Yeah, after rereading this chapter, I realized it was probably too damn shitty to post. That's why I took it down so I could rewrite some parts of it. So, here ya go.

Disclaimer: I don't own High School DxD, please don't sue me.

Chapter 5: One Last Calm Before Storm

A classroom, a place that was used in the place called school which was a place of learning. A place for students to have a comfortable environment to attain knowledge. But for our friendly neighborhood devil, Yoichi, it was a place for sleeping

But it was different today. Unlike usual, he was actually awake. Not paying attention to the lesson, but awake nonetheless. And of course, everyone noticed and just had to show that they did by staring at him in uneasily throughout the entire day. Even the teachers seemed uneasy.

They were probably thinking he had something no good planned like a prank or something, even though he doesn't roll that way. He didn't really even consider himself a delinquent. To Yoichi, you're a delinquent if you commit petty crimes like spray painting, shoplifting, bullying, etc. He gets into a lot of fight, but he's never done a crime…but then again, does beating people up count as a crime? …Probably…

But anyway, we're getting off topic. The reason he wasn't sleeping was because he was still thinking about what happened with the stray which was about a week ago. Man, he still remembered what happened the next day after that with not only Rias, but also with the student council president.

One Week Ago - The Day After The Night Of The Incident

"Hey, look over there."

"Oh god, what the fuck?!"

"Looks like the problem child finally picked a fight with the wrong guy."

"That many wounds though…just what kind of guy did he mess with?"

"Who cares? Just get back."

As of right now, Yoichi was walking through the gates of Kuoh Academy. Not just that, but he was covered in bandages because of his wounds from the fight last night. And because of that, he was getting more attention than usual.

Of course, he paid no mind to it, he honestly didn't care. What's on his mind at the moment was what Rias had in store for him. Because here's the thing, after he and Tatsumi went to report in to their respective masters last night, the two obviously questioned their wounds.

Yoichi being the blunt idiot he was, told Rias about everything that happened. She would've asked for the full details, but because it was already late, she told him they would continue the discussion the next day. And here we are.

Rias and the others seemed genuinely worried about him which was a bit awkward. The reason being that no one's ever showed concerned about him other than Tatsumi, so this was something new to him.

"Yoichi."

He turned to the direction of the voice that cut off his train of thought, to see Tatsumi who was also covered in bandages.

"Tatsumi." He greeted back. "So, what'd your master say about the injuries?"

"Yes, about that, I'll have to go to the Occult Research Club with you today." Tatsumi replied uneasily.

"Why?" Yoichi raised an eyebrow. For some reason, he didn't like where this was going.

"Sona Kaichou-sama, she said she needed to speak with me there." Tatsumi replied, there was clear dread in his voice.

"…Wait, are Rias and Sona connected somehow? I know she's a devil too, but I thought you said devils from different households aren't supposed to get involved with each other."

Tatsumi pushed up his glasses, "Perhaps it is because we were attacked together. I'm not quite sure. But either way, I'm worried." He started shuddering. "Sona Kaichou-sama is merciless! She told me if I was ever in a dangerous situation, I should call for backup but I didn't!" He then groveled on the floor. "AAAAHHHHHHH! I'm going to be punished!"

At this point, Tatsumi was basically crying. This made Yoichi wonder, was this "Sona" that bad? In any case, he realized Tatsumi was gonna be like that for a while.

He grabbed his bespectacled friend by the collar of his blazer and started dragging him into the school building, "Let's go buddy."

Later That Day, After school

Now heading to the ORC room were Yoichi and a trembling Tatsumi. They had met up after class and started walking together. Tatsumi insisted that they take the longest route to the clubroom. He'd much rather delay whatever Sona had in store for him, even if it was just for a few seconds.

Seriously, even Yoichi was a bit concerned. From what he heard, Tatsumi's been like this the whole day. In homeroom, class, even lunch. And when Tatsumi was so scared that he didn't even pay attention in class, that's a bit worrying.

