Looks like a lot of you were confused from last chapter. I just want to confirm that Sora indeed has the Boosted Gear, which is why Issei isn't showing up anywhere. How did Sora have it? That's what we'll find out soon.

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"Alright, you have a new task for today, Sora. After what happened yesterday, I can't risk another scenario like that happening again." Rias said, putting on a concerned expression while the keyblade wielder stood before her with his usual smile, looking nonchalant as ever.

As soon as Sora returned to the clubroom yesterday, Rias and the others demanded answers about what happened to him after seeing his uniform ruined and missing some parts. The spiky-haired teen quickly explained that he got attacked by another fallen angel by the name of Donhaseek, while also summoning a group of Heartless at his disposal thanks to a 'guy in a hood'. It was enough proof for Rias to believe Sora's theory about an Organization member working with the fallen angels to kill him. He also told them about Donhaseek referring to his keyblade as a 'Longinus', which put everyone in a state of confusion, which is why Sora didn't bother to ask what it is, mainly because it may just be another term to call a 'Sacred Gear'.

However, Sora never mentioned anything about that 'voice' he heard yesterday, mainly because his full attention was directed towards figuring out the identity of the Organization member that was with the fallen angels.

He can focus on that 'voice' he heard from inside him once the fallen angels and that guy in the hood are dealt with.

"Cool! So what am I doing today?" Sora grinned, looking excited for what was to come. After a week of giving out fliers, it was a nice change of pace to be doing something else instead.

"Your first task was to give out fliers to various people around town, now let's move on to the next step." Rias explained, as she held up one of the fliers that he had been handing out for the past week. "For today, you are to form a successful contract with one of the people who took your fliers. But before that happens, you need to learn how to make your own magical diagrams following this symbol. Take a look at how Akeno does hers."

After giving a nod towards the raven-haired girl, Akeno walked towards the side of the room and closed her eyes in deep concentration. Sora watched closely as a red circle appeared from under her and grew up to a meter in circumference, while strange symbols and lettering began to appear on it that he couldn't understand. Multiple ovals drew themselves along the main red circle and making it more complex to the human eye, but the keyblade wielder wasn't like that anymore.

"Wow," he breathed out in awe as Akeno opened her eyes and stood in the middle of the circle. The completed magic circle looked eerily familiar to the ones that Donald can make, and he was sure that he had already made one of these during his adventures. The fact that he was seeing it in another world though, was something that amazed him.

Rias then stood up from her seat and walked up towards Sora. "What you just witnessed is the way on how devils teleport to their summoners, Sora. Using that magic circle, we are able to transport ourselves to the home of whoever summoned us in order to fulfill the contract. The one who summoned you will have a similar magic circle from the fliers that you have delivered for the past few days." she explained, holding up the flier in her hand so that the spiky brunette can see it clearly.

Sora slowly nodded in understanding, crossing his arms in front of his chest. "I get it. It's like a portal, isn't it? Devils use a portal to reach their summoners and right after the contract, they use the same portal to get back."

"That's an easier way of putting it." Rias smiled, before taking his hand in her own. "Now come with me, I'll help you draw a magic circle with your power so that you'll be able to make one on your own in the future."

The boy nodded and was about to follow through with what Rias said before an idea struck him. "Wait, I think I have a better way!" he exclaimed, looking at the flier that his leader held. "Can I borrow that for a second?"

Rias blinked twice for a moment, looking at Sora in confusion. Was he planning to make a magic circle on his own without her help? She didn't really know what her pawn had in mind but in the end, she chose to trust him and see where this would lead to. Who knows? Sora might surprise her once again and she could learn more about the wonders that she had yet to discover about the keyblade wielder.

"If you say so." Letting go of Sora's hand, she then handed him the flier with the pentagram, which he took as he walked towards side of the room beside the magic circle that Akeno created.

Sora then looked at the flier for a moment, closely observing the appearance of the pentagram drawn before holding it close to his chest. He then closed his eyes and summoned his keyblade, pointing it towards the floor as a small ray of light came out of its tip.

