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=[Chapter 3: Glimpse Of The Future]=

Akeno had just heard what Rias and Koneko were doing earlier. Even she couldn't help but to feel cornered, what with her master being forced into something like that. If she could have just switched herself with Rias, she would have done that weeks ago already.

"This is quite the predicament…" Kiba, who was sitting on one of the couches at the ORC room, muttered. The two were alone inside the room, both feeling depressed. Just then, they heard a knock on the front door.

"Anybody home?" A familiar voice called out to the two.

Kiba, who was the nearest, answered the door while forcing a smile on his face. "Good afternoon, what can I…"

"Yeah, yeah. I just want to say that I wanna join the ORC." Issei waved a hand dismissively. "Lately, I've been fond with the idea of supernatural, and the ORC seems perfect place to learn something, in more ways than one…"

"Ah, you want to be a member?" Kiba said in surprise. He let the boy in and closed the door. "Sit there while I call the president."

"Thanks." Issei nodded then made himself feel at home. He glanced at Akeno and smiled. The older girl smiled back in courtesy.

The blonde boy left the room, leaving Akeno and Issei alone to themselves. Not wanting it to be an awkward silence, Akeno tried talking to the boy. "Are you sure that you want to join the ORC?"

"Yes. Though I'm not joining because I want to." Issei shrugged. "From what I hear, you guys are in dire need of help with something, yeah?"

Akeno stiffened upon hearing that. "No, we aren't."

"Oh, don't be like that. I know you need help. My help. And I'm feeling generous right now, so I'll do what I can to help you." The brunette grinned at the black-haired girl. "Interest-free, guaranteed."

Akeno stayed silent for a while. "Are you… aware of what the ORC really is?"

"Not exactly, but I do know you guys aren't human." The door opened as soon as Issei finished his sentence. Rias, accompanied by Kiba, went inside. Her eyes were a bit red from the sides.

When Rias passed through Akeno, the black-haired girl leaned in to Rias' ear, whispering something. Shortly after, Rias promptly turned around to face Issei.

"You know about the supernatural world?" Rias stared at her. Kiba widened his eyes upon hearing this.

Issei just smiled at her. "Yes. I'm surprised you haven't heard that yet, since you're little cat seems to like stalking me whenever I go."

'He also knows that Koneko had been watching him…' Rias thought in shock. "W-We're sorry about that, but our job is to monitor suspicious individuals in our home base…" She realized something. 'So Koneko was right, he really is something.'

"Suspicious? That hurts." He feigned a hurt expression. "Oh well. Forget about that. So just like I said before, I wanted to join the ORC, but just so I can freely come here and help you."

"May I ask what are you? If that's not rude." Akeno interjected while sitting at the sofa. Kiba sat beside her. "Because I can't seem to sense anything from you…"

"Well, of course you won't. I'm just a human." Issei declared, surprising the three again.

"Wh-What?" Rias widened her eyes. "But how did you know we're devils?"

"I don't. You just confirmed that." He smirked at Rias' shocked expression. "Don't worry. I will help you, even if I'm just a… normal, human." He chortled at the end.

Rias narrowed her eyes. She doesn't like this guy. "How could you possibly help us? I need somebody to defeat an immortal opponent. It's practically impossible."

Issei raised an eyebrow. "No one's immortal. But elaborate, please."

Rias and Akeno looked at each other, while Kiba merely sighed. In normal circumstances, they wouldn't freely tell a human about these things. But Rias needed help. And she will get it, no matter what.

"I see…" Issei nodded his head. "So basically, you just need to get rid of this Raiser guy, right?"

"'Just'? He's immortal! How can you possibly defeat him?!" Rias stood up, yelling. Kiba pushed her back down to calm her.

"President, take it easy." Kiba rubbed her back.

"Like I've said, president," he raised a finger. "no one's immortal. Two, it's pretty easy, actually. And three, you wouldn't mind working with fallen angels, do you?"

"The fallen angels?" Akeno froze up.

"Yes. The match isn't near yet, right? Then I'll need you guys cooperating with me for a simple mission. After that, we skin the chicken alive, and voila, Rias lives happily ever after, with her virginity intact." He snorted.

Rias recoiled at his vulgarity. She couldn't get a feel on what kind of guy this Issei is.

