Author's rant: Yay, our first twist in DxD canon (If it can be called a twist)!

DISCLAIMER: i OWN NOTHING EXCEPT MY PLOT

Chapter 3: A betrayed King, a field of swords, the Perverted Trio and a meeting

Rias blinked, twice.

This was the second time she was pulled into this.

Right after she put herself on the bed, all of the hope for a peaceful and dreamless sleep just vanished when she found herself standing in what looked like a small 1800s-styled park in a slightly cold evening along with Akeno, Koneko and Sona.

The difference was there was an addition of her group this time.

"Tsubaki? What are you doing here?" said Sona, surprise filled in her voice.

"I... I don't know, kaichou. Where is this place? And why are Rias-sama and Akeno-san and Koneko-san here too? " said Sona's queen after taking in the surrounding.

"All I can said now is we are in a shared dream, Tsubaki and no, I have no idea how we get into this. This is the second time we are pulled into this." Said Sona.

"Second time?" asked a confused Tsubaki

With a shake of her head, Sona said curtly "I will talk about it later"

And then it started snowing.

Everyone around them started to leave the park except some kid still wanted to stay and play with snow until they were dragged away by their parents.

The sky kept snowing.

"Look, Buchou. There is still one man left." Said Akeno.

Looking at the direction Akeno pointed, all of them saw a man who had black hair with some highlight of brown and black eyes sitting on a swing. He wore a suit consisted of a plaid light blue formal jacket, a white shirt, a black tie, black trousers and black shoes. What caught Rias's and Sona's attention was a familiar violin case on his lap.

And then they noticed that his eyes held a longing gaze as if he was waiting for someone or something.

The sky kept snowing.

The man still sat at the swing, the longing gaze was still in his eyes but their was one more thing on his face now.

A sad and bitter smile.

"What is he doing?" questioned Akeno

"Waiting for something, or rather someone" said Rias, wondered why she felt quite familiar with the man

A long sigh escaped the man's lips

With the same bitter smile, the man took out a beautiful violin with a line craved into it which made Tsubaki's eyes widened.

'Subete no ningen wa ongakudesu' (All humans are music)

"Kaichou! The violin that man is holding is the same violin that belongs to Kurenai-kun!" Tsubaki said loudly. This information immediately got everyone's attention, even Koneko perked up when she heard what Tsubaki had said.

"Are you sure about that?" Sona asked her Queen skeptically while Rias narrowed her eyes when she heard Tsubaki added the suffix '-kun' to Wataru's name.

"One hundred percent kaichou!" nodded Tsubaki with determination " 'All humans are music'. It is the same line that was carved into Kurenai-kun's violin, not to mention that violin lookes exactly like the violin Kurenai-kun used this noon!"

"And how do you know?" Akeno sweat-dropped when she saw Rias asked with a dangerous tone while looking at the fellow Queen with her evil eyes.

"Well, you did hear about the rumor about a student played violin in the music room, correct?" after getting nods of confirmation, Tsubaki continued "Well... that student was Kurenai-kun... and... and I was there when he played and I saw his violin with my own eyes! I am 100% sure that the violin that man is holding and the violin belongs to Kurenai-kun is the same one violin!"

"So..." before Rias could say anything, the man started to sing with a beautiful voice

(*Play music: Karakuri Pierrot(Koma'n piano version)_Gero*).

"Machiawase wa nijikan mae de/Two hours after the arranged time of our rendezvous,

Koko ni hitori sore ga kotae deso/I was still waiting alone. So that must be your answer.

Machi yuku hito nagare ru kumo/The passers-by on the street and the floating clouds

Boku nokotowo aza waratteta /were laughing at my stupidity."

The sky kept snowing.

But the man just kept singing without caring about the coldness surrounding him, puring his mind and emotion into the melody.

"Sorewa kantan de tottiio konnan de/It's so easy, and yet so difficult,

Mitome rukotode mae ni susume runoni/for I can move on as soon as I accept reality.

Shinji rarenakute Shinji taku nakute/Unable to believe it or not wanting to believe it,

Kimi no naka de kitto bokuwa doukeshi nandesho/I must be a clown inside your mind, aren't I?"

The sky kept snowing.

Every word, every note, every tone contained love, the sadness, the sorrow and a very small hint of betrayal.

"Aa mawatte mawatte mawari tsukare te/Ah, I spin and spin, and am tired of spinning.

Aa iki ga iki ga kire tano/Ah, my breath, my breath has run out.

Sou korega kanshii boku no matsuro da/Yes, this is the sad end of my fate.

Kimi ni tadori tsuke naimamade/I am still unable to reach you."

The sky kept snowing.

The man just continued singing while caressing the line carved into the violin with his thumb, totally unawared of the audience now was unconsciously coming near him, not that he could be awared of them anyway.

"Boku wo nosete chikyuu wa mawaru/The Earth, carrying me, spins.

Namino shira nai kaoshite mawaru/With an unconcerned expression, it spins.

Ichi byou dake kokyuuwo tomete/For just one second, I hold my breath,

Nanimo ie zu tachi suzu muboku/and, unable to say anything, I stand still dumbfounded."

The sky kept snowing.

