It was just another day at school, Anthony heading straight to the ORC room after school to do his devil work, or so he thought. But when he arrived, Rias had a big announcement geared toward him, Asia, and Issei specifically.
"You three, you're getting familiars." Rias plainly stated, causing all three of them to look at her with confusion. "Alright let me explain," Rias said, seeing the obvious confusion at her words. "You see familiars are creatures that devils form contracts with in order for aid. They generally handle menial tasks, such as putting up flyers, gathering information, and even some of the stronger ones aid their masters in battle. It all depends on the familiar you want and how badly you want it. For example, take mine." Rias snapped her fingers, and then a magic circle appeared, and out of it came a small bat-like creature, who rested itself on Rias' desk.
"This little guy is my familiar." Rias explained, before snapping her fingers once again, her familiar disappearing through a magic circle.
Everyone now had a clearing understanding of the situation.
But before anyone could say anything in response, a knock was heard on the doors of the clubroom.
"Oh, it seems they've arrived." Rias said.
"And who would they be?" Anthony asked no one in particular.
"The other devil group of the school." Akeno answered.
"Thanks." Anthony said, having already suspected there were more devils at Kuoh than just Rias's group. During school hours he would train his sensing abilities, and he found that he could faintly senses the traces of other supernatural beings within the school grounds, but he was never able to pin anything down. Now after today, he wouldn't have to.
The doors to the clubroom swung open, and the ones who entered were the student council of Kuoh academy.
The one leading them was a girl with black hair in a bob-cut fashion, her violet eyes hidden behind a pair of red glasses, and although her chest was more on the small side, she still had a curvaceous body. This was Sona Shitori, the current Kuoh academy student council president, and devil.
"Rias, a pleasure as always." Sona said, walking up to her old friend.
"Same to you Sona." Rias happily said. "It's a shame we don't get together more often."
"Yes well, we both have important matters to attend to, so it can't be helped." Sona retorted, a bit of an undertone in her voice.
No one should've been able to catch it, but Anthony did.
'Not touching that one.' He thought, as his face held a blank expression the entire time the two presidents exchanged greetings.
Then once they finished, Sona turned to him, Issei, and Asia, and then said, "Greetings you three, I'm Sona Shitori, but my real name is actually Sona Sitri, a devil heiress just like Rias."
"No way, really?" Issei asked, completely stunned. "I had no idea."
"Me neither." Asia said.
"Same for me." Anthony said.
"Really Mr. Kusha, even though you've been trying to sense our energies for the last few weeks." Sona said, adjusting her glasses, everyone looking towards Anthony for an explanation.
"Hey, I was just training a bit, nothing more and nothing less." Anthony easily stated. "Though I will admit, I never expected such a development, it's quite interesting."
Satisfied with his answer, everyone turned their attention away from Anthony.
"Yes well, moving on, I would like to introduce my newest member to you all as well." Sona stated, only for her newest peerage to come up himself.
"Names Saji Genshirou, a pleasure to me you." Saji stated, his introduction oozing with overconfidence.
"Hey man, nice to meet you, name's Issei Hyodou." Issei said, extending his hand for Saji to shake, only for Saji to throw him a sardonic smile.
"Yeah I know who you are Mr. Pervert. Now let me tell you something, stay out of my way and things will be fine, got that." Saji haughtily said, only for Anthony to take a huge sigh afterwards, drawing Sajis' glare. "And what are you sighing about Kusha?"
"Oh nothing, just a guy with too much hubris that will be his undoing." Anthony stated, sending Saji a small smirk. "Other than that, nothings wrong."
Issei couldn't stifle his laughter as Anthony messed with Saji, Saji himself left speechless.
"Hey now what's that's supposed to mean?!" Saji angrily asked Anthony. "I'll have you know, I took up four pawns. How many pieces did the two of you take up?"
"Well I only took up a single knight piece," Anthony's answer only made Sajis' smirk grow wider, "however, Issei took up eight pawns, not to mention he possesses a longinus sacred gear." He finished, his words making the smirk fall off Saji's face.
"Eight pawns." Saji murmured, Anthony nodding.
