[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 7
Once again, Shiro found himself floating in the black abyss that was his dreamscape or more accurately the dreamscape that belonged to the Dragon that lived in the Boosted gear and inside him but there was on difference from the last time he was here, the Dragon was nowhere to be seen.
"Well this is a fine mess..." Shiro groaned as he flipped onto his feet and began walking...somewhere. The concept of time and space becomes lost in a black endless void. Anyways, Shiro just...kept walking and walking until he hit something. Literally. Shiro just smacked his face into an invisible wall causing him to stumble back a little and rub his nose. Even though he was in a dreamscape, he could somehow still feel pain. "Mother fucker." He growled and held up his hand and pressed it against the wall.
He could see everything past the wall and it was all of the same. An endless black void, so he couldn't understand as to why it was blocked off and then, it all changed. The endless void that he had spent so much time in, or what felt like it, suddenly shattered like glass and light began pouring in. Shiro looked around at the crumbling dreamscape as the black started turing into white walls and then pillers started to rise up from the ground as a red carpet was laid out in front of him.
"This shit is crazy!" Shiro's eyes went wide as he thought he heard Motohama's voice behind him. He swiftly turned and his face dropped as he saw Matasuda and Motohama standing behind him wearing tuxedos, with Matsuda crying his eyes out.
"What. The. Fuck..." Shiro said as he turned and saw that the void was replaced with the inside of a Church with Devil like statues and stained glass windows instead of regular windows. Shiro went to massage his temples only to find that he was also wearing a dark navy blue tuxedo.
"I can't believe you're getting married so soon Shiro." He turned once more to see his mother, with her hair tied up in a bun and was wearing a silver dress. "I wish your father could see you keeping the relations between us alive." She said and smiled warmly at him.
"Wait wedding!" Shiro yelled out as he looked around for the one he was going to be 'marrying' and then he saw her. Crimson red hair hidden behind a white vail and wearing a white dress that clung to her body and pushed up her breasts. "Rias..." Shiro breathed out, his breath stolen as his eyes took in her beautiful form. "You look...wow..."
"You look good yourself Shiro." Rias smiled warmly at him as she walked up the aisle and stood besides Shiro and then he heard someone read out the vows one would normally hear at a wedding.
Shiro's heart was racing and his face had lit up in a crimson blush as he watched her mouth move in the words 'I do' followed by his own voice echoing out around the room saying the same. "I...I do." His face heated up more when he watched Rias turn to face him, eyes closed and mouth persed in a kiss that was meant for only him. He slowly felt his body lean forwards as his own lips got closer to Rias.
[You seem to be enjoying yourself.] And then it all went up in flames. One by one, everyone gathered at the ceremony went up in red raging flames but non of them seemed to be bothered by it, even the Church itself went up in an inferno, after he heard the Dragons voice speak to him.
Shiro growled lowly as he turned to face the mighty Red Dragon that interuppted his pleasent dream. "Five minutes." He said and pointed a finger at the Dragon. "You couldn't of given me five more goddamn minutes?" He yelled at the Dragon who held an amused smirk. "Like seriously this was probably going to be one of the best dreams I've had so far."
The Dragon watched Shiro rant on as it sat on his haunches before speaking. [Finished?]
"Just about yeah." Shiro replied with a sigh and floated up to the Dragon's face. "So what did you call me here for partner?" Shiro asked him as he sat down on the air in front of the Dragon.
The Dragon snorted hot air at Shiro. [Nothing. I just wanted to talk to my partner is all.] The Dragon said before nodding behind Shiro, causing the silver haired teen to turn his head before looking back at the Dragon with a raised eyebrow. [You ran into the barrier did you not.] He said, smirking once more when he saw Shiro's reaction. [That barrier is what is keeping you from learning my name and accessing my...No, our true power.]
"But...why? Why was it set up that way?" Shiro asked the Dragon as he turned around so he could float up against the barrier and placed his hand on it.
[To protect you.] The Dragon replied. [It was set up to protect you from this world until you were ready but somehow...some of my power leaked out and was detected by that Fallen Angel and then...well you know the rest.] The Dragon sighed and laid his head on his hands. [But now that you've been introduced into this world of ours...I've been actively trying to break down that barrier but I've been unsuccessful.] The Dragon growled before sighing and then muttered something inaudible for Shiro before sighing once again. [The only way for that barrier can be broken is by you Shiro. Only when you gain enough strength will it break down.]
"And how long do you think it will take?" Shiro asked but recieved no answer. When he turned, he saw that the Dragon had vanished and the world was once again being shattered. Shiro groaned as his eyes slowly, and properly, began to have light shin down on them. He slowly cracked an eye open and saw that light was being filtered through his curtains. He slowly sat up in his bed, being mindful of Nanako who was resting on his stomach. He looked down at his right hand and clenched his fist. "Don't worry partner...I'll get stronger and break that barrier."
Shiro looked at his alarm and saw that it was only 4:30AM. Gently scooping Nanako up in his hands, failing in his task not to wake her, he gently placed her on the floor and watched as she stretched her body before sitting on the floor and began grooming herself. Shiro smiled and bent down to scratch her behind her ears. Shiro stood up and stretched before heading over to his drawer and pulled out a grey tracksuit, put it on and jump out his window to go for his morning jog.