With the same longing gaze, the man looked to the sky and smiled bitterly. Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Sona and Shinra could easily feel the distress and the dejection in his tone

"Sorewa guuzen de soshite unmei de/It's a coincidence, and yet also fate,

Shira nai houga iito shitte tanoni/for I knew it'd be better if I didn't try to find out.

Furete shimattano kimi no nukumori ni/I felt your warmth on my skin.

Sono egao de sono shigusa de boku ga kowarete shimau kara/ Your smile and your gestures are going to break me."

The sky kept snowing.

But Rias and evryone noticed that now there was one more thing started falling.

Tears.

Tears now were rolling on the man face, but the man kept singing despite his voice was now distorted by his crying

"Aa mawatte mawatte mawari tsukare te/Ah, I spin and spin, and am tired of spinning.

Aa mawatte mawatte mawari tsukare te/Ah, I spin and spin, and am tired of spinning.

Aa iki ga iki ga iki ga tomaru no/ Ah, my breath, my breath, my breath is stopping.

Aa iki ga iki ga iki ga tomaru no/ Ah, my breath, my breath, my breath is stopping.

Aa kawatte kawatte kawatte yukunoga/ Ah, that things will begin to change,

Aa kowai kowai dakenano/ ah, is a scary thought.

Mouyameta kokode kimi wo matsu nowa/ I quit. I'm not waiting here for you anymore.

Boku ga kowarete shimau dakeda/ Otherwise, I really will end up breaking.

Aa mawatte mawatte mawari tsukare te/Ah, I spin and spin, and am tired of spinning.

Aa iki ga iki ga iki ga tomaru no/ Ah, my breath, my breath, my breath is stopping.

Sou boku wa kimi ga nozomu pierro da/ Yes, I am the clown that you desire.

Kimi ga omou mamani Ayatsutte yo/ Please command me as you wish."

The sky kept snowing.

The man just silently let his tears fall.

(*Stop music*)

Although the man had stopped singing, Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Sona and Tsubaki were still in a daze.

The song... it was just... too beautiful... No, even Koneko could easily saw that the word 'beautiful' couldn't describe half of the nature of the song.

So... many emotions. So... Rias just didn't know what words she could use to describe the song.

So much love yet dejection, sorrow and a hint of betrayal was in the song.

But then, 2 magic circles, one was dark red while the other was black, appeared on the ground and 2 people emerged from them.

The one emerged from the red circle was a 23-year-old man with neck-length auburn hair and brown eyes. He wore a long red trench coat with black clothing underneath as well as cross leather straps, black combat boots and shoulder guards. On his waist was a long red sword with rapier's hilt.

The second one was a man about in his early 30s. He had slightly long messy black hair and black eyes. He was clad in a black formal suit with the exception of a gray shirt, a black tie and a black trench coat. While he looked like he wasn't much a threat, the devil's instinct in Rias and her companion was screaming to make them not come near him.

"Kurenai-sama..." both the newcomers bowed their head which made Rias's and everyone's eyes widened.

"Did they just say 'Kurenai-sama', Buchou? " asked Akeno

"Yes, Akeno. I heard it too" said Rias. She was also caught off guard by this.

"...So he is a relative of Kurenai-senpai." Koneko, the only person who hadn't talked anything since the start of the dream, said in her usually monotone voice. Still, Rias and Akeno could detect a hint of curiousity in their petite Rock.

"We can assume so for now." Sona said while pushing her glasses up. "But Kurenai wasn't an uncommon name so maybe it is just only a coincidence"

But then their conversation was stopped byt the man's voice who sat on the swing

"Ah, G-kun, Kiri-kun." The man said with a strain smile "What are you two doing here in this lovely night? And what did I tell you about calling me 'Kurenai-sama' ? Just call me by my name and drop '-sama' out of it"

After a silent moment, both of them nodded "As you wish... Otoya-sama"

Letting out a sigh, Otoya opened his mouth but before he could say anything, the auburn hair man said in anger

"That harlot didn't come, did she, Otoya-sama?"

"Don't call her like that, G-kun" Otoya shook his head sternly yet his voice was filled with sadness

"To think that harlot and that damn Gremory..." 'G-kun' continued in rage but was cut off by Otoya. Still, the 'Gremory' part didn't go unnoticed by Rias and everyone else.

"Genesis! Stop calling her like that!" Otaya said with authority in his voice

"But..."

"Stop it Genesis" the man standing beside Genesis stopped him and turned to Otoya "Otoya-sama, please stop waiting. You have waited for nearly 3 hours. She won't come. You know it too, Otoya-sama"

The sky kept snowing.

A silence.

Smiling bitterly, Otoya took out a photo and stared at it while tears started running anew on his cheeks.

"The first time I saw her, it felt like I finally found my other half." Otoya said in a sombre voice "Just staying beside her make me feel so warm... so comfort... so complete... Even though the reason I decided to involve our kingdom in the Underworld Civil War was to make sure that the Old Faction wouldn't use humans as tools to win the war, but I couldn't deny my other selfish reason was to be near her... to see her smile... to fight by her side... to protect her..."

The sky kept snowing.

"The day she said she also loved me... it could be said that it had been the happiest day in my life... I thought that I had finally found my other half... my Soul Mate... But it seems Fate really knew how to mess with me..."

The sky kept snowing.

A hollow laugh.

"... 3 years later... The same day she said she loved me, I decided to propose to her... to ask her if she would give me the honor to become her husband... I prepared the best thing I could afford... made sure everything was perfect... But... but then..."

