After defeating the being known Rizevim Lucifer, resealing Trihexa before it could be awaken, and removing what was left of the Khaos Brigade, the members of the counter-terrorist group known as 'DxD' thought that they would get a well-deserved break for their efforts.

Unfortunately, not all plans fall in place, as an ancient organization rises once again. They are here to eradicate the evils that plague the world of man, just like before, and to bring Heaven to its former glory.

Can Issei and his friends fight this new group and bring peace back to the world once again? Will he ever be able to live out his dream of creating his very own harem?

Non nobis, non nobis, Domine
Sed nomini tuo da gloriam.


~~*Oppai-Dragon*~~


Hello guys and gals, it's been a while. If you don't want to read an Author's Note, then skip on down the story. If you don't care, then stick right as I'm here to say that I've been getting back into reading fanfics, and I've been wanting to create my own once again, hopefully actually sticking through it. I'm not entirely sure what this entire series will be about, but thinking of creating series within a series if that makes any sense. In other words, I'll be creating 'volumes' of this fanfic, which shall be the different series, or 'stories' as you might like to call them.

I'd also like to thank the users of the Animesuki "Highschool DxD" Social Group for helping me out with this, along with the user Naughty_Ranko. Thank you so much you guys for helping me correct things that I would have otherwise missed!

Anyways, for what this particular story is about, I got inspiration from reading a bit of a certain fanfic, which, to be honest, had potential, though I personally believe it should have gone differently. Because of this, you'll probably be seeing some of the same elements if you've read that fic as well (for the sake of privacy and flaming-possibilities, I won't be naming said fic). Probably some straight-up carbon copy stuff, but more than likely other than the very beginning, probably not.

Basically this series will be taking place after the 'Rizevim Lucifer' arc taking place in the light novel, so there may be spoilers/speculations that I'll be writing down. Also, some things may not make sense for those who have only watched the anime, which is why I suggest you go read the light novel at "Baka-Tsuki dot org", of course, replacing the 'dot' with a period and getting rid of the spaces in-between.

I probably won't be describing the characters at all since, well, it may be lazy on my part, but if you're reading this story, then even if you've only watched the anime, you should be able to know who most of the characters are and what they look like (you shouldn't do this, btw, if you're a writer).

I guess I should also note that I don't own anything, as I'm just a poor fanfic writer, and that this is just a fanfic. What happens in the actual light novel could be entirely different, in fact, probably 99.9999999% chance of it being different. That, and forgive me if I end up getting the characters OOC, but I'll try my best to keep them the same characters we all know and love.

Anyways, on with the show!


~~*Oppai-Dragon*~~


Volume 1; Life 1

Alone in a small, dimly-lit room sat a young man on a stool. He stared into space as he recalled the events of the past year of his life, swirling the ice cubes of the water-filled shot glass before him and reading the dirty magazine that sat open in front of him. He thought of the good times and of the bad, of the best and of the worst. But, what of now?

Shortly after New Year's, this young man—nay—this young devil, managed to defeat someone to be considered one of the strongest beings in the world due to the help of his fellow friends and comrades. Some of the villains had gotten away, but the big baddy himself had been killed, his soul devoured by a close comrade that had been waiting to do so for so long after seeing his own master and contractee being slapped right in front of him. His already-famous name would spread even further than it had, telling of the heroic deeds he had done once again. As such, in reward for his services, and for the services done by his comrades, he and two others were to be promoted in the Society of Devils. They were to be given the ranking of "High-Class Devil".

He, Issei Hyoudou, the Crimson Dragon Emperor, had gotten one step closer to achieving his lifelong dream, which was to have a harem. The more he thought about it though, the more realized he had already gotten that which he dreamed of having.

Over a dozen girls, ranging from mere fan girls of the hit television show in the Underworld known as "Oppai Dragon", to potential lovers, he had them all. Yet, he had felt like he had not earned it all himself. He felt like they had all gone to him—that he hadn't attracted them using his own methods. No, his dream was still far from realized. While he had many girls he enjoyed being with already, he had only filled out two of the fifteen potential spots in the peerage he had been given.

The Evil Pieces system. Based on the sixteen pieces in Chess, one could potentially fill all fifteen pieces with weak minions, and yet, live out their lives without ever having to use those pieces in battle. That was what he wanted. He had wanted to be like a man he had once hated and admired at the same time. A man who had surrounded himself by gorgeous women and who would follow his every command. A man whom Issei had once held a deep jealousy for.

'Yes!' He decided, jumping up from his seat. He would do it! He would create his dream harem, whatever it took! Now all he had to do was explain his decision to his future wife, as well as his manager, about who he had thought about making his Queen. Upon thinking of the former, though, he immediately crumpled back down to his seat, tears forming at the corners of his eyes, as he remembered the night he had been told he had been engaged. It had only been a week, and yet it felt so long ago.

