"Talking"
(Author)
'Thinking'
{Cole}
[Chants]
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Tatsumi was thinking about this situation, first he was attacked by a fallen angel which he thought was a myth, He is utterly confused, Issei saw his current expression and poked him which brought him into reality again and looked into Issei's eyes.
"Before they attacked me, no. I'm not dumb to believe such things exists, but after what happened today I'm a bit more open minded. But I do have some questions in mind, first off why did they attacked me when I didn't do anything? And second who are you?"
"Do you really want to know who I am? Do you really want to drag yourself into this mess and never leave until you die?" Issei asked with seriousness.
What he said was true, he can't have a peaceful life if he enters the supernatural, he never knew who is going to attack him, or who's his ally and who's his enemy. Everyone is acting for their own good, he would be a prey, if he didn't want to die early, he must be the hunter.
"Yes, I want to know who are you." Tatsumi said, his voice was filled with curiosity which Issei noticed and closed his eyes. He then released his wings in full stretch.
Tatsumi was utterly speechless at the sight in front of him, Issei had a huge pair of black dragon wings, his pupils changed into slits. He didn't want to believe his eyes, Issei had a sad look on his face when he saw Tatsumi's frightened, of course he would be frightened, he saw something he never thought in his entire lifetime.
"I'm Issei Hyoudou, the Black Dragon God Emperor, son of the Dragon God of Infinity; Orphis, but others know me as the Shadow Dragon and potentional the 3rd strongest being in the world. Let me say that everything you believed as myths and legends are as real as you and me." What Issei said shocked him once more, he has the potentional of being the 3rd strongest being in world.
"Now Tatsumi for the reason why you were attacked is because you have a sacred gear. If you want, you can be part of my peerage or flight as I would personally call it and become my first pawn, that way we can activate your sacred gear and train you. Or simply erase your memories about all this and let you go." Issei's speech made Tatsumi think, should he take the offer and make sure he can defend himself, or let him erase his memory. But he would get attacked if he has a strong sacred gear.
"I accept your offer Issei, but first. Let me thank you, If that girl wasn't there I would've died. I just want to know why she was there, and also what is this sacred gear thing?" He looked at Issei who nodded and began.
"Sacred gears, God's gift to humanity are powerful items, they can be used very differently. Originally God wanted humans to defend themselves, and he created many different types, but only 13 of them are really special, Longinus'. They are really on another level, with 1 longinus you can wipe out armies within the blink of an eye. And the reason Leone was there to protect you was because she sensed your sacred gear and informed me of it, in doing so I ordered her to keep an eye on you."
"Alright Tatsumi come here, we're gonna see what kind of sacred gear you have." Tatsumi preceded to walk up in front of Issei. Issei then placed his hand on his chest, his entire body began to glow in misty shade of grey and white, when he stopped glowing they spotted something different on him. There was a sword in his right hand, but this wasn't an ordinary sword, it was a short sword with a chain link tassel with a ruby in between the blade and the hilt.
"INCURSIO?!!" Issei questioned loudly.
Tatsumi just looked confused looking back and forth between Issei freaking out and the sword. "I take it this is my sacred gear and it's a strong one?"
"Abso-fucking-lutely!! You have no idea how lucky we both are!" Issei looked like he hit the lottery.
"Incursio was created from the flesh of Tyrant, he may not have been one of the Dragon Kings, but he was still once a very powerful dragon. Due to its origins with Tyrant, Incursio possessed an aptitude for adaptation and evolution. Aside from its standard capabilities, it continued to evolve as the result of battles against several opponents, gaining new forms and abilities as time goes on. Due to being a full body-armor, Incursio had a near-indestructible defense with the only thing able to pierce it being other blade like sacred gears or holy swords. The armor also greatly enhanced the user's physical abilities such as speed, strength, and agility. The users of Incursio were also able to wield a long spear called "Neuntote" which was capable of cutting through many objects or beings with ease." Issei explained with Tatsumi nodding letting him know that he was listening.
"Then you have the armor's trump card, it has the ability to turn the user invisible for a certain amount of time, depending on the skill of the user. As noted, a weakness of the invisibility was that while it masked the user visually from the naked eye, it did not hide their presence, allowing skilled opponents to sense the user despite them being invisible." Issei finished his explanation letting Tatsumi process all that information.
Tatsumi was thinking, he found a really good power to use, he didn't even take 5 minutes to think, he was going to be a dragon. They saved his life, and maybe he can find himself a better reason to live with dragons.
When everything was said Issei summoned a small box containing the rest of his evil pieces, picking up one of the pawns.
[I, Issei Hyoudou, call upon you, Tatsumi Saito, to be reborn as my first pawn, dedicate your life to me as my servant.]
Once the chant was done the pawn piece lifted itself from Issei's hand and went into Tatsumi's chest.
