CHAPTER 2: Satan is a magical girl

Disclaimer: I don't own PJO or Highschool DxD.

Percy was standing at the gates of hell.

It wasn't the first time Percy has been to such an accursed place. He has visited many versions of it before. Some he had been kicked out of, others pleaded him to leave them alone. He even remembers burning a few of these hells himself. Those were hellish days when he used to live in hell and face devils daily while being surrounded by tortured or corrupted souls.

But he had never imagined he will ever visit one of these infernal places again. For his great services to the Gods and due to his legend as an extraordinary hero, he was awarded with the greatest gift- Godhood.

As such, he should have never seen this cursed place again.

"Why?-"He whispered.

He was an almighty being who stood above mortals and struck fear into fiends with his mere name. He was someone who went through many tribulations and made the impossible possible by killing an immortal as a mortal.

He was a GOD!

So-

"Why do I have to go to…"

This hell he wasn't supposed to revisit- a place more frightening than Tartarus or Underworld- was the purgatory that he had expected to leave behind in his dark past. It was none other than-

"…SCHOOL!"


5 hours earlier.

Long before the sun rose in the Land of Rising Sun, Percy Jackson woke up in his king sized bed. It was one of those beds that were only a part of his imagination until recently. Large enough to accommodate an entire football team (along with the reserves), it currently only held one person- Percy.

…or so he wanted to say, but-

'What's with this situation?'

There was a weight above his body…more accurately; his arms were being pressed down by two bodies. With the smooth feeling that he was familiar with and the warmth of radiated body heat, it was easy for him to realize that he was pressed down by females, at least two, both well endowed and definitely naked.

It wasn't an unfamiliar situation for him. He has woken up like this many times in the past year. That being said, he didn't remember anything that happened last night which will lead to this lucky condition. There were a lot of willing and attractive women under his employ currently but all of them had been cowed into submission by Calypso after the meeting.

After the carnage he witnessed last night he was once again reminded that despite the loving and gentle personality side she showed to him she was a general who caused a lot of trouble for the Gods in the first Titanomachy. Needless to say, those girls who were set to torment him by Athena wouldn't dare to have any thoughts regarding him.

As for Calypso, she wanted to enter his bed too since according to her she could already be considered his wife courtesy of the blood bond that bound her to him. But Percy was unwilling to acknowledge that kind of forceful magical bond as her real feelings. Normally, she would back down at that point but yesterday she seemed to have gathered her resolve. She stated how her feelings were there for him even before that bond and he couldn't deny that logic. In the end, he promised to seriously consider their relationship. By the way her eyes had brightened at the prospect he was sure she wouldn't sneak into his bed and jeopardize the chance she was given. He did tell her he wanted to take it slow.

But if she wasn't draped over him then, who was?

The answer was obvious to him even before he opened his eyes and confirmed it.

On his right arm was a head covered by golden blond hair. With a face like an angel's and skin like a fairy-it was none other than his phone-spirit, Anna. When she was sleeping and not causing a ruckus, she even more looked like her namesake, Annabeth, but he felt her naked skin pressed against his body and was reminded again that they were different people. There was no way that the prideful daughter of Athena would have done something so embarrassing like sneaking into a boy's bed naked.

As for his other arm, it was being used as pillow by another beautiful girl who resembled someone from his past. A mane of dark hair framing a gorgeous face- she looked like the princess from some fantasy story. If anyone from the Hunters of Artemis were to witness her face, they would mistake her for their old lieutenant- Zoe Nightshade.

Percy wondered just what it was about him that caused non-living possessions of his to turn into sentient creatures capable of taking form, especially the forms of his dead friends (female ones). It even led to some rumors about his hidden perverted desires being the cause of it. That rumor caused him a lot of trouble with the Hunters of Artemis (who were starting to believe that he intentionally caused his spirit to take that form to take his lust out on her). It was the Goddess herself who saved him from a brutal interrogation that he would have to break through forcefully otherwise. He still was given a warning to never lay a hand on her, or else.

He wanted to retort that she was his sword so of course he was going to touch her. Grip her tightly, even. But making that kind of joke would have led to bodily harm; he felt so and restrained himself.

As for the spirit who brought all of this trouble on him, her true form was that of a sword as could be guessed. And anyone familiar with Percy Jackson or his legend would know the name of the sword associated with him- Anaklusmos-Riptide. It was originally a cursed blade with a long history but after gaining Zoe's approval, Percy was no longer affected by its curse. After becoming a God, it bonded with him as his Symbol of Power.

