New chapter, kinda surprised I got it out so soon. Enjoy it.
"What about that chick?"
"No."
"Okay, what about number four hundred thirty-one?"
Ichigo blinked at Issei at what he said, the Fantom chocolate in hand briefly forgotten about as he tried figuring out what Issei meant. "What and what?"
"That girl right there," Issei said, pointing at a girl with long brown hair and a nice chest as she walked with a group of friends. "She has a good chest and slender legs."
"Nope," Ichigo answered again, taking a bite out of the Funtom chocolate as Issei wrote something down on the clipboard he had with him. "What are you doing?"
"Taking notes? What else would I be doing?" Issei answered, dotting more information on board as he hummed to himself. "By the way, ass or tits?"
Gudako burst out laughing at that from his side, tears in her eyes from how hard she was laughing at the question Issei asked him. Her right hand slapped his back as she urged him to answer the question. "Come on, Ichigo, you got to answer that, ass or tits?"
Ichigo blankly stared at the sky as he thought about Issei's crusade to take notes and find out everything about his taste in women. His friend's religious fever to the opposite sex and gaining a harem almost made him respect him a tiny bit more. "You know you would have better grades if you study as hard as you did to find a girl."
"Grades are temporary, and harems are eternal," Issei responded to his comment, the pen in his hand scribbling down more notes. His brown eyes furrowed in thought as he placed the pen against his cheek. An idea popped into his perverted head as he grinned at Ichigo. "What about Mash? She has a nice body and personality. The both of you would be perfect for each other."
Issei didn't get a chance to dodge the smack that hit him on the top of his head, body recoiling in fear as he turned to look at Gudako. The look in her eyes promised pain beyond his wildest imagination. "Mash is mine, understood Issei-kun."
Ichigo laughed to himself as he watched Gudako scare Issei, the brown-haired teen, wittingly touched a delicate nerve that Gudako had for reasons he couldn't understand. "Issei was just teasing you, Gudako, and he didn't mean it. Right Issei?"
"Right just teasing you, Gudako, that's it," Issei answered as he kept the clipboard above his head to protect it. "By the way, where is Mash? It's not normal for her to skip out on lunch."
"Oh, she's helping out at the cafe I work at with my brother," Gudako answered, her hand rubbing her chin in thought. "Ichigo, your contract with the basketball club finished?"
"Yeah, what about it?" He asked in turn as he finished up the Fantom chocolate he had. The wrapper getting crushed in his hand.
"Well, if you need a job, I can put in a word with you at the place I work at so you don't have to prostitute yourself anymore," Gudako replied, as she put a hand on around Ichigo's shoulder, the taller teen knowing that she was trying to sell him on working at her job. "Think about it, Ichigo, you, me, and my brother all working at the same place? Good pay, plenty of babes come and go, so you'll be able to get members for your harem too."
"Haha."
"He accepts."
"What," Ichigo asked, looking at Issei, who was smiling at him devilishly. His friend plotted something that he didn't want any part of. "I don't accept."
"Then point out one person down there that you want in your harem," Issei said, pointing down into the schoolyard as students came and went. Some sat down to chat with friends while others ate their lunch in peace or studied. "See the redhead right there? She's someone I want in my harem."
"Okay, her then," Ichigo said, as Gudako laughed into her hand as Issei stuttered from what he just said. His mouth opened and closed repeatedly. "There's not a problem with that, right?"
"There's not a problem with that? You're trying to steal my harem!" Issei yelled as he poked Ichigo's chest repeatedly. Issei was fuming as he explained how stealing someone's harem was terrible karma. "I thought we were friends, Ichigo. Friends don't steal other friends' harem members. Why not just take Gudako instead."
They both shivered as Issei said that Issei was the first to look into Gudako's ice-cold eyes as she stared at him and Ichigo. He didn't know why but for some reason, they made his heart feel like it was looking into a dark abyss as he gulped down the breath he was holding. "What did you mean by that, Issei-kun? Am I just a piece of meat on the side? Am I not good enough to be the main course?"
"He meant that you would be a perfect choice as a harem member cause of how you and your brother are. Both of you stand up for your friends when they're in trouble, and you guys can empathize with other people and understand they are going through tough moments. And for some reason, both of you are always looking forward to the future, hoping for the best. It's contagious, to be honest with you, since it brightens everyone's days up," Ichigo answered truthfully, hoping it would save Issei from her. Gudako turned around to look away from both of them as she marched off before stopping. Ichigo didn't have time to react as she ran back and shoved a card into his hand before running off again.
"Make sure to show up since the uniforms are fitted!" Gudako yelled with a smile on her face, her foot kicking the door open as two people screamed in pain.
"Fine," Ichigo muttered with a slight smile on his face as Issei grinned at him. "About that redhead you mentioned earlier."
