When Izuku woke up in the morning, the first thing he did was throw off the covers and look down at his stomach, finding that the hole created the night before was no longer there. The wound looked completely healed, not leaving behind any kind of scar.

He jumped a bit when he felt two arms gently wrap around his chest. He looked to his back and saw Akeno looking at him with a small smile. His face turned bright red when he noticed they were both naked. Akeno tried to hold him tighter, but he had slowly slipped out of her arms when she was looking away.

"Wh...Why are you in my bed?! And wh-why are you n-n-naked?!"

The boy was covering his eyes with both hands, conveniently forgetting to cover up his lower half, but Akeno was able to fight the urge to stare. Instead, she looked away with a slight nosebleed. "Don't worry. We'll meet up with Rias again and everything will be explained. For now let's just head to school."

Izuku nodded, still covering his eyes. "Could... could you leave the room while I get dressed?"

Akeno smiled mischievously. "Aw, I promise I won't look." 'I'm totally gonna look!'

The boy turned around as he grabbed his clothes and began putting them on. The entire time, the black-haired girl's eyes were laser focused on Izuku's backside. When he turned around once more, she tried to pretend she wasn't staring at his buttocks the whole time.

Once the two were fully dressed, they quietly left the house, not wanting to wake Inko too early.

When the pair got to the front of the school, the other students were beyond shocked to see them holding hands.

"Who's that nobody and why is he with Himejima?!"

"Midoriya is taken already?! I was gonna ask him out!"

Trying his best to ignore the anger directed at him, Izuku walked into the school with Akeno. The girl noticed that he looked quite uncomfortable being the center of attention, and she wanted to comfort him, but doing so would only fuel the rumors that were already beginning to circulate. With a gentle pat on the head, Akeno left Izuku by his class, telling him that Kiba would bring him to the clubroom later.

"So, what's going on with you and Himejima?"

"Yeah, what are you two doing together?"

Izuku jumped when he heard two bitter voices behind him. He turned around to see two of his classmates staring angrily at him. On the left was Matsuda, a boy with a shaved head who was crying in an exaggerated manner over the idea of Akeno being with such a plain boy. To his right stood his bespectacled partner in crime, Motohama, who pointed an accusing finger at Izuku.

Izuku's eyes widened as his breathing sped up, fearing that he'd get beaten up right here and now. He let out a sigh of relief when Issei appeared behind the other boys, putting his hands on their shoulders. "Come on, guys. Leave him alone. He's not doing anything with Akeno."

The two angry boys turned around to face their friend. "What?! Are you turning on us?!" As the two continued to attack him with accusatory questions, Issei motioned for Izuku to get in the classroom while the others were distracted. Izuku nodded as he silently thanked the brown-haired boy.

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Just like Akeno said, Kiba came to Izuku's class to bring him to the clubroom. This only fueled Matsuda and Motohama's paranoia more, and they immediately accused Izuku and Kiba of conspiring against them. This made Izuku look away with an expression of shame and embarrassment, which got some of the girls to yell at the accusing boys.

Once Izuku and Kiba got to the clubroom, everyone else was there, waiting for them. Even Issei was already there, so this was clearly important business. With everyone now in the room, Rias walked behind her desk as Izuku stepped further into the room, closing the door behind him.

Rias placed her hands on the desk, getting Izuku's attention. "Izuku. Do you believe in religion? Like, God and Satan?"

The short boy nodded. "I'm not devout or anything, but I like to believe that there's some kind of God up there."

The redhead smiled, satisfied with the answer she got. "Well, do you believe in the supernatural?"

Izuku stroked his chin as he thought. "Hmmm... I'm not sure if I believe, but I also don't think that supernatural things outright don't exist."

Rias leaned forward slightly. "What if I told you that religion and the supernatural are real? That there are gods, devils, and other supernatural beings everywhere?"

Izuku was smart, so he understood what the redhead was getting at. "Wait... are you saying that... you're a devil?!"

The redhead nodded, proud of the boy's intelligence. "Very good! You're correct. It's not just me, however." She looked at the other students in the room, who all nodded. Black bat-like wings sprouted from their backs, making Izuku's eyes widen in shock. He was taken by surprise when the same wings came from his own back.

As he ran his fingers along the wings, Izuku began thinking out loud about his current situation. "Am I a Devil? Well, they're Devils, and they've got these exact same wings, so I might be one, too. But that doesn't make sense. When did I become one? I guess I..."

The other Devils watched and listened as he mumbled to himself, having a hard time keeping up with his fast rambling. None of them minded, though, especially Akeno, who thought Izuku's mumbling was endearing.

After thirty more seconds of mumbling, Izuku snapped out of it and looked around, sheepishly apologizing for what he was doing. With that out of the way, Rias began explaining what being a Devil was all about.

Izuku listened carefully, making a mental note of everything important. He learned many things that day, including Devil history, the strengths and weaknesses of Devils, and the basics of flight. He wanted to ask much more questions, but he didn't want to bother Rias.

As the boy stood up, Rias had one last thing in store for him, and judging by the look on her face, this was something that could not be missed.

"Izuku. Extend your arm, please."

Izuku did as instructed, and held out his left arm.

"Good. Now imagine the most powerful being you can possibly think of."

'All Might!'

The green-haired boy was taken by surprise when his forearm was enveloped in a bright green aura. When the glow died down, he saw that his forearm was now covered by a red gauntlet, which was decorated with several green jewels and light yellow spikes.

Rias could not believe her eyes. "What?! No way!" She knelt down to get a closer look at the gauntlet. "This is... amazing! I have them both now!"

Izuku tilted his head slightly. "Both?"

The redhead quickly regained her composure as she nodded and motioned for Issei to come closer. The brunette stuck out his arm, summoning a gauntlet that looked very similar to Izuku's, but had a color scheme of white and blue rather than red and green. Issei gave Izuku a fist bump with an expression of admiration. "This is great! We're like, dragon buddies!"

The shorter boy tilted his head once more to show his confusion. "Dragon?"

As if on cue, the large gem on Izuku's gauntlet glowed as a loud, boisterous voice began speaking. [Dragon buddies, huh? I never thought I'd be calling Albion my "dragon buddy", but here I am.]

The gem on Issei's gauntlet glowed bright blue soon after. [Yes, this is quite interesting, to say the least. I certainly hope we can get along, Ddraig.]

Ddraig, the dragon of Izuku's gauntlet, replied in a sarcastic manner. [Whatever you say, dragon buddy.] With that, the glow died down as he stopped speaking. The glow of Issei's gauntlet also faded soon after.

Rias cleared her throat, getting Izuku's attention. "I understand that you might be feeling overwhelmed right now, with all the information I just threw at you. You can head home early if you want to."

The green-haired boy did his signature confused head tilt yet again. "Can... can I just do that?"

The redhead smiled. "Of course you can. I'm sure I can... "convince" them to let you go right now."

Izuku began heading for the door, waving to his now fellow Devils on his way out. "See you tomorrow!"

The others waved to him as he exited the room. Akeno had a blush on her face, so Rias decided to tease her a bit. "It looks like you've got your sights set on him. You better act fast before I take him for myself."

The black-haired girl turned around to face the redhead. "You wouldn't dare."

Rias smiled in a smug manner. "Maybe I would. We might be best friends, but I wouldn't hesitate to put up a good fight."

The rest of the Devils watched the two girls with blank expressions, not understanding what was going on.

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As I said, some major differences. Issei still has Albion, but him and Asia are already in the club. The main reason I gave Albion to Issei is that I think Vali is extremely boring and uninteresting. Sorry, not sorry.

'Till next time!