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Episode #9: I Have A Junior!-Part 3

Hours had past and Issei was still sitting at the door. She sighed and sat against one of the doors, asking, "Hey, Grace? Are you scared of your Sacred Gear?" The girl looked at her left arm and frowned. "Inside of me, there's a sacred dragon, a dragon called the strongest in the world."

Grace, now holding her stuffed bear, looked up, looking a bit surprised at what she was saying. A strong dragon?

"To be honest with you, it's scary," she continued. "Every time I use these powers, I feel like another part of me transformed. With my bow and arrow, I worry about missing, especially when I use a special arrow. But even with that..." She clenched her fist. "I still go forward without fear."

The cross-dressing girl looked more surprised at what she said. "But...wouldn't you lose someone or something precious to you with powers like that? How can you live being that straightforward?"

"I'm not exactly that smart, so I don't understand things difficult to me. Plus, I can be really emotional. But..."

"But...?"

She sighed, opening up her palm. "The President's tears...I never want to see them again." She then remembered all the "deaths" of her friends in the Rating Game. "My friends were defeated, one-by-one, then it was just me. I was really beaten up by Risa and my magic was depleting a lot. I don't remember it all clearly, but his tears..." She then remembered the red-haired man embracing Risa and crying. "They were burned into my memory, my heart." She sighed, bringing her knees up and wrapping her arms around them. "It was hard to see him like that." She was completely solemn when she said all of that. It was even hard for her to talk about it.

Suddenly, the door opened a little, Grace peeking to her. "I've heard about that fight. I was here when it happened though..." She began to feel bad again.

She looked up at her, bringing her knees down. "I'm not blaming you for it. Besides, it'll be different from now on."

The reverse trap's eyes looked sad. "But even if I was there...I'd be a bother to everybody."

"I don't think you are a bother." Grace's eyes then looked surprised again, the girl gasping a little. "As a student, you're my junior, but as a devil, you're my senior. But most of all, you're my friend!" She then smiled at her, making her look more surprised.

She crouched down and opened the door, saying, "Senpai..."

She continued to look at her. "Grace, lend me your power!" She clenched her fist and held it up a little. "Help me support the President. I'll blow away anything that scares you!" She felt charmed that the female pervert said that to her, but she sighed and looked away from her.

"But..."

"Do you really want to drink my blood, after all?" The cross-dresser gasped and looked at her. "If you do that, then maybe you can control your power more-"

"I can't!" she suddenly exclaimed, making Issei's eyes widen. She shook her head, holding onto her teddy bear more. "I'm just..." She sighed, not believing she was going to say it, but she'll say it anyway. "I'm just scared...of drinking blood from something living. It takes all I have to drink blood for transfusions, after all. I already fear what could go wrong with my power even now. If it gets worse then...then..." She trailed off, gritting her teeth. She never wanted to think about how her power could get worse.

Issei frowned at her and asked, "Is it really that bad?" She then faced her and continued, "Honestly, I'm kinda jealous of your power."

Grace snapped out of her thoughts and looked at her with a puzzled look. "You're jealous?"

She nodded, smiling...lecherously. "Yeah, of course! I think being able to stop time is the best! No hesitation, it would be a great power for me!" She then imagined two guys running while she was looking up at their underbulges with a completely perverted look. "I can crawl around school and admire the sight of underbulges~..." She then imagined herself having grabby hands to Richard. "Oh, AND without being sneaky, I can touch the President's body~! I can also do the same for Akihiko-san's body too!" She looked at her hands, looking completely lecherous, before squealing and placing her hands on her temples. "My imagination's running wild!"

Suddenly, she realized who she was talking to, so she looked at the cross-dressing girl, who looked completely blank and baffled at what she said. She instantly felt embarrassed and scratched the side of her head. "S-sorry about that...I just couldn't...uh..."

Grace raised an eyebrow at her and said, "You're really weird." Issei sighed, knowing it was true since a female pervert was rare. But then...the reverse trap smiled. "But honestly, it's nice to hear someone that wants my power and doesn't hate it, even giving a concrete example, though the example's weird." Now Issei was giving her a surprised look. She was surprised that she took it well...ish.

"Well...yeah...I guess..."

"I mean, I always thought this power was meant to be hated."

"No way it's not!" Grace gasped and looked at her, the perverted girl looking determined. "We both have been given Sacred Gears! If it's our fate, then we have to stay positive about it! Do you want to live the rest of your life cursing and blaming it?!" Her eyes widened. She had a point there, since that was what she did all her life.