The sky kept snowing.

And then Otoya started cryinging hysterically as the photo fell to the ground.

"... But... but then... Just... Just why...?... Why did she... ? Why did she do this to...m... me? I... If she... she didn'... didn't love me... a... anymore... then wh... why? Why di... didn't she j... just tell me... and I wo... would... let her g... go? E... even i... it would be painful, I would never... never st... stop her from seeking her happiness..."

The sky kept snowing.

"... Was our love... ju... just a lie?... A... am I just a pierrot (clown) to her?"

Putting a hand on Genesis's shoulders, who Rias and everyone could easily tell that was shaking with rage, 'Kiri-kun' shook his head.

"...Kiritsugu..."

"No, Genesis..."

"That harlot... I swear I will make her pay... " growled Genesis

"No, Genesis... At least... not now..." after getting a grunt from the young man, Kiritsugu came near a lifeless Otoya who now was staring at the sky with his hollowness-filled eyes, put the violin in the case, helped Otoya stand up from the swing and said in a sad tone.

"...Otoya-sama... Let's go home..." as Kiritsugu finished, 3 magic circles appeared on the ground and all three people vanished.

The sky kept snowing.

And the photo lay on the ground and the footprints were the only things stayed behind.

"... So, this Otoya was dumped by his girlfriend?" as usual, Akeno was the one who broke the silence

" More like he was betrayed by his girlfriend" snorted Tsubaki

"From what we heard, we can only assume so for now" said Sona "But there is one thing confuses me. He said he had involved his kingdom into the Underworld Civil War, if so then why haven't I read anything about this?"

"Well, we're in a dream" shrugged Rias "It may be just an imagination"

"Do you think we would imagine the same thing in the same dream we share?" deadpanned Sona

"Hardly" admitted Rias "But still, I wonder who this girl was. From what I saw and heard, it seems this Otoya was a noble, even can be a King, and it seems he loves this girl with all his heart. Even she betrayed him but he still loves her, at least to some extent."

As if the Maou heard heard her, suddenly a small wind blew the face-down photo toward Rias's group and flipped it up. When they looked at the photo, all 5 of them had a same reaction.

They paled.

"Sona... this is still a dream, right?... This is just imagination, right?..." whispered Rias. She had to blink a few times as well as shaking her head to make sure what she saw wasn't a hallucination.

"Yes... this is still a dream, Rias... But from what I read about shared dreams, they sometimes contain truth or half truth or a hint of future..." said Sona. She also had a hard time to believe what she was seeing now.

"...So... this is a truth?" asked Koneko who was now slightly shaking.

"I'm not sure... But I hope it isn't..." whispered Sona while Rias's as well as her eyes still stared at the person in the photo.

The person was a beautiful woman appearing to be in her early twenties, with silver hair and matching eyes. Her hair, which flowed all the way down to her back, featured a long braid on each side with small blue bows at the ends, while the rest was let down, ending in twin braids.

It was the person Rias as well as everyone else knew too well. Hell, even if Rias had been impaled by thousands crosses, she would have recognized that face.

After all, which devils wouldn't know about The Strongest Queen or The Silver-Haired Queen of Annihilation, the close-to-become-wife of Sirzechz Lucifer the Red Satan and Rias's close-to-become sister-in-law,

Grayfia Lucifuge.

And then the scene changed.

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Swords.

Swords were the first things they saw when the scene around them finished changing.

The scene in front of their eyes now changed into an endless grass field bathed in the sunset light with many swords anchored in the ground like grave markers.

"What is this place? It's so beautiful" said Rias breathlessly. After a few minutes to take in the scenery, Akeno found a new surprise

"Buchou! We can touch the swords!" said Akeno while touching a two-handed, golden greatsword with a blue jewel embedded in the hilt that boasted a magnificence and enormity possible only for weapons tended to by inhuman hands. After hearing this, Rias and everyone immediately touched a sword and they could feel the coldness of steel with their hands.

"...Wow..." it was the only word that managed to escaped Sona's throat since she now was touching what looked like a large axe-sword carved from rocks while as the same time, Akeno was eyeing a golden chain with a lecherous face as Koneko and Tsubaki were looking at a pair of red and golden spears with wary eyes.

"To think a person who gives off the kind of Yamato Nadeshiko aura like Himejima-san is a masochist... Man, will wonders never cease?"

Suddenly, said a voice which made Rias's group jump in surprise. When they turned back, they saw a young man with spiked blond hair which was toned down backward. . His clothes consisted of a high collar sleeveless black shirt, black pants and boots, and black cloth covering his left leg and arm.

"Who are you?" asked Sona cautiously. If this young man could see her and everyone else, not to mention that this young man knew Akeno's surname, so that meant he somehow involved in these dreams, or even he was the one who created these dreams.

Ignoring the question, the young man just kept walking and said

"... Fate can be very cruel... In this world, things can be changed is unlimited... But sometimes... not knowing may be much better than knowing it when it's too late... Don't you think so?..."

