The Devil's Flower

Chapter 9

Never anger a dragon

If any sentence would be understatement for today's mood of Rias Gremory, it would be that she is not amused.

After she was brought back to the Gremory Mansion, the she-devil immediately began to discuss/yell with her father and brother.

When she noticed that the verbal exchange bore no fruit, she decided to ignore her family and went straight to her room.

"Buchou are you alright?" It was Issei who and his fellow peerage members walked behind their King. He noticed from the start, that something was alright. He also noticed that the others were behaving strange, but nobody gave him a normal answer. He saw Akeno, who walked besides her best friend, was in a bad mood, too. Kiba looked gloomy and Koneko was, more than ever, really quiet. Asia didn't also know what to do, she just held her new familiar, a sprite dragon, named Rassei tightly.

"It's nothing Issei, I will explain everything to you..." She smiled weakly towards him.

Even though, the wielder of the Boosted Gear was not the brightest light, he could see that nothing was alright.

Shortly the group arrived at the door of their club room, Rias suddenly stopped before it. Everybody looked at each other, after some seconds and slowly breathing in and out while gaining her thoughts; the heiress opened the door, only to be greeted by a certain gray haired maid.

"Grayfia…" Rias bit her lip, while Issei eyed the beautiful woman with lust.

'Holy! That maid is smokin' hot!' A big perverted grin appeared on his face, but not for long.

*Bam!* Koneko kicked his shin.

"Owch! Why Koneko-chan!?"

"Pervert…."

"You are….. Why can't you be nice to me, like with Mikhail!?"

"Mmh.." Koneko pouted and her cheeks were red.

"Issei, Koneko, it is enough!" Rias raised her hand.

"Yes, Buchou!" 2x

Rias sighed and her gaze fell again on Grayfia "So is everything prepared?"

Grayfia nodded and took a step back, so that the entire group of devils saw the food on the table. And there were astonished. From perfect made sandwiches, little seafood snack and desert, was ready to be eaten. The food was prepared in a way, which even the eyes would swallow from hunger. A scent of perfect made tea and coffee lingered in the air.

"Ara, ara, how marvelous!" Akeno sit on the couch why looking on a perfect made devil food cake.

"Indeed!" Kiba could only confirm, while Issei switch between the food and ogling the devil maid.

Rias looked at the food and narrowed her eyes. "Grayfia is a good cook, but not good enough to create something….like that"

"Mikhail-senpai's food…." Koneko said, while she held a finger on her lips.

"Huh!?" 4x

The others gasped and "Grayfia-sama, I am done with the rest of the snacks. Mikhail walked into the main room and saw the entire ORC-members "Aw, hey guys!" He raised a hand while taking his apron off."

"Mikhail?" said Rias in unbelief "Your hair!?"

"Grayfia-SAMA!?" Cried Akeno in an unlady-like manner

"Utahime-kun!? Your hair!?"

"Ehehe!" Issei still stripped Grayfia in his mind. How she could stand it, heaven and hell knows.

"Mikhail-senpai….." She walked towards him and buried her face in his tummy, which caused Rias to clench her fist, and Grayfia to raise an eyebrow.

"Ah, Koneko-chan, good morning!"

The Devil's Flower

"So let me get this straight…." Rias who sat on her desk, a tick mark on her head and Akeno standing beside her, with an amused look, held her hands together "You came here and tried to talk with me, but met Grayfia and prepared the food for us."

"….are you angry?"

"Yes, yes, because why are you hugging Koneko so tightly?" Rias said, while her brow twitched permantly.

"Because I like cuddling?"

Kiba, Issei, Asia looked between Mikhail and their King while they were quarreling.

Koneko was currently rubbing her head against his chest and Mikhail petted her head and rubbed his chin on her hair.

Akeno tried not to look amused and Grayfia observed the spectacle before her eyes.

"Well at least…."

"Rias, if you are so jealous then we could continue what we started last night." He said it in a deadpanned manner that even he was surprised about it.

"Ah!" Rias face glowed like a Christmas tree and steam came from her head, while her peerage looked bewildered about Mikhail's sentence.

Koneko, which was currently stopping the cuddling, looked angry at her King and hugged Mikhail tighter.

"Buchou….did something happened last night?" It was Kiba who asked her "And what is that Mikhail calls you so casually with your name?"

