Familiar Time, A Flaming Entrance
"Issei Hyoudou" - Talking
'Issei Hyoudou'- Thought
"Issei Hyoudou" - Communication circle/phone
*Sounds*
[ Issei Hyoudou ] - Inanis
"Issei Hyoudou" - Draconic voice
"Issei are you up, its almost time for school" echoed a sweet, gentle voice through my door. My eyes slowly cracked open being blinded by the light. "Issei are you up?" the same voice asked through my door. I usually would've been annoyed to be awoken early for school, then again it was never a good idea to wake a sleeping dragon.
"Issei, we need to get going," Asia said slowly opening the door with a creek, peeking her head into my room. For whatever reason, I didn't feel the same agitated and annoyed feeling I usually felt when being awakened. Perhaps it was her soothing voice or maybe her dragon affinity calming down, probably both to be completely honest. Although this was a different feeling than waking by my mates. I slowly sat up rubbing my eyes.
"Yeah I'm up, finally," I said letting out a yawn. I stretched out my arms along with my draconic features. Asia formed a red blush brightly across her face upon seeing my muscled body.
"W-Well I-I-I'll let you get r-ready" Asia spoke stuttering profusely in embarrassment, slamming the door shut and quickly running down the stairs. I giggled at her display as I could hear the light steps of her feet running down the stairs.
I stood up from my bed putting on my clothing and proceeding to walk down to the kitchen. I saw Asia sitting at the table in her school uniform as I got myself a glass of water to quench my thirst. "Aren't you going to put on your school outfit?" Asia asked tilting her head as she observed me in my tank top.
"Nah, I normally don't wear it anyways" I responded giving Asia a shrug in response. "Won't you get in trouble?" Asia asked confused. "Normally yeah, but that stopped happening a while ago, I guess Sona gave up on me," I said with a chuckle. Asia was confused at this but didn't say anything more to what I said.
For breakfast, I quickly made up a large amount of eggs and toast for us. Asia ate a very small portion for herself, while I ate a tremendous amount compared to her. Then again to me, it was normal, but it was a substantial amount for the others. After we finished off our breakfast, I gathered up the dishes to wash them, shortly after making our way to school.
We were walking down the sidewalk behind the other students that were walking to school. Asia's head perked her head up as she looked into the crowd of students.
"Hey isn't that Kiba and Koneko?" Asia asked pointing into the large mass of student. I was able to look to where she is pointing quite quickly as I was quite a bit taller than most of the students here. She was right, Kiba and Koneko were walking side by side talking about something.
"Yeah that's them, why don't we catch up to them," I said as I grabbed Asia's wrist and pulled her along with me as we walked through the crowd of students. "Kiba, Koneko" I shouted grabbing the twos attention, as well as most of the crowd, yet no other students greeted me, or reacted at all. In school outside of the club, I always singled myself out from the other students.
"Hey didn't expect to see you this early" Kiba spoke giving us a smile. Koneko stayed silent but gave a nod in agreement. "Well, today has an important thing going on," I said as we all entered the school grounds, making our way to the ORC. Upon entering, we were greeted by Rias and Akeno talking together behind her desk.
"Ah good, your all here" Rias spoke as the attention of the girls were on us entering. We all walked in and took our places that we usually took, except our attention was focused on Rias and Akeno.
"Alright, so for our competition we are going to be playing Tennis after lunch" Rias spoke while giving a bright smile. "Tennis, who are you taking with you," Kiba asked. "I'll be taking Akeno as my other player," Rias said as she pointed to her Queen.
I sat there in silence and confusion as I didn't actually know what Tennis was, however by no means was I gonna admit that. "Also, due to you all being in my peerage and club, you all will be let out of your last classes to observe the game" Rias spoke.
I gained a bright smile that I wouldn't have to sit in those boring classes today. "Thank fuck," I said letting out a sigh of relief. "My I knew you didn't like class, but I didn't know you disliked it that much" Akeno spoke giggling at my reaction.
The rest of the members sweatdropped at hearing this, but what could I say. I was a free-flying dragon, and being locked in that classroom all day felt like they were locking me in a cage.
*Ring*
I heard the bell ring through the school grounds, signaling the students to go to their classes. My happiness dropped slightly as I heard the bell going off, but I was still happy about only having to go to half my classes. I gave my fellow ORC members a wave as I walked out of the club room, proceeding to make my way to my class which happened to consist of science.
Asia gave a wave to them as well as she quickly caught up with me. We walked to our class entering the crowded hallways. Asia didn't have much trouble getting through the crowd with her smaller frame.
I, on the other hand, was bumping into people left and right with my muscled build. Slowly making my way through the students, I managed to make it to my class. The class, as usual, was filled with my talkative peers.
I walked over to my seat noticing that a lot of girls surrounded Asia as the asked her questions. With my enhanced senses, I eavesdropped on their questions and her answers to see if they were giving her any shit, cause I'd put that to a stop real quick.
They asked her general questions such as where are you from, what was it like, how the two of us met. She answered them one by one nervously as they crowded her. My attention was piqued when one of the girls asked where she was staying since she wasn't originally from here.
"Oh I live with Issei," Asia said ignorant to what ideas she just embedded into their heads. "EH?" the girls shouted in unison upon hearing this. I covered my ears and winced in pain upon hearing the high pitched screams of the girls.
"You're really staying with him?" One said with jealousy. "While he is quite a looker, it's a little weird that he doesn't talk to anyone," another said. Asia looked around confused at why her living with me was such a big deal. They were quickly silenced as the teacher opened the door.
The students took their seats as the teacher walked up to the podium. He started lecturing about some scientific stuff that was boring me, so much so that I fell asleep.
*Ring*
I was awoken by the school bell going off signaling that it was time for lunch. I cracked open my eyes to see Asia as she shook me lightly trying to wake me up. "Issei, its time for the competition," Asia said as she continued trying to wake me. I sat up rubbing the tiredness out of my eyes as I looked around the room seeing that the other students have already left.
"Wow, how long was I out?" I asked standing up gathering my things. "You fell asleep at the beginning of class and slept all the way through it" Asia spoke as we walked out of the classroom and down the halls. "Huh, his lecture must've been quite boring," I said chuckling as we walked outside of the main building.
Upon exiting the school building, I could hear cheers from the students echo across the extensive school grounds. The sounds were resonating from the tennis court where the match was about to go down.
Asia and I made our way to the court to see the fence around it being surrounded by a large number of students. I noticed a less crowded area that held the rest of the members from both the student council and the ORC. Asia and I made our way to the club members only area by trekking our way through the large crowd.
We finally squeezed our way through meeting up with the rest of the peerage members. "Sorry about being late I slept through my last class and woke up a little late" I spoke to the others with a yawn as I was still pretty tired, although the loud cheers of the audience certainly waking me up.
"As to be expected from a dragon," Kiba said with a small chuckle poking fun at the fact that all I seriously do during club time is sleep on the couch or train.
"Lazy Lizard" Koneko deadpanned as she glared at me from the corner of her eye. I sweatdropped at her insult as it was pretty true. "Wow look at them," Asia said pointing at Rias and Akeno on the court.
