Chapter 1:
*After school, Occult Research clubroom*
"Can I ask a few questions, Gremory-senpai?"
After Rias Gremory finished explaining the benefit of being the devil to her newest member of her Peerage, Hyoudou Isane raised her hand up. Given the fact that it had taken all of Rias's 8 Pawn pieces to reincarnate the mid-back brown hair girl after she had been killed by a fallen angel, the redhead had very high hope that the Sacred Gear in her kouhai was an extremely powerful one.
"Of course, Hyoudou-chan." said Rias with a gentle smile.
"You said if I worked hard enough…" said Isane slowly. "... I can have my own peerage like you, right?"
"Indeed. It won't be easy though." nodded Rias " Since you are reincarnated into devil, you started as a low-class devil by default. You need to work your way up to become a middle-class devil and then a high-class devil. When you reach the rank of high-class devil, you will be granted a peerage set and start your own peerage."
"I see." Isane's eyes briefly adopted a thoughtful look before a chain of perverted giggles escaped her lips "Hehehe…"
"Ehem... " coughed Rias into her hand in order to gain her Pawn's attention "Do you have any more questions, Hyoudou-chan?"
"Oh right!" Isane immediately regained her focus, the previous perverted chuckles were replaced by an embarrassing laugh. "Can devils have harem?"
Rias could feel her eyebrows temporarily rise a bit, given that the question wasn't exactly in line with what she had expected. Still, the redhead nodded her head again.
"Yes. It's common for a male devil to have a harem, though. While a female devil having multiple lovers is not common, it's not something unheard of."
"So I can build a harem with my peerage, right?" Isane clearly became excited after hearing her King's answer. "Hell yes!"
Ah, now Rias could see the connection between the previous questions now.
"Ara. Are you planning to build a reverse harem full of eye-catching males at your beck and call?" Came the voice belonging to Rias's Queen, Himejima Akeno "What a naughty kouhai you are, Hyoudou-chan~"
Aside from her best friend's teasing tone, Rias's mind was hazarding the same guess. Hell, the Gremory heiress could even predict who would be the first member of that reverse harem based on...
"Nah." Isane waved her hands dismissively before her eyes sparkled "I want to build a harem full of beautiful girls, preferably with big oppai like Gremory-senpai and Himejima-senpai! And then!… And then... Hehehe..."
The reply sent the devils on the other side of the table into a deafening silence as the Pawn started giggling perversely again. It was clear the brunette was already deep in whatever fantasy she was having now.
"... Pervert."
After a few seconds, the silence was cut like a hot knife through butter by the off-handed comment from the Kuoh's mascot and Rias's stoic Rook, Toujou Koneko.
"So you… swing that way huh, Hyoudou-san?" said Kiba half-jokingly.
"Not your bloody business, pretty boy!" Isane immediately returned to reality and snapped at the blond male Knight, forcing him to promptly raise his hands up in a placating manner.
Now Rias could see why her new Pawn always looked at Kiba with contempt. With how Kiba attracted such an enormous number of fangirls in the Academy, Isane would feel jealous. To the brunette, Kiba was an obstacle in her dream of building a harem of beautiful girls. However, Rias couldn't shake off the feeling that there was something more behind it.
On the other hand, Isane's dream left Rias confused. Based on what her familiar had reported, Isane tended to cling to a third-year male student like tenacious barnacles upon rock whenever the brunette was with him. Perhaps the second-year Pawn was a bi leaning more toward females?
Regardless, the redhead had to intervene before this situation could get out of control.
"Hyoudou-chan." There was a hidden edge of warning in Rias's tone as she looked at her Pawn. "You and Kiba-kun are members of my peerage, and in the peerage we are like a family. Therefore, please do not fight each other."
After letting out some incomprehensible mumbles, Isane finally nodded, albeit begrudgingly.
"Still, you want me to be in your harem, Hyoudou-chan? You're way naughtier than I thought." Akeno's voice managed to sweep away the remaining heavy air after Isane's snap. "And that makes me want to… punish you~."
After tilting her head in confusion for two seconds after seeing Akeno licking her delicious lips almost sensually, the pensive look in Isane's eyes was replaced by a look of realization.
"Oh, you're into that kind of thing huh, senpai?" A perverted grin crept into her face "Oh, If you decide to join the harem, I'm going to enjoy seeing Kenzaki-senpai conquer you and turn you the other way around~"
The name of a male made whatever teasing Akeno intended to say died in her throat while puzzled looks appeared on the faces of the Occult Research Club's members after hearing what Isane had just said.
