Custodian
Harry Potter/Highschool DxD
Harry Potter/?
I own nothing
This is my first fic in the Highschool DxD world.
XVII: A Slice of Life part II
Harry and Crowley were giggling as they carried, rather Harry carried, a tipsy Serafall out of the Morning Sun, Nightclub. It had been there fifth club of the night and it was getting on for Midnight.
Very early for the nocturnal types and ne'er do wells, but for Harry; he needed his wits about him tonight. They carried the tipsy Leviathan down a side-alley underneath a subtle notice-me-not spell of Crowley's invention. Trust the suave, suited and booted, sharp tongued and elegant and eloquent devil of the Gremory Clan to do such a spell in their current state.
"You sure you want to cut this evening short? You don't want to annoy some Hunters in America?"
"I wish I could, but I'm weak to the Nephilim pulling on my heartstrings. I promised onto her, a few things, none of which have been delivered through no faults of our own; bar fell circumstance. So tonight, I will not disappoint her."
Crowley nodded "We'll add this to the list of favours, you owe."
"Makes five. Nothing magically significant about five. Anyway Crowley, I'll see you around." With that and a soft crack, Harry and Serafall vanished.
Harry reappeared in the Leviathan Estate, to come face to face with Behemoth; easily one of the strongest Rook/Knight Mutant pieces in service of Serafall "She's fine, just drunk."
Behemoth nodded and tenderly took Serafall out of Harry's arms "I'll see to it that she's taken care of."
"I know. I'll be around should Sera call."
Behemoth nodded "Should I be worried about my King? I mean, most of the times we've met, she has been rended unconscious by drink."
"No, it just means I have a tougher liver and body. She has nothing to fear from me, aside from a trollish and lazy nature; besides tomorrow she's roped me into…video gaming."
Behemoth chuckled "My King is perhaps the most dutiful to her position. She does a few hours work and then kills time."
Harry grinned, unbuttoned the top button of his shirt and loosened his tie "Behemoth, my lady awaits." Then this time under Behemoths supervision Harry vanished in a Sitri teleportation seal.
Harry landed firmly outside the wards and protections of the Himejima Shrine; and the Gremory wards. Harry held his hand out and concentrated and a bouquet of roses appeared in his hand. Harry slowly walked the long flight of stairs up to the Miko Shrine.
The wards let him in, like one accepts an old friend. Harry made to the top of the stairs and following Akeno's magical signature. He grinned, as he knocked on the door. Akeno, looked up from her schoolwork, she'd only just gotten around to doing it; sometimes Stray Devils and Issei's antics delayed her.
With a sigh, she got up and headed to the door. Her lilac eyes widened as standing outside the front door, clad in the same suit, with the faintest hint of alcohol on him was "Harry? Come in, come in." Akeno, grabbed Harry by the arm and pulled him into the house.
"Akeno…Well, this is…pleasant." Harry replied with a grin as he pulled off his shoes.
"What brings you here?" Akeno asked, one hand on her hip and the lifting her impressive physique.
"You…Serafall is out for the count. Behemoth's dealing with that and will cover my occupied ass until at least early afternoon. I have something for you." With that, Harry pulled out the bouquet of roses.
Akeno's eyes widened "You…didn't…" She stuttered as she took the roses. Harry smiled at her.
"I wanted to. Besides, every time, we've tried to do something just the pair of us…"
"Some life changing and potentially world entering event has kicked those plans to the curb." The Devil/Nephilim retorted, a faint glimmer of lust in her eyes, she began to sway her hips as she headed into the kitchen. She was aware of Harry's eyes on her, she could barely conceal her excitement.
"Earlier, with your aura…"
Harry waited in the living room for Akeno to return with the roses in a vase "I say lots of things, and do more without saying. 95% of what I say and I do; I do not mean but that remaining 5% is all me. Everything I do has a result and an intended response, only those responses are not always immediate. But, Akeno, what you're referring to I meant it."
Akeno felt herself turning red "You, shouldn't say such things…it's not right."
"We're devils, Himejima Akeno. Sinners need not apply. What's to say I can't do what I want to send a message…If you wanted me to decorate that hallway with the blood of every devil there, you could have just said…Serafall Leviathan, Serafall Sitri; holds my life and servitude that is true, but you Akeno…You hold my heart. It's sad really, I've never had someone hold my heart like you do."