She then stood up and continued, "Now listen, Grace. I wanna use the Red Dragon Empress's power to increase the President's pecs and manhood somehow! Right now, it's my goal!" Grace gave her a weird look since that was a weird goal to her, but the way she said it so confidently...

She stood up as well, holding her teddy bear tighter, and looking brightly at her. "That's amazing, Issei-senpai," she said to her. "The way you are so determined and confident while holding a legendary power...it's something I've never thought of. As weird as your lechery is, it's overflowing with courage!"

Issei kinda felt humbled by her saying that, so she twirled a piece of her own hair a little. "Stop, you're making me blush..."

"I guess I feel a little more confident and courageous now."

"Right?" She then placed a hand on her shoulder. "By the way, you'll never believe what I'm going to tell you." She then held up her right hand. "This hand here touched the President's pecs, abs, AND bulge!"

Grace looked shocked. "Seriously?! That's our master, though, with a body like that..." They then entered into her room to talk more.

...

Later, both were sitting next to each other as Issei said, "Actually, that talk about increasing pec size and manhood size was actually the Devil King's idea herself."

Grace gasped. "To be able to twist the possibilities with a Longinus, which can destroy even God..." she murmured before raising her voice to normal. "That's quite the idea if it came from the Devil King herself!"

She grinned at her. "I know, right? I plan on following that woman for the rest of my life!"

Suddenly, the door opened and revealed no other than Yumi. "Good job as usual, Issei-chan," she said as she closed the door behind her.

Both of the girls looked at her. "Oh, welcome back," Issei greeted her.

The blonde-haired beauty placed a hand on her hip as she looked at the reverse trap. "I see that Grace-chan has warmed up to you. That's good."

The female pervert's eyes lit up a little when she said, "You came here at the best time! While I was talking to Grace, I thought of a way we could work together as the ladies of the House of Gremory!"

Yumi looked pleasantly surprised. "Really? I'm interested in what you thought of."

Issei clenched her fist as she began, "So, here's how it goes. I'll transfer my boosted power to Grace, then she'll stop time."

Yumi nodded, looking interested. "Ah, and then...?"

Her face then turned lecherous. "During that time, I grope as many guys as I want!"

Now the blonde-haired female looked dumbfounded, sweat-dropping and nervously smiling. "Um...it sounds like you don't need me then."

"But I do! If anyone comes to attack me while I'm groping guys, then you can use your Balance Breaker and protect me! That would be the perfect kind of teamwork!"

Yumi kept her nervous face towards her. "Issei-chan, I would do anything for you, but can you take the future seriously, for once?"

Annoyed, the female pervert shot up and shouted to, "Shut up, princess! Don't look at me with those pity princess eyes!" She still had her fist clenched and she was crying streams of crocodile tears. "For you, it's fine because of your beauty! I've been told that meeting with my eyes is like poison!" Yumi kind of stiffened seeing her like this.

The female pervert then looked at the cross-dresser, who was in a box once again. "And hey! Why are you in that box again?!"

She gave her a weird look as she answered, "Sorry. It's just more comfortable for me when I'm talking to people." Now Issei gave her a weird look as she smiled reassuringly. "But I won't close the top this time."

The perverted girl sighed, face-palming. "That's not the issue here..."

With a serious face, Yumi approached Grace and stated, "You can't stay like this forever. The seal's broken now."

The reverse trap sighed and looked away from her. "But...I-" She suddenly got cut off when the door opened again, revealing Asher, Xenos, and Kabu.

"What's this?" the blue-haired male asked, his hands behind his back. "Everyone seems to be getting along here."

Yumi turned to the guys and smiled at them. "Hello," she greeted them.

Issei looked puzzled. "Wait, why are you three here together?"

"Well, after we left, we thought that we should take care of Grace-chan as well," Asher answered.

"We all tried thinking of some things we can do too," Xenos added.

The reverse trap looked surprised. "Wait, for me?" she asked them.

"Gracie-chan is our precious companion," Kabu replied as he walked towards her.

She smiled at him a little. "Well, I appreciate that, Kabu-kun-"

Suddenly, he threw cloves of garlic into the box. "Here you go."

Instantly, she looked petrified and stood up, getting out of the box. "GARLIC?!" she exclaimed. Then, at the speed of lightning, Xenos placed a...paper bag with eye holes on her head. She froze where she was, trying to process what just happened, along with the rest of the girls.

"There we are," the blue-haired male said. "How do you feel?"

She relaxed herself, her eyes widening under the bag. "Huh...I actually feel calm," she answered as she looked back and forth. "This isn't actually too bad."

"What just happened?" asked a surprised Yumi.

"This was Asher-senpai's idea," the white-haired shouta answered.

