This story was inspirited by Nguyen Kha, my dear friend who passed away a few months ago because of traffic accident :(. He was my training-partner in the Kendo Club, the guy who brought me to the world of High School DxD and now he would be forever remembered through this Fanfiction story.

The Issei in this story of mine is based on Nguyen Kha. He was deaf, but he was a great friend yet didn't have many friends at school other than me and a selected few. I met him in Junior High-school and we became good friend since then with the both of us shared the same love for manga/anime. He was actually the one who introduced me to High School DxD Light novel, before I was just a guy who simply watched Naruto for fun.

He is in the better place now...

And in the memory of my dear friend, I created this story and created an Issei Hyoudou whose life and personalities were exactly like Kha before he found a friendship from me and our little team.

I hope you will like this story my dear fans.

Rest In Peace, Kha.

Summary: Instead of the legendary Boosted Gear, he wields the three legendary swords of Japan. Instead of an oppai loving pervert he is a deaf and unsociable teenager boy. Instead as Pawn he was reincarnated as the only Knight of Rias Gremory. For once, Issei Hyoudou finally found a purpose in his life, to protect his master, be her sword and become the strongest Knight of Underworld.

Harem (Have feeling or actually in love with him): Rias Gremory, Akeno Himejima, Koneko Toujou, Asia Argento, Rosseweise, Raynare Xenovia, Irina Shidou, Ravel Phenex, Momo Momonozo (The current Boosted Gear welder is her) , Valene Lucifer, Grayfia Lucifuge (no marriage with Sirzechs), Gabriel, Serafall Leviathan, Yasaka, Kuroka and a mysterious female character. This, actually more than a half of the DxD cast and even more than Issei's harem in cannon but...oh well. (For now, at least)

That's all

Let's start the story.

"Issei" Normal Speech

'Issei' Normal thoughts

"Sugari no Ontachi" name of Power/Technique/Swords.

"Dragon" Demonic/Youkai/Dragon Speech.

'Dragon' Demonic/Youkai/Dragon Thought.

Soundless Knight

Chapter 19

"Delicious! Japanese cuisine is delicious!"

"Yes, yes! This is it! This is the taste of the food of my homeland!"

Irina and Xenovia started filling their stomachs with the foods they ordered at the family restaurant Issei and Momo brought them to. When they saw them earlier, they looked at the two of them with hungry and begging eyes. After some discussions, Issei and Momo had decided to help those, before they could make a bigger scene and look more pathetic than they already were.

Momo had no problem skipping school, as she had already done that multi times before. When she asked Issei if he had any problem, he simply told her that he got a few reasons to do so and changed the topic as soon as possible.

When Issei asked them if they wanted to come to a local restaurant to get some foods, they said okay straight away and followed the two of them like lost puppies.

[We sold our souls to the Devils.]

[This is also to accomplish our mission.]

But of course, their pride as exorcists and God's followers didn't allow them to accept his offer that easily, but in the end they had no choice and couldn't do anything than convincing themselves that it's all for the sake of the greater good.

"Phew. Now I'm calm. It's the end of the world to get helped by a Devil." That was what Xenovia said after she put her dish down and used a tissue to clean her lips.

"Tch, we're treating them for a meal and yet they cannot stop rambling about devil this devil that" Momo said and leaned back against her chair, crossing her arms underneath her chest and her leg over the other.

"Pheeeew! Thank you for the meal. Aaaah, God, please give charity to these Devils." Irina said while holding onto her cross. At that moment, Issei got an insane headache. Because he was deaf, he couldn't hear Asia praying for god, which she did randomly out of habit, so he was able to avoid headaches. With the earphones on, he could hear again and it hurt just as much as when a devil heard a prayer to the Jesus "Ah, I'm sorry. I did it without thinking." Irina smiled with a cute face.

"Please be careful next time, Irina-san." Momo then pointed out "And for your information, it's devil, not devils. I'm one hundred percent human, thank you very much."

"Eh?!" Irina asked in surprise while Xenovia widened her eyes slightly "Then why did you stay with a bunch of devils and follow him around?"

"Because…" Momo suddenly leaned to the side and wrapped her arms around Issei's arm "I sold my soul to the devil. He has my soul so I have to become his servant." The exorcists' mount dropped in shock and their eyes widened in horror.

