[Important! This is not a new chapter, this is the last chapter, the new chapter is the one behind this one. I wanted to do something else before the canon. The new chapter is a new chapter five and this is the old chapter five that has been bumped up to six.]
Dante woke up to his alarm clock. It made him happy that he no longer had worry about it since he got rid of Rias. But once he clicked it off he noticed something… he wasn't alone in his bed. His eyes slightly twitching in suppressed anger her turned to see Rias' smiling face, again she was completely naked. Not that it bothered Dante anymore, she had effectively burned her nude form into his mind with how much he tended to see it.
"Good morning Dante." She said sweetly.
"Why. Are. You. Here. Rias."
"Because today is the start of our third year of high school and I thought as it's a special occasion I thought I would sleep in with you." Dante glared back.
"Is that so… well then let's just stay in all day and cuddle together just relaxing in bed all day." The sarcasm dripped from Dante's words.
"While that does sound quite lovely I'm afraid that as a model student I can not…"
"I WASN'T SERIOUS DAMNIT!" Dante yelled causing Rias to yell back. They continued this as Akeno and Minamoto just kept drinking their coffee.
"It seems Rias might have bit off bit more than normal." Minamoto said as he calmly sipped his coffee. He was overjoyed (not that he showed it publicly) when Akeno stole Dante secret to his coffee. Though it was ruined slightly when Dante found out and instead of freaking out like the two wanted him to he just made Minamoto draw up a contract for Akeno to sign saying that she would never make more than two a morning. The lengths Dante went to keep his two a morning rule intact were worrying to Minamoto but so long as he got said coffee he didn't really care.
"Isn't it sweet… they fight like an old married couple." Akeno smiled as she sipped her tea, she really wasn't for coffee, she just made it for her boyfriend and to try at irritating Dante. It really showed when Minamoto would make the amusing and satisfying comment that hers was better. Dante failed at keeping his cool in the form of crushing the cup in his hand, it was a good thing grim Reapers don't bleed.
"So what's the plan for the first day of school." Minamoto said as he looked over the list of books he needed for the next round of classes. "Ah fuck… why didn't take more out of the Fix It account when I had the chance!"
"Well, we need to get the Occult Research Club registered again. But other than that…" Akeno stopped when the yelling stopped and Dante kicked his door open. The sound of Dante's shower starting telling the calmer teens where the Gremory heiress was.
"You!" Dante pointed his finger at Akeno. "You let her in!"
"You know she can just teleport in right." Minamoto said putting down his list.
"No! I warded my room off and just to be sure I warded off the whole building!"
"That's rather irresponsible, what if there was an emergency and we needed to get in that moment."
"I was crafty… it only works at night and when I'm in my room." Dante slightly bragged as he walked to his kitchen to start on his breakfast. "But she still get's in… I wonder how." Dante shot dagger eyes towards Akeno though she simply ignored him.
"Why is this such a big deal?" Minamoto asked, he never understood this problem Dante had. Every boy in their school would very likely kill to be in his place.
"It is my bed! And anyone that comes in with me should be my choice. It is the god… fuck that hurts… given right to all. Girls get to decided when guys can join them in bed and it works the other way around, even if guys will rarely ever say no but the rule still stands."
"You really are set in your ways aren't you." Minamoto sighed.
Later that day.
Dante looked over the chess board. His rooks had been taken, irony, he still had his knights and one bishop. His queen deep in enemy territory, his king back in the right corner, and only three pawns left. All he had to show was the loss of Rias' queen, one of her knights, and two of her pawns.
"No! the stakes are too high to lose; I shall overcome this!" Dante thought as Rias took another of his pawns. He keeps his poker face well but on the inside his was melting. He much rather preferred grand strategy games like Risk to chess. He had tried to get Rias to play said game but she shot that idea down flat, saying there was no beating a classic.
"It's your move." Rias announced, her words a gentle taunt. Right now the two were playing for the high stakes indeed. If Dante won, Rias will stay out of his bed, if Rias wins… the opposite would happen. Dante looked over his options… there weren't many.
"I could sacrifice my queen to give my pawn a chance at a promotion but there's a good chance that it would just get taken away. Or I could move back for a strong defense… no no no… that's not the kind of game we're playing. Damnit I'm a hold back and let the enemy tire themselves out kind of player, you can't do that in chess." Dante decided to move his knight forward in attempt at setting a trap. Rias slightly smiled. "Fuck! She saw right through that." Rias started to make her move but both of them turned to the window when they heard people talking outside of the old school building. Rias walked over to see Issei and his friends resting likely after being chased by angry female students.
"Have you ever noticed that boy Issei's soul feels strong?" Rias asked Dante, turning back into the room after the boys saw her.
"No…" Dante said not taking his attention from the game. "… but then again I'm not really in tune with that kind of thing. Why? Is there something in him?"
