Hey, there! Houki Minami's here. Curious about this chapter? I kinda put a little more effort in it. And I don't know if it ended up okay. I hope it did. But It's just the fic-writer thought. Thank you for reading until here. Good read, I guess.

EDIT: Second on the line of edition! Hahahah! I'll... I'll try my best.

Highschool DXD does not belongs to me. Thank you.

My life was already pretty messy even before the... Devil Queen (good Lor-... Maoh? I dunno.) stuff. I'm the fifth child of a businessman. My dad, Tsukino Hajime, how can I say, is a "vida Loca" kinda guy. I'm actually the only son... Of his third wife, Tsukino Kyou. My big sisters are from different mothers except the youngest, my full-blood sister. Currently, he's on his n'th honeymoon with my mother, and my sisters and I are living on our own for now. The oldest, Satsuki, the second daughter Shion, the third Minatsu, and my full-blooded sister Futaba. And, of course, the only male, Ichijou.

So, how am I going to explain to my four sisters a naked girl in my room? Not to mention, from male-fear to simply maniac protective instinct, they're very, very dangerous when it comes to me and girls. I must be careful with every word that comes out of my mouth. Now, I'm facing my four deeeear sisters, with my deeeeear "King" by my side. No words were shared, yet, the uneasy aura around was almost making me sink into the ground. But stay calm, Ichijou, you just need to say the right words...

... Or just go on ahead and try to choke on your tea.

"So, care to explain why there was a girl in your bed, naked, Ichijou?" My deeear oldest sister, a doctor with wavy, long brown hair, grey eyes darting me and her typical frown in her pretty, delicate face said to me. I turned my gaze to the other side, trying to avoid her own, while ms. red-devil was smiling. She probably has some Plan to get me out of here. This or she's maskering the fact that she has no idea what to do.

"Well... It's a pretty funny story, sis."

"I'd love to hear it, Ikkun..." The second oldest, my deeear sister Shion, the blackhaired beauty with violet orbs and slim figure, said, her smiling and calm expression hiding her "I'll eat you alive" aura.

"It's... It's complicated, Shii-nee."

"Oh! Mama! My wicked half-brother finally did it! He finally deflored an innocent, helpless girl! Crushed her innocence and tainted her purity! I just hope that my apologies can somehow comfort her, even if I share blood with the deviant who scarred her in the first place!" My... Biracial big sister Minatsu, the only daughter of an actress, stood up on the sofa and fell on her knees dramatically in front of an open window in the living room. Her smooth, long golden hair waving because of the unexplained sudden Wind blowing in it, her blue eyes shining with the same intensity of Stars. In case you're wondering, yes, she has big breasts (98cm. H-cup.). She's canadian, though, not american...

"I can assure you that NONE of the things you're thinking happened, Mi-nee!"

"Hah! Loser! What? So scared that your little friend shoved back into your abdomen?" The last, my full-blood sister, Futaba. The delinquent wannabe with spiky, like really spiky, brown hair, and green eyes, just like myself.

"Shut up, Fuu-nee!"

"Ichijou! Explain yourself!"

"Yeah. Bro, we won't be mad. You're a healthy boy. Just... Be prepared to face the consequences."

"Speak, brother of mine! What thy devilish hands casted on the pure, But now corrupted body of this maiden?!"

"One word, bro. One wrong word and I'll break all of your teeth, punk!"

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...

Maybe death wasn't such a bad idea.

"You have a very colorful family, don't you?" The reason behind all of this mess, Berolina Gremory-san, smiled at me. I groaned. That's all your fault. How am I going to escape this situation without losing a few teeth? While I was lost in my own plans of escape, all of them ending in doom, Gremory stood up, took a deep breath and spoke. "Ladies, sisters of my classmate, I want to say that all of this was just a big, messy misunderstanding."

Huh? What are you doing, Gremory? Saying this won't save us! Any kind of explanation is useless! They'll take it the wrong way and beat us to death! It's always like that. But, shock, I saw a little glimpse of light from Gremory's eyes, and after that freaky event, all the screams from my sisters died down. Did she... Hypnotize my sisters or something?

"Like I was saying, ladies, it was all a misanderstanding. Yesterday, Ichijou-kun and I fell off a river, and he was such a gentleman to let me stay around, or else I would have to go by train all soaked and alone." She said, now Speaking like a true lady instead of a kid high in sugar. I'm actually quite surprised, even more when I noticed that my sisters were quiet and nodding with every word coming out of her mouth. "Sorry about it, but you shouldn't sleep with wet clothes, right? I have a very fragile health..."

