Hey everyone not much to say up here but at the bottom there will be a very important question that will drastically effect the story so after this chapter goes up I'm going to put a poll up on my profile and I'll take into account reviews as well whenever I count it up. Anyhow onto the chapter!
Anything you recognize I don't own and High School DXD belongs to Ischium Ishibumi.
"Talking"
'Reference in speech'
"Sacred Gear/Phone talking"
'Thoughts'
"God-like beings"
"Evil sounding beings"
In a small gray room that contains nothing other than the dull walls, a door and a small, steel, bed with no mattresses that has been outfitted with steel bindings, there lies a boy bound to the bed and a man with long, greasy black hair holding a knife over the boy's heart. The man slowly brings the blade down on the boy, enjoying the looks of fear, pain and helplessness he's getting as he slowly draws the knife across his chest.
The boy had long black hair with a streak of silver running through it that was covering his eyes. Judging by the scars littering his body, it was clear that this was not the first time the man had done this to the boy and even though he wore a pained expression, he was determined not to give his torturer the satisfaction of hearing him scream.
The man noticed that the boy began biting his lip and started laughing manically. "Come on you monster," He said to the boy "Scream for me!" As he said this the man plunged the blade into his side.
The boy just took the pain until the knife was removed and said "Fuck you *******." As he turned his head to the side and spit at the man's shoes.
"Fine" said the man as he begins walking out of the room "I hope a monster like you can handle a little bit of electricity." And with those words said the man left the room, only when he did an electric current began passing through the steel bed and, by extension, the boy who was silently swearing he'd kill the man someday.
Gin suddenly woke up, sweating violently from the nightmare, no, memory that he'd just experienced. He was alone in his bed today because Restia and Est were currently getting to know Koneko a little bit better, and Koneko didn't spend the night at the Hyoudou household because she needed to clean her own house after almost a month on not being used. Kuroka of course was making up for lost time with her sister. As for Akame… well, she was in the guest room for the night.
Gin was sitting upright with his legs off the side of the bed with his face in his hands "What was his name...? That man, he was my first foster father but why can't I remember his name or his face other than that disgusting smile? Whatever… no use thinking about it, I should just get back to sleep…" he said to himself, not knowing that there were actually two people who heard him.
One of them was Akame, who had heard his muffled shout from whenever he woke up from the guest room next door. She decided that in the morning, during school which she is now going to attend thanks to Sona, she would inform Koneko, Kuroka, Restia and Est of what she had heard. All of them were to be enrolled in the school as second years.
The second on the other hand… "Ophis? What are you doing in my bed?" Gin asked. Indeed, Ophis had teleported into his bed just before he had woken up and was now staring at him with her nearly blank gray eyes, she seemed to be worried as well.
"I… felt like Gin… needed me here… I don't know why… I just did… so I came… so who are you talking about..?" she questioned monotonously. Though her grey eyes were now clearly worried, well, clearly to Gin.
Gin was surprised at first whenever she said that she felt like he needed her there because he had a similar feeling to that whenever he first interacted with her on the beach in Mexico. Putting that aside for now, he replied "I was just thinking of my first foster father, I never met my actual father, or mother for that matter, but it's strange… I can't remember his name or face, all I know is that he had long, greasy black hair, what he did to me and the disgusting grin he wore while he tortured me… It's almost as… though…" halfway through his explanation Gin had moved his hand to his chin.
Ophis, as though she read his mind said "It was removed completely..?" Gin nodded and quickly sighed, he'd probably have to explain who Ophis is to Issei in the morning. Although the ouroboros dragon wasn't finished "Then I will… help Gin remember… or at least… find out who he is…because… Gin is my only friend… and will hopefully… help me get back to the silence of the dimensional gap… without Great Red… to create noise…" she said.
Gin looked at her skeptically "Are you sure that it's the silence you want?" she nodded "Really? Or is it the peace that it brings you? The peace that you are feeling right now, I can somehow feel it from you so why don't you stay with me for a couple days? It could be fun and who knows? You might like it more than the dimensional gap." He told her with determination. He was not going to let her go back to where ever she was that made her lonely whenever he met her.
After hearing the determination in Gin's voice the loli dragon god simply nodded and transformed her clothing into that of the Kuoh Academy female uniform, something she had seen while she was observing Gin previously.