"Now Tatsumi, go and get along with your new teammates! Consider it a direct order from your king." Issei tells Tatsumi with a proud grin on his face.
"Sure boss." Tatsumi just chuckled and preceded to the living room.
Issei may have been smiling on the outside but on the inside he was ecstatic. 'OH HELLZZ YEEAAHH, I can't believe I got a wielder of Incursio!! Best. Day. Ever!!'
{Can't help but agree with you, however don't forget you still have some more potential recruits.}
'Oh right, should get ready for the fallen angels Raynare was supposed to bring over.'
Living room
In the living room of Issei's house, Tatsumi is chatting with Leone and Akame while Kuroka is getting flirty with Issei while he's cooking in the kitchen.
"So your Incursio's weilder huh?" asked Akame while munching on a snickerdoodle.
"Yeah seems so, what about you two?" Tatsumi asked curiously.
"I'm so glad you asked cuz I've been dying to show off my sacred gear to somebody new." Leone replied excitedly.
"My sacred gear is called Lionel." Leone was pointing at her belt. "As you can see it's a belt-shaped sacred gear that transforms its wearer into a beast, instantly increasing one's physical strength and abilities. It also amplified one's sense of smell to enable scouting." Leone explained with Tatsumi giving a thumbs up.
Leone looked to Akame. "Alright Akame your turn to reveal your goodie goodies."
Tatsumi looked at the girl named Akame and noticed that she is carrying a sword, but Tatsumi was able to tell it wasn't a normal sword, it was radiating a very powerful demonic aura.
Akame just looked annoyed but nevertheless sigh and begun to explain as she showed him her's.
"This is my sacred gear, Murasame: the One-Cut Killing Sword." In her hands what seemed to be a normal looking katana. "It's a cursed blade that can kill a person with a single cut. Once the sword pierces the skin, a poisonous curse will spread through the victim's body, killing them within seconds by stopping their heart. The curse will appear as black markings that originated from the wound and spread across the victim's skin. These markings will vanish once the person has died."
Akame stopped for a moment to let Tatsumi's brain to process but unknowingly to the two girls, Tatsumi was starting to be a bit nervous around them. If he accidentally does or says something to either embarrass or piss them off in the near future then he's a dead man. Tatsumi quickly calmed down remembering that their his new teammates and friends, if anything they'll most likely just give him a good beating which is almost as scary as getting killed but better.
Seeing Tatsumi calm gave Akame the cue to continue. "Murasame's trump card is a performance enhancer titled "Little War Horn", it strengthens its user with the power of its poisonous curse. When the trump card activated, the user's eyes will turn black with dark markings appearing around their pupils and a death-like aura enveloping their body. Red markings will also appear all over the user's body and will remain as scars once its effect ended."
"Man who knew I was gonna part of such a cool group."
"It's only gonna get better from here." Leone commented.
"What do you mean?" asked Tatsumi confused.
Before Tatsumi's question can be answered, they heard the front door bell rung twice.
"Can one of you get that I'm too busy making dinner, don't worry I'm expecting them." said Issei while he was still cooking.
"On it." Akame walked to the door and opened it to see 3 fallen angels. "Come in, Issei's been expecting you." Akame invited them in which they did and proceeded to the living room.
Tatsumi was shocked to see one of the fallen that tried to kill him. "What are doing here?!" Looking at the blonde fallen.
"I was about to ask you the same!" Both Raynare and Kalawarner saw the look of shock and relief from their comrade and decided to tease her a bit.
"So this your boyfriend Millet? Gotta say he's definitely on the cute side, we can see why you like him." Kalawarner gave a sly smile while Raynare was holding back her laughter.
Millet looked like she was having trouble trying to keep a straight face while having a bright red blush on her face. "He's not boyfriend!" Millet denying them clear well of what they're doing.
"Technically you guys never broke up, so your two are still together." retorted Raynare.
"And you never denied that you like him." Kalawarner added while still having that sly smile.
"Aaaaaah it's pointless trying to argue with you two!!" Millet screamed in frustration.
"We try." they both said in unison.
(10 minutes later)
Issei, who was making dinner decided to let Kuroka finish it while he and the others talk to their 3 fallen guests.
"So I take it this is your team?" asked Issei.
"Everyone except for Dohnaseek." Millet commented.
"He's also a member of your group?" Leone asked.
"Yeah but he's not on my "trust worthy" list." Replied Raynare.
"So Raynare said you got something for us?" Asked Kalawarner looking at Issei.
"Indeed I do but let's introduce to each other properly." Issei looked the 3 fallen "Hey there, I'm Issei Hyoudou, the Black Dragon Emperor, I'm the king of this flight your turn guys." Issei said this while looking at Leone, Akame and Tatsumi.
Akame was the one to start. "Akame, 1st knight of Issei's flight, nice to meet you." Akame introduced herself then bowed respectfully.
Leone was the one next. "Hi, I'm Leone, Issei's 1st rook, let's all get along yeah?" Leone making a peace sign with one of her hands.