Shiro would return two hours later where he would shower, dress in his school uniform and then head out with Asia in tow. The walk to school was fairly silent between the two as Shiro was more focused on way's he could get stronger to break the barrier that seperated him and the Dragon's true power. Soon they reached school and Shiro was currently sulking in his seat and staring out the window.
"The hell's up with you?" He turned his head to see Matsuda and Motohama walking up to him and it was Matsuda who asked him the question.
Shiro waved a dismissive hand at the two. "Eh, just thinking about this dream I had last night." He jumpped slightly when both perverts slammed their hands on his desk.
"If you're talking about a wet dream then spill!"
Shiro rolled his eyes out Motohama before shrugging his shoulders. "Don't worry it wasn't a wet dream...well if it continued it probably would've." He said and leaned on his hand. "I just dreamed that I was getting married to Rias." He said with a sadistic smirk as he watched the twin perverts face contort into jealousy then into anger before finally they had a cloud of depression hanging over their hands. "Don't feel so down...jeez." Shiro said with a roll of his eyes and continued. "Anyways, just as I said 'I do' to her and we were about to kiss...it all went up in flames."
Just like that, all noise in the classroom stopped as everyone slowly turned their heads to face Shiro. "Are you serious?" Motohama asked, his glasses slidding off his face a little. "You were about to kiss dream Rias...and it all went up in flames.."
"Don't know what else to say other then yes." Shiro sighed as he leaned back in his chair. "And it was a Dragon that created the inferno." He said, subconsciously looking at his right hand.
"Oh I'm sorry Shiro." Shiro turned his head to look at Asia. "Had I known I would've helped you." She said with an upset expression. It swiftly turned into a smile when Shiro reached out and petted the top of her head.
"It's fine Asia...I was woken up at the same time of my morning jog so it was no deal." He said before he was roughly grabbed by his collar and forcefully turned to face the two perverts.
"THIS AIN'T FAIR BRO!" Matsuda yelled as tears streamed from his eyes. "WHY ARE THESE HOT CHICKS THROWING THEMSELVES AT YOU!" Matsuda was made to release Shiro when Motohama grabbed Matsuda's hands, pried them off Shiro's collar and then placed his hands on Shiro's shoulders.
"Shiro my good friend." He said with an awkward smile. Shiro rolled his eyes as he knew where this was probably going so he started forming a list in his head on how to best mess with the two. "I'm sure it wouldn't hurt if you'd introduce us to some of your ladies." He said before clasping his hands together.
"Look guys I don't know any other ladies other then those that you already know of." He said and massaged the sides of his head before a single person filtered into his head. A certain...magical titan. 'That...that could work, not to mention also be fucking hilarious.'
"If you do this," He was brought out of his musing when Motohama pushed his glasses up with a finger. "I will see to it that you are rewarded accourdingly."
Now thsi grabbed Shiro's attention, granted the reward was going to be something peverted as to their nature but Motohama could still be resourceful in his own weird way. "What kind of reward are we talking about?" Shiro asked with crossed arms and a raised eyebrow. "Wait, don't tell me...it's something peverted isn't it?" Judging by Motohama's reaction, Shiro hit the nail on the head. Sighing and massaging his temple, Shiro was probably gonna catch hell. "Lay it on me."
"Heh, how does a VIP room sound?" He asked, taking a step away from Shiro alongside Matsuda and turned his head to face Shiro. "I know it's not your thing but it's the best I can do." He said in a 'take it or leave it' tone of voice.
Shiro thought heavily on this before sighing heavily and stood up before he pulled out his phone. "This is a one time deal." Shiro said before he went through his contacts until he found the one he wanted and sent a quick message, a few seconds later he received one back saying 'she' was all for it and had some friends coming over. "You two are in luck...she's got some friends coming round tonight so they are all yours." He told the two, pocketing his phone with a hidden sadistic smirk.
"Sweeeeeet!" Motohama yelled with a pump of his fist. "So what's she like?"
"She's...out there that's for sure...not to mention probably a virgin." Shiro told them while looking off to the side.
"Hell yeah! So what's her name?" Matsuda asked him with a leecherus grin.
"Miltan..." Shiro replied, hiding a heavy shiver that crawled up his spine as he spoke the person's name and was reminded of Miltan's...titanic stature. Shiro remebered the first time he met the titan and was scarred heavily from it but since it was a pact, he couldn't say no so he swallowed his pride and completed the pact...and he had to admit, despite Miltan's horrific apperance she was an okay person to hang with.
"Miltan huh? Sounds like a real cutie." Motohama said as he rubbed his chin with a finger, a perverse grin was etched across his face.
Matsuda swiftly agreed with the bald pervert before smirking at Shiro. "Don't think I haven't forgotten about my end of the bargin. If you would like to follow me gentlemen." He said, swiftly grabbing his bag and made his way out of the room, Motohama close on his heels.
Shiro sighed heavily and grabbed his bag before turning to Asia. "You might as well head to the club room...looks like I'm going to be a while." He told her, recieving a nod in return. The psuedo-siblings bid each good bye before Shiro seperated from Asia and followed behind his friends as they lead him to the supposed 'VIP' spot. 'This is going to be so dumb...but then again, I haven't properly hung out with these two in a long time...maybe a little peeking won't be too bad.' Shiro thought as the trio finally stopped outside the girls locker room. "So the VIP room...is just the girls locker room?" Shiro asked with a raised eyebrow. For a peeping spot, it was rather tame for the glasses-wearing pervert.
