"Told you this was a good movie," Issei said at the third obligatory pantyshot.

"I must agree with him," Motohama said, he moved closer to the television. "This is great. Almost as good as Kaben Rider Pinky."

"What did you say you had?" Matsuda asked. His mouth was full of popcorn, but that didn't stop him from reaching for more. He threw a casual glance at Issei who stayed in bed, leaned back on a pile of cushions.

"Influenza."

Matsuda's hand stopped halfway to his mouth. He looked at Motohama.

"I think he's sick."

"Agreed," Motohama said.

"What's so strange about…"

Oh fuck.

"I mean uhm," Issei got flustered. "Flu, obviously."

Flu was just the shortened word for influenza, nothing weird about that. Come on guys.

Matsuda shrugged and turned his attention back to the screen. After another second Motohama looked back to the screen as well.

Issei let out his breath.

He had to be more careful. Motohama and Matsuda were getting more suspicious every day, so showcasing his new knowledge was a bad idea. The old Issei did not know the full name of the flu.

While Koneko-chan had said it was over, that was not the complete truth. Freed had survived his wounds and was now locked up in the Underworld. People from the devil-side were interrogating him, but progress was slow. Freed loosed nothing of their plans no matter what they tried.

They only had the power transfer beacon to go on. It was obvious the fallen angels were planning to steal someone's power with that. Asia seemed a logical option, but that would not explain why they would go to such lengths. They had even released that stray devil as a distraction. None of that was necessary if they just wanted to take her Sacred Gear. But Freed had only demanded Asia, which was very strange.

His blood transfer ability was a second obvious possibility. However, Buchou insisted power transfer beacons only worked for Sacred Gears.

Then again, the fallen angels might have found a way to extend its capabilities.

His powers could be extremely useful. To Issei it was restricted to usage through Promotion, but Rias-senpai was convinced this was only a safety mechanism. If a human suddenly wielded power like that, his body would never be able to handle the strain. Promotion could temporarily sturdy his body and channel the power.

For knowledge this was less of a problem since his brain had 'plenty of empty space left' according to Rias-senpai. He had made a remark about that, and she had joked that most of his brain was filled with porn anyway and that maybe that part was just being overwritten. This possibility had concerned Issei for a second, but for now he had found no strange holes in his erotic memories. He remembered crystal clear when-

"Ise? Hey, Ise?"

"Huh? Oh, sorry. I was lost in thoughts for a moment."

"You're missing the best part," Matsuda said.

He looked up. "Tentacles?"

"Why do you sound surprised?" Matsuda asked, confused.

"Huh? Nothing, I was just surprised we already got to that part," Issei quickly said. "I remembered it being much further to the end."

"You already watched it without us?"

Issei smiled. "Sorry."

"Traitor," Matsuda mumbled. He looked back at the tv.

Issei released his breath. Close call.

In any case, with enough training, it might be possible to use his powers without Promotion. If his body was strong enough, he should be able to do it. Probably.

Buchou had given him three days of bedrest. After that, they would resume their training. In the morning, he would do physical training with Rias-senpai (which sounded more erotic than it really was) and in the evening he would train his demonic powers with Akeno-san.

"He really is zoning out," Motohama said.

"Ah, sorry. I am sick you know?"

"Exactly," a new voice said. The light was turned on.

They all screamed.

"It burns," Matsuda yelled. He rolled over the ground trying to protect his eyes from the light.

"Visiting hours are over, boys," Issei's mom said. "My son needs his rest."

"Yes, madam," Motohama said. "We were just leaving."

"And turn off that crap please," she added, pointing to the screen.

They all looked at the tv which now showed a particularly explicit scene involving multiple tentacles and several screaming girls.

Motohama quickly pressed the remote and turned it off. "As I said, we were just leaving." He grabbed his bag and Matsuda.

"See you at school," he said. "Get well soon."

"Thanks."

The door closed behind them.

His mom threw him a very strange glance and then left as well.

Issei shrugged. His mom was right, he needed some rest. He had lost way too much blood in that fight.

He adjusted the pillows a bit so he could lie down.

Only a few minutes later, there was a knock at the door.

Issei pushed himself up. Who could that be?

"Uhm, Ise-san?"

"Asia? Come on in."

"Uhm, okay." The door slowly opened.

She got in and quickly closed the door again.

What the…

He rubbed his yes, absolutely certain he was dreaming.

Asia-chan was wearing a nurse outfit.

It was some kind of short one piece dress in pure white with little red crosses and hearts on it. It only fell to halfway her thighs. She combined this with darker white thigh-high socks that changed to pink at the top creating a zettai ryouiki. On her head was a white cap with a cross on it and a stethoscope dangled around her neck.