He had been watching the newest release of the television show based off him, along with his present girlfriend at the time. They had been inside their bedroom, all alone, feeling comfortable with one another. Cuddling up next to him, wearing her evening see-through gown, her crimson hair draped across her voluptuous body and breasts that stuck out in front of her as if she had been proud of them, which one could easily say she was. Knowing her man, she rubbed up against him, teasing him as he slowly became aroused at the scent of the perfume she had been wearing that evening, and pressing her breast against his arm. Becoming nervous, and almost feeling like he was going to satisfy her if she kept it up, the young man had begun to sweat, thinking of mathematical formulas to calm his nerves.

"Hey, Ise," she called out in a sultry voice, blowing into his ear to further tease him, and perhaps, expecting him to jump on her and finally make her night.

"Y-Yes, Rias?" he replied back, stuttering as he felt her trying to see how far his limits went. His condition only worsened, letting out a small yelp as she placed her hand onto his inner thigh, rubbing his inner leg as though she was about to do something to 'Little Issei'.

Honestly, she could see how her best friend and rival for Ise's love could enjoy teasing the boy so much. He had let out the cutest moans as she lightly nibbled on his earlobe, gaining more reactions from him, her palm finally reaching his groin as she tried to motivate him further. "How long have we known each other, Ise?"

"A-a-ah-ahh, please don't—!" he pleaded as he grabbed hold of her hand, almost pleading for his sanity's sake to not do this. "I-I t-think-! I think over a year now!"

"Only a year? And yet it seems so long ago…"

Her tone changed to become more serious as she took her hand off his groin. She looked at him with eyes filled with guilt, and with shame. "Ise," she called out, pleading for him to make the pain go away—a pain that the boy wouldn't… couldn't understand.

"Y-yes, Rias?"

He did not know what was wrong, but he could see it. He could see the inner torment that plagued her. When he saw it, though, he saw tragic memories of his own—memories that he wished he'd forget already.

"Do you trust me, Ise?"

Frowning, he already knew the answer. "Of course I do, Rias. I trust you more than anyone else in the world," he answered with sincerity.

"More than Asia? Than Akeno? Than Koneko?"

"Yes, yes, and yes," he answered immediately, not even needing to think about the answers. When it became evident that the answers didn't please her though, he truly began to worry. "What is this about Rias? One minute you're, well, feisty, and the next, you're…" He trailed off, not knowing what to say. He hadn't needed to say anything, as the girl looked away, ashamed for what she knew.

"I haven't been entirely honest with you, Issei."

Dread suddenly filled the young man, memories of his past once again cropping up of the first girl he had loved, and who had betrayed him as she left him in his own puddle of blood. "What… what do you mean? How have you not been honest with me?"

"Ise. Do you remember, the night you saved me? The night when I thought my life was forever owned by Raiser? How you had burst into the main hall of the reception, screaming at the top of your lungs that you would be the one who would take my virginity?" She chuckled at the last part, cheeks becoming red as she remembered the incident clear as day. Fond memories indeed, but as her giggling died down, her tone had once again become serious. "Do you remember, Ise?"

"Of course I do," he answered, proud of the moment. That proud feeling would only last a moment, as he could feel the dread that filled her words. "Why are you asking me this, though? Don't tell me—don't tell me you were still engaged to that guy!" he exclaimed, sadly remembering the untimely death of the young Phoenix devil. His little sister, Ravel Phoenix, and Issei's first Bishop, had broken down into tears and sobbed uncontrollably when she had received the news that late winter night.

He had fallen in battle during a Rating Game, against the reigning champion. For an Immortal Phoenix that dominated the younger Rating Games such as himself to have been killed in battle, the bigger shock came from the one who defeated him. The champion of the games and beloved by all, Emperor Belial, announced his allegiance to Rizevim Lucifer and challenged the Devil Kings. It would soon after that the Immortal Phoenix would have his revenge though, as the Emperor would later be held on trial after being captured by the anti-terrorist group DxD, and subsequently imprisoned within the depths of Cocytus for his crimes against the Underworld, very much shocking the very foundation of the Rating Games.

Still, as much as he felt bad for the passed soul, Issei could not forgive those who would have brought misery for his girlfriend. This didn't seem the case, however, as she began to giggle once more.

"No, no, of course not," Rias explained, trying to calm herself as she felt relieved at how angry Issei would get for her. She knew he truly loved her. "No, it's just- It's true that you won me my freedom against Raiser, but I suppose I should say that an engagement of some kind still had to be made… Ise, why do you think my brother, my father, and my mother all like you so much? Why do you think they let you so close to me? Even going as far as letting you ask me out?"

