A/N

I don't own High School DxD

I only use the light Novels as Canon.

Bennia and Serafall are best girls, and others make an appearance.

Chapter 11

Return to school, part 1 of ?

Last time

Shamefaced Rias just nodded her head. "I understand."

Snorting from the other side of the room, still staring into the night, Sirzechs added. "No. No you don't. I had hoped that you never would. But it seems my wishes won't be granted."

One week later

Sitting at her desk in the Student Council's office, Sona examined the paperwork in front of her, arching an eyebrow at the name across the top of the file, Hiryuu Issei. "Surely between Bennia and Ajuka, you could have come up with something better than Hiryuu, and coloring your hair and eyes?"

Sitting opposite the slightly annoyed President Issei smirked "It's not that bad and Ddraig has come to see the funny side of it."

"What funny side?"

"Issei can mean 'One existence'. So therefore Ddraig took, Hiryuu Issei, to mean we are the Only Flying Dragon, and I ain't going to argue with him about it." Shrugging his shoulders he added, "Plus that is the name I used when we were running from Hades and his men, So I am used to being called that and will respond to it."

Agreeing with his logic about being familiar with the alias, Sona nodded her head in agreement and she closed his file. Standing up she moved towards the girls standing behind her. "Hyoudou-san."

Cutting her off, Issei waved his finger at her in a no no motion.

Seeing that she started again "Hiryuu-san, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce the members of my peerage. My Queen Shinra Tsubaki, My Bishops Hanakai Momo and Kusaka Reya, My Knight Meguri Tomoe, My Rook Yura Tsubasa, and My Pawn Nimura Ruruko", as each girl was introduced they bowed politely to Issei.

Once she had finished the introductions Tsubaki stepped forward and bowed again, this time in a show of respect. Standing back up she said "Hyoudou-san, on behalf of all of us, I would like to thank you for your efforts, in defending our master and assisting with the barrier, during the incident last week."

Standing up Issei returned her bow "Think nothing of it Shinra-san. It was my honor to fight alongside your master and yourselves."

Just then the bell rang signalling that classes were about to start. With that the girls collected their supplies and bowed to Sona and Issei and left. As they left Reya and Momo seemed to be having an animated discussion with Ruruko also chiming in.

Watching them leave Sona and Issei sat back down at her desk. "How are they coping?" he asked.

Sona sat back and thought for a few moments. Not really knowing Issei all that well she wondered if she could speak with him about her peerages' issues or not. Even though his somewhat partner was a member of her sisters peerage, she still felt that he was an outsider, and it was none of his business. "They are getting there" she replied.

"That's good, it was hellish experience. I had trouble the next day," holding up his left arm he continued "But hey, having an ancient dragon, bound to your soul, is good for something."

Nodding her head she decided to move things along, "You will be in class 2C," handing him his class rota, "We decided not to put you back into your original class, in case someone remembers or recognizes you. Please think about what you are doing this time, it would be poor form if you decided to reacquaint with your perverted friends."

Placing a hand over his heart, and slouching down in the chair, as if he had been wounded he replied, "Hyoudou Issei might have died, but Hiryuu Issei is a similar person." Seeing Sona open her mouth to interrupt, Issei held up his hand, and retorted pompously. "Kaichou I understand, I said similar, not the same. I enjoy the scenery in serenity now. I don't abuse the wildlife any more."

"I don't know Hiryuu, a leopard can't change its spots" she countered sceptically.

Dropping his head, and the act he replied "Would it help if I told you Nia-chan would cut my balls off, if I misbehaved?"

At that Sona nodded her head in agreement "Yes it would". Sliding him another piece of paper she added, "Seeing how you are rejoining outside of the official intake, here is a list of the clubs with available spots."

Issei took the paper, and eagerly ran through through the list.

Coughing into her hand Sona supplied "The appreciation club has been disbanded, due to there only being two members."

Looking up with tears in his eyes he asked "But Kaichou with me here there would be three, the minimum required."

"Hiryuu!" Growled Sona "Don't test my patients, that disgraceful club is gone and will never return." 'A Leopard indeed', she thought to herself, continuing on she added "Now I think that it's time you went to class."

Gathering the paperwork he exclaimed "Hai, Hai, I'll look over the list and make a decision in a couple of days." Standing he bowed and made his way to class 2C.

As the door closed Sona removed her glasses and began to absently clean them, thinking that he must never join her sisters peerage, as she would never get any peace with the two of them together.

Making his way to class 2C, Issei knocked on the door and waited to be admitted. Being back in school, Issei found himself slipping back into his old habits. As he waited he thought about what had, and was happening. Deciding that a look, but don't be stupid, policy was the best way to stop Nia-chan from beating the crap out of him. Hearing the Sensei call out he opened the door and entered. As he entered and made his introduction, he swept his eyes over the class, he noticed that both Momo and Reya were in his class, and a blond haired boy, that was glaring daggers at him. Taking note of the boy Issei thought that he looked familiar and he might be a devil that belonged to Rias Gremory. Hearing the Sensei ask for someone to raise their hand Issei focused back on the present and saw Momo raise her hand.

