Sacred Magic; Wizards and Dragons

Chapter 3

Author's Notes: Wow, what an answer! I got up this morning to find my inbox flooded with alerts of all kind! And only a few hours has passed between publishing the last chapter and when I started writing this one. I'm really glad to see my work that much appreciated. Fair warning, there might be some Issei bashing because of the fact that Harry and Albion don't like him and Ddraig.

True, he has many redeeming qualities, but his bad habits are so much emphasized that it's somewhat hard to take him seriously. Also, he probably won't have much "screen time" since I freely admit not being very comfortable with his character. Now let's go see the stats shall we? We have 65 reviews, 408 followers, 312 favourites, 6 C2 communities and 10 084 views. Thank you very much everyone. Now let's get this show on the road!

Addendum: The differences between a Magician, a Magus and a Wizard are not only on a philosophic level but also on how exactly they cast their magic. A Magician needs to learn his family's magic circle or create its own circle before being able to use his or her imagination to cast adequately. A Magus needs to awaken their magic circuits (It hurt like a bitch.) before learning the family craft or inventing their own. Their approach to the Mystical Arts is the most scientific of the three.

A Wizard is a human born with the power to manipulate their innate magic just like the other two, but to control it adequately and for official schooling, they need a focus. Wand less magic and circle less magic are possible, but it's not reliable for anything delicate and/or precise. On the contrary, focus less magic is really great for anything extra destructive. Circuits less magic is biologically impossible without a magical core.

What the Wizards call Squibs can learn Magus Style Magecraft if they are determined enough, but won't ever become a top class spell caster. All three classes of spell casters can learn magic from the other classes if they are dedicated enough, but it's rather frowned upon by the various Magician Associations, the Clock Tower/ the Mage's Association and the International Confederation of Wizards.

Mostly because the higher ups really don't like each other's and it can become a very tiring battle of jurisdiction to decide to which institution/community's laws said spell caster must answer to. The Wizarding Unforgivable Curses are only deemed so in the U.K and heavily restricted everywhere else. Casting Dark Magic without a permit is an offence bound to get you some serious jail time if found guilty. Also, all three classes of spell casters are bound to the International Statute of Secrecy or a variant of it that can be resumed to this: Nobody who doesn't need to know shouldn't know about magic.

Last Edit: May 29, 2017.

The next few weeks were somewhat chaotic for the Occult Research Club. First a fallen angel in disguise called Raynare asked Hyodou Issei on a date, and then killed him for being a potential threat. Rias' familiar had given the boy one of her flyers and his dying wish was sufficient to summon her to his side during his last breaths. Her suspicion of him possessing a powerful Sacred Gear was proven right, since she had to use all of her eight Pawns to reincarnate him as a Devil under her command.

After tweaking his nose in a somewhat devilish manner by sleeping in the same bed as him but without a stitch of clothing and not letting him touch her, she explained to him the basics. It was somewhat simple to motivate him though. She only had to tell him that if he works hard enough and becomes a high class Devil and he could have servants of his own and the young man took it on his dream to be a Harem King.

Issei had taken the offered bait hook, line and sinker so fast it wasn't even funny. Of course, Koneko was not amused by his perverted nature contrary to Akeno who thought the boy amusing and also somewhat endearing, and poor Kiba who was only trying to be friendly, but Issei was prompt to hold ridiculous grudges for no valuable reason outside of his own logic.

Was it Yuuto's fault that his kind personality and also his pretty boy looks made him somewhat popular with the ladies? He wasn't taking advantage of the girls chasing after him; in fact if Rias didn't know better, she would have sworn that her cute little Knight was more enamored with his swords than anything else. He just hadn't found the right girl so far.

Then after such a ruckus caused by a stray exorcist named Freed Sellzen and her Pawn befriending an excommunicated nun in possession of a rare healing class Sacred Gear of all things and dealing with the rogue Fallen Angels, she managed to obtain said Asia Argento as her new Bishop. They had also found out that Issei's Sacred Gear was not a twice critical as they first thought, but the Boosted Gear or also known as the Red Dragon Emperor's Gauntlet! Talk about an unexpected surprise that her perverted underclassman would be the host of a Longinus!

Now, after a few days of blessed tranquility only disturbed by her Pawn's perverted antics around the campus, the whole Peerage was waiting for one Harry Potter after he made a request to meet with them. While waiting for him to arrive, Rias let her thoughts drift toward the developing relationship between him and her best friend. Akeno and he had gone on a few more dates together since the successful first one and there was a good chance that things could get serious. They were very compatible it seemed. From what her Queen told her, the second date was a good movie at the local cinema.

It was an American movie called Hancock, but she couldn't remember much of the details since she wasn't exactly a fan of that type of movie. Something about an unpopular superhero finally being confronted about the damages he caused to his city. The third date was a ride on the back of his motorcycle during a nice sunny afternoon on the outskirts of town and a picnic outdoors. The fourth date was supposed to be something else, but it ended up as a heavy and passionate make out session on his couch.

