High School DxD: Ninja Revelation
A Highschool DXD Fanfiction
Chapter 2
(DISCLAIMER: All High School DxD content belongs to Ichiei Ishibumi, not me. All characters and (most) locations are fictional. Any resemblance to things or people in reality is pure coincidence)
"Please open your textbooks to page thirty-four. Today, we will be learning about…" Issei zoned out as the teacher began talking about the lesson. He turned to stretch his torso and found himself looking at Yukito. Issei was almost certain this man was the one Ddraig was talking about. Issei felt as if he exerted power, but he was also fairly certain that Yukito was human. However, the power he exerted couldn't be human. Could he possibly have a Sacred Gear similar to Issei?
"Wat'cha lookin' at, kid?" Yukito had noticed Issei. "Ya tryin' to be creepy or somethin' like that?"
"N-no, you've got the wrong idea!" Issei hastily replied. "I'm just stretching!"
"Issei, we are in the middle of a lesson. Please refrain from shouting and pay attention," the teacher said. The whole class was looking at Issei while giggling. Asia looked a little worried and Xenovia seemed uncaring.
"Haha, serves ya right, creep," whispered Yukito behind Issei. Issei began harboring a dislike toward Yukito ever since he introduced himself in the class. Yukito's just a cocky, obsessive, good-for-nothing, debatably good-looking—
"Issei, when did Japan annex Korea?" asked the teacher.
"U-um, they annexed… um…" Issei muttered as he looked in his textbook.
"Korea was annexed on August twenty-second, on the year of 1910, Sensei."
"Very good, Yukito-san! See, Issei, you should start taking a leaf out of Yukito-san's book."
Tch, damn him, thought Issei, looking annoyed. He noticed the girls were giggling and looking at Yukito more. Well, at least Asia and Xenovia aren't into him.
The two girls more or less didn't care about the male transfer student, and they continued to look straight ahead while taking notes.
"Hey, kid, wat'cha say we meet up after class and hang?" Yukito suddenly whispered behind Issei.
"Seriously? You just made me look like an idiot. Why would I want to be with you?"
"That was my idea of a greeting, ya'know. Thought ya woulda seen it as funny or somethin' — I don't talk to many people and all that."
So he's socially awkward? No, no, no wait. He's probably trying to get me alone so he can kill me or something. Damn it, I wish I talked to Buchou about this beforehand, Issei thought.
"Um, sorry, but I have club meetings after school, so I won't be able to join you — " Issei said.
"What club is it? Can I join. I wanna join." Yukito rapidly replied.
Issei was in a dilemma. Shit! Now what. Not only Akame, but now Yukito. Wait, wait, wait, that means these two are probably in a gang. What the hell should I do? The bell rang, indicating school was let out for the day. Shit, shit, shit.
"Waddhya say, Issei? Where's this club at?" Yukito had a little smirk on his face.
"You're really going to have to ask our Buchou… " But Yukito appeared as though he didn't hear.
"Excellent! Let's go already. Stop makin' me wait." said Yukito excitedly.
"U-um, wait. I didn't say… you could… come… " Issei stuttered. Yukito had a strange tint in his eyes and a very large, murderous smile. Issei's hair stood on end.
"You were saying… kid?"
"O-of course you can come, anything for you, Yukito-sama! Ha-ha!, Ha-ha-ha!" Issei had sweat running down his back.
"Sweet! And ya were sayin' it's right now, ain't it? So let's go! Ah, Akame-chan you want to coooome?" Yukito's voice has suddenly become very sweet and endearing.
"Of course. Issei-kun has also promised me to show me the club."
(I'm completely screwed), thought Issei.
A few minutes later, Issei, Yukito, and Akame were walking on school grounds toward the clubhouse. (What to do, what to do), thought Issei. (If I don't think of something fast they're gonna know the devils are here). Unbeknownst to Yukito and Akame, there were barriers protecting the clubhouse to prevent non-devils from entering the clubhouse.
"Issei, would you mind bringing your friends over here please?" Rias, along with the rest of the Gremory household, stood before the clubhouse. "So, let's start with introductions. My name is Rias Gremory, the president of the Occult Research Club."
"I am Akeno Himejima. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"I am Koneko Toujou."