"Maybe… I never noticed before because your soul overlapped his." Rias said as she returned to their match. Making her move. "Check."
"Should we put eyes on him?" Dante made his move, he knew he was screwed but made one last ditch try.
"Yes… I think we should." Rias smile continued as she made her last move. "Checkmate." Rias said as she took Dante's King. "Your trap was very easy to see through."
"Yeah… I would have won if this was Risk… but then again it's not really fun with two people." Dante groaned as Rias stood up and walked past him. "Fair is fair though…" Dante then grumbled his admit to defeat.
After school that day.
"This can not be happening to me right now." Issei thought as the girl in front of him complimented him. He had never seen her before and yet… she was asking to go on a date with him.
"See… the thing is… I'd like you to be my boyfriend." The girl asked. He couldn't understand what was going on but something nagged at the back of his mind.
Flashback.
"Beware the forward girls." Dante instructed to Issei as he walked around Issei doing pushups. "A girl will never simply walk up to you and begin acting friendly."
"But that happens to Kiba all the time." Issei asked and he wished he hadn't because Dante added on to the weight on Issei's back.
"That's because he has a sparkling reputation. He is approachable, while you are yet to be maggot! Until such a time you must be wary. For any girl that would come up asking you out for no reason will in fact have a reason and it is rarely good for you."
End of Flashback.
Issei mind was to happy and excited at the prospect at having a girlfriend to remember Dante's warning. All he could think was a single sentence on repeat.
"I'm getting laid! I'm getting laid! I'm getting laid!" Issei snapped out of his quick stupor to answer the girl. "Umm… go out?" That was all that his mind was able to come up with.
"Yeah, next Sunday afternoon. Can you do it/"
"Sure! That sounds great. I can do it anytime you want."
"it's a date then… night." The girl said before running off waving Issei goodbye. "I really I'm happy your my boyfriend." She said before leaving.
"Ditto… bye, bye." Issei couldn't contain his excitement. "A date! A date!" Issei yelled out as he ran down the nearby stairs. "This is so badass! I'm going to see lady parts. I am the man." Issei jumped in glee off the stairs.
At the top of the stairs Dante's body formed from ice from the ground up as Koneko walked in next to him.
"So the pervert really does have a Sacred Gear in him." Koneko said before licking her ice cream as Dante's form finished changing.
"That dumbass… I warned him not to trust girls like that." Dante growled out. "You sure you sense something in him?"
"It's kinda of embarrassing for you that you spent so much time with him and never noticed."
"No it's just that you're just a show off." Dante scoffed as he walked over to the middle of the bridge. "That girl… she felt like a Fallen Angel, it's sad that his first girlfriend had to be her. It wouldn't be if I just did a little better job."
"It's not your fault that he's a mega pervert."
Next Sunday Night.
Issei laid bleeding out in the park, having been stabbed by his date.
"I'm about to freakin' die! It's over… damn… I can't even move anymore. Trying to touch a pair of orbs. What a stupid way for a person to die! To be honest I know I've lived a shallow life. I promise next time… I'm going to listen to you sensei… I will live as a better person. I sorry sensei but I failed you. You tried to help me reach greatness and even said my dream was attainable so long as I did it with a good heart. I promise, if I could just live through this… I'll have that good heart you wanted me to have." A that moment a red light appeared above Issei ending in Dante forming out of ice.
"What did I tell you… never trust forward women." His sensei said, his eyes filled with disappointment. "And look at yourself… you went and got yourself killed." Issei watched as a scythe grew out of his sensei's spine. "In the name of lord Death, I reap your soul!" Dante yelled out dramatically holding the scythe over his body in mid swing.
"Bad Reaper." Issei watched as Rias Gremory slapped the back of Dante's head.
"Ow… come on, I wasn't serious." Dante said as he stopped his swing and rubbed the back of his head. "Don't worry Issei, we're not going to let you die." That was the last thing Issei heard before blacking out. "So you going to make him one of us now?" Dante turned to his King.
"Of course, he has power and certainly has poetical. You said it yourself, he is a good person deep down."
"Yeah I know… but can I handle him. He should be my responsibility."
The next night.
"Why did I have to say that?" Dante thought, thinking back on his request to make Issei his responsibility. He had tried to let Issei feel out his new powers and it had started to work but… things went down hill once that Fallen Angel got involved. Now Dante was holding his scythe blade to the bastard's neck while Issei was once again bleeding out.
"Let me go you scum!" The Fallen Angel demanded but Dante just ignored him and watched as Rias, Akeno and Koneko appeared by magic circle.
"And now you'll learn why you messed with the wrong piece of scum." Dante said as he let the Fallen Angel go and walked over to the other Devils. The Fallen Angel quickly recognized Rias as the heir to the Gremory House. And after a quick and slightly threatening exchange of words he left the Devils to their business. "I'm sorry Rias… I couldn't get to the chase in time to stop him from doing this." Dante apologized as Rias looked over Issei.
