Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!
qunbulah; Thanks very much!
LoamyCoffee; Yeah, they do seem remarkably similar, don't they?
hellspam; Yeah, you never know, she might do~ Heh, that could happen, she might try and do something like that. Ooh yeah, Ravel's going to be one of his Bishops in the future. She doesn't when she's desperate no. I could totally see her doing that, you never know~ Akeno would totally do that~ Ooh everyone will eventually have a call from Raynare, and have...different reactions. And yeah, it was a cute little moment huh? It would be quite funny~ I could see Ophis doing that, she kinda does give nicknames in canon anyway, so I could see her doing this as well. And those are funny~ Thanks for the suggestion~
Oblivious ninja IJ; Ooh right, that's pretty cool~ Indeed, she's quite involved with something's. Hehe, poor Takato had to do such a thing for her. Yeah, they surely do, they really want the Takato x Isane ship to happen, don't they? She did yeah, poor Vali having to listen to that this time around. And yeah, she really does, thought it would be a fun comedic moment to see Takato fanboy like that. And thanks very much! I'm glad that you liked it! And yeah, she'll be appearing.
Information Broker; Aah, I'm glad that you liked it~ Indeed, he had quite the moment there huh~? And yeah, shows Grayfia is quite the sport huh, for doing such things. Maybe it is yeah, maybe that was a little foreshadowing for things in the future~ He could be related to a Hero, which one, we'll have to wait and see~ Thanks yeah, I just try my best, and when you've got many ideas in your head, the words just flow out naturally. I suppose that's one way that I can do it~
kpop1392as; Indeed, he had a little dilemma this chapter. And thanks!
NinjaFang1331; Thank you!
OechsnerC; Ravel and Takato are gonna have quite the interesting relationship. And thanks!
ShadowUzumaki55; Yeah, for the moment, it seemed Takato had a good time without the world crashing around him. He does yeah, he lives with Asia, and Vali now. Hehe, they are indeed~ He is yeah, we'll be seeing a few cool tricks coming from Takato when the time comes. And yeah, she might have done~ He did yeah, he's hardcore otaku for what he wants. Indeed she does yeah~
ivan meza; Grayfia appeared yeah~ Venelana some time in the future she shall. I dunno yet, depends on a few things. And yeah, it seems a few people are up for a Akeno brother oc story, might do it in the future.
Justin D; It surely is yeah. He has some normalcy sometimes. But for the most part, it is quite the crazy adventure. Indeed, he shall do that~ And yeah, Takato isn't an idiot, so he'll exploit any weakness that he can do. And thanks very much!
Guest 1; No, I haven't, they haven't appeared in the story yet, so they could be anything. And yeah they could do. Seems so huh, Takato's not gonna go through that all the time, though with Isane around, you never know. And thanks!
Guest 2; Yeah, she's not in the harem. Though it seems a lot of people want her so you never know~
Guest 3; Not yet, he's got ways to deal with Riser, and he'll be getting them in the future anyway. We'll see when he gets them, for now he's got all he needs to take on Riser. Yeah, he could do I guess. Hehe, thanks~
Guest 4; I don't know yet~
WakeWalker; It surely is yeah~ Hehe, thanks~ And I'm glad!
tyson113; Ooh, don't worry about Akeno and Koneko, I've got some good chapters for them planned in the future, and moments between them and Takato. And cool!
kpop1392as; Hehe, I am happy that you do~ Yeah, Takato is quite the anime nerd huh~?
Anonymous; Thanks very much! He surely doesn't know, he's just being his genuine self, though Akeno recognizes that his genuine self is a pretty decent person. Hehe, Takato and Grayfia...they have quite the interesting relationship between the two of them. She isn't right now, it seems to be the popular opinion so I dunno yet~ You never know, it could be like that, he'll discover eventually, if that's before they go to the Underworld for the parties or not, we'll have to wait and see~ Slowly but surely yeah, they're building a bond between them which is going to be quite interesting. Yeah, she might just do, don't mess with Vali if it is involving Takato.
Neonlight01; Yeah, everyone's gonna have some fun reactions when they find that out huh? It is yeah, and what Yumi is thinking, it makes sense as he's got the mind and the Sacred Gear's to be a technique user, and yeah, we all know what else she wants to vanish~ He is yeah, he's quite the anime nerd~ And yeah, his and Ravel's meetings are gonna be rather, interesting.
The Brilliant Star; Yup, volume two has begun! Yeah, there's a few things last chapter that will be set up for the future. He could do, I wont spoil anything yet about that. The same for his Grandmother~ I will be eventually, no worries~
SomeDudeThatReads; There probably has been a story like that before.
Lightwave; Maybe he does have some kind of connection, it will be interesting to find out, wont it? Yeah, slowly but surely, they're beginning to become closer to one another. Well, if she gets an apartment there herself, he'd be okay with it as long as the person who she 'kicked out' would have a good life. Indeed, there seems to be quite a bit of increase on 'marriage' lately. She is yeah, it's going to be, interesting when they do meet one another. She did yeah, Grayfia was a good sport during all of that, even if she found it odd. Who knows if she is or not, I haven't decided one way or the other yet. Ravel and Takato, they are gonna have quite the interesting relationship between them. Those would be cool, and yeah, perhaps.
Well, with those lovely reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter!
The Phenex problem!
The next morning after the whole night fiasco happened, Takato woke up in bed next to a nearly nude Vali, and gently brushed the girls face. Her eyes slowly opened, and watched Takato looking down at her.
"Mmmmm, you woke me up."
"Sorry Vali-chan, I didn't mean too. I just wanted to brush your face, and all. Hehe, I'm sorry Vali-chan." Vali sat up on the bed, where Takato fell against her bust. "Vali-chan, what are you doing today anyway?"
"I'll be going on a hunt. Found a good fight, and it seems like it could be a big help as well."
She replied, brushing the hair out of his face.
"I see...well, you're a strong girl, but be safe...are you going to be home tonight?"
"Definitely, it wont take me more than a few hours."
"Good, I'm glad."
Takato smiled out, and got up, pressing his lips against her cheek.
"Takato, when I come back, I'm definitely going to be doing things with you."
"Vali-chan..." He blushed lightly, as Vali reached behind him, and groped his butt, making him jump towards her. "Y-You surely are a bad girl, doing such things...but, because it is you, Vali-chan, you can grope me from there..."
"Hmph, I know, it is the best, after all."
Takato smiled gently, and curled into her body. She responded by hugging onto his form and gently touched his face with her finger.
"Vali-chan, I'm happy you're here. How long are you going to be able to remain here anyway?"
"For as long as I'm not called, or I get a lead on who tried to hurt you my Takato. I'll defend you, and make sure that the people that have been trying to hurt you, have been captured or killed, whichever happens, happens."
Takato smiled upwards, and held onto her hand with his own, enjoying being in her embrace.
"By the way, after what happened last night-"
"Damn Gremory came onto you like that. Makes me want to go and attack her for it. Bitch, she should know that I'm going to be the one who takes your virginity Taka. And even if someone else tries, I'll punish them."
Takato's cheeks turned bright red, feeling her hand pushing against his cheek.
"V-Vali-chan, I didn't know you were so passionate about such things."
Vali developed a small smirk on her face.
"Well, it is only natural. I don't care if you have little concubines like those others, but I've known you longer, so I am definitely going to have some fun with you Taka. Actually, I do want to do things with you soon. I was hoping that, before you became a Devil, we would have done something together."
"I-I didn't know..."
Vali chuckled lightly.
"That's right, I would have done something with you. Well, even if you're a Devil, it is fine, we'll be able to do something together eventually."
"...Vali-chan, I'd be okay if something would happen between us..."
Upon hearing that, Vali adopted a sly smile on her face.
"I understand, it shall be good Taka, we'll have some fun together." Vali's hand went downwards on his body and tugged at his underwear, making him blush bright red. Then, Vali leans closer to Takato's ear, and whispers gently as placing Takato between her spread legs. "How about we do something now?"
Immediately Takato's cheeks burn red, a luminescent blush adorning his cheeks.
"Vali-chan...you're such a perverted girl..."
"I can be as perverted as you want me to be Taka..."
Vali's hot breath on his skin made his body heat up incredibly.
He could feel himself hotting up and feeling deeply about it all.
