Author's Note: Chapter 11 is interesting to write. What I enjoy about this chapter as well as this fanfiction is that I have the chance to write about Issei's inner thoughts and feelings compared to the other DxD fanfictions I currently have online.

This chapter also had less action than I anticipated. I split this chapter into two and this chapter has most of the discussions. It takes multiple efforts to convince Rito.

Published 6/17/2015

Chapter 11:

Issei's Lessons I

It is now another day of school. Rito is nervously walking to class because Issei is standing right next to him. Apparently, Issei plans to skip classes for today just to observe Rito. Issei is confident that he won't miss too much especially since a substitute is teaching one of Issei's classes today.

"Hey! Stop following me. Don't you have class too?" Rito tries to persuade Issei to leave him alone.

"Don't forget Rito, I am your master. I am going to observe your behavior and see how you interact with girls."

"Why is it such a big deal? That incident last night was only a small accident. I just felt too much excitement and passed out for brief amount of time. There's nothing else that's wrong."

Issei firms up his response. "That incident IS a BIG part of your problem. You'll never become an excellent devil if you can't handle cute girls such as the one you met yesterday. The underworld is filled with many cute female devils and the requests that we receive from our summoning cards are primarily female. Your little incident or as you say isn't going to help you progress."

"So? That's you and not me. Who cares if I don't become an excellent devil? I'll just live the rest of my life as an ordinary human being." Rito seems uninterested in Issei's goal.

Digesting Rito's response, Issei tries to attack Rito from a different angle. "OK, I admit that talking about all this devil power and summoning ability is too much for you at this stage. Anyways, putting all that aside, you are horrible for treating that girl poorly. That beauty from last night was trying to show her affection towards you. A typical man would have made advances on someone similar to her. You're a man! You should have those desires! Don't you feel anything when a beauty comes close to you?"

"What beauty? She's just our senpai." Rito's dull response only angers Issei.

"How can you not see that? That is part of your problem! Look at her, she has the right proportions, she has a really nice rack, and her hair really shines. Maybe you have a different criterion when judging women, but keep in mind that there are many publications about her and her friends."

Rito relates Issei's words to another topic. "Who cares about those publications? I bet it's written by those nasty Photography Club members. Those people are only skilled at taking indecent photographs. For me, I believe that you should always judge girls from the inside and it's the inside that matters more."

"The inside eh? From this book Saruyama gave to me, it mentions that she has a kind heart too. This book has a decent amount of testimony about her too. Based on the description here, she's not some ordinary scammer wanting to trick you. Take a look."

Issei hands Rito a book titled The Beauties of Sainan University (Year 795 RR Issue). Rito flips through the book and sees many provocative and indecent photos of women. Some of the photos were also imported from Morenitsu-sensei, one of the biggest perverts in Sainan High. There are also plenty of shots of girls in the dressing rooms. Finally, Rito finds the page Issei is talking about.

"Minamo Enjoh: Sizes: (91/59/88) Height: 166 cm

1st Year Student from Park Royal Academy. Minamo is a sweet and charming student. She graduated at the top of the class in her year and had one of the highest entrance exam scores for Sainan University.

Minamo's hobbies include tendering plants and researching new types of plants. When she is not outside, she is usually drawing up new ideas on improving the school's landscape. Some of her ideas have been put into action such as the design for the new Sports Arena and the refurbishment of the historic Oda-Polar Library.

She along with her friend Ayane Shinjouji founded the Floral Club, a club dedicated to promoting flowers and other plants at Sainan University. However, being born in an elite family and having attended only all-girls schools, she is inadequate at interacting with men and will often become shy in front of them. However, if you as a male can be as sweet and charming as her, you will have an excellent chance at entering her life and her club. Once she recognizes you, she will treat you with tenderly care similar to a family member. "

Rito looks through the following pages consisting of indecent shots of Minamo. There is a photo of her changing her clothes for field work. There is also a close-up shot of her body. On the next page is picture of her screaming. A gust of wind blew up her skirt, revealing her underwear. Rito quickly skips pages and ends up looking at photos of the next girl: Ayane Shinjouji.

Looking through more pages in the book, Rito suspects Issei has a sinister plot and confronts him. "What are you trying to do? This is just pure perversion. Are you trying to make me perverted equal to those idiot Photography Club members? If you are, I decline."