"Oh Shiro." Matsuda tsked with a shake of his head. "You are so naive. Now come on, we don't have much time." He swiftly pushed to two into the locker room and then towards one of said lockers. Shiro was actually surprised that the locker managed to hold all three of them without much discomfort, however they didn't have much room left to move. "And in five...four...three...two...one." Matsuda counted down with a leecherus grin and as soon as he reached zero, the door opened and the girls began swarming in and very soon, they all began undressing. "So what do you think of the VIP room I found?" Matsuda whispered to Shiro.
"I have to admit...you're pretty resourceful when it comes to these things." Shiro whispered back with a nod as he watched the girls undress themselves before changing into their gym clothes. His eyes scanned over each girl, only spending a short amount of time on them, before they became frozen on a familiar figure. "Oh shit..." Shiro whispered as his eyes were glued to Koneko's half-naked form. "I want you two to know...if Koneko finds us we are dead." He whispered down at the two, who probably weren't listening to him as they were too busy watching the other girls.
Shiro's breath hitched when Koneko took off her bra and turned slightly, giving Shiro a glimps of her pert breasts and pink nipples, before her eyes glanced over to the locker the trio were hiding in before narrowing slightly as her eyes and Shiro's locked. It was only for a second, but in that second Shiro knew that Koneko saw his eyes and that she knew they were hiding there.
Koneko finally dressed in her gym clothes and waited until she was the last one in the room before slowly walking up to the locker the three were hiding in and stood in front of it. In an instant, she lashed out and slammed her fist into the locker door making an indent of her fist before pulling back and punched with her other fist, crumpling the metal and caused it to fall to the floor followed by Matsuda and Motohama, both clutching their stomachs, which left Shiro standing and sweating nervously.
"H-Hey Koneko..." He nervously said as the snow-haired girl in question just...stared at him. "I'm in deep shit aren't I?"
"Yep." Was the reply followed by her cracking her knuckles and then what followed after was a solid five minute beat down by the snow-haired rook which finally lead to Shiro sitting in the ORC club room with Asia healing his bruised and bloodied face, thanks to Koneko managing to break his nose.
"Oh dear this looks really bad." Asia said as she used her Twilight healing to heal his broken nose, the bone thankfully didn't break the skin so it wasn't too bad but.
"No need to rush Asia." Koneko told the blonde haired ex-Saint as she glared at Shiro's back.
"I agree with Koneko." Shiro nodded in agreement. "I brought this on myself." He said, grabbing Asia's hands and pulled them away from his face after she had finished healing it. He was going to keep the black eye he recieved but Asia wouldn't allow it as she didn't like seeing him hurt.
"I can't understand why you went anyways?" Rias asked him with a sigh. Normally Shiro wasn't so perverse so something like this just seemed out of the blue for the teen. The response she recieved was a simple shrug as Shiro stood up, brushed himself down and sat on the opposite couch of Koneko. "If it was just to see girls naked all you would have to do is ask me." Rias said with a smile. "You've already seen me naked so it wouldn't be a problem."
Shiro looked at Rias with wide eyes before looking up at the ceiling in thought before he shook his head. "As tempting an offer that is Rias I'm gonna have to decline. I was only doing it for repayment with setting those two up with one of my past clients." Shiro said as a sadistic smirk stretched across his face making everyone shiver, Akeno for a different reason.
Rias coughed into her hand to rid the room of it's current atmosphere. "Swiftly moving on, me and Akeno have some paperwork to handle so you're all free to go home." She said to the younger Devils of the group. They all said their good byes and filed out the room leaving only Rias and her Raven-haired friend. She walked over to the window and watched as the four walked out the old school building and walked down the path. However, Shiro suddenly stopped and turned around before locking eyes with red-head smiled down at him as her face flushed red.
With the four...
"Well this is where we split." Kiba said as the four Devils came to a crossroads, one way headed towards the appartments that Kiba, Koneko and Akeno lived at while the other path lead to Shiro's house.
"Yeah...see you two tomorrow and Koneko...sorry about earlier." Shiro said as he looked at the snow-haired loli with a wincing smile. The girl in question narrowed her eyes at Shiro and looked away causing the silver haired teen to sigh before he turned to Kiba who merely shrugged and smiled sympathetically. After Asia said her goodbyes to the two, they parted ways and headed to their respective homes.
The walk back to Shiro's was silent one as both Shiro and Asia felt like enjoying the peaceful night. By the time they reached the house, it was already dark and Lilith had food already prepared for the two and now Shiro was currently lazing on his bed with his arms resting behind his head. "Looks like Koneko hates me now." Shiro sighed as he stared up at the ceiling.
Nya~ Nanako mewled as she sat atop of Shiro's chest and began pawing at it, upset that she wasn't recieving any attention from him. Shiro lifted his head up slightly and sighed before he began scratching her behind her ears.
"Sorry girl...just got something else on my mind." He told the black cat who looked at him almost as if she was asking what the problem was. "I managed to piss Koneko off and now I'm pretty sure she hates me." He explained to Nanako before flopping his head back down on his pillow. "I admit that it was a dumb idea to accept that 'reward' from Matsuda but...we haven't exactly hung out. Yeah they're idiots and perverts but they're still my friends dammit."
