[Flashback]

[Spirit speech]

['Spirit thought']

Sacred gear names

Attack names

'Thought'

Time skips and other

I don't own Highschool DxD nor do I own any references I may use. That goes to Ishibumi Ichiei nor do I own any references I may use. I only own Shiro.

Chapter 6

Beep beep be-

Shiro groaned as his hand slammed in his alarm clock causing him to look at the time and narrow his eyes at the time which it displayed. "It's four-thirty? Why the...oh yeah." Shiro stared to say with an annoyed growl until he remembered what he and Rias talked about last night. Rias had suggested early morning traing starting from five A.M. to six A.M. Shiro sat up, giving Nanako a light petting before he gently picked her up and placed her next to him, and then swung his legs out of his bed and headed to the shower, grabbing a towel as he went.

He walked into the bathroom, stripped down and stepped into the shower and turned it on before recoiling as someone, his Mother, had turned the temperature up. 'Ouch...why does Ma have it so damn hot?' He thought as he turned the shower down to a resonable temperature and then went about washing himself and relished in the warm water washing over his body. As he washed, he started to think of his own regiem. 'Alright...I'll still do free-running in my spare time but I should also think about training with the Boosted gear...and maybe magic too.' He thougt before looking down at his hands before he clenched them. 'I've tried to replicate those spells from my fight with Raynare but...I've been coming up short...granted I've only tried for like two hours and then I went to sleep.' Shiro turned the shower off and dried himself down, wrapping a towel around his waist and walked back into his bedroom where Nanako was now awake and was licking herself clean. "Morning Nanako." Shiro cooed and rubbed her head.

Nya~

She mewled and pushed her head into Shiro's hand, trying to get the most out of his petting, before he removed it and walked over to his drawer and pulled out fresh underwear and a gray tracksuit before dressing himself. He tossed his dirty towel in a basket and walked over his door and opened it, Nanako quickly scampering out of his room, before walking out and then closing it again and slid down the banister. He didn't bother with breakfast as Rias was most likely outside waiting for him but he did quickly grab an apple on his way out and held it in his mouth as he opened the door and walked outside.

"Morning Shiro." He heard Rias greet him as she rode up to his house on a bike. She was wearing a red tracksuit that seemed to cling to her body, emphasising her assets.

"Morniph Rias." Shiro waved back, muffled thanks to the apple in his mouth. "So what's on the agenda?" He asked her, taking the apple out of his mouth and took a bite out of the apple.

"Well, first off is just a simple run." Rias told Shiro with a smile, to which Shiro returned and then began running with Rias quickly riding to catch up him with. "Do you mind heading to the park." She called out to him. Shiro turned and did a two finger wave before focusing back on his jog. As Shiro jogged, he kept thinking about the spells he used last night against Raynare.

'Okay so first was that weird lightning spell. I used it to quickly get to Asia so it must be a speed enhancement or something like that...the book did say that a Devil's magic comes from their imagination so I guess I imagined myself quickly getting to Asia.' Shiro thought as he jogged on the spot at a stop light. "Hey Rias...magic for Devils come from their imagination right?" He asked as the light turned from green to red.

"In a way yes." Rias nodded. "But it's more in depth then just a Devil's imagination. Our magic comes from our passion, desires and emotions. So the stronger ones emotions are, the stronger the magic...you could also say it works in the same way as sacred gears." Rias explained as both she and Shiro made their way into the park.

"I see so does everyone have the capacity to use magic?" Shiro asked the very obvious question. "Actually that's a dumb question. I should ask do the Evil pieces affect how powerful ones magic is?" Shiro asked Rias as she got him to sit on the ground. After he was seated, Rias walked up behind him, wrapped her arms around his neck and slowly pushed herself up against him and made him stretch out.

"Absolutely not." She told him. "While it's true that the Evil pieces have some influence, like how the 'bishops' attribute is magic every Devil and Devil servant have the capacity to use high magical abilities." She said and continued to push against him, her breasts squishing against his back. "In this world of ours, intelligence doesn't matter as much as strength."

"But didn't you just say-"

"I know that what I just said sound contradictive but there is a limit to how much ones body can take." Rias said as she eased up a little before pushing back into him. "So it's important to get strong in both mind and body sound good?" She said and then got off Shiro before he got in a push-up with one hand behind his back and then Rias sat down on him adding a little extra weight. "Remember, the stronger you get the more powerful you are and the more powerful you are the more you can acomplish." Rias said as she crossed her legs.

"Got it. 47...48...49...50." Shiro counted before swapping to his left hand and did another fifty push ups. Rias had Shiro go through different exercises ranging from sit-ups to pull-ups. All of Shiro's limbs burned as he had been exercising for an hour straight until Rias spoke up.

"Alright I think that's enough for today." Rias said as she stopped her stretches. She hadn't been idling by while Shiro exercised, she had also been going through her own exercises but these consisted of mostly mental then physical but she still did some physical exercises along side Shiro, who couldn't help but somtimes glance over and watch her body bend and flex.

'Rias is...really pretty.' Shiro thought with a light blush as he stood and stretched his sore limbs. 'I can see why she's on the top of every guy's list at Kuoh.'

"She should be here soon." Rias suddenly said causing Shiro to look at her with a raised eyebrow. He was about to ask who she was talking about but stopped when he heard footsteps quickly approaching. He turned to the footsteps and smiled as he saw Asia running towards the two before with a basket in her hand.

"Sorry I'm late you two." She said with a smile before tripping up and fell on her face. "Ow...I'm no good at running and talking."

"That's an understatment." Shiro said as he walked over to her and helped her up. "You okay?" He asked and looked at her face to see if she was bleeding but luckily she wasn't.

"I'm fine thank you Shiro." Asia smiled at Shiro and rubbed her forehead before going wide eyed in surprise and reached into the basket she was carrying and pulled out a metal flask. "Here's some tea." Asia said and held it up to Shiro who greatfully took it off her and took a sip before handing it back.

"So what are you doing here?" Shiro asked Asia with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh well Rias asked me to come here."