Rias was standing out in the field wearing a pink high cut tank top that clung to her skin tightly. Her legs covered in black yoga pants showing off her curvy features while being completed with black and white sneakers. Akeno wore something similar except her tank top was a yellow shade, and her yoga pants didn't cover the entirety of her legs. Both of the girls had their mate marks tucked in their shirt so it wouldn't fall out. Sona and her Queen Tsubaki stood adjacent of them on the court. They were also quite similar in clothing, except their tank tops were white, and their legs were covered by back slacks. Everyone was cheering for the different teams varying in each person. "Show em whos boss girls" I shouted trying to encourage my mates. A blue flag entered my peripheral vision, drawing my attention over to it. Saji was clinging to the fence tightly as he waved the flag in the air. "Stick it to them Sona" He shouted trying to bestow confidence into his master and Queen, similar to me. My attention went back to the match as it was about to begin.
The two queens moved up to the closer positions by the net, while the Kings stood in the back of the court. "Everyone ready," Rias asked as she raised her hand holding the ball, ready to strike the ball. "Yeah we're ready, may the best devil win," Sona said confidently with a smirk, tightening the already firm grip placed upon her tennis racket.
Rias tossed the ball up and struck it sending it flying to Sona's side. The game proceeded on like this back and forth as they were pretty equal. "Who do you thinks gonna win?" I asked turning to Kiba.
"Not sure, they seem to be pretty even don't they" Kiba responded to me. I let out a nervous chuckle as I nodded in agreement, truth be told I was still a little confused on how to determine who was winning. We all continued watching the game until I heard a small clicking noise that caught my attention.
I looked around for where the noise was coming from, but it was hard to tell with all the students cheering for the game. "You hear that?" I asked leaning down to Asia's level. She looked over to me confused as to what I was talking about
"No, but the crowd is pretty loud" Well, that's all I needed to hear to answer my question. I stood back up looking around as Asia focused her attention to the game again. I figured it was nothing and turned back to the game. However right as Akeno's skirt flew up slightly, I heard the same click go off multiple times.
My eyes started darting around the area again, except this time I managed to spot the source thanks to the sound being emitted for a longer time. My eyes filled with disgust and rage as I saw the two idiot perverts laying down on a hill, one having a camera close up to him. I know I can kill him, at least not here, so I decided to take the next best course of action.
"I'll be right back" I grumbled out to the others, pushing my way through the crowd before they could ask any questions. I walked around the field to where I last saw the two ass holes which were taking perverted pictures of my mates.
I was met by a grass-covered slope reveling the two laying down with their heads peeked over the hill, allowing them to see the court at the lowest angle. I started to slowly walk up the hill closer to them until the baldy decided to open his mouth.
"This is the bomb, I'll be whacking it for weeks off of this" he spoke with drool running out of his mouth. "Shut up, I have to focus so I can get go shots" the other spoke as he zoomed in on the camera. I clenched my fist and gritted my teeth in anger.
'Can't kill, can't kill, can't kill' I repeated to myself mentally, trying to keep it from happening. I calmed down slightly and continued walking up the small slope to them. "What are you doing?" I grumbled deeply causing them to jump.
The two perverts slowly turned around to see me, my eyes filled with anger. They turned around completely now facing me, their backs against the ground as they slowly backed away.
"W-we were just bird watching, right Motohama."
"Y-Yeah thats 100 percent t-true Matsuda".
'That's a pathetic lie' I thought to myself. They were slowly trying to back away as I walked closer. "Really? Then let me see your camera four eyes" I reached my hand out, my eyes still filled with rage. They looked at each other nervously, cold sweat running down their foreheads, deciding what to do.
They looked back to me noticing that I was significantly closer to them. Motohama tried to get up and run, but I quickly put a stop to that, kicking him in the side harshly causing him to collapse to the ground. He was grunting in pain, grabbing the side that I impacted.
The other stood as he prepared to defend his downed friend. "DAMN YOU" he shouted as he charged at me with his fist clenched, preparing to strike my face. To his disappointment I caught his fist effortlessly, my eyes narrowing as I looked down at him.
I harshly kneed him in the gut causing him to widen his eyes from the sharp pain as spit left from his mouth. I got to give him credit for at least trying, instead of running away like a bitch.
I picked up the camera, scanning through the photos taken by this creep. The camera roll was filled with panty shots of all the competitors in this contest were having. Not only that but there were hundreds of photos of girls changing of almost every decent looking girl in this school.
My face scrunched up in disgust at seeing this, how many girls they spy on unaware, it's sickening. I looked around for any witnesses in the area who could see what I'm about to do. After confirming that I was unseen by anyone I crushed the camera to bits, snapping the memory card in half. I dropped all the pieces and started returning to the game, leaving the unconscious bodies of the two perverts on the hill.
As I was walking back I heard a loud noise emanating from the court, it sounded strikingly similar to thunder. I ran to the courtyard noticing a severe lack in cheering. Upon arriving, I saw that the only people left were the peerage members. I quickly made my way there, stopping as I reached the others.
"What's going on? What was that loud sound I heard" I asked looking around for any signs of danger ignoring the tennis match completely. "The only thing remotely dangerous is their match" Kiba responded chuckling as he pointed to the girls.
I looked over to see them covered in their aura with their respective colors, Sona's being blue like water, and Rias's being a deep crimson red. "The match is getting out of hand," Koneko said bluntly as Akeno started sparking with lightning. "Let's see how you like a magic attack, Sona Sitri style" Sone shouted as she slammed her tennis racket into the ball, covering the ball in her blue aura making it significantly faster.
"I thought we agreed to not using magic" I grumbled out. "True, but that doesn't seem to be stopping them" Koneko pointed out as the kept throwing magic attacks at each other.
The match went on for about 2 hours, it consisted of them throwing that magic ball around and calling each other out. Kiba, Koneko, and I were now sitting inside the club room waiting for the others. "That was a good game" Kiba stated as he sat down on the couch.
"Yeah, it's kinda nice to see magic get thrown around since I can't use it all that well" I responded as I sat down on my side next to Asia. "Too bad, it was a draw," Koneko said flatly reminding us that neither team one by raising up their rackets, the strings inside each one were torn to shreds. "Since nobody won their suggestion a team match between us" Koneko spoke.
"Really?" I questioned, although I suppose it did make sense. "Really, they're all out there right now deciding what we should play" Kiba spoke as the duel doors opened up revealing our King and Queen.
"We've chosen dodge ball as the game we'll all play. We meet the Sitri's tomorrow night in the gym. So... let's win this." Rias said confidently as she entered the room. "Thanks for playing for us" Asia spoke giving a bow to the others. "Yeah, seriously" I spoke after her as I gave them a smile of gratitude. "Alright, for now, the club is adjourned until tomorrow night" Rias spoke waving her hand signaling us to go about our own business, which we did.
Asia and I went home to go to sleep. It was currently really late at night, I laid in my bed staring at the ceiling. For the first time in forever, I ain't able to sleep tonight, which is weird for a dragon. I kept laying there trying to fall asleep until I got an idea.
I sat up and quickly made my way to Asia's room. "You up?" I asked knocking on her door. "Issei?" she spoke as she opened the door, her eyes droopy with tiredness. "Yeah, I need to ask you something," I spoke to her as she adopted a slightly confused expression. "Ok then, come on in," She said moving away from the door trying to welcome me in.
