-=-=-=-=-Chapter 2: The Aftermath-=-=-=-=-

Issei yawned as he made his way upstairs. His little escapades from the previous night had made him rather tired and exhausted. First, there was his date with Yuuma. No, Raynare, he corrected himself. It was going great up until the ending where she tried to kill him. That and the fact that he had been totally wrong about who she was working for. Then, when he got home, he had found out that his…"roommate" had gotten out and was running around the neighborhood. It took him a total of 4 hours to catch them.

By the time he got home, it was already 3 A.M., so he went to sleep late. It did not get worse, until, his roommate had begged Issei to make them something to eat. Issei had honestly looked at them for a few minutes with a blank stare and then proceeded to lie back down on his bed. This however, led to him receiving scratches on his face, that Issei was glad had healed before he left for school. When he gotten out of bed, Issei had checked the fridge to see if there was anything he could make to eat; however, there was very little left in the fridge from Saturday's groceries. Think about that; from Saturday to Sunday, there was barely anything left in the fridge.

Finally, by the time the white haired boy had gotten to lay down, the clock had read 5. This meant that Issei had only received about two hours of actual sleep. So right now, Issei was going to get some Z's before he has to head to his next class.

When he reached the door leading the roof and opened it, Issei slumped at the sight in front of him standing there, on the roof, in front of him was the student council president of Kuoh Academy, Souna Shitori. The girl was sporting black hair cut in a bobcut, violet eyes, and glasses while also wearing the female version of the academy uniform that Issei wore.

Issei sighed as he asked, "How do you keep doing this?"

Sona merely pushed her glasses up to adjust them as she answered him, "It's simple, you're too predictable Issei."

"Hey!" Issei cried in protest, "I'm not predictable!"

"That is beside the point and is not the issue that needs to be addressed," she said. Judging from her eyes, she seemed to be in one of her scolding moods. "Students are not allowed on the roof. I thought I had told you that before."

"Oh come on So-"

"While at school, refer to me as president," the bespectacled girl said, cutting Issei off midsentence.

The pervert sighed. "All right," he began again, "President, I was just going to take a small nap. I barely got to have any sleep last night."

"Then do not stay up all night watching pornographic videos," she replied back cooly.

"I wasn't, and that was one time, just please let it go!" Issei said, raising his voice a little.

"Lower your voice," Sona ordered, "I'm right here, you don't have to shout."

Issei sighed again. This was just a typical conversation with Sona and he knew she was not going to relent, but he would not quit.

"Sona," Issei started looking the girl straight in the eye, "I really need this nap. It'll help me get through the day."

The two stared at each other for a few seconds in silence before the black haired girl broke that silence, "As I said, students are not allowed up on the roof. However…" She then turned and looked away from Issei before continuing, "If you promise to not be late for your next class, I will allow you to rest for little bit up here."

The white haired boy's face lit up in joy. "Thank you So-I mean president," Issei corrected himself when the female gave him a rather hard stare. "I promise!" he yelled as he put his hand in the hand while his other was placed on his heart.

Satisfied with his answer, Sona nodded. "Good," she replied back. As she began to leave, the girl noticed a paper fall out of his pocket. Bending down to pick it up, she looked at it in curiosity before asking Issei, "What's this?"

"Huh?" Issei then looked at the paper that the girl was holding. It was the pamphlet that was given to him last night by that cute girl. "Oh that," he answered, "It's just a pamphlet I got from a girl last night. I guess I forgot to throw it away."

"Keep it."

Issei looked at Sona in confusion as she handed the paper back to him, to which he instinctly took from her.

"You never know when it might come in handy." And with that said, the student council president walked past Issei and down the steps, leaving the boy alone on the roof.

Watching her leave, Issei couldn't help but ask himself, "What was that about?" Shrugging in response to his question, the white haired boy re-pocketed the paper in his hand and walked over to the spot where he usually laid down. Closing his eyes, Issei let his eyes close feeling the sweet embrace of slumber encompass him.

*RING*

Until the next period bell rang, signally that students needed to head to their next class. Opening his eyes, Issei got up and began to trudge back downstairs to his next class, grumbling all the way.

'Could the day get any worse?' he asked himself.


Issei was just walking out to the school gates. Since he had cleanup duties today, the white haired boy stayed behind and was the last one of his class to leave. So by the time Issei had gotten finished, the sun was already setting. When he was just about to make his exit, lo and behold, Aika Kiryuu was leaning against the wall. To anyone watching, it would look like someone who was waiting for their friend to get out. However, to Issei…

"What is it you want Aika?" he bluntly asked.

He knew that Aika was not one to just wait around for him to finish up cleaning duty. In fact, she was the first one out the door when the bell had rung.

"Come on," the bespectacled girl said as she stopped leaning against the wall, "Can't a friend just walk with another friend?"

Issei gave the girl a flat look.

Seeing this, Aika sighed. "Look," she began, "You looked rather down today in class and I still owe you something to eat. So…" The auburn haired girl slung an arm around Issei's shoulder and brought him down to her height before whispering into his ear, "I thought I may as well treat you. What do you say?"