Akeno, had seen Harry was stumbling over his words. How could she not, she was the same way; they'd both known spite, transgressions against them and murder attempts more than love. They were both damaged like that, Akeno would admit it, she was jealous of how Harry let words bounce off him and how he'd turn his cheek only to deliver a fierce and blistering wrathful payload of retribution in a heartbeat. She was jealous of how for all his shortcomings, Harry knew them and spoke of them truly. Yet here he was opening himself to her in a way, she thought, not even Rias had managed to perceive and gauge. So why was she hesitating. "He's there, five paces away. Take a leap, wrap yourself in his arms and be impulsive, and have him. He's demonstrated that he's yours, you just need to accept him." The inner voice in her mind told her.
"Akeno?"
Akeno closed the difference between them "Harry…I can't explain this, so I'm going off impulse." The slightly buzzed black haired custodian was taken aback as Akeno, looped her hands around Harry's neck and pulled his face to hers. Harry didn't do a thing, as Akeno pressed her lips to his.
The pair parted, breathing heavily. Harry, grasped Akeno by the hips with his fingers over her ass "You're not going anywhere." Akeno grinned as did Harry, whom pulled Akeno back to him and pushed his tongue into her mouth with little resistance.
Akeno's eyes glittered with lust, desire and affection "Will you…stay?"
"Until, duty calls."
Akeno's kosode loosened and she guided her lover's hands to the hem of her hakama "Please, stay and keep me warm."
Harry nodded, as he threaded a hand through her long flowing black hair, Akeno heard Harry murmur something akin to Italian but more rhythmic and throatier. It didn't matter what he said, but Akeno's body felt as if she was naked in a cold breeze as the hair on her body stood up as magic pulsed through her and into the floor. She couldn't see the colour as she was too entranced by her mans emerald sparkling eyes, only this time they seemed to be glowing.
She turned in time to see a bright emerald green elaborate sigil of several unrecognisable creatures surrounding a large 'P', this sigil was currently fighting the older sigil of the House Gremory. Eventually the Gremory Sigil faded. "I think we're alone now." Harry whispered, pulling Akeno to him again, this time running his hand up her leg.
"The beating of our hearts is the only sound." Akeno sung softly back, before giggling as Harry picked her up and she directed him to her room. The last thing she remembered was Harry's shirt tearing and everything faded into sweet paradise.
(Next morning)
Harry grunted as he could faintly here his mobile ringing in his pants. Speaking of, where were his pants? Harry spied them on the floor next to Akeno's skirt; just outside the door.
He noticed it was Rias's personal number. He quickly realised that he and Akeno were naked and the room stunk "Troll Industries."
"Why do I have the feeling you're the reason why I can't reach Akeno." Rias replied tartly.
Harry chuckled, as he moved, Akeno shifted. "I'm not going to confirm or deny anything…What do you need of me? Last I checked, my death cleared any contract."
"I want you to stop the hijinks that you've done around my Queens' place of residence. Where is she? Is she okay?"
"With me and that depends on your term of 'okay'." Harry replied, as Akeno stretched and then positioned herself so Harry had his arms around her nude form.
"May I?" Akeno asked plucking the phone from Harry's ear, before putting it onto speaker.
"Rias-buchou, it's me…I'll put you on video call." Harry could barely restrain a grin.
Rias's glowering face came into view. She then blushed red and promptly hung up. "Well, she's going to kill you for this. Purity, is a big thing amongst Devils and the Supernatural."
Harry shrugged and ran his hand through her hair "Akeno, I couldn't care. I don't care whose peerage you're part of; if I have to I'd fight Rias…probably win."
"She is the Heir of Gremory, and talented with her power of destruction."
"Her loss…especially if she doesn't play dirty."
Just then the phone rang again, this time it was Serafall. Serafall put herself on face-time; Harry smirked. She looked horrendous "Fun night Sera?"
"Buu, Harry-chan…I was half-expecting you to turn up to breakfast with me. What a lousy minion, you are."
"Aye, I'm the lousiest of the lousy, the laziest of the lazy and many, many more. I, however, am not going to play nurse-maid to you when one like yourself should know thy limits. You have my condolences for your hangover, but not my sympathies. Besides, the Mao owe me, you, owe me. So I'm taking my rightfully sinned day off."
Serafall nodded "Spending it with Rias-tan's Queen…And annoying Rias?"
"Not…yet. I don't get paid to troll Team Rias Gremory, anymore. I DO however, get paid to troll the Red Dragon Emperor."