Next was Tatsumi "Hello, my name is Tatsumi, I'm Issei's first new pawn, hopefully we can all be friends"
Kuroka was still in the kitchen so Issei introduced her to them. "The one in the kitchen is Kuroka, she's my queen."
It was now the fallen angels' turn. "Hi everybody, my name is Raynare, the one with the long blue hair is Kalawarner and the shortie staring at the pawn is Millet."
"I was not staring at him! Unlike you two I can control myself." Millet crossed her arms around.
"That doesn't mean you can't be imagining what you plan on doing to the poor boy." Everyone begun to laugh while Millet was fuming and Tatsumi was embarrassed.
"Dinner's finally done!!" Kuroka brought the food that was finally done really well. Everyone took their seats and started eating, Issei asked about Raynare, Millet and Kalawarner's skill sets.
"Well I'm deceptive type; the kind to go behind with the finesse. Kalawarner is at her most deadliest when it comes to magic. And as for Millet... well she's like one of those individuals barking orders but never really did much." answered Raynare.
"Hey! I heard that!"
"And, your point?" Raynare questioned.
"Whatever."
"Now where was I? Oh right, since we're fallen angels we can of course use holy light spears."
When it was time for bed the only ones still awake were Issei, Kuroka, Raynare, Kalawarner, and Millet sitting in the living room.
"Ok ladies now comes the big question."
The 3 fallen were all waiting in anticipation on what he was going to ask them.
"Will you 3 join me and become members of my flight? From what Raynare told me you girls haven't been given the most respect.
As Kalawarner and Millet were talking it over among themselves Raynare was the first to speak up.
"When I revealed that I was a fallen angel you accepted me for who I am. Most just assume due to our race's reputation for our race history of impurity."
Raynare gave Issei a look of both admiration and a bit of affection. "I'll join you."
"Count me in too." Kalawarner tagged in.
Both Raynare and Millet were surprised to hear that Kalawarner would also join.
"You sure?" Raynare asked.
"Did you forget we're friends, we've been through a lot together and nothing's going to change that."
Kalawarner turned to Millet. "You should join too, ask yourself this; do you really want to stay in that church with Dohnaseek and those exorcists?"
"Alright already join too."
"Thanks Millet." Thanked Raynare.
"Yeah whatever."
"Admit it you just wanted to be with your boyfriend right?" Kalawarner smirked.
As Raynare and Kalawarner were teasing their friend, Issei got up from his seat which got their attention.
"Girls, I'm thrilled that you want to join so quickly but not yet, as of right now if you really want to join I want you to continue doing what you were originally when you came to Kouh and find out what your fellow fallen Dohnaseek wants, would that be okay for you girls?" Issei requested.
"Sure no problem." Responded Raynare.
"I don't mind." Responded Kalawarner.
"You can count on us" Responded Millet.
As the 3 fallen left the mansion Issei and Kuroka were now alone.
"Hey Issei is it ok for me to come with you to school?"
"And why would you want to?" Issei asked.
"Because 1; it's boring without you here, and 2; I can barely survive without your touch." Kuroka explained dramatically.
Issei just looks at Kuroka with an unamused looked.
"Don't be so dramatic but fine you can come with."
"Thanks…" Kuroka smiled.
2 Days Later
As Issei woke up and ate the breakfast and was about to walk out of the door but Kuroka was in the way.
"Aren't you forgetting what you promised?" Kuroka asked.
"Ugh. Alright transform into something small and hide your presence completely." Issei said as he walked out the door.
A few seconds later a black cat with golden eyes jumped onto Issei's shoulder.
"Remember stay with me AT ALL TIMES." Issei said while emphasizing the ending.
"Yeah, yeah."
As Issei walked into school he got a few strange looks considering he had a cat on his shoulders but they quickly stopped and just let it go.
"Nya I didn't know you were so famous in school." Kuroka whispered into Issei's ear.
Issei didn't answer just went straight to his class. When the teacher asked about the cat Issei explained how he found it and couldn't get it off of him. And if it caused any trouble he would take full responsibility. The teacher didn't want to argue with Issei so he simply let it slide. It was fine (Except for Kuroka telling Issei how bored she was all day) so at lunch he told Kuroka she could go explore as long as she didn't cause any trouble and made sure under NO circumstances she makes contact with Koneko. So she agreed and went on her way finally leaving Issei to his thoughts.
'Oh right gotta pay the Student Council a visit.'
Student Council Office
The Student Council office was packed with students. There were almost two dozen faces in this place and the atmosphere was slightly tense. The source was the small dispute between two childhood friend and rivals. The source of these two high-class female devils was two young men in their school, who had gone missing, presumably dead, for two days.