Surprised, Issei looked at the former priest and asked, "Really, Asher-kun?"

He looked at her and blushed bashfully. "Uh, that's not quite it, exactly..." he replied. "I'm not that great at talking to people face-to-face either. On the phone though, I'm just fine. I was just talking to these two about how fine I was as long as I wasn't seen."

"And then I remembered these," Xenos added, getting out...the packs of condoms he had before. "I thought to myself, 'Why don't we put something over her head?'"

Issei was shocked to see those again, so she snatched them away from him and said, "Seriously, you still have those?!"

Grace then turned to them, her eyes glaring an imaginary, yet intimidating red as she approached them. "How is it? Does it look good on me?" she asked in a weird voice. Both Issei and Asher tensed up when they saw her like that.

"Well, it definitely has an indescribable impact," Yumi stated, sweat-dropping a little.

"I agree," Xenos replied. "It inspires fear like a pervert...or something. It's amazing...I think."

"This is surprisingly good...so surprisingly good..." Grace murmured to herself as she walked in circles with the bag on.

The female pervert sweat-dropped at the sight of that and nervously smiled at her. "This is the first time I've thought that you're amazing..." she said.

The reverse trap stopped and asked, "Really?" She then crossed her arms. "Maybe I should wear this to gain a good reputation as a vampire."

I wonder about that... the female pervert thought skeptically. Oh well, at least she felt good for her, since she hasn't seen her this happy.

She bowed down to everyone and said happily, "Thank you all very much!"

The next day on campus, Issei and Asher were walking through the main lobby after class. "It would be cool if Grace-chan could come to class," Issei stated to the blonde-haired guy. "She can't with that bag on her head."

"It looks like she just needs a little more time," Asher replied. Maybe she did need that. She was a tsundere, but a shy one too, though she wouldn't admit it.

Suddenly, they both then saw Richard and Akihiko going about. All of them stopped and looked at each other. "Oh, hello, you guys," the red-haired male greeted.

"Uh, hi, President, Akihiko-san," Issei greeted back.

"Hello," Asher also greeted back as he bowed down to them.

"You have splendid timing." Both of the devils looked confused at Richard.

The raven-haired male looked at the female pervert and said to her, "After school, I would like for you to accompany me somewhere, Issei-chan~."

She pointed at herself. "Me?" She thought about what she needed to accompany him for...

Later, it was cloudy out. Issei began walking up a bunch of steps to the place Akihiko told her about. She looked up and saw a torii, sweat-dropping. "Isn't a shrine the last place a devil wants to be?" she asked herself. Why did he want to meet there?

"Welcome, Issei-chan~," greeted Akihiko as he appeared at the top of the steps. He was wearing his red and white shrine outfit again, exposing some of his pecs and abs.

"Akihiko-san!" she shouted as she hurried up the steps.

He smiled at her and waved. "My apologies for inviting you over so suddenly~."

As she finally joined up with him, they both walked up the last bunch of steps. "I-it's fine. Where's the President?"

"Oh~, he'll be here after his last meeting with Sirzeca~."

"And you don't have to be there?"

He shook his head. "It is my job to greet a certain someone~."

"A certain someone?" She had to know who it was...

They finally reached up to the shrine. Issei looked up at the torii, feeling nervous. "We're going to go past this?"

The dark-haired man chuckled at her. "This place is fine, even if you're a devil~." He then crossed through the torii. "We had a special arrangement behind the scenes~."

The female pervert took a deep breath and took a giant step over the torii. Nothing happened, so she felt relieved. She then looked at the shrine, looking a bit awed. "Wow, there's a splendid shrine in a place like this?"

"Its previous god left, so it remained unoccupied for a while~. Richard managed to secure this place for me, however~."

Suddenly, a heavenly female voice asked, "Is she the Red Dragon Empress?"

Akihiko looked up plainly while Issei looked up in shock. "Wh-what?! Who's that?!" she exclaimed.

A golden light shaped as a holy cross appeared in the sky before shining the entire sky brightly. The light then revealed a feminine figure with large breasts, a holy outfit, long blonde hair, blue eyes, and several gold wings. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Hyoudou Issei-chan~," the woman greeted in a soft and kind voice.

Issei looked even more awed at the sight of her. "Whoa, golden wings..." she murmured.

As the angel hovered herself down onto the ground, she stated, "My name is Michael, the Chief of the Angels." Issei's eyes widened. A woman, especially a majestic one like her, named MICHAEL? And she was the Chief of the Angels too?! Why was she meeting her?!

Done! How was this? Any typos or mistakes in any of the chapters?

I hope I handled Grace well, being a hard-shelled introvert with a hard past...

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