This happens right before Episode 7 of DxD. Anyway, this is also to get more of the descriptions of the Peerage out of the way. Maybe I can get to the plot sometimes… But now, I'm stuck having to do introductions. Also, I am thinking about changing my upload schedule for my gamer!fic so I have more time to complete and fill out chapters better. Thanks for the support on both of these stories!
I don't own any characters except for my OC.
Rias' POV:
It was nearing the time where I will meet Valefor. I see the minute hand slowly inch towards 12 o'clock. I gripped my dress and continued to flatten it in anxiety. Noticing, Akeno grasped my hand and shook her head.
"You shouldn't be so worried," she whispered, "Nothing worse can happen with him than as with Riser, right?"
This was quite uncharacteristic of Akeno; she must've picked up on my stressed exterior and decided to placate me. I nodded as I stopped fidgeting around in my seat. We had just came out of an ordeal with the Fallen Angels. It wouldn't do to just fall like a house of cards in face of this new adversary. I started to take a deep breath in order to calm myself. Why couldn't he have came earlier? I don't want to go home, just having to immediately go back, so I decided to stay here. But, it's already been half an hour, and I still need to wait for another half. I sighed, this is going to take too long. But what can I do, I'm stuck in this purgatory of thought, paralyzed in decision. Do I meet this new enigma or not?
The ORC door slammed open with a resounding thud and my peerage tensed near me. How cute. I sighed, I already knew who it was.
"Rias-chan!" my big brother hollered, "I have come to see the Valefor boy! Why didn't you tell me? I had to hear it from Serafall who heard it from Sona that he was coming here!" He pouted at me before launching himself to hug me. Luckily, Grayfia was trailing not so behind him and grabbed him by the ear. I gave her a thankful look as she dragged him to the corner in order to berate his shameful behavior.
"Wh-who was that?" Issei asked in shock at the Sirzechs appearing out of nowhere.
"Sirzechs Lucifer-the most powerful demon of the underworld and one of the four Maous-otherwise known as my older brother." I sighed, already mentally preparing myself for his antics. Sona, who was hiding behind me, looked around and sighed in audible relief.
"At least my sister isn't coming." The rest of her peerage also sighed in relief, most of them remembering the current Leviathan's overbearing character.
"SOOOOOOOOOOOO-Tan!" a blue blur sped across the room and went to body tackle Sona, who simply sidestepped the charge while groaning in audible misery.
"Hello, Sera-tan." The Sitri heir miserably grumbled with her hand palming her face.
"Since Valefor-sama is coming from a different dimension and hasn't been here for centuries, I was called to greet him as the Leviathan of the Underworld and inform him of any new changes to Devil Culture that may have arisen within the last 2 centuries… give or take." She happily cried, while she once again went for another glomp attack on her sister.
"Well, take a seat, all of you," I announced abruptly, cutting off the Leviathan's increasingly more intimate approach to Sona. I looked behind me to notice both Asia and Issei looking stunned. It was probably a shock to the, as they just saw two of the strongest devils in the Underworld act like total sis-cons. I can feel whatever respect that I had garnered form the two wither away. Luckily, the rest of my peerage had already met the two and are therefore not fazed by the harrowing ordeal.
This is why I wanted to go to a normal Human High School! To avoid my brother's overbearing nature. But noo, he followed me back up to the surface at the slightest hint of danger. I want to become an independent girl that doesn't need someone OP overlooking my life.
Current troubles temporarily were forgotten as I brooded over my brother's overprotectiveness, I crossed my arms and went back to watching the clock with a newly rekindled intensity. I hope that my heaven-be-damned fiance comes soon or I'm going to kick his ass. As I fumed, everyone around started to cautiously avoid me, except Serafall and brother, who continued to glomp their respective siblings. Sona then looked at me and held up a chess set, "A game?"
I looked at it, remembering how many times Sona has defeated me in this game of strategy. I nodded as the two of us started to set up the board and start another game of chess.
Janus's POV:
The purple portal hummed through the air of the dark basement. Looking around, my devil night vision allowed me to locate the light switch, to which I flicked it open. The light bulb flickered on, revealing a pool table, a couple of couches and a plasma television screen mounted onto the wall. My whole peerage, excluding Shirou and Erza, has already settled in or had left the basement to explore the rest of the manor. Taylor decided to stand next to me as my queen.