Vali then licked his ear, making him moan a little bit. However, Vali didn't stop, and took his ear into her mouth, and nibbled on the lobe. His cheeks turned more red with each passing second, falling backwards onto her breasts.
While she teased him, there was a knock at the door.
[Takato-san, it's time to wake up now.]
Vali sighed, and pulled her head away from Takato's ear.
"Tch, seems like we wont have time alone."
"We will Vali-chan." He answered her worries, and turned back to the door. "I'm awake Asia-" Vali slapped Takato's butt hard, making him yelp "-saaaan!" then his eyes went towards Vali who was playfully looking at him. "Y-You did that on purpose."
"That's right, I did."
She didn't deny it, she actually enjoyed seeing what was going on with him.
[Takato-san, are you okay? I heard a cry, is something wrong?]
"N-No! I'm good Asia-san! Don't worry about me! I'll be there in a minute!"
[Okay!]
She replied happily, and went away from the door.
Takato turned back to Vali who smirked down at him.
"You're lucky that I care so much about you, or you'd get a bonk on the head for that."
Vali chuckled lightly.
"I know, but it's fine, you're cute, with a very cute, part of you."
"Idiot..."
Takato fell against her, and for the moment, enjoyed a moment between the two of them.
"She's a freaking pervert!" Ise growled in class, Takato chuckling awkwardly. "She actually went to do something like that! She went to your home, and threw herself at you?!"
"...How did you even know that? I didn't say anything..."
It was true, Takato hadn't mentioned it.
Somehow, Ise had found out about what Rias did last night, and now that they were there, it seemed like many different things were going on. For some reason, Ise was becoming more angry at the thought that Rias had tried to do something with Takato.
Takato's eyes briefly went towards Asia and saw that she was speaking with Kiryuu Aika. He didn't really think that would be the best idea. But Asia was a kind girl, and she saw goodness in everyone, even the very fact that it would be good for her to gain more friends than ever before.
His eyes then went back to Ise, who looked increasingly agitated for some reason that he wasn't aware of at all.
"Ise-san, why are you angry?"
"Because she's a freaking perv! She actually came onto you! Well, it isn't like I wouldn't, but she did it for selfish reasons! Clearly, she was trying to muscle in on my precious penis!" Takato face palmed, while others looked questioningly towards her. "It has to be like that, Takato! Because she's a bad girl, she would try something and come onto you Takato! Don't worry though, I wont let her do anything else! I'll use the Boosted Gear and use the powers of everything that I have to take care of her!"
If nothing else, her endearing attitude towards him was very nice and kind.
Though he did wish that she wouldn't yell something like that out loud.
"I-Ise-san, keep your voice down, people are going to speak about it."
"I don't care! Buchou has some explaining to do! Before, I do anything, she can't either! It would be totally wrong, you know?!"
"But, we have done things before, remember what happened right after the rescue me from the Church part?" Ise developed a cute blush on her cheeks, Takato sighing with a slight chuckle. "Either way Ise-san, don't worry so much about it. We didn't do anything too far. She stripped a little, but that's about it. I actually got the sense that she was doing it for another reason than she was letting on honestly."
Ise developed a question mark above her head.
"Eh? What reason?"
"I don't know, but Iza….I mean, a maid called Grayfia-san who is totally Sakuya-chan came last night and took Buchou off somewhere. But I don't know what it was about, all that I know is that she was willing to sleep with me to get her goals achieved, so it must be serious. Whatever happened, I suppose it was something to do with the Devils or something like that."
"I guess yeah..."
Ise didn't look convinced, but Takato was sure something deeper was going on than what was being said.
"Even then, she said that she's going to tell us soon, she better had do as well."
"Yeah, she better had tell us what was going on with that crap last night. Honestly...tch, Buchou is a dangerous enemy to do something like that so forwardly when I've been working my way up to seducing you, she does it outright. Clearly, she's not thinking clearly, and probably has her head..."
Takato saw that there was something else off about Ise, so he pressed slightly.
"Ise-san, you're not worried about Buchou coming onto me, right?"
"W-Well, not really! Hah, why would I be?!"
It was clear to Takato that there was something wrong with her.
"Ise-san, the reason why it didn't go anywhere, was because I knew that Buchou didn't like me in that sense." Ise turned her eyes towards him curiously. "She was saying things, that told me she wasn't wanting to be with me, and I was just, the one that could do things with her. She didn't want me, she wanted to use me, and I don't like that. So, don't worry, people who only want to use me to that end, aren't ever going to get anywhere with me. I just don't feel comfortable in those kind of situations. So I wouldn't worry, as long as she has those kind of intentions, I wont be doing anything. Though I think I snapped her back to reality with what happened last night."
Takato spoke truthfully, and even Ise looked happy.
Hell, she was very happy that he said that, and it was something that made her happy.
"Takato, you don't know how happy I really am right now! The very fact that it would be so cool as well! Hehe, it seems Buchou isn't going to be above me when it comes to obtaining the cutest boy that's within the class! No doubt, it is going to be the best ever! Takato, also, while we're talking, may I see your-"
"No."
"Gaaaak!"
Ise face faulted while the young boy watched on with a bemused look.
"Hehe, you're so funny Ise-san, don't worry about it now though. You are cute when you act like that~"
"Takatoooooooo! Don't tease meeeeeeee~! Can't I see it when we're alone~?"
"E-Even if you use a cute voice, I wont allow it to affect me like that. Sorry Ise-san, but that's how it is after all."
Ise sweat dropped, and her head laid on the desk. Takato watched on with bemusement.
As the lesson ended, Takato calmly pulled out his phone, remembering what happened with the social media, and decided to go through some of it, checking some friend requests. Since he was friends with Ise, and Yumi on social media, and Asia didn't have one, he wanted to see if any of the other members of the club were on social media.
However, he noticed that Raynare had sent a bunch of messages, which made him cringe, as he didn't want to deal with that.
The first one he noticed, was Koneko. The girl looked stoic in her picture, but she had strange cat ears on her head.
"Cuuute~" Takato cooed to himself, gaining the attention of others in the class, but he didn't care. "She's so cute...a-are they real...nah, they can't be...but they look real...well, we are Devils so...I guess she could be a cat girl...cosplay...unexpectedly, Koneko-chan is the cat girl huh...I can see that, she must love cats, her name is based on kittens and she wears that hair piece that has the shape of a cats face...so Koneko-chan is the cat girl...awwww, she's so cute~"
Takato immediately accepted the friend request, and wondered if he should change his picture to have cat ears, or have Koneko and him have cat ears together.
He went through some more, Rias sent one, with her having a camel in the picture with her, and she beside it, pointing at said camel with her mouth wide, and happy as well.
"So, she's the camel girl...well, she did say that she does have a fear of camels...and if she does, why is she pictured with a camel...conquering her fears maybe?"
Accepting hers, he continued on, and noticed Akeno's as well.
Her's, was a strange one, as it was her, holding up a whip, with a sadistic smirk on her face. Behind her, was a passed out Takato, bare chested, and her eyes were going towards him sadistically yet sweetly at the same time.
"Ooh Maou-sama, what does she do with that...a-and why am I in the picture...when was this taken exactly...? I don't remember this at all..."
Shuddering, he accepted hers as well, as Asia walked over towards Takato, her eyes looking over him, and she brushed a lock of hair out of her face.
"Takato-san..."
"Aah, yes Asia-san?"
Kiryuu, a perverted girl with glassed, appeared behind Asia, placing her hands on her shoulder, and pushed her forward.
"I've been hearing Takato-kun, have you been thinking of marrying this girl?"
"A-Ah..."
Takato was stunned for words, while the classes females widened their eyes.
[NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! HE CAN'T BE GETTING MARRIED TO THE NEW GIRL! IT ISN'T FAIR AT ALL!]
The girls cried, while Asia poked her fingers together.
"Ta-Takato-san! I am so sorry! While I was s-speaking, it sort of slipped out..."
"Aah...Asia-san, don't worry about it..."
"Hohoho, for the boy to never go out with anyone, to suddenly having a fiancee? That's strange. Aah well, you'll be happy Asia, the thing in his pants, is quite developed." Her glasses sparkled, while she pushed them up her nose, Takato's eyes burning holes in Kiryuu's head. "He can lengthen it as well, you'll be happy Asia~"
"K-Kiryuu-san! W-What are you saying!?"
