[A.N. Please remember to Review after you read the chapter. Also read the Author Note at the end, it is Very Important]
A True Devil
Chapter 10 – Open House
Previously on A True Devil
"So anyway we can head home now" Kai said. "I want beef" Murasame piped in. "Yeah, yeah, but you just ate, seriously" Kai muttered as he created a magic circle around his peerage and himself. "Oh Zech, I'll see you tomorrow at the Parents Day, I know you want to come as well" Kai said watching as Rias glared at him. 'So entertaining' he thought vanishing through the magic circle. "So, anyone want to tell me the details about this" Sirzech asked once the others had gone.
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Now
The Next Morning
"Lord Kai, time to wake up" Layla spoke to the sleeping figure on the bed only in his boxers with the blanket half covering him. "Agh" Kai groaned as he turned over burying his head in the pillow. Layla raised her hand creating a large orb of water and threw it at Kai soaking him making him jump out of the bed because of the freezing liquid. "WHAT THE FUCK!" Kai yelled out as he ran to the bathroom turning on the hot water of the shower and jumped in to warm up. When he did come out of the bathroom he glared at Layla who had an innocent look on her face.
"Where is Murasame?" Kai asked as he got dressed. "He's downstairs eating" Layla said as she handed Kai his jacket. "How much food is left" Kai asked in a tired voice. "The servants have to restock everything" Layla said watching as Kai groaned. "Well he hasn't eaten in like 20 years so I guess it makes sense" Kai said as he grabbed his bag throwing it over his shoulder. Downstairs in the dining room were dozens of empty plates and Murasame in his crow form sitting in the middle of the table finishing off another plate. The other members of the peerage were all holding their own plates close to them so that the crow wouldn't steal it.
"Morning" Kai said as she sat down. 'I guess I'll get something at school or on the way' Kai thought seeing as nearly all the food was gone. "He's been at this for hours" Becca said as she watched the crow eat anything edible. "I can see that" Kai sighed as he looked down at his watch. 'I sense Albion's host at the school, I wonder what he's doing there?' Kai thought as he watched Murasame burp as he finished the rest of the food. "Morning Kai" Murasame said as he flew over to Kai sitting on his shoulder. "Hey, you look happy" Kai said as he rubbed the crow's head who nodded.
"I'm going to head to school now, I need to grab something to eat on the way, what do you want to do Murasame?" Kai asked looking up at the crow. "I'll come with you" Murasame said happily making Kai sigh. "Well, I think a talking crow will attract attention, maybe you can go into your sword form and I'll carry you around like that" Kai wondered out loud. "Alright" Murasame said as he started transforming into his sword form. The sword didn't have a sheath but Kai had one made many years ago. After putting the sword in the sheath he strapped it to his back and placing a few seals on it so it wouldn't give off any power. 'At least he can't talk in this form' Kai thought as he left the house after saying goodbye to his peerage.
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Kuoh Academy
After grabbing some food from the convenient store Kai headed towards the school. 'So Albion's host is still at the school, he might be waiting for Issei' Kai thought as the school building came into view. There leaning against the brick wall was a young man looking to be around 17 years old with dark silver hair and light blue eyes. He wore a dark green shirt with a high collared black leather jacket over it, burgundy jeans with a silver chain dropping down over them, black leather chaps, and black shoes. 'He must be related to Lucifer, he looks a lot like Rizzy when he was younger' Kai thought as he watched from a distance. [Rizzy is Rizevim Lucifer's nickname]
Kai watched as Issei was walking to the gate when he stopped when he felt his left hand hurting. "Issei Hyoudou" the silver haired boy spoke as he walked towards Issei. "Who are you?" Issei said as he grabbed his left arm. "My name is Vali, the White Dragon Emperor, but you can call me the Vanishing Dragon" Vali said watching the shock on Issei's face. 'Well, he doesn't know subtlety' Kai thought as he started walking closer. "You're the White Dragon Emperor" Issei said with a little bit of fear.