She wore a grey turtleneck sweater and faded jeans. She also had a yellow and black jacket that she would frequently keep the hood on. She had D-size breasts, a huge upgrade from her previously almost non-existent size. In fact, she would try to flaunt it in the face of women with lesser sizes. She slowly began to regain a more cheerful yet sarcastic disposition towards life without the "Shard" enforcing a conflict-inducing personality onto her.
I looked at the rest of my peerage, having already connected to the bounded fields that were attached to the house. Blair is pretty much like her normal self. A purple cat with a chibi expression and a whirly tail. The only difference in that form is that her devil wings are permanently attached to her while she remains a cat. In her human form, she wore a skimpy witch's outfit with her hat, Zukun. She would often indulge in her lust and sloth, constantly lazing about on my lap and shoulder.
In addition, she would try to get into my pants with every chance that she got. In cat form, while lying on my lap, her paws would "accidentally" wander underneath my pants. It gets a little annoying after a while as I had to constantly bat them away.
Ryuko still wore her sailor girl uniform, Senketsu, and she now decided to also wear a false Admiral's cap of the same dark blue and red color palette. In addition, she managed to bond so well with her kamui that he is now capable of transforming into multiple types of clothing. Her tentacle fetish has also hit a new peak, which is disturbing in itself. After watching a certain cartoon made by ZONE, she took it upon herself to reenact that scene with Senketsu, in the living room of all places. Poor Shirou was never the same when he walked in with his weekly bag of groceries.
Worst of all, I can't tell what the two talk to each other about, as Senketsu is technically considered her familiar. I would absently wonder why Ryuko would start to laugh raucously at random times, but also not when she starts to giggle pervertedly in my direction with her gear-shaped eyes. I hope it wasn't about the stupid Magical Girl Tentacle scene she tried to reenact.
And there is Kaneki. Well, he was extremely thankful when I rescued from Jason's tortuous clutches, even if I was a devil. I was incredibly lucky that Jason wasn't around, seeing as he was hunting around for some human prey, when I was summoned by Kaneki. I don't know if I would have been able to react in time for his probable interception. When I showed him the anime that chronologued his life as a half-ghoul, he agreed to my assessment that it's good that he was no longer in Jason's clutches. Apparently, he had not been under Jason's sessions enough in order to meet Riza. He had still wanted the Kakuja, citing that it is a powerful defensive ability. So, Kaneki and I took a quick jaunt through one of the more unorganized Wards in an alternate reality to quickly butcher some ghouls. It took him about 20 ghouls to be able to activate it. I was forced to knock him when he activated it due to the madness that it inflicted, almost causing the destruction of the training room. It took long hours of practice, but he was finally able to keep the Kakujo active without succumbing to its madness for at most 20 minutes.
His hair was a mix of white and black. His fingernails were already black, as they had to be regrown too many times already. He also insists on continuing to wear his Anteiku server uniform, which I had to yoink from an alternate reality. In addition, he kept on an eyepatch and acted like my pseudo-butler, despite my constant refusals.
Speaking of doing a duty that I never designated, Itachi is still acting as my shadowy bodyguard. Despite my constant refusals, he still insists on protecting me as service to bringing him back to life. Sometimes, I manage to get him to do some recreational, such as chess, but he would always be back to his designated location at my shadow after brutally dissecting a board. He even took it upon himself to learn shadow magic in order to more effectively hide his presence from others. His Presence concealment is so good that he was somehow able to hide from my bounded field. He wears a standard ANBU battle armor set along with a Karasu ANBU mask. The most astonishing thing was that the metal protector that he wore on his bicep now shows the Valefor crest instead of the Konoha Leaf. I once asked him why he changed symbols, and he responded, "You are my new master, seeing how I am part of your peerage, right? Therefore, I must wear your symbol."