"If I knew you were planning something very underhanded like this, I would've taken Hyoudou and Saito as my servants myself. I gave you a chance to invite them into your peerage out of courtesy because you're my childhood friend and you're in desperate situation, Rias! Sometimes, you're rash, I know this very well, but I never thought you are this…shallow. If they became your servants, I would feel a slight regret and light annoyance, but I would've accepted it in the end, you were lucky enough to get Mason Pines as your pawn. But now, both boys are probably dead because you're guiding them like a donkeys with carrot and stick towards his own death. You know what I hate the most, with my dream as it is, it is wasting good potential. And because of you, two people with good potential were wasted like that! Not only you have thrown away my kindness and sacrifice to you like a useless scrap, but you have wounded my pride as Student Council President, who swears to protect the students in this school, as well. The nerve you have..."
It was truly rare for Sona Sitri giving an earful rants filled with poison with high voice towards Rias Gremory, her childhood friend. However, this time was understatement because somebody she covets has gone missing, presumably dead, because Rias Gremory's reckless plan.
Rias looked to the side, not staring back at her best friend eyes because she was annoyed and ashamed. She has never been chided like this, except by her mother. Not even her father or big brother has her before. And there was also the fact she has done something that offended her best friend greatly. Oh, Rias Gremory knew how her best friend has an eye for Issei Hyoudou and Tatsumi Saito, but Sona has given her a chance to invite the Dragon and the unofficial second Prince of Kuoh into her peerage out of their long friendship. And now, she has screwed it because her reckless plan.
At that moment, Rias wished she could listen to Akeno's and invited the boys normally, instead of planning to kill them via Fallen Angel's hands. But alas… what happens... happens. There was no way to go back into the past, even with magic. And now she has made a big blunder that threatens her long-life relationship between her and Sona Sitri.
After Sona finished her long, spiteful rants, the SC Office became silent. The room was filled with awkwardness, so thick that could be cut it easily like hot knife through butter.
If only it was a normal student, Sona Sitri would not go ballistic like that. If only it was normal student, Sona would reprimand Rias because her wounded pride as Student Council president.
Tatsumi Saito was somebody Sona truly wants in her peerage. The boy had potential, limitless even. He was really smart, for a commoner he has always been number one in the second year. Always had good grades in his class. Had a good record in PE. Good comprehension ability.
Issei Hyoudou however was a mystery box Sona had been trying to figure out since he came to Kouh. Just like Saito but better, Issei had straight As, got long with both fellow students and teachers, above average, and a borderline genius in IQ wise.
knock* *knock*
The tension was cut by a knocking sound. Sona's and Rias's eyes narrowed at that. There was a barrier that sends away human with subtle mind influence, but somebody has knocked the door. Of course, it made them wary and surprised.
Both Rias and Sona exchanged subtle glance with their servants. And at that moment, everybody was ready for action.
Pushing her glass slightly, "You can enter" Sona then permitted whoever knocked the door for entrance.
The door was opened slowly. What appears behind the door sent a ripple of surprise towards everybody in the room.
Brown hair. Light brown eyes. Tall build that was taller than average Japanese. Handsome face. And sophisticated aura only somebody was born with it. The one who entered the Student Council office was no other than one of their missing, presumably dead, students—Issei Hyoudou.
"Excuse me... oh, am I disturbing an important meeting between SC and ORC?" The young man asked with light tone. There was no ounce of sorry in his tone.
"Issei, Hyoudou?" Sona breathed out in a daze. She was surprised because this was something she could not foresee.
"Yeah. Sorry for the intrusion. I want to report for my absence in the past two days."
"You can sit. I am also curious of your sudden disappearance Hyoudou. You have never skipped a class without notice since you enrolled here." Said Sona.
Issei sat on the empty seat calmly. His body language showed ease, as if the tension in the room did not bother him. Furthermore, everybody could see clearly how Issei deliberately ignoring the Occult Research Club.
'Did he know?'
That question rang inside several heads in the room. Some already connected the dot that Issei Hyoudou wasn't a normal human. After all, he has ignored a barrier existence outside of SC office.
"Excuse me, Issei Hyoudou..."
Rias Gremory finally opened her mouth. However, Issei still ignored her and sent a polite look to Sona instead. Watching that, Sona held back her smirk and pushed the rim of her glasses slightly.
"So, let we start our business, Council President."
Everybody from Occult Research Club narrowed their eyes with Issei's blatant rudeness. The Student Council members showed varying expression: Tsubaki raised her eyebrow in curiosity. Momo Hanakai gave Issei a weird look. Tsubasa Yura has an amused glimmer in her eyes. Tomoe, Reya and Riruko sent a worried glance towards Issei, and Saji gave Issei a venomous glare after all he has offended the scion of Duke Gremory in the room, deliberately nonetheless.
'Interesting. He deliberately did this… then, he knows about everything it seems.' Sona mused in interest. And then, she opened her mouth, giving her answer. "Of course, Hyoudou. So, where have you been in the past two days? The school's staff has called your home but there was nobody accepted it."