"He needs help quickly." Koneko reminded everyone of the current situation.
"Don't worry… I'll take care of everything." Rias smiled in a way that made Dante uneasy.
"What's wrong… I thought you wanted Rias to leave you to your own bed?" Minamoto teased as he sipped his coffee. He watched as his best friend tapped on his own cup the way he always did when he was irritated.
"Shut it." Dante was not in the mood for either Minamoto or Akeno's jokes and prods.
"Oh… maybe he's upset at the fact she was in Issei's bed last night or better yet maybe he's mad at the possibility that she might like Issei as a bed mate more than him." Akeno added on.
"I said shut it! Who she sleeps aside to is her business and none of mine."
"Me thinks you doth protest too much." Minamoto said as he hid behind some of the first bits of homework. "But then again… as the bard once said The course of true love never did run smooth."
"You really want to use what you learned in that brit literature class don't you? That quote doesn't even fit the situation." Dante groaned. At least he could take his frustration out on the source, his former student… Issei.
"I don't know who's she sending to fetch me…but their taking their sweet ass time." Issei mumbled as his mind tried to make a bit of sense of this morning. He had been in bed with Rias Gremory, and they were naked! It was pure heaven, the whole business with being a devil and her newest servant was a shock but he could think of worse fates… like dying.
A load crash caused Issei to return to reality, he looked over to the kicked open door and to his horror he saw the source of the crash noise. It was Dante, and he looked pissed. To the normal eye he looked indifferent bordering on happy with his smirk but Issei had spent a whole year training with Dante… he knew when the man was pissed.
"Issei Hyoudou!" Dante's voice boomed as he pointed to him. "It is time! For your training… round two!" Several female students looked excited as they thought that it might mean that they might get another date with the foreign prince of Kuoh.
"What?! I'm sorry sensei but I can't I'm waiting for…"
"I'm also here to pick you up for Rias." Dante bluntly stated causing Issei's face to grow in shock. "Come on… let's get moving." Dante said as he led Issei through the school and towards the old school building.
"Umm… I'm sorry for asking this sensei but… if you're the one fetching me… does that mean you know about…"
"I'm a Grim Reaper, a sub class of devil, that's what you are now and what Rias and the others are." Dante said before opening the doors, leading Issei in.
"Others?" Issei looked around the room Dante lead them to and saw Yuuto Kiba and Koneko Toujou sitting across from each other on red leather couches. Issei couldn't care less about Yuuto who was currently reading a book. "Damn pretty boy, getting all the girls he wants why does he need to be here." Issei attention turned to the petite Koneko who was currently eating chocolate. "Damn I wish I was that chocolate bar right now… what no!" Issei mentally raged as Dante sat down and almost instantly Koneko took her normal place in his lap.
Dante could feel what Issei was thinking and it pissed him off. Clio was always making playful accusations on the two Rooks' relationship. In truth he saw her as a little sister, a far superior one to his real sister who he still considered to be the real devil of the world. Dante watched as Issei's attention switched over from Koneko to the sound of a shower running.
"Why does this feel like I've seen this this before… oh yeah I have." Dante thought as Issei freaked out over the fact that Rias was taking a shower. Then again so did he when she did it in front of him for the first time. "Hey dumbass, its beneath a real man to spy." Issei only then noticed that in fact Dante had not once looked at the shower and when he did he kept his eyes closed.
"I'm sorry sensei… please forgive my weakness… but… that's Rias taking a shower!" Dante just sighed at Issei as Akeno joined them.
"So you're the new guy…" Akeno said as she walked over to Issei. "Don't worry I won't bite. It's nice to meet you." Akeno said with a bow. "Don't worry, everyone here but Dante…"
"Hey!"
"… is super nice. I'm Akeno I'm the vice president."
"Umm… I'm Issei Hyoudou and I promise that I'll get better at not being so awkward."
"Issei!" Dante boomed to his student. "Whatever you do, whatever you were about to think… don't. Don't." Dante warned, the look in his eyes and in Yuuto's own couvade the seriousness of this warning.
"Umm… um… umm." Issei knew what those looks meant, most guys did… it meant over-protective-boyfriend.
"Oh you two worry too much, Minamoto would never hurt poor sweet Issei." Akeno teased but neither Dante or Yuuto lowered their warning gaze. Issei's attention turned from the current trouble to the sound of Rias walking out of the shower but much to his disappointment she was clothed.
"I'm so glad Dante was able to find you, I'm sorry to keep you waiting but…"
"But I didn't have time to use your shower at your place." Dante finished Rias' words for her. "You said the same thing to me when you brought me into this."
"I flattered that would remember that." Rias retorted back as she walked to her desk. "Well now that you've arrived I think that everyone is here. We would like to officially welcome you into the Occult Research Club."