While he didn't know it, the girl had been dropping hints for him, hoping that he would pick up on the thing she didn't want to say. She felt that in a way, while her freedom had been won that night, Issei's imprisonment had only just begun.

"I, I don't know Rias. I don't know why they would let me do all that." He answered truthfully. "If you're still engaged though…"

"Yes…?"

"Does that mean you're engaged to Sairaorg instead?!"

Rias stared blankly at her loved one for a moment, contemplating the answer she had been given, shortly before letting out a massive sigh. It turned out he truly didn't understand at all. Still, she couldn't get too mad at him. After all, he was her adorable little Issei. "No, I'm not engaged to Sairaorg, Ise. I'm engaged to… you…"

Rias held her breath as she finally managed to tell the boy the truth, hoping to her brother that he took it well. When he said nothing after a few moments though, simply staring at her with disbelief in his eyes, she began to worry. "I, I'm so, so sorry, Issei. The truth is, when you defeated Raiser, my brother believed that because a Dragon had defeated the Phoenix, that a Dragon would be a better suitor for the power of Destruction. I wanted our relationship to progress normally like it has so far, but I had received a letter from Grayfia telling me that the preparations were beginning to complete, and that the wedding itself would take place next year after you graduate. I truly wanted to tell you-"

"I'm getting married to Rias."

That simple phrase caught the girl off-guard, as it had been the first thing the boy had said since being told he was to be married to the girl of his dreams. And instead of throwing a fit or getting angry for being lied to this entire time, the young man's lips were being tugged at the corners, a smirk slowly appearing on his face.

"I'm getting married to Rias." He said again, his grin growing bigger with each saying. "I'm getting married to Rias. I'm getting married to Rias!"

He jumped up from the makeshift sitting position he had been in this entire time, happy to be alive at that moment. "I'm getting married to Rias! I'm getting married to Rias! I'm getting married to-! Rias!"

Amongst his jumping up and down in excitement, he had almost forgotten the girl he had been engaged to, and looked down at her on the ground, thoroughly confused. "Rias!" He exclaimed again, suddenly picking her up from her seat and holding her bridal-style. She had let out a yelp of surprise, only for that yelp to turn into laughter as Issei began to spin around the room, Rias in arms, and continued to call out the words he thought he'd never say in a million years. "I'm getting married to Rias! I'm getting married to Rias!"

As he continued to spin and spin, he eventually lost his footing, and the two tumbled down onto the bed, both laughing in joy at the celebratory news. The two had eventually settled down, and began to look into each other's eyes, enjoying every moment of being together.

"Rias…" Issei said calmly, scooching closer to the love of his life. "I'm so happy, Rias. I never thought this day would come!"

"Neither had I, Issei." She replied, her voice breaking as tears formed in the corner of her eyes, happily falling from her cheeks. "I'm sorry for keeping it secret for so long, but I thought if I did-"

"I would be upset? How could I be?" He asked, clearly ecstatic at the situation. "It's only been my dream for the past year for something like this to happen… Well, besides that." He emphasized absentmindedly. What he hadn't been expecting though, was her answer to it, or an answer at all.

"… Do you want to do it?"

Having thought he had heard her wrong, Issei's eyes went wide as he sat up in a more appropriate posture. "W-What?" He asked, hoping he hadn't heard it wrong.

"Do you, want to, do it." She asked again, smiling widely. She too had been dreaming of an appropriate time to consummate their love. She also knew the other girls who lived with them in the mansion would more than likely try to sabotage any attempt for her to do it with Issei, she thought that now was better than any other time.

As if he had been wanting to hear that his entire life, Issei screamed out the word 'Yes!' as he dove onto her, making sure not to hurt her in any way, before digging into the meal that was to be laid out in front of him. Once again, Rias screamed and giggled out of excitement as Issei began to slowly caress her body and begin to kiss on sensitive spots that had been vulnerable to him.

Unfortunately, the two wouldn't get too far, as shortly after getting her consent, Issei heard the horror of the door to the bedroom being opened up. The one who stood there, was the blonde-haired former-nun of the Catholic Church, Asia Argento, getting ready for bed.

When she saw the two on the bed, it took her mind a second to recognize and realize what was about to begin. In response, she took off her pajama shirt and demanded to be involved. Sadly, due to her interference, Issei would have to wait for another day to come to finally realize his dream of losing his virginity, as Rias didn't think it was too appropriate for Asia to get involved. Well, that, and the fact that she didn't want anybody else to be a part of a very special moment that should have only be her and her lover. Issei, understandably, would be a bit disappointed in the turn of the events though.

"At least your birthday isn't too far away."

