A/N: Hello everyone, this is deacon94 here with a new fic, this one is wasn't actually my idea, this is actually a request from uub to use his OC in a fic, he couldn't do it for several reasons and asked me if I was interested which I was and after working out the details, here is the first chapter of many, I just hope I do the character justice, anyway you guys know the drill by know, read enjoy and review with your thoughts however serious flames will be deleted on this fic, I can take that on my own fics as they are all my own ideas, however, the both of us worked on the details on this one so you don't like it, then f you simple.
Anyway hope you guys enjoy it Ja Ne
Chapter 1
New Beginnings
Three of them, three stray devils have been razing enough havoc that their duke and former master was desperate enough to hire me to take them out for him, currently they have settled into an old abandoned manor house on the Lower East side of town, they have been picking off any random person unlucky enough to wonder by, officially the story is that they are either missing. The populace likes to say that they have been "spirited away" by the ghosts in the manor house, how I wish that was true, the reality is always more gruesome than what is let on and that is when people like me get called in to clean up somebody else's mess.
My name is Haru Dragneel, but right now in this moment I am Wyvern a mercenary contracted to "deal with the stray trash besmirching my family name" as my employer so kindly put it, nobles always seem to believe that they can do what they want, regardless of the consequences and when the shit hits the fan, they throw their hands up in the air and look either for someone to hang the blame on or hire people like me to deal with it quietly, needless to say these people make up the majority of my employers, I have my targets and my plan is already set, time to go to work.
Outside the manor house
I know these particular strays M.O they use the female member to lure in their prey, often males get snared in the case of a female the female stray will act hurt and act like her friend is being raped in the building, very clever but obvious, for this hunt I need to play the part of the innocent dunder head civilian whose head gets turned at the site of a naked woman gesturing me to "come hither" so to play the part I ditch my work clothes and put on my civilian clothes, nothing fancy just a normal white dress shirt, a pair of ripped jeans and a plain black coat, and sure enough there she is stark naked and giving me bedroom eyes, hook line and sinker now to act the idiot, I look to me left and right looking for anyone else and point at myself the universal idiot way of saying "you mean me?"
She nods her head and motions me to follow her into the building, I follow cautiously, the last thing that I want to happen is to get ambushed from behind, once in the building it is pitch black and I can barely see anything in the darkness, "Hey where are you?" A deep voice answers, "Oh what do we have here, he smells absolutely delicious." Another voice rings out from somewhere to my side, "I agree brother he will make some good eatin, hehehe so who gets first bite?" Finally the female voice answers from my other side, "Hey I lured him here, and I should get first bite!" The deeper voice answers back, "Enough! There is plenty to share so LETS EAT!" In a blur of movement the three Strays burst out of the darkness and they are hideous, one looks like a really bad of attempt to copy the Human Centipede, a long body with lots of feet, no hands and just a torso and face on the top with a really long freaking tongue, the other is smaller but no less ugly if I were to describe it I would say it looks like the love child of an ape on steroids and a lion, a bulky, hairy torso and a smashed in face with a lions lower body, the female is the worst of all, it is the simplest to describe. Giant. Freaking. SNAKE!
"Man you guys are the ugliest mother fuckers I have ever seen." The Strays share a look, of puzzlement? I don't know it is very hard to make out facial feature as there are right now, before the ape/lion thing pounces at me, I jump backwards toward the entrance and make a run for it, I was sorely tempted to stop at the entrance and do the whole Jack Sparrow routine just to piss them off more but no bad idea I seriously need to get moving, every second counts.
As Haru runs from the building the Strays smirk, "I love it when they try to run, get him!" the three chase after him, easily catching up to him on the street, Haru looks back and smirks, 'All according to plan' the Snake hisses as she swings her tail around and tries to swipe Haru into a nearby building, Haru sees it coming from on the fringes of his vision, he rolls on the ground narrowly getting under the incoming tail, the Snake hisses furiously, "Stand still you little midget and let me already!" A tick mark forms on Haru's forehead and pulses, he grits his teeth and runs faster, looking back he realizes that they are going to catch him before he can lead them to the site, smirking as a plan comes to him, he jumps out of the way of a massive fist from the Ape and throws three little white balls at the Strays, as soon as they hit, they explode into a white plume that has the Strays blinded and coughing, Haru takes advantage and runs on.
