Short AN: Hi, I'm back. Yes I know that the Prologue chapter was very short, but that was an introductory chapter more than an important part of the story. I'm hoping for future chapters to range anywhere from 2.5k words to close to 10k words. It all varies with the free time I have to write and how important I feel a chapter is. But, as the official chapter 1 of this fic, I'm gonna reach closer towards 7-8k for this one (hopefully). Now, let's get into the story, shall we?
merendinoemiliano: I hope it does become interesting. Thanks for the input, but the harems will be larger than five a piece, as I can already think of more than five girls that would work for Josh, and Issei will be delegated the rest. I've kind of already spoiled that he was going to join Rias' peerage soooooooo… yeah. Thanks!
Curse of Whimsey: Yeah, I hope it does turn out to be somewhat interesting for people. I figured somebody would say something about that, but I couldn't think of a way to write it in without it feeling forced, you know? Although that could be due to my lack of experience when it comes to writing. Thanks!
tyson113: I think so as well, and I kind of rushed the first chapter a bit so it was very short, but the rest of the chapters will be at LEAST 4 times longer. Thanks for the input.
*************************************************Chapter 1: New School, New Problems********************************************************
Why am I so anxious? I've done this at least 5 other times, this shouldn't be any different to the others, and yet, I feel as if I'm a virgin about to lose his virginity. Why is that? I actually have no idea. 'Ok… Student council will tell me what class I'm in and how to get there, hopefully, and then everything else is up to me… great.' As I pondered over how to introduce myself to my class, I reached the gates of… what's this school called again? Kuoh Academy? Yeah, that's it. I reached the gates of Kuoh, and encountered quite the sight to behold. Girls, so many girls, its like an ocean of females. Granted, there are a few boys mixed in here and there. "Kind of like sharks, heh." I laughed to myself, trying to ease my overwhelming social anxiety… it didn't work.
As I got closer to the entrance, I started to perk up to some of the conversations of the student body.
"Have you ever seen him before? Is he new?"
"Woah, he's tall. And he doesn't look Japanese in the slightest. American exchange student maybe?"
"He's kinda hot if I'm being honest."
I chuckled to myself… 'This isn't helping out my current feeling at all.' Still feeling extremely uneasy, I made my way through the entrance of Kuoh Academy. I was greeted with the same sight and whispers as outside. Girls on top of girls on top of girls… 'Ughhhh' I groaned, wondering exactly why there were so few guys at this school. I started making my way towards the council room, before hearing some weird conflict happening.
"Dammit Issei, again!?"
"How many times do we have to beat you until you learn your lesson?!"
"I'm sorry, PLEASE DON'T HURT MEEEEEEEEEE!"
'Huh… weird. Not any of my business though.' I continued making my way to the council room, doing my best to ignore the shouting and pleas for help.
As I reached the council room, I felt something… odd. Yeah, that's the best way to describe it, odd. I felt like all of my anxiousness and uneasiness washed away. Trying to brush that aside, I knocked a few times, before hearing a "Come in." from the other side. I slowly opened the door, to be greeted by the student council, all girls with the exception of one guy. "Figures it's mostly female." I said to myself, not thinking anyone understood me. I slowly made my way into the room, and was motioned by a short, black-haired girl to go towards her. As I made my way across the room, I felt almost every person in there look away from their work towards me. 'Awkward…' "Ah, I'm the new transfer student from America, Joshua Robertson."
"Yes, I know who you are. I can tell just by looking at you that you're not from Japan." She responded, swiftly yet strongly.
'I already do not like this chick.' I thought, already disliking the way she was talking to me. "Well, I'm just here to find out what class I'm in and how to get there." I responded, with a small hint of attitude, earning me a frown from her. 'She probably feels the same way about me. Fufu.'
"Well, I'm busy with my presidential duties… Tsubaki, please escort Joshua here to his class." She said, with a hint of distaste present in her voice.
I looked over to where she was talking and… wow. I'm stunned. "Woah, she's pretty." I muttered, thinking nobody could hear me, but a small blush formed on Tsubaki's face. 'Crap…' She heard me and she can understand english, I might've just messed up… bigtime.
"Please follow me, Joshua." She said quietly.
"I prefer Josh, if that's not to much of a bother." I responded, hoping to come off as more respectful than I first seemed.
As we were walking to my classroom, I couldn't help but look over to the previously named Tsubaki. 'Damn, she is really pretty.'
"T-Thank you." She showed her gratitude towards my compliment.
"I didn't think anyone in there understood english well enough to get what I was saying, but I digress, I was just being honest." I confirmed my earlier statement with a small smirk. 'Maybe I didn't mess up as bad as I thought.'
"I can't speak it very well, but I can understand it close to as much as Japanese." She stated, earning her another slight smirk from me.
"You know, it's not very different from Japanese, at least in terms of speaking. Written forms of the languages are quite different though, so I might need a tutor for learning Kanji."
Her eyes widen the smallest bit, but still enough for me to notice. "Really, you don't know how to write Kanji? I'd be willing to help you with that, if you teach me how to write in English a bit." She offered, causing my eyes to widen slightly as well.
"Well that seems fair, plus we'd get to know each other better. I accept your proposition, Tsubaki." I accepted her offer. 'This'll be new, I've never had a tutor as pretty as she is before.'
"Thank you Joshu- Josh, I've been meaning to learn some more of the English language." She stuttered a small bit when it came to my name, causing my smirk to widen to a smile.