Those words said by his master and now fiancée made his eyes pour, his goal had once again been so close, yet so far away. And while he was happy the promise from his future partner to give him the ultimate present for his birthday, it still saddened him a bit that he would have to wait once again. Still, that wasn't here nor there at the moment, as right now, he needed to find Rias and Ravel, and tell them of the choice he made.


~~*Oppai-Dragon*~~


After finally searching within the six-story house for half an hour, Issei had managed to reach the door to his bedroom, where the girls he had been looking for had been inside. Both, including some of the other girls that had lived with him and had loved him, were playing games and having general fun without him. With a deep breath, he grabbed the handle, ready to open the door and walk inside.

"You can do this, Issei." He muttered to himself. He told himself that, yet, his hand had refused to turn the knob.

[If you're going to do it, then the first thing you need to do is open the door, partner.]

'I-I know that, Ddraig! I, I was just preparing myself, that's all!'

[Preparing yourself for what? All you need to do is open the door and tell them what you think. There isn't any preparing needed!]

'Shut up!' He scolded the dragon inside his arm. Though the two entities had grown close and had begun to understand one another, they also knew how to get on each other's nerves. 'You don't know what it's like, Ddraig. If I've made the wrong choice, I'll never hear the end of it! My chances of making my dream harem will vanish!'

The dragon let out an exhale of annoyance. He couldn't help but think that his partner was always worried about the dumbest things. [Well, you won't know until you go tell them, now will you?]

Issei could only grumble at himself, as once again, his partner had been correct. If he didn't go through with it now, chances would be he would never get it done. Without a second thought, he turned the knob of the door, and opened it wide.

Once he opened the door, the attention of everyone inside had turned to him. A chill went down his spine as their gazes turned to him. It was as if they had created some weird, creepy, synchronized stare without even realizing it. He did love them, and he knew they loved him back, but it was still a bit unnerving.

"Girls…"

He announced his presence as he stepped inside the room, closing the door behind him, as the girls focused their attention away from the door and went back to playing their games. With a spot free on the massive bed he shared with his future wife, he walked on over to it and sat down next to his number three, and fiancée's Queen, Akeno Himejima. Her silky black hair and smooth pale skin was enough to entice any strong-willed man, but it would be her suggestive body and the seductive tone she spoke with that would make them go crazy for her.

"Ara? It seems Issei has come to play with us." She spoke as she brushed up against the boy. The black sakura-printed yukata she had been accustomed to wearing lately was slowly slipping off her body, the sash holding it loosening up as she sneakily tugged on it.

Having scanned the room seconds before, Issei had seen his Bishop amongst the crowd, her blonde drill-like hair sticking out like a sore thumb. The other person he needed though, hadn't been there. "Akeno," He answered with the best of his ability. It took everything he had to try to focus on something else other than the breasts that could slip out of that yukata at any moment. "You wouldn't happen to know where Rias would be, would you?" He gulped, averting his eyes to the other corner of the room.

"It's rude to not look at a lady when speaking to them, Ise." She teased him, pressing her body further as her breasts enveloped his right arm, and placing tender hand on his thigh. "As for Rias, afraid she'll walk in on us?"

"Y-You wouldn't really do anything, not when the other girls are here, would you?"

The other girls though, as if knowing nothing was going to happen, continued to ignore what had been going on in the bed. "Would you like to find out? Ufufu." She whispered and giggled into his ear.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you, Akeno. You know what happened when Rias found out about Issei's first kiss, don't you?" Xenovia pointed out before anything more could happen. When she said though, the angel and her close friend to her left, Irina, suddenly became tense. Xenovia simply went back to focusing on the racing game she was playing on the television.

"And you would stop me, Xenovia?"

Xenovia shrugged, not breaking her attention away from the television. "Since Rias has permitted me to be traded to Issei as his Knight, I suppose it should be my duty to protect him from unwanted trouble."

Irina, who was still a bit red from remembering the mayhem that had occurred due to her actions, ended up pouting, her cheeks puffing out as Xenovia announced her being traded away. "Why is it that you and Asia get to be with Ise while I have to stay on the sidelines?"

"Because you chose the life of an angel instead of a devil? I'm sure Issei would be more than happy to change that, though." Xenovia answered with a smug grin. The reaction from Irina made it all the worthwhile too, as the angel-girl had to begin thinking of holy things as her mind became corrupted by the words of her friend. Images of her and the boy, together and alone, joining and becoming one to make her fall went through her mind as her angel wings flickered between white and black.

"U-Um, Ise?" Asia called out, ignoring her other two friends as she turned towards the only male in the room. Her familiar, Rassei, had been sitting on top of her head, the blue whelping as comfortable as he could be. "I think Rias went to the bathroom to get ready for bed."

"I see. Thank you Asia."