On the plus side, one of his few hobbies is taking care of a family of crows he had found along with Ruby Toujou, who has a crush on him. When the crows from his contract found out that he can now fly on his own thanks to his demonic wings, they were strangely pleased by this. They agreed to teach him Crow Senjutsu, as it requires its practitioner to float in the air and clear his mind in order to absorb nature energy. He managed to learn this art within 2 weeks, one day to learn how to clear his mind and the rest on gathering Nature Chakra safely. Fuckin Prodigy, indeed. He can only hold Sage Mode for 15 minutes and also had to remain constantly in the air, but he had gained insane chakra reserves and strength during that time frame. I warned him that he should be cautious in gathering nature chakra in certain worlds as pollution is a common occurrence in most worlds ruled by man.
Ruby Toujou was luckily not a true fangirl. Sure, she had her crush on Itachi, but she doesn't force it on Itachi, chase after him in an obnoxious manner nor work only to impress him. It helps that they were able to keep their conversations focused on crows. She wore something that isn't ordinary for a secretary. You know, business slacks and a business outfit. She also decided to wear a frame of fake glasses that are able to act as a conduit for her magic. However, she has a huge BDSM fetish. I mean, her ultimate move is to literally chain herself and therefore empower herself. Anyway, she started to learn more magic from Zelretch and I's extensive collection of magic books, probably to help Oyakata prepare for her classes. Oyakata had managed to get a teaching position in Homunculus Magic, apparently, her sunflower monsters were homunculi.
Seras decided to retain the British police uniform that she had since her death. She mostly bothered to exercise and practice some of her vampiric magic and might. She also got bored at times and played around with unloading a machine gun into a dummy, that is magically enforced, causing it to explode. She is also taken to saying "Bitches love Cannons!" after I showed her Hellsing Abridged. She would often experience moments of puppy love as she would look at Alucard adoringly and moments of extreme laughter at the ridiculous statements of the alternate Alucard.
Finally, there is Akame. Who really hasn't changed. Still the same Akame who wears a schoolgirl uniform with frills. I think that's what it is? I'm not totally sure. Anyway, she is still eating meat twice her weight and burning it off immediately. Murasame lays by her feet as she munches down on piles of roasted ham with flecks of meat on the side of her mouth. I threw a towel at her.
"Clean up. You do realize the main purpose of this visit is to meet Rias Gremory? You can continue eating after, just bring some food for the trip." I responded to her shocked face. She then realized what I said and nodded sheepishly, grabbing a styrofoam box to place some meat into.
"Okay guys." I clapped my hands, "It's time to meet her. I don't know if there are resistance to my marriage with her, so that will mean that I need to come in with a show of force."
"Sure thing, taichou." Ryuko calmly got up from her armchair as she was previously playing Smash Melee on the console.
The rest wordlessly filed out of the house with him and groaned as sunlight smacked them in the face.
"Why are devils essentially photophobic?" Taylor complained, rubbing her eyes. "I just want to go back to sleep."
"Because we're primarily nocturnal." I said, "Now, where is Kouh?"
I asked around a couple of the locals before we were directed to a large campus. Now where is the old school building-huh, that was easy. I noticed a sign that read "Old School Campus". I shrugged and the group walked towards the building.
Rias's POV:
It's almost 3:00 PM, and Valefor still hasn't arrived yet. You know what, I'm going to go take a shower, I feel a whole lot calmer when I soak myself.
"Akeno," I informed my Queen, "I'm going to take a shower." Akeno nodded to my remark as Issei suddenly started to bleed from his nose. Koneko looked perturbed at Issei's antics while I chuckled at it.
"This'll help me relax." I thought as I pushed the shower knob to the hot side. Steam started to fill the shower stall as the hot water drizzled down my body. It never bothered me that people are concerned about my nude body-seeing that the Gremory family is nudist. Issei is probably looking in my general direction with a perverted expression on his face while my brother will be looking at him with a terrifying expression on his face. Some may see that expression as disgusting, but I can't help but find it endearing. Even then, it does get tiring when people only notice her breasts.
The alarm ward over the campus triggered in a blare of noise to my senses. I immediately jumped out of the shower, dried myself off with a simple spell and hastily donned my clothes. I noticed that everyone was already looking at the doorway with apprehension as I left the shower stall. Koneko sniffed the air and seemed to be both shocked and confused at the odors present, instilling more caution in the rest of us.