"Ooh, now that makes sense! Geez, what didn't you tell us earlier, Ichijou?" My sisters said in unison. Gremory sat back to my side and took a sip out of the teacup in front of her. Then she smiled at me.

"Did you see it? Pretty awesome, Huh?! Devils can manipulate other's mind like that! You can thank me later!" She laughed like a madam, while I was just waiting. Knowing my sisters, I know this moment won't last. They were talking among themselves, then turned back to us.

"So... Rina-chan, was it?" Satsuki-nee said, still with her frown. "You mean that it was your idea to sleep naked on Ichijou's bed?"

"Yep!" Oh, you poor little devil. You doomed us both.

"So... This means you are both shameless horny teens!"

"Yes-... Wait, what?"

"Yes! Sleeping naked in our brother's room... Don't you have any Shame?!" And now, she pointed at me. "And you, Ichijou! I bet it was you who planned this all along! Bringing a girl home and making her strip herself naked... You two are the perverted ones!"

"Wait, what...?!" Gremory seemed confused and awe'd. I can't blame her. I took a deep breath. It was a good second life.

"Sisters! Let us punish those two wicked children!"

"Wait, Tsukino-san, like I was saying...!"

And then, there was blood...

So much blood...

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~~X~~

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"So sorry about my sisters. They're not used to a boy yet. They think I'm some kind of alien, and if girls are involved, they usually go nuts on me. Must be the doing of my dad."

"Uweeeh..."

And now we're off to Kuoh academy. Good thing Satsuki-nee has some kind of common sense, or else the four of them would still be beating us to a pulp. Miss Gremory is still sobbing, trying to relieve the pain in her deformed skull, while I'm trying to maintain my composture despite the sunlight making me slurr a little. I'm used to be beaten by my sisters, yet, I don't know how my head isn't jelly by now.

"Say, Gremory... The Sun is making me dizzy." I finally had her attention to start a conversation in the Middle of the way. Since I'm a devil and I'm pretty much an expert in hollywood satanism, I must have some kind of weaknesses. The Sun is probably one of them. "Is this some kind of weakness? Since I'm a devil now."

"Oh! Yes! You're sharp, Ichijou-kun!" She gave me a thumb up, only to return to her miserable state. "Ugh... Yes, the Sun is our natural enemy. Especially to ex-humans and low-class devils such as yourself, the Sun can hit hard during the first days. Don't worry, you'll develop inmunity against it in no time."

"Huh... Neat. Since the Sun is our enemy, I dare to guess holy water and crosses are out of the question, too?" Yeah. Those are cliches, But every movie has a flake of truth. I just hope salty water and rock music aren't in the mix.

"Uh-Huh! Anything related to God, the biblical one that is, is harmful to us. Even praying and entering holy places can cause nasty effects." She recovered to her usual (At least for what I've seen) cheerful self, walking beside me, and now creeping her fingers on me. "Not to mention... I heard that a nun's 'special place' is holy too~. If a devil ever tries to do something on her, It'll have its 'little friend' melt away~..."

"I think that's enough for me, thank you." I slapped her fingers away, and she yelped at that. At least I didn't punch her. If a devil ever tries his way with a nun (or her way, because I don't know what devils are capable of...) he'll have his third leg melted. I wonder what poor bastard was unlucky enough to start this rumor. Maybe a horny one, maybe a Romeo wannabe in love with a nun. Wow... That's actually a good idea for a fanfiction. "A devil trying his way on a nun... Hardly believable."

"Thou said that, yet, the previous Boosted Gear user had a nun in his harem!"

"What? Really?"

"Yep! Hyoodou Issei-sama, the previous host of the Red dragon of destruction, had a nun in his harem! Well, a ex-nun-turned-into-a-devil... Sorta thing." What? Hyoodou... Senpai(?) had a nun in his harem? No, scratch that, he had a harem?!

"Harem, you say?"

"Yes! Y'know, in the underworld, harems are a pretty common thing, if you ask me. Not just to give birth to heirs and heiress, but for the fun of it! You can even have a harem... Of harems! Like the youngest older brother of Lady Ravel, whose entire peerage was an harem, and Azazel-dono, the leader of the fallen angels, who had hundreds of hundreds of women on his tail! But special mention goes to Hyoodou Issei-sama, for having a harem made of various kinds of entities." She said. So, senpai was a popular guy. He was probably from some kind of special lineage, or maybe some 'prophecy boy'. "He had a distant relative of mine lady, Rias Gremory, a hybrid fallen-angel-demon lady Akeno, lady Ravel from the phenex house, sister Lady Asia, Top-ranked criminal Kuroka's sister lady Koneko and many more, including an angel whom was his childhood friend, an ex-exorcist, an ex-valkyrie and even a crossdressing vampire that could stop time!"

