note from author - I may or may not have done some slight updates to this chapter.

"Ise, I'm done with my shift, I've gotta get home so I'll leave you to lock up ok?" A girls voice called out to Issei, He was working the evening shift at his local convenience store, a job he had taken up for two reasons. One, After his parents death in a horrific train wreck at the start of the summer he had to find some way to pay the bills and whilst his parents had already paid off the house and insurance payouts would keep him going until he graduated, without work he would have no money to do the things he enjoyed.

The second reason had just left, the daughter of the owner of the convenience store who was also a part timer, Caroline, a short buxom foreigner with long wavy ginger hair had caught his eye one day when he was in the store shopping, and when she noticed that his gaze was on her for a little too long she asked him what was wrong and he said the first thing that popped into his head, "Do you have any openings for part timers?". She simply smiled at him and handed him an application form, one week later he was the one behind the counter and has been there for most of his last summer vacation before high school.

Before his parents died they had encouraged him to try and get into Kuoh Academy, a prestigious school that until this coming year was a girls only school. He had been studying hard and the entrance exam was held last month. He was due to get his results any day now, he and his two friends, Matsuda and Motohama had agreed to try and get in together. the three, know to most as the 'Perverted Trio' had agreed to try and get in in order to try and form harems from the girls at the school, however after the train wreck Ise had another reason on his mind to get in, Making his parents proud. Ever since they had passed Ise had spent more and more of his time studying, and less time hanging out with his friends, they did come to see him every so often still, they once came into the store whilst he was working and when his friends asked him why he was working there he just pointed over to the checkout where Caroline was standing. They got the idea quickly.

*Ring*
Issei was brought out of his thoughts when someone entered the store. 'at this hour really?' The girl who entered was small, looked like she was about a year younger than him, she had white hair and had cat hair pins in. Issei thought she looked pretty cute but wondered why she was out at this hour.

"Welcome." Issei said with a rehearsed smile, the girl didn't acknowledge him and simply went to the sweets isle and emerged with more sweets than she seemingly could carry, she brought them over to Issei and placed them on the counter and then put a 2000 yen bill down. Issei rung up the purchase and asked if she needed a bag. The girl nodded and walked out with her bag full of sweets.

When the girl left Issei began closing up the shop, he turned the sign around, locked the front door and took the trash out to the back alley, locking the back door behind him, when he got there he set it down on the ground. There was another thing about him, ever since he was young he could use magic, even he wasn't sure how, when he told his parents about it they were just as confused as he was, that was the day when they told him that he was actually adopted. This was a shock to him at the time, but since then he had come to terms with the fact. Issei took the bags of trash and created a small ball of magic in his palm, he called it ruination, or destruction since this particular magic destroyed any non-living thing it touched. He quickly used it to destroy the bags of trash, saving space in the bins.

He always did his best to make sure that no one ever saw him use his magic, but today, today it seems that he was negligent as a man with long silver hair ran into the alley as well, and spoke to himself, "Damn it Heinz, just had to come to her territory didn't you, Crimson ruin princess really is an appropriate name, that bitch is damn terrifying." The man then spotted Issei. "Lucky me, it seems I won't go hungry tonight at least. Sorry boy but this is the end for you." The man walked up to Issei and began licking his lips. Issei backed up a bit and held his arms up to block whatever was incoming.

"Stop right there." The voice of a young woman said from the end of the alleyway. "In the name of the duke of Gremory, I have been sent here to end you Heinz Collenheim, oh, we have a civilian, Koneko, grab him."

"On it." the little girl from earlier said, launching herself towards the madman. She knocked him to the ground with a clothes line. But then screamed out in pain when he bit her arm as she hit him. In the second that it bought him the man managed to throw the girl back towards her master.

Issei at this point had begun to run away. "Not so fast little snack." The man yelled giving chase. Issei turned around for a moment and used his magic to create a wall of ice between him and the madman giving chase. Issei then took his chance to get home as fast as possible and hope this was all a dream.