"Oh, that's fine it's really late. Sorry to bother you but do you happen to have a need and thread I can borrow?" I asked. "Yeah.." She said slowly confused as to what I was doing. She went to grab them and handed them to me. "Thank you, have a good night," I said with an appreciative look as I shut the door and ran downstairs, starting to work on my plan.
The next day went on, as usual, me going to school bored out of my head. Except for this time, we didn't go to the club room. Instead, I teleported home to get a little rest as I didn't sleep at all last night.
I spent most of my time sitting on the couch until night came, which is when I was supposed to meet the club members for the dodgeball game. I don't actually know what it is, but if its anything like the name it should be easy to learn.
I covered my self in shadows teleporting me to the side of the gymnasium. I could hear my friends inside talking to each other as I walked up to the doors. Opening the doors revealed the others in their gym uniform helping each other stretch out their limbs. I lazily walked into the room, giving out a yawn as I was tired from last night, although it did help that I slept in class.
Akeno glanced over to the door seeing me walking in. "Oh, glad to see you" she kindly spoke with a smile, while helping Asia stretch by pushing down on her back as she sat on the floor with her legs spread wide. "Ah my legs are on fire," Asia said whimpering as she was pushed to go farther.
Koneko was sitting on the sidelines with me as we watched the others stretch. Kiba did some basic stretches as well did Rias and Akeno, seems Koneko and I are the only ones who aren't. "Alright every, let's win this thing," Rias said standing up from her stretching.
"Oh wait that reminds me of something," I said perking up as I dug into my back park. I pulled out 6 long white strands of soft fabric. Occult Research Club was written in red twine sewn across the headbands.
"Team headbands?" Rias questioned as I handed everyone their own. "Yeah, I stayed up all night making them. I hope they look ok" I spoke as I tied mine onto my head. "Wait you didn't sleep?" Rias questioned looking surprised. "Yeah but don't worry about me," I said shrugging it off.
"That's odd for a dragon," Kiba said chuckling. "Yeah, but I wanted to do something since I don't know human sports that well. I figured I could at least give us all something to bring us together as a team" I spoke, scratching the back of my neck.
"Ready to rock and roll" Spoke Sona from the doorway, bringing our attention to her as they put my headbands on. "You know it" Rias spoke confidently as each team stepped on their side of the gym, our sides being split in half by a visible white line painted on the wooden floor. Sona's peerage had the ball starting off, as well as they had two of their members play referee to even out the numbers.
These two members being Sona's Bishop's, Momo Hanakai and Reya Kusaka. Sona's Rook held the ball as she picked someone to try and eliminate from the game. Her eyes locked with Koneko's as she reared her arm back throwing the ball. The ball barely hit Koneko as she tried to lean back to dodge it, ripping off a strand of her shirt.
"I need a drink anyways," Koneko said plainly as she walked over to the sidelines. The ball bounced across the court over to Sona's side, allowing Tsubaki to pick up the ball. She started imbuing the ball with a profound blue magic aura as she cocked her arm back.
She released the ball at high speeds directly as Rias, who caught the ball with relative ease. The force of the shot pushed Rias back a few feet, as well as it ripped her clothing slightly. I never realized how much magic could enhance something until this day.
"Well, catching Tsubaki's throw head on is pretty impressive," Sona remarked complimenting her adversary. "Don't forget Sona, I'm a Gremory, and that's just how we roll" Rias responded backfiring the ball. The ball hit a crimson magic circle increasing its speed and strength several folds, as well as gifting it with a bright red aura.
The ball hit Sona's Knight, Tomoe Meguri head on knocking her back across the court, skidding across the floor as she landed. Little overkill if you ask me, but whatever.
A ball was released from behind me, which I managed to hear the grunt of the thrower allowing me to know it was there. I ducked quickly down, allowing the ball to fly completely over me which caused Akeno to catch it. "Nice moves sweetie," Akeno said complementing me.
"Want me to go ahead and take out her Pawn" I heard Saji say quietly to his master, causing me to raise an eyebrow. Guys got confidence, but no way in hell could he hit me with that stupid ball.
"No, I got this" Sona spoke confidently causing a grin to erupt on my face as she prepared her throw. "HERE COMES THE PAIN!" Sona shouted throwing a deep blue, glowing ball to me. The ball is one of the fastest ones the game has produced so far, next to Rias's. I raised my hand lazily with my other hand in my pocket.
The ball slammed into the palm of my lifted hand, creating a loud echoing boom from the impact force, ripping my shirt clean off. The enemy team was shocked seeing me catch it like nothing, especially Sona.
"Aww, but I liked that shirt" I muttered to myself as I looked down to the remaining pieces. "Here, have fun hatchling," I said aloud rearing back my arm. I Flung my arm forward at speeds so fast that it was useable.
The ball slammed into the enemy Pawns gut knocking him out cold, as it forced the air out of his lungs. He fell over unconscious, hunched over on the ground. "Whoops, that was a bit harder then I intended..." I quietly said as the referees drug him off the court.
The game went on for a few more minutes until the Occult Research Club was declared the winners. We won because we had more members left when time ran out.
"A deal's a deal Sona. Since we beat you, we get the first pick of the familiars" Rias spoke to Sona as her peerage left the gym, the blue-headed Rook carrying Saji. "As much as I hate losing, that was still a whole lotta fun. Although, if this had been a Rating Game, and not just us fooling around, there's no way you could've beat me" Sona stated confidently to Rias as we left the gymnasium.
"You really think so? Well, I guess we won't know for sure till we play the game, but it'll be a while 'till we have to worry about that" Rias responded. "Don't be so sure Rias, you never know what's coming up" Sona said as we split paths in the school grounds. Sona likely heading home due to the time, while our group walked over to the ORC room.
We all convened in the club room as we all stood around to wooden coffee table between the couches. I was now dressed in my combat armor as my shirt was torn to shred form Sona's ball, and this was the next best thing I had.
"Victory" we all spoke in sync, clanking glasses together in a toast. "I want you all to know, I'm thankful to each and every one of you for going out there and doing what needed to be done to beat those devils, I hope you all feel very proud," Rias said giving us all a proud look.
"Hell, all I did was knock one guy out," I said trying to modest, as I didn't like popularity or attention all that much. "Sure that may be true, but you also made these cool headbands, they're pretty cool man" Kiba spoke holding up the headband he wore. He wore an approving smile on his face as he looked at me. I looked around to see the others holding the same expression at his words.
I shied away slightly, as I turned my gaze away from theirs. I didn't like attention, although it was more tolerable with them, I still preferred to be a loner. "Sorry to interrupt you all, but I think it's time we got these two a couple of familiars" Rias spoke as Akeno prepared a crimson magic circle for us.
"W-Wait were getting them now?" Asia questioned as she panicked slightly. "It's a full moon tonight, this is our best shot at seeing him" Rias spoke guiding us all onto the transportation circle. "See who?" I questioned our master.
"The Familiar Master" Rias spoke plainly as the circle enveloped us in bright light. The circle died down revealing us to be in a mysterious forest, the trees dead and bare of any leaves.
"So what is this place?" I questioned, overserving my surroundings as Asia clung to my arm lightly in fear. "A magic forest where all the familiars live" Akeno spoke, pointing out the obvious. "So what, the Familiar Forest then?" I questioned sarcastically.