A crossdressing vampire... That could stop time.

'USELESS! USELESS! USELESS! USELESS! USELESS! USELESS! USELESS! USELESS! USELESS! USELESS! USELESS! USELESS! USELESS! USELESS! WRRRYYYYY...!'

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Naaah...

"Senpai sure was a popular guy." I recall someone saying those names in school, not to mention they were the idols of the it for a while. Why can't I remember who said those?

"Of course! They say those who bestow the power of a dragon can attract women with ease!"

"Really?"

"Chicks dig Power." She shrugged while laughing. "But, y'know, they say that, even without the power of the red Dragon, Issei-sama was... A very affable man. He could understand others like no one and everything he did was to make someone smile. He was a great friend and mentor to my ancestor Milicas, and even the last Demon Lords, one of them my own ancestor Sirzechs-sama, liked him a lot... But then..."

"Huh...?" She discontinued. Gremory turned her gaze to another direction, hiding her face. Was she... Frowning? What happened then? What happened to senpai? Before I could ask her that, she turned around with a smile again.

"Say, do you want to know what your Boosted gear does?"

"Huh?! But weren't you... Nevermind." No. Better not force her to talk. If she doesn't want to talk about it, I won't force her. I nodded silently.

"Okay! First, let me explain what it is: your Boosted Gear is a sacred gear, a special gadget created by God to perform miracles. As the name imply, your Boosted gear is a support-kind of Sacred Gear, and one of the most powerful kind there is, which we call Longinus!"

"I supposing those are the ones which power can kill a god, right?"

"Oh! You're quick-learned, Ichijou-kun!" I think I blushed with that one. "Yes! Longinus are a sub-category of Sacred Gears powerful enough to kill even top Angels and Devils. Yours especially has the Spirit of the Red Booby Dragon in it, one of the most powerful creatures in the universe!"

"So... I can breath fire, fly and do other things dragons do?"

"Huh... No." I face-palmed. I don't get it. "Actually, your Boosted Gear is a tricky one. Is one of the most powerful, yes, but It's power is similar to another Sacred Gear, Twice Critical, considerate one of the weakests. It can double your power level every ten seconds, but it takes a lot of stamina from its user, Issei-sama could only hold it for a few times in his first tries. And, of course, your foes won't wait for you to boost and kick their asses."

I see. So this... Boosted Gear thing is like an armored car: the stronger it gets, the heavier it becomes, to the point it can no longer move. And since I'm new with this all devil-thing and pretty much made of plasticine with paper skin, this sacred Gear is useless on me. Huh... Red Dragon, if you can hear me, I'm sorry. It's not you, It's me. You just were unlucky enough to be paired with a normal, scrawny highschooler instead of a hero.

"There are other special things yours can do: according to the legends, it can also boost other things, including other people. Not to mention things like Balance-Breakers and Juggernaut Drive, But we can talk about those later." Awesome. The more I learn, the more honored I feel... And depressed as well. Geez, such powerful weapon, with one of the most powerful creatures in the universe in it... Ending up on me. "Ichijou-kun? Are you okay? You look down. Is the Sun melting you away?"

"Nah... Hey, Gremory..."

"Huh...?"

"There are any especific rules for a... Sacred Gear to appear? I mean, any kind of order or, I dunno, prophecy or even some card-reading that determinates with whom a sacred Gear will end up with?"

"Uuuh~... No one that I'm aware of. Like that saying goes, 'God works in mysterious ways'. To be fair, the only thing you need to inherit a sacred gear is to be born human, or at least a hybrid with human blood. Some figures like Jesus Christ and Buddha were users, yes, but there are others least known users, if that at all."

Yes, of course. I just won in God's little lottery. That's it. Well, It's not like a highschooler like myself can do much... That's... A little depressing... Suddenly, I feel something soft rubbing my arm. I turned around and saw Miss Gremory hugging my arm, her... Lady pecks engulfing it in. She's not that short, but I'm still taller than her. She looked at me with those emerald orbs of hers.

"What's wrong, my queen? Depressed? Feeling down?" In a truly motherly tone, she said to me, a smile forming on her lips. Not a 'let's play, big bro' kind of smile, but a comforting smile. I blushed at that, and snicked a little with the "queen' thing.