It also became a 'she'. That came as a surprise (and not only for him). He half-expected the Zoe look-alike to say 'I am back, milady' and bow to Artemis. From her facial expression full of hope, the Goddess expected something similar too. But she instead addressed Percy with an expressionless face and monotonous tone- and of all the things she had to call him 'Master'. Apart from the chill he felt at being called that by Zoe or someone who looked like Zoe, he also felt fear for his life. Artemis looked pretty murderous.

Luckily, Hephaestus came to his rescue. He had never seen his cousin that interested in something living as he was in not-Zoe. According to him, she was a special existence-a completely independent spirit born from an artificial object.

There are a lot of spirits existing in this world born from natural objects. Nymphs, dryads, even the Primordials are examples of such. There also exist many weapons and artifacts that are considered intelligent. But those objects can't take human form nor can they can take actions independently-they needed masters or weilders. As for Riptide, it (She?) no longer needed one. She could take independent actions, exist on her own and could even produce her own spiritual energy.

(She still needed a master to grow or evolve, though)

Percy didn't understand everything that he was told but he got that she wasn't Zoe but Riptide who has taken a human form (which was apparently a strange thing to occur). He also realized that he needed to keep an eye on her so that she wouldn't be kidnapped by Hephaestus; his cousin's eyes were glinting with the mad scientist look. Sure, Symbols of Power couldn't be stolen technically but it didn't stop Luke so he wasn't taking any chances.

She is a unique existence. Anna didn't count considering she was from born from a concept 'Internet' rather than from some artificial object. In fact, Athena believed Anna was more similar to the Primordials than Riptide.

Of course, he couldn't keep calling her Riptide (or Anaklusmos) so he ended up naming her Zoey. It was a name derived from Zoe's which Artemis approved as she thought of Zoey as Zoe's legacy but Percy named her so to remind himself that no matter how similar they looked Zoe and Zoey were different people. It was the same reason he named Anna.

Percy sighed as he recollected the past in order to distract his mind from the situation his body was in. It really wasn't working.

No matter how determined he was to friend-zone these two spirits; he was still a hormonal teenager. And these two were both inhumanly attractive. Moreover, it was morning time and it has been more than a week since he was last with a girl. As expected, his body was starting to react.

'This is bad,' he groaned internally. 'I need to focus and not think about attacking them while they're asleep.'

He ruthlessly crushed his inner devil which reminded him that they will be happy to be attacked by him and decided to get out of this situation first. Slipping out undetected was impossible so he put his energy into his arms and lifted them suddenly.

Both girls were flung away. While Anna made a shocked sound Zoey remained emotionless even as she crashed at the foot of the bed. Neither of them was affected physically by the fall.

"You idiot!-" Anna screamed indignantly. "Why did you throw me off?"

'So that you don't see something I don't want you to see,' Percy thought while pulling the covers over his lower body.

He was starting to regret throwing them out. Before the girls were under the covers but now their bodies were on full display. His body was reacting even more strongly. Turning his eyes away from them, he fixed his sight ahead while resisting the urge to look down.

"Why, you say? Shouldn't I be asking you that? What were you doing in my bed? Naked?"

He put emphasis on the word to remind her of her state of dress.

"I was just sleeping. And I did compensate you for that, right? Waking up to two top class beauties early in the morning must be a dream comes true for you." She said coyly.

"Did you read that line on the net? Don't compare me to same perverted virgin. Rather than waking up with women I like sleeping with them more." Percy said in a teasing tone.

"I-Is that so?" Anna's voice trembled finally.

Gotcha

Despite how much she tried to act like a mature and experienced woman, Anna was actually a shy girl. As a spirit, she didn't feel self-conscious even if she was naked and he was asleep when she entered his bed so she managed to keep her composure. It was only when she was caught by surprise that she will show her true nature like she did when he hugged her suddenly yesterday. In other words, she was different from a typical Tsundere as she was honest with her feelings towards Percy.

There must be a reason a shy girl like her entered his bed on her own. Not that she would tell him.

Well, there was another person here. He turned to the sword spirit who was silent throughout the exchange.

"Zoey, dress yourself," Percy ordered. Unlike with Anna, he could be direct with her. No, he has to be direct with her. Otherwise, a girl like her who lacked common sense would never realize his hints.

"Yes, master." The dark haired girl was dressed in a long white dress that reached to her knees the next instant. Predictably, Anna who lost her partner in her nude show finally lost her cool and materialized a white dress herself.

