Back to this story. Haven't been here in forever, uh… Hey, Freddy Plushie, a little help with an intro here? I kinda don't have one… FP, really, I need a new intro for these chapters. I've been skipping these because I can't think of something clever to say.

FP: Then don't say anything. No one cares about nor do they come to the stories to read the author's note. If you can't think of something to put in for a note, don't put one in.

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The man that had fought Ash was entering an apartment. He made sure to close and lock the door before sighing, then he walked over to the middle of the room before getting down on his knee.

"M'lord." He says in respect.

"Welcome back." The person he was speaking to says. "What do you know so far?"

"Forgive me, but my information is limited. I can't figure out if he's a human, devil, or anything-"

"I don't exactly care about what he is. Did you see how powerful he is?"

"It's just like you said, there is a great power that can be felt from the boy. Though upon first impression, he seems inexperienced. It's possible that he can't harness the strength within his abilities just yet."

"I see. Well, I'm sure things will get interesting at some point or another." The person he was speaking to then walked around him. "What about his identity? Any leads?"

To this, the man stood up and faced him. "We've looked everywhere we could. We have found no identity or previous records of him from any other countries, or from 'anywhere' for that matter. We only got a name, but other than that… i-it's like he just… in other words, 'popped into existence'."

"Oh, and what would his name be?"

The man hesitated but cleared his throat. "There's no way to confirm that it's his actual name. He's registered as a student from Kuoh Academy which is where we found it. The name we found him go by was Ash Ketchum."

"Hmm… that's an interesting name to say the least."

(With Ash)

Ash was currently resting in his bed after a long night of training, snoring loudly. He was snoring asleep, and had hoped that nothing could wake him up. Then his alarm started going off again. That made him groan in annoyance as he went back to trying to hit it in order to stop it, until something stopped him.

When it stopped him, the alarm suddenly turned off. Once he managed to open his eyes, despite being blurry, he could clearly see that Riolu was stopping his hand from hitting the alarm clock. He groaned a bit before he got himself to sit up.

"What's up Riolu?" He asked.

"I just didn't want you to accidentally break something. You seem to have been going a little hard, and while I know you have some control over your strength, you should be careful not to hurt anything… or anyone, unconsciously." The Pokemon tells him.

"Really? But I make sure to watch my strength." The boy says before Riolu stepped to the side and showed some dents in the alarm. "Oh… huh."

"Yes, while conscious it's easy to control, you could still cause damage in your unconscious state."

"Right, so I guess that means more training tonight?"

"You should know that just one night isn't enough training. Although, even I need some rest myself. Maybe we could cut the training short tonight."

"Alright then. I'll try to put my new abilities to use today." Ash says as he got up and picked up Pikachu who was also waking up. "Do you mind holding down the fort for us?" He asked.

"... Hold down the fort?" Riolu asked in confusion.

The boy looked a bit surprised. "Y-ya know, watch the place while we're gone? Be on guard?" He asked.

"Oh. Understood."

"Alright, I gotta get ready for school now. Take care." Ash then says as he leaves his room.

After a little bit, he had gotten ready, with Pikachu in his bag, and giving up with the ribbon for his uniform. He was now on his way to school, mentally hoping that he didn't have to deal with anything that day and just wanted to relax. Then that's when something bumped into him causing him to stumble forward a bit.

"Ow…" He turned to the source and found someone behind him had fallen over. "Oh, not again. I'm such a clutz." He heard her say.

The boy cringed a bit since he knew it must've hurt, and went over to her. "Hey, need some help?" he says while holding his hand out.

She looked up, and saw him offering to help her, so she took his hand. "T-thank you." She says as he helped her up. "I'm sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going." She apologized.

"Hey, don't worry, it's not a big-"

Then something flew off her head which revealed her face to him and he blushed when he saw her. She had blind hair that blew in the wind, emerald green eyes that stared back at him, was relatively shorter than he was, and was wearing a nun outfit with a cross hanging around her neck.

"U-um excuse me, but…" She said as he realized that he was staring at her and still holding her hand.

"Uh, sorry!" He quickly pulled back.

Then she got down in front of an open suitcase which was likely hers and was putting the clothes that flew out back in. He looked around and found that the thing that fell off of her looked like a veil with a cross symbol on it. Then it started to get blown away in the wind.

