Chapter 7: The Occult Research Club
Adrian dashed through the mansion, past his father and into the basement,
"GUYS! ARE YOU AL-!" He stopped mid sentence upon reaching the basement, "Uh...is this a bad time?"
Both Calvin and Katrina were just waking up...rubbing their heads...in the same bed...apparently nude. Calvin soon realized how the situation looked, and comically covered his chest with the blanket, with Katrina not only NOT covering herself, but also giving Calvin a raised eyebrow,
"...We didn't...did we?" Asked Calvin nervously. Katrina wore a look of confusion, wondering if they DID do it, and she threw the blanket off herself, keeping Calvin covered, and reached down between her legs, making Calvins eyes grow wide like saucers, and Adrian to look away out of respect. After a moment of digging, she finally withdrew her fingers,
"No, we didn't do it, my heyman is still intact." Calvin laid down on the bed, a sigh of relief escaping his lungs, to which Katrina gave him a glare, and backhanded his forehead as she stood up to get dressed, "I hope YOU at least saw something you liked," said Katrina to Adrian, not even turning to him as she slid panties on herself.
"I...think you're beautiful, if that's what you're looking for," said Adrian. Calvin then gave Adrian a betrayed look, while Adrian shrugged his shoulders at him, and quickly shook his head, "Wait a minute, what am I doing, we got to see if Issei has been brought back to life!" That got the two of them awake, and they quickly dressed in their school uniforms, and dashed out the door.
Once at the school, all three of them began to scout the area, trying to find Issei, until finally, they found him at the foot of the stairs, speaking with Motohama and Matsuda about something, that they weren't believing, amd the three noticed Rias at the top of the stairs above Issei, watching them, and she caught the stare of Adrian and his friends, and made her way up higher till she was no longer visible.
The rest of that day seemed to flow normally, right up until the end, when the three friends decided to meet up on the bridge after school,
"Either of you guys feeling a bit...off today? Or is it just me?"
"My eyes seem to be more sensitive to light than before," said Katrina, and now that he thought about it, Adrian noticed his senses were acting a little different as well. The three then noticed that Issei was running up to them, trying to catch his breath.
"Guys! I think something freaky is going on! The light is bugging my eyes, my hearing is going farther than before, and I mean REALLY far, and no one remembers Yuma at all!"
"Who else knew her?" Adrian asked.
"I introduced her to Matsuda and Motohama," said Issei.
"Why the fuck would you introduce her to those two bastards?" Asked Katrina, bringing a palm to her face.
"I wanted to see the look on their faces," said Issei with a grin. The three glared at Issei, and Adrian rolled his eyes,
"Well I think we should go back to the fountain. We may be able to get more answers from there." After a brief mutual agreement, Adrian fired up his motorcycle, Katrina climbed on the back, and Issei was stuffed into the sidecar.
"Why do I have to be in the sidecar?" Whined Issei.
"Would you rather walk like Calvin?" Asked Katrina, and Issei kept his mouth shut, and the bike sped off, while Calvin dashed up a telephone pole, and began to slide along the power lines, sending electrical currents off the sides, and soon the four had returned to the fountain, with Adrian beating Calvin there.
"What kept ya?" Adrian quietly teased Calvin, who simply flipped the bird discretely.
"So why did we come here again?" Asked Issei, who was wondering how Calvin met up with them so fast.
"We're trying to see if we can get any clues as to what happened last night," said Katrina, still not too fond of the pervert.
"So Issei, what do you remember about last night?" Asked Calvin.
"I remember coming here...and...I SAW BOOBIES!" He shouted, stars forming in his eyes, "My virgin eyes have finally ascended! And now I'm just a few steps short of not being a virgin loser anymore!"
"...With that mindset, you will FOREVER be a loser and a virgin," said Adrian, "Now, we just got to find some clues or something."
WHOOSH!
"Uh, Adrian? Does THAT count as a clue?" The heroes turn around to see two figures,
"I would say good to see you again, but that would be a lie," said Belinda, looking the same as she did the night before, only now she had black streaks going down her face, as if she had been crying recently, and she is now joined by a man in a trench coat and hat,
"These are the four?" Asked the man, who glared at them.
