Welcome to another story. This time, it is a Issei replacement story and the main OC is very ill and weak. I read many stories with the OC be either stronger, smarter, or just basically better than Issei, but I never see a OC that is weaker than him. So, I decided to make a story around a boy who is ill.
This story is mainly inspired by "Soundless Knight" by YagamiNguyen. Only with an OC main protagonist and is very ill instead of deaf.
Little warning, will be dark and depressing in the beginning, but the light will shine after a few chapters.
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
"Demonic/Dragon/Youkai Speech"
'Demonic/Dragon/Youkai Thoughts'
Begin Story
In the life of a living thing, they usually are born healthy and thrive to become stronger and more intelligent from their early years of birth. There are those who are unlucky enough to be trapped in a state of weakness, but eventually recover and become strong as well. However, there are few who fell into the state of weakness and never recovered in their early years. Our hero here is one of those who fit the category unfortunately.
In a normal two-story home in Kuoh, a boy with light green hair that reaches down to his lower back and an innocent cute face. He has green eyes (which is void of any life), his skin is extremely pale, and has a body as slim as a twig. The boy struggled to get off the bed and coughed violently for a few minutes before recovering. He then went inside the bathroom and sighed sadly at his fragile body.
'It's not fair. Why can't I be strong like my parents?' The boy thought solemnly as left the bathroom and started preparing himself for school. He then looked on top of his shelf and looked at the checkup he took yesterday. He never understands why it is always the same.
The boy's name is Keo, an unlucky person who caught a mysterious disease that downgrades his health right after his birth. At first, he was ok, but when he was one-year old, he started to look pale and be constantly sick. The sickness stayed with him throughout his entire life; made him missed school, regular doctor checkups, and often cough very violently. There was even one time that he even coughed up a pint of blood, which resulted him to be in a hospital for a few weeks.
He was also bullied in his younger years because of his weak body and constant absences of middle school he used to attend prior to his move to Kuoh. What's worse is that the school did not help him very much of his sickness and the principle (who is extremely strict) threaten him to expel him if he does not recover and attend school. And it was enable when he missed two more days of school.
His parents, luckily, did not forsake him because they love him and support him whenever he felt sick. They were also extremely pissed when he was expelled for something he cannot control at birth and never helped his bullying problem. So, they decided to home school him until they moved to Kuoh. It was difficult for him to learn due to his health, but at least his mind was strong enough to learn from his parents.
After years of teaching him what he missed in middle school and settle down in Kuoh, Keo's parents recommend him to go to Kuoh Academy to have a second chance of school. They told him that the school was a former all-girls private academy, but then turned cooed for the town's populace. There are more females than males though and his parent's hope they will befriend him and make him feel better.
Unknow to them, Keo was not only bullied by males physically, they were also females that talked behind his back and spread ominous rumors about him. This brought his self-esteem very low and made him wary of females and fear of males. And the illness never made him better to change their opinions of him. In other words, the school and sickness made him question life and he is on the brink of suicide.
'I'm always be taking care of and a burden to my parents. Why should I live and make them suffer with me?' Keo thought. He doesn't understand why do they keep overworking themselves for his sake. He should do that for them once he's got a suitable job after school. He sometimes thinks Death may bring him peace but never commit suicide for his parent's sake. He knows they will extremely depressed if he dies, but the dark thought always comes back for him.
Keo put on his school uniform, which consisted a black blazer with accents over a white, long-sleeved button down shirt and matching black pants and green tennis shoes, and climbed down the stairs to the kitchen, where is mother is currently waiting for him. His father was at the table waiting for him as well.
"Morning Kaa-san…Tou-san." Keo said.
"Morning Keo-kun!" said his mother. She is a kind mother and was the only female that helped his sickly life. Reiko Hyoudou (Name for Keo's mother. Heon for his Father) gave him his bento while smiling at him.
"Do you want me to drive you to the Academy son?" Asked Heon Hyoudou. He is slightly concerned of leaving his dear ill child at a new school where his former school practically scared him.
"I will be fine…" Keo said to reassure his father.
"…Alright. Have a nice day and BE sure you call us if anything disturbs you." Said reluctantly his father. Keo waved them both goodbye and started headed to the Academy, albeit very slowly.
