I should make this a habit to say, specifically at the start of every story. Please do not expect much from me, I know better than anyone that I am NOT a good writer. This story is either going to be very bad or mediocre at best. At least, that's what I think.
But anyway, this story is getting positive responses so far. Hopefully I can keep it that way. Also, sorry to say but don't expect frequent updates. I update when a chapter is done and I only write when I feel like it, sorry, but if I don't do that it just starts to feel like work to me. Now let's get to it.
Disclaimer: I don't own High School DxD, please don't sue me.
Chapter 1: So I'm A Devil Now, Huh?
"Alright Yo-chan, be good, understand?"
"That's right, behave yourself now."
A man and a woman told their one and only son with smiles. The boy in question didn't seem to show any emotion in his expression but nodded nonetheless.
"Yes Tou-san, Kaa-san."
With that, the two then closed the door and left their son at home alone.
RIINNNGGGG!
That was the first thing Yoichi Kakazu heard when he woke up that morning, his damn alarm clock. He has a bunch of them so the one he broke yesterday didn't really matter. Sometimes he wondered why he decided to replace them when he was just gonna-
SMASH!
-break them anyway. Opening his eyes to reveal his golden orbs, Yoichi sat up from his bed half asleep. When he looked around, he found that he was in his bedroom. 'The hell?' was his first thought.
'Ah crap, let my guard down.'
"At last! Time to eat!"
Yoichi immediately broke out of his half asleep state when that scene flashed in his head. His eyes widened. That's right, he died. So why the hell was he suddenly in his bedroom? 'Was that all a dream?' It very well could've been. However, he couldn't shake off the feeling of it. It all felt so real.
"Oh well." He shrugged and decided to just forget about it for now. However, there was one thing he'll make sure to get back to.
The short girl with white hair. He still remembers what he saw yesterday. Despite her small stature, she had superhuman strength. Which means she could provide a VERY good fight.
Dream or not, he was not sure. However, he's gonna at least find that girl and make sure. She wore the Kuoh Academy uniform so he should be able to find her there.
"Alright, let's see if I can find her." He mumbled to himself. He was about to get up until,
"…Unnn"
He heard a sweet sound. That was when he turned and noticed the huge lump under his sheets. He immediately took action and pulled his sheets to reveal…something he never expected.
What lied in front of him on his bed was a girl, a beautiful girl. Her most obvious feature would most definitely be her crimson hair…oh yeah, she's also completely naked. No big deal…until he then realized he was naked too.
"…"
Yoichi did nothing but stare for a moment, trying to process the situation. The first thought that came to mind was, "The fuck?"
Ok, now he KNEW this was bullshit! He doesn't even interact that much with girls and now all of a sudden he managed to seduce one? Bullshit! He tried to remember some other details but nothing came to mind. So he did what he thought was the best move.
"Alright, get up." He shook her awake.
The girl's eyes fluttered as they began to open, revealing a pair of green orbs.
"Good morning, how are you feeling?" She asked smiling, seeming to not care that her naked body was exposed.
"Pretty good, a bit confused though." Yoichi shrugged before getting up and started to get dressed.
"I'm quite surprised you're not flustered or panicking." She said as she sat up and brushed her hair off of her face. Her sitting up gave Yoichi more of a view to her abnormally LARGE assets but he looked away.
"Yeah, I try to be." Yoichi replied. "But anyway, mind giving me an explanation. Pretty sure I was dying or something before this."
The girl nodded at the question, "Ah yes, well, it's quite simple. Yes, you did die, but I brought you back."
Yoichi stopped his dressing and turned to stare at the girl with a deadpanned expression. Giving her a few seconds to correct herself if she said something wrong.
When she didn't, he decided to ask, "How?"
"By turning you into a devil." She replied nonchalantly.
…
Silence.
"…Uh-huh, so I'm a devil." Yoichi started. "And I suppose YOU'RE an angel that fell from heaven," he proceeded with sarcasm.
"No, I'm a devil from hell, the exact opposite." She said casually as if it was a completely normal thing to say. "I'm also your master. Nice to meet you, Yoichi Kakazu. My name is Rias Gremory."
.
.
.
Again, silence.
Yoichi just stared at the girl for a moment. Smile still plastered on her face. He had only two words to reply with.
"Get out."