"And thank you for calling me Josh instead of Joshua, I already know telling that to everyone i meet is going to be absolutely awful." I stated, causing her to giggle. "And if you don't mind me saying this again, you really are quite gorgeous. Also, I have a question as to the gender ratio here. Why are there so many girls, but so few guys?" I asked.
Her blush deepened, causing my smile to grow a little further. "T-T-Thank you again. A-And when it comes to your question, the reason for that is because up until a couple of years ago, this was a female only academy. It only recently became co-ed." My smile turned into a deadpan at her answer.
"So basically, all the guys here are just huge sex fiends then…" My blunt statement causing her to giggle again.
"Not all, but most are yes. I really hope you aren't the same, Josh." She stated hopefully, causing me to sweatdrop.
"Alright, look, I'm a teenager in puberty just like everyone else here, which means my hormones are out of control. But, I have better control over them than most other guys. Oh yeah, I heard some girls screaming at a guy named Issei earlier, any idea what that was about?" I stated, then asked, noticing her slight deadpan at the mention of this Issei.
"Ughh, him. He's one of a group of three people known around the school as The Perverted Trio. The other two are named Matsuda and Motohama, and they're always peeping on the females when they're changing." I deadpanned heavily at her answer.
"Well, don't worry Tsubaki, I'm nowhere even close to being like that. And, if I ever happen to catch them, I will gladly put a stop to their perverted antics." I stated, in a more serious tone, causing her eyes to widen somewhat comically.
"I didn't know you were so against perverts, Josh." I nodded in response, causing her slight blush to come back. "Well, that's good to hear. I'm glad we don't have another one of those three entering our school."
I nodded once again. "I've always thought of perverts as disgusting creatures, but I am still a teenage boy after all, I'm sure I have some perverted tendencies. But, nowhere near they're level." I stated.
"That's good. Well, we're here. Second year, class B. Sadly, Josh, It's the same class as the three I talked about earlier-" I deadpanned heavily once again. "-but please try to refrain from starting violence in the classroom."
"No guarantees, Tsubaki." I stated in English, causing her to giggle a bit. "Oh yeah, one more thing. How should I contact you for scheduling our dual-tutoring?"
"Come to the Council room after school, that's where I usually am." She answered, before turning to walk away.
"Have a good day, Beautiful." She paused for a bit, before continuing to walk back to the council room. 'I'm not sure, but she might be into me a bit.' I thought, before knocking on the classroom door. A few seconds later, a woman, who I assume to be the teacher, answered the door.
"Ah, you must be the new transfer student." I nodded. "Please, come in and come to the front of the room."
I did as I was asked of, hearing more whispers and gossip about me.
"Woah, he's really tall."
"Great, another hot guy to steal all the girls."
"He's so hot."
I ignored the whispers, making my way to the front of the room. I whispered to the teacher "I'm not very good with Kanji, can I write my name in English?" She responded with a slight nod. I wrote my name on the chalkboard as she was introducing me.
"Hello, my name is Joshua Robertson- although I prefer if you call me Josh -and I'm very excited to be here in Japan. I'm not very good with Kanji, so I had to write my name in English, and I'm a really big fan of music, and I really, really hate perverts. Take good care of me, please and thank you." I introduced myself, noticing half the class looked towards a certain group of three boys after I stated my hatred for perverts. 'Huh, they must be the trio I've heard about.'
"You can take a seat wherever, as we are halfway through the day already." I nodded in response, noticing everyone else had a uniform of sorts on. 'I must look like a fish out of water.' I thought, being in blue jeans and a hoodie. 'Time to see just where this curriculum is at, compared to Wyoming's.'
"... so what would X equal in this scenario? Let's see… Joshua?" She called on me. 'I've already learned this, time to flaunt a bit.'
"X would equal 13.5, and before you ask anyone else, Y would equal 21.5."
"Wow… exactly right. Did you perhaps already learn this in America?" The teacher asked.
"Yeah, no offense to Japan or this academy, but from where this class is at, my curriculum in America is pretty far ahead." I stated in response, earning a slight frown from the teacher, as well as a few whispers around class.
"He's smart and hot? We hit the jackpot."
"Show off."
"I already hate this kid."
"I already hate you too, bud." I responded to the last statement, which came from an almost bald kid, in English, causing everyone in the class to look at me.
"What'd he just say?"
"Is that English?"
"He's so mysterious."
I chuckled. But I didn't respond this time, figuring that would be the end of it.
"Anyways class, that's all for today in terms of Mathematics, please enjoy your lunch." I groaned, both from relief as well as already guessing what was coming next. Before I could even stand up, I was rushed by nearly… no, EVERY girl in class.
"Would you like to eat lunch with us?"
"What's your favorite food? I'll buy some for you."
"What are your fetishes?"
I deadpanned at the last one. "No thank you, Tacos, and no thanks again." I didn't even bother acknowledging the last one, as that's something I'd rather keep private for as long as possible. "I'm going to the council room, I was told to go there during lunch to wrap up my transference process." I told a little white lie, not wanting to give away that I was going there to set up a tutoring session.
There was a collective "Awwww." and a single "How rude, not even responding to my question at all." from the group of girls around me. "Excuse me, ladies, I have to get going." I got up out of my seat and went towards the door.
But, I was stopped by three guys. One was the bald kid from earlier. The other, had mid-length black hair, with a pair of big, round glasses. And finally, the third, and what seemed to be the leader, was an average height, thin build, with somewhat long brown hair and doe-brown eyes. The baldie was the first to say something.
"So, you're the new kid, huh? You better not be trying to make all the girls fall for you." The one with glasses spoke up next.