"Take a seat next to Momo-san please Issei-san" asked the teacher.

Making his way towards the empty seat, Issei murmured "Thank you Hanakai-san" as he sat down next to the white haired girl, receiving a bright smile from her.

During the first hour of class, as Reya was slowly working through the problem in her text book, she was surprised to see a small note began to magically appear on the bottom of her page.

'Can you feel it Reya?'

Sighing to herself, she wrote with her finger magically 'Yes, yes I can.'

'See, I was right after all. It IS Hyoudou-san's aura. I felt it earlier in the club room, and believe me sitting so close to him is making me all ~tingly~.'

Reya slyly looked over to her fellow Bishop, after a few seconds she noticed her squirming in her seat slightly. Remembering their discussions over the last week she almost face palmed 'Oh by the Maou she's getting turned on,' she thought.

Since the incident the previous week, the two bishops had been having a debate over what had happened with the barrier and its effects on them. Someone outside of their peerage had been supplying magic to it at regular intervals. Speaking to Yura and Meguri about it drew a blank, but Ruruko knew what they were talking about, baffled they decided to speak to Sona about it.

When they raised the question with their King. Her reply was something that really stirred the pot. A Sacred Gear user!, and a powerful one at that. It seemed that only the spell casters of the peerage could feel the taint of the power being supplied. Ruruko falling into that category due to her promotion to Queen. This had led to the discussion between the three girls on who had been the Sacred Gear user.

Much to Ruruko's disappointment they ruled out Saji. He had been inside with Rias when they raised the barrier. That left Yuuto, much to Reya's delight, seeing that she had a crush on the Gremory Knight. He was unaccounted for and could have been stuck outside when they raised the barrier. She was so disappointed to learn that he had been inside as well, somehow getting in due to the assistance of the female nun that was with him.

At the introduction to Hyoudou-san and informing them of his alias, Reya was shocked and disappointed to feel the same aura again. One of the biggest fucking leeches, that she had ever had the displeasure of knowing about, was a Sacred Gear user! and apparently a strong one at that. When the bell rang and they left, the three girls who were affected had an animated discussion about what they sensed.

Scribbling quickly she wrote "Momo focus, Don't succumb, Remember your training, center your thoughts, calm your nerves and feelings."

'...'

Hearing a stifled moan followed by a loud sigh from beside her Reya looked across and saw Momo slump down in her desk, her thighs twitching slightly, seeing what had happened to her friend she called out, "Sensei!, Sensei, there is something wrong with with Momo!" springing up from her desk she rushed over to her friends side. Hoping that the class representative would not get involved, "She seems to have fainted." Giving her a few light taps on her hand brought a soft moan from the white haired girl.

Momo opened her eyes at the tapping on her hand, seeing Reya there with a concerned look in her eye made her blush, embarrassed at what had happened she softly asked to head to the nurse's room. The class Sensei agreed and asked Reya to assist her.

As they slowly made their way through the empty corridors Reya asked "You didn't….?"

Embarrassed at losing control like that, Momo just nodded her head.

"Wow!"

"Reya! Please!" she wailed softly, blushing bright red.

Pausing at the female restroom to allow Momo to compose herself before seeing the nurse. Reya walked through and checked the room, finding no one there she rounded on her best friend. "His aura made you cum?"

Momo just nodded her head weakly "Hard. From the moment he sat down, I could feel his aura. I tried to resist, but it just felt so good," she sighed.

"I just don't believe it, you got off on his aura! In class! In front of everyone!" Smirking at her evilly she added "Getting off like that, in class in front of everyone. I'm surprised you're still not climaxing, You naughty girl. I bet you enjoyed it." thinking for a second she shrugged and added "Well at least you can now cross off public sexual humiliation from your bucket list."

Hanging on to the edge of the hand basin she retorted "I wouldn't have had an orgasm, if I didn't like it Reya. By the Maou, we thought it felt good last week, I can tell you up close it was even better."

Raising an eyebrow at that Reya asked "Better than our private time?

"Not quite, but then he didn't touch me like you do." Giving her friend a leering grin she added "I wonder how his aura would feel on my…."

"I get the picture Mo-chan. So what are you going to do about this?" Reya asked cutting her friend off.

Looking in the mirror at her friend Momo thought about things for a few moments.

"I think," she paused, "With how his aura made me feel, I think I would like to get to know Issei-san a little better."

"Are you sure?," she asked uncertainly, "What if he's still a leech?"

Always trying to see the better side of someone Momo replied "I'll take a chance that he has changed, his heart is in the right place. He protected Kaichou, and by extension us as well. He's not a devil, he had no reason to help us at all."