Later
The two of them were now dressed in their uniforms and were at the dining table. Since Yoichi couldn't cook, Rias had to make breakfast. The two of them were having a conversation in which Yoichi had quite a few questions.
"Ok, you got any proof that backs up all this crap you're saying?" Yoichi raised an eyebrow. He was open minded, but all the stuff she just said sounded really stupid. This could very much be a scam or something.
"I assumed that after getting killed by a giant spider, this wouldn't be too hard to believer." Rias replied as she sipped some tea.
"So that WAS real." Yoichi sighed. Then, a thought came to mind. "If what happened yesterday was real, that means the white haired squirt is real too, right?"
Rias stopped sipping and raised an eyebrow at the question, "Since you said "White haired" I'm going to assume you mean Koneko. And yes, she is very much real. She's another one of my servants."
"Heh."
"Hm?"
Rias then noticed that an eerie smile had formed on Yoichi's face, and she could've sworn she saw a pair of devil horns grew on his head, "Hehehe, that's good." He mumbled to himself.
"I certainly hope you don't plan on doing anything bad to her. She did try to save you, you know?" Rias said and Yoichi could hear the warning in her tone.
Raising his hands up in surrender, Yoichi answered, "Oh no, wouldn't dream of it." He waved off. "Anyway, what else can you tell me?"
"I'll explain in more detail to you at school. For now, you should hurry up and eat before we're late." She said.
The both of them then hurried up with their breakfast and left the house shortly after.
Later
On the way to school, Yoichi noticed that he was feeling quite uncomfortable, the culprit of his discomfort was the sun. For some reason, the heat was getting to him more than usual. When he asked Rias about it, she said it had something to do with him being a devil and he'd get used to it eventually.
Oh yeah, another thing he found out about her is that she's a third year. Meaning she's older than him.
"Is it alright if I ask a question?" Rias asked, making conversation.
"You just did." Yoichi replied but Rias just rolled her eyes at that before asking.
"I notice that you're living alone. Where are your parents?"
Yoichi rolled his eyes at the question. "I don't know where they are EXACTLY. They travel around the world a lot and just send me money every month to live off of."
"I see." Rias nodded and decided to not pry any further.
It wasn't really that sore of a subject for Yoichi though, he's already come to terms with that. His parents have just kind of neglected him his whole life. If they didn't send him money every month, he would've assumed they actually forgot about him.
"Oh, hold on." Yoichi said breaking out of his thoughts. The two of them had arrived at the abandoned neighbourhood, that Yoichi always passes by.
As they entered it, Yoichi looked around the place, "Heh, who would've thought I'd get killed around here of all places?" he snorted.
"Indeed." Rias said. "I heard you crossed this neighbourhood every day. Why is that? There are plenty of other routes, they're faster even."
Yoichi turned towards her with a smile, "Because, that." He exclaimed at pointed at the path.
…
Silence.
"I saaaaaid, that!"
Still silence.
"Goddammit." He sighed.
"What were you expecting?" Rias sweat dropped.
"This is usually the part where a bunch of street thugs or delinquents come and attack me. Guess there aren't any today, that's disappointing." Yoichi sighed, sounding a little disappointed.
"Why would you want to be attack by those kind of people?" Rias asked.
"Because I wanna fight, duh." Yoichi answered as if it was the most obvious thing. "They might not be very challenging to fight, but it's better than no fight at all."
His words then caused Rias to once again sweat dropped. It seemed her new servant was a battle maniac.
Tap Tap Tap
But then they heard the sound of footsteps. Up in the distance, they saw two guys walking by. It was, the two guys that Yoichi beat up yesterday…covered in bandages.
When the two turned and saw Yoichi and Rias, they both gasped.
"You again!"
"Why are you here?!"
They both shouted at Yoichi.
"You two, what's up?" Yoichi said nonchalantly despite their shout. "Shouldn't you guys be at the hospital or something?"
"After what you did to us yesterday, we should!" The first one yelled.
"But we're street thugs! You think we got money for a hospital bill?!" The second one yelled.
Scratching his head, Yoichi thought about it for a moment. "I guess not."
""Screw you!""
At this point, Rias seemed confused at their interactions.
"Are these two friends of yours?" She asked.
"No, they're thugs I beat up yesterday." Yoichi said uncaringly.