"What does that suppose to mean?" demanded Rias but the young man just kept ignoring them

Letting out a sigh, the young man continued

"... Otoya is the kind of man who would be called "The one who defines his Fate"... All his life... he brought happiness to his kingdom's people without caring about his own happiness... So when his people knew about his love... it isn't exaggerated to say that it was one of the happiest days of the kingdom... Hell, even many people at that time started planning to build a huge statue of the 'woman' who brought happiness to their beloved King... " Despite his sombre tone, everyone could clearly hear the word 'woman' was spat with venom. Walking to a sword which had a golden handle and a four-wing-bat-liked cross-guard, he continued with a bitter laugh while caressing the sword's handle

"... And then it happened... The day had been supposed to be the happiest day in Otoya... had become the saddest day in his life... Every preparation... every hope... had come to nought... For the first time in his life... Otoya's Fate was out of his control and Otoya was defeated by a woman... the woman he would give her the world if she asked... It was a miracle that 'The King who rises from the hopelessness" didn't fall into his hatred and despair..."

Suddenly, with a finger snap, 5 magic circle appeared under Rias's and everyone's feet and the young man looked at them with his icy cold blue eyes which sent a chill to their spines

"... A warning to all of you... The Dark Kiva of fates has come spinning... Entrusting everything into his heir... The one who dares go against his heir shall wander in the depths of Hell for eternity... The overwhelming rule shall be commenced... The humanity shall be protected... With the rise of the winds... A new King shall emerge..."

And then Rias's group vanished.

Letting out a sigh, the young man looked at the sky and chuckled

"Well Wataru, it seems you will get a very large harem soon"

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TIME SKIP: KUOH ACADEMY NEXT DAY, LUNCH BREAK

Wandering aimlessly, Wataru stiffed a yawn while shaking his head to snap out of the sleepy state. Last night had been exhausting to everyone. For the first time, Souji had thad o let Shouichi cook the breakfast since he had been too tired to drag his body to the kitchen. Daiki had taken a coach in the living room since he had also been too tired to go to his room while Yukari had moved herself to Wataru's room since she hadn't had enough energy to go home. Haruto had been the worst case since he had totally passed out from exhaustion so he had no choice but to skip school. Even Yoko was barely on her feet since she had used up 4-tails-worthed chakra. Still, the mission was a success. Wataru's past-self had been saved... just to endure the 10 years of hell.

Shaking his head, Wataru's mind wandered to the moment when Alaya told him the mechanism of the portal

FLASHBACK

"First of all, you had already known that chakra was used to stabilize the circle, ne?" After getting a nod of confirmation, Alaya continued "Now there are 2 reasons why I need both Daiki and Yukari in opening a portal: One, Daiki's power while can help us travel from worlds to worlds but his power isn't Second Magic since he can only come to certain alternative worlds and the place in the world he arrive is always random except he had come to that place before. Two, Yukari's power while connecting to worlds but her power belongs to the barrier's domain, not to mention that she can only travel to worlds that have connection to her home world Gensokyo but her power over gaps gives us what Daiki don't have: with the gap, the traveler can travel to specific places the traveler want."

"So in short, you used both Daiki and Yukari-chan's ability to create something similar to Second Magic, right?" concluded Wataru with a frown "But what about Haruto's and Souji's part?"

"Haruto's part was to create an inferior replica of Fifth Magic..."

"FIFTH MAGIC! Are you kidding me?" exploded Wataru while Alaya just kept silent"Do you you know how dangerous it is? Did you try to kill Haruto?"

"Please calm down, Wataru-kun. I didn't try to kill Haruto." Said Alaya "The Time Ring I lent Haruto is a Mystic Code I took from an alternative Haruto in another world. That ring can help him utilize an inferior version, or more like a small fragment, of Fifth Magic. As you know, time isn't something can be simply rewinded as one's wish. No matter how much time you rewind, the time will still be there until it is 'spent'. If there is no other place to put the amount of time you rewinded, eventually after the rewinded time is 'spent', everything will still become the same. During the activation, the amount of time Haruto rewind will be transfered to the ring. If you noticed, you would see that the ring's power was very, very dull. This was the result of 2 previous times the alternative Haruto used: eventually, the ring would soon crumble to dust."

Taking in a few breathes to calm his mind, Wataru asked "And Souji?"

"Souji's part was to create a time paradox with his Clock Up ability. At the moment, you are spending the 'time' in this world in the present. The 'time' in your old world had been already spent long ago, which means the timeline in the past had settled. So in order to change it, we need a 'blank space' in the timeline to put a change in it so the timeline can be changed. It likes an equation: 1 small condition is added or removed and the equation will have to be recalculated. Since Clock Up's power was in fact time manipulation, it can create a time paradox if it meet... some certain conditions... The time paradox is the 'blank space' we need... That is all I can say"

FLASHBACK END

"Kukukukukukukuku"

Wataru's train of thought was halted to stop by some perverse giggles. Twitching his eyesbrow in annoyance, Wataru turned his head to the source: in the bushes near the girl's locker-room's window, there humanoid figures were hiding in it and Wataru immediately recognized them.

The first one was a perverted self-proclaimed lolicon, and was a former jock and school sports star (which Wataru suspected highly). His earned nicknames included "Perverted Baldy" and the "Sexual Harassment Paparazzi". He was better known as Matsuda.

The second one was a pervert who claimed to have the ability to calculate a female's body measurements just by looking. His own nicknames included "Perverted Glasses" and the "Three Sizes Scouter". He was known as Motohama.