Nanako simply sat on Shiro's chest and stared at him with intent eyes and what was hidden behind her gaze was a war between herself of revealing her true identity and then claim Shiro as her's as she ravished his body all night long. However, all those thoughts were brought to a scretching halt as she felt the presence of magic causing her to hop of Shiro's chest, rush to the door and began clawing at it.
"You wanna go out?" Shiro asked as he sat up and watched Nanako's odd behaviour. Normally, she would be clawing at his door to get into his room and not out of it. Nanako mewled once again and continued scratching at his door. Shiro got off his bed and walked over to the door before opening it for the black cat who rushed out his room. "What was that all about?" Shiro questioned with a raised eyebrow as he closed the door.
Suddenly, there was a familiar crimson light that caused Shiro to turn around and raise his eyebrows higher as he saw that it was Rias' magic circle that had just appeared. After a few seconds of bright glowing, Rias appeared in the centre of the magic circle but was looking to other way to him. So when she opened her eyes she was surprised to not see Shiro. She jumped a little when she heard coughing from behind her causing her to turn around.
Shiro's eyes narrowed when he noticed Rias' worried expression. "Is everything okay Rias?" He asked, taking a step towards her.
Rias stared at Shiro, biting her lip, before she averted his gaze for a second before looking back at him with a distressed expression. "Shiro...you said I could come to you if I needed help right..."
"Of course Rias." Shiro nodded and walked past her before sitting on his bed and turned to face her. His mouth was agap in shock as Rias was currently in the middle of taking off her clothes. She had already taken of her shoulder cape and skirt and was currently unbuttoning her shirt. "R-Rias what the hell!" Shiro yelled in shock as he watched her slowly unbutton her shirt fully.
"I-I want you to take me Shiro." She said, shrugging her shirt off leaving her in a white bra and panties. She then stepped forwards, crawled onto Shiro's bed and pushed him onto his back before straddling his waist. "I need you to take my virginity right now."
"Rias you're really confusing me." Shiro said as he looked up at Rias with concern.
"Am I not good enough for you?" Rias said as she began fiddling with her bra. "Do you not want to do it with me?"
"Rias it's not that!" Shiro quickly said as she finally managed to undo her bra and sling it off to the side with her other clothes. "You're a wonderful and beautiful looking woman and any man would be lucky enough to do it with you." He swiftly told her before he sighed and looked away. "It's just...this isn't like you."
"I've given this a lot of thought Shiro." Rias said as she bit her lip and averted her own gaze. Something was eating up at Rias which made Shiro anxious. "There's just no other way...once it's known that I am ruined...I'll finally be free." She told him before looking down at him with a heavy blush. She then grabbed his right hand and placed it on her breast. Shiro's face had practically nuked itself red and he gave her breast a small experimental squeeze, enjoying to soft feeling of it around his hand along with the small moan that escaped Rias' lips. "I'm putting my trust in you Shiro..."
"Rias..." Shiro quietly said as he stared into her eyes. He knew she was hiding something and he knew he should speak up and say something to her but he couldn't. Even though he knew Rias was hiding something from him, he also could see that she really wanted to do this but for what purpose, he couldn't tell but his Master was asking for his help. "Alright Rias...leave everything to me." Shiro said and placed his hands on her shoulders before gently flipping them over so Shiro was on top of her.
Rias breath hitched in her throat as she looked up at Shiro with lust in her eyes. Her heart was racing and her chest slowly rose and fell with each breath she took. Her crimson hair was splayed out above her head and her arms were raised next to her head. "I'm all yours Shiro." She said, releasing a soft moan as Shiro gently carressed her breasts with his hands. Her toes curled in pleasure as she was currently feeling sensations that she had never experienced.
Shiro continued gently kneading and massage her breasts while straddling her waist. Behind him, Rias' legs were rubbing against each other as she tried to ease the burning sensation she had in her groin. "Ah~" Rias' moan echoed through Shiro's room. This went on for another five minutes before Rias couldn't take it any more. She had gone past the point of doing this to get out of her arranged marriage, now she just wanted Shiro because she loved him and she finally realised it. "Please...take me Shiro~" She cooed and placed her hands on his cheeks, slowly pulling his face closer to hers with her lips pursed in a kiss.
Just before Shiro's and Rias' lips met in a sweet kiss, there was a bright silver glow causing both parties to look over to it, one in confusion the other in annoyance. After the glow had subsided, what was left in place was a silver haired beauty of a woman wearing a french maid outfit and with her eyes closed. When she opened them, she instantly snapped them down to the two and sighed. "Really Rias...you're here with this low born." The woman remarked, obviously referring to Shiro as the low born and it was something that miffed Shiro evident by his twitching eyebrow. "You realize that Sirzechs is going to be dissapointed in you?" She said, not even looking Shiro's way.
"Who the hell is Sirzechs?" Shiro growled, feeling very annoyed at being cockblocked like this.
"She mean's my older brother." Rias sighed before standing up and faced the maid, Shiro's expression was one of shock upon knowing Rias had an older brother. "My virtue is mine to do with as I please." Rias said as she placed her hands on her hips and narrowed her eyes at the silver haired woman. "How is wrong to give it to who ever I please? And another thing, I will not tolerate you calling one of my beloved servants a low born, even if you are my brothers 'Queen'." She chastised.
