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Issei, Matsuda and Motohama were all sitting inside of Matsuda's room. Issei's two best friends were huddled up tight around the TV watching the new porno Motohama had gotten on DVR. Normally Issei would be right up there with them but he just sat there against the frame of the twin bed, staring off into space. Percy's words kept ringing through his head. "Yeah I bet you get all the ladies like that. Tell me how many ladies have come to you, oh great harem king?" Percy was right, Issei needed to change, randomly stalking naked girls hadn't done him any favors yet, but he couldn't just leave his two friends behind, so he spoke up.
"Uh, guys?" He called out tentatively, when interrupting the two like this, you'd best be careful.
The two perverts however ignored their leader and continued to stare at the TV, face pressed up against the glass and healthy amounts of drool falling off their chins. Gaining some courage Issei spoke up once more. "GUYS!"
Any happiness in the room dropped faster than the drop of a hat as the duo slowly let out a sigh through their noses. Reluctantly Motohama plucked the remote off the top of the TV and paused the porno. Then they both simultaneously spun on their knees and glared at Issei. There was a long period of silence before someone spoke up. "What do you need that you had to interrupt me?" Motohama all but screamed. Issei seemed to cower a bit. The two enraged pubescent teens before them did not take lightly to be interrupted in the middle of their 'fun time' as Percy had put it yesterday.
However Issei was reminded that what he was doing was for them, well, and himself, but right now talking to them was for them. So, the soon to be ex-leader of the perverted trio sat up on his knees and matched the opposing boys glares the best he could. "Well," He began "I don't really think that what we are doing is right."
Almost immediately he was drowned out by the blood-curling screams of the two boys. "WHAT! AFTER ALL WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, THE TITTIES WE'VE SEEN?!" Matsuda yelled.
"AND WHAT ABOUT, OUR HAREMS, WE ARE SO CLOSE AND YOU JUST WANT TO LEAVE IT ALL LIKE THAT?!" Motohama pitched in.
That's when Issei cut them off, ready with a counter argument. "What harems? So close? Think about it, we haven't gotten closer to harem then we were at day one." Motohama tried to interrupt by opening his mouth but Issei raised his hand and surprisingly Motohama shut up. "I know what we have been lacking in. We need to show the girls we care for the girls and not their bodies. That's why they are always so revolted by the sight of us. Tell me, if any of us walked up to a girl and asked them for a date do you think they would say yes? No, no they wouldn't. So, what do you say guys, partners in reformation?" He finished, stick out his hand with a hopeful glint in his eyes. The two opposing boys looked at each other and shared a glance. For a second Issei thought that they would accept his offer, but that was before they both turned back to him with nasty snarls on their faces.
"Get out!" Motohama growled, his voice dangerously low. Issei lowered his hand reluctantly.
In a last ditch effort he raised his hand back up. "C'mon guys, trust me on this, I know that we can do this." Matsuda opened his mouth to speak but Motohama raised his hand to stop him, before redirecting his attention to Issei.
"Get out and get out now." He repeated. "I never want to see your disgusting face again." The now former leader of the perverted trio stood up and matched Motohama's glare with his own.
"Fine," He spat, walking out the door. " But, you'll see how right I am when your eighty and alone and I'll have a wife and grandkids!" Issei shut the door behind him banged the back of his head against the wall, repeatedly. 'Well that went about as well as planned.' Issei thought dryly. With a grunt he kicked up off the wall and made his way down the stairs. He ignored the questioning glances of Matsuda's parents as he walked right through the front door and proceeded to slam that behind him as well, rattling the paintings on the wall of the house.
The boy adjusted the collar of his jacket as the fall wind swept by. He started to stroll down the street whistling a somber tune as he thought of the betrayal of his friends. Or did he betray them? All of the sudden a loud buzzing sound was emitting from his pocket, so Issei whipped out his phone an unlocked it, brushing away a stray leaf that hand landed on the screen on his phone while he had been walking. It was a text from his mother. 'Hi Issei-boo, on your way home from Matsuda's house doing what young boys do. Could you stop by Miagui's and pick up some milk. Love you my peeky bear!