Much to Rias' and Akeno's utter disbelief, the very same magic circle from the flier appeared, letters and symbols included as soon as the ray of light hit the floor. When Sora opened his eyes, he had a wide grin on his face upon seeing that he managed to create the red magic circle that Rias wanted him to make. "It worked! Looks like all the time I spent with Donald paid off." he remarked as his keyblade disappeared from sight.

"Ara, Sora-kun…" Akeno muttered, getting over her shock and now having a longing smile on her face. "He's truly something else, isn't he?"

"Fascinating… so his keyblade doesn't just control his normal magic…" Rias noted, a smile also appearing on her face out of pride for her pawn as she approached him. "...it also controls his devil magic now… even if it's a weapon of light."

"How do ya like that?" Sora pointed to himself with a grin as he saw Rias walking towards him. "I figured I could make the magic circle with my keyblade, since one of my friends use them all the time and I think I also did the same at least once in my adventures. I was surprised that it actually worked here!"

"Normally, I would be complimenting you for managing to surprise me yet again with your amazing feats, but unfortunately, your summoner is already waiting for you." she smirked, taking satisfaction at the embarrassed smile that appeared on Sora's face. "Too bad Koneko and Yuuto aren't here to see you… pulling off a miracle once again."

"Oh, right… they're off fulfilling their own contracts." Sora adopted a thoughtful look because when he came to the clubroom earlier, those two were nowhere to be found. Aww, and he was looking forward to spending some time with Koneko-chan playing some games on his phone. Well, regardless, he'll see them later on when he's done with his contract. Anyway, he left his Gummiphone on the couch for her if she comes back earlier than him.

"I assume you already know what to do when you get there?" Rias asked, as Sora stepped into the middle of the magic circle he created.

"Grant the summoner's wish and get something of equal merit in return to sign the contract." he recited, just as the magic circle began to glow and let out a surge of power enough to make his hair waver as if he was caught in a breeze. "You have nothing to be worry about, Rias! I got this!" Sora grinned as he gave the redhead a thumbs-up.

Despite being in two separate incidents that involved the fallen angels recently, Rias couldn't help but believe in Sora's words that he'll be fine. Was it his charm or something? If so, she hoped that he wouldn't change that aspect of him.

"Very well then. Good luck and stay safe, Sora. Come back as soon as you finish your contract, okay?" Rias smiled, as the last thing Akeno and her saw was the sight of the keyblade wielder winking before completely disappearing from their sights.

Rias sighed in her place, looking down at the floor. "I wish my fiancé was like you, Sora…" she whispered to herself sadly.

"You've really taken an interest on Sora-kun, haven't you Rias?" Akeno asked with her usual smile, walking closer towards her friend. The Gremory girl only shrugged her shoulders, unsure of how to answer that question. Akeno then adopted a look of concern on her face, already aware of what was going on in Rias' mind right now. "You know that once he finds out about your current predicament, it wouldn't surprise me if Sora-kun would fight for your freedom."

"While I will be glad that he is willing to do such a thing for my sake, I do hope it doesn't come to that." Rias took a deep breath and walked towards to the couch where she picked up the Gummiphone that the keyblade wielder left there. "Come with me for a while, Akeno. Sona wishes to talk to me about my newest servant."

"Ara, I guess she wants to know the truth about Sora-kun as well…" Akeno mused with a teasing smirk, following her leader as they stepped out of the clubroom. "I wonder how Sora-kun would react when he finds out you told his secret to another person."

"Sona may be cold, but he's someone that can be trusted. I trust that she would keep Sora's secret to herself." Rias retorted with a frown, before sighing afterwards, much to the amusement of her raven-haired friend. "I'll tell Sora about this later on… I can only hope he forgives me." Normally, Rias would not worry about such a trivial thing like this, but she couldn't bear to do something like that to her cute and innocent pawn.

"I'm sure he will, ufufufu…" Akeno teased, causing Rias to scowl at her.