Glancing at the nearby clock on the end-table, he could indeed see that it had become late in the evening, and with a new semester of school coming up, they would all have to get to bed fairly soon. It would be the first day of school he would attend without his master.

Watching two of the Church Trio play some more games on the television, Issei had begun to formulate what he would say to the two girls. With heavy thinking, he missed the clicking sound of the door to the bedroom opening up to reveal his love, dressed in her nightly see-through gown and lingerie panties for comfort. Of course, this was simply all for show, as she often preferred to sleep next to Issei in the nude.

"There you are," was the first comment she made as she entered the room, her gaze turning to Issei. "I was looking for you for the past couple of minutes. I thought you had been down in the new barroom that's opened up."

'Looking for me?' He had thought. He would have to ask later about it though, as for now, he had a goal in mind he needed to finish. "Actually, I came up here because-"

"He wanted to see you, of course." Akeno finished for him. "I must say though, if you leave him alone for too long Rias, one of us just might end up gobbling him up." She said with a wink, giving the boy a teasing nibble on his exposed neck as if to say she meant it literally, drapping her arms around the boy.

"So I've heard…"

Ignoring the teasing coming from her best friend, the crimson-haired devil sat down on the other side of her man, rubbing up against him to assert her authority over him against the shrine maiden. "And I'll have you know, Akeno, that if you dare lay a hand on my Ise-!" She said no words, only her hand glowed with unholy power to show how serious she was.

Issei could only sigh internally. Just what he needed, another catfight over him. While it would have excited him in the past, a part of him now just felt that such a thing, as adorable it was and welcomed it, he loved all of them, and having catfights over him only meant that the girls themselves didn't get along with one another. How can one have a harem if the girls don't get along?

He decided to wait. Wait until the fight was over, and until the girls would begin to leave to finally tell them of what he thought.


~~*Oppai-Dragon*~~


It took far longer than it should have.

What should have taken only a few seconds, a few minutes at most, ended up going on for fifteen minutes. The girls bickering about who deserved Issei more, the debate only became more intense and passionate as the other girls within the room began to make their claims as well. Once again, Issei could only sigh internally as the dragon he called 'partner' laughed at the boy's misfortune, claiming that it was in good fun.

'You probably feel that this is payback for the 'Oppai Dragon' title, don't you?'

[A bit.] His partner responded truthfully. [But I also find it amusing because of the fact that you had asked for a harem, that it was your ultimate dream. Well, this is simply the beginning of such things.]

Though the dragon was correct in what he was saying, Issei wasn't able to make a counterargument to the dragon's statement. His King had gotten fed up with the disagreement, and wanted to make it loud and clear that Issei's was hers first and foremost.

"Issei is my Pawn, and therefore, he is mine! I dare for any of you to try to take that away from me!"

Most of the girls, while they all did love Issei in their own way, couldn't argue at the fact that technically speaking, Issei was Rias' servant due to the Evil Piece system. They began to calm down finally, not wanting to come up with an excuse to continue fighting if Rias was going to pull the 'King' card. One girl though did no such thing.

"If needing to be his King is all it takes to make Issei yours, then perhaps I should challenge you, Rias."

Rias glared at her best friend, and the black-haired beauty began to laugh behind her hand, enjoying at seeing her friend riled up like this. She had also been semi-serious about making the boy her Pawn as well though.

"You seem to forget, Akeno. While you may have gotten your own pieces not that long ago, Issei himself not only takes up all eight Pawn pieces, but four of them are Mutation Pieces!" Rias said confidently, a conceited smirk apparent on her features.

"Is this how you wished to be treated, Issei?" Akeno asked the boy as she got closer to him, if only to make the red-haired King even more upset. "To be looked at only as a Pawn? Come with me, and I can guarantee you that you will forget about the mean, old witch soon enough." She ended as she gave him a lick along his neck, sending shivers down the boy's spine as she stroked his chin with her hand. "Come with me, and you can play with me all night long, every night. What do you say, Queen? Ufufu."

The girl pulled out her own Queen piece, a piece that hadn't been taken by anybody yet, and unlike the normal Evil Pieces, glowed a bright, crimson-red to show off the capabilities it could hold. It was a Mutation Piece, and because it was a Queen piece, meant that it was worth than the four Pawn pieces that Issei currently held within his body.

It would have been a lie to say that Issei hadn't seriously thought about it, even it was for only a few seconds. While it would have been heaven for him to be able to play around with the beautiful Queen every night and become her servant, the aura that had been building up behind him, an aura that absolutely scared him, told him that it hadn't been such a great idea in the end.

"A-ke-no-"

Fury was building on Rias' face as she looked towards her Queen and her motivations. Brow twitching in anger, she cracked her knuckles, ready to send her best friend to the next life if it meant Issei would stay with her.