Issei rolled his eyes and pocketed his phone, turning it off as he did so. Then he quickly spun a sharp ninety degree turn to the right and made his way to the store. After several more turns he had reached the store labeled Miagui's Food Market, the most popular store in all of Kuoh Town. Unlike most of the town Miagui's was built and designed in the modern era versus the typical historically modeled buildings, it was flat roofed and had a black tiled barrier to prevent anyone from falling off of the one story grocery store. The body of the building was all white and shingled.
Issei calmly walked through the packed car lot, drawing a carriage from one of the depositing areas and pushing it into the store, the heat coming from the store hit him in the face full blast and he was temporarily scorched. "Man, they need to fix that!" Issei grumbled to himself. He quickly navigated his way through the crowded store on the Saturday evening and to the refrigerated area where the dairy products were held. He browsed the milk section and mentally panicked. What did mom want? There was Tru-Moo, Market Brand or Oakland Farms. On top of that he didn't know whether she wanted whole milk or 2%. This was about to be the hardest decision of his life and if he chose wrong he might just lose all hearing in his ear. Sighing he began to turn slowly with his hand outstretched and index finger out. He was completely aware of how dumb he looked due to the stares passing couples gave him but this was important damnit.
One…
Two…
Three…
Stop!
Issei's finger had landed on his personal favorite and he did a mini routine in his mind. It was Oakland Farm's whole milk; he giddily picked up a carton and placed it in his carriage. He happily ran through the stores with a small grin on his face. Every time he would gain enough momentum he jumped onto the bottom half of the cart, letting it carry him a couple of feet before he took off running again.
He sauntered over to the self-express isle and waited in line, a couple of people in front of him. He internally groaned, this was supposed to be the express line, emphasis on 'express' hurry it up people! While waiting a glint caught his attention in the corner of his eye, turning he took a gander at the shelves and what they held. There were mostly just candies and magazines, his eyes gravitated to the Milky Way bars. Shrugging, he picked up a pair and placed them in his cart.
After a long agonizing wait he paid for his items and exited the food mart. The second he left the store the brisk autumn air nipped at his face. He shrugged off the cold and made his way home, stopping over a bridge that overlooked a river. The sun was setting right before him and bathed the world in a golden hue, the river glittering like a fountain of pennies. He marveled at the sheer beauty that nature was holding right before his eyes. Reaching into his brown paper bag he pulled out a Milky Way and unwrapped it, enjoying the feeling of bliss when it entered his mouth. He never even noticed the figure standing next to him, staring at him with a power hungry gleam in her eyes.
"Beautiful isn't it?" The girl asked. Issei snapped out of his revelry and stared at the new girl in shock, how he failed to notice her approach him he never knew and boy was he glad she did sneak up on him because she was quite a 'well-developed' character. He tried and failed numerous times to bring his gaze above her bust, but it wasn't easy. After about the fifteenth time or so and a couple of awkward minutes later, he made eye contact with the girl.
She was a young, attractive woman around the same age as Issei with long black hair that fell to her hips and violet eyes. Her outfit consisted of a short black dress with a small, light purple jacket on top. The girl had a rather large blush on her face due to Issei's staring and she kept her eyes on the water. "I'm sorry." She muttered.
Issei smiled. "No, I'm sorry for staring. My name is Issei, what is yours?" He asked, holding out his hand.
"Yuuma, Yuuma Amano." The girl said softly, which Issei thought was quite cute, and put her dainty hand in Issei's larger one. Issei's attention had absent mindedly returned to her breasts while she was introducing herself.
He went red when he realized she had finished and was looking at him expectantly. "Uh, well Yuuma, would you um like a Milky Way?" Issei asked, picking up the brown paper bag of the railing and reaching in to grab the chocolate candy. He pulled it out and offered her the candy which she took gratefully. She unwrapped it and began to eat the dessert while Issei returned to his previously forgotten one. They ate together in silence, both watching the sun as it sank beneath the horizon.
