Disclaimer: I do not own High School DxD, I only made up this side-story and characters out of fun and not for profit.

High School DxD: Blade

Volume 2: Khaos of the Rating Battle

It was nighttime, the nightlife was bursting out in the wrong part of the city. The men were half-drunk, the women were half-naked, and there many people in this area at this time of the night.

A hooded light blue cloak-wearing figure walked through the group of people. On the figure's back was a long item wrapped in cloth. This person was trailing someone who was about 20 feet in front of them, as to try not to act suspicion. This someone whom the figure was following was a man in his early thirties, pale skin with long black hair. He had blue eyes. He wore a black robe with yellow accents over his body.

The figure sighed before looking up, hoping that everything was well on his end.

Sanosuke jumped from building to building as quickly as he could. A small green magic circle appeared by his left ear.

"Target is turning left." Said the voice coming out of the circle.

"Alright. Keep up the altitude, Maya-san." Sanosuke ordered as he spoke into the circle. "Zarith-san. Don't lose your target."

"I understand." Replied a mature feminine voice before the circle disappeared.

Currently, he was on a new job, one that took him out of Japan and into the Asian country of Thailand. This time he was not alone and he also had a plan. He was partnered with two people for this mission, named Maya and Zarith.

The plan was simple, the three of them, Sanosuke, Maya and Zarith, would be split into two teams, Maya and Zarith would chase after the main target whilst Sanosuke would take the time to raid through the places where they possibly kept their goods. He had already raided the first of three.

Sanosuke cursed, up ahead there was a group of Exorcist with their light saber like swords out. Did they know he was coming? He gripped the handle of the Kokusen before he released a wave of light with a swing of his sword.

Inside the building under the Exorcists, which was a factory, another group of Exorcists were standing over children who looked like they were being oppressed. An explosion erupted from above before the ceiling fell to the floor. Emerging from the rubble of the broken ceiling, Sanosuke stood up and glared at the Exorcists around him.

"Who the hell is this guy?" one of the Exorcists screamed.

Sanosuke took a stance. "Let go of the children" Sanosuke said in a low voice.

-x-x-

It was late at night in the Expedition clubroom, where Serena was going over the monthly report she had to make to the elders regarding the past month. She heard the door opened and saw Kaoru walking in.

"Hi, Serena-san, all the contracts for tonight have been taken care off." Kaoru reported in.

Serena smiled as she nodded. "That's good. Thank you, Kaoru-senpai, for taking care of it for me. The Elders have been breathing down my neck about this." Serena said as she held up the report for the Elders. "By the way, how's Sylvia doing with her contracts?" she asked after she placed the report back onto the table.

Kaoru smiled. "She's been doing well. Her customers have been happy with her interactions. I believe she enjoys her jobs too." Kaoru commented.

Serena nodded, agreeing before she saw on the table a small pink magic circle. It was a magic circle used for communications. Within the next few minutes, Serena gasped at the sudden news.

-x-x-

Life 1: Hunting Games

-x-x-

Sanosuke stood beside near a bridge near Kuoh Gakuen. He looked out to the river lost in thought before he heard the sound of wooden slippers hitting the floor. He saw a man, in his thirties dressed in dark brown traditional Japanese kimono. He had black hair but his fringe was coloured yellow. This man held a smirk.

"Azazel." Sanosuke identified the man. This man was the latest client.

"Yo, Sanosuke-kun. Its been a while," The man, Azazel, greeted before handing him a thick file. "You're job is to follow a suspect, a fellow Fallen Angel of the Grigori, named Saraune and the people following him." Azazel told him.

"What is he being suspected for?" Sanosuke said as he went over the file. It was a basic profile of the target, along with profiles for many other people, mainly a list of children and possibly Exorcists.

"Treason, for kidnapping young Sacred Gear users, namely children, and selling information to an unknown party, possibly some sort of terrorist cell." Azazel said.

"So you want me to trail him so I can find out more about this terrorist cell?" Sanosuke had guessed.

Azazel smiled, "Exactly, and if you've confirmed that he is in contact with a terrorist cell, I want you to capture him."

"Why don't you use your own people, or even Slash Dog or Vali?" Sanosuke pondered, they were easily one of Azazel's more powerful fighters. So why ask him to do this job?

Azazel seemed to muse over this as he crossed his arms before he explained. "That's the problem. I don't know who to trust when it comes to this, plus Slash-kun and Vali are out on a similar errand. I can trust you because you will complete a request no matter what. Either way, I have hired another mercenary, Zarith Garlain to assist you along with Ramiel's daughter."

