Chapter Two: Wimbledon.

London, United Kingdom. 2024

"So…hot" I moan

"Chill out, the suns gonna move to the other side of the court soon" says Rias

"I feel…my flesh…melting off" I slump towards the ground.

"Stop being so dramatic"

"Why is London so hot? It's England!"

"Since it came into summer"

"I can't believe Matsuda is playing this match" I change the subject.

"I'm surprised he could play anything other than with himself" Rias mumbled

"What was that?" I ask (I heard what she said, I just wanted to call her out on it)

"Oh nothing!" she says with her charming grin.

"Whatever, still, nice of him to get us tickets"

"We still had to pay airfares to England" Rias says unimpressed

"Yeah but we can still cross 'go to Wimbledon' off our bucket lists"

"I guess that's true"

We all applauded as the two players arrived on the court.

"So Matsuda's playing against, this, Rararara Nada guy?"

Rias giggled, "you're never gonna pronounce the name right, its 'Rafael Nadal'"

"Give me a break, you're the one who can speak English fluently"

"Rafael isn't English silly"

"What. Ever." I cross my arms and end the conversation we've had multiple times.

The game began, Matsuda, my mate from high school, was failing miserably for half the game, but made his way to a tie by the final round. Too bad that Rararara Nadadada guy scored the final point…or whatever they call it in tennis.

"My phone's buzzing, I'll be back in a sec" said Rias, with that, she left.

It must've been years since I last saw him, it was only a few months ago he started coming back in contact with me. It's been 10 years since we all graduated from School. I've kept in regular contact with the Gremory House, we do missions from time to time. Mainly its just Rias and I working at whatever Lord Gremory wants us to do. But more about my demon servant contract later. We got to talk about something more interesting, what the jerks I went to high school with are up to!

I haven't heard much of my other mate Motohama. He's become something of a legend. Some say he's dead and now walks the streets a ghost. Others say he walked off into the desert with Hare Krishna's to find enlightenment. I thought he just moved to Australia to become a marine biologist but I'm sure any other those theories are possible.

Alright, demon stuff! So…Back in highschool, there was, like, this one time, I dated this chick who turned out to be a fallen angel, which is bad, and she like, killed me, right? But then Rias saved me, but at the cost I became her familiar. Which is like her servant, except, I never really did any servant stuff. Then killed my ex, cause she was a bitch, and killed people, yeah. Then other stuffed happened but that's the long and short of it…hey at least I explained it better than Rito Yuuki! …provided you read that Mister Law guy's other fanfic COUGH COUGH Hmmwhat?

…

Man…Rias has been gone a while. She must've had her phone on silent.

I applaud for the winner, but this was Matsuda's first time at a tournament of this grand scale. I could tell he cared less about losing and more about the fact he made it to Wimbledon. It was interesting, seeing the expression on his face. He lost the match, but even still, he must've understood he wouldn't go anywhere in his first time at this tournament. That's why, judging from that one expression that he would've set up a simpler goal, just being able to enter this competition. Which he's finally succeeded at. It was something I could apply to my own life. I recall back a year ago, I asked Lord Gremory, Rias's father, for permission to marry her. Surprisingly he said no, and that he didn't think I was suitable (I know, harsh right?). Well, if I put things into perspective, I'm still with my attractive European girlfriend, and at Wimbledon. Only a few weeks ago we were in Venice hunting down a stolen Cyber-crystal from Valhalla by a fallen angel. A few months ago, I, Rias and several other House members were in the Amazonian jungle with the mission to assassinate the queen of a forgotten kingdom and other potential prequels. I still have the ring kept in the bottom of my sock drawer. I would propose to Rias anyway, but when your boss is Lord of a House of Demons (Not to mention Hell itself), it's not a good idea to make him cross. Regardless, I've had a crazy, dangerous and exciting life, and I've seen things and done things that no human being would ever do in their life. And that's almost too hard to believe.

I see Rias, she looks distressed. She leans over to me and gives a half-whisper, half-frantic-shout, "We've got to get out of here, I'll explain on the way".

"Whoa-what's going on?" I ask

She grabs my hand and we bolt out, flipping my tube of strawberry's and ice-cream.

I, the great demon warrior Issei announce, "Hey! My iceys!"

We run out of the stadium, though walk carefully past security to not draw attention.

"I just got a call from dad" says Rias

"Lord Gremory?"

"Yeah, something's happened in Berlin"

Outside the stadium I could hear the echoes of the crowds and a large TV playing during breaks between games. A breaking news report came on, I couldn't hear much, whatever it was, the sounds of 2000 people screaming in terror indicated that something wicked was heating up. Little did I know that this day would be the last day of peace for a long time.