"Really?" He replied looking over to his red-haired master only to find her staring into the distance. Shiro stood up and walked over to her, standing next to her and followed her gaze into the distance, before waving a hand in front of her face jolting her back into existance. "Earth to Rias...are you okay? You were just staring off into space there." Shiro said and looked at her with a face of concern.

Her eyes went wide for a second before she looked over to Shiro with a smile. "Hmm? I'm sorry?"

"I asked if you were okay." Shiro repeated. "You were staring off into space."

"Oh yes I'm fine." Rias waved him off with a dismissive hand. Shiro didn't believe her but didn't press onwards, instead he opted for just a nod of his head. "Anyways, we should get going." Rias suddenly said and pushed off the bike rails she was leaning on.

"Errr go where exactly?" Shiro asked with a tilt of his head. He didn't think she was talking about school, or at least he hope she wasn't since they would be going in the tracksuits they were wearing. Rias simply turned and smilied at him before gesturing for the two to follow. Shiro looked at Asia who smiled at him and followed Rias. 'Am I the only one who doesn't know something?' Shiro thought.

[Seems like it young Whelp.]

And he didn't expect to get a response. Shiro looked at his right hand with a flat glare. 'Look who finally decided to reappear.' Shiro thought with a roll of his eyes and followed behind Rias and Asia. 'So how come you went silent after my fight with Raynare?' Shiro asked the mighty Dragon.

[I told you our time was up.] He replied and snorted. [The seal that is in place has fully yet to break which means we can only talk for a set amount of time.]

'Wait 'seal'? What do you mean by that?' Shiro asked as he registered the route that they were taking and realised that they were heading back to his place.

The Dragon snorted once more and sighed. [My previous wielder, your predecessor, placed a seal that prevents my power from leaking out and alerting others to who you were.] The Dragon explained. [However, ever since you came into contact with that Fallen Angel the seal has started to break before you were ready to know my existance.] Shiro was about to ask what he meant but the Dragon spoke up. [However, the seal slowly repaired itself...until you came close to death a second time. After that, the seal has been slowly faltering and, as I said last night, it is only a matter of time until the seal fully breaks and that is when you will learn my name.]

Shiro was silent as he allowed all that to sink in and he could slowly feel the Dragon's presence fade away once more. 'Dammit...I wanted to ask more questions.' Shiro thought to himself just as the trio rounded a corner which caused Shiro to freeze and his eyebrow twitch as he saw a pile of boxes in front of his door. "Uhhh...what the hell are all these?" He asked the two girls.

"Sorry...those are all mine." Asia spoke up and poked her fingers together gingerly.

"Errrr why are they here?" Shiro asked before it slowly clicked. "Ohhh you're moving in aren't you?" Shiro asked and turned to look at Rias with a flat glare that said 'this is your doing'. Rias smiled at him and nodded, seemingly answering his gaze's question. Shiro sighed and walked up to his door. "Well let's talk to my Ma and get this sorted out." He said and opened the door before calling inside. "Hey Ma...I'm back. Are you here?" He called and waited for a response.

"I'm in the kitchen." He heard his Mother's voice come from the kitchen, which was followed by the clicking of claws against the counter top. Shiro walked into the kitchen, with Rias and Asia in tow, and saw his Mother standing at the open window.

"Hey Ma...I've brought guests and...I need to ask." Shiro started to say. "Is it okay if Asia lives with us?" He asked causing her to twitch slightly and turn towards the three.

"Who's Asia?" She asked as she turned before her gaze settled on the blonde before it slowly turned to Shiro. "Explain please." Was all she said.

"Maybe...Maybe it's better if we go into the living room." Shiro said and walked into the living room with his Mother, Rias and Asia in tow. Shiro sat down on the sofa, with Rias and Asia either side of him, and his Mother sat in the chair opposite.

"Well?" His mother asked as she leaned her cheek in her had and patted her cheek with a finger. Shiro opened his mouth to explain but Asia beat him to it.

"You see...I owe your son and I want to pay him back." Asia explained to Lilith, who rolled her hand and wanted her to continue. "When I first came to this town I was all by myself...and Shiro was my first friend and, as we got to know each other more, I saw him more as a big brother. He took care of me and now, if you'll allow me, I'd like to take care of him."

Lilith was silent as she stared into Asia's eyes, like she was searching for something in the blonde and just as Rias opened her mouth to say something Lilith sighed and closed her eyes. "Well...you seem honest and genuine." Lilith said before opening her eyes and stood up. "And if Shiro doesn't have a problem with it...then I don't either." Lilith said and started to walk out the room before stopping and sent a glare towards Asia which made her flinch. "But don't make me regret it." She said before walking out the room.

After a few seconds of silence, Shiro sighed to himself and sunk back into the sofa. "Well that went better then expected...I expected her to let you move in but I kind of expected her to put up more of a fight." Shiro sighed before he stood up and stretched before turning to the two girls. "Well we better get moving your stuff in Asia. We have a spar bedroom upstairs so we'll put your stuff in there." He said with a smile and began the task of moving Asia things out of the front garden and upstairs. He was about to grab the last box when he saw it lift up off the ground a few centemeters and then head inside on it's own. "..." Shiro watched the sentient box go upstairs before he chased after it.

Shiro went into the spare bedroom, which was now Asia's, and lifted it up but saw nothing underneath it. 'What in the living hell?' He thought and looked around to see if he could find what ever had moved the box for him but he couldn't see anything. Shiro shook his head and walked to his room. 'Well Ma did say this house has Spirits in...maybe they helped. Wouldn't be the wierdest thing I've seen.' Shiro thought to himself as he grabed fresh clothes and walked out of his room, deciding to take a quick shower.

Shiro opened the bathroom door and froze as he heard a familiar voice in front of him. "Oh Shiro." He looked up and saw Rias, wearing only a pair of black lace panties and her bra half-off, who smiled at him. "I asked your Mother if it was okay to use your shower and she said yes...If I knew you were also going to have one I would've waited for you." She said and dropped her bra on the floor before bending over and slipped her panties off. "Well? Aren't you going to get undressed?" She teased.