Crossing her arms across her chest Reya replied "Well don't come bitching to me, when he tries something before you're ready."

"Oh believe me with his aura, if he tries something, I more than likely will reciprocate." Standing there in silence, a thought came to her. Spinning around she pointed a finger at her and accused, "You're still pissed off, that it's not Yuuto. Come on Reya, we all agreed that he's gay, how could a straight man ignore that much unconditional sex?"

Sticking her nose in the air, Reya huffed and made her way out "Come on let's get you to the nurse, and get back to class. We better put up a small barrier before we get there, if we don't, you'll need to change your panties by the end of the day."

"What about if I take them off now?"

"Why me?" whimpered Reya.

As the morning progressed, Issei quickly discovered that missing school for a period of time, had left him, academically, quite behind his peers. Having expected to be behind, he was shocked at how far they had actually moved on. Glancing up at the sound of the door he saw Momo and Reya return. Momo seemed to be looking better than when she left. Issei noticed with a slight frown, that he couldn't sense either of the two bishops any more.

'Pity' he thought, at the loss of their magical signature, 'Momo had a really nice feel about her.' Attempting to concentrate back on his work, had been difficult since Momo and Reya had left the room. For some strange reason Ddraig had woken up and spent the entire time laughing. After another few hours, Issei felt a sense of relief, at the sound of the bell, ending the current period and signalling lunch. Watching everyone leave the classroom he let his head hit the desk with a large thud.

"So far behind" he softly cried out loud. "I'm never going to catch up at this rate."

Hearing his mournful cry Momo and Reya paused as they made their way out. Seeing an opportunity to get to know Issei better, Momo made a gesture, telling Reya to keep going. Making her way back towards Issei, concerned she asked "Is everything ok Hiryuu-san?"

Hearing the question Issei raised his head from the desk, seeing that everyone else had left he replied dejectedly "I'm so far behind it's not funny. I'm never going to be able to catch up."

Sitting down on the edge of her desk Momo watched Issei for a few moments, seeing him with anime like tears and pulling at his hair, muttering to himself about his school work, brought a smile to her face. After a while she asked "Would you like some help in catching up?"

Hearing her offer, Issei stopped tugging at his hair "Really?" he questioned. "Surely you have better things to do than help me catch up".

Shaking her head she replied "Hardly, our classmates have this preconceived idea that I am here to spy on them, because I am part of the Student Council. Reya has similar issues as well, we mainly spend our time together."

Issei paused at her statement, and thought about what she said for a moment, for the simple fact that before his reincarnation, he would have treated the Student Council representatives the same as everyone else. "I'll gladly accept any help that you can give me Hanakai-san."

"Momo is fine, after all we'll be working together for some time," she told him waving off his formalities.

Surprised at her actions he replied giving her a seated bow "Then Issei is fine for me as well."

Standing up from her perch on the edge of her desk, Momo stretched lazily, pushing her ample chest out, discreetly watching what he was doing, making her way around the desk she took her normal seat and faced him. Pleased that he didn't openly leer at her actions, looking at him quite seriously for a moment she stated "I am grateful to see that you survived that unpleasantness in the park Issei."

Disappointed that she had moved, as he was enjoying the sight of her full breasts and shapely legs, Issei raised an eyebrow "What do you know about what happened in the park?"

"I was on my way back here, after filling a contract, when I came across a small crowd, where you had been killed. I recognized your face and mentioned your name. Some bystanders heard me, the police, when they arrived asked me some questions. From that information, I assumed they were able to get in contact with your parents."

"Thank you Momo-san, I appreciate that. At least my parents found out straight away."

Interested in what happened afterwards Momo asked "So have you contacted your family since your return?"

"No. From what Sera-chan tells me they couldn't take living in our home with the memories. Apparently they sold the house and moved to Okinawa."

"Okinawa? Why there?" Tentatively she continued "Sera-chan wouldn't be Serafall-sama would it?"

Answering her questions in order, Issei replied "Apparently. I don't know why and yes Sera-chan is Serafall Leviathan, and she has some of her people keeping an eye on them."

"You call one of the Maou's, Sera-chan?"

"At her insistence," said Issei scratching the back of his head "I tried to be all respectful, you know using Leviathan-sama. Bennia-chan would have killed me if I wasn't all correct and polite, when we met her for the first time."

"The first time?"

Sighing Issei decided to quickly fill her in on his current situation, with Serafall being his benefactor, and omitting anything about Sirzechs.

Nodding at his explanation, Momo checked the time, seeing that a third of their lunch break had passed, asked "So when would you be available Issei, for some assistance?"

"At the moment just about any time. I currently have no club obligations, and Bennia-chan is away working with Sera-chan, peerage stuff they tell me. So I am home alone at the moment."

"Ok then we'll just have to run this past Kaichou first, but there shouldn't be any issues," with that Momo stood and made her way to the exit.