When all was said and done there wasn't even a shred of the stray devils clothing left. Koneko held her arm where she was bit. Despite the Rooks defensive prowess this creature's jaw was like a vice and it certainly left some damage. Meanwhile her king was inspecting the wall of ice. "This was, magic? Did he even use a casting circle?" Rias Gremory questioned to herself.

Her knight broke her train of thought, he jumped down from the roofs where he was stationed to cut of escape for the devil. However he was beaten to the punch by the one who created the ice wall they managed to corner the stray against. "Prez, If I may, he did indeed use a magic circle, but he cast the spell so fast that it was gone in the blink of an eye. But that's not the most troubling part about it." The blonde haired boy said with a stern look on his face. "The magic circle, was that of the lucifuge family."

"How is that possible?" Rias said 'The last of their line is Grayfia, there isn't even a second or third cousin left.' She thought to herself before giving her orders to her servants "Akeno take and preserve a piece of this Ice, we'll get it examined tomorrow. Koneko, Kiba, I want you two to look into who this boy is, we need a name, date of birth, any family."

"His name is Issei." Koneko said matter of factly.

"How do you know that?" Rias asked shocked.

"It's what his name badge said. I bought some sweets from him earlier." Koneko said plainly.

"Well that's a start." Rias said a slight smile coming to her face at their fortune before dismissing her peerage for the night.

-TimeSkip-

Issei had more or less forgotten about his strange encounter in the midsummer as fall rolled around. He was one of the lucky few that had managed to get through all three stages of enrolment for Kuoh academy and now he returned to school, but remained distant with his friends, neither of them had passed the interview section of the enrolment process and were focusing on getting into a nearby highschool if possible. This meant Issei was alone at lunch and after school as the pair were away . Well he was supposed to be alone, but as soon as school had started up again there was a new transfer student, a boy by the name of Kiba Yuuto, he had half the girls in the school at his feet almost immediately. He was put into Issei's class and he was expecting to loathe the boy as soon as he met him, but the pair ended up getting along swimmingly. The pair of them were both going into Kuoh academy next year.

The two were sat on the rooftop of the school eating lunch, there were a few girls stalking Kiba but he was acting like he didn't notice. "So you planning on joining a club in highschool, it's a bit late for junior high, but you can't exactly be a full time pervert again in highschool." Kiba said as he prepared to take a mouthful of food.

"Very funny pretty boy, I'm not sure, how about you, kendo again?" Issei asked despite the mouthful of rice he was already in the middle of eating.

"Whilst kendo would be nice, I'm interested in the occult research club, apparently the one at Kuoh is the best funded in the country." Kiba said after swallowing.

"Occult research? Didn't have you pinned for a believer in the supernatural." Issei said.
"Didn't have you pinned for a sceptic." Kiba said looking a little shocked.

"Well, it's not that I don't believe it, I just never expected you to be into magic, ghosts and all that." Issei said looking a little nervous. It was at this point that Kiba's king, Rias Gremory had her familiar watch nearby.

"I'm gonna get going, I need to make a stop before heading back to class." Kiba said taking off.
"I'll take care of the trash, just leave it with me." Issei said with a smile.
"Thanks man." Kiba said taking off towards the stairwell.

When Issei was sure that Kiba and his followers were gone Issei picked up a wrapper from the small pile of trash next to him and threw it up in the air. He then took his hand and made a gun shape. He pointed it at the airborne trash and lowered his thumb as if cocking the hammer of the finger gun. He then cast a spell as it happened causing a small ball of destruction to go flying at the trash, disintegrating it instantly. Issei had a little laugh at it and then took three more pieces and did the same thing with the three all at once. Issei then finished his own food continuing the little game of his until he had destroyed all of the trash. At that point the bell rang and lunch break ended.