"Eh, that….." The Gremory heiress fidgeted with her hands.

"Yes, Rias, what happened with you and Mikhail-kun?" Akeno laid her hand on her King's shoulder; her face looked greedy for new sadistic fun.

"N-n-n-nothing, you see….." Before she uttered one word….

"Ah, Rassei!" Asia's little dragon broke free from her arms and flew towards Mikhail.

"Uh-oh!" The ORC knew what will happen, especially Issei.

But "Oh, and who are you little one?" Mikhail placed Koneko besides him and stretched his hand out.

The little dragon flew right and left and then landed on Mikhail's palm "Squeaaaaaaalll!"

"What the!?" Cried Issei out "Why is he not attacking him!?"

Like him, the rest of the devils were surprised, even Grayfia. She knew how aggressive dragons were against other males.

"Ah, your name is Rassei?"

"Squeeee, Squak!" Rassei nodded.

"You can speak with dragons!?" Rias cried out. Seriously, Mikhail was a box of surprises.

"Yep! Aren't you adorable?" He hugged the young dragon, who liked his gushing and squealed in joy!

"Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Koneko began to hiss because of jealousy.

"M-Mikhail-sama, how….!"

The devils looked bewildered towards Mikhail "Wait," He took Rassei and put in in his shirt; the little dragon stretched his head out and closed his eyes. "Zzzzzzzzz…." And fell asleep.

…..

…..

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"Eh, guys, everything alright?"

….

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"No, no nothing, Mikhail…" Rias massaged her temples; the others didn't say one word. "I am not surprised anymore….

"So Rias, what's the deal, because…

Before Mikhail continued his sentence an orange magic seal appeared on the ground.

"Phenex…" Kiba murmured.

"Phenex, Phoenix….?." thought Mikhail.

A bird like cry echoed through the room and an unknown person appeared in the middle followed by a large flame.

"What a weak fire…." Mikhail said, with a stern face. Koneko didn't fail to notice it and she knew who will appear. She snuggled towards Mikhail, who laid his arm around her.

"Ah, the human world, it's been a long time since I was here…" A handsome young man in his early 20's, with the same height as Mikhail, with short blonde hair and dark blue eyes stand before the stood in the room. His outfit consisted of a burgundy blazer with gold embroidery on the right with matching pants and black dress shoes. Underneath his open blazer was a white dress shirt that was not fully buttoned, giving a slight view to his chest.

The young man turned around "Rias, my love, I came to see you." He smiled at the Gremory heiress.

"Riser…." The spite in her voice couldn't be ignored.

"Ah don't be like that, my dear." He answered with a smile and open arms. "I came, to this world with filthy fires and winds, to see you. Couldn't you be at least thankful?

While Mikhail 'Buuuuuuuuuhhh,' tried not to laugh 'Issei is like Octa, Akeno is like Dito, that guy is like Cent, Sona is like One, Akeno is like Five and Koneko is like Three! Who will be Decad? Oh right Baraqiel…..' He looked downwards to Rassei who still slept in his shirt. He rubbed the head of the infant dragon with his fore finger.

"Hang on! Who are you!?" Issei cried out and pointed his finger to Riser.

Riser who raised his eyebrow turned to Rias "Your peerage doesn't know me?"

Rias sighed "Issei is new in my peerage, he was resurrected not a long time ago.

"And that guy?" Riser nodded his chin towards Grayfia, in surprise of the ORC. Because Mikhail was next to Grayfia. She noticed it also. He was sitting on a chair and filed his nails/claw with a file.

"How did he….." Murmured Rias, then she shook her head "Don't, just ignore him, for now, Riser.

"As you wish…" The devil shrugged.

"Buchou, who the hell is that guy!?"

Rias sighed "That is Riser Phenex."

"And what is he doing?"

"If I may interrupt." Grayfia spoke. Mikhail blinked shortly to her and continued with his nails/claws.

"As Ojou-sama stated, this is Riser Phenex, second Son of the Phenex Family. He is a pure-blooded devil and also Rias-ojou-sama fiancé."

"What!" Issei's jaw crashed on the ground and he reacted like everybody, who was so surprised that his brain stopped. He passed out. Well not really. He held his hand on his forehead and….. fainted.

