Title: High School DxD: The Shinigami Representative(title subject to change)
Genre: Romance& Adventure
Rating: M
Pairing: Ichigo x Harem
Harem Candidates (This does not mean voting):
Rias Gremory
Rukia Kuchiki
Akeno Himejima
Xenovia
Koneko Toujou
Ravel Phenex
Rossweisse
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach or High School DxD.
Q&A:
Q: Does Ichigo still have his Hollow mask?
A: Maybe. Haven't decided yet.
Q: How does the fourth Bleach movie play into your story?
A: It doesn't. Only things that happened in cannon play into my story.
Q: How is Issei going to get stronger if he doesn't have a harem?
A: Issei is going to get stronger by wanting to protect his comrades, and also by developing a rivalry with Ichigo.
Betaed By: Njkdo123
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Ominous Voice"
**Flash Back**
[Boosted Gear]
Chapter 3:Training
"The meeting went just as you expected" Grayfia said standing in the middle of a large room that only had four thrones in it.
"How typical of her" a man chuckled as he sat in the throne in front of Grayfia.
"You do realize her chances of winning are-"
"Nonexistent" the man finished.
"You knew that, but still?"
"I merely gave her a choice" he explained. "Rias is the one who decided to compete in the Rating Game"
Even though Grayfia didn't like the sound of letting Rias just walk into a minefield she didn't voice her opinion to the man before her.
"What about the boy I mentioned?" she asked.
"The orange haired one?" Grayfia nodded. "Leave him be he doesn't seem like much of an issue" the man said seemingly uninterested in the boy that Grayfia had told him about.
"You say that but…" Grayfia stopped seeing that her words would not sway him. "Will that be all?"
"Yes Grayfia"
"Then I will take my leave Sirzechs-sama" she bowed before leaving the room.
As the large doors closed behind Grayfia the room was filled with silence until Sirzechs spoke.
"It seems your son has gotten himself into quite the situation"
"Sounds just like him" a voice chuckled.
Sirzechs smiled said his eyes drifted toward the empty throne to his right.
As he looked at the throne a figure stepped out from behind it. The figure was a tall man with spiky black hair and thin facial hair, but the thing that really caught your attention was his clothes. He wore a black Shihakusho with a tattered white sash over his left shoulder and a sword strapped to his waist.
"What are you plotting Sirzechs?" the man asked eyeing the super-class devil.
Sirzeches smiled unaffected by Isshin's change in demeanor. "What do you mean my friend?"
"I may have not seen you in some time, but one thing that hasn't changed is the look you get when you are planning something" Isshin continued.
"I never was really good a keeping things from you was I?" Sirzechs chuckled. "Are you worried for your son?"
"Of course I am what father wouldn't be" Isshin replied making Sirzechs nod thinking of his own son. "But I know he can take care of himself no matter what trouble he gets himself into"
"Come on Issei get a move on" Ichigo yelled as him Rias, Akeno, and Asia stood next to a watering hole.
"Yes Issei quickly" Rias called waving to him.
"The water is quite delicious" Akeno taunted.
"I should help him" Asia suggested worrying for Issei.
"It's ok, since Issei won't be able to get stronger if he can't do this much" Rias said dismissively.
At that moment it seemed Issei's legs decided give out from under him making him fall face first into the dirt.
"I think I'm going to die, I'm seriously going to die… again" Issei wheezed out as he laid on the ground.
"Buchou I found some herbs, Let's use them for tonight's dinner" Kiba smiled as he passed Issei showing the only reason he fell behind was because he went into the forest.
'It's ok he's just in better shape than me' Issei thought seeing Kiba was carrying a pack similar in size to his own.
"See you later" Koneko said passing Issei while she carried a pack that was four times larger then his.
"Issei are you crying?" Ichigo asked.
"No I'm just sweating from my eyes" he replied tears streaming down his face.
Ichigo sighed as he walked over to the downed Issei, and threw him over his shoulder like he was a sack of potatoes.
"Thanks Ichigo"
"No problem"
After walking another mile they finally arrived at the Gremory's mountain mansion.
"Nice place" the young Shinigami commented.
