Chapter 2: A New Life
-Tuesday-
Issei starts to open his eyes. He sits up and looks around to find that he is in his room. As Issei gets off his bed and stands, he looks down and found that he is naked.
*moan*
He turns around and finds someone else on his bed. He reaches over and pulls the covers off the figure.
"Rias!" He yells as he stumbles and falls backwards.
Rias sits up and ribs her eyes until she notices Issei on the floor.
"Good morning Issei." She says tiredly.
Issei just stares at her. He noticed she was naked and wasn't covering up ANYTHING. He could see it all.
"B-Boobs. I can see your boobs!" Issei yelled as he stared at them with nervousness and lust.
"It's fine. If you want to look at them, then do it." She gave an innocent smile.
Issei stat there, realizing what she just said and wondered if he ever heard anything more beautiful.
"How's your chest and stomach? You had really bad wounds, so I tried to heal you."
Issei looks down and checks his body.
"So that's why you and I are naked." 'And that means she was hugging me all night long. Our body's touching! I wish I woke up earlier!'
"Yes. I had to be naked in order to heal you properly. But you already knew that."
"Yes. I do know about that."
"You must know a lot of things. I was hoping to greet you on better terms, but I guess now is a good time than ever."
Still naked, Rias stood up from her place on the bed. She looks at Issei in the eyes and bends down to him.
"I'm Rias Gremory. And I'm a Devil. And you Issei, are my servant."
"It's a great honor to meet a member of the Gremory family and I'm glad you were able to take me in as your servant." Issei says with a blush in his face, still looking at her boobs.
"Thank you very much. How much you do know about the supernatural world."
"I know quite a bit. I didn't train in Europe to become an Exorcist and not know about the supernatural world thoroughly."
Rias's eyes widens as she backs up a bit.
'Did he just say that he was an Exorcist?!'
"Don't worry. I'm an Ex-Exorcist, I left the church a few years ago and I had no intention of harming you or your peerage." Issei says trying to calm Rias down.
"If that's the case, then I'll believe you. Anyway, we need to get going to school. You have been unconscious for two days. And I was getting worried about you." Rias looks at the floor as of something is wrong.
Issei didn't ask because he knew exactly what must have happened.
-Flashback-
"If you are dying, then I'll pick it up. Your life that is. From now, you will be my servant and live for me, Rias Gremory."
Rias puts her hand in her pocket and pulls out a rook, bishop, knight and 8 pawn chess pieces.
She placed each of the 8 pawns on the now dead Issei's chest and said some words.
A red circle that looked the same as the one that came from the flier formed around Issei with him in the center. The pawn pieces started to glow a crimson red and lighting started to jump from them to the ground and sky.
"What's happening?! This isn't supposed to happen?!" Rias yelled as she tried to jump back.
The ground started to shake and sky turned blacker than night. Issei started to scream. Loudly. He sounded as if he was in immense pain and suffering. Rias looked in horror as the person she tried to save was screaming his lungs out from pain.
'What did I do wrong? I did everything the same way as I did with the others. They just woke up afterwards, not this,'
She tried to get closer to see if she could stop the ritual, but before she could move, a bright red flash blinded her.
As she opened her eyes, she found Issei on the ground where he had been before and his wounds were gone.
She walked over to him and found that he was alive and had successfully become her pawn.
"Who are you exactly?"She said to an unconscious Issei as she brushed his hair.
-Flashback End-
"I guess we should get going then. You stay here and get dressed. I'll be waiting downstairs." Issei gathers some of his clothes and left the room to Rias.
'I should have said something before he left.'
After Rias got dressed, she went downstairs to find Issei at the stove cooking something.
"Are you making breakfast?" She asked.
"Yes. You can't go to school on an empty stomach. And I haven't eaten in a while."
Rias sits at the table and waits for Issei to finish cooking. Soon Issei sets a plate in front of her and he sits on the opposite end of the table.
They ate their meals in peace and left the house together. Not one of them said anything from the time they left Issei's house to the school.
As they entered the gate, Issei starts to hear some of the other students talking about him and Rias.
"Wasn't the new guy and Rias absent yesterday? And now they're walking together to the school." One of the girls said.
"Lucky bastard. Walking next to one of the hottest in the school." A guy said.
