Chapter two: Who What Why?

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"Henshin!"-Normal speech

[Sword vent]- Advent card announcement

'Henshin!'-Thoughts

'Partner!'-Ddraig internal speech

"Henshin!"-Over device/translated

"Issei Hyoudou?" Asks a female voice. Issei looks up lazily from his lunch to see Tsubaki Shinra talking to him. "The student council would like to see you." She continues.

"What for?" He asks.

Tsubaki frowns slightly, "We'll discuss it at the council room." She says.

"Ok, can you give me a minute to wrap my things up?" He asks, Tsubaki simply nods before walking towards the entrance of the cafeteria. Motohama leans in and whispers to Issei.

"Dude, what did you do?" He asks worriedly.

"Nothing, it's probably just something about my volunteering with them. It'll be fine." He assures his friend.

"Ok dude, just be careful." Issei closes his bento box and stows it away. He meets up with Tsubaki at the door and they make their way to the council room. Inside the room Issei is met with the people he expected to see. The student council included Sona Shitori, Momo Hanakai, Reya Kusaka, Tomoe Meguri, Ruruko Nimura and Tsubasa Yura. Alongside them was, as expected, the occult research club, Rias gremory, Akeno Himejima, Yuuto Kiba, and Koneko Toujou.

"Kaicho, Gemory-san, to what do I owe this meeting?" Asks Issei in a deadpan voice.

Akeno smiles her usual sinister smile." Ara ara, what's with that tone, Hyoudou-san? You almost sound annoyed." She says in an equally sinister sounding voice.

"Quite frankly I kinda am, I've been pulled from my lunch with my friend, so I'd like to know why I have been requested." Replies Issei, his tone still flat.

Sona narrows her eyes slightly before speaking." We just wanted to ask you if anything strange happened to you yesterday."

"You mean my run in with the fallen angels yesterday? It was nothing, but it makes sense you devils would want to know about the happenings is your "territory."" He says making quotes with his fingers as he says territory. The other people in the room's eyes widened.

"Y-yes, although I will admit I was not aware you knew about the supernatural." Says Rias.

"Yes, that was the intention, but the cats out of the bag now so there is no point in trying to hide it"

"If you are aware of who we are then why were we not informed about your presence in our territory?" Asks Sona.

Issei meets her eyes dead on." I've lived in Kuoh my entire life, I've never moved out of town, I've never even switched houses. You claim to own this territory but I see no official documentation of that claim. While the Shitori and Gremory families have been donating to various government foundations, there are no claims to ownership of any land in Kouh by either family, and you two have only lived here for the past four years. You only have jurisdiction over Kuoh on business involving the factions, of which I am not a member." The tense aura of the room grew greater.

Sona spoke again."Issei, do you have any idea as to why those fallen angels followed you?" She asks.

"I would assume for the same reason as to why the Occult research club has been following me, they sense I have power." Rias and company's eyes widened at the accusation. Issei seems to notice it

"What? Did you think I really couldn't feel you watching me? I'm not oblivious enough to not feel the presence you put out." Issei turns back towards Sona and Rias.

"Now, I have just one question."

Sona Raises an eyebrow."And what's that?"

"What do you intend to do about the fallen angels in your territory? Do you intend to let them continue to operate in your territory like you have been doing?" Issei asks.

Rias quirks an eyebrow this time." What do you mean?"

"I've been sensing these guys for a while and I haven't been actively looking. You on the other hand no doubt have, so why haven't you dealt with them?" He asks sternly.

Sona adjusts her glasses."Truthfully we couldn't act yet, we had no confirmation that they were hostile until yesterday's attack. But we can't just rush in, we still need information on just what we are dealing with."

Issei stands up. "Fine, and while you do that, I'll take care of them myself." Everyone's eyes widened.

"W-what?" Asks Kiba, baffled.

Issei turns towards him."You heard me, I'm dealing with the problem because clearly you all aren't going to any time soon."

"B-but you can't!" Rias shouts.

Issei turns to her, his gaze holding a hostile edge. "And why's that?"

"Y-you might die! Going unprepared into enemy territory is suicide!"

"I am very prepared, if that fight last night was any indication."

"S-still, the political backlash of this-" Issei cuts her off before she can complete her sentence.

"Your politics don't apply to me, I am unaffiliated and I intend to remain that way for the foreseeable future. So don't go offering me a spot in your peerage because my answer is no." He says, his tone fierce. Issei turns towards the door and walks away. He reaches the door and looks back at the group.

"I won't be your enemy, I will not harm you and yours as long as you do the same." He closes the door.