All Issei needed to hear was "treat you" before he replied back, "Where are we going?" Aika smiled at his answer. Though unlike before, it was a much friendlier smile.

A few minutes later, the two were sitting at a booth at a burger joint that was near the school. By the time they got there, it already beginning to get dark. Issei had ordered a burger and fries, while Aika was just sipping on a soda saying that she really didn't need to eat anything.

While the two were waiting for Issei's food to arrive, they chatted about random topics. School, music, breasts; the two were just talking about whatever popped up.

"Anyways," Aika said, "Why did you look like you were thinking about using your desk as a pillow?"

Issei sighed at this question before he answered, "I didn't get home until late last night due to my previous engagements."

"Previous engagements?" Aika asked curiously.

"Yeah," Issei replied, "You know, I had that date from last night with Yuuma."

Aika just looked at Issei in bewilderment. "Who?" she asked.

The white haired boy rolled his eyes at her answer. "You know, Yuuma," he answered, "my girlfriend. You've seen her when I walked to school with her last Friday."

"Issei," the auburn hair girl began, "I've never met a girl named Yuuma, much less seen her walked to school with you."

This caused Issei's eyes to widen. 'What?!' he thought in confusion, 'She doesn't remember Yuuma? How the hell is that possibl-'

However, at that moment, Issei looked out the window to see a familiar sight. There outside the restaurant about ten yards away was Yuuma, in the same attire she was in the previous night. And while it may have been dark and difficult for many to see, Issei could almost perfectly see the girl's smile. Then, almost as she timed it, the dark haired girl turned around and ran down an alleyway.

Seeing her friend frozen almost, Aika turned around and looked out the window, only to see nothing outside. "What the heck are you looking at?"

Realizing what his 'girlfriend' was doing, Issei got up from his seat in their booth. "Sorry, but I got to go. I just remembered that I needed to feed my cat! If you don't mind, please have my burger to go, and I'll get it tomorrow. Thanks for the meal!"

"Wait a minute!" Aika cried as she tried to stop Issei from just dashing away. However, the white haired boy just ignored her and ran out the door, like he was in a hurry.

'Sorry to bail, Aika,' Issei thought as he ran down the empty streets and turned into the alleyway he saw Yuuma turn into, 'But I don't want to get you involved as much as possible.'

As he began to run down the alleyway, the boy stopped as he reached the end of the alley and came up on another street. Looking around, Issei then saw Yuuma standing across the street from him. Once his eyes landed and locked onto Yuuma, the angel turned around and ran away from him. Taking this as an incentive to follow her, Issei ran after the girl. After a minute of running, the white haired boy stopped in front of a fountain. It was then Issei began to understand where he was: he was at the park where he and Yuuma ended their date last night. Looking around, the white haired boy tried to see if he could find his 'girlfriend'.

"Alright, come out Yuuma," Issei called out into the darkness, "Or should I say Raynare."

Ask and you shall receive. From out of the shadows of the woods, the fallen angel from last night, Raynare, appeared. "Well, look at what we have here," she said, "The fly has fallen in the spider's web." The way she spoke to him was way different from last night. Then, she spoke to him with visible contempt in her voice. Here and now, she was looking at him like he was a true threat.

"I don't know about me falling into your web or whatever," Issei began, "but last I recall, I beat you so badly last night to the point where you retreated."

Apparently she was still sore from last night, as her eyes narrowed dangerously and her smile turned into a frown. "Well, look at you," she said, subtle traces of anger lining her voice, "You get one win and you think you're king of the world or something."

"Look," Issei interrupted, "If you're here to fight me again, can we not? I don't like pointless fights and fighting you again just seems pointless in itself."

This statement caused Raynare to lose her cool. "Pointless?! I am trying to kill you! What is pointless about that?!" Shaking her head to regain her composure, the female continued on, "This time won't be the same as last time. I can guarantee it."

"Oh really, how?"

Smirking a little, Raynare answered back, "Because I'm not the only one who was sent to kill you."

Looking at the fallen angel in confusion, Issei's eyes widened as he heard something whiz at him. Jumping to the side, the white haired boy watched as a light spear flew past him. However, what made Issei confused was that this one was colored blue as opposed to the previous night when the spears were red. It then donned on Issei what was happening: he was being ambushed.

"Damn," a rough male voice called out behind Issei, causing the pervert to look behind him while he slipped into his combat stance. The voice came from an older looking gentleman who wearing a grey trench coat and fedora and seemed to have black hair poking out from underneath his hat. The older man looked at Issei with rather lax, but hardened eyes. "I honestly thought I had him just then," the older man said.

"That's what you get for not listening to Raynare," a female voice then called out. The white haired boy looked to where the voice was coming from and saw a woman walk out of the darkness of the trees. The woman was sporting long navy blue hair which obstructed her right eye, a violet, trench coat like top with matching mini skirt, black heels, and a rather buxom breast that were shown off due to her top being opened.

"Well I mean this is Dohnaseek we are talking about. Since when has he been one to listen closely," a third voice said. Issei looked to his side to see a girl about his age appear. This girl had blonde hair tied into twin tails, and wore what looked to be Gothic Lolita attire, complete with black Lolita dress with white frills, a black bow, white thigh-high socks, black shoes, and a black bow on top of her head.