"Why did you snuck in my bed?"

"It is expected of a sword spirit to do so to forge stronger bond with her master." She answered in a monotonous voice, looking like she believed this to be acknowledged fact. He didn't doubt her. She didn't have enough common sense to know how to lie and even if she did she wouldn't lie to Percy. She was just a gullible idiot. But-

Who stuffed that rubbish in her head? Percy wondered. His eyes went to the other spirit who was trying to look innocent. Percy didn't buy it. This net-spirit was trying to corrupt his sword-spirit too. He wished he could cut her connection to manga so that she would stop getting these weird ideas but it was impossible. He wondered if this was how parents with rebellious children felt.

"Any other reason?-" He asked.

The spirit tilted her head as she tried to remember. "Anna said that if we don't do something island girl will replace us as master's partner."

Ah, so that was it. Island girl was the name Anna used for Calypso. She probably heard his talk with her last night and became anxious. That probably gave her the courage to sleep with him.

"What are you saying, sword-girl? I am not afraid of that Island-girl!" Anna denied with a red face.

"You guys don't need to worry about something like that. You are my partners. As long as you guys want to stay with me, I won't abandon you," he promised them with a strong tone.

Both girls seemed to ease at his words. Even Zoey with her low EQ was worried, huh. Percy once more realized the complicated situation with the women around him. He couldn't keep rejecting them without hurting them. But if he were to give one of them a chance, the others would be hurt. In the end, it was his fault for caring for all of them without being in love with any.

'Love was truly a troublesome thing'. Percy sighed and moved out of the bed. The depressing thought took care of his morning wood and he was comfortable moving in his boxers now. As he moved towards the bathroom, Anna called him from behind.

"Percy…"

"What?"

He turned and realized why she called him. A new arrival was present in the room suddenly. Her beauty was such that no human could match it but she was dressed like a soccer mom. She sat upon the edge of the bed with one foot crossed over the other. The aura she exuded made him feel like she was the queen of the room which irked him to no end.

This is my room damn it!

Grumbling to himself while keeping an eye on the newcomer, Percy spoke:

"Anna, clothes."

"Right"

She responded immediately. A magical formation appeared underneath him and moved upwards, garbing him in jeans and blue T-shirt. He wished he was capable of doing something like that on his own but magic was beyond his current ability. The woman across from him smiled as if she could read his thoughts and was mocking his insufficiency.

"Why are you here, Athena?"

Fully clothed, Percy eyed his old mentor cautiously.

"Is that any way to treat your teacher?" Athena asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Former teacher," Percy corrected her while answering mentally. Of course, since teachers are the form of monsters.

Athena smiled. It was one of those smiles she gave when she was going to burst his bubble and take joy in his reaction.

"You still haven't completed your education."

His worst fears coming true, he tried to reason. "But I got your independent mission, right? You said it was the end for my education too."

"No, I said your education as a God ended but you still haven't finished your high-school. You always forget the details."

"And you always nitpick. There is no way you can keep me under your tutelage with that lousy excuse. Who said that Gods needed to pass High-school anyway?"

"The council did," Athena seemed to be waiting for this opportunity. A scroll appeared in her hand that she raised with palms facing up. He recognized that scroll. He has seen one before. In this modern age where even the Gods were digitalized only one thing was done through scrolls-issuing of a divine decree by the Council of Gods.

Percy groaned. He had a bad feeling as he looked at the scroll and then at Athena's smug smile. Other people were treated indifferently by her but only Percy was someone she liked to torment. He wondered what made him special. It couldn't be because of being the Son of Poseidon. Theseus was one too!

Athena tossed the scroll to him which he snatched reflexively. He passed it to Anna.

"Read it for me, will you?"

It took but an instant for her to go through it, in which Percy contemplated if he were to turn Zoey to her sword form and attack the scroll what kind of punishment will he get?

"It says you need to go to High-school."

Darn it. His bad feeling came true. He should have destroyed the scroll. No punishment could be harsher than suffering through Athena's tyrannical lessons once more.

Wait a moment.

"Did you say go to High-school? Not complete my studies, but attend High-school? That means I don't need to study under Athena, right?" Percy muttered as he realized that something was strange with this order.

In the first place, why was there a need to release a Divine Decree just for Percy to complete his education? A verbal order should be more than enough.

"What's going on?" Percy asked Athena.

"Good, you have learnt something," Athena applauded and looked at him like a proud teacher. Chiron looked at him the same way whenever Percy returned from a successful Prevent Doomsday-quest. He resisted the urge to blush.