"Yes, that is correct" Rias spoke plainly as she walked forward with the others, except Asia who still held onto me. 'Well then, I was trying to be sarcastic but whatever then' I thought to myself as I walked forward to catch up with them.
A cage quickly shot up from the ground capturing me in it as it closed off. The others turned around hearing the clanking noise of the metal cage, their eyes widened in surprised and sock at seeing me surrounded by a cage.
"Looks like I got a good one" A gruff voice called out from about us. The man dropped down from the tree branches revealing himself. I let out a deep growl at him, which he was surprisingly unaffected by me. "I am the Familiar Master, Towji." spoke a thin man.
He wore cargo pants held up by a jacket tied around his waist tightly. His chest covered by a white tank top, as well as the yellow straps of a backpack. His head was covered by a backward baseball cap, the little hole revealing red hair, although nowhere near the same color as Rias's.
"Looks like I got myself a young Fire Drake right here" Towji spoke turning to me with a toothy grin. The rest of the peerage looked at him worried as I was clearly unhappy. "You have 10 seconds to let me out before I drag you down the path by your entrails" I spoke sharply surprising the familiar master as I started my countdown.
"He's with us, so please let him out," Rias asked quickly trying to save the poor guys life. "He's with you? Well if that's the case I'll be glad to" Towji spoke as he quickly unlocked the door to my cage. Sure I could've just broken through it, but Asia needs to get a Familiar, and he's the familiar master.
I walked out of the cage staring him down with my draconic eyes. "You do realize the only reason your still alive is because Asia needs your help to get a familiar" I spoke coldly to him, making the others nervous.
Towji gulped down at my comment as he gave a slight nod to me. "Don't you want a familiar?" Rias questioned with a tilted head. "Not particularly," I said shrugging it off, still angry at Towji. "Well them what type of familiar do you want Asia," Rias asked as she looked to Asia.
"What type do I want? Something cute and fun to play with" Asia spoke after thinking about what she wanted. "Done come on let's go look around" Towji spoke leading the group. We walked down the path as he showed them, several familiars.
We kept walking until a specific familiar in the distance caught my eyes. It was a black wolf that was large than average, its muscled body was covered in a thick fur that acted as a form of armor. Its eyes were a beautiful sky blue, the right eye holding a scar over it.
"Hey, what's that," I asked pointing over to the wolf as it roamed through the tree lines. "Ah that's a rare black dire wolf, I heard they were possibly extinct," Towji said as he looked through a pair of binoculars at the wolf.
"Are they strong?" I asked glancing over to Towji. "Well yeah, but they don't accept an owner easily," He said as he flipped through a book he pulled out of his backpack. "Ah, here it is the Dire Wolf" he spoke as he skimmed through the page, reading the text under the picture of the wolf.
"Says here that the Dire Wolf has extreme physical strength, sharp claws and fangs that can cut weaker metals, and some have special abilities that are unique to the wolf itself. It also says that they only accept a master after a fight, as they only serve under those that are stronger then it" Towji concluded explaining the essential parts.
"That, I want that," I said walking to the wolf. "Be careful," Rias and Akeno said as they watched me walk off. "You girls know I'll be fine, I'm a dragon and its a wolf," I said shrugging it off. They knew that, but they couldn't help but worry. The wolf had its nose to the ground as it followed something, allowing me to walk closer.
I continued walking, only stopping when the wolfs head looked up to me. Its face wrinkled up as it let out a menacing growl trying to scare me away. I let out a similar feral growl as I got in a stance ready to spring into action.
The others looked on at the display, it looked as if two animals were about to fight over territory. The wolf and I started walking in a circle waiting for who would strike first.
The wolf seemed odd to me, it seemed very smart compared to others. The creature made the first move, breaking our little staring contest by running at me in high speeds, far faster then I expected for a wolf though nowhere near to quick for me. I sidestepped allowing the wolf to fall to the ground.
I quickly moved over it, pinning it down to the ground with my hands holding its front paws and its mouth shut, my tail wrapping around it constricting it. As I forced the air out of its lungs, it tried to struggle attempting to free itself, with no prevail. The wolf kept fighting for a few more minutes trying to bite, claw, or do anything to injure me. I nailed the wolf in the stomach with my knee showing my physical prowess.
The wolf yelped in pain at the impact, the rest of the air in its lungs being forced out quickly. I didn't necessarily like hurting animals, but if domination is the only thing this creature serves then so be it, not like I'll have to do this again.
"You will be my familiar" I ordered in a demanding voice looking down at the wolf. I doubt it could've understood me, but it was the tone that mattered. I needed it to know it was no longer the alpha.
It stopped struggling completely falling limp as it eyed me down. I slowly let go of the wolf, staring down at it preparing to put it back down. It slowly stood up looking at me as if it was thinking. It kneeled down to me letting out a small whimper, causing the group to look on in interest at whats happened.
"Way to go, the wolf is submitting," Towji said. "Really? That was quicker then I thought" I spoke surprised at how quickly it was, the wolf standing back up and walking over to my side.
"It could've been that you were part dragon, and inflicted that instinctual fear thing you told us about" Akeno pointed out. "I suppose so" I spoke agreeing with her shrugging, as I didn't really know, it just happened to make sense.
"Well let's keep moving, we still need to get Asia a familiar," I said turning to the group. The wolf following slightly behind me with the rest of their group. It was weird though the wolf displayed more intelligence than a normal animal.
"Wait, look up there" Towji spoke pointing into the branches of a tree. Sleeping on the branch appeared a blue-scaled baby dragon. "A that's weird, I thought they all died out" I spoke looking up to the baby dragon.
"What is it" Asia questioned Towji and I as she looked up to the dragon. "That there is a Sprite Dragon, they are scarce and shoot blue lightning. If you want it you better get it now, they aren't tamable once their older" Towji said looking up at the dragon. Asia looked over at me and then back to the sprite dragon. "Ok, how do I tame it?" She asked looking at the familiar master. He shrugged at her question "I'm not entirely sure myself, they're so rare that they hardly have any info on them" Towji spoke looking down at Asia.
"Just walk up to it and grab its attention" I spoke surprising the others. Towji pulled out a book and prepared to write down what I was about to say. "What do you mean?" Asia questioned looking at me confused like the others. "Sprite Dragons serve people who have pure hearts, so just walk up there, and it will bond with you if your heart is pure enough. They normally wouldn't serve devils, but you used to be a sister of the church, so maybe it will work for you" I said giving advice to Asia. She nodded nervously at what I said. She started slowly walking forward to where the dragon rested.
The dragon perked its head up and looked down to her, standing under his little branch. It spread its wings and flew down to Asia's level, examining her as it flew around her body. She sat there nervously with her eyes sealed shut, waiting to get hit by its blue lightning. However, the little blue dragon landed on her shoulder and looked at her. She slowly opened her eyes, looking over to the dragon on her shoulder. She looked at the dragon curiously as the dragon nuzzled itself onto her. "Would ya look at that, I was right," I said letting out a yawn. "Now why don't we do whatever we need to do and get outa here, I wanna go to sleep," I said sleepily as I stretched, attempting to wake myself up.