Asia was beet red, but Kiryuu grinned, and placed her hand on Asia's breast, Takato's eyes widened with shock.
"Leave her alone Kiryuu-san you pervert!"
Kiryuu didn't care, and slightly groped Asia, causing her to become shy.
"See these Takato-kun? Aren't they good?"
"K-Kiryuu-san, o-only T-Takato-san can..."
"I get it~ Here, have her!"
Shamelessly, Kiryuu pushes Asia to Takato, who caught the young girl, but his hand accidentally slipped onto her breast, and groped her by mistake, making her face burn bright red, while his fell to shame.
"Asia-san! I'm so sorry!"
"N-No, please don't be worried Takato-san, I understand. Y-You like boobs...please continue as much as you want!"
"Aaaah! D-Don't say that Asia-san!"
"But, as Takato-sans future spouse, w-we have to do breast play! T-Though it is embarrassing, I wont lose to the others so pleammmmmm!"
Takato covered her mouth before she could say anything, as she sat down on his lap, and curled against him, Takato's red face feeling hotter by the second.
"Asia-san! D-Don't worry about such things! W-We'll do things w-when you're ready! Don't let Kiryuu-san influence you, okay?! She's like Ise-san, but like, without the...eeh, how to say it..."
"Hey! Are you saying she's better than me!?"
"At least she doesn't embarrass me like this...well, she kinda does...eeh, are you two related?"
Kiryuu scrunched her eyebrows, while Takato narrowed his eyes on her, making sure that he would protect Asia from Kiryuu.
At the end of the school day, Takato, Asia, Ise, and Yumi were walking to the clubroom together. It seemed like Ise wasn't happy that Yumi was following them around like she was, but Takato thought that it was a good movement either way.
Vali wasn't there because...well, he didn't really know. He guessed she was training or something. But she promised to see him later, so he didn't care as that's what he liked, being alone with the young girl.
"By the way, Yumi-chan." Yumi turned to Takato with a smile. "What's going on with Buchou anyway? Do you know if there's anything weird happening there?"
Though he wasn't really sure if he should even ask. At least just asking Yumi would be enough for him, and he'd find out, whatever it was that he was going to find out. And if that lead to nothing, then he'd just have to wait for Rias to say something, though if she tried something stupid again then he would find out directly from her.
"Erm, not that I'm currently aware of Takato-kun. I did hear that something might be happening with the Gremory family, but I currently don't know what that is. Buchou is a private person after all, so finding out can be rather difficult to say the least, you know?"
Takato could understand that and didn't press anymore.
As they walked into the building, Takato briefly looked towards the side that held the weird and mysterious room. He couldn't see it, as it was around the corner, but each time he now came into the building, he would have to presume that whatever had been stalking him, was in that room now, and he knew Rias knew about it as well.
But ignoring that, he walked with the others to the clubroom.
However, as they walked Ise's phone began going off with the song 'I'm horny' which caused Takato to turn towards her.
"One second, it's Kaa-san..."
"Your ringtone is 'I'm horny'?"
"For now it is, last week it was-"
"I'm not sure I want to know..."
Takato murmured while Ise answered the phone.
"By the way, Takato-san, what does it mean to be horny...?"
"Pft!" Takato did a spit take at Asia's innocence. "W-Well, that's...d-don't worry about it..."
"But, if Ise-san is...then, Takato-san, am I horny?"
"A-Aaaaaah, that's...w-well, I can't answer that for you..."
"I'm horny with Takato, Asia."
Ise said as she finished the phone call, Yumi looked on with a disturbed face.
"Ooh I see...so, I understand, Takato-san makes me horny too~"
Takato's face turned redder, while Asia held her innocent face. Ise grinned perversely, and Yumi felt disturbed by what Ise was doing to Asia.
When they arrived, Yumi paused and murmured "…For me to finally realise the presence here…" and her eyes narrowed, but Takato shrugged as Ise shared a look with him and opened the door.
The atmosphere within the room was tense immediately. Like a coin could drop, and the entire room would freak out. Rias looked to be disgruntled, Akeno smiled as usual, but she held a coldness to her face. Koneko was staying way out of it, and Grayfia stood there as if she had done this a thousand times before.
Takato's eyes lit up, and dashed faster than even Yumi could see, vaguely hearing "Sakuya-chan!" before Grayfia was hugged tightly by Takato. Despite the tense atmosphere, Takato was super excited to see Grayfia once more like she was.
"Hey Saku...erm, Grayfia-san! You're looking awesome as always!"
"A-Ah, yes, Takato-sama, a pleasure. B-By the way, why are you hugging me?"
"Because you're Sakuya-chan of course. I have to. By the way, we didn't do that selfie last time, remember? I was hoping to see you again. I'll be the envy of the anime community if you give me a photo of yourself and myself together. Please, can we Grayfia-san?"
"Erm..."
Grayfia looked troubled, and Rias was surprised. She couldn't remember a time where Grayfia looked this troubled before.
"Takato, you do realize that..."
"She is Sakuya-chan, and that's all I need to know. Please don't disrupt that." Rias cringed as Takato held out his phone shyly. Grayfia looked baffled, but Takato showed a shy, and yet adorable expression that made Ise want to jump him there and then. "S-Sakuya-chan, would you...I mean, please, with me…?"
Grayfia didn't know how to respond, so she just nodded.
Takato became excited, hugging the young woman and winked to the camera, taking the photo of them together. Grayfia didn't smile, but she did show a slight bemused look on her face, and once it was done, Takato swayed from side to side, repeating "I took a picture with Sakuya-chan~" again and again, sitting down and ignored the current atmosphere that was happening.
Asia walked in and immediately went to Takato's side, hugging onto his arm. Yumi sat down near them as well, and as for Ise, she wasn't really happy with Rias.
"By the way Buchou, care to tell us why you tried to molest Takato last night?"
Rias coughed a little bit, while Akeno snorted. Koneko looked wryly towards Rias, who didn't know what to say.
"I didn't do anything of the sort!" She denied the accusation. "I wasn't...doing anything like that."
"W-Well, don't! Because it isn't right pervert!"
Rias gave Ise a narrowed eyed look.
"You can't call me a pervert, when you're one yourself."
"At least I admit that I am one! You never did! You even stripped off Takato when you first met!"
"Rias-sama? Is this true?"
Grayfia added with a slight unsure tone to her voice.
Rias looked embarrassed, like she had been caught in headlights by Grayfia.
"W-Well, not in the way that she's saying no. But, I did in the sense that because I needed….wait, Ise! You were more excited than me when we did that! You were even going to grab Takato's junk as well!"
"...Could you not call it junk please?" Ise growled, making Rias feel nervous. "Takato's penis, is amazing, and legendary in my eyes. No one can ever beat it, and to hear you call it 'junk' when it is much more than that! Insulting! That's all I see and hear now! So please don't insult Takato's penis!"
Koneko looked disturbed by what was being said, and felt sorry for Takato to be spoken about in this way.
Though when looking, all she saw was Takato daydreaming about Grayfia, or more like who he thought she was.
"...Well, no one can ever say that you aren't passionate about Takato's...thing."
"Damn right! Because it is amazing!" She looked towards Yumi who was cuddling Takato on the couch intently. "Hey! Don't cuddle Takato damn it!" Ise stormed over, and hopped onto Takato's lap, hugging around his neck and shot a defiant look towards Yumi. "My lap, I wont hand it over to someone like you."
Yumi chuckled awkwardly, while Koneko looked on with rage.
However, Rias had enough of all of this, so she cut into the conversation.
"Looks like everyone is here. Before we start the club, there's something I need to tell all of you."
"Ojou-sama, do you want me to explain the situation?"
"That's quite alright Grayfia, I can do this." Rias turns her attention towards Takato and the others. "The truth is-"
She couldn't get her words out because a magic circle appeared on the floor, and it was glowing. It wasn't the symbol for the Gremory either, it was a symbol that was for a different house all together, one that the newbie Devil didn't recognize either. The Gremory symbol Takato knew well. But this was a firebird almost, with the orange, and red lights coming from it dazzled Takato's eyes.
"So, the ones who have arrived are the Phenex then..."
Yumi murmured under her breath, but Takato caught it.
"Phenex...like Phoenix?"
"Exactly like that Takato-kun."