Issei slaps Rito. "That's not what I am trying to show you. Take a look around you, Rito. There are many beautiful women around you besides her. Not only they have beautiful appearances, they are also intelligent, caring, and imaginative. Just think about all the things you can do with a girl once she has completely fallen for you. If anyone was in your position, they would go on dates and even kiss. What do you do? You faint. You go insane and strip girls naked. Are you crazy? What's wrong about girls being intimate with you? That incident gives me the fact that you treat girls who come too close to you as evil."

"I told you this many times Issei; that was just an accident. Just overlook it for the 100th time. Plus, we're not in any kind of relationship. Therefore, it doesn't make sense to be this close. I already have Haruna-chan and I vow to stick with her for the rest of my life."

"Meh, that's such a boring plan. Why have one woman when you can have many? You don't want to make all those other women sad, do you? All these women want you to be with them. See, there's one over there." Rito looks in the direction Issei is pointing and sees Lala racing over to him. By the time Lala reaches over to Rito, she jumps onto him.

"Rito! You're back. I'm glad you are back. I thought you would disappear from me forever when you were taken away by that red dragon. Oh Rito!"

"Can't breathe, help me." Lala realizes she is clinging onto Rito too hard and eases off her tension.

"Oh I'm sorry Rito. Can you tell me about the red dragon? I want to make sure he did not do anything harmful to you."

"Umm…" Rito looks at Issei and remembers his warning.

"Remember, don't tell anyone that you've become a devil. All that will do is cause more chaos at school."

Rito comes with a logical explanation before replying. "Well, he just healed me and put me back in my bed. That's all."

"I'm glad. Come on, Rito. Let's go study for Chemistry now. We have a test in a few hours and I am sure you still need some help with those reaction formulas."

"Yeah… That's sound wonderful. Let's go." Rito accepts Lala's offer as a way to distance himself from Issei. He knows that Issei will continue the discussion about his mistreatment of women. Before Rito could make one step, another girl wedges in between Rito and Lala.

"Oh! Rito-kun. You're here." The girl is none other than Run. "Please give me an endorsement for this video. It will help this Blu-Ray sell. Please sign it for me. I want Rito-kun's opinion about my latest work. Please?"

"OK." As Rito tries to write a positive endorsement for Run, he hears giggly noises coming from Lala.

"Oh, Lala-chii. It's been a while since I've seen you. I miss you and these large knockers. I bet they've grown much bigger in your absence. Let Dr. Risa examine it. Let me see if these are perfect for Rito."

"Umm… They're nothing. Ahhh…" As Rito turns his eyes away from Lala, another girl greets him.

"Good morning, Yuuki-kun. I am glad that you are here."

"Oh thanks, Sarenji."

"Oh! What is this? Haruna is here too. Let me examine your bust size while Risa is working on Lala-san's."

"I'm fine. It's… growing… well…"

"Hey you girls! Stop it. This is a public place and you can't be doing this out here." Standing from a distance is Yui, who is trying to stand firm. "Also Momioka-san, you're not supposed to be here. Go back to your remedial school."

"Too bad, Kotegawa-san. I'm going to be a student here starting next semester. It appears that this university had many dropouts after that incident. I took the emergency entrance exam they offered last week and passed." Risa quietly walks over to Yui and gropes her. "Therefore, welcome back, Kotegawa-san."

"Hey, stop it. You can't just come up to people and do this."

From a distance, Issei is examining Rito. "I've only left Rito alone for 10 minutes and this is what happens: A natural harem forms on top of him. Even though Rito thinks they're just friends, my Bilingual recordings show that each of them love Rito and want him to advance towards them. Rito seriously needs to understand my message. If he's only advancing as far as buddies and friends, that's going to be a serious waste. If he does have that special Sacred Gear power I am still trying to find, he might as well throw it away or give it to someone else."

After the Chemistry test, Issei decides to head to the library and look up ways to naturally convince Rito to follow his plan.

"Being a master is much harder than being a servant. As a servant, all I needed to do is impress Rias and follow her orders. As a master, I must think of ways to manage my servants. I am excellent at fighting but fail at techniques. Shit! Why does it always come to thinking and strategy?"

Issei flips through the pages with immense speed. "I know Rito has the potential to become a fine servant. The way he argues his beliefs gives such indication. With his ability to attract women, he's definitely an ultimate fit for my harem or any harem. Regardless of what qualities he has, he needs to realize all those benefits he keeps refusing."

