Bishop. I tend to the wounds of my friends." Asia said happily.
"And I'm the pawn. With my Sacred Gear and the ability to promote myself, nothing will stand in my way of achieving a Harem." Issei said with pride.
"Degenerate…" Koneko whispered after hearing Issei's introduction to the New Kid.
"So, Noctis" Rias said as she stood up, "Since I've exposed you to world of the supernatural and my peerage. Now it's time for the million-dollar-question."
"Will you join my peerage?"
Rias said as she opened her devil wings, for dramatic effect. Everyone in the room looked at the New Kid, waiting for his answer.
"Thanks but no thanks."
That's the answer that she got.
"No?" Rias asked in confusion while eyes twitch in frustration.
"You heard me. I'm not taking that offer."
"Why, though?" Rias asked.
"Well, I'm not the type of guy who wants more power. Immortality and magic is sounds nice but I would want to stay human mainly because I don't wanna get killed by exorcists and all of that crap. I get why being in a Devil's peerage sounds nice, I'll have more protection in the supernatural world but I'm capable of defending myself. And also, think about it? Would you really want to waste your pieces on something like? I'm the only one who has a Sacred Gear. Who knows? You might find someone who carries around a giant Holy Sword or a Valkyrie that can put up one hell of a laser light show."
After Noct's full rant on why he refused Rias' offer, his phone rang. Noct fished his phone out of his and saw a reminder to head back home.
"Welp, I gotta dash or my aunt's gonna give me an ass-kicking." Noct said as he waved everyone goodbye and head towards the door that leads to the corridors.
"Wait!" He heard Rias' voice called out.
Noct turned around to hear what Rias has to say.
"There is an alternative. If you don't want to become a devil…" Rias said with a face that will make people feel sympathy towards her, "Perhaps you'd interested becoming my associate?"
"Associate?" Noct asked.
"Yes, an associate. They're an extra member of Devil's peerage, they do things such as errands or favours for the Devils that they have ties with. However, they're not converted and they have much more freedom than a peerage member but they don't have much protection from opposing threats. This system was created so that Devils can have outside connections that will benefit them. Most peerage's have one associate. My brother, my rival-on-friendly-terms Sona Sitri or you may know her as Shitori Souna—."
"Wait, Shitori Souna, that Student Council girl that told me to get off the tree? She's also a devil?" Noct interrupted Rias to ask a question.
"Yes, Noctis. I'm talking about that Souna." She said after sighting out of frustration.
"So back where I was saying, my brother, Sona, and her sister have associates of their own. But since you declined the former offer and this offer will change your mind?"
"Ok sure, why not?" Noct said.
"Thank you for taking up that offer, Noctis. I am grateful to have that as your answer." Rias said as she put her hand on her chest.
"It's best you get going now, you don't want to get backside kicked by your aunt, now do you?" Akeno asked a rhetorical joke question with a smile.
Noct didn't said anything but rolled his eyes on the question and left the room.
Before he closed the door, Noct had one final thing to say to Rias.
"By the way, Rias. Just call me Noct." He said before closing the door.
After Noct is gone for the room. Akeno was the first one to speak.
"Oh my, looks like the President finally got an associate for herself. Who knows what kind of jobs and errand will she make him do?" Akeno said, the way she said it sounds… Suggestive.
"Someone with a Sword-based Sacred Gear. He would make a great sparring buddy." Kiba added.
"He's chill." Koneko said.
"I'm so happy that Noct is able to join us." Asia said with a smile.
"Me too, Asia… Me too." Issei replied.
Meanwhile…
While Noct was walking away from the Occult Research Club building, he was greeted with a familiar voice.
"Congratulations on being my friend's associate."
Noct turned towards the voice. It was none other than Sona Sitri, the other devil that Rias mentioned. She's not alone, she's standing with other people from the Student Counsel, assuming that's her peerage.
"I'm surprised she's able to get one. After all, getting an associate is pretty hard."
"Have you guys been standing there for the whole time?" Noct asked, completely dismissing Sona's congratulations.
"No, I've just got here." She replied.
"So what are you guys doing here?" Noct asked another question.
"I was waiting for you to leave the clubroom and ask you to join my peerage, instead. But judging from the answers you just gave Rias', I can kiss my opportunity goodbye now. And also, I'm here to see Rias for peerage related businesses."
"Well, take care, Noctis." Sona as she and her peerage went inside the building.
"Hey wait!" Noct called out.
Sona turned towards Noct.
"What is it?" Sona asked.
"Your associate… What's he like?" Noctis asked.
"Why are you asking this?" Sona asked with a raised brow.
"So… I can get a better picture of how this associate thing work?" Noctis replied.
"Well if you insist. He's an associate I hold dear. He's calm, composed, serious, intelligent, and a great cook, I may add. Despite his demeanour, he can be funny sometimes. We have this ongoing joke that he came up with a new recipe, while saying it in a very poor impression of the British accent. He's also a great fighter, he sometimes help me and my peerage in combat training. Overall, he's good company."
"He does sound like it." Noct said.
"But that's not to say that's how all associates act, keep that in mind." Sona stated.
"Alright, I'd better go going. Thanks, Sona."
"Your welcome, Noctis. Take care." She said as she entered the Occult Research Building.
While Noctis is walking down the streets, he walked passed a very interesting looking man. The man looks to be middle aged with red-violet hair and amber eyes. He dresses in a black trench coat and pinstripe trousers. He also wore red scarf and a hooded mantle with gray and white flower-prints. He's also wearing a black fedora.
After Noct walked pass him, the man turned toward his direction and saw him walking away.
"At last, I've found him." He said with a smile.
To be continued…
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