"Oh dear!" Yuuma said, breaking the spell of silence that had long since been casted over the two. "I have to go, goodbye Issei."
After she said that she began to walk away. She had reached the end of the bridge when Issei had decided to call out to her. "Hey Yuuma?" He called out, slowly she turned and he wiped a bit of sweat off of his brow. He was kind of hoping she didn't hear him. Finally he mustered the courage necessary to ask. "Well uh, there is a fair in town this weekend. Would you, would you like to go with me?"
As soon as those words came out of his mouth Issei thought for sure that he was going to be rejected as he sounded so pathetic and desperate. He sadly cast his eyes to the ground in shame. He was surprised when he felt a hand raise him up by the chin. Yuuma had made her way back across the bridge, rather quickly though, did she run? Anyways had she made her way back across the bridge and was smiling at Issei, it was a rather flirty smile and looked almost sadistic to the brown haired boy but he pushed that thought aside.
"I would love to. You can pick me up at seven tomorrow night. Goodbye Issei." With those parting words the concealed fallen angel started walking back where she had come from, seductive sway in her hips that grabbed Issei's attention as she made her way back across the bridge. The moment she was out of sight Issei began to jump for joy, he picked up the grocery bag and twirled it around like it was the love of his life.
"She said yes! She said yes! She said yes!" He exclaimed over and over to the brown paper bag.
Once Issei had calmed down sufficiently he realized that it was already dark out and began to jog home. Luckily he knew the town like it was the back of his hand though so it was no problem getting home. When he arrived home he skipped through the house and placed the bag on the counter. His parents noticed his unusual chipper mood and his dad asked. "What's up with you champ?"
Issei just grinned like an idiot. "She said yes!" He exclaimed once more before bounding up the stairs, looking like a kid the night before Christmas who couldn't wait to go to bed so Santa could come. Boy was tomorrow going to be awesome.
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At seven o'clock sharp Sunday night, a brown haired junior in high school knocked on the door of a small house outside of an abandoned church on one of the summits of Kuoh town. He waited a few seconds before he heard a faint "Coming!" followed by the noises of clanging metal and crashing. Finally the girl he had been waiting for answered the door, she was wearing the same purple jacket however this time she was wearing a white dress and a white sun hat with flowers in it. She let her hair down and cascade down her shoulders. Issei held out his hand for her to take.
"You look beautiful." He breathed; Yuuma blushed at the compliment and took his hand. They walked through the streets, enjoying each other's company as they made their way to the town square where the fair was being held. The second the festival had come into sight Yuuma had pointed to the rotating carts of the Ferris wheel, with the enlarged light bulbs bolted into the sides flickering off and on in repeating patterns, illuminating the already dark sky due to the fall nights.
"I want to ride that. Can we please ride that Issei?" Yuuma asked with big doe eyes, that Issei couldn't say 'No' to, not that he ever would though.
Instead he just chuckled. "Lets us get in the festival first okay?" He asked in a teasing tone, as if he was talking to a first grader.
Yuuma blushed the beautiful cherry red that had become a bit of habit for her. "No need to be so rude meanie." She grumbled.
Issei smiled and shrugged his shoulders. "Sorry?" He said, although it sounded more of a question. The brown haired boy noticed that when his left shoulder was significantly harder to raise than his right. His eyes quickly traced his arm looking for any excess weight and stopped at his hand. He felt impossibly light and cheerful when he realized his fingers were still interlocked with Yuuma's.
Unfortunately for Issei however all good things must come to an end as they approached the main gates to the festival, Issei let go of the fallen angel's hand and reached for his wallet in his back pocket. From the wallet he extracted a twenty dollar bill, ten of it going to his ticket and the rest of the money going to his date's. He hastily traded the money for tickets, exchanging the typical pleasantries, like "Have a nice night." and such.
Issei didn't dare go for her hand again, not that he didn't want to, but he didn't want to seem desperate, so he settled for swinging their arms in tandem. His thoughts couldn't help but wander back to his girlfriend, Yuuma. The brown haired boy thrived on physical contact no matter how small it may be. That and he quite enjoyed holding hands with her. It made him feel… wholesome, as if she was the fitting piece of his jigsaw puzzle. The way his larger hands enveloped her gave him a sense of confidence, as if he could take on the world, but that was probably just the testosterone talking.