That elicited two giggles from the ladies listening and participating in the conversation. "Anyway, my lousy troll minion, I'm going to be finishing work about 13pm. Shall we get a late lunch?"
"Make it a late dinner/late lunch. I've got a hankering for German."
Serafall giggled "Why, Harry…are you planning to seduce me and do evil things to me in Germany?"
Harry shrugged "As I've told the Devils that haven't yet been broken by me…We're devils, Sera…Sinners need to apply. If things happen, things happen; go with the flow when one cannot be the flow. Although, Akeno gets to join in if she so desires."
Serafall blushed "So forward."
"Sinners need not apply."
"I am interested, but not so soon…I'm going to have a lazy day. Serafall-sama, thank you for understanding. Harry, I'm off for a shower…"
It was just after 14:00pm before Harry left the Himejima Shrine, and he left as he arrived in a total state.
(Sirius and Remus apartment)
Harry arrived home with a crunch, pop and a stumble. Startling the two adults and surprisingly Team Rias; sans Akeno. "Harry, where have you been? No calls, no patronus…yes you're the troll of the Underworld, the no-shit king and anime otaku with more power and money than sense." Sirius drawled, before sniffing.
"Harry…you didn't."
"Enough, Padfoot. Now Team Gremory, what can the Master of Pandas and emonium do for you? Need a plague to curse several houses? Boil brains? Stew kidneys? Or even just blessed water pills."
"Does everything coming from you, Harry always have to be mass torture, mayhem and death? Can't we ask you for something fun?" Koneko retorted.
"Mine and your types of fun, Koneko…are two drastically different things. Plus, you're more like the sassy little sister who assists me in trolling the Boob Emperor."
"HEY!" Shouted Issei, only for Hermione to swat him over the back of the head.
"Rias, Harry speaks brashly and truly…Harry, was that necessary to show you were playing hooky with Akeno?" Hermione questioned, hands on her hips and lips pursed. Meanwhile Sirius and Remus were dying with laughter under silencing charms.
"Believe me or believe me not, for your opinions matter not to I; but that idea was not of mine own creation." Seeing the deadpan look on Rias's face, it was clear that she didn't. "Onto, a slightly more concerning note…why are you all here, Dean…Seamus…did you…"
"We helped ourselves to your alcohol. Insincere apologies; considering you did the same and you outdrank us…"
"Yeah, yeah. So, Lady Rias…the Troll is in the house."
Rias sighed "I need you to investigate the White Dragon Emperor and Diodora."
Harry nodded "Anything else?"
"I don't trust Diodora, he…seems…" Rias began.
Harry nodded "Aye, I'll do it. If only for the fact that the way he looked at Asia and Xenovia…Little shit's good at familiar and spying spells. He reminds me a bit of Riser Phenex."
"How so? Kiba told us Harry, how you effortlessly rolled through Riser and his Peerage twice."
"First off, as much as I dislike Riser Phenex; that's based on irritable first meetings and his quite frankly abhorrent style of treating and collecting his peerage. After that fight and I humbled him, his eldest brother told me he'd become a better person…Not much but improved. Diodora…" Harry shivered. "He feels like Umbitch." That caused the spellcasters to wince and shiver.
"Care to elaborate?"
"He feels like an emotionless billboard with negative charms. Coriana Andrealphus and Kuisha Abaddon were both unnerved by him; considering that they're part of easily the strongest Bael Peerage in a while, that's saying something. He feels slimy and I wouldn't trust him quite frankly with Remus and Sirius's dirty laundry."
Rias nodded "So you're willing to assist us."
"I'll investigate but the Spanish Inquisition, I cannot take part of. As Leviathan's minion, I'm bound to a lesser extent to Mao law. I still do contracts etc, but I can't rip spinal cords out through a penis or lungs through an asshole."
Harry dissolved into cackles as the devils turned green "I've still got it."
"Zelretch, please…fuck off."
"How do I fuck off, my good lady?" Harry retorted to Hermione, his eyes rolled into his head as Koneko toe punted him between the legs.
"Stupid troll."
"Koneko, you realise he probably let you do that." Dean commented.
"He can suck it. I know he'll get me back."
Remus had at the point of Harry keeling over, pulled out his phone. He worked for Leviathan as a consultant "Leviathan, Harry's back and temporarily comatose."
"Who hurt my Big Bad Evil?"
"Koneko, something about it being overdue."
"Buuu, but true. Send him to me, he promised me a gaming session with Zechs and Juka."