"Maya Noihara, huh?" Sanosuke sighed. How long has he last seen her?

Azazel smacked Sanosuke's back whilst grinning happily. "I'm sure she will be happy to see you. Anyway, try your best. I'm off to see a very interesting fellow!" Azazel told him before he walked away.

-x-x-

"Wake up! Wake up! If you don't I will kick you as-" Keisuke turned off his alarm clock. Slowly, he got up from his bed and yawned. Another morning, another day to train, he thought to himself. He went to wear white and grey gym clothes before he went out of his studio apartment.

When he was outside the apartment building's gate, he stretched his legs and his back before he began jogging. He does this every morning, but during the Stray Peerage incident he didn't get to do much of it. He intended make the most of the time he has now.

He went from his apartment, through the park where the kids played, through the school, which was closed for the weekend, making a huge round around his area. He was close to the supermarket before he accidentally bumped into someone at a corner.

Both fell onto the floor. "Ouch. Hey you! Watch where you're going!" Keisuke scolded.

"What about you?! You're the one that hit me first." The person said. It was surprisingly feminine.

Keisuke was surprised when he realized he had bumped into Sylvia. "Huh? Sylvia-san?"

"Keisuke-san?" Sylvia said in a light tone. She noticed him going to pick up the fallen groceries. Sylvia also did the same. "Thanks." She said when Keisuke carried one of the grocery bags.

"Sorry about that." He apologized. "I'll walk you home." Keisuke told her before both of them walked towards her home. If he remembered right, Sanosuke and Valshion also live there. "By the way, where's Sanosuke-san? I haven't seen him at school recently."

"Ah well, Sano-chan is out on a job," the blonde explained before she pondered. "I think he's in Thailand? He doesn't really talk about his jobs though. Though he did tell me he should be back by tomorrow or Tuesday."

Keisuke thought about this for a bit. Sanosuke does seem busy, he only just finished one job with the Stray Devils and now he was gone for another job. Just why did he come here?

-x-x-

The figure took a left turn before they hid behind the corner. They saw that their target, Saraune, had made contact with another man. Tall, lean, brown hair slicked back with rectangular sunglasses with a cigarette in his mouth. The two conversed for a few seconds before the man opened the door and lead Saraune in. The figure cursed that Saraune walked into the building before they looked up to see it was just a simple apartment building and the entrance they took seemed to be a back entrance. But the area, wasn't this suppose to be the third possible point where the children would be? Why would Saraune be here?

"Zarith-san!" the figure looked up to see a single black winged girl descending and landing in front of her. The girl in question was a teenager with a body that one would love to have, athletic, slim and with modest assets. She was slightly tanned with long cyan hair that reached down to her hips with purple eyes and bangs that covered her left eye. She wore a white top over black and purple-stripped undershirt with black skirt and grey thigh high stockings. "I've made a circle around the building and saw nothing else. We better tell Sanosuke-san." She told the figure.

The figure pulled back their hood to reveal a handsome young Caucasian man who looked around Maya's and Sanosuke's age. He had blonde hair and blue eyes. Zarith nodded in agreement to the black winged girl's suggestion.

The violet haired beauty then made a small magic circle in her hand that functioned similar to a telephone. "Sanosuke-san. The target has made contact with an unknown male and is currently inside point three of where the children could be. We haven't confirmed anything ground yet but we are going in first to be sure." She said.

After a short while there, Sanosuke replied. "Understood, until you have confirmed he is in contact with this terrorist cell or the children are there, lay low and don't get caught. I will be there shortly. Be careful."

Zarith answered, "Will do." The magic circle disappeared.

Maya and Zarith looked to the other before nodding. Quietly, they entered the building.

-x-x-

In school, Keisuke yawned. He was tired from another contract last night in which he was to have a long chat with his client about what to do over a few drinks. Since he was underage, he only had juice. Currently, he was leaning back on his chair in classroom.

A pair of hands impeded his vision before he heard a familiar voice say, "Guess who."

Keisuke smirked. She had always done this to him whenever she could. "Saya, come on. We are not 9 years old."

Saya released her hands and walked in front of Keisuke's desk.

"Kei-kun, you sure look tired. Just what were you doing last night?" Saya asked as she took a seat.

"Nothing special really…" Keisuke said lazily before he yawned.

