Issei pushed open the door and slinked out of the room. Once he was out he let out a long sigh, finally glad to get out of that suffocating atmosphere. He didn't know rubbing elbows with high ranking devils could be so annoying.
Sure there were some real beauties in the ranks of the high class devils, but all of them were even colder than Raynare! Not to mention the uncountable amount of bishounens found on the other side of the gender spectrum.
Honestly as fun as being a devil was, he really wished that going to gatherings like these was going to be far in between.
The pervert took a deep breath, enjoying the silence of the hallways as he continued to aimlessly wander around, trying to clear his head. He couldn't help but cringe as he remember all the dirty looks given his way while he was inside.
Rias assured him that it was just simple animosity that a devil would give to a potential rival, but Issei knew the looks given to him were looks of utter disgust. How he didn't deserve even being in their presence, how he was totally and utterly worthless.
The worst was how they seem to hate because of him existing entirely. If they just hated one thing about himself, like his perverted attitude (That he would always be proud of by the way!), he wouldn't feel as bad. Instead thinking that he was just worthless because actually was worthless was doing pretty bad for his self-esteem.
Especially after his lost against Vali.
Lost in his thoughts Issei didn't see the approaching figure coming from around the corner and bumped into them hard enough for the two to fall onto their butts.
"Oh sorry!" The person he bumped into quickly apologized, worry evident in his voice.
"No no, it's okay I wasn't looking where I was going" Issei waved off their apology and gave one on his own. He stood up, dusted off the suit he was given and looked at the who he bumped into.
Initially he was severely disappointed at how the person he bumped into wasn't a girl, because if it was than he could have started his harem dream early because everyone always knew that two people bumping into each other meant they were soul mates!
Instead who had bumped into him was a rather funny looking teen who appeared to be his age (At least he looked like he was seventeen, devils were tricky with how they look according to their age). He had a hairstyle similar to the Sairaorg guy that Rias introduced to him during the start of the gathering, black eyes that looked like they could perfect circles with a pair of very bushy eyebrows above them.
The clothing he wore was also similar to Sairaorg, a black jacket with a white vest and black pants. The only difference was that the jacket cut off at his elbows, while bandages run up from his hand all the way up to where the sleeves cut off.
All in all he looked pretty goofy.
That immediately made the guy his new devil best friend.
Normal looking guys were hard to come by in the Underworld as almost every dude he met was handsome enough to make a guy question his sexuality. Then came this guy who looked like he was from a cartoon.
"I wasn't where I going as well, so I guess I am in the wrong as well" The guy replied, quickly bowing down at his waist.
Issei stumbled back slightly, unused to a person actually apologizing to him that way. Most of the time it would be half-hearted at best "I-It's fine, really" he stuttered back, giving his own bow.
The teens got up from their bows and looked at each other with embarrassment.
Then teen smiled and held out his hand and introduced himself "Well anyways, my name is Rock Lee I am a Pawn of Sairoarg-sama."
Issei looked at the hand for a moment as the name registered in his head. 'Rock Lee? Like Bruce Lee?' He had to stop himself from chuckling out and grabbed his bandaged hand wth a firm grip "Nice to meet you Lee-san, my name is Issei Hyoudou. I'm a Pawn to Rias Gremory."
A look of awe appeared on Lee's face "Issei Hyoudou? As in the Red Dragon Emperor?!" He asked excitedly.
"Uh yes?" Issei replied rather hesitantly.
Quickly Lee bowed at his waist again and declared with utmost reverence "It is a pleasure to meet you Red Dragon Emperor-san, I've heard so much about you!" He snapped up straight and looked at him with stars in his eyes along with a grin that seemed to twinkle "I've heard that you took down a Fallen only a few days after you became a devil, and how you defeated Raiser just after he defeated you in combat. I've heard that you were able to command two exorcist with Holy Swords to work for you and managed to convince one to join us as well!"
