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.

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 24

"Ah, here you are, Ise-kun!" A smile crossed Akeno Himejima's lips as she saw the boy she had feelings for jumping down from the rooftop of the opposite building before landing in front of her after making sure that there was no one around to see him doing feats that were almost impossible for normal human.

"I'm here." Issei smiled to the black haired maiden before asking while dusting his clothes "Sorry I'm late, did I make you wait, Akeno-san?"

"Of course you did not, Ise-kun." Akeno smiled while shaking her head. Actually, she had arrived ten minutes before Issei, but she believed he didn't need to know that, as he had already had so much to worry about "Well, shall we?" Akeno asked, opening her arms for him.

"Of course." The Knight chuckled and lowered his body down to pick Akeno up bridal style, with one arm under her knee and the other around her back. Letting the busty priestess of thunder secure herself against his chest and wrap her arms around his neck, Issei then took a leap and jumped over the tall fence of Kuoh Academy, gracefully landing on the other side without making a sound "Here you go, milady." Issei said with a respectful tone while gently lowering Akeno down to the ground, causing her to giggle wholeheartedly.

"What a gentleman you are, Issei-kun!" She said before leaning over and kissed him on the cheek "You deserve a reward." Issei could only smile as he rubbed the spot Akeno's lips had touched. Clicking her fingers, Akeno summoned two magical flashlights, which could force ethereal spirits to become visually visible, and gave one to Issei "Let's go Issei." With a nod of his head, the two of them headed into the school, and started searching for the ghost of Jito Empress.

It had become a nightly routine for Issei and the other member of Rias' peerage, ever since they found out from Hayato that there was a high chance Jito's spirit was wandering around Kuoh Academy. Every night, Issei would come to the school with Akeno, who would cast a spell that could detect 'ghostly energy' to help them, and patrolled around the school with her, looking for possible paranormal activities. However, he had spent three nights searching every corner of Kuoh Academy and still the spirit of Jito empress was nowhere to be found.

If the empress' spirit was truly wandering around Kuoh, then it would make a pretty creepy story. Rias and Akeno had been staying at the academy for three years, and they had never found any abnormal activities of ghosts inside the school. It actually freaked Asia out when Kiba joked about the possibility of having the empress sitting next to them in the clubroom, watching and listening to their conversations.

"I don't think we will be able to find her like this, Issei-kun." Akeno spoke up when they were walking through the hallways of the third floor. They had been looking for her for one hour, and still they hadn't had much luck doing that.

"Yeah, you are right…" Issei nodded his head in agreement "but it's still better than doing nothing." Issei said as she looked into one of the classrooms, his classroom. "Maybe she doesn't want me to find her." He said and walked to another classroom, with Akeno following shortly behind him "She's the creator and first wielder of Sugari no Ontachi. The sword will answer to her wishes."

"So, you are saying that…"

"Yeah, maybe the reason I cannot use the sword isn't because it doesn't trust me anymore, but because Jito-sama doesn't want me to." Issei nodded his head while sighing longingly. He had thought very carefully about that yesterday, and had come to that conclusion after awhile "I guess she has the right to stop me from using her weapon. I killed her with my own hands, after all."

"You were possessed, Issei-kun." Akeno shook her head, denying his statement.

"But it was still my fault. I didn't remember what triggered it, but it was my fault letting it take over my body."

"You were just a child back then, Issei-kun." Akeno immediately caught up to him and grabbed his hand, stopping him "I didn't know what happened, not that I could do anything to change it for you, but I believe it's not your fault and you didn't want to do it." She smiled at him, putting a hand on his cheek "We will definitely find her, Issei-kun, and when that happens, I will help you convince her to forgive you and give you the permission to use her sword once again."

"Thank you, Akeno-san." Issei smiled, nodding his head "I can never ask for a better friend than you are."

"Just a friend?" Akeno asked as she took her hand back, playfully glaring at him.

"Ah, now that you have mentioned it," Issei spoke up thoughtfully before looking at her straight in the eyes "there is something I want to tell you Akeno-san. It's about…"

Thump!

"What was that?"

