Chapter 1: Morning Roll Call
A/N: Hey everyone, it's Scarecrow667, back for more! My spinoff has been completed and posted, and now both 'New Devils' and 'New Devils: The Sand Wolf' are posted, I'm now beginning New Devils 2. Hopefully I can have the first few chapters up soon, but with how my life goes, it will be a little slow, but bear with me, and you won't be dissappointed. So here it comes, it's chapter 1!
It was several weeks since Adrian and his friends returned from New York, upon their victory over Zeus, his Blacklight copies of the ORC, and his God-Slayer weapon. Now, it would seem events have simmered down to normal (or at least as normal as a large mansion the size of a hotel inhabited with almost a dozen devils, two aliens, a dark elf and three humans can be).
As the sun began to peek over the horizon, one of the buildings inhabitants, a familiar red haired she-devil, was dozing sweetly in a large penthouse-style room, clad in nothing but her bare flesh and slowly sliding her hand up on what she thought was the love of her life, but instead of feeling a young mans chest, she felt a large breast, making her open her eyes and sit up; there on the bed was the nude dark skinned elf, with white hair, and golden eyes slowly fluttering open, giving the she-devil a smile,
"My my Rias..." the elven girl yawned, "...you're up early."
"Llarya!" The she-devil said loudly, quickly earning a 'shh' from the dark elf, and noticed that she wasn't alone; next to the elfs side, almost mirroring Rias' sleeping position, was a sleeping blue skinned girl, just as naked as the she-devil and dark elf, with head crests in place of hair, unconsciously cupping Llaryas' other breast. Rias cleared her throat, and spoke in a loud whisper, "Llarya, what are you and Pennie doing in here?!"
"We were sleeping with Adrian, just like you were," said Llarya quietly, "but then I think he slipped off downstairs somewhere. Something about making himself stronger." Rias nodded,
"I know where he is," she said quietly. She then set her feet down on the floor next to the bed, grabbing a pink see-through nightgown off the floor and sliding it into herself before leaving the room, right as the sleeping Pennie snuggled up closer to Llarya, making the dark elf blush,
"Well I can say this, Adrian sure is missing out with this Asari girl..."
Meanwhile...
As Rias began to journey to find Adrian, said one eyed devil was currently in the sub-basement, which is modeled to be a large gym and training center, and he was currently dressed in grey pajama pants, a white muscle shirt, and black leather eyepatch covering his empty eye socket as he bench pressed a bar with three large plates on both sides, sweating as he raised the bar as many times as he could.
"A little early for a workout, don't you think?" Adrian didn't need to look to know Rias was now in the room with him,
"Had a bad dream..." he huffed, "...came down here to work it out...and not only that..." With one more grunt he set the bar up and hung it away from him, allowing himself to lean up and look at his devil master, "...with no Blacklight in my system I'm not as fast, strong or powerful, so I'm trying to whip myself back into decent fighting shape."
"But you're already in fighting shape," said Rias, "and you will have plenty of time to train over the summer. But for now, let's get you cleaned up and get at least a half hour more sleep." Adrian stood up, grabbing a towel next to the bench press, mopping his brow as he stood up,
"You know...I'm surprised..." Rias gave him a curious look, "...After all my recent misadventures, between leaving the house, going after Zeus...my times with Llarya, Pennie and Katrina...you still care for me...and even still get close to me...sleeping with me in my bed buck naked close...but why?" Rias mulled over her answer, and spoke carefully,
"I still care for you because you're still a member of my household, Gremory crest or no, and I never want anything to happen to anyone in my household, including you, especially you. Plus I still sleep next to you naked because that's the only real way I can sleep anymore..." she then turned away out of shame, "...and I'm not exactly innocent either." Adrian paused, and set down his towel,
"So...I know I said I didn't want details...but what was he like?" Rias, still looking away, let a blush fill her cheeks,
"Darius was...dreamy. Rugged, but dreamy."
"'Darius,' huh?" Adrian nodded, keeping the name in mind as he walked past the red haired she-devil, "Well come on President! When I'm done showering and cooking breakfast for everyone, I'm pretty sure it will be time for school." Adrian then left Rias alone in the room as he head for the large buildings washroom, and she blinked,
"'President?' What's that all about?"