"Do I look weird?" She asked. Her hands were gripping the edges of her dress.

"No, you look cute," Issei said. "But, why uhm… where did you even get that?"

"Kiryuu-san lent it to me."

Of course. He should have known. That damn perverted woman.

"Do you really think I'm cute?" She asked.

"You have no idea."

Still a bit unsure, she spun around for him so he could see all of it. Issei could only stare at the skimpy outfit. Just the fact that it was the cute and innocent church girl who was wearing it made it all the more exciting.

"Given that you are sick, I thought this might help," she explained.

"Thanks, Asia. I already feel a lot better."

"Still, I should take your temperature," she said. She pulled out a thermometer from her pocket.

"You know I don't actually have the flu, right?"

Asia ignored him and pushed the thermometer in his mouth.

In order to do this, she had to get on the bed which confirmed his initial suspicions: she wasn't wearing a bra beneath that little dress.

Asia pulled out the thermometer. "38. That's quite hot."

"That's because you're here."

His brain only registered he had said that out loud several seconds later.

Asia blushed even deeper than usual.

It was probably her outfit. His leftover blood was flowing to the wrong side of his body which made it harder to think before speaking.

"So uhm…" She was unsure what to say.

"Asia, I uhm… I have to tell you something."

"Oh."

"Look, I really, really like you, but… well, there's…"

"You like Rias-senpai as well?"

"How do you know that?"

She shrugged. "It's quite obvious. I understand, Ise-san."

"No, it's… it's my goal is to raise up to a high class devil and get my own peerage. A girls only peerage."

"I don't understand."

"Well uhm," he scratched the back of his head. "A harem basically."

"Oh." She blushed. "I see."

"I know it's a stupid and unrealistic dream, but-"

"No," she quickly said. "No, I like it."

It was quiet for a moment.

Asia looked down. "I know I'm a stray nun and not a devil, but… could I…? I could be useful. My powers can heal devils as well, so…"

"You want to be part of my harem?"

"Well, yes, actually."

"But… Why would you want that? Don't you want a boyfriend?"

"I want you," she said. "You saved me so many times and you're so kind to me. I can't imagine my life without you anymore."

He did not know what to say to that.

"I admit," Asia continued. "For a moment I did have this silly dream that one day we would marry. But," she cast her eyes down again. "After the fight with Father Freed… It's a stupid dream, forget it."

"Why?" He took her hand. "Why did you give up on that dream?"

"Don't you see, Ise-san?" Her green eyes looked at him with determination. "You took his powers. You defeated a trained exorcist with basically no combat experience. You hadn't even been resurrected a week yet. With growth like that, you will one day become a high class devil. Sooner rather than later. You will get your own servants. Devil society will look up to you as a leader. They'll be counting on you. What do you think will happen if you marry a banished Holy Maiden like me?"

"I don't care what they think about me."

"You don't have a choice," she said. "Power breeds enemies, Ise-san. Father Freed tried to take mine and it's a simple healing power. If knowledge about your power spreads, enemies will flock here to try and take it from you. Or people who think you'll be a threat to them will try to kill you. Others might try to use you."

That did make sense. A power like this was bound to attract others.

"You'll need strong allies by your side," Asia continued. "You already have the Gremories, but you'll need way more than that. If you marry one day, it will have to be a political marriage. You'll never make it if you marry me. The devils will abandon you."

"Well, what if I stopped using it? No one would ever have to know."

"She escaped. I think the fallen angels already have a clue. Raynare was targeting you before. You have to use it to protect yourself, Ise-san. I don't want you to die."

Issei sighed. She had a point there.

The Sitri-peerage had attacked the church after their battle with Freed. The fallen angel named Dohnaseek had died during that raid. Raynare had escaped somehow. Considering the church was surrounded, she must have used some kind of secret tunnel. Given the huge basement, Issei wouldn't be surprised if there was some kind of emergency exit they didn't know about.

This fallen angel had to have some clue about his powers, or she wouldn't have approached him in the first place. Meaning that it was likely more fallen angels would hear about it. Especially because Raynare had now lost all her allies.

A peaceful life with Asia-chan was not an option. People would target him for this power. He would have to train it and rely on his allies to protect him. Some of those allies would not approve of him being so close with Asia-chan. She was a banished Holy Maiden after all.

"I can't be your wife or your girlfriend," Asia said. "But I can be your servant or concubine. If you'll have me?"

"I can't do that, Asia-chan. I can't think of you as a simple servant."

"Technically you're Rias-senpai's servant as well, right? But she doesn't treat you like one. She treats you more like family."

"So you'd be my sister then?"

"Not blood-related, obviously."

"Obviously," he confirmed.

She smiled.

"So uhm, as your servant, it's my duty to take care of you."