And the one thing they all had in common with Raynare was the pair of black wings on their backs.

"You know Raynare," the blonde one continued, "You kept talking about how your 'boyfriend' was kind of wimpy looking. But now that I see him…" She narrowed her eyes and looked Issei up and down. "…I can't help but feel like you have no taste."

This only served to anger Raynare as her face became a rather rosy red. "Oh shut up Mittelt!" she finally yelled in anger, "Like I would take advice from someone who looks like they work at one of those disgusting human maid cafes! And Dohnaseek!" She then turned her attention upon the older male there. "If you were listening, you would have known that he blocked my attack from before. He has better senses than any other human we've come across."

The newly named Dohnaseek merely shrugged at her complaint. "I thought that he was distracted enough to not be able to dodge my throw. Guess I was wrong."

"Not the first time," the navy haired woman muttered.

"Do you have something to say Kalawarner?" the man asked, "if you do then why don't you share it?"

"Oh you know what?" Kalawarner asked in an aggravated tone, "You can just kiss my-"

"Enough!" Raynare yelled, getting her companions attention (and Issei's as well as he just sort of dosed off). "We didn't come here to argue. We came here to kill him! Can we do this one thing!?"

"Fine."

"Alright."

"Good enough for me."

With her companions on task, Raynare sighed before turning her attention back onto Issei. "So, now that is done, how about we get on with the part about us killing you? "

"Are you sure?" Issei asked, "I mean, if you guys need a minute to work your problems out, I can just wait here. Besides…" The white haired boy looked around to see that he was surrounded on all sides. "Isn't 4 on 1 a little unfair?"

Raynare then smiled nastily as he said this. "I'm so glad you think so too." And with that said, a light spear appeared in all four fallen angels' hands and they all lunged at the boy.

Seeing this, Issei's hand went straight to his back and his sword appeared causing him to grab a hold of it and swing it so that it was right in front of him. As the angels were a few feet away from Issei, the white haired boy crouched down a little and then jumped as high as he could.

The fallen angels, however, just looked up and jumped in the air after Issei.

Seeing their change in motion, Issei's eyes widened in shock. 'Shit,' he thought to himself as his opponents ascended faster than he did. Thinking quickly, the white haired boy raised his right arm in the air and proceeded to punch downwards towards the four angels. As he did this, his arm became encased in a thick black aura.

All the fallen angels' eyes widened as they saw the oncoming attack. However, before they could even move, Issei was already just above the four. The young pervert then drove his right fist straight into Raynare's cheek, while also delivering a kick into Dohnaseek's face and using it as a stepping stone to jump back into the air.

Using the distraction caused by his attacks, Issei swung his sword around, right into Mittelt and slamming her into Kalawarner. This attack sent both of them careening into the ground below while Issei landed on his feet. It was then that Issei saw Raynare charging towards him with another light spear in hand, this time wielded as a sword. Raising his sword up, Issei brought his weapon right down onto his girlfriend's weapon just as she was about to strike him.

For a few seconds, the two went back in forth in a test of strength, trying to push the other back with their respective weapons. Seeing as this was going nowhere, Issei decided to try something.

"Hey," he began, "can't we just stop this right now? I really don't like fighting pointlessly and I hate to say it, but you're not going to win this."

Hearing this only caused Raynare's teeth to grind, "Is that some kind of fact boy?"

"It's the truth. I'm asking you one more time, will you please stop this?"

"Let me think about that…no."

Issei sighed at her answer. He then broke off the contact their weapons held as well as dodging to his right as Raynare advanced on him. Before she even turned to fully face him, Issei was just about to swing his sword right into her back.

However, he never got the chance.

Just as his blade was about to make contact, Issei was tackled by the sole male fallen angel. As he hit the ground, Issei cursed at himself, 'Stupid, what was the one thing you were taught? Never let your guard down!' When the young pervert got back to his feet, all four fallen angels were upon him, each dual wielding two light spears. Clicking his tongue, Issei raised his sword once more as he stared down the oncoming threat.

It was Dohnaseek who struck first bring his first spear down onto the boy's sword and thrusting the second one. Just as Issei ducked out of the second spear's path, he immediately dropped down to dodge the two spears from the blonde angel and rolled away when she proceeded to jam them straight down into him. However, just as Issei was getting up, he had to jump back from the swing caused by Kalawarner and jump to his right to avoid another thrust, only to raise his sword behind his back to stop Raynare's own stike.

As Issei was forced to play defense to the nonstop attacks from the four, he couldn't help but feel a little tired. Not only was he still on two hours of legit sleep, but he was also running on an empty stomach.

'I should have eaten that burger when I had the chance!' The white haired pervert just shook his head. 'It doesn't matter now,' he thought as he jumped away from the four, hoping to get some distance so that he could rest, 'I can't just run away. I doubt they'd let me run very far. The only thing I can do now is stand my ground.' Raising his sword once more in front of him, Issei thought, 'And pray that I come out alive on this.' With that thought finished, Issei charged forward, his sword in the air and a silent battle cry, and jump right into the fallen angel group.

