The Third King of Kuoh Academy
Chapter 4
"No way, you're a devil too?!" Issei yelled at me. We were both setting alone in the very back of the class. I looked over and saw his face. It was mixed with amazement and shock. I, on the other hand, was scared and down in the dumps.
"Yeah I am. Why is that such a big deal?" I asked him.
"Because man, that means you and Rias are like…the same. Are you super strong and powerful too?" He asked, full of excitement. I didn't really understand why he was making such a big deal out of it. But hey…I'll humor the kid. It's definitely better than listening to the teacher talk about equations that I already know.
"Okay for starters, Rias and I are not the same and never will be." I replied coldly. I never want to be compared to that snobby wench, never!
"But you're both upper class devils right? Oh, does that mean you have slaves too? Are they hot girls? Hot girls that do anything you want and wear sexy outfits?" He yelled and begged me for an answer. The more he asked about the girls, the more interested he got. I like this kid, well beside the fact that he is Rias's servant that still bugs me.
"Yeah they all are girls. Why does that matter?" I laughed at him and laughed even harder when I saw his expression change. He fell out of his desk and kneeled before me, grabbing my hand.
"If you will let me come to your house tonight and see these girls I will serve you forever." He cried out and I actually saw tears on his face. This guy is amazing!
"Dude you can totally come to my place if you want to. But don't say anything about our friendship to Rias, okay? That will only get you in trouble." I told him and he nodded fiercely, I was scared his head would snap off.
"Thank you so much Varian! But, why shouldn't I tell Rias?" He asked and his face shifted from excited to puzzled.
"Well the two of us have a long history and aren't exactly on good terms." I tried to explain, hinting that I didn't want to talk about it.
"But then why are you engaged to her?" He asked, man this guy doesn't wanna give up!
"I don't really know to be honest with you. Her brother sprung it on me at the last possible minute and transferred me here to court her. Like that will ever happen" I scoff and lean back in my chair. I lay my hands behind my head and stare out the window. How could he ever expect us to get married?
"Well she seemed really upset too. Does her brother know you two don't like each other?" Issei asked, very intrigued by the story.
"I don't know about that. He was never around when the two of us were around each other. I use to be his servant so he had me babysit Rias sometimes when he had to go do business." I replied and sighed. Those were the good days.
"Well she walked off grumbling about her brother always forcing guys she doesn't want on her." Issei said and I immediately jolted up in my seat.
"There are other guys…" I asked and Issei smiled and nudged me.
"Oh so you are jealous of these other guys." He said and I just started to giggle.
"No way man! I just don't want to be forced into a fight with anyone else over her. She isn't worth it at all." As I spoke Issei shuffled back to his desk and started to look a bit less cheery.
"Not worth it…" He muttered and I didn't even notice him as he thought about everything I said about his master.
After a long time without taking notes or paying attention, the bell rang for lunch and I jumped out of my chair. I grabbed my things in a rush and ran off to find my servants and get the lunch that Jasmin and Amy put together this morning. Best bishops ever! But before I could even get out of the room…
"Is that Kiba!?" a bunch of girls started screaming and I looked over in their direction.
"Hello ladies. I've only come here on an errand for my club so I won't be long." A soft, male voice spoke and even I got the chills. Who was that? I turned around and saw a pretty blonde guy talking with Issei. They both nodded and looked over at me and all I could do was give a faint smile and an awkward wave.
"Yo, Varian can you come with us real quick?" Issei asked and I shrugged. Eh why not am I right?
"Sure thing man, whatcha guys need?" I ran over to them and we started off down the hall. We went down a flight of stairs, out a pair of double door, and started walking towards an old building in the woods.
"What's that thing for?" I asked and pointed to the old run down building in the distance.
"Oh that is the old school house and our club room." Kiba explained and I nodded.
"Okay then. Oh by the way, I'm Varian. You're Kiba right? Nice to meet you." I shook his hand and he smiled at me.
"It's nice to meet a fellow gentleman like yourself. A nice change from Issei I might add." He said and laughed when Issei yelled at him. We all started laughing as we walked into the building and up the stairs to a large oak door.
"In here sir. I apologize for bringing you all the way out here, but our club president requested your presence." Kiba said and opened the door for the two of us. I walked in and had no idea what to expect. I stood at the front of a large room with wooden floors and paneled walls. There were two green couches in the center of the room and a grand oak desk between the two of them. And sitting behind the desk…
"Rias." I muttered and walked in. I had to be strong and dominate. She is not getting the better of me this time.
"Hello Varian. I would like to keep this as civil and quick as possible so let's just get to business. Have a seat." She gestured to one of the couches and stared at me with those prideful blue eyes…god I hate those!
"Whatever you want is fine by me, babe." Rias shutters at the word "babe" but immediately shrugs it off and points at the couch again. I take a seat and shot Issei and Kiba a dirty look. How dare they drag me into this!
"So it has come to my attention that apparently we have been engaged." She began and I could tell how much she hated saying the word "engaged" to me.