While Mikhail…he stopped his nail care and glared at Rias.

She looked away when his eyes met hers.

Mikhail sighed, very deep "In what crap was I drawn into…..?"

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"Are you alright Issei-san?" Asia was currently vetting the fainted brunette who laid on one of the couches.

"Yes…I am alright, Asia, thanks…."

Mikhail stood right to him and handed him a glass of water "I can't believe that you fainted…."

"I didn't faint, man pass out!"

"Issei, you touched your forehead with your hand back and fell backwards…"

"I didn't faint!"

"I have recorded it with my smartphone…."

"What!"

"Ah what a hassle…" Mikhail walked away and sat back on the chair. He then looked to Rias, who currently wished everlasting pain to the one who sat right to her.

Riser laid his arm on her shoulder and played with her hair, in his other hand he held a cup of tea "Hm, Rias' tea. This is wonderful."

"Thank you, I brew this tea." Akeno near her king smiled.

"Mmh, classic Akeno….eh?" Mikhail could feel that Grayfia was looking at him. When he gazed back at her, she broke the eye contact and continued to observe Rias and Riser.

"Stop," Issei stood up and yelled at the blonde devil "Even though you are a high-class devil and Buchou's fiancé, it doesn't give you the right to touch her like that.

Riser shook his head "And? It seem Rias didn't teach you manners, and isn't it rude to not at least introduce yourself, who are you?"

"I am Hyodou Issei, Pawn of Rias Gremory!"

"Is that so?" Riser's interest vanished and he ogled Rias again. He tried to touch her thigh, but she clapped his hand away.

Again Grayfia looked to Mikhail. His attention was still, on maintaining his claws.

"For the last time, Riser, I will not marry you!" She stood up and placed her hands on her hips "Leave!"

"Ah, don't be so, my dear." Riser crossed his legs "Our marriage was set before we were even born and besides, you know that the number of the pure-blooded devils is decreasing. Reincarnated devils like your peerage are raising their fame and influence more and more in the underworld. Your father and brother are in worry that your line is dying out. Pure blood devils will be in short time extinct, if we don't do anything.

Mikhail felt again the eyes of a certain maid and then the Black Flower spoke.

'What a son of a….'

Because the words, which are about to the spouted, are inappropriate, so we needed to censure it.

'*Beep* I think you should take his *Beep* and *Beep* him in his *Beep*, while he cries like a *Beep* and then you should *Beep* *Beep* *Beep* *Beep* *Beep*. When you are finished beating that guy you should *Beep* that crimson haired girl to heaven and *Beep* hell before his eyes!'

'…..Later Flower….'

'The peaCOCK or the somkin' hot gal?'

'Just…let's see….just later….' Mikhail shook the thoughts of the evil entity away, but 'She has gone soft, with her ideas….' He continued to look at the quarrel between Phenex and Gremory.

"I do not intend to fail my family. I will give birth to a new heir, a powerful one. But with someone I dearly love, not a man like you!"

Now Mikhail could swear that Rias glanced for a second to him and Grayfia also.

"You hurt me, Rias. But just like I said, this marriage was settled a long time ago, you will come with me, now! And we will talk about our future…."

"You can forget that!" Kiba cried out. In a second the entire ORC stood behind Rias.

"Yeah, we will not give Buchou to a slimy bastard like you!"

"Indeed, it is like Issei-kun said.

Right now, Rias felt nothing more than pride for her peerage. "It is like my peerage said; I will not come with you. Go and have fun with your peerage." The eyes of the Gremory heiress glittered crimson red.

"Pfuh, ahahahahahaha! This is your peerage, just a bunch of small fries!?"

"Oh, oh, Rias, don't take the bait…" Mikhail muttered.

"Unfortunately she will do it Mikhail-kun." Grayfia said. The maid knew Rias to well. She was impressed from Mikhail's perception. There is more than it seems, about that boy. She hoped that the contacts of her husband have finally found something about him.

"My peerage is the best, you dare to insult them!?" The she-devil lashed out.

"Ahhh!" 2x

Mikhail and Grayfia sighed and both pinched the bridge of their noses, it was amusing to see how in sync they were.

"Really…." The Phenex snipped his fingers and a larger flame blazed the entire room.