"Uh… thanks." Issei said as he sat down next to Dante and Koneko.
"But you should know that the name of the club is just a front, this is supposed to look like this is some sort of hobby."
"Okay so what is it really?"
"Well since to you asked I'll be frank with you, I'm sure Dante told you that I'm not the only Devil here Issei. We are all Devils, and that winged man from yesterday was something else a Fallen Angel." This once again shocked Issei. "Some think we're the same…" Everyone but Issei turned to Dante.
"They are never going to let me live that down." Dante groaned in his mind.
"… but it isn't true. They want to serve God but it's too late for them. Their dark emotions have forced them into the Underworld. The confusion is understandable because they too walk the earth misguiding humans. But they wish to please God, so their goal is to wipe us Devils out and gain supremacy over our realm. You call it Hell. And of course there's the more recognizable Angels that are clearly sent down by God to defeat us as well. So we're constantly defending ourselves from both sides." Issei tried to follow along but just ended up confused.
"She's trying to say if you meet someone with black or white wings, they will be trying to kill you." Dante said as simply as he could. "Like Yuuma…" That got Issei's attention in full. "… I tried warning you but did you listen, no. And you got yourself killed."
"Where did you hear that name?" Issei mumbled though loud enough for the whole room to hear, his hands trembling at the memories of his and Yuuma's date. "Never mind, I don't want to know. But I trust you Dante…" The Grim Reaper's eyes narrowed, Issei always called him Sensei from the start of their training. "… so… if you know about her… then she must have existed. But then why did Matsuda and Motohama…" A small click went off in Dante's head as he finally learned the names of Issei's friends. "… don't remember anything about her and her number isn't in my phone anymore."
"We can erase human memory." Rias answered.
"And its surprisingly easy to buy the services of a hacker or two when our contracts tend to involve nerds and the like." Dante added on.
"Changing memories usually ends up being the best thing for everyone, including your parents." Issei had a look realization at that last part but snapped out of it at the sound of Dante's laughing.
"So you whamied his parents. That's reminds when Minamoto told me of when he asked why we were sleeping together and he just drenched you when you tried to change his memory. Ha." Dante's intentional sip about the fact that Rias also slept with him caused Issei to fall to the floor crying and also earned him a slight glare from Rias. "What… I thought it was funny and I want share that funny moment with Issei." Dante lied through his teeth. Rias just sighed and returned to the topic at hand.
"Yuuma erased the memory of her existence from the people around you because she thought she accomplished her goal." The mention of Yuuma snapped Issei out of sadness.
"Wait what goal?"
"To kill you of course, but only after she figured out if whether or not there was something within you that was dangerous or threating. Once that was verified, you were stabbed through the middle, with a spear of light."
"That explains the freaky shit she was saying, about god and something sacred."
"Yes you have a Scared Gear." Rias answered before Akeno continued with a explanation.
"It's basically a very intense and unique power that's found in rare few. Not many people have them so your kinda of a big deal."
"The thing is this power can be so uncontrollable that some who have it become a threat to those in the Underworld. Issei…please hold up your left hand."
"Okay but I'm not very good at catch." Issei said as he did what he was told.
"Now…" Dante started. "Close your eyes and think of the part of your body that you feel is the strongest, then focus hard on that strength" On the inside Dante was actually afraid of what might happen do to the wording he was using. "And think carefully."
"Okay… I'm trying…" Issei tried his hardest to focus but his mind kept going back to the morning and then to the fact that Dante had also slept with Rias. And that led to him falling to floor crying again. "I can't do it, I'm a weak soul!"
"Your lack of confidence is your biggest problem… both in this and basically everywhere else in your life." Dante said, he was actually trying to help despite hoe it sounded. "But you're not weak, I high doubt everyone gets it on their first try without a shortcut like I had."
"Wait are you saying you have one of these Sacred things?" Issei said feeling even worse thinking that he once again paled in comparison to his mentor.
"Well it's a bit different, I'm a Grim Reaper. A sub-species of Devil that all have a Sacred Gear but very few of us live long enough to use it. And I had a bit of help in getting mine, so you not being able to use it right away is perfectly understandable and slightly expected."
"Are you sure sensei that this isn't some mistake I mean I'm not that cool."
"You are cool enough to warrant Fallen Angels to come after you. It's not a mistake."
"Yeah and that Fallen Angel put a glowing rod in me and somehow I'm still here. How does that work?" Dante turned back to Rias who was holding up a summoning flyer.
"Do you remember this?" Rias asked.
"Umm… yeah?"
"Just before your life ended you summoned Dante with your thoughts with this flyer."
"Summoned? I remember thinking about how I failed Dante."