Saya then had a realization, her eyes widened before she stuttered, "Could-! Could it be po-!"

Keisuke interrupted her comically, "Aren't you jumping to conclusions there!?"

Then Saya thought about it for a moment, Keisuke doesn't seem to be the type of person who would do that.

She played with her fingers as she realized how shameful of her to jump to conclusions like that. "I'm sorry…" she apologized. She looked up to see Keisuke with a light smile on his face. She blushed slightly.

"How are you feeling?" Keisuke asked her.

Saya smiled before she raised her right arm, curled as she grabbed her bicep with her left hand. "I'm feeling fine. But what's wrong? Since I've gotten back from my illness, you've been asking me that question like I met get ill again." She asked Keisuke.

Keisuke just shrugged his shoulders. "I'm just worried for my friend." Keisuke admitted.

"What is this? A lover's quarrel this early in the day?" they both heard Sylvia's voice and turned to see the blonde walking up towards the two.

Saya gasped at what Sylvia said to them, blushing completely red before stuttering, "Well…no…well, you see about that…"

Sylvia smiled at Saya's reaction, "Well either way, I'm sorry Saya-chan. I need to borrow, Kei-kun for a while."

"Is it about your activities?" Saya asked her.

"Yup." Sylvia answered went to grab Keisuke's hand, a motion that Saya noticed. Sylvia waved back at Saya when both made it to the door. "We'll see you later." Sylvia and Keisuke left the room.

Saya was surprised at Keisuke and Sylvia's behavior. "Since when have they gotten close?" she asked herself sadly.

When they reached the window opposite the door Sylvia turned around to face Keisuke. "Serena-san is asking for us to meet after school for an emergency meeting." She told him.

"Another one? Is it another Stray Devil?" Keisuke asked her.

"No but she said it was important." Sylvia answered.

Just what could this meeting be all about? Keisuke thought to himself. If it wasn't about that then what could it be?

"Either way, Keisuke-san. You need to try to understand the situation you're in with Saya." Sylvia told Keisuke, completely changing the subject.

Keisuke looked to Sylvia skeptically. "What do you mean by that?"

Sylvia held her head, trying not to say anything more. If only he could see some of the girls feelings for him.

-x-x-

Saraune arrived with the man into a room filled with group of children surrounded by men wearing dark robe. "I see the tools are still in fine condition," he commented before he grabbed hold of the file before handing it to the man with the lit cigarette. "To your liking, Mr. J? I do hope the Khaos Brigade like what they see."

Mr. J blew another puff before he said. "Yeah, they should fit the bill." He looked through the file. High-Tier Sacred Gear users amongst the filth of children in here, he thought as he inspected the file.

Saraune only grinned. "I'm happy that we have made an agreement." He bowed. They heard a struggle from where the kids are and saw one child rebelled against his captors.

"Stay quiet and sit down!" The exorcist said before he pushed the child down.

The child stood up again.

"Everyone! We need to show them that we are not afraid to fight against them. They took everything from us! We need to get out of here, right now!" The kid told the other children but none of them did anything. "Guys?"

"You should understand the position you are in, brat. Though you may stand up against here, your friends here are too scared to do anything." Saraune said to the boy.

The child roared before he rushed into the same exorcist again.

"Like I said, stay quiet!" The man punched the child down.

No one expected the kid to actually steal the Exorcist's gun as the kid aimed it at Exorcist and fired. The bullet pierced the gut of the Exorcist. The Exorcist held his stomach in pain as he fell to his knees and cried in pain. In reaction to this, the other men grabbed hold of the gun and began kicking the boy down.

Mr. J chuckled. "Hmm…Interesting…I like this boy's guts, bring him here." He said before one of the exorcists picked up the boy and brought him there.

Before they could do anything, the door exploded and appearing from the rubble were Zarith and Maya.

Zarith took off his cloak to reveal a set of armour on the chest, shoulder, arms and greaves on his knees and boots. Under the armour was a blue like hoodie and white and brown t-shirt and shirt respectively that was barely seen under the hoodie. He wore black trousers. On his back was still the long item that wrapped in cloth.

He held a sword of light in his hand whilst Maya had an ice sword in hers. The two went to attack the group of people.

"Saraune, for betraying the Azazel-sama and the Grigori. You are under arrest!" Maya told Saraune.

"What the hell is going here, Saraune?!" Mr. J asked Saraune.

