Highschool DxD Ruin

"Episode 2 - I Get Caught!"

"What? You wanna spar against me?" Kiba asked Sayzer.

"Yeah." he replied with a smirk. "I wanna see what a Knight of the House of a Gremory can do."

Kiba smirked, "I'd be happy to oblige."

Sona overheard the two and looked to Rias, "What do you think, Rias?"

"I'm fine with it. Just remember that it's just sparring."

Kiba and Sayzer looked to each other, "Yes, ma'am."

Opening Theme Song:

Kimi Ga Inai Mirai by Do As Infinity

Issei pumped his fist in the air, "Ah sick! Kiba is going against the new guy in Sona's group. Wonder what he can do."

"I trust Kiba is going to win." Xenovia announced. "He just can't get careless."

"Yeah… If he let's up for even a second, his opponent can capitalize." Asia added, agreeing with Xenovia that Kiba has to be careful.

Gasper whined, covering his eyes and putting his face on the pillows on Akeno's chest, "I can't watch! Tell me when it's over!"

Issei, thinking to himself, "You lucky mofo."

Akeno pats him on the head, trying to comfort him. Kiba and Sayzer were standing in the middle of the training field; Kiba was wielding his Sword of Betrayer and Sayzer was standing in a fighting stance of his own; both ready to begin. The sun was still out and about, shining down on the training field as a few light gusts of wind blew Sayzer's bangs over his forehead.

"Don't let your guard down." Kiba called out to him.

Sayzer smirked, "Let's see what you've got."

Kiba dashed in with his incredible speed and swung for Sayzer at the mid section. Sayzer put his hand in front of himself, aimed at the ground, and a 6 foot wall of ice appeared from the ground up. Spikes protruded from the outside of the ice wall to deter Kiba from trying to break it down.

Issei perked up, seeing such an awesome ability, "An ice wall of spikes?! That's cool as shit!"

"Ice?" Rias said, confused. "Is he a pure blooded Sitri?"

"It appears that way." Akeno answered.

"He's no kin to me." Sona said aloud, shutting down any thought of Sayzer being a clansmen of hers.

Rias pondered a bit, not sure what to think. "Really? So he just has ice magic like the Sitri Family?" she asked Sona.

"It seems like that. Remember that this is my first time seeing what my Pawn can really do."

Kiba avoided the spikes and went around the wall with his speed and went for another strike. Sayzer held his hand out away from his body and a sword made entirely of ice formed in his right hand. Once the sword formed, he brought it in and blocked Kiba's strike. The ice blade was so cold that the air around them was causing the air around the blade to frost; like if someone exhales during a snowstorm.

"A sword of ice?!" Saji exclaimed, pumped to see the start of what seemed like it was going to be a good duel. "Not bad, Sayzer!"

"Dude, this guy has got some tricks!" Issei said to Saji.

"This is the first time I'm seeing him in combat." Saji replied without looking to Issei. "He must've been itching to show off what he can do!"

The two stood in front of each, blades locked. "An ice blade?" Kiba said in a surprised tone of voice, "Impressive. Does it have a name?"

"I call her Skadi." Sayzer proudly said.

"Named after the Norse Goddess of Winter? Interesting." Kiba thought aloud.

"You know your stuff." Sayzer said, impressed with Kiba's knowledge of the Norse Gods.

"We've met several of the Norse gods already, so I figured I might as well learn a bit more about them."

Sayzer pushed Kiba back, gaining some distance. Kiba jumped back landed on the ground to see that Sayzer had swung his blade vertically starting from the ground and slashing upwards. The slash sent out a line of ice in the exact same attack pattern as he swung and was sent flying towards Kiba. Rather than block it, he dodged it only to see that Sayzer sent two more powerful slashes of ice towards him. He dodged the second slash but had to parry the third slash, guiding the it away from him as though he was parrying a sword.

"That's was awesome! He's dodging those ice slashes so perfectly!" Asia yelled out in excitement.

Koneko stood with her usual, expressionless face, "That was dope."

"Kiba continues to grow stronger and you can see it here." Akeno said giving praise to him. He was demonstrating technique he'd never demonstrated before.

Xenovia was quiet, impressed yet disappointed at the clear skill gap between her and Kiba. "His swordsmanship is far superior to my own. No wonder I lost to him in our sparring match." she thought to herself, clenching her fist. She wasn't angry, no. More along the lines of disappointed in herself. She now sees that to catch up to Kiba, she has to try even harder.

"Kiba!", Issei called out, "Aim for his nuts!"