Clearing the smoke out of their faces the Strays thrash about and tear after their prey, they track his scent and smirk, he has run into a dead end, they turn the corner and there he is banging on a warehouse door trying to get in, they circle him and cut of all routes of escape, they have him trapped. The leader slithers forward and a serpentine grin spreads on its face, "Any last words human." Haru looks down and a hidden smirk forms on his face, "Yeah I do, Boom!" With a snap of his fingers the ground underneath the Strays lights up and forms three blood red runes, before they can even contemplate the meaning, the runes explode violently, vaporising the Strays from existence, leaving only Haru standing in the middle of a pile of ash, Haru's smirk widens, pulls out a cigar and uses one of the burning embers on the ground to light it, inhaling deeply Haru smiles, "I love it when a plan comes together."
As Haru starts to walk away, another light appears behind him, turning around quickly and igniting his fists with his flames Haru's eyes widen with shock, standing before him is a beautiful woman, wearing a blue maid costume, Haru is no fool he knows who she is, 'The Strongest Queen' Grayfia, Queen to one of the 4 Satans and one of the most powerful devils in existence, 'Shit I don't stand a chance against her but I am not going down with a fight a least.' Grayfia looks around her and notices the ash piles, "Huh nice, neat and tidy execution and minimal damage down with minimum loss of life, you are everything they say you are Wyvern."
Haru remains cautions and keeps up his professional attitude, "You've heard of me then?" Grayfia nods unblinking before stepping forward, Haru instantly jumps back and prepares an attack, Grayfia holds her hands out in front of her, "Relax Wyvern, I did not come to fight, in fact just the opposite, your reputation has caught the attention of my Master and he has a job for you should you be interested that is?" Haru cocks an eyebrow at the offer, 'Ok the Strongest Queen appears out of nowhere after me completing a routine clean up job, yeah right no job is every routine, it is when everything is going to plan is when shit hits the fan, but what do I do, she is way out of my league and if I refuse she might take offence and act to defend her Masters honour, on the other this job is probably important and most likely risky, I am stuck between a rock and hard place on this one, but I'd rather go through a horde of Strays that fight Grayfia so my choice is made', "Alright I'm interested, lead the way."
Grayfia has a ghost of a smile on her face as she grabs the young man by the shoulder and teleports them both to the Underworld.
Sirzech's Castle
Grayfia and Haru are teleported in a large meeting hall completely decorated and with a few maids running around putting the finishing touches to several large dinning tables, Haru looks a bit green as he grabs the nearest chair to steady himself, he glares at Grayfia, "Never do that again without warning me first ok" Grayfia smiles slightly before regaining her cold attitude, "Come, my Master is waiting for you." Grayfia leads Haru through the halls of the castle, the place is huge, the hallways alone would be able to hold an entire classroom in them, finally they arrive at a set of tall, heavy oak doors, Grayfia pushes them open and motions for Haru to go in, "Wyvern is here my Master as you commanded." A figure in a ornate chair at the far end of the room gets up and walks into the light, revealing Sirzechs Lucifer, the current Lucifer and Super Devil, his very presence sends shivers up Haru's spine, every instinct and cell in his body is standing at attention simply by being in the same room as this man.
The man devil in question has long crimson hair, wearing midnight black armour and green eyes, he looks serious, he gets closer and grabs Haru by the shoulder, "So you're the Wyvern that has been making an impression on all the factions lately then?" Haru gulps and nods his head, Sirzechs smirks at the humans obvious nervousness and lets up on the killing intent he had been pushing out since he walked through the door, grabs both his shoulders and smiles, "Hey now I don't bite, lighten up Wyvern, I asked you here to do a job only you can do for me." He gestures for him to sit down in a chair on the opposite his own.
"What kind of job is it?" Sirzechs smiles widely, "It is a bit different than your usual jobs however depending on events it will require your unique skill set" He rummages around in his armour and brings out a picture, the picture details a young woman with the same crimson hair and teal green eyes wearing a Kuoh Academy uniform, "This is my little sister Rias Gremory, current heir to the Gremory family, she currently has only three peerage members and is in her second year at the Academy, your job Wyvern is to be a bodyguard for her, unlike others however you will be protecting her from the shadows."
Haru looks critically at the photo and raises an eyebrow, "Surely if she is an heir to the family she is a powerful devil, plus she has the beginnings to peerage and if she is anything like you, she will only turn strong warriors for her peerage." Sirzechs laughs at his statement,"Haha that is true, however, I worry about her constantly and this is just reassurance and when I said that you are perfect for this job it is because of your uniqueness, you are human no question about that and you are also the same age as my little Ria-tan so you can be closer to her than any bodyguards I could send, but don't get to close, if I find out you spoiled my little Ria-tan I will-"
Before Sirzechs can finished Grayfia appeared behind him and whacked him over the head with a frying pan, leaving a large painful bump on the devils head, she looks at Haru with an extremely embarrassed and apologetic at least it looked like that, she was still pretty much an expressionless mask apart from her eyes, she bows low, "I apologise for my Masters behaviour Wyvern-san." Haru just waves his hands in the air, "No no it is alright, im sorta used to that kind of behaviour hehehe." Grayfia cocks an eyebrow at that but other wise walks back to her position behind Sirzechs.