And the final one was a good-for-nothing pervert who was known for his total obsession with the female body, most particularly their breasts. He was known as Hyoudou Issei.

'The Pervert Trio' sighed Wataru while thinking inwardly 'Damn it! These guys are no better than my damn so-called-Toad-godfather... No scratch that, they are worse... Double damn it!... While I understand that everyone is pervert, but come on, what these guys do aren't just perverted! It's sexual harassment!... Triple damn it!... Now how to deal with them..."

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*achoo*

"Damn, it must be some pretty babes are talking about me... Where're all of them?" giggling a certain silver hair pervert as he turned back to his peeping hole.

Suddenly, a large amount of Ki slammed into his back. Turning around, he saw a large group of angry kunochi, weapons in their hands as they emitted an aura that spelt only 1 thing: DEATH!

"... RUN LIKE A SCARED BITCH JUTSU!" yelled the pervert as he tried to find an escape route to save his skin. Unfortunately, the horde of angry women had already cut the only escape route and they started beating the light out of him

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Yura Tsubasa wasn't having a good day.

This morning when she and Momo came to the Student Council Room, everything was a mess. It took nearly 30 minutes to clean and rearrange everything. Everything just became stranger when there was a large carton box and some ropes appeared out of nowhere in the room when she came back in the lunch break. Grumbling to herself, Yura walked toward the recycle bin but before she could throw the box away, avoice caught her attention

"Uhm... Excuse me... Are you going to throw that box away?"

Turning around, Yura saw a brown hair student wearing a muffler with a small schoolbag on his left hand and a tired smile which brought a blush on her face. Quickly regaining her posture, Yura said

"...A... ah yes... Oh, and you are..."

"Oh! Sorry, my mistake... I'm Wataru... Kurenai-Pendragon Wataru, class 3-A... It's very nice to meet you" bowed the male student while Yura's eyes widened when she heard his name.

"I'm Yura Tsubasa, class 2-C, please call me Yura. So you are one of the new princes of our school, ne Kurenai-senpai?" said Yura

"Please don't remind me about those things" shaking his head tiredly, Wataru raised his hands in surrender gesture. Apparently, after his group's arrival and his unintend performance yesterday, a charts was created with the name "Prince charming charts" by the female students and some female teachers (Wataru shuddered at this) while Aoko was hailed as "The bishoujo princess". The position now was:

1/Kurenai-Pendragon Wataru (when playing violin)

2/Tendou Souji

3/Kurenai-Pendragon Wataru (in normal state)

4/Souma Haruto

5/Arisato Minato

6/Hino Eiji

7/Tsugami Shouichi

8/Kiba Yuuto

"Anyway," said Wataru " you said that you were going to throw them away right? So can I have them?"

"Eh.. Well, ok, I guess... But what will you do with these thing?" asked Yura curiously while she handed him the things

"... Hm... the box is large enough... Oh, there are some ropes here, too... Perfect!" mumbled Wataru as he took a look at the box "Thank you very much of your kindness, Yura-san and please just call me Wataru and drop the '-senpai' part if you like."

"No problem, Wataru-senpai. But you haven't answer my question, senpai. Why do you need these things?"

Waving his hand, Wataru said in a dismissing manner "Well, nothing important...there is just some 'trash' I need to pack... Anyway, again, thank you very much for your kindness, Yura-san."

After giving a bow and his usual tired smile which made the blunette blush, Wataru quickly left. Curiously, Yura started following Wataru but before she could reach the corner, she heard some things sounded a little... disturbing.

"Gah! Please stop!"

"Why the Root did you three do this?!"

"Ahh! It hurts! It hurts! Please, have mercy!"

"Don't you three have some respect for girls?!"

"Gah! Please stop! Arkk! My arms! They aren't supposed to bend that way!"

When Yura took a peak from the corner, she saw Wataru was slapping his hands together while the carton box now was on the ground, tied with many ropes as the box was... groaning?!

With little effort, Wataru lifted the box and brought it inside the gym. When Yura came inside, she saw Wataru put the box in front of the girl's locker-room, took out a paper and a pen, wrote something on the paper and slapped said paper on the box. Then Wataru quickly left the scene after knocking 3 times on the door and said loudly: "Special Delivery!"

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"Special Delivery!"

The moment Hanakai Momo as well as her classmates heard the call, all of them was immediately on guard and quickly put their clothes on. Who could blame for being careful with the infamous Perverted Trio ran around peeping the girls in the academy? With some shinai left in the room by the kendo club, Momo and her classmates opened the door violently, prepared to attack with the shinai... and found Yura stood outside reading somethings on a paper

"Yura-san? Do you know who put this box here?" asked the white hair Bishop

"It's Wataru-senpai." Said Yura while handed her fellow member the paper. Curiously, Momo took the paper and read out loud

" 'Found them peeping outside the locker room. Have a fun beating and please be careful from now on'."

"Yura-san, you said 'Wataru-senpai'. Did you mean Kurenai-Pendragon Wataru-senpai?" asked a random Momo's classmate

With a nod of confirmation, Yura started cutting the rope and opened the box. When the box was fully opened, everyone's eyes widened when they saw The Perverted Trio were tied like pigs as well as covered in bruised while mumbling something about 'nightmare', 'devil', 'demonic shinai', etc.