"It's true Saji." Sona said, stepping in. "Hyoudou is that valuable a piece. Not to mention Anthony himself possesses a sacred gear with the dragon Fafnir sealed inside of it. So while he only took up a single knight piece, I'd rate his potential growth just as high as Hyodou's."
The more Saji heard, the more he fell into despair.
Until Asia went over to him and placed a hand on his shoulders. "Am Saji, please don't get so down," she said, Saji looking up, his entire body reinvigorated with a single glance.
"Yes of course. Asia right." Saji said, flashing Asia a cheesy smile.
That's when Issei stepped in and grabbed onto Sajis' wrist, a smile on his face, but was strained. "Saji, back off of Asia right now or your dead meat."
"That's some tough talk Hyoudou, but this had nothing to do with you so back off." Saji said, still smiling.
While imaginary sparks were flying between the two boys, Asia was trapped in the middle, none the wiser.
It wasn't until a moment later with the intervention of Rias and Sona that everyone settled down.
"Sorry about that," Rias apologized.
"No, it was Saji who was in the wrong first, so we'll take the blame." Sona said.
The matter was then settled.
"Now then Sona, what have you come here today to discuss." Rias asked, getting down to the heart of the matter.
Sona adjusted her glasses. "I would've thought it was obvious Rias. The familiar forest, of course."
A visible tension permeated the air at the mention of the familiar forest.
"Come now Sona, don't you think you're being a bit unfair. Unlike you I have three new peerage members, whereas you only have one. Therefore, I should get the right to go to the forest this time around." Rias explained, Sona giving her a sharp look.
"But by that logic, since I only have one new recruit, then it makes more sense for me to go this time around, seeing as your newbies may not even find anything they want to partner with." Sona retorted, the fires of competition rising between the two devil heiresses.
As this was happening, Anthony moved closer to Akeno and whispered to her, "So is the familiar forest really that big a deal?"
"It is." She answered. "For devils, we can only enter the familiar forest once a month during the full moon, so if we miss this chance, we'll have to wait an entire month for another chance." She explained, Anthony nodding his head in understanding. "Add to that Rias and Sona are childhood friends who have a heated rivalry and you get what you see before you."
"Interesting." Anthony whispered.
Sona adjusted her glasses once again. "Well Rias, since we can't come to an agreement, I guess there's only one thing left to do."
"Right you are, Sona." Rias responded.
Anthony had a feeling things were about to get overly complicated.
Anthony's instincts were right on point, as the next day, a huge crowd had formed around the academy tennis courts, the reason being, Sona and Rias were facing off in a tennis match, along with Tsubaki and Akeno joining them, the winner getting the pass to the familiar forest for the month.
"Really, what even is this," Yuki asked, standing next to Anthony and everyone else, Kiyome joining them as well.
"It's a tennis match between the four great-onee sama's of the school Yuki, nothing more and nothing less." Dan answered, a lopsided grin on his face, as he used his phone to take pictures of Rias and the others.
The tennis outfits they were wearing did hardly anything to hide their bodies, almost as if they were wearing nothing at all.
"Well, at least we'll be able to see a good match. Probably," Anthony mused, looking at the serious look in the eyes of both Rias and Sona, not to mention he also checked out Akeno a bit, even though he was trying hard not to.
He was really thankful no one was paying too much attention to him.
"Anthony's right you know, it's sure to be a good match." Kiryuu said, adjusting her glasses. "By the way, the odds are five to one that Rias and Akeno will win."
"And let me guess, you're the one who started the pool?" Yuki deadpanned, earning him a smirk from Kiryuu.
"Who knows?" She answered.
"Ready, and begin!" The referee shouted, signalling the start of the match. Everyone then quieted down a bit to focus on it.
Sona served first, scoring one point for her team effortlessly. Rias of course didn't take that lying down, she served up a powerful serve that evened things up in an instant. Then once the first points had been scored, it was constant back and forth, points being earned by both sides, and skirts riding high along with clothes tightening from sweat. By the time it was match point, the boys were more focused on Rias and the others than they were on the content of the match itself.
