Hello and welcome back to another chapter. Before we get started, I would like to address a few things. I would like to first off apologize for the severe lack of updates, the reason for it was simple. About a week or so ago, my computer stopped functioning properly, to fix this, I was forced to perform a hard reset which uninstalled and completely removed several of my programs. One of which included the program I use to write these stories. Since it was removed, I was unable to reaccess any of my in-progress chapters. Once again I don't own anything related to Fairy Tail or Highschool DxD. With all of that out of the way, Let's get started.

"speech"

thoughts, sound effects, unique items, dragon/demon speech

Fire Dragon's Iron Fist

Gateway outside Kuoh Academy

We rejoin our favorite pink haired half-devil as he is standing alongside Akeno and Rias, with the former two still chatting the day away and Rias unfortunately playing the part of a third wheel. Having just about enough of being ignored by her two friends for a good portion of the day, Rias decided to speak up.

"Hey you guys, we should start looking for a place to make our base of operations." she stated.

While the two did hear her, it was not until Rias grabbed Natsu by the ear and forcefully dragged him away from Akeno did she finally get a vocal response from her two friends.

"OW OW OW ok I'll listen just not the ear!" Natsu painfully cried out.

Satisfied with her response, Rias happily released Natsu's poor ear and motioned for the two to follow her as they wandered around the school's perimeter. Soon they arrived in front of what looked to be a worn-down, old fashioned schoolhouse. Taking a moment to check for any signs of humans or other supernaturals in the area Rias was not surprised when the only presence of anything aside from harmless animals, were herself and her two companions.

Turning to her two friends who looked like they were about to start chatting some more, she hastily spoke up before they took the chance. "This place seems to be abandoned, but it looks like it just might suit our needs, want to go check the place out?" she asked.

Akeno gave it some thought before answering with an affirmative. Natsu on the other hand, took a lot more time to think about his answer. So much so, that Rias and soon Akeno started to worry if he was going to be alright. Finally after some prolonged waiting, Natsu finally spoke up. "From what I can tell, this place is pretty much perfect to serve as our base of operations here in the Human World, but I would also like to see how the insides look. As the saying goes, never judge a book by its cover."

While Rias was surprised at how logical Natsu had sounded just now, she quickly reasoned the cause for Natsu's logical side was the result of his studies under Grayfia.

With both of her friends' interests peaked, Rias led the way into the old schoolhouse to explore what it looked like inside. After several near mishaps whilst exploring the surprisingly large schoolhouse, the trio finally found a suitable location within the building. The ideal room, being what was left of an old principal's office, including a leather chair and a large dark brown wooden desk right in-between a pair of windows. The room was fairly large in scale, with a bathroom complete with a built in shower in the connecting room. Rather impressed with how the room looks, the trio make a quick decision and easily come to an agreement. They would claim this room and the building as a whole, as their newly established base of operations.

"There is only one thing left to do, and that is give this place a name." Rias announced. Some much needed discussion later, and they agreed upon a single name. "As of this day forth, this will serve as the Occult Research Clubroom. For the newly reestablished Occult Research Club." she finished.

Several months later

Since officially establishing their base of operations here in the Human world. The building's interior had undergone serious renovation. Now with a proper structure system fully restored inside, as well as a proper plumbing system setup for those warm, relaxing showers Rias was wanting ever since she first saw the shower setup in the bathroom. Along with renovations came additional furniture. These included a pair of triple-seater, black leather couches. A small yet elegant wooden coffee table. As well as a small kitchen consisting of a small fridge (to Natsu's chagrin), some cabinets, and a tea set for Akeno. Normally, one would expect the trio to have been working hard, long hours to earn all the money for this new stuff, but thankfully, Rias was able to convince Sirzechs to lend her some money as it was for her base and not the usual anime-related cravings she had when she was younger.

While most this stuff only took the first 2 months, the rest of the months were spent trying to find additional members for the two king's peerages. over the course of the next couple months, Rias had more luck than Natsu. Already having her first piece waaay before Natsu, she quickly gained 2 more, those being a bishop and a rook, named Gasper and Koneko respectively.

When she and Natsu first met Gasper, they were thrown off by the fact that Gasper looked like a girl even though she was really a he. Eventually they found out that he had a habit of crossdressing and also learned of his unique ability that being his sacred gear which allows him to bring the flow of time to a standstill. While it was seemingly powerful, sadly Gasper could not control it. After a one-sided argument between Natsu and Rias, it was decided that Rias will be the one to make Gasper a bishop in her peerage. With the help of Sirzechs' bishop, they were eventually able to convince him to seal himself away in one of the isolated rooms of the schoolhouse.

Koneko was another story. When Natsu and Rias had first met the white haired girl, she was barely social only answering in an extremely quiet whispers. Natsu had to strain his enhanced hearing just to be able to make out what she was saying. After several failed attempts, Natsu eventually got bored and requested for Akeno to make him some sweets. A few moments later, Akeno had just put down the tray of cookies she had recently made when suddenly Koneko had a glint in her eye, faster than his hand could reach the tray, she had snatched the entire tray away from him and quickly devoured every single last cookie on the tray.

Raising his eyebrow at the sight, Natsu quickly motioned for Akeno's attention once more. As she came to stand by Natsu's side, Natsu quickly explained what he had just witnessed and came up with an idea to help Koneko. Once successful attempt later, which included taking advantage of Koneko's sweet tooth, we find Natsu standing just outside of a cave somewhere in the underworld. Based on the information he gathered, Koneko used to live with her sister in another peerage, but one day her sister seemingly became obsessed with her neko side and killed her devil master, becoming a stray in the process, and leaving Koneko on her own. After some more attempts to coax her out of her shell, Natsu also learned the name of Koneko's sister, that being Kuroka.

Taking a deep breath, Natsu shouted out into the cave. "OOIIIIIIIIIII! KUROKA! ARE YOU IN HERE?" At first no one answered, then as fast as he could blink, he found himself facing the cave's ceiling with a very well-endowed long black haired nekomata straddling him, her claws at the ready to kill him.

"Who are you and why are you here nyaaaa?" the nekomata asked.

Not really caring about the situation he was in, Natsu happily answered. "I'm Natsu, Natsu Dragneel nice to meet you." Continuing on, Natsu tilted his head in thought. 'She smells just like Koneko, they really are sisters after all.'

"So I heard that you used to be a part of a peerage alongside your younger sister, care to tell me your side?" He asked.

So sorry for how long I took, but hey I got a chapter up and ready just for you. To all those who celebrate it, Happy 4th of July. That's all I have to say, so I will see you when I see you.