This story has been really well received. Thank you all for the positive words :3. I tried to put as much content as I wanted for this chapter. I feel like making one long chapter is better than making many short chapters. That is why you may have noticed the increase in words per chapter recently. Anyways, I hope you


"Wow Issei…you did all of that just to protect us?" Asked a surprised Irina.

Issei had just finished explaining everything to the girls.

"I was barely able to do so last time. I won't let anything like that happen to you all ever again." Issei said firmly. He felt a soft sensation on his right hand.

"Issei-san, you are so thoughtful." Asia hugged onto Issei's hand, and had no intentions of letting go.

"Uhmm…Asia, I am not going to be able to move, you know." Issei said nervously.

"Nope, you are staying here. I have not felt your warmth for almost half a year. You are staying with us today." Asia pouted.

"~Ara Ara~ Asia, being daring are we?" Teased Akeno. She was longing to see the reaction from Issei as she teased both Issei and Asia.

Issei knew what Akeno's plan was and smirked.

"C'mon now, Akeno. Save the ~teasing~ for later." Issei teased Akeno.

Akeno blushed madly. She thought that Issei would be fawning over her and will have a nosebleed. But nope, Issei teased Akeno back catching her off guard.

"eh-wha-eh…..*oof*" Akeno fell on the ground stuttering.

The girls burst out laughing.

"Akeno got a taste of her own medicine." Laughed Xenovia.

"I have never seen Akeno blush so hard." Laughed Irina.

Asia wasn't one to tease, but even she laughed at Akeno's reaction.

"Issei!" Akeno pouted after getting up. "That's not fair!"

"Sorry. I had to take the chance." Issei gave a warm smile to Akeno. She then remembered how she had missed that smile of his. Akeno was almost in tears as she remembered how she felt when she first saw Issei's pawn pieces coming out of the dragon gate. She felt like she might break down any moment, but was embraced by Issei.

"Don't worry Akeno. I will never do such a thing again." He hugged Akeno tightly.

Akeno hugged him back with a smile.

The other girls were pouting. They were extremely jealous.

"Yes yes, you all get hugs as well." Issei said with a smile.

The girls happily jumped on Issei and hugged with him.

After some time, Issei spoke up.

"The others are asleep right?" He asked.

"Yes. Should I wake them up?" Asked Irina.

"No need. I want to try a new spell I had learnt" Issei smiled.

"[*Yawn!* …hm?..what happened?]" Ddraig woke up suddenly.

"Good morning Ddraig" Teased Xenovia.

"[Good morning Xeno-….wait…what? When did you…]" Ddraig was confused.

"Don't tell me you went to sleep as soon as I rang the doorbell." Issei sighed.

The girls laughed.

"[Well, I am tired right now. You used a lot of energy to get your pieces you know. So I'll go back to sleep….zzz]" Ddraig could be heard snoring.

"That dragon….*sigh*" Sighed Issei.

"Pieces?" Asked Akeno.

"Oh, yeah. I went to the underworld a few hours ago as they opened the challenge to Mid and Low class beings. I managed to clear them and got my pieces." Said Issei, showing the box he pulled out from his pocked dimension.

"Woah" The girls were out of words.

"Anyways, I'll start my spell that I wanted to try out…." He started his spell, but, "….welp, nevermind. It looks like they're awake." Said Issei.

Yes. Rias, Rossweisse, Koneko, Ravel, Gasper and Kiba were awake. They just got out of their beds and went to their bathrooms to freshen up.

"You all better go around doing some sort of chores and pretending that nothing happened. I want to…surprise them I guess?" Issei put his hand on the back of his neck and smiled awkwardly.

The girls sighed. "Well, don't blame us if you die from excessive hugs." Teased Xenovia.

"Welp. I guess if I die again, dying from hugs won't be the worst thing on my tombstone" Issei joked.

Asia went into the kitchen to make breakfast. Akeno started cleaning the floor of the house. Xenovia started watering the plants. Irina started to turn on the lights and fans of the house.

Rossweisse was the first one who got down to the ground floor. She went to the breakfast table and sat down sleepily.

"Good morning Rossweisse-senpai!" Asia said cheerfully. She called Rossweisse 'Rossweisse-senpai' at home.

"Good morning Asia. You look much happier than usual." She commented sleepily. She gave a sleepy smile.

"Really? I don't know what you are talking about." She seemed to give a thoughtful face. Rossweisse smiled as she noticed Asia's lie.

"C'mon Asia, what happened?" She was curious.

"Nothing!" She smiled at Rossweisse and continued making breakfast.

Rossweisse looked at her curiously.

Kiba and Gasper came down next. He was greeted by Xenovia.

"Good morning boys!" Xenovia greeted the boys. She just got done watering the plants and came inside.

"Really energetic today huh?" Said Kiba with a sleepy smile.

Gasper was extremely sleepy and couldn't really say anything.

Xenovia only smiled as she went inside the bathroom to clean her hands.

Kiba went into the dining room and was greeted by Asia again.

Koneko and Ravel came down at the same time. Both of them were greeted by Irina and Akeno.

"Sleep well, both of you?" Asked Akeno.

"As well as we could" Said Ravel with a slight smile.

"Koneko, what about you?" Asked Irina.

"Decent I guess" Replied Koneko.

"You two are unusually happy?" Ravel enquired.

Akeno and Irina just brushed it off. Ravel and Koneko sighed and went into the dining room.

They were again greeted by Asia.

Finally, Rias came down and came into the dining room.

"Good morning Buchou" Everyone greeted Rias.

"Good morning, my lovely servants" She said with a slight smile.

As Rias sat on the chair, she started looking at the eight pawn pieces arranged on the kitchen table.

"Did you sleep well, Issei?" She talked to the pawn pieces.

"Well, I guess I have had better nights."

"I am glad to hea-" Rias was smiling thinking that she was imagining Issei's voice. But when she saw that Rossweisse, Kiba, Gasper, Ravel and Koneko had their eyes open wide, she was confused.

Rossweisse's spoon fell from her hands.

Kiba's cookie fell from his hand onto the plate.

Koneko's chocolate fell from her hands.

Ravel gently kept the bread she was eating on the plate.

Gasper almost chocked on the cup of water he was drinking.

Rias was confused as to why they were reacting in such a way, while Asia, Irina, Xenovia and Akeno were smiling.

Rias saw that they were looking at the door behind her. She turned around.