Once they arrived at the clubroom, Yoichi knocked on the door. They waited for a few seconds until they heard Rias answered,

"Come in."

Before Yoichi entered, he turned to see that Tatsumi got even paler than he was before. Shrugging, he turned the doorknob, opened the door, and they both entered the room.

When they did, there were the usual members of the club. But also two people that Yoichi did not recognize.

The first one being a young bespectacled woman that looked a bit older than him. She had black hair styled in a short bob cut and violet eyes. Just by looking at her face, Yoichi could tell she was probably someone like Tatsumi, but a bit more cool headed.

The second one was also a young bespectacled woman that looked a bit older than him. She had long straight black hair that extends all the way down to her knees with split bangs and heterochromic eyes, with a violet left eye and a light brown right eye. Again, she seemed like she was like Tatsumi except more cool headed.

Since they were wearing the girl's uniform, they had to be students. Probably third years.

Deciding to start conversation, Yoichi went with, "Who are these tw–"

"Gah!" Tatsumi covered Yoichi's mouth with his hand. "Don't be so disrespectful talking to casually like that!" He hissed to his friend's ear before turning to the one with a bob cut. "M-my apologies for him Sona Kaichou-sama!"

"Calm yourself, Tatsumi." Sona replied.

"Yes ma'am!" He replied, letting Yoichi go.

"Kaichou? She's the student council prez?" He raised an eyebrow.

"Indeed I am." Sona said as she stepped up. "In school I'm known as Souna Shitori, but that's just a cover. My real name is Sona Sitri, heir to the house of Sitri." She gestured to the other girl. "That is my [Queen], Tsubaki Shinra." Tsubaki bowed after being introduced.

What made Yoichi sweat drop was the fact that Sona kept a stoic face the whole time she was speaking. This made him think, 'Never mind. She's not as loud as Tatsumi.'

"The house of Sitri is one of the 72 pillars that survived the Great War just like the house of Gremory. This school is actually controlled by the house of Gremory, but at day time, it is the student council…in other words the house of Sitri is in control. The time of being in charge is split between day-time and night-time." Rias explained.

"…mhm, sure." Yoichi shrugged it off, not really caring for the explanation. "So I'm guessing they're here about the incident last night?"

Rias nodded at his question, "That is correct."

Yoichi and Tatsumi are now currently sitting in seiza position (Tatsumi made him do it.), while Rias and Sona sat on the couch facing them, and the other ORC members (and Tsubaki) all standing at the side.

"Now, explain what happened last night in full detail." Rias started.

"Yes, of course." Tatsumi nodded while Yoichi didn't react. "It's quite a simple story, Yoichi and I ran into each other while carrying out our duties, and then before we were about to head back to the school and give our report in, we were attacked by a stray devil. It was dark, so she was able to sneak up on us."

"And why didn't you call in for backup?" Sona asked.

"We didn't really have the chance now, did we?" Yoichi joined in. "We were more focused on trying not to get killed by the thing and besides, we handled things just fine."

The two high class devils didn't say anything and just stared at them for a moment.

"They do have a point." Rias said. "You both held your own quite well despite only being reincarnated recently." She continued and even Sona nodded in agreement.

"Well, at least you know." Yoichi smirked while Tatsumi nodded in relief.

"However," Sona cut in. "Even though you handled yourselves well, try not to engage in combat next time. You should run and call for backup. At your current level, that would be the best move."

"Yes ma'am!"

"Whatever."

After a few more minutes of discussing the matter, Tatsumi, Sona, and Tsubaki left the room. [A/N: Yeah, I keeping this shitty conversation in cause I think it's still tolerable.] Yoichi thought they would just go back to doing the normal devil work now but then,

"Yoichi, come here for a moment." Rias called him over and he complied. "Give me your hand." He did so. She started writing something on his palm and after a little bit of glowing, there was symbol on his hand like a tattoo, it was the same symbol that was on the flyers and magic circles.