Saraune then realized. "This must Azazel's doing! We need to get out of here!" he said before another explosion appeared from the wall close to him. Saraune saw Sanosuke walking out of the dust.

Sanosuke then drew his Kokusen and went to strike the closest the enemy. But the enemy blocked and went for a horizontal strike but Sanosuke back flipped to where Maya and Zarith were.

The three stood back to back to each other.

"Sorry I'm late. The second point was more fortified than I thought." Sanosuke apologized to the two.

"Its fine, we were just warming up." Zarith told him with a smirked.

"Focus, guys." Maya told the two. The trio went to attack the group again.

Saraune cursed at the sudden development. "Tch! Let's get out of here, and bring that brat with us." He told the group of exorcists who had the child before they left the room.

"That bastard! Thinking of leaving me here with these monsters?!" Mr. J exclaimed loudly before he threw his cigarette to the floor and stepped on it angrily.

Maya saw the target leaving the room with one of the children and told Zarith and Sanosuke. "They're taking one of the children with them."

"That being said, I don't think we should be standing here playing." Sanosuke stated as he blocked a slash and returned one of his own.

"Sanosuke-dono! Maya-dono! I will handle things here! You should chase after Saraune and the kid." Zarith told the two.

"That's crazy, we can't leave you behind!" Maya exclaimed.

"Its fine, I can take care of myself." Zarith smiled before he threw a wave of light at the group of men who dodged the wave, creating an opening.

Sanosuke looked to Zarith who nodded at Sanosuke, saying to leave this place to him. After a moment, Sanosuke nodded back. "Best of luck, Zarith Garlain." Sanosuke wished him before himself and Maya escaped the area.

"After them!" An Exorcist shouted before they started chasing but Zarith jumped in their way.

He formed a light blue gauntlet on right arm that radiated with Holy Energy, "I shall be your opponent!" he took a stance before a single edged straight sword appeared from the gauntlet. A sword of light in the shape of a double-edged sword appeared in his left hand.

Mr. J and the Exorcists laughed. "Yeah, and what can a little brat like you gonna do?" Mr. J mocked, a fiery lion appeared by his side. It was his Sacred Gear, Blazing Lion, which allowed him to materialize a fiery lion under his command.

Zarith smirked. "We'll find out now, won't we?" a single right white winged appeared on his back.

-x-x-

It was after school back in Japan, and the group of young devils has already gathered together in the clubroom. Christie, Keisuke and Sylvia stood before Serena's desk with Kaoru and Xarin standing behind Serena who was sat down.

"Tonight is a special night for us." Serena told the peerage. "We have been invited to the Rating Institute back in the Underworld."

Christie then asked Serena. "Rating Institute? What's that?"

Xarin then stepped forward before explaining. "Rating Institute is a place where they train young high-class devils about the Rating Games. This is a very prestigious academy in which not many young devils have been granted access to. The institute will train each piece in regards of their piece's traits."

"And in accordance to the invitation, we have to do a Rating Game with another young devil in order to gauge our abilities." Kaoru told the group.

Serena nodded as she admitted it was true.

Sylvia looked to the rest of the Peerage. "Rating Game?"

"Rating Game is a game usually done by mature devils to show off their Servant's abilities and used to raise the status of the King in charged of the Peerage." Serena explained to Sylvia.

It was Keisuke turn to speak up. "And so? Who are we fighting?" Keisuke said.

"It will be announced at the meeting with the Rating Institute's staff members later tonight." Serena answered Keisuke.

"There's a meeting tonight?" Christie asked, surprised. "When?"

"Its in an hour's time." Serena said before she stood up. "But what I really wanted to say to you all in regards to all of this is that no matter who we face against, we are not going to down without a fight." Serena said confidently.

-x-x-

"Let go of me!" The boy grunted as he struggled. He bit on the man's hand before he stomped on his foot. When the man released the boy, he ran behind the group before turning towards them.

"You know I like that spunk of yours kid. I can't wait to break it!" Saraune cried happily.

The young boy created his Sacred Gear, a bow of red light, Staring Red. He pulled on the string, creating an arrow of light. He fired the arrow at Saraune who simply swatted the arrow away like a fly. Saraune looked unimpressed, changing his mind before he made a motion to one of the Sacred Gear users to kill the young man.

The man pulled out a sword of light but the young boy was not going to go down without a fight so he fired another arrow of light but the arrow was sliced into two. The child fired many more but the exorcist kept on destroying them as he continued to close the gap between him and the boy.