Sirzechs still rubbing his bump, "Grayfia-chan~ that hurt." Haru sweatdrops,' This guy is meant to be the most powerful devil in the world?' Sirzechs smiles at Haru, "So Wyvern will you take the job?" Haru looks at the picture again and wonders about the job on the one hand it should be easy, protecting a high class devil that more or less can take care of herself plus has a peerage to back her up should things get out of hand on the other there is something that Sirzechs isn't telling him and he doesn't like it, "You say you want me to keep to the shadows, which means you don't want her to find out that you hired me to babysit her correct?"
Sirzechs looks shocked both at the young mans, deduction and the term he used, he was caught off guard thinking that this man was just another dumb mercenary, "Yes you are correct, your point is?" Haru's face remains blank, giving nothing away, "If I must reveal myself, what should I say or do, this woman looks smart and will easily see through a lie." Sirzechs smile gets even wider, 'I have defiantly found a jewel in the rough here, not only is he powerful but smart too', "Simple you are going to be transferred into her class anyway, I have made sure of that so that is one thing covered, if you reveal your "talents" in front of her or her peerage make sure it is for a good reason, under no circumstances are you to reveal that I hired you. Is that understood?"
Haru smiles, "Sirzechs you have a deal, I'll babysit your little sister, there is matter of contract length and payment however as well as the fact that I am going to need somewhere to live while on this job." Sirzechs smirks, 'Clever he is going to milk this for all it is worth, I don't know whether to be impresses or pissed at him', "Alright this contract will last until you and Rias graduate, if you wish to continue the contract then I will be happy to extend it, as for payment, I will be sending you monthly instalments of 50,000 yen every month, as for a place to live, I have procured a house for you, all expenses are paid by me."
Haru smiles,' this is a good deal, the pay could be better but then again it is just a bodyguard detail, but the benefits are definitely worth it', Sirzechs you've got yourself a bodyguard, pleasure to be working for you." Sirzechs smiles and shakes Haru's hand, "Excellent, I will expect monthly status reports, Grayfia or one of my other servants will be delivering your pay so just give a verbal or written report to them and they will relay it to me." Haru nods, "Now Grayfia here will take you to your house, you will find that it is fully stocked and equipped and I took the liberty of providing you with an Academy uniform."
Haru looks a little worried about that little bit, 'How the heck did he know my size to order me a uniform, I better be more careful if this idiot has been spying on me' Grayfia grabs Haru by the shoulder and teleports them away from the castle, leaving Sirzechs in his study, 'That boy is going to be very interesting'
Haru's house
In the living room, an ice blue seal shines on the floor and both Grayfia and Haru step out, Haru look slightly less green than his first time teleport although still didn't stop him from glaring daggers at Grayfia for the unexpected teleportation, 'Stupid devils and their fancy teleportation seals', Grayfia looks over the young man and examines him,' hmm a bit shorter than other men, although that definitely hasn't stopped him from building muscle, he does have a good amount of it, he is trained, smart and his looks aren't too bad either in fact he is quite attractive, he is certainly going to leave an impression that is for sure', "Do you need a tour of the house or will you be fine on your own?"
Haru turns to look at Grayfia,' damn it is still hard to get a read on her, it is nearly impossible to tell what she is thinking or feeling. She is very good at remaining a blank emotionless canvas, I would not do well against an opponent like her even if she wasn't the Strongest Queen in existence', "No I should be fine Grayfia-san you can go back to Sirzechs." Grayfia nods and casts the teleportation seal again, before leaving she turns around, "You will find the uniform in your bed on the second floor, it was good to make your acquaintance Wyvern-san" Haru holds up his hands and offers a handshake, "Haru Dragneel, Grayfia-san."
Looking down at his hand, Grayfia shakes his hand and nods before leaving in a flash of light, 'now then lets explore my new home.' The house was a simple two story house, painted white on the outside and had a modern look, surprising since a devil bought it, they usually go for the old style Victorian or Feudal Japanese style homes, four bedrooms, a large living room complete with TV and furniture, a kitchen with everything you could possibly want and more, fully stocked fridge and freezer, the basement however was the best bit, had a custom built freaking swimming pool and gym built under the house, 'Damn I gotta thank Sirzechs for this, he could have just stuck me in an apartment but this is even better than anything I could have hoped for'
Upstairs in the bedroom however, there is a slight problem, Haru is staring down at the monstrosity of a uniform for the Academy, 'Two words; Hell no' "Ok the jacket is a freaking no way in hell am I wearing that, the shirt is okay, I can just unbutton the top buttons and the sleeves and the trousers are good as for the ribbon; FUCK NO that shit is binned!" Haru flops onto the bed, feeling the need to sleep become unbearable he closes his eyes and drifts off to sleep.