'This symbol shows that you are a part of the Gremory household. I'm sorry, it slipped my mind to give you this.'

Rias's words echoed in his head as he looked at his palm. He really couldn't care less about if other devils knew if he was part of the household. As long as it doesn't affect him in a bad way, he couldn't care less.

"Well, this is unusual."

A voice suddenly said. It wasn't Tatsumi, it was a feminine voice with a hint of mockery. A voice that Yoichi knew all too well.

He turned to see the sight of a girl with a sly smile, brown hair in braids and pink glasses. This girl was Aika Kiryuu, an acquaintance of Yoichi's and quite possibly the most perverted girl he's ever met. Since she's here, Yoichi looked around and saw that the class was empty. For the first time in a long time, he had been awake for an entire day of school.

Shaking his head, he looked to the brown haired female with a bored look, "Kiryuu, sup."

"Good." She shrugged, still smiling. "Though it is quite interesting to see you not asleep. Normally you'd be snoozing off but look at you, did something good happen?" She asked, her smile turning more perverted. "I heard you joined the Occult Research Club, so what's the deal? Did you get lucky with one of the two great ladies of the school?"

Yoichi rolled his eyes, his expression not changing, "First off, even I have things I need to think about and second of all, no. And who the hell are these two great ladies you're talkin' about?"

Kiryuu blinked at this, she sighed, "Jeez, why am I not surprised?" She looked at him with a neutral expression, "Gremory-senpai and Himejima-senpai, they're known as the two great ladies of the school."

"…Why's that?" Yoichi asked, seeming genuinely confused.

"Leave it to you to not even see their appeal." She sighed again. "Seriously, it's not even fun teasing you since I never get a reaction. Don't you find any girl attractive?"

Yoichi deadpanned, "…Not really. I mean, I know Rias and Akeno have stupidly large racks and that's appealing to a certain extent, but all in all, not too much." Then, a malicious smile formed, "Besides, all I care about, is having a good fight."

"…Haa~, really now?" Kiryuu sighed, but then a thought came to mind as a smirk formed on her face. "Are you really not interested~? Or is your friendship with Tatsumi not just a friendship~?"

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Silence…just…silence. The two did nothing but stare at each other for a few minutes.

After a few minutes, Yoichi let out a sigh, "What kind of shit goes on in your head?" he shook his head before standing up with his bag. "Whatever. Gonna go look for a fight or something, I'm bored."

Kiryuu watched as he walked away but then spoke up, "Y'know, if you want a fight I can help you get one. If you don't mind hitting girls at least."

Yoichi stopped, and glanced back at her, "Do they know any form of combat?" she nodded. "I'm listening."

To continue, Kiryuu walked to the door and gestured him to the window in the hallway. They walked out at she pointed outside the window after she opened it. At first, Yoichi was confused, but a few seconds later,

"Run for it!"

"Don't look back!"

"I didn't even get to see anything!"

On the school grounds, they saw three boys, one was bald, one with huge glasses, and a brunette that actually looked normal, and they were getting chased by a huge group of girls. And not in a good way. Why is that, you ask? Because all of them were carrying kendo sticks with the obvious intention of beating the shit out of 'em

He raised an eyebrow at the female pervert, she just kept gesturing to them.

"A group of Kendo girls, that's a form of combat." She said.

For a moment there was nothing but silence. Yoichi kept staring at her for a few more seconds, before shrugging. "Meh, whatever."

He then proceeded to jump out the damn window, and landing on the ground with not too much problem since they were only on the second floor.

'Being a devil has its uses.' He thought to himself with a smirk. A fact about him being turned into a devil is that, his body's a lot tougher now so jumping from the second floor won't kill him.

But getting back to the task at hand, "Hey guys! Over here!" He called out to the three who quickly ran to his direction despite not knowing him. He figured they were just really desperate.