"Yeah, we don't need another 'prince' at this school. One is more than enough." Next, was the brown-haired one.
"Yeah, what they said!" Looks like I was wrong about him being the leader.
"..." I didn't say anything, my face straight as stone. Assuming that these three were the 'trio' that I've heard about, I decided to just ignore them. I walked right up to them, and just bumped shoulders with them as I walked through the door, not wanting to waste anymore time because of these cretins.
"Hey! Watch it pal!"
"Yeah, we don't want to rough you up, but we will if we have to!"
"Yeah, what they said!" They responded in the exact same order.
"Heheheh. I'd love to see you try." Figuring that they were all talk, I turned my back to them and started to walk away… until I heard footsteps running up behind me.
My instincts and training kicked in. I turned and went straight into a roundhouse kick, and aimed it for the bald one's head, knocking him out cold. Next, I followed my momentum from the previous kick and jumped into a spinning axle kick, knocking out the bespectacled one. I planted my feet, looking straight into the brown-haired ones eyes, straight face still intact. "Would you like to continue?" I asked, voice even, as if I wasn't just attacked by three people.
"N-N-N-N-No! I'm sorry!" He stuttered out, causing a small smirk to appear on my face.
"You three are the so-called 'Perverted Trio'-" I signified those words with air quotes "-that I've heard about yes?" His eyes widening slightly told me all I needed to know. "If you heard what I said when I first introduced myself, then you'll know already how I feel about you three. If I catch you peeping on girls, or doing anything perverted at all, you and your friends here will get treatment ten times worse than this. Understand?" He nodded extremely quickly. "Good, now I'll be taking my leave. Fuck off." He picked up his two friends, who were slightly conscious now, and scrambled away with them. "Fucking. Annoying." Little did I know, that a certain couple of girls saw that entire thing.
-Rias' POV-
I was stunned at what I just saw, a single boy able to take down two in one hit a piece, and strike so much fear into the third that he lost his will to fight. "Wow. Impressive work for a human, don't you think, Akeno?" I asked my best friend, and [Queen].
"Fufufu. It was quite… a pleasure to watch, also I don't know about you, but I definitely felt quite a strong power coming from him, besides his physical capabilities." She responded, also feeling the same sense of power that I felt coming from the new kid.
"We might have to take him in, if he is willing." I stated, instantly realising that this boy would be extremely strong if his… power were to be awakened. "We'll just have to see how this plays out, won't we Akeno?"
"Yes, we shall. Fufufufu."
-Josh's POV-
As I reached the student council office, I stretched out my back, earning me the sound of a thick crack. "Ahhhh, that felt good." I knocked on the door, and after a few seconds heard yet another "...Come in." from the inside. I entered the room, to be greeted by the same sight as before. Everybody working diligently on either homework, or council work. I was motioned to go towards the president once again by herself. I walked up to her, but not before noticing Tsubaki sneaking glances at me with a small blush.
"I didn't expect you to back so soon. What is it you need Joshua?" I frowned at the use of my full name.
"A few things, One, will I be given a school uniform, or do I have to go out and buy it? Two, I ran into a few perverts on the way here and they tried to get rough with me, so I had to get rough back. And three, I would like to talk to Tsubaki about something we discussed on my way to class."
Her eyes widened at my second statement before narrowing back to her usual stern glare. "Well, I'll answer them in order. First, you will be given two sets of the uniform. Secondly, it's your first day, and your already getting into trouble. And thirdly, I guess I'll allow it, don't take too long though. We are somewhat swamped at the moment." I was going to respond to her scolding for my actions, before hearing her allow me some time, causing my frown to turn into a smile.
"Thank you." I thanked her, then walked over to Tsubaki. She looked over towards me as I came over, a small smile as well as a slight blush appeared on her face, as she made some room for me to sit next to her. I took a small glance around the room and noticed the rest of the room was staring at us with a mix of expressions. A few looked interested, a couple were smiling, and the one guy was staring with a small look of hatred. 'He's jealous isn't he. Heheh'
"I'm assuming you're here to discuss the tutoring we talked about?" She asked me. I responded with a slight nod.
"I know it may seem kind of forward to ask this as we've only met an hour or so ago, but I'm asking with only pure intentions. Can I have your phone number?"
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The room went completely silent. There were no sounds at all. No pencils scratching paper. Everything seemed to stop after I said that. I looked around the room and all eyes were on me, but they seemed slightly more hostile than before. "...What?" Then the room exploded.
"Oh my god, they'd be so cute together!"
"Yeah, I totally agree!"
"I didn't take him as the forward type when he came in earlier."
"Bastard."
I deadpanned at all the things said. Especially the last one, said by, of course, the only guy. 'Time to fix this, I guess.'
"*sigh* I'm asking her because I'm not that great with Kanji and she offered to tutor me on it. As well as her having an interest in the written form of English. As I said, although you probably all heard me but just disregarded it, I'm asking with only the purest of intentions. I have no intent on dating Tsubaki, at least not yet. I know nothing about her." As I was trying to correct the situation, and fix the rooms misconceptions, I failed to notice Tsubaki writing something on a small Post-It. I did notice her slide it over in front of me though, causing my attention to turn over to her. Her blush was huge, her pink skin being stained a dark red as she handed it to me.
"H-H-H-H-Here." She stuttered shyly. I took the Post-It and glanced at it. As I thought, it's her number.
"Oh, hang on a sec." I pulled out a sheet of loose leaf paper and tore off a piece. Doing the same as her, I wrote my number down on it and gave it to her. "What's this for?"