It took over ten minutes to arrive at the gates since he must take breaks to overcome his weak body. Keo hated his fragile body, but no matter how much he tries to exercise, he still cannot get any stronger. Keo looked around to see other people talking, laughing, and running around free with no setbacks. Keo looked down sadly at all the things he can't do himself thanks to his weak body. As he walked inside the Academy, he started to hear whispers about him. Whispers that he can hear due to them whispering a little too loudly.
"Oh my, look at that cutie."
"Is he new here?"
"Kya! I like his hair."
Though he is still wary of the female race, he does slightly appreciate their kind words. The males however…
"Tsk. Look at this pretty bastard."
"We already have Kiba. We don't need another."
"Go away punk!"
Keo lowered his head and continue walking towards his first class. He failed to notice many female students were glaring at the males who said harmful words at him. Keo kept on walking until he accidently bumped into somebody. He quickly apologized and look to see two of the most beautiful women he ever seen.
The woman he bumped into has crimson-red hair and a buxom figure. She has angelic emerald eyes and a warm smile. The woman beside her has long-black hair tied into a ponytail with an orange ribbon and she too has a buxom figure. She looked at Keo with an amused smile.
Keo then started to sweat in nervousness and politely apologized and left in a hurry to avoid them. However, he missed a sympathy smile from both of their faces.
…And four sets of angered eyes glaring at him.
Minutes later
"Ok class, we have a new student coming in. You may come in now."
Keo opened the door and slowly walked inside. The girls blushed and shriek in the inside for seeing how cute the new student is. Keo slowly wrote down his name before facing the class, while fighting the sheer pressure in his body.
"M-My name is Keo…Hyoudou. I hope you…take care of me." Keo timidly said. He then backed up a little at the sheer number of shrieks from the females.
"Kyaaaaa! He's so kawaii!"
"Another cutie! Hurray!"
"I hope he doesn't have any girlfriends."
Keo was about to shyly run off until the teacher calmed everyone down. The teacher then gesture him to sit down near the windows (never gets old) by an attractive young woman with violet eyes, long black hair that reaches down to her hips, and a slender body with an amazing chest. Keo sat down and was greeted by the girl.
"Hi. My name is Yuuma Amano." She said with a warm smile. Keo timidly waved at her before looking in front of the class, where the teacher started the period.
Three hours later
After dealing with the questions from the excited females and being friendly to Yuuma, Keo left the school building and was about to find a place to settle down for lunch, until he was rudely pulled and was slammed right on a wall. Keo winced in pain and looked up to see four guys glaring at him in hatred. Two of them looked generic while the other two behind them looked unique. One of them is bald and closed eyes, while the other has glasses. Keo winced when one of the pushed him further on the wall.
"Alright you little bastard. We can let it slide of you being another pretty boy, but you DARE bump into one of Great Ladies of Kuoh and not begged for forgiveness? Unacceptable." The bulky guy yelled while tightening his grip on him.
"W-What? What do y-you…mean?" Keo choked out.
"Are you seriously retarded? You bumped into the Queens of this Academy, Rias Gremory and Akeno Himejima! But don't worry, you will learn what happen to those who don't worship their feet?" Said the other male student. The duo behind them knew what he meant and started to think to leave. They went with them to tell the new boy about what he just did, not beat him up. They maybe perverts, but even they know that violence will always bring unnecessary conflict.
The duo then ditched, mentally apologizing to Keo, and just as Keo was about to be once again beaten up,
"What do you think you are doing?"
A stern voice was called out behind them. The two boys froze and fearfully turned their heads around. Keo opened his eyes when he about to get punched and saw a slim woman with a bob cut hair due and stern violet eyes. Behind her is a tall woman will knee-length black hair and heterochromic eyes; her right eye light brown and her left eye violet. Both scowled at the male duo and was building up killer intent. It did not help them when other students (namely the female population) also arrived a glared at the duo.
"I will ask again. What are you doing?" Venomously said the slim woman. The bulky man then dropped Keo and the duo tried to come up with a convincing excuse.
"Kaichou. Ehehehe…we were just helping with him go around the school and uh…"
"Enough. I will not tolerate violence and your useless excuse. You will be escorted to the Principal's Office for your punishment. Understood!?" Ordered by the slim woman. The duo both bolted out of way after agreeing with her. The slim woman sigh before helping Keo to pick up his fallen items.