However, before he could finish that, they both heard the sound of something hitting the floor at the other side of the hallway. Giving each other a meaningful look, Issei and Akeno immediately headed to that direction, stealthily moving without making even the slightest sound. Standing behind a corner, Issei and Akeno made sure they had had a good hiding spot, before the Knight moved his head slightly forward to look at the area in front of them.

His eyes widened in surprise and hope when he saw a slender shadow, which appeared to be female, and wore a skirt to boost.

The shadow walked around for a moment, before heading to the stairs that led down to the second floor.

"This feeling…" Akeno muttered before calling out "Wait Issei-kun, it's…" It was too late. Issei had already shot out from their hiding spot and moved with godlike speed toward the shadow in hope of catching up with her.

"KYAAA!" However, before he could even grab the girl, she screeched in horror and jumped violently in shock. In a split second, the scenery in front of him went white, and when he could see clearly again, the girl had already disappeared if she was never there in the first place.

"Wha…" Issei looked around, and saw her shaking fearfully in a nearby corner while holding her knees close to her body.

"Don't get angry! Don't get angry! Please don't hit meeeeeeeee!" The girl shouted, and with that, Issei realized she was not the ghost he was looking for.

Then much to his surprise, Akeno turned off the light of her flashlight and approached the girl while saying gently.

"There there, it's alright." She kneeled down next to her "No one is going to hurt you."

"A…Akeno-sempai?"

Out of instinct, Issei pointed his flashlight at them, and saw a girl around the same age as Koneko with platinum blonde hair and pinkish-violet eyes. Her hair was styled in short bob cut with several small fringes over her forehead and, much to Issei's surprise, she had pointed ears. She was wearing Kuoh Academy girl's school uniform with thigh-high socks, but Issei was sure that he had never seen her before in his high school life.

"KYAA!" The girl screamed and tried to run away, but Akeno kept her down with one hand on her shoulder.

"Issei-kun, turn that light away." Akeno turned her head around to tell that to him while using her hand to block the light away from her eyes.

"Oh, I'm so sorry." Issei said apologetically and quickly turned off his flashlight. With his devilish eyesight, Issei could clearly in the dark.

"Who is this person!?" The girl asked loudly, pointing at Issei.

"He is one of Buchou's new servants. You haven't met him or the other three, Gasper-kun." Aside from the fact that Akeno was telling Gasper he was Rias' new servant, Issei couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at the way Akeno was addressing the 'girl'. As far as he concerned, in the western countries, Gasper was a common name for men, and 'kun' was a suffix that was normally used to friendlily address them in Japanese, even though in some people still used it to address girls.

And so, it didn't take long for Issei to put two and two together, and came to a single, most feasible conclusion about that Gasper.

Gasper was a cross-dressing boy, a very cute cross-dressing boy.

It must be his hobby, so Issei was not going to judge. He had many hobbies too, which he had developed recently.

"Him and the other three? The members has increased by a lot!?" Gasper fearfully said, Akeno could only nod her head while smiling softly.

Not just cross-dressing but he also behaved like a girl as well, Issei nodded his head and took a mental note about that.

"C'mon Gasper-kun, let me and Issei-kun take you back to your room." The black haired Queen said. Looking at her and then at Issei for a moment as if he wasn't sure what to do, the cross-dressing boy nodded his head before standing up with Akeno "Ise-kun, can you carry that box for us?" Akeno asked, looking at Issei.

Looking around, it didn't take it long for Issei to find a box lying on the floor next to him, which was probably the object that had fallen to the floor and made that sound. Picking it up, the Knight took a glance and saw several drivers as well as other equipments that could be found inside a CPU of a computer.

What was he doing in the academy in the middle of the night with so many computers' equipments like that? And what did Akeno mean when she said his room? Issei was so confused that he could only follow the two of them in silence.

"I shouldn't have come out." Gasper said when they walked into the old school building "I know it's better to stay inside forever." He muttered.