""Gah!""
The two of them looked at Rias as if they had just noticed her and let out a grunt.
"Heh, this your girlfriend?" The first one snorted.
"Ain't you just living the life?" The second one said.
"Oh no, she's just a senior at my school." Yoichi just waved it off.
"That so, well we're gonna go now." The first one said as he was about to walk away.
"Where are you two going anyway?" Yoichi asked. "Where's your gang?"
"No idea, we're looking for them." The second thug said. "The boss said we were gonna have a meeting today but no one except us has showed up."
The first thug nodded, "Yeah, in fact we haven't seen much of anyone. The other street gangs and delinquents, it's been a while since we've seen any of em. It's like they're disappearing or something."
This seemed to peak Rias's interest as she paid attention to the conversation.
"Oh yeah, there HAS been a shortage of prey–I mean opponents here." Yoichi commented.
"Yeah well, we're heading out now you son of a bitch."
That the last thing they said before walking away. Yoichi then turned to Rias.
"Well, let's go." But then he noticed her staring at him funny. "What?"
"Nothing except, you said you fought with them but you three were talking like friends." She said with amusement in her tone.
"Yeah, whatever."
And with that, the two of them headed to school.
Kuoh Academy
We now go back to the school we all know and love, Kuoh Academy. Yoichi and Rias were nearing the gates. Whenever they passed by students, they would immediately stop and start gossiping or something.
"No…no way."
"It can't be! It's impossible!"
"He must've done her homework or paid her or something!"
"Why is Rias-oneesama with THAT guy?!"
"It's gotta be a nightmare!"
Each and every one of them were comments about Yoichi being in the presents of Rias who was apparently pretty popular. Not that he cared, at this point, all he wanted was an explanation.
The two of them finally split when they reached the entrance of the main school building.
"I'll send someone to fetch you later." Rias told him.
"Of course you're gonna make me wait." Yoichi sighed. "Well, whatever."
Rias went upstairs and Yoichi was about to head to the roof, intending to skip class and take a nap but then,
"YOIICCCCHIIIIIII!"
"Guha!"
A familiar voice shouted and in a flash, someone came crashing into Yoichi and he fell over from pure shock. It was Tatsumi, and now they were both on the ground with several other students looking at them weirdly.
"Are you hurt?! What did they do to you to convince you?!" Tatsumi kept shouting as he grabbed Yoichi by the collar of his shirt and shook him, "You've gotta talk to me Yoichi! What did they do!? I'm not seeing any obvious contusions or lacerations thank goodness but still! We're not out of the woods just yet." He stopped shaking Yoichi and simply held onto him. "Let's get those clothes off and have a loo–Guha!"
Tatsumi was cut off from his creepy behavior by a punch to his face, courtesy of Yoichi who had a tick mark on his head with a slightly irritated look on his face.
"Tatsumi!" You could actually hear the annoyance in his voice. "Am I supposed to have the first clue on what you're talking about? Cause if you don't stop gabbing I swear on my lif–"
"That's right!" Tatsumi cut him off by grabbing his wrist. "We need to get somewhere with no people!" and with that, ran out the building with light speed, pulling Yoichi the whole time.
On the upper floor were Rias and a young bespectacled woman around the same age as her. The young woman had a slim figure, black hair styled in a short bob cut, violet eyes and was wearing the Kuoh Academy girl's uniform.
This girl is Souna Shitori, or better known as Sona Sitri, the heiress to the Sitri clan. She is not only a devil, but also the student council president of the school.
From up there, the two of them watched the two second years, Yoichi and Tatsumi, ran out of the building.
"I see my new servant and one your two new ones have already been acquainted." Rias commented with a smile.
"Indeed." Sona commented. "But I'm quite surprised, it's not like you to pick up someone on a whim. Not to mention, didn't you have your eyes set on someone else?" she was of course, referring to a certain brown haired pervert.
To her question, Rias just kept smiling as she answered, "I'm not sure, but I suppose you could call it a stroke of luck that I found him. Aside from the other one, I can also sense something from this one."
Sona stayed silent for a moment, simply staring at her friend, "I see."
Meanwhile
"Alright! It should be safe here."
"Why'd we have to go all the way here you nutjob?"