"… And so that day you were revived and reborn as an honored member of the house of Rias Gremory, daughter of the great and powerful Devil, the marquis of Gremory." In a flash of light Issei saw two bat like wing sprout from Rias' back. "Which means now you are my Devil servant." Rias said with everyone else standing next to her, their own wings popping out. They all looked the same but for Dante's whose own wings were made of bone and looked more like dragon wings but not quite.
"Isn't this so exciting, you're really one of us now." Akeno said just before Issei's own wings grew out form his back.
"We're glad to have you here, welcome Issei." Rias said warmly.
"Are they for real, I'm a freakin' Devil! So my life as a normal human guy is over?"
"The way this works is we grant power to humans for a price we both agree on and seal with a pact. It used to be that people would draw magic circles to summon us but that became to complicated so now we make house calls and personal deliveries."
"It pays the bills, you get a small cut every pact you make." Dante Said as everyone returned back to their work now that most of the intro had been completed.
"Oh… that makes kinda sense." Issei said as he started collecting flyers.
"Ordinarily we'd have a messenger Demon make the run but as a new servant, you need to start at this and work your way up." Rias then leaned in next to Issei. "If you do well you may get to have a few servants of your own to help in any way you like."
"I'm in to that! I want some servants." Issei said as he stood. Dante didn't like where this was going but did like Rias' handling of Issei's weakness to get him to do work.
"Like I said it depends on your efforts."
"Let's say my efforts are awesome…does that mean my servants have to do everything I tell them to." Dante really didn't like this was going.
"That's right." Rias said smiling as she felt Dante's disapproval.
"And their mine so I can do whatever I want them to?"
"Yes."
"You know where I'm going with this… It's Going To Be Sexy Time." The moment he said that he froze in place… literally. Issei watched from behind a thin layer of ice as Dante walked over to him, the look on his face was calm and collected but even frozen Issei knew that he was in trouble.
"It's going to be sexy time… that's what you said right?" Dante said as he stared at the frozen Issei. "I hope that becoming a Devil has not changed you that much. Because what I just heard and the sentiment behind it was something I thought wasn't you." Issei looked back, realizing that this wasn't him being angry but disappointed. He was scolding Issei. "I thought your perversion was simply just the dirt covering the diamond I know you are, but that sounded like you plan on forcing your servants to do things that they might otherwise not want. I am going to unfreeze your month so you can answer one thing. I know what your dream is and honestly… I don't mind… so long as anyone involved with it is not forced against their will to be a part of it. So my question for you is… will they be forced to go along with it?" The ice surrounding Issei's mouth didn't melt but crept back into the rest of the ice.
"No Sensei… I'm not that kind of guy. I'd only choose girls who want to, who agree to do so." Issei answered. Dante stared back for a few minutes that felt like an eternity for Issei before the rest of the ice crept back to the ground and into Dante's hand.
"Good… I know you are telling the truth, but your training shall continue. I need to make you attractive enough to have girls be willing to go along with your dream." Dante slightly joked before backing off, passing by a satisfied Rias. While she had more faith in Issei's judgement in not to do something that wasn't as frown upon in the Devil society as she liked but it was nice to hear it confirmed, even if Dante had to do it a little too harshly for her tastes.
Issei calmed down after getting his mentor's approval and confidence in his character. Issei took as many flyers as he could and ran out of the building hoping to make his sensei proud and to make his first step toward his dream leaving Rias and Dante alone in the clubhouse.
"He's enthusiastic I'll give him that." Dante said as laid back on the other couch. He knew that Rias was upset with how he had been behaving and was ready for anything she might do.
"I never thought that would get so jealous over Issei." Rias said calmly as she walked back to her desk to enjoy the tea that Akeno had left her before starting her contract work.
"I am not jealous… I'm just giving him a hard time to help prepare him for what's coming "
"You've been aggravated all day, was me spending the night with Issei really that much of a problem to you?"
"No… I'm sure the kid enjoyed it. He deserves something good after getting killed, even if he ignored my warning."
"Yes I'm sure he did enjoy it… but are you saying you don't?"
"You trapping me!" Dante said as he sat back up. "I can't answer that because if I say no you'll use that to get back in bed with me…"
"I thought that matter was resolved with our chess match."
"… And if I say yes then… then… well I would be lying and it would be rude to something like that." Dante laid back down, still angry but not because of the current topic. "I'm not jealous… I just feel like it's my fault. I know in my head that this was avoidable because of his Sacred Gear but I still feel responsible. I chose this life but him… he was forced to. I just feel like I've taken away whatever life he may have had. I just feel responsible for him and…" Dante stopped talking when Rias fell on him and he even blushed a bit at her hug.
"You're such a good person… but sometimes you have an awful way of showing it." Rias' voice was slightly muffled by Dante chest.
"Um… thanks… wait…" Dante's train of thought switched over from confused joy to intense worry when he saw one of Akeno's familiars floating above them. "We are in a load of trouble."