From what her friend told her in one of their gossip sessions, Harry had a really hard time to keep his hands to himself during their making out, but managed to not let them wander too far. At least, not any farther than Akeno wanted his hands to wander. Her best friend could be such a tease sometimes. From what she knew, Harry was still trying to find something interesting for them to do for a future fifth date.

Then a powerful, distinct but still unknown presence was clearly felt coming nearer and nearer, snapping out of her thoughts. Koneko stopped eating her sweets and focused her enhanced senses on the source of the presence, Kiba was now on guard ready to create a sword with his Sword Birth at a moment notice, Akeno's demure air was gone replaced by a sharp and attentive look in her purple eyes, and she was standing near Rias' right shoulder, ready to cast her favourite lightning spell at the first sign of danger.

Even Issei was feeling something disquieting and while he had many flaws, he had also a powerful protective streak towards Asia, which explained why he ushered her behind him when he saw her becomes nervous, ready to call his Boosted Gear if needed. Then three successive knocks were heard upon the door and Rias, after putting her best poker face, answered

"Please, come in."

Then everyone could finally associate the strange presence to a face. Potter was the source?! It was now clear that he was more than a simple Human, but why did they only felt him now? The young man in question looked for all purpose pretty relaxed, but a sharper observer could see the subtle tension in his limbs and a hard to read poker face. Once he was sat on the chair in front of the desk, he looked around the Club room, frankly curious about the decor.

Then after a subtle clearing of a throat, the foreigner gave back his attention to Rias who was waiting patiently for him to speak his peace. By the silence weighting heavily all around, he guessed accurately that he now had the floor. After a few calming breaths, he spoke up

"Well, there's no time like the present, I guess. For those who don't know, my name is Harry James Potter and I am a Half blood. Half Human, half Devil more precisely. I was born in Britain if you can detect a bit of what remain of the accent, so my first language is English. I thought it was time to end the little charade I created and finally came clean as to why I didn't came forward as soon as I identified the Devils in charge of the town. Let's say that certain private circumstances are the cause of my relative ignorance of the ways of the Underworld and Devils in general.

My mother is a pure blood Devil but she was born and raised in the Human world. She never set a single foot in the Underworld and eventually married my father, a Human. They met in the same boarding school they were attending and eventually fell in love, graduated, married and then conceived me about a year later. Don't ask me to go in details; I didn't want to know back then and I still don't want to know today."

He finished with a visible shiver. Everyone in the Club room shared that shiver, even the ever shy Asia. No they really didn't want to know the details on how they were conceived. The Sex Talk was embarrassing enough as it is, no need to add more oil on that fire.

Harry took a breath and then soldiered through

"I didn't realize that this town was Devil territory until we were three weeks into the school term, but by then I was asking myself, who is in charge around here? Are they friendly? I had not enough information to risk myself by stepping out of my blessed anonymity. I could have stumbled upon a Clan who don't like new people for all I knew! So I kept my presence and powers concealed to the maximum until I knew for sure who was who.

It was the safest decision to take with the amount of information I had at the time. When our family's contact finally came around with the research material we asked for, I easily found out about the Gremory Clan and I could also sense quite easily that your power was different than the others, Rias. So I deducted that you were a King and that the rest of the Club were members of your Peerage. "

Harry halted his explanations to adjust nervously a bit his uniform, once again cursing under his breath how uncomfortable it was to be stuck wearing that thing before he retook the parole after clearing his throat once the snickering that his comments caused was over.

"Back to the topic at hand, and then it was soon after that I found out that Souna was also a Devil. This is one of the reasons why I kept irritating her so often; I really like to see her lose that stern face of her. Seriously she's a stick in the mud. She's what? Seventeen years old? Eighteen years old? She should live a little and not be so stiff. Well, that and she is also very amusing to tease. She had suppressed her power and aura so thoroughly that I could only feel it when I was antagonizing her to the point she couldn't hold back her irritation anymore.

In the words of my godfather, she's in serious need of a good shagging. After that it was child play to deduce that the Student council was her front for her own Peerage. But I never once found a mention of a Shitori Clan in any of my books. So the last few weeks were passed trying to find out who was in charge.

Was it you Rias or was it Souna? Then my relationship with Akeno started to become rather serious and before we decided to see if there was really something serious between us and not just some flirting and kissing for no specific reasons other than both of us are horny teenagers, I decided it was time to come clean, so to speak."

He stopped a bit and gave his attention on the black haired young woman and with his crooked smile he told her

"We don't start a healthy relationship on a lie or without telling the whole truth after all, don't you think so Akeno?"

Harry was a bit amused to see her loose her countenance, that "Onee-sama" facade she presented to the school. He really liked the real Akeno, not the fake one that was her mask. She couldn't really keep her eyes on him and knowing that he had flustered up a bit by seeing the red appearing on her cheeks was enough for now. He wasn't going to admit being the culprit of the Supernatural pranks around the campus right away though. Why would he out himself when the Occult Research Club could use logical reasoning to deduce his more than likely involvement in them?