Shiro stood there like a deer in headlights before he swiftly turned as his face exploaded in a bright red blush. "S-Sorry Rias! I-I didn't know you were in here." Shiro quickly stammered out and grabbed the door handle. "I-I'll just leave you to finish." He said but was once again frozen in place when he felt Rias' arms slink around his waist and her breasts press up against his back.

"I don't mind Shiro." She purred in his ear. "In fact, I think sharing a shower together will help improve our bond." She said and then backed away from him. "But if you don't want to I understand."

Shiro stood there, frozen, as his mind fought against itself. 'Just do it you wimp. She's offering to have a shower with you. A sexy woman like her, one who is top of the top in Kuoh, doesn't mind having a shower with YOU!' His mind yelled at him before he sighed. 'It would make Matsuda and Motohama jeleaous...fuck it. Nothing bad could happen...right?' Shiro thought to himself before sighin and turned to face Rias who had just turned the water on. "Alright then...it would be faster then waiting." He said before he got himself undressed and stepped into the shower behind Rias.

After a few tense moments between the two, Rias turned her head and smiled at Shiro. "Do you mind washing my back for me Shiro? I can't reach it." She asked him and moved her hair out the way giving Shiro better access to her smooth back. Shiro swallowed heavily and nodded his head, reaching over Rias' shoulder to grab the soap and lathered his hands up before placing them on her shoulders and began slowly massaging them. Rias sighed in delight as she felt Shiro's hands rub her tense shoulders. "You know you're really good at this."

"Th-Thanks Rias." Shiro said with a blush before moving down her shoulders to her back. "I normally do this for my Ma whenever she's had a touugh day at work. She's a fashion designer and she sometimes has to deal with...difficult people." Shiro said, trying to word it as best he could. "There's been days when she's gone for the day and then there are some days when she's gone for a few months." Shiro explained to Rias as he moved from her upper back to lower back.

"I see...it must've been lonely for you when she was away."

"You would think huh?" Shiro said with a light laugh. "But I wasn't ever lonely. I always knew that she would be back soon and I guess that's what has kept me going." He said and moved his hands from her back and smiled. "There...all done Rias." He said and started washing his own body.

"Shiro can you turn around please." He heard Rias say which caused him to raise an eyebrow but shrugged his shoulders and turned around. After a few second, his whole body tensed up when he felt Rias press her soft breasts against his back. "I think it's time I repay the favour." She purred before slowly moved back and began washing his back but before she did, she traced a finger across his scar. After a few silent seconds, Rias spoke up. "Shiro...what do you think of love and marriage?" She asked him.

Shiro looked over his shoulder with a raised eyebrow before looking back at the wall. "Well...love is a strange thing and marriage even more so." Shiro said and looked up at the ceiling. "I think that being together with the person you love the most is nice but...that just makes it worse when they break you heart...or even they are just using your emotions for their own gain." Shiro silently said and looked at his right hand before clenching it shut. "And don't get me started on people who try and force others to love them."

"I see..." Rias said before continuing to wash Shiro's back in silence. After a few more minutes, Rias turned the shower off and stepped out and Shiro followed behind her. She wrapped a towel around her body and smiled at Shiro. "Thank you for the help Shiro." She said and began drying herself down. Shiro couldn't help but let his eyes wonder across her body. He was, after all, a young teenage male and he also did hang around the two biggest perverts in Kuoh. His eyes first glanced down to her long and smooth legs before travelling up to her shapely rear, and stayed there for longer then he hopped, before he followed her crimson hair up to her head.

Shiro shook his head and slapped his cheek harshly and dried himself down and swiftly got dressed in his uniform before Rias could notice any...'changes' in his demeanour. Shiro turned to see that Rias was also fully dressed. "Right...all set?" He asked and walked past her when she nodded to him with a smile and opened the door.

At Kuoh Academy...

"My name is Asia Argento." Asia said as she bowed to the other students in Shiro's class. "I'm feeling like a fish out of water." She said and then smiled which sent all of the guys into an uproar, going on about how cute she was.

"Shorty's hot!"

"Bust 34, waist 26, hips 35 and look at all that hair!" Apart from Matsuda and Motohama who instantly went to perving on her, which slightly annoyed Shiro but there wasn't much he could do.

Speaking of the silver haired teen, he was currently leaning on his hand and watched as Asia made her enterance. 'Guess Rias did pull some strings, will need to thank her about that later, and people are already taking a shine to her...she's gonna fit in without worry.' Shiro thought to himself before his Devil senses warned him of danger that was nearby. He immediately began looking around before his eyes setteled on his other male classmates.

"BASTARD!" They all yelled at him before he was yanked out of his seat by Motohama who then got him in a full nelson and Matsuda began choking him, or well tried to.

"What the fuck man!" Matsuda yelled, tears flowing down his face. "You telling me that hottie lives with you and you didn't even tell your homies about it?"

"Tell us dude. What's your secret?"

Shiro's anger slowly began to rise until he reached up behind him and chopped his hand ontop of Motohama's head and then flicked Matsuda in his forehead making both of them release him. "Okay first, she only started living with me since this morning and second, remember that Nun I was telling you about? Yeah that's her." He said and glared down at his two friends before sorting his uniform out and then sat back down in his seat. Shiro opened his mouth but closed it when he saw Asia talking with the other girls and thanks to his Devil senses, he could hear what they were talking about.

"So you said you're from Europe?" One of the girls asked her.

Asia hummed with a smiling nod. "Yep...I'm from a small town in England."

"Oh wow, so what's it called?" Another asked her but before Asia could reply to the girl, the teacher clapped his hands and asked all the students to sit down before looking towards Asia.

"Mrs. Argento, since your 'brother' is in this class...why don't you take the seat behind him." He said and poined to the seat behind Shiro. The two went through the day, with Asia making more friends and Shiro being berrated by the others until it was now night time and Shiro and Asia were riding around and handing out flyers.

"So how was your first day?" Shiro asked Asia as he peddeled at a steady pace.

"Oh it was fun." Asia replied as she had her arms wrapped around Shiro's waist so he wouldn't fall. "Everyone was super nice today, especially your friends Matsuda and Motohama but they invited me to something they called a 'Devil's threeway'." She said.

