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Kuoh Academy, Roof

It had been two days since the battle with the Fallen angels and the induction of the former nun Asia Argento into Rias peerage and things had pretty much gone back to normal. The only change was that Tank had finally settled the score with the Fallen Angel Raynare and Olivia had finally been able to bury a major piece of her past.

Yet even as things had calmed down significantly some were still on edge about one thing or another.

Like on the roof of the academy where Ryujin was currently standing smoking in order to calm his mind. The Cerbures [Rook] was currently having a moment to reflect on his life so far and what his plans may be for the future. So deep was he in his thoughts that he didn't notice a certain pervert running onto the roof and closing the door behind himself as he panted for air.

"How do they keep hearing me!? The peep hole wasn't that big anyways." grumbled Issei as he had finally managed to escape the Kendo club as they were beating down his fellow perverts.

Turning around Issei saw his fellow devil standing there and looking out into the city and was curious on what he was doing here.

"Ryujin-sempai? What are you doing out here?" asked Issei which broke Ryujin from his thoughts as he turned to look at the Gremory [Pawn].

"Oh just thinking about my life so far. Opportunities like this are rarer than you think given the type of life we live." said Ryujin as he turned to face Issei fully. After a few moment's of silence the [Rook] decided to ask Issei a question he had asked himself many of times.

"Hey Issei, what do you want most in life?"

Issei was surprised by the question at first but quickly got over it as he got a certain fire in his eyes. What came out of his mouth however was exactly what someone would expect of a pervert like him.

"To be a harem king of course!"

This only seems to amuse Ryujin though as he expected that kind of answer but to here him being so honest and open about it was kind of funny. Not many have the guts to voice such carnal desires in the open without care like that after all.

"Is that so? Well how do you plan to get a harem?" asked Ryujin truly curious on how the boy planned to accomplish his 'dream'.

"By becoming a high class devil of course! Then I'll make an entire peerage of beautiful girls with giant breasts!" declared Issei as he imagined being surrounded by gorgeous women.

Shaking his head Ryujin gave Issei a serious look as he spoke his next words.

"With how you are now that isn't gonna happen. Going out and yelling to the world your perverted desires is a sure fire way to get you the exact opposite of what you want." said Ryujin.

Naturally this angered Issei as he glared at the Cerbures [Rook]. Just who was he to tell him how to act!? There was nothing wrong with being honest about yourself! Before he could voice his thoughts however Ryujin continued to speak completely ignoring Issei's glare.

"However that doesn't mean it isn't impossible to achieve your dream. If you could curb your perverted tendencies then it would make life a lot easier for you and everyone else in all honesty. Focus more on your honest enthusiasm for things that don't involve women's breasts and you may just make your dream come true." said Ryujin as Issei stopped to listen what he had to say but quickly goes into a foul mood as he looks at Ryujin.

"Easy for you to say since your a 'Prince' of the school. No girl would come within ten feet of me as long as you or one of the other guys are around." commented Issei.

"I highly doubt I'm that popular. Plus it's your own actions that have put you where you currently stand on the social ladder. However if your willing to learn I can help you out in that regard as well in other areas." suggested Ryujin drawing a curious look from the [Pawn].

"Teach me what exactly?" asked Issei now really curious on what exactly Ryujin wanted to teach him.

"Well for one is how to not act like a horn dog in public and actually look a girl in the eyes and not ogle their chest. As for the second part... I want to train you in combat, cause lets face it as you are right now you aren't a real threat to anyone." stated Ryujin plainly as he waited for Issei's answer.

The Boosted Gear wielder was now in deep thought about what Ryujin had offered. He knew for a fact he needed combat training and he already knew that everyone in Kuru's peerage were wickedly strong so he only saw an upside there. However it was the part about his personality that was making him think, could he really change who he was? It was a hard pill to swallow but he conceded that his perverseness hadn't done him any favors in the attracting a female department. He figured at this point he had nothing to lose.

"Alright I'll do it, just please I don't want to be a burden to Buchou and the other's and if you actually think you can help me be a better person then I'll trust you." stated Issei with determination that made Ryujin crack a small smile.

"Good. Your training begins tomorrow morning, I'll meet you at your house at six a.m. so be ready by then." stated the Cerbures [Rook] seriously with a tone that brokered no room for argument.

"Yes Ryujin-senpai!" saluted Issei before running off. The pervert had completely forgotten why he had come to the roof in the first place and soon enough Ryujin saw the boy from his position on the roof running through the school gates with a horde of angry women right on his heels.