She wouldn't have gotten a chance to do so though, as Issei bounced up off the bed and put his arms in front of the two girls, trying to separate the two and calm them down. "W-Wait! Wait a minute! This isn't right! I love you both, and-!" He ceased talking as the squishy feeling in both his palms told him that in any normal circumstance would result with him having a great big slap mark on both his cheeks. "… I-It was an accident?"

"I-Issei!"

"Ara ara."

Both girls, having forgotten the previous moment due to this, still had red tinges in their own cheeks for entirely different reasons.

Rias had been the first one to pry away from Issei's grasp as she swatted away the hand, covering her breasts as she turned away, embarrassed for once that the boy grabbed her like that. "You said you would wait until your birthday. Geez…" She muttered with pouted lips. After all, they had agreed to hold off any sexual activity to themselves or others, if only to try to make the night of his birthday more enjoyable and enticing. It had also been part of the reason why the boy had been sulking down in the barroom, being the horny and healthy young male as he was.

Akeno on the other hand was more than happy for Issei's sudden grab. Placing her own hand on top of his, she began to move it around in a circular motion as to attract the boy. While she could feel herself becoming disturbed by the motion of her breast, she could also see that the boy himself was becoming excited as well. "Let's take this into another room, shall we?"

"I-I-I-I-"

"Enough!"

Rias pulled the boy away from her Queen, getting tired of the constant teases and advances on her fiancée. She threw him onto the bed before going back to yell at Akeno some more. "We are going to sleep, now! Tomorrow is the beginning of the new semester, and I'll be damned if Issei is late for his first day of being a third year!" She said as she pointed towards the door, demanding that all girls leave the room.

Most of the girls were more than happy to leave, if only to avoid the oncoming battlefield should the situation escalate any further. Each one had said goodnight to the two, saying they would see them both tomorrow and such before finally leaving the room. Akeno had also been forced to admit defeat as the King had a point, saying her own special goodbye to the boy, promising to further their discussion another time if only to try to rile Rias up some more. There had been two that didn't leave the room once the last one was out and dared to continue making the girl upset.

Rias continued to point her finger at the door, but Asia spoke up, sniffling a bit at the thought of having to leave. "Do, do I really have to, Rias?" She asked with water-filled eyes. The dragon lying on top of her could only growl at the big-breasted King for daring to make its master cry.

Giving into the girl's pressure, Rias dropped her finger, putting her other hand on forehead as she rubbed it, trying to calm herself down. "No, Asia, you don't have to leave…" She said as she looked back up to see the girl do a one-eighty and became greatly appreciative of being allowed to sleep in the same bed as she always had. "And you?" She asked as she looked towards the other, Ravel.

She shrugged. "I am his Bishop. Am I not allowed to sleep with my master?"

"No, you're not." Rias immediately shot down.

"A-Actually…"

"Ise!" Rias snapped as she turned back to her Pawn, ready to scold him more for his decision.

"I-I simply need to talk to you and Ravel for a few minutes, that's all! I swear, I wasn't trying to convince you to have her stay at all!" 'Though it would have been incredibly nice to have her petite body snuggling up to mine.' He thought to himself at the end, thinking of all the ecchi things he wanted to do to the Bishop.

Unexpectedly, his betrothed seemed to do a one-eighty herself as a smirk, barely visible on her face, made itself apparent at the satisfactory answer. His Bishop only pouted, feeling the exact opposite at the same thing. "Asia? Do you mind getting ready for bed? This shouldn't take too long." Issei asked the girl. She tilted her at him in confusion, surprised that he would ask for such a thing.

For a moment, the pure girl could only think that he wanted to be alone with them to do something dirty with them, as it had his nature to do something like that, but she quickly shook that hallucination away. "I understand, Ise. I'll be back in a few." She said as she bowed at the doorway, leaving the two girls and boy alone.

Settling into the bed, the two girls sat down side-by-side to the boy who had straightened himself out and sat in the middle, readying himself to speak.

Rias was the first to start. "Before we begin, Ise, I'd like to tell you something."

"Hmm?" Issei answered, thinking of how she had said she wanted to talk to him. It only made sense to do it now.

"Grayfia called earlier, she… She got me to talk about the engagement…"

Though he wasn't sure why his master was so nervous, he could only allow her to talk. "Go on."

"Well… I kind of… told her about what happened afterwards…" She admitted shyly. It wasn't exactly her proudest moment.

He knew immediately what she was talking about. "Oh, uh…"

"Brother offered to set-up locks on all the doors, for more privacy."

"I see. I suppose that's a good idea." He said, acknowledging the idea. Indeed, it meant the chances of someone barging in on something important was going to be far more unlikely. Perhaps he could finally be alone with one of the girls!

