Note: Thank you all for the advice and I have taken it very seriously to see if it would improve what i have planned for the future. I really do hope you'll stick around for the journey i'm taking you on. Thanks and enjoy!
Rias Gremory was standing outside her office on a balcony staring out into the distance. Often she would go to the balcony and think about what happened on that particular day, other times she would think about what she actually wanted in life. She knew that looking after her household is something she loved to do and something she would be willing to do for a long time, but she couldn't help but have the feeling that something was missing.
"President, are you ok? You seem distant today." Akeno walked up to Rias and stood beside her. Rias often went to Akeno for council during trying times but also often Akeno would give her council regardless whether she asked. They had formed a deep friendship which they relish to this day, and either one of them would put their lives on the line for the other.
"I'm good thank you Akeno, today has just been one of those more boring days where i wished more would happen." Akeno smiled at this comment and looked into the distance with Rias admiring the distant view before them.
"I feel the same way as well President." Rias placed her hands onto the wall of the balcony and leant on it, her eyes now closed as she imagined having fun for once in a long time. Akeno cleared her throat before pulling out some documents from her robe and hands them over to Rias.
"These are all the current requests we've had from people who have attempted to summon us lately." Rias took them reluctantly and sighed as she did so. It was always boring having to carry out the requests of people who most of the time were greedy and rude.
"Anything else that needs my attention?" Akeno shook her head and bowed respectively but then quickly remembered something she had heard that day and thought Rias would want to hear.
"By the way, apparently there is talk of a new student in Kuoh. And he's supposedly very good looking." It was gossip but Rias and Akeno loved it nonetheless.
"Really! Sounds interesting, who is he?" Before Akeno could respond Sona Sitri walked into the Occult Research Club with her entourage. Rias and Akeno quickly changed their giddy tone to a more polite and professional manner. When both Presidents met they bowed and took a deep breath. See there was some sort of rivalry between Rias and Sona yet nobody knows why they have it.
"Greetings to you Sona, what brings you here?" Rias said with a fake smile which Sona could clearly see through. The news she had however she knew would completely change her fake smile into something completely different. Sona walked a little bit closer which confused Rias but she had nothing to fear from Sona so she went with the moment.
"I am here to inform you that a certain Devil will be attending this school and will be building a new household with Evil Pieces." Sona was sincere and polite yet still didn't tell her who it was that was attending. Rias nodded at this news thinking it might be nice to have some new faces in the school she could converse with.
"And who is this particular Devil called?" Akeno asked as she was very curious if this was the same student that was said to be good looking. Sona pushed her glasses up further to her eyes and she stared at Rias, not Akeno.
"Issei Hyoudou is the new student attending school." Almost instantaneously Rias had an expression of shock and doubt. How could it be that her best friend who has not been seen by anybody for years be attending the same school she is in. Something in her mind doubted it seriously but at the same time she wanted it to be true. Rias then began remembering the day that Issei just up and disappeared from her life.
She came home one day and a servant told her that her father was awaiting her in his study. Curious she went straight up not wanting to anger her father and he was sitting in his desk chair writing letters to various people and contacts."Ah Rias you're here good. Come and sit down I have some news about one of your friends." She was still confused but didn't disobey her father and took the seat that sat across from her father. He pulled out a letter with a broken seal meaning it was opened and read. However she recognized the seal as the Hyoudou family crest and instantly thought of Issei who had not attended school that day." It concerns your friend Issei. His father has informed me that he will not be attending school anymore and will be homeschooled for the foreseeable future. He gave no reason to why he is doing this but i just thought you should know because i know that you two are best friends. The only thing he did say though is that he is putting Issei through intense training which is preposterous if you ask me but he is his father so…"Rias was upset, she had lost her friend the only one she could trust with her inner most desires and he was just gone. She cursed the man that called himself Issei's father who was to put him through 'Intense Training' whatever that meant.
Some time passed since she got the news and was deciding how to act upon it. She definitely wanted to see him again but it mattered how he saw her and the same vice versa. She went through all the different ways she could do it, knocking on his front door or meeting him in the hallways of school. But then it suddenly hit her that the best place was here, the Occult club room. It was private and familiar for her so she could get the best outcome possible.
"Kiba! Come here please!" Rias shouted and quickly a blonde haired boy wearing the Kuoh uniform came into the room. He bowed strongly and them looked respectively at Rias who was smiling at him.
"Issei Hyoudou, can you please find him and tell him to meet me in the Occult Research Club tomorrow during school." Rias asked and Kiba quickly bowed again before approaching her closer.
"Of course President, I will get right on it." He said as he left her office room. Rias was so lucky to have such a loyal household. She stood back up off her desk chair and continued back to the balcony. Now all she was thinking about was seeing Issei and by the way Sona described him now, he was handsome, polite and kind. This only made her want to see him more and Akeno was also interested in seeing him as well.
Issei was walking home from his first day of school. He started of all nervous and afraid but left with more confidence than he thought he had.
The sky was red as he walked along home and it took him some time but he truly did admire the human world in some of its aspects. It's beauty was unique and vast and held thousands of years of history.
As he traversed the town he began to familiarise himself with it. He knew most of the areas and how to get there. When he turned a corner of a street he was quickly interrupted by a girl who seemed to be extremely concentrated on him.
She approached him and almost instantly her face turned bright red. He recognised the school uniform straight away, she was from Kuoh but he didn't recognise her at all.
"I'm sorry but do i know you?" Issei asked feeling bad that he had to. She responded by placing her arms flat on her sides and her body rotated slightly.
