Chapter 1

"Father! Welcome home, i didn't know you were back from your trip yet! I'm so happy to see you!" The voice of a young child called out before the owner of said voice jumped into his father's waiting arms.

"I just got back Shiage, i'm happy to see you too. However there is something i wanted to ask you." The man said as he put his four year old son down and ruffled the child's black hair.

Shiage looked up at his father with his dark pink eyes, an uncommon trait that the two shared. "You can ask me anything dad! Name it!" The excitement in his voice was so obvious that anyone could have seen it.

The man smiled and pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose a little, making the light glare off of them. "Do you mind helping me in an experiment i've been wanting to try? I can't do it alone and i think you are just the perfect person to help me. What do you say my boy?

The child's eyes widened before he gave his father a large toothy smile and started jumping excitedly in place. "Hell yeah, i'm going to finally help papa with his research! Score one for me!" He exclaimed with his outstretched arm in a peace sign.

"Hahaha, i take that as a yes then...but son what have i told you about cursing?" He said with a dark malevolent miasma brewing behind him. The boy gulped and put his hands over his mouth.

"My memer maid mamyming (i never said anything)!" The boy called out with his hands muffling his voice. The man laughed and put his hand on his son's tiny shoulder.

"That's a good boy. But i need you to promise me something, promise that no matter what you will do as i say for the duration of this experiment. With no questions asked and no complaining. Alright?" The boy nodded furiously with a fire in his eyes.

"Good then come with me, it's about time you got to see the lab in person." The man smiled.

Together they walked off out of the large mansion located in a secluded region of Japan and made their way into the nearby forest.

SMHM

[13 years later]

Kuoh academy, a large all girl's school turned co-ed roughly three years ago. This place of learning houses many types of students ranging from primary school all the way into their college division classes. Despite having a new building built whenever the academy started letting those of the male gender in, the old building still stands proudly on the property.

Just in front of the main gate to the campus grounds was where a seventeen year old male by the name of Sora Inzei stood with a scowl on his face.

Sora was a tall and lithe male with short deep maroon hair that had side bangs on either side of his forehead and a single strand of hair sticking up in the back. His face had a long scar that reached from just above the inner edge of his right eyebrow and continued until the space between his eyes before traveling down to his left cheek. The teen was wearing the standard uniform of the school consisting of a black blazer with white accents over a white, long-sleeved button-down shirt with vertical linings, a black ribbon on the collar, matching black pants, and brown dress shoes.

None of that seemed to matter to many until they got close enough to see his cold, faded, dark pink colored eyes. The very second anyone caught his gaze they immediately fled like deer during a hunt. It was just something about him that told everyone that this was not a person you wanted to be around for your own safety.

The teen shifted from one foot to the other while loosening his collar to let in more air. He didn't quite get why he needed to wear this stupid suit in the first place, it's not like he was going to be in any classes and he definitely didn't like wearing the damned thing. But his king insisted the he at least look the part when going on campus if nothing else.

Sora shook his head to loose his thoughts and glanced up at the property that he was...persuaded, to become a part of alongside his so called king. Normally he would have refused such a request or at the very least would have put the person through a very painful death, but his king had grown on him over the years. He didn't like his master, oh no not at all, but he at least tolerated her presence now.

'Besides i suppose that i owe her this much for helping me out.'

Not that the teen particularly cared about that little fact, but Sora never liked to leave his debts unpaid. After all it was and would continue to be one of the only reasons he actually listened to her orders instead of telling her to shove it. A claim that very few could say they could make.

But one could stand around for hours discussing Sora's disposition towards most - if not all- living beings. The teen cracked his neck to the side and grunted as he moved onto the school grounds. Places like school were never really something in the pink eyed teen's mind, he honestly thought they were absolutely useless in the grand scheme of things. Seriously just look at him, Sora never went to school a day in his life but he turned out great, smart enough to breeze through this place if he had to - though that might have something to do with his upbringing in the home of a scientist that was years ahead of his peers.

Sora would never admit it to anyone, because of his feelings towards the subject, but even he thought that the man that helped give him life was smarter than most could ever dream.