Rias stood and watched quietly with Deus and Gasper, who was still covering his eyes. Sayzer pressed forward, moving in on Kiba with his ice blade, Skadi, ready to swing. Kiba used his speed to evade the diagonal chop and made his way behind Sayzer. He went for a horizontal chop for his back, but Sayzer reached his sword of ice over his head and in front of his back, blocking the attack without looking.

"That block!" Issei exclaimed.

"That was a well timed block." Tsubaki said to Sona.

"I have to agree." Sona replied, not taking her focus off the match at hand.

Xenovia's eyes widened, thinking to herself, "That was perfect… An excellent block with flawless execution. Who is he?"

Sayzer swung his blade forward over his head, pushing Kiba off and turning around quickly. The two exchanged a few blows in rapid succession before Sayzer jumped overhead; he aimed his hand to the ground while he was in midair and ice spikes emerged from the ground, causing Kiba to jump around and avoid them. Once the ice spikes stopped, Kiba noticed a shadow on the ground below him that wasn't his; he looked up to see that Sayzer was coming down on Kiba with a downward plunge. Kiba jumped back and when Sayzer noticed that he dodged, he began rushing him with a flurry of attacks, forcing Kiba to the defensive.

"Come on, 'Kiba'!" Sayzer mockingly said, "Is that all ya got?"

Kiba parried Sayzer's next attack to the ground and rammed his shoulder into him, causing him to stumble backwards and fall to the ground. Sayzer quickly recovered, doing a kip-up (or rising handspring; Chinese get up), and dashed to Kiba again.

Akeno was focused, getting an exhilarating rush from watching the two, "They both have amazing swordsmanship. The winner here is definitely not clear."

"I just hope they don't hurt each other." Asia remarked. She, on the other hand, was worried. They both were fighting hard and she didn't want someone to end up hurt.

"Is it over?" Gasper asked while peeking through his fingers with his hands over his face. Once he saw that they were still fighting, he buried his face back into Akeno's chest.

After a hefty exchange of strikes, Sayzer knocks him back a bit, causing him to stumble. He then aimed his hand to the ground, aimed at Kiba's feet; he froze the ground at the soles of his feet, trapping him. Kiba briefly tried to yank his feet free from the frozen prison on the ground.

He grinded his teeth, thinking "Dammit! I didn't see that coming."

"Hey! That's friggin cheap, dude!" Issei yelled out, outraged that Sayzer would use such an underhanded tactic.

"Calm down, Issei," Rias said calmly, "Let's see how Kiba handles it."

Sayzer began rushing him once again, trying to find an opening. Unable to move and being forced to block, Kiba still seemed to be perfect, not missing a beat and effectively keeping his opponent at bay. Sayzer went to stab Kiba on the right side of his chest but he leaned his shoulder backwards, dodging it, and followed up with a back fist to Sayzer's face. Creating a little bit of space, he had enough time to slam the tip of his sword once onto the ice trapping his feet and shattered it, freeing himself. He lunged in toward Sayzer, starting low and moving upward. Sayzer saw that Kiba was moving in on him and held his weapon high, holding the handle with both hands and aiming the tip of his blade downward on Kiba's head. Kiba was near waist level and aiming his sword to Sayzer's chest; both held their positions, waiting for the other to make a move. They were merely inches from each other now.

Sona clapped twice and took a few steps towards them, "That's enough, you too."

"That was astonishing," Xenovia said in awe. "Such power between both of them."

"I haven't seen a duel of the sword come to a draw in a very long time." Akeno announced to all that was listening.

Asia looked to her, "They were moving so fast and fluently that my brain could barely register everything that was happening!"

"That was badass!" Issei shouted with enthusiasm. "I haven't seen anyone spar with Kiba and give him a run for his money before. Only person I've seen come close is Xenovia."

Sayzer inhaled deeply and let out a deep exhale that could visually be seen due to his ice cold breath. Both lowered their weapons simultaneously.

Sayzer held up a fist bump to Kiba, "I knew you'd be fun to fight against. I enjoyed that."

Kiba chuckled, "I must admit, you've got some skill yourself. And I, too, found that rather enjoyable." He returned the fist bump and the two nodded to each other out of respect.

"Alright." Rias said, interrupting their bonding. "That's enough training for today. Let's get cleaned up and head home."

Koneko looked to Gasper, who was still cowering into Akeno's chest. "You can stop covering your eyes now, Gaspie. It's over."

He looked away from Akeno's chest, and saw that the fighting has subsided. Rias walked over to Sona, who was turned around, talking to her peerage.

"Let's catch up some other time, Sona."

Sona turned around, "Yes, let's."

Everyone Rias' peerage headed back to the locker rooms to get changed out of their gym clothing. Deus was at his top locker changing and Issei was glaring at him from the corner of his eyes, pouting and salty that he lost and couldn't play with Rias' fun bags. Suddenly, he was tackled to the ground by two people, Deus, Gasper and Kiba all looked to the ground at Issei, confused. It was Motohama and Matsuda.