He watched as the grin vanished at the mention of the redhead Issei had his eyes on. "You can't not after what you just did to Gudako. That's cheating if you go for the Rias also. It's unfair if you get two of them so quickly."
"So that's her name," Ichigo commented as Issei's face fell as he realized he gave Ichigo her name. Ichigo blinked as Issei reached up and grabbed his blazer, the black fabric wrinkling where he held it.
"What the hell did you two do to her!"
"Yo, Baldy, and Foureyes," Ichigo said, waving his hand lazily towards Issei's friends. Issei let go of him as they showed up. Both of them wondered why they were hobbling towards them as they held onto their junk. "What happened to you guys?"
"What happened to us?" Motohama yelled before sitting down. Tears ran down his face as he cried. Matsuda sat down right next to him, slowly trying not to cry alongside him. "Gudako happened to us, you stupid otokonoko lover!"
"What are you on about? Ichigo is trying to get Gudako into his harem," Issei said before Ichigo could cause Motohama any more pain than he currently was in. He felt the orange teen's ire radiate next to him from the baseless accusation. Knowing how hard Ichigo worked on his public image at Kuoh.
"What!" They both yelled at Issei, not allowing Ichigo to explain the situation to them at all.
"Yeah, he told me earlier that he wanted to learn the secrets of the harem, so as his sensei, I'm taking him under my wing," Issei said with pride in his eyes. His hand patting Ichigo's back like a proud father would to his son after hitting a home run. "He's also breaking the sacred rule of never going for someone's pick by claiming he wants to go after Rias."
Ichigo watched as Issei kneeled next to the rest of the perverted trio, tears in all their eyes as they cried simultaneously. "If it's true, we got to change our name to the perverted quartet! I don't want to change our name cause that otokonoko loving bastard decided to start a harem!"
Ichigo's eye twitched at what Motohama called him, the urge to kick him in the groan hard to ignore at the moment. But knew that Issei would disapprove of kicking his friend when he was down.
"Ichigo."
"Huh?"
"Come here, please," Matsuda said, his voice quiet as both Issei and Motohama looked at him. A pained look in his eyes as he gripped Ichigo's sleeve when he got close enough. "I need you to do me a favor."
"What is it?" Ichigo asked, kneeling next to Matsuda, the bald pervert seriousness surprising him into doing what was asked of him.
"I need you to carry on the lolicon dream of mine."
The scream that was let out pierced the heavens as everyone below looked up to see what happened before another scream rivaled it. All the males muttered a quick prayer for whoever just fell, already knowing the cry of pain that echoed through the school.
"I'm done," Ichigo stated as he walked away from the crying males, Issei looking up at him like he just kicked a sick dog. Ichigo's patience worn thin from the two perverts that managed to get on his nerves.
"Ichigo, where are you going?" Issei yelled at him as he walked away from the brown-haired teen and his perverted comrades. "Was it his last request? Be a man and fulfill! Carry on his dreams!"
Ichigo ignored his friend's pleas as he opened the door to the stairway, closing it behind him as he made his way halfway down, patting his pockets to find the card that Gudako gave him. "Ichigo Kurosaki?"
"Yeah, what?" He asked, looking over to the owner of the voice. Looking down at the short teen next to him, he blinked in surprise at his hair color and outfit. His spikey blue hair and blue eyes were something he didn't see often. Even the outfit he wore was different from his Kuoh Academy uniform. Instead of a blazer, he wore a dark green vest with a white shirt and a purple tie. His eyes were going taking in his appearance as they stopped on his pants, the black and white stripes confusing to look at as he averted his eyes.
"Oh Manabu Soutouin," He said, reaching out his hand to give a handshake to Ichigo, his brown eyes looking at the appendage before taking it, wondering what the petite teen wanted from him.
"What do you want with me, Manabu?" Ichigo asked, wanting to get this meeting over with. "And what year are you?"
"First year," Manabu answered, rubbing his chin as he looked at him. Something wasn't sitting well with him as the teen looked at him. "Well, your contract with the basketball club is over, right?"
"Yep, and if you're wondering if I'm taking any more contracts at the moment, it's a no for whatever your offering," Ichigo said, rubbing the back of his head as he looked at the wall avoiding Manabu's prying eyes. "I might be getting a real job soon, so I don't have time for contracts with any clubs at the moment."
"Will you hear me out at least, please?" Manabu asked him, popping up in front of him as he looked directly into Ichigo's eyes. The brightness of his blue eyes figuratively blinded him as he averted his eyes once again.
"Fine."
"I need you to clean up the gambling club's room for us," Manabu explained as he reached into his pockets to look for something. He was balancing on his tiptoes as he did.
"I thought that gambling club got closed last year due to an accident?" Ichigo asked, wondering why he would need to clean the used room. Everyone in Kuoh knew about it; some second year was playing Russian Roulette with a real gun and lost her life.