"Please don't joke like that, Momo-chan." Issei chuckled forcefully "She's my client. I occasionally help her with her homework and housework, stuffs like that." The Excaliburs wielders seemed to calm down a little, but they were still looking at Momo like she was a sinner. There's also no reason for Issei to tell them about Momo being Sekiryuutei just yet.

Xenovia drank a cup of water and took a deep breath. She then asked.

"So, why did you come to us?" Xenovia looked at him specifically "I can see that in your eyes Issei Hyoudou. You want to say something, or do business with us, don't you?"

"You two came to this country to retrieve the Excaliburs, right?" Issei asked, deciding that he should get straight to the point.

"That's right. We already told you that before, didn't we?" Xenovia nodded her head.

"I want to help you destroy the Excaliburs." All of them, even Momo who had let go of his arm, looked surprised at what he just said. Irina and Xenovia turned their head to look at each other, their eyes still wide in surprise.

At the moment when he began to get worry that they might not accept his offer, Xenovia opened her mouth to speak

"Yeah. Maybe it's okay leaving one sword to you. If you can destroy it, that is. But make sure that your identities aren't revealed. We also don't want our high-ups and enemies to think that we are connected to you guys."

"Hey Xenovia. Are you sure? Even if it's Ise-kun, he's still a Devil, you know?" Irina raised an objection.

"Irina. To tell you the truth, it would really be tough to retrieve the three Excaliburs and to battle Kokabiel with only the two of us."

"I know that. But...!"

"The minimum objectives we have to achieve are destroying the three Excaliburs or take them back. If our Excaliburs are going to be stolen as well then we should break them before it happens. Even if we use the last resort, there's only a 30 percent chance that we will succeed in our mission and return home safely."

"Even so, we thought that the success rate was high enough to come to this country prepared to put our life on the line."

"Yeah. The high-ups also told us to continue with our mission as well and dispatched us to this country. It's almost self-sacrifice."

"And isn't that what we, the followers, desire for?" Irina asked, tilting her head to the side.

"I changed my mind. My beliefs are flexible. So I can act in the best way." The blue haired swordswoman shook her head.

"You! I have been thinking about it for a long time, but your faith is a bit weird!"

"I won't deny it. But I think that it's our duty to accomplish our mission and return safely. I'm going to live and continue fighting for God. Am I wrong?"

"…You are not wrong. But..."

"J-just hold on a second there." Just when Issei decided to interrupt their non-stop argument, Momo beat him to it by raising her voice "I don't know what you're talking about, but it seems that you two don't want to accept Issei-kun's help is because he's a devil." Xenovia shrugged and looked at Irina, who was highly against the idea "Tell you what, if you have any problem with that… how about you ask for my help?" she pointed at herself, making the two exorcists widened their eyes in surprise "I'm Sekiryuutei, the current holder of Boosted Gear." And instantly, Xenovia and Irina dropped their jaw and widened their eyes in shock.

"Y-you must be joking…" Irina gasped.

"Momo-chan, what are you thinking?" Issei turned to the pink haired TV-show heroine to him and asked in a low tone "I mean… not that I don't appreciate you helping me in convincing them, but you don't know how to fight, yet. It could be really dangerous."

"Relax, Issei-kun." Momo smiled smugly "I'm helping you here. You must know to improvise in situation like this." She then turned back to the other two, still holding a smile on her face, but not before nudging his side gently "Plus, you can't actually believe that I'm going to sit still and wait for Rias-Buchou to come train me, can you?" Issei turned to look at her, but she only gave him a mischievous wink.

"That's great!" Xenovia said joyfully "We don't need to ask for help from the Devils. Instead we ask for help from a Dragon. The high-ups didn't tell us not to borrow the strength of a Dragon. I-I never thought that I would meet Sekiryuutei in a distant country like this. If it's like the legend says, then you can increase your power to that of a God, correct? If you gain a power to that of a God, then you can break the Excaliburs without breaking a sweat. I also think that it was God's doing that we had this meeting."

"C-Certainly they didn't tell us not to borrow the power of a Dragon… But you are just saying nonsense! Your belief is certainly weird!"

"Weird is fine with me." Irina became silent at Xenovia's words, but her expression showed that she was okay with the idea for the time being.

"Okay then." Momo smiled "The negotiation is a success. I will lend you guys my Dragon's power, and Issei-kun here will provide us some high-power backup as well. Ara ara… I feel like a real Kamen Rider now. What should I call myself?" she asked herself while giggling gleefully. The others just looked at her like she had become insane, until Issei decided to clear his throat.