Vali was about to step forward when two swords were put at his throat, one from Kiba and the other from Xenovia. 'Oh so she reincarnated the exorcist into her peerage' Kai thought as he saw Xenovia. "I think that is enough" Rias came up from behind Issei. "Ah, Rias Gremory" Vali spoke as he looked at the red head. "Why are you here?" Issei asked out as he removed his hand from his left arm. "I came to ask you where you think you rank in strength" Vali asked not moving because the swords were still at his throat. Kai could see that some more students were heading their way and the showing of swords would cause a problem.
"Stand down all of you" Kai said as he walked forward. All the devils turned to face him. "Put the swords away, you'll attract attention" Kai said when he came closer to them. Kiba and Xenovia lowered their swords making them vanish and Kai nodded. "Wonderful, now what are you doing here Albion's host?" Kai asked as he leaned against the same wall that Vali was earlier. "I just came to talk to my rival" Vali said watching as Kai raised an eyebrow. "You wanted to know his strength, to be perfectly honest he is the weakest Red Dragon Emperor" Kai said seeing Rias and her peerage glare at him.
"I noticed, but that isn't the only reason why I am here" Vali said as he turned to Rias. "You should train him properly because I don't want to have a weak rival" Vali said earning a glare from Rias. "I don't need your advice on how to treat my servants" Rias spoke as she stepped forward keeping Issei behind her. Vali scoffed slightly "See you soon rival" Vali said as he started walking away without saying another word. When Vali was out of hearing distance the other devils all turned to Kai. "Why did you tell him that?" Rias asked watching as Kai raised an eyebrow "Because he's right" Kai said then turned away walking into the school building.
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Classroom
When Kai made it to the classroom he noticed that there were already a few students waiting inside. Taking his seat, he placed Murasame on the table when the bell rang and the other students filed into the classroom. The parents also came inside standing at either the front or the back of the class, many holding video cameras or waving at their child. "Kai Taisho, is that a real sword" Mrs Jenson said as she noticed the sheathed sword on the table. "No, it's just a practice sword" Kai said seeing the sceptical look on her face. "Alright" Mrs Jenson finally said, she didn't want to cause a scene since she wanted to impresses her student's parents who were in the room.
The first lesson went smoothly along with the occasional encouragement from the different parents which embarrassed who it was directed to. 'This is so entertaining' Kai thought as he watched Issei's parents encourage Asia who was also in the class and not their own son. When the second lesson finally started Kai was confused, it was English class when each student received a lump of clay with a piece of plastic to cover the table. 'So, we're sculpting in English, that's different' Kai thought as he looked at his new assignment material.
"Alright, your assignment is to use the clay on the table to create something original, it can be whatever you want as long as it is meaningful to you" the teacher said with a smile on his face. 'Huh, what should I make then?' Kai thought as he looked around. Most of the other students had already started snapping Kai out of his thoughts as he looked down at the clay on the table. Closing his eyes, he started to mold something out of the clay. Kai opened his eyes when he heard the teacher calling out to Issei and the shocked responses from the students in the class. 'I bet he did something inappropriate' Kai thought.
Looking to Issei's table there on it was a miniature Rias, completely naked in a seductive pose. 'He must really have a lot of experience with her body to do something like that' Kai thought as he. "Holy crap, it looks just like Rias" one of the female students said with the other students looking at the sculpture in awe. "You've been holding out on us, I didn't know we had a sculptor in the class" the teacher spoke. "Um… I wasn't… it was an accident" Issei stumbled finding the correct words. 'Accident my ass' Kai thought as he watched the others students start a bidding war over the mini Rias. Kai had to hold back his laughter when he heard Issei's parents saying that their son might actually make something of himself.
"Wow, look at that" one of the female students turned to Kai pointing at his table. The other students followed all completely surprised. "I don't believe it, there are two sculptors in this class" the teacher spoke also looking at Kai's creation. There on the table was a miniature Murasame in his crow form with his wings spread out while standing on the hilt of a sword, there was also very good detail considering how small the sculpture was. 'Murasame is going to love it' Kai thought as he saw the shocked looks of the others in the classroom.