Issei had just left after giving a report on the latest attack on him by the Fallen Angels. Rias and Dante were happy that he had unlocked his Sacred Gear but now things were going to get dicey. The Fallen Angels clearly had an interest in him and were also were showing up in the town in numbers.
"They have to be planning something here, three Fallen Angels come to this town that is well known as a territory of the Gremory house can't be coincidence." Dante said as he threw a dart of ice to a frozen board on the wall.
"It does seem strange… the peace between the Three Factions isn't exactly stable but I doubt that the Fallen Angels are here to stage an attack." Rias mused out loud before taking a sip of tea. "But whatever they are doing so long as they understand that I will not allow them to hunt my servants I don't care what they do."
The next morning.
"Now that's what I'm talkin' about! Smoking hot chick!" Issei thought as he stared at the blond girl in the nun outfit. "Smoking hot panty shot… wait… no! I promised to myself in the name of my sensei I would do better." Issei thought as he decided to help the girl up. "Hey there, are you all right?"
"Oh… yeah I'm okay really." The girl said as Issei helped her up. "Oh thank you." The girl said as her shawl blew off in the wind.
"Jack pot! This girl is totally my type." Issei thought as he picked up the girl's shawl. "Blond and… no! I must hold true to my training. Sensei Dante I will make you proud of me! I swear it! So that one day… the training you have given me will get me my own harem!" Issei thought as he handed the nun's shawl back.
"That was very sweet of you."
"Please, it was nothing." Issei said rubbing the back of his head. "Okay… time to put that training to good use… first… understand the current situation that the target is in!" Issei repeated the drills Dante had burnt into his brain. "So I haven't seen you around town before, you a tourist or something?"
"Oh not at all, in fact I was assigned to serve the church in this town but… I'm afraid I'm a bit lost. I'm supposed to meet a guide but he's not here. Can you… can you help me out?" The girl said with a very visible blush.
"Yes! I didn't sound like a complete moron and she's wants me to help her! Thank you Sensei Dante, I'll never go against your teachings ever again." Issei thought while trying to hold back tears of happiness. "Oh sure no problem." Issei said before starting to lead the girl toward the only church in town. "So you're a nun then? That explains the outfit." Issei said trying to continue the conversion and to avoid falling in to awkward silence.
"I'm so glad that I ran into someone kind like you. I guess someone is looking out for me huh."
"Yeah…" Issei then noticed the cross on her chest and for some reason it made him feel uneasy.
"Is everything okay?" The girl said looking concerned.
"Oh yeah… it's all good." Issei said trying not to scare her off. "What in the heck was that? Come on, don't choke now. I'm doing so well." Issei's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of crying child. The girl quickly ran over to help the young boy while Issei just watched, unsure of what to do.
"A big boy like you shouldn't cry over a scrape." The nun said as she gently rubbed the boy's head. "Don't worry, you're going to be fine." Issei watched quietly as she healed the scrapped knee in a green glow from her hands. Then something in his left hand hurt. Issei just looked over at his hand, giving it a careful look before returning to the girl. It was something to ask Rias and Dante later but right now… he had a mission… impress the girl. "You see, there's no reason for you to cry at all. Your just fine. All done now… sorry." She said after turning back to Issei. The two continued to walk towards the church, Issei was slightly worried about the pain but put it in the back of his mind. "You must be surprised."
"Uh no, no not at all. That sure is a nifty power you got there though."
"Thank you I consider it a gift and a blessing." The girl said smiling before turning forward with a slightly sadder tone. "Truly… it's wonderful." Before Issei could question just what she meant by that he found himself pinned to the ground by a man with the classic solider for hire look. Large combat boots, black cargo pants with sevreal knifes strapped to his thigh, gray tight t-shirt with pocket belt across his chest, rifle across his back, white combed back hair, and the lower half of his face covered in a skull bandana.
"Are you okay mam? Has this boy harmed you in any way?" The man asked the girl who just looked shocked.
"Mr. Uberti! How could you?! He was just showing me the way!" The girl yelled in shock to her bodyguard. Farinata Uberti looked down at the gasping teen boy, his eyes narrowed as he tried to get a read on the boy.
"Are you sure mam? He seems a bit… stretchy."
"I am quite sure Mr. Uberti, he has been nothing but a gentleman."
"Very well mam." The bodyguard let Issei go only for him to scurry away and to hide behind the girl.
"So that's your guide that didn't show up."
"Oh yes, I'm sorry for Mr. Uberti's behavior but he's just doing his job. Thank you for leading me this far, I must thank you properly for helping me… would it be a problem for you come inside with me?" Issei was about to agree but then with one look at the church he suddenly got the worst case of the goose bumps he ever had in his life.
"Um, I'm sorry but I can't. the thing is I have somewhere to be."