"Thank you" Rias smiled as she walked into the mansion. "Ok, so everyone get changed were going to begin right away"
"Hai" Rias's peerage responded with Issei letting out more of a groan.
Walking into the living room Ichigo dropped Issei onto the ground with a loud thud.
"I'm going to change" he stated walking away.
Entering one of the many rooms in the house Ichigo set down his bag on the bed, and took out his Shinigami badge. Holding it in his hand he focused some of his reiryoku into it and watched as his body fell onto the bed.
"Ara Ara so thats how you do it" Ichigo heard a female voice behind him.
He turned to see Akeno standing in the doorway in her P.E uniform her hand over mouth.
"So how does it work?" she asked.
"The badge separates my soul from my body which allows me to use my Shinigami powers" he answered as he placed his body into a more comfortable position.
"Interesting" Akeno said as Ichigo walked up to her. "Buchou sent me to let you know we are heading out to begin"
Ichigo nodded before Akeno turned and they both left the room and made their way outside. As they exited the manor they could see everyone in their P.E uniforms waiting on them.
"So Ichigo what did you have in mind when you said you were going to help us" Rias asked as he and Akeno joined the group.
"You're going to fight me" he answered casually as he started stretching his arms.
Rias and her peerage stared at him blankly before Rias spoke up. "Excuse me?"
"The best way to train is against a strong opponent" he said grabbing Zangetsu and letting the cloth fall from the blade.
"Do you really expect the five of us to fight you at once?"
"I know it seems unfair…but I'll try to hold back" Ichigo smirked.
Everyone's eyes widened at the Shinigami's words as they turned their attention to their master only to see her smirking as well.
"If that how you want it Ichigo, just don't get mad when we blow you away" she said as a purple energy surrounded her hand.
"Let's go then" Ichigo charged forward.
"He's a monster" Issei panted bending over trying to catch his breath.
"Senpai's capabilities are definitely much more than I expected" Kiba agreed as he kept an eye out for the Shinigami.
"Strong" Koneko said as she stood guard.
"To think he's able to keep up with Kiba" Issei continued finally catching his breath.
"Actually Issei… I'm barley keeping up with him" the knight admitted.
Issei's mouth hung open as he looked at the blond knight. "How in the hell are we supposed to beat him then?" he yelled.
"Any Ideas Buchou?" Akeno asked looking to her master as Asia healed some bruises she had gotten from their confrontation with the Shinigami.
Looked at her friend Akeno could see that Rias wasn't even listening to her. From the look in her eyes she could tell that she was deep in thought about what had happen.
'Just how strong are you Ichigo?' Rias wondered.
**Flashback**
The sound of metal clashing could be heard ringing through the forest as Ichigo and Kiba battled.
"You're pretty good" Kiba complimented as his and Ichigo's swords came together.
"You too" Ichigo replied back. "But not quite good enough" he said swiping his sword up leaving Kiba wide open.
Pulling his Zangetsu back Ichigo aimed his swing for Kiba's chest. But as he began his swing he was forced to turn his head a raise his arm to defend a kick causing him to slide backward.
"Thanks Koneko" Kiba said as they both faced Ichigo and Issei joined them. "Are you ready Issei?"
[Boost!]
"Now I am" he answered getting into a fighting stance. "Promotion: Rook!"
"Let's go!" Kiba yelled charging at Ichigo with Koneko and Issei following behind him.
[Explosion!]
Smiling at their determination Ichigo charged toward them. Nearing Kiba he shunpoed behind him a delivered a devastating kick to his head sending him flying into the woods. Then quickly turning around and using Zangetsu to bat away Koneko, and lastly grabbing Issei by his face and throwing him threw a tree.
"Now where are the other two?" he wondered his answer coming as he looked up just in time to see a lightning bolt about to strike him.
"Ara ara I hope I didn't hurt him to bad" Akeno licked her lips as she floated in the sky.
"Not quite" she heard a voice say as she felt somebody grab her ankle and was sent plummeting toward the ground.
"Now that only leaves…" Ichigo said turning around and cutting Rias's power of destruction attack in half. "Rias"
Rias looked at Ichigo in shock at what she had just seen. He had not only deflected her attack with ease but he had also taken out her entire peerage without breaking a sweat.
