Meet the Neko's
So I read a few of the reviews and I wanna clarify. With the first I recieved, I actually agree with Sirzechs and Serafall not having time to train Oka themselves, so the one who sent this review, thank you. I have already gotten a solution for this. As for another, a mistake was made in the last chapter, where I depicted Rias as a young woman, which is incorrect, as she and Oka will be the same age as Rias, meaning she was still young herself. My apologies on this mistake. Another asked for me to have Koneko look towards Oka as an older sibling, and I've decided to do so.
Now onto the story!
I DO NOT OWN HIGHSCHOOL DXD, ALL RIGHTS GOT TO Ichiei Ishibumi, I ONLY OWN MY OC/'S
ENJOY!
- Gremory Territory ~ Training Grounds -
"Lightning!" A young Oka, now 8 years old, yelled out. He was wearing simple clothing, fit for training. In front of the young boy were two men, two men from the Peerage of Sirzechs. The first is a skinny man in his late twenties with sharp eyes and long and slightly wavy hair which is a mixture of black and blond. He is described as having a bewitching appearance due to the long slits of his eyes and his shallow smile. He is known to wear a crimson robe with a distinguished design. This is MacGregor Mathers, the Bishop of Sirzechs. Usually, the man wouldn't have bothered to train the boy, but his loyalty to Sirzechs caused him to accept.
At first, Mathers wasn't sure about the boy, nor what Sirzechs saw in him, but at this point, it was clear to what the boy was capable of, able to control, to some extent, all elements of the earth, shadows, and light magic.
The second man is a large man who appears to be in his mid-thirties and is about two meters tall with orange hair that is spiked up. His body has a large build and emits a wild aura. His hands are large enough to fit an average-sized human head in their grips. He wears a thick coat that stands out and carries a bottle of sake with him. This is Surtr Second, Sirzechs Rook. While MacGregor was teaching Oka magic, it was Surtr's responsibility to teach him hand-to-hand combat.
Oka watched as his lightning attack easily destroyed 5 trees in the area.
"Good, but not good enough. Your control over these elements is there, but it's still not at the point to where it won't be too distructive. Sure, it's lightning, which can easily be a distructive element, but to have total control is to be able to keep that destructive power at the level you want it at, understand?" MacGregor stated, as Oka wiped his forehead.
"Yeah, I got it." Oka said.
"Then do it again, but take my words with the attack, and control it." MacGregor stood there with crossed arms, as Oka took his stance, one foot behind the other, while his hands crossed to make an X in front of his chest. Sparks flew from his palms, as sweat poured down his head, his tank top covered in sweat. His eye's were closed, as he did his best to concentrate. "Relax your muscles, Oka."
Oka did as told, feeling his shoulders slumping down into a much more relaxed state. More sparks were flying.
"Make sure the attack doesn't destroy the tree's, doing so will show me what I need to know."
Finally, Oka opened his eye's, pushing his palms forward.
"Lightning!" The attack went towards more the tree line. As it connected, smoke blew around. As it cleared, the tree's were still there, slightly burnt to a crisp. MacGregor walked towards it, putting his hand against it, before the trees returned to normal.
"Good, after years of trying to get it through your head, it's finally worked. Now we must do the same for the rest of your elemental attacks."
"Master." They all turned to see Saibo standing there.
"Saibo, what is it?" Oka asked.
"Lord Sirzechs has asked for you." Saibo answered.
"It seems our training for today is done. Go get cleaned up, Oka, we'll meet here again in two days." Surtr Second stated, as Oka bowed to the two men, before running into the house. He quickly took a shower and changed his clothes. Saibo led him to Sirzechs, who was with the rest of the family.
"I've brought him, Lord Sirzechs."
"Thank you, Saibo." The cyborg bowed once more, before heading off, going to help the rest of the staff. "Alright, we'll be off." The two soon left, as Oka walked beside Sirzechs.
"So, where are we going exactly?"