As before, the four were constantly on the boy, leaving little room for him to counter. Though it did not help that he was surrounded by them and forced to keep an eye on each one and defend from every angle. But this was only the fifth worst fight he'd ever been in, so he still held onto the fact that he could possibly pull through this fight.

However, as he continued to defend, his energy was being drained quickly and thus he did leave himself open to a few stabs. He could feel their spears pierce his flesh at a new angle every time he slipped up. Seeing that his back was open, the white haired boy jumped backwards to gain some distance. Fortunately, the fallen angels did not follow him. Looking over himself, Issei could see that he had been stabbed multiple times in his arms, legs, shoulders and even his hands. But even still, his grip on his sword was still strong and firm. Looking over the three fallen angels in defiance, Issei held his sword in the air as he was about to-

Wait, three angels? Issei looked over the angels and noticed that one of them was missing. His eyes then widened as he realized just who was not present. And just as he was about to turn around-

*STAB*

-Issei's thoughts were cut off as he felt something pierce his stomach. Looking down slowly, his eyes widened to see a red light spear poking out of his stomach. The white haired boy then looked over his shoulder to see the missing fallen angel female holding onto the spear that had went straight through him and wearing a happy look as well.

"B-back stabbing bitch," Issei coughed out as blood began to pour out of his new wound.

"You had it coming," Raynare said as the spear she was holding onto disappeared, "And just so you know, this is our break up." After she said this, Issei fell onto his stomach as his blood continued to pour out on the ground from his multiple wounds. His sword had fallen to the ground with a loud clatter and began to disappear into a trail of sparkles.

Looking down at the now fallen boy, Raynare's comrades began to smile.

"Well, that takes care of that," Kalawarner spoke up.

"Gotta admit, he was a bit more difficult to take down than I thought he'd be," Dohnaseek said as he retrieved his fedora which had been knocked off during the conflict.

"Guess he wasn't all talk," Mittelt said happily, "Though he still never stood a chance."

The fallen angels, satisfied with their work, jumped into the air and began to fly off. All except Raynare, who continued to stare down at the unmoving body of Issei. Until her thoughts were broken by the blonde haired girl, "Hey Raynare, come on!" Taking one last look at the boy, Raynare took off into the night sky and flew off with her comrades. However, she did not feel as satisfied as they were. She couldn't understand why though. The boy was dead and their mission was complete, so there was nothing to be worried about. 'Now, we move onto the next stage of the game,' the black haired girl thought as disappeared into the night.

Meanwhile, hearing the angel's had finally left, Issei pushed himself over onto his back. He then placed his left hand onto his stomach. 'So this is how it ends,' he thought as blood continued to pour out. 'Killed by a stupid mistake and not focusing. I can't believe that it would end like this.' The white haired boy then looked at his blood soaked hand as he continued to think to himself, 'And this time around, I don't think I'm having anyone save me.'

'No!' Issei thought as he coughed up more blood. 'I can't just give up like this! I can't go yet! I still have a lot to do!' Then, using what strength he had left, Issei reached into his pocket and pulled out the pamphlet. 'My wish will come true huh?' He then held the paper close to his chest and closed his eyes. 'Then I wish someone would come and save me. Please, anyone! I can't die yet!'

As he continued his mental chant, the piece of paper in his hand then began to glow. Then, a few feet away from him, a blue colored circle began to appear. After the circle had formed, a figure began to slowly rise up from the ground. Looking over through his now nearly closed eye, Issei saw that the figure was a girl. Not just any girl, the white haired pervert could almost swear that the student council president Souna Shitori was standing away from him.

However, Issei believed that the blood loss made him imagine the girl. There was no way that Souna was right in front him. Maybe the blood loss was messing with him more than he thought. However…

"Issei!"

It was not until he heard her voice and saw that she was running towards him, that Issei knew the girl in front of him was indeed Souna. The black haired girl then kneeled next to him and began to look him over and see where specifically Issei had been injured to the point of extreme blood loss. As she did this, Issei watched her mouth move through his slowly closing eye and while he could not hear clearly what she was saying, he thought he heard Souna say, "I'm going to get you help."

Those were the last words that Issei heard before his entire world turned black.


Souna Shitori looked down at her school friend and junior with clear worry upon her face. Earlier during the school day, she had confronted the white haired boy on the roof to see what his problem was as to why he was not as energetic as usual. Though she did decided to end the conversation after he pleaded with her, that did not mean she was done with him by a long shot.

Souna knew that she would see many things in life that would surprise any human she would have met. You see, Souna Shitori, real name Sona Sitri, is a devil. She is also the heiress to the devil family Sitri. But, nothing would surprise her more than her strange friendship with "The White Beast", Issei Hyoudou. What started as a lecture for the use of hair dye turned into a casual conversation between the two. But that was beside the point at large here.

Sona was worried for her friend not being honest with her. So, after school, the bob haired cut girl had her familiar follow Issei and Miss Kiryuu to try and figure out what was wrong with Issei. It was while they were at a restaurant did Issei reveal why he was so tired. Apparently, Issei had been out late last night with his girlfriend.