As they walk into the building, Rias gets a little ahead of Issei and turns around.
"I'll send someone to get you after school."
"Right."
She then heads upstairs to meet a friend of hers.
"So you took him in. Isn't that a gamble? You've seen his record."
"Yes I have. But I think it'll be worth it. He is an interesting person, Sona. Maybe blind faith is what I need." She gives a smile and starts to walk back outside.
Issei walks into class and sits down at his desk and waits for the class to start. Rias didn't come to class, even though he walked with her to school.
As school ended Issei sat at his desk waiting for someone to get him.
Issei starts to hear screams of joy coming from the halls. The door opens and a blond guy walks in. He looks around and walks up to Issei who is staring out the window.
"Hello."
Issei turns around to greet him.
"Hi. I guess you're the person that Rias sent for me?"
"Yes I am. Would you care to follow?"
"Sure."
'This must be the 2nd year prince guy that the girls were talking about in the locker room.'
They both started to walk out the room and down the hall.
"Yuuto and Issei walking next to each other! That's so cute!" One of the girls yelled.
'Shut up with your BL.' Issei thought.
They walk across the grounds until they end up at an old building on the grounds. Both of them walk inside and Yuuto directs him to a room that had the label 'Occult Research Club' on it.
Issei open the door and walks into a candle lit room with a desk and two couches. On one the couches was a small white haired girl eating chocolate.
'Ooooo. She looks so cute. If I'm not mistaken, she is a first year that is treated as a mascot for being cute.'
She looked at Issei with an angry stare as if she knew was he was thinking.
'And if I'm not mistaken, she's also the one that's been following me.' He stares back at her.
"Koneko, this is Issei." Yuuto introduced me to her.
"It is nice to meet you." She bows her head.
"Nice to meet you too." Issei does the same. "It's finally nice to meet the person who has been stocking me."
She looks at him with a surprised look.
"Oh. Hello Issei."
Issei looks over to find Rias stepping out of a curtain with another girl behind her. It was Akeno, another girl from Issei's class.
'Akeno too. Is it awesome! Not only are the two sexiest girls in the whole school here, but so is the cutest too! I'm going to love it here!' Issei started to get a lecherous look on him face.
"Pervert." Issei looked to see who said that and it was Koneko.
"Oh my, oh my. I see someone has a naughty side to them." Akeno looks into Issei's eyes as of trying to look into his mind.
"I see you all have met." Rias finally spoke.
Issei, Yuuto, and Koneko nodded.
"Then I guess we should welcome you Issei to the 'Occult Research Club'. As you already know all of us here are Devils, including you."
Everyone in the room opens their wings. The wings are pitch black with a jagged bat-like shape to them.
Issei did the same and opens his wings. He starts moving them up and down, front and back.
"Now Issei. All of us here are wondering," Rias sat down at the desk "Who are you really?"
All eyes turned to Issei. He closed his Devil wings and began to speak.
"My name is Issei Hyoudou. I'm a human born with the Sacred Gear, Boosted Gear. Which means, I'm this generations Sekiryuutei." Issei held up his left arm and a large gauntlet formed around it. It's red with yellow spikes and a large green jewel on the back of his hand and under his elbow. The tips where his fingers are black and pointed like claws.
Everyone in the room gasped from what appeared on Issei arm.
"You're the wielder of the Boosted Gear?!" Rias exclaimed.
"Yes. Which means that a dragon resides inside of me?"
"Interesting."
"And as Rias already knows. I used to be an Exorcist." To this everyone except Rias and Yuuto looked in shock and took a few steps back from Issei.
Yuuto looked at Issei with anger in his eyes.
"Don't worry; I'm no longer an Exorcist. I left the church a few years ago. I came here to actually hide from the supernatural world and my past included. But doesn't seem like an option anymore."
"What is it about your past that you're trying to hide from?" Akeno asks.
"It's complicated." Issei looks to the floor.
Yuuto's expression changes and he walks up to Issei and pats his shoulder.
"It's ok. Everyone here has a troubled past. If you don't want to share, you don't have to."
"Thanks Yuuto."
Issei and Yuuto start laughing. The girls are looking at them confused as to what was funny.
"Boys are interesting, aren't they Rias."
"I guess you could say that. Anyway, Issei."