"I got it." Ash ran and grabbed ahold of it before bringing it back over.

"Oh, thank you." She then says as she takes it and puts it over her head. "That was very sweet of you."

"Don't mention it." He said before a wave of silence passed over them, they both stared at each other for a second. 'Why didn't you just walk away Ash? Okay, just say something so you don't have to end this awkwardly.' He cleared his throat. "So, uh, lovely weather we have here don't ya think?" 'DAMNIT!'

"Um… I'm sorry but, I'm a little bit lost at the moment. Could you perhaps help me?" The girl then asks him, embarrassed.

"Uh…" He says before contemplating. 'As much I want to help her, I'm still trying to get used to this town and don't even know if I can help her find where she's going.' "Yeah, I can help out." 'I just said… alright, maybe if it's somewhere I already know the location of-' He was thinking before-

"I've just been assigned to serve the church in this town and I don't know where it is." She asked politely.

'And it's somewhere I have never been to before, nor know how to get there.' He internally sighed. 'Maybe I could just take around until we do find the church. I think I got some time before school anyways.' "Well, sure. What kind of gentleman would I be to leave a lady lost on her own." '... Why am I talking like this?'

"Thank you very much." She says happily.

"No problem, come on now." Ash says before taking the leading and her following.

"I'm so glad I ran into someone as kind as you. I guess someone is looking out for me, huh." She says with a smile that melted the boy's heart.

"Y-yeah of course." He says before using his aura ability to check her and he was shocked to find nothing but pure good in this girl. 'Wow, kinda happy to find one of these girls for once.'

"Are you okay?" He heard her ask worryingly.

"Uh, yeah what's up?"

"Well, you seem to be spacing out a lot."

"Oh, I was just thinking is all. Nothing to worry about." He tells her while rubbing the back of his head. 'Maybe I should stop taking so long to think.'

Then suddenly, they started hearing a boy crying which drew their attention to the park they were about to passby. They saw a boy on the ground holding his knee in pain which looked like it was bleeding and the girl rushed to his ad while Ash followed along.

"Are you okay? Can I please see it?" She asked while patting his head.

Then he removed his hands from knee, showing the scrap still bleeding. "Ouch, that looks pretty bad."

"A big boy like you shouldn't cry over a scrape. Let me help you." She says before hovering her hands over his wound.

Then suddenly, a green glow was coming from what looked like rings that suddenly appeared on her fingers and just like that, the wound was gone. This made the boy look surprised to say the least.

"You see, there's no reason for you to cry. You'll be just fine." The girl tells the boy who looked amazed and got up.

He looked happy. "Thank you." He says gratefully.

After helping him, the two then continued to make their way around town as the boy was still pretending to know his way around the town. Truth be told, he was still a bit lost on where to go. Though, he did have to ask about what he saw.

"So uh… I-I don't wanna sound rude but…" Ash says, starting a conversation. "What did you do just now?"

"Oh, well I expected to be asked about it." She then says, understanding. "It's something I consider as a gift and a blessing."

"Well, it's pretty amazing." He says, complimenting her.

Before saying anything, she looked down. "Truly… it's wonderful." She then said saddened.

'Wait, why did she say it like that?' He thought as he now felt bad.

"Hey, there it is." She suddenly stopped as he looked towards where she was staring.

Just behind some trees not too far was a church. "Y-yep, here's the church."

"Thank goodness we found it. Thank you for helping me." She turned and said to him.

"Hey, just happy to help is all." Ash says with a smile.

"I feel like I should thank you properly. Would you like to come inside with me?" She asked him with a smile of her own.

"Well, I'd like to but, I can't right now. I got to get to school and everything." He tells her.

"Oh, right. That's a shame. Though, I hope I can see you once again." She tells him. "Before I do go, my name is Asia Argento." Then she introduced herself.

"Asia, won't forget that. I'm Ash Ketchum, and I also hope we'll meet once more." The boy tells her with his thumb up.

"Ash… meeting you here is a blessing. It's one I promise to never forget." She then says happily. "If you wish to see me, come by to visit the church. Or if you're bored or don't have anything to do."

"Got it. You can count on that… um… I'll see you again." He then says before turning and walking off. "Bye."

"Bye." Asia says while waving.

