Chapter 4
Disclaimer: I do not own High school DxD or Fairy Tail they are property of Ichiei Ishibumi and Hiro Masima respectively.
When the group heard the roar they all turned to see what the source of the noise was. They saw a figure approaching them at high speed. As the figure came closer fear started to overtake their minds.
A gigantic Western Dragon with celestial blue scales came flying towards them.
"Oh no, why must she come now" Zatouji said as he saw the dragon flying to their location.
"Who is that? And is it a problem?" a frantic Rias asked fearing for the safety of her peerage.
"That would be Tiamat the Chaos Karma Dragon, one of the Five Great Dragon Kings" Zatouji replied, "I just hope she is not here to cause trouble because we don't stand a chance if she sees us as a threat or nuisance, we are pretty close to her territory."
"Ah crap this is bad" a deep voice was heard coming from Issei's hand which was now covered in a red gauntlet.
"Who said that?" Issei asked while looking around for the source of the voice.
"I am Ddrag the dragon inside your sacred gear partner" Ddrag replied, "I will explain more later but for now you must get away from that crazy dragon gunning for us" he continued with a bit of panic present in his voice.
His warning was of no use because the giant dragon landed in front of them with a menacing scowl. She pulled her head back and let loose a deafening roar.
"I sense a dragon's presence in my territory and when I come to investigate I find none other than the stupid dragon who borrowed my treasure only to have it destroyed and scattered throughout the realm" the giant dragon says in a calm feminine voice.
"Ah Tiamat how are things, haven't seen you in a while" Ddrag nervously responded.
"Great Dragon King Tiamat, I humbly ask you what it is you are here for" Zatouji respectfully asked the great dragon only for her to scoff at him.
"I have nothing to say to you lowly devil, my business is with this scaly bastard and his host" Tiamat dismissed his question and turns towards Issei.
"Well devil you will get me my treasure back since the stupid dragon known as Ddrag decided that you will be his host. You better get it quick otherwise I will burn you alive" Tiamat threatens Issei.
"Hey wait up what gives you any right to threaten me? That is no way to treat anyone" Issei replied oblivious to the fact that he just angered Tiamat greatly. Ddrag on the other hand started to panic when he saw the angered expression on Tiamat's face.
"Please don't listen to this fool Tiamat, he doesn't know anything. Please forgive his rudeness" Ddrag begged the angry dragon.
Tiamat however did not take kindly to the impudent devil's remarks and completely ignored Ddrag's apology. The group could feel the killer intent coming of the dragon. The dragon opens its maw and starts to power up a breath attack. Fear paralyzed everyone in the group as they waited for deaths sweet embrace with closed eyes.
"Please no don't attack" Wendy's desperate plea fell on deaf ears as a roar of pale blue flames came rushing at them.
Opening their eyes after a few seconds where nothing happened, no feeling of being burnt alive or smell of charred flesh, the looked at what possibly could have stopped the deadly pale flames. What they saw was unbelievable.
A gigantic wall of crimson red and black flames was between them and the angry murderous dragon. They all nearly suffocated from a huge aura of demonic power, an aura they all knew. It was the same aura they felt when Raynare was wiped out of existence. Only this time it was at the very least ten times more powerful.
Inside this wall of flames they could see the silhouette of a humanoid figure. As the flames died down they could see their saviour more clearly. It was a lean, muscular man of above average height with long reptilian arms ending in draconic claws, two large pitch black bat-like wings, and pink hair with two long horns sticking out of his head. His face was covered in dark crimson scales. They could not see his face since he was looking at the dragon.
"M-My L-Lord, what are you doing here?" Tiamat stuttered as she transformed into her human form and kneeled in front of the demon. She now has the appearance of a beautiful woman with long strait pale blue hair and dark blue eyes.
Rias and her peerage is shocked by the fear evident in the dragon, now turned human's voice, and confused at who this demon is that the Tiamat referred to him as 'My Lord'.
Wendy on the other hand felt oddly safe and warm in the demons presence.
"You dare attack that girl knowing who she is?" a deep gravelly voice questioned Tiamat with malice in every word.
"No Lord I was not attacking any female I was merely trying to teach that idiotic devil that possesses Ddrag some manners" Tiamat quickly ties to justify her actions.
"You do know that had I not stepped in that entire group would have been caught in you foolish attack, and that girl would have been hurt" the demon angrily asked the dragon.
"I'm sorry I acted out of anger please forgive me Lord" Tiamat apologised and begged for forgiveness.
"Fine, but if you try a stunt like that again I won't be so forgiving next time" the demon said with a scowl.
As the demon turned to the group they could see his handsome face, golden draconic eyes with black slits and toned body as he was only wearing loose baggy pants and black combat boots. Akeno stared at his chiselled abs with a bit of drool escaping her mouth.
When he moved in their direction Rassei bowed its tiny head. The demon then walked to Wendy. The others could only look at the powerful demon as he approached the small girl. When he reached her, he stared into her brown eyes for a moment before holding his hand out to her revealing a tiny creature.
The creature was a tiny white cat with a black line running from its snout to the base of its tail. Two black ears with a purple inside were on top of its head. Its bushy tail was a like a purple night sky with stars in it. The little cat looked up at Wendy with brilliant yellow eyes with black slits.
"This is your familiar Wendy" the demon told Wendy as he handed her the kitten.