Isse inched back as the other teen listed off his accomplishments that he had done during his rather short time as a devil. It wasn't because that the teen was simply listing them off, no he had experienced that enough in the Hall when he followed his King around. It was because the way the teen listed them off, with actual genuine admiration.
It made him feel happy to have another person, barring his buddies in his King's peerage, complimenting him. Issei felt a grin appear on his face.
"Hey thanks! I didn't know anybody here actually liked me" Issei admitted bashfully.
"That is because I aspire to become like you!" Lee announced passionately.
"Like me?" Issei asked with confusion.
"Yes, I've heard all about what you've done was because of the training you did. So I desire to get as strong as you by training myself. I wish to become strong enough so that I may have feats as impressive as yours Red Dragon Emperor-san so that I can prove that I can be great even without a Sacred Gear or devil clan ability." Lee nodded "Then one day I hope to prove my strength by defeating my King and prove to the world that hard work can overcome anything!" Lee declared, pumping his fist while fire burned in his eyes.
Issei didn't stop the grin from reappearing onto his face as he heard the words as well as the passion behind them. He pumped his fist and cried out as well "Lee you're passion gives me strength as well, you're passions matches my own to have my own harem!"
Lee did not blink, he did not stutter, he did not double take at his words. Instead he clasped Issei's hand into his and stared into his eyes "Then let us try our best so that we may achieve our dreams Issei-san!"
Issei didn't even notice that he was holding hands with another dude and clasped his other hand on Lee's "Yes Lee we will work hard together!"
"To prove our strength to the world!" Lee cried out.
"To get a love of beautiful women!" Issei followed.
"To show the power of hard work!"
"To earn the love of buxom babes!"
"To become the embodiment of YOUTH!"
"To be smothered in a sea of BOOBS!"
The two went back and forth as they declared any and all synonyms to their dreams.
All the while their Kings were watching from across the hallway.
"They seem to be getting along, don't you think so little cousin?" Sairoarg smirked at Rias.
"Issei can become friends with the air if he tried hard enough" Rias rolled her eyes but gave a genuine smile nonetheless.
"Ah well, at least this gives Lee another goal that he can achieve" Sairoarg said, chuckling as the two Pawns actually started to help each other find suitable words to finish their sentences.
"And this gives Issei another male friend at least" Rias said, giggling at the Pawns finally ran out of things to say and kept their hands clasped together while they stared into each other's passionate eyes.
As the while the image of a sun setting on the beach formed behind them.
"My offer still stands" Sairoarg said suddenly looking at his cousin with a rather serious look.
"It's still a bit too much though, I mean to do that if your Pawn wins?" Rias replied with a similar look of seriousness.
"A fair trade for your offer don't you think?" Sairoarg asked with a raised eyebrow.
The two stared at each other, violet and green eyes boring into each other.
"Fine" Rias closed her eyes and sighed. "I'll tell everyone about the time I fought over Mister Fazbear with Sona if Lee wins."
"Good" Sairoarg nodded "Then I'll tell my peerage about my own embarrassing story if Issei wins."
"No going back?" Rias asked and held out her hand.
"No going back." Sairoarg answered and took her hand.
They shook and sealed the deal.
"By the way we should separate the two, I think their staring to make the sun corporeal" Rias mentioned as she stared at the setting sun that was starting to evoke the same feeling she would get from the real sun up above.
"Agreed" Sairoarg nodded.
It took a while for the two to be separated, but eventually they relented to the orders of their Kings and said farewell to each other. Bumping their fists before they parted ways.
A/N: Hey more Naruto crossovers… The wave of hate is still strong no matter how many times I type that out. Again just more plotbunnies, mostly on how it would seem feasible for the two to eventually fight without either of them being on opposing sides.
Lee just seems to strike me as the guy who would shake hands with the hobo on the side of the street if he hadn't gone to ninja school where they basically teach kids how to murder.