"Now now, please don't say that Gasper-kun." Akeno giggled, gently patting the boy's back as they stopped in front of the room that was always closed in the first floor of the building. Issei had always wondered why that room was close all the time. Putting her hand on the door, Akeno casted a spell and opened it, revealing a room that was even darker than the outside world. Accepting the box from Issei, Akeno then handled it to him while saying "I will see you later. Buchou will fill you in the detail later, okay?" Nodding his head, the boy slammed the door shut without another word.

"Who was that?" Issei finally asked, looking at the sealed door.

"Well, I guess I owe you an explanation, don't I?" Akeno giggled softly as she turned to look at him "That boy name is Gasper Vladi, and he's Rias' first Bishop." Issei widened his eyes in surprise. So he was the member who couldn't participate in the match between them and Raiser "That kid possesses a sacred gear that allows him to stop the time of everything in his field of vision for a fixed interval of time."

"Stopping time?" Issei could only gasp in shock.

"Yes, but he cannot control his sacred gear, so by the orders of the Archduke and Maou, Sirzechs-sama, he was sealed away until Rias was strong enough to control him." Akeno nodded her head "Also before being reincarnated into a devil, he was a Dhamphir, a half vampire, half human."

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"Here, I baked some cookies for you, Issei-kun." Akeno said radiantly as she summoned a box of cookies with her magic, putting it on her lap and opened the top to reveal a dozen of well baked and delicious looking cookie. After Akeno had made sure the door of Gasper's room had been locked with sealing spells, the two Queen and Knight had moved to the Occult Research Club's clubroom to take a break and call it a night.

"Thank you, Akeno-san." Issei smiled and accepted the cookie from Akeno. Taking a bite, Issei spent his time enjoying it before swallowing "It's very delicious."

"I'm so glad." Akeno smiled beautifully as she clapped her hands together in front of her chest "Here, have another one."

"Akeno-san, if you don't mind me asking, what happened to Gasper?" Issei asked curiously "I mean… How did he…die?"

"I believe that will be a story for Rias to tell you, Issei-kun." Akeno said slowly with a gentle smile.

"I see…" Issei nodded his head in understanding "So how long have he been staying there?"

"For two years, as you can see he doesn't like the outside world much. To tell you the truth, I was surprised to see him out there tonight." Akeno answered "But don't underestimate him, he is currently the one who has the most success with making contracts out of any of us by using his computer."

"For real?" Issei asked, chuckling softly "So he has a super computer in his room or something?"

"Kind of. You saw the box, didn't you" The Knight nodded his head "He must have bought it online for his computer, but maybe the delivery person couldn't go into the school, they had to leave it outside and forced him to leave his room to get it." They both laughed softly at that. "But that is enough about our Hikikomori" Akeno then leaned forward and asked interestingly "Issei-kun, what were you trying to tell me again?"

"Oh yeah, I have been thinking recently about what you told me a few months ago." Issei finished his snack and took a deep breath "Akeno-san, do you like me?" Akeno was rather surprised by his straight-forwardness, but she smiled nonetheless.

"Of course I like you, Ise-kun." She answered honestly.

"No, I mean, do you…" But before the young man could finish asking his question, Akeno placed her hands on his cheeks and turned his face toward her, giving him the gentle smile she was so famous for.

"So you want to hear something different? Do you want to hear the word love coming from me?" Akeno asked, tilting her head to the side "Didn't I tell you before when we were training your lightning resistance?"

"I don't..." However, yet again before he could finish, Akeno leaned her body forward and, with her hands still holding his cheeks, pressed her lips firmly against his, kissing him softly. It took Issei a second to fully realize what she was doing, and when his mind finally caught up with it, Issei couldn't help but kiss her back, feeling her smile as they moved their lips against each other. The Knight of Gremory wasn't surprised when the Akeno was the one who took the league, but he actually amazed by how soft the kiss they were sharing was, given Akeno's personalities.

The kiss happened for a total of ten seconds, but both Issei and Akeno felt it last much longer than that. Akeno was the one who made the retreat, slowly sitting back and opening her eyes to look at him before giving him a smile that was so beautiful he felt his heart melt away.

"Was that enough to answer all the questions you wanted to ask me?"