"Aww thanks Rias." Shiro smiled at the red head who was defending him.
The silver haired maid stared at Rias, glancing over to Shiro before closing her eyes and nodded. "Noted." She stated before bending over and began picking up Rias' discarded clothes. "But think...you are the next head of Gremory so you must have respect for yourself." She told Rias and placed her shirt over Rias' shoulders before she stepped to the side, turned towards Shiro and bowed to him. "Pardon the intrusion, my name is Grayfia and I'm also in the service of the Gremory family...we will get out of your way now."
Shiro stared at Grayfia, his expression one of confusion, before he sighed and sat crossed legged on his bed. "It's fine...I'm Shiro Katsura and Rias' 'Pawn'." He told Grayfia and stood up before bowing before his peer. When he stood up straight, his eyebrows were raised as he saw that Grayfia held a wide eyed shocked expression.
"Katsura...So you're the one who holds the power of the Red Dragon Emperor and is their son..." She said, leaning down to get closer to his nervous face before she smiled and stood up. "Now that I get a closer look...the resemblance you bear to them is uncanny." She said, holding her smile and she also seemed to gain a small blush.
Just before Shiro could question her strange behaviour, he felt a slender hand on his cheek and then force his head to turn. "I'm sorry Shiro...it seems like I wasn't the right mind tonight...lets forget that this happened, okay?" Rias asked of him before she stood up and turned to face Grayfia. "I will listen to what you have to say at my headquarters. You don't mind if Akeno joins us?"
"The Priestess of Thunder? Of course not." Grayfia said, once again shocking Shiro as he had never heard the nicknames that the others had. "In fact it's only proper for a noble Devil to have their 'Queen' by their side at times like this." Grayfia bowed her head slightly to Rias.
Rias turned to face Shiro with a sad smiled and crouched down so she was eye level with him. "I'm sorry for putting you through all this Shiro." She softly said and kissed his cheek before backing up next to Grayfia before she sent him one last smile before dissapearing in a shower of magic leaving Shiro alone, confused and horny as hell.
"What...the...fuck..." Was all he could muster to say.
The next day...
Shiro was pissed to say the least. The memories of last night replayed in his head over and over like a broken record and everytime it did, it just made him all the more angrier. While he wasn't a major pervert like Matsuda and Motohama, he was still so close to having sex with the prettiest girl in Kuoh only for it to be ripped away because of Devil drama.
[Angry whelp?] He heard the Dragon ask, he could also practically see the smirk the Dragon had grown.
'I am not in the mood Dragon.' Shiro growled at the phantom beast that resided in his body. He heard the Dragon snort in humor at him. 'Oh I'm glad you find this funny jackass.'
[I've lived longer then you've been born whelp.] The Dragon replied. [I know the feeling all to well...you should probably duck.] Was the last message the Dragon sent before it shut off the link between them just before Shiro could ask what he meant.
Not even a second after the Dragon did that, he felt an arm connect with the back of his head sending him flying forwards and land face first on the ground which was soon followed by Motohama's voice. "WHAT THE FUCK MAN!"
"HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO US? ROT IN HELL YOU BASTARD!"
Shiro groaned in pain before he sat up and turned to the two. "Isn't it a little early for you two to be pissed at me?" Shiro asked them with a dull expression as he didn't really want to deal with their shit at the moment.
"I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" Motohama roared at him. "MILTAN A GIRL LIKE HELL!" Shiro tired to hide the smirk he was growing after he was reminded who he set the two perverts on. It almost lifted his mood, almost. "I KNOW ANDRE THE GIANT WHEN I SEE SHIT DANGLE!"
"NOT TO MENTION HE WAS DRESSED LIKE A PRINCESS!" Matsuda joined in on the berating of Shiro who was just sitting on the floor with a shit eating grin. "HE ASKED IF WE WERE MAGICAL!"
"Not my fault you didn't want to tap that..." Shiro smirked at the two and stood up, dusting himself down.
"Why'd you try and hook us up with a dude!"
"Not to mention he was also having a party for guys who dressed like him." Matsuda added before both Motohama and Matsuda held onto each other in fear. "Have you ever been in a room filled with magical princess tanks? It's not pretty."
"Hey dumb and dumber." Shiro said with a roll of his eyes. "How did you think I knew about him? I was the first to witness the magical princess tank." Shiro told them, adding in his mind that he was asked if he could turn Miltan into an actual magical princess. However, it seemed the anger the two felt towards Shiro out weighed that as they both approached him, cracking their knuckles with tears of fear and anger flowing down their faces. They then found themselves laying face down with each having a large steaming bump forming on their heads. "Idiots." Shiro said and shook his head before continuing on with Asia, leaving the two to wallow in their self pity.
At the end of the day, Asia and Shiro were heading to the club room before they bumped into Kiba. "Yo pretty boy!" Shiro called out making the blonde pause in his tracks and wait for the pair to catch up.
"Hey you two." Kiba waved at them, receiving a wave from Asia and a head nod from Shiro. As the trio made their way to the club room, Shiro took this opportunity to ask Kiba if he knew if something was bothering Rias. "Hmm now that you mention it, I think something is bugging her." Kiba nodded in agreement. "If had to guess...it's house of Gremory drama."