Issei groaned in pain. "You guys have got to stop doing that."

"Hey, playboy! You need to come with us right now!" Matsuda exclaimed, it seemed urgent, whatever it was.

Issei managed to get his friends off of him and stood up; he cracked his back and let out a sigh, "What? Why-"

"No time to explain!" Motohama yelled out, cutting him off.

"Well can I at least put some damn pants on first?!" Issei shouted out.

The three were outside, the sun was setting and a reddish orange tint glowed across the sky. No wind, but it was still calming. Matsuda and Motohama dragged Issei over to the girls public bathing house and went near the trees to the left of the building.

Issei looked around, confused if he was missing something, "Why are we here?"

"Do you not see what we see?" Motohama asked with a huge grin on his face.

Issei scratched the back of his head, "Uh…"

Issei scanned the wall and about 4 feet from the ground was a hole about the size of a quarter. He gasped in delight.

"Is that?!"

"Aw yeah!" Matsuda said, cutting him off. He already knew what he was thinking. "All we can see buffet and tits and ass are on the menu!"

Motohama waved in a panicked manner to Matsuda, "Keep it down, Matsuda! They could hear us." he whispered.

Issei put his eye to the wall and saw that there was a team of tennis player stripping naked and put on their civilian clothing.

Issei began thinking to himself while blushing with a massive smirk, "Oh my mother of god in heaven and hell! This is great! I don't think my brain can handle this kind of fap material all at once!"

"I think you owe us an apology, Issei." Motohama declared.

Issei pulled his eye away from the peephole, "Huh? What for?!"

Matsuda balled up his fist in anger, "You abandoned us for that Asia girl again! Bros before hoes man!"

"Whoa, hey! Asia is not a hoe," he corrected, "She's a friend of mine and she's really nice, alright?"

"Yeah, yeah." Matsuda said, blowing off everything he just said. "That doesn't mean you can abandon us for a girl man. That ain't right."

Issei frowned, "Will you-! Huh?"

To their left, Issei noticed a group of about 10 of the tennis players standing their, watching the perverts at work. All of them were armed with tennis rackets and none of them looked happy. Issei swallowed hard.

"Uh oh…"

"Run, man!" Matsuda yelled out to the guys.

The three took off as the girls of the tennis club beat them senselessly with their rackets. Issei headed home after a long first day of the school year, ready to take a bath and lay down for the night. It was dark out by now, the moon was peeking its head out, a pretty crescent shape, and the moonlight lit the town. He walked into the front door, putting his key away.

"Issei!" Asia yelled out, ecstatic to see him. He was hugged by Asia, who was wearing nothing but a cooking apron. Issei's face turned bright red.

He thought to himself, "Holy shit! Where's Rias?! If she sees this I'll die!"

Asia buried her face on his chest, taking his body warmth. "Where did you go?" she asked ever so innocently.

"Me and the guys-" he cut himself off, thinking back to him, Matsuda and Motohama running from the angry tennis club. "Never mind."

"Issei." Rias called out.

He looked to see Rias wearing a similar apron to Asia's, tapping her foot with her arms crossed and a smile on her face.

"Gah! Hey, Rias! What's up?"

"Asia, are you trying to be sexy for Issei again?"

Rias words made Asia feel bashful and timid, "I… Um… Well…"

"I gotta take a dump!" Issei blurted out, trying to desperately escape the awkward situation at hand.

He dropped down to the floor, escaping from Asia's hug and crawled along the floor until he got to the stairs. He got to his feet and bolted upstairs to the restroom, slamming the door shut. He turned the sink water on and hung his head down while leaning over the running water. He splashed some water over his face.

"Oh man." he said aloud to himself. "Between Akeno, Asia and Rias, I don't know which one to choose. They all want my junk but I don't want them fighting over me. I'll become a human punching bag if I disappoint one of them," He began thinking of a plan, "But… If I can get all three…"

He began chuckling to himself, thinking about all three of them naked with their boobs pressed against his face. His nose slightly bled from the right nostril as he heard someone knock on the door gently. He wiped his nose.

"It's occupied." he called out.

"It's Gasper." Gasper gently called out from behind the door.

Issei walked over to the door with a towel wiping his face. He answered the door, opening it to see Gasper, but next to him was Rias. His body froze and he noticed that Rias was only wearing a bra and panties.

"Total chub." he thought to himself.

"I'm sorry, Issei!" Gasper cried. "She told me to!"

Rias smiled to him, obviously not wanting to share him with the other girls, but hid her anger behind that smile, and Issei knew that.

