The next day had already come and so did Karurosu's first day of school in Japan. He had become so excited that he awoke before Issei's Anime girl alarm clock woke any of them up. Eventually Issei had awoken, followed by Rias, Asia, and Issei's parents. Unfortunately for Issei, seeing that Karu was so excited to go to school, he was forced to take him their early without getting his breakfast first, putting him in a grumpy mood on the way there, but as soon as they arrived, he had his two perverted friends waiting for him in the school's entrance.

"Hey, what are you guys doing here so early?"

"We should be asking you the same thing." replied Matsuda. "Wait? WHO'S THAT NEXT TO YOU?!"

Both Matsuda and Motohama pointed to Karu in a most disturbing way, like if they were confronted by a monster. It put the foreigner in an awkward position, already starting to feel a little discriminated.

"Oh right. Introduce yourself Karu." he said with a dull voice

"Hello, I'm Karurosu or you can call me Karu for short."

"That skin tone." said Motohama. "Those blue eyes and black hair."

"He's an exchange student from Texas" replied Issei. "What about it?"

"A FOREIGNER?!" cried Motohama

"Yeah, what's so special?"

"Don't you get it man?!" he replied. "Foreigners get all the attention here! They instantly become popular because of their features! He'll be popular in a matter of minutes!"

"So?"

"SO... if we hang out with him, our popularity level will rise quickly! Soon girls would find us more attractive and we'll be fondling boobs in no time!" explained an excited Matsuda.

"EH?! Seriously? How do you know that?"

"He's already receiving stares." whispered Motohama

Issei turned around and already noticed a ton of girls walking by and giving stares to the foreigner. Most of them were smiling at him and whispering to one another.

"Woah." Issei let out. "If what they say is true... then."

The sexual fantasies were already beginning to corrupt his mind. Already he began to think that having an exchange student as a roommate wouldn't be so bad if it could bring in a ton of opportunities to benefit him.

"Well, he's my new roommate!" confessed Issei with a smile.

"WHAT?! FIRST ASIA, THEN RIAS, AND NOW A BABE MAGNET?!" cried Motohama.

"Come on, Karu." said Issei. "The bell is going to ring in a few minutes. If we wait out here, we'll end up being late."

"Right."

"We'll see you guys later." finished Issei. "Along with a couple of other hotties, according to Matsuda.

As they entered the building, they could still hear both Matsuda and Motohama cursing at Issei for his huge stroke of luck throughout the months.

"Hey Karu, as soon as school is over I'm going to need you to walk home on your own."

"Why is that?"

"I'm in this club you see-"

Quickly enough, Karu interrupted Issei.

"Club? That sounds great- I'm in."

"EH- NO!"

"What? Why not?" he asked looking suspicious

"Dammit, that was a bit too jumpy. I'll get him suspicious for sure if I don't come up with a good excuse."

"Um... this club... its..." he responded. "Dammit, I can't think of anything."

"Hello Issei." called Rias

"Oh thank god." he thought

The boys turned around to face an approaching Rias, accompanied by Akeno and Koneko.

"My. My. Is this your new roommate, Issei?"

"Yeah. Do you want to introduce yourself Karu?"

The group waited for Karurosu to make a move, but he just stood there with his eyes wide open. Speechless and paralyzed.

"Karurosu?" called Issei curiously

"He's strange." commented Koneko

"Hold on." replied Rias. "He was fine both yesterday and this morning."

"Well then what's wrong with him?" replied Koneko

"Wait! Look!" pointed Issei dramatically

They all stared at him as he took one step forward. Followed by a second, and then a third. Rias was the first to comment.

"He's walking towards-"

"Akeno!" finished Issei

"Hm?" questioned Akeno

Pretty soon, Karurosu and Akeno met eye to eye. Akeno stared at him with a confused look on her face, while Karu began to look more serious. Before everyone knew it, Karu slowly reached and grabbed Akeno's hands, where he cupped them in between his own.

"What's he doing?" asked Rias

"Hold on. I think he's going to speak!"

As the moment came to the end of it's peak, Karu had blocked out all sound around him, including his visual surroundings, except for Akeno.

"My lady..." he let out

"M-my lady?" questioned Issei

"All my life, I never believed that something such as perfection existed in this universe. That it was only a term that referred to the same thing as impossible. A goal that no one could ever achieve no matter how many lifetimes they may have lived through. But today. I've met perfection. Perfection that has taken shape in the form of a goddess, forced to walk alongside the commoners."

"Commoners?" responded Issei with a brow raised. "Rias are you getting this? Rias?"

