As I arrive back home in the human world, I realize my house has more than one person in it. I know Simi is one, she rarely leaves the house anyways. She says '3-D people are boring, 2-D is where I want to live.' Whatever that means.

But I have a feeling the second person here is Serafall. She's the only other person Simi would let in my house when I'm not home. 'I really hope Sirzechs didn't tell her about what happened to me, with Azazel.

I walked into Serafall's anime room and see Simi in her normal magical girl outfit, an orange and red themed fire style one. Then I see Serafall, she is looking by far the prettiest I have ever seen her. She had on a female type high class formal clothing, the type that a maou would normally wear to important meetings. It was a dark green dressshirt with matching skirt. And an adorable pink ascot.

I knock on the open door to show my presence. Serafall turned and jumped up from the floor, and walked strait for me. She started to spread her arms out in a hug, so I fallowed the motion. I guessed wrong, she quickly grabbed my wrist and dragged me out of the room.

"what, are you doing?" I ask her but she just kept walking

She drags me to my room and locks the door. As I'm trying not to panic about what's going to happen to me. She sits down on my bed and just looks at me.

"what's wrong?" I question her

She takes a deep breath, then starts "I just got back from giving Rias the news she's been dreading."

I internally sighed 'thank goodness it's not about me. But what news' I thought to myself

Serafall continued "the engagement between her and Riser has been confirmed by both families" Serafall held her head in her hands and mumbled out "she was so upset. I wish I could do something to help her"

I stood up from the floor where she dropped me and sat down next to her "this is something she has been expecting, I'm sure she'll fight tooth and nail to have the freedom she has always wanted." I said sideways hugging Serafall "if all else fails I'll just have to kick Riser's ass myself."

She looks up at me "but he's immortal, he'll heal no matter what you do to him"

I smile sweetly to her "then I'll come out as an angel and destroy him with holy fire if need be"

"but, then everybody would hate you, you would become a target of every devil" she says to me

I look in her eyes "would you hate me?" I ask her honestly

Without hesitation "absolutely not, why would you even ask me such a question" she sounds offended

"good" I say "then I wouldn't care if they hated me. As long as you didn't"

She tackles me onto the bed. But instead of hugging or kissing me. She starts to sob

I just let her get it out of her system. After about five minutes she seems to stop and look up at me "so how is your mom doing?" she asked

'crap!' I thought "uuhh….she's doing great" I say in my worst ever attempt at lying to her

She looks at me seriously "you're lying" a statement, not a question

"I forgot to stop off and see her after the meeting. I wanted to, but I guess it slipped my mind" I say, telling the truth, just leaving out the part I didn't want her to learn about

"so are you going to go back and spend time with her?" she questions me

"that's a good idea. I do enjoy shrine duty at her temple" I say

She sits up "I heard they will be summoning a god to teach them blacksmithing"

"that sounds interesting, maybe I'll go during that time" I say liking the idea

(two days later){orc}

Serafall went back to the underworld. I decided to join Grayfia in keeping the peace while Riser talks to Rias this afternoon. Grayfia didn't answer me when I asked her how Rias tried to get out of the marriage. But she did say she put a stop to it.

As we're sitting in Rias's clubroom waiting for her fiancé. I look at Rias who has a distant look on her face, she seems to be thinking that all hope is lost.

I decide to renew her hope a bit "hey Rias?" she looks at me still a little distant "do you remember the times we used to train with Sirzechs?" I ask but I didn't expect an answer

I continued "I remember that no matter how many times you failed to summon the power of destruction, you never once gave up and gave in to difficulties. I remember the happy face you made when you used your power for the first time"

She looked like she was starting to gain a little interest in what I was saying but was still silent

"I remember what you told your brother when you summoned your power. You said 'I knew if I never lost hope, that if I give it all I have. Then nothing can stand in my way' do you remember saying that?"

She finally realized what I was going for and smiled "thank you, I needed that" she said

Grayfia and my eyes meet, she seemed to have a smile of her own. But hers was much less noticeable.

Just as fast as the smile appeared on Rias's face, the seal that showed up in the room took it away.

Grayfia took a step forward and announced "Lord Riser of house Phenex has arrived" then she took a step back

The seal on the floor irrupted in to a dark version of phoenix fire, 'if Simi were here he would be throwing up by how gross the devil version of her fire is' I commented to myself

"Fuu, it's been a while since I came to the human's world." Riser said as he appeared

Just moments after Riser arrives the rest of Rias's peerage shows up in the clubroom.