Paling at the thought of the strict Student Council President hearing about his academic failings Issei sighed "Well let's get this over with." With that he stood up and followed the shapely girl out the door. Admiring Momo's ass and legs, as she walked in front of him, was worth having to put up with Sona's stern gaze.

The meeting, over lunch with Sona, had been every bit as bad as Issei had thought. She readily agreed to have Momo, under certain conditions, tutor Issei after school in the rooms of the Student Council, to lift his grades.

Hearing the final bell for the day ring Issei groaned. Standing up he gathered his materials to begin his tutoring lessons, dropping an eraser on the floor, he bent down to pick it up, when he felt, what he thought was someone's foot, hit his back from behind. Sprawling out on the floor, Issei heard the tittering of laughter from his classmates. Bounding back to his feet, he looked behind where he was, and saw the blond haired devil standing there.

Saji had been fuming all day, the sight of Issei Hiryuu, the outsider who had caused his master to be reprimanded, set his teeth on edge. Seeing him bending down Saji couldn't help but give him a shove with his foot, seeing him on the floor, and the laughter of his classmates, brought him some gratification. Smirking at what he had done he quickly schooled his face into a mask of what he thought was neutrality, as Hiryuu bounded back to his feet.

Seeing the smirk disappear from the blond devil Issei understood what had happened but not why. Brushing himself down he watched as the boy made his way past him towards the exit. As he passed him Issei stared at him coldly. Turning back to his desk he gathered up the rest of his study stuff, and left for his tutoring session.

As he traveled through the corridors, on his way to the Student Council Office, Issei passed a large set of windows, pausing for a moment he looked outside towards the Athletics track. Remembering what had happened a week ago, he gazed at the renewal work in progress amazed at how fast things were being repaired. As he looked at the construction work, he noticed two boys in P.E. gear running from a group of girls brandishing wooden swords. 'Matsuda and Motohama' he thought to himself smiling, glad to see that some things never change.

Watching as they were being chased he noticed that they seemed to slowly give up and receive the beating that they had coming. 'I wonder if they are actually masochistic, they seem to get caught a lot' he recalled. Looking at the girls though, brought up a possible solution for some of his training issues. Whilst Kendo wasn't a perfect fit for wielding 'Rory' it would certainly help in building the upper body strength he needed, and help improve his overall fitness.

"I wonder if they actually enjoy being beaten upon" said a female voice to his left, startling Issei from his thoughts.

Looking at the speaker, he saw Akeno Himejima standing next to him. Unable to help himself he stole a quick look at her breasts, 'Oh my god her Oppai are huge' he thought to himself. Refocusing quickly he added "Himejima-senpai, are you some sort of Ninja? I didn't even hear you approach."

"Something like that Hiryuu-san " she replied smiling. Noticing the quick peek he took.

Ignoring the whispers of the students around him Issei gestured with his arm down the corridor. "If you don't mind walking with me Himejima-senpai, I am on my way for tutoring lessons."

"I noticed that you didn't answer my question", Akeno asked as they slowly walked down the corridor. Admiring the fact that after the initial peak, he kept his gaze pointedly away from her chest.

"To be perfectly honest, I was just thinking the same thing myself."

Laughing lightly at his response she continued "So tutoring lessons?"

"You would be surprised at how much you can miss in a few months. I never really thought about how fast the teachers teach, until now. Hanakai-san noticed that I was struggling during the first semester this morning. During lunch we arranged with Shitori-san, who seemed quite enthusiastic about the idea, about getting me caught back up".

"I see..." replied Akeno, ruing the chance to get to know the boy better.

Before she could continue Issei asked "Is the blond haired boy in my class part of the Occult Research Club?"

Surprised at the direction that the conversation had taken she replied "Saji? Why yes he is. Why do you ask?"

"No reason, I just felt his energy today and wanted to make sure, before I did something rash," replied Issei keeping the reason to himself.

As they reached the door to the Student Council Akeno paused causing Issei to stop as well. "Rias has asked me to extended an invite for you to meet our club members Hiryuu-san."

"Where and when would Gremory-sama like to meet?"

"Tonight, at the old school building, say around 7pm, that's just before our nightly events, so everyone will be there, before they head out for their nightly duties."

"I accept, thank you Himejima-senpai," replied Issei bowing politely "I hope that you will be serving some tea tonight?"

Raising a hand to her cheek Akeno replied cheerily "Ara-Ara, has my cute little Kohai taken a liking for tea?"

"Senpai, Nia-chan kept raving about how good you tea was. She told me that if I had the opportunity to sample your tea again, that I would be foolish to refuse," blushed Issei at her response.

"Thank you Hiryuu-san make sure that I have some of my best blend on display tonight" replied Akeno bowing politely. Straightening back up she walked off waving "See you tonight."

"Finished, at last," said Issei slapping the pencil down on the desk. Looking at the clock he saw it was 5pm. 'Two hours of torture' he thought, passing the work to Momo to correct.