"Hmm, come to think of it, I haven't introduced myself just yet." He shook his head. "My name's Issei. Call me whatever you want, but that means I'll get to call you something too. Nice meeting everyone."

"No harm done. We haven't introduced ourselves too." Kiba gave a curt nod. "I'm Kiba Yuuto. Just Kiba's fine."

"I'm Hajime Akeno." Akeno's introduction was short, as she didn't like the guy too.

"Rias Gremory. I hope you can really help me." Rias closed her eyes.

"Just trust me. A lot of people have trusted me before, and look where they are now!" Issei exclaimed. "Happy and fulfilled with their lives." 'While serving me at my house.'

"Is, that so?" Akeno hesitantly asked.

"Well, that's that. I still have something else to do, so toodles. Don't forget our agreement. I'll at least need two people with me tonight. Meet me at my house. I'll tell that kitten my address later." With that, he closed the door with a thud.

Kiba immediately stood up, bidding his own farewell for the day too. Now that Rias and Akeno are now alone, they started talking privately with each other.

"Is he working with the fallen angels?" Akeno said in suspiscion.

"I'm more interested in how he knows the supernatural world, even though he's just a normal human." Rias quietly replied. "And he said it would be 'easy'. How could it be easy…?"

=-…-=

Meanwhile, a certain vampire is trembling at a corner of his room, crying while covering his ears.

=-Line Break-=

"Well, that went better than expected." Issei mumbled to himself while back to his mansion, with a beautiful sunset behind him. "Guess they're really desperate."

He pulled something from his bag and pours it on his hands. Grinning, he turns around, while calling for a nearby cat.

"Meow meow, I have some catnips." Issei laughed at himself. 'Let's tease the cat before I tell her what happened earlier…'

He saw Koneko staring intently at his hand full of catnip. Really hard. She's even shaking, as if holding herself back from doing something so sinful and forbidden…

Issei blinked. "Huh? You actually want this?"

He bought catnip earlier to taunt her or something like that, but he didn't actually think that she's being affected by it this much.

"…" She's not even hiding anymore. She's just standing over the bush by the side of the road.

Issei sighed. "Don't eat catnips. It isn't for huma—err, devils. Or do devils eat catnips…?" He whispered at the end.

Koneko's ears perked up at that. "You…"

"Yeah, I've already talked to your President." He threw the catnip at the grass beside him, and cleaned his hand.

"…" Koneko's eyes followed the treat up until it hit the ground. Issei swears he heard her whimper for a second.

"… Seriously, don't eat catnips."

=-…-=

The two were walking together towards Issei's mansion. He suggested that she waits there while her other members aren't with them yet. She already told Rias his address, so she doesn't really have anything to do now.

"You stop following me by this point, right?" Issei suddenly said out of nowhere, pointing at a tree by the sidewalk.

"M-Mm." Koneko nodded, blinking. "… How did you know?"

"I know some guys who're really good with sneaking like that. I got used to it, I guess." Issei smirked. "Why were you stalking me in the first place?"

"… Can't tell you." Koneko looked to the side.

"Oookay." He shrugged. "I don't care anyway. Just don't start taking pictures of me."

Koneko narrowed her eyes while Issei laughed.

'Somehow, he's comfortable and fun to talk with…' Koneko thought in wonder. 'I feel like I'm talking to someone I've known for my whole life. I can't even feel the fear I felt before.'

Weather she knew it or not, Koneko inched closer towards Issei while walking with him.

"You're a grade below me, right?" Issei smiled at her. "Then that means I'm your senpai."

"Yes…" Koneko looked down, avoiding his eyes.

Not long after, Issei stopped in front of a huge gate, surprising Koneko. She could see the vast space of green beyond it, while a small speck of a faraway mansion could be seen at the other side. Koneko was even more surprised that she hasn't seen this place up until now. It's huge.

"Issei." Issei said his own name, then the gate seamlessly opened up for both of them.

Koneko looked at him. "This is your place?"

"Yeah. Don't be surprise. I'm sure that that Rias girl's rich like me, if not richer." He started walking inside, prompting the girl to follow. It looks like it'll be a long walk till they reach the mansion.

'No, I think this is even bigger than President's residence.' Koneko thought to herself. She couldn't believe that there's something even bigger than Rias' palace-like mansion.

There's also some lamppost placed here and there. After the clock hit a certain time, they all opened, startling the poor girl.