Should he just get it out and told them that he was a Wizard? Rias or one of the others would likely guess he had access to Human magic since the pranks he pulled were quasi impossible to do by mundane ways. Magicians and Magi were not so rare in the Eastern Countries, contrary to Wizards who seemed to have mostly followed the Western Civilization for some reason. But for now he concluded his explanation/monologue by saying

"As to why I chose Kuoh Academy? Yes, I could guess that would be a question you would ask me Rias. You will have to work on you poker face in the near future, but it's another subject for another day. The curriculum taught by the Academy's teachers is excellent, the school has an excellent reputation internationally and it's far enough for me to get away from the cyclones that are my younger twin sisters.

And also the inveterate pranksters that are my father and his two best friends whom are like uncles to us. I'm eighteen years old; it's time for me to take my first few steps into the real world as an adult. So that's about it I guess. Questions anyone?"

Everyone around had to take a few minutes to digest Harry's story. While it was rare for a pureblood Devil to be born and raised away from the Underworld, it had happened in the not so distant past, so the origins of his mother were quite believable. While Rias wished she could have more clues about the Devil side of Harry's inheritance, she knew that he wouldn't volunteer the information just by his small amused smile she could see on his handsome face.

By observing him and talking about him with Akeno during their gossiping sessions, they had found out rather early that he liked to divulge just enough to let them work their ways to an answer, but you would never know in advance if he would confirm it or not. Rias' ruminations were interrupted by the emotionless voice of Koneko who said between bites on her sweets

"Magician. Potter-san is a Magician and quite a powerful one to boot. I can smell the magic oozing out of him."

When everyone's eyes turned back to Harry for confirmation, he said with a deadpan look and voice to the white haired girl

"You just had to burst my bubble don't you? You couldn't keep it quiet for a while longer and eat your sweets in silence? I was having fun letting them come to their own conclusions. Seriously Koneko, you're such a kill joy. You know, with that attitude you would make an excellent prison guard. I heard that they were looking for some good guards at the prefecture's penitentiary. When you have graduated from high school you could go apply for a job there. "

The soft-spoken first year's only answer was a careless shrug from her delicate looking shoulders and a dull glare from her golden eyes that meant "deal with it and shut up". Sighing in resignation, Harry then specified to his curious audience

"I'm not a Magician, I'm a Wizard. I don't use magic circles to cast but a different focus since a traditional wooden wand is not exactly subtle. Here's a little demonstration, free of charge."

With a lazy wave of his left hand, there was suddenly a squawk of indignation coming from a previously bored to tears Issei, who couldn't care less about an origin story coming from a guy without mention of hot naked women in it. The only reason he had not zoned out of the conversation entirely were because of the few mentions of sex in the story; and a noise of confusion coming from Asia, who was listening attentively since it was the polite thing to do.

With a simple switching spell, Harry had switched Asia and Issei's uniforms! Kiba, once the shock was over, had to restrain himself to not laugh out loud, so he contented himself with some subtle snickering. That was rather funny. Issei looked beyond ridiculous into the female uniform, though Asia looked surprisingly good in the male one. Koneko hardly reacted, only blinking a few times and then rubbing her eyes with her delicate looking hands to make sure she was not hallucinating.

Once she made sure she wasn't seeing a figment of her imagination, she allowed a small smile to be seen on her lips. Seeing Issei flounder and make a fool of himself was always amusing.

Rias and Akeno couldn't help but giggle at the scene. Asia was trying, but failing to calm the perverted Pawn down.

"Issei-san, calm yourself! It's just a little harmless joke! Potter-san will likely reverse it very soon!"

"But Asia, look at me! I'm a boy, not a girl! I can't be seen in that! Oh, how can I become a Harem King when my Manliness level is diminishing so quickly? "

Then he turned back towards Harry, who was openly smirking and chuckling, and went with his most menacing face and tried (but failed) to intimidate the Wizard

"Give me back my clothes right now you Potty Bastard or you'll regret it!"

Snorting with mirth, Harry shot back

"Potty bastard? Seriously? That's all you could come with? Damn but your insults suck man! Really, my little sisters are better at insulting than you are and they are only ten years old! And I'll have you know that my parents were happily married when they conceived me, so the "bastard" insult is invalid. Don't get your knickers in a twist; I'll give the young lady her clothes back. I'm really glad I decided to not switch your underwear then, I now fear for Miss Argento's virtue!"

Under the chuckles of all the persons present and a blushing like a tomato Asia and also a scowling Issei; Harry made another lazy wave and both junior Devils had their own clothes back. Then Rias took the parole

"Excuse me Harry-kun (Harry was not a fan of honorific terms in general and had told them to call him by his surname, but after being in Japan for a few years, their customs tend to stick to you.), but what are the differences between a Magician and a Wizard? It's the same thing no? Both have access to magic and also Human blood flowing in their veins."

The Potter heir smiled somewhat indulgently. Rias was really interested in the subject, Akeno too, by what he could read on their faces. After conjuring himself a cup of hot tea and then taking a sip, he started to formulate his answer.

"To answer your question, I will have to go into some technicalities first. So forgive me if it's kind of long winded, I'll try to keep it short and concise. Now, you have to understand that among the Human populace there are three major branches of spell casters and many other sub branches that I won't go into.

First, there are the Magicians, but before they can cast adequately, they have to learn how to create their family's magic circle or forge their own. Their ways are the closest to the magic most Devils use if I can take a somewhat accurate guess.