She thought that she was dreaming.

The guy she dearly loved, the guy she thought of as her savior, the guy she thought she had lost, was standing before her.

"…Ise…?" She whispered.

Issei was standing there, giving a warm smile to everyone.

"Hello everyone. It's been a long-*OOF*" Issei was immediately tackled by Koneko and Ravel.

Issei fell on the floor and was hugged tightly by both of his juniors.

"Hasty, aren't we?" Teased Issei.

"..*Sob*…shut up….*Sob*…baka-senpai!" Koneko scolded Issei while crying her heart out

"…*Sob*…Issei-sama!..*Sob*…Issei-sama!" Just like Asia, Ravel completely broke down and kept on repeating Issei's name.

Issei managed to get up. He knelt down and hugged both of the girls.

"Kiba, Gasper, have you all protected the girls?" He directed his gaze towards the boys.

Issei was surprised to see Kiba sobbing slightly.

"We have kept your promise…..Issei-kun.." He said with a weak smile.

"Yes Issei-senpai! We have!" Gasper was crying his heart out while saluting towards Issei.

By that time, Koneko and Ravel had left Issei's embrace. He got up and went closer to the boys. He extended his hand towards Kiba. Kiba got up and shook his hand. Issei brought Kiba in for a bro hug.

After ending the hug, he went towards gasper and hugged him. "Have you been helpful to your friends and senpais?" He asked

"Yes! Issei-senpai! I have gotten stronger to help my senpais and friends!" He spoke like Issei was some sort of general.

Issei chuckled and let go of Gasper, saluting back at him.

"Rossweisse Sensei.." He extended his hand outwards. Rossweisse completely ignored his hand and jumped onto him and hugged him.

This took Issei by surprise, but he reciprocated the hug. After a few minutes of hugging, they broke the hug but were still in each other's arms.

"You don't know how happy I am to see you…." Rossweisse whispered.

"I am just as happy.." smiled Issei, which made Rossweisse blush. But she didn't mind the blush and didn't try to cover it.

They got out of each other's arms.

Issei turned to Rias, who's eyes were filled with tears.

"Rias…I-*MMPH!*" Before Issei could even say anything, Rias pulled Issei into a deep kiss. Issei reciprocated the kiss. They kissed deeply for two minutes. Both of them clashing their tongue, not for dominance, but for pure love.

After they broke the kiss, Rias hugged Issei tightly and was crying her heart out.

"You better explain everything….." She whispered.

"I will, Rias" Issei hugged Rias back.

After breaking from the hug, Issei explained everything to the group.

"….Issei…..I didn't know that you felt that way…." Said Rias

"It's all fine now, Rias. I have become stronger and now I can protect you." He smiled.

Rias smiled but then her eyes shot wide. And then tears filled her eyes again.

"I'm sorry Issei. The thing is-" She started but was cut off by Issei as Issei put a finger on Rias's lips.

"I know about Renjiro and Murayama. The truth is that Katase and Murayama kind of found me when I first woke up 4 months after the event. Since then they have known about me and the supernatural. I sensed that they both had some special power in them. They also told me some major things that went on in the ORC and student council. And yes, I know about the games." Said Issei.

This shocked the whole room. Issei didn't tell Asia, Akeno, Xenovia and Irina about Katase and Murayama.

"…..so that means that you know that you can't be my pawn in the games…." Rias said with her head down, "I am so sorry, Issei…" She almost started crying.

"Why are you sorry? You did nothing wrong. Murayama is a strong pawn and with enough practice, Renjiro will be as well. And, I can still be your pawn, but just not in the games." Said Issei.

Rias gasped as she remembered what Ajuka told her. She quickly took the pawn pieces from the tables and brought it near Issei. The pawn pieces started glowing brightly. The king piece which Issei had came out of his body. The 8 pawn pieces surrounded the king piece. They came together and sort of…..combined. There was a bright light that covered the pieces. After the light ended, the king piece could be seen. It had eight pawn pieces surrounding the base of the piece. The king piece than went inside Issei's body again.

"Ahhh, that felt good." Said Issei. He then bowed, "Awaiting your orders, My king."

Rias's face went as red as her hair. "S-s-s-stop it!" She said.

Issei got up and chuckled.

"But Issei, when did you get your king piece?" Rossweisse asked him.

"Oh, yeah. It's a game piece." Issei proceeded to explain how he got the piece.

"Wow, Issei-kun, you have gotten much stronger." Said Kiba.

"I can sense that you all have also gotten much stronger." Complimented Issei, "Anyways, you all will be late for school. Better get going."

Rossweisse looked at Issei curiously, "Does that mean you're not going?" She asked.

"I would love to go back, but I have no school clothes. I mean I do, but they won't fit me anymore" Said Issei, but then he suddenly got an Idea.

He quickly created a time dome and walked upstairs to his room. He was happy to see that his room had been taken care of. He looked inside his cupboard for his clothes. He was met by his magazines and dvds.

"Yeah…I should give these back to Matsuda and Motohama." Issei thought to himself.

He got his old clothes. They were still ironed. His love for the girls went through the roof.

"I am a lucky man." He thought joyfully.

He then used a bit of magic to make them longer and slightly wider. He then took out his red shirt from the pocket dimension. He quickly changed and put his new clothes inside the pocket dimension. He hurried downstairs and retracted the time dome.

For the others, it just seemed like a second had passed. And suddenly Issei was wearing his school clothes?

"Wha-!?" The group shouted.

"Rossweisse-senpai, are you aware of Time magic?" He asked Rossweisse.

Rossweisse took a step back. "N-n-n-no way! Only gods and beings born with natural powers are….." She stuttered. This caused everyone to look at him in disbelief.

Issei only smirked. "C'mon, we don't have all day."

Issei went up to his room to grab his bag. He quickly put his books inside and waited outside for everyone. He cast a time dome around himself and the house.

After everyone got out, he retracted the time dome and started walking to school.

As he was walking to school, the ORC stopped by Murayama's house first.

As Murayama got out, she was shocked to see Issei along with the ORC.

"Oh, h-hello I-Issei-kun, y-you came back from your t-trip?" She stuttered, not knowing how to respond.

"Relax, I told them already." Issei smiled.

"PHEW! I didn't know how long I could keep it in." She gave a relieved sigh. This made the ORC chuckle.

Then they made a stop at Katase's house. As she got out, she saw Issei with the ORC.