"Oh, they're pretty good." Kiyome said. Unlike the boys, she was one of the few actually watching the match.
"Next point wins it Rias," Sona said, serving the ball.
"Don't need to tell me twice." Rias answered, serving back the ball to Sona's side, this time the ball infused with a small amount of POD.
Sona then returned the serve, infusing it with water magic.
Pretty soon, all four girls were infusing their rackets and the ball with magic, until everyone could see it, Anthony and Kiyome wanting to go out there and destroy those four idiots for using magic in front of humans so easily.
Luckily they didn't have to.
On Rias' next return serve, the magic in the tennis ball went overboard, exploding, destroying itself, the game net, and the clothes of all the girls on the court, revealing their bras and panties.
"URAGGGHHH!"
All the boys present yelled in happiness, an ocean of blood painting the Kuoh tennis courts on that afternoon.
"Wow, you know for a leader Rias, you're extremely dumb." Anthony said, looking at Rias and Akeno with cold gazes.
After the fiasco on the tennis courts earlier in the day, the girls had cleaned up, erasing the memories of them performing magic from the minds of the other students, and returning to their prospective club rooms But they weren't getting off that easily.
While Anthony scolded Rias and Akeno, Kiyome was scolding Sona and Tsubaki, the couple deciding they needed such discipline, after all if one person in the supernatural world was exposed, they all were. So it was more of their duty to scold the four dummies.
"Well, anything to say for yourselves?" Anthony questioned, his arms folded.
"No, nothing." Rias dejectedly said, her pride a bit damaged from her actions.
"Fufu, scold me more." Akeno happily said, her face a bit flushed. Her masochistic side was showing itself from Anthony's harsh words.
"Good, now let's move on." Anthony said, completely ignoring the fact that Akeno had asked him to scold her more.
For some strange reason, he was considering it.
"Right." Rias said, also ignoring her best friends current behavior. "So, with the tennis match a draw, me and Sona have decided to settle this with a dodgeball match, where all peerage members will participate."
"When will it take place?" Anthony asked.
"Tomorrow night" Rias answered. "We need to decide who will go to the familiar forest as fast as possible, we only have a few days left."
With that answer, Anthony knew what he was doing tomorrow night.
It was the next night and both peerages were in the Kuoh gym, dressed in gym uniforms. However Rias's team were wearing headbands, created by Issei to boost their spirits.
No one had any problem wearing them.
"Alright," Rias called, "Let's win!" She threw her fist into the air, followed by everyone else.
They then broke apart, spreading out on their side of the court, Sona's peerage doing the same. Once that was done, the game began.
Sona's group having the ball first, she infused it with water magic and then aimed it right at Rias, magic allowed in the dodgeball game since no spectators would be around this time.
Rias infused her palm with POD, then slapped the ball back, taking out Reya Kusaka, one of Sona's bishops.
With that, the match was on.
Asia was taken out first on Rias's side, but everyone knew that was for the best, given her disposition and personality. Then following that, it was a no holds bards battle, most of Sona's team aiming for Issei, particularly his private area to take him out of the game. This forced him to dodge all the attacks while crying in fear.
"What gives, why is everyone targeting me?" Issei screamed, Anthony catching the ball just as it was about to hit Isseis' face.
"Issei," Anthony placed the ball firmly in his grasp, "not to be an asshole, but you're the weakest of everyone here, even Asia is ranked higher right now than you in terms of overall use. Not to mention, you're a raging pervert, so of course the girls would be targeting you."
Issei fell deeper into despair at Anthony's words, while the girls of Sona's peerage were actually giving him smiles and thumbs up. He took it in stride.
Winding his arm back Anthony infused the ball in his hands with lightning magic, then tossed it with all his might, hitting Sona's knight Tomoe directly in the gut, blowing her back into the gym wall, knocking her out.
The ball then slowly rolled back into the field, everyone stunned at Anthony's display just now, except for Akeno who looked a bit flustered.
Everyone knew her reason.
"Huh, worked better than I thought." Anthony mused, moving his arm in a circular motion to make sure it stayed loose.
