The next morning as Anthony and Kiyome headed towards school, who should they see on their way but Issei Hyoudou, alive and well, albeit looking a bit confused.

"So it looks like the reincarnation was a success." Kiyome said.

"Yeah." Anthony said, his face contorting in confusion. "But, where the hell is Rias?" Anthony didn't like what he was seeing one bit. Issei had just been killed last night by a girl he liked and now he was a devil, yet Rias and everyone from the ORC were nowhere to be seen. He was really getting angry with their behavior.

"You're right, this is strange." Kiyome added, placing a hand on her chin. "Do you think we should go over and say something?"

Anthony pondered it for a moment, and then shook his head. "No, not right now. If we were to say anything right now, Issei would be thinking about it all day at school, and then he might blurt out everything to an ordinary person putting them in danger. So for now, we'll leave him alone. But immediately after school I'll tell him the truth, no matter what Rias' position on the matter is." Anthony said with a tone of finality.

He was not going to let Issei suffer for no reason. For even if he was a devil, he still had his humanity.

"What, come on guys, you're messing with me right?!" Issei cried to his friends.

Class was in the middle of a break, so Issei decided to rub the fact he had a real girlfriend in the faces of his friends again, only to discover they had no clue who he was talking about.

"Huh, no way man." Motohama said, pushing up his glasses using a finger.

"Homie, you get hit in the head or somethin?" Mastuda asked.

The two of them looked at Issei with clueless expressions on their faces.

Issei had no idea what was going on. He had only just gone on his date with Yumma the other day, but now everyone was acting as if she didn't exist. He couldn't understand why, it was even stranger than the dream he had the other night, the horrible dream where Yumma said she wasn't human and tried to kill him, until figures showed up and saved him. That was one dream he never wanted to have again.

Issei would soon learn his dream was not a dream at all, but reality.

Thinking that his friends were just messing with him, Issei decided to quit messing around and pulled out his phone. He intended to pull up the picture of Yumma he had taken to show his friends, he didn't want them to perv out on his girlfriend, but he knew it was probably the only way to get them to stop with the act they were putting on. So reluctantly he searched for it, only to discover, the picture of Yumma he had taken was nowhere to be found on his phone. That only made Issei tilt his head in confusion.

From his desk, Anthony was glancing out of the corner of his eyes, watching all of this.

He remembered Yumma or Raynare as she's truly known. He also knew the reason no one else remembered her, they had had their memories scrubbed my magical means, and all traces of Yumma Amano had been erased thoroughly. Rias and the rest of the peerage had seen to that.

'Guess Rias isn't as incompetent as I first throught.' Anthony thought to himself. Still, he wasn't enjoying the way Rias was handling Isseis' situation at all.

"Ah, why won't you guys believe me?!" Issei yelled. "Yumma is real!" He fell to his knees, defeat and frustration written all over his face.

"Isn't that just sad?" Dan questioned. "Creating an imaginary girlfriend. I thought out of all the Perverted Trio, Issei would never be the one to stoop that low, ever."

"People surprise you." Yuki said, turning a page in his light novel.

"Hey guys come on," Anthony said. "Cut Issei some slack. Who knows, maybe there's some truth to his story."

Dan and Yuki eyed Anthony like he was crazy, but he kept a blank expression on his face the entire time they did so. He's a master of not giving things away without a fight.

"Oh, and what makes you say that?" Dan asked.

"Nothing, just a feeling is all." Anthony responded.

"I see." Yuki said. "Well, whatever you say."

"Yeah, what Yuki just said." Dan said.

Anthony was glad he had dodged that bullet. He then glanced at Issei once more, knowing for sure now he was making the right decision where he was regarded.

The truth needed to come out.

School had ended for the day, as such Anthony was about to put his plan into motion, explaining the supernatural to Issei.

Once Issei had left the school grounds, Anthony began secretly following him alone, Kyomei unable to accompany him since she had tennis club today.

Then after following Issei for some time and periodically checking the area to make sure they were truly along, Anthony decided it was time. "Hey Issei!" He shouted, causing Issei to stop in his tracks and turn around, tilting his head slightly.

"Kusha, what do you want?" Issei inquired, having no clue why such a pretty-boy with a smoking hot older girlfriend was even striking up a conversation with him.

"About that." Anthony walked closer to Issei, and then said the magic words. "Yumma Amano."

Issei's face lit up when he heard that name.

"Anthony, you-you remember Yumma," Issei asked, pointing and finger Anthony, who nodded in confirmation.