Issei looked to his side where he saw Rias forming tears in her eyes as she took into account every beautiful word that was coming from Karu's mouth. As matter of fact, everyone around was taking this in. The girls were letting tears flow as the guys tried their best not to feel bad.

"Akeno is so lucky!" cried one of the girls in the crowd.

"I WISH I WAS HER!" cried another.

"Why doesn't my boyfriend compliment me like this?"

Halfway through Karu's heart felt speech about Akeno, Sona walked in and whispered something into Rias's ear that caught her attention. Without drawing attention, they both left and headed for the Gremory house.

"Tell me my love. Does perfection have a name?" asked Karu

"I'm Akeno." she greeted happily

"Akeno..." he whispered. "Please... may I have your hand... as the luckiest man in the world."

"My. My. That's very flattering." she responded. "But I'm afraid Issei is the one I admire."

"Oh god." thought Issei

Even though no one knew it, Karu was screaming like a madman on the inside. So much that even his lungs were getting tired from all the inner thought screaming. Not to mention he was repeatedly committing an old school Japanese form of suicide inside his thoughts

"WHAT?!" cried the girls. "THAT ISSEI! WHAT A HORRIBLE PERSON! He's already brainwashed Akeno! We have to get away from him so he doesn't do the same to us!"

"WHAT?!" cried Issei. "I DID NO SUCH THING! Goddammit! Why'd he have to fall in love here?"

"Choosing a pervert over that guy?" said Koneko. "How has Hell not frozen over?"

"Well, it was very nice to meet you!." assured Akeno. "I should really be getting to class now. I hope we meet again."

Soon enough, Akeno was out of sight, and so was everyone who once surrounded her and Karu. Yet, with the crowd gone, Karu stood in place with his hands still cupped together from holding Akeno's.

"Hey Karu." called out a nervous Issei. "Um... how about we head to class already. Don't wanna be late on the first day now, do you?" he finished, trying to sound more friendly.

Karurosu eventually turned around to face Issei with his eyes closed and a furious facial expression.

"Issei... I'm only here in Japan for the school year right?"

"Uh... Y-yeah... why?"

"Then it's settled." he said calmly.

"...What do you mean exactly?"

"Akeno's heart."

"W-what about it?" he stuttered

"I WILL WIN HER HEART BEFORE THEN!"

"HE'S ONLY MET HER ONCE! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH HIM?! Whatever. At least he doesn't know what happened back at the pool some time back."

Issei recalled the day him and Akeno almost got down to business. If it hadn't been for Rias, he would have probably guaranteed ultimate hate from Karu.

In the Gremory household, Rias and Sona were discussing other matters.

"Are you sure about what your saying?" asked Rias

"Yes! Every word." replied Sona. "Yet, even with his body ablaze we could never glance at him even once."

(FLASHBACK)

"Why are we so late up at night?" whined Saji

"Stop whining. As a member of this household we have a responsibility to uphold." replied Sona

"Alright. Alright." he replied negatively. "What is this issue we have to take care of."

"A rogue demon." replied Tsubaki

"WHAT?!." he cried

"That's apparently escaped from Hell itself." informed Sona. "Supposedly a minotaur like beast."

Saji could only picture the horrifying images on his mind. He could already see himself dying in a variety of ways.

"We're here." announced Sona

The three stood before a parking building right in the middle of the city with lights on every building turned off, leaving everything to be consumed in darkness.

"Can you please tell me why we're the only three here?" asked Saji

"To improve your fighting skills and get you stronger." replied Sona. "That's why you're going to be the only one fighting."

"WHAT?!" he complained. "If I have to remind you, my Sacred Gear can only tie things up or be used as some kind of grappling hook! What if this demon is a hundred times stronger than the usual ones?"

"If you begin to lose your edge, Tsubaki and I will provide assistance until your up on your feet again."

"Have you no sympathy for me?"

"Not for those who chose to remain weak. Now let's-"

Suddenly a blaze of light came from the top of the building, cutting them all off as they stared in shock.

"What was that?!" shouted Saji

"Don't ask, let's go." she replied, already creating a magic circle.

Tsubaki and Saji got into the circle, desperate to figure out what had occurred on the top of the building.

"Do you think that could have been the rogue demon?" asked Saji

"I don't know, but we have to investigate quickly." replied Sona

The three were soon teleported to the top of the building, prepared to find the rogue demon who was suspected of creating the blaze of light.

"Look! Over there!" pointed Saji. "Is that it?"