His girlfriend; the black haired devil had no idea that Issei was going out and neither did Miss Kiryuu. The auburn hair colored girl had question him about this before Issei had just up and ditched the girl. Her familiar had then followed Issei as he ran. However, it was stopped by a barrier placed around the park just after Issei had entered it. After returning, Sona immediately began to try and get to the park, but she was blocked by the same barrier her familiar was blocked by.

When the barrier had finally lowered and Sona had arrived via her magic circle, she was surprised to see the white haired pervert lying on the ground with blood pouring out of several holes on his body. When she had rushed to him, to her shock and awe, Issei was still alive. She had told him that she would save him and it was then that the boy had closed his eyes. Seeing this, Sona knew she was on limited time.

To her dismay, with being a devil, healing spells were out of her arsenal. Neither did she have a Phoenix Tear as they are so expensive to acquire. But to her luck, she did have one last ace up her sleeve, her Evil Pieces. Sona still had some pieces left to use.

Reaching into her pocket, the short haired girl retrieved her remaining pieces, which consisted of a rook, a knight, and three pawn pieces. Of those pieces, she had decided to use her remaining pawn pieces. A circle then appeared under Issei's body. Placing all three upon Issei's prone body, Sona was about to perform the ritual when she noticed something, the pawn pieces were not reacting the white haired boy. Narrowing her eyes, she picked up the three pawns and replaced them with the rook she had. However, the result was the same; the piece was not reacting with him.

Sona could almost feel herself tremble at this. 'That was the highest piece I got, does this mean…I can't save him?' The Evil Pieces were her last hope, the only thing that could save Issei and now they were useless.

Sona was running out of options. She had no real way to heal or save the young pervert that was dying right at her feet. She needed a miracle to save him.

'Miracle?' the glasses wearing girl thought, 'That's it!'

And with that she stood up and proceeded to contact the one person who could produce a miracle. Not even a minute later, another magic circle appeared away from Issei's prone body. However, as opposed to the one that was blue, this one was a crimson red. It was then that another girl appeared from the magic circle. She was about the same age as Sona and wore the same uniform as the black haired girl as well. The newly appeared girl possessed long, crimson red hair, blue eyes, and buxom breasts.

This girl was Rias Gremory, the heiress to the devil family Gremory, third year at Kuoh Academy, and one of the two most popular girls at said school. She also happened to be Sona's childhood friend as well as rival. It was a rather slow night for the crimson haired girl as there had barely been any devil requests. So, when her friend had contacted her and asked her to some to the park as quickly as possible, she complied.

And to her shock, the young girl saw lying right next to her childhood friend one of ther infamous Perverted Trio, Issei Hyoudou. However, she did not get to comment on this fact as she then noticed the boy's current condition.

Immediately, Rias ran next to her friend and kneeled down to look at the boy in concern. It was not because she knew him; it was more because he was dying and with Sona being here, it was a supernatural problem. Turning to her friend, Rias asked, "What happened?"

Sona shook her head. "I don't know. I just got here and he was like this." Turning to look right back at her friend, she then continued, "Could you please save him?"

This took Rias back a little. While yes, she could save the young boy's life by reviving him as a devil, why was Sona asking her to do so?

"Why?" Rias voiced her thoughts confused, "If you wanted to save him, you could use one of your Evil Pieces."

"I tried," Sona replied quickly, "But I couldn't revive him, even with a rook. And all I have besides that is three pawns and one knight." Lowering her head, Sona stopped herself from crying, she would not allow herself to commit such an action. "Rias," she continued, "please…save him…please."

Closing her eyes, Rias replied back with, "Alright…I'll try my best."

Sighing, the glasses wearing girl let out a small thank you. Staning back up and stepping back, Sona watched as Rias began to her Evil Pieces out of her pocket. Just like before, a circle then began to form underneath the white haired boy. Rias then paused before placing all eight pawn pieces on the prone boy. This confused Sona, but that confusion was replaced with surprise as she then figured out that reviving Issei would require all eight pawn pieces. She was making Rias take a gamble on this; the crimson haired girl could possibly have a very strong servant or a big failure. Either way, she was grateful that her friend/rival was doing this for her.

It was then that Rias began to chant. "I order, in my name Rias Gremory. You, Issei Hyoudou. I, resurrect you back to this soil as my servant, and have you reborn as a Devil. You, my Pawn, be delighted with your new life!" The magic circle then began to light up and after the light died down, both girls looked to see Issei Hyoudou completely healed. All the blood that had previously been everywhere had now disappeared along with the wounds that they had poured from.

Seeing this, Sona walked up to Rias and say, "Thank you Rias, I owe you."

Rias merely waved her thanks off. "It's no problem," she said, "I have a new servant so I believe we are now even." The red head then began to lift Issei up and support him using her shoulder, though he was admittly much heavier than she anticipated. She then turned and looked at her friend before saying, "I'll take him home now."