"Son of a bitch." he thought to himself, nearly defecating on himself.

Xenovia was out at a client's house fulfilling a pact. She had just left and went walking along the sidewalk; it was a nice night out and she wanted to enjoy it for a while. The night sky had a few clouds shifting around, blocking the moonlit every once in awhile. The light breeze shifted her hair and felt refreshing on the back of her ears.

"This is nice. I need to do this more often." she thought to herself. She doesn't get to do this very often, take evening strolls. She looked to the sky, envying the calm night and when she looked forward at eye level again, she noticed a person standing in the middle of the road.

"Who is this person?" she thought. An ominous silhouette standing in the middle of her path usually isn't a good sign, and she knew that all too well. The silhouette seemed to be wearing a dark hat and dark trenchcoat. As Xenovia studied the person, it seems like they were outfitted in entirely black clothing.

"Can I help you with anything? If not, I'd like to get home."

After a few moments of silence, the silhouette had a large pair of black wings sprout from behind it and flew into the air.

"A Fallen Angel!" she thought aloud. The Fallen Angel flew into the air and met up with a few more beings floating above. She was clearly outnumbered and chose to run. As she ran, she could hear their wings flapping behind her, chasing her down.

She tried to formulate a plan of action, "I need to get out of here!" She gasped and stopped in her tracks.

One of the unknown creatures chasing her swooped down and levitated in front of her. It was a male with Devil wings, short, dirty blonde hair and a brown chin beard. He had fair skin and didn't wear a shirt, but wore leather black pants that were skin tight and black boots to match.

"A Devil!" she thought, "What is he doing with evil Fallen Angels?!"

The dirty blonde haired Devil spoke up, "If you tell us what we want to know, we'll let you live."

"I don't have anything to say to any of you, nor will I be answering any questions."

She stood strong, not about to be bullied around. The first Fallen Angel she saw in the middle of the street landed on the ground next to the blonde haired Devil.

"My name is Kabel ((pronounced Kaw-bell)," the man said, "The Fallen Angel of Despair. If you cooperate with us, I promise to let you go unscathed."

He had a crooked, untrustworthy smile across his face. Kabel was a man that looked to be in his late 30s. He had brown eyes and tan skin along with short black hair. He wore a chest plating that looked like armor but didn't seem heavy. He pants were silver and he wore black and silver, classy shoes to match his mature demeanor.

Unphased, Xenovia spoke up, "I've already given you my answer."

"Unfortunate… For such a beautiful young lady."

He conjured a holy light spear in his right hand that had a bright shine to it. Xenovia held out her right hand and a golden portal appeared; a sword's handle showed through the portal and she grabbed a hold of it.

"Durandal!" she called out, announcing her weapon's name.

The blonde haired Devil raised an eyebrow to her and snickered, "A Holy weapon? That's interesting."

He flew towards her with incredible speed and commanded a 4 foot long blade to protruded from the Devil's right forearm. It resembled a katana blade, but faced downwards instead up upright. The two clashed blades and stared one another in the eyes.

"Name's Marduk (pronounced Mar-duck)." the Devil said with an extremely cocky attitude. "What about you, sweetheart?"

"That's none of your business." she replied, stern and straight forward. Although she had just met these two, she hated them and wanted nothing to do with them.

Marduk chuckled and shook his head is disappointment, "So rude. Let's change that attitude!"

Marduk reached his left hand out and ripped the front of her top open, exposing her breasts and stomach. He simply swiped his hand in front of her and let the force of the swipe cause the air in front of his hand to rip her clothing. The force of the swipe also was enough to knock her back, causing her to lose footing and fall to her butt.

"Wow!" Marduk exclaimed, "Look at those!"

She quickly stood, but was met with a kick to the stomach by Marduk, which sent her to the ground once again.

"I didn't give you permission to stand. Now, I'll ask again. What was your name?"

Xenovia laid on the ground, quite and trying to recover from his last attack. She was holding her stomach while sitting herself up with her left elbow. She tried to think of ways to escape but then slowly began to realize that she's trapped, now way out alive. The Devils and Fallen Angels above her continued to laugh and point at her chest, mocking her and checking her out. She knew she didn't have a chance, but refuses to give up. She got to one knee, still holding her stomach with her left hand and her right firmly gripping her blade.

"Still no answer, huh?" Marduk said aloud. "Tsk. What a waste of such an amazing body."

Marduk spread his wings and flew to Xenovia with his right hand cocked back, the blade protruding from his forearm was aimed at her. Just a moment before impact, Kiba appeared with his Sword of Betrayer drawn and he clashed blades with Marduk. The two made eye contact; Kiba was focused, motivated, and most importantly, very pissed off.