With that someone burst out laughing.

Spinning around in his seat Issei saw Reya sitting at a desk behind them.

Working her way through Issei's barely legible writing, Momo asked calmly "I thought you were supposed to be with a contract at the moment Reya, what happened?"

This being the second time that a devil had been able to creep up on him, Issei asked "Do they send all devils through ninja training or something?."

Reya laughed at his comment "Fufufufu, Something like that." Stifling her laughter she answered Momo's question "They cancelled at the last minute Mo-chan, something about the boy had been rushed to hospital, with a serious case of genital warts."

Still not taking her eyes off Issei's work she replied "Hmm, I guess he might learn to keep his hands to himself then."

Listening to their conversation, Issei decided to keep his hands to himself.

"Anyway, what's the verdict on our newest victim." asked Reya as she crossed the room to look at Issei's work.

Looking up from his work Momo tapped a finger to her chin. "It's not too bad. The knowledge is there, but it needs some polish to make it shine."

Issei beamed at this maybe things weren't as bad as he thought.

"His Kanji is appalling, I've seen chickens write better than that, his written English is worse, and don't get me started on geography."

Slumping in his seat at having his faults pointed out, a small thundercloud appeared above his head and rain started to fall.

"He's been out of class for approximately two months, but he's at least six months behind."

Lightning struck his head and it rained harder.

"Issei?" Momo questioned "How did you get so far behind?"

"Well, Matsuda, Motohama and I had been working our way through this awesome game called 'Criminal Girls'"

Hearing the name of the game Momo whispered "Hey Reya!, wasn't that the game where you had to span…. Owwww!"

Smacking Momo in the back of the head, Reya leaned in and hissed quietly in her ear "Shh, he might get ideas!"

"Ehh, I thought I heard som….." wondered Issei out loud.

"You heard nothing!" Reya hissed at him venomously, with a slight blush to her cheeks, "You hear me, Nothing at all."

Backing up in his seat, and raising his hands in the air, Issei stammered "R r r right Kusaka-san. Nothing at all."

Calming down Reya tried to get things back on track.

"So Mo-chan what is the most urgent thing Issei needs to work on?"

"There's not one subject in particular, he needs to work right across the board, all subjects, with particular emphasis on his hand writing."

"What about his oral skills?"

"I haven't had the chance to test his oral skills yet, Reya-chan, but if you give me a little while, I'm sure I can find out and let you know."

Sitting there with the conversation flying over his head Issei piped up "I'm not sure about devils, but I now have no trouble understanding and speaking to people in different languages.

Deciding to continue teasing Reya, Momo couldn't help but ask "So you are a cunning linguist then Issei?"

"No Reaper Magic helps me understand people."

Momo couldn't help herself, "Reya if he's such a cunninglinguist, then we have to get him to join the masterdebator team."

"Why me? What did I ever do wrong?" she muttered and sweat dropped at her friends actions.

"Reaper Magic," Issei continued oblivious to the Momo's comments, "The answer to all of life's mysteries."

Both girls looked at each other stupidly, surely one of the biggest perverts in Kuoh, would pick up on such obvious innuendo. Looking back at Issei he was just sitting there waiting for them to continue.

Not wanting to look a gift horse in the mouth, Reya walked over to a bookshelf on the wall. Making quite a few selection, she came back, and placed a small mountain of books in front of Issei.

Whimpering at the sight of the books Issei lowered his head to the desk with a small thump. "I'll never get through all that" he moaned.

Taking pity on the boy, Momo added, "Don't stress Hiryuu-san, these books cover next year as well, you'll only have about a quarter of each one to do." Handing him another piece of paper she added "Here is a list of times that Kaichou has made available for us to help you catch up."

"What do you mean us?" asked Issei puzzled by the response. As he gingerly took the paper from her hand, as if it were a live hand grenade.

"Kaichou has asked Reya to assist as well."

Reya added "We both have contracts, with parents of junior students, acting as tutors. We alternate our days so that Kaichou has a bishop free if required."

"These contracts are at the students homes, so taking you on as well is no issue, as it is here at school, and if Kaichou needs us, well you understand about the underworld, and what it requires of us as peerage members" finished Momo.

Looking at the schedule he realized that it wasn't as bad as he thought. Four nights a week for 3 hours, Starting at 5pm, and with Bennia being away with Serafall for some time, he had nothing else to do. It also allowed him to be able to fit in some time to join a club. "Thank you Momo-san, Kusaka-san, I am more than happy to accept these hours."

Looking at her watch Reya added "Well I think that about wraps up today's little effort. Hiryuu-san, I'll meet you here tomorrow at 5pm for your first lesson."

Occult Research Club

Rias sat at her desk absently chewing on her thumbnail listening to the idle chatter from her peerage, checking the time she saw it was almost seven pm, when she felt the wards to the building notify her that someone was approaching. Glancing over at Yuuto she asked "Yuuto, can you please go and greet our guest."

