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[Flashback]

[Spirit speech]

['Spirit thought']

Sacred gear names and time skips

Attack names

'Thought'

Other

I don't own Highschool DxD nor do I own any references I may use. That goes to Ishibumi Ichiei nor do I own any references I may use. I only own Shiro.


Chapter 9

When Issei woke this morning, he found himself in an unfamiliar room. He sat up at rubbed the back of his head.

Ever since his date with 'Yuuma', his life began to take some...interesting turns. First, everyone couldn't remember who Yuuma even was. Then, he gets hunted and attacked by some creep with the same wings as Yuuma. And, if that wasn't enough, one of his oldest and best friends called the man a Fallen Angel and claimed that he was a Devil, both existed in the Bible, which apparently wasn't all a bunch of tall tales that explains to humans why they shouldn't be heretical: Other wise a magic man would strike them down Jesus lightning.

Deciding that he pondered his questions enough, Issei swung his legs out of the bed he was in and found that he was still in his uniform. He stretched his arms and, out the corner of his eye, he noticed a folded up piece of paper that was on the drawer. Walking up to it, he picked it up and opened it and read it aloud.

Issei,

I know you have a lot of questions right now but... Save them. If you want your questions to be answered come to the ORC clubhouse after school. Rias will either send me or one of the others to come pick you up. Until then, talk to you later.

Shiro

"What the?" Issei questione. Shiro's letter was vauge as all hell and Issei couldn't make any sense of it besides from that he should wait for someone to take him to the ORC clubhouse, hopfully it would be Shiro.

"Oh! You're awake." A female voice called out to him from behind. Issei turned and couldn't help but oogle the woman. She had shoulder-length brown hair and icy-blue eyes. She wore a black skirt that ended mid-thigh and a dark-yellow polo shirt with sleeves that reached her elbows. Issei's eyes were drawn to her impressive bust and he couldn't help but wonder what it would be like to motorboat them. "I'm Shiro's mother, Lilith Katsura."

And just like that, all perverted thoughts were stopped. Pervert he may be, Issei still had morals and perving on a friends mum was a big no no.

"Uhhh hi, I'm Issei Hyoudou." He awkwardly bowed to her.

"I know, Shiro told me who you were." She casually waved him off. "He left five minutes ago, if you were wondering."

"Oh. Thank you ma'am."

"Oh please, call me Lilith. After all you are a friend of my son."

"I...see... Well I should get going now. Goodbye." Issei scooted past her and walked downstairs and out the door.


The day ended just as fast as it began for Issei.

He was sat at his desk, after telling Matsuda and Motohama that he couldn't acompany them to the store today as he had other things to take care of. What's more, he hadn't seen hide or hair of Shiro during the hole day.

"KYYYYYYAAAAAAAAA!" He raised an eyebrow and looked over to where he heard all the girls freak out and then sneered as he saw just who they were freaking out over.

Kiba Yuuto, the blond pretty boy and is also the number one enemy of all the guys in the school.

"Oh my god it's Prince Goldenballs. Shut up." Issei mockingly said and went back to looking out the window, so he was unaware of Kiba walking over to him.

"Ah here you are."

Issei turned to him and glared. "Uhh yeah, this is my desk."

"Excellent, I'm here on behalf of Rias Gremory and your friend Shiro." Kiba calmly said, ignoring Issei's hostility.

THAT, got Issei attention. "Rias-senpai sent you?" He then recalled what Shiro said in his note, that Rias would send him or someone else to collect him and take him the the ORC clubhouse.

"Yes, would you kindly follow me please?" Kiba asked him.

"Oh my god is Kiba-cake about to walk out with weasel boy?" One of the girls cried out.

"Kiba don't do it! You'll lose all your friends and smell like moldy meat." Another one warned him.

"Calm down." Issei stood and growled out. "I promise not to drain his pimp-juice." As he walked past the girls he scowled at them.


It took them a few minutes, but they finally reached the Old School building which served as the ORC's clubhouse. Kiba gestured for Issei to follow him inside, which he did, and led him up to the second floor, walked down the corridor and stood outside a set of double doors and knocked on them.

"Buchou, he's here." After waiting a few seconds they both heard a feminine voice call out.

"Come in."