Rias looks down, disappointed. "That could have gone better." Comments Sona.

"He expected us, he was prepared for this meeting beforehand. He got right to the point and shot points down before we said them." Says Rias glumly.

"And he already expected you to offer him a spot in your peerage, and from his tone he is not a fan of the concept. On the plus side we know he isn't openly our enemy, but he doesn't exactly like us that much." Says Sona. She adjusted her glasses before turning back to the rest of the group."But he brings up a good point, we have been too passive with the fallen in our territory," She turns towards her peerage "I want all of you on lookout all around town, we have to find the fallen's base of operations and see what we are dealing with before it gets further out of hand."

After School

Issei waited in the middle of town. He knew it was today, the day that she would come to town, the day he would have walked her right into that trap, the day that bastard took her away, the day she was meant to die. And he wasn't letting that happen.

"Oof!" Right on cue. A blonde girl in Nun's attire fell down, the suitcase she was pulling falling over, its contents spilling out.

"Oh, not again." She says in a foreign language as she begins to pick up her clothes from the ground. Issei walks over and begins helping her, she looks at him in surprise before smiling. Issei grabs the last of the clothes and reseals the suitcase. They both stand up.

"T-thank you, oh wait, you probably can't understand me-" She begins.

"It was no problem." Says Issei. Her eyes widened.

"You speak Italian?" She asks.

"Yep, I took classes a few years back cause I wanted a new experience. Looks like it's coming in handy." He responds. He offers her his hand, "I'm Issei Hyoudou."

"Well thank you for your help. I am Asia Argento, I'm supposed to go to the town church. Do you know where it is?"

"The church? It's been abandoned for a while. Who's asking you to go there?" He asks.

"O-oh, just some people who I've been in contact with for a while." She says.

"Well maybe something's changed? I can't in good conscience let you go to an abandoned church. Do you have a place to stay?" He asks.

"N-no, I don't." She says as she looks down sadly.

"Why don't you come to my house? We have an extra room and I'm sure my parents will let you stay. At the very least they can help get you a hotel." He says.

Asia looks up hopefully. "R-really? Thank you so much!" She puts her hands together in a prayer pose, "This truly is a blessing from god!"

Issei's eyes gain a barely readable hint of sadness. Oh Asia, if only you knew.

"SCRREEEE!"

"AAAAAAHHHH!" A navy and silver armored figure ran away screaming from his pursuer, some sort of 'Nightmare centaur spider' if he were to try to describe it.

"OH GOD, SOMEBODY HELP!" He screamed. He turned back to look at the monster, which is a mistake. For one, he is now even more terrified as he sees it's gaining on him. And second, he didn't see the car in front of him.

"Oof!" He flew through the air and landed hard against the ground. As he does, a card fell out of his belt buckle. He noticed it and picked it up.

"Sword vent?" He reads. He's brought out of his thoughts as the spider ripped the car in half and began charging again.

He rolled quickly out of the way and the spider crashed through the building that was behind him. As he standed up the device on his left gauntlet opened up on its own.

"Huh?" He looked at the device and noticed a rectangular slot in it. He looked back at the card and inserted it, he then closed the device.

[Sword vent]

A mechanical voice announced from the device. He looked around and saw an object fly from the sky. He instinctively held out his hand as a thin sword landed in it.

"Woah." The spider began to dig itself out of the building and looked at him again. He gripped his sword with two hands and prepared himself. The spider charged at him, he slashed at its claw-like hand as it tried to snap at him and knocked it away. He stands a little straighter, maybe he can do this. The spider took another swing and he brought his sword up to counter it, except-

SNAP

He looks in disbelief at what remains of his sword, the thin blade snapped in half.

"Seriously?" He said in fear. He braced himself as the spider prepared to strike again.

"ROAAAR!"

A loud roar reverberated through the air, the spider looked towards it and seemed to shrink in fear slightly. He looked up and saw a giant mechanical chinese-styled red dragon flying towards the two of them. He wasn't one to look a gift horse in the mouth, but a gift dragon? He took the opportunity to turn and run away, the spider attempted to stop him but the dragon swooped in and cut it off. He ran as fast as he could, looking for some sort of exit. As he ran past a building with large windows he was suddenly tackled into the window by an unseen figure, but instead of breaking them, they both phased into it. He rolled out on the other side, his armor gone as he looked around confused.

"W-what the hell?" He asked aloud.

"Hey, brat, you alright?" A voice shook him from his confusion. He looked up and saw two people, a 20 something man with black hair and a black jacket, and a woman about the same age with brown hair and a hazel colored jacket. The man spoke up.

"I said are you alright?"