"So….I guess you told them?" She shrugged.

"Yeah." Replied Issei.

"Nice." She gave a thumbs up before joining the group.

As they reached school, everyone went in one by one. Issei waited a bit before going in.


{Scene Change}

As he went through the gates.

"Who is he?"

"Is he a new student?"

"He looks so hot!"

"I would date him."

"Aw man another Kiba."

"Why does god curse us boys!"

Issei chuckled a bit at the comments.

"Are you a new student?" He was stopped by a familiar face.

It was Sona, and beside her was Tsubaki. She gave Issei a small nod.

"No?" Issei gave a surprised look.

"What? I would have remembered if you were an old student." Said Sona.

Tsubaki was smiling this whole time, but then remembered something. She faked a gasp.

"This aura, I remember it. This man saved me in the familiar forest" She said while composing herself.

"You are really good at lying." Issei complimented Tsubaki in her mind.

"Shut up, you will make me blush." Tsubaki scolded Issei in her mind.

"Oh!" Sona's eyes went wide. She bowed before him, "Then you have my greatest thanks. But I still don't know who you are" She enquired.

"C'mon, just cause I was gone for a few months doesn't mean that you should forget about me." Issei faked a sad expression.

Sona was still thinking. "I am sorry, I really don't remember you."

"Man…does the name "Oppai-Dragon" ring a bell?" said Issei.

Sona's jaw dropped to the ground.

"Thank you for remembering me." Bowed Issei, "Now, I have to get to my class, the bell is about to ring." Issei waved at Sona and walked off.

Sona's eyes were wide.

"I-I-Issei?" She whispered.

"I am just as surprised as you are, Kaichou." Said Tsubaki. She is a natural at lying.

*RING*

"Ah crap I'm late." Issei started running towards the class.

Just as he got to the entrance of his class, he noticed that the teacher was already there.

"Who is he?"

"He is that guy from before!"

"Please Marry me"

"I wasn't expecting any new students" The teacher said.

"I am not a new student?" Said Issei. His voice sounded familiar to some people.

"Then who may you be?" the teacher asked.

"Hyoudou Issei?" Shrugged Issei.

"WHAT!" The class shouted at the same time.

"Now now class, let's keep the decorum. Alright then, Issei, you better have a good explanation for the principal as to why you were absent for almost half a year." Said the teacher, "Please take your seat"

"Thank you." Issei thanked the teacher and got to his seat.

Asia, Xenovia, Irina, Murayama and Katase were smiling at Issei. Issei smiled back at them.

"DUDE! Where have you been! You have been gone for so long!" Said Matsuda.

"Yeah man, you didn't reply to any texts or anything!" Said Motohama, "And when did you get so handsome?"

"Hey, I am not the only one who has changed, you know. Bishops of Aika Kiryuu eh? I never thought you two would have Sacred Gears." Issei looked at Kiryuu and nodded at her. Kiryuu nodded back.

"Yeah, what's up with not telling us about the supernatural?" Asked Matsuda.

"I thought we would tell each other everything." Said Motohama.

"Some things gotta be kept as a secret for the greater good." Said Issei.

"Anyways, wanna celebrate at my house? I got some new dvds" Said Motohama aloud. This made the classroom give disgusted looks towards the three.

"Sorry boys. I am not into that anymore." Said Issei.

"WHAT!" The entire class screamed again.

"How could you say that!" Said Matsuda.

"Well, let's just say I have changed." Said Issei.

"Hmph, just from one trip? How could you betray us like that." Said Motohama.

"I'll also give all my magazines and DVDs to you, Motohama. I have no real need for them." Said Issei. This shocked the whole class, except a few.

"Fine" Motohama retorted.

The rest of the class went without a hitch.

At lunch break,

"Issei, Rias-buchou called us to the student council room at lunch." Called out Xenovia. "And you two as well" She pointed at Matsuda and Motohama.

"Ok" The three of them said in union. Although the three didn't talk about perverted stuff anymore, they were talking about the supernatural. It seems like their topic of discussion changed as Issei came back. Of course, when Issei was not there they would still talk about perverted stuff. This made the girls of the class sigh in relief that at least one of them changed, although they thought that they were talking about some video game now.

The trio made their way to the student council room. They knocked on the door. Instead of hearing the usual "Come in!", someone opened the door of the room.

It was Saji.

Issei looked at Saji.

Saji looked like he had just seen a ghost, but then smiled with his eyes closed, probably to cover up his tears.

He gave Issei a bro hug.

"I didn't believe what Rias said at first, but you prove me wrong time and time again." Said Saji while still in the hug.

"Saji. Taking care of your peerage?" Issei asked.

"Trying to. Everyone has been miserable without you, you know." Saji said. As he let go of the hug, both of them nodded at each other. Matsuda and Motohama were slightly confused, but decided to keep in their questions for later.

The three along with Saji went inside the room. They after walking inside, they saw three kings talking to each other. Sona, Rias and Kiryuu. They had their peerages with them as well, well, at least Sona and Rias did. Kiryuu is a new King so she doesn't have a full peerage yet.

As Issei, Matsuda and Motohama came closer, Rias looked at them and Smiled. This caused Sona and Kiryuu to turn around as well.

"Issei, is it really you?" Asked Sona, still in disbelief.

Issei smiled. "In the flesh." He replied.

Sona had slight tears in her eyes. Her peerage, barring Katase, Saji and Tsubaki, rushed towards Issei. They all hugged him.

"We've missed you so much!" They cried.

Issei was shocked. He didn't expect Sona's peerage to be affected as well.

"You all…..missed me?" He was confused.

"Of course" Said Tomoe as she broke the hug, "You always put a smile on our face every time you goofed around."

"She's right, you know." Said Tsubasa.

"Without you, no one was in a good mood." Said Reya.

"You were a dumb and stupid pervert, but that's kind of your charm" Said Momo

"Whenever we were in a bad mood, you messed something up always and it made us smile." Said Ruruko.

Issei chuckled. "Well, I am not a pervert anymore, but I do think that I will keep messing things up" He smiled.

They all nodded at Issei and went towards Sona again.

"Issei, now that you are a King, what do you think will be your next plan of action?" Asked Rias.

"King!?" Both Sona and Kiryuu were surprised.

"For the Azazel cup." Issei said. This seemed to help a bit but not much. "Well, the first thing would be to find some members, and I might already have a few in mind."