"I have a meeting with one of the Clan Heads, and they have someone in their peerage who you may like."
"Like? Why would that be the case?" Oka asked in confusion.
"You'll see soon enough, Oka."
The two walked through the Underworld, before coming along one of the Devil territories. The two easily entered, as Sirzechs could enter a territory if he wished. The territory held a castle in the center, with two guards out front. The two bowed when they saw Sirzechs and Oka.
"Lord Lucifer, we are grateful of your prescence."
"Thank you, where would Naberius be at this moment?" Sirzechs asked.
"Lord Naberius is in his Dining Hall at this moment." One of the guards answered.
"Thank you." The two entered the Castle. As they entered the Dining Hall, they saw three people, an older man, and two girls, one about Oka's age, while the other was a little younger. The first is a young girl with long black hair with split bangs, and hazel-gold eyes with cat-like pupils. The second is a girl with white hair and hazel eyes. The front of her hair has two long bangs going past her shoulders and several loose bangs hanging over her forehead, while the back has a short bob cut. She also wears a black cat-shaped hair clip on both sides of her hair.
As soon as the man saw the two, he stood up, bowing to Sirzechs.
"Lord Lucifer, it's a pleasure to be in your prescence." Then the man saw Oka. "Ah, so this is your protege?"
"Yes, this is Oka. "
"Nice to meet you young man." Naberius extended his hand, but Oka didn't take it. He couldn't put his finger on it, but this guy wasn't anywhere near good. Oka could feel the malice surrounding the guy. Naberius just gave a nervous chuckle seeing the look in Oka's eye's. "Anyways, this is Kuroka and Shirone, they'll keep you company until our meeting is done with."
"Try not to make a mess, Oka." Sirzechs advised.
"Got it." Sirzechs ruffled his silver colored hair, making him smile a bit, before the two left. As he turned, Kuroka was walking towards him.
"So, you're the wolf Yokai everyone in the Underworld is talking about?" Kuroka asked.
"The entire Underworld?"
"Yep, you're a pretty big deal, considering you're the protege of Sirzechs and all. Anyways, I'm Kuroka, nice to meet you." She extended her hand, and Oka didn't hesitate to take it. "Oh, Shirone, come say hi!" The younger girl slowly walked over, bowing her head to Oka.
"N-No, you don't have to bow to me, I'm not special or anything." The young girl lifted her head.
"I'm Shirone..."
"Well it's nice to meet you." Oka looked over at the kitchen. "Say, do you all have any snacks, I didn't get to eat before we left for this place."
"Yeah, sure. Follow me." Kuroka led the two into the Kitchen. Soon enough.
"Holy moly! So much food." Kuroka and Shirone watched with sweatdrops as Oka stuffed his face, before lifting his head, showing the crumbles around his mouth. "What?"
"Did you not eat at all today or something?" Kuroka asked.
"Nah, it's not that, it's just training gets me really hungry, doesn't help I have a big appetite." Oka said, before looking back in the fridge. He let out an exaggerated gasp, as a light seemed to shine down on him.
"W-Where did that come from?" Kuroka asked, as Shironen shrugged.
"It's...BEAUTIFUL!" Oka yelled, pulling out a strawberry cheesecake. "MY FAVORITE!" Oka munched down on all 12 slices, before falling to the floor, rubbing his stomach. "So...good..." Kuroka couldn't help but let out a giggle, as a smile appeared on Shirone's face.
"Say..." Oka looked up at Kuroka. "Seeing as you're a Wolf Yokai, could I see your tail?"
"Why?"
"I just wanna see it, that's all!" Oka backed up a bit from her blushed face.
"Okay, okay." Oka stood up, as a pair of wolf ears appeared atop his head, as a tail fluffed out from his lower back. Kuroka gushed at the sight of it, before tackling Oka to the ground. "Waaah!"
"So fluffy!" Kuroka said, rubbing against the tail. Oka grew a blush, as he tried to push her off. Thankfully enough, she stood up. "Hey, wanna see my tail?"