"Oaky… Mr. Uberti can lead me the rest of the way anyways but it was sweet of you to help me find my way even though I was supposed to have help." She said as she shot a glare at the bodyguard who was doing his best to ignore it. "My name is Asia Argento."
"And my name is Issei Hyoudou, you are very welcome."
"Issei huh, well meeting you was a blessing, and it's one I'm sure I won't forget. I hope we see each other again."
"Yeah me to." Issei said as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Mam…" The bodyguard interrupted. "… we have an appointment to keep."
"Well then maybe you should have shown up on time." Issei thought it looked so cute the way she tried to shame the older man when it was clear she didn't really have any real malice to it. "So Issei, if your ever bored or in the neighborhood come by the church, that's where I'll be." She said before bowing and starting to follow her bodyguard as he led her
"I think she's the nicest girl I've ever met." Issei thought as he waved goodbye.
Later that day, after Issei told Rias and Dante what happened.
"You must never…" Rias started.
"Hold that thought." Dante interrupted. "Issei… did you follow my training when you talked to this girl?"
"Yes sir I did!" Issei said in the same way a solider would.
"And did they help?"
"Yes sir they did! Without them I would have looked like a complete dumbass sir!"
"Well done my student!" Dante boomed, the happiness and pride in his voice could be easily felt. "You have made your mentor proud today, you are well on your way to one day having girls claw their way to your side. Good job."
"Thank you sensei." Issei said with waterfall tears in his eyes. "I won't let you down."
"If you two are done can I continue." Rias said clearly irritated.
"Um… yeah… I think we're done." Dante said ignoring the worried look on Issei's face before backing away.
"As I was saying, you must never go near the church again Issei."
"Why?"
"For devils like us the church is enemy territory. Simply setting foot inside would create majoy problems for both Angels and Devils."
"What about that time I saved you from Conquest?" Dante asked as he had yet to leave.
"That was different, the Horsemen tend to make everyone worried and everyone would rather just forget the whole thing."
"Umm I think I'm missing something." Issei said looking back and forth from the two elder Devils.
"One time, the Horsemen of the Apocalypse kidnapped Rias but yours truly saved her." Dante said but on the inside he was still feeling guilt as he was the main cause of that incident.
"Wow… your so cool sensei."
"Issei." Rias said bringing back Issei's attention to her. "Surly you could sense that something was telling you to be careful."
"Oh that's what it was… when I went near the church my hand was acting up."
"That was your devil instincts telling you danger was near. Being in close proximity to somebody from the church is a very risky proposition also what's even more dangerous is that some of the Exorcists have Sacred Gears, they could really hurt you."
"All in all don't be stupid, your one of us now and that means a lot. This little group is like family. We don't want you to get hurt." Dante said joining in. "And there is a reason they are called Exorcists. Because they can bring us to nothing more than a husk of our former selves. So just be careful."
Later that day.
Rias' peerage appeared out a of a teleportation magic circle. They had been contacted to take care of a Stray Devil and started walking to the manor that the Stray was hiding out in.
"Hello! We've come to kill you!" Dante jokingly yelled out as he kicked the door down.
"You really like kicking doors don't you?" Koneko bluntly asked her fellow Rook.
"How else would I appear badass?" Dante said as Issei wrote down notes on the subject.
"Issei, are you familiar with the game of chess?" Rias asked as the Peerage made their way in.
"Yeah… Sensei made me play it but I was never any good at it."
"As the master, I'm the King. My empress, the Queen. My cavalier, the Knight. My tank, the Rook. My clergymen, my Bishop. My foot soldier, my Pawn. Devil with titles and nobility grant the characteristics of these pieces to each one of their servants."
"That sounds kick a."
"We have a special name for them, we call them our Evil Pieces."
"Sorry but why are you telling me this?" Issei asked as they all looked out for any movement.
"I need you to watch and learn, pay close attention to my Devils as they do battle."
"Umm… okay." Issei said before Koneko said that the Stray had showed up.
"Now what could that foul facial smell be…" A slightly feminine voice said as it drew closer. "And something smells quite delicious as well… but it's so cold." The owner of the voice said as she… it… came out from behind a pillar.
"I see big boobies!" Issei squeaked as he stared at the large breasts on the Stray Devil before being smacked by Dante.
"Vizer you wretch. You betrayed your master and ran away to fulfill your lustful wants and desires that have consumed you. You deserve nothing less than a thousand hells. In the name of the great House of Gremory, be gone or meet your death!" Rias' speech seemed to unfaze the Stray.
"Oh give it a rest you little slut, you have always had it in for me. your just… arg!" The stray screamed as Dante's ice shards pierced her chest and shoulder.
"Can we please stop asking them to stand down… they never do." Dante said as he lazily spun a ring of ice in his hand.
"Hey I'd you do that? She doesn't… seem… so bad?" Issei was unable to complete his thoughts as he looked on at the huge raging mutant human centaur like Devil.