Shiro's eye twitched for a second before he sighed. "Two things. First, promise me you won't accept that offer and second, those two are so dead." Shiro growled lowly before he accidenly hit a bump in the road causing Asia to hold onto him a little tighter. He glanced back at Asia and smiled. "You okay?" He asked her to which Asia nodded her head and smiled at him.

After they handed out the last of the flyers, Shiro and Asia made their way back to the club room where they found Rias staring off into the distance again. 'Okay something is defiently up...' Shiro thought as he walked up to her and snapped his fingers in front of her face. "Riiiiiiiiiiias...are you sure you're feeling okay?" He asked her with a concerned look.

Rias looked at Shiro before shaking her head slighlty and smiled. "I'm fine don't worry." She said before standing up. "Well, you two have done great job so far but you'll be glad to know that your flyer days are done." Rias said and smiled at the two as she saw their expressions. "Don't worry, you're not in trouble. Normally the monotonous task of handing out flyers are left for our familiars." She said and walked around her table just as the others came back from their summons.

"So does this mean we're gonna get familiars?" Shiro asked the slightly obvious question.

"But of course." Rias nodded to him and held out her hand and, in a poof of smoke, a small bat appeared. "This is my familiar...I believe you two have met." She said before holding out her hand and, a second later, the small bat flew out of her hand before vanishing in another puff of smoke before it was replaced by a familiar looking woman who smiled at Shiro.

"Ahhh so flyer girl is your familiar. Neat." Shiro nodded as he waved back at the girl as it turned back into a bat and disappeared.

"I've got one too of course." Akeno said as she drew a magic circle on the ground next to her feet and a small green imp like creature with a brown horn on top of it's head appeared from it. Shiro stared at it with awe before it dissapeared and then Koneko spoke up causing the two to look at her and what Shiro saw made his heart sore.

On Koneko's lap was a small white kitten with amber eyes and bells around it's neck. "This is Kisano." Koneko said as she began rubbing the kitten's belly causing it to mewl happily.

"And finally for mine." Kiba said and held out his arm and after a few seconds, a magic circle appeared under his arm and a hawk like creature appeared on his arm. It's body was an ashen gray but it had electric blue feathers scattered across it's body.

"Is that a Thunderbird? That's awesome." Shiro said as he stared at Kiba's familiar before both his and Asia's attentions were drawn to the door as there was a loud knock. Once Rias allowed the person to enter, Shiro raised an eyebrow as he watched the members of the Student Council walk in. "What's she doing here?" Shiro said aloud which prompted Asia to speak.

"Who's that Shiro?" She asked the silver haired teen who looked back at her.

"The Student Council. The one in front is Sona Shitori, the council president, and the one next to her is Tsubaki Shira...and it looks like they've brought the entire council with them." Shiro told Asia before Rias spoke up and greeted Sona.

"Hello Sona...what can I do for you?"

"Nothing. I just wanted to congratulate you on increasing your servants by two." Sona said with a smile which shocked Shiro and Asia.

"Errr how does she know?" Shiro turned to Akeno with a raised eyebrow.

"Her real name is Sona Sitri and she's the next head of the Sitri clan. A big Devil family like Rias'." Akeno told him with a smile before she turned her attention back to the other Devils...that was until the blonde guy, who Shiro recognised as Saji Genshirou.

"Rias I'm hurt to find that you didn't tell you boy toy about us." Saji said which caused Shiro's eyebrow to twitch and a tick mark to form on his head. "But if you don't trust him with inside info then I guess he isn't worth much to you." Shiro was about to say something to Saji until Sona spoke with a calm manner.

"It's considered bad form to get involved with other households afairs Saji." Sona told him, which sounded more like scolding to Shiro. He then turned to face Asia when she asked who he was.

"His name is Saji Genshirou, he was just elected as Student council clerk." Sona looked over to Shiro and Asia and simply nodded.

"Yes and he's also my 'pawn'."

"This is Shiro Katsura, my 'pawn'." Rias introduced Shiro first before moving on to Asia. "And this is Asia Argento, my 'bishop'." After Rias finished introducing the two, there was a staring contest between Shiro and Saji.

"So your a 'pawn' too huh? Guess that makes us similar in rank." Shiro asked with an ininterested tone of voice to which Saji scoffed.

"Can it douchebag." Saji said which caused another twitch and tick mark to come from Shiro. "You probably can't even hold a candle to me. I took up four pieces." He said and held up to respected amount of fingers.

"Guess what fucker." Shiro said with a sadistic smirk. "I took up eight and I also have the Boosted gear so you can't hold a candle to me." Shiro told Saji and took great pleasure in seeing his face fall flat.

"No way...how did this lame ass douche get that?" Saji said, it seemed like he was saying this more to himself then anyone else, but stopped when Sona sighed heavily.

"Sorry about him Rias." Sona said and shook her head with a tired smile. "He's young. I hope you can forgive him."

"Likewise Sona." Rias replied with a smile causing Shiro to snap his head towards Rias with a betrayed look.

Saji looked at Sona before sighing. "R-Right...my pleasure." He said with a heavy sigh and held out his hand which Asia graciously took and shook it with her sweet smile. In an instant, Saji grasped her hand with both of his and began rubbing it...something which pissed Shiro off. "Hey are you sure you're not an Angel?" He asked Asia.

Shiro calmly walked over to the two, grabbed Saji's hand and pulled them of Asia's when he then took Saji's in a handshake and smiled at Saji but there was a ominous aura that enveloped him. "Saji listen." Shiro pelcalmly said before the Boosted gear appeared and then Shiro clenched, hard. So hard in fact that everyone could hear the sounds of Saji's bones popping. "If you even think of putting the moves on Asia I will crush more then your hand...kay." He finished still holding that smile, a smile which made Akeno lick her lips and smirk.

Rias coughed into her hand and sent a look towards Shiro. "That's enough Shiro." She said before sending a wink to Sona. "This is embarrassing isn't it?" Rias giggled before turning back to Shiro, who was still crushing Saji's hand. "Shiro...release him please." She told him and crossed her arms. After a few seconds of staring Saji down, Shiro sighed and released Saji's hand causing the blonde-haired teen to instantly hold it in his grip and hiss in pain but it didn't stay that way for long as Asia swiflty walked up to him and began healing his hand back to normal.