"You don't stand a chance" Ichigo said getting Ria's attention.
"What?"
"If that's all you have you don't stand a chance of beating him" Ichigo continued. "I don't think you want to win"
"I do!" Rias yelled getting furious at Ichigo's words.
"Then get serious!" he yelled back. "Stop treating this like training, start treating this like a battle, and come at with me with the intent to kill!" he finished shunpoing in front of Rias. "Because if you don't I might kill you, Getsuga Tensho!"
Thinking quickly Rias lifted her arms and summoned a shield to defend herself only seconds before the attack made contact and swallowed her and the forest behind her.
**Flashback End**
After the attack had ended Rias used the smoke to get her peerage together and escape.
'He completely destroyed us even though we out number him' she thought. 'I really don't know anything about him' she chuckled.
Steeling herself she turned toward her peerage who were trying to figure out what they were going to do next.
"It's time to get serious" she said getting their attention. "Now that we know what were dealing with we can't hold back"
"Hai Buchou" her peerage said in unison.
"Ichigo is coming at us with the intent to kill so we need to do the same" she continued walking up to them. "Here is what were going to do…"
"Where did they go?" Ichigo sighed stabbing Zangetsu into the ground.
After the cloud of dust that his attack had caused cleared he realized they had retreated into the forest.
'Well were ever they are their probably coming up with a plan of attack' he thought. 'So I'll just wait'
/15 Minutes Later/
"Where the hell are they!" he yelled a tick mark on his head.
He had been waiting for what felt like forever and they still hadn't shown themselves.
"Whatever I'll just find them" he fumed reaching for his zanpakuto his eyes widening as he grabbed the hilt.
Spinning around Ichigo raised his blade as Kiba's sword came down.
"Nice try" Ichigo replied plainly as they crossed blades.
Separating they jumped back giving them some distance.
"I had a feeling it wouldn't work" Kiba smiled. "Your reflexes are just too good"
"I try"
"That's why we can't hold back anymore" he continued as he placed his hand on the ground.
Ichigo raised an eyebrow as he looked at the blond knight. As he opened his mouth to ask what he was doing the ground under his feet began to shake. Steadying himself he looked at Kiba only to see different types of swords sprout up from the ground like plants coming to season.
"What the hell?" he breathed surprised at all the swords that riddled the earth.
"This is my sacred gear: Sword Birth, it allows me to create any demonic sword I want" Kiba explained. "Allow me to show you"
As Kiba said that he ran toward Ichigo pulling a nearby sword from the ground. Swinging the sword he picked up a wave of fire shot from the blade at Ichigo. Shunpoing away to dodge the attack he breathed a sigh of relief.
"I was not expecting that" he sighed before turning his head to see Koneko and Issei both swinging a tree at him. "Shit"
Ichigo tried to shunpo again only to find he was unable to move from the spot he was standing. He looked down to see his feet were frozen to the ground with a path of ice leading back to Kiba who was holding a sword that had its blade stabbed into the ground. Lifting Zangetsu he used his zanpakuto to take the brunt of the attacks as they made contact lifting him off his feet and launching him threw a tree.
"We got him!" Issei cheered.
"Don't celebrate just yet Issei-kun" Kiba warned pulling another sword from the ground and readying himself for the next battle.
"You guys surprised me" Ichigo said stepping over the stump.
"It's not over yet Senpai" Kiba smiled making the shinigami raise an eyebrow as a purple and yellow attack struck his position causing a large explosion.
"Ara Ara seems you were right Buchou" Akeno said floating in the air next to her friend. "He has a hard time fighting multiple opponents at once ufufufu"
Rias nodded in agreement as she watched the cloud of dust. Truth is she didn't know if it would work but they needed to try something.
"That was pretty good." Ichigo's voice came from the dust cloud as it blew away reveling his figure.
He seemed to be relatively unharmed the only thing that showed he had taken the attack was that a portion of his left sleeve was gone and his arm had a few scratches on it. Rias and Akeno joined the others on the ground wondering what it was going to take to hurt him.
"Let's see if you can do it again" he smirked charging at the group.