"Alright then, let's give them a name and make the pact," Rias said. Akeno and Rias walked over to a clear spot on the ground, proceeding to draw a magic circle in the dirt of the path. Asia's sprite dragon and my black wolf were both placed into the center of the circle. Asia's circle started glowing a bright green color, while bine shined a mix of black and violet, representing our powers and souls binding onto the familiar. We held our arms outstretched preparing to do a chant as Rias instructed.
"In the name of Asia Argento and devils everywhere. I command you to accept this pact to be my familiar forever."
"In the name of Issei Hyoudou and devils everywhere. I command you to accept this pact to be my familiar forever."
We both chanted as the lights shone brighter, then quickly died down and disappeared from sight. The sprite dragon flew up onto Asia's shoulder, while the wolf got up and walked over to my side. "Any idea's what you guys are gonna name them?" Kiba asked curiously as he looked over the two creatures.
Asia's head perked up as she thought about it. "Wynter" I spoke calmly petting the wolfs ear. "That's a nice name, what about you Asia?" Rias asked turning her attention to the little blue dragon "Rassei," Asia said happily. This caught everyone's attention as it was a unique name as well as creative.
"Where did you come up with that one?" Akeno asked her curiously. "W-Well its a dragon, and it's similar to Issei's name so... I figured I'd name Rassei" She spoke nervously with a blush on her cheeks. "That's nice, but you didn't have to do that," I said turning to her. "Well I know, but you've helped me so much latterly so.." She responded quietly. "Ok then, well it's nice of you," I said smiling to her.
In truth, I didn't really care but I wanted to make her happy, so I might as well just go along with it. "So can we go home now? I'm tired" I said turning to Rias. "Yes, I think it's about time we go home as well" She spoke forming a transportation circle beneath her.
"Thanks for stopping by, hope you all enjoy your familiars," Towji said giving us a wave which everyone reciprocated, except for me. Everyone including the new familiars disappearing into the glowing crimson circle.
We all appeared in the club room as the magic circle died down. "Whelp lets go, Asia," I said holding my hand out confusing her. "What are you doing?" She asked me as the others went their own way.
"I don't feel like walking, plus I doubt the town would take kindly to seeing a large wolf and a baby dragon" I spoke plainly as it was pretty obvious. "O-Oh, ok," She said nervously grabbing my hand.
"I'll see you guys tomorrow," I said waving at them as Asia, and I become enveloped in shadows, teleporting to my house.
We arrived at my house in the living room, allowing the shadows to move back into the darkness off of our bodies. "Alright, I'm going to bed there should be leftovers if you want" I spoke to Asia as I walked up to my room, my new familiar merely picking a spot to rest on the couch.
Asia grabbed a little bit to snack on before going to sleep. I went into my room. I had a tough time falling asleep despite how tired I was, I had a bad feeling about tomorrow. I doubt its anything real, but I couldn't help it. I slowly closed my eyes about to lose consciousness, only to be interrupted by a sudden bright glowing crimson light illuminating the room.
I sat up in confusion as I saw Rias emerge from the circle, with a very distraught expression masking her ordinarily beautiful face. She glanced around the room only to lock eyes with me upon seeing me, her eyes displaying a whole mix of emotions, just being complemented by our soul link.
"Rias? What's going on?" I asked with concern, only for Rias to quickly walk up to the side of the bed, pushing me down onto the bed as she straddled my waist.
Usually, I would've been embarrassed by the situation, but I didn't even notice it due to my concern and confusion for the current events taking place. "I know this is sudden, but I need you to take me" She spoke with a conflicted voice as she removed her clothing.
"What?" I asked shocked with my eyes wide at her impulsive request. I could sense the feeling of desperation clearly through our link and in her eyes. She quickly removed her skirt and red lace bra, leaving her in nothing but a red pair of underwear.
"Rias what's going on?" I asked trying to get more information about what's happening, only for it to fall upon deaf ears as she dodged my question. She grabbed my hand and placed it on her breast, gaining a slight blush as she let out a moan upon feeling the sensation of my hand.
"This is your first time too right?" Rias asked as she tried to continue. I quickly sat up and removed my hand from her breast shocking her. "W-Whats wrong? Am I not good enough" She asked in a panicked manner.
I placed my hands on her shoulders as I looked into her blue eyes, they were usually so beautiful like the sea, but not when they were filled with fear and desperation. "No that's not even close to it?" I quickly responded to her.
"I would love to do this if it would make you happy, but I don't want us to regret our first time because it was done out of desperation. I want us to both enjoy it" I said looking at her, softly holding her. Her eyes widened after hearing my words. She went quiet for a moment, looking down feeling guilty for her sudden actions as she knew I was right.
She looked back up to me with her mouth opened about to speak, only to be interrupted by a glowing white circle appearing in my room. "Damnit" she muttered to herself, confusing me at what was going on.
The circle died down revealing the white-haired Grayfia, her regular stoic expression was glancing around the room. Her eyes narrowed upon seeing the current situation of an almost fully nude Rias straddling my waist, her arms wrapped around my bare muscled body as I was in nothing but shorts. Grayfia locked eyes with me causing me to chuckle nervously upon her arrival.
"Grayfia, what are you doing here?" Rias asked with a sharp tone, clearly not happy to see her. "I'm here to stop you from doing something brash" she responded walking closer to us, examining the situation. "Who sent you here? Was it brother, father, or on your own will?" Rias asked glaring at Grayfia, removing herself from my lap.
"All the above, now come on we need to talk," Grayfia said calmly, though I could tell she wasn't happy with me, for whatever reason I am unaware to. "Fine, but only if Akeno may accompany me" Rias demanded.
"Your Queen? That's alright, after all, it is important to have a King's Queen by her side" Grayfia spoke, as a white transportation circle appeared beneath her.
"I'm sorry for what happened here tonight, I promise I'll explain everything later," Rias said giving me a quick kiss on the cheek before turning to Grayfia. Rias redressed her self allowing her to vanish into the magic circle.
While I was still perplexed, I was very thankful that she seemed to calm down at least a little. I laid back down on the bed thinking about what all just happened, only for the tiredness to hit me like a truck. Shortly after my eyes closed allowing me to fall asleep.
*Beep, Beep, Beep. Be~ Crush*
I slammed my fisted hand on the alarm crushing it again. 'Damnit, really got to fix this problem' I mentally thought to myself, removing my fist from the fragments of the destroyed alarm. I let out a long sigh looking at the ceiling. I sat up stretching out as I let out a yawn. "I-Issei is everything ok in there" I heard Asia's sweet voice echo through the door. "Yeah, it's fine" I spoke tiredly rubbing my eyes.
"O-Ok, if you say so. I made you something to eat when you get downstairs" Asia spoke sweetly, as I heard the little pitter patter of her feet running down the stairs. Even I have to admit it was cute. I stood up putting on my casual clothing preceding to walk downstairs, being met by a lovely aroma of bacon and eggs.
Turning the corner, I saw Asia eating a small portion of bacon and eggs from a much more significant amount in the center of the table. "You know you didn't have to do this?" I said making my way over to the table. "I know, but you're letting me live here so I might as well do something for you" She spoke with a happy smile on her face. I sat down at the table as I ate a large amount of food, Asia trying to ignore my engulfment of the mass of food. Shortly after finishing our meal we got our stuff together to leave for school. We talked together about our homework and how we are handling it, though it mainly consisted of me asking how she's doing like a parent. We walked upon the large school campus, only for me to feel Grayfia's aura, as well as some strangers resonating from the ORC room.