Yumi answered swiftly, and quickly at the same time.
The flames of the circle extend upwards, and surround the area. However, something then appeared in the middle, as the flames came close to Takato and the others. The heat was almost unbearable, it was like standing in a furnace, but they could stand it to a degree.
The person turned out to be a man, and the way that he looked. He wore a red suit, blonde hair, though not like Takato's own. He shirt was even open, and he looked to be in his early twenties as well.
"Hmmmmm, if this guy is the bad boy type, then Takato is the gentle type which is much better. Take this poser away."
Ise growled out, the young man turning his eyes towards Ise as he waved his hands, the flames extending towards them, but Takato waved his hand so it didn't go near Asia who curled against him for protection.
"Fufu, what did you say lowly Devil?"
He seemed to be amused, but Ise didn't look so hot right now. In fact, she looked angry.
"Lowly Devil..." Ise was becoming more pissed with each passing second. "Tch, you're not even as half as cute as Takato. And I bet you've got a small member as well. Never as good as Takato's hah!"
"And, who is this Takato exactly? And talking about members so openly, you must be a pervert. Though you've got a pretty face, your language kinda pisses me off. Maybe I should just fry you right now."
Takato looked towards the pair, and saw the man glaring hard at Isane, something that Takato didn't like.
Rias rolled her eyes as if she had seen this a thousand times before.
"Riser, why are you even here anyway?"
Riser stops looking at Ise, and turns his eyes to Rias. Seeing Rias, he turns on the charm, though Takato didn't like this persons look for Rias. He didn't get who this person was, but he did mentally agree with what Ise had said about him already that he was a poser.
"My lovely Rias. I came to see you of course." It felt sickening to hear Riser speak like that to Rias, at least Takato thought so. He also walked towards Rias without a care. "Now then, Rias. Let's go and take a look at the ceremony hall. The date of the ceremony is decided so we need to check it before then."
Riser gets closer, and tries to grab Rias' arm. Takato saw that she looked uncomfortable, and while he knew that this was a kind of meeting that he shouldn't be getting involved in, he also saw that a woman was looking distressed, so he stepped in and stopped it, by calling him.
"Excuse me, she doesn't want you to do that, so, could you not do that?"
His eyes turn towards Takato, and developed a smirk.
"So, you must be that Takato that the girl was talking about? And, why are you speaking to me anyway? Aren't you just Devil scum?"
"Devil scum, you can't talk about your own race like that. Calling me Devil scum, implies all Devils are scum as well, so I would also suggest that you should learn manners as well. And touching a girl who doesn't want it, I wouldn't exactly be so happy. Using such attitude towards a girl anyway, it is highly rude. My Obaa-chan taught me to respect women, did your family not teach you that?"
Rias couldn't hide her astonishment that Takato was standing up for her honour like that.
She thought that out of everyone, he'd be the least likely that would do something like that.
"Who are you to say something like that to me?"
He said it with a displeased voice, he clearly hated Takato already and he didn't care either.
"My name is Miyamoto Takato, Pawn of Rias-sama, and also, who are you anyway?"
Riser develops a smirk.
"I'm Riser Phenex, someone far superior to you."
"Hmm. Ah, okay."
Riser face faults when Takato says that casually.
"What!? I just said my name is Riser Phenex! You should bow down to me!"
Takato gave him a curious expression, genuinely trying to work this person out.
"Erm, but why would I do that? I don't know you, and you're doing things that don't earn respect. Respect is earned, not just given away. Even if you're a High Class Devil..." His eyes went towards Rias, who held her head down. "...So, you must be the reason why Rias-sama did...yeah, that makes sense. So, what are you to Rias-sama exactly?"
"It's to be expected that Rias didn't mention me to you. She probably didn't want you to be outshined so quickly."
"Takato outshine's you on every category! Face, chest, butt, and member!"
Ise butted in, Takato's bottom lip quivered, while Riser gave Ise a questioning look.
"Right...you're very odd. Though I'm clearly more handsome than that bastard."
Ise felt herself getting triggered.
"You dare say that! Takato is cute! And he's got the best member ever! And he's really kind! Way better than a dick like you are!"
"D-Dick!? You dare call me a-"
"Riser-sama." Grayfia spoke up, silencing him. "I would prefer to keep myself quiet. But if you keep raising your voice, and you as well Devils of Rias-sama, then I wont be able to stay silent anymore, is this understood?" Riser and Ise merely nod, as Takato gave Grayfia the thumb of approval, sparkles going off from his eyes. "Y-Yes, well, please continue."
"I see. Well, Rias, to not tell your servants about me is shameful. I am deeply ashamed of this. They should know the basics of my existence. Because, I am a highly important person, even shit Devils should know the minimum about someone like me, right?"
"I didn't tell them because there was no need."
Rias shot back as cold as she could.
"Oh my, harsh like always. Hahaha…"
He had to laugh a little bit, even if it was strained.
Grayfia could see that a few people were perplexed on who this was, so Grayfia stepped into the exposition.
"This person is Riser Phenex-sama. He's a pure-blood High-class Devil, and the third son of the House of Phenex."
"And what is he to Rias-sama exactly…?"
Takato didn't really care where he was from. He didn't even care who he was. But, Takato did want to know why Rias was so desperate. There had to be something. Several scenarios were running through his mind. But he wanted some confirmation.
And Grayfia gave him the confirmation.
"And he is the husband of the next heiress of the House of Gremory." Realizing what she was saying, his eyes widened, but Grayfia confirmed it anyway. "He is engaged to Rias-ojousama."
"Well...you're getting married huh...I see..."
Takato murmured, not really sure how he felt about it.
"W-Whoa..." Ise looked towards Rias, and then smiled. "Yes! That means you can't be with Takato! Phew, I was worried you might try and take my spot as harem Queen to the King...well, seems like that worry is over, aye Takato?" Takato didn't answer and face palmed, but Rias tightened her eyes, and threw a pencil at Ise's head. "O-Owww, Buchou, that wasn't nice at all..."
Rias looked towards her, and continued to glare hard.
By the time everything calmed down, Riser had been given tea by Akeno. Though he said "The tea made by Rias' Queen is superb." Akeno just smiles and doesn't give off an answer, and merely stays there, and keeps calm as well.
Riser also kept trying to touch Rias, but she kept slapping the hand away without a care. She didn't even care when he tried to touch her, as if she was going to explode. Even Akeno, Koneko and Yumi looked ready to unload in the fight. Even if it happens, it would show that they would become truly angry and do something if something happened to Rias. Ise and Asia didn't know what to do, they didn't know if they should act like the others, or to stay back and be calm about everything that was going on.
While Takato was a calm person, he didn't like how Riser was treating Rias. He and Rias...it was a complicated situation. But the young boy didn't know what to say. If he could, he'd just tell Riser to get out, but this was the world of Devils, and he wasn't going to involve himself.
"Takato-san, it seems things are getting scary..."
Takato placed a hand on top of Asia's head, and stroked gently.
"Don't worry Asia-san, everything is okay."
Asia showed a beautiful smile, and held onto the young boys body.
"Stop it already Riser!" Rias snapped after a few minutes of this. Her eyes looked to Riser, and was standing up, her eyes glaring hard. "Riser! I told you before! I will not marry you!"
"Yeah, I heard that before. But Rias, that won't do, you know? I think the situation of your household is quite serious."
"That's none of your concern! If I'm the next heiress for the House of Gremory, then I will choose who will become my husband!"
"You always say this, but don't forget that our houses agreed to this, and you shouldn't fight against it."
Riser seemed to be calmer than usual. But, Rias wasn't backing down either.
"My Otou-sama, Onii-sama, and everyone in the clan are rushing it! Also it was a promise that I will be free until I graduate from university of the human world! This isn't the time that this should be happening...let me put it clearly Riser. I wont marry you."
"Tch, you're getting on my nerves Rias. You do know about our houses that need to come together, and I wont tarnish my house either. Don't be selfish and come to the Underworld with me. Besides, I can't stand being up here, this worlds fire and air is disgusting."
"I don't care what you think, this is my home now, and I wont be leaving either. I don't love you."
Takato heard what she said, and he...had to agree.
He always thought that love was a wonderful thing and that needed to happen between two people before they got married. But Rias didn't love Riser. And therefore, didn't want to marry him. He could see what she was thinking about now, why she was willing to do what she did yesterday, though he still thought that it was stupid to do something like that.