Before she could reply the demon turned back to face Tiamat and told her to return to her den before disappearing in a cloud of black smoke. Tiamat obeyed the demons orders and transformed back into a dragon and flew off.
"To think he would be here at just the right moment" Ddrag commented softly.
"Who was that" asked a bewildered Issei hoping someone there would be able to explain what just occurred. But no one had an answer for him.
"Whoever or whatever it was we can count ourselves very lucky because if he didn't show up when he did we would be ashes blown away by the wind by now" Zatouji commented, "It seems like he gave you a celestial cat young lady. That is one of the rarest familiars one can get. The last one that obtained a master was before my time as the Familiar Master. They say it is unique in the way that it likes to be with its master whenever it can and will summon itself if it senses that it will not cause its master any problems" he continued looking at Wendy and her new kitten.
"I'm so happy for you Wendy, you finally got your familiar" Rias congratulated the girl.
"Thanks Rias" Wendy replied without taking her eyes off the kitten curling up in her arms. She could not hide the smile present on her face or the twinkle in her eye.
Wendy proceeded to make the celestial cat her familiar and named it Carla.
"Wendy do you have any idea who that guy was? It seemed like he knew you. And what he said to Tiamat about her attacking 'that girl' I have a feeling that the girl he was referring to was you" Rias asked Wendy after she made Carla her familiar.
"I know I have never met him before but at the same time I get the feeling that he has always been there. It's really hard to explain in all honesty" Wendy replied with a confused expression on her face, "Hopefully he makes an appearance again so I can ask him who he is."
As the next school week comes to an end we see Rias, her peerage and Wendy relaxing in the ORC building an orange teleportation circle with a phoenix in the middle appears.
Out of the circle comes a tall young man in his early twenties with short blond hair and dark blue eyes.
"The great Riser Phenex has decided to grace you with his presence" Riser exclaims with a holier-than-thou attitude. He plops himself down on the couch next to Rias and turns to Akeno, "Go make Riser something to drink won't you"
"Who is this asshole coming into our club building and acting like he owns the place" Issei asked annoyed by the smug guy who just made his appearance.
"Rias my dear have you not told your peerage of Riser? This hurts Riser" Riser said with mock hurt while looking at Rias. Turning to Issei he continues, "Riser is the fiancé of my Rias here."
Everyone bar Akeno and Wendy is shocked by this revelation. Issei gets upset because this means he can't have Rias in his future harem.
"I have told you a thousand times Riser I will not marry you" a furious Rias says as she tries to moves away from him. Riser however grabs hold of her thigh to keep her beside him.
"You know this marriage was set up by our parents. Riser knows you would not want to stain your family name just like Riser does not want to stain his families name" Riser replies with a sly grin present on his face.
Just then an icy aura is felt and a beautiful young woman appears. She appears to be in her early twenties with back-length silver hair that features a long braid on each side with small blue bows at the ends, while the rest is let down which ends in twin braids. She also has silver eyes and is wearing a maid outfit.
"I might have a solution to your dispute" the maid said bowing to Rias and Wendy in greeting.
"Lady Grayfia" Wendy happily greets her and goes to hug the woman who was there for her throughout her childhood.
"It's good to see you again Wendy" Grayfia returns the hug and smiles down at the girl.
Before they could continue their conversation an impatient Riser made his presence known once again.
"Sorry Wendy, we will catch up a bit later ok?" Grayfia tells Wendy before turning to Rias and Riser.
"Sorry about that. About the dispute you had how about you settle it with a Rating Game?" Grayfia proposes to which the two high-class devils agree.
Riser then summons his peerage which consists of a full set of pieces that happen to be all female.
Seeing the all-female peerage Issei looks upon then with a mixture of jealousy, envy and admiration. However Issei is quickly angered when Riser starts to flirt with his Queen, a voluptuous woman with long wavy purple hair and matching purple eyes, paying no mind to his fiancé's presence. Issei challenges Riser wanting him to at least consider Rias' feelings and not flirt and grope another woman when he is to marry her.
Riser however sends one of his pawns to deal with Issei. Issei immediately loses the fight after being hit in the gut by the pawn.
"You are way too weak to ever beat Riser. You can't even stand up to Risers weakest member" Riser laughed at Issei's pathetic performance, "Riser will give you ten days to prepare for the Rating Game" and with that he and his peerage teleported away.
"I am sorry Wendy our chat will have to wait a bit longer, I have to go back to the underworld to make preparations for the Rating Game" Grayfia apologised bowing her head to Wendy.
"It's all right Grayfia, you don't need to apologise" Wendy said with a smile.
"I'll see you when the Rating Game is scheduled to take place, and then I promise we will have our chat" Grayfia replied with a small smile on her usually stoic face.
After that Grayfia teleported away. Rias, her peerage and Wendy were the only ones left in the building.
"I'll start to make arrangements for a training trip we all will need to be victorious in this Rating Game" Rias declared going to her desk.
"I'll kick that smug asshole's face next time we meet" Issei seethed recovering from the gut punch he received.
Wendy just looked on as the rest of the ORC explained how they will pound Riser's face in or what training they will go through to ensure they win the Rating Game rallying behind a creed that Rias is free to marry who she wants.
Chapter 4 done! Next chapter will cover the training trip and rating game. I will not put too much focus on the game itself rather more on Grayfia's conversation with Wendy. Anyway I hope you enjoyed and see ya next time.