"Y-yeah, it was." Issei nodded his head, forcing a smile to his face.

"You know, you are a very lucky man, to have the first kisses of two beautiful young ladies." The lightning priestess said, one hand left his cheek but the other slid down to his neck and Akeno gently touched his lips with her thumb "And such an amazing kisser too, bet that you have had a lot of trainings with Rias, haven't you?"

"I…" He stopped, remembering what Rias had told him, and decided to tell it to Akeno "I have talked to Bu… Rias, she said it was fine for devils… for me to have multi lovers." Akeno widened her eyes in surprise, but Issei believed it wasn't because of what he was telling her.

"Ara, I guess you and Rias have really gotten to that point."

It took a moment for Issei to understand what she said, and he could only chuckle nervously while saying "Um, yeah, but that's not what I wanted to say." Fully turning toward the black haired young woman, he continued "What I wanted to say is that… I know that you love me, a lot, Akeno-san, and I also really like you and want to return your feeling but I love Rias and she said she loved me too. I don't want to hurt any of you, you both are very important to me." He then grabbed her hands, which she put on her lap "I wanted to try out a relationship with you, Akeno-san. I was about to ask you to go out with me, but..." Issei said, trying to find the right words to explain it to Akeno. Every word he had planned to tell Akeno, every answer he had prepared to answer her and everything that he had prepared for this moment… flew out of the windows the moment he opened his mouth to talk.

Fortunately for him, he didn't have to continue because Akeno decided to speak up at that moment "So, basically, you want to tell me that you want to date both me and Rias, at the same time?"

"Y-yes… of course, if that's okay with you." Issei stated uncomfortably. He didn't know how Akeno would feel about that, but it was the only solution he had at the moment, to answer the feelings the girls had for him, without hurting any of them.

Then, much to his surprise, a huge smile broke out on Akeno's face and shortly after that she started laughing, while trying to hide her laughter behind the back of her hand "Ara ara, Issei-kun, what a greedy man you are!"

"I… uh… I don't…"

"Oh relax, I was teasing you, there is no need for you to try to reason with me." Akeno shook her head before smiling gently "So, Rias has agreed to share you with me? Doesn't sound like her at all, but I will respect her decision. I guess it's only fair, for both of us."

"So…" Issei said slowly while scratching the back of his head "Will you go out with me, Akeno-san?"

There was a second of silence between them; then Akeno broke it with the answer he was hoping to hear "Of course yes, I will go out with you, Issei-kun."

"Thank you, Akeno-san." Issei smiled, nodding his head with his own smile. However, he still had some doubt, so he decided to ask her "But… is this really okay with you? You don't have to say yes just because…"

"To tell you the truth, Issei-kun, being the second is usually much better than the first, you know." Akeno stated with a smile while stroking his cheeks "It really doesn't matter to me, I'm fine with being your second girlfriend, because usually, the first one have this…" She placed a hand on his chest, where his heart was. However, it only rested there for a moment. Issei was unable to do anything when Akeno slid her hands down his pants and slowly trailed her fingers dangerously around area of his crotch "but the second will have this all for herself." She then leaned forward and whispered sexually into his ears "Just imagine all the fun we can have, Issei-kun… all the naughty stuffs we can do to each other."

Issei could only gulp nervously…

But yes, he could definitely imagine.

End of Chapter 24

Yagami's note: My deepest apology for taking so long to deliver this chapter everyone. Particularly, I used to not have that much interest in High School in DxD anymore, and I kinda lose the inspiration to write new chapters for this story (even though it was dedicated to my late friend, inspirations are still very important to keep on writing). But now that Season 4 of DxD anime is almost out, I have found my previous excitement for the Light Novel.

I hope you like this chapter, even though it's a bit short. I wanted it to be longer, but I kinda want to write Issei's first meeting with Valenne to happen in the next chapter, right after the pool cleaning scene. I'm also a bit busy with University at the moment, so this is the best that I can deliver at the moment.

That's all I want to say.

As usual, READ and REVIEW.

New chapters for my other stories are being worked on, so stay tune for the next update.

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Ja ne!