Of course, it wasn't teacher who called over Hyoudou's household. In fact it was Reya who called over. Issei did not know about the caller, but he knew there was a call within the two days. And the Student Council President did not know that Issei was in his home all along. Their life-tracking spell was bugged by Issei within that time.
"Excuse me, are you ignoring me intentionally, Issei Hyoudou? Aren't you being rude?"
Before Issei could answer Sona, Rias spoke first with affronted tone. Her eyes narrowed in anger. Rias was angry because she was ignored. She was the heiress of House of Gremory; nobody has a gall to ignore her before. It wounded her pride.
Then, it happened.
The temperature in the room dropped as if Sona's big sister unleashed her power. The room has become cold. Everybody could see their breath, condensed into a white fog. The temperature dropped not because an ice element spell or a spell that gives similar effect. It happens because pure, unadulterated intent to kill.
The more experienced devils in the room could hold back the terror from incomprehensible killing-intent, but they were still affected. Unfortunately, Saji who was only being a devil for few weeks, passed out from the pressure. Riruko Nimura, shook in terror. Her bladder has gave up and she has leaked unconsciously. Besides Riruko, Koneko Toujou was experiencing something similar with Riruko. However, it was because Koneko's sensitive side—her Nekoshou aspect.
Everybody's wide eyes filled with terror stared at the brown-haired young man. He was the source of the absurd amount of killing intent. His previously polite mask has slipped, replaced by a cold, emotionless mask and dead eyes as if he was a corpse. And he turned his face to Rias Gremory slowly.
Rias took a step back in fear when her eyes connected with emerald irises with black vertical reptilian slit. Those eyes were like gripping her heart, threatening to crush her heart anytime.
Suddenly, the monstrous pressure vanished, as if it was only illusion. But everybody was sure it wasn't illusion. What happened a moment ago was real.
"Riruko…"
"Y-y-yes… Is-Is-Issei."
A shaky tone filled with fear replied back. Riruko stared at Issei's warm, light brown eyes. Rias was taken aback by the quick change.
"Could you come here please…?"
Shakily, Riruko moved towards Issei. Her steps were cautious and conflicted.
Everyone in Sitri's group unconsciously prepared themselves for a sudden confrontation.
When Riruko stood in front of Issei, the brown haired man patted Riruko's head softly, surprising everybody.
"There-there, take it easy Riruko. Sorry if I scared you."
Issei moved his hand in front of Riruko's drenched skirts, alerting the Sitri group and making Riruko embarrassed and afraid. But, what he does next surprised them. The droplets of liquid were extracted out from Riruko's panties and skirts and then the liquid burned into nothingness, not even the odor remained. After that he took her wallet and gave many 500 coins to Riruko.
"Could you buy two drinks? You can take your time too." Issei put the coins on Riruko's palm.
Riruko sent an inquiry stare towards Sona. When Sona gave her confirmation, she gave Issei timid nod. Issei patted Riruko's head softly, and then his face returned to Rias. At that moment, Riruko immediately went out of the SC Office, too afraid for something that would happen.
"Now Ms Gremory if you have something to discuss with me then you'll just have to wait your turn and be patient." Giving her a look saying "I dare you to argue with me."
After feeling his power Rias knew that arguing with Issei wouldn't be the best course of action.
"Very well once your done here please make your way to the old school building."
After receiving a nod from Issei Rias and her servants left the student council office, Issei then turned to Sona.
"You know about the supernatural don't you?" Sona questioned.
"Indeed I do now then where was I?"
"You were gonna explain why you were gone for two days."
"Ah yes thank you for reminding me Council President, well it all started with me being asked out by a fallen angel only to find out that she was only to observe me but one of her superiors told her to kill me but couldn't so I took her in. After a lengthy discussion I found out that one of my servants saved a sacred gear wielder from another fallen angel attack. The sacred gear wielder was Tatsumi Saito, once he was brought to me I explained to him that the supernatural is a real thing, gave him a choice to either have his memories erased or become a dragon and serve me. Afterwards I told him to stay home so that way someone I trust can train him some basic fighting styles at least for now."
Sona had a face that was as surprised as her servants. Finding out that Issei knew about the supernatural and that he's a dragon was quite the shock.
"Since you know about the supernatural there's no point in hiding I must let you know that we the Student Council are all devils as well is the Occult Research Club." Sona explained.
"Now Issei the question I'm about to ask you is very important so please be serious, are you a threat to us devils?"
"As long as no one gets in the way of my plans I won't bother anyone." Issei replied nonchalantly.
"I see thank you for your honesty." Said Sona. "That would conclude this meeting you are all dismissed."
"I would like to talk to you Sitri before I leave." Issei requested.
Sona nods and they wait for her peerage to leave to continue the conversation.
"Now onto business. Sona, I noticed that your pawn has one of Vritra's sacred gears."