Rias tried to calm her breathing as she stood unsteadily on her feet, across from the young Shinigami who was catching his breath but standing steadily unlike herself . They had been going at it for almost 3 hours now and it was starting to get dark. Looking at her servants they seemed to at different levels of fatigue. Akeno seemed to be the same as her, Kiba and Koneko were obviously exhausted and kneeling on the ground but still ready for the next confrontation, and then there was Issei who was lying on the ground completely out of breath. Looking back to Ichigo Rias noticed that he had caught his breath and was waiting for them to make their next move. Smiling as she looked at him she couldn't help but be kind of proud of herself and her peerage, while he didn't have any significant wounds his clothing and some tears in it and he had some cuts and bruises on his body.
"I think were done for today" Ichigo said relaxing out of his stance and placing his zanpakuto on his back.
"Thank god! Oww!" Issei yelled as everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Chuckling at their reaction he walked over to Issei gave him a hand standing up.
"Ok everyone let's head back to the house and get some rest" Rias said turning to walk back to the house.
/Later That Night/
Ichigo groaned as he sat up in his bed. Why did nature have to call in the middle of the night when he was having a nice restful sleep? Swing his legs out of bed he stood up and left his room to try and find where the bathroom was. Finishing in the bathroom Ichigo walked through the dark mansion sighing at how annoying it was trying to find his way around. He was brought out of his thoughts though as he bumped into somebody knocking them down.
"Ouch" the person groaned.
Looking down Ichigo saw it was Issei that he had bumped into.
"You ok?" Ichigo asked helping him up.
"Yeah, sorry I should have watched where I was going" Issei apologized.
"Its fine I should have been watching too" he reassured. "What are you doing up so late?"
"I couldn't sleep" Issei chuckled as he scratched the back of his head.
Wondering what was wrong they both made their way to the kitchen.
"So what's on your mind?" Ichigo asked handing Issei a glass of water.
"It's just yesterday's training" Issei sighed. "I'm so weak, compared to everyone else I was so useless"
"It's fine Issei that's why we're doing this" Ichigo reassured.
"That's easy for you to say, you're crazy strong!" Issei exclaimed.
Ichigo sighed. "Why do you want to get strong Issei?"
"So I can become a High-Class devil and achieve my goal to be a harem king" he said excitedly only for Ichigo to hit him in the head.
"I mean why do you want to get strong now, why are you trying so hard!" he yelled aggravated at how perverted his friend was.
Issei seemed to think about it for a second while he nursed the lump on his head. "So that I can kick Riser's ass so Buchou won't have to marry him"
"There you go" Ichigo smiled. "Remember that goal next time you are training and feel like it's hopeless because it will give you the resolve to continue and that's how you get stronger"
Issei looked at Ichigo in wonder as the shinigami got up to leave. "Wait Ichigo" he called stopping him before he left.
"Yeah?" Ichigo turned toward Issei.
"Why did you get so strong?"
Ichigo smiled as he turned back and started to leave again. "I just wanted to protect the people precious to me" he waved as he left the kitchen.
The next few days they alternated between teaching Issei and Asia about their abilities as devils and battling Ichigo. Today happened to be the latter.
"You'll need to do better than that" Ichigo said as he swung his zanpakuto easily shattering Kiba's sword, before kicking him back toward Rias and the others.
Ichigo watched as the group readied themselves for their next attack. The odd thing was Issei wasn't with them. In fact since they had started he hadn't seen him at all.
'That could only mean' Ichigo's eyes widened as he saw a smirk appear on Rias's face.
"Issei now!" she yelled.
[Explosion!]
"Promotion: Queen!" Ichigo looked up to see Issei jump from atop a tree at him as his power skyrocketed.
Shunpoing out of the way Ichigo watched Issei's fist hit the ground, creating a 20 meter-wide crater underneath him. Not giving him a chance to fully recover Issei shot toward him throwing a flurry of punches. As Ichigo backpedaled he effortlessly dogged Issei's attacks and retaliating striking him with the back of his zanpakuto knocking him several meters away.
"Issei unleash your magic" Rias ordered.