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Gymnasium
When the lunch break came Kai left the classroom holding his sculpture in his hand, once out of sight he used some of his power to make sure it wouldn't get damaged as he put it in his bag. As Kai walked along he stopped once he noticed a demonic presence 'What is Sera doing here?' Kai thought looking around, the demonic aura was coming from the gym where many of the male students had begun to gather around. 'I wonder what's happening' Kai thought as he made his way towards the commotion. Once inside he noticed that Rias with some of her peerage were inside as well, looking at the stage.
There standing on the stage was a girl with her long black hair tied in twintails and violet coloured eyes. She was also wearing a very pink outfit consisting of a sleeveless shirt covering her chest but showed a little of her abdomen with a darker pink bow right around the collar of the shirt, very short pink skirt reaching her mid-thigh with white pieces covering the back, black fingerless gloves but the sleeves reached all the way to above her elbow, dark pink and black striped socks reaching her mid-thigh just before her skirt, black boots, and in her hand was a pink staff which had a star at the top.
Kai blinked a few times. 'What on earth is she wearing?' Kai thought with some annoyance. This girl was Serafall Leviathan, one of the current Maou's who ruled the underworld. Just as Kai was about to speak another voice shouted out. "HEY GET OUT OF HERE!" Saji yelled as he walked into the gym, "The shows over" he said as he started pushing the other male students out of the room hearing their complaints until he shut the door. Serafall looked around until her eyes landed on Rias. "Rias-chan" Serafall said as she jumped off the stage and hugged Rias shocking the others.
"Hello Lady Serafall" Rias said once the hug stopped. Serafall started looking at the servants behind Rias. "Is he the dragon I've heard so much about" she asked pointing to Issei who had a blush on his face. "Yes, he's Issei Hyoudou, the current Red Dragon Emperor" Rias explained when Serafall ran and hugged Issei so his head was in her chest making his nose bleed slightly. Kai stood on the side with his brow twitching slightly. Murasame had changed back into his crow form and was currently sitting on Kai's shoulder watching the scene with some interest.
"Serafall" Kai spoke in a deep voice. Serafall let go of Issei, her entire posture had gone stiff as she slowly turned around to face the source of the voice. 'Please don't be who I think it is' Serafall wished as she completed her turn locking eyes with Kai making her take in a quick breath. "Lord Kai" Serafall said with nervousness in her voice. Kai raised an eyebrow as he started walking towards her making her gulp. "What brings you here?" Serafall said nervously when Kai stopped only a few steps away from her. There was silence for a few moments that you could hear a pin drop when Kai decided to break it.
"What the hell are you wearing" Kai asked as he looked at Serafall's outfit, not amused like the others had been. "This is my costume, I just came from a photoshoot, isn't it cute" Serafall said trying to lighten the situation but only got a glare from Kai. "What is going on here?" they all looked to the side noticing that Sona was walking towards them when she stopped at the sight of Serafall. "So-tan" Serafall said happily as she ran forward hugging her sister tightly. "I missed you so much" Serafall said with a smile. She stopped when she felt the hairs at the back of her neck stick up and it also felt a little colder.
"Serafall" Kai said dangerously as Serafall started to turn to face him again, her sister forgotten for the moment. "Yes" Serafall whispered as she lowered her head slightly. "Change out of that costume now" Kai said in a threatening tone. "But" Serafall was about to protest when she saw the look in Kai's eyes. "Alright" Serafall surrendered as a magic circle appeared below her with the light hiding her from view. Once the light faded Serafall stood there in a dark turquoise coloured dress reaching below her knees and brown boots. "Better" Kai said as he nodded in approval.
"Um… do you two know each other?" Rias asked getting a nod from Kai. "You could say that" Kai said turning his attention back to Serafall who was looking down. "I take it you're here for the parents and open day" Kai said and Serafall looked up. "Yes I am, I wanted to see Sona, I didn't even know about it until Sirzech mentioned it" Serafall said not using her nicknames she had for Sona and Sirzech like she usually would. "Whatever" Kai finally said as he turned away heading towards the same door he came from. "You can do what you want, but don't make my choice a mistake" Kai said as he walked out the door. Once he did Serafall took a deep sigh in relief "Thank Maou that's finished" she said then turned her attention back to Sona who then ran for it.