Issei stops laughing and focuses on Rias.
"I wish to see your strength. There is a reported Stray Devil in the area and we need to get rid of it. So I think this a perfect time to get to know the new servants power."
"As you wish, Rias." Issei gave a warm smile.
Rias blushes.
As they arrived at a warehouse, the stench of iron and blood fills the air. They all walk inside to find the floor splattered with blood.
"It's seems that I have more food to feast on."
Coming out of the dark shadows was a large monster. It had the top half of a girl and the bottom half of a spider. It was also naked.
'I have many strays, but this one takes the cake!' Issei thought.
[And it probably ate it too.]
'Shut up!'
Soon the fight began. Issei stood and watched the others engage the stray while Rias was explaining what powers the others had.
"Yuuto is my Knight, which gives him a boost in speed and agility."
The stray swipes one of its limbs at Yuuto, but he quickly moves around it and cuts it off.
"Koneko is my Rook, she gains superhuman strength."
Koneko picks up a steel beam off the ground and chucks it at the stray.
"And Akeno is my queen. She has the all the abilities of Knights, Rooks, and Bishops."
Akeno flies in the air and shoots a bolt of lightning trough some magic circles at the strays back.
"What power does a Bishop have?"
"A Bishop has enhanced magical abilities."
Issei watches the others fight. Studying how they use their powers while fighting. Something dawns within Issei's head.
"What...piece am I?"
"You Issei are my pawn."
Issei looked at her in disbelief. 'I am a pawn? A foot soldier!? ONE OF THE TROW-AWAY PIECES OF EIGHT!'
[Oh have the mighty have fallen.]
'I HAVE NOT FALLEN! Calm down Issei, calm down. I'm sure you can rise through the ranks as a pawn and have a harem someday. It might take a while, but some day.'
[You are one weird being.]
"So...Rias, what does a pawn gain?" Issei looks at her with creepy smile.
"Um...a pawn can have the powers of every piece but a king. But only when you're in enemy territory or if the king, as in I, gives you the permission to do so."
"So I can become like Akeno, Kiba, and Koneko. But not at the same time I guess. What is the rate that I can change from one to the other?" He brings his hand to his chin.
"Um...I think is instantaneous."
"That makes it whole lot easier." Issei starts to walk to the battle field.
"What does?"
"You'll see." He gave a blood thirsty smile to Rias, sending a shiver down her spine.
Issei tells the others to stand back and watch. They stood next to Rias as Issei asks to promote to any piece that he chooses while he summons his Boosted Gear.
"You may." She looks interested and wonders what Issei is planning to do.
Issei walks up to the stray. It swings one of its legs at him, which he dodges.
[Boost]
He then gains speed from promoting to a Knight and gets on the back of the stray after cutting the rest of its legs off.
[Boost]
His punches the back of the stray with the power of a Rook and forms a big crater in the ground from the impact.
[Boost]
Issei jumps back to the side of the crater and watches as the stray as it tries to climb back up.
[Boost]
He forms a magic circle and raises his Boosted Gear to it, aiming at the stray.
[Dragon Shot]
A green beam shoots from the gauntlet and disappears in the magic circle. Soon it came out again, but its size and power doubled.
The beam fully engulfs the stray, burning its skin and rendering the stray unconscious.
Everyone in the warehouse has wide eyes and their jaws open. Issei walked back over to them with a smile still on his face.
"How was that?" He asks.
Rias looked at him I disbelief.
'He just took it out in a few seconds. And the speed and accuracy of his attacks are well done.' She thought.
'His speed is on pair with mine, I even had a little trouble trying keep up with his movements.' Yuuto thought.
'His aimed for the weak point in the monster's body and hit them with great strength.' Koneko thought.
'He took it out so violently and made it suffer in the end. It makes me hot just thinking about it.' Akeno thought.
"Well, you did a very good job Issei. A great job actually. And thank you for not killing it. Let me do it." Rias said while walking over to the stray.
"Thanks." Issei says after he takes a breath.
Rias shoots a final blast at the stray and it bursts into fire and ashes.
'I wish I had copped a feel before it died.' Issei thought moving his hand as if he was squeezing something big and soft.
"Pervert." Issei didn't bother to look for the person who that, he knew it was Koneko.