"Yes...and that one should be dead!" Squeaked Belinda, pointing at Issei, who Adrian and company kept behind them.
"You want him, you're going to have to go through us first," said Adrian, forming a massive blade with his right arm, while Katrina already had her blades out, with no time to bring forth her spartan armor, and Calvin summoned electricity in the palms of his hands.
With zero warning, a spear of light drove through Adrians abdomen, burning him from the inside out. With a hiss, Adrian grabbed the seemimgly blazing rod with one hand, holding it steady, and slammed his other hand, in the form of a hammer fist, straight down on it, shattering the spear into a million pieces.
"Impressive...it would seem Wesker wasn't exaggerating when he said you were strong," said the man, "But I'm afraid the light in that spear is a little too much for your devil DNA." Calvin and Katrina shared confused looks with Adrian,
"Devil DNA?" Asked Calvin, "Man what the hell are you talking about?"
"Don't play dumb with us!" Screeched Belinda, "Why do you think your friend isn't regenerating?" All eyes were now on Adrian, and sure enough, the hole in Adrians stomach was still there.
"Hmm...you guys think that Rias may have something to do with this?" Asked Adrian, showing little concern for his wound.
"Rias...Rias Gremory?" Asked the man, his expression turning to one of surprise,
"It doesn't matter to me if you belong to her or not! You will pay for what you did to my Cindy!" Screamed Belinda, and she dived right for Adrian, who casually caught her by the throat with his left hand, and with his blade arm, brought it straight up the middle of her body, right to where her neck connects to her body, and slammed the blade back down, opening her, and quickly absorbing her, leaving no trace of her. Adrian then clutched his head as the memories flooded in, and he saw glimpses of Cindy and Belinda...engaged...intimately...but then something got Adrians attention, an image of Raynare, speaking with a man in a white hood, similar to his own...
The memory ends, and Adrian begins to heal, surprising the man even further,
"Well, it seems Rias has made a decent pick for her house, but let's see if you can survive this!" He brought up his hands, and both Adrian and Issei were trapped inside of a prism of light, with him inside. Katrina and Calvin quickly tried to punch and smash the prism, but to no avail. The man forms a pair of light spears and charged at Adrian, who crossed his arms in front of himself and spawned a shield, blocking the mans attacks.
Calvin and Katrina were still trying to break into the prism, but were not having any luck, until Calvin got an idea, and pulled Katrina a good enough distance away from the prism,
"Throw me at the thing!" He said to Katrina, and she looked at him in disbelief,
"What good will that do?!" She asked, to which Calvin shouted,
"JUST THROW ME!!" She shrugged her shoulders, they grabbed each others forearms, and she spun once, twice, and the third time she threw him full strength at the prism. Mid flight Calvin aimed his feet at the prism, charging a Thunder Drop, and right as he hit the prism, he extended his legs, unleashing a fully charged Thunder Drop to the side of the prism, shattering it right as the man broke through Adrians shield, stabbing him with both spears through the abdomen, and shoving him back with both spears in him.
Adrian shattered both spears like he did with the first, and again, he couldn't regenerate. But instead of falling to the ground, he shoulder tackled the man to the ground, turned his own arms into a black muscular form, and began to pummel him.
Mid beating the man made another spear, and as it was created, it pierced Adrian through the heart. That made Adrian stop, and the man kicked him off, yet the Blacklight Virus Wielder landed on his feet. The man was just getting more frustrated as now Calvin began sending missiles of electricity at him, while Katrina was swinging her blades, ripping up the concrete, forcing him to take flight.