After Ash was far enough away, he stopped and sighed. "Man, feels good to meet someone nice for one." He says as Pikachu pops out of his bag. "After all the people that had tried to kill me since arriving, this is a good change."

"No kidding. That girl was really nice." Pikachu tells him.

Then the boy thought back to how sad she seemed to be when bringing up her power. 'Something's gotta be bothering her if her having a power to heal like that is making like that. Why would she be upset to have the ability to heal people?' He thought to himself.

"Um, Ash?" He was broken from his thoughts when his Pokemon spoke up.

"Sorry, bud. Just… have a lot on my mind is all."

"Okay, well, good to know but, where are we going?"

"Isn't it obvious, we're going to Kuoh… Academy…" The boy starts to say before looking around. "Wait a second, where do I go from here?! Crap, what time is it?!" He then says worryingly.

"I think you got lost after trying to lead Asia to the church."

"Yeah that figures." Ash says while ruffling his head. "What a second." He looked around and checked everywhere. Despite the number of houses, there didn't seem to be anyone out at the moment. "Maybe I could…"

"What are you thinking?" Pikachu asked, not liking the look on his trainer's face.

"I mean, it's a fast way to get there right?" The boy says before moving one of his feet back. "Then as long as I don't get caught…" He says as his Pokemon quickly got into his backpack. "Let's go!"

Then he ran and jumped up high. He landed on the roof of one of the houses and then began running across buildings, smirking as he figured that even if someone saw him, he'd be a blur. While running, he looked around since the school couldn't have been that hard to find, being of how big the building was, though he still was having trouble.

Then he spotted the building, not too far from him. "There!" He says before making his way over there, then jumping down to the street to look less suspicious. "Don't be late. Don't be late! Don't-" He was saying before the bell went off.

Ash stopped in his tracks while seeming shocked as he was trying to catch his breath. He failed to reach school in time and now was gonna be late. While he stood there, the two boys Kazuto told him about and they were panting but still trying to make it to school.

"Aw man, I hope I don't get detention." The one with glasses says.

"Yeah man, I don't want to miss seeing the kendo girls' naked bodies after school." The one with a shaved head says.

He was shocked by what they said when they went by. But he still was late himself and he got annoyed that he failed at getting to school on time and the annoyance began to sink in.

"DAMNIT!" He yelled and punched the stone wall.

He didn't make a little dent though, it looked like a wide crack and fist mark that he had made when punching it. When he pulled off, he looked at the small dent he made and looked nervous. He didn't expect to damage the wall in any kind of way and was worried by what could happen if caught so he ran away from it quickly.

"You should be careful not to hurt anything… or anyone, unconsciously."

He then thought back to what he was told. 'Maybe Riolu's right. I gotta be careful and not break things out of blind rage or… anything similar… Right, I still got school.' He thought before running inside.

By time he was done loading his locker and things falling out before he fixed it up and ran to class. He reached class and sighed when he found they already started. Ash looked at the teacher who looked annoyed by his tardiness, which he expected.

"I'll let it slide since you're still new here. I won't do it again. Now go to your seat." He told the boy.

He walked over to his seat and sat down before dropping his head onto his desk. When the teacher continued the lesson, Isara looked around hoping that no one would see. She leaned over and tapped his shoulder a few times, which made him slowly look up at her.

Then she handed him a piece of paper. He read it and it said: 'Did something happen?' To which he flipped the paper over and wrote: 'Just went for a walk and got lost.' Then he handed it back. She seemed disappointed by the response, though she didn't think too much about it and decided not to bagger him any further.

At that, Ash was just hoping that today would not be a day where he'd have to deal with devils or fallen angels, or anything else. "Excuse me?" Someone says as they walk in.

"Uh, Ms. Shinra, what brings you here?" The teacher asked.

"I'm here to see Mr. Ketchum." The moment his name was mentioned his head perked up.

When he looked towards the front, he saw a girl with long black hair and glasses standing in front of the teacher. However, he was more focused on why the girl was here for him.

"I was asked to bring him to the student council." She explained to him.

Then the class started gossiping.

"Wait a second, why is Ketchum being called to the student council?"

"No fair, he's lucky enough to walk with Kiba and now the hotties in the student council?!"

"Maybe he's getting in trouble for being late?"