"You have one too? You're a wolf Yokai like me?"
"Not quite!" Kuroka grinned, before cat ears and a tail appeared on her body. "Me and Shirone here are a special race of Nekomata, specifically Nekoshou." Kuroka explained.
"Woah..."
Soon enough, time came for Oka and Sirzechs to leave. As they were leaving, Oka was able to use his incredible hearing to listen in, as he heard Naberius talking to Kuroka.
"Now go do the damn job I gave ya, and I want those potions in my lab by tonight. You got me?"
That only made things more suspicious to Oka. he already didn't feel right about the guy, and hearing about some potion only made it even more suspicious. Oka began to think the entire way back to the Gremory Territory. Soon enough, they reached home, as Oka was greeted by Saibo.
"Young Master, welcome home."
"Thanks Saibo, and how many times have I said...TO STOP WITH THE YOUNG MASTER THING!? IT'S BEEN YEARS OF ME TELLING YOU AND IT WON'T STOP!" Oka yelled in frustration, as Sirzechs simply chuckled at the sight.
"My programming commands me to-"
"Don't even finish that sentence...I give up..." Oka said with a defeated look, before walking the Hallway, Sirzechs headed back to his own home. As Oka walked down to the dining hall. In said dining hall was the Gremory Family and Yuki.
Yuki had been living with the Gremory Family for quite some time, about a year now. Ever since the incident with the Organization and the Black Market, Yuki felt she was in debt to Oka, who told her she owed him nothing, but she insisted, and so the two grew a friendship. Oka wasn't the only one getting training from MacGregor and Surtr, as Sirzechs had asked them to do the same for Yuki, but it was quite shocking to learn she could wield a sword, and so Sirzechs' Knight, Souji Okita, took charge of Yuki's training, with help from MacGregor with magic training.
Dinner went by fast, as Oka now sat in his room, thinking about the man he had just met today.
"Potions...what the hell could he need potions for. Not to forget that malice I felt basically pouring off of him." Soon, Oka heard a knock at his door. "Huh? Come in!" In came, Yuki, wearing her dark blue night gown. "Yuki, is something wrong?"
"No, nothings wrong, but you've seemed...spaced out, ever since you got back." She said, sitting next to him. "What's on your mind?"
"Hehe, nothing gets past you does it. Well, when I went with Sirzechs, I met some people, 2 Nekoshou's to be exact. The thing was, the master of the older one, had nothing but Malice rolling off of him. It just didn't sit right with me. Thanks to my hearing, I overhead more when we were leaving. He was telling Kuroka, the older of the two, about some potions, and it only got me more suspicious of this guy. Now my heads all clouded about this whole thing." Oka explained.
"I see...In all honesty, I don't know how I could help with this, but maybe it'd be best to just sit this out, and let it go."
"I'm not entirely sure why, but I just fell like I can't let this go. Something about those two Nekoshou's, it's something special. I can't put my finger on it, but I just know there's something that can be done." Oka said, Yuki sighing in response, before standing up.
"Whatever you do, just make sure you don't get yourself killed." Yuki advised, before leaving.
- Weeks Later -
As Kuroka continued to go out to do missions for Naberius, she would leave Shirone with Oka at the Gremory Territory to watch over her. Everytime they came near each other, Oka would ask Kuroka what missions she was doing, but she would always respond the same way.
-Don't worry too much about it. I'll be back soon!-
This was only rising his already high caution levels on Naberius. Night had come by rather quickly, and Oka wasn't going to sit back any longer.
Inspiration for this chapter grew short, so yes a sudden stop, and a sudden timeskip in the next chapter. We all basically knew the rest was going to play out, but in flashbacks later on, more we'll be shown. You all said Rias with Issei, so be it done.
Oka: Yuki(Alpha), Serafall, Akeno, Kuroka
Issei: Asia, Xenovia, Irina, Rias