Before long, the sun had officially risen, Rias, Llarya, and a now fully awake Pennie were all dressed and seated at the table, Adrian was cleaned and even sporting a white apron over his Kuoh Academy uniform as he made pepper and steak filled omelets for everyone in the home, and that required making enough to feed an army. Adrian reached for a small black remote next to the stove, pressed a button, and Dolly Partons' 9 to 5 began playing over loudspeakers, ringing through the entire building, either letting those awake know breakfast was ready, or waking those who were still sleeping.
"Good morning Adrian!" The one eyed devil turned to see a blonde haired boy enter the room,
"Good morning Kiba," greeted Adrian, sliding a plate with an omelet in Kibas' spot. Then he was followed in by a girl with blue hair and a green stripe, "good morning Xenovia."
"Good morning Adrian," said Xenovia, accepting an omelet from Adrian as well. Before long, a petite girl with white hair and amber eyes walked into the room, carrying a large cardboard box on her shoulder,
"Morning Koneko," Adrian greeted the girl, "morning Gasper," he greeted the box.
"Morning Adrian," said a muffled voice from inside the box.
"Sup," greeted the girl, taking an omelet from Adrian while he slid a second into Gaspers spot on the table. Soon a girl with blonde hair going down her back and a boy with spikey brown hair entered the room,
"Good morning Adrian," the girl greeted with a smile.
"Good morning Asia," he greeted warmly. He handed her an omelet as the boy stepped forward,
"Hey Adrian, our favorite one eyed pirate," he joked. Adrian smiled as he handed Issei his plate,
"Issei, our favorite red dragon dickweed." Issei looked to the floor with a smile, taking the plate,
"Yeah, I deserved that." He took his spot at the table next to Asia, and soon a boy Konekos' age with shaggy dark brown shoulder length hair, ran into the room, a toothbrush sticking out of his mouth while covering his ears, running to Adrian at full speed before screeching to a halt right in front of him,
"Aphrian! Wuff tha hell iff wiff tha muphic?" He sputtered out of confusion, causing Adrian to lift the remote off the counter, press the STOP button, and the boy relaxed, until he saw Adrian wiping toothpaste off his face,
"That, James, was my wakeup call to everyone, and I thought it would be better if it was me rather than Damon and his lunacy." James eye twitched at the thought of the white haired buffoon holding an airhorn to the intercom system, or sneaking into his room dressed as a ghost. He then walked to the kitchen sink, spit out the remaining toothpaste, and rinsed out his mouth,
"Well at least next time warn a man before you turn on your fancy tech. I'm from 1889 for Gods sake!" He then snatched his omelet plate and grumpily sat down at the table. Adrian shook his head, and then two more girls walked into the room arm in arm; a girl with a long dark haired ponytail tied back with yellow ribbon, and a girl with ash gray skin and no hair on her head,
"Morning Katrina. Morning Akeno," Adrian greeted.
"Good morning Adrian," said Akeno, while Katrina just smiled. Adrian smiled back, but not before he noticed a few of the seats were still empty,
"We're still missing a few heads."
"Oh, Jason went out early this morning. Said something about running some errands," said Katrina.
"Damon's gone too," said Koneko, trying to mask her sadness. Adrian showed pity for the petite girl, all while he groaned internally,
If those two are gone together, I can't imagine the trouble they'll get into, Adrian thought to himself.
"Oh! And Thatan already went to the school to grade some last minute papers," said Pennie, "and I made sure he packed up his Chameleon Ring and medicine before he left."
"Medicine? I didn't realize he was sick," said Asia.
"Well technically he isn't. It's just his Sangheili digestive system can't absorb the nutrients from earth foods, so Adrian and Azazel came up with a medicine using chemistry, alchemy, and some...either voodoo or hoodoo magic, I can't remember."
"Where did you find the time to get that packed for him?" Asked Adrian, "And that still leaves Cleo."
"Cleo is in London," answered Rias, holding up an opened envelope, handing it to Adrian, "said she was doing some jobs there, ones you wouldn't disapprove of."
"And I got brother Thatan his stuff packed when you just barely went downstairs to the gym," said Pennie.
"What were you doing downstairs in the gym so early?" Asked Issei.
"Clearly he wishes to get stronger after losing the Blacklight," said Xenovia matter-of-factly, right as Adrian was turning away from the others, the nightmare he had that previous night creeping back into his head as the others continued to converse.
Not to mention that dream I had, Adrian thought to himself, and as he closed his eyes he saw images from the dream again, of the tall faceless slender man, dressed in his black suit and red tie,
"You need to get stronger Adrian..." said Slender, "...you need to get stronger...stronger...! STRONGER!!"