Kiba slid the door open and walked inside and moved to the side to allow Issei to walk in.

As soon as Issei walked in, he immedietly took in the rooms decor and instantly felt creeped out by it. As he was looking around he saw Koneko sitting on one of the couches, eating a gateau (or whatever the hell she's eating in the LN) but when his eyes met hers, she narrowed them at him and it. "Ah, you don't have to hid it, I'm not gonna take it." He told her. As he continued to look around the room, he heard the sound of running water. He turned his head to the source and saw a bathroom in another room, he also saw a silhouette of slender woman. 'A shower in the clubroom! No freaking way!'

"Here you are Buchou."

"Thank you Akeno." He heard the water being turned off.

'Wait, Buchou. Does that mean I just heard Rias take a shower!' His face gained a peverted grin. "THIS IS THE BEST CLUB EVER!"

"What an odious face..."

He looked over to Koneko who quickly looked away.

"Sorry for the wait." He then turned his attention back to Rias and saw Akeno standing next to her. "I was running late so I didn't have enough time to have a shower."

"N-no, it's fine. Matter of fact, I think I can get used to this." He gained his peverse grin once again.

"Now that you're here." Rias walked over to her desk and sat down. "The only person left is Shiro."

Issei only just noticed that his friend was missing. "Ah...where is Shiro?"

Rias sweetly smiled at him causing Issei to blush for some reason. "He's currently out on a contract but he should be back any second now." As soon as she said that, the magic circle began to glow brightly. "Speak of the Devil and he shall appear."

As soon as the glow died down, everyone recoiled in horror as they saw Shiro's appereance.

"Not to self, Barroth's are fucking annoying to deal with. Ugh." He groaned out.

"Shiro..." Issei was the first one to break the silence.

Shiro turned around and smiled at him. "Yo, what up Issei. Glad to see you came." He began to walk towards him but was stopped when Rias coughed into her hand.

"Shiro...maybe you should take a shower." Rias grimeced at him.

Shiro looked down at his mud and blood covered body and rubbed the back of his head with a grin, even his sliver hair was now red. "Yeah, I guess your right Rias. You know where I can have a shower while listening to the conversation?" He asked her. Rias pointed over to the next room which held the shower she just used. "Thanks Rias."

After a few minutes of silence, they all heard the sound of water running and Shiro's voice call over. "Okay, you can start the meeting now!"

"Riiiiiiiiiiiight... Now that everyone is here, we can offically start the meeting." Rias coughed into her hand to get everyone's atttention. "I'll get straight to the point. Issei, everyone present are Devils."

"Wait, so Shiro was telling the truth when he said that I became a Devil?" Issei asked in shock.

"I'm hurt that you didn't believe me Issei." Shiro's voice called out.

"Yes, what Shiro told you was true." Rias said, ignoring Shiro's cry of 'I just said that.' "You died and I brought you back to life as my servant."

"Right, weeeeell all this talk seems a bit to much for a normal guy like me." Issei stood up and bowed. "I'm just going to take my leave now."

It was then when Rias placed a photo on the table.

"Do you remember this girl?" Issei face told her that he did know who she was. "She existed for certain."

"Sorry about lying to ya that I didn't remember her Issei." Again, Shiro's voice called out to them. They all then heard the sound of the water stopping. "Like I said last night, Rias wanted to give you some time to adjust while we investigated how much the persona of 'Yuuma' had been erased." Shiro then stepped out from the other room dressed in a fresh uniform. "And, going by how Motohama and Matsuda didn't remember her, I'd say she erased herself from all the minds of the people that met her." He gave Akeno a quick kiss before sitting down opposite of Issei, next to Koneko, and sat with his hands infront of his face. "So, to sum it up: Yuuma Amano had been erased from existance."

"B-but...why?" Issei stared at the photo and sat back down. "If she existed, why would she go to such lengths?"

"Likely to complete her objective."

"What objective?" Issei was starting to get a bit annoyed at his friends very vague words.

"Wasn't it obvious?" Shiro questioned him. Everyone was staring at him expectently. "Her objective...was to kill you."

"Why? Why in the hell did she have to kill me?" Issei let his arms fall limply at his sides.