"Don't even think about it." he said to Marduk in a threatening manner.

"Kiba!" Xenovia let out involuntarily. She was overjoyed to see him. Seeing him meant that the others were nearby.

And as if on cue, a red transportation gate, the kind that Devils use, opened next to Xenovia and out came Rias and her peerage. The first to step through was Issei followed by the others.

"Who's ass do I gotta kick?!" Issei yelled out, frantically looking around, searching for an ass to kick.

Koneko was the next one to come through the gate. "You okay, Xenovia?" she asked.

"Yes, I'm fine."

"Who did it?" Koneko asked.

Xenovia looked to Marduk with hate and anger in her eyes, "The one with blonde hair."

Deus came through the portal and helped her to her feet and took her to Asia to be healed. Rias stepped through and didn't look very happy; her eyes narrowed on the Devil locking blades with Kiba.

"Devil, Fallen Angel, state your name and why you've chosen to single out my Knight."

Marduk flew backwards, landing next to Kabel and retracting his forearm blade back into his arm. Kabel stood with a sinister smile on his face while Marduk ran his right hand from the front of his hairline to the back of his head, slicking his hair back. Kabel took a step forward with his hands out at though he were praising Rias.

"The name is Kabel, the Fallen Angel of Despair and this is a companion of mine Marduk. Glad that we finally get to meet the infamous Crimson-Haired Ruin Princess herself."

Marduk noticed Rias' chest size, "Damn. Look at the boobs on her. Not bad!"

"Hey, douche nozzle! Those are my titties!"

Kabel turned his attention to Issei, "Ah. The Red Dragon Emperor. It would be an honor killing you, but we'll save that for another day. Right now, we have other issues to attend to."

"Oh yeah? What could be more important than killing me?!" yelled at him, without thinking about how bad that sentence sounds.

Marduk laughed maniacally, putting a hand to his forehead. He cut his laugh short and looked to the group, "Take her." he said, giving the order to the other Fallen Angels and Devils in the area to attack. Deus snapped his fingers, activating his Hellspire Lightning.

"Oh, you're about to take this ass whoopin'!" Issei yelled to Marduk. "Boosted Gear!"

The left arm of the Red Dragon Emperor came to Issei's arm once again. He made a fist, ready to fight. Koneko jumped into the air and sprouted her Devil wings and began fighting in midair. Deus began snapping his fingers in the directions of the enemies, sending devastating bolts of lightning towards his targets. Akeno flew into the air and transformed into her battle Kimono and conjured her golden lightning at her hands. She began taking aim and sending large bolts of her lightning towards the enemies in the sky. Kiba stood in front of Rias, defending her from Kabel and Marduk.

"This outta be fun!" Marduk exclaimed, excited for a large battle. He flew towards Kiba with his forearm blade drawn, preparing to lunge in for the kill. Marduk stopped in his tracks and dodged as Deus came from above and punched the ground where Marduk once was, crumbling the sidewalk in an 8 foot radius with a single strike. He stood clad in his Hellspire Lightning.

"Storm Zone, one." Deus said, holding a fist in front of himself, close to his chest.

"Thanks, Deus." Kiba said, "Let's take these guys together."

"Yeah." he agreed. Both could sense the power emitting from Kabel and his subordinate, Marduk, they were the real deal.

Xenovia tried to sit up as Asia was healing her, "I… I can still fight." she said.

"No, Xenovia." Rias said, causing her to stop. "You stay there and get some rest."

It was frustrating, but she knew her King was right, "Y-Yes, ma'am…" she uttered while lying back down.

Asia put her hands over her stomach, "Just stay still, Xenovia. I can help you."

"Thank you, Asia." she replied, thankful that she has such caring friends.

"Alright! Let's send these A-holes packin'!" he formed a red orb at the palm of his hand, "Dragon Shot!"

Issei jumped into the air. While midair, he punched the red orb and sent a violent beam of red energy towards Kabel. Kabel, using one hand, batted away the beam and sent it into a nearby building to his right. Debris from the building flew onto, what was now, the battlefield. Issei's eyes widened.

"No way!" Issei said to himself.

Rias stepped forward, "Kiba, Issei, focus the Fallen Angel! Deus, help me with the Devil!"

"Yes, ma'am!" the three answered together.

Rias conjured her reddish-black aura, otherwise known as Power of Destruction, and created a dense sphere the same color as her aura, then proceeded to fire the massive sphere of dark energy at Marduk. As Marduk evaded the deadly attack, Deus again came down from above with a lightning infused punch while clad in his Hellspire Lightning. Marduk evaded just in time, but Deus quickly recovered and snapped his thumb and middle finger of his right hand towards Marduk, sending a thick bolt of lightning into his target's chest. Marduk had been hit in the chest with a bolt of lightning, or so it seemed. He held his chest, hysterically crying out in pain, but began chuckling as he held Deus' lightning in a basketball sized sphere.