Second, there are the Magi. Their mindsets are the most amoral and scientific like of all the Spell casters branches and their casting methods are also the most diverse. No two Families are the same in their crafts. Said crafts that they guard jealously. They also have to activate their magical circuits before being able to do anything worthwhile.

I have a few Magi acquaintances and activating their circuits for the first time is said to hurt like a bitch. Their sense of good and bad is rather skewed; many won't hesitate to experiment on live specimens to further their research into their chosen fields. Clock Tower, their Academy and also the Mage's Association Headquarters, their Ruling body, embody the very essence of the maxim "it's a dog eat dog world".

And then last but not the least, we have the Wizards. All of the above have some, what we tend to usually call bouts of "accidental magic" when they are children. It's generally the same thing for any child of any race who had access to a particular power when they feel an intense emotion. A wizard is a magical and more durable Human who learned to use magic with a fabricated focus, generally a wand.

We have our own communities, banks, schools and even our own separate governments in some cases. We are the most autonomous and well organized of the three but many of us are steeped deeply into tradition, thus many are leery of the advances made by the regular humans, especially the United Kingdom enclave. Most of us seem to have followed the Western Civilization with the rise of the Roman Empire. You will likely found most of our enclaves in the western European Countries and I know there are also many enclaves scattered all over the Americas.

Many of our spells have their origins into Latin, but it also varies from country to country. There is a specific law though, an international one that every branch of Spell casters enforces religiously since the 1690; The International Statute of Secrecy. Nobody who doesn't need to know should know about the fact that magic and magicals creatures like Dragons and Unicorns are real. How each branch handle the enforcement of the International law are entirely up to them so long as they follow it.

Generally the Wizards modify the recent memories of any non magical beings that stumble upon the secret. There are a few exceptions of course, but it would take too long to really explain. I could go all night long about the subject and I wouldn't have told you everything I could about the Wizarding Society."

Having finished his explications, he finished his cup of tea before casually banishing it. He stayed where he was, waiting if somebody was going to link the events together. He was not really surprised when somebody did manage it. It was Kiba who said with a laugh in his voice and an amused smile

"You are the one responsible of all the supernatural pranks on the campus since the start of the term aren't you?"

Harry gave him his best Marauder smile that gave Akeno and Rias butterflies in their stomachs but left Konoko indifferent and Asia wondering what he was planning and answered him

"Yep! Guilty as charged! I even gave the push needed to the school cook to try foreign cuisine. That one seems to be really popular. But seriously, I sincerely thought that after three piñata style beatings once a week, it would have been sufficient to discourage Matsuda, Hyoudou-san over here and Motohama from still peeping on the female Kendo Club when they are changing."

He was answered by a deadpan tone of voice coming from Issei of all people

"If your goal was to make us stop peeping on the girls when they are changing, you are wasting your time. We love the feminine body so much that it's not simply a hobby for us; it's our own very way of life. You see Potter-san; I'm not ashamed to be a pervert. I'm not ashamed to lust after the succulent feminine flesh. Who are you to criticize how we want to live our lives!?

We are old and mature enough to choose by ourselves our own paths Potter-san. If the price for seeing such bountiful flesh in their natural state without anything to cover them is physical pain, then I'm willing to pay it a hundred times over. I'll give you some points for the traps though; they were really original and cleverly disguised. But I won't let you and that get in my way to become a Harem King!"

Little by little, his voice had risen, not to the point of shouting, but enough to make his point known and that you could see his determination on his face and hear it very clearly in his voice. For Issei, the path of the Pervert was not simply a hobby; it was his very way of life. You could say whatever you wanted against his bad habits; you had to admire his constant devotion to his cause though. Even Albion was an adept of giving credit where and when it was due. Harry looked at him with a new eye and after a minute of silence he answered

"I understand. I can't say I approve or even like it but like I said, I understand. You are absolutely right, it is not my place to judge your way of life. I have to give you some respect for the determination you've shown to attain your goal though. I will no longer directly hinder you or your friends in your activities then.

But I'm warning you only this one time. The moment that your simple peeping becomes inappropriate touching and/or underwear stealing, I'm handing you all to the proper authorities, do you understand me?"

Harry had started on a conversational tone but ended up with one filled with as much determination as Issei's when he was defending his way of life. The newRed Dragon Emperor was quick to assure the Wizard and the rest of the club of his limits though.

"Hey, hey relax, man! I'm a pervert and I won't even try to deny it, but I'm not a sexual deviant! I have limits and morals! Keep that speech for Matsuda and Motohama; they are the ones who are constantly pushing the limits of what's allowed! I'm not a nerd, but I don't want to be expelled since if I'm expelled I won't obtain my High School diploma. I have some pride in myself, thank you very much!"

Harry only answered with a nod of the head, and then got up from his chair. Looking at his wrist watch, he could see that he had been talking for about an hour and a half! Making a few rotations of his shoulders and neck to get the kinks out, he then asked curiously

"Well, that's about it. Is there something else? If not, then I'm going home."

It was Akeno who answered with a small amused smile. That man could be so lackadaisical when he was in the proper mood, it was amusing.