"I'll go with you," Sona said rather hastily. This caused Rias to look at her glasses wearing friend with a raised eyebrow. "I know where he lives and how to get there. Plus…" she hesitated for a minute before continuing, "…when he wakes up he'll be confused. I've known him for a while, so if I'm there to help explain the situation, he won't freak out as much. Also…" Sona then proceeded to move to Issei's other side and lift his other arm over her shoulder. "It's easier with two people."

Rias smiled at her friend. "Thank you Sona." With that said, the two carried Issei away into the night towards his home.


As the two female devils walked side by side to the still unconscious boy's home-who was still hanging off of the two girls' shoulders-there was a rather tense silence between the two. Although the two were friends and rivals, they could not say anything to each other as they walked down the empty streets. For Rias, the crimson haired girl had no idea what to say to her friend. As the two walked, Rias took an occasional glance at the glasses wearing female and saw that she was wearing a rather somber expression that included guilt laced eyes that were focused on the ground and a frown that would make a clown sad. What could Rias say in this situation? Nothing really; there was nothing she could say to possibly cheer her friend up.

As for Sona, she was upset because she felt like she had failed. She had felt like she had failed as the student council president, as a senior student and as a protector, but most importantly, she felt she had failed as a friend. Not only was Issei killed by some supernatural force, but she couldn't save him as well. Being a devil meant that healing spells were outside her power. To know that her best friend, her rival, was the one to save him and she wasn't made her feel like crap at the moment.

After about a half hour of walking, the three had arrived at the young pervert's home. As they walked through the gate, Sona made sure to hold the gate open for Rias so that two would have no troubles getting the boy through. The two had then walked up to the door, to which Sona proceeded to use a spell to unlock the door for the group. After completing the spell, the glasses wearing girl opened the door and allowed her and Rias to carry Issei in.

When the two had made their way into the house, the two girls proceeded to lift Issei up and place him up against the nearest wall, causing his body to slump forward a little. As the two removed shoes, the girls then heard a scuffling noise of some sorts. Stopping, the two looked up and down the hallway to see what was making the noise. However, there was nothing there and the two had thought that maybe it was just the floor boards.

They then proceeded to take off their shoes when, again, they heard a scuffling noise. This time, however, it sounded much louder and closer than before. Rias then looked up quickly hoping to see what was there. What she saw; an empty hallway.

Frowning, she continued finishing taking off her shoes when the scuffling noise happened once more and it was much louder than before. Both girls rather fed up with the game of peek-a-boo, looked up with frowns that showed their frustration. However, neither girl was prepared to see what the two saw standing in front of them down the hall.

It appeared to be a young girl that was standing in front of both the red head and the unconscious boy a few feet away. The young girl appeared to be wearing some king of beige colored hoody that resembled a cat with its cat ears on the hood and the cat paws that were at the end of sleeves. She was also sporting two long blonde braids coming out of two holes from the hoody. However, the two most striking features of this girl happened to be the long grey cat tail with a white tip that was coming from her being and her shadowed face with nothing visible but tow glowing red eyes and razor teeth.

Both girls were shocked when they looked upon the catgirl that stood in front of them. Also, judging from her stance, she did not look very friendly. It looked like they were not going to get by without a fight. The catgirl looked at the two devil girls with a frown and a glare. "What did you two do to pervy good guy?" she asked rather angrily.

This caused both devils to look at each other in confusion before looking at Issei, who was still slumping up against a wall, and then looked back at each other with wide eyes. They both turned back to face the catgirl, with Rias speaking up as they did so, "W-wait a minute! This is all some big misunderstanding!"

"T-that's right!" Sona exclaimed-which was rather out of character for her Rias thought-, "We were only bringing Issei home!"

"Oh really," the catgirl replied back with, "Then why pervy good guy knocked out?" The catgirl did not let Rias even attempt to answer her question as she said, "I'm not going to let you tell any more lies, meow!"

"Rias," the glasses wearing devil began, "It seems that we are not going to be able to pass by without fighting her."

The redhead merely nodded at this statement. "You're right," she said, "As much as I would love to avoid confrontation, it seems that it is our only course." The female devil looked at her friend who responded with a nod and the two stepped forward to face their new opponent.

The catgirl, obviously tired of waiting, then stomped her foot on the ground. "For the food and pervy good guy!" With her battle cry said, the catgirl leapt towards the two girls with incredible speed.

Seeing this unnatural display of speed, the two devils could only move to the side to avoid the incoming attack, almost similar to Moses splitting the Red Sea. As she reached the door, the catgirl had then stopped herself completely and stuck right onto the door. The two devils looked on with shock. This catgirl was rather quick and nimble just by the two feats she had shown before.

Preparing herself for the catgirl's next attack, Rias engulfed her right hand with the Power of Destruction. However, she was stopped by Sona as the latter raised her hand to block the crimson haired girl.

"Stop," Sona commanded, "We're in small, enclosed space right now. Using anything like the Power of Destruction will only destroy the house."

"Then what do you suppose we do?" Rias fired back, "None of your spells are going to work either."

The glasses wearing girl just looked at her rival before replying, "Will just have to fight her without magic." This caused Rias to look at Sona for a few seconds with a flat look before sighing.

"Not much we can do anyway," the red head replied tiredly. She then proceed to look right back at the catgirl-

"Meow! Pervy good guy wake up! I'm hungry and there are some weird ladies in the house!"