Deus face frowned in disbelief, "What?!" he uttered.

"He caught it?" Rias asked rhetorically.

It was astonishing, seeing someone catch another's magically attack so effortlessly. Marduk thrusted his hand outward toward Deus and struck him with his own lightning bolt after infusing some of his power into it. The bolt knocked Deus to the ground, holding his chest.

"Deus!" Rias exclaimed as her Rook fell back to the ground.

"I've got him!" Asia called out. She hustled over to Deus and began her hands starting glowing green over his chest. Issei looked over to Deus who had just been knocked to the ground by his own technique.

Issei looked to Deus on the ground, "Damn. He put him down in one hit!" he thought.

"BOOST!" Ddraig called out in that same booming voice.

"Issei!" Kiba yelled out as though warning him. He looked to see Kiba fly in the way of Kabel, who had flown towards Issei with a Light Spear in hand. Kiba blocked for him, saving his life. Kiba swung for Kabel's head, but the skillful Fallen Angel dodged the strike with ease and backed away.

"Thanks dude!" Issei said, thanking Kiba in a relieved tone.

"Yeah, don't mention it."

Koneko and Akeno were still dealing with Fallen Angels and Devils that were flying around nearby, firing energy blasts at them. Koneko caught one of the Devils by the head and him in a headlock. She brought him down to the ground, slamming his face to the pavement.

"Bring it on, you bunch of roughnecks! Ascalon!"

He held his Boosted Gear above his head, calling his blade, Ascalon, to his hand. Marduk leaned back with his hand over his face, laughing hysterically at Issei. Kabel stood silent, smiling at Issei with evil intentions in his eyes.

"What do you plan to do with that?!" Marduk loudly blurted to Issei, still laughing.

"Well if you'd shut the hell up for about 5 seconds, I'd show ya!" Issei said in an irritated tone. It was easy to see that Marduk was a cocky one, and that got underneath Issei's skin.

"Issei, be careful. These two are strong." Rias ordered. She didn't want any of her servants to underestimate the opponents at hand.

"It's okay, Madam Massive Tits also known as Rias! I can take him!"

A transportation gate opened next to Gasper and Asia, who was taking care of Deus and out stepped Azazel. He had a smile on his face, happy to have joined the party.

He looked to Rias who had turned back to him. "Yo." he casually said as though enemies weren't mere meters away.

"Azazel!" Rias exclaimed, not expecting to see him.

Issei looked and saw Azazel standing next to Rias. "What are you doing here?"

Koneko and Akeno landed next to their friends, defending them. Kiba stood ready to intercept any attack and Issei was also at the ready. The wind blew slightly, shifting the trees and everyone's clothing.

Azazel carried that same smirk, "I was just returning to the Human World when I sensed a conflict nearby. Guess I found you."

"Ah, the Infamous Fallen Angel Lord, Azazel." Kabel announced.

"I'm flattered that you know my name," Azazel said, acknowledging him, "but I feel kinda bad that I have no idea who you are."

"I can't say I'm surprised." Kabel mocked in distaste. "You always forget about the Fallen Angels you don't care about."

"Oh well that's not true at all." Azazel said, disagreeing.

"You scum, stopping the war!" Marduk yelled out, furious at Azazel. "I was having so much fun tearing my enemies apart and then one day, nothing! The killing stopped and you left us bored to hell!"

"You, Devil." Azazel called out to Marduk, seeming to have ignored him up until now. Marduk seemed confused and then Azazel spoke, " I don't know you either."

Marduk slammed his face into his palm and shook his head, "This guy can't be serious."

"Whether you remember me or not is irrelevant." Kabel interrupted, gaining a serious tone. "What matters here is that you are interfering with our business."

Azazel took a few steps forwards, standing front of Rias and her peerage, "If you're after Rias or any of her friends, you might as well drop it. I won't let that happen."

"Do you think you can stop me?" Kabel asked, challenging Azazel.

"No," Azazel answered. He narrowed his eyes on Kabe, "I know I can."

"Yeah! What he said!" Issei added, unintentionally instigating.

"Now isn't the time." Kabel said. "For now, we will retreat."

All of the Fallen Angels and Devils allied with Kabel created a transportation gate and walked through it. Marduk turned to his left and held up one hand, creating one large enough for both him and Kabel to walk through.

As they were walking through their gate, Kabel stopped and looked over his shoulder, "Soon, you will know Damnation."