"Kenzaki-senpai?" asked Akeno as the Yamato Nadeshiko looked at the Pawn questionably.
Isane instantly perked up at the mention of the name.
"Oh right, I didn't say it clearly enough." With a swift movement of her right hand, Isane fished out her phone and showed the screen to everyone. Standing in front of a grandfather clock, the third-year student Rias had seen Isane usually clinging to. Instead of the Kuoh Academy uniform, the male student was clad in a dark magenta T-shirt, brown cargo pants and a cream apron. His eyes behind the safety glasses were closed in an eye smile. There was wood dust and grime stuck here and there on his messy black hair as well as his clothes, a sign showing that he was working or at least standing in his workplace.
"The thing is, I want to build a harem, yes. But I don't want to build a harem for me." said Isane cheerfully as her eyes adopted a dreamy look "I want to build the greatest harem with me in the top position of the harem for Kenzaki-senpai and make him into The Harem King! "
*On the street*
*sneeze*
"Bless you, Kenzaki." said his classmate who was walking beside him.
"Thanks, Itou," said Kenzaki absentmindedly, his right hand rubbed his nose in an attempt to get rid of the itch that was trying to make him sneeze one more time. For some reason, he felt like someone had just bad-mouthed him behind his back.
Weird.
"Hey, do you have any plans tonight?" said Itou with a hint of excitement "We certainly can use a hand with the revolution!"
Kenzaki felt his eyebrows raise up a little bit.
"Revolution?"
"Oh yeah, I forgot, you weren't there last time. The clan just decided to play the Revolution mod."
Although Kenzaki has taken his temporary leave from playing Army 3 with his clan some time ago, he couldn't help but feel interest, even if just for a little bit.
"What's that mod like?"
"Eh, basically we run a resistance to free Molos." shrugged Itou "There're all kind of missions from spreading propaganda, doing hit-and-run to doing bombings and taking towns and fortress."
Kenzaki tried his best not to let out a snort at his friend's description.
"Sounds like terrorists to me."
"Terrorists to the AI, yes. Freedom fighters to us, Kenzaki." corrected Itou
"Does your resistance have a name?"
Itou pushed his glasses up with a smirk.
"Of course it has! It's 'Molos Independence and Liberation Front', or M.I.L.F for short."
Kenazki suddenly had an urge to facepalm after hearing the abbreviation.
"Seriously?"
"Of course I'm serious! At first we intended to name our resistance as 'Workers And National Kinsmen'. But this name sounds way cooler. So in the end, instead of W.A.N.K, we're called M.I.L.F now."
It took all of his will to stop himself from banging his head against a lamp post near there. For some reason, his clanmates always came up names with obnoxious or atrocious abbreviations.
"Anyway, you're free tonight, Kenzaki?" asked Itou as "Besides, it has been a while since the last time you played with the clan."
As tempting as it sounded, he had to shake his head in negative. The recent rumor about the Howling Warehouse just bugged him and he needed to check on it.
"Not today. I have other business to attend to."
Itou looked at his best friend in curiosity.
"Your shop got a new order?"
"Yeah." He nodded his head. "I will be busy for a few days."
Technically, he didn't lie since his shop actually had received an order for a new British-styled grandfather clock. However, the order had come a week ago and he had just finished it last night. Which let him be free to check the rumor.
But hey, what Itou didn't know wouldn't hurt him.
"I see. Oh well, next time then." The moment he and his friend reached a crossroad, Itou waved his hand as he parted ways "See you tomorrow, then."
"See you."
After a few minutes of walking, Kenzaki finally reached his home. Unlocking the door of "Shimura's Clock", he gingerly walked in, not bothering to flip the sign hanging on the door from "Close" to "Open".
After all, he had a rumor to look into tonight. Business had to wait.
*Night time, at the abandoned warehouse*
When Kenzaki arrived at the destination in the rumor, he didn't find anything odd about the warehouse at first glance. Aside from the fact it had been abandoned for some time, it looked exactly like any warehouse would look. However, he knew looks could be deceiving.
After 30 minutes watching over the warehouse without hearing any howl, Kenzaki decided to go in. With a sigh, he pulled the sliding door open. Due to the rust on the door rails and the door, loud grating sounds shot through his ears like spikes impaling through his head, making him wince in displeasure.
"Gah!"
As he stepped into the warehouse, the heavy tangy smell of blood hit him like a truck, making him gag as his stomach churn in disgust. Under the moonlight, he could see the crimson color of blood and few human remains splattered and scattered everywhere in the warehouse. The scenery in front of his eyes was like a display in a sickening art gallery.
Just what had caused this...
