Hi all, sorry for the delay. Work has been leaving me exhausted, overtime hours and all that.

Oh yes, she is so gonna destroy his mind. Glad you enjoy!

What do you mean what happened to Asia? Like in this story? She was rescued by the peerage, before Raynare could finish her ritual in my version of the canon. She's otherwise alright, and still has her healing! Raynare was spared by Issei, as he found he could forgive her. Especially since her orders were falsified by Kokabiel to look like Azazel had ordered her to kill Issei. She was a piece in the game to make Azazel look like a war mongerer!

I'm choosing that head canon, since I'm sad that she only died just because she was stupid and acted on her own. I like to think she'd be smarter than that, but again this is just me wishing she could have survived, as I really like her.

As for vali and Tannin, we will have to see~


4

Gremory Fried Chicken

Koneko Toujo was many things. The school's cute mascot, a nekomata in hiding, a devil, and Rias' rook. Tonight however, patient was not one of them. She'd been enjoying herself to her usual night time snacks which mainly consisted of oreo cookies, chocolate chip cookies, brownies, and a glass of milk.

Something about the oreos she just couldn't resist; She often ate them packs at a time, always while dipping each cookie in milk. The softness and flavor they took on was irresistible to the little white haired devil. Rias often chided her on her eating habits, as it was burning through the Gremory's weekly allowance faster than her own shopping needs.

Her eating was cut short however, when the inevitable 'yakitori' or "skewed chicken" Phenex came to crash their night. When the arrogant asshole had sauntered over to grab one of her precious snacks, she vowed revenge. The little devil brooded as she watched her peerage's new allies size up their prey.

Riser poured himself a glass of milked, downing while holding a finger up as if to say 'wait until I'm done'. He set down the empty glass, his gaze wandering till he settled on a certain redhead's rack. "Riser figured that tonight Rias deary, he could come to sweep you off your feet. What do you say? We could even consummate our marriage here and now." He chuckled to himself.

The shorter brown haired boy, Issei Hyoudo, clenched his fist. "You asshole! How dare you talk to president that way!" He stepped forward, ready to throw himself at the Phenex in a moment's notice. Rias looked at her pawn, a sad smile touching her lips. "Issei.." Her eyes hardened as she looked back at her would-be fiance. "You and I both know that I will never marry you! You're nothing but a womanizer and a piece of shit!"

The Phenex boy swept his blonde hair as he stepped past three of the Gremory's servants. "Oh darling, you wound Riser! Surely you'd reconsider, lest I burn everyone here to convince you otherwise!" He said, readying a flame in his right hand.

"That's not going to happen." A voice, a woman's for sure, that almost sounded like it had multiple layers to it. "Not while I'm here."

The Phenex boy gasped as a hand clamped around his wrist, cutting off all connection to his fire. He suddenly felt powerless.. What was this? This hand, is that… are those scales? Claws? A dragon? "What… who are you?!" He looked to his right in fear. Before, he had only eyes for the redheaded gremory. It was only now that he noticed the armored woman before him.

She stood at the same height as him, covered in what looked like dragon scales at first. After a second and harder glance, Riser noticed she almost looked.. Insect like. Adorned in nothing but carapace and membrane. Her eyes were an ominous purple, though she was certainly no Fallen Angel. Her wings looked like a Devil's, but bony and ancient… and bladed. Her hair flowed down to shoulder length in the form of tendrils, almost like they were dreadlocks.

She poke as though she were already the current Lucifer. "Me? I'm the designated Queen Bitch of the universe. Kerrigan. The Queen of Blades." She proudly declared, flaring her deadly wings. Each had a razor sharp tip, easily able to tear away the toughest neosteel armor and protoss metal.

Akeno looked at her in slight arousal, wanting to see said blades in action. She had a knack for being a sadist, so hearing 'Queen' and 'blades' was more than enough to get her going.

Issei was looking confusedly at her chest, noting that even though she appeared to have nothing on, there were no nipples! How could tits not have nipples? It was like the universe playing a cruel joke.

Asia looked afraid and hugged Rias' right arm, but was thankful that Sarah was on their side.

Rias glared at Issei for ogling a newcomer already. It had only been thirty minutes! He could always just look at mine..