"I know your number, but you don't know mine, so I figured this would be easier for you to know when I called." I answered with a smile, causing her blush to deepen even more, if at all possible. "Well, that's all I came here for, I'll be taking my leave now. Have a good rest of your days, guys. Except you, mister jealousy." I said, looking straight at the guy with an even straighter face. His face got even more hate-filled. 'So he can understand English too… interesting.'
I left the council room, to be greeted by yet another group of girls, causing me to sweatdrop. Trying my best to politely decline all of their requests and answer all of their questions honestly, I slowly made my way outside to an area that looked quiet. It was next to what I assume to be the dojo of the school. I heard some commotion coming from the back of the dojo, and decided to check it out.
"Of course its you three. Why am I not surprised." I said, after seeing the three from earlier all crowded around one spot on the wall.
"OH SHIT! ITS THE AMERICAN, RUN!" The bald one screamed before trying to run away from me. I caught up to him with ease.
"Where do you think your GOING!?" After catching up to him, I tripped him. Picking him up before he could do anything, I dragged him back to his friends who were cowering in fear. "What exactly is going on here?" I pointed to the brown-haired one. "You, explain. NOW." I told him sternly.
He just pointed to a small hole in the wall. Not even having to ask what it was, I swiftly kicked the bespectacled one in the face with a front kick so hard I heard his glasses break. I then dropped the bald one I was dragging onto the ground and stomped on his face twice, causing his nose to twist into a completely awkward form. I then roundhoused the brown-haired one, causing him to cry out in pain, but not pass out. "You still awake?" I asked him, hearing a groan in response. "Good, tell me your names so I can report you to the office. If you don't, I'll continue this beating." He groaned again, causing me to frown. "Hurry up, I don't have all day." He slowly sat up to look at me.
"I'm Issei Hyodou, the bald one is Motohama, and the other is Matsuda." He answered, still a little groggy from my kick.
"Than-" I cut myself off when I heard footsteps behind me. I turned around to see two girls walking up to me, wearing kendo uniforms. One of them had pink hair with her bangs held back by a hairband, the rest hanging loosely, and dark red eyes. The other had long brown hair pulled back into a ponytail with two bangs framing her face, containing hazel eyes. "I took care of your peeping problem, you two." I said to them, pointing to the three behind me. "I roughed them up a bit, but that won't stop them forever." They looked at the group behind me, then back to me. The pink-haired one spoke up first.
"Thanks for that, but, who are you? I've never seen you around here before." She asked, causing me to sweatdrop. "Wait, are you perhaps the new transfer student?"
"Yes, that I am, although I'm not Japanese." I confirmed her statement. "Before you ask, I'm from America. I came to Japan to… how should I say this… get away from my past, in a sense."
"Really? You must have a pretty jarring back story then. From what I've heard, America is one of the best places to live in the world." She said, causing me to deadpan. "... From the look on your face I'm assuming that was incorrect."
"Not really, it's a great place to live, it's just… a lot of stuff happened to me back there that I'd rather forget. Which is why I moved here, to get away from it, to try and start anew, in a sense." I stated causing her to frown a bit. It was then that I noticed that the ponytailed brunette hasn't said a word, just standing there staring at me. "Anyways, I'm a second year. The names Joshua Robertson. But, I'd prefer if you call me Josh."
"Yeah, I knew that already. We're in the same class. Did you not notice us?"
I sweatdropped. "Ehhhh, sorry no. It's been a pretty hectic day all things considered. Also, I'd love to be able to put names to your two beautiful faces." I said, causing them both to blush. The pink haired one spoke up first again.
"I'm Katase. Second year as well. I hope we can become friends, although, I already like you quite a bit, considering how you feel about, and handled those perverts." I smiled and nodded.
"And what about her? Is she mute?" I asked her, regarding the brunette.
Katase nudged the brunette with her elbow, with a knowing smirk on her face, before the brunette spoke up.
"S-Sorry. I'm Murayama." She said, with an ever growing blush on her face. I nodded in response, before repeating their names while pointing at them, trying to remember the names to the faces.
"So, from what I can tell, you two are a part of the kendo club. Am I correct in assuming that?" They both nodded. "Well, are you two any good? I'd love to have some good sparring partners, as its been a while since I've been able to spar period." I asked, then stated. They both frowned at the question.
"I'll have you know, we're co-captains of the kendo club, thank you very much." Katase stated, somewhat annoyed at me questioning her skill.
"Well, that's good to hear, I'd love to spar against one of you two sometime. Although, I won't use a sword." That caused both of them to raise their brows. "Don't worry, I'm not overconfident or anything. It's just that I've never trained with kendo, I've always trained in hand-to-hand combat. I felt as if it was more useful if I turned my body into a weapon, rather than needing a weapon." That statement once again causing their brows to rise, as they looked at me curiosity. Or rather, Katase did, as Murayama was still staring at me with a blush present.
"I'd love to see what you can do, Josh. We must spar sometime." Katase said, causing a huge smile to appear on my face. "How does today after school sound?"
"Sounds great, I'll be there. Have a good day you two, especially you Murayama." I teased her a bit, causing her blush to deepen. "Ah, I'm just teasing. Seriously though, enjoy yourselves, and if you ever get into trouble, shout for me!" I said, before walking away. Although I was stopped when I heard a set of footsteps running up behind me.
"H-Here!" Murayama hastily handed me a piece of paper. To my surprise, it had her number on it. She then quickly ran back to Katase and past her, I'm assuming back into the dojo. I laughed, getting Katase to look at me.