"Calm down Issei." All attention was suddenly back on Rias. "It couldn't be helped..." Rias then took on a pensive look. "No, there were some possessers who weren't killed so I guess you were just unlucky..."

"Unlucky!?" Issei suddenly snapped, all his emotions came rushing like one giant tidel wave. "Are you saying that I was simply 'unlucky' to have been killed by Yuuma on that da-" Issei suddenly stopped as a strangled gargle emerged from his throat. "I-I actually...d-died, didn't I?"

Rias opened her mouth to respond but was cut off by Shiro. "That you did my friend. You got skewerd like a pig by your psycho-ex and then Rias revived you using her 'evil pieces'." Shiro looked at Issei's confused face and shrugged. "I don't know how they work exactly but what I do know is that: Dead person + evil piece = reincarnated Devil servant."

"Can you please stop stealing my thunder Shiro?" Rias asked, sighing in annoyance.

"Sorry Rias, but as much as I love dramatics as the next person, your taking way to much time with this." Shiro then pointed to Issei with his thumb. "And dragging this on is making him ask pointless questions. It's better to be short, sweet and to the point when dealing with him."

"Fine, you can explain the rest to him." Rias pouted adorably. If there is one thing she loved, it was a dramatic flare. She loved creating a mysterious and all-knowing type vibe around her. And, considering the world she came from, humans and former humans were the only ones she could mystify and amaze with her knowledge of the supernatural. It wasn't her showing off so to speak, it was more like a childish dream of hers.

"Thank you." Shiro stood up and pulled a chalkboard from the side. "Righto. Issei, you are about to get a crash course in Demonology101."

Koneko leaned over to Akeno, who had moved from Rias' side to where she was. "Where did he get the chalkboard and Demonology101?"

A small yet quiet giggle escaped the raven-haired's mouth. "Oh let him have his fun, we can correct any mistakes later."

"Long or short version. Pick one Issei."

"Uhh, is the short version easier to understand?" Issei asked him, not really sure on how to properly respond.

"Duh. Hence the name, short version." Shiro replied with an eye roll.

"Then short version please."

"Ok, let me break it down. Everything in the Bible and all mythos, maybe, exist. Got it?"

"Yes."

"Which also means that God from the Bible also exists. So, basically thanks to your peverted nature, your dumbass would've gotton booted out of Heaven anyways. A few centuries ago, there was a huge war between the three main factions; Devils, Angels and Fallen Angels. After the war had ended, all three sides lost a lot of there numbers. So the Devils began to use the 'Evil pieces', the thing I said earlier, to repopulate by turning other races into Devils. What's more, God invented these things called 'sacred gears' and granted them to those who have human blood within them." Shiro then summoned his GRAVITAS ETIAM and showed it to Issei. "This is mine, it's name is GRAVITAS ETAIM. You also apparently have one. Which is why the Fallen Angels decided to kill you, going by the info Rias told me, they saw it as a huge threat to them." Issei's head began to sink, a sad expression crossed his features. "Sorry dude but bitches will be bitches, but there'll be better and hotter girls for ya." He patted Issei's shoulder in a comforting manner.

"So...I'm really a Devil servant now?" Issei asked, still sulking.

"Yeah but you don't have to stay a servant forever, right Rias?" Shiro turned his head over to Rias, and then began gesturing to Issei, obviously asking for some assisstance.

Rias sighed but responded anyway. "That's right. Do you see this flyer in my hand Issei?" She asked him while holding up said flyer. It was the same one she had Shiro hand out. "This is one of the leaflets we hand out. The magic circle is used to summon Devils due to the fact that Humans don't want to draw out a magic circle of there own as it would take up too much time."

"Don't forget sacrificing animals." Shiro quickly added.

"So we give these out to people who look like they would summon Devils, providing a safe and easy way to do so. Your case was different since it was Shiro who provided you with one. You wished so hard that you summoned me. Normally, I would send one of my servants like Akeno to handle it but I saw your condition and realised that you wouldn't of made it. So I went instead and brought you back as my servant." She smiled at Issei.

"Guess I should say welcome to the club. While it sucks that you died, if you work hard enough you could get your own servants." Shiro shrugged as he sat back down.

Issei's ears suddenly perked up, like he heard something of importance." My own...servants...?"