Fires burning.. screaming all around me… running, run away from the monsters, mother needs me, "HARU RUN!" turning mother yelling, suddenly halted, a light spear piercing her chest a Fallen one lifting her effortlessly, a cruel smirk on his face… HARU!
"Ahhh!" Haru wakes up in a cold sweat, his heartbeat racing and gulping for air, his eyes begin to shed tears as the memories of that night continue to haunt him, even in his dreams, he isn't safe from them, "When will these nightmares stop, when will these memories stop haunting me!" Haru buries his face in his hands and cries openly, his emotions wrecked from reliving the experience every night for the past 10 years, getting up he touches the scar over his left eye a constant reminder of that night etched on his face, he wipes his tears and puts on his modified uniform, opting to simply carrying the jacket under his arm, if anyone asks he'll say it is too warm to wear it.
Kuoh Academy
Haru is standing at the main gate, checking out the building, he whistles in appreciation, 'Wow they must have spent a fortune on this place, this place practically radiates high class education, everything is damn beautiful, but then again it used to be an all girl school so it is no wonder everything look so neat and proper, ah well can't stand here all damn day, lets get to work'
As Haru walks up the pathway, he is surrounded by muttering and whispering students gossiping about him;
"Hey he's cute is he new or something?
"He better not turn out to be another pervert"
"Great another freaking pretty boy."
"I wonder if I asked him out, would he say yes?"
Haru sweatdrops and quickens his pace, he really isn't used to being the centre of attention, 'Ok first stop Student Council office to get the class schedule and introduce myself, wait ah crap I don't know my way around, I better ask someone, hmm he'll do' "Hey em you there, can you tell where the student council office is, I'm kinda new here and don't know my way around yet."
The boy that Haru called out to stop and turned around, a blonde haired boy with baby blue eyes and wearing the full uniform, "Sure by the way my name is Yuto Kiba, what's yours?" 'Right this is Japan, they give their family names first, it has been a while since I have been back here' "Dragneel, Haru nice to meet you Yuto-san."
The two boys trade small talk back and forth before they reach the student council office, "Well here it is Dragneel-san, I'll see you around, and you should drop by the kendo club if you are interested." Haru shakes Kiba's hand, "Heh sure Yuto-san I might just do that, see you around." Haru slides the door open and walks into the student council room, right in the middle of a meeting, 'Oh shit' "Uh sorry for interrupting, I looking for the student council president?"
A girl with midnight black hair, glasses and violet eyes stands up and walks toward me, 'ok she is hot but looks like she has one major stick shoved up her ass' She stops and looks me up and down , as if she is judging me, "Well what are you here for?" A snappy attitude as well, "I here to get my class schedule and a map of the school." She smiles a little and walks back over to her desk and takes two sheets of paper from her desk drawer and hands them to me, "Here and for future reference it is good manners to knock before entering a room, mister?"
Haru smiles, "Dragneel, Haru, miss?" She smiles more, "Shitori, Sona, nice to meet you Dragneel-san now can you kindly leave and get to class, you interrupted an important meeting." I can tell that I am going to be seeing her around, I kind of like her, "Of course, Shitori-san, nice to meet you."
Haru walks away and shuts the door, 'Heh she really thinks that I wouldn't research all the devil territories near this Academy, she is interesting the heir to the Sitri family and little sister to the current Leviathan Serafall Sitri, this school is getting more and more interesting.'
Classroom 2A, my classroom, I'd better get this over with quickly, Haru knocks on the door and the response to "Come in" sounds from behind the door, Haru enters and walks in, trying his best to ignore the curious looks from the class, the teacher looks at him for a little bit before recognising him, "Ah you must be the new transfer student, well go ahead and introduce yourself son." 'I'll show you to call me son you old fart' Haru bows toward the class and smiles, "My name is Dragneel, Haru pleased to meet you all, I hope we all get along."
The teacher smiles, "Very good Dragneel-san, take the open seat down at the back next to Himejima-san." "Ok sensei", 'wait, did he say Himejima? There is no way that is possible?" As Haru walks toward his seat, he locks eyes with the girl in the seat to his right, beautiful violet eyes, long black hair tied in a low ponytail, a very considerable bust and a smile that would melt any mans heart, but all Haru was thinking, 'Ah fuck it is her, Akeno-chan.'