"...Wow..." It was all Momo could say when she saw the groaning Perverted Trio

"... Now I understand why Wataru-senpai said he needed the box to pack some 'trash'..." continued Yura "... Well, senpai did said that 'have a fun beating' so let's have some fun beating these 'trash'!"

"[YES!]" cried the girls.

"PLEASE, HAVE MERCY!" cried The Perverted Trio but it totally went on deaf ears and the gym was filled with painful screams until the bell signaled the end of the lunch break.

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TIME SKIP: KUOH ACADEMY, AFTER SCHOOL, OCCULT RESEARCH CLUB

Sitting on one of the 2 long coaches in the Occult Research clubroom now were Rias with her peerage: Akeno, Koneko and Yuuto while the other was occupied by Sona and her peerage. Except Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Sona and Shinra, everyone was curious about the meeting. Biting her lower lip, Rias thought back the conversation between her with everyone else participating in the shared dream

FLASHBACK

"So,we all agree that we will keep these dreams secret?" asked Sona as she quirked her left eyebrow at the president of the Occult Research Club "It doesn't sound like you one bit, Rias"

"I know, I know" said Rias tiredly "But you did said that it was possible that the blond man we had met in the dream might be the one who created the dreams and sent them to us and we have nothing to test them if they are true or not. Honestly, I hope they are wrong..."

Nodding her head, Sona continued "Now... about the Stray Devil... which group will take it down? Mine or yours?"

"Apparently, there is still no sign of it the area so we can discuss it in the later time. For now, let's just focus on the meeting this afternoon"

FLASHBACK ENDED

*Click*

The sound of the opening door snapped Rias out of her thought. Looking up, she saw Wataru with 5 more students, 4 males and 1 female, stepping in the clubroom. Standing up from the coaches in an attempt to give the newcomers a welcome, Rias's, Sona's as well as everyone's eyes widened when they saw a dull grey veil-liked barrier appeared and 3 more people, 2 males and a nine tails kitsune girl emerged from the barrier before the barrier dissipated

"Well, now my group has come here. Shall we begin?" said Wataru. The image of a tired and somewhat shy looking had totally disappeared and was replaced by a calm, collective manner as his eyes now had a piercing gaze which made everyone felt like he was looking into everyone's soul.

"Well, as Occult Research Club's president, I welcome you to Kuoh Academy. I'm Rias Gremory, heiress of Gremory Clan, one of 72 Pillars of Underworld. These are my peerage member:Himejima Akeno, Toujou Koneko and Kiba Yuuto." Said Rias as she introduce her peerage's member while subtly watching Wataru's reaction. The dream was still fresh in her mind and while she had nothing to prove the dream was true or not, the dream was just... too real... Moreover, she knew while her brother always acted as a child, he would never do something like seduce other people's girlfriend and made her betray her boyfriend...

... would he?

"I'm Sona Sitri, heiress of Sitri Clan and Student Council president and I also welcome you to Kuoh Academy. This is my vice-president Shinra Tsubaki, the white hair is Hanakai Momo, the one with 2 short braids is Kusaka Reya, the reddish-brown hair one is Meguri Tomoe, the brown hair girl with twin pigtails is Nimura Ruruko and the blue hair one is Yura Tsubabsa. All of us are Student Council's member."

"I see" said Wataru plainly "Well then, I guess it's our turn. I'm Wataru... Kurenai-Pendragon Wataru, class 3-A. Your turn, Souji"

Pointing at the ceiling, Souji began his usual introduction "My obaa-chan said: 'Walking the path of Heaven, the man who will rule everything'. I'm Tendou Souji, class 3-B"

"Arisato Minato, class 3-C" said the silent blue hair boy

"Souma Haruto, class 3-C"

"Hino Eiji, class 3-F. It's nice to meet you guys!"

"Tsugami Shouichi, class 3-F"

"Kaito Daiki, treasure hunter"

"Aozaki Aoko, class 2-D"

"Yoko. Kurenai Yoko" said the nine tails kitsune which made everyone's eyes (except Wataru's group) widened

"What do you mean 'Kurenai'?" growled Rias dangerously while she gave the kitsune her evil gaze as Akeno, Sona, Tsubaki, Yura, Momo and surprisingly Tomoe narrowed their eyes.

Shaking his head tiredly, Wataru clapped his hands to get everyone's attention

"Ok, that's enough, Yoko-chan. Now, before I answer any questions from you as well as your group, remember 2 things. First of all, everything we will say stay in this room, no one else will know about this meeting. Finally, Equivalent Exchange. One question from all of you trade for one question from my group. When I don't have anything else to ask, this meeting is over. No more question." Despite the tired way Wataru said, the way he said held a lot of authority which made Rias and Sona felt like they was sitting in front of a King, not to mention it left no room for any protests and bargains.

"Fair enough" nodded Sona.

Wataru wasn't stupid. Easy to trust other people? Yes (he blamed Eiji for that). But stupid? No. He knew too well that when he had offered this meeting, he had accepted to play a risky game. High-class devil like Rias and Sona were very dangerous when it came to negotiation, bargains and (to some extent) interrogation. By imitating the way his tou-san had used to say everytime his tou-san acted as a judge in the courtroom in the past, his speech now had much more weights and now he had a chance to make the meeting go in his favor, not to mention an escape route if things turned bad. Now, it was the time to test what he had learned from Kiri-nii-san and his Kaa-san in interrogation, negotiation and diplomacy.