The white-haired girl could see several maids tending to the grass-wall maze at the sides of the marble road. Some were already going back to the mansion, already finished with their job. Whenever one meets her gaze, they would simply smile at her, then go back to their work.

Koneko noticed one thing though. They were all girls, and young girls at that. Around Issei's age, she guess. Scratch that, she saw some girl close to her age. And someone even younger. They're all cute, too.

After some minutes, the road splits into two and circles a giant fountain in the middle. They went to the right road, while Koneko kept her eyes at the towering fountain. The water below almost looks like a small pool. After they passed through the eye-catching stonework, Koneko finally saw Issei's mansion.

"…" She looked up, feeling even smaller than normal.

"Let's go inside." Issei opened the double doors, gesturing for Koneko to go inside first. The girl timidly stepped inside the spacious room.

"Here's a map of the mansion," Issei walks to a nearby drawer and pulls out a hand-out or something like that. When Koneko looked at it, it's really actually a map.

She could see rooms like 'Recreational Room' at the first floor, 'Kitchen' at the second floor, or 'Master Bedroom' at the third floor. There were several more, but those were the ones who caught her attention the most.

She stared at the kitchen picture at the map.

"Ahaha. I have a lot of candies there. Go help yourself." Issei offered. Koneko's eyes sparkled, and ran off like the little girl she is.

The older boy sighed at that. "… Man, acting nice is so damn consuming." He rubbed his sore cheeks. He had smiled enough for this single day.

He looked at his wristwatch and hummed. "Won't be long till the devils arrive here. I can't do anything with that kitty yet, since I still need them sane." He frowned for a bit. "Wonder what I should do…"

"Issei~." A pair of magenta eyes shone on a nearby doorway. When the figure walked closer, it was revealed to be Raynare in her disguise. "If you don't have anything to do, how about we play around for a bit…?"

Issei looked at her. "Raynare, you sure you aren't getting addicted to sex?"

"That's funny coming from you, Issei." The fallen angel giggled.

"Ah, you got me. Though I'm not an addict." He walked closer to her. "I just enjoy it."

"Whatever you say…" She and Issei walked inside the dark room and closed the door quietly.

=-…-=

Maybe if Issei payed more attention, then he would have noticed that Koneko really is a part cat. Her attraction to catnips should have given it away for him, but maybe he just isn't used to supernatural things just yet.

Thus, he failed to account Koneko's enhanced hearing.

Sure, he knows that devils are supposed to have enhanced hearings according to Raynare. He wasn't concerned with them eavesdropping in his mansion though as his walls were quite… sound proof. For specific purposes.

But then Koneko's hearing isn't just enhanced by her devil blood. She's also a nekomimi.

Koneko stopped her rummaging at the refrigerator when she heard Issei's and a girl's voice a floor below her. After some seconds, it was all too clear what the boy was doing.

"Nnaah, aah, ahhh~… Issei, you're so rough~!" The girl cried out. "You're hitting my deepest parts with your cock… And it feels… so good…"

A deep blush adorned Koneko's face. Before she lost herself even more to the things she's hearing, she shook her head and went back to the first floor. Of course, she went at the farthest room from Issei's.

Koneko closed the door behind her with a sigh. She unwrapped a lollipop's wrapper and sucked on it. '… Wait, which room did I go into?'

Looking around, she noticed that she was surrounded by hundreds, if not thousands of books. Several shelves lines up every direction, with each having quadruple the height of Koneko. It took her mind away from earlier, so she started walking around aimlessly inside.

"So many books…" Koneko mumbled to herself. 'Is he a bookworm like Sona-san?' He have to be to own a freaking library inside his mansion. She squinted closer on one of the clusters of the book.

"History s.y. 100-1000." It looked really ancient and worn, yet it was still intact. Koneko wondered how somebody could know what happened at the said time. 'Year 100 is even before the great war, I think.' She remembered her history lessons.

She looked at the author. "… Fate?" Looking at the nearby books, she also saw that the authors for those books were this 'Fate'. Some checking later, she confirmed that most, if not all of the books here, were written by 'Fate'.

"Koneko? Where are you?" She heard Rias' voice outside. Koneko scrambled back to the entrance, dropping the mysterious history book in surprise. Koneko leaned down to bring it back to its shelve, but another hand grasping it made her stop.