"*Sigh* It seems like you will no longer be Team Gremory for a while." Said Kiryuu, "I was expecting to fight both of your complete peerages."

"Well, I still need a knight piece." Said Sona, "So I need to start working on that and training my peerage."

"I need to train as well. We will be up against a strong opponent." Rias nodded at Issei.

Issei nodded back.

"Anyways, bell's about to ring. See you guys later. Come, Matsuda and Motohama, we need to get to class."

"Hai, Meishu!" They both walked out with Kiryuu.

"We better get going as well." Said Rias. Sona, her peerage, Rias's peerage and Issei all nodded.

They went back to their class.

The rest of the day went normally for Issei.


{Time skip - End of the school day}

As school ended.

"Sona, I would like to talk to you about something in private." Issei was at the student council room.

"Alright, let's go outside" Said Sona.

Sona and Issei walked outside.

"So what do you want to talk to me about?" Asked Sona.

Issei lost his usual calm and collected self and was a little nervous.

"I….kinda…sotra….putaspellontheprincipalsothatidonthavetoexplaintohimwhyiwasgone!" He said it all in one breath.

Sona took a second to take in what Issei said.

She sighed and face palmed. "It's ok, I will deal with that. I understand why you did it. But this better not happen again." Scolded Sona, or, at least tried to scold. She couldn't really scold Issei because of what he had went through. And also, although she chose not to admit it, she had a thing for Issei.

"I understand. I am truly sorry." Issei bowed down.

Sona was about to say something but was cut off by a shriek.

"EEEEEEEK!" Screamed a girl who looked like a first year. But she wasn't from this school. She was a few feet away from them. She quickly came closer to Issei.

"Oh my! You are the Oppai Dragon! I am Bennia, a huge fan!" The girl's eyes were sparkling.

While Sona was shocked that a girl recognized Issei, Issei just smiled warmly at her.

"You really came from the Realm of the Dead just to meet me? I am flattered." He replied.

"How did you know I came from the Realm of the Dead?" She asked while tilting her head.

"I can recongize the Scythe that you wield from a mile away. You are one of Hades' underlings aren't you?" He smiled.

"I am!" Her eyes had sparkles in them again, "Wow, the Oppai Dragon is just as nice in person as he is in the shows! Can I ppplllleeeeeeaaaasssseeeee have your autograph?" She pleaded.

Issei smiled, "Of course." He brought out a pen from his bag.

"Ooh-ooh! Please sign it on my scythe!" She took the scythe from her back. She used a spell on it to seal its powers.

Issei smiled and proceeded to give his autograph on the blade. Sona was looking at the events that transpired with a shocked face.

"When did you get so good at deducing? Even I didn't recognize that scythe at first, and I read!" Said a shocked Sona.

"Well, I have read about it in a supernatural library. And let's say I also got a live experience. Ain't that right, Pluto!" He called out to Pluto whom he sensed from a mile away.

Pluto quickly removed his cloaking spell.

This shocked Sona and Bennia.

"Looks like you have really grown stronger. Even a High class devil, like your companion, won't be able to sense me." Pluto complimented Issei.

"General-Pluto!? What are you doing here?" Bennia was shocked.

"Don't worry Bennia, this is all part of the plan. Now be a good girl and slay the Sekiryuutei." Said Pluto while looking at Bennia.

"WHAT! WHEN WAS THIS PART OF A PLAN! I WAS JUST SENT HERE TO….to…" Realization hit her. She was never just sent to Issei to get his autograph. No, she was sent to kill him. Hades knew that she was the finest scythe-wielder he had. "NO! I won't kill the Oppai Dragon!" Bennia turned towards Pluto and removed the spell on her scythe.

"Now now, that would be going against orders won't it? If you do that, I might have to put a Grim curse on you." Said Pluto in a teasing voice.

"Leave the girl alone, Pluto." Said Issei. He came in front of Bennia to protect her.

"Well, if Bennia won't do it, I WILL!" He screamed as he threw his scythe towards Issei.

Issei only stood there. Sona was looking in disbelief.

"ISSEI RUN!" She screamed. But Issei only stood there.

With a swift action, he quickly brought his hand out and stopped the scythe. He held the blade in between his Index finger and Thumb so that it didn't cut him. He created a pocket dimension and threw the scythe in it.

"Thank you for donating your scythe to me. That would be of great help later on." Issei smiled. Pluto was intimidated by Issei's mere smile.

"Well, looks like I'm at a disadvantage in this fight. So I will have to do the next best thing." He created a small sphere in between his 'middle finger' and 'thumb', if they could even be called as such. He then proceeded to snap his 'fingers' releasing the energy he concentrated into thin air. Issei gave a confused look.

"AAAHHH!" Screamed Bennia. She fell onto Sona's arms.

"With the Grim curse applied, I will be off." Pluto quickly teleported out of there before Issei could do anything.

"Ugh that bastard!" He cursed Pluto. He quickly turned around to see Bennia breathing heavily on Sona's arms. Sona had sat down to check Bennia.

"Ugh crap, the Grim curse is a curse that can be applied to people who have worked with Grim reapers for some time. This will kill her soul and turn her into a grim reaper. Damn that Pluto." Issei grit his teeth.

"What do we do, Issei? I have never dealt with this before, and she seemed like a nice girl." Sona had no idea what to do.

"….AH! My pieces! I could use those to turn her into a devil and free her of the curse!" He said. He quickly brought out a box from his pocket dimension. He opened the box and placed it near Bennia. Sona didn't pay attention to the fact that all of his pieces were mutated.

"Urgh, my pieces won't work. She is fit to be a knight but my knight piece is mutated and it's too strong and won't work" Grunted Issei. This caused Sona's eyes to grow wide. "I have to call Kiryuu, she would be able to reincarnate her." He started forming a communication circle.

"Issei!" Sona cried out.

Issei stopped making the circle and looked at Sona. She had her knight unused knight piece on her hand, and it was glowing. This meant that it can be used on Bennia.

"Sona, are you sure you want to use your mutated piece?" Asked Sona.

"If it were a regular knight piece, she would have been too strong for me to reincarnate. I would be able to save her AND I would get a strong peerage member." Said Sona.

Issei nodded.

Sona put the Knight piece near Bennia, who was struggling to breathe.