-who was completely ignoring them and focused on trying to wake Issei up from his little slumber. Was this honestly the same girl who had tried to attack them on the thought that they had hurt Issei? The two devils couldn't really tell. However, seeing the catgirl trying to wake up the white haired boy was rather funny and cute in Rias's opinion.

But, good things don't last forever. It was then that the catgirl had turned her attention back onto the two devils and lowered herself to the ground for another pounce. Seeing the change in her attitude, Rias and Sona also shifted their stances to protect themselves from the attack that was about to come. The catgirl then began her second pounce on the two. However, just as she was a mere few feet away from the two devils…

*BZZZZT*

"MEEEEEEYOOOOOW!"

The catgirl was somehow struck by a lightning based attack. Rias's initial thought was that it was her queen, Akeno Himejima, coming to her and Sona's rescue. That thought, however, was dashed as the redhead looked at the person that stood before the two devils.

It appeared to be a young girl, much younger than Rias and Sona by about 5 or 6 years, that stood in the doorway right in front of where Issei was laid up against. She wore a Gothic Lolita style dress complete with the black outfit, white frills, red ribbon bow tie, and high heel black boot with a red cross. The young girl's skin was rather pale, especially compared to someone like Rias. She also possessed long blonde hair that was tied into two pigtails with black ribbons, with the way the ribbons tied looking like rabbit ears in a way. But the girl's most noticeable feature-and that is saying something-was her crimson colored eyes.

It was then that the two female devils noticed two other creatures that were by the side of the young girl. One looked to be a rather large cat and the other was a bat of some kind.

"Hmm," the young girl then spoke up, "It seems as though her short attention span has once again caused trouble for those around her." She then turned to look down at Issei as she continued to speak, "And it doesn't help that times when he is actually needed, he is almost completely useless."

"How pathetic," the large cat then said, not really surprising the two devils, though they did have a fair amount of shock in their minds.

"What a loser," the bat said afterwards.

*SMACK SMACK*

"OW! Princess that hurt!" "Princess what was that for?"

The young girl just merely let out an 'hmph' at the two animals' pain. "It was your own fault for talking out of place," she said.

The catgirl the proceeded to jump back to her feet as well as turn around and hiss at the girl who just struck her with lightning. "What was that for rabbit lady?!"

Without even turning to look at the catgirl, the young girl said, "Perhaps if you were listening to what these girls were saying before, they had nothing to do with Issei current state of unconsciousness. All they were doing was just bring him back home. If you had been listening you would have heard this."

The catgirl then looked between the little girl and Issei before turning around to face the devil girls. "Meow, sorry about that. Pervy good guy is Tao's best friend and meal ticket, so Tao jump to the answer before thinking."

Seeing the catgirl, now named as Tao, apologize, Rias let a smile form on her face as she replied back, "It's fine, I can see Issei means a lot to you."

"Yep, but if rabbit lady is here, Tao doesn't have to worry anymore and can go to sleep." Tao was just about to walk away when she stopped. "But before that…"

*BOING**BOING*

"Ah!"

"Kya!"

With speed that far excelled her last jump, the catgirl was right in front of the two girls and was groping them both. After a few seconds of her groping, Tao jumped back to where she previously was and looked at her hands in thought. "Well," she began, "red hair lady is about bobby lady level while glasses lady is just really about average."

'Booby lady?'

'Average!?'

Both girls couldn't help but feel their eyes twitch at the catgirl's comment. First she gropes them, and then she judges their boobs?! Who does that, who honestly does that sort of thing?!

Sighing, the little girl spoke up, "I believe that you have finished your business here Taokaka. I kindly ask that you please leave and allow us some privacy."

"OK!" Tao replied jubilantly. She then turned towards the other and waved at them as she left the room. "Bye booby lady number two, bye average lady!"

Rias felt her eye twitch again. Was that how she was going to be called from now on by that girl? She envied Sona who was keeping her eye under control.

Sighing once more the blonde haired girl shook her head. "Honestly that girl, causing problems right and left. Then again," she paused as she looked at Issei's body, "I guess she learned that from you, now didn't she?" She then turned to look at the two devils. "Well," she finally said, "are you two going to say something? The least you could do is ask for some tea from the house's master."

Who was this little girl? What more, how did she managed to bring down that catgirl so causally as well as talk her down from continuing her attack?

It was Rias who took the initiative and spoke up first, "Who are you?"

The young girl merely just closed her eyes as she spoke, "Well, aren't we bold? I must admit, that kind of attitude is nice to have sometimes, but that is not the question you should be asking. What you should have asked was, 'Hello Madame, may I inquire your name?' Also, please refer to the word tact now and then, I believe it will come in most handy in your future situations. "

This only caused the redhead's eyes to narrow and took a step forward. Luckily, Sona raised her arm up; looking at Sona, she saw that her friend was giving him a look telling her to stop and let her do the talking. Sighing, Rias closed her eyes and stepped back into place. Sona then proceeded to step up and bow to the young girl. "I am sorry for my friend's blunt questions. I thank you for saving us on both of our behalf."