"Harry-kun, you should know that Souna Shitori is an alias. It's why you couldn't find anything on her in your books. Her real name is Sona Sitri and as Buchou here is the Heiress of the Gremory Clan, Kaichou is the Heiress of the Sitri Clan. They also share the same territory which is Kuoh Town.

Oh, by the way, bravo for the Cheerleaders prank, it was hilarious! But you better watch your step my friend. Kaichou swore to wring the neck of the culprit as soon as she finds out who's responsible for her and her Peerage's humiliation."

Harry stopped cracking his neck when he digested the new information that his would be girlfriend told him. Huh, so that's why he couldn't find anything on the Shitori Clan. It wasn't a real name to begin with. Well, the hours he passed looking for anything about a Shitori Clan just went down the drain, wonderful. Then the rest of the speech filtered down his brain and with a prankster grin on his lips he said with bravado

"She couldn't catch me even in her wildest dreams. I'm a Marauder; erasing my trail and thinking outside the box is as easy as breathing for me. If I didn't learn it, I would have been punished far more often when I was younger. Worse case scenario, I can always put the fact that I was the one responsible for that prank under a Fidelius charm.

No, I'm not explaining what a Fidelius is; I'm a bit tired of giving explanations right now. So to make a short summary before my leaving; I'm half Devil, half human Wizard, a magical prankster, an adept of rational thinking and deduction.

There, you are now officially informed of my presence on your territory, Rias. Please keep the fact that I'm responsible for the supernatural pranks around the campus from Sona for a while longer if you can; it's really hilarious to see her come up with false assumptions and theories and then nix them as quickly as they came to the point of making her loose her cool.

Feel free to tell her about my knowing of the supernatural though. Ah, before I forgot, you won't feel my full presence tomorrow, since today I made sure to be felt only near the Clubroom to announce myself. Better be safe than sorry."

Rias then snapped out of her pensive mood with an epiphany. She has a perfect candidate in front of her for her family and almost let him go without trying to recruit him! Not only was he pleasant to be around and frankly quite handsome, he was already trained somewhat and could be quite useful against her Phenex problem. So she made her sales pitch

"Wait a minute please, Harry-kun. I have something to ask. Would you be interested in joining my Peerage? I would be really glad to introduce someone like you into my family. You could make a good Knight, or maybe a Rook? I would have to see your skills firsthand though, to make an accurate decision."

Harry knew that the beautiful redhead was sincere. He had read extensively about her Clan. It was the House that had produced the current "Lucifer". The members of the Gremory Clan were characterized by their red hair color and their powerful magical talent. The Gremory Clan were also beings with extraordinary affection among the Devils. As such, they did not discriminate themselves with their servants.

Thus Rias really wanted to add to her family and nothing malicious. Sadly, Harry couldn't accept such an offer, as tantalizing as it could become. Albion would not allow it, not with Ddraig's host already a servant of Rias. While the White Dragon Emperor had mellowed out in the recent centuries, he still had his pride and would not allow himself and his host to be so closely allied with the Red Dragon Emperor, his arch-rival. But there was another way to stay near them. Better give the lovely redhead is answer though.

"I'm sorry Rias but I will have to decline your kind offer, mostly for personal reasons but mainly because I really enjoy my freedom. I also saw Hyoudou-san passing flyers the other day and I really don't have the patience for such things. I would likely burn them or banish them to get rid of the chore and then go tinkering with my car or my bike or maybe make prank calls on my dad's cell phone.

When we know each other better, I will likely tell you more, but right now we are only acquaintances at best. But not all is lost. I remember having read somewhere that it is a tradition for young Devils to make a pact with a Magician."

He could see the realization hitting home into the young woman and with an amused smile, he continued

"While I'm a Wizard and not a Magician, it doesn't mean that a Pact between us wouldn't work. Think carefully about what you would like for your side of the Bargain and then tell me about it in a few days. I should have my side of the Bargain ready to be negotiated by then. Oh, do keep in mind that I really don't care if I have to get my hands dirty and I'm also willing to help when needed. You are also welcome to visit when you have some down time."

He finished with a frank tone. No misdirection, no lies by omission. He would open up to her when he would know her better. Then he decided to be impulsive, just for the sheer fun of it. With a few steps that were oozing self confidence and a little smile, he went to Akeno's side of the desk, grabbed her quickly and possessively by the waist to her honest surprise and delight, only to make her voluptuous body collide on his chest and then brazenly stole a chaste kiss from her lips in front of everyone.

Said stolen kiss was fast to be returned once she had shook off her daze at his bold move. Oh, he could have likely stolen a few French kisses from her, but while he was rather daring, he wasn't an exhibitionist.

He would rather keep his private activities with Akeno just that, private. His actions earned him a squeak of embarrassment from Asia, a roll of the eyes from Koneko, a furious and jealous look from Issei, which was promptly ignored, an easygoing smile from Kiba and one he couldn't quite decipher from Rias. Oh well, no big deal. Deciding to invite Akeno over to his flat he asked her

"Say, Darlin', do you want to have dinner with me tonight and then stay for a movie night afterwards or do you already have some previous engagements?"