As for the ball it was picked up by Sona's rook. Tsubasa Yura, who eyed Anthony with vengeance in her eyes. "Tomoe, you will be avenged!" Tsubasa passionately shouted, she then tossed the ball into the air and kicked it with massive force in Anthony's direction, air forming around it as it raced toward him.
In response Anthony simply fell on his stomach, the super powered ball instead hitting Issei, right in his nuts.
He didn't make a sound as he fell to his knees, and the white of his eyes showed, foam beginning to seep from his mouth.
There was dead silence as Anthony and Kiba moved Issei off the field. Anthony wearing a wry smile.
'Damn, I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy, lightly I mean, lightly.' Fafnir spoke in Anthony's mind.
'Yeah, you and me both partner, you and me both.' Anthony thought.
Once Issei was properly moved off the field,Asia rushing to his side to begin healing (a fat lot of good it did) the game resumed, until finally the Gremory family won, Anthony taking out Sona for the wiin himself.
"Yes, we won." Rias cheered, jumping up and down.
"A deal is a deal, good game Rias." Sona said with ease, not showing the slightest bit of anger over losing the game.
The next night, the members of the ORC were all in the clubroom, standing upon a magic circle, looking ready to go, all except Anthony who looked like he had been put through a ringer.
"Hey Anthony, what's wrong?" Akeno asked, as Anthony stifled a yawn.
"Kiyome," Anthony whispered, answering her back. "When she found out we were going to the familiar forest things out…" He didn't even want to finish his sentence. Since Kiyome's family, the Abes were a family of beast tamers, they were always looking for ways to get into the familiar forest, seeing if they could tame any rare species. But as humans their chances to go were few and far between, the familiar forest a dangerous place in its own right. So when Anthony told Kiyome he was going last night, she began to list off a number of species he should be on the lookout for, both as danger and as potential familiars for himself.
The information had overloaded his brain, leading to his current state.
"Ah, I see," Akeno said, sending Anthony an apologetic smile which he greatly appreciated.
"Alright, everyone ready?" Rias asked, receiving nods from everyone. "Alright then, here we go."
The magic circle coming to life underneath their feet, the ORC was off to the familiar forest.
A moment after the magic circle lit up, the group found themselves not in the clubroom, but in a dark forest, populated with brush and old trees, the air itself a bit tense.
"This place is creepy as hell." Issei said, both Anthony and Asia nodding in agreement with his words.
"Well, it just looks that way, but trust me, give it a bit of time, and you'll find it's actually quite a nice place." Rias reassured them.
"Yeah, listen to red there." Fafnir said. "The Familiar Forest is an ok place, well except for breasts boy."
"Huh, why?" Issei asked Fafnir.
"It's because one of the dragon kings makes their home in this forest. Her name is Tiamat, and she has an old grudge against Ddraig, one he doesn't even remember, but she does clearly. And because you're his new host, you're also on her shit list. So once again, be careful kid."
"Dammit, why me?!" Issei cried, after Fafnir finished explaining why he needed to be extra careful.
"Issei you shouldn't worry about it too much, our guide should be arriving any moment." Rias said, giving Issei a pat on his head.
Then just as Rias finished talking, something jumped down from the tree tops and appeared in front of the group.
"Greeting everyone, how do you all be, it is I, the familiar master, at your service I be." A man said, with a beard, dressed up in strange ass clothing.
'What the fuck is a ryhminig Ash Ketchum doing here.' Anthony thought, taking in the familiar masters appearance. He could feel the headache coming on already.
"Hello there familiar master, we are the Gremory family." Rias said.
"Yes, I know who ye be, here for familiars on this night for three." The familiar master ryhmed again.
"Yes." Rias answered.
"Excellent, excellent, marvelous indeed. Now then, follow me, and you just may find the familiar you seek." The familiar master said, beginning his walk deeper into the forest.
Everyone followed behind him.
As they trudged deeper into the forest, the familiar master asked a question.
"Now then young ones, what kind of familiar do you seek? We have all kinds, fast, small, strong, just let me know and I will help you along." He ryhmed again.