"Kinda. I mean... Why me? I'm just your average school kid with zero physical fitness and just above-average intelligence(at least in my view). To be chosen by something so powerful... It was a random choice, It's the only given." I sighed. Yeah, the only thing that can comfort me is the fact that the Boosted Gear chose me out of random. If it chose me out of expectations, I'd be even more depressed. The worst part of it was her choosing me as her... 'Queen'. I don't know what it means, but sounds very important. There is only one queen in each peerage in chess, and she chose me as hers. I guess...in the end, she'll be very dissapointe-...

*KISS!*

"W-What...?"

"Don't be like that, Ichijou-kun. I know you'll be a powerful devil."

I'm out of words. She just pecked me in the cheek. A beautiful, busty (there, I said it. Happy now?), if not a little air-headed, girl just kissed me in the cheek. I... Don't know what to say, to do, to thing. That's... crap, I'm sure I'm blushing really hard right now! That's uncool! But soon Depression hit me again.

"How... How can you be so sure?"

"Simple! The Queen-Piece accepted you!" Is she talking about that Crimson piece of chess from last time? "You see, I don't like chess that much, but from what I know, the queen is one of the best pieces in it. And, of course, the Evil Pieces system works that way too! Only powerful devils are accepted as a queen in a peerage. Not to mention not all the other users of the Booster gear were heroes or overlords! At least not before discovering it! You may not know, but you have potential!"

Potential... That's the key-word, I guess.

"Feeling better now?"

"Huh... Okay, Gremory. I'll... I'll try."

"Great! See ya after class! Chu~!"

Before I knew it, here we are, Kuoh academy. I was so immersed in the talk I didn't even notice. She took her way to the building, while I was just standing in place, scratching the kiss area.

So... Potential, eh? That's... That's the key-word for me. I might not be the strongest, or the smartest, and hell no the fittest person/devil on earth, but I can... I can try. She put maybe her only queen piece in me, and I don't want to see her down now. Even though it was all her fault at that...

... Damn it, I ruined the moment.

Better go to my class...

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~~X~~

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Another boring day at school. Nothing much happening. Sensei is writing some gibbirish I don't understand (But I'm trying to.) in the blackboard, other students as bored as me were chatting or just typing in their gadgets waiting for the Lesson to be over. Me? I'm just coping every word on the blackboard, playing with my pencil and looking outside, the blue sky, the birds and their freedom, and the lovely morning in general...

... While completely dying of fatigue caused by the sunlight! Goddammit! I knew that sitting next to the Windows was a bad idea! I'm not a protagonist of a light novel/anime/game! I don't need to do this!

"H-Hey... Sensei..." I lifted my trembling, almost bone-dried hand to call for her attention. The teacher, a mid-twenties lady with blue hair tied in a bun, blue eyes hidden by glasses and wearing a formal attire turned around to look at me. "Can I... Can I move to another seat?"

"Huuh~... Sure, Tsukino-kun." She looked at me a little worried. "There... You can sit next to Kamiyama-san. Matsuoka-san is absent, anyway. I guess you can take her place for the time being."

Oh, thank god!

*OUCH!*

Oh, right, devil stuff...

Packing my stuff and standing up from my cursed... Blessed? Seat, I took my way to the one next to Kamiyama-san. Long purple hair, red eyes and a perfect outline, that's Kamiyama Shiori for you. It might sound perverted, but she also has... A pretty impressive bosom(damnit, all that Booby red dragon thing is really messing with my mind.). She might also be the smartest girl in our class, and she's an idol too, despite being a first year. Also... I think... I have a crush on her. I dunno, every time I get near her, my chest hurts, and I feel chills down my spine. It's complicated, and kinda creepy...

Yeah, she's gorgeous, but I barely know her. In fact, anyone barely knows her. She's quiet, doesn't talk with anyone, and she practically dissapears after classes. She probably doesn't mind, but, somehow, I can sense how lonely she is. I know It's cheesy, but I can relate to her... In a way... Anyway, I took my way to the seat beside hers, and put my stuff on it. Before sitting down, however, I looked at her, and she looked back. The moment we crossed eyes, a sudden sting hit my chest. But before she could notice, I shrugged it off and smiled.

"H-H-Hello... Kamikaze..." Damn! "Kamiyama-san... I'll be taking this heat... SEAT! For... today..."

"Uh... Understood."

And she looked away back to her book. I gasped and sighed a cloud of awkwardness out of my system. Man, that one is tough. Maybe that how love is. I'm not an eternal-horny-teen like dad, I guess I can feel love... Or lust. I just hope that doesn't mess with my life, I already have problems enough...