As soon as he teleported to his supposed summoner's home, Sora closed his eyes and quickly cleared his throat so he could introduce himself properly before anything else. Hey if he was going to form a contract with a human, best to be friends with him/her at first, right?

"Hi there! My name is Sora. I'm the devil you summoned through the flier I gave you! What do you need me to do today?" he asked with his usual grin.

"You know, I had a hunch that there's more to you than just being a hero in another world and falling out of the sky a week ago… but I never would've thought that you'd be a devil now, kid." said a voice that Sora somehow knew, causing his eyes to snap open as he saw a familiar brown-haired man sitting on a bean bag chair.

"Azazel…? Y-You're my summoner?" Sora asked in shock. During the days where he delivered fliers to various people, he couldn't remember a time when he met Azazel along the way and gave him a flier… did he, really?

"More or less." Azazel smirked, crossing his arms. "You actually gave me the flier yesterday, but you didn't notice it was me. You were too lost in your own world when I asked how you were doing. I can only guess something interesting happened yesterday for you to be that way."

Sora blushed, knowing that it was true. He was in too much of a good mood while delivering contracts because he was hugged by two na— COMFORTED BY RIAS AND AKENO WHILE HE WAS FEELING DOWN.

Yes, that was the reason! Nothing more, nothing less.

"Focus on something else! Focus on making a contract! Focus on making a contract!" The young boy shook his head furiously to get it out of his mind, reminding himself that those two girls were there to bring him out of his state of despair, and they were successful. Still, it didn't stop him from being embarrassed at the fact that he was being embraced by Rias and Akeno while they were nude.

"Well, enough about that." Azazel chuckled at the embarrassed look on Sora's face. "I'm not gonna ask how you became a devil, that's your secret to bear and I already know too much about you. Let's just get this contract over with."

"A-Alright, so…" Regaining some of his composure, Sora took a deep breath and proceeded to get down to business. He was here to complete a contract and luckily, Azazel was already someone he knew. "What do I need to do?"

"Hmm… I'm feeling too tired to get out of my chair right now. Mind washing those dishes in the sink for me?" the older man asked, pointing to the unwashed dishes by the sink in the kitchen.

Sora raised an eyebrow in confusion. That seemed like an easy task for him to pull off. He was honestly expecting something harder that involved running around town or maybe even getting rid of some Heartless that appeared out of nowhere. Was this how contracts worked? Anyway, the boy went here to do what his summoner told him to do, so he found himself nodding in agreement.

"Uhm… sure, I guess."

While the keyblade wielder was busy washing the dishes, he secretly took a glance at Azazel, who was busy watching television. For some reason, Sora felt that there was more to this than just doing a household chore. "Something's not right here… if Azazel knew that I'm the one making a contract with him, then… he would have me do something more than just washing dishes… or maybe I'm just overthinking it." His eyes then widened as he realized something that Azazel said just earlier. "Wait a minute, he said that he just got the flier yesterday, didn't he? And then… was it just a coincidence that he's the one I have to form a contract with, first? Hmm… I bet there's something more to this… I'm gonna ask after I'm done with these dishes."

Heh, helping out in Little Chef's Bistro didn't just involve cooking skills. After all, a great chef also knows how to clean up the mess he leaves behind!

As soon as Sora was done with the dishes, he headed straight back towards Azazel and sat at the empty bean bag chair across the older man. "Done already? That was quick." Azazel remarked with a smirk. It hasn't even been fifteen minutes and Sora was already done.

"I'm used to washing dishes." Sora grinned with his arms behind his head, before he decided to voice out his suspicion. "Anyway, Azazel… you didn't just summon me here just to do that, right? I'm guessing… there's another reason why I'm here… uhm, am I right…?" He wasn't completely sure about this despite his earlier claims. Who knows? Maybe Azazel was really just feeling too tired to wash the dishes and he needed help.

"Ahh, so you noticed it. Nicely done, kid. You're smarter than I gave you credit for. From what I read in that journal on your phone, you tend to act before you think. Perhaps you're more perceptive than I thought." Azazel said, his smirk widening at the look of surprise that formed on Sora's face.