"Take care of me?"

"Let's see, I already took your temperature, so what's next? Oh, right, heartbeat." She put the plugs of her stethoscope in her ears.

"Uhm, okay."

Asia put the cold metal on his chest and listened to his heartbeat.

"And?"

"Uhm, it's fine, I think? I'm not a doctor."

"Well, I think we'll need a reference."

Issei took the metal disc from his chest and put it on hers.

She yelped when the cold metal touched her. The disc was at the point where her dress ended at the very top of her breast.

"And?" He asked.

"I-I can't hear it, you'll have to put it lower." There was a faint blush on her face and her eyes were avoiding his.

Issei swallowed hard. With a deep breath, he moved it down beneath the fabric.

"Lower," she said.

Even lower?

Issei fingers softly brushed past her breast as he pushed it lower.

"Just a bit more," she encouraged him.

"If I go even lower I'll…"

She looked at him. "I know."

If he went lower, he would reach the middle and…

She should be hearing her heartbeat without trouble at this point. Which meant she was probably just curious about how it would feel if he moved lower. To be honest he was very curious as well.

Issei took a deep breath and shifted the metal disc even lower.

Asia let out a very strange sound that was somewhere between a yelp and a suppressed moan.

"Sorry." He wanted to move it away, but she grabbed his wrist and stopped him.

"Do you want to listen to my heart?" She asked. "I can hear it now."

His throat felt very dry suddenly. Issei slowly nodded.

Asia pulled out the plugs and handed them to Issei who put them in his ears.

Now he could hear her heartbeat. It was beating quite rapidly (like his own heart). But as he listened, he could hear it slow down again. She was relaxing.

He could see her chest rising with every breath.

Asia-chan really was a beauty.

Their eyes locked.

Asia closed her eyes and leaned closer.

He heard a different kind of beating.

Was that his own heart?

"Someone at the door," Asia whispered.

Oh. Right, that sound was someone knocking on his door.

"Is this a bad time?" The female at the door asked.

You have no idea.

"You should uhm…"
His whispered words were not necessary. Asia had already stood up and walked to his closet. She hid herself inside.

When Issei was certain she was save, he said the girl could come in.

Ruruko-chan entered his room. She was dressed in her uniform, however, her top was replaced with a white T-shirt instead of the usual blouse with blazer. Like the ones they wore for PE. The green tube socks, twin tails with clippers in her hair and magenta skirt were all the same however.

Issei's trained eyes immediately fell on her boobs. For her age they were quite large. Were they larger than Asia's? It was hard to say.

For a moment, Issei was convinced she wore no bra, but he dismissed the thought. Of course she was wearing one. Although given how tight her shirt was he really should-

"Hey," she said in a cheerful voice.

"Hey," Issei said.

He spotted a slightly faded bruise around her eye among other minor bruises. "You okay?" He asked.

"I'm fine," she said. "I just wanted to thank you for saving me. Again."

"You told me where you were," Issei said. "Of course I had to go save you."

"Still, I wanted to thank you."

"It wasn't just me," Issei said.

"I know," she said, her voice became slightly dreamy. "You should have seen Yuuto-senpai and Saji-senpai. They were totally kicking ass even though they were outnumbered heavily."

"Sounds like you've got a little crush on them."

"What? Of course not," she dismissed the accusation quite unconvincingly.

"I've you've got a crush, just tell them. They won't turn down a cute girl like you."

"Like you've confessed to Rias-sama?" She said sceptically.

"Good point."

Ruruko-chan chuckled. "Don't worry, I… is that a stethoscope?" She looked at the black-metal object on his chest.

"Oh, yeah, to listen to my heartbeat."

"Why would you do that?"

"I lost a lot of blood."

"So you monitor your heartbeat with a stethoscope? Not with a watch or something, with a stethoscope."
"You're a smart girl aren't you?"

She smiled at being praised. "I heard from a very reputable source that Kiryuu-san and Asia-chan were talking during PE about-"

"I have no idea what you're talking about."

She smiled again. "Is she hiding under your bed?"

"Of course n-"

Ruruko-chan quickly checked. "Well you are hiding something under your bed, that's for sure." She looked at the cardboard box.

"Don't touch that!"

"Calm down, Ise-senpai. You'll get your heartrate up like that." She stood back upright.

"Did you just come here to torture me?"

"Sorry," she said, her tone got more serious. "Like I said, I came here to thank you. I uhm… I wanted to give you a gift, but I didn't know what. Like, what could someone like you possibly want?"

"You really don't have to give me anything," Issei said. He had just done what any man would do. His cute junior was in danger, of course he would save her. Was there even an other option?