"I'll place it back to its place. You go now." A beautiful blonde girl wearing a kimono smiled at her. She was just a little bit higher than Koneko, meaning she's quite small in stature too. Nevertheless, she exudes beauty and calmness to the nekomimi's mind.

"T-Thank you." Koneko nodded, and ran past her. 'Is she the librarian here?' She looked back, only to see no one. Koneko had to pause to check that the girl really was gone. "Where did she go?"

"Koneko, where are you?" Rias called out again.

The small girl continued running. She slowly realized that she didn't even feel the blonde girl's presence even though she was so near to her earlier.

It was as if she was a literal ghost…

Koneko eventually reached the door and went outside. She spotted a worried Rias looking around at the entrance. Koneko slowed her run to a normal walk and approached the distressed girl.

"President. I'm here." Koneko mumbled with a lollipop still inside her mouth.

"Koneko! There you are." Rias hugged the little girl. "Issei said that you were somewhere here inside the mansion, but I couldn't feel your connection with me through the evil pieces. I was really worried."

"You couldn't feel me?" Koneko tilted her head. "But I was just over there…" Koneko pointed to an unassuming door at the far corner of the entrance hall.

"Oh, you found her?" Issei walked up to them from upstairs. "Where'd you run off to? We were looking for you for a while now."

Koneko's lips frowned ever slightly. "I think it was just some minutes after I went inside there…"

Rias put a hand on her shoulder. "Koneko, he's telling the truth. We've been looking for you for half an hour now."

The nekomimi widened her eyes. "…"

"You said you went inside there?" Issei looked at the door. "That's just a storage room. Nothing's in there."

Koneko blinked. "No. There was a giant library there."

"I don't read books, Koneko. And I don't have a library." Issei deadpanned.

Koneko was speechless. She ran back to the door and quickly opened it, to see a small room with several boxes stacked up at the sides. No books, library or beautiful blonde girl.

"But the girl I met…" Koneko looked at Issei.

"A girl… you say?" Issei narrowed her eyes. "What does she… look like?"

Koneko looked at his eyes. She could tell that he's somewhat furious. It's the first time she saw him like this.

"She was blonde, a little taller than me. She was wearing a kimono." Koneko tried to think of something more defining to the girl. "And…"

"And?"

Her mind clicked. "I remember seeing all of the books' author being the same person." She looked back inside the storage room. "Their name is 'Fate'. I think that girl is this 'Fate'…"

"…" Issei was silent. Rias was looking back and forth between the two nervously.

"Shit… That girl's too freaking early in the story." He cursed to himself. He looked back at Koneko. "Whatever you saw, best to forget about it. Trust me." He turned around heading towards the door. "If you entertain that girl, she'll keep coming back to see you. So don't."

Rias stopped him from going outside. "Are you hiding something from us?"

"No. But really, just, forget about that girl." Issei continued to walk away. "Let's go now. We still have to go to our mission tonight."

Koneko almost forgot about that. Issei told her that while they were walking towards his house. But even after remembering that, she couldn't help but to think about that Fate girl again…

=-Some_W-heRE-=

"I have chosen her, Issei. Her destiny has been altered. You defied fate once… that won't happen again."

=[Chapter End]=

Taskbook of the day:

FINISHED
Join ORC
Befriend your stalker
Spoil Raynare

IN PROGRESS

'Help' Rias with her battle against Raiser Phoenix
Meet up with Mittelt, the fallen angel
Push your classmates over the edge

CANCELLED

Pet Koneko like a kitten

A/N: So, clear ups.

First, yes. Koneko will be special. But so will every member of Issei's 'harem'. I'm not a fan of 'main girls' or things like that. Harem members can't have favouritism, so I'll make everyone special.

Second, you can expect other girls to be something else too. Maybe I'll alter their role, personality, or background. Who knows? Though I will not cross the bounds of OOCness and 'killing' a character's character, except Issei.

Third, yes, the blonde girl's an OC, from my webnovel actually. But base on my research, female OCs seems to be much more accepted than males. I WONDER WHY?

On a related note, this girl will be the only OC from now on, beside the temporary 'White-haired Man' in the prologue. So, a total of 2 (one important, one cameo) OC. So OC hate-train, 'Choo Choo' no more?...

Just remember. Everything I write is an illusion.
~Blazeo-kun~