"Ahem, then can I call my friend for this cooperation, then?"

Line Break

"…I understand the situation." Kiba put his mouth on the cup of coffee after he made a sigh. Momo called Kiba with her cell phone and informed him about the situation, as well as the Exorcists. He came without any complaint. "To tell the truth, I feel unsatisfied when the wielders of the Excaliburs are giving me the permission to destroy it."

"That's a rough way to speak. If you were a 'Stray-Devil', I would have cut you down without any time to spare."

Kiba and Xenovia started glaring at each other.

"So you do hold a grudge regarding the 'Holy-sword Project', against the church and the Excaliburs."

Kiba sharpened his eyes at Irina's words. "Obviously." He replied with a low and cold voice.

"But Kiba-kun. Thanks to that project, the research on holy-sword users showed results. That's why it created people like Xenovia and I who can synchronize with the holy swords."

"Do you think it's a forgiving act to kill all the test subjects because the project was thought to be a failure?" Kiba looked at Irina with eyes filled with hatred. It was an inhuman act for those who believed in God, and even Irina didn't know how to respond to that question.

Then Xenovia spoke, "That incident also became one of the worst cases among us and people felt disgusted about it. The person in charge of that project at that time was said to have a problem with his belief. So he was charged with heresy. Now he's one of those people on the Fallen-Angels side."

"On the Fallen-Angel's side? What's the name of that person?" Kiba took interest and asked Xenovia.

"Balba Galilei, he is the man who is called the 'Genocide Archbishop'."

"If I go after Fallen-Angels, then I can reach him for sure." Kiba nodded his head and showed great determination "Then it looks like I have to share information as well. The other day I was attacked by a person who had the Excalibur. At that time, he killed a priest. The one who was killed is probably from your organization."

Everyone became surprised.

"W-what? Then why didn't you tell us about that sooner?" Issei asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Well, excuse me if I wasn't myself then, Issei-kun."

"Anyway, who is it?"

"The name of that person is Freed Zelzan. Does this name sound familiar?"

"Tch, I should have known it was that shitty priest…" Issei said in disgust. He still remembered very clearly their first encounter, and how he ran away like a coward.

"You know him?" Momo asked curiously.

"Enough to hate that bastard." Issei nodded, cursing under his breath.

Xenovia and Irina, meanwhile, both made sharp eyes at Kiba's words.

"I see. So it's him."

"Freed Zelzan, former exorcist of the Vatican. He is the genius who became an exorcist at the age of 13. He had lots of big achievements because he kept on eliminating Devils and mystical beasts." Irina explained "But he overdid it. He even killed his allies. Freed never had any beliefs towards our God from the start. The only thing he had was fighting instinct and killing intent towards monsters, and an abnormal obsession for battles. It was a matter of time that he'd be charged for heresy."

"Is that so? Freed used the Excalibur he stole to kill our fellow followers?" Xenovia said it with hatred "For us to pay the price because the disposal group couldn't take care of him that time." She then took out a pen and write on a memo pad, giving them her contact details "Anyways, let's move onto the cooperation strategy."

"If something happens, call this number, Sekiryuutei Momo Momozono" She handed Momo the contact details before looking at Issei "Then that's it then. I'll repay you for the meal another time, Hyoudou Issei-kun." She got up after saying that.

"Thanks for the meal, Ise-kun! Treat me again next time as well! Even if you are a Devil, God will allow it if it's Ise-kun who treats me to a meal! It's okay if it's food!" Irina thanked Issei while giving him a wink.

Everything somehow managed to go smoothly, which Issei had nothing to complain about. He first thought it was a reckless plan, but it worked fine and better than he thought. That was quite a bold move for him, a nameless and low-class devil, especially after Rias told Grayfia her servants would never do such thing without her permission. It could have been the trigger for the war between the Devils and people from God's side.

"Ise-kun. Why did you do this?" Kiba asked him quietly, wondering why Issei was helping him out with his revenge.

"Well, we are comrades, aren't we? We are both servants of Rias Gremory, and belong to the same group. You helped me out before." Issei said, putting his hands into his pocket "It's not like I'm trying to repay you, but I thought I would give you a hand this time."

"If I act by myself, then I would cause trouble for Buchou. That's also the reason, right?"

"Yep." The Knight shrugged "You caused enough troubles for her already."Buchou would get sad if you were to go around in a rampage. Well, the fact that I made this plan by myself will cause trouble to her as well, but it's better than you becoming an exiled, right?" Kiba didn't look satisfied, but he didn't say anything more.