"Well, that's too bad then because whether you like it or not, we're getting married. It was already agreed, so don't be selfish."
Takato wasn't standing for this anymore.
Even he had a limit, and what Riser said, had pushed the limit.
"That's it." Takato spoke up, catching his attention. "Look, I don't get all this Devil crap, I don't know the state of the Underworld, but you can't force someone who doesn't love you, to marry you. It is wrong."
"Takato..."
Rias looked surprised, and she felt a pulse from her heart.
But, Takato continued on sternly.
"I don't care if I am speaking out of terms, but you're speaking to a woman like she is some possession that you can have? And saying that it is too bad if she doesn't love you? What are you going to do? Force her to marry you?"
Riser showed a cocky attitude as well as his face scrunching up at the same time.
"Hmph, this is a matter for the Devils, the real Devils to deal with. A peon like you shouldn't be getting involved with my problems, so if you like, I could burn you down to a crisp?" Riser's flames danced around his body as the others get tense. "So how about it pretty boy? Wanna die first!?"
Riser's flames danced and were going to be sent towards Takato who had his shadows dancing around his feet, even Ise, Yumi and Koneko were right with him to fight and Rias also looked determined to fight as well...
"Bad."
Suddenly, Princess came from the roof, unexpectedly, and brought her palm down onto Riser's head, and knocked him down onto the chair.
"W-What the hell!?"
Princess stood between Takato and him, and made a stance.
"Don't you attack my Master, or I'll chop you up with my chainsaw!"
"Your cat has a chainsaw..."
Riser felt fear filling him, while Kuroka raised her head upwards.
"That's right, I like chopping down idiots like you. Especially while defending my Master nyaa~"
"Hmph, I'm not afraid of a cat."
Princess challenged him with a glare, and walked out of the room.
Seconds later, she returned with a chainsaw in her hands, one that's switched on as well, the entire room gasped. Though Rias was smirking at the sight of a panicked Riser.
"Alright, can't say that I didn't warn you."
"Ooh come on! Stay away from me!"
Riser felt panic entering him as Princess rose the chainsaw above her head, and shook it from side to side, igniting fear within Riser.
"Are you going to stop bullying my Master? Or shall I start chopping?"
Riser backed away as Princess dragged the chainsaw across the floor, sparks going off.
"Holy crap Takato-kun...your familiar is awesome~"
Akeno sang out, looking with glee, Grayfia gave the cat a curious look.
...But, then a torrent of coldness interrupts, and douses the area with such coldness that even Riser had trouble holding his flames.
"Ojou-sama, Riser-sama, cat with chainsaw, please calm down. If both of you were to continue, then I won't be quiet about it. For Sirzechs-sama's honour, I won't hold back. He explained that if it became out of hand, then I could respond with the appropriate measures."
Because of what she said, and her tone, the others knew when to back down and that's what they did, besides Princess who kept her chainsaw on the ready. Falling back, Takato and the others sat down and the girl known as Rias sat down as well. Riser gave Grayfia a slightly worried look, but did as was asked as well.
"…To be told that by the "Strongest Queen", even I would be scared… I definitely wouldn't want to fight the people from Sirzech-sama's group, which is known to be made up of monsters." His eyes went towards Princess, and grimaced. "You can't attack me cat."
"Hmph, I'm going to get something to eat, you better not be back when I'm back. Oh, pick on my Master, and I'll come for your hips, and everything there."
Honestly, Takato was surprised that Riser had become scared. It seemed almost...funny to look at. But he knew he couldn't become cocky, as it seemed like eventually, something like a fight was going to break out.
He just hoped that the fight was going to be over quickly, he'd prefer not to fight.
"...Hmph, you don't scare me."
"Sounds like you are nyaaa."
Princess challenged him, which he didn't want to accept.
Princess then left the room, while Koneko looked on with confusion, Takato smiling to himself.
"Damn, my familiar is awesome...who knew she could wield a chainsaw..."
He thought to himself, Grayfia confirming the cat was gone, inhaled.
"Master, Sirzechs-sama, and those from the House of Phenex knew it would turn out like this. To tell you the truth this was to be the last discussion meeting. Everyone knew that it wouldn't be solved, so they decided to make a last resort."
"Last resort? What do you mean, Grayfia?"
Rias genuinely didn't understand what Grayfia was getting at, but Grayfia held her position very well, and told her with a straight face.
"Ojou-sama, if you wish to push your opinion forward, then how about you settle it by having a Rating Game against Riser-sama?
Takato furrowed his eyebrows, and remembered when Rias talked about this very thing.
"Rating...Game, you talked about that before, Rias-sama. It's a game to do with the servants and you King's fighting it out, right?"
"Yes, that's right Takato. And it seems like this is going to be my only chance as well. Well, it usually is played between matured Devils, however in the case of family disagreements like that the rules can be bent as well." Rias didn't look pleased about it though. "A Rating Game, even my family must know that Riser's regeneration is..." However, she then observed Takato, and saw that he looked sure of whatever he was thinking. "Well, I see. That's how it is. Even when they aren't satisfied with something like this, why can't I be more surprised..."
Rias held a bitter expression, but Grayfia cleared her throat.
"Then Ojou-sama, you are saying you would also decline to participate in the game?"
"No, I won't, since this is a chance. Alright then. Let's settle this with a game, Riser."
Riser smirks after Rias' provocative words.
"Hee, so you're accepting it." Even with his words, he didn't seem worried which irked Takato that he didn't see Rias as a credible threat. "I don't mind. But I'm already a matured Devil and I have already participated in the official game. Right now I have won most of the games. Even so, you still want to play, Rias?"
Rias sends back a fearless smile, not caring about how Riser was basically a stronger Devil, all she cared about was the wellfare of her life, and her peerage as well, and hoped that all of them would be able to help her.
"I will. I will blow you away, Riser!"
"Fine. If you win, do whatever you like. But if I win, you will marry me immediately."
Thankfully, it seemed like a conclusion had been reached. Though because of that, Takato knew he'd have to fight as well, and he wasn't too sure on that. Fighting in a Rating Game, for Rias' sake. Though he didn't like the idea of it, he truly disliked Riser, so if it was to show Riser what's what, then he would do it for the red head.
"Understood. I, Grayfia, have confirmed both sides opinion. I will be in charge of the game between the two household. Is that okay?"
"Yes."
"Yeah."
"Understood. I will inform the two households then."
Grayfia bows her head after confirming.
Riser's eyes then fell towards Takato in a condescending way.
"It seems that you can 'teach me manners' now hahaha."
"Well, you'll need them taught to you, and if violence is the only way, then so be it."
He didn't like that Takato had said it like that, and was becoming slightly more angry.
"Tch, you can't even shine my shoes with your spit. You can't beat me. In fact, no one on Rias' group beside her Queen would give my adorable peerage a challenge."
"You wanna bet pal?!"
Ise yelled, Riser waved his hand carelessly.
"That's right. You and your boyfriend can go off together. Because, I'll be in charge of all of you once Rias and I are married. That includes you blondie, I can't wait to control you, I might make you do many funny things. I've got some friends that are into blondie boys like you, I might give you off to them, with Rias' permission of course."
Takato's anger became even more so, while Rias glared hard at Riser.
"You dare try anything with my cute servants, and I'll blow you away Riser."
Riser held a bemused smirk as if he didn't care at all.
"By the way, Pawn-kun. I'll show you what a real peerage member is like. Wanna see my Pawns as well? Because, even a single one of them would blow you away." Riser clicked his fingers, and a magical circle erupted on the ground. "Meet them, all of my cute servants."
The magic-circle has the same emblem of Riser's house. Then shadows appears from the magic-circle. It was one...two...no, it went up to the max number of fifteen, and all of them were girls. Takato wasn't surprised in the slightest with the way that Riser was acting. And all of them seemed to fill a certain...role in a group of women that usually came from harem anime's that Takato could understand.
He had the loli's, the twins, the girls in school girl outfits, the cat girls, the miko girls, the sword wielding type girls, the tough girls, even girls with a mask as well, as a girl in a dress that looked as if it came from Euorpe as well. She was the one who caught Takato's eye the most, since she seemed to look similar to Riser, but obviously had softer features, and a more calm, yet slightly arrogant expression as well.