'What's with this weird feeling of satisfaction?' he wondered.

"Apollo saw a vision of a chaotic future. He couldn't clarify exactly what will happen but one thing is clear- events will happen that will lead to serious consequences for this world." Athena said. It didn't seem like a joking matter.

"How serious are we talking about here?" he asked.

"More serious than if we had lost the Battle of Manhattan."

Percy gulped.

Of course! That is the correct sequence, one challenge after the other each more dangerous than the previous one, such was the life of a hero. He had thought his hero days were over and he could kick back and relax as a God (those guys looked pretty carefree even when they were facing existential crisis).

But no, it seemed he was starting a new journey with bigger stakes. He was starting to see why Poseidon said that he regretted Percy's birth; he was starting to regret being born too.

But regretting now will do nothing. It was time to get to work. Heroes were always busy.

"What does Apocalypse have to do with High-school?" he asked trying to get back on the topic.

"According to Apollo, that school is the starting point. That is where we can insert ourselves into the scenario." Athena told him. "I believe if it is you then, you will manage to get yourself involved in any cataclysmic event that might happen."

Was that a complement or an insult? Percy wondered while scanning her face. Athena was in full serious mode. He couldn't read anything past her impassive expression.

"And we want to involve ourselves?" he asked just to confirm.

Athena raised an eyebrow.

"If there is a situation that might lead to the world getting destroyed, will you trust someone else to handle it?"

"Point," Percy conceded. "What about the Decree?"

There was no need to go that length for this-he meant to say.

"It is an alibi so that it wouldn't appear suspicious that you suddenly want to go to school."

Percy raised an eyebrow. He didn't ask suspicious to whom.

"And it isn't suspicious now?"

"Not as much, no. At least, you won't be suspected-Olympus will be. You have a good reputation in the Supernatural world."

Athena let out an amused laugh as Percy groaned at being reminded of that.

The PJO Franchise was something started by his cousins Apollo, Hermes and Hephaestus back when he was still a demigod without his permission. He knew his quests were being filmed but he didn't know who the viewers were. Apparently, all the supernatural community was watching Percy Jackson and friends making fools out of themselves every weekend.

Finding that out led to an epi showdown between the Gods (which ended in a draw).

Percy forgave them, later on. He even wrote the books about a modified version of his quests from his point of view using the pen name-Rick Riordan. The third book-Titan's Curse- was scheduled to be released a month later. His books were best sellers among mortals. There were talks of filming movies on the books. He wondered who will play his part.

But his celebrity status aside, there was work to be done now. A hero is always busy. He didn't want to go to school or take part in another world-saving adventure. But life didn't always go as we wish. Besides Athena was right-he couldn't a potential apocalyptic crisis to someone else. It wasn't his style.

"So tell me about this school."


And so he was here.

Standing before the gates of hell while corrupted souls…students entered the purgatory…school while giggling, he wondered what kind of devils…teachers taught here.

As expected, he wasn't ready for this place. He ignored the stares directed at him and the whispers of how good looking he was or grumbles of how there was no need for another pretty boy in this school.

Apart from confirming his ability-Language- was flawlessly translating Japanese into American English, he found another piece of interesting information. Apparently, he wasn't the only new guy in the campus. A lot of students were transferring (many of them foreigners) and coincidentally they were all starting today.

Coincidentally

Percy snorted. Guess Athena was right; his presence dragged a lot of supernatural forces to this place. If it was a possibility that this place was going to be chaotic in the future before, now it was bound to happen.

"Anna, do a scan of this place for supernatural energy signatures."

Sure. His partner sent directly to his mind from her place against his chest. Her phone-form was attached to a chain he was wearing around his neck. The data was directly sent to his mind and Percy resisted the urge to groan.

There were too many of them. Majority were those humans who had magical potential or the so-called sacred gears-their powers were latent with few having active abilities. Then there were the Devils, not the teachers but actual devils. One of them was even at Satan class. An archangel, no two archangels one holy and one fallen. Fuck, there was even a dragon-king class dragon too.

His hand tightened around Zoey who was in his pocket in her pen form. It was going to be a long term.

Finding his way to the headmaster's office wasn't that hard. The problem was that the path led him closer and closer to the Satan-class devil. If Percy was the type to deny reality, he would have tried to convince himself it was just a coincidence and this institution wasn't run by a Demon Lord.

But he was a realist.

"Please go right in. She is waiting for you inside." The receptionist ushered him in the headmaster's office with an overly respectful tone. She seemed almost reverent.