"Asshole..." Saji muttered under his breath and glared at Shiro who returned it two-fold. "So how's flyer duty treating you? I don't do that shit anymore since I'm a memeber of the team. Getting my own familiar and everything."

"Well that's a fucking coincidence." Shiro replied and stretched his arms. "Me and Asia are getting ours too." He told Saji and was slightly surprised to see Sona gain a shocked expression.

"Oh? Is that your plan Rias?" Sona asked Rias who smiled and nodded at her fellow Devil.

"Yes. I was planning on going next week actually." Rias told Sona who then put a finger on her chin in thought.

"Well that's no good since he only takes people once a month." She muttered but it seemed like Rias heard her since she smiled at Sona who looked at Rias with a raised eyebrow.

"Well how about a friendly competition to see who he takes?" She offered to Sona who smirked.

"Surely you don't mean a rating game." She replied to which Rias simply smiled and waved her off with a smile.

"No no. We'd never get permission to do that." Rias told Sona and held her smile for a few seconds before Rias' demeanour shifted to an annoyed one.

"Yes you're right...and now isn't the time to bring attention to yourself, is it?"

"Don't go there." Rias hissed which made Shiro raise an eyebrow and stare at Rias but he didn't raise any questions about it as she regained her cheeful expression not a few seconds after. "I know, why don't we settle this with a friendly game of sports." Rias said with a hand on her hip.

"Hmm that sounds like a good idea." Sona nodded and looked back Tsubaki before returning her attention to Rias. "I'll let you and your peerage decide on the game."

"Hmm alright let's do it tomorrow night." Rias said. Sona nodded and then bowed before leaving the club room but as they left, Saji sent one last glare at Shiro and flipped the middle finger to him which Shiro returned.

"Ass." Shiro muttered to himself before sitting down on the couch next to Koneko, who had her ever stoic gaze and never ending sweet tooth evident by the sweet treat she was eating.

"Well now that is all settled." Rias spoke with a smile and clapped her hands. "Does anyone have any ideas on what sport should be played?" She asked the group to which she earned no respone as everyone had a pensive gaze on hand. After a few minutes of silence Shiro spoke up.

"How about a team game like Dodgeball?" Shiro spoke and looked at Rias with a smile that radiated mischievousness. The true reason why he suggested dodgeball was because he just wanted to pelt Saji with something.

Rias narrowed her eyes at him with a skecptical gaze before sighing slightly and rubbed her forehead slightly before nodding. "Well...since we have no other ideas then I'll pitch it to Sona and see what she says but for now...why don't you all go home and rest." Rias said as she clapped her hands. Everyone nodded in agreement before leaving one by one until only Shiro and Rias were left, which confused the red head as Shiro was looking at her with slight narrowed eyes. "What's the matter Shiro?" She asked him.

Shiro just...stared at her, like he was analyzing her for something btu for what? Rias didn't know. Just as she opened her mouth to speak, Shiro finally spoke. "What's the matter Rias?" He asked her to her shock. "I'm talking about this morning. The shower thing and the question about marriage...not only that but your spacing out which isn't normal for you."

Rias stared at Shiro with wide eyes before she closed them and stood up. "Nothing is wrong Shiro...I'm just a little preoccupied with something." She said and took a step towards him before placing a hand on his cheek. "Thank you for being concerned but it's truly nothing." She said before her eyes went wide in surprise when Shiro wrapped his arms around her.

"Rias...you know you can talk to me or the others if something is bothering you." He said and held the hug for a for a few seconds before releasing her and held onto her shoulders. "My door is always open for you." He said before stepping back and bowed slightly before turning around and left Rias alone in the club room.

Rias staggered a little and leant against her desk, hand over her thumping heart and had a slight blush on her face. "Shiro...I wish I could tell you." She said with a heavy sigh and walked around her desk and opened the drawer to pull out a letter from her family. A letter that stated she was to be married post haste with someone she loathed.

At Shiro's house...

"I'm back!" Shiro called out as he opened the front door, taking off his shoes as soon as he entered. He was soon greated by Nanako meowing happily and nuzzled against his legs causing the silver haired teen to kneel down and scratch behind her ears. "Heya girl...you know where Asia and Ma are?" He asked the cat with a smile.

"Asia is upstairs having a bath." He heard his Mother say causing him to look up at her as she walked out of the living room. "And I'm just about to head to bed aswell...what took you so long Shiro?" She asked him with a questioning look.

Shiro stopped his petting, much to the dismay of Nanako, and shrugged his shoulders. "Was talking to Rias about a few things. We've got a club dodgeball match tomorrow night against the student council so me and Asia will be running a bit late." Shiro told her causing her to nod in understanding and placed her hand on his head before kissing his cheek.

"All right...I'll set some food aside for the pair of you. Goodnight Shiro and I love you." She said before turning and walked up the stairs.

"Yeah, love you too Ma." Shiro replied before heading into the kitchen and fixed himself some food, it wasn't anything to big or complex as it was simply cheese on toast. Small yet fullfilling. After eating his food and washing his dish, Shiro walked out the kitchen and paused just at the bottom of the stairs before he walked down the corridor towards his mother's work room and grabbed a neddle and red thread along with some white clothe. Nanako, who was sitting in the doorway, tilted her head at him and meowed. "Hmm? Oh I want to make something for tomorrow Nanako." He responded to the black cat and stepped over her and headed towards his room.

Kuoh Academy Gym - Night...

Rias was currently tossing and catching a ball with Kiba, Asia was going through some stretches with Akeno and finally, Shiro was left at the mercy of Koneko who was trying her best to snap the silver haired teen's spine in half. Shiro was gritting his teeth in slight pain as he had his legs spread in a triangle and Koneko was pushing against his shoulders.

"So the Sitri's out number us by two so we've asked them to be referees." She said after catching another toss from Kiba and stopped everyone as it was almost time.