"That's true. Your brother told me that yesterday and sent me here to keep an eye on you." I responded as neutrally and no-hostile as I could. Wouldn't want to make the "princess of ruin" angry, would we.
"Well I have no intention of marrying you and I think you should go home. And take that dumb group of ugly, whipped, sluts with you." She spat at me and I tried to keep my cool.
"How about you let me do my job and keep an eye on you, and not complain. Oh and don't worry I wouldn't marry you in a million years you snob." I shot back; no one makes fun of my girls! "And for the record, I thought you hated human-devil half-breeds." I said and pointed at Issei and Kiba.
"No I don't hate human-devils; I only hate the spoiled non-deserving ones like you." She said as she stood up and slammed her hands on the desk. Her voice rose in anger with every word.
"You weren't there! You have no idea what I deserve!" I shouted back and jumped to my feet. Did she seriously just say that I don't deserve my position? I fought hard for it, just like all the others did. It was a different time back then; of course she would hate that.
"Just get out of my sight now! And…" she snapped her fingers and a white door behind the couch I was on opened.
"Akeno bring the whore mongrels in here!" She shouted and I saw the younger girls of my peerage get thrown into the large room.
"Owwie! That hurt!" Amy called out as she, Ella, Sara, and Tera all rubbed their heads from where they were attacked. Next I saw Aria, Ashlen, Brittany, Jasmin, Violet, and Seraphin being lead into the room with chains around their necks. Oddly enough Seraphin, Ashlen, and Violet looked calm…normally they'd be... then I saw the marks…
"And that is where I draw the line!" I screamed and jumped at the desk. I stood in front of the desk with my spinning disks behind my back, one each hand. They were fairly large, steel, spiked disks that I used as weapons. I could channel my magic through them with ease and I was practically unbeatable on the battle field with them.
"Rias, if you don't apologize to my girls right now and just let me walk away…" I lit the disk in my right hand on fire and pointed it at Issei. "The pawn dies." Issei immedatily freaked out and threw his hands up.
"I have no idea what is going on, this is my second day! Please don't hurt me Vary!" He screamed and held his hands out in front of him. I felt pretty bad, my quarrel wasn't with him. I was pulling him into something he could never understand. But I had to make a point.
"How dare you." Rias spoke coldly but she still snapped her fingers and the chains broke. I raised my left hand up and embedded a disk into the oak desk in front of her before running over to my peerage.
"Girls! Girls! Are you all alright? Did they hurt you?" I asked as they all lay on the floor in front of me.
"We're okay Varian, don't worry." Brittany said and her sweet voice was able to calm me.
"They won't get the drop on us next time master!" Seraphin yelled as she summoned a black portal and her sword flew out. She and Ashlen tried to rise so they could fight, but I put my hand on their shoulders.
"Don't worry girls; I'll take care of everything. Just rest for a bit okay?" As I spoke they seemed to relax and I turned back to Rias.
"Would you mind explaining who hurt my servants? Or am I going to have to get the info from your servants. I can't hurt you…but your brother said nothing about the slaves." As I spoke the remaining disk twirled in my hand and the steel spikes popped out.
"My queen and rook took care of them for me. Element of surprise, you'd know nothing about that." She said and laughed at her own bad joke. Just like the snob she is. Then she just snapped her fingers and two girls walked into the room. One was rather short and had short white hair and a face of stone. The other was fairly tall with long black or purple hair and deep magenta eyes. The black haired one was so…beautiful and she was smiling too. It looked really good on her. When I looked into her face my anger seemed to subside a bit. But then Rias's voice brought me back to reality.
"This is my queen, Akeno, and my rook, Koneko." Rias explained and I looked over to see Kiba walk over and stand next to them. "And you've already meet my knight, Kiba."
"Are they the ones who hurt my servants?" I asked and pointed the disk at the three lower class devils.
"Yes." Koneko spoke and came running at me with a punch. It was so sudden I didn't even have to time to react before…nothing. The fist never connected with my face or chest, depending on where she was going for. Standing in front of me was Aria, holding the small girls fist in her hand.
"How about round two little girl? Feeling lucky?" She asked and returned the punch. She struck Koneko right across the face and sent her flying back.
"See how much better I am when you don't knock me out first?" Aria called out and laughed before turning back to me. "It's okay master, we'll handle them for you. Get the little ones out of here." I nodded and prepared a teleportation circle around Sara, Ella, Tera, Amy, and Jasmin. It flashed black and the girls were teleported home. They were safe.
Koneko recovered pretty quickly though. As soon as the black circle was gone, she and Kiba were flying across the room right at us. Koneko grabbed Aria around the waist and the two went flying out one of the windows on the left side of the room. Thankfully we were only two stories up and Aria is made of some pretty tough stuff. But I didn't get to rejoice for too long before I heard the clanging of swords.
I turned and saw Seraphin exchanging blows with Kiba. If anyone who didn't know Seraphin was watching the beginning of the fight, they would have said that Kiba was going to win. And they would have been wrong. Kiba was a fairly good swordsman, I could tell. He moved his steel short sword with expertise and deflected all of Seraphin's blows. He dodged and parried and dodged some more. But the thing about Seraphin is, she never quits, ever! And you can only deflect that big sword for so long.