Gin raised an eyebrow but decided not to question it as he got his own uniform on and began preparing for the day, he still had to pick up Koneko and the sword spirits before school, as well as wake up the rest of the teenagers in the house.
A couple minutes later
Ophis, the dragon god of infinity, a being that's existed since the beginning of time, was not quite sure how to react to the situation that she's currently in. She was receiving glares from three of the people who are currently in the house and there was an argument going on between Gin and Issei while the only other person in the house was doing no more than eating copious amounts of meat while seemingly being oblivious to everything around her…
You're probably wondering what the hell is going on so let's answer that with a very small flashback… (What? You didn't think I could talk out of context? Of course I can! I just choose to avoid it…)
Flashback
Gin had just made his way down the stairs from waking Issei, Asia and attempting to awaken Akame, who was mysteriously gone from the house. Whenever he got down and took a seat at the table for breakfast which he had made before he went upstairs, everything went to hell in a handbasket.
You see, once he sat down, Ophis decided to teleport onto his lap, normally this wouldn't be a problem but it was at this same time that Koneko walked into the house, along with Restia, Est and Akame. They wouldn't have cared if it wasn't for the fact that the dragon had decided that she wouldn't share, evidenced by the barrier she put around the two of them.
Now obviously this ticked Koneko off since she couldn't exactly do anything against it so she resolved to glaring at the loli god and taking the seat next to Gin who reached over and patted her head in apology, which she accepted, but continued to glare at the raven haired dragon.
Restia and Est began glaring at her once they realized that they probably have another person to share Gin with and while Est could actually destroy the barrier with no problems just because her main ability is dispelling seals and barriers, she didn't because it wouldn't exactly get them anywhere.
It was at this time that Issei and Asia decided to come down the stairs, and the second the Red Dragon Emperor saw the dragon god on Gin's lap he couldn't help but tease him about it "See Asia? I told you Gin was a lolicon! Now he has four of the-" He stopped because Draig decided to cut him off.
"Issei, I recommend you don't piss her off… That's Ophis, the dragon god of infinity, one of the strongest beings to have ever existed…" The dragon said to everyone causing all actions to stop except Akame who was now eating meat.
The pause lasted less than 30 seconds and it was actually broken by Gin who started arguing with Issei about not being a lolicon.
Flashback end
Back to the present, Ophis let out a very quiet giggle, which Gin noticed and immediately stopped arguing with his brother "Ophis? Did you just giggle?" He asked.
Ophis' eyes went wide, she hadn't even noticed that she did and in all honesty she wasn't quite sure she believed it, after all she didn't think she could feel anything so how could she be amused? She responded with a nod "But… how? That shouldn't be… possible…" she said only to receive a smile from her pseudo-chair.
"That just means that you're slowly getting your emotions back after all those years alone in the dimensional gap. Think about it Ophis, you were just happy, did you ever feel that way in the gap?" Gin spoke up.
"I'll stay for… two days… then I'll be gone for a week… After that I'll be here to stay…" She said, fully acknowledging she prefers her life here compared to the dimensional gap.
"Perfect! Now come on everyone it's time for school!" Gin said making everyone groan except for him, Akame, Kuroka and Ophis all for different reasons. Gin liked school, Akame didn't know what happens at school, Ophis simply didn't care and Kuroka… well she tried to run away from the group, only to be caught by the tails by her sister who had a faint smile on her face at the torture her sister will be experiencing.
At the gates to Kuoh
As the group from the Hyoudou house walked through the gates they caught the attention of almost all of the student body. Walking into school with 5 beautiful girls that no one had ever seen before all wearing the school uniform usually has that effect.
Gin turned to the group "Okay everyone we'll split here, Akame, Kuroka, Restia, Est, Ophis you're all with me. Let's go get you girls signed up for school. Everyone else, go do whatever, Koneko I'll see you at lunch." After saying that he gave the white haired nekoshou a quick kiss, stood up and began to drag Kuroka to the student council room with the rest following behind him.
Upon arriving at the SCR the group received more than a few skeptical glances from the members of the council and a lecherous grin from Saji, who was staring at Kuroka like Akame stares at a piece of meat, which earned him a fire covered fist to the head from Gin.