Tatsumi and Yoichi were now behind to school building. Here, no one was around and able to hear them so it was completely fine to talk. The two of them then squat down and looked each other in the eyes. Tatsumi's expression serious while Yoichi's expression lazy.
"Ok idiot, what'd you wanna talk about?" Yoichi started.
Tatsumi pushed up his glasses before answering, "Right, well, you were with Rias Gremory-senpai so I assume you're a devil." Yoichi immediately froze up at his words. "I just wanted to know, did they force you to join? Because, I honestly can't see you agreeing to be someone's servant…then again, there IS fighting involved in all this so I suppose they persuaded you with that."
…
Whoosh~
It was silent as the wind blew. The two stared at each other for a moment.
"Yoichi?"
"…grrrrrrr…." A low growl came out of Yoichi through gritted teeth.
"huh?!" Tatsumi let out a small gasp as Yoichi grabbed him by the collar. "Y-Yoichi?"
"Tatsumi…" Yoichi's voice was still calm, but there was obvious malice in it. "What do you know about this devil thing? Cause I seriously need some answers or I'll go crazy."
"Hold on a moment!" Tatsumi grabbed Yoichi's wrist and got the latter's hands off his collar. "How do you NOT know anything?! Hasn't Rias Gremory-senpai explained the situation to you when she asked you to join her peerage."
"What peerage? She hasn't given me an explanation on anything." Yoichi growled. "This morning she said I was a devil and when we got to school she said she would explain it to me in more detail."
Tatsumi seemed to freeze up, "Wait, then how did you get turned into a devil?"
"Apparently I got killed last night. I remember the thing calling itself a stray devil or whatever. And Rias said she brought me back by turning me into a devil." Yoichi answered.
After he said that, a dangerous glint flashed Tatsumi's eyes, "I see… And that stray devil, was it killed?"
"I think so." Yoichi raised an eyebrow. "Why?"
"It's nothing, just glad I didn't have to get my hands dirty." Tatsumi answered. "Anyway, now I know that you know NOTHING so I suppose I can help you out by telling you what I know. Firstly, Rias Gremory-senpai is not crazy, you actually ARE a devil now. Moving on, what killed you was a stray devil, they are devils who had betrayed or killed their masters. Cases like that rarely occur but the power of devils are so enormous you can't even compare it to when you were human."
"Wait, we get a power up when we're turned into devils?" Yoichi interrupted.
"Yes, you'll see soon enough." Tatsumi answered. "Anyway, with immense power like that, people are obviously going to get greedy. People who want to use it for their own self-interest. THOSE are stray devils. They leave their master's side and cause trouble somewhere else, in a way, they are like stray dogs."
"And on another note, if you a stray devil is found, their master or other devils are ordered to eliminate them, it is devil law. Other supernatural being will eliminate stray devils if they find them."
"Wait, other supernatural beings?" Yoichi perked up.
"That's right. That brings us to the next explanation." Tatsumi nodded as he raised three fingers. "The three factions, the devils, fallen angels, and angels from god's side. However, let's focus on our side. We, the Devils, have been at war with the Fallen Angels since ancient times. We have been fighting over the possession of the Underworld, which is also known as Hell in the human world. The Underworld is split into two areas, one for Devils and one for Fallen Angels. The Devils form pacts with humans and receive their sacrifices and increase their strength. The Fallen Angels on the other hand control humans to eliminate Devils. At this point the Angels come in to destroy these two races on God's orders, which creates the three forces. This has been going on since ancient times."
"And about the occult research club, it is just a cover up. It is actually a place for her peerage to do devil work." He finished up.
"Peerage?" Yoichi asked.
"Yes, as you know, the great war I just told you about between the three groups had severely depleted their numbers, the devils included. Many of the pure blood devils were lost and around half of the 72 pillars have gone extinct. Devils are able to mate with the opposite sex but pure blood devils have a low birth rate so the rebuilding of their population would take a long time." Tatsumi explained.
"Ok, I think I got it. So they decided instead of just fucking several times, they would also recruit humans and make them devils." Yoichi commented.
"Precisely." Tatsumi nodded. "That brings devils like the two of us into the picture, the devils feared of getting over taken by fallen angels since their territory was closer to ours than the angel's side. So, the devils made a different method of increasing their numbers: By turning members of other species into devils, as their servants. The devil made technology to do this is called the [Evil Pieces]."
