Prologue 2

The trio of Issei, his mother and Ophis approached the Hyoudou household. Ever since they left the park, Ophis had wrapped her arms around Issei's and held onto it with a passion. That, combined with how she stared at him with unblinking eyes, quickly began to make the brown haired boy somewhat uncomfortable. "Uum, Ophis-chan," the young Hyoudou started nervously, "can you let go please?"

"No" was the black haired girl immediate response. This caused Issei to sigh and to giggle.

"Oh, come on Issei. I think it's cute that your new friend likes clinging to you. Though I can't imagine that little Irina-chan would be happy about it." The brown haired woman said.

Issei turned his head towards his mother in confusion. "But Mama, why would Irina-san be angry about a new friend." He asked the question innocently.

This only caused his mother's grin to widen. "Well Issei, most girls don't really like it when other girls are around their male friend."

Her words cause her son to quirk his eyes in confusion. "What do you mean Mama? Irina-san's a boy."

Mrs. Hyoudou looked at her son with a questioning glance. "No, I am completely sure that your friend, our neighbor, Irina Shidou, is a girl."

Issei just stared at his mother for a few moments before the realization completely hit him. "What?" He questioned, his young mind having a hard time comprehending the truth. "WHAT!?"

"Oh look," Mrs. Hyoudou said, apparently not taking notice to her son's emotional outburst, "we're here." True to her words, they were now standing outside the Hyoudou household.

"Ise's, home" Ophis said as she looked at the house. They walked into the building.

"We're home." Mrs. Hyoudou said.

Mr. Hyoudou was currently sitting in the living room and reading a newspaper, relaxing after returning home from work. "Welcome home" He greeted as he moved his newspaper aside. As the paper moved towards the table, he turned his face and saw the addition clinging to his son. "Um, Issei, who's your friend?"

"Oh," Issei started, finally snapping out of his shock, "this is Ophis-chan. Mama said she could stay with us."

The man stared at the black haired girl for a moment before saying "Alright then. Nice to meet you Ophis-san".

"Hello" was her only response, not even turning her eyes away from Issei.

Mrs. Hyoudou smiled. "Well, Dinner's in about an hour, so you can stay in Issei's room until then. Why don't you to go up and play."

"Ise's, room" Ophis quietly spoke.

"Yeah," Ise said happily, "Come on."

With that, the two friends both quickly went up to the bedroom of Issei Hyoudou.

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"Well Ophis-chan, welcome to casa de Issei. What do you think?" Issei asked hoping that his new friend liked his room.

"Its, small" was her simple reply.

Issei deflated at this. "Y-Yeah. But check this out, I've got a bunch of cool video games and manga" He said, gesturing to his collection in the corner in an attempt to impress his friend.

Ophis looked at all of the items blankly. She then began walking towards them and picked up one of the manga. It was Dragonball. She stared at it for several seconds before turning her head towards Issei. "Why, is this monkey youkai, riding Yu-Long?" (A/N: Think that that's the picture on vol 1)

This confused Issei. "Yu-Long? That's dragon's named Shenron and that's not a youkai. His name is Son Goku, and he is pretty much the coolest alien ever!" Ise spoke with enthusiasm.

"Alien?" Ophis asked. "What, is that?

Issei sat next to Ophis and began to sort through his assortment of manga. "Oh, aliens are amazing Ophis-chan. The fight and have all kinds of awesome powers: like flying, shooting energy blasts, and being super strong." Issei went on, getting excited talking about his knowledge of extraterrestrials.

"I, can fly" Ophis said. She wasn't sure why she said it, but she did.

"Really?" The young Hyoudou asked, "That's so awesome! Can you show me?!" His eyes were sparkling in child-like wonder.

Wordlessly, Ophis began rising off the ground, until she was about two feet in the air. She simply hovered there, waiting for her friend's reaction.

"Wow!" Issei exclaimed, "What else can you do?"

Ophis stared at him blankly for a moment before responding. "Well, I can….." The rest of the night consisted of Ophis and Issei talking about super powers and magic.

*The Next Day*

Issei awakened to the sun shining down upon his face. The young Hyoudou yawned and rubbed his eyes in an attempt wake himself up. Feeling a warm sensation on his side, he turned his head to see Ophis' form attached to his own. Her eyes were wide open and she was staring directly at him.

"Ophis-chan?" Issei asked, "How long have you been up?"

Ophis stared at him blankly. "I, don't need sleep."

Issei looked confused. " That's not right. Moma told me that even if you don't feel tired, sleep is important."