However, he did see one girl that caught his attention as well.
"Chun-Li!" Takato bolted for her, and Riser got in the way. "Move it!" Riser was swatted away by Takato's hand, and he got towards the girl who looked eerie like Chun-Li. "Chun-Li, may I have your autograph please?"
"W-Who's Chun-Li? My name is Xuelan..."
"Naaaah, are you all hiding your presences from me? I mean, Sakuya-chan was doing it before-" Grayfia sweat dropped. "-now Chun-Li, is doing it as well. Don't worry, it is okay Chun-Li, I am aware, the Devils who made my games, and anime are people that are real. So, you fought in the tournament, yes? How's the others? Like Ryu and the others?"
"Eh..."
Xuelan didn't know how to respond.
But, a girl with drill hair and who Takato had noticed before, gave him a curious look.
"He's got a cute face, but he seems to believe that Xuelan is this Chun-Li character...is he crazy?"
"I am not crazy."
"Aaaaah!" The girl jumped. "W-What...h-how did you…?"
She didn't get how he knew that she thought that.
Takato ignored it, and held out a book, and a pen, developing an innocent and cute face as well.
"Please...w-would you sign it for me..."
[Awwwwww…]
Some of the girls in the group cooed at the sight of the shy Takato. Even Ise was thinking of several scenarios of what could happen with shy Takato. She very much wanted to do things with a shy Takato.
Xuelan put a hand over her heart.
"Well, you are a fan, of course I'll sign it~"
"Yay!"
Takato cheered happily, as Xuelan took the paper and pen, and wrote down.
"To my adoring fan, keep kicking, from Chun-Li/Xuelan."
"Yes! You are amazing Chun-Li! Say hey to Ryu for me~"
Takato turned around once taking his stuff, satisfied by what happened.
Riser got up and went to attack Takato, but Princess appeared at the door, with her chainsaw, stopping his tracks, and then she moved away as he merely sat down, admiring the autograph he got and Ise sat on his lap once more.
Ise however couldn't contain her excitement for long upon seeing the girls around.
"S-Shit Takato!" He jumped as Ise did as well, getting off his lap and looked at all of them. "Fuck, he's attained a harem I had envisioned for you Takato. Seriously, a douche Phenex gets to have these busty babes. Well don't worry Takato, we'll get all of the members of your harem to be better, we've already got a holy girl in the harem!" Asia's cheeks flushed furiously, as Ise continued on, developing a perverted smile. "Takato, by the way, which girl there do you like?"
"Erm….why?"
Ise chuckled with her perverseness on full view. It was obvious that she was thinking perverted things, as her nose was bleeding and she was breathing shallowly.
"Because, we could always take one or two and treat her totally better than Riser does."
Riser's eyes narrowed upon Ise immediately.
"You watch your mouth! I treat my girls kindly! Naturally, because they are my peerage members, they have to look fantastic as well. And each of them are very loyal to-"
[Cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute~!]
"-m-me?"
Riser finished off as a few girls swarmed Takato, and examined him over.
"Awwww! He's so cute!"
"Adorable!"
"Can I hug you sweetheart~?"
"I'll definitely take care of you~"
Two loli that were twins held onto his waist, and even the cat girls had been drawn towards Takato.
Takato scratched the back of his head, and humbly patted their heads.
"Aaha, thank you everyone. Though if you continue to hug me, then your King might become jealous~"
"Aah! Takato, pulling girls! I'm proud!" Ise went towards one member of Riser's peerage, and groped a girls breasts. "Look at these balloons! Takato, like these!?"
"Iyaaaaa~! D-Don't!"
The girl wearing a kimono, a girl named Mihae, moaned out, her face red as fire.
""W-What are you doing!?""
Riser and Takato actually agreed, but for different reasons as well. Rias' eye twitched, as did Koneko. Yumi looked on with uneven eyes, and Asia looked embarrassed, as Akeno gave her a weird look.
"Fufu, don't worry Takato, these girls are good sized breasts. I mean, we have to continue building the harem, and this douche doesn't deserve any girls with good sized chests either. He can have the loli's. Hey, we'll give Koneko-chan to them and we'll take this girl here~"
Her hand groped another girls breast, a woman who had half a mask on her face, while Koneko didn't look amused at all.
"Aaaaah~ W-What are you doing you freak!?"
Isabela, yelled out angrily towards Ise, but she smirked.
"Fueee, you have the biker chick down, wanna join Takato's expanding harem~? Though, I am going to be in charge and all, I don't mind if you joined as well~ Asia's already a member, and so...ugh, is Vali, and probably Kiba as well." Yumi's cheeks turned bright red, while Asia's eyes rolled back into her head. "But, if not you, then-"
"Okay, enough of this." The girl with drills for hair butted in. "Clearly, you're highly perverted..." Her eyes went towards Takato, and hummed to herself. "Well, it seems like he isn't so bad, he's pretty cute, and has a nice feeling to him." She thought to herself once more, and made a sly smile. "Onii-sama, if it is okay, when you win, can I have that one there?"
Her finger points towards Takato, who gasps, but Riser adopts a smirk.
"Ravel, I didn't expect you to like this trashy Devil."
Takato's eyes glare towards him, while pushing the twins off his body.
"He's cute, I like his face is all. Even if he is a Low Class, he is more attractive than people like Diodora-sama."
"I can agree there."
Rias muttered with a snort.
Ise looked over her, and nodded her head.
"Damn, she's got a bad attitude, but I could totally see her in the harem~" Developing a lecherous face, she moved closer, and poked Ravel's breast, making her blush angrily. "Not bad sized either. Not my sized, but maybe bigger than Asia's?" Asia looked down at her chest, and gave a shy face. "Yes, this is good, Takato. Have fun with this girl as well Takato~"
"H-Hang on a minute!" Ravel yelled, pushing Isane away. "Y-You can't just poke my chest! I am Ravel Phenex thank you! And I do not wish you to poke my breast either!"
"Phenex….eeewwww! S-So, you're into your Onii-sama like that…? You've done 'it' with-"
"Nooooooooooooooo!" Ravel yelled, showing a few tears. "N-Not like that! Onii-sama is Onii-sama! That's it! No I wish to acquire that boy there! He's cute, I'll have him as my personal friend! In fact, Rias-sama, would it be okay if we-"
"No, you're not taking my Pawn away from me, no matter what."
Ravel developed a small pout on her face, as Koneko looked on, harshly.
"But, Rias-sama, once you're married to Onii-sama, I am really trying to save your Pawn from a harsh life."
"While I appreciate it, I can tell you myself though if you even try-"
"We could trade, I could give you, or rather Onii-sama will give you...a replacement peerage member, and Onii-sama could trade a piece to you."
Ravel suggested, Rias giving her a weird look.
"No, I'm not-"
"Are you afraid that we might be able to look after him better than you did?"
That triggered Rias, who narrowed her eyebrows.
"What did you say?"
Ravel placed a hand to her mouth.
"There's stories around the Underworld that the Pawn boy there, who you took in, has been through quite a bit of hell. If you trade him, he'd have a life of luxury."
"Sorry, but I don't think so. That was a rough patch, and now..."
"He's in danger of being taken by us, once again a threat against his safety. Hmmm, with the Phenex he'll-"
"I'm no one's slave, anyone tries to call me that and I'll get out my staff and hit them. Sorry Miss Phenex peerage member, but I don't like when people speak about my future as if I don't have a say, and I defy anyone who tries to force me to do something I don't wanna do."
"Well, yes of course, I understand that, and I like that actually, bold but true statement. Though the rumour's about how Rias-sama allowed such danger happen to you...I'm just saying, the Phenex look after their peerage members."
Rias felt triggered by that, and went to say something, but Riser spoke up.
"Ravel, I wouldn't even trade for..." Ravel gave Riser a dark stare, so he coughed into his hand. "...well, for you Ravel, I could make an exception."
"I see. Thank you." Her eyes went towards Takato who folded his arms. "Think about it, when the Phenex win, I'll take care of you."
His eyes looked towards Rias, who seemed to be deep in her thoughts, and felt a little annoyed that Ravel was trying to take Takato from her.
"W-Well, thank you for the offer, but I'm Rias-sama's peerage member, it might not always be the easiest ride and I've had a lot of hardships yeah, but she brought me back as a Devil, saving my life, and has done a few things for me for me to help her out with this, so I'm not looking to leave." His eyes went towards Ravel, leaving Rias satisfied. "And you might not win the Rating Game."