The door opened to reveal a black and white haired butler. I think it is one, but this is most likely in order to introduce Janus. He's probably some stuck up jerk if he's going to get his butler to introduce him
"Greetings." he began, either ignoring or being ignorant of the tension thick in the air, "Janus Valefor and his Peerage will be arriving. I hope sir knows when his servant wants to help him." Oh, it's good that the Valefor isn't that arrogant. But, wait… peerage? Don't devils needs to register with-
"AJUKA!" Sirzechs yelled, savagely punching the air above him, "That bastard! He didn't bother to tell me that the Valefor house is alive?! I thought we were friends, camaderies in arms, brother from another mother!" He started to stomp around and mutter darkly under his breath.
The Valefor, maybe 18 years old, entered the room next. He awkwardly looked at everyone, who were either glaring at him or keeping a neutral expression. "Is this the right room?" he asked, "Nevermind, hey guys, come in!" He looks...nice. He had dark brown hair, bordering black, that appeared windswept, probably from flying over here, and emerald eyes. In addition, there is also a gemstone earring on his left earlobe that seemed to constantly shift in color and pulsed with magical power. He wears a dark green hoodie and black pants along with what appears to be a knife strapped to the left side of his leg. When I looked at him, he looked right back at me, barely drifting down to look at my breast. That's nice to feel, knowing that there is someone that will look at you with something other than lust.
His peerage then followed in. The first person to follow was a brunette with wide-rimmed glasses and wore a grey turtleneck. She appeared to be keenly observing the atmosphere as she flinched unknowingly to the magical presence of brother and Serafall. She also had a couple of Locusts on her shoulder for some reason, it may link to a Sacred Gear or her species.
The next one wore a sailor's costume with an Admiral's cap. She has a distinctive red bang on her overall navy blue hair. She also carried this absurdly large metal case that was slung over her bag like it was some backpack. I can feel a parasitic presence within her judging from how her magic keeps fluctuating as it constantly shifting from her having some to not having some according to my senses. I wonder if that is okay for her. I then paused again, looking at the distinctive dress of a certain anime character. However, she looks an awful like Ryuko Matoi…. Is she an anime fan or is it something larger?
The following member of his peerage stepped in. She had raven-black hair and wore a secretary uniform with chain bracelets jangling on her wrists. She was holding a clipboard and was muttering something about marriage laws. Issei and Akeno looked at her in interest and lust, whether at her chains or breasts, I don't want to know.
After her, there was someone who I think is a vampire, seeing as she has crimson slitted eyes. She wore a tan police uniform and had breasts almost the same size as mine. My arm started to push my breasts up, the Valefor looked at me in a humoring expression on his face. I dropped my arms and glared at the vampire. She was cleaning an Enfield with an oiled rag while walking in. Her breasts bounced up and down along with her gait. Issei's nose started to bleed as his head started to follow the deadly armaments of the vampire.
There was also…. A cat with a comically wide witch hat and devil wings dozing on a floating pumpkin as it drifted into the room. Is that really part of his peerage, I don't know any cats that have devil wings. It yawned cutely as it apparently woke up from its cat nap. But then, the cat started to leer at Kiba, who looked at it apprehensively. Maybe it is not a cat?
I then noticed Kiba and Koneko looking at whoever came behind the cat in shock and intrigue. I turned back to see the next person. She was eating a foam plate filled with a small tower of meat. What? I gaped at the ridiculous sight of the thin girl and her meat. I watched in awe and disgust as she another slab of meat disappeared into that impossible void of a mouth. By her side, there was a black blade that leaked barely restrained bloodlust. The black-haired girl paused before taken another piece and looked at us as if she was dissecting us for meat. I shivered, I hope that she isn't a cannibal.
"So…. hey." the Valefor lazily waved. Sona, both of our peerages, Sirzechs and I all facefaulted the exclamation. Serafall was already shaking Janus's hands enthusiastically. "It's nice to meet the scion of Valefor again. Do you know who I am?" she babbled as she released his hand.
"Yes." he replied, "Ajuka told me about most of the relative information of modern Devil Society. But, right now, I am supposed to meet a Rias Gremory?" He looked at me, his glance lingering on my eyes a little bit longer.