[Help us!]

The three of them yelled as they got behind him. The kendo girls who were chasing them paused when they saw Yoichi in their way. Judging from the way they recoiled slightly, they must've recognized who he is and knows about his infamous reputation.

Surprisingly though, two of them actually stepped up without hesitation. The first one being a girl with short pink hair and brown eyes, and the other one being a girl with dark brown hair tied in a ponytail with two long bangs on either sides of her face and brown eyes. They, like the other girls, were wearing training gi, and were noticeably well endowed.

"Are you with them?" Ponytail asked, her eyes narrowed.

Yoichi didn't even flinch or blinked when he responded, "Nope. Don't even know 'em."

"Then move aside, they need to be punished!" Pinky said.

"What'd they do, anyway?" Yoichi raised an eyebrow.

In response, ponytail pointed at the three, "Those disgusting perverts peeped on us while we were changing!"

Yoichi sweat dropped, he glanced back at the three who made no effort to even deny what she had said. "Ok, I can see why you're mad. But don't you think beating 'em with bamboo sticks is a little wrong?" he tried to reason.

"Like YOU have any right to talk!" Ponytail retorted. "We know the rumors. YOU get into street fights for no reason all the time!"

"…" He just stared at them for a moment, the hypocrisy of his words slowly sinking in. Shrugging, he responded, "Huh, I guess you're right."

"Gah!"

"Ugh!"

Not wasting any time, he grabbed both of their faces and slammed their heads to the ground. Brutal, but he made sure not to do it too hard. Now, the two were obviously passed out.

This got shocked looks from not only the other Kendo girls, but from the three boys too. He looked up at the group of girls with a malicious smile.

"So, who's next?" He asked with a mischievous grin.

"…"

A moment of silence, and then,

[KYAAAAAA! RUN!]

They all ran off leaving Yoichi, not surprised whatsoever. He honestly expected that kind of reaction considering they were girls. And no, he wasn't sexist, it's just that it's happened a lot before.

"Phew~", baldy sighed in relief.

His relief however, was cut short by the same guy who saved them.

"So, peeping, huh?" Yoichi asked, face void of any emotion.

"Uuh. We didn't mean to get caught," said four eyes.

"… But you did." Yoichi deadpanned.

"Yeaaaah."

Silence.

Turning to the brunette, Yoichi asked, face genuinely confused, " Why are you friends with them? You look like someone who wouldn't need to peep."

Staring at Yoichi, he glanced at his friends before replying, "… I don't really know. I just wanted to see boobs."

"… So, you decide to follow… them?" Yoichi asked again, completely confused.

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Silence.

"We're still here, you assholes," said baldy, slightly pissed off now.

Yoichi looked at them and said, "Oh I didn't notice. With that bald head of yours sitting right there, how could I have?"

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"… Did anyone ever tell you what a douche you are?" asked the brunette.

"Yes. Many times I might add. Kinda makes me proud." Yoichi replied.

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"Hi, my name's Issei."

"I'm Yoichi."

The two shook hands before walking away together, leaving four eyes and baldy alone in the courtyard.

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Then the girls came back.

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It was almost time, her time to strike was coming. Her new set of children, it was almost time to be formed. Her target, the wretched little devil that took one of her eyes. She was going to make him pay!

But first, she needs to lure him in. As much as she hates to admit it, she couldn't take on an entire peerage. She needed to get him alone, a bait to bring him in. She thought about it for a moment…and then it came to mind.

Her thoughts shined in her eyes, as she remembered the bespectacled boy with surprisingly high skill in combat. The one with the wires and needles. The one who seemed VERY close to the wretched insect who took her eye.

The bespectacled boy…was the perfect bait.

Chapter End

So yeah, what'd you think? I changed some things including the ending. I GOT SOME BIG PLANS! Next chapter's coming soon, I promise.

I'm gonna go now. See ya.