"My name is Asia Argento — "
"And I'm Xenovia — "
"Let's get along," the two said together.
"My name is Kiba Yuuto, a pleasure to meet you."
"M-my name is Gasper… " Gasper shyly hid behind Kiba.
(Wait, wait, wait. What's going on — why are Buchou and the others introducing themselves?) Issei thought while looking at all of them, thoroughly perplexed.
"Now would you two like to tour the inside of the clubhouse?" Rias invited.
"B-Buchou!"
"Now, Issei, there's no need to raise your voice," said Rias while sharply looking at Issei. "The clubhouse is suitable for entrance."
Suitable for entrance… does that mean she took down the barriers? Issei wondered. "Well if you say so, Buchou…"
"Thank you Issei. Now, shall we began the tour?
I wonder what Buchou is thinking… thought Issei. The Gremory family along with the two transfer students walked into the clubroom. Issei anticipated a rejection to Yukito and Akame, but they walked in just fine; Issei still couldn't wrap his head around the fact that Rias letting those two in.
"This is quite a nice house," commented Akame as they walked in the main room. The walls and flooring were all wooden with old-fashioned couches and some strange ornaments. "You even have a shower installed over there."
"Hey, may I ask. What the hell is this, eh?" Yukito pointed at the magic circle on the floor. Everyone except Akame and Yukito winced. The magic circle on the floor was meant as a teleportation circle to transport devils in and out of the house quickly.
"It was a floor design that was there for many years. When the Occult Research Club was granted permission to use this house, the strange circle was already imprinted onto the floor and it wouldn't come off, so we decided to leave it there." said Rias tartly.
"Oh really? That's real nice… and whaddha 'bout these?" Yukito had suddenly noticed the bundles of flyers still left next to Rias's desk. These flyers had a drawing of a magic circle on it intended to be used when a human wanted to summon a devil. It is usually a familiar's job to distribute them, but they hadn't handed them out yet.
"Those are… flyers… " Rias was indeed speechless this time. She mentally scolded herself for not getting rid of the flyers and hiding the magic circle.
"Interesting, now whadd'oo they say… hmm?" Yukito reached out for a flyer.
"Sorry, they're for club purposes only and I'm afraid I can't show it to you," said Rias simply.
"Oh? That's too bad then… " Yukito glanced at Rias with a smirk on his face. "But wait — yer sayin' if I join I can look at these flyers and stay in this house righ'?"
"Club entries are no longer acceptable, so unfortunately, you can't join." Rias said.
"Wow, now that's just really too bad… well then again, I didn't really want to join a club that has anything to do with devils anyway — " Yukito said with the same smirk. Rias took a second to regain her composure.
"And what do you mean by that?"
"Well on the flyer! Ain't it say summoning some devils or somethin'? What could you have been thinking? Ya ain't a devil are ya? Ha-ha-ha! Look at what I'm saying — excuse my rudeness." The glint in Yukito's eyes and the all-knowing smile told every Gremory in the room that he was toying with them.
He knows about the devils and he's just teasing us, Issei thought. He's definitely the one Ddraig was talking about.
Before Rias could retort, Akeno walked in with some tea. "Here you go — some freshly brewed tea. I hope you enjoy!" She distributed the tea on the table and Rias, Yukito, and Akame sat on the Victorian-styled couches.
"Aren't the rest of you going to sit?" Akame asked.
The rest of the Gremory household was standing behind Rias. Xenovia, Asia, and Gasper uncomfortably looked at each other as Kiba said," We prefer it this way — besides, there isn't enough room on the couch.
"I see… " said Akame. There was an awkward silence after this.
"So, Akame, Yukito, where did you two live before you came here," asked Rias casually.
"Ah, we lived — " Yukito stopped as he stared intently at his teacup. "Hey, before I answer that — Miss Tea Brewer? Er, Akeno. May I ask what is in this tea cup?"
"It's just a normal brew of green tea, Yukito." Akeno had a strange look on her face."
"Really? Then why's there traces of magic all over it?" Akeno and Rias stared at Yukito, who was lounging about with the same smirk on his face. Akame, with a small smile, was looking at Rias. "Ya tryin' to poison me or somethin'?"
Suddenly, Kiba materialized his sword and Rias had a destructive magic circle ready. Xenovia had the sword Durandal summoned. Yukito calmly set down his teacup.