Meanwhile the lunch bell had also rung at Kuoh academy, but first year president of the Occult research club, Rias Gremory was too shocked to move. She had just witnessed the boy she and her peerage had been investigating for the past few months not only use her families hereditary magic but what's more he was showing far more precision and skill with it despite receiving no training of any kind. She didn't have to question her next move for long, she skipped her afternoon classes and her and her queen, Akeno Himejima made their way to the underworld to talk with her family, perhaps they could shed some light on this boy.

"Mother, Father, I need to talk with one of you." Rias said as she entered her family home.
"I'm sorry lady Rias, both the lord and lady are out at the moment. I'm guessing since you are missing classes it is important." Grayfia said bowing to the young heiress.
"Indeed it is, perhaps you could help me instead." Rias said.

"Very well, what seems to be the problem." Grayfia responded.

"Could we speak in a private room." Rias asked. "I don't want anyone unnecessary hearing us."
"Very well, this way." Grayfia said leading Rias and Akeno towards another room. When they arrived Grayfia locked the door as Rias sat down.

"What is such an important problem that it couldn't wait until after school. You were the one who demanded to go to school in japan afterall." Grayfia said, letting her servant persona slip a little.
"Well you see, it's about a boy that I encountered during the summer." Rias started

"You won't get out of your engagement that easily." Grayfia said with a smirk, she hated Raiser as much as the next woman but she also knew that the Gremory family needed the phoenix family and vice versa, and since there were no other possible pairings since her and Sirzechs were unwilling to give Millicas' future away at such a young age. Leaving them stuck trying to help Rias as much as they could without outright cancelling the marriage.

"It's nothing like that" Rias protested. "When I first saw him I thought he was just a normal human, but he was being attacked by a stray at the time. I was going to kill the stray then remove his memories of the incident but then something happened. Akeno if you please." At that her queen placed a piece of ice on the table in front of Grayfia. "He began to run in fear and created a wall of ice, using magic, I didn't even see him use a magic circle and the wall was big enough to fill the entire alleyway. Kiba was the only one with a proper view and fast enough eyes to catch the magic circle, and it was." Rias breathed in taking a moment to collect her thoughts and prepare for the tirade of questions that surely followed. "It was the same as yours." Rias finished.

Grayfia looked shocked she held her hand over the ice to feel it, She knew the feeling of her own family's magic, and it shocked her. "Why didn't you contact anyone about this earlier?" She asked her eyes glistening at the possibility, she knew not to let herself hope, she couldn't even let anyone else know until she was certain, she didn't want anyone else to be disappointed in the entirely likely possibility that she was wrong, but she still let hope live inside her for even a short moment.

"I wanted to do more research, see if he was from another faction, or even a magician skilled in illusions attempting to confuse us for some reason." Rias explained. "I had Koneko follow him when he was working and out of school and I transferred Kiba into his class. The boy is an orphan, and not just that his parents were adoptive. I haven't gotten close enough to check and see if he is a devil for myself but." Rias collected herself again. "Today I had my familiar watch him during lunch break and I saw something amazing. This boy possesses the power of destruction, the hereditary magic of the Baal family, I would recognise it anywhere." Rias was finished with her report and was about to ask her question but was interrupted by Grayfia,
"Lucias." She said crying a little.

"Pardon." Rias asked calmly but a little stirred, she had never seen Grayfia cry, not even once.
"That was the name of Millicas' older brother, he was taken from us. 13 years ago, I had already put him to bed and Sirzechs and I were in a meeting, that was when a rogue fallen angel broke into our home and kidnapped him. Your brother and me were distraught, half the underworld was scrambled hunting for him, even the higher-ups in the gregori went to search for him, worried that it may lead to war if anything happened. It was Baraqiel that got closest to him, he found the rogue, a grunt name Lanakiel whom wanted war more than anything. Baraqiel took him out of the sky but was unable to find Lucias. We were certain that he had died, but if what you are telling me is true, there is a chance, there is a chance that my baby is still alive." Grayfia said.

