If you got an alert for this chapter, please comment "LEMONS" in the review section. Odd request, I know; but you'll understand why once you read the next paragraph.
FanFiction… your sites on the fritz again. About half the users aren't getting ANY notifications now… for ANYTHING. Seriously, this is why some people, including myself to a degree, freaked out. And, did anyone else know this: only two or three people troubleshoot these problems… TWO OR THREE!… BRAH! I did some digging and found the domain is registered until 2028, so it seems we have time until they renew it or something (not sure exactly how it works)… or once this Cash Cow filled with ads begins to stumble, it will get slaughtered.
Ok. Rant over.
Welcome back! Did my American viewers have a good 4th of July? (AN: This post was supposed to come out a day later, but I got sidetracked. If you wanna know the details aside from the above rant, just ask.) Sorry for the scare on the last small update. Just stressful hearing this site might die someday. I have so many memories here, as I'm sure you all if you guys can also manually share this chapter update with friends who are interested in a story like this, I'd greatly appreciate it as notifications are down again.
If we have to wait another year for this to be resolved, I swear…
By the way, any Yu-Gi-Oh fans out there? I started a new story known as Yu-Gi-Oh: The Curse of the Rosario. Yes, its a crossover between the King of Games' series and Rosario+Vampire. Seems like an odd combo, but I noticed for a long time that archive seems to lack originality. Only an intro has been posted at this time but if your interested, why not give it a quick read? Its only a little over 1500 words, so it'll only be a minute or so of your time.
Now back to the actual fic you came to read, especially since Issei found his way into the reviews section:
Issei:
Please continue the story
Bakuganman: Well, of the canon MC wants it to continue, who am I to deny him?
One last thing; the poll has been closed. So will Anthony and Rias have a special night? It'll be revealed at the end of the chapter.
Season NEW - Chapter 13: Anthony's [Unofficial] High School Life - Prologue
In the ORC clubroom, all members were present but if felt… very awkward. Rias was at her desk doing some work with a stoic demeanor. While that wasn't unusual, it didn't feel natural if that made any sense. Asia and Kiba were on one sofa, looking concerned about Rias' mood. The crimson-haired demon didn't say a word as she walked in, just went right to her desk without greeting any of her fellow members. Akeno was fine, she had a smile on her face, and was sitting on one of the sofas on one side of Anthony; whom was in the middle of her and Koneko, who kept glaring at him suspiciously.
SNAP!
Rias was squeezing her pencil so tightly, it snapped in half. She was still for a second before picking up the half that fell on her desk and tossed both pieces aside. They landed on a garbage can full of other unfortunate writing tools that met the same fate, though one half laid on top of the pile while the other rolled onto the floor like a few others had previously.
"What. Did you do?"
"NOTHING!"
That was a short conversation between Koneko and Anthony, the former having asked the latter that same question at least a dozen times give or take. The first few times Anthony was asked, he gave a calm "no" as an answer. But as it same question kept coming in different ways and tones, his response became slightly more annoyed each time before right now having burst one out. And he thought loli's were supposed to be cute…
"You had to have done something…" Kiba said with folded arms, though due to his tone, it was unclear if he was joking or not.
"I DIDN'T! It wasn't even my fault!" Anthony said.
[Well, technically if you told her at the start...] Ddraig tried to say.
"I will shove that tail down your throat." Anthony warned with a growl, not bothering to lift up his arm to talk to the dragon. "Besides, I'm not the only reason she gets pissed off." Anthony argued in his defense.
"Maybe it was your interaction with that new student," Akeno said, smiling. "Ara Ara; it was quite forward, even for you."
"That is not what happened, and you know it." Anthony answered Akeno's joke, folding his arms and closed his eyes. He then opened his eyes to speak, but noticed Asia was looking down with a thinking look on her face, also rubbing her hands together and he was sure he heard whining coming from her. "Come on, not you too!"
"Well, what exactly happened?" Kiba asked, knowing Akeno wasn't being serious.
Anthony closed his eyes again, pinching the bridge off his nose. "Allot actually..."
Koneko continued to look up at him with the same glare, not saying a word. "... did you at least use protection?"
"No." Was the Italian's response in a dry tone with VERY heavy sarcasm. He kept his current position as he answered, not looking at the youngest member either.
SNAP!
There goes another pencil, which may or, may not have been influenced by Anthony's last comment. Sighing, Anthony had enough and got up from the sofa, walking over to Rias' desk. He sometimes couldn't believe this was supposed to be their "master", for she could get pretty childish at times. This was just a new level of it, and its not he did anything this time to warrant this behavior... okay, maaaaaaybe he could have said SOMETHING about his "school life" before joining to ORC, but he was never enrolled in those schools he snuck into so not only was their never official records of it, it didn't seem like a big deal either.
Honestly, Japan took education WAAAAAAAY to seriously.
Rias noticed Anthony standing before her desk. "Do you mind? I'm trying to enjoy my paperwork" she said in a still-mad tone, tweaking Anthony's I'm trying to enjoy my test answer from the other day.
Ignoring the urge to talk back to her, Anthony spoke calmly. "... Listen... about me and Yuki..."