"Fine" grumbled Rias. But before any questions could be asked, Akeno came out with a tray full of cups of tea as well as many refreshments for the guest.

"Wow, it's delicious." Praised Wataru after taking a sip from his cup.

"Fufufu, thank you very much Wataru-kun." Giggled Akeno as she hugged the tray to her chest which made her breasts became bigger "Do you want some more?"

"Where do you make this tea?"

Perking up, Akeno turned to the source of the question "Ara?"

With an indifferent face, Souji repeated "Where do you make this tea?"

"In the kitchen over there. Why do you want to know that? Do you want to know the ingredients of my tea?" asked Akeno as she tilted her head slightly

Without any words, Souji rolled his sleeves up and walked into the kitchen and five minutes later, a pot of tea was put on the table by Souji. When Souji started pouring the tea, a wonderful smell started spreading in the clubroom. The moment when Rias took a sip from Souji's tea, she felt an explosion in her mouth: the tea was wonderful! The flavors weren't strong as Akeno's tea but they were so well balanced!

"Wow, as expect from Souji" said Shouichi as he chuckled merrily "Never feeling satisfied with the curent taste and always try to make it better"

"... Akeno..." started Rias hesitantly "... as much as I hate to say this...but I prefer this tea to your tea..."

Akeno was shocked, but before she could say anything, Souji raised his hand to stop her

"There is nothing wrong with your tea, Himejima-san. Your tea is very delicious but it is also your flaw. It's TOO delicious which may lead to a taste fatigue, not to mention there is a small unbalance between the flavors in your tea. My tea in fact is the the same tea Himejima-san but with the difference in the amount of the ingedients to create the balance it don't have."

Akeno's shoulders slumped in defeat as a grey cloud appeared above her head while inside, she was fuming at the black hair young man who had just taken her chance to impress Wataru away... 'Wait. Why did I want to impress Wataru-kun? 'thought Akeno in surprise.

"Can you all please come back to the reason why we are here?" asked Sona.

"Oh right." Said Rias sheepishly "Now, our first question. What are you?"

"Hey guys." Said Wataru as he turned to his group "What am I?"

"A violin obsessor" said Souji

"A somewhat slight cynical leader" said Minato with a boring look

"A sword maniac" deadpanned Haruto

"A good guy who wants to help and save other people" said a happy-go-lucky Eiji

"A below average cook never stops learning" said Shouichi with a plesant smile

"A forgotten prodigy" shrugged Daiki

"An idiot who keeps throwing his life on the line just to help other people!" grumbled Aoko "And that goes for you too, Eiji!"

"My future mate..." giggled Yoko perversely as a trickle of blood started dripping from her nose.

"My my, it seems Wataru is quite a ladies man, fufufu" mused Akeno with her usual giggle

"Well," said a sweat-dropped Wataru "Basically I'm all those things"

On the other side of the table, Rias and Sona were fuming at Wataru for dodging the real meaning of question while Yura and Tomoe were glaring murderously at the giggling kitsune. Sipping his tea, Wataru continued

"My turn. Have any of you detect any signs of Fallen Angels in this place?"

Immediately, Wataru's question caught everyone's attention

"Fallen Angels? There are Fallen Angel in the city? In my teritory? Where? How do you know? Do you have any proof?" exploded Rias as her questions came to Wataru in rapid fire speed

"Wow, 5 questions on a row, eh? It seems I can ask you 5 questions in my next turn" said Wataru amusingly as Rias realized that her outburst had just made the meeting go in Wataru's favor.

"Anyway, to answer your question, Rias-san. Firstly, Yes, Fallen Angel. Still, I didn't say there were Fallen Angel in this place. The reason I asked was because last night, Minato had found traces of Fallen Angels near a bridge in the north of the city. We are not sure if the Fallen Angels are still here or nor since the traces Minato had found was cold, at least nearly a week before our arrival in this city. And if you want proofs, here are the proofs"

Picking up his schoolbag, Wataru put his hand in it and took out some feathers that Rias, Sona, Akeno and everyone else immediately recognized were belonged to Fallen Angels.

"My turn" said a bored Wataru while Sona glared at her childhood friend as well as her rivalry. If Rias hadn't let out that outburst, they wouldn't have been in this disadvantage. From now on, she would be in charge in this meeting... No, it was more like an interrogation now...

"First question: Except Rias and Sona, who in this room are reincarnated devils?"

"All of them are reincarnate devils" said Sona. From the way Wataru had just said, Sona assumed that Wataru knew about the Evil Pieces system quite well.

"Second and third question: From what I know, this academy is backed by the Gremory clan, I presume? And Rias, does your brother, the Crimson Satan, have any connections to this academy?" for a brief moment, Wataru lost control of his emotion as he let a very small hint of venom laced into his voice when he mentioned the damn Gremory who had a hand in breaking his tou-san's heart. Luckily, it went unnoticed by everyone except Wataru's comrades

With a straight face while keeping her emotion in check as well as trying to keep the curiousity of how Wataru knew her brother and why he would want to know if her brother had connections to this academy or not stay still, Rias replied

"Yes, my father, Lord Gremory, is the Administrator of the academy. About my brother, he is a member of the Directorate of this academy."