"Then it occured to me," she continued, ignoring him. "That you peeked on my class during PE. So you probably wanted to see some… things. I consulted with Kiryuu and she agreed with me. A pervert like you would only want one thing as a gift."

Kiryuu again. Unbelievable.

Hey, wait, what the hell was she going on about?

"So uhm…" she hesitated. "Considering you did not see them last time, I thought I'd-"

She took the hem of her shirt.

"Are you sure about this, Ruruko-chan? You really don't have to…"

"Just for a second, okay?"

"Okay." As if he could say no to an offer like that.

She smoothly pulled up her shirt confirming that she was indeed wearing nothing beneath it.

Wow.

Ruruko-chan held it for about two seconds before quickly pulling her shirt back down.

"I uhm…" She stammered.

"Thank you, Ruruko-chan. That really was the best gift you could have given me." Holy crap she was hot.

She smiled with a faint blush on her cheeks. "Thanks, Ise-senpai. I have to go now. Kaichou has work for me." She leaned in and gave him a kiss on his cheek. "Get well soon, we all miss you terribly."

Ruruko-chan left his room. She closed the door behind her.

He really started to like Ruruko-chan.

"That was quite unexpected," Asia said. She sat back down on his bed.

"Asia-chan! I didn't mean to-"

"It's okay," she calmed him. "You did say you wanted a harem."

"Yes, but, that… doesn't mean I should…"

"Ise. Getting close to Ruruko-chan might one day win you the support of Sona Sitri in a battle. Even if you wanted to, you can't turn her down. Your survival depends on it."

"That's… well, I guess that's one way of putting it." That was a bit of an extreme view. Surely Sona Sitri would help him even if he-

"Were they bigger than mine?" Asia suddenly asked. "I know I'm not that-"

"Asia-chan, are you jealous?" He teased her.

"Of course I'm jealous!" She snapped.

Wow, calm down. It was just-

"Sorry," Asia said, her face was bright red. She clearly hadn't intended to say it like that.

"She's gone now," Issei said. "I'm all yours again."

Asia smiled. She took the stethoscope from his hand. "Where were we?"

A crimson light lit up next to his bed.

A magic circle. He recognised it immediately.

They could not catch a break, could they?

Rias-senpai stepped out of her circle.

Buchou's eyes widened when she saw Asia-chan in her skimpy nurse outfit. It probably didn't help that Asia was on her hands and knees hovering over Issei.

"Oh," Buchou said. "Bad timing it seems. Maybe I should have teleported outside and knocked."

"You think?" Issei said sarcastically.

"It's okay," Asia said. "I'll be in my room." She got up.

"Asia," Issei tried stopping her.

She left his room and closed the door behind her. Issei would have gotten up and ran after her, but getting up was a bit hard at the moment.

"Sorry," Rias-senpai said. "I really didn't mean to barge in like this. I just kind of forgot you-"

"It's okay," Issei said. "Any news?"

"I just wanted to check up on you. You feeling better?"

"I feel weak, but that's the blood loss. Should be better in a few days tops."

"Good. It could have been much worse than that. Freed is a trained exorcist."

"Has he talked yet?" Issei asked.

"Nothing."

"Damn."

"I think they were after you," she said.

"Maybe." He had sort of reached that conclusion already. The only question was why? If they couldn't actually take his power, than what did they want? Kill him?

"In any case," Rias-senpai said. "The Sitri peerage is tightening the security of this city. We have to find that last fallen angel."

"I doubt we'll find her."

"Yeah. It would be very stupid of her to try anything all by herself. Especially after you beat Freed."

"You think she'll find more help with the fallen angels?"

Buchou shrugged. "Their Governor-General denies any involvement. According to him they are a group that went rogue, no longer part of Grigori."

If Issei remembered well, Grigori was the largest organisation within the fallen angels.

"I would do the same. Considering I am a devil now, any attack on me is also an attack on the devil side."

"Exactly. And he won't provoke us without a proper reason, that would gain him nothing. But whether or not he gave the order is not relevant. We can't prove any of it. The fallen angels were the first ones to retreat from the Great War and they are still very strong with most of their leadership intact. The devil side will do anything they can to avoid more conflict. Without solid evidence, we're in a deadlock."

A magic circle appeared next to her ear. Rias-senpai quite suddenly tensed up.

"They want us to do what?"

"What's wrong?" Issei asked.

"Nothing," she said. "I need to go. Something came up." She turned to the door.

"Senpai."

She sighed. "We've been contacted by Heaven," she said without looking at him.

"Heaven?" What the hell did the angels want with them?

"They want us to hand over Freed."

A/N:

-For the sake of reference, Asia's nurse outfit is based on the one shown at the end of season 2 episode 3.

-Thanks for all your kind reviews, it's nice to hear so many people like this story.