"Yes he does what about it?"
"I'll be more than willing to train him to unlock is balance breaker."
"Am I correct to assume you won't be doing this for free?" Sona asked intrigued.
"Correct." Issei answered.
"In that case what do you want in return for training my pawn?"
"Currently your pawn is weak and only has one out of the five sacred gears of Vritra so for now you'll only be owing me one favor but I'll be more than willing to give him the others in exchange for more favors, deal?"
"Deal." She said.
"Also can you allow my servants to enroll here? It would be convenient if there's any danger."
"That can be arranged, just how many servants you have?"
"I have seven in total, one is already a student here, but five of them will be students." Issei answered.
"And the seventh?"
"She's already here in school grounds, disguised as a cat."
"Very well do you wish to form your own club so that way you and your servants can gather?"
"Yes that would be great thanks."
"One last thing before we finish up, the name of your club."
"Hmmm let's go with the mystery club."
"Alright I'll handle the paperwork,
"Now that that's out of the way I better go see Rias. I'll see you soon, Sitri." He said while walking out of the room.
'Well that turned out better than I expected'
[Agreed.]
"Um… excuse me Issei I bought two sodas and some snacks for you is that ok?" Riruko came back with a plastic bag.
"Yes that's fine thank you Riruko here, have some for yourself." Issei handed her a can and a bag of chips.
After giving Riruko the snacks Issei walked outside the school towards the the school building where the O.R.C. resides.
Issei can be seen making his way to the old school building where the Occult Research Club met after school. "God damn this place is creepy."
Issei pushed open one of the giant doors to the old building, letting out an erie creak. He slowly made his way deeper into the building until he eventually stumbled across a candlelit room. In this room sat Rias at a large wooden desk towards the back of the room. Sitting in the twin couches toward the center of the room were some of the schools many idols.
Akeno Himejima, 3rd year, a true japanese beauty and the second of the two great ladies next to Rias. Kiba Yuuto, 2nd year, the prince of Kuoh and Issei's counterpart. Koneko Toujou, 1st year, Kuoh's honorary mascot.
"Pretty nice." Issei couldn't help but marvel at the all star lineup he was now faced with.
"Issei Hyoudou." Rias spoke up from her desk, as she put her hands together and rested them across the wooden table. "Welcome to the Occult Research Club."
"From what happened in the Student Council Office I assume you already know about the supernatural?" Issei nods to her question. "In that case there's no point in hiding, my name is Rias Gremory and these are my servants." the red-haired woman said.
Beginning to present her servants "This is Akeno Himejima." She said, pointing at the girl with the ponytail which smiled in return.
"This is Yuuto Kiba ." she said to which the blond guy waved a hand towards Issei in a friendly manner.
"The cute one eating chocolate is Koneko Toujo." She said pointing to the small sized white haired girl paying attention to only her sweets.
"Unfortunately my pawn isn't here today due to some errands I've assigned him to do earlier, hopefully you be able to meet him next time your here." The redhead finished.
"Now Issei, do you have any idea why you are here?" Rias asked seriously.
"I've got a few theories but it'd be best if you just tell me." Issei answered.
"Very well then, Akeno." Rias called Akeno who brought a chessboard from Behind Rias's desk. Rias then conjured up a bag, taking out a few red chess pieces and placing them on the board. Issei could tell right away that these were not ordinary pieces. Each of them seemed to radiate some type of power. While pondering on the subject, Rias finished placing all her pieces on the chessboard even though some were missing. She then begun to explain how to the devil's system worked to Issei.
"Now, before I can talk about the system, I need to go through a brief history of the current state of the underworld that led to the creation of our system. Do you mind?" She asked him before proceeding.
"Sure, please go ahead." Issei nodded. Despite already knowing about the history of the supernatural Issei thought it would be refreshing to hear it from a another person's perspective.
Hearing Issei's answer, Rias continued on.
"Thank you. Now as I'm sure you know or are at least aware of, there occurred a 'Great War' between the three powers consisting of us Devils who were led by the four original Great Satans, the Fallen Angels led by Azazel and his fellow Leaders of Grigori and finally the Angels led by the God of the Bible. We, the Devils, have been at war with the Fallen Angels since ancient times. We have been fighting over the possession of the Underworld. The Underworld is split into two areas, one for Devils and one for Fallen Angels. Devils form pacts with humans in order to increase their strength while the fallen angels, on the other hand, either hired skilled fighters or controlled humans to eliminate devils. At some point during this conflict, the angels under God's order, entered the fray in order to eliminate us, which creates the three forces. This has been going on since long ago. Essentially, this war was a long and dreadful one. Extreme losses were suffered by every side of the 'Three powers'. Angels, Fallen Angels, and Devils all suffered devastating casualties. To the point in which we devils lost all four of the original great Satans leading us and almost went extinct. As a result of these losses, an armistice between the three sides was struck, in order to avoid the outcome of destroying each other completely. However, the losses suffered by the Devils were much too substantial. A great majority of the Pure Blood Devils were extinguished, and around half of the 72 pillars went extinct. Our race was in jeopardy. This is what leads us to the creation of the Evil Piece System." Rias then picked up one of the chess pieces.