Breaking into a sweat, Riser wrenched his hand away. Already he could feel the warmth of his fire returning to the limb. What was that… "R-Riser has no fear, he could easily defeat-"

He bumped into something big as he backpedaled. "Oh I'm suuuree he could, man. You wanna bet on that?" A voice said just behind his ear. The Phenex whirled around, only to come face to face with a … man? Only that he was wearing a massive suit of armor, giving him way more height over the Phenex. "Name's Jimmy. That there's my lady, so you better think twice before you say something you're gonna regret." In his hands he held a rifle that was bigger than Riser's own body. He scoffed, sure that the could withstand such a crude human weapon.

Jim smirked, his bearded face showing off a light-hearted attitude that sat atop a veiled threat. His breath faintly smelled of whiskey. Riser furrowed his brow. "Where did you.."

"...Come from?" said a voice, causing Riser to pause. He was certain this voice had come from within his head, though it had not been his own thoughts. It felt like.. Someone had entered uninvited. "If I had a day to explain, you would most likely remain in disbelief."

Riser turned to the last newcomer. Where he was afraid of Kerrigan and Jim, he was almost.. In awe of this last being. It looked like a man, if you took away the man's mouth and gave him eyes that looked like twinkling stars. His skin was pale blue, and looked like it had the texture of a lizard hide. The young Phenex felt like he could relax around this newcomer… that was, until the room was now lit by two luminous blades that extended from his wrists. One was blue while the other was green, and what surprised everyone the most was the fact they gave off no heat. "However, that will have to be for another day. As much as I understand young Phenex, I am to engage you in glorious combat!"

Riser couldn't believe what he was hearing. Combat? "What?! Rias, what is the meaning of this!" He spun to the girl on the other side of the room. It was now she who had a confident smirk.

"You know there's no way in hell I'm marrying you. So Grayfia told me that there's one way out of this: A Rating Game."

"A Ratin- hah! As if you could worm your way out of Riser's grasp, Rias."

The redhead straightened herself a bit more, a resolute expression on her face. This was her moment, to show her peerage that she could protect them. She would! "I beg to differ. Thanks to my three new servants, I'm going to beat you and put a stop to this stupid wedding!" Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Lord Phenex", Grayfia began as she cleared her throat, "According to Devil law, one of the would-be spouses are in disagreement. The only way to resume the wedding would be to subjugate the other in the form of a Rating Game."

Riser stepped back, laughing to himself. Outwardly, he was showing that he held no fears of losing this match. Inwardly, he was nervous about these three newcomers, the scaled woman in particular.

Wait.

She just smirked. Why did she smirk?

"Because I can hear everything you think. No thought is safe from me." She said, her eyes boring into his. Ah yes, that one thing she didn't share. She was a telepath, as all ghost operatives had to be. This allowed her to read minds, and if she wanted to… to flay them as well.

"No… how can that.. Mark Riser's words, all of you!" Riser stomped his foot like a child, "No one will stand in his way! Peerage, to me!" He raised his hands, and a burst of flame enveloped him before it pulled away like a curtain. Around him stood an assortment of girls, all varying in appearance and ability.

"He will defeat you easily, especially since he has a full set of pieces at his every beck and call!"

His peerage consisted of the following assortment: A girl with black hair in a purple kimono. She stood quietly, her hands folded together within her sleeves. Riser's bishop.

Two knights, one with brown hair that looked like she was wearing silver plate armor, and one with long black hair that wore a white top and red shorts.

Two rooks, a girl with who wore a half-mask that covered her right eye, and she was wearing what looked like a leather biker-get up. The other girl appeared to be of chinese origin, judging by her blue qi-pao dress, and a twin-bun hairstyle for her shoulder length hair.

Then there were Riser's pawns, which consisted of two sets of twins and two more girls after that. One pair looked like they were dressed to be maids, what with their french style outfits. The other pair of twins appeared to a cross between cats and girls, if the cat ears coming out of their hair was anything to go by.

The last two pawns were a staff-wielding girl with blue hair, and a girl that looked like she was wearing 'Slave Leia's' outfit from a film a long, long time ago in a galaxy fa..

Then there was Riser's Queen, a woman who stood tall and intimidating while wielding a staff of sorts. Kerrigan laughed inwardly, this chick just might have me beat in the purple department, Jim.

She got a laugh out loud in response, She just might darlin'. Purple hair, lipstick, dress, hell even her eyes? You'll have to step up your game!

Sarah noted that there was a little girl who stood next to Riser. She prodded her mind, and found her out to be his little sister. No wonder they looked so alike. Wait, was she serving under him? That's just… ew. I'm am so going to beat this sick fuck's ass.