Shaking his head Ryujin continued to calmly smoke as he thought about how he would train Issei and another matter he would need to talk to Kuru about soon enough.

ORC Clubroom

Currently in the clubroom Rias sat with Akeno behind her while across from them were a sitting Kuru and standing Olivia.

A few days after the confrontation with the Fallen angels and addition of Asia into Rias peerage Kuru had begun to notice Rias had been a little distant and even a bit nervous which wasn't like her at all. He had confronted her about it earlier in the day but she had wanted to tell him privately as she had known he wouldn't let it go until she told him. So now here they were after Rias had just finished telling him and needless to say he wasn't happy in the least.

"So let me get this straight Ri-chan, while I was thought dead your family decided to make an arranged marriage between you and Riser Phenex? The single most disgusting devil in the underworld? ARE THE OUT OF THIER FUCKING MINDS!? They practically sentenced you to hell inside of hell!" raged Kuru as the shadows thrashed violently in the room at the mere thought of the pig with feathers. It was no secret that when he was younger the Cerbures and Phenex family weren't exactly the best of friends, especially Kuru and Riser.

They had met on one occasion and that had turned into a political shit storm. To make a long story short Riser had said some rather unsavory things about his family, especially his mother and Kuru had seen fit to trap the devil in shadows for a week despite the bastard parents demanding he be released. Still it was satisfying to know that the bastard now suffered to this day of being afraid of the dark.

"Yes I know. I've tried everything to try and get the marriage annulled but so far I haven't made any progress. As far as the marriage contract goes the only way it can be broken if a more worthy suitor were to challenge and defeat Riser in a Rating Game. Then that person would be the one I have to marry. Do you know of such a person Kuru-kun?" asked Rias in a suggestive tone hoping he would get her meaning. Sadly it was for naught asKuru just shook his head sadly.

"Sorry no one comes to mind. Well not anyone that's worth mentioning that is." said Kuru with a shake of his head making Rias groan in irritation, Akeno giggle and Olivia just slapped him in the back of the head with her fan.

"She meant you Master." said Olivia in a surprisingly irate tone of voice that Kuru rarely heard from his [Queen]. Still he got what she said and chuckled sheepishly before giving Rias a confused look.

"But why me? You would be just trading one unwanted husband for another." pointed out Kuru.

'Oh you would be wrong in that regard.' thought the three women in unison only wit Olivia's being a bit more bitter.

"Between you and Riser I can safely say with utmost confidence you would be the far better husband for me. So please will you do this for me?" asked Rias as she used a woman's ultimate technique in making men submit. The dreaded puppy dog eyes.

When they were younger Rias and Sona had used those eyes on Kuru every time they wanted to do something he disagreed with. He would like to say that after so many times it had been used on him he had built up an immunity to the dreaded technique. Sadly that wasn't the case, even worse she figured out how to add tears to it! So it was easy to say Kuru caved almost instantaneously much to Olivia's ire and Akeno's amusement.

"Shit! Okay, okay I'll do it just stop with the eyes!" said Kuru as he tried to look away but to no avail.

"Oh thank you Kuru-kun!" declared Rias as she pulled him into a hug which he slowly returned.

He was completely unaware of the death glare being sent their way by his [Queen] and the victorious look Rias was sending right back at her. Even more so he was unaware of the thoughts going through the three woman's minds at that very moment.

'That manipulative bitch! I will not let her have Kuru-kun! That's it, no more beating around the bush! I am gonna tell Kuru how I feel before this red haired skank gets her claws in him! I only hope he doesn't reject me.' though Olivia as she sent a longing gaze to Kuru before returning to glaring at Rias.

'Oh this is perfect! Not only wil I get out of my marriage with Riser and watch him be humiliated but I'll get to be married to Kuru-kun! It's a win-win for me! Take a good long look Olivia cause Kuru-kun is mine!' thought Rias while a chibi version of herself was waving a victory flag around.

'My to think things would turn out this way. Rias is making her move so what are you gonna do Olivia? I should really start videotaping this.' thought Akeno with a mental giggle.

Meanwhile Kurur was looking out the window and into the eyes of a very familiar bird that quickly disappeared in a flash of fire.

'Can't wait to see you again Riser. Only this time I'll make you fear more than just the dark.' thought Kuru as his eyes changed completely black for a moment before returning to normal before anyone noticed.