"You could be apart of our group, don't worry about Onii-sama, he's wild, but I can make sure he doesn't bother you. And about winning, we're the Phenex clan, we aren't known for losing."
"I see...even then, everyone has to lose sometimes, even with powerful abilities, there's always a downside. I'd advise you to remember that, as I do all the time. I know certainly, to never take any opponent for granted. Even a small cornered animal can be very dangerous."
"I see...but, you seem to be quite smart as well...hmmmm..."
Koneko shook her head, and stood up. She walked towards Ravel, and turned her around forcibly.
"Senpai doesn't want any chicken today, go away."
Ravel's eye twitched rapidly.
"C-Chicken?!"
"Yes, chicken. KFC is the other way, don't bother Senpai. Go and see your family at KFC, being served."
Takato bit his lower lip as Ravel turned herself to face Koneko who held a serious face.
"K-KFC!? Being served!?"
"That's right, KFC. Yakitori-hime."
Ravel inhaled hard, and flames gathered around her body. Koneko didn't back down and showed her willingness to duel as well.
But then Ravel thought about what Koneko said, and developed teary eyes, Koneko looking on in victory.
"...If I am a Yakitori-hime, then you're a useless cat that can't even be a good pet either."
Koneko's eyes flew open angrily. She took a step forward and shook the entire room. Even the place she stood was dented by her foot, the others panicked, and hid away. The girls that clung to Takato hid behind him as well, Ise had bolted a little while ago as well.
"...Is that the case? At least Senpai and I know one another."
Ravel looked towards Takato, and then to Koneko. Seeing an opportunity to one up Koneko, she fell back on her Ojou-sama attitude, and put a hand to her mouth.
"Hoho, is that the case? Well, if it is, the Pawn of Rias-sama."
""Which one?""
Ise, and Takato answered at the same time. Ravel blinked, looking between them, then coughed into her hand.
"T-The male one." Takato took a step forward. "Incidently, I have tickets to an opera tonight, how about you accompany me..." Her eyes shot to Koneko in a high class manner. "...alone."
Koneko's eyes showed her rage for Ravel, and stepped towards Takato, taking his hand in her own, surprising the boy.
"...Takato-senpai wouldn't want to go, opera is boring. ...Besides, we have plans."
"W-We do?"
"We do."
Koneko answered him, Takato muttering "I wish people would tell me they've made plans with me." but Ravel wasn't having any of it, and walked closer to Takato, taking his other arm, and pulled him towards her.
"Fufu, don't worry Takato-sama, I wont allow Onii-sama to do anything to you."
"...Senpai's fine, he can take care of himself. ...And he never gave you permission to use his first name."
Koneko pulled him back, Ravel almost falling over, but Takato propped her up with his hand, causing her to blush lightly.
"Well, that's good, then he can protect me from a brute like you."
"Brute? I'm surprised chicken knows what a brute is."
A vein popped in Ravel's head, as she made a fighting stance. Koneko did the same thing, and made the 'come get me' sign with her fingers, Ravel doing the same thing, with Takato stood in the middle, Ise on the other hand was soaking all of this up.
"Who needs a Rating Game, right cat?"
"Right, grilled chicken. In fact, I feel like grilled chicken tonight."
"That's it!"
Ravel and Koneko went to pounce on one another, but Takato quickly flashed between them and placed his hands out, pushing them back away from one another.
"Okay! Okay! There's no need to fight one another!"
Koneko and Ravel struggled against him, but he surprisingly kept them at bay from one another.
So, they panted, and glared hard.
"...See you at the Rating Game Ravel Phenex."
"Hah, that's if you make it that far. I'll be waiting."
"I'll bring the hot sauce, for the grilled chicken I'll beat."
"Yes, and when you all are apart of Phenex, I'll be taking Takato-sama for myself."
Ravel shot back at Koneko who glared on.
Riser on the other hand looked towards Takato, and gave off a dirty grin.
"By the way, Pawn of Rias, male one, it seems that you aren't that bothered by my girls? What are you, not into girls or something?"
"Why would I be bothered? Sure, they're cute and all, but I get the sense that you're trying to make me feel jealous or something. Sorry, I don't feel jealous. Not because they aren't attractive or anything, which they are attractive, but because I don't really care about such things like a male ego about who has the better woman or something like that."
Riser's hand tightened more than before, and placed a hand on one of the girls busts.
Takato gave a curious face as Riser began to play with the girls chest. Takato rolled his eyes, not caring about what was going on.
"You'll never be able to do this."
Riser mocked, trying to flaunt his power over Takato.
But he just rolled his eyes.
"Okay, if that's what you say. Have fun."
Riser gave off a low growl.
"Don't you see? I am able to do this all the time, when a talentless loser virgin like you couldn't even rank up to me. I've slept with many women before, and you've got no one...besides a pervert."
"Hey!"
Ise snapped, but Takato placed a hand on Ise's shoulder, and gave a smile.
"Ise-san is a good person, don't say that in a bad way. Even if she's a pervert, she's a lovely person. Also, boasting about how many women you've slept with, I don't know who you want me to be, but I wouldn't become jealous, or envious of how many women you've slept with, if there's a real number to it. To me, boasting about it, just makes you out as childish and kinda immature as well. It's like a bully on the playground saying "Look, I've got the new toy and you don't, haha~ I'm better than you~" or something moronic like that. And even if I am a virgin, so what? I'm a teenager, I've got plenty of time to find a woman to be happy with. And, I wouldn't just sleep with someone, I'd love them first and think about intercourse at a later date. I wanna bet, you didn't really love most if not all the people you slept with. No love, not satisfying, that's what I think anyway."
As Ravel listened, she couldn't deny that he truly was a calm person, unlike the hot headed Riser. Actually, she found it refreshing that he wasn't being bated into Riser's trap, and that intrigued her more than ever.
As Takato was saying it, Riser was becoming more agitated. He hated it. He couldn't even piss off Takato. For some reason, it irked him more than he thought it would.
But, to save face, Riser huffed.
"Well, we'll see on the Rating Game, wont we Pawn of Rias? Though, I doubt you'd be able to stand up against my weakest member, Mira. Never mind the rest of my lovely girls. They'll all defeat you and you wont even have the chance to see me in the fight."
"We'll see about that Yakitori."
Ise snorted, as Riser's eye twitched.
"Y-Yakitori!?"
"Like Koneko-chan, I could go for some fried chicken as well. Though, I suppose I'll have to wait until the Rating Game Yakitori-kun."
"Yakitori!? Y-You Low-class Deeeeevil! Don't get ahead of yourself! That's not the way you talk to a High-class Devil! Rias, what's going on with your discipline towards your servants!?"
Rias just looks away and says "Like I care." and cracks her neck to the side.
"See you in the Rating Game."
"Yeah, we will. And I'll burn that other Pawn." His hand went towards Ise, who glared hard. "I'll burn you, then I'll go for your boyfriend as well. Heh, don't lovers die together in old stories? Then maybe we can recreate that within the Rating Game."
"Don't you threaten Ise-san!"
Takato yelled, protective over the young woman. Ise was surprised, and gained a small blush on her cheeks.
"My, you can become angry. Well, that's good, because I wanna see it during the Rating Game. Somehow, I feel like burning you would cause Rias to become disheartened as well. That would be fun to see."
"We'll see then, wont we Yakitori-kun?"
Riser didn't look pleased with that insult.
His eyes went towards Mira, and smirked.
"Mira. Do it. Knock some sense into this guy."
"Yes, Riser-sama."
Riser gives an order to his servant. She is small just like Koneko and has a childish face and has blue hair as well. She takes out a stick that martial artists use and makes a battle posture after swinging her stick around.
She charges for Takato faster than Ise could see. Even Takato was surprised, but he summoned his own staff and blocked a jab that she made for his body, surprising the young girl. Even Riser was surprised as well.
"I wasn't aware this was a Rating Game Riser."
"It isn't, I just thought I'd show you the power of my Pawn, would you like to see her promote to Queen?"
"My, such provoking words. I thought a nobleman had to be calm and collected at all times."
He parries another attack from the girl, and spread out his shadow. Then, he allows the shadow to wrap around her leg, catching her off guard.