"Erm… Sona would you be able to schedule some classes for these five? Preferably in my class?" he asked slightly nervously.
The Sitri heiress just stared at the now slightly uncomfortable boy for what seemed like hours before she answered "If you beat me in a game of chess I will do exactly that."
The girl's words caused the entire room to pause, most of them understanding the implications behind them. Gin however shook his head "I apologize but that wouldn't be fair for me to do. After all I promised Koneko that she's my number one, so how do you think she would feel if I wound up engaged to someone before her?" he said which made Sona smile.
"Okay, well then, how about we call it off the books, an unofficial game so nobody ends up in an engagement." She said to which Gin nodded which got Saji to release a sigh of relief.
"However…" Gin began getting Sona to look at him "What happens if I lose?"
Sona sighed unnoticeably, she'd been trying to avoid that until after the game "You're more trouble then you're worth…" She muttered "Well, I say that if you lose you have to join the student council. In other words… take care of my peerage's devil work." She said.
Gin just smirked and motioned towards the pieces. The two sat down and began their game with Sona seemingly having the advantage the entire game.
However that was only what the bystanders saw happening. To the two players it was clear that Gin was decimating her, all of his moves were perfectly setting himself up win in only three more moves and while Sona could see this, she was too far into the trap to escape it.
After the movements Gin moved his rook and said words that shocked the entire student council "Check-mate, I'll be needing those schedules in…" he looked at his watch "10 minutes." The heterochromatic boy said with a small smile.
Sona just sighed and began calling down to the various teachers that have Gin in their class to let them know that they'll be getting five transfer students in their classes "I'll have an actual schedule for you all by the end but for now just stay with Gin, all of your classes will be shared with him." The bespectacled king said.
"Thank you, we'll be off." The group said in disturbing unison.
Class introductions went pretty well for the girls, although Akame and Kuroka got a bit warmer of a welcome than Ophis, Restia and Est.
As for seating they were mostly scattered except for Ophis who decided that she would sit on Gin's lap. She discovered that she thoroughly enjoys sitting there this morning at breakfast.
Classes went well for the most part until…
"Hey Ophis-chan…" Matsuda, a member of the perverted trio Issei used to be a part of and a self-proclaimed lolicon, began "Why don't you ditch skunk hair here and come hang out with me for a while?" he asked receiving a couple laughs in return.
Now most of the people in the class just thought this was Matsuda being stupid however Issei, who had heard what the idiot called Gin, gained a horrified look on his face. Ophis turned to Gin since she suddenly felt a pulse of energy that was somewhat familiar to her, mixed with her own, come off of him. It confused her to say the least. That is until she noticed the slight purple glow that looked like a dragon snaking around itself to make the symbol of infinity over his heart. 'What? When did I mark him as my mate? Actually… how can I mark him as a mate? I was cursed not to by Baka-Red…' She thought while she was staring at the mark, silently admiring it until Gin moved her off of his lap and stood up with his hair covering his eyes.
"What did you call me?" he asked in a tone so cold, he might as well been using ice magic to freeze it.
Had it been anyone else who had been confronting Gin they would have picked up that they just seriously fucked up and then apologize, but this was in fact Matsuda, a known idiot "Are you deaf? I called you skunk hair, you stupid bastard!" he exclaimed expecting a bit of laughter only to be met with laughter from Gin, but not normal laughter, no this sounded demonic…
"Heh, heh, heh… HAHAHAHA!" before it cut out very suddenly when Gin looked right at him with his silver eye having turned black once again and a glare that promised pain "Come with me… Let's have us a little duel… No one hurts my mate…" He said while dragging the 'perverted baldy' to the kendo clubroom. 'Where did that come from? Jeez I knew I liked her, but I didn't know I would get possessive like that…' He thought while he was on his relatively short walk to the dojo.
Everyone turned towards Issei who just shrugged saying "I honestly have no idea why he's so protective of his hair, it must be something from before we found him on the streets."
This got mixed reactions from the people who didn't know about Gin having been deserted by his first 'father'. (Koneko did know this BTW)
At any rate for the remainder of the lunch period the school was filled with screams of pain.
Two days later
It was now time for Ophis to leave for the next week and she had grown much closer to both Gin and Koneko. She honestly wished she didn't have to leave so soon but she did. She had to go and officially leave the Kaos Brigade, then she could return for good.