The child was breathing heavily, he was pushed back into a corner, and he didn't know what to do. Once the exorcist reached the boy, he raised his sword for a downward slash.

"DIE!"

The light blade was stopped by a sword's sheath; the Exorcist was surprised and looked to see the owner of the sword only to be punched in the face.

"Are you alright?" the boy heard Maya said to him.

Sanosuke turned around to see the boy looking at him in awe. He patted the kid's head. "You did well…Leave this to Oniisan, ok?" Sanosuke smiled.

The boy nodded before he saw Sanosuke dashed forward with his katana drawn. He moved past Saraune's guards and went straight for Saraune. Saraune created a spear of light in his hand and blocked the katana coming for him.

"Fallen Angel Saraune, on the orders of my client, you are under arrest for suspicion of treason." Sanosuke told Saraune.

Saraune only smirked in response to this. "So Azazel has decided to make a move against me."

"Saraune-sama!" The Sacred Gear users before they activated their Sacred Gears but shards of ice obstructed their way as they flew from the side. The Sacred Gears turned to see the other half Fallen Angel with a spear of ice at ready.

"I'll be your opponent." Maya told them.

-x-x-

The battle between Sanosuke and Saraune raged on. Sanosuke somersaulted over a swing by Saraune. When he landed, Sanosuke rushed in but Saraune blocked the attack and the two locked their weapons.

"Answer me! Who are these people you're selling information to?" Sanosuke demanded. "Why are you kidnapping these kids for?!" He pushed forward.

Saraune just smirked before he answered, "I'm not going to tell you, but I'm sure you understand the values of these kids who possess Sacred Gears."

Sanosuke's eyes went wide as he gasped. "Don't tell me you're going to..." He jumped back from another swing by Saraune.

"That's right, to be able to mold these kids into an unstoppable fighting force against the Three Factions, the idea is just genius!" Saraune laughed. "Its not like you should care! You should be happy that you can get more jobs once they begin!" He threw a spear of light at Sanosuke.

"Who would want to fight against kids?!" Sanosuke roared before he created the Holy Avenger in his right hand. He slashed away the spear.

'Tch. A Sacred Gear user?' Saraune thought when he saw the sword.

"That's no reason to destroy peace right now!" Sanosuke came down with a heavy double slash that Saraune managed to block the slash.

Then both fighters continued clashing blades, blocking the other's attack before attacking only for it to be blocked by the other's weapon. They seemed to be even.

Saraune roared, "Huh? What peace?! We are locked in a stalemate! The Great War was not won by any side! We are just living in a false peace where security is on high!" Saraune then held out his hand and a ball of light appeared, he fired the ball at the close range, giving Sanosuke no time but to block with his swords. The ball of energy exploded upon contract, but the Holy Avenger took most of the attack as the force sent Sanosuke rolling. The Holy Avenger shattered, which left Sanosuke cursing.

Saraune lowered his hand. "That's why I hate how the Grigori is run these days! Bunch of cowards who think that peace is best!" he smirked.

"You sound like Kokabiel…" Sanosuke muttered as he slowly got up. Kokabiel was a war-crazed Fallen Angel amongst the leaders of the Grigori.

"Unlike that idiot Kokabiel, I know the right way of doing this." The Fallen Angel rolled up his sleeve and revealed a black snake on his forearm.

"What's that?" Sanosuke squinted his eyes, he did not like the feeling the snake was giving off.

"Like it? This is my best friend, he gives me a little power boost that allowed me to fight you." He said as ten spears of light appeared above him before he took one in his hand. "And now you're dead!" he roared as he threw spear, with rest in tow, at the mercenary. The attacked caused the dust to pick and Saraune couldn't but laugh at the fact that he got rid of one idiot. When the dust settled, Saraune gasped when he saw Sanosuke still alive. His long coat had been tattered and been dirtied. In his right hand was the spear of light that Saraune threw at him that he caught before it could pierce his heart. "What?"

Sanosuke dropped the spear as he said, "Tch! I didn't want to this, I was hoping to not use it but since you broke my strongest sword, you leave me no choice." Sanosuke gripped his jacket and took it off, revealing black ominous looking tattoos on his arms. He held out his left arm with the tattoos on the arms began glowing white.

"Those are!?" Saraune gasped at the sight of the tattoos that seemed reach up all the way to his shoulder and further. He knew immediately what they were.