"W-What!?"
To not reveal his cards all at once, he made the shadow disappear before anyone saw it, but that's all he needed, getting close to her, and remembered what he did about fighting, knocked her staff to the side, and did a palm strike to her chin.
Riser looked stunned, while Rias looked happy.
Then, Takato spun around, building momentum, and delivered a hard strike to Mira's torso, knocking the wind out of her. Her body slammed towards Riser's own, hitting him in the chest with her body. She wasn't out of consciousness, but she was shocked by what had just happened.
"Yes! That's right Takato! Kick the shit out of them!"
Ise cheered, while Rias looked on with a happy smile.
"You underestimated my members Riser. I'd suggest not doing that again."
While stunned, Riser looked down at Mira, who looked back up.
"I-I'm sorry Riser-sama. He caught me by surprise."
"It's fine, Mira." He stroked her face, and then turned towards Takato. "Mira, is my weakest, and you caught her by surprise. Don't expect to beat the top tier members of my peerage as well. All of my Devils have more experience, and better potential than someone like you."
"We'll see then, wont we Riser? So, when am I going to meet you for a fight exactly?"
Riser placed a hand under his chin, and had an idea.
"Rias, how about we have a match in ten days? We could do it now, but that wouldn't be interesting. I'd prefer to see this boys hopes dashed. He'd train so hard, but it wont do anything for him. So, how about it?"
"…Are you giving me a handicap."
"Don't be an idiot Rias-sama, and accept it."
Rias looked so surprised that Takato said that.
"T-Takato..."
"If you're ever given a chance to become stronger, don't act as if it is something negative. Ten days is pretty generous. And Riser got one thing right, we don't all have experience, Ise-san, myself, and Asia-san don't have the experience you girls have, so training is a good idea."
Riser put on a bemused smirk, while Ravel looked rather impressed.
"My, you aren't just an idiot. He's right Rias..."
"I know he's right, so that's why thank you for the handicap. It shall be your downfall."
Riser chuckled, as he directs his palm towards the ground, the magic-circle starts to glow.
"Ten days. If it's you, then you should be able to improve your servants." He then looks at Takato and Ise. "Don't be a disgrace to Rias, Rias' Pawn. Your blow is Rias' blow."
"My blow is my blow, I'll fight for her, but she's capable of fighting as well. Though I understood what you meant as well, just pointing out don't underestimate us either. So, see you at the game Riser, I'm sure it is going to be, explosive."
"See you there, Takato. I'll definitely remember your name as I charcoal you."
"Can't wait."
Saying that, Riser disappears in the light of the magic-circle along with his servants, and disappeared immediately.
Rias runs a hand through her hair, and gives off a sigh.
"Ten days...well, dismissed for today everyone. Akeno, I'd like to talk to you privately."
"Of course Buchou."
Saying that, Akeno and Rias stand up and leave the area.
Takato looks to the side, to see Grayfia was beginning to leave as well.
"Wait! Saku….eeeh, Grayfia-san! I need to talk to you for a few seconds."
Grayfia cocks her head to the side curiously, and stops in her path.
"Hmmm? Is there something that I can do for you Takato-sama?"
"Actually, yes, there is..."
Later that night, Takato returned home, to see Vali laying on his bed, with only a pair of panties on, not even wearing a bra, looking towards him sweetly, making his cheeks burn at such a cute sight.
"Vali-chan…."
He adopts a smile, and crawls next to her. Not bothering to take his clothes off, Vali sat up, and petted the young boys face.
"What's going on?"
"Mehehe, I've got to do something about an overgrown blowhard firebird that also might be related to fried chicken, unconfirmed, because a red head doesn't wanna marry such a douche bag, understandable really, I don't think I'd want to marry him either if I was her."
"In Japanese."
Takato curled up to Vali, who's arms went around his body, and held onto him.
"Buchou got herself into a Rating Game because of a marriage breakdown contract, and as her servant, I've got to fight as well, and the person we're facing is the Immortal Phenex, and unlike Ise-san, I don't have a Longinus, so I've got to come up with a new way to fight such an enemy Vali-chan with the powers I've got."
"I see. Damn Rias, makes me want to go and put her down, and take you away. Hey, what if I kidnap you?"
Takato gave off a chuckle as Vali began undoing his shirt.
"Can you imagine Vali-chan? We ran away together. What would happen. I can picture Rias-senpai's face, she'd blow a gasket or something. She'd freak out, and then like, I don't know, go insane or something like that~"
"It would be fine with me, as long as I'm with you, and can fight, then I'm happy."
With his shirt fully off, Vali tosses it to the side, and they fall back together. Her hands went towards his pants as he blushes slightly.
"Vali-chan...before I became a Devil, I was considering just leaving Kuoh with you. Putting this all behind me."
"You were?"
He nodded as he lifted his hips, allowing Vali to drag his pants off, and toss them to the side. Looking at him in his underwear only, made her feel hot between her breasts.
"Nothing was keeping me here really. Obaa-chan isn't alive anymore, I can learn different things from other places, online classes are a thing. Sure, I had a few friends, emphasis on few, but skype is a thing and I'd come back and visit...but, I always missed being with you all the time, and this is the reason why. You always know how to make me feel good Vali-chan. If I had left with you...we could have been together all of the time, instead of some of the time. We could have...done many things together."
"We could still do that. If you want to become a Stray, I'll keep you with me, always. I'd take you to wonderful places, and take down anyone that would be sent after you..."
Takato teased the idea in his head, and did consider it sometimes.
"I have responsibilities now. I wish I could...but, I've got Asia-san to help as well, and Ise-san would be sad if I disappeared, and I'm sure Yumi-chan would be too. Besides, since I'm a Devil, and you're part Devil, we've got thousands of years to be together."
Vali's fingers ran over his face, and then she kissed his cheek.
"Since you're going to be fighting a fire bird, I'll train you."
"V-Vali-chan, you would?"
"For you, yes. How long do you have?"
"Till the game?" She nods. "Ten days."
"Ten days...sure, I can get in some good training within ten days. Heh, don't worry Takato, I'll definitely train you to become strong. Well, you've got talent already, we'll build on that. And secretly, training with you has been a fantasy of mine before."
Vali admitted casually, catching Takato off guard.
"Vali-chan, I didn't know, you really thought about things like that?"
Vali nodded her head, and explained.
"You see, it combines the two passions in my life. Fighting and you. Though, fighting beside you is also a fantasy of mine. I've caught myself thinking about fighting next to you, it would be the best. And afterwards, we'd come back here, and embrace one another."
"Vali-chan, that's odd~" He chuckled, but his arms then went around her neck. "Though, it is very sweet, thank you for thinking about me, and for coming back to me."
Vali's arms went around his body as well, and held onto the boy closely.
"Don't worry about such things, I'll always return to you. You've done more for me than anyone else ever has, you've given me a reason to fight other than fighting for the sake of it."
Takato stared at her with love, and leaned closer to the young woman, giving her a kiss on the lips, which she happily returned.
"Vali-chan, still think we can run away?"
"Yeah, I'll kidnap you."
He chuckled, resting his head on her shoulder, continuing the embrace between the two of them.
"Vali-chan, I'll become strong okay?"
"Yeah, I know you will."
Staying in their hugging position, Takato felt lucky that after everything has been said and done, they can just return to this bit of normalcy...well, as much normalcy as they possibly could have now. Though, Takato was rather happy that even a slice of happiness could be found in these small moments.
But the thought of facing Riser...he was going to train.
End chapter!
So, Takato, and Riser have made enemies of one another. While Riser tried getting under Takato's skin, Takato didn't fall for the bait and kept a cool head for the most part. Ise being Ise, began...doing what she does best with the ladies, trying to find one for Takato, and might have done with Ravel~ Kuroka/Princess has a chainsaw, and Riser's developed, a small fear of that. Ravel came onto the scene, and she finds Takato appealing even if a little weird, to the frustrations of Koneko who has started a small war with her. Vali is also going to be training Takato as well!
Next chapter we'll be getting into the training/main bonding part of the arc! So, until next time!
Takato; Ise (fem), Vali (fem), Rias, Akeno, Asia, Koneko, Yumi (fem), Gasper (fem), Xenovia, Irina, Rossweisse, Ravel, Kuroka, Kunou, Le Fay, Ophis.