"See what I was talking about how this always ends in ugliness." Yuuto commented as he dodged a crashing blow from the hand like leg of the Stray. Issei then watched as Yuuto vanished in to air.
"Whoa… he just vanished." Issei said as he stood back up.
"No… he's just moving fast. In this game he's my Knight. His attribute is speed, and his ultimate attack is his sword." Rias said as they watched as Yuuto cut of the Stray's actual arms. The Stray screamed in rage again as a gaping maw opened in her torso and quickly ate Koneko.
"Koneko watch out!" Issei yelled but the young girl just ignored him as she let herself get eaten.
"It's all right" Rias said confidently as the maw opened form Koneko's superhuman strength. "In the game, she and Dante are my Rooks. Their attribute is simple. They have undeniable strength. That won't even put a dent in her."
"Hey Dante catch." Koneko flatly said as she smashed the teeth of the maw and caused the Stray to fly towards Dante who using his scythe cut off two of the Stray's legs midair.
"And that just confirms what I already knew… never piss them off." Issei said quietly to himself.
"Akeno." Rias said to her Queen.
"Oh is it my turn? How exciting, I so love this game." Akeno happily said as she walked over to the Stray. Rias turned back at the sound of Dante freezing one of the cut off limbs.
"Damn things are frisky." Dante joked as he finished up and walked over to the King and Issei. "But I'm sure Issei here could handle even the left overs." Dante said giving a hard pat on the back to said pervert.
"Akeno… finish her off please."
"I got news for you… your not the only one who like to play rough here. So lets you and I have some fun." Akeno said as sparks shot from between her hands.
"Akeno is my Queen, her attributes are a perfect combo of all the others. She's simply unbeatable." Rias watched as Akeno prepared the final move.
"Tough girl, not ready to give up yet? Goddie I get to play some more." Akeno excitedly said as she shot down sevreal bolts of lightning on the Stray.
"Her weapon is a dark magical power and that's not all…"
"This violence, its making me so hot."
"… She's really into S and M." Rias said to a shocked Issei and a slightly worried looking Dante as they watched Akeno continue her attack that at this point was getting to be overkill.
"You mean she gets off on this?" Issei asked.
"Akeno I think that's enough."
"Aww… done already?" Akeno asked disappointed. "I was just starting to enjoy myself."
"I'm so happy for Minamoto that his body is nothing more than a meat puppet because if that wasn't the case… I'd be a bit worried." Dante thought as he walked over to the charred but still alive body. "Okay… you're done. Any last comments before I give you over to Lord Death?" Dante asked as he put the blade of his scythe under the neck of the Stray.
"Go to hell."
"How very original. In the name of Lord Death I grant you the last gift of life, its end." Dante prayed before pulling up on his scythe and slicing clean through the Stray neck.
"Um… what did sensei just mumble about?" Issei asked as he turned to Rias.
"Dante is a Grim Reaper, as such he must perform certain rites everyday to Lord Death. Lord Death is the first god of Death and is the common ancestor of all Grim Reapers. They all must prey to him or they will loss his favor and a very real death will often follow. This tends to cause Grim Reapers to deify him even further, Dante is actually quite devout."
"I never pegged him for the religious type." Issei said as he watched Dante cover the rest of the body in ice before shattering it into millions of pieces.
"All right… fun's over. Like all get back home." Dante said as he retracted his scythe.
"Wait a moment… what about me?" Issei asked pointing to himself. "What piece am I? I just want to know how I fit in, I'm I a Knight or something badass like that?"
"You're a pawn." Rias said before starting to walk out with Akeno right behind her.
"But I don't want to be a Pawn." The pawn said.
"Well… I'm sorry but that's what you are."
"What… but that blows." Issei said completely disappointed in himself. "Chicks do not dig Pawns!"
Author's Notes.
[I'm keeping the AN in this chapter, the review replies for the former chapter five is back on the new chapter five, I'm sorry to everyone for the inconvenience.]
If anyone wondered why I never really gave Issei all much attention in the Prolog chapters it's because I find him very hard to write. My own mind set is more in line with Dante, and so it's rather hard for me to… think… like Issei. If I have the canon to work around, then it helps but doing original scenes with him is hard. I also have to give credit where it is due, Issei's line about how he wouldn't rape his servants is from Cybertramon001 's story Ben DxD, its pretty good, I've gotten through half and I'm not complaining. I just felt that line was needed and I felt it was best put in that story.
If you all want to know where Asia's bodyguard is from, he's from Dante's Inferno. Hersey doesn't have a boss so I took its punish/absolve guy and it kinda fit. So that's who that guy is, and by the way… I didn't plan on his name being so close to Uberto it just sorta happened. Don't worry… I have sevreal jokes locked and loaded for it. Heh heh heh.
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Ichigo sasashi- thank you very much and I an currently looking for a Bata.