Author: Welcome back folks! I'm grateful to those of you who decided to follow! So, let's just skip straight to the review!

KRKing - Congratulations, on your new story man! The grammar is decent, too. So keep it up man! And have a nice day! Also what will happen if you put pudding as a catalyst to summon a Servant? I wonder...
Blanc: Neptune, of course.
Author: What?
Blanc: I mean, any Servant that particularly enjoys pudding. It'd have to be a certain kind, most likely.
Author: Right... So let's just start the chapter. This one is a bit short, but next one will be longer!
Blanc: Thank you for reading.

1st Dawn: New Dawn
Life 2: Start of my Training

Once the final bell rung, I quickly made my escape from the school. As the classes had progressed, I had begun to think about what I should do with my new life, but the only answer I came up with was to train for the inevitable future. With the knowledge that I had a Sacred Gear, if I were to become stronger, then I should be able to unlock it, right? And with Devils and other Supernatural creatures around, if I'm weak, I might just be killed off, sooner or later…

Which is why I decided to start working out – to train.

Now, I wasn't the biggest fan of working out. In fact, I hardly did push-ups and I was quite bad at them too. I was surprisingly decent at doing sit-ups, though. I wasn't really looking forward to working out… But I had a passing thought. What if I were to find someone who could help train me? Like a master or something. Or at the very least, someone strong. It makes sense, at the very least.

Either that, or I could find a gym. Maybe sign up to become a boxer. Sighing, I rounded the corner, only to come face to face with a white haired girl with golden eyes that may or may not have cat ears. She was carrying some flyers, and seeing me, she carefully (forcefully) handed me a flyer, and walked away, only to hand another student a flyer.

I watched her for a few moments, before looking down at the flyer, I saw that it had what could've been described to be a magic circle in the middle of it. Frowning down at the flyer, I slipped it into my pants pocket. I might as well take one. I mean, who else would pass around a flyer with a magic circle and two nude girls in the corners, but Devils? If I didn't know that this was the Devil's territory, then I would've been completely confused by this. I think it's possible to summon a Devil from this kind of flyer, but I wasn't completely sure. Let's just say it was.

When I get home, I'll see if I can make it work and summon a Devil, even if I had no idea how. Can you do it when it's day, or only during the night? Eh, doesn't matter. As for who it will be, well who really cares, right? Either way, with this, couldn't I get a contract with a Devil and have them train me or something? Is that even allowed? I'll be a bit scared to be trained by a Devil who may or may not just kill me, but, eh, risks and all that.

Well, if there is a contract, then anything goes, I guess.

o-DxD-o

Arriving home, I placed my bag down on the tea table in the living room, and slipped my blazer off from me. I tossed it down over the bag. I then scanned the room, making sure there wasn't any other thing I was missing – perhaps there was another envelope that I had missed? After looking around a few seconds, I noticed a door in the corner of the living room, which I had stupidly missed earlier. It was in the corner of the room, to the right of the TV, towards where the bathroom would be. Frowning, I walked over to the door.

Opening the white door that nearly blended in with the wall, I was greeted with darkness and a staircase. A basement, huh? Interesting. Should I immediately do something stupid and walk down a dark staircase with no source of light? The answer may surprise you.

Mumbling that, I began to walk down into the dark basement. As I reached the bottom of the stairs, I groped along the wall for a light switch of some sort. To my right, I found it, and flicked it on. The lights above my head flashed on, revealing some workout equipment, and a punching bag hanging in the air by a chain connected to the ceiling. On the ground, there were two mats. A blue one was underneath the punching bag, and there was a red one in the middle of the room, probably for some kind of sparring. To my right and against the wall, a couple of feet from the light switch, was a metal bench.

Over to my left and against the wall, there was a treadmill, and beyond that, there was an assortment of weights. At the back of the room, there was a sliding glass door. Walking towards the door, I slid it open to reveal another bathroom.

After looking around it for a few seconds, I nodded in satisfaction. With this here, I didn't have to walk up the stairs and stink up the living room just to take a shower in the ground floor's bathroom. I just have to walk over here and take one in here. And if I suddenly had to go to the bathroom, then I don't have to go that far.

This won't end up like in Hellsing, with that one vampire having to go up the stairs without his legs in order to escape from Alucard… only, in my situation, it would be to go to the bathroom and I would have my legs.