All eyes were staring at a shirtless figure with jeans, and before any assumptions were made, Sona took a closer look and noticed something about him. He was holding a ten foot Minotaur's neck in one hand. As for the rest of the body it had appeared to have become severely burned.

"No... it's not." concluded Sona. "Whoever this is, he appears to have killed the demon we were after."

"What?" questioned Tsubaki

"Judging from the blaze of light earlier, I'd say that was created by this person, who used it to kill the demon."

"But regular fire couldn't harm a demon from hell right?" asked Saji.

"Correct." replied Sona.

"Sona, you don't think he used..."

"Hell fire." finished Sona. "Hey! Who are you?" she called

The figure only turned around, but the darkness had completely covered his face, making his facial features practically impossible.

"Identify yourself." she demanded. "Saji, get your Sacred Gear ready."

Saji nodded back to her picked his arm up, where his wrist began to glow before spawning his weapon.

The person stood silent as he stared at the group of people. There was no reaction from him showing either fear or anger.

"I don't know who he is, but I have a bad feeling about this." thought the council President

"Reveal yourself or we'll have no choice but to retain you, understood?"

"Do you like to play with fire?" asked the man in a deep voice.

"Huh?" she responded

A second later, the stranger extended his hand. Afterwards, his arm caught ablaze, as did the other.

"NOW!" shouted Sona

Saji quickly perfected his aim and fired his Sacred Gear, releasing a line that quickly wrapped around the stranger.

"YES! I got him!" cheered Saji

The fire man tilted his head a bit confused as if mocking Saji.

"Let's get him Tsubaki." commanded Sona

Tsubaki nodded and the two went running at him with their powers ready, but before they got within ten feet, the man burst into flames that began to burn the girls even if they weren't inside the fire.

"SONA! TSUBAKI!" cried Saji. "Alright, time to take you down." he growled

He then began to tug on the line in attempt to squeeze the fireman, but then something occurred that freaked him out. The rope went through his body and quickly fell. Soon his body began repairing itself by flame."

"WHAT? Are you guys looking at this?!"

"The rope just went right through him and now he's rebuilding himself by flame!" explained Sona

"I don't have time for this. I can't afford to be late." said the man

"You're not going anywhere!" said Saji, who launched a second shot.

"I'm done here." he replied

Right before the line reached him again, flames arose around him, once again creating an intense heat that caused them all to step back. Then, just as the flames disappeared, he was gone.

(END OF FLASHBACK)

"So this fire man. You suspect he might still be in the area."

"No doubt. He mentioned not wanting to be late, so I suspect he might have business around here."

"Do you think he could be associated with other rogues in the area?" asked Rias

"It's possible, but I barely came face to face with him a couple of hours ago, so I don't know anything about him except he can spawn hell fire at will."

"So now we have a fire man to deal with? Interesting."

"If you wish to pursue him, I ask that you be careful. Just one encounter and I already knew he was dangerous."

"We will. Thank you for the information."

"No problem. I think we should be heading to our classes now. We'll be late if we stay here."

On the other side of the campus, Issei, Asia, and Xenovia sat in their seats, waiting for the teacher to introduce the new student to the class.

"Alright everyone." announced the teacher. "I'd like you all to meet your new classmate. He's an exchange student from Texas, back in the United States."

"Hello everyone. My name is Karurosu, or you can call me Karu for short. I look forward to working with all of you. I'd also like to take this time to thank Issei's parents, for offering to house me as I remain here for the rest of the year."

"He's living with Issei?" asked one of the girls painfully. "Oh no! Please! At least stay with me!"

"Or me!" cried another. "We don't want you to be infected with pervert!"

The foreigner scratched his head and let out a sign.

"Looks like his love letter to Akeno is stuck with these girls for the rest of their lives." thought Issei

"Now, now everybody. I want you all to treat Karurosu with respect, like you would anyone else, okay?"

"Yes ma'am." replied the class.

"Good, now let's get started with today's assaignment. Karu, would you mind grabbing the papers on my desk and handing them out?"

"You mean like this one?" said Karu as he lifted an identical paper, already answered.

"What? You completed it already?"

"Well, you weren't here, so I just grabbed one and worked it out."

"That's amazing!" she complimented while reading over the paper. "You even got every answer right."

"What?!" thought Issei. "That was supposed to be today's one hundred question exam and he already finished it? Even the smartest girls in this class have trouble with these kinds of exams, how could he have finished it so quickly? Oh, whatever, he's such a showoff. We'll see how this works out for the other classes" thought Issei with a smirk on his face.

Little did he know, that it would end the same way in every other class.