After his words, he continued walking and the two disappeared into the gate. Kiba and Issei went over to Rias, who was standing near Xenovia, Asia, Gasper and a wounded Deus. Azazel turned his back to where Kabel and Marduk once stood once their transportation gate closed and began walking towards the group.

"I'm glad you came when you did."

"Heh, heh. Came." Issei uttered to himself.

Rias continued, "They were far stronger than I anticipated."

"Never underestimate the enemy, Rias. You know that." Azazel said. He knew she was fully capable of leading her peerage, but this one slip up could've caused her a life.

"I know. It was a mistake that won't happen again." she replied, looking to Deus. Azazel looked to Deus with her.

"Is he okay?" he asked.

"He'll make a full recovery." Asia answered, not breaking concentration. "That bolt of lightning he was hit with wasn't just his own. That Devil infused some of his own energy into it before firing it back. It was twice the strength of what Deus shot at him."

"Thank you, Asia." Deus uttered, looking to her while lying down.

"You don't have to thank me. This is my job."

She smiled to him, making him warm up a bit inside. Koneko walked over to Deus and looked at the gash on his chest that Asia was healing. Akeno knelt down to Deus, who was now sitting on the ground being treated and ran her hand through his spiky ponytail.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"Yes, I'll be alright. Is everyone else okay?"

Issei made Ascalon and his Boosted Gear disappear. He walked over and stood next to Rias, who was standing over Deus.

"Yeah, we're good dude." he announced cheerfully. "You took a good hit man."

"I'd die for anyone one of you standing here." he declared. "I know I've know you all for a short time, but I swore to Lady Rias that I would defend her and anyone else she holds dear to her with my life if I must. It's the least I can do for her."

She knelt down to him, "I wouldn't expect any less from a Rook of mine. Thank you." She knelt down and kissed him on the forehead. Issei's jaw dropped.

Issei thought to himself, raging on the inside, "To get Rias to kiss me, all I gotta do is get my ass beat? That's sounds hard to do without dying!"

Rias stood and turned to Azazel, "So Azazel, I take it you'll report this to my brother?"

"Of course." he answered as though it were obvious. "I'm not going to let an attack on Sirzechs' little sister go undocumented."

"What do you think he meant by 'You will know Damnation'." Xenovia asked.

Azazel thought back to Kabel's last words before he departed, "Soon, you will know Damnation."

"Well, by definition… He means he'll condemn us all to hell. But the funny thing about that is you're all Devils. So you kinda live there.

"Maybe a metaphor of some kind?" Akeno asked to everyone.

Koneko stepped forward, "Whatever it means, it's not good."

"I don't know." Azazel said, scratching the back of his head. "Oh well. We'll have to wait and see."

Azazel began spacing out, thinking about what Kabel could've meant about Damnation.

Rias noticed him spacing out, "Azazel?"

"Hm? Oh, nothing. I must be off. You kids get home safe, kay?"

"Don't worry about us, dude." Issei announced proudly. "I'll beat down anyone that threatens Rias or her magnificents boobs!"

Koneko give him the side-eye, "Pervert."

Azazel interrupted them, "I trust you all won't die by the next time I see you. Ciao." He opened a transportation gate big enough for one person and walked through, closing the gate behind himself. Kiba helped Deus to his feet.

"You okay?" he asked Deus.

He answered Kiba with a positive nod as Rias and Akeno opened a gate big enough for everyone.

"Let's get going." Rias ordered.

Everyone walked through the gate, heading home. At Issei's house, everyone was gathered around for dinner at the rectangular kitchen table along with his mother and father. His mother and father sat next to one another at the bottom end of the table, his father sitting at the head of the table. Issei sat next to his mother and next to him was Asia. Next to Asia was Koneko and across from Koneko was Deus. Next to Deus, heading back towards the head of the table, sat Akeno, then Rias and then Xenovia. Gasper preferred to sit in his box on the floor next to the dinner table.

"Oh, it's so good that Issei made a new friend at school!" his mother exclaimed with a tear in her eye.

"Thank you for allowing me to stay with you, Mr. and Mrs. Hyoudou." Deus announced, "It's very kind of you."

"Are you kidding?" his father answered rhetorically, "We'd never let a friend of Issei's live out on the street!"

Everyone began enjoying the meal that Mrs. Hyoudou, Rias and Asia helped prepare. Kiba had also moved into the Hyoudou home a few months again under direct order of Sirzechs. He felt it would benefit Rias if he had Kiba move in with them as well, so now everyone from her peerage has moved into Issei's home. They aren't exactly struggling for room in their newly built mansion.

"Oh my goodness!" his mother exclaimed, seeming to remember something, "You have to got see Issei's baby pictures!"

"Mom!" Issei yelled out in embarrassment.