Ophis continued to stare at him. "Okay" she finally said.

"Good, it's time to go get breakfast. Let's go down.

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*Later*

The Hyoudou family (plus Ophis) was finishing up breakfast when they heard a nice from the front door.

[KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK]

"I've got it." Mr. Hyoudou said as he went to the door.

"So Ophis-chan," Issei started enthusiastically, "What do you want to do today? We can watch t.v., read so manga, play video games-"

"Issei-san!" someone shouted, cutting off the brunette's words.

Issei looked to see Irina, his best friend and neighbor. "Irina-chan!" Issei jumped out of his chair and hugged his friend, causing her to blush madly. "I'm so happy your feeling better."

"U-Uh, I-I-I" was all that the young girl managed to get out.

"Issei," a soft but chilling voice was heard. The 2 children turned to see Ophis still in her seat at the table, looking down at them with a slight glare that would have sent shivers down Irina's spine. "Who, is this?"

"Oh, right," Issei said as her turned Irina so she was facing Ophis before pulling the black haired girl out of her seat to do vice versa. Obviously, he didn't notice the black haired girl's glare. "Ophis, this is Irina-chan, she's my best friend, and she lives across the street. Irina-chan, this is Ophis-chan. I met her yesterday at the park and now she's staying with us.

The two girls had different thoughts going through there heads at his words.

Irina: 'Who is this girl? Issei-san only met her yesterday, but she's already living with him? Is she suppose to be like his fiance or something. Where does that leave me? And when did he swap from '-san' to '-chan'? Not that I mind. It's just…..'

Ophis:'Best friend? Does that mean he cares more for her than he does for me? Why does this irritate me so much?'

"Anyway, let's go up to my room. I got this new Dragonball Z game I want to play." Issei grabbed both of the mentally contemplating girls and dragged them to his room. Not noticing as they looked at each other hesitantly.

And that's how the days went. Issei playing with Ophis and Irina. The girls slowly but surely getting even closer to him.

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*One Month Later*

[KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK]

"I got it" Issei said as he ran towards the door. Upon opening it, he found his best friend Irina standing there. "Hey, Irina-chan. What's up? You look sad."

This seemed to depress Irina even more. "Issei, I have something to tell you." She spoke slowly.

"What is it Irina?" Issei asked in concern.

"I-I just found out" the young girl was on the verge of tears at this point, "th-that my parents a-and I are moving away later today."

"Irina" Issei spoke softly. Suddenly, he pulled her into a hug. "Well if this is our last day together, then we better make it count! Ophis-chan, We're all heading to the park! Let's go!"

*A Couple Hours Later*

It was sunset, and the time for Irina's departure had arrived. Issei, Ophis, Irina were standing outside Irina's house, the moving truck only a few meters away from them

"So today was fun, wasn't it Irina-chan?" Issei asked.

Irina nodded her head. "Yeah, Issei-san." She began to blush. The Brown haired girl looked down and started to squirm a bit. She spoke again. "Hey, Issei-san, Can you lean forward a bit?"

"Uh, alright" He said, slightly confused by his friend. He leaned in slightly.

"N-Now c-can you cl-close your eyes?" The violet eyed girl asked with a stutter.

"Okay then" The boy responded and obeyed his friend's request. After he did so Irina looked up and proceeded to bring her face closer to Issei's. Slowly but surely, the distance between their faces decreased, and sure enough, their lips made contact. Issei's eyes at the contact and they widened upon realization of the situation. Ophis' eyes narrowed and she sent a glare at the brown haired girl. The kiss itself was short, lasting only 2, maybe 3 seconds, but to all those present, it felt longer.

Irina pulled her lips away. Her face was bright red, but there was a bright smile on her face. "I'm sure we'll meet again Issei-kun, Ophis-san." She then ran back into her house.

Issei just stood there, unmoving. 'What just happened?' He thought. He wasn't able to continue his thoughts however, due to his black haired friend suddenly grabbing his arm and roughly dragging him across the street and back to his house.

"O-Ophis?" Issei stuttered, still trying to regain his composer, "What are you-" Issei stopped talking when he saw the look upon Ophis' face. It was a mixture of a pout and an emotion that he had never seen on her face before.

Ophis was angry.

Issei's instincts as a man quickly kicked in. That look to him one undeniable fact. And he knew it to be the absolute truth. Issei knew…

...He Was Screwed.

Well, there's THe next Chapter.

Irina's gone and she left Issei with a present.

Next Chapter: Issei meets a very special old man.