Seeing the glasses wearing girl bow, the young girl smiled, though her eyes were now narrowed. "Well, it seems as though one of you remembered to thank your savior." The blonde then closed her eyes once more before continuing, "Very well, my name is Rachel Alucard, the current head of the House of Alucard."

Both girls looked at the young girl with awe and shock, though it was more clearly evident on Rias's face than Sona's face. Alucard was one of the most oldest Vampire families in history. It was said that all existing members of the house were either dead or part of one of the two current vampire factions, Tepes and Carmilla. To see a member, much less the current head, was something that neither girl would ever think they'd be able to see in their life time. And they would live for a long time.

Regaining her composure, Sona then bowed once more to the newly named Rachel, with Rias bowing as well, as she said, "Hello there Lady Alucard, I am-"

"There is no need for such introductions," Rachel interrupted Sona, "I know who you two are as you now know who I am. Sona Sitri, the heiress to the house of Sitri and Rias Gremory, the heiress to the house of Gremory."

She then shook her head as she turned back to look at the two girls before continuing to speak, "Now then, I'm sure that you have questions, but I suggest that we get this deviant into a bed before we continue any further."

The two devils looked at each other for a second, before turning back and nodding at Rachel. A minute later, Issei is once again hanging off the shoulder of Rias as the two devils (three actually) are led upstairs and down the hallway to Issei's room. When they arrived at the room, a mixture of reactions was seen on all three faces.

Sona looked rather taken back by how much perverted material was littered on the ground. She knew he was a pervert, but to this extent?!

Rias was much rather amused more than anything else. She had heard about the infamous "White Beast", but to be in his room and see how much of a pervert he was, it was too cute.

Rachel merely resisted the urge to twitch her right eye as she moved next to Issei's bed. She then looked back at the two devils girls before saying, "Place him in the bed and pull the covers over him." Both devil girls nodded and proceeded to move to the white haired boy's bed. Rias began to slide Issei off her shoulder and placed her arms underneath his armpits, while Sona grabbed his legs. The two then began to lift the pervert up and placed him on the bed. As Sona took off his shoes and placed them on the ground, Rias proceeded to take his school jacket off, that mind you had several holes as well as one big hole on the back. They then lifted the covers up and dragged them over Issei.

After they were finished, the two looked towards Rachel. The blonde was now sitting in what appeared to be some kind of seat, but it looked to be made of the large cat that was sitting by her side a minute ago. She had also appeared to be pulling on the red bat and stretching it as far as she could. Looking up, the vampire saw that both devils were looking at her expectantly. Sighing, she proceeded to throw the bat to her side, not even giving a glance when it hit the wall and gave a small cry of pain (though Rias did look at it in concern).

"So," Rachel began, "where do we start?"


Well, here we are, with the second chapter of "The Devil's Azure" (name still pending). As we can see here, some major things have certainly happened. One, Issei meets Rayanre once again, battles all four fallen Angels, but sadly falls a bit short. He is then revived by none other than Rias Gremory as her servant by the request of Sona Sitri. We then meet Issei's "roommate" and are introduced to Rachel Alucard, who knows more about Issei then she lets on. So, yeah, that all happened. As you can see, the story is progressing nicely, I think. A near half year of work and planning paid off nicely I think. Thanks, lostkaineru.

Now then, I bet all those who are following me as an author are wondering when am I going to update my stories, right? Soon, I am just about to get back into school and start senior year, and believe me that is going to be fun. I'll try and get the stories I am going to continue to work on done as soon as possible. And as for "Fate/Stay Evangelion"...soon, is all I can say.

Now then, onto reviews!

BANKAIZEN: Thank you. You are a man of few words, I like that.

nightnightsky: Well, technically, it's Issei who is the protagonist of the story, he is just taking over Ragna's role. But in a way, yeah Ragna as a pervert.

ultima-owner: Well, I'm glad you thought it was amusing. I try to write stories like that.

Gabriel790: Thanks

Karlos1234ify: Kind of a bit late for that now. But I am glad that you did give a yes to this story.

Mingyu: Firts off, Issei's sword is of course Ragna's Bloodscythe, not Bloodedge, which was Ragna's title, but good guess. As for who is living with Issei...you're close, but not that close. And the dream sequence is Ragna's, or in this case Issei's, trip into the Cauldron with dear old Nu. I can't wait for her to appear. Glad you liked this chapter, hoping you'll stick around for the rest of the story.

SargentFalco: Yes, you are right. Here Issei is a combo of Ragna and himself, for a combination no one has yet to see before. Well, the next chapter more than likely will see how he reacts to them. Though it may not be what you think. Also, you are so close. I can only say that it is one of those two people. Thanks for the review, and hope to see you in the story as it progresses.

adv: Well, I hope you continue to see where I take this.

dragon slayer of death 98: Well thank, I was trying to go for a mix of the two. Though while Issei may have some of Ragna's traits, he is still Issei mind you. But I hope to see you in the later chapters.

I guess that's all for now. So please, review, favorite, and/or follow this story. Go back and read all my other stories, and I will see all of you in the next chapter. Buh-Bye!