"Yes Buchou," with that he left the room.

Hearing Rias speak up the rest of her peerage fell silent, looking at her for direction. Seeing Rias move to the front of her desk, the remaining members fell into a semi circle behind her. As the door opened and Issei walked in, Rias placed an arm under her breasts, pushing them up and making them more prominent.

"Good evening Hyoudou-san, thank you for seeing us tonight."

"Good evening Gremory-sama, thank you for you invitation," replied Issei bowing respectfully.

"First of all I would like to thank you for your assistance last week. Your help was most beneficial. After our initial conversation, I was under the impression that neither of you could get involved."

Seeing Saji's face get even darker, Issei began to wonder what was really going on here. "Politics, Gremory-sama. As we were fugitives from Hades, and I still am. We were, and I still am, being sponsored and protected by Leviathan-sama. Bennia did not want to make any move, or make any decisions, whatsoever without contacting Leviathan-sama first."

Hearing his explanation, on why her initial request was denied, mollified Rias somewhat. Turning to one side she began the introductions. "Hyoudou-san this is my available peerage, My Queen, Himejima Akeno. One of my Bishops, Argento Asia. My Knight, Kiba Yuuto. My Rook, Tojo Koneko. My Pawn, Genshirou Saji." as each one was introduced they stepped forward and bowed to Issei which he returned, except for Saji who acknowledged Issei with a nod of his head and a grunt, surprising Rias at his rudeness.

As Rias finished with the introductions, Issei thanked them all for taking the time to greet him. At that point Rias dismissed them, so that they could begin to take care of their nightly contract work. Watching them file out Issei could still sense Saji glaring at him.

Moving back behind her desk Rias blew out a puff of breath at Saji's behavior as she sat down. "I hope you can excuse Saji, Hyoudou-san. He has been very angry since my brother had words with me last week. He believes that we got in trouble even though in his opinion we won." she finished with a smile.

'So that's why he's pissed off with me.' Issei thought to himself. "I understand Gremory-sama. I felt the same after a few days, needless to say Bennia and Serafall-sama fixed that issue straight away."

"How did they manage that?" asked Rias, interested in how they managed to reign in a boy with a big head.

"Quite simple really. A quick trip to Serafall's training room, where she proceeded to release her full power in my presence." Shuddering at the memory Issei continued "Being told that Kokabiel could fight on par with her at that level, really put things into perspective." Pausing for a few seconds he added "You might want to inform your pawn, that I am a reaper not a devil, and I'm not interested in peerage politics."

Listening to Issei, Rias decided that there was no way she was going to subject her cute little servants to her brother, or his wife's full power, just to prove a point. His second comment piqued her interest, both boys were in the same class. Slowly adding two and two she realized that Saji had done something today to upset the boy in front of her, and he was subtly trying to tell her to pull his head in.

As she was deliberating on what to do, Akeno returned carrying a tray of tea and snacks. Serving her King first, she then handed Issei a cup "Ara-Ara, as I promised you earlier Kohai here is some of my best tea."

"Thank you Senpai." Issei noticed that the serving and food selection seemed to follow the English style of drinking tea. Not wanting to insult Akeno, Issei followed Bennia's rabid instructions. Which had been beaten into his head one night, by an angry Bennia, who had taken exception to him drinking tea like a heathen, and took it upon herself to educate him in eastern and western styles.

With Akeno watching him like a hawk, Issei sat up straight, taking the napkin he spread it across his lap. Forgoing milk and sugar, he took the cup by the handle, making sure to only use two fingers and his thumb, keeping the rest down, slowly he brought the cup to his lips and took a sip. Placing the cup down, in the saucer. Then looking over at the snacks, he then took a small cucumber sandwich, and ate it over several bites. Repeating this until his cup was empty.

After two cups of tea, and several quarters of different sandwiches, over idle chit chat with the two girls, Issei indicated that he was full. "Thank you Senpai, this is very good tea."

With her eyes beaming in joy, Akeno covered her mouth and let out a small laugh, "Fufufufu, It is a pleasure to see someone who can drink tea correctly." Glancing at her King she added "Unlike some heathens. When Bennia-san returns Issei-kun, please let her know that you are both more than welcome to my shrine for more tea.

"Thank you Senpai, I will." As she gathered up the serving tray he asked "By the way, what tea did you use today? It had a very distinct musky flavor, Bennia doesn't carry anything like that in her stocks."

Akeno paused at this, his worth just getting higher and higher in her opinion, blushing slightly she replied "That was a second flush Darjeeling from Kolkata."

Raising his eyes at this, a second flush Darjeeling was very high quality, and also very expensive, as the tea freak that he lived with had raved on and on about her passion, Issei bowed in his seat "Thank you Akeno-senpai, it was a most delightful brew."