He was jerked out of his thoughts when a hand on his shoulder jerked him back. He whirled around and noticed that Yuuma had gripped his shoulder, rather forcefully for a girl significantly smaller than him. "What's up?" He asked. Instead of telling him in words, Yuuma opted to point over his shoulder, slowly Issei turned around and realized that he was right next to the waiting line to the Ferris wheel, however the line had over expanded the boundaries and as a result there was an obese lady Issei realized he almost walked into, When says big, he means big. Her size put Honey Boo Boo's mom to shame, the woman towered over Issei in height and width, and this was Issei's one exception to his breast rule of 'The bigger the better'. The woman's entire body was a grease ball. Her hair was brown and matted in several places and all in all she looked like she hadn't showered in at least five years, or washed her clothes for that matter due to the numerous stains on what was probably a bright white shirt that was now brown and dirty.
Issei gulped as all the blood left his face, he turned to Yuuma and mouthed a 'Thank you' for saving him from a crash collision with the elephant in front of him. Yuuma giggled at his fear and dragged him to the end of the line of the Ferris wheel, which had stretched across the road that was supposed to be closed for foot traffic tonight. He let Yuuma drag him to the back of the line, internally he was cursing God for making him suffer this line, but Yuuma seemed to have no problem with the line and was practically jumping up and down in excitement. He wanted to suggest coming back once the line had died down but never before in the short two days of knowing her had he seen his girlfriend this ecstatic. He pushed the negative thoughts out of his mind, deciding to wait it out for his girlfriend's happiness.
Just then a well muscular man in his early twenties got in line behind Issei, the adult had headphones in however at the moment they were quite useless as the music was being blasted and Issei could hear it just fine. His eyes twitched as he picked up the tune, country. This was going to be a long wait. And long wait it was, almost fifteen minutes had passed by until they even reached the entrance to the actual line area (aka point of no return).
From that point on there was almost another thirty minutes until they had reached the Ferris wheel. Issei, being the newly reformed gentleman that he was opened the carriage door for Yuuma. She smiled at him and walked in, taking the seat on his left, while he sat on the right. The employee closed the cart behind them and said in a monotonous voice. "Please keep all arms and legs inside the cart at all times. The cart will make two rotations and briefly stop at the top. Enjoy." The employee then gave a thumbs up to the conductor in the booth behind him, and the cart lurched forward.
Issei was slightly scared of heights but he could never admit that to anyone. Yuuma on the other hand was as giddy as a school girl, which she was. She was bouncing up and down and marveling at the lights of the small town below. Issei however didn't have the stomach and decided to focus on her face instead. From the lights of the carnival ride they were on Yuuma truly looked like an angel to Issei. Almost ten times better than any set of boobs he had ever seen, almost. Without thinking, he had leaned in towards Yuuma with his lips puckered, and gave her a kiss on the lips.
Almost immediately he pulled away with eyes wide as the blood rushed up to his face. "Sorry, I didn't mean to I swear! Please don't hurt me!" He whimpered, he didn't want to lose his first girlfriend on their first date. However instead of being upset Yuuma looked more annoyed than anything.
She rolled her eyes and mumbled something incoherent that sounded like 'I suppose I can make this work.' But before he could ask her to repeat herself she jumped Issei, at first he shrieked in fear until he was silenced by Yuuma's lips, as they crashed to the floor Issei began to regain control of his brain, he started to kiss her back, Yuuma's lips begged entrance to Issei's mouth and he was more than glad to let her in as she explore every nook and cranny. He was about to reply when he heard an indignant shout. "Hey, no PDA in the Ferris wheel." The employee from earlier had said, gathering both of their attention, Issei was blushing while Yuuma just rolled her eyes, dragging him away from the gathering crowd and off to somewhere more private.