The next day, Kuru's home

"-and that's about it guys. So are you with me?" finished Kuru after he had just finished explaining the situation with Rias to his peerage. He knew he would be dragging them into a personal matter and wanted to make sure they were willing to help him when the time came, he may be the [King] but it was always nice to have their approval on certain things such as this.

"Do you even need to ask? Of course I'm in!" declared Tank with a grin. He thought it would be obvious by this point that him and the rest of the peerage were wiling to do just about anything Kuru asked of them. Within reason of course.

"As long as the dick doesn't look at me in the wrong way then yeah, I'm in. Got nothing better to do anyway." said Aila in an irritated fashion.

"I am always willing to aid you in such endeavors my Lord." replied Hayate with a hint of pride in his tone.

"If this guy is as bad as you say then you can count me in as well." said Ryujin with a shrug.

"Well if everyone else is signing up then hey I'm in to." was Yosuke's laidback reply.

"Gotta say this is a new one. Fighting to actually get you hitched? How can anyone say no to that?" said Nico with a small smirk on his face.

"Ooh I can finally get to see a phoenix's powers in action! Are they really immortal or do they have a limit to how much punishment they can take? Oh I just can't wait so I say yes!" cried Jynx with barely restrained glee at the thought of being able to study the phoenix's healing ability among other powers that she has heard about. She couldn't pass out an opportunity like that!

Kuru smiled at the responses he got from his peerage and was happy knowing that they were behind him in this. Still he noticed one person hadn't spoken up and turned to face a stoic looking Olivia. He was extremely worried about her as she hadn't spoken to him since he agreed to help Rias even if that meant becoming her fiancé. Also he remembered being really angry about the whole thing for some reason he had yet to figure out. It was then Olivia noticed Kuru looking at her and waiting for a response, so she gave him one.

"I will go with whatever you feel is right Master." she said coldly which made Kuru involuntarily flinch at the tone and made him worry about his [Queen] even more than before.

Whenever they were with the others of his peerage or alone she had always called him by name and only ever called him Master when they were in public or she was really pissed and/or upset about something. He was about to ask her what was wrong before a small bat flew in squeaking a few times drawing everyone's attention.

"Well looks like that's my que. See you guys in a few." said Kuru as he formed a magic circle to teleport him to Rias. She had told him that she was going to tell the rest of her peerage today and wanted him present so he could help explain their solution to the problem.

So imagine his surprise and anger when he showed up in the ORC clubroom only to see Rias' very stunned peerage, Grayfia Lucifuge and one Riser Phenex leaning in to try and kiss Rias! Faster than one could blink Kuru was across the room with his fist planted squarely in Riser's face and sent him flying into the wall hard enough to leave spider web cracks. Kuru did not know why he did that to Riser only that seeing him try and touch Rias in anyway had set off something in him that screamed to make the bastard feel pain.

"Touch Ri-chan again Riser and I'll make sure when I rip your tongue out of your mouth that it doesn't grow back." growled Kuru as everyone stared at him in both awe and a bit of fear.

Still the two most surprised people in that room were Riser himself and Grayfia. Riser had been too busy trying to harass Rias to notice how Kuru appeared but Grayfia had seen the symbol and had frozen in shock at seeing the Cerbures family emblem after ten years.

"Kuru-kun?" asked Grayfia as if afraid to get her hopes up that this may in fact be the young Cerbures she knew years ago. Hearing her Kuru's expression quickly turned kind and a bit sad as he looked at the silver haired maid.

"Hey Grayfia-neechan, been a long time huh?" Kuru said a little lamely towards the end.

Before Grayfia could form a response Kuru had to form a small shield of shadows to block a fireball being sent at him from a now very angry Riser. Just as he was about to toss another one an almost oppressive aura descended on the room with the source being none other than a very displeased looking Grayfia.

"Riser-sama I would ask that you restrain yourself before you force me to act. I also believe our guest here has something to say and explain why he is here." said Grayfia as she sent a glare at Riser that immediately made him cower a bit and stop his attack. She then sent a look at Kuru telling him that they would have a serious talk later.

"Well like Grayfia-neechan said I am here for a reason and it regards Rias' current arranged marriage with you Riser." said Kuru as he glared at Riser who glared right back.

"Oh and why is that? Come to congratulate us?" mocked Riser. He already recognized Kuru but rather than be as surprised as Grayfia was he was more infuriated that not only was the only one to ever humiliate him alive but now was apparently sticking his nose into his business.