"Yeah, I do. Also, that "event" that took place the other night, you remember it right?"

Isseis' shock only became more pronounced as Anthony referred to something he only thought of as a dream. Then a single thought crossed his mind.

"That wasn't a dream the other day was it. Yumma, and me d-dying?" Issei question, a visible shiver racing across his body, Anthony nodding his head in confirmation once again.

"Yeah, that was no dream. It's all true. Raynare, the fallen angels, you dying, all of it. And there's so much more."

Anthony was about to continue on, until he sensed a barrier being created around him and Issei. When he did, he dropped his school bag, and summoned his Gigantis dagger, entering a defensive position, Issei now in full blown confusion.

"Kusha, what's happening here?" Issei asked, looking at the sky to find its color had changed, just like on the night that Yumma had stabbed him in the chest. Remembering it, he clutched his gut, a phantom pain appearing.

"Just stay close to me, and do exactly what I tell you." Anthony said, noticing Issei clutching his gut. "Also don't worry, you're not gonna die again, I promise."

"Heh, don't make promises you can't keep boy." A voice familiar said to Anthony, coming from all around him and Issei.

In the next second, black feathers began to fall from the sky, the accompanying flap of wings soon after. Appearing in the air in front of the pair was none other than Dohaseek, the fallen angel Anthony had faced off against the other day.

'The one that helped Raynare escape.' Anthony thought. He actually found his current situation to be working in his favor now.

"A fallen angel," Issei shouted, eyeing Dohaseek, "just like Yumma."

"Raynare Issei, her real name is Raynare." Anthony emphasized, never taking his eyes off Dohaseek. "But yeah, he's a fallen angel. Just what we need." Anthony stepped forward a bit. "Hey fedora bastard, I've got some questions for you. Like, what are you planning and where's that bondage bitch hanging out?"

"Such arrogance." Dohaseek raged. "A low-class like you has no right to question me about such things! Prepare to die!" Dohaseek held out his hand, a light spear forming in his grasp. Taking hold of it he threw it at Anthony, the spears trajectory aiming straight for his skull.

"Kusha!" Issei screamed in horror.

Anthony just remained calmed and raised his hand, catching the spear at the last second.

(Negate)

Fafnirs' voice rang out, negating the poisoning effects of the light spear upon Anthony once again. When it was finished, Anthony flipped the spear over in his hand and hurled it back at Dohaseek, the fallen calling for another spear and using it to slice in half the spear thrown at him.

But in that split second Anthony was able to launch off his foot and close the distance, delivering a slash across Dohaseeks' chest with his Gigantis dagger.

"Gah!" Dohaseek screamed, Anthony not caring in the slightest as he delivered a fire clad kick to Dohaseeks' face, sending him crashing into the ground. Anthony following behind him.

Creating small cracks on the pavement as he landed on his back Dohaseek was angered even more than earlier, at a devil and a low-class one at that getting the best of him, he couldn't stand it.

So raising his hand he conjured forth multiple light spears, launching everyone of them at Anthony. "Haha, now die devil scum," Dohaseek eagerly laughed as his barrage of spears raced towards Anthony who was still in mid-air.

Seeing the spears racing towards him, Anthony instantly knew what he had to do. Unfurling his devil wings he flew down in the direction of Dohaseek, using his knight's speed to avoid the spear barrage to the best of his current abilities. Even so, a few of the spears hit their mark, some tearing into Anthonys' wings, while others pierced his body, however they all missed his vital spots.

And every time a light spear did make contact, Fafnirs' voice rang out from the Gigantis dagger.

(Negate Negate Negate)

Fafnirs' voice resounded through the silent alley, Anthony finally having closed the distance to Dohaseek, a look of complete astonishment on his face because of Anthonys' recent actions.

"Are you insane?" Dohaseek couldn't resist saying, Anthony showing a smirk in response to the question.

"Who knows? But you'll never know." Anthony said. Only separated from Dohaseek by a few inches, Anthony took the Gigantis dagger, which he had coated in fire, and stabbed it into Dohaseeks' chest, a torrent of flames exploding from the origin point all across the fallen angel's body.

"Wuh!" Dohaseek roared as the flames consumed him. Not wanting to go down like this, he attempted to summon forth another barrage of light spears to skewer himself with Anthony.

Only for Anthony to notice, and poke two fingers into Dohaseeks eye's, breaking his concentration, making him wale even louder than he already was. He then quickly removed the Gigantis dagger from Dohaseek's side and stabbed in sideways in the throat, the battle ending with that move.