His mom waved her hand to him, "Calm down, Issei! It'll be fun!"

"Goddamnit, kill me now." he uttered to himself.

The girls laughed his embarrassment; she's done this to him twice before when Rias and the girls first arrived and just a while ago when Kiba moved in. After dinner, everyone had gone to sleep soundly, getting a well needed rest. The sun began showing its beautiful face Issei had Rias and Asia sleeping with him… naked. Rias woke up first, careful not to wake up Issei, and tapped Asia on her shoulder in attempts to wake her. It took a few tries, but when she woke, Rias put a finger over her lips and pointed to Issei. Both girls quietly snuck out of his bed and left the room, still naked of course.

"What is it, Rias?" Asia asked, whispering to not be heard.

Rias leaned in slightly closer to her, "It's Issei's birthday. So we're going to get everyone up and help us setup a surprise party for him."

"That sounds like fun!" she said excitedly, making sure to keep her voice down. "I had no idea his birthday was today."

"He told me his birthday a while ago," she said, smiling, "So I've had plenty of time to prepare."

Rias and Asia went around the house and woke up, Kiba, Akeno, Koneko, Xenovia, Gasper, who slept in his box next to his bed, and Deus and everyone began pitching in and decorating the house with decor that Akeno has picked up from the supermarket over the previous weekend while Issei and Asia was away. Gasper, Deus, Xenovia, Koneko and Kiba were decorating the living room while Rias, Akeno and Asia helped each other bake a birthday cake and make a breakfast for everyone.

Asia looked to Rias while baking, "I really hope he likes it!"

"Vanilla is his favorite," she remarked, "He'll love it, Asia."

Her reassuring words spoke to Asia and made her warm inside, boosting her confidence in her baking. Kiba was standing on a chair and putting up the last decorative banner along the wall.

"We're just about done here." he said.

"Perfect," Akeno called back, "We're nearly finished over here."

"Are we going to wait for him to come down and surprise him like that?" Gasper asked aloud.

"That's the best idea," Xenovia answered, "He won't have anyone in bed with him and wonder where they went. So he will probably get up and looked around for us."

"And when he comes around the corner," Akeno began to say.

"We scare the piss out of him." Koneko said with a blank expression.

Gasper looked to Xenovia, "I think today is going to be a fun day."

"Since we're all pretty much finished," Rias stated, "All that's left to do now is wait."

And so that's what they did. They waited… and waited… and waited… Forty-five minutes has passed by and it was nearing 10am, yet Issei still hasn't come down yet. Deus was taking a nap on the sofa as Koneko sat next to him, periodically looking at him as he slept while trying to not be noticed by the others. Xenovia was doing stretches near the back of the room and Gasper was watching her, learning what she does in the mornings. Kiba was watching the sky through the window and Akeno and Asia were doing each other's hair. Rias stepped in front of everyone at the front of the room and put her hands on her hips.

"Alright, everyone. I don't know what's taking him so long to wake up, so how about we give him a surprise awakening?"

Asia stood up from the floor where her and Akeno were braiding each others hair, "That's a great idea, Rias!"

Xenovia walked to the front of the room, "Yeah, it sure does beat sitting here and waiting for him."

"No use jackin' around down here." Kiba stated. "Let's go tug him out of bed."

Koneko stood from the sofa, "I'm gonna jack him up if he's still asleep."

Rias began going up the stairs, "Well let's go and unload this surprise on him. I'm ready to see how stiff he gets from us scaring him."

Everyone crept up the stairs and tip-toed to Issei's room armed with party hats and noisemakers. Rias was leading the pack and was the first to the room door, which was closed. She held up three fingers.

She whispered to everyone, "On the count of three, we go in and scream "SURPRISE!", got it?"

Everyone behind her nodded, Asia and Akeno were smiling, anxious to burst into his room with a big surprise.

"One." Rias counted.

"This is going to be fun." Xenovia thought to herself.

"Two."

Asia were beyond nervous for some reason, unsure as to why. "I really hope he likes the cake!"

"Three!"

She opened the door and the lot of them yelled out "surprise". The only to not yell surprise was Deus, who instead popped up behind everyone and blew a noisemaker. Everyone froze in place; Asia's eyes grew wide, Xenovia's mouth hung open and Kiba stared blankly in disbelief.

Issei was sitting at his computer in his computer chair with his boxer around his ankles and his… appendage in his left hand. With wide eyes and a dropped jaw, he looked to everyone the moment they barged into his room and stared with a terrified face. No one said anything as all they could hear was a woman and man moaning from his computer. Issei gasped, but before he could say anything, Asia and Gasper screamed at the top of their lungs.

Ending Theme Song:

Shape of Shadow by Kage