He knew that as a part of a Peerage, Akeno had likely clients to see. He might not know much on how everything was working, but granting wishes to people with desires was something regular Devils tended to do and also was included in what Grandpa Zelretch could tell them about the modern Devils. He did not have to wait long for his answer, since the pretty girl in his arms told him with a nice smile

"You are lucky, I have the night free. I would be delighted to eat dinner with you Harry-kun. Do you have a spare helmet with you for the ride back or should I just teleport there?"

Harry just snorted with amusement and with a negligent wave of his right hand; a plain black motorcycle helmet appeared out of thin hair, surprising the rest of the Club members. Without wasting any time, he handled it to her. Akeno took it, still a bit mystified by his casual display of magic. He had conjured something out of nothing! It was something very advanced in Devil magic!

Since school was out for today, the possible couple left with a few goodbyes, making a point of ignoring a sobbing Issei, now rocking back and forth in a corner of the Club room, said boy who was awkwardly comforted by Asia. Once the duo was outside, Rias said out loud more to herself than for anybody else

"Well, you learn something new every day I guess. But what a day..."

Then she remembered that Harry said she had to work on her poker face. Damn. Usually it was her emotions that got her what she wanted from her father and big brother. They were suckers for her big watery eyes and trembling lips. Her antics were working more effectively on her big brother than her father since the former was a hardcore Sis-con. But her father could also be wrapped around her little finger often enough.

With the students, she just had to use her natural charms and sometimes her body. Rias was very aware that she was quite gifted in the curves' department and had no shame to use her feminine wiles when needed, to a certain point. She had tried to enthrall Harry somewhat, but it didn't work. She had been refused. It was frankly a rather novel concept for her.

While she had to grow up with the expectations of nobility, her parents had made sure to shower her with love and provide her with everything a growing child needed. Her mother was the one who put the discipline into the family, since she couldn't wrap her up around her finger, seeing that she was the one who showed her daughter how to do it in the first place.

Grayfia could tell her "no" also, but she was her brother's wife/maid/Queen, so it was kind of expected of her since he was such a goof and always trying to skive off his work. So to have someone just coming out of the woodwork refuse her and tell her to improve on her ways was a bit vexing but strangely liberating. Yes, Harry Potter was becoming even more interesting. She was looking forward into having another good friend. You could never have enough of those.

Back with Harry and Akeno, the two teens were now driving through Kuoh Town's streets on Harry's motorcycle, towards the young man's flat. Since the young woman didn't possess a driving licence or even the knowledge of how drive the vehicle safely, it was the young man who was driving. It was a win-win situation for both of them, since she could tease her suitor by pressing her considerable assets into his back while holding him safely by the waist and she didn't heard him complain about it. It was not like that as a healthy, straight and single young man he would dislike what she was doing after all.

After about ten minutes of riding, they finally arrived at destination. Harry stationed his bike into the driveway, a good distance from the garage door before dismounting and going to open manually the door. Akeno wondered why he wasn't using magic to open the door, but then remembered the International law he talked about earlier. They were in the open, so someone could likely see him use magic and he surely didn't want to be in trouble for something so minor. She would suggest to him that he invests into an automatic door opener in the near future though.

Once the door was opened, he came back toward the vehicle, mounted it again, then with a slight push on the accelerator, the motorbike was soon rolled inside the garage. After cutting the contact and taking back the keys, shutting the garage door, locking it and collecting their school backpacks from the baggage area, he then invited her to follow him inside with a movement of his head.

As soon as the door leading to the garage was closed behind the young woman when they were both inside the flat, Harry figuratively pounced on her. Trapping her between the closest wall and his body so he could steal from the Priestess of Thunder quite a few less chaste kisses than the last few they had exchanged in the clubroom. And he also made sure to add quite a few French kisses also. And boy, she wasn't passive at all this time, since she had hooked both her hands on the lapels of his blazer that was part of the male uniform and holding him close to her, giving as much as she was receiving with a fiery passion. To add some spice to it, Harry had the nice idea to leave her lips a few times just to kiss a few sensitive spots on her neck that made her shudder and gasp out loud before claiming back her mouth with vengeance.

While they still had to seriously talk about where their relationship was going or if they really wanted to make a serious go at it, neither was against making out with the other for the fun of it. Akeno let out a loud muffled pleasured moan since they were still French kissing when she felt her male friend's hands moving down south before setting themselves on her buttocks and feeling said hands squeeze her derriere a few times.

Hum, he was quite daring today. She had permitted him a bit of exploration over her clothes last time and he has not disappointed her by straying towards her intimate parts even if the temptation was clearly very strong and now he was still gaining brownie points by limiting himself to her posterior! Harry seemed to know instinctively to not stray too far too quickly.

Yes, she could have found much worse; this one didn't need too much polishing and too much extra work to make him into a good boyfriend. After a few minutes, both came out for air and sported shit eating grins and then they untangled from their positions after a few more kisses. It was Akeno who spoke first with her sultry and teasing voice once her panting had abated

"Ufufufu, it seems Harry-kun was quite desperate to have some affection from me? How long where you holding back your desires for little old me, Har-ry-kuuun?"