On the way home, Kiba started telling them about his tragic past. The project that the Catholic Church planned secretly.

Project Holy-sword was the test to make lots of people who can use holy-swords was taking place in a certain institute. There were boys and girls who had talents at using swords and possessors of Sacred Gear.

Day after day, they were going through inhuman experiments. They weren't treated as humans and their lives were ignored, but they all had a dream… to live on.

They were forced to believe that they were loved by God, and they were just waiting for 'that day' to come. Every single one of the 'subjects' believed that they would become special beings, and believed that they could become people who could wield the holy weapon.

But the result was 'disposal'. Kiba and his comrades couldn't use the holy-swords.

"…Everyone died. They were killed." He said quietly "Killed by those who serve God. No one saved us, just because we couldn't use the holy-swords. Other boys and girls were put under poisonous gas while still alive. They put poisonous gas on us while saying 'amen'. We vomited blood and suffered on the floor. Even so, we were seeking help from God."

Kiba told Issei and Momo his story, and they listened to him in silence.

Kiba somehow managed to escape from the laboratory, but the poisonous gas had already infected him. Apart from certain people, the test subjects who had lower abilities than average were all disposed of because they weren't needed. Kiba, who managed to escape and met Rias in that faithful night was saved by her as she turned him into her servant, telling him to live on for her.

"I want to accomplish my comrades' regrets. No, I don't want to make their deaths be in vain. I need to keep on living in their place, and I have to prove that I am stronger than Excalibur."

A tear fell from the corner of Momo's eyes as she listened to his story, while Issei remained silent for the entire time. He didn't know what to say. Asia had a tragic past, but Kiba's was simply horrible. He couldn't really blame his comrade for his hatred toward the people of the Church. If he was put in the same shoe as Kiba, he would probably stop at nothing to destroy those who were responsible.

He was more determined in helping him more than ever.

Line Break

Several hours after the negotiation with the exorcists, Issei returned home at seven o'clock in the evening. Taking off his shoes, Issei was about to enter the house when he suddenly saw a certain silver haired maid standing there, in front of him with both hands put together in front of her. The Knight reached his hand into his pocket and put on his earphones.

"Welcome back, Issei-san." Grayfia waited patiently for him to activate his hearing-aids to greet him "Can I have your bag, please?"

"Huh… uh, yeah, sure." He wasn't used to having a maid at all, so saying that to her and giving his backpack to her was the only thing he could do.

"Ojou-sama is waiting for you in your room, Issei-san. She was very worry and afraid that something might happen to you" She informed him, making him freeze right on the spot "I heard that you were not at school today. Please don't do that again, there's an extremely powerful enemy in this town, it's not safe for you to wander around all by yourself."

"Ah… you know Momo-chan? The current Sekiryuutei?" Issei asked, scratching the back of his head "She asked me to train her this morning. It was in a rush so I couldn't inform Buchou and the others." It was an excuse Momo came up with, just in case anyone wanted to ask about their absence that day. Issei didn't know if it could fool his Rias, his friends, or even Grayfia or not… but it was better than nothing.

"I see…" Grayfia nodded with a small smile "I'm glad to know that you didn't decide to do anything stupid, or try to handle the current situation yourself." Issei managed to keep a poker face, but he got to admit Grayfia was even scarier than his master, something he should have expected no less from the strongest Queen.

"I will inform Raynare-san and Asia-san, you should go to your room now, Issei-san." He really didn't need Grayfia to tell him to do that, because he had already made up his mind on the way home.

"I will. Thank you Grayfia." He smiled to the silver haired Queen before climbing the stair that led to the second floor, where his room was.

Issei knocked first, even though it was his room and he got every right to enter it with or without permission from the others. He knocked three times.

"Come in, please." He heard Rias voice and grabbed the doorknob, twisted it and pushed the door open then walked in.

It was rather dark inside, so he turned the light on. Rias was sitting at his table, facing away from him. But he could see the way her arms were moving and could tell that she was wiping her eyes… or rather, she was wiping the tears away.

He made her cry…

"Buchou…"

"W-welcome back, Ise." She greeted him without turning around "How was your day?" she asked.

"Uh… good, I suppose…" If there was anything better than that he could come up, he would probably say it without hesitation.

"Where have you been? Why were you not at school?" She continued to ask him.