Rias who had been watching the two of them interact, watched as her Queen gathered up the remains and walked out, "As you have seen, My Queen has a rather large tea fetish. She prefers the British customs, rather than Japanese, just to be difficult, it seems that you have managed to impress her greatly Hyoudou-san."

"Thank you Gremory-sama."

"Please just Rias or as my peerage use Buchou."

Not wanting to be on such familiar terms just yet, Issei asked "Gremory-san, if you don't mind, could you answer a question for me?"

Pouting at his continued use of her family name. Rias wondered what his question was, and replied non-committally "If I can answer, I will."

"Was I carrying one of your summoning pentagrams with me the night of my death?"

Sitting there, an uncomfortable silence descended upon them, Rias didn't know what to say to the boy in front of her. Of all the questions he could have asked this was the hardest for her to answer. After a while she replied "Yes, …yes you were."

"Why?"

Weighing up her options, and still wanting to recruit him, Rias decided to be truthful. She told him everything, about Koneko and Yuuto scouting him out, thinking that he might have a Sacred Gear, Koneko discovering that he felt like a dragon, the discovery that Bennia broke the rules, and her issues with Riser.

"I see. Thank you for your honesty." said Issei softly. Looking at the time, he added "It's getting late. I should be heading home." Standing up he continued "I still have a lot of catching up to do."

Rias stood as well, searching for the right words, finally she stated "I know that we never talked when you were a student here Issei-san, But I would still like to apologize over what happened to you."

Looking at the red haired girl, Issei replied "You have nothing to apologize for Gremory-san. You did not deceive and kill me on a supposed date."

"No I did not. But I did have an interest in you due to your Sacred Gear, and I should not have let my inability to talk about my heritage, get in the way of someone being murdered." Looking away wistfully she added "Sometimes I wonder how different things would be, if I had of been able to be there that night".

"Rias-san" said Issei gently as they walked out, "There's not point dwelling on what could have been. Instead you should concentrate on the here and now."

As Issei exited the old school house, he saw Saji returning with Asia, seeing an opportunity to get back at him for earlier, he waited until he came into hearing range, then turned and bowed to both Rias and Akeno. "Akeno, I'll be sure to stop by the shrine soon for some more tea, and Buchou thank you for a lovely evening." With that he smirked at the two girls, summoned a magic circle and teleported away.

"Ara-Ara, he calls you Buchou now! Just what were you and Issei doing all that time while I was out of the room." Unintentionally throwing more fuel on the fire.

Arriving back home Issei wasn't surprised to find no one else there. Bennia had tried to commute back and forth, but the toll on her magic reserves was too large for her to do it every day. Which just reinforced upon Issei just how strong Serafall and the others were, that it was nothing to them, and that morning with Grayfia and Sirzechs was planned.

"I'm glad to see that you are starting to understand that things are not always as they seem."

"I'm not sure what you mean?"

"By understanding that the Maou are extremely powerful, you naturally draw the correct conclusion that Sirzechs wanted to meet with you."

"But that's not the question" Issei countered "The real question is what is he after?"

"Well done! I can see that that girls training has done you the world of good."

"So do you know what he is after?"

"There you go, impress me one minute, and then fail the next. Good god, you can be dense at times, for the same reason that Hades wanted you."

"But why? I understand that Sacred Gear users are rare, and that your power is extremely useful, but I don't understand this fascination that every one has with us."

"Hmm, I see. So no one has told you yet. Listen well boy, there are thirteen Sacred Gears that the Christian God created that are stronger than the rest. These gears are known as Longinus Hears. They have been used to seal things that are extremely powerful. Such as myself and Albion."

"How powerful?"

"Under the right conditions my power can easily be greater than the God of Christianity, it took the combined power of that piss ant god, and everyone else on the battlefield that day, to seal both Albion and myself, which included the ten seraphs, the leaders of both the Maou's, and Fallen Angels." Ddraig boasted.

Nodding in understanding Issei muttered "So they are after the power that can rival a god." With that came another thought "Do you know of any of the others apart from Albion?"

"I have met most but not all of the other Longinus'. Most are held either by humans or the Christian churches. Their power is desired by them as most are holy relics. Out of the thirteen Longinus only four hold souls of powerful beings. I have only met two others, Albion and Regulus Nemea, the lion. Allegedly Canis Lykaon holds a dog god but I would not know."

"So amongst all that where do we sit in relation to the others?"

"You should be weary of all Longinus users, but in relation outright power, you need to watch out for the following, The True Longinus, Zenith Tempest, Annihilation Maker, Dimension Lost, and Divine Dividing. These gears are either stronger than myself or in the case of Divine Dividing my opposite."

"So if you boost my power, Divine Dividing takes it away?"

"Very good boy, I knew that girl could beat some sense into you."

Issei realized that while they had been talking, he had managed to go through his preparations for bed. Ddraig's last comment jogged a memory that he needed to ask about.