He didn't even get to finish. "Oh, your using nicknames now? Good for you." Rias cut him off.
"WILL YOU PIANTALA!" Anthony yelled at her, unable to take anymore, then took a deep breath calm himself again. Seriously though, Rias wasn't nearly this bad any of the other times a different girl touched him. "Look. If it'll make you feel better, she's already taken." He answered, still somewhat annoyed but hid it well.
Rias blinked once, and the tension in her attitude appeared to dissipate. "... taken?" She repeated after a moment of silence, making sure she heard this correctly.
"Yes." Anthony confirmed. "She has a thing for her childhood friend. He's got homefield advantage over me even if I wanted to date her." He added which to be honest, Yukitsuki wasn't too bad of a catch. Dating someone like her wasn't so unappealing. She had good looks, an attractive body, and had a mysterious charm and aura to her. Of course; if he said that out loud, Rias would probably kill him... then revive him to kill him again. "We became close after what happened, but not THAT close. Her eyes were dead set on Yukiha, even AFTER the fact."
Rias took all this information in, looking at Anthony in case this was another play on words which he had a habit of doing. She sensed no foul play, and his words sounded genuine. His eyes also showed slight sadness and concern after saying the 'what happened' and 'after the fact' sentences. Anthony then swallowed is pride and after another moment of silence, continued. "And... sorry... Maybe I should have said something earlier about my undocumented school life," he apologized and while he didn't fully agree with his statement, wanting to keep some parts of his life under lock and key as a form of privacy; he shouldn't have made it seem like he never had any school experience in the first place. It was still indirectly lying to his new family.
Rias remained silent at her desk, folding her arms while looking up at Anthony. Neither person took their eyes of the other one, making it unclear to everyone else if another argument was gonna break out or not. Rias then mentally sighed, closing her eyes as she did so. "Fine. I guess I can forgive you," she said, accepting his explanation and apology, then after a few seconds opened her eyes back up and looked up at the Italian. "... On one condition."
Now it was Anthony's turn to mentally sigh, but added an eye roll which Rias chose to ignore. "Fine. You can have me to yourself tonig-."
"No. That's not what I want. " Rias cut him off, which both surprised and sort of disappointed him (what can he say? He's a guy). As tempting as that offer was, that wasn't the condition Rias had in mind.
[That's a first.] Ddraig said.
'You can say that again.' Anthony thought. "O-Kay?… What do you want?" He asked Rias.
"Everything." Was Rias' immediate response, but continued quickly before Anthony could put a dirty spin on what she was asking. "I want to know about this Double Life you had. What you did, where you went, your relationship with Yukitsuki, everything."
Anthony was honestly shocked. Not only did Rias deny herself a free chance of her favorite pastime, but also wanted to know the story between him and Yukitsuki… actually, scratch that. The latter was pretty much in line with Rias' personality. "You… wanna know the full story?" He asked. Rias did not verbally answer him, but gave a look that asked: 'Did I stutter?'
"Yes. All of it." Rias said in a stern tone.
Anthony wasn't sure this was a good idea. What happened was a very difficult situation, twists and turns everywhere, and the ending of it… wasn't pretty. "I mean, its kind of a long story-…"
"We got time." Rias cut him off again, not willing to let this go.
Anthony held back a yell. Rias constantly interrupting him was getting aggravating. Before he could respond, Akeno spoke up. "I'd like to know too," she said in a kind, yet curious voice. "She seems like a sweet girl, hearing what you were both up to sounds interesting." The Queen continued. While she sounded genuinely curious, Anthony could tell it was also because to her, Rias getting pissed was her form of entertainment. Might have something to do with just teasing him or her S&M tendencies…
Akeno: (puts a hand on one of her cheeks) Not to mention what things you did to her~…
Yup. Definitely S&M. Looking around the room, Anthony noticed all eyes were on him, waiting for him to answer. "You all sure about this? It gets… really out there." He said, warning that the story was going to sound unbelievable.
"Anthony… your in a club full of Devils." Was Rias' counter-argument. They both stared at each other in silence.
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"… Fair enough." Anthony said. "Alright. Gather around, children. It's story time," he continued, going back to the sofa he was on before and took a seat. Getting comfortable, he leaned forward with his hands clasped together on his lap. Taking a pause, he then began to tell the tale… one that the Devils in this room would never have anticipated to hear…
This chapter bit on the shorter side, but I figured we save a huge flashback for a single chapter rather than keep swapping prospectives. Next time, we will learn the full truth about the mysterious Yukitsuki, and why she had come back into Anthony's life. One important question remains... will Anthony and Rias get each other dirty? After applying all DMs' from Discord, PMs' from this site along with the profile poll results; the answer is...
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Yes: 81%
No: 19%
I guess I shouldn't be shocked about this. So it seems Anthony will have his time with Rias. It won't happen for a while, but it WILL happen eventually.
Anthony's Italian Dictionary:
1) Piantala: A quick way of telling someone to "drop the subject", "stop it", or more commonly "knock it off!" (AN: In this chapter, it is used as the last one.)