Sanosuke remembered those days with his father. Especially the day he talked about these tattoos.

(10 years ago)

"Remember Sanosuke." A man wearing traditional Japanese clothing said as he held out Sanosuke's hands, looking at the tattoos. He had a rough look to him, long black hair and golden brown eyes. Beside him was the Kokusen. "These are what your mother gave you before she passed away. You can only partially break them for one reason, to protect someone else's smile and never for personal gain."

"I understand, dad!" Sanosuke smiled.

(Present)

"You damn hybrid! Don't think just because you have another power it doesn't mean that you could defeat me!" Saraune roared.

An overwhelming aura enveloped Sanosuke before he said, "For these kids…I'll show you why I'll be your worst nightmare."

-x-x-

"Holy Ice Spear!" Maya blocked a slash from one sword based Sacred Gear user with a spear of ice. She kicked the man away before she deflect an arrow of light made from another Sacred Gear user. She held out her free hand and icy blue magic circle appeared, suddenly a stream of ice rushed through the enemy.

Slowly, the Sacred Gear users began falling back. "This bitch is bad news!"

"Holy Ice Lance!" Maya roared as she slammed her palms to the floor, ice suddenly shot up from the floor and took the shape of many arrowheads that aimed straight at the Sacred Gear Users. Many Sacred Gear Users were struck down. Maya then clasped her hands together again, "Holy Ice Prison." She threw her hands forward. The ice around her encased the remaining users in a glacier.

"Yosh!" She said once she realized she had won before she looked to Kouga. "Wait here. Neesan needs to go check on her friend." She told the boy before she ran off.

"Sanosuke-san! Are you alright?" she called once she entered the hall, she noticed Saraune lying on the floor unconscious with Sanosuke towering over him. She realized that he didn't have his jacket on him and she took a good view of his muscular that were covered in black tattoos she had never seen before. She took a good look around the halls and saw the many heavy scorch marks that covered the room. Sanosuke was being awfully quiet as he stared at Saraune's unconscious form.

"Maya-dono!" she heard, she turned around to see Zarith running up to her in the corridor.

"Zarith-san! You're ok!" Maya exclaimed happily. "What about the kids?"

"The kids are fine, I've led them outside after defeating the exorcists and told them to wait there." Zarith told her. He turned his focus to Sanosuke. "Sanosuke-dono, are you ok?" he asked. Much to their surprise, Sanosuke kept quiet.

"Sanosuke-san?" Maya called again, this time a bit weary as she walked up to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.

This seemed to snap Sanosuke out of his trance. He turned to Maya and Zarith and said, "Sorry, just thinking about something."

"We are done here. I've already asked Azazel-san to send some of the Grigori to help bring the kids back home." Zarith told the two before he said to them. "Good work you two." Zarith smiled.

-x-x-

The peerage was outside the school's sports hall. "The meeting place is here?" Sylvia asked, surprised by the fact that her school was being used for the meeting point.

When they entered building, the group noticed another group of people, noticeably they were all girls, and most of them wore the Manade Academy girls uniform except for one who looked to be the most mature of the group.

The one who seemed to leading the group was a girl with rose pink eyes placed behind half-rimmed glasses. She had long blue hair with a strand that stood above the rest of her hair. She had an air of nobility and intelligence around her.

"Ah, Rina-senpai, Shizuka-sensei. Why are you here?" Sylvia asked the leading girl.

Rina looked to Serena and pouted. "That's mean, Serena. You didn't even tell your servants about me and my servants."

Serena held up her hands, "Well if I told her everything in one go, she would certainly forget about a few things here and there. So I was planning on telling her things slowly." Serena made an excuse before she turned to Sylvia. "Well either way I'll introduce you. I'm sure you know her as Rina Shinra, but her real name is Rheena Seere, a devil from the house of Seere." Serena introduced. "And these girls are part of her peerage."

"The Queen, Miyu Oohara-senpai…" The pink haired girl waved at her. Her hair was tied into twintails with red ribbons and had bright green eyes. She was one of the taller girls with a busty figure.

"Bishops, Shizuka Nomata-sensei and Ayaka Saito-san…" The most mature member of the peerage greeted happily. Shizuka had long blonde hair that reached down her waist and hazel eyes. Being the school nurse, she wore a turquoise turtleneck sweater over a white silk shirt. She also wore black skirt. She had ridiculous curves. The other bishop, Ayaka Saito, was a young girl with black hair that reached only to her shoulders. She wears full-rimmed glasses and has blue eyes. She had a slim built.