*Splash!*
Suddenly, he felt a chill run through his spine as his instinct screamed at him to dodge. In a blink, his body moved automatically, just in time to avoid something splashed against the floor. Glancing at the sizzling puddles with the distinctive smell of acid, he was thankful that his instinct had saved him again.
"Aw, I miss~" A sultry yet twisted female voice echoed to his ears as something dropped down from the roof and landed heavily on the ground. In a blink of an eye, a black revolver and a black knife materialized in his right hand and left hand.
"... What are you?" growled Kenzaki as he aimed his revolver at his unknown foe, his left hand held the black knife in reverse under his right hand.
As his enemy walked forward and out of the shadow, Kenzaki tried not to grimace at his enemy. Supporting the naked voluptuous female upper half was the body of a centaur with sharp claws instead of hoofs. A cavity could be seen on naked female part as it emitted a foul smell that made Kenzaki scrunched his nose. A snake could be seen from where the tali should be as it hissed at him threateningly,
"My name is Viser." Kenzaki's foe grinned, revealing her almost razor-like teeth "And I am a devil."
As Kenzaki's eyebrows rose up, Viser licked her lips hungrily.
"And you… Not too bad looking… And somehow… You smell sweet… Almost intoxicating…. So please, BE MY MEAL!"
Faster than a human could react, two spears appeared in Viser's human hands as she hurled one of them at where Kenzaki was standing.
*Crash!*
"What?!"
Much to Viser's surprise, the spear only impaled deep into the ground while her prey had already disappeared.
"Disappearing act, huh? Do you think you can… Gaaaah!"
Viser's sing-song taunt was cut short by her own painful cry as 4 silver orbs hit directly behind her back, blasting off her snake and destroying the smooth skin on her back. Angrily turning around, she found her prey was standing with an emotionless expression, smoke was coming out of his revolver barrel. As a ray of moonlight landed on the knife, the line "Mors Certa, Hora Incerta" inscribed into the black blade could be seen, almost like a light shining in the darkness.
"You bastard!" shrieked Viser as her view turned red "I intended to give you a quick death, but now I'm gonna rip you apart!"
Right when Viser finished her sentence, two magic circles appeared on her nipples before two streams of acid shot out. With great reflex for a human, Kenzaki dashed to the side, his knife flew toward Viser as his gun opened fire again. However, Viser had prepared and deflected the knife and the silver orbs with little difficulty.
"Stand still, will you?!" howled Viser. Ever since the fight started, the devil hasn't delivered a single hit on her prey, who would either evade, dodge or even disappear and reappear somewhere else. To make the matter worse, despite her best effort to deflect the attacks, the despicable bastard has managed to slowly injure her more and more with his gun and throwing knives.
"Graaaahhh! Motherfucker!"
A blast hit Viser's left hind leg in the knee, forcing an agonizing scream out of her mouth.
"You… you think… this will be enough to kill me?!"
A small yet infuriating smile appeared on Kenzaki's face as he shook his head somberly.
"No… But THIS will."
The sound of a knife flying in the air was the only warning Viser could hear as it impaled right into her throat from her right. Letting out a gurgling noise, a look of horror made its way into Viser's face as more knives and silver orbs came out of the thin air and hit directly in all the vital points.
"Gruh..."
The moment the onslaught came to the end, the broken form of Viser fell down. Despite the nerve-wrecking agony Viser was experiencing, her mind was still stupefied. Just where did all of those attacks come from?! Her prey was standing still and did nothing that indicated he had casted magic. And for some reason, Viser could swear there were a few attacks that felt so familiar, almost like she had seen it coming before...
The sound of footsteps approaching cut off Viser's thought and force the devil to bring her broken face up only to see her prey was now next to her. From the current position, Viser could make out the line "Tempus Edax Rerum" inscribed into the left side of the barrel before said barrel was aimed at her head.
"Farewell."
One last bang and Viser's head was decimated. After a few seconds, the headless corpse of Viser slowly dissipated until there was only a small pocket timepiece remaining on the ground.
"Hmm, not bad." said Kenzaki to himself as he picked up the small timepiece With a single crush, the timepiece was destroyed as light flow into his body.
"Time to go home."
With one last glance at the surroundings, Kenzaki quietly left the warehouse. At least from now on, the rumor of the Howling Warehouse would end.
(Chapter end)
Author's note: To my surprise, writing Isane/genderbended Issei was easier than I thought. On the other hand, I'm still unsure whether I should have Saji genderbended or not. If I decide to genderbend him, I will have to modify his goal a bit, given how... peculiar his dream was.
Anyway, that's all for now. Please read and review!