When hearing all of them spread their dumb statements, he got annoyed and decided to get up before walking over to her. "What is this about?" He asked.

"Follow me." The girl then says before heading for the door.

He'd rather see what he got in trouble for rather than deal with listening to the class spread rumors so he followed. As he was walking alongside the girl, he sighed as he wondered what he got himself into now. He wanted to spend some time having a day without dealing with certain shenanigans.

What else was starting to annoy him, was the fact that people were still staring at him just like they did when Kiba came by. Maybe he liked attention before, but this kind of attention was not something he wanted. Especially since this kind was the most annoying.

Thankfully, they reached the room where the student council president was. Then the girl knocked on the door. "President, I brought him here like you requested." She then said.

"Bring him in, Tsubaki." She heard from the other side.

She opened the door and gestured for him to enter. He sighed before walking in as she closed the door behind her. When he looked around, it looked similar to the Occult Research Club's room, but had its fair share of differences. That made him a bit suspicious as to why it looked similar.

Sitting right on one of the couches was a familiar short haired woman he had met before. "Mr. Ketchum. Have a seat." Sona says while gesturing to the couch across the table in front of her.

There was no one else in the room besides him, her and the other female. He shrugged before heading for said couch, sitting down and looking towards her before seeing that she had a chess board on the table with some pieces being red. He paid no mind to it and scratched the back of his head.

"S-so uh… l-look, I'm sorry I was late. If I'm gonna get in trouble for this-" He was saying before she held her hand up.

"Sorry if it wasn't clear, but you're not here cause you're in trouble. Also, I wasn't aware that you were late in the first place." She explained which made him a bit embarrassed.

"Oh, you weren't, huh? Um… y-you know what um… c-can I please know why I'm here then?"

She smirked a bit. "Of course. You see, I've been wondering about you."

"Hmm? So, you want to know more about me?" Ash asked, wondering if that was all.

"Well, I've tried to look into gaining more information about you, but I've come to a loss at most angles." She told him as he looked a bit nervous. "No matter how much I look, I can't seem to find anyone under your full name, much less even your last name. There are no records of anyone named Ketchum to be found anywhere in the world." She continued. "It seems as though you, 'dropped out of the sky'."

That made him even more nervous as she was catching onto him. "Uh… yeah, yeah, pretty weird, huh? Guess the database here in Kuoh is um… outdated, yeah." He tried to say.

"Really now? I guess that could be a possibility. Though, there's no way to confirm that now is there?" She then asked him as her smile dropped. "So, I'm gonna get straight to the point. We know what you've been up to lately. You were called by Rias Gremory to her clubroom in the old schoolhouse."

"Well, yes, but what does that have to-"

"I also heard that she gave you an offer. To join her peerage was it not?" When she said that, his eyes widened and his suspicions was being confirmed.

"H-how do you know that?…" He asked her.

"I thought it'd be obvious." Sona smirked again. "Your increasing power is starting to become very recognizable. With it not being the least bit hidden, it seems to continue growing even without your knowledge. It seems harder not to detect than it is to detect it." She continued.

With that, Ash had figured out what he was dealing with. "Are you a devil as well?" He asked.

Instead of directly answering him, she stood up and her devil wings appeared from her back. "That is correct."

He was a bit surprised, but knew wasn't too shocked. When he looked over to the girl called Tsubaki and she nodded, proving that she was also one. He knew it, after she mentioned Rias making an offer with him. There's no way she could know something like that unless she was a devil as well.

"Surprised? I did expect that. Rias has informed me that despite you having this power, you didn't have knowledge of other supernatural creatures existing. It's strange, but I'm not here to talk about that." Sona tells him as her wings went away and she sat down.

Now the boy was wary and decided to prepare in case of what she might do, though she might not try anything like Rias and her club didn't even attempt to attack him despite him threatening them.

"You didn't really believe that the ORC was the only devils in this school, did you?" She then asked.

"Well, I had some doubts that they were at first." He told her.

"Good to know that I could confirm your doubts. After all, how do you think you were able to get into this school so easily?" She asked as he looked a bit dumbfounded. "The principal let you in without asking any questions like, your identification, or anything similar. Don't you find something odd about that?"

He thought for a moment. "I mean, I didn't really put much thought into it. I was… focussing on other things."