She finished with a sexy growl and a seductive face.

Harry's answer was only to smirk provocatively at her in the same "devil may care" attitude that his father had possessed in his teenager's years and it made quite the effect on his lady friend, for she had to fight hard to not squirm and rub her tights together. Damn! That grin was making her very hot and bothered and the insufferable boy knew it! He didn't even need to answer her to tease her back! She huffed and crossed her arms under her bust and said with a pouting voice

"Fine, you win this round."

Potter only smirked and answered back

"You can leave your school stuff there; we have the whole weekend to do the homework assigned and study. Come on, I'll give you a real tour. Last time the tour ended up in the living room, so with a good make-out session already out of the way, our hormones should be docile long enough to let us finish the aborted guided tour."

With that, she followed him. And he was right, this time she could see all the pieces and it was tastefully decorated. Once the tour was over and they were going towards the living room, she stopped at one picture where Harry was with his whole family and Akeno could see the sheer resemblance between father and son. But if you took the time to look attentively enough, you could pinpoint the less evident differences between them. His sisters were adorable, but they had probably been bribed heavily to behave themselves for the family picture. Harry's mother was gorgeous! Long red auburn hair mostly free with some small braids at her temples, glowing green eyes that she passed to her son and also the heart shaped face.

The other two males must be their surrogate uncles, one who looked like scholarly and the other seemed to be the perpetual bad boy. With emotion thick in her voice, remembering the better times with her deceased mother, she said

"You have a lovely family, Harry-kun."

Harry was astute enough to see that she was somewhat distressed, but not knowing the reason, he could do little but take her in his arms and rub her back all the while guiding her back toward the living room's couch. Once they were sat, he summoned the remote and with his Seeker reflexes (yes he played Quidditch often with his dad and uncles), he caught it easily. Pushing the "on" button, he surfed on the various channels with one hand, looking for something soothing to watch, keeping his other on his lady friend's back, rubbing in circles on it to try and comfort her.

Leaving the TV on a music channel and letting the volume on a level equal to background music, he then gave his whole attention to his guest. After a few minutes, Akeno had managed to put herself back together. Damn, it has been years since she had such a relapse; it was kind of embarrassing to be honest. Harry's voice snapped her out of her thoughts

"I don't know what happened to you in the past and I won't pressure you to tell me. I just want you to know that if you wish to talk about it, I'm willing to listen. I'm not the smartest guy there is, but I'm always willing to lend a hand. I know Rias is your best friend; it's obvious to everyone who takes the time to observe, but sometimes another person's perspective can be useful. Oh, thanks for the make-out session by the way."

The last sentence was what totally snapped her out of her funk. That man had the gall to thank her for that? Why? It was not like she was doing it for charity. Far from it even. While she could not say that she was really in love with Harry just yet, there was really something there, steadily getting stronger. It was no chore at all making-out with him, oh no. After a few seconds of incomprehension, she decided to just drop it and go with the flow.

She started to giggle lightly and then the giggles became full blown laughter. Ah this was great! By seeing his smile, she guessed he did say something out there just to cheer her up. After she calmed herself, Akeno decided to cuddle herself against her suitor.

And then she decided to distract him by making sure to brush her assets on his arm to obtain her goal; which was stealing the remote from his other hand to change the current TV channel to one she liked better.

When he came back to his senses a few minutes later, he turned his head in an almost robot like fashion towards the smug young woman, proud of her feminine wiles. He had only a few things to say to her acts

"You are evil you know that? If you wanted me to change the channel, you just had to ask and I would have done it with no problems. No need to tease me like that, Darlin'. My self-restrain has limits you know."

She only answered him with a smile that looked like the cat got the canary. Harry groaned in answer with his face inside his palms. She was going to be the death of him. Her subtle snickers didn't help either. After watching a few shows on the TV for almost two hours, Harry extricated himself from the hold of a pouting Akeno, but a steamy kiss on her pouting lips and the fact that if they wanted to eat, he had to cook or order something from a nearby restaurant, was enough incentive to let him go.

While Harry wasn't nearly as good as his mother in the kitchen, he wasn't totally hopeless. Soon enough they had two plates of ground beef dumplings with brown sauce and mashed potatoes. While for Harry the meal wasn't anything special except for the company, for Akeno it was something different. It was the first time a man cooked for her and it made her feel fonder towards him.

"Damn, that man is scoring so many brownies points without even trying! I don't like or even want to play "hard to get", but I don't want to have sex with him just yet! Maybe if I let him go to second base it will be enough to satisfy me a bit? Damn hormones and Devil instincts that make it even harder to keep a set pace."

She half heartily groused in her mind.

The conversation during the meal was kept light and amusing, with Harry regaling her with tales of the various pranks his dad, uncles and himself pulled, the shenanigans his sisters got themselves into. Like how they somehow managed to sneak into Yasaka's castle in Youkai Kyoto without getting caught and then pass the entire day with Kunou, Yasaka's daughter, without being discovered by anybody until the twins' curfew, was the big mystery of the year.