Issei reaches for a photo of the Occult Research Club he has in his pocket and examines it for more advice. "Thinking about it, I wonder how Rias felt when she was managing us. Maybe I can obtain some ideas from Rias. Wait, she's female and probably won't be able to help me that much. What about Akeno-san and Kiba? Akeno-san is female too and I don't think Kiba knows much either since he's been sheltered for all his life. I'm also kinda competing with them. It's strange to ask them for advice."

Issei finds some manga on the shelf and takes it to his table: The Secret Lessons of a Biology Teacher. The content in the manga is easier for Issei to understand. Issei hopes he can find a chapter that explains about situations similar to Rito. When Issei finds them, he quickly takes notes. As Issei looks through more volumes, someone from out of the blue talks to him.

"What's keep you busy, my partner? I've never seen you study this hard." Issei quickly looks at his right arm and finds covered in green light. The voice talking to Issei comes from Ddraig, the dragon living inside his Boosted Gear.

"Ddraig, we're in a library. Speak quietly."

"I'm sorry. I just find it weird that a muscle fighter would be extremely devoted to studying techniques. It's rare for anyone from Rias Gremory's peerage to work this hard on developing techniques, especially for you."

Issei takes a seat and continues the discussion. "Well, Ddraig, please help me. I am trying to train this stubborn soul. He has many women who come to him and see him as their master. They'll even let him do anything he wants on them. However, this wretched boy just ignores them and only wants to make them friends. He has a harem naturally forming from above and yet, he wants to waste it. If I were in his position, I could feel their breasts all I want and even kiss them and let them lick me. Seeing that boy brush them away is painful to watch."

Ddraig responds. "From your response, it seems that you haven't changed at all. Most devils usually devote this much time to making their servants more powerful and more intelligent to allow themselves to win every battle they come across. On the other hand, you're unconventional; bring the first to devote this much time into women. Whenever it comes to women and breasts, you become serious and research into extreme detail. You powered up just to impress Rias, your fiancée. You created all these indecent techniques to satisfy your love for breasts."

"Yes! I can never have enough of them." Issei smiles for a moment but soon continues the discussion. "However, I want that boy to share my interest. He has many opportunities to see and touch them but he keeps throwing all these chances away. I cannot accept that in my peerage group and it won't help when he becomes the king of the universe. We will be stuck with a dystopian world where every creature in the human world is a mindless drone similar to that boy. No enjoyment, no excitement, no anything!"

"That's a problem you need to solve Issei. After all, you are his master. I am only your partner. I can only help you fulfill your request. You are the one who makes the decisions. Think about what you've done when you were still training under Rias. You perversion and breast desires put us through much embarrassment. We received many shameful nicknames and titles everywhere we went. There's even a television show in the Underworld and some areas built on this embarrassing note. However, Rias and I still dealt with the situation well, allowing you to become the devil you are today."

"Hmm…" Issei thinks for moment. "It appears that I will need to embrace my current situation. It's true that most high-class devils either trade or kill their servants if they're not satisfied with them. I can't do that. Rito isn't that bad, he's just stubborn and stupid. Rias and anyone else would not be satisfied that I eliminated my first servant in a short amount of time."

Ddraig continues. "Thinking about that boy for a moment, I think he shares the same thought process as you. Once he holds onto some thought, he will refuse to let it go. Maybe if you overpower his thoughts with my power, you can convince him to follow you."

"Overpowering… That's a marvelous idea. I have many tricks in this Boosted Gear. If Rito tastes some of my tricks, he'll begin to realize how wonderful women are. Soon, he will become fully immersed in such wonder and won't panic anymore. Thanks Ddraig. I will work on my techniques tonight."

"It's just as I thought. You will do anything when it comes to your desires." With that, Ddraig signs off. As Issei returns to his table, someone else greets him.

"Your name is Issei right?" The person is Saruyama, Rito's old roommate.

"Yes. You must be Saruyama if I am not mistaken. What questions do you have?" Issei asks Saruyama.

"I just wanted to thank you for giving me all those porn DVDs and magazines. I even shared them with the Photography Club and they enjoyed it too. Since you have an interest in porn, we the Photography Club are interested in accepting you as one of our members. Please join us. We always obtain the VIP seats at every event. We also know the best places to observe the school beauties in the nude. What do you say?"

"Umm…" Issei thinks for a moment. The club sounds appealing, but Issei is worried that he will disappoint Rias and everyone else for joining a club known for taking erotic shots of other girls. Also, joining this club won't help him solve Rito's problem.

"I'll pass." With that, Issei leaves the library.