"I want a beauty with big oppai." Issei stated, no one surprised at all.
"I would like a cute one." Asia said.
As for Anthony he ignored how irritating the familiar masters rhymes were getting and said, "I would like a familiar who is smart and curious."
"Yes, yes, I understand it all." The familiar master nodded his head. "Just leave it to me, and by the end of the night, we shall have familiars for each of you all."
Once again, Anthony was doing all he could not to strangle the familiar master.
The group continued to traverse the forest for some time, running tino a few species of creatures, but none that caught the eye of Anthony or the others. It was then they reached a lake, and the familiar master spoek up once again.
"In this lake lies the nymphs of the deep, their beauty able to put sailors in their final watery sleep."
Hearing about the nymphs, Issei's eyes lit up. "Hey, anyone of you can be my familiar!" He shouted at the misty waters, thinking he was going to get a cute familiar.
Anthony on the other hand was skeptical, knowing how the supernatural world worked now.
He was proven right at the mist dissipated, revealing the form of a muscular, buffed out woman, who winked at Issei.
"Agh!" Issei screamed, falling on his butt and crawling back until he hit a tree. "What the fuck is that?!"
"Why that be a nymph young lad, a beautiful creature, so don't be sad." The familiar master answered.
"Why!" Issei cried in fury, he began hitting the ground, frustration all over his face.
Anthony meanwhile did all he could to restrain his chuckling at the situation. He had expected things to not go the way Issei wanted, but for it to turn out so badly, he couldn't help but think Issei was cursed a bit.
Then as he was laughing, Anthony felt eyes on the back of his neck. Instantly summoning Gigantis dagger, he turned around and faced the brush where he felt the gaze emanating from. "Alright, I know you're there, come out."
His words drew the attention of the others.
"I won't ask again." Anthony said, then he heard a rustle in the bushed, and out stepped a creature he had never seen before.
It was a four foot bipedal creature, orange fur covering most of its body, with a white underbelly, and two tails, coming from a single strand. And embedded right in its forehead was a golden yellow gem that glistened.
"Fuh, fuh," the creature squeaked, walking up to Anthony and rubbing its head against his leg. He had no clue why.
"Am, so hi there?" Anthony said, having no idea what was happening.
"My word, a carbuncle, so rare indeed." The familiar master said.
"A carbuncle?" Anthony questioned, turning towards the familiar master, who nodded.
"A rare beast, with an inquisitive mind, the gem embedded in its forehead, quite a rare find. They are masters of stealth and magic, and much more, and they unlike most they only choose a master who they feel is worthy of their love, and capable of so much more." The familiar master finished.
"Anthony, he's right." Rias said. "Carbuncles are so exceedingly rare that we know almost nothing about them. The only thing we do know, is that they choose their masters, not the other way around, and it seems like that one has chosen you."
"Is that true little guy, did you choose me," Anthony asked the carbuncle who nodded its head.
"Well alright then." Anthony bent down and picked up the carbuncle in his hands. "Guess we're partners now."
"Fuh, fuh." The carbuncle happily said.
"So, how about a name then." Anthony asked.
"Fuh, fuh." The carbuncle agreed.
"But first, quick question, are you a boy?" The carbuncle shook its head, confirming it was indeed a girl. "Alright then, just need to know. So, how about I call you Roxi then?"
"Fuh." The carbuncle cheered happily at the name.
"Alright, welcome Roxi." Anthony said, placing his familiar on top of his head.
While everyone was happy for Anthony, one person was not.
"Dammit!" Issei yelled. "How come Anthony gets a badass and rare familiar, and I get shit?!"
Anthony resisted the urge to answer that question.
Once he was finished naming Roxi, the group continued on, finding nothing at all that met Issei or Asias' requirements for a familiar. It was looking like the night was going to end with only Anthony acquiring one, but then things once again took a turn.
As the group was walking in the forest, a small blue dragon appeared and suddenly went towards Asia, cuddling up to her.
Everyone was caught off guard, but since it wasn't hurting her they saw no reason to hurt it.