"That's what I suspected...she visited me last night and was followed by someone called Grayfia." Shiro told Kiba and Asia, leaving out the fact that she wanted him to take her virginity.
As soon as Grayfia's name left Shiro's mouth, Kiba expression contorted into one of anger. "If she followed Rias...then I might know what the problem is and it's not good." He spat, his eyes narrowed as the trio approached the old school building. Shiro and Asia looked at each other with questioning glances before they entered the building and headed upstairs to the main club room.
"What's up guys." Shiro announced as he and Kiba opened the doors before pausing as he noticed that Grayfia was standing in front of Rias and Akeno, the three turning to face them. "Mrs. Grayfia?" Shiro said as he tilted his head to look at Rias, who had her hands clasped in front of her. 'The hell is going on?' Shiro thought as they entered the room.
[Judging by the aura in the room...nothing good.] The Dragon spoke up causing Shiro to nod in agreement. [Be on your guard whelp.]
'Will do Dragon...will do.' Shiro mentally said to him.
Rias suddenly stood up and sighed. "Now that everyone is here...we can began." She said, gesturing for the three to sit. Just before they were about to sit down, there was a sudden wave of intense heat and a bright red flash coming from behind them causing them to turn around. Shiro had to hold his arm over his eyes to block out the intense light before it erupted into flames. After the flames died down, what was left in it's place was a tall blonde man wearing a brown suit.
"Ahhh~ and Riser has arrived in the Human realm." The man said before turning around and instantly Shiro wanted to punch the man in his smug looking face. "I've come all this way to see you, my beloved Rias." He said making Shiro growl heavily at him.
"Who's this asshole?" Shiro asked no one in particular.
"This gentleman is Lord Riser Pheonix." He heard Grayfia explain. "He is a pure blooded Devil of noble birth and is third in line to the house of Pheonix."
"And I should care why?" Shiro asked with a bored tone as he stared Riser down with a sneer.
"That also means he is the fiance to the next head of Gremory."
Shiro's eyes went wide before they narrowed heavily at him. "Are you fucking serious?" He asked with a growl of hatred.
"I am not. Lord Riser and Lady Rias have been engaged for quite some time now." Grayfia explained once again and in a few short moments, the group, that being Shiro, Asia, Koneko and Kiba, were asked to stand near the window while Rias and Riser sat on the couch facing it as Akeno had just finished preparing some tea.
Riser sat next to Rias with his arm over her shoulder and his fingers were locked in her hair. He took one sip of the tea before sighing. "Ahh the tea made by my Rias' 'Queen' is most acceptable." He said, placing it down on the table. Akeno bowed to him and made her way over to the others. As soon as Riser had placed the cup on the table, his hand instantly went to Rias' thigh and began carrassing it.
Shiro was sure that everyone could hear the growl that escaped his throat, his hatred for the man seemed to be ever growing as it was clear Riser had no respect for Rias. 'I really want to punch him in his stupid face.' Shiro thought as his hands clenched into fists. The others must've noticed his aggressive demeanour as he felt hands hold onto his arms causing him to look at them and saw that it was Asia and Koneko who had a hold of him.
Rias suddenly stood up and faced away from Riser with her arms by her side and her hands balled into fists. "That's enough Riser...why can't you let it go and accept the fact that I have no intention of marrying you." She stated with a matter of fact tone of voice but it seemed like Riser didn't care and continued on.
"My darling, Riser believes that your families circumstances are still such that you cannot afford to be so selfish." He replied as he shrugged his shoudlers at her.
"I will not bring my family to ruin." Rias snapped and turned to Riser. "I have no intention of denying you your right to our name but let me be very clear on this. My husband will by my choice alone."
Riser stared up at Rias before sighing with a smirk. "Remeber, it's imperative that us Devils remain pure blood. Did you forget that we're still recovering out numbers from the last war." Riser said to Rias with what sounded like a little bit of impatience in his voice. "Both your Father and Sirzechs decided on this arrangement with the future of Devils in mind."
"My Father, my Brother and my whole clan made this decision because they are in too great a rush." Rias sighed before she turned to Riser and snapped at him. "For the final time, I will not marry you!"
Riser suddenly stood up and held Rias' chin in his fingers and had his hand in his pocket. "For the final time Rias." Riser hissed, his paitence with the red head seemingly run dry. "Riser bares the name and reputation of Pheonix. Sullying our name is unacceptable." He told her with narrowed eyes before they suddenly went wide as a hand reached out and tightly gripped Riser's wrist.
"She said no pal." Shiro growled as she yanked his hand away from Rias. "What part of that do you not understand."
"Riser will take Rias back to the underworld." He sneered down at Shiro like he was nothing. "Even if I have to incinerate everyone in this room." He said, his eyes glowing as the room temperature shot up before it suddenly dropped once again and a voice spoke up from the window.
"You can try firebird but you won't get very far." The voice said, causing everyone to turn to the owner in shock. However, the one who was most shocked was Shiro as he stared at the person with his mouth agape.
"M-Mum!" He weakly said as he saw his mother sitting on the windowseal with her legs crossed. "W-What the hell are you doing here?" He questioned as he pointed a shaky finger at the woman.