"Hold on, "Servants"?" Yoichi raised an eyebrow. "Explain THAT would ya?"
"Hmmmm…" Tatsumi hummed to himself. "I really shouldn't. Most of this should've been explained to you by your master, Rias Gremory-senpai."
"C'mon man, just tell me. Please."
Tatsumi pinched his chin thinking about it for a moment before coming to the conclusion. "Very well." He sighed. "That brings us into the topic of [Evil Pieces]. As I said several times, the devils lost a lot of their kind. The [Evil Piece] was to speed up the process of increasing their numbers. Here's what happened, devils with a Peerage decide to use the traits of the human's game "Chess" to their Servant Devils. It was also sarcasm, because most of the servants are Devils that were reincarnated from humans. Since then, Chess became a popular game in the world of the Devils. We'll leave that aside. Devils who are masters are a [King]. In our case, that is me. From there, they created 5 special traits that consist of [Queen], [Knight], [Rook], [Bishop] and [Pawn]. Since they couldn't make an army, they decided to have a small number of Devils and give them enormous powers. This system was made in the past few hundred years, and this unexpectedly became popular amongst Devils with peerage."
"So a peerage can only have a maximum of sixteen servants?" Yoichi asked but got a shook of his head from Tatsumi.
"Not necessarily, you see, depending on the ability of the person being reincarnated, more [Evil Pieces] will be consumed." He explained. "There's a saying like this in the world of chess. Queens have a value of 9 Pawns. Rooks have a value of 5 Pawns. Knights and Bishops have a value of 3 Pawns each. Like this, there are standard values that also apply to the Evil Pieces. A similar phenomenon happens to those reincarnated. If there are those who can only be reincarnated with 2 Knight pieces, then there are also those who need 2 Rook pieces to be reincarnated. There's also the compatibility with the pieces as well. You can't use 2 separate Pieces to give them different roles, so it's important to think how to use the pieces. Once you use it, Devils won't be given a new [Evil Pieces]."
"I see." Yoichi nodded.
"Anyway, back to the chess rule." Tatsumi said. "They started to compete against each other. For example like, "My Knight is stronger!", or "No, my Rook is stronger!" As a result, High-class Devils started to play a game like that of Chess against each other using their Servant Devils. They call it the "Rating Game". Anyway, this game became very popular amongst the Devils. Now, there are even tournaments for it. The strength of their [Pieces] and also how strong they are at the game affects the Devils' social position, and their peerage. There is a thing called [Piece Collect] where they gather humans with talents and make them into their [Pieces]. It's very popular recently. Talented servants become their status."
"Holy crap." Yoichi gasped in excitement. "That sounds awesome. That means there's a HUGE chance of finding strong opponents!"
"I wouldn't count on that." Tatsumi adjusted his glasses. "Rias Gremory-senpai is not a matured Devil yet, so she can't participate in the official tournament. Even if she could, there are things she would need to go through, or else she can't play. In short, you and her other servants here won't be participating in a game for a while." He said and Yoichi slumped his shoulders forward in disappointment.
"Though, if you agree to be her servant, after a while, you should be able to participate." Tatsumi assured him and Yoichi perked up. "While you're waiting for that time, you can use this time to train. There are many powerful devils and other beings out there that make you seem like an ant compared to them."
"HAHAHAHAHA! Yes!" Yoichi shouted in excitement. That wasn't gonna make him scared, the thought that there are several powerful opponents out there are just gonna make him excited.
"Oh, one last question though." Yoichi said.
"Ask away."
"That means you're part of a peerage too right?" Tatsumi nodded. "So let me guess, you and the student council members are devils too. And your master's the student council president."
"Very perceptive of you." Tatsumi commented with a smile. "Though, I expected no less from you."
RIIIIIIINNNNNNGGGGG!
It was at that moment that the bell rang to indicate the start of class.
"Alright, that's all you need to know. Let's head to class." Not giving Yoichi a chance to reply, Tatsumi ran off, leaving him behind.
After School
It was the end of the school day and Yoichi stayed back in class today instead of leaving straight away like usual. He was currently waiting for the person Rias was gonna send to fetch him. He knows more about the current situation thanks to Tatsumi and now he knew how he was gonna handle this. He's gotta hand it to Tatsumi's master, she sure provides information.