"I've just about had enough of you three!" He bellowed, and created a barrage of light spears, ready to be thrown down. But right as the spears were thrown, a blast of red and black energy flew in from behind the heroes, and destroyed them all with one shot. All eyes turned to the source of the blast, and there stood Rias Gremory, hand glowing red. "I'll teach you to meddle where you don't belong!" Shouted the man, and he threw another barrage of spears, most of which were destroyed by Katrinas blades, but one straggler got through, only to be kicked away by a petite girl in a Kuoh Academy girls uniform. She had white hair with a black cat hair clip, and amber eyes, and a fierce yet calm expression on her face. "I've had enough of all of you!" He dived down, aiming for Rias and her friend, but Adrian leaped in front of them ready to act as a living shield with a spear still in him, and Calvin jumped in front of him, readying a Lightning Vortex, only for lightning that didn't belong to him to rain down from the sky and stop the fallen angel in his tracks. All glance to a dark haired girl with a ponytail, clad in the same uniform as Rias and the short girl, with lightning pulsing in her hand,
"Okay, I am jealous now," said Calvin, crossing his arms and half grinning in admiration. The fallen angel then took a closer look at Rias,
"Wait...you're from House Gremory, aren't you?!" Rias then stepped forward, being careful to avoid the light spear still in Adrians chest,
"I am Rias of House Gremory, and who may you be? Aside from a fallen angel." Adrian, Katrina, Calvin and Issei looked around, wondering how everything calmed down so quick.
"My name is Dohnaseek, and I had no knowledge that these four were a part of your House," he blatantly lied, and the four newest members of House Gremory caught on quick, and shouted in unison,
"BULLSHIT!" Issei then forced himself to the front of the group,
"You already mentioned Rias making a decent pick with Adrian, so you knew about both her AND us!"
"Not only that but your name in itself sounds made up. Is that really your name or are you just fucking with us?" Dohnaseek glared at the conduit,
"I'm not going to waste time arguing with lower class devils such as yourself," he snapped, only for his eyes to widen and barely dodge a soaring light spear, which collided with the fountain, destroying it in a massive explosion, making water fall like rain. Iseei was then distracted as all the girls white tee shirts (save for Katrinas black shirt) instantly became see through, yet everyone else was more focused on where the light spear came from.
They only saw Adrian, who was casually picking at his fingernails, inspecting them, and the light spear lodged in his chest is now gone. Adrian then noticed all eyes were on him,
"I'm sorry, I just heard the phrase 'lower class' and felt like throwing something at a shithead," he said bluntly. Dohnaseek then took off into the air, and called out to the group,
"I will leave you with this, I pray we never cross paths again!"
"Better fucking hope we don't!" Called Adrian, and the fallen angel flew away, dissappearing into the night sky, "And good riddance!" He shouted, and once he was sure the fallen angel was gone, he fell back onto the ground, coughing up blood and spraying it on himself.
"Why the fuck am I not regenerating?!" He screamed at himself, and Rias approached the downed Adrian as Calvin and Katrina tried to help him up,
"Light weapons, including the spears that entered your body, are like poison to us devils. But for now, you need to get some rest so you can be healed properly." Before Adrian could argue, the pain became too much, and he passed out.
Adrian scrunched up his eyes as he slowly woke up in his own bed, feeling surprisingly well rested, and the holes in his body had healed,
Took long enough, he thought, but as more and more of his senses returned, he realized he was naked, and he knew full well he was wearing clothes before passing out. He then turned to his left, and GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY! Rias Gremory was asleep, naked and cuddled up to him, in his bed!
Deciding not to panic or freak out, he slowly slid out from under her arm and out of bed, regenerating his clothes once again, only to hear a soft groan coming from the bed,
"Good morning Adrian," she said, stretching out, and Adrian looked away out of respect,
"Okay, I'm not complaining because you are beautiful, but WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY BED?!" Rias giggled,
"I think it's about time we were formally introduced, my name is Rias Gremory, and I am a devil."
"Adrian Michaels, and no disrespect but I already knew your name, and I already figured out the devil part...or at least the nonhuman part," said Adrian. Rias became curious,
"How did you know?"
"Call it a sixth sense, " said Adrian. Rias smiled mischievously,
"Did you know that I am also your master?" Asked Rias, to which Adrian simply stared,
"No...that fact has eluded me," he mumbled.
"Adrian! You awake yet?" Adrian briefly panicked as he heard Calvin calling for him.
"Fuck me! If he sees you-!" Began Adrian, but stopping to make sure he wasn't staring at Rias, "-He'll never let me hear the end of it!"