"Well that I can't necessarily blame you for. But-"

"Wait, are you telling me the principal of this school is also a devil."

"No, he is not a devil. Why he let you in was because… well, let's just say we have our ways." Sona explained as her eyes flashed red for a second as he got the hint. "But I'll get to the point. Do you now understand why I asked you to come here?"

"I can take a guess, though not really looking to assume."

"Well, let me tell you this before I explain further. My last name isn't actually Shitori. It's Sitri." She told him.

"Okay… is there any reason why you changed it then?" He asked to which Tsubaki glared at him for asking.

Sona held her hand up, dismissing her. "That I cannot tell you just yet." Ash figured that she wouldn't tell him everything she knew. "What brought you is to make an offer. Rias asked if you wanted to join her peerage." She then says.

Hearing that, he knew what she wanted. "If that's the case, I take it you own a peerage too?"

"Yes, and if you wish to know, I can explain how they work." She said as he sat back, wanting to know. "You see, only the strongest of us devils are allowed to have a peerage. There are fifteen pieces that they are given and whoever they use the pieces on, turn into devils to serve under them. While the one who leads the peerage is considered the king, the rest are considered as either a queen, knights, rooks, bishops and pawns."

He understood, though it seemed odd that they were based off of chess pieces. "So, like a ranking system or something?"

"You can say that. Anyone who isn't a devil is to be converted into one, though reincarnates are not said to be as strong as pure bloods. Knights are preferably sword or any other blade users for their enhanced speed and mobility. Rooks are for those who possess strong physical power. Bishops have their demonic and/or magic abilities enhanced. And the queen possesses all the characteristics of previous explained pieces, making them the second-hand of the king."

"Okay, and the pawns?"

"Well, unfortunately, I can't necessarily say that they gain any sort of enhancements like the pieces above them other than what they gain from becoming a reincarnated devil. Though, they do have the ability to promote to other pieces for a short amount of time with the permission of their king."

"Huh, I think I get the idea. That would make you a queen then?" Ash asked out of curiosity.

"Indeed it does. Tsubaki here is my queen and is also the vice principal of the student council." Sona explained to him. "Now, I'm sure you know what I wish to ask you. And I would like to know if you would wish to join my peerage." She then explained.

He began to think for a bit about what he was asked, and had to ask. "If I were to become a member, what piece would I be?" He asked.

"Well, considering what I've been told about you, I'd say that you could be worth a few rooks or bishops. At least, that's what I'd consider." She told him before he got up.

"I need some time to think about this."

"Well, no need to rush things. You can give us your answer when you are ready. We won't force you."

"Thanks for the info." He says as he headed for the door.

"Oh, and Ash." She said as he stopped at the knob. "If you do choose not to join, we won't treat you as a lesser because of it."

He turned to look at her. "Um… thanks, Ms. Sitri… I-I mean Shitori." He corrected himself.

"You don't have to worry yourself with my name. Now I think you should get going to your class before it ends."

"R-right. Bye!" He says as he leaves.

When he left, Sona's smile dropped before she got up and went over to her desk. Then she started working on the papers she had as her queen walked to her side.

"Do you believe that he'll join?" Tsubaki asked.

"I don't believe he will. He clearly doesn't show much trust in us so I have my doubts that he'll wish to join us or Rias." She states. "Though, if we can't get him to be a part of our peerage, the best we can do is make sure he's on our side. Someone with that kind of power would make our chances against enemies impossible."

"Understood." Her queen says before stepping back.

Sona began to think to herself. What she said was true, it would be great for her to have Ash in her peerage, but she was also right that having him as an enemy would be bad for them all. Not only that, but since there was no information to be found about him, she couldn't even figure out if she was human or not.

'Just who and what are you, Ash Ketchum?'

To be continued…

Now that we finally got this chapter done… to be honest not much really happened during this chapter. But we're over the limit of words and honestly, I don't think I should drag this on any longer.

Sona now wants Ash to be a part of her peerage now and things are getting interesting. And yes, I will absolutely positively, NOT have Ash become a devil. So all of you who asked me not to make him a devil, congrats, you get your wish. And no I'm not gonna change my mind.

Let's see what I can do next chapter.

Thank you all for reading, and I'm done here… PEACE OUT, dudes!