Grayfia, being her normal maid self, wordless pointed at me as I walked gracefully forward to him, if I didn't trip over nothing somehow. "Am I that nervous?" I panicked as I fell to ground.
I was caught swiftly by Valefor in his arms, who was closest to me at the time. I felt my cheeks heat up as my brother was loudly brooding and Akeno was giggling in the back. He looked sheepish at whatever expression was on my face and helped prop me back up.
I guess that he's a gentleman, or he is faking it. However, I doubt that Riser would even give the courtesy of being helpful, probably going to be his lusty and narcissistic self. He waved his hand and 8 chairs were dropped out of a dark purple portal. Serafall stared at the portal with undisguised enthusiasm, probably wondering how she can turn the portal frame into a light blue color for her Magical Girl show. The underworld was never capable of interdimensional travel due to its inherent dangers, but the Valefor can just casually pull portals that can go across universes out of nowhere? I see that he may be powerful, I mean, dimensional magic is powerful any way you look at it, even a pocket inventory is still extremely useful.
"You probably know that I am Janus Valefor, sole heir of the Valefor Family," he said as he sat down on the chair. "These are Taylor Hebert, my queen; Ruby Toujou and Blair, my bishops; Ken Kaneki and Seras Victoria, my rooks; and Ryuko Matoi and Akame, my pawns." he pointed at each of the his peerage as they greeted us. Those names remind me of someone…. Or something.
"Wait just a minute" my cute pawn loudly exclaimed while rudely pointing at Ryuko, "You're that chick from that boobfest of an anime!" When he made that declaration, said recipient of the declaration smacked him with a toothpick that she was previously using to her pick her teeth.
I looked back at the peerage in shock, finally realizing just who they were reminding me of. Other than the Hebert, I can identify the rest of the peerage from specific Japanese Animations. Sona then paled, looking at Taylor, "By the Morningstar's darkness, you're the main protagonist of Worm!" and started to slowly back away from her.
Janus's POV:
Rias really is a beautiful woman. My Greed keeps on flaring in want whenever I look at her, but I forced an expressionless look on my face. A devil's sins are always amplified in one of them, and apparently, my Greed knows no bounds, sigh. I think I need a pool of gold or maybe go gallivanting in a world like One Piece for treasure. This was also not helped by the somewhat kind personality that she portrays, especially for a devil. Sure, she has her lustful and greedy moments, but she still acts as an overall nice and pleasant person to be around.
Of course, it didn't help that Blair also transformed into her witch form and started flirting with a blondie, who I presume to be one of Rias's peerage. The white haired girl is looking at my bishop with her hackles raised like a cat. Maybe, she is a cat. And me, I just sat down an grabbed a bag of popcorn from my hammerspace to watch the chaos as the devils realize that my peerage is comprised of fictional beings.
The other devils had finally stopped panicking and order started to reinstate itself in the room. And….. they finally realize that most of my peerage has a kill count attributed to their name. Rias awkwardly smiled, probably terrified of what my peerage would do if I ordered them to. "S-so, you watch anime?" Rias nervously chuckled as she looked at my peerage. Her gaze lingered the longest on Kaneki, no doubt thinking about his species' cannibalistic urges.
"Yes. I do watch anime." I answered tersely, a little annoyed that they're apprehensive about only one man in my peerage, when the rest are just as deadly, well maybe not Blair or Ruby.
"Now stop looking at Kaneki as if he's going to eat you all. His physical body had transformed to resemble more like a Devil than like a Ghoul, so he doesn't have the urge to dine on human flesh, he really only needs it in order to feed his Kagune. The rest are also not going to kill you right now, so there is no need to worry." They all released a sigh that they were all holding.
Rias continued, "My name is Rias Gremory, daughter of the Gremory Pillar. I would like to introduce to you my peerage. My queen, Akeno Himejima. My bishop, Asia Argento. My rook, Koneko Toujou. My knight, Yuuto Kiba. And my pawn, Issei Hyoudou." She pointed at each of her peerage members as she named them. Akeno gave me a flirty wink. Asia gave me a nervous wave. Kiba gave me a respectful nod. Koneko's face displayed impassivity. And Issei had the expression of both a confused and territorial man.