"W-What?"

The brown-haired man gave him a finger salute. "You were right, kid. I do need to talk to you about two things, and I believe this is something that you'd like to hear."

"What is it?" Sora asked, sounding quite eager all of a sudden.

"First off, do you know that there have been reports about another dimensional rift possibly happening in a few days?" Azazel smirked, while chuckling to himself upon seeing the gobsmacked expression on Sora's face.

"Welcome, Gremory-san, Himejima-san." greeted the long-haired vice president of the student council, Tsubaki Shinra.

Rias Gremory bowed her head in respect before making her way inside, with Akeno doing the same closely behind her. Entering the student council room was just like waltzing into her own clubroom everyday, only that she was here as a guest and not as the President.

"Rias." came the greeting of the girl who sat behind the desk at the far end of the room. She was a girl who looked to be around the same age as the redhead with black hair styled in a short bobcut and violet eyes.

"Sona." Rias greeted back with a smile, sitting on the empty chair in front of the desk. "It's been a while since you called me to your office willingly, hasn't it?"

Sona Sitri, Rias' childhood friend, the president of the student council and a third-year student of Kuoh Academy, allowed a small smile to appear on her face as she waved her hand to make the paperwork stacked on her desk to disappear. "That it has." she replied, snapping her fingers as a chessboard appeared on top of the desk via a blue magic circle. She looked over towards the other members of the student council and sent them a cold look. "Please leave us."

Tsubaki was the first to nod her head and heed her leader's orders, telling the others to leave the room and they did. Rias also turned her head to look at her raven-haired vice president, seeing where this was going. "You too, Akeno."

When it was only the two of them left inside the student council room, they turned their attention to the chessboard as Sona made the first move, due to having the white pieces.

"Do you know why I called for you to come here, Rias?"

"I'm not really sure. Do you mind indulging me with what you have in mind?" Rias answered, moving one of her pawns.

"It's about the newest member of your peerage. Your pawn, Ishida Sora-kun. He… interests me." Sona brought out one of her knights.

"What about him?"

"Momo told me something interesting yesterday. While she was busy handing out fliers, she said something about seeing a young brown-haired boy holding some kind of giant key facing off against a fallen angel in the park ."

"And what does this have to do with Sora?" Rias asked, an amused smile appearing on her face as she moved another pawn forward.

"I am sure that the boy Momo was talking about was your pawn. It helps when another one of your peerage members was there on the scene… I believe it was Toujou Koneko-san, from what Momo told me." Sona used her knight to take out one of Rias' pawns.

"I see. And what is it you wish to know about him?" Rias used her pawn to take out the knight.

"I'm curious to know what kind of Sacred Gear he possesses." Sona used a bishop to get rid of Rias' pawn. "The only details you gave me about him when he enrolled was that he was a powerful human whom you were fascinated with. You never told me anything about his Sacred Gear, but now I'm curious. Is it that giant key of his that Momo told me about? From what my bishop told me, Ishida-kun was able to block weapons of light using it."

"That's the funny thing, Sona. What fascinates me about Sora is the fact that he doesn't have a Sacred Gear." Rias chuckled, bringing out one of her knights.

"Oh? Humor me, then. How can you say that he doesn't have a Sacred Gear? Surely, you won't make the mistake of reincarnating a human without such power."

"Well, before that, would you even believe me if I said that Sora is from another world and that he arrived here through the most recent dimensional rift that happened over a week ago?" Rias smirked upon seeing Sona's lip twitch at the slightest inch.

Sona remained silent for a few moments before making her next move. "I would say that you are out of your mind to even suggest something like that, although that would be hypocritical of me since our world has had its fair share of crazy events throughout history. A teenager travelling here through a dimensional rift is hard to believe, but not impossible to happen."

"So you believe me?" Rias asked, taking out her rival's bishop with her knight.