"Hey Ddraig, during class today when Momo-chan passed out you started laughing, what was up with that? Did you take some sort of sick pleasure out of a pretty girl passing out?"

Being reminded about that issue he started laughing again. It was a strange sound somewhere between a snort and a growl, "Hohohoho, I had forgotten about that issue, thank you for reminding me" as he continued to laugh.

"What issue was that?"

"You have little control over your aura, or magical presence. No one who has been close to you, since your reincarnation, has been weak enough to be affected by it."

"Ok so here's something else I have to work on, I'll add it to the list."

"Boy, to put it bluntly you're spraying your aura all over the place like a tom cat marking his territory."

Starting to put things together Issei asked fearfully "My aura caused Momo to feint didn't it?"

"Oh it caused something, but feinting wasn't the problem."

"So what happened to her then?"

"I'll let you figure that out, seeing you've been so clever this evening," replied the dragon, not wanting to get involved in a conversation about human mating habits. With that he cut the communication between the two of them.

Making a mental note to talk about it with Nia-chan when they spoke tomorrow morning, Issei headed off to bed.

Being woken up by a nagging sensation that something was wrong, was not the best feeling he had ever experienced. It was unlike anything else he had experienced. It was just this compulsion to get up. Getting out of bed he looked at the clock,1:30am, groaning at the time, he slowly made his way out of the bedroom, gaining his senses as he became more alert. As he did he realized what the feeling was, it was the building's warding system, alerting him to something being not right.

As he made his way down the hallway to the kitchen he could see a small amount of light and the sound of some rattling around. Getting closer he could hear a male muttering "I know you Sirzechs there has to be some around here somewhere."

Standing in the entrance to the kitchen Issei leaned against the door frame. Seeing that the unidentified man seemed to know Sirzechs put his mind at some ease, but still to have come here at such an ungodly hour still made him a little suspicious.

"You know it's rude to sneak up on someone and stare at them," the unidentified man commented, with his head still in the fridge.

"It's even ruder to come into someone's house without permission from the person present, no matter who owns the house," Issei retorted.

"Touche! That's a point to you."

"If you're looking for something stronger than a soda, be advised that my friend removed all alcoholic beverages from the house, to stop me from drinking them, whilst she's away."

Standing up the man turned and faced Issei, The most striking thing that he noticed was his bleached blond fringe. "Dammit," he groused, "Do you know how hard it is to find a good liquor store at this time of the morning? And by good I mean somewhere that sells more than cheap whiskey and rice wine."

"Can't say that I do, you know being under age."

"Phfffftt, The last time I checked, Hiryuu Issei, the legal age to drink was 20 here in Japan, or it was the last time I checked. So according to your records you're legal."

"Well it seems you know who I am, but my mother told me, I shouldn't talk to strangers, you never know what they might try and do to you."

"If I wanted to try something Issei, you wouldn't have woken up. Anyway you know I'm good Grayfia wouldn't have given me access here if I wasn't."

"I'm sure she'd have frozen your ass off by now, If she knew you came here this early and woke me up. But by the by you look familiar have we met before?"

"Not officially," he grinned as twelve black wings opened up behind him, "The names Azazel, and I have some business with you Hyoudou Issei."

End

A/N

Had to rewrite this entire chapter due to poor research on my part, and lack of proper fact checking. I initially had some girls older than what they were. Needless to say when I found out It made the whole chapter a mess. Resulting in 6k worth of words in the bin and put me 3 weeks behind.

Yeah the pervertedness ramp's up a little here.

Issei is falling back into bad habits, which he recognises, and this time girls are interested.

I initially had Momo acting all shy and quiet. Needless to say it didn't work. I like perverted Momo much better.

I know about Panda poo tea, yes it's real. Akeno likes western tea customs just to keep people off balance.

Saji being a jerk is coming naturally, he is pissed off that Rias got reamed by her brother, and is blaming Issei. Even in the L/N he initially came off as a jerk.

Chapter 10 Deleted scene

Sitting in the bath soothing his bruised body, Issei felt a sense of achievement. Having been zapped, bashed, and manhandled. His shield could now withstand some pretty impressive attacks. Sitting there feeling happy in the warm water he dozed off.

"...sei, Issei, Come on Issei you need to get up".

Waking up Issei felt cold, and someone was shaking him. "Huh wazzat?", he asked confused, Looking around, he saw Bennia beside him with a impish smile on her face, shaking his shoulder.

"Issei, you need to get up" You can't sleep there.

Being sleep addled and not thinking Issei stood up. Hearing the slosh of water he looked down confused. Slowly he looked up from the bath to Bennia's face. Seeing the mirth in her eyes, he decided to just step out of the bath. Grabbing a towel he wrapped it around his body and walked out.

Snickering as he walked out, she called out "Now we're even".

Once again Thanks for reading

T.L