Koneko walks past Riser holding her nose, as if to say he smells bad. Kiba walks past with his head held high but still he looked disgusted. Then issei came in, he was a walking ball of confusion. He didn't seem to know what was happening around him, he almost ran into riser. Then after realizing his mistake took a seat and glanced at Rias, almost as quick as he looked at her, he blushed and turned away. Rias mimicked the same action.

'weird?' I thought to Acheron he said in return 'devils have always been weird to me. Don't ask me what happened to them' I thought about that 'I guess you're right, Rias in particular is weird. Even or devils'

Going back to the conversation at hand. Riser seemed to take liberties and sat next to Rias, feeling her up as she told her servants who Riser was.

But Riser cut her off saying "now then, Rias. Let's go and take a look at the ceremony hall. The date of the ceremony is decided so we need to check it before then."

Rias ignored that and said "let go of me, Riser"

Issei seemed to be getting angry but I couldn't tell if it was protection of his master, or if it was something else. finally he seemed to lose control and said "hey, you. You are being rude to Buchou. Actually what's with your attitude towards a girl?"

Riser looked half annoyed "ah? And who might you be?"

"I am the servant of Rias Gremory-sama! I'm the [pawn] hyoudo issei"

Riser lost interest about halfway through the speech "oh, okay then" he waved his hand dismissively

Issei seemed to grow more annoyed by the reaction "who the hell is this guy?" he asked Rias

She began to open her mouth but Riser cut her off "oh, you haven't told them about your own fiancé? How cruel Rias"

She then spoke up "I didn't tell them because there was no need to, I will not marry you"

He grew a shit eating grin "to bad your parents say otherwise"

Issei seemed to explode. He stood up abruptly and went in for the kill. But I was sitting in between then and chopped his head hard enough to slam him to the floor. Then Grayfia spoke up

"this person is Riser phonix-sama. He's a pure-blood high-class devil, and third son of the house of phenix" she explained to issei, because everyone else already knew

After a few moments of fussing about. Things were going a little better. Akeno made everyone tea, I wouldn't be surprised if their where laxatives in riser's. but me and Grayfia separated Riser and Rias to opposite seats, "for better communication" we told them

Issei was sitting behind the desk off to the left side, while Akeno was on the right. The conversation seemed to be going nowhere. Riser would demand something, Rias would reject it without hesitation and so on and so on.

I started to tune it all out. But after a few minutes I regretted not paying attention because issei was thrown across the room by a short girl, that wasn't here a second ago.

Grayfia seemed to be doing what I was doing because she shook her head and seemed to wake up a little.

Then Riser declared "I will take you back to the underworld even if I have to burn all your servants"

Gayfia looks at me and sighs "Ojiu-sama, Riser-sama, please calm down. If both of you were to continue, then I won't be quiet about it. I won't hold back on my word as Sirzechs-sama's [Queen]"

'Aka. She'll beat some sense into you spoiled children' I laughed internally

Riser took the hint and calmed down "to be told that by the [strongest Queen] I have to comply"

Rias just looked away in the way a child dose when told no

Grayfia then spoke up again "if you two intend to treat this formal meeting as a war. Then how about you decide everything through a [rating game]"

Rias spoke up then "I'm not old enough, but if I was I would win and cancel this wedding."

"then it's good I was given an alternative to this meeting." Grayfia said "so it is decided to let a [rating game] decide the progression of the marriage?"

"agreed!" Rias said a little fast

"if that is what it takes. Then fine" Riser said

"Then the game will be held in ten days, if you have any special request then tell me before the game starts." Grayfia said facing the both of them in turn "that will conclude this meeting"

"then riser will head home and prepare his bed, he can't wait for the new occupant" Riser smirks at Rias. Then he and his peerage left through a fiery magic seal

Once he was gone Rias seemed to relax, but I can tell by the look she has that she is just realizing how much of a disadvantage she is at.

Grayfia then says her goodbyes and looks at me "will you be helping Rias-sama with her training?"

"no, and if you could tell Sirzechs that I will be spending 9 days with my mother, you would have my thanks." I say to her

"consider it done" she says as she teleports away

I turn to Rias and say "I wish you and your servants well with your training" with that I get up and walk home. To get ready to go back to my first ever home.