Here's the next episode! Enjoy!
In the evening, the peerage stood before the taped and locked door. "Right here?" asked Issei.
"Where a Bishop like me is?" Asher also asked.
Richard nodded. "Last night, my sister said I can release the seal and that the Bishop can be allowed in the old school buildings," he explained. "The Bishop refused, however."
The female pervert looked a bit puzzled. "So the Bishop's a shut-in?"
"This child is quite the top breadwinner though~," Akihiko stated.
She looked at him with a surprised look. "Really?!"
"This person uses the computer to make special contracts," Yumi added.
"What is the power so dangerous that it needs to be sealed though?" Xenos asked. No one answered.
The red-haired guy then put his hand up to the door and used his magic to break the lock and dissolve the tape. "The seal is broken," Kabu stated.
"I'm opening the door," Richard said as he placed his hand on the knob. A few seconds passed and there was only silence. After all this time, they will finally get to see the Bishop again.
He finally opened the door and everyone walked inside. Suddenly, they heard a loud, "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" It came from...a coffin in the room.
Issei shot back a little, startled. "Wh-what?!"
The crimson-haired male looked at the coffin and said, "Don't be like that. I'm glad to see you're well."
"What's going on?!" shouted the voice from the coffin. It was pretty androgynous-sounding, maybe a little masculine-sounding.
Akihiko walked towards the coffin and answered, "The seal has been broken." He paused to removed the top of the coffin. "You can come with us now."
Inside was a boy(?) wearing the male school uniform, laying on his(?) stomach and putting his(?) hands on his(?) head. He(?) had short pale blonde hair. "No, you can't make me! I'm fine staying in here!" He(?) finally turned his(?) face towards everyone, showing his(?) shocked expression and magenta-colored eyes. "I'm not that suited for the outside!"
Issei's face lit up, looking especially happy to see the Bishop as a shouta(?). "Oh my gosh, a cute little boy~!" she exclaimed in a singsong voice. "He's also blonde, like Asher-kun~!" The other Bishop sat up and still kept his(?) irritated face towards everyone, like a tsundere. "Could this mean that all Bishops are blonde?" Yumi giggled at her reaction, making her look at her annoyed. "What, Kiba?" she asked her.
"Oh, this child is not male," Richard replied to her. She could feel everything in her body running cold, tensing up when she heard that.
She slowly faced him with a baffled expression and asked, "President...did you just say...?"
He crossed his arms and smiled. "She may look male, but she is most definitely a female." From how she looked in the uniform to her physical appearance, Issei and even Asher couldn't believe it.
"WHAAAT?!" they both exclaimed.
Akihiko chuckled at their reactions. "She just likes to dress in guys' clothes~."
Richard then crouched next to the cross-dresser and placed a hand on her shoulder. "This is Grace Vladi, the other Bishop in my household." She pouted at him and looked away when he removed his hand from her shoulder. "She's a first-year in Kuoh Academy and before turning into a devil, she was a half-human, half-vampire."
Both Issei and Asher looked shocked. "Vampire...?" the former priest asked.
"This girl's a vampire?!" the female pervert exclaimed. Grace only crossed her arms and pouted more. One of her vampire teeth was shown and it shined. Seriously, the perverted girl's still in disbelief about that.
Episode #9: I Have a Junior!-Part 1
The light finally went on in the room. The room turned out to be blue and very boy-like. Grace sat criss-crossed on her coffin, crossing her arms and still pouting. Issei was still baffled by all of this, ruffling her own hair in frustration. "I still can't believe he's a she!" she exclaimed.
"Well...I don't know, but I feel like this kind of fits her," Asher stated.
"And that's the root of the problem!" She then approached her, making her look shocked and back up a little. "You're just a shut-in! Who are you dressing up for, anyway?!"
Grace looked even more shocked at her, furrowing her brows down. "I...I think that these clothes are cuter, okay?!" She blushed in embarrassment.
The female pervert stepped back, looking shocked at how cute she was being. "St-stop trying to act cute!" She then sank to her knees, feeling defeated. "And here I thought I'd have you and Asher-kun as attractive blonde Bishops..." Really, Asher was a cute and handsome guy while Grace looked like a cute little shouta like Kabu. She couldn't believe her dreams were crushed the instant that Grace was revealed to be female.
"People's dreams are fleeting," Kabu said.