"Oh yeah, I know about the accident. It's just that no one cleaned up the room after the accident," Manabu said, seeing Ichigo's face before explaining more. "The janitors don't go near it since they believe the soul of the deceased haunts it."
"Ah, okay," Ichigo said, rubbing his chin in thought, wondering why the janitors wouldn't clean the room. "How much are you paying for the contract, and what are the terms?"
"About-"
Ichigo watched as the blue-haired teen fell backward, the tiptoeing on his feet likely the cause, the teen trying to grab something to stop his fall before realizing that he wasn't able to. He wondered what made him act, though Issei probably would have said it was his name that made him act like he did, just like how Issei's name meant honesty.
Grabbing Manabu, he shoved the more petite teen against his chest as they both fell, Ichigo's arms wrapping around his head and shoulders to try and keep the fall from hurting the teen. Feeling the first impact, he winced before they started to roll down the stairs, his mind on its singular track to protect the person in his arms till they stopped.
"You okay?" Ichigo asked as he pushed himself up, surprised that the fall was less painful than being hit by Fushiguro. Ichigo winced as Manabu pushed against his chest to lift himself as he looked up at the stairs that they tumbled down.
"Yeah."
"Mind getting off of me so I can get up?" Ichigo asked, looking at Manabu, who realized the compromised position they were in before a voice rang out from above.
"See, I told you! He's going after boys now!"
Ichigo looked up in horror at the lolicon who yelled that. The baldy grinned next to Motohama, who matched his friend's face who had his phone out. The light from the camera blinded him for a second. "Post-it online before he gets up here, Matsuda!"
Ichigo looked at Manabu, who rolled of him and stood to his feet, his hand reaching out to Ichigo to take, which he did. The teen muttered a soft sorry that Ichigo brushed off as he sprinted up the stairs towards the duo.
"It's uploading. I need time, Matsuda!"
"Hand it over, and no one gets hurt, Motohama."
"You already hurt us, and it's time for payback! Issei, take one for the team!"
"What!" Issei yelled as Matsuda shoved him towards Ichigo, the orange-haired teen surprised by Matsuda's action. Knowing Ichigo had to choose between helping his friend or saving his public image at school.
To their horror, it had the opposite effect as Ichigo grabbed Issei and threw him on his shoulder, the weight not slowing him down as he forced his way up the stairs faster than before. Anger in his eyes at what they tried doing to his friend.
"Goodbye, Motohama."
Matsuda gasped as he saw the devil appear next to Motohama, his comrade's face turning as white as fresh snow as Ichigo's foot lifted him off the ground a couple of inches. The grunting of the devil made him scream before a blue blur grabbed the phone out of his hand, surprising the three teens.
"That sucks," The person said, turning towards Ichigo, who sighed. Placing down Issei before he turned to Manabu. "Barely made it in time."
"We won Kurosaki," Matsuda said as he heard that, not remembering if he pressed the post button on accident or not when his phone got taken from him. His face turned white as he gasped for air to scream.
"Did you have to aim for the balls every time?" Issei asked him as he looked at Matsuda and Motohama, the two of them pale and barely clinging onto their lives from what happened to them.
"For those two, yes," Ichigo answered dryly before turning to Manabu. "So about that contract, how much were you offering, and what day does it need to be done?"
"Contract? I thought you were hitting on him," Issei interjected before Ichigo tapped his head lightly. "That position you two were in."
"Manadu fell down the stairs, and I caught him just like I caught you when you got pushed by Motohama. Though we kinda fell down the stairs when I caught him," Ichigo answered. "Gudako isn't going to let me live that down."
"Well, today is Thursday, May thirty-first, so how about you come clean the room on June fifth for fifty thousand yen?"
Both Ichigo and Issei froze when Manadu said the brown-haired teen was already running over to shake Mandau's hand. "He accepts. If you need anything else, just ask, and he'll do it."
"Cool," Manadu said, smiling at Issei, who returned it. His hand wiped out a card to throw to Ichigo, who caught it, looking down at it to see a phone number on it and a room number. "Ichigo, call that number when you show up, and I'll show you the cleaning supplies that you can use. I got to get back to class, though."
Issei and Ichigo watched as Manadu left the four of them there. Ichigo turned to look at Issei, who started to whistle innocently.
"I didn't accept it, though."
"It's fifty thousand yen, Ichigo. Think of all the pornos you can buy with that."
"Think Issei, no one offers someone fifty thousand yen to clean a room," Ichigo said, wondering what Manadu truly wanted as he made his way down the stairs leaving Issei to hand Motohama and Matsuda.
I think 1-3 more chapters before we get to the canon start of DxD, maybe less.
If you got any questions pm me or leave it in a review that's all.