"Rook, Kuzuha Minamoto-san…" The smallest girl of the peerage bowed. She had long green hair down to her waist and straight bangs. She had blue eyes. She was generally cute.

"Knight, Saeko Saejima-senpai…" The older girl in question smiled as she greeted. She was what many people would describe a Yamato Nadeshiko, a true Japanese beauty. She had long violet hair that reach down to her lower back with v shaped bangs that nearly touched the nose and she had blue eyes. She had an athletic built with ample assets.

"And Pawns, Rei Yamamoto-san…" Rei bowed as she greeted back. She had long light-brown hair with bangs and two strands sticking out above her hair that fell down in front of her face. She had reddish brown eyes. She has a slender figure that compliments her assets.

"Lisa Grenry-san…" The girl with long fiery red hair held up her hand. Her eyes were also of the same colour. She had a slender built.

"Iria Masamune-san…" The buxom young blonde girl jumped happily. Her hair was down to her shoulders with bangs that covered her forehead. She had a short ponytail on her left side tied with a black ribbon. She had orange eyes.

"And Cule Zela-san." Cule bowed politely in response. She held her hands together similar to how a noble would. She had long wavy brown hair that is purple at the tips. She wore a blue rose hair clip on her right. She had large brown eyes. She was about the same height with Kuzuha.

Serena then introduced her Knight, "And this is my Knight, Sylvia Burne. Please get along with her." Sylvia bowed.

"Please to meet you." Sylvia smiled.

The pink magic circle of the Asmoday Family appeared behind them, the two Peerages turned around to see a young girl, older than Serena, with long black hair and blue eyes. She wore a red dress that showed off her curvaceous figure with red sleeve like gloves that reached up to her upper arm, black stockings and red high heels. The dress is opened at the chest area, giving view of her cleavage.

"Dina Asmoday-san?" Rheena gasped.

"Nee-sama?" Serena also gasped. "What are you doing here?"

"As you can see, I was also invited to play in the test games since I'm also a member of the Asmoday Household." Dina answered with a smile.

"Kaoru-senpai, who is she?" Sylvia whispered into her senpai's ear.

"She is Dina Asmoday-sama, Serena-san's older twin sister." Kaoru answered.

"Older twin sister?!" Sylvia gasped. When she looked at her and Serena, they look nothing alike!

Serena looked back to her sister. "Nee-sama, is it just you tonight?"

Dina smirked at this. "Don't worry, my servants should be arriving about now." She said just as another pink magic circle, this time a much larger circle, appeared from the ground. In a flash of light, 9 men appeared from the ground. These men had one thing in common: they were all muscular and handsome.

Christie gasped at this. "Hotties?!" she started drooling and looked in awe. She couldn't believe Dina has a peerage of hot men!

Keisuke sighed at Christie's attitude. "Well she is still a succubus, I guess," he shrugged. He noticed that Iria was acting the same. "I guess she's just in awe." Keisuke commented.

Keisuke saw another magic circle, this time colour green before two people came out.

"So is this the place?" asked the young man to the girl beside him. He had light brown hair that was styled wildly. He had green eyes behind blue-lensed glasses. He wore black business suit with a white shirt and red tie.

"It appears so." The young woman told him. She had a simple maid outfit. She had short blue hair and straight bangs along with yellow eyes. She held an emotionless expression.

"Rein-san!" Serena waved at the young man.

The young man, Rein, waved back. "Yo, Serena-chan!"

Rheena asked the young man. "It is just you and Milianna-san tonight?"

"Yeah, the other guys are resting back at home." Rein admitted.

Another pink magic circle appeared.

"Just how many of your family is coming?" Keisuke raged comically at Serena.

The light from the magic circle shone brightly. Emerging from the circle of light were three people, two men and one woman.

"Welcome, young devils," said the lead man, with bright pink hair and blue eyes, and wore noble clothing, such as a blue cravat with a white shirt, black trousers and black and white overcoat. He began speaking. "My name is Crain Asmoday, the next heir of the Asmoday House and in place of my father, Lord Camelius Asmoday who is busy with the final paper work to allow our test matches to take place, I welcome you."

There were murmurs amongst the crowd.