"B-Buchou? What's going on?" inquired Issei.
"I'll explain later, Issei. But these two are more important right now. They're dangerous and we suspect they are after your dragon arm." Rias said.
"Must we fight?" asked Akame. "Be warned, you will lose." Rias tightened her expression and clenched her teeth. It was Issei's first time seeing Rias so angry.
"What do you want with my Issei! Just go back to where you came from and stop disturbing us."
"Woah-ho. Ya really love yer little, baby Issei, don'tcha. Lemme tell ya, if you baby him more, he's never gon' grow strong. And whatta 'bout the tea? Bet it woulda tasted great minus the magic righ'?" said Yukito. Both Akame and Yukito were both standing on either side of the couch with Akame still examining her tea.
"So you can detect magic… " said Akeno while biting her bottom lip.
"O'course! Um, lemme sleep. A heavy sleep spell — can knock a full grown man out for twelve hours and all that — mighta worked if ya concealed more." replied Yukito with the same, annoying smile.
"You know what? I've had it with you, Yukito. Boosted Gear!" shouted Issei.
Boost, boost, boost, boost, boost, boost, boost, boost! The dragon arm was increasing his powers by ten-folds.
"Alright! That's enough to knock the fucker out! Take this! Haaaaa!" Issei charged at Yukito with his boosted gear.
"Wait Issei, don't charge in recklessly," shouted Rias. "Come back!"
"How cute," said Yukito. Issei was right in front of Yukito — his left arm extending toward Yukito's face. Issei put all his power into this punch, shifting his weight forward intending for a one-hit knockout. The smirk on Yukito's face, the little resistance — it put a sense of unease in Issei.
"Suck on it!" Issei followed through with his punch… the whole back wall was destroyed from the shockwave of the punch, shattered paintings and ornaments were scattered everywhere.
"Did I… get him?" But there was no sign of Yukito — it was as if he had vanished.
"You really aren't good at fighting yet, are you?" sighed Akame as she set down her untouched tea.
"Issei behind you!" Akeno warned.
"Nice punch, kid, but ya still suck." said Yukito as he materialized behind Issei. Issei suddenly felt several jolts of pain at his back and neck as he fell backward unable to move. However, he was still very conscious.
"Issei! What did you do to my Issei!" yelled Rias. She suddenly had a magic fireball hovering over her head.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," said Akame as she stood up and walked over to Yukito who was now carrying Issei over his shoulder like a ragdoll. "Issei will get caught in the fire."
Rias clenched her fists, thought better of her situation, and dispersed her fireball. "Why… why are you doing this to Issei. What do you want from him."
"Honestly, we want to explain — we really do, but there isn't enough time and we really need to get out of here. Don't worry, Issei will tell you everything assuming he gets out alive." Akame replied.
"Gets out alive? Do you honestly think we would let you out after we let you two in? Akeno reset the barriers so only devils with permission may pass through." said Rias
"Don't worry — a little barrier like that won't really do anything really. Well, we are going to take our leave now, so see all of you later. I hope you have a nice day."
"As if!" shouted Xenovia. She charged at them with Durandal and swung, but missed. Akame and Yukito simply vanished and reappeared a few feet away. "Cowards! Stop running and fight me face to face!"
"Ah, ninja lesson number one: always dodge except when blocking is absolutely necessary. If ya do that, you get more ways to kill yer enemy — oh?" Kiba had sneaked behind Yukito and swung his holy demonic sword at an angle that wouldn't cut Issei… but Yukito caught the sword… with his bare hands. "See like this! I had to block it, so I did."
"Who are you?! I've never seen anyone skilled enough to catch a sword, much less Kiba's." said Rias.
"Didn't I already say ninja lesson number one. Ya could obviously imply that I'm a ninja. Duh." said Yukito after vanishing to another corner of the house along with Akame and a paralyzed Issei.
"What's this movement technique — I've never seen it before… More importantly, why are there ninjas here?" muttered Rias.
"Buchou, I've tripled the layers on the barriers, so they should have a tough time getting through now." Akeno was discreetly muttering incantations to add layers of barriers under her breath as Xenovia and Kiba were distracting the ninja duo.