"Hai Buchou" he said sticking out his left hand and forming a tiny red ball of magic. 'Dammit still so small' he thought frustrated
"Maybe next time Issei" Ichigo said charging toward the young devil.
"Shoot Issei!" the Ruin Princess ordered again.
Issei let out a yell as he pulled his fist back and punched the small ball of magic sending it right toward Ichigo.
'Shit!' Ichigo yelled in his head as what was now a very large blast sped towards him. "Getsuga Tensho!"he called out quickly releasing his own attack as a shield.
As the attacks collided they seemed to mix into a ball of red and blue energy before turning completely black and making a devastating explosion over the area.
"Are you ok Buchou?" Kiba asked as he helped his master up having been knocked down by the blast.
"Yes I'm fine" she answered dusting herself off. "Is everyone ok?"
"Ara ara that was unexpected." Akeno smiled.
"Boom" Koneko's voice came signaling she was fine.
"What about Issei-san?" Asia asked worriedly
"I'm fine" they heard him cough as he lifted himself from under some dirt.
Standing up Issei surveyed the land around him. What once was a lush forest was now turned into a wasteland running over a mile long.
'Did I really do all this damage?' he wondered.
[Reset]
Hearing his boosted gear go off Issei felt all the power leave his body at once his body started to fall forward from the exhaustion. He was stopped though as somebody caught his limp body.
"You did good Issei" Ichigo complimented.
As Issei looked up at the guy he couldn't help by be astonished that Ichigo was only mildly injured at best from his attack. Also from what he could see, the shinigami, despite his injuries, was otherwise unfazed from his attack.
'Even with all that power I still couldn't…' he thought angrily as he lost consciousness.
"Ok everyone were done for today." Rias called out making her peerage relax. Koneko could you take Issei back to his room?
"Hai Buchou" she responded taking Issei from Ichigo and walking back toward the house followed closely by Asia and Kiba.
"Are you ok Ichigo?" Rias asked.
"Yeah I'm good" he sighed as he inspected his right arm that was covered with cuts and burns.
"Are you sure?" Akeno pushed. "Asia can heal that right away"
"I've had worse" he reassured. "Now let's head back I'm starving"
/That Night/
After they had returned they had eaten dinner and called it an early night. The only person who seemed to be awake was Ichigo who was just lying in his bed thinking about the training they had been doing over the past week. They only had three more days before the Rating Game and he was worried they weren't ready yet.
"I need a drink" he sighed getting out of bed.
Making his way downstairs he entered the kitchen and poured himself a glass of water.
"Oh you're awake too Ichigo?" he heard Rias voice come from the living room as he left the kitchen.
Ichigo turned to see Rias sitting on the couch reading a book by candlelight.
"Yeah, I was just getting a drink" he explained taking a seat on the opposite couch. "Why are you up?"
"I couldn't sleep so I decided to read about some battle formations"
Ichigo nodded before noticing something he hadn't seen before.
"I didn't know you wore glasses?"
"Oh these?" she asked taking her glasses off. "They're just for looks, I think more clearly when I have them on."
Ichigo gave her an odd look for her reasoning but didn't question it.
"The truth is reading won't help me at all" Rias sighed.
"Why is that?"
"If we were facing another high-class devil then we could fight by reading this, but were not, we're fighting a Phenex." she stated.
"I'm still not seeing the problem"
"Like the great fire bird Phoenix, the Phenex Clan has the power of immortality"
Ichigo's eyes widened. Was something like immortality really possible? Well there was Aizen actually.
"That's not all" Rias continued. "Their flames will turn you into ash in an instant, and their wind can separate flesh from bone"
"Sounds like you guys really will have a hard time."
Rias gave a humorless chuckle. "You know when I heard Riser was chosen as my fiancé I had an uneasy feeling. I think Otou-sama and the others chose him in case something like this happened. They knew if it became a match between households there was no way for me to win"
Ichigo's fists tightened in anger wondering if it was really true or not. "Well you'll just have to prove them wrong"
"That we will" she smiled. "There are two ways to defeat a Phenex. The first is to beat him with incredible power but that requires the strength of a god. The second is to keep attacking him until he loses the will to fight if we can do that then it's our win"
"Easier said than done I'm guessing" Ichigo sighed.