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It was Monday afternoon and Issei was once again walking to Yuuma's house after he had dropped his bag off at his own, school had flown by for Issei today. He had no one to talk to and as a result he spent most of the time fantasizing his girlfriend rack that he had the upmost pleasure to touch last night, unfortunately that was as far as they got though. His thoughts quickly strayed from that topic as he began to think about his friend/enemy/mentor/guardian angel Percy; due to the rotation of classes Issei had history first which meant his only period with Percy. Surprisingly however the Greek native had already missed his first day of school, on the second day.
Issei merely dismissed it with a shrug then, mostly just upset he had no one to share last night with. But his curiosity had only intensified when he ran into Kiba during lunch a couple periods after history. When he had run into Kiba, apparently Percy was Kiba's cousin and could not be found anywhere. Issei tried to tell him that Percy was with him after school and he had walked home with him. Kiba glared harshly and told him to stop joking, but when Issei said he was dead serious Kiba told him. 'Percy wouldn't associate with perverts like you.' That lead to an argument which lead to a fist fight that got both of them after school detention with the principal.
After detention Issei had ran home and dropped his bag off before making his way over to Yuuma's house, and here is where we are now, with Issei knocking on her door outside the church. He waited a few seconds before he heard a faint "Coming!" followed by the noises of clanging metal and crashing. Issei chuckled as he remembered the same exact thing had happened on their first date. Finally Yuuma had opened the door to reveal herself in all her glory. Today she wore a pair of skin tight blue jeans that went about halfway down her calf and were held in place by a belt. Her shirt was a grey low cut v-neck with black stripes. She was wearing a white jacket and her midnight black hair was thrown over her left shoulder.
Once Issei had stopped admiring his girlfriend he withdrew the bouquet of flowers from behind his back. "Here you go Yuuma." Issei said, extending his hand.
Yuuma snatched the flowers from his grasp and brought them to her nose. As she inhaled she seemed to smile a bit. "Thank you Issei!" She gushed, then her face lit up even more than he thought possible "Wait right here." She said, unlocking her door and running back into her house with the bouquet of flowers. Issei made to follow her but Yuuma raised her hand and shot him a withering glare, her demeanor quickly changing. "Do not come inside." She said, emphasizing the 'not'.
Issei raised his hand in surrender but stood his ground right in front of the doorway as if it was the cliffs of Thermopylae and he was King Leonidas himself. "What's the big deal?" He challenged. "If were dating shouldn't we be allowed to go inside each other's houses?" Yuuma just sighed, and then gave him the doe eyes that she knew he couldn't resist, in a soft voice she spoke out.
"Please Issei, the house is just a mess and I don't want you to see it, please stay outside." The brown haired boy rolled his eyes but couldn't keep the grin off his face, she looked so cute doing that, that it made him giddy every time he saw it.
"Fine." He sighed in mock exasperation "I'll stay outside, I promise." Yuuma gave a peck on the cheek. "Thanks Issei." She yelped before running back into the house, not ten seconds later she came back out, immediately locking her arm with Issei's.
That's when they set out. At first they just walked for a while, enjoying each other's company on the fine day in September, until eventually they passed by and ice cream place Issei had always gone to as a kid and Issei practically had to drag Yuuma in there. All the while she was complaining it was 'Too cold for ice cream', as if there was such a thing.
Currently, about an hour or so has passed since they had left the ice cream shop. Yuuma had gotten cold and Issei had to forfeit his jacket, they walked arm in arm through the park that was usually bustling with children and was now desolate and quiet as a breeze flew throughout the chilly September night. Issei looked over his right shoulder and saw the same man in a trench coat that had been following him for blocks now.
Turning back to Yuuma he whispered. "I think someone is following us."
Yuuma looked back and saw the man in the trench coat, if she was scared she made no indication as she stared at him for some time. After what seemed like ages to Issei she turned back to him. "He's probably just a homeless man who lives in the park or something. Can we stop worrying about this and have you walk me home, I'm tired."