"Not quite, because I would need proof of your claims, Rias. If your new pawn is really from another world, then you have to present validated evidence for me to see. I will admit that this discussion has become more interesting than what I anticipated, but without any evidence, it is nothing more than a story that would be more suitable for the school paper."

"I'm glad we see eye-to-eye, Sona. But before I show you anything, I would like you to swear that you will not speak of anything to anyone about what you will see from now until the end of this meeting. If word of Sora's secret comes out, I fear for what might happen to him." Rias said with a conflicted expression, remembering how the fallen angels had him in their sights.

"You'll keep it as a secret even from your brother? Whatever Ishida-kun's origins are, you know that you can't hide it forever." Sona asked, genuinely surprised with her rival as she pushed her glasses up.

"I am well-aware that the truth behind Sora shall eventually be revealed in the future, though I don't know how. However, for as long as I can, I will do my best to ensure that his secret would be known to the least amount of people as possible. As of now, the whole Occult Research Club are the only ones who know of his secret."

"You seem to have developed an attachment to your pawn to go through such lengths to protect what it is he has to hide."

"Indeed I have." Rias acknowledged as she sat back and brought out Sora's Gummiphone, opening Jiminy's journal before handing it towards her childhood friend. Sona raised an eyebrow at the somewhat-childish design of the phone before she took it.

"Is this Ishida-kun's phone? I have to say, he really acts like a child despite his age." Sona remarked with the tiniest smirk she could muster, opening up the folder labelled 'Chronicles' and began to read its contents.

"You have no idea," Rias mused to herself. A proud smirk then appeared on her face the moment she noticed Sona's eyes beginning to widen, something that was out-of-character for the normally stoic student council president. "I have to warn you, Sona. It's… quite difficult to stop reading that journal when you've already begun."

And it was true.

Quite miraculously, ten minutes after she began reading, the Sitri girl managed to get the whole gist of Sora's situation and stopped herself from reading into every detail since there was no need to. As soon as she reached the final journal entry about Sora saving his friend Kairi with something called the 'Power of Waking', Sona set down the Gummiphone on her desk and cleared her throat to shift back into her serious and cold demeanor.

"That was… admittedly fascinating," she commented. "There is a lot more to your pawn than just being a powerful human, I admit." Sona couldn't find any other way to describe Rias' newest servant, mainly because too many words would be needed.

"Are you sure you've had enough of reading that journal? You might need more proof of my claim about Sora being a human from another world. I have time to spare, don't worry." Rias smirked, crossing her arms under her bust. "I felt the same way when I read through those the first time."

"There will be no need. What I've seen and read is enough proof to validate your claim." Sona said coolly, pushing her glasses up. The pictures and information she came across were alreadg enough. "Now that I have a grasp on his situation, I have to say that it was foolish and reckless of him to rely on a particular ability too many times, even using it in the wrong way."

"I say that it was heroic of him," Rias shrugged her shoulders. "Not even hesitating to go to such lengths in order to save his friends… that's something that you can't see from anyone these days. For the past week that he has been around, Sora keeps on surprising me and my other servants time and time again. You can say he's a bit unpredictable in a good way."

"Did you reincarnate him solely for his power? From what I read, Ishida-kun lost his powers four times during his journey, only to gain them back in no time at all. Were you attracted to his power that you needed him to help you in your current situation?" Sona asked coldly, fully aware of what Rias was going through.

"At first, yes." Rias sighed and looked away dejectedly. "But after spending time with Sora, after seeing what he is truly like in person, even only for a week, I found myself being drawn to him. I have no clue if it's his personality or demeanor, or perhaps even something else… but he interests me to the point that I want to learn more about him. As you said, there is a lot more to him and he might surprise me again."

"I'm afraid you didn't answer my question, Rias. Do you need him to help you in your current predicament?"

Rias became silent for a few moments before answering. "I would rather prefer it if Sora doesn't have any knowledge of it. I don't want him to get involved in what is supposedly my problem. I'll find a way to get out of this arranged marriage myself."