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And before I knew it, class was over. Nanami-sensei smiled and dismissed us for lunchbreak. The arrow of reason pierced my skull:since I was too busy fighting the four heavenly kings known as my sisters, I didn't bring my lunchbox today! And I don't have any money either!

I sank miserably in my table, as my stomach groaned the moment the bell rang. That's... That's lame... Now what? Eat my own leg? Ask a friend for a bite or a few yens? Oh, right... I don't have any friends. Maybe I can call for Gremory, But then it hit me: she was with me this whole morning, she doesn't have anything with her either... Wait, devils need to eat? I dunno, but I'm hungry...

"Tsukino-kun?"

"Hah...?"

"Here." Suddenly, something fell on my head, the sound of plastic reaching my ear. A little curious, a little hopeful, I lifted my head, and saw a small melon bread in front of me. Out of surprise, I stood up from the table and looked for my savior, only to cross eyes with her again.

"Huuh~... Kamiyama-san...? What gives?" I questioned her. Kamiyama-san was eating a melon bread too, and picked the one in my desk to offered to me.

"You look hungry. And, judging by your little display of misery, I can assume that you don't have anything to eat." She said to me. Or she's an ace detective, or I unconciously wrote 'Feed me' on my forehead. Like I said, she's very smart. She turned around and walked to the door. "I hope it helped. See you later."

Wait, this may be a perfect opportunity for me to talk to her. Of course, I'll have sore feet with that, but at least we can talk with each other and share an idea, maybe even a friendship. Like I said before, she looks lonely most of the time, and since I don't have any friends, I guess a first one shouldn't hurt. Okay... Be like a Snake... Not to fast to not startle her... And not too slow for her to stay in your grasp...

Y'know, I think I should pay more attention to poetry classes. That one was horrible...

"Err... Kamiyama-san...?" I estended a hand to her. Maybe touch her shoulder or just give my hand to a handshake. She turned around and looked at me.

"Huh? What is it, Tsukino-san?"

"Well... Uh... You know..."

*BUM!*

"ICHIJOU-KUUUUUUN~...!"

And before I could even complete a sentence, Gremory entered the room by blowing the door open, stormed in my direction and pulled me by the arm to out of the class. Oh, what the hell?! That was a golden opportunity! I looked back, and, despite her stoic expression, Kamiyama-san was surprised by the sudden movements.

Now, I'm walking in the corridors, or rather, being forced to by the redhead in front of me. She looked excited about something, yet, she was only talking gibberish. I couldn't figure it out any word out of her.

"Stop! Gremory! Stop!" I said, stomping hard on the floor and pretty much her breaks too. When I finally caught her attention, I looked her deeply in the eyes and said: "okay... Now, what's happening?"

"Ichijou-kun! I can feel it! There are three of them! I can feel them! In this school, three of them in this school!"

*CHOP!*

"Coherently! Speak coherently!"

"Owie~...!" The old Gremory. At least the first one I met. When she stop moaning from my handchop (easy, there. We're not M-rated... Yet.) on her head, she smiled brightly yet again and pointed to her crescent moon-shaped Stupid cowlick (ahoge) on top of her head, which was twitching a little. "Ichijou-kun! The Gremory-radar! It's tingling! I can now feel them! They were out of reach for some time, But I can feel them now!"

"Huh... 'They' who?"

"Can't you feel? There are three youkais in this school! Three POWERFUL youkais! In this school!"

"Huh...?!"

Youkais? What now?

TO BE CONTINUED...

OMAKE: Rina's antenna!

1 - By the way, Gremory. That ahoge of yours... Can it do anything else? Just asking out of curiosity...

Rina - Of course! It can also borrow and steal some information from nearby sattelites!

1 - Wait, really?

Rina - Huhuh~! Checks this out!

*PIN~! PIN~! PIN~!*

Rina - Eheheheh~...

1 - ...?

Rina - Hahah... Silly woman, that's a horse's... Wait, what? Oh, God! OH GOD! NOOOOO~! NOOOOOOOOOO! MY BRAIN IS TURNING INTO MUUUUSH~!

1 - I'm just gonna... Get away now...

Rina - Gyaaaaaah! They're doing with a dog too, now! NUOOOOOOH~...!

Yeah, a little more development of character, as well as a cliffhanger and new characters. I dunno, I reading right now and some wiki-stuff now and then. They're pretty helpful, and I'm seeing how much great and vast the DxD universe is beyond the anime and manga. Granted, the third season is right in the corner, But, Oh well, still impressive.

But enough about my rant. Sorry about it. I hope you all liked the story and this chaoter in general, if it wasn't a little cheesy and forced. I'll fix that later. Thank tou again. Stay golden!