"What's wrong?" Asia asked shaking me out of my currently surprised expression. "You don't feel it?" I asked looking down to her confused. She tilted her head slightly "Feel what?" She asked confused.
"There are two new presences in the club room" I spoke, causing us to both head to the club room with a swift pace, eager to find out what's going on. One of the powers I already identified as Grayfia's, the other power was unknown and while strong it paled compared to Grayfia and me.
Asia and I caught sight of the club room, the window holding Grayfia's image through it. 'I thought it was her, but whos the other one?' I mentally thought to myself. Asia didn't seem to notice but still held a slightly worried expression.
Reaching the old school building we made our way up the stairs and down the hall to find the door to the ORC. I held my arm outstretched to stop Asia from opening the door as I gave her a motion indicating her to stay quiet, allowing me to listen through the door.
"AND WHO IS THE BASTARD WHO MATED WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY RISER'S" an arrogant voice shouted in the room, echoing through the walls of the building. I heard the voice once and didn't even know who he was, but I already didn't like him. He sounded arrogant like a rich boy raised getting everything he wanted, not knowing the struggles of the world.
"I'm not a prize Riser, and as far as I'm concerned, your repulsive and never would've had me either way" Rias spoke loudly to the now identified Riser. "You won't be speaking so when I kill that little bastard and claim you, as well as your servants for myself" Riser, spoke angrily.
Now I was pissed, like hell if anyone is going to lay a hand on my mates or friends. I burst open the double doors causing a loud noise to echo through the room, casting a silence over the room. I kept my draconic features hidden just in case I needed to surprise him with it. All the eyes of the room gazed upon me as I stood looking around for the new bastard who dare insulted my mates.
I finally landed my eyes upon someone that I didn't recognize, his eyes staring back at me. 'So this must be Riser' I thought to myself as I looked at him up and down.
Riser was a tall and handsome young man in his early 20's with short blond hair and dark blue eyes. His outfit consists of a burgundy blazer with gold embroidery on the right with matching pants and black dress shoes. Underneath his open blazer is a white dress shirt that is not fully buttoned, just one button short, giving a slight view to his chest.
The air around him reeked of Ash and cologne in sickening amounts. I flinched slightly at the scent bombarded my senses, trying not to revolt the stench my face scrunched somewhat.
"And why are these two humans here," Riser asked pointing to Asia and I. Asia ran over to the peerage as I stood my ground facing him with an obviously upset expression. "These are the two servants that were absent, as I mentioned earlier" Rias spoke with an annoyed tone.
"These two, pathetic as usual Rias, such weak servants. However they don't matter to Riser, what I want to know is who dares to take what is Riser's" He spoke with disdain in his voice as he looked over us. I kept silent trying to avoid causing Rias any trouble, as with Grayfia here attacking him would probably get the council and Sirzechs involved which would defiantly be a problem.
"W-Who is he," Asia asked nervously as she looked to Riser. Akeno was going to speak up and explain the situation to Asia, however, Grayfia interrupted her. "This man is Riser Phenex a noble high-class devil of the underworld, being the third son of the Phenex Clan. He is also Rias Gremory's fiancé" Grayfia spoke with her typical stoic gaze.
My eyes widened at hearing this, my emotions slowly changing to that of pure and unbridled rage. I clenched my hands into a fist as my claws slowly sharpened unconsciously, stabbing lightly into the palms of my hands causing slight bleeding.
'Phenex, that's not good' I thought to myself, while he was nowhere near as strong as me, their fabled regeneration makes them a hell of a threat.
"Now Rias why don't you tell Riser who has tried to steal you from me so I may turn them to ash" Riser demanded as he started slowly walking to Rias and the rest of the peerage members. Rias was about to lash out at him for daring to threat her servants, only to be interrupted again.
"As if you could turn me to ash" I spoke lowly, looking to the ground allowing my hair to shield my eyes. Riser stopped in his tracks and turned to face me, only to be followed by a loud mocking laugh that filled the people in the room with anger, except Asia and Grayfia. Riser slowly calmed himself down causing himself to wheeze from all his laughter.
"YOU? I can't believe my dear Rias would stoop so lowly. Your not even worth Riser's time" He spoke with labored breath from his mocking laughter. Riser raised his arm slowly, snapping once his arm stopped.
The snap was followed by an extremely bright orange magic circle with flames spewing from the circle. A hawks cry followed bright glowing, which caused everyone to squint except for Grayfia and Akeno who both just bore the light stoically.
The fire died down revealing 15 girls standing where the circle once was. This must be Riser's peerage members, judging by the fact that he was a high-class devil. I already started analyzing each and every member trying to learn their strengths and weaknesses.
First was his Queen. The most physically mature of the peerage members to be sure, the woman's purple eyes and long matching hair made her a beauty that I couldn't deny. Her attire is a dress consisting of a navy blue tunic top with gold accents and a pale blue skirt with open sides, black shoes and over matching thigh-high stockings with garter belts. The top reveals much of her cleavage and is held with a gold choker with blue and red jewels. Over this, she wears a white overcoat with black and gold accents and matching pauldrons. For accessories, she wears a black headband with a red-orange jewel over her forehead to keep her long hair in place and wields a staff-like scepter in battle. For cosmetics, she wears purple lipstick and nail polish, matching her eyes and hair. She was defiantly a magic user at least on the same level as Akeno, if not slightly stronger.
Next were the two Knights, which were made evident by the blades that they brandished. The first was a young woman with light brown hair and green eyes. Her outfit consists of a full set of silver armor with black accents that appears to be a cross between a European Knight and a Japanese Samurai and wears a headband that goes across her hair and forehead. She is equipped with a broadsword and a dagger, both of which are held with brown belts slung across her hip. The broadsword is hung on her left hip, and features a red jewel on the pommel and has bandages across the handle for grip. The dagger, which is located behind her hip, features a gold hilt with bandages on the handle. She wouldn't be near as fast as Kiba with that amount of armor, but she would definitely be able to take more hits.
The other Knight is a tall young woman with long black hair with a dark blue tint and brown eyes. Her hair features five thin ponytails going around her head, which are held up by a golden hair accessory on top of her head. Her outfit consists of a white top with black accents that is modeled after a Chinese, red shorts, and armored, knee-high boots with matching gauntlets. The top features a diamond shape on the chest area, giving a view of her breasts and cleavage. She seems to wield a giant that is mounted on her back. It features a black blade with silver edges and has a black hilt with a red handle. Her armor would generally make her faster than the other, as well as a harder hitter with that giant blade, assuming she knew how to wield it properly.
Next came the Pawns. The Knights being identified by their preparedness four battle, the Pawns, on the other hand, were identified by how they clearly lacked the preparations for combat. Not a single one of them wore anything close to being suitable for an extended fight. Two of them were dressed in a French-styled maid outfit, while the another had the nerve to wear a skimpy runaway showgirl outfit. There were also two sets of twins within the group of Pawns that are present. One group were quite small in size and obviously very young with turquoise hair, which they keep tied to one side of their head with a yellow ribbon, opposite to their sister, and blue eyes. Both of their outfits consist of gym uniforms, which consists of white t-shirts with blue accents, black leggings, and blue sneakers over knee-high socks, similar to the 's girls' gym uniforms, albeit without the logo. They also wear an orange wristband on their right wrist.