"Ren, stop, he's obviously confused." The woman said as she approached him, putting a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"Are you alright?" She asked.

"W-what the hell was that?! Who are you?" He asked frantically.

"Hey hey, calm down. We're here to help. What's your name?" She asked.

"I-I'm Issei Hyoudou, ma'am." He responded.

She smiled. "Nice to meet you, Issei, I'm Yui Kanzaki, and the grump back there is Ren Akimura." Her expression turned sad. "And I'm afraid you've been roped into something sinister." She said grimly.

*BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!*

Issei slams his fist onto his alarm clock to shut it off. He sits up groggily and gets out of bed. He gets dressed, but as he is about to exit his room he hears a commotion outside. He grips his deck and fligs the door open, ready for a fight.

"Oh, sorry Ms. Hyoudou!" Says Asia in slightly stunted Japanese. Issei looks slightly bewildered at the sight of Asia and his mother making, or at least attempting to make breakfast. Issei relaxes, his parents had taken to Asia well, commenting how happy they were that he 'finally brought home a girl'. Right now, judging by the burn omelet Asia was sadly staring at, his mom was trying to teach Asia how to cook, keyword being trying.

"Oh, Issei, you're awake!" Says Asia happily in Italian.

"Good morning, Asia, Mom."

"Good morning, Issei, Asia and I were just preparing breakfast. Er, it may be a while longer." Says his mother.

After they cleaned up the kitchen, Asia and Mrs. Hyoudou were able to make breakfast. Mrs. Hyoudou had to leave for work, before leaving she made sure to remind Issei that "If you two do it, wear protection." To which Issei shooed her out the door faster, thankful Asia couldn't understand her. Issei packed up for school, before he left he reassured Asia."I have to go to school, but afterwards I'll help you find who you're looking for. Just wait for me and I'll be home later"

Asia smiles brightly, "Thank you, Issei, have a good day at school." She says as she waves him off. As Issei begins his walk he looks into the reflection in the window. Inside it he sees the form of a navy blue robotic, gazelle-like creature. "Watch her, and alert me if anything happens." he says under his breath, the gazelle seems to nod before jumping out of view.

Lunch

Motohama had extra lessons during the lunch period, so Issei was in his usual solo eating spot, the school roof. He looks into the horizon and continues to eat his homemade sushi.

'I guess four years of relative quiet is the best I could get.' He thinks to himself.

'My hosts tend to have hectic lives once I awaken, but yours has to take the cake for the craziest time I've had since I was sealed.' Says Ddraig through their mental link. Issei chuckles.

He feels a presence nearby and tenses up for a moment, but then he sighs.

"I know you're there, you can come out." He says. There is silence before the petit form of Koneko Toujou.

"Good senses." She says in a complete monotone.

Issei shrugs, "You gotta have them if you don't want to get jumped. Now, what are you doing here?"

"Watching you."

"Of course you are, for Rias I assume," She nods, "Thought so. Well, tell her to back off, I'm dealing with this myself." He says.

Koneko tilts her head, "Why do you hate Buchou?" She asks.

Issei sighs, "I don't hate her, I just think she's too naive and thinks too big for her own good. She's not mean, but her confidence grinds me the wrong way. I know she wants me for her peerage, but I'm not joining. I doubt she will listen anyway."

Koneko nods, "Buchou is persistent."

"That's what I was afraid of. But do tell her this, I might not join her peerage, but I am willing to work together if it means protecting this town. So if she cooks up a plan for dealing with the fallen before I do, contact me."

Issei looks down at his bento, he's got a bit left, mind as well save it. He goes to close it but, "Hrm." He hears a small grunt of protest. He looks up and sees Koneko has her eyes glued to the box. He goes to close it again and,

"Hrm." She grunts again. He holds the box closer to her.

"Do you want some?" He asks. She doesn't answer, instead, in a flash, she snatches the remaining sushi and scarfs it down. Issei looks at the empty box, so much for saving it.

Koneko looks at Issei, "Thank you." She says in her usual monotone.

Rias Gremory is not in the best mood. She had been watching Issei Hyoudou for months. He seemed like the perfect candidate to join her peerage and defeat riser. But he had shot her down before she could even ask. What could she do now, it was too short notice to find another Sacred Gear user. Maybe she could offer him more to sweeten the deal? No, that might make him more angry, and what would he even want? He was going to face the fallen alone though, worst case scenario he is killed and she can revive him, but that could lead to him getting aggressive and becoming a stray. Also she doesn't feel completely comfortable with that, she's desperate but not so desperate as to just sit back and watch someone die. Perhaps her best choice is to double down on training with the peerage she has.