"Um… Momo-chan asked me to train her so…"

"Did you know I was worried?"

"I'm sorry." Was all he could say.

"Sorry?!" At that moment, Rias snapped and exploded right into his face. She stood up from her seat, turned around to face him and approached him before slamming her fist into his chest "Do you have any idea who is in this town, keeping weapons that can kill you almost instantly?! I was so worry that you might try to do something stupid to blow up some steam or something like that after what happened!" she hit his chest several more times before saying, in a lower tone "You ignored me and tried to avoid me, all night. I… I thought I freaked you out and got rejected… and… you don't want me."

"I didn't know what to do…"

"Did you see how happy I was after that?" Rias continued on, ignoring his words "After all that time seeing you with the others, I finally gathered enough courage to give it my all, and yet you acted like I did something really bad."

"Buchou… you surprised me and…"

"But you know what, I did. It's bad, and I shouldn't have done that and..."

"Buchou…"

"I shouldn't walk in while you're taking a bath, or shouldn't try to sleep with you naked… or get so addicted to…"

"Rias, listen to me!"

The crimson heiress flinched in shock when Issei suddenly grabbed her shoulders and cried out loudly.

"What was I supposed to do? You're my master, and you suddenly came and said you wanted to reward me for earning you your freedom back. I would be blind if I couldn't see pass your excuse and got the bigger picture. Let's be honest here, you're in love with me, aren't you?" Rias widened her eyes in shock "I didn't know what to say to you, or do after that… you want to know why? It's because of Akeno-san."

"W-what?!" Rias felt a pain in her chest after she heard that.

"She's in love with me too. Two of the most beautiful girls I have ever met are both in love with me. At first, I thought she just wanted to mess with me, but she confessed her feeling to me." Issei paused a second before saying "The truth is… I have always liked you ever since I entered high school, but I have never put up the courage to say it to you, even after I became your servant."

"Ise…"

"You're my master, a high-class devil while I was just a low-class, handicapped servant. I'm your Knight, but I'm still a servant no less. I thought you wouldn't return my feeling when I decide to say it to you, so I decided to keep it for myself and watch over you from behind." He then looked at Rias straight in the eyes "After Akeno-san confessed her feeling for me, I thought it might actually work for the two of us, since we're not that different from each other. I grew to like her a lot, and wanted to take my chance with her, I wanted to ask her out to see where it would go, and I had the feeling that she knew what I was about to ask… but you came and stopped me from doing so." He then lowered his head "I felt like I had betrayed her after what happened between the two of us."

"Ise…"

"Is it wrong to like two girls at the same time?" Issei asked softly "I like you, Rias, but my feeling for Akeno-san has become just as strong… I don't know what to do anymore."

"It's alright, Ise." Rias put her hands on his cheeks and lifted his head up so he could look at her "I'm so happy that you have the same feeling for me, that you like me too. I won't mind if you want to date Akeno, as long as you love me, it's alright." Issei widened his eyes in shock.

"But…"

"You're devil, Ise." She said "If you're okay with it, it's alright for you to have multi lovers."

"Rias…"

"It doesn't matter to me how many women you're in love with, I won't care as long as you love me, as your woman." She then smiled "Also, you don't have to worry too much about our status. I don't care if you're a low class or a mid-class devil, my feeling for you will always remain unchanged. Plus, if you feel you need to be my equal to have the right to love me, you can always raise your rank to high-class devil, remember?"

"Y-yeah…"

"Akeno… she's my best friend. I want her to feel happy, and it seems she has found a reliable stop from you, Ise. I want you to take good care of her, Ise, she has just as much troubles as anyone. If it's you, I'm sure she will finally find happiness."

"I will, Buc... I mean, Rias."

"Not just Akeno, but any girls who confess their love to you, you will accept them, Ise." Issei said firmly "Us female are usually attracted to male who are both strong and charming, like you… so I have the feeling that your harem isn't going to stop at the number of two. Promise me that you won't reject them, and acted the way you were yesterday." Issei closed his eyes and nodded his head quietly.

He was such a fool.

"We will finish this conversation later, Ise." Rias moved her head closer and kissed him softly "I love you."

What did he do to earn such passion from his wonderful master, and her Queen? What good did they see from him?

End of chapter 19

Yagami's note: No note this time, my head is hurting like hell. I didn't get much rest today so my head is killing me right now, got to take an aspirin before coming to sleep.

I will put have an note in the next chapter. Hope you like this chapter

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