"Well, he shouldn't have much room to talk, considering him and Katrina shared a bed as well as us," she said, and sat up in a seated position on the bed, her leg covering her lower area, yet Adrian continued to not look her way.
"How did you know about that?"
"I arranged for all of you to be brought back here after I turned you all into devils, and we brought you back here again last night after you lost consciousness."
"So you stuck Calvin and Katrina in the same bed together? Why?"
"Were they not already a couple?"
"...No, they weren't," said Adrian, shaking his head. Rias brought a hand to his mouth,
"Oh...well that's a little embarrassing," said Rias. There was a knock on the door, which made Adrian jump, and he quickly dashed to the door so it wouldn't open all the way. The door cracked open and Adrian stuck his head out, seeing Calvin trying to come in,
"Adrian, you feeling better after last night?"
"Uh yeah! Yeah, much better," said Adrian, his nerves getting the best of him.
"...Did Rias heal you up all the way? Or what? What happened?"
"Hey Calvin, is Adrian awake?" Katrina called out.
"Yeah but he's acting weird, so I thought maybe he needs more healing," Calvin called back.
"Adrian is fully healed, but I suppose he's a little embarrassed at how I had to heal him," Rias called out, making Adrian squeeze his eyes closed in irritation. Katrina then made her way to the door, dragging Calvin in with her, and both saw the nude Rias on his bed. They both turned to Adrian, with Katrina folding her arms, and Calvin giving him a raised eyebrow,
"Did you...?" Rias giggled some more as she stood up, and started to get dressed,
"No Calvin, we didn't. The only way I could heal him was direct skin to skin contact for an extended period of time. Plus it was already late at night so I decided to stay, and I can only sleep nude."
"Lucky you," said Calvin to Adrian, who recieved a backhand to the chest from Katrina. Rias now had on her panties, and was in the middle of sliding her bra on when she turned her back to Adrian, revealing the open clasp to her bra,
"Adrian, do you mind?" Adrian gulped at the request, but quickly and gently snapped it together. "Thank you." She soon finished getting dressed, and she turned to the trio, now clad in her Kuoh Academy uniform,
"Once school is over for day, there are some friends you will have to meet, ones that you will be seeing plenty of in the years to come."
*
The four of them decided to walk to school, with Adrian wanting to give Calvin a break from dashing around the city on foot. Everything seemed peaceful once they got to school, however, all hell seemed to break loose as everyone else gawked at the fact that Adrian and Rias were walking through the gate arm in arm.
"So, Rias," Adrian began, "When will we see these friends of yours?"
" I will send for someone to fetch you three and Issei once class is over," she said. She then turned to Adrian, and without even a seconds warning, she planted a kiss on his cheek, making his cheeks flush as she walks away.
"Oh! Adrians got a girlfriend! Adrians got a girlfriend! Adrians got a girlfriend!" Calvin teased, dishing out friendly punches to Adrians arm, who simply pushed Calvin away with a half shove and a smile.
Adrian then turned around and instinctively caught a pair of sucker punches from Matsuda and Motohama, making them both break into a sweat as he turned around and judo flipped them onto the hard ground.
"May I help you? " Adrian asked. Both of them hopped onto their feet, steam practically leaking from their ears,
"How did a guy like you manage to get a total babe like Rias Gremory?!" Matsuda shouted.
"The probability of a guy always wearing a hood and hardly ever showing his face getting someone so sweet is minimal! What is your secret?!" Demanded Motohama. Adrian raised an eyebrow, and removed his hood, revealing short black hair, fierce green eyes, and a scar right under his lower lip and off the side of his chin.
" I don't know what you guys are going on about, but maybe Rias sees something in me, and what makes you guys so sure me and her are a couple?" Both of the perverted buffoons grew even more enraged then before, but that quickly ceased when the bell rang, signalling school would be starting, and all five of them had to make a mad dash for class.