Shiro slowly stood up, rubbing his sore back and sent a light glare at Koneko. He had no idea why the white-haired lolita seemed to hate him. "We should just let them play anyways. It would be a fair match that way." Shiro said with a smirk before he tapped his fist in his palm after remembering something. "Oh right! I forgot I made these for everyone last night." He said and swiftly jogged over to his bag before jogging back holding bundles of white clothe and tossed them to everyone.

One by one, they opened up the bundle and each had a look of mild surprise as they were each holding a headband with the club's name stitched into it. "You made team headbands." Rias said with a smile. She looked up and saw that Shiro had tied his around his left arm.

"Nice one dude." Kiba said and tied his around his forehead.

"Yeah, we're gonna look badass." Akeno also gave her approval as she tied her's around her waist like a belt.

Shiro nodded as he stretched his arms some more. "Mhm, stayed up all last night making them." He told them and held his arms behind his head.

Rias looked up at Shiro, after staring at her headband and then tied it around her head as well, and smiled warmly at him before she opened her eyes and raised an eyebrow at him. "I didn't know you could stitch." She said.

Shiro's looked at Rias with a soft and warm gaze as the memories of last night passed through his mind. He swiftly shook his head, hoping that no one noticed his expression before shrugging his shoulders. "Eh, when your parent works in the fashion industry you tend to pick up a few things. I just picked up her sewing ability." He said just as the double door's to the gymnasiam opened and revealed Sona and her peerage, sparks flew as Saji and Shiro locked gazes.

"Ready to rock and roll?" Sona asked to which Rias responded with a nod.

After five minutes, both teams were down two players. Kiba and Asia on Rias' side and a short blue haired girl and a brown haired girl with twin pig-tails were out on Sona's side. Currently, the blue haired girl had the ball and was eyeing everyone on Rias' team before her eyes narrowed and she pulled her arm back before throwing the ball at Koneko. The girl threw the ball with such force and speed that Koneko was unable to dodge properly and the front of her gym shirt was torn revealing her stomach and polka-dotted bra. Unfortunetly she was declared 'out' by the referee.

"Damn that sucks." Shiro said as he looked at Koneko with a wince. "You okay Koneko?" He asked the white haired loli who shrugged her shoulders stating that 'she needed a drink anyways. Shiro watched as she walked off to the side and then continued on. He was swiftly brought back into the game as he heard the sound of the ball being catched. He looked over to Rias and saw that she had managed to catch the ball but part of her tracksuit was shredded. "So what are we allowed to use or Devil strengths?" Shiro asked the person who was closest to him, that being Akeno who was standing behind him.

"Of course Shiro." She said with a sweet smile before her eyes narrowed and leapt towards Shiro, leaping over his head to catch the ball that was aimed at him.

Shiro stood there, blinking for a second before nodding thanks to her. "Th-Thanks for the save." He said to her before bending his knees slightly and regained his focus back into the game.

The game went on back and fourth until only Shiro, Rias, Saji and Sona were left.

"Want me to get that pansy ass pawn?" Saji asked his Master as she just picked up the ball and adjusted her glasses with her hand. Shiro's eyebrow twitched heavily when he heard Saji taunt him. Sona shook her head and reeled back, a light blue magic circle appeared behind her as she launched the ball forwards towards Shiro who simply stood where he was.

He suddenly snapped his right arm up, which was now covered in the Boosted Gear and a menacing aura enveloped him. Shiro slowly looked up at Saji with a sadistic smile. "So who's the pansy ass pawn hmmmmmmmmm?" He said before he pulled his arm back and then launched the ball towards Saji.

[BOOST!]

Saji's eyes went wide as the sound of the gauntlet powering up Shiro echoed through the gym. He didn't even have enough time to react as the ball slammed into his stomach causing his body to fold around the ball and get launched backwards and also slid across the floor. Shiro actually felt a little bad for him as he looked at the groaning blonde on the floor. "Maybe...Maybe I went a little overbored..." He said and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly but all was okay as Asia, being the kind hearted spirit she was, rushed over to him and began healing him.

But the damage was already done and Saji was declaired as 'out' leaving only Shiro, Rias and Sona.

"Let's end this Sitri." Rias said with a smirk and had her hands on her hips. Sona looked at Rias and then towards Shiro, who still had his Boosted gear equipped before she sighed and dropped the ball.

"I forfeit...you win Rias." Sona said with a sigh but she wore a smile none the less. Shiro and Rias both high-fived each other before Rias walked over to Sona and held out her hand. Sona graciously took it and shook. "Good game Rias. You may of won this but if it was a rating game things may of gone differently." She said as she made her way out of the gym along with her peerage.

Soon, the group was back in the ORC clubroom celebrating their victory over the Sitri's.

"KANPAI!" They all yelled as they each had a drink in their hands, none alcoholic of course.

Rias looked between them with a proud smile. "I want you all to know that I'm very proud of you all and your performance. Our victory over the Sitri's was a team effort and each one of you pulled your weight and then some." She said before taking a sip of her drink before smiling at Shiro. "And of course, we must thank Shiro for putting in the effort of making these headbands." She said, her's was on her desk next to her hand.

Shiro sheepishly rubbed the back of his head and gained a light blush from the praises he was receiving from everyone. "Come on guys...they weren't that good."

"Nonesense dude, they were super rad." Kiba said as he held his up to him. Everyone else simply nodded in agreement causing Shiro to blush even further.

Rias swiftly coughed in her hand to gain their attentions and brought them to the reason for their victory. "I hate to break up the celebration everyone but I think it's high time we get these two familiar's of their own." She said and placed her glass down and held out her hand to the magic circle on the ground.

"So we're going now?" Shiro asked as he drank the rest of his drink and set the glass down on the table and walked next to Rias, Asia close behind him. Rias turned to face him and nodded just as the magic circle stopped glowing.

"The best time to do it is on a full moon." She said before gesturing to stand on the circle. Each of the memebers moved to stand on the magic circle and once Rias stepped onto the circle, it began to glow bright like before and obstruct everyone's vision in crimson light. Once it died down, the ORC clubroom was replaced by dead trees and the sky was had an ominous red hue to it.