A black-haired she-devil then came forward in order to introduce herself. "Greetings, my name is Sona Sitri. My queen, Tsubaki Shinra. Momo Hanakai and Reya Kusaka, my bishops. Tomoe Meguri, my knight. Tsubasa Yura, my rook. And finally, Genshirou Shinji and Ruruko Nimura, my pawn." I guess that both of them introduced their peerage by Western standards since I did so. Anyway, I didn't really pay that much attention to the introduction, I only caught the name Sitri.
Next, the clearly strong devils in the room introduced themselves as Sirzechs Lucifer, Serafall Leviathan, and Grayfia Lucifuge. I nodded respectfully and shook each of their hands.
"Now that the pleasantries are over with." I questioned, "how and why did you find that marriage contract, Lucifer-sama."
Rias piped up, "My brother found it in one of the old records room and used it to allow me to escape a loveless marriage."
She has a good brother. I'll admit to the fact that she is hot, so I guess that I'll stay attached to her. In addition, I can't just let some lech do whatever he wants to such a cute girl.
"Are you satisfied with the arrangement, miss Gremory?" I asked.
"It's better than being with Riser."
Issei then piped up angrily, "Now hold up bastard. I can't let you add Buchou's glorious breasts to your harem of cute anime girls! I'll protect that with my life." He pointed at me.
I can't even. So, I started to burst into laughter as the rest of his peerage mates face-palmed at his bullheadedness. My peerage started to giggle at the ridiculous conviction in his voice.
"We were all picked at the worst points of our lives or at an alternate version of your 'canon' where everything went to shit. Did you forget that most of our stories were dark?" Taylor spoke up in a monotone voice while a frown is set on her face. The locusts on her shoulders started to hum menacingly, so I scooted my chair away from her. I still remember the last time she blew up on someone, that village was never able to regrow their crops in time for winter. I had to literally grab fertile soil and seeds from a different world to fix it. The curses…. Oh the amount of curses in the soil terrified me.
Issei shrank back as he looked at my peerage, most likely remembering their stories. Well, except for Blair, who is just a cat that just decided to join me.
"You know." I stated, "I would like to meet this Riser guy and see what he is like. If he is like who you describe him to-"
A circle with the Phenex symbol appeared and a blond devil appeared from it along with his peerage.
"Riser would like to demand why his marriage contract with Rias Gremory was cancelled." The blond shit forcibly asked, looking at Sirzechs with a stink-eye. Okay, nevermind, this guy is a piece of shit. My peerage looks at him disgusted as Rias and her peerage looked at him annoyed, excluding Issei.
"Riser asks who are you, lowly peasant." he asks as he points at me. Wow, not even checking to make sure he didn't insult a fellow noble.
"Riser Phenex," I began, "My name is Janus Valefor. It appears that my family's marriage contract with the Gremory house has superseded your own, however, I'll give you a fair chance and challenge you to a Rating Game. Ain't I nice?" I waved my hand at his purple face, as he realized that I stole Rias away from him.
"I accept. We will do battle in week's time." the arrogant blond curtly bit out, his face full of loathing and he immediately stalked back out of the room.
"I guess that I get to fight for Rias's hand. Don't worry, fair lady," I mischievously grinned, "You'll get to see what this rogue can do." I decided to forgo my previous plan of apathy, might as well endear this group to me. I did a two-finger salute as my peerage and I fell backwards into a portal that I spawned lying on the floor.
After the portal closed before us, I saw Rias's face was hanging open in shock.
"So." Ryuko lazily began, "Can I go see Zelretch? I might as well tell Shirou and Erza that we have a war game to play. I want to beat that chicken wing myself." She started to laugh as she leaned against her blade case.
"Sure. Sure." I said as she waltzed over to the red-framed portal. I walked to my study and grinned. I wonder what the birdy is going to bring to the fight because he is going to have one hell of a time with Dimensional Demon. I started to laugh demonically and stopped. That nickname is retarded.
Okay. So this was pretty much the next part to the meet&greet for the fanfiction. Simple. So, see you next time!
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