"No way in hell you overgrown turkey. Why I am here is to challenge you for the right to marry Rias." said Kuru dropping the proverbial bomb. Riser literally exploded in rage as flames surrounded his arms.

"What!? You think you can just come back from the dead and demand such a thing!? You have no right to interfere!" roared Riser at a smirking Kuru. Kuru didn't respond as instead it was Rias who decided to answer the Phenex's unasked question with a smug smile and even more smug tone.

"Oh but he has every right to interfere Riser. You see the contract states that we must be wed when I am of age unless a more capable suitor wants to object and take the place of one of the ones to be wed. Kuru-kun definitely fits the bill as he is now the head of the House of Cerbures and can challenge your claim. If you want to keep your claim on me Riser then you must face Kuru-kun in a rating game." pointed out Rias as if explaining it to a child which infuriated Riser even more but he quickly calmed down and adopted an arrogant smirk.

"Is that so? Fine! It'll be a pleasure to put the smug bastard in his place and taking you is just a nice big plus! But tell me Cerbures, do you even have a full peerage, yet one that can match up to mine!?" declared Riser as a magic circle appeared once more only this time with a lot more flames than when Riser had arrived.

A few moments later the flames disappeared to reveal sixteen beautiful girls that must have been Risers peerage. Most of the people into he room were unfazed by their sudden appearance while Issei was silently envying the bastard who was apparently living his fantasy. Before Riser could speak again however Kuru let out an exaggerated yawn which drew everyone's attention.

"Seriously? I gotta say as far as entrances go that was very unoriginal. Plus your peerage is exactly what I would expect from a sleazy bastard such as yourself, a bunch of pretty girls who are around more for the fact of pleasing your insignificant prick than for anything really useful. Now this is an entrance and this is a peerage!" declared Kuru as he snapped his fingers.

For a moment it was all quiet before the various shadows in the room began to move on their own in the forms of various predatory animals such as hawks and wolves. Around Kuru these shadows then began to slam into each-other combining to form eight individual 'blobs' that steadily grew. With each newly added shadow they began to take more humanoid forms until eventually they were fully formed. At that point the shadows melted away to reveal Kuru's peerage looking completely calm about what had just happened.

Upon spotting Riser and his peerage though all of their eyes narrowed and they began releasing a bit of their power that made some people in the room sweat and others surprised at the power they were emitting. While Riser's peerage were bring effected Riser himself was more focused on leering at the female members of Kuru's peerage, more specifically Olivia. Olivia noticed this and was even more disgusted by Riser looking at her in such a way than she ever had been with Issei. Kuru noticed where Riser was looking as well and sent a wave of demonic power straight at Riser physically making the man stumble back a bit at the unexpected wave of power. Olivia was a bit surprised at this but also happy and if a little hopeful that maybe Kuru did have some feelings for her after all which would make confessing to him that much easier.

Olivia then used her magic to form a chair of ice in the center of her peerage mates which Kuru promptly sat in while leaning his head on a closed fist giving Riser a look of superiority that ruffled the Phenex member's feathers. (yeah I said it)

"This is the asshole you told us about Boss? I gotta say he looks even more pathetic than how you described him." said Tank with a smirk getting a laugh out of the others in Kuru's peerage as well as Rias and hers.

Riser meanwhile was grinding his teeth so hard it was a miracle they hadn't shattered. How dare that lower class devil mock him!? He was Riser Phenex and he will not be looked down on by some lower class trash!

"You'll pay for that insult you trash! Mira, teach him his place!" commanded Riser as the girl with a wooden staff charged Tank ready to make him pay for insulting her [King]

While Rias and her peerage looked worried Kuru and his peerage, especially Tank, were just bored. They already knew none of Riser's peerage or even himself for that matter were a threat to them. They had faced all manner of enemies that were much more powerful than Riser and his little harem.

When Mira had reached Tank she swung her staff up to slam it into the side of his head. Instead of Tank being sent to the ground in pain like she had expected upon making contact with the werewolf's skull the staff broke in two with a loud snap. Now Tank was unamused at the weak strike so while Mira was still in shock at her now broken weapon the [Rook] brought back his hand and plunged an open palm strike into the Phenex [Pawns] gut.

Mira hunched over as all the air in her lungs was quickly expelled by the powerful blow right before she was sent flying back across the room and knocking down four of Riser's other peerage members. Tank then quickly folded his arms with a smug smirk on his face.

"Well that was pretty pathetic." commented Nico getting nods of agreement from everyone else while Riser and his peerage glared even more at the humiliation.