"Fourth question: Rias-san, who is in that room?" said Wataru as he pointed to the door which had many seals applied to it

'How the hell did he know about Gasper? This Wataru is much more powerful than what I assume if he can detect Gasper's presence in the room despite so many seals applied to the room!' cried Rias inwardly while Sona could only sigh. Wataru had been totally controlling the flow of the meeting since the moment Rias let out her outburst. Now Wataru just needed to direct his questions at Rias, who might have some knowledge about negotiation but clearly wasn't the person for these kind of meeting due to her lack of experience. Looking back at the waiting Wataru, she could easily saw a calm, collective and inteligent young man as his aura and posture created an air of confident around him, not to mentioned he looked quite handsome in her opini...

'Wait, what? No! Bad Sona!' blushed Sona as she tried to pushed her thought away 'Now you must focus, not eye-humping him! Still he looked like an ideal husba... Gah! Focus, Sona!'

"In that room is another member of my peerage" Rias's replied snapped Sona back to the meeting "He had some... issues with controlling his power so we decide to seal him away for the time being"

Narrowed his eyes, Wataru let out a curt answer "...I see... Well then, my fifth question...:"

Suddenly, the temperature in the room dropped a few degree as Wataru's brown eyes changed into a crimson color. With a malice-filled demonic voice, Wataru said

"Answer me truthfully, have you harmed any innocent humans?"

Just a brief moment, Rias, Sona and everyone else swore they thought they had just seen a silhouette of a demon in golden armorwith red-bat-wings-liked face behind Wataru but just a blink of eyes, there was nothing. His aura now changed from calming to demonic as the air felt like it had thinned making it hard to breathe while gravity seemed triple and a massive Killing Intent flooded the room.

His aura was the kind of aura that screamed 'Ultimate Ruler'.

Struggling to regain her breath as well as her posture, Sona forced the words out of her dry throat

"... No... we haven't... at least intentionally... After the Underworld Civil War, there are new laws that prevent devils from exagerating the price of the request... as well as attacking and killing human without reasons.."

The corner of Wataru's lips twisted into an almost unnoticeable smirk.

After a silent minute that felt like eternity to Rias's and Sona's group, the pressure and KI gradually dissipated as the air and temperature returned to normal which made everyone breathe a long sigh they didn't know they had held.

"... Good... Our meeting is over... Now we will take our leave..."

Everyone(minus Wataru's group), even Sona who had foreseen this, was caught off guard by Wataru's statement as the dull grey veil-liked barrier appeared when Wataru's group stood up.

"Wha... Why..."Rias stuttered

"I had already said: 'When I don't have anything else to ask, the meeting is over. No more question'. " said Wataru in monotone voice. "I have answered your questions as well as you have answered mine. We have thi information we need now so no need to drag on this meeting. See you tomorrow"

After that, Wataru's group started stepping in the barrier but before Wataru could step in, Yura, Momo and Tomoe called out

"Please wait, Wataru-senpai!"

Turning back to the 3 she-devil, Wataru raised his eyebrow "Yes?"

"I... I want to thank you... for helping me arrange paperworks after I messed them up..." said a blushing Tomoe "... Even though you said you didn't need any thanks... but... I still want to thank you... If it hadn't been for your help... I would have been late for my class..."

"We want to thank you for taking care of the Perverted Trio for us" continued Yura and Momo "If it hadn't been for you..."

Raising his right hand to stop Yura and Momo, Wataru's face softened as a very rare sincere smile which brought heavy blushes to all the female's face in the clubroom appeared on his face

"Tomoe-chan, I had already said it was no problem, hadn't I? One of the things my tou-san taught me is 'Always help people in need if you can' and it is 1 of my personal rules to help people whenever I can help. There was a time Eiji told me this: 'If there is a hand reaching for help and I don't reach out my hand when I can, the regret will make me wish I were dead... I reach out my hand, because I don't want that'. Like Eiji, that was a part of my reason why I help people" said Wataru as he looked at his kouhai "Yura and Momo, I don't need any kind of thanks for my help in preventing those 'trash' from violating you privacy. To me, with a few exceptions, women are like flowers and precious gems. If you care for them, they will bloom and make the world become beautiful with their beauty."

Before the blushes on the feamale after seeing Wataru's sincere smile could disappear, their blushes grew tenfold after Wataru's speech was registered by everyone in the clubroom, even Koneko now had a large tink of pink on her cheeks while Reya started shooting out steam from her ears... literally.

"Well then, it's time I go home now" said Wataru "Oh, and by the way, in case you want to find a stray devil named Razkasa, you should check the southern part of this city. And if you guys are interested in a free dinner at my place tomorrow, tell me, ok?"

"Ara ara, is that an invitation? You sure are bold, Wataru-kun" giggled Akeno

"Well, you could see it like that. Anyway,Ja ne" shrugged Wataru as he stepped in the barrier before it disappeared.

After a few minute, a blushing Sona broke the silence "So... should we come?"

"I don't care about you... But one thing for sure is that our club wil go... Wataru-kun is such an interesting individual...fufufu" said a blushing Rias as she giggled while a single thought started forming in her mind

'Kurenai-Pendragon Wataru... You're surely such an interesting individual as well as an interesting mystery... I can't wait to have you as a part of my peerage...fufufu'.