Richard also approached Grace and bent down to her level. "Come on, Grace. Let's go back outside," he said nicely.
She shook her head at him. "No, no way! I'm not going out there!" He frowned while Issei looked up in confusion.
"Why can't you?" she asked her as she grabbed her wrist. "Just do what the President says."
Grace gasped when she grabbed her wrist and suddenly...disappeared in a pink light. Issei looked very surprised at this and looked around for her. She then saw her sitting back to a corner, looking irritated again and saying, "Don't get mad at me!"
Asher also looked just as surprised as Issei. "Whoa, just now, she..." he said.
"It's like she did something..." Xenos added.
Yumi only giggled a little while Akihiko said, "That was Forbidden Valor View." Richard sighed. "It is also known as The Evil Eye that Stops The World. It's Grace's Sacred Gear." The reverse trap still curled up at the corner she was at, still looking at the peerage.
"When she gets excited, she can stop time within her field of vision for a certain amount of time," Kabu added.
Later, they were all in the clubroom with Grace. "Since Grace couldn't control her power, onee-sama ordered for her to be sealed away in the room," Richard explained. "On top of that, her power seems to grow stronger unconsciously, so it's possible that it could be a Balance Breaker."
"Balance Breaker?" Issei asked. So it came in different forms...
While Richard sighed, Issei and Asher looked back to see Grace...suddenly be in a box, moving around as she said, "Don't make me the center of attention! I hate it when I am!"
"When did she...?" Asher asked in utter confusion.
Sighing and sweat-dropping, the female pervert stood up and walked towards the boxed girl. "Why are you hiding in there?" she asked her, kicking the box a little.
Grace screamed a little before answering, "I-I'm just fine in this box! Let me just be a boxed girl, okay?!"
Issei sweat-dropped some more before muttering, "Whatever you say, I guess..." Grace did act like one of THOSE shoutas...
With a serious look, Akihiko looked at Richard and said, "President, it's time."
He nodded at him and stood up from his desk. "Right," he answered before facing everyone. "Akihiko and I have to go to a meeting to get ready for the leaders' summit." He then faced Yumi. "Yumi."
She looked at him and asked, "Yes, President?"
"My onee-sama said that she wants to learn more about your Balance Breaker. I'd like for you to come with us."
She nodded and stood up before walking to them. "Of course, sir."
A magic circle appeared before them before Richard continued, "Can you all be in charge of Grace's training until we get back?"
"Her training?" Issei asked. She wondered what kind of training.
Outside of the building, Grace screamed as she was running away from Xenos, who had Durandal out. She looked terrified as she tried to run as fast as she could. "Run faster!" he yelled at her. "Faster! You get too slow and you'll be Durandal's next victim!"
"You wouldn't use it on me anyway!" Grace retorted.
"Where are you going?! FASTER!"
From the sidelines, Issei, Asher, and Kabu watched, the first two sweat-dropping at the sight. "This looks a lot like a vampire hunt..." the female pervert stated.
Finally, the reverse trap stopped against a tree, looking both scared and annoyed. "Why are you doing this?!" she asked the blue-haired guy, pointing at him in annoyance.
From the bottom, his underbulge can be seen. "As I have been told, a healthy mind lives in a healthy body," he answered her. "It's best to start by increasing your stamina." He then smirked, much to her irritation.
"What the heck are you smirking for?!"
Issei and Asher continued to sweat-drop. "Xenos looks like he's having fun..."
"I have to agree..." Asher replied. "It's like he likes that sort of thing."
Grace pouted at him and looked away from him. "That's it! I won't move another step from here!"
Kabu decided to approach her and say, "Gracie-chan." She looked at him, relieving her annoyed face a little. However, she saw that he was handing her...two cloves of garlic. "If you eat these, you'll feel better in seconds."
She instantly looked scared and exclaimed, "NOOOO! I HATE GARLIC!" She then tried to run away from him while he just walked to her at a fast pace.
"Gracie-chan, don't be so picky."
"You can't make me!"
"Kabu-kun looks like he's having fun too," Asher stated.
"I never thought I'd see him, of all people, teasing someone..." Issei replied. Really, she's never seen this side of him until now. It was like he was hiding something...
"Looks like you're all having fun, Occult Research Club," said...Saji. The light-brown-haired girl appeared from the building and walked towards the two devils.