"Yes… So, what is it you wanted to talk to us about?" Rias asked. Though she hated the idea of having locks on all the doors, she hated the idea of Issei having access to all of them more, something which she refused to tell the boy.

Back to what he wanted to talk about though, she wondered if it had been for any insecurities, as she knew that he could have, would have gone straight to her, and not bring Ravel along for the ride, so she threw out that notion. It could have been about being nervous for his first day of school now that he was a third year. With her and Akeno gone, and Xenovia being the new Student Council President, he would be a bit lonelier in the Occult Research Club. 'Was this what this is all about?' She thought to herself, contemplating whether or not to soothe the supposedly aching child to her side. Her thoughts continued to wander until Issei finally managed to speak up, hesitating to tell them his thoughts.

"You guys, I… I think I know who I want for my Queen."

Both of the girls were a bit taken back from the declaration. Having been both pure-blood Devils aristocrats, and having grown up with the whole Evil Piece system, they understood the importance of such a piece, and what it meant to the King. Needless to say, it had taken them a few moments to truly register what he had said.

"This is, a surprise…" Rias muttered softly.

"Are you sure about this, Issei?" Ravel asked intensely. "Having a Queen, they need to be someone who you can completely trust, someone who should always stand by your side. Not to mention, they'll be needing to stand in for you if you're unable to make an event or some sort, which means they need to be both well-respected and respect others… Are they trustworthy, Issei?"

"Y-Yes." He answered while scratching his cheek, looking away from his Bishop. He hadn't been entirely sure about that, but knowing the person, while she could be playful and sneaky, even irritating at times, she was most definitely loyal to her friends if he had ever seen.

"Are they someone we know?"

That one he could answer easily. "Yes, she is."

"So it's a she?" Ravel asked, brow raised as the questions became more interesting, and in a sense, more important. "Is she really that powerful? Powerful enough to take a Queen piece?"

Of course, being Issei, he hadn't been really good at evaluating other's power levels. In truth, he knew she had taken up two Bishop Pieces before, and thought she had only became stronger since then. "Err, y-yes? I mean, she shows great potential, and I think she would be a perfect fit for my Queen." He answered confidently in the end, if only to look like he knew what he was talking about, when in reality he had no clue at all.

"Does she have any achievements or outstanding performances?"

"Did you ask Akeno these same questions when you made her your Queen?" He emphasized to his fiancée. She shyly admitted that perhaps she was taking this a bit too far.

"So who is she?" Ravel finally asked.

With a deep breath, Issei got ready to unveil his decision. 'Here we go…' "It's…"

""Yes…?""

"It's…"

""Yeees…?""

"It's…"

""GET ON WITH IT!""

"It's Kuroka!" He screamed, thinking to himself to hell of it.

Once again, the girls had been in shock. At first, they had thought that when he had said he had chosen his Queen, that he had once in his short life made an intelligent choice. Instead, they ended up hearing something they hadn't quite expected, nor more than likely be able to comprehend.

"… Kuroka?" Ravel repeated, flabbergasted.

"Yes." He answered optimistically, sure that he had made the right choice once he screamed it out.

"… Koneko's sister?" Rias clarified.

"Yes." Again, answered optimistically.

Unfortunately, as optimistic as Issei could be, the girls could not. They both let out groans of annoyance at the possible answer, facepalming, confusing the boy as they contemplated to come up with a reason as to why he would ever choose such a person to be his Queen. They both came up with the same conclusion eventually. ''Her breasts…''

"Ise…" Rias said as sweetly as possible, though the growing rage inside of her would say otherwise as she wished to scold him for the choice. "What exactly gave you the idea to make her your Queen?"

"Eh?"

Had he seriously not anticipated this question? "What besides her physical attributes made you want to make her your Queen?" Rias asked more forcefully this time.

It took him a few moments to truly come up with a reply that would have satisfied Rias' and Ravel's lust for answers, as it had been true that his first thoughts of making her his Queen were indeed sexually motivated. 'No.' He shook his head, not satisfied with saying that at all. He had changed, changed from the pervert he had once been. 'It's because-'

"Because she wishes to make up with Koneko, and I wish help her make that come true." He answered. The girls were, for a third time, surprised at the answer. This had been satisfactory, however. "A while ago, around the time when we had been trapped by that bastard Georg and his Dimension Lost ability, she revealed to me her history. She hadn't killed her previous master out of greed, or lust for power, or simply because she's chaotic. No, she didn't do it for any of the things those bastards in the Underworld would say." He said as he clenched his fists, trying to control his anger at the thought of what she had do to protect those closest to her.