"So you are saying that this boy could be my nephew?" Rias asked, a little shocked.

"I don't want to hope, but if he has both the power of destruction and lucifuge magic then there is a high chance that he may well be..." Grayfia said.

"Hyoudou Issei, that is the name he goes by, if you want I can try and get you a chance to meet him and verify for yourself." Rias said standing up.

"Thank you." Grayfia said calming herself. "And please, do not mention this to anyone else. I wouldn't want to get their hopes up before I know for certain."

"Understood." Rias looked down at her watch. "Class is already finished for the day." Rias created a magic circle to talk to her knight knowing he was out of class already.

"Kiba, I need you to get Issei to come over to your place tonight, I don't care how you do it, but we need to meet him." Rias said into the circle.

"Yes prez" Kiba responded before quickly ending the conversation.

"Grayfia, we can meet with him tonight, would you like to clean yourself up?" Rias asked.

"I shall go and change, I will meet you at your knights abode shortly." Grayfia said calmly

-Later that day-

"So you said this friend of yours is a student at Kuoh academy?" Issei said as he and Kiba walked the corridors of the apartment building Kiba lived at.

"Yep, she's very smart and popular. She's in charge of the occult research club so that's part of the reason that I'm going to be joining it." Kiba said

"Oooh, got a crush on her or something?" Issei inquired playfully.

"Shut up dumbass, and please don't say anything inflammatory tonight, they arent the kind of person you want to be on the bad side off." Kiba pleaded.

"Got it, I'll just keep my mouth shut." Issei said.

Kiba unlocked the door and stepped inside, in his living room sat two women, a white haired lady in a white dress shirt and a grey dress skirt. Next to her was a red haired girl in a kuoh academy uniform. Issei had just enough time to take in the two's appearance before a third girl entered the room from the kitchen carrying tea. She was also in a kuoh academy uniform and had long black hair tied back in a ponytail.

"Ah you must be Issei." The black haired woman said looking towards the door.

"Ise, this is Akeno Himejima, she's the vice president of the occult research club." Kiba said.
Issei looked at her and said "Nice to meet you."

Rias then stood up and took a look at him, finally getting a good chance to sense the power within him, he was definitely a devil. "I am Rias Gremory, it's a pleasure to meet you."

"The pleasure is mine." Issei said starting to struggle a little.
Grayfia then turned and looked at him, the second she saw him she ran up and hugged him.

"Erm..." Issei started.

"This is Grayfia lucifuge, she's..." Kiba started to say before looking at his king for guidance.

"I'm your mother, I can't believe I finally found you." Grayfia said crying.

"My, mother, It can't be, how can you know?" Issei asked in disbelief. Grayfia backed away a little, tears still streaming down her cheeks and a smile plastered on her face. She summoned a magic circle in her hand and held it out for him.

"I know those eyes anywhere, I could feel it as soon as I saw you, as for proof." Grayfia said. "I already know you can make a magic circle like this one. Don't do any magic but make the circle at least." Issei did as the woman said, a little shocked that someone else could do magic other than him. When he did the rest of the devil's in the room got to see Issei's family crest for themselves. They saw it side by side with Grayfia's they were identical. "It really is you. I cannot believe I finally found you." Grayfia then pulled her son into a hug.

Issei was shocked to say the very least. He was expecting to meet some high school girls tonight, not his biological mother. He pushed himself away from the woman, now claiming to be his mother. "If you are my mother, then how come you didn't raise me, how come I was found in a puddle of freezing water in the middle of a stormy night by a couple of humans. Why is it now that I am finally getting used to coming home to an empty house that you finally show up." Issei asked angrily.

"You were stolen from us, I looked everywhere I could to find you, but even after 6 years of searching we couldn't find you, eventually, we had to stop searching, but we never stopped hoping, dreaming that you were ok." Grayfia said with tears in her eyes.