"I, Sona Sitri, will reincarnate you, Bennia, as my knight. Serve me and my family" As she said those words, the knight piece started going inside Bennia's body. After the knight piece went in, Bennia's body started glowing for a second. After the glow ended, Bennia was seen unconscious. She was breathing just fine and Issei could feel that the Grim curse was lifted from her body.

"Thank you so much, Sona. How could I ever repay you?" Issei thanked Sona.

"No need, Issei. I should be the one thanking you. You were the reason I got two strong pieces for my peerage." Smiled Sona, "Although, there is one thing that I would like to ask of you." Said Sona with a slight blush.

"What is it?" asked Issei.

Sona looked at the ground with a red face. "P-p-p-p-please m-m-m-make me a p-p-part of your harem!" She almost screamed at the last part, "I have always had a thing for you ever since that match with Riser...I just...couldn't bring myself to tell you."

Issei was taken aback. A calm, collected and cool girl like Sona asking to be a part of his harem?

Issei smiled. He put his hand on Sona's chin and lifted her face. He then kissed Sona. Sona, surprised at first, reciprocated the kiss. After a few minutes of passionate kissing, they broke the kiss.

"T-thank you Issei." Sona looked down with a smile.

"I had feelings for you anyways. I am just worried how Saji will react." Said Issei.

Sona looked at him curiously.

"What? You never noticed that Saji held feelings towards you?" Issei questioned Sona.

Sona blinked a few times.

"Me? But he already has Momo and Ruruko after him." Said Sona.

"Yeah I guess he is also pretty blind. So blind that I think Momo and Ruruko have left him." Said Issei.

"Yeah, I think so. He also became very cold when you…..left." Sona looked down as she said that.

"Hey….." Issei started but was cut off by Sona.

"Anyways, you are back now, and that is all that matters." Sona gave Issei a bright smile. Issei smiled back at her.

"Anyways, you should go back to the student council room and explain what just happened. I will take care of Bennia until she wakes up." Said Issei.

Sona nodded and went inside the school.

After a few minutes.

"Ugh…wha-…what happened?" Bennia had just gained her consciousness.

"Bennia, you are awake!" Issei looked a Bennia, who was lying on Issei's chest.

Bennia blushed as she felt Issei's body. She tried to get up but her hands and legs were tired and she fell right back onto Issei's chest.

"Hey, don't force it. You just became a devil. It will take some getting used to." Said Issei. Bennia gave him a confused look. Issei told her how she was saved.

"I can't believe someone who I thought of as a brother can do something like that." She was in tears, "I am forever grateful to Sona and you, Oppai-Dragon."

"Please call me Issei. As for Sona, I guess you will call her Kaichou from now on. I am sorry that you were forced to become a devil." Issei apologized.

"Don't worry, Issei-senpai. I am glad I am no longer with the grim reapers and rather with some people who genuinely care." Bennia said.

Issei hugged Bennia which caused her to blush.

"Sona will always protect you and take care of you. And if there is something that you don't want to tell to Sona, you can tell it to me. I guess we will see each other often as we will be in the same school." Said Issei.

"Thank you, Issei-senpai." She thanked Issei before going to sleep.

Issei chuckled.

"She must be really tired." Issei heard a familiar voice. It was Tsubaki, and along with her was a pouting Sona.

"How come I get to know about your and Tsubaki's relationship just now!" Pouted Sona, making her look extremely adorable according to Issei.

"So, I guess you told her while coming out of school?" asked Issei.

Tsubaki nodded.

"Is there any other secret relationships I should know about? The next thing I know will be that you and Saji are in a relationship." She sighed.

"Yeah…let's not go there." Issei made an awkward face. Tsubaki nodded with an equally awkward face.

"*Sigh*, anyways, I'll bring Bennia to an apartment in the devil quarters." Sona came towards Issei and took Bennia from him.

Issei waved goodbye to both Tsubaki and Sona and went back on his way home.


{Scene Change}

"He was that strong huh?" Hades was in his throne, thinking about Issei.

"He was able to hold my blade without any issue. He also stole it. Bennia didn't listen to her orders so I gave her the grim curse, which would either kill her or turn her into a grim reaper." Said Pluto.

"Shame, she was bright kid. Anyways, seems like I will have to deal with this boy myself" Said Hades.


{Scene Change, Timeskip – The next day}

Bennia entered the school thanks to Sona and was a part of the Student council. She was also part of the ORC as well.

"I can't believe you were able to fight a grim reaper general with such ease." Murayama complimented Issei.

"You are way too strong for your own good." Said Katase with worry in her voice.

"Issei-san, you will get yourself into bad situations if you engage in fights like this." Said a worried Asia.

Xenovia and Irina nodded their head in agreement.

"C'mon guys, it was fine. And besides, Sona finally completed her peerage thanks to what I did." Issei said awkwardly.

"No excuse for almost getting hit by that scythe of Pluto's. You know what would happen to you if you got hit by one of those!" Scolded Irina.

"….yeah…" said Issei.

"Bro you practically defeated the Grim reaper general" Said Matsuda with sparkles in his eye.

"You are much stronger than we thought, and we thought you were the strongest being ever." Complimented Motohama.

"C'mon guys, I am not that strong." Said Issei turning towards the duo, "And C'mon guys, I am not that weak!" Said Issei turning towards the girls.

The girls continued scolding Issei and the guys continued marveling at Issei until the homeroom teacher came.

The classes went by without a hitch, well, almost. The teacher put a surprise test on chemistry. Issei aced the test as he had studied much higher levels of chemistry at the supernatural library, but the rest of the class was exhausted as they had never had such a difficult paper before.

After school.

Issei took out a small crystal from his pocket.

"Hey Ddraig, do you think I should ask Azazel about this crystal?" Asked Issei.


{Small Flashback}

This was during the fight with Tiamat and Issei.

As Issei punched Tiamat and she fell on the ground, a huge dust cloud evolved.

Isse felt a burning sensation in his chest.

"Ugh, it's that sensation again. I was quite surprised that after I was reincarnated, I didn't feel the burning sensation anymore." Issei groaned.

Issei looked towards his chest. He could see a small bulge beneath his shirt. He took off his jacket and shirt to see that there was a small crystal which was poking out from his ribcage. Issei pulled it out. His skin at that area immediately fixed itself thanks to his dragon regeneration.

"Huh?" He looked at the small crystal. He quickly put his shirt and his jacket back on. He put the crystal inside his pocket and went to help Tiamat.