"Hey, stop that tickles." Asia happily said, as the tiny dragon continued to touch her all over, Issei shooting the dragon a look of pure jealousy.
"Oh, another rare find, a Sprite Dragon, a creature of this rarity appearing, it's blowing my mind." The familiar master ryhmed once again.
Then out of the trees came multiple green blobs. Racing toward the group, they latched onto the girls, but left the guys alone,, Anthony taking a step back, being weary of this.
And his instincts were spot on.
"Kyah!"
"Stop!"
"Bad slime."
"Issei, help!"
All the girls screamed as the green slime began to melt the clothes off their bodies. While Issei looked on with his usual lecherous gaze, the other guys sprang into action, attempting to help the girls before their clothes melted any further.
But noticing this, the slimes went to attack them, two of them attaching themselves to the face of Kiba and the familiar master, Anthony the only one who was able to dodge.
Well him, and the sprite dragon that is.
The two of them regrouped, both of them looking at Issei with cold eyes. They then looked at each other, and suddenly an unspoken bond was made, they both knew what the other had in mind.
"Alright, I've decided, this slime is going to be my familiar!" Issei declared, just as fire bolts, lighting strike, and prism blasts began to rain down on the slime, freeing the others, causing Issei to begin to cry once again.
"No, my slime!"
Then once the girls were free, they also began destroying the slime, Isseis' cries for everyone to stop completely ignored, the slime gone within moments.
"No dammit!" Issei roared. But then he changed his toon as he noticed the state of Rias and the other girls. Their clothes had been melted quite a bit, showing off their underwear now and their bodies, Isseis' lecherous gaze immediately upon them.
"Pervert." Koneko montonely said, giving Issei a punch right in his gut, for the looks he was sending the girls way.
"Nice job Koneko." Anthony muttred, holding out his hand and recigin a high five from her, doing his best not to look at her, or any of the other girls body. Which was really hard.
"Thank you senpai." Koneko said.
"Yes, thanks for the help Anthony." Akeno said, walking up and placing her breasts on his back."If you hadn't stepped in when you did, then we might have ended up completely naked."
"Right." Anthony answered, doing his best not to focus on Akeno's breasts in his back at that moment. "But again I can't take all the credit, Roxi and the sprite dragon helped out too."
"That's right, thanks little guy." Asia said, rubbing the sprite dragons head.
He nuzzled into her.
Observing the situation between Asia and the Sprite dragon an idea popped into Anthony's head. "Hey Asia, here's an idea, why not make that little guy your familiar?" Anthony suggested. "He seems to have taking a liking to you."
"Really?" Asia asked the sprite dragon, who nodded in confirmation. "Well, alright then."
With that, Asia had gained her familiar, while Issei still had nothing at all.
The rest of the night then went by in a flash, Issei still having no familiar by the time the group had to leave the forest.
"I guess, two out of three isn't bad." Rias murmured, giving Issei a reassuring smile.
He didn't care at all.
"Moving on then," Anthony spoke up, "how does one make a contract with a familiar in the first place?"
"Actually Anthony you've already done it." Akeno said. "All one needs to do is give a familiar a name, and then the pact is formed."
"Aye, the young girl is right, give your familiar a name and it will fight beside you with all its might." The familiar master explained.
"Am, ok." Asia said. She looked at the sprite dragon and then said, "How about the name Rassei, do you like that?"
The sprite dragon flapped its wings in confirmation, thus forming a pact with Asia and earning the name Rassei.
"Alright, nice job Rassei." Anthony said, holding out his hand toward Rassei, who slapped it.
"Yeah, nice job." Issei grumbled, going in to pet Rassei as well, only to receive a blast of electricity instead. "Youch, what was that for?!"
"Ah I should've mentioned this before, sprite dragons prefer women, you have been warned." The familiar master said.
"Bullshit!" Issei cried. "How do you explain Anthony petting it then?!"
"Guess I'm an exception to the rule." Anthony stated, Issei crying in frustration once again. Overall his entire night had been filled with crap.
But Anthony's had been awesome.
A/N
The familiar forest is done, and now it's time to get to the fried chicken himself.
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