"This is all too much, the magic, you being my mother, me being kidnapped. Just let me sit down for a minute." Issei said realising that he was almost certainly hurting her. "Let's just talk this out for a bit.

"Rias, you can go ahead and tell your brother and parents. And thank you, you have no idea how much this means to me." Grayfia said turning to her sister-in-law.

"I'll go and get my brother then, and hey, I get a new nephew to spoil out of it, it's not all bad for me. Rias said making a magic circle on the floor. "Kiba, Akeno come with me, we'll give them a chance to talk alone for a bit." Rias said as she and her two servants took off.

"I can't believe any of this is really happening." Issei said. "I have so many questions."
"Well I'll try to answer as many of them as possible, Issei?" Grayfia struggled to use his human name.

"Ise, please call me Ise, since you are my mother, but I want to know, what was the name you gave me?"

"The name we gave you, was Lucius lucifuge-Gremory." Grayfia said. "Your father, my husband, Sirzechs will be joining us soon hopefully, once he is here I can explain your family name a bit better."

"Well, um, how about we get to the elephant in the room, why is it that we can do magic?" Issei asked putting a hand behind his head nervously.

"You might not want to hear this but..." Grayfia paused for a second. "We aren't exactly human."
Issei was shocked at this, he wasn't human. Seriously?

"We are actually, devils, there is a lot more to it than that but the short version is we are the kinds of devils that are talked about in the bible." Grayfia clarified.

"That explains why it hurt every time I was dragged to church as a kid." Issei said, shocking Grayfia.

"WHO DRAGGED YOU INTO A CHURCH?" Grayfia was a little bit furious at that, if he was taken to a church then someone there must have recognised him as a devil, he could have been killed.

"Well there was this girl." Issei said his face blushing a bit. "We were good friends when we were younger but she had to move away a couple years ago."

"Anyway" Grayfia coughed. "I've been told that your adoptive parents are already, um, you know."

"Yeah, they died earlier this year. It was a train wreck, there were a lot of people killed, guess they were just unlucky." Issei said.

"Were they good people?" Grayfia asked.

"The best." Issei said with a light smile on his face but a sadness behind his eyes.
It was at that point that another magic circle appeared on the floor. This time a man with red hair entered the apartment. He took one look at Issei and gave him a massive hug. "I can't believe it's really you, she found you." The man said.

"Issei, this is your father, Sirzechs Lucifer, he is one of the four Satans currently ruling the underworld." Grayfia said calmly.

"I'm gonna need a history lesson on this soon." Issei said sitting back down.

"We can get it sorted out later." Sirzechs said sitting down next to Grayfia. "Sorry I just can't really believe it. After all this time you were right under our noses. It would be kind of funny if it weren't so sad."

"Under your noses?" Issei asked

"You know kuoh academy, well I along with my mother are on the board for the school, so we have been into this town quite a bit, not to mention Rias and Sona are at school here, so it's kind of impressive you managed to avoid us this long." Sirzechs said laughing a little.

"So what are we going to do now?" Grayfia asked.

"Well we can't exactly kidnap Issei, but now that we have finally found him we aren't exactly just going to leave him alone again." Sirzechs said.

The conversation from then went onto what they were going to do next as well as what Issei had been up to. It was decided that Issei would continue his life as normal for the most part. He would take the lucifuge and Gremory names and move Hyoudou to his middle name, honouring the memory of his adoptive parents. Grayfia agreed that he would need a considerable amount of training and education and since he was already due to start at Kuoh academy, which he was shocked to learn his family had deep ties to, it was decided that Grayfia would tutor him on the history of devils, the proper way to act as a high class devil, society and such other things during the evening. Issei would continue to live in the Hyoudou home, but would need to meet with the rest of his family sometime soon. Issei also noted that his finances would be handled by the Gremory family, and with his mother tutoring him he would need to leave his job at the convenience store. He would miss Caroline but with everything going on now he didn't have a lot of brain power left to think of an excuse to give her, so he put off saying anything.