"You're good pretty boy." She teased as she brought the sword over her head again. "But I'm much better." The sword started to glow red and flames sprang out of the ruins on the blade. The black steel disappeared behind the flames. Seraphin smiled and brought the sword down to meet Kiba's. The two held each other at a stalemate for quite a while. Tests of strength, Seraphin's favorite. They broke and Seraphin back flipped which caused Kiba to actually stumble backwards. The red head smiled as she landed and flew at him once again. She brought the long sword around in a side slash that would have cut right through an elephant. Kiba however, was able to bring up his sword at the last moment and deflect her strike. But, I heard the shatter of steel and smiled.
"And the score is now: Seraphin 206, World, still 0." I cheered and red haired girl looked at me and giggled.
"Thank you master, that one was for you of course." She giggled and placed the sword into another black portal. I looked over and saw Kiba fall to his knees.
"How could I have been defeated? I'm…I'm…" He stammered, trying to find the right words in all his confusion. Seraphin walked over to him and patted his shoulder.
"Don't fret it too much kido. I've been fighting high class demons and monsters for a while now. It's pretty good practice." She giggled and gave him another pat before walking back to my group of girls.
"How dare you Varian! You hurt my knight!" Rias screamed at me and I started to laugh.
"Now now Rias, it wasn't technically me." I teased and stood in front of my girls, ready to defend the attack that I was sure was coming. We stared across the room and no one moved. But the silence was broken when a loud crash echoed throughout the room. I looked to my left and saw my beautiful purple haired rook fly through the broken window. She slammed against a couch and sunk with a thud.
"Aria!" I screamed and ran over to her. "Oh please no! Please don't be hurt." I cupped her cheek in my hand looked at her scared, bloody face. Her clothes were ripped and her arms were cut up. She had splotches of blood on her upper chest and her face.
"Varian I'm fine (cough) I just need a little rest." She smiled at me and I felt my eyes tear up. I grabbed her and lifted her up. I carried her princess-style over to my group and laid her behind all the other girls.
"Rias…and I thought I couldn't hate you more…" I muttered and turned to see the small white haired girl whispering in Rias's ear. The cruel red haired princess smirked and looked right into my eyes.
"Oh but my dear Varian, that wasn't technically my doing was it? My dear friend Koneko even had some help." As she spoke a flash of blue erupted beside her and I saw another girl appear next to her.
"Hello there ex-slave. Been a long time hasn't it." The small black haired girl with glasses next to Rias spoke.
"Sona…did you have something to do with this?" I barked and she chuckled. This girl is a fellow high class devil and another one of Rias's spoiled friends.
"And what if I did? Does it really matter? If I bring my peerage into this fight then you're outmatched. I say you just walk off with your tail between your legs." The two girls started to laugh at me and I could see some of Rias's slaves shift uncomfortably. They had no idea what was going on and probably weren't use to seeing their master act like this. I feel sorry for them, especially Issei. I should apologize to him later. The others may have hurt my girls but they didn't realize why, they're clearly good people that just don't understand what they are in the middle of.
"Rias, I'm going to make you a deal. I walk out of her with my girls and you leave us be. And the next time we talk will be in the presence of your dear brother." I said and tried to be civil. Deep down I knew that the only person who could keep her civil with me would be Sirzechs.
"Fine then you ingrate! Take those poor corrupt slaves with you and get out of my clubroom." She spat at me and I just shrugged. I put my hands out and held Ashlen and Seraphin back. Boy were they ready to go…all I had to do was say the word…
"I think we will be going now. Issei, it was a pleasure meeting you today. I'm sorry for dragging you into this." I said and locked eyes with him. He shifted uncomfortably and looked at Rias, who of course gave him a dirty look. Like a mom trying to keep him away from a bad influence.
"I bid you all good night." I gave a slight bow, grabbed my girls (when I say grabbed I mean forcibly pulled them), and walked towards the door. Ashlen carried Aria out followed closely by my two knights and my queen. I stopped at the door and turned back to see Rias and Sona talking quietly by themselves at Rias's desk. Rias's slaves were taking their seats on the couches. I looked at the pretty dark haired girl one last time and she actually smiled at me. I mouthed the word "sorry" and looked up to see Rias and Sona giving me death stares. I slammed the door and made a hasty escape. I made my way out of the old building and out the front door to rejoin my peerage.
"What was that about master? Are you okay?" Violet asked and she and Brittany grabbed both of my arms and squeezed them tightly.
"Do you want us to go back and teach them a lesson for you?" Seraphin asked and summoned her sword portal again.
"Girls please just calm down." I said and smiled. I have to keep them calm so they don't do anything to hasty.
"I'll explain when we get home, I promise. But our first priority should be getting Aria fixed up and making sure the little ones are all right okay?" I said and they all sighed. I opened a black portal and we all walked through and ended up back in the mansion foyer.
First day at my new school…bad!