"Now that's like saying you want him to get involved. In case you forgotten, Ishida-kun is your pawn and a member of your peerage. He will find out about it sooner or later. And from what I read about him, he will do whatever it takes to help you earn your freedom."

The Gremory girl frowned and looked to the side, as she could clearly imagine Sora doing that sort of thing. "What about you? Aren't you interested in Sora as well?" she asked, trying to steer the conversation somewhere else.

"While I do admit that Ishida-kun is a fascinating individual, I'm actually more interested in his so-called Nobody, Roxas." Rias raised an eyebrow at that. Since when did this turn into a discussion about somebody else? She also noticed that Sona's voice somehow changed from serious into intrigue. "According to that journal, Nobodies are the empty shells of people after having been taken over by darkness. It intrigues me that a Nobody like Roxas-san was able to feel human emotions despite being an 'empty shell'."

"What?" Rias voiced out in confusion.

"Never mind." Sona quickly reverted back into her cold demeanor. She didn't need her rival having a one-up on her for being interested in a boy as well. "More importantly, forgive me for my words, why did Ishida-kun even accept your offer to be a part of your peerage and be a devil? Now that he is in another world, shouldn't he be trying to find a way to return home?"

"I keep asking myself that since the day he accepted my offer, Sona." Rias said, taking the Gummiphone from the desk. "I am not sure if I can replicate his exact words, but it was something about doing his duty as a keyblade wielder and protecting this world from darkness."

Sona raised an eyebrow. "Darkness? Would you please elaborate on that, Rias?"

"I am sure you have read about the 'Organization XIII' that Sora has fought against in his world. When he got attacked by one of the fallen angels who made an attempt on his life, she said something about a 'guy in a hood' lying to her that Sora was a human. My pawn has a suspicion that the person she's talking about is a member of that Organization."

"How can that be? Aren't they all gone?"

"That's exactly the same reaction I had until Sora got attacked the next day as well. This time, it was a different fallen angel, and he had a horde of Heartless at his disposal." With that, Sona's eyebrows raised slightly in surprise. "The fallen angel also mentioned a 'guy in a hood' when he attacked Sora. With those two instances and the fact that the fallen angels have the Heartless on their side, it wouldn't be far-fetched to say that one of the Organization members is alive and working with our enemy."

"Interesting… and how does Ishida-kun plan on dealing with this? The Heartless, after all, are his enemy."

"If it comes to that, I will let Sora do what he needs to do. There is no one who knows the Heartless better than him. Our deal is with the fallen angels, and I will make them pay for attacking a member of my peerage the moment I see them."

"What will happen after that? Will Ishida-kun return home when the darkness from this world is gone?"

Rias shook her head. "I don't know. He arrived here through the recent dimensional rift for relying on his power of waking too many times. I'm sure he won't make the same mistake of using it again in the wrong way to try and get back home. Something worse could happen than being exiled from his universe if he does. As far as I know, there is no telling how long Sora would stay in our world, not that I'm taking pleasure from it."

"I see. Speaking of dimensional rifts, you must have heard the recent reports about another rift possibly taking place a few days from now." Sona said, adjusting her glasses.

Rias crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow. "Yes I have, but what does that have to do with this?"

"Since this discussion has become rather intriguing due to the fact that there is a member of your peerage who is from another worldline, I thought this little hypothesis of mine would catch your interest."

"And what is it?"

"This is only a bold assumption, but what if there's another person from Ishida-kun's universe who travels through the dimensional rift should it take place days from now?"

And there we go. Sora does his first contract, while Rias talks with Sona about the keyblade wielder. The keyblade is a really versatile weapon, isn't it? I believe that the keyblade only helps Sora control his magic, because even though he lost it in KH1, he was still able to cast spells. It's only fitting that he uses the keyblade to cast magic circles here. Sona made such a bold assumption in the end, but since you guys know that a few KH characters will appear in the DxD world, it's more of a prediction. Next chapter should be interesting.

Goodbye… and good night! BANG! *too sweet gesture*

-Lance