The other set of twins being closer to my age, being twins they sport similar appearances, with the significant difference being Ni's red eyes and blue hair, in contrast to Li's blue eyes and red hair. Also, Ni ties her hair in a ponytail, while Li has hers in a braid with a pink bow tied at the end. Both of them wear short skimpy, white sailor uniforms that reveal their abdomen, shoulders, and lower breasts, and wear short black skirts. They are also shown to tie their orange ascots in different ways respectively. Also, they're always seen wearing red and blue fighter's glove and leg guards matching their hair color respectively. They also let off the appearance and scent of a Nekomata. They both had light brown cat ears and tails, though their power was significantly weaker then Koneko, none the less Kuroka. Such was the difference between Bakaneko and their more powerful yet endangered cousins.
The last Pawn seemed to be the most prepared for combat, although that isn't saying much. She appeared as a young girl with blue hair and light brown eyes. Her hair is styled with four short ponytails, with two of the four pointed up, and the remaining two pointed down. The front of her hair features split bangs going across her forehead, with side bangs framing her face. Her outfit consists of a white with a red, which is worn under a red coat. She wears bandages on her forearms and shins and wears black guards over her hands. For footwear, she wears a pair of zōri. She was clearly the most combat serious of the Pawns, however also boasted the weakest power level. She tried to make up for her lack of power by using a staff as an offensive weapon.
Similar to the Knights, the Rooks appeared to be moderately prepared for hand-to-hand combat. One seemed to be a well-endowed young woman of Chinese descent with shoulder-length black hair and blue-green eyes. Her hair has two Chinese-style buns on both sides of her head, while the front features bangs that form a slight V-shape across her forehead. Her outfit consists of a navy blue with gold accents, a white sash around her stomach, and black, low-heeled shoes. The qipao is open at the chest area, giving view to her breasts and cleavage. She also wears black armguards over her forearms. She didn't appear to be wearing any undergarments, which was a little weird.
The other Rook is a woman with short, light brown hair and grey eyes. Her hair has three red highlights across and wears a plain white mask which covers the right side of her face. Her outfit consists of a black jacket and matching jeans. The jacket has wide shoulders and a wide collar and features three leather straps on both her arms. It is also slightly open, revealing her rather-large breasts and cleavage, and it is cut off at her midriff. Her jeans have a section on her right pant leg cut off, revealing some of her thighs and rear end, and also features three leather straps on her calves, just below the ankles, and two extra straps on her right pant leg to keep it in place. She also wears black fighting gloves and boots to enhance her blows.
The only two left were the Bishops. One appeared to be a subdued Nadeshiko beauty, although compared to Rias and Akeno, I found her rather plain. She was wearing a Kimono with a color pattern of purple, orange, and pink with her hair tied on the opposite side. I only spared her a glance though, as I was more concerned with the other Bishop. She appeared to be a beautiful young girl with dark blue eyes. She has long blonde hair tied into twin tails with large, drill-like curls and blue ribbons keeping them in place. The front of her hair has several bangs hanging over her forehead, with a V-shaped fringe hanging over the bridge of her nose. Her stature is quite short being only around 5 foot. She was dressing in a long, pink dress with white frills and a magenta bow in the front. However this was all just observed from a glance, what really caught my attention was her scent and power. Hew power was rather ordinary, even for a Bishop.
The main thing that set me off was her scent. Cherries, and a warm hearth fire. A rather homey smell to be direct. However, even more curiously she looked and smelled too much like Riser for me to believe that she was anything but a family member. Cousin, niece, perhaps even a sister. Although if she is any of those options, that gives me even more questions about what she is doing in his harem or peerage. However, my observations were cut short by hearing Riser speak up, giving a command to his peerage members. However, I only caught the last words of the order. "-deal with him" was what I head. I immediately re-focused my attention onto the action that was about to happen, although I didn't take a combat position because the only one in the room that could put up a fight against me is Grayfia.
The more combat ready pawn jumped out from the group. She landed facing me with her staff prepared to strike out at me. Riser's peerage looked at me with a snarky, confident expression as they were sure that their pawn would win, while Rias and the others looked on with slight worry. Grayfia was the only one who knew the outcome of what was about to happen.
The Pawn spun her staff like a fan trying to intimidate me. However, it failed. I pulled my hands out of my pockets as I readied myself for the upcoming fight, even if it would be easy. The pawn gripped her staff tightly preparing to attack, taking a stance that would've indicated a trusting like an attack.
The Pawn quickly stepped forward, extending her staff to strike me, her attack losing a lot of power due to her overextension. I shot my arm forwards hitting the staff head-on, spilling down the middle of the staff with my fist.
The Pawn's eyes widened along with her peerage's as she was shocked by the events. She stumbled backwards dropping the splintered staff to the ground, her facing looking down at it in shock. In a burst of speed that was incomprehensible, I swiftly moved closer to her, my knee centimeters away from her temple located on her head.
She froze in fear as she felt the force from that attack, it would've crushed into the side of her skull if it wasn't halted. She stumbled backwards, falling to the ground as her fellow peerage members looked at her fearful expression.
I looked down at the Pawn, my hair covering my eyes to the onlookers that were eye level with me, but not her. She could see my sharpened draconic eyes, filled with anger that was honed like a knife and pointing directly at Riser. "Well, you did better the Riser expected. Though don't get cocky, she is the weakest of Riser's peerage" he spoke, still holding a confident tone to his already irritating voice. "I figured it would come to this, I suppose we will have to resort to the sub-clause in the agreement" Grayfia spoke shaking her head disapprovingly. Riser looked over at Grayfia with confusion, making it clear that he didn't actually read the agreement and therefore not knowing what she was talking about.
"What's this? What sub-clause?" Riser asked confused, causing Rias to form a smile onto her face. "Riser did you even bother to read the entire contract," Rias asked tauntingly "You should know about it if you did" She continued with a smug smirk. Riser's expression changed to that of annoyance.
"I- You- What does it say?" he demanded turning to Grayfia. "I have a right to know" I continued, his tone switching from annoyance to slight anger. Grayfia let out a sigh at his ignorance of not reading the actual contract.
"Yes, as one of the mentioned party members, you certainly do" she spoke exasperatedly. "As agreed by both of the heads of the Gremory and Phenex families, should one of the betroths finds an issue with the agreement, then it would be solved with a rating game between the two party members, unofficial of course, the victor will decide the outcome of the relationship. In short, it is an escape clause, depending on what either family member deemed appropriate" Grayfia spoke, her cold gaze sweeping across the room, specifically to Rias and Riser. "Does this outcome sound acceptable to you two?"
Riser didn't respond with words, but only with laughter. The man threw his head back, tears forming in his eyes. After a few seconds of his intense laughter, he quieted down slowly, leering over to Rias. "Please, game or no game, the outcome won't change. You will become Riser's. As you know, I am undefeated in the Rating Games, and yet this will be your first ever, while you, my dear, have yet to even participate in one." Riser spoke mockingly.
"That doesn't guarantee your victory Riser, have you never heard the phrase pride comes before the fall?" Rias asked confidently in her chances at winning. Her eyes giving me a quick glance, showing that her confidence was coming from the fact that I was on her team.