"Do you wanna give me your number too?" I asked her, causing her to blush slightly, before giving me a shake of her head and heading back inside. "Heheheh. Two pretty girls' number in one hour. Who would've thought?" I said out loud, causing the still grounded perverts to look at me with hate-filled expressions. "What? Awww, are you guys mad because you can never get a girls number no matter how hard you try? Maybe stop, one being such lust filled sex fiends, and two, jerking it and you'll get one too." I said, laughing, as I walked away towards the old school building.
As I passed the old school building, my instincts went a little crazy. Feeling like I was being watched, I looked up to see a girl. She has crimson hair, with seafoam green eyes and a stoic expression on her face as she was looking at me. I flashed her a peace sign, and a large smile, and continued walking. Her eyes widened slightly at my actions, before she went back into the room. I looked at my watch. 'Lunch is almost over, I better get back to class.' I started running back to the main school building.
-Rias' POV-
"Akeno, I'm positive now. The new kid definitely has a Sacred Gear. And a powerful one at that." I told my [Queen] and best friend over a game of chess.
"Well, Buchou, it's all up to fate if he's able to be reincarnated or not." She responded. "We have no idea if he even knows the supernatural world exists or not, so asking him outright is a risk."
"Your right, as always Akeno. Although…" I moved my pawn "...that's checkmate. Your trap was very easy to see through, but you have improved. Quite a bit actually."
"Auuuu. I tried to make it tougher for you." She moaned in dissatisfaction at her loss.
I started to undress to get ready for a shower. "Although, besides his gear, he's quite strong by himself. He seems to be highly trained in some sort of combat. You do remember earlier, yes?"
"I sure do, Buchou, as I said then, it was a pleasure to watch. Fufufufu." Her sadistic side showing a bit. "I wonder if he's similar to me. I really hope so."
"I hope not, one sadist in my peerage is more than enough." I stated causing her to frown slightly. "Also, have you looked into the other interesting boy? The brunette?"
"Yes, I have. His name is Issei Hyodou, and he's in class 2-B, the same as Joshua. He also feels quite strange, almost exactly like Joshua. He definitely has a Gear as well." She answered, causing me to pause before entering the shower.
"Please, continue having Koneko watch over him. Also, please assign Kiba to overlook Joshua for me." I told her getting a "Yes, Buchou" in response, before I got into the shower. Things have finally gotten interesting in this school.
-Josh's POV-
I got back to the classroom just before it started. Unsurprisingly, I was the center of attention when I got there, slightly sweaty as well as slightly out of breath. "Did I make it?" I wondered out loud. I looked towards the front of the class to see the teacher motioning for me to sit down. "Thank God. Being late on the first day would be awful." I muttered under my breath. I sat down in my chair, still the center of attention. 'I hate being the new kid.' I thought as I was trying, and failing, to focus on the class instead of the gossip I heard around me.
"I wonder why he was almost late?"
"I heard he found the trio peeping on the kendo club and taught them a lesson."
"Really? I heard he was in the council room talking to the vice president for most of lunch."
"Ughhh. It's gonna be a long rest of the day." I muttered, regretting spending so long interrogating those perverts. 'Speaking of those three, they're still not here. Heheh. I really messed them up, didn't I?' I smiled to myself, hoping that beating at least somewhat deterred their tendencies.
-After classes-
I stood up and stretched out my limbs, before starting to put my things away. I just finished packing my things into my bag, before I heard the door open with a slam. I looked over, as well as the rest of the class, to see a very angry looking, very beat up trio of boys. "Ugggghhhh… these guys again?" I said, loud enough for the people of the class to hear. "What do you guys want now?" I put my hands in my pockets and stood up straight, trying to look as relaxed as possible, despite the possible 1-on-3 scenario.
"We want a rematch!"
"Yeah, we weren't expecting to be attacked last time!"
"Yeah!"
I groaned, hands still pocketed. I started to slowly walk towards them. "Look, I don't have time for this, I have somewhere to be. Now, if you'll excu-" I was cut off by Motohama swinging wildly for me. I dodged with ease, leaning backwards out of his reach. "Didn't I hurt you guys enough already? Are you sure you want to do this?" Motohama swung again, instead responding. I simply leaned out of the way again, knowing that even if he hit me, he didn't know how to punch properly. "*Sigh* You're testing my patience." I groaned. I noticed Matsuda coming at me from my left at the same time Motohama was coming from my front. Taking note of my surrounding by glancing behind me rather quickly, I simply jumped backwards onto an empty desk, causing the both of them to collide with each other, both releasing a grunt.
"Stop toying with us and fight already!" Motohama yelled angrily.
"Come on! You scared or something?" Matsuda yelled as well.
I noticed Issei wasn't taking part in this. 'Hmm, maybe he isn't all bad.' I thought, taking note of his pacifism, despite his friends' aggressiveness and hostility. Focusing back on the fight, I jumped off the desk as Motohama rushed me, flipping forward and planting my hand on his head, throwing him the opposite direction I was going, causing him to hit the desk I was on with a thud and a crash, as the desk fell over. "I'm telling you guys, if I were to go serious, you guys would get serious… ly hurt. Heheh." I chuckled at my joke, which only made the two of them angrier.
"I said… STOP TOYING WITH US!" Motohama screamed, making me roll my eyes.