{Flashback End}

"[I think you should, partner. You have not been able to tell what it is, so I think you should seek his help]" Replied Ddraig.

Issei nodded and created a magic circle.

"Yo" Replied Azazel.

"Yo Azazel, I need some help with a thing that has been bothering me for a while." Said Issei.

"Alright. Come to the ORC room. I'll be there in a minute." Replied Azazel.

Issei cut the communication circle and walked towards the ORC house.

{Scene Change}

"Hmmm, quite peculiar." Said Azazel.

Issei was now in the ORC room and he showed Azazel the crystal.

"If I am not wrong, this is a part of a light spear from a fallen angel…." Said Azazel with a thoughtful face.

"Light spear? From a fallen angel? But how and who wou…." Issei's face went dark, "…her…"

"Hmmm…..I am sensing the same aura." Azazel said, confirming Issei's words.

Issei's fist clenched up as he thought about her.

"But, the weird thing is that….this piece was never meant to kill." Said Azazel. This caused Issei to look up, shocked.

Azazel seemed to form a light spear from that small piece.

"Feel the aura of this spear, Issei." Azazel put forward the light spear.

Issei held the spear. His eyes went wide.

"T-this has angelic healing properties!" He was shocked.

"Indeed. Even if the light spear impaled you and you might have gone unconscious, you wouldn't have died and the spear's healing would have kept you alive. It seems like Raynare's intention was never to kill you." Said Azazel thoughtfully, "Well, this piece of evidence pretty much confirms my research on Kokabiel's actions."

Issei looked at Azazel with a confused face.

"Kokabiel was using control spells on his servants, or at least, most of them. There were definitely some who worked with Kokabiel willingly. It seems like Raynare was one of the victims of Kokabiel's control spells." Said Azazel.

Issei's eyes went even wider than they were previously.

"She…..didn't want to kill me?" Said Issei, with an expression of disbelief.

"It would seem so. Looks like her date with you made her change your mind. You ARE a really good charmer." Laughed Azazel, "Anyways, the past is the past. Go on kiddo, your friends must be worried." Said Azazel.

Issei turned around and started walking away.

"..I….was the reason an innocent was killed?" He thought to himself.

"[Partner, remember what Azazel said. The past is the past. You don't have to think about that anymore]" Ddraig tried to comfort his partner.

"Tell me Ddraig. If you knew that you killed an innocent person because of a misunderstanding, would you not think about it?" Asked Issei.

"[…..Partner….you are talking to a dragon who almost killed the entire supernatural world just because he wanted to show his 'strength'….]" deadpanned Ddraig.

"Oh yeah, I forgot. No use asking you." Issei sighed and cut his connection with Ddraig.

Issei stopped thinking about Raynare and started walking, but not towards his home. He started walking to a different place.

After a few minutes of walking, he seemed to reach what looked like a relatively normal house.

He opened the door.

Before him was a lab.

It had a giant table in the middle which was home to a lot of equipments. There were cupboards on the corners and there were a lot of drawers. The whole lab had a bright blue light coming out from the corners.

"Thank you, Tsubaki." He thanked Tsubaki. Tsubaki's family had an unused lab which they didn't pay any attention to. Instead of letting it rot, she decided to give it to Issei.

Issei sat down on one of the chairs.

"Geez…...today was…..something." Issei sighed to himself.

He proceeded to open his pocket dimension and take out the scyhte he stole from Pluto.

"Hmmm…I wonder…."

{Scene Change}

At Vali's mansion.

Vali was training by himself in the field. Bikou and Arthur were sparring against each other while Kuroka and Le fay were practicing their magic.

*DING*

They heard the bell at the entrance gate ring.

"Kuroka! Can you take care of that!" Shouted Vali from the other side of the field.

"Ugh…..fine." She sighed and got up, "Keep practicing this spell, it will come to you naturally in no time." Kuroka smiled towards Le fay.

Kuroka was trying to teach Le fay some senjutsu. Being a non-youkai, she was not able to do it. She pouted.

"Easy for you to say.." She humphed.

Kuroka giggled at the cute reaction Le fay gave her.

She went to the entrance gate, which was actually quite far from the actual mansion itself.

She opened the gate.

"Who is I-" She started bluntly before having her jaw hit the ground.

"Uhm…hi? I hope you remember me." Smiled Issei.

To Issei it seemed like Kuroka was too shocked to respond, and well, he was half correct. Kuroka just forgot that she had other organs for a second.

"W-w-w-w-wh-wh-wh-wh…" She stuttered.

"Woah, relax. If you're getting so worked up about seeing me, I am scared to imagine what will happen to the others." Commented Issei.

Kuroka was shocked, but managed to re-compose herself.

"AHEM!...state your business." She said with a commanding tone.

"Oh….um…..I believe I owe an explanation to the Vali team, and also an apology to a certain Nekomata?" Said Issei.

Kuroka smiled at Issei. She rushed and hugged him tightly.

"Thank you. Thank you so much. You helped my constant heart burn go away. You have no Idea how much better I have been these days." She told Issei while still hugging him.

"I am glad that that medicine worked. Er-I mean, of course it worked! There is no way it could have…worsened your situation…heh…" Issei chuckled awkwardly.

Kuroka broke the hug and raised an eyebrow at Issei. Issei just shrugged. Kuroka sighed and gave him a small kiss on the lips, which shook Issei.

"Fufu….don't worry, this certainly won't be the last one." She meowed.

Issei felt his heart beat faster. "No…no perverted thoughts." Issei calmed himself.

Kuroka took Issei to the field.

"~Hey Everyone!~ We have a guest!" She singed.

Everyone looked towards Kuroka and saw a figure behind her waving at them. They didn't recognize him at first.

But then Vali's eyes went wide.

"..n-no.." he said.

He went close to Issei. He looked at him with wide eyes, but then closed his eyes and smiled.

"Hahah! I knew you were too stubborn to die" Vali pulled Issei into a bro hug.

The rest of Vali's team looked at them curiously. Their eyes widened as realization hit them.

"ISSEI!?" All of them screamed.

Issei smiled, "Hello! It's been some time." Said Issei.

Issei was tacked by Le Fay into a hug.

"I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD!" She cried.

Issei hugged Le fay back. "Don't worry, the Oppai-Dragon returns." He smiled. He knew that Le fay was an Oppai Dragon fan.

"Guess you really are the un-killable eh?" Bikou smirked.

Issei nodded as he bro hugged Bikou.