She is broken out of her stupor by the ringing of her phone. She sees it is Koneko and answers, "Hello, Koneko?"

"Buchou, Issei just started rapidly biking home, he looked alarmed, he should be about to run right past you." as if on cue, the form of Issei Hyoudou shot past her. She only got a glance of his face, but she couldn't miss the desperate look on his face. He ran as fast as his bike could take him, being out of sight in a second.

Rias stares dumbfoundead for a moment before shaking herself out of it. "Send the familiars out to follow him. This looks like it could be serious." She says into her phone.

"Yes, Buchou." Koneko says before hanging up. Rias looks towards where Issei ran towards, what was going on?

'Shit! Shit! Shit! Please don't be too late!' Issei shouts internally. He pumps his legs as hard as he can, "I can't let her die, not again."

He takes a hard left, stopping his bike from falling over by extending his right leg to steady himself against the ground to make the sharp bank. He shoots forwards like a bullet, weaving past any obstacles in his way. Signs, people, he ignores the startled shouts of them as he rides past. He sees the street isn't busy and moves into the right lane. He rides smoothly through the empty lane for a good stretch until he sees a car coming towards him. He goes to merge into the left lane but a line of cars blocks him.

'No choice, Megazelle, boost me!' He says internally. In his vision he sees the silhouette run forwards in the reflection of the cars beside him, it stops in front of the oncoming car. Issei rides forwards, as the car is about to be on him he jumps his bike onto the hood. A metallic hoof comes out of the reflection on the hood and hits the tip of his bike wheel before pushing out and boosting him over the car. Onlookers stand stunned, but Issei just continues to push forwards.

He takes a right turn and reaches the home stretch. He sees his house in view, the front door is broken down. Issei dismounts his bike quickly and runs to the door.

"ASIA!" He shouts as he enters. He looks around the inside, there is broken furniture and a trail of burn marks on the ground. He passes by a knocked over mirror, reaches towards it and his hand phases into its surface, he pulls out and is holding his sword. He continues through the house till he hears a familiar voice.

"HA! HA! Got you now, little Ms. Maiden!" Says a mascline voice in a deranged tone. Issei breaks into a full sprint towards the source of it and sees Asia being grabbed by a man dressed in church garb. The man turns around with a very familiar smile.

"Well well well, what do we have here? A shitty little human?"

Issei charges forwards, letting out a shout of pure anger as he slashes his sword towards the man. "FREED SELLZEN!"

AN:Chapter two done. Wow, didn't expect so many people to like my dumb story. 28 follows and 26 favs at the time of me writing this. Thank you for the support, dear viewers! Now, before I get to the reviews I want to address some things that may turn people off from this fic or make them want to read on. I will not be writing a harem story, I hate harems with a passion and no version of Issei I will ever write will have one. Also, Issei will be staying human, no devil, no fallen, no angel, just human. He will still be involved in the faction's business, his sacred gear guarantees that, but he will be a human during it.

Reviews

Phantom Thief of Hearts: Glad you enjoyed it. To answer your question, Kamen Rider Abyss will be in my story. I always felt calling ryuga one of the 13 riders didn't feel right because he was just a mirror version of ryuki. Actually I have teased Abyss in the first chapter, see if you can spot it.

Kitsune White: I'm sorry to say that Asia will not be Kamen Rider Siren. Asia is just too kindhearted to ever accept a wish through bloodshed and Shiro would never pick a rider who wouldn't fight.

Dragon Bone Z: Thanks for the Critiques. I definitely am learning a lot as I write this so please bear with me as I stumble my way through. Your comments about Issei feeling like an oc aren't lost on me, I'm having trouble trying to keep him at least a little in character or at least feel like his character could become this through certain events. As for your observation on Matsuda's name (You said motohama but I assume that was a mistake) I am trying to tease who the riders were, only a few where existing DXD characters and many are going to be expy's of their ryuki counterparts. Also only Siren and Wrath will use their american names, the rest will use their ryuki names.

HafizXRenashi: Thanks for reading. I have read a few Ryuki X DXD fics(There are less that I expected) but I had problems with them. One had a shinji who didn't act like shinji as the main character, and the other had Issei as the lead but had Madoka Magica characters in it for some reason. My goal is to show an Issei who has had the memories of this stew for four years and the marks it left on him changing how the DXD story goes.

StarDracoFire: Thanks for reading. Sorry if I didn't make this clear but this takes place after Issei won the mirror war. The other riders are gone, and even if wrath was there Issei would never go to him.

With all that said, remember to comment and critique. And I will try to update soon. Peace!