Rias placed her hand on top of the boy's own, letting him know she was there for him. Though she was worried, knowing his personality and that he wanted to be the hero, to carry out justice where it was needed, she had also heard the stories about the Nekomata that lived with them. Though she began to doubt the stories heard over the past few months, she had honestly believed that she was a trickster, someone who would take advantage of you if you let her. As she lived with the Nekomata in question though, her own doubts began to grow about those rumors, wondering if they were indeed simple fabrications to demonize someone who could easily be innocent. Even so, there was still one thing that had been undeniable. "Then why, Ise? Why make Koneko go through so much pain, to have her nearly be executed for her actions if not for her own selfish reasons?"

"Because if what she told me was true, then the alternative could've been much worse than death." He said grimly.

"That being?" Ravel inquired.

"… Her old master, the man she once served. He had been a power-hungry maniac, who would use his servants and their families in ways I can only imagine were terrible. He apparently used them, abused them, manipulating them in trying to get whatever power-ups he could get from them… He intended to use Koneko as a means to see how far a Nekomata's power could go. She more than likely wouldn't have survived the experiments, and if she did…"

He trailed off, not wanting to think of the implications that could have happened to the poor white-haired girl who was in love with him. Seeing her smile brought him much joy, and knowing that smile, that precious little smirk she puts on as she sits in his lap like a cat would, or pouted when she didn't get her way… To think that it wouldn't even had existed had Kuroka not done what she did…

"And also…"

"And also?" Rias asked.

"I… I believe that the Queen should be someone with the biggest… breasts…" He admitted meekly. Now that the girls could understand his reasoning, having been with him for so long.

After taking in a deep breath, Ravel let out an exasperated sigh. "Issei, I know you think it means that what Kuroka did was justifiable, but let me remind you, she's still a wanted criminal." She said harshly. She didn't want to do it, but if her master was to survive in the world of Devils, then he needed to know that sometimes, just sometimes, justice couldn't always prevail in the end. "Is it terrible what her master was doing to his servants? Yes, I understand that perfectly, but you're a High-Class Devil now. You need to understand that not everyone is like Rias here. There are those that will use their power to abuse those that serve them in any way imaginable. Not to mention, as we've said it a million times before, choosing your Queen is a very important thing. You need someone who is capable of holding that title and bringing honor to it!"

"But-!"

"But nothing, Issei." She scolded. "As much as I hate to say it, you need to understand that you can't protect everyone… That doesn't mean you can't try though." She said, smirking a bit as she grabbed Issei's other hand and squeezed it tight, showing she was there for him. He was a bit confused, of course, since she seemed so adamantly against it just seconds ago.

"Ravel?"

"Rias-" Ravel turned her focus from her master to her master's master. "You believe that people can change, correct?"

"Y-Yes?" She answered, a bit confused where the Phoenix girl was going with this.

"Then perhaps we should try to convince the Underworld of that as well, don't you think?"

With Issei completely confused as to what she was talking about, it was up to Rias to decipher what the Bishop meant. When she believed she had finally figured it out, her eyes became wide, astonished that the Bishop would suggest such a thing. "You don't mean-!"

"I do." Ravel nodded once, that same smug smirk that she appeared with the day she had met her master with nearly a year ago. "I believe we can convince the Underworld courts to overturn their decision to mark Kuroka as a Stray Devil. She's powerful enough to be given the Queen piece, and I think with enough training, she can gather the respect needed for the role as well."

Normally, when one dared to mention that they could have the Underworld courts overturn their own decisions, they were usually ridiculed and called crazy. That was exactly what Rias was thinking at the moment. "No, no way, Ravel." She shook her head and waved her hands in front of her to show how much she was against it. "You're crazy. Issei and I may be popular, but we're not popular enough to make the courts overrule their own decisions!"

"True, the Oppai Dragon and the Switch Princess may not be powerful enough to do such a thing,"

"Then we're in an agreement." Rias said, thinking that perhaps, just perhaps, just saying that one thing had actually been all that was needed to change the girl's mind.

"But!" Rias wanted to slap herself for thinking so naively. "We do know some Devils who have both the power and the influence to help us make a case! Not to mention, that if it means making DxD more powerful, who are they to deny our request?"

"I-" Rias began, trying to come up with a counterargument, but had no chance. Not only did Ravel have a pretty valid point, but Issei, as much as he didn't understand where the conversation had gone, was now pouting his lower-lip and eyes wide towards his betrothed, doing his best to imitate a pouting puppy who was wanting something. With her own exasperated sigh and rubbing of forehead, she had no choice but to give up. "Fine, I'll get in contact with my brother tomorrow morning."


~~*Oppai-Dragon*~~


And with that, I start my ride into fanfiction once more! I hope you enjoyed this, you probably won't be seeing this until I get the entire volume done though. If you have a critique of the story, please leave a comment telling me what I can fix so that I can do it future volumes.