"You asked for it. Don't blame me for what happens next." I said, taunting him with a "bring it" hand gesture. Motohama rushed me, swinging wildly for my head. I slapped his hand away, before grabbing his arm and trying to smash his joint backwards over my knee, only to be stopped by Matsuda rushing me from behind. I turned and threw Motohama into him with all of my momentum, once again causing the two of them to crash into each other. Motohama was the first to get up, once again rushing me. "Alright, I'm done playing nice." I said coldly, causing him to falter a bit, leaving himself wide open. I rushed him, and leapt towards him in a corkscrew motion, before delivering a spin kick right onto his collarbone with all of my weight and momentum behind it. He screamed out in agony, as I felt a crunch when my kick landed. Following my momentum, I landed back on my own two feet before facing Matsuda. He looked slightly afraid, after hearing his friend scream the way he just did, but still came at me nonetheless. I sighed, figuring he would've backed down, but I still waited for the perfect moment to strike. Dodging a few of his wild strikes, I noticed an opening the size of a barn on his non-striking side when he swung. "This fight's over. Have a good nap, Matsuda." As he swung with his right, I spun counter-clockwise to his left. I lifted my left leg up enough to reach his head, and connected, instantly knocking him out, and sending him right into a couple of desks. "Keep in mind you two, I told you I didn't want to fight. You brought this upon yourselves."
Calming down a bit, I took a look around. The entirety of the class saw what just happened. 'Ah, crap, they just saw me completely pummel and humiliate these two. I hope I don't get expelled on my first day. Shit, shit, shit, shi-'
"THAT WAS SOOOO AWESOME!"
"Tall, hot, smart, and a badass? We have a new prince!"
"Praise be to the newest Prince of Kuoh!"
"This… is not at all what I was expecting." I muttered, as I was swarmed by the class. 'How did I go from being the new kid who people gossiped about, to being a so-called "prince" of the school on my first day? This place is… confusing…' I noticed Issei standing away from everyone, looking at me with… 'what kind of expression is that? He isn't looking at me with hate, nor with appreciation. I can't discern what he's feeling right now, I just hope he doesn't want to fight as well.' Putting those thoughts aside, I tried to calm everyone down. "Hey, come on, I have somewhere to be. Can you guys please let me leave now? And just so we're clear, you guys did all see that they started it, right?" I got a few nods in response at my last question, but they still weren't calming down at all. "Seriously guys, I have to be somewhere, please let me leave." Still a lot of commotion. 'Guess I have to do this the rough way… *sigh*'
"THAT'S ENOUGH EVERYONE!" The room went quiet. "I said I have somewhere to be, so can you guys please let me leave? I don't have a lot of time left." I said, getting the crowd to clear a path. "Thank you. I'll see you guys tomorrow. Oh, and again, if they try and say anything about this, you were all witnesses to me defending myself after they started attacking me. Correct?" They all nodded. "I'll be leaving now, have a good afternoon, everyone!" I got a collective "You too, prince!" as a response. I smiled. 'Maybe it won't be so bad here after all.'
As I reached the dojo, I heard the sound of wood clacking against wood. 'Hmmm… must be practicing. I hope I'm not intruding.' I knocked a few times on the door, hearing the battle sounds stop, then entered. I was greeted to your run-of-the-mill kendo dojo, as well as Katase, Murayama, and a couple other students I didn't recognize. Although, the one who really caught my eye, was a guy. He has blonde hair, blue eyes and a handsome face. What struck me as odd though, was that his eyes widened a little when he saw me. Besides that, being trained in combat, I could tell he was the strongest in the room. "It's Josh, I'm here for the sparring session we talked about earlier Katase." I said, getting the attention of everybody in the room.
"I was beginning to think you wouldn't come, Josh. I'm glad you're here, even if a bit late." She responded with a smile. I scratched the back of my head sheepishly.
"I got held up in the classroom by… a certain duo of angry perverts." She widened her eyes. "Don't worry I'm fine, them on the other hand… not so much. Heheh." I said getting her smile to come back.
"As I'd expect of the new kid, from what I saw earlier, I thought they would have avoided you. I guess not."
"Yeah, but they're dealt with. And, I uhhh… I think I might've broken one of their collarbones with a kick." Everyone's (except the pretty boy) eyes widened. "Look I didn't mean to! I put a little too much power behind it, it was accidental I swear! I gave them plenty of chances to back off, but they insisted on attacking me. I got fed up with them, and it just kind of happened… the other ones just unconscious though. Nothing broken except his pride… I think…" Adding in the last couple of words caused the people in the room to chuckle, besides the pretty boy once again, lowering the tension in the room. 'Jeez, does he have a problem with me?' I thought about the blondie.
"Well, would you like to spar Josh?" Katase asked, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"Yes, and don't worry, I won't hit you with anything meant to incapacitate." I said, earning a deadpan from her.
"I would hope not. Although, don't go easy on me. We almost won the Nationals last year." She said, with a confident smirk, causing me to widen my eyes. She frowned at my reaction. "What, didn't think we were that good or something?"
"No, nothing like that, I just didn't think you guys went to Nationals, I didn't see anything about it when I was looking up details of the school online." I answered honestly, earning a doubtful pout from her. "I'm serious. I didn't see anything about it online. Blame the school, not me. Now, do you want to spar or not?" I asked, getting another doubtful look from her.
"Are you sure you want to spar in… that?" She asked, regarding my clothes. "Doesn't seem very freeing."
"I beat two perverts into the ground in these clothes. But, if you insist…" I took of my hoodie, and my T-shirt underneath it. Leaving me shirtless. "I'd be happy to oblige, and make this harder on you."
A collective blush happened around the room, as all of the girls saw my bare chest. It doesn't help that I'm surprisingly buff, yet toned at the same time, due to all of my training. Although, I noticed that Katase and Murayama had the deepest blushes out of everyone in the room.