"The Evil Piece System was created by the current Satan, Lord Ajuka Beelzebub. this 'Devil Reincarnation System' allows us devils to reincarnate humans, and other beings, into becoming devils, thereby expanding the population of our race. By placing these pieces and infusing our powers into the body of a person, it is possible to then reincarnate that being into a devil. That then makes the devil who reincarnated them their 'master', and the newly reincarnated devil becomes the Devil's 'servant'. These chess pieces are the Evil pieces that the system is based off of. Every High Class Devil is rewarded with these Evil pieces as a means of starting their own 'peerage'. This is the system which allowed us to avoid extinction."
"Amazing. Are there any restrictions to the system or can you reincarnate anyone?" he asked, his curiosity getting the better of him, although Rias did not mind much and was very pleased to see him interested in devil matters.
"Indeed there are. The first thing is that evil pieces are not able to reincarnate Gods or buddhas. I can only speculate it is due to the fact that they are way to powerful for the system to work on them. However, it is possible to reincarnate Demi Gods as long as they are compatible with the evil piece used. This brings another point which is the fact that the strengths, talents, and skills of the being to be reincarnated plays a large role in determining how many pieces will be used for reincarnation. A good example is my very own pawn, due to his power, it took all eight of my pawns to reincarnate him. Other example of case's like this can be seen in my brother's peerage. Most of his members took multiple pieces in order to be reincarnated illustrating ow powerful they really were. It is also important to note that evil pieces cannot be used together so there is no way to reincarnate someone with let's say a rook and a bishop." Issei nodded illustrating that he was following everything she was saying.
"There are also special pieces known as Mutation Pieces. Using a mutation piece allows you to reincarnate a person that would otherwise require several pieces. However, they are extremely rare and only 1 out of 10 devils possess a piece. I myself was fortunate enough to receive a mutated bishop when I acquired my evil pieces. That is about everything that I know of the Evil piece system.Lord Ajuka has stated that there are many hidden features installed within the pieces but it is up to us to discover them." Rias finished explaining, taking a sip of her tea.
"That's pretty cool, although is there a reason why Ajuka Beelzebub chose to model his system after chess? Why not model it after something that can give you more servants?"
Rias pondered a bit Issei's question before replying
"I believe he modeled it after chess due to his fascination with the game. In addition, the crystal from which the pieces are made take a very long time to process so it limited the amount of servants each devil could possess. At least, that is my take on it. Any more questions?" Issei shook his head negatively as Rias question
"Nope, my curiosity has been sated." He was looking around when he asked another shocking question.
"Does this mean that all the members currently here are your peerage because I could have sworn that I felt another presence in the floor below us." Issei asked catching everyone, especially Rias by surprise. She never thought he could sense Gasper, despite him being sealed.
Should she tell him? Rias was debating with herself whether or not to reveal her last peerage member. She looked towards Akeno who nodded, letting her know that it was alright to tell him.
With a sigh, she decided to reveal the truth. "huh… I'm surprised you were able to sense him from here despite the room being sealed. You are correct in your assumption Issei. The presence you are feeling is in fact my bishop. His name is Gasper Vladi and he is a half-vampire. Unfortunately, the circumstances revolving around him were quite complicated. Before you ask, the reason he is sealed below is due to the fact that he possesses great power that he is, unfortunately, not able to control which made him a danger to himself as well as others. Therefore, under my brother's orders, I was told to seal him until such a time came that I became strong enough to be able to handle his power." She explained.
"Do you remember what I told you about Mutation pieces?" she asked to see if he recalled what she mentioned.
"Yes, I remember" Issei nodded remembering what she told him. He also recalled that she possessed a mutated bishop but he only saw one on the chessb… then it dawned on him.
"I see you caught on. Indeed, I had to use my mutated bishop on Gasper due to the power within him being to great for me to reincarnate with an ordinary bishop."
"But… doesn't that interfere with his duties as a member of your peerage if he is sealed all the time?" inquired a perplexed Issei
"Normally, it would. However, you would be surprised to know that Gasper has the most success out of all of us when it comes to making contracts by using his computer therefore his performance is not affected by the fact that he is sealed." She told him. Her tone exuding a bit of pride at her bishop's accomplishment.
"I see, although I don't think it is very healthy for him to be stuck in a room everyday?" he said with concern. If it was him, he would probably get so angsty to the point that he would rampage until he got out. A dragon values his freedom and being locked in a room for years on end is not an option.