Riser sat on his couch, crossing his legs while being surrounded by 15 women, in different ages. From young to mature his peerage consisted from woman with different attires and clothes. From maid outfits, haoris, leather clothes, armors, battle clothes, kimonos, cheongsam and P. E. Clothes. He had everything, even two girls in cat girl outfit.

'Ah a harem…' Thought Mikhail, he remembered some events in his past. Some woman always wanted him as partner. It didn't matter that others as well. Even his friend Great Red told him to have one, for the sake of his race and bloodline. He shook his head 'Why should I have a harem, I have already enough problems with women….seriously, idiots, lots of them…'

"So Rias, do you really think my peerage could lose to, well what you call….

"Do not dare to end that sentence Riser, no one insults my peerage, my family…"

"And then what?"

'Children…..' Mikhail sighed and still concentrated on his hands. 'Oh man I really neglected my claws…..hm?' He felt something. Someone looked at him, and that was not Grayfia or Rias. It came from Riser's side. It seems that some of the women noticed Mikhail, especially the older ones….

'Uh oh…not again.'

Two girls in maid uniform, one with dark and one with lighter brown hair color waved at him.

The other was a busty woman with long, wavy purple hair that fell all the way down on her back. At the front, the right side of her hair falls over her breast and covers her right eye, while the left side fell near the top of her skirt. Her attire was a dress consisting of a navy blue tunic top with gold accents and a pale blue skirt with open sides, and black shoes over matching thigh-high stockings with garterbelts. The top reveals much of her cleavage, and was held with a gold choker with blue and red jewels. Over this, she wore a white overcoat with black and gold accents and matching pauldrons. For accessories, she also wore a black headband with a red-orange jewel over her forehead that kept her long hair in place.

And that said girl eyed him with lust, while licking her lips.

Then there were a pair of young twin girls, in with turquoise hair, which they kept, tied to one side of their head with a yellow ribbon, the opposite of their sister, and blue eyes. Both of their outfits consisted of gym uniforms, which consisted of white t-shirts with blue accents, black leggings, and blue sneakers over knee-high socks, similar to the Kuoh Academy's girls' gym uniforms, albeit without the logo. They also wore an orange wristband on their right wrist.

The left twin whispered something to the ear of her other sister, while pointing at Mikhail.

Said Dragon shuddered from the immense lust, he was exposed. He could only do one thing, he smiled wryly and waved back, causing the girls to giggle and wink. Especially from the beautiful, young girl who had dark blue eyes long blonde hair tied into twintails with large, drill-like curls and blue ribbons keeping them in place. The front of her hair had several bangs hanging over her forehead, with a V-shaped fringe hanging over the bridge of her nose. She wore a long, pink dress with white frills and a magenta bow in the front.

'She looks similiar, and she smells like him…he has his own little sister in his peerage/harem.' Mikhail tried not to facepalm 'Must not facepalm, not facepalm…..'

"Of course we could defeat your peerage!" Issei suddenly cried out "It doesn't matter even if you…."

"Issei…" Rias and the others looked with pride at the pawn.

"Wait for it…." Mikhail mused, earning and confused look from Grayfia.

"A harem full of women, I am not jealous!"

Needless to say that the pride, they felt, drop down and died miserably…..

"Issei-senpai, pervert….."

"Why Koneko-chan!"

Mikhail stifled a chuckling upon hearing this. 'By all dragons, I think Issei is one of the weirdest guys I have ever met. And I met a blonde ninja with an abnormal obsession of ramen, a pink haired dragon mage with a winged blue cat that could speak and an alien with a monkey tail that could eat more than me in my true emperor form.' The images ofvarious people from various worlds appeared in his mind.

"Oh, it seems, we have a small fry who wants to play King, huh?"

Issei glared at the Phenex. "Shut up, I will definitely become a Harem King and the strongest ever!"

Mikhail rolled his eyes, and he wasn't the only one.

"Fuahahahahahahahaha! You!? A small fry of a reincarnated devil? I would say, you didn't even bed one woman in your miserable virgin life, am I right?"

"Okay, that was a blow below the belt, please Issei don't bite, even if you are a virgin, Asia would gladly have a relationship with you, please take it like a man!" The dragon hoped really not to step in.

"You bastard, I will show it by kicking your chicken ass!" On Issei's hand appeared his Boosted Gear.