Nobody knew how they managed such a feat and the girls weren't talking. Now those three were the best friends of the world and the leader of the Youkai Faction had finally found competent babysitters for her daughter when she had to travel abroad and couldn't take her baby girl along with her. Kunou had tried to ditch them a few times, but contrary to the usual guards that were assigned to her, the "chibi Kyuubi" as James usually called her, didn't managed to fool them even once, what with Padfoot's and Moony's great sense of smell or to pull rank to obtain what she wanted.

The one and only time she did that; Lily took her to task and made her stand in the corner, facing the wall for fifteen minutes. In the Potter household, she was only Kunou, their daughters' best friend, not Princess Kunou, Kitsune Kyuubi, Heir of the Youkai throne and future priestess of Amaterasu.

After a good filling meal and quite a few movies in DVD, two Americans one: Underworld and Underworld 2: Evolution, then they watched Howl's Moving Castle for a Japanese one and finished by Inuyasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler for equalizing at two American ones and two Japanese ones. They had decided to put aside James Bond: Casino Royale for another day, since they both were tired of staring at the TV screen for now.

Now that the evening was becoming night they came upon a little snag. Would Akeno stay over for the night or would she leave to go back to her home? The dilemma was resolved quite quickly. She had no desire to go back to an empty Shrine but she had not brought with her fitting night clothes since it wasn't planned that she stayed over. While she wasn't ashamed of her body and had no scruple of sleeping naked, she didn't want to make Harry's self control snap. It was too early in the relationship for the third base and further. This minor inconvenience was resolved by borrowing a pair of boxer shorts and a t-shirt comfortable enough to sleep in from Harry.

She went and got changed into the bathroom and when she came back into the bedroom, she was looking forward the reaction her boy toy would get in seeing her like that. His reaction didn't disappoint, since he was literally devouring her with his eyes. His reaction made her develop a pleased blush on her pretty face. It was not every day that you could stun your crush/suitor speechless only by wearing a t-shirt, male boxer shorts and by letting her long hair loose. And she had to admit that Harry wearing only a pair of forest green pyjamas pants was quite eye catching. She could see the six packs on his abdomen and couldn't help herself by licking her lips.

He was quite yummy. As to why they were planning to share a bed instead of her going to sleep by herself in the guest bedroom? Well, Akeno might have played the card of the unassuming and shy little girl who was afraid of sleeping alone in an unfamiliar house. Well, she learned two things afterwards. She would have to expand upon her acting lessons since her suitor wasn't fooled the slightest and also it felt really nice to have a strong masculine arm holding her against him around her waist like that! Deciding to bring up the topic of their relationship, she asked Harry quietly

"Do you really want to try to build a serious relationship with me? Do you think that we will be successful as a couple? "

She heard him sight a bit loudly and before she could start creating unlikely scenarios with her insecurities; she felt his hand on her waist move to go squeezing her nearest hand before he answered back

"Akeno-chan, how many times must I tell you? Yes, I want to build a real and serious relationship with you. You're kind, quite funny sometimes too. It's interesting to watch you tease the people you are near to. But frankly, I could do without your "Onee-sama" mask. I like how you act so natural around me. I'm very attracted to you physically and yes, the teenage hormones help to accelerate the process, but only by so much. I firmly believe that we could make a serious and successful go at it. Now, if your insecurities have been appeased, can we make-out a bit before sleeping? Or at least, give me a good night kiss, please. "

Now very giddy to have her first serious boyfriend, Akeno lost no time at all to change positions from the almost spooning to facing him. With a predator like grin, she pounced and claimed his lips. Harry, while initially surprised, was quick to catch on the act and soon they were locked into a passionate make-out session. With all the fumbling and groping going around, Akeno somehow managed to end up on top, straddling Harry. With a devilish smile, she teased him by rubbing herself on him and a gasp of surprise and pleasure shot out of her throat at the sensation!

And the groan coming out from him excited her even more! The sensation was increased by a tenfold right at the moment she felt his hardness against her butt. But before she could do it again, he grabbed her by the waist and guided her back on the mattress. Looking for an answer, she look at him and proving that he was quite adept at reading facial expressions, he told her sheepishly

"Akeno, if you keep doing that, it won't end up as only a hot make-out session. I'm warning you right now before we go too far and we both end up regretting it tomorrow."

Realizing what she had ended up doing, the Himejima couldn't help but turn bright red. She had rubbed herself on her new boyfriend's lap and he ended up almost too excited to stop! It was both very flattering and mortifying at the same time. She then moved away a bit from him to sit herself on the edge of the bed and hid her still glowing face in her hands.

She was not left alone for more than a few seconds, since a strong arm grabbed her by the waist to bring her back into his embrace. Harry covered her neck and cheek with a few tender kisses before saying with a soft voice

"It's okay Akeno-chan, everything is alright. Those things are bound to happen. You don't need to be ashamed. Come on, let's go to sleep and pick back up the make-out session tomorrow when we will be dressed. That way the temptation shouldn't be so strong."

Akeno was finally calmed by Harry's kisses and words and accepted his proposition. Once they were properly cuddled back together and with the blankets back on the bed covering them, it took little time for both of them to fall into Morpheus' domain and dream of what the future would bring to them and their loved ones.