"Oh, hey, Saji," the female pervert greeted her.
"I heard you released a shut-in member, so I wanted to see them." She then turned and saw Grace, looking like she was running for her life, her eyes lighting up. "Oh my gosh, he's SO cute~!"
Issei looked embarrassed for her and stated, "He's a she, though."
She froze when she heard that, then fell to her knees, an imaginary and dramatic spotlight on her. "Why...why does fate have to be cruel...?"
"You're asking me?" Issei did feel with her though, since she felt like that not too long ago.
"Oh, look at that. Households of the Devil Kings looking to play," a familiar (to Issei) feminine voice said. Everyone turned and saw...Azalea, still in a kimono that exposed her cleavage and still having an azalea flower on her ear. Issei instantly stiffened at the sight of her. She could feel her hands sweating instantly. She'd never thought she'd see HER again...
"You know her, Issei-san?" asked Asher.
The fallen angel approached her, but kept a good distance away from her, and continued, "So, devil-chan-oh wait, I should say, Red Dragon Empress. You look well, today."
"Azalea..." she muttered as she summoned her gauntlet, bow, and arrow and pointed a specialized arrow at her. Xenos also got into fighting position with his sword.
Saji looked absolutely shocked at what she called her. "W-wait, Hyoudou, by Azalea, you mean..."
"The Governor-General of the Fallen Angels," she replied. "I've met her so many times..." She still couldn't believe that herself, since she abhorred fallen angels.
The light-brown-haired girl summoned her Sacred Gear while Kabu appeared behind the woman, ready to fight. The woman only giggled though. "You can all come at me at once, but you will never stand a chance against me," she stated. "You're all low-ranking devils, so you all know that much, correct?"
Issei felt more unpleasant by every second she was there, so she asked in irritation, "Why are you here?!"
The woman crossed her arms and answered, "Oh, I was just walking by and thought I'd pay a visit. Say, is the Holy Devil Sword user here?"
"Kiba's not here, but what do you want from her?" She then boosted her power.
"You're getting a bit feisty, as you do." She then placed one hand on her hip. "So she's not here, huh?" She sighed. "What a shame." She then looked at Grace, who was hiding behind a tree in fear. "Hey, vampire girl." She tensed up and peeked over to look at her. "Forbidden Valor View...that kind of Sacred Gear is dangerous if the user's capability is too low." She then looked at Saji. "And that's the Black Dragon Pulse Absorption Line, am I right?" Her eyes widened when she said that, wondering how she knew. "While you practice, you can use it on the vampire and take away the extra power as it's released." Now both Saji and Issei looked surprised at her suggestion. It didn't even sound bad. "That way, it'll be less out of control."
The light-brown-haired girl looked down at her Sacred Gear, thinking about it. "This...can take away power?" she asked.
"You didn't know that?" The fallen angel clicked her tongue. "Your Sacred Gear has the power of the Evil Black Dragon Queen, Prison Dragon. Once it touches something, the power scatters. It can also attach to something else for a short amount of time."
She looked closer at it, still feeling surprised about what was told to her. "This has THAT kind of power...?"
"Oh, and there's the faster way." Everyone looked at her. "Have the vampire drink the Red Dragon Empress's blood." Everyone, Issei and Grace especially, looked shocked, the reverse trap almost gagging at the suggestion.
"Wait, drink my blood?" the perverted girl questioned.
"She IS a vampire, so it's best to have her drink your blood, after all." Grace looked aghast, her pupils shrinking and visibly showing that she didn't like the idea. "Anyway, you all should try that on your own. Later." She began to leave. However, Issei wasn't done with her.
"Wait!" she shouted at her, making her stop where she was. "Why did you hide your true identity when you contracted with me?"
Azalea scoffed, answering, "Well, that's because..." She paused to look back at her. "It's what I like to do." She gave her a condescending smirk as she finally began to leave.
As she left, Xenos said, "So that was the Governor-General of the Fallen Angels? I cannot understand her." Issei agreed with that. She was one of a kind, but not in a good way. However, her suggestions...that weren't that bad...
Stopping here. What do you guys think?
So, here's Grace, the female version of Gasper! Since Gasper acts more like a girl in canon, I thought I should make Grace act more like a boy (in other words, a tsundere), but I plan not to stray that far from what her original counterpart is like.
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