"No you don't. I'm Yuma and I saw you in school today. Your new aren't you?" Yuma was not a name he recognised, but maybe it was just a human girl who had the courage to talk to him.
"Yes I am new." Issei scratched the back of his head as he looked down at the short girl. She was now working up the confidence to actually look him in the face and when she did a smile cracked on her face.
" I was wondering if you wouldn't mind, could you walk me home? It's starting to get a little dark and if I'm being honest I'm a little scared." Yuma was very sincere which Issei seemed to appreciate a lot.
"Sure I don't see why not, let's go." Issei stood beside Yuma as she began to walk the opposite direction of Issei's house. During their walk Yuma talked a lot about her life at home. Her parents and siblings and how they annoyed her. Her friends and house pets, yet to Issei it all sounded to… scripted. Everything about it sounded rehearsed and lacked emotion.
Slowly as they got to their destination Issei couldn't help but get this feeling of unease about Yuma, she had this aura of darkness surrounding her. He could've just left but he was curious about her and continued to follow.
They made it to a fountain and Yuma approached it with a graceful step and stopped by it. Issei was confused why she stopped there. He stood idly looking at her and all she did was stare into the water.
"Issei I was wondering if you could do something for me?" She turned around and began walking towards him slowly. He wondered what it was she wanted and responded.
"Sure, what is it you want?" At this point she was standing barely inches from him which made him quickly question what she wanted. Her head leaned forward at Issei's and then she let out a whisper.
"Could you die please?"
Issei looked tentatively at Yuma as her innocent expression turned to a sinister and dark one. He was utterly confused but it was all made clear when Yuma revealed her true form.
She was a fallen angel! Issei knew something felt wrong about the girl but he wasn't sure what it was. He was only glad that it wasn't as bad as he thought it was.
He remembered something that his father told him when he was younger about the fallen angels. Also he told him of how he should use his unique talent to defeat them.
"Fallen angels are probably our worst enemy son" Solace told Issei who was listening with extreme curiosity. Issei was sitting at his desk and his father was stood in front of the desk with a large chalkboard behind him."Even after the great war they have tried their best to hinder us, and honestly it's just annoying." This made Issei laugh and Solace let out a slight chuckle as well."But you shouldn't be concerned son, if your training goes well any Fallen angel that comes in your path should be no match, I hope." Issei made a mental and physical note of this and his determination to succeed was even stronger than before."Now son listen, you will be set upon by the Fallen angels more often because of your 'gift'. And that is why I'm telling you about them now. You will find that they use light spears and light is extremely dangerous to devils. Even a scratch can cause extreme pain to even the highest classed Devil. The key is to be faster than them." Issei was writing everything his father told him word for word which filled his father with a sense of proudness of his sons determination."Also Issei, I believe it is time that we develop your unique ability a bit more isn't that right…" Solace had a slight smirk forming in the corner of his mouth.
The Fallen angel stood in her true form thinking that it would terrify Issei but he stood still with his arms crossed.
"So you're a Fallen angel then." Issei commented and this confused her slightly. How did he know what she was? She decided that it didn't really matter and toying with him is all she was interested.
"Hmm I wonder how you know that, but it doesn't matter. Don't worry though I'll make sure to kill you quickly for helping a poor girl find her way home." She said with a sadistic smile riddled on her face. Issei let out a slight laugh as he was amused at her arrogance.
"Why is it you want to kill me then? I haven't done anything wrong to you or anyone else." This made her begin to giggle uncontrollably thinking that her prey was getting scared.
"You should blame god for putting that Sacred Gear inside you." Issei then knew what his father meant by being stopped more often by them. Although she was threatening to kill him Issei was only amused by this and just decided to walk away from her.
"See you later Yuma!" All she could do was get angry at him. His ignorance to his situation bothered her although Issei knew what he was doing as his father's words were constantly in his head. 'An angered enemy is easier to fight than a calculating One' The words of his father were wise and useful.
"It's Raynare you asshole. Get back here or I'll kill you slowly instead." Issei comes to a stop and laughs loudly which brings Raynare to an uncontrollable rage. Suddenly she begins bolting at him with a light spear in hand. Issei feels no immediate danger and proceeds to dance around his opponent with dodges and minimal powers strikes to all areas of her body.
Raynare was finally sick of getting toyed with and backs away from Issei with now a hint of fear in her eyes. Issei stood straight and stretched his arms outwards.
"How are you even capable of such heights? Your just a pathetic human!" He looked at her with disappointment in his eyes.
"Are you really that naive? I'm obviously not a human you idiot. I'm a Devil." Then Issei proceeded to show his wings and when they came out she was honestly frightened of him. One wing was doused in an intense flame and the other wing was surrounded in what seemed like a tornado. Not only that but Raynare noticed that he wasn't just a Devil, he was a high-classed Devil.
"Now that i have your attention I'm going to tell you what I'm going to do to you. I have a special technique that I created, it's called soul-burn and it's a rather fascinating ability. What it does is it makes you feel the pain of all those you have killed which I assume is a lot and then after you feel every last bit of pain you die." Issei seemed extremely serious which was scaring Raynare a lot. She decided that he was not worth the trouble and flew away as fast as she could.
"Such a coward. I guess father was wrong about fallen angels." Issei said to himself before continuing to walk home.
In the distance Kiba had watched the entire one-sided fight between Issei and the fallen angel. Kiba was astounded by the sheer physical ability of Issei and how he was casually evading the fallen angels attacks. He admired him greatly and decided that he should leave him be for the night and approach him in the morning.
Issei was still chuckling as he dusted himself off and began to make his way home. After having a day at school and then having to evade that much, he is left exhausted and needed plenty of sleep.