"Are sure you'd be able to spar me? It seems like me freeing myself from my 'restrictive' clothing has you quite distracted." I said, as I noticed her looking, staring rather, at my chest.
"Umm… no I'll be f-fine. P-P-Please get ready." She stuttered. I smirked.
'This'll be easy.' I thought as I got into position, ten feet across from her. She got into her kendo stance, blush still present. I put my hands into my pockets, getting myself ready for the coming bout. She looked questioningly at my stance. I gave her a small smirk, her blush deepening.
"I'm ready, are you?" I asked her.
"Y-Y-Yes, let's begin." She said.
We slowly advanced on each other. As we got within 5 feet, I tried to end the match quickly.
"You know Katase-" 4 feet. "- you really should blush more-" 3 feet, almost within her range. "-as you look quite cute when you do blush." Her stance faltered as her eyes widened from my sudden compliment. In a single motion, I swung my leg between her arms and hooked it between her hands. I pulled it as hard as I could, launching the sword across the dojo with a serious of *CLACK*s. Following my momentum, I spun around to face her. I grabbed her right arm with my left and pulled her flush to me. I grabbed her left with my right and slowly leaned her backwards, similar to a ballroom dance move.
"I win." I said, a large grin on my face. Her blush deepened, covering almost her entire face. "Sorry, I had to take advantage of your distraction. Besides, there's one person in here I'm really interested in facing." I looked towards the blonde guy. "No offence to anybody in here. But, I can tell, he is the most skilled person in the room." Katase widened her eyes.
"How would you even be able to…" Her voice fell off, giving me all the info I needed.
"I've trained in combat for almost 9 years, you learn how to pick out the strongest person in the room by just one look." I said, walking towards him. "How about it, pretty boy, want to spar?" I asked him. He frowned at the pretty boy comment, telling me he understood English.
"Sorry, I don't want to hurt you." He said coldly, earning a glare from me.
"I think you're just afraid of losing to somebody who doesn't use a weapon." I fired back, causing him to glare back. "You must think pretty highly of yourself, thinking you can hurt me with ease." I fired a quick jab at him, he dodged it with time to spare. "Heheheh. I was right. You are the best in the room. Now I'm excited."
He glared at me. Giving me a cold stare, he simply pulled out his kendo sword and walked to the middle of the dojo. I followed him, distancing myself from him at ten feet.
"I can't believe the two princes are actually about to duel. I'm shaking with excitement!" I heard someone say, causing me to smile. 'He must be the other "Prince of Kuoh" I've heard about. Interesting.'
"Who wants to ref? We'll do first hit or disarm. Sound fair?" He nodded in response. Katase slowly walked between us.
"I-I'll ref. When my arm drops we start. Kiba Yuuto, are you ready?" He got into his kendo stance. "Joshua Robertson, are you ready?" I frowned at the use of my full name, but I understood the reason. 'This is probably the most intense sparring match to happen here in awhile.' I thought.
"Alright. We'll start in three… two… on-"
*BANG*
Just as Katase was about to drop her arm, the crimson haired girl from earlier bounded through the doors. "Kiba, we need you right away in the club… room." She paused when she noticed the tension between me and the now named Kiba. "What did I just interrupt?" She asked.
"Oh nothing, me and Kiba were about to have a… friendly… sparring session." I was still glaring daggers at him, even while I responded to the newly entered redhead.
"What is it, Rias?" He asked her, as she walked over towards him. He was still glaring at me as well.
She got right up next to him and whispered something into his ear that made his eyes widen, before narrowing back to normalcy.
"Sorry Joshua, but I have to postpone our 'friendly' match." I frowned once again at the use of my full first name. "Although, this doesn't mean I don't want to face you, quite the opposite really. You… interest me." He said, a small smirk appearing on his face. I smirked back.
"Same here. Have fun doing whatever you have to do. I hope it's as if not more fun than our match was going to be." I responded. With the tension between us gone, everybody in the room seemed to relax a little. "See ya later, Yuuto." I said, before leaving the dojo, and slowly making my way home.
As I was walking home, I got hungry, so I stopped at a convenience store. I was walking through the isles, when I noticed a woman with yellow eyes, long navy blue hair that covered her right eye, and a very developed body. The weird thing though, was that she was staring at me. Hard. Every time I looked at her, she tried to hide the fact that she was staring at me, quickly turning her head down, or to the side. '...weirdo. If you're into me, just say something.' I thought, giving her turnt head a weird look. Disregarding it, I went to the counter and paid for my items. I left shortly after, complimenting and thanking the female cashier. I continued to walk home, but my instincts were screaming at me that I was being followed. I turned behind me, seeing nothing. Thinking I'm just paranoid due to the woman from the store being a weirdo, I brushed it off. But once again, my instincts started to scream at me. Trusting them more than anything, I took a detour through the park. Finding a nice, secluded spot, I crouched in a nearby bush and waited. I heard some cautious footsteps coming towards the area a minute later. 'This has to be the person. No one would come here this time of night.'
"... the fuck did he go? I know he's around here, I can sense him. Dammit, I knew Mittelt should've taken this assignment. Slippery bast-" Having heard enough I interrupted her.
"Any reason you're following me, mam?" I asked, coming out of my hiding spot. She flinched at the sound of my voice, and turned to face me. "And don't try any of that 'I thought you were handsome.' shit. I heard some of the things you were saying, about 'sensing me' and this 'assignment.' Why. Were. You. Following. Me?" I emphasized each word with a step towards her. Her face twisted into one of confusion and anger.