Shiro felt someone press up against his back and when he looked, he saw that Asia was the one who pressed up against and was looking around in a fearful manner. He placed a comforting hand atop her head and smiled at her when she looked up at him. He then turned his attention back to the creepy dead forest. "So where the hell are we?" Shiro asked no one in particular.

"We're in the forest of the familiars." He heard Akeno say.

"Yeah this is where we got our familiar's so no need to worry." Kiba told the pair.

"Oh I'm not worrying...just curious is all." Shiro replied as he continued to look around the immediate area before his eyes were drawn to a singular tree.

There was nothing particularly special about it as it was just as dead and bare as the rest but it was what was on it's trunk that had drawn his gaze. He slowly walked over to it, knowing that he probably gained everyone's gaze, and ran his hand across the hair that was stuck to it. The hair was a light blue and felt coarse to the touch. Not only that but it also made Shiro's fingers tingle a little, like he had just gotten an electric shock. His eyes were then drawn to the three claw marks that was underneath it.

"I wouldn't go that way If I were you." A voice suddenly called out to him, making him jump slightly and swiftly turn around to see a man wearing a white vest top, brown shorts and a yellow hat that hid red hair, standing a top a tree branch.

"Why do you say that?" Shiro asked the stranger as he made his way back to the group.

"That area is home to a nasty beast. Very tempermental that one." The stranger replied with a nod and jumpped down from the tree he was stood on and landed in front of the group. "Anyways, the name's Satoji and I'll be the one to guide you through this land and help you get your familiars." He said, directing his attention to Shiro and Asia. "So what do you desire? One who's strength is unmatched or maybe one that has venom?" He asked.

Both Shiro and Asia looked at each other before Asia was the one to speak up first. "I want one that's super cute and fun to be around." She said with a sweet smile.

"That's easy enough. A Sprite or Fairy would be good for you young lady...and what about you boy?" Satoji asked, turning his attention to Shiro who simply shrugged his shoulders.

"Dunno...I'll see what we come across and if I like it then I'll take it." Shiro replied but his attention was once again drawn back to the marked tree, but he didn't look at it. He wanted to know what creature created that mark and he wanted to make it his familiar as it was obvious that it was a powerful creature. He was swiftly brought to attention when he noticed that the others had started walking on ahead. "Hey wait up guys!" Shiro called out and swiftly jogged to catch up to them.

Past the tree that had been marked, a pair of glowing red eyes watched the group intently before it's gaze settled upon Shiro. Just as swiftly as they appeared, they vanished with the same speed.

Back with the group, they slowly walked through the forest until they reached a vast lake that had crystal blue water, the moon shimmered off it's calm waters. Along the bank were multiple cattail plants and water lilies. "Woah...this lake is beautiful." Shiro breathed out in awe as his eyes scanned over the lake before they were drawn to the centre as it began shimmering and rippling.

"This lake is home to magical sprites, mainly Undines but their power is immense." Satoji explained as the lake began to shimmer and shine. After a few seconds, the water eruppted outwards and revealed a titan of a woman. She had blonde hair that was done in curles along with muscles the size of Shiro's head, and she was currently grappled with one that looked identical to her. "Look at that, seems like there's a power struggle going on."

"They're fighting for control of the lake?" Shiro asked as he watched the Undines grapple about in the water and threw kicks and punches at each other. In the end, it was the Undine on the left that won by grabbing the right one's arm, twisted her body around and then slammed the Undine onto the waters surface making an almighty 'slap' sound echo through the forest which was followed by a primal roar of victory.

"Seems like this one is now the leader of the lake...we should probably avoid this for a bit." He said and lead the group away from the water.

"Why's that? She looked like she had a kind soul." Asia said, sparing a glance back to the lake.

"Because young lady, after a power struggle between Undines they get riled up and tend to fight everything they come across so taming them becomes next to impossible." Satoji with a sigh and then muttered something about 'telling the others to block the lake off for a bit'. Satoji then stopped with wide eyes and looked up at the tree. Perched on top of a branch was a purple Dragon with a white underbelly. "Well look at that, what a rare sight indeed." He said.

"A baby Dragon?"

Satoji nodded at Shiro, who was the one to speak, before speaking himself. "Mhm but be careful of this one as when they get angry or they feel threatend they have the ability to breath blue lighting."

"This type of Dragon is super rare...I don't think I've ever since one out in the wild." Kiba spoke followed by Rias saying the same thing. Akeno then pointed out that because Shiro had the power of the Red-Dragon Emperor that it would be the perfect fit for him. Shiro thought on this before shaking his head and walked behind Asia before placing his hands on her shoulders.

"You should take this one Asia. It would be a perfect fit for you." He told her with a smile.

The blonde haired girl looked at Shiro with her green eyes in a questioning way. "Are you sure Shiro?" She asked him to which she recieved a smile and a gentle push towards the Dragon. The Dragon seemed to notice Asia step closer to him as it turned it's body to face her and start growling at her, a light blue glow emitted from it's mouth as it charged up electricity. "M-Mister Dragon, won't you please become my-" Just before Asia could get her next word out, there was a sqeulching sound that echoed throughout the area.

"The fuck is that sound?" Shiro said as he, along with the others, looked around for the source of the noise before his head snapped over to Asia who suddenly screamed out. "Asia!" Shiro yelled, fearing that the Dragon had attacked her but his face dropped into confusion as her body was covered in a strange green slime. "What the hell?" He said when he heard the others make sounds of displeasure, mainly the females of the group, causing him to turn around and see that they were covered in the same strange substance. "Seriously, what the fuck?" That's when he noticed that it was raining the goo from above but when Shiro looked up, he found no source.

"It's green slime!" He heard Kiba call out and then draw his sword, which confused the silver haired teen but then he saw why. The green slime started to shift on the girls bodies as their clothes began to dissolve. The slime wrapped around their limbs, effectivly binding them and rendered them unable to move.

"Well...this thing seems usless." Shiro said with a dull expression as he watched the girls clothes become dissolved until they were down to their underwear...and it continued to dissolve.