Rias and the others of her peerage were left in the gym confused. 'He was able to order Lady Serafall like that, just who the hell is Kai' Rias thought with some annoyance since any one thing she learnt about Kai ended up becoming three more questions. 'Maybe I can get some answers from my brother later on' Rias thought as she looked around knowing that the bell would ring soon for the next classes.
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Kai was walking with an annoyed look on his face. 'Why would she wear something like that, honestly she is a Maou and she dresses in a pink cosplay outfit. I will not allow her to make a fool out of the title I gave her by doing something that could ruin that reputation, if it were anyone else I would find this entertaining but this, unacceptable' Kai thought when he felt a pecking on his head. "Kai" Murasame said looking at his master. "Yeah sorry about that, here look what I made" Kai said as he pulled the sculpture out of his bag to show Murasame. "Hey, It's me" Murasame said looking at the miniature crow in Kai's hands with interest.
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After School
When the final school bell rang Kai headed towards the clubroom with Murasame transforming back into his crow form. 'It seems that Zech and Zeo are also there' Kai thought as he opened the clubroom door without knocking. As expected sitting on one of the couches was Zeoticus, Rias and Sirzech's father, while Sirzech was standing looking down at Rias who was sitting behind her desk. "Hey Zech, Zeo" Kai greeted as he sat down on his usual couch. "Lord Kai" Zeoticus said with shock on his face. 'I'd forgotten to tell father about Lord Kai being here' Sirzech thought seeing the shocked look on his father's face.
"So what are you doing here?" Kai asked Sirzech who turned to Rias. "I think it's time that you released your second Bishop" Sirzech said making Rias's eyes widen in surprise. "But, are you sure?" Rias asked her brother with some uncertainty in her voice. "Yes, I think you are now strong enough to control him" Sirzech said when Issei and Asia entered the room when Kiba opened the door for them. "Oh, sorry, are we interrupting something?" Issei asked seeing the other male devils in the room. Sirzech turned to Issei with a smile on his face. "Not at all, I was about to ask Rias to fetch you, your parents invited us to come over tonight" Sirzech explained.
"You met my parents?" Issei asked seeing Sirzech and the other red headed male nod. "Yes it was earlier on during the break" Zeoticus explained looking to Kai who was stroking Murasame who was now sitting on his lap. "Would you like to join us Lord Kai?" Zeoticus asked seeing the thinking expression on Kai's face. 'It would be entertaining to see the reactions of the others, but I really don't feel like going through all that trouble' Kai thought looking back up shaking his head. "No I'm good, besides I think I should check in with Layla anyway" Kai explained getting nods from the others.
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The Next Afternoon
It was the next day when Rias and her peerage along with Kai all stood outside one of the closed doors in the old school building. This room had a tape strapped across it with a 'Do Not Enter' written on it. "Alright, I'm releasing the seal" Rias said raising her hands. All around the doors red magic circles appeared with the Gremory crest on them. When each one shattered and the seals were gone Rias opened the doors revealing a very dark room. "NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!" a high pitched girly scream startled most of them. 'What the fuck' Kai thought when he noticed that in the middle of the room was a coffin. 'Yup, definitely a vampire' he thought.
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~ Until the Next Chapter ~
So with the new chapter up also some more hints about Kai have been revealed. Murasame is starting to show more of an appearance in this chapter with his loyalty to Kai. I followed the canon a little more in this chapter but made some changes, Vali making his introduction while Kai was able to find out his true identity, meaning that he has met Rizevim in the past. Also Serafall coming in, her attitude completely changed once she noticed Kai making her turn a lot more serious. Gasper will be introduced in the next chapter.
Please Review once you have finished reading this. Tell me how the others should react to meeting Gasper and also if Issei should meet Michael getting Ascalon. Also tell me if you liked the meeting of Serafall and Vali.
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