"So, do you guys know how soon Mr. Errand Boy is supposed to be here?" Asked Calvin, slowly growing impatient. Class was now over, and Adrian, Calvin, Katrina, and now Issei were all waiting for the one to come and retrieve them. Adrian used his hunter sense, and sure enough, there was a devil about to enter their classroom, in 3...2...1...
A blonde haired boy their age entered the classroom, gaining the attention of seseveral of the female students, to which Issei wispered mockingly,
"Oh great! It's Prince Golden Nuts!" Katrina furrowed her brow,
"What? Did he do something to you?" Her eyes widened when she thought of what it could be, and grinned, "Or maybe it's just because the girls chasing him aren't chasing him with kendo sticks?" Issei glared at the comment, and Adrian stood up to greet him,
"Hello," greeted the blonde haired boy, "My name is Yuto Kiba." Adrian shook his hand,
"Adrian Michaels, and these are my friends, Calvin Hicks, Katrina Lagos, and Issei Hyoudou. I take it you're the one Rias sent to get us?" Kiba laughed,
"I guess she wasn't kidding when she said you were a bit psychic. Would you four mind following me?" Adrian motioned for the others, and Calvin and Katrina rose from their seats.
"Issei, you better come too," said Adrian. The girls in the room, save for Katrina, gasped,
"Yuto Kiba, Adrian Michaels and Calvin Hicks are leaving with Weasel Boy?!" Said one girl.
"Don't do it! You'll all catch pervert!" called a second.
"You'll lose all your friends and smell like moldy meat!" called a third, at which time Issei had had enough,
"Girls, simmer down! I promise to not drain Kiba of any of his pimp juice." All was silent, until Adrian and Calvin both cracked up laughing, while Katrina gave him a look,
"That didn't sound homosexual at all."
Before long the five students were making their way to a building on the edge of campus,
"Welcome to the Occult Research Club," said Kiba.
Once inside they were greeted with old paintings and statues, being seen by several candles littered about the room. The white haired girl from yesterday was seated on one of the couches, and Issei instantly started to pull Adrian aside,
"Bro! That's Koneko Tojo!" He said in a whisper.
"She is a first year student, and a valued member of the ORC," said Kiba. Adrian then stepped away from Issei, and towards Koneko,
"You were the one that helped us yesterday," said Adrian.
"Yep," she said bluntly.
"Well, on behalf of all my friends, let me say thank you," said Adrian, holding out his hand, which Koneko shook, and then began snacking on a chocolate bar. The group then noticed the sound of rushing water, coming from behind a curtian on the far side of the room.
"Your clothes are ready for you Ms. President," and the four newest members saw the black ponytail girl entering the curtain with a set of folded clothes,
"Ah, thank you Akeno," Rias said from behind the curtain.
"I just heard Rias taking a shower! I already love this place!" Issei said with joy, to which Adrian, Calvin and Katrina glared at him. Those looks turned to surprise for both Adrian and Katrina as Calvin stepped in front of him, readying his hands, and right in front of everyone else in the room, gave Issei an electrified titty twister! And with a yelp from the pervert, he lifted him up off the ground by his nipples, and dropped him onto his rear, leaving him to rub his sore nipples.
"I've had enough of your bullshit Issei!" Said Calvin unamused.
"My my! So these must be the newest recruits," said the black ponytail girl, just entering the room, and apparently liked what she saw from Calvin, "My name is Akeno, and I am the Vice President of the Occult Research Club." She then bowed before them, and Adrian and Katrina follwed suite,
"The pleasure is all ours," said Adrian, elbowing Calvin in the process, and making sure he bowed as well. Adrian, Calvin and even Katrina blushed from Akenos presence, yet Issei tried to crawl away, apparently frightened by her. She simply chuckled,
"Don't worry, I won't bite. And everyone else is really nice," she then got closer to the three, "And to be honest, Rias definitely got some cute ones this time around," she said, looking from Adrian, to Calvin, and finally to Katrina, and one by one all of their blushes deepened. Issei was slowly coming out of his shy state around her, until Rias entered the room,
"My apologies for keeping you all waiting," she said, "and now that everyone is here, I think it is time to get started..." everyone then sat down on the couches around the room, "...Welcome to the Occult Research Club."