"Not now Shiro." She brushed him off as she hopped off the window and walked over to stand beside Grayfia. "Grayfia." She said as she approached the silver haired maid.
"Lady Katsura." Grayfia bowed to her with a smile on her face before standing up straight and regained her serious composure. "What brings you here?" She asked.
Lilith stared at Grayfia with narrowed eyes followed by a shrug of her shoulders. "Oh nothing much...just imagine my surprise when I suddenly felt your presence in my sons room last night. Naturally, I got curious and decided to see why you were there only to find that Zeoticus had gone ahead with the Pheonix preposal." She explained before turning to Riser with narrowed eyes. "You're far too young to take me on so I would strongly advise against it." Lilith threatened as she held up her hand and a black magic circle appeared.
"SERIOUSLY MUM! WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!" Shiro yelled out as he just witnessed his Mother summon up a magic circle. Lilith turned to Shiro with the same narrowed eyes causing a small whimper to escape him as he felt her anger directed at him but for a different reason.
"Shiro, don't swear at your Mother." She chastised him. "That's very rude." She said before sighing and massaged her temples. "Look, I will explain everything another time but for now, it would be wise to deal with this mess first." She said and turned to Grayfia. "Did the Gremorys forget the pact my clan had with theirs?" She asked Grayfia who sighed and shook her head.
"Grayfia...what does Mrs. Katsura mean by that?" Rias asked, seeming more then confused about this unknown pact.
Lilith turned her head to Rias with an understanding gaze before sighing. "I see...so even they haven't told their child yet." Lilith muttered before rubbing her temples and sat down on Rias' desk. "Then everything is currently out of my control for now so you can all just continue on."
"Hold the phone!" Shiro yelled with his arms crossed in an X. "No we cannot continue. You still haven't explained what the fuck is going on!" He yelled. "How long have you known that I've been a Devil? How the hell do you know Grayfia and Rias' clan and what pact are you talking about?" Shiro spat a flurry of questions at his mother who stared at him with soft and caring eyes.
"Shiro...I promise I'll tell you everything later." She softly told him, her voice managing to soothe his anger and confusion. "But right now there are bigger things to deal with...mainly a certain flame grilled chicken." She smirked as she watched Riser flustered face at the insult, the sound of muffled laughter could be heard, before it contorted into pure anger.
"You dare mock the name of Pheonix." Riser snarled and raised his hand, a bright red magic circle appeared in above his hand. "I will make you regret that you insolent wretch." He said before the magic circle suddenly vanished and an intense wave of pressure washed over everyone.
"Lord Riser." Grayfia coldly spoke as her eyes glowed silver. "I must highly advise agaisnt that as a fight with Lady Katsura will only bring shame to your clan." She said before the glow in her eyes died down. Grayfia closed her eyes to relieve the pressure before opening them again. "Lady Rias, Lord Riser...as you may know I am here by order of Sirzechs so there will be no disruption of peace."
"Holy shit Grayfia's terrifying." Shiro shivered as he walked back over to the others.
"And don't you forget it Shiro." He heard his mother say with a laugh. "There's a reason why she's called the ultimate Queen."
"Yes...when told something so ominous by the one regarded as such even Riser can become fearful." Riser growled, sending a sideways glare at Lilith who didn't even bother to take notice of it.
"My Master anticipated that there would be conflict of some sorts." Grayfia explained as she took a step towards the two noble Devils. "As such he assigned me a last resort if communications should turn...hostile." She said, sending a look towards Riser. "If Lady Rias insists on putting her personal preferance ahead of her own family she is to settle this via a rating game."
"The hell is a rating game?" Shiro asked his fellow Devils. "Sona mentioned it before but I didn't get to ask what it is."
"It's a game that Noble Devils play." Kiba explained, his narrowed eyes never left Riser...in fact it was the same with the others as well. "Long story short, they and their servants compete in battle to determaine who wins."
"I'm guessing that's why we have powers specific to our chess pieces...and why we have chess pieces in the first place." Shiro asked once more and he saw Akeno nod her head out the corner of his eye.
"Riser has played numerous matches and has scored several wins for himself." Riser smirked and looked at Rias with a cocky sneer. "Meanwhile, my inexperienced bride has yet to play a single game."
"He knows that only mature Devils can participate in a rating game." Akeno explained causing Shiro and Asia to look over to her. "So it's not like she's had much opportunities to try." She finished with a heavy sigh and closed her head.
"We've got something more to worry about then that." Koneko suddenly said.
Before Shiro or Asia could ask what she meant, Riser spoke. "Rias I must ask, is this adorable bunch the extent of your servants? They're all you have?" Rias narrowed her eyes at him and nodded which caused him to laugh and then snap his fingers. The same magic circle and fire plume appeared for a second before dissapating to reveal fifteen beautfiful girls. "Riser has fifteen pieces...in other words, a complete set."
"A complete set huh..." Shiro mused as his eyes washed over each of the girls with boredom. "Good for him." Shiro nodded before he added a slow mocking clap.
Hearing Shiro's slow mocking clapping Riser looked over to him before gaining a sneering smirk. "Oh? Do I sense a hint of jealousy in your pawn's voice?" He asked before looking over to his pieces and beckond one of them over. The girl that walked over had wavy purple hair and wore a dress that revealed a large amount of her clevage. The woman, who Riser called Yubelluna, stopped in front of him before wrapping her arms around his neck and pulled him into a deep and passonate kiss.