Issei then turned to Arthur. Arthur extended his hand.

"Glad to have you back." He said with a noble voice. Issei shook his hand.

"Glad to be back." Said Issei in an equally noble voice.

Issei then explained everything that happened to him. The girls were looking at him with bright eyes as if they were looking at a movie, while the boys could appreciate the hard work Issei had put in.

"And that brings me to why I am here." Said Issei, "…..*Sigh*…would you all like to join my peerage?"

….

Silence engulfed the area.

"…Well….I'm not sure about the others, but count me in ~Nya~!" Said Kuroka. This shook Issei.

"That took a lot less convincing that I thought it would. I thought I needed to give you all a full on spar session to even convince a single one." Issei gave a surprised expression.

"Well, after everything you have done for me and my sister, I can't really say no, ~Nya~" Purred Kuroka, "Plus, you're gonna give me kittens...~Nya~" That last 'Nya' was…VERY seductive. Issei was going mad inside his brain but managed to keep a composed look on the outside.

"Hmmm.." Vali was thinking.

"OH! I almost forgot. Here, catch!" Issei brought out some sort of a weapon from his pocket dimension. It was a double sided scythe with white blades and had white dragon carvings on it.

"What is this? It looks good." Vali caught the scythe and started looking at it.

"It's that scythe I stole from Pluto. I re-built it and changed the energy which resides within it. I used the bit of Divine Dividing I stole from you to turn it into a weapon similar to your divine dividing. It has equal power to that of the Great Swords." Said Issei.

Vali blinked a few times. "T-t-the great swords!?" He was shocked.

"Indeed, Vali. I can feel that this has the same amount of power as Caliburn." Arthur brought out Caliburn.

"OH! I almost forgot again." Issei created a magic circle. "This gift is for you, Arthur." Smirked Issei.

Arthur was looking at the Magic Circle curiously.

After a few moments, a woman with a maid dress could be seen coming out of the magic circle.

Arthur's eyes widened.

"….E-Elaine!" Arthur screamed.

"Arthur…" Elaine gasped. They both ran at each other and kissed. Issei smiled at their interaction.

After a few minutes, they parted.

"B-b-but how?"

Issei started to explain.


{Flashback}

While Issei was to Vali's place, he decided to take a tour around the world. During his tour, he stumbled across a castle.

"Hey Ddraig, isn't that the Pendragon Manor?" Asked Issei.

"[It is indeed, why do you ask?]" Asked Ddraig.

"I'm not sure why, but I have a bad feeling about that place." Issei frowned.

He flew down towards the castle. He cloaked himself and corrupted his body in order to phase through the walls. He suppressed his aura to such an extent that no one would even be able to tell that anyone was there.

He walked around the castle.

"Impressive.." He thought to himself.

"[What did you expect, partner?]" Ddraig asked Issei.

"I expected it to be flashy, but THIS is really flashy." There was gold everywhere…..like…everywhere. Everything from the flower pots to the ceiling was made out of gold.

After a bit of walking, he heard a scream.

"AAH!" it was a female voice.

Issei stealthily went up to the place where he heard the scream. He saw a woman in a maid dress on the ground with tears in her eyes. There was also a man who was looking at the maid angrily.

"I-I-I-I'm sorry my king! Yesterday you said you like green tea the most…..so I ma-" the maid started but was cut off by the man.

"EXCUSES!" He screamed, "You should catch on to what I like without me telling you. Useless. You are the reason my son left. I have been holding back…" The man grabbed the maid by the bottom of her chin and forced her to stand, "…but now, to let off some steam, I will have my way with you.." The man smirked.

"No you won't" Issei revealed himself and spoke in a slightly dark tone.

"Eh? Who the hell are you!? How did you get here? And this is none of your business." The man retorted.

"Well, it is now." Smirked Issei. He only slightly pushed the man, but the man went flying into one of the castle's walls.

Issei created a time dome around him and the maid.

"Are you ok?" Asked Issei.

"…Yes…..thank you." The maid wiped her tears.

"What is your name? And how did you get into this situation?" Issei asked.

"My name is Elaine Westcott. I am a maid of the Pendragon Family. And as to how I got here…..well….a couple of years ago the King of the Pendragon Family arranged a marriage for his son, Arthur Pendragon, with a girl from another royal family. Arthur was not against the marriage initially as both Arthur and the woman knew each other for a decent amount of time and were fond of each other. But then, one day, Arthur met me. I don't really know what happened other than it being 'Love at first sight'. Arthur later told his fiancée about his relationship with me and asked to cancel the marriage. His fiancée understood and didn't have a problem with it. But, once his fiancée told this to the King, the King was furious. He demanded that his relationship with me end at once or there will be…..concequences…. Arthur then took Excalibur ruler and Caliburn and ran away from the house along with his sister Le Fay. He swore to his father that if anything happened to me, he would face his full wrath." Said Elaine.

Issei was disgusted with the King's actions.

"Does Arthur have any sort of relationship with his father or the Pendragon Manor?" Asked Issei.

"Not that I can think off…..why do you ask?" Elaine asked.

"Just thought that I should get rid of some lowly scums and their property." Grinned Issei. Elaine's eyes went wide. "Eh….on second thought, maybe Arthur would like to finish off his father."

Issei retracted the time dome.

He walked over to the King with killing intent. He was currently on the ground trying to catch his breath.

Issei grabbed the king by his neck and forced him up.

"H-hey! Do you know who you're dealing with? I am the King of the Pendra-" He started.

"I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT WHO YOU ARE, SCUM!" Issei said in a draconic voice. This made the king almost piss in his pants. Even Elaine was scared of Issei. "People like you deserve worse. You deserve to die a slow, torturous, and extremely painful death…but I will leave that to your son. You better be happy that I'm giving you the honor to be felled by your own son, you deserve much less." He spat before chocking the king to such a point where he would not die, but will be in a terrible condition and will need a lot of medical attention.

He then turned to Elaine. "I will teleport you to a safe place. When I will get to my destination, I will teleport you back." He said before forming a magic circle.

"U-ummm….may I….get your n-n-name?" Elaine was stuttering as she was scared of Issei. Issei noticed that she was scared and gave her a warm, calming smile.

"I am Hyoudou Issei, the current Sekiryuutei." He smiled.

Elaine's eyes went wide. She knew that the Sekiryuutei was strong but this strong!?