Now while Riser was arrogant he was no fool and knew strength when he saw it. From just that's trike alone Riser knew Tank had a lot of strength but he would never admit it out loud. He didn't know how strong the others in Kuru's peerage were but that hardly mattered right now. But then he had a thought and decided to voice it.

"Tch! So the trash is stronger than I thought, no matter as Mira is the weakest member of my peerage. However Cerbures your challenge has no merit! The Gremory's haven't accepted the challenge and until they do I don't have to accept it from you! Byt hat time Rias will already be mine!" declared Riser with arrogance yet he was quickly shot down as Grayfia then spoke.

"Actually Riser-sama he has the right as the challenge isn't against the Gremory House but rather you and your house. As per the terms of the contract you will marry Rias unless a more prominent suitor decides to challenge you for the right to marry her. Kuru-kun is now the head of the House of Cerbures making him more than eligible. So either you accept the challenge which will result in a Rating Game to decide Rias-sama's fiancé, or you decline and thereby forfeit such a right." declared Grayfia as now all eyes were on Riser awaiting his response though everyone already knew what it would be.

The third son of the Phenex House however was running over things in his mind. If he accepted he would be putting his marriage to the Gremory heiress on the line but he was confidant(arrogant) that his peerage and more specifically himself can more than pull out a victory which would not only assure his marriage but also put the damn Cerbures in his proper place below him. Declining was not an option as his pride and the pride of his family would not allow him to back down from such a challenge. So accepting was the only course of action in his mind.

"I'll obviously accept the challenge! And to show I'm a good sport I'll give Cerbures ten days to train so he can hopefully provide a little challenge for my girls. But know this Kuru, when I win I'm gonna make sure you know just how pathetic you are compared to me and I'm going to enjoy the look on your face when I finally make Rias mine." said Riser arrogantly as he smirked at Kuru who for his part had his hair shadowing his eyes.

Kuru was silent for a moment and just as Riser was about to leave thinking that he had scared the Cerbures head into submission. Just then Kuru lifted his head up showing his eye's had gone completely black as a malevolent smile that promised pain spread across his face. When he spoke it was with the raspy and demonic undertone that sent shivers down everyone's spine.

"Oh Riser you have become an even bigger piece of shit while I've been gone. However this will only make it all the sweeter when I have you begging for mercy at my feet like the sniveling chicken you always have been. Now run back home and just know that when we step into that game that your ass is mine!" declared Kuru effectively scaring Riser and his peerage who quickly left.

The room was silent for a minute before Olivia slapped Kuru in the head with her fan making her [King] hold his head in pain as he looked up at her with teary eyes.

"Oli-chan what was that for!?"

"I told you I hate when you use that voice. Don't do it in front of me again." she said simply making everyone sweatdrop at the rather blunt reply.

Before anything else could be said Kuru felt a chill go down his spine as he turned to look at a very pissed off Grayfia whose eyes demanded an explanation for why he was still alive and how.

"U-u-um Grayfia-neechan I know you have question an-" began Kuru only to be cut off by a very angry Grayfia.

"Yes I do have many question however I think it would be best if we took this discussion to Sizerch-sama as he must be informed of your survival as well. Now come along." said Grayfia and Kuru knew it wasn't a request.

With a reluctant sigh Kuru moved to stand beside the silver haired maid as Olivia quickly joined him. The rest of his peerage looked like they wanted to come as well but knew that not all of them would be able to. After all this was more personal for him than it was for them and the only reason Olivia was going was because it was basically common practice that the [Queen] always accompanied their [King].

"See you guys at home in a bit. When I get back though you better be packed cause we're gonna be going somewhere else for the ten days of training." said Kuru before Grayfia called out to Rias.

"You must come to Rias-sama as it would seem you have known of Kuru-kun's survival and must explain why you hadn't informed your brother sooner of such important news." stated Grayfia as Rias reluctantly took her spot next to Kuru to the point she was nearly pressed up against him. Something Olivia immediately noticed and pressed herself into Kuru's other side making the Cerbures heir flush in both embarrassment and confusion more so at Olivia's action's than Rias.

Just before they disappeared Kuru couldn't help but wonder how much trouble he would be in with the four satan's for hiding himself away as well as the fact that he would be revealing some things he really didn't want to yet. Just another day in the life of a devil he supposed.

Well there's the next chapter and I hope you enjoyed it! Review and/or Pm me!