Well, in any case, let's try out that Devil contract thing.

Taking out the flyer I had received from my pocket, I made sure to smooth it back into place. I wouldn't want them to think that I was a slob or something.

Alright then… How do I do this? I wish it came with an instruction manual. Well, whatever. I just need to have desire or whatever, right? Devils are all about desire. Or something.

Sitting down on the metal bench, I stared intently at the flyer, specifically, the magic circle on it. The circle must be the symbol of the… Devil in charge of this territory, right? Then, let's see if I can do this.

"Come on, come out, something, something, Devil-san? I desire you to appear before meeee." I said in the most monotone voice I could. Since I now lived in Japan, I added "san" just to show some modicum of respect. I'm not good with Japanese honorifics, though I do know what some of them are.

I stared blankly at the flyer, expecting nothing to happen… However, contrary to my thoughts, the circle lit up with a crimson red color, spooking me in the process, to the point that I tossed the flyer away from me. It landed slowly to the ground about two feet from me, while I leaned back on the bench, with my back and head hitting the wall behind me.

"That was unexpected…" I sighed to myself, quickly calming down.

After a few moments of waiting, a larger magic circle, in the same pattern as the flyer, appeared in the room, and in a flash of light, a small girl with white hair appeared. My thoughts went back to the girl that had given me this flyer, but she was taller and had cat ears(probably). Her facial structure was also a bit different.

The girl appearing before me had a stoic-looking face, with hazel eyes and slightly elliptical pupils. She wore the Kuoh uniform for girls, though without the shoulder cape, and she has on black cat shaped hair clips on both sides of her hair. Having a petite build, she looked like she belonged in middle school, but she was definitely a high schooler, judging by her uniform.

The light from the magic circle died down a moment later, and the girl stared at me, waiting for me to tell her what I had wanted.

Clearing my throat with a cough, I smiled at the girl – at which she visibly tensed for a moment, before going back to being emotionless – and told her what I wanted.

"Can you train me?"

She stared silently at me in disbelief. Yeah, I think we got off to a great start.

After explaining to her what I wanted and why I wanted it, she nodded her head once. "Okay. If this is what you want – then I must grant you this request."

"Thank you." I replied sincerely.

"Now, as for the payment…" She continued, as though she hadn't heard my thanks. Wait, I have to pay her? I don't really want to use money, so I'll have to switch it with something else, then again, what kind of payment do Devils usually get for doing contracts? Obviously, not my soul. I don't think my soul is worth something like simple training.

"Uhm… I can feed you?" She stared at me. "With sweets?" That seemed to get her attention, though. She thought to herself for a few moments and finally nodded. For little girl-type characters like her – food and sweets are usually the way to go.

"Then the wish is to be trained, and the payment is lots of sweets. I accept your request."

"Great! Then, what should I do first, sensei?" I joked with a smile. However, the Devil – who I still didn't knows name – nodded her head and smiled slightly.

"Sensei…" She tried out. "I like the sound of that." I sweat dropped at that. I didn't really want to call the much smaller girl sensei, but she is going to be training me, so I should show some form of respect… I know one thing for sure; I'm not telling anyone else about this. I don't want people going around talking about how I'm calling a much smaller, and probably younger, girl sensei of all things. "Then, we'll start with push-ups, sit-ups, and pull-ups. After which, I'll see how long you can last on that treadmill over there, then how good you are at punching that punching bag. Lastly, we'll have a little spar. After this, I'll start to think over what kind of training regime you'll go through. But first, we should settle on the dates and time that I'll be here. I'm free Monday and Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30. How's that?"

I was more than slightly awed at how easily she came up with all of this, especially how she seems like the kind of girl that doesn't usually speak much, judging by her stoic-look from before. Is the power of sweets this great!? Shaking my head with a loose smile on my face, I nodded. "Yeah, that sounds about fine. Then, I guess push-ups are first, right?"

"Yes." She said so in a flat tone.

After which, I went through one of the worst things to do in your life: exercising. I could only do thirteen push-ups before my arms gave out, but I managed to do thirty sit-ups and eleven pull-ups. The Devil that I had summoned, who called herself Koneko, was not impressed with my physical ability. I mean, who would be? A toddler? Probably – if it could even understand what I was doing.