"T-Thank you." Keo said gratefully to the woman. Never has anyone stood up for him.
"It was nothing. As Student Body President, it is my duty to keep order around the Academy. My name is Souna Shitori. Behind me is Tsubaki Shinra, Vice President." Said Souna while Tsubaki bowed.
"My name is…Keo Hyoudou. Again, I thank you for your kindness."
"Don't worry about it. They will never bother you again once I'm done with them." Souna reassured him. But she held back a gasp at the soulless eyes that Keo has. She never seen someone with such hopeless eyes.
"I'm fine. I got used to it anyway…" Whispered Keo but Souna picked it up. Just as she was about to ask him what did he mean by that, Keo ran off. Souna was worried and decided to talk to her best friend about it.
After School
Keo walked home silently to avoid any more attention. He already accidently met the two "Great Ladies of Kuoh" and the Student Council President and Vice President. How convenient that the four girls are the academy's most popular girls, and he ran into ALL of them on the first day!
Not to mention he was about to be harmed again.
Sighing once again, Keo continued to walk towards his home until he heard a purr on his right. Keo looked down and saw a black cat with hazel eyes staring at him.
'Aw. How cute.' Keo thought as he started petting on the cat. Let it be known that Keo loves animals. They never seem to harm him, yet always be with him whenever he feels lonely. The cat purred, making Keo smiled a bit before going back to his gloomy face. He started coughing violently again, which made the cat meow in worry.
"No…it's fine…I'm fine I mean. Always had to deal with this." Keo said. He then waved the cat goodbye before heading off home, unaware that he was watched by a petite white-haired girl and amber eyes. Said girl left the scene, followed by the cat who disappeared in a magic portal.
ORC Building
"Sona, do you know anything about the new student?" Asked Rias, worried about the condition of the new student. She heard rumors about how very pale he is and cough rather violently at random occasions. Sometimes, he was sent to the nurse's office to examine his health.
"…Yes, but you may not like what you might hear." Solemnly said Sona as she explained what she gathered about Keo. She explained that Keo has a rare disease that keeps his body weak and is often be taken to t h hospital by his parents. She also discovered he was unfairly expelled from his middle school just for missing too many days, even with the numbers of doctor excuses. Finally, Keo was often bullied by his peers, bringing his self-esteem severely low.
Rias nearly broke a tear for the poor boy. Akeno also had a sad face of Keo's dreaded past. The blonde pretty boy and the girl's "Prince of Kuoh", Kiba Yuuto, closed his eyes in frustration at the dark past of Keo. The white-haired girl on the sofa, known as the School's Mascot Koneko, momentarily stopped eating her snack.
"…I should help him. No, we should help him. No one deserves this type of treatment. Not only that, I sense something within him. Something very powerful." Rias said.
"You think it is a Sacred Gear? You know that the Fallen Angels who were reported to be settled here will know as well." Exclaimed Sona about four Angelic signatures sense within their territory.
"I know it is. And we will be watchful to him and the crows. Koneko, do you mind watching over Keo for a while?" Rias asked when she turned her head to the silent girl.
"Hai, Buchou."
With that answer, Rias smiled and she told her peerage the activities are over and they can return home now.
Keo's Household
Lying on the bed, Keo remembers the five girls that he met today. Rias Gremory, Akeno Himejima, Souna Shitori, Tsubaki Shinra, and Yuuma Amano. Four of the most popular ladies, with Yuuma being a runner up, in Kuoh and he met them all. He sighed as he knows he has no chance of being friends to any of them, let alone be a potential love interest. Sure, he may have some friendly conversations with Yuuma, but it was only once and he highly doubt they will talk again tomorrow.
*coughcoughcough*
Coughing roughly again before settling down, Keo decided to go to sleep, thinking that no one will be friends with him.
He is a sick little ant in this big society. Nothing more, Nothing less.
Scene
So, this is an experiment that I want to try out. Hope you guys are a little interested in this story and I may continue it on a later date. If you are, you know what to do.
Pairing requests
One last thing, Keo DOES NOT have Boosted Gear. I have another thing for him. Who does have the Boosted Gear? Well, I let you guys decide and I will reveal the selected chosen Gear user next chapter.
CHAO!