"Yes." Rias said. "Like Shiro said, being a servant is a permanent status. The flyers we've shown you are the means by which Devils form contracts with humans. If you obtain many contracts then you increase the chances of you being 'premoted'. High-class Devils are given their own 'Evil pieces' and can start obtaining their own servants."

Issei's ears twitched and a familiar peverse grin stretched across from ear to ear, Shiro saw this and facepalmed. "So...these...servants would be mine right?" Rias nodded. "So I can do whatever I want with them right?"

"In a way, yes..."

"You get where I'm going with this." Steam suddenly shot out from his nose, almost like a bull. "It's gonna be sexy time!"

"Pathetic..." Both Koneko AND Shiro said, each had a deadpan stare.

"Are you serious Issei..."

Issei spun around to face Shiro causing him to recoil. "Of course I am! I've never been more serious in my entire life! Everyday I see hotties passing by in front of my eyes and I am forced to remember that the only sexual contact I've had is with my left hand."

"Why in the ever-loving-fuck did you tell me that?" Shiro asked with a disturbed look.

"But now." Issei completely ignored him in favour of continuing his rant. "Now the dream I've had as a little kid isn't a mere fantasy anymore. It's something I can make a reality. My dream." Issei then pulled a stupid looking pose with his fist in the air." TO BECOME THE HAREM KING!"

"...Wasteful as always." Shiro sighed out. "You only get one set of servants and you decide to use them to get laid."

"I don't want to hear that from you, you traitorous bastard!" Issei turned and pointed an acusing finger at him, making Shiro lean back slightly. Issei then pointed over to Akeno, who merely smiled sweetly. "You've been dating a super hot chick." Issei then grabbed Shiro's collar and shook him. "You betrayed the brootherhood you girl-dating-bastaaaaaard!" Tears of hurt began to stream down Issei's face. "This dream is all I got!"

"Sorry?" Shiro could feel the sweatdrop hang from his head. He wasn't sure how to react to Issei's actions. "I get that you want to build a harem but then your servants' abilites would be directly tied to your relationship with them. You piss them off or hurt them, then it could have negative effects in battle."

"B-battle?" Issei released his collar and choked out the word.

"Well, yeah. Did you think 'Yuuma' is the only one that's gonna try and kill you?" He asked with a raised eyebrow. "Hell, I've been a Devil for a few months now and I've been beaten up by a certain snow-haired loli." Shiro sent a casuall glare towards Koneko which she returned. "Stabbed, poisoned, had my leg crushed and killed by the same giant scorpion monster. Not in that order mind you."

"O...oh, I see..." Issei deflated, looking a lot less enthusiastic then a few mere seconds ago.

"Now why did you go and do that Shiro?" Shiro turned his head towards Rias, who had a slightly scolding look. "Compared to you, he's but a mere child."

"I wasn't trying to be harsh." He responded. "I was being realistic. If he wants to build a harem then more power to him after all, I read in one of your books that building a harem is a common practice for Devils."

"R-really?" Issei looked up at Shiro with hopeful eyes.

"Yeah. If you remember when I said about the Devils numbers being low, they also have low birth rates. Anyway, getting back on track, all I'm saying is that he should pick his servants wisely. Use his evil pieces to gain strong servants for battle and have a harem for sexy times. You can't deny what I'm saying is true."

"Well-" Rias trailed off, averting her eyes.

"He's right." They all looked towards Issei, who finally gained the will to stand back up.

"He is?"

"Of course I am."

Issei struck the same pose from earlier, still looking lame. "I'll defiently make a harem! But I won't make them my servants, I don't want any yandere or psychotic routes on the battlefield!"

"That's...better?"

"But mark my words Shiro. I WILL BECOME THE HAREM KING!" He then placed his hands on his hips and began laughing like an idiot. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Shiro looked on with a deadpan stare. "I don't know if he learned something or not..."

"Pervert..."

"You gotta admire his enthusiasm..."

"Ufufufu~What a strange group we have."

"Yes... Like one big family."

"A very disfuctional family."

And thus ended a normal day for the ORC.


Short chapter this week due to some...issues...that I don't want to go into but I promise that next weeks will be longer then a mere 3,500 words.

But until then.

Stay well, stay true. BYE BYE~