Dohaseek went silent, the fallen angel dead.

And after waiting a few moments just to make sure, Anthony stood up from Dohaseek's body and moved to the side, snapping his fingers, the corpse lightning ablaze once more, the rest of the body burning away into nothingness.

"Damn kid, that took some balls." Fafnir said, elation in his voice, happy at the way his partner has just handled the fight. In his eyes it meant Anthony was already stronger than when he first awakened. A wonderful thing.

"Yeah thanks." Anthony responded, leaning on the wall near him. The wounds from the battle were shallow, but he was still losing blood, as such he felt a bit woozy. So he decided to use the wall to steady himself.

And while Anthony was doing that, Issei was standing exactly where he was when the battle had started, his mouth agape, no words to describe what he had just witnessed.

That is when the attention of the two boys was drawn by a bright red light in the center of the alley.

It was a teleportation circle that produced none other than Rias Gremory, and Akeno Himjeima.

Taking a look around the area, both girls instantly knew what had happened, but for confirmation they turned towards Anthony.

"Right." He said, pushing himself up off the wall. "The gist of it is, I was going to tell Issei about the supernatural, the fallen Dohaseek showed up, he attacked us, we got in a battle, and that's his charring corpse on the ground. So, any question?" Anthony crossed his arms and raised a questioning brow.

"No, none right now." Rias said. In truth she wanted to ask Anthony what he thought he was doing, telling Issei about the supernatural, but given that he had just saved him and killed one of the fallen in her territory, she decided to leave it alone for tomorrow. Especially when she saw the wounds that littered both his body and wings. This caused her sense of guilt to flare up.

As for Akeno, seeing Anthony wounded, she felt a tug in her chest that she had never felt before. And she didn't dislike it.

As for Issei, he walked up to the three and asked, "Sorry, but can someone explain to me what's going on here?" He still had no clue exactly what was happening in front of him.

"Oh, right." Rias said. "Akeno," she turned to her, "Please escort Anthony and Issei home, I'll take care of things for tonight."

"Yes, Rias." Akeno promptly answered. She walked over to Anthony, allowing him to lean on her once again.

This caused the feeling in her chest to grow even bigger.

Once Anthony had secured a comfortable position, he told Akeno, "Thank you. Sorry for always getting hurt."

"No problem, that just means I get to heal you again. Fufu," Akeno lightly laughed, Anthony feeling another hectic morning in his future.

All the while, Issei was only getting more confused. He really wanted someone to explain the situation to him, before he went insane.

"Shit! Shit! Shit!" Raynare cursed over and over again, a look of pure rage on her face.

She had just received a troubling report from one of her subordinates. Not only was Issei Hyoudou alive and well, but he was now a part of the Gremory household. Adding to her displeasure, Dohaseeek had been killed by Gremorys' knight who had intervened with her and Issei the other day. Overall, her plans were going to shit, and she was not happy in the slightest.

"Fuck!" Raynare screamed, kicking over a nearby chair.

"Fufu, somebody's angry." Milett spoke in a sing-song voice, sitting on a nearby table, her legs dangling back and forth, leisure in her posture.

Raynare turned to her and snarled out, "Shut up Milett! I seem to remember you also faced off against Gremory's newest knight as well. Be glad you didn't meet the same fate at Dohaseek."

At that Milett could only shiver, remembering her encounter with Anthony from the previous night, the action bringing a smile to Raynares' face.

"Yeah, that's what I thought." Raynare moved to take a seat in a chair she hadn't destroyed. "Regardless, despite the mishaps, our plan will still succeed, after all, we still have an ace in the hole." Raynare sent a smirk towards her last fallen angel companion, the woman Anthony had completed his first contract with. "Isn't that right, Kalawarner?"

"Yes, that's right." Kalawarner answered.

Raynare then let out a crazed laugh upon hearing Kalawaner's answer.

The following day after the fight with Dohaseek, Anthony found Rias finally getting serious about instructing Issei in the supernatural.

That morning he saw her accompany him to school, all the students cursing Issei to death as he did so, a look of utter confusion on Isseis' face the entire time.

Even Dan fell to his knees in tears, Anthony consoling him, letting him know everything was going to be ok.

Then once classes ended, Kiba came by Anthony's classroom, told by Rias to escort both him and Issei to the club room, Anthony following along, dragging Issei with him, hinting that all he saw last night would be explained to him.

That got Issei to shut up and follow along.