Idly he glanced around at the entirety of the main grounds, he was supposed to meet his king in the Occult Research Club if he remembered right. A fitting cover Sora supposed, if anyone ever saw something unusual they would just shrug it off as the members doing their thing.

After walking around for a while the maroon haired teen could only notice a few points of interest. The school building old and new, the multiple sports fields, and two male humans running away from what appeared to be a pack of angry females - who were wielding the standard shinai and bokken for kendo.

Needless to say the males didn't escape the fury of their feminine hunters.

While it was funny to see, it brought him back to his biggest problem with going to this school or any other for that matter. The one in this town, and every last one in the human world was inhabited by that which would eventually claim his life, just like they did for-

No, best not to go off on a tangent again, besides it wasn't like he would actually have to hang around. He only needed to be here when called upon. Speaking of being called upon, he decided that he had procrastinated enough for one day and moved on to where he was told the club room was.

Now if only he could remember where she told him to go...

SMHM

Finally it seemed as though he had found the right place after having listened in a conversation between two students - as well as the subsequent following of said students - about the ORC's place of refuge. So as it was now he was just gazing up at the old school building and wondering why his king needed such a big place for a hideout.

Seriously she could have gotten the same effect with the gym or even an underground bunker, but no she just had to get a freaking two story building with a clock-tower!

Sora shook his head at the needlessness of it all, at least it showed that she was still a pampered rich girl like he remembered. She never really acted like one though now that he thought about it, more like someone that was content with what they had but wouldn't hesitate to get what she absolutely wanted. If that made any sense.

Shaking his head once more he opened the main doors and stepped through.

What met his view once inside the actual clubroom was a wood-paneled room with Victorian-style couches and chairs along the walls. On one side seemed to be a type of shower - he knew his king was more than ok with showing off her body. Finally on the floor was a large spinning magic circle with the Gremory crest inside - which was used solely for teleportation.

Turning to face the devils in the room, he locked eyes with his king. Much to his secret joy he could practically feel the annoyance rolling off her.

Rias Gremory, one of "the Two Great Ladies" of Kuoh, and the most desired and lusted after girl on campus by many people's standards. She was a beautiful young woman in her late teens with blue-green eyes and a buxom figure. Her most distinctive feature had to be her long beautiful crimson hair that reached down to her thighs, with a single hair strand sticking out from the top. Her hair also had loose bangs covering her forehead and side bangs framing her face. She was wearing the standard female uniform for the academy which consists of a white long-sleeved, button-down shirt with vertical linings, a black ribbon on the collar, a black shoulder cape and matching button-down corset, and a magenta skirt with white accents.

This beautiful young woman also just so happened to be the maroon haired teen's master.

"It looks like you finally showed up Sora. Care to explain why you are so tardy today."

"You never said that i had to be here at any specific time King, just that i needed to be here today. You have only yourself to blame."

The redhead just kept up her look of annoyance before sighing and waving to the large sofa in the middle of the room. Following the gesture he finally got to see the people he was to be stuck with for the rest of his unknown amount of time in Kuoh.

He knew two of them from their looks alone from when his king was trying to originally sucker him into joining. She told him all about the two of them in great detail. He still wasn't sure why - did she think that he was going to come running for some attractive looking girls? Don't get him wrong they were both beautiful in their own right, but still they weren't anywhere near enough to coerce him into helping for even an instant. Only a fool would do that for a pretty face...or three.

The first was Akeno Himejima, the second great lady of Kuoh Academy and Rias's best friend. She was a beautiful young woman with a voluptuous figure around the same age as Rias with very long black hair and violet eyes. Her hair was tied in a long ponytail, reaching all the way down to her heels with two strands sticking out from the top and sloping backwards, with an orange ribbon keeping it in place. The girl had a pleasant and serene smile on her face as she looked at the newcomer, and from what Sora could tell she seemed to radiate two different types of power - though one was very well hidden - strange.

The second was Koneko Toujou. A petite girl of about 15 years of age with white hair and hazel eyes. The front of her hair had two long bangs going past her shoulders and several loose bangs hanging over her forehead, while the back had a short bob cut. She also wore a black cat-shaped hair clip on both sides of her hair as well as the standard girls uniform sans the cape. As was described by Rias the girl was giving him an impassive gaze with an absolutely blank face.