"Good job, Akeno. Now we just need to find some way to get Issei back… Wait! Gasper! We need your ability right now! What? Where did he go?" asked Rias as she looked around.
"He went running off into his chambers when we drew our weapons." replied a smiling Akeno. "It was very cute."
"Tch. I can't leave or else these two would run off with Issei… What should we do… " Rias glared at the two at the corner of the room, just opposite of the shower. "Akeno, go find Gasper — We will stall them."
"Certainly, Buchou." Akeno left the room.
"Bye-bye Miss Tea Brewer," Yukito said. He face Rias again. "My, whatta scary face ya got there — but we really gotta leave now or else it'll be too late, ya'know. So please, excuse us — "
"You're not going anywhere until you safely return Issei," Rias replied sharply.
"Ya really need to calm down — it'll only be for a little while — "
"No, you will give him back before you leave this building."
"Is that a threat, now? Well, let me tell you, missy. There is a way bigger threat coming this way if we don't leave — right — now — " said Yukito.
"Bigger threat? Please elaborate." said Rias. She intended to stall for time until Akeno came back with Gasper.
"Well, ya see. Hmm, let's make this simple, okay? Big, bad ninjas come for Issei for bad things and we good ninjas save Issei! Hooray!" said Yukito with a big grin.
"In other words, this is for Issei's safety," said Akame.
"U-um, I think Issei is very safe with us and Buchou!" said Asia shyly.
"Oh yeah, blond beauty? Will lemme tell you, this ain't enough — "
"Tell me, who are this "bad ninjas" and what do they want with Issei," interjected Rias.
"Ya really don't want to meet 'em and since this is a nice house 'n all, destroying this place would be a shame — "
"Yukito, they're near… " said Akame
"Ah drat. Ya see, this is what ya get for releasing magical energy before thinkin'. Now listen, if ya settle those damn barriers down righ' now, we might have a chance to keep Issei alive! How does that sound — great righ'?" said Yukito
"No. I want you to hand over Issei — we can protect him just fine." Rias said.
"No choice then — just gonna have to bust our — " Yukito was cut off as he froze in time along with Akame and Issei.
"My, my. Not talking so much now are we? Good job Gasper. Ufufufu." Akeno was at the entrance way with a slightly shaking Gasper, who was staring intently at the trio to prevent them from moving.
"Akeno, get Issei and put some bindings on the two ninjas," Rias said.
"Of course, Buchou." Akeno took Issei and laid him on one of the couches. "Ah, my poor Issei. Don't worry we'll get you out of it soon." Issei gratefully looked at Akeno but couldn't do any more. Akeno then proceeded to use magical bindings to tie up Yukito and Akame.
"Good job Gasper, you can let them go now."
"O-okay, Buchou." Gasper dropped his gaze to let the two ninjas free of his time control.
"Huh? Wha' happened? Weren't we about to leave or something? What's with these bindings? Hey, the hell — "
"It seems they have got us," said Akame ever so calmly.
"What? Preposterous! — wait… wait, is that the little girl with time-freezing powers! Yeah that is her, it matches the descriptions… I read abou' her in an archive before! I thought she's a vampire — what's she doin' her? It's all yer fault Akame! You were in charge of intel!" accused Yukito.
"My fault? Need I remind you that you were the one rambling the whole time instead of busy finding a way to escape?"
"Well, how should I have known there was a time-freezing little girl in the house?"
"Intel is never a hundred percent correct. We have to adapt under the circumstances — "
"Enough! And by the way, Gasper is a boy," (Yukito looked shocked and disappointed by this) interjected Rias. "Now, you two are going to tell me everything you know and want with Issei." She had a very hair-raising look on her face.
"Aw, shit. We are totally screwed," muttered Yukito.
"You bet your ass you are!" said Issei as he tested his arm. Akeno freed the paralysis through her magic somehow. "I'm gonna beat the crap out of you."
"Half a kilometer away, Yukito," informed Akame.
"Ah, looks like we'll all be screwed together. Ha-ha-ha, this will be fun!" grinned Yukito
"What do you mean — " Rias began, but a loud explosion followed by the sound of clinking armor interrupted her.
"Yukito Aikawa, Akame Nakamura!" yelled a bellowing voice from outside. "Come outside this instant, along with Hyoudou Issei — so I can slaughter you all!"
End of Chapter 2