In that short moment, Shiro's hatred for the man spiked to its peak. Not because he was jealous of his make out session but because he had the audacity to do it in front of Rias even though she was his so called 'fiance'. "You fucking scumbag!" Shiro growled deeply at the man, a low rumble making it sound more beast then human.
Rias and Yubelluna stopped their make out session and turned to Shiro, where he continued to fondle Yubelluna's large bust. "No matter how long you live, you'll never have what I have." Riser mocked Shiro but his eyebrow raised when it looked like Shiro didn't care at all.
"Why the fuck would I want what you have?" Shiro growled once again before his face turned into a sadistic smile. "Besides it should be the other way round. No matter how long you live, you'll never achieve what I have and that's Rias' acceptance." Shiro taunted making Riser's face contort and twist in anger while Rias' face blushed deeply.
"How dare you!" Riser yelled at Shiro. "You would be wise to remeber your place when speaking to me you low born!"
"Screw you jackass!" Shiro retorted and summoned the Boosted gear.
[BOOST!] The guantlet called out with a green flash.
"I don't give two shits about what you think of me and another thing, we don't need to play some stupid game. I'll kick your ass here and now!" Shiro yelled before leaping towards Riser only to be intercepted by a short blue haired girl with a staff in her hand. "Out of my way girl." Shiro said and aimed the Boosted gear at her. The girl said nothing before simply dashing forwards and jabbing Shiro in his stomach, making him cough up spit from the impact. She then went to throw him up in the air but was surprised when she found that her staff wouldn't move as Shiro had a strong hold on it. "You think...that little jab...would hurt?" He asked before looking up at her with a smirk. "Please, I've felt worse. Now here's my move." He said, yanking her towards him. He pulled his fist back before slamming it in her face sending her flying back and into Riser's arms.
Riser caught the girl and gently set her down, holding her unconcious body in his arms. "How dare you!" Riser snapped at Shiro, his eyes blazing in rage before they turned back to his peerage. "Isabela...teach this low born a lesson in respect." He growled and the woman in question stepped forwards towards Shiro.
Shiro, on the other hand, was clutching his stomach with his left hand in pain. While the jab from Mira didn't hurt him as much as she hopped it would, it still hurt like hell. "B-Bring it." Shiro taunted with a smirk before his eyes went wide as Isebela was even faster then Mira as she was suddenly in front of Shiro with her fist planted firmly in Shiro's stomach, his body practicaly folded around her arm.
She slowly removed her fist from Shiro's stomach allowing the silver haired teen to drop to his knees, both arms wrapped around his stomach, before she reared her left leg back before she grunted and slammed her foot into his face. There was a gruesome crunching sound as Shiro's nose was broken from the force of her kick. Not only that but Shiro was sent flying back towards the others and was then slammed into the wall before slumping to the ground.
"SHIRO!" Asia called out in horror as she quickly rushed to his side, followed by the others, and began healing him.
Riser, on the other hand, was currently cackling like mad. "Imagine, the barer of the fabled Boosted gear being so pathetically weak." Riser mocked, carrying Mira in his arms and headed over towards his peerage. "Maybe that will teach the boy some respect."
"Riser." A cold voice spoke out followed by murderous intent. Riser slowly turned his head and stared at Lilith in the same fear he gave to Grayfia. "Count yourself lucky that I am not permitted to take revenge and for the fact that it was Shiro who prompted the attack but know this, mock my child again and I will pluck your feathers one. By. One." She threatend before the atmosphere was pierced by a voice.
"Grayfia..." Rias spoke as she held Shiro's head in her lap. "Tell my brother that I accept to the rating game." She said, her hair shadowed her eyes, before she turned to Riser with a burning hatred. "Riser, know that we will utterly annihilate you." She told him but it seemed like Riser didn't care as he simply waved her off and dissapeared in a plume of fire which was permiated by his mocking laughter.
"I think we can all agree on ten days for you to prepare." Grayfia said to the group after a few moments of silence.
"Two weeks." Lilith's voice cut through as she walked up beside Grayfia. "Make it two weeks for me to whip these kids into shape to give Riser a decent challange." Lilith said and looked towards the younger Devils and her son. "As you are now...ten days will not be enough for you to even pose a threat to Riser." She explained with a heavy sigh as she saw that her Son had awoken and was currently trying to sit up, much to the protest of Asia.
"My Mother's right guys...as much as I hate to admit it." Shiro said with a pained groan as he forced himself to sit before he sent a glare at his Mother and mouthed 'we are talking' before he looked at the others and sighed. "That Mira girl...she was probably a pawn but she hit with the force of Koneko and that Isebela hit even harder."
Everyone stared at Shiro in understanding before Lilith smiled and nodded. "That's my son. So Grayfia...I assume there's no problem with me being the one to train them?" Lilith asked as she turned to the maid who thought on what she said before nodding her head.
"That is acceptable. I will report this to my Master." She said with a bow before dissapearing.
And that's the prelude to the Pheonix fight done and dusted and Lilith reveals that there's more to her then meets the eyes. If you want to learn more you'll have to stick around for the next chapter but until then,
Stay well, stay true...BYE BYE~