'You idiot!' The dragon cried out in his head.

"Oh you want it that way, huh? I bet you couldn't even defeat the weakest of my peerage, Mira!"

A young girl with blue hair and light brown eyes stepped forward and readied her weapon. Her hair was styled with four short ponytails, with two of the four were pointed up and the remaining two pointed down. The front of her hair featured split bangs going across her forehead, with side bangs that were framing her face.

Her outfit consisted of a white haori with a red obi, which she wore under a red happi coat. She also wore bandages on her forearms and shins, and wears black guards over her hands. Her footwear, a pair of zōri

"Mira show him how the floor tastes.

"Yes, Riser-sama!" She took a stance and swung her wooden staff.

"Here I come!" Issei moved forwards.

"Issei, no!" Cried Rias out.

"Issei-kun!"

"Issei-senpai!"

"Issei-kun!"

Mikhail finished his pinky finger and raised it up 'Ah what a pain….'

Then something incredible happened.

"BAAM"

"Kyah!"

"What the…uff!?"

A strong force flew between them, destroyed Mira's wooden staff and caused her and Issei to fly backwards. But both of them landed on the soft cushions and couches.

"What in the name of the Maous!" Riser stood up and yelled "Rias, was that your work!?"

Rias glared back "No, Riser, no one of my peerage members could do such a thing"…'But I know one person in this room….' The Gremory tried not to look at the Holy Dragon who was still working on his claws.

But Grayfia could already analyze that no one in this room, was able to do that. 'That attack just now, was fast, very fast. No magic, only pure physical power, but who….was that senjutsu, toki?' The maid looked quickly at the person besides her.

"Mmh?" Mikhail tilted his head and smiled.

'He was it….but how…..?'

*BAAM*

Riser, who didn't take it lightly, hammered his fist on the table "Don't lie to me Rias! I know that it was you or one of your low-class scum!"

Rias sighed and folded her arms under her chest "I say it again, Riser, it wasn't me or my peerage!"

"Then who was it!?"

"How should I know it? And besides, even if I would know it, I wouldn't tell you!"

"ENOUGH!" Yelled Riser "I am sick of this farce!" Riser opened his palm and a flame appeared on it "You will come with me, now, or I will burn your entire peerage to ashes!"

"Don't you dare to touch them!" Rias glowed crimson red.

The situation was going out of control. Grayfia wanted to intervene, before anybody gets hurt. Before she made one step, an arm appeared before her, it was Mikhail.

"I will do it, you shouldn't take more insult and problems, don't worry no violence."

Grayfia raised an eyebrow and Mikhail smiled at her.

"Very well…" She nodded.

"Thanks…."

Mikhail stepped forward.

"Rias!"

"Riser!"

Before both High-Class Devil hammered their head together Mikhail began to sing.

A beautiful song filled the ORC-room.

No words, no humming. A song so simple, yet so beautiful. The air became warm and comfortable. Were once wrath and spite was, was now calmness and peace.

All devils looked to the source of the song, Mikhail.

When he felt the entire stares of the devils, the dragon stopped.

"I think everyone calmed down, so let's talk nice and peaceful so that no one is getting hurt." Mikhail stood in the middle between Riser and Rias.

"Mikhail…." Rias said softly.

"Rias, not now….." Mikhail turned around "I think we should talk nice and calm about this situation, don't you think, Riser Phenex-dono?" Ugh, how he hated politics. He never liked it, but his Watchers, subjects and friend always hammered it on his head that he had to learn how to behave. Especially Angel, she was like a sister to Michael and an aunt to Mikhail. 'Hm, I miss her. What is she doing right now? Opps, I need to continue….'

He looked to the devils, some of the gasped and Rias and her peerage looked at him, as he had grown another head on his.

"Umm…." Riser, who forget his wrath, was speechless "I think you are right….but who are you?"

"Oh, how unsolicitous from me!" He sparkled, no really.

"Eh? Rias and her peerage noticed that Mikhail's speak pattern changed. He also addressed himself with 'Ore' instead of his usual 'Boku'.

"My name is Mikhail Utahime, pleased to make your acquaintance." He held his right hand on his chest.

"Hoh, at least someone with manners. My name is Riser Phenex." The Phenex smiled and crossed his arms.

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Khan