The three then made their way to the ORC building, and entered the clubroom, Koneko eating sweets on one of the couches as usual, while Akeno was preparing some tea. As for Rias…

Anthony and Issei heard the sound of running water. Curiously the two looked in the direction of it, and saw none other than Rias, taking a shower in the back of the clubroom.

Issei perved out trying to sneak a peek, while Anthony could only release a small sigh and bring a hand down over his face.

Deciding not to deal with it further, Anthony took a seat and pulled out his phone, playing a game until Rias had finished her business.

A few moments later, the water stopped running, and Rias stepped out of the curtain, all of her bare for everyone to see.

Issei attempted to sneak a peek, only for Koneko to deliver a punch directly to his gut, causing him to keel over in agony.

Anthony just averted his eyes.

"Sorry about that," Rias said, beginning to put on her clothes, "I didn't have time to shower after gym class today."

"I'm just wondering, why do we have a shower in the clubroom in the first place?" Anthony asked, having lifted up his head now that Rias was mostly dressed.

"Just because." Rias answered.

"Of course." Anthony said. He didn't even know why he bothered anymore.

"Anyway, let's get started shall we?" Rias said, now fully dressed again. She took a seat on her desk, crossing her legs.

And then like when Anthony joined she explained it all in detail. The supernatural, the Great War, and sacred gears, and about Issei being a devil now, along with all the perks that came with it.

To no one's surprise Issei's eyes lit up when the topic of a harem came up. But Anthony also showed a bit of a shock, he could only guess this explained a few things he had experienced so far with Akeno. However, he had no clue how to feel about that yet, since up until a month ago he was a normal human being. He needed more time to process it all.

Then once the explanation was finished, it finally came time for Issei to summon his sacred gear.

"Alright, here I go." Issei performed an action, a flash of light engulfing him. And when it ended, on his left wrist was a red gauntlet.

"Hahaha, I fucking called it!" Fafnir yelled in utter elation.

"Eh, what the hell is that?!" Issei asked, shocked about hearing another voice in the room when no one was talking.

"That's Fafnir, the spirit that lives within my sacred gear." Anthony explained. "Now as for why he's so happy, Fafnir please explain."

"No problem partner. The reason as to why I'm so happy is because I sense his energy. Boys and girls, you are looking at this generation's owner of the Boosted Gear!"

For the people who knew about the supernatural, Fafnirs' revelation sent a wave of surprise across the entire room. Except for Issei, who looked just as confused as before.

"Fafnir, how sure are you of this?" Anthony asked, still skeptical. He just couldn't wrap his head around a pervert like Issei possessing the power to slay a god, if he did his head might very well explode.

"As sure as I am that you and Kiyome will be together forever." Fafnir quipped. "But on a totally serious note, I'm 100% percent sure. Ddraig may not have awakened fully yet, and it might be faint, but I'll never forget that energy signature no matter where I end up. That's the red one alright."

"I see then." Anthony held his head and looked at Issei who was utterly confused. His head is now close to exploding.

Walking home that night after explaining everything to Issei and welcoming him to the ORC, Anthony still couldn't wrap his head around it.

Issei becoming a god-slayer.

No matter how hard he tried he couldn't picture it at all.

He wondered if the universe had made some sort of mistake.

And as he did so, he sensed a barrier being thrown up around him, fowling up his mood. Summoning his Gigantis dagger he called out, "Alright, just come out and let's get this over with! My day's been hectic enough, so I want to get this over with quickly!"

Anthony really is not in the mood for this tonight.

After Anthonys' call, black feather began to fall from the sky, and the fallen angel appeared. But it was a person Anthony had never expected to see.

"K-kala?" Anthony murmured in disbelief.

Floating in the air in front of him was his first client and contract Kala, only now she's dressed in a one piece skin-tight brown suit that shows off her chest and legs without reservation, a pair of fallen angel wings extending out of her back.

"Actually my full name is Kalawarner. And also, sorry."

Kalwarner then summoned a light spear in her hands and raced toward Anthony.

A/N

Cliffhanger once again!

So, only two more chapters in the first arc, that's what I'm trying to do. They may be a bit longer than my other chapters but I think that's fine. This is my OCs story after all, and pretty soon we'll begin to learn more about Anthony himself, especially during the Riser arc. I've got a plan for that one.

Anyway, please review and comment as always.

Anthony's Harem: Kiyome Abe, Nero, Kalawarner, Xenovia, Akeno, Kuroka, Valerie, Lavina Reni, Fianna Ordesia, Ingvild Leviathan, Grafiya

Issei's Harem: Rias, Asia, Ravel, Irina, Koneko, Emhilde, Rossweisse