On another note, throughout the school day, all Yoichi heard was stupid gossip about how he must be threatening Rias to be with him or how he possibly raped her or something. There were also some silent death threats from jealous guys, not that he cared. In fact if they wanted a fight, he would welcome it.
"Kyaaa~!"
"It's Kiba-kun!"
"He's here!"
Suddenly, there was an uproar from the girls still remaining in class. Yoichi looked to the entrance of the classroom to see Yuuto Kiba, the prince of the school, not that Yoichi knew that. Kiba is a handsome young man with short blonde hair, grey eyes, and a mole under his left eye. He wore the boy's uniform fully and cleanly.
"Hello, how're you doing?" Yoichi looked up to see that said pretty boy, had walked up to his desk and made conversation.
"Good, let me guess, you're the person Rias sent to fetch me." Yoichi replied
"Indeed, please follow me." Kiba gestured.
Yoichi got up and started following behind him. As they walked, he could hear whispers coming from the girls.
"No way, why is Kiba-kun hanging out with him?!"
"That problem child better not do anything to Kiba-kun or else he's dead."
"What's going today?" Yoichi mumbled to himself. Were all these people he's meeting today THAT popular?
After a few minutes of walking they reached the old school building. They walked around the building until Kiba stopped at one room and knocked on the door.
"Buchou, I have brought him." He said after knocking.
"Yes. Come in." A voice through the door called out.
With that, Kiba opened the door and they both walked in. Surveying the room, Yoichi noticed...oh yes.
"…" sitting there on the couch, was the white haired girl from yesterday. She was currently eating some kind of candy with the same stoic expression that Yoichi remembers.
"Well hello there." Yoichi greeted.
Kiba walked forward and gestured slightly to him, "This is Yoichi Kakazu."
The girl, Yoichi remembers Rias calling "Koneko" or something, nodded to him, "Nice to meet you." Before going back to her treat.
Sha~
Yoichi then heard the sound of flowing water and turned to see a shower, a freaking shower! After a few minutes, the sound of water stopped and Yoichi heard two voices.
"Buchou, take this." A voice that was unfamiliar.
"Thank you Akeno." Rias's voice.
A few more minutes later, the shower curtains opened to reveal Rias drying her hair with a towel and another girl.
The other girl had black hair tied into a long ponytail reaching all the way down to her legs with an orange ribbon keeping it in place. She had a voluptuous figure and a chest slightly even bigger than Rias.
"I'm sorry. I couldn't take a shower last night because I stayed the night at your place, so I took one now." Rias said.
"It's cool." Yoichi waved it off.
The second girl seemed to take interest when she noticed him, "Ara ara. Hello, my name Akeno Himejima. Pleased to make you acquaintance." She introduced herself in a polite manner.
"Yoichi Kakazu, nice to meetcha." Yoichi greeted back casually.
Once all the introductions were over, Rias decided to get down to business. In other words, "Looks like everyone is here. Yoichi Kakazu-kun. No, let me call you Yoichi."
"Whatever." Yoichi shrugged. It's show time.
"We, the occult research club welcome you–"
"As a devil, right?" Yoichi cut her off. He smirked slightly at the slightly taken aback look on Rias's face. He walked up to the coffee table in the middle of the room. "Ok, I'll cut in right here."
He then raised his foot up in the air and–
BAM! CRASH!
Slammed his foot onto the coffee table and it flew to the wall and broke into pieces.
"Uh!" the other members let out small gasps but quickly recovered and put their guards up, ready if Yoichi was going to get hostile. The latter simply smirked at this.
"Alright, and what's THIS about?" Rias asked, surprisingly not affected.
"Simple, I don't need an explanation, I already know the situation." Yoichi shrugged.
"Is that so?" Rias asked.
"Yup. Apparently my best friend was a devil too and he told me everything." Yoichi answered. "Here's my answer, the whole devil thing sound pretty awesome considering the rating game I could participate in, in about a few years. Although, before I join your peerage I have on request."
Rias raised an eyebrow, "And what is that?"
Smirking, Yoichi turned to the one person that's peaked his interest the most in the room. He pointed a finger at Koneko, "Let me fight the squirt."
Chapter End
And that's chapter one. Let me know what you think. I don't really have anything else to say besides that.
I'm gonna go now. See ya.