"That it is"
"Hey Rias"
"Yes?"
"Why are you so against the marriage to Riser?" the shinigami asked. "I mean the guy is a total womanizer and all-around scum but there has to be more to it"
"It's because I'm Rias Gremory" she answered putting emphasis on her last name. "I'm a person of the Gremory clan and that name will follow me where ever I go"
"Do you hate it?"
"No quite the opposite I'm very proud of it, but it's also a burden" she explained. "Everyone looks at me as Rias from the Gremory clan they don't see me as Rias. That's why I enjoy living in the human world, people just see me as Rias" she continued. "Most of all I want someone to see and love me as Rias, that's my small dream. Unfortunately Riser only looks at me as Rias from the Gremory clan, and he loves me as Rias from the Gremory clan. That's why I hate it"
"Well… if you ask me you're pretty great in your own way" he said just barely above a whisper getting the devil's attention. "I don't know much about the Gremory's or devils, or you really, but in general you are you, and I'm sure most guys would be lucky to be with someone like you" he finished a light pink dusting his cheeks.
Rias blushed deeply at Ichigo's statement as she ran her fingers through his hair trying not to show it. "Thank you"
"Try not to worry so much we still have three days and I believe you guys can do it" Ichigo smiled standing up and placing his hand on top of her head.
"Could you not do that" Rias pouted puffing her cheeks out.
"Night Rias" he chuckled walking away.
"Good night Ichigo and thank you" she responded her cheeks still flushed as his words rang in her head.
After that night the next three days seems to fly by for Ichigo and Rias's peerage. Now it was the day of the Rating Game and Ichigo was walking to the old school with Issei and Asia. Ichigo could tell they were nervous it was painted all over their faces and Asia was even shaking slightly. As they came up to the school gates Ichigo turned toward the two devils.
"It's ok to be nervous" he started. "But you have to keep moving forward, got it?" he asked making them nod.
Entering the clubroom they saw the rest of the peerage either physically or mentally preparing for what was to come. Walking up to Rias's desk the rookie devil seemed to be deep in thought.
"You ready?" Ichigo asked startling the redhead.
"As ready as I'll ever be" she sighed shakily.
As the clock hit ten minutes to midnight a magic circle glowed on the ground and Grayfia appeared in the room.
"Is everyone ready?" Rias and her peerage nodded in conformation. "When it'll be the time to start the battle, you will be transported to the battle field with a magic circle. The location of the arena is in a different dimension used for battles. You may fight with all your power. It's a disposable space so feel free to fight to your satisfaction."
As Grayfia prepared the magical circle for deparcher Ichigo turned back to Rias to ask her a question that had been on his mind.
"Rias you mentioned that you had another Bishop, where are they?"
"Ufortunitly my other Bishop can't participate, but that's a conversation for another time" she answered not looking Ichigo in the eye.
"This Rating Game will also be viewed by both household and Lucifer-sama by broadcast" Grayfia informed as she finished the magical circle.
Rias seemed surprised by the information. "… Is that so… so Onii-sama is also going to view the match"
"Wait, Onii-sama?" Ichigo asked confused. "Your brother is Lucifer?"
"Yes" Rias answered plainly like it wasn't a big deal.
"Oh ok" Ichigo shrugged sarcasm lacing his voice.
Rias chuckled at his tone before placing a hand on his arm. "We'll talk more after the Rating Game" Ichigo nodded.
"It's time" Grayfia interrupted getting everyone's attention.
"Ok" Rias breathed walking over to the prepared magic circle. "Wish us luck" she smiled the magic circle starting to glow.
"You don't need it" he waved as they disappeared.
"It's futile" Grayfia said getting Ichigo's attention. "She won't be able to win"
"We won't know until they try" Ichigo retorted turning to watch the screen on the wall.
'Good luck guys'
AN:Hey everyone, sorry for the long wait I started school and a part time job so updates won't becoming fast. I will though try to update once a month like I've been doing. Maybe if I'm lucky I'll do a fast update, but don't get your hopes up. So I think next chapter will be the end of the Phenex Arc but I'm not sure yet.
See you next time