After finishing those exercises, and doing some extra stretches, she had me run on the treadmill, in which I did okay with. But the punching bag was agony as I didn't have any gloves. Koneko seemed to understand – probably. She didn't say anything, but she didn't look like she was disappointed, so I don't know. She wears the same face too much, dammit!

And then, the time came… A spar. A short, little ol' spar. In which I was destroyed in one punch. I would make a reference, but I was in too much pain to do so.

I tried to punch her in the face since I knew it wouldn't really have much of an effect, considering she was a Devil, but she dodged at the last second, and then she decked me in the schnoz. It hurt like Hell, and she was definitely disappointed to see me not even last past the first punch. Yeah, I know… I'm an embarrassment, but I had no reason to work out before, so don't blame me!

It was an expected outcome.

After taking a few moments to catch my breath, I was all but ordered to go get her some sweets, in which I went upstairs – grumbling all the way – and baked her some quick cookies. She had followed me up, and watched me as I baked. She had nearly drooled, but she caught herself before I "noticed". It was really cute, to be all honest.

So even the emotionless little girl had emotions… Should be obvious, since everyone has emotions, but still.

She was very excited when I presented her with the cookies. As soon as I placed the plate down before her, she dug right on in, grabbing a cookie and shoving it down her mouth. Hardly chewing it, she swallowed it a moment later. Before I knew it, the plate was empty.

I merely stared at her in disbelief as she wiped her mouth clean. Shaking my head, I raised my hand for a handshake. Koneko looked at me, confused.

"I forgot to introduce myself earlier. I'm Noël Beniko, though you can just call me Noe without the accent. Glad to meet you, Koneko-sensei!"

The small girl paused for a moment before accepting the handshake.

"You too, Noe." She spoke calmly and indifferently, but a small smile tugged at the corners of her lips. I smiled at seeing this.

Perhaps this will be the start of a beautiful friendship? I can only hope so…

o-DxD-o
No POV

"Rias-Buchou." A small white haired girl said, staring up at a girl with crimson red hair.

"Yes, what is it, Koneko-chan?" Rias turned around, saying those words. "How was your contract from earlier?" she asked, remembering how the younger girl was summoned around two hours ago. Though it was completely unusual for a Devil to be summoned during the day, like she was. A Devil contract summoning usually only happens at night, but somehow, Koneko was summoned during the day. It was strange, but Rias hardly bothered to think much of it. There were stranger things in the world, after all.

"Good." Koneko responded, and Rias nodded at those words. "His wish was to train him." She continued, surprising Rias.

"Train? What an unusual request. And who was it that requested such a thing?" Rias was genuinely curious. She had never heard of a contract where the Devil trains the Human, but, with a chuckle, Rias thought to herself that there was always a first thing for everything.

"Noël Beniko." Koneko answered, her face never faltering from her usual stoic look. Rias frowned at hearing the name. She had heard it from Sona earlier that there was a new student at the school, one by that name. And earlier, she had seen Hyoudou Issei, who was someone she's taken an interest in recently, walking around with the dark silver-blue haired teen. At that moment, of seeing him from the window of the old schoolhouse, she thought she had seen something within him. In fact, there had to be two things. One that felt like a Sacred Gear – though she wasn't completely sure – and the second of something elusive, something that screamed contradictions...

She couldn't quite make out what the second was, but it only added to reinforce that he has to have a Sacred Gear, one that was quite powerful to boot. It was the only explanation that she could come up with. Looking back at Koneko, she smiled.

"Then, keep up your training of him. And if he shows anything 'special' please let me know."

"Of course." Koneko nodded. She then went over to one of the couches, and sat down. She pulled out a snack from out of nowhere, and began to eat it slowly, with a happy look on her face – though it didn't physically change. Rias had grown accustomed to seeing the stoic face, and how to pick out the smallest bits of changes within it. It was one of the skills a King had to have, after all.

"Noël Beniko…" Rias muttered, looking out the window at the darkening sky. "I wonder who you truly are?" Smirking slightly, she planned to meet with Sona to have a small chat about this transfer student. But for now, she'll leave him in the capable hands of Koneko. She'll surely find out what's so special about him… And when the time comes…

Smiling, the crimson haired King, Rias Gremory, turned away from the window, and sat down at her desk and began to leisurely move the pieces on the chess board before her.

'I sense good times coming.' She thought to herself, picking up a Bishop piece, before slapping it back down gingerly next to the King.