"Oh please, its pride well deserved my dear! As it is your sorely at a disadvantage, after all, you only have 5 servants, while Riser has a full set" He spoke confidently waving his hand behind him at the 15 girls that were his servants. "Don't you dare presume that my family is weak or I swear~" Rias spoke loudly.
"Or what? Your bore me so much that you'll make me retire? Aside from your Queen all that Riser sees is a midget, a harmless, scared girl, some pretty boy, and a disgusting brute, that you so lowly let mate you" Riser spoke, his tone shifting to anger as he mentioned me. "Don't you dare belittle my family! I will not tolerate such behavior to them!" Rias screamed furiously at Riser.
"Ah, it seems the Gremory's famed compassion and kindness for their servants is strong in you. Then in that case, when we are married your blond boy, there will be put to work as a slave, while the other will be tortured for trying to steal whats rightfully Riser's. As for the girls... well I can always use some variety in my sex life, couldn't I?" Riser spoke.
Everyone in the room wore an either angered or disgusted face. My mind went blank at hearing the words that just left his mouth. This bastard basically just admitted that he wouldn't only force himself onto Rias, but the female servants under her control as well. The thought of Asia and Koneko being forced to be taken by him, not to mention my two mates Rias and Akeno, it disgusted me.
Without thinking, I vanished from sight in one quick motion, appearing right in front of Riser. I slammed my fist directly into his gut, stunning the high-class devil as he spits out small traces of blood. Riser stumbled back in shock and pain, then quickly switching to anger after his healing factor nullified the pain.
He looked down at me with disdain, disgust, and anger as I unconsciously emitted a low growl. It wasn't the same feral growl that I typically emitted, it being quickly recognizable as a territorial warning to another male.
"You DARE touch Riser, you shouldn't even be in the same room as I" he spoke angrily raising his hand allowing a mass of deep orange flames to gather in his hand, forming a swirling sphere of fire. I readied myself for a fight, only to be interrupted by a burst of power from the side of the conflict.
"This conflict shall halt now, or by order of the great devil king himself, I will put an end to it" Grayfia spoke sharply, showing that anyone who disobeyed will be compensated justly. I was happy to see that Riser was stunned by her sudden burst of power, along with everyone else in the room, while I was unaffected by it.
"Very well, when told by the strongest Queen, even I would be frightened" Riser spoke trying to shrug off what just happened, though it was clear he was still furious with me. As much as I wanted to kill him, I went against it as it would cause severe problems for Rias. I walked over to Rias's side as Riser regained his arrogant smirk.
"Since we agreed to the rating game, Riser will allow you to train for 10 days be for Riser breaks your toys" He spoke confidently. "Very well then" Grayfia interjected before Rias could respond, hoping to avoid further conflict. "Lady Rias, should you find it acceptable, the game will be held in ten days after tomorrow, this should give you plenty of time to train as per Riser's words" Grayfia spoke.
"Thank you Grayfia, thank you" Rias spoke softly, gripping my hand tightly. "Then this meeting is done. The details of the game shall be sent to both of the party members at a later date" Grayfia spoke. "It matters not, Riser's victory is assured."
With that Riser raised his hands into the air triumphantly, as if he was already celebrating his victory. "Farwell my Rias, next we meet we shall truly be man and wife once and for all. As for you, Knight" Riser spoke, now staring at me.
"You should enjoy your final days. After all, all deaths in the Rating Games are considered accidents" With that, a hawk cry echoed throughout the room as two bright magic circles engulfed Riser and his peerage in flames. The two transporting back to the underworld as the circle died down. Grayfia gave us a bow before disappearing into her own sphere, although she gave me a quick hidden glance that was hidden from the others that spoke, you better win this. Guess she cares more about Rias then I gave her credit for.
Rias clasped her hands together gathering the attention of the room back onto her. "Alright everyone was going out to go out to a family residence that I own to train in tomorrow morning" Rias spoke. "Everyone meet back up here tomorrow at 8 in the morning. Don't worry about school, I will talk to Sona and let them know what's going on so we can be excused" Rias concluded giving us instructions on what to do.
"Right!" We all spoke in unison, shortly leaving to go prepare for tomorrow.
Rias and Akeno both walked over to her desk talking about what I could only assume was plans for the Rating games, shortly after a thought crossing my mind. Asia and I don't actually know what a Rating Game was, all I knew was that it consisted of fighting. Although I didn't know if it had any rules.
"Asia hold on" I spoke quickly turning to walk to Rias and Akeno. "Hey, you guys wouldn't happen to have a book that had details on the official rules of a Rating Game, would you?" I asked catching the girls attention. "Yes, we should have something similar to that" Rias spoke as she opened a large drawer in her desk, shuffling through the summoning papers. She pulled out two copies of a book that detailed the history and rules of the Rating Games.
"Here is one for you, and another for Asia" Rias spoke softly handing me the thick books. "Thanks again for this" I spoke turning to head for the exit while handing Asia her copy. "Issei, wait" Rias interrupted, causing me to turn and look at her quizzically. "While I appreciate how you stood up for the rest of your fellow peerage members and me, I must ask you to refrain from impulsive behavior in the future when it regards other high-class devils." She said shrugging apologetically.
"I'm sorry to ask you that, I know you meant well and were truly thankful for it, but if a King can't control her peerage~" "Is no longer worthy of being a King" I finished for her, interrupting her mid-sentence. "Don't worry about it, I'll try to avoid letting it become a habit" I said smiling encouragingly.
"Is there anything else you needed?" I asked, "Not right now, I'll text you and Kiba for some things we will need for training." Rias spoke, shortly after remembering something. "Actually Akeno and I wanted to know something. Are you doing alright? You've been a little quieter than normal lately" Rias asked.
"Yeah, we're just concerned for you is all" Akeno concluded looking at me sympathetically. "Yeah, don't worry about me everything's fine" I spoke shrugging it off. "Whelp I'm going to go ahead and head out now," I said waving to the girls as I left the classroom heading home, as we now have an excuse to skip school.
Asia and I walked home, as I thought about what the girls said. I know I've been thinking about things, but I didn't realize it would affect my behavior. I shook my head shaking out the thoughts and refocusing on the only thing that mattered right now.
Making that flaming chicken pay
That's it for this chapter, I shall now answer some of the comments. I won't be adding Grayfia, not necessarily because I don't like her or anything. It's only because I think I'm to much of a novice at writing to write her in, as I don't actually know her character all that well, and I'd rather wait and do her in a story later when I have the ability to write her correctly in the story instead of trying to do it now and fucking up. Kinda wish I did that with Kuroka, but its a bit late for that now so :P
Another thing is that the updates will start coming out slower, as my schedule is filling up with other things I need to do, but by no means am I stopping it. I don't have any intentions at all to stop this story unfinished, but I do have a life away from my desk, so I have other things I need to do as well.
Also for those who said Raynare got off easy, I kinda agree with you. But in the heat of the moment, all Issei cared about was killing her, as he didn't have the self-control actually to put her through a tortures state. Trust me Riser will get way more pain due to his ability to heal, it will allow Issei to pound him into the ground much harder, and longer then Raynare could ever withstand.
As normal leave your suggestions in the comments, and thanks for reading.