"This slimes only power...is just this. To dissolve clothes." Satoji said with the same tone and expression Shiro held. After a few mintues of struggling against the slime, as it was more resilient then it looked as it's body was acidic to the touch, the slime was removed from the girls bodies and only Asia was left. Just as Shiro walked up to Asia and grabbed one of the slimes, his body twitched and convulsed as it was surrounded by a light blue glow. He slowly fell to the floor, smoke wafting from his mouth and his body was charred, as the Lightning Dragon flew down to Asia and shocked the slime off her body but didn't hit her.

"Ass...hole...Dragon." Shiro groaned in pain as he laid on the floor.

"Well look at that...Lightning Dragons only attack like this if they believe that the ones they love are in trouble." Satoji said as he rubbed his chin before smiling. "Which means that this young lady and the Dragon should be together." He said before running Asia through the steps on how to make the Dragon her familiar.

Shiro sulked over to the others as Asia followed Satoji's lead. "That hurt like hell..." Shiro said as his body still felt numb and his hands and feet had pins and needles in them. He seemed to perk up, however, when Asia went through a chant as a green magic circle appeared underneath the Dragon. "But I'm glad that she has a powerful familiar like that to protect her." Shiro said.

"It is good for her since she isn't a combat fighter." Rias nodded as she watched her newest Servant gain a familiar. She then turned her attention to Shiro and smiled. "I'm surprised you're taking this as you are." She told him which gained a confused look. "That Asia managed to get a familiar before you." She explained.

Shiro looked at Asia, who was currently nuzzling her familiar, before shrugging his shoulders. "Eh...I admit that I am a little peeved I didn't get one but I can't be mad..at..her..." Shiro trailed off as his gaze was drawn to the trees behind Akeno. "The hell is that?" He said as he walked towards the trees, Shiro thought that he could see a pair of eyes staring out at him deeper in the forest. It was at that same time that Asia's familar began growling and sparks flew out it's mouth.

"What's the matter Shichi?" Asia asked her familiar as it flew in front of her in a protective manner.

That's when everyone noticed how silent the forest had gotten. The only sounds that could be heard was Shichi's growling. Shiro continued to approach the tree line until they started to groan and creak as something began push against them. As the sounds got closer, a pair of red eyes could be seen staring through the trees at was staring directly at Shiro. The eyes continued to skulk forwards until the creature they belonged to revealed itself.

The creature had a long serpantine body that was a light blue in colour which slowly faded into a cream underbelly. It walked on four muscular legs that ended in four front facing toes, each with razor sharp claws that looked like they could tear through flesh and bone with ease. Going along it's back and also covered it's tail was the same fur that Shiro had found when they first entered the forest.

"Oh dear." Satoji quietly said but was still heard by everyone. "This is the beast I was talking about before...we need to be very careful around it." He warned the group and began slowly backing away but Shiro stared where he was as he stared the beast down.

The beast continued to walk towards Shiro before stopping just a few feet in front of him. As Shiro stared the creature down, he felt a sense of familiarity. Like he knew what this creature was and who it was. Slowly, Shiro began to walk towards the creature, ignoring the Rias' orders to get away from the beast, and stretched out his hand towards it when he was only an arms length away.

Both Shiro and the creature stayed as they were, Shiro with his arm outstretched and the creature staring him down, for a few minutes before it lowered it's head, closed it's eyes and nuzzled against Shiro's hand. Everyone was silent as they watched this display but it was Satoji who broke it. "That's...that's impossible..." He said, breathless. "Many powerful Devils have tried to tame this beast but none succeeded." Satoji said, unable to comprehend what was going on in front of him. "It's always been too aggressive but now it looks as docile as a kitten."

"Tiberus...that's his name." Shiro suddenly said as he removed his hand and turned to face the others. "His name is Tiberus...I've decided to make him my familiar." Shiro said, getting nuzzled by Tiberus into his side causing him to scratch the beast under his chin.

"You would be crazy not to in my eyes lad." Satoji said as he dumbly nodded. He swiftly shook his head however when he remembered that he had a job to do. Satoji cautiously made his way over to Shiro and Tiberus before he bent down and traced a set of sigils into the dirt. After he was done, he dusted his hands down and gestured to wards Shiro.

Shiro, after watching Asia, knew what to do next. He nodded to Tiberus to stand in the centre of the circle while Shiro stood to the edge, arm outstretched with his palm facing Tiberus. "In the name of Shiro Katsura and Devils everywhere, I ask that you accept this pact to be my familiar forever." Shiro chanted and, after a few secinds the magic circle started to glow silver until it died down and the circle vanished.

Tiberus shook it's body, sparks flying off it's fur, before staring at Shiro for a few seconds and then it turned and vanished back into the forest. After that little exchange, Akeno prepared a teleportation cirlce for the group and they all stepped into it and vanished appearing back at the club room. Shiro stretched his arms and lazed on the couch. "That was a fun and interesting experience." He said. "Wonder why other Devils had trouble claiming Tiberus as a familar yet I didn't." He asked no one in particular.

"Well some creatures in the forest respond differently to Devils. Some people even say there are creatures who even wait until the right Devil shows up and that's when they accept them as Masters." Kiba explained before ending in a shrug of his shoulders. "But that's just a simple rumor. Anyways, I'll see you all tomorrow."

"We should go too Asia." Shiro said as he stood up and turned to his psudeo-sibling who nodded in return and bid everyone good bye before following Shiro out the room leaving only Rias and Akeno.

I'm back once again baby...yeah I got no excuse for my abscence other then motivation problems but it should be back for a while since we're coming up to the Riser fight. Anyways, I'm thinking of taking out Rosswiesse for Ravel but not sure yet and some of you my of noticed that I combined two episodes into one. The reason is because the episode before the familiars, the one where Issei goes to a pact with Rias, I didn't feel like that held any importance for Shiro.

On to the reviews;

BomBashious (love the name) : I think I've already explained that I've only watched up to Season 3 and I don't read the LN so I don't know who Ignvild Leviathan is and I don't know what Jeanne is like (unless you're talking about the Fate Jeanne) and I've also said I don't like Irina.

Anyways that's it for now.

Stay well, stay true...BYE BYE~