She was a devil too.

As for the person inside, it wasn't someone Satan-like. It was a Satan, one that he had previously seen.

"Leviathan… What happened to you?"

The person behind the headmaster's desk was the devil he had seen just yesterday in the meeting…but she was completely different. Sure, there was a difference between video chatting and meeting someone in person but it shouldn't be this big.

For one, she had shrunk. Her figure was still of a bomb shell but her height now matched that of eighth graders.

Apart from that, she was wearing a pink skirt with frills and glitters and all kind of decorations.

Is that a fancy dress costume? He wondered. There is even a magic wand too.

He tried to tell himself that was the case. There was no way that the sophisticated and mature woman he talked to yesterday could be in this form otherwise.

Well, there was another explanation. But it was too horrifying to contemplate. It also brought some shameful memories from his past back. Even now he felt embarrassed about his childhood delusion to be Superman just by thinking about it. So there was no way the devil across from him, who was long past childhood, would be having delusions of being a magical girl. She was one of the Rulers of the Underworld. They might have changed their ways but they were still considered boogeyman by the mortals.

So, there was no way-

"Levia-tan is a magical girl, of course!"

Just as he had managed to bring his mind to some sense of rationality after the shock from seeing her cosplaying, Leviathan had to open her mouth and destroy all his delusions.

Whoever said that Devils have reformed? They were as destructive as always! This one almost destroyed his frail sanity just now.

"What did you say?"

"Levia-tan is a magical girl." The loli self-proclaimed magical girl jumped on the table and brandished her wand. "I will show you."

The little girl puffing up her cheeks would have looked adorable. If not for his danger sense going haywire and Anna's prompt warning.

If she released the power contained in that wand this city would be leveled. Anna sounded uncaring. In fact, she might be enjoying her first meeting with a real life magical girl.

"Okay, okay. I understand. You are a magical girl; just don't make anything go Boom!" Percy pleaded with her. This situation was infinitely worse than just a girl with delusions-Leviathan was a true magical girl. If she were to wave her wand seriously, let alone this city even this country would disappear.

Luckily, she listened to reason.

"Get it the first time, dummy!"

While pouting, she lowered her wand. Percy breathed a sigh of relief.

He wondered why he was getting swept by her pace. Sure, she was one of the most eccentric supernatural he met till date but he was a God. He was from a different faction and stronger than her, he didn't need to indulge her 8th grade syndrome.

What he needed to do now was make a hasty retreat before his sanity was tested even more. He wondered if she would be able to finish the paperwork herself. She seemed dependable yesterday and not so dependable now, so he wasn't sure.

Luckily, someone dependable entered at that moment.

"Headmistress, I am here to receive the new transfer student. His paperwork is already finished and filed."

A cool voice came from behind him. It seemed like a responsible girl has come. Thinking so, he decided to treat her as his savior and turned away without another glance at the mentally challenged Satan.

Just as he reached the doorway, a gust of wind flashed by with a shout overdosed on love- "Sona-tan"- echoing behind.

The childish Satan was hugging the cool looking spectacled beauty who Percy deemed his savior.

According to my databanks, they are sisters. Anna informed him before adding in an amused undertone. She seems to be a sis-con too.

Percy took one look at the childish century-old devil who packed more power than several dozen nukes in her body rubbing her cheeks affectionately against her embarrassed sister while repeatedly saying: "Big sister missed you. Did you miss me too?"

A tired sigh escaped his lips as he felt the urge to run for the hills.

He had a lot of preparation when he entered this school. He was prepared for a supernatural den. He was ready to meet Apocalypse, Armageddon or Doomsday.

But he wasn't prepared for this mad house.

With the headmaster like this, he could just imagine the rest of the school.

His High-school life was going to be weirder than he expected.

"I want to quit already."


Chapter 2 is done.

Next chapter, Percy meets his new schoolmates.

Now, replies to some comments:

Aetemus: I think you misunderstood my meaning. I didn't mean harem and romance was related. Percy's powers grow in a way that he will get a new girl attached with each power boost. So, harem is integral part of the story.

.5: Dude, I don't know what part of it is OC to you. I'm following the books. Heck, everyone in the story has read the books. Percy's character is just slightly different. But that is bound to happen with Godhood and gaining new perspective. And my sense of humor isn't as great as Rick. The way he wrote Percy's character is epic. I can't match that.

Continue to read and review. Even your criticism is welcome.

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Dragoneel.