"Dammit, this was supposed to be a scouting job to find where you were staying. How'd you even know I was following you?" She asked me, a hint of hesitance in her voice.
"Let's just say, I'm not your average person." I responded coldly, earning a glare from her. "And from what I heard, you don't sound average either."
"Dammit, looks like I have to do this now because of you. Why couldn't you have just went home?" She snarled before jumping back an inhuman distance from me. 'The fuck?'
In a split second, a pair of black, feathered wings sprouted from just below her shoulder blades. My eyes widened in disbelief. "Is this bitch even human?" I asked, to nobody in particular, before witnessing yet another insane sight.
The woma- no, THING, lifted her hand up to the sky, before what looked to be a spear made of complete color appeared in her hand. "WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW?!" I yelled, somewhat fearful of the being in front of me.
"The end of your existence, that's what." She responded, with a maniacal giggle. "Are you ready to die, young man?" She threw the spear at me.
"NOT TODAY I'M NOT!" I rolled to my right just in time to avoid the spear. "You must not know who I am!" I rushed at her.
"Do you have a death wish or something?!" She asked, before conjuring yet another spear and threw it at me. I hurdled over it, continuing to rush straight at her.
"Like I said, you must not know who you're fucking with!" I continued my B-Line for her, dodging two more spears she chucked at me. I reached her and tackled her to the ground, rolling her over onto her back, her wings sticking into the air.
"Get off of me!" She yelled, trying her best to struggle. I was struggling myself, her strength seemingly similar to a bodybuilder. I stood up and planted my foot onto her spine with a stomp. After, I grabbed one of her wings with both of my hands and pulled a bit.
"AGHHH! STOP IT!" She screamed in pain. 'So they are real. What the fuck is this thing?' I wondered while continuing to pull on her wing. Trying my best to survive, I pulled with all my might, getting more screams of agony out of her, until…
*SNAP* *RIIIIIP*
"AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH! AAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
I tore her wing completely from her body, blood gushing out of the hole in her back. I tossed it to the side and took off at a full sprint towards my apartment, all the while she continued to scream behind me.
I reached my apartment a few minutes later, being completely out of breath, as I never stopped running. I shakily unlocked my door, swung it open and slammed it shut behind me. "*Huff Huff Huff*... What the fuck… just happened?" I asked my empty apartment, as I slowly slid down against the door onto my ass. Sitting there thinking over the situation that just happened again and again, I slowly drifted into a deep sleep…
-A few hours later, in an Abandoned Church, Narrators POV-
"I wonder what's taking Kalawarner so long?" A raven-haired girl wondered aloud. She was dressed in a very revealing BDSM outfit, barely covering her womanly parts, and had a set of deep violet eyes.
"Knowing her, she's probably watching him in his home. By the way Raynare, how'd your assignment go with the pervert?" A short blonde-haired girl asked the now named Raynare. She was dressed in a gothic-lolita dress, and had a pair of blue eyes.
"Went exactly as planned Mittelt. He fell for it, hook, line, and sinker." Raynare smirked at the now named Mittelt.
*BANG* *Thud*
Raynare and Mittelt both looked over to the source of the sounds, to see a bloody, half dewinged Kalawarner. "Ugggghhhhh…"
They both rushed over to their injured comrade. Raynare was the first to speak up.
"Kalawarner! What the hell happened to you!?" She asked, panicked at seeing her friend in such a state.
Mittelt was the next to voice her concern. "How the hell did you lose your wing? How did you get like this?"
Kalawarner, having lost a lot of blood, wasn't able to say much. What she did say, caused both Raynare and Mittelt to look at each other in anger and confusion.
"... My assignment... …somehow knew I was following him… …he ambushed me in the park, and I underestimated his combat skill… …he ripped my wing off, and ran off… bastard dewinged me…" She explained what happened, then passed out due to pain and blood loss.
"How the hell are we gonna explain this to Dohnaseek?" Raynare pondered aloud.
"Explain what!?" A male's voice said from the other side of the church. He stepped out of the shadows and revealed himself. He was wearing a brown trenchcoat and fedora. He had dark-blue, nearly black hair, and piercing dark blue eyes. He looked towards the unconscious Kalawarner. "Jesus, the hell happened to her?"
"Her assignment found out she was following him, led her to a secluded place, and ambushed her. She underestimated him, due to him being a human, and he somehow dewinged her." Raynare repeated what Kalawarner told her before passing out.
"Leave it to a half-breed to fall to a human. What a useless whore!" Dohnaseek angrily said, earning frowns from both Raynare and a bigger one from Mittelt. "Looks like I'll have to take care of him myself. Raynare, please tell me your mission went well."
"Yes, it went exactly as planned." Raynare answered. She slowly started lifting Kalawarner up in a bridal-style carry. "I need to patch her up. Don't do anything rash you two."
Dohnaseek grunted in response, and Mittelt answered with an "of course, Raynare." Raynare then carried Kalawarner back to one of the rooms to provide first aid. Laying her down on the bed, she slowly closed the door behind her.
Yet another chapter done! And yes, I know I kinda sucked you guys out of the Josh vs. Kiba fight, but I hope the brutality of Josh's encounter with Kalawarner made up for it. Don't hesitate to leave a review, and favorite/follow if you want too. See ya within a week or so, once again.
Joshua's Harem List: Tsubaki, Akeno, Koneko, Rossweisse, Katase, Murayama (WIP)
Issei's Harem List: Rias, Asia, Irina, Aika (WIP)
Hope you enjoyed this amateur writing once again! Thanks for reading!