"I know. Even I say he is sealed, I did give him the option to leave during the night to have some fresh air but due to the circumstances of his past, he had developed severe agoraphobia and thus he chooses to remain sealed permanently. My peerage and I constantly try to get him to come out but he refuses and I do not want to force him since that would not accomplish anything." Rias pinched the bridge of her nose as she recalled all the times, she tried to get him out of the room only for him to stop time and escape in his inner sanctuary he calls a box.
"I look forward to meeting him then."
"I'm sure you will, in the future. Now, with all that said, I wanted to ask you… Would you be interested in becoming a part of my peerage and family?" This was the question she desperately wanted to ask and everyone could see she wearing a very hopeful expression for a favorable answer.
"I'm afraid I'm going to have to decline your offer Rias. I am a dragon and I cannot see myself as anything other than that." He said this as politely and respectable as possible. If what she told him previously was true then she could only reincarnate people above a certain level. It took her a mutated piece to reincarnate the vampire he felt earlier and his power was leagues behind his so he sincerely doubted that, even with a mutated piece, she would be able to turn him into a devil.
"And before you ask I can't join your club either because I plan on running my own club."
"I see can we at be friends and allies?" Rias asked hopeful.
"I don't see why not it would be good for my servants to have others to socialize with." Issei replied.
Rias was very pleased with his response. Although she did not show it, she considered him a peerage candidate. Dragons were beings of immeasurable strength. They possessed overwhelming might. Their scales provided an impenetrable defense and they were largely resistant to many forms of magic. The fact that it took all 3 factions to suppress the 2 heavenly dragons illustrates the overwhelming might dragons can possess. Its no wonder that even the mightiest of Gods feared these creatures. It was this strength that she desperately wanted in her peerage for the future. Unfortunately he declined so there was helping it, forcing him to join would be pointless so she had no choice but to accept his decision, but at least she was able to obtain a very powerful ally.
Rias got up from her seat and made her way in front of him, lifting her hand for a handshake.
"In that case, once again, I welcome you issei Hyoudou to Kouh Academy. Hope you have a great time in this school." Issei also got up from his seat and returned the handshake. After they separated, Rias decided to reintroduce her members to Issei.
"Now that we got that out of the way, allow me to re-introduce all our members. Up first is my knight Yuuto Kiba, who's attending the same class your in so I'm pretty sure you are well acquainted already." She gestured towards her knight who approached Issei with his usual smile.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Issei, let's get along." He said offering a handshake which Issei gladly returned.
"Likewise, Kiba."
"Next is the rook of my peerage, Koneko Toujou." She gestured towards the school's mascot, sitting on the sofa. She was, as usual, busy munching on her sweet. Hearing Rias introduce her, she turned her focus to Issei.
"Hello" That was all she said before returning to eating her sweets.
"Not much of a talker, is she?" Issei remarked causing Kiba to giggle.
"Not really but the fact that you were able to get a single word out of her is an accomplishment in and of itself."
"And last but not least is my Queen, Akeno Himejima. Being my queen, Akeno is also my second in command as well as the Vice President of the Occult Research Club." She gestured towards Akeno who winked at him.
"So... what exactly does your club do?" he asked.
"Oh. It's true that I forgot to mention it. Our club mostly deals with anything involving the occult. it includes the study and research of Youkai and other supernatural creatures in the area. Around once a week, we deliver a report or article on the supernatural which is literally our forte. It's not really much. We mainly used this club as a front for our devil activities. You can think of this building as our headquarters whenever we need to get together in case of an emergency or activity." She explained to issei who nodded in understanding.
"Alright, I understand. In that case, I'll take my leave." He said before finally taking his leave.
Once Issei was gone Rias spoked.
"So everyone, what do you think of our new ally?"
"He seems trustworthy." Kiba was the first to respond.
"Strong dragon." Koneko replied.
"It's just a shame he didn't join the club, I would've loved to have two younger guys to tease, but oh well I'll just settle for the one we have." Said Akeno as she was licking her finger.
Rias just rolled her eyes at the fact that her best friend was imagining god knows what she was planning to do if Issei had joined.
'I wonder if Issei will be able to help me with my predicament with a certain fire bird.'
End
Issei's flight(Peerage)
Mutated King- Issei (Dragon)
Mutated Queen- Kuroka (Nekoshou)
Mutated Bishop 1- ?
Mutated Bishop 2- ?
Mutated Knight 1- Akame (Human)
Mutated Knight 2- ?
Mutated Rook 1- Leone (Human)
Mutated Rook 2- ?
Mutated Pawn 1- Tatsumi (Human)
Mutated Pawn 2- ?
Mutated Pawn 3- ?
Mutated Pawn 4- ?
Mutated Pawn 5- ?
Mutated Pawn 6- ?
Mutated Pawn 7- ?
Mutated Pawn 8- ?
Familiar- (decided but feel free to guess)
(Hello readers!!! It's been a while?)
(Just to clarify Issei is planning ahead of time for Raynare, Kalawarner and Millet when they officially join him.)