As much as Issei wanted to voice his concerns and tell her that he most definitely not just a hobo. He didn't want to look like a coward in front of his girlfriend, so pushing his paranoia aside he gave Yuuma a shaky smile. "Yeah, you're right, let's go home." He repeated, but not before looking back at the 'hobo', when he found he wasn't there Issei let out a small sigh of relief, looking forward. Only to gasp when he saw the man right in front of them, wings flared out against the moonlight looking like some sort of fallen angel (Which couldn't have been closer to the truth).
The hobo/evil angel was a good fifteen feet above them, hovering in the sky. "Issei Hyoudou, how, unfortunate for you to meet me here." The man said with a vicious smile, almost right after he said that he summoned a spear created out of a blinding light, and shot it at Issei. His eyes were wide with fear as time seemed to slow down as he watched the spear slice through the air and straight to his face. He had just about accepted the fact he was going to die when he was shoved out of the way.
He landed on the ground and looked back up to his savior, it was none other than Percy, who was currently gripping his right arm as it sizzled and boiled. "Issei get out of here now!" Percy yelled before drawing A FRICKING SWORD FROM HIS BACKPACK. Then, WINGS CAME OUT OF HIS BACK, they weren't the same as the hobo's but were more, bat like.
Not a word was said between the two as Percy took to the skies and engaged in combat with the devil using only his left hand, the two figures zoomed around the skies with speed that was too fast for Issei's eyes to follow. Issei struggled to his feet, he grabbed Yuuma by the arm and started running back the way they came, the sound of clashing steel and yells of determination slowly fading away in the distance. Eventually they reached the fountain in the center of the park, Issei sat on the edge to rest and Yuuma just stood there not even out of breath, however her face was contorted into a look of fear.
Issei stood up and cupped her cheeks, drawing her attention. She smiled and leaned into his embrace. "Issei." She said, garnering his attention.
"Yeah, Yuuma?" Issei asked.
Her voice then changed from a soft cute voice to a more womanly one. "Would you die for me?" she asked.
Without a second thought Issei pulled her close and hugged her. "Of course I will, there is no need to be afrai-" He was cut off when the sound of a gunshot rang throughout the air, he let go of Yuuma and quickly looked around and saw nothing. Turning back to Yuuma he saw something that surprised him. She had changed, gone was her cheerful cute look that she had on her face and much like her voice earlier she went from a cute innocent teenage girl to a cold hearted woman, with the same wings as the hobo that was now fighting Percy, the icing on the cake however was the gun in her hand. Slowly, he looked down and saw a gaping hole in his stomach, he dropped to his knees and stared up at Yuuma in betrayal.
"Sorry honey, but business is business." She said in her new sexy voice of hers, and then she leaned into him and whispered into his ear. "Don't worry though, I will always remember our 'time' spent together." She said with a chuckle before she spread her wings and took off into the sky.
At this point Issei had fallen to the ground, laying on his back. Issei was speaking from firsthand experience when he said his life flash before his eyes. The brown haired boy raised his hand and looked at the bloody appendage, slowly tears fell from his eyes and he started sniffling. "I just wished, I could've done something with my life." He muttered before the life left his eyes.
Two figures stalked up to the dead boy on the pavement, one was battered and bruised with a gaping hole in his arm and the other one was an elegant looking female with crimson red hair.
"Nice job with that fallen angel Percy." The red head said.
Percy gave Rias a tired grin. "Piece of pie. I just wished I could've noticed that the other girl was a fallen angel as well."
Rias rolled her eyes. "Relax Percy, if it was anyone's fault it would've been mine, just go back to the clubhouse and I'll meet you there." She said before she snapped her fingers and Issei floated up to eye level. Percy on the other hand had stepped back and started to summon a circle, in a flash of red light the son of Poseidon was gone, leaving the king of the house of Gremory with her newest piece, her pawn.
A/N: There it is, chapter 4! The cannon? Canon? Canan? One of them is finally starting, sorry for the long time in between updates but, I have finals this week and I have been studying HARDCORE. Today was an off day and tomorrow and Thrursday I am back at it. So this may not have been the best chapter but it was just something I whipped up today. Next chapter will feature Percy and what he has been doing over the weekend and why he wasn't at school that day. Enjoy!