Oddly enough he could feel a large wave of happiness running off of her as she bit into a cookie...

The other two he did not recognize from her talks but never-the-less he knew they were from his king's peerage. Why the hell else would they be here? One was leaning against the wall and the other was sitting on one of the chairs and from the looks of it he was trying to look up Rias's skirt. Which in hindsight wasn't all that hard to do with how she positioned herself.

The one leaning against the wall straightened himself out and tried to give a charming smile to Sora. "Hello, my name is Yuuto Kiba a second year at Kuoh and President's knight. It's a pleasure to meet you."

The teen - now known as "Kiba" - was an admittedly good-looking young man with short blonde hair, grey eyes and a mole under his left eye. The teen had an odd aura about him and it confused the new arrival quite a bit. But for the most part he seemed like just another pretty boy who held a special place in all the little fanboy/fangirl hearts at the school. Although the bit about him being Rias' knight was interesting, always good to have a little more information than to not have it at all.

Sora fixed the blonde with his cold eyes and it seemed to work it's magic as the teen involuntarily shivered at the sight. "Sora." Kiba nodded once hesitantly but still managed that same smile - if a bit shaky - as he backed down. 'Good it looks like i won't have to worry about this one.' His sight then drifted to the last member of the group.

The last male was fidgeting and had his eyes darting about the room in an attempt to try not to look the other male in the eyes. He was a teen that looked to be about 17-years old, give or take a few months. The guy was also surprisingly very ordinary compared to everyone else in the room as he was of average height with short messy brown hair and light brown eyes. From the maroon haired teen's perspective he looked completely helpless, but only time could tell if that assumption was true or not.

"I-Issei Hyoudou. I'm a new devil and just turned recently in fact. N-nice to m-meet you." The teen stammered out with a gulp. It was clear that he was scared from what he had seen in Sora's eyes, blood-lust and at the same time complete indifference, almost like he was looking at a particularly annoying natt that just wouldn't go away and was about to subsequently get smashed into a stain.

One of the two other girls, Akeno if he remembered right, - he never really bothered to put names to faces unless it was really important - decided to speak up to introduce herself. "Hello there, my name is Aken-"

"I know who you are Himejima, you as well Toujou, King has already told me about the two of you. I don't need to know anymore." He then turned around and started back out the door, "Just stay out of my way and i'll stay out of yours."

Once he was gone the room seemed to gain a bit more life to it than it had when the teen was in it. Issei turned to his crimson haired leader with an uneasy look. "President what was up with that guy? It was almost like he couldn't care less that we were even here. He was kinda scary too." He shivered.

Rias sighed again and rubbed the bridge of her nose. "I'm sorry about that i should have warned all of you that he would be like that, Sora is a little...untrusting to everyone that isn't himself, he has good reason to be like that." She looked saddened at this before continuing. "He really is a good person on the inside, he just takes some getting used to is all. Please i only ask that you be patient with him."

Everyone smiled at her with the exception of Koneko, who simply gave her a nod.

Rias felt a surge of pride swell in her chest at the sight. She truly was gifted with a wonderful peerage. No, more than that. They were her precious friends and family, even if they all had a rather large amount of baggage tied to each one of them.

Still that never mattered to her, in fact it just made them all the more unique, more...real.

Yet even still, she couldn't help but worry about them, Sora as well - as much as he liked to think otherwise there were good people out there that cared about him enough to worry.

This was going to be a lot of work, but her brother had insisted on her trying to help Sora out of the wall he had built around himself. "Anyway, back to assignments. Each of you have a job that you need to do today, and Issei, Koneko has an extra job lined up. Would you like to take this one for her?"

SMHM

So I was digging through the mountain of stories that I had typed up and stumbled upon this little guy right here. It may not seem like much but still I thought I should get something out there again after I took down my last one to re-work everything, and honestly the way I re-did the thing made it to where you could hardly recognize it.

Sadly its still not ready to be put back onto the site just yet, so for anyone that was reading that at the time, sorry but you'll have to wait for a bit...

Well...that's all I have to say...Woohoo author's note!

Ja-ne!