Scoffing confidently, Riser raised his hands as if putting on a show for all. "As you can see dear Rias, Riser has a full set! You're still short a few, there's no way you'll beat him."

Rias crossed her arms under her chest. "We'll see about that, Phenex. Just you wait."

"Yes, yes, I'm sure you're looking forward to our marriage as much as I am. Now, with-"

Grayfia held up a hand before the young Devil could finish. "Lord Riser, a moment. Due to the fact that you indeed have a full set while Lady Gremory does not, There will be a ten day period of rest to allow her to train in order to compensate for this disadvantage." Lord Raynor, Hierarch Artanis, and Lady Kerrigan need ten days to prepare their forces. "You will accept these terms or I will forward your lack of cooperation to the Maou."

Riser bit back a retort, knowing full well how dangerous it was to piss off the 'Silver-haired Queen of Annihilation'. "Very.. very well, Riser accepts these terms." He regained his arrogant smirk once more as he pointed his finger at Rias. "You had better make good use of your time, darling! Riser… will see you very soon."

With that, he and his peerage were once again engulfed in demonic flames, before they all dissipated.

Everyone let out a collective breath, save for Grayfia and the Kroprulu three. Issei growled, slamming his fist into his hand. "Gah! I hate this. I couldn't do anything to protect you president, I'm sorry!" He hung his head slightly, but Rias was quick to walk over and place a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry, my adorable pawn. You'll just have to work hard and then show me your strength in the real fight!" At this, the young boy perked up a little.

Kiba shook his head, a smile on his face. Koneko the whole time had been munching on her cookies. Asia drank some tea to calm her nerves.

The Fallen Angel next to Issei, Raynare, nodded toward their new allies. "Ten days to train, president. Will they be coming with us?"

"Yes, we'll need their help if we want to get ourselves whipped into tip top shape." Rias turned back to regard them. "We'll actually be heading to a private estate of mine, it's perfect since it has an open field for some practice."

Jim nodded, looking to Sarah and Artanis. "Sounds good to me, we'll get everything done and more."

The Zerg Queen nodded, "I have something in mind that'll really help. You'll see." She felt a tap on her shoulder, and turned to see the black-haired beauty that had been serving tea.

Akeno chuckled behind her hand, bowing slightly. "Ara ara, I have to say, your display of power on that fool earlier was amazing."

Sarah laughed, it felt nice to be praised for her scary act once in a while. "You liked that?"

"Mmhmm! I'm all one for inflicting pain and all, but sometimes intimidation is just the best! Tell me, are your wings really made for cutting?" She looked at her in admiration.

"Believe me, you would gush at the things these babies have gotten themselves into."

Rias rolled her eyes, amused. "Akeno.."

Akeno blushed, moving away to sit on the couch next to Koneko. "Wow, I can't wait for this, Rias. Honestly I'm looking forward to this game more than anything else."

Artanis nodded at that, "Indeed, I for one am eager to prove my loyalty to house Gremory. If the Xel' Naga are not what I thought they were, then perhaps finding a new being to serve would be…" He trailed off, suddenly lost in his thoughts again.

Jim snapped his fingers at his friend's face, "Hey 'Tanis. You okay there buddy?"

Asia looked up at the ceiling in thought. "What's a Xel'Naga?"

Raynare threw one of her bangs "While we're at it… just who are you guys?"

Koneko wrinkled her nose. "You three smell funny."

An awkward silence once again fell. Jim sighed, man these moments had to stop happening.

"Well.."

"You see…"

"It all began when the conclave-"

"Everyone." Grayfia interrupted, "If there is nothing else required of me, then I will take my leave. You have ten days to train, do make the most of it. Good luck to you all. My lords and Zerg Queen, your forces are awaiting you at the bottom of Lady Rias' private estate." She flashed away in a gray rune, leaving the peerage to themselves once again.

Rias sighed, looking at the floor in thought. It had been a long night, and she was beat. She wanted nothing more than to cuddle with her Issei right now, but first thing was first. The room was a mess, and she had more than enough support to help her out.

Wait.

She turned to her new servants, though not officially Devils reincarnated by her, they did server her under her older brother's orders. She could not have been more grateful.

"She said 'your forces'... what did she mean by that?"

She only looked more confused as Jim and Sarah cracked knowing smiles, while she could have sworn Artanis' eyes twinkled a tiny bit brighter.