Crain began explaining, "As you may know, these test matches are signs that we have accepted the candidates into our prestigious institute. We will begin by introducing who will be the arbiters for these matches." He gave view to the two "These two are my most trusted Servants, my Queen, Iris Ose, and my Knight, Sigmund. They will be your arbiters for the coming test matches."

"The test matches are as followed, Rheena Seere versus Rein Orobos, the match will be judged by Iris."

Iris Ose had long wavy silver hair similar to Keisuke, crimson red eyes and slightly pale skin. She wore a very modest black dress, one that reached down to her ankles and with sleeves. The dress itself was frilly. She had white ribbons tied around her biceps on the sleeves. Another set of white ribbons that trailed down the side of her dress and tied at the bottom of the dress. She looked a lot similar to Keisuke.

Rheena and Rein looked to each other, nodding in respect of their opponents.

"The second match will be between my two beloved sisters, Dina and Serena, judged by Sigmund."

Sigmund was a man with a slightly tanned skin, long silver hair with a pink hue. He had blue eyes. He wore black shirt like dressing with black trousers with pink lines on the edges. The belt held the shirt close to his body with the buttons undone to give view to the scar that began on his right cheek down the middle of his chest until it reached the upper abdomen. He also wore silver shoulder armour, gauntlets and leg armour. He held a greatsword that was as tall as him on his back that gave off a huge amount of demonic energy.

Dina and Serena gasped when they heard their names placed together. The two looked to each other, unsure of what to make of the situation until they heard one of Dina's servants' voices.

"You sure you want us to fight such a small Peerage." Said one of Dina servants cockily. He was fair with short spiky hair and light green eyes. He was generally topless with armour that covered his whole left arm up to his shoulders with the strap wrapped around his chest. He wore grey trousers with leg armour that covered his knees and shins. He also wore a red cloth around his waist and had black boots on.

"Carbo!" Dina gasped.

"Damn you! Don't think because you have more members it means you are stronger than us!" Keisuke argued back. He wasn't going let some half naked man belittle the team.

"Well, we'll see on the day, won't we?" Carbo shot back.

"I believe you two should behave," Iris told the two. "Or else I would be forced to act."

"Nee-sama!" Keisuke shot at Iris.

Sylvia gasped at this. "Nee-sama?"

Christie whispered into Sylvia's ear. "Iris is Keisuke's older half-sister. I was told that Keisuke joined because of Iris and Serena offering to take him in."

Sylvia nodded. So Keisuke is a Half-Devil Reincarnate then. It sure does explain with both Iris and Keisuke both look alike.

"Whatever problems you have with each other, you can settle it at the game." Iris told the two servants.

Crain smiled. "Let us begin the countdown to the Rating Games."

-x-x-

It was morning and through a light blue magic circle, Sanosuke appeared back at his room at home. He went to place his sword by a corner before he went to take off his coat and grey t-shirt, leaving him topless that gave view to his already toned, scarred and tattooed upper body. He inspected the ominous black tattoo again. The tattoo went from his upper arm and covered his pectorals and upper back.

He sighed.

He went and used it again. He had told himself to not use it unnecessarily but this time he was forced to used that. Was he not training enough? Maybe he needed to spend more time and perfect his ability with Blade Blacksmith.

His mind went to the recent request and what his target said and showed him. Fake peace? Saraune ranted on and on about that. Saraune could never understand that this was the best they could get without killing off the rest and upsetting the balance. Those snakes, though…

What could those snakes be? Just who are these terrorists that have the ability to boost their member's abilities?

Sanosuke sighed again, "I have a feeling that something bad is coming."

-x-End-x-

Here is the first chapter of the second volume finished. For those wondering, the girls in Rheena Seere's peerage are based on girls from different anime series.

Miyu Oohara and Kuzuha Minamoto (Based on Myuu Ousawa and Kuzuha Doumoto from Hagure Yuusha no Estetica)

Ayaka Saito (Based on Ayaka Sajyou from the Fate/ Prototype)

Lisa Grenry, Cule Zela and Iria Masamune (Based on Lisara Restall, Cule Zeria and Iria Fukumune from Dakara Boku wa H ga Dekinai?)

Shizuka Nomata, Saeko Saijima and Rei Yamamoto (Based on Shizuka Marikawa, Saeko Busujima and Rei Miyamoto from Highschool of the Dead)

Sigmund is based of Saber of Black from the Fate/Apocrypha light novels.

For those wondering, Zarith Garlain and Maya Noihara are Half-Angel and Half-Fallen Angel, respectively.