"A-and may I know where you would bring me to?" She asked,

Issei smiled again, "To Arthur of course." He smiled, this made Elaine extremely elated but she decided to try to keep it in, and slightly failed. "But first I will have to teleport you to that place. Don't worry, you will be completely safe there."

Elaine nodded her head. Issei started the magic circle and Elaine was transported to Issei's lab.

"Well, I got another reason to get to Vali's place really quick" He thought to himself before dashing off.


{Flashback End}

"…..THAT FOOL!..." Screamed Arthur, "Thank you for keeping that old man alive. I want to see him scream for mercy when I am through with him. How DARE he even think about mistreating Elaine." Arthur lost his usual cool and calm self and was extremely pissed.

Issei grinned and nodded. Arthur then came up to Issei and gave him a bro hug.

"I am forever in debt to you, Issei. I will of course join your peerage." He said in a slight weak voice, as if he was crying.

Issei smiled and patted Arthur on the back as they broke the hug. Elaine bowed to Issei.

"Sekiryuutei, I am also forever in debt to you. While I would not like to join your peerage since I am not really a person who is into fighting, but I will serve you as a maid." She bowed.

Issei smiled. "No need to be so formal with me. Call me Issei. And it would be nice to have a maid around I guess, although I don't have a huge mansion."

Le fay suddenly jumped and hugged Issei. "THANK YOU SO MUCH ISSEI-KUN FOR BRINGING BACK ELAINE-NEE SAN!" She cried.

"It was really nothing. I just did what should have been done a long time ago." He hugged Le fay back.

"It was not nothing, Issei. Arthur has told me what he has done….and believe me when I say that even if he dies a painful death at the hands of Arthur, he deserves much worse." Spat Bikou, "And since I can sense that you are now even stronger than Vali, I have no objection joining you peerage. I can see that you are loyal to those you are close to and you will give me much more interesting spar sessions." Smiled Bikou.

Issei smiled back and nodded.

"…..Hah…..guess I have no choice but to join as well." Laughed Vali, "You still owe me a one on one though." Said Vali.

"You all are really battle maniacs eh?" Smiled Issei.

"Uhm….I will aid you on your journey, but I don't think I will join your peerage. I want to be a part of a different peerage to fight my brother in an official match." Said Le fay.

Issei smiled and bent down to the height of Le fay. "I don't think that your brother would like you to be in a different peerage, but I respect your thinking."

Le fay looked towards Arthur to see that he had a slightly off face. He wouldn't be able to protect his sister if she is in a different peerage.

"If my brother wants, I can join your peerage." Le fay smiled.

After looking at Le fay's smile, Arthur felt guilty.

"I…will respect my sister's choice." Arthur smiled.

Le fay jumped and hugged her brother.

"Well then, looks like I got myself a bishop, knight, rook and a pawn." He smiled. He brought out a box from his pocket dimension and opened it. Kuroka and Vali's eyes went wide as they saw the pieces.

"E-e-e-e-everything is mutated!? And the pawns are hyper mutated!?" Kuroka was shocked.

"Yeah. It is convenient for me as you actually cost two regular bishop pieces for me. Arthur also costs two regular knight pieces and Bikou as well costs two regular rook pieces. Vali costs eight regular pawn pieces for me. But since my whole set is mutated, you all cost one piece each except Vali who costs two pawns." Said Issei.

"You will have a lot of strong members, so that means more people to fight against." Grinned Vali.

"Hahah…complete battle maniacs." He laughed.

Issei then closed his eyes. The chess pieces he was thinking of started floating. A bishop piece, a knight piece, a rook piece and two pawn pieces.

"Toujou Kuroka…would you like to fight alongside me, knowing that thorny path that lies ahead?" Issei asked.

"Of course I would, ~Nya~" Smiled Kuroka.

"Very well then. You will join my peerage as a mutated bishop. Serve me and fight with me." Said Issei. The bishop piece went towards Kuroka. Kuroka started glowing. She already had two bishop pieces inside her. But now, the two pieces that she had inside her seemed to come out of her, being replaced by the new bishop piece that was from Issei's set. The two pieces disintegrated into thin air. After the glow ended, Kuroka was seen smiling.

"Arthur Pendragon…would you like to fight alongside me, knowing that thorny path that lies ahead?" Issei asked.

"I have never been more sure in my life." Arthur bowed down like a knight does before his king.

"Would you like to be re-incarnated as a devil? Or would you like to remain a human." Asked Issei.

Arthur thought for a bit, but then replied. "I have nothing to do with the Pendragon family. So by all means, re incarnate me."

Issei smiled.

"Very well then. You will join my peerage as a mutated knight. Serve me and fight with me." Said Issei. The knight piece went towards Arthur. As the knight piece started going inside Arthur, he started glowing with a crimson red aura. It was different from the crimson in Rias's hair. It was more like the crimson in Ddraig's scales. Arthur seemed to have six devil wings come out of his back. After some time, he stopped glowing and returned to normal. He smiled at Issei and nodded.

"Monkey King Bikou…would you like to fight alongside me, knowing that thorny path that lies ahead?" Issei asked.

"Is that even a question?" Smirked Bikou.

"Would you like to be re-incarnated as a devil? Or would you like to remain a Monkey Youkai." Asked Issei.

"Even thought I ran away from my home, I would like to remain as a Monkey Youkai." Replied Bikou

"Very well then. You will join me peerage as a mutated rook. Serve me and fight with me." Said Issei. The rook piece started going towards Bikou. As the rook piece started going inside Bikou, a similar crimson aura was seen coming out of him. After some time, the glow ended and Bikou could be seen smirking.

"And finally…" Issei turned towards Vali.

"Vali Lucifer…would you like to fight alongside me, knowing that thorny path that lies ahead?" Issei asked.

"I would." Vali replied with a smirk.

"Very well then. You will join me peerage as a hyper mutated pawn. Serve me and fight with me." Said Issei. Two hyper mutated pawn pieces started coming towards Vali. A similar crimson aura could be seen as the pawn pieces entered Vali's body. After they entered, the glow stopped and Vali could be seen grinning.

"And that marks the start of a new journey for me." Issei said.


Issei reveals himself to the ORC and the Vali team, and gets his first peerage members in the process. And of course, the Raynare thing shocked Issei, but he managed to brush it off. I already have thought about who will be in Issei's peerage. New non-cannon characters will be coming as well! As always, constructive criticism and suggestions are always welcome :)