At first Koneko didn't like the loli dragon god but that changed after they started talking and now she could honestly say that Ophis was one of her favorite people to interact with since they had so much in common, be it from sweets to the pain of seeing other people with more developed bodies, although that couldn't exactly be said anymore about Koneko who was now just slightly less busty than her sister while still remaining very short, something that Gin definitely didn't mind himself.
After seeing the two interact Ophis decided to inform Koneko and Gin about her somehow marking Gin as a mate despite it supposedly being impossible which was met with far less hostility than she had predicted. In fact there was almost none from Koneko, as for Gin he was perfectly fine with it. Koneko had however confronted her after and told her "You can be number 2 but remember, I'm still his first mate… we share his lap and maybe chest…" And so they did, Gin now frequently had the two girls on his lap whenever they just generally relax as for the chest part it was decided that Ophis would be on the right side while Koneko would be on his left, over his heart.
As for Gin's memories, they hadn't been going very well. He still couldn't remember much about his first 'father' although now he could remember more details about superficial things like some of the various things he called him ranging from monster, like his first memory, to abomination.
Back to the present, Gin was now saying his goodbyes "See you soon Ophis, I'll get you some candy for whenever you come back, but be careful alright? Who knows how they'll react to you leaving."
Ophis just smiled, something she'd begun to do more since she discovered that she marked Gin, and replied "Of course… I'll be back in a week… tell the others that I'll see them soon…" she said as she began preparing her magic circle.
Just before it teleported her away however she moved forwards and kissed Gin. He was momentarily surprised but quickly relented into the kiss. The two remained like that for almost a minute before Ophis broke off and teleported away leaving Gin blushing until he felt a burst of holy energy entering Kuoh as well as a familiar presence, even though he didn't know who it belonged to.
Elsewhere
A man with long, greasy black hair was standing in an abandoned warehouse smirking as he noticed a familiar presence "Heh, heh so Gin we'll meet again sooner than expected…" he said as he left, revealing the bodies of multiple humans behind him, all covered in cauterized holes.
There we go, chapter done! Sorry this chapter was smaller than normal but I needed it to end here for the next chapter. Anyways as I mentioned in the pre-written author's note at the top, I'll be putting up a poll to answer this very important question:
Should Gin move out of Issei's house?
Now this may not seem like a significant thing but what it means is that there will be much larger development for Issei should he leave, although it will strain their relationship for a little bit. It also changes something in the peace meeting but that's for latter.
Other than that poll I actually wish to request for some people to submit two OCs for this story. While I could make them I wanted to give you guys and gals a more interactive position in this story so the only things that I'll put restrictions on will be them being siblings (I already have last names picked out for them), their primary magic (You'll have to wait for that to be revealed) and that they'll be in Gin's harem and peerage. Other than that it's up to you all! I'll be picking the ones that I feel would best fit their role in the story. Also, I'm changing something up with Lilith, she's going to become more of a secondary character and will not be in a harem or peerage. Anyways see ya next chapter!
Official Harems
Gin:
-Confirmed: Ophis (Main), Koneko (Main), Kuroka, Serafall, Sona, Tsubaki, Xulean, Momo, Terminus Est, Restia, Bennia, Akame, Vali (fem), Amaterasu, Yasaka, Marie (Dies Irae), OC sisters
Issei:
-Confirmed: Xenovia, Irina, Asia (Main), Gabriel, Ravel, Akeno, Rossweisse (Main), Tsubasa, Penemue, Murayama, Aika, Hikari, Kunou, Katase, LeFay, Ellis (Blade Dance), Esdeath (I have something planned for her it should be good)
Peerages:
Gin:
Queen: Koneko
Bishops: Kuroka, Marie (Dies Irae)
Knights: Akame, Bennia
Rooks: Vali (fem), picking from the reviews
Mutated Pawns: OC1 (X4), OC2 (X4)
Issei:
Queen: Rossweisse
Bishops: Asia, Ravel
Knights: Murayama, Irina
Rooks: Xenovia, Up to you guys
Pawns: Akeno (X2), Aika (X1), Kunou (X1), Kiba (X1), Gasper (X1 Mutation), Ellis Farenghart (X1), One unclaimed…
